The Destined Reunion (Tsuki/Vesta, JTT)

[Vesta Zweig]

(Training for TTP)

Vesta was in class, trying her best to pay attention. It had been two years, two full years, since she had seen Tsukiyomi last. Since then, a lot of things are different. She found out her true self, half demon and half Bount. She found out more about her father's race and even met the leader of them. Training under him was something that she will never forget and hoped that she would be able to train like that on her own.

Her connection with Zorn was as strong as ever, playing with his locket when she got bored. He was her constant companion and he helped to ease the slight loneliness that she felt without seeing Tsukiyomi for so long. He kept her mind off it and school helped a great deal. She was now in high school, so all of her classes were getting harder, giving her more homework to do which kept her busy.

Her father was very pleased with how she was doing in school, proud she was keeping good grades. Her friends had went to the same high school that she had, so she still had her childhood friends with her. They were a little surprised that she was now more available to do things, but they never said anything. They were happy to be able to hang out with her more, which they always told her about. 

But, while she was alone, or trying to focus on homework, Tsukiyomi always came into her mind. She always wondered what he was doing. He was like her, half demon and half of another race. In his case, he was half shinigami, which she learned about them through Tsukiyomi himself. She wanted to know more and more than anything else, she wanted to see him. So, she was now in the last class of the day, sitting by a window, concentrating on her class but could be easily seen by anyone outside of the school.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Around mid day time as the spiritual doors appeared in front of the high school that educated the young minds of Karakura Town. The doors after a moment slide open and walking out from the bright white light was a somewhat short male with long black hair tied back into a ponytail. His attire that of a Shinigami in a slightly different style and other differences in his outfit stepped Tsukuyomi onto the ground of the human world.

It had been some time since he had actually been in the human world. Most of the time he was moving around Soul Society or one of the Rukongai districts. He was a member of squad seven and that meant that when he was on duty he was enforcing the laws of Soul Society and doing his best to help the everyday individual. It was something that over the last two years Tsukuyomi had started to take more and more seriously.

However, over the last two years he didn't go without his fair share of surprises and hardships. The immediate things that came to mind were the facts that he had clashed with another Shinigami and accidently lost control and been taken over by his demonic nature. Since then he had done everything he could to gain control over it yet nothing so far had been helpful. The only good thing to come out of it was the fact that somehow he gained his ability to see.

He also had learned that his mother had been a member of one of the four major noble families of Soul Society and over the last year Tsukuyomi had been accepted into the family. He was a member of the Kawada family now and although he hadn't really gotten to know many of his new family members it did help some. The major change though was that his Captain more frequently than not decided to give him extra training and from that he had become much more powerful.

Right now he was on duty in Karakura. Over the last few days there have been reports of a hollow that was moving throughout the town. Tsukuyomi happened to arrive in the front of the high school by chance and when he looked forward and saw where he was he heard something. He turned his head for a moment to each side and than realized that he was remembering the sound of Vesta's voice. He hadn't seen her in so long and never really got to see her. Once he was done with the hollow if he was the one to finish it he felt that trying to find her would be the next thing on his list.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta was concentrating on her class, so she wasn't really paying attention to anything that was happening outside of the school window. But, thankfully, Zorn always kept his eyes, ears and senses open to anything that could be going on outside of the building or anywhere near her. She was writing notes when she heard Zorn do something different, sniffing. He normally didn't do that unless he had his physical form.

Zorn was pushing towards Vesta, trying to get her attention. Thankfully, the teacher turned his head towards the board so Vesta could actually pay attention to what Zorn was trying to do. "Vesta, you need to look outside the window to the ground below. I think there's something there that you peak your interest. I can only do so much inside your locket. If you can, please look."

She nodded to herself, trusting in Zorn's abilities. She glanced outside to look and then did a double take. She stared outside the window and noticed that the people walking on the street weren't even noticing this man that was standing in the road. It was then that she noticed the sword that he had tied to his waist. Her immediate thought was that this man was a shinigami.

She smiled towards the man and that's when the bell sounded, releasing everyone from school for the day. She hurriedly grabbed her things and ran out the door. Her friends tried to talk to her but she hurriedly told them that she would get in touch with them later and ran out the door. Once outside, she saw the man standing there. Thankfully, only about five minutes passed between her seeing him and her getting outside.

