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Author's Notes- Hi ppl!!! thanx for all the reviews XD!!! I'm so happy because this year I actually have a birthday To make it short my birthday is the 29th of Febuary, and that is every four years so this year I'm turning 4!!!!! Now enjoy D
Challenging the Weak Part I
Her eyes kept wandering towards the entrance of the dojo. 'Was this really a good idea?' she kept asking herself. Her hands were opening and closing, and she was biting her lips, almost drawing blood. She was about to fight with one of the most blood thirsty captains in the whole Gotei 13 history. She wasn't only scared of fighting the eleventh squad captain; she was even more nervousness than anything. 'Ukitake-taichou said that I have only one opportunity to demonstrate that I'm strong enough to be trained by Zaraki-taichou,' Rukia thought.
She couldn't help but sigh. She was so dead. 'He wants to fight me! How am I supposed to prove to myself if he is going to kill me before I even have time to take out my zanpakuto!' Rukia thought grimly. 'I need to calm down; making myself more nervous won't help. I need a plan.' She folded her arms in front of her and closed her eyes. She tapped her feet in exasperation. 'Think, damn it, think!'
"Argh!" Rukia screamed while grabbing her head, "It's no use! The only thing I'm good at is kidou and that won't even tickle him! I'm so screwed!"
She let her arms fall limply to her sides. "I'm really weak," Rukia said with a bitter smile forming on her face. "But that is going to change," a soft voice full of arrogance said. Rukia looked down at her zanpakuto. "Shirayuki?" Rukia said. It wasn't that often that her zanpakuto talked to her. Rukia knew that her zanpakuto was really arrogant and prideful.
"Shirayuki, it's been a while," Rukia said. She waited for the zanpakuto to reply but only silence was heard. 'Great; my own zanpakuto is ignoring me. Is it to much to ask for a little of respect?' Rukia thought glaring at her zanpakuto.
Again she sighed. 'I still don't have a plan.' Her eyes fell on the entrance of the dojo. She could hear people coming.
The doors of the dojo opened revealing the eleventh and the thirteenth captains. Behind them a couple of low ranked shinigami stood, with some others she recognized. 'It's time to act,' she thought putting her stoic mask on.
"Sorry for coming late; we get a little lost," Ukitake said, sweat dropping.
"I'm starting to doubt your sense of direction, Yachiru," Zaraki Kenpachi said in a really annoyed voice.
"My sense of direction is perfect! You are being mean, Ken-chan!" Yachiru said while biting Ikkaku's head. "Get off me!" Ikkaku screamed at the pink-haired fukataichou. He tried to grab her but she jumped away from him and landed on Zaraki's shoulder.
"Why the hell are we even here? This has nothing to do with us." Ikkaku said while rubbing the spot on his head where Yachiru had bitten him. "Because we need to decide if Rukia-san's fighting style is beautiful enough to be trained by us," Yumichika said with one hand under his chin and the other around his abdomen.
The other men in the room only stared at him. "Right…" Zaraki said turning his stare to Rukia.
Rukia tried not to fidget under his stare. Even if he was controlling his reitsu, just his mere presence was making it difficult for Rukia to maintain her composure.
"So you are that arrogant prick sister," he said looking down at her. She couldn't keep the sweat from dropping; it was the first time she heard someone refer like that to her brother.
"Yes, Rukia-chan is Kuchiki-taichou's little sister. She is now the fukataichou of my squad." Ukitake said standing between them. Rukia bowed deeply to him, "Kuchiki Rukia. It will be an honor to be trained by you, Zaraki Kenpachi-taichou."
She almost fell on her butt when she heard Zaraki's laugh.
"It looks like all the Kuchikis act as if they have a stick stuck up their ass!" Zaraki said after he finished laughing. "Look, kid; drop the act. Acting like that won't get you anywhere in this squad. Acting all respectful and stuck up is the way a weakling acts. And I hate weaklings."
Rukia didn't know what to say. All her life the elders at the Kuchiki manor had told her to act respectful to the higher ranked officials, and now this man was telling her to 'drop the act.' Again she couldn't help but wonder if this was really a good idea.
"Oi! Ukitake, what is she good at?" Zaraki asked the white-haired taichou. "Kidou," Ukitake simply said, not liking how Zaraki was treating Rukia.
Zaraki simply turned around and started walking towards the exit. "She needs more training before I train her. If she is only good at kidou she is a weakling. I won't waste my time on someone like her," Zaraki said, opening the door of the dojo, but stopping when he felt the other captain's reiatsu pressure.
"Zaraki-taichou, I really think you should at least see how she fights," Ukitake said, all traces of the happy taichou gone, now replaced by a serious Ukitake. "Taichou?" Rukia said looking at her captain. She was struggling to not fall onto the ground because of the huge reiatsu pressure. It was the first time she has looked at him like this, and she didn't like it.
"Oh really? Would you try to make me train her?" Zaraki said, already anticipating a fight with Ukitake. He also let his reiatsu free.
"If I have to," Ukitake said, narrowing his eyes. Both men started pulling out their zanpakutos. Suddenly a third reiatsu joined the other two powerful reiatsus.
"Zaraki- taichou, Ukitake-taichou, Yamamoto-soutaichou sent me to ask why you two are about to fight." Unohona said stepping inside the dojo. Zaraki was the first to break eye contact. "Oh man, don't tell me that old geezer sent you to ruin my fun," Zaraki whined.
"Of course, Zaraki-taichou," Unohona said with a smile. "Would you please tell me the reason you want to fight Ukitake-taichou?" The three captains contained their reiatsus so not to crush the other shinigamis that were in the dojo.
"He wants me to train her," Zaraki said, pointing at Rukia.
