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Chapter 16
Renji's P.O.V
He had been tracking Hara for over an hour now. He sat on top of a roof with Rukia, Ikkaku, and Yumichika. They all had been trying to find her, but she had up and disappeared.
"Damn!" said Renji. Ikkaku shook his head,
"She might 'a been taken back to Hueco Mundo." he offered. Renji glared at him,
"We would have sensed a big burst of spirit pressure before she disappeared." said Rukia, "But it was like she just stopped." Yumichika rested his head on his palm,
"She could be somewhere with some sort of spiritual pressure barrier." Everyone looked at him,
"You know, you might be right." said Ikkaku. "Heh, maybe Ichigo's there too." Ichigo had gone missing, and no one could find him, not since the night of the arrancar attack. They all continued to sit up there, waiting for even a small trace of Ichigo and Hara. But there was nothing.
Then, about an hour later, Hara's spiritual pressure appeared.
"Ha! I found her." said Ikkaku. He pointed westwards, "She's that way." Everyone got to their feet,
"Alright, let's go." said Renji. Rukia put out a hand,
"Just be ready you guys…she's not the Hara we used to know…she's on their side now. We don't know what she can and will do." They all nodded in agreement and set off towards Hara.
Hara's P.O.V
Hara left the warehouse quickly, not wanting to linger. She liked the vizards, but sooner or later they would ask questions…ones she didn't want to answer. Also, if Ichigo was there, it was likely his friends would come looking for him and find her in the process… and that wouldn't be good either. So she left, and began to walk down the street, not sure where she was going to go next. She needed somewhere to hide, somewhere they wouldn't find her.
She began to run again, heading east, towards that park that she had found Ichigo at. From there, she might go back to the fair, so she could get lost in the crowd, or somewhere else. Hara was running around blindly, she had no idea where she could go that would be safe.
A few minutes later she found herself at the park.
"Now where to?" she asked herself. She walked around the hole where Yammy had first appeared, it was deep and dusty looking. Hara sighed and pulled her hair back, "Ugh! Grimmjow where are you?! Why hasn't anyone come for me?"
Hara suddenly froze, feeling four different spiritual pressures around her. Each came from a different direction, and she recognized each one. It was Renji, Rukia, Ikkaku, and Yumichika. She started to run, and they closed in on her.
Rukia and Ikkaku landed in front of her, and Hara began to stumble backwards away from them. Behind her, Yumichika and Renji closed in, trapping her.
Hara pulled out her zanpakuto, each blade in her hand. She crouched down in a defensive position, her eyes glinting in fear and anger.
"Hara." said Renji, "Wait, we only want to talk to you." Hara didn't answer; she only bared her teeth and prepared to fight her way out.
"Ha-chan, don't." said Ikkaku. Her eyes flickered to him for a second, she felt a bit of guilt, but then buried it beneath her other emotions. Rukia stared at her angrily, while Renji looked as if he were silently pleading with her. Hara closed her eyes,
"Arturo hikari!" she cried, and there was a bright flash that came from her two silver blades. Seizing her chance, she tried to run past them, only to be pushed back by Ikkaku's spear zanpakuto. Hara blocked it and flipped over him, trying to run again. This time she was met by and icy blast that came from Rukia. Hara snarled and dodged it, only to run into Renji who tried to grab hold of her. Hara dodged him, and spun around her blades inches from him.
"Hara, please." he said, "Don't fight us." She stared at him,
"I'm sorry, Renji. I don't want to…but I have to if you insist on trying to catch me!" she flash stepped past him only to have her wrist caught it his hand. "Let me go!" she yelled, slashing at him with her blade. He let go in pain from a wound on his arm, and she leapt away, blood dripping from her blade. Yumichika appeared in front of her,
"Ha-chan, remember what I said…" He slashed at her with his blade, Hara blocked it,
"I know." she said. Renji suddenly let loose his sword at her, she moved just in time, and it zoomed past her head. She leapt at him, blades ready. He scowled at her, his eyes full of hurt,
"How could you do this, Hara?!" he cried as his sword clashed against her blades. It hurt her to see him hurt, but she buried it down under her anger.
