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First Response...Hopefully[Mikomi]
Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:44 am
It had been two days since Giriko had...sort of...successfully completed his first mission and saved the plus in question. He had destroyed the threatening hollow, saved the girl, etc etc he was a hero and all that fun stuff. Except, reality was a far different beast than that petty heroic delusion and the reality was, he lost three shinigami on his first assignment as a squad leader. Once he had gotten back and gave his report, while he was congratulated for his accomplishments, the rest of his squad admonished his inability to keep his own team alive. Giriko was effectively shunned, cast out, a pariah in the only home he had truly had in a long time. The boy was better equipped to handle it than most, he was used to being disliked and cast out, his life as a street urchin had prepared him for enduring looks of ever lasting disdain. While it stung, he was more than prepared for that kind of hatred. There was one more thing he had that kept him out of recurring despair. He still had a mission to complete. The woman, the plus he had saved, had given him something, something that had not left his side since it came in to his possession. Perhaps he had been able to tolerate being ostracized simply because he had rarely been in the compound, but every day involved Giriko scouring the streets of Rukongai looking for the soul that he had saved. Forty-eight hours later and his search had not yielded any results.
Time had elapsed too far however and he could no longer ignore his duties to Soul Society and the Gotei Thirteen. Confusingly however, he had been given a task that his squad normally would not handle. It was one of the more sparsely populated sections of Rukongai that Seireitei had gotten the report from. Far on the outskirts and with a small population but recently, bodies have been popping up dead. When Giriko was given the task to investigate, there was a small, quiet annoyance he felt nagging at the back of his mind. He knew he had a job to do and he was going to do it, but every night since he had returned there had...disquiet in his mind. Every night, he couldn't quite call it a dream, it was more of an urge that visited him in his sleep. Perhaps it was stress from letting the girl down, he didn't know, he wasn't one for the spiritual and mystical sides of this world. He just knew that every night, something was prodding at his brain, irritably reminding him that he had no kept his promise. The thought had returned to him as he sped toward the location of the murders, guilt driving him rather insane while he went. He wanted to go find Mikomi, not just because of the nagging not-quite-exactly-but-sorta-kinda-maybe dreams, but because he hadn't been able to stop thinking about her while he was awake as well. Maybe it was because he felt obligated, maybe it was because she was attractive and Giriko had been experiencing puberty for what effectively was the past thirty years, but Mikomi had rarely, if ever, left his mind.
Before he knew it, Giriko's feet gently touched down in the sparsely populated segment of Rukongai which, given the recent murders, was even less active than it normally was. It was an odd place for a serial killer, most of them preferred to function in higher populated areas. The body had been cordoned off and a couple of the provincial officials were surrounding it, looking at the gruesome scene. They nodded at Giriko when he arrived, apprehensive at first given his rather diminutive size but the presence of a Shinigami was inspiring to say the least and traumatizing to say the most, so despite their reservations they quickly stepped aside as he stepped toward the body. Giriko gently knelt down next to the body, examining the remains with a rather stoic expression, the sword he was carrying for Mikomi feeling uncomfortable at his side. The body was...well...desecrated. There was no indication of a weapon being used, despite the numerous gashes that littered the disfigured corpse. No, they weren't clean enough cuts for a blade, these were made by something less precise and finely tuned. If Giriko was on Earth, he'd assume it was an animal attack, but they didn't have those in Soul Society. The two officials confirmed that the other bodies were similarly desecrated when he turned his gaze to them before he sent them away, to keep the people in their homes.
Giriko dragged himself to his feet as the two officers finished keeping the people in their homes and out of sight. This wasn't an action done by a sane, rational individual. This was primal, animalistic, angry. Whatever this killer was, he wasn't the type who was going to be able to refrain from attacking him if he was the only target available. He'd smoke the killer out that way and hopefully the body count would only increase by one more as a result of this person's actions.
