Deviation Actions
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They weren't anything similar to us. Clearly, they were different. Their presence, their strength. It was on a whole different level. It was divine.
- No… Way…
The light that I had in my eyes was slowly vanishing, into the despair. I already had a hard time standing against one, who wasn’t even fighting with his full power. How could we survive against 13 of them? There were more of them than us and they were stronger.
- …
Shikei looked down at me. The expression in his eyes was different from before. He didn't have any animosity anymore. It wasn't sorrow or anger either. He was simply looking at me in way that one would look at a mouse or any other small animal. He didn't feel the need to fight anymore.
- Well. That's settled. We'll just imprison you all and the Chuô 46 will decide your fate.
The whole scene was quiet. Only the sound of a breeze could be heard; delicate to the ear passing between us. The Vice-Captains and we were just looking at those 13 godly shapes. Waiting to hear their judgment.
- Now, we'd be grateful if you could line u-
Shikei couldn't end his words. Out of nowhere, some kind of « lightning » shoot right before the Captains. A huge wall of smoke rose quickly from the path coring the view; made by the white burst of Reiatsu.
- Uh?!
Immediately, I turned my face back. She was standing behind me, her open hand facing the wall where the opponents were standing, with some thin sherds of energy of the same color covering her hand.
- Shut up. We all came here knowing what was awaiting for us.
Her long black cape flowing with the wind, her dark mask covering her face, Nimaijita didn't hesitate. Not even a second. They were the 13 strongest opponents of the Soul Society; facing us but still she provoked them. She attacked them without thinking. It proved how determinate she was. She was willing to throw herself in the lion’s jaws.
- If you have time speaking; then come at me Punk-Captain.
The red blood veins in Shikei’s eyes were visible now, the anger. He unleashed his Reiatsu, so strong that it dissipated the smoke and dust covering the captains with a single wipe. Though Nimaijita didn't attend to hurt them, her attack still didn't have any effect. No one was injured or even slightly wounded.
However, it did anger the captain of the 9th division, Shikei Utsueiri.
- I see… I think one or two more deaths among the Ryoka isn't much of a big deal…
His aura was fierce and dark. Similar to a gladiator entering the battlefield. This time, he wasn't joking anymore. We all clearly noticed his already incredible Reiatsu doubling from nowhere. He could do a way better that what he had done until now.
- ?!
My instinct told me to jump towards Nimaijita. I could have been wrong, but fortunately I wasn't. At the very same instant as I moved towards her, Shikei «teleported » thanks to his Shunpo before her. His blade behind his head, he was about to slash it at Nimaijita.
- S-SHIT!
Thanks to his dead angle, I arrived right in time to deflect his sword with mine, stretching my arm to its fullest. I managed to block his blade but it was all because of pure luck. I clearly could not have done more than once.
- ?!
- Kurasa?!
With a roll to the side, I was now the one facing Shikei.
- YOU AGAIN? I just spared your life and yet you still want to fight? How pathetic!!
- I can't let you hurt her, she's my savior!
However, it didn't last long before the other captains jumped down to our level, facing us. Quickly, we all spread once again so it'd be a 1vs1 this time. But our opponents were on a totally different level.
Nimaijita was facing this a young girl with a straw-hat on her head. She was smiling calmly. She didn't seem much aggressive. She just was doing her duty by blocking Nimaijita's path.
- Hey there! ♥
- A child?
At another place, a few meters away, Perro & Suripu were facing this two-colored eye captain from before. The one who had deflected Perro's attack with ease a few minutes ago.
- You again?!
- Sorry, sorry! It looks like I can't let you help you friend! Don't hate me!
This Captain too didn't seem violent. He seemed a bit clumsy and quite of talkative. But at the very least, he didn't seem to be lethal to us.
On the 3rd party, Lia was facing a young man. His haori was way shorter than the others as it stopped around the Captain's waist. He had also a black bobble hat with the kanji « 6 » on it. He looked more excited to fight than the two others but seemed to be acting like a kid, not like a fighter.
- Oi, oi! You'll entertain me uh? I'm getting rusted there, I need to make some exercises!
