The arrival of the three captains so far have been a help. Toshiro was able to defeat Omai, but there is still Byakuya and Shunsui. They both had to deal with Masuru and Rinnosuke and that left Ichigo to fight against Riesin and Orihime continuously struggle against Zenou.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura." Byakuya said as he released his zanpakuto and the blade turned into pink petals. Rinnosuke actually admired it.

"Lovely. I never would have guessed soul reapers use flowers to fight." Rinnosuke said. "However, that isn't going to help you."

"These flowers you see are actually hundreds of upon thousands of tiny blades that are too small to see." Byakuya said. "The reflected light gives them the form of petals that will cut you down."

"Byakuya, there's something you should know." Uryu said. "Rinnosuke's ability will trace your spirit energy when you attack. When he does that, any damage dealt to him will be dealt to you as well."

"He's right." Rinnosuke said. "If I place myself on the verge of death, you'll be as well. If I put myself in that position, I can kill you very easily and then I can heal myself."

"Interesting." Byakuya said because he found something in there that caught his interest.

"It's all true." Rinnosuke said and pointed up. "Just look at my little friend flying around above me." Byakuya looked to see one of the six flowers flying around above Rinnosuke and formed a circle. "There's also this one down by my feet." Byakuya looked down and saw that one as well. "It's sort of like these two are scanning me for any injuries and they'll make sure you have as well."

"That is quite the impressive ability." Byakuya said. "And with powers like yours that revive the dead, you are a force to be reckoned with."

"Oh and don't think about having that Uryu guy help you." Rinnosuke said. "If both you attack me at the exact same time somehow, you'll both just get injured. If I also manage to kill one of you, but one of you kills me, all three of us are just going to end up dead. We're at a standoff, but I hold the upper hand. It might be best to just give up.

'His ability does sound dangerous, but something isn't right.' Uryu analyzed. 'Before Byakuya showed up, he stabbed his own hand and I still got hurt. That doesn't actually relate to what he just stated.' Uryu thought about all of what Rinnosuke just said and how his abilities worked. 'That's it! One a one-on-one fight, it wouldn't matter how Rinnosuke got hurt because he only has one spirit energy to trace. However, if it's two-one-one, he must not be able to trace two spirit energies if he gets injured. Of course, he said that attacking at the same time won't work. I theorize that we must only be able to use the surrounding area to truly fight him. That means I might have to work with Byakuya, a real soul reaper, but I have my pride as a quincy.'

"You think I need help to defeat you?" Byakuya said. "I don't need any." Uryu was a little surprised, but he figured Byakuya might say something like that.

"You think you can take me on by yourself?" Rinnosuke said with a chuckle.

"Let's test your abilities." Byakuya said as he had a few of his petals flew at Rinnosuke.

"You attack?" Rinnosuke said as he was starting to find Byakuya a fool. "Weren't you paying attention to a thing I just said?" The petals flew past Rinnosuke. A few seconds after they passed him, Rinnosuke flinched a felt a few cuts form on his face.

"Here it comes!" Uryu said as the Rinnosuke's flower at the bottom flew at Byakuya and slid past his face with Byakuya getting the same cuts.

"Don't say I didn't warn you. You should be careful. You don't want to kill yourself, do you?" Rinnosuke said.

"I am very certain that you are going to try and avoid putting yourself in a death situation." Byakuya said.

"Excuse me?" Rinnosuke said.

"You say you would put yourself on the "verge" of death." Byakuya said. "However, aren't there others in your forces that have abilities like yours? Surely, they can revive you if you are dead."

"So what?" Rinnosuke said.

"If that was the case, you shouldn't bring yourself close to death." Byakuya said. "You actually should kill yourself if it means you take your enemy out with you. I think I see why."

"What do you mean?" Rinnosuke said and was starting to get a little nervous.

"You don't completely trust your comrades." Byakuya said. "With the kinds of powers you and your people have, I think it wouldn't really matter if you were killed or not as long as you have one person with the power to revive each of you. You all hold the ability to break the limits that the gods themselves set. That doesn't seem to be the case here. You actually fear death. You don't trust your comrades will bring you back." Rinnosuke was trembling and was an indication that Byakuya hit the nail on the head.

