A/N: I do not own Bleach... Kubo does……..
This is the Sequel to Hello again … entitled Nothing can come between us…
The story is based in Byakuya and Tamiski's relationship; there are HitsuKarin, IchiRuki, and other pairings
Please enjoy and provide reviews or comments…
I now give you Chapter 25
Of
Nothing can come between us…
Reader's ~ Pov
They are moving quickly through the catacombs… They are now entering into a deserted town; the devastation was overwhelming;
Urahara puts his hand up signaling the group to proceed with caution …
Inoune looks to Urahara saying, 'Urahara Kun, what is this place?'
Yoruichi's Glow Period ~ Reader's POV
He looks to her and then to everyone saying this is the outer village of the City of the Shihoin Ancients, this once was a beautiful place long ago… All of the Shihoin Clan trained here…'
Ishida looking around at the destroyed buildings asks, 'So what happened?'
Isshin looks to Urahara who is quiet, then says, 'Yoruichi Sama.'
They all look at the two men confused….
They are now standing in the middle of what once was the courtyard, Urahara looks around saying, 'she had come here from Sanctuary to practice, and for time alone… she was linked with Miski … completely in her glow period …. She was trying to deal with her anger from finding out our child was to be taken from her because she was so stubborn not to marry …. So she needed time alone to cool off'
As he again starts to walk through the city he says, 'as she was practicing, she was attacked by what we thought at the time were rouge ninja'
Ukitake looks at him saying, 'how many lost they lives that day'
Urahara looks to them saying, 'she had wiped out half the village, 950.'
Shunsui looking around then back at Urahara saying, 'UGH… Yada...Yada…'
Urahara looks at Byakuya, Hitsugaya and Jinta, who are all in a state of shock, saying, 'It was because of this new rules concerning sanctuary, have been put in place, were the mother must not return to soul society until ready to give birth'
Ichigo looks to Urahara saying, 'Why did you say, "You thought it was rouge Ninja"
Urahara looks to him saying, 'As I think about it I believe it was Dai who was behind the attack, trying to see just how powerful Yori and the child were'
He now turns and starts to walk out the village saying, 'Given all that has happen… it does not really matter what I think anymore'
Reader's ~ Pov
They now stand on a hill overlooking the devastation, Urahara turns to Byakuya saying, 'Kuchiki Taicho, I have sensed your concern for my daughter … please look at this devastation, and know she has this power… and she has been trained to use it… You must believe in her, because she will sense any doubt that you will have…'
Byakuya looks into Urahara's eyes saying, 'She is my wife and I trust her skill, it is just her compassion for life may cause her not to fight with all of her power and that is what was me concerned'
Hearing this Urahara arches his eyebrow saying, 'Humm, you have a point'
With a smirk on his face he looks to Sado then to Byakuya saying, 'She and Yuri will only fight all out when something they love is threatened'
All three men with an evil grin on their faces looking at each other as if they had the same idea…
Everyone now pull their hoods lower, covering their faces and continue on their journey…
The Shihoin Leaders meet ~ Reader's Pov
The group has arrived at the City of the Shihoin Ancients, the only thing left of the ruined city is the palace and the coliseum; as they walk into the coliseum and quietly sit they notice that in the seats are all of the Shihoin Nobles …
Eiko, HS, Seji and Eino under heavy guard sit up in the royal stands, along with Dai, who sits with Daiki standing to his right and surprisingly Asa Kasumioji who stands to his left….
Sotaicho and his several of division guard stands in the center of the coliseum grounds…
Still under his cape, Ichigo now looks closely around the Coliseum floor and notices the different types of weapons stationed around the Coliseum floor...
He looks over to Urahara saying, 'those weapons are the same I observed in the video of Tamiski Sama's training room'
With a grin Urahara says, 'Yes, as I told you… I researched all that there was concerning this, and I found out what the ritual was and I made sure my daughter and her guard would trained to survive it… too include Karin Sama and Yuzu Sama'
It is then the large doors start to slowly open… The women start to walk slowly into the Coliseum; strategically taking their place around the Coliseum floor….
Seeing Miski's royal guard accompanying her into the Ritual…. Daiki is shocked … He looks to Dai then to Sotaicho screaming, 'what is the meaning of this, we saw them fall to the floor, why are they here!!'
Hearing the outburst, Sotaicho looks up, with a commanding voice saying, 'SILENCE'
Dai looks up to Daiki, and gives him a frightening glare… then he turns his attention to the procession taking place before him...
As the women continue to walk unto the Coliseum floor, the large doors close with a large bang… Her guards are station in various areas around the Coliseum floor….
