Chapter 13; First fight

Nnoitra P.O.V.

"This is it, everyone. No turning back now. We have the majority but don't drop your guard and don't underestimate the enemy. If they should surrender, tie them up. Although I think that won't happen. Don't hold back. Me and Ichigo will take on the head captain, the rest pick your opponent. Good luck everyone."

At the same time we spit up and faced our opponents.

I found myself face to face with a big Shinigami with pointed black hair. I felt for his riatsu and was surprised about how much he had.

"Hey you, let's get this over with."

He called out to me and immediately he attacked. Swords slashing in the air with sparks flying of them. I flew back and he spoke again.

"I've been waiting for this. Fight me like your life depends on it."

"Go for it ken-chan!"

A little pink haired girl yelled.

"Yachiru, stay over there."

"Yep."

What the hell was he playing at? He should have get the help he can get to fight against me.

"Are you messing with me?"

"Huh?"

"I'm not here to mess around!"

I charged at him with my Santa Teresa. He deflected without much trouble.

"Aww, now that's not all you've got is it?"

He mocked me and I laughed.

"Maybe this will be fun after all. What's your name, Shinigami?"

"The captain of the 11th squad, Zaraki Kenpachi."

"Espada nr. 5, Nnoitra Jiruga."

We introduced and again flew at each other. Slashing at each other to find out the extent off each other's strength.

I got to say, he is pretty strong. He has some nasty strong swings with his zanpakto. I had to dodge a few of them.

"You're pretty good. Looks like I found a good opponent . How about you let me have some more fun, huh?"

"Right back at ya."

We stared at each other and once again our blades met one other. We kept at it for a while.

Suddenly I pointed my zanpakto right at him and charged forward. He blocked the attack but got pushed back.

"The hell? Don't tell me a move this weak is scaring you? I ain't even getting' started yet. I'm waiting for you. Now come at me like your life depends on it."

I threw his words back at him. But instead of angering him, he started laughing.

"I've been waiting for this. Waiting to be this pumped up. From now on, our lives are on the line. No more feeling each other out."

He raised his zanpakto before him and I had to grin from his reaction.

I raised my own zanpakto and threw it at him. he dodged effortlessly. He charged at me and I used the chain of my Santa Teresa to block his attack. Pulling on the chain my blade attacked him from behind, again he dodged it.

Not giving him any time I repeated the attack from before when I attacked straight at him with the half-moon shaped blade. No surprise that he blocked it again, but I got him grounded.

"Your pretty tough, ain'tcha?"

"So are you. Where's all that damn power of yours coming from?"

He roared at pushed aside my blade, charging at me I had to be quick to block his onslaught of attacks. I managed to get the upper hand again and push him back.

I noticed we were both enjoying the fight as we were both grinning like idiots.

"You ain't half bad. For a bitch-ass Shinigami, that is!"

"You're starting to bug me. You still think you've got enough time to chat? I told you to fight me for real!"

I charged and attacked again forwards with my blade, he did not block it and for some reason I could not pierce his skin. For a moment I looked surprised before regaining me composure.

"A normal person would dodge when a guy comes in swinging."

"Yeah, but that's boring, right? Besides I've just told you to hit me with everything you've got! What was that with that lame slash?"

"Heh, watch your mouth!"

I put more power behind the attack as before and he blocked it but he pushed me back. I had to jump back.

"Nice. That attack wasn't half bad."

I attacked again putting even more power behind it. This time when our blades met, riatsu flew of them instead of sparks. The air around us was disturbed all over. Even more power was put behind our swords and the area around us began breaking apart under our massive riatsu release.

"Guess you're more than just brute strength."

"The area just happened to get in my way."

"Oh yeah?!"

I charged at him with much riatsu behind it, he matched my attacks. He slashed and I was unable to block or dodge, but his sword just slit over my skin even when he pushed harder and harder. Not even a scratch was left thanks to my tough hierro.

He looked surprised and I could not help but grin. I slashed back while he was confused and finally draw the first blood.

I gave him no time to recover but he did not need it as he blocked my next attacks. He tried to get the upper hand again but every time he hit me his sword just slit of my hierro. I pushed him back into a building but he seemed unaffected by it. Continuing our blows to each other. He gathered riatsu and slashed at me hard.

I responded by grabbing his blade out of the air with my bare hand.

