Entrapment

Paring: Soifon/Yoruichi

M Rated For language, sexual themes and course language.

Authors Note: Please review my story your reviews will be greatly appreciated along with constructive criticism, however flames will be plastered on my punching bag and used for Tae Kwon Do practice.

Special thanks to my beta reader Falton leston for sticking with me with this fic. You're a life saver.

Definitions of Words Used

Jeet Kune Do- Martial arts fighting style similar to Kung Fu is a complete body and mind fighting style. Bruce Lee created this fighting style. It totally rocks. Jet Lee uses it to in all of his movies.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach nor I'm I making any money from these stories.

Entrapment

"Idiot", Soifon muttered, striking a final middle section punch to the heavy weight punching bag that stood before her.

'Why did she have to be so stubborn?', she thought to herself, a drop of perspiration flowing down her forehead.

In her mind, Soifon saw the short cut sandy blond's face with a defiant stare in her eyes. They had been assigned to each other for nearly two years and yet the taller woman still had the ability to get under her skin.

"Damn you Haruka," she scowled, no longer punching her target but laying a final spinning side kick to the bag with more force. A feeling of anger and frustration began to rise within in her once more.

Soi clutched her fist tighter while in a fighting stance, a feeling of remorse returning to her. Why didn't she try to prevent her partner from getting killed? The feelings of guilt were eating her up inside as flash backs from two nights ago flooded her mind once again.

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"Get ready", Soifon whispered clutching a black jericho nine millimeter in her hands. The guns ebony tip glistening within the darkness. She preferred this gun because of its crisp trigger, which made it perfect for an accurate shot.

She pressed her small frame against the cold brick wall and exhaled slowly calming herself. This was her first mission she'd been assigned to since she graduated from the police academy. A slight smile formed over her lips at the thought of no longer being allocated to give out routine traffic violations to civilians. She finally had a chance to show her department that she was the best.

Soi glanced over to her left at the tall silhouette across from her. The tall blonde seemed distracted; she continued to gaze intently ahead of them. Her forehead furrowed slightly and lips pressed together closely in a pondering fashion.

Soi could not believe how much the blonde's behavior had changed dramatically and it was getting worse each day. In fact Soifon noticed that Haruka started acting strange after they busted that mafia driver for 12 kilos of dope two weeks ago.

I can't believe she's loosened her grip on her gun, Soifon thought taking note of the dazed blond.

"Haruka?"

The blonde snapped out of her trance. Silver and emerald peers glared briefly at each other.

Soi tensed her grip on her gun feeling a slight tension in the air between them.

"What is it?" Haruka answered back.

"Get a grip on yourself. Do you want to get us both killed?"

Haruka smirked shaking her head while quickly loading her gun with twelve rounds. "That's not gonna happen."

"Then pay attention instead of spacing out," Soifon suggested beginning to get annoyed by her partners rising arrogance.

Haruka's eyes narrowed in defense at Soifon's suggestion. "I wasn't spacing out."

Soifon rolled her eyes in annoyance at her partners retort while glancing at her silver watch. 'Eleven-forty-five. Where is this guy?' She thought to herself. They had been staking out their suspects hide out since one this afternoon and still no sign of him. Soi was trying not let her patience grow thin, but between her partner and having to wait in the cold for nearly ten hours she was on the verge of losing it.

"Right," Soi sighed sarcastically taking a step forward, but was stopped when someone sharply grabbed her wrist. She turned around immediately ready to shoot the other woman in the foot if needed.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine," Haruka genuinely smiled at her dropping her façade. She gave Soifon's hand a reassuring squeeze. "You're my partner, I won't let you die."

Soi looked at Haruka incredulously, her pride rising each second. She defiantly didn't want anyone pitying her because she was fresh out of the police academy, especially her partner who was considered one of the best investigators in the department.

"You don't have to. I knew my life would be on the line when I accepted this job."

Haruka let out an amused smile and released Soifon's wrist. "Ah….. pride comes back after all….."

