And time to follow someone else for a little while. Don't worry I'll go back, eventually. I do not own Bleach, characters or locations.
~11th squad barracks~
"This is boring." Everyone in 11th squad was lounging around. All that they had fought was weak Hollows. They were all bored out of their minds. They had defeated all of the Hollows before Rini had started singing and caused anyone who was affected by her voice to get stronger.
The Taichou and his 3rd seated officer were especially bored, as they watched the pink haired and blond girl play with each other. "But now Uzu-chan and I can play more." Yachiru was glad the blond Kurosaki had been assigned to help her squad.
"But I should probably see if my help is needed elsewhere. You never know what my sister could do. She's like Ichinii that way." Yachiru liked the twin's name for their brother. She was planning on using it the next time she met the orange haired man.
Yuzu waved good bye to everyone then hopped over the wall and headed to the 10th squad barracks. She had memorized the whole layout of Seireitei And knew exactly how to get every where.
"Girls shouldn't be out by themselves." Yuzu stopped where she was. A whip landed in the spot where she would have been if she hadn't stopped. She looked at the figure holding the whip. "Especially during a war. And definitely not when said girl is weak." Souri smiled at her caught prey.
Yuzu wasn't to far from 10th squad barracks. She could make it, but then she would be showing her back to her enemy. She drew her zanpakutou and glared at the Espada. "Rise from the breaking earth, Jiwamaru!". Yuzu had learned to creat multiple shields around her and to move while keeping them intact and how to stop the earth from shaking when she released. Instead she could do it when ever she wanted to.
"Oh-ho. So the little girl wants to fight? Then I won't disappoint." She launched her whip towards Yuzu. It bounced off the wall of air. "So the little one has a shield. How cute." Souri twirled her whip and shot it at Yuzu. This time it pierced her shield and impaled itself in Yuzu's shoulder.
"Kya!" All of Yuzu's shields disintegrated and her earthquake she was holding onto was released. 'Oh no. Not good.'
"Aww. Poor kiddie." Souri wrapped her whip around Yuzu. She repeatedly slammed Yuzu against the walls of the buildings around them. "See. The weak shouldn't try to fight the strong." She untangled her whip from the limp body of her prey. "Dead already?" She was about to attack again when she lost her footing.
"Nope. Just catching my breath." Yuzu stood up shakily. She could barely lift her zanpakutou. She was glad she could create multiple earthquakes. They just weren't as strong as the release one.
"Pathetic." She pulled her whip back. "Just die!" As she pulled her hand forward. Someone's foot connected with Souri's face, sending the Espada sideways and causing her attack to miss Yuzu. The blond was kneeling on the ground bleeding heavily.
"No one beats up my twin and gets away with it." Karin walked towards her sister. "It's okay Yuzu. You just recover. I'll take care of her." She turned back to the Espada in time to block her whip with her zanpakutou. The whip curled itself around the blade.
"Looks like I've got you." Souri frowned at Karin's grin.
"More like I've got you. Rage in the fires of hell, Hiwamaru!" A flame shot up the whip.
Souri shock the whip hoping to pull the zanpakutou from Karin's hands, but to no avail. She disentangled the whip from the blade and shook off the fire before it reached her. "That was a dirty trick." She snarled at the shinigami.
"Didn't say I would play fair." Karin didn't notice a rope making its way towards her leg until it grip her right leg tightly. "What the-"
Souri pulled on her second whip and slammed Karin against a wall. "Didn't say that I would either." As Karin picked herself up Souri launched her other whip at Karin as well. This one ran through her stomach. Karin doubled over in pain. "Isn't that a nice site. The big brave Onee-san can't save her little Onee-chan. That's path-"
Yuzu had gotten up and approached the Espada without her noticing. She only noticed once Jiwamaru was almost hilt deep in her side. "Don't hurt my twin." There was a firmness in the blond twins voice that had never been there before.
