Chapter 12: Rose vs Maya
Warning: Some Blood at the end of the chapter.
The library was quiet and mostly empty when Rose walked through the large doors at the entrance. The receptionist gave her a curious look and then continued with her work. Out of the corner of her eye, Rose saw the receptionist send a Hell butterfly away. She assumed the butterfly was for Shunsui, he had said earlier that afternoon that he was going to find out where she disappeared of to every afternoon.
Earlier that day
The two of them landed outside the main doors to the eighth division and greeted the guards as they past. Shunsui had his arm wrapped around Rose's waist, and he gently guided her to the main administrative building. The two of them ignored the gossip that followed them as they walked through the administrative building.
"I want you to stay here this afternoon where I can keep an eye on you." Said Shunsui while he guided Rose through the administrative building.
"Why?"
"Because I do not want you walking off. If you want to train with Yamada-san then you should do it within the confines of the eighth division or the thirteenth division."
"No I don't think that is the real reason." Said Rose tartly.
"Oh really?" Shunsui raised his eyebrow at Rose's comment, an indication that he wanted her to humour him. They had reached the office of the Taicho and Fukutaicho.
"You want me to stay in your sight so you can you stare at me all day."
Shunsui laughed loudly, and continued to laugh as he walked through the door. Nanao was doing paperwork and did not even look up when Shunsui walked in.
"Morning Nanao-Chan."
"It's the afternoon sir."
"Good afternoon Ise Fukutaicho." Said Rose as she followed Shunsui into the room.
Nanao looked up and stared at Rose with confusion written on her face. "Good afternoon, may I inquire as to why you are here?"
"Nanao-Chan, I told darling Rose that she can stay here and do her work." Nanao looked towards Shunsui and was able to read the hidden message in his eyes. He wanted to keep an eye out on Rose because he was concerned firstly for her mental health (she did have a minor breakdown), and to make sure the twelfth division did not kidnap her and perform experiments on her while Shunsui was not looking. Rose walked past the two of them, oblivious to their secret conversation and sat down on the sofa.
"Alright Kyoraku Taicho, she can use your desk as you are most likely not going to be using It." Said Nanao while she returned to her paperwork. Shunsui directed Rose to the desk and pulled the chair back and helped her unto the chair. Out of the corner of Rose's eye she saw Nanao give them a sideways glance and smile. Shunsui then flopped down onto the sofa and pulled his hat down over his eyes. There was silence in the office, broken only by the sound of paper ruffling. Shunsui was fainting sleep and every now and then he would glance at Rose from underneath his hat. Nanao, who knew when Shunsui was faking sleep, watched the silent one way interaction between Shunsui and Rose. The look he gave Rose was full of love and tenderness. Nanao had never seen her Taicho stare at a women the way he was staring at Rose and it made her smile. Shunsui had finally found a woman that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. It only took him over two thousand years to find her. The question was, did Rose love him back. Nanao shot Rose a quiet sideways glance and saw that she had, albeit mostly hidden, love bite on her upper chest. She smiled, yes, her Taicho had found a woman and she mysteriously loved him back.
A loud thudding of footsteps disturbed the tranquillity within the office. "Taicho! Fukutaicho!"
"Yare" murmured Shunsui.
The door opened and an out of breath Enjoji ran into the room. "Taicho! Fukutaicho! One of the new recruits has lost control of their Zanpakuto. None of us can contain him."
Shunsui and Nanao got to their feet. "Yare yare, Enjoji-kun could you please watch darling Rose for me until I get back."
"Sir!" Shunsui and Nanao left the room. There was an awkward pause. "So are you banging the Taicho girl?" Asked Enjoji with a sneer on his face. "I mean if you are, you did not wait long to spread your legs. Were you hoping for a promotion?"
"My relationship with Shunsui is of none of your concern." Said Rose quietly, not lifting her eyes from her revision.
"Oh? He allows you to call him by his name? You must be a really good fuck if he allows you to do that."
Rose clenched her teeth and rose to her feet. "I am not sleeping with the Taicho. I am sorry that you are jealous of the treatment he gives me. Maybe if you were more polite he would treat you better."
"Why you little whore. Do you speak like that with the Taicho? Or is your mouth already too full for conversation?"
