Aizen growled under his breath his eyes narrowed to near slits. "Damn you old man." He sheathed Kyōka Suigetsu. "Shatter." He said as the illusion of hollows disappeared. He turned and casualty walked away his coat tail flowing behind him.
"We will meet again very soon, soul reapers."
Gin shunpo over next to Ulquiorra picking up the fallen espada heaving him over his shoulder. He turned quickly catching up with Aizen.
The figures of the three then disappeared into thin air as they walked away.
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Yamamoto walked over to the injured and unconscious espada. He reached down grabbing Kita by the nap of her neck and picked her up. She was moaning and barely alert as he lifted her up from the reach of the espada. He opened his eyes and looked into hers. He said nothing as her eyes widened and she gasp and started to jolt around in his grasp.
Before anyone could act, speak, blinks or even breath. Yamamoto disappeared with the Seraph.
Ulquiorra growled as the old mans sword caught his wing searing it to ash. With his remaining wing he wrapped it around Kita and placed his hand to the back of her head pulling her closer to him to protect her from the impact. He and Kita fell to the ground hard rolling a few feet until they stopped.
Shielding his face once more Ulquiorra drew his sword and spoke softly.
"Enclose..."
Murcielago then unleashed a black and green burst of spiritual energy, falling around Ulquiorra as green rain. In released state, Ulquiorra became bat-like in appearance. With large, black bat wings formed on his back, his hair longer and wilder, and the remains of his Hollow mask centers atop his head, with two large horns extending outward to the sides towards the front.
The lines on his face become black, broader, and more triangular, and his fingernails lengthened. His Arrancar attire became more form fitting and closed at the top, becoming more like a robe towards the bottom. In this form, he took flight.
"You wont keep me from my fracction Old Man." Ulquiorra told him as he came up and around the large wall of flames avoiding it completely. He swooped down on top of Tsukiro grabbing Kita off his shoulder and flew off over the top of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto looked at the young soul reaper with Kita over his shoulder. Sensing danger and seeing Ulquiorra coming their way Yamamoto erected a large wall of flames in front of the espada stopping him in his quest to kill and apprehend the Seraph.
Ulquiorra only nodded to Aizen's order as he started walking toward Kita and Tsukiro’s location. Shielding his eyes as dirt and debris quickly filled the air as Tsukiro burst through the ground Kita draped over his shoulder. She looked to be bound. He watched as Tsukiro landed a few feet in front of the captain commander. Ulquiorra then quickly made his way toward the three of them.
Tsukiro only groaned as he felt the blood drain from his face. "I'm gonna be sick..."
Never the less, he ignored the rock in his stomach and burst out of the ceiling of the shack and ran as fast as he could over to the commander's position.
"Head Captain Yamamoto! I have the Seraph!"
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Kita winced in pain as the kido wrapped around her binding her tight.
"This is all I got, but if I know my Master. The second we walk out of here he will come at you and take me from you. So be on your toes!" Her last comment was addressed to him as an order as she looked at the back of his head as she rested over his shoulder.
"Go, before we are turned into Mongolian Barbeque."
Tsukiro's eyes doubled in size at her words. He grit his teeth, his brows knitting together in frustration. Then he groaned and scruffed his hair out of place.
"Dammit. I suppose that is the only way."
He stood back and lifted his hand, two fingers pointing up. "Bakudo # 9: Horin!"
A yellow and orange tendril shot from his fingers and wrapped around Kita's torso.
With an apologetic glance, he hoisted her up over his shoulder. "I hope you've got a plan, cause I'm playing sheep here and just going with what you say."
Kita froze in place with Tsukiro's words. He was right. She was an enemy to the Gotei Thirteen. She took a deep breath then it came to her. She let go of Tsukiro's hand and faced him.
"Your good at kido, right?"
Tsukiro nodded. "Yeah, why?"
"Bind me and take me out as your prisoner." Kita told him.
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Tsukiro nodded and grabbed his zanpakuto. "I'm going to have to if we don't want to end up charcoal."
He stood up with her, keeping a firm grip on Kotaishi no Kori.
I may be an ice wielder, but I couldn't even hope to try and cancel out his flames.
Tsukiro turned to Kita, a worried look in his eyes. ".... Kita... If Yamamoto finds me with you, I'll be court martialed for sure. He'd consider it treason."
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Yamamoto gave a grunt and raised Ryūjin Jakka upward. "But she is here or you would not be here. Am I right Sousuke?" He slashed his sword diagonal. "Maybe we should burn her out of hiding."
"Ryūjin Jakka..." Yamamoto's blade burst into flames.
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Tsukiro shook as the Head Captain's reiatsu pierced through his body like a knife hotter than the sun and the flames of hell. He clutched Kita closer against him and snuffed out his reiatsu. He barely allowed himself to breathe.
"It's Yamamoto. Never mind Ulquiorra. If he or Aizen finds us, we're both screwed," he whispered in Kita's ear.
Above them stood the Captain Commander as he looked down on them. A stern look on his face.
“Disgraceful! All of you! Nothing but children at a playground fight!” He shūnpo’ed down placing him between Shunsui and Byakuya. He looked at one then the other. His eyes looking at the others as well. “Captain Kuchiki. Captain Kyoraku. Do I really need to step in and bring an end to this?”
He lifted his staff as it transformed into his zanpakuto, Ryūjin Jakka. Turning his head he looked straight at Sousuke then with a slight cock of head his eyes landed on Ichimaru.
“Where is the Seraph Kita, Sousuke?” He asked him.
Tsukiro stared at a dark ceiling, unable to move. After watching the fight play out horribly, Tsukiro had had enough. One moment he was overwhelmed by emotion, the next he was blinded by light. And that's when he woke up.
He was cold. Unbearably cold. It was like waking up from cryosleep. Then, suddenly, he shot upright, grabbing his chest, though he had no idea how. Once he was sitting up, he couldn't lay back down. He groaned, as he struggled to move his stiff bones and muscles.
Hearing someone in the room with her Kita turned and looked the only way the noise could of came from. "Tsukiro?!" She exclaimed quietly rushing to his side. She hugged his neck tightly.
"I am so sorry..." she started to weep as she hugged his neck.
Tsukiro gasped at Kita's vice grip. Her warmth helped his muscles unlock and soon he was able to wrap his arms around her. "Kita... I have to get you out of here... Ulquiorra... I saw him..."
Captain Kyoraku chuckled at his spirit. "Alright then." Another chuckle escaped him as Tessai walked over to them on unsteady feet. He turned back to the other captain. "Stop for a moment and listen to me." When Suisenro did, his head turned to the wreck of Kisuke's shop as he continued. "I am going to engage Sousuke in a battle he will have to fight in and create an opening. Take it when it's there, even if I am in the way. That is the only way out of this mess when we're this beat-up."
"It'll be risky," Tessai murmured in his low voice, "especially with your zanpakuto."
Shunsui nodded to him. "It's the only way. I am the only one still more or less standing, and that's only because Yama-jii hits as hard as this or more so when we train." He shrugged and winced then laughed quietly. "We need to do this or we lose Kita-chan." His eyes widened as he picked up the Espada's energy. "Don't waver," he ordered firmly and disappeared.
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Out of nowhere the green eyed Espada appeared. His hands resting to his pockets. His dead cold eyes searched the ruines of what use to be Urahara's Shop. His search was a simple one. Locate his fracction which was hiding somewhere among them. It was not long and his eyes rested in one primary location.
Suisenro spat blood out of his mouth, an almost angry look in his eyes. "Some. My condition matters not, though. If I were to give up here, my sister would berate me for hours."
He raised his hand, pointing his palm at a group of hollows and shouted, "Raikoho!"
Yellow lightning shot from his palm and through the hollows, disintegrating them.
Shunsui nodded and vanished, leaving him to it, before sensing Suisenro's tattered reiatsu. He was barely standing.
"Easy there," Captain Kyoraku's deep voice called out before his shadow eclipsed his own and he laid a hand on his good shoulder. He looked at Suisenro with a sad smile, his own chest bloody. "Don't push it. In time like this, when you haven't had the experience, summoning your zanpakuto will only result in losing what energy you have left." His face turned serious. "Do you have enough strength for any Kido?"
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"I'm good. I still have my kido. Go help the others." Kisuke stood and straightened his clothes or at least what was left of his clothes. The second he was done Benihime landed at his feet as pink petals dissipated around him. He looked to Byakuya as he fought Gin in a furious fight to the end.
Suisenro coughed blood into his hand as he struggled to stand. His vision was blurry and he could barely keep his hand around his sword, which had reverted back to its sealed state. His haori was torn and he had lost his tassle and hair ornaments somewhere in the scuffle, leaving his hair to trail out behind him in the wind produced by the clashing reiatsu. Everything was practically destroyed. It was like looking at a barren wastland in the middle of a flourishing city.
Captain Kyoraku landed on the top of a crumbled building away from the hollows, letting Kisuke drop from his back. Looking back at the destroyed block and clump of hollows in the distance, he sighed and addressed his wounded companion.
"Sounds like Kuchiki-san is back up somehow. That should help our chances, even with the hollows back again." He touched his friend's good shoulder, eyes narrowed in worry. "I'll leave you here. I know you can manage to protect yourself even even without Benihime." He gave a short laugh. "You are, after all, the most wizard-like of us all." He rose again, dark eye grim. "I am going to take on Aizen and buy us more time."
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When Ichigo was finally able to drag himself up from the rubble, his eyes were met with Byakuya Kuchiki in a stand off against Ichimaru. Aizen, as always, stood a ways off, watching. Kita was gone. Kisuke was a mess, searching for what he assumed to be his zanpakuto.
"Damn them," he grunted as he pushed a chunk of cement off of his shoulder. "If this keeps up, there'll be nothing left of Karakura."
Byakuya stepped forward and met him face on, shunpoing up and around Gin for his first clash. His face showed no emotion as he parried the numerous strikes. He sidestepped and flashed around him, meeting him once again.
Gin snickered and lifted his blade. "No matter what words you use, you really are a servant of vengeance, aren't ya?" His eyes narrowed then he shot forward.
Gin laughed again. "Nothing's changed with you, Kuchiki-san. Always the cold reception." His eyes gleamed from underneath his bangs. "But then again, I finally did something to warrant that, didn't I?"
In the silence that greeted his observation, he smirked. "You know, I wonder, do you even have the energy left to make such a stand against me now? Not that I'm stopping you, it's just," he waved his hand, "if you had more energy, I'd be seeing pink by now, and I'm not. You used all your reserves to treat your injuries didn't you?" he taunted loudly.
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As Gin headed towards him, Captain Kuchiki glanced towards his lieutenant, compared it with another moment engraved in his mind, and grabbed the hilt of his zanpakuto. His vision wavered. Bankai!
He disappeared in a sea of blossoms for a few moments, hollows evaporating around his form, then the waves lowered. The surplus of Byakuya's reiatsu faded as the noble stepped out, Kido shining over the deep cut on his head, and leg forcefully bound with another spell. His stared back at the traitor who had landed a few feet away, eyes like iron.
"Let's settle this, Ichimaru." He raised his sword.
The silver-haired reaper chuckled darkly as the petals around him broke away from carrying off the nasty Hime. With a cruel grin on his lips, he retracted his zanpakuto and addressed his master. "Well until a certain bat does get involved, I see no reason to stand around and not cause more chaos," he pointed Shinsou at the captain of the sixth division," starting with that one. It's been too long since we've had a friendly chat." He zoomed back up to the surface.
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Aizen stood his ground where he was as he turned his head to the side.
"Kita. Are you really going to have me call your Master into this? You know how he gets when you're like this. It will not be a pleasant ending and when he locates you your punishment will be 100 times worse than it would ever be with me or Gin."
He turned looking back over the rubble. "Why not make this easier on us all. Especially you and your friends here. You know he will not hesitate to kill each and everyone of them."
Shunsui chuckled shortly then glared darkly at the appearance of the hollows. "First, Gin is invisible, then Aizen waltzes, and before I can cut him, he calls for back up." He scoffed. "So be it. Hang on, Kisuke." He rose above the masses and threw his scimitars up high. "Takeoni." A dozen hollows split open and fell.
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Byakuya grabbed his sword. Focusing on the red tassel of Benihime, he whispered the words to release his zanpakuto. A swirl of blossoms swarmed towards the hilt and two more protected him from the hollows for a moment. He blinked hard to clear his vision.
"What are you talking about? I am always the hero." Kisuke joked as he touched his neck. He went to reach for Benihime and remembered she was still in the mess Gin caused. His eyes searched the area quickly spotting her not far from where Gin and Aizen stood.
"Kita. I know you can hear me. Don't you dare come out of hiding. This will be over in a matter of time. Then it will be safe."
A defensive wall then shot up protecting Aizen and Gin against Koyraku's attack. However, he lost Kisuke in the mix.
