Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or its characters but I wish I did.
Pairing: Starrk and Yoruichi
Authors notes: I would like to thank 6Black Key Wings9, DragonSlayer96, DarkKnight96, and A. Frivolous for reviewing and your ideas were awesome! Once again thank you, I couldn't ask for more helpful people! You guys and gals rock!
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She drew her weapon preparing to fight. Nnoitra laughed as he saw the weapon she was going to fight him with. It was a little tiny pole no bigger than her hand. No wonder she was never seen carrying a sword or weapon of any kind, she always had it concealed in her sleeve. Kinda reminded him of that fracción of Harribel's and her annoying sleeves. She smiled as she realized what he was thinking. Did he really believe that she was going to fight him with this?
"Damn even your weapon is fucking weak looking. You must have a fucking death wish if you believe that tiny ass thing is going to hurt me." Nnoitra mocked her. Yoruichi grinned even more, he was in for a surprise.
"You know I think it's time you learned your place." Yoruichi stated while twirling the tiny pole between her hand.
"Are you gonna put me in my place with that little weapon Bitch?" Nnoita asked sarcastically. He watched as she spun the pole around and it began to glow with a dark orange spirit energy. The spirit energy extended to stretch just over six feet. The tip on one side stretched itself and widened causing the spirit energy to take on the form of a scythe. She stopped spinning the scythe and smashed it on the ground causing cracks to run up the length of the dark orange spiritual energy encased scythe. The shattered pieces fell away revealing a black curving handle with a black-orange trimmed blade.
"Oh you mean this little weapon." She pointed to her weapon.
"Don't think just because you changed your weapon Bitch you're anymore of a threat. I'll still kick your ass for I am the strongest arrancar and you are the weakest." Nnoitra began walking forward dragging his huge zanpaktou behind him. "I guess I'll just have to put a Bitch back in her place." He raised his giant sword above his head.
"One strike is all it will take to end your pathetic life." He swung his sword down on Yoruichi wanting to crush her. His eyes widened as she caught the blade with her bare hand. He was expecting blood and lots of it. There was no way her hierro was that strong. Hell he was angry that she didn't even use her weapon but her bare hand. She was insulting him.
"I'm still alive." She mocked as she pushed his blade away. Angry he swung his blade at her again. He put more force behind this blocked it with the handle of her scythe. Not wanting to be outdone in strength by a woman he pushed forward. He grinned as she was being pushed back.
"You won't be alive for much longer Bitch." He said. Yoruichi only smiled a Cheshire grin as she pushed forward throwing him off balance.
"Don't underestimate me." Yoruichi said while charging forward. Wanting to use the opportunity of his temporary off balance to her advantage she ran faster. But Nnoitra regained his balance quicker than she thought and thrust his sword forward aiming to hit her while she charged at him. She dodged to the right, and he swung his zanpaktou in her direction. She blocked the blow with the edge of her scythe causing sparks to ignite as she dragged it along his zanpaktou keeping it away from her.
Once she was in swinging distance she swung her scythe at his legs. The blade cut through the fabric of his clothes but not his skin.
"You must have forgotten I have the strongest hierro among all the arrancar. A weak ass attack like that will not cut through it." He kicked her away sending her back a few feet. She skidded to a halt before speaking.
"No I didn't forget I just wanted to test it's strength. I can promise my next attack will cut through it." Yoruichi said with confidence. She planned to make him bleed and get her revenge for all the shit he put her through earlier this morning.
"Oh really Bitch?"
"Really." He heard her whisper in his ear from behind. When did she get there? He didn't even see her move. He hurried to turn around while swinging his giant zanpaktou but he only hit air. He felt a pain run along his shoulder blades causing his eyes to widen. The Bitch actually cut him! Tesra couldn't even cut him. Hell no one but an espada higher than his rank could wound him. But the weakest arrancar could cut him something was not right. The feeling of him being kicked off his feet brought his attention back to the fight.
He was sent flying through the wall and into Tesra who was coming around the corner. Tesra groaned from the impact. Today was just not his day. His Master was fucking heavy and needed to get off him. He had come looking for his Master but it seems his Master found him. As his Nnoitra got up Tesra felt relieved but the relief turned to worry once he saw the wound on his Master's person. Who caused that wound?
Nnoitra walked back through the holes he was kicked through with a grin on his face. He may actually enjoy this fight. Her spiritual pressure was still almost nonexistent so he wondered just how strong she truly was. What true strength was she was hiding? He would find out even if he had to beat it out of her. Tesra followed his Master curious to know who could wound him.
Yoruichi leaned against her scythe as she waited for Nnoitra to come back. She didn't expect to see Tesra coming through the hole with Nnoitra. The confused look he was giving her right now was understandable. After all what happened earlier today and what was happening now could confuse anybody. He was wondering if Yoruichi was the one his Master was fighting? Wasn't she just begging for her life not to long ago? Tesra's eyes landed on the scythe she was leaning casually against, it was dripping blood. It was his Master's blood. He couldn't believe she cut him, he couldn't even cut him! What the hell was going on?
Yoruichi smiled as Nnoitra prepared to fight her. He looked like he was going to take her more seriously now. That was good. She grabbed her scythe and prepared herself, the real fight starts here.
"You've had enough playtime Bitch. Now I'm going to kick your ass." Nnoitra stated as he charged forward. He swung his blade to the right of Yoruichi who just barely dodged it. She thrust her scythe forward and Nnoitra leaned back causing it to miss him. Yoruichi flipped backwards as Nnoitra swung his blade downwards aiming to split her in two. The strength behind the attack shattering the floor beneath.
As he was lifting his giant sword back up as he felt a fist connect with his face making him once again realize she was quicker than she let on. He blocked the kick aimed at his stomach with his sword. Yoruichi pulled her leg back and used her scythe to pole vault over the freakishly tall man. His back was wide open once again so she cut him on his lower back. Nnoitra turned around quickly and hit her away with his sword. Luckily she blocked it in time otherwise she would have been cut in two. She skidded to a halt a few yards away from him. The orange part of her scythe began to glow and pulsate.
"Tell me Nnoitra how does it feel to be beat by Nelliel and then me?" She saw his jaw clench at the question. She knew it would affect him to even bring Nelliel up at a time like this. She needed him angry. It would make it all the more easier to harm him.