Rose snapped. "Bakudo number 4: hainawa". Gold cords erupted from the end of her outstretched finger and wrapped themselves around Enjoji's body.
"You little bitch!"
Rose walked over and stood over him. "I don't know what I have done to deserve your ire, or anybody else's. I have tried to be kind to everybody yet you all treat me like shit. But this ends now, I have had enough of people treating me like dirt."
"What are you going to do to me bitch? You are not strong enough to injure me." Spat Enjoji
"You are right. But all I have to do is keep you here long enough for the Taicho to return. Imagine how angry he will be when he discovers that you allowed me to escape." Sing-song Rose while she walked over to the window.
"No wait, please don't do that!"
"But why? I do not owe you a kindness. Bye" waved Rose she jumped out the window.
Rose ran away quickly from the administration building and down the pathway that would take her to the main entrance of the eighth division. She ran passed division members, ignoring the whispers and jeers that followed her. She only stopped running when she had reached the library.
Present
Rose made her way down the stairs until she was at the bottom of the library. She did feel bad for ditching Shunsui like that but she really wanted to train with Hana. She also knew that she had to tell Hana about her past, it was unfair that she told everybody except her friend.
As per usual Hana was sitting in a large red armchair reading a book about the Cold War. "Is it true?" Asked Hana without looking up from her book.
"What is?"
"That you are sleeping with Kyoraku Taicho".
Rose sighed audibly. "Yes…and…No. We have kissed and done stuff but we have not slept with each other. But it is not like I want to get a promotion. I love him…I think. I mean I don't even know if I want to be a Shinigami. Wait no, I don't know." Rose was starting to panic.
Hana put down her book. "Breath Rose. I just wanted to know but I won't judge you. I mean you do not seem like the girl to sleep with your superior. Oh wait I guess I just judged you."
Rose smiled slightly at Hana's comment. "So do you love him?" Asked Hana.
"I think but I don't know. It is early on in the relationship. How did you know anyway?"
Hana blushed and looked down at her hands. "Please tell me Hana."
"I overheard Lady Koru talking to her friends about it. They were implying that you were sleeping with him to further your position. By now lady Koru would have told the entire Seireitei, I am sorry Rose."
Hana walked forwards and hugged Rose. "Thank you Hana. I suppose it does not matter if everybody thinks that I am a slut, as long as you do not believe them I am fine." The two of they stayed put for a few more moments.
"I wonder how Lady Koru found out." Mussed Rose.
"Well from what I gathered you were not discreet. I mean the two of you disappear off together for a long period of time and when you do return you are covered in love bites and cuddling him. I mean it does not take a genius to see. And yes Rose you uniform does not cover you love bites." Said Hana in response to Rose's curious look. "I also guess that you are happy that you get to face Lady Koru next week during you skills examination." Continued Hana.
"How do you know about that?"
"lady koru also mentioned to her friends that she was going to be your sparring partner during your examination. She also said that she was going to 'put the slut in her place'."
Rose sighed, "And this day could not get any worse."
"But this is good news. Not only do you know lady Koru's fighting style you can also beat her in front of the entire Seireitei. You get to show her who is boss." Said Hana with a large smile on her face.
"But she can beat me, and she does every time I fight with her."
"Wrong, she always does the fighting so you know her fighting style but she does not know yours because she never bothered to observe you. You have an advantage. Plus you have something that she does not have, and that is knowledge and the ability to learn things quickly…except Kido but let's not think about that. Also we are currently standing in the largest weapon in the entire Soul Society. There are some books here that contain information on kido that is so old that most member of the Seireitei don't even know they exist. If you learn one of those then you have another advantage. Plus there is information stored in the archives here on people's Zanpakuto abilities. We could research Lady Koru's Zanpakuto and see if we can find any weaknesses." Hana was now buzzing with excitement.
"You forgot Hana that I have the worst memory in soul society when I comes to Kido. I can't learn the incantation so I can't do kido very well. But I do like the way you are thinking." Smiled Rose.
"You could always write the incantations on your arms and read them out while chanting."
"Very funny Hana, but it looks like I am going to have to do just that. Also I feel like we should do something about lady Koru…on a more personal level." Grinned Rose.