The man didn't look too familiar, but there were things that reminded her of Tsukiyomi. The build looked similar and the hair color was the same, but there were a lot of things different. His hair was longer and his attire was completely different. She didn't think that they were the same, but maybe he grew older and looked different now too? She quickly walked towards him, his back was to her. While his back was turned to her, she talked to him. "Excuse me shinigami, you wouldn't happen to know a Tsukiyomi, would you?"

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi looked around the area yet it seemed to be in vain. From what he could tell the hollow wasn't going to attack during the day or perhaps it just wouldn't do it in this area. He couldn't really say for sure and it made matters worse that he didn't have any real talent in sensing the reiatsu of other entities. One way or another though he would have to find this hollow and make sure that justice was upheld.

He had leaped from the ground and perched himself up on the gates of the school when the bell had rung. He didn't really see any reason to actually leave right now from this area since he didn't have the slightest clue where to look for the hollow. Being perfectly honest it could be back in Hueco Mundo and only come back after awhile. It might not even return which was one of the things that made assignments such as thing annoying.

After a few minutes of squatting in the perched position on the gate Tsukuyomi who at the moment had his eyes closed as he tried to envision what Captain Kimiko would do in this situation the students of the school started to pass by him. They were loud to say the least and Tsukuyomi was starting to hate the fact that he hadn't already left. To make matters worse he didn't know what Kimiko would do simply because he knew his Captain had developed the ability to sense reiatsu.

It was then that foot steps that had been coming towards him suddenly stopped. There hadn't been a call from one of the other students so the reasoning for why the foot steps that were behind him stopping was a mystery. That was when he heard the sound of a young feminine voice. He was addressed as a Shinigami and then heard her ask about him. Turning around and opening his eyes Tsukuyomi saw a beautiful girl with long red hair looking up at him.

The voice sounded somewhat like Vesta's had been yet not completely the same either. Tsukuyomi kept himself calm for the moment his facial expression staying the same sternly calm as always when he stood up and then walked forward dropping to the ground in front of the girl. He was just barely taller than her and he realized that her hair was even longer than his if he didn't have it in a ponytail. He wanted to make sure that it was Vesta though before he said anything. So however awkward or embarrassing it might be for her Tsukuyomi bent forward and suddenly smelled her.

He had some indication already that it might be her based on how similar this girl's voice was to that of what he recalled Vesta's to be yet now her scent was also very much the same. It just like the voice wasn't a perfect match to what he could remember yet at the same time it was possible that his memory was just misarranging information. So pulling himself straight up again he gave a puzzled look towards the girl. "Vesta?"

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta stood her ground, watching this shinigami move. It seemed that he had landed on the gate instead of the ground. Since she was on the third floor, she could've easily mistaken where he landed. She watched as he walked forward and landed on the ground with no damage. She was definitely correct that this man was a shinigami. She was happy for that at least. Next, he turned around.

She looked at him, hard. His hair was almost as long as hers and they were almost the same height, but he was just an inch taller than her. She watched as he walked towards her and tried to take everything in. The gait looked almost the same as Tsukiyomi's, but the height difference made it different from what she was used to seeing. She was trying to see similarities.

But, it had been two years. She then looked at his face and noticed his eyes. Tsukiyomi was blind and she had always seen his eyes closed. She had never seen them open before and his eyes were beautiful. He was also walking like he could actually see her, but Tsukiyomi could do the same thing, seeing through some weird way that she had forgotten about. She had a curious look on her face.

It was then that he stopped and then bent down towards her. It was then that she suddenly heard him sniff. Why was he sniffing her? Zorn was also taking this time to do his own investigations, which she could feel through their link. Once Tsukiyomi had stood up straight, Vesta took a minute. She had also smelled him when he was close and it felt familiar. But, why would someone that could see sniff her like that?

