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Chapter Six: Wrath of the Quincy
As the two 'siblings' crossed the city Tenalava took the time to reflect on the recent events, he'd gained an incredibly powerful and extremely loyal ally in Yoruichi, gotten rid of Grimmjow and as soon as he brought Yoruichi back to Las Noches and turned her into an Arrancar, he'd be given a major promotion, all things considered, he'd done pretty well for himself.
"Brother, why are you smiling?" Yoruichi quipped innocently
"Oh, I'm just thinking how we'll finally be able to get on with our lives after we've avenged our parents" he told her as they kept pressing onwards, making good time
A few hollows had seen the two and fell into line behind them forming a small convoy of negative spirits behind the brainwashed Shinigami and the Espada, unaware of who was watching the two 'siblings'
Suddenly a mosquito like hollow that had joined the convoy let out a high-pitched wail as it fell away, a large blue arrow sticking through its head
Tenalava looked back and saw the hollow as its body broke apart. He quickly realised who was trailing them
"Get out of here you idiots, slow him down" he snapped at the hollows, who sped up
"I. Said. GET. HIM!" he roared, drawing Cascavela Ingestias and clicking it, the hollows stopped and about faced, throwing themselves at the figure who'd shot the arrow as Tenalava and Yoruichi sped away
The gang of hollows swarmed towards the figure, intent on tearing it apart for threatening their master. As they got closer and closer the figure didn't move, apparently not scared, as soon as they got within ten feet of it the figure raised its bow and fired a flurry of arrows, one after the other in rapid succession. When it lowered it there was a massive pile of moaning, twitching hollows, still ten feet away, none had got any closer after the figure had started shooting
Uryu lowered Ginrei Kojaku and took a look around, spying a tiny rat like hollow he fired another shot, the little hollow fell onto its back, a blue arrow protruding from its chest
"Well, that was strange" he said to himself, reaching down to pick up the sewing supplies he'd dropped and preparing to continue home when he heard footsteps behind him, he spun around to see Hanataro, Sora, Tatsuki, Orihime and Kio approaching him
"Hello Orihime, as always it's a pleasure to meet you" he said politely, bowing
"Oh, it's nice to see you too Uryu" Orihime replied, taken back by his unusually formal greeting
"You missed one" Sora said, pointing behind the last Quincy. He held his shopping bags up high and let go, spinning around and summoning his bow, placing three shots in the sunflower shaped hollow that had appeared behind them, one in its head, one in its chest and one in its neck. He dissipated the bow and grabbed for the bags, trying to catch them in mid-air and show off but missing one, which spilled its contents over the rooftop.
Grmubling he reached down to shovel the sewing supplies back into the bag, Tatsuki bending down to help him.
"You don't need to show off and act all cool and smooth you know, being a Quincy's cool enough" she told him, handing Uryu a pack of needles
"You know what I am?" he asked, looking surprised
"Orihime told her, plus everyone in Soul Society knows about you, the last Quincy" Sora said
"Well, there is another one" Kio added, pushing a lock of hair out of his eyes
"Ryuken doesn't count" Uryu growled before noticing Kios hollow mask, arm and the 12th Division insignia on the sleeve of his uniform
"You're in that maniac Kurostuchi's Division aren't you?" he asked, raising his bow ever so slightly
"Yeah, so what? And don't talk about Captain Kurostuchi that way, I owe him my life" Kio replied threateningly, drawing his zanpaku-to
"Well, allow me to write off that debt" Uryu said, aiming his bow at the Soul Reapers head, intending to show Kio the error of supporting the one who'd experimented on his grandfather. Realising that'd kill each other unless he did something Sora quickly stepped in between Kio and Uryu
"Hey chill guys, we're all on the same side here, Kio the hunt's still on, you can pick fights with the Quincy later if you get the Captainship"
"Hunt?" Uryu asked, Orihime filled him in as they left the rooftop and headed down the street
"They've got some nerve, destroying hollows is their duty, they've turned it into some kind of competition because they're squabbling over a title? It's things like this that make me see why the Quincy hated the Soul Reapers" he said, barely able to keep his anger in check
