Okey, I end up updating another chapter. To tell everyone the truth I had already write until chapter 11 but I don't intend to update everything I had written up so soon. I will be still monthly post a chapter but sometime I might post another one like this month if I feel like it. Anyway, this is the continuation of the last chapter battle, the first half will be the battle while the last half will have more explanation for our Kagome. Shall we start now?
Chapter 7
"Both of you stay back." Ichigo told the two behind him without turning his glance away from the enemy in front.
"All right." Orihime was a bit sadden by being called to stay back but she knew very well she would just got in the way so she just turned around to walked off toward Sado who had been blown farther away.
Taking a few steps back away, Kagome attention was steel to Ichigo and the two enemy in alert, there was still some arrows left with her so she should be able to help out when things get dangerous.
"Bankai?" Yammy scratch his head with one of his finger in almost confused before turning back toward the shorter guy, "Hey, Ulquiorra...This guy…"
"Yeah...Who would have thought your silly maneuvers would smoke him out so easily? Ulquiorra replied, eyes focus on the newcomer, "Orange hair...A black Bankai...No doubt about it. He's our target, Yammy."
"I saved us the trouble of searching, huh?" Yammy smirked and turned back to launch his fist toward Ichigo, "Suerte!"
Ichigo just raised his sword slightly to blocked the punch to Yammy surprised, the impact caused the ground below him to crack a little, "Are you the one who hurt Clad's right arm?" He look up with his sword still holding onto the punch.
"Hah! So what if I did?" Yammy show a cocky smile.
Ichigo didn't said any more words, he just jump and with a flip land behind Yammy.
"Ow!" Yammy cried out in pain as his right arm had been cut off and drop to the ground, blood was dripping down from the injuries, "My arm! My arm!"
Kagome wide eyes in surprised at Ichigo quick movement, she didn't even caught Ichigo movement in cutting off Yammy's arm and the fact that he could pierce through the thick skin with just a sword shocked her.
Yammy used his left arm to continued attack next but Ichigo easily dodged it by jumping around before landing on his previous place, "Damn...You brat!" He panted while getting annoyed by his attack being dodged.
"You can still move?" Ichigo was having an upperhand in the fight for the moment, "You're tough, all right."
"It seems you're having a hard time. Shall I take over?" Ulquiorra finally spoke up again after observing their target.
"Shut up!" Yammy clearly didn't want any help, he shout back at Ulquiorra before turning back and grab onto his sword hilt.
"You need to resort to your zanpakuto for a foe like him?"
"I said, shut up!" Yammy clearly not listening to anything.
"Zanpakuto?" Ichigo was shocked at that word as his mind went through the similarity between the enemy, Shinji and himself as they all have hollow mask and zanpakuto with them.
'Zanpakuto? Isn't that the word Kurosaki used in regard Hirako's sword?' Kagome was soon snapped out of her thought as she sense some change in Ichigo, she quickly focus her glance to the orange head. 'The hollow presence inside Kurosaki have grow again and...he seem to be struggling?' She saw Ichigo froze for a moment before lowering his head a little to hold onto his face with his unused hand.
Yammy smirked and raised his leg to kick Ichigo away, Ichigo was unable to reacted fast and was send flying back toward Kagome.
"Ah!" Kagome was not prepared herself by the sudden force against her, she was being push back and land on the ground in sitting position.
"Kurosaki-kun! Higurashi-san!" Orihime called out to them in concern and ran toward the two.
Ichigo manage to made a turn to stable himself just before landing on Kagome when he noticed Orihime was coming toward them, "Stay away, Inoue!" He quickly turned back to shout for the girl to stay back.
When Kagome look up from the surprised at the same time, she saw Yammy had launch his fist down toward Ichigo, "Kurosaki!" She called out to warned but it was too late as Ichigo was punch hardly to the ground.
Yammy didn't stop next as he swing his arm next, slapping the farthest Orihime who had got nearer to them away as his hand went past just a few inch above Kagome's head.
