Ch18: Kill to Protect
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. It belongs to Tite Kubo
Special Thanks: Reverberating Winds, Son Of M, anbuassassin, CO Raven, Akitsuki Akira, Reige, AllenxWalker'sxEnemy, wisdom-jewel, emperor-soul, Jaden Lord of L33t, kitsune no kon, & Decrusty.
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"You think you can take on all of us boy? There's only two of us and only one of you!" Madrid said with a grin on his face.
"Who knows! All I'm know is," As Masaru lowered his zanpakuto onto the ground and dragged it. As he sharpened his zanpakuto, sparks flew in the air and placed his zanpakuto on his shoulder with a grin on his face.
"I'M GONNA HAVE A BALL!"
"Tsk, Vampiro, you don't mind me taking him down first do you?"
Vampiro shrugged his shoulders.
"If you want."
A grin grew on Madrid's face from his espada's answer.
"Why not the two of you all come at me at once hmm?"
"I'm way enough for you. I hope you like music, because my melody will be the last thing you'll ever hear." Madrid smiled and ran his index finger on the spine of his zanpakuto which made a high pitch ringing.
"Sing Kaze no Uta."
A sudden wild wind blew from Madrid position with a beautiful sound in the back ground. As the wind blew, a giant white bat wing slowly began to build on the back of Madrid back. As soon the wing formed on Madrid's back, the wing's stretched itself and began to cover Madrid's around his body, giving him a cape like attire and he has face painting of a kabuki.
As the wind blew against Masaru's masculine body, a grin grew on his face and an even bigger wind blew away Madrid's wind along with his melody, only the sound of the wind could be heard. As Masaru slowly began to twist his zanpakuto around, the wind began to grow and reiatsu began to grow in his direction.
"Fumu (trample) Sekigahara!"
As Masaru said his command, he rapidly began to spin his zanpakuto. His katana began to grow in a guan dao with a black wax wood shaft with a red tassel. As it grew, he pun his grow zanpakuto over his head and then slammed the bottom of his staff on the ground which silence the battlefield. Knowing his body, this fight would not go to well due to his wounds, and they aren't even half way healed.
For some reason, Madrid began to rapidly beat his wings and Masaru tilted his head until he felt a hand on his shoulder. Masaru quickly swung his guan dao around, but came to a halt when he saw a shinigami behind him.
"What the hell are you doing here? Leave, you're gong to be a bother."
The shinigami didn't respond. He raised his head to reveal his eyes rolled back and swung his zanpakuto at Masaru. Masaru leaned his body back and gave a palm thrust at the shinigami at the chest. Then dead shinigami around Masaru began to rise and surround Masaru. From her safe location, Naomi took a step forward, but Masaru stopped her immediately, as if he had some kind of radar on her.
"Naomi! Stay back!"
"But the others! We got to do something!"
"HAHAHA, don't bother girl. They're all in my command, as long I beat my wings. I can control anybody's body even if they're dead."
"DEAD!?" A shocking face appeared on Masaru's face.
"What's a matter? Can't cut down your own kin!? KILL HIM!"
On their controller's command, they all jumped at Masaru all at once. Masaru's grin began to widen and he stuck out his tongue between his teeth and spun his guan dao around, slicing all shinigamis, both men and women in half by their waists, arms, legs, or even their heads.
"MA-MASARU-KUN! You-" Naomi couldn't believe his eyes, tears were slowly coming to her eyes, he'd cut down the very people they were sent to support! However, she was interrupted by Masaru's grin. She wasn't paying attention to his smile, it was his eyes that caught her attention.
"Don't worry, that bastard said they're all dead right?" Masaru knew what she was thinking, he wouldn't blame her for seeing this side of him, but she'd had to understand his motive. He had to kill them so their body's wouldn't be used as swords to a coward like Madrid. How disgusting it was to see his opponent not even seeing eye to eye, blade to blade with him
"That is correct."
The cut down shinigami still began to rise at their master's will, even if they're missing a limb.
"And I'll still make them rise until even if they're sliced in half!"
"How could you control people like that!" Naomi shouted, she couldn't bare to look at the cruelty that Madrid did.
"Easy, as long I beat my wings, I could even control the dead if I want!"
"Is that so! Then I guess I'll kill them all in one blow!"
