The Invisible Relationship

by ElynicHujy

A boy is left at an orphanage, taken to England and then raised by an abusive family. His only joy of life is the feeling of ghostly arms caressing his body when he sleeps. When he finds out who is doing this, his world changes and he finds himself caught up in the terror of the Seireitei. (Bleach Belongs to Tite Kubo, OCs belong to me.)

4. Chapter 4: Formation of a True Reaper

The sky booms with abnormal red thunder and lightning, rain splatters down on the world below, smoke billowing into the black sky which flashes red momentarily every few seconds.

Soul Reapers lay dead, gored across the stone pavement, their Asauchi faded in color, their shine gone from their twisted, bent and grotesquely distorted blades. A small flask hovers in the air, surrounded by darkness and cracks ripped in the sky.

"You are lucky to have this opportunity. A moment of brief pain before eternal bliss. You should welcome it openly. I know I would."

Augustus lays there against the scorched rubble, his body shredded and singed badly, his metallic arm being the sole unscathed part of his figure. Tears stream down his face, mixed with his blood. His Zanpakuto lays peacefully next to him, chipped and scratched.

The Attacker thrusts his curved blade forwards as Augustus raises his arm to block the blow.

Chapter 4: Formation of a True Reaper.

A Senkaimon opens a few feet away from him. It slides open, revealing Soi Fon standing there, the corner of her mouth raised up slightly, her hands on her hips.
"You had a good few hours to contact me after I called and you didn't bother to try. Shame on you, boy." She angrily scolds, walking over to Augustus and smacking him over the head, having to jump up to do so.

"Ow!" Augustus groans out, rubbing the back of his head. "I didn't have your number! How could I contact you?" He adds, shoving his Zanpakuto into the loop of his belt. The morning sun starts to break out, reaching into the sky slowly, illuminating the town.

"Nevermind that. Now, I have something to show you, boy." She grabs him by the collar, putting a disrespectful emphasis on the word "boy" every time she says it. Soi Fon drags him through the Senkaimon, it closing after the last part of him goes through.

They arrive inside a large luxurious courtyard, giant ornate golden statues litter the red painted walls of the palace looking training grounds. Many Soul Reapers gather in formation, all wearing the same uniform and staring staunchly forwards.
"SQUAD TWO! Listen up!" Soi Fon shouts out, the soldiers all stand at attention, feet together, chest puffed up and eyes fixed to their Captain. "We have a new recruit. His name is Augustus Shihoin!" She informs in a deep tone, Augustus looks around at all the soldiers, each and every one glaring at him, judging him, testing him; trying to see if he is worthy to join the Squad. Augustus stands completely still in shock, gripping his Jian with his metallic hand, rubbing the back of his neck with his left hand. "Augustus, you are now officially the 20th seat of the 2nd squad." Soi Fon looks at him with a slight snide expression.

"20th seat?" Augustus repeats, raising a thick black eyebrow in interest.

"You really don't know anything, do you?" She sighs after, pressing her palm to her head, shaking her head in disappointment. "Each squad has a Captain and a Lieutenant, they hold seats One and Two. Seats Three to Five are Senior Officers. While seats Six to Twenty are Officers. The rest are unseated members who are expendable. Be wary though that the Officer seats can hold multiple members." She raises the palm from her face, grabbing Augustus' metal arm which singes her hands. She rips her grip from his arm, shaking her hand in discomfort as smoke rises from it

