NaruHina: Soul Society Tales

-chapter 7-

"Speech"

'Thought'


Two figures are in a grass field. Both figures have their zanpakuto out, and both had already used shikai.

"Shine True, Hitenshi!" Naruto's zanpakuto glowed with light with the ruby encrusted star on the hilt.

"…Scatter, Senbonzakura(1)…"

Byakuya's zanpakuto glowed with a pink light and scattered. The pink light made each fragment look like Sakura petals.

'I think that Sakura would love this!'

Byakuya used his mind to send all of the sakura petals at Naruto, who didn't realize the sharpness of the petals, and got cut up real bad.

Naruto was scratched up pretty bad.. "You'll pay for that…500 shards of light!"

'Is this all that your shikai can do? Pathetic…' Byakuya negated the attack by sending an equal amount of petals to counteract his shards.

'Damn it, no one has blocked that before…' "I'll admit, Byakuya, you're good."

"Hmph, if this is all that your shikai can do…then you're wasting my time." With that, Byakuya turned and started to walk away.

"Wait!" Shouted out Naruto.

"Give me one good reason why I should stop, Naruto…"

"One, eh? I'll give you two…bankai!"

'Bankai? So the rumors were true…'

Naruto had activated his bankai, and his hakama was replaced by the Rokudaime coat. He wore black pants underneath, and an orange shirt.

"Shinso Hitenshi."

"Hmph…"

"Light slash!"

Byakuya, not knowing the abilities of Shinso Hitenshi, was slashed from a long distance.

'That was surprising…time to go serious.'

Byakuya reversed his grip on his sword, and dropped it, where it sunk into the ground. "Bankai…"

2 rows of swords rose up behind Byakuya. Each one did a shikai of Senbonzakura, meaning that they became countless sakura petals.

"Senbonzakura…Kageyoshi.(2)"

While the fight between Byakuya and Naruto continued, someone else was looking for a fight.


Uchiha Sasuke had just returned from fighting Orochimaru, seeking out someone to battle. Battling with Orochimaru, and seeing Naruto's Kitsune Shinigami form in action made him that much more determined to train and achieve bankai. He came across a red head.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I want to fight you. What's your name?"

The red head turned around.

"My name is Abarai Renji, vice captain of squad 6. You want to fight?"

"Sure, I'm always itching for a challenge…"

"Very well then." Renji grasped the hilt of his zanpakuto, and unsheathed it. Sasuke did likewise, pulling out his zanpakuto. Sasuke chose not to activate his Sharingan unless he needed to, or when he used his shikai.

"Want a shikai battle?" Asked Renji.

"Use anything you want. Ignite, Ryuenjin!"

'OK, I won't use my shikai yet…' "All right, let me see how good you are."

5 minutes into the fight with the Uchiha, and Renji was regretting not using his shikai right away.

"Dragon flame wave!"

Renji barely dodged the attack. When he landed, Renji swung his blade forward. "Howl, Zabimaru(3)!" Right before Sasuke's eyes, Renji's zanpakuto became segmented. Each segment had a pick-like protrusion at the end, and each segment was connected by a stretchable thread, giving Zabimaru whip like capabilities.

'Kuso!' Sasuke thought as he leapt back. "I'll follow his movements with Sharingan…'

Sasukes eyes became red with three spinning tomoes where his pupil normally would be. Sasuke, while holding Ryuenjin, made three hand seals for one of his most powerful jutsu. 'Now, with this Chidori…'

Zabimaru and the Chidorified Ryuenjin met, but Sasuke discovered that Zabimaru can be swung up to three times before it needed to retract.


"Senkei(4)…Senbonzakura kageyoshi."

Right before Naruto's eyes, the sakura petals reunited into thousands of swords identical to the original Senbonzakura and surrounded both Naruto and Byakuya in a dome of pink.

'Shit…'

At the same exact time, with Sasuke.


'Shit…'

Sasuke was surrounded by all the separated segments of Zabimaru, and he had a feeling that this would be identical to Haku's thousand ice needles. "Dodge this, Higa Zekko(5)!"

'3, 2, 1…NOW!' With that thought, Sasuke jumped up. Sasuke realized that Higa Zekko left Renji defenseless.

