The Beginning Towards an Uncertain End [open]

[Hirato Murano]

Masato and Ukitake vs Second Clone

Masato looked on as the Takashi in front of him turned into ice and crumbled away, sensing the release of Takashi's Bankai. Masato cursed when the ice reached his barriers and easily brought them down, one fire barrier falling due to the disruption of his concentration and seeing ice fly toward him too late. Takashi's attack cut him across the check and near his right shoulder, the blood dripping down to the stone of the Seireitei. Masato used Shunpo to avoid the remaining attacks, but his dimensional barrier was now defenseless against Takashi's powers. He had failed in his mission and apologized to Hirato-san then left, vanishing in the dark night.
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Hirato vs Original Takashi

Hirato opened a shallow cut on Takashi's arm with his attack and noticed that the former Shinigami barely managed to avoid his Byakurai, watching as Takashi seemed pressured by his opponents and checked Masato's reiatsu signature. It was slightly agitated, but the clone of Takashi had not managed to destroy the barriers surrounding the Kido Corps Captain thanks to Ukitake-san's unexpected assistance. The 9th Captain sensed a change in Takashi's spiritual pressure and his eyes widened slightly when Takashi released Bankai, realizing the danger and immediately clutching his blade's hilt before spinning it quickly, releasing his Shikai. Takashi's Bankai reached the barriers surrounding Masato and quickly brought them down, making Hirato curse angrily and rush to attack his opponent once more. Kaoru-san was now an easy target for his opponent.

"Shikon no Kaze", said Hirato, firing blades of wind toward Takashi and using Shunpo to appear close to his enemy, slashing and stabbing at him. The 9th Captain continued this barrage until he slashed down at Takashi's leg then held out his free hand and used Hado 58, Tenran, using the powerful wind to supplement another use of Shikon no Kaze. Hirato gripped Kaimetsu Senku with both hands and said "Kaze Rijin",, wrapping the wind blades around the six shorter katana blades of his Zanpakuto and attacking Takashi. Hirato started to breath heavily, the usage of so many Kido and two of his Shikai abilities beginning to take a toll on his reiatsu. The veteran Shinigami would not allow Takashi to reach Kaoru-san, no matter what it took. Takashi was too dangerous a threat to live and he would do his utmost to eliminate him.

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Ukitake had used a great deal of reishi already, worried that his health would not be able to hold on for much longer, the man regretted that it had come to this. Regardless Ukitake knew he had to stop Takashi no matter what, even if he did not know what he was trying to accomplish by breaking into the 5th division, still he knew that whatever it was it was bad news and this was more than enough reason to act. He would be fully committed to stop takashi even if it killed him, mostly because he felt a great deal of guilt, that he had failed to to stop Takashi before it would come to this.

Then why have you come? what could possibly have any intrest here for you Takashi-kun?!? His eyes gazed back at Takashi, when he replied once again. Ukitake frowned. That`s incorrect, Takashi you should know by now, There is nothing wrong in showing kindness to your companions and comrades! Even Kaien knew this, i truly am dissapointed in how you turned out Takashi...

His plan worked at least partially, before Takashi`s clone started to break apart Ukitake released both of his swords from the lock and rub his balance as he had pushed forward, and sent a quick sweep across Takashi`s chest hoping to catch the man off guard as he understood what the man intended to do when his reishi started fluctuating, the least he could do was to damage the clone before it would crumble into ice. This way the reishi that would return to Takashi could be halved, thus halving his strength, Eventually takashi`s clone crumbled away You don`t know that Takashi until you try your hardest... Ukitake spoke to himself, however knowing the man would not let this chance go, no he would put every possible effort that he could manage to pull this off, sensing the reitsu Ukitake readied himself Masato-san is it? this is not over yet, Takashi is coming, he just released bankai! Ukitake went defensive, when takashi finally showed up Ukitake was determined to stop the man then and there.

Jumping against the barriers that where left Ukitake kicked off towards Takashi, aiming to kill the man with whatever means nessesary while still dodging his chains. The cold was manageble still. He quickly sealed his Zanpakto and sheathed it aiming his arm at the man Hadō 88 Hiryugekizokushintenraiho! Ukitake chanted the kido and from the palm of his hand the a lightning ball emerged which quickly expanded towards Takashi making it very hard to try to dodge from that distance. Ukitake`s hood had fallen down revealing his face and white hair completley under the cloak.

