The begining of a new life

Setsukuri departed from work about at the same hours as ever. He slowly walked under the rain thinking about how comfy would his bed be after a good shower. A car honked him as he walked in the street, he didn't even took the time to watch if someone was coming. Startled, he continued his route. Arrived at the big 10 stories high building, he entered the elevator and headed to his appartment. Exhausted he walked down the hall, sat on the couch and sighed deeply. I don't think it was humanly possible for such a young boy to live by himself, yet he managed to do it. Slowly giving in to sleep Setsukuri thought aimed for his mother "If only she would still be here, I wouldn't have to live this crappy life. All thanks to that idiot father of mine..."Thinking about his late mother made him angry at his dad, but as all the feelings were rushing in he suddenly broke into tears. He then fell asleep peacefully.
At about midnight Setsukuri heard some rambling outside. He woke up slowly with his back aching, for he was sleeping on the least comfortable couch one could imagine. He looked down the window to see what happened outside. "What's going on I was trying to sleep here!" He was looking around and saw nothing. "Heh, must be my imagination then, i'll just go back to sleep then" Walking down the hallway, he turned the doorknob and steped into the room. He heard a loud rumble coming from the living room. "What the fuck!?" He rushed there as fast as he could, seeing a big hole in the wall but no one here. "Whoa wait what the hell is happening" Setsukuri felt a huge thing throwing him off to the wall. "What the... ouch seriously what's going on in this building?" He got up and had the luck to dive to his right fast enough so the table flying toward him hit the wall. "I swear to god, if another flying objet tries to kill me i'm..." He couldn't even finish talking, vlam that T.V crashed into the wall. "Ok i'm out!" He ran toward the exit and hit an invisible objet, he felt yet again pushed back into the hallway, hit his head on the wall and fell unconcious.

Tatsu had been alerted that abnormal spiritual pressure had been spotted in an odd area and that the shinigami posted there had been injured to a point where they sent a seated shinigami to the site. The town was peaceful, nothing weird seemed to be happening rain falling from the sky and light rumble from a static storm could be heard far off in the distance, the wind was dead so it was rather hot and humid outside too.

Not breaking his good habits Tatsu made his way towards a rooftop wondering what to do while he was waiting for the reiatsu to be felt, if it was that weird it shouldn't take very long to spot it. Taking a look at the rainy sky Tatsu yawned and sat down, looking at this boy enter the building he was sitting on sensing strong spiritual pressure coming from him even though he was a human, which was very weird. Shrugging the thought of he stayed there, glancing at the blade on his side, knowing that whenever he had that weapon by his side, he was as protected as he could be. Time passed and the rain died down, it seemed like the night settled herself as a few hours had passed since he had arrived.

Suddently an overpowering spiritual pressure surged in from nowhere, it seemed a Garganta had opened as thes sky itself ripped apart letting a single figure step out. The seemingly womanly figure turned its glance towards Tatsu who already knew what enemy he had in front of him, something way out of his league, yet nothing stopped him from Flash stepping in front of the Vasto Lorde and directing a strike in her general direction, which she ended up blocking with her barewrist, punching him through the wall of the very building he had been sitting on for the past hours. It wasn't long before the figure came in, seemingly surprised that the shinigami had survived and was in fact standing there waiting for her. The human boy he had seen earlier came in the room, flabbergasted by the hole Tatsu had left in the wall, yet oblivious to the fact two extra humanoids were standing in the very room. The female Lorde turned her glance towards him, ignoring the shinigami, she wanted the boy, of course! His spiritual pressure would be far greater than those of mere hollows. Kicking the TV in the general direction of the boy, the shinigami was trying to scare him off, as he moved back in front of the Female, who sighed at the perseverance of the shinigami. ''Not done just yet''

Kaiyo's expression froze, her snarled anger very close to killing the messenger. 'Get out' she ordered, one the man was unlikely to ignore as he literally a out of the Captain office. Of course it wasn't his fault, but he'd been the unfortunat on to tell her. Kaiyo leapt out of her chair, frantically grabbing her haori and Zanpakuto as she vanished from her office. Flash stepping with all her might to the nearest Senkai gate.