"Oh like what?"
"Like several evil pranks." Smiled Rose.
"I like the way you are thinking."
Rose calculated that she had nine days of training until she faced lady Koru. After the little stunt she pulled with Enjoji, Shunsui followed her everywhere. He had not been very impressed to discover upon his return to the office that Rose had tied Enjoji up and escaped. As a result Shunsui constantly trailed her so it was very difficult to escape to the library for training. It was like the two of them were playing a very slow game of cat and mouse. Rose would try to run away, only to be caught a few minutes later by Shunsui. This resulted in a lot of tension building up between them, most of it sexual. It thrilled Rose to no ends trying to think of an elaborate escape root, only to be discovered by Shunsui later. The passionate moments that followed were intense. However, Rose was still only comfortable with Shunsui kissing her breasts, which he did not complain about. Sometimes Rose would get caught on purpose just so that she could spend time with Shunsui.
Rose had a different schedule from before. She would get up early and study throughout the morning. At lunch time she would go to the mess hall and either eat lunch alone or sneak off with Shunsui to their quiet field. In the afternoon Rose would try her first attempt at escaping only to be caught by Shunsui. This would continue until Rose was successful. She had been the best tag player in her old school. She could hide herself and move with a silence that only cats could really challenge. However, Shunsui was the expert at hide and seek so the two of them were evenly matched in their game of cat and mouse. She would then train for a few hours with Hana until she was exhausted. By then it would be late afternoon so the two of them would head back to the thirteenth division where Rose would teach Hana how to bake. During their first lesson Rose had taught Hana how to make Chocolate and caramel shortbread. The smell had been so intoxicating that they had attracted Ukitake. Ukitake laughed when Hana told him what was going on and then insisted that the two of them join him for afternoon tea. The three of them would drink tea and eat whatever had been baked. That afternoon. Shunsui would usually turn up and whine to Rose about how she had escaped him yet again. In the evening Rose would either study for her exams or read large volumes she had borrowed from the library.
The rumours of Rose sleeping with Shunsui had spread across the Seireitei and had resulted in Rose being the scorn of the Seireitei. However, most of the gossiping was behind closed doors so most of the superior officers had not heard it. Sadly, the rumours had reached such a level of intensity that Rose could no longer bear to go out in public. Hana sympathised her, especially after Rose told her about her past. She had been very supportive. On the pranking lady Koru front, the two of them had played some pretty good pranks. Firstly they got a hold of Lady Koru's diet pills and changed them with a special pill that made a person gain weight. Unohana had given them to Rose in the hopes of helping her put on some weight. Secondly they placed itching powder in Lady Koru's make up and giggled in secret after watching her walking around itching her very red face. The piece de resistance had been when they placed a glitter bomb in lady koru's quarters. This had resulted in her getting covered in glitter which made were sparkle so much that birds were blinded when they flew past. The last and final prank had been to change Lady Koru's face cream with foot cream, a prank Rose got from the movie 'Mean Girls'. All in all both Rose and Hana believed they had pranked Lady Koru enough…for the time being.
The nine days had flown by very quickly and before Rose knew it, it was exam day.
The day was overcast but there was no sign of rain. In hindsight, this would give Rose an advantage. Breakfast had been a tense affair. People would jeer and make snide remarks at Rose, while words of encouragement were said to Lady koru. Rose found it very hard to eat and gave up very quickly and left the mess hall. She needed to find her inner peace before her exam. She tried studying, but that did not work. Even listing to music did not help. By the time of the exam in the afternoon Rose was so nervous that she felt like being sick. She had not seen Shunsui or Hana all day so she was very tense.
The exam was to take place in the large, outside training field of the eighth division and it was required that three Taicho's be present at the exam. However, because most Taicho and high ranking officers had been curious about the 'humans' power they had all turned up. Soi Fung, Byakuya, Komamura, Toushiro, Kenpachi, and their respective Fukutaicho's all sat on a large podium on comfy looking cushions. Shinigami from of all division sat around the field as spectators. Unohana Taicho and her Fukutaicho sat at a makeshift medical bay with Hanataro at her side. Shunsui, Ukitake and the Head captain (Rose had found out before that the man you had scolded her was the head Captain.) all walked out onto the field, followed by Lady Koru.
