Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 45: No Regrets

Kaito's POV:

"You think you can keep going, Hollow? It seems like you're becoming more troubled by the minute, and that's without my Shikai"

I bombarded the bastard Hollow with multiple attacks. With swift slashes and cuts, the injuries onto my enemy continued. Dark blood ran down the surface of its skin, some even spraying outwards, seeping into my skin. It was like the Hollow wasn't even trying to fight back. Large dark tentacles that waved around like flags emerged from under me. I performed a backflip and flash stepped away to avoid the attack. As I was falling, I looked toward the shadow. Pointing to the Hollow with my index finger, I focused on gathering the energy that I felt around me.

"Hado no. 4, Byakurai!"

A swift bolt of lightning was discharged from my finger. The blue bolt struck the exact spot where it was. Dust and dirt flew in every direction as my Kido blew up the small spot where...the enemy used to stand. As the dust dispersed, there were no remains of my opponent, which would only mean that it dodged the spell. Turning my whole body around, I positioned my sword to my back as I blocked the incoming attack from behind. I heard laughing as I turned to the direction of the noise.

"You haven't lost your touch one bit, though I despise you in any shape or form", I muttered.

"It is wonderful to hear that from you, but I'm not looking for compliments", I could see the mask moving closer to my face, red orbs swirling in its eye sockets, "I'm looking for you to die"

"Sorry, I don't feel like passing away yet; let alone to some grotesque Hollow like you"

The crack in the mask opened slightly, yellow fangs rattled in its disgusting mouth. With a blink of an eye, a shadowy black spike ejected out. I pushed away the attack but not before the spike grazing my cheek. The cut caused small drops of blood to splat onto the dirt ground below the Hollow. I breathed heavily as I stabbed my blade into the ground. I had too many close calls so far, and not only that but I was also slowly becoming exhausted. There was no way that this guy felt pain. After cutting him up many times, he ought to be at least hurt or tired, right?

My eyes widened as I saw that the previous cuts on his body had closed, reducing them to nothing. It seemed that my enemy also had healing properties as well as more offensive attacks since his 'reincarnation'. A second later, the Hollow appeared in front of me with those tentacles about to strike. Raising my sword without a moment's hesitation, I immediately parried the attack with ease. I saw an opening in the Hollow's defense since he was in a dazed state now. Using this as an advantage, I flash stepped onto the stomach of the beast. My blade was in place. I was in the correct stance and distance from his body. I focused all my strength into that single swing of my zanpakuto. It felt as if time had slowed down. This was the perfect attack that I had trained for from this short amount of time. All it took was one swift movement before my blade precisely passed through my enemy's abdomen.

The body crumbled into ash as it had done before. The millions of dust particles flew upward into the cold morning wind. Sighing in relief, I loosened my grip on the sword. It was done. That beast was finally taken down once and for all.

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Snap!

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CRACK!

Black spikes sprouted out of my exhausted body, piercing my insides. My eyes, my nose, mouth, and my body were all bleeding from the inside out. I spat out the blood that had gathered in my throat. The sudden attack had impaled the parts of my body so much that I couldn't even move. The pain that this had done to my body prevented me from moving at all. Forcing my spike-pierced eyes to look downwards, I saw the damage that this phenomenon had done.