I finally got around to ending this fanfic.
Inbi belongs to me. Ikatsui belongs to Dakota. Chikai belongs to Raven. Outai belongs to Evan. Arai belongs to Natalie. Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo.
Allons-y!
Inbi took a second to examine his wounds. Ikatsui had beat him up a great deal already and the fight barely started. His foot was nearly destroyed and the cut on his neck still bled a little. He felt safe now though in his bankai form because he was invisible. He practiced that quite a bit so it would be impossible for Ikatsui to see him. Even his spiritual pressure was down so low it was barely a whisper. The problem right now was time. He could only stay in this form for so long and with Chikai taking care of Arai, he wouldn't get any help anytime soon.
"Come out come out where ever you areee~!" Ikatsui called in a sing-song voice. How could he be so carefree at a time like this? Ikatsui appeared in Inbi's line of sight, but it was clear that he didn't know where Inbi was.
"Lock on," Inbi whispered and Kurokison rushed at Ikatsui. It was odd seeing Kurokison be such a large lion when not to long ago he was just a cub. Ikatsui looked over his shoulder, still trying to find him. Nope, Inbi thought, wrong direction. Inbi held out his dagger and make a quick slash in the air. At the same time, four gigantic claw marks appeared on Ikatsui's hand.
"Ow! Hey, you almost cut off my thumb!" Ikatsui exclaimed. He turned and looked at Inbi. Inbi held his breath, could he see me?, he asked himself. Ikatsui smiled. Shit.
Ikatsui rushed towards him as Inbi jumped into the air. When Ikatsui came in close to where he was, Inbi made a few direct swipes of his dagger. Kurokison's claws took care of the rest, shredding the back of Ikatsui's uniform. A scythe came up, hooked onto Inbi's shoulder and slammed him down onto the ground.
"Invisibility is no good if you don't know how to use it. You're no assassin, Inbi Nagoyaka!"
Ikatsui looked at the ground and his scythe just laid there. That kid had already gotten away. He would admit that he was a fast one but Ikatsui had no fear. He had hundreds of years of experience while Inbi only got a few days to try out this fancy bankai of his. Plus Inbi had a deadline to get this over with. There was no way he could sustain that form for too long and Ikatsui had all the time in the world.
X.o.X
Chikai clutched her shoulder, not the scarred one but the one that her "friend" just stabbed. Arai sat on the floor with her lightning bolt zanpaku-to, not really able to do much more damage. She was too weak to fight after Ikatsui almost killed her. Really, she was too hot-headed to plan anything out. Sure this stabbing hurt but Chikai wasn't going to die from it.
"What is this, Arai?" Chikai asked, "I thought you were our ally."
Arai spat out some blood. "Ally my ass. I hate that Inbi kid and you were his pawn. I teamed up with the better man."
"Better man?" Chikai scoffed, "He left you for dead."
Arai looked at the ground. Chikai saw some sadness in her eyes. She was just pretty badly betrayed. Chikai hoped this wasn't an act because she was falling for the guilty face. Chikai kicked Arai's zanpaku-to out of her hands and sat by her. What was the use of fighting?
X.o.X
Inbi put his arm against a wall. His bankai and Ikatsui were really kicking his ass. Kurokison sat at his feet, licking his paws. Then Inbi decided the offensive was the only way to go. If he was going to lose to Ikatsui, he wasn't going to lose it by running away. He would fight. Inbi looked up at the sky and felt Ikatsui's spiritual pressure in the west. He wasn't trying to hide it all. He wanted to fight too.
Before Inbi pushed off with his shun-po, he looked for Ikatsui's spiritual pressure again. It was much stronger. Something wasn't right with this. Inbi looked to the west and saw a head of what seemed to be a dog. Except it was a skull. It had broad shoulders of bone but that was all Inbi could see from here. Oh no. A chill went down his spine. This had to be Ikatsui's bankai. Inbi hesitated. Was this going to be his last battle? Was he never going to enjoy the spot of Captain of the 7th Company?
