Kenpachi Kurosaki
I don't own bleach; I just enjoy making Ichigo suffer.
"Yo" Talking
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"Yo" Flashback
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Chapter 2: The Reluctant Captain ............................................................................................................................................................................
Ones pride cast aside,
We beasts take a step closer,
One heart killed,
We beasts will fade away.
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Kenpachi Ichigo Kurosaki, a man of only 15 years old flew towards the intense spiritual pressure that belonged to the one man he hated with a passion. He flew fast so as to protect his comrades from Byakuya Kuchiki, a man who brought his own sister back to seireitei just to be executed.
'I will protect you guys. I will save Rukia. I will come back to the one I love' kept running through his head, while his daughter clung to his shoulder.
"Ken chan we're close to the repentance cell. There are two captains there so we better be careful" said Yachiru the aforementioned daughter.
"Alright Yachiru, hold on tight I'm really going to pour on the speed now" replied Kenpachi.
They traveled on in silence for a few minutes until the repentance cell came into view. The sight there made his blood run cold and his anger flare. Lying on the ground was Ganju Shiba, cut to ribbons but somehow still alive. Standing a few feet away was Hanataro forced to his knees by the intense spiritual pressure. Standing about two meters behind him was the objective of this whole mission Rukia Kuchiki. On the opposite side of the bridge was a captain he had never seen with white hair that went down to his midback. Finally halfway across the bridge stood Byakuya Kuchiki, his zanpaktou raised to strike the finishing blow on Ganju.
Seeing this made his blood go from freezing to boiling in an instant. He raised his spiritual pressure so that it dwarfed even Byakuyas'. Byakuyas' eyes widened at the spiritual pressure, because it felt familiar to him but stronger than ever before. It was a spiritual pressure he was sure he extinguished nearly three weeks ago.
Turning to the side he saw a shadowy image rise to the sky. As he looked up he saw the one he hoped to never see again. The only man he secretly feared. He saw Ichigo Kurosaki adorned in shinigami robes with two zanpaktou strapped on either side of his waist. In his right hand was a strange relic that had a single wing sprouting out of it. He landed in front of Byakuya blocking his advance from reaching Ganju and the others.
"Why are you here boy, I thought I ended your shinigami career when I brought my sister back here" said Byakuya with his usual stoic façade and bored expression.
"Don't ever say that" replied Kenpachi.
"Say what" asked Byakuya.
"Don't ever call yourself a brother. You haven't earned the right to do that" spat Kenpachi.
"And why is that" responded Byakuya.
"Do you know why the big brother is born first" asked Kenpachi confusing everyone except for Rukia.
"What does that have to do with anything" asked Byakuya losing his patience.
"EVERYTHING!!!!!! THE BIG BROTHER IS BORN FIRST SO HE CAN PROTECT ALL THE LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT COME AFTER HIM. BRINGING YOUR SISTER HERE TO BE PUT TO DEATH AND NOT EVEN TRYING TO SAVE HER, MEANS THAT YOU LOST ALL RIGHTS TO BE CALLED A BIG BROTHER" yelled Kenpachi.
"Enough of this, it is time I…" said Byakuya only to be interrupted by Rukia.
"I told you to stay behind Ichigo. Why didn't you listen to me" asked Rukia close to tears.
"That's not my name anymore. And I don't care what you say I'm saving you whether you like it or not" said Kenpachi.
"What the hell do you mean that's not your name, and you should always listen to the person your trying to save" retorted Rukia.
"Not when they don't know what's good for them, and I changed my name. No that's not right more like it was given to me" said Kenpachi.
"Who gave it to you" asked Rukia surprised.
"The only shinigami I ever killed, he gave me not only his name but his sword as well and something else. It was Kenpachi Zaraki captain of the gotei 13; 11th squad. He gave me his name, sword, and Yachiru" said Kenpachi saying the last part nonchalantly. This startled everyone on the bridge. All of them had their jaws dragging on the ground (including Byakuya (It's the apocalypse run for you lives)).
