Reika Yamamoto

Reika Yamamoto is the main character in Bleach: The Chronicles of Reika, Bleach: The Death Seal , Bleach: The Final Act and Bleach: The New Family .She is a 3rd Seat Shinigami of 10 Division and is Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya`s lover and the mother of Shirayuki and Koyuki Hitsugaya. She is also the older twin sister to Mizu and the younger half - sister to the deceased Ume and Rukio Koyoshi. She is the next in line of the Yamamoto Clan and the Koyoshi Clan in the Soul Society. ==

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Appearance
In her dragon form Ryu resembles an Eastern dragon with a long, slender body and red scales. Ryu's stomach scales are pale amber, with golden fur that acts as a flowing mane growing along her body, stopping in a tuft on her tail. She has a long snout and pointed horns atop her head that slant backwards positioned behind her ears. She also has long black whiskers and four wiry legs that resemble that of a rooster.

Appearance: Reika has a average body build structure, with amber golden eyes and chocolate brown hair. Her shinigami uniform is nor mal with a red slash around her hips which fits her Zanpakuto into it. She sometimes walks around in her cherry blossom kimono and she also has a tattoo of a large Eastern dragon on her back. Before Aizen`s defeat, Reika had her hair up because it was too long but after his defeat , she cut it short into a medium size and a side fringe.

In the Human World, she wears a red and black, short-sleeved, check shirt and jeans. She also wore the uniform of Karakura High School.



Personaity
Reika is very opened mind when she is dealing problems and willing to help anyone, who are having a diffcult time. She attends judo, dance and dojo lessons with her friends in the world of the living. Reika sometimes has trouble when welcoming a new shinigami or someone into her life when they give her grief. She is ambitious, who is willing to protect her friends and her younger sister , Mizu Yamamoto. She literally never stops seeing her sister and gives her advice whenever she can do. According to Rangiku, she is a girl , who`s heart as been shattered and picked up the pieces because she has seen her mother killed with her own eyes by Ryuga however she has carried on life as a ordinary purpose to serve and protect others. She has a goal and a vengeance that she will get Ume and Rukio back and kill Ryuga. She will work hard for her division if it depends what mood she is in. Reika`s favourite foods are Prawns and Raspberries but she dislikes Dates and Apples. She loves fortune telling, horoscopes , feng shui and psychics specially when she is reading a monthy magazine what she has bought from the World of the Living. She speaks in fluent kansai accent and likes eating Hokkaido foods.

History
Reika Yamamoto was born on 2nd November in 1st district of West Rukongai ,  1877 to Ryu Koyoshi , an shinigami of Division 1 and Hana Yamamoto also an shinigami of Division 1 too with her twin sister , Mizu being born 5 minutes late after a breech birth. There they lived the happiest lives, they possibley actived. She and Mizu learned all the different kinds of flowers both of their mother grew in her garden, her father teaching them how to fish and hunt for food for survival. They even learn to transform into dragons at a young due they were half dragon and half soul  . But Reika`s father was reported missing in action when he was on patrol with Chojiro Sasakibe which made Hana very depressed and crying to want him back so they can be a family again. She would often stare at the widow hoping, he would come back and enjoy the good times they had. Hana then learns that he was caught by Ryuga, a dragon thats been living for centuries to kill the Dragon species along her stepchildren , Rukio and Ume because they hated Reika , Hana and Mizu for damaging their family. She gets a note of him that he is going to kill her and her family.

The dragon arrives at the house while Hana is protecting Mizu and Reika from Ryuga. Ryuga knocks Hana onto the floor to attack her. He then impaled Hana in the bowels cutting her belly open. He then turns to Mizu dragging her from under the table and damaged her eyes with his blade, permantly lose her sight. Meanwhile while Reika tried to hide, Ryuga caught her and started to attack her , kicked her and damaged her back. He then set their house on fire, Reika , who was badly wounded managed to get her little sister but Hana wanted to stay there because she was " too tired to get up ".

Their house had been burn`t down and nowhere to go, with Mizu blinded and Reika fuming up with wanting revenge , she and Mizu then adventured into the wildness of West Rukongai. While walking around Rukongai, they encounter a small - white dragon laying beside a river bleeding all over. They pick him up and bandaged him with a couple of leaves to stop the bleeding which he wakes up with stinging pain. They introduce themselves as he`s called Sora and they quickly form a fast friendship that might last forever. While gathering wood from the forest, Reika quickly spotted Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and 3 other shinigamis hiding in a bush nearby.

