Chapter 3
Arrival of the Espada
"So." Karin spoke first breaking the silence, "Little Shiro huh?" He only heard it vaguely, something was wrong. Hyorinmaru roared in his he felt it. Using his reatsu he forced the gigai off his soul, it crashed behind him. This was not good.
He half heard Karin's apology and he slapped his hand over her mouth. He had to remember to apologize for that...
"Turn and run Karin Kurosaki. Turn and run now!" She turned and ran. Thank goodness for that, ahead he saw an anomaly, what looked like an inverted black mouth gaped open the air, its teeth clenching into the real world. He drew Hyorinmaru, his surroundings crackling and freezing, out of the tear, two figures emerged, and as their feet touched the grass, their reatsu burst into being, or at least one reatsu was apparent, the arrancar on the right drowned out the small one on the right's.
The taller one, was a man with a devious grin much like Kenpachi's, his hollow mask was what looked like a pointed ball on his nose with two curving branches that curved over his ears like glasses, and extended behind his head like horns, he looked oddly like a clown . He started immediately for Toshiro, the other a shorter man with long black hair and a broken helmet looked about the park with a blank look. Hyorinmaru pulsed, and he felt the spirit limiting seal break, and he spoke calmly, "Boy, listen! Challenge the approaching Hollow, and stay alive, and whatever you do do not aggravate them. We don't know their full power but the far one can easily overwhelm you. now go boy and stall as much as you can until help arrives, this is a battle you cannot win." the tall arrancar approached him. they were just a few meters apart.
"A Captain eh? Let me introduce myself so you can damn my name with your dying breath. I am the Decimo Espada, Ferano Serdity. Now tell my your name captain."
'The tenth Espada. He thought, and Hyorinmaru knows the other is stronger, this isn't good' he came close to breaking a sweat.
"I am the Tenth squad's Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya, And i don't believe ill be dying anytime soon. Ferano Serdity." the grin on the Espada's face grew.
"Another tenth, this should be interesting... Lets see how strong you are young Captain,"
His reatsu tripled in an instant.
His eyes widened, he knew why Hyorinmaru had become so serious about his survival.
"Unfortunately for you captain, my blade Caverna has no desire to be sealed, so I fight at full force at all times. prepare for death boy." the Espada's eyes narrowed
he knew it was bad, the Espada was at full force. he needed to use his bankai now, but he had to use shikai first, he hoped he could buy some time. He raised Hyorinmaru towards the sky.
"Reign upon the Frozen Heavens, Hyorinmaru!" he yelled pulling forth his soul's true form, as the frost burst forth from his blade the surge of energy made him realize he should definetly survive this battle, when he heard "Too late!" and the Espada phased just in front of him and with a full kick directly to his transforming sword, destroyed the metal and ice, putting shards into his face, as well as the armored foot. At an angle he sent Toshiro on a very short flight directly into the ground where Karin had been standing several minutes before.
Ice and snow from the end of his Shikai form crashed about in a devastated manner, Toshiro was in shock. Hyorinmaru had Virtually Exploded, He didn't stand a chance against this Espada either. He had seen the kick and angled his blade to cut the Incoming foot, and the foot hadn't slowed in the slightest.
"Your lucky you put that blade in the way of my leg kid," the Espada was standing above him, Death on his shoulders. I transfer large amounts of reatsu into whatever i touch, its most potent through my kicks, had that blade not intervened my reatsu would've turned your neck into a warhead!" Cackling at his own joke he bent over the fallen captain, and reaching out and laying a finger on Toshiro's head, his eyes gleamed madly, "with just a thought..." The skin on his forehead disintegrated, and as he felt his skull begin to crack, underneath the finger, Then with a slushy bang, the head burst, sending reatsu, water, and ice upon the grass. Ferano staggered back staring at the icy clone. The Frozen jaws that clamped themselves around his legs were not what he had been expecting.
"I don't see why you hollow never learn the difference between a normal shinigami and captains." shifting his stance the white haired protegy looked at the Espada.
"To say were on a different level is under-crediting our prowess." The Espada looked over to Toshiro, Who simply raised his finger and pointed at the trapped Espada.
"Hado Thirty Four,Sasu!" just below the Espada right collarbone a small cut appeared on the White cloth of the Arrancar uniform. Ferano glanced down at it with wide eyes, and with a squirt blood spouted out of the wound.