Recent fluctuations had left an open mission for a shinigami to investigate, especially after the posted shinigami was injured on duty. Given his persistence in asking, Kaiyo had allowed Tatsu to take the mission. Assuming it might just have been random, she decided it would be safe enough for the man to go. Then she'd received word that a vasto lorde had just appeared in the same area as her beloved squad member. It seemed wrong to blame herself, but Kaiyo couldn't let Tatsu die, and she knew if she didn't get there quickly, it was almost certain he would.

Kaiyo herself had only fought one vasto lorde, and had in fact very nearly lost. The buggers were strong as hell and could definitely beat all of the newer Captain, and even some of the more veteran ones. That didn't stop the girl from moving though, with or without officical permission, she was heading straight towards Tatsu. To the central 46, this move was a bad one, a Captain was apparently more important to save than a seated squad member and given the strength of the hollow, Kaiyo would even struggle with it.

'B-b-but i was told to restrict all access to the area as it's been quarantined off'. The Captain's reiatsu spike as she grabbed the unlucky guard by the scruff of his uniform, 'How about this then, i just kill you and open the fucking gate myself?!' So a short temper and a lot of power may not be the best combination, but it did at least get her message across. Just like that, the gate slowly began to swing open, no doubt she'd be in a bit of trouble when she got back, but at least she was confident she would...Or at least Tatsu would.

Kaiyo appeared in the town with the storm, that was good news at least. The thundering lightning that was periodically illuminating the sky excited the energy within her body. Kaiyo was a little worried though, already she could sense the Vasto Lorde; and Tatsu's energy. 'That idiot' she cursed under her breath; he should've just run. Of course Kaiyo would have done the exact same, but it was a do as i say not as i do kind of thing.

The short blonde girl appeared in an instant behind the Vasto Lorde, trying to get a handle on the situation. Her presence at least was enough to make the female hollow turn around. Superhuman down and her own squad member not looking so hot. Kaiyo was on the other side of the hollow to Tatsu, yelling across to her squad member, 'When have i ever told you to fight a battle you can't win?!' she yelled. Her anger not yet subsided. Kaiyo kept her gaze on the hollow though, swallowing her own doubt as her golden reiastu exploded around her. Given her speedy escape, Soul Society hadn't had to time to place a limit on her power either, which was definitely a good thing for now. An explosive wind howled around the Captain, the storm intensifying above her. If it was a fight to the death, she'd at least save Tatsu first.

Slowly returning to his senses Setsukuri sensed something wasn't right. "I'm not that crazy there's a giant hole in my wall and objects f;ew toward me to kill me. Ok breathe, it's not that bad, you've seen worse... WHO AM I KIDDING!?" He was freaked out. About as freaked out as someone who just saw a ghosts and never belived in them would be.

As he tried to get up on his legs, he felt a crushing pressure on his shoulders, a force a would make any human piss his pants, yet he stood it. He turned to the source of the pressure and saw faintly some glowing aura around a mysterious figure. All he could say is that it looked like a little girl facing someone. He observed the two figures facing each other, but at the moment he looked away to get to the exit, the second one disapeared and reapeared in front of him. What happened? Who cares Setsukuri rolled on the side as his instincts told him, but he was way too slow this time. It appeared like this strange figured was quite annoyed at him dodging the first blow.

He felt like his arm ripped in two, the pain was such that he fell down on the floor. His arm was severly injured, blood was rushing out of it, as he felt his conciousness fading away he suddenly felt a second blow hitting him to the chest. The strenght of the blow brought him back to reality as he struggled to get back up. All that was around him became clearer as the blood kept rushing out of his arm.
He looked away from his opponent, searching for the little girl. Her figure was quite menacing, even if he knew that at the bottom of her heart, the ennemy frightened her. "Well that's not very good is it?"