Zorn was murmuring to her and that's when she saw the puzzled look that passed across the shinigami's face. It was then when he said Vesta. How did he know her name? Zorn then pushed the link between them. "Vesta, I think that's Tsukiyomi. He smells the same to me as he did two years ago and this man reiatsu feels the same." She couldn't believe it. "How do you know my name? Tsukiyomi? Is that you?" She fiddled with her locket while talking to him.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Standing upwards once again and looking down at the beautiful long red haired girl in front of him Tsukuyomi began to think that she might actually be Vesta. He didn't really have anything to go o other than her voice and the way that she smelled. It was quite surprising though that he might be the one to figure out that she was her before she figured out that he was himself. She had more to go off of then him especially since she had seen him before. Although he thought about that.

Over the last two years Tsukuyomi had grown a fair bit and not much about him looked the same as when he had just gotten his sight. So it made at least some sense that Vesta if this girl was Vesta wouldn't actually be able to discern that it was him solely based on his appearance. Although she wasn't going off just his appearance. When Tsukuyomi had been close to her he had heard the sound of her smelling him just after he had done the same. In that next moment he saw her hand move and reach for her what appeared to be a locket around her neck.

It was then that she spoke and asked whether or not he was actually Tsukuyomi. The young Shinigami thought for a moment on how to respond. He didn't want to simply come out and say it like any ordinary person. He wanted to answer her question in a way that she might even overlook so he could use it against her later. He knew now that this was in fact Vesta and thanks to that he had the intention of having a bit of amusement at her expense just as he did two years ago.

"Wow." Tsukuyomi looked over Vesta once again with an expression of awe. To Vesta being a high school girl it would more than likely appear that Tsukuyomi was simply checking out her body and finding it attractive to gaze upon. However, while Tsukuyomi couldn't and wouldn't lie that she had grown into a very beautiful girl that wasn't the perhaps. No after a moment or two he looked back up and grinned. "You really got lazy. Look how big you've gotten." Grinning as he teased her on something so remarkable wrong on a subject that he had always brought up two years ago he really hoped that she realized it was him.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta waited with baited breath to hear what he was going to say. If this actually was Tsukiyomi, he had changed so much. How was he able to see now? She thought that he was born blind. But, maybe there is some magic healing in Soul Society, giving him the ability to be able to actually see again. She's sure that it must be nice to actually see his surroundings and finally see what she looked like.

It was when he said wow is when she thought that. He hadn't seen her before, so she assumed it would be natural for him to actually look at her now. But, the way he was doing it seemed a little weird. But, she couldn't forget that she had grown up and changed, the same as him. He was also around her age, so she wasn't surprised that he started to act like most guys her age acted around her. She knew she was pretty.

But, to have Tsukiyomi say that and look her over this way made her cheeks get a little rosy. She was actually blushing! She cared a great deal for him and it was nice for him to actually like the way she looked. After a few seconds, he looked into her face and grinned. The grin on his face hadn't changed from two years ago, but having his eyes light up just made his grin all the more beautiful.

Then, when he spoke, her grin turned into a serious, straight face. After two years, this is the first thing he says to her?! How inconsiderate can he be?! She was annoyed now. He kept a grin on his face while she took a breath and moved. Moving at her full speed, she would run up to him and grab him by the shoulders, using some of her strength to keep him in place. There would only be a about a foot in between their faces. She stared into his eyes, leaning in for their noses to touch, then their foreheads.

She took in a deep breath and relaxed. "That's not nice for someone to say after meeting up again after two years. I could say the same to you, since we both grew a few inches. But.....I really missed you Tsuki. Why did you have to stay away for so long? You couldn't come to visit me? I want to hear about everything you've been up to since we've been apart, but I want to do something first." It was then that she would lean in a give him a quick kiss on the lips, before pulling away quickly. "I've been wanting to do that for awhile now."

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Well Tsukuyomi had taken notice of the fact that Vesta had been blushing while he looked her over. It was something that he wouldn't have actually been able to pick up on if it weren't for his vision. It made him wonder for a moment if she had always blushed this red when the two of them had been hanging out two years ago. She didn't seem to have that type of personality or at least that he could remember so it wasn't something he was expecting.

After he spoke though and grinned at her the grin on her face vanished and was replaced by a stern look of seriousness. In that moment Tsukuyomi couldn't help, but feel he might have messed up for that look wasn't something he wasn't familiar with now. Captain Kimiko would look at him like that when he made a mistake and often times he'd be sent flying across the room or knocked out. He doubted Vesta could manage such physical feats, but he knew she was probably spiritually stronger than she had been the last time he'd seen her.