"Now I want a fair match between the two of you." Boomed the head captain, looking between Rose and Lady Koru.
"The fighting rules of the eighth division apply. This means that Shikai and Bankai are allowed, along with Kido, Shunpo and hakudo .If at any point during the match the fighting gets too intense you will both be stopped." Said Shunsui in a serious tone. He then turned to look at Rose. Rose tried her best not to look scared but Shunsui was not fooled. "Now please do be careful I do not want the blood of pretty ladies spilt in my division."
Shunsui gave Rose one last smile before he turned and walked away. Rose waited patiently for Shunsui, Ukitake and the Head captain to take their place on the podium.
"Kyoraku-kun what can you tell us about this girl." Asked Toushiro while Shunsui sat down on one of the cushions on the podium.
Shunsui sighed and looked towards the front of the podium where the head captain stood. "From what I heard from Nanao, Rose is deplorable at Kido. She does not know Shunpo and her zanjutsu skills could do with some improving. In fact the only thing she is good at is hakudo."
"You mean to say that this girl is basically defenceless?!" Cried out Toushiro with a look of shock on his face. All the Taichos had listened to Shunsui's summary of Rose's skills and had reached the same conclusion that Rose was done for.
"Ha look at her shake! She is scared shitless!" cried Kenpachi. Rose looked around and saw several other Shinigami laugh at her. This really was humiliating.
"It is interesting that the head captain would make her fight even though she is too weak." Said Byakuya to nobody in particular.
"Well let's just hope that Rose will make it, for all we know she might surprise us." Said Ukitake more to Shunsui than anybody else. His dear friend looked very tense.
"Let's hope otherwise there will be one less pretty girl in the Seireitei. It is good that the fourth division is here. "Remarked Kenpachi. Shunsui gritted his teeth.
"You may begin." Boomed the voice of the head captain. A large roar emanated from the crowd as Maya slowly stalked up to Rose.
"I heard that you have no skills so this match is going to be easy. It is a shame that fucking Taicho did not increase your skills, otherwise you would be so much more powerful and worth my time. Consider this as payback for ditching out on my classes." Sneered Maya before she disappeared in Shunpo and punched Rose so hard that she flew back and hit the ground hard. Rose gasped as the wind was ripped from her chest but she did not have time to recover as she was soon sent flying across the field again. Maya's shunpo abilities were beyond what Rose could do and had thus given her a significant advantage. Maya continued the throw Rose around the field like a ragged doll while the crowd cheered on.
"Ha! Kyoraku your human is getting the shit beat out of her." laughed Kenpachi. Shunsui closed his eyes. He knew that Kenpachi was right, Rose was getting the shit beat out of her…and it was killing him inside
"Yeah Shun-Shun, your girl sucks!" shouted Yachiru.
Back on the field Rose gasped and fought against the pain in her body. She needed a minute, or a few seconds just to get her bearings in order to perform a counter-attack but Maya was not allowing that.
"Instinct" whispered Midnight Dancer.
"What?"
"Follow your instincts, believe in yourself".
Rose closed her eyes and followed her instincts. She could feel her body move and then the next thing she knew her leg had connected with Maya and had sent her flying across the field. Rose opened her eyes and saw to her amazement that Maya was lying on the floor clutching her chest. Without wasting anytime Rose pulled on her tattered Shihakushō and ripped the sleeves away. But that all the breathing time she had as Maya suddenly punched her in the stomach and sent her flying. But this time Rose smile, she had had enough time to set her plan in motion. Gingerly she got to her feet, while spitting out blood and pulled out her Zanpakuto. She needed it for the next part of her plan.
"Wow her Zanpakuto is so pretty." Cooed Rangiku.
"Matsumoto now is not the time. And anyway it does not matter if her Zanpakuto is pretty or not, what does matter is if she can use It." snapped Toushiro.
"Hmm I also don't like what she did with her Shihakushō. She looked like a member of the ninth division with her torn sleeves." Said Rangiku.
