Here is the fourth chapter of Bleach: little bee, big changes so I would like to say I hope you all enjoy this new chapter. Am looking to improve my writing as I go along so if my writing is not good write now for you all I hope you can be patient and if any of you have tips for improving or spicing it up please go a head am open to suggestions.
I would like to know your thoughts on my OC do you like him so far? does he interest you any of you at all? are you curious about him and his history and his past hundred years with soifon.
And what of soifon are interested in how far she has changed?
Any way on with chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or any of its original characters.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"Zanpaktou speaking"
"Zanpaktou thinking"
'Zanpaktou/kido techniques'
During the early morning Shiba house
The light was breaking over the horizon, and the Rukons were beginning to awaken. The air was cool and was slowing warming up as the sun started to shine, the sky was becoming a canvas of ever changing colours as the minutes past from black, red, purple and currently settling on orange for now.
Down in the Shiba house hold away from the break of the morning light Soifon was finishing up on adding a point to the energy sphere that the Shiba orb constructs . Soi breathed heavy she had to admit this was tougher than she first thought but still she was done. She just needed to try it one more time just make sure she had it perfectly stable.
Soi breathed deep and focused herself on the orb and pictured creating a blue sphere around her then began picturing the top of that sphere becoming taller and gaining at sharp tip to it. Once she had her ideal shape in mind the young woman began to gently pouring more and more of her spirit energy into the sphere at a controlled pace. As fast as the eye could see a blue glowing sphere of hard solidified spirit energy formed around Soifon lifting her in the air at about a foot, smoothly the sphere's top began to grow taller and become pointer as it grew taller until it looked similar to a mining drill.
When soifon looked at her work all she could think was "perfect" and smiled to herself for getting it done. Now all she had to do was tell her dad and they could finally get the last phase done and shoot off….literally.
As if having a six sense for when his daughter needed him Haelen walking through the door on the other side of the room and sees Soifon's complete version of the Shiba cannonball and grows a smile under his mask "as impressive as always my little Soifon she was only half an hour behind me, now it's time we merge the two while Kukaku is setting up the canon" he mused before walking over getting his daughter's attention as he did so.
When the grey eyed girl noticed her fathers presence she smiled and shut of the flow of her spirital energy and lets the pointed energy sphere dissipate into the air. Soifon continued to smile proudly while speaking "see that am done so can we get to the final bit and go help Yoruichi with whatever she got herself into" she ask now becoming excited at finally getting to see her old mentor, friend and long time crush.
Haelen shakes his head in amusement at his daughters eagerness and proceeds to rub her head with his left hand "hum calm down Soifon we will get to that, but first we need to discuss something" he said starting of cheerful and turning a bit more serious "when you see Yoruichi are you going to you know confess your feelings to her" he said sounding worried for his little girl.
Soifon blushed a little at this and looked down at her feet "um well yeah I plan to" she said nervously, while fiddling with the Shiba orb in her hands.
Haelen put a hand on Soifon's shoulder to regain her attention "okay but I want you to remember what I told you okay" he said with a stern voice with an undertone of concern.
Soifon nodded "yeah I remember, my feeling for her may not be returned and sometimes its just not meant to be even if I really it to" after that the blue haired girl took in a deep breath and showed her masked dad a small smile before continuing "and anyway its like you said their are 'plenty of fish in the sea' right?" he nodded and rub her head again " and if I'm lucky I may find my soul mate like you did, and maybe I will find it Yoruichi and if not maybe someone else" she finished sounding positive as Haelen was done rubbing her head.
Haelen nodded at Soifon's word "yeah you just gotta keep an open mind you could find your soul mate to be the kind of person you thought you could never fall for, believe me I was surprised when it happened to me, but I didn't feel the need to fight it" said Haelen reminiscing on the past and his time spent with his soul mate they where some of the happiest time of his long life.
Soifon laugh a little at remembering when Haelen told her about those stories of him and this mystery woman, some of them where shocking she sometimes questioned her dads very sanity for falling in love with such a person, but that changed when he talked about how their relationship evolved and became something truly amazing. She had to admire him, because even after so much time he still loves only her.