He crawled slowly to the girl expecting some help and yelled as he felt a long claw entering his leg, forcing him to stop moving. He tried to reach out desperatly and quietly spoke " Please, help me, whoever you are..." The claw riped out of his flesh as he felt the ennemy stepping over him. Setsukuri heard a faint voice over his head "Leave the boy here and i'll let you live Shinigami. I only want my little darling here to have a little fun, I won't make him suffer too much" She let out a faint laugh, a laugh that could freeze your blood within you. As Setsukuri looked up, the monster opened her mouth and began charging energy. He then turned back to the girl "Am I really going to die like this?"

Tatsu strugled back to his feet, wondering what the hell just hit him, the seemingly female enemy was alot stronger than he thought. Seeing Kaiyo appear out of nowhere was a relief to him, even though she was already yelling at him for trying to help a human boy, even though he knew she was just afraid he would be dead, it would take alot more than this to bring this samurai down.

The Vasto's spiritual pressure sky rocketed again as both the shinigami and the human boy seemed to be crushed by the sheer weight of it. In the flash of a moment, faster than what Tatsu could even see his opponent was already turning her attention to the human boy. A goreshow started, as the boy's arm started bending in ways it shouldn't really be. ''Hey you never told me not to..'' Giving a smirk to the captain the samurai dropped back into stance. ''Let's make this a victory alright!'' The tone he used was full of courage, as if there was no backing down, or forcing him not to fight.

The boy started asking for help and that was more of a reason for the shinigami to grip to his zanpakuto, just as he was about to charge in the female started talking, blabering about leaving the human soul here and letting him leave alive. ''Better dieing on duty then living in disgrace.'' Using Shunpo as the Cero was starting to charge within the mouth of the girl, Tatsu made it in time to snatch the boy and shunpo'd away outside the building, making sure he'd be in safety even though he was still kinda losing alot of blood.

Looking back to the captain of the 11th division he wondered if she would need any help.

Kaiyo's anger only grew as the Vasto Lorder began to speak, hurting the human right in front of her. The blonde girl couldn't help but grimace, less over the act itself than the malice behind it. This woman was going down. Kaiyo held her stance as the woman spoke, unable to even hold herself back when the human boy spoke to her. It wasn't fair that something so horrible would happen to someone, and Kaiyo couldn't bear to watch. Without even saying a word to Tatsu, the short blonde girl lunged forwards, propelled by her insurmountable reiatsu, and the fastest flash step she could muster.

Kaiyo made contact in the split second that Tatsu had moved away with the boy, tackling the hollow with the least finesse she'd ever managed. Her right shoulder crashed into the woman's gut, her arms wrapping around her waist as the Vasto Lorde's back went through a building; Kaiyo still attached. The hollow leapt back up to her feet, barely phased by Kaiyo's attack. The blonde Captain flash stepped a few metres away from the hollow, her hand hovering at the hilt of her blade. The human, Kaiyo could already tell he was in pretty bad shape.

The hollow in front of her began to cackle, casually sauntering closer to the Captain 'You just made a very poor call Shinigami, and i was trying to be nice' The fake sympathy was wasted. Kaiyo's glare softened, a smirk playing on her lips as she began to hop up and down amidst the rubble of the broken building. A giggle escaped the Captains lips as she slowly unsheathed her Zanpakuto. 'Oh you have no idea...' Kaiyo lifted her gaze, intense with her own resolve and already sparking with her golden lightning.

'Ban-kai' she whispered. The explosive golden energy that created a vortex of power around the Captain sucked in all the air, the clouds above jittering with an angered excitement as the remainder of the building the hollow had just gone through practically melted away by the sheer intensity of Kaiyo's reiatsu. It was such a good idea to sneak through without her limit. White knuckling her blade, the Captain didn't bother waiting for any kind of reply; Tatsu would just have to try and save the kid.

