I Love Death

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As soon as Soi fon heard the news she wanted to run out of the room and hunt for him. It was only her extreme will power and years of discipline that made her stay in her spot listening to the whole report. Her gut was churning with a mixture of emotions. Whether it was from... hate or relief she did not know. As Shunsui finished, he fidgeted slightly back, Soi fon almost thought he was hiding something but immediately squashed the notion as Shunsui was a captain and would do everything for the better meant of Soul society. Soi fon instead turned to Sou-Taichouu, ready to hear his verdict. The sou-Taichou rang out with the authority as well as firmness she had always heard, "We will continue to track Uzumaki... He has not shown any dangerous or ill will against Soul Society. But we will not take him lightly. I am authorizing all squad captains to release their swords against the Ryoka. Capture them alive, only kill if it is an absolute must."

The Squad captains all nodded and filed out. Soi Fon walked out of the captain meeting area and walked towards the second squad quarters. As she was walking across the cat walk which lead to the entry building of the Soul Society, Soi fon saw the smoking ruins of Fourth Division's main building. Naruto had destroyed it yet but he did it without... any casualities. Naruto had always said he hated hurting comrades no matter what circumstances. Was he still the same? Soi fon sighed as she tried to rid these what if's from her mind. Naruto was the enemy, no matter what his reasons were, no matter if he hadn't changed or if he had... he was still the enemy.

Soi fon continued to walk and looked at the Central building where the elite membors of Soul society were. Soi fon froze... she remembered something...

Naruto

Naruto looked at the building in front of him... the central building where he was branded a hollow. Naruto sighed as he rubbed the back of his head and drew his sword. He would have to knock them out at least … it was part of his plan.

Flashback

Three people were sitting around a table which had a map of soul society strewn across it. Yourichi looked up and down the map and sighed. "We need to redo the guard patrols... our patrols are becoming predictable and we need to change it up."

Naruto shrugged, "Fine... Soi fon, how what woud you do?"

Soi fon bit her lip. She didn't even know why she was here. Yourichi-Taichou and Naruto-FukoTaichou loved to bounce off ideas from her and occasionally beat the crap out of her during training. "I-i don't know maybe we should look at how someone would attack Soul Society..."

Naruto's and Yourichi's eyes widened and Soi fon shranked back. Did they hate the idea? Naruto turned to Yourichi and smirked ."Told you she was good." Soi fon perked up as Naruto spoke up.

Yourichi smiled back, "hey I found her first. You just happened to take her from me."

Naruto shrugged. "Loser are the weepers..." naruto paused as he looked at the map. Naruto put his finger on the fourth's division's medical area. "I would attack here first."

Yourichi eyes widen. "That's... bold."

Naruto nodded, biting his lip and putting his hand on his chin, thinking deeply. "I know but this would put stress on all divisions because they don't have a back up plan to heal themselves. They are less likely to be out going."

Yourichi nodded. "It made sense."

Soi fon interjected, "But wouldn't that escalate things."

Naruto shrugged. "yes, but it depends also. Sou-Taichou would probably allow captains to go all out... but my guess is that if the person or group is fast enough they can evade capture."

Soi fon nodded and then asked once more, "What would you do then?"

Naruto coughed, "You're making it sound like I wanna attack Soul society."

Soi fon blushed and shook her head vigorously, "No I mean-"

Naruto flicked her across the head like he always did when he made fun of her. "Just kidding you idiot."

Soi fon held her forehead in pain and glared at him.

Naruto turned back to the map and focused. 'where would he attack … if you were to disrupt soul society then what would you attack.' Naruto blinked as something came to him. 'attack the leadership... but who the hell would attack Sou-Taichouu...' naruto's eyes cast over the Central 46 building. 'Huh...'

End flashback

Naruto sighed as he moved towards the blocked doors. Naruto put on his hood and lowered his spiritual pressure. He didn't know why he liked to put on his hood when he tried to be sneaky... it just felt better. Naruto placed his hand on the barred door, it seemed that the central 46 were taking no chances. Naruto pushed reitsu into it but froze as he felt no response. 'What the hell' Naruto had at least expected a friggin reitsu lock but this was nothing. There was no reitsu running through the gates.' Naruto blinked. How was this possible. The Central 46 had at least 10 guards watching each gate. He half expected to be surrounded by guards and alarms to be blaring like no tommorrow. 'A trap... no' Naruto focused on sensing reitsu but there was none... anywhere... That was bad. Naruto stepped back and looked Central 46 once more... There was no way. There was no way that the bastards could have evac in that amount of time. No fucking way... Naruto looked at it and felt the inkling of a horrible answer to this sitaution. Naruto slashed open the gates and waited for alarms. Not a single sound was heard. Naruto walked through the gates and in through the doors. As he opened the doors, not a single person tried to stop him or rather there was no one there. Naruto was so focused on figuring out why there was no one here that he did not sense the person following him.

Naruto walked through the final door and he froze in his place as he looked around the room. "N-no fucking way..."

