up with a flick.
Suddenly the fighting mood was interrupted by the clicking of the front door. Renji entered and with him two other people.
"Renji there you are!", Akaya jumped up, and who is that? ", he added questioningly and looked at the two strangers.
"They are two old friends," announced Yanagi, Yukimura Seiichi and Sanada Genichirou. "
"And why did you bring her with you?", Akaya wanted to know.
"To get to know you Akaya-kun!", Yukimura replied and smiled at him.
The black-haired man raised an eyebrow: "All mine."
"Then we can start, Renji?", Yukimura was still smiling, but something flashed dangerously in his blue eyes.
Renji nodded to his friend, whereupon the other, Sanada, calmly but very loudly, snapped. Suddenly all those present were no longer in the rooms where they were, but in a place that was reminiscent of a mishmash of nothing, rocks, darkness and wasteland.
"What's that supposed to mean now?", Rangiku put a hand on his hip and immediately hit the black-haired cap wearer while the rest of them exchanged confused and irritated looks.Sanada didn't react to the brown-haired woman, which made her even angrier.
"Take it easy!", Masaharu put his hand on her shoulder. "But, Masa ...", she started when he raised his hand: "Don't mess with him, he's much stronger than you!", He glared at the black-haired man, slightly angry.
"So you noticed it too, Niou-kun?" Yagyuu ascertained.
"Yes, no doubt, these two are ..." even before he finished his sentence, Sanada suddenly pulled a sword with a black blade out of nowhere and attacked Akaya. But that wasn't all. Yukimura had disappeared unnoticed and now appeared behind Akaya. He had probably expected something similar somehow and had already switched to his demonic side. So a fight broke out between the three, which the rest followed with open mouths and the like. At first it looked like Akaya would be able to keep up with the two, but it quickly became apparent that the opposite was the case.
The little devil had to take a beating, and blocking attacks didn't help too much.
"Shouldn't we maybe help?" Jackal turned to the group.
"That wouldn't be a bad idea ...", Bunta chewed on everyone's behalf, "the only question is how ...?"
"A shield ...", Rangiku said casually and reached out a hand and snapped.
Something flickered briefly around Akaya and attacks in the form of energy balls could no longer hit Akaya.
That was the sign for Jackal, Bunta, Rhode and Rangiku to throw themselves into the fray and to support Akaya in his fight.
"So are we going to take on the stronger?", Masaharu sighed and scratched the back of his head with his right hand while he was holding one of his pistols in his left.
Yagyuu pushed his glasses up a little: "Looks like that.", And these two also followed their role models.
For a while the small group struggled and supported Akaya, who obviously needed a break, because he really looked pretty torn and bleeding."That's enough!", Renji interrupted the action in front of him, because he was the only one who hadn't mingled with the fighting.
The people concerned gave him his full attention, and at the same moment they taught back to the apartment that Yagyuu could call his own.
"You passed the test!", Yukimura smiled friendly at the group, who was now even more confused than before.
"What test is he talking about, Renji?", Akaya turned to his bodyguard.
"We were just testing his strength, Akaya-kun. And we wanted to know if the people you have included in your Tribunal of 9 so far are worth being a part of."
"Ahja?", The little devil tilted his head.
"Don't worry, you have made a good choice, you can rely on your members. And if it is your wish, Prince, then Genichirou and I can complete your tribunal today and now.", Said the blue-haired man, who knew exactly what he wanted to know.
"Seriously?", Akaya's eyes showed a look that included both respect for the people standing in front of him, as well as joy at having been made this offer.
"I'm always serious!" Replied the older one.
"Is that okay with Renji?"
"Of course, that's why I made you known.", Nodded the brown-haired man.

And so Akaya finally found his 9th tribunal.
And that was just the beginning of the adventure ... well, adventure?
Maybe the wrong word choice, but it will be exciting ...


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I just realized that this was the longest chapter.
Anyway, from now on it will be exciting ...