Sorry for taking so long to complete this chapter T_T was busy with the teacher's day celebration earlier this week ;X

Okay, so we now present you the latest entry of the fanfiction :)

Chapter nine: Mist, sun, storm and…?

"If she is under Aizen, all this should be an illusion!" Renji shouted. "Howl, Zabimaru!"

The whip-like sword curved and crashed towards Chrome, who spun her trident and shielded the blow.

"Some no mai, Tsukishiro!"

A large white circle formed below Chrome's feet, causing her to leap upwards as the ice started to encase her feet. The circle then extended upwards, forming an ice pillar which trapped Chrome in it. The pair of Shinigami then landed onto the ground.

"We got her!" Renji exclaimed, patting on Rukia's shoulder who effectively swiped his hand off. She then turned to frown at him," Something isn't right…"

"Who do you think you are looking at?"

The duo swerved behind, only to be welcomed by the sight of the girl with another teen with the same hairstyle but much taller.

"Kufufu… good thing this area is made up of spirit particles… I can actually materialize myself here…"

"Mukuro-sama…"

"Oh my, oh my. The two of you scared my cute little Chrome so bad that I really feel the need to punish you. Now Chrome, let's face them together shall we?"

"Yes, Mukuro-sama."

The icy pillar shattered and rained down onto the stunned duo as Chrome ran forward, swinging the trident at Rukia. Rukia snapped back to reality and dodged the slice, only to have her vision distorted with the whole backdrop spiraling into an unperceivable vortex and repeated images of Mukuro's menacing grin which could make one feel faint on sight. She dropped to her knees.

"RUKIA!" Renji ran forward and used the hilt of his sword to hit Chrome away. To his dismay he started to be covered by a large amount of snakes which writhed around his ankles, pinning him to the ground.

"Not bad Chrome, you improved a lot since the Varia battle…"

"Hadō 31, shot of red fire!" Rukia shot a blazing red orb at the snakes, causing them to vanish immediately after the mini explosion.

"OWWWWWWWWW! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!"

"IT CAN'T BE HELPED! BLAME ON YOUR OWN USELESSNESS!"

Mukuro gazed at them with his red coloured eye in amusement, though he showed no signs of attacking. Chrome, on the other hand, slammed down the base of her trident onto the ground and closed her eyes, summoning several flaming pillars which imprisoned both Rukia and Renji. The blazing pillars grazed and demolished several nearby buildings successfully.

"Let's finish this…" Mukuro grinned widely and charged towards the shinigamis, obviously enjoying himself in this one sided battle. A pale coloured flame hovered over his eye as it changed into the number four.

"RUKIA! IN FRONT OF YOU!"

Several illusionary figures of Mukuro appeared surrounding the imprisoned duo, apparently mouthing," Now, who is the real one?"

Renji bit his lip. I can't summon my bankai now, Rukia is too close! He swung his sword in a last attempt to form a defensive barrier when a sharp jolt of pain shot down his left shoulder, causing him to stumble.

"Damn that girl…"

The vice captain was preparing to go into bankai mode when he felt a soft grunt from his partner. Rukia collapsed into a heap onto the ground, covered in blood which dripped from her head. He stared in horror at the unmoving body as the other male swung his trident over his head.

"Oh my! Playtime is over already?" Mukuro taunted.

She's dead? No, there's still a small amount of reiatsu left… Renji gritted his teeth, bent down to pick Rukia up gently and shunpo-ed off towards the endless corridor. Cradling her close to him, the vice captain muttered to himself," It will be okay…"

Chrome gazed at the now fading Mukuro who seemed to be equally as weary as the red haired man. "Mukuro-sama?"

"It's alright, Chrome. I'm just a little tired that's all…"

"MAXIMUM INGRAM!"

Kyōraku dodged swiftly the attacks sent flying at him while he continued observing the sun guardian. To him, the Vongola was just a bunch of weirdos with the exception of their boss. Though the first boss can get a little crazy at times, he is one of the very few people who earned his respect. Apparently, the sun guardian is no different from the other Vongola members he met, along with that insanely bright aura of wisdom and strength that is being emitted from them.

"Seems like I can play a little longer." Kyōraku commented after he barely dodged the attack.

Ryohei drew back after the punch and stood still at his location. "YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN DODGING MY ATTACKS TO THE EXTREME! A REAL MAN DOESN'T DO THAT!"

"Oh really? I thought life was all about sake and chasing girls, not fighting."

"IT IS COWARDLY TO KEEP DODGING ATTACKS WITHOUT EVEN ATTACKING BACK TO THE EXTREME!"

The captain then gave a laid-back laugh and muttered," When the Flower Wind Rages, the Flower God Roars, When the Wind of Heaven Rages, the God of the Underworld Sneers… Katen Kyōkotsu!"

The teen wiped the blood from his face and continued staring at the strange man in front of him.

"THAT IS SOME NICE MAGIC TO THE EXTREME!"

"Gyahaha. All these candies belong to Lambo-san!"

"Alright, alright, take as many as you want."

Lambo started laughing and tumbled over the Tatami mat, apparently enjoying himself by indulging into the grape flavoured sweets and roasted biscuits. The room was soon filled with screams and laughter as 3rd seat Kiyone Kotetsu and Sentarō Kotsubaki started to play catch with the young cow boy.

Ukitake gazed fondly at the child before he spoke," I'll be going out for a while, maybe we can find clues of where his mama is." The shoji doors closed, leaving a stunned Lambo and the two thirteenth squad officers.

"Mama…"

"N-no, don't start crying now!"

"MAMA!"

The whole thirteenth squad barracks soon filled with green light, seemingly bounced up before landing down again after an explosion.

Gokudera slumped himself against a half torn wall of the corridor. The whole area was totally demolished with various bits of transparent-like substances lying on the ground just like how broken bits of concrete would.

He huddled an injured Uri close to his chest as he closed his eyes. He knew, that he would have seriously died if Uri hadn't taken that devastating blow from the fist of the giant. As if just waking up from a nightmare, he unknowingly hugged Uri closer before stumbling a little while standing up.

The rebel limped his way through the debris and aimed his cannon towards the approaching giant.

Komamura squinted. "It seems to me that you don't plan on hiding from me huh?" He raised his sword towards Gokudera. "In that case, as a form of respect, I shall slay you with my ban-"

"VOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! " A man with flowing long white hair came flying in and slashed at the wrist of the giant which in turn caused an injury on the Captain's hand.

W-ho is that?

"YOU DEAD YET, BRAT?"

T-this voice…

"S-SQUALO!"

"Hey, are you Ukitake's brother?"

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Well, this chapter really took quite some time (and lots of brain juices too) so yeah :P -takes out tape recorder: we hope that you enjoyed this chapter.-

Toodles! :)

- Big and little Seraph