Chapter 10

The sun was already setting, the breakthrough had caused a huge riot and had every Soul-Reaper being on the look-out for any strange people that were known as the ryoka. It was tough for Adam to keep out of sight and out of trouble but it was working well.

He sighed, Adam had been caught a few times by seated officers but he managed to either outrun them, outsmart them, and outfight them since most of them couldn't even use Shikai which worked to Adam's advantage. After being chased by a brigade with sharp swords and beating them senseless, Adam was standing on top of a tower where the roof was stretched out like a football field.

Adam was resting on the edge of the tower and was looking down below, he was taking a break from all the running and searching, he sighed and looked ahead and his eyes were dazzled from the over-looking Seireitei. he wondered how everyone was doing on their own, were they running and fighting too, Adam chuckled at the thought of them being chased around like he was......

"So, you're the person who defeated the 3rd seat officer of Squad Five, that's quite impressive foot work you did back there."

Adam's eyes widen, he whipped his head back to see a white-haired man standing a few feet away from him, his clothes were blowing in the wind revealing two swords on both of his hips, Adam knew that this guy was different from the rest, his hand was resting on the hilt of one of his blades.

"Shiraha Manjitomoe, 3rd seat of squad 5, nice to meet you ryoka." stated the white-haired man.

He stood up and stood ready to grab Koutei, Shiraha stood there and slowly drew both his swords which were both identical from the handle but one of the guards was square while the other was round, Adam was being careful not to underestimate this opponent.

Shiraha's swords gave a shine to it as the sun reflected from both of them, Adam drew out Koutei once more, preparing to fight the white-haired man, and in his mind Adam knew that this person was gonna be as powerful as Senka, so he prepared himself for any tricks he might do.

"I have analyzed all of you're techniques and moves when you fought Senka Kururugi ." he blurted out.

"What?!" Adam's eyes widen in shock. "You spied on me?!"

"Yes, now i know what I'm against thanks to you're demonstration, so there is no way you can defeat me." he smiled cooly.

"Dammit...." Adam muttered under his breath.

"So I'll give one and only one chance, surrender or face the consequences." warned the Soul-Reaper.

"Piss off!"

"Excuse me?"

Adam's head was held down low for a moment before he raised it and showed a wicked smile on his face, surprising the white-haired man. Adam took his fighting stance to show that he wasn't going to give up that easily without a fight, Shiraha sighed before pointing one of his swords at him, his face was stern.

"Then I guess it can't be helped now can it ryoka?"

"No it can't!!"

they both shared a good distance from each other, Shiraha stood while pointing his blade, Adam was crouching slightly with Koutei Tora ready to strike and kill, but out of nowhere the air around them started to heat up while Adam was hearing lighting forming in the clouds above him, then Adam was able to hear a small whisper that came from Shiraha's mouth....

"Play nice, Tsuinjisou"
-Twin children-

Both of the swords started glowing until one was glowing with lightning while the other was glowing with fire around it. After it stopped and disappeared the swords had become a pair of Uchigata's, a small one with a yellow handle and the large one with a red handle. Adam also noticed that each of them had a small chain on the end of them one was a fireball while the other was a thunderbolt, Adam quickly snapped out of his thoughts and aimed steady for an attack, he was the first to attack so he jumped and focused.

"Mugen Hakai!!!" Adam shouted as he swung his sword and blasted the energy tiger forward.

Shiraha stood his ground which shocked, making him think if he might be smart or stupid, but before he could register anything, Shiraha made a double swipe in mid-air, then a combination of a fireball with lightning around it headed towards Adam and slowed down the tiger before destroying it and before it even reached the ground.

'Huh, this ryoka is interesting, and from the report.....he is powerful. but this moron doesn't realize that my powers Raiton and Katon let's me control my fire and lightning so no matter what he does, he will die as ryoka should!'
-Ration, Lightning release.-,-Katon, Fire release-

Shiraha then stopped and noticed Adam giving him a odd look.

"What?"

"You just talked outloud you know that right?" Adam said with a sweatdrop on his head.

"What?!" he gasped with a shocked look.

"Yeah, how I'm a moron for not realizing your abilities..." Adam tells him.

"Oh crap, just continue attacking me already!" Shiraha snapped.

"Oh....fine!"

Adam ran towards him and jumped in the air, Shiraha raised his swords and clashed with Adam's, now they were both face-to-face with each other and pushed the swords to knock the others balance and attack when they left an opening, but they both pulled away before continuously clashing their swords together.

'He's one tough ryoka...'

"Thank you!" Adam chirped.

"Damn it!"

Shiraha jumped away and looked at his shoulder to a small scratch from the small rip of his shihakushou, his eyes darted towards Adam's direction, he had a small cut on his cheek that he gave Adam. Shiraha started to swing his two blades around until in seconds Adam was surrounded by a tornado of fire and lightning and Shiraha was nowhere to be seen.

"This is my favorite technique, it's just like hide-n-seek only more... dangerous for the person who inside the eye of the storm." Adam heard Shiraha voice echo somewhere in the spinning torrent that surrounded him.

SLASH!!!

