Hi everybody. Here's a recap of what's happened to me since I posted the last chapter; Online classwork, Strep throat, Up till 3 in the morning, Skullgirls, babysitting, Chauffeuring, New Story, old stories, The Hobbit book, Lord of the Rings Movies, friend staying over, New House, Valkyria Chronicles teaching the youth, power outage, Donations, Super Bowl, Broke, overtime, Depression, and Red-line Cake.
So heres the Next chapter, Sorry it took so long.
Review Below, Let me know! ^^
Yukari's head was slammed against the side of a tree and held there by Naifu. He forced her to watch the fight in the woods between Korin and Leonardo while Naifu kept crushing her head against the tree.
"Don't struggle." Naifu laughed. "Enjoy your last moments. You can watch your friend die."
As Naifu kept her head pinned against the tree, Yukari could catch Korins fight out of the corner of her eye.
"Why are you doing this?" Yukari asked. "What are you going to gain from this?"
"Nothin," Naifu answered. "I just like violence!" Naifu pressed Yukari's head against the tree, crushing her skull. "Now keep your mouth shut!"
Yukari winced in pain as she felt her head getting smashed in. She kept her attention on Korins fight...hoping that maybe he would save her.
Korin kept his eyes on Leonardo who kept moving in swift un patterned movements.
"Hold Still!" Korin shouted. At the that moment Leonardo appeared Next to Korin and tried to Slash at his side. Korin managed to block with his swords hilt. Leonardo then retreated upwards into the trees. "COWARD! FIGHT ME!" Korin jumped up after him.
Yukari was forced to watch Korin follow Leonardo away from them. Tears began to swell in her eyes as she realized...
Hozumi was sitting on a tree branch catching his breath. Across from him, sitting on another tree branch, was Nero di Burlone also catching his breath.
"Whoo I'm tired." Hozumi said. "Whadda say we call it a draw huh?"
"I can't do that." Nero spoke. He looked up at Hozumi and his eyes burned with deadly fervor. "One of you soul Reapers killed my brother."
"Huh?" Hozumi asked.
"My brother was part of the last attack on Substitute Soul Reaper." Nero explained "One of you Soul Reapers killed him. I will find and kill that one."
"Well it wasn't me," Hozumi explained. "So you have no reason to fight me."
"You're wrong." Nero explained. "It's a matter of Personal honor. I can't give up on a fight."
"I don't care for honor," Hozumi spoke up. "I just want to rest and relax. Is that to much to ask for?"
"It is." Nero said standing up and holding his sword on a Horizontal. "Burst, Gekidotora." When called his Zanpaktuō, it surrounded his arm and turned into a large steal the wrist, the Metal formed the head of a Lion with a cannon in its open mouth. Nero pointed the Lion at Hozumi and fired a Cannonball at him.
"OH CRAP-" Hozumi jumped off just before the cannonball ripped trough tearing the tree, and the 6 trees behind it, to shreds.
"Geez!" Hozumi said. "Too close for-" Another Cannonball flew by his head, missing by a strain of hair. "O_O...C-Comfort?"
Hozumi looked down at Nero only to see another cannonball fired at him. He dodged cannon shots one after the other.
"CRAP!" Hozumi said. "How fast does that thing reload?"
"Reload?" Nero questioned. "Whatever do you mean?"
While they spoke, a cannonball was fired and managed to hit Hozumi's foot.
"DAMN!" Hozumi screamed as his Movement became contorted and he fell down to the ground. He landed on his back, feeling the pain shoot up his leg. He looked over at his foot...it wasn't there! Only a stump covered in blood. "Oh crap..."
He held his sword in his hand as Nero landed on the ground and aimed his arm cannon at Hozumi.
"Goodbye, Soul Reaper." Nero said as the cannon fired out.
"Unleash your fury, Yūkan shinzō!" Hozumi quickly called. In an instant the sword became a three meter cord with tiny hooks and the hilt became a tight shackle around his left wrist that attached him to the cord. He was able to whip the cannonball, wrapped the cord around it, swing it around him while still keeping the momentum, and threw it back at Nero.
