Episode 28: Rinji vs Kiyoshi- Again
Rinji was standing on the hospital roof. He took a deep breath, and he began to sense chakra, two different chakras. One that he recognized- but vaguely. The other he did not recognize at all.
Killer and Yellow were running forwards together. "Killer, he's outside, and he's looking for us."
Killer grinned. "Then I'll finally get my rematch."
-Lying in a hospital bed, Kazuki looked up.
"How much do you remember?" Asked a nurse.
"Where's Mei?" Was he first thing he asked.
The nurse dropped her gaze. "I'm sorry... but-"
"No! You idiots couldn't find her?"
"We found her... but she's no longer with us..."
Kazuki's eyes widened. He looked down to the ground.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Asked the nurse.
Kazuki didn't respond. He just continued to look at the floor.
"Kazuki, please! Can you please tell me what happened? We need to learn as much as we can about them!"
Kazuki then looked up. He also stood up, easily towering over the nurse.
-Kenpachi ran forwards, Yachiru still giving him directions.
"Alright, this better be the right way!" Kenpachi growled.
"Oh it is! Don't worry, Kenny!"
"Yeah, says the person who led us into a dead end forty times."
"Ice's chakra's so close... I can practically taste it!"
"You say that now..."
"Well if you don't want to take my directions, then I'll just leave." Yachiru began to pout.
Kenpachi sighed, and took her directions anyway.
-Rinji leapt up onto a wall, and he darted towards the chakras.
-Killer and Yellow charged at him too.
-After several minutes, Rinji and Killer were standing across from each other. They were standing on walls across from each other. Yellow was standing on Killer's shoulder.
"Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi Takama. What the hell are you doing here?"
"Ah, you remembered my name. I'm very pleased." He went for his sword. "I'm here for a re-match."
"Why the hell didn't you just challenge me to a re-match then?"
"Well, you see... I've been tracking you down for a while. Then this man came up to me. He told me I could get a re-match with you if I did this for him. So of course, here I am."
"Is Taro here, too?"
"No more questions. It's time for fighting."
"Two against one is a little unfair."
"Who said anything about two against one? This cat is a cat."
"I can sense it's chakra, Takama. That cat has the level of chakra of two people."
"Well it still won't be fighting you."
Kazuki suddenly landed next to Rinji. He charged at Kiyoshi, but then Yellow intercepted and knocked him to the ground. Yellow then transformed into his personified tiger form.
"Look at that." Kiyoshi said. "Looks like it's one on one."
"This doesn't have to turn into a fight."
"Of course it does. I need to kidnap you- so I can take you to my boss."
"That won't happen." Rinji tightened his fists.
Kiyoshi drew his sword. "That's what you think. But I've grown quite a bit stronger over the years- I won't lose to you again."
Both of them jumped down to the ground, and then charged each other.
Kazuki hurled Yellow into the wall, and then puched at him. Yellow ducked, and then punched Kazuki in the stomach and dodged to the side. Yellow slashed at him, but Kazuki dodged it. He looked down at his arm, to see Yellow cut him. And he wasn't healing.
"If you think you can beat me, make sure you kill me." Kazuki growled.
"You're one strange guy. Most people don't want to die- but you just asked to be killed."
Kazuki didn't respond.
Kiyoshi slashed at Rinji, who jumped backwards, and dodged it. Rinji jumped up into the air, and he kicked Kiyoshi across the head. Rinji fell to the ground, his leg stingging. Kiyoshi punched at him, but Rinji dodged it, and punched Kiyoshi right in the glass part of his helmet.
Rinji jumped backwards, seeing that his blows weren't doing any damage. He jumped up into the air, and he kicked down at Kiyoshi's head. Kiyoshi stabbed up at Rinji, who pivioted in midair to dodge it. Rinji then jumped back to the ground, and he landed on one hand and one knee. He reached for his weapon pouch, at the same time Kiyoshi slashed down at him.
Rinji waited, just before Kiyoshi's blade hit him, he dodged to the side and slapped a paper bomb onto his side, then jumped over a wall.
There was an explosion.
Kazuki and Yellow were just out of range of the explosion, both of them looked over in suprise.
Yellow went to take advantage of his foe's suprise by clawing at him, but Kazuki kicked up into his wrist, and then spun around and hitting him in the side.
Yellow grabbed onto Kazuki's leg, and dug his claws into it. He then hurled Kazuki into a wall.
"You'll need to try harder than that, RINJI!" Roared Kiyoshi.
Rinji turned, to see Kiyoshi standing on the wall. His armor had been badly scratched, but it was still in one piece.
"Oh, crap." Rinji made a hand sign. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" He blasted a small fire ball at Kiyoshi.
