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Zanpakuto Tales	By : shadoesong Category: Bleach > General Views: 1542 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 9

"Why am I not surprised that you're up here causing trouble, Akuma?" Rin rubbed her eyes with one hand, the other planted on her hip. "You're a fucking pain in the ass."

"Right back at you, bitch! I can do whatever I want, now that I'm free of you!" The shadowy woman snarled, baring her teeth in a beast like fashion. Rin smirked.

"Oh? You don't look so free right now," she taunted.

"Fuck you! I'll kill you!" Akuma screeched, starting her struggles anew.

"Good luck with that." Rin's expression then turned serious. "Now. Why don't you explain to me exactly what raccoon face is planning."

"You think me so disloyal?" The spirit snarled, insulted.

"No, but I never thought you'd actually listen to someone unless you were forced to. Why did you leave me for him?" Akuma snorted with laughter.

"You make it sound like I dumped you, you poor little bitch. You want to know the reason I left you? I left you because he promised me everything I could ever want. My blade has finally tasted the blood it thirsts for, and not by your goddamn will. But, I am in no way 'following' him. He isn't my leader. Why do you think I am here, rather than waiting back at base like he ordered us?"

"..." Rin closed her eyes and sighed briefly. "I see. I'm pretty disappointed in you. I thought I could trust you, and you let me down."

"Liar! You ignore us, both Futago and me! We tried to tell you about the voice, Rina, but you wouldn't listen! You acted as if you couldn't hear either of us! You completely disregarded anything Futago and I said! Why should we work with you if you treat us like shit?" Akuma yelled back. Her reiatsu was rising steadily and she was struggling mightily to free herself.

"What?" The woman hissed, startled. "You never said anything! I can't visit my inner world or even communicate with you anymore!"

"How can I possibly believe you?" Akuma shrieked. Her eyes blazed red with fury. Unlike Jinsoku Koshi and Aika, her connection with Rin was broken by Aizen. She could not sense the truth that Rin spoke. "I'll kill you! You'll pay for abandoning Futago and I! You'll forever regret ignoring our words!"

Rin leapt back when the zanpakuto spirit broke the seals. She drew her swords in preparation. Even if she was having trouble sensing what her zanpakuto felt, she knew her well enough to realize that Akuma was itching for a fight. The only way this was going to end was with Akuma's will bowing to her, or Rin's death by the former's blade.

The woman grunted when their swords connected. Rin's eyes widened when Akuma manifested another sword and jabbed at her face. She dodged, but still received a deep cut across the bridge of her nose and beneath her eye, cutting her bangs as well. They separated.

"How...? You never manifested another sword before!" The Captain demanded to know.

"That is because I only had access to my own abilities when you fought me for Bankai. Futago's on my side now, we fight together even if he isn't here. I'm able to use two swords, manifest two pistols... as well as use Bankai," Akuma purred. "While you can't."

"I beg to differ!" Rin crossed her swords in front of her. "Rain down the fire of hell, Futago Akuma!" Akuma's eyes widened when two pistols manifested into her former master's grip. Rin grinned at the spirit.

"Shall we continue?" She purred sweetly. With an enraged scream, the zanpakuto manifested her own pistols. Blows were exchanged at high speed, with both sides receiving and giving wounds. Though, Rin's lack of speed left her at a disadvantage, but the wound Aika had dealt Akuma was slowing her, as well. She wasn't used to moving around so much as she fought.

Rin gasped, the breath driven from her, when a loose ball of fire slammed into her chest. She screamed in pain as it quickly began burning through the fabric of her shihakusho down to her flesh. Patting it out with her hand, she manage to spare herself the worst of the burns. Panting, Rin narrowed her eyes to glare at her zanpakuto.

"I knew... I should have... deflected it..." She said between breaths. "But..." She tucked one pistol into her sash and summoned her mask. She grasped the pistol once more. "Now I know better."

"Right... That blasted mask," Akuma hissed. "But can you deflect more than just one, Rina?" At that, she disappeared. Rin's eyes widened when, all around her, balls of fire came hurtling at her. She threw her pistols to the side and slammed her hands into the ground.

"Sekienton!" Red smoke blasted from the point of impact, obscuring the area. Knowing exactly where her pistols were, Rin rolled forward and grabbed them. She yelped in surprise when she was sent tumbling down a nearby cliff. But she was soon on her feet. She pointed both pistols at the red cloud of smoke.

"Hado #73: Soren Sokatsui!" On each pistol a ball of blue energy formed. All of the sudden, Rin's eyes widened and she doubled over, coughing up blood. Behind, Akuma stood with her swords going through her former master's stomach.

