Ultrabross's Vision
CHP29: Setback
Counterattacking various swings and moves up her arsenal Ichigo felt sure she wasn't human. Her force and strength were similar to something he'd encountered but couldn't remember what, alongside that her flexibility was superb. Hand out in front Ichigo lunged forward grabbing at her throat forcing her down over a parked vehicle. Bypassing civilians witnessed the impact but were unable to see Ichigo. To them it looked like the woman was fighting off a ghost.
Pushing off the car she rejoined Ichigo in the air clashing blades. She easily eluded his attempts chuckling as she did. Some of the strikes she blocked with her blades trying to counterattack as fast she could. Ichigo spared himself punishment but was unable to get away from it all. He didn't ask but part of him thought back to Morrigan. He wondered if somehow the two were connected working under whomever it was responsible for the hollows. Discovering what hidden information could be close to impossible, "Not bad shinigami I don't believe I ever got your name?" She leaped back putting extra space between them.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, a substitute shinigami I'm only a part timer in other words."
"Interesting…very interesting, funny a substitute like you possesses such a high energy signature. Unfortunately that alone won't be enough to bring me down. The only thing working in your favor is I'm feeling in a really good mood. I might even consider letting you live following the beat down of your life."
"You aren't the first to say something like that. One thing to keep in mind is I'm one of the last persons you should underestimate believe me."
Rushing forward again aiming to slash at her throat his Zanpakuto was blocked by both blades in her hands. She threw her head against his knocking him out of the air and atop a building where he tumbled down over his side, "I say it's time I show you a little bit what I'm about. Pay close attention or you might miss out." She smirked.
Ichigo watched carefully as bright portions of light took form around various parts of her body. In each of those sections extra protection/armor of gold, silver and black were added. Over her head was a helmet of some sort and coming down over her nose was a golden beak, much like that of an eagle. Much of her body was still left uncovered far as armor which he saw as a weak point to attack.
"Allow me to officially introduce myself, I am Feyaglia and what you currently see is my stage one enhancement. As I've said before you aren't the reason I'm here so I'll stir away from killing you but I can't guarantee that I won't. See when I get in the heat of battle sometimes it becomes impossible to stop or slow myself down. You had better stay on your toes our entire battle if you plan for victory Kurosaki."
He looked her in the eyes maintaining a tight grip over his Zanpakuto, "What do you mean by stage one enhancement? How many stages are there?"
"There might only be two, or possibly over ten. I'm not going to stand here and answer every question asked, come at me with all yah got and maybe you will find out more."
Shoving his foot into the ground Ichigo re joined her in the air swinging his weapon around. Their blades collided resulting in bright sparks. Feyaglia followed up with rounds of slashes to his stomach swinging her right leg around knocking him into the side of a building below. Ichigo ran a hand over the side of his face smiling. Taking off back into the sky he leveled himself with the enemy putting some distance between them.
Zanpakuto held out in front of him Ichigo powered up raising his Reiryoku. Feyaglia noticed the blue energy around his body, grinning as she felt the change in his Reiatsu. She had the feeling things were about to take a turn and was thrilled to test her abilities against what she believed to be a worthy adversary. Ichigo made the first move heading straight at her, but with amplified velocity, force and accuracy. She fell back slashing at him but had a hard time connecting. She managed to draw blood from his shoulder whilst she sustained damage around her waist and lower stomach. Both areas were left uncovered without armor. With his free hand Ichigo punched her out of the sky into a stop sign splitting it in half and sending her into a parked truck! The force from the attack shattered glass windows in the area which included stores and diners. Other vehicles also sustained damage.
He kept his eyes on everything down below seeing as she stood dusting herself off. Civilians around the area wanted to approach and see if she was ok but at the same time didn't want to get to close. Most of them got the vibe she was fighting against someone or something even though they couldn't see who or what it was. Ichi/Kon held Moka close and tight up against his chest. He watched the battle from afar doing his best not to get in close tempting as it was. From out of nowhere he was surprised and thrown off guard with additional movement coming from the vampire in his arms.
