Inside the tower across the Maiden light castle, was a guest room. Ichitarō and Rangiku were there along with Ichigo and Rukia as well. Overhearing the commotion in the guest room, the phoenix guards chose silence as their eyes narrowed forward and their weapon points coming closer. When the Espada maid appeared with a certain tea set, they allow her to pass.
" It's been a very long time since I've seen spirit demons right here in the spirit world, in my ancestors' castle. Hasn't it,?" Yumikō asked then proceeded, " I've heard much about them. How powerfu they are because of their connection with the celestial dragon and Celestia herself and their extinction. Nevertheless, I truly thought it was an old legend my mother told me stories when I was a child. Until now."
He held his head up high and saw Ichitarō sitting comfortably in a cushioned mat. Next to him was Rangiku as nervous and puzzled as usual, but she didn't matter. Only Ichitarō. He looked worn out and emotionlessly terrified.
The door was opened and the Arranchar maid arrived with tea sets.
" Here is your tea, my lord. Blue Snowdrops with Waterdrool flower." the Arranchar maid spoke as Yumikō was busy interrogating Ichitarō.
" The usual medicine?" he asked when he looked at her and she nodded.
After pouring his medical tea in a small cup, she left him to drink it. He grabbed his medical tea and sips slowly, before placing it on the table.
Yumikō brought Koro's notebook close to him and read something, which could be the last cryptic message just for Ichitarō.
" " With your journey to childhood has its end, the elders shall give you blessings, as the road to adulthood begins." Sounds exactly like Koro alright. Do you realise what kind of mess you've put yourself into? Furthermore, the entire spirit world now knows of your existence. Which is why I send out Zen to find you and put you back where you belong. But like a slithering water snake, you always slip through our fingers until the old head captain Genryusai Yamamoto and Emperor Hirōshi found you."
" You're lucky I'm not in a mood to kill a literal child, I can make it easy for you. Confess or suffer the consequences."
" Not until I find my sister." Ichitarō demanded.
Though they wondered what happened to their sister, Yumikō brought Yoshimura towards them. Their reunion was cut short when phoenix guards, all dressed in medieval Japanese styled armor along with their wielding bows and arrows, swords, halberds and other weaponry, were pointing directly on Yoshimura's heart. Aiming her in case Ichitarō doesn't speak.
However, Ichigo wasn't fond to Yumikō after he knocked him out cold. No doubt they're the source of their existence, Ichigo was clinging to Ichitarō and Rangiku's shoulders like their guard. Or like a wild dog guarding its pups, rather.
He stepped forward with a threatening aura and wish he could punch him on his face.
" Hey, dark lord. I want to ask you something?" Ichigo ranted.
" Oh dear Celestia." Yumikō muttered with boredom.
" That spell you casted on me a few hours ago, what's its purpose?" Ichigo asked.
" It is simply a sleeper. Capable of taking hybrids down to their temporary slumber and even the soul king, himself. Depending how strong these hybrids are, it only lasted permanently for a while." Yumikō explained.
" So, that's why you're avoiding my attacks."
" That's because I have no reason to beat an unsupervised amateur like you that doesn't train properly. Otherwise it would be revealing that I am weaker than that pathetic excuse of my step sister, Kazumi." Yumikō commented, which fueled Ichigo's anger.
Ichigo unsheathed his sword, but Rukia stopped him.
" No, Ichigo. Stay back. You have no idea what this man is capable of!" Rukia insisted,
" Yeah, she's right. Don't do something stupid." Ichitarō warned.
Ichigo was frowned by his taunts. He didn't even listen to anything Ichitarō said. With a deep seated rage and the increase of his spirit energy, Ichigo ran towards Yumikō and attacked him, although didn't heeded Rukia's warning.
Charging at Yumikō when Ichigo locked target on him, he unleashed his spirit energy on his Zanpakuto like arrows against Yumikō with immense speed. Though, he never moved a single inch.
His spirit energy blew like a breeze, shielding his sword at a direct force of destruction. Their spirit energies collided so strong, it made a massive shockwave and everyone took cover.
He could feel the murderous intention flowing through his reiatsu* as Yumikō lifted and placed his hand on Ichigo's zanpakuto, stopping him from his own death. There wasn't blood on his hand, but Ichigo was stunned at that point. Yumikō scoffed, facing Ichigo.
' Typical amateur.' he thought.
Yumikō lifted his legs and kicked him away from him. Ichigo was roughly landed on his backs to the wall and Yumikō pinned his neck with his left foot. He screamed in pain as his neck crashed onto the sekkiseki wall.
" Ichigo!!" Ichitarō shouted the moment he witnessed what was happening.
" What the fuck?! No!!!" Yoshimura exclaimed with wide eyes as she saw the way Yumikō handled Ichigo. He even grabbed his Zanpakuto away from him.
