Captain-Kitty: *leading a construction crew and directing them around*

Yoruichi: what are you doing?

Captain-Kitty: moving the plot along its time to keep going

Yoruichi: About time, this whole fighting thing has been giving me knots in my shoulder

Captain-Kitty: Oh you poor thing, anyway while I direct the crew around can you do the disclaimers

Yoruichi: Captain blue kitty does own bleach or myself

Captain-Kitty: just the plot and oc's! Please enjoy Oh heads up its another short chapter, I'm very sorry, I'm sure your sick of them by now, but please bare with me *bows*

"Grab it Yoruichi" Akara shouted as the velar orb flew through the air. Yoruichi pinpointed the orb, and as best as she could, she shunpoed into the air and grabbed the orb. It had a smooth complexion, but it was also warm.

"Got it, but man my arm is starting to hurt" Yoruichi thought as her arm began to throb more. She sensed Akara's father coming and barrel rolled out of the way.

"Stupid brat" he seethed under his breath as he slightly flew past Yoruichi with his sickle in hand. He had thought he had hidden Reiatsu well enough to hopefully end the Shihouin child, but apparently his thirst for her blood had gotten the better of him, and released a bit of it, thus resulting his current situation. But another opportunity showed itself, Yoruichi was now on the ground, but she had staggered in her landing, so this meant he could pull off another hit, and maybe this one would be successful. So he rebounded off the closest wall and made sure he hid his Reiatsu before attacking again.

"Your mine Shihouin" he thought menacingly as a twisted feral grin unfortunately made its way across his face. He flashed through the air soundlessly, and much to his pleasure, Yoruichi still didn't hear him coming. Finally, he was within swing range and he swung his sickle at the Shihouin's neck. But something got in his way before he could hit her. But he indeed hit something. Yoruichi was pushed out of the way, by a blur.

"Whoa" Yoruichi yelped in surprise as she readjusted herself after she caught herself from falling. Then an anguished shriek was released into the air. Yoruichi turned to see who had pushed her, and much to her surprise and horror, it was . . . Akara? She had been hit in the ribcage, and blood was gushing out. She was breathing raggedly.

"Y-You stupid c-cat" she started to say before some blood came up and out of her mouth.

"You can't just stand there, were you taught nothing when you trained growing up" Akara gasped through a flooded throat. She gave her father a kick to the jaw and managed to make him stumble a bit, also making him let go of the sickle which was currently gouged into her side. Yoruichi couldn't believe Akara took a hit like that for her. They had been enemies since they first laid eyes on each other. So, why?

"Hey, stop gawking at me, I'm not dying" Akara growled in slight pain as she spit out a small puddle of blood. Yoruichi looked at her like she was absolutely crazy.

"Are you kidding me, you're spitting out blood, you've been moving with terrible injuries for hours, and not only that you have a sickle sticking out of your side" Yoruichi yelled pointing to the sickle. Akara gave a painful shrug.

"Hey it could be worse, but now's not the time to talk about it, we need to defeat my father and get Soifon help as quickly as possible" Akara said before she gripped the sickle and yanked it out. She grunted in pain and Yoruichi shuddered, she couldn't imagine having to pull a blade out of her side. Yeah that was definitely gonna scar in the future.

"You have the orb don't you" Akara asked, and Yoruichi nodded in response and presented it to her. Inside Maiko was lying on her side, she was tiny, but from what Yoruichi cold tell, her breathing wasn't the best. Suddenly the orb was kicked out of her hand and it was airborne once again, and Akara's father was after it.

"Crap" Yoruichi and Akara said symotamiously before going after it themselves. First the orb was in no one's possession, but Akara's father was the closest to getting it first. But the duo wouldn't have it, so they took a huge bound on the invisible ground they were currently walking on and shot out faster than they beforehand.

"Finally its mine" the horrid man thought victoriously as he reached for the orb, which was merely inches from his grasp. And just as he was going to grab it, a flash of purple came from underneath and it kicked the orb up towards the ceiling.

"Don't think so" Yoruichi chuckled before using one finger to pull the small bit of skin under her eye down and stuck her tongue out like a child before disappearing ahead of the man, who at the moment was seething at the Shihouin.

"Brat" he muttered, he was going to pick up his pace but he got a silent swift kick in the shoulder by Akara who had come from the side. She stuck her tongue out hatefully before pushing off of him and going after the cat woman. But the man wouldn't have it, he sped up just enough so he could catch Akara's burned leg, get a steel grip on it and throw her towards the ground. Akara had anticipated this thankfully, so she did a corkscrew spin as soon as she was ten feet away from the ground. Once that was done, at five feet she stopped spinning threw her body up so she would make contact with the wall.

