"Why did you leave me, you should have taken me with you, I would have followed you anywhere!" Soifon said with tears streaming down her face and sluggishly attacked her former mentor and superior.
Yoruichi looked downtrodden at the accusation, knowing what she had done was wrong and hurtful for her student and not so secret admirer, but she could not afford the thought of her cute subordinate being hunted down by the Soul Society. She could somehow take care of herself and avoid detection, but Soifon could not do that at the time.
"Listen Soifon, I know what I did was wrong and hurtful but it was for your own good" The dark skinned woman reasoned, dodging her sluggish attacks with ease.
"Shouldn't I be the one to decide that?"
Yoruichi couldn't help but sweatdrop at the intensity of the punches and kicks after she said that. Before they could talk even more 'intimately', a blur impacting the ground near their position and the destruction of several trees alerted them.
The smoke cleared to reveal a bleeding Head Captain lying on the ground with several tree splinters and shards embedded in his body. Yoruichi and Soifon couldn't believe their eyes, the Head Captain being defeated so badly? Just who could've done something like that? Only Jushiro and Shunsui were up against the old man, but even they didn't have the power to wound the Captain this badly.
The answer to their question was soon answered when a blur arrived at mind-boggling speed at the sight of impact and simply hovered above the prone form of the bleeding old man. A shirtless Haruto was hovering above the earth, with his crimson red hair fluttering in the wind, his hands behind his back and an impassive look on his normally cheerful and grinning face.
Soifon couldn't keep a blush from creeping up her face when she witnessed the epitome of perfection. The sheer broadness of his shoulders, the bulginess of his arms and the feral and regal look on his face was proving too hard to resist, not to mention that he was the apparent reason for the old man's bleeding form.
Such power was intoxicating and alluring in every sense of the word.
Yoruichi would've smirked at her subordinate drooling if she wasn't in the same position as her cute former Lieutenant. She knew Haruto was a perfect specimen of the opposite gender, but now she was sure that he was better than perfect.
Man, that guy was absolutely eatable.
Soifon snapped out of her dazed and drooling state and took a defensive position in front of the old man, giving a discreet signal to her Stealth Force. Her Ninja-like subordinates surrounded the mysterious hunk of a guy with their swords drawn and ready to attack with a slight twitch of movement.
Hunk or not, no one attacked her home and got away with it!
Haruto raised an eyebrow at the black uniform wearing Shinigamis, wondering if they were sure of their victory already, if the smug expressions on their faces were any indication. Just because they had him surrounded didn't mean a thing in the end.
"Step aside."
The Stealth Force shivered from the cold and demonic voice of the stranger and were almost ready to flee, but the presence of their Captain and commander was giving them a tiny bit confidence
"Halt Ryoka, you're under arrest for invading the Seireitei and attacking the Head Captain. As the Commander of the Stealth Force and Captain of Squad 2, it's my duty to put you behind bars." Soifon declared firmly.
Haruto didn't even blink, too focused on the struggling form of the old man trying to get up from the rubble he had dumped him into.
"I have no desire to cause you any harm, my business is with the arrogant old man lying there like a dog. Step aside." Haruto stated coldly, not keen on wasting his time on mere Shinigamis.
"Unfortunately, we cannot do that. Are you coming quietly or should we use force?" The petite woman frowned and tried hard to keep her face from heating up. Just being in the vicinity of his body was giving her some unfamiliar sensations.
"By all means, use force, though I assure you, the results will not be…. pleasant "
"Attack!"
The Stealth Force dashed forward with their swords drawn and impaled the motionless Haruto from all sides while he gazed on impassively. However, to the shock of everyone present, not a drop of blood was shed from the redhead's body.
"You're blocking my view."
Soifon's eyes widened in barely concealed shock and horror when she witnessed her soldiers being flung around like ragdolls from an invisible force. The redhead was hovering in his place without even bothering to uncross his hands from behind his back while her soldiers were thrown away as if they were mere insects.
This cannot be! He isn't even moving from his place! She thought in shock
Haruto pointed a finger at the petite woman.
"W-what!" she gasped in shock. Her body was suddenly being attracted towards his pointing finger like iron to a magnet, and the surprising part was that she couldn't stop it no matter how much she tried.