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Re: First Response...Hopefully[Mikomi]
Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:02 pm
Blood. Scattered, vivid, red. It was dancing on the walls, on the floor, in the air. Dancing, flickering, like flames scattered on the surface of things; it was a beautiful sight that buried her eyes, her mind, her everything. It danced like a measure of beauty, like something that was truly amazing. The slow grin of a manic pair of lips, dyed in that blood, were flicking in the light. Yet sadness, yet happiness, yet horrow and more so anger; there was a need to survive, a hate that seemed to carry into the very bones of the person. There was something more so important then the vitae found within one, as bodies fell, those that had tried. Tried what? She couldn't remember; imagines of arriving in a new place, feeling pangs of hunger, wandering around and then slowly finding herself surrounded. Five, no eight. Pain; but not enough, the first one had fallen that day, so did the second. The third and fourth the day after that; and then she had gotten five, six and seven the next day. This was the last one; and on this one? She had found something interesting; it reminded her of something. Someone she wanted to see? She couldn't remember, her mind hazy about the details. Someone.. someone had something like this.. why? Why did she want to go near? It was strange, but she picked up the blade, and picked up the body. Walking to the ledge, she dropped it; with a sick crunch, the body flopped on the ground. Her gaze caught sight of someone; in fact, this body had fallen relatively near the other body; not on, but near. The girl dropped her body from the roof, and walked towards the figure; where was the people? Blood covered her hands, up to her elbows; her eyes, red and gleaming, were also unfocused, without a direction. It was like she was a zombie; however, what she held in her hand was a zanpaktou. One that was taken off a shinigami corpse, killed not in the same method as this, but earlier this week, by these very people. The last one was their only suspect, and considering the blade in her hand, there was a good chance that he was the culprit; not that the girl knew that. But the blade hadn't assigned itself, since it was an academy student; her eyes, dropped on the male, and her mouth opened. ''Where.'' she said, her voice croaked, parched. The pangs of hunger ran through her body, eliciting a pained noise from her; she wasn't this hungry in forever. The realization to one that somebody was powerful enough to be half-mad with anger was quite shocking; shinigami's were, in nature, the opposite and yet similar to hollows. The girl stopped, almost as if sensing danger; but the face, the glasses, and the shape of the body was the same one as she held before; therefore, this was Mikomi, the girl that Giriko was searching for. At the realization of this, the sword at his side began to pull harshly on Giriko, as if attempting to make it's way to the girl. But on her face, there was a growl, as if something antagonized her, the girl's steps backing away. |
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Re: First Response...Hopefully[Mikomi]
Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:07 pm
A thud resonated through the clearing as the body was dropped rather unceremoniously on to the ground. Giriko's head turned slowly toward the bodies that he had already felt seeing the mangled corpse on the ground and feeling a quick sigh of rage fill up inside him. Whatever was doing this had killed one of his Shinigami. This bastard had just killed a Shinigami, that was not something that Giriko was going to stand for. Unless something dramatically changed, Giriko was going to kill this affront to society and drag its vapid corpse back to Seireitei. Giriko slowly reached down and drew his Zanpakutō, a look of stilled ferocity raised up toward her, fury and rage in his eyes as he finally recognized who his suspect was.
Mikomi was standing above him, blood staining every part of her that he could see. He could tell it was Mikomi, she hadn't been out of his thoughts and he hadn't exactly SKIMMED his observation of her in any way, shape, or form whatsoever. The girl was the same one he had konso'd not too long ago. The facial expression however, that one, was so very different. The Mikomi he knew was calm, giggly, and somewhat quiet and severe. This one...looked crazed, manic, devastated and from the noises her stomach was making, very hungry. Giriko, not someone who was especially good at hiding his emotions, couldn't help but have his eyes widen at the scene. This was the girl that he was casually thinking about flirting with earlier? The serial killer? His grip around Ikarutori tightened, a mix of pain and fury streaking through his eyes as he tried to figure out what he wanted to do about this. A single word escaped her, a word he could only guess at the meaning of but thankfully, he didn't need to think of the answer himself. At his side, a pressure was felt, as if the sword he had been carrying was trying to claw its way towards Mikomi. Giriko pulled out the blade, fleetingly glancing down at it as it tugged and pulled at him to return it to its owner.
Giriko was torn, on one hand this was his friend and one who, before her present condition, was one he was fairly attracted to. On the other, she had just left a startling body count, one of which being his own. Giriko couldn't let her live and couldn't bring himself to kill her either. So, he'd take the coward's way out. He couldn't make the decision for her life, he couldn't, it was way above his pay grade and he was supposed to catch her alive if possible anyway. Giriko's eyes glared up a the woman before his arm sprung back, his fingers wrapped around the girl's sword before the blade was catapulted forward, hurtling through the air toward the girl. In the brief moment before she would catch the blade, Giriko would seemingly "blip" out of view and appear next to her as the blade would touch land in her hand. A solemn, yet stoic look on his face as he delivered a harrowing elbow toward the girl's chin. Not enough force to cause any permanent damage, but with enough strength that a clean hit where he was aiming would render the girl unconscious, at least until he could drag her back to Seireitei.
