Why I Hate Mondays Part 1a. (Multi-character Subplot)

[Hagiwara Toja]


What was that mess? First, a sudden alarm rang off, literally letting the Captain fall out of his bed. Cursing out loud, the fourth Captain grabbed his Zanpakuto, no time to go see Koga first. He would know what to do, leading the squad to heal the injured, but Toja would still take some of his men with him, just in case. But the first priority with that alarm was: Stop the intruder at all cost, kill if not possible otherwise. With a quick Shunpo out of the window of his room in the quarters of his squad, Hagiwara landed on the ground.
"Quick, you sleepheads! This is the highest alarm in the whole Seireitei! Healer Squads 2, 5 and 7, with me! The other squads act on Kogas directions! Stay away from the front lines!" He called out with his loudest possible voice without sounding like he was shrieking. The other Shinigami had trouble actually following him once he dashed off - many healers couldn't even use Shunpo.
It was not for long until Hagiwara stumbeled across a battlefield. Or rather, slaughterfield. Instantly, his eyes darkened, his expression changed from concerned to outright RAGE. At this point, nobody would make the mistake to think he was a girl anymore, after seeing the pure flames behind the collor of his eyes as his Zanpakuto Spirit enflamed.
"Healing Squads, scatter! Find any survivors, stabilize them, and bring them to the hospital ASAP! Don't follow me! Light up the Sky, Hotaru!"

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Jumping forward, his blade enflamed itself, changing form as he was still drawing it from the sheath on his back. Racing across the ground, he had only one goal in mind and eyes - the Tower. He could feel the intruders Reiatsu and would follow it. With some risky jumps, he was only meters away from something speeding up the prison. Whoever this intruder was, had quite some nerve... But wait, didn't he recognize this stature? He was to fast to say it clearly, though. And even if, it was his duty to exterminate that danger to Seireitei. As the unknown person jumped into a window, Toja raised his left hand, aiming at the place his target would appear again...
"Bakudō 61.: Rikujōkōrō!" The voice of the small captain called out, and as Shadin appeared in the window, six fast light pillars attacked him from various locations. Should they hit their target, the force of them would pin his arms against the body and immobilize every part of him, and would lead to an uncontrolled fall down towards the earth. But that wasn't everything Toja would throw at this threat to his home... But for a split second, he stopped. That was... Shadin Yuudeshi. A rogue Shinigami, being charged with murder, fleeing from Soul Society and treason. How much of that was true, he could not say. But still, Hagiwara would strike him down. Raising his flaming red blade, he jumped forward. If his Bakudo had hit, he would attempt to aim the next attacks right at the falling person, if not, he would aim upwards.
"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man!" Toja started his incarnation of the first spell. One of the 'basic' Kido, he could've used it without incarnation, but still he said it... ""Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south! The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!" After this unusual long incarnation, Toja showed the truely frigthening ability he possessed. As a former Kido Corps, he was able to chant two spells at once, combine them, and fire them off at the exact same time!
From his left hand, a red, glowing orb of fire energy shot forward, while a huge pulse of yellow energy left his blade, both aimed at Shadin.

::The alarms had woke Byakuya from his afternoon nap, and of course, it annoyed him greatly. Standing up, the Captain looked out of his window and to Soukyoku Hill. The sun made his long black hair shine, and it was a sight to see Byakuya without his hairpiece on. As his grey eyes stared at the solitary white tower, something caught his attention.

Seeing what appeared to be a white-haired figure jump into the tower's window, Byakuya had a feeling on who this person would be. And it sure as hell wouldn't be an easy fight. Quickly, yet neatly dressing himself, Byakuya kept an eye on the tower. Lastly, as one of his servants handed him Senbonzakura, he noticed the white-haired figure with another figure.

As he stepped onto the veranda of his room in the Sixth Division Barracks, he glanced once more at the figure and confirmed his suspicions.

Shadin Yudeshi.

A traitor who is once again breaking the sacred laws of the Soul Society. Flickering away using shunpo, Byakuya landed in front of Shadin after Toja had fired his kidou. Staring into the eyes of the beast, Byakuya's posture never faltered.::

"Shadin Yudeshi. You are hereby ordered to return Ritsuka Kando to the Second Division. Then you are to hand yourself over to the Second Division for going absent without leave. Failure to do so will involve the use of force."

