Bleach Ch9

With a sigh I leaned back against the door to the training room, it had been free for all day, pick your own opponent, weapons, and rules. It seemed half the class wanted to fight me! "KAYCE!" they called as I leaned against the door stiffening slightly. Since that fight with Kenpachi it felt like something was broken inside my head, something that had been there for a long time and with it broken my anger and will to strike back at people rose with it. My classes became easier and the praise from my teachers more pleasing. "I can't find her.." A student mumbled "She's gotten better.. she kinda scares me with that look she gets in her eyes at practice now."

"Yeah.. but she's not as good as the teacher says she can be... Her full power really scares me."The voices drifted off and I sagged against the door silently praising the gods for my good luck in dodging those two boys. A knock on the door made me jump and I pulled it open, face to face with my teacher. "Kayce.. this is still a class.. Get out of the weapons closet and find a partner."

"I don't want to fight though."

"This is a class for fighting, you will fight." The woman reached up and snagged my ear to pull me down the hall back toward the class room. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, OW." It became something close to a chant as I was lead down the hall by my ear. Being dragged around by my ear brought back memories of being a little kid and making my mom mad. "Look! Sensei brought Kayce chan back!" Announced a bubbly girl who immediatly attacked me. Yelping I tossed up a shield against her attack. Jumping back she frowned at the shield, her Zanpakto held steadily in her hands. Quick as a humming bird the girl darted back in toward me to attack the shield again and again from all directions. Unsheathing my sword I lunged at her, swords clashed with a loud CLANG. We jumped back and met in the middle again our blades grinding noisily against each other. Her name was Asura, long black hair, curvy body, probably a 10 to some guy, she had big brown eyes and walked with a sway, light on her feet and quick tempered she glared down her nose toward me. I was taller, bigger and stronger, not as fast but in this stalemate of blades I was sure I'd win. She jumped back and as she did I rushed to meet her. The feeling of something being broken in my head crept up again as I danced blades with Asura, round and round we went till I grew fed up with the stalemate. Jumping back I drew a symbol in the air, thinking the name to the kidou I was doing, a large cage trapped Asura and shrunk till it was about the same size as her. "Done." the teacher announced as I sheathed my blade and let the cage go. "Can I go now?"

"Yes, you've done excellent work. Next pair!" The woman turned her attention back to the class, I walked to the locker room where my robes and things sat on a bench. I sat down onto the bench and started to strip my clothes off, I dropped off the clothes down a chute with my name on it. Running water was heated in the back, taking a shower I dried off and put my clothes on. Wearing them like always black top tucked in, white hanging loose. "KAYCE!" Kaydin called from down the hall, tilting my head I watched as the little blond rocketed toward me to tackle me with a hug. "Shuuhei asked me out on a date!" She was so happy about it that I had to smile, it wasn't that I wanted to but.. it just happened. "That's awesome Kaydin, where he is taking you?"

"To a lake. he said it's really beautiful.. but not as beautiful as ME!" She did a fan girl squeel of how sweet Shuuhei was being toward her with that romantic kind of approach. Tilting my head I smirked slightly at how weird my friend could be. "Lets go get something to eat.. It was free challenge day so I had to run from half my class."

"Oh I feel your pain, I have to do that too." Kaydin started to lead the way down the halls toward the lunch room. "Can you believe Shuuhei said that to me?"

"Well, you are pretty Kaydin." I shrugged slightly at a lost of what to say, a few guys had told me I was cute and flirted with me over the mics on COD4 after they figured out I was a girl and not a little boy. "You think so?" She asked as she looked over her shoulder at me "Yeah."

"Thanks."

"No problem."The two of us walked in silence down the halls, hands in my pockets I felt my MP3 player nestled deep within it, somehow something in the spirit realm kept it from dying and that was awesome cause I didn't have any Triple A batteries with me. That gooey stuff my physical body was in probably didn't do anything good for the spare battery in my hoodie pocket anyway. Walking into the lunch room I stopped dead in my tracks, Shuuhei and Kenpachi sat at a table with two extra trays sitting near them, they seemed to be having a discussion about something. Shuuhei was growling and pointing at Kenpachi with his chopsticks as if they might help Kenpachi see his point of view but Kenpachi was shrugging his big shoulders. Kenpachi turned his head as if he'd seen me with his blind side. He gave me a smile and I scowled slightly. I was still mad at him for making me fight him at the festival two days ago. Shuuhei blinked and turned his head to see Kaydin and he jumped up nearly falling over in his strides toward her. They hugged and I walked around them to sit down next to Kenpachi. Pointedly I put my sword down next to me and not in my lap, he frowned slightly as I picked up the chopsticks. Kaydin and Shuuhei sat down across from us, Kaydin looked away from Shuuhei to register the fact that I wasn't looking at Kenpachi. "Kayce, you can't still be mad about Kenpachi makin you fight during the festival."