Spying on them, Reika quickly attacks the 3 shinigami with mutliple punches and kicks  . Without noticing, a massive dragon came out of nowhere and transformed Reika into a gigantic eastern dragon. She ambused the shinigamis with 3 blows each making them run. Yamamoto comes out of the bush really impressed that his granddaughter has a beautiful resiatsu and relivied her Zanpakuto. She becomes really confused and questions him of why he used the term " Granddaughter ". He then explains that she and Mizu are his granddaughters and he found out what happened to their mother, who was his daughter. He then gives Reika a sword that`s been passed on to every single generation that has passed through the Yamamoto Clan and her Zanpakuto heared her call when she was spyed by the shinigamis.

Soon after their talk, he takes in Reika , Mizu and Sora to become Shinigamis and sends them off to Shino Academy to train them even more. With Reika`s natural talent and able to use her Zanpakuto, she was able to get good grades and was willing to help her sister through pain and dispere. Two months after entering into the Shino Academy, her and Sora were going to the World Of The Living for field training that they were assigned. While preparing to go, she caught a eye on Toshiro Hitsugaya , who was on the field training too. Toshiro, Reika and Sora were assigned to the same group which it gived time for them to introduce to eachover. When Toshiro joined them, Sora kicked Reika because how she greeted him but she ignore him.

While in the human world, Reika trains by herself due to losing her tempar to a newcomer. As the field trip ends, they get attacked by a Fishbone D Hollow resulted Reika running into a nearby bush to hide .As the Hollow was trying to look for her , She jumped onto a branch but slipped halfway up. As she tried to confront the hollow, it kick her in the stomach forcing her to crash into a tree. Without heisting, Reika got back up and started to attack the hollow but still didn`t managed to kill it. Within minutes of being eaten, Hitsugaya managed to slay the hollow and managed to save her from being eaten. She was shocked that he save her and couldn`t find a way to thank him enough so she apologize to him for the way she greeted him and that she is ain`t used to strangers that well. Hitsugaya reminded her that to be happy and strive for the future. Reika and Toshiro became friends and started to sit together at lunch.

Having passed a important exam, Reika rushed to find Mizu to tell her that she`d passed However when she found her , Mizu`s eyes were banaged by 4th Divison`s captain , Unohana Retsu and was with several Shinigami. Mizu told her that she`d been attack by a couple of shinigamis, who tried to muggle her because she was blind and that she was seriously attacked. Reika wanted to support Mizu ' No Matter What and if anyone harm her, they will be killed ".

Reika, Mizu and Sora graduated from the Shino Academy and joined the Gotei 13 , where she was under Captain Isshin Kurosaki of 10th Division along with Sora while Mizu served under Captain Kaname Tosen of 9th Division. She rose the rank of 4th Seat within the period of months while training really hard and buliding up strenght too. She was informed by Rangiku and Hitsugaya that their captain returned to The World Of The Living which made Reika shocked that the fact, Isshin respected her and she respected him. Afterwares she was promoted to 3rd Seat of 10th Divison under the reign of Captain Hitsugaya.

Soul Society Arc
Reika first appears while traveling through the Human World with Sora while in order to find Rukia Kuchiki to arrest her or kill her from orders of her grandfather. While looking around she finds Ichigo, Rukia and Uryu at the park hanging about the area. She and Sora hide in the nearest bush in a tree but Rukia notices. She tells that Rukia is under arrest by Gotei 13 and must come with her but Rukia refuesed. Since she has no other choice, Reika jumps out the tree and tried to confront Ichigo for letting Rukia put her powers into him which Rukia explains to Reika about. Irritated, she begins to fight Ichigo by running her blade toward fast to him but Uryu blocks the attack by her quickly. She then activates her Shikai, Kenomonomaru , who then creates an multiple formed flame dragons from different angles , only to be stopped by Uryu`s arrows from his bow coming from different directions. Quickly, Kenomonomaru creates a large sandstorm so Reika and Sora could escape back to the Soul Society. They eventully escaped from Ichigo, Rukia and Uryu , only finding out that Rukia has given her own powers to Ichigo which has put a quite an shock on her. Without heisting to report to Captain Hitsugaya about the indicent, she goes back to the Human World without Sora to challenge Uryu once again.