"Seats Twenty to Seventeen, report to me. NOW!" Soi Fon snaps out, gripping her hand, glaring at the slight burn mark. "The rest of you, back to your duties." The Captain yells. Three Soul Reapers sprint over to Augustus and the Tiny Captain. Two short girls, one with wavy bright blonde hair, the other with short zig-zagging brown hair that ends at her neck, run up, standing next to Soi Fon, still being taller than their Captain. A tall blonde man with a huge, muscled body walks over slowly to them, his hands in his pockets. "Okay." Soi Fon starts, standing next to Augustus, shuffling a little too close towards him. "There was a Hollow Bait operation in the Rukongai. This operation went out of control for some unknown reason and the Soul Reapers who were there were killed. So I want you four to take 8 potential members fresh out of the Soul Reaper Academy to this site and give them a taster of what real combat is. This incident was purely an accident which happened due to the inexperienced Soul Reapers doing this." Soi Fon lists in a long, drawn out breath. She takes a small breath and carries on. "You must locate the Bait by tracking its Reiatsu and eliminate all hostiles." She looks up at Augustus slightly, glaring into his Golden eyes with a slight smile.
"Yes Captain." The three Seated officers nod.
"Dismissed then." Soi Fon finally says, the officers run off quickly, making sure they don't suffer the wrath of their Captain.

"Augustus, wait." The petite Captain calls out as Augustus walks away. He turns back around to face the small woman."Should you do well in this operation and receive a promotion, then I will offer you the courtesy of officially becoming my Apprentice." She smiles slightly, looking into his eyes as he nods. She reaches her hand out, touching his metal arm with a pointed finger, running it around in a snaking pattern down and up his arms. The finger produces a sizzling noise, smoke rising from the tip of her digit.
"Uhhhhh, Soi Fon?" Augustus questions awkwardly as she stares deeply into his golden eyes, her finger still tracing over his lightly muscled metallic arm. He reaches over with his left hand, waving it in front of her eyes. She shakes her head quickly, her smirk leaving her face and her eyes going to the original look of hatred and disgust, her finger still automatically touching his arm up.
"Oh Augustus. I thought you left." She utters softly, after a few seconds. She looks down at her hand, withdrawing it slowly from his toned metal arm. Her face fills with a rose color as she spins around quickly, she shakes her head quickly and coughs. "Don't you have an operation to do? Boy?" She sneers coldly. He looks down, nodding and then jogs off to catch up with the others.

"So, Lady Yoruichi's boy are ya?" The guy jests, ruffling his hands through his own hair. He then punches Augustus' metal arm in a light man-to-man way. A big puff of smoke rises from his scorched hand as he screeches in pain, blowing his hand.
"Just a little word of warning. Don't touch my arm, it is highly volatile." Augustus plainly says to the recruits and the two female officers. "Or you'll end up like him, or worse." He then adds in a cheery tone as the recruits laugh with the two females. Augustus pats the man's back with his metal hand, making him jolt forward in shock, Augustus chuckles out as he walks past him, the man glares at Augustus and the runs to catch up with them. Soi Fon looks over at Augustus from a distance.
"Good luck... Boy... For the trial has only just begun." She utters to herself, holding her hands at chest, lowering her head with a frown on her face.

"Eh? You say summink, Captain?" Marechiyo grunts, picking his ear with his pinky finger, snorting once and then scratching his vast chest.

"OMAEDA you big buffoon! I thought I dismissed you!" Soi Fon barks out, leaping into the air and kicking Marechiyo in his chest, knocking him onto his back. He falls down and starts rolling from side to side like a trapped turtle. She lands, lowering her head and turning away.
"So Captain. You gotta thing for dat recruit?" Omaeda grumbles out, reaching his hands over his rotund belly, clasping them together.

"NO!" She roars out. "Not yet." The black haired captain mutters under her breath, shaking her head.

"Eh? What was dat?" The giant man bellows out in a confused tone as he rolls onto his stomach, pushing himself up with his gut and his hands.

"I said 'NO definitely not!'" Soi Fon snaps once more, knocking him down right as he steps up. He grunts in pain and rolls across the courtyard, crushing one of the golden lion statues.

"Okay guys and girls. There was a Hollow Bait incident which got out of hand. We are to locate the site, and eradicate all targets as well as the bait itself." Augustus instructs. A majority of the students salute and nod after. One single student bursts out in anger.
"What? One of our own? Not even a Lieutenant?" He screeches out, his hands shaking violently in fear and anger. "We're going to die. We're gonna get eaten by Hollows!" He cries out, dropping his katana and sinking to his knees. Augustus sighs deeply, grabbing him by the scruff with his left hand, lifting him into the air.

