BLEACH
Urahara K.
Chapter 4-Fight!
The air is tense and the bodies are in perfect place, completing the stage that only fate could possibly create. I can sense Byakuya preparing to lung at me, while Mayuri is gasping for air, trying to reach for his Zanpakto. Just when jumps to this "mans" rescue, I quickly flash step to the side, barely dodging the swing of his blade. Never have I seen Byakuya attack with his sword first. With this new turn of attack strategy, I now know that he is taking this issue seriously. And to think he and I were once chums for a moment or two before the day of reckoning came and passed. I would have thought that he was on my side after what I did for him all those weeks ago, or shall I say months? I can not really think at this particular moment but I know that it was a day unlike any other. For that day would be the only day that I would see the stern, calm, and intelligent Byakuya Kuchike smile. But that is a topic for some other time. Right now I must continue with the battle that is commencing. I cannot afford to think about the past when I should really be plotting my next move on the board.
"You! you monster! how dare you try to assassinate a captain such as I."
"How dare you call me a monster when your the one who started this."
"What? what are you talking about?"
"You know very well what you did to me and the rest of our use to be squad."
"And what is that?"
"You betrayed us, just so you can be where you are now."
"No more talking you two. The time for words is over. Now is the time for battle or surrender. The decision is yours Urahara. What will it be?"
"You speak of my only options as if they are simple to decide Byakuya...but then again I always fancied your way of speech. Sadly I must decline one option. I'm sure you'll understand as always."
"I shall never understand your actions Urahara, but I am disappointed that a man like yourself would make such a rash decision."
I point out my blade at Byakuaya and release a small amount of pressure that began to steadily rise with every passing moment. Within my time of sprouting my force, I can feel Byakuya's spiritual pressure building in a monstrous way. Never has he ever pushed his power so high towards me, but than again this is no laughing matter. I cannot dwell on the past and allow him to catch me off guard with the thinking that I am producing. Yes he is strong, but only in Kido, strategy, running, and skills with a blade. I too am the same, except for the fact that I have much more experience than he who wields such grand power.
"Alright, go on ahead Byakuya. Make your move and I shall surprise you like I always have in the past."
"...such arrogance."
What a way to start a crowd Kisuke...what a way. Even as he is angered, he looses no concentration, no force of will, and no disruption of power. He has trained well since the last time we sparred, but sadly he is still no match for me. I can tell right of the hand that he lacks fun. After all having fun within battles leads to victory. Only a smile on ones face can disrupt the nature of a dual. I crack a smile at Byakuya and swing my Zanpakto in a strait line from above after he side steps at such an intense speed before me, with his blade swinging upward to my chest. I can tell he saw my face, only because he slanted his blade to the side. With this minor mistake he made I place my free hand in front of his face and hold out my palm.
"Kido 31: Shot of Red Fire."
A ball of fire produces from my palm and is released into the atmosphere of Byakuya's face. He dashes to the side before impact, which was now imprinted into the ground below my very feet.
"Wow, your quickness is impressive. I suppose I was wrong to have lectured Yoruichi that you had not mastered the flash step."
"That is not all you are wrong about Urahara...this game you are playing shall be your downfall."
With a blink of an eye Byakuya vanishes from my sights, along with his pressure. This is not fairing me well at all, Yoruichi told me Byakuya had "mastered" the flash step, but I had no idea he had taken it to the next level. I suppose I will have to unleash Benihime, her power is the only assurance I have for winning this pointless battle.
"It saddens me to resolve to this Byakuya, but your far to dangerous to be running around me like some wild hog."
Just then, I see it. I see my own blood gush out of my left arm, and at first I was shocked, but at the same time amazed. In the bitter moments of this attack, I quickly take to the skies and land on a tree branch when gravity took its toll on my body. As Byakuya plotted his next move below me, I begin to rub an oil on my cut, stopping it from bleeding any further.
"You can't stay here forever Urahara!"
Byakuya appears in front of my face, already swinging his blade in a slanted path across my chest. Before the the power of his sword struck me, I was barely able to raise my own blaze, making our two very fine Zanpakto's clash with one another. Seconds after that one strike, he began to quickly throw swing after swing towards me. As he continued his furious blitzkrieg on me, I could only perform one counter, which was to constantly read his attack pattern and strike back. Our swords began to create a light show of sparks as Mayori enjoyed the comforts of having to do absolutely nothing. I turned my sight toward Mayori for only a second, but within that movement Byakuya was able to seize that time and swing an attack at my leg. Again there was blood dripping down to the cold moist ground below us. I gathered as much energy as I could within two seconds and used it to swing my blade at Byakuya's sword, making him fly off of the branch and back to the ground.