While trying to find him, she saw him wandering around an alley way after hanging with Ichigo and Rukia all day. Still shocked, she attacks him incoently , causing him to run fast to his home.With Uryu still running , she and Kenomonomaru jump in front of him , blocking his way .He get his bow and arrow out. Preparing to attack, he asks her why she is doing this but refuses to answer. She is about sway her sword towards him but only get`s stopped by Ichigo and Rukia. With no explaination, they encounter  a fishbone D in the back and was forced by Ichigo to step back. She thanks him for saving her and apoglizes to Uryu and the rest for the attack earlier but she had to obey her captain`s orders and should be getting back to her division before Sora gets angry. Reika bids farewell to them as she makes her way to Gotei 13 only to find that Toshiro and Sora were fully aware of what she was doing. She is seen writing up alot of paperwork along with Toshiro which it leads into having a talk about Gin`s suspections and how he has been acting out latley

Rukia and Sora went to East Rukongai of Harukio to investigate as the village is control by a powerful clan, The Gimas , who out threw a once rich , powerful clan into povetey. After combating several Gima members who believed the shinigamis were travelers, Reika and Sora traveled with one member to their family house the following day. Along the way, Reika meet a young stray boy name Yukimaru, who meets the same age as her and is willing to help her. He tells her that he is the heir of his family clan, who were out threw by Gimas Clan and been scratting around the streets ever since and stole his father`s zanpakuto. His spiritual pressure keeps leaking everywhere which She questioned him if he thought that convincing the Gimas would be easier or harder, as they had no proper heir and probably would not fall back on tradition or not want to give up the sword. Yukimaru replied that he did not know because his father`s zanpakuto kept him from leaking his spiritual pressure everywhere, and that if they couldn't deal with the lord, then they would have to play it by ear. After a difficult meeting with the Gima Lord, he is willing to give the katana to Yukimaru if he wins the dual he has planned. After Yukimaru winning the dual, he gives the katana to him which makes Rukia and Sora pleased. After the dual, she was impressed that a stray could defeat a lord with such strenght that she wanted Yukimaru to join the Soul Society were he can control his power.

Ever since she came to see Rukia if she was okay with adapting a life with Ichigo which she is happy about. Next few days she notices that Gin is up to something but not sure were to put it into account until the apparent death of Aizen and knowing her grandfather`s plans to exucate Rukia. She begs him to stop the exucation but he wouldn`t. She bumps into Mizu and explains what is happening with Rukia. They secretley visit Rukia in the Sekairyu to chat with her that they`ll bet that Ichigo or Renji will rescue her but Rukia doubts it. Running back to 10th Divison, Toshiro asks Reika and Mizu if they knew anything of what happened with Rukia`s exacution moved to 1 day but they repiled with no. He then asks them if they will join him to stop Rukia`s exacution which they agreed quickly.

While the exacution was beginning, Reika gathers Sora , Yukimaru , Mizu and Haru , a new female officer that has joined 5th Division from a wealthy family. They meet with Ichigo and his gang as they lead him to the Sokyoku stand. She bids Ichigo good luck to save Rukia`s life from the exacution. While leaving Ichigo and her friends, she encounters Aizen as he was making his way down to Central 46. She thought Aizen was dead but he tells her it`s nothing to do with her and she better move out of his way. Reika tells him that she knew all the long that he betrayed the Soul Society .Without moving out of Aizen`s she transforms into her dragon form and creates a massive fire ball to strike at Aizen but Aizen dodges it. Within seconds, Aizen cuts down Reika covering her in her own blood.

Death Seal Arc
During a visit to Karakura town, Reika and Sora met among a group of children that were being rounded up by Hollows whom they rescued from capture at the last moment. Despite telling them to flee, she attempted to attack the hollows but only to be stopped by a stranger, who can also see Reika and Sora. He destroys the hollows with one single shot of a fire ball. She then discovers that he that he a half soul / half dragon just like her. He tells her that he is a family friend and that he knows where her father is but he tells her that he is looking for something called the Death Seal, an very powerful ball that someone , who finds it can control souls and can kill them whenever they feel like it. She agrees and follows him to find the Death Seal around Karakura Town. She tells Sora that she be back in 5 minutes but Sora scents that something doesn`t feel right with Reika following him.

