#tagged for references to Starry's kira and urahara

[codename-freya]

Drabble

Kira became a big brother to me the first night we met. He saved my life and promised that I'd never have to go back to my aunt's house after I told him I was too scared. He didn't force me to explain. Somehow he knew. Instead he wrapped me up in his kosode and carried me to a safe place. He told me that I'd be welcomed there and that the man who owned it wouldn't force me back to Sara's. Both of them were so kind and gentle with me that night. I didn't realize that they weren't really human at first. All I knew was that I was almost killed by a monstrous creature that they called a Hollow and I was now protected.

I was there for what seemed like months when in fact it was probably a month at most. Kira and the man, Urahara trained me. They had been trying to get me to unlock something they called a fullbring. It didn't happen. Since it didn't they'd decided to make me a "substitute shinigami." The thought of it scared me. What was explained to me didn't make sense and I feared that either I would be hurt or one of them would. I struggled with the idea, but with their urging I'd finally conceded.

This isn’t the main part though. This isn’t even the most important thing that Kira had done for me. No, he did something that I don’t think I could ever repay him for.

I had decided that I wanted to do something nice for both Kira and Urahara so I left the shop so I could go and pick up some things to make both of them something special. It was the first time I left Urahara’s shop since Kira brought me there and to be honest I was a little scared to do so. I went to a local grocery store to get ingredients for homemade pancakes and bacon. I was even planning on getting orange juice.

At the grocery store I kept looking over my shoulder. Every few moments the feeling of someone’s eyes on me made my breath catch and the hairs on the back of my neck prickle. Each time I didn’t see anyone. That feeling didn’t go away. I was starting to shiver out of fear but continued on. I grabbed each ingredient as quickly as I could. Still, no one seemed to be following me. I didn’t catch anyone behind me more than once. I knew that only seeing someone behind you once meant that you weren’t being tailed, but my gut told me that I was. I’d feared that my gut had been right.

As soon as I left the store I felt the eyes back on me. This time I caught them and for a moment froze in my steps. It was my cousin Kristjan. He was there, watching me with such a predatory look that my blood ran cold. I wasn't just paranoid. He must have followed me throughout the store and I didn't see him. A small whimper escaped my throat as he spoke to me.

"You'd better come back with me. Mom is pissed that you ran. It would be better if you didn’t fight and just came back.” He said, reaching out to grab my arm. His fingers gripped me tightly and he smirked. “What’s wrong little girl?”

I bit my bottom lip and tore my wrist from him, then ran. My feet carried me quickly back to Urahara’s shop. I didn’t look back, I just ran. I couldn’t think. As soon as I got back into the shop I cried out for help. I was absolutely terrified. Kira had heard my cries and came running.

My cousin had followed me back to the shop and was planning on dragging me back to Sara’s. My heart had been pounding so hard that I thought everyone could hear it. Kira stepped in front of me, hiding my small frame behind him. He was making good on his promises that he’d protect me and that he wouldn’t let me go back there again. I was shaking behind him, almost in tears. I felt like a scared little child.

“Why are you protecting her?” He’d asked. “She’s a troublemaker. Let me take her back and she’ll be out of your hair. You don’t have to deal with her if you let me take her.”

Kira didn’t budge. Kira stood his ground and had his hand on the hilt of his zanpakuto.

“You will not be taking her.” Kira stated coldly.

My cousin reached out, trying to grab me and Kira made sure that Kristjan wouldn’t touch me. I was still so scared. This felt like it was hours instead of minutes. My cousin did not want to concede, but Kira wasn’t going to allow his promise to be broken. He had drawn his zanpakuto and released the shikai. Kira threatened my cousin’s life, putting the blade against Kristjan’s neck. That didn’t phase me.

“If you leave now and never come back you can keep your life, but if you don’t I will kill you myself. You’d be going straight to hell for what you’ve done.”

Kristjan was going to leave. I could see it in his eyes, but somehow that was when Kira’s zanpakuto spirit had decided to manifest. Later I found out that was the first time he’d manifested like that.

Wabisuke simply said “The stone gets heavier” and pulled up on the blade against my cousin’s neck. I was frozen in place at that. Yeah I’d seen my parents be murdered, but it was nothing like watching his head fall to the ground, then the rest of his body drop. To be honest I didn’t think I’d have been traumatized by watching him be killed, but I was. I also feared that the cops would be after us and we’d all be arrested. Kira had assured me that wouldn’t happen, but I was terrified that it would.

That night he comforted me again. Kira made sure I was okay.

The next morning he left. He left to return to the soul society to turn himself in for the murder of my cousin.

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#drabble #ic #the older brother i never had: izuru kira #v: main/mortal in the seireiti #tagged for references to Starry's kira and urahara #long post