White Rain

Chapter Seventeen: captured

This is a Bleach fanfiction story that I am teaming up with Openminded15 (from fanfiction.net) to write. We do not own anything associated with the Bleach series and/or its characters. However this story is an original idea as some of the characters may seem a bit OC as we have also thrown in some completely OCC characters for this story. Please leave your comments and reviews telling us what you think. Thank you!

Key guide: bold - hollow voice, italic - zanpakuto voice, *mental speech*, "regular speech", 'thinking', bold italics - attacks, (author notes/translations)

Chapter seventeen: captured

Rukia and Kensei had arrived at their designated location. They waited for the others to get to their positions. Then, all they had to do was wait for Ichigo to give them the sign to attack. However, something didn't feel right. Something in the air felt odd. Rukia couldn't exactly put her finger on it. She could still sense everyone's spiritual pressure. She felt a new presence, but she figured it was just one of the beasts that Hakurai sent after Ichigo and Grimmjow.

"Do you feel anything. . . strange, Kensei?" Rukia asked.

"The air around us since we got here has been pretty heavy." Kensei answered as he could feel it too. She began to think that it might be something after Ichigo that could be affecting them.

"Do you think Ichigo and Grimmjow are all right?" she asked. The presence that she felt, she's sure Kensei feels too. It felt a lot like Captain of Squad eleven, Kenpachi Zaraki's spiritual pressure. She prayed it wasn't actually Zaraki. There would be a slim chance of the two of beating him.

"He'll be fine. He's been through way worse." Kensei stated. He's right, she was just being paranoid.

The air around then suddenly burst. The sense wraps around them as it feels like they're being choked. Rukia shuts her eyes and fough hard to exert a breath of air. Kensei also struggled underneath the substantial pressure. The heavy pressure instantaneously disappears and they're able to breathe again. Rukia opens her eyes and sees that both of them are surrounded by Hollowfied shinigamis. They immediately unsheathe their zanpakuto and take a battle stance. It's going to be a rough fight for them to take them all down but, the look on Kensei's face says that he's ready. He's the first one to jump into action, slicing his way through all of the Hollows in front of him. He must have taken out at least five guys by now but, it doesn't look like he's barely made a dent in the crowd.

"Dance....." Rukia muttered, as she held out her sword in front of her and turned it around counter clockwise. The sword turns completely white as she turns it and a white ribbon forms at the pommel. A rush of cold air swept upon her as the sword finished transforming into its beautiful shikai form. The blade starts to glow. "Some no mai, Tsukishiro (First dance, white moon)!" She slashed her blade in the direction of the crowd of hollows. As she does this, she draws a circle with the tip of her zanpakuto. A large pillar of ice forms, freezing a large number of hollows within it. Even though both of them had taken a large portion of hollows out, they still crowd around them both with no end in sight. The Hollows crowded in further, separating Rukia from Kensei. 'They are trying to weaken us by getting us alone. Too bad that's not going to work.' Rukia thought. She heard disgruntled sounds come from where Kensei was. They started attacking him but, it sounds like they were the ones in trouble, not Kensei. She glanced around at all of the Hollows surrounding her, puzzled on why they weren't attacking her yet. They just stood there. It was only when she tried to attack them, that it triggered them to move.

They didn't hit her, or try to swipe at her with their blades, or even use a cero attack. Five of them had grabbed her, each took a limb, while one grabbed her mid section. They forcefully dragged her away from the scene as she struggled to break free. They had her arms locked tight, to where she was unable to move them to reach for her zanpakuto. In the middle of a fight all of the Hollows fled, leaving Kensei there alone. He looked around for Rukia, but she was no where to be found.

"Rukia?" Kensei called out. "Rukia? Where are you?" he yelled out as he then realized what had happened. 'Damn it. They must have kidnapped her. Shit!' Kensei stated internally. A black butterfly known as a Hell's Butterfly flew up to him and rested on his finger when he held it out. It whispered to him the orders to retreat for now. "They're all gonna love this news" He stated returning his zanpakuto to its rightful place and flash stepped back to Ichigo and the others.

Rukia was dragged high up above the clouds, where Hakurai resided. The Hollows brought her in front of the white, dragon-like beast. They knelt before him, while still keeping a strong grip on Rukia.

"Master, we brought her just like you asked" said one of the Hollows.

"Good job. You certainly did a better job at completing your task than the others." Hakurai grunted, referring to the ones he had sent after Ichigo. He looked down at the small woman and grinned. He watched the relationship between her and the orange-haired boy. They have a strong bond and it would be hard for him to face off against her, giving Hakurai the upper hand he needs. "It's time Rukia, for a little makeover." The clouds around them turned darker than they already were, almost pitch black. Hakurai's eyes began to glow a bluish white aura, along with the rest of his body. He thrust his hand into the air. The blue aura collected into his hand forming a ball. The Hollowfied shinigamis raised Rukia up as high as they could. Hakurai took the ball of energy and gently placed it on her chest. The ball began to glow brighter and bigger once it was on her chest. It then started to singe her protective layer, keeping her safe from the rain, and changed her shinigami uniform. It burned through to her skin and began to dig and burn into her skin. She screamed out in agony as in buried itself deep. Once inside, the blue energy seemed to melt and turned into a white gooey substance. The odd substance crawled out of the hole it made and wrapped itself around Rukia like a cocoon. Flashes of light cracked from the hard shell. The cocoon burst, and a bright light escaped from it. Hakurai flashed an evil grin that stretched all across his face. "Good. Now, my dear Rukia. You know what to do."

She bowed down to him before departing. "Yes, Master."