Chapter 19: Nanami's power
Summary: My name is Kurosaki Karin. 17 months and some after my brother lost his powers I… died. After training so hard in almost two years to become stronger and protect my family back in Karakura, I needed to leave them after a freaking car accident. But I'm not worried. My life here in Soul Society just began. [HitsuxKarin]. Maybe I'll write stories for another partners, too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tite Kubo's Bleach, and its characters. I just borrow some scenes on the manga and twist it into something that will blend with my story.
We're on the "The Thousand Year Blood War".
Previously on Hitsugaya Karin…
"Teachers, tomorrow, we will start the examination of our students. The top classes are our priorities. We don't have enough time to test all the students. We don't know when will the war starts, but Soul Society need our students' help in the war." Gengoro said to the teachers in front of him. "Please tell your students about this, and get the sparring pairs ready for the Hakuda and Zanjutsu. Announce it today so that our students can practice." He hands out the schedules for exam.
Graduating Class: Classes 1-3 –morning; Classes 4-6 –afternoon Day 1- Hoho
Day 2- Kido
Day 3- Hakuda
Day 4- Zanjutsu
Others start on Day 5 through the next days.
Like yesterday, the whole Seireitei is in chaos. Everyone is preparing for the war and the tests and recruitments. The captains and vice-captains need to do paper works, read through the graduating student's applications and recommendations, set up training programs for the war, and constantly looking out for any sign of attack. The students were nervous. They expected to have more time before this sudden change of exam schedules. They practiced their Hoho, Zanjutsu, and Hakuda, and they tried to memorize all those confusing and long chants for Kido. With this busyness and tense surrounding Soul Society, the exams started.
The open-air arena with a big battling ground, surrounded with the spectators' seats that can hold up to a thousand audiences, is connected to the Academy's training grounds. The Gotei 13 sit on the seats assigned for them, as well as the Onmitsukido and the Kido Corps. The remaining seats are for the others who want to watch. A seat for the teachers was also specified.
"Konnichiwa, minna-san! Today, our graduating students will be tested on their Hoho skills. Because tests are time consuming and we don't have enough time, we will ask five students to come in at a time. They'll show us what they learned these past six years! Let's start!" Announcer-san said.
Karin looked up from the paper works she's been sorting out. The exams are starting…
"You're not going Karin?"
"I want to, but I can't. Besides, I know that Nanami and Shin will pass it with flying colors. The one I'm looking forward to is the Zanjutsu." Karin answered.
A big tiger appeared by Kaarin's side, and it sat around her. Taiga Mangetsu is on her animal spirit form. "That girl's Zanjutsu skills sure grew throughout the years."
"You're right." Karin said and she began to write again.
Ichigo and the others reached Hueco Mundo. A big explosion can be heard in the distance. "Woah! What an explosion!"
"You're right, Ichigo!" Nel answered. She's on Ichigo's back. (Please imagine Baby Beel)
"What are you doing there?" Ichigo shouted.
"I'll protect your back." Nel said. Her eyes are shining.
"Okay, just hold on tightly." Another explosion can be heard. "Who's making those explosions?"
"The Tres Bestias! They were under Harribel-sama! They're so powerful, and they're just like beasts" Nel said.
"Really?!"
"Kurosaki-kun, please lower your voice. They'll find us if you…" Orihime said.
But she stopped when Ichigo paused. The scene in front of them consists a man smiling and three women lying on the ground, defeated.
"You're so amazing, onee-sama. You, too, Abe-kun." Rukia said while hugging her sister.
"Thank you, Kuchiki-fukutaicho." Shin said.
Nanami smoothed her sister's hair. "Thank you, honey."
"You're welcome. I really like how you used the gravity to help you come down from the space faster than a normal Hoho, and I love those flips and acrobatic movements you put. You look like dancing gracefully, nee-sama, it's so beautiful!"
Nanami smiled. "Thank you. You need to go to your Division now right? I don't have anything to do this afternoon anymore. I can come with you and help around your Division."
"That would be great! Abe-kun, you can come, too, that is if you don't have anything better to do." Rukia answered.
