A/N: So I know this took a little bit longer then the previous ones, but there are different reasons, first my Beta was on a trip for some days and then her Internet shut down, and I told her she can take herself more time to read trough the chapters since I know that correcting my crap can be really tiring. I hope all of you understand that and I would say its still a more or less quick update.
A huge thanks to my beloved BETA httydfreakforever. she really is great!
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or any Character in it.
Chapter 6: Become a Kenpachi
Some weeks had passed since Soi Fon had had her breakdown, the air had already gotten colder, and the date of the final battle was coming closer. As happy as Yoruichi was at the time, she was scared of the fight with Aizen, and she knew the only way to protect her bee was to make Soi Fon stronger, and the key for that was her potential of massive spiritual pressure like what she showed during her breakdown. But something was repressing the Reiatsu, which made it impossible for Soi Fon to use it, and Yoruichi hand no clue what it was. Furthermore, Yoruichi knew that she would't have another chance to try to solve their problem other than using her own Zanpakuto and with it, her long forgotten Bankai.
It was something she really disliked about the battle. Since she preferred the hand to hand combat she was never forced to use her Bankai in a battle before, she was always strong enough without her Zanpakuto. But this time, this time it will be different, she will face a massive power that not even the old man was strong enough to face alone.
"Good morning my little bee." Yoruichi whispered in Soi Fon's ear, holding her hips from behind. The Captain frozen instantly, she felt how the anger grew in her chest. She made a slight move down, rotated her own body with a outstretched foot, and blew Yoruichi's legs away.
"I told you not to do that!"
The goddess of flash landed slightly on her left hand, in a handstand position, like it was the easiest thing ever.
"Why not?" The playful woman said and smiled at her pupil, knowing exactly why she was so angry.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm giving a speech in front of the whole second division!" The black-haired captain yelled at her master.
"Oh, if that's the case, see you later." And the Goddess flashed away, disappearing into the office of the Captain, waiting there for her bee to join her.
The raven-haired woman turned around to face a bunch of irritated Squad members staring at her.
"What are you staring at like idiots? Never seen to women talking to each other before? 1000 push-ups, all of you. NOW!" Soi Fon ordered.
"Ahh, Captain Soi Fon? I don't really believe it's possible to do so many push-ups..." Her vice Captain said, a bit unsure if he would get beaten up if he complained to his Captain.
"If I can do 6000, why shouldn't it be possible to do 1000?"
"S-s-six... 6000?"
He looked at his captain in disbelief, how could such a small girl have so much strength and still being thin as a sheet?
"Just shut up and start with your push-ups." Soi Fon was already heading to her Office, wanting to go there as fast as possible. As her vice captain stopped her again.
"Me to?"
Soi Fon turned on her tiptoes and faced her idiotic subordinate with an angry glare. "I said 'all of you', didn't I?" She grabbed his neck and pulled him down to the ground, crushing the wooden floor beneath.
"I will come back in 5 hours, if you still haven't managed to do 1000 push-ups by then you will be punished."
No longer wasting her time, the Captain flash stepped away, and stopped directly in front of her Office.
Soi Fon swung the shoji door open to see Yoruichi sitting on the Captains seat, just like she used to do 100 years ago.
"Well that brings memories back, doesn't it Soi?"
Soi Fon stood in the entrance, imagining Yoruichi wearing a Captain's haori and having shorter hair.
" Soi Fon what's with the sad look?"
The young Captain snapped out of her thoughts.
"Yeah, maybe, but the only thing I miss is your old haircut." Soi Fon lied, she really missed the old times, serving her Goddess made her feel safe.
She walked straight in Yoruichi's direction, but stopped instantly, as her Goddess laughed out loud.
"Ha, that clumsy old haircut? But I can understand that you don't miss those times. You weren't able to step in like this, you were always forced to wait at the door, wait and hope that I would do this." Yoruichi disappeared from her location and suddenly stood in front of her bee, holding her face between her palms. Her eyes focused on Soi Fon's before they closed. She lowered her head, her lips getting closer to Soi Fon's.