"A small turn of events."
He raised Kyōka Suigetsu once more. "Shatter." At the very whisper of the word the soul reapers were once more surrounded by hollows. An illusion of course, but they did not know that.
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"Maybe it did him, but I am still around. Katen Kyokotsu, Bushogama!" Captain Kyoraku emerged from the rubble bloody but determined. With him came his two swords, joined, and spinning up a gale force wind. The funnel flew straight towards them, forcing all three away from each other.
In an unsteady shunpo, Shunsui snatched up the scruff of Kisuke's kimono. "Trying to be a hero, Hat-n-Clogs? That's not like you."
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In the blink of an eye Aizen was next to the now half conscience Kisuke as he was trying to push himself up and reach out for Hime. Aizen kicked the sword from his reach as he reached down grabbing Kisuke by the nap of his neck and lifted him from the ground. He then called out.
“Kita. I have someone here you might want to say your goodbyes to. I know he would like to see you at least one last time before I seal his fate.” Aizen drew Kyōka Suigetsu and placed the blade to Kisuke’s throat. “I must say you bring the worst out in me, young lady.” He pressed the blade firmly, cutting into Kisuke’s flesh as a thin bead of blood rolled down his neck and chest. “You have 10 seconds to show yourself or the Shopkeeper here will die without seeing your face for the last time.”
Gin appeared next to him, watching the few still conscious struggle to their feet, the cloak of invisibility whipping around him. "So it would seem," he admitted quietly. He gave a sinister grin. "But my Bankai might be able to do something about it." He turned to his master. "No promises on her being unharmed though."
With that being said, he leapt back down in front of the house, this time blatantly visible. "Watch the rest of your resistance end, Soul Society dogs, when I force my way in. Bankai, he whispered.
Pieces of wood and bricks flew through the air again as Shinsou grew and then shot deep into the ground. Soul reapers flew through the air at the velocity.
For a moment it was silent then the ground heaved, cracks appeared and a dark crater formed around the remainder of the house. Hime's shield barely kept Kisuke up until the floor crumbled, leaving his unconscious body to fall, fall, fall..
To the bottom.
"Knock, knock," Gin taunted, withdrawing Shinsou from the ground.
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Kisuke laid lifeless on top of the door that lead to the underground fortress. However, Gin was unaware of what lied beneath that door, and Kisuke was not about to give that type of information out. Not to mention giving up Kita to the likes of him. He finally came to and slowly pushed his self up into a sitting position as he leaned against what was left of the inner wall of the shop.
"You can't... have her." Kisuke growled at Gin as he used his last bit of strength and drove Benihime straight down into the baseboards between the floor and the door on the floor.
"Bind, Crimson Princess."
At that Benihime sealed the opening. Kisuke then fell over to his side out cold.
Fortunately, the former shinigami had already moved from that place. From the shadows of the wreckage, he directed his zanpakuto once more.
"Shoot to death, Shinsou."
Shinsou sang through the air, cutting each piece of flesh at his master's direction. He cut deeply into two more arms, wounding the lieutenants further, slashed at another's chest, Captain Kyoraku blocking Captain Kuchiki, and caught Byakuya across his forehead. Finally, still hidden, Gin swooped in and stabbed Kisuke through his shoulder, propelling him backwards into the door of basement.
The sheer velocity tore apart the wood and plastic, spinning shards of glass and splinters into the group of reapers. The noble's eyes stayed narrowed as he was forced to lower his living shield before the tornado became deadly, wincing as a few found their mark in his arms. Silently, he cursed in every language he knew.
Benihime's blood shield held strong, but sadly enough it did not block everything that came their way. Kisuke was furious as he dropped Benihime's blood shield and called on her again.
"Sing, Crimson Princess." He called out as he leaped forward swinging his blade multiple time in the direction he calculated Gin would have been to cut down his shop.
At that arcs of crimson-colored energy formed. The energy flowing out of the blade and fired through the arc of the sword's swing. Kisuke made the arcs as wide as he could with his injury. Hence the reason for multiple swings. Hoping he would hit Ichimaru.
"Bastard!" Kisuke growled as he landed griping at his side.
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"Three, two, one..." Gin leapt backwards, nearly revealing his trick but of course, he was far away now. "Too bad I am in a bad mood, Hat-n-clogs." He directed his zanpakuto. "This time I'll knock you and perfect Byakuya-kun out of this match. Bankai!
The next minute a sliver of light ripped past the surroundings. Before the group could figure out from where it came, the shop slanted. Then the top half flew up, cut cleanly in two. A whole block crumbled.
Gin watched the half of the the shop fall straight onto their shields. Rubble, wood, bricks, and other paraphernalia joined it.
"Check." He withdrew his Bankai.
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"Shut up, Ichimaru!" Kisuke yelled into the open sky. Then called out to Kita himself. "Kita don't you dare. We can take care of this. Ichimaru can't stand against all of us. He will fail."
"Sing, Crimson Princess! Blood Mist Shield!" He then called out.
Benihime then erected a large wide blood red wall in front of the injured, stopping any attacks from Shinsou's blade.
Shunsui grunted, eyes grim pools of anger. "Really, I am not in the mood for this kind of hide and seek. Where did you learn the trick to become invisible, Ichimaru?!"
A whirlwind of blossoms rose up from Captain Kuchiki's position, surrounding the group. Kuchiki finished first aid attention to his leg and rose. He fisted his hand and the whirlwind hummed as it wrapped closer. His eyes narrowed, tightening the holes.
"Why show myself," Gin darted to a different spot just before Kazeshini found him, "when I am having so much fun," he moved again, "not?" He paused then made his voice echo. "Give up, Kita. I know you can hear me. Each minute you resist, things get worse here." He moved to a different spot and directed Shinsou. "Round two... " he whispered.
Inside the shop Kita concealed her reiatsu and headed to Kisuke's underground fortress. She flipped the door open and started her descent down the ladder. Closing and locking the door behind her. When her feet hit the ground she headed to the hiding place Kisuke told her about months ago. There she huddled waited for Kisuke to come get her.
After going down Kisuke grabbed Kita taking her down with him. "Stay down!" He told her as he revealed Benihime. Grabbing at his side he gritted his teeth and went to stand.
"Show yourself Ichimaru! I know it was you who attacked."
Kisuke looked down at Kita and slightly motioned with his head toward the shop. He said nothing to her but she knew what he wanted her to do. At that Kita sonido'ed quickly into the shop.
Renji spun, sword in hand as he watched the attacks on the other. He wanted to attack but was not sure were the attack was coming from. After he was hit he fell to one knee growling in pain.
"BASTARD! SHOW YOURSELF!" Renji yelled. He then extended his arm with his zanpakuto and called out. "ROAR ZABIMARU!" He slashed outward randomly. Hoping to hit something.
All of a sudden, the reapers were struck down. The closest to Kita were hit the worst. Shinsou ripped through the meat of Strawberry's right arm, exposing bone, dug into the side of Hat-n-Clogs, before slashing the leg of Red and Tatoo. The captains defended themselves, but how could they when they couldn't see where the attacks were coming from. Kyoraku stumbled from a slash to his back, Byakuya, when he moved to the side of lieutenent, also in the leg, and muscle tore upwards past collarbone and into Suisenro's shoulder. Only Kita remained standing in the rain of blood and groaning companions.
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"Kisuke's right," Shunsui murmured, returning from his killing spree. His hair and black kimono were wet, probably from leaping into the park's pond to clean off the blood. He accepted a towel produced with a mutter of gratitude. "And as much as it pains me to say this, Juu-chan can wait until we are ready. He's stronger than he looks, especially in times like this." He offered Kita a small smile and a wink. "So take a breath and tell us what we need to know."
Kita concentrated mainly on the gate and making it close. When Tessai placed his hand to her shoulder she felt weak and her knees started to buckle. He quickly grabbed her up holding her up right as he spoke to her.
“Close the gate Miss Kita. You can do this. You’re stronger than you believe you are. We trust in you and believe in you. Now close it.”
Kita nodded and looked to the gate snapping her fingers. Her thoughts only on closing the gate in front of her, she pictured it in her mind. And sure enough the gate slowly started to close as soon as the hollows were cleared away from it. She did not stop there though She keep her mind focused on the gate until it was completely closed. When it was Tessai lifted his hand from her shoulder and released her only to quickly grab her back up in his arms bridal style. He smiled brightly at her.
“Your one brave lady Miss Kita.”
Kita only smiled at him as he carried her over to the steps of the shop and sit her down. He then took off to help the others finish off the hollows that remained. When they were done killing off the remaining hollows they all joined her in front of the shop. She was feeling much better and stood looking at them.
“Now we can go get Juushiro, right?” Her voice questioning yet pressing for them to go now.
Byakuya looked into the shopkeeper's eyes for long moment then brushed past him. His murmured words carried on the wind. "That's unfortunate." He flashed away, calling forth Senbonzakura to herd the growing masses of hollows.
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Nodding Renji stepped up on the other side of his captain getting ready for battle with the hollows that were spilling out of the gate.
"He is right Captain Kuchiki. He has been working on this day and night since he found out about it. Take her from that stupid bat and she is as good a dead."
Kisuke nodded drawing Benihime readying himself to move on command of Kita and Tessai.
He stepped up beside Byakuya, Benihime in hand. "Taking her from her master will only kill her. As much as it kills me to say and do that. It is best she stays where she is until I can figure out away to break the bond between them. It has nothing to do with getting my way."
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"I don't judge by appearances, woman. If I did, you'd be dead already." Byakuya moved past Kisuke and Kita and halted. "And don't go counting your boxes yet, Urahara. You are not the cat who tends to get her way every time with me. If I feel it's right, you won't stop me." he drew his zanpakuto. "Let's go, Abarai," he ordered, tone crisp.
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Shaking her head at Kisuke and Byakuya's conversation, she looked to Byakuya. "I am going to use it to close the gate. What else would I use it for Captain? I may look like an arrancar but inside I am nothing like them. Please stop judging people by their outward looks. You might make more friends if you did that."
She stepped past him up to Tessai standing next to him. "Can you help me with this Tessai."
Tessai rubbed his chin as he looked up at the gate. "Hai," he replied.
"Good. Then lets do this."
The two of them stepped away from the others and prepared themselves for closing the gate.
Tessai then turned looking at them. "Kill as many as you can in front of the gate. It will make this easier for the both of us."
"Lets hope you decide the best path here for Kita, Byakuya. I would hate to have to think you and I would have to cross swords over this matter." Kisuke told him peering from under his hat at him.
Kita's eyes widened with Byakuya's comment as she thought, "Maybe I was better of with Gin."
Looking to Ichigo next she replied. "Yes. NO girlfriend." She then looked to Kisuke hearing what he said as she looked to the giant garguanta above town.
"Aizen created that. I don't know if I am strong enough to close one that big. Can anyone help me with an extra boost of power?"
She looked back to the group.
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"Arguing doesn't solve anything, Abarai," Byakuya stated, bluntly, then turned to Kurosaki.
He raised his other eyebrow at how easy the substitute gave in to his words. "You were doing so well. Pay attention when your betters speak. Ukitake-san is one of the strongest soul reapers alive." He looked down at the clone of Kita. "And we'll deal with both of her later after cleaning up this situation."
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Kisuke looked to Kita. "Can you close that gate? We can finish off the remaining hollows if you can, but we need it closed so no more can enter the human realm."
He turned looking at the gate opening as more hollows flooded through.
"Ichimaru switched them I guess." Renji replied looking to his captain. "Its a long story." He looked away and up at the still opened gate as the hollows were still coming out. "Shouldn't we do something about that?" He pointed toward the gate.
"Shut up, Byakuya! It was better than leaving Juushiro there by himself!"
He turned to Kita and said, "I didn't mean to! I just thought of it on the fly! Besides, she's so tiny! And Renji caught her perfectly! And what do you mean I can't get a girlfriend?!"
Ichigo turned and picked up the clone, sighing. "Okay. The real Kita is right here obviously." He looked around at each to of them then down at the clone. "So what do we do with her?"
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"Oh," a voice drawled from behind them, "and you be the king of good decisions, wouldn't you, Kurosak?" Captain Kuchiki and Captain Koriyama neared them. The captain of the sixth division narrowed his eyes imperceptibly. "A child running into the heart of Las Noches for a rescue mission when the former captain of the third division is tapping into his true power. Very bright, substitute."
He ignored the boy's sputtering and turned to his leiutenent. "And I'm sure you have a reason as to why you were carrying Kita, albeit a clone, but Kita nonetheless."
Kita looked to Ichigo with wide eyes. "You threw Rukia at Renji?! No wonder you two don't have a girlfriend if you treat women like this." Kita said looking at the clone on the ground.