Souri pulled the blade out of her side and tossed the small, weakened girl away. She then pulled her whip out of Karin's stomach causing her to shout in pain. Souri smiled at the sound. She loved the sound of torment. "Time to hear your screams." She wrapped the whip around Yuzu. Then pulled the whips past each other causing the twins to collide. "You two are so much fun. Make another cry." She went to pull her arm back when she felt a chill.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Hitsugaya cut through the Espada's whips causing them to freeze and break.
"Karin, can you move." Karin shook her head, not trusting her voice. She clutched her stomach as she laid on her side in pain.
"Yuzu, can you move?" Yuzu tried to sit up and found one of her arms to be broken, but she could stand. "Good. Try to heal yourself and Karin." He turned to the Espada. "This shouldn't take long."
"Another shorty joined the party." Souri smiled. She was having far too much fun.
"Don't call me short." The temperature dropped even further. "Reign upon the frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!" Ice formed on the ground and a dragon shot off the end of Toshiro's blade. He flash stepped behind the Espada to attack.
Souri didn't have anything to block with. So she just avoided it. "So what you gonna freeze me. The other two were much more fun. Especially the raven haired bi-" cold spread through Souri's stomach. 'What? He was far away. How did he get over here?' She looked up to meet teal eyes. She saw wings sprouting from the young man's back. "Cheater. You didn't tell me you went to Bankai. Oh well. At least I get to see a bit of pain on your face." Souri slumped over Hitsugaya's blade.
Hitsugaya dislodged his blade from the Espada and the Espada's arm from his stomach. He made sure she was dead by freezing her solid and breaking her into thousands of pieces. "That was for hurting Karin." He ran towards the two injured girls. "Karin. Hang in there. I'm taking you to Inoue-Taichou. Can you keep up Yuzu." Yuzu nodded and stood up holding her broken arm. Toshiro picked up Karin. The pain in his stomach increased, but he ignored it.
Karin noticed the pained expression on Toshiro's face. "You got hurt didn't you?"
"I'll have Inoue-Taichou heal it once you're taken care of." With that he headed to 4th squad with Yuzu close behind him.
They walked into the hospital. There was already a lot of blood running down the hallway. They passed a room with Hirako sitting beside a bed. They stared at the scene long enough to almost run into Orihime.
"More injured people?" Orihime startled the little group and led them to a room with two beds. "Yuzu on one Karin on the other. Let's see how badly injured you are Hitsugaya-Taichou."
Take care of these two first." He laid Karin down one the bed. A wave of dizziness passed over him and he passed out.
Karin watched as Toshiro fell to the floor. "Toshiro!"
~Soutaichou office~
"So that's all you've got." Aizen hadn't lost a single drop of blood. The only visible mark on him was a single scorch mark on his suit.
Kyoraku laid unconscious on his wife's lap. "Shunsui! Please don't die." Nanao was almost hysterical.
"Hey it's ok Nanao. Just heal what you can. Take your time we won't let him die." Rini was trying to keep Nanao from hyperventilating. "Don't worry. I got this." Rini turned to Ukitake.
Ukitake had a few minor wounds and a large gash on his arm. "I'll help."
"An injured person and someone who has never been in a battle." Aizen had hoped to be finished here soon. Then he could continue on with his plan. "You're making it too easy."
Rini gathered Reiatsu in her hand. Then placed one over the other. "Soren Sokatsui!" She pulled her hands apart, firing bothe shots at the same time. Due to the high concentration of Reiatsu they both fired off as beams instead of balls. They looked like Gran Rey Ceros.
"That was scary." Aizen was next to Rini. He aimed a flat hand at Rini's chest. He missed.
Ukitake had grabbed Rini and was standing beside Nanao. He fell to one knee. "Jushiro!" Rini grabbed Jushiro's shoulder.
"I'm all right. Just a little...dizzy." Jushiro collapsed in Rini's arms.