"Wow, thats very impressive. Who would have ever thought you could hit the man who has the ultimate defense."
I raised my precious Benihime above my head as I began to think of words that could make even Socrates jealous. So I cleared my throat as I hear Byakuya snarl at the fact that I was about to release Benihime from her shell.
"For all that is beautiful but deadly and yet so rare in this world filled of righteous men, I call upon you, my most precious and caring protector of life and love...I ask that you awaken Benihime, for the time lecture is over."
My pressure spreads out like a wildfire, pushing back and scaring mother nature around me. I am saddened to see the Earth cripple around me, but I have no choice in this matter. I have to release my Bankai if I ever wish to live to tell the tale. As my bankai was unraveling itself, I feel a long strip of rope wrap around my wrists, along with a strong pull soon after its grasp on me. Once I see the colors of that silk fabric, it hit me. This was one of Yoruichi's items, the one invention I created that can restrain any man, woman, or child in place until the caster of the rope moved it's position. Meaning that one cannot move unless the other does. This invention of mines was always skeptical for battle purposes, and sadly it was turned down by Yamamoto himself when I had finished the final product. Yoruichi always fancied this device of mines, so instead of placing the vetoed item away into a vault, I simply gave it to Yoruichi as a present. My was that day grand...but now is not the time to allow myself the chance to make a mistake and loose focus.
"Kisuke, what are you doing? you know it's too dangerous to be releasing your bankai in the city."
"I-...I'm sorry, I wasn't paying much attention."
"Yeah, I'm sure you weren't, but Byakuya, I'm surprised that you didn't try to move the battlefield."
"Leave Yoruichi, run away and don't turn back, this battle is between I and the ex-captain of Gotei thirteen."
"He's right Yoruichi, you need to get out of here. It appears that you have been placed in the same category as I, in punishment. They will kill you if they catch you."
Just then the rope is pulled back into Yoruichi's hand, and I'm allowed to decrease my spiritual pressure and move. But the second I place my blade to the side of me, Yoruichi vanishes and appears under my chin, at a bent angle and ready to attack me.
"What? no!"
Just like that, she hits me in the gut, knocking me out and sending me into a world which I do not wish to be in. A world filled with times that I would gladly remove from my brain if not for the gracious moments I have stored within my chain of memories.
"You should know by now Kisuke...I'm not one to be caught, isn't that right Byakuya?"
"Your playing a fools path Yoruichi. Run if you must, but just know that some day the both of you will be punished for the crimes you have committed."
"I know...I know far to well Byakuya. Goodbye."
"...One more thing...Yor..."
As I drifted off into my own nightmare, I was able to still hear what was being said, except for one last reply that Byakuya had told Yoruichi. Moments later I can feel the cold breeze on my back as I entered and escaped the clutches of my mind. Falling to a daze of sleep was simple, but waking up, that is the challenge we all face in life. For we all dread having to awaken ourselves to a world ruled by politics, crime, pollution and a dream that will never come to exist. Hope is all we can have, but without such an idle, would plunge our world into the darkness of the shadows we create each day. So do not sleep and do not awaken yourself...we must face life head on, no matter what lies at the end of the tunnel we strive to reach. Life is but a dream, and a dream is life within a series of thoughts. Being human is all we can be, nothing more or anything less. Goodnight cruel world, for when I awaken, I shall destroy the darkness that you have created.
Next Episode-5
Rebirth
"Oh no! what are you doing Yoruichi!...ow, why are you cracking my back in that way!! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to leave you are such a sad state...wait, is that my leg! Ah, it's not supposed to twist that way."
"Hmph...that should serve you right Kisuke. There is no wrath like a womans scorn!...so next time remember who has the ability to whip you when you miss behave. In this case reshape you. And quit being a baby, it's only a...oops, alright maybe I did go a little too far."
"What? what is it Yoruichi? and why do I feel water."
"Oh nothing, it's nothing at all Kisuke, just go back to sleep and dream your little heart out."
"...YORUICHI!"
BONK!
"Shhhhh, hush little Kisuke, and don't you cry, for mama Yoruichi's going to help fly, and when you awake from your slumber, I'll make sure to pull you back in my arms."
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