"You would do the same in my place." she snarled, He stared at her,
"What place?! You never did tell me what the hell was going on!" He swung downwards with his sword, Hara jumped upwards and landed on the tip momentarily,
"I never could," she replied through gritted teeth as she blocked both him and Rukia. Renji ran at her, his blade scratching her shoulder and making her bleed.
"I thought we were your Nakama!" he yelled, as she slashed at him. Hara blinked away the threatening tears,
"You are!" she yelled, as Ikkaku slammed into her.
"Then why are you doing this?!" yelled Renji. Hara didn't answer; Ikkaku spun his spear around in a wide arc, before bringing it downwards on Hara. She blocked it and made a kick at him, he dodged it and glared at her,
"Is Aizen so much more appealing to you!" yelled Yumichika as he leapt at her, "What does he have that we don't, except lies and betrayal?!" Hara threw back her head and laughed,
"Lies?! Betrayal?!" She flash stepped back away from them, "Why don't you look at your own precious soul society!?" She put her blades together, "Ban Kai!" she yelled, and there was a brilliant flash. When the soul reapers eyes adjusted, Hara stood in the street, twin katanas in her hands. The silver and black blades glinted with power and rage, but paled in comparison to Hara's silver eyes.
Renji and the others stared in awe at her bankai, they had never seen her use it before, nor had they seen her look so angry. In the soul society she had been a quiet, sad girl. The girl before them was filled with a rage that made them all question who they had thought they knew.
Hara's eyes seemed to glow as she raised her blades in front of her, "Ginkiba no hikari. (Silver fang of light)" A wind picked up and spun around her, as a silver flame danced around her feet and on the blades of her swords. She suddenly leapt at them with a war cry, shooting off with more speed than earlier. She went straight for Renji, He blocked her with his sword, and the metal cracked on impact. Hara spun away, blocking Ikkaku and Yumichika's double attack. Rukia suddenly blasted ice at Hara's feet, and Hara found she was stuck in place. She snarled and eyed each of them with anger,
"Why are you doing this?!" yelled Rukia, "Why are you against the soul society?! You lived there with us, once…What has happened to the Hara we used to know?!" Hara laughed and broke free of the ice with ease,
"That Hara died a long time ago!" she yelled. "The Hara that loved soul society is gone!"
"Why?!" Renji yelled, his strength doubled in his own pain and rage, "Why do you hate the soul society so much?!" Hara met his sword with hers and sparks flew. She bounced backwards away from him,
"You all didn't know, did you?!" she yelled, "The soul society murderer my brother!!" They all wore shocked expressions; Hara laughed darkly, "Zuro was to be executed on false charges! They claimed he had betrayed the soul society!! As if!" Hara wiped at her eyes, "My brother loved being in the soul society! He loved protecting people from hollows! He gave his whole life to it! And I was ready to do the same…Until they murdered him in front of me!" Tears poured down her cheeks, "Before he died, he told me not to trust them…not to trust anyone who worked for them!"
"Is that why you're doing this?!" yelled Rukia, "Revenge?!" Renji threw himself at her,
"You dumbass!" he roared, "We didn't kill your brother!" His sword got her in the stomach, "How could you blame us for something someone else did?!" Hara fell to her knees as blood pooled around her. Renji stood over her, his eyes hurt, "How could you blame me?" Hara gasped for air, her vision dimming from blood loss and tears. The others came forward, their zanpakutos pointed at her throat.
Hara didn't answer; she closed her eyes and fell the rest of the way to the ground, unconscious. Renji and the others stared down at her, not sure what to do or say. Renji bent down to make sure she was still alive. His eyes had an anger and pain to them that Rukia had never seen before,
"One of you." he said in a flat voice, "Go get Orihime." he carefully picked Hara up and began to carry her.
"Renji…" said Rukia, "Where are you taking her?" He looked at Rukia,
"To Urahara's." he replied.