Warrior's Heart

Kyouga sonidoed down to the crater that the pair made, and waited for them to make their next move. He then noticed that their risky behavior had taken the life of a fairly active skateboarding teenage boy. "Aww man, dude... Eh?" The boy said to himself as he noticed his chain of fate. "W-what's with the chain? Kyouga then sonidoed to the new Plus, and explained his current condition and informed him to stay close to him until a Konso could be performed on him.

As the blades sunk into Michael the hollow would shift them about grinding up his insides right up until the last second of the hadou firing. Burnt and shocked into submission the hollow fell limp on top of Michael it's nervous system gone numb from the attack however it's hands were still tight around it's zanpakutou hilts refusing to let go, "You take good care of Tenju...he's a weakling and needs to get much stronger before I take this body for my own. Until next time shinigami." Hollow Tenju said with a wicked grin on his face before the mask forming on his face suddenly cracked and shattered into pieces. Tenju's eyes then rolled back and he passed out as blood started to drain from his ears due to the powerful hadou. He was covered in burns and bruises as well and would need hospitalization, it wasn't likely Tenju was going to be waking up any time soon.

Michael took the two blades out of his chest with a grunt and pushed the recruit to the side. Michael got up from the floor as hew was bleeding slightly, he walked over to the kid and took out his zanpaktou and said.

"Don't worry kid, you're goin to a better place now."

The bottom of Michael's zanpaktou glowed as he tapped the kids forehead performing a konso making him dissapere and go to the spirit world. Michael went over to the recruit and grabed hold of him with one hand and placed him over his shoulder even if he was a tall mofo. He walked over to Kyouga and said,

"Kyouga, I aint got time to fight you now, If I could i'd whoop you're a.ss, now open up a garganta I gotta take this kid to get medical care."

Kyouga pointed past Michael, and a Garganta opened up with the sound of a record being scratched. "You go ahead, I'll prepare a proper burial for the boy's body and make repairs to this area." Kyouga reassured Michael calmly as he leapt into the crater and searched for the body.

Michael looked at Kyouga with a serious look and then said.

"If I find out you did something bad to that boys body i'm gonna hunt you down!"

With that Michael turned around and began to walk through the garganta asif it were nothing.

"Be good kyouga, if I find you doin anythin bad again I'll hunt you down and slice your head off."

And with that he went deeper into the garganta as it began to close behind him.

Kyouga found the corpse of the boy, and he quickly sonidoed to the funeral home, where he gave the body to his Human that he alerted. His Human, Gaspard, took care of all of the funeral expenses and attended the funeral in Kyouga's place. In the meantime, Kyouga reconstructed the ground that was pulverized and he looked for a place that he could call home to himself and others in the future.

Tenju would not wake up for another two days, the strain on his body and mind was so great that his soul intentionally put him into a sort of hibernation to prevent panic and further injury upon waking. Tenju slowly drifted through a void of nothingness in his dreams as he slept until finally he opened his eyes to see the light of the sun pouring in from the window. He was in the 6th squad infirmary and had various bandages on his body still however there wasn't much pain in his body. Tenju would reach up and place his hand over his face as he tried to recall what had happened, "The last thing I remember...was going to the world of the living..."

The squad captain was there by his side and hadent left until he finnaly recovered, beside his bed were gifts and get well soon cards from other members of squad 6 and of the Gotei 13.

"You got the crap beaten outa you by an arrancar named Kyouga, don't worry about it I sorted him out. You're okay now the nurse says you should fully recover soon enough, you waking up was a good sign. Rest up well then we'll get you back into training."

Michael told the opposite of what actually happend, he was going to fight Kyouga when something strange had happend to his recruit were he had to take him out instead of kyouga. Michael kept on a serious face and then lent back on his chair as he waited once again for his recruits full recovery.

Tenju's eyes shot to his Taichou as he began to speak, for some reason his burns seemed to hurt a bit more upon laying eyes upon him and there was a hint of falsehood in his words however Tenju couldn't think of a reason for him to lie. Unaware of what really happened Tenju started to get up out of bed on his own, "I'm ok to start training now Taichou, the pain isn't bad." He stood up on his own and started to undo his bandages.

Michael got up and then gently pushed Tenju back onto the bed and then said.

"No, you will continue resting until the nurses say you can leave. You're leave is official and permitted rushing your training will re-open your wounds and make them worse."

Tenju looked himself over and saw most of his wounds were burns, "There is nothing to re-open, I'm leaving..." Tenju ignored his orders and reached for his zanpakutou before grabbing his zanpakutou, "Oh hey...look at that...it's coming right at us!" He shouted as he looked out the window and pointed, it was just a trick however as he suddenly took off for the door and ran out into the hallway.

Tenju couldn't stand being stuffed up in the clinic and he wanted to start training right away, memories were coming back to him and he remembered the arrancar and his powerlessness before the man. Tenju suffered his first overwhelming defeat. He looked down at his chest and saw the branded #6 on his chest and grit his teeth in frustration. Tenju would make that man kneel before him and remove that number if it was the last thing he did.

"Flowers?" a familiar voice asked as this individual offered Tenju a Bouquet. It was Kyouga, but the feudal attire he was wearing somehow was suppressing the vibe of being any kind of hollow. "Michael was the one to beat you up. He did this because the Hollow part of your own soul took over. Have you felt him around you yet? Have you felt strange lately? Any dark apparitions in your mind?" Kyouga explained and inquired from Tenju, and it wasn't very considerate.

Michael shunpoed and stood infront of Tenju with his hand on Kyouga's neck tighly as he raises Kyouga of the floor enough for his feet to be on tip toes, Michael tightens the lock on Kyouga's neck.