"My hierro is the toughest in the history of the Espada. There's no way a Shinigami sword can cut me!"

He laughed again and increased the power behind his attacks. I had no trouble matching it but with his last slash he managed to throw me back and breaking a piece of my zanpakto. I responded by laughing loudly. While flying into the air I threw my sword up and grabbed it by the chain. I started swinging it in fast circles. Dust and debris gathered around us and the visibility went down.

I threw my Santa Teresa out of nowhere at him, but he blocked and grabbed its chain. He pulled and brought me down to him. When I was in reach he grabbed my head and slammed it on the ground. He held me down and wanted to pierce me with the point of his blade in my head. I rolled out of the way just in time. I jumped back up and pulled my sword back to me and pointed it at him.

For a moment neither of us moved.

"You dodged. Dodging means that it's dangerous. Doesn't it?"

He stood up and looked at me, my face was full of rage.

"You say a Shinigami's sword can't cut you, but it looks like there are some places where it can."

I jumped in the air yelling;

"Shut your goddamn trap! Dodging an attack is instinct. A reflex you need to defeat your opponents. I don't have any weak spots. Your sword can't cut me. That's all there is to it!"

I brought down my blade upon him with enormous power, debris flying everywhere.

For a moment a thought I had him but then he spoke to me from inside the dust.

"You run into all kinds of people in Soul Society. I've met so many guys who told me, 'your sword can never cut me'. The thing is…."

The dust cleared away and I saw him holding my blade with his bare hand.

"… I still haven't met someone whose eyes or throat I can't slit open!"

With the tip of his sword he pierced my eye patch. Like hell that will hurt me. I pretended to be surprised by his supposed small victory. I let my sword drop to the ground while I hung motionless on his katana.

"How many times are you gonna make me say it?"

He looked dumb folded while I grabbed his arm.

"You can't stab me!"

I raised my other arm and struck him right in his chest, pushing my hand into his body. When I pulled it back out he staggered backwards. My hand moved from his arm to his blade to hold it in its place.

"Heh, doesn't make sense, does it? There's no way someone can survive a sword through the head. That's what you're thinking, isn't it?"

I used my hand to pull out his katana and used it to raise my eye patch revealing my mask and hole.

"You're right. There's no such thing as a guy who can survive getting stabbed in the head."

I released my grip on his sword and it fell down immediately.

"And yet, I'm not dead. Figured it out already, Shinigami? Your sword didn't pierce my head. It just passed right through. Do you get it?"

Still not getting any kind of response from him so I continued talking.

"It means that's the best thing you can do, Shinigami."

I pointed at him feeling rather victorious. So imagine my surprise when he started laughing again.

"The hell you're laughing at?"

I yelled kicking him in his stomach. He caught my foot without even flinching.

"Sorry. I'm just so happy. I couldn't help but chuckle."

"You're happy?"

"Yeah. Being impossible to cut is one thing, but if you couldn't die, it'd take away all the fun."

He released my foot and I jumped back, letting him finish.

"At least now I know you will die if I stab you. That's all I needed. Now I have something to look forward to when I make that first cut!"

"Like I said…" Raising my sword. "… You can't cut me! You jackass!"

I charged at him intending to hold nothing back. We exchanged blows at an even faster rate than before. His blows got stronger each time he struck and I was forced to jump back.

"So you've still got some fight in left in you."

I said before bracing myself when he ran at me. I sensed that this blow I would not be able to block so I dodged all his next attacks. Suddenly he was above me and slashed down on me hard. I heard the little girl laugh.

"Now this is a fight."

We went at each other again and I had trouble keeping up with the power of his blows.

"How many times do I have to tell you, retard? Your blows can't cut me."

I blocked his next attack with my arm but it was my turn to be dumb struck. He managed to cut me! I put some distance between us instantly and braced myself for his boasting of this small victory, but nothing came after a few seconds of silence.

"What's wrong? You freaked out 'cause you finally managed to cut me?"

I licked my wound and continued;

"Don't get the wrong idea. Just because you did it once…"

I stopped as he swung his sword two times in the air before slashing again but this time bringing dust and debris flying everywhere. The pink haired girl spoke again.

"Ken-chan's finally getting into the groove. Now the real fight begins, Ken-chan."

