Author's Note: Once again, another crappy fighting chapter. Oh well! Hopefully you enjoy it!
Chapter 37: Uryu and Sado Vs Naoki and Ritsu
"Sado, I sense some spiritual pressure in that direction," Uryu said while running with the tanned dark man.
Sado simply nodded, but then stopped to consider something. "Ishida, what if it is Inoue?"
"…Then we tell her that we are on her side."
"What if it's the people she went with?"
"I'm not sure yet," he answered, pushing his glasses up.
"Would we fight them?"
"I don't know."
"What if it's Soul Society?"
"Then we fight. They want to kill Inoue-san, we can't let them."
"I see."
The two teenage boys continued running towards the direction where they sensed spiritual pressure. They could tell there were two people. Preparing themselves, they got ready to fight Soul Society, or maybe even Orihime's friends.
"Naoki-kun, where are we going?" Ritsu asked.
"There are two people following us. It's Inoue's friends, Uryu and Sado. Uryu is the quincy, Sado is the human with the weird arms." Naoki answered.
"Are we going to fight them?"
"I know that Yui doesn't want you to fight much, so I'm trying to take you away from them."
"Are you going to fight them? They are Inoue-san's friends!"
"Yeah, and you know that she is on our side now. We are her teammates, not them. They probably think of her as a traitor now anyways. Knowing humans, they probably came to kill us, and even her. I'm doing what's best."
"…I'll fight too."
"Yui doesn't want you-"
"I don't care. It wouldn't be right to have you fight two people while I run away. I'm going to help."
The teenage boy glanced at the young girl with admiration. She may have been a mere child, but she was definitely brave. Naoki finally stopped running, surprising the young girl.
"Well," he started, "if you are this determined, I can't say no. We'll just wait for them to get to us. But, Ritsu, do know that you could be severely injured, maybe even killed. These are humans, after all."
"I fully understand," the blonde girl replied, standing her ground.
"Alright, let's wait for them then."
"Ishida, look." Sado instructed.
Uryu did as he was told and saw two people, seeming to be waiting for them. One was a small child while the other looked to be a teenager of their age.
"A little girl?" Uryu asked approaching them.
"Can we even fight them?" Sado asked. "It's a little girl. I'll take the boy."
"I can't fight a little girl either!"
"Hello, my name is Ritsu," the small, blonde child greeted. "This is Naoki-kun."
"Sorry, but we don't have time for greetings," Uryu said. "Are you the people that Inoue-san went with?"
"Yes, we are." Naoki answered.
"Where is she?"
"She should be out killing some of you lousy humans."
"You two look like humans as well, and Inoue-san is also a human. She's too kind to kill innocent people. Hell, she's too kind to kill anything at all."
"You'd be surprised."
Suddenly, Sado used his power to transform his arm. Ritsu and Naoki's eyes widened, along with Uryu's.
"Sado, are you going to fight them?" he asked. "No matter how idiotic they are, they are Inoue-san's comrades."
"We have no choice. What they are saying about her isn't true. They are forcing her to do this, I can feel it," the giant man said. "El Directo."
Ritsu stepped forward with fierce determination set into her green eyes. The little girl then placed a hand in front of her. "Leave," she demanded. "You aren't going to take Inoue-san back. She belongs with us."
"I'm sorry, but we can't." Uryu said. "Step away. You can get seriously hurt."
Ritsu sighed as she murmured, "I'm sorry."
Just then, an orb of green light appeared at the child's hand. She drew her hand back and then thrust it forward as if she were throwing a baseball and sent the green orb towards the two boys. Uryu and Sado jumped out of the orbs reach, but the light suddenly exploded and hit the two boys with it.
"Naoki-kun, now!" Ritsu whispered to her partner.
"Yes," he replied, transforming into Uryu with a torn cape.
Naoki then ran towards the explosion that caused much black smoke, jumped in, and lied down. Once the smoke cleared, three figures were visible. Sado and Uryu were slightly injured.
"Ishida, are you okay?" Sado asked, regaining his rigid posture.
"I'm fine," two separate voices said. They sounded alike, but they were coming from two different locations.
Looking to his left, Sado saw Uryu standing up. Looking on the right, he saw the same thing. Confusion slipped into his mind. Well, seeing two of the same person is sure to stir up some confusion.
"Sado, attack him!" one of the Uryu's shouted.
"No! Attack him! He's an imposter!" the other one yelled.