She did a back flip so her feet landed flat on the wall, the impact caused the wall to make a huge thick crack, Akara memorized the crack to the last detail, because that crack would be there way out. With a grin she pushed off the wall and made her way back up to the game of keep away.

"Ughh" a small voice sounded in an abandoned corner away from the dangerous game being played above. Soifon had woken up, but barely. Things were a bit blurry at first, but after a series of blinking sessions, Soifon had managed to get a half way decent view of her surroundings.

"Uh, where am I" Soifon whispered to herself as she scanned the area. The last thing Soifon could remember was Maiko telling her to get of her fight or she would kill her. And after that Yoruichi had gotten her out and everything else seemed blurry at the moment. A sudden wave of pain washed through her, it was excruciating, but Soifon remembered how she got these wounds. Soifon looked around to try and find her friends but the room seemed empty. Fear and shock erupted through her, feeling abandoned at the moment, but a sudden flare of Reiatsu burst from the air and Soifon looked up. She saw Yoruichi, Akara, which was strange, seeing as Maiko had possessed her. And a strangely familiar man leaping and bounding around. It appeared they were trying to get something from the way they kept making abrupt stops in mid air and all. The problem was Soifon couldn't tell what it was. A dangerous thought passed through the injured Captain's mind as she thought back on seeing Akara. If she was in her original form, then does that mean the hooded man had gotten hold of Akara and extracted Maiko from her?

"Oh no, that's what they're all trying to get" Soifon rasped in horror. She had to help them, so Soifon summoned all the limited strength she had left to try and stand back up. She grabbed the wall and found a loose rock hanging off so she took it in her hand hoisted herself up.

"Alright, motor skills are still able to be used, that's sufficient" Soifon noted as her Captain mode came into play. When she was fully up, she leaned her body against the abrasive wall which stung her raw, blood stained back. But she had to ignore it, she threw a mock punch into the air in front of her and a dull pain pulsed in her shoulder.

"Damaged fighting arm, never a good thing" Soifon said to herself before rolling off the wall and wobbly gaining her balance. So far so good, her legs would tremble on occasion but they could still work. Do test them out she swept both feet into the air and did a double aerial kick, she landed successfully and smirked, even with damage Soifon could still be a potential threat. Out of nowhere a clear orb hit her square on top of her head.

"Ow" she growled as she picked the offensive item. She looked at it and much to her surprise, Maiko was inside. She looked like she was in a lot of pain. Now normally most people would probably sympathize in a situation like this, but Soifon was not most people, so she glared at the orb wordlessly. She had so many hateful comments to say but just as she was about to say something a dagger zipped past her and landed a decent foot away from her and partially into the cracked wall. Soifon looked to see where the dangerous projectile came from and she saw that it was man she had seen not even ten minutes ago. He was coming at her, and fast, Soifon didn't have a lot of time to react, so without a second thought she ran to her left so she wouldn't be trapped in the corner. But her right leg gave out on her all of the sudden and she collapsed with the orb under her. Thankfully it didn't break. The man was getting closer to her now, but she didn't have the luxury time to get up and move.

"Soifon" Yoruichi shouted as she saw the entire scene play out. She didn't want Akara's father to kill Soifon and get the orb, but he was already so close to her as it was, she had to act fast.

"Akara, do you remember that fighting maneuver our old teacher taught us when we were sixteen" Yoruichi said hurriedly as Akara wracked her brain.

"You mean the Bullet Crane" Akara guessed and Yoruichi nodded.

"That's the one, we have to pull it off right now" Yoruichi said as she moved to Akara. Akara nodded before grabbing both of Yoruichi's bruised ankles and used all of her strength to start swinging her around like a lasso. Meanwhile Yoruichi was pulling herself into a fetal like position. After gaining enough momentum and speed Akara threw Yoruichi at Akara's father. Yoruichi was still in her fetal like position, but after a few seconds she stretched her legs out as far as they could go and she started to corkscrew through the air.

"I hope this works" Yoruichi thought as she focused on her moving target. When she was close enough Yoruichi stopped her maneuver and did a back flip, but as she was doing it, she shot her left foot above and over her body. She looked at her potential target as her foot landed on something. She looked down and saw that she had hit him square on the head.

"Perfect" Yoruichi thought with pride before finishing her back flip by bringing her right foot into the man's chest and pushing off. She flew off of him and launched herself at the surprisingly conscious Captain. She saw that Soifon was a bit shocked but that wasn't important at the moment, Yoruichi had to get her away.