In the next moment she rushed him and Tsukuyomi had to fight off his reflexes to defend himself. She grabbed ahold of his shoulders and in the next moment he felt her soft skin press against his face. It was the same way that he had done it to her the last time that they had seen each other. When Vesta began to speak at an alarmingly fast rate Tsukuyomi didn't know what to say she wasn't giving him a chance to speak. Though he was taken off guard by the fact that the soft pink lips connected with his and his eyes widened in awe.

When she pulled back Tsukuyomi was simply standing there with a dumbfounded look to his face. The only thing going through his mind was the experience of feeling the softness of her lips. After a moment or two he realized how stupid he had to look and while he couldn't keep himself from blushing bright red he turned to the side. "Well I've been really busy. I haven't really gotten the chance to come back to the human world. Things have been bad where I live and it's part of my job to try and keep things running."

He finally felt that his blush was gone from his face and turned back towards Vesta with a grin on his face again. "Doesn't mean I'm not glad to be back here for at least for a little bit." While all of this was going on a garganta opened over the top of the school and what appeared to be a small group of hollows began to descend upon the school. The intel had been wrong and it seemed Tsukuyomi might need the aid of a very friendly ally.

[Vesta Zweig]

The look on his face had been priceless. She looked at his face when she pulled away and his eyes were bugged out pretty big and he had a huge blush on his face. She grinned pretty big at that, Vesta having the upper hand for the time being. It was then that he started to talk about why he had been away for so long. It seemed that he had been really busy, just like she thought he had been.

When Tsuki mentioned that things had been bad where he lives, she worried. Obviously, things weren't so bad that he couldn't take care of himself, but it was still worrying. She also found out that part of his job as a shinigami was to keep things running. Interesting that his job in Soul Society was to help keep things running. She didn't know that he was so important, but he might have risen through the ranks in two years.

He then faced her again with a grin on his face, saying that it doesn't mean he's not glad to be back here. She grinned back. "You better be glad to be back here! But, I really have missed you Tsuki. You mean a lot to me....more than I thought you did. When you left, I realized that you left a hole that couldn't be filled by anyone but you. It's why I kissed you....that's how I feel now that I've thought about it for two years." It was then that she noticed something.

Well, not noticed as she felt something over the school. "But, I guess we'll have to talk about that later, I sense that hollows are nearby." She looked up and saw a huge, black hole that had opened up over the school. She remembered them being called Gargantas and that's how the hollows made it to their world. She immediately dropped her locket. "Ziege Dich, Zorn!" Zorn started to materialize, standing in front of her, ready to attack.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

It was then that Vesta seemed to enjoy how embarrassed he felt right now and just like he did to her she wasn't more than likely going to let it go anytime soon. However, Tsukuyomi couldn't help, but feel more embarrassed when she started to declare her affection for him. Tsukuyomi felt the same way yet actually talking about it was something else entirely. He was going to have trouble with something like this that was for sure since at the moment he didn't really now what to say.

However, it seemed that the affectionate talk was going to have to wait. Looking up Tsukuyomi saw the sky rip open as the garganta formed in the human world. He let out a sigh in disappointment though yet that disappointment was quickly cast aside when he realized there was more than one. In fact from what he could tell there were five of them total. One of them took notice of them both right away and fell to the ground. The ground about fifty feet in front of them both was cracked as the large bull like hollow starred them down.

It was then that Vesta released Zorn from the locket and Tsukuyomi grinned to himself. Vesta wasn't the only one with power now, but using his shikai was something that Captain Kimiko had forbidden. There were rules in place when it came to both of his racial abilities and while there was without a doubt a massive difference in his power when he was released he had to fight without it for the time being until one of the conditions was met.

For now though Tsukuyomi stepped to the side of Zorn with a stern steely look to his face as he drew his long zanpakuto from its sheath. "You got stronger than the last time I assume." Tsukuyomi didn't really look to be taking the hollow seriously though as his left arm was still held in the same position by his clothing and his zanpakuto was held in reverse grip with the blade behind his back. "Well lets start cleansing." In the next moment the bull rushed towards Tsukuyomi and Zorn and Tsukuyomi stood more interested in seeing how strong Zorn had become.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta could tell that they would definitely need to talk about their feelings for each other after they defeated all of these hollows. She lightly touched Zorn's soft fur, running her fingers through it quickly. She was going to use the new techniques that she had found for him, hoping to make this fight a little easier for the two of them. She glanced over towards Tsuki.

