AN: Yayyy! Obama won! Just shows you how America hates a snotty, abortion hating republican :). Anywayyyyyyy another early update thanks to LIGHTNINGFFXIII and especially JammerToTheRescue, who's review made me legitimately laugh out loud, thanks again :). So obviously this chapter starts off right where the last one ended due to the Cliffhanger in the last chapter. However I'm kind of disappointed with myself for writing such a short chapter, usually I can write a lot more. But don't get discouraged this chapter has even more fighting and drama in store!

And as a separate warning, there will be a few minor hints of RenjixOC(no there won't be another OC introduced). Every chapter that has some hints of RenjixOC I'll warn you prior to the chapter always and this is kind of one of the chapters. Actually I wasn't sure where to put this warning but I was reading the chapter over and I decided there was a few hints of it so in order to stop any confusion I just put it here. However, I will say that the hints to RenjixOC will stop later in the story and be replaced with some RenjixRukia(Which I'm not a huge fan of but I'll do my best writing a little bit of it into the story). Hmm, is that it or should I rant on about stupid nonsense for another paragraph?

Nope, no more ranting for now!(Yay!) So without further delay here is your chapter!

Updated for spelling and such on 10/10/13

Chapter 9: The Backbite

Recommended Song: "Start Again" by Red

(Karakura Town, 3rd Person POV)

Ting!

Rukia opened her eyes when she heard the sound and realized she wasn't cut, looking up with wide eyes and seeing Mizuki standing in between her and Grimmjow. Even though she knew Rukia couldn't see the blonde girl smirked as she held back the Espada's sword effortlessly. "Rukia, how many times have I told you to watch your back? You should be more careful next time." She said with a small smile at the nostalgia of saying it, lightly scolding her.

The 4th seat stared at her ex-Lieutenant with wide violet eyes in shock, Grimmjow glared at the blonde who had gotten in his way. "You little bitch!" He yelled before pulling back his sword and tried to attack her but her sword easily held his back once again.

Mizuki flicked her other sword and it shattered and the shards hit him all at once pushing him back nearly off the rooftop. She glanced over at Rukia while Grimmmjow tried to get up. "Take care of Ichigo alright? I'll fight Grimmjow." She said.

"But Lieutenant." Rukia tried to argue that Mizuki shouldn't fight him alone when she abruptly felt her reitsu. The dark haired girl's eyes widened at the spiritual pressure thought to herself that it was stronger than the last time she saw her Lieutenant. So much stronger that at first she didn't recognize it at all because of the sheer power behind it and for once she froze in place unable to move under the pressure of her former Lieutenant's spiritual pressure.

"Just trust me, okay? I know it's hard but can't you try? You're not like everyone else and I think you can trust me easier than them." Mizuki asked quickly as she turned to face the Espada who had gotten to his feet. Rukia quickly nodded and flash stepped over to a nearby alleyway that Grimmjow had thrown the substitute soul reaper towards. Once she turned the corner into the ally she saw Ichigo who had hit a nearby building as he started to get to his feet.

The dark haired glanced him up and down, only noticing a wound on his head. "Are you alright, Ichigo?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo nodded. "Yeah, what happened?" He asked, wondering where Grimmjow was and why Rukia wasn't fighting.

Rukia glanced away. "Mizuki is fighting him, she told me to take care of you." She told him, Ichigo quickly glanced up looking over Rukia's shoulder and saw Grimmjow and Mizuki attacking each other and clenched his jaw in anger.

"Damn it, that idiot!" The substitute soul reaper yelled, Rukia reached out to stop him but before she could he flash stepped out of her reach and she mumbled a curse under her breath softly. Vaguely as she rushed to her feet she wondered why Ichigo had gotten so angry when he saw Mizuki fighting the Espada on her own as she ran over to them to a safe distance away but not too far from the fight.

Ichigo used flash step to run over to the fight and drew his sword before he tried to cut the Espada. He noticed Mizuki glare at him a little and he looked over at her as they both began to slash away at Grimmjow who managed to dodge some. "What the hell is you're problem taking on this guy by yourself?" Ichigo yelled at her.

Mizuki narrowed her eyes at him as her swords shattered to slash the Espada. "I don't have a problem! I was doing fine until you showed up!"

Ichigo flash stepped behind Grimmjow and tried to slash him from behind but the arrancar blocked it with his own sword. "He's trying to bring you back to Aizen, why can't you accept help you idiot?!" He retorted back at her.

The Espada glared at their bickering and growled as he swung his sword to try to hit them both, Mizuki pushed back Ichigo who didn't see the attack but her arm still got cut from the hit. The unexpected push sent the substitute to the ground but Mizuki, despite her injury, managed to keep her balance and stumbled back a few blue haired man smirked and threw his sword against hers while Ichigo got to his feet, giving her barely enough time to dodge. "You know, you saved me a bunch of trouble trying to find you girl but it's a stupid move! I'm not like the other arrancars who've tried to bring you back, I'll kill you if I have to!"

Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the last part of what Grimmjow and swung his zanpakuto at the Espada to make him pay for saying that. However the arrancar merely looked back and grasped his sword with one hand and stopped the attack, glancing back at Ichigo's shocked face with a smirk. "You're not part of my mission, so you're just in the way." Grimmjow said with a laugh as he swung his sword at the substitute soul reaper.

In a quick flash step Mizuki stood between Grimmjow and Ichigo and blocked the blow that would have hit Ichigo with her sword. Ichigo's eyes widened, wondering how she was so quick before he stiffened as she let loose her powerful blue silver reitsu. She narrowed her green eyes at Grimmjow from behind her glasses as her reitsu built up to dangerous levels. "Ichigo…back up or else this might just kill you." Mizuki warned him without taking her eyes off the Espada in front of her.

The substitute decided to follow her advice and jumped back as he saw Mizuki draw her other sword. "Shatter everything Garasu!" The ex-Lieutenant cried out as her sword shattered into pieces and circled around her quickly, slashing through Grimmjow with each rotation around her.

The blue haired Espada growled and winced as he sonidoed away from her but the shards followed him and continued to slash through him in a frenzy of quick movements. Mizuki rushed forward and flash stepped in front of him and jumped at him as she swung her sword at him. The sword dug into his shoulder and she smirked but before she could hit him again his sword swung down towards her and she flash stepped out of the way.

As the blue haired man ran towards her and the ex-Lieutenant simply tilted the hilt of her bladeless sword and the shards all shot towards him, only getting thicker as he stepped closer towards her. Grimmjow sonidoed past some and came out the other end with minor cuts along most of his body as he tried to attack her again. Mizuki glared at him and pointed towards him. "Carriage of thunder, bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Bakudo # 61 Rikujokoro."

In a quick moment six thin white beams of light trapped Grimmjow and he fell to the ground, Mizuki raised her sword to give him the finishing blow. She was cut off when suddenly Tosen appeared in front of the Espada with his sword drawn and ready to stop hers. The ex-Lieutenant narrowed her eyes at him and immediately suppressed her reitsu so he couldn't sense her and swung her sword at him.

The ex-Captain reached out and grasped her wrist that held her sword and twisted it around painfully to have the blade against her own throat. Rukia winced as he watched Tosen bend her wrist in an odd and agonizing way. "Lieutenant Yasuko!" She called out worriedly but the next moment Mizuki used her good hand to punch him and let go of her wrist and with a kick he fell back into Grimmjow.

Mizuki looked over at him and scoffed as he opened a garganta and pulled a reluctant Grimmjow inside with him silently ignoring the Espada. With a sigh she decided against going after them and glanced down at her wrist as Ichigo ran over to her with Rukia. "You okay Mizuki?" Ichigo asked, looking at her bent wrist.

To his surprise the blonde smiled and nodded. "Yep, are you guys okay?" Mizuki asked as she twisted her wrist back in the opposite direction Tosen did with a loud crack.

"We're fine Lieutenant, thanks for helping us." Rukia told her with a smile.

The blonde sighed. "You shouldn't thank me, they were here to try to capture me you guys only got roped into it because they went after you in the process. And you do know you're going to have to stop calling me that right? I'm not a Lieutenant anymore." Mizuki told her.

The 4th seat narrowed her eyes at the statement. "You're still my Lieutenant, I don't care about what Yamamoto says." Rukia told her with a small smile when she saw Mizuki's expression soften a little. She opened her mouth to say something else when Mizuki glanced over her shoulder and sighed.

"Renji that idiot!" The blonde murmured under her breath before flash stepping out of sight, the next moment Rukia and Ichigo stiffened as a powerful spiritual pressure dropped off and disappeared.

(Around Urahara's Shop, 3rd Person POV)

The arrancar laughed at Renji as he hit him to make him fall to the ground, the red head struggled to get to his feet but was cut off when he heard the familiar voice of the girl he used to call a best friend. "Stop right there pretty boy!" Mizuki yelled at Yylfordt as she slashed through his chest.

Renji's eyes widened before he simply glared at her before looking away, trying not to care about the fight anymore. Mizuki none the less blocked the arrancar's cero before flash stepping behind him and stabbing his back. The Espada swung his hand around to cut her but her sword easily held it back before she used her other zanpakuto to slash open his chest.

