In this story, Yoruichi and Soifon are human as in no special powers - just needed this clear in case you wonder why they dont just use kido or something lol.

Madness

It was madness.

And the crowd cheered.

Soifon stared in horror at the sight, unable to utter a sound, unable to understand it.

It was pure insanity in its rawest form and they cheered it on, shouting out for more while she silently screamed for it to end.

Her vision returned to the lone figure at the heart of the madness and all she could was watch as the person moved slowly out of their crouched position over their latest kill.

Soifon cringed for this person when she saw them stumble forward to the ground from putting too much weight on her injured leg. Soi wanted to do something, to say something, to help her in any way possible only to have the chains rattle when she tried to move towards her, a reminder that she was locked in place, unable to do a thing but watch helplessly from the sidelines.

The sound of the chains caught the person's attention and Soifon gritted her teeth against the pain they must be feeling as the woman forced herself up right, only this time, she remained standing – and there she stood, in the centre of the bloody mess.

The woman turned around and their eyes met – her carefree golden eyes were lost in a haze of wild fury, her body was shaking from the adrenaline surging through her veins and it was hard to believe that this bloodstained person was the same one Soifon had fallen in love with as Yoruichi stepped over the still twitching body.

Soifon made the mistake of staring at the bodies on the ground – bile formed at the back of her throat and she fought back the waves of vomit threatening her body at the sight of so much blood.

They had sent more into the arena this time and each man had a weapon while Yoruichi had to fight them off with her bare hands. The men played with her at first, testing out her abilities and tried to wear her down even more, the man wearing the knuckle dusters was the first to land a direct hit on Yoruichi with a sickening crunch on her left shoulder. The force of the blow sent her colliding into the wall and she fell into a crumpled heap on the ground.

Soifon couldn't watch anymore as the three men surged forward and rained down blow after blow on Yoruichi's curled up body, goaded on by the crowd yelling and shouting out for more, for them to break her. The man holding the bat seemed determined to break every bone in her body while Yoruichi was left trying to scramble away from the blows, crying out in pain as each one hit her.

One of the men grew bored from just beating the fallen goddess and he turned on Soifon, an evil glint shinning in his eyes while tears fell silently down her own face for Yoruichi.

The man moved towards her.

A desperate terrifying scream, filled with rage, pain and fear was let loose from Yoruichi. The man turned to defend himself as Yoruichi charged past the two men beating her down. He was too slow; he fell instantly the second her heel smashed into the side of his face, successfully breaking his jaw in the process. Blood poured out of his mouth but she did not stop. She smashed her fists into his face continuously until nothing but blood and broken bones remained and he choked on his very lifeforce.

The man holding the wooden bat charged at her, preparing himself to swing it down on her head. Yoruichi rolled off his dying companion and avoided the attack. While the man prepared to swing the weapon at her again, she charged into him, knocking him to the ground as well, the bat slipped out of his hands. Winded from the fall, the dazed man could do nothing but watch as Yoruichi picked up the bat and brought it down directly on his face. He cried out in pain and blood went everywhere as she smashed the bat into his face again and again till he fell silent.

The last remaining man stood transfixed by the sight and as golden eyes locked on his, fear gripped him, freezing him to the spot as his death walked steadily towards him. She was covered in blood, her clothes torn from the previous battles, nothing but hate filled her eyes as she advanced on him. He found the strength needed to make himself run and he did run. He turned tail and ran to the locked doors, pounding on them, shouting for help but he got nothing but insults and wishes of his death from the laughing crowd.

He turned around; he saw her raise the bat, fully prepared to strike him down. He fell to his knees and begged her to spare him, begged her to let him go. Yoruichi's eyes hardened as she brought the bat down on his exposed back, Soifon was sure it broke his spinal column. Yoruichi did not stop there either, she was too worked up to stop, the need to fight, a very raw, very primal need to fight was pounding through her body and she continued to bring the bat down upon the man's body. Soifon watched as the bat splinted and shattered in Yoruichi's hands and watched as Yoruichi sank to her knees, her body trembled and shook as she fought to control her breathing.

Soifon glanced around the arena, the air stank of death. The bodies from the previous rounds of fighting lay scattered around the floor and were now joined by three new victims. Blood covered the floor and Yoruichi herself, only Soifon was unstained by its touch. They crowd grew silent as they waited for the next round to start while Soifon was wondering how much longer this could go on for. They made Yoruichi fight constantly without time to recover and they kept sending stronger men at her, something was bound to give eventually, it was inevitable.

As Yoruichi limped towards her, Soifon could see the damage done to her in more detail, her face was bashed and bruised and she knew her body would be covered in a similar fashion from taking blows from the knuckle dusters and bat alike though the worst injury had to be her leg from the previous round of foes Yoruichi had been forced to fight and kill. One of her opponents had gotten lucky with a blade and had sliced the skin on the back of her left leg as easily as cutting butter and with nothing to wrap around the injury, blood continued to flow from the wound.

Soifon wanted to scream at Yoruichi to run, to leave this place while she still could, she knew she could get away if she really tried, it wouldn't be too hard for her to get through the doors while the men entered. Soifon sobbed at the sight of Yoruichi biting back a cry of pain. She strained against the chains to reach out to her but they held strong, holding her in place. Just leave me and save yourself, please!

"I'm not leaving you." Yoruichi whispered, almost as if Yoruichi knew what Soifon was thinking from the look in her eyes.

The doors on the other side of the arena creaked open and the crowd began to chant in anticipation of the next battle, betting on who would go down first.

Soifon looked up at Yoruichi again, pleading with her to make an escape.

Yoruichi's eyes soften to allow a small smile to grace her face before she turned, taking up a defences stance in front of Soifon, ready to protect her again.

Soifon could only watch helplessly as the opponents raced into the arena, again there was more this time and again, they had weapons.

It was madness.

And the crowd cheered.

A/N: Believe it or not, this came about me feeling like I am constantly fighting to stay ontop of my work load lol. How I got from tons of homework to crazy life or death battle I don't know but I wanted it to be much darker but at the same time, something very quick and not very detailed...either way, I like it and I may continue it at some point...maybe...but for now it's a one shot.

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about The Lift, I'm slowly getting through the next chapter and fingers crossed it should be up sometime next week...maybe...