Incomplete Thoughts Chapter 14:
Father and son
Koichi repelled his fathers blade backwards, and skidded across the air. Dashing towards him he let out a cry, and sliced at his fathers chest in a diagonal arc. Ichigo parried Koichi's blade by swinging in an upward diagonal arc, Koichi was caught off guard for a moment and Ichigo slashed at Koichi's chest vertically. A line of red appeared on Koichi's chest, he had barely dodged the attack, but still felt the pain of it. Gripping his hilt tightly he did not falter. He narrowed his eyes and dashed towards his father.
The battle raged on with Tray and Byakuya, Tray taking the ground, while Byakuya took t o the skies. Tray dashed towards one spot and shot off many arrows and would dash towards another spot and fire more arrows towards Byakuya. Tray dashed towards the north side of the platform and Byakuya stopped in mid-air, holding his hand out he directed his Sakura petals towards Tray. Tray began dashing around the area firing arrows off at the chasing Petals. Tray glanced up towards Byakuya;
"Now's my chance!"
He shot off an arrow towards Byakuya, barely dodging the arrow a red scar appeared upon Byakuya's cheek. Byakuya narrowed his gaze towards Tray;
"why do you continue to fight me when you don't realize the true nature of us Shinigami's being here."
Tray lowered his bow for a moment and glared at Byakuya;
"I cant stand guys like you… why should I believe anything you say?"
Byakuya opened his mouth to speak and his eyes widened as he glanced towards the riverbanks. Tray's eyes widened as he glanced in the same direction;
"Th…that spiritual pressure… it's Koichi's and… his fathers?? Why… why are the two of them fighting each other..?"
Byakuya touched down to the ground and walked towards Tray;
"It seems as if you need to be informed to the true nature of this situation…"
Emi glanced up towards Koichi's battle in the sky her hands held tightly in her lap;
"K…Koichi… Don't die…."
Renji glanced down towards Emi;
"Hey, why don't we capture that girl now?"
Rukia glanced towards Koichi and Ichigo and scowled;
"You idiot… those two are fighting to determine the outcome… it wouldn't be right if we interfered…"
Renji scoffed mockingly and glanced at the two continuing their fight. They constantly phased in and out of sight, momentarily stopping as their swords clashed and bolts of lightning sparked off their blades. Koichi skidded backwards in the air and dashed towards his father as thoughts raced through his mind;
'Father…you always told me to never stop fighting for what I believed in… and now, I won't stop fighting!! I won't let anything happen to Emi!!'
Ichigo glanced towards his son as he chased him across the skies;
'You've grown Koichi…I can see it in your resolve…when you first became spiritually aware… you didn't wish to fight. But now… you're using your blade to protect someone you care about… but I can't fail now. I'm sorry Koichi.'
The two warriors skidded backwards, their eyes meeting they held their hands to their wrist and began charging their Reiatsu.
'Kuroichi, lend me your strength…'
Koichi's reiatsu flared up as black and red flames began encircling his body. The two dashed towards each other and their blades met, sparking off reiatsu as they began to press up against each other. The ground underneath them began to crack and give away, telephone wires began snapping off their bases and began falling to the streets. The ground shook under Emi's feet as she felt heavy under the pressure of their reiatsu's. Their reiatsu finally exploded, a cloud of dust rising the two stood breathing heavily as their swords lay at their sides. Koichi and Ichigo's masks shattered, Koichi glanced up towards his father slowly. Ichigo's eyes met with Koichi's;
"I'm sorry… It's over now."