Kimika continued her rampage through the Seireitei. She struck down every soul reaper she had in her sight.

"This is starting to become boring." Kimika said. She shot more needles at one soul reaper that couldn't defend himself, but someone else saved him. She saw that it was Karin as she was back on her feet and she liked it. "Maybe this won't be boring."

…

Renji

"I can't speak for Ichigo, I'm sure he had his reason for using his, but I don't need it to beat you." Renji said. "You only have shikai and using bankai on you would be dishonorable and pointless. At least that's how I look at it. I hold more power so there's no reason for me to use it."

"That would be a mistake." Nyle said as he tossed his blade and it wrapped around Renji. "You do hold more power than I, but you can't even tough me. It's only a matter until I wear you down." He tossed Renji over him as Renji's clothes and skin were ripped as he was unraveled and rolled against the ground. Nyle walked over and raised his sword. "It looks like that time is now." He brought down his sword to might seem to be Renji's end.

"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!" Before Nyle's sword made contact with Renji, an avalanche of snow was coming right at them. Nyle used the flash step to the top of a wall and managed to avoid it. When it cleared, Rukia was standing over Renji.

"Rukia, you saved me." Renji said.

"I got here as fast as I could." Rukia said.

"How nice of you to join us." Nyle said as he jumped down. "You're that same girl from our first encounter. At least now, we can finish what we started." He lashed at Rukia, but she managed to block his attack.

"Against the two of us, you don't have a chance against us." Renji said as he jumped up and thrusted his weapon at him. Nyle dodged it, but Rukia used it as an opportunity to attack him. She started slashing at him, but he blocked each strike.

"Some no mai, Tsukishiro!" Rukia said as she pointed her sword out, but Nyle already knew what was coming and avoided the ice as it rose to the sky.

"I've already seen that trick. Did you really think I would fall for it if I didn't last time?" Nyle said. Nyle moved back to give each of them a minute to catch their breath.

"It's no use. He's too quick and he uses his sword as a shield and a whip." Renji said.

"Then we're gonna have to limit his movements. He might have seen what our zanpakutō can do, but not what kidō we can use." Rukia said.

"What are you saying?" Nyle said.

"Carriage of thunder, bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide into six. Bakudō 61: Rikujōkōrō." Rukia said. Six plates of light slammed into Nyle's midsection and he found himself unable to move.

"What is this?" Nyle said.

"I'm not as skilled with this as my brother, but it seems to be enough to stop his movements." Rukia said.

"Good work. I'll finish this." Renji said and launched his sword in the air. "Higa Zekkō!" Zabimaru broke into fragments and rained down on Nyle as they struck his defenseless body, like a bunch of teeth sticking in his body. The energy faded and Nyle fell to the ground as blood started to seep out of his body.

"I don't get it. I thought soul reapers were suppose to protect humans, not kill them." Nyle said as his breath faded from his body.

"That might be true, but you infiltrated the Seireitei and anyone who does that must be terminated." Rukia said.

"Sorry, but there's nothing we can do for you now." Renji said and Nyle's life was the one that came to an end.

…..

Karin

Karin and Kimika stood against each other as they prepared for their third battle.

"Why did you come out here? You should know by now that you're no match against me." Kimika said.

"That isn't going to scare me off. I'll keep standing until I bring you in the dirt." Karin said as she pulled out her swords already in shikai. 'I know all of her tricks by now. I shouldn't be able to lose to her again.' She thought.

"Well, bring it on then." Kimika said.

"I will!" Karin said. She went to attack, but Kimika gathered needles together and blocked her attack and Kimika jumped up to a roof. Karin jumped on across from her. Kimika launched more needles, but Karin was able to block them and ran across the roof as she jumped through a window.

"You can't hid from me!" Kimika said as she jumped across and shot more needles either through the wall or windows. Karin ran through and jumped through a different window. "Quit you're running." She jumped down and started looking for her. Karin hide herself from sight as she was above her.

