Title : Fate's Decision
Rating : T
Type : Series
Pairing : (undecided...)
Category : Anime/Manga - Bleach - Fate's Decision
Notes : Yes. I deleted 'Light Bringer'. I screwed it up, BIG TIME. So, I fix it. Erase and restart. Enjoy Chapter One of the new one. ^^
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Begin : Fate's Decision
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"Bokusatsu... Toorima."
The wakizashi sized blade shifted into a set of bone-colored gloves. They reached from mid-finger to the middle of the young woman's forearm. Similar coverings also formed on her feet, reaching from her toes to her mid-shin.
"Your orders, Komamura-taicho?"
"Patience. We will move when the time is right..."
The game the two played was a simple one. 'Hollow Tag' was it's given name, given by some of the younger members of the Gotei 13, 'fun' being the name it was referred to as by one certain shinigami officer...
"Now, Tenma!"
A blur of black and white dashed from the bush she has rested in. Several Hollow falling to her fist and the force waves sent off by it. A second attack, a whirl-wind kick, taking out the rest of the small group of Hollow.
"Good work. Only two attacks to bring down the entire group. You're improving."
The sound of leaves rustling filled the silenced clearing, and the young woman standing at it's center relaxed visibly. She knew who was coming, and so she was calm.
"Thank you, Komamura-taicho."
A grin slid onto the wolfish face of her captain as he moved into the clearing to stand before his subordinate.
"Not at all, Tenma. I shall give praise when praise is due. Last time it took three attacks for you to clear a smaller group of Hollow. I do believe such is worth some amount of praise, yes?"
She re-sealed her zanpakuto and sheathed the thin blade. A light sigh slipped through her blackened lips as she placed her hands in the sleeves of her hakama.
"I suppose. It isn't much of an improvement but it is some I guess. Though, shouldn't we be heading back? The So-taicho is going to want a report on this most likely..."
Her eyes fluttered closed only for a moment, re-opening to reveal irises of a light lilac. Her lightly tanned skin in combination with the purple eye-shadow and black eye-liner seemed to make them stand out all the more.
"Quite right. I'll go ahead. I'd like you to stay and clear the surrounding area. If you find another Hollow, kill it. If you can't, call for me and I will come. Understood?"
"Understood, sir. Return to you once I am finished?"
"Correct. Best of Luck, Tenma!"
Her captain disappeared after the short exchange of words, leaving the young officer to fend for herself. She reached up and pulled the two senbon from her hair, causing it to fall from it's ribbon bindings. The ebony waves cascaded down her back until she pulled them back with just the ribbon, tucking the senbon into her sash and resting her hand on the hilt of her zanpakuto.
'Shikon?'
'Yes, Toorima?'
'You seem displeased. I trust it is not with my performance?'
A deep sigh slid from her lips as she took to the trees, running and jumping from branch to branch and between trees. She could scout an area twice the size of most normal shinigami's spiritual range. It was was her choice of trade, a tracker's, specialty. She was often questioned on why she was not part of the Stealth Force with her tracking skills in such acute perfection, yet she always ignored such questions.
'No. Not with you. With my orders. I should be training, not tracking. Those skills are fine. My power and attack speed are what I need to work on...'
'Shikon, Shikon. My little fang, you need to be patient. That is what you need to work on.'
'Toorima. Patience is a virtue. One I do not have. That comes with time, and is not something I can learn.'
She stopped abruptly in the trees, having sensed exactly what she was hunting. A Hollow.
'A menos?'
"Yes. A Menos Grande..."
A grin formed on the young girl's face. Her hands curled into fists and she released her zanpakuto with no spoken command.
'Ready?'
'You sure you want to take this one on solo? You may end up having to call Komakura-taicho...'
'He said kill whatever I found. He didn't mention a class limit. This one is mine. A test for the two of us...'
'Very well. Half for now, full later?'
'Yep.'
Shikon Tenma. Squad 7 of the Gotei 13. 16th seat. Her opponent, a Menos Grande. The outcome? That is up to Fate's Decision.