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Takashi felt a rush of pride as his ice had ended up breaking the barriers of the kido caster. Kaoru was just within reach. As soon as Takashi made the barriers disappear, and the kido caster run away, Takashi targeted the one kido barrier that still kept her just out of his reach. The chain weight had came straight at the barrier and soon it had cracked it, making ice appear on the barrier as well, weakening it with every moment the chain touched the barrier. Soon, even that barrier had shattered under his touch. When the chain had destroyed the barrier, Takashi was just about to claim his prize when the power fluctuated from the 9th division captain, making Takashi change course and defend himself against the captain attacking him. The rouge could sense his former mentor in the shadows, but he knew that Ryuu was trying to locate Kaoru first in order to bring her to Kyouya for safe-keeping. She will not be safe anywhere she tries to run to, Takashi thought with cold malice in his thoughts.

The chain of Takashi's bankai circled their user and managed to block some of the blades sent at him by Hirato, while one managed to slice into his chest as he narrowly avoided the attack. Grimacing, Takashi moved quickly, but ended up getting in the way of a kido attack sent at him by Ukitake. "Damn!" Takashi cursed out loud as he tried to avoid the blast, but ended up using his chain to lessen the hit. The power from the blast sent Takashi into some of the 5th division buildings, but not where Kaoru was. He could feel her now. Kaoru's confusion over what that was happening could easily be felt by the rouge. While she was just within reach, Takashi had to make sure that the two who were pursuing him were just out of his path in order for him to reach her. Wiping the blood from his mouth, Takashi's ice started to spread once more. However, he was caught off guard as Hirato came at him again, this time with more power and intent to kill than before. Moving fast backwards to avoid the blades Hirato sent at him, Takashi blocked the wind blades with his small sword as well as with his chain barrier that constantly protected Takashi as he moved. A few of the blades had managed to cut him along his arm and chest. As much as Takashi had a large amount of stamina, his use of his ice did take it's toll on his body, making his ice spread less and less as he conserved as much reitsu as he could. Hirato attacked again, but Takashi's chain blocked the attack, allowing Takashi to move away while defending with his sword as well. Ryuu was moving around to catch sight of Kaoru and whisk her away, but he was having a hard time finding her in such a violent fray with so much spiritual pressures being brandied about.

Focusing his spiritual pressure, Takashi's chain unwrapped from around him and the weighted end smashed into the 5th division barracks. At this point, Takashi didn't care if he made much noise. He managed to break into the wall nearest to her reitsu signature. As soon as his chain struck the wall and tore through, making the reitsu signature of the girl start to fluctuate as she started to sense more than one spiritual pressure outside of her barracks. He could only guess where her thoughts would lead her. Since he knew her to not have her zanpakto at the moment, as it was tucked away in the Kuchiki manor with Byakuya Kuchiki guarding it as per her punishment, she would be a much easier target to attain than she would with her zanpakto. He knew her abilities like he knew his own, but she still surprised him every so often with the little things she does. How quickly he knew her to change in battle from weak and hesitant to powerful and violent was part of the reason he didn't want to catch her with her zanpakto in hand. Akai Tsukihime is a zanpakto to be wary of, that's for certain, Takashi thought as he watched a shadow grow and soon a young woman stepped out of the hole he made in the barracks. She had long black hair, which was kept down with her bangs hanging in her eyes slightly. She wore the bottoms to her uniform, but did not have the top put on, as if she were just getting ready for bed. Heavy bandages covered her top half till about mid stomach. Realizing that there was danger, he watched as Kaoru put on her kimono top as if it were a jacket, not caring if her upper body was slightly exposed, and walk out into the 5th division yard. Even off duty the girl protected her home. Her eyes, which were a mix between an ocean and sky blue, looked up in the sky to freeze upon the bloodied and cold form of Takashi. Her face paled; emotions seemed to slip from her grasp as he felt her spiritual pressure fluctuate drastically due to her sudden fear and her mask struggle to put itself on her face. She managed to put it on, but only just barely. A moment more, it was gone, unable to keep up the facade any longer.

