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Central 46
Kurai arrived just as Momo's zanpakuto hit the floor where Hitsugaya had been and blasted it, sending pieces of the floor skyward. Hitsugaya suddenly flipped over, falling toward Gin and reaching for his sword. Before he could draw it, Momo appeared in front of him, ready to slash. At the last moment, Kurai grabbed her as he passed, pulling her out of the way and landing a safe distance from them and taking her zanpakuto. Hitsugaya nodded then drew his zanpakuto and slashed at Gin who blocked it with ease. Momo struggled against Kurai but he tossed her sword away, turning her to face him.
"Momo!" Kurai snapped and she froze. "Think about this! You know Captain Hitsugaya better than anyone! Would he ever attack an ally? Is it possible Aizen was wrong?"
"But...Captain Aizen," Momo began.
"Wasn't perfect," Kurai interrupted. "Is it possible that he was wrong about who was behind everything?"
"I don't..." Momo began to cry and Kurai sighed.
"Listen to me Momo," Kurai sighed. "If you can't trust Captain Hitsugaya, then trust me. Hitsugaya didn't kill Aizen."
Momo nodded after a moment and turned to the battling captains.
"Evidently the rumors about Squad Ten's Captain Hitsugaya are true," Gin stated after jumping away from Hitsugaya. "A child prodigy of the sort that comes along only once every few centuries. How very dangerous you are."
Spirit Energy and Spiritual Pressure began to radiated from Hitsugaya in waves. He fixed Gin with a cold stare and Gin raised his zanpakuto in response.
"You're really serious," Gin noted.
"Now die!" Hitsugaya shouted sprinting forward.
As they reached each other, they both slashed but the only thing that happened was Hitsugaya cutting Gin's sleeve. Hitsugaya spun, slashing at Gin who blocked it then spun, shoving the blade away as Hitsugaya slashed again.
"Stay here," Kurai ordered and sprinted forward to help Hitsugaya.
Izuru appeared in front of him, blocking his slash.
"I can't let you interfere Kurai," Izuru stated. "I'm sorry."
Gin suddenly tore off the damaged part of his sleeve, throwing it at Hitsugaya and charging after it. Hitsugaya slashed the cloth out of the way then began to back away, blocking Gin's attacks as Gin tried to stab him in a flurry of blade afterimages.
"Well Squad Captain, what do you think now?" Gin questioned. "Do you still like your chances?"
Suddenly a chain with a crescent moon blade attached to the end wrapped around Gin's sword, stopping his assault, the other end being attached to the buttcap of Hitsugaya's zanpakuto. Hitsugaya leapt over Gin, getting some distance before Gin wrenched his sword free, the chain falling to the ground between them.
"I see," Gin smiled. "I had better not underestimate you, Toshiro Hitsugaya or else I may wind up regretting it afterwards."
"No, you're wrong about that," Hitsugaya stated. "Because you're going to start regretting this day right now. Remember, it's you who forced me to do this Gin, and now you're going to pay for what you did to Momo!"
He leapt into the air, black clouds forming over them and water shooting into them from Hitsugaya's zanpakuto.
"Rain over the frosted heavens!" Hitsugaya shouted, slashing his zanpakuto. "Hyorinmaru!"
The water all froze forming a massive dragon which flew higher before circling around Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya slashed his sword, stopping when it was pointing at Gin and the dragon shot past him, straight at the target. It crashed down, Gin escaping unharmed but Izuru getting hit by the water, which then froze. A column of ice connected Izuru's feet to the dragon and it swung him around crashing him into the ground and breaking leaving his feet frozen. Kurai had been facing the dragon and had gotten clear with Momo. Gin landed on the rooftop and Hitsugaya appeared in front of him, swinging his sword in a circle then a vertical slash, forming another ice dragon that flew at Gin from nearly point blank range. Gin held out his zanpakuto, creating a shield from his Spiritual Pressure, the dragon exploding against it and disappearing. Then, his left hand froze as Hitsugaya wrapped the chain around it, hanging on and pulling.
"My Captain!" Izuru shouted.
"Now you're done, Gin Ichimaru!" Hitsugaya stated, pointing his zanpakuto at him.
"Pierce his flesh, Shinso," Gin growled, zanpakuto extending from his robe and at Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya leaned back, the blade scraping across Hitsugaya's as it passed. "Really, are you sure you want to dodge this? If you do, she'll die."
The blade was heading strait toward Momo who was looking away from it to watch as Kurai went to make sure Izuru was restrained. At the last second, Rangiku arrived, Gin's blade slamming into the flat side of hers and stopping but cracking Rangiku's zanpakuto.
"Rangiku?" Hitsugaya breathed.
"Captain Ichimaru, please put away your sword," Rangiku called. "If you refuse, then you're going to have both of us as your opponents."
The cracks on her zanpakuto spread, nearly having broken it completely in half. Any second and both she and Momo would be impaled. Gin snorted in amusement and retracted his zanpakuto, putting it away and leaving. Kurai sighed and broke Izuru's feet free and Izuru followed. Then, Hitsugaya and Kurai returned to Momo.
"Thank you, Rangiku," Hitsugaya sighed.
"Yes, thank you," Momo agreed.
"Have you two been to the Central Forty Six Compound yet?" Kurai questioned.
"No," Hitsugaya sighed. "As you can see, we've been a bit sidetracked."
"I noticed," Kurai nodded. "We'll need to go now, then. Before Gin can get back there."
"Right," Hitsugaya nodded. "Of course, getting caught up in a fight with him inside may be hazardous to us and the Central Forty Six."
"True," Kurai nodded. "We'll just have to be careful."
Hitsugaya nodded just as Momo raised her sword to Kurai's throat.
"What's at the Central Forty Six Compound?" Momo questioned. "Why is it so urgent we go there?"
"I went there to appeal Rukia's execution," Kurai stated. "But I have no memory of what happened while I was in there. Only of leaving and then being near Kusajishi and fighting illusionary hollows for several days without knowing time was passing. Something was off about the Central Forty Six Compound, though. I remember that much."
Momo stared at him for a moment before lowering her sword and putting it away.
"Hitsugaya, you and Rangiku will need to handle this alone," Kurai stated suddenly. "I have something I need to take care of."
"What?" Hitsugaya questioned just as a Hell Butterfly appeared landing on Rangiku's finger when she lifted a hand.
"Find someone," Kurai stated.
"The following is an urgent message for all squad captains and their lieutenants," Rangiku stated. "A change has been made regarding the execution of Rukia Kuchiki. Be advised that this convicted prisoner's execution is now set for...twenty nine hours from now! This decision is final and irrevocable. There will be no further changes to the execution date. That is all."
The Hell Butterfly flew away and Hitsugaya opened and closed his mouth as if trying to speak for a moment.
"We have to stop the execution," Hitsugaya growled.
"Go to the Central Forty Six Compound now," Kurai growled. "Momo, go with them. Whatever you find there, find out who's behind all this. convince them to stop the execution if you can. I'm heading back to my squad. Kenpachi wants the execution stopped too, albeit for a different reason."
Hitsugaya nodded and Kurai left, the other three heading toward the compound.
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