Haelen breathed out and suddenly there was a more serious air about him"okay now on to a pressing matter, it's about this Rukia that has been captured. Kukaku just told me a detail she had left out in her story" stated Haelen in a grave tone of voice.
Soifon looks at her dad nervous at what could possible have him so on edge. During the time before they seperated for practice, Soifon had told him about how she had her suspicions that something bigger was going on behind this Rukia's execution to pull both Kisuke and Yoruichi out hiding like this.
Since Soifon told him this Haelen had been thinking it over, it did seem odd that two high level soul reapers like this Kisuke and Yoruiche would just put themselves at such risk to rescue this Rukia girl, especially having Yoruiche come back directly ever if she could turn into a cat, he can understand if she wants to see Soifon again but still its a huge risk to comeback directly, and so after mulling over it he too came to a similar thought "something isn't right".
Soifon looks waiting for him to speak "well what she say? don't leave me hanging" she asked desperately wanting to know what happened during this Rukias capture.
Haelen sighs at what he was about to say " Soifon dear I think you're correct about something not being right, and what Kukaku told me just about proves that something is not right in Soul Society" he spoke in a tone, that told Soifon that he must be frowning under his mask "Soifon soul society sent a lieutenant and a captain together to capture this Rukia girl" he stated in earnest.
This new information shocked Soifon leaving her staring at him while stewing in her thoughts "a captain and a lieutenant? what the hell? that can't be right they are the highest levels of ranking apart from the head captain, sending those kind of levels to capture one stray shinigami is way too extreme, it doesn't make sense was this Ichigo thwarting multiple capture attempts or what?"Soifon head was becoming a whirl wind of questions as her thoughts went on.
Haelen could see the confusion in her eyes and thought it best to pull her out of her inner study, so her snapped his fingers together in front of her face which snapped her out of her thoughts "Soifon my dear" he said getting her attention "I don't know what's going on in that place but whatever it is we better be prepared for the worst because whatever may be going on, this Rukias clearly at the heart of it all, especially if soul society was willing to just send a captain to go retrieve her let alone a captain and a lieutenant" he explained with worry clear in his voice at not knowing what they may be getting themselves involved in.
Hearing his worry Soifon felt she should help console him "it's okay dad whatever it is am sure we can handle it because you and me are the best they just know it yet" she said with confidence in her tone and a smirk on her face, which made him laugh as he ruffled her hair which she quickly squirmed out off then began fixing her messed up blue locks.
Still laughing at his daughter boastful moment Haelen decided it was time to get down to business "Okay enough chit chat it's time to finish up so lets get to it" he said clapping and rubbing his black covered hands together. Those word earned him a small grin from Soifon; happy to finally speeds things along and getting to see Yoruichi again, plus she was also excited by the thought of just busting right into soul society and testing her new found strength.
sometime later nearing mid day
Kukaku was just about done with the setup for the launch and now she was waiting for Haelen and Soifon to arrive, luckily she didn't have to wait long because a second later they appeared before her so suddenly that Kukaku nearly jump out of her skin "AHHHH! what the hell warm a girl next time you're gonna do that weird trick will ya!" she shouted clutching the area of her chest where her heart would be felt beating, which was feast for the eyes in Soifon case "oh sweet mercy" Soifon blankly thought.
Seeing his daughter beginning to zone out, turn red and drool a little with a stupid grin beginning to appear on her face, Haelen laughed before pulling out water container from his cloak holding it up to Soi zoned out face and squeezed some of the cool liquid on to her face.
Shocked by the sudden change in temperature, Soifon flew back and landed on the ground comically all the while both her dad, Kukaku and those two guys they floored earlier burst out laughing at her reaction to the water. "HEY! what the hell?!" she shouted pointing an accusing finger at her old man while at the same time displaying being flustered and embarrassed at what he had done to her.
Haelen looked at his daughter and stifled a laugh in his throat "well dear you looked a little hot so I thought you could do with cooling down a little, but given how red your face is right now it clearly didn't work, so should I give you a little more? maybe that will work" he spoke to the young girl with an innocent tone which did nothing cover the undertone of mocking in his voice.