She knew that he felt the same way that she did, well she at least hoped he did. She was just the first one to actually make the move to do something about how they felt. After this, she definitely needed to sit with Tsukiyomi one on one and talk through things that need to be talked about. Things that should be talked about between them, especially since it's been two years since they've seen each other.

Zorn was still there, bumping her a little to make sure that her head was still in the game. He glanced my way, growling a little in his throat to get my attention. Vesta looked towards him and nodded, ready to go ahead and fight with Tsukiyomi. Tsuki stepped to the side of Zorn, ready to fight alongside him, like he had done two years ago. Vesta smiled how they were standing the same way they did before.

She listened to what Tsukiyomi had to say to Zorn, assuming that he had got stronger in the last two years. Zorn nodded his head in approval. Of course Zorn got stronger. Since Vesta had gotten stronger, Zorn had gotten stronger as well. She smirked to herself, hearing what Zorn was saying internally about what Tsukiyomi had said. Zorn was very proud, something which Vesta wasn't. So, him assuming that Zorn got stronger shouldn't have been an assumption, but a fact.

Zorn watched the bull descend to the ground, causing a crater. He wasn't too surprised, the hollow was a bull after all. Bulls were known for being big and also being stupid. Zorn figured that the fight would be rather easy and since it seemed that Tsukiyomi could see now, it would be all the easier to actually fight with the two of them. The bull ran at them and Zorn immediately activated his lightning fur. He glanced towards Tsukiyomi. "Don't touch me from now on." He then ran at the beast, aiming to jump up to his neck and attack.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Tsukuyomi stood there for a moment a few feet in front of Vesta with Zorn to the left of him. That was when he started to hear something that he recalled back from the last time he had fought alongside Vesta and her doll. The last time that he had been able to fight alongside Vesta had been two years ago back when he didn't have the ability of sight and could only rely on his other four senses in order to go throughout his life.

In that last battle though he recalled being able to hear the sound of lightning or static from Zorn. It had made sense though due to the fact that from what he could remember that was what his ability was actually revolved around. It made perfect sense that right now in this moment he heard the same thing. Yet this time Tsukuyomi turned towards Zorn for a moment and could see the static lightning coursing over his fur. It was exactly what he thought and based on what he was seeing contact with Zorn wasn't smart.

This was proven to be more than likely completely correct when Zorn himself told Tsukuyomi not to touch him from this moment onwards. In the following moment Zorn rushed towards the charging bull hollow and when the two of them got near each other Zorn jumped off the ground. He managed to bite the hollow on the neck and in that moment the hollow itself felt the lightning course throughout its body in pain. It started to thrash about and after a moment would slam itself onto the ground hoping that its weight and force would all be dealt onto Zorn.

Tsukuyomi was watching the conflict between the two of them yet felt that Zorn would more or less be able to handle the bull hollow. There wasn't anything that he could really do to help Zorn. So in that next moment his gaze went upwards and he took sight of the fact that there were only three hollows present. His pupils dilated as he realized what was about to happen. Suddenly he turned around and threw his zanpakuto towards Vesta. In the following moment the sound of pain was heard as a bird hollow was impaled through her shoulder and sent backwards from Vesta. In the next moment though Tsukuyomi began to rush towards the hollow in hopes of taking it out.

[Vesta Zweig]

Zorn felt his lightning hit the hollow and the hollow responded in kind, thrashing out at the pain that he was given. The added bonus was the fact that now the hollow couldn't use any reiatsu-based attacks for a short period of time. It was enough time for Zorn to hopefully take care of the hollow. Zorn felt the change in the air and looked down quickly to see the ground rushing towards him.

It seemed like this hollow was trying to smash him into the ground so the pain would stop. Obviously, Zorn would not allow himself to get injured so easily. Since Zorn was on his neck and saw the ground rushing up to meet him, he easily jumped up to the head of the hollow, moving quickly to the back of the neck to attack there, using his teeth and claws to try to attack at one of the soft spots.

