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Straitjacket Feeling	By : TheresMoneyInThis Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 4411 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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By the time the sun was rising at dawn, she was more than halfway to the Twelfth Division House. The place seemed like a ghost town as she hurried down the barren trails and rushed to the dreaded facility despite her heavy dislike of the place.
Something about last evening just wasn't settling well with her. It had kept her up for a majority of the night and she swore it felt like she was on the brink of a panic attack over it. She knew Captain Unohana was still normally asleep and didn't want to bother with waking her up so... she decided to head on over by herself. Shit, she never should've left last night; she should've just stayed and made sure that the woman was okay. But it had just been so chaotic and she had been so exhausted... she never even thought about it.
Pushing open the Division doors, she ran into the lobby and looked around for anyone who could escort her back into the hellish depths of this place. Up until now, there had always been someone escorting her around, making sure she didn't get lost. But now... even the lobby itself was completely empty. She didn't want to sit around and wait for someone to show up though... she had to get there now. Sighing briefly, she decided to go against her better judgment and headed into the sheer heart of the place. Praying to some kind of celestial force that she wouldn't get lost in the process of her panic. The neat corridors that lead down into separating wings were more than likely for sleeping barracks and were at least kept clean of chemicals. Hopefully anyways. But the further she progressed, the more dark it got and the colder it was as well... the temperature drop was light at first until a sheer drop signaled the hair on her hair to stand up as slight chills stirred across her body. Okay... nothing to worry about, if she remembered her footsteps, she could eventually get there right? Hopefully in one piece and with all limbs attached. And maybe she wouldn't become some kind of experiment herself.
It wasn't long before the corridors split open into the massive facility labs she had become all too familiar with. Just the scent and atmosphere of it alone was enough to make her stomach cringe inward on itself. She just had to remind herself to stay calm as she tried to avoid contact with any of the lingering Division members. Not that she thought she would actually have to have an explanation for her presence but... who knows. Anything could happen and right now... she felt as though she was becoming more and more paranoid about everything.
"Lieutenant Kotetsu."
Shit.
She turned at the call of her name but gave into a sigh of relief as she only spotted Officer Akon walking towards her; he had an expression as though he hadn't been expecting her- then again, she wasn't entirely expecting herself to be here this early either. "Oh, good... look Akon, I just... I have this bad feeling and I need to go see Nemu right now. Can you take me to her?"
He hesitated for a moment before he gave into a nod. "Well, you are in charge of her health, I have no other choice but to."
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she just wanted him to take her there. Now.
She hurried after him and tried not to let herself out pace him... although her own sense of a rush seemed to convince him to push his own along the way. Every passing moment and passing corridor seemed to drag on and on, which only fueled her nerves to fry themselves further. She was almost certain she had made herself sick by the time they reached the familiar wing. She wasted no time in pushing past him and rushing to the bedroom door as quickly as she could. It felt like the door tried to slip from her grasp before she shouldered it aside in one clean hit.
The bedroom area itself was empty; her bed didn't even look like it had been slept in recently... then again, she could've just made it after she got up. But then where did she go? That's when the trickle of water coming from the bathroom caught her attention. Okay so maybe the woman was just taking a shower then. As awkward as it was going to be, she just... it felt like she needed to see her in order to reassure herself that things were okay. Pushing herself across the room, she took note that the bathroom door had been left open anyways and allowed for her to peer straight into the room regardless. Through the blurred glass of the shower box, she could spot a black form inside.
"... Nemu?" Isane called as she slowed her steps just slightly as she moved her way across the small room. Fingers touched lightly at the cold glass of the shower door before she eased it open to reveal the woman on the other side. She was seated in one corner, still dressed in her uniform as freezing cold water rained down from the showerhead. Her knees were pulled up against her with her arms just lightly wrapped around them. "What on Earth are you doing?" she questioned as she reached over and shut the water off as quickly as she could. "Come on... how long have you been in here?"
The question was barely noted by her as she hardly took note of how the calming rhythm of the water stopped. The feel of the woman lightly pulling on her was enough to draw her attention away from its seclusion as she turned to her for a moment. "... Isane?"
"Yes... yes it's me, now come on." she ushered as she helped the woman to her feet; taking note of the sheer paleness of her form. She moved to brush her heavy bangs from her face and noted that her lips were found of all color as well. "How long have you been in there?"
"I don't know... a few hours."
