Chapter 23: The Rescue

Warning: scenes of gore

It did not come as a surprise to Nanao that Shunsui would try to leave her behind. He had insisted that he did not need her assistance and that he could manage on his own.

"Go back Nanao I do not need your assistance."

"Sir, do not make me repeat myself again. I am coming with you whether you like it or not. I made a promise to you when I first became your Fukutaicho and I am going to uphold that promise, besides that the soutaicho ordered me here not you." Replied Nanao as she climbed down the small slippery hill at the mouth of the cave. The two of them had arrived at the mouth of the cave a few minutes ago. The cave looked like the open mouth of a large wild animal, the huge stalagmites and stalactites resembled its teeth. Immediately after the mouth of the cave there was a huge drop with a narrow, slippery path down it. Nanao was currently leading the way down the narrow path with Shunsui right behind her.

"But Kurosawa is dangerous. I would not like my Nanao-chan to get hurt." Said Shunsui. He was trying to keep the tone light but Nanao could hear the hurt and melancholy in his tone.

She sighed. "Sir you cannot continue to protect me like this. I have proven again and again how capable I am so why do you not trust me?"

"I do trust you Nanao…I just don't want to lose you too." Shunsui sounded so vulnerable.

"Taicho…you are not going to lose me…and you have not lost Rose either. She is alive and you know that." She replied in a calm voice. Nanao turned around to look at Shunsui and froze when she saw his eyes. They were so dark and intense, full of determination and hurt that for a moment she could not breathe.

"Thanks." Murmured Shunsui after a short pause. He really did have to stay positive if he was going to succeed in saving Rose. Nanao nodded her head in understanding.

The two of them had finally reached the bottom of the climb. The cave was dark and ominous. Small oil lamps provided limited light along the dark passageway. Somewhere in the distance there was the sound of running water which suggested that a stream was close by. Shunsui placed one his hands on his Zanpakuto and drew it before leading the way down the passageway. Nanao summoned a Kido spell and followed after Shunsui. She would always have his back whether he wanted her to or not. After a while they reached a fork in the road.

"What now Taicho?" Shunsui lowered his sakkat to cover his eyes."I guess we have no choice but to split up." Sighed Nanao.

"No! We will not split up."

"Taicho it is are only option. If something bad happens to me my reiatsu will flare and you'll come to my rescue as you always do. You said you had trust in my abilities so prove it." said Nanao slightly exasperated.

Shunsui did not like this but his Fukutaicho was right, it was their only option. "Fine but I don't like it."

Nanao nodded and reached into her shihakushō and pulled out her Zanpakuto. Shunsui looked a bit more reassured now that she had drawn her weapon. With one last look at Shunsui, Nanao turned right while he turned left.

The passage was dark, damp and made Nanao feel uneasy. The ball of kido in her hand died down, plunging everything into darkness. Nanao quickly summoned more kido to her hand, thus relighting the passageway. A shiver ran up her back as she stared down the long, dark passageway in front of her, the feeling of claustrophobia rising within her. Nanao was not claustrophobic, but the dark oppressive passageway made her feel like that. It hurt her pride to say this but now she fished that she had not split up with her Taicho.

Nanao walked a few more steps before she reached a staircase leading downwards. The steps were slippery and well-worn forcing her to descend them with care. At the bottom of the staircase there were three large metal doors with large square glass windows in them. Nanao peered through the first window and saw a large wooden bench in the middle of the room. The second room had a rusty metal tub in the centre and the last one made Nanao gasp in shock. There were spiders, huge ones crawling on the floor. Sadly the rooms were empty but Nanao did sense a weak reiatsu signal that belonged to Rose. She had been here a few days ago. However, this discovery only made her feel sicker. These rooms were torture rooms and by the looks of it Rose had been in every single one of them. Nanao hurried away and eventually found a staircase just as worn out as the previous ono. Nanao climbed the stairs and continued down the deserted passageway. After a while she reached a large clearing with a huge lake centred at the middle which glowed a stunning shade of blue and green. Giant stalagmites and stalactites where scattered around the place. There was a narrow path around the lake which looked very wet and slippery. Nanao moved forwards and then froze. She could sense somebody approaching from behind. Nanao gripped her Zanpakuto hard then turned around and gasped. The point of her blade was inched away from Shunsui's neck. Shunsui slowly lifted his hands in surrender.

"Yare Nanao-Chan no need to be so jumpy it's just me." Smiled Shunsui. Odd thought Nanao, Shunsui was in a bad mood a few minutes ago. She lowered her Zanpakuto.