"That would be great, but I'm going to Captain Kuchiki's Division. Abarai-fukutaicho asked for some help from me a while ago." He said, and then he bowed and left.
"Toshiro, the exam's done?" Karin said. She opened her tired eyes.
"Yes. Your friends were great. Do you know that Nanami impressed the people with her airborne? She even showed us her spins."
"Yeah. She's amazing at those. She incorporated her Hoho with the moves she watched from those anime Yuzu brings with her every time she visits."
Toshiro sat next to the girl. "How's your day so far?"
"I'm tired. I want to go out and feel the fresh air on my skin. I want to stretch my muscles. Hey, Toshiro, do you want to spar?" Karin said. She stands up and bent until she can touch her feet. She straightened and began some series of stretches.
Toshiro watched and stands himself. He walked out the door. "Come on. It would be bad if you're skills become rusty."
"And what do you mean by that! Hey Toshiro!" Karin ran after him.
Toshiro stopped and face the girl, a smirk on his face. "It means that if you don't practice enough, you can't beat me."
Karin huffed. She walked on Toshiro's foot when she passed by him. "Hmph! Like you can beat me!"
The next day…
"Walls of iron sand, a priestly pagoda, glowing ironclad fireflies. Standing upright, silent to the end. Bakudo #75 Gochutekkan!" Nanami recited. Five incredibly tall and thick pillars connected to each other by chains pinned the set up targets to the ground. "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws. Hado # 33 Sokatsui!" A blue spiritual energy burst through the target pinned on the ground by the Gochutekkan. Nothing, not even ashes, remained.
"Wow! Nanami-san. You're so good at Kido. I believed that she passed, ne, minna?" Announcer-san exclaimed.
Nanami bowed and went out of the arena into the waiting area, and was mobbed by her classmates asking for advice.
"Nanami-san. How did you do it? I tried to memorize those incantations, too, but even though I got them right, I can't seem to do it."
"Just concentrate, Isuda-san. Believe you can do it. I'm not even sure how I did it myself." Nanami answered.
"Kobayashi, I forgot my Kido notebook. Do you know what goes after…"
Nanami answered the question, and thanks all those who congratulated her. Shin waited for the girl patiently, and smiled when the others were done interrogating her. Nanami walked and smiled to Shin. "So, Nanami-san, can you help me with my Byakurai?" Shin asked grinning. Nanami blushed.
"The King called us here to introduce the heir of his throne." Jugram told the Sternritters gathered in the room. "No matter what your opinions, pleased keep them to yourselves. I don't want you questioning the Highness's decision. If you don't heed my orders, I won't have any problem eliminating you."
"Haschwalth, stop terrorizing them." Yhawch said as he entered. He went to his throne. "So, tell me about our army. Are we ready for the war?"
"Your Highness, the soldiers were ready a long time ago, but there's a very beautiful development. Kurosaki Ichigo is in Hueco Mundo."
Yhawch smiled. "So he's here. Let him play for a while. I want him occupied when we invaded Soul Society. And that would be very, very soon." He looked at the entrance when the door opened. "Oh, speaking of my heir. Ishida Uryu, why don't you come in?" Uryu, dressed like the rest of the Wandenreich entered the room. His face is completely blank as he took in the stares of the Sternritters. "As you all know, he's the last of the living Quincy in the Living World. Because he survived the termination of impure Quincy a couple of years ago, he is considered a special Quincy. He will hold the same rank as mine."
The Sternritters frowned but obeyed Jugram's orders about keeping their opinions to themselves. No one dared disobey because they know how Jugram always carry out his threats.
Hakuda Examination. (Day 3)
Shin dodged when his sparring mate throw his fist into his face. He caught the man's arm and pushed him into the ground. His opponent's front is on the ground, and the arm Shin has on his grip was twisted on the man's back. The opponent cried out as Shin dislocated the shoulder. Shin left the man crying on the ground.
"That Abe Shin! I really want him on my Division!" Kenpachi said. He's one of those people who are looking forward for the war. The shark smile on his face is so annoying.
