Chapter 10
Yuki stood in the center of the circle of Shinigami, compulsively spinning her sword around and around in her hand,
"Boo hoo hoo, poor Shinigami are all defeated." She laughed manically.
Renji took her moment of gloating to kneel down next to Toushiro,
"Are you alright, Hitsugaya-Taichou?"
"I'm fine…I don't think she hit any place too vital…" He held his hand over the deep wound in his stomach,
"Well, if you're up to trying again, I have another plan."
"What is it?"
"What if I used Zabimaru to restrain her instead, in Bankai form."
"That…Might just work." He stood up with a little help from Renji, "She's already pretty tired, her movements have slowed dramatically. You should have little problem catching her. Just do it as quickly as you can…Don't try and fight her too much..."
Renji nodded, "Right." He drew Zabimaru and stepped forward, "Hey! How would you like to go up against my Bankai."
Yuki's eyes lit up, "Would I?"
Renji grinned, "Great."
His reiatsu raised sharply as he held Zabimaru out in front of him,
"Roar Zabimaru! Bankai!"
There was a bright flash of light and there he stood, Zabimaru coiled up around him.
Yuki grinned, "Finally."
"Remember Zabimaru, all you gotta do is catch her."
He swung Zabimaru toward, and then a little past her,
"What're you doing? You missed me!"
Renji gave Zabimaru a bit of a tug and he came back around, slamming into her back. She stumbled forward, falling onto Zabimaru's tail. It immediately wrapped itself tightly around her. She immediately began struggling to free herself. Renji pulled on Zabimaru to keep it right,
"Ugh…She might be too strong…"
She began to push Zabimaru off of herself when six pillars of light surrounded her, punched through Zabimaru, and into Yuki's body, completely binding her. Renji looked back to see Toushiro standing there, looking a little bit weaker from having used that Kidou,
"That should do it…" He remarked.
He turned and looked at Ichigo,
"Shall we?" He asked
"No better time." Ichigo replied.
They both raised their reiatsu and released their Bankai's,
"Let me go! How dare you do this to me?" She shrieked, "You can't kill me!"
Toushiro and Ichigo glanced back at Ishida who had his bow ready,
"Let's go."
Ichigo and Toushiro charged Yuki from opposite directions, Toushiro from the front and Ichigo the back. Ishida pulled back on a huge arrow. When Ichigo and Toushiro had nearly made it to their destination he released it.
When they hit their target there was a bright flash of light. Everyone around them watched and waited. Zabimaru fell onto the ground.
Orihime gasped as the bright light faded. There Ichigo and Toushiro stood, Yuki sandwiched between them, impaled by both blades. Ichigo's went through her lower right abdomen, Toushiro's through her chest on the right side. Blood ran down both blades and into the white sand below. Her body trembled as she sunk to her knees, causing the blades to cut further into her body.
She took in some deep, painful breaths. She reached up and rested her hand on top of Zangetsu, pushing on it a little bit. Ichigo gently put his hand on her shoulder and pushed her forward, at the same time, wrenching the sword out with quite a bit of force. She let out a loud cough, along with a mouthful of blood. She fell forward against Toushiro,
"Shi-ro…"
He looked down at her,
"Hyo..rin…maru…"
"Right…"
He pushed her back a little and pulled the sword out. Blood poured out. She placed her hand over the wound,
"Ugh…"
Her hand was only able to rest there for a moment before she had to move it to balance herself. She looked up at the two of them,
"Th…Thank you…"
She coughed again, it was so painful it caused her to hunch over. Ichigo carefully put his hand on her back,
"We need to get her out of here right away."
"I'm afraid you're not taking her anywhere." A voice grumbled from behind her.
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