"Why are we here again?" sighed Ichigo. He could name a million other things he would rather do than go to Heuco Mundo again. "Can it, Ichigo, all we have to do is take out some rampaging Arrancar and we're done. We go in, kill it, and leave. It probably won't be longer than two hours," Rukia said, obviously agitated. It seemed the only thing Ichigo could do today was complain. "Yeah, Ichigo, can you just shut the hell up for once in your freakin' life."
"Oh, well, who the hell asked you, Renji?" Ichigo yelled back. This was going to be a pain. They were called in the middle of summer vacation to take out some berserk Arrancar by Soul Society. They could have picked some other shinigami but no they were stuck with the freakin' job. Now him, Rukia, and Renji were stuck with the troublesome task of stopping some stupid, insane Arrancar. His lucky day.
"Whatever, but seriously Rukia, two hours!?!" Ichigo whined. Two hours in this place, he didn't think he could live that long. "Of course Ichigo, use your head. We do not know the location of the Arrancar or his appearance. If we move quickly and take him out easily…two hours. Now shut up!" she yelled back, "This job is hard enough with out your complaining.
"Oh crap, guys heads up, we got some company!" yelled Renji. Ichigo and Rukia turned away from each other and looked up to see it raining Arrancar. 200 Arrancar must have been falling from the sky, all with zanpaku-to and knowing how to use it. "Crap the welcome party! Be careful Rukia!" Ichigo yelled behind him as he drew his zanpaku-to, preparing to engage in battle. "Shut up! No need to worry about me. Just don't die, idiot." She replied, unsheathing Sode no Shirayuki.
"Okay guys, sorry to interrupt the conversation but PAY SOME FREAKIN' ATTENTION!" Renji yelled as he ran into battle. All the Arrancar had finished their free fall and were charging at them. Piece of cake thought Ichigo as his battle began, Renji and Rukia fighting off in the distance.
They each fought a great amount of enemies, taking down Arrancar after Arrancar with ease. These must be the easy ones, thought Rukia while she froze another Arrancar. But with that thought, an Arrancar came up from behind her and cut her back. She yelped and fell to the ground, trying to get up. Then another Arrancar came to her and dug its sword into her flesh. It cut down the whole length of her arm, creating a large bloody wound. She tried to hold back her scream but was unable to. "Ahhhhh!!!"
Ichigo and Renji heard her scream and ran to her but, with his shunpo, Ichigo got to her first. "Rukia!! You okay?" he yelled blocking an attack with Zangetsu that was meant for her. "Go away, Ichigo!! I'm fine! Let me fight on my own for once, danmit!!!" she roared. She knows she's not weak but of course she can never prove that to Ichigo. "Yeah …Uh…NO! You can barely hold your sword with that wound on your arm, leave this to me!" he yelled, departing from her, continuing to beat down Arrancar.
"Yeah, like hell I'm gonna just sit on my ass and watch." she said, started to get up but stopped when she felt someone grab on to her hakama. Next thing she knew she was falling in the air, away from the battle field. "Relax Rukia! We can take the small fries!" Renji yelled, clearly the one who threw her, "Let the men handle this!" He turned back to the battle, leaving Rukia alone on the sideline…again.
"Leave it to the men my ass! Men are all obnoxious retards, every last one of ya!" she yelled back. She wanted to get up but knew she wouldn't be help if she couldn't even hold Shirayuki. Besides, even if she did try to help they would just throw her to the side again anyway.
Damn why am I always the weak one? Why can't I do anything at all? She thought, using kidou to heal her arm. By the time she finished the healing process, the battle was over and Ichigo and Renji were walking over to her, unscathed. She couldn't take it, being the weak one, being the only one that always got hurt and protected. Damn.
"You alright, Rukia?" Ichigo said, lending her his hand to help her up. But she just slapped it a way. "What do you think baka? I'm perfectly fine," she said muttered, standing up and dusting herself off. "Well, all the blood on your hakama would say otherwise," he said pointing at her. The right sleeve of her hakama and her back were covered in blood.
"Aw shut up," she said, half walking half wobbling passed him, "you both are stupid. Especially because you think that males are superior to females," she stated, knowing she was right. "Like hell we are!" replied Ichigo. Then the two started arguing again leaving Renji unable to do anything but watch. But all of them were unknown to the fact they were being watched, they were being watched the whole time.
"What' we waitin' for, boss? They're all weaklings, let's kill'em and get on with our freakin' lives," yelled a tall, thin dark figure with orange eyes. "Hell Yeah!! It's and easy kill!" said another dark figure. His silhouette was large and his dark blue eyes shown in the darkness. "No! Let us have some fun with them. The two male shinigami seem to protect the female, correct? It seems she is important. So let us have some fun with her and make the other two suffer."