"I am guessing Ichimaru made her when he switched you and her out." Renji dropped the fake Kita to the ground in front of him. "The bastard!" He growled.
Kita sighed but knew Kisuke was right. She closed the gate she opened and looked at the faces around her. They were confused, lost and worried and when Renji walked up to her she understood why.
Her eyes widened. "Another me? Where did she come from?"
Ichigo turned to Kisuke. "There aren't many hollows here. There's nothing I can do here. Should I head there and find him in case Ichimaru does get his hands on him?"
Kisuke pulled against her stopping her flat. "Juushiro is stronger than you think, Kita. He is not going to die that easily." He pulled her back toward him as he cupped her cheek.
"First lets close this gate and get rid of the remaining hollow. Then I promise we will go get him. We can't leave Karakura in this mess. If we do we will have nothing to return back to."
Kita pushed away from Kisuke panic still in her eyes and voice.
"We have to go save Juushiro. Gin has him trapped in a cell in Las Noches. He is going to kill him I know it. Juushiro can't defend himself he is SO weakened. It took all his strength to force me out and away from him to come here. Please! We have to go!"
Kita grabbed Kisuke's hand and started dragging him behind her to the gate entrance now.
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Seeing another Kita dragging Ichigo toward the gate. Kisuke left the fight against the hollows and darted in front of Kita hearing her panicked words to Ichigo. He took her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes. He then turned her seeing no scar on her arm. Turning her back he he looked down at the hilt of her sword seeing it was a dark purple. He then pulled her into a hug as his hand rested to her head.
"Dear lord your safe and alive. I was so worried about you."
Hisagi sat in the shop talking to Tessai about how to close the gate when suddenly he heard more commotion. He looked at the door and shot out, with Tessai quickly behind him. Hisagi landed closely beside Captain Kuchiki.
"I brought Tessai, and I think we have a good way.... Why is there... Two? Kitas here... And Renji?" He began to ask
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"Sounds similar to holding a sea back," the captain of sixth division remarked quietly, referring to his own zanpakuto. "Adjusting to his natural tendencies and then taking control was a long task."
Byakuya's temple twitched as he noticed a commotion from nearby, most notably, two Kitas, one under Renji's arm and one, clinging to the substitute's arm. "What is going on?" he muttered.
Kita grabbed Ichigo by the shoulders and talked at the quick rate.
"We have to go! He is going to kill him!" She grabbed Ichigo's hand and started pulling him forward as she snapped her fingers and a new gate opened. "He pushed me out of the gate to safe me the fool and now Lord Gin is going to kill him I know it! we have to go!"
Kita emerged from the gate looking around for anyone that was not slaying a hollow. She was in a panic and wanted to hurry and go back and get Juushiro.
Suisenro nodded, doing the same as the captain and reverting back to Shikai. "My Tsuenoraiden tolls my body when I have to use it excessively. I suppose the way to describe it is that it is like standing out in a lightning storm holding a metal rod."
Byakuya nodded. "Yes, I did. I sent him to find Tessai and Urahara..." He let out a long breath and cancelled his Bankai, returning Senbozakura to Shikai form. A smaller swirl wrapped around the two captains. "It would do you well if you asked someone to train with you in your Bankai form. It will increase your stamina." He paused. "As it did with me."
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Renji appeared in front of the shop seeing his captain. Kita draped in his arms.
"Shit!" He replied under his breath. "I came to the wrong place." He looked around trying to figure out a good place to stash Kita. he knew if Captain Kuchiki saw her his orders would to be take her to the soul society. Something he would not do, and disobeying a direct order would not fair well at the moment.
"Find Tessai, Urahara's companion. He is still the best at the Kido arts and knows many forbidden ones as well. See if he has any ideas. I will keep the masses from escaping." He turned back to the whirling wind of blossoms around him.
Hisagi jumped up next to Captain Kuchiki, his eyes had a look of concern. He then began to think, "Will he apprehend Kita, or disobey orders as I have done."
Captain Kuchiki nodded, his only indication he had heard Shuuei's call of gratitude then returned to directing the waves of cherry blossoms in much tighter swirls, cutting off the lower hollows from the menos grande.
His eyes watched Kita as she darted around them, pondering their first meeting and the Captain Commander's orders....
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Kita lunged forward and over the top of Izuru as she sliced down two hollows that were coming up behind him. When he spun and looked at her with wide eyes she only smiled and told him.
"I am Kita and you are welcome." She waved at Hisagi with a smile and disappeared as her words trailed behind her. "Bye Hisagi and watch your back."
Hisagi was falling quickly, dazed from the cheap shot.
"Dammit," He mumbled under his breath.
He prepared for impact on the ground, but it never came. Instead of hitting the ground, Kita shot past the falling Hisagi, and caught him before he landed on the ground.
Appearing behind Hisagi as he hovered about the shop, Kita fought off one of the hollows that was coming up behind him. Once the hollow was gone Kita leaned her head back toward him her eyes on the ground and looking at Byakuya.
"Is that Captain Byakuya Kuchiki?"
At the sound of Kita's voice Hisagi quickly looked her way over his shoulder. A nearby hollow took full advantage of this and attacked his blind side knocking Hisagi back. Kita turned killing the creature and darted off toward the falling Hisagi.
A tidal wave of sakura blossoms swept past Shuuei and wrapped around the hollows converging on Koriyama. Captain Kuchiki, impeccably dressed as ever, nodded to the lieutenant before raising one hand. Half of the wave moved away forming into a separate wave of razor-sharp petals to fall into the hollows pouring from the gate.
He stood there, some of the delicate petals brushing against his face, silently. One hand was in a sling but didn't seem to deter him.
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Hisagi looked up at his Captain while continuing to destroy the hollows before him, "Are you alright Captain?" He yelled.
He shot into a horde of hollows, destroying them with Kazeshini. Hisagi then realized there were Hollows that were closing in on Suisenro. He thought, "He should be alright..."
"Make up your mind," Suisenro smiled slightly at him before bounding high into the air.
He raised his staff to the black clouds above and released an enormous amount of spiritual energy. As he did, all of the electrical energy from the thunderclouds and even from the houses and power lines below gathered into the staff. He waited as Hisagi continued to carve down the surrounding hollows. When his hands began to burn as the metal underneath them heated up considerably, he gave a loud roar and flourished his zanpakuto.
"Tenbatsu no Sora! [Divine Punishment of the Heavens]"
All the energy gathered into the staff released itself as a giant shockwave of electricity and lightning. Lightning chained together from Hollow to Hollow as the waves pulsed through the sea of them. When the wave died out, only a few hand full of hollows were left.
Only to his horror, more flooded out of the gate. His eyes widened and his head swam, almost causing him to black out, but he stayed on his feet and pressed on.
He then started aiming more precisely when throwing Kazeshini, easily hitting everything he aimed at. When he missed, he grabbed the chain to shoot the scythe back to hit his target, making them turn to dust.
"Your Bankai isn't THAT flashy," Hisagi chuckled to himself, hoping Suisenro wouldn't hear.
"Alright. Time to finish them off and go join the fray." Suisenro sighed then held out his staff vertically in front of him. The wind picked up and light glowed around him. "Stand back Hisagi. I cannot promise you will not be electrocuted otherwise."
Suisenro's golden-yellow reiatsu flared around them and once it died down he stood in a light lavender and pale blue and gold kimono and hakama, a haori of navy blue and one of golden amber with three different kanji on each sleeve and the back of his neck. He wore silver arm guards and a chest plate. Ornaments adorned his hair and a gold chain wrapped loosely around his neck, chest and waist. Over his face was a blue and gold demon mask with white horns. His wooden staff was now a golden metal one with linked rings at the top.
"Bankai! Raiden, Tatsunoinazuma! [Raiden, Dragon of Lightning and Thunder]"
Suisenro turned to Hisagi and said, "Destroy as many as you can! Do not let any more come through!"
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Kisuke felt the same thing as Kyoraku as he blasted a couple of near by hollows with his kido. Then it stop coming closer. Kisuke's heart fell straight to his feet as he darted off toward Juushiro and Kita's location.
"Something is wrong!"
Before anyone could reply Kisuke was gone from their sight.
Suisenro summoned back his staff after throwing it at another horde like a boomerang. He caught it effortlessly and glanced in the direction of the reiatsu Urahara mentioned. After feeling the tremendous amount of power that radiated from them all, he considered unleashing his Bankai.
He preferred not to. If they thought his Shikai was flashy, they would have jokes for days about his Bankai. Any other day, Suisenro would defend himself against their playful jokes, however, he was on the battlefield and such jokes irked him not. (Not that they were wrong to call his powers flashy.)
"Frankly, I do not understand how Captain Kuchiki is able to fight with flower petals," he said mostly to himself. "And Lieutenant I expect better jokes from you next time."
Shunsui was just about to make one of his silly comments to that when he felt Juushiro's reiatsu fluctuate. His eyes narrowed and he massacred the nearest dozen hollows in one fell swoop. He turned around. A menos grande roared at him. Blasting it without blinking, Shunsui sped past him in a swirl of pink before it toppled over.
Let it be a small one. Let it be a small one...
"You know what to do, Juushiro. Don't give in," he hissed, speeding up to the other side of town.
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Hisagi looked at Urahara and nodded, not saying a word. He then threw Kazeshini, barely missing a Hollow, he grabbed the chain, yanked it back cutting the Hollow deeply, making it evaporate.
Kisuke turned his head after doing away with a few more hollows. He looked off into the distance where he could feel Ichigo and Ulquiorra's spiritual pressure. It was Jushiro and again the strong feeling of Kita once more. Both were moving quickly their way.
"Heads up. We got company heading this way." Kisuke called out to all of them. he cut away at a few more hollows.
"Wouldn't dream of it," he smirked. "Come on Hisagi-kun, live a little." He slew another dozen with two slow passes of his blades. "If this isn't the time to joke, when is?"
Kisuke laughed at Kyoraku's comment as he replied. "I think it would be a draw. But don't tell Byakuya I said that."
Kisuke quickly stepped away destroying a few more hollows. "As for your request Suisenro. We are staying here. If Aizen or the others want us they know where to find us."
Four more hollows then burst into ash as Kisuke cut them down with his sword.
Captain Kyoraku chuckled at the leiutenent's comment. "Wonder which zapakuto is more flashy," he commented easily as he swung his cleaver down on another poor hollow, "this young pup or Byakuya-kun?"
Hisagi shifted his weight slightly at the sight of his captain, "A bit flashy there Captain... But, I suppose in battle it shouldn't matter."
He then looked at Kira, "Reap, Kazeshini!" Hisagi threw one of the scythes, evaporating a hollow behind Kira.
"Be careful, Aizen has some kind of plan going on... From what I have heard, there are a couple of espada running around, and well...This horde of Hollows," He explained, throwing Kazeshini at another Hollow.
Shunsui released a long sigh. "Power games on one hand and young blood showing off on the other. You're making me feel old." Before a hollow could reach his precious kimono, he spun in the air, slicing it and its comrades in two as he finally morphed Katen Kyokotsu into its shikai form. "Really tiresome."
Suisenro swung with his staff, sending waves of lightning surging forward, slicing whatever it touched in two and frying everything else around it.
"If I spot her, I will take care not to hit her," Suisenro said as he turned to a Hollow lunging at him from the side.
He thew his staff at it like a javelin. It pierced through its chest like a stake. As it stuck, electricity surged through it like a Tesla coil. The Hollow was unable to even scream before it was rendered to a smoking heap. Suisenro summoned his staff back, holding it behind his back with both hands.
"Though I am afraid Raiden likes to act for himself sometimes. Such is how lightning strikes the Earth I suppose," he said as he looked down at his zanpakuto.
Kisuke turned to the new additions to their group with a wide smile. "Glad to see you could join us." He tipped his hat very so slightly then slashed out at two hollows as they stepped toward them.
"Keep on your toes there are two espada in the area as well. They just have not reared their ugly faces with us yet." He took out a couple more hollows then turned looking at them once more.
"Keep an eye open for Kita. She is around here somewhere. DO NOT HARM HER!"
Flash stepping into the area Izuru quickly took in the surroundings evaluation the situation. It seemed they were majorly out numbered. Their numbers were few and the hollows were many. Though with the former captain of squad twelve Urahara Kisuke, Captain Shunsui Kyoraku, and Captain Suisenro Koriyama he felt a little more at ease and not so out numbered. He looked the way of Captain Suisenro Koriyama seeing Hisagi slashing away at the hollows as they came toward them.
At that moment Izuru lifted his zanpakuto and took out three hollows that charged at him. He leaped forward landing beside Hisagi.
"What's going on here? Why are there so many hollows attacking?"
Suddenly, dark black clouds covered overhead and lightning flashed a blinding white, followed by the earsplitting crack of thunder. The lot of them looked up to spot a figure hovering just below the black clouds.
