Breaking Through the Storm [Toshiro Hitsugaya] Ch 24

Last chapter: Uryu is in danger of being decapitated, Rukia just finished her fight, and Toshiro just obliterated Kira.

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Blades from Cirucci's steel wings shot at Uryu.

'I guess there's no way around it,' he thought. He reached behind him and pulled a silver tube out from behind his back. In a matter of seconds, every single one of the blades was sliced in half. Cirucci's eyes widened.

"What did you do?"

"I hadn't planned on using this. I wanted to save it for later. Good thing I played it safe. Urahara helped me take a few things from the hidden warehouse in the hospital before I snuck out of there." Uryu held out the blade-like weapon in front of him. The end was silver and the blade was made of glowing blue reiatsu.

"Seele Schneider, the only Quincy edged weapon," he said. [1]

"You thief, Ichigo!" Pesche proclaimed from out of nowhere.

"I'm no thief! And I'm Uryu! You just said so earlier!"

"You stole from a warehouse, you thief! Admit it Ichigo!"

"I'M URYU!!!"

"Then who's Ishida?" Pesche crossed his arms as if he had won.

"I AM! I'm Ishida Uryu!"

"Are you sure you're not Uryu Ishida?" [2]

"Would you shut up already?!" A vein throbbed on Ichigo's-err, Uryu's- forehead.

"You're a Quincy, right? Then why are you helping the Shinigami? The ones who killed off your entire clan?" Cirucci interrupted them. Uryu launched forward to attack. He tried to cut off one of her wings, but she pushed him away. He landed gracefully on the floor.

"I'd be more worried about those wings than my clan if I were you," he said. She looked back at her left wing, and sure enough where Uryu cut previously, her blades were cut in half.

"Are you trying to be like a bird? You were up in the air for a long time..." Pesche interrupted. Again.

"What part of QUIET confuses you?!" Uryu whispered harshly.

"Have some respect for the guy who saved you, Ichigo!" Uryu chose to ignore him for a brief moment and returned to the battle.

"Vibrating objects can be destroyed with something that moves at a higher frequency than them," he said. "As is the case with your wings. Seele Schneider vibrates at three million times per second. It's much like a chainsaw. Your wings are no match for it. I'd say the surface vibrates 1.1 to 1.3 million times per second at the most."

"I see... So in other words, my wings won't work against you?" she said. Uryu nodded. "Fine then." In an instant, the blades on her wings as well as her long arms separated from her resurrección.

"I didn't think you could freely separate parts of your resurrección from yourself," he said.

"I didn't separate them. I ditched them. I'll never be able to go back. Just having those wings and arms sucks up a lot of reiatsu. I'd rather get rid of them if they were dragging me down like that," Cirucci said. The remaining part of her wings separated themselves from her body. "Now I'll focus all the remaining reiatsu into one weapon." A grim smile formed on her face, and a large, steel fan formed at the tip of her tail. She launched forward at Uryu, shoving the large fan in his face. He pushed it away from him with Seele Schneider. Cirucci whipped her tail around the place, and Uryu continued dodging it. She laughed.

"I should've done this sooner!" More pillars were chopped in half, and portions of the ground were torn up as the result of Uryu's dodging. She shoved the fan in his face again, and as he tried to push it back he cut through it a little. Cirucci pulled back, a bit surprised.

"I don't need such a vulnerable form to take on someone with a sword!" The fan changed into sort of a spade shape with a cross-like end.

"A sword? I think you're misunderstanding something. Seele Schneider wasn't meant to cut. Because of its high vibration, it softens the reiatsu around the area it cuts, making it easier to steal," he said. The Arrancar's eyes widened as her blade glowed while its reiatsu transferred to Seele Schneider. "Quincy fight by gathering the reishii around them and forming them into weapons. Seele Schneider is no exception. Your sword's reishii is as good as mine."

"Don't mess with me!!!" Cirucci thrust her sword at Uryu again.

"There's something else you've got wrong. Seele Schneider isn't a sword. Quincy only use bows and arrows." Uryu formed his bow and aimed the arrow at her. He let go, and Seele Schneider tore through her blade and plunged right into her chest. He stood there for a minute and waited for the dust to clear. Lying on the ground was the unconscious Cirucci. He turned his back to her. "Let's go, Pesche."

"Alright, Ichigo!" Pesche said as they walked back down a dark hallway.

"I'm Uryu!"

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Chad was thrown back into a wall.

"What's the matter? Is that all you got? How lame," his opponent said. He slightly opened his eyes to see the Arrancar. He had an orange afro with sideburns and a goatee, and he wore his uniform open to show a well built chest. On each wrist was a black band, his knuckles had orange two pronged punching daggers on them, and his mask was in the shape of sunglasses resting on his forehead. "You're no match for Arrancar 107, Gantenbainne Mosqueda."

