Rikichi pulled against his restraints, groaning at the pain. He refused to look down, knowing all he would see was a bloody stump. He looked up, clenching his eyes shut as he finally gave up on escaping.
I'm going to die here.
A few tears fell from his eyes and he hung his head, "Damn it!"
The door opened and he looked up with a glare, growing angry at the gleeful smile his captor had, "Oh, so you're still alive." He pulled out his zanpakuto and twirled it in his hand, leaning against the rocky wall and leaving the door open. "I believe you would be happy to hear that my Second in Command is dead. Killed by the Captain of Squad Five."
Rikichi's eyes widened and he gasped beneath his breath, Captain of Squad Five? Who would be able to replace Aizen?
Noroi smirked, "What a coincedence too, the new Captain is jut who I have a grudge with. The man who's family killed mine! The man who is allowed to live while not even knowing what his family has done!" His eyes narrowed and his reiatsu skyrocketed.
Rikichi groaned under the weight of the pressure, This guy...is as strong as a Captain? I...I can't even breath!
Noroi sighed, calming his reiatsu, "Unfortunately for you that means I no longer require your assistance." He shook his head, "What a shame though, it seems like your rescue team has found us."
At that moment an explosion shook the cave, dirt and small pieces of rock falling from the roof. Rikichi gasped in surprise before sensing the new reiatsu flowing through the entire area.
That reiatsu! That's Captain Soifon, Lieutenant Tadashi, and Lieutenant Hinamori! Wait, he said Captain of Squad FIve earlier then that means Hinamori? No, she's strong but she isn't Captain Level. Then...Lieutenant Tadashi is now a Captain!
For the first time since his capture he felt a small sliver of hope. Noroi smiled, "Oh, excited? You shouldn't be." He pointed out the door, "Down that hall is where I kept the Rukongai civilians, a good 247 of them. The reason I took them was because I wanted to gain the attention of Seireitei and when your invistigation team searched for us we decided to capture the shinigami closest to us so they have a better idea of where we were. After we captured you we no longer had a reason to keep the civilians so we killed them." He grinned, "And now the Captains and Lieutenant have found us, and now we shall kill them all! Once they are destroyed we shall invade Seireitei!"
Rikichi was silent during his declaration, mulling over his words before he finally responded.
He laughed.
"Fool!" Rikichi threw back his head and laughed, "How do you expect to win against ten Captains? Not to mention the twelve Lieutenants! If your Second in Command already lost that means you expect to win against them all by yourself!" He breathed in, desperately needing air after he laughed so long, "You're miserable."
Noroi sneered down at him, slashing down with his zanpakuto and creating a new cut down Rikichi's arm. He didn't move or react to it and just continued to look up at Noroi.
Huh, seems like the loss of my leg and a lot of my blood has made it so I can't feel anything anymore. Maybe nerve damage?
"Just me? Do you really believe that it's that simple? We are not alone! We are many and we are strong! I am only the first of it all! I am the Leader of Yamigun, Captain Level fighter!" His voice lowered, "But compared to my boss and his men? I'm just a speck of dirt."
Rikichi's eyes widened, Then that means...impossible! They already have so much people here in this guy's group! If he's not the leader then that means not only is Seireitei facing a large army but they're facing enemies that are Captain Level!
Noroi sighed, "Wow, man it feels good to get that off my chest." He looked down into Rikichi's eyes, "Now then, I grow tired of your company." He raised his zanpakuto, "I will send your body to your Captain as a gift!" He slashed down and blood filled the air.
They weren't even ten feet in before the guards filed in.
Tadashi growled as he faced the large crowd of what looked like hundreds of guards wearing gray uniforms with black kabuto helmets and regualr samurai wear with weapons ranging from katanas, naginatas, kamas, steel fans, and kanabos.
"Damn it, I was hoping to sneak in and grab Rikichi before we attacked."
Soifon frowned next to him, "Impressive, they are easily low seated material." She looked around and sighed as she saw incantations written on the roof of the cave, "Seems we tripped a sensor of some kind." She turned her head to Hinamori, "You are a kido expert correct?" At Hinamori's shy nod Soifon turned back to the hundreds of samurai who were rushing at the three of them, "I am curious as to your powers, please demonstrate ."
Tadashi sighed and turned to Momo, "I can handle this if you don't want to, I alreayd know how strong you are."
Momo frowned, Why now? Why are they questioning me now? At the look of sympathy from Tadashi she almost screamed, This whole time I've just been doing nothing! While I was a Lieutenant under Captain Aizen I barely ever fought, I was pushed back. It was always Ichirou who did everything, I was pampered! She pulled out her zanpakuto and held it in front of her, I understand now. They want to know whether or not I can handle it, handle the stress! I'll prove to them that I'm not weak, not some simple girl who needs to be protected.
"Hado number 12, Fushibi." What looked like a rope of orange energy flew out of her Lieutenant badge and past Tadashi and Soifon who took a step back to further avoid it. The rope continued until it started to split apart, and after a minute formed a large net that had ensnared at least a third of them. The ones not ensnared all jumped back to invistigate what was happening.
"Sir! What do we do! We can't get close to them like this!" Yelled out one of the nameless guards.
A guard that was signifantly different than the rest, wearing red and gold armor, spoke up, "We don't have a choice to begin with. We have to hold them back until Kamiko-Taicho and Noroi-Taicho arrive!"
Momo sighed and stepped forward between Tadashi and Soifon, "I'm sorry Captain Soifon," She turned to look up at Tadashi who looked down at her questionly, "I am sorry to you as well, Captain Tadashi." Tadashi's eyes widened, it had been the first time she had called him Captain. She turned back to the vast amount of samurai, "For now on I will be the best Lieutenant possible." She threw her zanpakuto by her side, "Snap! Tobiume!" A dark pink wind surrounded her zanpakuto before dissipitating and revealing a straight blade with three jutte like prongs on the side. She raised the zanpakuto to the orange strand on her badge, "I will fight!" She tapped the zanpakuto to the strand and it ignited. The orange strand now became a bright red flame that quickly ran down the length and splitting up at each individual strand.
Soifon inspected the hado, "Impressive, I've never seen such a complicated Fushibi." She looked at Hinamori with something akin to respect in her eyes, "You're stronger than you think." Tadashi nodded at that, full confident in her abilities.
Momo smiled sadly, "It only took me so long to realize it."
The explosion rocked the cave.