"I have decided the fate of these battles will be decided by one. The battle between the ryoka, Kalia Kurosaki, and Beousin Beto." Sankado said in a telepathic message to everyone.
"Why place it all on one battle?" Kalia said.
"From what I can tell from Byakuya Kuchiki and Captain Hatake, you are among the strongest of our enemies." Sankado said. "You have defeated powerful soul reapers so the outcome of this battle shall decide how this ends. Some of the captains have been defeated or injured and this must come to an end. If you're able to defeat him, you and the rest will go free and Ryo will be dropped from all his charges."
"Now that sounds good." Kalia said.
"However, if you are defeated, the rest of the intruders will fall." Sankado said.
"I guess that would be fair." Kalia said and returned her attention to Beousin. "Looks like it's all down to just you and me."
"If that is what the head captain has decided, so be it." Beousin said. "Rest assure that does not mean I will just let you escape. This will be your final battle."
"Give it your best shot." Kalia said as she readied herself.
"For this will be the battle to decide the fate of all, I will give you an honorable death by using one of my powerful techniques." Beousin said. He held out his hand and a bolt of lightning struck down and struck it. When the light cleared, he was holding a staff that was made of lightning. "Kaminari Shaku (lightning scepter). This weapon gives me power similar, if not equal to that of the God, Zeus. It shall turn your body to ash."
"That sounds amazing. Let's see if it can hold." Kalia said and went to attack. She swung her sword, but Beousin blocked it with his staff. Beousin pushed back and released a little bit of lightning to try and shock Kalia.
"Do you really think you can defeat the forces similar to the god of thunder?" Beousin said.
"God my foot. No way you actually have that power." Kalia said. "Let's just stop the talking and get to the fighting." Both of them used the flash step multiple times and continued to clash against each other. As they were fighting, the two captains and Byakuya just observed as they felt the shockwaves of their colliding spiritual pressures.
"She is splendid for a human to have this much spiritual pressure." Sankado said.
"Yes. Byakuya, you knew her father. What do you think of this?" Doramin said. Byakuya kept his eyes on this battle. Seeing this made him think how his battle against Ichigo Kurosaki went.
"Ichigo Kurosaki passed my expectations. I didn't understand how or why he had all that power." Byakuya said. "He kept showing surprises. I thought I could defeat him, but the reason I couldn't was because he was fighting for a noble reason. The reason Ichigo Kurosaki fights is so he can protect everyone that he can."
"Are you saying Kalia Kurosaki is similar?" Doramin said.
"Very. She holds the same drive, the same desire to protect, and she just doesn't know when to give up." Byakuya said.
"But that is enough for her to win?" Sankado said.
"We'll see soon enough." Byakuya said as the two of them kept fighting.
"Sutsuraisu!" Kalia launched another energy slash. Beousin held up the staff and blocked the attack. He had lightning flow through it and had the attack disperse. Kalia was breathing hard. All the moving around she did was making her breath even harder. 'Damn, I feel like my lungs are going to burst.' She thought
"It looks like this is where it ends for you." Beousin said. "You can barely move anymore. You can't handle the extreme movements that you've unleashed multiple times."
"Don't sound like you've won just yet. There is no way I'm going to lose." Kalia said. "I will find a way to defeat you, Beousin Beto. I won't stop until it's done."
"I simply do not understand. Why do you continue to fight when it's hopeless?" Beousin said.
"If you don't get it now, I don't see why I should even waste my breath." Kalia said as she raised her sword. Beousin readied himself. He felt some pain from his side where Kalia managed to strike him earlier. He also just noticed that he was running low on power.
"It seems that neither one of us can go on much longer." Beousin said. "We shall put an end to this, right now." He stored up power and his staff started crackling with even more power. "We will end this in one strike."
"Alright." Kalia agreed. She poured in more power into her sword and it was glowing even brighter. Both of them charged at each other as both of them held their weapons out. Both jumped in the air and brought their weapons back and when they got close enough, they slashed each other. It created a bright light that was seen all over the Seireitei. When the light faded, both of them were standing with their backs against each other and blood spurted out of both of them with it running down their heads and few other injuries. Kalia was about to fall, but she used her sword to keep her standing. "No! I won't fall, I won't be defeated." Beousin looked back as his weapons faded.
"Let me ask you something, Kalia Kurosaki." Beousin said. "What gives you your power? What gives you the strength to survive? How do you keep coming back?"