"I am, I don't like hurting people."

"He just wants to help you."

"Maybe I don't want help, I was just fine before he came in and made something in my damn head break." I stabbed the chopsticks into the rice and bit down rather roughly, my eyes closed to make my agitation known. "Women hold grudges, I do not mind if she is mad, she'll thank me later when it saves her life,"

"I didn't need any help before Kenpachi! If it wasn't for that damn Hollow attacking my school I'd of been just fine for the rest of my life!" If I hadn't been so hungry I would of got up and left the food right there. "Your weakness is not wanting to hurt people. You can't be strong without breaking that weakness."

"I am strong in my own way! I don't want to change to survive.."

"Then you'll die."

"I will not! I'll get stronger and learn to fight in other ways."

"How? You cannot even strike back at your opponent until you are in a rage, your all defense Kayce and that gets no one anywhere."

"Bullshit! The battle is long that way but I have patience."

"But does your body have the energy to last for days with a hollow or an enemy raining down attacks on you?"Shuuhei interjected and I turned a glare at him so fierce he shrunk back slightly. "I don't care, I'll get strong on my own with or without your guys help." I finished my food in silence and left the tray on the table.

My feet carried me down the halls and wrap around decks on the building, I wanted to leave, I wanted to be alone but the place seemed to be infested with Shinigami today. Eventually I found a bridge sitting over some water in a canal. I sat down on the side, my legs hanging threw a gap in the rails of the bridge. "I don't need help.. I can do stuff on my own." I muttered dangerously to myself. I'd been this way in school, I hated asking for help or doing things I didn't want to do. It made my grades bad in some classes and resulted in me getting kicked out of class once in my Sophomore or Freshman year when I had told the teacher off for something I couldn't even really remember now. Sword by my side I looked at it with a sad stare, I'd always wanted to be strong, to know that I could be good at something and I'd found it threw drawing or writing and with my powers most of the time. Sadly my little brother was stronger and knew more then me because I'd thought I was going crazy when they first came into play and hid them from my parents. A heavy footstep made me look toward the reason. A large black figure was moving over the bridge toward me. "Kayce Marie Wolfe." It hissed at me, how did it know my full name? Standing up I put a hand toward where my sword should of been, it wasn't there. Wincing slightly I backed away, nothing in this place should of known my name, I only gave them the first which was Kayce, Kaydin didn't even know my full name. "Come with me Kayce." It purred as it stepped forward towards me, closing the distance between us faster then any shinigami could of done. My back pressed up against a tree and the figure stood not even a foot away from me. Its hand went up to my face, cold pale fingers sending goosebumps up my body. I pulled for my powers but the robes activated the blocks and I was helpless. It stepped forward just a bit and the hood of the creature fell back to show a face with a mask, it was one of those things that where part hollow and part shinigami. "We need your help Kayce." It's fingers reached around to grip the just long enough hair and pulled my head forward in a tight grip. Glaring I put a hand to the center of my chest, the warning systems in my body went off like crazy, it was doing something and I couldn't stop it. The symbols of my clothes burst into flame but died out the moment the thread holding the symbol was gone. "You will help us yes?" It purred happily to see the shock on my face. "I don't know, what do you need help with?"

"With something very important."

"Depends on what that is."

"I'll tell you once you've agreed to help."

"Then you're not getting my help." The person glared at me and pushed my shoulders against the tree roughly, face close to mine I could sense the rage clear as day emanating off of it "I've helped you now help me!"

"Make me." I lifted a knee and pushed the figure back a good three or four feet from the the force. "Fine." The figure jumped forward to slam a open palm into my chest, driving the air from me. "Alright ass hole." I growled and wove a sheild around him, a blue bubble encased the figure. "Rule one. Don't fucking touch me, I'm in a bad mood." The figure cackled and a heavy blow sent me to the ground, looking behind me I saw nothing, the laugh of the figure increased. "Oh I won't touch you." Suddenly flows of power from the figure wrapped around me tightly. Struggling against them I felt them dig into my body with each thrashing movement. "Now now, your gonna hurt yourself."

