I'm sorry it took so long to update. I lost my muse for this story for a little bit. I don't know what's going on with this story and in this chapter I just let my fingers type…In better words I didn't put much thought into it. Hopefully I can finish this story before I lose my Muse to write it again.
To clear some things up about the last chapter. Did you notice how Hitsugaya was the first to show right after Ichigo saved little Karin. Karin was supposed to be saved by Hitsugaya and she wasn't supposed to be eaten by the Hollow. I guess I should have made that clearer. The Future is always changing even with the smallest of interference which is why Hitsugaya was a few minutes too slow. If that makes any sense to anyone…I knew I was going to confuse others when I wrote this story. I just can't get it out on paper like how I have it in my head. I'm sorry if the story is so confusing to some and I'll try to make it better.
Moving on to Karin being inside the hollow…How should I know if it's possible! It's just a fan fiction. My story…My rules. Mahahahaha!... (Clears throat.)That was an evil laugh for those who don't know… anyways lets just pretend that it is possible for now.
Oh and a little warning for the Grammar freaks. I didn't proof read this chapter. I just didn't feel like it so you've been warned. So I understand if you don't want to read it but…I'd like it if you did anyways.
Chapter 8-Calling All Captains
Ichigo panted as he jumped back from the creatures he was began fighting. Sweat rolled down his jaw as he clinched his teeth. He glanced to Orihime who had little Karin behind her shield to protect her though the creatures weren't getting pass Ichigo to even reach the two girls. He turned back to the battle and quickly blocked an attack from a creature before slashing it in half. They never seemed to stop. He watched as more came towards him.
"Focus Ichigo!" Rukia yelled from next to him and he looked to her. "You're holding yourself back by constantly worrying over her! She'll fine and you know that! Orihime is taking good care of her so stop worrying about her and get your butt in gear! We need you and we don't have time for you to be holding back right now!" She yelled at him and he stared at her for a moment before he nodded his head.
"Right." He said as he nodded again and turned back to the battle. "Time to get serious then." He said as he raised his sword up and placed his hand on his forearm as the white ribbon on the end of his hilt wrapped around his arm. His spiritual pressure began to go around him breaking up the ground under him from the pressure. "Ban-Ki!" he commanded and his spiritual pressure increased as it compressed it into the thin black blade of his Banki. He lunched forward into the battle completely focused now.
"Scatter Senbonzakura." Byakuya commanded calmly as he held up his blade. It quickly shattered into small blade fragments that resembled cherry blossom petals. They moved around him before he opened his eyes and they shot down towards the ground engulfing the hollows as they fed on the creatures before shooting up towards the sky and engulfing the hollows in the air. He watched as his small blades moved about washing away all hollows and creatures that stood in their way.
Yoruichi's shirt ripped off her shoulders as the white suppressed kido continued to build on her shoulders as she stood on a roof top. The kido whipping out and destroying the roof around her. Soi Fon stood next to her, her incomplete shunko resembling Yoruichi's as Karin came down to stand on the other side of her and her shunko quickly destroyed her shirt at the shoulders and upper back as well and she bent down a little.
"We all understand the rules?" Yoruichi asked as she never pulled her eyes away from the hollows and creatures in the street and her eyes narrowed slightly as the two girls nodded their heads.
"The first one to 1000 wins right? Anything goes." Karin said as she nodded her head and both girls nodded.
"Right. Now that the rules have been explained we have no time to waste." Yoruichi said and it was silent before all three girls disappeared and the roof they once stood on cracked under the pressure and a large dent ran along the ground and pulled her blade from her back. She quickly began to cut down any hollow or creature that got in her way counting with every victory as she moved about quickly not wasting any time. Yoruichi did the same from the air though she took them out with her fist and Soi Fon did the same.
"Extend Hozukimaru!" Ikkaku grinned as he slammed the hilt of his sword into his sheath. The two connected to create a wooden naginata. He swung it about for a moment before lunching into the battle with pure enjoyment on his face. He laughed as he cut them like down like wheat. "Bring it on weaklings!" He laughed. Yumichika sighed as he stood not to far away and ran his fingers through his hair before a creature roared in his face and he quickly slammed his sword into its head.
"Simply repulsive." He said with a look of disgust as he pulled his sword out and allowed the dead creature to fall to the ground. He sighed as he swung his sword and the extra green blood of the creature flew off it and landed on the ground. "To allow such an ugly creature to exist is unforgivable. I won't allow it." He said as his eyes narrowed. "Bloom for me Fuji Kujaku." He commanded as he lunched into battle after Ikkaku seeming to take his hate out on the creatures more then he was Hollows. "I refuse to look upon something so hideous!" He said.