"Look, we aren't going to die. I am the direct offspring of a Captain-class fighter. I have their power and potential AND more. I WON'T LET YOU DIE! I SWEAR ON MY HONOR AS A SOUL REAPER THAT I WON'T LET YOU DIE!" Augustus screams out, dropping the recruit and falling to his own knees, bowing his head. "I swear that I will risk my own life to help you recruits become better fighters and become part of the Guard Squads." Augustus, runs his metal fingers through his hair, slowly climbing back up, visibly moved by the outburst of the recruit. The recruit looks at Augustus as he rises up, nodding and then bowing his head in fear.

"O-okay. I'll go... I'll fight with all my strength." He stutters out nervously. Augustus bends down slightly, picking up the Recruit's sword, handing it to him, pressing it into his chest.

"You take your sword and you will acknowledge the risks of this operation." Augustus notes to the recruit, who nods and grips his sword with honorably. With pride and authority, Augustus shouts "If anyone wants to go, then go." and to his shock, all of the recruits stay and salute him.

Augustus and the three seated members lead the recruits out of the east great gate, leading them through the Rukongai, the three officers flashstep through the districts, scouting ahead while Augustus leads the party. The recruits all talk and huddle together nervously, clutching their bland Asauchi, their white robes glimmering in the sunlight, crowds of people gather either side of the small party of people, murmuring lighting up the Soul Society they wander through. Augustus clutches his purple and golden Zanpakuto in his shimmering metal arm, tensing up as he grips the sheath.

After a good few hours of walking through the districts, the recruits start to complain and become restless, tiredness setting in on them.
"HELP ME! HELP!" A man runs up to them with an injured woman in his arms. "Hollows are destroying the district square." The man shouts out before sprinting off, roars are heard from around the corner as a Hollow leaps out, swiping through the building nearest to them. The 19th seat member flashes off of the building, slamming his katana into the Hollow and flattening it.
"This way!" He yells out jogging around the corner with a crooked zig zag blade which glows a dark red hue. He is followed by Augustus and the rest as they sprint around the corner, greeted by a large swarm of Hollows and a small vial which hovers majestically in the sky, surrounded by cracks in the very sky and darkness which swirls around it, the other two seated members already attacking the Hollows and slowly whittling their number down. Hollows of all kinds leap out of the cracks in the sky, roars filling the surrounding area.
"I'll run through and distract them all, split up into pairs and eliminate the stragglers." Augustus entrusts them with the duty, drawing his blade and leaping into the crowd of Monsters, immediately getting struck down the back. He winces slightly, shrugging it off and bunching together all of the Hollows in the center of the square. Proceeding that, the recruits manage to wipe out that wave of Hollows, only for them to be replaced by a bigger and even stronger armada. Augustus stops running, slashing sideways and wiping out a large amount of them.

Suddenly, a heavy burdening pressure bares down on everybody, the recruits are immediately flattened, the three seated officers paralyzed in fear. Two figures clad in white appear, one male, one female. The woman stands at 5 foot 9 inches with a very curvaceous body and large messy dark brown hair which adorns her head like a wild mane, a small amount of it bunched up high at the back of her head. Her eyes being two different colors, her left eye grey her right eye an olive green. Her grey eye is covered in a thick white, bonecovered scar which goes straight down the center of her eye, ending halfway down her cheek. She wears small, rectangular black shaded glasses which rest at the end of her nose. On her left shoulder rests a large bardiche with a pure black blade adorned with a painted white screaming skull on the blade. Her outfit consists of a long white trenchcoat with no sleeves, revealing her tanned arms, long thick and loose trousers cover her legs, thick strapped boots on her feet. A grin reaches her face as she presses her glasses up her nose.

