Noches Espada's strength is dropping. Only three of the most dangerous members of this guild remain. Toshiro was pouring out all of his power in his fight with Gin. This is his final attempt to bring Gin down.
"Ice Dragon's Roar!" Toshiro roared out a blast of ice, but Gin jumped over it. "You're not getting away." Toshiro jumped up to attack, but Gin grabbed his wrist and stopped him.
"Don't you see that you are simply…." Gin didn't get to finish as Toshiro banged his head against him. Then, Toshiro kicked Gin back and got himself free from his grasp. Gin hit a wall and slid down it. "You actually hit me!?"
"Looks like I finally managed to score a point." Toshiro said. "It's not going to stop there. I'll freeze you and shatter you to pieces." The ice dragon is about to show his true power.
"Blooming Ice Flowers"
Gin stood back on his feet. He was actually interested in Toshiro's power.
"You talk a big game for such a young wizard." Gin said. "You show a lot of potential for someone so young. It's a shame your life will be ending here."
"Is that so?" Toshiro said.
"I'll show you." Gin said as he held out his arm and Toshiro readied himself for anything that might happen. Gin held up two fingers and slid them horizontally. "Slicing through all, punishing others: Guillotine!" A ray of light was shot out from the line Gin drew with his fingers. Toshiro tried to avoid it, but the force from the attack was so powerful. The light sliced right through solid concrete like it wasn't even there and shot out for miles until it faded away. Toshiro rolled against the ground and was greatly damaged from the attack. "That spell takes the form of a small and narrow line. Either jumping or ducking is the way to dodge it. However, the force of it is too much for to resist. You handled that well. People like you are very talented. I call it a prodigy."
"Damn it." Toshiro whispered. Gin walked over to Toshiro's beaten body and started stomping down on it.
"Is that it? Was the last of your strength taken out trying to resist that attack?" Gin said. He kicked Toshiro up right and had him face the sky. What little conscious Toshiro had left was of him staring at the sky with clouds covering it.
'It's times like this that makes me think back to my times before I became part of Fairy Tail.' Toshiro remembered as he looked back at his life in what might be his last moments.
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Flashback
It was cool night with a full moon on the day Toshiro was born. His mother screamed as she gave birth to him, but Toshiro wouldn't cry or move. The doctors tried their best to help him, but it was difficult when they found the source.
"He has so much magic power and he has no control over it. It's fluctuating and it's affecting his body."
"How do we stop it?"
"I'm afraid there is only one way. We have to place a dragon lacrima within him. The magic power in it is the only way to keep it stable."
"From the moment I was born, I had so much magic power in me." Toshiro narrated. "The doctors gave me a dragon lacrima in order to help me, but it became a hindrance. My mother passed away not long after I was born. As for my father, he tried to raise me, but at young age, my magic was still difficult to control. I soon learned that my element became ice and my father was killed by the cold. My grandmother took me in and I was able to contain my magic, but that's where it didn't end.' Toshiro was able to grow, but people learned of him and his power and feared him.
"Is he that boy?"
"Yeah. Let's get out of here." People ran just by looking at him and he hated all of it.
'Why do they run? Why do they hate me?' Toshiro thought. 'My magic was difficult to control, but I have gotten better. Yet they all fear me.'
'None of them seemed to have understood my problem except grandma.' Toshiro narrated. 'One day, that all changed. Those who feared me attacked our home in the hopes of getting rid of me.' His home was set on fire and people chanted like it was a good thing.
"Grandma, where are you?" Toshiro called out as he tried to find her. He heard coughing and saw her on the other side of the room. "Grandma, this way." Before she could even take a step, the roof collapsed around her. "Grandma!" It was moments like this that Toshiro's emotions grew out of control and when that happened, so did his magic. Toshiro screamed and caused the entire place around him to freeze. Even the flames when out because of his ice. After that, everything went blank around him.
"Hey, get up. Can you hear me?" Toshiro could hear someone's voice. When he opened his eyes, he was met with Rangiku for the first time. "You alright kid?"
"What happened?" Toshiro said.
"You tell me. Everyone was frozen except you." Rangiku said. Toshiro got up and looked to see there was snow and ice all around. Toshiro already knew the cause.
"This was my doing." Toshiro said.
"You did this?" Rangiku said and she could tell there was a lot of regret written on his face. "You know, if you're looking for control, my guild can help you." Rangiku said.