Mizuki jumped back when the blonde Espada with long hair cried out in pain, her swords raised in a defensive way so she was ready to block any attack he may have. As she did she faintly felt Ichigo and Rukia's spiritual pressures as they flash stepped into the area. The substitute scowled when he saw the blonde ex-Lieutenant fighting the arrancar and grasped his sword and took a step forward to join the fight. However before he could Rukia grasped the arm of his shirt to stop him. "Don't waste your time, the fight's already over." She told him, staring forward at her ex-Lieutenant.

Ichigo raised an eyebrow at her statement. "What the hell are you talking about?" He asked her in a confused voice. However the dark haired 4th Seat didn't answer his question and watched the blonde girl dodge a hit from Yylfordt. The orange haired man followed her gaze and decided to watch the fight instead. Mizuki jumped forward and slashed through one of the arrancar's hands effortlessly and flash stepeed out of the way to dodge the swing from his sword effortlessly.

The next moment Mizuki had her blade out and appeared behind the blonde arrancar as a deep wound began to form in his chest, Ichigo was surprised since he didn't even see her attack. Mizuki sheathed her swords when she watched the arrancar fall to the ground dead and glanced over at Renji. She narrowed her eyes at him a little when she noticed that he hadn't moved the slightest inch since she arrived. His sword lied in front of him and he was on his knees bleeding and staring down at the ground so she couldn't see his expression.

Almost silently she walked over to him and bit back a glare when he didn't look at her, she stood in front of him and held out her hand out for him. "Hey, are you okay?" Mizuki asked none too happy but none the less waited for him to take her hand and help him up. Renji slowly raised his head just enough so that when he glanced up he could only see her hand outstretched towards him and then up at her face suspiciously, she raised an eyebrow at his expression. "Renji…" She started, her voice softer than before as if silently pleading with him to do the right thing and have everything go back to normal for them.

In a quick flash of movement Renji picked up his sword and swung at her and extended out his sword to cut her and make her hit the building behind her. Rukia's eyes widened and glared at the red head as she and Ichigo jumped off the building they were standing on. "What the hell are you doing you idiot?" She yelled at him as Mizuki got to her feet.

Renji ignored Rukia and didn't even look at her as he glared at the blonde he once called a best friend. "I don't need you're damn help! If it wasn't for you betraying the soul society to join that ass Aizen I wouldn't even be in this mess! You're just like him, you're just a traitor! You've always been one and you've never been my best friend!" He yelled at the ex-Lieutenant angrily as he pulled back his blade.

Mizuki didn't show much of a reaction to his loud voice that only gave her a slight headache and scoffed. It wasn't hard for her to hide her disappointment, she had wanted to start over with him but she somehow had a feeling something like this would happen. She wanted to laugh at herself for even thinking that he'd forgive her for leaving the soul society, she was a fool to think that everything could go back to normal so easily. "I'll remember that the next time you try to get yourself killed." She said seriously and glanced up when Renji swung his sword at her again.

The red haired Lieutenant scoffed as his sword hit the building when she disappeared with a flash step, he glared at the space she once stood. Renji clenched his jaw and had to stop himself from shaking with rage, he couldn't believe that she had the nerve to actually save him to try to trick him. Rukia and Ichigo ran over to him, the dark haired girl grasped his shirt and pulled him down to her height and glared at him. "What the hell is wrong with you Renji? She saved you and you attacked her like she was one of the Espada or something!" She yelled at her childhood friend, Ichigo scowling at the scene with annoyance.

The Lieutenant glared at her and pushed her away from him. "That's because she's not on our side Rukia! She's just trying to trick us, so stop believing every word she says just because she was your Lieutenant." Renji scoffed, sheathing his sword as he clenched his hands at his side with a scoff. "I'll see you guys at school tomorrow, I'm tired." He said as he turned his back on the two of them and started to walk back to Urahara's shop.

Ichigo scoffed as Renji walked away and crossed his arms over his chest. "What's his problem?" He asked, glancing down at Rukia to see her still glaring at the red head as he walked away.

The dark haired girl merely shook her head, a pissed expression settling on her face as she turned her back to Renji and began to walk back towards Ichigo's house. "He's an idiot, let's go home." She told him, and Ichigo decided against asking anything else before she got pissed at him too.

AN: So yeah I wasn't a major fan of this chapter because it was so quick but it was a lot of fun to write! Please tell me what you think though! Leave a review and tell me what you think about it so I can improve my writing! Oh! And It make's me update the story quicker too! What a deal! :D

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At the statement Toshiro wasn't sure if he was happy or mad, on the one hand Momo had finally realized that Aizen was evil but on the other hand she still believed in Mizuki. "Momo…" He tried to explain to her that Mizuki did betray them but the girl on the screen was quick to cut him off.

"Just… at least try to give her one more shot, please Shiro? You gave me a second chance after what I did to you, what's so different about giving Mizuki another shot?" Momo asked him, her chocolate eyes meeting his turquoise ones. He sighed, they both knew that he could never tell her no.