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The man stands there, his hair and eyes covered with a skeletal visor, pointed nose on his center point and perpetual frown lines on his face. His outfit is comprised of a white jacket with black undershirt and tight white trousers.
"Spread out and annihilate those who are not worthy of witnessing my power." The man orders poshly as the woman groans.
"Really? You aren't gonna get your hands dirty?" She rubs the back of her shoulder, slouching slightly.
"No, I am saving my power for one who is lucky enough to face me." He retorts quickly. She sighs, appearing behind the 19th seat member and cleaving him clean in half, a fountain of blood spraying into the air from his bifurcated lower half, limbs and tendons splatter through the air and splashing to the floor. She disappears again, repeating the move with every person there. She finally appears behind Augustus who raises his blade, swiping at the woman with a slight burden to his swing.
"Hmph, Varis, I found someone who can move." She sings out, Varis looks down at Augustus from where he is perched, a large fanged scimitar is drawn from the air.

Sharply, he drops down through the air, swinging his blade extremely slowly, the tip of it touches Augustus' shoulder, he is pushed down into the ground, the floor up to 20 feet behind him shatters, his shoulder explodes with blood and gore and pain. Augustus' face lights up, he swings his Jian sideways, cleaving through the girl and Varis. They both recoil quickly, Augustus explodes with more cuts and wounds.
"You're still standing... Good... I like a good fight." He slowly replies, pressing his hand through the tip of his large scimitar. "Distort." He bursts out with red Reiatsu which seeps out like a liquid, his own body engulfed in it. Augustus takes this opportunity to leap at the girl, striking her repeatedly with his Jian, the force of it reverberating backwards and sending her flying. Launching her bardiche at Augustus, she flips then darts through the air at him. The axe bounces off of his metal arm, his body oozing with floaty purple and gold Reiatsu. She realises her mistake as he grabs her by her face, slamming her into the floor and causing a crater roughly 50 feet in diameter to form beneath and around them.
"Help! Varis!" She yells out, Varis explodes out, a thick black and green cloak extends out and covers his frail pale white body, several horns pointed upwards from the skeletal remains on his head. In his paper white hands lies his Scimitar, bigger and more bonelike. He charges at Augustus, shredding him into pieces, the sky itself going black. Augustus is sent flying back into the rubble as the whole radius of atleast a mile is crushed and demolished by the sheer pressure of Varis' Reiatsu.

The sky booms with abnormal red thunder and lightning, rain splatters down on the world below, smoke billowing into the black sky which flashes red momentarily every few seconds.

Soul Reapers lay dead, gored across the stone pavement, their Asauchi faded in color, their shine gone from their twisted, bent and grotesquely distorted blades. A small flask hovers in the air, surrounded by darkness and cracks ripped in the sky.

"You are lucky to have this opportunity. A moment of brief pain before eternal bliss. You should welcome it openly. I know I would."

Augustus lays there against the scorched rubble, his body shredded and singed badly, his metallic arm being the sole unscathed part of his figure. Tears stream down his face, mixed with his blood. His Zanpakuto lays peacefully next to him, chipped and scratched.

The Attacker thrusts his curved blade forwards as Augustus raises his arm to block the blow.

A giant explosion or purple energy protrudes out with veins of gold, the blast engulfs Augustus in a dome, shredding Varis' blade and sending him rocketing backwards, the girl sent away as well.
"Augustus, I have been watching you, waiting for you to awaken and lend me your power." A male voice calls out to Augustus, he is withdrawn into his mind.

He finds himself on a cliff edge, a single large cherry blossom tree resides on it, the ground an obsidian black with many running flows of lava embedded in it. Intrigued, he looks around, spinning on the spot while pink leaves flow through the air, having an aerial battle with the ash from the massive Volcano many miles away from the tree, away from the cliff edge.

