Anger of a broken soul
"Really glad I brushed up on healing Kido"
'Yoru… ichi?" feeling his eyes open with a blur, he moved his head around groggily as a dark shape entered his vision with a gentle hand keeping him down
"Ichigo, just stay still, let me get your wounds closed" feeling his eyes focused as he stared into Yoruichi's own.
They showed relief and hope as his mind kept the focus for a minute before he groaned.
Setting his head back to the floor, allowing Yoruichi to continue.
"Where… where is Griffin and Shadow, I don't sense them in my tattoos?" sighing while resting her head gently on his unscathed six pack, she gave him a look of tired annoyance.
"Griffin decided to go on ahead with Shadow…. Thankfully Nightmare decided to stay" sitting up with full alert now, ichigo held his book to his chest.
"THEY DID WHAaarg!. Okay, bad idea!" groaning at his chest's wound igniting with a numbing pain, ichigo set himself down with Yoruichi keeping her glowing green hand over it.
"Didn't I just say to stay still!?"
"Sorry" getting an exhausted sigh from the woman, Ichigo closed his eyes to rest, his mind finally collecting itself.
"Hope those two don't do anything stupid"
Moving to speak a joke to her lover, they both turned however to the sounds of flapping wings and padded feet at the entrance of the current hiding spot they were in.
Inclining his head to the entrance which Shadow pushed open, Griffin flew in with a pant.
"Ichigo, I got news from eavesdropping, but you're not gonna like it, not one bit!"
"What is it, Griffin?" turning to Yoruichi as he landed on his feet, Griffin looked between them in panic.
"They're going to execute the little girl, in next week!" turning to Ichigo with wide eyes, the two shared a look, making Ichigo to move and go now until a firm hand forced him down. Alarming Yoruichi at the sudden appearance of Ichigo's main Zanpakuto spirit, the black haired being lightly rapped Ichigo's head with his white Cane.
"Did you not hear you're beloved, stay and rest" smiling down at his wielder, he gave a smile as ichigo stared up at him in confusion.
"When I return, we will discuss an important issue if we are to truly succeed this rescue" standing up to leave, Ichigo felt himself drain of Reiatsu slightly with Kuro turning to him with an apologetic smile.
"My apologies, but since you are far too wounded to move, allow me to scout ahead, it's the least I can do before our discussion" moving with a White Shadow rising from the ground beside him, ichigo called out to him in worry.
"Kuro!" turning to his friend, the two shared a look.
"Be careful" smiling with a nod to hide his surprise and gratitude, he turned to the black shadow and Griffin.
"Stay with him, This won't take long" watching the figure leave the opening with ichigo lowering his head, Yoruichi spoke.
"Was wondering when he was gonna pop up" letting Yoruichi move to put her healing Kido over ichigo's wounds, she stopped at his hand gently encasing her own.
Looking to his eyes with a questioning look, Ichigo nodded to her own Zanpakuto as it stood against the wall.
"So you found it?" seeing her bite her lip in hesitation, she turned to him with a sheepish look.
"Not exactly" raising an eyebrow of interest, Ichigo carefully propped himself up.
"Do tell?"
It didn't take Kuro long to find the white tower, not exactly hard to distinguish what it was from the little eavesdropping he did himself on a passing patrol, the Zanpakuto spirit looked to his surroundings before moving onward to a set of stairs, summoning his white Shadow he rode up with ease. Failing to realise his presence had alerted several others.
One being a certain noble whose eyes narrowed at the vaguely familiar reiatsu.
Brushing a strand of hair from his eyes upon finally arriving to the top, Kuro looked to the doors with a gleam of interest.
Approaching with the white Shadow and Griffin, he ran a hand over the large door with thought, frowning further as a plan came to fruition, Kuro spoke.
"If this succeeds then he will definitely need Bankai to escape this place" stepping back a considerable distance, Kuro shot his hand into the air with a click, erasing the black from his now snow white hair, a White Nightmare broke through reality to land on the bridge, shaking the entire tower as it stood up fully.
Turning it's lone eye to Kuro, he gave a nod.