Chad rose from the rubble in a slouchy stance. Blood dripped from his forehead. His arm glowed as he pulled back for another punch, and he launched forward. Gantenbainne shook his head.

"Not gonna work," he said. He reached out and stopped Chad with his head before he could reach him. "Your puny human punches won't reach me unless you can use Sonido!" He pushed him back into the wall again. "How many times have I said that now, Sado Yasutora?"

Gantenbainne punched Chad up in the air, but he came back down to punch him. He dodged easily. While Chad was on his knees thinking about what just happened, his opponent charged at him and landed a kick on his face.

"Show me your true power, Sado Yasutora!"

"What do you mean? I am!" Chad said.

"No, you're hiding something! Bring out your hidden power!" the Arrancar gave him a good punch in the gut and knocked Chad to the floor. He sat up again. "Look, I'm really holding back here. You're really gonna die if you keep holding back."

"I'm not ready to die yet!" Chad gathered his reiatsu in his fist and charged at Gantenbainne.

"Man, you've really got guts!" The two exchanged blows, and for a moment it seemed as if nothing happened. Then Chad kneeled to the ground. Gantenbainne chuckled, but was soon shocked by the punch that was landed on his jaw. He flew back into the wall. Chad towered above him.

"I told you I'm not ready to die yet," he said.

"I understand how you feel now, Sado Yasutora. You want an all-out fight." He nodded.

"I have to move on from here," he said. Gantenbainne granted his wish and used Sonido to reappear behind him. He turned around only to get beaten to a pulp. The Privaron Espada continuously beat on him until he was pounded into the ground.

"I'm not done yet!" He leapt into the air and pulled his fist back for a big punch. Just before it could connect, Chad rolled out of the way. He stood up, and they both charged at each other. The two took a swing at each other and missed.

"You fool," Gantenbainne said. The orange prongs that were folded back on his knuckles folded up, and he punched Chad in the gut. "Uno!" He punched again. "Dos!" As Gantenbainne punched him numerous times he coughed up some blood. "Ciento!" The Arrancar brought his right fist down hard and pummeled Chad into the ground.

"On your feet, Sado Yasutora! Show me your true power! This should be a fair fight, for God's sake." Chad remained silent. "No answer? That hurts my feelings!" Electricity sparked between the two prongs on his left fist, and he brought it down on Chad. His eyes snapped wide open. When the dust cleared, Chad was no longer lying on the ground. He stood in front of Gantenbainne as if nothing had happened to him. [3]

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When we last left off with Ichigo, he was about to get a cero to the head.

Ichigo waited for his death as the cero came closer and closer to him. When it finally came to the point where it almost reached him, nothing hit. Ichigo opened his eyes to see what had happened. There standing in front of him was Nel swallowing the cero.

"N-Nel?" he said. Nel held her hands over her mouth like she was going to blow. And she did.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" she yelled as she blew the cero back at Dordonii. She panted hard. "Don't... be mean... to Ichigo!" But then...

Bam. Dordonii shot a light cero at her, temporarily knocking her out.

"I don't know who you are, little one, but you're really something else. It's amazing that you could reflect my cero in my released state," Dordonii said as blood dripped down his forehead. "But your mischief making went a bit too far, didn't it?" He twisted around and commanded one of his bird-like cyclones to dive at her.

"Disappear!" The cyclone rushed at her, but the head was sliced in half. And in the same period of time, Dordonii gained a deep cut on his shoulder.

"If you wanna see that badly, then I'll show you," Ichigo said. In his arms was a confused Nel. After all of Dordonii's nagging, he finally changed into his bankai.

"I see... I've been looking forward to this, boy."

"I-Ichigo..." Nel coughed a little.

"Sorry, Nel. I made you suffer because I was too stubborn. I decided before I came here that I would only use my bankai on the Espada and no one else so that I would have an equal chance with them," Ichigo said.

"So you set up your own guidelines on how to fight? That's impressive. I find that important in a fighter," Dordonii said.

"It's not important enough to let my friends get hurt over."

"So your goal isn't to become stronger, then? It's just a way to protect your friends? You're so kind, Shinigami. But you can become even stronger!" A grim look appeared on Dordonii's face. "I know about your ability to become a Hollow. Use it. I want to defeat you at full strength!"

One of his bird cyclones dove at Ichigo again, but with a simple swing of his sword, Ichigo obliterated it.

"Your reiatsu is impressive, but I want to see you at full strength!" One of the cyclones charged at Ichigo. He heard his opponent from behind him. "I'll do whatever it takes, boy!" He reached for Nel, who was still in Ichigo's arms. Ichigo smacked him away with Zangetsu.

"I'll do whatever it takes! Even if it means going after that little one! Anything to defeat you while you're at your full strength!"

"Don't you have any shame?!" Ichigo squeezed Nel tight. Blood dripped down her face from a small cut that Dordonii made.