"What!" Naomi screamed. "Masaru-kun, please don't!"
"Let's see if you got the heart to do kill your own kin then!"
The dead then charged at Masaru, Masaru lets out a sigh and raised his guan dao. He spun it over head and focused all his reiatsu into his blade. He swung his weapon around and created a cero like wall around him and killed all the shinigamis. Naomi fell to her knees and dug her head into her hands crying. Madrid began clapping his hands applauding Masaru's guts and started to laugh.
"I'VE MISTAKEN YOU SHINIGAMI! I NEVER THOUGHT YOU HAD IT IN YOU! HAHAHA!"
As Madrid was busy laughing, he felt a heavy shadow behind him. Madrid slowly turned his body around to see Masaru looking down at him.
"DIE!"
Masaru swung his guan dao down at Madrid and sliced him in half. Expecting to see blood squirt out of his body, nothing came out and his body quickly disappeared.
"Behind you!"
Masaru swung his guan dao behind him, but he got nothing. Masaru felt another prescense behind him, but nothing. Madrid was teleporting to different locations around Masaru.
"OVER HERE! HERE! DUMB ASS! NOT THERE, HERE!"
"Tsk, such a pain."
Masaru began to focus his reiatsu into his guan dao and unleashed his cero as he swung it around him. After a few seconds of silence, Masaru rested his guan dao over his shoulder. Presuming his enemy dead and he gave a frown. That was such a short fight he thought. Feeling a familiar presence behind him, he brought back his weapon and attack whoever was behind him, but hesitated as he saw the face.
"Naomi! What are you doing! I told you to stay-"
Naomi didn't answer. She quickly moved her hand to the back of her shirt and pulled out a pink grip and sakura flower hilt and began swinging her zanpakuto at Masaru. Masaru easily saw her attacks and moved out of the way with ease.
"What's wrong with you Naomi!?"
"Remember what I said, as long I beat my wings, I can control anybody's body. Even yours."
After Masaru dodged one of Naomi's attacks, he for some reason, he couldn't move any part of his body and he heard a loud annoying high pitch sound coming from Madrid. As Masaru struggled to move or even block out the whistle, Naomi sliced Masaru at his chest, opening his wounds from his last battle with them. Masaru bit his tongue from the pain and he began to shiver due to the coldness of the wind that entered his body from his wounds.
"Bitch, this time hit him harder!"
Naomi raised her zanpakuto over her head and got ready to strike it down. Before she continued, Masaru smiled. As Naomi zanpakuto came down, Masaru moved his hand to his forehead and pulled his hand down and a white lycan (werewolf) mask suddenly appeared, covering his whole head. As soon Masaru moved his mask on, he quickly moved his palm to her forehead and she got knocked out by his intense reiatsu. She fell right into his chest and opened her eyes to see Masaru's around her and his eyes looking down at her.
"Sorry about that Naomi, but stay here."
With that said, Naomi crouched down and dug her head into her knees in a cuddle position. Obviously she didn't hear him. Masaru never released this much reiatsu in front of Naomi before, not for a long time.
"A MASK! YOUR NOT A SHINIGAMI! ARE YOU AN ESPADA!?"
Masaru looked at Madrid with a small grin on his face and disappeared. Madrid quickly used sonido and for some reason, he bumped into somebody, somebody really big and its hands was on top of Madrid's head.
"H-How did you!?"
"You got alotta nerve to use the lil'lady like that. And for the last fucking time," He quickly raised Madrid off the ground by his head and squeezed little pressure to his head.
"I'm not a damn shinigami. HELL I'm not even an espada either."
Madrid squirmed to break free and used his wings to control Masaru, but his attacks weren't working. With his guan dao open, he quickly sliced off one of Madrid's wings off, released his grip and head butted Madrid to the head and he was sent flying to the feet of his espada. Vampiro looked down at Madrid and smiled. He reached down his hand to offer support to his fellow companion.
"Thank you Vampiro."
"It's my pleasure Madrid."
Vamprio's warm smile then turned into an evil grin. He opened his hand to reveal an open palm and fired a dark red gran rey cero, blasting Madrid away into nothingness. The last thing that was heard from Madrid, was his three words as it echoed away.
"DAMN YOU VAMPIRO!"