5 minutes later, she doesn`t come back which leads Sora to finding her. Worried, Sora contacts Hitsugaya and tells him to get down here. Hitsugaya arrives along with Rangiku, he follows her spiritual pressure and knows that the person , she is following isn`t someone she shouldn`t be following. While following him, she asks that will he help her to find her father but he leads her to a lake just two miles from Karakura. In their dragon form, they try to find the Death Seal within a couple of bushes. When she finds the Death Seal, it`s turn out that he isn`t really helping her to find her father , he is a spy of Ryuga and pushes her into the lake .Unable to swim , she is nearly sinks to the bottom of the surface. Eventually, Hitsugaya comes and jumps into the water and saves her from drowning. Meanwhile back the Division 10th`s H.Q before she can speak, Hitsugaya asks her that what she was thinking and that she ruins everything even if she gets hurt. Unbeliveley upset that night, she leaves the Soul Society leaving Hitsugaya a letter which reads that she is sorry that she ruins everything and that she is leaving the Gotei 13 for good.

The next morning, Hitsugaya finds out what`s happened to Reika and sends out search parties but no sign of her , the Head-Captain forms a emergency meeting to disscue what will happen next. The Head - Captain gives Hitsugaya 14 days, 2 weeks to try and rescue Reika before she is persumed dead. Hitsugaya, Rangkui , Yukimaru , Sora , Mizu and Haru set out to find Reika for good. As Reika is heading somewhere to rest, she smells something odd... Something she had smelled before. She flys to find out what it is and discovers a group of dragons fighting with a hollow over dead deer. Reika is amazed by the dragons' strength and teamwork, but mostly she's impressed by their leader. Two leaders, Jiro and Baku end up in a fight, but it's interrupted by the hollow. Baka sees no other option than to flee, recalling the leader's order of not losing any more dragons. Reika follow, and she is dared to jump over a deep valley in her human form. If she succeeds, then she can meet the leader.Reika succeeds, but quickly has to jump back as the leader, Jiro, is in trouble with the Hollow. The dragons helps Reika to chase the Hollow away and Reika is taken to the leader at a place called Dragon Valley.

Reika can't believe it; the leader looks just like her father Ryu, so she cries out to him. However, the leader says that she does not know him and he learns that she is a Shinigami. But he takes her in and prepares her for some training to get used to the place for awhile. While enjoying Dragon Valley, she meets a male dragon/soul name Naru , who then quickly becomes best friends with her. They then start to hangout and do things such as flying through the clouds or teaching her how to swim .While fishing with Naru, she spots a group resting at the other side of the lake. Noticing it is a intruder, she then attacks the intruders but turns out to be Hitsugaya and the group that have been looking for her. Shocked to see Hitsugaya, she happly hugs him and is glad to see him again. Naru steps between the two and starts having a go at Hitsugaya saying that he and his group are shinigamis that exiled the dragons which causes an arugment between the two but Reika stops it. Ryu comes along and greets the group. Reika, Naru and Ryu lead them to The Dragon Valley`s shrine. They sit around the table, Ryu mentions the Death Seal ball and how he wants to seal it into the Shrine so no one can`t touch it. When he asks Reika for assistances, she agrees , says that she`ll do anything to stop Ryuga but he warned her it will take two days to reach to his hideout. Later on that night, Hitsugaya persuades to Reika that he is sorry for the way he acted towards her and wants her to come back . Reika starts to realise that they are more than something and knows he feels it too and he is too scared to amit. As they about to kiss, Haru catches them but without noticing , Naru oversee it while having a walk and runaways.

Early in the morning whlist everyone was asleep, Ryu and Reika set off to the desert to confront Ryuga. On their way, a sandstorm struck them and avoid them to see but Reika uses her Zanpakuto to get Ryu out straight away. The sandstorm stops and they reach to the hideout. When they were there, the hideout gates where heavily guarded by his henchmen. When they appoarched toward them, they knock the guards out and steal their clothes. Sneeking around the hideout, they see the Death Seal in its case but they also see Ryuga sitting in his throne sleeping. Reika without warning of not waking him up, sneaks towards the case which the sound of footsteps nearly wake up Ryuga. Reaching for the Seal, she trips over the steps and make Ryuga wake up. He recongizes Reika from killing her mother and burning her house down. He runs towards as Reika defends herself from him but Ryu steps in and creates a massaive fire ball to block Ryuga from getting to Reika. While he blocks Ryuga, she makes her escape by smashing into the window which Ryu follow her from this point.

