Bleach fan fiction. Chapter 3: The Living Daylights. I don't own anything, this is purely fan made.
The title is a James Bond film made in 1987 with Timothy Dalton!
I'm STILL fangirling over this idea *shot*
Location STILL Paris... but who is this mysterious newcomer with blue arrows... Well it's certainly not *shot*
ENJOY!
Location: Section C: Paris.
''W-Who are you...'' Renji was now resting on one knee while pressing his left hand onto the gap that Szayel created on his shoulder. A dark-haired man who looked at the body of the scientist lying on the ground put some of his arrows back in a tube on his back and turned towards the giant man on the cold floor.
''The question is... who are you? Because Szayel Aporro Granz has been my target for a long time...'' His look was ice cold and pierced straight through Renji's head. Who tried to get back on his boots again, but the slashes on both his thighs didn't really agree with that. ''Now's not the time to fight it out over someone who's already dead...'' Returned the redhead bitter to his rescuer.
But the archer shook his head: ''He's not dead... I only missed his vital organs, so he must be bleeding for a very long time before that'll end his life.''
When meeting face to face, the dark haired male was about as tall as Ichigo, 1m70 or a bit higher, so when the tall assassin looked down upon him, his white teeth showed up as he groaned: ''I thought dat guy was your freakin' target? Then you shoot a damn arrow through his throat and he's not freakin' dead. Why so?'' He knew that the mysterious man could take him out with one shot... but he would take the risk.
But the young man, around 25 years old, turned around with a sigh and started walking: ''Because I need this man...''
Renji raised his tattoo'd eyebrows into a questionable expression but shrugged (not a good thing to do with a wounded shoulder) and followed his rescuer. He stepped over the pink-haired man's body, not wondering why the archer left it behind, while slowly walking through the dark hallway.
Meanwhile...
''Rukia!'' When said woman turned around she saw two people in the light of the just opened door. ''Kuchiki-san!'' Quickly followed afterwards.
The girl in the white kimono almost dropped some important papers: ''You two!'' She looked up to the youngsters with bright hair colours. ''Did you encouter anybody?''
The two shook their heads and Rukia sighed... this building seemed pretty empty for a crimeboss-hide out.
''So, Rukia...'' Ichigo began, looking at the distressed young lady. ''You got any info on this Granz-person or maybe other sections?''
To that, the young woman could answer without leaving her lavender eyes staring at the ground in dissapointment: ''This guy also gets his orders from someone who's not that Aizen-bastard.'' To which Orihime and Ichigo sighed. ''So there is still no way we can just get on one plane, eat something yummy and kill someone...'' Said Orihime as she crossed her arms over her chest while Rukia kept reading.
''But the name Zommari LeRoux is returning constantly...''
Meanwhile Ichigo walked towards the computer and searched around too... even though everything seemed empty, there could still be a clue in this gigantic room full of television screens and scientific potions.
''Ohh, this is a flower called Hinaguki!'' The young girl laughed as she ran down all of the cupboards with flasks with colourful potions in it. ''It rejects poison that's come inside the bloodstream and protects you from it!'' Quickly she put the flash with purple fluid in one of her bags, not like a genius maffiaEspada would need it anymore!
''G-Guys... come here for a second.'' Ichigo stopped scrolling through the scientist's mails with secret names and codes in it. ''Z-Zommari LeRoux is the 7th Espada and he's in charge of Section E in Kape Town!''
''K-Kape Town?'' Rukia stopped reading. ''That's South-Africa! All the way to South Africa... can't we just find Section A?'' She stared to the white knife in a small hilt and the bracelet attached to it. H-Hisana...
''Nee-san! Look! I finally got it under control!''
A black-haired woman in a white yukata with a pink obi looked up from her warm futon to a girl standing over her. ''R-Rukia?'' She said with a weak voice.
''Byakuya nii-sama finally teaches me how to use a weapon!'' The young girl replied with a smile across her whole face.
Hisana turned away and softly coughed in her hand... hidden from the young Rukia's face: ''A-Are you alright, nee-san?'' She bowed over her with an innocent look in her eyes. But Hisana turned around with a smile on her face to match her younger sister's one. ''O-Of course... n-now can you show me what my silly husband has teached you?''
Rukia jumped from the balcony (totally ignoring the stairs) in her purple kimono with flowers and a black obi. Even though the sisters lived in a gigantic mansion, with butlers and maids and personal teachers and strange men in suits that sometimes visited Byakuya nii-sama... little 12-year old Rukia still liked to run around in simple clothing so that she could practise with a sword. ''Here I go!'' She lifted up her bokutou (bamboo sword) and pointed it towards her big sister, who straightened his back so that she could see what the silly black-haired girl was doing.
''Hyaah!'' She shouted like she was in a supernatural action-anime. ''And there!'' She even kicked into the air like a tiny ninja.
Hisana laughed: ''Good work, Rukia-chan! You're a natural!'' She waved at the girl, who waved back with the bokutou swinging widly in the air. But then her vision became dizzy again, her eye lids closed slowly as she rested her back on the futon again.
