Dialogue Essays: The Soul King

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Urahara narrowed his eyes, turning them to his friend with a hint of surprise within them “Afraid?” he then asked.
Aizen nodded as he laid his faraway look to his zampakuto, extended vertically towards the ground, like an extension of his own arm “Yes… afraid that something happens to Sotsu” he paused for a moment before proceeding “The Soul King”
Urahara looked down as well, but to the ground and with a thoughtful expression “The Soul King?”
Breifly turning to the shopkeeper, and noticing his surprise, Aizen fixed his distant eyes once again on his zampakuto “Shinigami zampakutos are made out of His reiatsu, before they become Asauchi, hence why they are able to perform Konso… which is nothing more than His own ability to balance the number

“At last… I´m here” he said with a smile, freezing afterwards with a look of disbelief, prompting him to step towards the crystal and to gently caress it “This is impossible… this barrier should be heavily weakened”
Sotsu reacted to KM´s voice and slowly rose his crestfallen head, fixing his eyes on KM afterwards.
“Forgive me” KM said as he turned his head away and clenched his blade “I failed… I failed to get your wish” he fell on his knees as a tear dropped from his right eye, soaking the floor where it contacted.
“Why does it have to be like this?” he said, both angrily and sad, as he gazed the crystal before him “I did everything I could, but I still failed… Why?” “You did not fail” a calm and angelical toned voice echoed across the room, prompting KM to arise his once fallen head, glancing then the crystal where Sotsu was, with a glint of hope in his

“Is that an yes?” Ukitake asked, with a happily look in his eyes.
“Yes, it is” Hanataro said lowly, sighing once more “But first, let me give you something”
He then turned around and prepared a potion in a few seconds, which he showed to Ukitake afterwards “I need you to take this” he said, stepping towards the captain, to deliver him the potion, which Ukitake observed with a funny look.
“What is this for?” the captain asked, making Hanataro let out a brief laugh. “It´s a delayer” Hanataro explained “It delays the signals sent to your brain, like the sedatives we are giving to you, it will help you out walking normally without any problem” he finished, smiling.
“Thanks” Ukitake said, unlinking all the cables connected to him. He then got out of the bed and stepped slowly towards the door, where Hanataro signaled him.
“Remember, the delayer has an active effect of five minutes, after that you should return back”
Ukitake nodded and then vanished through the