Both Yuri and Rio ran towards the eleventh division like there was no tomorrow, fear on their faces. What they heard had to be a rumor! It had to! There is no way that Shun Masuyo would actually agree to fight with one of the Captain's of the Gotei Thirteen! No way! Shun was more sane that to do something like that! She had to!
"Do you think she would actually agree?!" Yuri asked, jumping over the wall with Rio.
"I'm not sure, but... we have to make sure." Rio said, both women turning around a corner.
They continued running, hearing it everywhere they went. 'Did you hear that someone is going to challenge the Captain of the eleventh division?!', 'The person must be crazy.', 'who wants to go up against him?!', 'Did you hear-', 'Did you know that someone-', it was all over the place!!! They ran faster, panting slightly until the found their destination, the eleventh division. They ran inside, sliding open the doors, and ran down the halls. They continued running until they found the office, sliding it open and ran in.
"SHUN!!!!!!"
Said person only jumped, looking over her shoulder, from the couch, to see both of her friends. She raised an eyebrow at their states. Their hair was messy, they could hardly breathe, sweat was going down their faces, and they were both doubled over. Yuri looked up and her lips trembled, making Shun confused. Did she do something?
"YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!" Yuri yelled, running over to Shun and jumped on her, hugging the life out of her.
"Yeah. What did you expect?" Shun asked, pushing her friend away.
"That you were dead and tossed over aside like you were nothing!" Yuri cried, tears streaming down her face.
Shun frowned. Where the hell did that come from? She looked at Rio, seeing her looking relieved. Is something wrong?! She raised an eyebrow as she frowned.
"What do you mean dead?" Shun asked, grabbing another form and started reading it.
"We heard that you were going to battle that tall, huge, scary, freaky, creepy, pervert looking, muscled, scary, uh, scary, creepy looking, dark, evil, murderer, pervert looking, eye patch wearing, spiky headed-"
"Before you finish that sentence Yuri, look around the room. And you repeated some of the stuff you said." Shun said, rolling her eyes.
Yuri stopped and looked around like she was told, until her eyes landed on someone she was just talking about. And he was glaring at her. She squeaked before hiding behind Rio, peering over her shoulder, seeing the glare intensify. Dear god, the Captain of the eleventh was scary!
"Is it true?" Rio asked, looking at Shun with a worried look.
"Is what true?" Shun asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"That you're going to fight Captain Zaraki?" Rio asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
Shun frowned before going back to the paperwork, finally working in the office. She liked working in the office instead of outside, kept the papers clean. She read one of the forms, making Yuri and Rio get impatient.
"Yeah." Shun said dismissively.
"WHAT?!!!! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DO THAT!!!!" Yuri yelled loudly.
"Thanks for having faith in me." Shun said, glaring at her friend.
"We do have faith in you, it's just that... you don't seem strong enough to go up against a Captain." Rio said, frowning.
Both friends jumped when Shun stood up, and looked at each other worriedly. Shun walked around the couch and grabbed one of her friends' arms and dragged them out of the room, seeing the amused looks the third and fifth seat gave them. She glared at them before shoving her friends out of the room, sliding the door shut behind her. She narrowed her eyes at her friends, seeing them on the floor, looking terrified.
"So you're saying that I'm not strong enough." Shun stated, seeing both of her friends nod.
"Do you really think you can go up against a Captain?" Yuri asked, frowning, looking serious.
"Of course not." Shun said, seeing the shocked looks her friends gave her. "But if I want him to stop being a bastard with a stick shoved up his ass, I'm going to have to fight him." Shun said, hands on her hips.
Both of her friends gave her saddened looks, making Shun sigh.
"But what if you-"
"Croak? Then that's fine. At least I would have died in a battle." Shun said, grinning at her friends.
They frowned again. Why would their friend want to fight the Captain of the eleventh squad just to get him to stop treating her like she was nothing?
"Now, I'm must go and do more paperwork." Shun said, sighing.
"Shun." Rio said, stopping her friend from walking back into the room. "When are you going to fight him?"
"At three. I said I wanted to get it over and done with, he said he wanted to fight after his afternoon nap." Shun said, rolling her eyes.
