Bleach: La Garda
Chapter 3: The Fraccion's Oath (The Enemy Of My Enemy Part 2)
(As Told By Milena)
I appeared before her for the first time in my released form, my resurrección. My breasts were covered by what looked like crossed bear paws. My arms, chest and shins were covered in medieval plate armor. My two-handed sword separated into two long swords, and I wore a helmet shaped like the head of a wolverine to go with my mask.
I could feel my hair tails fly in the wind and spiritual energy. The armored thong is a bit much, but I have cloth flaps in my front and rear. Halibel earned the right to fight me at full strength. I looked at my fracciones releasing their zanpakuto. Iva had a mask shaped like the head of a badger with a mane of black and white going down to her back.
Her arms were covered by white armor like mine, and her shins now had white-colored greaves and sabatons. She sported an armored thong with a white flap in the front with a badger paw design at the end. Her zanpakuto changed into two flanged maces. Consuela's release was of a similar design, but her mask is like that of a polecat.
Their armor is similar in shape and design, but the main difference was in their chest armor. Consuela's released form gave her a chest plate with an emphasized female chest that fit her size that went down to the upper half of her waist. Iva's released form gave her scale armor to protect her chest area of the same length as her sister's.
The mane behind her back is a mix of cream white and two shades of brown. Her zanpakuto changed from a broadsword into two battle-axes. I looked at my forearms, and they looked like two heater shields had been fused to them, "Impressive, Milena," said Halibel, I nodded and we attacked charging at each other at the same time.
Halibel's fracciones seemed to think otherwise, "It's about time you two stepped it up, now it's our turn, Thrust...CIERVA!" said Apacci
"Devour...LEONA!" said Mila Rose
"Strangle...Anaconda," said Sung-sun, and the battle of the fracciones began. I was not worried about them even if the odds are against them. There was nothing restricting my hearing or vision. All over the sand and in the skies we battled with our skills with the sword and sonido. In my mind, something told me Halibel is not my enemy.
As I fought her, I traced back to the time when I first met Consuela and Iva. At the time, Consuela could physically talk and, like me, she was an adjuchas class menos. We were slightly bigger than those hollow lizards that scratched out a living on the sands. With every kill that I made to feed myself, I shared the meat among my fracciones.
We decided from then on that we would look out for each other, and treat all the way we would treat ourselves. I bowed my head to the polecat and badger adjuchas that would become my fracciones, and they followed in unison. We maybe small, but we are strong as one. On the sands of Hueco Mundo, the two of them swore an oath.
Be without fear in the face of your enemies
Be brave and upright that all may love thee
Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death
Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong
This is our oath
I focused on Halibel as she fired her wide cero at me. I used sonido to dodge, and slashed at her neck. She moved her head back to dodge the coming blades. I managed to dodge her large sword, and got inside her guard, and elbowed her an armored elbow and shield forearm to the face and across the cheek. I looked up to see my fracciones.
They were giving Halibel's comrades quite the battle, as expected from them. Mila Rose was struck down to the sands below with crossed mace strike to the back from Iva. I crossed swords with Halibel and I had a question for her, "How much longer are you going to be Aizen's dog? What do you think will happen when you lose your usefulness?"
I seemed to have insulted her, "How dare you say that about Lord Aizen," Halibel calmly growled, putting more weight on her sword as my two crossed swords were holding hers back, "You know I am stronger than you, I ask that you yield to me," Halibel added. Now I was the one feeling insulted. Surrender is something I will never submit to.
I kept the fight in close quarters so Halibel would not be able to use her stronger ranged techniques like her cero or La Gota or Cascada without harming herself in the process. I could use my cero to damage her, and push her back. I will not fight in an unclean way. I will not use tricks to try and gain the upper advantage. I will fight for it.
"Nunca se entrego!" I blasted out and overpowered Halibel to push her off my swords, and slash her across the stomach. The wound is not fatal, but she was bleeding. Halibel attacked me. I was late when I blocked her swords, and she managed to get her blade under my shoulder plate. She slashed as I leaped back, bleeding down my arm.
I looked at Halibel and nodded a single nod and holding back the bleeding wound. I had to defeat her. I feel terrible that she and her fracciones will be punished by Aizen. I charged at her head on, and used sonido as soon as my sword was about to strike hers, and appeared behind her, and hit her in the back of the head with the pommel.
She fell unconscious on the sands of Hueco Mundo to the shock of her fracciones. As my resurrección faded into dust, I stuck the tip of my sword into the sands, and carried the unconscious Halibel and gave her to Mila Rose. She fought very well, thus I am letting her live. If she wanted to die, I would have given her a death worthy of a warrior.
"You have a great leader, mis amigas, she is indeed a strong one, be strong like her," I said as my parting words to Halibel's three fracciones. Iva and Consuela sheathed back their swords as they reverted back to their old forms. We nodded to them and bowed our customary bow to Halibel's fracciones, and made our leave using a garganta.