7-1 The Kenpachi Curse

Huh. You appeared right where he said you would. I guess that Kurotsuchi jerk can actually come in handy sometimes.

How long was I out for?

About half an hour. I just got here myself.

So, what do you plan to do with me?

Huh? C'mon, that should be obvious. We're gonna pick up where we left off.

I thought you had already won. Or are you going to follow protocol and fight until you kill me?

You moron. I don't give a crap what the protocol is. I just thought you hadn't got your fill yet, that's all.

Me? Don't be absurd. I've exhausted every strategy available to me.

But you repelled every one of them with your immense Spiritual Pressure alone. I made a miscalculation. It's as simple as that.

Ever since we first met, there's been something buggin' me about you. Why do you think you're weak?

............

Everything you did, from start to finish, is exactly what somebody who's convinced themselves that they're a weakling would do in a fight.

I am just weaker than you. That's the long and short of it.

Nah. Your tactics are designed to make you look less vulnerable. Like a weak dog barking as loudly as it can.

So, I don't get why you even bother with that crap. I bet you're plenty strong as it is.

It's a waste of your strength to use it for all that barking.

You think I am strong?

Yeah, I'll vouch for that. You're plenty strong, so how about gettin' serious for a change, eh?

............

Don't turn out like I did. If someone comes out to challenge you, do the right thing and put it all on the line for the Kenpachi name.

Someone will come for it eventually. I know it. Someone who's a better Kenpachi than either of us will show up before you one day.

So, when that person comes for you, show them every last ounce of your Kenpachi spirit. It's your duty as the one who's inherited the name.

(How can he ask me to fight again right after I admitted defeat to that human? Is this the curse of the Kenpachi name?)

Fine. I accept your challenge. I also want to see your end. Urozakuro!

Keehahaha! Did you call? Whatever's the matter? Did you start feeling lonely without me?

So, I guess you're going to say it's all going just as you predicted?

Absolutely not! I certainly didn't expect you to lose to that absurd fusion of a clown and a kabuki actor!

Anyway, what is it? You didn't go through all the trouble of calling me back here just to show me that you've grown as a Soul Reaper, did you?

Return to your Shikai state.

Keeha! You do know what that means for you, right?

It means your soul will be cut off from everything you've ever fused with. It'd take years to re-fuse with it all again.

Enough. Hurry it up.

Don't go dyin' on me, Ken.

The name's Kenpachi Azashiro, captain of Squad 11.

I am Kenpachi Zaraki, captain of Squad 11.

You should suppress your Spiritual Pressure more, the people around you are getting dizzy and nauseous.

Tch. What a pain in the ass. I don't even know how to keep it lower than this.

Did he get away? Ah well, that was fun anyway.