Chương 389: Internal Conflict & Spending Time with Hela...

[Reo's House, Elysium]

"This is where I currently live" Hela cheerfully said as she led Unohana towards her master's house. He might have been pretty insistent that he didn't want to be referred to as master but that didn't mean that Hela couldn't say it inside her mind.

"This house is pretty weird, why do you have vines and plants hanging down your house?" Unohana questioned while pointing towards the roof.

"No idea…" Hela shrugged in a dismissive manner. "It must be something about living in the wild" Hela wondered and Unohana nodded her head in agreement.

'Yes, that might be a thing in this world' Unohana thought but all of a sudden she froze when her eyes landed on the giant snake.

"Is that normal?" Unohana questioned with wide eyes and Hela simply snickered.

"Yes, that's pretty normal. Her name is Attila, she is a basilisk. Don't worry, she is really gentle" Hela said in between her snickers. Unohana didn't know what to think about that, but she decided to stay away from the giant snake.

"Let's go in" Hela said as she opened the door and walked in. Unohana obediently followed her but she kept looking around curiously.

The two of them finally entered the living room and found a group of women excitedly chatting among themselves. The group stopped chatting as they noticed Hela's and Unohana's arrival.

"Girls, meet Unohana Retsu" Hela introduced Unohana and the said woman gave a small wave towards the girls with a gentle and kind smile on her face.

"And this is Reo, the man to who I had decided to swear my loyalty to" Hela said, gesturing towards the only man in the room. He was sitting on the couch and watching TV.

It only took Unohana a few moments to realize the relationship between the man and all the women present in this house. Even Hela had admitted that she had sworn her loyalty to the man. She clearly understood the meaning of that.

"Hello, my name is Unohana Retsu, it is nice to meet all of you" Unohana said and politely gave a small bow according to the tradition.

"Nice to meet you too, Unohana-San, please make yourself at home" Reo said as he got up from the couch…

[Unohana's Apartment, Elysium]

It has been two days since she was resurrected by Hela. Reo and the other girls have asked her to stay for dinner which she had accepted as it would have been rude to reject the offer. But after dinner, she asked if she could get her own home or something like that.

Unohana Retsu might be a lot of things but she didn't want to impose on their relationship. She was a polite, kind, and a gentle woman... There was no way that she was going to impose on someone else's kindness, her own nature wouldn't allow that.

So here she was sitting near the window basking in the moonlight… her Zanpakutou resting in her lap. She was dressed in a loose black shihakusho and she was slowly undoing her braid with a calm look on her face.

She finally finished undoing the braid revealing the unblemished skin right in between her collarbones. She traced her fingers in between her collarbones, this is where her scar used to be. The scar was way too memorable to forget in a day.

Her demeanour flickered for a moment… for a moment the calm look on her face was gone, replaced by a menacing look. Unohana stopped tracing the place where her scar had been and placed her hands on her lap as she stared into her own reflection at the mirror.

She paused and turned towards the moon as her hands started to trace the hilt of her Zanpakutou. 'I have changed and I didn't even notice…' Unohana thought staring at the moon.

'What should I do now? I am so lost…' Unohana Retsu thought and she stopped tracing her Zanpakutou. She picked up her Zanpakutou and pulled it out… she stared at the edge of the blade…

'Old friend… what should I do? Give me some guidance' Unohana thought staring at the edge of the blade. A few minutes passed, but she kept staring at the edge of her blade, her gaze u faltering.

'You have served the Gotei 13 for more than 1000 years, don't you think it is about time that you do something for your own happiness?' a voice resounded inside Unohana's mind.

Unohana's smile widened after hearing her Zanpakutou's voice. 'You have lived for so many years while denying your true nature, don't you think it's about time you embrace your true nature again?' the voice continued but this time Unohana's smile disappeared into a frown.

Unohana Retsu wanted to refute the statement. But no matter how much she tried she couldn't because the statement was true. Finally, after a minute long internal debate, Unohana simply smiled.

'You know me too well…' Unohana trailed off while staring at her Zanpakutou.