"Inoue!" Ichigo got up to his knee and called out to Orihime who had land to a side, Kagome had also turned back to checked on Orihime.
"Shut up!" Yammy was annoyed by their shouting and raised his arm down toward the two who was just a step away.
Both Ichigo and Kagome quickly noticed Yammy upcoming action but Ichigo was the first to reacted, he stood up intending to blocked the punch with the sword but halfway through his body was paralyzed and the next second he was punch back down to the ground again.
"No…" Kagome really hate seeing someone she knew injured, and not to mention Ichigo was the fourth one, she unconscious search around the ground beside her with her hand and soon found an arrow that must had drop out of the quiver earlier, "Stop it!" She infused her power onto the arrow and quickly stab it forward.
"Ah!" Yammy groaned in pain as the arrow surround by pink pure light touch his arm before he could land another hit on Ichigo.
"Leave!" Shouting out, Kagome put more power on the arrow and continued to pushed it forward, piercing through the fresh of Yammy's arm before she release her purifying power and the arrow soon blocked into half.
Yammy continued to groaned as half of his arm was burned by the released purifying light from Kagome, he moved his arm back away and glared almost angrily at the girl, "Die!" He raised his burn arm and punch forward with more strength than before.
Kagome watched the fist getting nearer to her but was soon blocked by a red shield, two figured with one being Urahara had somehow appeared to stood in front of Ichigo while holding up a sword.
"Hello there." Urahara dispersed the shield after Yammy had moved away his arm, "Sorry I'm late, Kurosaki-san, Higurashi-san." His glance turned slightly toward the injured boy and slightly panting girl.
"What?!" Yammy was not a bit happy to be interrupted for the fourth time trying to killed these humans, "People keep getting in the way, it's really bothersome!" He punch his arm forward again.
The dark skin woman beside Urahara reacted first, she used her bare hand to grab onto Yammy's wrist and swing the large man to a side.
"Ah!" Yammy land on the ground a side before he noticed it.
"I'll tend to them." The dark skin woman said toward Urahara.
"Sure thing." Urahara took out something and hand it to the woman.
"You bastards!" Yammy stood back up and punch his fist down at the two newcomer who just walked passed each other side before disappearing from the spot, his fist land on the ground cracking the ground before suddenly his face was being punch.
The woman had somehow reach the head of Yammy and hit his left face with her fist and leg before turning around landing another kick on the back of his left shoulder, she then land on his back and hardly hit the top of his head with her cross fists before jumping high above and followed up with another kick that send the large guy back to the ground as she land safely on the ground behind him.
Kagome watch the whole scene in shocked, the woman was fast and the woman could even hurts Yammy with bare hand and leg which amazed her. 'She is really strong…' She continued to watch the woman walking away toward the other two farther behind them.
"Are you alright?" Urahara suddenly asked from in front, he had squat down to checked on Ichigo before Kagome had noticed it.
"Fine." Kagome nodded and got up to her leg before she noticed a movement from the side.
Yammy had raised up from the ground again, his attention was on the woman that was now tending on Orihime as he open his mouth and red energy ball formed in front of it.
"Move away!" Kagome shout out in worried and soon gasped when a large beam of red light was shoot toward the two before Urahara suddenly appeared in front of them.
Everything happen in a second, Kagome didn't really saw what had happen as the beam of light land and explode, the dust flying around caused by the impact had her closing her eyes for a moment.
"That'll teach you! I pulverized you! No one can dodge my Cero from this range." Yammy laugh cockily at what he had done but his laugh was soon die down when he noticed they were still there unharmed with an additional had man in front, "Who are you? Whaddya do?! How did you live through my Cero…?"
Kagome was shocked too, she had thought the three would be dead but there was also another reason she was shocked, there was a hole right in front of Ichigo that went over to a side. 'What had actually happen?!'
"Well you see...If I deflected it, I would have put the others in danger so I just used something similar to offset it." Urahara look up to Yammy and simply explained.