Nero gasped as he barely jumped to the left to dodge it. "By God almighty..." he said looking back.
"Call me Hozumi please." he joked. "Yūkan shinzō's my secret weapon. I can't lose with this."
"What does it do?" Nero asked.
"...eh..?" Hozumi asked.
"What makes it so you can't lose?" Nero asked.
Hozumi paused and thought for a moment.
"I...can't just tell you..." Hozumi said. "I have to surprise you during battle."
"Good point." Nero spoke and immediately fired another cannonball.
Hozumi used the cord and hook to whip at the cannonball. As he did, Nero fired another Cannonball at his lower body. Hozumi whipped the cord, wrapped around the first Cannonball, and slammed it against the second cannonball, crashing them away. Hozumi then jumped off his good foot and whipped the cord at Nero. Nero put up his arm the block, but the cord wrapped itself around Neros arm, and the hooks dug into his arm.
"Grh!" Nero grunted. His Cannon arm was still free and he aimed at Hozumi.
"Inject!" Hozumi shouted.
"Inject?" Nero wondered.
The hooks clawed into Nero's flesh began injecting a strange material into Nero's bloodstream. Nero fired a Cannonball at Hozumi who had to shift his movement. Nero then pulled back so the hooks were pulled out. Hozumi yanked on the cord as Nero pulled away, causing the hooks to tear out chunks of Nero's Flesh.
"DAMN!" Nero shouted looking at his bloody arm.
"DIE SOUL REAPER!"
Nero Began firing cannonball's in quick succession at Hozumi. Hozumi jumped away, on his good foot, at every shot. Not trying to attack or Defend.
"HOLD STILL!"
After one shot missed, Hozumi stumbled over the cord and messed up his timing.
"Got you!" Nero fired THAT INSTANT...but it was delayed by a second. "What-" The cannonball fired, but Hozumi regained his balance and was able to dodge. "What happen? I know I fired Sooner-YOU SHOULD BE DEAD!"
"So it's working." Hozumi grinned. "Perfect."
"Working?" Nero asked. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? !"
"My Zanpaktuō injected you with a Special Poison." Hozumi explained.
"Poison? !" Nero asked.
"Yeah, it's only a tiny amount of poison." Hozumi explained. "As it spreads through your blood it will slow you down. Your movements, your reactions, and eventually your thoughts will slow down to a crawl. Then as it fully spreads, it'll kill you. I just need to wait you out."
"A Poison...in my blood?" Nero asked. "Not a Problem."
Nero then held out his arm with the flesh wounds, he concentrated his energy and Blood spouted out of the wounds.
"What the hell? !" Hozumi freaked out.
"Ketsueki Tekunikku." Nero explained. "I'm afraid you are unlucky. My blood technique expels Toxins from the body. I always thought it was pointless, but it saved my life today...and Now-" He fired a Cannonball at Hozumi, he tried to jump and dodge, but his leg's got tangled by the cord, so he tripped and fell over onto his side. The cannonball missed Hozumi, but hit the trunk of the tree behind him. The trunk was Obliterating and the tree fell forward toward Hozumi. He looked up to see the lumber of wood pile down upon him...
SLAM!
(Flashback)
Hozumi was on both knees, with his head lowered before 3 people. He dare not look them in the face.
"Disgraceful!" A Male voice said. "You think you have a CHOICE?"
Hozumi dared not speak.
"This is an Act of Insolence will not stand!" The voice continued. "I hear by banish you! You are hereby stripped of your name! Your sister will take your Place as Heir to the Aoki Clan! Now Get out!"
Hozumi, with reluctance in his heart, got to his feet, and left.
…
A few Years past, Hozumi was at the Soul Reaper Academy. He was alone with his studies. His only company were the 200 girls watching him from a distance, with hearts in their eyes. One girl,not from the horde, approached Hozumi.