"Fuck you." He said angrily. He charged forward dealing one blow after another. Yoruichi either dodged, blocked, or parried them all. One particular swing of his blade, Yoruichi had to bend back completely, to dodge. She was very thankful for her flexibility. She liked fighting him more than Harribel. His attacks were wild, random, and brutal. Harribel calculated her attacks and always tried to think three steps ahead. For a pupil of Lord Aizen's that was the wrong thing to do. For every second Harribel thought to make a plan or study her opponent, Yoruichi has already done all that and more.
For every two plans she made, Yoruichi has already thought of them and ways to counteract them. With Nnoitra she had less time to plan, but she still did. He taught her to be quicker. His moves were reckless and wild but even he had a pattern of attack. She needed to learn his attack pattern quickly. She learned from every single battle she survived and now would be no different. She didn't really enjoy fighting but she did enjoy the feeling of being alive after a battle. The feeling of knowing you survived to live another day.
She had learned to cherish life and fight as hard as she could to keep it. She looked forward and saw Nnoitra about to cut off her head. The sound of metal clashing with metal could be heard. Tesra watched in amazement as she held her own against his Master. He watched the sparks fly as the two weapons clashed. She pushed forward past his weapon cutting Nnoitra's chest in the process. She didn't want it deep enough to kill, so she pulled back and instead kicked him away.
Her scythe hummed in anticipation.
"You stupid Bitch." He placed his hand on his wound. He was already pissed, this wound just pissed him off more. She was refusing to inflict a deep enough wound to kill on him. She was acting like that woman. He hated that fucking woman. For Yoruichi to even bring that woman's name up pissed him off even more.
"I'm pretty sure you call all the woman that are stronger than you that. I do remember Nelliel telling me so." Yoruichi taunted. She needed to get him angrier and she needed answers to what happened to her friend. She smiled as she saw him hold his weapon tighter. Tesra saw the change in his Master as well. If she was trying to piss him off than she was doing a damn good job at it.
"Just as I finally did with that Bitch, I will fucking defeat you as well." He raised his spiritual pressure. Yoruichi frowned. He just confirmed her suspicions. He had something to do with her disappearance.
"And just like her you will need someone to help you defe-." She was cut off by him swinging his blade at her. Yoruichi ducked the swing of his bade.
"What's wrong? Are you angry that you couldn't defeat her without another's help? Or that you were so wea-" He fired a cero at her. She tried dodging but the cero caught her in the leg burning off the fabric it touched on her leg. That was the leg that had her tattoo on it.
"Shut the fuck up!" He began swinging his blade in rage. His moves becoming even more wild and unsteady.
"What are you going to do? Kill me like you killed Nelliel!" She blocked his attack aimed at her head.
"No, your death will be slower and more gruesome." He cut her leg. That was the first cut he had inflicted on her.
"Oh really, please explain it to me."
"You'll just be taking it to your fucking grave anyway." So he explained that night that he and Syzayelapporo took down Neliel. That was a dirty move, but then again Nnoitra never fought fair. At least now Yoruichi knew what happened. Now he would pay.
She jumped away from his blade. He gave her no resting time as he pursued her and slashed at her while she was in the air. She twisted her body to the side so that the zanpaktou narrowly missed her on her way down. He swung his blade in rapid succession, each swing causing Yoruichi to jump back away from the giant zanpaktou.
Tesra watched as each step Yoruichi took the space between her and the wall lessened. It was only a matter of time before she hit the wall and was trapped. But knowing her he didn't know the outcome of her being cornered. He didn't even know her at all, so she was unpredictable. She was completely different than the woman he met just a few moments ago. She wasn't the weakling taking a beating from Master Nnoitra anymore, in fact she was just the opposite. She was fighting back, taunting him even.
She even wounded him. Either this girl was crazy to even challenge his Master or she was not truly the weakest arrancar in existence like she let on. Her spiritual pressure was still nonexistent, so Tesra wanted badly to believe it was the former. Tesra watched as her back finally hit the wall. Every thing seemed to appear in slow motion as he watched the scene before him. He watched as his Master thrust his blade forward preparing to split her in two. He noticed three things odd with that scenario.
The first was that Yoruichi was smiling. The second being her scythe was glowing. And finally the third being her now bare leg. From the place he was at he couldn't be sure but he thought he saw a tattoo on her inner thigh. Oh damn! Did that make him a perv for noticing her bare leg at a time like this? Here was a fucking epic battle going on; and he was looking at her leg. He mentally hit himself. Now was not the time to be looking at her leg so he continued to watch the battle before him. Just in time to see its conclusion.
Tesra's face remained emotionless as he witnessed the final moments of the fight. His Master had did it. Nnoitra grinned a sadistic grin as he witnessed his blade go through her and embed itself deep into the wall. He did it. He fucking did it. That woman was starting to be a pain in his ass. She should have known this would be the outcome. That she would be the one to die. It was just a shame he ended it so quickly. He wanted her to suffer. She certainly was no where as strong as that woman. If Yoruichi was she wouldn't have died so easily.
Three faces flashed to mind as he thought of her death. Lord Aizen, Starrk, and Ulquiorra. He would take on Starrk and Ulquiorra if he had to. Lord Aizen would be tougher to handle but he could do it. He knew at least two of them would be out for blood for killing their precious pet. He would enjoy the battles that were to come! He looked to his fracción and saw him staring at him with a confused expression. He followed his gaze and glared at the sight before him.
He looked forward and was expecting to see a bloodied corpse. He only saw the handle of her scythe. His eyes followed up the handle and there she was standing on top of her scythe looking down at him with an amused smirk.
"Did you think it would be that easy?" She asked her voice full of curiosity.
"How the fuck are you alive? I saw my blade go through you." Nnoitra growled. Yoruichi smiled as she thought of what happened not to long ago. At the last possible second before Nnoitra's blade could connect Yoruichi set the butt of her scythe on the ground and hoisted herself up so that she was balancing on the blade all in one quick motion. She did it so quickly it left an after image of herself which he saw take the attack.
"Ever hear a cat has nine lives?" She asked sarcastically.
"Than I'll just have to kill you eight more fucking times." He stated trying to pull his blade from the wall. It was lodged in the wall pretty good, she made sure of that. He tried again but failed.