"So where is Yachiru if she is as you claim" said Byakuya regaining his composure.
"Huh you mean she's not on my back" said Kenpachi twisting and looking to see if she was there.
"NO" was the collective reply.
"Just great, YACHIRU IF YOU DON'T GET OVER HERE BY THE TIME I COUNT TO FIVE, YOU'LL BE GROUNDED FROM CANDY FOR A MONTH" yelled Kenpachi causing everyone to face vault (except for Ganju who is still lying on the ground miraculously alive.)
"ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…" and just as he was about to say five Yachiru popped up in front of him like she sprouted from the bridge itself.
"You called Ken chan" she asked in her usual bubbly voice.
"Good, now that you're here we need to take out the threats here you take care of that white haired captain and I'll take care of Byakuya teme here" said Kenpachi.
"Ichi… I mean Kenpachi you can't really consider having a child fight against a captain. She'll die, without a doubt" shouted Rukia with wide eyes.
"Have faith in me Rukia; no better yet have faith in her. I wouldn't ask this of her if I didn't believe she could do it" said Kenpachi with a distant look in his eye.
"Alright Ken chan lets go have fun" said Yachiru as she charged the unknown captain.
"I guess it's now just you and me eh teme" said Kenpachi looking at Byakuya with a bored look in his eyes.
"So it appears" said Byakuya.
"Let's cut the chit chat and get this party started" said Kenpachi drawing his two zanpaktou.
"Fine" said Byakuya before he disappeared. At least that's how it seemed to everyone except for the captains and Kenpachi.
CLANG was heard on the bridge. Everyone looked to see what it was. Kenpachi had maneuvered one of his zanpaktou to block the stab coming from Byakuya. Everyone was stunned with wide eyes, nobody, nobody had ever blocked Byakuya from his shunpo attack. Kenpachi tried to take advantage of the momentary laps of movement, by diagonally slashing at Byakuya. He was a fraction of a second too slow and Byakuya dodged just in time. He charged in for a frontal assault swinging his zanpaktou in a horizontal arc. Kenpachi blocked and swung in a downward vertical arc with his other zanpaktou. The battle raged on for a few minutes neither man gaining the upper hand. In the final clash they separated.
"I've had enough of this boy, if you think you can stand up to me than you are gravely mistaken. Gorogoro Senbon…" was all Byakuya could say before a white cloth wrapped around his blade.
"Now now Byakuya play nice" said a figure with a lithe form indicating a woman and her face covered by a cream colored cloth.
"Youroichi, I hoped to never see you again. You have shamed one of the great noble families of seireitei. Why are you here" said Byakuya with venom in his voice.
Instead of responding she just jumped down and stabbed Kenpachi in the stomach.
"YOU BITCH, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR" yelled Kenpachi in a rage.
"Umm firstly that was medicine to help with your wounds and secondly it was meant to knock you out" said Youroichi sheepishly.
"Well that second part really went according to plan didn't it" said Kenpachi sarcastically.
"Shut up it was a sound plan" said Youroichi.
"Well Byakuya lets continue shall we" said Kenpachi.
"Oh no you don't" said Youroichi who wrapped another cloth around Kenpachi and lifted him up on her shoulder.
"Hey put me down, I have to finish this. Come on just let me cut him once" yelled Kenpachi (kind of reminds you of the original when it was Gin carrying him off).
"In three days" said Youroichi.
"What" asked Byakuya?
"In three days I will make this boy strong enough to defeat you" clarified Youroichi.
"It doesn't matter, three days or three hundred years, that boy will never catch up to me" said Byakuya defiantly.
"We'll see" said Youroichi.
"Damn it, Yachiru come on play times over" said Kenpachi.
"Awwwwwwwww but I wanted to play with Whitey chan more" whined Yachiru.
"I know me too but we have to Youroichi obaa chan says it's time to go" said Kenpachi resigning himself.
