The Double Edged Sword

21

Recap:

Twisting her body to see behind her, Rukia came face to face with Byakuya Kuchiki, the Captain of the sixth division in the Gotei thirteen. This man was also her elder brother through marriage; this was her most feared man in her entire life.

"Brother!" the word tumbled out of her mouth before she could even think. As soon as he acknowledged her Renji struck from behind, Rukia narrowly escaped with just a cut on her cheek.

"Giving your powers to a human is a very serious sin for Soul Reapers. Our boss appointed us as the executioners to kill the human who has your powers." Renji spoke while slowly pulling himself back into a standing position. "Now, call him Rukia! We'll capture you, and the guy who stole your powers will die. And don't even think about protecting him, you should know very well now right? When you were being attacked just now, you didn't escape, I let you escape! This time, my attack will be serious!"

From a concealed position on a far off roof, Izumi rolled her eyes while listening to the guy. All she could think was that this 'Renji' guy was way too arrogant for his own good. She couldn't put her finger on it, but the dark haired man also looked kind of familiar to her. Izumi knew that some, if not most Soul Reapers may be unfamiliar to her since she had been banished so long ago. Sure, it had only been seven years in the human world, but in the Soul Society hundreds of years could have passed. She continued to watch on until an arrow was shot passed Renji's head. Following it's flight pattern her eyes fixed onto Ishida who just so happened to be walking along.

"A man with a weapon attacking an unarmed woman? This isn't a good scene to walk in on, I really dislike this sort of thing." Ishida said while holding a plastic bag in one hand while his other held is spiritual weapon.

"You! Who the hell are you!?" Renji growled out while glaring at the dark haired boy who merely pushed up his glasses after dropping his bag.

"Just a friend in her class, who hates Soul Reapers." he said confidently making Izumi slap her forehead in response; out of all of the things he could have said, she felt that his moto was not the way to go in this situation. 

....

Renji jumped back away from Rukia and instead stood protectively in front of his Captain. Slowly, at his own pace Ishida made his way to Rukia's side while keeping his eyes trained on the new Soul Reapers. 

"Ishida, why are you here?" she questioned while looking back at him as he made his way to her. He pushed his glasses up again and gave her a confident expression. 

"Pure chance Kuchiki Rukia; don't worry about it. Simply said, it's midnight and I wanted to go to the twenty/four seven, western clothing franchise 'sunflower tailor' and the closest place was this neighborhood. Actually, I felt the presence of a Soul Reaper nearby so I had to come out, I used my brain of course. I had to be inconspicuous, so I purposely brought this bag with me." he muttered while feeling plenty proud of himself for thinking such things through. Izumi held in a small laugh while she listened to his explanation, she thought that, it definitely sounded a lot like something that her crazy friend would think through; though she wasn't quite sure why he explained it in such detail. However while he was praising himself, Renji took that as his moment to take the first strike, which was cowardly; at least in Izumi's opinion. Why would you attack an unsuspecting innocent, who hadn't harm you in any way? 

That wasn't the way of the Soul Society she remembered, if these Reapers really were from the Kuchiki Clan then she would be having a conversation with Ginrei, later on about this Captain's way of doing things. 

"Stop saying shit, four-eyes. I already asked you before! And I repeat, 'who the hell are you?!'." he declared while glaring at the dark haired boy. Izumi again scoffed, she felt that Renji was way to full of himself to be anywhere near the Sixth Division; they were all about the 'rules' of the Soul Society, there was no way this brute was taken in without a good reason. "Well, if you can't reply, then it's alright, I'll finish you off first then." Renji declared making Izumi honestly begin to become enraged. She hated this guys attitude.