Noble Love - Bleach (Kuchiki Byakuya x Oc x A bit of Various)

三十八

Yoruichi stood on the rooftop with the three Shinigami, each of them wielding their Zanpakutou and Ichigo was in his Bankai form. "We're here." she announced.

However, the Reigai noticed their presence from far, and a number of them gathered at the Senkaimon, preparing to attack them. "Hey!" called Ichigo. "There are more of them now."

She clicked her tongue in response. "So they were on to us after all!" she said. "They can only hold off the boundary wall of the Precipice World for a short time. We don't need to attack. We'll bust through them and make it through the Precipice World. Let's go!" At this cue, all four of them charged towards the Senkaimon.

"They're charging in." said Reigai-Hisagi while swinging the chains of his Shikai.

"All we need to do is keep them from going through the Senkaimon." said Reigai-Hitsugaya while reaching for his Zanpakutou and unsheathing it. "First, we need to slow them down!"

Halfway in mid-air, Rukia and Ichigo had to use their swords to block Reigei-Renji and Reigai-Ikkaku's attacks. "What's up, Rukia?" shouted Reigai-Renji once he'd pushed her a few feet back. Before she could respond, something tugged onto her Zanpakutou, making her glance to see Reigai-Hisagi's chain bound to the blade and prohibiting her from moving it.

"Rukia!" called Ichigo worriedly while dodging and blocking Reigai-Ikkaku's attacks.

"Stop looking around!" shouted the latter before delivering a blow strong enough to send Ichigo skidding a few feet back.

"Damn it!" he cussed. At that moment, Reigai-Iba suddenly appeared behind him and attempted to attack him with his sword, which took on the form of a large sword with a pick-like protrusion a short distance below the tip. Ichigo used Flash Step to move away, just in time for the sword to pulverise the ground, and joined Rukia. The two of them were soon surrounded by the Reigai.

Not far from them, Yoruichi was heading towards the Senkaimon when Reigai-Komamura approached her and swung his sword, only to have her dodge in time before the impact that was strong enough to pulverise the ground hit her. Asa then used this as an opportunity to move towards the Senkaimon, but Reigai-Hitsugaya appeared next to her. "Hyoryu Senbi!" He swung his sword at her and she quickly moved away before the overflowing ice could hit her. Once she and Yoruichi had their backs against each other, Reigai-Komamura raised his sword and prepared to attack them with his Shikai, the two women suddenly popped, followed by Rukia and Ichigo, revealing themselves to be portable Gigai.

"What happened?" asked Reigai-Renji, who skidded to a halt when Rukia and Ichigo suddenly disappeared.

"I didn't do anything!" said Reigai-Ikkaku.

"What just happened?" questioned Reigai-Hitsugaya.

"Getsuga Tensho!" The real Ichigo suddenly launched the attack at the Senkaimon, destroying it in an explosion. The four of them then grabbed the chance to run towards it while the dust clouds obscured the Reigai's vision.

"Moron!" shouted Rukia. "I ended up bursting mine before it got hit because you screwed up on the timing!"

"I can't help it!" shouted back Ichigo. "That thing was difficult to operate!" When they saw a rubble flying towards them, they leapt at the same time, allowing it to crash into the ground and shatter.

'Damn that Kisuke!' thought Yoruichi. 'I told him to develop something that anyone could handle.'

'I'm starting to understand the purpose of a Reigai.' thought Asa. 'They are Reigai originally created for the purpose of battling. Their personalities and strengths might not be near-perfect copies, but compared to the originals, they appear a bit aggressive. That being the case, they won't hesitate to attack me, Ichigo, Rukia or Yoruichi. That is why a single blinding blow was effective enough to destroy our Gigai. If they had hesitated in their attacks as the originals would have, it probably wouldn't have been as effective.'