"Ok Ken chan" said Yachiru sadly.
"What the hell just happened" asked Ganju with his eye twitching as the trio left.
"I honestly have no Idea" said the unknown captain looking like hell warmed over.
"Captain Ukitake what happened to you" asked Rukia with wide eyes.
"Yes Jushiro do tell" asked Byakuya.
"I will never fight that little hell spawn ever again, its way too hazardous to my health" said the now named Jushiro Ukitake.
Byakuya turned to leave when stopped by Ukitake.
"Byakuya what are you doing we have work to do" he said.
"I have no interest in those weaklings" was the only reply he got.
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(Back with Kenpachi)
"Yachiru" said Kenpachi.
"Yes Ken chan" she responded.
"Ok enough with the Ken chan; I'm your father now. Please call me tou san or even tou chan if you want" said Kenpachi with a smile.
"R-r-r-really, I can c-c-c-call you tou chan" said Yachiru tearing up slightly.
"Yes, I would prefer it if you would" said Kenpachi.
"Thank you tou chan" said Yachiru latching onto his neck and crying.
"Hey now easy, it's alright. What's the matter" asked Kenpachi wishing his arms weren't tied to his sides.
"You said I could call you tou chan. Ken chan told me to never call him that, he said it would make me more reliant on him and thus weaker" said Yachiru sniffling.
"Don't worry about that now; just call me tou chan if you want. No matter what I will be your father" said Kenpachi smiling.
"Thank you" she said again.
"Now for what I wanted to ask you to do, please go find one of my friends. She is the only girl of the group and is very important to me" said Kenpachi.
"Is she going to be my kaa chan" asked Yachiru excitedly.
"Maybe, but for now please just find her and tell me where she is. She has long chestnut hair, beautiful brown eyes, is about 5'5, and is probably one of the most buxom women you'll see" said Kenpachi blushing at the last part.
"Ok tou chan, I'll find her and tell you" said Yachiru as she bounded off excitedly.
"That was a good way to get rid of her, with her sense of direction she'll be gone for days" said Youroichi.
"You're wrong, her sense of direction is better than most. What she did to Zaraki was a game to her. She wanted to see how long she could misdirect him before they actually came across their quarry" said Kenpachi shocking Youroichi.
"Wow, I never knew anyone had the guts to do that. Then again I also thought nobody had the balls to actually kill Zaraki" said Youroichi.
"I always have been someone to surprise others" said Kenpachi with a smirk.
"Well maybe you'll surprise us again, this method is dangerous but it should enable you to reach the next level of soul release. It's called bankai, and it should raise your power by a significant amount" said Youroichi.
"Let's get to it then" said Kenpachi.
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(With Yachiru)
Yachiru was speeding towards the 11th division barracks, to recruit several members to help her search for Kenpachis' friend. When she arrived she immediately looked for Yumichka and Ikkaku to help her.
"Baldy chan, Swan chan, I need your help" she called while running throughout the barracks.
"What do you need lieutenant" asked Ikkaku with Yumichika right beside him.
"Swan chan I need you to alter Ken chans haori. Make it to these specifications" she said pulling Kenpachis' measurements out of nowhere.
"But lieutenant these measurements are far too small for the captain, although I do like the change in colors" said Yumichka being his metro sexual self.
"Just do it" she said losing her patience.
"Alright just settle down" said Yumichika trembling.
"And me lieutenant" asked Ikkaku.
"I need your help finding, a certain ryoka. It's a girl with long brown hair and brown eyes about 5'5, and pretty big in the chest area, at least that's what tou chan says" said Yachiru slipping on what she meant to call Kenpachi.
"We have the ryoka you're looking for, follow me" said Ikkaku narrowing his eyes.
He led her to the dojo where they could hear a struggle going on. They opened the shoji doors to see a terrible sight. The ryoka was being held down spread eagle with most of her cloths missing and a gag in her mouth. Yachirus' eyes widened and she jumped forward to stop them from harming the woman she would hope to call kaa chan.