"We'll be there." Yuri said, frowning.
Shun nodded before walking back into the room, leaving both of her friends outside, saddened. They glanced at each other before walking away, frowning. Will their friend be alright if she goes up against a Captain? No. She probably won't.
Shun had her ear against the door, trying to hear if they were talking. Sadly, she didn't hear anything, making her frown. She turned around, seeing everyone giving her weird looks, as if saying 'What the hell are you doing?'. She frowned and walked towards the couch, sitting down before grabbing a form and started reading. Great. Another maternity leave. How the hell did these guys get maternity leave? They would have had to go to the forth division to do that.
"Like I have a stick up my ass?" Kenpachi asked, seeing Shun flinch.
Shit! She must have been talking loud.
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Yuri walked towards the tenth division, Rio left her, and wiped her eyes. What if Shun does die from her battle with the Captain?! What will her and Rio do?! Yuri felt her eyes sting as her vision blurred. She rubbed her eyes again as she ran around a corner and slid down the wall, folding her arms, putting them on her knees along with her head. She started shaking. What if Shun did die? She was always there, getting angry every time her or Rio did something that made her mad.
"Yuri?"
Yuri blinked before looking up, seeing the lieutenant of the tenth division. Yuri's eyes watered before launching herself at the lieutenant, sobbing loudly as she gripped the lieutenant's robes, feeling the taller woman's arms hold her and rub her back. Shun had better not lose! Or worse, die.
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Rio walked down the street, her eyes down cast. What was Shun thinking? Challenging the Captain so he doesn't yell at her anymore. That was a stupid reason just to go up against him. She shook her head sadly. Sure, Shun was a good fighter in the academy, but to go up against someone who was stronger than her both in body and mind, it was crazy! No new recruit was able to beat a Captain. They would surely die. She closed her eyes, thinking how Shun would react if she lost. Of course Shun was expecting herself to lose, or die, but why couldn't Rio stop thinking how horrible the fight would be. What if Shun lost a leg? Or an arm?! Rio shook her head as she continued walking, ignoring the images in her head, thinking how Shun would look after the fight. She closed her eyes again as she sighed.
"That idiot." Rio muttered.
-:-
Shun sighed as she laid on the couch, her arms crossed behind her head. Her eyes were closed, her face looked calm, and her heart was beating slowly. It was peaceful, even though she was going to battle the Captain of the eleventh squad in twenty minutes! She was about to fall asleep until something jumped on her stomach, making her grunt and open her eyes, glaring at the lieutenant.
"Yeah?" Shun asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"Are you happy you're going to fight Ken-chan?!" Yachiru asked, smiling widely.
"Thrilled." Shun said sarcastically, grabbing the lieutenant by the collar of her robes and set her on the floor before closing her eyes again.
"Shouldn't you be panicking or something?" Ikkaku asked, sitting across from the woman with Yumichika.
"Uh, yeah." Shun said dismissively.
Wasn't she even scared she was going up against the most scariest Captain there is in Seireitei?! She was just laying there! Like it was just a normal day! Shun opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling, emotionless. She knew she was probably going to die, but at least it wasn't going to be over and done with. Or is it? Ah, she didn't know. She closed her eyes again, ignoring the little girl talking a million words per minute. Captain Zaraki just sat there, eyes glazed over from just waking up from his afternoon nap. Yet, he was also thinking why Masuyo was just laying there. She didn't look scared. She didn't look panicked. She looked like she was comfortable with just laying on the couch.
Shun started humming a tune, ignoring the looks everyone gave her.
"Lets just go already. No use just sitting around!" Kenpachi growled as he stood up, glaring at the woman.
Shun cracked open an eye and sighed. She was just relaxed. She stood up and stretched, hearing her back crack from sleeping on the ground too much. She walked over to the door, accidentally bumping into the wall from her blurry vision of just opening her eyes. She blinked several times, clearing her vision.
"How the hell did I get here?" Shun muttered, shaking her head before walking out the door, missing the amused looks everyone gave her.