"What are you? A psychologist?" Rinnosuke said. "Don't try to psychologically mess with my head. I don't fear anything."

"Let's put that to the test." Byakuya said as he held out his hand.

"What are you doing?" Rinnosuke said.

"Mask of blood and flesh, universe soar, the one crown with Man's name. One the wall of blue flames, inscribe on the twin lotus. In the abyss of configuration, wait at the far reaches of heaven." (AN: Just to be clear for future references, I'm trying to get the English versions of the enchantments.)

"What are you doing?" Rinnosuke said.

"Let's find out if I'm correct." Byakuya said.

"Is Byakuya serious? If he's wrong, he'll kill himself." Uryu said under his breath.

"Hado 73: Soren Sokatsui." Byakuya fired two blasts of energy at Rinnosuke with full power. Rinnosuke seemed scared and acted without thinking.

"Shiten Kesshun!" Rinnosuke formed his shield to block the attack, but the impact caused it to form cracks and sent Rinnosuke sliding back. "Are you out of your mind?"

"Bakudo #61: Rikujokoro." Six plates of light were formed and slammed into Rinnosuke's midsection and he found it difficult to move.

"What is this?" Rinnosuke said.

"Since bakudo can't be used to harm another, I shouldn't suffer any damage." Byakuya said. "It would appear that I was right earlier or else you wouldn't have blocked that attack."

"I can't move." Rinnosuke said as he tried to get out, but couldn't even move a finger.

"Senbonzakura." Byakuya said as the petals of his zanpakuto swarmed above Rinnosuke and surrounded his healing flower.

"What are you doing?" Rinnosuke said as he saw the tiny blades slashed against it until there was nothing left and broke Rinnosuke's power.

"It's the end for you." Byakuya said. "Your people insulted our pride of us soul reapers, you've attacked that which matters to me, and your abilities are a threat to all. You're too dangerous to be kept alive."

"Please….don't." Rinnosuke begged.

"It's time that you faced your fears. My flowers are more beautiful than yours." Byakuya said as he commanded his blades to slash all around Rinnosuke and literally shredded him. Uryu couldn't believe that Byakuya was able to pull it off.

'I must admit that I'm impressed.' Uryu thought. 'He's been a step ahead of Rinnosuke all along. He saw right through him. Now I see why Rukia and Renji respect him so much.'

…

Orihime

Orihime continued to fight on her own against Zenou. She kept swinging her sword against Zenou, but Zenou kept using his shield and was able to block each attack that she threw at him.

"Is that the best you've got?" Zenou said.

'I can't light up. I've got to get through somehow.' Orihime thought as she kept attacking. Zenou was getting bored until he sensed what happened to Rinnosuke and just noticed Omai was dead as well.

"It can't be. Two of us have been defeated?" Zenou questioned. Orihime saw that he dropped his guard.

'Now's my chance!' Orihime said as she swung her zanpakuto and aimed for the head. Zenou just noticed it. Orihime was close to cutting it off, but she saw flash images of Zenou and remembered all that he told her. She stopped just short of his neck. Zenou pulled himself together and shoved his hand against her. Orihime was pushed back as she rolled against the ground a few meters. Zenou walked over to Orihime to where stopped. He grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up to see she was still conscious.

"What was that?" Zenou said. "You had me for an instant, but you didn't see your attack through. Why?"

"I don't know why I'm fighting anymore." Orihime said. Hearing her say that made him grow furious.

"Are you serious? How could you forget what you're fighting for?" Zenou said as he used his spare arm to pound her around. "This won't be as fun if you don't fight back. How could you forget why you're fighting in the middle of our fight?" He tossed her aside and she hit a wall.

'I haven't forgot my reason for fighting.' Orihime thought. 'It's more like I don't see a reason to fight anymore. When I fought Masara, she wanted revenge, and when I fought Ikikaera, he wanted acknowledgement. They both might have wanted two different things, but they were in control of their own actions. It's different with him. He's just doing what his father told him and he doesn't know any better. It just doesn't feel right.'

"If you're not going to fight, I'll have no choice, but to erase you." Zenou said. They might have been able to take a stand against the Roiyariti and slowly gain the upper hand, but it might already be too late.

To Be Continued….