Chapter Six: Bankai.
Ariel: Whoo! I'm bored…
Ikkaku: She's bored again!! Hide the Sake!!!
Ariel: (In a Jack Sparrow way) Why is the Sake gone!?! TT_TT
Renji: … She doesn't own Bleach… And please vote on her Poll…
Tell my mother, tell my father… I've done the best I can. To make them realize, this is my life.
Kimiko, Byakuya and Renji walk through the nighttime sky of the human world. "Wow… This world is so… Different," Kimiko says, looking around. "I've got a lock on Rukia, Kuchiki-taichō." "Very well, you may go." Byakuya says. Renji nods and he jumps down to a large pole. "Wait, why does he have his Zabimaru out?" Kimiko asks. Byakuya doesn't answer her. Kimiko looks down and she sees Renji toy around with Rukia. She grinds her teeth together and shunpo's down to them, stopping his blade from slicing Rukia with hers. "Get out of the way, Kimiko!" He growls, adding more pressure. "What's your problem!?" Kimiko yells, pushing him back. Renji stumbles a little and regains balance, holding Zabimaru up, "You dare to try and challenge a lieutenant!?" "I'll challenge anyone who tries to harm my sister!" Kimiko yells. She holds her sword high in the air, "Let your petals of destruction bloom and teach the fool to fear. Attack! Rosa Negra De Muerte!" Her sword glows a dark purple and she swings her blade down, a huge, black wave of spiritual energy flying at Renji. He jumps up, thinking, "That's no ordinary Zanpakutō release!" Kimiko swings her sword up and the energy follows him. "I can't dodge it!" Renji thinks. Right when the wave is about to hit Renji, Byakuya stops the attack and Kimiko falls over, two wounds pouring out blood. "Fuck… His… Attack." She stammers. "That's enough, Kimiko," Byakuya says. Renji hold his Zabimaru over Rukia, about to strike when an arrow narrowly misses him. "Attacking a girl with no weapon and outnumbered? That's not right at all…" Kimiko hears. She looks up to see a kid with glasses and black hair. "Crap… Everything's… fading away…." Kimiko mumbles as she blacks out.
After Ichigo gets beaten, Renji looks around, "Kuchiki-taichō… Where's Kimiko?" Byakuya looks to the area where she was lying, "… It doesn't matter… Our orders were to collect Rukia… We'll send someone to capture her after we complete the mission," Byakuya says. Renji nods and the three of them leave for the Soul Society. Kimiko peeks around from behind the tree, "Good… They're gone…" She staggers over to the orange-haired boy that was beaten by Byakuya. "… You can beat him… I can see that you have potential…" she says. "That boy is Kurosaki Ichigo." She hears. She looks up to see a man in a green and white striped hat. "You're… Urahara Kisuke… The former captain of squad 12…" Kimiko says. The man smiles, "At your service, Miss Kuchiki." "Thanks, but right now, this boy needs your services," Kimiko says, nodding at Ichigo. "So does this Quincy…" Kisuke says, "How did you escape from those other two?" "I lowered my spiritual pressure so that they wouldn't notice that I was missing," Kimiko says. "You're not that badly injured so, I'll heal these two first… If that's alright, Miss Kuchiki," Kisuke says. "How do you know my name? I haven't even said it yet…" Kimiko asks. "It was… intuition!!" Kisuke says, smiling. Kimiko narrows her eyes but she doesn't ask again.
Kisuke takes her to his small shop and Tessai helps heal her. "There you go, Miss Kuchiki," He says, wrapping the bandages. "Thanks…" She says, "But please, just call me Kimiko, I'm just a runaway now…" Kisuke walks into the room, "So… you want to help the boy rescue Rukia, huh?" Kimiko nods, "I'll do anything to help!" Kisuke smiles, "Then let me ask you this… Have you mastered Bankai yet?" Kimiko shakes her head, "Not yet… but I have seen my Zanpakutō's true form." Kisuke looks down at her, "I see… come with me, Miss Kuchiki." He turns around and walks out of the room. Kimiko stumbles a little and she follows him. Kisuke climbs down a small ladder, into a dark hole. Kimiko hesitates but Kisuke shouts, "It's alright, you can jump!" She closes her eyes and jumps down into the hole. Kisuke catches her at the bottom and sets her down. "Here is where you'll train for Bankai," He says, gesturing out to the training area. "Wow! I've seen this place before!" She says, "I found it in the Soul Society!" Kisuke chuckles, "Yes, Yoruichi and I built that together." "But… Urahara-san… I thought It took years to master Bankai!" Kimiko exclaims. "Yeah, it does but the way I'm going to teach you will only take three days!" Kimiko's eyes widen, "… are you sure, Urahara-san?" Kisuke smiles, "Do you trust me, Miss Kuchiki?" Kimiko looks down and she thinks for a minute, "… Yes… I do." "Then let's get started."
(A/n: I hope you all don't mind but, I'm going to skip the Bankai training for a flashback later on…)