I do not own Bleach or Harry Potter the both belong respectively to Tite Kubo and J.R. Rowling
Just as Lily, Ron, and Ginny found themselves facing off against Fullbringers, so too did Tonks as she found herself standing in a forest clearing, with the Fullbringer known as Zane. Though for whatever reason the man hasn't made a move against her yet.
"So what's your deal?" Tonks questioned, keeping a tight grip on her wand. But Zane didn't even respond to her and instead decided to sit down against a tree.
"Oh relax" said Zane. "I'm not really interested in fighting you."
"Oh but you didn't hesitate to fire on Harry."
"Eh, it wasn't so much that I wanted to kill the kid. As I didn't want him getting away with the old man."
"Really, and here I thought you wouldn't mind a little more wizarding blood on your hands." To Tonks' annoyance the Fullbringer actually had the nerve to laugh at her. "Yeah, well laugh at this!"
"I'm sure you're probably flipping me the bird. But that tends to lose its effect when you're giving it to a blind man." Zane smirked, the indignant squeak from Tonks confirming his assumptions.
"Ok fine. If you aren't going to attack me then what are we doing here?" Tonks demanded.
"Simple really, I'm waiting for Lorene to stab old Hogwarts in the heart." Zane said casually. "After that I plan to go track a certain someone down."
"Oh and who's that?" Zane took on a pensive face as he debated revealing the identity of his quarry before finally coming to a decision.
"I'm looking for the piece of shit called Mundungus Fletcher." For some reason this didn't surprise Tonks as her Auror mentor had complained more than once about the criminal wizard.
"Look whatever, Fletcher did to you, I'm sure we can handle it legally" said Tonks, thinking maybe Zane could be reasoned with. "I can bring your case forward and…"
"And do what?" Zane interrupted. "Your court system doesn't monitor the use of magic by adults and I doubt they'd care what he did to some muggle."
Unfortunately Tonks had to admit he had a point the most Fletcher would get is maybe a charge on violating the statue of secrecy.
"So now what? I'm supposed to just sit here twiddling my thumbs, while your boss destroys my world." Tonks argued.
"Well that's my plan" Zane replied. "The castle's not letting another door appear until either we fight it out or until Lorene finishes the old girl off."
Zane wasn't surprised to sense a rise in Tonks' spiritual pressure as the Quincy/witch hybrid aimed her wand at the Fullbringer, releasing a non-verbal spell that Zane was quick to dodge with Bringer Light.
"So much for handling this peacefully" said Zane, reappearing a short distance away from Tonks, the iconic light of Fullbringer glowed in his unseeing eyes as his visor formed. "Bull's Eye."
Not wanting to give him time to attack, Tonks unleashed a barrage of spell fire on Zane hoping to finish the battle quickly. But unfortunately Zane had other plans as his Fullbring enhanced speed made it a simple task to evade her attacks. Drawing his gun, Zane opened fire on Tonks, who quickly responded with a shield charm that managed to hold up against the spirit energy infused projectiles.
"Now that's interesting, you're a Quincy that prefers fighting like a witch" Zane noted, continuing to fire on Tonks' shield. In response to Zane's prodding, Tonks used her Hirenkyaku, appearing behind the Fullbringer casting another series of spells only to her surprise hit nothing but open air.
"And you're not very fast" Zane taunted, holding his gun up to the back of her head. Tonks broke into a cold sweat as she waited for what felt like eternity for him to pull the trigger. Finally he pulled the trigger, Tonks had to restrain herself from sighing in relief as she heard Zane's gun click, indicating an empty magazine.
As she turned her wand on the Fullbringer, Tonks was surprised to see that he didn't even seem concerned. Then before she could even think about casting a spell a searing pain ran through her body as she felt something blast through her shoulder.
"Guess you forgot, I'm the only one your little group hasn't met yet" Zane taunted. Tonks said nothing as she was mentally kicking herself as she could practically hear her mentor nagging her about constant vigilance.
"Don't go thinking you've won" she challenged, gritting her teeth against the pain. Taking a look at her shoulder, Tonks was surprised to see a target tattooed onto her skin. Her eye's widened in understanding as she realized what was coming next as a second tattoo appeared over her heart.
Tonks barely had time to react as the fallen bullets rose up from the ground and sped towards her, hitting open air as the Quincy/witch hybrid made a high speed move to evade the attack. But just as she suspected the bullets simply changed direction and followed after Tonks as she fled through the forest.
"Run all you like" Zane said smugly. "It won't matter once my target is set, there's no escape."
To Tonks' annoyance Zane wasn't exaggerating about the effectiveness of his Fullbring, for no matter what she did be it shield charms, taking cover, or Hirenkyaku, Zane's bullets continued to follow after her, gaining speed and tearing through obstacles as the Fullbringer focused his spirit energy.