Soifon just scowled at the man for embarrassing her, not for totally ruining her forming fantasy at all…. cough "humph whatever can we go now?" she requested in a annoyed tone of voice with her arms folded over her chest refusing to look anyone in the eye.
Haelen laughed as his daughters cute little pout "I will be shocked if this Yoruichi actually turns down her confession, she is just soooo cute~, but we will just have to see how everything plays out for her" after his inner monologue Haelen offered his little girl a hand, she took the offered hand still with a frown on her and got back on her feet.
When Soifon was done pouting she turned to talk to Kukaku "Kukaku is the canon ready now?" she got a nod in response "great so now we can leave,am excited to see how things have changed since I left plus am curious to see how Yoruichis changed, plus am really interested in meeting this gang she came with and this magnet for trouble Rukia, this all already sounds like its gonna be a fun day" Soi listed while counting on her fingers and finishing with a smirk which did nothing to truly express her exhilaration for whatever to come once they break in.
"Yeah you and me both, am interested to see if their is any good kido users in there these days, and I wonder how Yamamoto's been over the years and from your description tells of him sounds like he has gotten preeetty old since the last time we met, I wonder if he will even recognize me hehehe" he said sounding pretty amused with himself before taking a more saddened voice " and then there's...her I wonder how she will react to seeing me again" he finished with slight distress in his voice.
Soifon heard this and placed a reassuring hand on his arm, this made Haelen tense up and then turn his head back to her and saw a small smile on her face with banished away all his negativity and made his nerves calm back down.
The masked man coughed into his hand and started walking to the canon"well now shall we go see what all this is about?" he spoke in his loving fatherly voice as he picked up a Shiba sphere and made his way to the canon with Soifon in tow.
Soifon smiled when she saw him turn back to his happy calm self and was thrilled that it was finally time leave "yeah lets go already!" she said running past him into the canon leaving gust of wind in her wake at the speed she sped off at, leaving a chuckling Haelen and a smirking Kukaku behind.
"man that girl is really impatient, she is really looking forward to seeing you again yoruichi, but now it seems her interests have peaked further since telling her that story of why you're even here to begin with" mused Kukaku as she watch Soifon yelling at Haelan to pick up the pace and her quickly getting fed up and just grabbing him by his cloak and throwing him into the cannons hatch.
Kukaku then focused on Haelen and her face scrunched in confusion "Then theirs this guy, I don't know what to make of him, Soifon calls him dad but I remember Yoruichi telling me that this girl is a Fon, so why is she calling this man her dad? huuuh oh well not like it matters as long as they their intention stay good then nothing should go wrong and the gang gets some extra help its a win win" thought Kukaku nodding to herself at the end decideing to keep on the bright side of things
When the Shiba Head exited her thoughts, Haelen and Soifon were already getting ready to launch "OK! to fire off get the orb fired up first and please add your modification when in the air okay? I don't want my beautiful canon getting busted up alright" she got nods from both Haelen and Soifon and as order they activated the sphere but avoided the modifications "ok I think we're ready, boys close the hatch and prepared to fire!" she shouted commanding the pair and got "yes mamas" in return.
Before the hatch shut Kukaku quickly shouted "good luck you two and give em hell for me and if you see my brother Ganju tell him to get his butt back alive or else!" she said with a big toothy grin on her face and a bit of worry in her voice for her only remaining family.
With nothing left to say Kukaku began shouted to the pair of big men "3, 2, 1 FIRE! HAHAHAHA" she laughs maniacally as the pair where shot into the direction of soul society. Kukaku then pulled out a pair binoculars out of thin air and watched as they flew in the distance. Kukaku was watching because she was hoping to see a flashy entrance like the last time. Last time was practically pure bliss for pyromaniac there where so many lights and different explosions. She thinks she may have briefly passed out from the excitement of the show.
With Soifon and Haelan
"AHHHHHHHHH!" exclaimed the pair in totally grace, its not that they where not use to moving at high speeds, they it did a lot during flash steps but this was artificial and strange to them but after a while of screaming they got use to it.