Before long her blood red eyes shot open looking him directly in the face. Due to having control of Ichigo's body Kon could feel every emotion that went with it. His blood flow skyrocketed almost losing hold of Moka, "Ichigo…what happened?" She asked rubbing at her head. Everything that led to her falling unconscious was a complete blur.
"Well ah," Ichi/Kon set Moka down on her feet scratching at his hair. Perverted thoughts did surface but knocked them away just as quickly. Taking advantage of her and the situation was an idea but felt his advances on her would back fire resulting in unnecessary damage to Ichigo's body. A loud thump caused them both to look upward where Ichigo seized the back of Feyaglia's long brown hair swinging her around, smashing her body into anything he passed by. Ichigo never explained the full story behind how a mod soul worked; especially the part concerning its ability to take over one's body when the main spirit wasn't present.
"How are you in two places at once?" Moka looked back and forth between Icigo and Ichi/Kon.
Ichi/Kon knew he had no choice but to explain to her what she was seeing, "Guess you could say I'm momentarily protecting Ichigo's body while he does battle with whoever that woman is. She's the one that attacked and knocked you out. If you haven't figured it already I'm the mod soul."
"What?" Moka flashed her eye brows showing confusion with her expression.
"The plush lion you kicked around like a soccer ball, yeah that would be me. I'm not limited to just physical objects but can also take over human bodies with no specific time limit."
Moka took a couple moments thinking about what he said making sense of his explanation. The more she thought about it she became more curious as to what was Ichigo's true nature, "Why has Ichigo been so secretive when it comes to himself. Does he have something to hide?"
"You want information about him it is best to ask directly, perhaps after this fight of his comes to an end. I won't say a thing so don't think you'll get information about him through me, nope no way." Ichi/Kon crossed his arms shaking his head back and forth.
Moka did nothing but look to the sky where the battle pursued. Feyaglia leaped off to the side at the last second blocking his blade with her right sword. He elbowed her in the stomach finding an opening and kicking her across the face then sliced at her stomach. Feyaglia soared out of the air catching herself before falling to the ground, "You're quite the warrior Kurosaki." She hovered upward.
"I don't need to be told how skilled or not skilled I am. If this is your attempt to try and get inside my head it won't work." Ichigo implied.
He looked her in the face raising his Zanpakuto, "Enough talk, I've got a mission to complete and you happen to be an obstacle that needs to be removed. If you want to kill me then go right ahead but if you're here just to fight for sport you're a waste of my time and need to get lost. I have no interest engaging in random battles that mean nothing. Come back another time and I might feel differently." Ichigo said.
Feyaglia laughed aloud throwing her head back, "Look at you talking like you're in control of things. Listen boy this fight aint over till I say it is."
Ichigo blitzed at high speeds punching her through a nearby grocery store barely missing shoppers as she plunged through a wall on the opposite side of the building. Ichigo already awaited her planting Feyaglia into the cement surface with a single punch. Moka and Kon witnessed the action from afar and Moka couldn't believe the strength and speed of Ichigo. Just watching made her blood flow run faster than normal.
"You're all kinds of powerful for being only a substitute, not bad at all. Pity I was given instructions not to fight at top strength for any reason whatsoever, or I'd wipe the floor with yah." She grinned standing upright.
"Wishful thinking, like you know anything about my full strength." Ichigo whispered the second half, "Seriously though do we have to do this now I'm in the middle of something."
"Are you really trying to negotiate when this fight should take place hehehe, now that's funny?" She giggled lifting her blades.
Ichigo stepped back readying himself to attack again, "Well whatever but from here on out I'm aiming to take you out, no more playing." He informed.
Feyaglia was the one to take off first smashing his head into the sidewalk. He grabbed hold of her hair before she was able to finish. He punched her in the stomach four times leaning upward and smashing his head against hers which sent her soaring. While in mid air and hadn't fully collected herself Ichigo took advantage slicing away at unprotected parts of her body.