Suisenro Koriyama hovered in the air with an expressionless look of concentration and determination, like that of men on the battlefield. Though this look was not one of malice nor bloodthirst. It was focused like a bolt of streak lightning falling to Earth from the heavens.
He rose his straight sword to the clouds and cried out, "Now, strike down from the Heavens, Tsuenoraiden!"
The blade transformed into a staff with golden-white lightning swirling around it. He spun the staff and held it out in front of him, the rod hovering motionlessly between his palms. The staff glowed bright white as lightning gathered around it with a humming sound.
"Dengeki! [Electric Shock]" Suisenro shouted and all of the staff's electrical charge was released into a blitz attack of golden-yellow lighting. The strikes chained together through dozens of Hollows, electrifying them until they were nothing more than ash.
He spun around and pointed the staff behind him, yelling, "Strike!" Another bolt of lighting shot from the other end and disappeared in the distance, vaporizing another couple dozen hollows.
Suisenro fell down to the ground and landed perfectly on his feet next to Lieutenant Hisagi.
"Captain Kyoraku, Urahara-san. I can take care of the Hollows. You two can focus on the traitor and the Espada. Whatever they are up to, it can only mean disaster." He turned to glance in the direction of the other side of town. "And I feel something else going on further that way."
Kisuke stopped in mid-swing at a hollow as he stood there in shock. He watched as Kita dispatched four of the hollows that were attacking them. However, it was not her help that shocked him. It was the color of the hilt on her sword.
Kisuke growled deep in his chest as his eyes narrowed and red covered his world.
"Sousuke you bastard! Another damn clone?!" His words were coarse and laced with rage.
He lunged forward attacking the hollows as they came toward him clearing a path as he walked forward.
Just then, Kita appeared in front of them her sword drawn as she attacked four of the hollows that charged toward them. She disappeared again, but not without a smile and a wink at the two soul reapers that fought on with the horde of hollows that Aizen had released upon them.
"Speaking of alcohol, if Juushiro is in half the amount of trouble as you fear, you better have a good stock of high quality licquor." He sliced through the gaping mouth of a hollow with a pig snout.
"Between the two of us, we should be able to get him out of it, but one never does calculate that price of friendship." He whistled and slew two more hollows consecutively. "I guess saving friends is just like spending the night with a bottle of good sake and having a woman on your arm, just out of reach of normal price ranges." Sighing theatrically, he blasted a hollow with red Kido.
"They aren't thinning at all," he noted the next moment in a more serious tone.
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Kisuke laughed doing away with a few more hollows.
"Keeping Juushiro out of the mix of trouble is like keeping you away from booze and good looking women."
Kisuke shunpo'ed into the middle of a group of hollows and destroyed them in one blow from Benihime. He then stood erect and looked at Kyoraku. Benihime and his other hand hanging down at his sides.
"And we all know how impossible that feat is." He chuckled again and darted past Kyoraku doing away with another hollow.
"Its good to have you here, old friend." Kisuke told him as they stood back to back.
Shunsui chuckled as he continued his own lazy rampage through the mass of mindless fiends. "That does sound like him. Can't you keep him away from trouble for one week?"
Kisuke spun quickly with a broad smile across his lips. "About time they send some more help. Things are getting a little deep here. Plus, I think Ukitake got himself into a mess when he went off looking for Kita."
Kisuke turned and blasted a hollow with one of his kidos. Then slashed a few more with a stroke of his sword.
"Yare, yare, " a low voice muttered from behind them, settling before them in a sea of pink. He tipped his wide hat their way. "What did you do this time, hat-n-clogs? You have the whole of Las Noches raining down on you." He spun around in a lazy arc and cut down the nearest hollow, careful to keep his kimono free of the blood.
"Stay focused. You heard what she said." Kisuke replied removing a few more hollows as they came toward them.
He had a bad feeling creeping up from the back of his mind with what Kita told him and not being able to sense Juushiro's reiatsu.
"You better not be dead, old friend or done something stupid." His words were spoke softly into the wind as he did away with a couple more hollows that came their way.
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Kita nodded and followed behind Nnoitra landing only a few feet in front of Kisuke and Hisagi. She spin quickly destroying an Agilian that charged up behind her. Then turned facing Kisuke and Hisagi once more.
"Be careful my friends. Things are afoot."
Before they could answer Kita disappeared from their sight.
Aizen smirked as he looked to the imposter Kita. "I don't think I have to tell you that."
Looking across town Aizen then looked to Nnoitra. "It seems I am needed elsewhere. I leave things here under your control, Nnoitra. I trust you can handle it."
At that Aizen disappeared from the the gate entrance.
"I should be asking you that question." Nnoitra walked over next to Kita, turning to look at Aizen. "What if this fails with what is going on across town?"
Aizen stood at the mouth of the gate looking down on the fighting soul reaper. He could feel the rage radiating from across town as the fourth fought to obtain his fracction once more. Then two of the reiatsu's vanished Ujikiyo's and Ukitake's--along with Kita's. Zeshin's was weakened and growing weaker by the seconds.
Aizen smirked looking out at Kisuke Urahara. "In time you will fall as well."
He looked to Nnoitra then the clon Kita. "You know what you have to do. Now go."
Juushiro felt the change in the atmosphere around him and cursed, leaping into shunpo. Following Kisuke's signature, he arrived at his side, slicing at the nearest hollow. "It would seem, old friend," he commented in a calm voice, "that our break is over."
Kisuke finished sending another Kido blast towards a thick cloud ahead of them before replying. "Aizen gets bored easily," he muttered before Benihime's shield rose to cover both of them from a hail of ceros. "If it takes Ichigo much longer to get here, I am going to tan his hide."
"Give the kid a break. It's still earl- " The captain fell silent as both Kisuke and he sensed two distinct signatures in the wind, Ulquiorra's moving quickly and ... Kita's.
They both winced as the guardian's icy energy flared out like a beacon.
And came to a silent agreement.
Juushiro spun around. "I'll distract Ulquiorra. Hopefully, that will give Toshiro time to hide Kita once more."
Nodding, Kisuke whistled. "And there's Hisagi-san's." He sent another blast at knot of hollows too slow to separate. "Of course, we'd find her signature when Aizen has so nicely tied our hands." Tessai and he shared a look before Kisuke nodded. He rolled up his sleeves. "Come on, old friend, let's keep Aizen's friends busy. Good luck, Juushiro."
Kisuke waded into the mass of hollows as Captain Ukitake took off in his fastest shunpo, hoping to disrupt Sousuke's plan in time.
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At that point Ulquiorra stepped closer to the opening of the gate. He looked out over Karakura. She was out there as was Zeshin and they were on the move. He looked slightly over his shoulder at the clone standing behind him.
"Such a weak creature. He was a fool to think he could pass you off as the real thing with me." His words were mumbled and the Kita standing behind him did not hear a single word he spoke.
His green eyes then adverted to his master. Not a word was spoke as their eyes met.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Yamamoto Shigekun:
Aizen growled under his breath his eyes narrowed to near slits. "Damn you old man." He sheathed Kyōka Suigetsu. "Shatter." He said as the illusion of hollows disappeared. He turned and casualty walked away his coat tail flowing behind him.
"We will meet again very soon, soul reapers."
Gin shunpo over next to Ulquiorra picking up the fallen espada heaving him over his shoulder. He turned quickly catching up with Aizen.
The figures of the three then disappeared into thin air as they walked away.
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Yamamoto Shigekun
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
Yamamoto walked over to the injured and unconscious espada. He reached down grabbing Kita by the nap of her neck and picked her up. She was moaning and barely alert as he lifted her up from the reach of the espada. He opened his eyes and looked into hers. He said nothing as her eyes widened and she gasp and started to jolt around in his grasp.
Before anyone could act, speak, blinks or even breath. Yamamoto disappeared with the Seraph.
4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Yamamoto Shigekun:
Ulquiorra growled as the old mans sword caught his wing searing it to ash. With his remaining wing he wrapped it around Kita and placed his hand to the back of her head pulling her closer to him to protect her from the impact. He and Kita fell to the ground hard rolling a few feet until they stopped.
Yamamoto Shigekun
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
Yamamoto lifted his zanpakuto as Ulquiorra soared over the top of him. One swipe of his blade and he caught one of Ulquiorra’s wings.
“That’s far enough arrancar.” He said in an agitated voice.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
"MASTER!" Kita exclaimed as he held her in his arms.
4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
Shielding his face once more Ulquiorra drew his sword and spoke softly.
"Enclose..."
Murcielago then unleashed a black and green burst of spiritual energy, falling around Ulquiorra as green rain. In released state, Ulquiorra became bat-like in appearance. With large, black bat wings formed on his back, his hair longer and wilder, and the remains of his Hollow mask centers atop his head, with two large horns extending outward to the sides towards the front.
The lines on his face become black, broader, and more triangular, and his fingernails lengthened. His Arrancar attire became more form fitting and closed at the top, becoming more like a robe towards the bottom. In this form, he took flight.
"You wont keep me from my fracction Old Man." Ulquiorra told him as he came up and around the large wall of flames avoiding it completely. He swooped down on top of Tsukiro grabbing Kita off his shoulder and flew off over the top of Yamamoto.
Yamamoto Shigekun
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
Yamamoto looked at the young soul reaper with Kita over his shoulder. Sensing danger and seeing Ulquiorra coming their way Yamamoto erected a large wall of flames in front of the espada stopping him in his quest to kill and apprehend the Seraph.
4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Tsukiro Ashimitsu:
Ulquiorra only nodded to Aizen's order as he started walking toward Kita and Tsukiro’s location. Shielding his eyes as dirt and debris quickly filled the air as Tsukiro burst through the ground Kita draped over his shoulder. She looked to be bound. He watched as Tsukiro landed a few feet in front of the captain commander. Ulquiorra then quickly made his way toward the three of them.
Tsukiro Ashimitsu
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Yamamoto Shigekun:
Tsukiro only groaned as he felt the blood drain from his face. "I'm gonna be sick..."
Never the less, he ignored the rock in his stomach and burst out of the ceiling of the shack and ran as fast as he could over to the commander's position.
"Head Captain Yamamoto! I have the Seraph!"
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Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Tsukiro Ashimitsu:
Kita winced in pain as the kido wrapped around her binding her tight.
"This is all I got, but if I know my Master. The second we walk out of here he will come at you and take me from you. So be on your toes!" Her last comment was addressed to him as an order as she looked at the back of his head as she rested over his shoulder.
"Go, before we are turned into Mongolian Barbeque."
Tsukiro Ashimitsu
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Tsukiro's eyes doubled in size at her words. He grit his teeth, his brows knitting together in frustration. Then he groaned and scruffed his hair out of place.
"Dammit. I suppose that is the only way."
He stood back and lifted his hand, two fingers pointing up. "Bakudo # 9: Horin!"
A yellow and orange tendril shot from his fingers and wrapped around Kita's torso.
With an apologetic glance, he hoisted her up over his shoulder. "I hope you've got a plan, cause I'm playing sheep here and just going with what you say."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Tsukiro Ashimitsu:
Kita froze in place with Tsukiro's words. He was right. She was an enemy to the Gotei Thirteen. She took a deep breath then it came to her. She let go of Tsukiro's hand and faced him.
"Your good at kido, right?"
Tsukiro nodded. "Yeah, why?"
"Bind me and take me out as your prisoner." Kita told him.
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Tsukiro Ashimitsu
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Tsukiro nodded and grabbed his zanpakuto. "I'm going to have to if we don't want to end up charcoal."
He stood up with her, keeping a firm grip on Kotaishi no Kori.
I may be an ice wielder, but I couldn't even hope to try and cancel out his flames.
Tsukiro turned to Kita, a worried look in his eyes. ".... Kita... If Yamamoto finds me with you, I'll be court martialed for sure. He'd consider it treason."
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Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Tsukiro Ashimitsu:
Kita looked to Tsukiro when she heard what they Head Captain said.
"We have to get out of here. If we don't we are as good as dead." Her voice was shaken.
She grabbed Tsukiro's hand. "Can you walk?"
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Yamamoto Shigekun
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Yamamoto gave a grunt and raised Ryūjin Jakka upward. "But she is here or you would not be here. Am I right Sousuke?" He slashed his sword diagonal. "Maybe we should burn her out of hiding."
"Ryūjin Jakka..." Yamamoto's blade burst into flames.
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Tsukiro Ashimitsu
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
Tsukiro shook as the Head Captain's reiatsu pierced through his body like a knife hotter than the sun and the flames of hell. He clutched Kita closer against him and snuffed out his reiatsu. He barely allowed himself to breathe.
"It's Yamamoto. Never mind Ulquiorra. If he or Aizen finds us, we're both screwed," he whispered in Kita's ear.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Yamamoto Shigekun:
Aizen chuckled softly as he looked to the old man. "If I knew Old Man, I would not be here right now."
