The country of lightning (3)

''Speak''

'Thought'

[Zanpakuto speech from the inner world]

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''Of course, it's her. It has not even been more the five minutes.'' Karmine mutter while looking Yachiru who seem to be jumping from rooftop to rooftop dodging the lightning.

[I told you so, master.] The mature Yachiru voice rang out.

Karmine can only look at Yachiru, who is still dodging while laughing, with a deadpan expression. Clearly, she is having a lot of fun right now.

'I cannot help but how does her old master put up with her.' Karmine thought

[To answer that question, master, he was quite an interesting man, to said the least, and he is probably one of the strongest shinigami around] The mature Yachiru voice answer

[Interesting is putting it mildly, he is nothing more than a barbarian who only know how to fight.] A cold female voice cut in

''Hey!! That isn't nice!! Ken-chan also knows how to do kendo, and he is very good at judging people character!!'' Yachiru shouted, still dodging lightings. She then disappears using shunpo before appearing in front of Karmine.

''In fact, he is so good at it that he even know that strawberry-chan is actually a very good and strong person the first time they met!!'' Yachiru said, both hands on her waist while puffing, acting like a proud mother, quite contradictory with her appearance.

[That doesn't change anything] The cold female voice answer

[Now now, you don't need to act like now, *******] This time, it is the voice of the mask zanpakuto.

[I understand *******-sama] The cold female voice answer, but this time, Karmine can feel that the voice has less coldness in it.

''Yeah, listen to flower-chan!!'' Yachiru said

''Flower-chan?'' / [Flower-chan?] Karmine and the mask zanpakuto said at the sametime

But before the conversation can continue, and Yachiru quickly uses shunpo to dodge it. Still, Karmine, who is nearby, hasn't properly any movement technique yet get hit by lighting head-on.

But the moment the lightning hit him, blue lines appeared all over his body, protecting him.

Karmine struggles on his feet after getting hit by lightning; the smoke can be seen coming from his body, his cloth seems t burn a bit, and there is also some part of his body that has a burn mark on it.

''Damn, that hurt,'' Karmine said before looking at Yachiru, who was standing on the roof of the building next to him. ''You should have warned me there, Yachiru!!''

''Nah, it's fine~ I know that you are tough enough, and your blue thing should protect if you are in any real danger, now yours it!!'' Yachiru said before, again, using shunpo to appear on Karmine shoulder again.

''Also, K-chan, you should start running now,'' Yachiru said with a smile

Karmine, eight irises eyes widen before he quickly starts sprinting, barely dodging another lightning that strikes down where he is standing toward him.

''Well, that was close.'' Karmine said while also running toward the big castle, ''So, care telling me, how did this happen?''

''You see, when you said I could explore, I was very excited!! So I decided to run around checking this city; I then decided to go to that big castle because it looked very nice and I thought I might have some fun there.''

''When I was there, I found many people walking around with a spear, and some of them seem to be doing some exercise, so I decided to leave them be because Ken-chan always said not to interrupt them when they are doing that kind of exercise.''

''But then!!! I found this lady; she had a red bird mask with short purple hair and seemed pretty fun, so I decided to go and play with her.''

''She was quite rude at first, but she agreed to play catch with me, so I started running toward inside the castle. The bird lady was so competitive that she pulled out a bow from nowhere and started shooting me!! And her arrow also has some weird electricity on it, making it even more fun!!'' Yachiru said with a smile

''So is it the bird lady that is responsible for this rain of lightings?'' Karmine ask while running as fast as he can toward the castle, he doesn't know why he is running there, but he knows if he wants to stop the lighting from hitting him, he needs to go there.

''No, there's more!! So, when I was in this castle, I found another lady sitting in the air with her eyes close, she has very long hair and wears a very nice kimono too!!''

''I then decided to go and said hi to her! But when I was in front of her, she called me a child and started to talk about something that I could not remember or care about, so I decided to play tag with her too!! But she is very bad because I could tag her very quickly, so now it is her turn trying to tag me!!'' Yachiru said happily.

''Wait, so all of this is happening is because you decide to play tag?'' Karmine ask

''Yep,'' Yachiru answered with a big smile

[What she mean, master, is that she sneak into the castle to have a run-in with this bord lady and then she encounters the second lady and fights her for a bit before running away.] The mature female Yachiru voice rang out

''Hey!! I didn't run away at all, onee-san!!'' Yachiru answered with a huff

[Whataver you said]

Finally, Karmine arrives at seemingly to be the stair that leads up into the castle, while next to the castle, seem to be a massive statue, of a woman sitting down with a cloak over her head and a pair of wing coming out of it back, and on the wing, is small holes that seem to be filled with various colour stones.

When Karmine arrive the top of the stair what greets him their surprise him a bit.

In front of him is a group of soldiers holding their spears, readying to attack, and standing in front of them is a woman with bob-cut hair with a red bird mask on her head.

''Oh? Is she the bird lady you were talking about?'' Karmine ask Yachiru

''That right!!'' Yachiru answered while also nodding

''You must be the rebel. Not only that, you dare to attack us alone, but you also send an assassin trying to assassinate the mighty shogun. The only punishment that is waiting for fir you is death.'' The bird-woman said

'Well, look like we are in quite a situation here.' Karmine thought while looking at them.

''You make it sound like you guy would stand a chance against me.'' Karmine answer

[Why would you say that? We know nothing that is going on, and all of this is happening is because of some misunderstanding I'm pretty sure we can talk to sort this out] Flower-chan ask

'What would be the fun in that? This will be perfect timing for me to test my skill with normal people. I might not know what the hell is going on in this country, but I'm sure as hell not gonna run for a fight.' Karmine thought with a grin starting to form on his face.

''Your arrogant will be your downfall'' The bird-woman answer before making a bow appear out of nowhere with an arrow ready.

Karmine grin only widened.

''Oi, Yachiru!''

''Yes, K-chan?''

''Don't interfere.''

''That what I do!!'' Yachiru answers before using shunpo before appearing on a roof building nearby so that she can watch him fight.

''Ok, let's dance.'' Karmine said while pulling out his katana.