43 Return (1/2)

”Aaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!”

Yoruichi looked at the head as he screamed hysterically. She tried to stop him, but the dragon got in the way and now she could only look while the man seemingly powered up. Walking next to Yoruichi, Itsuki looked on but felt something weird. Just as he was about to question it the head took back his sword and looked upwards

”Hahahahahahahahaha, I feel power!!”

While the head was laughing, Yoruichi questioned Itsuki.

”Why doesn't he feel strong, is it because we are too weak that we can't feel his strength”

Shaking his head, Itsuki replied

”Probably adrenaline”

”Yeah look, the dragon also looks disappointed”

While this was happening, the head was in his own little world,

”Now with this I can finally go against Soul Society. Huehuehue, the man was right…”

Hearing this Yoruichi and Itsuki were shocked

””The man?!””

Turning to each other they gave a nod and made their moves.

”Itsuki, we need him alive. I was wondering how a small Fang clan could do this, but it seems there is someone else behind them. Take care of the dragon, I got this guy”

Itsuki thought of a certain man and made his way to the dragon. Yoruichi, instead, shunpoed onto the dragon and kicked the head off.

The dragon tried stopping Yoruichi but Itsuki got in its way. The two looked as each other as Itsuki got into an Iaido stance. The stare off continued for a while until both of them made their moves. The dragon leaped at Itsuki while swiping its claws, although it was humongous compared to the others, its speed was nothing to scoff at. Itsuki, however, followed every move of the dragon. His breathing slowed down along with his heart breath. Time seemed to slow as the claw got closer.

Just then Itsuki made his move, he unsheathed his sword and stepped forward with his opposite foot. However, mid-draw, he took another step with his adjacent foot, creating an instant acceleration similar to Shunpo but faster.

”Hiten mitsurugi-ryu ogi, Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki”

The dragon just saw a flash and was then somehow facing the sky. A confused look masked his face before a lifeless one. It never knew how it died.

Itsuki was behind it crouching slightly with his sword finally stopping at his side. Getting up, he felt a pull backwards, but he never turned around. It was just a vacuum. That was there if the strike was somehow dodged or even blocked so when the air rushed back in, they would be drawn to the user.

Sheathing his sword, he got back up and surveyed his surroundings. The head was caught with an unbelieving expression. Itsuki could tell what he was thinking, it was probably along the lines of 'How, I powered up and everything'. The others were finished off while Noel and Ninii were helping them out. With one left Noel got her gun and pointed at the last dragon

”Absolute Dragon Shatter!”

A beam of light was released and disintegrated the dragon. They finally relaxed after taking care of the final one. But this didn't last long as they prepared themselves once more and turned towards where Itsuki and Yoruichi were.

Turning with resolute faces, what entered their vision was nothing, looking around they saw the leader tied up with Itsuki and Yoruichi waiting for them. They were shook for a bit but let their guard down with helpless smiles.

Coming next to them Noel turned towards

”Itsuki-san didn't need help after all”

”hoo, first name basis”

Noel got flustered at Yoruichi's teasing and looked away. Seeing Itsuki's stoic face she felt somewhat disappointed. Trying to change the topic,

”So, where's the first dark dragon then?”

”What are you talking about? Its right the…”

Soi Fon pointed behind her while looking back only to see the dragon gone. Itsuki also looked back to see the same thing.

”Wha…!”

The dragon had somehow gone missing while the two were looking at Noel finishing of the last dragon. Itsuki hurriedly rushed back only to see a depression where the dragon had landed after being killed by him. Searching round, there was no evidence that the dragon had somehow revived and escaped. Suddenly, a glint flashed in the middle of the depression.

Itsuki didn't miss this and made his way towards it while keeping his left hand on his scabbard. This was something all practitioners did to be safe and ready in case they were ambushed. Naturally, Itsuki also picked it up.

Using his foot to sweep away the surrounding debris, Itsuki took out a metallic object. It wasn't exactly a metal but did look like it. It was an oval in shape and reminded Itsuki of something,

'An egg?'

”Is that an egg?”

Not knowing when, Yoruichi arrived next to Itsuki. She looked around, sniffed it couple of times and gave it back to Itsuki.

Seems like an egg to me. She then turned towards Noel and Ninii with a questioning look,

”What is this? Its most likely the dragon's but…”

”There hasn't been a case where a dark dragon has left behind an egg”

Out of sheer curiosity, Itsuki thought it would be a great idea to pour his reiatsu into the egg. Yoruichi noticed this but decided to keep silent. She also wanted to know what would happen, so she came next to Itsuki. For a second, it was as if a pair of cat ears and a tail seemed to show up on Yoruichi.

'Cu…'