"That is not healthy for someone in your condition." Isane sighed as she looked around the small room before she reached for a towel from where they had been neatly stack onto a nearby shelf; she didn't bother with how grabbing one seemed to pull the rest of them loose and leave them scattered across the floor. "Come here, let's at least try to get you dry."
She felt the woman try to wrap the towel around her; attempting to first wrap up her water-heavy hair before she pushed her hands aside. "I'm fine, I just... I want to be left alone."
"What do you mean?" Isane started; watching as her fellow Lieutenant seemed to go out of her way to avoid eye contact with her. "... Did something happen?"
"Did Officer Akon bring you here?"
"What? Well... yeah, he's standing just outside-"
"Tell him to remember what I said to him yesterday."
She started to question her again but thought better of it this time and only nodded. "I'll go get you another uniform from your closet..." slowly forcing herself out of the bathroom, she made her way back to the open bedroom door where the other Division member stood waiting. "Uh... look, I'm going to stay with her for a bit until Captain Unohana arrives, is that alright?"
"Of course." he nodded. "I'll be in the labs if you need me."
"Sure thing." she remarked before she eased the door closed just shortly after he turned to leave; she hesitated for a moment before she moved to turn the lock as well- just in case. Pushing herself away from the doorway, she walked over to where the woman's closet was and grabbed the first thing she could; actually grabbing a bundle of them instead. She tried to make herself seem just a bit more relaxed before she headed back into the bathroom; taking note of the other woman untwisting her hair before she wrapped it tightly with a towel. "Here, I might've made a mess of your closet but I'll fix it later."
She glanced over at the words before she carefully took the black bundle the woman handed to her. Releasing the towel she had been using to dry her hair, she quickly untied the thick obi sash from around her waist and let it drop easily to the floor below. Fingers peeled aside the dark material of her wet uniform and had to force it from her shoulders before the damp fabric fell heavily to the ceramic tiles underneath. Almost instantly, she felt the other Lieutenant push a cleaner towel towards her; ultimately covering her bare breasts.

"You know, you're like my best friend and all but... let's try to keep things... decent around one another; I know I've seen you nearly naked plenty of times before but... still, it's not something I want to get used to." Isane remarked. "So... I'll just give you a few minutes to redress while I wait outside; when you're done, we can sit in your bed and talk about this whole thing."
"Okay." she nodded and waited for the woman to leave before she moved to wrap the towel around her; tying it lightly to hold its place without her hands. Moving over to the nearby sink, she slowly picked up her brush and carefully pulled it through her thick strands. With every brush, all she could remember was the way he seemed to faintly enjoy braiding her hair for her; despite his usually cold and uncaring demeanor, there was always that gentleness in his hands when he pulled each strand over the other, always making sure to keep each braid tight before moving on to the next. She always found it relaxing and soothing when he did that; it always felt like a bonding moment for them... and they never got a lot of those.
Styling her hair once more, she pulled it aside and let it drape down along her back again. Hands moved to discard any remaining wet clothing that continued to dress her and tossed it aside into the nearby hamper; some articles making the distance while others didn't. She grabbed the clothing she had set aside on the closest rack and slowly slipped it on; realizing how odd the fabric suddenly felt against her drying skin. Pulling the front of the new kimono together, she paused as her hands brushed against the new curve of her stomach; just a small, barely noticeable bump was present now... She tried not to focus all too much on it and pulled her uniform together before wrapping a new obi sash around her midsection. She just... she'd rather not keep Isane waiting.
Walking back into the bedroom, she took note of the woman partly collapsed on her bed; she seemed partly exhausted, then again the woman could never sleep; she was always suffering from nightmares and from the position of being in the Fourth Division. She moved to slowly walk around the bed before she climbed in next to her.
"I wasn't asleep." Isane started as she snapped herself awake at the sound of the mattress squeaking beneath her. She glanced over to see the other woman with her and moved over to offer just a bit more room. "Okay, well as long as no one sees us like this I think we'll be okay. Now... what's going on in this place? I left last night and suddenly it seems like everything went to hell; Division Four doesn't even move that quickly."
"I apologize if this seems like a burden on you..."
"What? No, no that's okay... I need to know all of this, I am your caretaker after all." Isane replied as she moved to prop herself up on one arm; lightly draping her other one over the woman's side. "Here, I'll tell you what I know and you can fill in the rest after that. Alright uh, well when we left yesterday, you were still with that Espada and... that's all I know."
"What time did you leave?"
"Good question... uh, well it had to have been maybe thirty minutes after you left Matsumoto and I. We saw Officer Akon on the way out and he gave us a heads up on what was happening."