::Byakuya's voice never changed. It was that same tone that he had whenever someone was doing something against his orders or the law. It was the same tone heard when Renji attempted to save Rukia.

Knowing Shadin, Byakuya knew this wouldn't be easy. He had a technique for this. Disappearing in the blink of an eye, Byakuya appeared behind Shadin. Pivoting on his right foot, Byakuya drew Senbonzakura and sliced at his back. This technique was known as "Senka". Senka is a special Shunpo technique where one moves to their opponent's back, directly attacking and sealing one's "Saketsu" and "Hakusui" in one strike. This would, effectively, cut off one's spirit energy. However, the movement is so fast that an opponent may not be able to tell whether he was attacked from the front or the back and even an outside observer may find it impossible to tell what the movements are.::

"Though it has been a while...Mr. Yudeshi."

Toja had his blade ready. His Bakudo hit point blank, as expected - nobody saw something like that coming without warning, plus it was one of the fastest spells any Kido user could unleash. But still, he had hoped for his double incarnation to do some more damage - but for now, it was better than nothing. Byakuya appearing and also Hitsugaya made one thing clear, however. Shadin would not get out of this mess easily.
"Works for me, rogue. Enkosen!" Raising his left hand again, he raised a shield of Reiatsu infront of his body. The lightning attack of the other Shinigami hit it point blank - it had been to fast for the Kido-oriented Captain to dodge. While the energy of the attack disappeared in a huge blast that merely let his sleevelesss haori flatter, something different made Toja grind his teeth in pain. A VERY unpleasant sound tried to rape his ears, or so it seemed to him. His own mistake - ofcourse lightning created loud sounds upon contact. Kido often used lightning, so he should've guessed that, and now he paid the price. The shield disppared as quick as it had appeared.
"Let's talk through fighting. I like it better this way, actually." He was fighting to save a friend? The one saved from the tower, for sure. Hagiwara would've done the same for Koga, but this little sympathy he felt was nothing compared to the weight of his duty. On Toshiros comment, he didn't even bother to answer. Retreat from the frontlines and let the Yuudeshi escape? The fourth Captain had no illusions, even Byakuya could not stop this fiend by himself. But for now, both of them where busy dealing blows to each other... the perfect situation for a well placed, incarnated kido... or many fast-paced spells in order to allow Kuchiki an easy win. A short view was thrown to Rukia, but Hagiwara had quite some trouble hearing - everything was as if underwater for him at the moment. Hitsugaya would capture the prisoner, that was for sure. So the 'cute' Captain raised his left hand again, concentrating. Thankfully, he had quite some reserves of Reiatsu ready to be used.
"Sorry, Shadin. But this is my duty. Bakudo 63.: Sajo Sabaku!" Glowing golden chains shot out of the fingers of the left hand, aiming to entangle themselves around the armes of Shadin, making them useless. "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Rikujōkōrō!" And with that, he used the Six Light Rod Prison once again, but this time, the spell was much stronger than before, since Toja actually used the chant to activate it. But should the Ziamichi-Host be able to somehow escape both of the spells aimed at his back... "Bakudo 1.: Sai!" The weakest Bakudo ever. But since nobody ever expected anyone to use it, it was able to mess up some fighters pretty badly. Especially since Kido spiked with the user, making even weakass spells useful.
He refrained from using attacking Kido for now. He didn't want to miss Shadin - especially with his nearly deafened ears which threw of his aim with projectiles for sure - and hit Byakuya with it. The other thing he was unable to use was his fire sword, the area of effect of the flames was just to big. It was impossible to only hit Shadin and not Kuchiki with it.

::A roar of thunder is what that laugh sounded like. The skies quaked and the ground shook. The sky turned dark and the birds scattered. The laugh was maniacal. The laugh continued above Misaiko, Hitsugaya, and Ritsuka. Then, as it got louder, a figure appeared out of the sky. As if it was jumping and landing.

The figure's sword slammed down in front of Misaiko. The explosion and his reitsu were fairly strong. The explosion kicked up a lot of dust, giving the figure plenty of time to stand up. As the figure could be seen through the dust, he stood out more than anything there.