Haruto was quite surprised by her resistance, but that little bit of resistance wouldn't do her any good. Increasing the power of the attraction, Soifon was thrown towards his outstretched hand with a yelp. He gave her a sudden look with his gleaming red demonic eyes and her body froze in mid-air in front of him.
"So you're the Captain of Squad 2 and the Commander of the Stealth Force, quite impressive for someone of your age." Haruto praised and gave her a once over with his red slitted eyes.
Soifon tried hard to keep the inevitable blush from rising up her face but was failing miserably due to the closeness of his body with hers. His body looked perfect from afar, but it looked utterly astonishing from up close. A slight twitch of movement did wonders to his body as well as hers, in a different way of course.
"W-what of it?" she stuttered, struggling to free herself from the invisible restrains.
"Merely a compliment, no need to be so defensive."
"I don't need compliments from the likes of you!" she spat out with a faint blush on her face.
A red shield suddenly sprung up around the two as an enormous stream of blazing inferno shot towards them from the ground. Soifon couldn't believe what she was seeing. The Head Captain had meant to sacrifice her to kill Haruto with that attack; her own Captain had tried to kill her just to kill a mere Ryoka! Did he even stop to think before he attacked?
"Are you alright?" Haruto asked impassively, the shield dissipating away as he spoke.
It was true that the old man detested traitors and invaders, but that same invader had just saved her life from the very person she had devoted her entire life for. Was this the reward she got for serving the Soul Society? Was this the reward she got for trying to defend his sorry and beaten wrinkly old ass? Her respect and devotion to her duty and the old man took a major blow.
"I-I am fine" she stated unsurely, still dazed over the fact that she was about to be used as a sacrifice to kill a Ryoka.
"Naruko, catch!" Haruto stated and raised his hand above head.
Soifon was thrown upward to the hovering Sofa with Yoruichi following closely behind. Sitting on the floating furniture, she tried to get her mind around the events occurring around her. Yoruichi placed her hand on her former subordinate's shoulder and smiled comfortingly.
"Hi there, nice of you to join us." The lazy Captain drawled and waved his hand lazily at the two Shinigamis.
Apparently Naruko had deemed it her job and duty to supply them with sake since the two Captains were sipping away. Nanao had refused to drink any, too stressed and focused over the fight to even think about getting drunk.
"Want some?"
Soifon and Yoruichi couldn't help but sweatdrop.
"You sicken me. To sacrifice your own subordinate in order to kill your enemy is beyond forgivable." Haruto said coldly, eyeing the wobbly and bleeding form of the old man, trying to stand straight.
"I'll sacrifice anything and anyone to kill my enemies, regardless of their personal connection with me. My duty to the Soul Society comes first." The old man declared firmly and wiped the blood dripping down from his lips.
"Prepare yourself then."
This time Yamamoto was prepared for the upcoming attack and blocked it with his forearm, however that turned out to be the worst mistake he had ever made. The bones in his forearm felt as though they have been struck by a speeding meteor, it cracked and squeaked like wood under a heavy load.
"Arrrgh"
Haruto retracted his hand back to its former position and stood silently, watching the grimacing and scowling face of the old man with an odd sense of satisfaction as he held his now broken and useless arm. A twitch of movement beneath his feet alerted the old man to an attack, he had long enough to jump and avoid being impaled by a sand spear emerging from the ground
"I'll not tolerate this insult anymore." He bellowed.
Bakudo#61: Rikujokoro
The old man raised his unharmed hand and summoned six thin but wide beams of light that slammed into Haruto's midsection, holding him in place.
Bakudo#63: Hyappo Rankan
A rod formed of energy appeared in the old man's hand as he threw it towards Haruto. Before reaching the unmoving redhead, the rod disintegrated into numerous short rods which pinned Haruto to the surrounding, while the redhead simply raised an eyebrow as if asking 'that's it?'
"All these spells are sure to hold you long enough for me to show you my true power." Yamamoto declared smugly.
Hado#54: Haien
An enormous blast of purple Spiritual Energy shot towards the seemingly restrained Haruto and created a large inferno.
Hado#58: Tenran
A widening tornado-like blast was shot towards Haruto, increasing the volume of the fire surrounding him from the first Hado spell
Hado#88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho
An enormous blast of Spiritual energy was shot at Haruto like the last time, covering the already huge crater with more smoke and fire.
