Chapter 11: A Bone To Pick
Inuyasha and Ikkaku finally arrived at the Squad 11 barracks gate. "Captain Zaraki is one man you not to mess with." Ikkaku warns him before the gate opens. Inuyasha can see that the other soul reapers are bowing down to them. "Welcome back Third Seat Madarame." All of them said to them. "Third Seat? You're not the lieutenant here?" Inuyasha turns to him. "No I'm not. The lieutenant is Yachiru Kusajishi. " Ikkaku corrects Inuyasha's assumption. "Baldie!" A little girl with pink hair runs up to them. "Is this the new guy that'll be joining us?" She wears the standard soul reaper uniform, but the only difference is the badge on her left arm. "You're the lieutenant of this squad? This is not what I had in mind." Inuyasha widens his eyes, looking a Ikkaku and pointing his finger at the girl. Yachiru immediately shows the angriest face. "Run!" One soul reaper shouts as they run for they lives, since they know what they'd get if they upset the girl of their squad.
Inuyasha finds himself alone with the lieutenant. He doesn't seemed too convinced for what he's getting himself into. "Feh, you call yourself a lieutenant? I might as well give you a piece of my mind." He said cockily while he cracks his knuckles. Yachiru's expression grows scarier than before, and yet Inuyasha still isn't convinced. "Listen kid, I've been handling kids even before you. So if you think you're no different from any of them, you got another thing coming." Inuyasha cockiness creates a grin as he about to strike the little girl in front of him. "That's no way to talk to the my lieutenant of my squad, kid." A deeper voice stops him in his tracks. "Hey there, Kenny welcome back." Yachiru smiles to him as she gets onto his shoulder. Inuyasha turns his gaze to the bigger guy behind him. He can't believe what he's seeing before him. A big guy who leads the strongest squad in the Soul Society has a little girl as the lieutenant. "You've got to be kidding me." Inuyasha points to his captain. "You got a problem with that?" Zaraki asks his as he gets his face to Inuyasha. Inuyasha won't allow Zaraki to hurt his ego. "Yes. I find it wrong for you to have a little girl to be in the second position of your squad. It's not right at all." Inuyasha issues his complaint. "Sounds like you do have a problem with this squad…" Zaraki pulls back with a grin of him own. "…Which is why I want to personally test your swordsmanship." Zaraki offers this opportunity. As Zaraki enters the building, Inuyasha raises an eyebrow. "Is it just me, or is your captain like this all the time?" Inuyasha asks a soul reaper with short purple hair with a pair peacock feathers on his right eye. His difference from the rest of the group is the orange collar on his neck that strapped to the orange wristband on his right arm. "Let's just say you shouldn't mess with him. You could be lucky if he doesn't kill you." He warns Inuyasha before he goes into the building. 'I did get myself into a crazy squad.' He thought to himself and goes in.
Inside the Squad 11 barrack's training room, Zaraki sits on the floor, "Kenny who is that guy who made me angry back outside?" Yachiru asks her so called-fatherly figure. "That's Inuyasha Takahashi, and from what I've heard is that he's not actually dead." Zaraki answers her question with gruffly tone. "What do you mean by that?" She asks him innocently. "I'll sword fight his way to know his secret." He finished his statement.
Right on cue, Inuyasha enters the room with Ikkaku and the man who warned him earlier. "Fifth Seat Yumichika Ayasegawa, I see you met our new recruit." Yumichika bows down before the captain, "I have captain Zaraki." Yumichika replies. Hearing that position has made Inuyasha more confused. "If Madarame is your third seat, and this Ayasegawa is your fifth seat, then who is the fourth seat?" Inuyasha asks in a dump folded look. Zaraki draws his sword out of its sheath. Inuyasha quickly takes a closer look at the sword. "I assume you have used your sword a lot throughout your life." Inuyasha said as he pulls out his sword as well. "This sword is the Squad's treasure. It's been passed down to the captain since this squad was built." Zaraki explains as he slides his finger on the blade. "And here I thought my sword here is as worn out as yours." Inuyasha mocks his Tetsusaiga with Zaraki's sword. Hearing that, may have pissed off Zaraki. "Is that so? Why don't we test that theory?"
Zaraki runs up to Inuyasha and can feel something weird when their blades clashed. "I knew there was something strange about you. I'd reckon you that you unleashed you inner power." He forced Inuyasha to do what he is told. "Fine. If that makes you consider even stranger than what I appear, then here I come." Inuyasha yells in effort as the Tetsusaiga glows. Zaraki jumps back to witness Inuyasha's true potential. The other Soul Reapers are surprised as their captain. "Amazing." Yachiru smiles at the scene. The power of Tetsusaiga not only increase Inuyasha's potential but reverse his true form. The rusty sword transformed into a giant dog fang with a furry hilt. The soul reapers seem more surprised than shock to see their new recruit in a different appearance. "Ah shit. I knew I should've done it." Inuyasha sighs. "Alright, so you caught me. As you can see, I'm a half-demon. I bet Yoruichi told you this before she retrieved me." Inuyasha shows a shamed look. Zaraki on the other hand doesn't seem to upset about this. "Yeah she told me and she believes that you can improved your fighting skills to help us out." Zaraki nods as his head in an understanding manner. "I have to admit that I am impressed with your Zanpakuto." Zaraki looks interest. "Zanpakuto? No, this here isn't anything like it. I inherited this sword from my father who used his own fang to create this weapon." Inuyasha explains his sword. "I'm beginning to like your confidence Inuyasha. I hereby promote you to be the fourth seat of my squad." Zaraki announces the new recruit. Everyone applauds to him. "If I have to improve my skills, then I indeed came to the right place all along." Inuyasha smiles as he and the captain practice regular sword moves.