Rukia was on all four. The pressure of the three captains combined was too much for her. She was breathing hard and sweat was covering her whole body. 'Is this the real strength of a captain?' Rukia thought, still gasping for air. 'So during our training he was holding back.' She bit her lips trying not to curse out loud, this time drawing blood.
She tensed when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Don't strain yourself, Rukia-san; it has been only two days since you left the fourth squad infirmary." Unohona sounded like a mother scolding her reckless child. "Let me heal that lip."
"Thanks," Rukia said after her lip was heal, looking at the ground. Of all the people in the dojo she was the only one that needed help. 'Damn it.'
Unohona watched as Rukia avoided her gaze. "Zaraki-taichou, I agree with Ukitake-taichou," Unohona said, "I think you should train her." Rukia stared at the older woman. Did she hear correct? Unohona-taichou also thought that she should be trained by Zaraki.
"Rukia-san is really strong. I'm sure if you give her the opportunity you will change your mind about training her. You can make her spar with someone of your squad and see if she is worth of your time" Unohona said walking to stand besides Ukitake.
"Zaraki-taichou, even Unohona-san agrees with me. You should give Rukia-chan an opportunity," Ukitake said, this time back to his usual self.
"Tch," Zaraki said crossing his arms in front of him, and looking away. "Taichou, you should give her the opportunity to try," Yumichika said. "Fine! Then you fight with her," said Zaraki, already annoyed that he couldn't fight a strong opponent and that everybody was on Rukia's side.
"Me?" Yumichika said. "But I have just cleaned my uniform; I don't want to make it dirty!"
"You will do as I say!" Zaraki roared loosing the little patience he had left. "Yes, taichou!" Yumichika said, walking towards the center of the dojo, and taking out his zanpakuto.
"Go," Ukitake said to Rukia. She nodded and walked to the center of the dojo. "She better be good," Zaraki said, glaring at the two captains. "She is," Ukitake responded.
"Rukia-san, I'm sorry, but I won't be holding back," said Yumichika. "Neither will I," Rukia said. She was going to show that bastard of Kenpachi that she was not a weakling.
"Bloom, Fuji Kujaku!"
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!"
Their swords clashed. "Your zanpakuto is so beautiful!" Yumichika squealed in delight. "Too bad it's going to lose. But don't worry; I will make your loss beautiful."
Rukia jumped away from him but before she touched the ground she felt his presence behind her. He almost stabbed her on the back, but she was able to block it. He used shunpo and disappeared from her view. 'Where is he?'
She tried to sense his reitsu but he was hiding it. She wasn't able to see in time as he appeared in front of her and slashed her chest, sending her flying to the other side of the room.
She used her zanpakuto to stand up. "I told you I wouldn't be holding back," Yumichika said, running towards her, ready to strike her again. "And I told you neither would I," Rukia said also charging towards him.
Before their swords clashed again, she disappeared and reappeared on top of him. "Some no mai, tsukishiro!" Rukia said.
Yumichika only had to evade Rukia's sword, but his left arm got trapped on the circle of ice. "My arm!" Yumichika cried. He tried to pull it out of the large tower of ice, but Rukia wasn't done with him.
With one strong punch, Yumichika was out cold.
She stood in front of the unconscious Yumichika and breathed hard. 'Lucky for you I was actually holding back,' Rukia thought with a smirk. 'So I actually improved after my training with him,'
"So, Zaraki-taichou; is she good enough?" Ukitake said smiling.
"Ikkaku! Wake up that fruity," Zaraki said, turning around and stepping out, "Ukitake, make sure she is here early tomorrow."
Yachiru jumped off Zaraki's shoulder and walked towards Rukia. "Where the hell are you going Yachiru" Zaraki asked sounding really irritated. He wasn't in the mood for Yachiru's games.
"I want to ask midget-chan something" Yachiru said sounding really serious. Rukia's eyes twitched a little at the nickname the young girl gave her.
Rukia eyed the pink haired girl suspiciously; it was weird for her to act so serious. "Midget-chan, you control ice, right?" Yachiru asked very seriously. "Yes…" Rukia said, not liking the way the girl was acting.
"Yay!" Yachiru said, "Then you can make me an ice-cream!"
Rukia fell on her butt. "Err… I don't think I can," she said taken aback by the sudden question. "Aw! Come on, midget-chan! Whitey-chan never wanted to make me an ice-cream," Yachiru said, kicking an invisible rock.
'Whitey-chan?' Rukia thought, and then it hit her. She gave Yachiru a bitter smile. Noticing her suddenly change of mood, Unohona called Yachiru. "Yachiru, if you come with me I will give you candy."
"Really?!" Yachiru then ran toward Unohona and grabbed her hand. "Let's go!" They both left the room, followed by a very grumpy Zaraki.
When Ikkaku managed to wake up Yumichika and pull him out of the ice tower, with the help of Rukia, the sun was already setting. "Sorry about your arm, Yumichika-san," Rukia said, bowing. "Don't worry; I will be able to feel my arm any time," Yumichika said while rubbing his numb arm.
Rukia watched as Ikkaku and Yumichika make their way out of the dojo. She was happy that the strike Yumichika gave only ripped her uniform. She really didn't want to go back to the fourth division so soon.
"You did really well," Ukitake said, standing by her side. "Thanks, Taichou," Rukia responded, bowing to him.
"I would have to agree with Zaraki-taichou in one thing," Ukitake said, "You should really stop acting like a perfect imitation of Byakuya. You have your own personality and you have to let it show. You are more than a Kuchiki you are Rukia."
"I know," said Rukia, not looking at him. 'Zaraki-taichou and you aren't the only
people that have told me this.' "I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it. How about I invite you to tea?" Ukitake said, smiling down at her.
Author's Notes- I really suck at writin fighting scenes TT
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