Feyaglia bled from a couple wounds but nothing too serious. Finding himself next to her, he grabbed at her throat but she countered kneeing him the stomach spinning around and kicking him to the ground. Ichigo rubbed at his jaw situating on a knee.
"Frankly I've grown bored of this, maybe we can pick up at a later time like you said. Think I might be running low on strength, maybe some ice cream, cupcakes, chocolate cake or doughnuts will do the trick. Better yet I think I'll have them all yaaaaaaaeeehh!" She jumped up with sparkles in her eyes.
"From spy, swordswoman to fruitcake in one second wow." Ichigo murmured.
"What did you call me?!" She grimaced tightening her grip over the two blades.
Ichigo stood from the ground straightening his posture, "You aren't being serious when you said you're going to leave, I mean that's just…"
"Later Ichigo gotta go, you take care now." She waved disappearing over the rooftops.
"Wait not again!" Ichigo followed after her but she was gone. It was the same as the battle with Morrigan, both making a clean getaway, "Great just great." Ichigo shook his head in frustration.
"Ichigo!" Moka called out to him standing near a light post.
He hovered downward positioning in front of her and Ichi/Kon. The first thing he did was force the pill out of his body and back into the stuffed lion re inserting into his own body, "Before you ask I don't know who that woman was, but I do know why she attacked. We shouldn't have to worry about her returning any time soon." Ichigo said.
"And why did she attack if you don't mind me asking?" Moka inquired.
"The less you know the better. Let's just focus on finding Tsukune k." Ichigo looked away from her walking down the street.
Moka ran to his side throwing two arms around his one, "I never thought you'd turn out so mysterious. You'll have to come clean to me at some point."
XXX
Hours passed bringing up night fall thirty minutes after eight. Throughout the entire day, Tskune, Kurumu and Gin had little success getting on a clear trail that would lead them to Moka. That was until the past hour. Whatever transpired during that time Gin couldn't say for sure but was certain the vampire was on the move and appeared to be drawing closer to their general area. Not only that, but knew from what direction picking up speed. Together they sprinted down one of the darker streets in town.
Screams filled the air but unlike most times it was not followed by the sound of gunshots or anything of that nature. The activity came from a large park out in front of them and also happened to be where they needed to pass through. Tsukune counted what looked to be at least forty police officers circling the area, weapons aimed at someone situated in the open/middle section of the large space. On the other side of the park were other police vehicles and officers with their weapons aimed at the same subject.
"Looks like something big is going on but we need to pass through this way if we want to get closer to her. Moka can't be more than two miles that way if we continue straight." Gin pointed.
"Maybe so but with all the police around maybe we should take another route. We shouldn't lose much ground if we alter our course, maybe somewhere around those buildings over that way." Tsukune suggested. No one wanted to get to her more than Tsukune but at the same time didn't want to accidently be caught in the crossfire of what was likely to go down soon.
Kurumu thought of voicing her opinion but didn't want to pick sides. Gin situated beside an apartment building, Tsukune and Kurumu joining. He closely observed the officers making a quick decision on what to do, "We do this fast enough and I'm positive we won't disrupt what is going on."
"Wait Gin Senpai I don't think that is such a good idea!" Tsukune called out watching Gin take off.
Tsukune shook his head gazing at Kurumu for a single instant before taking off after Gin, the succubus doing the same. A couple police officials tried stopping them from getting passed unable to grab hold of a single of them. The further Gin ran he got a clearer view of who was supposedly the police forces target. Her skin was somewhat pale, long orange redish hair and dressed in green. Her beauty was absolute causing him to stumble a bit as he passed by. Before he could take another step something erupted from beneath the grass wrapping around his ankles pulling him upside down. Another round of the same constraints wrapped around his wrists keeping him from moving.
"Gin Senpai!" Tsukune and Kurumu yelled at once.
Just as him they were stopped in their tracks by the same green constraints which Kurumu figured to be vines. Tsukune tried breaking free and as a result the vines tightened around his body. The woman circled the three coming to a stop in front of Gin, "You three were foolish to bypass the Gotham PD's created border. Running around in a city like this isn't very safe, especially not after sun fall."