"What?!"
"If you don't believe me, shall I demonstrate it?" Urahara kindly offered, "Scream...Benihime!" He swing his sword sending out a red energy blast toward Yammy.
Before the blast could hit Yammy, Ulquiorra appeared in front and with a swing of his arm dispersed the attack without a sweated to Kagome and Ichigo shocked.
"Ulquiorra…" Yammy called out but was soon shut up by the one he had called.
Ulquiorra slightly glance back without any emotion as he swing his arm back, hitting right onto Yammy stomach and send the large guy back on the knee to everyone surprised this time.
"What was that for?" Yammy asked as he groaned in pain a little.
"Fool! The blood's gone to your head, Yammy. These two are Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi…At your level, you don't stand a chance against them." Ulquiorra had fully turned his back to the enemy before walking off, "Retreat." He just state after walking passed Yammy as he stop and move one of his hand a little, the spot his hand had touch start to open up into a black space.
"Running away?" The woman, Yoruichi spoke up to asked.
"A very foolish taunt." Ulquiorra turned toward them at hearing what Yoruichi had said, "The two of you would fight me while protecting trash who are on the verge of death? Surely, you know the odds lie in my favour...In any case, our mission is over. We'll report to Lord Aizen...that the wannabe Shinigami he had set his eyes on...is trash. Not even worth killing." He ended before the black space close back on it own and both Yammy and him disappeared along with the black space.
Kagome could only stared in confusion and a lot of question mark appeared on her head but sighed in relieved at seeing the enemy had left, she could at least tell the shorter guy was strong by how he easily send the large guy to the knee and dispersed Urahara's attack so she really doubted they might be still alive after the fight.
"We are taking everyone back to my shop." Urahara said before turning to the only seemingly uninjured person other than Yoruichi and himself, "Higurashi-san, you shall come with us. You must have more question to ask."
Kagome nodded before she remembered there were still people other than them around, she look around to see there were still people lying around as if dead before her eyes land on her other female classmate, "Arisawa!" She walked toward Tatsuki and soon sighed in relieved as she found the girl was still breathing, although it was a bit weak.
"Your friend will be fine after a day of rest." Urahara stood behind Kagome with one of his hand held onto Ichigo's arm which was put over his shoulder to help the guy to work.
"Good…" Ichigo look slightly relieved to heard it.
"Are you alright?" Kagome turned to asked in concern.
"Mostly fine." Ichigo just turned slightly to answered, he seem a bit down.
Kagome could see the guy was not but decided not to said anything farther, she turned around to saw a tall man who she had saw yesterday, had pick up on the unconscious Sado while the woman Yoruichi tried to help Orihime to stood up but a slightly pain look was on her face when she tried to get the girl up with her.
"Shihoin-san, I'll help Inoue back to Urahara's shop." Kagome went forward to lend a hand to help out as she saw Yoruichi was not in the condition to bringing another person with her to walked around.
"Just call me Yoruichi like everyone." Yoruichi just nodded letting Kagome to help Orihime up as she stood up herself.
"You all go ahead, I'll take Kurosaki-san to pick up his thing." Urahara told the rest of them as he help Ichigo toward a direction.
Kagome remember there was still arrows left behind but she didn't had time to pick it up herself, it look like she had to just left them at the park and collect them tomorrow but she would also need to restock more as she had used up or broken halve the arrows she had.
This is the end of the first fight screen they had with Espada. The fight mostly followed the anime with slight change as Kagome was involved in the fight. I didn't know if putting Kagome mostly unharmed in this fight was good or not, I hope I didn't write her too strong, she is just lucky and the newly bow help out a little. Talking about the bow, I remember in Inuyasha anime that bow had it own spiritual power so doing something like deflecting a punch with it power plus Kagome own spiritual power won't be that strange right? Until Kagame could work out on the barrier thing she had been thinking (Which I still don't know how she can learn it since her power are in a way unique like Orihime), that will be her temporary mean if defense.