"It's because I refuse to give up." Kalia said as she turned her head to look at him. "I fight to protect my friends. No matter how tough the fight is, as long as I have something to fight for, I won't give up. I've been fighting for Ryo's life and will not quit. Although, I don't think it's fair for Ryo to be punished for the same crime his mother did that gave birth to my father's legacy." Beousin didn't understand her at first, but now he does. He saw that Kalia was fighting him and the law. She truly was carrying legacy.
"I understand. Thank you, Kalia Kurosaki, for making me see this." Beousin said as his weapon faded away and he fell to the ground. Kalia turned completely and saw she was finally able to defeat him since he wasn't moving.
"That's right, I won!" Kalia cheered as she raised her hand and made a V with her fingers. She was so happy and saw this as a chance for her to relax a little as she fell down. Sankado walked over to her and she looked up at him. "I won. You'll keep your end of the bargain? You'll let me and my friends go as well as drop the charges on Ryo?"
"You have my word." Sankado said.
"That's good because I really need this rest." Kalia said and blacked out. The battles were over and the injured was finally getting treated. The sun was beginning to set and squad four got to work right away.
"Treat those who are in serious condition right away. Make sure you check with everyone. If needed or safe to move, bring them to the barracks." Kouichi said. Beousin was put on a stretcher and carried away. Kouichi looked to see Orihime was using her powers on Kalia as she and her friends gathered around her and he was fascinated by it. "You're power is truly amazing." He said as he went over to talk to her.
"Oh, thank you." Orihime said.
"You can be real reckless. This is like the fifth time Orihime had to heal you." Uryu said.
"It's okay, Uryu." Orihime said.
"He's right. You shouldn't waste all your power on me, Mom." Kalia said as she sat up straight. "I need to be more careful. I can't expect you to be there to heal me all the time."
"I'm just glad you made it out alive." Ryo said.
"So am I." Kenpachi said as he and Toshiro walked over to them. "Otherwise you and I wouldn't be able to have another go at each other."
"Wait a minute, Toshiro and Kenpachi, you both were captains when my Dad was a substitute soul reaper, right?" Kalia said.
"Yes, we met him the same way we met you." Toshiro said.
"Do you two know where he is? He's been missing in the world of the living for five years." Kalia said.
"Yeah, you already told me that." Kenpachi said.
"I'm sorry, but he's not here." Toshiro said. "If he was in the Soul Society, dead or alive, we would have felt his great spiritual pressure."
"Wait a second, Kalia that means you were right all along." Ryo said. "Your father is still alive. He's still somewhere in the world of the living."
"That is good to hear, but it still doesn't answer where he is." Kalia said.
"I think I can help." They all looked behind them and saw Tanika and her lieutenant, Jiruke.
"Captain Tecya?" Ryo said.
"Jiruke, do you remember what you told me about a human five years ago?" Tanika said.
"Yes. I saw a human that had great spiritual pressure. That might have been Ichigo Kurosaki." Jiruke said.
"I want you to share with them what you saw." Tanika said.
"Of course." Jiruke said. He drew the symbol for mind with his fingers in the air. "Mind of sky, heart of ground, breath of wind. Twist the clocks of time and fate, open the gate to the world of infinite, sinful dreams. Bakudo 93: Memori Dosatsu." The entire area changed around into some sort of illusion with them over the rooftops of Karakura Town.
"What is this?" Kalia said.
"It's an advance kido. It can be used in reports, but it's hard to master." Ryo said.
"This took place five years ago." Jiruke said. "I was out on an assignment when I felt an enormous amount of spirit pressure." The scene changed around and they were looking at the ground with Kalia spotting something.
"There he is, that's him, that's my Dad!" Kalia said. They all looked down and saw him by the backside.
"I wasn't aware that was Ichigo Kurosaki. Then something strange happened." Jiruke said. He showed that Ichigo was in an alleyway.
"Look, he's talking to someone, but I can't see who it is." Sai said. They all looked in the shadows and someone was in there, but they couldn't tell who it was.
"I felt spirit pressure from that person as well, but he acted before I could do anything." Jiruke said. The strange man appeared right behind Ichigo and grabbed him. Then the both of them just disappeared, leaving everyone shocked, and the illusion broke. "I reported that in, but there wasn't a trace of either of them."
"So that's what happened. My Dad was kidnapped." Kalia said.
"But by who and why keep him captive for five years?" Ryo said.
"I don't know, but there's something else." Jiruke said. "I couldn't see who it was, but through the shadows, I saw that person's eyes and they were filled with….malice."
To Be Continued….