"You're right, Kenpachi-taicho, but he nearly failed his Kido test. I won't need someone like him." Unohana said with her creepy smile.
"Ahahaha, of course, Unohana-san…"
"Good job, Shin! Tomorrow this test will be done. What do you think? Are we going pass?" Nanami asked.
"Said the girl who made her opponent faint in pain." Shin said.
Nanami turned red. "But I didn't even thought about it! I was out of my mind, and the only thing I can think about was survival!" When it was Nanami's turn (They test on alphabetical order), Nanami was losing but before her opponent can do some serious damage, Nanami kicked her in the place where the kidney is, causing the girl to stop attacking and crouch in pain. Nanami took advantage and finished the test with a sound of a bone cracking as her opponent's leg was bent into an unnatural angle. Her opponent fainted because of the pain.
"Both of you did a good job." Gengoro-sensei said. "I would fire your teacher if he failed you."
"Arigato, Gengoro-sensei." The two answered. Gengoro smiled.
Nel led the others to her hiding place. They were in Hueco Mundo for the third day and all they managed to do was to kill some of the lower ranked soldiers, and annihilate their powerful commanders. They need a place to hide because the Wandenreich keeps on sending vanguards for them to fight.
"What do you think is happening, Uruhara-san? They keep on sending armies but it looks like they're just holding us off. You know, preventing us to know their main goal. Why not send someone who can kill us?" Ichigo asked.
Uruhara looked at him. "You're a smart sometimes, Kurosaki. You answered your own question." He walked away and began to set up some weird equipment.
"Hey, what do you mean by that! I'm smart you know!"
Sado and the others had their sweat dropped. Ichigo clearly didn't understand. "Ichigo, I think what Uruhara-san is trying to say is that the enemies' objective is not to kill us but to make us occupied while they do what they really need to do like… attacking Soul Society." Chad said.
"What! Then what are we doing here! Let's warn them!" Ichigo shouted.
"There you are, shinigami." A voice came from outside the hiding place.
The monitor of Uruhara's things opened and connected to Soul Society. "Uruhara reporting."
"It's Uruhara-taicho. What did you fin out?" One of the members of Division Twelve asked.
The screen blurred in Uruhara's monitor for a moment, and then it settled. "We were being hold back here in Hueco Mundo so that Ichigo can't come and help Soul Society. They will attack tomorrow or the day after that. Tell the…"
"Uruhara-taicho! Uruhara-taicho! We can't connect anymore! Tell Kurotsuchi-taicho about this. Tell the whole Seireitei!"
"I'm sorry, Uruhara-san, but you can't go reporting our plans to your prescious Soul Society." A man said as he kicked Uruhara's communication device. HE then turned to one of the soldiers. "You, report this to His Majesty. Tell him that our plan is out, and they should attack Seireitei as soon as possible. We will hold Kurosaki Ichigo from here."
A/N: Yehey! The days go by fast for those who are always busy! On the next chapter is the war. I'm saying sorry now if it would suck. I need to research on war strategies and stuffs to describe the whole ordeal. But I will also include some one-on-one battles.
Question: In the manga, Seireitei lost because Wandenreich reached their goal: for Yhawch to distribute parts of his soul, and they also killed Yamamoto-soutaicho. Unohana didn't join the war, but she'll reveal her past with Kenpachi. In the manga, she will die. Do you think I should kill her in this fan fiction, too? Waah, thinking about it makes me cry.
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Okay, minna! Sorry, I think there is so little HitsuKarin part here. *Sigh Nanami has many parts because it's her test. Really, I want to type in how Karin passed her graduation exams, too. I know that it would be too epic! Gyaah! SO many things I want to write. I didn't even reveal Nanami's human past life yet, did I? It would've been interesting. It's on my head, recorded in the walls of my brains…
P.S. Nanami's shikai and unreleased form will be revealed on next chapter, too. Her sword's unreleased form is insprired by on of Theresa Crane-sama's fan fiction, Agreed to in Innocence, and the shikai is inspired by a sword I saw from the game Ayakashi Ghost Guild.
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