She waited for the Captain, seeing him give her an annoyed look as he passed, only making her frown and glare at his back as she followed him. What a bastard. Arrogant. She's definitely going to lose. Shun nodded. Her friends don't have faith in her, and neither does she. Like she could beat a Captain. A tall Captain at that. He was huge! Taller than anyone she knew. She was so lost in thought she didn't know that the tall Captain stopped, until she bumped into him, swirls in her eyes as she backed up.
'That hurt!' Shun thought, rubbing her face.
"Idiot." Ikkaku muttered, rolling his eyes.
Shun glared at him, hitting the back of his head. He rubbed his head as he glared at the woman, seeing her smirk at him. She looked around the battle grounds, her eyes widening when she saw people everywhere. A lot of them on the walls and ground, cheering when they saw Kenpachi.
"Oh wow. Who do you think they're here to see?" Shun asked sarcastically, rolled her eyes.
Everyone gave her a look, sighing out of frustration when they saw her bored expression, telling them that she didn't care. It seemed like a lot of people wanted to see the fight, too bad it's going to end right when they walk out there. Shun closed her eyes as she frowned. She should be fighting someone else, not the damn Captain! She slumped her shoulders forward, her frown deepening. She should of said no. NO DAMMIT! She mentally hit her forehead. She should of thought it through first.
"KITTY!!!!!"
Shun blinked as she looked around. Only one person calls her that. She continued looking, catching blond and black hair from the corner of her eyes, turning her head to see both of her friends waving to her, Yuri grinning widely. Shun quirked an eyebrow and awkwardly waved back to them, seeing Rio smile worriedly and Yuri grinning like the way she always used to, except she had a worried look too.
"Lets go." Kenpachi growled, glaring at the woman beside him.
"Since this might be my last few moments, can I request something?" Shun asked, looking at the tall man.
"What?" Kenpachi asked, frowning at the woman.
"Take the stick outta your ass." Shun said, walking onto the field.
Kenpachi narrowed his eyes as he barred his teeth. He couldn't wait to slash the damn woman. Annoyed him the whole time she was in his division. Damn weak woman. He walked towards the woman, seeing her stop halfway through the battle grounds, seeing her frown at him as he stopped several meters away from her, both glaring at each other.
"Before I die, I want you to know I hate you." Shun said, putting her hands into her pockets.
"Shut the hell up and fight." Kenpachi said, unsheathing his zanpakuto, grinning, making Shun's eyes widen slightly before going back to emotionless.
Sharp teeth. The man has sharp teeth!!! Shun smirked. Interesting. She took her right hand out of her pocket and unsheathed her zanpakuto, looking at the blade with an emotionless look, until slowly a grin broke out onto her face, Rio and Yuri looking at each before looking back, ignoring all the cheering going around. It was true, that Shun hadn't fought anyone since they graduated, and she was banned from using her zanpakuto in the academy. She was only allowed to use a bokken, because she almost killed a student when they were practicing.
"Finally." Shun muttered, her eyes dilated and her grin widening.
She looked at the Captain, grinning evilly, making the man quirk an eyebrow. That was a menacing look for a woman. She tilted her head to the side, still grinning.
"Well? C'mon." Shun said, waiting for the Captain to make his move.
Kenpachi frowned. She was arrogant. He grinned as he got into a fighting stance, hearing people cheer from all over the battle grounds. Apparently a couple other Captains heard that he was going to be fighting someone, so they came. He doesn't remember seeing who came, but he was only concentrating on the woman in front of him, seeing her eyes narrow, the grin remaining on her face. Everything seemed to slow down for him. One minute he was a couple meters from her, and the next he was just about to slice her in half, the next she blocked it, shocking the hell out of everyone watching. Kenpachi's grin widened. At least this woman was able to block his attack. He raised his sword, and continued to strike repeatedly, making a crater form around the woman as she grunted at each blow.
'Damn! This guy is strong!' Shun thought, still grinning like a maniac.
Kenpachi raised his zanpakuto again, building up all his strength for the next hit, Shun's eyes widening when she felt his reiatsu rise a little bit. When he made contact, the ground crumbled, dust flew up into the air, boulders went crashing down, people running out of the way to avoid them. Kenpachi narrowed his eyes as he stared at the spot where the woman was. Missed.