"Jushiro!" Rini started to panic a bit. Then she focused on the main cause of the problem, Aizen. "Nanao watch Jushiro for me." She stood and picked up her zanpakutou.
"You can't defeat me. You can't even tell where I am." Aizen gloated.
Rini closed her eyes then struck at something to her left. Her blade stopped midair. The sound of metal on metal rang through the air. Rini smiled. "Resonate, Shinouta!" A sound wave passed through the room. Aizen appeared in front of her, their blades crossed. "I can see you."
Aizen made an angry face. It scared Rini. "You somehow managed to seal my zanpakutou. No matter you still can not match me." He pushed Rini back. He attacked, his blade aiming for her neck.
His blade was stopped long before it got close to Rini. "Like I was gonna let you do that." Renji pushed Aizen back with his released Zabimaru. "Let's do this together, Rin."
"I was thinking the same thing OniiRen." Rini swung her scythe so her it was on her right side.
"Let's see just how little the siblings can do." Aizen wasn't worried.
"Bankai!" Both siblings yelled As they ran towards Aizen.
~Hospital: Hiyori's room~
As Hiyori regained consciousness she could hear a beeping sound. She was about to complain when she heard another voice.
"I'm sorry Hiyori. I shouldn't have let this happen." Shinji chuckled. "You're right. If I had gone back, then you wouldn't have been drawn into that battle. You wouldn't have gotten hurt. Not that I need to protect you. You'd just beat me up if I did." Shinji didn't realize Hiyori was awake, so he kept going. "I really don't know what I would do with myself if I lost you. I know I say this a lot, and most of the time it's a lie, but you really are my first love. My only love really." Tears were starting to drip down his face.
"I love you too." Shinji looked at Hiyori's face to see tears in her eyes as well. He was surprised and wondered how much she had heard.
Shinji got up from his chair and knelt by Hiyori's head. "Never thought I would see you cry." He wiped away her tears. Hiyori didn't say anything, just smiled. "Must say though, I don't really like the sight of tears on your cute face."
"I'm not sad stupid. I'm just over happy. I am a girl after all." Hiyori didn't realize how much she had wanted to say those words to Shinji. She had always yelled at him when he used her gender as an argument point.
"Yes you are. No matter how much you try not to act like one, idiot." He said that with the most love he could, but it was hard not to crack a smile.
"Why're you smiling like an idiot, stupid." Hiyori almost shouted but it hurt her to raise her voice any louder than its normal volume.
"Because. I was thinking of what it would be like. If you said yes to my question." He paused seeing if he could annoy Hiyori. She kept her composer as much as she could. Five minutes passed before Shinji gave up. Hiyori had won his little game. "Still can't win even when you're injured." Hiyori smiled, her fang showing. "Sarugaki Hiyori, will spend the rest of eternity with me... As my wife."
Hiyori didn't expect the proposal. "Asking such a serious question all of a sudden." Blush spread across her cheek as she sunk below her covers. "Yes." She mumbled throught her sheets.
Shinji heard her answer, but wanted to tease her more. He leaned over her and pulled the sheets down below her chin. "Sorry. I didn't catch that." He smiled at her.
"I said yes stupid! Sheesh, clean your ears out!" She had managed to raise her voice.
"Just wanted to make sure." He leaned down and kissed Hiyori on the lips. "I love you, Hiyori."
Hiyori blushed deep red. "I love you too, idiot Shinji."
"Ahem." They both turned to see Orihime in the doorway. "Please keep your voice down. This is a hospital." She turned to leave. "Congratulations on the engagement." Orihime gave them one last smile before leaving to check on other patients.
"She reminds me of what Unohana-Taichou was like." Hiyori stated still staring at the door. Shinji just nodded. They both laughed quietly at their reaction to the orange haired woman.
We're going to have a wedding! I'll have a mini story for each of the weddings after the last chapter is posted. ;) Please give feedback.