"Do you have a tight grip on your zanpaktou?" She asked with a mischievous smile as she placed the tip of her finger on her chin.
"What kind of fucki-" He was cut off as he was sent flying across the room his zanpoktou unlodging itself and going with him as he kept a tight grip on it. She had sent a powerful kick to his chest. He hit the wall hard going through not one but four walls. He would have been through a fifth had he not lodged his blade in the ground to slow his momentum. It took a hell of alot of strength. He groaned as he got up and placed a hand on his throbbing chest.
"Bitch packs a hell of a kick." He whispered to himself. He checked his scenery and saw himself in Lord Aizen's living room. His eyes widened.
'Fuck!' He thought as he hurridely sonidoed out of Lord Aizen's living room. He didn't need to deal with two pissed off people at once. He only made it pass the third hole once he felt himself being dragged out and thrown with enough force to make his body indent the wall to his right. He pulled himself out of the wall he was thrown into. It was like she never moved. He watched as she watched his every move from atop her scythe like a bored predator playing lazily with its prey. Wanting to end the battle soon she jumped off her scythe and quickly took it in her hands. She ran her fingers along the blade feeling it pulse beneath her touch. In one swift motion she swung her scythe in a vertical arc watching the dark orange energy follow her swing heading straight for Nnoitra. She knew his hierro could handle the attack and she wasn't aiming to kill him only to wound so she didn't make her cero as strong as she liked.
It hit it's target. Nnoitra blocked the attack with his zanpaktou or at least tried to. The wave of spirit energy pushed him back as he tried to push it away. Tesra watched in shock as the attack was becoming to much for his Master to bear. More importantly that it brought his Master to his knees. She could admire his will to continue to fight but even he must lose. All it took was another swing of her scythe and another wave of condensed spiritual energy to break through his defense. Both attacks hit his body and the damage he took required him to use his zanpoktou to hold himself up. He was panting slightly as he gripped his zanpaktou using it as leverage.
"Fucking Bitch I refuse to be defeated by you. I will kill you!" He growled spitefully. He tried getting up but stopped once he felt the cool metal of her scythe against his neck. He felt the scythe nick his skin causing him to bleed.
"No I don't think so but you are more than willing to try some other time. You helped me to blow off some stress so thank you. But right now I no longer want to play with you I have other things to attend to." She said seriously. The adrenaline was leaving her system and she didn't feel pissed anymore. She had Nnoitra to thank for that. This was a good fight. She would offer to heal his wounds, but then with Nnoitra she didn't like him, and it would be insulting him to even offer.
She removed her scythe from Nnoitra's neck and looked at the approaching Tesra. She watched him walk cautiously over with a frown on his face. He was probably just coming to help his Master so she turned to walk away. She stopped once she felt a hand wrap around her calf. She looked down and saw the hand belonging to Nnoitra.
"What do you want now?" She asked the wounded arrancar.
"Your thigh?" He questioned while coughing up blood. She looked down at her exposed thigh.
"Yes what about it?" She asked curiously. This time it was Tesra that spoke.
"I thought I saw something there. Now I am sure I did." He stated while standing next to his Master.
"You saw my tattoo." She said bored.
"Not just any tattoo but an espada's tattoo." Nnoitra stated. Tesra's jaw clenched.
"But that is impossible there are only ten espada at a time. Every single arrancar knows them-" Tesra tried to explain. He couldn't believe it. Her spiritual pressure was still nearly nonexistent. Compared to all the other espada who's spiritual pressure would suffocate you even if you were a mile away it was hard to believe her. There were only ten espada at a time Lord Aizen never mentioned an eleventh. How was an espada another espada's fracción? So many questions yet no answers.
"If I was truly the weakest arrancar don't you think I would have died from the beating I let Nnoitra give me earlier today. You know first hand your Master can't control his streng-" She was cut off by her calf being squeezed tighter.l
"What is your damn ranking?" Nnoitra growled. Could he not fucking read? She didn't mess his eyes up. Maybe he just wanted to hear her say it. Oh wait her legs were facing away from them.
"Number two." She said while showing the two males her thigh.
"Barragan is number two." Tesra said while staring at the tattoo in disbelief.
"Doesn't matter. Just know from this day on I will continue to fight you Bitch until I kill you. No one embarrasses me like that and lives." Nnoitra stood up with a grin.
"I heal quickly so you better watch your back. Let's go Tesra." Nnoitra left with Tesra following him. Yoruichi watched as they left and waited till they were far away before speaking.
"You can come out now."
"And here I thought I was being sneaky." He said coming out of the shadows.
"You were being sneaky enough for them not to notice you, but not me." Gin smiled at her words. Things rarely got past her even when she was a soul reaper. It was a good thing she retained that awareness when she became an arrancar.
"Things rarely get past you." He stated with his grin coming back.
"So what do you want?" She asked.
"Well I was just walking through and witnessed a fight going on between two espada for the second time today." He stated.
"Well did you enjoy the show?" She asked sarcastically.
"Yes I did. It was entertaining to see you use your zanpaktou again I haven't seen it in awhile. May I?" He held out his hand. She handed him her scythe. But as soon as it touched his hand it encased itself completely in dark orange spiritual energy and burned his skin. It then reverted back to a tiny pole.
"I forgot it only allows you to wield it." Gin said as he handed the pole back Yoruichi. He watched as it turned back into her scythe.
"Sorry he hates when others touch him. He doesn't feel safe and only feels safe knowing he can protect me and vice versa." She ran her hand over the length of the handle and then the blade. It pulsed beneath her touch in affection. "Time to rest." She smashed her scythe on the ground shattering it. Once all the pieces fell and disappeared all that was left was the pole. She hid the pole in her sleeve.
"So did you let Nnoitra cut your hands on your first encounter?"
"Yes, I had to keep up the facade that I was weak. So when I caught the blade I had to push onto it to cut my hands." She turned away from him.
"Yoruichi." She turned to face him. "Cover up that leg, otherwise you'll have perverts staring at you." She knew what he really meant by saying that. He didn't want anyone else knowing her ranking.