Every single member of the Central 46 was dead in their seats. Naruto moved forward, his initial shock waning. Naruto moved towards the nearest Central 46 member and looked at the blood. Naruto pressed his finger against it and found it to be dry. Naruto spoke out loud as his shock was dulling his senses, "Dry blood... they had to been killed days ago. Maybe even weeks. Naruto turned and walked towards the other end as he though this out. "Either someone there was a mutiny and no one is talking or..." Naruto looked at the top doorway as he started to walk towards it. "Someone is trying to destroy soul society." Naruto reached the stairs but stopped and sighed. Naruto felt a presence as it had spiked at seeing the dead bodies.

"You can come out now." naruto turned around to look at the person who had shadowed him. The person walked out and Naruto's eyes widened. Though this person seemed to be in control, Naruto knew that she was very much out of it. Naruto wondered if she would be even able to fight properly.

Naruto put his best smile on as he looked at her, "Come to fight me, Soi fon?"

Soi fon didn't even react to his jibe as she clenched his fists. "What is going on here?" She demanded, her voice a bit high pitched from disbelief.

Naruto pulled back his hood and Soi fon took a step forward. Naruto looked at her cooly, "I don't know but it seems you have an assassin in Soul Society... I am guessing, that person has been giving out orders for a while since you guys haven't noticed."

Soi fon gritted her teeth as the realization hit her. She had to warn Sou-Taichouu immediately but she couldn't let Naruto escape. Soi fon looked at Naruto once more. Her stomach was fluttering but an overwhelming rage filled her heart. She didn't know what to feel, she didn't even know if she could move from her spot. Naruto walked towards her. Soi fon tried to move, tried to do something as Naruto walked towards her.

Naruto was right in front of her, Right in punching distance, right in stabbing distance... right in hugging distance. Soi fon imagined this day for a long time but she never thought it would end up like this. Naruto looked down at her and smiled sadly. "You've grown, haven't you kiddo."

Soi fon immediately spoke up, "You are the same age as me."

Naruto chuckled as Soi fon glared at him, "You haven't changed."

Soi fon eye brow twitched, "Neither have you." then soi fon realized she was talking to the enemy. This was the enemy of Soul society, this was the one who betrayed her. Soi fon reached for her sword but Naruto disappeared and reappeared behind her. Naruto put his right hand on her sword and his left hand at her neck. Naruto leaned forward so that he could whisper in her ear. Soi fon froze as once again a mixture of emotions welled up in her body.

"If my hand were my blade I would kill you right now." Soi fon shivered as she knew she would be dead if Naruto decided to come after her.

Naruto sighed as he used his right hand to remove her grip on her sword. Soi fon's body seemed to automatically follow the lead... but she didn't really have a choice in the matter. Naruto continued to speak. "You can't beat me Soi fon... I taught you everything you know."

Soi fon gritted her teeth, tried to act defiant. "I learned more after you..." Soi fon's voice caught her.

Naruto finished her sentence, "after I left." His voice sounded sad as if regretting it. Soi fon tried to squash that notion. He wouldn't be sad, he betrayed her. He left her.

Soi fon tried to move her arm but Naruto held a tight grip. In reality, she could've simply used reitsu to break free but … she didn't want to, subconsciously she wanted this... she wanted to be in his presence once more.

Naruto loosened his grip as Soi fon stopped struggling. "Soi fon" Naruto's voice had changed... it was a the voice Soi fon had dreamed about. The authoritative yet gentle voice... the voice of her teacher. "Do you remember what I told you when you became a Seated officer."

Naruto let her go and moved around to face her. Soi fon stopped but slowly moved towards her sword one again.

Soi fon looked at him, not even bothering to try and remember what he had told her. Naruto knew this and clucked his tongue, "I said, a True assassin..." Naruto moved forward quickly at speeds Soi fon could barely follow, Soi fon tried to move back but Naruto was too fast. Naruto raisd his fist and Soi fon closed her eyes as she was against the wall and couldn't move.

Soi fon felt pain spread across her forehead as Naruto flicked her in the head. Soi fon raised both hands and covered her forehead as she glared at Naruto. Memories of all the times he had done that when he had trained her came fluttering back in flocks. Soi fon almost retorted just like she did when hse was younger but settled for glaring at him. She then remembered her place and snapped out of her childhood and tried to grab her sword. Naruto moved forward again and Soi fon couldn't react. But instead of bonking her, which would have been the customary ending to their meeting, Naruto's lips crashed into hers. Soi fon eyes widened as she felt a strange feeling erupt from her lips as well as her chest. She had let go of the hilt of her sword and let her hands dropped as she was taken away by this feeling. She didn't know how long this feeling lasted but she watned it to last forever. IT was amazing, it made her feel like she was on a cloud basking in the sun... or even in the garden looking out at the flowers. Naruto pulled back and both of them were breathing hard. Naruto looked at her and she looked back. Their eyes were locked and neither of them were moving. Soi fon saw Naruto's eyes flicker from different tones of emotion. Soi fon's hands were now clenched on her chest as she tried to regain control of her rapidly beating heart. Naruto smiled softly at her and Soi fon still couldn't control her body.

Naruto finished what he had started and spoke quietly, "A true assassin strikes twice."