"I never imagined the day would come when I had to use this spell, but against you, I must. Though I should warn you, a spell casted without incantation is effective but not strong, however, when used with incantation, its power and destructive power increases ten folds. Now bear witness to the most horrifying Technique you will ever see."
The Head Captain raised his index finger above his head. "The crest of turbidity, seeping out. An insolent vessel of madness. Boiling up, denying, numbness, blinking, obstructing slumber. The steel princess who creeps. The mud doll, ever disintegrating. Unite! Oppose! Filling the earth, know your own impotence."
Hado#90: Kurohitsugi
A gigantic box of black energy formed around the smoke covered area where Haruto was, covering the entirety of the surrounding in its black and dark confines. Numerous black spears of dark energy formed outside the box and pierced the black box from all sides and corners.
The Shinigamis above couldn't believe their eyes. The Head Captain had just used a no#90 level Kido on a human, granted a monstrous human, but a human nonetheless. They hadn't seen the No#90 Kido in their entire life and it was terrifying to say the least.
No one would survive being impaled from all sides with no way out.
The old man was panting from exhaustion and pain, seeing as using that many Hados and Bakudos at the same time was no simple task. This battle had taken more from him than any other battle ever had or ever will. He would not deny the fact that this boy had more power and strength than all his Captains combined.
If his Ryujin Jakka couldn't hurt him, he had a feeling nothing will. He had never thought a day would come when he had to use a Level 90 Kido on someone yet this human had forced him to use it as well as other powerful Kido spells.
The smoke covered area slowly cleared and revealed a truly astonishing sight. The ground or more like crater was gigantic, reaching far and wide to the distance, a testament to the Head Captains power. Everything around the crater was blackened and scorched; the trees that used to grow there reduced to nothing but flicker of ash, the once lush and green forest now a huge scar of pitch black soil.
The cold blond was nowhere to be found, not a trace of his presence, pointing towards the only conclusion.
He was dead!
Shunsui pulled the large trimmed hat over his eyes in sorrow for the redhead while the others like Nanao, Soifon and Yoruichi couldn't believe that someone who had beaten the Head Captain like a dog was no more. It seems even someone as enormous as Haruto was no match for the ancient Captain.
"Well, Jushiro, it seems it's our turn to fight." He whispered lazily, not truly showing what he was feeling right now.
"It seems so." It seems Jushiro was of the same opinion. If someone like Haruto couldn't defeat the old man, then they had no chance whatsoever.
Naruko rolled her eyes in resignation. Why give the old fool a false sense of victory?
Yamamoto's eyes widened to impossible proportion when a familiar monstrous pressure sent him kneeling to the ground due its sheer intensity This is not possible! No one should be able to survive that, not while being restrained!
Raising his eyes to the source of the pressure, his already wide eyes almost bugged out from its sockets when he saw the redhead floating in the sky without a scratch on his body. What was even more terrifying was the intense red lightening cloak surrounding his body like a second skin, sparkling and flashing randomly, his cold red eyes even more pronounced and intense from the red lightening cloak.
"A mere Shinigami thinking that he had defeated me just by adding a few nonsensical words to a pathetic display of power! I don't know whether I should be amused or insulted by your complete lack of insight." The booming voice from the sky startled the unaware Shinigamis sitting on the flying furniture and caused the old man to drop to his knees in absolute shock.
They couldn't believe their eyes, couldn't possibly comprehend the sheer power the blond possessed. To be able to stand up to a Level 90 Kido while being restrained no less!
The old man's mind simply stopped working properly due to his shock induced state. His eyes wide like saucers, his body slumped to the ground in servitude, his arms hanging loosely beside his thighs. His mind could not come to terms with what he had seen and witnessed today.
A mere human with the power to make the Head Captain look like a child! A human able to thwart the attacks of Kidos as if they were nothing but nuisance! A human able to withstand a Kido able to warp Time and Space itself without a scratch on his body!
Numbness
Hopelessness
Bleakness
Seeing as he had traumatized the Head Captain long enough, Haruto slowly descended to the ground and landed in front of the kneeling old man. He had nothing against the ancient Shinigami; he simply loathed the arrogance and pride with which he carried himself, believing himself to be the ultimate force of the world with power unsurpassable.