"WHOO!!! MAN, YOU'RE SLOW!!!!"
Kenpachi growled as he stood up straight and turned around, seeing Masuyo standing on the wall with a grin while she rested her zanpakuto on her shoulder. He frowned. That bitch. He turned around, hearing her chuckle softly. She cracked her neck, staring at him while her head was tilted. She hit her shoulder lightly with her zanpakuto, staring at the Captain with an amused look. She jumped down from the wall, ignoring the pain on her legs. Man! The guy practically crushed her from hitting her continually. She grinned as she disappeared, Kenpachi narrowing his eyes before looking around. He jumped put of the way, just missing the blow the could of sliced his head off. Shun frowned as she looked at her zanpakuto, seeing a little blood on it. She looked at the Captain and grinned, seeing a blood line on his cheek.
"Well Captain Zaraki, lets play tag." Shun said, licking the blood off her zanpakuto before giving the Captain a menacing grin.
Kenpachi felt a chill go down his spine, getting excited. That look made his grin widen. Both got into a fighting stance, making everyone excited, but Rio and Yuri were still worried. Shun never looked that happy while fighting. They launched at each other, blocking each other's attack each time, their grin widening the more the other almost hit each other's body. Kenpachi raised his zanpakuto, Shun's eyes widening before getting out of the way, seeing the large crater, feeling more excited. She grinned at the Captain, seeing him grin back at her before they launched at each other again, hearing cheers all over. Kenpachi swung his sword, attempting to stab the woman, but she moved sideways, cutting his shoulder when he was turned. He grunted before grinning at the woman again.
'I actually hit him!' Shun thought, grinning excitedly.
Her eyes widened as she grabbed her shoulder, blood spurting out before she jumped away. She inspected the damage the man did, frowning. Well, that's what she gets for getting a tad too excited. The blood was practically flowing out of the wound.
"Damn!" Shun laughed. "That hurt!"
She continued laughing, confusing the hell out of a lot of people, even her two bewildered friends. She never laughed that hard before! She grinned at the Captain again and jumped into the air, slamming her zanpakuto down, but missed her target when the Captain jumped away. Kenpachi's eyes widened when dust flew everywhere around the woman, everyone covering their faces so the dust didn't get in their eyes. Once the dust was clearing everyone could hear something, almost like... coughing? Soon the dust cleared and everyone stared weirdly at the woman having a coughing fit. At that moment, everyone sweat dropped. Shun doubled over, still coughing.
"Dust got in my mouth." Shun complained, frowning when she saw the Captain's amused look. "Say one word and I won't hesitate to leave."
Kenpachi then frowned. He jumped over to her, surprising her and swung his zanpakuto down, seeing the woman jump out of the way just in time. She grinned and got his side, seeing his grin remain on his face. This guy was like a super human or something. She clenched her teeth when he got her left arm, getting annoyed and excited at the same time. She jumped up, seeing his sword go by where her legs just were and landed on his zanpakuto before jumping off, stabbing his shoulder. Her eyes widened when he grabbed her hand and pulled her sword out of his shoulder, holding her in the air while he grinned. Shun knew what he was going to do next.
"Oh, shit." Shun muttered, frowning.
Kenpachi threw her, threw, her across the battle grounds, seeing people try to get out of the way, but some people weren't lucky, getting thrown into the air when the woman went by them. Shun clenched her teeth together when she hit the wall, everyone seeing cracks form around her when she hit the wall and slid down the wall. She sat against the wall, regaining her breath and looked up, blood coming out of her mouth. She smirked as she struggled to stand up, using the wall to balance her, seeing Kenpachi walk over to her, still grinning. She pushed herself off the wall, almost falling when she tried to walk.
"Was it fun?" Kenpachi asked, grinning smugly.
Shun looked up and chuckled.
"Sure. But it sure hurt like hell." Shun said.
