Episode 13: The Next Kenpachi
Ikkaku was eating a bowl of rice.
"Hello." Said the kimonoed man. "It's been a while. How are you doing?"
Ikkaku's head was bandaged, along with his arms and chest.
"Yumichika. Yeah, fine." He said with a mouth full. He sipped from his drink. "You brought some news, or what?"
"I've heard something very interesting."
"The Village Hidden in the Steel?" Asked Ikkaku.
A few days ago, Zaraki walked back into his old village. "It seems like it was so long ago that I was here..." He told Yachiru, who was on his back, hanging on his shoulder.
"Wow, Kenny. This is where you became a ninja?"
"Yeah. Also the place I first felt the thrill of battle." Zaraki looked around, and then he went to the Kinkage.
"Hello, nameless swordsman. It's been a while."
"Tell me, is Kiganjo dead?"
"No, he is still active. He just got back from a mission."
"I'm going to challenge him."
Zaraki was standing about ten yards away from Kiganjo. Tatsuzo and Rinji were there. Tatsuzo was wearing black ninja gear with no flak jacket. Rinji was wearing red ninja gear, and his hair was longer. He had a few scars on his face.
Unohana was there, and she looked pretty much the same.
"It's been a while, kid." Said Kiganjo.
"Cut the crap. We're here to fight." Zaraki drew his sword.
Kiganjo ran at him.
Zaraki rolled his eyes. "Boring." He stabbed Kiganjo in the chest, and then pierced his heart.
"A single strike..." Mumbled Unohana. "He kept his word..."
Zaraki was wearing the Jonin of Squad Eleven uniform. Yachiru changed into a black kimono, and she got a sword. She carried it instead of having it at her hip or back.
Zaraki had his sword at his hip, most of the blade hidden in his jacket besides his long hilt.
Kenpachi went to the Kinkage. "Can I have a mission?"
"Well," The Kinkage said. "You're going to have to get a squad. Because you're a Jonin."
"I don't want to deal with any more snot nosed brats then I have to."
"Then you'll have to give up the name Kenpachi- because if you don't have a squad you aren't the Jonin of Squad Eleven. And only a Jonin can hold the title Kenpachi."
Kenpachi closed his eyes. "Fine. I already have Yachiru. Who else?"
"We just got a pair of ninja who wish to be your subordinates."
"Who could that be?"
Ikkaku and Yumichika walked into the room. "That would be us." Said Yumichika.
Ikkaku was wearing a black kimono, and he had his sword swung up onto his shoulder. His saddles were different from the normal style though.
Yumichika was wearing a black kimono, but he had an orange neck warmer. He also had a sword, but it was at his hip. He also had two yellow feathers coming off his face, and then two red feathers going up his forehead.
"Ikkaku Madarame. Yumichika Ayasegawa. Yachiru Kusajishi. Will be in Squad Eleven, with Kenpachi Zaraki as their Jonin."
Ikkaku grinned.
"You will not a have a mission, not yet."
Rinji and Tatsuzo ran into the room. "Hey!" Tatsuzo called.
Kenpachi turned around, and looked at him.
"You've gotten quite a bit bigger."
Kenpachi nodded.
"And I can call you by your name now."
Kenpachi nodded. "Ikkaku, Yumichika, Yachiru. These two were my squad mates when I was still a Genin- Rinji and Tatsuzo."
Ikkaku nodded to them. Yachiru bowed them. Yumichika smiled at them.
"How are you doing, Rinji?"
"Alright." Rinji had a scar across his check, from one of his previous missions. He also had a shallow scar across his forehead, from the same battle. "Tatsuzo and I both became Jonin."
"Good. You have squads then?" Asked Kenpachi.
"Yeah. We've had them for some time." Tatsuzo replied. "We're going to send them to the Chunin Exams soon."
"Good..."
"Chunin Exams?" Asked Ikkaku.
"A way to become the next level of ninja- which is Chunin." Said Kenpachi. "If you become a Chunin you won't be in my squad any more."
An hour later, Kenpachi was standing before the Kinkage.
"Yeah?" Kenpachi asked.
"Because you're a Jonin, you require at least a little bit of formal training. So I'm going to teach you Kendo. And you can use it on your next mission."
"What will be my next mission?"
"The Steel has been getting attacked by enemy ninja. There is not very many of them, so we fight them off. But they're persistent. I want you to take them out. Permanently."
Kenpachi smiled. "Is that all? I won't need Kendo for that."
