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Warning – Swearing, fighting, you know.
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Blades hit each other over and over again, sparks flying just from the sheer strength behind the attacks, one blocking and the other attacking, one of the them cursing loudly when the other jumped towards him. Kenpachi frowned, seeing the woman jump towards him, holding his sword up on the sides, making her sword clash with his and go right by him. Shun landed on the ground behind him and turned, jumping towards the Captain once more, her eyes still void of any emotion.
His curled his upper lip, feeling so weak for having to block the woman's attacks instead of fighting head on. He wanted to roll his eyes and curse, only to block another attack from the woman, jumping into the wall behind him, seeing the woman jump after him.
If he did fight back, just one swipe could end the darn woman's life in a second. Shit! Why was he thinking during a fight? This was Shun. A woman that loved to fight. But at the moment she looked like she was dead. He frowned and jumped onto a building, looking down, seeing the woman jump onto the ground and stare up at him with a blank look. She held her sword and swung it to the side, making Kenpachi frown in confusion before narrowing his eyes when the building started to shake. Damn. He jumped onto another one, glancing behind and seeing the woman run after him, seeing the building fall to the ground.
He jumped onto another, running. He was fucking running from a fight. He was Kenpachi Zaraki, the most feared Captain in the Gotei thirteen, known for his fighting skills and his high reiatsu. He growled and turned, swinging his sword, making the woman raise her eyebrows slightly from the sudden attack, holding up her sword and wincing when the Captain's blade hit hers. She flew to the side and crashed into another building, making excitement burn in Kenpachi's eyes. No! Damn! He couldn't get excited. If he did he was going to kill the darn woman.
He walked over to the edge, staring at the mess he had made, frowning deeply. He turned his head, seeing that Ichigo was fighting with the arrancar, cursing. He was going to fight the damn bastard. He turned his head and stared at the mess.
"Hey! Are you dead?" Kenpachi asked casually, clenching his hands. "Don't tell me that's all you can take!"
He widened his eyes slightly, feeling reiatsu hit his shoulders, light blue reiatsu blasting around the area, visible to his eyes. Rubble started moving, seeing the woman stand up and stare at him, holding her hand up, her eyes still blank even though her arm was bleeding.
"Hado 33, Sokatsui."
Kenpachi cursed and curled his upper lip at the same time the attack blasted from her hand.
Byakuya was running away from Rio, his eyes narrowed just as an explosion happened, making his eyes snap to the side, seeing Kenpachi jump out of the smoke and seeing the woman jump after him. Fools. He moved to the side, seeing a sword go right by him, turning in another direction, knowing he was faster than the woman. He was supposed to be faster. But how was it... He turned his head, seeing Rio right behind him. How was it she was keeping up with him? The sides of his mouth went downwards.
Probably due to that arrancar.
Rio's eyes were narrowed, swinging her sword, her sword just grazing his haori, making him narrow his eyes. She was getting closer. He started going faster, making the woman look up and try to match his speed. He kept jumping onto other buildings, hoping it wouldn't have to come for him to have to attack the woman.
He widened his eyes when Rio appeared in front of him, swinging her sword, stopping and turning in another direction, making the woman run after him.
He couldn't attack, he just couldn't. He loved this woman. He clenched his hands. And that arrancar tricked them. He had them believe it was actually those women saying such horrible things to them when they were actually imposters. He ruined what he had with Rio. And because of that mistake she called off their wedding. Over the two years he had been so busy he would go home at night and go straight to bed, never talking the wedding over with Rio.
His heart clenched, glancing back and seeing an emotionless look on the woman's face.
He had said such horrible things to her, which she had no right to hear. He had said he hated her appearance, which he knew she was sensitive to. He had said he was marrying her because his clan wanted an heir. His eyes hardened.
He wanted to apologize. But... right now wasn't exactly the greatest of times.
He disappeared, reappearing in the courtyard, looking around with a serious look on his face. He narrowed his eyes and looked upwards, seeing Rio swinging her sword down, quickly moving out of the way, the last place where he stood exploding, rubble and dust flying into the air. He stood still and widened his eyes when something white went towards him, making contact and exploding. The smoke cleared around Rio, her hand outstretched and pointing at the Captain, smoke rising from her hand.
Katsu moved back, seeing Ichigo swing his sword downwards, the arrancar watching with a slightly interested stare, his eyebrows raised slightly. The orange haired man glared at him hatefully and swung his sword to the side, widening his eyes when the arrancar disappeared. Where did he-
"If that had hit me, I'm not sure if I would still be alive."