After she finished speaking she walked over to her zanpakuto, seeing it stuck in the wall, and pulled it out, grinning at the man before she disappeared, reappearing behind him, and went to strike, but then he turned around, blocking her attack, making her narrow her eyes before she kept on swinging her sword, the tall Captain blocking each one. She barred her teeth, grabbing his hand the next time he blocked, making his eyes widen, before it was her turn to throw him across the battle grounds, making everyone who was watching widen their eyes. That was the Captain of the eleventh division! Eleventh! When Kenpachi hit the wall, he shocked Shun when he only started laughing. She grinned a second later. He was only making her more shocked than any other person she had fought against. She ran towards him, dust trailing behind her by the speed she was going. Kenpachi grinned, raising his zanpakuto, making Shun narrow her eyes, before he swung down, a slash appearing in the ground next to her, making her eyes widen. How the hell did he do that?! She stopped and grinned again, holding her sword horizontally in front of her. She smirked when Kenpachi quirked an eyebrow. She opened her mouth, but instead of her voice, she heard a childish voice, making her blink.
"NO SHUN!!! YOU CAN'T RELEASE YOUR ZANPAKUTO!!!!" Yuri yelled.
Shun groaned as she looked at Yuri with an annoyed look.
"FINE!!!" Shun yelled, looking back to Kenpachi, seeing him run towards her.
Shun's eyes widened when he was in front of her, zanpakuto going forward to stab her, she moved to the side, swinging down and making his sword hit the ground and kicked his side, making him stumble before grinning at her again. She grinned back at him, both exchanging blows again, blocking each strike. Rio and Yuri furrowed their eyebrows. Shun was losing a lot of blood from her shoulder. Kenpachi grabbed the woman's collar, making her eyes widen, before he slammed her into the ground, making Shun cough as the air escaped her lungs. Shit, that hurt! She kicked his chest, managing to get him off before she stood up and jumped away, holding her chest.
'Shun.' Yuri thought, frowning.
Shun glared at the man before jumping towards him again, grabbing his zanpakuto, clenching when she felt pain in her hand and the blood dripping onto the ground, and stabbed the man in the abdomen, only making him laugh as she jumped away. Damn! She looked at her hand and frowned. Great. She clenched her hands and unclenched them over and over again, looking up when she felt the man's reiatsu moving towards her, jumping out of the way when he tried to stab her, stabbing the ground instead. She narrowed her eyes at the man, looking at the state he was in. She was more wounded, at least he was able to stand, her legs were getting tired! She blocked his attack, making her eyes widen. He was fast for a big guy. She jumped back when he lifted his sword again and swung down, Rio and Yuri's eyes widened while everyone cheered.
"FUCK!!!! THAT HURT!!!!"
Shun held her right eye, blood dripping down her face and hand, clenching her teeth. She uncovered her eye, seeing the man in front of her grin with pleasure. Bastard. He managed to get her face, a shallow cut going over her right eye. Damn. She was only able to see out of one eye, shit. She would surely die now. Kenpachi grinned. At least he ruined her vision until she can get that blood out of her eye. Shun growled as she glared at the man, new hatred showing in her eyes. She frowned when she heard men laughing, immediately making her think of the eleventh squad. It had to be them, because no other squad would laugh when a woman was about to die!
"Oh, I truly hate you." Shun muttered, narrowing her eye.
Kenpachi frowned. What the hell was that feeling? He shrugged. It didn't matter, except that this woman was somehow able to wound him and she was having just as much fun as him. He saw the woman glare at him with pure hatred instead of just annoyance, only making him grin at her. She threw her arm back before running towards the Captain, jumping in the air and hit the spot where he last stood, making a crater form around her. She looked up and frowned, seeing the Captain grin at her. He ran towards her, swinging his swords sideways, Shun blocking it before jumping on the sword and kicked his jaw, making him stumble back before glaring at the woman, swinging his sword again. Shun blocked it, but was sent towards the wall when he put all his strengths into the hit, coughing when she hit the wall. How many times is her back going to get hurt?! She looked up, blood in her eyes, barely keeping the other open. She growled as she stood up. Losing without even using all her strength. Pathetic.
'I'm about to get into a world of pain.' Shun thought before raising her reiatsu, Kenpachi's and everyone else's' eyes widening.