As Sado glanced between the two Uryu's, he failed to notice Ritsu forming another green orb to attack him from behind.
One of the Uryu's noticed this and shouted, "Watch out, Sado!" Sado then realized which of the Uryu's was real and as he jumped to the side to avoid the attack, he shot an attack at the imposter. Naoki was too slow to see it coming and was hit by the attack. The tanned man then joined his partner to watch Ritsu run towards Naoki. Tears fell from her eyes as she ran to her comrade.
"Naoki-kun!" she shouted.
"I-I'm fine, Ritsu," the bloody man replied. "Just a little beat up. Ritsu… run."
Ritsu's eyes widened as she said, "No! I am not leaving you!"
"You have to!"
"No, she doesn't," Uryu said while walking towards the two. "We aren't scum that will attack children or men that were already brought down."
Sado nodded. Naoki's eyes widened as he looked at the two. "Maybe not all humans are too bad."
"Well," Uryu started, "don't expect us to get too nice. We need answers, and you two are going to give them to us."
"Yes, we'll do anything." Ritsu said, tears still falling.
"When was this war staged?"
"A month ago."
"How?"
"Mia-san and Lyon-kun entered Inoue-san's dreams and told her about it. They told her that if she doesn't cooperate, there will be grave consequences."
"What kind of consequences?" Sado asked.
"Yamato." Naoki answered. "He has the power to resurrect the dead, which is how her hollow friend was brought back to life. But, he also has the power to easily take back the life he brought back."
"So he threatened to kill Schiffer." Uryu said.
"Yes."
"Why didn't she try to tell anybody?"
"You two don't understand how easy it is for Yamato to kill the hollow. It is literally with a snap of his fingers."
"Oh. Well then, what is your group's aim?"
"Revenge for the most part."
"What do you mean?"
"Most of us were brought back because we were wronged by humans. So, revenge boils inside of us. The others stay with us because we are all they have."
Uryu glanced at the quietly sobbing girl. "What are you here for?"
"…I was killed by some drunk driver… Yui found Yamato and demanded that he brought me back to life so we were forced to stay with him. I know that he secretly threatens my life if Yui doesn't cooperate… I don't want revenge… Yui did at first, but she got over it and wanted to start a new life with me… Yamato wouldn't let us though…"
"So you two had no choice."
"Yes…"
Sado looked at the bloodied teenage boy and asked, "What about you?"
"Well, my parents were dicks and they abandoned me on my fifth birthday. I died of starvation. Next thing I knew, I was sitting in some abandoned building with Yamato, Chiharu, Lyon, and Mia. I was informed that he brought me back to life," Naoki answered.
"What are the other people's stories?" Uryu asked.
"Mia and Lyon were tortured during school so they killed themselves. Daisuke died in a hiking accident with his mother- he's one of the few that don't want revenge. Miketsukami was killed by some serial killer or something; I don't really know or care. You just heard Yui and Ritsu's story, which leaves Chiharu. To be honest, nobody except for Yamato knows her story. We don't dare to ask Yamato and whenever Chiharu is asked, she just ignores us. Now that I think about it, nobody knows Yamato's story either."
"I see."
"So, are you going to let us live?"
"Well, the blast from Sado was pretty fatal, you might not make it. But we won't do anything to push your death. Do not go after your silly idea of revenge, or else we will come back for you."
"Wow, I wonder how the others are doing."
"It was Ishida-kun and Sado-kun! I have to go to them! They were against Ritsu-chan and Naoki-kun! I have to stop them from fighting!" Orihime shouted, trying to run towards the direction of their spiritual pressure, tears quickly forming in her eyes.
"No! The fighting obviously stopped, we have to keep going!" Chiharu demanded. "You have the biggest task out of everybody! You have to kill Yamato! I can't have you get distracted and possibly killed in crossfire! Hurry, we have to get to Soul Society! Do you want people to die!?"
Tears stained Orihime's cheeks as she said, "No…"
"Then let's go. It's time to kill that bastard."
If only the two girls had realized that Soul Society was far bloodier and dangerous. There, three people were to fight against each other. The two girls were sure to be caught in the crossfire of this deadly battle.
Author's Note: The next chapter is 1 vs 1 vs 1! So 3 people against each other! Miketsukami chuckled and said, "Let's get this over with." One of them is Miketsukami, who do you think the other two are? :) Please review! :D