She sonidoed to her Master's room barely containing her excitement to be able to see him. Was this what it was like to be in love? To just feel such happiness being near the person you were in love with. She supposed so. Besides she really needed to be in his presence after all she went through today with Nnoitra, then Lord Aizen, and then Nnoitra again. It wasn't even the evening yet and all this stuff happened to her. She couldn't wait to get to his room.
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Aizen sighed as he took his glasses off and pulled his hair back. He wanted to see if seeing him like that would trigger some memories. Luckily it did not. She seemed confused when she saw him like this. That was good because that means no memories of him have resurfaced. The Hogyōku was doing its job. Bored he looked around his room and noticed the damage that was done to it.
Sometimes being the strongest was boring. He needed to be challenged more. Yoruichi popped into mind. He smirked thinking about her. She challenged him, she's always rebelled and challenged him. He could remember the day he captured her. Such an interesting day.
/Flashback/
It was only a couple of days after he betrayed the soul society that he decided to get the most important thing or should he say person he needed for his army. He kept his presence hidden and undetected in a gigai he created. Of course his gigai looked nothing like him so it wasn't as comfortable as he liked. His gigai was shorter than him by a couple of inches. His gigai had long black hair tied together near the bottom, with a red right eye and left blue eye. Slight stubble on his chin (like Kisuke's which is nearly nonexistent) and a thick round pair of glasses.
He wore a dark purple under shirt with a long sleeved black and white plaid button up shirt unbuttoned. The long sleeve shirt was folded up to his elbows. He wore black jeans over his black combat boots. He walked casually with his hands in his pockets scouting out the area. He needed to find her and then trap her in a secluded area. Her home would do nicely. Before coming here he figured out her daily pattern, so he needed to get to this shop in about twenty-five minutes.
He walked quickly every so often a different woman stopped him trying to get his number or a date with him. He would politely decline with a smile and a wave goodbye. About twice some men stopped him trying the same. He declined them as well although a little more rudely. He didn't like men and he certainly didn't have the time for this! He now only had fifteen minutes to get to his destination. It would take ten minutes to walk there, and that was only if he had no more interruptions.
He pulled out his phone and saw that time was running out. He increased his speed as he saw the shop nearing. He pulled out his phone again and saw he only had three minutes to spare. It was a nice little coffee shop surrounded by booths of all kinds. He walked into the little coffee shop and took a seat in the booth farthest from the door. A waitress came to take his order. He ordered a coffee.
"Would you like to try today's special. It's sweet tofu." His bubbly waitress asked.
"Sweet tofu?" He questioned.
"Yes our chef is trying to make tofu into a desert so that more people will eat it. I've tried it, it is good especially with coffee." He enjoyed tofu, so this couldn't be too bad. Alright he'd bite.
"I'll try it." He said handing her his menu. He waited a few minutes for his order. During the time he was waiting he looked around the coffee shop searching for her. He didn't see her anywhere which was weird because she always arrived at the exact time.
"Here's your order sir." His waitress said while placing the order in front of him. He said thank you and she left. While drinking his coffee he noticed a folded piece of paper on his table. He picked it up, unfolded it and read it. It was the waitresses number. He placed the piece of paper back under his now empty coffee cup. He picked up his fork and tried the sweet tofu. Surprisingly it was good. While eating two things happened. His waitress came back to refill his coffee with hopeful eyes, and the little bell that wrung signalling someone walking in sounded.
He gave his waitress a polite smile, and looked towards the door wondering who could have came in.
"Your late today! I thought you died!" A female called across the shop. She was covered in flour as she came from the kitchen.
"I'm sorry something came up." That was her voice. He looked and saw the person he was after. He watched Yoruichi take a seat near the counter. He saw her wearing a yellow spaghetti strap sundress. The area around her chest was white with layers of ruffles. She wore yellow wedges as well with her hair wavy in a ponytail. Aizen wasn't expecting her to look so... pret...he meant girly.
"The usual?" The chef asked.
"Yes." Yoruichi said with a smile. Aizen hurried to finish his tofu as the chef handed Yoruichi six square boxes and four round ones. She balanced them quite easily considering her small frame. Yoruichi pulled out some money and placed it on the counter.
"Keep the change." She said.
"But you always give me too much Yoruichi." The chef said. Yoruichi acted as if she didn't hear her as she turned around to walk away. Aizen set some money down on the table not really caring how much it was and got up. Money was of no use to him in Huecdo Mundo. He walked slowly out of the coffee shop and a short distance away from it. He would tail her from this distance. He watched as she walked out of the coffee shop carrying the ten boxes. She walked to the park that wasn't too far away.
Some children ran up to her with excited eyes and grins. She hugged each one and handed a woman that came along with the many children two of the six square boxes. With a goodbye she began walking away, towards the direction of the orphanage. He followed her keeping the same distance away. She dropped off two of of the four square boxes and all four of the round ones at the door step.
She wrung the doorbell and then flash stepped away to Kisuke Urahara's candy shop. He actually kept his distance away from there and decided he would just follow her at her next location, the park. She dropped off one of the last two square boxes while waving goodbye. She decided to walk home wanting to enjoy her treats and the scenery. She walked through the park as the sun was setting quickly. It looked as if it would provide at another few hours of sunlight. The setting sun gives the park an almost orange glow. It was nearly fall so the leaves were beginning to turn. The cold weather that accompanied it was not here yet so the weather was still perfect for shorts and dresses.
She sat on one of the park benches enjoying her mini cinnamon buns. All the while Aizen watched her. Tired of waiting he left his hiding spot and began walking towards her. Though on his way a little white dog ran by him. A little while after a little boy came running past him but stopped and panted. Aizen was about to move on when he felt a tug on his shirt.
"Excuse me mister. Have you seen a little white dog?" The boy asked in between breadths. Aizen pointed towards the forest where he saw the dog headed for. The boy shook slightly.
"Um mister, can you come with me? I'm scared of the forest." He said in a small voice. Aizen rolled his eyes. He didn't have time for this. He was about to walk away when he felt the hand around his shirt tighten. The little boy was about to cry. Damn.
"Little boy where are your parents? Didn't they teach you not to talk to strangers?" Aizen asked.
"I wanted to come to the park alone today, to show I could be responsible for Hiroki. But I lost Hiroki. And yes they did, but you are not strange." The boy said his eyes watering. Aizen sighed.