Raising his chin, Takashi smiled cruelly at Kaoru. The girl seemed to have lost all reason as she froze in place. Her hand immediately when to her waist, a habit gesture no doubt from years of training and battles, but found that it was empty. Realizing that she was without a weapon, Kaoru frantically looked up and started to use her shunpo to run away. Fear could be felt in waves off of the young 9th seats spiritual pressure. Takashi laughed with his sudden madness, pleased that he inspired such a reaction from the girl. Kaoru was just about to skip off, no doubt towards towards her brother's division, Takakshi sent his chain soaring fast towards her. Since both individuals relied on their speed in battles, it was almost an even match, but Takashi was faster than Kaoru right now. Kaoru's eyes squeezed shut as he bound her with his chain and moved the struggling girl closer. He made sure to bind her hands so that she could not use her kido against him. Her hair hung in her face as she was carried in the air by his chain in front of him. He reached out a hand and moved the hair out of her eyes so that he could see her face clearly. "Did you miss me, brat?" Takashi said as she struggled to move away. "I need you to remember what I told you years ago, alright?" When Takashi had said that, the girl froze and her eyes snapped to look into his. Fear seemed to make the girl frozen as if his ice had taken effect on her as well. "T-Takashi....I...." Kaoru stuttered as fear prevented her from talking well. Takashi placed a finger to her lips, silencing her from speaking. He moved closer, his lips at her ear as he whispered to her so only she could hear. "You really can't trust anyone, Kaoru. After all, everyone lies. Just because they smile at you doesn't mean they are your allies. You should know that better than anyone. We are more alike than you might realize," Takashi moved closer for one last message to her. "Who better to tame the beast inside you than those closest to it?" Kaoru stopped struggling as her eyes were closed with the pain from that statement from him. It was the same thing he had said to her long ago when they would train together while she was in the academy. "Y-You're wrong..." Kaoru said as Takashi laughed coldly in front of her. Ice started to creep on her body the longer the chain touched her.

Takashi could tell the girl was barely keeping herself together in front of him. He knew full well that she loathed to show weakness in front of others, especially those who were her enemies. Takashi's chain held her up more as he smiled cruelly at her, making a shiver run through her body from the fear that now took complete control of the girl. "You'll find out soon enough, brat. Give my regards to that idiot you call a brother, for me," Takashi said as he threw her into the air towards Hirato, making it so that he would have to catch her and so that Takashi would have a better chance at escape. He had accomplished what he came here to do, since Kaoru was now unresponsive and shaking with her fear. Using his chain as a barrier around him, Takashi started to build up his ice so that it started to spread farther around him, the ice on Kaoru grew on her body as well, making it hard for the girl to breath. He made it spread on her just enough to invoke a deeper fear within her: the fear of dying not knowing the truth of herself. Ryuu appeared beside Kaoru, breaking off the ice with a brush of his hand that had his reitsu wrapped around it that emanated heat to melt the ice.

"Well, it's been interesting. While it was nice gaining some new information on you all, I must get going," Takashi said coldly as he froze the water in the air around them all, making a snow storm appear. Ice crept on the ground around Takashi. Within a coccon of his chain off to the side, there was a huge ball of ice and snow forming. Takashi raised his sword high and plunged it deep within the ice ball. The moment the blade touched the ball, it exploded with snow and ice flying everywhere and making it hard to see with the snow and ice already blowing about in the air. Takashi glanced at Kaoru one last time as he watched her hand grip Hirato's haori tightly, her shaking increased due to the cold and fear running rampet in her body. Ryuu was beside her, unable to challenge Takashi since his main priority was getting Kaoru to safety. Takashi thought that Ryuu was an interesting man, since he both agreed and disagreed with Kyouya at the same time. He knew Ryuu to keep things from Kyouya too. "Ryuu, do you plan on telling her what you both did? If not, I intend to tell her everything eventually," Takashi was waiting till the snow and ice in the air made it impossible to see for a moment. Ryuu's head snapped up at the mention of telling Kaoru anything. "Takashi, you--" Takashi held up a hand to stop him. "Eventually she'll learn of it all anyway, what's a few years to early?" Takashi turned to Ukitake with a cold glance. Takashi started to get ready to move away with his shunpo. "Hmph, why I was put into your division I will never understand. Kaien and Kyouya sure, but I guess they thought you could keep me under control." Takashi mused out loud. The visibility at this point was almost gone. Giving one last emotionless look, Takashi pushed hard against the ground to stand on the roof top of the 5th division. "Till the next time, Kaoru," Takashi said, loud enough so she could hear. He saw her cower against her teacher like a child. He could sense the fear taking over her mind, body, and soul. Takashi began to feel the pull of his power as it started to wane. He used too much of his kido and ice within the battle, and now his body needed rest.



