Author's note: Ok everyone, here's the fourth chapter for Magical Love. Thanks to everyone that reviewed for the last chapter, and yes, poor Matsumoto and Momo. I hope you guys like this chapter also and review. This one will probably focus more on the specialties of everyone of Toshiro's side.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or any of its characters.
Spotlight Story: Toshiro and Momo's Vacation
Stories to check out: Shinigami Vote Off (Updated), Her Heavenly Guardian (Updated), 30 Lemon Oneshots with Hitsugaya and Hinamori (Updated)
PS: I would just like to remind you guys that when they say zanpakuto names, they're not using zanpakutos, they're using summons or whatever you take it as.
Chapter 4: Practice Matches and The Triple Guards
The next day came soon, and many people were called to the arena. Hitsugaya arrived after checking up on Momo. He saw that Matsumoto was lying on the ground beside Momo's bed, and Kira was on the other side. He moved next to Kira and started whispering.
"Izuru, get up." He took a pause and waited for him to wake up. "Get these two up, and bring them to the arena. The knights are having matches today."
Kira nodded his head and proceeded to waking them up. He left the room and went to the arena to see all the knights already stretching to get ready.
Everyone gathered as Yamamoto read the list of matches.
"First match will be Unohana and Komamura. The second match will be Hitsugaya and Mayuri. Third match will Kyoraku and Soifon. The last match will be Ukitake and Byakuya. Kenpachi will not be fighting today due to a lack of a partner." He finished, and all of them looked at each other's matches.
Unohana and Komamura both came up ready to fight; they bowed towards each other and stood back.
Just then, Matsumoto rushed over while dragging Momo and Kira with her. They arrived their panting, and Hitsugaya walked over to Momo and introduced her to everyone and also introduced everyone to her.
"So you don't know where you're from?" asked an interested Ukitake. "Well, I came from Japan, but you guys don't know what that is, I guess." "Well, it's ok. I'm sure we'll all take good care of you. Now, just enjoy the show. These are all knights so the fights will be interesting."
"What's a knight?" she asked back with curiosity in her voice.
"They're the strongest class you can be. For example, look at Matsumoto and Kira. They're both direct subordinates of little Shiro-chan over here-" "UKITAKE!" Hitsugaya interrupted.
"That's so cute! Shiro-chan!" Momo giggled. "It's Hitsugaya to you." he said as Momo then looked back to Ukitake.
"Well, anyways, since they're both direct subordinates of a knight, they're called bishops. The ones directly below bishops are rooks, and then come the pawns. It's all pretty easy to remember."
"Are you a knight?" Momo inquired even more curiously.
"Yea, but I'm not really all that strong." He said with a hand rubbing the back of his head. "Now, don't lie to her, Ukitake. You're not weak at all." Inturrupted Kyoraku.
"Don't listen to him Hinamori-chan. He's probably the strongest out of all of us, all except for Old Man Yama." He said causing Ukitake to feel embarrassed.
"What about Shiro-chan?" she asked as she giggled at the sound of the name. "I'm still here you know!" Hitsugaya scolded. "Don't mind him, he's always grumpy, and yes, he's a knight. He's the youngest out of all the knights, a prodigy." Ukitake explained as the two fighters began fighting.
"Now, let's watch." He said. Unohana stood still and closed her eyes, while Komamura rushed at her and kicked her. She easily dodged it, and put out her hand. "Spark." She called out in her gentle voice. The bolts of fire came out, though to a much greater effect than the one's Kira used in his battle with Gin.
"Repulse!" Komamura responded. The wall fended off the bolts, and in an instant he was behind her. This time his kick landed sending Unohana forward, but not before sending more bolts also hitting him.
"What he did to get behind Unohana was called a jump step. A short ranged technique used for quick follow-up actions. The spell that Komamura-san used was a defensive one while Unohana-san used an offensive one." Ukitake further explained to Momo. She watched amazed at the fight. Momo wondered why everyone else wasn't even reacting to all the things happening, but assumed that they were used to it.
"Roar, Tenken!" Komamura called out before Unohana fell down. She seemed to be hit by many punches, but Momo didn't see anything hit her. "What happened, Jushiro-kun?" Momo asked. "That was a summon. Most knights and bishops have one."