"Let's go." He said while walking towards the forest. Once he became a god he would destroy this town to create the oken anyway so he would allow this child some happiness until then. He hoped Yoruichi was still here when he got back otherwise things weren't going to go as smoothly as he planned. It took them about a half hour to locate Hiroki. They were lucky the dog stopped to take a really long pee. Aizen grabbed the dog by it's leash and walked the little boy out of the forest.
Once they were out of the forest Aizen handed the little boy the leash.
"Run along now and be sure to hold onto that leash tightly. And don't ask anymore adults you don't know to help you find your dog in a forest." Aizen said.
"Okay I won't! And thank you mister!" The little boy ran happily away with his dogs. He looked around and didn't see Yoruichi on the bench. Aizen felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around only to be met with a smiling Yoruichi.
"That was very kind of you sir." She said. Aizen smiled, it made everything easier that she was approaching him.
"Well only the heartless can say no to a crying child. Though I'm a little worried how eager he was to take a stranger in the woods with him even if it is to help him find his dog." He stated.
"Don't worry he is a smart kid and is a good judge of character." She stated.
"Yes I can only hope so."
"You must be new here." Yoruichi stated.
"How could you tell?" Aizen asked with a grin.
"Your eyes. I've never seen someone with your eyes before. I would have definitely remembered them. That's why I assumed you were new." She admitted
"Really you have never seen someone with my eyes? Well I guess I'm one of a kind just like you." He said with a smile. A little flattery always paid off in the end.
"So what brings you here to Karakura town?" She asked curiously.
"Business." Aizen stated.
"How long will you be here for business?" The term curiosity killed the cat is so ironic in this situation.
"Hopefully just today. But Karakura town has such beautiful attractions I have been getting distracted lately." He looked in her direction meaningfully. "If I continue to be distracted by the beauties of Karakura town than I will have to stay an extra night." He knew Yoruichi would fall for the bait. Every woman fell for his charm. He watched as she smiled a toothy grin showing her canines. It gave her a more dangerous and feral look that accented her beauty.
"Forgive me but I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Yoruichi." She put out her hand for him to shake. Aizen grabbed her hand and gently turned it so that the back of her hand was facing the sky of beautiful orange, purple, and red hues. He brought her hand to his lips in a ghost of a kiss, and then rested her hand between both of his larger ones. While he spoke his next words he moved his thumb gently back and forth over her hand. A lot of flattery always ensured you'd get what you want.
"Ah, such a beautiful name for a beautiful woman. Your beauty can only be compared to the most gorgeous starlit night sky, and I am happy to admit even its beauty is that of a troll compared to yours." He put a boyish grin on.
"May I know the name of such a gentleman as yourself?" Yoruichi asked. Aizen paused for a moment. His name? He didn't think of a fake name. How could he, a person who was always ten steps ahead forget to think of a name. Hhhmmm, he thought quickly.
"Lakota." He said.
"Lakota." She tested the name on her tongue a few times. "Lakota I don't mean to be forward I know we just met. But would you mind spending the rest of the day with me before you finish your business and leave tomorrow?" Yoruichi asked sweetly. Aizen smiled again. She was making this too easy. He looked into her eyes and let admiration cross them.
"I wouldn't mind spending the rest of my life with you. Sadly, I can only spare you this one day. Will you allow me to make this one day a memorable one for us both?" He asked with pleading eyes. If there was one thing Aizen was good at it was deception. He could play his part very well.
"As long as you don't mind me choosing where we go." She stated happily. He smiled as he gently kissed her cheek before whispering in her ear.
"No I d-" He didn't even get to finish as she happily pulled him to the direction of her house. He didn't think of her as a woman to easily bed strangers but hell who was he to press his luck? Along the way they chatted and conversed happily. Aizen making up his story as she asked one question after another. It took a few hours walking to her house for she lived just beyond the forest near a beautiful lake. It was at least five miles away from Karakura town. He was sure if she wanted to it would take her less than a minute to flash step to her secluded home. But she was supposedly with a human so she couldn't.
"Well here's my home." She pointed to the house.
"It's a lovely home, yet you must get lonely for it is far to big for one person." He said with mock amazement. He watched as sadness flashed across her eyes for a brief moment before they once again regained their happiness.
"It does from time to time but tonight I have you." She said while grabbing his hand with expectant eyes. He closed his eyes as he eased forward slowly waiting for her to meet him half way. Instead of soft lips his mouth was met with an insanely powerful punch that not only crushed his gigai's teeth but knocked Aizen out of it as well. He heard two thumps as he looked up and saw Yoruichi in her normal attire of black stretch pants and orange jacket. He looked over at a second Yoruichi laying on the ground lifeless. He noticed the red glove with a white skull with a black flame trimmed in light blue behind the skull on it that her gigai was wearing.
"You must take me for a fool Aizen." She said with a frown. Aizen could only smirk, she was good. He got up and dusted himself off.
"Did you think I didn't know you were following me all day? I knew it was you the moment you walked into Karakura town. Your gigai might have everyone else fooled but you forget I am the former captain of squad two and the stealth force." She folded her arms in front of her.
"Why the hell are you here?!" She yelled at him in anger.
"And here I thought I was going to get a kiss and a lovely night with you." He said with a chuckle. "As I said before I am here for business." He drew his zanpaktou.
"As if I would ever bed a snake like you. I was trying not to throw up from all the cheesy compliments you were giving. What is your business here?" She activated her shunko. He watched as the spiritual energy exploded from her back burning away her orange jacket and scarf. He knew the sudden rise in her spiritual pressure would alert all the shinigami and vizards to their location. He needed to act quickly because right now he couldn't tell who would arrive first.
"I came to retrieve you." He stated calmly.
"Well your effort is wasted because it will only be over my dead body." She stated while appearing in front of him and throwing a powerful punch to his head. He blocked it with his forearm and thrust his blade forward. As expected she jumped out of harms way.
"You plan to fight me alone without your comrades that are coming to aid you?" He asked while flash stepping behind her and trying to cut her across her back. A powerful wave a spiritual energy stopped his blade. She spun around and sent a powerful kick to his skull. He blocked it but the impact crumbled the ground beneath them and up rooted many trees.
