Fight Fight revolution

Soifon was eager to put Kari behind bars; she charged without any regard for what would happen. At first Kari appeared like she wasn't going to dodge, then at the last split second, she ducked and landed a solid punch on Soifon. This caught her off-guard for a moment. Before she could land a second hit, Soifon vanished from her visual range. As if Kari was psychic, she jumped back exactly as Soifon was about to land a solid kick.

"How is that brat dodging the captain's attacks so easily?!" asked Marechiyo.

"That's easy silly! She's dancing!" laughed Yachiru.

"She's what?!" said the others in surprise.

"Yup…she told one time that she has this little trick where she spaces out while fighting. Candy girl said she has a way to hear a beat that we can't, and she lets her body dance to the beat while she fights!" explained Yachiru.

"How does she pull that off?!" asked Ukitake.

"She says it's called headphones. I don't know what Candy girl meant, but it works!"

Soifon was surprised…the ryoka was managing to both avoid her attacks and make solid blows with disturbing ease! She couldn't figure it out…until she realized the other was humming something. At close look at her eyes also revealed that the girl wasn't even paying attention to anything! Finally, she landed a hit!

Kari was in her own little world…the beat from her CD player was easy to get caught up in. In her eyes, she was playing her own version of the arcade game 'Dance Dance Revolution'. Except in her version, she called it Fight Fight Revolution! She barely even registered the hit, except as a missed move on her game.

The next track started, and she recognized it instantly; it was off of the 'Pokemon the First Movie' soundtrack…called 'Catch me if you can'. She vaguely realized she was humming along with the song.

Oh, come on try to catch me,

Oh, catch me if you can!

Oh, come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me, if you can!

Look out it's time the world is finding for a

New thing, it's time I got ahead,

Keep thinking nothing is going to stop me

And I won't quit until I'm sitting on the top!

Never give up when the going gets rough,

I know I'm going to make through,

To just try will never be enough,

I'll show you there's noting that I can't do!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

(Come on, come on, Catch me now!

Catch me Pokemon!

Can you come and catch me can you now, you can't catch me anyhow!)

Get up, let's see what you're made of!

Bring it on, you know I'm not afraid,

There's no way you can slow me down now!

It's time to show you what I'm all about!

Never give up when the going gets rough,

I know I'm going to make it through,

To just try will never be enough,

I'll show you there's nothing that I can't do!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

Oh come on try to catch me,

Oh catch me if you can!

It's so close I can taste it!

There's no way I'll ever go back!

It's so hard but stopping's not an option

I'm gonna keep on, keep on, cuz I believe in me!

Kari can tell by the look on the other's faces that they could hear her humming. She grinned at their confusion. She snapped out of her self-induced daze and said, "What? Never heard someone hum before?"

"Not during a fight, no!" snapped Soifon. (Kari noted that the captain seemed a bit worn down from her assault.)

"Well you have now. I think now's the perfect time to end this, don't you?" said Kari amused.

"And how do you plan on doing that?! Your spirit energy has been at the same level during this entire thing!" growled Soifon angrily.

"Did it ever occur to you that I was suppressing my reitsu this whole time?"

"What?"
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Kari released what spirit energy she had remaining and shocked the Special Ops commander.

"Impossible! How did you…?"

"Easy…whenever I go into that trance, I set my spirit energy at a certain level. My sub-conscious keeps it at that level until I snap out of it or I'm defeated. Now for the trick I warned you about before we began…" said Kari.

"What trick?!"

"Unlike most Soul Reapers like you and the others, I'm able to communicate with any Zanpaku-to and use its attack so long as I know the name. I was able to do this even before I ever received any of my Soul Reaper powers."

"You're lying!"

"Let's see, my own Zanpaku-to is miles away in a place where it can't help me even if I wanted it to, and you don't have yours, so let's see if its true, shall we?" said Kari calmly. She made sure Soifon couldn't interfere as she extended her arm and said, "Jinteki Shakusetsu, Suzemebachi!"

The arm she extended suddenly glowed…and where the wrist and hand connected to the arm, a certain Zanpaku-to in its initial release appeared! It was Soifon's Zanpaku-to!!!

"What the…! That's impossible! Where did that Zanpaku-to come from?!" said Soifon in disbelief.

"Beats me. All I know is that if I know the name of the sword as well as its initial release, I can use it as my own. You should have seen Urahara's expression when I activated Benihime without being anywhere near it!" laughed Kari.

She bolted as she suddenly appeared in front of Soifon and struck the shocked Soul Reaper Captain with the stinger. Soifon's eyes widened in complete shock as the homonka, or hornet's crest, appeared where the stinger made contact. Kari calmly and quickly went out of Soifon's striking range as the Soul Reaper looked in shock at the mark.

"That's not possible! This is identical to…!" she said in disbelief.

"Believe me now? I don't have my sword, and you don't have yours. Since nobody else can pull this off, I'm pretty sure that this is a trait I inherited from somewhere."

Kari carefully pushed her left palm onto the stinger, which collapsed before it vanished into thin air.

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"I don't know how or what you did, but it certainly isn't a Soul Reaper technique. So technically it was legal," said Ukitake.