"My apologies sir." She bowed.

Shunsui smiled and started to lead the way around the lake. Nanao frowned but followed behind him anyway. But something was just not right.

And then she saw it, if she had not been so well trained she might have missed it. Shunsui grabbed his Zanpakuto and swivelled around. "Hado number 31: Shakaho!" Nanao sent the kido that she had built up in the hands go and hit the fake Shunsui square in the chest. The real Shunsui would have been able to avoid the kido blast. The fake Shunsui stumbled backwards.

"Well now missy it is highly treasonous to attack a Taicho of the Gotei 13." He smiled.

"But you are not my Taicho." Replied Nanao while summoning more kido to her hands.

"Well aren't you observant." Sneered the imposter.

"Not really, you just weren't that convincing."

The imposter laughed. "Well I guess there is not point me staying in this disguise then." Slowly the figure in front of Nanao changed. The long brown hair seemed to shoot back up into his hair and turn a dark green colour. The black shihakushō started to turn white and resemble the armour worn by an arrancar. Nanao cringed when she heard the sound of bones crushing as the body in front of her seemed to shrink.

Finally the transformation was over and there standing right in front of Nanao was a tiny arrancar with dark green hair and evil red eyes. "I am Master's third fracciones, Mimic." He introduced.

Nanao did not even wait for Mimic to finish his introduction as she quickly sent the kido which had built up in her hands to release. Mimic was hit with the kido in the chest and was sent flying through the air and landed in the lake. However, it was not a lake of water as Nanao soon discovered. Mimic screamed as his skin started red and then dissolve until he was nothing but ash. Nanao watched the spectacle with wide eyes but she did not stay there long. Her real Taicho was out there and she had to find Rose. Plus the smell was making her feel sick. With one last look at the lake of acid she turned round and cautiously ran down the pathway before disappearing down another passageway. Suddenly she sensed Shunsui, the real one's reiatsu explode. Frantically she ran down the passageway in search for her Taicho. And then she sensed it, the growing power of a being so evil and insane that it made her blood run cold, Kurosawa.

The shack had not been easy to find mainly because it looked like every other fucking shack in the area. The first shack door Kenpachi kicked down contained a cowering group of children, weaklings. The second shack was empty apart from a pile of chopped wood and old rags. Finally, the last shack on the road contained the trap door that the little weakling was talking about. Yachiru bounced off Kenpachi shoulders and ran towards the trap door.

"See Kenny I was right." Sang Yachiru.

"Tsk" was all Kenpachi had to say.

Yachiru opened the trap door and stared down. There was a metal ladder that went down and down and down and down. In fact the drop was so big that you could not see the bottom.

"Helloooooo!" Shouted Yachiru. Her cheerful voice echoed down the drop. "Hahaha Kenny!" Kenpachi walked up towards Yachiru and looked down the drop. With another grunt he placed his feet on the ladder and started to climb down. He felt a weight land on his shoulders and looked over to see Yachiru perched on it, giggling.

The two of them continued their decent downwards until finally Kenpachi saw a glimmer of light underneath him. With a grunt he sped up his decent until finally they arrived in a brightly lit room. There were several large crates stacked up high against the walls. Kenpachi marched over to the large metal door in the corner and opened it. Standing outside were two weak guards with little sword. The two of them looked up at the towering form of Kenpachi and shuddered.

"So which one of you wimps are the strongest?" Asked Kenpachi in a sinister tone and a look to match it. The two guards looked at each other and nodded before one of them turned around and sprinted down the passageway. Kenpachi grunted and looked down at the remaining guard with a smile.

"Well I guess I get to fight you." The guard gulped before charging forwards, sword raised. Kenpachi felt the blade hit his chest but it did not pierce him. The guard looked horrified when he realised that his sword had not slashed the intruder's chest.

"Well I guess that you are too weak. Gah this is not even fun!" Shouted Kenpachi before unsheathing his own sword and slicing that man in two.

"Tsk, that was not even entertaining."

"Aw Kenny there is still the other guard that ran away."

"What is the point they are all too weak anyway. Where is Kurosawa, I want to fight him!"

Kenpachi started to walk down the passageway. He had maybe made two steps before a high pitched alarm went off.

"ATTENTION, ATTENTION. INTRUDERS IN SECTOR G. ALL GUARDS MAN YOUR STATION!"

"Tsk" grunted Kenpachi.