No. He couldn't back down. Inbi wasn't a coward. If he ran away, Chikai would be right in Ikatsui's line of fire. Soon Inbi was right by Ikatsui and his skeleton bankai. It looked much taller when he was closer to it. It wasn't just a dog or a human skeleton, it looked like it had some parts of an ancient dinosaur also. Inbi saw Ikatsui high up in the air. His eyes were no longer the Nagoyaka shade of grey, they were pitch black. Odd tattoo-looking markings were all over his body and they seemed to start from his eyes.
Ikatsui suddenly raised his hand and the skeleton creature copied his action. A gigantic scythe came out of the ground and slid into the skeleton's hand. "I know you're here Inbi," Ikatsui said, "I can smell ya!"
Ikatsui started to wave his arms around violently and his bankai would recreate his actions. The scythe cut down trees, ripped up ground and broke walls, all while trying to find the little grasshopper. Inbi was trying his best to use his shun-po to dodge but the skeleton's movements were so erratic it was hard to predict where to go. Inbi successfully maneuvered himself to the back of the skeleton and diagonally slashed the air has hard as he could. He saw Kurokison leap from the ground and hit onto the skeleton's wrist. The hand fell to the floor and smashed into pieces.
This big boy had a weakness! The bones were not that tough. Inbi cursed at himself for not trying the hand the skeleton was holding the scythe in. Ikatsui spun around, his dark eyes full of anger. "Come on!" he screamed, "Where the hell are you?"
Inbi jumped away, trying to get some distance before he used his next attack. Kurokison was at his side, looking as happy as a lion could. As Inbi leaned against the tree he noticed that he was very out of breath. This fight had to end now. He raised his dagger high above his head and swung it down. Kurokison roared and clawed the skeleton's shoulder. The arm came off without too much difficulty. If he kept doing this, he could dismember this creature and win!
Ikatsui screamed and slashed his arm vertically, chopping all the trees around Inbi. Inbi was basically in a field now with no where to hide. He raised his arm, so his dagger pointed at the head of the creature. He was about to stab the air when his hands started to tremble. It was too hard to keep his arms up, he was out of energy. Inbi collapsed to the ground. His invisibility had worn off.
Ikatsui couldn't help but have a huge grin. "There you are," he said. The skeleton creature curled up into a ball behind him. He didn't need bankai for this.
X.o.X
Chikai and Arai sat there in an awkward silence. Chikai really wasn't paying any attention to Arai, she was just trying to focus on the spiritual pressures in the area. Arai probably thought she was zoning out again.
"So what are you going to do, huh? Babysit me all day?" Arai asked. Chikai looked intently at the sky, not listening to what Arai was saying. "Fine. Whatever." Arai got enough strength to get on her knees, about to get up and leave this weirdo alone. Chikai's hand shot out to block her from leaving.
"What?"
"Do you feel that?" Chikai asked. Arai looked around, even at the part of the sky Chikai was staring at. There was nothing there.
"No I don't."
"Neither do I..." Chikai was gone in an instant, leaving Arai there to be alone and confused.
Where was Inbi? Chikai thought. His spiritual pressure was very light when he was in bankai, but she felt it plain as day for a second. Now it was gone. Even Ikatsui's extreme energy went down quite a few notches, but he was still alive. Chikai ran to the west, where she last sensed them fighting. She arrived in a clearing where all of the trees had been cut down. In the middle of this clearing was a body with bright green hair and blood leaking from his throat.
"Oh god, Inbi!" Chikai rushed over to him. Ikatsui had overpowered him in the end, it seemed. As Chikai leaned close to him she realized he was still breathing very lightly.
"Inbi!" she yelled at him. "Inbi!" Inbi opened one of his eyes very slowly. He was on the brink of death and she could see that very clearly. "I'm going to get you to safety, okay? Someone can patch you up, I promise." Inbi's facial expression turned to something full of fear. "What? Inbi, it's all going to be okay, I'm here-" Before she could finish her sentence, Ikatsui slammed the end of his scythe into the back of her head. She wouldn't die from that, just be unconscious for awhile.
Ikatsui crouched by Inbi's side. "I had a great time today. You did have me scared at one point. I haven't had a good fight like that in a long long time."
Ikatsui stood up and rested his scythe on his shoulder. "Well, now I'm off to see this Aizen guy everyone keeps talking about. Goodbye, Inbi Nagoyaka."
Fin.