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Chap. 7
"You don't know?" He asked. "I should think you would at least memorize the 13 people at the top." Then suddenly, I felt pressure just land on my shoulders begging me to kiss the ground. "12th Squad Captain, as well as second Technological Development Bureau Chief, Kurotsuchi Mayuri."
"Mayuri?" I thought out loud. How can I tell Uryu that I only need to buy about 10 minutes w/o this Mayuri knowing? Ruhana can handle him as long as I believe and don't end up unconscious. I need to think of a plan. I need to see his fighting style…
That's it! Uryu is obviously the better fighter, so I'll fight Mayuri and expose his fighting style! Then Uryu will be able to beat him. That's perfect.
As long as I don't pass out… Please don't pass out…
"Here I go!" I yelled as I ran towards Mayuri. I punched with my right arm followed by a left round house kick. Soon, a barrage of kicks and punches came towards the 12th captain. "HAAA!!!!" I screamed while kicking and punching. There was a couple of flips and jumps that I ended up adding so I wouldn't get hit and so I would add momentum and power. The captain continued to block and such, hardly ever attacking.
"Jess!" Uryu yelled. I heard him yell and pulled back quickly. Doing a couple of flips and landing next to Uryu. I placed my hand on his hand that held the bow and lowered it. "Jess…" Uryu repeated.
"Let me handle him. At least for right now. Just watch closely." I continued to watch Mayuri. He instantly understood and reluctantly nodded.
"By sacrificing the weaker fighter, you are able to obtain the abilities of your opponent, is that what you are thinking? Ha, you know, your soft yet determined eyes remind me of a girl who used to be a Shinigami. Now that I think about she looked a lot like you. Now what was her name?" Mayuri took up a thinking pose. "Ayame I think…" my eyes widened. "Yeah, Ayame Kusabana!"
"You knew her?!" I yelled more than asked. Then I looked down.
"That softy? Of course!" Mayuri exclaimed. "She was strong, I don't doubt that. She was just too soft. She couldn't stand it when a Shinigami was injured or when a human was hurt. Ha, she was an emotional wreck, that's what she was! Beautiful, though. Then she decided to marry some talented Quincy. When I heard she was pregnant, I wanted to test the baby, but she disappeared when I asked."
My hand turned into a fist. "You," I lifted up my head with tears running down my cheeks. "How dare you insult my family! My mother and father did everything they could to protect me! How dare youeven talk trash about my parents Ayame and Kiyoshi Kusabana!" Within seconds I was right behind Mayuri and did a spinning back fist to the head. I hit my mark and dropped down to my hands and right foot and I raised my left foot into the air and back kicked him in the upper back and knocked him into the air. I then grabbed his foot and tossed him into a wall.
Yes, I was angry. Very angry. It's not a very pretty sight when I'm angry.
"Very good, you really are talented in the same areas as Ayame. I guess I better hurry this up." I froze as I felt Mayuri's presence behind me. I turned to face him and got into a fighting stance as he unsheathed his sword. "Rip, Ashisogi Jizō." And his sword turned into a deformed golden trident.
Gotta be careful with that. There's a purple fog coming from the guard. It could be poison, which means I can't get cut. You know, my Quincy powers would help right about now! Stupid Quincy powers won't work…
Mayuri came running at me while going to stab and I barely dodged it. Taking my chance, I turned to kick him, but the girl appeared and took the kick.
"Wha…" I said, but it was too late. The woman grabbed my leg and Mayuri appeared behind me ready to strike.
Sure hope I can still do this…
Bending down slightly, I jumped up spinning in the air with my body horizontal. This did two things for me: 1) it got the woman to let go of my foot. 2) it allowed me to land my other foot that was free in her face knocking her out of the way. Even though those two things was a plus, I still got struck by Mayuri.
"AH!!" I cried as I fell landed on my new injury. I quickly, despite the pain, planted my painless hand and tried to trip Mayuri. He quickly jumped away, giving me a chance to stand back up. Wait, uh-oh…
"Jess!" Uryu yelled, quite worried.
