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Zanpakuto Tales	By : shadoesong Category: Bleach > General Views: 1542 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 14

A pained gasp made Rin's eyes snap open. Before her was Futago, who had taken the blow for her. He trembled, his hands gripping the spear. Koga frowned, removing the weapon harshly. Futago fell to his hands and knees, one hand holding his wound closed.

"R-Rina..." He wheezed. "I-I'm sorry..." Tears sprang to her eyes.

"Futago!" She yelled, trying to reach for him, but foiled by the kido. The spirit's body shimmered into a broken sword. Koga snorted.

"A mere annoyance of a zanpakuto. Muramasa... this must be your doing. You're still a pain in the ass, even after all this," he growled.

Suddenly, a burst of reiatsu from where Byakuya was made the man's head snap around. Byakuya was free. Beside him was Senbonzakura, who had manifested himself to save his master. As he turned into tiny blades, he spoke.

"Master... If you have lost control of your senses, I shall become your eyes and fight for you." The tiny blades formed into a blade in the noble Captain's hand, which he pointed at Koga. The decrepit man gritted his teeth and clenched one hand into a fist.

"Then I'll take over that sword's sensory perception, too!" He snarled, swinging his spear around to point at his opponent.

"I will not allow that. You will pay for the crime of attacking an unarmed woman." Byakuya held his weapon upside down in front of him and dropped it. It sunk into the ice as if it were melting. Swords rose up in two rose up and glowed pink before shattering into millions of tiny blades. "Bankai. Senkai Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

And then, they disappeared within a dome made from the swords, obscuring them from Rin's view. She gasped when the kido was abruptly released, letting her drop to the ground. She grabbed the hilt of her sword tightly.

"Futago..."

"Rina!" Akuma landed on the frozen ground beside her, her green eyes wide with shock. "That's Futago...," she murmured, her expression hardening.

"Dammit!" Rin cried, feeling the tears as they began to fall. "He fucking died because I was about to get a sword wound! It wouldn't have kill me, but he had to interfere!" She yelled angrily.

"If it wouldn't have killed you, then why the hell is Futago dead?" Her wings snapped open, making her look bigger and more threatening. The shadowy woman was beginning to get upset as well, but Rin didn't so much as flinch at the sudden, angry movement. She rose to her feet, Futago's hilt still clutched in her hand.

"Shut the hell up!" They stood across from each other, breathing heavily as the rush of adrenaline from the battle began to die down. Akuma's wings slowly closed, and her eyes began turning blue as sadness chased away the anger. Using her sleeve, Rin swiped away her tears. "I shouldn't have gotten involved. If I hadn't... He... He was right the whole time. I'm so stupid. I didn't listen to him..." She turned and slammed the broken sword into the trunk of the tree, resting her head against it as well.

"Fuck," she cursed beneath her breath, backing away. "Kuchiki's battle is off limits for now. We'll just wait and see how this turns out, I suppose."

Daisuke soon joined them, seeing that they were done fighting. Rin glanced at him when he landed beside her.

"How goes it?" She murmured.

"Menos keep coming, but the others are taking care of them. Just resting and observing now. How's Byakuya-sama's battle going?" He replied.

"Koga's as good as dead," she assured him. Her gaze fixated on Muramasa. "His reiatsu is still unstable. Is he going to call more Hollow?"

"I hope not. They're so weak, it's just another chore," he said with a small smirk.

"Hm. Maybe he'll start puking out stronger ones?" Rin suggested, forcing herself to return the smirk.

"I hope so. It'd make this battle a lot more fun. Well, for me. After all, you and Byakuya-sama took the strong guy, so you must of enjoyed yourself." Rin pinched the bridge of her nose and groaned.

"I wish... I was pinned to a tree the whole time..." When Daisuke started laughing, she scowled. "Shut up! It was strong kido!" She sighed, far too exhausted to be getting angry. "We should get back to fighting. All these Menos are going to be hard to keep track of, no matter how big they are. If even one gets away, it'll wreak havoc on Karakura Town."

