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Suiren was following the trail of reiatsu the couple of ryoka left behind them. It was easy to follow, it wasn't every day you sensed a Quincy's reiatsu so clearly. That being said, she was closing in fast. There was a Shinigami already engaging them in battle, but she didn't care, she wanted to nab these two so that Toshiro wouldn't be disappointed or angry with anyone. If anything, he'd probably be proud that she got them or maybe just give her praise before telling her to go back to working on getting the rest. She was doing all of this just to follow those simple orders. It wasn't anything special. She was doing what she was told to, that's all. She heard faint yelling in the distance, making her smirk at her luck. The battle was still going, but the shinigami was already on his last attacks. These guys must be strong. She liked that. She liked challenges just like the other shinigami. But fighting a Quincy? This was amazing! It might be a once in a life time experience.
As she arrived, the large man fell to the ground with a crash. Suiren kept her distance for now. No need to startle the ryoka. She wanted a fight, not an ambush. "Is he dead?" She heard one of them ask, obviously a female. "No. I just took away his reiatsu altogether...he'll probably never be a shinigami ever again." The male ryoka answered, making the silver haired girl think a bit. If he could sever those lines...then she had to be careful with this. She flash stepped her way onto the rooftop, looking down at the now pathetic man. She stepped on his stomach and huffed. "What a useless man...can't use his reiatsu anymore and probably will end up killing himself. How sad." She shook her head before looking at the two. The bespectacled boy was glaring at her, raising his bow in case she attacked. The young woman looked scared but was ready to attack. Suiren laughed and unsheathed her zanpakutou. "So you really do wanna fight? I was planning on you guys coming along quietly." She held her zanpakutou in front of her, readying herself for any attacks.
"Not likely." The Quincy stated and started to fire arrows at her. She waited for the last second to move out of the way. She dodged all those arrows gracefully, not letting one nick her or even hit her. She did a sideways twirl before slashing at him with her sword. He moved back but part of his sleeve was nicked. He scowled at her and launched another few arrows at her. She again dodged them again, almost looking like an elegant dancer in the middle of a waltz. "Koten Zanshun! I reject!" The woman blinked and looked over, seeing the yellow razor flying towards her. It was weak, she could see the thing wasn't doing so well in the first place. She sidestepped the attack and simply grabbed the little thing in the center. "What is this? A fairy?" She wondered as she looked at it. "Let me go!" She growled as she felt the thing cut her and fly back towards the orangette once she let go. She looked at the cut on her hand and growled. This girl was brave to cut her like that. "Looks like you aren't so useless. You had me worried." She smirked at her before keeping her attention on the Quincy. She blinked, though, seeing him charge up a new wave of arrows.
She held up her zanpakutou and got rid of most of them when he fired the arrows, but a few got too close for comfort. She moved to the side a bit and deflected another before flinched as she felt one catch her uniform. It ripped away the side, but she didn't seem to get cut. She glared at him but smiled. "You're getting better at hitting me." "I was always good at it, Shinigami." He sounded like he truly detested her. Their exchange of blows went on. She only cut him a few times while he simply missed. The girl with him tried to help but she was good at dodging these things. Suiren wouldn't let them get a fair hit on her. However, she did screw up. She deflected another arrow, however, the boy shot another, pinning her pant leg to the concrete under her. She glared at him but continued to look confident. She wasn't going to give up so easily. "Try to do that again, Quincy." She taunted him and waited patiently. He shot an arrow, but again, she blocked it. "You can't move very well, so I have you just sitting there. It'll be easy to hit you this time." He observed and shot two arrows. Suiren blocked the first but only managed to deflect the other. Consequently, she deflected it right into her stomach. She coughed back a scream of pain before glaring at him. She wasn't smiling or smirking. She didn't feel different, so nothing was severed. She couldn't let her powers be taken away. Not by a near extinct breed. "Well? Aren't you going to finish me off? You already got my stomach." She panted slightly before raising her zanpakutou. She flicked her finger on the tip of it, sending out a loud ringing sound. The ryoka girl looked around, hearing ruckus behind them. "Uryu we have to go! I think she called reinforcements!" The boy named Uryu seemed to think of whether or not to finish this one off. But by the sounds of things down below, they didn't have much time. "Fine." He grabbed her hand and quickly ran off to find someplace to hide.
