Chapter Ten
Wow! I'm already at my tenth chapter :3 I'm so sorry that I skipped Ichigo's fight with Ikakku and all that stuff and started till here I hope no one is angry because I did that. Please blame it on my laziness or something like that… Maybe because I didn't know how to put Kasai into those scenes :/ Anyways… Here it is! My tenth chapter! ENJOY! P.s: It's in Ichigo's P.O.V :3
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"It's okay! You can come up now. This exit is the closest to the tower." Hanataro pushes the tile open all the way and climbs out.
"It seems like forever since I've breathed fresh air." Ganju says, taking a big gulp of it. I jump out and squint through the fog that covers the grounds.
"There! That's the Repentance Cell!" Hanataro points up into the sky. Past several blue buildings, a skinny white one stands out the most. It's no doubt the tallest in the Seireitei.
"We may have gotten closer, but look at how far it is from here." Ganju groans. "It looks like it's going to be a rough road ahead."
"Let's hurry." I say. That's when the fog begins to clear. "Hmmm...?"
"Is something wrong, Ichigo?" I put a hand out to stop Ganju.
"There's someone by the stairs." The silhouette of a person comes into my view. He's just standing there. As the rest of the fog clears, his features become visible; red hair that is pulled into a high pony tail, a pair of black glasses that he now pushes up onto his forehead.
"It's been a while. Do you remember my face?" comes the familiar voice.
How could I?
"I would've liked to forget it." I tell him. "But there's still a mountain of payback I owe you... Renji Abarai."
"That's a surprise." he says slowly. "You remembered my name too. That's pretty good."
"Why, thank you."
"I'm truly surprised." he repeats, drowning out whatever Ganju and Hanataro were saying. "I thought you'd be dead after being attacked by Captain Kuchiki."
"Wait a minute, Ichigo." Ganju says as I walk towards Renji.
"I don't know how you managed to survive, but you're something else, alright." He continues, putting his hand on the hilt of his Zanpakutō and pulls it out of its sheath. "But this is as far as you'll go. As I've told you before, I'll kill you for taking Rukia's power. As long as you're alive, Rukia won't get her powers back!"
I take Zangetsu out. "How can you say that after bringing her back here to be killed?" I run at him.
"Go ahead and try! If only you can defeat me!"
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"It's starting he's going up against Renji, huh? He's already defeated a Third Seat. He had better defeat a Lieutenant. Otherwise, he won't be much fun as my opponent."
"Kenny, how is it that you don't sense other people's spirit energy, but you can tell if they're fighting from far away?" Yachiru asks the Captain as they run through the Seireitei, her being on his back she could hear the bells ring on the spikes of his black spikes of hair.
Kenpachi grins and starts to laugh. "It's because I'm strong."
"Huh, that's weird."
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The clash of our Zanpakutō sends a thick wave of spiritual energy off around us.
"Ichigo, you're fighting against a Lieutenant!" I hear Ganju yell. "No matter how strong you are, you can't win!"
Somehow, I'm able to force Renji backward and I run at him straight against the wall. He manages to keep me at bay by keeping his Zanpakutō up and blocking mine. Sparks shoot off from where our blades meet.
"Ichigo Kurosaki... How exactly do you plan on saving Rukia?"
"How...?" Does he even have to ask?
"Even if you manage to defeat me, there are still eleven Lieutenants left, and above them, there are thirteen Captains. Unless you defeat them all, there's no way you can save Rukia. And you think you can do that?"
"Of course," My temper begins to waver. "Who cares how many Captains there are, or how many Lieutenants? It doesn't matter! I'll defeat them! I'll fight them all if they get in my way!"
"What's that? Where did you get your confidence from? Why are you so worked up over this? Your Zanpakutō has changed too, huh? Don't think you're strong just because of that! Don't get cocky!"
Renji flips his blade so that the sun reflects off of it- no, it isn't the sun.
He pushes me back. "Roar, Zabimaru!" Sliding his hand against the flat surface of his blade, his Zanpakutō begins to change. The color is the same as mine. The shape however, it has several sharp edges that stick out from it initially. They are connected by several pieces that look as though they can detach.
He swings it in the air so that it extends. It shoots at me faster than I can anticipate it to. Before my feet can touch the ground, I have no choice but to deflect it with Zangetsu. The force and strength behind it, pushes me back. I plant my feet as firmly as I can to the ground, but there is no grip to them. I slide easily over the ground.
The length of his Zanpakutō never seems to end!
I'm moving farther and farther away from him, getting to the point of where Ganju and Hanataro and I had entered. I hit the wall, causing a large hole to appear in it. The sounds of Ganju's and Hanataro's gasps reaches me from the outside.
"Ichigo!"
Renji retracts his blade. That's all I'm able to see through the dust. Bu as it clears, I can see him standing not too far away.
"You seem to think that you already knew my strength by just fighting me once." he says. "But let me tell you something. When the ranked Lieutenant and above are sent outside, our powers are severely limited so that we can't affect the human world."
I'm struck against the broken walls in a position that makes my back ache with pain.
I have to get up... I have to get up...
"My strength now is five times greater than before." Renji says. "So no matter how strong you've become, there's no way you can defeat me."
"So that means that the attack you just used... was the best you've got?" Pulling myself u, I walk out onto the ground, grabbing Zangetsu from where he's standing up in the ground. "Didn't affect me at all."
I say this despite the large cut I have on my hair line. "Thank you; if eleven of these are what I'm dealing with, then I'm pretty sure I'll be able to handle it."
"You idiot."
And we're gonna cut off right there ^_^
Sorry but I wanted to make this into two chapters... hope you guys don't mind :3...