Reika and Ryu fly back to Dragon Valley to deliver the Death Seal, followed closely by Ryuga and his henchmen. After a climactic chase by the dragon, Reika leads him to a false way and send him falling off a desert cliff after biting his back serve. They returned safley to Dragon Valley and Greeted by everyone including Hitsugaya. With the Death Seal, Ryu is able to seal the Death Seal into the shrine and able to take control of it. He asks Reika to hold the ball and all of the studden, she feels her spirtual pressure glowing around her .He then explains that the reason he needed the Death Seal that it had been in his family for generations after his great - great - great grandfather created it with his own powers but Ryuga wanted it that bad he wanted to destroy the entire Dragon spieces and stole it from him.

They then get ambushed by Ume, Rukio and Dakakuma , the dragon she met after he saved her by killing the hollows back at the town. While Ryu was begging Ume and Rukio to back down and join him to forget everything, they say that they want Reika and Mizu to come with them with the Death Seal but they refuse so the battle begins. Reika meets Rukio, who looks like her but with darker brown hair and darker brown eyes. The two are stunned at how alike they look but when she refuses to fight him, Rukio insists to fights Reika. However, the battle continues with Ryuga coming into the valley with his henchmen. Rangiku follows Reika and Rukio but faces Dakakuma when he knows she is following them but gets inruppted by Hitsugaya`s Hyōrinmaru which he freezes Dakakuma into ice.

Hitsugaya and Rangiku then follow Reika`s direction where she is battling with Rukio near the lake. Rukio grabs and throws Reika on the frozen lake were it starts to crack where Reika is standing but Hitsugaya comes in time and freezes the layer of the lake to make sure Reika is okay. She uses her shikai, Suisho no nokoribi to burn Rukio in process but he strikes his Kasai Ya Rakurai No Sai Ni Josho Suru at her , hitting her left shoulder. Hitsugaya steps in and uses his zanpukato to freeze his entire legs and arms. Rangiku hugs Reika to see if she was alright which she nods her head. They leave the scene until Ryuga appears in front of them. Hitsugaya goes in front of Reika to protect her while Ryuga appoarchs her. He then asks Reika where is the Death Seal she and her father stole. She then becomes confused when he mention her father because she thought he was missing in action when he was a shinigami. Ryuga then tells the truth that Ryu is her father and that Ume and Rukio are her half - siblings.

Learning from the truth, she can`t believe it that Ryu is her father and he hasn`t told her the whole time she has been here and the fact he had been denieding. He then tells her that he enjoy`d killing her mother and enjoy`d burning that house down of hers also enjoy`s brainwashing his kids. Enraged to find out that he was the killer, she transforms into her dragon form and her Zanpakuto beast come out aswell. She forced him onto the ground, telling him why he`d killed her but he does not reply. He pushes her out of the way and grips onto her neck, causing her not to breath. Hitsugaya shocked to watch and he stabs his katana into Ryuga`s leg. He let`s go of Reika, knocking her out he goes straight for Hitsugaya. Ryuga stabs Hitsugaya in his stomach with a nearest sharp branch. Rangiku rushes to help but get`s blown up by his fire blast. He takes Reika and disappears into thin air.

Awoken, she finds herself in a prison cell next to her father , who is stuck in the cell with her. She shouts at him for not telling her the truth that he is her and Mizu`s father and that he had been keeping it away from her. He regains his memory and asks if Hana was okay and that he wants to see her again if they get out. Reika explains to him that after he was proclaim to be missing, she was depressed and pining for him to come back but Ryuga killed her , blinded Mizu and damaging Reika`s body and burning their house down. Shocked from hearing the truth, Ryu breaks down in tears , saying that he should of been there but it`s too late and that he is sorry that he failed his family. Ryu then holds Reika in his arms and says that he promises that he will stay with her and Mizu and care for them like he did do but she tells him that she`s all grown up and that she can care for herself. Ryuga appears alongside with Rukio and Ume take Reika and is locked in chains. Horrifed, Ryu has to watch his own daughter being tortured by being whipped by Ryuga forcing her to tell him where the Soul Society. Refuseing to answer, he kicks her in the stomach causing to be knocked out .The torture stops , when Toshiro , Sora and Rangiku appear and releases Reika from the chains.

