Diabolik Lovers: The Soul of a Protector 12
Ichigo was in his bedroom doing homework, thinking about this past week's events. First, Ichiru went to a school and retrieved Yui Komori, then his sister and Yui got attacked by the vampires, and lastly, one of the town's citizens got attacked and killed by what seemed to be the Sakamaki's work.
"Those vampires, they'll go to many lengths to get what they want. But why Yui, what has she ever done to them...why is she so important that they would kill to have her back?" Ichigo pondered as he thought to himself, "Not only that, but the Kurosaki Clan, what have our ancestors died for? There has to be other hunters out there that must know what happened, and how we are still here." He clenched his fists on the desk as he thought of what happened to their ancestors.
He heard sobbing outside the house, he looked out the window to see what appeared to be a woman all torn up and dirty stumbling against the wall of their house. "Hey, are you alright?" He asked, concerned for what is wrong with this woman.
The woman looked up at Ichigo with terrified eyes, "Please...please help me." she said trembling as she slid down the wall.
Hang on, I'm coming down... just give me a second." He said before going back into his room and getting his combat pass, just in case, as he sprinted downstairs to help the poor girl. He slid the door open and ran outside and searched to see the girl slumped against the wall shivering.
Ichigo took the girl's arm and wrapped it around his shoulder to carry her inside fireman style, "You're gonna be alright, I'm going to hel-" he didn't finish his sentence when he caught sight of a glowing red eyes and a dagger in her hands. He barely had time to react before the girl swung the blade at his face. He dodged only to have the blade graze his cheek, cutting him.
Ichigo let go of her arm and jumped away from her. Once he was a good distance away, he touched his cheek to feel blood on his face from the cut given to him. He glared at the girl who had a sadistic inhuman look on her face as she held the knife out, "Who the hell are you?" he growled.
"Ichigo, is everything alright out here?" Yuzu and Karin appeared in the doorway and saw Ichigo getting attacked by what appeared to be a girl. Their eyes widened in fear as the girl looked their way and gave them a bloodthirsty demonic look.
Ichigo felt fear go down his spine, "Run you two!" but the demonic girl ignored him and charged at the girls with the vengeance as Karin and Yuzu stood frozen in fear. But before the demonic girl could touch them, Karin slammed the door in it's face, but it didn't stop the demon from destroying the door, making Karin and Yuzu fly into the wall, knocking them unconcious.
"Karin, Yuzu!" Ichigo yelled out running into the house and jumped on the demon's back, but the demon threw him into the wall near the staircase.
Kon came rushing down the stairs in his stuffed lion plushie body when he heard the commotion, "Ichigo, what's going on?!" he asked frantically as he made it to Ichigo's side.
Ichigo groaned as the demon girl made her way to him menacingly, "I don't know, but you made perfect timing Kon. Say 'ahh'." Ichigo said before grabbing Kon and shoving his hand in the stuffed lion's mouth to get the soul candy. Once he got the pill he swallowed it, making him jump out of his body and aimed a kick to the girl, sending them both out of the house.
While Ichigo sent the demon outside, Kon, in Ichigo's body, grabbed the stuffed lion and went over to the sisters and carried them both in each arm and ran outside to see Ichigo with his Zangetsu drawn and fighting the demonic girl.
'Meow' Kon looked to the side and Camelot next to him, "Camelot?" he said before the cat transformed into his fiery lion form and growled at the demon.
"Kon, take Camelot and get my sisters out of here!" Ichigo ordered as the demonic girl attacked him again, only to block her with his blade.
Kon nodded, "Right." before draping the girls over Camelot and setting himself behind them and taking Camelot's reigns and taking to the sky.
Ichigo faced the demonic girl and took a long look at her sadist look as she grinned, showing her sharp teeth and bearing her claws at him, "Who the hell are you?" he growled out readying his sword.
Suddenly, he recognized the girl, "Wait, you're that girl...the one who had her blood drained in the alley way." he gasped as realization hit him.
"You catch on fast, just like your sister, it's amazing how much of a resemblance you two share." An amused voice sounded around the area, making Ichigo look around to find that voice until he found it on the roof of his house. The owner of that voice was Laito Sakamaki who smiled smugly at Ichigo.
Ichigo growled at Laito, "It was you who did that to the girl, didn't you."
Laito's smile widened, "You are correct, although her blood wasn't as satisfying as Little Bitch's, but it got me by." he said shrugging his shoulders.
Ichigo glared hatefully at Laito, "So you hoped to attack Ichiru using that girl's soul?" he growled out.
"No, it was to take you hostage." Another voice filled the area, making Ichigo turn to his right to see Reiji Sakamaki on top of the stone wall with his arms crossed and looking down on Ichigo with distaste.
"What?" Ichigo said as he kept his attention on all three of them.
Reiji tweaked his glasses, "It's quite simple, since Ichiru is such a nuisance to fight, we would take you to trade for Yui. This was intended for you to come willingly when the lives of your younger sisters in the hands of our familiar," he gestured to the demonic girl, "would make you give yourself over to us. Thus having your sister trade Yui for the life of her beloved brother." Reiji smiled sadistically.