''Are you alright, nee-san!'' She still heard her little sister's voice echoe through the emptiness of her head.
Then she put the blanket over her cold body: ''O-Of course, Rukia. G-Go play for a while... I'll go to sleep for now.''
A vague ''Alright, bye bye!'' Was heard from afar as the older sister drifted away in a little nap.
''You won't have to wait any longer... Hisana.'' She looked confident at her friends after her little flashback to the pretty past. Orihime was still searching through the decorated flasks in the dusty closets and Ichigo was thinking out loud, looking through paper and other files.
''Come on, Rukia. We have to get as much info as we can, don't just stand there!'' The orangehead almost shouted at her, even though they had to be stealthy and Rukia huffed. ''Where the hell is Renji anyway?'' Her head just kept drifting back to the door again.
''What 'bout me?'' Two silhoutes appeared at one of the doors that was opened.
''Renji!'' Everyone immediatly stopped with what they were doing. The redhead walked inside in a slow tempo, dropping his shotgun on the floor in the process and eventually push himself in a chair quickly afterwards.
Rukia was the first one to run towards him: ''Renji!'' She shouted again, her lavender eyes twisted to a horrific expression as she saw his clothes were covered in blood.
''O-Oi, how's it going?'' He grinned at her, his hands shaking a bit.
The girl in the white kimono jumped up: ''Inoue!'' She screamed out. ''Y-yes, o-of course!'' Orihime replied quickly, searching through her new and old flasks.
''This combination is called Sōten Kisshun i-it might sting a bit in the beginning b-but your wounds will heal faster.'' As she put a few colours in a injector.
But Renji chuckled: ''Don't matter... as if stinging is the worst part o' it al...''
While Orihime was preparing her medicine, Rukia bowed down over her partner: ''W-What happened?'' She asked quite flustered, there were at least three big slashes and multiple smaller on his hands, his face and stomach.
''That Szayel Granz-figure is a pretty arrogant fucker if you ask me...'' He looked up to her, remembering that silver blade and him screaming I am a perfect being! ''I would be a goner if it wasn't for that guy.'' He pointed towards the front door with his left arm, since Orihime was sticking needles in his right one.
The man stepped into the light of Szayel's headquarters: ''Good evening.'' He answered short.
Now Ichigo stopped walking right in front of the white-dressed man: ''You are the Quincy.'' The fellow assassin said in amazement, looking how the archer lift up his glasses and nodded in agreement.
''Looks like even the Deathberry has heard of me.'' He said almost proud, with Renji and Rukia looking at their partner while Orihime still ran with her petite fingernails through her bags, not listening to her friends with her tongue sticking out of her tiny mouth.
''Y-You know this guy, Ichigo?'' Renji raised one of his tattoo'd eyebrows at his friend and his rescuer. ''Someone from the old times?''
Ichigo nodded: ''Sort of... I just heard of him, but no one has ever said his name out loud.'' Everyone mysteriously looked at the archer, who kept his mouth shut.
''Huh, Ishida-kun?'' Orihime looked up from her concentrated scientific medicine-experiment with her big brown eyes.
Suddenly the archer jumped forward, almost dropping his glasses on the floor: ''I-Inoue-san! Wh-What are you doing here?'' It seemed like a totally different person leaped forward, his facial expression a bit frustrated and embarrassed.
Rukia blinked with questionmarks popping up: ''I-Ishida-kun? You know that guy, Inoue?''
Without giving it a second thought Orihime jumped up, waving her hand in the air like yelling present while checking names in school: ''Of course! He's from the same town as me!''
Ichigo looked from the Inoue girl to the Ishida archer: ''You shittin' me?''
''K-Kurosaki-kun?''
''The name is fully Ishida Uryuu, but most people know me as the Quincy.'' Ishida raised his glasses again, looking at Ichigo with a stern look. ''You can be a lot more thankful to me, for saving your friend...''
''You bastard...'' Renji grinned. ''I could've totally taken care of it myself...''
''And that's why you look so pathetic right now.'' Rukia took over the ego-tripping conversation by sighing deeply, Renji gasping silent. ''But did you get rid of that mad scientist?'' Her look returned to the rescuer and mysterious lone assassin.
''Not yet... I have some business with that pink-haired maniac.'' The male dressed in an all-white tidy suit with a blue tie turned around while speaking. ''So if you'll excuse me, I have someone's insides to rip out...''
He left the four partners silently listening to his mighty footsteps in the darkened hallway...
''I-Ishida-kun became an assassin?'' Orihime said quietly, while emptying the third injector in Renji's bloodstream, who coughed sarcastic: ''Come on, Inoue, even you became one... even though it's more of a medical one...'' Which he was pretty happy about.
The rest nodded and Rukia walked to the door Ishida just left through: ''Let's get back to the airport... we have our next location.''
Ichigo followed after her: ''Yeah... Kape Town.'' While Orihime wrapped a bandage around the redhead's shoulder. ''You can move around with it, but shooting around would be a little dangerous.'' She added while the four of them left the room.
Eventually the four got back to the point where Renji met Szayel and Ishida.