"Nice going flea bag" Akara muttered from above the action. She didn't think they could pull the move off and they did. For once they actually succeeded in making the move work. Their teacher would be proud. Akara saw Yoruichi get Soifon and saw her coming back. She sighed and looked at her horrible father. She saw the facial expression he made when Yoruichi had struck him both times, there was anguish and nothing but. She saw him fall and she heard a thud, it was quiet from where she was standing, but she was sure it was louder from a closer distance.

"Hey, nice going flea bag" Akara said not looking at Yoruichi who had just arrived, Soifon in arms. She heard Yoruichi chuckle a bit, though it did sound like it hurt.

"Hey what can I say, I have that special aiming flare" Yoruichi teased jokingly. Akara hummed in thought still not taking her eyes off her non moving father. She was sure after that particular attack he had died.

"A-Akara" a raspy but familiar voice said. It was then Akara chose to look at her companions, Soifon particularly seeing as she was the one who had called her.

"Yes China Bee" Akara asked sincerely, Soifon smiled weakly before presenting a bloody orb to her with the wolf spirit inside.

"I think . . . this . . . Is. . . Yours" she said before her eyes dropped closed and her body went limp, though the orb stayed firmly in place. Akara sighed before grabbing her side where the sickle once was. It was starting to hurt more than it had before. She breathed raggedly for a moment but shook it off. Yoruichi looked at her in worry.

"Hey, are you ok, I know that sickle had to have hurt" Yoruichi said concerned. But Akara waved it off before taking what was rightfully hers.

"I'll be fine, but we need to get us out of here and home again, we definitely need help" Akara joked as one of her legs began to shake a bit.

"Don't tell me I have to carry you too" Yoruichi sighed but Akara shook her head.

"No, I'll make it, I'm just hurting is all" Akara said through gritted teeth.

"I think we all are, let's go" Yoruichi chuckled breathlessly before shifting Soifon's position so she would be easier to carry. Even with a huge amount of blood gone, Soifon was still a bit heavy. They dropped to the ground like an elevator. While Yoruichi landed on both her feet, like any cat would, Akara wasn't as fortunate; she had to land in a kneeling position.

"I'm serious, I'll carry you if I have too" Yoruichi offered but once again Akara shook her head.

"I told you before I'm fine, now come on, I found us a way out" Akara said pointing at the wall her father had thrown her too previously. After a few moments of painful strides and carefully walking around Akara's supposedly dead father, they had reached the wall. But Yoruichi didn't see the way out.

"There's no hole here" Yoruichi deadpanned with distaste. Akara rolled her eyes.

"I know that stupid, give me a second" Akara muttered before giving the wall a simple jag with her left hand. At first nothing happened and Yoruichi was going to comment, but then the wall suddenly cracked more and caved I making a hole big enough for about six people to walk through comfortably.

"You were saying" Akara said through gritted teeth as she waved her hurting hand. Yoruichi shrugged,

"After me" then she walked through the hole, Akara soon followed muttering obscurities about the feline and about people not having the courtesy to say thank you these days. Soon the injured duo and one passed out Captain, had come back to the confusing hallways from earlier that morning. The shinigami walked through countless hallways and staircases, but they had to stop every now and again when either Yoruichi's injuries were acting up or Akara's were acting up. And after another hour of walking and stopping Akara had finally had enough,

"That's it we are lost" she stated in a frustrated voice as she smacked the closest item close to her, which was unfortunately a wall, but the wall got a crack and slight dent in it. Yoruichi glared at her,

"Oh please excuse me if I don't this pace like the back of my hand, do want us to stop and ask for directions, oh, how about we find a directory, maybe one of those options can get us out of here" Yoruichi said sarcastically as she and Akara took a turn and began to walk down another set of stairs.

"Yes, I would actually appreciate that" Akara snarkily replied continuing the banter.

"Well sorry mutt there isn't anything like that here" Yoruichi snorted in irritation as they reached the bottom of the steps and on to another hallway.

"I need a window" Akara said looking around. Yoruichi gently shrugged Soifon into her non injured arm and cradled her before using the other one to wave the frustrated woman off before returning the arm to where it once was. Once Akara located one she went over and ripped it open making a massive hole. Yoruichi looked back and saw Akara looming over the edge.

"Are you gonna jump" Yoruichi asked incredously turning around and walking to the Kurokiba.

"No we're going to jump" Akara said pointing down. Yoruichi looked over and saw that it was a three story jump into large patch of bushes. Yoruichi exchanged glances between the ground and the confident smirk on Akara's face many times.

