Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Bleach, or any of the anime/manga characters.

Warnings: Violence, Language

Shock

Zetsumei took a step forward, drawing his katana.

"I won't make a mistake this time. I'll bring Aizen the jewel, and I'll bring your head as reparation for screwing up," he laughed.

Instantly, he attacked her, his body blurring with his speed.

Kagome let instinct take over, using Hirenyaku to dodge before bringing out the Quincy bow. His eyes widened and he couldn't react due to his surprise when she shot an arrow.

The power landed on him, and he dove away, the arrow cutting his arm.

He spun to a stop several feet back, eying her with a new wariness.

"What the hell was that?"

"Remember that nice bow I shot you with before you broke it?" Kagome started lightly. "Guess what? You won't be breaking this one," she said, forming another arrow.

"Ichigo, make sure nobody's hurt and look after the kids. I'm going to need help, but you'll probably figure out when that is."

Without a word, the Shinigami took off, disappearing in a burst of speed.

Zetsumei stared at Kagome, looking at the bow.

"A miko who's also a Quincy?" he mused, eyes narrowed. "Perhaps Aizen would want you like he wanted that orange-haired bitch… But I suppose having that jewel for him will make up for it."

He launched again, Kagome tracking his movement and waiting for him to get too close. As soon as he was within striking distance, she fired.

He brought his blade up, slicing the energy in half and causing a small explosion, knocking Kagome back.

As she came up, he was there, using the distraction completely. His sword flashed across her vision, and she brought her hands up, using the Quincy bow as a shield.

It didn't dampen the impact too much, and she found herself smashing backwards. Blood flew up from her bleeding arms, her body sliding against the grass and dirt.

Despite the agony burning her synapses, she pushed herself up, eyes narrowed at the smirking Espada.

He slowly began advancing on her, and she brought her bow back into existence. She began taking a step back for his every step forward, firing arrow after arrow. While he easily knocked them away, it slowed him down, and distracted him from the energy building in Kagome while firing weak arrows.

"Come now. You started out that well, and this is all you have?" he laughed, knocking them aside.

And then, the arrows weren't even slowing him down, and she released her energy in a massive burst.

Five arrows, considerably stronger, launched into him. He blocked with his katana, but as each arrow hit, the concentration of energy built against him, beginning to push him back.

And then, the energy exploded, and he was thrown back, chest smoking. But he wasn't dead, and that was worrying.

He slowly brushed himself off, blood leaking from a nasty-looking burn mark on his chest, eye narrowed. His mask was cracked in various places, he wasn't amused anymore.

Kagome began building power anew, surprised the attack hadn't done more with the force from the explosion.

Before she could hit him again, he crossed the park, his body giving off a high-pitched whistle as it vanished.

A fist connected with her stomach, and she rose up off the ground, pain launching through her. Before the pain rode itself out, Zetsumei brought his elbow down on her back, smashing her into the ground and making her hurt even more.

She started getting up when his foot shot out, kicking her and rolling her over with a pained gasp. Slowly, his foot came down on her still-mending leg, and he let out a growl.

"That's not funny. That hurt, you bitch," he snarled.

His foot pressed down, and she let out a pained whimper as fiery agony formed in the only spot her leg still hurt.

Slowly, he lifted his blade, spinning it so the blade was down.

"I was gonna' have some fun, but now you've pissed me off. Die!"

He began slashing downward, and Kagome's heart skipped a beat in fear.

And in that brief second, a strange, alien power surged through her body. Zetsumei sensed the shift in power and forced more power into his slash.

Just as it would've reached her, the power left Kagome's body and turned into a tangible force, his blade being held at bay in the air above her head, sparks of silver energy rising from the tip.

Teeth gritted against the strain, he pushed, trying to drive the blade into her skull.

Her hand came up, and his eye widened in shock when she pushed, lifting his blade away with the bare, unmarred palm of her hand.

The power reached higher levels, the air whistling around her, and he dove away. Kagome slowly sat up, smoke and steam rising in a sphere around her. The ground became molten beneath her feet, and Kagome stared in wonder at her body, glowing with silver energy.

Following what felt naturally, she brought her glowing hands together in a clap. As she began separating them, silver light poured into existence.

The further she spread her arms, the longer the shaft of edged light became. And then, the light hardened, and she was no longer holding undefined light, but a strange, ethereal blade.

Before Zetsumei could respond, she lunged, slamming the blade into his shoulder. His katana came up and drove her back, blood pouring from the mark.

"What the hell is this!"

"Don't know," Kagome said with a shrug. "But it'll work."

She came at him with an abnormal ferociousness, making dozens of cuts along his form and weakening him more by the second.

Ichigo and the children watched in shock as she moved, beating the Espada more and more by the second despite his impressive resistance.

He punched her in the face as she drew her blade back, but for some reason, Kagome simply didn't feel it, the energy around her seeming to absorb the force. Her next blade struck, and the Espada let out a snarl, energy rising around him in a black mist.

With a hiss, Zetsumei punched into the blade, the black energy suddenly coalescing into a swirling, black spiral around his knuckles.

"Cero!"

A burst of black light came, and Kagome was thrown back, smoke rising from her and her arms heavily bleeding.

Despite the fact that she knew she should be in pain, Kagome felt almost nothing besides a tingling that ran up her limbs. And when she started advancing on him again, Zetsumei backed away, a shocked fear forming in his eye…

A/N:

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