"Augustus." The voice from before calls out. A 6 foot tall metallic man stands against the tree. His body covered head to toe in the same looking material as Augustus' arm. A long black and gold coat resides on his torso, flowing behind him, his sleeves rolled up past his forearms. On his shoulder lies a golden metallic bar which arcs up, curving about 7 inches above his head and then going down to his other shoulder, forming a halo-like object to form from him. On his face are 4 eyes and a narrow mouth-like entrance. Two blades extend from the sides of his forearms. "My name is Dangan Ari. I am your Zanpakuto's spirit." The man does an elaborate bow as his narrow mouth turns into a toothy grin.
"What happened? Where am I?" Augustus questions, crouching down and investigating the nearest flow of lava, cherry blossoms and ash adorning him now.
"Your arm was cracked, your bottled up Reiatsu and Reiryoku was let loose. You are finally worthy to use my power." Dangan mouths out as he walks towards Augustus, his hands placed firmly inside his pockets, the armblades resting on the hem of it. "This is your inner world. This is the place you will find most peace. This is MY domain." Dangan says warmly, picking up Augustus by the throat and lifting him into the air. He clamps his hand into his throat, vanishing into Augustus' body.

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"Torture, Dangan Ari (Bullet Ant)." Augustus utters out, his body covered head to toe in a thick purple metallic hide with golden veins snaking across his entire body. A simple black coat sprouts out, its thick sleeves pressed and rolled up to the higher arm, the tail split in a V shape from his upper thighs downwards. Two long tonfa blades rise from his hands. A shining golden blade on each one, with snaking purple patterns instead. Up his arms are golden chains which attach to the hilts of the tonfa blades. Varis flies back, landing against a toppling pillar. The girl crashes into it, smashing it forwards instead.
"Is that Bankai?" He yells out, catching his Scimitar and swinging it through the air.
"No." Augustus replies simply, his voice mixed with the deeper voice of Dangan Ari's.

Augustus disappears, flashstepping in front of Varis, sending several gold streamed slices down his chest. Varis starts to scream in pain, his body goes limp and he collapses.
"My power is pain. This is the toxin of the Bullet Ant. It causes incredible agony to the victim, now matter the severity of the slice." Dangan speaks out, taking over of Augustus' body temporarily. The girl leaps at Augustus with a warscream, slashing him multiple times with her bardiche, the blade bouncing off of him over and over, not even leaving a scratch. Augustus' blades glow intensely as the chains fly out of his arm, grabbing hold of Varis and lifting him up in a spread out X position. "Execute, Dangan Ari." Varis bows his head forwards as a large golden guillotine blade slices down, beheading him and his Reiatsu being absorbed into Augustus' blades.

Flashsteps are heard as the girl is surrounded by Yoruichi, Soi Fon and a few other figures. Augustus lets go of his left tonfa blade, it dangling by the golden chain it is attached to. He barges through the crowd, grabbing the girl by the throat with his left arm, lifting her into the air. "Who and what are you?" Augustus questions with a threat, holding his right blade just above her stomach. The girl scowls and spits into Augustus' metallic purple face. The tip of the blade is lightly pressed against her stomach, she starts to scream out in perpetual pain, her arms and legs spasming with suffering and agony. He pulls the blade away as she starts huffing and puffing, winded and still in intense shock. "Now, I'll ask you once more, who and what are you?" Augustus repeats slowly, pressing the tip against her and tracing it up her body, she starts writhing and screams protrude from her mouth again. A fairly tall, Egyptian looking blue haired man grabs the corpse of Varis and flashing away.
"We... I am an Arrancar. An ascended Hollow who's mask has shattered. Created by Lord Aizen with his glorious Hogyoku." She splutters out. "My name is Katya. That... was Varis... I was his fracción, his underling." Katya finishes, bowing her head.