"Crush it to ruins" turning to the door withit's right arm raised, it took only one punch to shatter it.
Showing a stunned petite inside.
Staring at Kuro's Nightmare as it sank into the ground with it's job finished, he stepped forward with a smile.
"Kuchiki Rukia I presume?" seeing her nod hesitantly, he gestured out the door.
"Then we must hurry if we are to successfully escape"
"But?" turning away without a word, Rukia followed hesitantly.
Looking at the white Shadow and Griffin as they followed this unknown man across the bridge.
Moving to follow the man Rukia stopped suddenly at sensing another… her brother.
Stopping himself as the Captain himself appeared, Kuro narrowed his eyes in unrestrained fury at the man who harmed Ichigo… and left him shattered within Ichigo's soul.
"Surrender, and I may spare you a long death" staring at the man while turning to Rukia who had frozen up, Kuro turned back to the Captain with his eyes darkening with his calm demeanor becoming hollowed with a scowl.
"You've already caused me to die as it is!" clenching his Cane tightly, Kuro inhaled deeply as the hollowification of his being receded, ignoring the stunned look from the Captains eyes, Kuro aimed his Cane at Byakuya Kuchiki with a playful smile.
"I'm done talking, shall we fight?" before the captain could even open his mouth to speak, he ducked suddnely as an Avian shape dive bombed his head's previous ocation.
Moving to severe the birds wings from it's body, his Zanpakuto was entrapped into the jaws of an angry looking white Panther.
Glaring back at yellow eyes, Byakuya was about to kick the large predator away if not for a snap of fingers to erupted from Kuro. Looking up an object landed on the bridge between them.
Followed by a white Nightmare to rise up with Byakuya's eyes widening alongside Rukia's.
"So it was you that allowed this beast to cause untold damage?" shaking his head with a sigh escaping his lips, Kuro gave a soft chuckle.
"No, it was not I that summoned Nightmare" readying for the bombshell as the left side of his face began to crack, Kuro's eyes showed fury.
"It was the boy you tried to kill" seeing eyes widen at the implication, Kuro spoke.
"My wielder, has a large grudge against you, why. Because you chose to forsake family for this empires flimsy laws" aiming his Cane, Kuro added another bombshell into the mix.
"You also made the mistake of condemning someone he loves to death because of you're arrogance" shunpo'ing to be face to face with a stunned Byakuya along with Rukia holding her chest at the implication.
"My arrogance?" seeing Byakuya's calm eyes glare at him with his reiatsu rising, Kuro ignored his skin cracking and peeling away.
"I am following the law of the Seireitei!" watching Byakuya raise a hand to strike at him, Kuro was about to attack in kind until a hand from nowhere grabbed his hand.
"That was close!" seeing another white haired man come into view, Kuro made a glance towards Rukia who stared at the man who had arrived.
"Indeed, he could have gotten himself hurt if he decided to attack me without proper reason" seeing Byakuya break his calm to glare fiercely at Kuro, the Zanpakutō merely smiled smugly as the man with white hair spoke.
"Who are you, for some reason you're reiatsu is near close to a Zanpakutō's, unless"
"Correct, I am the broken soul of Kurosaki ichigo's Zanpakutō" glaring at Byakuya now, Kuro's eyes became that of a hollows before they receded.
"Just felt like meeting with my would be murderer" sensing more Shinigami coming to arrive at the scene, Kuro watched as one by one more arrived with Zanpakutō drawn.
Sighing while turning back to Rukia, she gave him a regretful look as his face peeled away further.
"I am reaching my limit of my manifestation so I will leave a reminder of myself to you Kuchiki Byakuya" seeing the Captain narrow his eyes, Kuro grinned like Ichigo as he vanished and reappeared before Byakuya. His Cane swung full swing right between the captains legs. Making those watching wince at the force of the strike as the summons returned to the Zanpakutō's tattoos.
Watching Byakuya choke up saliva while holding his man hood, he forced himself to see Kuro wave before he vanished into Reiatsu.
Effectively leaving Rukia to watch her brother sit in silent agony.