((just so everyone is clear, Takashi is still here. Thanks. o.o))

[Hirato Murano]

A curse escaped the mouth of the crimson haired man, watching the dimensional barrier surrounding the real 5th division collapse and knowing that Kaoru-san was now in danger. Hirato saw Ukitake-san fire a level 80 at Takashi and it connected, knocking the traitor back with its immense power. His wind blades opened cuts on Takashi, but the dimensional barrier was no more and any non-lethal damage inflicted on the former Shinigami was irrelevant in the face of the situation's outcome. The 9th Captain charged toward the 5th and reached his destination quickly, realizing that Takashi had won this round. Hirato stood in the 5th and held Kaoru-san's hand, trying to comfort her and glaring at Takashi with fire in his cerulean eyes. His body shook with the anger and the veteran Shinigami returned his Zanpakuto to its sealed state, yelling, "Takashi, you bastard!!" pointing his blade in the direction of the man who shattered the peace of his apprentice. The 9th Captain stood and was about to attack Takashi when a large snow storm blinded him, unable to chase after his target now.

Hirato sheathed his Zanpakuto and hit the wall with his hand, frustrated at his inability to kill Takashi and resolve this conflict. Hirato could sense Takashi's icy reiatsu escaping and knew that he was weakened from battle, knew that he was missing an opportunity, knew that all his strength was useless in this situation. The crimson haired man exhaled angrily and looked around, the snow coloring everything white and falling on his shoulders. His strategy had not worked and all his plans were for naught against Takashi's abilities, an unknown factor that disrupted everything. Now that Hirato knew the full extent of Takashi's abilities, they would be factored in his strategy to defeat his opponent if Takashi came after Kaoru-san a second time. The tall man turned to Kaoru-san and apologized to her, his expression softening and his tone fairly light even though some fire still remained in his eyes.

Hirato saw that Kaoru-san was at least physically unharmed and jumped into the snow, moving toward the location of Takashi's reiatsu. Hirato reached it and could hardly see anything, firing a Sokatsui from his hand in the general direction of the icy man and hoping that it would land close to his target. The 9th Captain let out a slow breath, another Kido draining more of his already taxed reiatsu. Takashi may have won this round, but Hirato would not let him leave easily, even if his reiatsu was too low to sustain a long fight with an opponent of his level. Hirato stared toward where his Sokatsui had impacted and kept his guard up, ready to counter Takashi in the event that the Rogue attacked him again. Whatever his reasons were, making an enemy of the 9th Captain was a mistake that Takashi would come to regret.

[Asamoya Zabuza]

What confused the 5th division captain more than anything was the barrier that had transported the 5th Division barracks into another Dimension, He knew this handywork better than anyone. And it was not just the technique itself Masato-san what are you up to? He was the new Captain for the kido corps, the man who had taken the position right after he had left the Division for the 5th. When the Barrier suddenly left, had the inner alarms of his already been sounded.

This hostility! He thought to himself, he decided it was for the best to quickly announce a complete evacuation of the 5th division, Ring the alarm, we are being attacked! get everyone out into defensive position quick, just like we have practised! Off course he had no idea that the Division itself had not been targeted, or even him for that matter, but a single seated member. When everyone had finally gotten out in the middle of the night. Asamoya took out for the skies, to get a better view on things, activating his kido, the man started to hower higher and higher above the division. He felt the hostility of several captain level shinigami, and one that could have been mistaken for one, altrough the latter was closer to vice captain strength. However this could have been because he was weakened, he was inclined to tell the difference at this point really. He recogniced one of the spiritual entities as Murano-taicho the captain of the 9th division, and the other as the former captain of the 13th, the man who had been attacked by a high level kido moment`s earlier seemed to be the culprit of this devastating show. He also sensed Kaoru there as well, which to his suprise had not left the Division as ordered, or perhaps taken a wrong turn somewhere. Cursing under his breath for being unable to take note of this fact before it was too late the captain waited patiently altrough he hated every moment of it. Asamoya was better at sensing hostility of people rather than their reishi itself, even though his reishi sensing capabilities where good they where far from perfect. The reason why he waited was for Takashi to split apart from the rest of the group that had attacked him.