"My arm…" I looked over at it. It was bleeding a good deal, but that wasn't my problem.
My arm wasn't moving at all. Kuso.
"Ha!" Mayuri laughed. "My swords specialty is to paralyze the nervous system only to where you can't move. But, you can still feel the pain. So how does it feel, Kusabana? You must be very disciplined to not just scream out in pain right now." I took one step backwards before shooting forward again. I held my one arm with the other so I wouldn't go flinging around everywhere, which left me only my legs to fight with.
Works for me, since I excel in kicks rather than in punches.
I performed a lot of fancy jumps and tornado kicks, most blocked by the flat of the sword. He swung his sword at me and I skillfully dodged out of the way.
I'm starting to notice his fighting style. He studies the subject then attacks when he finds an opening. So, his defense is high with low attack ability. If I can just break through his defense.
I think I only need about 4 more minutes. Please, hurry Ruhana. I continued to fight even though I was handicapped.
"You're doing well despite your injured arm, but that ends now." Mayuri stated before suddenly appearing in front of me and stabbing my in the same injured arm.
"AH!!!" I yelled while falling to my knees. Great, I'm in trouble.
"Really, these wounds won't help with my research." He grabbed my by my ponytail. "Come on, time to go."
Suddenly, there was a blue light and Mayuri quickly let go of me to escape the attack. "Don't you dare touch her." Uryu stated with his bow out and aimed.
"Uryu." I stated.
"I'll take over from here, Jess. I'm not going to let you fight anymore." I thought for a moment before deciding that I was of no use during the fight.
"Ok, fine." Only about 2 minutes left… Just need to hang in there…
"Sorry, Quincy, I'm not interested in you." Mayuri said before reaching for me again. Uryu, with his speed, appeared right in front me with his bow drawn back.
And so the fight started, but Uryu was barely holding on. That's when the girl stopped Uryu's attack and allowed her captain to attack both her and Uryu.
"Uryu!" I called, but it was no use. I have to do something. Something. He's going to die, but I can't move. My only chance is…
Come on, concentrate, Jess. Feel the power around me and draw it in to form a bow. Now, draw that power in.
Oh, come on, WORK!!!
…please…?
"Now, you can just die." Mayuri said about to stab Uryu.
WOOSH!!!
Mayuri had turned just in time. If he turned a second later, he would've been destroyed. A hole formed where the arrow had missed and went straight though a wall.
Ok, a couple of walls… I think I overdid it.
Wait, I did it! I did it!
What is this I'm feeling? Like I'm about to throw up?
Right then, I started to cough and I felt a warm substance fall down my chin and on the ground. A warm red substance.
No, not again…
My coughing became worse as more blood came up. I collapsed onto my hands and knees, with my bow in my left hand.
"Ah, I see you can use your Quincy powers. But apparently under pressured circumstances. And it apparently causes a ruckus inside you." Mayuri said, interested.
"What do you mean?!" Uryu ordered.
"I mean what I said," Mayuri stated. "Her Shinigami blood and her Quincy blood isn't cooperating, causing her to cough up blood."
"But she was ok up until now…" Uryu thought out loud.
"You are slow-witted. Being a Shinigami is a full time job, unlike that of being a Quincy. You will always have your Shinigami powers, but a Quincy calls for the power around him/her. Because she's now a Shinigami, whenever she uses her Quincy powers, her blood becomes unsettled, fighting inside her, causing injury from the inside out."
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Uryu asked, forgetting the fight.
"She has to get rid of that bow for starters," Mayuri was worried as well, but only because he might loose a once in a lifetime chance to test a half Shinigami half Quincy. "You heard me, woman! Get rid of your bow if you want to live!"
My coughing a loss of blood grew. I heard every bit of it. I thought for a moment. Maybe it's a trap?
