Bleach:Re Chapter 86. FANGS

-Welcome…to the Hell!

With a hot breath coming out of his mouth, Perro’s silhouette hid what was left of the sun to Jiro, accentuating his monster-appearance.

However, Jiro didn’t even answer. He wasn’t looking at his opponent at all actually; his eyes were locked on Fune who had trouble breathing.

- (I need to act quick…)

Building up his Reiatsu, the young man made a step back as he lifted his right hand in the air. Quickly his energy grew to its very peak, much to the Arrancar surprise who didn’t move an inch.

- HMPH!

Kneeling down, Jiro then put his palm on the ground.  A part of the Reiatsu he accumulated up until now went straight under his left hand.

- Bakudō #21. Sekienton!! (赤煙遁, Red Smoke Escape)

From where his hand was placed, a huge burst of red smoke appeared covering the whole area in a large radius. Everything now was engulfed in it obscuring every movement.

- Hadō #58. Tenran! (闐嵐, Orchid Sky)

Then Jiro aimed for Fune with his hand as a small tornado blast from his palm. The spinning winds were strong enough to send her flying in the horizon, destroying building on its way. Then she slowly disappeared far away.

Jiro breathed once out of relieve as he saw his strategy worked for once in this fight. The young man was covered on sweet and blood. His Reiatsu slowly was disappearing due to exhaustion. 

- (Please…Don’t come back…)
- What was…That?

In a second, all the red smoke got scattered with only this grotesque shape of a beast standing up, right before Jiro. 

The Shinigami couldn’t move anymore; his legs were heavy and so was his whole body. He was just facing his destiny with blank eyes.

And with a quick swing, Jiro got struck in the face by one of the chains, sending him flying meters away. Blood flew next to his body before falling heavily to the ground. But Jiro still was “standing” the best he could. He didn’t give up.

- Can’t you do…Better…?

Barely being able to finish his sentence, he got hit once more by the burning chains. Each hit was heavy. Each hit broke one bone or two. Each hit was followed by trail of blood.

- You rotten…Dog.

A blast of Reiatsu came from Perro’s mouth to violently pierce through his opponent’s body. Up to the stomach-height now was a clear hole still smoking. Jiro coughed tons of blood as once again he still was trying to stand up. 

- (Eh Fune… Do you remember the first time we both met…?)

Far away, Fune Ran slowly awoken with a pain in her stomach. She was bleeding a lot but somewhat managed to stand up. Looking in the distance, she couldn’t recognize where she was. Nor she understood why she was there right now. 

But on a way or another, she felt chills. She didn’t why but she had them. A scary thought crossed her mind. 

What if she lost someone important to her?

- (Eh fune… I do remember every second of this moment…)

Jiro tried his best to stand up. The struggle was real with his legs shaking crazy. Every sudden movement caused blood to spurt out of his wound. And in the end the boy ended up falling to his knees once again.

- (Live… You who I always…)

Jiro didn’t end up his thought. He simply put his palm on his chest as he put every single drop of Reiatsu into it. His body was torn up, burned up at many place but he still didn’t surrender.
It wasn’t enough to scare Perro who slowly approached him though.

- I…Kept this as…Last resort…

Jiro body slowly started cracking up as a golden shine came from the very cracks. 

- I planned to… Use that against “him”… But I don’t have such… Luxuries.

In a matter of seconds, all of Jiro’s body ended up covered of shining cracks. His Reiatsu also reached a peak he never reached up until now.

But in his last moment, the Shinigami smiled facing his demise.

- Well “He” probably is immune to fire anyway.

Looking straight at his opponent, Jiro laughed. He then muttered those words.

- Hadō #96, Ittō Kasō… (一刀火葬, Single Blade Cremation)

First came a shockwave. Then with a loud bang erupted a massive pillar of red fire surrounding the whole area. 

Jiro Sazawa, 3^rd seat of the 5^th Division. Death by sacrifice.

Somewhere else in Soul Society, near the 10^th Division barracks.

- With this, it’s over.

Lia was lying on the ground, a pool of blood underneath. On top of her was standing the Vice-Captain of the 9^th Division, Losa Rimi. The black-skinned Shinigami looked down on her opponent, her blade still aiming for her throat.

- You did well, Arrancar. You now can rest…

Slowly the woman lowered her sword to the point the tip barely touched Lia’s neck.

- … First will come the invaders. Then will be the priso-

With an urge of stamina, Lia stood up in a second to quickly yet violently punch her opponent in the face. Despite Lia’s size, the blow was heavy enough to make Rimi step back, a tiny trail of blood coming from her mouth.

- Then what?!

Lia seemed pretty calm despite an inner anger with no-limits. Her every muscle tensed up and the wounds she suffered didn’t seem to bother her at the moment.

Simply pull, Lia right now was in a state that made her forgot any possible pain.

- Don’t you dare…Speak of her…

Rimi on the other hand didn’t seem frightened in the least. More like surprised though.
Putting her second hand on the hilt, the Shinigami started glowing of a blue light.

- It seems words won’t reach you. Let’s act then.

Stretching both her arms before her, Rimi pronounced those words.

- Seichôsuru…(成長する, To grow)