65 Ignored (1/2)
The intruder was surprisingly Aizen Sosuke,
”Aren't you supposed to be missing, Captain Itsuki?”
”Aren't you supposed to be dead, Captain Aizen?”
Aizen was surprised at first before a small laugh escaped his mouth as he looked at Itsuki,
”I died after you entered here, it seems you had calculated it from the beginning. How long were you suspi- no, that doesn't matter now. Still, I didn't expect you to find this place…”
Aizen's smile left his face as he continued,
”…It seems you've read all of it, quite a fast reader, aren't you, Minamoto Itsuki?”
Itsuki just stayed quiet as he looked at the man in front of him, someone whose plans and machinations run deeper than the abyss. A table and two chairs were prepared with a chess set on top. Itsuki was white and Aizen was black.
Leaving the Daireishokairo, Itsuki looked back at the meeting with Aizen, as he felt a shudder pass through his heart. Itsuki felt it was the correct decision that he never underestimated Aizen since the beginning. Each move made, each word spoken had numerous interpretations and numerous back up plans. He wondered how Ichigo defeated him in the end. That game of chess gave Itsuki a glimpse of a master strategist and the only reason that match ended up in a draw was due to him using his mental abilities.
Itsuki then remembered how they ended it,
”Itsuki, knowing your capabilities, you would have already started forming a plan, want to make a bet?”
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as numerous Onmitsukido members appeared around him,
”Captain!!!”
Itsuki just nodded as he carried on walking with the news of what had happened coming in one by one,
”8th Division Captain had apprehended a Ryoka.”
”11th Division Captain was defeated by a Ryoka.”
It seemed the fight between Zaraki and Ichigo had just finished. Itsuki then dismissed the guard and made his way towards a certain location. Arriving there, he felt two different sources of Reiatsu as he walked in. An orange haired youth was lying unconscious as a black cat lay a distance away. Itsuki then picked up the cat and shunpoed away.
Arriving at a cliff side, Yoruichi was surprised by the change of scenario before she felt the all too familiar patting on her head. She then purred in satisfaction and stayed in her cat form. Yoruichi didn't feel like changing as they were out in the open, since being with Itsuki caused her to become more reserved.
Staying there for a while, they felt a reiatsu fluctuation indicating the kid waking up. Yoruichi just rubbed her head on him before she left. Itsuki looked at her leave before he felt Byakuya's reiatsu fluctuating. It seemed to be towards the shrine of penitence where Rukia was currently being held.
But before he left, he made Seikyo stay and overlook Yoruichi as he clearly remembered this scene from the anime. Fortunately for Itsuki, their seemed to be some changes as Yoruichi didn't just reveal her human form blatantly in front of Ichigo but did it behind a screen of some sort.
Itsuki then made his way to Byakuya's location. A bridge was present leading to a circular building with small windows that viewed the execution grounds. The Shrine of penitence was where death row would stay, look at their execution grounds and reflect on what they did.
It seemed that Ganju had just run out on to the bridge and protected Yamada Hanataro. Hanataro was a short Shinigami with black, chin-length hair and blue eyes. he had a simple expression and looked like someone easy to be duped. Shiba Ganju, however, was a tall, muscular guy that wore a white top beneath a green vest, green bandana and a pair of goggles. He wore black pants and had bags containing various types of fireworks around his waist.
It seemed that Byakuya had just arrived as Ganju threw Hanataro back while Rukia also ran out. She was wearing a pure white kimono made for prisoners and a red collar made to stop her from recovering Reiatsu. Turning back to Byakuya, Ganju shouted,
”Let's do this, young master. Your enemy is me!”
Byakuya was unperturbed by the sarcastic comment as he looked at the man in front of him.
”I felt a fluctuation of Reiatsu here and thought what kind of warrior was hiding his reiatsu, but it was just a tiny bug.”
Rukia seemed to understand her brother as she tried to stop the man,
'That's Kaien-dono's little brother…'
The words never left her mouth as she collapsed due to her reiatsu being sapped away by the cell. Itsuki, made his entrance as he appeared behind Ganju. Ganju had just seen Itsuki's shadow when a sword went through his heart.
Ganju had barely enough time to react as he suddenly lost all feeling in his body and started to collapse. His heart slowly died out as the time between the beats got longer and longer.
Ba dum…Ba dum...Ba dum....
'I'm sorry, Aniki'
Suddenly, Ganju came back to himself as he could see himself being propped up by his own two hands. Cold sweat could be seen creating a puddle beneath him as he slowly lost consciousness.
None of the others felt Itsuki release his reiatsu and just saw Ganju collapse on his own.
Byakuya and Itsuki looked at each other as Itsuki gave him a nod and appeared in front of Rukia picking her up. Hanataro went to help Ganju as Byakuya looked at him.
”What are you doing?”
Hanataro was stumped by the question as he saw Byakuya lifting his sword. Hanataro started trembling but was able to gather some courage and kept his stand. Byakuya was about to swing his sword when a hand suddenly stopped him,
”Dear, oh dear. How dangerous?”
Rukia who was lost in being princess carried by Itsuki, came back to her senses and was surprised at the newcomer,
”Captain Ukitake…”
”Yo, Kuchiki. You've lost a little weight. You okay?”
Byakuya turned around and looked at Ukitake,
”What are you doing, Ukitake?”
”Hey, hey, that's my line…”
Before he could continue, a captain level reiatsu was felt. Ukitake was surprised as was Byakuya because they couldn't recognise the reiatsu.
”What is this, Reiatsu?!”
Rukia, who was still in Itsuki's arms, recognised the reiatsu,
”This reiatsu… it can't be…”