''I'll tell you one more time! Where... is... Kurotsuchi Mayuri!'' Ishida laid his hand on the arrow that was still stuck in Szayel's throat, he could cut it further in an instant.
Szayel just spit out some blood, trying to breath while laying helplessly on the ground.
''I-Ishida-kun!'' Orihime screamed as she saw what her old friend was doing. Ishida looked up in reaction, seeing how the four of them were standing in front of him again.
''I thought you had other business?'' He raised one of his eyebrows, even though his look was still mostly fixated on the half-dead scientist.
''But... seeing what you're doing to him, we were the ones who wanted to do that to him.'' Renji smirked, not minding what happened to the pinkhaired man as he still couldn't walk properly.
Rukia and Ichigo watched silently as Orihime took some steps forward: ''I-Ishida-kun? What a-are you doing?'' She asked in a friendly manner, like she asked him if he would like a warm cup of tea.
The Quincy sighed deeply, looking at the burned orange-coloured lady: ''This man...'' He planted his fancy shoe in the stomach of the maffiaboss... who gulped some more blood on his white shirt. ''Was working with Kurotsuchi Mayuri... on some projects.''
Ichigo stepped in: ''I heard that that mad man is now a district leader of Soul Society, the federal unvestigation bureaul.'' He noted with a stern face... to which Rukia and Renji sighed under their breath.
''And this man...'' Ishida pointed it out again. ''Knows how to get to that mad bastard who experimented on my sensei and grandfather.''
''T-That's terrible...'' Whispered Inoue as the rest showed concern too... with their eyes.
Suddenly a laugh was heard from under Ishida's foot: ''Kurotsuchi... you'll never find him. That blue-haired freak is a ghost even to us Espada!'' Even though there was blood on his face, because it sputtered out of his mouth, he still had an intimidating smirk on his face.
''But I'm not an Espada!'' Yelled Ishida back... his arrow back in position to shoot Szayel straight through the throat again.
''I-Ishida-kun... why don't you come with us? Then y-you can search for him together.'' Orihime offered friendly, the rest, except for Ichigo, nodded in agreement.
''If you're seeking for revenge on evil you can join the group without any problem.'' The voice of the petite Rukia was stern and piercing through everyone's mind. Because she was the one who could speak about it the most.
But Ishida shook his head: ''Sorry Inoue-san... everyone else... this is something I have to fulfill all by myself.'' He took a few steps back and started walking again... towards the gate instead of a new victim.''
''Bye Ishida-kun!'' Little Orihime's voice echoed through the hallway and when the archery-murdered turned around there was even a little smile and a wave for the young lady. ''We'll give you a call if we have info!'' But the white-dressed male already dissapeared into the darkness.
''We don't have his number...'' Escaped Ichigo's mouth silent and everyone chuckled when the busted girl's face turned red.
''L-Let's go! I-I want to see the sun come up!'' She quickly reacted like her bubbly, happy self again and started running in the same direction as Ishida.
''You four...'' The pink-haired male on the ground was still conscious. ''Kill me now...''
Renji took a few steps forward, with a small sting in his thighs: ''What you say? You freak...'' He growled angry, but Granz ignored that part.
''There's nobody here in Paris anymore... I used them for my experiments and now Aizen-sama doesn't want to send me new ones anymore...'' He began as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
Rukia crossed her arms: ''Sounds logical to me...''
''Now if you don't shoot, stab or poison me... I will just lie here and die from starvation instead of a perfect assassination.'' Even though Mr. Perfect-Being would only call himself the Perfect Assassin, he would need a little more help to 'survive' the pain.
Ichigo reached for his Zangetsu katana: ''That's a weird offer you're making. But we'll do it, since you asked for it...''
''And we'll be glad to end your life.'' Renji raised his shotgun, clicked in two new shotshells with pettels, pulled the pump and pointed it on Szayel's head. ''Then we'll be even...'' He grinned, he'd actually been waiting for this.
Szayel closed his eyes: "Inferior beings such as yourselves irritating me to this extent and then ending my life with those smirks on your twisted faces. That is the very definition of a "bad joke".''
But there was a quick shot and lot's of smoke... when the gray mass dissapeared the four could see the pellets pierced his brain and ruined his face.
Ichigo was the first one to leave: ''Looks like we have another plane to catch. To Kape Town this time...''
''That's in South Africa, right?'' Renji wondered, feeling quite sassy again after the medicine from Orihime kicked in and seeing how he could shot the bastard that hurt him in such a way he needed that medicine.
Rukia and Orihime quickly followed afterwards: ''Yes, genius, that's right...'' Rukia sighed, while shaking her head. Orihime kept silent... thinking over her friend who was now the world famous Quincy, shooting targets with blue arrows.
Today, another pillar of Hueco Mundo ended... who would be the next one?
THE END OF CHAPTER 3!
So it really was Ishida? I DIDN'T KNOW 8D School is sucking the life outta me but DO NOT WORRY readers. I'LL BE BACK (pushes in badly male voice of AHHNEUILD SCHWARZINUGII!)
But what is this stuffz with Soul Society & Zommari LeRoux. OOEWWHHH!
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