Sorry it took a little bit. Started school again and was a little stuck. I want to say thanks to Black Cat Angel for commenting again.

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Chapter 3

The smoke from the explosion was clearing and Toshiro scanned the area to see who was around.

"Captain!" Said a voice from behind as an orange haired woman appeared.

"Matsumoto, What are you doing here?" Toshiro asked, without turning his head from the smoke.

"Urahara told me you would be here. I figured I would come and make sure you are ok." Matsumoto said. Rangiku Matsumoto had orange hair and gray eyes. She was Toshiro's Lieutenant.

"Ok, I'm fine. What I'm worried about is Kurosaki. That clash was hard, it even forced me back." Toshiro said. The smoke was nearly cleared and two figures could be seen.

"Sir I think he is fine." Matsumoto said to Toshiro as the figures began to fight by the looks of it.

"I guess you are right. I should have known that he would be ok." Toshiro said as he watched Ichigo and the raptor fight.

Every time the charged at each other the sound of metal hitting metal flowed through the area. Gusts of wind also surged whenever they made fast contact. Neither one of them where bleeding. Every slash Ichigo slashed was blocked. Every stab with it's claws the raptor did was blocked by Ichigo. It seemed evenly matched. Yet from Toshiro and Matsumoto's view it seemed like the raptor was winning.

"Those two are even, but I can't shake the feeling that the raptor isn't using its full strength." Toshiro said between the gusts of wind.

"Sir, Ichigo isn't going full strength either." Matsumoto said back as soon as she could.

"True but it seems like Ichigo is losing." Toshiro said. Just then Ichigo and the raptor stood still and did not charge.

"You are a fool for challenging me Shinigami!" the raptor said.

"Heh. If you are so strong why did you run away? You didn't seem that strong, since you ran away." Ichigo said, smiling.

"I didn't have energy to take you two down. Didn't you hear me the first time or are you that stupid?" the raptor said.

"It doesn't matter what you say. It matters on how you appear to be." Ichigo said laughing.

Toshiro and Matsumoto appeared next to Ichigo. Both stood and just stared they didn't say anything.

"Another one. Well that's fine. I can kill all of you!" The raptor laughed.

Ichigo stood still, not dazed by the threat. Matsumoto drew her Zanpakuto not wanting to take a chance. Toshiro stood and studied the Raptor.

"Ichigo. I wouldn't take him too lightly. He seems strong." Toshiro said.

"And you seem big. There is no way someone who ran is strong. If anything he is afraid to lose." Ichigo said not worrying at all.

"Why you…you are lucky there is an enemy I can take my anger out on." Toshiro said angrily.

As the three of them talked the raptor drew out a stone looking object. As the raptor held it the stone began to glow, releasing strong Spiritual pressure. Matsumoto gripped her Zanpakuto harder. Toshiro turned to face when the energy grew to an impossible amount of Spiritual pressure. As Toshiro turned Ichigo did as well. Both gripped their Zanpakuto preparing themselves for a fight.

"Heh. You three are the most unintelligent beings I have ever faced. Now you all shall see the true power I hold." The raptor laughed.

"What is that stone doing?" Matsumoto asked.

"I'm not sure but that stone is releasing a massive amount of Spiritual pressure." Toshiro said.

"Well whatever it is we will just have to destroy it." Ichigo said.

"Yeah." Toshiro said.

"Do you really think you will destroy this? Ha! You can't. This stone is unbreakable. Nothing that has hit it has broken it. It broke what hit it." The raptor laughed.

"Really now? Is that so?" Toshiro said trying to get the raptor to say what it does.

"I know what you are trying to do. Well why don't I just show you what it does." The raptor said as he held the stone close to the heart. Toshiro, Matsumoto, and Ichigo watched to see just what would happen. The glowed even more as it got closer and closer. "Release you energy." The raptor said.

As he said it he placed the stone into his heart. Once it entered a blast of energy came and a smoke went over the Raptor.

"Ichigo, Matsumoto, don't let you guard down. Who knows what will happen." Toshiro said as the smoke came.

"What did you think I would let my guard down? I think not." Ichigo said.

"We can never know what you will do Ichigo. Never." Matsumoto said.

There was no comment back from either Ichigo or Toshiro for the smoke was clearing. Standing in front of them was a more human looking creature. It still looked as if it was a raptor but now it about as tall as Ichigo and much more slimmer than it was before. The raptor still had scales, a tail, and its razor shape claws.

"Heh. Now you can face my real power. This stone imbedded into my skin gives me strength. All of my kind has it but unlike them for me my stone doesn't make me bigger and stronger, it makes me smaller and quicker." The raptor said. "Like your Zanpakuto when this stone is released it gives me great power. But unlike your Zanpakuto this stone gives me much more speed or strength that you could ever get."

The raptor disappeared from in front of Ichigo, Toshiro, and Matsumoto and before they knew it Matsumoto was slashed in the back. Both Ichigo and Toshiro turned in shock, for neither of them saw the raptor go behind them. Matsumoto went down to one knee.

"Matsumoto! Are you ok?" Toshiro said in shock.

"I'm fine captain." Matsumoto said. Her eyes widen. "Ichigo! In front of you!" she yelled.

Ichigo turned and put up his Zanpakuto just in time to stop a strike from the raptor. The raptor bounded back and landed not to far away, about the same place he was before. Not stop the raptor charged back in. Matsumoto go to her feet and prepared in case of another strike. Toshiro turned and got ready as well. While Ichigo already prepared looked around to see if he could find any trace of were the raptor went.