Soi glared at Haruka in anger. For a brief moment her focus was no longer on their assignment, but on wiping that smirk off of her partner's face.

Haruka sensed the tension in the air and quickly explained herself. She remembered that Soifon was a fifth degree black belt in Jeet Kune Do and defiantly didn't feel like fighting right now.

"I'm not pitying you Soi. You're my partner and you can't carry the weight of the world on your shoulders alone," she said.

"What do you mean by that?"

The blond relaxed her shoulder's briefly continuing to slowly walk ahead of her. "You'll see sooner or later when the right one comes along."

Soifon understood what Haruka meant, but she refused to consider letting any people in past the walls she had set up around her self. In the past she withdrew from her walls because of her parents, but after they died she placed them back up again that is until her mentor, but she was gone now also. Soifon dismissed the thought and continued forward with Haruka.

Both of them sprang a surprise attack on Tousen while he was awaiting a meeting with his supplier for weapons.

"Shoot him Soifon," Haruka yelled from her position in Tousen's arms her white dress shirt drenched in her own blood.

Soi's forehead was drenched in perspiration along with an intense burning to her flesh the result of a bullet wound to her shoulder.

Time was ticking and she didn't have a minute to spare. If she shot Tousen she spared the risk of shooting Haruka as well or worse both parties could fall from the building. That wouldn't have been a problem except they were on a ten story building.

Tousen slowly moved closer towards Soifon; his dark dreads swaying slightly as he sneered at Soifon. "You haven't got it in you, girl."

Soi clutched her gun shaking uneasily she had never been forced to shoot a live target before. Damn that academy for not preparing her for this. She narrowed her eyes preparing for a more accurate shot, but saw that there wasn't one.

Within seconds a gun sounded off again, Tousen had followed through with his threat and shot at Soifon in retaliation.

Soi closed her eyes she thought she had been shot again, but to her surprise Haruka had taken the bullet for her instead. Slowly the tall blonde's body fell to the ground again, but this time not getting back up.

Soi gasped in shock, but brought her attention back to their attacker. A clear shot was guaranteed this time; she wasn't going to let it go by.

Tousen aimed his gun for another shot, but was quickly halted by a flood of bullets coming from Soi's gun. Tousen dropped to the ground dead, his eyes still open.

Soi immediately knelt down to where her partner had fallen soaked in a pool of blood.

"Haruka!"

The blond slowly turned her head blood trickling down from her mouth. Her breathing was becoming more intense by the second. She let out an uncontrollable cough, bringing up more blood.

"I'm sorry Soi," she coughed a second time her eyes slowly closing.

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A tear escaped Soifon's eyes remembering that night. The paramedics arrived too late; Haruka was pronounced dead on the scene.

Soifon swung again at the bag still pondering the past events. If Haruka hadn't been so careless from the start she would still be alive. The blonde never anticipated that Tousen would have an additional gun on him. Her shots even lacked precision on that night. It's almost as if her mind had been some where else.

Soifon cursed herself for being so slow in bringing Tousen down. Now she was left with the task of picking up the pieces of a life lost again. She grimaced at the memory of having to tell Haruka's family and girlfriend. Neither party took the news well and questioned her personally on what really went wrong. She replied that it was mission gone wrong.

After that day, she swore to herself she would never let anyone get remotely close to her again. First her parents died in a car accident and now her partner.

Could she have really told them that Haruka risked her life to save her? Would they still question her more as to why the blonde had done such a thing?

Soifon dismissed the thought turned shifting her hips to the side then brought up her left leg laying a high round house kick to the bag. The bag swayed back slowly.

Still Soifon couldn't suppress the feeling that something was wrong with the whole situation. After the mission, Haruka's body went missing at the morgue and still was not recovered.

It doesn't make sense she was dead when the paramedics arrived. What happened to her body?' she thought aiming her fist again at the punching bag only to have it caught by another hand.

Soifon looked up only to catch eyes with the golden peers of a familiar cocoa skin woman.

Yoruichi smiled mischievously at Soifon her playful grin widening.

"It's been a while, Soifon."