"WHY CAN'T I TAKE YOUR REIATSU, ANSWER ME HUMAN!" He screams chucking me onto ground.
I land on my side and skid about three metres. My shoulder began to sting and pain erupted throughout my arm. Gritting me teeth, I propped myself back up and turned to the monster.
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!" I yelled, not caring about the consequences.
"THATS IT, YOU ARE PISSING ME OFF YOU ARE FINISHED!"
His tail comes down and I brace for impact.
Chapter Two - Sucking Out Reiatsu
One, two, three seconds passed... But nothing happened. My eyes are glued together tightly, and I'm unable to move anything, even my breath is short and shallow, like it would stop at any time.
Am I dead?
I feel no pain, his tail must have hit me by now, or maybe this is what death feels like? I thought it would be a lot more painful, but it is actually quite relaxing.
"Oi kid, you hurt?" A voice called out to me, bringing me back to the world around me.
My eyes shot open, all the pain came rushing back, shooting through my body in less than a second, but I wasn't dead. Standing in front of me, was a man blocking the attack that should've hit me. He had fire engine red hair that was tied up into a pony tail. He wore a black kimono and had a large sword with an extremely odd shape. It got wider at the tip and had sharp ends on the side of the blade.
"Don't worry, your safe now, I'll take it from here." The man said, turning around to give me reassuring simile.
I felt every muscle in my body relax, even though I knew I wasn't out of danger yet, this man seemed like he wanted to help me, and he also looked like he knew what he was doing.
Shigeru's tail left the man, and they all regained their previous position.
"Sixth squad fukutaichou [vice captain], Abarai Renji." Introduced the red haired man.
"Oh, a shinigami has joined us, quite interesting." Smirked the smaller masked man. " Arrancar number 63, Koga Zenko." He introduced.
"Arrancar number 42 Shigeru Shunko." Introduced the other.
"Arrancar? Never heard of you before, eh, oh well. I can't just let some stupid so called 'arrancar' go running around killing whatever humans they see." Said Renji, pointing his sword directly at the arrancar's.
"You best not underestimate us, Shinigami. It will be the end of you." Said Koga, turning to his partner. "You can have him, Shigeru, I have no time to waste on lowly shinigami. And I expected more, especially from a fukutaichou." Koga sighed.
"What did you say!" Yelled Renji, while breaking into a sprint towards the arrancar's.
Shigeru stepped up, in front of Koga, his tail going at full power straight towards Renji. Sword and tail collided, causing a gust of wind to blow out, causing me to steady myself, in order not to fall over.
"Huh, is that all you got Arrancar?" Renji snickered while leaning forward, pushing his sword further into the skin of the arrancar's tail.
For a few seconds nothing happened, both arrancar and shinigami stared deeply into each others eyes, but something was terribly wrong, the smirk on Shigeru's face sent chills down my spine like never before, he looked way to confident.
"Are you sure you should be speaking out of your place, Shinigami!" Shouted Shigeru as his tail slowly began to split in two.
The tail split into two perfect parts, keeping one tail against Renji's sword while the other was left to roam free. The extra tail shot forward and latched onto Renji's right arm.
"Damn it!" Cursed Renji, as he tried to wriggle free from the tight grip.
"Ha, shall I tell you what my power is shinigami! As a parting gift before you die." Snickered the large arranacar. "I have the ability to absorb reitsu dry to the bone and convert it into power for myself, you know what that means? I'll suck out your reiatsu, you'll die, then I'll kill that girl." Laughed Shigeru.
"I won't let you." Renji hissed.
"To bad you have no choice, this is the end."
Shigeru's tail began to glow a bright orange colour, which spread to Renji's arm. Renji began to struggle, but he was turning pale at an alarming rate, like all the energy was being sucked out of him.
I had to do something! I didn't know what, but I had to do something… Anything!
"What are you doing to him!" I screamed, slowly standing up on my feet.
"Shut up girl, your next." Shigeru growled. "Even if my technique doesn't work on you, I'll just crush your head into a million pieces!"
Shigeru turned back to the green Renji, an evil grin plastered on his face. He began to tighten his grip even further, which only made Renji's situation worse.
"What could I do!" I thought as I starred at the scene "I couldn't stand up to him, no way, I was powerless I had to do something or that Renji guy will die!"
Renji's state was just getting worse, he was no longer struggling, and his sword didn't seem to be the same one I saw earlier. It looked like a normal sword compared to the big one he had just before.
"Heh, you don't need this any more." Shigeru said, as he pryed Renji's sword free from his hands.
The sword hit the ground and came bouncing towards me. It may not be much but it was something.
Renji's POV:
"Shit, this guy with his cheap ass power, I can't even move."
"Heh, you don't need this any more." Shigeru said whilst prying my hands open.
"W-what are you doing" I chocked, as his tail pulled open my clenched hands that held my sword.
"Chucking away your useless sword." He replied with a smirk.