"You misunderstand. We want you to take it out at the roots. You need to find where they're hiding, and then put them out of their misery."
Kenpachi nodded.
He learned Kendo, and again, because he was an incredibly fast learner he only practiced it for a day before the Kinkage took him off that training in fear that if Kenpachi ever became a rogue ninja he'd be insanely hard to defeat.
Kenpachi and his new squad were sitting on a steel wall, waiting for the enemies to show up.
And they did. Kenpachi chased them out, and they ran to their base. Kenpachi gripped his sword with both hands, and his chakra boomed around him. He slashed down onto the building, completely destroying it.
"Damn..." Kenpachi said. "I was hoping there was going to be at least a few survivors..."
"So we came all this way for nothing?" Asked Ikkaku.
"It appears so." Yumichika said.
The Kinkage made Kenpachi get a house. Ikkaku and Yumichika also had to buy houses. Yachiru split the rent with Kenpachi.
Yachiru was taking a shower. "Kenny, we don't have any shampoo!" She called.
"Then use soap! I don't care!"
Kenpachi was taking a bath, right after Yachiru got out. His water was really hot, but he didn't hair. And because there was no shampoo, he washed his hair with soap.
After he got out of the bath, he lied down on his big bed, and he fell asleep.
He woke up the next day, his hair was getting a little stiff. He didn't seem the care.
Kenpachi and his Squad went on an assassination mission. The man was creating "Tailed Beasts". Tatsuzo's and Rinji's squads were there too.
Kenpachi found the man. "Don't help me." He told them. He jumped down, and then stabbed the man in the chest.
Then a large beast came out of no where. It looked like a giant snake, with fifteen tails.
"Is that the Fifteen Tails?" Asked Rinji's Kunoichi. She didn't seem scared, she just seemed curious.
"No. That's a mock Tailed Beast. Man can't create a Tailed Beast." Rinji answered.
"It looks like a giant caterpillar!" Cried Yachiru, jumping off of Kenpachi's shoulder and ran towards it. One of Tatsuzo's ninja teleported over to her, and held her back.
"That thing's already slaughtered fifteen ninjas. If it was a true Tailed Beast, then we'd probably in the same boat as them already." He was a pretty deep voice.
"We must attack all at once." Said Tatsuzo.
"Hold on." Said Kenpachi. "Get everyone else out of here first. They're only in the way." He darted towards it.
Tatsuzo pointed to the right, and Rinji pointed towards the left. Their squad went in the direction their captain pointed for them to go.
Yachiru yelled, "Yay, Kenny!" Kenpachi slashed at it. "Come on, give him a beating!"
Kenpachi slashed one of it's tails off, and he leapt forwards to attack it head on. The beast swung several tails at him, but Kenpachi effortlessly slashed through them.
"Five... six..." Yumichika counted the tailed Kenpachi was cutting off. "Seven..."
Kenpachi then was in range of it's head, and he slashed across it's neck.
"Eight..." Yumichika finished.
"We won!" Yachiru cried, as the beast tumbled to the ground. "Whoah! Victory!"
Kenpachi landed on the ground.
"Wow..." Tatsuzo mumbled. "This was only a mock Tailed Beast, but that was insane."
"We have a problem." Rinji informed.
Each of the tails that Kenpachi had cut off regrew it's own head. Now there was eight heads.
"This is bad..." One of Rinji's Genin said.
Ikkaku grinned at Yumichika.
"This is gonna be great." Kenpachi grinned. "There's more of them to kill."
"Hold on," Ikkaku yelled.
"That's very unfair, Sensei." Suddenly Yumichika and Ikkaku teleported to the ground behind Kenpachi.
"You're having all the fun, while we're watching from the side lines!"
"What do you think you're doing? I told you to say back!" Kenpachi growled.
"CONTEST FIGHT!" Yachiru yelled, almost incoherently. "Hey, Kenny. We're gonna have a contest." She was back on Kenpachi's back. "It's a contest to see who can slice up the most caterpillar tails!"
Tatsuzo jumped down, and so did Rinji. Their squads were still scrambling around getting as many people out of the area as possible.
"A contest, a contest!" Yachiru laughed.
Ikkaku still had a grin on his face, and Yumichika was smiling too.
"Are we just going to stand here looking pretty, or attack?" Asked Tatsuzo.
"Let's do this. I'll join you. Careful, if you get in my way you'll be sliced." Everyone leapt forwards.
Notes: Should I make Rinji's squad and Tatsuzo's squad main characters? Give me a review telling me if you think that'd be a good idea or not.