"AAAAGGHHHH!!" Adam shouted.

Something slashed his back, Adam looked around to only see nothing, his eyes darted around in search of the person who did it but didn't see anyone. It was harder to fight there than Adam thought but he wouldn't give up, he had to find everyone and help them to save Rukia.

Adam wasn't going to give up easily against this guy, Adam knew that Shiraha had the upper hand but Adam had the will to win and needed to wait for the right moment. Sure enough another strike came and Adam clutched his bleeding shoulder, he gritted his teeth and looked around some more, Adam was starting to get irritated with this charade.

Koutei was stabbed into the ground, Adam's hand tightened against it while looking around, suddenly something was making his armor on his right arm and his sword shake, he blinked and looked at Koutei, he started to tremble violently and before Adam knew it, Shiraha had striked at his legs making him drop to his knees.

Adam panted hoarsely before looking towards Koutei, Adam realized....that he could feel where Shiraha was going to strike. Adam smiled as he knew that he could use this to his advantage, he closed his eyes and waited for his sword to tremble, and Adam decided to show this guy what happens when someone underestimates him.

Adam flashed his eyes open and raise his right arm as it glowed with the armor and made contact with Shiraha's blades, Shiraha had a look of shock on his face as he looked at the energy shield that was surrounding Adam, then Adam pushed him back with his right arm while he grabbed his sword with his left and sliced his leg. Shiraha grunted as he saw Adam making the shield disappear and slugging his sword over his shoulders.

"Impossible?! What the hell was that, I've never seen you use that move before?!"

"Kin'iro Hogosh, one of my other abilities to use the armor on my right arm to block any attack even yours." Adam said as the shield instantly transformed back to armor on his hand.
-Golden Guardian-

"It's my turn now!"

"It's no use ryoka, your tricks won't fool me!"

"You're right, but i know this will!"

Shiraha put a face of confusion, but before he could register what Adam meant his eyes widen when Adam raised his sword high in the air, Adam smiled once more before raising his spiritual pressure to his most powerful and within seconds, Grey/Silver reiatsu came into view and gathered into his sword.

'What kind of technique is this...?! His reiatsu... it's... it's becoming even heavier than before something tells me that... this attack's different!'

"Yeah it is different, but it's powerful enough to finish this!" Adam yelled.

Before Shiraha knew it, Adam stabbed his sword into the ground and something glowing started to force itself from the ground, Adam's eyes flashed a silver color like before, sending shivers down Shiraha's spine.

"JARI KIBA!!!" Adam shouted as energy fangs shoot up super-fast and headed towards Shiraha.
-Gravel fang-

'Oh crap!'

"RAITON,KATON!!!!"

In the distance, everyone could see a storm of fire and lightning along with what looked like energy fangs going towards the sky before they clashed and the fall of a tower came to pieces. People watched in awe as fire and lightning clashed creating a giant inferno with dust and destruction.

Juushirou looked around until the impact of the two elements came, his eyes widen, it was the same kind of attack as before. His eyes narrowed and he quickly made his way towards the collapsed tower...

Meanwhile Ichigo, Ganju, and a hostage/guide Soul-Reaper Hanatarou were carefully avoiding attacks and run into other Soul-Reapers, the earth shook again making them all stumble, Ichigo, Ganju, and Hanatarou stood against the wall and hid as More Soul-Reaper's passed by and then Ichigo began to over hear them talking.

"It's the energy from before, only it's silver now! A tower has been destroyed, report at the northern district, that's an order! Reports of a ryoka has been sighted and identified to been carrying a unusual sword and wearing armor on his right arm hurry!"

'Adam!' both Ichigo and Ganju thought in union.

"Who is that anyway?" asked Hanatarou nervously.

"He's a friend of ours." Ichigo answered.

"Ichigo... You think he's alright? I mean, he's been catching a lot of attention..." Ganju whispers.

"What do you think he's doing?" Ichigo smiled. "He said he promised to help us, he's making himself the main target so so this could be pretty much used to our advantage and I know Adam won't give up! He won't be caught easily, now lets go!"

At the destroyed tower

Many Soul-Reapers arrived around the area, few of them were Squad 4 officers, everyone was trying to clean up the area and looking for any people that were injured in the eruption of the fallen tower. Juushirou stood there along with Hitsugaya, looking around until.

"We found a survivor!"

The two captains looked back to see 4 people digging before they pulled out an injured Shiraha Manjitomoe out of the rubble, he was in the same state as Senka Kururugi. They finally set him down on a medic bed and was lifted, Juushirou stepped up making the two men carrying the medic bed stop.

"Could you tell me what happened?"

"...The description is just as Captain Ichimaru had stated, the warrior had armor on his right arm and an unusual sword and his name is....Adam Martinez."

"Adam....?" Histugaya repeated.

"Yes... The ryoka is very strong, I think only a Lieutenant or Captain can defeat him, seated officers are useless against him." Shiraha stated before passing out.

"Take him to Squad 4 general relief station!" ordered Hitsugaya.

"Yes sir!"