The two of them rounded the corner and saw a large group of guards charging towards them. Kenpachi drew his sword and ran forward, laughing as he sliced through the guards like they were butter. Blood and cries filled the air, along with Kenpachi's blood thirsty shouts of joy. This may not be Kurosawa he was fighting but it was still fun. On his shoulders perched Yachiru who was laughing. It only took Kenpachi a few minutes to defeat all of the guards and soon it was only him and Yachiru left in the passageway.

"Come Kenny lets go find Kuro-Chan!" Kenpachi nodded in agreement and started to run down the passageway with Yachiru giving his direction. God Kenpachi wanted to fight Kurosawa. He sounded like a fun and strong opponent to fight. Kyoraku did say that he was going to kill the bastard but Kenpachi had already called dips. Besides Kyoraku only wanted to fight Kurosawa because he had taken his women and not for the joy of fighting, which Kenpachi thought the superior motive. He had seen Kyoraku's woman a few times from a distance and he had to admit that she was a looker. But still he had called dips on Kurosawa so Kyoraku had better keep his arse out of his fight. However, finding Kurosawa was proving to be more problematic to find than Kenpachi had previously thought as he kept running into dead ends. Yachiru kept assuring him that they were going the right way, yet they still ran into dead-ends. But it was not like Kenpachi could complain as he did not know where he was going either.

Currently the two of them were running down a semi lit passageway when suddenly Toushiro and Hana appeared in front of them.

"Kenpachi." Said Toushiro. Kenpachi grunted in response but Yachiru jumped up and down while smiling.

"Hey Toushi-chan! And Hana-chan! Kenny made all the guards disappear." She sang.

"That would explain the alarm." Said Hana.

"Hm…indeed. Kenpachi is the way you came in still clear because we had a cave in so our entrance is blocked?" Asked Toushiro.

"Hell if I care…I only came here to kill Kurosawa." Said Kenpachi.

"That might be problematic as a few minutes ago Kyoraku Taicho and Kurosawa's reiatsu clashed." Said Hana.

"What?! But he was mine!" shouted Kenpachi. Toushiro was about to answer when there was the sound of a metal door slamming shut coming from behind Hana. Toushiro nodded to Hana who turned around and slowly backtracked until she was facing the door and opened it.

The door opened up into a large room with metallic walls and floor. The room smelt putrid and vial, making Hana want to vomit. There, cowering in the corner were an estimates twenty, scantily dressed girls between the ages of six and fifteen. Some of them had fear in their eyes while the rest had blank expression less looks. Those were the ones who had suffered the most under Kurosawa's brutal care. Behind her, Hana could sense Toushiro and Kenpachi approach her. Nobody said a word, there was no need as them all knew what had happened to these girls.

"We need to get them out and then take them back to the Fourth, most of them look like they need medical attention." Said Toushiro after a pause. Hana nodded and moved towards the girls. The girls huddled closer together.

"It's ok we are not going to hurt you…we are Shinigami." Said Hana in a calm voice.

"Tsk weaklings" said Kenpachi when neither of the girls moved.

"Nah they are just scared." Piped in Yachiru. Several of the girls looked at Yachiru with interest before slowly moving forwards.

"They seem to trust Kusajishi Fukutaicho more." Said Hana.

"Probably because she is a little girl so they can easily relate to her." Replied Toushiro.

Hana looked towards the remaining few. "We are going to take you to safety. You can come if you want."

Toushiro looked towards Kenpachi and nodded. Kenpachi grunted and started to walk away. Somehow killing Kurosawa had lost its charm as Kyoraku was already fighting him. The less cautions girls ran after Kenpachi and started to follow him like ducklings following their mothers. Hana smiled before following Toushiro out of the room. Behind hem they could hear the last of the girls following them. It seemed that they trusted them enough to know that they would not kill them. It took a long time to find the exit (again with Kenpachi and Yachiru's directions) but finally they found the room with the ladder that led to the exit. After a lot of climbing they finally reached the top of the ladder. A few of the girls jumped up and down in glee at being finally freed from their living hell. Hana watched on and smiled. She may not have been able to find Rose but at least she saved all of the little girls Kurosawa had been using a sex slaves.

Ukitake tried very hard not to smile at Byakuya's obvious disapproval. This was the third lake they had to wade through but this time the water reached their knees. Byakuya obviously did not want his expensive haori to get ruined. Climbing up the waterfall had been an easy affair, a few steps in shunpo and voila the cave entrance. Running along the passageway was out of the question as the ground underneath their feet was too wet and uneven and nobody wanted to fall. Plus somebody had raised the alarm so they had to move cautiously.