Yuri and Rio's eyes widened. What was Shun going to do?! Shun narrowed her eye, barring her teeth as her grip on her sword tightened. She jumped towards the Captain, disappearing when when he went to block her attack, his eyes widening, and slashed his back, blood spurting everywhere when she jumped away. Her breathing got ragged as she struggled to stand up, grinning at the man and tried to enjoy the fight. Kenpachi turned around and grinned. She managed to get another hit. Interesting. But she looked like she was about to fall over from exhaustion. Her reiatsu continued to rise, making Kenpachi smirk. She still had a lot more reiatsu.
"Why not use your shikai?" Kenpachi asked, grinning smugly.
"I'd rather not. Because it's not a combat type, and I would hate having to use it just to win." Shun muttered, her left eye closing, but she forced it open.
Kenpachi grunted, raising his reiatsu, almost making Shun fall over just from his reiatsu. She grinned. He was a lot stronger than her, that's for sure. Like she was expecting to win against him. She chuckled before raising her reiatsu again, trying to ignore the pain from all over her body. Man, he tossed her around like she was a rag doll. She closed her eye and opened them again, her eye widened when she saw his reiatsu form into a yellow skull.
"Well, that's something you don't see every day." Shun said, smiling softly.
Kenpachi frowned. She did look like she was about to fall over. Great. The battle wasn't that long, and yet she was already exhausted. Even Ichigo lasted longer, except he kept running away whenever he wanted a fight. He saw Shun stand straight, wiping her eye and managed to open both of them, but her right looked like she couldn't open it, probably from the pain. She closed her eyes as she grinned, ignoring the way he looked at her. She opened her eyes and frowned.
"Lets just do one more strike. If you stab me, I lose, if I stab you, you lose. And so on and so forth." Shun said, grinning.
"Fine. But you'll probably die in the next blow." Kenpachi said, grinning.
Shun chuckled, closing her eyes again.
"Doesn't matter. If I die, I die." Shun said, getting into a fighting stance.
Kenpachi frowned. If that's the way she wants it, then fine. He grinned as he straightened up, seeing the woman grin before both raised their reiatsu, their eyes narrowing.
Rio and Yuri looked at each other, eyes wide. They both didn't like this, but everyone else around them kept on cheering. What was wrong with them?! Their friend was going to die if someone didn't stop them!
Kenpachi's eyes dilated, along with Shun as they both grinned, excited. Kenpachi ran towards her, making Shun blink before she ran towards him. Shun grinned as she closed her right eye, getting tired of the stinging, and everything seemed to slow down for her.
'Are you sure you want to die?'
'It doesn't matter. At least I would of died in a battle, just a few weeks after I graduated.' Shun thought, chuckling.
'Why didn't you release me? You could of won.'
'The eleventh division only allows combat type zanpakuto.' Shun thought, staring at the sky.
'You won't die, master.'
Shun chuckled, seeing the larger man getting closer to her.
'Whatever you say.' Shun thought, grinning.
Everything went back to normal speed, Shun going to stab at the same time as him. Everyone stopped cheering, Yuri and Rio's eyes widening. It got real quiet as blood spurted all over the ground, Shun coughing up blood, along with Kenpachi. Shun closed her eyes, smiling softly.
"You know what Captain Zaraki?" Shun asked, her eye opening.
"What?" Kenpachi asked, frowning as he look down, looking at the woman.
"I think... I'm starting to respect you as a fighter." Shun said, grabbing onto the man's sword.
His eyes widened when Shun pulled the sword out, blood spurting out of her wound near her chest, coughing up more blood. She backed away, grinning at her friends when she saw their terrorized looks. She waved to them before her eyes seemed to lose life, rolling to the back of her head, slowly falling and hitting the ground, a pool of blood forming around her. Kenpachi frowned while Shun's friends stared with shocked looks, their eyes continue to grow wider. Kenpachi looked at his chest, seeing Shun's sword sticking out of his chest and looked back at the woman, everyone around the battle field feeling the woman's reiatsu disappear. Yuri and Rio gasped when her reiatsu completely disappeared.
"SHUUUUNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!"
