(With Aizen)
'So, Ichigo plans to take my army for himself.' Aizen thought as he watched the progress of his intruders. 'He can have Hueco Mundo, but only after I take the throne of the Soul King. A little surprising that he has that haori though, whatever it is.' The scans he was able to get on Ichigo's cloak showed that it was far different from the usual captain's haori, there was a power in it that seemed to resonate. His hand reached to his chest as his scar began to throb, as it had ever since Ichigo came to Hueco Mundo. A part of the traitor wanted to put it out of his mind, but he knew that it would never end. Not until he killed Ichigo himself. In a way he was proud of Ichigo, truly his greatest successful experiment, but now he wanted the boy dead. The greatest threat to his ambitions was not the other captains, it was the single hybrid.
"It looks like Aaronierro's dead and most of the Privaron chose to follow our favorite strawberry." Gin said, watching from the doorway to the monitoring room. "What to do now?" The former 5th division captain turned to his right and left hands, Tousen having come along. Aizen calmly took a sip of his tea.
"Have the top three Espada ready to move out." He answered, looking at his two longest serving agents. "Once Ulquiorra fights, we move out." The two nodded and began to go in separate directions. "Gin." Aizen called out, gaining the man's attention once again. "What are you planning? I recognize that smirk." The fox's smile widened as he opened one of his piercing eyes.
"Just a quick little trip to remind our dear Ichigo that I know how to hurt him." He said before disappearing with Shunpo.
(With Uryu and Bazz-B)
As soon as Szayelaporro said that he had enough data the room was filled with his 'fraccion', many Arrancar that seemed either incomplete or failed to become humanoid, that began to assault the two Quincy. Szayel just watched as the two struggled against his army, knowing that the Quincy were at a disadvantage in the room they currently occupied. He had a device that could disrupt the Quincy ability to manipulate the ambient Reishi and surrounded them with stone that absorbed the remaining Reishi, negating their main skill of Reishi manipulation. It was only their own reserves that kept the Quincy going, channeling the power through their veins. Bazz-B was barely hanging on, not used to fighting in the absence of Reishi. Uryu was faring much better, due to his training with Ichigo and the 'new' Quincy style of drawing Reishi, had plenty of his own and even managed to use a Seele Schneider.
"He seems to be doing much better than I expected." Szayel muttered to himself, not really able to do anything about the Reishi inside a person until he could get in close himself. "It's not like I'll run out of fraccion." One of his larger servants slammed a fist into Bazzard while Uryu slashed one in half with his Seele Schneider, which began to solidify as Uryu got better at controlling it mid-battle. "Perhaps I'll fix that anyway. Sip, Fornicaras." He calmly said as Uryu saved Bazz-B from another attack.
"This is quite the embarrassing oversight for the Quincy." The Sternritter admitted as the two stood back to back. "To learn we could become so vulnerable so easily."
"You'd think that someone in the Vandenreich would suggest being able to fight in a place where one couldn't harness Reishi." Uryu panted out. "I'm starting to run out of my own. How many more are out there?"
"Irrelevant for you." They heard Szayelaporro say before some weird gray tentacles with a set of big red bladders wrapped around the pair. After the thing undulated for a bit, it spat out the two Quincy while the fraccion cheered that the battle is over. The two looked over to see Szayelaporro, now in a multi layered skirt with baggy sleeves that had purple extensions while his torso was a segmented gray garment with four of the tentacles that attacked them earlier coming out of his back. One of the red extensions on his odd wings began to inflate over his hand before bursting and revealing a small chibi doll of Uryu before repeating and getting one of Bazz-B. "I'd prefer to play around with you longer, but I don't want to keep patching up my fraccion. Too much work. I'll end this now." The two Quincy pushed themselves up and Bazzard flinched when he felt something poke his head.
"Are those things voodoo dolls or something?" He asked, noticing Szayel pressing a thumb against his doll's head.
"Pretty observant of you." The 9th Espada complimented. "Indeed, these dolls are now you. Whatever I do to them, will happen to you." He said before flicking Bazz-B's doll head, knocking his own back. "But the real fun is inside." He said before opening up Uryu's doll. "All these colorful little bits, like shells or marbles, these are your organs and muscles." He held up a few thin needle like bits. "Observe." He snapped them all in rapid succession, causing blood to spurt out of Uryu's ankles and wrists. "I'd much rather have you more fully intact, but I'll probably be bored of Quincy soon enough. I'd love to dissect that hybrid, but lord Aizen made it clear he's to be destroyed. I'll have to entertain myself with studying the bait." He said, making the two Quincy flinch.
"What do you mean?" Bazz-B asked while Uryu seemed to go into shock. The Arrancar laughed sadistically as he looked at the Sternritter.