"Great. Now you have served your purpose, I shall dispose of you." Augustus' chains start to flutter with glee almost, as they start to crawl down his arms. "Execu-" he is interrupted by an Old man slamming his cane down.
"Halt, young one." His voice booms out, all the figures around him standing at attention. Augustus stops, looking over his shoulder at the extremely old man. "We can capture this woman and extract information from her." He walks towards Augustus, the sea of Soul Reapers parting for this man. "What is your name?" The old man questions Augustus, a thick and long white moustache below his crinkled up nose.
"Augustus Shihoin of Squad 2." Augustus replies nonchalantly, his grip tightening around Katya's neck, the tip of his blade slowly entering her chest as she screams out. Augustus glares into the Old Man's eyes the whole while.
"Augustus stop! Or suffer the consequences!" Soi Fon yells out. Augustus looks carefully down at the ground, his metallic skin dissipating, starting from his legs and completely reverting his body to usual. His metallic arm vanishes as well, causing Katya to drop to her knees, gasping for air.
"Your arm, it's gone." Yoruichi points out, walking up to her son who dwarfs her easily. Augustus looks down at where his right arm should be as it slowly starts to form from his shoulder down, his Reiatsu spectrally forming his arm before the metallic part encloses around it.
"Ah, now then Augustus. If you could please stand aside." The Old Man instructs, Augustus steps away, looking down. "Bakudo 4, Hainawa" the man utters out as electric chains spray out from his hands, engulfing Katya, imprisoning her. "Captain Soi Fon, please get your subordinate here to take this Katya away and extract any and all information from her." The Old Man orders, resting his weight on his beaten and battered cane.
"20th seat Augustus Shihoin, take this wretch to our base of operations." Soi Fon orders authoritatively, he nods, sheathing his Jian, grabbing Katya and carrying her over his shoulders, her leg being burnt against the shoulder of his arm.
"Captains of the 13 Court Guard Squads, a meeting is required about these 2 matters, this new recruit and the threat of these 'Arrancar'." Augustus manages to hear from the Elder as he sprints around the corner.

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Subchapter 1: The Bee and the Ant clash

A black butterfly hovers through the window into the dank room where Katya is tied up, her body cut and bruised while Augustus leans against the wall, his entire body covered in armor, his gold blades blessed with blood. He swings his blades on the end of their chains in a circle, all the blood spraying off and adorning the room in a circle.
"Augustus, could you please come to my office. We have to talk about your actions, you fool." Soi Fon's voice comes from the butterfly, her voice starting out soft and caring before gradually becoming angry and cold. Augustus sighs, exiting his Shikai and sheathing his Jian, he orders a few unranked Soul Reapers to guard Katya, then he follows after the butterfly, long twisted hallways, expensive ornate statues, the comfy self heated floor tiles, a soft smell of lemon which fills the place. This Squad Base has it all.

He knocks on the dull coloured, olden looking wood door, the butterfly brushing against it repeatedly. Only once does he have to knock before he is told to enter. Soi Fon sits calmly at her desk, her arms crossed firmly against her chest, her white cloak resting on the back of her chair, her outfit having no sides of the torso, revealing the side of her chest all the way down to her hips. Her legwear matches the motif, showing off her pale, well toned thighs.

She stands up to greet him, the left corner of her mouth upturning into a tiny half-smile.
"Augustus, I want you to officially know that you are the 16th seat, following the unfortunate demise of the seats belonging to 17, 18 and 19." She states, offering her hand out to the seat in front of her oak desk, her arms covered in long black fingerless gloves that end just above the crook of her arms. Augustus takes a seat as she wanders slowly over to him, tracing a finger across his shoulders and back as she traipse around him. "I wonder how much damage that lean, mean body of yours can withstand." She whispers into his ear. Stopping behind him, she drapes her arms across his chest, her kind and gentle look turning to one of almost hatred. "Sting all enemies to death, Suzumebachi." She utters out quickly but directly, in synchronisation with Augustus as he says:

"Torture, Dangan Ari." They both burst out in energy, purple and green clashing in the room as Augustus is covered in his hardened Reiatsu. She stabs Suzumebachi into his chest, leaving only a tiny scratch, her crest flower not left on him. He grabs her head, flipping her over his shoulder, slamming her into the desk. She grunts before flipping off the desk and to her feet, she dashes at him, repeatedly stabbing him with her Shikai. "Why are you attacking me? I don't want to fight." Augustus asks as the armour around his face disappears, so he can speak clearly. He raises his hands, his tonfa blades countering any strikes thrown at him.
"Well as punishment for letting three of my officers AND eight recruits die. And to test your abilities of course." She retorted in short bursts as she stabs him over and over again.