"Jess, get rid of the bow!" Uryu called, which startled me. I quickly discontinued my practice of gathering spirit energy. Coughing up more blood, it soon started to calm down. So, he was telling the truth.
"Now that's over," Mayuri turned to Uryu, ready to stab.
I smiled. 3…2…1…
As Mayuri went for the kill, flower pedals suddenly flew over and hardened around the sword, stopping it before it reached it's mark.
"Ruhana," I whispered before coughing up more blood.
"My hime, don't overwork yourself." Ruhana stated. There were flower pedals everywhere that formed a body of a woman. She had no face(although she did have a head) and her voice seems to sound melodic and it came from everywhere.
"Please," Ruhana turned to Uryu. "Please watch over my hime. Make sure she doesn't overdo anything." Uryu nodded and slowly picked himself up. grabbing his left useless arm with his right working arm, he ran over to me and sat down next to me.
"Jess, what's going on?" Uryu asked, worried. Ruhana stood there, holding the sword in her hand.
"It's ok," I answered. "It's Ruhana. She's come to help." I then coughed up a little more blood. "I just needed 12 minutes for her to fully awaken."
"12 minutes is a long time to wake up…" Uryu stated while pushing up his glasses.
"Well, when I first started, it was 30. I've been training and concentrating so that I could release her in a shorter time. I've just recently worked it from 15 minutes to 12. I'm actually quite proud of myself." I smiled happily, but it was soon interrupted by a couple of lone coughs filled with blood.
"Jess," Uryu said with his hand bracing my back. "You need to relax and just breathe." Easy for you to say. I'm coughing up blood as fast as I chug chocolate milk. If I lose to much more, I may pass out. We can't have that… I can't do that.
"So I see…" Mayuri stated. "It seems you are made of flower pedals that harden when needed. You have a voice, so you're not being controlled by the girl. So you are independent?"
"I wouldn't say independent," Ruhana said calmly. "Just a being who would do anything for my hime." And with that Ruhana started a barrage of attacks.
"Ha!" Mayuri laughed maniacally. "You're just like that girl. What will change the outcome?"
"Simple," Ruhana's voice said. "I am made flowers and Jesse's emotions. I will always win if she wills it." Continuing to attack, Mayuri found it impossible to actually hurt flower pedals.
"Jess, you ok?" I heard Uryu call. I looked over to him, smiling. I was still coughing, but my blood pretty was much settled.
"Yeah, I will be." I said. I need you to win, Ruhana. I want you to win…
After a while I was able to stand up thanks to Uryu. My excuse to get him to help me was that I needed to be able to dodge an attack if the fight comes anywhere near us. So, he helped me up and stayed close to me so that I wouldn't collapse. I was doing good.
For a little while, that is.
I started to feel really dizzy and my vision was blacking out from lack of blood. Uryu noticed that I wasn't focusing quite well and that my knees were starting to buck in for balance, so he quickly held on to me with his one hand.
"Jess?" He asked. I think he knew what was happening, but he wanted to hear it from me in hopes that I'd be just fine.
"I'm ok," I stated with a small fake smile. "I guess I just really need to sit." Uryu slowly helped lower me down to the ground and I sat there on my knees. I tried hard to focus, but darkness was calling me like some stalker fan-girl of yours that just never leaves you alone and keeps on calling you but you refuse to answer and eventually call the phone company to block the phone number.
No, I can't go right now. I can't. If I pass out, Ruhana won't be able to fight. I have to stay awake. I just have to.
I collapsed.
Great, just great. This is my luck. Kuso.
I kissed the ground on my left, away from the puddle of blood. My hair flew into my face as I slowly closed my eyes to enter a peaceful slumber. The last thing I saw was the pedals floating over to me and forming the sword in my extended left hand. The last thing I heard was Uryu's terrified voice calling out to me.
The last thing I smelled was my Nana's roses that I trim from her. the ones that always found a way to prick me as if I'm a diabetic. The ones that I always loved to smell when I was little. Mmmm, roses.
