"Gotie, senbonzakura Kagaoshi,"
The regai's sword locked in his hand Byakuya uttered the final words to his victory. The petals began to circle and the regai Hitsugaya smiled.
"I'd expect nothing less." He uttered.
The petals took away any means of escape but Byakuya watched shocked when the regai's smile took a sinister turn. With the glow it was hard to tell but he was saw the boy's eyes changed colour
"But survival protocol won't let me just sit here," he finished.
The Kuchiki wondered what he meant. None of the other regai the lieutenants encountered had any sort of last resort. No matter though the attack went thought.
An explosion rang over the Soul Society and the original Hitsugaya stopped in his tracks.
"Shit." Was all he said before he used powers he shouldn't to get to Byakuya's location quick.
Byakuya stood in the aftermath of the battle...rather confused. He thought that would be the final blow, was he underestimating Captain Hitsugaya? He was a good warrior yes but he lacked experience. That should have been enough to beat him. But still he stood still holding the regai's zanpactou. It would have disappeared if he was dead.
The area was still misty and childish laughter filled the air. It was strange to the ear, Hitsugaya didn't often laugh, let alone like that.
"Kuchiki!"
Hitsugaya's voice and the clash of metal behind him, Byakuya spin on his heel, flash stepping some distance to see two Hitsugaya's clashing swords. But one, he had to assume was the regai, since he still held it's sword held two shorter jagged swords.
The two jumped back from one another and Byakuya got a good look at the regai. His eyes were snake-like, there were red streaks in his hair and strange markings on his left side.
"Come to ruin my fun?" The regai said to its original.
The change in personality was shocking. The serious boy genius, Byakuya was used to stood against an insane child that smiled happily at the thought of spilling more blood.
"What's going in Captain Hitsugaya?" He asked the boy who seemed wary but not surprised by his regai's behaviour.
"Give me his sword and go," Hitsugaya held a hand out for the regai's Hyorinmaru, "I'll handle him."
"Yep, ruining the fun" the regai sighed.
"Fine..." Byakuya didn't seem happy about it but handed the sword over.
Turning to leave reluctantly. It bothered Byakuya that this meant Hitsugaya was defiantly hiding something. No other regai had that reaction to a life or death situation, nor had he ever seen Hitsugaya himself act that way. But at the same time Hitsugaya wasn't surprised and took the second zanpactou in hand shifting to fight as a duel weirder like the regai was.
Safe to say. Byakuya knew from here on, he need to keep an eye on their youngest captain.
Authors Note: I do not own bleach