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Re: First Response...Hopefully[Mikomi]
Thu Jun 20, 2013 10:31 am
''There...'' the girl whispered, as the male stared at her, seemingly caught. The girl could not understand his rage; she could not understand the fact that he was angry. None of the foes that she had faced were shinigami; a report of two weeks earlier had highlighted that death. She had simply taken the blade from her last adversary, as the girl felt the thing, the danger she felt, flying towards her. With an intense snarl, she tapped her feet back, shoving herself away from the blade, as it clattered on the ground; the girl herself was not in his grasp, as she was no longer there. Her instincts were screaming danger; and her aura, a confused animal before hand, became a scared, and dangerous animal; the blood thirst that one would assume with her appearance was lacking. In fact, one could only feel that the girl radiated fear, panic, and anger in being in this state. Although she had still caught his movements; he may be stronger, but the girl was used to fighting such opponents. Her instincts were sharpened, honed, and dangerous, as those red eyes seemed to come into focus. The wild ferocity in them was rather interesting; her hate towards the blade, and subsequent reaction to it was strange. The blade itself began to hum, vibrating in a staccato tune that everyone near by could hear; it was vibrating that hard, yes. The echoes of the blade danced in the air, even as the girl's body snarled; instincts yelled at her, fearing suppression, fearing the price that came with that blade. ''NO.'' her voice shouted out, angry; the sheer force of it was enough to cause pain to the ear. The girl would want to run; but the threat kept her from doing that, as not a single second passed that she did not see Giriko; she did not want to let him out of her sight, as the blade in her hand quivered. She wanted to run, as her body hunched a little, letting her center of gravity go a bit lower; she had to be more flexible, she had to get out, as she waited for the male to come towards her. It scrapped on the ground as she did so, the Zanpaktou not seemingly protesting; in fact, it was common knowledge that if one took a Zanpaktou that did not belong to them, that it would become too heavy to move without great strength. The only exception to this were the Asauchi; however, the blade in her hand did not feel as such, as any shinigami would sense the emptiness of an Asauchi. In fact, the moment it had been given to Mikomi, the girl's wealth of spiritual energy from her human life time filled it; the fact that the girl had enough power to survive four years in active combat without becoming a full hollow was perhaps a miracle, or perhaps just an impressive feat of will. This amount of power immidiately imprinted onto the blade, making it officially Mikomi's; and that was obvious, from the way it snaked on the ground, as if waiting for a chance. And yet she didn't want to attack, the overriding fear of the blade keeping her from doing so; and the threat of Giriko's attack keeping her from running. To those instincts, this was a stalemate.. until he made his move. |
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Re: First Response...Hopefully[Mikomi]
Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:25 am
He...missed? The stream of concussive force sailed harmlessly in to the air as Mikomi thrashed aside the blade and pedaled backward. He didn't want to miss. Giriko's head drooped to the ground he was standing on, unable to meet her gaze as he aimlessly stared down, tired, upset, distraught. He couldn't find a single word that adequately captured how he felt right now. If she had just gotten hit, if she had just taken the strike, if she had just been rendered unconscious. If he had just taken her back to Seireitei. If she just hadn't resisted...he could have taken her back, they could have survived, he could have gotten her healthy, he could have saved her. She was now resisting arrest, she was fighting against the authority...she had just killed so many people. No, it was too later for that. Giriko had to kill her, he had to. It was his job, it was his duty, he needed to, he needed to. A tear streamed down the boy's cheek, the mere thought making him visibly upset. It couldn't be helped, he was going to have to kill his friend.
"You...killed them."
It wouldn't matter how used to fighting against stronger opponents she was. Regardless of how prepared she was, regardless of how smart she was, regardless of how well she dealt with people stronger than he, she simply wasn't fast enough to react to what Giriko was about to do. The boy bent down, his knee gently touching the ground as he picked up the sword that had been unceremoniously knocked out of the air and on to the earth. He was going to fulfill his promise. Slowly picking himself up to his feet, knowing Mikomi was still suspiciously watching him, knowing she was still waiting to react, Giriko decided that he wasn't going to care what she was doing. He was going to run right through her, he was going to crush her, he was going to completely, and utterly, obliterate any form of defense she had. His knees still bent as his center turned to face her, Giriko steeled himself for a maneuver that would ultimately be painful for both of them.
"You killed them!"
Without warning, two streams of concussive force exploded out of his down and backwardly angled fists. As the streams crashed in to the ground, they inevitably flung Giriko forward, the boy streaking like a bullet through the air and straight in to Mikomi's chest. As he would be making impact, Giriko's hands would fling forward, his free hand reaching out to grab the Zanpakutō she was already wielding as his other hand sought to force the sword he was holding in to hers, his fingers inevitably wrapping around her's on both hands as Giriko would be forced to awkwardly tackle her up, lifting their bodies up through the air and over the roof, the pair of them careening through the air in an awkward embrace before crashing in to a wooded area outside of the streets of Rukongai, Giriko landing rather haphazardly on top of her. The boy quickly let go of the girl's katana and reached back to his tanto, quickly retrieving it from it sheath as he raised his body, weapon by his ear as he glared down at her with a look mixed with rage and grief.
"YOU KILLED THEM!"
The knife came down, aimed straight for her nose, aiming to punch through her skull. But, he couldn't do it. A heavy thump echoed through the area as the small blade crashed in to the dirt beside her head. Giriko's hand slid off, leaving his Zanpakutō buried in the ground as his body hunched over, physically and mentally exhausted as his head hung low before resting on her chest, tears(manly ones of course) streaming down his face and moistening her shirt, the boy unable to cope with the decision he made.
"You killed them...you killed them..."
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