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Korin stood in an empty void. The shadows continuously shifted around him. Swaying like mist in the air. There was no sense of direction in this world, other than that of the presence that surrounded it.
"What do you want?" An voiced echoed through the darkness.
"I'd like to know why you tried to kill me." Korin said. His voice echoed in the void, bouncing back.
"Because you want to die. I'm am only trying to oblige."
"Bullshit!" Korin snapped. "I'm fighting to live!"
"Then why not use the full extent of my power?!" The Shadow mist began to swirl in a circle.
"I can't control you!" Korin snapped."You're wild and Unpredictable!"
The shadow mist begun to spin pressure began to shift and the air became heavy. "Control? If you can't control me than you deserve to die! You fear what you have, there you can use it. You train to control me, but by trying to control me, you fail to understand the power."
The spinning mist began to spin rapid creating a vortex of loud wind forcing Korin to shout. "You're making no sense! What do I have to do?!"
The wind began to get so loud that Korin couldn't hear the voice speak. Only Mumbles in the background.
"SHINOKAGE!"
"Ooohhh, the bleeding won't stop!"
Hanataro kept trying to apply pressure to the bandages around Korins arm, but the blood continued to seep through. The bandages became red, moist, and useless.
"Oh these are ruined too." Hanataro began to unbandaged the wound.
Unbeknownst to him, both of them were being watch by Yukari, who was standing behind a door opening and just casually peeking her head in.
Hanataro tossed the bandages into the pile of bloodied bandages, that became larger every time he did this. "Ok, maybe Hisogomaru can heal him."
Hanataro reached for his Zanpaktuō, but he didn't feel the hilt. He looked back and noticed his Zanpaktuō was missing from his side.
"DAAAH! Where did it go?!" Hanataro freaked as he began scrambling around the warehouse in a obsessive search. "Oh no, this is the third time this month! Why do I keep losing it?!"
"Um, excuse me?" Yukari spoke up revealing herself holding a sword still in it's sheath. "Is this what you're looking for?"
Hanataro looked over at his Zanpaktuō. "Oh there it is!" he rushed over, took his weapon back, and bowed to Yukari. "Thank you so much. I thought I was trouble there."
"Is...is he going to be ok?" Yukari asked looking past Hanataro at Korin.
"Oh right Korin!" Hanataro ran back to Korins side raised his Zanpaktuō. "Fulfill, Hisogomaru." His Zanpaktuō changed into the sword with a meter along the blade. He swung his blade down and struck Korin right in his bleeding arm.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Yukari yelled.
Miraculously the bleeding on Korins arm stop and the wounds healed up. The meter on Hanataro's blade nearly rose to the top. "There we go." He said. "All better."
Yukari looked on, not understanding what he did, but she gave a sigh of relief.
Hanataro gave her a reassuring look. "Don't worry, he's going to be fine."
"What?!" Yukari exclaimed. "I-I'm not worried about him!"
"Ah! Sorry! Sorry!" Hanataro whimpered. "I didn't mean to assume anything!"
Yukari calmed down and just continued to look at Korin, confusing little Hanataro.
Then Hanataro realized something. "Oh wait! Captain Unohana told me about girls like you. What was the term she used? … Um... Oh yeah! Tsundere!"
BAM!
Hanataro got punched in the back of the head. "Owowowowow!"
"Never say that word again." Yukari muttered.
"Ryūsenka!" Tōshirō managed to freeze a large Feudataro in solid ice.
"Haineko!" Rangiku turned her Zanpakutō into silver dust and used it to take down another Feudataro.
As the Feudataro were being beaten by them, people were gathering in the area in awe of the strange disaster taking place.
"Looks like Asharu was right." Tōshirō said. "The people really can see the Peccatore. They're drawing way too much attention to these dangerous areas."
"Well, it looks like they go down easily." Rangiku said.
Laria appeared before them. "Captain, sir! I've located the whereabouts of Captains Tachi and Zeraki! They've engaged Feudataro on the northern side of town!"
"They're all over the place." Tōshirō said.
"They're all after Karin Kurosaki." Rangiku surmised. "Judging from what the one Peccatore said, she could be anywhere in the town."
"All right, new plan." Tōshirō spoke. "Let's split up. These monsters aren't tough to take down, so we can cover more ground faster this way."
"Yes, sir!" Rangiku and Laria nodded.
The three used Flash Step to hurry off in different directions.
"'Can you fight' my ass! That little brat!" Kisha grumbled.
The Espada was sitting down on a roof, next to Hikari and both were overlooking the tied-up Peccatore Niccolo.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have called him a little boy." Hikari stated.
Kisha looked up at Hikari, but noticed she was standing on the opposite side of the rood, keeping her distance from her.