"What did I tell you Kyouga, you ever tell him and I would kill you! and if you ever stepped here ever again I would kill you were you stand, this is the 2nd time you're here Kyouga I will now execute you right here right now!"

Michael had a look of anger on his face as his grip on Kyouga's neck turned even tighter than ever before, at this stage Kyouga would be gasping for air. Michael was full of rage right now that it was hard to hold it in.

Tenju stopped as he was cut off by a face Tenju now remembered clearly, "You...but how can you be here!?" Tenju shouted as he tried to think of how an arrancar could have penetrated so deep into soul society. He was then bombarded with things he couldn't understand and sudden question, Tenju simply looked at Kyouga with shock, "Hollow part of my soul?" Then without warning Michael Taichou shunpoed between them and began choking Kyouga out, Tenju looked on in surprise however he could tell something was being hidden from him.

Tenju stepped past his captain and gripped his arm that was choking the arrancar with a devils grip, "Michael Taichou....what is this man talking about?" He looked at his captain with sharp eyes, Tenju did not like things being hidden from him.

Kyouga started choking, and his body was welling up with adrenaline. It was almost as if this was Kyouga's plan from the beginning. Kyouga was indeed nearing death, but out of death came rebirth. He was almost there, almost to the peak to reach his next form.

Michael continued to choke Kyouga, tightening his fist and raising him higher of the ground and then said.

"The incident that happend a few days ago, we discovered soemthing about you that wasent correct shall we say something that I will in due time teach you to control now in the mean time i'm gonna choke this bastard to death once and for all!"

Tenju tightened his grip and applied force to one of Michael'a pressure points in his wrist in an attempt to force him to let go, "...let go..." He spoke quietly as an anger swelled up inside of him that quickly could no longer be contained, "I said....LET GO!!!!!" Tenju roared as he unleashed all of his reiatsu and bared his teeth like fangs as he glared at Michael and let go of his grip only to turn and swing his arm for a close range punch to the face, "This man is my opponent! He's mine to defeat!" Tenju would slap his hand over the #6 marking his chest, "I'm going to make him kneel one day and bow in apology for leaving this mark."

Kyouga's pulse started to get weaker, and his eyes started to become lifeless. Kyouga only had to hold on long enough to be discarded by Michael, then he could finally undergo his transformation. Unfortunately, Kyouga had a very small timeframe in which he could still cling to conscientiousness. Tenju actually was a great help to him in this situation, but all Kyouga needed was to be released from Michael's grip.

"STAND DOWN RECRUIT, YOU DON'T KNOW HIM AS I DO, THIS MAN IS BETTER OF DEAD THEN KEPT ALIVE! YOU ARE TOO WEAK TO DO AS YOU SAY RAISE YOUR RIATSU ALL YOU LIKE GRIT YOUR TEETH ALL YOU LIKE END OF THE DAY YOU'RE IN MY SQUAD AND OBIDE BY MY RULES!"

Michael lets go with his right hand and uses it to block Dunquins fist coming towards him, as he does this Michael unsheaths his blade with his left hand and places it by Kyouga's neck and then raises his riatsu higher then it normally is.

This riatsu causes the whole place to shake and the windows to shatter, the ground begins to shake aswell and the gravity in the air begins to get heavier and his blade begins to get sharper, so sharp that even though the blade is resting lightly on Kyouga's neck it's already cut him lightly and made him bled slightly.

"Tenju, there will come a time were you will make this man kneel before you and do as you say however today is not the day! You must still undergo alot of training! Now leave this place! I will deal with this man!"

The instant Michael raised his reiatsu there was nothing more Tenju could do, the resulting pressure sent him to his knees. Fist still held in his captains hand the only thing that wasn't to the floor was Tenju's arm as he made a fist with his other hand and punched the ground in anger, tears began to run down his face in frustration at his own weakness. Tenju continued to put out his reiatsu at maximum power however it was simply all he could do to keep from being knocked out by his captains reiatsu.

Kyouga's body broke down into black spirit particles that combined together right next to Tenju. "Hey, it's okay Tenju; you can't win everytime, so don't cry. Besides, you've only just unlocked a very small amount of your potential." Kyouga said gently while he held his unclawed hand on Tenju's shoulder. Kyouga was smiling gently and reassuring Tenju that everything would be okay. In addition, the number on Tenju's chest was gone as well. Right now, Kyouga was on one knee and crouched down to Tenju's eye-level. The transformation had changed his appearance, and he was even stronger that before.

"New apperance eh? ah well I'll smash that pretty face of your's no matter what!"

Michael grabs his blade tightly and then turns to facec Kyouga once again, he sends his large powerful right foot to Kyouga's face to kick him, the kick would connect and send him flying back to crash through the solid concreate wall, there Michael would let go of his recruits fist and dive towards Kyouga to attack him once again.

Perhaps Kyouga's words and actions were meant to relieve Tenju however they only frustrated him more at his current weakness. With his fist freed it would slam against the ground as well in anger. There is no meaning to the 6 if it was removed on Kyouga's whim, it simply served as another reminder that Tenju had a long way to go.

Kyouga dodged both of Michaels attempts to hit him, and he was standining on a concrete wall as if his own body was defying the laws of gravity. "Mike, I thought we were friends... Then again, I been quite troublesome lately..." Kyouga said calmly as he facepalmed with his demonic hand.

Michael points to Kyouga and then says.

"Aslong as you and I are both alive I shall continusly hunt you down and make sure I give you a death wish that you may or may not have wanted!"

Michael clenches his fist and then says.

"Get out of here before I slice you down and kill you here and now!"