As Vamprio clenched his fist, his fist sizzled and he knobbed his head in shame for his fraccion.
"THAT WAS DIRTY! HE WAS YOUR SUBORDINATE, AND YOU KILLED HIM!" Naomi screamed
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. If he couldn't beat his opponents by himself once, what good is it for giving him a second chance?"
Vampiro smiled at Naomi, ticking his fingers at her. Vampiro smiled and raised his hand in the air and blocked blade with only his index and middle finger. Masaru twitched his grin after seeing his attack easily captured. It insulted Masaru greatly! Masaru squirmed his arms around, trying to free his weapon. With only those two fingers, Vampiro easily threw Masaru over his head. While in mid air, Masaru did a black flip in mid air and easily landed on his feet and gripped his guan dao with both hands.
"Behind you boy." A voice called from behind Masaru.
How could Masaru not sense his enemy! Masaru quickly swung his guan dao behind him, but nothing. Masaru viewed his area around him with his dark golden eyes, trying to find his enemy. Masaru calmed his mind to focus on his environment. Without a doubt, Masaru swung his weapon to his right with a smile on his face. Wondering why the sound of blood didn't come, Masaru turned his head to look at Vampiro. Masaru's blade was in the grip of Vampiros hand.
"Why attack me twice if you couldn't even get close to me the first time? Let me show my power." Slowly, his small smile turned into an evil grin. As Masaru's golden eyes stared at Vampiro's smile, he began shaking. Even at a far distance, Naomi could feel pressure coming from Vampiro, it's far greater than Masaru's including in his condition.
Slowly, reiatsu began to grow around Vampiro, and Masaru was having a hard time trying to resist at the power, Masaru couldn't help but to smile at this power.
"Drink Sangre"
His mask that covered the right side of his face slowly speeded all across his face, but his lower jaw. Vampiro's two canine teeth grew into fangs and a Dracula cape appeared around his back.
"Why are you smiling!" Vampiro grinned, revealing his fangs.
Masaru began to giggle. His answer was obvious.
"How couldn't I? I never felt this exited in my life for a long time!"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you dear boy, but I'm already the winner."
Vampiro opened his mouth and pointed his tongue at Masaru and blood squirted out from the tip of his tongue and went into his eyes. While Masaru shook his head, trying to shake the blood from his eyes, Vampiro raised his hand at Masaru and twitched his fingers. Masaru's arms suddenly froze and he tried to break free. Vampiro slowly raised his other hand that was holding Masaru's blade and it barely moved, it only shook a little until Vampiro twitched his fingers.
"Wha-what did you do to my body!?"
Vampire smiled.
"It should been obvious right now."
While twitching his fingers, Vampiro lowered his arms and Masaru's body fell to the floor. Vampiro moved his arms across his body and Masaru body skidded across the field, hitting every rubble and rock that got in his way, slowly opening his wounds. Vampiro then raised his arms over his head and Masaru's body began to rise off the ground. Masaru tried to break free from this hypnosis, but Vampiro began twitched his hands around, making Masaru dance in mid-air and Vampiro laughed at his entertainment.
"Much like Madrid, in my resurrection form I'll be able to control anybody's body, as long my special blood runs in my enemy's body. I could even do this!"
Vampiro clenched his fists and Masaru began screaming in pain. It's feels like his bones are growing at an alarming rate and his skin peeling of his very body. Naomi knows that Masaru concerns about her safety in battle, but he needs help now! Naomi charged at Vampiro and began swaying her zanpakuto at him, in hoping to break his control. Vampiro easily jumped out Naomi's attack, but she didn't stop, she kept on throwing attacks at Vampiro.
"Woman, you're getting on my nerves!"
Vampiro moved his arms towards Naomi and Masaru raised his blade at Naomi.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
Naomi jumped back and his guan dao hits nothing but the ground. Naomi quickly recovered from her jump and then charges at Vampiro, but Masaru quickly got between Naomi and Vampiro with his guan dao's blade pointing at her and Naomi quickly stopped in her place, keeping a decent distance between herself and Masaru.
"This is an interesting. How is this going to end?"
Naomi raises her hand and points her index finger at Masaru.
"Rikujokoro." Six thin, wide beams of light suddenly formed around Masaru and pierced around Masaru's in middle part of his body.