Watching the show from above gave him a perspective of things, that is until Takashi released his torrent of a snowstorm. It did not stop the captain from locating the traitor with relative ease, he was pissed at this man, he did not know why he had come, only that he had seemingly only come here for Kaoru, that in itself was more than reason enough for him to fight this hollowed man. Then there was the damage on his Division and the peace he had broken, but what aggrivated the captain more than anything else was the fact how he had treated kaoru, altrough he could not hear them from this height, he could still sense what Kaoru felt, was it fear? or anger? that was building inside of the woman? He knew one thing though. This man had drawn his last breath today. If there was one thing he could not stand for then it was the harassment of his subordinates, and kaoru just happened to be the closest to a real friend that he had. Altrough at this point in time Asamoya did not concider her a friend mostly because he had lied to her and he felt bad about it still, no matter what the woman had said about it, he could not come to forgive himself so easily, and better yet forgiving this man would probably never happen.

His reitsu started pulsating trough his veins, as they emerged darked across his skin than what they had done in a long while. Twisting his lips to pronouce a single word, the man then began his quick descent as he literally released the kido that held him up in the air. Bankai... There he had said it, it would piss of his Zanpakto for sure since he disliked to rush things, but at this point he really would not care. In a flash an additional set of armor covered the captain`s body hiding any form of skin or any of his former clothes from plain view.

As he fell towards the ground, a shadow formed from flames started to envelop around him, as soon as he set his eyes upon Takashi, which happened to stand right below him, Asamoya`s lips parted again, Weep and beg for forgiveness Susanoo! The very snowstorm in his surroundings got consumed by the very flames his bankai released. The entirety of his Bankai came crashing down upon Takashi, Susanoo seemed almost alive, as it bellowed loudly.

Its bony form was covered by flames, as it crashed on the rooftop, it craked loudly causing half of the barracks to collapse upon itself. Making it very hard for Takashi to stand up straight, while he hoped that he was occupied to regain his balance, Asamoya would go for the offense right away, one arm, reached out for Takashi`s Zanpakto chain, hoping to catch him, then with a quick pull it would send Takashi flying at him. Redying his arm the colossus of a bankai sent a killing blow with the sword it held onto in its right arm intending to cut the man clean in half while still holding onto one of his chain`s.

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At this point Ukitake had figured out what Takashi intended to do, but it was too late for him don`t do it Takashi! He realized that he had been aiming for kaoru all along, it was only now that it had been too late to protect the girl, had he known he would have been more on the offense than before. And now that Takashi had the girl who knew what he intended to do with her. It did not stop Ukitake from listenining to their conversation, and altrough he could not hear all of it, he knew the principles behind the man. Kaoru don`t listen to the man, you know them to be lies don`t you?!

As soon as takashi released the grip of the girl and tossed the girl in Murano-taicho`s arms perhaps a bit of a weird gesture to be sure but there was something about that pair that caught his eye, Ukitake prepared himself to attack Takashi relentlessly, he started running towards the man while preparing another kido The scattered bones of beasts! Steeple, crimson crystal, steel wheels. Wind if moving. Sky if stopped. The sound of flying arrrows fills the empty castle! As soon as Ukitake had finished the incatation, had the snowstorm moved in, Ukitake made double sure to aim the kido where he sensed Takashi to be and since he had covered himself with his reishi cloak it should be harder for him to know exactly where he aimed his kido from, it also seemed like Murano Taicho had the same idea that he had.

Hado 63 Raikouhou! Shortly after his kido made contact, Ukitake could feel the opressive reitsu of something massive appearing from above with insane speed, the loud crack, the noise of something wailing in the direction where Takashi had left was almost ear deafening. Ukitake was sure that was a bankai, the enourmous reishi release could hardly have been anyone else`s than the 5th division captain`s, Ukitake did not personally know the man but he knew that at some point in time quite a while ago the man had spent time in his former division, altrough he was not sure for how long.