The fight ended with Komamura winning with his summon. "Shiro-chan, you're up next. Good luck! Mayuri's pretty strong." Ukitake said with a smile. Toshiro ignored him and walked onto the arena. "Whose stronger, Shiro-chan or Mayuri?" Momo asked Ukitake. "I can't say. They're both very good."
"Oh. Well, I hope Shiro-chan wins. Mayuri doesn't look very nice." She stated as she and Ukitake walked over to get a better view.
"Toshiro and Mayuri are both analysts."
"What do you mean by analyst?"
"They analyze their opponents fighting styles during the battle, and eventually they can tell what you're going to do and where you're going to do it before you do it. Just watch."
Toshiro and Mayuri both bowed towards each other, and got ready to fight. The match begun, and in an instant they were both next to each other arms blocking and attacking. "Spark!" Hitsugaya called out the bolts and Mayuri simply jumped out of the way. "Burst Flame!" Toshiro's second spell called out a small blue ember.
Before it hit Kurosutchi, it exploded and the shockwave and other small embers hit him. "Blast Shot!" the ball of energy was aimed at Hitsugaya, but he was able to dodge it, and he responded by using attacking from behind.
"Blast Shot!" Kurosutchi used that spell once more, but this time, instead of dodging, Toshiro attacked back. "Shot Cannon!" A burst of energy came out of his hand and hit Kurosutchi's spell. A big shockwave hit them both.
They both jump stepped towards each other and started hand-to-hand combat. None of them landed any blows and quickly backed away. "They've both already finished."
"What are you talking about?" Momo asked a little confused. "The finished analyzing each other. It'll be harder for both of them to land any attacks unless they decide to pull out some aces that they're hiding."
Mayuri attacked again, and once again, it missed. Likewise, Hitsugaya's attacks have been missing as well. 'His next move will be from the left.' Toshiro thought before moving to his right, and just as he had thought Mayuri attacked from his left.
Mayuri and Toshiro were both getting a little frustrated at the fact that none of them could even land a blow. 'The angle of his attack will be approximately 45 degrees.' Toshiro's attack was correctly calculated by Mayuri, and he dodged it easily.
Mayuri then decided to quickly end this. "Rip! Ashisogi Jizo!" he called out before a mist of purple energy surrounded around his hands.
"That's Mayuri's summon. Its abilities are numbing. It'd be problematic for Toshiro to be hit."
"Is Shiro-chan going to be alright?" Momo asked worriedly. "I'm sure he'll be fine, and why are you so worried about Toshiro all of a sudden." Ukitake inquired teasingly causing Momo to blush and look away. "It's nothing."
Mayuri's attacks were becoming more and more aggressive, and Toshiro was finding his actions to be more volatile; therefore, making it harder to calculate. At last, he was hit by an unexpected attack from behind him that landed on his left arm.
Immediately, Toshiro's left arm fell limp, and just stayed there. "You better not get too cocky, and use Hyorinmaru!" his opponent taunted. "I can beat you without him." He replied back coolly.
Toshiro then looked around to check out the surroundings; he smirked when he found what he was looking for.
Kurosutchi rushed at him again, but this time Toshiro countered. "Shine." Toshiro said and the blinding came out once more causing his opponent to halt in his steps and cover his eyes. The next words Mayuri heard were 'Icicle Rage'. When the lighting finally returned to normal, there were icicles at Mayuri's neck; all the icicles came from a frozen pond outside of the arena.
Toshiro stood there with his arms out, and the wind swept across the arena. His hair moved with the wind and Momo blushed as she looked at him in his victory.
"See, little Shiro-chan's very strong." Ukitake said reassuringly. As he finished his statement, Toshiro came back, and Kyoraku went on the arena with Soifon.
"Good job, Shiro-chan!" Momo said cheerfully; Hitsugaya looked at her with an amused look. "Thanks, and it's still Hitsugaya to you!"
Momo smiled even more and looked back to the arena. "Kyoraku is fighting in the next match." Toshiro stated. "Is Kyoraku really that strong?"
"He's one of the Triple Guards." Ukitake explained to the curious Momo. "Who are the Triple Guards?"
"They're the three knights that are chosen to protect this area of Crealia. They're second only to the general himself. The three knights are Kyoraku, Byakuya, and myself."