Hitsugaya tells Rangiku and Sora to take Reika back to the valley for refuge while he deals with Ryuga. Rangiku carries her in a bridal style and goes back to the valley. She is awake when she hears Hitsugaya and Naru shouting. She decides to go outside and see what happens. Naru shouts at Toshiro to keep distance away from her and that she belongs to the Dragons not Gotei 13 because of him, she keeps getting hurt. Reika breaks up the fight realising that she is being used by both of them and runs off. Toshiro finds her crying her eyes out near the Lake and sits beside her.



Chronicles of the Dragons Arc
Reika accompanied them until they reached the Dragon Valley. Ryuga sent an army of Dragon to capture the citizens of Dragon Valley. Few managed to escape aside from Ryu, Reika  and Mizu. Most were captured and most were killed with the remaining survivors scattered. The trio realize that they are the last Dragons to ever live to witness the dead bodies of the Dragon Valley's destruction. After finding the faceless bodies of Dragons, Reika, Ryu and Mizu rushed into the forest to find Ryuga. While she was able to delay him, Reika failed in stopping Ryuga from placing the Death Seal on Mizu. With some assistance from both Reika and Ryu, The trio made it through the forest, arriving at the middle tower on time. After Ryuga's victorious battle with Ryu and Ryuga capturing Mizu, Sora insisted that she be the one to seal Mizu's death mark.

Reika left with the others as they made their way through the forest. As each member of the group took on their own battles, Reika faced Dakakuma after urging Sora to go on. Their battle didn't last long before Toshiro and Rangiku interupted, and Reika went on her way to meet Sora, Mizu and Ryuga at the Valley of the End. After watching Sora's loss, Reika stepped forward to take on Ryuga. After being mocked, Reika explained that she wasn't here to bring Mizu back to Gotei 13 necessarily, she just wanted to save her - even if she had to kill him because of the death seal effecting her mental health and physcially damaging her. Through a heated conversation, the two fought until Reika was at her limit on using Kenomonomaru's power. Finally accepting her feelings, Reika resolved to remove the Death seal from within her, explaining how if she couldn't get through to him with her words, she'd try to get through to him by sacrificing herself. Telling her he wouldn't let her die alone, Reika said her goodbye's to Mizu as she opened her eyes in time to see Ryuga`s descend upon her with a full forced pressure. Backing her into the rock wall, Reika spoke her final words to Toshiro, who came in time to save her , as she watched Ryuga dragging Ryu and Mizu and leaving Sora to die. Falling backward, Toshiro caught Reika's limp body as she collapsed, hugging her as he pressed his face into her quiet chest.

As Ryuga departed from the scene with Mizu and Ryu, Toshiro who had been accompanied by Rangiku , Yukimaru and Haru converged around Reika's body. Working to sustain her, the group rushed back to Gotei 13, immediately bringing Reika to the hospital, where Retsu was able to perform a life saving surgery. While performing the surgery, Ryuga`s attack pressure ripped through Reika`s body which it has caused serve wounds on certain body parts which need stitching up. She awaken from the surgery with Toshiro and Rangiku sitting on a chair watching over her bedside.

After Reika had decided to go ahead and rescue her only family from Ryuga, Toshiro had decided to stay with them to better their chances of survival, letting her know that she must get out of Ryuga`s liar fast and quick. Reika finally agreed and Toshiro told Rangiku to make sure she doesn't get hurt. While the gang was going over their plans, they were cornered by one of the Ryuga`s soldiers, which was later revealed to be her sister, Ume. In Reika's mind, her sister was killed while looking for her father by a group of Shinigamis. She tried reasoning with her, but Ume slapped her acrossed her cheek. Angered by what happened, Rangiku attacked Ume first. She kept up with her wall, but Ume kicked Rangiku in the neck, knocking her out. Sora and Yukimaru tried their luck against her while Reika healed Rangiku, but Yukimaru thrown to the ground and Sora was electrocuted. Partially healed, Rangiku tried one more time, using Haineko as her resort move. That didn't work and Ume used her Dragon Lightning whip and threw Rangiku into Yukimaru, hurting them in the process. Reika was heartbroken by her sister becoming evil and her anger was reaching a breaking point. Reika was angry when she hurts the others, especially Rangiku and she stepped in to protect her fallen comrades. Healing them, Reika used her Kenomonomaru to release all her reitsu that was lying dormant inside of her and prepared herself to fight Ume, even if it meant killing her.

