AN- Here's chapter 4, basically the offical start of the Soul society arc. Things will probably start changing alot from here on out. Enjoy!.
Disclaimer: I Kito99 hereby solemnly swear that i do not own Bleach and never will.
Gin opened his usaully almost closed eyes revealling pale blue eyes in shock as Ichigos attack swept him back as he grunted struggling somewhat to regain control as he felt the Gestuga Tensho pushing him back at a fast pace, it smashed him into a building 30 meters back, enevolping him in a explosion rocking the entire area.
"Creepy bastard", Ichigo muttered panting heavily.
They heard the gate quickly close with a loud thud as Jidanbo let go of it as a result of his injuries, presumably passed out on the other side of the gate.
"Everyone run, get away from here now!", They all heard Yoruichi shout in a panic as they quickly collected themselves.
"Alright lets get- Uryuu stopped mid sentence as he grabbed Orihime and disappeared just in time as a small purple energy ball engulfed the area they were just occupying, Uryuu appeared a second later several meters away, making sure Orihime is okay.
"Hm, I'm surprised that you dodged that, Ryoka", a man said wearing what looked like purple sunglasses and a captains coat with a number 9 etched on the back of it.
"No time now!, split up and regroup at a later time!", Yoruichi ordered as she jumped on Ichigo's shoulder as he cursed in anger at the current predicament as Chad, Yoruichi and him ran going towards the numerous buildings to get out of site. He heard Uryuu and Orihime run in the opposite direction disapparing as quickly as possible.
"Ya let them get away, did't ya, i did't think you were that weak, Kaname", Gin said mockingly as he walked out of the building he was in, dusting off his hair and clothes.
"This will be more benefical to Captain Aizen's plans", Kaname muttered ignoring Gin's insult.
"Hmmm perhaps", Gin said as he reflected on Ichigo's strength, that Gestuga had actually burnt him, it was only a minor injury but still it was shocking.
'That boy, Ichigo Kurosaki, i now see what Captain Aizen saw in him, he might be the one to do it', Gin reflected as he walked to the first division with Kaname dreading the Head captains wrath at letting the Ryoka get in
15 minutes later( With Ichigo, Chad and Yoruichi)"
"It seems safe now", Chad said as they stopped running deducing it safe enough to stop and talk about their next plan of action.
"I hope Orihime and Uryuu got away safely, dammit", Ichigo said annoyed because he couldnt help them.
"It's no ones fault we didn't expect two Captians to come out of nowhere, especially those two.", Yoruichi said jumping on to the roof. "I'll go try and get some extra help, be careful you two". With those last words she was gone, vanishing out of sight.
"Alright Chad, lets go, we need to find out where Rukia is being held, also remember the plan, we have to get this right", Ichigo said as he started running with Chad through the streets.
"Sure Ichigo, lets start running towards the center for starters", Chad said as he looked around gazing at the buildings, looking similar to Japan but more akin to the fedual era, it wasn't modern at all.
They were both shocked out of their musings as a loud voiced boomed out in the distance.
"Attention! THE RYOKA HAVE INVADED THE SEIREITEI...
I REPEAT, THE RYOKA HAVE INVADED THE SEIREITEI, ALL SQUADS BE ON THE LOOKOUT!!!!"
"Well shit, we just need to be careful", Ichigo said looking for any Soul reapers.
"WOOOOO lucky me!!", someone said very joyfully as if he just won the lottery.
Ichigo and Chad came to an abrupt stop as two Soul reapers jumped in front of them, one was bald, the other had chin length black hair, and had two eyebrow extensions, one red, the other yellow.
"Wooooo I'm so lucky, who would of thought skipping out on guard duty would make us find two Ryoka!", The bald man said as he started dancing doing some stupid dance while singing that he is lucky.
Ichigo and Chad just stood still with blank expressions on their faces, questioning the sanity of the soul reaper.
"Oi you two morons!!, here i am being kind and doing my lucky dance while you two get ready to fight, but you two just stare at me like I'm RETARDED!!!", The bald man shouted at them his bald head sparkling slightly.
"Relax Ikkuku, its quite ugly to get so angry", the other soul reaper said smugly.
"Shut up Yumichika!!", the bald man now revealed as Ikkuku said eye twitching in annoyance.
"Chad, you run ahead, I'll handle these two, then catch up to you", Ichigo said seriously as he took a hold of his sword.
Chad nodded, not questioning Ichigo as he started running ahead confusing the two soul reapers.
"Oi Yumichika go and get that other Ryoka", Ikkuku said with a smirk.
Yumichika ran towards Chad but was stopped by Ichigo, well more specifically Ichigo's fist that was buried in his stomach.
"D..da..damn that was...ugly", Yumichika said with a pained grimace as he fell over.