"Obviously I mean those two little girls he had stolen from that 'squad 15' captain." He said, looking more and more ecstatic. "Ichigo Kurosaki's little sisters, not as enticing as their brother but present so many more options. And two of them? What to do? Dissect them, breed more potential hybrids, so many choices to make! I don't even know where to begin!" He starting laughing madly, before noticing something. Reishi was gathering, the walls around them breaking apart into the energy, which began flowing to Uryu.
"You..." He growled, glowing with power. "Will not..." He stood on his feet, Szayelaporro's fraccion disintegrating in much the same manner before the power went to the Quincy. "Touch my FAMILY!" He roared, burning wings of light exploding from his back.
(With Ichigo)
'Uryu,' Ichigo thought as he was keeping track of all of his allies, 'I know I shouldn't worry. But I've never felt this power coming from you before. Be safe, I don't want to even think that you're in trouble.' He continued running before sensing a familiar presence down the hall. The hybrid slowed to a stop as the person on the opposite side slowly revealed himself, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. "I remember being told that only rank 5 and on were allowed to fight me." Ichigo said to the blue haired Arrancar, who starting bearing a savage grin. "Judging by that smirk, there was a little rearranging in the ranks of the Espada. Correct?"
"Had to beat the crap out of the previous 5th to get his title." Grimmjow responded, showing no hostilities to the hybrid that once crushed him. "Didn't help much against that old man of yours, he still slapped me around. But I wanted to save something special for our rematch." The Espada said, releasing his Reiatsu as he prepared to fight. "Had to come to terms with some things about myself, let go of old desires, all for this chance to fight you again." Ichigo stood unaffected by the pressure as Grimmjow went on. "I'm ready to give this my all, one hundred percent of my power to destroying you." Ichigo took a moment to crack his neck and knuckles, before sensing something around Rukia.
"Grimmjow," Ichigo started as he turned his head to where Rukia currently was, "let's take this outside. Try to keep up." He said before disappearing in a burst of speed, confusing the panther before he noticed what Ichigo felt.
"That damn Soul Reaper." He cursed before following.
(With Rukia)
It wasn't too long after she cut down the imposter Arrancar that tried to shake her resolve, promising herself to visit his grave after all was said and done with Aizen, when she found herself lost in the city within the fortress. Her only other tells were the familiar Reiatsu of her allies, but no trace of the twins. Seeing as everyone started to emerge into the desert city, she figured now would be a good chance to regroup. Ichigo could handle himself, her husband was too competent to let himself die. Probably get back up and more annoyed than anything else. She took one more step before she felt a familiar presence almost on top of her, like a viper ready to bury its fangs into her neck.
"Tsugi no mai!" She called out, quickly readying the second dance of her shikai. But it was not effective as a pair of hands almost ripped the blade out of her hands from behind her.
"My my Kuchiki, it has been a while." She froze, forcing herself to turn and see Gin Ichimaru with her blade in his hands. "And look at you, a lieutenant now. You must feel so proud of yourself." He tossed her snow white blade over the side and flashed right in front of her. Rukia made a lot of progress in her training, but Gin always made her feel weak and helpless. Before he was a soldier of the Gotei, now he was the enemy and had no reason to not kill her. She tried to back away, but he took hold of her Shihakusho and held his blade to her. "Now, our data is limited ever since we defected, but there were some rumors that you and our favorite hybrid got married. Do you mind confirming that?" He asked, dragging the edge of his Zanpakuto along the skin of her chest. Shallow enough to sting and draw some blood, not enough to scar just yet. "Either way, I wonder how Ichigo would react if you died?" He said it so casually they may as well could just be making small talk. The pressure of his blade began to increase to where it cut through to her bones, letting out a screech of pain before it disappeared and she fell to the ground. She opened her eyes to see Ichigo, once again to her rescue.
"I wonder, what part of you thought it was a good idea to try this where I could find you?" Ichigo asked, looking at the man he just buried into the wall. "I put a pretty nasty scar on your boss when we first tried to kill each other, and that was after you and Tousen tried to hold me back. Did you think I was just sitting on my ass this whole time?" Gin slowly pulled himself back to his feet and rubbed his jaw.
"Well, I just wanted to give you a little reminder." Gin said, still holding his blade in his hand. "A similar lesson you gave my captain. That you can still be hurt." He said before his blade shot toward Rukia. She was paralyzed, watching the steel coming for her, before it was stopped in Ichigo's crushing grip.
"I became aware of that when he had my sisters kidnapped." Ichigo growled, glowing with power. "Now leave and tell Aizen that when I find him, I'm going to kill him." Gin pulled his blade back and looked deep into Ichigo's eyes.