"Excuse me-" she said.
"Want a date? Take a number." Hozumi said without looking up from the studies. He handed the girl a number that read 163. "Please wait till your number is called."
"I'm not here for a date!" She said throwing it back at him. Hozumi looked up and saw that she wasn't wearing the academy uniform, but the Uniform of the Soul Reapers. "I'm here to talk to you about joining a squad."
"What-you mean like Early Graduation?" Hozumi asked. "I'll take it!"
"Eh, ok?" The girl said. "Squad 10 is happy to have you then."
"I just ask that I start out positioned at the bottom of the squad." Hozumi asked.
"Why?" The girl asked. "With your skills you can be our 4th seat."
"I want to know the squad." Hozumi explained. "I want understand how it works from the ground-up!" Thats what he said...but he was Thinking, *Less paperwork!*
"Alright," the girl said. "My name is Laria Alfero. It's a pleasure."
"We'll see," Hozumi smirked.
…
She was my first friend. Why is it I remember this now?...
(End Flashback)
Hozumi regained his mind set as the tree fell down on top of him. He rolled to the side, to avoid being crushed, but his arm got caught underneath the tree.
"AAAGHHH!" he screamed. It was his right hand, which held his Zanpaktuō, was caught under the tree. Hozumi tried to push the tree away with his strength.
"Don't fight it," Nero said. He had placed his arm cannon against Hozumi's head. "It's over."
Hozumi stopped his struggling and turned his face right at the Cannon. "Well shit..." he said.
"You said your name was Hozumi." Nero remembered. "Can you tell me your full name?"
Hozumi chuckled and placed his left hand over his face. "It doesn't matter," he said. "Not my name anymore."
"I see," Nero said. "Well then, Farewell nameless Soul Reaper."
Nero fired the cannon-
"Bakudō 8, Seki!"
-the cannonball hit a small round shield that appeared right in front of Hozumi's left hand, that repelled the Cannonballs strike. Because the hand cannon was so close, the cannonball shot back into it, destroying Nero's Zanpaktuō and crushing his arm, from his hand to his elbow.
"GGAAAAGHH!" Nero screamed as he staggered back as he held his damaged arm with the bone protruding from the elbow. He looked up from his wound at Hozumi who had his left palm pointed at Nero.
"My name is Hozumi Aoki of the Aoki Clan!" He declared. "Hadō 33 Sōkatsui!" A Burst of Blue spiritual pressure fired from Hozumi's hand and shot clear through Nero's stomach area.
After the blast, Nero fell over. Hozumi could still hear him gasping for air.
"Still alive?" Hozumi asked laying back. "That's fine. I just wanted a rest anyway." He yawned as he closed his eyes. "I'll help the others in a bit."
And he fell asleep.
(To be continued...)
PECCATORE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Asharu: Today we are going to talk about Nero di Burlone.
The Big Tv was cracked and had a sign over it the read 'Broken', so Asharu used an Art Easel with Cartoonish bears representing the Peccatore.
Asharu: Nero is driven by revenge, which makes him a truly dedicated Soldato.
Asharu flips a page on the Art Easel to show a sketch of Nero's Zanpaktuō.
Asharu: His Zanpaktuō, Gekidotora, is a hand Cannon which can fire Cannonballs without needing to reload. The Cannonball's themselves are not special, but do serious damage due to their speed and veracity.
Asharu then flips to the next page detailing Nero's Ketsueki Tekunikku.
Asharu: His blood technique is that he can expel foreign toxins from his body by squirting out the blood through opened wounds. This can range anywhere from Poison, Shards of glass, splinters, carbohydrates etc...any questions?
Asharu looks up at Nero, Ichigo, and Rukia who were all following along
Nero: Why do your drawings suck so much?
Ichigo: Thats what I said.
Rukia: Oh Shut up! Both of you! When have you two ever drawn anything better?
Asharu: Damn Strait!
Asharu then high-fives Rukia.