'So, you are saying I should follow my desires?' Unohana questioned and her Zanpakutou seemed to hum if it was possible.

'There is no one to judge you. If someone like Hela can have a lover while being her true self then what are you afraid of? The Unohana I knew was never afraid… that woman followed her desires' her Zanpakutou retorted and once again Unohana had to grudgingly agree with that.

Her Zanpakutou was way too good… there was another reason Unohana had asked for her own place. She was jealous of Hela. Hela was someone just like her, if Hela could be accepted by the others, have a lover and lead a happy life then why couldn't she??

'You just need to find the right person' her Zanpakutou's voice rang inside her head and Unohana didn't know how much time had passed as she kept blankly staring at her Zanpakutou.

'...Follow my desires…' Unohana Retsu mused as she sheathed her Zanpakutou and once again she started to stare towards the moon as she started to trace where her scar was supposed to be…

[POV Reo]

"So what's eating you up?" I asked as I appeared beside Hela and plopped down beside her.

Hela was sitting at the edge of our roof while staring towards the ocean. Her feet dangling down the wall. She also had a bottle of firewhisky in her hand.

"It's nothing" Hela muttered dismissively as she took another swig from the bottle.

"It must be something if it's worth getting drunk for" I muttered as I snatched the bottle from her hand and took a large swig myself.

I already had some idea why Hela was feeling like this but I didn't want to make any comments. "You know the other girls are pretty nice to me but no matter how much I try I feel a gap between myself and them… a gap I could never overcome" Hela said and snatched the bottle from my hand.

Understandable… Hela didn't have anything relatable with the other girls. Both Nat and Rumi loved fighting but Hela couldn't completely relate herself with them.

Both of them loved fighting but that was it but Hela loved to kill for the sake of killing. Neither Nat nor Rumi had hobbies like that. The other girls didn't hate Hela but they simply didn't have anything in common between them to relate.

"Finally I found someone who could relate to me but she no longer wants to kill and cause massacres" Hela groaned in frustration and took another large swig from the bottle.

I cringed at that, I can't do anything about Unohana but I think I could help Hela. "I can see the problem… let's go out" I said and Hela gave me the stink eye but I wasn't listening to her opinion.

Both of us appeared inside our garage in Knox. Hela glared at me but I acted completely oblivious to her glares. "Come on Hela, everyone should take a break sometimes and cause havoc" I said and unlocked my car.

Hela kept staring at the contraption in front of her until her shoulders sagged and she entered the car. I used my powers to remove the hood of the car. I had decided to take Hela on a road trip and get drunk on the trip.

It didn't have anything to do with her problems but it could take her mind off the problems she was having. We drove out of Knox as I made my way towards the highway. Hela finally finished the bottle she had in her hands so I used my powers to get her some more bottles.

"I admit this feels nice… at first I wasn't into your idea at the beginning" Hela grinned as she stood up and spread her hands enjoying the wind against her skin.

I picked a bottle myself from the back and took a large swig… most of the time I couldn't get drunk but that didn't mean I couldn't get drunk. I simply needed to stop my powers to purify the alcohol so bob's my uncle.

It has been a long time since I had done something stupid like this. The law was too strict in The MHA World so I couldn't do anything like this with the girls in that World but we have done this back in the HP World a lot of times.

"Who is that fucker?" Hela growled in anger when someone started to chase our car. Hela wanted to attack the stupid offenders and blast their contraption into oblivion but I stopped her.

"No don't, getting chased by cops is also a part of the fun" I said with a grin and Hela pondered my words for a few moments until she nodded her head.

"Getting followed by mortals… I can see the appeal but can't they lower that annoying noise… I want to make them choke on their own intestines" Hela grumbled. That wasn't exactly right but I didn't bother to correct Hela.

With a wave of my hand I turned off their sirens… annoying Hela isn't a good thing and I don't know how she might act now that she is about to get sloshed. Hela gave me a satisfied nod and chugged down a whole bottle of firewhisky…

Yes, the night was pretty young and I am pretty sure that the two of us were going to get sloshed when we finish…