Chapter 6: Change and Woe -The Twelfth Division Divided (3)
His spiritual pressure is matching that of a lieutenant, what is that drug?
"Shine Hikarichi."
Hibiki's zanpakuto lit up the area around him, Kinnosuke couldn't look at him, the light was blinding.
"Can you fight without your eyes captain?"
"Bleed Warukami."
Kinnosuke started to swirl his zanpakuto, the red liquid flowed out from it, going in all directions. Hibiki stepped on the liquid.
"Stab and absorb."
The liquid solidified impaling Hibiki's foot, branches formed off it, traveling throughout Hibiki's foot.
"What the hell!" Hibiki shrieked.
"Watch as the area stabbed by the liquid slowly decays."
"You're not a very convincing liar captain."
Shit, how does he know Warukami's limits?
"Captain you're failing, perhaps you should just give up."
"You're getting too cocky for a fifth seat. I think it's time I finish this quickly, my bankai will wipe you out."
Veins started to protrude out of Hibikis head and arms, his face went red, and a lone tear of blood ran down the side of his face.
"Bring it on captain, I'm ready."
Kinnosuke placed his zanpakuto parallel to his face, the sky started to turn darker, his face turned pale. One of his eyes started to glow red.
"Stop!"
The sky cleared, as Kinnosuke grabbed and lowered Warukami.
"Ryuusuke, what are you doing here?"
"I could hardly stay away, I knew you'd end up trying to use your bankai to finish of this battle quickly. Have you forgotten what happened last time? Lazy bastard."
"Lazy! You're worse than me, you and your hot springs."
"Rich coming from the one constantly waking up in Megumi's division."
"Can you blame me Ryuusuke?"
"Actually I can't."
They both laughed.
"Are you serious!"
Hibiki became brighter, singeing the ground around him.
"Kinnosuke, on a serious note, don't use your bankai unless it's necessary. No one needs to see the demon of Soul Society again."
Ryuusuke gripped Furaijin with both hands.
"Wind become my blade, Furaijin kattu."
A large volley of wind slices flew through Hibiki. A large bloody cut started to appear across his torso, his left arm slowly fell off.
"It can't end like this." Hibiki spat, choking on blood. With his right arm he threw his zanpakuto to the ground, reaching into his pocket he pulled out another black pill. Desperate, he swallowed it.
"I can feel the power accumulating, I will destroy you both."
"What did he just swallow?" Ryuusuke questioned.
"I believe it's some sort of spiritual pressure enhancing drug."
Hibiki gave a weird look, falling to the floor he screamed in agony.
"My body, it burns, the pain, its unbearable."
Both captains looked on as Hibiki violently contorted, his skin started to expand and in some places started to rip. He let out one final yell and exploded, scattering a mixture of organs and limbs.
Etsuo stood there breathing heavily, his face covered in bruises.
"Etsuo lets get serious, time to use your shikai."
Rei pointed her blade towards the sky.
"Rain down from the heavens, replace my blade, scorch Kizuato."
A single lightening bolt rained down striking her zanpakuto, the blade turned to ash, leaving behind a blade of wild lightening energy.
Etsuo looked worried, fighting her without her shikai activated was hard enough. This is this first time he witnessed her shikai.
A lightening type zanpakuto, damn it. This is an unwinnable fight, especially with my shikai.
"Imprison, Kusari-Jigoku."
The hilt of Etsuo's zanpakuto became a black sphere; the blade grew a little taller, and its colour became dark tinted silver. Ten chains grew from the sphere, each chain terminating in a small needle.
Rin charged at Etsuo, her zanpakuto trailing behind the lightening blade growing larger. Etsuo stabbed his zanpakuto into the ground, the chains followed.
"Bind and seal, Kusari-Jigoku."
Each chain burst out of the ground arbitrarily striking Rei. Rei avoided six of them, by just anticipating their attack path, she hit another two changing their direction, the remaining two pierced through her left leg. The two chains started to wrap themselves around her leg, Rei showed no sign of slowing down.
That was too easy, a captain should have been able to block or avoid all ten chains.
"Be static Kizuato."
A small wave of electricity went from Kizuato though Rei and travelled through the chains that now bided her leg. Etsuo let out a cry as the static electricity ran through his body.
She had this all planned, I wouldn't expect any less from her.
"Looks like you figured it out, I let you hit me. Your zanpakuto is the perfect conductor."
Rei stopped, crouching directly in front of Etsuo; she slashed his body diagonally with her large blade as she launched upwards. Lighting lit up the sky, Etsuo crashed through a wall, now lying in a pathway outside the third division. Officers looked on in dismay, as the lieutenant of the first division got up stumbling around grabbing his wound.
"Captain Tsukino we need to stop now that this battle is in the open."
Rei launched herself at him, kneeing him in the chest sending him flying through the third divisions officer barracks.
"As long as we are here in my division, you are still in bankai training, even if it kills you. Since we're out in the open it may be a perfect opportunity for me to use my bankai."
Both Rukia and Miyu Kuchiki walked through the countryside, having a mother daughter catch up.
"Miyu how is Hajin now?" Rukia asked.
"He's fully recovered now mother."
"Good to hear, I was quite worried when I heard what had happened to your division. It must have been awful, your brother, husband and officers all injured. Your Dad was worried too."
"I know, I let the squad down my emotions completely took over, I was useless and selfish, going after my husband leaving the squad to burn. I can't call myself a captain."
"Miyu, it's alright to be afraid, I feared Renji would die when the quincies invaded, and we weren't even married then. So I can understand your pain."
Miyu smiled, her mum always knew what to say.
"When can I visit you and dad, I haven't been to the soul king palace in at least two years and dad hasn't been to see me, Zanjiro or uncle Byakuya in at least a year and a half."
"Well, I overheard Ichigo talking with Ryuusuke about a captain promotion. So I assume a party may follow after, which will be in the soul king palace."
"Great, who is getting promoted?"
"The lieutenant of the ninth division, Rena Kaisa."
Miyu stopped, she could hear someone groaning, Rukia gripped her zanpakuto knowing something was wrong. Miyu found herself walking towards a few trees, slowly peeking around one she could see a leg, being these seireitei's greatest medic she instantly recognised this persons leg having treated him enough.
"Gin!"
"Rangiku's boy." Rukia said looking shocked.
Miyu attempted to treat Gin who lay there unconscious, bloody, bruised and covered in scratches. Rukia looked around, she could see dents in trees and the ground whoever attacked him it was savagely done.
"Hibiki Anataro has died, his actions today will ripple throughout the seireitei, a ripple of change and woe. Captains now is the time to recruit, choose wisely the clay that will mold the future of the seireitei."