I do not own Bleach or any of the characters. Sorry in advance for the misspelling of Kariya's Bittos creation chant. I don't do German.
Mother's Day
Kurai sped along with Ichigo and Renji beside him. Noba and Kurodo had told them to go to the mansion to find Yoshino, the female bount that they had saved from the mansion at Uryu's request, and Uryu who had both left, most likely because Yoshino was planning to try to stop Kariya. Even using Flash Step, Kurai wasn't sure they'd arrive in time.
They landed outside the ruins of the mansion where Ichinose and a bount with red hair and a red beard were standing guard. The bount, Koga as Uryu had called him, looked almost bored.
"That's far enough," Ichinose stated.
"Sorry but we can't let you go in," Koga stated. "An important ritual is just starting."
"Ritual?" Ichigo blinked.
"You're not calling the shots around here anymore," Renji stated drawing his zanpakuto and leaping into the air. "Roar, Zabimaru!"
"Come Dalk, and attack," Koga spoke as several metal spheres shot up around him, blocking Renji's blade.
Then, they formed a woman made of metal with spikes for arms and legs.
"Too easy, but I guess I'll play with you for a little while," Dalk sneered before her arms exploded into a cloud of metal spheres about the size of baseballs and flew at Renji.
Ichigo, who had been watching, spun in time to block Ichinose's blade and Kurai grinned.
"You two handle things here," Kurai spoke up leaping over the combatants. "I'll help Uryu and Yoshino."
"Stop!" Ichinose shouted spinning to catch hi but stopped when Ichigo appeared in front of him.
"I don't think so," Ichigo growled. "You're dealing with me right now."
When Kurai got to the mansion's back yard where Yoshino and Uryu were fighting Kariya, he stopped. Uryu was aiming an arrow at Kariya who had one arm wrapped around Yoshino's neck and the other hand holding a spiked metal finger sleeve Yoshino had on her middle finger, forcing Yoshino to hold her hand out in front of her.
"Don't be afraid," Kariya said. "You're going to become a new mother my dear. Soon you're going to give birth by breathing life into hundreds of new Dolls."
He began to squeeze her crest and she began to groan in pain, squeezing her eyes shut and shrinking away from him.
"Stop it!" Uryu ordered just as the crest shattered, causing Yoshino to scream in pain. "Yoshino!"
Behind Kariya, the upper body made out of superheated stone and flame was engulfed by a column of flames, the heat keeping Uryu from being able to shoot Kariya in the face like he wanted to. The Doll roared in pain as his face shattered, flames shooting out of it. Kariya released Yoshino, who collapsed, and turned toward the Doll. It continued to break down, fire bursting out of it in random places.
"Goethe," Yoshino muttered weakly.
"Yoshino," the Doll groaned, holding a hand out just before the hand began to break apart and release the flames trapped inside.
Yoshino broke down into tears and Kurai drew his sword but again stood motionless, unsure of what he could do, or if he even should, just as Uryu wasn't filling Kariya full of arrows.
"Your desire to keep fighting is admirable but it's hopeless," Kariya smiled.
The Doll flew at Kariya in a massive ball of fire. Uryu grabbed yoshino and got her out of the way as the Doll crashed into Kariya, creating a massive fire around and on him before flying into the air. Everyone in the back yard watched the flames for any signs of life and after a moment, Kariya stood, throwing off his jacket to reveal his ruined shirt and the crest etched into his skin beneath it.
"The crest is etched into his body," Uryu and Ichigo both breathed.
"Jin has...fused his own body with that of his Doll," Yoshino stated, head lowered.
"That is correct my dear," Kariya smiled before swiping his arm in front of him and extinguishing the flames.
"Of course," Yoshino said standing. "You've always been so strong. And you'll continue to be strong. All this time I've been so foolish. You were just using me. but now...Goethe!"
"Yoshino," the Doll groaned, voice hoarse.
Yoshino held out her right hand, resting her other on the inside of her elbow.
"Forgive me," Yoshino mumbled.
"What are you gonna do?" Uryu breathed.
"Uryu, shoot Kariya now," Kurai growled readying himself. "We can stop him here."
Yoshino began to glow blue and called out, "Do it!"
"As you wish," Goethe nodded, glowing slightly brighter for a moment.
Then, he turned blue and shot into the air before flying around and then down and toward Kariya ad he turned to face it. Goethe threw a punch at Kariya but before it hit, the doll deconstructed and exploded into a massive ball of fire. Yoshino ran over to it and held her arms out.
"Come to me, Goethe," Yoshino smiled and the ball of fire flew into her embrace, beginning to pass into her. "We're together to the very end."
"Mother," Goethe managed to mumbled before he was completely gone.
A moment later, flames shot off of Yoshino who rocketed into the air, now resembling a female version of Goethe.
"So, you fused with your Doll just as I thought," Kariya smirked as Uryu and Kurai both stared in shock, neither able to make themselves move to attack.