"Roar Zabimaru!" Renji commanded and his sword flashed red before turning into the thick six segment blade of his Shikai. He brought the six segment blade up and it whipped threw the hollows and the creatures with easy as he jumped into the air and released two more attacks. He landed on a roof top and smirked. "This is too easy." He said before he brought up his sword to attack once again.
"Yeah but there is too many of them." Rukia said as she leaned back to back with him and he nodded his head.
"But nothing we can't handle." He said with a smirk. He whipped his six segment blade out once more and watched as they cut threw the hollows and creatures once more before he swung it into the air. Rukia cut down a hollow that attempted to attack her before she jumped off the roof she was on to get in the street. She looked over to Orihime who was attacking the creatures that continued to try and get to little Karin.
"At this rate we'll all tire out before we get anything accomplished." She said and looked around as the others fought. "We have to find a way to bring all this to an end before they reach her. But how?" she mumbled to herself before the ground began to shake and they all looked around. "Now what?" she asked through clenched teeth before a bone chilling laughter filled the air and they all looked up to the sky.
A yellowish spiritual pressure came towards them like a shooting star and Ichigo blinked a few times as he narrowed his eyes to see what it was. The laugh was too familiar and so was the spiritual pressure. His eyes widen in realization of who it was. "Kenpachi!" He yelled before the big man made an impact with the ground. The whole area shook as smoke filled the air. They all stared when it began to clear to reveal the man with his broken up sword resting on one shoulder and his small lieutenant on the other.
"Yaaaay Kenny!" Yachiru cheered as she patted his big shoulder with her small hands. "That was fun!" she giggled as his lone eye scanned the area of the creatures and hollows that were trying to discreetly move in on him. A grin came to his lips as the small girl continued to laugh completely ignoring the creatures and hollows that surrounded them and all the Soul Reapers that was staring at them.
"Captain." Ikkaku said as a grin came to his lips as well clearly excited that his Captain had made an appearance. Yumichika also let a smirk come to his lips as he ran his fingers through his smooth hair and rested his five bladed sword on his shoulder. Kenpachi let out a small chuckle as he tapped his sword on his shoulder and moved out of the whole that he had created in the ground.
"I don't see what the fuss is all about. It's just a couple of low level hollows and some ugly freaks." He said as he continued to look around and frowned at not seeing anyone worthy that he could test his strength on. He scoffed. "What a taste of my time." He said before he looked to older Karin who was staring at him with a raised eyebrow. A slow grin came back to his face and he pulled his sword off his shoulder to aim it at her. "You're a new face. You must be that rogue Soul Reaper I was hearing about." He said with a chuckle and her eyes narrowed on him before Yoruichi stepped in front of her blocking her from Kenpachi's view who frowned at her.
"She's not your opponent at the moment. Maybe if you help us to get rid of these Hollows and Creatures…" she smirked as she put her hand on her hip. "I'll let you have a crack at her and let me warn you...She's just as strong as Ichigo if not stronger." She said as her gold eyes narrowed slightly and Kenpachi stared at her before a grin came to his lips, almost taking over his entire face.
"Sensei!" Karin said from behind her, not approving of the offer. She wasn't in the mood to fight some big power hungry freak.
"No way Yoruichi!" Ichigo said as he stepped forward also not approving of the offer.
Kenpachi put his sword back on his shoulder as he appeared to think it over with a deep frown. His eyes fell on Ichigo and then back to Karin. Her eyes narrowed again and his eye narrowed as well before his smirk slowly returned to his face."Deal." Kenpachi said as his yellow spiritual pressure began to rise out of him and Yoruichi smirked as she nodded her head and the others all sighed. Yachiru giggled as she jumped off his shoulder to give him some room as the ground under his feet began to shake.
"Go get'em Kenny!" she cheered. Kenpachi launched forward as he pulled his sword off his shoulder and began to cut down the hollows and creatures with easy causing them all to become frantic once again and begin to attack the Soul Reapers again. Ikkaku grinned as he quickly joined his Captain in the battle looking just as insane if not more then him as they fought. "Yaaay Cue ball!" she giggled as she cheered him on as well from her seat on one of the roofs of a houses.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo roared as he swung his small blade and the black spiritual pressure outlined in blood red shot out towards the ground and destroyed all the hollows and Creatures. He clenched his teeth and sweat rolled down his temple as more creatures and Hollows were quick to take their places. He looked to the sky as Menos Grandes began to rip it open and forcing their way through. "I don't need this right now!" He yelled as he, Rangiku and Hitsugaya flew up towards them to destroy them before they could fully enter the world of the living.
"Tsubaki I reject!" Orihime commanded and the bright orange light shot for her hair pen and destroyed the one creature that was coming towards her. She clenched her teeth as sweat rolled down her temple and she glanced over her shoulder to Karin who still lied on the ground behind her shield. "I have to keep Ichigo's little sister save." She said with a nod of her head and looked back towards Ichigo who was in the middle of taking down a Menos. She looked back over her shoulder and her eyes widen at the creatures that was coming towards them from that side of the road. She quickly moved in between them and Karin and put out her hands.
