Episode 11: Trapped Devil Flame
The three Lieutenants stepped towards Hikaru, who took a few steps backwards.
I won't be able to use Hirenkyaku, because I'm still winded from my battle with Lieutenant Hisagi... He thought. I won't be able to fight them because I could hardly handle a Lieutenant with a teammate, let alone two more of them by myself. My only options are to run, or to surrender. The unseated Soul Reapers are behind me, Lieutenant Hisagi's in front of me, and the female Lieutenants are to my right. The best option would run to my left- but that's exactly what they'd expect... I might be able to pull out one more Hirenkyaku...
"Will you surrender, Devil Flame?" Rangiku asked him.
He took off to his left, and everyone chased after him. He then feinted- and punched Shuhei in the face once he got close enough. He then ran in that direction, the Soul Reapers following him.
Satsuki ran back to Kenji. Tears streaked her face.
"What is going on?" Kenji asked.
"The Ryoka... he's... outnumbered. He allowed me to get away and he told me to find you. He is going to get killed... what do we do?"
"Did he say anything else?"
"He said that he'd come back for us."
"Then we wait for him."
"But-"
"No." Kenji stopped her. "We must have faith in him. If he didn't want us to help him, then we must not. That is how it is. That is how it has to be." He sounded as though he was trying to reassure himself as well.
Hikaru took off, jumping across building to get away from them. But they were still hot on his trail.
"Damn." He mumbled. "I'll never get away from them at this rate. I'll need to pull some stuff outta the hat."
"Stop, Devil Flame!" Called Rangiku. "We will use excessive force if you continue to run!"
"Sorry, Lieutenant! But I can't do that! I have a mission to do!"
"Talking to him will do nothing." Shuhei said. "You'll need to show him with force."
"Please don't do that..." Hikaru joked. "I don't want to die."
"What a strange man..." Momo mumbled.
Blue energy glowed at Hikaru's right fist.
Satsuki and Kenji were pacing back and forth.
"What happens if the Ryoka gets captured by the Soul Reapers?" Satsuki asked.
"Don't be so negative. He'll get away from them, he's not dumb enough to fight them head on."
"He'd he out of breath from his last fight. They probably know all of his tricks by now."
"Devil Flame doesn't seem like he's the kind of guy to give away all of his tricks in a few fights."
"But what if he did?"
"Then he'll figure something out. Don't work about him, he can handle himself."
Even with that, Satsuki still didn't seem too convinced.
The energy began to glow brighter in his hand.
This technique... Hikaru thought. I thought it was a waste of time to learn how to use it- but I learned it anyway. It cannot be used in a normal battle because it takes far too long to charge. It is almost ready, I just need another minute.
"Now, Momo!" Cried Rangiku.
"Snap, Tobiume!" Momo called and then fire shot at Hikaru from behind. Hikaru used his Hirenkyaku go teleport around it, and then he blasted the spirit energy at them, and it glowed bright, blinding all of them.*
Hikaru then fled from the Soul Reapers. "Got 'em!" Then his vision turned blurry, and he fell to the ground. Is this from my lack of spirit energy? He thought. No, there's someone else here...
"You're a very strong Quincy. But you're nothing compared to that of a Captain."
Hikaru looked up, getting a glimpse of a woman in a white Captain's Jacket, that had a yellow inside. Other than that, the rest of her was too blurry to actually make out.
"I do apologize, young Quincy. But this is something that I need to do." She stepped closer to him, and Hikaru's head hit the ground. His eyes rolled up in his head, and he passed out.
Kenji and Satsuki were walking forwards, and they saw Hikaru getting carried away by a young female Captain. She had long brown hair, that she tied back in a pony tail, and it came down to the small of her back. She had tired orange eyes. She was slightly pale, and she had her Zanpakuto at her hip.
"Oh no..." Satsuki's eyes widened. "He got captured..."
Kenji swallowed. "We better go."
"What do we do? Hikaru was the guy that lead us... without a leader... we're nothing but a couple of Soul Reapers."
"Satsuki, even without him we'll be able to complete our mission. Our mission is to rescue Rukia Kuchiki- that is what our mission was, and that is what it will be."
"What are we going to do after that?"
"We'll come up with something. I'm sure Devil Flame didn't plan ahead at all. If he did, he could've avoided this."
"But... what if we get caught too?"
"We'll just have to avoid that."
"We can't do it alone... we're going to need to rescue the Ryoka."
"Ever sense you left, you've been freaking out Satsuki. You need to calm down. Freaking out will not solve our problem. Action will."
"You're right, Kenji..." She brushed herself off, and stood up. "But could we at least try to rescue him?"
"No. If we try then we'll definitely get caught, no questions asked. The base will be heavily guarded, it'd be impossible to get in unnoticed, and we won't be able to fight through it. We're not even Third Seats- they're probably guarding the gate with Lieutenants."
Satsuki nodded. "Okay, to Rukia Kuchiki, then."
The young Captain landed outside a small prison, and then walked in.
"We captured one Ryoka." She informed one of the guards. He nodded, and wrote it down in a small notebook. "How many more are there?"
"With the knowledge that we've collected there are four others, a young orange haired Substitute Soul Reaper, a full fledged Quincy, a young human girl with healing powers, and a human boy... who hasn't revealed his powers yet. The Quincy defeated Captain Kurosutchi, and the Head Captain has sent Captain Tosen after him. Captain Zaraki is pursuing the Soul Reaper. The girl's with the Quincy, and Captain Kyoraku is going to take down the boy who hasn't shown his powers."
"Thank you."
"No problem Captain. We'll just hand him to the interrogation core and-"
"Can I do the interrogation personally?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"I thank you again. The interrogation will take place as soon as he wakes up."
Notes: *At this point I was still trying to decide what type of technique this was going to be. I then saw my brother playing Dragon Ball Ultimate Tenkaiichi, and I saw Krillen using the Solar Flare so I inspired it off of that. The other technique, he'll use a bit later in this arc.
I'm sorry to disappoint any actual fans of this story- but it will now go on hiatus. I have several reasons for this. The first reason is because I get the least pumped when writing this story- it's almost like work with no pay. Second reason is I get the least amount of support for this story. I've only gotten two reviews in the past eleven chapters- and neither of the reviews read regularly. The third reason is that no one wants to read a story that gets published once every two weeks. Again, I apologize that for any actual fans of this story. To be more clear, I am not canceling this story- if it were so I'd delete it. I will pick it back up once I finish either Kenpachi in Naruto or Coyote Starrk- a Soul Reaper. It'll probably be Kenpachi in Naruto, if I'm being honest here.
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