The raven hair woman felt the warm breath, they were so close together, her heart beat faster, a sudden desire raised in her body, everything was waiting for the touch, but it didn't come.
Yoruichi pushed back, grinning at her pupil.
"I forgot it's still the same, you still have to wait for me to come, you are just not able to lead."
Yoruichi was predicating her, hoping Soi would get the nerve to come to her, to take the lead only once, to stop making herself the subjugated one. During the past few weeks Soi Fon didn't once make the first step, instead she always waited for Yoruichi to kiss her.
She turned around. Her grin vanished as nothing happened, but then a hand suddenly touched her, grabbed her wrist, pulled her back, turned her around, the other hand grabbed her neck, pulling her down to eye level.
"Yoruichi, don't force me to do this ever again." She said before she finally leaned into the kiss. Soi felt the flames burning, rising in her body. Such a small kiss was already enough to make her lose her mind, she only felt, heard, smelled Yoruichi, everything around her was blurred, before finally blacking completely out of her awareness as her Goddess laid her hands on Soi's hips and pulled her closer.
Yoruichi knew Soi Fon wouldn't go any further, so she turned her bee around and pushed her backwards. There was a lot of force in the push, but still lots of love. Soi Fon didn't realize that she was walking backwards, she just focused on Yoruichi's lips, which were still on hers, as she suddenly felt the cold wall meeting her back. The older women's hands were no longer on Soi's hips, they were already wandering upward to her shoulders, slowly following the trail of her arms until she finally reached Soi Fon's gentle hands on her neck. Yoruichi dissolved the burning bond between Soi Fon's palms and her skin, gently, lovingly, but forcefully, pulling Soi Fon's arms backwards at the wall, pinning them above her head. Yoruichi stepped even closer, pressing Soi Fon's body against the cold behind her, trapping her there.
But the young Captain didn't care if she was helpless, open for an attack, as long as Yoruichi was by her side, and long as it was Yoruichi, her love, her Goddess pinning her at a wall, she felt safe. Even as Yoruichi tightened her grip she felt safe. Even as she sensed Yoruichi's deadly Reiatsu rising under the excitement of their desire, she did feel safe, knowing that her mentor always kept control over her spiritual pressure, she truly felt safe, and as a feeling of security she hadn't felt for over hundred years washed over her she realized one more thing, she felt happy.
Yoruichi released one of Soi Fon's hands, still holding her with a deadly strong grip in the other. She slowly followed Soi Fon's silhouette, searching for the yellow shining fabric around the Captains hip, only to release it instantly.
"Yoruichi-sama please wait." Still often using the formal 'sama' when she was distracted, the Captain pushed Yoruichi back. "Not here."
Yoruichi looked in Soi Fon's eyes, she didn't expect her to resist so easily. She felt her bees body screaming at her in desire, it did it since the they they meet each other and still, Soi Fon pushed back so easily
"Oh, come on Soi, they're busy doing push-ups, no one would come in, and I'm pretty sure none of them have the guts to step in without knocking. Nobody will see us." Yoruichi fixed Soi Fon with her gaze full of desire.
"But, they may think I'm in danger if my Reiatsu rises to much, I'm not as perfect as you, you already know that I can't control mine as good as you can control yours." Yoruichi saw Soi Fon's point, she easily lost control over her spiritual pressure when her emotions distracted her, the night of her break down was a perfect example.
She wasn't going to force Soi to do anything she didn't want to do, but she decided to annoy her a bit. You could see it as revenge for her wasted effort.
"Well then I can just increase my Reiatsu and it will suppress yours." Soi Fon suddenly felt sick, the power of Yoruichi's spiritual pressure was pressing against every single cell in her body. This was to much, she couldn't take this.
The tanned woman removed her hands, and Soi Fon instantly fell on her knees. She tried to raise her own spiritual pressure, but it didn't help at all.
"Yoruichi-sama, this i-isn't really h-helpful."
The older woman was now kneeling in front of her little bee, supporting Soi Fon's upper body with her right hand, which was placed on her chest.
She leaned in placing her mouth next to the Captain's ear.
