Kido Destiny
The ripping void of darkness closed behind Masaki as he took his first steps into Hueco Mundo. It was a dark desert world that gave Masaki an eerie feeling.
Get it, find the shinigami, get out. He thought to himself. It was as simple as that. Focusing, Masaki searched the world for shinigami. Ribbons flew into his inner world. They were all colored a deep black. But the one he was looking for was a bright red one. He found it hidden amongst a lot of thick black ribbons, one of them feeling particularly evil.
Vasto Lorde He thought. There's no way I could defeat something that powerful. He sighed, then levitated high into the air. Just find him, then leave.
He knew the Menos dwelt under the sand, in the forests. As long as he stayed high, he could avoid them. Most of them.
He stayed in the air for exactly three days. Masaki ate through his supplies slowly, making them last. But it was hard, trying to sleep in the sky. He had to find secure looking places to rest, like empty caves or the branches of rare trees. But always, before nodding off, he always put up a guard in the form of Bakudo 73, the inverse mountain crystal.
After following the trail for three days, he found him. The shinigami had tears in his shihakusho and looked cut and worn. He was kneeling on a high mountain top, a tozansho of his own protecting him. From what, Masaki didn't want to think about.
He flew to the shinigami and tapped against the guard. It looked up at him.
Kaname Tosen.
Masaki's eyes widened. "Kaname!?" He blurted.
The blind shinigami nodded. "Help,"
The barrier faded out. Masaki lifted his friend onto his feet and supported him with his shoulder. "Come, we're getting you out of here right away."
Tosen shook his head. "No, you don't understand. They are everywhere!"
As if on cue, a horde of hollow appeared on the horizon. There were more than a few gilian in the mix. Masaki gulped.
"We are like a bright light in the dark to them," Tosen explained. "And like sugar as well."
Masaki analyzed the situation quickly. Need to open garganta. But I don't know if I've learned it yet. Might take a few tries, but the hollow won't wait.
He decided to start off with a spell he knew. He let Tosen onto the ground and held his arms out. His hands began to glow a bright green. He slammed his palms into Tosen's body, instantly rejuvenating him.
"Tosen," He said, "We don't have much time before they arrived. I can open a garganta to get us home, but not with the hollow around. Can you help me take them down?"
Tosen nodded. "It would be an honor to fight alongside you, old friend."
The horde were climbing up the mountain. The shinigami grabbed onto their hilts.
"Cry, Suzumushi!"
"Screech, Higurashi!"
Swords active, the shinigami flew into the air. The first wave of hollow were knocked out cold by Tosen's Suzumushi. Masaki flew higher.
"Hanauta Kaze!"
His blades buzzed. He swung the dagger in a wide arc, sending a powerful sonic blast at the hollow. Several were killed, others just fell back.
Masaki flew low as Tosen flew high. The blind shinigami swung his sword out. It vibrated.
"Suzumushi Nishiki: Benihiko!"
Dozens of blades appeared in the range of his arc. They flew down and impaled many hollow.
The shinigami flew to the ground, ready for their next attack. Masaki pointed his hands at the horde as they climbed over their fallen hollow brethren. He looked at Tosen. "63 one!" He called. Tosen nodded and pointed his own hands at the ground.
"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast!" They chanted. "Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring."
The hollows were racing to the top. "Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm." A gilian raised its head and looked at them. "The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!" It opened its mouth and began a cero.
"Hado 63!" The called. "Thunder roar cannon!"
Huge bolts of lightning shot from their hands! The gilian was killed instanstly, as were many other hollow. Masaki looked at Tosen. "63 two!"
They stared at the horde. "Ye lord, mask of blood and flesh!"
Six hours. They fought the hollow for six hours straight, but finally all were decimated. Masaki sighed in relief. "Good," He breathed. "Now we can get you home."
Tosen nodded. "Yes, let's go home."
Masaki clapped his hands together. "My right hand is the stone that bridges worlds. My left hand is the blade that binds reality. The black-haired shepherd is hung from a chair. Stratus clouds come,"
Masaki stopped. He felt something warm and wet trickle down his back, followed by a sharp pain. "Tosen?"
"I am sorry, Masaki Nakamura." Tosen whispered. "But I will be going home without you."
Masaki fell on one knee and looked at Tosen. "What are you doing Kaname?" He asked. "What's going on?"
"Simple," Tosen replied. He appeared in front of Masaki. "Justice is an ever elusive goal. It comes in many forms, and is never easily attained. It comes at a high price, too. Sometimes, the death of an innocent is a necessary evil in order to attain justice."
Masaki's eyes widened. "Justice?" He asked. "What are you talking about?"
"I am part of a group that plans to attain pure justice," Tosen explained. "And unfortunately, the ability of your zanpakuto could interfere with our goal. Now you are faced with two options; join us, or death."
Masaki fell on his hands. "If your goal was anything good," He began, "You wouldn't have had to lure me to Hueco Mundo to recruit me. That was your first mistake." He breathed.
"And," He continued, "Your second mistake was messing with a kido expert."