A now calm Soifon looked at her father for confirmation to start adding the upgrades which he responded to by nodded telling her to go ahead and start. With no further confirmation needed Soifon began to reshaped the sphere until the point was in the spot where they would impact with the barrier surrounding the Seireitei "Okay its ready, your up dad".
Haelen nodded and began to apply his ingredient, rotation. He began making the sphere spin around them faster and faster until wisps of blue energy where coming of the sides of the ball and the sharp tip. He further focused a lot of power into the point to make it beyond pinpoint sharp, you could even see a glimmer come off the tip. Haelen hummed in satisfaction "perfect we are ready, with this we should be able to get through without injury or be exhausted after, but knowing that barrier we won't be without a fight" he said finishing grimly.
Soifon nodded and saw the Seriete approaching she got a slight feeling of nostalgia at seeing the white towers, the humongous Sokyoku hill, all the squad barracks and the maze like design of the streets. She wondered if dad was having the same feeling right now at seeing it for the first time in so very long.
What Soi didn't know was that she was half right. Haelen was overcome with a feeling but not of nostalgia but a longing, longing for the one he had to leave behind when he left all those years ago, and he wondered how she would react to seeing him again "she will probably try to kill me" he thought with bitter humour "well if Soifon can work up the nerve to come back, then I will too no more hiding in the shadows, time for action" he thought with steeled resolve.
"well here it comes brace yourself Soifon!" Haelen shouted and Soifon readied herself as they were about to hit the barrier. The next part left them both in a stupor so hard you could possible build a wall out is it. The great barrier of Serieite, the barrier that could take nearly any kind of impact failed to hold them for even half a second as they slipped through and where now rocketing to the ground at a slightly slower pace but still pretty damn fast.
Before they hit the ground their brains rebooted and in sync they shouted "ABORT!" and then cut of power to the orb and used their energy to create a cushion on landing. They gracefully fell on to one of the many square tiled paths of seriete lined by with tiled roofed walls on both sides.
Soifon looked at her father with a comically unimpressed expression "well that was um easy" when she looked at her father she saw he had equally unimpressed look on his mask how he was doing that she couldn't figure out.
All Haelen could muster up was "yeah, agreed" the masked man then looked up at the invisible barrier "what the hell? am certain the barrier should have been more sturdy than that, have they lessened the power flow to it? even with our technique there should have been more of a struggle, but we just...slipped through" he spoke guessing on what could have gotten the barrier to be so suddenly weak"its like someone wanted...use...NO! not use!, Yoruichi's group to get through, whatever is going on here? it feel like a tra-" before the black clad man could finish internal study on the situation he lost his focus by the feeling of a huge spiritual pressure.
"what? that amount of spiritual pressure can only mean someone has just released their Bankia and wait! their not the only one there's another one, are two captains fighting?, wait there's another! and another! oh sweet mercy! its battle royal in here! captains are fighting everywhere! even Yamamoto! what the hell is happening in here!?" Haelen was again knocked out of his thought by his daughter
"Dad can you sense that? their so many high spirital energie engaging each other out their and seems like two are coming straight from the sokyoku hill and their looks to be some sort of tornado forming on the top of hill, I think someone just released their Bankia, strange it feels like its powers expanding then condensing, a compression type maybe?" she spoke with rising interest and curiosity.
As Soifon focused on the spirtal energies she began to recognize one of the two, she then proceeded to focused in of the familiar energy her expression turned into one of surpise when she figured out who's it was, but the surpised didnt last long as her lips began to form a smirk "oh and would you feel that Byakuya Kuchiki has made it to be a captain and has attained his Bankai not bad for just over a 100 years impressive he must have trained really hard" she said in an impressed tone at feeling his Bankai's power, whitch she could feel was was over sized yet fast and graceful.
Haelen turned to his daughter and asked "Byakuya?" she nodded "isnt that the young Kuchiki your old mentor use to tease?" she nodded again "you said he is a captain?" she nodded once again "so maybe he has as become the new head of his clan..." he finished and delving into his thought "so maybe I can ask him to release me of my charges, if he hasn't inherited a grudge against me that is" he thought with hope.
