Chapter 19

Toshi and Katsu

"You want me to go first?" Toshi asked her brother. She turned her head and threw him a small glance. He nodded.

"You got us into this, it's only right if you're the first to crash and burn." He replied.

"Was that supposed some kind of pun?" Toshi asked.

"Take it as whatever you want." He replied. She smiled and reached around her neck and pulled the string that held the pacifier around her neck.

"What's she doing?" Shinji asked, he leaned forward in his seat with amusement.

"She's releasing her zanpakuto." Jushiro said as he stared intently at the small girl standing in the middle of the ring.

"From the pacifier?" Shinji asked

"I'm guessing so; I don't see any other way she would able to fight. They don't carry weapons around with them do they?" he asked.

"No, we don't allow them to." Toshiro answered.

"Well it doesn't look like you've been too successful with your restrictions." Shinji said with a small.

"Shut up Hirako." Toshiro said.

Back in the middle of the ring Toshi was standing twirling her pacifier around her finger with a confident smile still on her face.

"What are you gonna do with that, sucker me to death?" Yuki asked.

"That's kind of rude, she hasn't even given me a chance to warm up yet." She replied.

"I haven't even gotten started yet." Toshi declared. There was a large burst of bright light and the pacifier transformed into a short katana that was just the right size for her to use.

"That's a nice little sword that you got there kid, but are you going to be able to do any damage with that thing?" Yuki asked.

"Sure it can, watch." Toshi replied with a small smile. She raised the sword and pointed it directly at Yuki.

"Scorch Fire Princess," She said in a happy voice. She swept the sword to the right a little then brought her arm back to the right in a long sweeping swing.

A bright shot of red flames shot from the tip of her sword and went flying in Yuki's direction. Yuki was almost unable to jump out of the way before she was engulfed by the giant flame.

"Ha! That was amazing!" Shinji yelled excitedly.

"It was, I-I didn't know she was capable of such a thing." Jushiro said.

"She's been keeping it a secret, they both have." Toshiro said as he continued to watch the middle of the ring.

"You're a sneaky little thing aren't you, hiding a power like that." Yuki said with a smile.

"We weren't hiding it; we just didn't have a reason to show it off." Katsu said calmly.

"So that one does speak," Yuki said in a surprised tone.

"Like my sister said, we don't do anything without reason. There wasn't a reason to me to speak to you until now." he replied.

"I like your attitude kid, how about you show me what you can do." Yuki said.

"I'd rather not, my sister isn't finished yet." He said calmly.

"Scorch Fire Princess!" Toshi yelled again sending another attack down in Yuki direction.

"You should really be watching her." Katsu said.

"How did she move so fast, she was right beside you a second ago?!" Yuki yelled in frustration.

"All I did was move," Toshi replied with a smile. "Not my fault you couldn't see me."

"You can have a turn now Katsu," Toshi said as she stepped aside to let her brother have a go at their opponent. All he did was nod. He stepped forward and untied the string holding his pacifier around his neck. With one swift movement he released his zanpakuto and his first attack. The temperature around them all dropped drastically as Yuki stared directly into the face of a large wall of ice crashing down on her in a way that made it seem like it wasn't even frozen.

"That was fast." Jushiro said.

"Frigid just like you Toshiro." Shinji said with a wicked smile.

"How many times do I have to tell you to shut up before you finally do it?" Toshiro asked.

"I was just making an observation." He replied.

"And a keen one at that," said another voice. The three men turned to see Karin and the rest of the captains standing behind them.

"K-Karin, what are you doing here?" Toshiro asked in a mixture of surprise and fear.

"Byakuya called me," she replied she crossed her arms over her chest and frowned. "Go get our kids before they kill her." she ordered.

"I will be right back," Toshiro replied.

"I think I'll go and help." Jushiro said.

"I can go too." Shinji offered.

"Only if you're coming to help," Toshiro said to him.

"Of course I am." He replied.

Back in the ring Yuki was still ducking and dodging attacks from both Katsu and Yuki at the same time.

"You two are cheating, I can't fight both of you at the same time." She said.

"Then you should fight us at once." Katsu replied calmly. Toshi made her way over Katsu and stood directly in front of him.

"How do both of you plan on fighting me at once." Yuki asked, before Toshi could open her moth to speak Katsu stopped her.

"Let your actions speak for you Toshi." Katsu said.

"Fine," she replied. They stood back to back with the swords held out at their sides. They touched the tips of their swords and pointed their attack in Yuki's direction.

"The scorching heat of the fire princess," Toshi started.

"And the frigidness of the Ice Prince," Katsu finished.

"We didn't think of a cool name for this yet," she whispered to him.

"It doesn't matter just shoot it." Katsu whispered back.

"On three." She said.

"We don't have time for that!" Katsu said loudly.

"3!" she said in a loud voice. A giant red and white blast flew Yuki's direction. She was stuck with nowhere to go. All she had time to do was cover her head and wait for the attack to hit her, but it never did.

She lowered her hands and looked around. She wasn't even standing in the middle of the ring anymore. She was on top of the observation deck looked down at what was left of the ring.

"That was close." Shinji said setting her down on her feet.

"What happened?" Yuki asked.

"I just saved you from being a sort of odd variation of Burned and frozen at the same time." He replied.

"Those kids are amazing aren't they" she said in awe.

"Yeah, they're really something." he said.