"Rangiku not all members of the ninth division have torn sleeves. Besides we like talented people in our division". Said Shuhei. A few of the Taichos and Fukutaichos laughed at the comment. Shunsui gripped his sake bottle a little too tightly and grunted. He desperately wanted to go down and help Rose. His blood ran cold when he saw her spit out blood.
Maya drew her Zanpakuto and charged at Rose. Rose blocked the attack and then started to mutter something barely audible. Maya swung her blade at Rose again who cartwheeled out of the way. Maya then proceeded to swing her sword at Rose while Rose back flipped out of the way. Every time Rose's hands would touch the floor she would push a small amount of reiatsu into the ground. She was almost done.
"Hmm she is very agile" commented Kenpachi.
"Indeed," said Soi Fung.
Rose landed on the ground and swung her leg out, tripping Maya to the ground. She needed a small amount of distance between herself and Maya. Sadly Maya recovered quickly and lashed out at Rose with her Zanpakuto, cutting her across the chest. Rose screamed as she felt something cold cut deep into her. Maya bounced back and laughed as she saw Rose fall to her knees clutching at her chest. Rose pulled her hand away from her chest and saw blood, lots of it. She froze and stared at the blood on her hands with fear. Blood she hated blood. Her breath started to increase, along with her panic.
"Rose…fight it…you are almost finished. Ignore the blood. You are stronger then this" cooed Midnight Dancer.
Rose gasped and fought against the growing need to vomit. The blood was making her nauseous. The area around her was spinning with the only stable thing being the blood on her hands. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Maya run at her. On pure instinct Rose lifted up her Zanpakuto and swung at Maya. To her amazement she landed a hit. Maya danced away, blood trickling down her thigh. It was a shallow cut, but it was enough to cause pain.
"You bitch!"
Rose smiled and staggered to her feet. Midnight Dancer was right, she was strong, strong enough to beat Maya. For God's sake she had put up with years of Master's brutal treatment, dealing with Maya was just child's play. The jeering and cat calls around her disappeared, there was only Maya and herself.
"You are so stupid sometimes" spat Rose. "You were so absorbed in beating me that you did not notice your surroundings."
"What? What did you say to me." shouted Maya
"I said that you are stupid you BASTARD!" Shouted Rose.
Maya screamed and ran towards Rose. "Hidden spider web barrier!" cried Rose while slamming her hand to the ground. Maya gasped as thick electric blue ropes appeared out of mid-air, criss-crossing together to form a web around her. Some of the ropes passed through her body while the other connected with the ground. The web grew until it covered almost half of the fighting arena. Maya tugged, pulled and even tried running her reiatsu through the ropes but it would not break. On the podium the Taichos watched on with intense eyes. Even the head captain had opened his eyes. The Shinigami surrounding the arena were silent as they watched the curious web enclose around Maya and Rose
"What is this?!" Cried Maya
"The hidden spider web barrier. A very old kido barrier that has been forgotten through time. It is considered to be the predecessor of the fujibi Kido. The mechanics of it are simple, the caster casts the spell and then runs round encircling the victim until the web is formed, like a spider. The web is made of the casters reiatsu and is invisible until the caster activates it. Sadly this spell was rarely used because it was considered too weak. However, I laced it together with Bakudo 9: Horin to make the web stronger, and then with Hado 11: Tsuzuri Raiden to make it conduct electricity. Lastly I casted a spell to make the whole web undetectable. I never intended for you to touch the web, but it seems like it has penetrated your body. The web is too strong for you to break it, and it will only collapse if I deactivate it. All I have to do now I send an electrical charge though the web and BOOM. Not to worry it won't kill you…but it might be very painful". Said Rose with a sneer on her face. The crowd around the field had gone silent, all staring at the web in awe.
"Nanao…do you recognize this kido?" asked Shunsui in a serious tone.
"No sir…but Rose has laced several Kido spells through it in order to create one barrier…this is amazing". Replied Nanao in awe.
"Did you…"
"No sir I did not teach her this." Snapped Nanao.
"It's called the 'hidden spider web barrier' and it is a very old kido. One that is no longer taught in the academy. It is not an illegal spell but its use is not highly recommended. It is too weak and unstable for everyday use so people rarely used it. In fact if casted incorrectly the results could be fatal." Said the head captain.
"Head Captain!"