"Shut the fuck up ass lick!" I snarled and the bubble around it started to turn red with heat, a blast of red energy that mimicked a lightening bolt arced from the sky and plowed into the bubble to set the man on fire. A loud laugh sent a spike of fear threw me. "OH your so strong, your energy just radiates from you like a overflowing container!" The figure walked forward, clothes from the waist up burned to nothingness and it's body scorched. It must be male with the lack of tits; moving with a speed it tackled me to the ground and perched it's self on my waist. "Oh your powerful.. so strong, untamed energy and whats this? Oh your little wall is breaking.. Kenpachi is such a problem..." The figure put a hand to my head and I screamed as it felt like my head was being set on fire. Energy from me lashed out insanely toward the figure blowing him back into the canal. Sitting up I put a hand to my head, shaking I couldn't understand how these people could do this to me, always faster or stronger then me. "Kayce!" Came a shout and I spun around on the balls of my feet ready to dart. It was only Kenpachi, Kaydin and Shuuhei. Shuuhei stopped in his tracks looking a bit sick, Kaydin looked back at him. "whats wrong?"

"Her power is far stronger then Kenpachi's, I can't get any closer without being crushed.."

"I don't feel anything."

"You've grown use to it... she's not going to attack you.. she'll attack me at the drop of a hat though."

"She's not like that."

"Look at her eyes Kaydin, she's got that look."

"What look?"

"Of a caged animal.." Shuuhei said nothing more and Kaydin looked toward me with a worried look in her eyes and I bared my teeth toward Kenpachi, the grass and shrubs around me for nearly 20feet in every direction was pressed flat to the ground. Kenpachi walked into the circle with a slight grimace but kept walking till he was close enough to touch me. He was panting. "I told you Kayce, that you where strong, now control your energy."

"Fuck off Kenpachi,"I flexed my fingers where pointed nails where growing, my hair longer, more untamed, everything was changing about me. "Put a leash on it!" He shouted and I flinched, I hated it when anyone yelled at me. "Don't you like the feel of another persons spirit energy? How it just envelopes you, crushes the life from you." I laughed as I forced a flow to wrap around Kenpachi like a pleased cat before I flexed it to squeeze him tightly. "You wanted to fight.. Didn't you Kenpachi sama? Your chance is now.. If you want you can even use your Zanpakto against me. I'll just kill you."

"Kayce! Get a hold of yourself!"

"Shut up!" I shouted at Kaydin sending a whip of energy into her and Shuuhei to knock them back a couple hundred feet. "Do not attack your comrades!" Came a thundering voice to my left. It was the old man, "Oh?" I turned to look at him and Kenpachi wrapped his arms around me crushing me to him. My ribs creaked with the force of the hug but I pushed a weave between me and him that pushed him back to just outside of the 20foot circle that surrounded me. "Do not be so foolish Kayce, Kenpachi loves you do not scorn his love."

"I'll scorn what ever the fuck I want you bald headed fool. You put spells on me, you contained my powers and hold me against my will! I should kill you now." I growled as a set of fangs replaced my eye teeth. "Who took off your seals?" Ryugensai asked calm as ever toward my insults and rage, it calmed me a bit to know I could not destroy every bridge. "Him." I pointed to the figure that was pulling it's self out of the canal sopping wet. "Get him." The old man didn't even need to point as a number of the captains darted after the man who had released my powers. It felt so good, I could feel my dads fake shield still in place, it felt good to feel something normal again. "Calm yourself Kayce."

"I am calm."

"Show me."

"Go fuck yourself." I willed my powers back as much as I could, the 20foot circle expanded to 30 then shrunk to nearly just 4-5 feet around me. I turned away from him but I heard a chorus of shouts from all around. "Demon art!" The rest I didn't manage to hear as symbols flew threw the air and slam against the wall of energy around my body. some bounced off others stuck and seeped against me, once again created that damn control over my powers. I nearly weep, I'd never be free if I stayed here. Slowly I fell to my knees and the wall of energy left, all of my powers withdrew into me, a small compact ball in my chest that beat and filled my body with it's power like my heart did with my blood. The symbols seared into my arms and I felt Kenpachi kneel next to me. "Are you ok?"

"NO I'm not fucking Ok! I'm not a dog to collar.. I'm not suppose to be tame.. It's not me." I dug my nails into the ground, I'd attacked Kaydin, my only friend here, I'd never hear the end of it but I'd loose her trust so much. Head dropping to the ground I felt a few tears spring up into my eyes. Kenpachi's arms wrapped around me and I growled at him but he didn't let me go, I felt like a fool, crying like an idiot, I'd been free and yet I'd willingly let them catch me again. It wasn't fair. it just wasn't. "You'll be free once again..Kayce." Kenpachi said softly and I bit my lower lip as warm salty tears flowed down my face. "When?" I mumbled softly to low for him to hear even if he was right next to me.