"Right. Good idea. By the way, Rin, where's Futago? I saw him fighting with Akuma, but now she's over here and I can't see him." Daisuke sounded slightly concerned. His friend's eyes went downcast before flitting to the sword stuck in the tree.

"He died saving me," she said. "Koga went after me while I was pinned and Byakuya was trapped."

"Rin..." He rested a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry."

"I don't need your sympathy," she told him sharply, shrugging off his hand. Their conversation was interrupted when Muramasa's screams grew. Multitudes of Gillian appeared and began flying at those with reiryoka, including Rin and Daisuke. The woman exchanged a look with her zanpakuto, who nodded.

"Okay, let's do it. Bankai!" Akuma disappeared, melding into a huge rocket launcher on Rin's shoulder. Her outfit changed as well. She pulled down her visor before speaking.

"Death become them, Futago Akuma Dai!" With a single shot, she was able to obliterate a huge amount of the Gillian and even some of the Menos. Daisuke looked at her.

"I haven't seen you release Bankai in ages. You must really want this over and done with."

"My Bankai works better with large groups. My Shikai is the one that's for one on one fights," she replied simply. "We haven't fought this many enemies at once since Rukongai. I haven't had a good reason to release it since." Another shot. Another bunch of hollows defeated.

Her next shot was interrupted when scores of arrows began eradicating the hollows at an incredibly fast rate. The Quincy seemed to have gotten his act together and begun taking his job seriously. Rin scowled, but she didn't have the energy to get mad at the moment.

Meanwhile, Muramasa's screams of pain were stopped abruptly. Rin looked up, seeing that the zanpakuto's body had dissipated. In its place was black reiatsu that was condensing into a tight sphere. At that same moment, the dome made up of Byakuya's Bankai exploded, breaking the ice all around it. In the centre were Byakuya and Koga facing away from each other with their weapons raised.

Rin watched as Byakuya stumbled forward, fearing the worse but unable to move. Just as he fell, Senbonzakura materialized and caught him, keeping him on his feet. Blood spurted from Koga's wounds and he fell forward, barely keeping himself up with his spear. Unlike Byakuya, he had no ally to aid him. His hand reached out. He was saying something, but Rin was unable to hear. He fell forward, tumbling into the cold water.

Without delay, the woman went to her husband's side. He looked up when she approached, leaving her weapon to rest on the ice. Senbonzakura backed away when he gathered her into his embrace.

"Rin... I am sorry... I should not have kept this from you," he whispered.

"...Just shut up, idiot... I'm alive, you're alive, Koga's not, everything is right in the world. You don't need to apologize for things going right. I've already learned that the past is something to be remembered, not something to dwell upon," she chided, giving a small smile.

"And what of Futago?" He asked, pulling back. Though he didn't much appreciate the callous zanpakuto ever since learning of his true nature, he knew Rin had preferred him far more than Akuma. Plus, he would always be grateful for the spirit's sacrifice on Rin's behalf.

"I've fought with one pistol before... I guess I'll have to do it again." She shrugged, revealing far less hurt than she was feeling.

"Koga..." Senbonzakura spoke, catching their attention. "If he hadn't been so powerful, he never would have had such preposterous dreams."

Byakuya glanced at his zanpakuto. "That is the natural outcome for a weak hearted person who controls great power. In the end, the power will control them."

"He is the exact opposite of you. You were willing to sully your name by becoming a traitor to fight for your own beliefs."

"I'm pretty sure Kusojiji will forgive that. You didn't really turn traitor. I mean, he forgave me," said Rin.

"Hopefully you will be able to go back to where you belong," the zanpakuto spirit said, though there was doubt in his voice.

"...You speak too much, Senbonzakura." Said person's hands clenched into fists as Rin burst out laughing.
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