Soifon knew what he was thinking and decided to voice her thoughts "I know what you're thinking dad and yes I do think he can release you of the charges set on you by his clan and the central 46, he was a good kid a bit short tempered but good and his grandfather was also a good man, you did a great thing for that clan in the long run and am sure if Byakuya heard your story he will understand, well thats if he hasn't changed into a total ass" Soifon said backing up her dads thoughts and joking a little at the end to lighten things up a little.
Her words seem to work as Haelen sighed in relief "that good to hear, thank you deer I will ask him when I have the chance and when am well looking more presentable" he said while pulling at his mask which stretched a little and snapped back harshly into place when he let go, electing a hiss from Haelen and making him rub his now sore cheek.
Soifon shook her head in amusement at her dad "its okay it would be nice with you not having the law of this place coming down of you like a pack of wolfs and who knows maybe the same could go for me" she said nonchalantly as she began to walk down the road and then stopped and turned back to her masked father "by the way what do you want to do now? gather some information? find out whats happening with Byakuya up on the hill? go look for Yoruichi and any of her group? or maybe locate this Rukia girl if she hasn't already been torched? or do you wanna split to cover more ground and take some tasks each?" she suggested
Haelen stood for a second thinking her opinions over they were all very good and important tasks in themselves, they could gather information along the way while they do the tasks, the Rukia thing was tough they had no idea if she was even alive anymore and not just a pile of dust somewhere plus they didn't have a description of what the girl looks like, so even if she was alive they wouldn't know what features to look out for.
Finally there was the splitting up thing he didn't like them splitting up right now not with their full strength still on lock down, but he has full confidence in her stealth skills and could trust her to stay hidden and put up a fight if spotted.
After a minute or two of thinking, the black clad man came to an effective setup "Okay we will split up cover more ground, but I want you to try and stay out of trouble okay sweetie" she nod and smiled at his worry " we will gather intel as we go along thats if there's any to collect, I will take the hill you try and find yoruichi her gang"explained Haelen to Soifon who nodded so far liking this setup, she gets to search for Yoruichi and he will be somewhere easy to meet up with if she comes up dry in her search.
Haelen also remember that Kukaku also gave him a brief description on what the groups members look so he decided to pick up where he left off"and that's if they around I was told one was a nerdy looking Quincy, a busty redhead with blue flower hair pins, a tall muscular Mexican man and finally a guy with spiky orange hair with loads of spirit energy and a blade nearly as big him which he carries on his back, soooooo not hard to miss" Haelen finishing his description of their fellow Ryoka.
Soifon whistled at the group they did sound like an interesting bunch "a nerdy Quincy, a busty redhead, a tall mexican and a spiritual juiced up ginger hedgehog sounds like the makings of great manga or show" She mused before returning her focus back to Haelen "okay got it am going to search for anyone who looks like them" stated the black and blueish haired woman who was about ready to flash step away before stopping herself "and oh dad please stay safe yourself, okay?" gentle asked Soifon with worry filling her voice.
The masked father smiled at his daughters concern for his well being "okay I promise my little honey bee" he stated in his most sincerest voice.
She was relieved to hear him promise to her "thank you, now lets get a move" was all she said before flash stepping away.
Haelen stood their for a second before turning to gaze into one of the shadows around him "hmm strange it feels like the shadows have changed somehow...nah must just be paranoia or something" he thought before flash stepping off to the Sokyoku hill were a captain level battle was taking place.
And with that two new Ryoka enter the playing field.
Chapter four end
Yeah not much happened in this chapter but a lot happens in the next one and it is the longest chapter yet, I could make every chapter long but I dont want them to be super long to the point of being painfully long I have read such fics and their good but I feel they should have been more chopped up a bit to give the reader some time to digest some of the story.
Any way this chapter was more of a connective chapter and a setup for the next one, review if you liked anything about it please no flames is it? you know anything down right hateful, criticism is still welcome.
Next chapter A bees search and a traitors reveal