13 第13章: The Ryū Order and Ryū no kettō

"Aaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh!!!!" Erza howled writhing in pain.

"Hey this is the newly opened café, wanna grab some strawberry cheesecake?" Ichigo turned around to find Erza not with them. "Hey Rukia where's Erza?" He asked slightly worried "She was just right behind us, she's missing" Rukia stated.

Ichigo ran back to the path they took shouting her name. He found her- knees on the ground with her left hand supporting her weight so she wouldn't fall, panting and breathing heavily, brows connected, eyes closed tightly with dark circles around it, cheeks tinted red while her skin and lips are pale, sweat beads formed on her forehead- her face full of pain while she grits her teeth. Her right hand gripping the crook of her right neck. She was wincing and trembling trying to fight off the pain.

"Aaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhh!!!" She cried again. Ichigo ran up to her and kneeled beside her "Erza, what happened?" He said and she tried to stand up but fell towards him, he held her left hand and she squeezed his hand to ease the pain but fainted.

"Erza!" He called out "Shit!" He cursed and carried her bridal style towards their family clinic, Rukia seeing them hurried to follow them.

"Dad!!" He shouted "you're home early today" he greeted "help her please" he said almost crying, he is so worried trying his best to hold up the tears from falling from his eyes. "Place her on the bed" Isshin instructed. He went checking on her heartbeat using his stethoscope and taking her temperature and took the chart and started dribbling "Who is she? I haven't seen you this scared and concerned before" he asked forming a smirk on his face "How is she?" He responded ignoring his father's question "hey relax! Your girlfriend is fine. I mean she's super hot and gorgeous beside from her over fatigue and slight fever, she's fine. You should be gentle on her. Next time don't overdo it" he teased. Ichigo did not respond not denying nor confirming his dad's allegations.

She is still in a deep sleep. He went close to her, caressed her face and kissed her lips "Thanks Dad" he said. Isshin is crying "you never thanked me before, this is an emotional moment for a father and son" he said jokingly "why did you not introduce her to us, are you planning to surprise me with a grandchild soon?" He and Rukia giggled and he was so caught up in the thoughts of her just shrugged it off.

Erza woke up in the clinic and felt her right hand being held tightly so she sat up to see Ichigo sleeping while holding her hand and she smiled. Ichigo felt her move and woke himself up. "Hey Erza?" He tried to confirm rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands and yawned as he stretched. "Hey sleepy head" she said sheepishly.

When he realized that she is finally awake, he jumped over her bed and sat beside her and pulled her into a tight hug buried his nose in her hair and enjoyed sniffing her scent. Erza giggled as she pats his back "I was so worried! Please don't ever make me worry again, I'll go crazy if something happens to you" he whispered gently in her ear and planted wet kisses down her neck.

She pushed him away covering herself with her arms "Ichigo what the hell..." Her words were cut off with his heated kiss. She was shocked for a bit but managed to form a fist and hit him with an uppercut just right under his chin that made him fall on the floor. "You Fiend!!!" She growled at him "what the hell is wrong with you?!" He growled back at her standing up.

"Who gave you permission to do weird stuff on me? perv!"

"Why should I ask permission while Byakuya and Kisuke don't? dog face!"

"Oh yeah, why are you jealous? wretch!"

"I'm so angry at you right now bloody witch"

"Then come at me with all your might carrot head!"

"Make me, tomato head!!!"

"Why do they fight like a married couple? Isshin commented "carrot head pffff and tomato head pffwahaha" Rukia tried her best to hold her laugh but Isshin laughed so hard that made her laugh more.

Erza was stunned for a second then blushed and laughed so hard "What's funny" Ichigo asked crossing his arms around his chest looking away to hide his red face thinking "damn she so cute when she laughs like this" Erza stopped and wiped the tear on the corner of her eye "that was funny carrot head pffff" and laughed again "yeah it's funny tomato head" and started laughing rubbing the back of his head.

All of a sudden Erza stood up throwing the covers on the bed and ran, she tripped on her way and fell butt up- face down. Ichigo had a nose bleed when he saw her underwear and beautifuly toned thighs. "Pink... Laced" he whispered eyes wide, wiping his nose. Erza didn't mind, got up and ran with flash steps and disappeared from their sight.

"I can smell him and feel his reiatsu he should be around here somewhere" she thought as she looked around finding the man who bumped her and caused her to feel that burning pain. There he was standing in front of her, his back facing her.

The man has peach skin, thin red-brownish eyebrows, red-brownish spiky hair and dark-black irises. He wears the white kimono undergarment underneath his standard Shinigami uniform, in ragged condition and without any footwear, with a brown fur coat draped over himself. The coat has five Hollow masks adorning the back of it. He wears a mask resembling a gazelle's skull over his face.

She decided to come over so she can talk to him as soon as she tugged his clothes they both fell on the ground as she felt the pain to prickle once more but this time she was able to tolerate it. She stood up went towards him and help him stand, "your arms!" She said. There was a red dragon mark glowing around his arms and was reacting to her touch. "You! Who are you?" He asked removing his mask but she just stared back at him confused. He pulled her towards him secured her by wrapping his right arms around her waist and his left arm around her neck and gathered her hair away to reveal her neck as he reached forward close to her cheeks and peaked at the back of her earlobes. Her body stiffen as she felt his body heat and warm breath brush her skin.