"You know, you can come a little closer." Kisha told her. "I don't bite."
"No no, I'm perfectly fine over here." Hikari insisted.
"It's because I'm wearing white, isn't it?" Kisha guessed.
"There's nothing wrong with wearing white, it's just... the mask is kind of unsettling."
Kisha just sighed and turned away from Hikari.
"You're disgusting." Niccolo groaned. "You Hollows, you're worse than the Soul Reapers. Damned by God to forever wander an endless desert."
Kisha just turned and ignored the Peccatore's words. As both of them had their eyes turned away from him, Niccolo began to loosen his own bindings.
At the edge of the town where it met the forest, the char left from the other day's fire still cindered on the tree that Rukia was tied to. Across from her on a fallen log, Casanova sat on it, staring at her. Every second that passed for Rukia felt like an eternity. Casanova's creepy gaze made her feel even more uneasy with every second.
"What is it that you want, Peccatore?" Rukia demanded.
Casanova opened his hands out. "You. More specifically, I want to save you."
"'Save me'?" Rukia questioned.
Casanova stood up and began to walk around the immediate area. "You see, the Soul Reaper soul is a tainted, black entity. That's why your robes carry that color. It is a reflection of how corrupted your soul truly is."
"My soul is fine."
"And that is where you are wrong. Soul Reapers are a plague! When a soul dies, they need to go to Heaven to stand alongside God Almighty and finally rest in eternal bliss! As long as your soul continues to live in this Soul Society, as it continues to fight these endless battles, your souls cannot rest!"
"Your idealism is wrong. As Soul Reapers, we have a duty to protect these souls and we must purify the souls that have become Hollows."
"The Hollows are lost. Damned by God to forever be alone. Their sins did that to them as your sins did this to you. The difference between you and the Hollows is that you can still be saved. The Hollows are forever lost."
"No, when we defeat a Hollow, our Zanpakutō cleanses the soul and allows them to return to the Soul Society."
"That is a lie. The Soul's of Hollows can not be saved. They can only be killed and sent down to Hell and eternal damnation."
"That's insane! You can't possibly believe thats true."
"I don't 'believe' it's true! I KNOW it's true!"
"Where's your proof?"
"I need no proof. It is the way the world works and that's how it is. We Peccatore were chosen by God Himself, strained through the trials of being a monster, but then given physical form. We are the purest, most holy of all souls after they have passed, cleansed of all sin."
"Is that why you keep smelling my hair, you creep?" Rukia then felt Casanova's hands lift her bangs up and he sniffed it.
"That... is a personal preference, my dear." His hands slowly went down to her cheek and he stroked it.
When his fingers were close, Rukia tilted her head down and bit his fingers.
"Dah!" Casanova exclaimed in pain. "You damned bitch!"
Casanova held her head up and punched her right by her eye.
"I see I have a long way to go with you!" Casanova growled.
"Signore Casanova." Amato appeared, kneeling down behind Casanova.
"I'm busy! Go away!" Casanova loudly said.
"The substitute Soul Reaper draws close." Amato reported.
Casanova turned around in surprise. "He abandoned the search for his sister to come here?" He quickly looked back at Rukia, whom had a little glimmer of hope in her eye from hearing that. He turned back to Amato. "What are you waiting for?! KILL HIM!"
Amato said nothing and quickly fled to confront him. Casanova turned to see that Rukia was snickering.
"What's so funny?!" Casanova asked.
"You don't stand a chance." Rukia stated.
The town below was a blur, as Ichigo flew across the skies. His Hollow mask giving him the extra boost in search of the Peccatore.
"I need to save Karin, then I'll find that bastard-" He stopped on dime once Amato appeared ahead, waiting for him. "Where is my sister?!"
"Don't you care about the Soul reaper?" Amato asked.
"What?!"
"The girl following you." Amato pointed out.
"Rukia?"
"You can't save both you know."
"I will!"
Amato drew his sword and pointed to the woods. "The Soul reaper, Rukia, is in the forest under the captivity of Signore Casanova. He claims he want's to convert her, but he just want's her to fulfill his perverted fantasies."
Ichigo was about to charge in, when Amato pointed out into town.
"Your sister is located at the Karkakura High school." Amato then held his sword upright. "If you choose to go after your sister, I will not stop you. But if you choose to go after the Soul Reaper and Signore Casanova, I must take you on."
Ichigo kept looking back and forth between the town and the forest. He had to make a quick decision.
"Roar, Zabimaru!"
A chain blade came swinging at Amato's chest. Amato quickly used Flash Step to avoid the attack. Renji's sneak attack almost got him from the rooftop.
"That was close." Renji said. "I didn't know your kind could use Flash Step."
