Chapter 13

Hello my peoples! Not gonna talk much so here is the story.

Disclaimer: Shini does not own Bleach! Aww man…

~~~~BOLD LINE~~~~

"I surrender…." Sounded like a hallow echo from Frost's lips. With that said, Itami grinned in excitement, throwing Veenia to one of his men to catch. "Excellent." He said. He stepped down towards the group and made his way over to Frost.

Kenpachi chuckled deeply, as he clenched his sword in his hand. Itami stopped, facing towards the tall swordsman. "What's so funny?"

Lifting his sword to rest on his shoulder, he looked down at Frost with a fierce look. "Oi, you're just going to give up your kingdom to this scumbag without putting up a fight. What kind of warrior are you?"

She jerked her head up and stared at the man, "What?"

"You heard me; you gave up without even giving it your all. Where is the woman I faced in the forest a couple of days ago, the one who showed true strength, and believed in many possibilities? This…this is nothing like the person I saw before; all I see now is a weakling."

"I am not weak!" She yelled.

Snorting, he turned his back on her and looked at the man. "Ha! You could have fooled me with the act you're pulling right now. You're barely putting up a fight."

Growling, Frost struggled to stand up, getting ready to hurl a fist into the man in front of her. "I am doing what I believe is best for the people's lives. I don't want people to sacrifice their life just for my sake. I am supposed to be protecting them!"

"Then fight!" He turned around and grabbed her arm tightly.

She flinched from the pain, and sucked in a breath.

Itami narrowed his eyes. "Come now Frost, don't be stupid. This man is just going to get your people killed. After all you don't want your precious Familiar to die?" he gestured to the dragons in the middle of the room. "Now be a good girl and come over here and as promised none of your friends will be harmed or your beloved people."

Veenia struggled in one of the men's grip, trying to shove him away from her. The cloth loosened from her mouth from her movements allowing her to speak. "No, Frost! He's lying!" The men started to re grab her and put the cloth back over her mouth.

Ryu let out a small whine in the back of his throat, the green dragon crushing his chest under his massive claws. Squeezing his eyes shut, he tried to block out the pain to communicate with his master one more time. 'Mas…ter….d-don't…give….u…p.'

Frost's heart broke a little from hearing how much pain Ryu was in. She tried to figure out what she could do, she wanted to fight but…she didn't want anything to happen to Ryu or the others.

Kenpachi watched the turmoil in her eyes as she tried to re-evaluate the situation again. She looked over at her comrades to see their determination shining in their eyes. She smiled and shook her head, thinking about how she truly did seem weak moments ago when she knew she had to protect her people.

"Well?" Itami asked impatiently.

"Sorry, but I changed my mind. I will fight for my kingdom and all the people that have been here. They believe in me, so I must live up to their expectations."

Kenpachi grinned as he saw the fiery passion in her eyes blazing as brightly as ever.

"Tch. That's too bad." Itami snapped his fingers, commanding the dragon to finish off Ryu. The dragon obeyed sending his tail towards the smaller dragon's heart.

Pachi screeched, throwing himself onto the green dragon's face to scratch at his eyes. It let out a loud roar, making it miscue the heart and only slashing him in the shoulder.

Roaring from the pain, Ryu started to push the dragon off him as Pachi continued to blind it. Opening his mouth, he clamped onto the arm of the dragon, sending them crashing to the floor, the pain filled roars echoing in the ballroom.

~~~~ Life~~~~

Ophelia jumped up to Veenia and began attacking each of them surrounding her with ease. One by one they fell at her attacks, not standing a chance. After defeating them all, she untied Veenia and helped get the cloth off.

"You alright?" she asked.

Veenia nodded, rubbing her wrist to take the pain away from the rope burns. "Thank you for helping me. But I'm afraid this won't be enough to stop him."

"What do you mean?"

She looked at Ophelia gravely before answering. "He has another plan set in motion; this man will do whatever it takes to get what he wants by any means necessary even sacrificing his own men to win."

~~~~Life~~~~

Ikkaku glared at Ozyriel, disgust showing on his face as he watched the man hold a sharp knife to Flare's throat.

"Tch, you know I really hate people like you." Ikkaku spat.

"You think I care what you think of me?" Ozyriel asked with a manic grin on his face.

"Actually no, I don't… and I really don't give a shit about what you have to say either. I just hate people like you who use others to protect themselves. Especially if they're in a situation where they know they can't win. So they grab someone who is weaker than them and use them as a shield. It's pathetic and makes me sick to my stomach."

Ozyriel sputtered from the words Ikkaku spoke. "W-What! I am n-not weak," Growling in anger he pushed Flare aside, charging at Ikkaku. "I'll show you pathetic!"

~~~~Life~~~~

Itami gritted his teeth when he saw his plan wasn't going the way he hoped. "I hate losing. Men, bring me the Queen and destroy anyone who gets in your way!" he shouted, the remaining men still alive replied with a sharp 'Yes, sir!' and began their descent of obtaining Frost.