'And here I was worried he might be too soft.' He thought to himself before brushing off the dust. "I'll be sure to do that. Ciao, bella. Mhmm." He said before disappearing with Shunpo.
'Did he just try to vocalize a period?' Ichigo wonderedbefore turning back to Rukia, who was finally able to catch her breath. "You alright Rukia?" He asked, kneeling down to the petite Shinigami.
"I'll be fine, just some scratches on my chest." She said, pulling her Shihakusho apart to examine her injury.
'Looks like you managed to get a message to me after all Gin.' He thought, recognizing that the scratches formed a word. Now there was only one thing to figure out. 'What the hell did Gin mean by 'Negro'?' He thought as he read her chest while she healed. "Looks like we all came out to this area of Las Noches." He said, gaining Rukia's attention. "You'd best go regroup with the others. I've got a score to settle." Grimmjow appeared behind Rukia shortly after that. The ice user looked at the Espada and back to her husband. "I'll be fine, go." He ordered, making her jump off the side of the bridge to retrieve her sword and begin running off to join the others. "Quick question, does everyone in Hueco Mundo use Spanish?" He asked, surprising Grimmjow.
"Yeah, I guess." The Quinta replied, scratching his head. "Why?"
'So that means Gin's real message to me is 'Black'... still doesn't tell me much.' "Just curious." Ichigo replied as the two got ready to fight.
(With Chad)
The Fullbringer and his Arrancar companion kept running as the two behind them followed, closing in more and more with every step. Chad felt ready to go another round but Gantenbainne was drained of his Reishi and needed the chance to build it back up. He wanted a bit more time for the two of them, but whoever was behind them threw something at Sado. Sensing the attack, he dodged the large and oddly shaped crescent bladed weapon and it dug itself into the sand. Just as it was being pulled back, Chad grabbed onto the shaft of the weapon and turned to face his opponents. The Arrancar chasing them was tall and lanky with long black hair with an eyepatch covering his left eye, wearing a massive spoon hood with his jacket exposing his chest. With him was someone less bizarrely dressed with an eyepatch over his right eye and a turquoise mark on his cheek that had dirty blonde hair.
"Nnoritra Gilga." Gantenbainne said, turning to face their opponent. "Currently Espada number 7."
"And you're a traitor." The Espada returned, getting into a tug of war match with Chad. "Being too weak to stay an Espada is one thing, but betraying lord Aizen is another." He growled, pulling himself and Sado closer together. "Tesra, kill him." He ordered, making his Fraccion unsheathe his blade and flash in front of the Privaron.
"Nope!" They heard someone call out as a ball of fire slammed into the Arrancar, sending him into the chain of Nnoritra's weapon. The collision created a small amount of slack that Chad used to slam the ax like weapon into the Espada and sent him flying back. The Fullbringer spared a glance to the side to see Tatsuki showing up. "Chad, we're regrouping. Rukia showed up and told us to find Uryu."
"You two aren't going anywhere!" They heard Nnoritra growl as he rose back to his feet. "The only place you're going is the grave!" He roared out, releasing his Reiatsu.
(With Uryu)
"Wha- what the hell is this!?" Szayelaporro asked as his 'anti-Quincy' room disintegrated around him, his Fraccion breaking apart into Reishi, all of which gathered to the winged Quincy glaring at him. "That's enough out of you!" He yelled, pulling out some more of Uryu's voodoo organs and crushing them. Blood spurt from the Quincy's mouth and he staggered, but he still stood strong and never stopped glaring at the scientist.
'I don't believe it.' Bazzard thought as he watched Uryu absorbing more and more Reishi. 'Is he doing this subconsciously? Rasotengai inside his body? Is he reconstructing his body completely blind as it gets wrecked by this creep?' His eyes widened as the burning light on Uryu's back slowly solidified into archangel wings.
"Die! Why won't you die!?" Szayelaporro yelled out desperately as even his resurreccion began to get absorbed. Uryu did not say anything as he pointed his wings to the Espada and gave his death sentence.
"Licht Regen." He said as the feathers in his wings shot toward Szayelaporro, each one was like a Seele Schneider as the blades tore him apart. Bazz-B watched in disturbed awe as Uryu mercilessly destroyed the Espada, the only thing out of place was small tendril that touched Uryu before being converted into Reishi. When he ended his assault, Szayelaporro was barely more than a torso and head.
"What... what was that?" He spoke, feeling that his life was slowly ending.
"He activated his Vollstandig." Bazz-B answered as Uryu released the glowing energy and collapsed, still alive but in rather critical condition. 'And he still manages to hold himself together. That kid is scary in his own right.' He thought as he noted the mix of Blut and Rasotengai. "You can think of it as the Quincy's resurreccion, or bankai."