The silhouette of the of a colossus, a dark shadow, a ghost of immense propotion, seemed to have challanged Takashi to a duel, it was in almost Ukitake`s hope that Takashi would escape the cluthes of such a beast. Even Takashi would not have diserved such a grotesque death, for even he was a man of pride. He was not sure what the colossus looked like exactly since the snowstorm hindered much in the way of view, Ukitake stepped closer to Hirato and Kaoru, hoping that the latter was feeling alright, he had already started to feel slightly weary already, cursing mentally as he approached the pair, Ukitake could not help himself but feel slight discomfort while looking at them. Are you two all right? He said as he pulled his hood over his head again to shield himself from the cold, he sounded wary and worried, Ukitake could not help himself but feel anger directed at Takashi, what had this poor girl done to him to make him assault her in such a way?

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He had thought his snowstorm was something that would hold off the two men from pursuing him while he went to lick his wounds until the next time he pursued his plans. At this point, since he saw the fear so clearly in her eyes and felt it with his senses he figured that only a couple more pushes to the girl in the direction he wants her to go would bring his plans to their completeness. She had grown into a fine woman from the young brat he knew when Kyouya had first brought her to the seireitei. Looking back on how she was in the past, and then looking at her now, he realized that she had gotten very soft with both her fighting and manner. This was no doubt attributed towards Kyouya's influence on the girl over the years. However, he did see bits of his own influence in the girl, the darker traits. While he was still alive, the darker portions of Kaoru soul would see no rest and continue to fester and endanger her as she grows older. Takashi and Kaoru from the beginning of knowing each other had found something in the other that they clung to: understanding. Kyouya grew up relatively in peace in the prosperous 1st district, and couldn't clearly understand why Kaoru felt such bloodlust or fighting spirit.

Takashi understood crystal clear. When he was younger, he wandered the rukongai districts, homeless and alone, but constantly in a fight for his life as many people thought the boy to be dangerous. He was, of course, but Takashi grew up in a life where fear ruled and one constantly fought to stay alive, just as Kaoru did. When Takashi looked on Kaoru now, he wondered what she would be like had he stayed. Both fed each others darkness with their own, and both fed off of each others destructive influence. It was a never ending cycle between them. Kyouya had noticed before and tried to get between them, that was the start of the seals placed on the young child. Enraged at his actions, Takashi trained Kaoru to fight unhindered by emotions, but Kyouya quickly put and end to that as well. The men constantly argued with each other over how to raise her and train her to fight. While Takashi said that they shouldn't limit her and hold her back, Kyouya argued that she should at least grow up like a normal child. To this, Takashi would always snarl that Kaoru wasn't a normal child. Only once did Kaoru walk in on a conversation like this; which began the start of her fear towards Takashi. The man steadily began to get more and more unhinged as time passed.

"Tch!" Takashi scoffed with a glare as a new player joined the game. This time it was the 5th division captain, Kaoru's captain. Almost immediately the Captain had unleashed his bankai upon Takashi, making the snowstorm die down just a bit in the process. The huge form loomed above Takashi and the 5th division was collapsing because of its Captain's actions. While he just wanted to make a silent entrance into the 5th division, this was turning out to be a huge mess. However, in Takashi's mind, what he came to accomplish succeeded and now he can move on to phase two after letting his words fester in her mind. If he knew Kaoru, and he did, she'd run the words over and over in her mind till they were true to herself, and soon she'd start to break apart after that little by little; soon she'd see things his way and he'd have his delightful violent little sister back by his side to wage destruction upon the seireitei with him at her side. Ukitake had spoken to Kaoru, who was by Hirato and Ryuu. Her eyes were tightly shut as her hands were clutching her head, fear now taking her fully; she could not hear anyone at this point. Even the touch of her teacher's hand in hers did not wake the girl from her nightmare. He watched as her own hand had tightened around her teachers, clutching for dear life on to someone solid. He did hear her talking to herself, almost pleading. "Oniichan....Oniichan....Oniichan..." Takashi frowned, still she called for her brother after what he had said to her. Their bond must have grown over the years he was gone. Ryuu was beside her, finger pressed to his radio on his neck most likely to tell Kyouya what had happened. He noticed Ryuu frown for a moment as he looked back at Kaoru, no doubt worried for the girl he helped take care of.

