The Mysteries of This Life

Chapter 24: Dark Sky Devils

I stared at Yoko with a mocking look. I knew I could beat her. Yami started to feel uneasy. I looked at her out of the corner of my eye. I saw her other human form standing beside me. She noticed that I saw her. Time stopped. I looked around and the scenery slowly changed all around me.

"Here again?" I asked as the scenery finished its transformation. Yami looked at me and let out a sigh.

"You can't fight all out this time."

"Why not?"

"Because of me." I looked up at the new voice. I saw a different person that looked like me. The only difference was the colors that made up her being and her zanpakto. That was all I noticed until she opened her eyes. It looked like there was nothing there. I took one small step back. She smiled at my reaction. "Remember that you almost turned into a hollow. I'm that side of you. At the same time I'm a part of Yami. I think you're too weak to survive. Too bad for you though."

"Why is it too bad for me?"

"If you fight all out, I will take over. I don't like how weak you are when you fight. Even when you give it all you've got, you're still a weakling."

"Shut up! I'm not weak! I can beat Yoko. I don't need your help. All I need is Yami. We're a team. We're an unbeatable team."

"No you aren't. When you were a soul reaper the first time, you got beat constantly. You're the reason she lost."

"We're better now. I am the reason she lost in the first place. That is true. Yet there is one thing I must say about that. I have gained a connection to her and fighting experience. There is no way we can lose anymore. We will win together. Of course I rely mainly on her power instead of mine. I will still win with Yami. We are a team and she's my partner. I want to fight alongside Yami. Let me have this fight. I will try to fight with more purpose than I ever have. I promise you that I won't die. I promise you that we won't die. Just let me have this one last fight." The hollow side of me just stared at me. I think I was what she was staring at. It was hard to tell with her eyes.

"Ok. You can have this fight. If she gets to the point of dealing you blows that could kill us, I will step in and take over. Am I understood?" I smiled.

"Yes. I understand."The scenery changed again.

"Shall I kill you now or wait for you to say your goodbyes?" Yoko asked. I glared up at her.

"Neither. You're the one that's going to die today. I won't let you win. Yami and I will kill you."

"Who? Oh you mean your zanpakto? That's just a flimsy toy." I heard Yami growl at that comment.

"Let's tear her apart," Yami said angrily. "I won't allow anyone to talk about me like that."

"I won't either. Yoko! No one talks about my zanpakto like that!" She grinned in an evil way. "Prepare to face the Dark Devils." I jumped up in the air to her level and hit her hard. She flew back and stopped just before hitting a building that was nearby.

"You little brat. I'll keep my promise of killing you."

"I'll keep my promise. There is no way I'm letting myself die here by your hands."

"You're making a mistake when you talk to me like that."

"You're the one making a mistake by fighting me." I sped towards her. She moved and I followed. We kept climbing higher and higher in the air. I realized that we were much higher than I was when I used Yamido. I smiled at my secret attack before I remembered that Yoko had seen that attack before. I scowled in frustration.

"Do you give up?"

"Not a chance Yoko. If I gave up, that would make me a dead person. I won't allow myself to die. Bakuro 4!" The attack shot out of my fingers and hit her left arm. Her fire doll flared up in anger. Yami was waiting patiently for me to draw her. "Just a little bit longer," I whispered to her. I felt her getting smug at the thought of killing the one that thought of her as a flimsy toy. "Shockohol," I shouted as the kido fired at Yoko and her doll. Yoko laughed at my attack.

"You shot a fire cannon at a bount with a fire doll?" she asked me in disbelief. She laughed again. "You're such an idiot!" I sliced her arm with Yami.

"Your doll may be made of fire but it doesn't quite enjoy that type of fire hitting it. It actually distinguishes it a little." She looked at her weakened doll. The doll shrank as it kept hold of the kido. Yoko glared at me and her doll hit me square in the chest with a lot of force. It left me coughing as it burnt my skin and it damaged the air around me. She took my distraction as an opportunity and hit me with a force that sent me flying back. "I will kill you," I coughed out.

"You and your zanpakto may be Dark Devils but my doll and I are a perfect team." I glared at her and Raised Yami above my head. Yoko just laughed as she got ready for me to use Yamido. I sent out a Byaku Rai from the tip of Yami. It surprised Yoko and hit her. It didn't cause much damage. I got closer to Yoko and brought Yami down on her and her doll. She just smiled. Her doll wasn't damaged and she had hardly any damage done to her. Her and her doll hit me with a series of attacks that I couldn't block. As each attack hit me, I could feel myself losing blood and getting weaker. I started to attack at the first pause I could find. We were fighting each other and each getting only one attack before the other got to attack. When she attacked, I would get hit by her and her doll. I could feel her knocking out all my energy and I was losing a lot of blood from the burns left by her doll. Her doll changed form in the battle and started to cut me and burn me. I started to lose more blood and the hits from her and her doll were getting more and more deadly. I was starting to think that there was no way for me to win.

"It looks like I need to take you over," I heard my inner hollow tell me. I shook my head and fell back. I started to fall towards the ground. Yoko followed me from the spot right in front of me. I let Yami regain her lost energy as we fell and Yoko and her doll landed a lot of hits to me. Once Yami's energy was back to its fullest, I pulled her back and brought her down against Yoko's doll. The doll died from the hit and I stopped my freefall. I went up high in the sky again and faced Yoko with a smile on my face. Yoko looked angry and another doll appeared next to her.

"You have got to be kidding me," I said in disbelief. It was a wind doll and those dolls are very damaging. Her new doll hit me over and over again. It left deep wounds all over me. I could feel all the blood falling out of me. I was losing all my blood and all my power. I couldn't go on for too much longer.

(A/N: So that was chapter 24. Please review. Get 80 points and a cyber sprinkle factory with a free cyber marshmallow factory with your free review. I don't own Bleach or its characters. I only own the characters not in Bleach. I'm too lazy to name them all right now. The song for this chapter is Dance With the Devil by Breaking Benjamin. I don't own it or the band. I wish I owned the band though. Oh well. Not all dreams come true. Have a great day!)