"What's wrong Soi? I thought you like the feeling of my Reiatsu, It always makes you so excited." Yoruichi said with a grin on her lips, still thinking Soi was just joking like she was.
And indeed this was truth, she really loved it, even now it was a pleasure to fell her mentor's spiritual pressure in her bones, but it was simply to much for her flesh to take.
"Yoruichi p-please I know w-what you are up to b-but I c-can't stand against it." She really knew that Yoruichi just was making fun, and hoping that she would force Omaeda to run into the room so she could get the chance to see how Soi Fon would beat him up after doing it, but for some reason she couldn't raise her own spiritual pressure enough to protect herself.
Yoruichi suddenly realized what was happening, she thought she just had made her bee feel a little exhausted, but she was actually hurting Soi. She quickly suppressed her pressure completely, embracing her bee to support the worn out body.
"I... I'm sorry Little Bee, I didn't mean to, why didn't you protect yourself? I'm so sorry!" Soi Fon felt bad hearing Yoruichi apologize to her because of her own incompetence.
"Yoruichi stop, it was my fault, it was my inability th..." Yoruichi pulled away from Soi Fon, holding both of her shoulders in her hands, looking shocked.
"Are you insane? I could have killed you!"
"I'm not your Captain and you're not my subordinate! Stop feeling responsible for my faults."
Yoruichi totally lost her temper then, she had violated her little bee, she could have killed her, and still, Soi was excusing her. It was not right, Soi Fon shouldn't think this way.
"Yoruichi I'm s..."
"Stop Soi Fon! Stop excusing! It was my fault, I... I hurt you, I'm here to protect you not to put you in danger! Can't you understand what I did?" Yoruichi turned away, crying while holding her head in horror, thinking of her bee suffering because of her. She was always suffering because of her. It was wrong; she had promised to not hurt her bee anymore. It made her feel bad, she had hurt Soi so much, all she wanted was to stop hurting her little bee.
Soi Fon moved over to Yoruichi, kneeling in front of her to face her love again.
"Yoruichi, stop crying, that's annoying." Soi Fon was really annoyed seeing her usually strong Goddess crying because something so unimportant.
" It was just bad luck okay, I'm doing fine." She held Yoruichi's chin in her right hand, raising her head, so that she was able to see her face.
"I'm not that weak anymore. Can't you see my strength? My body is fine already." Yoruichi stopped crying and was just looking at her little bee.
"It's not possible for you to stop hurting me. You will always hurt me; you have to beat me over and over again. It's the only way for me to get stronger. But no matter how bad you beat me up, I will always feel safe and sound in your arms. If you were to refuse to hit me, to refuse to train me, and go crazy when you hurt me a little because of a joke and stop believing in me, then and only then will I really be hurt!" Yoruichi had already found her smile again, looking proudly at her protégé.
"You really grew a lot Soi Fon."
"Captain I'm here to help you! I will save you Captain!" The shoji door moved open and a big guy stood in the door, looking at the to shocked women cowering on the floor.
"Omaeda you fool!" Soi Fon stood up, her eyes filled with anger.
"How many times do I have to tell you to knock first? And are you stupid? A weakling like you wants to save me? Pathetic!" She kicked him to the other side of the territory of the second squad.
"Oh, haha, that was fun. I really miss the old times when I could kick others around!" Yoruichi was laughing, the sorrow from a second ago already forgotten. In the end she had what she wanted. The words of Yoruichi made Soi Fon realize something. She turned around and faced her love.
"Yoruichi would you like to come back to the Gotei 13?" Soi Fon suddenly asked pretty serious.
"Ehh, well, I don't know, I sure miss the Captain seat, and making fun of Byakuya-bo and the old man Yamamoto, but in the end you are the Captain now, and this is right so, and another squad wouldn't be something for me. Plus, in the end, I'm a traitor, whether I did the right thing or not, it doesn't really matter to the central 46. They would never let me come back, not even as a normal soldier. It's indeed a miracle that they let me stay in your place. Maybe they're scared of you kicking their asses if they send me back."