He widened his eyes and looked to the side, seeing Katsu standing on his sword with his back straight and his arms behind his back, that annoying smile still on his face, looking at the sky. The sides of his mouth went downwards.
"Oh, dear. It looks like it will rain." Katsu commented, staring at the black clouds in the sky.
He jumped when the orange haired man swung his sword, landing gracefully on the ground, still looking at the sky. Ichigo scowled and clenched his hands around the grip of his sword, giving the arrancar a hated glare. Katsu smiled and glanced at the Captain, seeing his glare.
"Do you hate the rain?"
"C'mon!" Ichigo yelled, running towards the arrancar and swinging his sword, seeing the arrancar effortlessly dodge it.
How was he dodging his attacks? He knew Vasto Lordes were stronger than Captain class shinigami, but he was stronger than a normal Captain. He knew that. He narrowed his eyes. So why couldn't he hit this arrancar.
Katsu narrowed his eyes with a smile.
He blinked when he heard an explosion, turning around, ignoring Ichigo and making him flinch. Damn arrogant bastard. Katsu narrowed his eyes when he saw Shun laying under rubble and seeing the Captain of the eleventh walking towards her with a smirk. He tilted his head and raised his eyebrows slightly. Ichigo saw what happened and smirked.
"Seems you should have got better allies, Katsu. All the Captains here are stronger than Shun and Rio and it would be a snap to knock them out." Ichigo said, seeing the arrancar turn and stare at him.
His eyes started shining before a smile spread across his lips, making Ichigo frown. What was he thinking? Katsu turned, seeing Kenpachi grin down at the woman, his sword resting on his shoulder. He raised his hand with a smile.
"Get up, Shun."
Ichigo and all the others Captains widened their eyes when they saw the woman stand, her head lowered, walking out of the debris, her eyes blank and swaying to the sides, her sword held loosely in her hand. Kenpachi had his eyes wide, seeing the woman stand directly in front of him. He knew he had to attack back. He knew he had to run to avoid attacking. Hell, he knew she was the enemy now but he couldn't do shit!
"Shun, that's not very nice. You should look into the man's eyes at least." Katsu said, smiling as he watched the two, moving to the side when he saw a large blade heading for him.
Shun looked up, Kenpachi frowning when he saw her dead look. She punched him, sending him flying back and into a building, running after him, her eyes narrowed. They could hear the announcements from the twelfth division, hearing someone say that everyone needed to attack the arrancar. They could also hear them saying to attack Shun and Rio.
Ichigo cursed.
Dammit!
If they didn't do something soon, Yuri was going to get there and witness all this. Katsu dodged, only to narrow his eyes and turn, Ichigo looking in his direction and seeing Rio flying towards them. The arrancar turned, seeing Rio hit the ground and cough up blood. His eyes hardened, walking over to the woman. Rio got up on her arms, her eyes still void of any emotion, Byakuya staring at her with a pained expression.
He had no choice but to attack.
Rio saw a pair of feet in front of her, looking upwards, seeing the arrancar staring coldly at her.
"I didn't say... to get hurt, Rio."
He kicked his leg out, hitting the woman and sending her rolling on the ground, coughing up more blood. Ichigo widened his eyes with rage, seeing the arrancar walking towards the woman. He quickly got in front of him and started swinging his sword.
"You bastard!" Ichigo yelled, glaring at the arrancar when he saw him jump back. "You just can't attack your ally when they're on the ground when they're hurt!"
Katsu chuckled and smiled darkly.
"Do you think that I cared before?"
Ichigo clenched his teeth tightly together, all the Captains watching all doing the same and glaring at the arrancar, both children hiding behind all of them, their eyes wide.
"Don't you have any pride?" Ichigo asked, giving the arrancar a cold stare. "You took these two women and experimented on them. Hell, for all we know you could really have sexually abused them. And you kick them even when they're down?"
"...Yes." Katsu said, smiling.
"Why did you take them here? Why didn't you take any other of your underlings?" Ichigo asked, seeing the arrancar narrow his eyes and pause. "If you think that taking Shun and Rio here will get us angry, then-"
"I don't have any other underlings."
Ichigo blinked with all the other Captains, staring at the arrancar questioningly.
"Unlike Hikaru-sama, I like to work alone." Katsu said, his eyes narrowed and frowning slightly, his arms behind his back. "Working with others isn't exactly my... forte."