Zorn knew that that spot in particular should be a sweet spot for most animals, and he seemed to be correct. He was able to dig into that spot and with the jarring of the landing, he was able to dig in all the way. After that, he started to pull and shred anything that he found in there, which made the hollow cry out in pain. Zorn worked quickly, and after about a minute, the hollow was laying unmoving on the ground.

Zorn left it to die slowly while he noticed that Tsukiyomi was hurling something at Vesta. He ran to her side, noticing on the run that a hollow had snuck up on Vesta. By the time Zorn arrived, Tsukiyomi had already rushed towards the bird hollow. Zorn reached Vesta side and looked her over, not seeing any injuries on her person. "You need to be more careful, Vesta. Jin's training should've let you sense the hollow behind you."

"It did! But, by the time I noticed and was going to do something, Tsuki had already thrown his zanpaktou at the bird and was running to defeat it. He didn't give me a chance." Zorn was pleased with the answer. He looked up and saw other hollow on the roof. He would wait to see what the hollow would do up there while Vesta kept an eye on Tsukiyomi, ready to help him if he needed it.

[Tsukuyomi Kawada]

Rushing the bird hollow wasn't anything difficult. Kimiko had trained Tsukuyomi so much over the last year and a half that all of his movements felt like second nature now. Each step was taken lightly and nearly no wasted motions or movements were ever made making him almost appear to glide across the surface of the ground. All the while he reached the hollow past Vesta. Gripping the hilt of his zanpakuto Tsukuyomi's stern expression starred into the eyes of the hollow as its fate was sealed. "Set Loose The Weight of Eternity, Tsukuyomi-No-Mikoto"

In the next moment Vesta, Zorn and all of the remaining hollows would feel an immense rise in the spiritual pressure that Tsukuyomi was giving off as his shikai was released. The blade of his zanpakuto had already been impaled in the shoulder of the bird hollow yet now the form had changed. Thankfully the blade was still inside of the hollow just in a better way now. In the next moment Tsukuyomi pulled on the hilt causing the crescent to snag on the flesh and cut the arm of the hollow clean off.

In the following moment the three white looking orbs that circled around Tsukuyomi all smashed into the hollow fracturing bones and causing internal damage only for the crescent to then cut clean through the mask and the hollow to vanish. It was on its way to Soul Society as a pure spirit now and Tsukuyomi had others to purify. In the next moment he vanished utilizing shunpo only for the bull to suddenly start disintegrating also. He had to make sure that he sent as many spirits to Soul Society as possible. Even if it meant clean up duty.

[Vesta Zweig]

Vesta and Zorn were watching what was happening in the fight between the hollow and Tsukiyomi. Vesta noticed that Tsukiyomi had definitely gotten better in fighting. She was sure that getting his eyesight back helped drastically with fighting. But, he must have also trained either by himself or someone else to have improved so much in his fighting skills. She was almost mesmerized by the way he moved.

Then, he did something she had never seen before. He grabbed his zanpaktou and then spoke a phrase. It was a phrase that she had never heard him say before. Once he said the phrase, he said a name. This too was something that she had never heard him say before. But, once he said it, she felt his reiatsu flow off him. Thanks to Jin's training with reiatsu, she was able to tell that he was giving off a lot of reiatsu.

But why? Was it something like what she did with Zorn? As if to answer, it looked like the hilt moved that was in the bird hollow. Once Tsukiyomi removed his blade, the shape of the blade was different. She also noticed that there were three white orbs circling around his general vicinity as well. When he pulled his zanpaktou out of the hollow, due to its new crescent shape, the hollow's arm came clean off.

Vesta watched as the orbs beat the hollow for Tsuki, destroying the mask and sending the spirit off to Soul Society. He moved quickly and the bull that Zorn had defeated was also starting to disappear. Vesta watched as Tsukiyomi quickly started to go up to the school's roof. Vesta grabbed Zorn quickly and jumped on his back. He then immediately started to run up the side of the school, using foot holds to jump when possible and climbing the rest of the way. Zorn jumped up to the roof and landed, Vesta quickly getting off him and keeping a hand on him. If Tsuki would look back, he would notice that Zorn's lightning didn't affect Vesta at all.