She then leaps up, wrapping her legs around his head and then pulling backwards, backflipping with him and slamming him through the desk, landing in a knelt down position over his head and neck, his face still revealed.
"A tad compromising, I'd say." He teases slightly, she growls and throws a thrust at his face, his head covered completely in his armour in response. She stabs him in the face over and over, she jabs him in the eye and grunts in despair. She reaches back, opening a hatch on the floor under the broken rubble of the desk. Leaping up, she shoves him down the hatch, his head bashing into each rung of the metallic ladder as he falls, echoing out a loud and heavy thunk each time. She drops down without looking, landing stood over his head, his metallic eyebrow raises while he checks her out. She rolls her eyes and kicks him across the room, causing him to spiral out of control, slamming into the dark, dank corner of the training room. He clambers to his feet, starting to twirl the blades at the end of their chains, creating large circles in the air. He lets go of the chains, the blades dropping down and landing in his grip. He lets out a sigh, starting the charge at her, swiping and slashing in every direction. She swings her leg up, catching his left arm in mid air, stopping it. He swings his right arm and she jumps up, catching his right arm with her corresponding foot, balancing on his arms, outstretched and left doing the splits in mid air, leaving him well open for attack.

"Wow, she IS flexible." He thinks as she charges up her blade arm, striking into his face with all the strength she could currently muster, leaving a black butterfly on his face as a slight portion cracks.
"I strike once more and you are dead." She smirks, slowly moving her blade towards his face. The chains on his arms cling to her legs as he pulls his arms away, swinging her into the wall. She slashes the chains away ferociously, charging through the air at him, stabbing him over and over and over. He grabs her arm, slashing all up it and stabbing her in the shoulder, leaving a nastily deep wound. She starts to grunt in agony, through her clenched teeth, stabbing herself in the afflicted area with her Shikai to counteract the poison. "Bankai, Jakuho Riakoben!" A large pillar of blue Reiatsu rockets out of her as her entire right arm is covered in black and gold metal, a large missile bursting out of it and subsequently crashing straight into Augustus, who spreads his arms and welcomes the attack. The blast dissipates with a cloud of smoke, to reveal the chest plate of his armour crumbling away to reveal stab wounds and cuts covering his skin. She looks on in agony and exhaustion, disbelief covering her face.
"What?... No..." She gasps, dropping her head and collapsing from tiredness, falling unconscious. He breaks away from his Shikai, revealing his burnt, battered and demolished body. He walks slowly over to her, picking her up in bridal position.

Leaping up the ladder, he closes the hatch with his foot, pushing open the back door of her office and to her own huge apartment. He softly places her down on her red sofa, he goes to walk out, looking over his singed shoulder at her, he lets out a smile and grabs her cloak, draping it over her like a blanket. He drags the chair into the room slowly, closing the door and sitting next to her, folding his bleeding arms, drifting into sleep while watching her, a smile of comfort on his face.

"I shouldn't have won that." His last thought is as he falls into sleep.

Subchapter 2: Warmth

The black haired Captain wakes up slowly, rubbing her tired and strained eyes, letting out a exhausted yawn. Sitting in her chair where he slept lies a plate of bacon and eggs, a large glass of orange juice carefully placed on the floor in front of the wheels of the chair. A paper note lies pressed under the plate of still smoking food, indicating the food is still hot and edible. Without a single care, she grabs a crispy bacon strip, tearing a chunk out of it swiftly, conserving the flavour as she pulls the note out.
"Oh goodness, this is delicious." She chews and swallows, picking the chilled glass of OJ and taking a gulp.
"Dear Captain Soi Fon,

Sorry for being caring but I apologise for hurting you. You passed out, so I took you to your room, I didn't want to enter your bedroom without permission. I watched over you so you didn't die in your sleep, and after I woke up, I got Captain Unohana patch you up, then I cooked for you. Hope you like it.
-Augustus Shihoin, 15th seat of Squad 2
PS. You held back in that fight, you could've beaten me if you had tried.

PSS. You training room is just a tad destroyed, FYI.

PSSS: I'm off doing missions for the Fat Man. Information extraction and the like, easy peasy. Anyways, hope your day goes well, try to relax, wouldn't want you pulling a stitch."

