"Oi, come back here! Quit runnin' like some pathetic bitch!" exclaimed Zaraki Kenpachi as he gave chase to the masked little girl. Unknown to Kenpachi, he was actually being lured to a less crowded and more suitable area to continue fight.
Seeing the opening to the basement Hiyori dashed through it and down the stairs. The staircase was dark but opened up abruptly into a huge lit underground cavern. After a short distance from the base of the stairs Hiyori stopped and waited for the 11th squad captain to catch up. She didn't have to wait long, or try very hard to notice his arrival. In fact, a person would have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to even stand a chance to miss the explosion that Zaraki Kenpachi created upon landing.
Kenpachi was far past the talking stage by now, and with a roar of demonic laughter he lunged toward Hiyori his zanpakuto leading the way for a stab. The attack was blindingly fast, yet Hiyori easily managed to slip her own blade underneath the large man's blade and angle it up harmlessly away from her body. One step forward and she was easily within his guard, and she decided to let the man know, in no uncertain terms, about his mistake. She cut him deeply from his right hip up to his left shoulder with a lightning fast slash of her zanpakuto. The would made the captain falter and stop himself from falling by using his sword as a support.
Thinking him finished Hiyori sheathed her blade and turned to walk away. She obviously didn't know why he was known as the Immortal, and had no warning before a jagged-edged blade raked another nasty cut along her shoulder blades.
"Stop screwin' around. You're not gonna get rid of me with a tiny cut like this. So far I'm winnin'. I have more cuts in that you do," said Zaraki as if off-handedly commenting on the score of a sports game.
Hiyori's answer came in the form of an over-charged cero. The cycloptic captain tried to block it with his blade, but astonishingly was overpowered. He was sent careening through the air and into the sheer rock wall of the cavern. Burned and bleeding, Kenpachi exploded back out of the rubble to continue the fight as eagerly as before his injuries. Afterall, he IS Zaraki Kenpachi 11th squad captain and probably the most insanely tough son of a bitch you'll ever meet.
Finally after 8 cero blasts, 15 newly formed craters, countless cuts, and what seemed like gallons of blood later the 11th squad captain could hardly stand. His vision was hazy and there was constant ringing in his ears. He was on the verge of blacking out, but not through any weakness of his own. No, it was because of all the rips, tears, and holes in his body. It was because there was more of his blood on the floor and walls than there was flowing through his veins.
Ugh. I've never been this out classed before. The powergap is huge even though I took my eye patch off. She's just playin' with me.
So what?
Great, thought the wounded man shaking his head for concentration. Not only do I hear ringing, but now I can add voices to the list. What else? Tiny life-like figures of people I know giving me advice?
The voice issued a faintly high-pitched and darkly amused bout of laughter.
A mere voice? How about I give you a bit of my power, and then we can see if I am a 'mere voice.
I only fight under my own steam, Pal. Accepting help from others is weakness. Wait, why am I talkin' to an imaginary voice? Maybe everyone's right and I really am off my rocker…
Tch. There you go with that imaginary bullshit again. Taking' power from me is the same as using your own, if you catch my drift.
'fraid I'm not catchin' it. Why don't you just tell me already? Skip the games.
Very well. I am your zanpakutoUp until now I had given up hope of even being able to talk to you You're reiatsu is always so cranked that I can never get through, but now since you are on the edge of death it seems we can communicate. You seriously need to learn to listen, boki.
…I've been tryin'to talk to you for months now…
…Yeah, sorry about that I've been sleeping. That's what I do when you're not being destructive.
Since when am I not being' destructive!?
Whatever, we can talk about this later. I'll give you a good chunk of my own power for one last attack. Better make do cause I don't feel like dying yet.
As if waking from a dream Zaraki opened his eyes. A new kind of power ripped through his body giving him strength and clearing his mind. The power was intoxicating. It was ecstacy, beyond imagination.
Pushing himself up, Kenpachi could feel the energy searching for a way out of his body. He let it all and out and found himself in a vortex of reddish-gold reiatsu. The leading edge of his aura physically manifested in the form of a broken shield extremely reminiscent of a human skull.
Kenpachi locked eyes with hiyori and stated, "It's time to draw this baby to a close," as he started off towards the little girl in a blinding sprint.
This power… it's completely different from whatever he was using before... Thought the vizard
Not taking any chances Hiyori charged up her strongest cero yet. After releasing it, she watched expectantly as it sped off on a direct intercept course with the empowered shinigami captain. She stared in shock as he seemingly cut through the cero like a hot knife through butter, parting it into two halves while never ceasing his charge. Hiyori was starting to panick now. How did he get so strong? Where does it come from?
Looking up she saw that the devil man was only seconds away. She could already feel the heat of his aura against her skin as it seemed to burn the atmosphere around him. Thinking desperately she put as much reiatsu as possible in the short amount of time behind her next swing hoping it would be enough to at least stop the attack.
Their swords clashed in a blinding flash of light. When the light cleared they were standing facing each other with locked swords. Kenpachi was pushing down and Hiyori had both her hands reinforcing the back of her unreleased zanpakuto holding him off. For a second it seemed like a draw, but then Hiyori's blade finally broke through Kenpachi's with a blast of pure energy. She watched in horror as blood seemed to explode from Kenpachi as his left arm was nearly severed and he was sent rocketing back through the air and into the cavern wall.
Kenpachi fell forward from the new crater in the wall to black out while muttering, "…useless…"
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"My, my I guess I will have to be taking Zaraki-Taicho to my house for medical attention. He looks more like a piece of bloody meat now, and I don't want Soul Society having a fit over the death of a captain," said Urahara Kisuke with a wave of his fan.
"Go ahead and make sure he doesn't die Urahara-san. We really don't want Soul Society coming after us for his death," commented Rose as he turned back to walk away and see how Ichigo was faring against Shinji.
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a/n
Ok. This is the Kenpachi half of chapter 5 and it's the half I'm most worried about because I hope I'm not being tarded.
Thanks to CO Raven for being my beta and keeping me from making kenpachi a god too soon.(not that he isn't already Oo)