Episode 25: Kenpachi Versus Starrk
Kurotsuchi took a step forwards.
Rukia and Renji drew their swords slightly.
"PLEASE, just put your swords away. You cannot use your weapons on here." Unohana stated.
Suddenly, Tetsuzaemon's voice came over the loud speaker. "The fight is about to Starrk, everyone return to your seats."
Kurotsuchi frowned slightly. "I have a fight to watch. Too bad, I was really wondering which one of us was stronger, Byakuya." He turned and walked away.
Rukia and Renji relaxed.
"Watch the fight, you two. I need to know who wins- but I cannot watch it myself."
The two of them nodded.
Starrk and Lilynette walked out into the arena, along with Kenpachi and Yachiru.
Starrk and Kenpachi meet in the middle, face to face.
Kenpachi grinned. "This is gonna be fun."
"We don't need to do this, Captain Zaraki." Starrk responded.
"We don't need to. But I want to fight you. See who's stronger- the man who had to fight to live, or the man that had to fight to learn control to save people." Kenpachi grinned. "We're the different sides of the same coin."
"More than you know, Kenny." Mumbled Yachiru.
"Hmm?" Kenpachi turned to her. "What did you say?"
"Nothing."
I figured it out. Lieutenant Kusajishi to Captain Zaraki is Lilynette to myself. Starrk thought. I won't drop out of this fight.
"Lieutenants, get out of the arena the fight is about to begin." Tetsuzaemon told them.
Lilynette and Yachiru both ran backwards- but neither of them left the arena.
"Begin."
Starrk sighed, and jumped backwards avoiding Kenpachi's slash.
He's much faster than Captain Kuchiki. He thought.
Kenpachi's grin broadened, and stabbed at Starrk who jumped off to the side, and drew his sword and slashed down at him.
Kenpachi took the attack straight in the shoulder, and blood splattered onto the ground.
Kenpachi's grin broadened even more to an improbable length. "You drew your sword much before you did in your battle with Byakuya."
Starrk sighed again, and jumped backwards, his sword slashing Kenpachi more.
Kenpachi slashed at him, and Starrk dodged it, and slashed- but his sword wasn't quite long enough to cut him this time. Kenpachi stabbed at him, and Starrk spun around and dodged the same time. He then stabbed at Kenpachi- who caught his blade, and then swung him to the left. Kenpachi then slashed down at Starrk, while yanking him along by the blade.
Starrk planted his feet on the ground and then jumped backwards- letting go on his sword.
He was suddenly upside down and behind Kenpachi, with his hand pointed out at him.
"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast. Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle- Hado number sixty three. Raikoho." A yellow ball formed in his hand and he hit Kenpachi with it, sending him flying. He dropped Starrk's sword while flying, and Starrk teleported over there and retrieved it.
"You done, Captain Zaraki?"
"Not even close." Kenpachi got back up, and he charged him, slashing at him.
Starrk counter slashed, cutting Kenpachi across the shoulder. Kenpachi didn't stop- slashing Starrk across the lower stomach.
Lilynette leaned forwards slightly, clenching her fists. "Come on, Starrk."
Starrk took a step backwards, and Kenpachi leapt up into the air with a loud roar- stabbing at the new Captain.
Starrk took another step backwards, and he grabbed the top of Kenpachi's blade and redirected it into the ground- then stabbed at him- but Kenpachi swung himself out of the way and yanked his blade back.
Kenpachi slashed down at Starrk- who punched Kenpachi hard in the wrist- forcing Zaraki to drop his blade. Starrk then kicked him in the chest forcing him backwards. He kicked the sword backwards.
"Taking my sword away, huh? That won't neutralize me. I'm still gonna beat the shit outta you."
Starrk slashed, but Kenpachi ducked and then punched Starrk in the stomach- but Starrk rode the punch jumping back to reduce the pain.
Starrk was suddenly behind Kenpachi slashing him across the back. Kenpachi spun around with a wild punch, but Starrk avoided it, and then stepped in with a upward stab. He stopped an inch from Kenpachi's throat.
"WHY DID YOU STOP?" Kenpachi roared.
"It's over, Captain. I have defeated you."
"It isn't over until one of us can't walk!" He grabbed Starrk's sword with one hand and his eye patch with his other. He threw his eye patch to the side and pushed Starrk backwards.
