"Father, the Shinigami are people too! Destroying the Soul Society would solve nothing," The girl proclaimed heatedly.

Her father shook his head. "We Quincy cannot keep up our current lifestyles if Shinigami still exist. Our ideologies are just too divergent."

"You are wrong! Why is it you can't understand anything?!"

He began to grow angry. "Bambietta Bonney Basterbine, you are being absolutely ridiculous. You are young, what could you possibly know that I do not! The audacity! Even your Helig Pfeil is not fully developed yet." He scoffed.

"That's not even what I'm saying dad! Besides my Helig Pfeil is strong, look." She reached for the energy particles and gathered the reishi, conjuring up her Spirit Weapon. She held onto the string with one hand. Bambietta brandished it in his face in a clear act of disrespect. Her father sat up quickly, causing his chair to crash against the wall and break in half. The male Quincy paid no attention and grabbed her arm, squeezing without really realizing.

Bambietta winced, then regretted her act of weakness. "You bastard!"

Her father gasped, then slapped her.

She fell backwards, releasing her control of the string of the Helig Pfeil.

Time slowed down.

The first arrow drifted, then met its mark. A drop of lifeblood slipped out. Her father's spit spiraled down through the vapor that had formed in the air from their agitated reishi. Pressure filled Bambietta's ears, slowly building up. The carpet was stained by the first drops of blood as they rained down at a snail's pace.

Time sped up again.

All the arrows sunk into her father's chest and he collapsed, having died instantly.

Bambietta backed away, stumbling into the glass table behind her. It fell to the ground and shattered. She stepped on the broken glass, which cut up her feet into ribbons. She didn't even notice her blood soak the floor, and could only stare at the whites of her father's eyes.

The bell tinkled. The sound of a door opening and then slamming commenced.

Bambietta could not turn her head - she was paralyzed with that which is known as fear.

Her mother had been laughing at soul society knows what, when she walked into the room. "Bambi dearest, I was wondering if you could- " Her eyes fell onto the corpse sprawled over the furniture and her speech halted.

She could see her daughter's eyes and the emotions they held: anger, fear, resentment...and guilt. The Quincy mother grabbed her daughter. And hugged her.

Then the room exploded.

A man with long, spiky hair flew across the room and smacked into the chandelier, ripping it off the ceiling.

He landed on his sandals, scraping dirt off them and onto the floor absentmindedly. Captain's robes were laid on top of his black shihakushō, but they were splattered with mud and blood. The man called out, "You've gotten better!" Kenpachi Zaraki cackled, then ripped off his eyepatch.

Golden energy burst out, making the whole room flash with a yellow light that was blinding to look at. The immediate rush of reiatsu afterwards flowed out of Kenpachi's eye and did not let up, manhandling Bambietta to the ground. She could only cower.

Kenpachi swung his sword.

It clanged against Ikkaku Madarame's, who had leaped through the hole in the wall. They clashed again, sparks flying everywhere.

Ikkaku pulled back. He lunged with a jab. Kenpachi's parried the first one. Then Ikkaku jabbed again, again, again and again. Kenpachi blocked every single one, growing increasingly agitated. The next jab, Kenpachi caught Ikkaku's hand, then threw him into the wall before slicing downwards.

The force of the slash pulverized the rubble.

Ikkaku took the blow with his scabbard at the last second, reducing the damage to a broken pinky on his left hand. Ikkaku looked down. His pinky had broken in such a way that, if healed with conventional methods, it would appear mutilated. Ikkaku broke his own pinky again, then set it. Kenpachi asked, "You done?"

Ikkaku answered by batting Kenpachi's sword to the side and then leaning in for the kill.

The captain head butted Ikkaku. The man staggered away.

Bambietta looked on in disbelief. Why are there Shinigami fighting in my living room? There was a corpse on our furniture and they didn't pay it any mind. I defended them but they are wrecking my house! What does mother have to say to this? Bambietta turned her head weakly (the reiatsu was still flattening her) only to find herself looking at a dead body with the face of her mother. She screamed.

Kenpachi attacked again with his sword, buffeting Ikkaku with a series of blows that caused the very ground to shake. The captain peered out of the corner of his eye at the screaming girl. Who the hell is that and why is she here? Eh, whatever.

Kenpachi walloped Ikkaku on the head with the flat of his blade, causing him to fly twenty feet into the air and almost crash into a building. He skidded to a halt in midair. Kenpachi leapt after him.

The commotion had moved but Bambietta could not regain peace. She ran after Kenpachi.

"Hey!"

Kenpachi and Ikkaku kept fighting.

"Hey you bastards!"

Both of them turned around with an, "Ehhhh!? Who the hell are you?"

She screamed: "I am your murderer!" Without even knowing what she was doing she summoned her Helig Pfeil, pulled the string back, then released. The holy arrows moved so fast they teleported, slicing Ikkaku's cheek. Ikkaku sliced the air. The force of his faraway blow knocked her to the ground. "Shut up girl, don't you know those can hurt people?"

She fired more at him, slicing his robes.

Ikkaku's eyes narrowed.

He then flew at her with sword outstretched. Bambietta opened her arms invitingly. But the shadows claimed her.

Juha Bach stood before her. "I've seen your determination and spirit, girl. You cannot die today, for you are a true Quincy. Join me and I promise, you shall have your revenge on these idiot Shinigami."

Her mouth moved without her brain telling it to.

It smiled.

End of Chapter 2