Of course.
A brief sigh escaped her as she moved to brush aside her still damp strands. "We were barely together for ten minutes before Captain Mayuri interrupted us; he said they were merely going to discuss a few things but... I know how they orchestrate. Officer Akon was ordered to forcibly remove me from his room even despite my objections to it; he knows well of why I had to be there and why I needed to stay with him but he refuses to acknowledge it... He's becoming just like him... I've already made the choice that I don't want him involved in this anymore, not that I really have a choice in the matter but he's aware of it; lucky for him, he's smart enough to know that crossing my path right now won't be the right choice. I've been in here since then. I have no clue what happened or how their conversation ended- I know it wouldn't have ended well though. It just... he's not well and I'd prefer it if I was with him right now. That, however, is very unlikely."
She tried not to frown too heavily at the remark but did so regardless. "I... but... why would he lie like that?"
"Because he knows of your heavy involvement in this matter; he knew that the moment he let that slip, either you or Captain Unohana would've intervene. And that's something that Captain Mayuri wouldn't have wanted, so he went out of his way to prevent that from occurring."
"But... he seemed content with helping..."
"You wouldn't understand. We are his creations, if anything, we inspire to gain his utmost respect and trust; many of us here inspire to be like him and in order to do that, we do what we believe he would do. It's essentially futile. We're not respective members and he wouldn't dare to give a second thought to something that was grown in a Petri dish, regardless if it's related to him by blood or not." she started before she moved to push onto her back; fingertips lightly perched on form of her stomach. "I used to be like that until recently."
"... No... no you changed a long time ago." Isane remarked. "After that battle... those missions... I don't know what happened- well I do know what happened but... you were never the same. Everyone just tried to ignore it and hope for the best but I noticed it and it was impossible to push aside."
"It's because I've allowed him to change me, before it was just a... mere whisper that was more of an annoyance than anything; then things changed and I started to listen to it. We were one before but now... I think we're reverting back to that. I can sense how fast he's falling apart; it's like... I can feel what he's feeling; that connection we had before is slowly making its way back."
"Okay, so I'll be honest... this conversation is kind of freaking me out but... I mean I think I can understand where you're coming from on it. And... I just don't understand this situation and why things have to be like they are. I mean, I think things would run more smoothly if everyone didn't seem so hell bent on trying to keep you two apart. I still can't make sense of that but then again I'm sure this Division functions at an intellect level that's higher than anything I could've possessed."
"I think we just like to make things complicated and see where they go."
Isane shrugged lightly as she shifted slightly to move the pressure from her arm. "Every Division likes to make things complicated but this... this is beyond complicated."
She held off her comment for a few moments and watched as the other woman seemed to be on the brink of falling asleep once more. It had been rumored that speaking things out loud made them easier to deal with but... this just didn't fall into that category. "... I told him that I would kill him if he ever wanted me too."
A soft groan left the other Lieutenant as she pulled herself from her unexpected doze. "What did you say?"
"Nothing... nothing, I was just..." she replied with a light shake of her head before she moved to push herself up to support on her arms. "I haven't been feeling well for awhile now; I think it might just be the pregnancy catching up to me."
"Well, in all honesty, you do seem to be falling behind on the symptoms. Although some people have been able to go through an entire pregnancy without showing much of the obvious side effects." Isane started. "Although... I'll still keep an eye on the matter and make sure things don't get too terribly out of control."
"Have you had experiences with those?"
"I haven't but Captain Unohana has; she used to tell stories of how terrible some of the symptoms can get. She wouldn't tell me who they were from though."
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Carefully guiding herself up the corridor, Unohana nodded lightly to the figures who stood in guard at the opening doorway as she passed by. She had been hoping that their presence would have lightened up during the last few days but... it appeared as though the opposite had happened instead. Secretly, she hoped nothing had happened that would have called for such a matter. After all, the place still seemed in fit condition and no one seemed expressively stressed; just the same, Officer Akon had assured her that things were just fine and pointed her in the correct direction to find her Lieutenant. In all honesty, she was surprised to get up that morning and not find the woman in her room or even in the corridors; Officer Yasochika had to rely the news that he saw her leaving at the earliest light that morning. Something that seemed out of the woman's character but she assured herself that there was a good reason for it.