"Did you sleep with Momo Hinamori?" She asked with an evil grin. Fuck, she knew about that? Of course she knew, she was the Commander of the stealth force. She knew everything that went on in Soul Society. It's just a good thing she wasn't a gossip otherwise a bunch of people's lives would be ruined. He coughed before he spoke.
"Obvious answers aside you cannot fight me at your full strength in fear of completely leveling Karakura town and killing the people within." He grabbed the leg she kicked him with and threw her a distance away. She spun around just as she was about to hit a tree and used it as a spring board to launch herself back at Aizen. The tree shattered under the pressure. She sent a barrage of powerful punches and kicks at him. Though Aizen blocked them all with effort.
Aizen could feel a few strong spiritual pressures arriving soon but they were all some distance apart. Perfect he needed witnesses. He continued to fend off her attacks until HE arrived.
"Scream Benihime!" Aizen dodged the crimson arc of energy watching as Kisuke appeared next to Yoruichi.
"Welcome Kisuke." Aizen said politely.
"What took you so damn long?" She asked with mock irritation.
"We can't all be as fast as you my dearest kitty-cat." He said with a smile.
"You should have been here once you felt a garganta open up. Do you know what I had to go through, to get him here away from the town?" She said angrily.
"Nope but I knew you could with your charm Yoruichi that is why I got you that cute yellow sundress in case you ever had to deal with a situation like this. But it's not like he kissed you or anything." Kisuke said with a smile behind the white fan he brandished out of nowhere. Yoruichi stayed quiet while looking away. Kisuke realizing what happened grew angry and closed his white fan harshly.
"Scream Benihime!" Kisuke swung his blade in an arc towards Aizen. Yoruichi sighed as she shunpoed behind Aizen and sent a shunko blast at him. Aizen dodged at the last possible second causing both attacks to clash with one another and cause an explosion.
Aizen could feel the vizards approaching quickly, that meant Ichigo and his little crew would be arriving after. He had at most three minutes worth of play time with these two before he had to take Yoruichi. Yoruichi and Kisuke took turns attacking Aizen, each of them attacking him from various angles, attacks, and vantage points to confuse him. Aizen blocked some of the attacks and dodged the more powerful attacks sent his way. Even now when they couldn't attack him at full power because of this town not to far away the duo was still highly dangerous. Even the most experienced of fighters would have little two no chance against these two. Their trust in one another on the battlefield led them to seem as if they shared a mind. For all the unspoken strategies they could convey to one another with just a simple gesture they might as well share a mind.
What the other lacked in the partner made up for. They both kept you guessing what their next attack would be because they never stuck to one pattern. These were two very skilled captains that even made a mark in shinigami history, and Aizen would be a fool to not take them seriously. They each surpassed him in some way. Kisuke in intellect and Yoruichi in speed.
Aizen dodged an earth shattering blow from Yoruichi by jumping into the air but Kisuke was beside him in a heart beat aiming to decapitate him. Aizen blocked Kisuke's blade just as it was near his neck. Kisuke pulled away from him. But for the first time during the fight Aizen went on the offensive. Three minutes were up. He did not let Kisuke retreat and be replaced temporarily with Yoruichi. No this time he cut Kisuke from his left shoulder to his right hip as Kisuke was about to swap out.
Aizen didn't cut him too deep to kill but deep enough to severely injure. Kisuke gasped as he felt the blade pierce his skin. He was not expecting that to happen. Aizen kicked him out of the sky. He began falling from the sky his blood spilling from the fresh deep wound. Yoruichi tried catching Kisuke so that he didn't hit the ground but Aizen appeared in front of her kicking her away. She couldn't let him fall! That speed and distance at which he was falling would injure him gravely possibly kill him. Every time she tried going forward Aizen would be there to either knock her back or cut her.
She needed to get to Kisuke at all cost, no one else would get here in time to catch him.
"Enough!" She didn't care about anything else or anyone else right now. Karakura town be damned! All she cared about was her best friend. She raised her spiritual pressure to a very high level causing her eyes to glow an ominous dark orange. The reaitsu on her back turned from white to dark orange. Aizen could feel the killer intent and bloodlust more than triple. Any inferior being would be frightened by what he was feeling, but he loved it. This was what he wanted. He wanted her to go past her point of rage and hatred and once again become the Goddess of flash and destruction. The very person that made Central 46 fear her strength. The only time he could remember her this enraged was when Central 46- Aizen- had her zanpaktou destroyed.
It was such a troublesome thing he didn't need her using it against him or growing stronger with it. But on that day, it took many captain and lieutenant class shinigami to subdue her with kido even then they still had a hard time. She refused to just stand by and let them destroy her zanpaktou, so she struggled against it all.
It was truly a sight to see. Most were terrified of the usual playful woman they had come to know and love. Many of the lieutenants had to leave or risk being suffocated by the intense spiritual pressure she was giving off. It was dark and had a dangerous killing intent behind it. It had already brought them to their knees. Even as a lieutenant back then Aizen was still stronger than most of the captains. So he could withstand the deadly spiritual pressure. Yamamoto just watched emotionless as the young captain struggled against her bonds. It was the law, and the law must be followed. Central 46 had deemed her zanpaktou to dangerous to exist any longer, so it needed to be destroyed.
"Head Captain Yamamoto please don't do this! What if it was y-" She stopped struggling and speaking as she felt a searing pain go through her whole body. She spit up some blood and coughed up some more, fighting against the high level kido had damaged her slightly. But the searing pain going through her body was not from the struggling. It was from the destruction ritual. It felt as if her very soul was being pulled from her body. She writhed and convulsed at the pain. As she looked ahead she saw her zanpaktou spirit on his knees reaching out to her desperately. He was in just as much pain as she was. The captains and some lieutenants watched with mixed emotions at the scene before them. Some of her friends wanted to stop this. It was tradition when a soul reaper must have their zanpaktou destroyed all captains and if possible their lieutenants to attend its destruction ritual. They never went peacefully. No one will just sit by and let their partner/ friend be destroyed. Usually the person could be restrained with kido but they never imagined having to restrain one of their own. To have your zanpaktou destroyed and the person you fought along side with to be forcibly taken from you; none of them could imagine the feeling.