Several weapons in racks surround the floor, Miski with Yuri standing beside her now walk and stand before Sotaicho and his guard…
Without looking over to Dai, her eyes are still hidden under her hood, she stands tall in front of Sotaicho pointing up at Dai saying, 'I will now allow you to beg for forgiveness'
Daiki hearing her words flashsteps towards her with his sword drawn only to be stopped by both Yoruichi and Yoshiro who throw him to the ground … Asa quickly flashsteps to Daiki's side and pulls him back to Dai….
Miski speaks again; her face is still covered and she is facing Sotaicho saying, 'Your dog needs to be trained in our customs'
Dai, hearing her words stands with a grin, flashsteps to the Coliseum floor with both Asa and Daiki at his side; he now stands facing her, both are in front of Sotaicho…
Dai glances over to Daiki then he looks down at her with a smirk saying, 'Yes … my dog does not know our customs, but he is obedient, and he will crush all that is put in front him'
Miski ignores him saying with a commanding voice, 'have you come to beg for forgiveness… if not, state your intentions old man?'
As she speaks the nobles in the Coliseum take note of the tone in her voice; a tone that can only be described as one of a true leader…
Inoune with a look of confusion leans over to Urahara who is sitting with a look of pride on his face, asking, 'why is she speaking to him in that way?'
Keeping his eyes on his daughter and her mother, Urahara says, 'Miski is the true heir and ruler of the Shihoin Clan, as such she must show compassion, and give Dai a chance to back down and beg for forgiveness'
It is then Dai looks to her saying, 'My intention … my intention is to rule again… my intention is to kill your guard and take you both as my wives'
Hearing his words everyone looks at the man in shock that he would think of doing such a thing, marrying his both his granddaughter and great granddaughter...
Hearing his words Urahara swallows his anger down hard still maintaining a stern face as he watches his daughter and her mother…
She is unmoved hearing his words as she replies, 'Old man … you disgust me and I am already married … if you do not wish to beg for forgiveness then today you shall die'
She turns to Sotaicho and nods, then she, Yuri, Yoruichi, and Yoshiro flashstep to their positions in one of the other royal observation balconies…
Dai, Asa, and Daiki flashsteps to their positions in another royal observation balcony which now places them across the field opposite that of Miski and Yuri …
As Dai takes his place his eighteen guardsmen flashstep taking their place on to the field….
Sotaicho, now flashsteps to the royal stands where Eiko, Eiko and their husbands are seated…. Dai's guard who watched over them is now on the Coliseum grounds; with the others… making his total guards twenty in all…
Sotaicho stands there watching making sure everyone is in position …
Now he speaks…
The Sentou dzuki sendo Ritual begins~ Reader's Pov
Sotaicho says, 'The Sentou dzuki sendo shall begin with the duals of the guards…. If both warriors still breathe at the end of the fight I … and only I …will judge the winner…. We begin… now'
He looks down on the field at the fighters saying, 'You all drew numbers before taking the field'….
Everyone looks at the numbers they hold in their hands and listen as he says, 'I shall call a number and a name of a weapon upon hearing the number the warrior shall step forward, upon hearing the weapon, shall take the weapon come to the center of the field'
Everyone looks over to the weapons they continue to listen to the rules …
Sotaicho continues saying, 'Kido and your Zanptukuos are considered a weapon and cannot be used unless called… If any warrior attacks with a weapon that is not called that warrior will be take off the field and punished by their leader and the opposing warrior will be victorious'
Sotaicho looks around the field and he notices that the warriors are not evenly matched he looks to Tamiski saying, 'Tamiski Sama, it seems Dai Sama has brought forth twenty warriors to your eight warriors'
Before she can respond Yoshiro, Eiko, Eino, HS, and Seji take to the field, followed by two other cape figures which were standing behind Eiko and the others in the Royal stands … seeing this she looks to Sotaicho saying, 'I believe we now have fifteen, and my fifteen are more than enough to defeat his twenty'
Sotaicho then looks to Dai, who laughs as he bows in acknowledgement …
Moments go by as the additional guards gain their numbers and each pull additional numbers to see who will fight extra battles ….
Everything is now set as Sotaicho looks around at the field… Miski, Yuri and her guard are still hidden under their capes as Dai, Daiki, Asa and his guard stand ready to go…
Miski and Dai both look over to Sotaicho nodding …
Seeing the Signal Sotaicho breathes deeply and pulls a number and a weapon …
Number 5 and Pudao ~ Reader's Pov
As Sotaicho speaks, Matsumoto pulls her cape off, flashsteps up and quickly pulls a Pudao from the rack and attacks …
Yoshiro looks he is surprised that she is here… He thought he had left her … left her safe…
Hitsugaya knew she was there ….he confidently watches his vice captain as she battles….