'Perfect.' Thought Sasuke in mid air, performing a jutsu while holding Ryuenjin.

"Katon! Ryuenjin!" Sasuke's blade lit up on fire, increasing its cutting power. "Dodge this!"

Back with Naruto.


Byakuya grabbed one of the multiple Senbonzakura and rushed in at Naruto, who hastily brought up Hitenshi to guard. As they continued to lock blades, Byakuya called another Senbonzakura and held it in a reverse grip with his other hand.


Zabimaru reassembled, and Renji deflected Sasuke's Ryuenjin, but Sasuke kept pressing the attack, forcing Renji to leap back to dodge it.


"Gokei(6), Senbonzakura kageyoshi." The thousand Senbonzakura's surrounded Naruto.

'Wish I knew the Kaiten…wait a minute…I can use that…hope I still have it.'

As the thousand Senbonzakura's petals all started closing in on Naruto, Naruto thought and said one thing. 'Hope this works…' "REFLEGA!"


"Bankai!"

'Uh oh, I have to be ready for anything…'

Renji's zanpakuto became a giant, skeletal snake version of his shikai with a snakes head at the end. Each one of the segments grew larger, and was connected by spiritual energy. Sasuke noticed that Renji underwent the slightest of transformations, in the form of a red fur cowl around his neck.

"Hihio Zabimaru(7)!"

'Shit, I don't have enough experience to unlock my own bankai…I'll just have to tire Renji down…' Thought Sasuke, as he continually dodged the giant snake head that tried to smash him or even bite him.


"I've had enough of you!" Making half of a ram seal, Naruto began to radiate with purple spiritual energy. "Kitsune Shinigami!"

In response, Byakuya did his desperation attaack.

"Shukei(8) Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

The thousands of Senbonzakura condensed into one, glowing white blade. "Hakuteiken…" Pure white wings made of spiritual energy and a pure white halo appeared on his back. Naruto and Byakuya clashed again. Naruto discovered that Byakuya's Hakuteiken was immensely powerful, and even in Kitsune Shingami form, Naruto had a hard time fending off his aerial attacks. Getting tired of Byakuya's aerial attacks, Naruto used mirror move to temperarily copy Byakuya's flight ability, and proceeded with an aerial battle.


"Hikotsu taiho(9)!"

"Katon! Ryuka no jutsu!"

Zabimaru's snake mouth opened, and fired a dense blast of spiritual energy. At the same time, a dragon's flame shot out of the end of Ryuenjin, and met with Renji's Hikotsu taiho head on, resulting in a stalemate. Renji's Hikotsu Taiho and Sasuke's Ryuka no jutsu tired them both out.

"Amazing, Sasuke. You haven't even achieved bankai yet you can match Hikotsu Taiho, one of my bankai's more powerful attacks. I have a feeling that your bankai, once achieved, will be very powerful."

"Arigatou Renji. I look forward to facing you once again. I'll be on the lookout for you once I achieve bankai."

"Until then." Sasuke and Renji parted ways.


The match between Byakuya and Naruto ended in a draw. Both parties were tired from their fight, but wanted to continue their fight. However, Naruto was stopped by a hug from Hinata.

"Please…stop" 'You should have called me!'

Naruto powered down, and left himself out of commission for a time. Byakuya, despite himself, was smiling a tiny bit. 'He is a truly worthy opponent…much more powerful then Kurusaki Ichigo…the only other Shinigami to defeat me…'

"When Naruto wakes up, tell him that I look forward to our next fight."

'Just you wait, Byakuya…next time that my husband fights you, he'll be even more powerful since I'll be there…'


I still need some bankai ideas. Please visit my forum to give me ideas for everyone's shikai or bankai, particularly Sasuke's bankai. If you are unable to find it, then PM me, and I'll send you the URL. Also, I've noticed that recently, only Dragonman 180 reviews e. Did I lose my good writing talents? If so, well it has been a good run. Read and review. The more reviews I get, the faster I update. Laterz.


(1) A Thousand Cherry Blossoms

(2) Vibrant Display of the Thousand Cherry Blossoms

(3) Snake Tail

(4) Scene of a Massacre

(5) Broken Baboon's Fang

(6) Pivotal Scene

(7) Baboon King Snake Tail

(8) Final Scene

(9) Baboon Bone Cannon