A crack of lightning tore through the sky as Kaiyo flash stepped forwards, her heavy blade moving with an un-natural speed as she slashed across at the hollow, twisting as she brought her blade down against the woman. Jolts of lightning passing through each block she made as Kaiyo began to gain more momentum in her strikes. The pair moving about in unison as they fought through the skies. To think; the fight was just getting started.

Setsukuri felt a sudden third presence grabbing him at the speed of light. He never noticed it before, maybe because the pressure comming out of this guy was calmer and nicer, he felt like he was in his mothers arm when he was a little child. That thought alone ought to make the boy feel comfortable amist all this confusion and violence. As the battle raged, the monster became irratated at the blond girl "What do you think you can do against me insect, I will crush you before you even get to know what's comming to you!" As she recklessly charged, she waited for the split second the captain would open her defenses and she used that time to step away from the battle.

Setsukuri never understood what hit him, she was way to fast for him or the man to keep up with. She used her spiritual pressure at her advantage and crushed the shinigami to the ground. But, the man was way too proud of himself to let him go down in a single strike like this, he made sure to fool her into thinking he was down, at the moment she tried to grab the boy he flashed away, making her fall on the ground her claws in the street. She then yelled, more like shrieked in hate " You're gonna pay that Shinigami, I warned you once not gonna be so kind twice!!" She ran toward the shinigami at impressive speed but, Setsu knew she was holding back, he didn't know why, but that women wanted him alive. Just as she was about to hit the shinigami, he flashed away again confident of his speed, but then realised she was standing behind him "You're way too slow for me scrub, now DIE!" She grabbed him and the boy, threw the shinigami back to the ground and kicked the air to jump on the building.

Setsukuri hit the cold stone still wet from the rain, his arm started to slowly stop bleeding, as he was starting to loose all of his blood. He was struggling to stay alive, he didn't want to die in such a way. He started to crawl to the edge of the roof to cry out for help, but the Vasto Lorde was faster than him, she turned on herself and plunged her claw in his back. " Where do you think you are crawling to, little insect?" She extracted her claw, looked down and taunted the captain "If you want your precious human little girl, come and get him." She then threw Setsukuri off the roof.

While falling he was barely concious, the last thing that went through his mind was his dear mother, he prayed the gods he could see her soon, as he, was about to die. No one could change anything to that, all hopes were lost. "I'm sorry Ma, I couldn't grow up to be the man you wanted me to be" Whispering those lasts words to himself Setsu heard a faint voice in his head. "Setsu, i've always been proud to be your mother" As he recalled those words she said the morning she died, Setsukuri fell to his certain death, a smile on his face and a light heart. He abandonned all he cared about, he closed his eyes and in his lasts moments, the calm picture of his mother sitting at the table of the dinning room waiting for him to get back, smiling as always, filled his heart.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, the monster girl appeared behind him and ripped his back open, all the way to the chest, a hole as large as a human male hand was now standing at the spot his heart once was. She was satisfied as she threw to body back, looking at his last demonstration of fear, she licked her bloody hand, smirking at the two shinigamis.

Tatsu was in fact not that motherly at all, but none the less he was a kind and courageous man. Tatsu took the time to look back once his two shunpo's were over making sure the captain wouldn't die, before attempting to take the little boy away. Hearing the monster's voice yelling at the captain, the shinigami thought he was safe, Kaiyo was more of an invincible warrior than an insect to the eyes of the admiring samurai.

Humongous spiritual energy stopped Tatsu mid shunpo, restraining his movement on a random rooftop a little 500 meters away. He knew what was coming at him, and it was coming in way to fast for him to do anything but he knew what was coming. ''Tss'' Making her think he was down he fooled her by flashing away the boy in his hands, Tatsu was used to sustain Kaiyo's spiritual pressure with mere strength of will. The hollow went down to street level, it seems she used alot of strength to try and catch him, he really didn't feel like being the target of her anger.