Her handling of the Pudao is excellent, she swing the blade with around her body, blocking any attack that Dai's guard may try, she stay on the offensive…
Suddenly the guard flashsteps behind and swings cutting her side…
She stumbles and is bleeding…
Yoshiro looks up, on his face is concern but he maintains his cool… he cannot interfere … he cannot save her…
Hitsugaya also is concerned but he remains silent…
She looks up at her opponent … she is pissed, she grins as she ties her obi tight around her side to stop the bleeding …
She walks around him assessing him…. She sees something … he is hurt … she did not know it but she had cut him …cut him bad … she sees his weakness … as she looks at him he now knows she knows his weakness….
He screams as he attacks her…. She turn her Pudao with the blade pointed at him, she sidesteps his attack and counters with one of her own….
As he falls to the ground mortally wounded, without turning to look at his body …. Matsumoto walks back to her position on the wall and throws the Pudao into the dirt making it stand blade down; she then starts to heal her wounds ……
The fight is over …
Sotaicho nods at both Miski and Dai and now calls another number and weapon ….
Number 3 and butterfly swords ~ Reader's Pov
As her number is called Yuzu quickly pulls her cape off steps up and take the butterfly swords into her hand…. She grins as she assesses the weight of the weapons…
Jinta grins proudly as he watches his wife on the field…
Ichigo looks over to him confused…
Jinta feels his brother in law looking at him, he turns saying, 'You have never seen my true wife…. She had stop being that quiet meek girl, along ago… Her favorite fighting style is up close…. She is as deathly with those butterfly swords as you are will your Zanputkou'
As Yuzu stands there assessing her swords… her attacker flashsteps behind her and quickly attacks her only to be stopped in mid attack by one of her swords, and the power behind it …
Ichigo watches in awe as his baby sister pushes her attacker across the field into the wall… The Coliseum shakes as the attacker's body hits the wall…..
She then surprises him farther as he watches her shunpo over and starts to attack the guard…
Seeing his confusion, Jinta leans close to him saying, 'Yes… she can shunpo, it just she is slower that the others and they are all impatient so they carry her'
Yuzu is cutting and slicing her attacker, with a fury unlike anything they have ever seen her do…
She suddenly moves away allowing her opponent a chance to move away from the wall…..
Her opponent cut and wounded seeing Yuzu back off thinks this is a weakness now launches from the wall and attacks her head on …
Seeing this Yuzu grins, times the attack and shunpo around the attacker, with both her blade facing out on her forearms, she slices into her attacker as she passes by….
Ichigo watches her move with disbelief, it is the same move that Byakuya uses… and her moves are just as deathly….
Suddenly her attacker has blooding streaming from his neck and chest…..Before he falls to the ground dead…. she is back in her position on the wall….
Ichigo watches as she too throws her butterfly swords into the ground making them stand blade down….
Reader's ~ Pov
Ichigo looks over to Urahara, asking why both Yuzu and Matsumoto stood their weapons up in that fashion….
Urahara looks to the group saying, 'If they are called again to fight, they will be able to use the weapons they have calmed'...
Isshin grinning says, 'An advantage of fighting twice in the ritual'…
They all turn as Sotaicho again calls another number and weapon….
Number 8 and Naginata~ Reader's Pov
Hisa, pulls her cape off as she steps forward and taking the naginata in hand … her face is serious… gone is the lovely smile she has been known for ….
She swings the naginata around her body … she walks around assessing her opponent who like herself seems to be an expert with the naginata…
He attacks her; testing her skills… she calmly blocks the attacks and counters with moves of her own still assessing …
Ukitake sits in the stands watching her … watching her skill…. He knows she can defeat her opponent; he has practiced with her …
Once again her opponent attacks this time with more force, this time he cuts her across her neck… cutting her hair, and nicking her neck…. Her hair is flying everywhere, as her blood spills to the ground…
Ukitake looks at her, his reisatu raises as his face reveals his feelings for her…
Shunsui looks at him with a knowing glance….
Hisa pulls back and looks to him, even though she cannot sees his face, she knows he is there… she turns toward her opponent, holding the naginata with one hand she takes her other hands and rubs her neck assessing the damage…
It is not bad, but he not only spilled her blood but he cut her hair… her beautiful hair….. She is beyond Pissed…
She looks at her opponent as he swings the naginata around his body … she smirks… then she attacks….