Zane lazily sat against a tree waiting for his bullets to hit their mark and the battle when suddenly he sensed his bullets had somehow lost their target. Moving at high speed he quickly arrived at where he sensed his target vanish. Searching the area with his Fullbring enhanced senses Zane noticed spilt blood on the ground, confusing as he was certain he hadn't hit Tonks.
The woman in question watched from the tree lines, clenching her hand over a small cut on her chest. Waiting for just the right moment Tonks leapt from her perch raining down a number of spells on her opponent.
Zane was quick to respond, diving out of the path of the spell fire, taking cover in the trees. Tonks was about to follow when she noticed a glint of light flying towards her. Instinctively raising her wand to cast Tonks played right into her enemy's hands as the light revealed to be a throwing knife cut her wand cleanly in half, the broken pieces marked by Zane's Bullseye.
"Guess that's the end of the spells" Zane smirked, stepping out into the open, a pair of throwing knives in each hand. Tonks wasn't surprised when the Fullbringer's markers appeared on her body this time targeting her head and heart.
Tonks was quick to form her spirit bow as Zane threw his knives, using her Quincy arrows to knock the blades off course. But as she expected the power of Zane's Fullbring soon had the knives readjusting themselves and were soon flying back towards her. Expecting Tonks to once again fire her bow, Zane was surprised when instead his knives dropped to the ground.
Confused as to why his Bullseye failed for a second time the answer came as a blade of spirit energy extended from the broken piece of wand now in Tonks' hand.
"I can see you're confused" she smirked. "Turns out your Fullbring uses your spirit energy to create your markers. Too bad I've got the perfect weapon against spiritual constructs." The wood of the broken wand shattered revealing a hidden silver hilt. "Seele Schneider."
Zane was certainly surprised that Tonks had kept the Quincy weapon hidden inside her wand but as his Fullbring enhanced senses picked up on the sound of dripping blood he realized a glaring flaw in the witch/Quincy hybrid's defense.
"Guess I could always wait for you to bleed out." Zane said confidently.
"Please I'll be sure to beat you before I have to worry about that" Tonks replied, keeping her bow trained on the Fullbringer, as blood seeped into her eye. Easier said than done. The vibrations from Seele Schneider aren't just effecting his targets. My spiritual pressure's already feeling unstable. If this takes too long I won't be able to form my bow.
Not willing to waste any more time Tonks went on the offensive firing an arrow at the Fullbringer. Zane was quick to dodge and returned fire throwing more knives infused with his spirit energy. Tonks was quick to knock the blades back with her arrows before being forced to run Seele Schneider across her leg.
So began a losing battle for Tonks as Zane's Fullbring proved to be a formidable challenge as regardless of her defenses Zane's targets forced her to cut away at her own reserves. Tonks wasn't out of the fight just yet as she continued to move across the clearing seemingly trying to maintain a certain amount of distance between them. Sadly despite her best efforts Tonks just wasn't able to land a decisive blow against the Fullbringer. The power of Seele Schneider proved to be a double edged sword as finally the blade's power finally caused her bow to breakdown.
"Looks like you lost" Zane smirked, walking towards the now unarmed woman as she dropped to the ground in exhaustion.
"I wouldn't be so sure" Tonks said stubbornly, swinging her blade at the Fullbringer but Zane simply stepped back out of the range of her weapon. "Got you" she smirked, stabbing the blade of her weapon into the ground.
Zane was shocked to find that he couldn't move as spirit energy poured out from Seele Schneider's blade. He could only stand there as a large pentagram formed under him and Tonks, with the witch/Quincy hybrid at its edge.
"One thing my dad always taught me, a good Quincy keeps a backup plan" said Tonks, pulling out a small silver tube (Gintō). "Seele Schneider has the added ability to collect spirit energy in its hilt. And what you see here is the ultimate use of that ability, Sprenger."
"When did you have time to set this up?!" Zane demanded, struggling against the techniques hold.
"No one said you can't setup a backup plan in advance." Tonks smirked, hiding the fact that her earlier spells were in fact meant to transfigure the surrounding rocks and twigs into the four strategically placed Seele Schneider necessary for creating the pentagram. "Now let's see just who's tougher, me or you." Dipping the Gintō in her hand, a drop of compressed spirit energy fell from the silver tube, splashing like water against the hilt of the Seele Schneider trigger a massive explosion inside the confines of the pentagram.
Once the smoke cleared Tonks was left lying on her back broken and bleeding but alive, with no sign of Zane anywhere.
"Ugh, ok… that…. hurt" she groaned, before finally passing out.
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