- Uh… What?!
And finally I was here against Shikei, my blade pressing against his.
- You really are getting on my nerves kiddo. It's time to put an end to this.
- Yeah!
Shikei’s eyes were locked into mine as he moved his blade towards me, pushing me with every hit he made. Only if his eyes could have killed…
Everyone had entered the fight again. Blades crossing. Not everyone as intense as Shikei. His emotions had started to take over his sense. And I had drawn the shortest straw once again.
A couple of minutes passed by and not much happened. Had we got lucky with our opponents? Maybe… The ones on my team weren't going at full power, but the captains facing them weren't either. Actually, they just were parring our attacks. Or dodging them at worst. Anyway, they didn't seem to want to kill us. Well « They » was relating to the others opponents. Shikei wasn't going easy on me.
- WELL? Can't you do better than that?!
- S- SHUT UP!
Shaking me in every direction, Shikei was literally wiping the floor with me. I crashed on the wall. I crashed on the ground. I flew up in the air. The fight between the two of us was way more uneven that it had been before. The captain clearly had the upper hand on me.
- Are you scared now?!
I was flying.
- Does your body get numb?!
My blood was spilling.
- Tell me, do you still want to save that Arrancar?!
Shikei was just tossing me around from one place to another. My blade couldn't reach it even once while he was kicking me as some kind of punching ball. Much to Nimaijita's surprise who had noticed that. Her opponent was calm enough to allow her to notice that my movements were getting slower since a few minutes ago.
- (What the hell is happening? He shouldn't be so tired to not be able to fight back. Has he already reached his limit? Is his opponent really that strong? No, that seems weird).
Dodging Shikei's blade at the very last moment when I could. My blood bursting out of my mouth and head when it was crushed to the ground.
- (No. That's not it. Something is wrong. It seems like Kurasa isn't fighting back. He's just enduring his enemy's assault. He always dodging by a hair's breadth. But why…)
- OI NIMAIJITA, WHAT'S HAPPENING!
Lia who was a few meters away yelled at Nimaijita to call her, also noticing the current situation.
- IS KURASA ALREADY AT HIS LIMIT? SHOULD WE HELP HIM?!Shikei was holding me by my collar. My head was covered with blood of the violent beat-up that he had just put me through.
- (His limit… Could he be trying to...)
- In the end you're just disappointing me... You couldn't beat me. You couldn't save the Arrancar. And after your death, all of your friends will follow in your footsteps.
The captain let go of me to finally have a large swing of his blade, horizontally, aiming at my belly. It did connect, sending me crashing with violence with no equal straight to the wall. A few huge cracks were made by the impact as the concrete wall broke in the impact, destroying the whole surface of the wall. Dust was covering the area where we were, slowly but surely. Also, the captain was looking at the place I ended up.
- That's over Kiddo. If you survive this, run away and come back stronger.
With wind sweeping the dust away, there was silence. Everyone stopped fighting for a second, following the loud noise that had just happened. It was calm. It was quiet. No one would have expected that. But then, my single voice broke this smooth silence.
- Oi, don't be too harsh old-man.
- Hm?!
Coming out of the crater just made, I was sweeping the blood out of my face with a white fabric, covering my entire head. Shikei quickly noticed though, that it wasn't just some fabric. It was a part of his Haori. A part that I had just ripped off.
- When did he…
- I was thinking about how I could beat you. I have had many plans but none would have worked. I tortured my mind to find some idea but in the end, only one seemed plausible.
Throwing the fabric away, I opened my eyes slowly but surely. Nimaijita did think right a few minutes before. But still, she couldn't believe it.
- Did he really… Force the trance…!
- Not bad kiddo...
My eyes were shining of a bright yellow light. My pupils themselves were now colored with gold, letting a trail of Reiatsu after them as I moved my eyes. I stood up, a single swing of Oin created a shockwave all around us, dissipating the remaining smoke. My strength felt greater than it had ever been. Then, I calmly placed my other hand on the Oin’s hilt, ready to counter-attack.
- In order to beat you, I have no choice but to break my own limits!
