Zeke chuckled, observing her "little Kotori Hikaru Asakura, I haven't seen you since my second life, then you were barely a child and now haven't we grown"
"I'm not here to chat, you made this very clear that you won't reason with us" she glared at him "and by the way I dropped the name Hikaru many years ago"
"I see" he drew a sword from under his cloak "now shall we see which one us is stronger"
"Firstly I need to do something" she turned away from zeke, towards the lieutenants battlefield and brought out two talismens from her hoari "kaze kitsune, kaminari kitsune " from the talismens came 2 sprits. (Wind fox, lightning fox)
They were different from zekes since they took on more fox like forms opposide to the orges making them look very swift and agile in comparison; they were total opposites. The only difference between each of them that one was green and one was blue but they both had the same features and build. Tori's had fur sticking out from their shoulders and a furry chest, the only form of clothing are the sleeves they wore, and had three fingers and claws on each hand. They also had long, white, three-toed legs and a long, white-tipped tail. Their feral features and penetrating eyes can made them seem quite intimidating and cruel in a way. The 2 spirits bowed at their summonses feet as if they were awaiting orders: "we live to serve our lady" the chanted in unison
"I see you obtained shikigami's also" zeke noted
"Yes" she turned to the shikigami's "destroy the opposing shikigami's by the names of zenki and kouki" she instructed in a calm tone
"Yes my lady" they replied disappearing in a flash
At that moment both zeke's shikigami's took kicks to the face, throwing them off balance as tori's shikigami's kicked them in the face and started their own battle as the tables had turned for the lieutenants.
"They seem very loyal" zeke added watching the shikigami battle in action before he turned to tori again
"Aren't they all?" Tori replied "shikigami's live to serve the ones they deem their masters even if you tell them to leave they would still be there for when your life is in danger. That's the life the shikigami's choose to live" Tori turned back to zeke
"Why so serious? This is not like you" zeke smirked
"Because" tori took a breath and reached for her zanpakuto "i can never forgive you" she unsheathed her zanpakuto and pointed it towards zeke "rise fenikususukai" (sky Phoenix)
Her zanpakuto glowed green before releasing a huge blast of light, making it unable to see what was happening in the flash for a second. When the flash died down they could see the zanpakuto had changed a little, the blade had turned from silver to black with a engraving of a Phoenix in flight that extended from the tip to the end of the blade. Attached to the hilt was what looked like medium beads which clicked a little when they moved, they matched the the trinkets in tori's right fringe which had only appeared in her sprit form. With such little change it could be assumed that it had to be one of the ultimate element swords.
"T-tori" toshiro looked at her with amazement
"Fenikususukai" soi fon sighed
"You know this zanpakuto?" Toshiro looked at her
"Yes" soi fon breathed clenching her fists in the dry earth "it's known as the ultimate storm sword"
"It's not one to be taken so lightly" Shunsui added, he looked up at the young cinnamon haired girl "hey tori" tori turned to the older captain "is it true that you've achieved someone above bankai?"
She turned away to look at zeke again "no" she shifted to a fighting stance "it's 2 levels above bankai" she gave a slight smile
"I want to see this" zeke taunted her "show it to me"
"No" tori sighed "not just yet, don't worry I will fight you but let's go somewhere more secluded"
"Agreed"
"Wait" komamura interrupted "I don't agree, this is a gotei 13 fight. I may not know captain Asakura like some of you but I believe splitting up is not a option for success"
"You are wounded though" tori argued back "and are in no shape for this fight. You will die if you follow me to battle him"
"I am sorry but that is not the gotei 13 way" byakuya corrected her "we fight until we no longer have any breath left in our bodies"
"Then I will have to make sure you don't and make sure your wounds heal properly" tori replied
"But last time I remember, you cannot use any healing techniques" soi fon scuffed
"Nope" tori laughed a little "I was never good at concentrating on one thing since my mind would wander a lot when I was younger but I do have one ability, hand fukkatsu" (feather revival) at that moment feathers seemed to fall from the sky, coating the wounded captains and lieutenants completely in a feathery barrier for it to them glow a silvery green colour from within as the wounds on the shikigami's started to heal (even if they did look like feather mummies on the ground)
"A healing ability" zeke asked with interest "and to think I thought your was a purely attack type"
"That's actually the only healing technique I can use but it will keep them down as well so they won't interfere with us"
"Good, I wanted to settle it between us to see who is truly the strongest shaman shinigami" zeke took a leap into the air and started walking away from the scene "are you joining me or not?" He asked impatiently
"Just a second" carefully she walked over to a very familiar form, even though it was covered in feathers she could still tell who it was. She leant down to the form, kissing it lightly on the lips as she tried to fight back tears "I'm so sorry toshiro, whatever happens I still love you and if I come back I promise to tell you everything. I love you my silly snowflake and always will" she smiled kissing his forehead
Toshiro wanted to call back to her to not leave or that he didn't care who or what she may be but most of all that he loved her too yet every time he tried to open his mouth the feathers stuffed it shut.
"ok let's go then" she turned back to zeke who grinned in satisfaction