"There's a lot about our kind you don't know, Soul Reaper." Amato stated.
"Renji..." Ichigo muttered.
"I'll take care of this clown and save Rukia while you go save your sister." Renji told him.
Ichigo nodded in acknowledgment. "Thanks." Ichigo burst toward the school.
Amato looked down at Renji and clenched onto his sword. "Spread ruin, Hametsu!" His Zanpakutō turned into an all-white gauntlet and instead of fingers, it had an orb with a blade attached to it.ō
Renji smirked. "My turn to be a hero!"
"Hadō #54, Haien!"
"Ōkasen!"
"Hadō #73, Sōren Sōkatsui!"
"Raikōhō!"
Pretty lights filled the sky as the Kidō battle between Asharu and Orsino raged through the air. Each attack missed it's mark. Asharu stopped for a second to land on a light post to see the destruction they were causing.
"Wow, you are really bad at this." Asharu said.
Orsino landed on a light post across from him. "Well what about you? You missed every single attack!"
"Oh, I'm doing that on purpose." Asharu told him. "Except for this one time. Shitotsu Sansen!"
Asharu quickly motioned his fingers to form a triangle and shot it at Orsino before he could retaliate. The triangle trapped Orsino onto the wall of a nearby building.
"You let your guard down there for a second." Asharu said. "Unbefitting of a master of Kidō."
"For the last time, it's not Kidō!" Orsino yelled.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Asharu said, flying up to him and patting him on the head. "Now that I've got you captive, I'm gonna hitch a ride with you when the Leluche Bianca calls ya back to your Peccatore home."
Orsino chuckled. "Hehehehe..."
"I think that's the first time today I didn't make a joke. What's so funny?"
"The Leluche Bianca isn't going to call us back. We're stranded."
Asharu quickly moved from Orsino's head to his throat. "What the hell are you talking about?!"
Orsino tried to choke up the words he could. "Signore Casanova, ack, he, he's using a Force Return. Basically, he rigged the Leluche Bianca to call us back only when his business here is done."
"Are you nuts? You'll all die out here if you stay too long. The Reiatsu out here is killing your blood cells."
"I, ack, know. Makes me regret wanting to come here."
"He's willing to let you all die just so he can play a game with Kurosaki's sister?"
Orsino shook his head. "He wants the girl. The Soul Reaper girl. He could care less what happens to the-GAH!"
Asharu quickly removed his hand as Orsino started to spasm. Blood began to leak through every opening in his head; his ears, nose, mouth, even his eyelids. He eventually puked up his blood; all of it seemed to come gushing out in one stream. Asharu had to look away it was too grotesque. Asharu's Kidō faded away and Orsino fell to the bottom of the sidewalk. Asharu looked back and saw that his Zanpakutō fell right next to him, but didn't disappear.
"Still alive?" Asharu asked. "You unlucky bastard." Asharu then used Flash Step to leave.
Back to the warehouses, Hikari stayed on the roof, eyeing back and forth between the Espada and the Peccatore on the roof. Kisha just kept her glare on Hikari, making her feel even more uncomfortable.
"Please tell me, what have I done to cause so much distrust?" Kisha asked.
"Well, nothing, but you haven't done anything to prove you're an ally, I guess." Hikari answered.
"What exactly do I have to do?" Kisha asked. "Fill the hole in my chest with a rock or something?"
"Trust is built over time." Hikari stated. "You can't just do something good right now and just-BEKKO!" She quickly threw her Zanpakutō straight out of the sheath at Kisha.
The sword quickly turned into its tortoise-shell shield and as it passed right by Kisha, it blocked the blade of Niccolo and his halberd weapon. As Niccolo took a step back, the shield rolled across the roof and spun down. Kisha had gotten enough time to get to the edge of the building and draw out her sword.
"How did you get free?" Kisha asked.
"You tied me up with ropes." Niccolo pointed out. "Those are kind of easy to escape."
"Well you made a huge mistake by trying to attack me." Kisha said.
Ichigo arrived at the high school. Due to the events of the past couple of days, school was out and no one was around. No sign of any Feudataro in the immediate area, so Ichigo removed his Hollow mask as he was running low on Spirit Energy.
"There's only one storage room in the whole building." Ichigo said to himself. "She's gotta be in there."
Ichigo entered the building and went to the door of the only storage room in the school. The door appeared locked, so Ichigo cut the lock with his sword and opened it.;
"Karin! Karin, are you all right?" Ichigo called for her.
To his horror, he saw a skeleton laying up against the wall with a sign around its neck written in blood where the words 'FOOLED YOU!' and a demented smiley face was drawn right next to the words.
"DAMN IT!"
