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~10th squad barracks~
"Taichou! Your girlfriend is here to help." Matsumoto pushed Karin into Hitsugaya's office. completely noticing the blush on his cheeks and Karin's.
"Matsumoto. Why don't you go help your boyfriend?" Toshiro knew his Fukutaichou was trying to embarrass him a little. So he had made sure to come up with a come back.
"Eh?" Matsumoto never thought of Gin as her boyfriend. Just a really close friend, who she liked very much, and occasionally had sleepovers with when she was to drunk to go back to her own room, or just when she wanted to cuddle someone. 'Maybe he is my boyfriend.' Toshiro and Karin were surprised to find Matsumoto stumped by the question. "Alright. If you say so." Matsumoto didn't move from her spot, she wasn't completely sure if her Taichou was being serious or not.
"Ichimaru-Taichou is the only one is his squad that can use Bankai. With Karin helping us we have three. I'm sure he would appreciate your help." With the confirmation from her Taichou Matsumoto turned around and headed for 3rd squad barracks.
Matsumoto left with a grin on her face remembering she had left all of her paperwork on Hitsugaya's desk this morning. So far she hadn't been punished for it yet.
"He didn't use any honourifics When he spoke about Katin-chan. Must be serious." Matsumoto shook her head And laughed a little. She never thought they would actually get together. "Now to find Gin."
She didn't have to look hard. It looked like he was waiting for her. "So what brings ya here, Rangiku?" Ichimaru was lounging on the railing. He opened his eyes slightly and gave her a genuine smile.
"I just thought that you could use someone else that had Bankai." Rangiku didn't know why she was acting nervous around her childhood friend all of a sudden. She sat down on the railling with him.
Gin picked up on her nervousness. He got up and leaned close to her face. "That's kind of ya ta do. Thanks Rangiku." He saw blush spread across her cheeks as he got close to her. "Yer cute when ya blush." He leaned closer.
"Growl, Haineko!" Matsumoto put up a shield around Gin and herself. "It's not that easy to sneak up on us. Chat was it?" Both shinigami stared at the Espada a few feet from them.
"Darn, I was hoping to get rid of Snake so he wouldn't interrupt my play time again." Chat stretched and drew his sword. "Oh well." He wrapped his tail around his sword. Matsumoto was surprised to see he had an actual tail. "Claw their eyes out, Gatito!" A strong wind picked up the dirt around him as he released his Resurreccion. The dust settled to reveal the Espada with ten tails. Each one had a spike on the end and the claws on his hands had gotten longer. "Time to play."
"Those tails won't help you." Ichimaru drew his zanpakutou. "Shoot em dead, Shinso." A flash of light passed by Chat.
"Missed." Chat whispered in Gin's ear before swiping his hand at Gin's head. He only felt a little bit of contact. He turned to see his opponent a few feet away with only a small trickle of blood running down his face. "Not bad."
Gin hadn't expected the Espada's speed to increase.
"Looks like yer bein serious." He took a step back. "Then I'll match ya." Rangiku knew what he was going to do and got closer to him and knelt down just in time. "Bankai. Kamishini no Yari." the buildings around them split in two horizontally.
Three of Chat's tails got cut off by Gin's release attack. "Nice attack." Matsumoto disappeared from beside Ichimaru. "But you have tons of openings." He held Rangiku by her neck. "What's wrong pretty lady? Cat got your tongue?" He aimed his remaining seven tails at her heart.
"Bankai." Matsumoto managed to say the words despite her lack of air. Sand swirled around her. It attacked Chat until he let go. "Yogan Mesutora"
Chat didn't like the ash. It clung to his fur and scratched his skin. He launched his tails at Matsumoto. They went through her chest, but it didn't feel like he went through flesh, or anything for that matter. He began to feel heat on his tails, it was getting hot at a fast rate. He tried to remove his tails, but found them to be stuck in the woman's chest.
"Missed." Matsumoto's face cracked as ash fell from her face and other parts of her body. She burned the tails that were imbedded in her chest off as Gin's hand found its way through Chat's heart. Matsumoto disintegrated into ash in the breeze and reformed beside Gin As he dropped Chat's corpse.
"Ya turn to ash in yer Bankai form?" He slid his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him.
"Somewhat. It's a little more complicated than that. I still haven't fully mastered it. Haineko is such a-" she was cut off by Gin's lips pressing against hers. She returned his kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Ya talk to much." Gin pulled Rangiku close to him. He was glad he hadn't lost her. All he wanted to do was protect her. 'Looks like she can take care of herself though.' Gin smiled as he leaned down and gave her another kiss.
Kira had heard the battle and had come out just at that moment. 'How long have they liked each other?' Kira retreated back to his office to finish the paperwork for the day.
~Visored squad building~
"Where did that idiot Shinji go?" Hiyori had been looking for Shinji since since he told them he was going out for a minute, but never came back. "Honestly. That guy is suppose to be a Taichou. Stupid Shinji."