Ichigo stared at him before smirking.
"Is that so? Then that means that nobody will come here to save you then, is that right?" Ichigo asked, seeing the arrancar stare at him with a frown. "Then I guess that means you're in trouble, because-"
"Because what?" Katsu asked harshly, making the orange haired man blink. "Because I have absolutely no one to protect me? Because I don't know how to act around others? Because whenever I see one living organism, I have to experiment on that person? Now you're making a fool out of me." He said, narrowing his eyes.
Ichigo stared at him with wide eyes.
"Well... saying that may make me do something... horrible." Katsu said, a large evil smile spreading across his face.
"You're crazy." Ichigo commented, tightening his grip around his sword.
"...That's what my allies said... before I killed them all." Katsu said, smiling darkly.
Ichigo jumped towards the arrancar and started swinging his sword wildly, his eyes narrowed dangerously and seeing a smirk on the arrancar's face, seeing him jump back.
Kenpachi swung his sword down with a crazy look in his eyes, unable to stop himself from enjoying the fight, seeing the woman hold her sword up and block the attack, wincing slightly and narrowing her eyes. It was obvious his attacks were too much for her. Shun pushed her sword aside and jumped back, her eyes still the same. Her reiatsu started rising light blue reiatsu surrounding her. Kenpachi grinned widely as he raised his reiatsu as well, yellow visible reiatsu surrounding him. Debris surrounded them, blood dripping off their bodies. Kenpachi's grin widened, seeing a blank look on the woman's face.
They ran forward and clashed swords with each other again, swinging over and over, waves of reiatsu going all over the Seireitei, some people not even able to withstand it.
Yachiru watched, her eyebrows furrowed, for once not happy of the fight her father figure was having.
Kenpachi grinned widely, grabbing the woman's arm, making Shun snap her attention at the hand, and smashed her into the ground, seeing her narrow her eyes and kick his chest, sending him skidding back. She jumped up and into the air, slamming her sword against his, sparks flying as they fought. Kenpachi couldn't help but laugh, seeing a flash of confusion go through the woman's eyes.
"C'mon, Shun! Enjoy yourself!" Kenpachi yelled, swinging his sword down.
The woman jumped out of the way, swinging her sword and managing to get the Captain's side, blood spurting out of the wound. They continued to attack, one of them extremely happy while the other didn't have no emotion. They swung their swords hard, blood spurted everywhere, Shun's eyes going cold while Kenpachi widened his eyes with his excitement, laughing maniacally.
"Bakudo 61, Rikujokoro." Byakuya muttered, pointing at the green eyed woman.
Rio stopped, unable to move, looking down and seeing she was bind. Byakuya narrowed his eyes and walked towards her, unsheathing his sword, seeing the woman look up and stare at him blankly. He felt himself relax slightly, seeing that she wasn't doing anything.
He did, however, tense when her reiatsu steadily started rising, her eyes still the same.
She snapped her eyes at him, her arms by her sides, her eyes turning red before her reiatsu blasted out of her, making Byakuya's eyes harden, seeing one of the golden energy bars around her disappear. Red reiatsu was visible around her, all the bars around her breaking. Byakuya moved out of the way, seeing the blade go by, cutting several strands of his hair. He saw a cold look in Rio's eyes, narrowing his eyes.
He blocked her attack, seeing her swing her sword continuously.
He couldn't kill her.
Katsu smiled, seeing Ichigo swinging his sword, cutting his arm. His expression didn't falter, making Ichigo narrow his eyes. Damn. What was with this guy? He didn't wince or anything when he would cut him. How could people like him even exist?
Ichigo narrowed his eyes and swung his sword sideways, making Katsu widen his eyes slightly, and quickly unsheathe his sword, blocking the attack. Ichigo smirked, making the arrancar smile.
"Amazing. I knew you would make me unsheathe my sword sooner or later."
The orange haired man frowned as he drew his eyebrows together. Smug bastard. He widened his eyes when the arrancar swung his sword down, connecting with his, a crater appearing under his feet, widening his eyes. They swung their swords, all the Captains feeling wind hit their faces just from the sheer force behind the attacks.
Ichigo jumped back, swinging his sword, white light heading for the arrancar, seeing him widen his eyes slightly and jump. Katsu landed on the wall, narrowing his eyes when Ichigo appeared behind him, swinging his sword and cursing when the arrancar jumped and missed. Katsu ran across the roofs, his eyes narrowed, Ichigo right behind him.
