Ryuu
Watching Hoshiko and Setsu play bored her to the point she fell asleep during their game of Go. Unlike what most people thought of her Ryuu has played the game before she just never got into the swing of it to play it continuously like the others. There was only one person she could say she enjoyed playing it with but that was a thing of the past no matter how much Ryuu wished to see his childish smile again.
Leaning back against the wall as a support Ryuu surrounded herself with quite a few of Hoshiko’s cushins, folded her arms around her sword and closed her eyes as if ready to take a nap. Before she knew it her world had gone darker than black even when she thought she had opened her eyes. Then as if she were inside a box of some sort a deep crimson red began to trickle inside the walls, at first just a little at a time then it became a river of red. As the singular color washed away the black Ryuu was greeted by a white room or so she thought. It was difficult where everything ended and began.
In what seemed to be the center of the room was a child crouched close to the floor with their back turned towards her. Long raven black silky hair trailed the ground behind him then their surroundings changed again revealing few cushioned divans and curtains that might lead to another room pure white room. Like the walls of the room the furniture was also white and each had a shadow including Ryuu produced by an unseen light source.
All save for the child who crouched in the middle of the room, he produced no shadow. That’s strange everything produces a shadow of some sort her brow creased a bit into a scowl as she approached the child. Slowly at first until Ryuu’s curiosity got the better of her and she spoke up, “what are you doing in such a place child, all alone in this white room?” Ryuu got no response so she repeated her inquiry once more, still no answer.
Bending a bit at the knee Ryuu reached out to take the child’s shoulder to get his attention, when all of the sudden the child looked back, startling her into taking a step back. But before Ryuu even got a glimpse of the child’s face her step back took her into oblivion then falling backwards into a pit of red hot flames. They enveloped her completely, Ryuu thought she was going to burn to death until finally she resurfaced. It was almost like it was a sea of flames it imitated water in a gaseous state but it did not burn like normal fire would. It felt like she would drown in fire but Ryuu resurfaced, her previous clothing was burnt away to nothing but ashes revealing a bronze toned body of a woman in her early adolescent years.
Long red hair flowed behind her two single braids entwined with black ribbons among a flowing river of fire that moved with every movement Ryuu made. Ryuu took a step forwards looking down at her bare body unsure of what had happened, and then the air itself burned away almost like paper as it revealed a beautiful red and black kimono of the finest silk and with intricate flowers. Ryuu’s hair was done up the traditional hair style of a girl her age and all Ryuu wanted was to tear the kimono off her now restricted body and to undo the style of her hair and just cut it all off.
But she didn’t instead she continued walking forwards bringing her hands together, head and eyes lowered in submission as the scene changed again with the help of fiery petals. That revealed a long corridor with painted wall paper of both sides until her left opened up into a nice garden. People were running about fear in their eyes some had blood splattered on their clothes while other slipped in the blood of others.
In just a few moments fear coursed through her body but unlike the others Ryuu ran towards the trouble that they ran away from. Why am I running? What’s going who is spilling blood in such a disgusting manner? frowning Ryuu continued down the hall her beautiful hair had come undone with a few spots of blood on her kimono. She before she reached the source of the chaos a sound caught her attention. It was the sound of flesh being torn apart and blood gushing from a now life-less body. Ryuu began to shake with fear, turning towards the door the sound came from and with shaking hands slid the doors open. Ryuu was greeted by a horrifying sight of blood flowing down and between the oak floor boards a monstrous black body stood over a body, as it tear the man apart stuffing flesh down its maw. The light from the moon could light up only so much of the room but it was enough to see that the man was not the only victim as there were three other bodys that lay in a similar grotesque manner as the man would soon be in.
Ryuu covered her mouth with both hands to keep her scream back so as not to alert the monster that ate these poor souls. Tears streamed down her face making her knees weak Ryuu fell to the floor using the side of the door to help slow her descent to the ground. Then a slurping sound came from the monster in the room looking up Ryuu realized the monster had finished its meal and was beginning to look over its shoulder upon realizing that it was no longer in the dark. Glowing red eyes surrounded by a white face-no a white mask that struck terror in her heart. Ryuu looked straight into its eyes when she began to fall once more into a dark inferno.
Her kimono burned away along with her red hair to its previous length just the way she liked it. Her left eye was covered with a black eye patch once more; old scars appeared on her body that told the story of her life if you knew how to read it. She landed on her butt and hands in the same white room as before the child was gone now but Ryuu could a voice saying something. At first she was unable to understand what they were saying, picking out only two words “burn” and “heaven” then the room went silent as if they knew she heard what they had said.
Then something began to drip from the ceiling above it was a black and thick substance, creating a pool of black that seemed to move like a living entity. It was then that an arm shot out then another as the entity began to crawl out of the pool of black- the sound of a door sliding open then being closed caused Ryuu to leave behind the dream world and welcome the real.
"Shihiro has been missing since morning." Opening her right eye just a little Ryuu saw Akira standing before them what he had said was told in such a serious tone unlike the Akira they all knew. Before Ryuu could inquire as to how he came to such a conclusion she received an answer to her unsaid question. "I heard it from the Lieutenant of the Eighth's own mouth. He never reported in and they can't find him anywhere in Seireitei. I haven't seen him all day either."
Her mouth opened and closed unsure as to what to say but mainly to take it all in and pick her words carefully. “First off I’m going to assume you were eavesdropping on a conversation not meant to reach you ears. But considering who had said it then it must be true. But where could he have gone other than to where he had said he was going. It’s unlike Shihiro to not tell us what he plans to do you don’t think he went back to Fugai Forest for whatever reason popped into his mind at the time?” a hint of concern could be heard in her voice but Ryuu never left her position other than holding her sword closer.