Achikawa gasped for air as Ichigo pounded into him again and again. How the hell had this boy gotten into the hollow realm? More importantly, how the hell did he find him? The eneny hadn't the time to think on it as Kukaku's fist met his torso, causing him to cough up blood. Byakuya was the next to strike; his blow sending Achikawa clear across the canyon they had been battling in. The three stood by each other, Kukaku on Ichigo's right, her arms folded as she smirked. Byakuya stood on Ichigo's left side, his eyes narrowed as he stared at their foe. Ichigo clenched his fists, watching as Achikawa rose once again. The look in the hollows eyes was enough to srend chills through them. In a burst of light, Achikawa stood in his full hollow form, but this time, he seemed bigger. Taking a few steps back, the three looked up at the now laughing and cocky Achikawa.
"Ok..so he's a big fucker now." Kukaku growled, dodging one of his limbs as it came crashing down at them. She landed on one hand, turning as she landed a perfect round house kick in his ass. Achikawa however, didn't flinch as he only shreeked and turned to her. "I think I pissed him off now!" She called, dodging another attack. Ichigo and Byakuya had been dodging limbs left and right. Holy hell this guy was worse than a octapus!
"You think!?" Ichigo yelled, jumping up as he went in for a punch. Stupid. Really, really, really stupid. Achikawa turned, swatting Ichigo down.
"Have you lost all yer senses!?" Kukaku grunted as she blocked an attack, which sent her flying. Byakuya was quick on his feet as he caught her just before she went flying into an oversized moutain of rock. This was pretty much a losing battle, in their current state anyways. But there was no use wasting power so early in the game. Though Ichigo knew Yoruichi didn't have much time, he wanted to make Achikawa suffer for ever hurting his goddess. He wanted to bring the beast to his knees in pain, wanted to make him beg for mercy. But Achikawa only proved to be a bit more arrgressive. Not only had his power increased ten fold, but he had somehow found a way to enhance his speed as well, and his size. Ichigo hadn't the time to transform, he was too busy fending off crazy ass limbs!
"We need to buy Ichigo some time. He can't gather the power for his vizard form on the defense like he is." Byakuya may have been the silent, emotionally disoriented type, but he sure knew his shit when it came to fighting. The guy was like an expert. No matter how many times Ichigo tried to picture Byakuya being out going, the only image, or scenario that came to mind was the one where Byakuya was the cool silent type where every so often he'd through in a cool like. Something on the lines of 'lets kill these bitches'
"Are ya blind! Move!" Kukaku shouted as she sent a blast of energy at the limb coming for Ichigo. Jumping, Ichigo nodded his thanks to her. Forget about Byakuya's weird ass sense of persona, he had a bigger problem to worry about. Running up on of Achikawa's longer limbs, Kukaku landed a blast to his face, looking down at Ichigo as she nodded her head. "What are ya waitin for. Your wastin-uufff.." Before the hard headed woman could finish her sentence, she found herself out of air and lodged into the ground beneath a large foot. "Peeewww...wee..." She murmured, holding her nose shut while trying to get him off. Blood spurted from her mouth as Achikawa pushed his foot down onto her further. She gasped for air, followed by gagging as she covered her nose once more. "Ya know, yer feet smell like ass!" She shouted, grunting as pain over took her. In a mere second, Achikawa screamed in pain, tumbling over as Byakuya severed his ankle from his leg. Ichigo glanced over at Achikawa, eyes widening.
"Hes regenerating?!" The look of surprise took over both Kukaku and Byakuya's face as they stood, watching. "This is crazy!" Ichigo shouted, drawing energy into his hand as he readied his vizard form. To no such luck though. A giant red blast was sent his way, nailing him dead center. Kukaku gasped, hunpoing as she grabbed Byakuya's hand.
"Damnit. Y'know, this is gonna take a while." The fire works expert groaned as she held her stomach. Byakuya wrapped an arm around her waist as he helped her along, making their way towards Ichigo. The orange haired reaper emerged from the smoke, blood dripping an open wound on his chest. "Ichigo! You ok kid?" Kukaku said, staggering up to him.