They are going at it, each swinging and blocking … timing of their attacks are perfect…
Hisa pulls back, as she swings her naginata … she yaws … then grins, as she mouths the words , 'You bore me'
She breaks down her naginata into the two parts, then attacks full force, her speed has increased two fold… swinging and blocking…. Her opponent covered with blood falls before her feet…
She lifts her head as she walks over to her position at the wall, she throws her weapon into the dirt, and then stands quietly glancing over to him, as he looks up from his hood… she sees his eyes smiling down at her
She closes her eyes and thinks of him…. And the time they both will have together…
Sotaicho again looks over to both Miski and Dai and then calls another number and weapon…
Number 7 and Tanto ~ Reader's Pov
Tatsuki steps up and grabs off her cape ….With a devilish grin she takes the Tantos into her hands… thinking to herself, "My favorite"… Her opponent steps forward, it is a female... She is the same size as Tatsuki…. As they both step and face each other, one of Sotaicho's guards walk up to them both …
The women extend their left arms, and the guard ties a silk robe around both of the women's arms, bound them together…. Once the guard is a safe distance away Sotaicho signaled the fight to begin….
The two women bounded by their arms, crutch down and asses each other … circling around staring into each other's eyes….. As if reading each other …
Suddenly...Tatsuki's opponent strikes out at her… She dodges the blade, and counters with a strike of her own
It seems the two women are evenly matched, as they battle ….
Tatsuki falls backward onto the ground, seeing this as an open her opponent tries to rush in and attempts to fatally stab Tatsuki….
Tatsuki rolls out, comes across and stabs her in the stomach….
Her opponent stumbles, and tries to swing at Tatsuki, but she is losing too much blood…
As the battle continues on, Miski looks around on the field… she is looking for something … someone is missing… she shakes the thoughts out of her head as she turns her attention back to the battle at hand..
Sotaicho steps in and calls the match… in Tatsuki's favor….
After having the silk robe cut …Tatsuki, walks back to her position, throwing her blades into the ground…. She takes a deep breath and looks confidently around …
Again Sotaicho looks to Miski and Dai, and then calls another number and weapon….
Number 10 and Bo ~ Reader's Pov
There is no cape this time, as HS steps up and takes the large staff in his hands…
He swings it around his body, thinking, 'It has been years since I fought anyone other than Eiko, and when we fought I never liked using the BO, because I really was not that great with it .. Damn just my luck...'
As if reading his mind, Eiko watches her husband knowing ... what could happen if he is not careful...
HS looks to Miski, thinking, 'yes she is my granddaughter… but I love her like my own child … I always has... I cannot let anything happen to her'…
He now glances over to Yoruichi and Yuri thinking, 'I must protect all three of my girls'
It is at this time he swings his Bo and takes his stance….
His opponent is a taller and stronger man, who spins his Bo with an expertise that makes everyone look on with concern….
HS looks to his opponent with a grin, as he starts to handle his Bo, the staff felt good in his hands as he handles it... he flashsteps into position, but a little too slow for the warrior he is fighting, his opponents Bo comes down on him hard, in the face…..
HS is staggers to the left and right …
Eiko watches with horror on her face, as her husband falls on the ground….
Seji seeing his brother on ground concentrates on him whispering 'get up … Hiroshi'
Yoruichi and Miski look down on to the floor, watching HS, trying to get up from the field….
Each woman takes a deep breath trying not to panic…. HS looks up to his daughters and pushes himself off the ground, shaking his head clear he starts to attack his opponent…
He pulls the strength from his soul as he attacks his opponent …
As he attacks He says repeatedly, 'I cannot lose my girls … I will not lose my girls'….
His attack is hard and deathly …. As His opponent falls to ground, he continues to beat him with his Bo…..
Thinking only of his girls….
As he pulls back he notices that his opponent now lies before him not moving …
Dead….
He looks up to Sotachio who nods with approval, that he has won his match….
He then passes out cold….
No one moves, even those they want to rush to him….
Miski, Yuri and Yori watch as Sotaicho's guard carries HS off the field….
He is carried over to Urahara and Inoune who makes room on bench and starts to heal him…
As he lies there healing, he looks to Urahara saying, 'My Girls… do not let him harm …my girls'
With those words he passes out cold ….
Reader's ~ POV
The fights continue to progress Cheri, Eiko, Eino and Seji all defeat the warriors that are set before them...
Dai stands watching the guards that Daiki has recruited, being defeated with every match…
He glances over to Daiki his eyes reflect anger, as he thinks how Daiki was misjudged her guard…
Even though he knows these matches mean nothing; it is his match with Yuri and Miski that will really count…
He just wanted to break their spirit, break Tamiski … before they battled….
HS getting hurt did not break her, ... he thinks ... and thinks 'what will break her spirit…'
He looks around looking for way to do it….
Just as he is standing there thinking...Sotachio calls another number and weapon…
He now smiles brightly as he sees the fighter pull off their cape and step up to their opponent, he looks over to her and sees her body tense up...
A/N:
Ringtones:
None… No texting aloud on the battle field…
Songs:
None we are in the middle of battling…
I hope you enjoyed it ….. Please review....
Le Rukia