The two shinigami
walked side by side in silence, the only noise coming from their waraji hitting
the soft ground, and the occasional swish of material against material. It had
been ages since they had seen any doorways or hint of another nightmare and
Azdeha wondered if it was because there were two of them now. Whoever was
controlling this place couldn't work out how to separate them, nor could he
work out how to combine their nightmares. She mentally cheered.
Shinigami 1 -
douchebag - 0.
Still, she had to
hand it to whoever was behind this, he had given her alone time with her
captain, even if said alone time was spent wandering through endless corridors
in the dim light of torches, not really talking to each other. Both shinigami
were tired and their reactions weren't as quick as they would normally be, so
they had decided that silence was the only way to be sure that something wasn't
about to sneak up on them. Deha didn't mind in the slightest. It wasn't like
Byakuya was the most talkative person in the world at the best of times.
She wrapped her
fingers tighter round his and shifted closer. His longer legs meant she often
ended up trailing a little behind and needed to catch up every so often. He
looked down at her, "Do you need to rest?"
Deha shook her head,
"Nah, I'm fine. Just..." she indicated towards her feet,
"...little legs."
A small smile crept
across Byakuya's lips and he turned his head to what was in front of them
again, slowing his pace as he did so.
"Byakuya...do
you think we'll ever find the others?"
The taller shinigami
stopped in his tracks, eyes staring straight forward. "I think we'll find
something." He dropped the girls hand and grabbed Senbonzakura. Startled,
Azdeha drew her eyes away from his face and looked down the long corridor
ahead. There were two figures standing across from them. Both looked like they
had been to hell and back, and both had their zanpakuto out.
"CHUSEI!!
RENJI!!" With a cheer, Deha ran forward, towards her brother and best
friend, but she didn't get very far before she found herself being grasped
round the waist and dragged backwards. "Byakuya! What are you doing? It's
Renji and Chusei."
"Shhh." He
deposited her on her feet, but kept hold of her wrist to stop her moving again.
"We have no idea of knowing if they're the real ones, or just another
nightmare."
"Oh come on!
We're in a corridor, not one of those creepy room." Deha tried to wriggle
free, but Byakuya was stronger.
"Stay back, and
get your zanpakuto out." He gritted his teeth. "That's an
order!" he added when he saw that the girl had no intention of doing
either.
Azdeha glared at her
commanding officer and groaned, doing as she was told. She grasped Kurobara in
her right hand, and unsheathed the zanpakuto. "But for the record, I
object to this."
"Noted."