When Shinigami finally arrived to help, those two ryoka were gone and so were the arrows that pinned her and stuck in her stomach. Suiren laid down on the ground, panting but keeping pressure on her wound. The last thing she needed was to bleed out in such a place. The division Four members came soon after to take her and the other man to the infirmary. Her wounds weren't serious, but she knew he would be kicked out soon after. He didn't have his reiatsu anymore. He wasn't a Shinigami anymore. Once there, she was patched up and laying in a bed in her own room. She was still conscious, she couldn't get to sleep. She kept thinking about those two ryoka. She could tell they were here to save Rukia. Their eyes said it all. She heard footsteps outside and looked at her door, only to see her captain there. She sat up straight, although it hurt a lot. "What are you doing moving like that? Lay back down!" He ordered her but she refused to budge. He sighed and shook his head while she smiled. "What were you thinking going after them alone? You should have had a squad with you! Now we're out two members..." He muttered, not seeming happy at all. Suiren seemed to be the only one who actually listened to him, but now she was injured and stuck here until she healed! Great, things were just going so swell!
However, the silver haired woman tilted her head. "Two? What do you mean?" He glanced at her before sighing and shaking his head. "Kuromi got herself into something. There were no wounds but she was found unconscious. She's still sleeping now, but I don't like any of this." He told her and folded his arms as he leaned against the wall. All this was going so strangely. Especially at the Taichou's meeting. He frowned a little before looking at Suiren. She seemed concerned for her friend, but there was no way she could go and just get up. Toshiro would have a fit and keep her in the bed. "Listen...whatever you do, do not trust Gin-taichou. In fact...keep an eye out for Kuromi. She's too comfy cozy with that guy." He warned her and pushed himself off the wall. The woman nodded, though was surprised to hear that suddenly. She knew he didn't like him, but telling her not to trust him? That was strange. "Understood..." She had to get to the bottom of this first. He nodded and patted her head before going ahead to walk out. "Get some rest, you need it." He left after saying that. Suiren looked to be in thought, but she wasn't sure what to think entirely. She just had that feeling that maybe something was going on...something deeper than most of them suspected.
But Suiren did keep her end of the bargain. She did rest and sleep for most of the day to let her wound heal. But as night came, she woke up from her slumber. Everything was quiet, no division four members were walking around in a hurry. She glanced around before getting out of her bed and held her stomach. It was still sore and she was sure if she moved too much, the wound would rip open. She moved carefully and walked out of her room, deciding to look for her friend. She must be in here somewhere, even if it was just for her falling unconscious. That was the strange part, though. No wounds or injuries...she just fell. There was something going on and she had to figure out what. She heard rustling though, and looked to her left. The door was shut, but she could hear something going on. She stepped forward and opened the door to look in. She saw Kuromi in her bed, looking awfully troubled. But she was sleeping. The heart monitor was beeping fast, though. Her brainwaves were even giving some startling results. The woman frowned before walking over and looked at her friend. She was having another nightmare. Her ears kept twitching from folded to perked. Her tail must be going wild. "Kuromi...Kuromi get up. You're having a nightmare. Come on, get up." She nudged her gently at first but nothing was changing. Suiren frowned before pulled her ears. "Kuromi, wake up!" The fox girl's eyes snapped open before she sat up straight, panting in a cold sweat. The silver haired woman stepped back, never seeing her this frightened before. What was going on in that dream.
"Kuromi?" She tried to get her to talk, but she just stared at her lap.
"Papa did this to me..."