"Calm yourself Ukitake, the girl seems to have stabilized it and if it was going to fail it would have done so sooner."
The Taichos looked back on the training field. One thing was certain, they had underestimated this little girl. What other little tricks did this girl have up her sleeve…well what was left of them Shunsui looked over at Ukitake and nodded. They both knew how Rose had discovered and learnt how to cast such a kido. This had Hana Yamada written all other it. How much power did Hana have, and who much did Rose know. Shunsui was curious to find out.
Slowly Rose walked up to where Maya stood trapped and smiled. "You have underestimated me. You see while you ran around flaunting your boobs at Captain Kyoraku I sat in the library and studied old history books. Most of them still contained the original kido spells and incantations. Of course I doubled checked that all the spells I studies were legal and then I learnt them. Sadly I am unable to remember kido incantation so I wrote them all down on my arm so that I could recite them later on." Rose waved her arms in front of Maya and sure enough there were spells written across her arm. "I also learnt all sort of wonderful kido spells, some of which I cannot wait to try." Rose smiled.
"You bitch! You, you are such a whore and a piece of shit! You come here and mess everything up. You are worthless! "Screamed Maya.
"Worthless? Well I guess my friend and I did do some pretty mean things to you that I should be sorry for. Oh let see…oh yes we changed your diet pills to pills that make you gain weight. Oh and we put itching power in your make up to make you itch. That was hilarious. What else, Oh we put that glitter bomb in your quarters and we also changed your face cream with foot cream to make your face smell like feet." Laughed Rose. The surrounding spectators and Taicho's had gone deathly silent. Every word Rose had just said resonated through the field.
"Oh. My. God" murmured Renji.
Shunsui placed his head in his hands and sighed. This was going to get out of control soon.
"YOU BITCH!" screamed Maya. "YOU WHORE! Yelled Maya while struggling against the robes.
Rose snapped, all forms of decorum lost. "Well your arse is like a bag of wet washing! yelled Rose before she brought her hand up and smacked it against the web while yelling, "hado 4: byakurai." The field was blinded by a bright light followed by a loud bang that knocked a few of the surrounding Shinigami to the ground. A few Taicho's and Fukutaicho's jumped to their feet, and itching towards their swords. Shunsui felt his heart stop when his Rose disappeared I the explosion. Slowly the light disappeared to reveal two forms. One was lying on the ground, while the other stood inside a large bright red cube.
"Nanao…?"
"Yes sir that is another kido that I do not know the name of" Said Nanao in shock.
"Red blood dragon wall. The walls cancel out all reiatsu for a limited amount of time." Explained the Head captain
Slowly the form on the ground began to move and eventually climb back to her feet. Maya stood there shaking and watched as Rose walked towards her.
"That was a cheap shot Bentley" whispered Maya as she staggered to her feet.
"I don't think it was a cheap shot…I mean it did take a long time to make." Rose explained while she watched Maya sway on her feet. "Please concede…I do not want to hurt you."
Maya laughed. "I will not concede to a little bitch like you. You who is a little slut and who is beneath me! God I bet you mother was a little slut like you, it would explain why your blood is so impure. "Rise from beneath the ground, Kasai Shishi" shouted Maya.
Rose watched as Maya's Zanpakuto divided into five claws which then caught fire. Rose jumped back in order to put distance between them. Maya swung forward with her Zanpakuto shooting five fire balls at Rose. Rose cartwheeled and back flipped out of the way but sadly there were too many. Rose gasped as she felt one of the blades burn across her thigh leaving an angry looking blister in the wake.
But she was not going to let this stop her. She knew that she could win and if it meant showing everybody her shikai then so be it. Her shikai was basically her trump card as nobody apart from Hana knew that she had one.
"Dreamer laugh and Sinner scream, haunt their minds and make them mine. Dream, Midnight Dancer!" cried Rose while flicking her Zanpakuto. A midnight blue ribbon burst from the end of her sword and fell to the ground while the handle grew in size. The Taichos and Fukutaichos gasped as they saw Rose's Zanpakuto transform into a large ribbon with a silver handle.
"Shunsui I thought you said the Rose did not have a shikai yet." Asked Ukitake
"She never told that she had achieved shikai and I have heard no reports of her having one." Whispered Shunsui in shock as he stared at Rose. How much more was she not telling him?