But this was the first time a captain has ever had their zanpaktou destroyed, and the very first time for the reason it was being destroyed. Which most thought was stupid. They even went as far as to try and stop it by voting. There was one way to overturn Central 46's decision and that was by all the captains voting against it. It would have been unanimous had the Head Captain voted to stop the destruction. Yoruichi watched as her zanpaktou spirit begin fading away, before becoming solid once more.
"Yoruichi." They all heard it say her name with sadness and pain in his voice. Sadness that it could no longer serve its Master. Sadness that the last thing it may ever see was the pain his Master was going through. He began crawling towards her with what little strength he could muster but was stopped by a stealth force member stepping on his back. Yoruichi struggled to reach out to him but the kido that held her down was not allowing her. His figure had begun fading away but solidified once more. It had the will of his Master and refused to let its physical embodiment break easily. But it wouldn't be long before Yamamoto broke the zanpaktou.
"Yoruichi." It whispered while reaching out his hand once more. The tips of his fingers turned to reaitsu and starting from there the rest of his hand began to slowly fade away.
"No!" She needed to get her zanpaktou away from Yamamoto and the spirit would be okay. The destruction ritual could only be attempted once, and if it failed to destroy the zanpaktou the zanpaktou would build an immunity to it. She wasn't going to let her partner and friend be destroyed even if that meant she was going to have to pay the consequences. She looked at her zanpaktou spirit who's hands had completely faded away.
Her eyes began to glow an ominous dark orange as she raised her spiritual pressure the highest it could go. It lashed out at the stealth force member blowing her away. It cracked the wooden floors and walls. She broke free from her kido bonds much to everyone besides Aizen's amazement. She ignored the pain flowing through her body and flash stepped to her damaged zanpaktou pushing Yamamoto away from it with enough force to move him back a few feet but not enough for him to even feel it. She didn't want to hurt him. She hurried to grab her zanpoktou and once she did she fled the room in one quick motion. The zanpaktou spirit disappeared as well. Her friends were going to chase after her.
"Stay!" Yamamoto ordered the people who were going to run after her.
"Central 46 would decide their next course of action on how to deal with Yoruichi. " He stated in a calm yet demanding tone.
Two days later Central 46 a.k.a Aizen made sure to send a search and retrieve party made of those closest to her, and even some she didn't know. But before he sent them he sent out alot of lesser shinigami and stealth force members a day before, unfortunately none of them made it back alive, in fact the report said they were brutally murdered when their bodies were found. The search party he sent had come back successful with an injured Yoruichi. But her zanpaktou was no where with her. She went on trial the next week but Central 46 let her off with a clean slate.
Aizen was brought out of his reminiscing by the feeling of Yoruichi nearing. He dodged a blow that would have other wised injured him. The ground crumbled and cracked beneath the blow shaking the earth beneath and causing a wave of earth to come up and then down. She wanted to continue to persue Aizen but she needed to catch Kisuke. She caught Kisuke just as he was about to hit the ground. She set him down out of harms way but as she did Aizen appeared behind her and put a lot more force behind this swing as he cut her back. Her eyes widened as her spiritual pressure faded back to its normal level and a deep wound was inflicted on her back.
Aizen kicked Yoruichi away from Kisuke.
/Kisuke's point of view/
I could only watch as Yoruichi was kicked away from me. I tried desperately to move my body but I was having a hard time. The bastard had wounded me pretty bad. What the hell was he even here for? Was he just here to kill us? I forced myself to at least roll onto my stomach.
I was going to protect Yoruichi even if I had to crawl to her and shield her with my body. I watched as Aizen walked over to her rising form. She continued to fight him while he blocked her hits and kicks as if they were being dealt by a child. I knew something was wrong once I first felt Yoruichi's spiritual pressure rise and then lower.
Once I had felt her activate her shunko awhile ago I hurried to this kocation as fast as I could. I knew it was a threat that we would both have to take on together. I was right because it was Aizen. Even now I needed to continue to fight with her.
I grabbed Benihime and used her to hoist myself off the ground. One attack was all I could manage before Ichigo and the others had to take over. I needed to make sure my attack hit. So I charged my blade with all that I could.
"Scream Benihime!" I yelled as I swung my blade in an arc down to the ground. The attack was wide and powerful it wouldn't leave much room for Aizen to dodge. After releasing it I fell to one knee drained. The attack hit Aizen but only damaged him a little.
He came out practically unscathed. As Yoruichi charged forward once again this time he had cut her across her chest before punching her away. Aizen turned towards me as he stalked forward his zanpaktou raised. I counted the steps he took to approach me. I could do nothing else for my body was immobile. Twelve was all it took before he was in front of me. I couldn't move my body anymore. So I could only appear as if I was kneeling down before him. Was I going to die right now? Maybe. I could no longer move and Yoruichi was injured greatly as well.
I watched as Aizen brought his blade down. I closed my eyes but I felt no pain. Seconds passed and I was still breathing and I felt something wet touch my face. I opened my eyes and saw Yoruichi's body in front of my own. She had taken the hit for me and it was her blood that I felt.
"Nooooooo!" I yelled. The blade was embedded deep in her back and once Aizen removed it she was going to die. Aizen removed the blade and I watched the blood, her blood gush from the wound. She gasped as the blade was removed. But Aizen didn't stop there, he made sure she was dead by stabbing her through the heart. The tip of his sword rested dangerously close my chest as if to taunt me and say you-are-only-alive-because-I-allow-it.
He had pulled the blade out of her chest letting her fall. I had absolutely no strength left but I managed to catch her body. We both fell backwards. Her body on top of mine was putting pressure on the wound on my I didn't care. Her breathing was shallow and labored, and it seemed each breadth she took caused her pain.
"K-k-kis-uke." She stuttered out.
"Ssshh, don't speak anymore." I stroked her purple but bloodied locks in a soothing way as I cradled my dying friend, and watched as the light left her normally golden eyes. I could do nothing to save her. Where was Orihime when you needed her? Yoruichi was dead because this time I was weak. She clutched bunches of my robe in desperation. She tried desperately to hang on to what little life she had left despite the pain it caused her. But a few minutes later I could feel as her breathing stopped completely.
"Yoruichi!" I yelled out of sadness.
"Such a touching scene." Aizen mocked. I was going to kill Aizen! He would pay! He would pay for taking my best friend away from me!
