Disclaimer-I do not own Bleach, but I do own the oc's. I said in the last chapter that there would be a fight in this chapter and I always keep a promise...most of the time ;)

So here's the start of the wonderful fight between Emiko, Kaori and soon Hitomi. Hope y'all like it!

Chapter 7- Wipe the Tears from Your Eyes

Emiko's POV

Kaori's sword comes crashing down on top of mine forcing me to my knees.

"Are you really this weak or are you holding back?" She smirks.

"I don't see why I should take this fight seriously because I know at some point you'll take me to who I really want to see." I answer causing her smirk to turn into a glare. Her zanpakuto clashes with mine again, but this time I noticed the blade was glowing. I get up quickly jumping back trying to get away but she appears right behind me.

"Shriek, Kazenooto." The glowing blade starts to disintegrate into the air and the wind around us starts to gust uncontrollably. As she raises the hilt of her sword in my direction a huge tunnel of wind quickly surrounds me. My hair whips around everywhere making it hard to see and I couldn't hear anything above the howling cyclone.

"Will you take it seriously now?" I could barely hear her.

"Maybe if I get to see you bankai."

"So be it." Her voice starts to become clearer. "Cry to sever, Kazenooto."

Mayumi's POV

After walking a while in the quiet forest the sound of someone screaming fills my ear. I turn to the direction it came from and realized it was the same direction Kimura-san went. I take off that way as fast as I could, hoping the cry didn't come from my captain.

I look up ahead and see a body lying on the ground surrounded by a pool of red and another person standing above it. As I get closer to it I notice who was lying on the ground and begin to run faster. I see the black wings extended with feathers scattered all around.

"Kimura-san!" I try to call out to her but the person standing above her notices me instead and turns in my direction.

"If you come any closer you'll have the same fate as her."

"Why did you do this to Kimura-san?" I pull out my zanpakuto.

"Are you a friend of Emiko?"

"My name's Mayumi Sasaki and I am a member of squad ten under Captain Kimura. Who are you?" I ask her but she turns away from me and reaches for Kimura-san. "Don't touch her." I swing my sword towards her but she disappears quickly and reappears from behind.

"I don't have time for this. If you're going to stand in my way then I'll just have to kill you." She says unsheathing her own sword. I look back down at Captain Kimura hoping that she'd be okay.

"It is now my turn to protect you Kimura-san." I whisper to her before turning back to face my opponent.

"Worrying about her will only get you killed." She smiles at me.

"That might be true but at least I'll die trying to protect something important to me." Her smile quickly goes away as our blades meet.

"I can guarantee you she won't make it out of this alive so you shouldn't waste your time trying to save her." She moves her blade away from mine, but then quickly swings at me again cutting into my shoulder.

"I know Kimura-san wouldn't be taken down so easily by someone like you. If this will buy her some time to plan her next move on how to defeat you then I will gladly fight." I say backing away from her to get ready to use my shikai.

"You really are stupid. I'll show you that Emiko going down wasn't part of her plan." She says taking a step forward.

"Bankai." I watch her blade glow and the wind picks up around us. "Cry to sever, Kazenooto." She whispers and my eyes widen as I see her blade quickly disappear and then reappear in the wind as what seems like hundreds of blades. I stand still not sure of what to do now that I am surrounded.

"We're done here." She says softly moving the hilt of her sword down to make the blades come at me.

I close my eyes and prepare myself for the attack, but I didn't feel any pain. Instead I feel my body hit the ground gently as a warm liquid spread across my chest and something soft brush against my skin that was exposed.

I open my eyes and see Kimura-san above me and her red eyes meet mine. They looked cold as she looks back at me. Her black wings wrapped around us and kept me pressed close against her.

"Captain." I whisper as several drops of her blood fall off of her wings and onto my face. She doesn't say anything as she gets up off the ground while still holding me close. She finally lets go of me and turns back around to face our enemy. I look at her and notice all of the deep wounds and cuts on her back.

"It's disappointing." She says, her voice sounding different than usual. "Why would you just stand there and let her kill you?" She yells at me. She turns her head a little to look at me from the side and I could see her face wasn't angry but ashamed.

"I'm sorry Kimura-san I wasn't able to help you." I apologize and she turns away from me again.

"Go back to the Seireitei and tell the Head Captain that I know where Kisuke Urahara is. Tell him to send a team into the woods and to take this girl back with them." She says the last part quietly.

"But what about you? You're injured and if you're not healed soon you'll die from the loss of blood." I couldn't help but let the tears in my eyes go and run down my cheeks.

"It'll be all right. Just do as I say and we'll all be fine." She tries to assure me but I don't believe her.

"I can't leave you Captain so please don't make me go."

"Do as I have told you. This is an order from your captain so do not make me repeat myself." She says sounding annoyed.

"Then promise me you won't die. Don't leave me all alone." I beg but she doesn't answer me.

She grabs her sword off of the ground and holds it tightly with both of her hand. "Bankai."