Approaching the closed bedroom door at the far end of the corridor, she lightly tapped on it once or twice before she released it from its frame. A few steps inward exposed the two women fitfully asleep on the surface of the bed. It must've been a hard day for everyone. It seemed as though it was a rare sighting to spot even her own Lieutenant asleep, let alone Lieutenant Kurotsuchi. Closing the door lightly behind her, she quietly carried herself across the room and watched as the silver-haired woman seemed to stir at the approaching footsteps. "Isane?"
"Mmm... what?" she muttered lightly before she forced herself to look up at the voice. "Oh... goodness, Captain Unohana, I didn't even hear you come in."
"It's quite alright, I was actually trying to avoid waking you." the black-haired Captain replied. "I see you decided to drop in early today."
Carefully trying to wiggle herself away from the sleeping Lieutenant next to her without disturbing her sleep, Isane pushed herself into a more appropriate sitting position and leaned back against the wall on the other side. "I had a bad feeling when I got up this morning... so I decided to come in and make sure things were still in order."
"I'm assuming that they were?"
"Not in the least bit."
She narrowed her eyes slightly at the answer; waiting for her Lieutenant to explain herself. "Why is that so?"
A rough sigh escaped her as she moved to brush aside her silver bangs. "I... well when I came in this morning, she was just sitting in the shower; fully clothed but it was like she was completely unaware of where she was. But... she said that everything Akon told us last night was a lie."
"What do you mean?"
"She wasn't with the Espada yesterday, well at most just five or ten minutes and then he locked her back up in here for the rest of the night. And... I don't know, she said she's just really worried about him because of everything that's happening. She... mentioned that it feels like they're still connected and she can kind of feel what he's feeling. I just don't know what to think anymore, Captain Unohana... things aren't making sense and I can't understand why they're going about with these procedures. How is keeping them separated supposed to help any?"
A light shake of her head followed in answer. "I'm not entirely sure Isane but... we'll figure something out. However though... now that you mention it, I feel the need to go visit that Espada just the same. I believe... if he was left in Captain Mayuri's presence... I may need to be in attendance."
"Perhaps I should go instead... I mean, I would like to know a bit more about him."
"Only if you wish to." she nodded. "I'll stay here with Lieutenant Kurotsuchi and... perhaps wait to see if someone else drops by. I do wish to speak with a few of the others around here and get things under proper control."
She nodded and moved to carefully climb off the bed beneath her. Hands smoothing out the wrinkles in her uniform when she finally settled back on her feet. "I'll be back as soon as I can."
"No, thanks quite alright; take your time."
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She had braced herself for a long debate with Akon to convince him to allow for her to go near the Espada; however the sight of the corridor being empty and unguarded was a bit of reassurance. She didn't know entirely why she suddenly had the aspiration to go but... something seemed to guide her. She had only met the man once or twice before but that had only been for some brief moments... and even then, she had Nemu with her but now... it would just be her. Hopefully she'd be able to keep herself calm over it.
Sneaking her way down the corridor, she tried to ignore the line of doors on either side of her and kept her focus on the larger one that was positioned right at the end. Pausing briefly in front of it, she waited to gather her nerves before she moved to unlock it- well, unlock what was left as the door itself seemed to have taken damage- which wasn't the least bit reassuring. "Come on, Isane, you can do this." she whispered before she eased the door away from its frame; listening to the pop of air that was released and the eerie squeak of the hinges.
"Do you always talk to yourself like that?"
The question pulled her attention to the man who was once more sitting in his bed; leaning back against the headboard behind him. He looked as though he had been in the middle of sleeping before her arrival woke him up. Fingers moved to reposition his glasses before they ruffled through his hair; moving individual strands out of his face.
"Not usually, only under stress." she answered as she pushed the door behind her closed. "I had to sneak in here since no one was on watch, although someone could drop in at any moment so I'll try to use my time wisely."
"Sometimes I wonder if that's even possible, using time wisely." he remarked. "Now then, what is it that you want?"
"Uh well... I'd like to know about what happened yesterday." she slowly started. "It's come to my attention that... some people around here have been... lying to us and quite frankly, it's not settling well."
"Well you can't expect for the world to roll over and give you all of its secrets." he replied. "As for yesterday, after a brief conversation with that Captain... we merely parted ways and the day went on."
"Nothing else?"
"Hmm... well I did lose my balance later on that night and bruised my lung; breathing's a little difficult right now but better than puking blood."
"I... well... I might be able to help with that."
"It's quite alright, after the swelling went down and the blood cleared, everything kind of leveled out. There was quite a bit of blood though, made an absolute terrible mess. But, you know what, that's all in the past now."
