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Chapter 16:
-Continuation-
Ash waited a few moments for the crowd of people below him to disappear before he decided to move. The pain from his Shunko had died down to the point where he could move freely. But the second he leapt from his place on the tree branch, he was surrounded. A large group of shinigami clad in all black appeared around him. "Steady men!" A feminine voice, filled to the brim with pride yelled from behind him.
"Well, ryoka." The woman said as she came into view. She was a rather short woman with a thin, yet slightly toned build. Her hair was short and raven, with two much longer braids extending outward. Her grey eyes glared heavily at Ash as if the stare alone would be enough to kill him. Besides her stood a much larger man. His face rotund and his person oozing arrogance. It vaguely reminded Ash of Kagawa in a personality stand point.
"Ryoka!" The man yelled. "You are under arrest for infiltrating the Seireitei and the death of Captain Aizen!"
"I didn't kill anyone." Ash said emotionlessly as he put his head down.
"Stop lying boy!"
The woman stared at Ash for a brief moment as if she recognized him. He slowly raised his head and locked eyes with her. His intense red eyes momentarily stunned the woman, she had never seen such a piercing color before.
"If my information is correct, I assume this is the "Stealth Force". Ash said as every eye locked one him and some even primed to strike. "Judging by your silence, I'm correct and would it be too far fetched to assume that you're Captain Soifon and Lieutenant Ōmaeda?"
"Who are you?!" Ōmaeda yelled, angry that this boy had somehow known their names and rank. Soifon however, clung to his every word, listening to them closely. This boy…had interested her and she had seen lots of potential in those deep eyes and that indifferent voice.
"Before you die boy, what's your name?" She asked politely, much to the surprise of everyone around her. Ash smirked at the tone.
"Just call me Ash." He said as the area got hot.
'Ash…' Soifon thought in a tone unfamiliar to even her.
"Attack!" Ōmaeda yelled at the large group charged at the red eyed with the intent to kill. He hadn't expected the speed of the men to be so great and just barely shunpoed out of the way. A member came at him with blinding speeds and gave Ash a small cut on the cheek.
Kita grabbed the man's arm and threw him several feet into a wall nearby and caused it to crack heavily. Soifon saw the shift in his eyes and felt a tinge of excitement.
Ash suddenly disappeared completely from all sight and detection for a moment before a large amount of the shinigami either fell unconscious or flew back, as if they had been hit by an invisible force. Ash appeared a second later with a cold, emotionless gleam in his eyes and stared at the captain and lieutenant, who in turn stared in disbelief at the boy. He smirked and jumped forward at an incredible speed and kicked Ōmaeda in the stomach. Hard. Soifon was standing next to the man as he got struck and she could have sworn she had gotten hit as well.
The sound of the lieutenant's ribs cracking echoed through the immediate vicinity and he flew back a great distance. Ash hit the floor and immediately took off in a shunpo, as he really didn't want to fight a captain at this moment.
Soifon just stared blankly at the scene in front of her. A large portion of her attack force had been taken down and lieutenant had been one shotted in the span of five seconds. She could've given chase to the boy but ultimately decided against it. She knew that she could probably take him down and that he probably didn't possess a bankai but it seemed best to let another captain deal with him.
-With Tōshirō-
He snuck around the Gotei in hopes of finding that powerful reiatsu that he felt earlier, not to fight it mind you, but to see who exactly it was that felt so familiar. He suddenly paused as he felt the same reiatsu again, but this time several paces behind him. He turned swiftly and was met by two women, one tall the other short.
"It is you…" The shorter woman said as a single tear came down her icy purple eyes.
-Back with Ash-
Another damn run in with a captain. This was beginning to annoy him. Behind every bend was a captain and his/her damn lieutenant primed to kill him. He briefly wondered why he agreed to do this in the first place, he could've been at his home sleeping the day away. But no. He's here, fighting supernatural beings with insane powers all because his orange haired friend ha a little crush.
"Fuck you Ichigo." He muttered to himself as aforementioned strawberry came into view, but there were two other people with him.
A short man stood besides him and the both seemed to quiver under an unseen force. As Ash shunpoed closer, he felt it. The massive surge of power that flooded his entire being. The power only seemed to double as a massive was a killing intent broke his shunpo and temporarily paralyzed him. Then he saw it. The captain, much larger than the other two with a face that screamed insanity and mindless slaughter. So this was the man Kisuke had told him about, the Captain of the 11th Division: Kenpachi Zaraki.
He stopped mere inches away from the trio of people and waited to see what would happen.
"Are ya the strongest? Ya must be if ya gave Ikkaku a beat down, the pansy." Kenpachi said in a feral tone. "Oh are ya the one that made that big-ass lightning pillar?"
Ash gave Ichigo no time to respond. "No, that was me." He said as he emerged from the shadows. Ichigo's eyes widen in surprise and the tiny man's eyes widen as well but Ash as saw, it was in fear.
"Wha? That was you? Yer a powerful one!" Kenpachi said as he unsheathed his sword. "Why don't yer both come attack me?" He parted his shihakushō and left his chest bare. "This won't be as fun if ya die too quick!"
Ichigo placed two hands on his blade and prepared to strike but Ash placed a single hand on his shoulder. "I got this guy, go on ahead." His voice had never been so….scarily calm.
"No way! Look at yourself! He'll kill you!" Ichigo protested. His rant caused Ash to lock eye with him and convey several things. One being the promise that unholy things would be done to him if he didn't leave and the other being Ash's reiatsu dumping on his body. He once again quivered from the sheer amount of darkness, it was almost sickening that someone should bare that as a power.
"Fine, but if you die, I'm not telling Tōshirō." The strawberry said as he finally took off running, leaving the two combatants alone.
"So yer gonna fight me? Well try and cut me!"
Ash slowly unsheathed his black blade and disappeared. He reappeared a few paces behind Kenpachi and some blood spurted from the man's chest. 'He cut me first try!' Zaraki thought euphorically.
"Don't take me lightly." The red eyes teen demanded.
Kenpachi smiled manically and tore his shihakushō clean off. "This is fucking sweet! I am Kenpachi Zaraki! Captain of the 11th Division!" He said as he charged at Ash with amazing speed. Ash barely blocked the strike and was still sent flying because of it. He smashed into a wall and barely parried another hit from the man.
"Aw is this all ya got?!" The maniac yelled. "Give me a fight!" He said as he charged at the injured Ash, ready to lob his head off. However Ash slammed the tip of his blade into the ground and screamed to the heavens.
"Bring them into darkness, KURAI HONŌ!"
A/N: Hey, I'm actually updating at a reasonable time. Reviews are welcome and are key for making me update faster.
