A/N: Kubo-sama owns Bleach~ I own Mii-chan ; uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ;

Chapter 10
Shin (真)

She jumped in the air, and struck her opponent with a graceful kick. Bouncing around, she was being unpredictable to other, who was being beaten by someone who had only been using hakuda.

"Nee-chan~," Megumi called.

Rukia stood up difficultly using her katana for support. She had not been able to touch the pinkhaired who seemed like taunting her more than anything. She felt like she was being played with more than anything. Her first impressions were shattered. The cute girl was nothing near frail, and certainly had her place in this higher class of the so-called Militare. As she watched and analyzed the other, she noticed that she seemed like performing a mix of dancing and martial arts. She never had seen that before. Rukia, also, noticed that the girl had never shown her weapon.

The short noble did not have time to recuperate that she was sent waltzing to the other side. She lifted head, and saw Megumi on one foot and her other leg raised. The pinkhead slammed her leg to the ground, and a wave formed creating an earthquake. The buildings surrounding collapsed. Rukia managed to jump away to avoid the impact. In the air, she noticed that Megumi was searching for her with her eyes, she took the opportunity to use Kido.

"Carriage of thunder, bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six!" She invoked. "Bakudo #61. Rikujokoro."

Megumi was restrained by her opponent who took good advantage of the situation. Rukia landed in front of her and used Sode no Shirayuki.

"It is over now," Rukia said. "Some no mai, Tsukishiro."

Megumi looked at the circle forming under her. She murmured a few words, before the column of ices 'trapped' her. Rukia, after making sure that Megumi was trapped in, turned and walked away. She stopped midway, because the way the column shattered did not sound like it normally did. Rukia turned herself, and noticed a fading barrier surrounding Megumi.

"Impossible."

The pinkhead lifted her head, and shook it. She, then, broke free from the Bakudo attack.

"No, Nee-chan~" Megumi replied softly. "I, maybe, the weakest in zanjutsu, hoho and kido in our squad, but I excel in hakuda and kido barriers," she giggled at the paradox. "Nee-chan is good." But she had to do better if she wanted to beat Megumi.

Megumi twirled gracefully, and shunponed to Rukia's side. She shifted on her hand, and hit Rukia in a windmill kick. Kuchiki flew, and hit a still standing wall. She did not miss her.

Replaying the girl's speech, she understood that she had to attack the weak points. She had to use her speed and her swordmanship. Maybe she had a chance, but Rukia first had to pierce in the girl's solid hakuda. She had to prevent her from moving. There was a way she could immobolize the other, but first, she had to keep her distance. She started to run away. Megumi noticed that girl fleeing, and started to pursue her. Rukia started to use shunpon, which made Megumi's pursuit harder.

"Nee-chan~, Nee-chan~, wait up," she screamed.

Megumi lost sight of the girl, who turned at a corner. She turned as well, but met a dead-end. Megumi decided to go back on her tracks. She turned herself, and fell on the Rukia who stab the ground.

"Juhaku"

Megumi could not moved anymore. She noticed that she was starting to freeze, which was bad. She was too late to create a barrier.

"...I have to...I guess..." she let out. Before her hands, started to freeze, she took her wakizashi out of its shelt. "Heaven's Grace, Ame-no-Uzume. [Ten'nomegumi, Ame-no-Uzume]."

The release generated a considerable amount of vapor. If only the girl knew that the moist was favorable to Rukia, them again, it might favorable to her too, thought Rukia. When the thick cloud of vapor evaporated, Megumi revealed her shikai. She looked like a cute doll in her lolita kimono, her pink half mask, but with her shikai, Megumi look different. Her aura was different. She held a weapon that resembled wind and fire wheels. She had one in each hand. Their hilt was red. Both wheels were joined by a long and medium-large silk ribbon (A/N: similar to the one used for dancing) that degraded from purple to pink to orange to yellow like the color of sky at dawn. Megumi twirled on one foot, which made breeze of air. It was graceful. Her face expression was more lady-like.

"Ame-no-Uzume, goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry," she presented, her shikai. "Her comedic dance made the goddess Amaterasu curious, and she left her cave." She smiled. "It has been a while since I haven't dance with Uzume." She pointed the tip of the wheel in her right hand to the ground, and the tip of the one in her left hand to the sky. Then, she was spining on the tip of her right foot, making the cloth swirling and surround her. "Kyokujitsu [Rising sun]." A red circle of fire surrounded Rukia. She jumped away, fearing what was going to happen. Similar to her Tsukishiro, a column of fire rose from the ground. It left the Shinigami dumbfounded.

When she jumped, she diverted her attention from Megumi. The Shinigami did not have time to see that the pinkhead was right next to her. The hakuda expert sent Rukia to the ground with a strong kick. Rukia hardly managed to stand up. Megumi slowly descended to the ground.

"It is over now," She said.

Rukia looked at her puzzled. She barely could moved, because of all those powerful hits that broke a few bones.

Megumi did a beautiful aerial (A/N: cartwheel with no hands), and, while she was still in the air, she whispered "Asamoya [Morning mist/fog]" The air became damp, and a thick fog clouded the area. Rukia could not see the other girl.

"If they find on time, you are luck. If they find you late, I'm sorry," she heard Megumi say softly, before being stabbed repeatedly with the wheels.

The Shinigami fell, and the fog dispersed. Megumi made her shikai disappear, and hid the wakizashi.

"Gomenasai, Nee-chan~"

A/N: This is how it ends. I don't know. It is my first time not making Rukia win a fight. I just used the flaws that I see in Sode no Shirayuki against her. /)-(\ It was supposed to be the shortest of fights :/ Anyways, Rukia always learns from her mistakes, then, owns her enemies (well, in the Bount arc...not so much)

*shin: "pure, genuine, true" in japanese.

Now let's talk about cutiepie over there.

Sakurako Megumi, the dancer [link: private/60371184483/tumblr_msnxi4XljC1shbskd]