Yoshimura's throat was placed by Ichigo's zanpakuto and his chest tightened as Ichigo was struggling to break free from Yumikō's strong grip on his leg. His panic- stricken thoughts were piercing his mind.
" I don't want to do this, child. The truth or their lives." Yumikō demanded.
That's when Ichitarō realised there was no better option. Now was just a matter of time to save his sister. He had to tell him everything except his past. From how he got here in the spirit world to Kazumi tracking him down and murdering Koro.
" Wait, don't hurt them! I'll talk if that's what you want." Ichitarō spoke, with his emotionless ways of pleading.
" What's so hard of telling the truth?The amateur and your sister won't die that easy. At least, not yet." Yumikō stated, releasing both of them.
Yoshimura was reunited with her siblings. Ichigo then descended from those walls and fell to the ground. Then, Rukia assisted him to his feet almost immediately By the time Ichigo rose to his feet, with a help from Rukia, a trio of guards had let them go. Despite viewing Ichigo struggling to rise himself up ,Yumikō stepped forward towards Ichitarō.
" Well," Yumikō's soft voice purred. " Are you willing to sing like a bird?"
" I'll confess. But keep Yoshimura and Ichigo out of this. Spare their lives. It's my mess after all. They have nothing to do with this." Ichitarō answered
" Good work, spirit demon."
" It's not `spirit demon`. I have a name, you know."
" And that name, child?"
" My name is Ichitarō Kagami." Ichitarō stated, in which Yumikō thought with annoyance:
' Ugh. He even sound like Lord Byakuya. I'm glad he isn't here to witness this.'
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[ LATER IN THE DAY ]
" …..Yep, that's how I got here. No magic ability whatsoever, just a crow brought me up in here mysteriously." Ichitarō explained, after confessing Yumikō on his experience. Everyone grew silent until Yumikō grabbed his head and hugged him.
" Oh, you poor thing. No wonder you were chased out by Kazumi. Don't worry, little Ichitarō. I'll certainly send you home."
" Uhhh, thanks?" Ichitarō said, before thinking:
' What kind of flip-flop hypocrisy is this? He almost got Ichigo and Yoshimura killed, what's his shit?'
Eventually, Rangiku childishly giggled at Ichitarō's awkward moments.
Starrk wander inside the castle until he heard a childish giggle in the guest room. The sliding door was swung open, revealing Starrk peeping through it.
When Yumikō saw him, he almost stumbled upon his feet and nearly dropped Ichitarō.
" Oh I'm sorry, I was about to knock. I'm not disturbing you, am I?" He asked in an awkward manner.
" Oh no worries at all. You're not disturbing anything." Yumikō replied, easing his worries.
" Well, I should get going. I'll be right back." He commanded. The guards did their jobs of guarding, leaving Starrk and Yumikō alone storming towards the hallway together. They walked inside his bedroom and closed his bedroom door shut. Subsequently, were settling in.
" I want to thank you, in terms of your troubles. For helping the princess and the others. I don't know what would I do without you." Said Yumikō.
" I'm glad she and the dragon are doing better. Otherwise, more mayhem will erupt." He replied and Yumikō nods.
" She is quite…intriguing." He comment, making Yumikō laugh.
" Yes, she is. You like her, don't you, dear Starrky? I almost forgot she's married to Shunsui." He flirted and Starrk blushed.
" Not quite. Though, she's a good woman."
He took his hand into his and raised it towards his face for a kiss to his knuckles. There were cold due to Yumikō's constant experiment on creating Arranchars.
" I love you, Yumikō. Do you love me?" Starrk asked, taking his hand and both of them intertwined their fingers together. Afterwards, he placed his lips next to his, sharing their first kiss.
" Let's finish this tension between us," Yumikō whispered, pulling back from his lips. " We'll end it once and for all." With a simple silent of answer, their lips clashed like swords on a battlefield. He grabbed his waist and drew closer to him to his bed.
He softly kissed his neck, then ripped his obi* off of his body. He never lusted for another different entity as much as he does to him. He tugged at the hem of his coat and grabbed his coat, pulled it up and over his shoulder. He placed his waist and pushed him onto his back, kissing every inch of his body.
He was amoral by his affection and wanted to show how much he loved him after all those years and even saved his life . A moan escaped from his breath as he got closer to his sweet spot. He grasped his kimono and threw it to the side of his bed, leaving an obvious bulge beneath his pants. As Starrk pulled off Yumikō's underwear and ran his hand down his body, he stopped at his ` vaginal peach` and stroked it with his two fingers, letting out a gasp onto his breath. He muffled his cry of pleasure by placing his lips onto his, hoping no one would caught their act.
