As he bore the pain leapt forward and looked back only to see a masked man emerged from the smoke. When Hitsugaya started demanding to know who he is, but he was only greeted with the masked man raising his sword and attacks him yet again.
Hitsugaya: "Fine have it your way..."
Rangiku went and asked where the Ōin was with all the commotion and is told they do not know. She then turned towards where Hitsugaya and the masked man continue to fight before she started to call out to him.
Rangiku: "Captain, we have a problem..."
Rangiku: "He... He is not listening??"
Hitsugaya completely ignored Rangiku as he crossed blades with the masked man he felt way too familiar with his fighting style and a sense of Deja vu started breeding inside him...
M. Man: "You haven't changed at all, have you now??"
Hitsugaya: "Who the hell are you?? What is your purpose here??"
Hitsugaya told him to show his face, and started attempting to take his mask off as they were fighting. As the man leaps away, Hitsugaya tells him to stop and begins to chase him before Rangiku calls out to him again.
As he looked back he saw her with a sorrowful expression on his face, before Hitsugaya used his shunpo to move away and give the two chase... As Rangiku tried to call out to him one more time, the carriage exploded, forcing those present to shield themselves.
As the one who was in the next line of command she orders the others to put the fire out, then Sora appeared and told Rangiku that the enemy has escaped.
Rangiku: "Pfffftttt hahahahahaha... She escaped?? From you?? Aren't you sure you took a fancy on her for your soon to be wife??"
Senna: "Damn right... I can't believe this idiot let her go just like that..."
Rangiku: "What do you mean??"
Senna: "After you got blown away, he simply told her to stay like that for 3 minutes and talk or if they fight and she loses he will take her for his wife..."
Sora: "Ugh... you were watching??"
Senna: "Yeah like you couldn't tell i was behind you..."
Sora: "Whistle whistle..."
After both of them laughed for a few seconds they started counting the casualties they had and to their surprised, they suffered nothing at all, at most a few injuries... At that point, a few Shinigami appeared to Rangiku and asked her if she was alright which she didn't respond.
The next few hours, all of them started looking for their Captains traits. Rangiku saw many destryed carriages and stated to everyone to look every inch as the last thing she needs is someone starting trouble in this important event...
At the same time, several Onmitsukidō members appeared along with 2nd Division Captain Soi Fon and started asking what the hell happened...
As she was getting pieces of information about what happened, she looked around and saw a glow from some part of the barrier indicating that from there someone either entered or left...
Before she tried to investigate an Onmitsukidō member approaches Soi Fon and leans down to tell her something. Listening to him, Soi Fon told the others about to cracks in the barrier before making a few hand seals that shattered the barrier.
Sora and Senna stayed behind to investigate a bit more and when the barrier was lifted both of them felt someone's Reiatsu and when they looked they saw Ishida which then prompt them about what happened and they found anything out.
All three of them as they were talking about the events they started noticing falling snow. At the same time, a bloody figure appeared in their sight before collapsing.
Running over to him, Hitsugaya was barely breathing and kept murmuring a few words before finally fainted in front of them...
Hitsugaya: "No, no, that's impossible... Kusaka it's a lie.... he can't be.......... ali...ve"