She frowned lightly and moved to step a bit closer to him; watching as he hardly even seemed to notice her. "Look, I came here to help you... so let's try not to make my job any harder than it should be."
A light click of his tongue followed her remark before he turned towards her. "Ever so persistent, aren't we?"
She tried not to seem too... well disgusted by the massive spread of bruising along the right side of his face; most of it was concentrated around the curve of the jawline. Now, she had seen far worse things before in her own Division but... the bruising was practically black at this point and a slight split in the flesh showed how badly the beating had been. "... What happened there?"
"Where? Oh this?" he started; fingertips just barely touching at the blackened area before he seemed to wince from the contact. "Yeah, I fell again, this time against the sink; you wouldn't believe how much force it takes to break the jaw bone from its place and then fracture it two more times."
"... You're just toying with me, aren't you?"
"You tell me, Lieutenant Kotetsu. The first hint should've been the 'brief' conversation part. I know we haven't had that much experience around one another but... do I honestly look like someone who could easily lose balance? We share the same height, you should know how stable your balance needs to be to function properly. Also, I hate puking up blood as much as the next person and I have had far too many experiences with it."
"I thought so..."
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“Shh… just let it out.” She whispered; hands gently pulling back the woman’s black strands from her face as she tried to keep her calm and at ease.; listening to the horrific purges of the woman’s stomach below. “This is very natural for women this far along in term. It'll last for a few months at most so... well that's usually the most annoying aspect of it from what I've heard."
She tried to find a way to let the words calm her, but it did little to do so. Her stomach was cramping up enough already and the recent upheavals did little to fix it; if anything, it made them worse instead. The sudden illness seemed to come out of nowhere just the same. One moment she was asleep and the next... well she was rushing to get to the bathroom before her stomach turned against her. The ceramic tiles were cool against her knees as she pushed herself away from the toilet for a moment; hoping her stomach would settle soon. “I’m sorry that you have to be here for this.”
“Oh nonsense, I have seen far worse cases than this.” She remarked. “I am Fourth Division Captain after all.”
“Have you dealt with many pregnancy cases?”
“Ah well… a few. One in particular was horrific to say the least. I mean, baby and mother came out just fine in the end but the getting there point was… the worst. She suffered from constant morning sickness, she had to be in bed rest during her last month and when the birthing was done, she nearly went into cardiac arrest. It was terrible. Not to mention during the labor, her hip cracked and nearly fractured itself; one of the joints was nearly pulled free as well. Thankfully in disregard to that, she was fairly healthy and handled her new baby well. I haven't heard much from her now and days but her daughter was absolutely beautiful."
"Is there a possibility that will happen to me?"
"Each pregnancy is unique and completely different from the others so there's no telling. So far, you're in perfect health and handling well but you're just going on two months now, so there's no telling just yet." Unohana answered. "I doubt you'll suffer as much as the other woman did, you could probably handle a bit more with how your status is."
She nodded lightly at the words, finding just a bit more comfort in them this time. Leaning back, she pressed herself against the nearby wall and moved one hand to wipe away the light sweat that had collected at her brow. The dark-haired Captain across from her was kneeled lightly behind where she had been seated before but she slowly pushed herself back into a more comfortable position. "... Can I ask you something?"
"That's what I'm here for."
She waited patiently to gather her question together and pull herself into one piece. "Isane said that you both believed what Officer Akon told you yesterday before you left... but you were present at that moment. Why did you believe him?"
"I was waiting for the moment when you would ask me something of that." Unohana nodded. "I believe it was a horrible idea to have left at such a time... I can see now all the problems that it had caused. But, in actuality, while it was a bit out of character for me to do... I did have a reason for it. You see, some people here question my sense of power; as Fourth Division Captain, I'm a non-combative unit and I keep that kind of talk under constraints. However... when it comes to power in debating terms and arguments, I do have the upper hand in them. I spoke with Captain Yamamoto after I left, I had been planning to speak with him for some time now but after what I witnessed yesterday, I figured now would be the best time. You see... he had been planning a small exhibition to go out and investigate into some hollow rumors that have been circulating recently. I was asked to go but I said that certain upcoming events were going to hold me back; in my place, I suggest for Captain Mayuri's presence instead. He could conduct scientific studies while he was out and those results would greater benefit the Society. So it was decided that he would go; he's scheduled to leave in ten hours. In which case... that would leave me in charge of this operation until he returns, which could be days."
"... You set him up?"
"As I said before and as everyone knows, I'm a non combative leader but I know my way around a battle. I assure you, he'll return safely and in one piece."
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