He had seen enough arrogance in his younger days to put up with it any further. Uchiha Sasuke was the prime example of his hatred. The arrogant boy had everything he wanted, yet he had betrayed his village to gain more power from a pedophilic Sannin, all for the sake of killing his brother, without even taking into account the events surrounding the genocide of his family.
Haruto extended his hand and grabbed the unmoving old man by the throat and raised him to air, slowly floating upward.
"Tell me Yamamoto, what has your power accomplished in this fight? Did it do you any good? Do you still believe yourself to be unbeatable? Do you see any scratch on my body let alone a wound to make me believe this so called unsurpassable power that you claim to possess ?" Haruto thundered in his cold and detached voice while the Head Captain gazed at him with dull half closed eyes.
Floating even higher until he reached the same height as that of the flying throne. "I'm pure power incarnate; I have spent millenniums roaming the world, keeping it balanced. I was fighting in wars when you were nothing but a mere twinkle in your ancestor's eyes. I have destroyed arrogant fools like you who made your power look like child play with a mere thought, yet you have the audacity to challenge me? In my eyes, you're nothing but a mere child, a child whose power has gone to his head, one who has become too arrogant to see his mistakes "
The Shinigamis eyes widened in mindboggling shock and amazement.
He was that old!?
"Remember old man, just because you're strong doesn't mean that others are weak. Discard your useless arrogance and pride, train to protect your subordinates rather than to stand to the side while they fight for their lives."
Yamamoto looked to the side with his half-closed eyes. What he had said was impossible to comprehend. The boy had been acting so idiotic at first and then suddenly he had become unbeatable!
He now truly realized the warning his student had delivered to him. His student always had keen and perceptive eyes, able to see and intercept things others could not. Why would someone with so much power act so dumb one second and become a monster another? With his power, bringing peace and stability to the world would be laughingly easy!
"All Gotei 13 Captains, Lieutenants and seated officers, May I have your attention please? And also the Ryokas! This is Squad 4 Lieutenant Kotetsu Isane with an urgent announcement! Listen closely as the message will not be repeated. This is an emergency report from Captain Unohana regarding the traitor in our midst. As grim as this may sound, what I'm about to tell you is the truth!" The truths revealed had the Head Captain and the rest of Shinigamis trembling with barely suppressed rage and shock.
"This cannot be!" The old man whispered in shock while Haruto simply hummed in thought.
It seems Aizen had made his move.
Haruto descended the old man back to the ground and placed his hand on his bleeding chest, ignoring his students protest to not kill the Head Captain.
The Head Captain suddenly felt as though he was ready to take on the world by himself, every cell in his body felt rejuvenated and energized, the blood and wounds all over his body disappeared, his broken bones mended together. He looked down at his body and was amazed to find it without any wounds or blood, even his black Shinigami clothes as well as his Captain cloak was restored.
The others sighed in relief when they saw that Haruto had restored the old man instead of killing him, except Naruko who thought Haruto should have just killed him or at the very least maim him.
The ancient Shinigami gave the strange redhead a confused look, wondering why he had healed when a second ago he was ready to kill him. "I healed you so you're ready to fight should Aizen prove a problem to your subordinates."
The Head Captain disappeared without saying a word, not commenting on the fact that his tone had changed once again, followed by his two students to the Soukyuko Hill.
Haruto sighed and slowly floated up to the hovering throne. Soifon and Yoruichi gave the redhead a somewhat wary look when he gazed at them with his red eyes, and frankly he couldn't blame them for being scared of him. "No need to be so wary, you two, especially you Yoruichi. You know me better than that."
"I have to say I'm surprised. You don't seem confused or surprised to see me in this form considering that you haven't seen it before." She said with genuine surprise while Haruto sat on his throne beside Naruko.
Haruto showed a soft smile that caused both Shinigamis to feel some sort of heat generated in their bodies. "I told you before, I can see anything. I believe transformation comes into the category of 'anything'."
"Want some?" Naruko raised a sake bottle in a questioning gesture, Haruto gave her a grateful smile and took it.
"Shouldn't you two be helping your comrades?" Soifon palmed her face in embarrassment. She couldn't believe she had forgotten about her duty to the Soul Society during and after the fight as she was too curious to actually meet the hunky redhead in person, not in combat.
Giving her mentor and the hunky redhead one last look, she disappeared with a faint blush on her face, followed shortly by Yoruichi.
Haruto simply smiled at the cute Captain!