"Yumichika!!", Ikkuka roared as he swung his sword down at Ichigo with a ferocious speed but to his surprise his blade hit concrete instead of Ichigo. He then felt pain on his back so he quickly jumped back to avoid further injury.
Ichigo flicked the blood off his Zanpuckto, then stated plainly-
"You cant win".
"Huh?", you're quite arrogant arent ya", Ikkuku said as felt his back feeling wetness.
"Whats your name, Ryoka"
"Ichigo Kurosaki"
"Oh?, hm good name, well I'm Ikkuku Madarame, 3rd seat of squad 11, the strongest squad!!!", Ikkuku said with a huge grin as he connected his sword and his sheath.
"Extend Hozokimaru!!"
Ikkuku's blade and sheath transformed a yellow light briefly keeping it out of sight, but soon revealed what looked like a spear with a red tassle at the end.
"I'm sorry Ikkuku, but as i said Its OVER!!!", Ichigo said swinging his blade faster then Ikkuku could see, then everything went black.
Ikkuku woke up feeling groggy and in pain as he tried to get up also questioning how he was still alive but his injuries stopped him from getting up.
"I saw some oitment in your hilt so i used it on you", Ichigo said looking at Ikkuku seriously.
"Tell me, Where is Rukia Kuchiki"
"Rukia hey? you came to save her??, how many of you are there?" Ikkuku asked curiously.
"Hmmmm 4...well 5 including Yoruichi" Ichigo said counting his fingers to make sure.
"hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!, ahhhhhhh shit!!! my wounds are opening up from laughing", Ikkuku said tears at the corners of his eyes.
"You see that big white tower at the center? thats where she is being held, in the Repentance cell", Ikkuku said after recovering from laughing.
"Ah thank you Ikkuku!"
"Ichigo ...whos the strongest in your group?"
"Well...probably me, with Uryuu at second from what i saw." Ichigo said after considering for a moment.
"I see, then he will come for you then, my captain, he is extremely strong Ichigo, in fact one of the strongest"
"Whats his name?" Ichigo said his face grim.
"Captain of the 11th squad...
Zakari Kenpachi"
Ichigo felt a chill run down his spine at hearing that name.
"Alright, thanks, I'll see you", Ichigo said with a wave as he ran to catch up with Chad.
Ichigo ran past several dozen soul reapers all lying scatterd on the floor all unconscious. One was even lying on the roof. He soon saw Chad his fist smoking from a recent attack he had done. His arm covered in red and black armour.
"Damn Chad, you didn't hold back at all"
Chad grunted in response as they both started running towards the center of the Seireitei. They soon saw a short small soul reaper walking by. Ichigo smirked as he thought of a plan.
"Oi kid, come with us", Ichigo said seriously as he gestured to the Soul reaper to follow them.
The Soul reaper looked at them shyly then realised something...
"Ahhhhhh!!! Your're the ryoka!!!", the boy shouted but was stopped by Ichigo who clamped his mouth shut with his hand.
"Keep quiet!!, we just want help, perhaps a shortcut to the Repentance cell or a easier way to help Rukia", Ichigo said quieting the boy down as he looked around making sure there was no one else.
"R...Rukia!, you want to save Rukia?...Are you Ichigo?? she talked about him all the time while i was cleaning her cell", The young soul reaper said enthusiasticly.
Ichigo paused feeling the weight of this mission get heavier as memories of Rukia flashed through his mind.
...
"Yeah I'm Ichigo, so can you help us?".
"D...definitly!!, its nice to meet you Ichigo, my name is Hanataro ", He said joyfully glad that he finally met Ichigo.
"Good, lets get going then", Ichigo said as Hanataro showed them a safer and easier route to get close to the Repentance cell.
Chad, Ichigo and Hanataro eventually got to a long staircase which lead to the bottom of the repentance cell.
Ichigo looked up at the Repentance cell feeling the hot breeze rustle his hair and clothes, something made him feel uneasy though.
'Don't worry Rukia, we WILL save you' Ichigo thought feeling intense determination fill his entire being.
He was broken out of his musings as he heard Hanataro stuttering something, he listened carefully and realised what he said.
Hanataro's words echoed in their minds as they saw two men walk down the stairs slowly and with purpose.
"I..its the Si...sixth squad... and third squad... Lieutentants Renji and Kira, we are gonna...die".
With Uryuu and Orihime
"Looks like we got away, Aizen must of known where we were coming from beforehand, because those two were his followers, from what we heard from Ichigo", Uryuu thought questioning what happened as he adjusted his glasses.
"Wooo Uryuu you were so fast back there, i couldn't even see you move, hopefully i can be that helpful", Orihime said enthusiasticly demonstrating with her hands what happened.
"Yeah", Uryuu said with a small smile but immediatly turned serious as he sensed a presence behind him.