The tanned woman scratched her head not knowing if she should smile or cry. She really regretted the night she left, especially now that she knew that they were only sending him to the world of the living. She really thought they would kill him, that was the only reason she went to save his life, not to give him company. But when she found out it was already to late to go back.
"I see." Soi Fon said in thoughts.
"Hey, Soi, lets play tag!" The captain turned around to stop her, but Yoruichi had already fleshed away.
"Crap! Don't believe that you can escape!"
"I got you!" Soi Fon was just a millimeter away from Yoruichi's orange jacket. Only a second and she would reach her. Finally, she would catch her Goddess. Only this millimeter. She could feel the fabric at her fingertips.
"No you don't!" The tanned woman disappeared, and before Soi realized it, a pain shot through her head. Yoruichi had landed a direct hit with her leg causing Soi Fon to fall down to the ground.
Yoruichi stopped right next to the out-of-breath Captain.
"Maybe the next time Soi."
"Damn it, I was so close!" Soi kicked a rock away, disappointed.
Yoruichi walked over to her and kissed her forehead to calm her dawn.
"You did well Soi Fon, you increased your speed in only a few weeks. Don't push yourself to hard."
Soi Fon pressed her fists together, anger and disappointment mixed up in her.
"How can't I not push myself when I know that the asshole Aizen is out there? I have to fight him and I will destroy him! He is the reason that you disappeared out of my life, and now he will pay for this! I must get stronger and faster, otherwise I won't be able to get my revenge!" Soi Fon screamed, more to herself then to Yoruichi.
A wave of high density Reiatsu hit the tanned woman, flowing through her body, forcing her to raise her spiritual pressure as well. But she didn't calm the Captain down, instead she saw a good opportunity. She remembered two things: one thing was that Soi Fon told her that she has to have faith in her, and the other thing was that Soi lost control over her Reiatsu if she got emotional. This was one of this moments, and maybe with a bit of luck she would be able to force her bee into using her full power, but this time with her fully aware, so she could remember how it is done.
"Soi you know about your high potential of spiritual pressure?"
"Of course I do! The whole God damn Seireitei is talking about it! But I can't use it, you know that." Yoruichi grabbed Soi Fon's left arm and put her closer.
"But do you want to use it?"
She asked with a hell serious gaze.
"Of course bu..."
"In that case, I'm sorry but this will hurt!" Yoruichi pulled the Captains arm down while raising her knee, aiming for Soi Fon's stomach. The younger woman was already flying through the air before she realized what had happen. Before she could get her balance in the the air, the next hit came at her left leg, and after that, one at her back.
'What the hell is going on? She isn't playing this time! This is serious!' Soi Fon couldn't understand, but knew if she won't defend herself then she would die by Yoruichi's hand.
She took an other hit before she was finished thinking, and realized that she broke one of her ribs and with the next blow two more were broken.
"Hg! Yoruichi why?" Soi Fon was coughing blood, she used the break to search for the reason Yoruichi was doing this to her. But she didn't find one. They were just playing, and now? At this rate she would be killed no matter what, she couldn't even see her striking. Yoruichi was simply to fast. She never saw her using such an unbelievable speed. Not even the technique Yoruichi taught her worked.
"Yoruichi stop, please, did I... Agh." And an arm was broken to.
'Never mind, I have no choice.' Soi Fon focused her energy on her feet and tried to create the fastest Shumpo ever. Yes, the Captain of the second squad was running, she was running for her life. But it didn't help at all, Yoruichi was still faster, and she suppressed her Reiatsu, Soi Fon felt blind, not able to react, to see, to feel, or to hear anything, it was just nothing and then the pain appeared, over and over again.
"Running isn't much of a strategy, is it?" Yoruich felt so bad, beating her bee up like trash and provoking her with such a sentence, but it was the only possible way to force her Reiatsu to come out.
"Yoruichi- sam...sama"
The young Captain was already more dead than alive, every single bone was broken. 'Yoruichi, I can't die! Even if you kill me, I refuse to die!' Suddenly, a small rise of spiritual pressure happened in her body, sneaking slowly but steadily. She sensed a trace of Yoruichi's Reiatsu, it was weak, but it was there.