"You'll pay for killing her Aizen! You'll fucking pay!" I yelled in rage. I could feel Shinji and the others arrive. Why did they have to arrive so late?! Shinji attacked Aizen but Aizen dodged. I stared in hatred as Aizen chuckled a 'we'll see' and left through a garganta with a smile on his face. Shinji and the others crowded around me. Shinji put a hand on my shoulder knowing words weren't going to get through to me right now. Hachi set to worm immediately with healing kido. I only clutched Yoruichi's dead body tighter to me as Ichigo and his friends finally arrived.
"Ol hat and clogs why are you holding Yoruichi like that?" Ichigo asked me. I ignored him he would see soon enough. Hachi stopped as he noticed Orihime approaching. Orihime had rushed to my side concerned as well, and that was when she had seen her. At first glance it looked like I must be holding an unconscious Yoruichi rather intimately but once you got close enough you could see she was gone. I could hear the girl crying as she witnessed the scene before her.
"Orihime what's wrong? I know you had a little crush on Ol hat and clogs but Kisuke and Yoruichi are-" He stopped as he moved forward and saw his mentor's lifeless eyes.
"Y-y-yoruichi?" He cried. I heard a thud as Ichigo fell to his knees.
"If only I had got here sooner." He punched the ground in anger. "She would have still been alive." I felt myself being enveloped with a warmth. The physical pain in my body was receeding and my wounds were closing. Orihime was healing me. If only she could heal the emotional and mental pain as well. Wait fuck her! Where was she sooner, when we desperately needed her? Where was anybody when we needed them!? Shinji and the others should have got heyr sooner. She should have got here a few minutes sooner! If it was Ichigo dying she would have appeared out of thin air like she could flash step. Yoruichi would have still been alive if Orihime had ran her ass off like she does for the boy she was in love with who was to dense to even acknowledge her affection. Shinji and the other should have flash stepped their asses off as well. Shinji could have blocked that hit from Aizen! I sighed a frustrated sigh. I shouldn't be angry at the anyone. They had got here as fast as they could. If only Orihime could bring back the dead.
"I'll fucking kill him." Ichigo mumbled over and over again. A single tear fell from my eye. I never cried so this was something out of character for me. Ha, I could hear Yoruichi now. Calling me a baby for crying over her death. She would tell me to turn that sadness into power and once I defeated her killer to cry later. As the tear hit the blood stained grass beneath me something had finally snapped inside of me. My sanity perhaps. I kept it when I was framed for holliwfication, and each day of the century I had to live in the human world. But the death of my best friend had snapped the thin strand that held my sanity together.
Rarely I would fall into momentary phases of insanity but when I did it was always temporary. It was my way of coping with something tragic. My insane mind thought of Hogyoku and now it was thinking of the things I was going to do to Aizen once I got my hands on him. Aizen was not going to receive a peaceful death. I grinned a sadistic grin as I imagined everything I was going to do to him. My hat had fell off long ago so I assumed every one could see the insane look in my eyes. They all called me a mad scientist, they had yet to even see what I can do or how dangerous I really am. Aizen would see that side of me for he has taken too much from me. For just this moment I would allow my sanity to crumble completely before I had to rebuild it. So I laughed insanely thinking of ways to avenge the woman I loved.
"Rukia go tell the Captain Commander what happened." That was Shinji's voice. He was around me during one of my temporary insanity moments, so he knew how to deal with me. Karakura town was going to have a lot of shinigami visiting in the next few days. I watched as Rukia opened a Senkaimon and left through it. I knew she was going to regret telling at least two people rather close to her the bad news.
/Aizen's point of view/
I carried the unconscious Yoruichi in my arms as I made my way to Las Noches. Kisuke doesn't even know what really happened. She did take the fatal wound for Kisuke but I didn't kill her. I used Kyōka Suigetsu's complete hypnosis to fool them. They would be in for such a surprise when I decided to wage war.
/flashback over/
Aizen got up and decided to repair the damage done to his room. It didn't take long and once he was done he walked out of his bedroom and into his living room wanting to get the book he left in there. As he walked around looking for it he noticed it was a little colder than usual. He had found the book next to his couch. It was only when he picked it up that he noticed something was missing. His eyes widened as he saw the massive hole in his wall. Not only his wall but three others going in that direction as well. He walked through all of them and stood near the room that had become a battlefield. Who the hell was Nnoitra or Grimmjow fighting?
"Lord Aizen" He heard his second in command Gin's voice. He turned his head to the side to see the approaching shinigami.
"Yes? What is it?" Aizen asked while studying the battlefield.
"You missed two interesting fights!" Gin said while dramatically moving his arms.
"Who fought?" Aizen questioned.
"Our girl and Nnoitra. The first round between them was earlier today and Yoruichi played her part rather well. But the second round that happened not to long ago Yoruichi seemed really pissed about something and decided she wasn't going to deal with Nnoitra's shit talking and insults. She even used her scythe and beat him. So she may become his new Neliel." Gin said.
"I'll just have to see the footage that was recorded." Aizen said while walking back to his room. He needed to repair these walls first.
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Yoruichi had arrived to his room just as he was about to leave out with Lilynette. He opened his arms in invitation. She happily accepted and kissed him on the lips eagerly.
"Eeeewww come on you two get a room!" Lilynette made a gagging noise to show how disgusted she was.
"When did you two hook up anyway?" She asked as Yoruichi broke the kiss with a smile.
"I'll explain later." Yoruichi said.
"No I'll just have Starrk explain on the mission." Lilynette stated while walking forward. Starrk looked Yoruichi up and down as he noticed the state her attire was in. She gave him a smile as if to say I promise to explain later.
"We'll be gone for no later than three days." He said while walking forward as well but not before kissing Yoruichi goodbye one final time.
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Thank you for reading I think this may be my longest chapter yet. Also if you feel like playing connect the dots, err memories. The memory of Yoruichi and her zanpaktou in this chapter is the reason for a memory in one or two of the earlier chapters, that you may have questions about. I hoped I dropped some decent hints. If you figure it out pm me. I also hope this explained how Yoruichi got into Las Noches and why no one has come storming in for her. Aizen's a clever thing. Please review and ask questions if you have them. So until next time!