The two men carry away the bloody body leaving Juushiro and Toushirou to themselves as they are surrounded by many Soul-Reapers cleaning and tending to the wounded who escaped with minor injuries from the tower's fall. Hitsugaya narrowed his eyes, he glanced towards the ill man and before Juushirou could make any attempt to go forward, Hitsugaya grabbed his arm from moving any further.

"Ukitake, you must rest. From the report that gin made this ryoka is dangerous, and that you've been looking for him since he landed near Squad 13 barracks, but please let me take over, I'll look for him and have him brought in to talk to."

"... But..."

"Don't worry, I'll find him before any another Captain does..."

With that stated, Histugaya had shunpo'd from sight and took over Juushirou's search, Juushirou looked ahead of him in a daze. Ever since Gin walked in Yamamoto's presence and reported of the ryokas... he was surprised when gin said something that made him think.

"Oh yes, and one of the them wore armor on his right hand and looked very familiar."

Back with Adam

Adam huffed out from the pain and the lack of oxygen from running, his bandages were burnt and ripped, his old wounds from before when he fought Senka were opened again along with new wounds, blood dripped and soaked into his torn shihakushou. He swallowed the saliva that formed in his mouth to get some air and calm his burning lungs. Adam was thinking how much of a fight Shiraha put up and he hoped he was okay and Senka too.

He leaned against the wall before pushing off and once again started to run into the streets of the Seireitei, Adam was being extremely careful this time so he wouldn't be followed again like with Shiraha. Adam had ran,ducked, hid, and then ran some more.... in his mind Adam was hoping that everyone was doing alright and that they weren't separated from each other.

Squad 4 hospital

Shiraha was left in the same as a certain pink-haired, big boobed girl. Soon as the two men left the white-haired man, a chuckle could be heard bouncing around the room, Shiraha turned his head to the side to see Senka looking towards with her eyelids lowered.

"He got you too huh?" asked Senka.

"Yep...i really thought i had him figured out..." Shiraha muttered.

"Guess not huh? hehehehehehe-ow!"

It was Shiraha's turn to laugh but softly and carefully, Senka only glared and looked away in irritation from Shiraha's amusement. Shiraha finally calmed down and stared at the ceiling, Senka did the same since there was nothing for them better to do.

"Adam Martinez.... truly a strange ryoka." Senka whispered.

"Yeah... A devoted one too."

"I wonder if his alright right now?" Senka asked.

"He beated the both of us remember, so he should be just fine." Shiraha grunted.

Both of them went quiet as the door opened, Senka and Shiraha looked towards the door only to be surprised that it was the captain of Squad 4 herself, Restu Unohana. Her kind smile tugged on her lips and her eyes softly gazed over the two wounded people, it instinctively calmed their nerves, for everyone she truly was a mother-figure.

"Hello 3rd seat officer Shiraha Manjitomoe, 3rd seat officer Senka Kururugi. how are you two today?"

"Not good." both utter while sweat-dropping.

On the roof of a building

Adam was around somewhere in the higher building of the Seireitei, looking for a place to get some rest and have his wounds tended, it was nightfall already and Adam had been on the run, getting into trouble and having to deal with seated officers but he always managed to defeat them and run without getting caught. So far, Adam hadn't encountered anybody powerful like a Lieutenant or a Captain , but for him it didn't matter to as long as he could defeat them, then out of nowhere Adam then started to wonder if Yoruichi was alright.

But what bothered Adam the most was what Senka had said, and it was true, these guys were very strong and they could have the authority to greatly injure or worse, kill a person. Adam was worried about everyone, most of them could handle but the one Adam was worried about the most would be a pacifist, Orihime. She was so cheerful and pure and she had no will to hurt another person, even if they were an enemy, she just couldn't, Adam knew. he closed his eyes and gritted his teeth in frustration, it angered him that she was worried about him and not herself, Adam was even more upset that no one seemed to care about her but only showed concern for him... it sucked for Adam. Orihime needed that comfort, if only he was there with her, if only he was there to look out for her and make sure she was safe and that she wasn't hurt....

'what am i saying' Adam thought in his mind.

Out of nowhere Adam started blushing and was relieved that no one was there to see him, he was wondering why he could only think of her and no one else, he immediately shook his head to wipe away the embarrassment. Adam knew that there was no time to think like this, it was a war zone he and the others gotten themselves into, he glanced towards the moon that radiated over the giant city full of Soul-reapers that you would only hear from stories.

His thoughts then landed on to Rukia, Adam hasn't thought much about her since he arrived at the Seireitei, he closed his eyes and pictured her face there, she would look sad and her eyes dull and distance, her body seemed broken by spirit, silent tears falling from her violet eyes. Adam opened his eyes and gazed at the moon, he clenched his hands into fists, he was going to save her, no matter what happened... even if he loses his own life for it.

Slowly, Adam let his heavy eyelids fall and sleep over took his conscious mind, he was breathed softly into the cool breeze of the night and falling deeper into his sleep. All the while, a dark figure stood there and watched, a sinister plan forming into the back of their minds and moving forward with a zanpakuto in their hands and heading towards the sleeping, unsuspected young American...