"You little shit!" with a yell Ferano burst the ice surrounding him, and charged at Toshiro, who pointed his sword at an angle towards the sky to his right, and with a silent grunt of exertion, sliced down burying his bloodied sword into the dirt, and using his shoulder halted the stunned arrancar's path.
"Your not even worth me using Bankai." Eyes widening Ferano stepped back, this boy, had Bankai? he had been using his full strength from the start! this boy had managed to dupe him, stab him, then mutilate him, and he wasn't even trying!
Raising Hyorinmaru Toshiro charged towards Ferano preparing to remove his head like he had his suddenly, between him and his target the second arrancar Echoed into being.
"Trash."
He Raised his arm and backhanded Toshiro, Hyorinmaru bouncing off his arm like steel clashing on steel. He flew into a tree. and with a breath, he lost consciousness. his last thought being on where Karin was.
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With a crash Ferano burst from the Gargantua, and left a bloody trail across the white marble floor of the meeting room. the eight other Espada looked at him. he stirred in his pool of blood.
"ahaha! that retard got his ass kicked!" An Espada yelled gleefully, brushing his blue hair back into place. the other Espada let out a unanimous sigh, Grimmjow Jaggerjaques. the gleeful maniac. one Espada, stood and sauntered over to the fallen Ferano.
"The stab wound was inflicted by a Kidou spell, the loss of his arm by Zanpaktou, and the slight frostbite was inflicted by a shinigami, probably a third seat or higher, but the internal injuries, collapsed lung, bleeding, and the brocken ribs were probably inflicted by The Fourth. It looks like a shot to his chest, Should i heal him Lord Aizen?" Szayel Aporro Said, Glancing towards, the Ex-Captain. Who gave a small nod.. after a few minutes of waiting and watching the eighth Espada work, A white robed figure walked Gargantua. the Espada held their breath, even the three higher ranking Espada Staark, Barragan, and Harribel. they knew that even though they were technically stronger than the fourth, he could kill them.
He was known by ell of Hueco Mundo. As Aizen's "pet". He had betrayed his emotions. he was the fourth Espada, and he hadn't even preformed the Cambio, or the Change when an Arrancar, exchanged their hollow abilities, Regeneration, the ability to absorb spirit particles in Hueco Mundo in the place of food or sleep, for offensive and strengthening abilities..
He was Ulquiorra Scheiffer. the Fourth Espada, and the only Arrancar whose Ressurection was unknown to the public.
He walked to the center of the room. standing slightly in the pool of his comrade's blood, and without flinching himself, but causing all other Espada to wince, reached up and gouged out, not only his left eye, but a chunk of his cheekbone as well, held out the gore at an arms length and crushed it, letting the blood seep through his fingers as the dust of his eye floated about the room.
"Observe." he said. calmly, unwaveringly. and if they had not all closed their eyes to see as he saw they would've seen his version of high speed regeneration. his face unmarred, and a hint of green appearing in the milky white orb before he had finished speaking.
They saw as he exited the Gargantua, as he became engrossed in watching a group of children play tag in the distance, then turn and Tsk at Ferano having his arm severed by a captain level shinigami. they had heard of this particular shinigami. they gave numbers to shinigami based on their danger level. this one was Hitsugaya, Captain of the tenth devision, or number three to them. he was behind The General Yammammoto, and Urahara Kisuke, and was essentially even with the number four, Kurosaki Ichigo. they watched as he sped forward, and slapped the blade away like a piece of cardboard.
Then as he turned and gave a flick of his wrist to their comrade's chest, bone crunching under his touch, sending him back into the Gargantua. He turned and studied some young black haired girl who had arrived and seemed to be studying him, when the group of Ichigo, Sado, Inoue, Urahara, and a hidden Yoruichi showed to confront him. he had proceeded to call them trash a few times, then stand idly by as Ichigo tried to attack him, then he told them turned to leave. which the hidden cat-woman tried to prevent. which didn't work. the picture stopped when he entered to Gargantua.
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She had sprinted out of the park. and right down the street she went. She had been worrying for Her friend Toshiro. Will he be okay? she didn't know how strong he really was but he was a captain right? it scared her, actually scared her when she thought about losing her friend. her cheek stung from where he had inadvertly slapped her. he couldn't be mad at him though, he hadn't ament to hit her that hard, he was completely absorbed in the two figures at the time.
