Elemental Wielder

Chapter 11

He is such a grouch, Onyx, every time I try to talk to him he says nothing back ever since I snapped at him back there, maybe this place does hold a tight grudge on him and he wants to be out of here so he knows he can no longer come back here. Even the other elementals are trying to get him to open up, but he just wouldn't do it, like I am getting fed up with his broody attitude. I asked myself, "How long until I'm out of here?" "Not long," said Ulquiorra, "Lord Aizen never noticed that you were here, he is letting you go." "Finally, I miss the nature sounds," I said, "Of all the places, I do not want to visit this place unless I want to visit one person and that's Esperanza." "Ah, so you met her, she always gets on what she wants because everyone including Lord Aizen fears her," said Ulquiorra, "I'm surprised that you are not feared by her." "Why should I be? I mean yeah, she has immense power that she can get control of if she puts her trust on someone that I told her to trust me because I have never let anyone down in my life before," I said. Onyx, at the corner of my eye, his face softened a bit when I was saying all this to Ulquiorra, then Ulquiorra tells me, "You are different from the other Soul Reapers." "That's because I fight for what is right in my heart," I said, "I fight for love." "What this is love you keep babbling about?" asked Ulquiorra, "Can you teach on that feeling please?" "You want to know what love is?" I asked back. He nodded, I sat down on the couch that I've been sleeping on, "Well, love is extremely powerful, it can never be defeated, it always bounces back." "I see, well, you can tell me more when I am no longer needed in Lord Aizen's prescence," said Ulquiorra, walks away.

I couldn't help but notice on how close me and Ulquiorra have gotten, I never felt this warm feeling everytime I'm with Shuhei, maybe Hurricane was right, Shuhei is not the one for me, as far as I'm concerned Shuhei was always able to notice me when I put on makeup, but the makeup was always done by Rangiku, I always wanted to go extreme but no one would let me do that. I called out, "Hey, Esperanza, can I ask you a favor?" "What favor would that be, Akari?" she asked, opening up her door. I tell her, "Give me a new make over, I'm tired of looking like a snobbish girl." "Want a dark look?" she asked. I looked at her confused, she clarifies, "I mean, go gothic." "Yes, I always wanted to look different because I'm starting to feel like this is not me," I said to her. She agreed, "Whoever did this, they need think more on what you want." "Thanks, I can always count on you," I said to her, "Thank you so much, Hope." "You're welcome," she said, her face softened even more. She made me look like I'm myself now, I turned to her, "You are awesome, Esperanza! This is who I am inside!" "That's all that matters in the world," said Esperanza, "Explore the world that is you, never let people tell you to look like someone else." "Thank you so much," I said, never in my life have I felt the true me inside.

I walked out of her room, I looked at where Onyx was, he sees the different look, his tough guy act dropped apparently that's what I needed to do, he walks up to me and says, "You really want me to open up do you, well, you need to open yourself up before I do." "You're right, that's what I need to do," I said, "But I can't help but feel that Ichigo is losing his mind when he notices that I'm nowhere in sight." "Don't worry he'll know in time," said Hurricane, "Love the new look, Akari." "Thanks," I said, "Let's hope I get out of here soon rather than later." "Hey, Pyro, get ready to go back home," said Grimmjow. I teased, "The name is Akari, unless you want me to tell everyone on how cute you get from all the toys I gave you." "You wouldn't dare!" he shouted. I smirked, "Esperanza already knows." "Alright, I tend to give people names so I can remember them," he said, "I called you Pyro because you had fire first." "Oh right," I said, "Sorry about that, Grimmy." "Don't call me that!" he shouted, a hint of blush creeped on his face. He led me out of the realm, Onyx was very happy that he can come with, I could see it and feel it, once I stepped outside into the living world, I noticed that I was at Urahara's shop.