At first the air around them had been warm and pleasant but the deeper they walking into the cave the darker, colder and more oppressive the air became. Somewhere off in the distance Ukitake sensed Shunsui fighting Kurosawa but he was not worried. Shunsui was more than capable of fighting and defeating Kurosawa…especially if he used his Bankai.

Onwards Ukitake, Byakuya and Isane walked until they reached a narrow, slippery staircase which led downstairs. All three of them walked cautiously down the staircase, the temperature dropping with every step they took until it was so cold it felt like the air was biting their skin. At the bottom of the staircase there was a singular metal door with light flooding out of the key hole. Ukitake moved forwards and then tried to open the door. It was locked. Ukitake looked round at the other two before summoning Kido to his hands and blasting the lock off. The door swung lazily open, bathing the passageway in orange light. Ukitake walked in and froze. There lying naked on a stone bed was the curled up form of Rose Bentley. But she did not look like the Rose Ukitake had seen before. Her once beautiful pale skin was covered in dark bruises and cuts that oozed out blood. Her left arm hung at an odd angle while her right leg lay sprawled out next to her and was covered in a large black bruises and blood. Her breath was slow and laboured, indicating how difficult it was for her to breath. But that was to be expected considering the bruising on her chest. Some of her skin was covered in angry red blotches that looked infect. Ukitake's face darkened when she saw the blood between her legs and the tear stains of her cheek. It did not take a genius to realise what had happened to her.

Isane looked at Ukitake before moving forwards. With every step she took Rose's body tensed until she was so tense that blood gushed out of her wounds.

"It's ok Rose, it's us, and you are safe now." Said Ukitake. Isane knelt down next to Rose and lit her hand up with diagnostic kido before pressing it to Rose's naked skin. Rose opened her mouth and howled in pain. Her eyes were glassy and unfocused but still full of pain.

"Sorry Rose, sorry. I know this hurts but I have to see what is wrong with you." Said Isane in a desperate tone. Slowly Rose's eyes began to droop until they closed completely. After a while Isane's hand stopped glowing and she stood up. "We need to get her back to the Fourth immediately. From what I can tell she had blood poisoning from her injuries and has several broken bones. Also she has a punctured lung which I was able to partially heal for the time being but I need the equipment located at the Fourth in order to fully heal it. I have also numbed the pain and put her to sleep for the time being." Said Isane while standing up.

Ukitake nodded in understanding before walking over to Rose and wrapping her naked body up in his haori before picking her up.

"Lead the way Isane." Ordered Byakuya who was still standing by the door. Isane nodded and started to shunpo towards the exit. Screw the unstable floor, Rose need medical attention immediately. Ukitake and Byakuya followed behind her.

Soon they were outside the cave and speeding back towards the Seireitei. Ukitake looked down at the unconscious Rose in his hand and prayed that they make it back in time to save her.

He could sense him, the evil, malicious, cruel reiatsu coming from up ahead. Shunsui picked up the pace until he was running down the dark passageway. There were two other reiatsu signals, weaker than the initial one that were located around the corner. Shunsui jumped around the corner and stabbed one of the guards in the throat causing blood to spurt out and splatter across Shunsui face. The second guard tried to get behind Shunsui and stab him in the back, however, he was not fast enough and ended up getting both of his legs severed by Shunsui's blades.

"Calm yourself Master otherwise you will be in no state to face Kurosawa" Said Katen Kyokotsu with a hint of admonishing in her tone.

Shunsui grit his teeth at his swords remark but he did try to calm his rage that was boiling within him. His sword was right, he needed to calm himself down otherwise he would be giving Kurosawa another advantage. He already had the advantage of choosing the location of the fight and Shunsui did not want to add another on top of that.

At the end of the passageway stood a large metal door which separated Shunsui from Kurosawa. Quickly Shunsui ran forwards and threw open the door.

"Well Kyoraku I must say that you took your time. For a moment I thought that you would never come. But then I remembered just how precious Rose was to you." Said Kurosawa who had his back turned to Shunsui. Shunsui took in his surrounding and noted that he was in the same room where Kurosawa had initially tortured Rose in front of the leading officers of the Gotei 13. The room was large, however, there were many metal tables and other obstacles that would make a one to one fight more complicated. Moreover, the ceiling was low making any aerial attack damn near impossible. Kurosawa had chosen the battle arena well as it restricted Shunsui abilities. The low ceiling mean that Shunsui could not use Takaoni and the tables and other obstacles made it harder to move around. This left Shunsui with only Kageoni and Irioni.