"STOP THIS RIGHT NOW" she yelled, startling them into silence. The aura she was exuding was murderous. Some even thought that the captain would back off if she said to now.
"All of you would best step away from her or Ken chan will kill you" said Yachiru angrily.
"And why would that be lieutenant" asked one of the non seated grunts.
"Because Ken chan says that she is his woman, if he saw this you would already be dead now" she replied with venom in her voice.
"Well than why don't you get him and we'll see. Besides I doubt he would care if we took her for a test ride first" said the same grunt laughing.
"Fine, Ikkaku keep an eye on them and make sure they don't do anything stupid" said Yachiru.
"Yes lieutenant" said Ikkaku snapping to attention. Everyone in the room was dumbfounded, Yachiru wasn't using his nickname, this had never happened before.
"I'll be back in a few minutes and then…well I really don't want to see what Ken chan does" said Yachiru using shunpo.
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(Back with Kenpachi)
"So how am I going to do this" asked Kenpachi
"Well first you have to…" she started before being cut off by Yachiru.
"TOU CHAN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY" She yelled.
"What is it" asked Kenpachi getting worried.
"I know where kaa chan is but you have to come save her now before she gets hurt really badly" said Yachiru in a hurry.
"But what about training" asked Youroichi.
"Training can wait, Orihime needs me now" said Kenpachi following Yachiru out.
"Tou chan I had Ikkaku keep an eye on them to give us a little time, but he isn't fully healed so they may try to jump him. We need to hurry to make sure she will be okay" said Yachiru fearfully.
"Alright top speed, give me directions" said Kenpachi charging on instinctively using shunpo along side Yachiru. They moved as fast as they could heading to the 11th division dojo.
"Listen tou chan only you can get them to stop but to do that you'll have to b a captain, they won't listen to me because I'm so young" said Yachiru.
"I really don't want to, but if it's to save Orihime I'll do anything" replied Kenpachi with determination.
They opened the shoji doors to reveal a scene even worse than earlier. Orihime was still forced spread eagle, but now she was completely naked, and the grunt who challenged Yachiru was fingering her with one hand while the other was pinching her left nipple. Ikkaku and an unknown shinigami were being sat on by two mid ranking officers each.
When the doors opened everyone stopped what they were doing to look. When they saw it wasn't the Kenpachi they were thinking of they relaxed. They thought they were safe.
"Hey brat I thought you said you were bringing Zaraki, who's that kid" said the grunt with his finger in Orihime.
"I said I was brining tou chan. Ken chan gave him his name, and his sword and me. And with all these things it makes him the new captain of 11th squad" said Yachiru simply. After she declared this everyone burst out into laughter.
"Just because he was given those things doesn't make him captain material, the kid looks like he would piss himself at the first sign of danger" chuckled the grunt who went back to what he was doing.
"Did I mention he killed Ken chan" said Yachiru in an off hand voice.
This stopped everyone in the room cold. Everyone looked at him again, or more specifically his eyes. In his eyes they saw a rage beyond words and just a glint of the same insanity that was always in Zarakis' eye.
"Tell me, who started this" said Kenpachi, speaking for the first time since they got there.
"It was him" said Ikkaku indicating the grunt with his hand still in Orihime. Faster than any of them could see said grunt was pinned to the wall with a zanpaktou hilt sticking out of his head. Everyone scattered to the walls of the dojo as far away from Orihime as they could get. Kenpachi slowly walked up to Orihime just as Yumichika walked into the room with the new haori.
"Lieutenant I have the new haori ready for the captain…" he said trailing off when he saw what was going on in the room.
"Good I'll give them to tou chan" said Yachiru. She took the haori and walked up to Kenpachi.
"Thank you Yachiru" he said accepting them from her. He didn't put them on though, he continued to Orihime. When he got there he started talking to her softly,
"Hey Orihime, open your eyes it's me Kurosaki kun." The second he said that her eyes shot open. She looked at the face of the one man she loved more than anything in the world.