Standing at nearly 6'5, the figure was tall. What appeared to be jagged edges on the sleeves turned stood out as much as the hair. His hair was long and jagged, almost gelled up into spikes. The dust cleared and more of this figure was seen. The figure was a man, and a big one at that. Not as in fat, but muscular. His Haori's edges were jagged, and his face was squared off. He had an eyepatch over one eye and a scar the other. His sword's blade was as jagged as his haori, and he had it sitting on his shoulder. His hair was indeed spiked, and it was jet black with little balls on the end of the spikes. However, that wasn't what would cause fear. Instead, it was the smile. It was tall and wide, with as many teeth as he could get to show showing.::

"Ah, it feels good to find a strong opponent...but a woman? Heh...this'll be interesting...Hey, shorty, go after the other guy...I've got this wretch."

::He stood there, waiting for her to attack before finally charging at her, bringing his sword back to his shoulder. As he sped up, approaching Misaiko, he kept laughing and smiling. He was charging at her from about 10 feet away, so it wasn't that far. He swung his long sword at Misaiko, not caring if it hit her or not. He then swung it more, in his normal wild and uncontrolled way. Oh yeah...his name...if you haven't guessed it by now, it's Kenpachi Zaraki.::

::Using his intense speed to block the first of the attacks, Byakuya knew his opponent well. Byakuya then shunpo'd above Shadin, his face cold as ever. He looked down at Shadin as he raised his Zanpakutou to chest-level. His scarf and black hair fluttered in the wind. He closed his eyes.::

"Scatter, Senbonzakura."

::The blade turned pink and glowed. The blade then started to almost fall apart, but instead it was shattering. As it shattered, the fragments started to float around Byakuya. This continued until finally there was no more blade, just the handle. Around Byakuya were hundreds of tiny fragments, that looked like cherry blossom petals. This was Senbonzakura.

Byakuya pointed Senbonzakura at Shadin. As he did so, the fragments followed the direction of the handle. Swarming as one, they danced as they chased after Shadin from above. If he were to be cut by them, he'd most definately be cut bad...or killed.

The fragments moved at high speeds, almost not being seen. Senbonzakura were tiny blades moving almost too fast to be seen, though they appeared as dancing cherry blossom petals. They then swarmed around Shadin, surrounding him everywhere but above and below. Because of this small opening, Byakuya pointed his left index finger at Shadin. He used that hand since his other was holding Senbonzakura's handle. From the tip of his finger, a small purple ball appeared.::

"Hadou 54, Haien."

::An elongated burst of energy formed from the ball at shot towards Shadin. When someone uses Haien, they fire a blast of purple spiritual energy that will incinerate a target completely when it makes contact. Shadin was trapped.::

Listen to it. SERIOUSLY, listen to it. Thanks.

[Toja Hagiwara]

"Son of a..." Without finishing his sentence, Toja stumbled backwards, as the wind obstructed his view - in addition to his already partially deafened ears, this threw of his aim almost completely, making all his Bakudo aside from Sai useless and wasted. Not to mention the cuts the wind tried to bring to him, which hurt like hell. But the new opponent had made one big mistake... wind would only bring his fire more oxygen, increasing the flames.
Whirling the flaming red blade through his hands, switching hands and spinning it between his fingers, a red barrage of flames started to dance around him, and any parts of the wind attack that striked now simply threw some of the fire at him, but the own fire couldn't hurt the wielder of Hotaru - just increasing the flames. But the distraction had been useful for the intruders - Shadin was on the run. And Toja knew very well that he could not catch up with that sickfuck, seeing as he zoomed away like a lightning bolt. But one person here could chase him down... but Byakuya was obstructed by a strong wall of energy.
Jumping upwards, Toja would make his final move against Shadin, even if not directly. A Bakudo or Hado couldn't catch up, anyways. Circling the sword above his head, a big trail of fire followed it, as the Trap swung the blade through the air, creating a flickering sound.
Hotaru no Hikari!" Yelling out the name of the skill, it increased the powers of the flames even more, as a huge flamewhirl was released from it, spinning around itself, encasing more air and with that, growing, before hitting the lightning wall, as Toja flew towards it. A huge blast was the reaction, first the wall seemingly grew, a mess of fire with white lightning running through it, both encasing themselves, before suddenly starting to die down!
The two powers started to cancel out each other, and the lightning wall was gone almost as fast as Shadin had created it. Only a milisecond after the attack disappeared in his landing spot, Tojas feet reached the ground. Byakuya could now follow without any problems or taking a small detour, right through the last bits of flickering flames and lightning on the ground, which would do nothing more but annoy him. Though Hagiwara knew that he would earn himself no thanks, more likely an annoyed glare, it was important to catch Shadin Yuudeshi. He was a traitor as far as the young captain was concerned. But now, he had to leave everything to the ones fast enough to catch up - as Fourth Squad Captain, he would slowly follow and tidy up the battlefield by healing injured Shinigami.

