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Chapter 2: The Light of a Warrior and Paladin
Around the same time the battle between Gerard and the shinigamis, a giant, ugly bird, is hovering high up in the sky searching for his opponent that is in hiding.
"He's gone. Where is he hiding now?"
The head of the bird stretched itself for more coverage. Something dark crossed his sight, a shadow.
"I see… so your Kageoni let's you hide in the shadows for quite some time. Well then…" the bird-like creature said as a ball of light forms from the palm of its right hand. The ball of light slowly begins it decent growing larger: "I wonder… What will happen if that shadow were to suddenly disappear entirely?"
Something emerged from the its beak's shadow. The bird-like creature stares directly at the female shinigami that had emerged from its shadow. The creature touched the area in which she came from: "Did you seriously come out from that tiny shadow?!"
The creature attacks the woman with its head making her to dodge it and land safely on one of the rooftops of a building.
"Oh?" The ugly being looks a bit intrigued at the new events. "Well, would you look at that. The only one that to appear was the fukutaicho."
The creature then cocks its head to the side, "Are you telling me… that you, a fukutaicho will fight me alone?"
There is a look of fierce determination on the woman's face as the bag she holds in her hands shreds away in the wind. The sword captures the attention of the Quincy.
"What is that sword?" In the eyes of the Quincy, the sword is shining brightly in the hands of the fukutaicho. The Quincy moves his hand to block the rays of the light shining from the sword: "It shines so brightly that one cannot even see the blade. What an eyesore," The ugly bird-like being squints his eyes.
"Is that so? Then, I'm glad." The woman does not waiver, standing her ground despite the creature in the sky being much stronger than her.
"This sword reflects the ability of the God it is facing off against… If it is reflecting the light from your eyes, that means it is diffusing the light you are emanating," she explains as the head of the Quincy manages to turn in an unruly and sickening way.
"Hm? I do not understand what you are implying… though it does not displease me to be referred to as a god," it said, pleased to hear that he had been called a god as his head snaps back into its original position. The shinigami woman is suddenly in front of the bird-like Quincy.
"Do you plan to cut me down with that sword? So be it! I'd like to see you try! There is no sword that can—," Something about that sword made the former human Quincy fear it and without thinking he brings up its left arm to block it, however, it did not expect the sword to cut the arm. The Quincy quickly retaliates by dispersing the hand that had been cut. It then looked towards it missing hand: "Ahahahaha! I thought you had a rather peculiar sword, but now that I had inspected it closely, it doesn't even have a blade. For you to come slashing forth with a sword such as this is a daring gambit indeed. To be honest, I would never imagine that you would actually be able to cut me. Either way, this is the end for you. This will be the very last thing you will see. You've wasted your one opportunity to kill me," With its only hand, the Quincy gathers the reishi that is around him forming another giant ball of light. The shinigami woman on the ground watches it with a slight bit of fear.
"For I will never again let my guard down as a commissary of God!" Suddenly a shinigami with long black curly hair appeared behind the female: "Let's go, Nanao-chan."
Like a ripple in the water, the battle ground warped from white buildings and floors to vivid green grass, a crystal blue lake, and a mysterious castle that is showing in the distant. Floating above the lake is a life size blue crystal shard glowing a faint light blue light. The ball of reishi continues to grow into the shape of a trumpet as the bird Quincy did not really caring about its new surroundings.
"So, now you've decided to come out and play. How pathetic, hiding behind your own subordinate. What a sad excuse for a commander. Now listen to the sound of my 'Trompete' and perish," it spoke in a deadly tone.
"Don't worry… I'll always be right behind you," the male shinigami eases the nerves of the woman.
"If you would have, allow us to help the two of you eradicate the beast who claims to be of the Light," an authoritative male voice interrupts causing the two shinigamis to open their eyes. The two could feel two other presence, invisible to their eyes, with them holding the sword.
"Let go of your doubts, young lady. Believe in yourself, and let the powers of Light guide you," another male voice suggested kindly. Nanao takes the voice's advice and takes a deep breath before she steeled her resolve.
Before the Quincy could finish its attack, a wave of light cuts away parts of the face and the majority of its left side. The Quincy touches where his face was cut off.
"I see what you mean that "It reflects the ability of the god it is facing." To claim to be able to brush away the power of a god… Such a preposterous pretense is a grave sin indeed," it screeches angrily before dissolving into feathers.
Nanao's shaking legs finally gave way, but she is caught by the shinigami behind her: "You gave it your all, Nanao-chan," he praises the fukutaicho.
"Soutaicho…,"
"Well, it's about time. Shall we go after everyone then?" Male voice #2 then speaks up, "Such admirable commitment, but I would advise you to do no such thing."
The Soutaicho suddenly falls on his bottom nearly scaring Nanao: "Ah well…," The Soutaicho sighs before looking at the crystal hovering above the calm lake.
"Rest. My comrade and I will take care of what remains of the creature," the voice states. Small particles of light gathered around the two shinigamis slowly forming the lights into multiple swords of light and strange looking orbs. As quickly as they were formed, the orbs and swords sped off down below piercing and firing multiple feathers stopping before they hit the people down in the Seireitei.
The feathers that had managed to survive formed into smaller versions of the bird-like creature. Lilynette growls, "NO! NO! NO! I won't forgive you for this Kyouraku Shunsui! Even your death will not be enough to atone for this! If the heiligenschein has in fact been lost and I lose my powers as a god, then this will be reparations! For I shall trample this Soul Society you tried so desperately to protect. Crush it underfoot until it's nothing more than rubble and dirt. To compensate for me losing my powers as a god, I would have to take at least this much from you!"
However, before the Quincy could do anything a sword of light slices one of the birds' head off clean while an orb fired several projectiles of light taking out a few more of the copies. One of the birds turned around shocked to see someone standing on a chunk of rubble. "You! You were killed! You're supposed to be dead!"
"All these filthy birds… cawing "gii gii gii" endlessly. It rings throughout my head, and you're making my ears bleed," the blonde-haired shinigami glares down at the birds before slicing more heads off along with their necks.
"That young man reminds me of Cherubim turned Keraphy whenever he went on a rampage that one time," the second voice points out the similarities the shinigami and the said person. The first voice gives his own opinion, "I will be blunt with you. I'd prefer this young man's rage than the elder beast angel's."
"... Agree,"
The blond shinigami sighs, looking at the destruction that was made. "While I appreciate the wake-up call and all but… look at all of this wreckage. Everywhere I look it's all in shambles. Makes you wonder how was it that someone like me managed to survive this? But one thing is for sure, there's definitely something more going on here," He gives the copies a hard and cold look.
"Well?" he asks as the copies attack him.
Translations:
Kageoni- Shadow Demon
Reishi- Spirit particles
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Previews to the next chapter:
The sound of a hand piercing through flesh could be heard, if one is skilled enough to hear, and the sound of blood splattering everywhere. A shock is present on Askin's face as a bloody arm, that had appeared out of nowhere, tore through him holding his heart.