"So have you come to kill me?" Asked Kurosawa in a voice too cool for somebody asking about their execution.

Shunsui did not even answer Kurosawa and simply shunpooed forwards, grabbed Kurosawa's neck and smashed his face against the wall. Blood poured out of Kurosawa's nose but to Shunsui's surprise he was laughing

"Hahaha how easy it is to torment you Kyoraku. You know that Rose never lost hope. She believed day after day that you would come and save her. Even while I was breaking her bones or making her experience her worst nightmares she would still not lose hope." Laughed Kurosawa.

Shunsui growled and smashed Kurosawa's head back against the wall. So much for keeping his anger under control.

"Oh the famous Kyoraku anger. You always were a passionate man but now I fear that you are allowing it to get the better of you." Sneered Kurosawa.

"Don't act like you know me!" shouted Kyoraku.

"But I do know you. The famous Eighth division Taicho Shunsui Kyoraku. A lazy, womanizing drunk who tries so hard to protect the women in his division. How it must tear you apart to know that you failed every single time to protect your women. Now let's oh there was Lisa Yado-." But Kurosawa was unable to finish his sentence as Shunsui sent him flying across the room, crashing into one of the metal cupboards the lined the walls.

"DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK OF LISA!" bellowed Shunsui before shunpooing forwards and then delivering a swift and powerful kick at Kurosawa's chest. Blood erupted from Kurosawa's mouth, splattering his white shirt.

"Oops…did I strike a nerve? Women were always your weak spot Kyoraku. You see everybody has a weak spot and I know both yours and Rose's. You see she hates small dark places so I locked her in a small dark room until she begged to be released. She also has a fear of spiders so I infested her cell with giant spiders. But nothing was more sweet and musical to my ears than hearing her desperate and painful screams as I fucked her." smiled Kurosawa.

Shunsui blanched, "you raped her?" he whispered weakly.

"You make it sound like I only raped her once."

Shunsui let out a feral growl before recklessly punching Kurosawa in the face. Damn his emotions, damn his beliefs and damn his morals, in fact damn everything! This piece of shit had rapped his ROSE! And was going to pay for it. Shunsui ignored Katen Kyokotsu's shouts in the back of his mind. All there was, was him and Kurosawa. Blood few everywhere as Shunsui repeatedly punched a smiling Kurosawa. He was so angry that he did not notice a second reiatsu signal appear behind him, or Kurosawa suddenly turned to ash in front of him. In fact it was only when he felt a sword slash across his back did he snap out of his rage. Gasping for breath and fighting against the pain, Shunsui turned around and to his uttermost shock saw an unscathed Kurosawa standing behind him with a sword dipping with blood in his hand.

"You never noticed that the Kurosawa you were fighting was a clone, Kyoraku. Maybe if you had not been so blinded by your anger you might have noticed it. But as I said before, you are so easy to torment." Said Kurosawa but this time there was no mirth in his tone. Shunsui growled and slowly got to his feet and drew his Zanpakuto. Blood slowly trickled down his back from the wound Kurosawa had just given him but now was not the time to worry about the pain. Shunsui had one job and that was to defeat Kurosawa and save Rose once and for all. If it meant abandoning his pacifistic life style than so be it. He would sacrifice anything in order to save Rose.

The room was filled with the sound of clashing metal, panting and grunts of pain. Shunsui stood facing Kurosawa, panting with sweat trickling down his face. His pink kimono lay abandoned on the ground while his haori was stained with a few drops of blood that oozed from the cuts that marred his body. His sakkat thankfully still remained in pristine condition. In front of his stood Kurosawa with blood trickling down his brow from a nasty cut on his forehead. Kurosawa was smaller and more agile than Shunsui thus making it easier for him to move around Shunsui defences and slash him. However, he did not have the same strength as Shunsui so his cuts were not very deep. Shunsui on the other hand was bigger, thus making it harder for him to move round quickly, but his superior strength mean that when he did land a hit on Kurosawa his blade went deep.

"I must say Kyoraku you are more impressive in person. Your skills were not exaggerated in the stories, I must say that I am impressed. But enough with this. Let's get serious." Said Kurosawa.

"Yes let's"

Kurosawa released his resurrection.

After the white smoke cleared Shunsui saw that Kurosawa had transformed into and grotesque cross between a human and a centipede. He had the head, arms and chest of a human, but the rest was centipede. Even in his resurrection form Kurosawa Zanpakuto looked like an ordinary katana. A perfect resurrection for somebody as grotesque as he was. Shunsui did not waste anytime releasing his shikai.

