Just in case you don't know, Sui-feng is the recently corrected spelling of Soifon. Don't worry, it's pronounced the same.

Rather than pairing up for a battle, Issanni decided that he should just sprint around and see if anyone came for him. He started jumping from building to building in hopes that someone would even see him. He didn't have to wait long. After only five minutes, he glanced over his shoulder and saw an orange flash as well as a white one. He turned around fully with his hands in his pockets and continued running backwards.

"So," he began, "may I ask who this person is that can keep up with me?"

"Shihoin Yoruichi," she responded, "former taicho of the Second Division."

"Sui-feng, current taicho of the Second Division," the other female responded.

Issanni put his finger on his chin and thought for a moment. "Second Squad…isn't that the one with ninjas?"

Yoruichi struggled to suppress a laugh. "It's the Onmitsukido," she corrected.

"Same difference." Issanni jumped to the right to avoid a building, without ever turning his back on them. "So, we just gonna run around all day?"

Sui-feng ran forward. "Take your time; you won't stand a chance against me and Yoruichi-sama!"

Issanni sighed. "That's certainly an arrogant statement."

"It's the truth."

Sui-feng disappeared with a burst of Shunpo. She appeared behind Issanni and was already swinging her foot at his head. Issanni casually ducked down and avoided the strike, to Sui-feng's surprise. As her foot passed him, Issanni reached up and grabbed her ankle. He spun on his feet and threw Sui-feng at Yoruichi. They barely avoided colliding with each other, and Sui-feng was left behind as she regained her footing.

"I don't like her; she seems like she has a pole up her ass," Issanni noted.

"That wasn't nice," Yoruichi grinned.

"It's the truth," he quoted playfully.

"I don't believe you ever introduced yourself."

"Issanni Lanzar, at your service." He took a moment to bow at her.

Yoruichi chuckled. "I can see why you don't like my protégé. You're the exact opposite of her."

"Really?"

"Yup…" Yoruichi sighed, "…but I'd rather not play tag all day."

Yoruichi shunpoed forward and aimed a punch straight at Issanni's face. He sidestepped the strike and touched her shoulder.

"It's your turn anyway." Issanni jumped back and ran away with his signature grin on his face.

"This is going to take a while."

Yoruichi dashed after him. Sui-feng rejoined her soon after.

"Yoruichi-sama, did I miss something?"

"I somehow got us into a game of tag," Yoruichi replied.

"You'll never win if you don't try!" Issanni playfully called back.

"This ought to be fun," Sui-feng remarked sarcastically as she rolled her eyes and dashed forward.

"Wait, Sui-feng!" Yoruichi called out to her.

"What is it, Yoruichi-sama?"

"I'm pretty sure this guy is just messing with us; and I'm not just talking about this game. Didn't you notice how casually he ducked under your kick?"

Sui-feng thought back. Now that she thought about, he hadn't even taken his hands out of his pockets, other than to grab her leg. "I don't see your point Yoruichi-sama."

"This guy is a lot stronger, if not faster, than he's letting on. Be careful Sui-feng."

"Of course Yoruichi-sama." Sui-feng ran ahead once more.

"One more thing Sui-feng."

"What is it?"

"Let's play along with him for a while, see if we can't get anything out of him."

"Of course, why didn't I think of that?"

"You're just pissed off that he managed to throw you," Yoruichi commented, smirking.

"Am not!" she denied.

"Man you guys are slow!" Issanni called back once more. "You'll never catch me at this rate."

Yoruichi shunpoed forward and tapped Issanni's arm. "Tag, you're it!" She grinned before slipping into shunpo again with Issanni on her tail.

Sui-feng put her hand over her face. Why do I have to play such childish games?

She dashed forward and joined Yoruichi. Yoruichi dove between a pair of towers and jumped back and forth on the way down to the street. Issanni followed her route. As soon as they reached the streets below, Yoruichi and Sui-feng went opposite ways.

"Ooh, tricky." Issanni grinned.

He took a left and followed Sui-feng. He used quickly dashed forward and appeared right in front of her. He quickly tapped her cheek, and disappeared. Sui-feng threw a hand back to block him, but he had already disappeared.

"Enough games!" She unsheathed her zanpakuto and gripped her wrist. "Sting all enemies to death, Suzumebachi!"

"Why are you so riled up?"

Issanni saw Sui-feng come after him and try to jab at his neck. Issanni merely moved his head to the side to avoid the strike. Sui-feng drew back and stabbed again and continued in this manner over and over again at rapid speed. Issanni casually dodged all of them whilst still keeping his hands in his pockets.

"I have better things to do other than fight you."

How is he dodging my strikes? Sui-feng thought. He shouldn't even be able to see them coming.

"Like ogling at your dear Yoruichi-sama?"

The comment infuriated her and made Sui-feng strike faster. They continued on like this for what seemed an eternity.

"You're really slow; you know that?" Issanni grabbed her arm as it flew by him.