"I do! I'm ashamed that I can't get my opponent to use his full strength!" Dordonii said.

"Fine then," Ichigo said. He set Nel on the ground. "Nel, step back a bit. But I warn you, you'll only get to see it for a second."

"Bring it on, boy!" Ichigo put his hand over his face, and his Hollow mask formed.

"Because that's how long it will take for me to kill you!" Ichigo shunpoed in front of Dordonii and made a big gash down his front.

"What... happened?" Dordonii said.

"I told you that you'd only see it for a second," Ichigo said as the mask disappeared from his face.

"How... regrettable." The Arrancar fell to his knees and his eyes rolled back into his head.

"Let's get out of here, Nel," Ichigo said.

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After Toshiro and Sayuri conquered their first near death experience in Los Noches, they walked through the next hallway for about fifteen or twenty minutes.

"I think we've walked enough for today. We should find a spot to rest for awhile," Sayuri said.

"How about over there?" Toshiro pointed out a small space in between two rooms.

"Not now! We don't have ti-" she started. He cut her off as he covered her mouth with his hand. Toshiro pulled her into the space just in time to see three fracción walking by where they just were. After he made sure they were gone, Toshiro took his hand off of Sayuri's mouth. She let out a big breath as she was able to breathe again.

"Are you trying to kill me?!" she whispered harshly.

"No, but if you don't shut up you'll get us both killed!" he said in an equal tone. Then Sayuri turned her attention to his heavily wounded shoulder. She sighed.

"What have I done...? Oh, Sayuri, you idiot," she said quietly to herself. Toshiro arched an eyebrow.

"What are you-"

"Look at what I did to you. I'm sorry, Toshiro." A deep frown came over her face as she tried to keep from wincing. The cut in her leg still had a bit of sting to it. Most likely the result of the ice block they had previously been encased in. Toshiro saw through her act and became concerned.

"You're saying sorry? I'm the one who consciously hurt you," he said. "Sit." She obeyed his orders and sat down. There truly was something wrong with Sayuri. A couple months ago, she wouldn't have listened to him for the life of her.

Toshiro ripped off a strip of fabric from his haori and sat down next to her. "Let me see your leg."

"What about your haori-"

"Don't worry about it. I have another. Now show me your leg," he demanded. She stretched her left leg out and rolled up her shihakusho to reveal a fairly deep cut. Toshiro took the fabric torn from his haori and tied it around the cut.

"You really didn't have to," Sayuri said. Her cheeks flared a bright pink. "I mean look at yourself! Exactly how do you plan on fighting now?" He noticed her eyes soften as he looked up at her.

"Well... Kidou isn't really my forte, but I guess I could try and close off a couple of these wounds for awhile. Although that would take up quite a bit of my reiatsu." He put his hand on his chin as if he were in deep thought. Sayuri sighed and looked away from him.

"You can borrow some of mine," she mumbled. Toshiro flicked her forehead. Her eye twitched in annoyance.

"Are you stupid? Your reiatsu was just less than half its normal level almost an hour ago," he said. Sayuri put her hands behind her head and leaned back on the wall.

"You're not all that observant for a captain, are you?" she said. "Haven't you noticed? The reishii level in Hueco Mundo is at least five times as dense as it is in Soul Society, so it's easier for our reiatsu to return to its normal level."

"Oh... I never thought of it that way. I suppose it won't hurt." He said the last part in a voice barely above a whisper. Toshiro put his hand over the wound on his side and it glowed blue. Sayuri hesitated for a second before she put her hand on his shoulder and channeled some of her reiatsu into his body. She was careful not to shock him. After a couple minutes, they had stopped the bleeding, albeit temporary. They repeated the process on his heavily wounded shoulder and his leg.

After sealing off Toshiro's wounds, Sayuri's bones felt a bit weak. She was a little tired, too. It was to be expected. She hadn't slept in almost two days.

'So tired... Must sleep,' she thought.

'Don't you even think about sleep! You don't have time for it!' Rai-Joshin warned her. 'You need to find Orihime, Sayuri! Don't fall asleep on me now!'

Her eye started to get heavy, and her head jerked.

"Sayuri? Hey, don't fall as...leep." It was too late. The orange-haired girl was already fast asleep.

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Yay! I finished early! You have no idea how long I've been waiting to add that last part. I finished more fights today, too. =) I really hope to get this arc close to finished near the end of the summer. I mean, it's been almost a year since I started this story last summer. Yeah, with all the rewrites I haven't gotten very far. ^-^; Thanks for the messages and ratings!

~Kai

1. Seele Schneider=German for Soul Cutter

2. I try to keep names Last Name, First Name. I try and keep them in order they say them in the anime/manga. If you don't understand, Pesche is asking if Uryu's not sure Ishida is his first name and Uryu his last.

3. I came in on the middle of Chad's fight because I couldn't find the beginning of it (assuming they actually showed the beginning. I couldn't remember).