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Chapter 8- Why Can't I Breath

Kaori's POV

"Bankai."

I watch as Emiko's katana transforms into a long black scythe and her robes change into gray and black armor with spiked shoulder pads. Long gloves and boots that were the same color as the armor cover her arms and legs, and a silver chain forms and connects her scythe to the right arm. Her eyes remain the same color red but black streaks appear across her cheeks and her ears turn into ones that are black and pointed. The reiastu that surrounded her became a mix of black, gray, and red.

"Impressive." I smile at her trying to hide my uneasiness. I could feel from the reiastu she was releasing that she had become a lot stronger. Her eyes meet mine as she smiles back giving me chills.

"I didn't think it would come to this, but now I will show you the really power of the tenth division's captain." She points the sharp end of her scythe at me.

"I'm not scared." I answer and she laughs.

"You should be." Her eyes hold mine as she says it, but then quickly glance over at the pathetic girl she saved. "Mayumi, I promise you I will not die here so go and do what I have told you to!" She commands the girl. Her brown eyes look up at Emiko as she nods her head.

"Yes Captain." She answers before she runs away from us and through the rest of the forest. Emiko continues to watch her so I lift up my own sword and lunge at her. She quickly turns her attention back to me and holds up her scythe to block it. I could see my reflection in the blade as it gets closer and closer to me.

I swiftly jump back and away from her. The black wings on her back expand and she quickly shunpo's above me. She swings her scythe down so I try to move out of its way, but the blade cuts the side of my face. I gentle touch my left check feeling how deep the cut was.

"You've become a lot faster." I look back at her and she smiles again.

"And it seems you really are scared. You tried to attack me while I was turned away from you because you knew you couldn't defeat me any other way."

"Don't get to cocky. If this is the only thing your bankai does then I will be defeat you very easily and mom can give the final blow that kills you." I yell back, starting to get irritated.

"So that's the plan. Then what would happen to Kisuke if you do succeed."

"All she needed him for was bait so she'll just kill him too."

"And you two think it will be easy killing two squad captains. You shouldn't underestimate us." She throws her scythe towards me again but it misses by a couple feet. I look right at her and laugh but her face looks serious like that is what she had really planned to do. My eyes look down at her arm and remember the chain was connected to the scythe.

She then grabs onto the chain and pulls it. I hear the scythe coming back and jump up. I feel it cut into the back of my ankle before it goes flying back into Emiko's hands.

"If I pulled it back just a little harder your foot would have been cut right off." She looks down at me while I kneel on the ground, not wanting to put much weight on that foot.

"I'm sick of this!" I stand up trying to ignore the pain. I hold up my sword and get ready to use my bankai again. I see Emiko narrow her eye realizing what I was about to do and points her scythe at me. "I won't give you the chance to attack me again. Cry to sever, Kazenooto." I say but she remains still. The multiple blades my bankai creates begin to circle around her but she still stay still with her scythe still pointed in my direction.

"Consume all impurities, Tsumi to Sukui." I hear her whisper.

I go move my hilt down to command the blades to attack but my hand stops midway in the air. I look down and watch it turn black along with my other arm.

"W-what is this. I can't move my arms anymore." I start to panic.

"That's the power of my bankai. I've never had to use it on another soul until now. You're whole body will soon be consumed by darkness and sin." She begins to slowly walk closer to me. I begin to take a couple steps back but my legs also begin to lock in place.

"What will happen after it consumes all of me?" I ask becoming truly scared as I watch black spread up from my legs to my stomach and chest.

"I can hear the fear in your voice now." Her smile looks sinister.

"You're going to kill me?"

"Why shouldn't I? You and mom planned to kill me." She says now right in front of me. Her blood red eyes are looking right into mine.

"It was mom's plan. I just helped her because I didn't want anything to happen to me." I confess hoping that would make her stop it all. The darkness spreads across my chest completely making breathing more difficult. I didn't want to die like this. "P-please, if you're going to kill use your scythe and end my life quickly. I don't want to die slowly like this." I beg her and her eyes turn furious. She presses her scythe against my neck gritting her teeth together.

"I won't let you go so easily." She breathes into my ear and my breathing stops altogether. The darkness that covered all of me vanishes instantly releasing my body and letting it fall to the ground.

Emiko's POV

I look down at Kaori watching her body lay on the ground motionless. I hold up my scythe and bring the blunt end down hitting her chest. I do it again and again until finally she starts to cough and begins to breath. She slowly sits up and looks up at me confused. I look back at her still furious and hold my blade up to her neck again.

"Listen to me Kaori. I'm letting you live. Stay here and wait for a group of soul reapers to come. Mayumi will have given them orders to take you back to the Seireitei. You will go with them and there they will heal you. When I get back I'll decide what will be done from there. If you cause any trouble you will be killed. Do you understand?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"I believe you should be given a second chance. Mom has made you do a lot of things. If you join us you'll be able to start over."

"Thank you." She whispers as tears fall from her eyes. I smile as I kneel down in front of her.

"Please tell me where she is hiding and I'll make it so we won't have to worry about her ever again."

"Are you going to kill her?"

"I have felt so much pain and have suffered because of her and I'm sure you have too. I want her to also know how it feels."