"Hado 11,"
He choked. Tosen's sword pierced his left shoulder. The feel of his sword guard was cold against his skin. Blood trickled down Masaki's mouth. He grasped Tosen's hilt. "Bound lightning!"
The attack shocked them both! They were blown back, Tosen's sword still sheathed in Masaki's shoulder. Quickly and painfully, he pulled it out and pointed it at its master.
"Kaname!" He yelled. "Why are you doing this!? Why are you turning your back on everything you stood for!?"
Tosen shook his head. "I have always stood for the path of least resistance. If you joined us, you too would understand. You know nothing of our ideas, our plans."
The blind shinigami was before him in a split second, not 3 centimeters away. "Now give me back my sword."
He grabbed his sword and slammed his palm into Masaki's chest. He went flying back, off the mountaintop. His speed! That's not the speed of a 5th seat!
Tosen was immediately right in front of him, flying downwards. He grabbed Masaki's zanpakuto and pulled it away! Masaki's belt was undone. Tosen grabbed his shoulder with one hand and made a fist with the other. He threw it!
They landed hard, kicking up a cloud of dust. Tosen looked down. Masaki wasn't there.
"Tosen!"
The blind shinigami looked up. Floating high above stood Masaki. "I will strike you down!"
He held his hand out. "Bakudo 9: Disintegrating circle!" A tendril of yellow and orange power shot from his hand. "Hado 11: Bound lightning!" Electricity shot through the tendril Masaki held. It became thinner, longer.
"Consider yourself lucky, Kaname," Masaki said. "No one else has seen this attack. Combination kido," He raised his hand high above. The whip flew high above and twirled in the air. "Lightning whip!"
He brought it down. Tosen flew away, dodging it easily. "Do you think that is supposed to impress,"
The whip snapped to the left and wrapped around Tosen's chest. Lightning bolts flew into his system, burning him from within. Tosen fell on his knees.
"I don't understand," Tosen gasped. "I thought that fight would have taken its toll on you."
Masaki grinned. "It has. I feel like iron nails are being driven into my skull. But I will strike you down!"
The whip became an orange and yellow tendril again. Masaki let it go and it wrapped around Tosen, binding him tightly. Masaki flew down, and pulled his sheathed sword out from Tosen's grasp. "Now I'm going to finish this." He grabbed his belt and wrapped it around his waist before sliding his sheath in.
And then he was falling.
He looked down. Utter blackness. He looked up. Tosen was flying down, the world of Hueco Mundo was closing behind him. He was in a garganta.
Tosen broke his binding and flew to Masaki. The fought in the void, falling and throwing fists, struggling.
"What happened Kaname!?" Masaki yelled as they fell. "Where is the boy who made me promise to use my powers for good!?"
A garganta opened behind them, leading into the soul society. "Where is that Kaname Tosen!?"
They fell into the atmosphere of the rukongai. Tosen put his hands together pulled them apart to reveal an orb of bright green. "That boy is dead!" Tosen yelled. He threw the orb at Masaki.
"Bakudo 73!" Masaki yelled. "Invers mountain crystal!"
It all happened so fast. The time kido flew at Masaki. The blue pyramid formed around him, and the time kido. He put his hand on sword. "Screech,"
The kido hit him. He hit the ground. The tozansho held, burying the boy into the earth. The inverted pyramid traveled for several kilometers under the earth, traveling a horizontal path.
Finally, it stopped. The crystal held. Masaki was frozen, his hand on his hilt. He had half his sword out of his sheath. Normally, the temporal stasis kept every aspect of the victim frozen in time. But Masaki had his sword half out. A tiny portion of its effect was active.
Masaki could not move.
He could not see.
His body was stuck.
But he could think. He retreated into his inner world. It was a void world, no land anywhere. Or water. But there were platforms. Large circular silver platforms floated randomly all around. Masaki sat on the edge of one of these platforms.
"What just happened?" He asked himself. "What's going on? It all happened so fast."
"You know what happened," A soft voice responded. "You've been sealed away."
He looked up. A small girl stood on a platform higher up. She wore a black Elizabethan dress with flowers on the shoulders. Her skin was grey and her hair was dark blue. Her eyes were completely yellow. She jumped down to Masaki's platform and danced in a circle beside him.
"Higurashi," He nodded. "I'm lost. From what I saw, I'm buried underground, frozen in time."
Higurashi continued to dance. "No, not frozen. You're here, are you not?"
Masaki sighed. "But what can I do here?"
Higurashi stopped and danced, spinning on her toes. "It may very well be a long time before you are found," She admitted. "You are obviously wanted out of the way. Why not become stronger?" She stopped dancing and took his hand. "Come, you can practice your kido, and you can learn to wield me more effectively."
Masaki stood up and followed Higurashi to the center of the platform. "Okay. I will learn."
"Good," Higurashi whispered. "And when you are finally released, you will show the world that you can not be kept down."
Author's notes; So that's how it happened. Tosen betrays Masaki, who ends up sealed away for 100 years. Hope you guys like Higurashi's look. Let me know what you think. Please Rate and Review.