"Don't worry, the Captains are…" Sora started before Uryu cut him off
"As soulless and detached from humanity as the hollows you're hunting if they're going along with this, don't they know how many innocent spirits they're putting at risk? Do they even care?" he snapped
"O.K, you've had your 'I hate Soul Reapers' rant, now can you please help us out with our problem?" Kio told him
"Fine but that doesn't make us friends or anything" Uryu said, the content in his voice obvious
"Didn't expect it to" Kio replied with just as much content
"Now, can we PLEASE go do something?" Tatsuki asked, before anyone could say anything Kisuke Urahara appeared in front of them
"I couldn't help overhearing your talk and there's something I think you need to see" he told them, sounding relaxed but very uneasy, like he was trying hard not to let his concern and anger show. He turned around and walking off. The Soul Reapers, Quincy and humans hurried off after him
Five minutes later they were staring at the Urahara shop, the front door had been smashed to pieces and the inside looked like it had been struck by a tornado. Uraharas three assistants were lying on futons at the back of the shop, barely breathing
"What happened?" Orihime asked, clapping her hands to her mouth in horror as she saw the bloodstains on the walls and floor
"I don't know, when I got back it was like this, Ururu and Jinta are out cold and someone's beaten Tessai into a coma" he said grimly
"And there's a big mess of Soul Reapers running around town right now" he added, almost accusingly, pointing his stick at Kio, Hanataro and Sora
"What? You think we'd do something like this?" Kio snapped
"No way, my brother wouldn't" Orihime gasped
"Damm right I wouldn't" Sora added
"Yea, you're right, sorry about that, I'm just mad about this. Even Aizen and his Arrancar don't mess with my store, it's not like there's anything here they'd want anyway" Urahara said apologetically
"Did whoever did this take anything?" Uryu asked, he sensed a familiar presence here but he wasn't sure whose, and another one that he really, really didn't like
"I haven't checked yet, but don't think they did, it might've been the Vizard trying to prove a point or something" Urahara said, scowling
"Transfer body…" Jinta said, trying to lift his head and failing
"What? What did they take" Urahara asked, walking over to kneel down next to Jinta. He had a large purple bruise over the left side of his face in the shape of his iron pole, his lip was cut and he had a black eye
"A transfer body, I saw one of them, a guy with a weird helmet carrying it out of the store, the other one was Miss Yoruichi" he whispered, even speaking was a great effort in his state
"Yoruichi? Why would she attack this place?" Hanataro thought out loud
"Don't know, but I'm definitely going to ask her when I find her" Urahara said, his eyes brimming with fury, not at Yoruichi, but at whoever had taken the transfer body
"Why would they steal a tenshintai? It just manifests a zanpaku-tos spirit, nothing else" Kio asked Urahara. Then Uryu realised what the Espada wanted to use it for
"Unless they want to manifest something else inside a Soul Reaper" he said. Urahara's look darkened
"We haven't got a lot of time, we need to get to the Kurosaki Clinic" he told them taking off down the street at great speed, his sandals clacking against the concrete pavement, ignoring his hat as it fell off his head and landed on the street behind him. The others took off after the former Captain. They knew if something had Urahara so worked up, it wasn't a good thing
As Tenalava and Yoruichi reached the rooftop of the building next to the Kurosaki Clinic Szyael appeared out of a portal to stand alongside them.
"It's ready" he told the 5th Espada
"Thanks" Szayel turned to go when Tenalava grabbed his shoulder
"Wait, you'll want to stay around for this bit, I could use your help" he told him
"Really? Will it be that interesting?" he asked sceptically
"Trust me, you will not want to miss this" he told Szayel, his ruthless, sadistic grin creeping across his soulless face
In the next chapter – Tenalava has his sights set on adding another soul to his team, but can the last Quincy and the hunters stop him? And what will Tatsuki do when she's pushed to the limit by the 5th Espada?
To be continued, as always, all reviews are appreciated and encouraged