66 Execution (1/2)

Itsuki then felt a clash of Reiatsu not far from where the two were running from.

'It seems that Mayuri is fighting Ishida'

Making his way to the first two sources of reiatsu, he saw a middle-aged Shinigami running while carrying a girl. The girl seemed out of it while the Shinigami had a panicked look on his face.

Itsuki then appeared in front of them, scaring the wits out of the Shinigami,

”C-c-c-captain M-m-m-Minamoto!!”

Itsuki just stared at the guy in front as he started trembling. The girl he was carrying had orange hair and two pieces of flower like hairpins that tucked her hair behind her ears. She had brown eyes and a curvaceous figure. She was one of the Ryoka, Inoue Orihime. The man suddenly slipped and fell back bringing Orihime with him. This seemed to wake her up as she slowly got up with her back facing Itsuki,

”I-it hurts, huh? Where am I?”

Looking round she got up and saw the man that knocked her unconscious was unconscious himself. His face was pale white as if he saw something extremely horrifying. Seeing this, she started talking to herself,

”Was he awed by my aura?”

Itsuki stumbled as he physically saw the optimism radiating from Orihime. She seemed unnaturally happy as she turned around with closed eyes and a smug look. Feeling someone in front of her she looked up only to see the figure of a man staring down at her.

Due to the moon being behind Itsuki, all she saw was a pair of beautiful gem like eyes that seemed to glow in the dark.

”Beautiful…”

A bit of light showed of Itsuki's white Haori as shock passed through Orihime.

'Captain!'

She now realised that the man wasn't petrified due to her but the figure in front.

She slowly started to take steps back as a determined look replaced her fearful one. She knew that she had to use her offensive technique even though she had a general dislike to it if she wanted to survive.

”Koten Zanshun!”

Itsuki saw a ray of light heading towards him from one of her hairpins as he caught it between his fingers.

Orihime was shocked as she looked worriedly at the spirit in Itsuki's hands. Itsuki started walking towards Orihime when she used another technique,

”Santen Kesshun!”

A barrier appeared in front of Itsuki as he disappeared and reappeared behind the barrier. Orihime was surprised as she started having more and more doubts about her power. Ishida-kun was able to go against a captain yet she couldn't.

Itsuki noticed that the strength in the lights of her spirits seemed to dull. Each step he took caused an increase amount of pressure on Orihime as she found it harder and harder to breath. She slowly fell on her knees while looking at Itsuki with a face devoid of hope.

”Scared?”

Orihime couldn't respond and she only looked at the ice like eyes the figure possessed. Suddenly, Orihime felt all the pressure disappear as she regained her ability to breathe before collapsing.

”It's good you are scared, don't run away from your fear, rather embrace it. It shows your weakness. Only the one who acknowledges their weakness has the right to call themselves strong.”

This was a first time for Itsuki to do something like this. Orihime Inoue had the ability to repel phenomenon itself and her healing ability even trespassed into god's territory as it was stated by Aizen himself. He naturally coveted this kind of ability. The ability was a must have for the enemies he would face in the future.

He felt kind of ashamed using a speech he heard from a show in his previous life.

Looking at the two collapsed people, he felt another source of reiatsu behind him,

”Suki-Suki, what are you doing?”

A rare, helpless look came onto Itsuki's face when he heard this. Turning around he saw Yachiru show up behind him. Itsuki wasn't great with kids so he just disappeared, he didn't want to get caught up with the whims of a child. Also, his job here was done. Yachiru was one of the few that was immune to his charms, Itsuki just attributed her immunity to her childish mindset.

Seeing Itsuki disappear, Yachiru showed a sad expression before looking at the two collapsed figures,

”Maki-Maki…”

Itsuki then later felt Toshiro's and Gin's reiatsu clashing but didn't act, instead, he made his way to the 13th Division where Shunsui, Ukitake and Byakuya were already there.

- Unknown Location -

Ichigo had currently woken up and was shouting at Yoruichi for not bringing Rukia. Yoruichi got pissed off at Ichigo's attitude,

”Shut up! It was impossible for me to get Rukia, did you see who was holding her!”

”That pretty boy? The one with the weird eyes?”

”Yes, currently you are not Byakuya's match, let alone him.”

”If he decided to make a move, let alone you even I wouldn't have been able to escape. Did you forget what Zaraki told you before you lost consciousness?”