Chapter 20

Matsumoto

All I could do was watch the captain charge for Takko in a blind rage. He was awake now; his eyes were open and burning with rage. The only time I had seen him like this was when he was fighting Aizen during the winter war. I never thought I would be seeing it again but here it was.

I went over to where Karin was laying and got down on my knees. I pulled her head into my lap and started to brush the hair and dirt from her face.

"It's alright Karin; this is going to be over soon." I said to her.

"Matsumoto." Said a soft voice from underneath me, I looked down to see Karin looking up at me. She was back to normal now. I stared down into her gray eyes desperately trying to keep myself from crying.

"Yes, Karin?" I asked.

"I have to go." She said simply.

"Go where?" I asked. She rolled onto her side on used her arms to push herself from the ground.

"I have to go help Toshiro." She replied.

"Karin you're still hurt, how can you possibly help him now?" I asked. I sucked in a deep breath as I watched her hands go up in flames.

"I might be hurt, but I'm not useless." She said as she glanced back with a confident smile.

Toshiro

"Die you bastard!" I screamed as I threw myself at him again. It's like I couldn't hit him no matter what I did. As soon as I got close enough to strike he was gone.

"I don't think I like the way you're speaking to my little captain." He replied. He was right in front of me in the blink of an eye. He put his entire palm to my face and pushed me down towards the ground. The force of his push was like something I never felt before. My body didn't stop until my back collided with the ground with the loud bang.

"I'm getting really tired of seeing you. I wish that you would just die you little shit." He said as he came down from the air for the first time in the entire battle. His feet touched the ground and he stalked in my direction.

"Don't take another step Takko." Said another voice; A familiar voice. My heart skipped a beat as I craned my neck to look in the direction of the voice and there she stood.

"Karin." I said. I couldn't help but let a smile work its way across my lips. She wasn't dead, she's alive.

"You think just because you regained control of our body that you can beat me?" Takko asked.

"I don't think I can, I know I can." She replied.

"You're confidence is so beautiful." He replied with a wide smile.

"And you're arrogance is disgusting." She said coldly.

"I'm really going to enjoy killing the both of you." Takko said with a smile.