For a moment I did not know what to say. He looked at me and I felt his riatsu going up even more.

"Let's go another round. C'mon!"

He beckoned me like one would a child with his finger.

Completely pissed off I to raised my riatsu higher.

"Get over yourself!"

Again our swords danced together and now I had no trouble again matching his blows. He held our blades against each other and stared at one another. He smirked and suddenly his blade began piercing mine. I had to jump back to prevent my sword from being cut in half. I was not in time as he managed to cut the two top halves of my beloved Santa Teresa, he even managed to cut me across my face.

Shit. I looked at his blade and saw my blood on it.

"That's it. I'm finally used to how thick your skin is."

Used to… used to it? He thinks he can cut me now?

"To be honest, I haven't been practicing enough these days. I think my muscles shrank and I forgot how to control them. Sadly I was recovering from my last battle. Thanks. You gave me a hell of a warm up. Now let me repay my debt to you!"

He pointed his katana right at me and charged at an incredible speed at me. I blocked it just in time, I tried to retaliate but he blocked it like it was nothing and slashed me good across my chest.

"Damn it!"

I struck out my tongue and fired a cero at him. He threw the massive riatsu aside with his bare hand. How the hell did he managed that?

"No… way…"

I was dumbstruck while he walked towards me. The sun got blocked by some clouds making his approach even more scarier than normal. He reached me and stood menacing taller than me.

I screamed and tried to struck him with my hand, but he dodged and I scratched his own eye patch of him. I did not know it was possible but his grin got even larger.

His riatsu flared yellow all around him and without warning he slashed me from top to bottom across my body. It has been a long time since someone was able to cut me like that so it hurt like a bitch.

His riatsu sparked all across the area while I tried to recover from the brutal attack. I lost much blood as it flowed freely to the ground. My clothing was also ripped apart, not shielding my chest or the wound from sight. I panted heavily.

He touched the area where his eye patch used to be and sighed.

"You moron. You knocked my eye patch off. Now I can't hold back anymore."

"What…the hell…was that…eye patch?"

I still have not got my breathing under control.

"A seal."

"Seal?"

"I used that eye patch as a seal to suppress part of my riatsu. It's so I can take my time and savor each fight longer."

He paused before continuing.

"You're still standing. You still alive? Or are you about to die on your feet?"

That made me so angry and it showed on my face.

"Asshole… There's no way I'll die. You can't… A pathetic sword like yours can't…"

I summoned my riatsu and it also began glowing a darker yellow around me. The wind began to blow strong and his bells jingled.

"I…I…I… can't die!"

(An; play some epic bleach battle music on the background, it'll make this scene even more awesome ;)

Summoning even more riatsu I called out to my zanpakto.

"Pray! Santa Teresa!"

The buildup riatsu exploded all around and I felt myself being developed with a familiar feeling. I felt myself change and my wounds healing. I held off the transformation as long as I could because I loved the feeling of gaining so much power. In my eye corner I saw the little girl having trouble to stand. Good, maybe that will piss this guy off.

The dust and debris slowly cleared from the area revealing myself to my opponent. I saw him looking at me with surprise, probably at my four arms. I could not help but grin.

"So…How does it feel to see an Espada release their sword for the first time?"

He just stared at me, doing nothing.

"Say something, Shinigami."

His grin covered almost his whole face.

"Excellent riatsu. It feels like…"

He raised his katana.

"…your riatsu's making my sword sharper. Something I haven't felt in a long time."

"Is that right? Well then, let's see your freshly-sharpened blade try and cut me now!"

He roared without dropping his smile and charged at me. I blocked him easily with one arm and I saw his eyes widen in surprise.

"What?"

"Is that all you've got?"

I roared back at him and slashed him across the chest with another arm. He was knocked back and landed on his back.

"Your sword had no force behind it, Shinigami."

Blood pooled beneath him as he lay there. He was not even twitching. Did I kill him? After all that, I expected more. How boring. I turned my back to him.

"Guess that's that. Time to finish off the rest of'em."

I turned towards the little girl. I walked towards her but she did not even move. Well if she surrenders I'll let her live. I don't like fighting little girls and those were the orders from Aizen-sama.

Suddenly she lifted her finger.

"You should look behind you."

