"How fortunate that you met someone who got your blood boiling." A lady with the title of a Captain was observing the battle, muttering to herself.
Her Lieutenant said, "Captain Unohana. Shouldn't we help Captain Kenpachi?"
"That wouldn't be polite Isane." Unohana's demeanour reserved, her tone exudes that of peace.
She looks at her Lieutenant laughing quietly, "Interference would only get in his way."
Darwin felt his body acting a little odd said to himself, 'My regeneration isn't activating...'
'Does that mean I have to eat those bodies in my Inner World?' Darwin's subtle realisation caused him to feel a unordinary predicament.
"You are strong Zaraki..." Feeling the brunt of exhaustion he put his body through.
King... Eat...
'I might...' Darwin's mouth drools over the corpses he remembered inside his Inner World.
His eyes glint with a dangerous red, a prelude to ruin.
"I will take this as you had enough Darwin." Urahara appears beside him in a blink of an eye, gripping his bucket hat low.
All the neighbouring Captains and Lieutenants noticed a familiar figure.
"Kisuke?!" Soi Fon instantly recognises him and thought maybe Yoruichi would also be nearby.
"..." The other Captains made no remarks, observing Urahara's next few actions.
Zaraki who was battered and beat had an inkling of what was happening right now.
"Darwin. The next time, come fight me." He ways the pros and cons of letting go of Darwin. He thought it would be better if someone like him who adapts becomes stronger in their next encounter.
"You are not escaping!" Soi Fon dive kicks towards Urahara, trying to pin him down.
"I can't let that happen Soi Fon." Yoruichi timely appears deflecting her attack.
Yoruichi appearing right before her causes Soi Fon to have mixed feelings.
"Why--why did you leave me for him?!" Her shaking voice quakes with unresolved trauma, longing, regret and unacknowledgement.
"It had to be done." Yoruichi's gaze was firm but also tremors to the protege she left behind without a word.
"Sorry everyone for this intrusion. But I have other matters to attend to." Grabbing onto Darwin and Yoruichi, they disappear without a trace.
The leave was abrupt, it caught the others off guard, especially Soi Fon.
"Again!" Soi Fon smacks the ground hard, her tearing eyes and authoritative figure wanes to the roaring emotions that lingers from the past.
"Captain Soi Fon. Are you alright?" The stealth group huddled next to their leader, asking with concern.
But then Soi Fon stands up, prouder and more determined, wiping her tears away. She became sure that there was another mission she must accomplish.
'I will find where you are Yoruichi, my master who betrayed my feelings.' Her eyes passionately glints, her stern posture is an answer to her past mixed emotions.
"Isane. You return for now. I will handle this situation myself." Unohana smiles, showing that she was reliable.
"Captain Unohana..." She nods, and then leaves with the rest of the squad.
'Zaraki...' Unohana appears directly before Captain Kenpachi Zaraki's cut riddled self.
"So how was it?" Her change in tone, darker than the crimson blood of sector 80, speaks volumes to this closed discussion.
"He is strong. Maybe if he had a Zanpakuto, it would of have been better." Zaraki replied, his tone of annoyance hints at the disturbance the others caused.
"I guess that is why Urahara stole an Asauchi from Seireitei Academy. Fufufu..." Unohana realises why Urahara who she saw for a brief moment while strolling around Seireitei.
Unohana begins mending Zaraki's wounds, saying, "Its a bit too peaceful nowadays. If you were back then, you may of beheaded the person you are fighting within a matter of seconds."
She continues giving light-hearted chuckles, understanding the might behind the young Kenpachi Zaraki.
Yachiru jumps up on Zaraki's shoulders flaying her feet around. "Ken-chan found a worthy opponent."
"I hope he does come find me again." Zaraki grins with a renewed vigour, a vigour he hadn't shown since the dark ages of Soul Society.
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—[Urahara Kisuke's Candy Store]—
"So my objective wasn't to obtain the Asauchi?" Darwin asked, thinking that this whole time it was true.
"I never expected anything from you in the first place Darwin." Saying such a rude remark, his laid back chuckle made Darwin think it wasn't that rude in the first place.
"But guess what I got..." Urahara wiggles his back for Darwin's anticipated answer.
Yoruichi grabs what was behind Urahara and handed over to Darwin.
"Hey! It was suppose to be a surprise." Urahara feeling hurt from her abrupt and aggressive actions.
Darwin holds the item with two hands and asked, "Is this perhaps?"
"An Asauchi." Yoruichi said monotonously, not letting Urahara said what he had in mind.
"How do I get this thing to work?" Darwin asked.
"Imprint your soul into it." Urahara yawns to the night, and heads inside with Yoruichi tailing along.
"Oh alright." Scratching his head, he went to his own room to do that.
As he approaches the front door to his room, he notices the presence of another individual inside.
"I've been waiting." Harribel eyes glint with a dangerous red.
She was currently sitting on the floor next to a Japanese mattress, tucking her knees towards her chest.
"So the time has come." Darwin notices her calm but dangerous demeanour, he realises the weight of their next conversation.
"Can you return their bodies for me?" Harribel asked, her tone currently peaceful.
"..." Darwin gazes outside the squared windows.
He sighs, he then speaks his mind, "I don't know. They are still inside my Inner World."
"...I see." Her eyes lower, staring into the wood as if she was staring into the abyss.
Darwin puts away his Asauchi, leaving it next to a wooden cabinet.
He then sits down next to Harribel, relishing in her inner turmoils.
"I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Especially when meditating underground." Harribel quietly mutters, her eyes flicker in and out.
"...Maybe I was destined for solidarity." Darwin whispered, tucking in his knees to his chest also.
"When I first met you. That was the turning point of my journey to finding who I really am." Darwin thought, lamenting his past.
"I purposefully sealed my other half self because I understand your pain." Darwin looks up, leaning back.
"You can kill me if you want. I won't blame you." Darwin said without hesistation, his mind was settled.