Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 60: Ten

Kaito's eyes were glued onto that black wave as it lay flat on the walkway they were thrown from. His hands were severely trembling as he saw the disgusting sight. Ichika wasn't looking any better either. Kaito could've sworn that a tear ran down her eye as she was looking.

Because of her uncle, they were positioned in a safe distance from the tsunami of that black gunk. In exchange though, the rest of the strike squad were left there to fend them off. There seemed to be more of a darker mood when Ichika started to turn away.

Her friend placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her from leaving.

"Are you sure you want to leave this here? I'm sure we can still help them", Kaito simply questioned her.

Ichika drew her zanpakuto from her sheath, turning to Kaito with electricity flickering in her eyes.

"Nah. Even if it's only for a little bit, I can feel a bit of reiatsu coming from all the way here, meaning that the prisoner named Aizen is still alive. He already demonstrated such power to all of us when he first visited. That type of spiritual pressure can't be extinguished that easily", Ichika muttered back darkly.

She shrugged off Kaito's hand as she began to work on making her way to the Royal Citadel.

"If we want to make ourselves useful to the strike squad, then we'd better keep going. We'll have to go on no matter what"

Ichika's hand tightened around the handle of her zanpakuto.

"And kill that baldy called Ichibe Hyosube"

The two used the technology implanted inside of their sandals to make their way up to the Royal Citadel. There was only the sound of wind blowing past them as they used flash steps without a word. Even if only for a bit, Kaito was worried that Ichika would get hurt in the worst way possible.

Throughout the whole time they were travelling, she had been giving this angry energy. Sometimes electricity would flicker on and off from her body. The hand around her zanpakuto looked almost pale from how tight she was holding it.

It took a long while, but they finally made it.

Ichika released her sealed zanpakuto and fired a lightning bolt through the side of the grand building. She instantly slipped through past the wreckage and began ascending. Kaito, with no choice but to follow, flash stepped behind her.

The heaviness as they ascended closer was clearly evident. Their movements began to slow down and the weight of the spiritual pressure at times almost dragged them down.

"What the heck is this spiritual pressure...How can someone possess this much and let it flow so freely", grunted Ichika as she took a seat at the edge of one of the floors.

Kaito collapsed onto the ground next to her, back laid flat on the ground. He was breathing heavily like he just ran a marathon. Both of them were drenched in sweat, barely being able to keep up with the spiritual pressure hovering above them.

"I swear, if it weren't for Captain Kurotsuchi's technology, then we would've been crushed down ever since we arrived", Kaito exhaled loudly while he rolled over to his stomach, trying to get on his elbows.

Ichika crawled to one of the walls and sat against it. Her red hair stuck to her forehead as a large amount of sweat had been running down from there. She took a moment to breathe while talking to Kaito.

"Don't be ruining what progress we've made this far. We trained this hard to not be a burden, remember?"

Kaito used his zanpakuto to support himself as he stood, "You don't think I know that? I've exhausted myself to the point where I would want to die instead of train. But I want to devote myself to the Gotei. You know why? Because Kazui gave me a second chance to live, and to become stronger"