Chapter Fourteen

Screams of pain echoed the air as Ichigo and everyone else came through the Garganta and as the Strawberry looked down, a yellow ring could be seen round a shadowed figure, two throats being held in each hand. A light golden glow was coming off them and the spiritual pressure was astonishing. As his eyes focused the two figures could then be identified.

"Karin! Toshiro!" shouted Ichigo, Shunpo'ing down and then swinging his blade at Aizen only to get thrown back but an unexpected flick of energy. Everyone appeared by his side and then froze an abnormal amount of energy began to become compressed and Ichigo saw one of the forms go limp.

"Karin!"

Byakuya stepped forwards, blade drawn as he glared at Aizen.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura." He said. Everyone watched in awe as the one million Sakura leaves surrounded Aizen and then attacked him simultaneously but the gasped in shocks as the all got sparked away and Byakuya was sent flying back from the impact, even further than what Ichigo had gone.

Toshiro closed his eyes and bit his tongue, refusing to cry out as he felt his spiritual pressure get stolen from him. Karin had long since passed out from the strain but she was still alive, just. Forcing his eyes open, he glared daggers at the man before him. Aizen remained calm and composed, apart from the malicious smirk that was crossing his face every so often. He loved the feeling of power and the power that they both had was perfect for the Oken. He hadn't expected the Kurosaki girl to stay conscious long, nor had he expected it from Hitsugaya, but there he was, still trying to get the Snowflake to submit to him. A few minutes passed and he could still hear everyone trying to break through the barrier.

"Bankai."

Toshiro's sight flickered slightly. Aizen remained his stance and continued to drain the Snowflake until his head snapped to the side.

"KamiShinioyari, Buto."

Aizen scowled before letting Karin hit the ground but kept a firm grip on Toshiro, smirking as he felt him go limp in his hand and then stepped to the side. The huge extending blade shot right past him but the curved in an attempt to hit him, but due to Gin being injured his aim was off. He withdrew it quickly and aimed again, this time aiming for the barrier that hadn't yet been broken. It cracked and shattered successfully and Aizen frowned as he lost connection to his incantation. Slowly he raised the limp body in the air before hurling him to the ground, finding no more need for him.

"Ah well." Said Aizen after a moment of thought, "I may have not drained them to their death, but I have enough of their power to open the spirit gate."

Ichigo let out a pent up yell before charging, no barrier in his way as he swung his blade at Aizen, failing miserably to hit him as his blade got grabbed and he too got hurled to the ground.

"I don't have time to play with you Kurosaki Ichigo."

With that he turned to Uryu, who was being pinned down by Amelia. He continued to try and continue to move his arm with the bow on it, trying to draw it back but Amelia simply wasn't allowing it.

"Stop trying." She hissed, "I've frozen your ability in place. It is futile to struggle."

Yuzu stood not to far away from him. She stood rigidly, complete not knowing what was going on but she could hear sharp sounds echoing through the air. Tears welled up in her eyes as her gaze focused on the only close person she could see, Karin. She lay crumpled on the ground and the brown haired twin couldn't even be sure if she was alive.

"Karin…Chan…" she whispered, waking slowly towards her until she widened her eyes at the strange feeling that overwhelmed her. She looked to her side to see a strange gate appearing out of no where.

"What… is that?" she said timidly, taking a step back and then feeling a sudden wind pass her. The gate glowed a faint gold and it had this weird silver veil covering it. She then looked to the side as she saw Uryu get lifted up by an unknown force, his arm sticking out at a strange angle. Unknown to her, his arm was actually being forced out, not by him doing it on his own accord.

Aizen took a step forawrd and let out one of his evil smiles as he made a slight signal with his hand. Uryu shot out a glares but the began hissing in pain as his arm was thrust through the first protection layer of the gate. His felsh began to burn and the instant the first barrier had been cracked by his bow, he was immeadiatly tossed to the side. Yuzu let out a whimper as she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw a seemingly floating object beside her. She then looked round and froze as she felt something brush past her ear and began whispering to her.

"You are the twin of Kurosaki Karin, therefore you are one of the keys to opening this gate."