"Nope, not a chance" Yoruichi stated backing away from the dangerous hole. Akara didn't stop smirking,

"I thought you would be braver than that, don't all cats land on their feet, or does that include everyone of them but you" Akara taunted lightly, but Yoruichi scoffed.

"It's not that, I am by far the bravest cat in the world, but I have some precious cargo on me right now, so we need to be careful" Yoruichi said gently looking down at Soifon, whose breathing was both gentle and ragged. Most of the blood had dried, but some still traveled over her arms, stomach, waist and legs.

"I know but, that's where I come in" Akara said before pulling out the bloodied orb with Maiko inside, who surprisingly started to look better.

"What are you gonna do" Yoruichi asked, but before she could get an answer Akara smashed the orb onto the ground causing a white cloud to erupt around them. Yoruichi kept Soifon's face covered so she wouldn't inhale the smoke. Yoruichi unfortunately accidently inhaled a small bit of it and began to cough and hack.

"Oh stop you'll live" a slightly deeper voiced Akara said. When the smoke had cleared Akara's wolf form had once again appeared and this time it truly was Akara, in her massive wolf glory. But there were still injuries from both Akara's and Maiko's battles some had healed but most hadn't.

"What are you doing" Yoruichi asked as the injured wolf slightly limped over to her before turning to her side and kneeling down like a horse would for their rider.

"Get on, we're gonna jump" Akara said. Yoruichi stood there flabbergasted for second. But apparently Akara wasn't waiting for answer.

"Come it or lose it cat, we need to get help pronto" Akara snapped and Yoruichi quickly set Soifon on top of Akara before jumping behind her.

"Good let's go then" Akara said before backing up and running for the newly made exit. And as they met gravity Yoruichi had a sudden urge, so she shouted

"HI HO SILVER, AWAY" before grabbing Soifon to keep her from falling off their ride. Akara rolled her eyes before free falling towards the bushes. She had leaned her front half forward so she could get a good wind speed. Once she had succeeded that she let herself fall close to the ground, before easing up a bit and landing on her front two paws. The light impact triggered a slight pain in her, but she ignored it before letting her other half hit the ground, but she didn't stop, in fact, she took off running. Yoruichi and Soifon both nearly fell off, but Yoruichi's reactions told her to grab Soifon's waist and Akara's fur so they wouldn't fall off.

"What are you doing" Yoruichi yelled as the wind roared past her, but Akara had heard her so she yelled back,

"I'm taking us back, and we aren't stopping until we get there" she was determined to get them all help, though it was Soifon she was truly worried about. Akara could tell that Yoruichi was staring at her like she was crazy.

"Are you kidding, it took us almost two days to get to the stronghold, there's no way you're going to be able to carry all of us there, especially since your just as injured as Soi and I" Yoruichi yelled incredously. But Akara paid no mind to the protesting feline. They were quickly coming to the edge of the flat land the stronghold sat on, and Akara picked up her speed along with releasing some reiatsu in her paws. Finally they all reached the edge, but Akara kept running forward, not that Yoruichi was surprised, Shinigami did stuff like stand and walk in the air all the time.

"Almost there" Akara thought to herself as she saws the edge of the other side of the dark trench. Her reiatsu was running out and it was starting to take more effort to get to the other side, but since they were almost there she wasn't too worried. But just as her front paws landed safely, her back paws fell causing her to cling on the side. Yoruichi felt gravity pushing her to fall, but her grasp was too strong. Which was good seeing as Soifon was leaning heavily on her.

"Crap" Akara thought as her back claws scrapped the wall to find a place to grip. But she couldn't find anything for a moment.

"What are you doing, get up" Yoruichi shrieked. Akara tried her best to get a grip, the first few attempts weren't exactly successful, but after gouging at the rock wall, Akara had unintentionally had a small hole. She put one paw in it and pushed herself up until she was safely on the other side. She was shook up a bit, but nothing more than that.

"Are you ok" Akara asked looking back to check on the duo. Yoruichi was clinging to Soifon with one arm. She had an expressionless face, so it was hard to tell.

"Well if you're ok, then were off again" then Akara took off like a cheetah after her prey. Even though she was in pain she would ignore it for Soifon's sake and partly Yoruichi's. They needed help more than she did, and she was not going to stop for anything. They had to make back.

Captain-Kitty: once again, I'm sorry it's so short but with the school year ending and final projects popping up writing time is hard to get.

Yoruichi: on the bright side we get to go home next chapter

Captain-Kitty: so true, but I have a few more tricks up my sleeves.

Yoruichi: well there it is, you know the drill, the more you review the faster the next chapter comes

Both: See you next time *waves*