There is a silver dragon mark that glowed. He smirked "I knew it. I finally found you my lady" he whispered seductively in her ear which made her jump away from him "What are you talking about? Explain yourself!" She demanded pointing her zanpakutō towards him. He raise both of his hands as an act of surrender "Ashido... Ashido Kanō at your service my lady, I go by the name Kenjie Taichō only few knows my real name" he said bowing down at Erza. Ashido jumped over to Erza in the intent of moving her away to protect her from an attack but she dodged him and instead pushed him away. There was the enemy an adjuchas who attacked. It opened its mouth and gathered a concentrated spiritual energy that formed into a reddish orb and blew cero towards them.  Spinning around to face the enemy Erza raised her zanpakutō to counter the strike and she parried the blow by holding her sword above her.

The silver dragon mark on her neck began to glow and her reiatsu doubled its power. Ashido stepped back as he watch with anticipation as to what she can do, running Ichigo and Rukia stood behind him followed by Kisuke and Tessai. "Interesting" Kisuke said eating his lollipop. "Dance, Yōtō Benizakura (Demon Blade Benizakura)" she said and crimson flower buds appeared scattered in the air and when she swayed her sword they bloomed in bright scarlet color then exploded. "Metsuryūken: Beruserion Hyouen Ken  (Dragon-Slaying Blade: Belserion Two Swords )" Erza now holds two katana one is  covered with Fire Dragon's Flames and the other Ice Devil's Cold Air. She ran forward and jumped and slashed the hollow in an x pattern. But she did not stop attacking not giving the adjuchas a chance to counter. "Hyōma no Reiki" and a huge ice dragon appeared and roared to freeze the enemy in an instant. "Karyū no Honō" fire dragon appeared and devoured it burning it to ash.

Much to her surprise another enemy appeared clapping at her victory. "It looks like you are ready to take a Vasto Lorde like me" he said with a mocking tone. His face is hidden with his bull-shaped skull. He wears a customized uniform, which is a long sleeve jacket with a black line starting at the high collar and curving down to his right hip. He also wears a black sash, white hakama, and black gloves. "Karaberasu" he said and Calaveras appeared hundreds of them that looked like his clones. They band together to create a wall with their bodies in order to stop Erza's friend to help her. "Grow, Árbol" he said the right side of Rudbornn Chelute's body becomes wrapped in branches reaching down to his waist, where they split off into roots that flare out on either of Rudbornn's sides. Four lightning bolt shaped branches grow out of the upper part of his right arm, with skulls similar to those worn by his subordinates hanging off of each one. His Zanpakutō also turns into a lightning bolt shaped stick or branch.

He flew towards Erza and her sword darted past a blade that sought to parry, and sheathed six inches of its point in a leather-guarded midriff. The arrancar gasped agonizingly and went to his knees, but her tall mate lunged in, in ferocious silence, raining blow on blow so furiously that Erza had no opportunity to counter. She stepped back coolly, parrying the strokes and watching for her chance to thrust home. She could not long keep up that flailing whirlwind. Her arm would tire, her wind would fail; she would weaken, falter, and then with the last blow she couldn't move. "Kuso, I can't loose in the likes of you" she growled and Rudbornn laughed at her like a maniac. Multiple cuts, bruises and wounds appeared on her body and she was  bleeding. 

"Is that all you got?" a voice was talking to Erza's subconscious mind as she tries to move. "Who are you? Show yourself" she demanded. A tall, voluptuous woman with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair. Her two front braids have two golden ornaments near the upper sections. She dons a risqué version of the typical witch's garb. Her black top has a diamond-shaped opening, exposing a portion of her breasts, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the naval of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar, is draped over by a dark-colored cape with a light-colored inside and two medallion gold-like ornaments, and is held together by a golden chain.She also wears black thigh-high boots with heels that have a white-colored border near the top and gloves of the same color and design, only having claw-like extensions. Her black witch's hat is much larger than her head and possesses dreadlocks designs with white bandaging near its ends. It also has a fur lining near its edges. 

"Are, are... It's me Irene Belserion, your zanpakutō's human form and your mother" she said with a sly smirk. "Don't disappoint me child, I'm lending you my power so use it well" she said and disappeared. Erza started to stand up "Bankai Shinku Ryūjin! (crimson dragon god)" she commanded and her zanpakutō changed it's form from twin swords into a single giant grim reaper scythe and dragon like wings appeared behind her. The scythe is black in color and is adorned with red dragon head and wings as it's blade and dragon tail at it's base. Erza is overflowing with power that made rubble around her float and melt. Erza hacked and slashed in the air without making any contact blood squirted out from Rudbornn's body from the multiple severe cuts that suddenly appeared spraying blood all over and he fell lifeless into the ground and turned into ashes and blown with the wind together with his calaveras.

Erza fainted and they all ran towards her, Ashido catches her and carried her on his back.