"Yeah, though I think we should hurry up and get this over with." The three turned towards the beast, grinning as they fired a combined kido blast at him. Taking the small loop as a break, Ichigo gathered his vizard power, as did both Kukaku and Byakuya. In a burst of swirling black, red, and yellow light, lightning spidered the sky, striking the ground around them. Achikawa flinched as the light blinded him, and when he looked down, they were gone. The beast screeched, looking all around. Pain was all he felt as he stumbled forward, turning to see Kukaku. Only she was laughing, a mask covering her face. The mask was much different than Ichigo's and Yoruichi's; her mask was much more open. Her eyes were left cut out, the mask only outlining her face and covering her nose. The color of her eyes had changed; the pupil being a dark, glowing blue while the rest of her eye was black. Her mask was colored black, blue and red markings signified its difference. Kukaku disappeared, and Achikawa hadn't the time to look around as pain once again took over. This time, he felt himself being graviated off the ground, flying high in the air. Turning his head to look down, he saw Byakuya with a hollow mask. The mask he wore was entirely different. The mask only covered one side of his face, while the other side had one small piece going from his jaw to his ear. His eyes were a mysterious gold, the pupil was a bright green. He disappeared, and the only thing Achikawa could remember was his body crashing into the ground. Screeching in pain, he looked up, sitting up as he kneeled on a large knee. Standing in front of him were not one, but three vizards. The same three shinigami he was just fighting. The enormous hollow couldn't help the fear he felt as they disappeared once again. He new the move; it was flash step. Taught to them by none other than that dying wench Yoruichi.
"You guys think you'll save her by killing me?" His voice rumbled, hoarse from his form. Ichigo's fist made contact with his stomach, knocking the wind out of him.
"Theres only one way to find out." Ichigo said, eyes glaring into Achikawa's. Jumping back, Ichigo held his hand out, his Bankai forming in a cloud of black smoke. "And thats by killing you!" With a strike of his blade, Achikawa's left side was completely destroyed. The hollow screamed in pain as blood pooled the area. The blast that had resonated from Ichigo's bankai took out a whole section of the hollow world. Kukaku wasted no time in forming a blast in the palm of her hands.
"Yer screwing with the wrong woman." She roared as she fired the blast at him. Byakuya stood beside her, joining in as he drew his bankai, striking a blast at the creature. Ichigo shunpoed his way to Achikawa, his hand ripping through the front of his chest. Achikawa laid limp, the only part of his body remaining was his head and his chest. He was done for. Grasping the orb, Ichigo ripped his hand back out of the hollows chest.
"I got it!" He yelled, grinning as he jumped in the air. "This is for Yoruichi!" He shouted, swinging his bankai with one hand. A bright red light lit up the area, and only Achikawa's screeching could be heard. As the light died down, Ichigo landed beside Kukaku and Byakuya. He nodded to them, and together the three ripped off their masks. "Lets go." Nodding their heads, Byakuya lent Kukaku a much needed shoulder before the three made their way back to soul society. Only one thing remained now; saving Yoruichi.
A/N: I dare say I'm good only at comedy and romance lol Yeah... fighting aint my best area ta write. Even though I love action. Romance takes the cake fer me. I'm a romantic kinda gal.. sigh... I need a man who is as romantic as me lol Anywho, FINALLY!! Achikawa is dead, though, this story is far far faaarrrr from over. After all, Yoruichi still needs saving and Ichigo isn;t off the hook yet with his mighty powerful ass. Achikawa ain't the only one wanting his power, y'know. And Yoruichi's dream still has yet to make its pop up in my story, though, it won't be appearing for awhile. So I suggest you guys sit back and enjoy reading more of Cold November Rain. Alot of surprises lay ahead. Speaking of surprises, how'd you guys like the surprise of both Kukaku and Byakuya becoming vizards? Pretty good eh? Eh? How that happened will be explained in the next chapter. Its quite simple. I know three of you guys knew about Kukaku becoming a vizard. Though, no one knew Byakuya was gonna be one! Well, its New Years Eve...Eve lol. Sunday, 8:58 pm... yeah. Well, I hope you all liked this chapter. The next chapter is a cute, romantic one. There will be a lemon in it. Though I don't know if I wanna make it too detailed.. Hm. What do you guys think? Detailed lemon? Or just a brief two paragraph one? Maurice, I know ya don't like too much lemon. Yer a good, good guy. Thats why I'm not making the entire chapter a lemon like I did for chapter 11, or like i normally tend ta do. And since I know ya like romance stuff, I'm gonna put in a cute little romantic scene for ya. To make up for the lemon later on at the end of the chapter. I'll shut up now and let you all go. Happy New Year! R&R Pwease :3