"And what are you? His Fukutaichou?" Someone asked from the roof behind Hiyori.
Hiyori turned around and glared at the Espada standing on the roof. "Yes I am. Who are you? Some blue haired monkey?" Hiyori could tell he was an Espada, but not how powerful he was.
"The names Hawk. I'm a hawk not a monkey." Hawk pointed at himself with his thumb as he jumped off the roof. "Guess I'll have to play with you till he shows up." Hawk drew his sword. "Fly away with their heads, Shitori." Wings sprout from his back and his feet grew four large claws each. "Try not to die to quickly."
"Ha. I'm not that we-" Hawk didn't let Hiyori finish. He was anxious to fight against Shinji, but he had to wait for him to show up. The idea off waiting pissed him off. He started focusing when a foot met his face. "Let people finish what their saying, idiot pigeon!"
Hawk quickly recovered and retaliated with his claws. One cut Hiyori's leg deep enough to sever a tendon, making her leg useless. "Aww. I already broke my toy. Looks like your not worth my time, but I'm not mean." He flew down at Hiyori. "You were no fun, stupid woman."
His foot was stopped by a blade. "I don't appreciate you picking on stupid women. Especially when I'm the only one allowed to call her that, although she most certainly isn't a woman." Hirako easily repelled Hawk. He looked over his shoulder to his injured Fukutaichou. "I thought I told you I would be right back."
Hiyori was ticked off that he called her both stupid and said she wasn't a woman. "I would have waited, but you were taking to long." She stomped down with her bad foot and fell over wincing.
Shinji easily caught her. "Stop doing stupid things when your injured." He knew he could never win an argument against her, but she seemed to enjoy arguing, and winning them.
"I wouldn't be injured if you only took a minute instead of ten!" Hiyori didn't particularly like fighting with Shinji. She just enjoyed the playful banter they had with each other. "Besides it's my job to worry about what our stupid Taichou is up to. I am your Fukutaichou after all." Hiyori couldn't look him in the eyes during the last part. "And I don't appreciate being told I'm not a woman, because I certainly am more of one than you are, stupid Shinji."
Shinji was confused by Hiyori's actions and words, but didn't dwell on it so he could avoid an attack from Hawk. "Hiyori, wrap your arms around my neck." He felt her tense in his arms.
"Why would I do that?" Hiyori could feel herself blush. She was grateful Shinji was too focused on Hawk to notice.
Hirako noticed the blush. He smirked. "It's easier to fight when I don't have to worry about you falling and injuring yourself more. And I'm sure you don't want to be draped over my shoulder."
Hiyori definitely didn't want to be hanging over his shoulder and not being able to see what his intentions were. "Fine." She reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck.
To Shinji's surprise Hiyori didn't have to stretch much to reach his neck. 'She's grown? Guess I can't call her a shrimp anymore.' Hiyori's feet dangled about halfway down his shins. He wrapped his left arm around her waist and pressed her close to his body. "Hold on." He backed up to avoid a dive from Hawk And tried to get an attack in, but his blade only hit loose feathers.
"Still able to move with the extra weight?" Hawk taunted hoping to get a reaction from the blonds.
"She's not heavy at all." Hiyori was stumped by Shinji's answer. She didn't think he would have complimented her like that. "Let me show you. Collapse, Sakanade."
"Ha! You think you can beat me with Shikai alone." Hawk launched himself at Shinji for another dive attack. He flipped just before hitting him to attack with his claws.
Shinji swung his sword downward, hitting Hawks back. Hawk looked back wards then forwards wide eyed. "Lost already?" He swung his sword in front of Hawk.
Hawk went to block in front, but instead felt another wound on his back. "So you've messed up my sense of where things are coming from." Hawk swung his wings releasing a slash that was similar to a sword pressure slash. "But that doesn't mean you've won." He sent off a few more slashes, smashing the ground to pieces. "How do you like that?"
"Shut up stupid!" Hiyori slashed Hawk across his wings. It didn't do any damage but it forced him to the ground. Hiyori stood next to Shinji, both of them had a Hollow mask on.
"What the?" Hawk didn't know what was going on. He didn't hear the music through his earplugs.
"Seems like we're still in control. How's the leg?" Shinji was worried Hiyori would hurt herself severely if she fought with the wound she had.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it." She tapped her sword against the hard shell that coated her wound, healing it while protecting it. She was grateful her mask hid her blush. "Let's finish this before she does." Hiyori liked the concern the blond was showing for her.
Both charged at Hawk, one distracted while the other attacked. Hawk used his wings to block and attack, but he was getting worn down.
"It's over." Shinji aimed for Hawks heart.
Hawk saw it coming, but also saw an opening. He took it.
"You lose." Hawk died staring at Shinji's confused face while his mask disappeared.