The two of them stared at each other, each trying to predict the other's strategy. And then suddenly the two of them were off, clashing their swords against the other as they danced around the room.

"Kageoni!" cried Shunsui before plunging his long blade into the shadow at Kurosawa's feet and watching as it materialized right under his belly, piercing it. Kurosawa swore and staggered away, blood splashing on the floor. Sadly the wound was not deep enough to cause severe damage.

"Shadows…you use the shadows. I must say that I am surprised Kyoraku that a man of your valour would resort to hiding in the shadows." Shunsui only glared at Kurosawa. "Did I strike another nerve? I must say you are very easy to torment….Cero." Shunsui only just had time to dive out of the way as a large cero was shot at him. He landed on the floor with a grunt as his shoulder scrapped the ground. However, he did not have time to catch his breath as Kurosawa lunged at him, slicing across his chest. Shunsui gasped as blood spurted out of his chest and splashed on the ground.

"My, my getting slow in our old age Kyoraku?" sneered Kurosawa from somewhere on top of Shunsui.

Shunsui growled and sprang to his feet, stumbling a bit. The two of them continued there deadly dance with Shunsui dodging out of the way of Kurosawa's cero blasts. The walls were being blasted away with every new blast of a cero and Shunsui was worried that there might be a cave in. Over and over they would charge at each other, swinging their blades in the hopes of injuring their opponent. Slowly, ever so slowly, Shunsui's superior blade skills were beginning to overwhelm Kurosawa and it seemed like he realised that.

"What's the matter Kurosawa? Do you need a rest?" teased Shunsui.

Kurosawa growled. "Shut up!"

"Oops did I strike a nerve." Kurosawa bellowed and charged at Shunsui who simply stepped into a shadow and reappeared right behind him, sword poised for an attack. Kurosawa howled in agony as one of his legs was cut clean off his body. Blood sprayed out, splashing against Shunsui's shihakushō and the floor. With a loud thud Kurosawa collapsed against the floor.

"I must say I am rather disappointed. I thought you would put up more of a fight." Stated Shunsui.

Kurosawa laughed breathlessly. "How could you say that when you are bleeding at my hands. Face it Kyoraku we are evenly matched."

"No I don't think so. You are only this strong because of all the souls you stole and stitched to yourself." Stated Shunsui. "And yes I know about how you stitched your soul together." He continued in response to Kurosawa's outraged look.

"You know."

"Yes. For the last few days I have been doing research and now I know quite a lot about you and your abilities. That clone you used on me earlier came from one of the missing Shinigami you decapitated."

"So you think you know me."

"No I don't think I know you. But I know enough about your abilities to defeat you." And with that Shunsui dived forwards and sliced another of Kurosawa's legs off. The room was filled with deafening screams of agony.

"I know your every weakness." Cried Shunsui as he moved to slash Kurosawa with his blades again. But this time he was forced to dodge out of the way as Kurosawa swung at him with his blade. Shunsui watched as Kurosawa slowly climbed to his feet. He was part centipede and had plenty of legs to spare.

"You say you know my weakness. Well I also know yours."

Shunsui suddenly felt very dizzy, like as if he had just drank his way through several bottles of sake. However, this time he did not have the added benefit of actually being drunk. The room swayed sickeningly around him as images started to appear in his mind.

"One of the Shinigami had the ability to create illusions. I am now going to show you, in vivid detail all the things I have done to Beautiful Rose Bentley and you will have no means of stopping me. You think you can defeat me? Lies all I have to do is show you what happened to Rose and voila!" cried Kurosawa before filling Shunsui's mind with images of Rose screaming.

Shunsui grabbed his head and sank to the ground as he tried to stop the images in his mind. But he could do nothing. Over and over Kurosawa showed images of Rose screaming as he poured boiling hot water on her back, or when he beat her repeatedly. But the crème de la crème came when Kurosawa showed images of him raping Rose. Her screams and begs made Shunsui's blood ran cold. Somewhere in the back of his mind he could hear Katen Kyokotsu shouting at him to, telling him to fight the images. Anger, despair and rage rose within Shunsui until all he could see was red. His reiatsu exploded around him, breaking the walls and causing the ground to shake violently.

"BANKAI!"

Hi Guys! Here are the next two chapters in the story. I had a lot of fun writing from Kenpachi's point of view and I am tempted to write a short story with him as the main character.

This should be the last chapter with gore in it, but for better or for worse there will be more lemon scenes.

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