"Heh, finally found some of the Ryoka, i wont let you get away", the man said as he unsheathed his sword and adjusted his badge. He had black distinctive hair and was wearing sunglasses with a grim look on his face.
Uryuu looked at the badge with a grimace as he realised the situation was quite severe.
"Your're a lieutentant...aren't you?" Uryuu said summoning his bow out of the Sanrei glove. It was quite a large purple coloured bow that materialised out of his glove.
"Yea, I'm a Lieutentant serving under the great captian Sajin of the seventh squad, Iba Tetsuzaemon.
A tense silence filled the air as both of them stared eachother down, the wind being the only sound as it soflty brushed their clothes.
"Grow and flourish, Tsutaurushi(Posion ivy)", Iba said as his Zanpuckto tranformed becoming a large bladed scimitar with a pick-like protrusion a little below the tip of the sword.
Uryuu gazed at the sword curiously trying to deduce its ablitites. He was broken out of his musings as Iba charged at him swinging his blade at his neck, which Uryuu dodged quickly appearing behind Iba, about to fire an arrow but was stopped as he felt something crawling up his leg, rooting him to the spot. He noticed it was a tree root wrapped around his leg.
"Heh got you, Quincy, im surprised i thought you lot were all killed off, but its over now Ryoka", Iba said confidently as the the root was crawling over Uryuu's leg.
"It appears all you Soul reapers are arrogant, always thinking you are superior, or that you already won before seeing your opponents ablities", Uryuu said calmly despite the growing tree root. He then lifted his bow up and shot an arrow at such a speed leaving a small gash on Iba's left shoulder, which weakened the root on his leg, causing him to quickly break free.
"I see, if i break your concentration then your connection to your roots are broken, it was quite simple really", Uryuu said with a smirk while adjusting his glasses. To his surprise he felt pain in his leg, he saw his leg was starting to get infected where the root had touched, weakening him
"Crap, i better end this quickly, no holding back", Uryuu thought panicking but still retaining his composure.
Iba was about to mock his opponent but was cut of as he saw Uryuu disappear from his sight, he quickly turned around panicking but was shot through the chest flinging him hard into a nearby building, leaving him hanging there unconscious, blood dripping from his chest wound on to the floor.
Uryuu quickly saw the infection dissipate from his leg, earning a sigh of relief from the Quincy.
"Well thats that, lets go Orihime before we attract more attention", Uryuu said but heard no answer back.
He turned around and saw quite far down the street that Orihime was fighting with a large soul reaper.
'Crap, I need to go help her', Uryuu thought as he ran to get there as quick as possible fearing the worst.
With Orihime
She dodged a flying projectile that the 4th seat soul reaper flung at her, and quickly sent Tsabaki at him causing a gash across his hand and breaking several of his projectles.
She jumped back and grimaced in pain as she had a gash across her stomach.
'I...i have to prove myself to everyone', Orihime thought as she dodged another projectile. She sunmoned her Shun Shun Rikka combining them into a shield in her left hand which was connected to her sword in her right hand which she gripped tightly with determination. A new techinque she learned while training with Yoruichi and Urahara.
"Shun Shun Rikka: Akarui hikari", Orihime shouted as she charges forward blocking the projectiles with her shield, she ducked blocked and weaved her way closer to the Soul reaper.
"Damn you girl", The 4th seat repiled as he swung his fist at Orihime which she blocked and used the opportunity to slash open his arm causing him to cry out in pain. She then hit his arm away and slashed his chest severely causing him to eventually collapse on to the floor.
"Whew, i... did it", Orihime thought happily as started walking but almost fell off the roof but was caught in a strong pair of arms.
"Good job, Orihime...just be abit more careful next time", Uryuu said trying to not blush at their close proximity.
"Thank you Uryuu!", Orihime said joyfully, she was glad she actually helped, that she wasn't useless.
Uryuu let her down softly and looked at the distance, towards the center, carefully analysing all the structures trying to deduce where Rukia would be.
'Where would I put a criminal if they were gonna be excuted... i would keep them close to my troops' Uryuu thought as he realised that the building right at the center should be the only logical conclusion.
'Im gonna find Rukia first, i wanna see Ichigo's surpised look on his face when i get there before him', Uryuu thought with a smirk.
"Lets carry on Orihime, its best not to stay here, I can hear Soul reapers coming here, alot of them"
AN- Finally got this done, this is the longest chapter I've done so far.
Tsutaurushi- Posion ivy
Akarui hikari- Bright light.
I know i didn't explain Iba's ability properly but will probably do so at a later stage, but you saw the gist of it. Hope it wasn't a stupid Shikai, because they didn't show his ablities in the Anime or Manga so i had to come up with something.
Anyway please review what you think and what direction you would like this story to head in. Thank you for reading :)