Yamamoto Shigekun
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Above them stood the Captain Commander as he looked down on them. A stern look on his face.
“Disgraceful! All of you! Nothing but children at a playground fight!” He shūnpo’ed down placing him between Shunsui and Byakuya. He looked at one then the other. His eyes looking at the others as well. “Captain Kuchiki. Captain Kyoraku. Do I really need to step in and bring an end to this?”
He lifted his staff as it transformed into his zanpakuto, Ryūjin Jakka. Turning his head he looked straight at Sousuke then with a slight cock of head his eyes landed on Ichimaru.
“Where is the Seraph Kita, Sousuke?” He asked him.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
Aizen turned looking in the direction of the new reiatsu that appeared out of nowhere. His jaw tightened as he turned and walked quickly toward it.
"She awoke Ashimitsu, Ulquiorra. Destroy him!" Aizen ordered him. "I grow weary of this cat and mouse game. It ends now."
He drew his zanpakuto again, but before he could speak and release it another new reiatsu joined them. He looked their way with narrowed eyes.
Tsukiro Ashimitsu
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
Tsukiro stared at a dark ceiling, unable to move. After watching the fight play out horribly, Tsukiro had had enough. One moment he was overwhelmed by emotion, the next he was blinded by light. And that's when he woke up.
He was cold. Unbearably cold. It was like waking up from cryosleep. Then, suddenly, he shot upright, grabbing his chest, though he had no idea how. Once he was sitting up, he couldn't lay back down. He groaned, as he struggled to move his stiff bones and muscles.
Hearing someone in the room with her Kita turned and looked the only way the noise could of came from. "Tsukiro?!" She exclaimed quietly rushing to his side. She hugged his neck tightly.
"I am so sorry..." she started to weep as she hugged his neck.
Tsukiro gasped at Kita's vice grip. Her warmth helped his muscles unlock and soon he was able to wrap his arms around her. "Kita... I have to get you out of here... Ulquiorra... I saw him..."
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Captain Kyoraku chuckled at his spirit. "Alright then." Another chuckle escaped him as Tessai walked over to them on unsteady feet. He turned back to the other captain. "Stop for a moment and listen to me." When Suisenro did, his head turned to the wreck of Kisuke's shop as he continued. "I am going to engage Sousuke in a battle he will have to fight in and create an opening. Take it when it's there, even if I am in the way. That is the only way out of this mess when we're this beat-up."
"It'll be risky," Tessai murmured in his low voice, "especially with your zanpakuto."
Shunsui nodded to him. "It's the only way. I am the only one still more or less standing, and that's only because Yama-jii hits as hard as this or more so when we train." He shrugged and winced then laughed quietly. "We need to do this or we lose Kita-chan." His eyes widened as he picked up the Espada's energy. "Don't waver," he ordered firmly and disappeared.
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4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Out of nowhere the green eyed Espada appeared. His hands resting to his pockets. His dead cold eyes searched the ruines of what use to be Urahara's Shop. His search was a simple one. Locate his fracction which was hiding somewhere among them. It was not long and his eyes rested in one primary location.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Suisenro spat blood out of his mouth, an almost angry look in his eyes. "Some. My condition matters not, though. If I were to give up here, my sister would berate me for hours."
He raised his hand, pointing his palm at a group of hollows and shouted, "Raikoho!"
Yellow lightning shot from his palm and through the hollows, disintegrating them.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Shunsui nodded and vanished, leaving him to it, before sensing Suisenro's tattered reiatsu. He was barely standing.
"Easy there," Captain Kyoraku's deep voice called out before his shadow eclipsed his own and he laid a hand on his good shoulder. He looked at Suisenro with a sad smile, his own chest bloody. "Don't push it. In time like this, when you haven't had the experience, summoning your zanpakuto will only result in losing what energy you have left." His face turned serious. "Do you have enough strength for any Kido?"
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Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
"I'm good. I still have my kido. Go help the others." Kisuke stood and straightened his clothes or at least what was left of his clothes. The second he was done Benihime landed at his feet as pink petals dissipated around him. He looked to Byakuya as he fought Gin in a furious fight to the end.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
Suisenro coughed blood into his hand as he struggled to stand. His vision was blurry and he could barely keep his hand around his sword, which had reverted back to its sealed state. His haori was torn and he had lost his tassle and hair ornaments somewhere in the scuffle, leaving his hair to trail out behind him in the wind produced by the clashing reiatsu. Everything was practically destroyed. It was like looking at a barren wastland in the middle of a flourishing city.
This has to stop...
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Captain Kyoraku landed on the top of a crumbled building away from the hollows, letting Kisuke drop from his back. Looking back at the destroyed block and clump of hollows in the distance, he sighed and addressed his wounded companion.
"Sounds like Kuchiki-san is back up somehow. That should help our chances, even with the hollows back again." He touched his friend's good shoulder, eyes narrowed in worry. "I'll leave you here. I know you can manage to protect yourself even even without Benihime." He gave a short laugh. "You are, after all, the most wizard-like of us all." He rose again, dark eye grim. "I am going to take on Aizen and buy us more time."
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Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
When Ichigo was finally able to drag himself up from the rubble, his eyes were met with Byakuya Kuchiki in a stand off against Ichimaru. Aizen, as always, stood a ways off, watching. Kita was gone. Kisuke was a mess, searching for what he assumed to be his zanpakuto.
"Damn them," he grunted as he pushed a chunk of cement off of his shoulder. "If this keeps up, there'll be nothing left of Karakura."
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Byakuya stepped forward and met him face on, shunpoing up and around Gin for his first clash. His face showed no emotion as he parried the numerous strikes. He sidestepped and flashed around him, meeting him once again.
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Gin snickered and lifted his blade. "No matter what words you use, you really are a servant of vengeance, aren't ya?" His eyes narrowed then he shot forward.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
The noble didn't reply, raising his sword over his head. "I only need my arm and sword to defeat you. Prepare yourself. "
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Gin laughed again. "Nothing's changed with you, Kuchiki-san. Always the cold reception." His eyes gleamed from underneath his bangs. "But then again, I finally did something to warrant that, didn't I?"
In the silence that greeted his observation, he smirked. "You know, I wonder, do you even have the energy left to make such a stand against me now? Not that I'm stopping you, it's just," he waved his hand, "if you had more energy, I'd be seeing pink by now, and I'm not. You used all your reserves to treat your injuries didn't you?" he taunted loudly.
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Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
As Gin headed towards him, Captain Kuchiki glanced towards his lieutenant, compared it with another moment engraved in his mind, and grabbed the hilt of his zanpakuto. His vision wavered. Bankai!
He disappeared in a sea of blossoms for a few moments, hollows evaporating around his form, then the waves lowered. The surplus of Byakuya's reiatsu faded as the noble stepped out, Kido shining over the deep cut on his head, and leg forcefully bound with another spell. His stared back at the traitor who had landed a few feet away, eyes like iron.
"Let's settle this, Ichimaru." He raised his sword.
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
"Shoot to death, Shinsou."
The silver-haired reaper chuckled darkly as the petals around him broke away from carrying off the nasty Hime. With a cruel grin on his lips, he retracted his zanpakuto and addressed his master. "Well until a certain bat does get involved, I see no reason to stand around and not cause more chaos," he pointed Shinsou at the captain of the sixth division," starting with that one. It's been too long since we've had a friendly chat." He zoomed back up to the surface.
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Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Kita remained silent tucking her head down and resting her forehead to her knees as she thought to herself.
"If Master shows up here its all over with." She lifts her head looking around in her dark hiding plsce. "Maybe I should give up and come out."
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Aizen stood his ground where he was as he turned his head to the side.
"Kita. Are you really going to have me call your Master into this? You know how he gets when you're like this. It will not be a pleasant ending and when he locates you your punishment will be 100 times worse than it would ever be with me or Gin."
He turned looking back over the rubble. "Why not make this easier on us all. Especially you and your friends here. You know he will not hesitate to kill each and everyone of them."
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Shunsui chuckled shortly then glared darkly at the appearance of the hollows. "First, Gin is invisible, then Aizen waltzes, and before I can cut him, he calls for back up." He scoffed. "So be it. Hang on, Kisuke." He rose above the masses and threw his scimitars up high. "Takeoni." A dozen hollows split open and fell.
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Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Byakuya grabbed his sword. Focusing on the red tassel of Benihime, he whispered the words to release his zanpakuto. A swirl of blossoms swarmed towards the hilt and two more protected him from the hollows for a moment. He blinked hard to clear his vision.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
"What are you talking about? I am always the hero." Kisuke joked as he touched his neck. He went to reach for Benihime and remembered she was still in the mess Gin caused. His eyes searched the area quickly spotting her not far from where Gin and Aizen stood.
"Kita. I know you can hear me. Don't you dare come out of hiding. This will be over in a matter of time. Then it will be safe."
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Aizen smirked. "Bakudō 81. Dankū."
A defensive wall then shot up protecting Aizen and Gin against Koyraku's attack. However, he lost Kisuke in the mix.
"A small turn of events."
He raised Kyōka Suigetsu once more. "Shatter." At the very whisper of the word the soul reapers were once more surrounded by hollows. An illusion of course, but they did not know that.
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Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Captain Kuchiki allowed a glimmer of a smirk form. His vision wavered but he held out his hand for a second blast if needed.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
"Maybe it did him, but I am still around. Katen Kyokotsu, Bushogama!" Captain Kyoraku emerged from the rubble bloody but determined. With him came his two swords, joined, and spinning up a gale force wind. The funnel flew straight towards them, forcing all three away from each other.
In an unsteady shunpo, Shunsui snatched up the scruff of Kisuke's kimono. "Trying to be a hero, Hat-n-Clogs? That's not like you."
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Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Aizen turned facing the blast Kyōka Suigetsu held out in front of him deflecting it with ease.
"Not your normal ferocity I see. Did Gin get the best of you, Noble.”
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
"Blue Fire, Crash Down, Pale Fire Crash, Hado No, 33: Sokatsui!"
The electric blue bolt shot from Byakuya's trembling hand. He cursed. It wasn't his usual wave. He reached for his sword.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Kisuke was about to yell out at Kita as Aizen pushed his blade against his throat. He felt the warmth of his blood trickle down his neck and chest.
"Damn you Sousuke." He growled at him.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
In the blink of an eye Aizen was next to the now half conscience Kisuke as he was trying to push himself up and reach out for Hime. Aizen kicked the sword from his reach as he reached down grabbing Kisuke by the nap of his neck and lifted him from the ground. He then called out.
“Kita. I have someone here you might want to say your goodbyes to. I know he would like to see you at least one last time before I seal his fate.” Aizen drew Kyōka Suigetsu and placed the blade to Kisuke’s throat. “I must say you bring the worst out in me, young lady.” He pressed the blade firmly, cutting into Kisuke’s flesh as a thin bead of blood rolled down his neck and chest. “You have 10 seconds to show yourself or the Shopkeeper here will die without seeing your face for the last time.”
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Gin appeared next to him, watching the few still conscious struggle to their feet, the cloak of invisibility whipping around him. "So it would seem," he admitted quietly. He gave a sinister grin. "But my Bankai might be able to do something about it." He turned to his master. "No promises on her being unharmed though."
With that being said, he leapt back down in front of the house, this time blatantly visible. "Watch the rest of your resistance end, Soul Society dogs, when I force my way in. Bankai, he whispered.
Pieces of wood and bricks flew through the air again as Shinsou grew and then shot deep into the ground. Soul reapers flew through the air at the velocity.
For a moment it was silent then the ground heaved, cracks appeared and a dark crater formed around the remainder of the house. Hime's shield barely kept Kisuke up until the floor crumbled, leaving his unconscious body to fall, fall, fall..
To the bottom.
"Knock, knock," Gin taunted, withdrawing Shinsou from the ground.
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Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
While watching from a distance Aizen appeared above the shop and Kisuke.
"We have come to quite the conundrum wouldn't you say, Gin?"
Aizen looked down at the now red glowing floor which Kita was beneath.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/10/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Kisuke laid lifeless on top of the door that lead to the underground fortress. However, Gin was unaware of what lied beneath that door, and Kisuke was not about to give that type of information out. Not to mention giving up Kita to the likes of him. He finally came to and slowly pushed his self up into a sitting position as he leaned against what was left of the inner wall of the shop.
"You can't... have her." Kisuke growled at Gin as he used his last bit of strength and drove Benihime straight down into the baseboards between the floor and the door on the floor.
"Bind, Crimson Princess."
At that Benihime sealed the opening. Kisuke then fell over to his side out cold.
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Fortunately, the former shinigami had already moved from that place. From the shadows of the wreckage, he directed his zanpakuto once more.