She moved in closer running her right hand over the side of his face, "As a reward for falling into my little web how about a kiss?"
"A what?!" Gin raised an eye brow.
He was fully taken off guard feeling her lips press up against his. Gin had no clue what her reasoning was for doing what she did. Part of him wanted to fight her off but an even bigger part of him couldn't help but give in finding that he was kissing her back. The kiss deepened and from that point on Gin lost all senses losing control. His eyes blazed a bright green and from there the woman released the vines from around his body, landing on his feet. Settling in next to him she ran a hand over his chest, "Now be a darling and protect me from those big bad cops, they're quite the nuisance."
"As you wish my lady." Gin replied stepping away from the woman and passing both Tsukune and Kurumu.
"What did you do to him?!" Kurumu demanded knowing Gin wasn't in his right mind.
"How about you pretty boy, would you like a kiss as well?"
The woman ignored Kurumu heading straight for Tsukune. Kurumu had no plans to allow Tsukune to suffer the same fate as Gin, even if it meant revealing what she really was. Wings sprouting from her back, finger nails changing into blades, Kurumu tore out of the vines freeing Tsukune just as quickly.
"Who are you and what did you do to Gin Senpai? I won't ask again!" Kurumu sharpened her blades with a tail coming into view behind her.
"Foreigners to Gotham I see…well you should be aware your little friend belongs to me now and will do anything I tell him. I will spare your lives if you leave now, but unfortunately your Gin pal is now my property."
"Turn him back the way he was now or else I'll…"
"You'll what? Kill me?" The woman laughed with an idea coming to mind, "Oh Gin honey can you do mamma a favor and eliminate these two twerps. I'd rather not get my hands dirty."
"Of course my lady." Gin cracked his knuckles looking directly at Kurumu and Tsukune.
"Darn this isn't good at all." Tsukune tightened his fists.
Elsewhere Bruce Wayne, Playboy billionaire and owner majority shareholder of his family's company, Wayne Enterprises had finally came out of Wayne Tower's following a long day of meetings with clients, board members, etc. A lot more went down than expected, never accounting for the excessive meetings and changes to products. It was a more tiring day than usual to say the least.
Upon reaching the lobby a backup driver drove him directly to the Manor. Once inside his home he entered the cave by way of the large grandmother clock and started going over recent cases and from weeks passed.
"Would you be having dinner tonight sir?" Alfred's voice echoed throughout the cave while Bruce researched information regarding Dead Shot and Scarecrow.
"Just some coffee and a snack, I had dinner a little over an hour ago," Bruce replied not taking his eyes off the computer screen.
"Very well, sir," Alfred said walking up the steps to the manor.
Ten minutes later Alfred returned with a tray of food leaving it next to the computer. Bruce still deep in his work took a sip of the coffee. Bruce caught a glimpse of the time seeing it was nearly nine o'clock getting up and entering the cave's locker room. Two minutes later, he re appeared out of the room fully equipped in his patrol gear. There were plenty of leads that needed to be followed up on and wasn't going to waste another moment. He jumped into the bat plane taking off out of the cave in route to the city.
Gotham was loud as it usually was; random acts of crime were everywhere. In total he stopped two attempted muggings and a rape. After re entering the bat plane the built in radio went off. He put his finger against the button activating the transmission, "What is it Alfred?"
"Sorry to be a bother sir but I thought you should know Pamela Isley escaped Arkham Asylum. She's in Howatt Park." Alfred spoke.
"Thanks Alfred," Batman ended the conversation with the press of a button leaning back, "Poison Ivy." He mumbled.
Batman revved up the engine picking up more speed. As the Bat plane tore through the sky, Bruce thought about a lot of things that were sitting in the back of his mind. He looked down over the city as he continued on, Howatt Park on the other side of town. If it wasn't already bad enough with the turf war, having Ivy and Clay face running around as extra additions didn't help. He was only one man so understood it couldn't all be taken care at one.
To Be Continued