Seeing as she charged at him the man flashed away but his move was obvious to the monster chasing him and she was already waiting for him when he finished moving. His clothes were grappled and he knew bad stuff were going to happen, his first reflex being a quick thinker usually was to try and remove the top of his kimono. Not fast enough it seemed that he was already being propelled in the general direction of: The Ground. Past this point all Tatsu saw was the ground coming, in a split second all he could see was his death, then bam he was limp on the ground, not moving. It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but more like he felt he couldn't most of his body didn't want to move, but his brain told him to move, what he didn't know was that most of his bones were broken and he was still trying to get up, to no avail he was staying limp on the ground hoping Kaiyo would save the boy.

The coward...Taking a moment to watch the events unfold, at a speed almost too fast to even follow properly, the girl came to a few conclusions. The first, that she would take personal responsibility for the death of that boy. The second, that there was no way in hell she'd let Tatsu die and the most important point; that she would tear the head of that bitch. All doubt in her own capabilities melted away as the monster tore through the boys back, taunting the Captain before throwing him off the roof.

An all too familiar chink of metal clicked as Kaiyo gripped her blade tighter. A smirk drawn across her face as adrenaline kicked in. The split second before Tatsu hit the ground, Kaiyo vanished. Appearing in front of the hollow with explosively strong shin kick that doubled the woman over as she was propelled to the ground. At least seeming a bit more injured this time, but that wasn't the intention. Then again, Kaiyo's Bankai was in play; so right now, the hollow would be in more unimaginable pain ever conceived by a living organism...But Kaiyo didn't consider her to be alive either.

The Vasto Lorde scrambled up to her feet, pouncing back into the air as the ground cracked where she stood. Kaiyo threw her body backwards to avoid the lunge, the hollow twisted around quickly to follow the Captains direction. Kaiyo didn't move as she Vasto Lorde charged; screaming something incoherently as the Captain's reiatsu spiked. The tingling rush of her Bankai lingering in her effectively super-charged muscles, she just had to wait a second. Kaiyo spun in the air as the woman ducked low and leapt up with a heavy slash at the girl; twisting around her as she kicked her in the small of her back. The explosion followed a split second afterwards.

Straight through another building. This was it, the very moment Kaiyo had been waiting for. The shrouded maelstrom above grew darker with angered shades of grey. The hollow snarled as she pushed herself up from her feet. Almost laughably pained in her demeanour, probably with only a few cracked ribs, it was hurting her a hell of a lot more. Though it was expected the wench would still be able to stand; most just pass out from the paralysing pain. Hubris would definitely be her downfall. Her refusal to treat Kaiyo as an equal, the monster hadn't released any of her actual power beyond her admittedly impressive reiatsu. Agitated and aggravated, the Vasto Lorde sprinted forwards. That was it, that very moment she shot out from the ruined building and the single moment before she hit the air.

'Denkou Kabe'

The strongest form Kaiyo had ever unleashed of this particular attack. It shot up from the ground faster than either of the pair could have possibly moved. Rocketing upwards from the ruined earth as bolts of lightning collided with the thunderous roar of lightning. The sound of such an attack stopped Kaiyo from hearing the woman's reaction, but she at least got a good look at her screaming eyes desperately trying to slow herself down. Too slow.

The hollow was engulfed in the light as the wall shot past her, disintegrating everything in it's path. It had all happened in a matter of seconds. The residual charge of her attack bounced from the heavens, dancing around the air like an vulture swarming it's prey. Tatsu was still alive, Kaiyo could tell that much. Not that she was that aware yet, her more instinctive look for combat had taken over and wasn't yet done with her promise to herself. This hollow was losing her head.

Kaiyo lunged forwards at the drop of the blitz, her blade buzzing with a sharp vengeance.