"They're also the three strongest knights." Toshiro further elaborated. "Soifon is a specialist in hand-to-hand combat."
"Soifon has a chance of winning though, right?" Momo asked, and Ukitake and Toshiro glanced at each other and sighed. "Just watch." Ukitake told her.
The match begun and almost immediately, Soifon took the offensive and attacked. "Sting all enemies to death! Suzumebachi!" An insect that resembled a bee appeared; it had a stinger on the back of its abdomen, and a stinger on both of its arms. Kyoraku looked the creature and easily dodged all moves that Soifon used.
The match went on for an hour before she finally tired out. "Slice." He said. The sharp wind blades surrounded Soifon and brought her down, with her body full of cuts. Shunsui then walked over and Yamamoto declared his victory.
"Do you understand now, Hinamori? The power difference between one of the Triple Guards and most of the other knights."
She nodded and looked back at the arena. The insect had already disappeared, and Soifon was brought to be healed by Unohana.
"Well, it's my turn now."
"Good luck, Ukitake-kun!" Momo cheered as he got onto the arena. "Who do you think going to win, Shiro-chan?"
"I can't say. We'll just have to see the outcome."
Ukitake and Byakuya began the match by bringing out their summons. "Scatter, Senbonzakura." A bunch of small pink blades swirled in the air. "Every wave be my shield, every thunder become my blade! Sogyo No Kotowari!" two clear bracelets appeared around Ukitake's wrists; they seemed to be flowing as if they were made out of water.
Two balls of water gathered in Ukitake's arms, and they camed out of the bracelets. He threw both of them at Byakuya, but he dodged them easily. However, as soon as the balls hit, they didn't just pop. They bursted with full force and there was a lot of pressure. There was a lot more water than Momo expected to fit in the balls.
"His summon allows him to throw those balls, known as water grenades to us. The pressure to strong to block with most defensive spells, and the water in one grenade is equivalent to that pond over there." Toshiro explained when he saw Momo with her shocked expression.
Byakuya was hit by the extra water, and was knocked down. He quickly got up and countered by using his pink blades to attack Ukitake, who dodged the brunt of the attack, but was still hit. His shoulder was slightly bleeding. Momo winced when she saw the injury.
Ukitake attacked Byakuya, but his kick just went right through him. "That's a dopple ganger. Byakuya's specialty, he can't attack with them, but they're excellent for baiting people, and distracting them. All the knights can create at least 10 dopplegangers at once, while Byakuya can create up to thiry."
Byakuya appeared from Ukitake's right and managed to attack him again with his blades. The match progressed, with Ukitake's victory; though not without receiving severe wounds. They were both brought to Unohana to be healed.
"Hinamori, are you hungry yet?" Momo shook her head and followed Hitsugaya to go get some food to eat.
"Hitsugaya-kun, I was just wondering. Could you teach me how to do magic?" He looked at her, a little surprised. "Why would you want to learn how to do magic?"
"Well, it's interesting, and maybe I'll be able to defend myself more next time." She said with determination in her voice.
"After lunch, I'll teach you a basic spell." Momo's smiled widened and she hugged Toshiro, and he just stood there. She broke away and grabbed Hitsugaya's hand, pulling him with her to go get a seat.
Matsumoto and Kira both joined them for lunch. "Hi Momo-chan! Did you enjoy watching the matches?"
"Yea, they were so cool. When are you guys going to fight?"
"Oh, you'll see soon enough. Don't worry, but our matches won't be as good as the knights." Matsumoto said cheerfully.
Gin finally got back from his mission. "Sorry, but there were interferences."
"Please go report it to Aizen-sama." A stoic Ulquiorra ordered. "Sure thing." He replied back.
Author's note: Ok, that was the longest thing I've ever written for a chapter. Anyways, I hope you guys like it so far. Yea, I got the knights, bishops… and the other classes from another anime. Yea, the magic's kinda lame, but that's not going to be a problem, I hope. Also, Jump-stepping is basically flash-stepping, I just didn't want to use the same name. I've also introduced Aizen, Gin, and Ulquiorra. I've also decided that there will be at least one OC. Also, in case you haven't figured it out yet, Gin's knight class. Well, that's all. Please review, and I'll update when I reach 46 reviews.