Hirako looked at where Hawk's wings were. He saw one limp by the Espada's body. His eyes widen in panic at where the other led. "Hiyori!" The wing was almost going completely thought the girl's body almost severing her in half. "Hiyori!"
"Stop yelling or I'll punch you stupid." Hiyori mumbled through her own blood. She was covered in her own blood and her leg hadn't fully healed yet either.
"Don't blame me for worrying about you. I don't know who I would jest with if you weren't around. Plus there would one less cute girl around." Shinji was glad Hiyori still had her tough girl act on even in her condition. "Let's get you to 4th squad." He carefully gathered Hiyori in his arms.
Pain ran through Hiyori's body, but she didn't make a sound. She knew she had blushed when Shinji had called her cute. She really liked the feeling of being complimented by him. "Shinji, do you think I'm going to die?" She was serious. She felt like she was going to pass out.
"You're not going to die. I won't let you." Shinji didn't want to think about the possibility of Hiyori dying. "You can't die anyway. I haven't even confessed to you yet."
Hiyori blushed, not even noticing the pain while Shinji rushed towards 4th squad hospital. "Why would you confess to me?"
Shinji fully expected her to ask him why she would want him to confess to her, but he preferred this question. "Because, I love you." He kissed her forehead while he said it.
Hiyori smiled. 'This isn't to bad.' She drifted into unconsciousness as they entered the hospital, hardly feeling any pain or anything else.
~1st squad barracks~
"Nanao! Are you okay?" Rini had just finished cleaning the blood off her face from using her Hollow Voice. She had rushed over when she heard from Rukia that Ukitake had never left the 1st squad barracks. She had found Nanao out of breath in a hallway.
The scream of several Hollows sounded behind them. Rini turned to find to fairly large Hollows, but they were easily defeated in a single stroke.
"Where's Ukitake and Kyoraku?" Rini skipped the honourifics to save time.
"In Kyoraku's office. Aizen was there." Nanao had recovered her breath.
Rini scanned the building for their Reiatsus. She found both, and they were both weak. "They need help. Their Reiatsu is weak." Rini helped Manao stand up.
"What can we do to help?" Nanao was worried for her husband. "I know. You're as good with kido as I am. How much healing kido do you know?"
Rini started walking towards Kyoraku's office. "All of them, plus a few I created. Know any others?"
Nanao smiled at the red head beside her. "Quite a few." They both picked up speed once they could hear fighting.
They both crept up on the door, trying to stay out of sight. "Looks like a hole was made in the back wall." Rini could see Ukitake and Kyoraku standing a few feet infront of the hole. Neither one looked like they could hold out much longer. "Come on." They both ran passed the doorway.
Aizen saw them run past and fired a few blasts went through the wall separating them from the room. He could hear a voice from the other side of the wall. "Bakudo 81: Danku" the blast did not get through the invisible wall that ran along beside the two girls.
Rini and Nanao got to the next room and saw that most of the wall had actually been blown out. Kyoraku and Ukitake layed on top of the rubble.
"Shunsui!" Nanao rushed to her husband's side and started healing him.
"Jushiro!" Rini rushed to the white haired man's side. She held her hands above his chest. "Squad 4 method 3: Kaifuku suru!" Her Spiritual dipped a bit, but Ukitake recovered almost immediately. She looked at Kyoraku and saw Nanao had used the same. She had shown Nanao that kido. Since it didn't take a large toll on the user's body compared to others she knew, she knew it wouldn't harm Nanao's unborn children.
"Thank you Rini." Ukitake stood up from the rubble and helped Rini up.
"Oh how wonderful." Aizen walked towards the group. "Just who I was looking for. Good to see you doing well Abarai-san." There was not a speck of dirt on Aizen's suit. He had clearly come prepared to face the two Taichous.
"Nanao, stay back." Kyoraku kissed his wife's cheek then began walking towards Aizen.
"I'll be back." Ukitake gave Rini a quick kiss on the forehead before moving to join his friend.
Rini was surprised by Jushiro's actions, but was happy. She was determined to tell him her feeling one day. 'Maybe when this is all done and over with.'
"That's mean. Here these lovely ladies came to help you, and you tell them not to. That's a sha-" Aizen was cut off by being pushed back by a kido. He walked out of the rubble from the collapsed wall behind him. "A silent cast. Here I thought only members of zero squad could do that." Aizen looked at where the blast came from. "And two different kidos as well. That's just showing off."
"I just thought your suit needed a bit of colour." Rini smiled when Aizen noticed the black char stain from where kido had hit. "And there's more where that came from." She prepared to cast another kido.
"So you can hit me." Aizen glared at the red haired shinigami. "That won't happen again." He raised his zanoakutou and prepared to fight as Shunsui and Jushiro attacked. Their battle resumed.
Time to kick some Aizen butt, maybe. Please give a review.