Soi Fon reads the letter out loud, her relaxed and tired face gingerly twisting into a little smirk at their conjoined hatred of their Lieutenant. She opens the door to her office, picking the glass and plate up afterwards, she plops into her chair, sliding into the office, the glass and plate resting on her lap. Her office lays in ruins from their fight, mostly her fault actually, so she really she cannot scorn him. She lets out an irritated sigh, looking down at the note in her lap, relaxing slightly.

Augustus lightly drags the tip of his right tonfa blade across the body of the chained up man.
"Okay, one last time, tell me where the child is." Augustus orders calmly. The man simply spits blood into the protagonist's armoured face
"Rot in hell, you Soul Reaper scum." The victim starts to laugh, spluttering up blood after every laugh. Augustus lets out a stultified sigh, slamming the blade into the gut of the bloodied man, causing him to keel over, vomiting up blood and this morning's breakfast, Augustus sidesteps the mess. "Ughhh, warehouse 72, block six. Lots of armed guards, some of your traitorous colleagues." He splutters out, Augustus lets out a relieved sigh, turning away.

"Execute, Dangan Ari." The chains bounding the man suddenly cling to the four corners of the room, a golden guillotine blade slamming down, decapitating the man and causing his torn body to vanish, whatever small amount of Reiryoku he had absorbed into Augustus. He exits his Shikai, sheathing his Jian and falling to his knees, gasping for air, a panic attack hitting him like a sledgehammer. "That... is never... going to get... easier." He pushes the door open, dragging himself out, the veins on his head coiling like snakes. The pulsating in his head hurting every single time. The cool hair breezes into him, he lets out a relieved gasp of air as his lungs fill with surplus wind, the air gets cooler and cooler every second, frost releasing from his breath with every exhale. The room freezes over, subsequently causing his very bones to lock up.

He yells out in pain, waking up on the floor, the door still closed, the Reiatsu from the criminal just entering him. He shakes his head, wiping his eyes, he clambers to his feet and pulled his Denreishinki from his pocket, looking around in distress.
"I got the location." He gasps out, trying to cover the previous events.
"Eh, good werk, get back 'ere 15th seat, you're wanted." Omaeda snorts back, closing the call off. Augustus clutches his sides, the wounds from his fight with Soi Fon left huge visible signs of defeat on him, blood seeping from his stitches, an obvious sign that he tore his wounds open.

Soi Fon polishes off the rest of her food, walking into her room and taking her dirty, torn uniform off, she vigorously brushes her teeth and stumbles into the shower. Her increased Reiryoku causing her acceptance of Soul Reaper healing methods to be higher than Augustus', her stitches healing and leaving tiny scars. She slowly unbraids her hair, pulling the rings out from the ends, dropping them to the floor with a clink, her long black air straightening out with little wavy crinkles the whole way, ending just past her buttocks. Switching the cold water on, she stretches out, turning the hot water on afterwards, letting out a relaxed sigh, starting to scrub her body with a loofah. For the moment, one would think she is in complete bliss. But inside her head is a war of conflicted feelings, emotions fighting eachother with their full might. What the war is over? Augustus.
"What should I do?" She utters to herself, her voice drowned out by the incessant flow of water. "So conflicted. I like him... Yet I feel as if he isn't worthy enough. But he's Yoruichi's son, surely that is worthy enough. But he is just a boy, so young, so inexperienced, so youthful." She shakes her head, letting out one ultimate sigh, going back to her shower.

Augustus arrives at the nearest great gate, the guarding Giant looks down at him, recognising him from his last operation, he lets out a nod and pulls the gate open, allowing him to go through. And once again, Augustus his left to his own devices across the Seireitei.

Well, it has been a huge while, sorry for such a delay. Lots of stuff happening in life, I hate it. I just want to sit down and write all night. Oh well, hope you fans like this. Next up is the corresponding chapter of "Who was I?" I will be uploading much more frequently now, so yayyy get excited. Also, I'm cutting hugely down on the sexual scenes, I only ever wrote those because I was a horny little teenager. -Mister Ely.