"Shoot to death, Shinsou."
Shinsou sang through the air, cutting each piece of flesh at his master's direction. He cut deeply into two more arms, wounding the lieutenants further, slashed at another's chest, Captain Kyoraku blocking Captain Kuchiki, and caught Byakuya across his forehead. Finally, still hidden, Gin swooped in and stabbed Kisuke through his shoulder, propelling him backwards into the door of basement.
"Check again," he purred.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
The sheer velocity tore apart the wood and plastic, spinning shards of glass and splinters into the group of reapers. The noble's eyes stayed narrowed as he was forced to lower his living shield before the tornado became deadly, wincing as a few found their mark in his arms. Silently, he cursed in every language he knew.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Benihime's blood shield held strong, but sadly enough it did not block everything that came their way. Kisuke was furious as he dropped Benihime's blood shield and called on her again.
"Sing, Crimson Princess." He called out as he leaped forward swinging his blade multiple time in the direction he calculated Gin would have been to cut down his shop.
At that arcs of crimson-colored energy formed. The energy flowing out of the blade and fired through the arc of the sword's swing. Kisuke made the arcs as wide as he could with his injury. Hence the reason for multiple swings. Hoping he would hit Ichimaru.
"Bastard!" Kisuke growled as he landed griping at his side.
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Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Three, two, one..." Gin leapt backwards, nearly revealing his trick but of course, he was far away now. "Too bad I am in a bad mood, Hat-n-clogs." He directed his zanpakuto. "This time I'll knock you and perfect Byakuya-kun out of this match. Bankai!
The next minute a sliver of light ripped past the surroundings. Before the group could figure out from where it came, the shop slanted. Then the top half flew up, cut cleanly in two. A whole block crumbled.
Gin watched the half of the the shop fall straight onto their shields. Rubble, wood, bricks, and other paraphernalia joined it.
"Check." He withdrew his Bankai.
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Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
"Shut up, Ichimaru!" Kisuke yelled into the open sky. Then called out to Kita himself. "Kita don't you dare. We can take care of this. Ichimaru can't stand against all of us. He will fail."
"Sing, Crimson Princess! Blood Mist Shield!" He then called out.
Benihime then erected a large wide blood red wall in front of the injured, stopping any attacks from Shinsou's blade.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Shunsui grunted, eyes grim pools of anger. "Really, I am not in the mood for this kind of hide and seek. Where did you learn the trick to become invisible, Ichimaru?!"
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Chire, Senbonzakura."
A whirlwind of blossoms rose up from Captain Kuchiki's position, surrounding the group. Kuchiki finished first aid attention to his leg and rose. He fisted his hand and the whirlwind hummed as it wrapped closer. His eyes narrowed, tightening the holes.
"It's futile, Ichimaru."
Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Why show myself," Gin darted to a different spot just before Kazeshini found him, "when I am having so much fun," he moved again, "not?" He paused then made his voice echo. "Give up, Kita. I know you can hear me. Each minute you resist, things get worse here." He moved to a different spot and directed Shinsou. "Round two... " he whispered.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Inside the shop Kita concealed her reiatsu and headed to Kisuke's underground fortress. She flipped the door open and started her descent down the ladder. Closing and locking the door behind her. When her feet hit the ground she headed to the hiding place Kisuke told her about months ago. There she huddled waited for Kisuke to come get her.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
After going down Kisuke grabbed Kita taking her down with him. "Stay down!" He told her as he revealed Benihime. Grabbing at his side he gritted his teeth and went to stand.
"Show yourself Ichimaru! I know it was you who attacked."
Kisuke looked down at Kita and slightly motioned with his head toward the shop. He said nothing to her but she knew what he wanted her to do. At that Kita sonido'ed quickly into the shop.
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Renji spun, sword in hand as he watched the attacks on the other. He wanted to attack but was not sure were the attack was coming from. After he was hit he fell to one knee growling in pain.
"BASTARD! SHOW YOURSELF!" Renji yelled. He then extended his arm with his zanpakuto and called out. "ROAR ZABIMARU!" He slashed outward randomly. Hoping to hit something.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Silver Daemon:
Hisagi winced as his leg got hit.
"I hate to do this... Reap, Kazeshini," He mumbled.
Next thing Gin knew, there was a randomly thrown scythe heading straight for him.
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Silver Daemon
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
All of a sudden, the reapers were struck down. The closest to Kita were hit the worst. Shinsou ripped through the meat of Strawberry's right arm, exposing bone, dug into the side of Hat-n-Clogs, before slashing the leg of Red and Tatoo. The captains defended themselves, but how could they when they couldn't see where the attacks were coming from. Kyoraku stumbled from a slash to his back, Byakuya, when he moved to the side of lieutenent, also in the leg, and muscle tore upwards past collarbone and into Suisenro's shoulder. Only Kita remained standing in the rain of blood and groaning companions.
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Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
"Kisuke's right," Shunsui murmured, returning from his killing spree. His hair and black kimono were wet, probably from leaping into the park's pond to clean off the blood. He accepted a towel produced with a mutter of gratitude. "And as much as it pains me to say this, Juu-chan can wait until we are ready. He's stronger than he looks, especially in times like this." He offered Kita a small smile and a wink. "So take a breath and tell us what we need to know."
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Kisuke looked at Kita, capturing her hand as she brushed by, looking into her eyes, he told her.
"We need to know whats going on better, before we go charging in there."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Kita concentrated mainly on the gate and making it close. When Tessai placed his hand to her shoulder she felt weak and her knees started to buckle. He quickly grabbed her up holding her up right as he spoke to her.
“Close the gate Miss Kita. You can do this. You’re stronger than you believe you are. We trust in you and believe in you. Now close it.”
Kita nodded and looked to the gate snapping her fingers. Her thoughts only on closing the gate in front of her, she pictured it in her mind. And sure enough the gate slowly started to close as soon as the hollows were cleared away from it. She did not stop there though She keep her mind focused on the gate until it was completely closed. When it was Tessai lifted his hand from her shoulder and released her only to quickly grab her back up in his arms bridal style. He smiled brightly at her.
“Your one brave lady Miss Kita.”
Kita only smiled at him as he carried her over to the steps of the shop and sit her down. He then took off to help the others finish off the hollows that remained. When they were done killing off the remaining hollows they all joined her in front of the shop. She was feeling much better and stood looking at them.
“Now we can go get Juushiro, right?” Her voice questioning yet pressing for them to go now.
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Renji jumped into action as he called out to his zanpakuto.
"ROAR ZABIMARU!"
Hollows in his path fell to their deaths.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Kisuke sighed adjusting his hat. "Ready when you two are!" He called out to Tessai and Kita.
Kisuke saw Tessai nod and the group took off toward the gate entrance doing away with the hollow that flooded forth for it.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Byakuya looked into the shopkeeper's eyes for long moment then brushed past him. His murmured words carried on the wind. "That's unfortunate." He flashed away, calling forth Senbonzakura to herd the growing masses of hollows.
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Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Nodding Renji stepped up on the other side of his captain getting ready for battle with the hollows that were spilling out of the gate.
"He is right Captain Kuchiki. He has been working on this day and night since he found out about it. Take her from that stupid bat and she is as good a dead."
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Kisuke nodded drawing Benihime readying himself to move on command of Kita and Tessai.
He stepped up beside Byakuya, Benihime in hand. "Taking her from her master will only kill her. As much as it kills me to say and do that. It is best she stays where she is until I can figure out away to break the bond between them. It has nothing to do with getting my way."
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Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
"I don't judge by appearances, woman. If I did, you'd be dead already." Byakuya moved past Kisuke and Kita and halted. "And don't go counting your boxes yet, Urahara. You are not the cat who tends to get her way every time with me. If I feel it's right, you won't stop me." he drew his zanpakuto. "Let's go, Abarai," he ordered, tone crisp.
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Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Shaking her head at Kisuke and Byakuya's conversation, she looked to Byakuya. "I am going to use it to close the gate. What else would I use it for Captain? I may look like an arrancar but inside I am nothing like them. Please stop judging people by their outward looks. You might make more friends if you did that."
She stepped past him up to Tessai standing next to him. "Can you help me with this Tessai."
Tessai rubbed his chin as he looked up at the gate. "Hai," he replied.
"Good. Then lets do this."
The two of them stepped away from the others and prepared themselves for closing the gate.
Tessai then turned looking at them. "Kill as many as you can in front of the gate. It will make this easier for the both of us."
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Kisuke grinned from under his hat as he adjusted it to look up at the gate as well as he mumbled.
"Remaining silent I see. Good choice of words, Byakuya."
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Byakuya closed his eyes and turned towards the gate, choosing to remain silent on the matter.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
"Lets hope you decide the best path here for Kita, Byakuya. I would hate to have to think you and I would have to cross swords over this matter." Kisuke told him peering from under his hat at him.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kurosaki Ichigo:
Byakuya closed his eyes. "You are free to make my response suit your purposes. That doesn't mean you understood what I intended."
He looked back at Kita, steadily. He still hadn't decided what to do with this particular problem, though she was nothing to him...
"How will you take this power?" he asked her directly.
Last edited by Kuchiki Heir at 6:57:45 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
"Whatever! I could get a girlfriend just fine IF I wanted to!" Ichigo said to Kita.
Just then Ichigo was taken aback by the captain's use of the word "both."
"What the hell? You're just going to take her in after she's helped us?! What honor is there in that?! That's ridiculous!" he shouted at the captain.
Last edited by Kurosaki Ichigo at 6:55:29 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Kita's eyes widened with Byakuya's comment as she thought, "Maybe I was better of with Gin."
Looking to Ichigo next she replied. "Yes. NO girlfriend." She then looked to Kisuke hearing what he said as she looked to the giant garguanta above town.
"Aizen created that. I don't know if I am strong enough to close one that big. Can anyone help me with an extra boost of power?"
She looked back to the group.
Last edited by Kita Miyamoto at 6:53:48 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
"Arguing doesn't solve anything, Abarai," Byakuya stated, bluntly, then turned to Kurosaki.
He raised his other eyebrow at how easy the substitute gave in to his words. "You were doing so well. Pay attention when your betters speak. Ukitake-san is one of the strongest soul reapers alive." He looked down at the clone of Kita. "And we'll deal with both of her later after cleaning up this situation."
Last edited by Kuchiki Heir at 6:52:57 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Kisuke looked to Kita. "Can you close that gate? We can finish off the remaining hollows if you can, but we need it closed so no more can enter the human realm."
He turned looking at the gate opening as more hollows flooded through.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
"I did get Tessai for that exact reason... But I think only Urahara and Tessai can really perform closing the gate..." Hisagi said bluntly.
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
"Ichimaru switched them I guess." Renji replied looking to his captain. "Its a long story." He looked away and up at the still opened gate as the hollows were still coming out. "Shouldn't we do something about that?" He pointed toward the gate.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
Hisagi looked at the gate the Hollows were coming out of.
"It doesn't matter. In a way, that IS Kita..."
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
"Shut up, Byakuya! It was better than leaving Juushiro there by himself!"
He turned to Kita and said, "I didn't mean to! I just thought of it on the fly! Besides, she's so tiny! And Renji caught her perfectly! And what do you mean I can't get a girlfriend?!"
Ichigo turned and picked up the clone, sighing. "Okay. The real Kita is right here obviously." He looked around at each to of them then down at the clone. "So what do we do with her?"
Last edited by Kurosaki Ichigo at 6:45:36 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kurosaki Ichigo:
"Oh," a voice drawled from behind them, "and you be the king of good decisions, wouldn't you, Kurosak?" Captain Kuchiki and Captain Koriyama neared them. The captain of the sixth division narrowed his eyes imperceptibly. "A child running into the heart of Las Noches for a rescue mission when the former captain of the third division is tapping into his true power. Very bright, substitute."
He ignored the boy's sputtering and turned to his leiutenent. "And I'm sure you have a reason as to why you were carrying Kita, albeit a clone, but Kita nonetheless."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kurosaki Ichigo:
Kita looked to Ichigo with wide eyes. "You threw Rukia at Renji?! No wonder you two don't have a girlfriend if you treat women like this." Kita said looking at the clone on the ground.
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kurosaki Ichigo:
Renji looked to Ichigo with narrowed eyes. "Its not really her!" He barked at him. He then rubbed the back of his head and snapped a look at Hisagi.
"WHAT THE HELL!"
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
The second Hisagi saw Renji drop Kita, he shunpu'ed straight behind him and smacked him in the back of the head.
"Why'd you drop her!" Hisagi nagged.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
Ichigo glared at Renji. "And I though throwing Rukia at you that one time was a bad split second decision."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
Kita reached out quickly and groaned looking at Renji when he dropped the clone to the ground.
"DID YOU HAVE TO DROP ME!"
