Fear II
Soifon heard the sickening crash and her heart fell. Ikakku Madarame lay defeated before Choe Neng Poww, and the critical pillar of the Tenkai Kecchu had fallen. Her stoicism crumbled away as she thought of Yoruichi in the real Karakura Town, which was at this very minute spilling its way back into the real world.
No, this cannot be. She wanted to scream but no sound came out. Her hand went to the hilt of her zanpakuto, and she leant forward and glanced at Yamamoto, longing for him to give the order for one of the Captains – even her – to intervene. Yamamoto nodded to Sajin Komamura, who immediately flash-stepped down to the street-level with his Vice-Captain.
The world seemed to slow down and all Soifon could hear were her own thoughts and the thumping of her heart in her chest as she mentally willed the Seventh Squad Captain on to victory.
She eased back slightly when Kokujo Tengen Myo had decisive defeated the Fraccion's Resurrecion form. But she only breathed more easily when Vice-Captain Iba had finished setting up a series of smaller pillars that could hold back the return of Karakura town.
Soifon stood to attention once again, and tried to quell the fear that roared in her only a moment ago. There was still more of the battle to come, and she had to be ready.