Rose closed her eyes and focused in on Midnight Dancer's voice.
"I am ready, let the dancer begin." Said Midnight Dancer.
Maya lunched forwards and threw one of her fire balls at Rose, who dodged the attack. She then closed her eyes and started the dancer. The spectators watched in awe as Rose dancer around Maya, using her ribbon to counterattack all of Maya's attacks. The ribbon solidify the moment it was touched by something in order to repel it and then return to it limb form. The ribbon was agile and seemed the flow around Rose like water. The two of them danced around Maya, occasionally slashing out at her. However, instead of drawing blood the ribbon felt in its wake a dark blue ink that seeped into Maya's body.
The whole dancer was spectacular and drew gasps from the spectators and angry shouts from Maya who could not land a hit on Rose. Her shikai was just too powerful. But Shunsui got the idea that there was more to Rose's shikai than she was letting on.
"Damn you Bentley. Come to life ShiShi!" screamed Maya. She then ripped her five claws from their holder and then threw then on the ground. Rose watched as the five claws morphed into five giant fire beasts with long, brutal looking claws and large red eyes. Their fur seemed to have been replaced by fire. Rose watched in shock as the five beasts started to stalk her.
"Head Captain might it be advisable to end the match now. Each one of them have displayed impressive skills but I fear that if they continue one of them might be hurt." Said Ukitake in a serious tone. Shunsui shot Ukitake a grateful look. He was worried the Rose would be destroyed by the beasts that Maya had summoned.
"Hmm maybe we-" but the Head captain's words were drowned out by a large, feral cry. Shunsui paled and stood up along with most of the Taichos and watched as Rose charged at the beasts, ribbon in hand. Shunsui watched in horror as Rose danced around the beasts, slashing out here and there. The beasts gave a loud howl and then fell to the ground, out for the count. The entire fighting arena when deathly silent.
"What-what did you do?" asked Maya in a weak voice while looking at her fallen pets.
"Well you see my Zanpakuto is special and does not like to shed blood. So instead everything she touches, she injects a dark blue poison which puts the victim to sleep. That poison is also mixed in with my reiatsu and thus allows me to see your dreams and thus your inner world. I need my victims to fall asleep, hence the reason for the poison. All I have to do it close my eyes and your dreams are mine to play with. I can make you see your worst nightmares over and over again until you beg for forgiveness or death. I don't give a person physical pain but mental pain. I break the souls of the people I attack. And you Lady Koru have been struck several times by my Zanpakuto so your dreams and inner world are mine to play with. You should have conceded when you had the opportunity to." Said Rose in a calm voice.
Maya fell to her knees and gasped, trying to fight against Rose.
Rose smiled, "You have such common dreams, nothing really interesting. But your nightmares are fascinating. Lucky for you I will not torture you…you are simply not worth my time."
Rose heard the swish of fabric and looked round and saw that the Taicho's had appeared on the edge of the arena. It seemed that the Head captain had called the fight to an end. Rose smiled, the fight was over, and she no longer had to fight. She turned round and started to walk towards the Taicho's, her legs feeling very weak.
Suddenly there was pain, and lots of it. Rose turned round and saw that Maya had stood up and cut slashed from her right shoulder to her left hip before collapsing on the ground. Rose looked over her shoulder and saw the deep red blood spurt from her body. The funny thing was that the cut and blood seemed unreal, like it belonged to another body. The pain on the other hand was real. Rose opened her mouth to scream but no words came out. The world was spinning and then she on the ground, gasping for breath and fighting the pain. Around her she could hear shouting but it all seemed very quiet, like it was all happening in the distance. She could feel someone grabbing her and flipping her. Rose started at the sky without registering what was happening. She could see forms and blobs but that was about it.
"Rose you need to stay awake."
Rose felt heavy and numb. Her eye lids stated to close slightly.
"Rose stay with me!"
"She's losing blood!"
"ROSE!"
Rose closed her eyes and succumbed to the darkness.
I am not too sure about this Chapter. I generally dislike writing fighting scene so I am if sorry if it lacks a bit of detail. Oh well Please review. :)