Kenpachi let out an intense spiritual pressure, making the men edging towards him cower in fear from his aura. Some of the men that were still courageous began to charge him all at once, trying not to show their fear of the burly man.

Grinning in glee at more battles, he let himself loose not showing any mercy to the men. Swinging his sword about, he watched the foolish men's blood spurt out of their lifeless corpses.

Frost had her own problems, seeing a group of soldiers come at her. She wasn't about to let herself get captured by weaklings like them. She would never live that down. The first one that charged at her, she ducked under his sword and swept him off his feet, making him land on his back in pain. Another two attacked from the front and back, grabbing the one in front's arm she turned her body and hurled him over her shoulder throwing him into the one from behind her. They landed on three more men that were gathered around her.

Waving her hand in a sharp upward motion, she summoned a geyser right underneath the group, dispatching them quickly. The soldiers saw the raw power from the group and began to retreat from the area.

~~~~Life~~~~

Itami watched in disgust as his troop began to abandon the battle. "Useless fools can't do anything right."

Frost walked up towards Itami. "Well, doesn't look like you have anyone else to fight for you. So why don't you give up and get out of my kingdom and never come back."

"Hmm, I'm afraid I can't do that my dear." Grinning, Itami turned to look at her straight in the face. "You see I don't like to lose and…" Holding up one finger he smirked, "I will do anything to win."

Narrowing her eyes, Frost charged at him, ready to send him flying out of the hole when she stopped. Feeling the ground shake she tried to keep her balance. The whole room shook with massive vibrations, making the ceiling crumble and debris fall.

~~~~Life~~~~

Ozyriel wiped the blood from his lip, gasping for breath and barely standing. Blow after blow he became tired and weary after barely landing a scratch on the bald man. Spitting some blood on the ground he sneered as he saw the man protecting the girl while fighting him off. 'This isn't looking so good.'

He saw soldiers retreating, being cowards and completely hopeless. Whatever his lord was planning they needed to act now or else they would really lose this fight. "Come on, my lord." He whispered under his breath as he blocked another attack from the spear. He ducked a swing while ending out a kick to the man's stomach.

Ikkaku anticipated it and moved back, avoiding the hit. Jumping up, he swung down hard towards the man, barely missing him by an inch.

Flare watched the others, looking for her sister to see if she was safe. She fell over, gripping the railing as she felt the quake through the floor. "What's happening?" she yelled out.

Ikkaku stopped when he felt it too, and looked over towards his Captain and Yumichika. Yumi was holding Terra while they both were trying to dodge the falling rubble. Yachiru's grip on the Captain's hair was the only thing preventing her from falling.

"Look out!" someone shouted.

After the quick outburst Ikkaku felt a sharp pain in his back. Turning his head he saw Ozyriel's smirking face: his knife sticking out of his back. Letting out a painful cry and cursing the man to the pits of hell, Ikkaku fell to his knees. He felt the blood gushing from his back rapidly. He heard the man's laughter while he was falling in and out of consciousness.

~~~~Life~~~~

Pachi screeched and scratched at the dragon's face. The dragon's left eye was sealed shut as blood ran down from it. Ryu roared, smacking him the dragon with his tail. He pounced on the dragon, his jaws clenching around the neck. The green dragon snarled in agony until it went limp in his mouth. He slackened his jaw and looked at the dead body of his foe. Snorting he turned around ready to help his master.

Pachi screeched, "Look out!"

White searing pain enveloped Ryu as his body felt like it was on fire. Thrashing in pain, he tried to remove whatever it was causing it. His wounds became unbearable as he fell down to the ground, shrinking to his smaller form as his energy was sucked away.

Pachi squealed as white glowing chains shot up from the ground and enveloped him, making him incapable of moving.

~~~~Life~~~~

Kenpachi was trying to figure out what the cause of the earthquake was when he saw strange people in cloaks enter the area, "Oh Good! More soldiers!"

"Look Ken-chan!" Yachiru pointed to Ikkaku. They saw Flare hovering over Ikkaku's body, trying to wake him up. She was shoved away by Ozyriel and consumed in a barrage of chains.

"Yachiru!" Kenpachi tried to grab her but he was too late as a chain shot out and wrapped itself around her. She struggled to get off but she couldn't as she felt her spiritual pressure fading away. "Ken-chan!" she cried out.

Ophelia tried to dodge the chains but couldn't keep up. "There's too many!" she shouted before she felt pain wrack her whole body. She was out cold in a few seconds as well as Veenia.

Yumichika pushed Terra away before he was trapped in a cocoon. Terra tried to go back in to save him but there was a shield blocking her way. She slammed her body against it only to be repelled backwards from the shockwave of energy.

Kenpachi saw the chains and began to slice at them as they came towards him. One of the chains wrapped around his ankle, pulling him down while the others bounded him down. He grunted, trying to fight against them but his strength was slipping away. "What?" He resisted to the best of his abilities until he had no strength left, crashing to his knees as they chained him to the floor.

Well that's it for this chapter, I couldn't think of anything else anymore after this. Sorry for the delayed update. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review. Reviews are like candy to writers! :3

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