The captain's bankai had reached for his chain, but Takashi had already pulled back the black 300 foot chain from the big creature's grasp. However, the last bit of his chain was caught and he was still pulled slightly towards the man. Immediately the ice touch ability of his chain activated and started to freeze the bankai where the chain had touched him. Takashi dodged the giant sword that came crashing down on him as he managed to free his chain from the man. Using his shunpo, he gained higher ground on another part of roof of the 5th that wasn't crumbled. He had heard Hirato curse him and soon he dodged, just barely, the kido that he sent towards him. Scowling coldly, Takashi decided to ignore him since he didn't seem to be moving at all towards him. The man was not on his target list. The next attack on Takashi caught him off guard as he just barely missed that one as well. "Damn," Takashi growled quietly to himself as he moved back his chain to wrap protectively around him. "I need to get out of here. Or else things will take a turn for the worse," Sighing, Takashi turned around and slammed his hands onto the roof of the 5th division, charging the rest of his reitsu into the last tactic he would use. "Bakudo number 21: Sekienton!" The instant his hands hit the roof, red smoke burst forth and hid him from view, making it hard for them to sense him since the red smoke masked his reitsu from them. As soon as he was covered he used his shunpo to run far away from the group. He also masked his own reitsu so that even without the bakudo, he would go through the seireitei relatively unseen. He sealed back up his zanpakto to their dual sword form and slipped past the gates of the seireitei without much thought but to work on his plans for the future. My plans are now in motion...

~~~[Exit Takashi: Ryuu and Kaoru remain]~~~

Ryuu sighed with his frustration over the situation. What should have been a simple protection mission given from Kyouya turned into a battle that Ryuu thought was pointless. With Takashi on the loose again, Kaoru was now in danger from being used to help him with his plans. Sheathing his own sword, Ryuu turned back to Hirato who had held his young charge in his arms. Ryuu thought of Kaoru fondly like he would his daughter, and often times took care of her like he would his daughter. Looking over at Kaoru, the man mentally winced at how terrified she looked. She had held her teachers hand tightly, her body shaking with her fear and sudden break in her control over her emotions. He knew that the sudden appearance of Takashi shook the girl to her core, making her darker emotions rise to the surface once more. Silently he cursed his former student's arrival. A bit more and she would have been freed from his influence. Now, sadly, he would begin to work his influence upon her once again. "Kaoru-chan...?" Ryuu said quietly as he approached the girl, her hand tightened on the Captain's haori at the sound of his voice. He had an idea what he might have said to her, but at her reaction just now he realized what Takashi might be doing. He's breaking her trust with those around her....damn you, Takashi-kun. What exactly do you want with Kaoru-chan? Ryuu thought as he drew closer, reaching out to the girl for a moment, but she shrank back from his touch, clinging to Hirato. He could hear her whisper to herself. "Oniichan...oniichan...." Kaoru whispered to herself, shaking from the cold and fear. Sighing, the white-haired man moved his ice blue gaze to Hirato, speaking briskly to the 9th division captain. "I'll leave her to you for the time being. I'll tell Kyouya-kun to expect you soon." As Ryuu turned to shunpo off towards the 13th division to report to Kyouya, he bowed respectfully towards Ukitake. Afterall, his former 8th division captain was best friends with Ukitake. Ryuu was the 8th divisions 3rd seat. Nodding to Asamoya, Ryuu took off into the night, ready to report everything to Kyouya for their further planning.

[Asamoya Zabuza]

He stood there watching the man dissapear out of his reach, pursuit was pointless at this time, besides he had to watch after kaoru for a while at least, if nothing else then at least he felt obliged to make sure that she was all right. He did not even know the man, such a waste though, a part of the division was in complete shambles, and from the looks of it kaoru was in a state of panic of some kind. He could not tell from this distance, the ice that had formed around his bankai`s arm started to melt, not because of heat but because of the "flames", it had even spread on the ground, and along takashi`s Zanpakto consuming its reishi. Well at least until he would seal away his bankai. The skeleton being of his bankai started to wither away from the top down, soon leaving nothing of it left as the flames died out, only the ruins where left to show for the destruction that had been applied.

His armor too dissapeared that protected him, soon the snowstorm also vained and Asamoya had a clear sight to the rest of the group that had gathered, he stepped down as things had started to calm down, noting kaoru`s mental state, the captain was caught in a sense of grief... He approached the group unable to speak up the damage had already been done, he had wished that Hirato would have told of this earlier, he had a feeling that Hirato knew about the man before now, and it could have very well made a difference. With a worried face he whispered her name.