The arrancar smiled darkly when he thought of something and disappeared, making Ichigo curse at the arrancar's speed, looking around for him.
When he turned, he widened his eyes with horror.
Hisana started crying.
Everyone turned their heads and started yelling.
Katsu smiled, holding onto the baby, his eyes narrowed, feeling her thrash about. Ichigo felt his heart stop, his eyes wide, his sword held loosely in his hand. The arrancar chuckled and glanced at the small girl, giving her a soft smile.
"Hello there. What is your name?" Katsu asked, seeing the girl stop and sniffle, staring at him with large teary eyes.
"H-Hisana."
"Hisana." Katsu breathed, smiling brightly. "That is a very pretty name, Hisana. Do you know who I am?" He asked, seeing the girl shake her head. "Well, I am here for one person. Do you know who Yuri Hikari is?"
Hisana blinked and tilted her head. She widened her eyes and smiled brightly, nodding. Katsu smiled.
"Do you know where she is?" Katsu asked, giving the girl a soft expression.
She furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head sadly. Katsu gave a slight frown.
"Oh, that's too bad." Katsu said, smiling at the baby once more. "But that is okay." He said, patting her head.
Hisana closed one of her eyes when she felt his hand on her head. Katsu paused and narrowed his eyes when he sensed a very large reiatsu hit his shoulders, the baby blinking and grabbing onto the front of his robes. The arrancar paused and stared down at the girl, tilting his head in confusion, wondering why she was holding onto him. He didn't have time to think about it when the pressure on his shoulders doubled.
"KATSU!"
The arrancar looked up, seeing Ichigo glaring at him with his eyes wide with rage, holding his arm out and putting his hand on his arm, making Katsu blink and widen his eyes slightly with a smile spreading across his face, feeling the small girl tighten her grip on his robes.
"BANKAI!"
Wind swirled around him, the arrancar holding onto the little girl with a smile, seeing the smoke quickly dissipate, seeing Ichigo wearing a long sleeved, ankle length black coat, holding a long black sword and glaring at the arrancar, his reiatsu so high that some people passed out several miles away. Katsu remained indifferent, even when Ichigo appeared behind him, swinging his sword. He quickly disappeared, and again, again, and again with Ichigo right on his tail, holding the little child all the while.
Isshin stared with wide eyes, trembling slightly.
"GIVE HER BACK TO ME!" Ichigo roared, his eyes wide with rage.
Katsu chuckled, glancing back with a dark smile, making Ichigo flinch, instantly in front of the arrancar. Katsu appeared somewhere else, holding the girl close to her chest, his eyes narrowed when he saw Ichigo in front of him once more, swinging his sword. Fool! He widened his eyes slightly and spun around, the blade hitting his back. The sides of his mouth went downwards, disappearing and reappearing on top a large building, feeling blood drip down his back. He heard a whimper and glanced down, seeing Hisana stare at him with wide eyes, turning her head and staring at her father. He instantly caught the look.
She was... worried about him?
He narrowed his eyes.
What a strange little girl.
Ichigo appeared in front of him, his eyes wide with rage, holding onto his sword tightly. Katsu frowned and jumped into the courtyard, his eyes narrowed. Rukia then ran into the courtyard, looking around, widening her eyes when she saw bodies everywhere. What happened? She saw two blurs go right by, turning her head, widening her eyes when she saw Ichigo and... an arrancar?
But it was holding something.
She squinted her eyes, Ukitake noticing her. Once she saw what he was holding she widened her eyes with horror.
"Hisana!"
Ichigo and Katsu heard it, the arrancar turning his head slightly, seeing the woman. He stared at her with narrowed eyes before he face went through his memory, smiling a second later. He disappeared, making Ichigo curse and stop, looking around.
Rukia looked at Hisana in her arms, her eyes still wide.
One second she was staring at Ichigo and the arrancar, the next she was holding Hisana in her arms. The small girl smiled at her and grabbed the front of her robes, still smiling brightly.
Katsu ran across the courtyard and jumped onto a wall then a roof top, turning around and smiling as he narrowed his eyes, seeing Ichigo glare at him. The orange haired man frowned, not seeing the arrancar holding onto Hisana anymore when his eyes caught the sight of Rukia, feeling himself relax slightly. He gave the arrancar another cold stare, getting ready when two explosions sounded, widening his eyes and seeing Shun and Rio fly into the courtyard, hitting the ground. Both Kenpachi and Byakuya landed on the wall, staring at the two.