Ichigo's hatred towards these vampires have doubled, wait scratch that, tripled as he glared at the two brothers, "Coward, quit attacking others, if it's blood you want, come over here and get it." He challenged the vampires, taking his stance, "Fight me one on one you disgusting bastard!" He yelled launching himself at Reiji who took out his own sword and blocked Ichigo's attack effortlessly.
Ichigo and Reiji locked their swords together, pushing against the other, "One thing you and your sister have in common, is the desire to protect the one thing that will be the cause of your death." Reiji said pushing Ichigo away and teleporting.
Ichigo looked around him to see where Reiji disappeared, he felt a shadow above him and saw Reiji with his sword raised and struck him from above, which Ichigo blocked.
Reiji smirked then teleported again, but this time, behind Ichigo and was about to stab him, until an arrow soared between Ichigo's back and Reiji's sword, making Reiji teleport away and stood by Laito who sat on the roof enjoying the show with the demonic girl behind him..
Ichigo looked in the direction the arrow came from and saw Uryu walking towards him with his Ginrei Kojaku drawn.
Ichigo's eyes widened with surprise, "Uryu, what are you doing here?"
Uryu glared, "Hmph, I save you and that's the thanks I get?" he said as he stood by Ichigo, surveying the vampire.
Ichigo frowned, "Sorry about that, thanks." he said before turning his glare at the three that attacked his family.
"So this is what happened to that girl's soul, it has become a vampire's servant." Uryu assessed staring at the demonic girl who continued to smile wickedly.
"Yeah, it would appear so." Ichigo said getting ready to attack again.
"Ichigo, I need you to switch opponents with me." Ichigo looked at Uryu in surprise, "I don't know if you can see it, but that girl's spirit energy is being drained to feed what looks like a leech attached to her." Uryu said, his eyes trained on that girl.
Ichigo turned back to the demonic girl, "So you're saying, that girl can still be saved."
Uryu nodded, "Yes, and as a Soul Reaper, it is your duty to make sure that soul passes on peacefully without pain."
Ichigo didn't know how to save the girl if he can't see the leech, "Yeah but, how am I supposed to remove the leech?" he asked searching for the leech on that girl.
"It is on the back of her neck, draining her energy as it controls her." Uryu said, turning his gaze to Reiji who stared at his bow curiously, "While you are saving her, I'll take care of the guy with the glasses. Do you accept the terms?" Uryu asked Reiji.
"Hm, seems reasonable enough." Reiji said before teleporting to Uryu, only to find an empty spot where Uryu once stood. He looked around to see Uryu on the roof of a random house, "Good to know."Uryu said before releasing an arrow at Reiji who deflected it with his sword and came after Uryu who blocked Reiji's sword with his Seele Schneider and then the two of them disappeared to continue their battle elsewhere.
Ichigo turned toward the smirking fedora wearing red head who controlled the possessed girl. "Well now Soul Reaper, how are you going to save this girl. If you kill her then you dishonor yourself as a Soul Reaper." Laito said smugly, aggravating Ichigo further.
Ichigo gave Laito one of his most hateful glares, "My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, figured you should know the name of the man that is going to kill you." he said taking his stance against Laito's reluctant minion. "Uryu said that the leech was on the back of her neck, how come I can't see it?" Ichigo thought to himself as he stared at the demonic girl, trying to find the leech as the girl's claws extended to dangerous lengths, ready to slice him.
"Hey girl, if you can hear me in there, just know that I'm going to get you out of there." Ichigo said to the possessed girl before she leapt at him and began to slice at him with her claws as Ichigo ducked, dodged and deflected her attacks.
With Uryu and Reiji, they ended up close to the school standing yards away from each other, staring at the other, looking for any weaknesses they can use against each other in the fight.
"Never thought I would fight a vampire, this is a first for me." Uryu said as the wind blew his hair back.
"You're power makes you different from the humans, fighting something like you will also be a first...if I knew exactly what you are that is." Reiji said as he glared at Uryu.
Uryu's eyes narrowed in response, "My name is Uryu Ishida, I'm a quincy. Now tell me the name of the creature that stands before me, the monster that I'm about to kill."
Reiji frowned sourly but answered, "Reiji Sakamaki of the Sakamaki vampire clan. Be prepared to die by my hands."
Uryu readied his bow, "Ready when you are." as Reiji took his stance with his sword in front of him.
Uryu fired an arrow, only for Reiji to dodge it as he charged at Uryu with the sword in his hand. Uryu fired again, Reiji smirked at his attack and raised his sword to deflect it, "Turn." Uryu commanded his flying arrow as it twisted and dodged away from Reiji's sword, "Now fly." then his arrow shot through Reiji's right shoulder, making him wince as he stumbled and jumped away from Uryu, holding his bleeding shoulder, glaring at the Quincy.
Uryu smirked when he landed a hit on the vampire, "It would seem that I underestimated you, Quincy." Reiji said as his wound begun to heal, "I have to make sure that I won't make that mistake again." Once his wound closed up, he righted himself and took his stance again.