I did not even need to look around to feel what was happening. Massive riatsu materialized behind me. looking over my shoulder I saw it took the form of a skull. I reacted to slow and he managed to cut one off my arms off. It fell to the ground lifelessly with its blade still clutching in its grasp.

Fuck, that hurts.

I saw him standing a bit away from me and he cracked his neck before grinning at me.

"That's one arm."

"Damn you…"

"You should be careful. Ken-chan will get mad if you attack me."

"I'm not mad, ya little goof."

"So you were playing dead? That's pretty dirty."

"Shut it. I was thinking. Since you've got four arms, any one of them could block my katana. And that'd be boring. So I was trying to figure out how to prevent you from blocking me. The thing is, I couldn't come up with any ideas. So I figured I'll just cut 'em all off, one by one."

I glared at him.

"He won't be able to fight if you cut them all off, Ken-chan."

"What? Oh yeah. Never mind. I'll let you keep one."

The arrogance of this Shinigami was laughable.

"Hah, you'll let me keep one? What the hell? That's ridiculous. Don't strain yourself. That's the first and last arm you'll manage to cut off."

He stared at me.

"Well, more accurately…"

I gathered some riatsu and grew back my lost arm.

"…I'll rip you to shreds with four of my arms, without ever letting you cut off a single one!"

He kept staring at me.

"Because you're weaker…"

I ran towards him picking up my lost blade along the way.

"…than me, Shinigami!"

I unleased an onslaught of slashes at him which he blocked every single one off them. Except for the last one, I put a lot off strength on that one. He blocked it but could not handle the power and was thrown backwards. His path halted by him flying into a building resulting in its collapse.

"Ha, you're so light. I can toss you around like a rag doll. I guess you just can't handle my attacks anymore. Or maybe you're scared and trying to run away from me! huh?"

I flew after him landing on the rubble. He surprised me by jumping out of it and grabbing my face and once again slamming it down on the ground. Immediately after he slashed powerfully at me and I had to block with all off my arms. Shit. Looks like I underestimated him.

"What? You done already?"

Okay, that was all the baiting I could take. I created another set of arms and pierced them right through him. Not expecting that he took the full blow and my arm slashed through him like butter, my hand coming out on the other side of him.

"Moron. I told you, I wasn't gonna let you cut off a single one off my arms. And that I was gonna rip you to shreds with all six of them!"

He was shaking on his legs and coughed up blood. Not long now before he was done. I just had to laugh, so I laughed hard. I relished in his blood that was on my arm.

I summoned the fifth and sixth blade.

"You're dead, Shinigami."

But he was still grinning, that bastard. I was going to say something but he interrupted that by laughing like a maniac.

"Hell yeah! This is friggin' fantastic! This is how it's supposed to be! Who are you calling dead? I've finally got a hole in me, too. I'm on the same ground as you. Now let's get this thing rolling, Espada!"

He released a lot of riatsu resulting in dust flying up again. I tried to use that as a surprise attack but instead of blocking or dodging he let me cut him, also earning me a slash.

We went at each other, now truly holding nothing back. Impossible. He got even faster.

I ran up a building and slashed it in half, then using my riatsu I threw it in his direction intending to crush him. Before he got hit he slashed the thing in two without much effort. I knew he would do that so I charged after it and the moment it was split I attacked him through the gap. He deflected my blow pretty easily.

He was still laughing maniacally while attempting to slash me. he could not hit of course, every blow got deflected by one of my arms. He started to freak me out, I slashed him multiple times and it was like he did not even feel it, he just kept slashing at me.

True, I enjoyed this fight but this is going too far. I know I have the upper hand and his injuries are getting to him even if he does not acknowledge them. I see now, he is just a beast that needs to be put down.

So that is exactly what I do. I raised my arms and drove all six swords into his body. He froze, doing nothing. I pulled them back out and still he stood frozen.

It is over. Without something else happening him fell to the ground and I knew this time he would not get back up again.

I heard the little girl franticly calling his name but she is too late. Zaraki Kenpachi lost the fight.

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AN; wow, if that wasn't a long fight then I don't know anymore. I wrote it in one go. My fingers hurt XD

Tell me, is my battle writing good enough?

Also should I keep Kenpachi alive or is he better off dead? Your call. It's not important to me anyway.

Next Battle;

Ulquiorra Vs Soi Fon and Yoruichi

Love

Neko