Sui-feng withdrew her hand and jumped back."I'll admit you aren't as weak as I said you were. But that doesn't change the fact that you are going to lose to the Gotei 13!"

"Yeah, I'm stronger than I look you know." Issanni waved. "Adios." Once again he began to run. Sui-feng ran after him. They started zigzagging through the streets and the air. Issanni turned around but kept running. "I wonder where that other chick went."

"Don't call Yoruichi-sama a chick! Show some respect!"

Sui-feng dove at his chest, but Issanni batted away her hand and continued to run. He jumped between two skyscrapers and darted to the right. Sui-feng rounded the corner at full speed, only to be met by a full force kick. The sheer force of Issanni's strike, combined with the speed of Sui-feng when the kick connected, created a shockwave that completely leveled both the buildings nearest them. Sui-feng barely managed to block with her left arm. But the kick still had more than enough force to send her flying fifty stories to the grounds and through an entire block of buildings.

"I could see you were getting annoyed, so I decided to end this game." He put his foot down. "Pity, I was really having fun."

"About time!"

Issanni looked up as a shadow appeared over him. Yoruichi stood over him with her leg lifted high. She was wearing no longer wearing her orange shirt, and had armor on her legs and arms. She swung her right leg down, striking Issanni with enough force to send him to the ground; but unlike his opponent he had done the same to earlier, Issanni corrected himself and landed on his feet, leaving a large crater where he stood.

Issanni rolled his neck and swung his arms. "Ouch…" he popped his neck. "…that hurt." He looked at Yoruichi. "Why the hell are you wearing that?"

"It's necessary for a special ability," was all she said.

"Looks like mine." He pointed at his feet. He was wearing large metal boots that covered his shin. There were two lights on the side of each knee. "Had them specially made. Where have you been anyway?"

"Getting this…" She pointed at the anti-hierro armor she was wearing. "…I was hoping that I wouldn't have to use 'em."

Issanni felt a click in the back of his head and looked behind him towards the river. He lifted a finger. "Would you excuse me a moment?" He turned to hurry away.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Yoruichi positioned her body in a battle stance. "If there's one thing a member of the Onmitsukido never does, it's let their target get away."

"First of all, you're a former member…" He started to walk off. "…and second, you may want to go check up on your friend all the way over there." He pointed at the end of the block between them.

Yoruichi's eyes widened. "Sui-feng!" She ran off past the street of leveled buildings.

"I'll just be taking my leave." He tiptoed away, and then used Sonido as soon as he was out of sight.

"Sui-feng, Sui-feng, where are you!" Yoruichi went to the last of the leveled buildings. "Sui-feng, where are you!" She began to throw piles of rocks out of the way.

"Over here, Yoruichi-sama!" Yoruichi turned around and saw an arms sticking out of the rubble. She went over there and kicked the rocks off of Sui-feng. Sui-feng coughed at the dust. "Thank-you, Yoruichi-sama."

"All you all right Sui-feng?"

"Yes…" Sui-feng sat up against a wall and put her arm over her stomach. "…believe it or not, I've been through worse. I just need a moment."

"Sui-feng! Y-your arm!" Yoruichi gasped.

Sui-feng looked down; her left arm was bloody, broken, and bent several times. "That's a problem." She grabbed her wrist. "Just give it a moment."

Yoruichi raised an eyebrow. "Sui-feng, you need to at least stop the bleeding."

"Yoruichi-sama, I've had my arms been aged to nothing, this is a lot better that it seems." Sui-feng reached her mouth over her shoulder and bit at her haori. She bit down hard as her arms began to twist and bend grotesquely.

"Sui-feng, what the hell?"

In mere moments, Sui-feng's arm was working as if it were never shattered. "Like I said, I've had my arms aged to nothing. Well, the orange haired human girl healed my arm. Kurostuchi says it cause some sort of time and space anomaly. My left arm will always go back to the way it was if anything happens to it." She flexed her fingers, and stretched out the muscles to test her arm. "It was a little disturbing at first, and it's only my left arm. I never had the chance to dodge his kick, so the best I could do was block with this arm since it would just heal." Sui-feng got up and turned toward the area that she had been launched from. Sui-feng whistled. "Wow, I sure got some distance. Didn't I, Yoruichi-sama?

Yoruichi giggled. "You sure did Sui-feng. But you're still badly wounded from the crash."

Sui-feng stretched. "I'll be okay, Yoruichi-sama. Like I said, I've been through worse." She looked around. "Where did that Arrancar go?"

"His name is Issanni, and I think he went toward the river."

"Yup, but I'm back."

Both women turned around just in time to see Issanni level the last wall that Sui-feng hadn't hit. He succeeded in kicking up a lot of dust and blinded them. Yoruichi and Sui-feng covered their eyes and jumped out of the way. Issanni took advantage of this and jumped into the cloud of dust after putting on his hollow mask goggles. He kicked Yoruichi in the stomach and used an axe kick to strike her back and stun her. Her hooked her neck behind his knee and began to strangle her.