Kenpachi was bleeding, no surprise there, and Byakuya was roughed up just a little.
"What happened?" Ichigo asked, staring at the two in shock, seeing that they weren't staring at him.
"Just having a little fun." Kenpachi said, grinning widely as he stared at the woman that just started standing.
"I had no choice but to attack Rio." Byakuya said, his eyes narrowed.
Ichigo stared at him. If he looked closely he could actually see pain in his eyes. He frowned. They were both hesitant to attack them. Though, Kenpachi might have been getting a tad too happy while Shun fought him.
Both women stood and stared at the two that attacked, grabbing their swords off the ground and bending their knees, getting ready, until Katsu appeared behind them, making everyone widen their eyes when he gave the two a slight frown.
"Now, now... I didn't say to get beaten badly." Katsu said, a dark smile spreading across his face, his eyes shadowed.
Shun and Rio had just turned their heads when they started flying towards opposite walls, hitting the surface. Once they made contact with the wall dust and rubble flew into the air, making everyone widen their eyes. Why did he hit them? Katsu turned his head, ordering both women to stand. Just as his sentence ended, both women stood out of the mess, their eyes still emotionless.
Katsu sighed and shook his head with a tsk, closing his eyes.
"I don't know what I am going to do with you two." Katsu said, giving a smile. "Unless, what if I..."
He narrowed his eyes and smiled, deep in thought, both women walking towards him. He glanced at the two Captains that hurt the women, smiling widely, pointing towards them and making them frown. Shun and Rio turned, facing their Captains, bending their knees and getting ready to attack.
They both stopped.
Ichigo and all the other Captains felt their hearts stop.
Hitsugaya widened his eyes with horror.
"WAIT!"
Katsu blinked, turning his head, staring at one part of the courtyard, staring at the person standing on the wall. He stared at her for several long moments, seeing the person breathe heavily, sweating from running all the way there. That person matched the description perfectly.
Ichigo turned his head and widened his eyes, staring at the woman nobody wanted there at the moment.
"...Yuri." Hitsugaya breathed, his eyes wide and feeling his heart stop.
The brown haired woman panted heavily, looking at the scene, staring at the arrancar. He was the one she saw torturing her friends. When she glanced at the other two people standing close to her she widened her eyes. It was Shun and Rio!
"What's going on? Why are... Shun and Rio covered in blood?" Yuri asked, her eyes wide with horror, still calling her friend by her given name. "Why... Why are there dead people here? What happened?"
Yuri glanced at the arrancar, shivering when she saw him staring at her intently, seeing him stare with no emotion in his eyes.
Katsu blinked once.
Blinked twice.
And then a third time.
What he did next shocked everyone.
"You... YOU'RE SO ADORABLE!" Katsu yelled, smiling brightly as his eyes shined.
People paused and all stared dumbfounded at the deadly arrancar, their eyes wide and some even blinking stupidly. What the hell was that? Katsu smiled widely, about to say something until someone yelled, making him narrow his eyes.
"RUN, YURI!" Hitsugaya yelled, seeing the woman blink. "HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU!"
Yuri widened her eyes.
"Bu- But-"
"THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE TALKING BACK! RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK!"
Yuri widened her eyes, glancing at her friends one more time, before reluctantly nodding and about to turn. Katsu narrowed his eyes with a slight frown on his face, both women standing lifeless.
"Oh, no. You see," Katsu lowered his head with a dark smile, his hair covering his eyes. "I can't let you leave."
Before Yuri could even go one step ahead, Katsu appeared behind her, standing tall over her, making her eyes snap wide open while all the other Captains widened their eyes and cursed, about to run towards them. Katsu narrowed his eyes with a smile.
"I think... I'm going to play with you." Katsu muttered.
Yuri turned her head, her eyes abnormally wide, wondering how he got to her so quickly, when she went flying and crashing into a building, knocking it down. Hitsugaya widened his eyes and cursed.
"YURI!"
Katsu pushed up his glasses, narrowing his eyes with a smile.
"It is such a pleasure to meet you, Yuri Hikari." Katsu said, seeing the woman stumble out of the rubble, her eyes wide with fear when she looked at him, seeing blood roll down the side of her face, widening his smile. "My name is Katsu Shichirou... the arrancar that will end your life."
Review? Was it good? Bad? Stupid? :3 Okey, tomorrow I might go out of town. I'm not sure. A lot of complicated stuff going on. -rolls eyes-