"You can't kill me now Yoruichi!" Soi Fon screamed and abruptly her Reiatsu level raised faster, it reached Yamamoto's, and even surpassed the old master, in an instant. Now she saw everything, every movement of Yoruichi, she would be able to dodge every attack. But they didn't come. Soi Fon just stared at a hard breathing Yoruichi in front of her. She was sweating like in the heat of the sun, her legs already failed her, but she was smiling at Soi Fon. 'Why? Why is she smiling?'
"You did it Soi Fon! Your Reiatsu!"
Soi Fon came back out of her paralyzed state and realized what was going on, like she was before, now Yoruichi was dying under her Spiritual pressure. Not even her master was able to stand against it. It forced her to the ground, suffering under the pain.
Soi Fon reacted instantly and shot her Reiatsu completely down.
"You really did it bee!" Now, after losing the extra power, Soi Fon's legs also failed her, she fell down only a half a meter way from Yoruichi's knee, looking at her bleeding Goddess. 'Was that really just my spiritual pressure?'
"Well, next time, I have to keep my Reiatsu high, if I don't, I will end up like this again."
Yoruichi said still smiling at her pupil. But Soi Fon couldn't believe what she just heard,
"Wh..what? Next time? I can't do this a-again. I-I will, I will probably kill you." The Captain was laying on the dusty ground, recalling what happened, she didn't hit Yoruichi, not one single blow, but at the moment her Reiatsu raised...
Soi Fon had already realized that this was the reason for Yoruichi to beat her up, so she refused to attack. But even so, after only a few seconds her Goddess was kneeling on the ground and bleeding at several parts on her body.
This power was dangerous, she promised herself to never use it again in Yoruichi's presence.
"Soi Fon." Yoruichi leaned over Soi Fon, blood dropped from her forehead on Soi Fon's face. A smirk appeared on Yoruichi's lips before she kissed her bee lightly on her nose.
"You are such a silly one. Don't you know that the only way for me to protect you in the fight against Aizen is to get you strong enough to protect yourself? And with that I mean you have to learn to use this power, otherwise I won't let you fight him."
Yoruichi stroked trough her bee's raven hair while smiling at her beaten up pupil with the loveliest smile.
"So, if you want to fight, you have to learn this. If you want to learn this, you have to train. And if you want to train, you need someone to do exercises with you. And there are only four people who can do that without dying: Kenpachi Zaraki, Unohana Retsu, the Captain Commander, and me. And if you haven't realized it by now, I'm the only one who will do this training with you."
"Kenpachi is selfish, he has no time to train with you because all he wants to do is fight to the death. The Commander has enough problems handling Zaraki, he doesn't need another Kenpachi, and Unohana would probably have fun training you, but she is scary when she fights, so I would prefer it if we left her out of this. You see, you have no choice then to take me on." Yoruichi leaned in for a second kiss, this time on the mouth. The feeling of their lips being pressed together helped them to forget their physical pain for a few seconds.
Yoruichi pushed back, a little too early in Soi Fon's opinion. She wanted more, she wasn't ready to go back to the real world, she wanted the protection of the kiss. But she had no choice seeing as Yoruichi's lips were to far away to reach.
"So what do you say Soi?"
The Captain struggled. 'What shall I do? Even if she keeps the level of her own Reiatsu as high as possible, she will still be injured by the pressure of mine. But if I don't fight against Aizen, I can't protect her. There is no other way, I have to do it.'
"Fine then, lets do this."
Yoruichi gave her bee one more kiss before standing up again.
"Yeah, that's my bee. So get on your feet!"
Soi Fon pushed her body up, slowly, but steadily. She put her broken legs under her upper body and pushed upwards until she stood, if that's what you want to call it. But she only fell back onto her knees when a massive spiritual pressure suddenly pushed her back.
"Yoruichi? What? Why didn't you use this before?"
The tanned woman's hair was waving like it was under the influence of the wind, but it wasn't the wind that made it fly, it was the massive spiritual pressure that surrounded her, shining like her Shunko did. The level wasn't as high as Soi Fon's but it was close to it and definitely more controlled.