She had passed the street she shouldve taken to get home but she just kept running. She was just beginning to question what or where the Urahara shop was when a gleam sped by, followed by a sword flying trough the air, actually slicing straight through a turning bus, narrowly missing oblivious people. That had scared her, but she kept on running like Toshiro had told her. She didn't know why, but she felt like she had to. like Running until she left the town was for a purpose. The city had been thinning up for a bit when she spotted the sword ahead lodged hilt first in a cement wall. she stopped. attracted to the blade, when she faintly heard, the words, take me with you, like a whisper on the wind. she carefully pried the blade free, almost cutting herself a few times. she then continued her fleeing of the city. with a thankfully invisible sword to all the people she saw.
She had left the city. and slowed to a walk. when she was startled at a collapsed tree. the trunk snapped clean in two. it confused her for the slightest of a second, until she spotted a white haired clump lying beneath a battered looking tree. It was Toshiro. How in the world did he get here? she thought. she ran up to him and rolled him over. he had a tiny cut on his eyebrow, which stained his white eyebrow red. He didn't stir,she feared the worst.
She layed her hand on his chest, she didn't feel it move. She freaked for the better part of a minute, until she pulled herself together and remembered all her insane doctor of a father had taught her. he wasn't breathing. he needed CPR and that was all there was to it. she placed her hand on his chin, and one on his forehead. and began leaning to his face when his blue eyes snapped open and he sat up quickly, their lips brushing ever so faintly before their foreheads bashed against each other. Painfully.
"Dammit! Karin i told you to get away from the park!" he gave a scowl while he rubbed his head, where the bashing had reopened his eyebrow wound.
"But Toshiro-" she began rubbing her forehead,
"No buts! There's times when you need to listen to me! those people could've easily killed you!" his scowl rivaled Ichigo's when he was in Writing Class.
"But-"
"NO! you need to understand!" Your..Not...oh." he trailed off as he noticed their surroundings. His checks tinted pink, and he glanced at Karin with an apologetic look. she stood, and planted her hands on her athletic hips.
"Yeah. Now You get to tell me why the hell your not in the city! Were those Arrancar? And why are these trees broken?" She felt like she was scolding a kid. He looked defiant for a second then as he stood his face softened.
"Im not in the city because i was hit out of it. Yes those were arrancar. one wont be a problem, Matsumoto could've taken him, but the other probably could've beat me, these trees are broken because i landed on them, and is that Hyorinmaru? He reached for the sword laying by Watched as he seathed it on his back. He looked in the sky and sighed, it was getting Mumbled something She didn't quite remembered something at the same time.
"What was that Little Shiro?" She asked a smile breaking across her face.
"i said its getting late and ill Have to ca-" His mouth snapped shut. eyes his head towards her, he spoke.
"No." She grinned. "Don't..." he warned, the corners of his mouth turning down slightly, attempting to hide a smile.
"I called you little sh-!" the rest was swallowed by a scream as he swept her off her feet and launched them into the sky.
Her mouth dropped open. they were high in the air. hundreds of feet. and He was carrying her. while he ran along the...nothing. he was jogging in mid air. an they wren't going looked at her carrier, who had a grin plastered on his face. He was carrying her bridal fashion, and his left arm was wrapped around her thigh, in a spot that would've earned him a great backhand if she was wearing a skirt...She turned Bright Red. he glanced at her. Why was she so red?
"Hey.. you okay?" he asked looking at her flushed face. She squeaked, trying to talk but ended up just nodding, she was looking at her legs, so he followed her line of sight, to see his arm, and hand...well, three of his fingers were solidly placed on one of the back pockets of her pants.
Quickly he shifted his arm, so it slid down her leg until his forearm rested in the crook of her looked over at him, and the look on his face.. he was looking the other way trying his absolute best to not look at her. And Together they went, the sun setting around the, both of them redder than the sky around them.
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Boosh! Sorry bout the long wait, ive been working at a fireworks tent and have had no free time. between that and my other job.
Thanks for the Reveiws AsiansAsiansAreAwesome and TWI-hard kristine101.
I still need a Beta reader... or better Grammar Skills!
Ferano Serdity is a name I mostly made up, Serdity is a name i pulled from the Russian word for Angry.
and that hado spell was just "stab" ill probably make up a bunch, they dont have much place.