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Chapter 15:
Time seemed to slow down as he fell. Ichigo looked around at each of his descending friends and silently hoped for the best. He turned his head back to the floor and did as he was told, allowing his reiatsu to surround him. He felt himself slowing down but he was still far to high up to notice a difference. It was literally breathtaking. He heard the loud sirens and alarms of the Gotei to signal their arrival, followed by the loud roar of a massive crowd. Suddenly a bolt of lightning shot past Ash, startling him. "Damn it." He whispered as several kidō spells were fired at them in rapid succession.
Tōshirō and Ichigo went through the onslaught unharmed as all the shots fired narrowly avoided their targets. Ash however wasn't as lucky, he saw the giant fireball nearing him and merely used his left arm to block it. It successfully knocked him off his intended course and made him disappear in a ball of smoke. "Ash!" Tōshirō exclaimed with desperation. He barely caught sight of which division that Ash was unfortunately heading towards, which was the second.
Tōshirō unsheathed his sword and glared angrily at the area where Kita was intended to land and where the shot had been fired, between the Tenth and Eleventh divisions. "Dragon's Decent!" He yelled. His reiatsu took the form of a pure white dragon and he shot down at the area, like a hawk approaching its prey.
This left Ichigo falling all by himself. He didn't have a technique to fall faster, nor did he get struck so he was alone with his thoughts. However, he soon caught wind of where he was and quickly used his reiatsu to cushion the fall. He back flipped and made a decent sized crater and a large cloud of dust due to his impact. Almost instantly, he was surrounded by a massive group of shinigami. He did a quick scan and noticed that none of they had on the Captain's cloak, so he wasn't in any major danger now.
"Stop! Don't move!" A foot soldier yelled. "You are under arrest for invading the Seireitei!"
Ichigo stared on in indifference and completely ignored then man's order. He quickly thought of two things he could do, he could either run or he could fight. 'Well then, I'm not running, Sooo…'
A man charged at the strawberry with a quick battle cry and attempted to behead Ichigo, but the teen was prepared. He simply ducked the blow and roundhouse kicked the man in the ribs, effectively shattering some of them. He made it a point to not kill anyone. That wasn't his mission, to commit pointless genocide. He was here to save Rukia and that's what he would do.
As the man fell, another man came to take his place. Ichigo simply raised his reiatsu a bit to silence the crowd that he had gathered. He smirked and slowly reached for the hilt of his sword.
-With Tōshirō-
The white haired teen now was kneeling in a crater he created, with his head down and Hyōrinmaru's tip lodged into the floor. Piles of unconscious shinigami littered the area. He closed his eyes and let his reiatsu senses open. It wasn't his intent to kill anyone and it seems that he thankfully didn't, as he could feel at least some life in those guys. He quickly opened his eyes and was went by a blade hanging between his eyes.
His eyes widen and he quickly fell backwards to avoid being stabbed in the forehead. He quickly grabbed Hyōrinmaru's hilt and blocked the next slash the quickly followed. Though he kept his eyes on his opponent, he felt a very familiar power a few meters away. Despite him constantly moving to avoid death, it was just his natural reflexes. His mind was focused on the exceedingly high reiatsu near him.
"Enough." He said icily. He quickly put his sword in reverse grip and shot former with an intent to kill. The unnamed shinigami tried to block the attack but was shocked when Tōshirō simply cut through his sword like it wasn't even there. Blood spurted from the man's chest and he fell forward with some of his blood splashing on Tōshirō's cheek. He paid it no mind and just stared in the direction of the formidable reiatsu. 'Tōshirō focus. We're here to save Rukia.' Hyōrinmaru's voice boomed.
'But, is that her…?' He said as he took off in a shunpo towards the Tenth Division.
-With Ash-
"Damn it." Ash panted. His shihakushō's left arm had been burned off and his arm had been exposed and slightly limp. He had put his sword and its sheath on his back now so it would be easier to use while his left arm was very limited with its use. He felt a power presence nearing him and quickly masked all of his spiritual pressure to avoid detection, but this proved futile. A sword came sailing and impaled itself mere inches away from his head, and deep into the way behind him.
"My my, seems we meet again." Gin said with his unreadable voice. Ash fully realized that he was no match for Gin and didn't bother speaking.
Both man and teen disappeared in identical shunpos and clashed a few feet away. "Captain Ichimaru!" A man from near Ash said. "Fuck." Kita swore. He already wasn't a match for Gin but now he had to deal with this guy.
'Well I guess I have to use this, I was hoping to save this but now or never.' "Ichimaru. I'm not your opponent. My brother is." Ash muttered.
"Ah, but I can just kill you both."
"No you can't. You may have seen this technique before," Ash said as he stepped forward and sheathed his sword. He then raised his right arm and made it parallel with the ground. ,"however, mine is a bit….wild."
Gin stood there confused for a second before he finally recognized the stance that Ash was in. This made his grin widen and become almost proud. He took an unconscious step back and watched in awe as Ash's shihakushō fully tore off to reveal a simple sleeveless skin-tight shirt; given to him by Yoruichi.
"Shunko!"
-With Yoruichi's group-
The group turned around in unison. They all were heading to where Yoruichi thought Rukia was located until the saw a large beam of darkness shoot up in the air. "Oh my God! What is that?!" Orihime exclaimed once she saw the beam behave like lightning.
"Well Ishida. You wanted to know what Ash could do?" The tan woman said with a proud smile. Uryū stared on in awe before at the base of the monolith of darkness, an explosion was seen and somewhat heard.
-With Ichigo-
He himself was very tired and hurt. He had just fought a bald man with a spear. As funny as that image sounds, Ikkaku Madarame was not a man to be taken lightly. Before the power third seat passed out, he said something to Ichigo about how he would now be hunted down by Kenpachi Zaraki; his Captain.
He thought about it and realized that he probably won't be hunted anymore because of Ash's display. He sweat dropped lightly to the whole display, and shook his head slowly. Yuzu ran across his mind as Ash's shunko died down. "Well, I hope you don't hurt him, Yuzu." He muttered before he continued to shunpo in a random direction.
-Back to Ash-
He sat with his back against a wall, panting heavily. Sweat poured from his person as he struggled to regain his breath. Pain coursed through his entire body. He knew this was a bad idea, using his shunko like that. Yoruichi had told him that using it would put incredible strain on his body and muscles. It was intended to be used as a last resort as some kind of second wind, but it was either use that or face Gin Ichimaru.
"Damn it." He muttered through gritted teeth. He forced himself to stand and wobbled a bit to try and gain his balance. Suddenly he felt a massive storm of shinigami heading his way and painfully shunpoed high into a nearby tree. He felt himself losing consciousness but willed himself to remain awake.
Faintly he heard the voices of several enraged and panicked shinigami. What they said made his eyes widen. "The Ryoka killed Captain Aizen!"
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter this time. :P
