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Our swords clashed with a might that made the air around us ripple with tangible power, so much so that I saw Rukia step back out of the corner of my eyes. Neither of us would back down, my bright pink eyes held his with raw determination. I ducked down, his blade flew just above my head, and a single slip of hair got cut by his blade and slipped to the ground. I went to sweep his feet out from under him but he moved with incredible speed, suddenly appearing behind me. I brought my blade up, just in time to avoid being cut right in two.
"Nii-sama! Don't actually hurt Rin!" Rukia yelled from the side lines, I saw her out of the corner of my eyes, her face strict with panic.
Mistake. Byakuya crouched down and elbowed me in my stomach, sending me flying into a sakura tree. I slipped down to the ground but recovered quickly taking a defensive stance. Byakuya disappeared from my line of sight making me do circles, waiting and watching for his next move.
"Rin! Behind you!" I whirled around and brought my katana up just in time to meet Byakuya's next attack. The force of our impact made me slide back a few feet, but I held my ground.
"I'm glad you're not holding back. You're extremely powerful." I said, a small smirk on my face.
"You have seen nothing." His voice was steady and determined.
Byakuya suddenly brought up his hand and a bright red light flew from it, hitting me square in the stomach. I flew back into the ground and skid along it. It took me longer to get up, and before I knew it Byakuya was leaning over me, his blade poised at my throat.
"It seems I win."
I felt a feeling of anger bubble in my stomach and a need to prove him wrong, his eyes widened slightly before he stepped back, re-sheathing his blade.
"I was never going to hurt you, I only wanted to anger you to see how strong your spiritual pressure was, and I must say it is very impressive." He said offering me a hand. I took a deep breath to calm myself and subdue the anger before taking his hand allowing him to help me up.
"Are you okay Rin?" Rukia asked walking up to us, she was followed by a group of people who didn't look like they could be older than 16 or 17.
"I'm fine. Don't worry. Who are these people with you Rukia?" I asked turning to the group of four that stood behind her.
"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki." A guy with flaming orange hair said stepping in front of Rukia, dwarfing her with his tall height.
"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Rin Yuzuki." I said bowing.
"And this is Orihime, Ishida, and Chad." Rukia said motioning to each of the people.
"Oh! You're so beautiful, look at your hair!" The only girl in the group said as she stepped forward and engulfed me in a tight hug. "I'm Orihime by the way." She said as she took a step back and bowed. Compared to Orihime I seemed like a small child in comparison. She too had orange hair, it flowed down to her tiny waist in perfect waves, and her legs were so perfectly thin and long, I felt inadequate. I looked away from her to the young man with blue hair.
"My name is Uryu Ishida." He said bowing, and I returned the gesture. Next was the man who looked Latino and towered over me, at least 6'5 in height.
"I am Yasutora Sado, but my friends call me Chad." His deep voice said and he bowed slightly.
"Well, if we're done with introductions may I ask what you're doing here Kurosaki?" Byakuya's voice cut through us making us all fall silent and turn to him.
"Well, I honestly forgot what I was doing here. I got caught up watching you and Rin fight. You're very skilled Rin. Are you a new shinigami?" Ichigo asked turning his attention to me.
"Um, no I'm not. I'm going to start training to become one though."
"Wow, well best of luck to ya. We should probably get going. Bye Rukia, bye Byakuya." Ichigo said as him and his gang ran off. Byakuya showed a look of displeasure at Ichigo calling him by his first name but remained ever silent.
"Training is over for the day, but Rukia I would like you to take Rin and introduce her to the Captains."
"Yes Nii-Sama." Rukia and I both bowed to Byakuya but before we left I turned to him.
"It was fun sparring with you Kuchiki-Sama." And with that Rukia and I left.
As soon as we left the estate we were bombarded by a tall and very busty woman with flaming orange hair.
"Kuchiki-San! Where have you been?" She said hugging the both of us tightly though I had no idea who this woman was.
"Rangiku-San, you're killing me...can't..breathe!" Rukia tried to push herself away from the woman.
The woman stepped back and looked at me, "Who are you my Dear?"
"My name is Rin Yuzuki. It's a pleasure to meet you." I said and bowed.
"No need for formalities. My name is Rangiku Matsumoto." The woman smiled at me, but then her faced turned into one of shock.
"You're the one everyone's been talking about!"
"Everyone has been talking about me?" I asked giving a confused look to Rukia.
"I'll explain later, we have to go. It was nice to see you Rangiku-San." Rukia said as she grabbed my hand and led me away.
Once we were far away, Rukia breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Don't mind her, she tends to be a bit out there." Rukia said with a laugh.
"Why has everyone been talking about me?" I asked stopping and turning to Rukia.
"Keep walking, I'll explain everything on the way to see Ukitake-Taicho." Rukia said, she took a deep breath before speaking, "You've been causing abnormalities in the spiritual pressure here, the waves of reiatsu you've been exerting have a tremendous amount of power hiding in them. It's been enough for Head Captain Yamamoto to have a Captains Meeting about it. For you to exert such high amounts of pressure and not even be a shinigami is something that has never really happened before. To let out high amounts of reiatsu you either have to be a high ranking shinigami or a Captain."
"I was never even aware that I was releasing any spiritual pressure at all."
"Don't worry, it'll all get figured out. Right now I want you to meet Ukitake-Taicho, Captain of the 13th division."
We approached a sliding door and Rukia rapped on it lightly, "Ukitake-Taicho?"
"Rukia-San! Come in, come in!" A cheery voice sounded from the other side of the door.
Rukia opened the door and the two of us stepped in. A man with silver white hair was sitting behind a desk stacked high with paper up to the ceiling.
"Hello Rukia, who is this beautiful young woman you've brought with you today." The man asked, his emerald green eyes sparkling with laughter and amusement. Rukia pressed her hand to the small of my back and pushed me forward a little bit.
"My name is Rin Yuzuki. It's a pleasure to meet you Ukitake-Taicho." I said bowing.
Ukitake stood up, though it seemed quite difficult for him as he began coughing immediately, Rukia ran over and helped support him. Ukitake waved Rukia away with a laugh and walked over to me.
"I was wondering when I was going to get the honor of meeting you." He said taking my hand in his, lightly kissing the back of it, causing my face to heat up.
"What do we owe the honor Rukia?" Ukitake said releasing my hand and turning to Rukia.
"Nii-sama wanted me to introduce Rin to all of the Captains. So I decided to start with my own Captain."
Ukitake let out a small laugh that turned into another coughing fit, "Ukitake-Taicho, you should sit back down. Don't over exert yourself." Rukia said rushing over to her captain, walking him back over to his desk.
"Thank you Kuchiki-San. I'll be alright, don't worry about me. It was an honor to meet you Rin. Please have a nice day." Ukitake called behind us as Rukia led us out of his office.
Rukia and I began walking along the streets again to go to the next division when the ground began to shake. People began running past us, away from something. The ground began to split open and I pushed Rukia away so she wouldn't fall in, I slipped and began falling into the open gape in the Earth, when someone grabbed my wrist. I looked up to see Ukitake, his face strained, but a small smile on his lips.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Nowhere, I'm just hanging around." Ukitake lifted me up and I quickly scrambled to my feet.
"What's going on Ukitake-Taicho?" Rukia called
"Several hollows have appeared near the 10th Division. They're extremely strong. We must hurry." Ukitake said as he began running towards the 10th Division.
Rukia and I shared a look before following suite.