She shook her head. Common sense told to run away, but where could she run? She would just get snatched up like she did earlier ago, if she tried to fight then she too would end up on the ground. She could do what the coice told her to do but then would would that result in?
Yuzu then blinked as she felt her hand being pried open and the small golden object being placed in it.

"Y-Yuzu... Don't go... near the... g-gate.."

Yuzu slowly turned to her twin and burst into tears.

"K-Karin-chan..." she cried, about to sprint over but she felt the firm grip on her wrist tighten. She furiously turned round and with as much force as she could muster, turned round and booted Aizen, who simply grabbed it it and held it in place. Karin stumbled to her feet and glared, wobbling slightly as she attempted to find the energy she simply didn't have. A few moments passed before shouting could be heard.

"AIZEN! LEAVE HER ALONE DAMN IT!" yelled Karin, stopping everyone in their tracks.

"Well now..." said Aizen, smirking, "I never thought you would still have the energy to stand."

A split second later Toshiro was up as well, standing next to Karin with his eyes narrowed down. Aizen widened his eyes in surprise momentarily before narrowing them down. of course, he had drained Hitsugaya of most of his powers, it wasn't surprising that his hollow mask had near enough vanished. Karin put a hand on his shoulder and let out a low growl towards Aizen, indicating her hate for him through her eyes.
Toshiro stood straight, keeping a calm mask of compusure on his face like he normally did in the soul society. He quickly analized the situation.

"Aizen, Kurosaki Yuzu isn't the last stage of this, is she?" questioned Toshiro slowly, causing Karin to look at him confusedly. Aizen began to clap his hands.

"Someone actually managed to figure it out, amazing." Aizen commented, "I still have to use you and Kurosaki Karin to open the gate."
Toshiro then raised his hand to his throat and glared coldly at Aizen.

"So if I were to die, you wouldn't be able to enter the Soul King's dimension?" said Toshiro. Karin let out a gasp and stared at him, jaw dropped.

"Shiro, you can't possibly be thinking-"

"How are you to kill yourself when you have nothing to kill youself with?" said Aizen sharply, his eyes narrowing into slips, "You no longer have a Zanpaku-to and-."

Aizen stopped as a cero began to form in the Snowflake's hand.

"Let Karin's sister go and I won't fire this." said Toshiro. Aizen let out a low hiss as he pushed Yuzu away from himself causing Yuzu to fall forwards, hands meeting ground. Karin let out a relieved sigh and then turned her attention back to Toshiro.

"Shiro, you can take that thing back-." Karin widened her eyes as Toshiro suddenly pushed her out the way and stepped back quickly, attempting to moved his arm far away from himself but it was already too late, "SHIRO!"

A huge explosion happened, so huge that Aizen himself had to move too. AS smoke and dust clouded the area, Ichigo and Soi Fon shunpo'd into the scene, Ichigo picking up Yuzu while Soi Fon snatched Karin out of harm's way and appeared next to Ichigo's side. Everyone else who had came to help appeared by his side and scanned the area, but Hitsugaya could not be seen anywhere. The dust faded and Aizen could be seen once more, but it appeared as if he too was looking for Toshiro.

"SHIRO!"

Everyone whipped the sights towards Karin before lifting their eyes to where she was staring. She was staring at a wall seemingly, but as everyone looked down to the rubble on the ground, a familliar white tuft of hair could be seen through it. Soi Fon began to Shunpo but then Aizen stopped her before she could reach him.

"I am growing tired of your attempts to stop me." spat Aizen, smacking Soi FOn across the face but she somehow managed to remain standing."Leave now, and I shall spare everyone apart from Kurosaki Karin and Yuzu and of course, Hitsugaya Toshiro."

"We will never allow that." hissed Soi Fon, stading up straight, "Now this time you will die, and I'll make sure it's by my damn hand!"

A/N: *sigh* long time since I've updated but now since I feel a lot better I can write again... right? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, even though I actually thought it was terrible...
Anyway, next Chapter is Soi Fon vs Aizen (Who do you think is going to win? Soi Fon's anger mlded witht he skills she's developed all these years or Aizen, using his stupid illusions instead of fighting like a man? -.-)
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