Okay, here sanother one! Since, on the poll, two people voted this story and I have to add TWO chapters. sheesh anyways, this is an anonymous review reply for the person that called him/herself E:

I do not know what you are talking about, but thank you for the review anyways. XD

Now, on with the story! Oh, and I suck at writing battle scene, so don't blame me!


'...What was that?'

I turned quickly. No one was there.

'Chaos, are you trying to scare me?'

She didn't answer.

''Cause your doing a real good job of doing it.'

"I've been looking for you, Kurosaki." Said a monotone voice.

I spun around quickly, nearly tripping over in fright. Then I relaxed.

I drawled, "Kuchiki Byakuya."

He nodded curtly, "Kurosaki Arika."

There was a pause.

I said quietly, "What do you want now?"

He sniffed slightly, "The Soutaichou of the Gotei 13 has ordered me to erase your memories,"

I tensed up slightly. He continued, "But, he also said if you can at least get a scratch on me, then you have to join the Gotei 13 when you die."

I deliberated.

'Chaos? You still there?'

Yes.'

My sigh of relief was audible enough for Byakuya to hear and he raised his eyebrows.

'Do you think i should accept?'

'Of course! That means you won't be able to defend yourself if he erases your memories.'

'But then you would be able to remind me, won't you?'

Before Kaze no Chaos could answer, as if on cue, Byakuya said in a monotone, "If I do erase your memories, you zanpakutou will be taken off you."

I glared at him, then raised Chaos, "Fine then, I accept your challenge."

Before I could prepare, he was suddenly in front of me, already taking a strike.

I leapt back.

'Hes fast...'

No sooner than I thought that, he jumped at me again, too quick for my eyes to follow. He slashed at my belly and I gasped as he cut it shallowly over my belly button. I leapt into the air and landed on a roof before he could injure me more.

I yelled at him, "You bastard!"

He shrugged at me, acting emotionless, then held his sword up, "Chire, Senbonzakura."

My eyes widened and I shouted out, "Holy shit!!"

His eye twitched when I said that, but his sword dispersed into petals anyway.

They all went towards me and I quickly thought up a plan. I leapt back and muttered, "Show your True Air, Kaze no Chaos."

My zanpakutou transformed and I jumped back again as the petals floated closer. I swung my blade at them and a gust of strong wind accompanied it, blowing them away.

I turned to Byakuya, who was watching me with cold features. The petals returned to the zanpakutou form, and he appeared in front of me yet again.

'That bloody asshole...'

'Calm, Arika.'

'Right. Calm.'

I barely had time to block his swing at me and we both locked blades. He was stronger, so he pushed me effortlessly off the roof. I gritted my teeth and back flipped twice and landed on my feet.

He came at me again and again, his zanpakutou leaving little craters where ever I had been standing. 'What the hell?! Is he trying to kill me?!'

'Hm...I was wondering, since our element is wind, can we create lightening?'

'Have we got another form of shikai?'

'If you looked at it that way...then yes.'

'Wow.'

I dodged another of Byakuya's attacks, pivoted, and slashed at his face. He leaned back quickly, and disappeared.

I sensed him behind me and I ducked in time for him to miss beheading me.

I jumped forward and whirled around to see Byakuya fly at me again and I jumped and his low attack at my legs. While in the air, I aimed for his face again.

He ducked and leapt back; I landed on the ground lightly.

We began to circle each other.

'Any ideas?' I hissed at my zanpakutou in my head.

'Yes, make some lightning, achieve another form of shikai.'

'THIS IS NOT A TRAINING SESSION!'

'I never said it was.'

'Well?' I fumed impatiently.

'I'm thinking!'

'Well think faster!'

'Hey, I'm nearly doin all the work here!'

'My stomach aches!'

'You'll live.'

'And you won't either if you don't at least give me some intructions!'

I heard her sigh impatiently. But I didn't dwell over that as I dodged another of Byakuya's attacks. This time, as I crouched quickly, he got some of my hair. I skidded back from him and shouted, "Hey! You fool! that was my hair! Aim for my skin next time!"

I thought I heard Byakuya's response, "Don't you think I'm trying?"

'I've got it!'

'Finally!'

He seemed to ignore my answer and continued as if I didn't speak at all, 'Create some wind, then imagine that lightning is your second element. Feel it, then say, "Release the True Air of Lightning, Kaze no Chaos.'

I thought about it uncertainly, 'Won't I faint the same way last time?'

'Just do it.'

I rolled my eyes and concentrated. The air stirred around me. 'Lightning, lighitning, lightning, lighitning...I feel stupid.'

When I said the last part, a shock went up my arm that was holding my zanpkautou. I jumped, dropping my weapon. I shook my arm wildly, "Holy hell! that hurts!"

Byakuya, watching, raised an eyebrow at my antics.

I stopped after a while, and picked up my zanpakutou.

As soon as I touched it, I dropped it again. First, Chaos was shouting at me, 'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!!?!', and, second, another shock went up my arm.

I shook my head, then carefully picked it up again, ignoring Chaos and the pain. After a while, the pain just stopped, but the tingling feeling was still there. I said, "Release the Flare of Lightning, kaze no Chaos?" there was an air of a question the sentence.

I heard a mental sound of someone slapping their forehead. 'Baka! Arika is supposed to say "Release the True Air of Lightning, Kaze no Chaos!"'

I sweatdropped, and Byakuya was still looked strangely at me.

I sighed in embarrassment and said slowly, still saying it like a question, "Release the True Air of Lightning, Kaze no Chaos?"

'Now you did it right.' I ignored her once again.

I frowned as the grey etchings on my blade turned to the colours gold and the markings on the blade changed to a lightning bolt. The hilt stayed the same.

I cocked my head, 'Yo, Chaos, I can still use the wind element, yes?'

'Yes, but this form concentrates on lightning more, if you want to have more power on your wind, you have to use the other form.'

'Okay then.'

I lifted the weapon experimentally. It was quite light, that was good. I wonder if I swing it...

I swung it in Byakuya's direction and large bolts of lighitning aimed for him. Funny thing was, it didn't come from my blade, it came from the sky.

'Okay, find some way to distract him, then scratch him.'

'Dang, I only have to scratch him, don't I?'

I heard my zanpakutou mentally sigh.

I kept and sending lots of lightning at Byakuya, and he kept on dodging them swiftly. I was having to much fun to notice that he was advancing on me at the same time.

'Behind you!'

I understood the warning from her words and also that Byakuya was gone from my sight.

I turned and saw how close Byakuya was. He was about to strike me-

...

...

...

But was distracted by our lips meeting. His lips were surprisingly soft. I closed my eyes. Ah, bloss. Maybe when I die... I might snag him-

'Not the way I thought you would have distracted him, but, good anyways...Hey! Don't get carried away!'

His eyes widened as I quickly lifted my zanpakutou and slashed him lightly on the face.

He jumped back from me, disconnecting our lips, and he roughly wiped his lips.

He growled, "If you were not going to join the Gotei 13 later on, then I wouldn't be restraining from killing you."

Somehow I believed that.

He turned and disappeared.

'Nice going'

I didn't answer, but I suddenly blacked out.


I felt my warm bed under me and stretched. I opened my eyes, but I had to shut them quickly because of the light streaming from the window.

I rolled over, and almost fell off the bed, but I saved myself just in time by putting down my legs first. I went over the events of last night.

'i didn't return home, so how did I get back here?'

'I don't know.'

'That thing with Byakuya was just a dream, wasn;t it?'

My zanpakutou didn't answer, and I pulled up my pajama top to check. The shallow cut was there, fresh as day.