Vampiro played with his fingers, but he got nothing.
"Interesting trick little girl." Vampiro smiled as he lowered his arms, but Masaru was still stuck in his former position. If lowering his arms meant that Masaru was free, he would've easily broke free from his imprisonment, but that seemed a disappointment to Masaru.
"Now that Masaru-kun is trapped in my kido spell, all I'll have to do is make you loose control over him, and as soon he's free from your control, he will not be happy with you." Naomi said with an emotionless tone, though it in fact a warning to Vampiro.
A grin appeared on Vampiro's face.
"That's a great plan however,"
Vampiro used sonido and appeared right in front of Naomi staring down right at her, but with his hand pierced right into her stomach. As Naomi gasped, she coughed out blood onto Vampiro's lips and he licked her blood. Naomi looked down to see her blood dripping to the ground, she suddenly felt sleepy, very sleepy. Right in front of him, Masaru has just witnessed this and he couldn't do anything else but scream her name.
"It didn't just happen! She was right in front of me! I'm so weak. I can't even protect one girl! Damn it Naomi! Don't close your eyes, DON'T YOU DARE CLOSE YOUR EYES! Naomi! Naomi!"
"NAOMI!"
"As long he has my blood in his body, he' won't be able to escape from my control." Vampiro pulled his hand out of Naomi stomach and her body collapsed to the ground. As Vampiro raised his hand to his drooling mouth, he began licking his hand with Naomi's blood.
"Oh, I almost forgot about you boy." Vampiro smiled as he turned his attention to Masaru, but he had his head down.
"Wait! Why is his head down!? It shouldn't be down!" Vampiro then charged to Masaru from behind with his hand that he used to pierce Naomi, getting ready to do the same thing he did to Naomi.
"Naomi's dead… What is this pain in my heart? It feels so familiar. I hate it. I hate, I HATE IT!"
As Vampiro neared Masaru's body, he ready to pierce his back.
"DIE!" But for some reason just as Vampiro's fingertips touched Masaru's back, reiatsu radiated from Masaru and froze Vampiro in his place.
"LET'S KILL!" Masaru shouted just as his threw up his chest, easily breaking free from Naomi's kido spell with force and blowing Vampiro away with magnificent force. As his reiatsu exploded, his out line cracked and then shattered, releasing all of his reiatsu.
Masaru turned himself around and to see Vampiro down on his knees. Masaru through up his mask and howled to the sky like a beast. As he howled his shirt got blown off to reveal his muscles tightened and heavy reiatsu shaking the earth. With each step Masaru took, heavy footsteps would echo through the area. Masaru slowly advanced towards Vampiro.
"I'm not going to have someone like you push me down!"
Vampiro charged at Masaru with his hands as his weapons. Vampiro and Masaru threw ech other their punches and increasing their reiatsu. Vampiro was abloe to pierce Masaru's stomach but it wasn't enough to take Masaru down. Masaru grabbed the arm that pierced him and snapped it. Vampiro screamed in pain and his head got caught in a Masaru's hand. Before Vampiro could react, he got raised off the ground and he got thrown crashed across the field.
"You're just like all them. I HATED THEM ALL!"
Back in Masaru's childhood, he didn't really have the luxury nor did he have parents to look after him. The only thing that was his friend was his zanpakuto. He was born an orphan and raised as a rogue. Being born in the roughest toughest parts of rukongai would turn any kid into ruthless muscle head, Masaru Kouga as living proof. As Masaru grew, so did his intnse reiatsu. He wondered all around rukongai with his zanpakuto fighting anybody with a sword whether it was just one guy, or a whole mafia. Anybody who'd came across his blade, there would be no mercy for any of them. The only thing he wore was decent clothing that wasn't too soaked in blood and stripped it from his kills. The only thing he cared about was number one, himself yet he hated everyone around him, especially himself. As soon he became fifthteen, it was the first time he met Naomi and the dawn of a new life for him. Naomi was just a student in the soul reaper academy and she was being harassed by two new recruit soul reapers in an alley. Naomi was on her way to buy some stuff until she bumped to the two shinigamis. If you were to se Naomi back then and you saw her in the present, you'd say "You haven't changed a bit. Not even a little."