"But how? That room should've completely canceled Reishi manipulation." The noveno coughed out, the blood draining faster and faster.
"And it did, but he managed to use the greatest of manipulation skills." The Heat replied, walking over to the Arrancar scientist. "Sklaverei. He didn't just take it, he enslaved it. All the Reishi around him became a slave to his will. So powerful that it tears apart the bodies of spiritual beings. So whatever trap you tried to pull on him as he tore you apart was doomed to fail. Your freaky little tentacle became his ammo the moment it touched him." The Arrancar managed a glare at the Heat and let out a defiant roar as another massive tentacle appeared behind the Sternritter, disguising the other small one making its way to his leg. The Heat lived up to his Schrift as he created a scorching shell around him that reduced the attacks to nothing. "And your room is gone, so I'm free to use my abilities." He said as he went back over to Uryu and gently lifted him up. "Enjoy your last moments, I think a slow death is fitting for one like you. Too bad we can't prolong it." Bazzard Black then disappeared from the area, leaving behind the dying Arrancar.
(Illustrated Guide to Soul Reapers)
When I first wrote this fic for FF.net, I thought I made it clear that I did not like the Bount Arc of Bleach and would not adapt it. But people kept asking so I did this just to shut them up.
Isshin's first mission as captain of squad 15 (Set between the establishment of the squad and Memories of a Nobody)
"So, this is the place." Issin thought to himself, looking at the tall and imposing mansion. He received recent orders about a group of powerful individuals that was a black stain on Soul Society's history, which led to a mishap that had affected the world of the Living by making them soul sucking vampires. It was thought that they were wiped out by the the Quincy some time ago, but the remnants had gathered here in an old mansion in Karakura town. "Alright, let's do this and be done with it." He said before disappearing with Shunpo.
(Inside the mansion)
Jin Kariya, leader of the Bounts, looked over his assembled brethren. The last of their kind and his army in their mission of vengeance, but there were a few more components missing. His ex-wife, Yoshino, the cornerstone of their eve of power, was being retrieved by his loyal Shinigami champion. Soon, he would have all he needs to attack the Soul Society, and make them pay for their mistakes.
"Hi there." He heard someone say, turning to come face to face with Isshin Kurosaki.
"Who are-?" Jin asked before Isshin cut him across his chest, killing the Bount instantly. The others tried to respond, but the captain was too quick. Next was an elderly man that Isshin killed by twisting his neck until the bones snapped apart. He turned to his next target as a swarm of snakes lashed out to bite him.
"Hado #33, Sokatsui." Isshin cast calmly, pointing with his fingers and unleashing a massive torrent of flames, leaving a charred corpse. He then felt something land on his back and begin to possess him. He retaliated by stabbing himself through the chest and hitting whatever was invading him, the sounds of a man screaming giving some indication that he succeeded. He flashed back to the door and pulled his blade out to heal himself. 'Let's see, five left.' He thought as the sounds of crashing alerted him to something heading his way through the floors. He dashed to a man, desperately moving cards around as a large ball and chain burst out of the ground. It stopped when Isshin grabbed the man by the head and kneed him so hard his skull exploded. A woman with a Chinese shirt managed to pull out a sword and fan while two kids were standing behind two stalks of water globes. He threw his Zanpakuto into the chest of the woman before flashing to the hilt and ripping it our of her chest. He spun and released his Engetsu while releasing a torrent of flame so hot the water evaporated. Whatever else got hit signified the twins' death as they withered away in front of him. That only left one Bount remaining. A large man with an orange Mohawk and red hair.
"Are you hesitating?" He asked as Isshin studied the man.
"Wondering why you're not trying to fight now." The captain replied.
"I know when I'm outmatched. And when my fate is looking me in the face." The Bount answered, holding up the metal ball that was his power but doing nothing with it. "I thank you for at least making it quick with some of them."
"Are you truly the final Bount?" Isshin asked, wanting to be sure in this mission.
"Should be one other left, a woman by the name of Yoshino." He answered, just as a Soul Reaper came in with a beautiful woman.
"What the-" The Shinigami asked, seeing naught by empty clothes and bloodstains of his dead comrades. His eyes fell to Isshin and his captain's Haori with rage in his eyes. "You bast-!" He tried before Isshin disappeared from his sight and felt his strength leave him, blood pouring from his chest from two lethal stab wounds. The woman, Yoshino gaped in shocked at the speed and ruthlessness Isshin used and understood just as much this was the end.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry to do this." Isshin said, earning an understanding nod from Koga. Neither Bount had time to say anything before Isshin cut through their skulls, destroying their brains.