Hisagi looked at the wall across from him. Renji was next to him, and both of them were chained up. He was sore but the problem was his arms hurt worse now. He struggled to move a little but it was impossible. "How are you Renji?"
"Sore…" Renji complained. "Great…. Do you think the girls are going to help out?" Renji asked after looking around.
"I don't know…. But if they do they will probably be killed with us or banished… I don't think they will risk that."
Renji groaned. "I knew this whole thing was a bad idea."
Hisagi didn't say anything. He was just worried about Mizuko. He didn't want to get her in trouble, but he also didn't want to get killed. There was still so much he had to do… and well… who wants to die.
Renji shifted his position as best as he could. "We could try using kido to fight the hollows."
"You stink at kido." Hisagi sighed. "But I could do that... Just stay out of my way and we might be able to get through this."
"You do realize they will kill us the moment we defeat the hollows." Renji sighed. "We need our zanpactos."
"I know..." Hisagi looked at the wall. "If only these chains didn't block our spirit energy."
"I know how Rukia felt." Renji whispered.
Hisagi sighed. This was similar to the time Rukia had been about to be executed. She had no way to stop it and they had no way to stop it. If he some how found a way out of this he would write about the experience and compare it to Rukia's... It would make a good article.
"Hey reapers..." Hisagi and Renji looked up to see the two men from before. If Hisagi remembered correctly their names were Komui and Nurio.
Komui, the one with dark black hair, stepped forward. He frowned a deep hatred in his eyes. "Have you prayed reapers, today is your last day on earth." He unhooked Hisagi's chain from the wall and started dragging him.
The other one grabbed Renji's chain. "Hey Komui how is Suzu doing?" Nurio asked as the two dragged Hisagi and Renji from their cell.
"Good, she'll be there today. In fact I'm sure everyone in the village will be here."
"Great that means the twins will be able to take the chance to destroy my room again."
"I doubt even they will miss this." Komui chuckled. "And I'm sure they would do something different than they have done in the past."
"Don't remind me." Nurio groaned. "I don't understand where they get that trouble makin streak of theirs."
"Probably from your mom's side. Her brother was a prankster before he.." He trailed off and frowned tugging stronger on Hisagi's chain. "It was your people's fault."
Hisagi didn't say anything. No use saying he had nothing to do with that when they wouldn't listen or believe him.
Renji grumbled. "Oh and throwing us to the hollows is going to change anything."
"It will when your people learn not to trespass." Nurio smirked. "Really I think one of us should be the one to kill them."
Komui chuckled. "You sound like Poku."
"It would provide training if we let the younger ones train." Nurio smiled. At that moment they entered a large arena. The crowd was full of people yelling and talking. Komui waved to everyone.
Hisagi glanced around. He didn't see the girls but he did notice that their leader sat in a large chair in the front row of the crowd. He was the only one with a shade covering him and the woman next to him. She had long brown hair and she kind of reminded him of Mizuko.
Nurio and Komui shoved the two repeats forward into the center of the arena and then headed up towards the leader. They took two seats. The head stood and the crowd quieted down. "Let the trial comense." He waved his hand and the boys stood up. Across the arena a large door opened and four hollows came running out. They were covered in scars and wore something that looked like a collet. Hisagi stepped forward. Kido was their only chance.
Seeing the two targets the hollows shot forward. Hisagi didn't have time to think as he started shooting off kido trying to deflect and destroy the hollows, he knew it was in vain but he had to try. Renji was useless.
A hollow roared and slammed into him. Hisagi flew into a wall and flinched. He slowly got up. The old memory of the time he had almost been killed by a hollow came back, he didn't want to die... And this time there was no one to help him.
Right as the hollow was about to slam into it a sickle wrapped around it's back leg and pulled it away. Hisagi looked up and found Moriko standing in front of Renji stabbing the nearest hollow with her own sword. Mizuko came walking towards him.
"MORIKO! MIZUKO!" The head yelled.
They looked at each other. "This is stupid!" Moriko yelled up. "You should at least give them a fighting chance of this is supposed to be a trail!" She tossed down Renji's zanpacto.
"Here." Mizuko handed Hisagi his. "Want to tag team that last one?" She smiled, ignoring the silence that had fallen over the crowd. "Hey! Riko you two take down that one and we will take down this one!"
"Who ever finishes first gets the last one?!" Moriko grinned. "Deal!"
Hisagi followed Mizuko's lead. They would have to talk after all of this, if they got a chance. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the leader's red face. Everyone in his area was staring at the girls in shock and confusion.
It didn't take long before all four hollows were defeated. Once they were The girls disarmed their weapons and turned to look at the head. Both looked confident but at the same time their hands were shaking with nerves as they waited their punishment.
"Mo-." Hisagi was cut off by the head standing up.
"OUT!" He yelled. Everyone in the crowd quickly scraped for the doors. Hisagi didn't understand. The head glared down at them while the two men and the woman followed him down to the arena floor.
"Moriko... Mizuko..." The woman took a step forward but the head stormed past her.
"What are you two doing?!"
"This is wrong." Mizuko said moving protectively in front of Hisagi. "These two did nothing wrong. They weren't even born when we were betrayed."
"And how do you know that?" Komui folded his arms over his chest. "And what happened to Riko's injury."
"She lied." Moriko shrugged. "I mean it's not like she could say we were hiding two injured soul reapers."
"WHAT?!" The head yelled. "IT WAS YOU TWO?!"
"Yes." Mizuko said calmly. "Because these guys are nice... In fact we've recently become friends."
"Girls!" The woman gasped.
Mizuko sighed. She glanced over her shoulder at Hisagi and then took a small step forward. "Listen mom I know it's hard to understand..."
Mom! Hisagi stated in shock. The woman was Mizuko and Moriko's mother... And from the way the head was standing... "Your father is the head?" Hisagi whispered.
Moriko groaned. "Well the cats are out of the bag.. I told you they would find out when we confronted dad."
"I know." Mizuko sighed. "I just hoped we wouldn't have to."
"Explain what's going on." Nurio frowned. "This is some elaborate prank right?!"