"Kurosaki kun" she said weakly.
"I'm here Hime, I'm here and I'm never letting them hurt you again" said Kenpachi. The second he said that she shot into his arms crying her eyes out. Kenpachi took the haori and wrapped her up in it, holding on tightly but gently.
"Kurosaki kun it was terrible, I couldn't do anything. All I could think was 'please let Kurosaki kun come'. I was so afraid, please never leave me, please" she begged in between her sobs.
"I promise Hime, I will never leave you again. I will always love and protect you" he said without completely thinking.
"You… Love… Me… Even after what they did to me you don't think of me as a slut or a whore" she asked with tears running down her face in a greater flow. He just held her tighter carefully cradling her head.
"I would never think of you like that. You will always be my precious Hime" said Kenpachi lovingly. This just made her cry harder into his chest gripping him as if he were her only hold on reality.
"So captain what are your orders" asked Ikkaku shaking because he was afraid to break the tender moment.
"Alright gather together all the bastards who were involved in the incident when I walked in. Tie them up in the courtyard and gather together the entire squad. It's time to make an example of those who hurt my Hime" he said.
"Yes sir" replied Ikkaku.
"You there with the funky eyebrows, what's your name" asked Kenpachi.
"Ayasegawa Yumichika sir, what may I do for you" said Yumichika with a formal bow.
"Yumichika I want you to find some cloths for Orihime to wear, she can't go around like this" said Kenpachi.
"Right away captain, what are her measurements so I can alter the uniforms if need be" asked Yumichika.
"I have them right here Swan chan" said Yachiru popping out of nowhere.
"How does she know them" asked Kenpachi confused.
"Who knows it's just a special talent of hers. She takes one look t a person and can tell the measurements down to the millimeter" replied Yumichika.
"well hurry up. And you there what's your name" he asked indicating the other shinigami that was being sat on.
"I have no name" said the Shinigami.
"Well I need to call you something and I refuse to call you Nanashi" said Kenpachi.
"Well I have always liked the name Kage Kagirinai" said the man.
"Than that's your name. Glad to have you aboard Kagirinai" said Kenpachi.
"Thank you sir, um… I was wondering if you would like a new 4th seat, after you punish the current one that is" asked Kagirinai.
"I don't think that will be a problem, you do have the strength for it don't you" asked Kenpachi raising an eyebrow.
"Of course I was going to ask captain Zaraki if I could challenge the current 4th seat…that was before he died that is.
"Is he on the list of people to be punished" asked Kenpachi.
"Yes sir he and the current 6th seat jumped me or I would have helped Ikkaku keep them inline. If it wasn't for his injuries and being jumped they wouldn't have won. But I'd say give him a few days and he'll be as good as new" said Kagirinai.
"Good because for that time I'll be training. And when I'm done we rescue Rukia Kuchiki" said Kenpachi.
"Yes sir" replied Kagirinai.
"Get me when the entire squad is assembled, I have something I need to do. And drop the formalities, I really hate that" said Kenpachi.
"Of course Kenpachi" said Kagirinai with a smirk.
"That's more like it" replied Kenpachi walking off with Orihime in his arms bridal style.
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(Mindscape)
Kenpachi stood in place looking around. He saw old man Zangetsu standing on his pole as usual, but he didn't see his other zanpaktou anywhere.
"Hey old man where's the new guy" asked Kenpachi.
"Don't you mean new girl" said a very feminine voice behind him. He whirled around to face it. He saw a vision of stunning beauty clothed in the finest silk. Blond hair as tall as he was, with stunning blue eyes and a killer body. In her left hand was a set of golden scales and in her right a shining sword. All in all she was the second most beautiful girl he ever saw (second only to Orihime that is).
"Sorry about that, so you're my new guest" he asked being as polite as he could be.
"Yes, now hold still and let me get a good look at you" she said. He complied waiting patiently for her assessment to be over.
