He taught her to fight. He taught her life. Lunge, fight back and play as dirty as you can.
Everything that Rukia knew, she learned from him.
The creature before her was not him. It might look like him, speaking in his voice, but Rukia knew that it was not Cayenne.
The first rule: correctly assess your strengths and the strengths of your enemy. And if you are much weaker, then only a miracle can save you.
Rukia was weaker and knew that she had exhausted all of her limit for miracles in Seireitei. Here she could count only on herself.
Lunge and fight back, offensive and defense, no more than a dance. Rukia and Sode no Shirayuki were good at dancing.
- First Dance, Tsukishiro.
-Oh, a chilling sight, Cayenne laughed. Rukia looked at him skeptically.
-Chilling ...okay, forget about it, Kuchiki, you have no sense of humor.” As befits your status.
-Cayenne-dono, Rukia snarled a warning before attacking again. Without stopping smiling, Cayenne dodged, and Rukia felt her irritation dissipate. She could not get mad at him for a long time.
They exchanged a few more blows, Cayenne gave instructions, encouraged.
“Raise your sword and try again and again,” Cayenne's voice was rude, but he looked at her with fondness. Rukia felt happy, taking his help, his attention.
They were dancing.
This creature - a fake - only mocked her pain, her guilt. She can't stand it.
And yet she continued to fight.
- Second dance, Hakuren.
- Wow. You are making progress, Kuchiki. ”Cayenne smiled proudly, and Rukia felt warmth spread over her body. Even the rare signs of attention from her brother did not cause her such a thrill.
Rukia smiled.
-All of this is thanks to you, Cayenne-dono.
-You make me blush, Cayenne smiled mischievously.
In fact, it was just Rukia who turned red, but in communication with Cayenne it was familiar. She was just happy next to him.
Cayenne looked at her seriously.
“You learn fast, but you rely too much on zampacto.” Do not get me wrong, to have a close relationship with your sword is good, and we must constantly study and improve new techniques, but you need to pay attention to fencing.
He was right. Rukia had a great command of kido and was in perfect harmony with Sode no Shirayuki. But so far it has not been enough.
- Yes, Cayenne-dono.
She stood in a fighting stance.
And they were dancing.
This was not enough. This empty one was not Cayenne-dono, but knew everything that Shiba knew. He knew her next step, he knew all her tricks and techniques. And used it against Pukia.
He had to come up with something, and quickly, before the arrancar hit again.
-Raise the seas to heaven, Necibana.
Zampakto disembodied in a trident, Rukia remembered him well. It was not him. Not him. It's impossible.
-It's not fair, Cayenne-dono! - Rukia indignantly looked at the trident.
Cayenne grinned.
- Honestly, Kuchiki? Do you think the empty ones will fight you honestly?
-But you have a wider reach, and you are already higher than me. Rukia realized her mistake as soon as the last word flew from her lips. Heck.
Cayenne patted her head indulgently.
- Poor Kuchiki, poor little Kuchiki.
Rukia narrowed her eyes, preparing to strike.
Cayenne was faster.
She barely managed to repel the blow, gritting her teeth from the force of the blow and from such injustice.
“There will be even more empty ones, Kuchiki.” Do you want to survive? Want to become a worthy member of Gotei 13? Then fight. Learn. Dance
And she fought and studied. And danced.
- Dance!
She dodged, jumped away, ducked - always in motion, always dancing.
“Lunge and fight back, Kuchiki,” Cayenne instructed, continuing to advance. - Fighting, movement, attack, defending, attack, defense.
Cayenne stopped, and Rukia flew at him by inertia.
Laughing, they fell onto the grass with a ball of tangled limbs. Rolling over, Rukia saddled him. Cayenne smiled, looking down at her.
This round was left to her. Relaxing, Rukia smiled back.
And at that moment the world irrevocably turned upside down. Ka
The yen sat abruptly, his face a few inches from her. Rukia froze, unable to move.
She felt his breath, felt his hot lips almost touch her lips, and then nothing, only the cold of the earth and the pain in her lower back.
- Lunge and fight back, Rukia. And play as dirty as you can, ”said Cayenne, rising.
Rukia stood looking nowhere, and a grim determination appeared in her eyes.
She danced.
She could not. She's not strong enough. She already killed him once, how could she kill him again? Even if she knew that it was not him, even if she knew that there was a monster in front of her. She just couldn't. She is not ready.
Rukia heard Sode no Shirayuki cry before a blinding pain swept over her. That was the right end. Nejibana pierced her, as once her own zampacto pierced Cayenne-don.
In her memoirs, she saw the real Cayenne, and not this empty shell. The one who always smiled at her and was near. “Heart,” he once said. Part of his heart so he said once. Part of his heart remained with her. It was an honest deal, for her heart always belonged to him.
Play as dirty as you can.
She knew what to do. She might have been weak, but she was not going to die here alone.
- Third dance, Shirafune.
She danced.