During the battle, Reika felt that a small piece of sanity was left in Ume. That presumption caused her to drop her guard and Ume attacked her with her lightning ball, immobilizing her arms and upper body. As Toshiro gave it one more shot to fight Ume, the memories of her sweet sister and the new grown hatred that she had for her had manifested, causing Reika to break free from her zanpakuto and strike back mercilessly with her strongest move, Suisho no nokoribi. However, Reikas attack wasn't enough to kill her and Ume rose again and intended to kill with a final attempt of stabbing her with a katana. With no other choice, Reika used her forbidden technique, “Death's Strength” on Ume and the Dark Soul inside her was forced out of her stomach. Rangiku had pieced together everything that made Ume act the way she did, she found out that Ume had never intended to kill them. This was further explained when Ume told them that it was the Dark Soul by Ryuga that drove her into insanity. Realizing this, Ume tells Reika where Mizu and Ryu are remaining and Reika sets off with Toshiro, Yukimaru , Rangiku and Sora to the Death Chamber , where Mizu and Ryu are held. On their way, they jump on the Death Chamber`s roof and the cell , Mizu and Ryu are being held , Reika`s Kenomomomaru melts the roof of their cell while Toshiro and Rangiku distraced the prison guards. Breaking in, Reika was really happy to see her sister and her father again , knowing the sitiuation , Mizu and Ryu tell Reika that the Gotei 13 will destroyed if they don`t get out of here. They quickly escape along with Toshiro, Rangiku , Yukimaru and Sora , who accopied her so many times.

They managed to rescue Mizu and Ryu back to the 10th Division HQ, Reika comes up with a suggestion to fight Ryuga and to end matters once and for all but Toshiro dosnt see this as a good suggestion telling her that he didn`t want her to get hurt and as a captain his job is to protect others. Later that night, Reika recived a letter by one of Ryuga`s messengers reading on that ` Tomorrow , we will attack every single Shinigami that will not live to see tomorrow , ethier hand me your family or I will kill the entire shinigamis there is `. She reports to her grandfather, who is fully awere of the sitiuation and calls for an emergency Captain and Lt meeting at the same time. Captain Yamamoto tells the Captains and the Lts to be ready for a raid to happen in the Soul Society. After the meeting , A few hours before the raid, Toshiro and Reika had talked and he mentioned to her about having to fight in another battle after such a long time. Toshiro had asked Reika was she afraid of fighting Ryuga since her Mother's was also killed by Ryuga in the past. Reika stated that she was not afraid and she would fight in order to protect herself and Gotei 13. After they had talked a little while longer, Toshiro had made love to Reika and the two of them had rested up for the night battle ahead. Later that night, the violent snow storm had ripped through the plains in the World of The Living Dead and all the shinigamis who had volunteered to counterattack Ryuga and his army Raid were all ready.

At exactly midnight, Ryuga and his men had attacked and a immense war zone had broke out between the defected Shinigamis. Reika promises to Toshiro that she will be alright and theres nothing to worry about. She then transforms into her Dragon form and sets off with her sister and her father into the snowstorm wildness. The clash had lasted for hours, but Sora bravely went after Ryuga on his own and fought him valiantly. However, it was proven that Ryuga was indeed stronger that Sora and he had fell victim to the combine attack of Ryuga's Glass Shards Of The Demon. After the gang had caught with them, Reika had saw that her friend's body was in tatters and he was barely conscious. Everyone tried to attack Ryuga all at once, but he easily overwhelmed them and the fact they were exhausted from fighting earlier had contribute to it. Reika had told Toshiro that she would always be with him even in the next afterlife and Reika tried to stop Ryuga. Before Reika could reach him, Ryuga had ended Sora's life by his claws damaging his head and his back. Reika had fell apart and cried from her friend being killed and everyone looked on remorsefully and angry from the turn of events. Sora has been too badly wounded by the dragon, however, and as he finishes his last words to Reika and the first sunrays hit him, he takes his last breath and closes his eyes. With Sora dieing, Reika was willing to sacrfice herself to kill Ryuga. She gets up and strikes for Ryuga with her zanpukato but Ume throws herself at Ryuga to protect her half sisters and friends, but is caught on the demon dragon's claws. She tries again, but Ryuga is ready, and catches her between his claws.Ryuga kills Ume by crushing her head with its Claw. Ume dies immediatly from the blow.