"You expected to distract me with that kido and kill me using a high level area attack, hm? I wasn't tricked. Now, I'll finish you off-" Akuma's eyes widened when Rin turned and pointed one of her pistols at her.

"Should have waited until the spell went off, bitch." Rin pressed the trigger and the kido, mixed with her own ball of reiatsu, slammed into Akuma, sending her flying. Rin fell to her knees, shivering at the cold metal still lodged in her ribs. They shimmered and disappeared. When Rin glanced behind her, Akuma was in her unreleased sword form, sticking out of the ground.

Using her other sword, now sealed, Rin pushed herself up on shaky legs. She stumbled over to Akuma and rested her hand on the hilt. Despite her grievous wounds that still splattered blood across the ground, Rin smirked triumphantly.

"You're pathetic, Akuma. Your temper makes you rash and easy to trick. You attack without thinking as much as you should. How about we call a truce?"

...Pfft. I let you win. Fighting you was boring, so I decided I might as well end it. Rin's eyes widened in slight surprise.

"So the connection has been reinstated?" She asked.

For the most part. I'm sure you find it hard to hear me, and I can't sense your emotions as well as I used to before that bastard Aizen fucked with us. At least we can talk outside of the inner world. That bastard raccoon face muddled my mind, made me believe lies.

"You actually sound peaceful for once..." Rin murmured incredulously.

Shut up! You want me to fucking kill you?

"That's better." Rin looked up, her eyes betraying nothing. "I can sense Kurosaki. Let's go help before he gets himself killed." The sword glowed and transformed into Akuma's human form. Rin jumped.

"W-what? What the hell? I defeated you, you stay in sword form!"

"Like hell!" Akuma snapped. "I'm not staying in your fucking sheath! I'm fighting myself, dammit! Now hurry up, I want to get to the good stuff!" Rin smirked at the woman.

"Fine, let's go-" Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and the fell forward in a dead faint. Akuma caught her gently, her eyes glowing a warm, green colour.

"Maybe we should head back..." She whispered, hefting her master into her arms and disappearing.

"You are certain he will be okay?" Hyourinmaru asked Captain Unohana.

"Yes. He has overexerted himself. All he needs is rest to regain his strength." The Captain then quietly left the room. Jinsoku Koshi and Toshiro had been put into the same room since space was at a minimum. Aika looked up at the ice dragon.

"Trust me, he'll be fine. We should let them rest." She stood up from the kirin's bed and walked over to him. Only when she took his icy hand in hers did he look at her. He remembered her aversion to the cold. He nodded and let himself be guided out of the room.

"You must be hungry." Aika ignored the curious glances the zanpakuto spirit received as they made their way to her temporary office. Knowing her Lieutenant, he had probably set out some food for her.

"Hungry? Is this what I'm feeling?" The ice dragon unconsciously put his hand on his stomach.

"It'll help you replenish reiatsu, as well," the short woman added.

"Then we should make sure there is food for when my master and Jinsoku Koshi wake." Aika smiled at his serious tone. She let him enter first when they arrived at her office. As he sat on the couch, The small Captain put on some water to boil for tea. Since Rin was well known for her appetite and mooching skills, Izuru made sure there was more than enough food for two.

"Muramasa had wiped your memories?" When Hyourinmaru nodded she continued. "Didn't Jinsoku remember who you were?"

"He told me that I seemed familiar, as he was to me, but he could not remember my name."

"He had to have done something to the memories of the other zanpakuto, as well. The zanpakuto spirits of Rangiku and Hinamori-san should have recognized you." Aika shook her head. The long day was catching up to her now that she had time to relax and have something to eat. She decided that the other Captains could wait until morning to hear her report.

"I think I will turn in for the night. Are you heading back to the room?" She wanted to climb in beside Jinsoku Koshi and fall asleep. She didn't want to admit it out loud but she was worried, as well. Aika Now knew what it was like for Jinsoku when he healed her. She could feel the reiatsu being pulled from her to aid in his healing. With that in mind, she snagged some food to eat on the way back.

"Yes. I will accompany you." Hyourinmaru stood to hold the door open for the small woman.

Jinsoku Koshi and Toshiro hadn't stirred while they were gone. Just as Aika had assured the ice dragon. Still, he was a lot more at ease now that he could keep a direct eye on his sleeping master and injured friend. Hyourinmaru watched as Aika settled. She fell asleep immediately. He had felt frustrated that he could not ease Jinsoku's despair at his perceived betrayal by his master. He felt content for the first time since this mess had happened.
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