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
"I am guessing Ichimaru made her when he switched you and her out." Renji dropped the fake Kita to the ground in front of him. "The bastard!" He growled.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Renji Abarai:
Kita sighed but knew Kisuke was right. She closed the gate she opened and looked at the faces around her. They were confused, lost and worried and when Renji walked up to her she understood why.
Her eyes widened. "Another me? Where did she come from?"
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Ichigo turned to Kisuke. "There aren't many hollows here. There's nothing I can do here. Should I head there and find him in case Ichimaru does get his hands on him?"
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Kisuke pulled against her stopping her flat. "Juushiro is stronger than you think, Kita. He is not going to die that easily." He pulled her back toward him as he cupped her cheek.
"First lets close this gate and get rid of the remaining hollow. Then I promise we will go get him. We can't leave Karakura in this mess. If we do we will have nothing to return back to."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Kita pushed away from Kisuke panic still in her eyes and voice.
"We have to go save Juushiro. Gin has him trapped in a cell in Las Noches. He is going to kill him I know it. Juushiro can't defend himself he is SO weakened. It took all his strength to force me out and away from him to come here. Please! We have to go!"
Kita grabbed Kisuke's hand and started dragging him behind her to the gate entrance now.
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Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Suisenro followed Kuchiki's gaze to see the two Kitas. His eyes grew to twice their size. "Th-there are two of them?!"
Not to mention one of them was attempting to drag an orange haired boy through a dark hole exactly like the one in the sky.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
Seeing another Kita dragging Ichigo toward the gate. Kisuke left the fight against the hollows and darted in front of Kita hearing her panicked words to Ichigo. He took her by the shoulders and looked into her eyes. He then turned her seeing no scar on her arm. Turning her back he he looked down at the hilt of her sword seeing it was a dark purple. He then pulled her into a hug as his hand rested to her head.
"Dear lord your safe and alive. I was so worried about you."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Hisagi sat in the shop talking to Tessai about how to close the gate when suddenly he heard more commotion. He looked at the door and shot out, with Tessai quickly behind him. Hisagi landed closely beside Captain Kuchiki.
"I brought Tessai, and I think we have a good way.... Why is there... Two? Kitas here... And Renji?" He began to ask
Last edited by Lt Hisagi Shuuhei at 6:15:37 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
"Sounds similar to holding a sea back," the captain of sixth division remarked quietly, referring to his own zanpakuto. "Adjusting to his natural tendencies and then taking control was a long task."
Byakuya's temple twitched as he noticed a commotion from nearby, most notably, two Kitas, one under Renji's arm and one, clinging to the substitute's arm. "What is going on?" he muttered.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Ichigo became flustered as Kita literally started to drag him through the Gargaunta.
"W-what? Kill who? What are you talking about Kita?"
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kurosaki Ichigo:
Kita grabbed Ichigo by the shoulders and talked at the quick rate.
"We have to go! He is going to kill him!" She grabbed Ichigo's hand and started pulling him forward as she snapped her fingers and a new gate opened. "He pushed me out of the gate to safe me the fool and now Lord Gin is going to kill him I know it! we have to go!"
She kept pulling him forward toward the gate.
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
Renji blinked when he saw another Kita. He looked down into his arms more confused then ever before.
"What the hell!" He spoke softly and walked toward the panic looking Kita. He still held the other in his arms.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
On his way towards the open Garguanta, Ichigo spotted Kita looking around frantically. He descended and landed next to her.
"Kita! What's wrong!?"
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
Kita emerged from the gate looking around for anyone that was not slaying a hollow. She was in a panic and wanted to hurry and go back and get Juushiro.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Suisenro nodded, doing the same as the captain and reverting back to Shikai. "My Tsuenoraiden tolls my body when I have to use it excessively. I suppose the way to describe it is that it is like standing out in a lightning storm holding a metal rod."
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Byakuya nodded. "Yes, I did. I sent him to find Tessai and Urahara..." He let out a long breath and cancelled his Bankai, returning Senbozakura to Shikai form. A smaller swirl wrapped around the two captains. "It would do you well if you asked someone to train with you in your Bankai form. It will increase your stamina." He paused. "As it did with me."
Last edited by Kuchiki Heir at 4:26:10 PM EDT on July 9, 2014.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Suisenro shunpo'd over to the Kuchiki lord once he had gotten a hold of his consciousness and finished off another crowd of hollows.
"Captain Kuchiki, I thank you for your assistance. You sent Hisagi off to find assistance in closing this gate, I presume?"
Renji Abarai
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Renji appeared in front of the shop seeing his captain. Kita draped in his arms.
"Shit!" He replied under his breath. "I came to the wrong place." He looked around trying to figure out a good place to stash Kita. he knew if Captain Kuchiki saw her his orders would to be take her to the soul society. Something he would not do, and disobeying a direct order would not fair well at the moment.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Hisagi nodded at Captain Kuchiki then darted off to find Tessai.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
"Find Tessai, Urahara's companion. He is still the best at the Kido arts and knows many forbidden ones as well. See if he has any ideas. I will keep the masses from escaping." He turned back to the whirling wind of blossoms around him.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/09/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Hisagi looked at Captain Kuchiki with an extremely confused look.
"We have been trying to figure that out for awhile.... How do you plan on doing this?" He questioned the Captain.
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
"Their numbers are decreasing. Now is the time to close the gate."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Hisagi jumped up next to Captain Kuchiki, his eyes had a look of concern. He then began to think, "Will he apprehend Kita, or disobey orders as I have done."
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Captain Kuchiki nodded, his only indication he had heard Shuuei's call of gratitude then returned to directing the waves of cherry blossoms in much tighter swirls, cutting off the lower hollows from the menos grande.
His eyes watched Kita as she darted around them, pondering their first meeting and the Captain Commander's orders....
Last edited by Kuchiki Heir at 11:21:18 PM EDT on July 8, 2014.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kira Izuru :
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Kita lunged forward and over the top of Izuru as she sliced down two hollows that were coming up behind him. When he spun and looked at her with wide eyes she only smiled and told him.
"I am Kita and you are welcome." She waved at Hisagi with a smile and disappeared as her words trailed behind her. "Bye Hisagi and watch your back."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
@Kira Izuru
Hisagi nodded at Kita, "Thank you"
He then glanced at Kira, "Long story... Just go with it"
Kira Izuru
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Izuru looked to Hisagi with an odd look on his face. "Who's this? And why did she save you from that hollow and the fall she is one of them."
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Kita nodded as they landed to their feet on the ground not far from Izuru. She looked to him and smiled.
"Hello..." she then looked to Hisagi. "Are you ok? That jerk hit you pretty hard, but I got him back for you."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Hisagi was falling quickly, dazed from the cheap shot.
"Dammit," He mumbled under his breath.
He prepared for impact on the ground, but it never came. Instead of hitting the ground, Kita shot past the falling Hisagi, and caught him before he landed on the ground.
"Thank you Kita," Hisagi Nodded in thanks.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Appearing behind Hisagi as he hovered about the shop, Kita fought off one of the hollows that was coming up behind him. Once the hollow was gone Kita leaned her head back toward him her eyes on the ground and looking at Byakuya.
"Is that Captain Byakuya Kuchiki?"
At the sound of Kita's voice Hisagi quickly looked her way over his shoulder. A nearby hollow took full advantage of this and attacked his blind side knocking Hisagi back. Kita turned killing the creature and darted off toward the falling Hisagi.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kuchiki Heir:
Hisagi blinked at the wave of Petals moved. Muttering under his breath, "Captain Kuchiki..."
He then looked at the Captain and nodded in gratitude, "Thank you Captain."
Kuchiki Heir
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Chire, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."
A tidal wave of sakura blossoms swept past Shuuei and wrapped around the hollows converging on Koriyama. Captain Kuchiki, impeccably dressed as ever, nodded to the lieutenant before raising one hand. Half of the wave moved away forming into a separate wave of razor-sharp petals to fall into the hollows pouring from the gate.
He stood there, some of the delicate petals brushing against his face, silently. One hand was in a sling but didn't seem to deter him.
Last edited by Kuchiki Heir at 8:46:44 PM EDT on July 8, 2014.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Hisagi looked up at his Captain while continuing to destroy the hollows before him, "Are you alright Captain?" He yelled.
He shot into a horde of hollows, destroying them with Kazeshini. Hisagi then realized there were Hollows that were closing in on Suisenro. He thought, "He should be alright..."
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
"Make up your mind," Suisenro smiled slightly at him before bounding high into the air.
He raised his staff to the black clouds above and released an enormous amount of spiritual energy. As he did, all of the electrical energy from the thunderclouds and even from the houses and power lines below gathered into the staff. He waited as Hisagi continued to carve down the surrounding hollows. When his hands began to burn as the metal underneath them heated up considerably, he gave a loud roar and flourished his zanpakuto.
"Tenbatsu no Sora! [Divine Punishment of the Heavens]"
All the energy gathered into the staff released itself as a giant shockwave of electricity and lightning. Lightning chained together from Hollow to Hollow as the waves pulsed through the sea of them. When the wave died out, only a few hand full of hollows were left.
Only to his horror, more flooded out of the gate. His eyes widened and his head swam, almost causing him to black out, but he stayed on his feet and pressed on.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Hisagi briefly nodded to his Captain, "Yes Sir."
He then started aiming more precisely when throwing Kazeshini, easily hitting everything he aimed at. When he missed, he grabbed the chain to shoot the scythe back to hit his target, making them turn to dust.
"Your Bankai isn't THAT flashy," Hisagi chuckled to himself, hoping Suisenro wouldn't hear.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
"Alright. Time to finish them off and go join the fray." Suisenro sighed then held out his staff vertically in front of him. The wind picked up and light glowed around him. "Stand back Hisagi. I cannot promise you will not be electrocuted otherwise."
Suisenro's golden-yellow reiatsu flared around them and once it died down he stood in a light lavender and pale blue and gold kimono and hakama, a haori of navy blue and one of golden amber with three different kanji on each sleeve and the back of his neck. He wore silver arm guards and a chest plate. Ornaments adorned his hair and a gold chain wrapped loosely around his neck, chest and waist. Over his face was a blue and gold demon mask with white horns. His wooden staff was now a golden metal one with linked rings at the top.
"Bankai! Raiden, Tatsunoinazuma! [Raiden, Dragon of Lightning and Thunder]"
Suisenro turned to Hisagi and said, "Destroy as many as you can! Do not let any more come through!"
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Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Hisagi blinked then smiled at his Captain, "It wasn't a joke sir, it was mostly a statement."
He then realized that both Urahara and the other Captain shot off.
"Hey Captain... Looks like its up to us," Hisagi shouted, throwing Kazeshini once more.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Kisuke felt the same thing as Kyoraku as he blasted a couple of near by hollows with his kido. Then it stop coming closer. Kisuke's heart fell straight to his feet as he darted off toward Juushiro and Kita's location.
"Something is wrong!"
Before anyone could reply Kisuke was gone from their sight.
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Suisenro summoned back his staff after throwing it at another horde like a boomerang. He caught it effortlessly and glanced in the direction of the reiatsu Urahara mentioned. After feeling the tremendous amount of power that radiated from them all, he considered unleashing his Bankai.
He preferred not to. If they thought his Shikai was flashy, they would have jokes for days about his Bankai. Any other day, Suisenro would defend himself against their playful jokes, however, he was on the battlefield and such jokes irked him not. (Not that they were wrong to call his powers flashy.)
"Frankly, I do not understand how Captain Kuchiki is able to fight with flower petals," he said mostly to himself. "And Lieutenant I expect better jokes from you next time."
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Shunsui was just about to make one of his silly comments to that when he felt Juushiro's reiatsu fluctuate. His eyes narrowed and he massacred the nearest dozen hollows in one fell swoop. He turned around. A menos grande roared at him. Blasting it without blinking, Shunsui sped past him in a swirl of pink before it toppled over.
Let it be a small one. Let it be a small one...
"You know what to do, Juushiro. Don't give in," he hissed, speeding up to the other side of town.
Last edited by Shunsui Kyoraku at 6:52:21 PM EDT on July 8, 2014.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Hisagi looked at Urahara and nodded, not saying a word. He then threw Kazeshini, barely missing a Hollow, he grabbed the chain, yanked it back cutting the Hollow deeply, making it evaporate.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Kisuke turned his head after doing away with a few more hollows. He looked off into the distance where he could feel Ichigo and Ulquiorra's spiritual pressure. It was Jushiro and again the strong feeling of Kita once more. Both were moving quickly their way.
"Heads up. We got company heading this way." Kisuke called out to all of them. he cut away at a few more hollows.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Hisagi glanced at Captain Kyoraku after he evaporated a few more Hollows.