"Hey cutie, you're learning to become a shinigami eh?"
"Wanna learn what it's like to be a full pledge shinigami huh?"
"P-please, I'm just going to buy some supplies. Please let me pass."
"Aniki, should we?"
"I'd like a little kiss just to let her pass."
"YEAH! You'd have to kiss both of us, then we'll let you pass."
Masaru was walking down the alley with his zanpakuto sheathed on his shoulder just minding his own business until one of them accidently bumped their elbow into him and Masaru simply kept on walking ignoring the girl and the two idiots.
"HEY KID!"
One of them called at Masaru, but he simply ignored them, until they grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
"Do you know who we are boy?"
"Idiots…"
With no self esteem and just one little word, the two shinigami drew out their zanpakuto and attacked Masaru with no hesitation. With one hand, Masaru raised his sheathed zanpakuto in front of them and blocked their attacks and with his off hand and his sword foot, he punched one of them and kicked the other which sent them to the ground and ran off. Masaru looked at them girl and sneered at her and made his way. She couldn't even protect herself.
"Umm…would you-"
Before the girl could say anything else, the boy disappeared, that is until the next day. At the same place and at the same time, the girl met the boy that saved her the other day again, but she was carrying two bento boxes.
"Umm…would you like to eat?"
The boy ignored her and kept on walking until his stomach growled. For some reason, he found the girls arm around his off arm. Masaru turned around and looked at the girl's face who was smiling.
"What do you want?"
"I want to do something for you from what you did yesterday. So I made you this bento box and-" Before the girl could go on, she got interrupted.
"I don't do charity." But it seems his stomach didn't agree with him.
"Stomachs don't lie, so come on! Let's eat together!"
Naomi then dragged Masaru off to the nearest store and they both sat out together on the bench that's right outside the store, eating their bento box together. Inside it was simple rice and fish fillet. While eating, Naomi asked Masaru about his zanpakuto.
"So are you a shinigami? You got a zanpakuto and only shinigami could have those. I'm learning to become a shinigami in the Academy."
"I'm not a shinigami. I'm me and only me."
"Do you have parents?"
"Don't know, wouldn't care."
"Why would you say that? Surely you would-"
"Listen girl, I appreciate the food, but I'm someone you wouldn't want to know."
"I'm sorry…" The girls face looked sad, but for some reason, her smile quickly returned, which irritated Masaru. "Well I got to go see you. If you want, we could meet each other in the alley again and there would be food waiting there for you." The girl smiled and packed up her wooden bento box in a little pink cloth with flowers on it.
The boy quickly ate his food and ran up to the girl and handed over his bento box.
"Here's your bento box." The boy didn't even give a small smile to the girl, but the girl smiled back and thanked him. "What's your name girl?"
"My names Iga Naomi." She smiled and before she made her way, the boy said something back.
"The names Masaru Kouga and umm…thanks for the food."
"You're welcome." Then Naomi made her way back home.
At night the only place Masaru would sleep was on top of a roof of an abandoned house. That night, Masaru couldn't sleep for some reason and the only thing that came to his mind was that girl, what made him fall asleep was the sound of the crickets in the bushes and the stars sparkling brightly over head. For the next few months, the same routine happened the very day Naomi offered food to Masaru. As time passed it seemed the two of them got along very well and for some odd reason, Naomi called Masaru, Masaru-kun out of respect for him. After one year since they met, Naomi appeared in the alley but she was different, she was wearing the uniform of the shinigami.
"Masaru-kun," Naomi gave Masaru her usual small warm smile. "I finally graduated!"
Masaru gave a grin to Naomi to show how happy he was for her. However he would only show that face when he fight, but for some reason, he showed that smile to her and she gave her weak warm smile back.
"That's good for you! …So where's the bento?"
"I'm going to do something very special for you today! You see, my friends and I are going to have a graduation dinner at Seireitei and I want to invite you to come along."
Every since he met Naomi, his blade haven't tasted blood and flesh for a long time and knowing that the shinigami is suppose to keep peace in the rukongai, walking into their turf would really be a bad idea.
"I, I'd rather not." Masaru said scratching his head with his off hand.
"No choice." Naomi smiled and grabbed Masaru's off hand and began to drag him off towards Seireitei.