"How does it feel to be beaten at hand-to-hand combat; Yoruichi-san?"

"I dunno. Why don't you tell me?"

Issanni released her and jumped out of the way, but not before a large butterfly mark appeared on his back. "Damn! Should have seen that coming." He reached back on prodded the area where he'd been marked. "Let's see if I remember correctly, this is a Homonkey?"

Sui-feng appeared next to Yoruichi, and she swung her arms in a circle, allowing poison to flow out. "It's a Homonka you imbecile. If I hit you there again, you will die."

"Looks like I can't play with you then." He crouched down and gathered reiatsu beneath his feet. "Sorry, but looks like I have to kill you already, I can't risk leaving my poor Chiyo-chan behind."

He looked up with a serious expression on his face which was accompanied by the low booming sound made by Sonido. They anticipated his attack, but all he had done was stand up with his hands crossed behind his back.

"What cha' lookin' at?" he calmly asked. "If I were you…" he raised his hand and pointed at Sui-feng, "…I'd be worried about that wound."

The moment he finished that sentence, two dark red lines became visible on Sui-feng's body; releasing massive amounts of blood. Sui-feng slowly fell to her knees and had to put her hand down to stop herself from falling.

"Wh-when did you?"

"When did I do what?" He made the sound again. "You mean that?" He pointed once more, and blood started gushing from her back. "Or were you talking about that?"

He made the sound of Sonido, and more blood burst from her back. Issanni flung the fresh blood off of his hand.

"Impossible!" Sui-feng gasped.

No longer able to maintain a reiatsu platform, Sui-feng fell to the concrete below.

"Sui-feng!"

Yoruichi reached out to grab Sui-feng, who reached back, but their fingers only grazed each other's. She shot a pleading look at Issanni, who merely nodded , and Yoruichi shunpoed down to catch Sui-feng. Yoruichi carried her down and gently laid her across on a roof a fair distance away.

"Sui-feng, listen to me! Stay awake, don't go." She took off her armor and then removed Sui-feng's haori and tried to use it to stop the bleeding. But it was a futile attempt; the wounds were too deep and too many; especially the deep gash on her back.

"I'm sorry, Yoruichi-sama." Her words came out as little more than a whisper. "I didn't see it coming." She held Yoruichi's hand in hers, as the crimson circle around her slowly grew.

"No, I'm sorry Sui-feng, I saw it, but I was too shocked to stop it." Yoruichi began to shed tears. "I'm not even sure if I could have." Yoruichi opened her eyes, and saw Suzumebachi reform into a sword, the blade was impaled in the roof so that the sword stood up.

"Looks like I don't have much time here, Yoruichi-sama." She saw a small line slowly travel across the blade. "Thank you, thank you for coming back, ten years ago…" Sui-feng violently coughed up blood, "…at least, I can die without regrets. At least I can die by your side." The line across the blade nearly reached the other end. "Man, I must sound really girly right now." Both of them chuckled, but Sui-feng winced in pain at the act. Sui-feng's voice began to get soft. "Good-bye, Yoru…" She began to cough up blood, and her wounds began to bleed more heavily. "…Good-bye, Yoruichi." Suzumebachi at last broke in two. The light from Sui-feng's eyes faded as the hilt hit the roof.

"SUI-FENG!"

Yoruichi held her hand against her cheek. It was lifeless. A last breath escaped her lips. Yoruichi remained still for several minutes, refusing to let go of Sui-feng's hand. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't suppress her sobs. She reached over, and closed her eyes, then folded her hands across her chest. She folded Sui-feng's blood-soaked haori, a placed it under her hands. The she grabbed the sword pieces placed it on the haori. Wordlessly, Yoruichi placed a barrier over Sui-feng's body.

"I wish there was more that I could do for you. But, this will have to do for now." She noticed the final smile on Sui-feng's lips. Yoruichi wiped away her tears. "You died a warrior's death. You'd probably say there is no greater honor." Yoruichi put her anti-hierro armor back on. "I'll finish this fight for you." Yoruichi turned around and Shunpoed back to the area that Issanni sat patiently.

"I just want you to know," Issanni began, "I wish that wasn't necessary, but in a 'you or me' world, I had no choice." He stood up and wiped his hands off. "Now I assume that her death is going to make you fight at your fullest, and I don't blame you." Issanni stood sideways with both fists facing forward. "But that doesn't mean I can let you win; so I still have to fight you."

Yoruichi kept her face down. She reached her right arm out to the side and started collecting reiatsu in her palm, which quickly became a whirlwind which surrounded her hand. She looked at him with fiery eyes. "I wouldn't have it any other way!" She dissipated the whirlwind of reiatsu, and held a small, sheathed sword in her hand.

Please don't hate me for killing Sui-feng. I don't hate her, but my war WILL have casualities. I posted a day early because I am going on vacation, so i have to do it while I can