"Renji!" Rukia screams, as someone's sword spears him from behind. The lieutenant falls to the ground, drenched in his own blood.
"I told you I'd kill you," Yukiko says simply.
"As if…I'd die that easily," Renji pants from the ground, struggling to get up.
"Tsk, tsk," Yukiko clicked with her tongue. "I hate believers," Yukiko drew her sword the tip hovering above Renji, "Now, you shall suffer. Spread your wings, Fuyushimo."
"Sit Upon the Frozen Heavens, Hyorinmaru!" The other attack deflects Yukiko's just in time.
"Brother dear, how could you betray your own flesh and blood?" Yukiko asks, but not shaken by his attack. She gives a sympathetic sigh, "Now you must die with the rest of them!" Yukiko's voice grew from gentle to harsh, and at the last moment she threw one of the daggers, piercing Toshirou right in the shoulder.
"Hitsugaya-taichou! Toshirou!" the others cried in hysteria. The young captain grunts as the blade impales him. "You disappoint me," Yukiko spat as she walked over to her brother and pulled the blade out of his shoulder. "You're next," Yukiko points the bloody dagger at the medical captain.
"Stop this Yuki," Retsu says gently "Don't just see, look, at those you've injured."
Yukiko looks at the two, she has just gravely injured. "All I see are problems being eliminated. Your speech might be heart felt, but I have no heart. And I have no time for meaningless conversations."
"Piercer of Heaven!" A crescent moon shaped energy blast surges toward Yukiko. With one facile step, Yukiko eludes the attack.
"We should take this battle somewhere more spacious," Yukiko comments with an expression of great concern. She pushes against one of the tiles on the wall, instantaneously the ground begins to quiver and shake. "If you can keep up, follow the trail of ice," Yukiko orders. In the chaos, nobody notices the wormhole that opens beneath Rukia, swallowing her whole. Meanwhile Yukiko disappears down the hall, leaving a thin trail ice behind her.
"Shit! What do we do now Byakuya," Ichigo hisses.
"Can you move Hitsugaya-taichou?" Byakuya asks. Toshirou nods as he struggles to his feet. By now it was beginning to rain ceiling fragments.
"I will stay and heal Abarai-fukutaichou. Please catch up with Hitsugaya-taichou," the medical captain says crouching over the lieutenant's body.
Within seconds the trio is tearing after Yukiko and Retsu is safely protected inside a pyramid-shaped barrier.
"What are you doing here Ichimaru-sama?" Yukiko asks as she enters her new battleground.
"I hear' the infiltrators haven't been eliminated yet. I was jus' wonderin' why," he states coolly.
"There have been…complications," Yukiko chose her last word carefully.
"Where's Kuchiki Rukia?"
"She should arrive at any moment."
"Why? Don' tell me a few shinigami are too much fer ya ta handle."
"Are you questioning my strength," Yukiko growls as Rukia surfaces from the floor. "I can beat them with a basic katana," Yukiko argues, returning her zanpaktou to its basic form.
"Jus make sure ya not gettin' sidetracked."
Yukiko grunts irritably before turning attention to her new guests.
"I'm going to finish you, once and for all!" Yukiko roars before releasing all her reiatsu. The power was absurd. "Geez Aizen, how much power'd you giver 'er?" Gin mumbles through a sharp breath. Everyone shifts uncomfortably under the immense gravity. Seeing as the perpetrators are distracted, Yukiko makes her attack. Not only has her reiatsu increased ten fold, but her speed too. As metal crashes together, blood begins to envelop the room.
While the others battle in a fight to the death, Rukia struggles to her feet. Not only must she fight Yukiko's reiatsu, but her brother's, Ichigo's, and Toshirou's too. "Watch out!" Ichigo shouts, as he snatches Rukia out from underneath Yukiko's blade. The ground shatters when the blade comes crashing down. As soon as Rukia and Yukiko's eyes lock, Rukia feels like everything's moving in slow motion. Yukiko's blood red eyes pierce Rukia's heart, making her feel death before it has even befallen Rukia. Unable to break the stare, Rukia blacks out. "Rukia! Hey, wake up!" Ichigo shouts trying to get Rukia's attention even though he's fighting for his life.
"Ichigo?" Rukia mumbles. "What had happened? The last thing I can remember is," Rukia thinks before cringing at the thought of Yukiko's death stare. Rukia looks around to get a holding on the situation. Ichigo and Byakuya are in Bankai mode. Ichigo's black clothes are drenched in blood. Whose blood it was, Rukia could only hope. Byakuya's clothes are torn and also badly stained. As Rukia looks around for the last member of their team, she spots his body lying limp in the middle of the floor. The young captain looks beaten, with dirt and blood covering his tattered clothes.
"Now, Byakuya!"
Ichigo's shouts catch Rukia's attention. She looks up just in time to see Byakuya's thousand "cherry blossoms" swarm around Yukiko. When the blossoms clear, Yukiko's body begins to plummet. However, Byakuya catches her and places her gently beside her brother.
Rukia walks up the sibling's bodies. "Are they…" Rukia can't finish her sentence.
"No, they're both barely alive," Byakuya replies softly. With Yukiko's face finally calm and her hair down, she looks a little like her old self.
Rukia notices that there are no fresh incisions from Byakuya's attack. "Nii-sama," Rukia begins to speak but stops. For the first time, Byakuya's eyes are gentle. His facial expression was still hard, but as he stared down at the girl, his eyes soften.
In all the commotion, everyone had forgotten about Gin "Awww. Aizen-sama's not gonna like thatcha broke his control over the little girlie. But then again, who knows, maybe ya were to late." Without another word, Gin disappears.
The last three survivors stare down at Yukiko. Was it possible that she would awake just to kill them?
**Note this was a rush, so sorry if it was confusing or just bad in general.
So sorry that I haven't updated in a while. Computers been acting up and I was busy with schoolwork. This story is coming to a close, but not without a few more action packed chapters! And here's the cliffhanger question: Which side is Yukiko on now? Good? Or Bad? Muahahahaha!
Happy summers everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Luv, Candygrl2008