They finally passed the gate of Seireitei and by the time Masaru would send one step on their grounds, he had a feeling he would be attacked all over the place, but nothing happened. Naomi dragged Masaru all the way to the doors of the 9th Division until two shinigami stopped the two of them. One of them wore the haori of the 13th Captain and by his side was a lieutenant, but not of his Division, he belonged to squad 8. As Masaru saw them, his hand began to sweat.
"Ah, Motou Toshihrio-taichou, Sazzuke Arashi-fuku taichou. Good evening." Naomi smiled and gave a low bow to the two of them, showing her respects, but instead they both laughed.
"You don't have to do that in our presence Naomi-san" Arashi smiled.
"I'm sorry, it's a force of habit."
When Masaru and the captain saw eye to eye, Masaru felt like there's going to be a fight right on the spot. The captain first viewed the stranger's odd hilt less zanpakuto and then his ragged clothing.
"This must Masaru Kouga am I correct?"
Masaru gave his usually grin which is the only way he knew how to smile.
"Yeah,"
"Naomi told us a lot about you. I hope you have a splened time here in Seireitei. Well we're going to leave now, good bye."
Masaru didn't reply back, he just smiled and the two shinigami made their way to the pub. As soon Naomi opened the huge gate that lead to the 9th Division, there was a huge clean courtyard and they made their way to the mess hall. Inside was a whole squad of shinigami and at the far end of the room was three seats and their Captain with bandages covering most of his face sat at the right. The shinigami quickly stood up which shock Masaru and he got ready to fight, but instead they all bowed.
"GOOD EVENING NAOMI-FUKU TAICHO!"
"Y-you're a lieutenant?"
"Yes, well let's go introduce you to everyone…Everyone, this is Kouga Masaru-kun. Please treat him as if he's one of us please." Then she bowed for their respect in turn and they all agreed at once.
"HO!"
They walked up to the captain as they did, they were greeted kindly by the soldiers as they walked passed them and Naomi gave them her warm smile to him. As soon the reached to the other side, the captain easily noticed them.
"Oh, I sense you brought a friend Naomi-chan."
"Yes, Masaru this is my captain, Goro Saburo-taicho. Goro-taicho, this is Masaru that I told you about."
"Whoa, and he seems to have a lot pack of reiatsu flowing in him. Will you be joining our Division any time soon?"
"Wha-"
"Of course he is. As soon as possible please."
"I-I-I can't join you guys! I'm just visiting-"
"Masaru-san, it's really hard for people to change her mind, even it's hard even for me. Well shall we all eat ladies and gents?"
Everybody brought their hands together and smiled.
"Itadakimasu (Thanks for the food)."
Naomi explained to Masaru that her skills in the academy was the highest one they ever saw in her generation and with only a month, she was already promoted to the 9th Division, and this dinner was actually a welcome party for Masaru. The next day, Masaru was given a shihakusho and he was given a tour all around Seireitei and was given training. Time passed and Masaru was given the 3rd seat of the 9th Division, regardless of his skills, his current position is the only thing accessible for someone with his skills, but he didn't care. One night Naomi was sent on a mission to hunt a hollow and Masaru volunteered to help her with her papers during her absence. Just after he placed the last papers into their box, there was a crowd in the courtyard. Masaru then left the room to see what the commotion was about. It was a three wounded shinigami that was part of Naomi's squad. He rushed over to him and asked what happened to Naomi.
"What happened!? Where's Naomi!?"
"She, stayed behind to give us time to escape." One of them said.
"It was a massacre, there was too many of them!"
Masaru gave a sigh. He felt sorry for them that they couldn't take down one hollow.
"Take them to the 4th Division. I'm gonna find the survivors."
"By yourself!?" One of the survivors shouted.
"Of course, I'll be back before you know it. See ya." Then Masaru shunpo off.
Masaru listened to the survivors coordinates and went off to find Naomi and any other survivors. Once he arrived at the destination, it was a massacre. Blood stained the ground and body parts were all over the place. The idea of one of these body's were Naomi sent a cold down Masaru's spine, once he finds the bastard that did this to Naomi's squad, his blade shall bathe in their blood! He finally found Naomi under a tree with a young shinigami in her arms. Masaru walked up to her to see if both of them were ok.
"Naomi, are you alright?"