She flew down and threw a punch at Kariya which he blocked with ease, the ground below him exploding. Then shot along the ground for a ways before flying into the air and beginning to attack each other in a near blur. For a moment, neither was able to hit the other before Kariya caught both of Yoshino's hands and shoved her away. She formed a fireball in her hands and launched it at Kariya. He leapt over it and it exploded in the trees below, as did the next one. Before she could fire a third time, he had flown up to her and tried to axe kick her. She blocked it and threw him back and they began trading blows again.
"Uryu, be ready to shoot Kariya," Kurai instructed and he nodded readying an arrow and aiming carefully.
Suddenly, Kariya grabbed Yoshino by the throat, grinning wickedly.
"This is the power I have wanted for so long," Kariya growled.
Suddenly, a blue spectral Goethe formed between the two, forcing Kariya to let go before Goethe punched him, forcing him away from her. The spectral Doll faded and Kariya narrowed his eyes.
"But, I can't afford to let you waste it," Kariya stated.
"Jin!" Yoshino raged flying forward to attack him again.
He flew to meet her charge as Kurai swung his arm down and Uryu fired three arrows. The first left only a scratch on Kariya's arm due to pour aim, the second punched a hole through his right shoulder, but the third shattered against a barrier of some type.
"Not now Quincy," Kariya spat just before he and Yoshino met.
Yoshino managed to punch him in the face, burning him and making him recoil but before she could strike again, he darted forward and drove his left hand through her abdomen. The flames and stone shattered, leaving Yoshino as she had been. Kariya ripped his hand back out of her and she began to fall, Uryu catching her at the last second and setting her down.
"Yoshino!" Uryu gasped. "Yoshino don't die. You can't die now!"
"At least...maybe I can die the right way," Yoshino muttered her eyes opening slightly.
"There's no right way to die!" Uryu snapped. "Not now! No!"
"This will be fine," Yoshino smiled shaking her head slightly. "This way of dying is just fine."
"Don't go," Uryu pleaded.
"Haruko, if you can hear me, then I need your help," Kurai called out to his sword. "You don't need to wake up, just allow me to use your released state. Just this once."
He hurried over, knowing how little an amount of time he'd have to save her, if he could.
"Your eyes are so intense," Yoshino smiled. "I thank you...for everything...the proud last Quincy."
She began to glow green, small green spheres floating up from her, and after a moment, her body exploded into a cloud of them, floating skyward, leaving nothing but her clothes behind.
"Grow, Haruko," Kurai growled dropping his sword.
He fell to one knee, blood running from his nose as he used his own Spirit Energy in place of Haruko's to force his zanpakuto into its released state. Then, he placed a hand down, his head throbbing as several blades of grass reached up and caught a dozen of the hundreds of spheres. They reached over to the clothes, Uryu moving out of the way as grass formed a silhouette of sorts of Yoshino with the clothes inside and an opening where her face would be. The spheres of energy were placed inside then the opening closed and the field of grass shown a blinding white for a moment before the grass retracted, leaving Yoshino, laying int he grass as if her body had never exploded, or been stabbed by Kariya. Her eyes fluttered open as Kurai's shikai faded and returned to its sealed state and Kurai fell to one side, catching himself at the last moment and coughing up blood.
"You...you did it," Uryu breathed before wrapping his arms around Yoshino.
"I'm...alive?" Yoshino breathed. "How?"
"My...shikai can...heal," Kurai panted, more blood running out of his mouth. "In the first few seconds of death, while the soul is still leaving the body, I can revive them. In your case, I was only able to return you to life. You are no longer a Bount."
"I'm...human now?" Yoshino questioned before smiling. "Thank you."
Kurai nodded then looked up, the others doing the same to see Kariya looking down at them with an amused expression.
"An impressive ability, though it matters little," Kariya smirked. "I've waited a long time for this. Zeit orish, noya leighben."
A seal spread under his feet, the green spheres joining with it as the symbol on all the Bounts crests formed in the center, directly below Kariya.
"Yoshino, from out of, near death I suppose, you shall give new life," Kariya smirked.
Koga and Ichinose both retreated as the seal began to shine and off-white eggs of some kind began to grow from the bottom of the seal. Each broke open and released a creature that looked like a mechanical bug with blue bottoms and black mosquito-like noses. Then, they began to swarm around Kariya.
"Wonderful," the Bount with the glasses and tie smiled. "The birth of thousands of new Dolls! Oh yes, more still! More still must be born this day!"
Kariya laughed for a moment before disappearing as the new Dolls, swarmed past Ichigo and Renji.
"What are those disgusting things?" Renji questioned after they had flown past.
Finally the seal faded as Uryu walked out of the ruins of the mansion, supporting Yoshino on his shoulders.
"Renji, Kurai's out back," Uryu stated. "He's going to need some help."
Renji nodded and ran to help Kurai as Ichigo looked at Yoshino in shock.
"How is she..." Ichigo breathed and Uryu shook his head.
"Later," Uryu said. "Right now, we have to get her and Kurai back to Orihime."
Ichigo nodded and when Renji got back with Kurai, who was still coughing up blood, they began to head back to the others.
Read and review. I really just couldn't let Yoshino die.