Byakuya stood on a grassy field. He had a serious but calm expression on his face. He noticed something and did not turn round to check.
"Who are you? You seem to have the skills of the second division but I do not recognize your reaitsu," he said. He turned round and saw the culprit.
A figure stood on a rock boulder. He was wearing black trousers, a black short sleeved t-shirt with a grey hood. The only thing seen inside the hood was the mouth, but that was too covered by a thin piece of cloth. On the arms were tattoos, tattoos of the Japanese symbols of the zodiac animals. Byakuya could feel no good intent coming from this person. The man in front of him had not much muscle, but he had been proven wrong not to judge a person by its cover. He placed his hand on the hilt of his blade.
"Answer me," said Byakuya, he was getting annoyed and his temper inside of him was slowly heating up. The man bent his leg a little and dashed forward, using the height of the rock to increase his acceleration as he jumped at Byakuya.
Byakuya stepped back and unsheathed his blade, he knew from a glance the speed would be fatal with the force it was carrying. He needed to know who this person was. He thought up a plan.
The man, as he flew head forwards, he moved his centre of gravity upwards to increase his velocity through the air, he then spun his waist and hands and swung his back leg into Byakuya upper side. Byakuya's eyes widened and brought up his blade to stop the kick.
"Your speed is impressive but you are naive, Scatter" he said at the end whispering to his blade. The sword broke into pink petals that instantly attacked the leg and man. But as the petals flew into the position, the man was not there. Byakuya looked right and left, but then his eyes widened once more and he looked up, just to see the man slamming a leg downwards. He flash stepped out of the position.
The kick used much force, as it hit the ground and created cracks. Byakuya flash stepped forward, the pink petals attacking the man. The man turned to his side, but Byakuya was there already and pointed his finger at him. At his face to be precise, blue energy began to form at the tip of the finger.
"Hado #4 Byakurai," he said and a blue energy shot out. It was quick and known to be hard to dodge. Byakuya knew the man would have no head or some limb. The smoke cleared and he was surprised. The man stood again, but a bit further away, he was holding his head. The hood was gone.
"Well, it seems I have to show my identity," the man said. The man was around nineteen years old in appearance, he had spiky and long silver and very light blue eyes. He had quite pale but a little tanned skinned.
"Who are you?" asked Byakuya once again, prepared for anything this young man had to bring.
"I am Shiro Kongou, Lieutenant of the Second Division. Before you ask, why I am here? I will tell you. After this," he said. He raised his arm and from his back unsheathed a blade. His blade had been on his back the whole time; Byakuya did not know how he could not notice it.
"Ionize, Raikou Tora," he said. Byakuya noticed it was not one blade but two, two blades from the same sheath. The hilts of both blades touched and a hurricane effect surrounded the hilts and blades. The wind currents cleared to reveal a staff, coloured different at each end.
Shiro spun the staff round his head. Byakuya focused on the staff and could see yellow and blue sparks forming around the edge and the top of the staff.
"Quick as Lightning, pure as life, I command you to strike down those who are our enemies," he said, bring the staff down and swinging it around him until he stopped it by his side and the collected energy shot out at Byakuya.
Byakuya's pink petals created a shield before, him, but the energy got through and injured him, but minor. The pink petals flew away.
"Speed is your strong point and you have control of lightning. You will be the third person ever to see my Bankai" he said. He lofted his sword and dropped it.
"Bankai," he said calmly. The sword fell into the ground and vanished. Many blades began to come from the ground behind Byakuya.
"You will pay for injuring me," said Byakuya, it was known he had lost his temper and the thousand blades behind split into a number of petals that cannot be counted. He moved his hand towards Shiro. Who was in awe, but moved back and moved quick to get out of the way of the pink blades.
He was not quick enough and was cut numerous times. He stopped amongst a boulder and stood up, blood dripping from him.
"Its time to bring this battle to an end," said Shiro. He began to swing the staff above his head.
"Bankai!" he shouted. Clouds began to form overhead. A blue lightning shot into the sky, it was a Hado, but different.
"Someone of weak stature achieving bankai" he thought. The wind picked up and surrounded a sand storm around Shiro.
The smoke cleared suddenly and Shiro stood there holding his bankai. Two large scythes, one in each hand, the metal glinting,
"Tenma Raikou Tora, my bankai" he said.
"You will pay with this last strike. Your bankai is incomplete and you are young" he said. Byakuya said and the number of blades he attacked charged forward as did he, with his sword in his hand.
Shiro also charged forward, one scythe behind him and the other in front. Both clashed at the same time, create a burst of energy.
The smoke cleared and Shiro stood in front of Byakuya with his scythe a bit inside Byakuya, a very shallow wound.
"You win, it seems I have to practise a little more," said Byakuya as he looked down to see a blade inside him and out the back. Byakuya had stopped the major force of both scythes using the pink petals and had stabbed Shiro in the left side of the stomach, and the blade had pierced through.
"I admit your skill, polish your skills and in a hundred years you may be able to make me kneel," he said with a calmer voice. He took out the sword and Shiro fell to the ground bleeding. Help would arrive soon to heal Shiro and Byakuya.
He stepped back and turned his back. He stepped to the side from loss of balance, and held his hand. Shiro had landed a hit on him, a deep one, it had numbed his arm's nervous system.
Byakuya looked at the sky wand waited.