She swallowed hard. There was no way Tsubaki was going to be able to defeat them all at once. There was just too many of them. But she had to try. For Ichigo and his family. All off a sudden bright blue lights in the form of arrows began to rain from the sky and destroy the creatures in front of Orihime. She covered her face as the ground shook and smoke filled the air. She looked up and smiled at seeing Uryu.
"Are you alright Orihime?" He asked as he pushed his glasses up his nose. He lowered his spiritual bow as he walked towards her. She nodded her head and he smiled softly.
"I'm so glad you're here Uryu. You came right in time just like always." She said and he nodded his head as he looked around and Chad walked up to stand behind him.
"Well it appears you need some help protecting Ichigo's kid sister so we thought we'd lend a hand and leave the rest of the fighting to the soul reapers." He said with a bit of disgust as he looked around and watched all the soul reapers fight. He frowned slightly. "They appear to have everything under control." He mumbled with a roll of his eyes and Chad nodded his head mutely from behind him as he kept a look out as well.
"Thanks guys. I really could use the help." She said and whipped her forehead of sweat with her forearm. "It's really not easy to keep them all away seeing that she's their target to begin with." She said with a nod of her head. "But I promised myself not to give up." she said and looked back to Karin. Her cheek was bleeding still and running down towards her ear. Orihime frowned. "I really wanted to heal that cut but older Karin would probably get mad at me." she said with a small chuckle.
"Yeah and you wouldn't want to change the future anymore then what it already is." He said as he raised his bow and shot a single arrow at a hollow that was devouring a creature not to far from them. He watched it disappear into the air before he looked to Chad who destroyed his own hollow on his end. "Well you can rest now Orihime. Chad and I are on the job now." He said as he looked to her with a smirk and she smiled as Chad gave her a thumbs up.
Older Karin jumped back after finishing off a hollow. She quickly spun around with her blade up at the feel of another behind her. She clenched her teeth when her blade hit into the hard skin of the hollow that had already eaten a creature meaning that her blade wasn't going to do any damage to it. She sighed as she kicked at it forcing enough spiritual pressure in it to knock the reformed hollow's head off.
She moved back from that as well before glancing down to her younger self. She relaxed a bit at seeing Orihime, Chad and Uryu standing around her, keeping her save from attacks from any diction. She let out a breath before she looked to the sky and watch Ichigo fight. Her eyes softened. He was trying so hard to stop something that had already begun. She shook her head. That was just like her brother. Stubborn to the end.
Her eyes widen as something roared behind her and she quickly spun around to see a hollow behind her. She had let her guard down while thinking of Ichigo. She brought her sword up and blocked its attack before a sword slammed threw it's head and it disappeared into the sky. She blinked a few times as a straw hat came into view as well as a pink kimono. She raised an eyebrow at the older captain.
"I had it." she mumbled.
"Sorry." Shunsui said with a smile as he titled his straw hat to her. His Lieutenant stood behind him as well as Jushirō. "But I hate leaving a lady to get her hands dirty. I'm-"
"I know who you are." She said with a smile. "Captain of the 8th division Shunsui Kyōraku with his Lieutenant Nanao Ise." She said with a smirk before she looked behind him and to the man with long white hair. "And Captain of the 13th division Jushirō Ukitake. It's not like we haven't met before." She said with a roll of her eyes forgetting the fact that she hasn't met them in that time just yet.
"Right." Shunsui said as he looked to Jushirō who shrugged his shoulders before he looked back to Karin with a smirk. "Mind if we lend a hand?" He asked as he put his hand on one of his swords and she shrugged her shoulders.
"Knock yourself out. The more the merrier as they say." She said before she looked around. "Most of the Captains are here now anyways I don't see why two more can't join." She said with a sigh and they both nodded. She returned it before the three jumped apart. She watched all three fight before she looked up to the sky. "It's just about that time." She whispered.
"Just about that time for what?" she turned around to see Yoruichi standing behind her with her hand on her hip. She had a few small cuts and was breathing slightly hard but that was it as she looked Karin. "Is there more you'd like to share?" she asked and Karin looked away from her with a frown.
"I'd like to but you'll just see for yourself anyways. I'd be wasting my breath." She said as she looked downwards and Yoruichi nodded her head.
"I hope your not withholding some important information." She said and Karin shook her head as she looked to her.
"I would have been told you if it was." She said and Yoruichi watched her.
"Okay well all of this seems like a waste of time." She said and looked about the others who were fighting. "How about you tell me what needs to be done to bring this to an end before someone seriously gets hurt." She said. Karin was silent for a moment.