I went inside, shouted, "Kisuke!" "Yes? Oh, Akari, nice to see you here," said Urahara, "How may I help?" "Has Ichigo found out that I was missing?" I asked. He shook his head, "He never suspected anything, you were lucky that you were able to be let go considering Aizen has a tendency to retrieve you back when you least expect it." "Well, I need to make sure I'm ready for anything that comes my way because I have 4 elementals to go," I said, "I just receive my Dark Elemental." "Ah, the other Hollow out of 2 full blooded Hollows," was only heard by Onyx because I walked away just in time and already knew Onyx was the one. What else could be taken in fact I felt his omnious prescence, it screamed Hollow all over his entire being. I went into the Soul Society with him, making sure everyone knew on who I was, I made my way to see the Head Captain, wouldn't you know it, he was in the middle of a captain's meeting, everyone was looking at me and Onyx, some were alerted by Onyx's prescence, Ukitake asked, "Who is that behind you, Miss Akari?" "Everyone, Onyx is not a threat, he is one of my elementals," I said, looking around, "That's right, I'm the Elemental Wielder, all of you hid the truth of my power would be! This would never happened if none of you keep telling me to focus on Fire based stuff, well, guess what I am tired of it!" "Now, Akari, the head captain wanted to protect you from harms way," said Kyoraku. I snapped at him, "By hiding the truth from me? Are you kidding me, Shunsui Kyoraku?!"

Onyx, just in time, pulled me away, he was seeing the true me pulling through everyone back there, all because I caught everyone's attention at this time, I said to them, "I want no part of any squad anymore, you have no idea how much I can overpower anyone, you can try to fight me, Zaraki, but let's face it, I would kill you with one of my moves. You do not want that, Mayuri, you will never have a sample of my power or any of my elementals! My power is increasing by each element I obtain, there are 4 elementals left for me to find, let's face it, I'm not needed here, I'm serving my own purpose." "How bout you be a captain with one of us?" asked Kyoraku, "You know that you are always needed here, don't think that, we all love you dearly." "Then why hid away the truth from me?" I asked, looking at Yamamoto. Kyoraku said, "He didn't, I didn't same with Ukitake, the others did it because of how fragile you are." "Am I really that fragile to you guys?" I asked, "Why make Rangiku put me into things that I never liked?" "I never ordered her to do that," said Toshiro, "She did it herself, all because she wanted to protect you from being treated differently." "Of all things, I trusted you, Toshiro," I said, "Thanks to all of you, minus Kyoraku, Ukitake, Unohana, and Yamamoto, I trusted you all." I ended up walking away feeling so much pain and depression when I let things loose, I went to where I find Shuhei, he sees me, "Akari, you look different from how I see you." "Is that how it is, huh?" I asked, "All because I looked beautiful enough for you to not recognize me without any makeup on? Shuhei, are you that blind for me to believe that you actually love me for who I am and not just for my looks? If that's case, why be with me in the first place?"

I'm really shining through on who I really am on the inside, I told Shuhei, "Once you realize that it is very low for someone like you to fall in love with someone who never experienced anything in her entire life, come back to me and I'll think about resuming this relationship or don't bother coming after me because I'm done with this nonsense, I should've known better than to trust you without second guessing everything I do." After that I left the Soul Society along with Onyx, I returned to where I usually hang out in the living world, up in a tree, I hear Onyx say, "That was surprisingly amazing thing you did, you set the record straight with everyone there, what about your friend Renji?" "He knows better than toy with my feelings plus his feelings towards Rukia are strong so I know that he is careful on what he says," I said to him. Onyx opened up finally, "You know they said that Hollows were all alive before becoming one." "Are you telling me on who you are?" I asked, "Don't if it is too personal, we are not at that level yet." "Good point, sorry," said Onyx, "Maybe this was a good idea on your part, just as long as you never use me to your advantage." "Why would I do that to my best friend?" I asked. That got his full attention, "What did you call me?" "You are my best friend," I said, "I love you for who you are, Onyx GrimPanther, nothing else matters."