"I don't care how she did it, she's still going to a jail cell! She's a ryoka!" said Soifon angrily.

"So you still want to continue, even though there's no possible way for you to beat me? That's kinda pointless," commented Kari dryly.

"So what were you planning by bringing out my Zanpaku-to? Were you going to kill me with it or not?" demanded Soifon suspiciously.

"Where's the fun in that? In case you haven't heard, all the idiots who challenged me in my own division all got sent to the fourth division with serious but non-fatal injuries. I'd prefer not to do the same to you," said Kari irritably.

"I don't care about your preferences!" snorted Soifon as she charged at Kari again.

"Fine…but don't say I didn't warn you!" replied Kari as she repeated her move by extending her arm.

"Soten ni Zase, Hyorinmaru!" (Translation: Set upon the frozen heavens, Ice Ring! Hyorinmaru means Ice Ring.)

The air suddenly grew chilled and their breaths came in cold puffs. This didn't perturb Soifon as she continued her charge. Kari calmly used Hyorinmaru to freeze the enraged captain from the neck down. Soifon was completely stuck in a block of ice. Hyorinmaru vanished, having fulfilled Kari's purpose. She turned to Ukitake and said, "Continuing this is completely pointless. You might as well call it, Ukitake-taicho."

"Agreed. Kari wins this bout," said Ukitake before dealing with his sickness.

"She didn't win! I can still…!" started Soifon.

"Look, will you calm down if I told you where Yoruichi is right now?" said Kari with a sigh.

"What…?" said Soifon in surprise.

"I know where the general area is. She may be hard to find, but I know where she is right now… just not the specific location," repeated Kari.

"Where is she?!" said Soifon angrily.

"Will you cease this pointless fight between us?"

"Yes, just tell me where she is!" said Soifon irritably.

"She's here."

"What are you talking about?! What does that mean?!"

"I mean she's back, here in the Seireitei. She was the one who lead us to the gate and she came with the others through the barrier."

"You mean she's here in the Seireitei as we speak?" said Ukitake.

"Yes, but you won't find her for a while. I wouldn't recommend trying to find her, Soifon-taicho. She'll come to you on the day of Rukia Kuchiki's execution…and you can quote me on that," said Kari calmly.

"How would you know that?!" said Soifon suspiciously.

"I've said too much already. If I told you the more specific details, it could ruin the timeline!" said Kari annoyed.

"Shouldn't we be getting her out of that block of ice?" asked Ukitake.

"I'll free her…after she simmers down enough to talk rationally," said Kari.

Half an hour later…

"WILL YOU GET ME OUT OF HERE ALREADY?!" said Soifon angrily.

"Have you calmed down?"

"WHAT DOES THAT MATTER?! GET ME OUT OF THIS DAMN ICE!!!" yelled Soifon.

"You're not getting out until you either calm down or the ice melts naturally. And that could take hours," Kari pointed out. She and Yachiru were playing cards. (Kari didn't know whether they had any so she brought some with her.)

"What is going on? What's with all the yelling?!" asked Toshiro annoyed.

"I beat Soifon-taicho fair and square. She's just annoyed that I used your Zanpaku-to's ability to put her in a block of ice," said Kari amused.

"What?"

"I can use other Soul Reaper's Zanpaku-to, so long as I know their name and attack. Don't ask; I'm not in the mood to explain it all over again," replied Kari.

"That does explain the ice…" admitted Toshiro.

"I told her thirty minutes ago that I'll only let her out when she either calms down or the ice melts on its own. Which will take a while," said Kari.

"I take it she's in a foul mood? What'd you do to her to get her so mad?"

"I told her where Shihouin Yoruichi is and I made sure she couldn't go out looking for her. It's for her own good," said Kari with a look at Toshiro.

"I just came to see what all that yelling was about in the barracks. What're you playing anyway?" asked Toshiro in a conversational tone.

"Rummy. Ever played it?"

"Never heard of it. How do you play?"

Kari gave him the basics of the game. It caught his interest, so he decided to join. Now there were three playing instead of just Yachiru and Kari. Around fifteen minutes later, Kari turned to Soifon and asked, "Have you calmed down now?"

"Yes…now will one of you get me out of this damn ice?!" she said, still irritable but nowhere near as pissed off as she was before.

"I think she's simmered down enough, don't you, Yachiru-chan?" said Kari amused.

"Yup! Maybe she'll play with us Candy girl!" replied Yachiru.

"Candy girl?" said Toshiro confused.

"I'll explain after I get Soifon-taicho out." Kari shrugs as she takes her Zanpaku-to and strikes the ice directly down the middle. The block splits cleanly into two separate halves; Soifon stretches after she escapes the ice, as her muscles are still numb from the cold. She sits down next to Yachiru and decides to watch their game.

"So what's with the nickname…um…" said Toshiro.

"It's Kari. And the reason she calls me Candy girl is because I gave her homemade hard candy that she really loves," explained Kari.

(The reason I titled this Fight Fight Revolution was because I was pointing out how Kari thought it was similar to Dance Dance Revolution. Just thought I should clear up any confusion.)