Episode 41: Attack the Leaf

Kenpachi woke up, lying in a hospital bed. "Damn it." He mumbled. "I couldn't beat him alone."

Unohana looked down at him. "I understand what you're going through."

"I can't believe it. I couldn't win."

"I can help you."

"How?"

"I can train you."

"No."

"The Land of Metal has allied itself with the Land of Fire. We're going to battle with the Akatsuki. You need to be strong. And I can help you."

"Screw you."

Unohana punched Kenpachi in the stomach. Kenpachi reeled forwards, and he spat some blood upwards.

"Uh..." Kenpachi groaned as he wiped the blood from his face.

"You know what? I'm going to show you how weak you are." She handed him his blade. "We're going to fight."

Unohana walked out of the room, and Kenpachi followed.

"Isane." Unohana said.

A young woman with grey hair quickly ran. "Yes, Sensei?"

"Get me my sword."

Her eyes instantly locked with Kenpachi's, and she knew what was going to happen.

She darted off, and a minute later, she ran back with the sword. She handed the blade to Unohana.

Unohana and Kenpachi went up to the roof.

Unohana gripped her sword.

Kenpachi grinned, and drew his sword.

Unohana slowly unsheathed her sword, and dropped the scabbard on the ground.

Kenpachi clenched his teeth. "So it's finally here? Do you remember?"

"Before you became known as Kenpachi. I told you that you needed to become Kenpachi before I would fight you again. And you needed to truely needed to earn the name Kenpachi."

"So what do you think? Have a earned the name, or not?"

She paused a moment. "I do not think you earned the name. But you will need to if you want to help defeat the Akatsuki."

"That's it. No more talking."

"Fine."

Kenpachi and Unohana slashed at each other. Kenpachi's grin broadened.

Unohana had a frown on her face.


Ikkaku was sitting on the ground, his sword across his lap. He was sitting on the floor in a building.

He looked over to Yumichika, who was leaning against the wall. "Do you feel it?" He asked.

Yumichika nodded. "Yes. Sensei's in a serious fight right now."

"The question is... where is it? And who is the unlucky one who's fighting him?"

"I have no idea..."

Instantly the door shot open, and Yachiru ran in. "Kenny's in a battle with 'Ohana! Let's go!"

Yachiru ran off, and Ikkaku and Yumichika both darted off after her.

Yachiru ran to the hospital.

"The hospital...?" Asked Ikkaku.

The three of them jumped up to the roof, to see Kenpachi lying on his back, blood all over him. Unohana was standing above him, her sword pointed down at his throat. She had a cut on her cheek, and some of Zaraki's blood on her clothes.

"Kenpachi-sensei?" Asked Ikkaku. "He... lost?"

Unohana looked over at them, a crazed look in her eyes. She launched herself at them.

Ikkaku went to dodge, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to dodge it.

Suddenly the grey haired girl teleported in front of them, and then tackled Unohana out of the way.

"Sensei! Wake up!" She roared.

Unohana's eyes turned back to normal. "Sorry. Fighting always made me become crazy." She sheathed her blade. "You see that you are weak Kenpachi Zaraki. I am going to train you."

"I won't let you train me. I don't really give a damn if I'm weak. I won't let you train me!"

Unohana rolled her eyes. "If you don't get stronger than you will not be allowed to fight the Akatsuki."

"Then I'll train myself." Kenpachi growled, getting up. "Ikkaku. Yumichika. Yachiru. We're going to leave."

The four of them walked to the Kinkage's office.

"What is going on, Zaraki-sensei?" Asked Ikkaku.

Kenpachi ignored him, walking into the office. The Kinkage had his feet up on his desk, and his chair leaned back. He would have been looking up at the ceiling if his eyes were open.

Kenpachi slapped his hand down on the table, and instantly the Kinkage's eyes opened.

He took his feet off the table, and he looked Kenpachi in the eye. "Ah, Zaraki. Just the man that I wanted to see. I have some news for you. Well first... just so you know you took Genin on a dangerous mission. They could have gotten killed, and I did not authorize this."

Kenpachi went to explain his actions, but he was cut off.

"However, because you did take them... I saw that they were strong. They're all about Chunin Level so-"

"I don't want them to the Chunin."

"Why?"

"Because if they're going to Chunin then I'm going to need to get different Genin. This is the perfect squad for me."

"Well... then they're just going to have no ranks. As will any of the next generations of Squad Eleven. So why did you come here, Zaraki? Do you want a mission?"

"No. I need to leave the Steel for a while."

"It's none of my business why, but if you're going to go after the Akatsuki, at least take Tatsuzo and Rinji with you."

"I'm not going to go after the Akatsuki. This is a personal quest."

The two Akatsuki walked towards the Hidden Leaf. Kaname now had a sword at his hip. Barragan had an axe at his back.

Kaname Tosen glanced over to Barragan Louisenbairn. "We can't just burst in. We're going to sneak in."

Kaname knelt down, and he started making hand signs. He then stood up, and the two walked in.

The two walked into the village, and as soon as they came across a populated area, they were attacked by several Chunin.

"I'll take them." Kaname called as he made a hand sign.

Suddenly there was a loud ringing noise, and all of the Leaf Ninja were dropped to their knees.

"A little warning next time would be nice." Growled Barragan.

Kaname offered no apology. The two continued walking, and then they walked into the Leaf's morgue. Several Leaf Medics were there. Barragan made a hand sign, and Tosen leapt away from him.

The medics instantly dropped dead.

Kaname and Barragan walked through the place, searching for the dead Akatsuki. They took the rings, and saw that the cloaks were completely destroyed from their battles, so they left them.

The two went to leave, but then they were stopped by several ninja.

Kaname drew his sword, and slashed them. He easily cut them, and then sheathed his blade and the two Akatsuki left the Leaf.


A young medical ninja was standing in front of the Hokage. Next to the Hokage was Shizune, and Sakura.

"There's a total of eight casualties, and seven wounded.. We checked the bodies of the Akatsuki, and they're all still intact. But two of them hand rings... and now they're missing."

"Those rings are one of the many marks that you're in the Akatsuki..." Tsunade said. "Did you question the injured?"

"All of them are still unconscious. They seem to have been attacked by some foreign attack. They have no bruises, aside from a couple who got them when they fell. All of their ear drums are slightly damaged, leading us to believe it was a sound based attack."

"Could it have been a ninja that follows Orochimaru?"

"We aren't sure. But the other bodies... the ninjas that were killed have slash marks. The depth of the slashes are definitely not from a kunai, but from a sword or long knife."

"It could be Sasuke..." Mumbled Sakura.

"But then the other bodies... they're different. Their bodies are all decayed like they've been dead for some time. But those people were seen alive yesterday. So they were killed recently. There could be a single person with multiple abilities, and then there could also just be that there was multiple people. We aren't sure. But because of how different the abilities are, they're probably Kekkei Genkai. If it is, there must be different people."

"Send word to the Steel." Said Tsunade. "Let them know that they Akatsuki are going to fill in their empy positions."

"Yes, Lady Tsunade." She nodded and then she teleported away.

"Sakura."

"Yes, Milady?"

"Bring Naruto here."

"Yes, Milady."

Sakura walked out of the room.


Notes: Sorry if I got Barragan's personality wrong, I forgot about what it was and the Bleach Wikia wasn't working on my computer, so I couldn't check there. Please review and tell me if I screwed up his personality.

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