'I need to be careful how I handle this.' Karin thought.

"Where are you hiding, coward?" Kimika said.

"You have great power, Kimika, powers most humans can't have." Karin said as her voiced echoed around. "Why don't you use it for good? I don't get why you're doing this. What do you have against soul reapers?"

"I don't have anything against them, the only one that does is Masara." Kimika said.

"Yet you follow her. If you're just doing this for her, you sound like a person that has to be lead." Karin said.

"Be quiet. Masara is a good person and great leader. She saved us when each of us hit our lowest points." Kimika said.

"What do you mean?" Karin said.

"Each of us were at our lowest points in our lives." Kimika said. "Hayne was betrayed by the woman he loved and lost the ability to treat women as humans rather than toys. Makin lost his family in a tragic fire. Girusei was treated as an outcast in his hometown. Susuke was bullied, tortured on a daily basis. Nyle only had a father and his own father hurt him and disowned him. Finally, there's me. My parents always put their work first and I had no friends, I was all alone. We thought it be the end for each of us until Masara found us." The words Masara said to her that day is what joined her.

"If we control the forces of life, we can change everything and make our own better."

"She told us that if we helped her destroy the soul reapers, we control the afterlife." Kimika said. "We can decide who should go where and whose life would come to an end. She understood us because she was treated the same as we were, but she fought through the pain. That is why all of us would gladly follow her."

"It sounds more like she's using your despair to just use you." Karin said. "Destroying soul reapers won't allow you to control the forces of life and death."

"What do you know?! Come out and fight!" Kimika said and was mad. She looked around until she spotted her. "There you are!" More of her needles were sent at Karin, but she dived out of the way.

"I think it's time I used a new move I've learned." Karin said.

"New move?" Kimika said.

"During my rest after our last battle, my zanpakutō taught me something new." Karin said. "That's why it took me a while to wake up." She raised her white sword. "Shiro Surasshu! (white slash)" She swung it down and sent a wave of white energy at Kimika and it hit her as she was sent flying in the air.

"What was that?"

"I've got another." Karin said. "Kuro Surasshu! (black slash)" She launched a black energy slash, but Kimika was able to block it by forming a wall of needles. That didn't stop the force of the impact as Kimika hit the ground. "You might as well give up."

"No way." Kimika said as she tried to stand.

"If you keep this up, you won't last much longer. I'm done here." Karin said as she started to walk away.

"Get back here. I'm not done with you." Kimika said.

"I am done with you. I'm giving you the chance to continue to live and you should take it." Karin said. Kimika would not accept defeat.

"I said I'm not done!" Kimika yelled as she got back up and charged for the killing blow. Karin saw it coming and took evasive maneuvers. She ducked down and slid right under Kimika. She raised her sword up and struck Kimika through the chest. Kimika's body flew over Karin and landed on the ground as this battle came to an end. Karin regretted doing it to a young girl, but there was no other choice.

…..

Squad Four Barracks

Yuzu was running around the barracks as she tried to find Karin. She spotted Ichigo carrying Orihime and ran right over to him.

"Ichigo, what happened to Orihime?" Yuzu said.

"She's just sleeping." Ichigo said.

"Oh. Ichigo, Karin is missing. I came into her room and she was gone." Yuzu said.

"Don't worry, I'm right here." They saw Karin walking down the hall.

"Karin, are you alright?" Ichigo said.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Karin said.

…

Susuke

Susuke was viewing the Seireitei and he sensed that the spiritual pressures of Hayne, Nyle, and Kimika have vanished, meaning they have been defeated.

"Are you going to come out?" Susuke said as he turned around was faced with Uryu.

"I finally found one of you." Uryu said.

"I was kind of hoping I run into you. We never finished our last duel." Susuke said as he held his sword upside down. "Carve, Kazebuza. (wind buzzer)"

To Be Continued...