Reiji teleported and appeared above Uryu, but Uryu disappeared and appeared above Reiji with his arrows ready as he released a volley of a thousand arrows on Reiji, raining down on him.
Back with Ichigo, he was blocking and defending himself against the girl, "Damn it, why can't I see the leech? What is it that I'm missing here?" Ichigo thought to himself as the girl launched herself at him, which he dodged.
"Wait, 'something I'm missing' of course." Ichigo realized as he remembered something.
Flashback
"Huh, wait, repeat that, you spoke like Hat and Clogs." Ichigo said to Ichiru who sat across from him. The twins were on their bed sitting crosslegged from each other.
A week ago, the twins fought a Hollow that can turn invisible to Soul Reapers through the gas it produces, so the twins had to rely on touch and sound to kill it. Lately, Ichiru has been doing her own experimentations and creating new techniques for battle if they ever run into another Hollow that compromises with other human senses.
"What I'm saying is that even though we see things normal humans can't see, there are still other things that we are unable to see." Ichiru explained once more to Ichigo, "You know that Hollow that we fought last week?" she asked.
Ichigo nodded, "Yeah, the one that damaged our eyesight for a while."
"Well it got me thinking, what if we run into another enemy we cannot see no matter how much we look and we miss something important. So I've been experimenting, and I found that if I focus my spirit energy into my optic nerves, I saw emotions in living beings." Ichiru said excitedly as Camelot purred against her.
Ichigo followed, "So you enhanced your eyesight." he clarified looking at his sister who nodded, "So emotions were the only things you saw?"
Ichiru shook her head, "It wasn't just emotions that I saw. I also saw the Zanpakuto spirits that are still in their sealed form, by the way, Zangetsu and I had quite an interesting conversation while you were sleeping." she said.
Ichigo's eyes widened, "Wait, you talked to old man Zangetsu?" he asked incredulously.
Ichiru giggled at his uncomfortable reaction, "Yep, and he hates being called 'old man,' he's the same age as you." she said smirking at his face.
Ichigo became serious, "Have you told anyone about this?" Something like this might cause a stir if Squad 12 found out.
Ichiru shrugged, "As far as I'm concerned, you and Camelot are the only ones who know." she said petting Camelot.
Ichigo sweatdropped, "Yeah, well Camelot can't even talk."
Ichiru laughed as Camelot meowed at her, "I disagree, you see, it's not just my eyes that I've been experimenting with, I enhanced my other senses and I am able to listen to what Camelot says to me, what ingredients Yuzu is adding to dinner at this very moment and the vibrations of people's activities and where they are through my hands and feet." she said before moving to the wall next to Ichigo and placed her palm against it, closing her eyes, "Orihime is at the home, sitting in front of her brother's shrine, paying her respects." she said before opening her eyes and turning to Ichigo who stared at her in surprise at her new techniques.
End Flashback
"See the things your eyes miss." Ichigo thought to himself as he got out of his memory and blocked another attack.
Ichigo leapt away from her and took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Focus your spirit energy into the optic nerves of your eyes." He thought to himself as he sent spirit energy into his eyes. When he opened them, his eyes were an electric blue, he focused his vision on the possessed girl and was finally able to see the leech wrapped around the girl's neck.
The leech had a red and black pattern along it's 12 cm long body as it devoured the girl's energy.
Ichigo kept his focus on the leech as he held his sword up and charged at the girl who launched herself at him once more, but this time, Ichigo sped up and leapt over her. While he was leaping over her, he used his left hand and grabbed onto the leech tightly and yanked it off as he flew above her, releasing her from the spell.
Once he landed, he threw the squirming parasite into the air and sliced the creature down the middle, killing it completely as it turned to dust.
Ichigo turned to the gasping and coughing spirit who was just freed from being a vampire's servant. He walked over to her and knelt down to her level, the tip of his hilt aimed at her forehead. The girl looked up and whimpered in fear, "Please...I don't want to go to hell." she said, tearing up.
Ichigo smiled comforting her, "Don't worry, that will not be your resting place, the Soul Society will welcome you with open arms." he said before perform a konso when he tapped her forehead with his hilt, making the girl glow an electric blue with a relieved and peaceful look on her face as she smiled at Ichigo, "Thank you." she said before floating up to the skies to go to the Soul Society.
He turned to Laito who clapped mockingly, "Congratulations, Ichigo Kurosaki...but you won't be able to save yourself."
"GHUUUGH!" Ichigo doubled over from the pain the fired up in his back from the sword that slashed his back. He looked behind him to see Ayato with his blood covered sword raised and an arrogant, sadistic smirk on his face, "You let your guard down."
A body charged in, flew and kicked Ayato in the side, "Yeah, so did you!" the feminine voice shouted angrily as she used Ayato's body as a skateboard then leapt off to inspect Ichigo's injuries and begins to heal him.
Ichigo grinned despite the pain as he was being healed, "About time...Ichiru."
Author's Note: I needed to put some Ichigo action in there, I've been doing too much Ichiru and Yui moments.
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