Endings and Beginnings ch.17

Endings and Beginnings ch.17

Chapter 17
Choices

Daisuke was still wearing the pants of an Arranacar. He put on the top of the soul reaper robes and tore off the sleeves. He didn’t want to be near anyone that might suspect something. He was still standing on the far left of the Sokyoku.

“Why…? Why did Deva have to go there? What’s going on?” Daisuke kept asking himself question he didn’t know the answers to.

“So… What are you going to do?” Kakumey asked, she was sitting on the far right of the Sokyoku. A wind and her blonde hair looked dazzling.

“How long have you been there?”

“Long enough… Why are you still wearing those pants?”

“I’m keeping them a reminder of what I saw in Hueco Mundo.”

“What did you see?”

“I can’t tell you that… I just can’t…”

“All right, but what if we fight? If I win you tell me what you saw.”

“No, I’m going to fight you. I won’t tell you, I can’t tell you.”

The two fell silent. They just stood on opposite ends of the Sokyoku staring out at the delicate scene of the Seireitei. The sun was starting to set.

“You saw Deva there, didn’t you?” She asked, sadness was etched into every feature of her body, tears ran down her cheeks. “I had a dream last night that you were there, in Hueco Mundo and she… was one of them…” She bit her lower lip.

Daisuke just nodded, he glanced at her. She looked as if she were having a breakdown. He walked over to her and sat down beside her. He put an arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. “It’s alright… Everything’s going to be all right.” He resisted the urge to kiss on the top of her head because he knew she wouldn’t like that.

Kakumey put her arms around his body. She cried openly into his chest. “What are you going to do, Daisuke?” She asked through broken sobs.

He was silent for a moment. “I don’t know, I just don’t know…” A tear dropped from his cheek and landed on the top of her head.

The two stood there holding each other for a long moment until Daisuke broke the silence.

“Come out, stop hiding all of you.” Daisuke turned away from Kakumey. Uryu from behind a tree pushing his glasses onto the bridge of his nose and Chad followed him. Ichigo came crashing down from a branch of the same tree. Orihime walked out from behind a bush and Yachiru jumped onto her head. “There’s one more person hiding…” The people that came out of their hiding placed exchanged glances. “Stop hiding… None of us are looking for a fight but I’ll give you one if you don’t come out.” Nothing happened and the scene grew still. “Alright… Here I come.” He gently pushed Kakumey away from him and drew his zanpakuto.

As soon as the sword cleared it’s scabbard and with fiery hair walked out of the woods. He drew his sword. “You might not be looking for a fight… but I am!” The man screamed. He was dressed in Soul Reaper clothes but he had part of a hollow mask on his face. It was formed around his left eye and stretched to the back of his head. A small bit of the mask went down to his chin and made it look like he had a goatee.

“A vizard… I guess it’s safe to assume you know what I am as well.”

“Yes, I do and I also know about the young man with the orange hair… He’s one of us as well.”

“All right, know that we know about each other tell what exactly you want?” Ichigo broke into the conversation drawing his Zangetsu.

“I am a bit of a missionary… I don’t know what my name is nor do I wish to find out. All I’m here for is to recruit both you. I’ve even been given the privilege to kill both of you if you refuse, or to convince you through other means.”

“Recruit us…?” Daisuke asked quietly to himself.

“Recruit us for what exactly?” Ichigo asked loudly.

“I am from an organization of vizards… vizards that gave in to their hollows and are that much stronger because of it… If we had Sans on our side nothing could stand in our way as for Zangetsu he’s just a prize.”

“I’m afraid I must respectively decline… Before you leave I want you to deliver a message to your boss.” Daisuke broke off the sentence and used a flash step to get behind the vizard, he slashed but was blocked by the vizard’s sheath with little effort.

“Getsuga Tensho!” Ichigo yelled as he slashed his sword, a streak of blue spirit energy shot from the slash. The vizard got away from the attack but Daisuke was still about to be hit. He raised a hand from his sword and stopped the attack with his bare hand.

‘He- he stopped the Getsuga Tensho…and with one hand no less… just how strong is this guy?’ Ichigo pondered.

“Stay out of the Ichigo unless I say other wise. The same goes for the rest of you.” Daisuke said plainly. Alright, ichigo I want you to use another Getsuga Tensho, aim it right over there. Yachiru, Uryu and Chad, get ready.

“Getsuga Tensho!” Ichigo yelled and another blast of blue energy came from the blade. It destroyed a fair amount of the woods.

“Peek-a-boo!” The vizard was up in the air getting read for an attack.

“Uryu, shoot him out of the sky. Chad I want you to hit this guy with your strongest punch as soon as he gets down here.”

Uryu mad a bow appear in his hands, he pulled back an arrow. His hands started to shake, he fired the arrow but as soon as it fired the bow vanished and the arrow disappeared right before hitting him. Uryu fell to the ground coughing. The vizard landed, he kicked the quincy in the side and sent him flying. Chad ran up to the vizard, he punched but the vizard jumped back from the blow then a green blob of spiritual power shot from his fist.

The vizard was caught off guard and sent hurling into a tree.

“It’s your turn now, Yachiru!” Daisuke yelled. He grabbed the little pink haired girl by the back of her robes and threw her at the vizard, she cried as she flew through the air. The vizard flinched expecting the little girl to make contact.

“What the hell?”

“Ahhhh, waaaaaaaaaaah! Shougou you big meany, I hate you!” Yachiru was still crying.

“I’m gonna threw again if you call me that one more time, and next time I’ll let you hit him.” Daisuke said kneeling next to the little girl.

“Scorch all the world! Son-Son Raizen!” The vizard yelled. His zanpakuto’s blade became fire, the metal was gone it was just fire shooting up from a hilt.

“Everyone get out of— ack!” He was cut off by the bottom of the vizards hilt getting rammed into his stomach. Kakumey stayed on the Sokyoku and Ichigo stood his ground, watching the fight as the others left.

“You can’t win against this… Just give up now so my master can have what he wants.

“I don’t care who you work for! I’ll kill you!” He ran at the vizard he slashed but missed and found the fire blade slash his upper body, the top part of the robe fell off.

“Oh and fun little effect from my zanpakuto is that what ever it cuts will keep getting hotter and hotter until their whole body bursts into the flame and I’m the only one that can stop it. So what do you say?”

“Fuck off you deranged lunatic, I won’t join you.”

“That’s too bad… What if I told you that you know my master and I’m pretty sure you can recall her name too, what was it again? Oh I’m just terrible with names.” A smirk came onto the vizards face.

“D-Deva…?” Daisuke whispered under his breath.

“Bingo! Let’s give him a prize shall we! Ultimate devastation, Sambacu Son-Son Raizen!” Fire exploded all around them. The flames all gathered behind the vizard and formed a massive creature of pure fire. “Now you will feel the power of the few that give in to their hollows!”