Ryuga will not give up, and the loss of Shinigamis is catastrophic. To avoid more Shinigamis to getting killed, Ryu teaches Reika Kyūkei kūkan to jikan, but not even the deadly strike seem to have an effect on the demon dragon. Toshiro Hitsugaya is led by Yukimaru, who doesn't want his friends to die, to the battlefield to strike the bear with his blade , which he does. Finally, three generations of dragons has ended with the Demon Dragon's death

As Reika is embraced by Toshiro, Ryuga returns from Hell and mortally wounds Ryu. Reika then attacks Ryuga with the Kyukei Kukan to Jikan and decapitates him. Victory strikes to Reika, as she has won the battle but Sora`s and Ume`s death has deeply impact her life due to Sora being a close friend to Reika and Ume was her half-sister. After witnessing her friend's and her half-sister`s lifeless bodies being carried away by two shinigamis, Reika tried to go after them but she was immediately stopped by the 10th Divison including Toshiro and Rangiku. Everything that happened was making her reach a breaking point and her mentality was crumbling.

A week after the Snowstorm Raid was over, Reika had fell into a depression over the lost of her close friend and her half - sister. She just locked herself away in her room. Reika couldn't believe that they were not around anymore and it was slowing breaking her. Toshiro comes in her room and tells Reika to be thankful and enjoying her new future that she has planned with him.

Another week had passed and Sora's and Ume`s funeral was taken place outside the Gotei 13 walls at the Yamamoto Cemetery. For those who knew Sora and Ume, everyone paid their respects to them and the rest of the family. After the funeral was over, Reika had stayed behind to give her final thoughts to her family and including Sora that she avenge their deaths and killed Ryuga.

After being sick and ill for 6 weeks, she sees Isane if she has got any medication. Isane asks her to take a pregancey test to see if is pregnant. She comes back with some shocking news that she is pregnant with Toshiro`s child. Isane cograts her and she sets off to find her grandfather. She finds him sitting on his chair looking out of the window. She tells him that she is having a child with Hitsugaya and that she can`t tell him because she is worried that he might be mad with her. Yamamoto tells her to not worry and that if any danger is a bigger threat she will be send to the World Of The Living accoplied by Toshiro and Rangiku if anything happens. Just as she was about to walk out of 1st Division, Yamamoto is happly glad that he is a Great - Grandfather and that her mother will be proud. She smiles and walks off back to 10th Division to meet Toshiro and Rangiku. Later that night, he asks her what was the matter since she hasn`t been in all day and that she hasn`t been speaking to him. She replies that she is pregnant and that he is the father of the child. He is happy to hear the news and shocked that he is going to be a father to Reika`s child. When he is informed about Wandenreich's infiltration, and is ordered to prepare for war alongside other captains, he presuades Haru to guide the pregnant Reika out of Gotei 13 and into the Karakura Town seek shelter until he get`s back. Reika kisses Toshiro to bid him farewell.

On their way, Orihime bumps into them and they ask if they can stay at Orihime`s for awhile until Toshiro and Rangiku come back. During the time they were staying, she became home sick of wanting to go back to Soul Society and becoming worried of Toshiro getting killed in the process , this is one of the worst fears , she has .While she was 3 months pregnant , Reika was standing outside just watching the full moon pleading for Toshiro to come back. She then felt someone`s arms around her waist. When she turned around it was Toshiro, he came back. So happy to see her, he tells her that they`ve found a place around corner from Orihime`s. He tells her that her grandfather was killed by Yhwach while protecting Gotei 13 which makes her grief telling him that he will never see his own great-grandchild he was extied about .That night, she thanks Orihime for letting her stay. Thankfully, Rekia , Toshiro , Rangiku and Haru move into the little apartment and settle into it.

At 5 Months pregnant, she starts to expierence leg cramps and backache which she has made her bedridden. It makes Toshiro worried about her but Rangiku advises him to not worry she is gonna be fine. Sometime later , As Reika's pregnancy develops, she becomes increasingly bedridden, and the group struggle to cope with Reika's continued and seemingly worsening illness. Toshiro, now work on missions to support his family, must leave Reika during the day, but she is cared for with the help of Haru. Despite this, at 8 months , while out with Toshiro and Rangiku , a snowstorm hits the town almost covering it. Stranded, they start to seek for shelter until they find a little house. They find a old woman name Miya, who is a former shinigami , who takes them in.