Life Novel: Part 1 and 2

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We got back shortly after our visit to the Shiba Clan, Kukaku seems nice, I was expecting her to be mean, aggressive, and violent like everyone says that she was but I was not getting any of that. We returned to the cottage, everyone was doing their own thing, something isn't right ever since I stepped through the door. I went to look where Onyx was, he went back to Blizzard, I thought to myself, "Looks like I'm going to face her myself then! If that's the case, I'm ready to fight her and put an end to this." I went into my room and got my falchion ready, then head out again with a determined look once again, I went to the area where the battle between Aizen and Ichigo took place, shouted, "Come out, you coward! Are you that scared of facing me face to face?" Nothing, great, looks like I need to up my game, "Niku is a lot stronger than you think, you need a host in order to take her down." There she was, she's an ugly looking lady, I got her, this is great, then she asks, "Are you saying that I'm weaker than her?" "Why are you after her?" I asked, "Before we get to her, I need to know on what she did to you." "She's been taking my spotlight," she said, "I decided to take action of my own, I've been following her shadow for far too long, I want to shine on my own, get my own power."

This is troubling, I'm not hearing a single lie from her, what is going on between her and Niku that I have not heard, "I can't tell if you are lying because you are really hurting with what you are doing, was that ever your intention?" "Hurt her, that was never been the plan," she said, "Oh my gosh, was I so close of killing her?" "Yes, if you said anymore nasty things about her, you will kill her," I said to her, "If that wasn't your intention, what were you planning on doing?" "I just want her to know that I want to be strong as her, nothing more," she said, "Oh gosh, what have I been doing all this time? I've been tricked!" "Tricked, by who?" I asked. Then her evilness came through, "You are really starting to annoy me!!" I knew it, I'm too smart and too stubborn to be tricked by someone like her, I got out the falchion and the fight began.

The first attack I was able to do in a very long time, a Fire Burst, this time with more power because of the blade's ridiculous long range. I was not letting her get a chance to attack me back, next were my Water attack moves, Air moves, Thunder moves, basically anything that has positive energy and I was successfully weakening her. Then I was attacked with a very unfair cheap shot from her, she did a upward slice, where my stomach is and to my right shoulder, but I didn't feel any pain or see any blood coming out of me on what she just did. We just made eye contact, she was just as shocked as I was, maybe there is a way to save her without killing her existence. I'm not like Ichigo or anyone who just kills their enemies on the spot, no I'm not about that life, if this is between elements then sometimes someone HAS to look at someone else's point of view.

I only used the magic abilities with my hands, I had yet to use the falchion, she sees that I unsheathed it but I haven't attacked with it, that's when I sheathed it, letting her know that I'm not going to end her life just because a misunderstanding. She also puts her weapon away, "What should I do?" "You are wounded by what you caused and what you did," I said, "I can rebuild you if you'd let me." "How do I know if you are trustworthy?" she asked. I just gave her my signature warm smile, "I want to help you in any way I can." "Alright," she said, finally giving up. I decided to take her somewhere away from the cottage, she needs someone to depend on and that is going to be me, I went to the place where it all started, Ichigo's old home, I got her settled down, I saw her true self, she's beautiful, why did she hide her true face behind something so ugly? Then again, she might chose that to hide away all this sadness, I put on some music to have some sound, I can't stand silence, I hear her ask, "Can you play some Nickelback?" I just looked at her, she gave me a disc, I softly smiled and put it in the disc spot, the song that was playing is If Everyone Cared.

"So, Nickelback, huh, oddly enough I love them as well," I said to her, "Even though they are the most hated group ever." "I know, they are so great, their songs are full of meaning," she said, "That's why I only listen to them and no one else." "You might love this next group, they go by the name of Five Finger Death Punch and Daughtry," I said, "You might feel better after hearing the 2." "I doubt it," I hear her say. Then I played Gone too soon, I looked in the mirror and saw her face soften at the sweet melody and the lyrics. I sang along with Daughtry, then I played more of Daughtry's songs, then I played this one last and it was my mother's favorite song that was sang by my father, it was called Waiting for Superman. I was seeing the lyrics lifting her up, she sees my reflection in the mirror, "Thank you for helping me out." "I've been handling a situation not like this but this is nothing compared to what I've been through," I said, "You are just misunderstood by what you were trying to get out in the world." "You're right," she said, "I'm so pathetic." "No, you are not pathetic," I tell her, "All you need to do is gain another power and learn on what you did and start to treat others like you did with me. Be kind and considerate."