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Given Up

Uryu set Ran'Tao down beside Yoshino and then sped over to stand at a ninety degree angle to them with Kariya, who turned after him.

"Look at that," Kariya snorted. "The Quincy is feeling tough. Is having my wife and her creator watching good for your ego?"

"I don't care what you say, I'm going to kill you," Uryu stated.

"That's funny," Kariya chuckled. "How? You going to break that gauntlet of yours off? Give up your powers?"

Uryu smirked then pulled the bow back. Kariya laughed before Uryu vanished, three arrows firing from three different places almost simultaneously. Kariya cursed then vanished just before the blasts hit. He reappeared on a rooftop as Uryu appeared on an adjacent one.

"You're not half bad after all," Kariya growled. "I admit, you're a fair threat. But then, why fight for the Soul Reapers? Aren't they your greatest enemies?"

"Yes," Uryu agreed. "However, you attempted, and nearly succeeded, at killing Yoshino. So now, you die. The Soul Reapers will have to wait their turn."

He fired several more arrows and Kariya leapt into the air, wind spiraling around him to block the arrows but they blasted straight through, hitting the ceiling below him before Uryu appeared over him, firing downward and blasting him. He crashed down hard then Reishi began to flow into him and he stood again. This time, he went on the attack, firing several crescent-shaped blades of wind at him that he dodged out of the way of. One of them managed to knick his shoulder, carving a deep gash into it as it did. He staggered away, holding a hand over his wound. As he was staggering one way, Kariya appeared behind him, blasting him and launching him into a wall.

"Damn," Uryu growled, pushing himself up. "You're stronger than I gave you credit for. That won't happen again."

Before uryu could move, Kariya was behind him again, smashing him into the ground.

"You're slowing down Quincy," Kariya stated.

"Kariya!" Ran'Tao suddenly shouted.

He looked over as she held up a silver square, which opened into four triangles with a Crest symbol in the center and a seal around it. She lit up with Spirit Energy and flew forward, tackling Kariya away from Uryu before holding up a yellow object that extended a thin knife blade. She drove it into his chest, just missing his heart.

"Shoot him!" Ran'Tao shouted. "I'm intercepting the power of the Jokai Crest and using it to increase my Spiritual Pressure but I can't keep it up for very long! Shoot him while you have the chance!"

"No, I can't do that," Uryu refused quietly. "I can't risk hitting you!"

"Just shoot!" Ran'Tao shouted. "Don't you dare let this Bount add to his crimes!"

Uryu stared at her for a moment before pulling his bow back again.

"Let go of me damn you!" Kariya barked, struggling to get free.

Uryu released the shot and it struck Kariya in the face, exploding. Uryu caught Ran'Tao and looked back.

"Where's Kariya?" Ran'Tao asked.

"He's still alive," Uryu stated.

Uryu set her down, turning back to Kariya but grit his teeth, holding a hand to his shoulder again.

"Damn," Uryu growled. "Don't have much strength. It'll have to-"

He was cut off by wind blasting him in the chest, smashing him into the wall and beginning to slam into him repeatedly. Finally, the wind stopped and Uryu fell to his knees, gasping for breath as blood pooled below him.

"Damn you," Uryu gasped as Kariya stood, fully healed and pissed. "I have no choice."

He pushed himself up, gripping the spike on the inside of his gauntlet and broke it off, the gauntlet bursting off with it. A moment later, Uryu was wearing a white chest plate over a black robe and had a wing on his right shoulder blade that was made out of Reishi. He was holding a purple, lightning-bolt-shaped bow and had a metal arrow with a ring on the end in his other hand.

"Now you die Kariya," Uryu growled.

At that moment, orange Spirit Energy began to fly off of Ran'Tao who began to scream in pain.

"The Jokai Crest has sent her Spiritual Pressure out of control," Uryu stated. "I could remove it but, if I fire the arrow at Kariya, there's no telling what kind of destruction would result. Damn."

He sprinted over to Ran'Tao but she pushed at his leg.

"No!" she shouted. "The amount of power it would take to save me would use up the energy given by removing that gauntlet. You would be powerless!"

"I'm sorry," Uryu sighed turning toward Kariya and pulling the bow back.

Then, he absorbed the unstable Spirit Energy from her, his bow glowing orange and held horizontally to accommodate its now massive size, spanning easily twenty feet. The arrow was equally massive, reaching a good five feet in front of Uryu. He pulled back further, stretching his other arm to its full length in the opposite direction and Kariya growled, readying himself. Then, Uryu aimed skyward and released the arrow, the glowing bow, the real bow, and Uryu's new armor all going with it and allowing Uryu to collapse. Yoshino sprinted over, arriving just as the arrow reached two miles in altitude and exploded, the concussion shattering a good square mile of the Seireitei and knocking everyone flat on the ground. Once it had cleared, Yoshino was up and helped Ran'Tao up before they lifted Uryu, who could barely move, and fled, Kariya staying put because Ichigo arrived as he tried to follow.

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