I could only stare as my sword fell to the ground in slow motion, leaving a tang deep in my soul, as my partner was ripped away from me.
"Z-zabimaru." I called, as the sword slid away from me.
"Is that the name of your sword? I heard that a shinigami's sword is like a piece of their soul! Ha! Well, looks like you'll be dying without your precious sword."
"Sh-Shut up."
"Ehh, did you say something-"
The sound of a sword through flesh rang through my ears and as grip on my arm loosened. Taking advantage of the situation, I broke free with all the remaining strength I had. I crashed to the ground and started panting for breaths, I could only be glad that I still had enough reiatsu to remain conscious, though I felt weak. My bones were shaking and my eye lids were heavy, it was taking everything just to keep them open.
I twisted my head and looked up. The girl I had saved before was standing there in front of me, with a sword almost as tall as her. She stood tall and strong, like nothing could beat her. Looking closer, I noticed light blue glow around her body and sword, which I could only assume was reiatsu, but the weird thing was, I couldn't feel any from her! I could see it, but couldn't feel it!
Looking passed the girl, I caught a glimpse of the arrancar I was fighting earlier. He was glaring at the girl with the look to kill, and I could see why. Blood and sweat covered his entire body, and the rise and fall of his shoulder showed he was panting hard. But the biggest shock was the thick tail that was lying on the ground, in a pool of deep, red, blood.
The only explanation was the girl had cut it clean off. But how? She was just a human that got caught in all this, right? Who is this girl, really? Why can't I feel her reiatsu? And why is her sword so big?
"I've had enough of your shit." The girl said, as she raised the sword over her head and brought it down. A light blue slash of energy came from the tip of her sword, and headed straight towards Shigeru at blinding speed.
"You, Bitc-" Shigeru cursed before becoming engulfed in the light.
The air became strangely quiet as the dust dissipated, showing the remains of the burnt arrancar. He wobbled on his feet before falling to the grown unconscious in a loud thump, bringing up the remaining dust that surrounded him.
Koga's expression changed to one of neutral to complete shock. I could tell he was surprised by the increase in power this girl had shown, to cut down his comrade like that. But even so, that attack, as powerful as it was, must have taking a lot out of her. She was swaying back and forth as if she was about to topple over. But instead, she stabbed her sword in the ground, leaning on it for balance.
A sudden feeling dawned upon me, I had seen that attack before, not sure where, but I had seen it before, I was sure of it.
With his hands in his pockets, Koga walked over to his fallen comrade, and picked him up by his collar. With his free hand he flicked it, opening a dark eye shaped portal.
"We will not kill you for now." Koga stated as he started to walk through the portal. "I will report back to Aizen-sama of the event's that happened here today, but for now... It is goodbye, Shinigami, and human girl, I am sure you will be of interest to Aizen-sama. I'm sure this wont be the last of you."
Koga turned back around and dragged Shigeru through the portal, not looking back at us once. The portal shuddered, and than shut tight, showing no signs it had even been there.
Amber's POV:
I feel heavy, really heavy. And though I feel like I'm tied down to the floor by my own weight, I'm hyper aware. The sounds, the smells, the warmth I feel, it has never felt so real before, but my mind is cloudy. I can't remember where I am, or what I meant to be doing, I feel as though something important must of happened, but the more I reach out for it, the further away it gets.
As curiosity got to bad to bear, I strained my heavy eye lids open, but immediately shut them tight as the light burned through them. I tried again, opening my eyes more slowly this time so I could allow them to adjust to the light. I blinked a few times to clear my fuzzy vision, but an unknown roof is all I saw.
"Where am I?" I mumbled, willing my limbs to push themselves up.
I managed to push myself up a bit, but immediately fell down again as a sharp pain made itself present in my right shoulder. Turning my head around slightly, I found it covered in white bandages.
Memories of the previous day came rushing back as if they had never been gone, making my head pound.
"So it wasn't a dream." I mumbled, pushing myself up once again, so I could get a better look at the place I was currently in.
There wasn't much in the small room I currently lay in, There was the mattress I was laying on with my clothes I was wearing from the day before folded neatly on the ground next to me, someone must of changed my clothes. There was one window and if I remembered correctly, this room sort of looks like a traditional Japanese room. There was no western like doors, only a sliding door that I recognised to be Japanese, though I wasn't sure what it was called.
"I see your awake." Said a voice behind the door.
The door slid open, revealing a tall man. He had shaggy blond hair, and wore dark green pant's and shirt with some sort of cardigan like thing over. But what stood out the most, was a striped white and green hat.
"W-Who are you?" I asked in a croaky voice.
The man gave me a slight grin before he spoke.
"My name is Urahara Kisuke, I am a humble shop owner that just happened to treat your wounds," He said with a smile as he pulled out a fan and held it up to his face."Now, I know you must be very confused, but I wish you be patient, you must have a lot of questions as so do I for you, so please come this way, and I'll get you some tea."