It was only after the lightning wall was destroyed that Toja also noticed Kenpachi - the sound of his flames had it made impossible for him to hear the crazy voice in the first place, even though his ears started to react normal again. Still, he would have someone use a healing Kido on them later, when all really injured where healed. Though Toja LOOKED injured with all the small cuts, it was nothing serious.
"Kenpachi-Taicho, could you please try not to get completely cut up in this fight, at least? Or do I have to assign a whole squad just to heal you afterwards?" The trap asked, as he for now resealed his swords Shikai and shove it back into the sheath. Kenpachi would want noone to interfere with his battle, that was for sure.

::As Shadin broke free from Byakuya's prison, Byakuya knew that Shadin needed to be dealt with. Quickly. As the shockwave hit him, he didn't so much as cringe. His hair, scarf, and haori fluttered violently, but Byakuya himself stood there. As his blade reformed, he saw the wall appear. Being so proficient in Shunpo, Byakuya was able to go around it before it completely formed. He looked back as the barrier was destroyed by the other soul reaper who had assisted him::

"Toja Hagiwara, it would be best if you were to leave this to the Captains."

::This was now a race. Byakuya knew that somehow, Shadin needed to escape the Soul Society. He suspected that Kisuke Urahara would help the traitor. As soon as Byakuya felt Kenpachi's reitsu and heard his laugh, he knew that the woman was taken care of so he didn't have to interfere. He shunpo'd in front of Shadin and Ritsuka, blocking their path::

"Shadin Yuudeshi and Ritsuka Kando. I cannot allow you to escape. You've left me no choice."

::Byakuya turned the unreleased Senbonzakura upside down and dropped it. As it hit the ground, it melded into it, as if the grounder were a liquid. A few seconds after that, two rows of about 100 katana blades appeared from below the ground. The blades were three times as tall as Byakuya and about his width.::

"Bankai. Scatter, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

::This wasn't a moment that he would use Bankai for fun or to end the fight quicker. He had felt a change in the reitsu of Shadin, and he had felt this only once before...when Shadin went berserk and killed his squad mates. This slightly worried him, though he was more curious about what this was. Was it just a power up? No. Was it Bankai? No. What the hell was this!

As he had finished his release, the blades shattered into tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Senbonzakura's cherry blossom blades. They looked like a pile of pink mush flying around. Without as much as moving his lips, a large amount of the petals flew towards Shadin's left flank at the same speed as before, only about triple or quadruple in number. Then, from above, another wave appeared. As did four more from below, behind, in front, and his right flank.::





"RESPECT? HA! YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT ME. I ONLY SHOW EVEN A BIT OF RESPECT TO THOSE WHO CAN GIVE ME A GOOD FIGHT. AND EVEN THEN, IT'S NOT MUCH HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA!"

::Kenpachi wasn't a barbarian. He just liked pissing people off to get them to give him a good fight. It took a lot to get Kenpachi to call a fight a "good" one. His smile, still as wicked as ever, was the main part that anyone could make out about Kenpachi other than his hair and immense stature. He ignored what Toja had said, as he didn't care if he got cut or not. In fact, he thought he wouldn't be cut.

As Misaiko used the slicing wind technique, his reitsu deflected most of the damage, but then he looked on his left arm. There was a cut in his haori and it was making him bleed. Kenpachi's reitsu then skyrocketed, knocking the low-level Shinigami (If you're below a 1 tier, you're affected) down and even taking the breath out of some (3 tier and below). His sharp tounge licked his lips.::

"AHAHAHAHA! YOU WERE ABLE TO CUT ME. YOU MIGHT GIVE ME A GOOD FIGHT AFTER ALL!"

::As the dome formed around him, his smile became wider. In an instant, his jagged Reitsu pulsed again, doing the same effects as earlier. It shattered the dome around him and the shield Misaiko had by disrupting the air currents. His body was glowing slightly yellow now and his smile was as wide as it has been in years. Charging towards Misaiko, Kenpachi swung his Zanpakutou down upon her before slicing at her from the left and he completed the combo with an uppercut.::