[Quincy Archer Hates You Arc] Part 44: Blind But Bleed

Here we were Ichigo, Ishida and I…looking at the Menos as he prepared to fire a Cero at us.

In that situation there wasn't much I could do about the Cero so I preferred to leave it in Ichigo's hands since I didn't want to try anything risky with Urahara watching.

Uryu: "Damn it, Kurosaki! This is our only way! You need to connect your sword with–"

Ichigo didn't want to answer and ran towards the monster.

Yato: "Or he could ignore everything you said and throw himself at that thing, Ishida-san."

Uryu: "What do you think you're doing, Kurosaki!?!?"

The Menos threw a Cero at Ichigo as soon as he got close enough, but to Uryu's surprise, Ichigo was managing to fend off the attack.

I had to go back to acting and pretend that I was really surprised by it, after all, I already knew it was going to happen.

Yato: "Ishida-san…are you also feeling that resonance…?"

Uryu: "...Yes...Kurosaki's power is increasing rapidly...I don't understand...could this be the cause of the resonance...? Wasn't his power always at its maximum...?"

Yato: "If we think logically, yes…but…if a person is constantly using spiritual energy, no matter how strong it is, it would be normal for that energy to run out at some point, wouldn't it? Not to mention the fact that Ichigo never controlled his energy... So in theory, he never uses his power." - I commented trying to sound analytical in that situation.

The quincy looked at me in surprise because I had just said what he was thinking.

Uryu: "That means… Kurosaki's power is at its lowest possible level…" - He said in astonishment.

As soon as Ishida had concluded his thoughts, Ichigo surprisingly, with a swing of his zanpakutou, countered the Cero of the Menos and in the process gave the creature a large scar.

Ichigo: "VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!"

Yato: "Well…I think that should solve it…" - I commented when I saw the Menos Grande running away.

Uryu: "He…scared that monster…"

Ichigo: "...Hey!"

Uryu: "...Kurosaki..."

Ichigo: "What? You're not going to thank me for this?"

Uryu: "...What…?"

Yato: "To thank you for doing your duty as a shinigami? So you wouldn't have done it if it weren't to help Ishida-san?" - I said ironically.

Ichigo: "Don't be a smartass. You guys should thank me for sending that thing–"

Ichigo just fell without even completing his sentence.

Ichigo: "…Heh…?"

Suddenly, Ichigo's zanpakutou began to change shape and his spiritual energy began to spread everywhere.

The energy was so powerful that it was affecting me and Uryu even though neither of us were near Ichigo.

Uryu's quincy bow grew gigantic and emanated so much spiritual energy that it was starting to hurt the quincy's arms. My ring began to manifest thousands of threads around me.

There were so many threads that I couldn't control them all and several times some of them cut me or stuck in my arms and legs, squeezing me.

Uryu: "Hey! Yasakani!

The pain was bothering me a lot so I just turned towards Uryu without saying anything and that's when I noticed that Uryu's bow was getting smaller while he was shooting arrows in the air, which was strange since even with him discharging Ichigo's spiritual energy...It wasn't for his arc to diminish so fast.

Uryu: "Somehow, the more you create these threads, the less spiritual energy I absorb from Kurosaki! This is going to be quite painful, but if we combine our powers, the two of us can stabilize Kurosaki's energy!" - He said as he continued shooting arrows despite his arms starting to show injuries due to the great spiritual energy.

Yato: "...Damn it, Ichigo...you just get me in trouble..." - I started trying to generate more threads and started to suffer the consequences of that.

Lots of threads were cutting me on my face, arms and legs and it reminded me of when I got pretty hurt fighting that Hollow that was chasing the parakeet.

Ichigo: "Hey! You two have to stop that!!"

Yato/Uryu: "Shut up!"

Ichigo: "You'll end up losing an arm if you keep going!"

Yato: '...I'm going to lose a lot more than an arm if this doesn't end soon...'

Uryu: "I told you to shut up!! I already told you! I hate shinigami! You said it yourself…that if we don't survive we won't be able to fight! You want me to thank you!? Don't even think about it! You better live! so I can beat you, Ichigo Kurosaki!!"

Yato: "Talk less and shoot more, Ishida-san!" - I was kind of annoyed that I was all cut up.

I closed my eyes in pain. I couldn't take any more being hit from multiple directions. Uryu was hurting his arms a lot but I was hurt all over my body.

Uryu: 'If Kurosaki loses control of his spiritual energy…his body will be destroyed…If that happens…it will all be your fault, Uryu Ishida…you should never have done this…it's all your fault…' - thought the quincy as he continued shooting arrows in the air. - 'To avenge my master… all these years I looked for a shinigami… I knew it would affect innocent people… and I still did it…Master…today I saved a shinigami…can you forgive me for what I have done…? I'm useless…and I couldn't even save you…can you…can you forgive someone like me…? Master…'

The quincy drops to its knees looking up at the sky, its bow had started to slowly return to its normal state.

Finally my Fullbring stopped materializing threads and I slumped back on the floor, exhausted. That's when I felt something touch my face. I opened one eye and saw that Rukia was next to me, again making that face like she was guilty of something.

Rukia: "You fool…this is the second time you've been like this…"

I gave a slight smile and to try to soften the situation I decided to make a random comment.

Yato: "Well…last time a kiss woke me up…Maybe a second kiss will make me heal faster…"