"It's not a waste of time. The more we cut down the better. The less powerful he'll be." She said and looked to her once more. Yoruichi raised a perfectly purple eyebrow.
"He?" she asked and Karin smirked.
"Every big battle has a big bad leader." She chuckled and Yoruichi nodded her head. "And in a couple of minutes he will finally show himself." She said as her eyes narrowed. She looked back to the fight. "I'm a little surprised that the Soul Society would send all of these Captains. Well they'll all be needed I'm sure." She said with a chuckle and Yoruichi nodded her head as she looked to them as well. "I mean your only missing like three of them right? Besides the traitors." She said.
"You know about the traitors?" She asked and looked to her. Karin shrugged.
"Who doesn't? That battle went down in Soul Society history." She said with a roll of her eyes.
"So if you're here and talking about it then I guess we win huh?" she asked. Karin quickly looked away.
"I'm not allowed to talk about it." she said and Yoruichi smirked.
"Right." She said.
Little Karin slowly opened her eyes with a groan. She looked up at the dark sky and let out a sigh before she touched her cheek that was throbbing from pain. She pulled her fingers back to see blood on the tip of her fingers. She quickly brought her hand up to the large cut on her cheek as a Hollow flew over her. She quickly sat up at seeing it before she began to look around.
The last thing she remembered was reaching out for Ichigo while some big hollow pulled her inside of its mouth. "Ichigo." She said and looked around wondering where her older brother could be. All she saw was Hollows and Creatures running around and people in black and white kimonos fighting them. "Their Soul Reapers." She said and watched them all fight in amazement. "Their…so cool." She said before her eyes fell on her older brother who was also fighting and once again looked like a hero in her eyes. "Ichigo." She said once again. She looked to the three people around her and realized they were Ichigo's friends from school. "What's going on here?" She asked.
Chad who heard her mumbling to herself turned around to face her. "Please remain still Ichigo's little sister. It'll be easier for us to protect you if you didn't try to run off." He said and she swallowed hard and nodded her head as she stared up at him. She knew him from before but the last time she seen him he didn't have that big thing on his arm. Chad turned back around and continued to kill the hollows and creatures that got too close.
Older Karin looked to the sky again as a Menos Grande began to roar and glow red with spiritual pressure as the Creatures began to jump on it. Rangiku and Hitsugaya leaned back to back as their opponents took off for the larger hollow. "What's happening?" Rangiku asked as she looked over her shoulder at her Captain.
"I don't know but I don't like it." He said and looked up at the Menos as it took handfuls of the creatures and devoured them. The ground shook and he clenched his teeth as the Menos cried out and released a large amount of spiritual pressure. Everyone's eyes widen at how fast it's power was being to grow.
"We should stop it before it's too strong!" Soi Fon warned as her eyes narrowed before she lunched forward into battle. Shuhei and Renji who agreed with her quickly followed behind her towards the large Menos as it continued to feed.
"And here it comes." Older Karin whispered as she brought her hand up to grip the cloth of her Soul Reapers outfit right over top of her heart. Her heart was pounding hard and fast in her chest. Her breathing becoming shallow as she watched it as did Yoruichi who stood next to her still. "I can't believe at my age I still get this feeling." She whispered and her eyes narrowed slightly and she gripped her chest tighter.
"What feeling?" Yoruichi asked though she never pulled her eyes away from it.
"This feeling of fear." She mumbled as she frowned slightly and looked down at little Karin who was also gripping her chest in the same manner as older Karin. Her eyes wide with fear. She looked close to tears. Her breathing was coming out hard as if she was having a panic attack. Her eyes on the large Menos Grande. "I'll never forget this feeling." She whispered as her eyes narrowed on her younger self and she gripped her chest tighter.
"What is this?" Ichigo whispered as he stared at it with wide eyes as well before Soi Fon and the two boys rushed pass him. His eyes widen as he realized they was moving in for an attack. "W-Wait!" He yelled to them. He didn't like the feeling this Menos was giving off and he didn't think it was for the best to attack it. "Renji!" He yelled as the three quickly tried to attack it. It roared out towards them and sent out a shock wave of spiritual pressure.
Everyone's eyes widen as they quickly covered their faces. Buildings began to collapse and streets began to fall apart as the shock wave moved threw them. It was followed by a flash of light and Ichigo quickly looked too little Karin who was coving her face as well as the shock waved came towards her full speed. His eyes widen in fear. "Karin!" He yelled and quickly moved for his little sister before the shock wave slammed into him followed by the bright flash of light.
Hm. Well I pulled that Chapter out of my butt. Anyways I hoped you liked it. I wonder if Ichigo got too little Karin on time… And before you say something about the title I know that not all the Captains are there but there is a large amount of them and besides I needed to call the chapter something...Don't forget to leave a review.
