Part 17

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"Bankai!" Jasmine yelled, and a huge blast came from her knocking Byakuya backwards and causing Ichigo to cover his face with his arm, "Jasmine!" he yelled for her, but when the smoke cleared, his face was in pure amazement, she had transformed her whole body, she was wearing armour that was made out of bones, the same material as his hollow mask, her top half was leaving her cleavage and stomach exposed, the bottom half looked like a huge skirt with only the front of it missing exposing all of her legs with thigh shoes, all of it was made out of bones,  "come forward my swords" she said and millions of different weapons surrounded her, and they were all aimed at Byakuya, "Jasmine wait!" Ichigo yelled, but the fight had started, a spear dropped down into Jasmine's hand, and her and Byakuya started to fight, she then held her hand out and a dagger dropped in her hand, "equip" she called out giving her wings so she could fly, Byakuya was struggling, he was no match for his sister, "equip," she yelled again, her wings disappearing and her skirt disappeared, and a tail with spikes attached to it appeared, she swung it at him with two other weapons in hand, Byakuya fell to the ground bleeding, and all Jasmine had to do was one more swing and this would be over. "One more chance Byakuya, stand down" she said, Byakuya looked at her with so much anger, but he knew he wouldn't win, "you have won" Byakuya growled, and flashed stepped out of the scene. Jasmine transformed back to her old self, and let out a sigh, "Jasmine?" Ichigo said standing up slowly, Jasmine looked towards him and saw he was struggling, so she quickly went over and helped him up, "easy" she said, but he didn't care, "it's really you isn't it?" he said putting a hand on her cheek, "Ichigo I'm so sorry, I wanted to tell you the truth but--" she began but Ichigo stopped her, "stop, there is something I really need to do" he said, the hand on her cheek brought her closer and he crashed his lips onto hers, and she instantly kissed back. 

Ichigo pulled away and had a big smile on his face, "I love you Jasmine, and I've been wanting to kiss you ever since I told you I fell for you" he said tucking a stray hair behind her ear, "your not mad at me? But I've lied to you, you thought I was dead" Jasmine said to him, "I don't care, you protected me in so many ways, you helped me listen to my Mom's last thoughts, Jasmine your amazing, and I love you so much" he said making a tear fall from her eyes, "oh Ichigo, I love you too" Jasmine said and pulled him down to kiss him again. "Jasmine?" she herd someone say behind them, she turned around and saw Orihme, with Chad and that boy she didn't recognize, "Jasmine!" Orihime yelled running over and hugging her, and Jasmine hugged her back just as tight, "your alive" Orihime cried, "it's ok Orihime" Jasmine said giggling, "I've missed you" she said letting go, "I've missed you too, all of you" she said looking at Chad, "I don't think we have met" Jasmine said going over to the knew boy, "Uryu Ishida, it's a pleasure to meet the Red Reaper" he said bowing down, "oh please, Jasmine is fine" Jasmine said giggling, she then turned her head and was met with another face, but this one she recognize straight away, "you" the man said, "Ganju" Jasmine said shocked to see him, "I'm guessing Kukaku was the one that helped you lot get in" Jasmine said looking down, "wait, Ganju? You know Jasmine?" Orihime said, "yes I do" Ganju said getting angry, and Ichigo stepped forward to put a hand on Jasmine's shoulder, "she killed my Brother" he said making Jasmine look down guilty, "she killed her own Husband" he finished, "Jasmine did it to save him" Ichigo said standing up for her, "oh yeah, did she tell you what she did afterwards, she buried him without telling me and my sister, we found out through a letter, she couldn't even be bothered to come and talk to us" Ganju said getting more angry, Jasmine looked down ashamed of herself. "She was heartbroken" they herd someone say, they looked around and saw it was Rukia, Renji had brought her back to check on everyone, and to Rukia's relief they were alright, but she had to defend Jasmine. "Kaien was taken over by the hollow, and Jasmine knew it would eat Kaien from the inside, so she had to do what she did" Rukia explained, "but she didn't care enough to come tell his family" Ganju said about to walk up to Jasmine, but Ichigo pulled her behind him, "step back Ganju, I mean it" Ichigo said wanting to protect her. 

"She wouldn't let go off him Ganju" Rukia blurted out, "she held him as he died, as he told her how much he loved her, he wanted her to find love again, and thank god she did, because we not only lost Kaien, we lost Jasmine too" Rukia said, Jasmine listened to every word she was saying, "only our Brother could pry her away from his body, he was the only one that could keep Jasmine calm," Rukia explained, and Ichigo looked at Jasmine, "we're twins, we keep each other calm" Jasmine said to him, "that's not what I saw earlier" Ichigo said, and Rukia stepped in, "that was Jasmine threatening Byakuya, she wasn't using her Bankai to the fullest" Rukia explained, and Ichigo was amazed at how strong Jasmine could be, "you really are amazing you know that" Ichigo said giving her a loving smile, and Jasmine blushed at his comment. 

"And she has me to thank for that" someone said, and suddenly everyone dropped to the ground from the spiritual pressure, it was so strong. Ichigo reached over and held Jasmine close to him, "it's nice to see the old Jasmine back, I have missed her" the voice said, everyone looked up and saw who it was, and Jasmine was the most shocked, "Aizen?" she whimpered, as she remembered the pictures she saw. "Hello Jasmine" he said walking towards her, "get away from me" Jasmine said trying to back up, but Ichigo held her closer, "well if your not going to let her go, then I guess I will have to take her by force" Aizen said and disappeared, suddenly blood spilled from Ichigo, "NO!" Jasmine yelled as she felt arms wrap around her and she was pulled out of Ichigo's grip. Jasmine suddenly swung her sword towards Aizen, but he blocked it with one finger, "now now, there is no need for that" he calmly said, and Jasmine suddenly felt pain all throughout her body as blood spilled everywhere, "JASMINE!" she herd Ichigo scream for her as she fell to the ground, Ichigo tried to get up, but it was too much for him, "your stamina is amazing Ichigo, but your spine is barely connected to your body, you should lie still" Aizen said to him, "I will have to take matters into my own hands as my plan didn't work" Aizen said bending down to Jasmine, "plan? What plan?" Renji  struggled to say as he couldn't get up either, "I needed Jasmine to save Rukia, but you came instead and got in the way, I had security increased around you so you wouldn't interfere" Aizen explained to Ichigo as he grabbed Jasmine by the neck, "don't touch her!" Ichigo yelled, "Jasmine!" everyone shouted for her, but they were all glued to the ground, "I'm guessing it was Kisuke who told you to come through the Western Rukon district, why wouldn't he, he was always good at protecting Jasmine from me" Aizen said, and Jasmine was more frightened by the second. "What?" Ichigo said confused, "you see, Kisuke new Jasmine would be the one to save Rukia, even sacrificing her own life to do so, that's why he sent you Ichigo, he trained you so you would be strong enough to stop Jasmine from saving her, so you can save her instead" Aizen explained. 

"And that's when the plan failed" 

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