"After a brilliant sword fight, Captain Starrk knocked Captain Zaraki's blade away, and then tried to offer him an easy way out- which Captain Zaraki refused, with a display of his spirit energy that he has sealed behind his eye patch."
"Damn it!" Starrk jumped backwards and Kenpachi was suddenly standing above his sword and he charged at Starrk at an insane speed.
Starrk jumped up into the air and dodged a devastating slash from Kenpachi.
Kenpachi jumped up after him, and slashed down at him. Starrk blocked the attack, but barely.
Kenpachi then put both hands on his sword- and he pushed down a lot harder- forcing both of the Captains to land back on the ground.
Starrk and Kenpachi crossed blades multiple times- Kenpachi going back to using one hand- and Starrk using both.
"Even with your crazy speed, you'll never be as fast as me! I had to get this fast to keep up with the other Captains!"
"You won't stand a chance against my released form. Drop out now. I don't want to kill you, but I find it very hard to hold back when using my Shikai."
"HA! Then release your Shikai! I won't even try to stop you!"
Starrk sighed. "Fine." He then teleported behind Lilynette. "Let's do this, Lilynette."
Lilynette nodded. "Can I yell it this time?"
Starrk put his hand on her head.
"Kick about!" Lilynette yelled.
"LOS LOBOS!" The two of them yelled in unison.
Kenpachi grinned.
Both of them glowed with blue energy and then they transformed into Starrk's release command.
Kenpachi's stance widened. He lifted his sword above his head, gripping it with both hands.
Starrk readied.
"It's time..." He grinned again. "For some Kendo!"
He slashed down, yellow energy blasting off of his blade, going directly towards Starrk.
The blast hit the Kido barrier, and it disappeared, though the ground was destroyed.
Kenpachi looked around. "I know that it didn't hit you."
A ball of spirit energy blasted at Kenpachi from behind, and he slashed it in half- and then Starrk was to his right, firing at him.
Kenpachi spun around and slashed, and then Starrk was suddenly directly under him, stabbing the tip of his gun up into Kenpachi's lower jaw.
Kenpachi jumped backwards.
"This is getting tiresome." Starrk said. "I am going to defeat you, you cannot beat me."
"I don't care!" Kenpachi grinned even more and slashed down at him, with another Kendo slash.
Starrk blasted it with his right hand gun, and it destroyed the blast. He then holistered it and with his left hand gun fired three shots at once.
Kenpachi slashed the one, dodged another, but the last one hit him in the chest and sent him flying backwards.
"Way to go, Starrk! You hit him!"
"I know that."
Starrk walked towards Kenpachi who was lying on his back, the spirit energy burning through his Captain's jacket and into his chest.
Yachiru teleported over. "Good job, Wolfie! You defeated Kenny! Hopefully you'll be able to play with Kenny again, some time. Just come down to the Eleventh Squad's Barracks." She lifted Kenpachi up onto her shoulder. "Bye!" She teleported away.
Starrk glowed for a second, and he separated himself back into his normal form and Lilynette.
"Captain Starrk has beaten Captain Zaraki! Against all odds Captain Starrk has defeated two of the Soul Society's strongest Soul Reapers- Captain Byakuya Kuchiki and Captain Kenpachi Zaraki!" Tetsuzaemon sounded quite excited. "Don't leave yet folks! We need to decide the winner of the gamble! And that winner is..."
Shunsui leaned forwards in his seat slightly. Raiden clenched his jaw in anticipation. Kai gripped the seat in front of him. Hideki bit into his lip. Mizu didn't seem as though he cared, he did vote though.
"That winner is: LILYNETTE GINGERBUCK!"
"Yay, I won!" Lilynette threw her hands up in the air.
"Were you even allowed to vote?"
"Heck yeah I was! You were too, Starrk!"
"Whatever. But you need to give half your money to the Squad. After you get it, we better visit Captain Kuchiki and Captain Zaraki."
Notes: And that's when Coyote Starrk- a Soul Reaper became a Yaoi harem with Starrk as the main character, and Byakuya, Shunsui, and Kenpachi compete for his love. Just kidding. Just a weird thought I had when writing the beginning of the chapter.
Also, I'm decreasing the production of Kenpachi in Naruto to once a week instead of twice a week, and I'm putting Devil Flame on Hiatus. Nothing will happen to this story, though.
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