"This thing. It has become too fast. I can't even find any sight of him." Matsumoto said as she looked around.

"It's around here somewhere though." Ichigo said.

"And how do you know?" Toshiro asked as he looked as well.

"Its just a feeling I ha-." Ichigo said as the raptor charged at him from his side. As he Ichigo, Ichigo went flying back. The raptor quickly turned and slashed Matsumoto again, then as he did with Ichigo he slashed Toshiro with his tail. Toshiro, unlike Ichigo and Matsumoto were prepared for the attack and managed to stop it.

"Sit on the frozen heavens Hyorinmaru!" Toshiro yelled as an ice dragon flew towards the raptor. The raptor stopped the attack with its bare hand then charged towards Toshiro with its claw. Toshiro tried to block it but the raptor was too quick and stabbed Toshiro in the shoulder.

As Toshiro was fighting with the raptor Ichigo was getting up from the attack he took.

"Man, how far was I sent." Ichigo said to himself as he tried to see where the raptor was. He looked and he saw that Toshiro was fighting with the raptor a far way away. "That far." Ichigo said with shock. Not wanting to wait to see what would happened to Toshiro Ichigo flashed stepped back to were he was.

Matsumoto on the other had, was smashed up against a building. Part of the building on her leg, making it so she couldn't move.

Ichigo appeared as Toshiro was getting hit with the raptor's claw. He went towards then and managed to get a thin slash on the raptor before he jumped back away from the two of them.

"You're still standing after that? I'm surprised. Maybe you are tougher than you look." The raptor said laughing.

"Toshiro are you ok?" Ichigo asked Toshiro.

"Yeah. I'm fine. But I don't think we can beat this thing with the level we are at now." Toshiro said.

"Yeah we cant." Ichigo said as he held his Zanpakuto straight out. Then with the other hand he placed it on the elbow of the other arm. "Ban-kai." He called. A beam of Spiritual pressure appeared and as it disappeared Ichigo was standing there. "Tensa Zangetsu." Ichigo said. He was standing there with a think black blade. It looked like an all black normal Zanpakuto. He also wore a black tattered cape.

"Figures you would. Very well. Ban-kai." Toshiro said. Toshiro appeared from the smoke he created he had wings made of pure ice; his arm became ice as well. He also grew an ice tail; his feet looking like dragon claws as well. His Zanpakuto was now held in a dragon's mouth.

"You two are now fighting from real I see." The raptor said. "if you are wondering my name is Kakiro." The raptor said as well.

Kakiro charged at the two of them. Ichigo, now able to see where the raptor was going, stop him in his tracks. Toshiro then charged at Kakiro.

"Ryūsenka." Toshiro said as she stabbed Kakiro. Ichigo jumped back as Kakiro began to freeze. Kakiro then grabbed Toshiro's Zanpakuto, pulled it out of him, and Slashed Toshiro with his claws. Toshiro jumped backed after being hit.

"Do you really think an attack as simple as that would work. You two underestimate me way too much." Kakiro said.

"Getsuga Tensho." Ichigo said ignoring what Kakiro said. A giant cresent looking form of black Spiritual pressure appeared and went flying at Kakiro. Kakiro turned and stopped that attack with his bare hand as well and the disappeared. Kakiro tried to stabbed Ichigo but Ichigo dodged just in time.

"What is going one. Nothing is hurting him." Ichigo said as he appeared right next to toshiro.

"I don't know. Matsumoto can't fight anymore and we cant even put a sratch on him." Toshiro said as Kakiro turned to them.

"You aren't that slow but still you are slower than me." Kakiro said as he began to charge again. But instead of charging right away he muttered something then moved. He disappeared.

"Where did he go?" Ichigo said.

"I can't see him anywhere." Toshiro said.

As the two looked Kakiro appeared from behind and slashed both of them. Ichigo and toshiro tried to jump but they were two slow and then got slashed. Kakiro continued to slash. Ichigo and toshiro tried to block as best they could but they both took damage each time Kakiro slashed. Kakiro then whipped his tail at them and they were push away.

"You two aren't worth my time." Kakiro said as Toshiro and Ichigo tried to stand.

"Toshiro. Are you ok?" Ichigo asked.

"No but who really care. We have to do something. We can't damage him and he is too fast to dodge now. Whatever he muttered back there made him move much quicker." Toshiro said.

"Looks like I have no choice." Ichigo said as he began to bring his hand to his forhead.

"Ichigo wait, you don't need to." Toshiro said.

"Toshiro, we don't have anyother options." Ichigo said. "Go help Matsumoto."

"It's Captain Hitsugaya." Toshiro said angerily. "Guess you are right. Fine I will leave him to you but don't die." Toshiro went to matsumoto.

"Now it's just you and me." Ichigo said as he looked at Kakiro. Kakiro stared at Ichigo wondering what he was going to do.

Ichigo pulled his hand down and as he did a hollow mask appeared on his head. It had red stripes all on the left side of it and white on the other.

"Maybe you aren't that weak. But now your as good as dead." Ichigo said as she charged at Kakiro.

Well this is one of the longer chapters. i wasn't really sure if i should of continue or make another chapter. I finally decided that i would make another chapter.

hope you liked it. ^^