" Oh, Starrky…." he moaned his name. He growled at him as his wolf-like essence pinned for him to moan his name again. He flipped him over to lay on his stomach, took his pants off and lifted his behind closer to his crutch. With no time to waste, he penetrated his penis through his peach. His virgin blood oozes from his peach and stained his white smoke coloured sheets into bloody red.
He looked at him as he yelped with ecstasy, pushing himself inside of him. He gasped and gripped his pillow with his teeth from the pain as he was slowly pounding his insides. A well of pleasure started building up to his stomach. His entire body was shaking as he continued. Minutes passed by and they were both gasping for air and were sweaty. Yumikō even said something, either twice or three times before his groaning for a painful pleasure.
Out of all sexual experiences he had with many Espada females, Yumikō had never felt anything wonderful in his life. Moreover, his first time having an intercourse with a male Espada.
Starrk simply lifted his upper body and gently drew closer towards his neck before kissing and biting it, increasing his content with him.
His body went limp and received shivers by the wind. His hair was covered in sweat and his eyes rolled to shut close. He panted for air and was about collapse, but Starrk continuing to speed up his pace for a little while longer. Wrapping his arms around Yumikō's body and left him in an elated delirium, loosing touch to the `real world `.
His peach was slowly turning ruby pink until it was nearly overflowing with semen. Just as his body began shaking, getting closer to reach his climatic euphoria of sensual pleasure, a soft knock on the door interrupted their activity.
Not knowing who it was, Yumikō stopped Starrk before he was about to release his ` creamy essence` to him. His thrusting stopped and Yumikō released himself without having any semen entering inside his peach. Starrk collapsed next to his bed and was panting.
" My apologies for interrupting with your…. activities." the phoenix guard chuckled nervously, mortified by the scent created by Starrk and Yumikō. Almost immediately, she cleared her throat and continued," but the Elders want to see you and the spirit demons. They said it's really important to know their existence. And you can bring the soul reapers as well."
" I'm coming. Just give me a second, alright?" He panted. Seconds later, he dressed himself as he picked up his clothes.
" The Elders? Could they have to wait for a little longer?" Starrk asked, with an angry tone.
" I wish we could, Starrky. But you know they hate being late for my meeting nor not arriving on time. The Elders are waiting for me for an important mission beat him at the forbidden zone below the manor downstairs." he explained. Once he's done, he gulped his medicine.
" I love you too, Starrky, alright?" he whispered to him. He kissed his cheek before dressing up his kimono and left him all alone.
As he darted from his bedroom, he headed straight to the guest room while accompanied by the phoenix soldiers gathering themselves like a flock of birds on spring.
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Yumikō came together with the phoenix guards. They're halted on the guest room and found the triplets and Ichigo and Rukia were minding their own business.
" Soul reaper? Lady Kuchiki?" He called while softly opened the door, trying not to startled anyone.
When he saw Rukia and Ichigo with the triplets, he was relieved they're here. What's more, they were reunited. Now that the Elders summoned him, together with the others, he'd to get this job done until he'd return to Starrk again.
' Do fallen angels behave like this? They wouldn't have needed any phoenixes if they did.' Rukia though.
" So, you brought an amateur here, Young lady Kuchiki?" He asked.
" He is what you would call him a substitute soul reaper. I urge you to be more respectful towards him. He's been helping us for a while." Rukia explained.
" Before this amateur can interrupt me again, we must go to the Elders. They want to see us and these kids." Yumikō reported, which stunned Rukia.
It was surprising for Rukia to learn that fallen angels had their own system of government. And Yumikō's words were more than a little foreboding. But here, there was no opportunity. Yet, there was a chance to save her beloved and the triplets from their demise.
" I always knew fate has many ideas.," Rukia said in her calm tone," I was wondering if you did help Head Captain Yamamoto by defeating Kazumi and protect these kids from the world of the living."
" Your head captain wished for my alliance and I agreed, did he not? To end Kazumi once and for all?" Yumikō asked. His voice was hush, but soft and awed With a respond to her hesitant nod and unsure why Yamamoto did ask for an alliance. Moreover of the rumours, he replied with a lighting bulb in his head:
" Aha! The Elders cannot deny me this time! If I could show them the spirit demons, they'll aid your kind for a reason. I can feel it!"
" Feel what, exactly?"
" Since I was in the next of line of my birthright. Come on, Lady Kuchiki, we must tell the Elders at once. Let us not waste anymore time."
With a firm yet gentle grip, Yumikō took Rukia's hand and led her outside. For a moment, trepidation gripped on the triplets's heart. What would they see, beyond the wooden walls of the Maiden light castle? Would this all be just a blatant lie? Would scenes of blood and horrors greet them? To them, it was better to face the truth head on than cover behind a veil of false.
If she have learned anything from Byakuya, it was to never underestimate anyone apart from the head captain. So she followed Yumikō, out from the ebon shades of the castle and into the sunlight.