Playing With Other Supernaturals

Chapter 1240 True Strike part 2

Kirio immediately noticed that Kisuke stopped paying attention to her so she also stopped talking. Since they are just a minute or two before their eventual death, Kirio couldn't help but reminisce. She came from a nondescript noble family and has always been fond of cooking and always dreamt of opening her own little place. However, her own Reiatsu and potential didn't allow that and was soon sent away to be trained as a Shinigami.

'Why am I remembering all of this now? Is this what it means to have your life flash before your death?' Kirio asked herself. However, if she was just being honest to herself, she'll admit that she's just avoiding the guilt that she's feeling right now.

But while drowning in her sorrows, Kirio suddenly felt more movements from Kisuke, 'Hmmm?'

She pushed her incredibly weakened body and turned her neck towards Kisuke who had already retracted his Bankai, 'Did he give up?'

Contrary to her expectations, however, Kisuke's arm started twitching before it started stretching in and out, 'Huh?'

It was just his right arm, but a few seconds later, his left arm also started moving. It didn't take too long before Kisuke could finally move his limbs and start struggling to get up, 'Wait... What's going on!?' Kirio already confirmed that her ability was still working from the fact that she was still dying so she couldn't understand how Kisuke was moving now, 'If he was able to reverse it back, I would be affected by it too.'

Slowly but surely, Kisuke stood up after struggling a few times and the first thing that Kirio noticed was Kisuke's eyes, "W-what are those?"

Kisuke looked back to Kirio who was making a surprised expression and noticed that she wasn't just surprised at him standing up.

[Your eyes.] Benihime's voice resounded in his head.

Kisuke slowly reached out into his sleeve and took out his dagger. As he unsheathed it, he used Tiamat's blade as a mirror and found out that his eyes had turned pink with star-like pupils.

[Don't lose focus now.] Tiamat's reprimanding voice soon came, [This is the first time you're doing this, and any mistake on your part could spell goodbye to your head.]

Kisuke silently returned the dagger to its sheathe and asked, 'What should I do next?'

[Don't try to understand it. Just let my power go through you and instinctually control it. If you attempt to gain insight from it, your vessel, which is your soul itself, won't be able to support the burden of the mysteries and intricacies of life. You're not yet ready for that since it's like asking a newborn soul how souls are created.]

Kisuke let out a long breath and did his best not to analyze the energy that was flowing from Tiamat.

[Now call out to the source of life. Use it to overwrite the current law imposed on you.]

Kisuke held Tiamat tightly and stopped for a moment to think. Tiamat didn't give him the name to call it out but he knew how important this name is to properly manifest her ability. If he can't do it properly, it may even backfire on them.

Kisuke was at loss and this was obvious to Tiamat. Nevertheless, the latter has no intention of helping him out. She already said everything she had.

Kisuke let out a long breath once again and closed his now pink eyes, 'What name could possibly properly contain this?' He asked himself. At that moment, Tiamat's 'advice' regarding names resurfaced in his mind, 'They are simply names. No need to overcomplicate it, huh?'

A small smile appeared on his face and the burden he was feeling suddenly lightened as he muttered, "Shun'uchi(True Strike): Chaos Tide; Tiamat."

The dagger in Kisuke's hand shone in black light before transforming into its usual form, a green-tinted long sword with a horn-like structure for its guard. Beneath Kisuke's feet, however, was a jet-black mud bubbling up and overflowing. It didn't take long before the entire chamber was flooded by this thick and gooey liquid. Kirio was wondering what was happening as she was surrounded by this mud. But that wonderment soon changed with astonishment as her rapidly depleting vitality started returning and her heart regained its former vigor, "...What... is this!?"

Like Kisuke, Kirio also gained the ability to stand up and she hurriedly did it. She tried reaching out to her golden ladle, though before she could touch it, it returned to its sealed form.

"What's happening here?" Kirio was utterly confused. Even if there's a way to cancel her ability, there shouldn't be any way to return the 'dead' vitality.

"The Sea of Life, the source of all life. Although most of it has been tainted, it can still grant life." Kisuke tried to explain but beyond those words, he didn't really get it either.

He swung Tiamat horizontally and the overflowing mud, as if the time was being rewinded, began retreating back under Kisuke's feet and soon, the chamber returned to its not so pristine condition.

The surrounding aura also soon returned to normal with Tiamat returning to her 'Shikai' form. But when Kisuke glanced at the blade and found out that his eyes hadn't returned to normal, 'I already retracted it, didn't I?'

[What you pulled from me is not some trivial material manipulation. It'll take your body some time to get used to and fully enclose that power.] Tiamat answered.

Kisuke has a lot of questions but it's not really the right time to answer those, 'I have to seal Kirio-san properly this time.'

Kirio saw the glow in Kisuke's finger and immediately figured out his intentions. But with a wry smile, Kirio shook her head, "You don't have to."

Kisuke stopped his steps and was about to ask her why when all of a sudden, the black pigment on Kirio's Shihakushou started flaking off and disappearing into nothing, turning it completely white. And while that was happening, her own Zanpakuto began cracking and turning into dust, leaving only the handle in her hand behind, "I don't know how you reversed my ability... But I already lost it all except for my life."

Kisuke was stunned for a moment before sighing and taking out a thick black robe from his inventory and draping it over Kirio.

"This is?" Kirio asked while inspecting the robe.

Kisuke turned around and made his way back to the crystalized man, "It's a Magic Robe that I made some time ago. It can keep the user relatively safe for some time by automatically deploying a barrier. I don't exactly know how things will turn out now, so... Keep yourself safe."

The conflicted Kirio could only clutch the robe hard as she watched Kisuke return to the lynchpin. This time, there was really nothing else she could do.