Bleach: Brave Souls story · Main story, Part 6: Hueco Mundo Vol.2
Part 6: Hueco Mundo Vol.2, 1-5
Part 6: Hueco Mundo Vol.2
1 scenes, 98 lines
1. Before the battle
98 linesIt was just an ordinary encounter...
My name is Lieutenant Kaien Shiba.
Welcome aboard!
I see. Yes, sir.
What did you just say? What kind of greeting is that supposed to be?!
Ah!
I am your commanding officer! You're supposed to state your name and say "pleased to meet you, sir"!
What's your name, damn it?!
Uh... It's Rukia Kuchiki, sir.
Hmm... And?
And, and I'm pleased to meet you, sir!
All right! You're okay, Rukia.
A normal greeting. A normal scolding. A normal relationship between officer and subordinate.
Welcome to Squad 13, the best squad of them all! Unfortunately, our captain isn't in the best of health, so I pretty much run things around here.
In fact, it's not a problem if now and then you forget and actually address me as "Captain Kaien"!
Uh, kay. I'll try to remember.
Yes, an ordinary relationship. But this sense of ordinary was exactly what I'd been looking for.
Bah, not the long face again. Now what?
Eep!
And why is it you practically jump out of your skin every time you see me? You're hurting my feelings.
I-I'm sorry.
Knowing you, you probably won't tell me anything, but I have to ask. What's got you so depressed?
Just remember this. As long as you're a part of this squad, Rukia, I will stand by you even if it costs me my life.
Ah...
Kaien always had a way of making me feel at ease.
Miyako was Captain Kaien's wife.
She had risen quickly to the rank of Third Seat Officer in the squad. Not only was she a strong warrior, she was intelligent, kind, and beautiful.
Her entire squad...was annihilated.
No!
Wait, Kaien! Keep calm. We don't know what the enemy's abilities are yet.
Then what do we know? You want me to just sit here and wait?!
Am I to leave it to the other squads while I do nothing?!
Hm...
There is...one thing we know.
That is, where it lives.
Ahh, I smell more prey approaching.
More foolish meat.
I'll go first, sir. I'll scout out what its abilities are.
Captain, I beg of you. Permission to go fight it alone.
Go...
Hahahahaha! So, you are the first, eh? You're nothing but a boy!
Rage through the seas and heavens...
...Nejibana!
Kaien, get away!
Wait, Rukia.
Captain! Kaien has been disarmed. We have to help him!
But if we were to step in now, what would become of Kaien's pride?
Even if by going to his aid, you are somehow successful in saving his life...
...the cost of such an act would certainly be the death of his pride forever.
That doesn't make any sense at all, Captain! What good is pride to a man if he's dead?!
Listen now, and remember these words. There are two kinds of battles.
Those of us who have chosen to be warriors and to fight those battles must always be aware of the difference between the two.
There are battles that are fought to protect lives, and there are battles that are fought to defend honor.
Hahahaha!
Lieutenant...Kaien?
Yes? What is it, girl? What do you want?
Lieutenant...Kaien!
What is it with you, girl? Why do you keep repeating my name again and again? Are you that worried about me?
Or maybe you're in love with me!
Ahh!
I guess if you really love me that much, then maybe I should eat you first!
Captain!
Rukia, get out of here.
Huh!
Get out of here! Run away, now!
Why?
I think I know what you're waiting for. You're trying to think of a way to rip me out of this body so you can still save your friend. Isn't that right?
But this is different from human possession. We are both spirit beings, and now our spirits are united.
It can never be undone!
I see. Then you leave me no choice.
I will kill his body and you inside it.
Kaien no longer exists. And I won't let his body become food for a monster like you.
Lieutenant Kaien!
Rukia?! You were supposed to get away from here, you idiot!
That thing... It's no longer Kaien!
I don't know what made me go back. I didn't have a plan. I just knew I needed to go back.
That I needed to save him.
Rukia, no!
Captain...
Thank you...for understanding...and for letting me fight...to the end.
But Kaien...
Rukia, I apologize to you...for getting you involved in all of this in the first place. I know this...was painful.
But thanks to you, I'm saved.
Now I can still leave my heart here.
No.
I haven't done anything deserving of anyone's thanks.
The only one I saved was myself.
I'm not worth shedding blood over. Not ever.
I don't want you to rescue me, you said. "Just go home," you said. You know, sometimes you talk too much, Rukia.
I've come here to rescue you, got it?
You thought I'd give her up... Are you that dumb?
And I know that ever since that day, you've been carrying more than your share of guilt over it.
So, long ago, I decided in my heart that if you said just one word of apology, I would forgive you.
Thank you too, Rukia.
And welcome back.
My friends made me realize it.
It wasn't repentance that I should have been feeling.
This is what Kaien wanted to tell me. This is what he wanted me to understand.