My armor's heavy. Rinji knows that, so he's using that to his advantage. Kiyoshi thought as he jumped off the wall, over the other side, where they were a minute ago. He then jumped back over when Rinji's fire ran out.
Rinji made a face, and drew a pair of kunai.
Kiyoshi slashed down at him, but Rinji blocked it with the kunai, and then dodged to the side and he stabbed the kunai into Kiyoshi's shoulder. Kiyoshi reached over, and yanked it out- the knife not even pearcing his skin.
Rinji then spun his kunai around on his finger, and he had the blade pointed towards himself. I guess I'll need to use that jutsu... He thought. He readied to stab himself.
Kazuki tried to get up, but a foot collided with his nose, and knocked him back down.
Yellow grinned, and he kicked him again- but this time in the side. "You wanted to die, right?"
Kazuki then opened his mouth, and a loud roar tore it's way through his throat. Yellow fell to the ground, unable to move.
Rinji and Kiyoshi both fell to their knees, Rinji's kunai was an inch from his chest.
Crap... I just need to move just a little bit... Rinji thought, as he struggled against the grip of the technique.
Kiyoshi was also struggling, but he couldn't move either. His armor didn't help either.
Kazuki stopped, and then all of them gained their movement again.
Kazuki ran backwards, to get away from Yellow.
Rinji stabbed himself in the chest, and blood splattered on the ground.
Kiyoshi grinned under his helmet. "This'll get good!" He stood up.
Rinji's eyes hazed over, and he stood all the way up. He then stabbed himself in the stomach, more blood splattered to the ground. He then punched Kiyoshi in the jaw, and then knocked him back. Rinji then punched Kiyoshi in the chest- his fists getting bloody.
Kiyoshi slashed him across the shoulder, and Rinji grabbed Kiyoshi's sword and threw it off to the side. He punched Kiyoshi hard in the face, this time the glass cracked.
He didn't stop there, he charged forwards, and he punched Kiyoshi right in the chest- leaving a dent. Kiyoshi then punched up into Rinji's jaw, but Rinji hit him across the side of the head with his forearm, and knocked him over.
As Kiyoshi hit the ground, the glass part of his mask shattered. Kiyoshi spun around so none of it got in his eyes, but Rinji kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying backwards.
"No more running!" Yellow roared, chasing after Kazuki. Kazuki suddenly stopped, and he quickly spun around and he punched Yellow right in the nose as he was coming towards him.
Yellow fell back a step.
Yellow clawed Kazuki's forearm, he clenched his teeth and jumped backwards.
"I thought you said you wanted to die?" Yellow asked. "Then why are you fighting back?"
"I didn't say I wanted to die. I said if you beat me you need to kill me."
"It will be my pleasure to!" Yellow charged him.
Kiyoshi looked up, and he saw his sword lying about fifteen yards away from him.
Kiyoshi took off after it, but then Rinji charged him and kicked him in the jaw and sent him flying backwards. Kiyoshi lied on the ground for a second, and Rinji's foot stomped down onto his chest.
Kiyoshi grabbed his ankle, and flipped him off. He darted for his sword, and grabbed it. "It's time to end this."
Rinji flipped back to his feet, and charged him.
Kiyoshi pointed his blade at him, and Rinji inpaled himself on it.
Yellow stabbed at Kazuki's head with his claws, but Kazuki dodged his head to the side and at the same time he forced Yellow's hand backwards with his forearm. Kazuki then followed through with an upper cut.
Yellow then slashed Kazuki across the face with his other hand- the hand that Kazuki didn't block to the side a second ago.
Kazuki took a step back, and drew a kunai. He gripped it with both hands, and stabbed at Yellow's chest as Yellow stabbed at him with his claws.
"I knew that wouldn't kill you..." Kiyoshi mumbled, wiggling the handle of his blade.
Rinji was trying to free himself, but the blade was still in his chest.
The handle to Kiyoshi's blade suddenly popped off, and a small neetle emerged from the end. Kiyoshi stabbed down at Rinji, who blocked it with his hand.
Kiyoshi yanked his handle from Rinji's hand, as Rinji fell to the ground. He then yanke the blade from his chest, and reattached it to his sword.
Kazuki had been stabbed right in the chest with Yellow hand. Kazuki's kunai didn't hit Yellow, for the cat man blocked the strike.
Instantly, Yellow's expression calmed as the fight was over.
He jumped over to where Kiyoshi and Rinji were, to see Kiyoshi reattaching his blade.
"You got him?"
"Yep. He should be out for a while."
Yellow grabbed the front of Rinji's shirt, and lifted him up into the air. He swung him onto his bad. "Our mission's over, are you coming back?"
"No. I'm going to help out with Taro's mission."
"Taro? Is that Three's real name?"
"Shit, I forgot I was supposed to call him by his code name."
