The crossed paths

Remember the Stars with a smile

This is a rather short chapter, again. Pieces are falling in place... for the great showdown! Enjoy!

[2 days until the arrival of Walpurgis]

A huge commotion was formed the second the Eagle master and the two humans entered the barrier, even with their bodies weakened considerably, and their powers gone, AND the insanely early hour it was in the morning. They were inmediately put in a special medical tent, and treatment was sent at once for Dragon, whose body was the worse in terms of physical health. Captain Unohana, the one who had done the stitches inside Dra's stomach, noticed how severely damaged her inner organs were, and called for her leautenant's help, Isane, to begin an emergency surgery as soon as they could. Against Tiger's protests, they had to restrain him to his bed to stop him from bursting inside the surgery room to see his friend and stay by her side.

After receiving the news of Julia being still missing, Tiger's willpower alone cracked the restrains, as he was screaming at them to let him go; he was going to find her himself if he had to. More than one soldier had to help to put him back to sleep with a powerful enough tranquilizer, and even they were afraid it wasn't going to last long. The human boy had to forcibly be calmed down by Ichigo himself, who lost his patience and released his Reiatsu on him, suffocating Tiger enough to put him out of commission.

It had been three hours since this, and the unrelenting Blizzard outside the barrier shone again with orange morning lights. It was around 5 am, hour in which many soldiers and characters were still sleeping. Tsubasa was sitting up on his bed, stretching his arms and legs, kind of enjoying the soft matresses after days of sleeping on sharp, cold rocks. His enjoyment was short lived, however, when both Eren and Ichigo entered his tent, the sunlights barely accompaining them. Knowing that the three shared the title of "Master", Tsubasa was preparing for what he also knew was coming.

-Good morning, Otori-san.- Eren was the first to speak up, placing a chair in front of his partner's medical bed. Ichigo followed his example, but his distance was a little further from the white-haired male.

-Skip the formalities, Eren. What are you two here for?

Silence fell for what felt like an eternity, and Eren continued speaking after noticing Ichigo wasn't going to say a word... for now.

-Well... Sora said you were going to tell Tiger and Dragon something beyond what Atsuya once revealed. Did you-?

-Haven't got the chance to do it yet, but don't worry, I will tell them.- interrumpted Tsubasa, his patience running low.

-You'll do no such thing, Eagle Master.- now it was Ichigo's turn to talk, and his tone was anything but friendly -Atsuya told them enough. He said enough, I repeat, and there's no need for you to spout out more nonsense to them.

-Shut up now, Ichigo! If I think I have to tell them, then I will!

-Do you want to break them?

-Now, now, chill out, both of you!- Eren abruptly stood up, placing his hands and himself between the two arguing men, as if calming two beasts down.

Tsubasa gritted his teeth and looked away, angrily ignoring Ichigo's furious stare. The Shinigami stood up with no warning, and stormed out of the tent. Before stepping out, he stopped and looked back.

-You're forbidden of getting close to them again. Tiger is now assigned to me, considering Atsuya's... sacrifice (this was almost said with venom on his voice), and Dragon-

-Don't you DARE!- screamed Tsubasa, pure rage evident on his voice. His body didn't accompany him, and his legs failed to keep him up. If he could, he would have tackled the orange head to the ground and fought him to stop him from finishing his sentence.