Incomplete Thoughts Chapter 12:

Prince of the Ice dragon

Koichi set Emi down and leaned up against a wall as he breathed heavily. Emi approached Koichi slowly and placed a hand upon his shoulder. Koichi glanced up slowly and smiled;

"Don't worry I promised I wouldn't let anything happen to you…and I won't."

Emi glanced away slowly and Koichi sighed as he pulled Emi into an embrace;

"I know they're wrong about you Emi. So I'm going to fight for you"

Emi began to shiver slowly and as she breathed her breath appeared in the air;

"D….Did it just get colder…?"

Koichi widened his eye as he glanced upward. The white haired boy with a set of ice wings descended upon them as a harbinger of death. Hitsugaya Pointed his sword towards Emi;

"Step away from her Kurosaki."

Koichi stood in front of Emi and shook his head, his eyes fixated upon Hitsugaya;

"I'm sorry I cannot comply with that…I wont let you lay a hand upon Emi!"

Koichi raised his blade against Hitsugaya and dashed in, this battle would be a little more straightforward, Hitsugaya didn't have any control over his projectiles other than aiming them so he would be able to put up a fight without use of his mask. The two Shinigami's blades clashed and Koichi glared at his opponent;

"you guys have the wrong person! Emi is not our enemy!"

Hitsugaya fixated his eyes upon Emi;

"Think about it Kurosaki. Do you know where she really came from? She's deceiving you! Open your eyes!"

Koichi narrowed his eyes as he gripped his blade tightly; pressing upwards he launched Hitsugaya into the air. Koichi dashed at Hitsugaya and let out a battle cry as he lashed out at Hitsugaya's wings;

"I don't believe you! I wont let you harm her!"

The young Shinigami dodged the swipes at him and sighed slowly;

"I see… then I'm sorry Kurosaki but I'll have to use full force against you."

Hitsugaya slashed out at Koichi's arm, making contact with it, part of his arm began to freeze over. Koichi quickly pulled back as a portion of his shoulder was frozen over. Koichi felt his body growing heavier by the moment;

"I cant take much more of this….'

Emi glanced up at Koichi worriedly as she felt is spiritual pressure drop;

"Koichi!!"

Koichi glanced back at Emi and then back at Hitsugaya;

'I can't let her down!'

Koichi raised his spiritual pressure and charged towards Hitsugaya;

'I can't stand by like this anymore…'

Kuroichi took over Koichi's voice to call out to Emi;

"EMI! Listen! Baka here is fighting for you yes, but he's holding back because he made a promise to you! At this rate he's going to die!"

Koichi dashed around Hitsugaya and launched getsugas at him haphazardly.

"Shut up Kuroichi… this is my fight… I promised her I wouldn't."

Koichi's eyes widened as he felt a sword burst through his chest and glanced down, Hitsugaya had impaled his sword into Koichi's chest. He quickly pulled it out, and Koichi began to plummet to earth. His body slammed into the ground creating a crater beneath his weight. Emi rushed over to his side worriedly as she cried out to Koichi. She glanced over his body which had been scarred, and blood ran from the hole in his chest, Vital organs had been missed but it was a deep blow. Emi Kneeled near Koichi and tears ran down her eyes slowly;

"K…Koichi Please… Don't die…"

Koichi Opened his eyes wearily and laughed;

"I…won't die…I can't die…"

Emi tightly shut her eyes as she grasped Koichi's hand. Tears began to stain her skirt as she sobbed softly.

"Koichi… Please don't hold back on my account…I don't want to see you get hurt any more."

Koichi laughed again as he placed his hand upon her face;

"I made a promise to you… I plan to keep it…"

Emi rubbed her eyes with her arm slowly and cried out;

"Koichi please don't!! I don't want to see you die…as long as you come back to me… thats all that matters…"

Koichi glanced up at Emi and nodded slowly, glancing up at Hitsugaya who was dashing towards them;

"Emi…stand back…"

Emi rose to her feet and took some steps away from Koichi. Koichi held his hand above his forehead and slid it downwards, the white mask forming atop his face, his reiatsu skyrocketed. He dashed up towards Hitsugaya and vanished in mid slash. Hitsugaya glanced around quickly and quickly turned to his left, freezing the area in mid air;

"An after image… where…"

Hitsugaya grasped at his side as Koichi rematerialized behind him, blood began to spurt from Hitsugaya's side and he furrowed his brows and clenched his teeth as he turned towards Koichi. Hitsugaya glanced at Koichi as he breathed heavily, shallow pants escaped his mouth as his body heaved slowly.

"K…Koichi…you…fool.."

Hitsugaya slumped over and began to plummet to the ground. His body hit the concrete making a loud thumping noise. Koichi sighed slowly and began to hover back down to the ground. He turned towards Emi and began to walk towards her. Emi trembled slowly as Koichi approached her;

"K…Koichi…?"

Koichi raised his hand up and Emi flinched, Koichi raised his hand to his face and his mask dematerialized. Emi sighed slowly and jumped towards Koichi, Wrapping her arms tightly around his waist she softly cried into his chest. Koichi smiled softly as he reverted his bankai back into it's sealed form and began to gently caress her face with his hand. Koichi slowly helped Emi rise to her feet and glanced around;

"we have to keep moving Emi."

Emi nodded slowly as Koichi picked her up in his arms and began to shunpo deeper into the city. Soon after Koichi had gotten some distance away, two figures appeared on the scene. A short girl with black hair and white creamy skin with a look of determination upon her face, and a man with blazing red hair tied behind his head and tattoos lay upon his scalp above his eyebrows. The girl sighed slowly;

"Koichi… What have you done…?"