With that Naruto disappeared leaving a phantom behind. Soi fon watched as the phantom blurred out of existence and sighed as she fell to the ground ungracefully, her body felt so weak as she remembered what happened a couple seconds ago. She didn't realize a mixture of salt and water poured down her face. But Naruto did realize that the mixture of salt and water ran down his own face.

Naruot ran as fast as he could away from central 46. Narto ran all the way to the barracks of the thirteenth division. Naruto closed his eyes as he tried to wash tears from his face. Naruto took sevreal calming breaths as he reopened his eyes again. It was so good to see her... he just couldn't control himself. Naruot looked over at the white tower.. it would be suicidal to attempt a rescue by himself and it would reveal his card to Aizen.

Naruto looked at the lake where the Thirteenth division was privy to. Naruto jumped down and looked at the house on the lake. the light was still on. Naruto smirked... time to pay a visit to a friend.

Ukitake

The sickly man, one of the original captains of the academy, sat down drinking his tea. He sipped his sixth cup as he was resting in his home by the lake. It was relaxing far away from the soul society, for some reason his sickness had been getting less frequent but for longer periods of time. He was getting better so he could resume his duties but for some reason he felt a familiar presence in the air. Ukitake reached for his pot to refill his cup only to find it empty. Ukitake sighed as he moved to get up and refill it with hot water.

Ukitake froze as he saw someone ready with a steaming pot of hot water, walking towards him. 'I hadn't sense his presence.' Ukitake didn't move as he watched the man approach him. The only light available was Ukitake's candle. And it was not strong enough for him to see the man's face. The man instead walked forward and stopped just before the light hit his face.

Ukitake subtly put his left hand at his side near his sword and raised his right hand to distract the man. "hello, who might you be."

the man smirked as moved forward. As soon as Ukitake saw the man's face, his hands froze and eyes went wide. "N-naruto how the-"

Naruto sat down and poured the hot water into the tea pot. The rogue soul reaper, ignoring Ukitake sitting up and staring at him intently, took out new tea leavs and put it in the pot. Ukitake had not even bothered to bring his sword out, for some reason Ukitake believed that Naruto wasn't here to kill him.

They sat in silence for a moment, Naruto was letting the water become enriched with the flavor while Ukitake was continuing to stare at naruto. Naruto sighed as he looked at Ukitake. The white haired Shinigami saw something he never expected, Naruto looking tired and defeated. Naruto sighed and spoke if he had just noticed Ukitake sitting there, "It's been a while hasn't it Ukitake-Taichou."

Ukitake nodded slowly. He reached to the side of his tea set and pulled out another cup for Naruto, setting it down near him. Ukitake didn't speak because he knew Naruto would talk to him, he always did. Naruto put his hands in his face, "I am here to … let some info slip." Naruto shook his head as if warding of some bad memory, "All members of 46 central are dead."

Ukitake froze right there. Now he reached for his sword but Naruto didn't even react. This non-responsiveness stopped Ukitake from drawing his sword but he still held it close. Naruto looked at Ukitake and for the first time Ukitake noticed that his eyes were blood shot.

Ukitake spoke carefully, "Did you?"

Naruto shook his head. "No, When I arrived to … knock them out, they were all dead. They had been dead for some time."

Ukitake put down his sword, if anything Ukitake was perceptive. Ukitake cleared his throat, "Does anyone else know?"

Naruto shrugged. "I expect Sou-taichou knows by now as I sent a messenger to him."

Ukitake poured the tea into the cups and Naruto grabbed it, not waiting for it to cool, and downed the contents. Ukitake on the other hand wrapped his hands around the cup to bring in the warmth and think. Naruto sighed once more, "Also, I will tell you right now, there are betrayers amongst the captains."

Ukitake kept his hands on his cup. For some reason he wasn't surprised by that, the people capable of killing the 46 or even gaining audience had to be a captain. Naruto gritted his teeth as he poured another cup, "Also... I think another captain is investigating also... I have faith in this captain to do it right but..."

Naruto looked at Ukitake, his eyes pleading with his message. Ukitake nodded. "I understand. I will dig up some stuff."

Naruto nodded and gave a weak smile. "Could you do me a favor and take care of her."

Ukitake snorted, "She can take care of herself. She's the-"

"Second division captain. I know but that's not what I meant."

Ukitake's widened briefly at the implications and nodded. Now he knew who was the other person investigating. Naruto got up slowly and turned toward Soul society. "The Ryoka... are invading to get to Rukia... try not to throw to many things in their way or I have to go and save them."

Ukitake nodded. "I'll see what I can do but..." Ukitake knew that he wouldn't have much influence over the rest of the squads especially if Naruto was causing havoc. Soul Society would just lump the Ryoka in with him and use deadly force. Naruto shunpoed away leaving Ukitake with two cups of tea.

As soon as Naruto was away from Ukitake, he smiled. At least he had put on the good show, it was always better to 'act' with facts.

Naruto watched as a certain person passed through the walkways. Naruto followed this person carefully. 'Just you wait Aizen... your head will be mine.' Naruto jumped away. No matter how powerful Naruto was right now, no matter how enraged Naruto was at the man before him, Naruto would not compromise Urahara's plan.

And there we go. Please review :-)