"The time to joke is back in the Soul Society when we are safe, Captain," Hisagi nodded, dodging a Hollow's attack then destroying it.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Wouldn't dream of it," he smirked. "Come on Hisagi-kun, live a little." He slew another dozen with two slow passes of his blades. "If this isn't the time to joke, when is?"
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Kisuke laughed at Kyoraku's comment as he replied. "I think it would be a draw. But don't tell Byakuya I said that."
Kisuke quickly stepped away destroying a few more hollows. "As for your request Suisenro. We are staying here. If Aizen or the others want us they know where to find us."
Four more hollows then burst into ash as Kisuke cut them down with his sword.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Hisagi threw Kazeshini at several more Hollows, destroying them with just a twitch of his wrist.
"Flowers or Lightning.... If we are going technical, Lightning is more flashy," He said with a straight face, trying not to chuckle.
He then shuck his head and kept fighting the hollows, thinking, Concentrate... No need for jokes at a time like this.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Captain Kyoraku chuckled at the leiutenent's comment. "Wonder which zapakuto is more flashy," he commented easily as he swung his cleaver down on another poor hollow, "this young pup or Byakuya-kun?"
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Hisagi shifted his weight slightly at the sight of his captain, "A bit flashy there Captain... But, I suppose in battle it shouldn't matter."
He then looked at Kira, "Reap, Kazeshini!" Hisagi threw one of the scythes, evaporating a hollow behind Kira.
"Be careful, Aizen has some kind of plan going on... From what I have heard, there are a couple of espada running around, and well...This horde of Hollows," He explained, throwing Kazeshini at another Hollow.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Shunsui released a long sigh. "Power games on one hand and young blood showing off on the other. You're making me feel old." Before a hollow could reach his precious kimono, he spun in the air, slicing it and its comrades in two as he finally morphed Katen Kyokotsu into its shikai form. "Really tiresome."
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Cowards!"
Suisenro swung with his staff, sending waves of lightning surging forward, slicing whatever it touched in two and frying everything else around it.
"If I spot her, I will take care not to hit her," Suisenro said as he turned to a Hollow lunging at him from the side.
He thew his staff at it like a javelin. It pierced through its chest like a stake. As it stuck, electricity surged through it like a Tesla coil. The Hollow was unable to even scream before it was rendered to a smoking heap. Suisenro summoned his staff back, holding it behind his back with both hands.
"Though I am afraid Raiden likes to act for himself sometimes. Such is how lightning strikes the Earth I suppose," he said as he looked down at his zanpakuto.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Suisenro Koriyama:
Kisuke turned to the new additions to their group with a wide smile. "Glad to see you could join us." He tipped his hat very so slightly then slashed out at two hollows as they stepped toward them.
"Keep on your toes there are two espada in the area as well. They just have not reared their ugly faces with us yet." He took out a couple more hollows then turned looking at them once more.
"Keep an eye open for Kita. She is around here somewhere. DO NOT HARM HER!"
Kira Izuru
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
Flash stepping into the area Izuru quickly took in the surroundings evaluation the situation. It seemed they were majorly out numbered. Their numbers were few and the hollows were many. Though with the former captain of squad twelve Urahara Kisuke, Captain Shunsui Kyoraku, and Captain Suisenro Koriyama he felt a little more at ease and not so out numbered. He looked the way of Captain Suisenro Koriyama seeing Hisagi slashing away at the hollows as they came toward them.
At that moment Izuru lifted his zanpakuto and took out three hollows that charged at him. He leaped forward landing beside Hisagi.
"What's going on here? Why are there so many hollows attacking?"
Suisenro Koriyama
Otakuite | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Suddenly, dark black clouds covered overhead and lightning flashed a blinding white, followed by the earsplitting crack of thunder. The lot of them looked up to spot a figure hovering just below the black clouds.
Suisenro Koriyama hovered in the air with an expressionless look of concentration and determination, like that of men on the battlefield. Though this look was not one of malice nor bloodthirst. It was focused like a bolt of streak lightning falling to Earth from the heavens.
He rose his straight sword to the clouds and cried out, "Now, strike down from the Heavens, Tsuenoraiden!"
The blade transformed into a staff with golden-white lightning swirling around it. He spun the staff and held it out in front of him, the rod hovering motionlessly between his palms. The staff glowed bright white as lightning gathered around it with a humming sound.
"Dengeki! [Electric Shock]" Suisenro shouted and all of the staff's electrical charge was released into a blitz attack of golden-yellow lighting. The strikes chained together through dozens of Hollows, electrifying them until they were nothing more than ash.
He spun around and pointed the staff behind him, yelling, "Strike!" Another bolt of lighting shot from the other end and disappeared in the distance, vaporizing another couple dozen hollows.
Suisenro fell down to the ground and landed perfectly on his feet next to Lieutenant Hisagi.
"Captain Kyoraku, Urahara-san. I can take care of the Hollows. You two can focus on the traitor and the Espada. Whatever they are up to, it can only mean disaster." He turned to glance in the direction of the other side of town. "And I feel something else going on further that way."
Urahara Kisuke
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@Kita Miyamoto:
Kisuke stopped in mid-swing at a hollow as he stood there in shock. He watched as Kita dispatched four of the hollows that were attacking them. However, it was not her help that shocked him. It was the color of the hilt on her sword.
Kisuke growled deep in his chest as his eyes narrowed and red covered his world.
"Sousuke you bastard! Another damn clone?!" His words were coarse and laced with rage.
He lunged forward attacking the hollows as they came toward him clearing a path as he walked forward.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
Shunsui followed her path with a raised eyebrow. What's she playing at? Is she just begging to be caught?
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Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Just then, Kita appeared in front of them her sword drawn as she attacked four of the hollows that charged toward them. She disappeared again, but not without a smile and a wink at the two soul reapers that fought on with the horde of hollows that Aizen had released upon them.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Speaking of alcohol, if Juushiro is in half the amount of trouble as you fear, you better have a good stock of high quality licquor." He sliced through the gaping mouth of a hollow with a pig snout.
"Between the two of us, we should be able to get him out of it, but one never does calculate that price of friendship." He whistled and slew two more hollows consecutively. "I guess saving friends is just like spending the night with a bottle of good sake and having a woman on your arm, just out of reach of normal price ranges." Sighing theatrically, he blasted a hollow with red Kido.
"They aren't thinning at all," he noted the next moment in a more serious tone.
Last edited by Shunsui Kyoraku at 2:22:31 AM EDT on July 8, 2014.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Kisuke laughed doing away with a few more hollows.
"Keeping Juushiro out of the mix of trouble is like keeping you away from booze and good looking women."
Kisuke shunpo'ed into the middle of a group of hollows and destroyed them in one blow from Benihime. He then stood erect and looked at Kyoraku. Benihime and his other hand hanging down at his sides.
"And we all know how impossible that feat is." He chuckled again and darted past Kyoraku doing away with another hollow.
"Its good to have you here, old friend." Kisuke told him as they stood back to back.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Shunsui chuckled as he continued his own lazy rampage through the mass of mindless fiends. "That does sound like him. Can't you keep him away from trouble for one week?"
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Shunsui Kyoraku:
Kisuke spun quickly with a broad smile across his lips. "About time they send some more help. Things are getting a little deep here. Plus, I think Ukitake got himself into a mess when he went off looking for Kita."
Kisuke turned and blasted a hollow with one of his kidos. Then slashed a few more with a stroke of his sword.
Shunsui Kyoraku
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
"Yare, yare, " a low voice muttered from behind them, settling before them in a sea of pink. He tipped his wide hat their way. "What did you do this time, hat-n-clogs? You have the whole of Las Noches raining down on you." He spun around in a lazy arc and cut down the nearest hollow, careful to keep his kimono free of the blood.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Drawing Benihime, Kisuke erected a bright red wall shielding them from a few attacks that came their way.
"Knowing Sousuke it has something to do with drawing the reapers here to Karakura. Why? I don't know, but it will not be good for Kita if they come."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Urahara Kisuke:
Hisagi dispatched a number of more hollows, keeping an eye on Urahara and watched his face.
"What do you think they have planned Urahara?" He asked.
Urahara Kisuke
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
"Stay focused. You heard what she said." Kisuke replied removing a few more hollows as they came toward them.
He had a bad feeling creeping up from the back of his mind with what Kita told him and not being able to sense Juushiro's reiatsu.
"You better not be dead, old friend or done something stupid." His words were spoke softly into the wind as he did away with a couple more hollows that came their way.
Last edited by Urahara Kisuke at 12:52:23 AM EDT on July 8, 2014.
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
Hisagi looked at Urahara, extremely confused.
"Um, how?" He asked.
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Lt Hisagi Shuuhei:
Kita nodded and followed behind Nnoitra landing only a few feet in front of Kisuke and Hisagi. She spin quickly destroying an Agilian that charged up behind her. Then turned facing Kisuke and Hisagi once more.
"Be careful my friends. Things are afoot."
Before they could answer Kita disappeared from their sight.
Nnoitra Jiruga
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Kita Miyamoto:
"To the bloody end, my lord." Nnoitra replied as he bowed ever so slightly. He turned looking at the woman, "lets go!"
He leapt from the gate down on to the unexpecting town and took off like a flash.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Nnoitra Jiruga:
Aizen smirked as he looked to the imposter Kita. "I don't think I have to tell you that."
Looking across town Aizen then looked to Nnoitra. "It seems I am needed elsewhere. I leave things here under your control, Nnoitra. I trust you can handle it."
At that Aizen disappeared from the the gate entrance.
Nnoitra Jiruga
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/08/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
"I should be asking you that question." Nnoitra walked over next to Kita, turning to look at Aizen. "What if this fails with what is going on across town?"
Kita Miyamoto
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
Kita bowed slightly to Aizen and stepped toward the gates opening.
"Are you ready Lord Nnoitra?"
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
Aizen stood at the mouth of the gate looking down on the fighting soul reaper. He could feel the rage radiating from across town as the fourth fought to obtain his fracction once more. Then two of the reiatsu's vanished Ujikiyo's and Ukitake's--along with Kita's. Zeshin's was weakened and growing weaker by the seconds.
Aizen smirked looking out at Kisuke Urahara. "In time you will fall as well."
He looked to Nnoitra then the clon Kita. "You know what you have to do. Now go."
Lt Hisagi Shuuhei
Otakuite+ | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
Hisagi jumped to a stop next to the shop, looking around at the mass of Hollows and then looking at Urahara.
"Captain Ukitake sent me to give some assistance!" He yelled.
Hisagi then shunpu'ed to Urahara, dispatching a hollow before it got to him.
Juushiro Ukitake
Grand Otaku | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
Juushiro felt the change in the atmosphere around him and cursed, leaping into shunpo. Following Kisuke's signature, he arrived at his side, slicing at the nearest hollow. "It would seem, old friend," he commented in a calm voice, "that our break is over."
Kisuke finished sending another Kido blast towards a thick cloud ahead of them before replying. "Aizen gets bored easily," he muttered before Benihime's shield rose to cover both of them from a hail of ceros. "If it takes Ichigo much longer to get here, I am going to tan his hide."
"Give the kid a break. It's still earl- " The captain fell silent as both Kisuke and he sensed two distinct signatures in the wind, Ulquiorra's moving quickly and ... Kita's.
They both winced as the guardian's icy energy flared out like a beacon.
And came to a silent agreement.
Juushiro spun around. "I'll distract Ulquiorra. Hopefully, that will give Toshiro time to hide Kita once more."
Nodding, Kisuke whistled. "And there's Hisagi-san's." He sent another blast at knot of hollows too slow to separate. "Of course, we'd find her signature when Aizen has so nicely tied our hands." Tessai and he shared a look before Kisuke nodded. He rolled up his sleeves. "Come on, old friend, let's keep Aizen's friends busy. Good luck, Juushiro."
Kisuke waded into the mass of hollows as Captain Ukitake took off in his fastest shunpo, hoping to disrupt Sousuke's plan in time.
Last edited by Juushiro Ukitake at 5:52:39 PM EDT on July 7, 2014.
4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
@Sousuke Aizen:
Ulquiorra stepped out from the garguanta into the open space of the sky. He looked the directions of his target. Lifted one foot and he was gone.
Sousuke Aizen
Senior Otaku | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
@4EspadaUlquiorra:
Aizen looked to Ulquiorra he too felt Kita spiritual pressure. Still nothing was said between the two as Aizen only nodded.
4EspadaUlquiorra
Otakuite++ | Posted 07/07/14 | Reply
At that point Ulquiorra stepped closer to the opening of the gate. He looked out over Karakura. She was out there as was Zeshin and they were on the move. He looked slightly over his shoulder at the clone standing behind him.
"Such a weak creature. He was a fool to think he could pass you off as the real thing with me." His words were mumbled and the Kita standing behind him did not hear a single word he spoke.
His green eyes then adverted to his master. Not a word was spoke as their eyes met.