"A guild?" Toshiro said.
"Yeah. The guild I work with is Fairy Tail. It's one of the greatest places in the world and you should join it." Rangiku suggested. This was where Toshiro's story started.
End of Flashback
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Rangiku was down and hurt from her encounter with Gin, but she wasn't giving up the fight. She crawled her way over to Toshiro and Gin and she saw what Gin was doing to him.
"Gin, stop it. Leave him alone." Rangiku said and got Gin's attention.
"Rangiku, I'm surprised you're able to move." Gin said.
"What happened to you? You use to be a sweet guy." Rangiku said. "You obviously need help so let me help you."
"I'm perfectly fine. I'm following orders." Gin said. Toshiro could still hear everything. It was because of Rangiku that Toshiro even came to Fairy Tail and he was in her debt for that. He remembered that day like it was only yesterday.
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Flashback
It was just another day in the guild. People were drinking, chatting, or brawling. Rangiku was just hanging near the bar until she noticed someone was walking into the guild and that it was Toshiro.
"Well, look who showed up." Rangiku said.
"Yeah. I thought about what you said and I want to be part of the guild." Toshiro said.
"I'm glad to hear that." Rangiku said. "You do to well to remember that the mark we wear is not for decoration. This is the mark of a family. We take care of each other."
"Mark of a family?" Toshiro said. He didn't understand it at the time, but he soon learned what that meant.
End of Flashback
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Toshiro grabbed Gin by the ankle and Gin was surprised as he looked down. Toshiro found a stronger resolve. He wasn't out of this fight just yet.
"Turning away from the help of someone who cares about you? That will be a mistake." Toshiro said. "I won't allow you to have your way so I have to get up until you stay down." He kicked Gin in the stomach and pushed him back.
"My word! Where do they keep finding the strength to get back up?" Gin said as Toshiro rose to his feet. Toshiro raised his head and gave Gin a glare that a beasts gives. Gin no longer saw Toshiro. He was staring in the face of a blue and white dragon. A sign of a true dragon slayer.
"Time to end this. I'll show you what a Fairy Tail wizard can do." Toshiro said as he held his arm up to the sky. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art!" His magic shot into the air and was breaking through the clouds.
"What's this? He's breaking through the sky!" Gin said.
"Blooming Frozen Flowers!" It began to snow. As each snowflake landed, a flower made of ice bloomed. Some landed around and on Gin.
"What is this?" Gin said. He tried jumping away, but the ice ended up trapping him.
"It's useless to try and run. Everything the snow touches, the flake turns into a flower until you're completely incase in it." Toshiro said. "As soon as the hundreds of ice flowers bloom, your life will come to an end." The flowers sprouted and grew around each other with Gin becoming trapped in it. He took one last look at Rangiku.
'A friend.' Gin thought. 'I wanted to be more than friends. I truly did love you, Rangiku. In the new world, I thought that we would always be together. No trouble, no worries. All I ever did was for you.' Those were his last thoughts before the ice completely encased him and death claimed him in the form of a tower of ice flowers. Rangiku looked up to the tower as she saw the person she once knew is forever gone.
"I'm sorry you had to see that." Toshiro said.
"It's alright." Rangiku said. "It had to be done. He needed to be stopped. He endangered our friends, hurt our family, and who knows what else he did. It's probably best that you were the one that killed him rather than me. My feelings would have clouded my judgement and he would have used that opportunity to his advantage." Rangiku looked up to her old friend in the ice and let a few tears escape. Toshiro didn't bother to even try and stop her. However, Toshiro relaxed and that let all the pain and injuries he acquired from the battle reach him. He collapsed to the ground and could barely move without him going through pain. "Toshiro! Are you alright?"
"Of course I'm not alright." Toshiro said. "At least that takes care of Noches Espada's general. We're getting close, I can feel it." Toshiro has earned his place as one of the dragon slayers and has earned his place as a member of Fairy Tail. With Gin trapped in ice and his life lost, the only true threats of Noches Espada that remain are Ulquiorra and Aizen. The end of this war draws near as we've reached the climax and drop to the finale.
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Ichigo: Magic is what helped made the world what it is. It brings happiness and joy to others. Of course, there are those who use it for evil and destruction. It's never clear if magic's origin is from light or if it's from darkness. It all comes down to how magic is used.
Next Time: Devastatio Magicae
Ichigo: If someone controls the very fabric of magic, they have great power.