Soi Fon watched with a shocked expression.
"What's with that look? I told you before, I wasn't just laying around the last 100 years. Yours just came too suddenly, and I didn't expect it to be so high, so I wasn't prepared, and as it hit me it was already to late. Now, try to remember the feeling that you felt before and release your power!"
"Would one of you two please explain what happened?"
Captain Unohana stood in the door of her house, drunk with sleep. It was already late, some what around 3:00 a.m. She looked down on two beaten up women who were supporting the other's body, blood dropped down from there injuries. They were breathing heavily, but still, both women were grinning.
"Well, you could say that Soi Fon is now worthy of carrying the title Kenpachi!" Yoruichi explained proudly.
Unohana just nodded, she knew since the day she found Soi Fon 100 years ago, that the day would come when she achieved her true power.
She stepped aside and let the two of them come in.
"You know, it's only thanks to my kindness that I treat you two by myself. I have better things to do then this." The nice Captain lead them to her living room where she indicated Soi Fon to lay dawn on her couch.
Yoruichi sad dawn on the floor next to it and leaned against the coach.
Unohana looked at Yoruichi with a shocked expression as she started the healing process, but Yoruichi just answered her shocked expression with a proud smile.
Nearly every bone in Soi Fon's body was broken, some inner organs were damaged too. It was not only a miracle that this woman was walking around, it was a miracle that she was still conscious.
"So, Kenpachi you say?" Unohana looked over to Yoruichi.
"Well, yes, as far as I can tell, her Reiatsu level is higher then yours."
"So she finally surpassed you, Yoruichi." Unohana looked at Soi Fon concentrated.
"Well I wouldn't say that. You must know I wasn't just laying around the last hundred years. It's more like we are equals now."
Unohana looked at Yoruichi with an excited expression. "Oh, is that so? How about a little match against each other?"
Yoruichi jumped backwards, scared by the Captains expression. "Ehh, well, maybe another time, ok?"
Unohana changed back to her gentle smile. "I will remember it." But it sounded more like threat then a statement.
With that, Unohana stood up and left the room for a few seconds, coming back with her drawn Zanpakuto.
Soi Fon's eyes widened, remembering the pain the healing power of this sword caused, it was unbearable, it feels like the life is sucked out of the body, like a burning sword cutting you in paces, ore like the pain of million poisoned needles pierce your whole body.
"Yoruichi!" She screamed, not knowing what to do instead.
And with hearing Soi fon's begging voice Yoruichi stood up, stopping Unohana for a moment.
"Is this really necessary? Her life is not in danger, isn't it?"
"Not really but her whole body is beaten up there are several critical injures and all the bones are broken. It would take forever to heal her on a other way. Same goes for you Yoruichi-san."
It was easy enough to see that, even if she didn't looked as bad as Soi Fon, her injuries were on the same level.
Yoruichi nodded and turned to Soi Fon. She scooted closer and pulled her precious bee into her lap.
"We do this together." Yoruichi smiled gently, then pulled Soi as close to her body as she could. Waiting for the pain.
Unohana raised her sword and pushed it through Yoruichi's back and into Soi Fon's stomach.
This time, the pain was even worse, she didn't lost consciousness after a second, so she felt it the whole time. It was such a cruel healing technique, but it was one of the strongest.
Even the strong tanned woman was screaming, never letting go of her bee who was shivering in her arms.
The healing procedure took only 5 minutes, but it was 5 minutes of hell.
It was a great relief when Unohana pulled her Zanpakuto back out.
"I'm sorry that it had to be this way, but it was the fastest way, and time is something we don't have much of these days." Unohana said, reminding the two exhausted women that there were only a few weeks until Aizen will attack.
"Thank you Unohana-san. We are grateful for your help." Yoruichi stood up and so did Soi Fon.
"I suppose you two should go now and get some sleep."
They nodded and headed out of the door.
"Eh, Soi Fon, I was just thinking about the Squad, and didn't you left them doing press ups? You told them you would come back and check on them."
Soi Fon looked at her love with big eyes.
"Damn!"
And with that, she flashed stepped away.