"Well he at least looks better than my last master. But tell me boy what makes you think you're worthy of wielding me" she asked narrowing her eyes.
"The only answer I have to that is I'm probably not" he said nonchalantly.
"What" she asked dumbfounded. She was expecting a multitude of answers but that wasn't one of them. She was expecting him to say that he was such a great fighter and how honored she should be to have him even look at her. She never expected him to say that he wasn't worthy.
"Just like I said I'm probably not worthy. Hell I don't even think I'm worthy of Zangetsu. But he feels as if I am, and that means a lot to me" replied Kenpachi surprising her yet again.
"Well than boy I guess the only reward Worthy of you is my name" she said.
"Thank you, if you see fit to tell me anything about yourself I would be greatly honored. All of my power is at both of your beck and call. Just ask and I will gladly give you everything" he replied.
"Thank you, now when you need me just say my name it's…"
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(Real world: 11th squad courtyard 15 minutes later)
"All right, listen up I'm only going to say this once, I do not tolerate those who hurt my friends or family. Now today fifteen of you have done just that. They will be punished accordingly, but first one of them will be given a fighting chance. He will face punishment regardless but this will determine how bad it will be. Kagirinai come forward and earn your place as the 4th seat in this division under my command" yelled Kenpachi for the entire squad to hear.
When Kagirinai and the 4th seat entered the courtyard everyone was silent.
"Hajime" said Kenpachi.
"You won't win, I'm the 4th seat for a reason you know, and you're just a powerless grunt" said the man.
"Enough talk we fight" said Kagirinai.
"Fine then taste the power of my shikai" yelled the man raising his zanpaktou above his head. Kagirinai just charged forward saying, "katsu" while swinging upward. Before the 4th seat could say anything he was cleaved in half vertically.
"I don't even need my shikai to defeat scum like you" he said spitting on the body.
"Winner and new 4th seat Kage Kagirinai" said Kenpachi happily. "Now for the rest of you, you are all sentenced to death" he said shocking all present.
"What have they done to deserve that as punishment" asked one random seated officer.
"They attempted to rape the woman I love" he said with venom in his voice. That shut everyone up. He walked up to the fourteen remaining squad members. And pulled out his zanpaktou.
"I just learned the name of my new zanpaktou, and I think it's fitting to use her shikai on those who hurt my Hime. Now Batsu Kanshiki" he said. In a burst of reiatsu the entire zanpaktou disappears and reforms on his arm. It became a blood red armored gauntlet with two pitch black claw like blades on the back of the hand. There were ¾ inch spikes on each of the knuckles that looked like they would cause more damage coming out than going in. All in all it looked completely vicious.
"Now for your punishment DIE" said Kenpachi as he slaughtered them. It took him only seconds to end them all.
"Now all of you I want you to train for the next three days. After that we storm the repentance cell and rescue Rukia Kuchiki. Dismissed" he said.
"Kurosaki kun what about me" asked Orihime.
"You my Hime will be coming with me" said Kenpachi smiling.
"But what about Chad, and Uryu, and Ganju san" asked Orihime concerned.
"Good point, Ikkaku" called Kenpachi.
"Yes captain" asked Ikkaku.
"When we are about to storm the repentance cell I want you to find my other friends and bring them with us" said Kenpachi.
"Yes sir, I should be able to find them" replied Ikkaku.
"Good see you in three days" said Kenpachi as he picked Orihime up bridal style.
"Wait for me tou chan" said Yachiru latching onto his shoulder.
"Let's go" he said and shunpoed off.
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Hey Thymistacles here. I finally lost some of the writers block. So I took advantage and decided to write a little bit. I know the Title really doesn't match the theme of this chapter but well I couldn't think of anything else. I hope you like the little bit of IchiHime fluff. You can expect more in the future. Ja ne.
Translations: Batsu – Punish
Gorogoro – Scatter
Kagirinai – Eternal
Kage – Shadow
Kanshiki – Judgment
Katsu – Split