Naomi lifted up her head covered in blood and tears coming down her face. It was a face that Masaru never saw. She was in a state of shock.
"He was a good boy. He was just drafted in my squad. They're all dead…. THEY'RE ALL DEAD!" She screamed.
"Naomi, where's the hollow?"
She didn't listen to him, she looked back at the body and rocked him as if he was a child.
"Where's the hollow Naomi?"
"I-I don't know …"
From behind Naomi, a grin began to appear in midair and swiped its hand at Naomi knocking her out. The body quickly began to form. It was a giant hollow with a huge giant masculine body with claws on his toes and his fingers. Its head was the skull of a lizard with spikes sticking out his spine ending with a tail that drooped down. It's towered over Masaru and it smiled with blood dripping from its mouth.
"So, did you do this? How's your meal, and why didn't you kill Naomi while she was still here hmm?"
It smiled and wiped blood from its mouth with the back of his hand.
"Let me answer your questions in order," It hissed. "Yes, tasty, and she couldn't even leave anyways."
"You should've devoured Naomi when you had a chance."
"Why'sss that?"
"I'm glad you had a tasty meal, cause…" Masaru looked down at Naomi with a grin on his face and slowly reiatsu began to build in his body. "It's time for you to depart!"
Masaru used shunpo and appeared behind the hollow. The hollow slowly turned around with sudden scars all over his body and he simply collapsed to the ground.
"It's boring to fight you all one by one. SO COME OUT AND PLAY!"
Then three giant hollows appeared and roared at Masaru. Masaru's grin grew so did his reiatsu. The huge hollows went silence and crouched down in fear. As reiatsu exploded from his body, Masaru's screamed both in pain and agony. The more reiatsu that grew, the more the hollows got crushed until their own body's got crushed by Masaru's reiatsu. As soon Masaru knew the hollows were dead, he slowly calmed himself down and walked up to Naomi. Her eyes were open but it seems she was still in a state of shock, and considering she never felt his reiatsu before, she should've been crushed by it though it's a miracle that she was unharmed by it. As Masaru was over her, he looked deep into her eyes.
"This day forth Naomi, I promise I'll always protect, never leave your side, and never show you this side of me. That I'll promise you." Masaru said, he then slowly picked Naomi up like a princess and took her back to Soul Society.
As Masaru advanced towards Vampiro, he could Masaru's reiatsu increasing on his skin.
"I'm not going to die that easy boy!" Vampiro quickly stood up and raised his palm at Masaru and fired a dark red gran rey cero at him, making debris and smoke fly all around in the air as it made contact with Masaru.
"HAHAHA, I'M GOING TO TEAR THE VERY SKIN OFF THAT GIRL YOU HOLD VERY PRECIOUS TOO! I'M GOING TO-" Suddenly, he felt a huge hand on his head and he slowly turned around to see Masaru towering over Vampiro.
"I-I was just kidding I wouldn't-"
"Die…" Masaru raised his guan dao over head and swung his weapon down horizontally and vertically, slicing Vampiro in half. Masaru turned around and began making his way towards Naomi, yet Vampiro remained unharmed.
"HA! You didn't even lay a scratch on me!"
Vampiro charged at Masaru, ready to pierce his back, but all of a sudden his legs got chopped of and disappeared. Just before his arms reached the floor, it got cut off and it quickly disappeared into nothingness.
"WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME! WHAT DID YOU DO!?" As Vampiro spoke, he slowly began to disappear, starting with his stomach.
"I sliced your body with a thousands cuts. I sliced you all over your body until you disappeared into nothingness."
"DAMN YOU…" Then Vampiro slowly disappeared, with his last dying words fading away.
Masaru slowly walked up to Naomi and for some reason, he found himself crying as he approached Naomi and held her in his arms.
"What are these? Why are my eyes leaking? My heart…feels so heavy."
"NAOMI!" And Masaru then brought her head to his chest and began crying for some reason. For once in his life, he was actually sad. As he cried, a familiar voice called out his name.
"Ma-Masaru kun, why are you crying?"
Masaru looked down to see Naomi's wide open with her same weak warm smile on her face. Masaru closed his eyes and his happy grin ran across his face and he opened his eyes, full happiness and relief.
"It's none of your business Naomi…"