Chapter 1: We are bound in battle

prior to the initial invasion of the Quincy army

The fog cleared from the sky and Yoshito looked up. He held his sword tighter as he saw the hole in the sky, its black-as-night inside meaning only one thing.

"A Garganta." A couple other soul reapers looked at him in shock.

"Who…. Who the hell are you? I haven't seen you before!" One of the soul reapers exclaimed.

Yoshito looked at them sharply, his long white captain coat swaying behind him.

"Th-that captain's coat. You aren't captain of the thirteen court guard squads. You're an impostor!" The soul reaper lashed out but was stopped when an arm suddenly threw itself between the soul reaper and Yoshito. Both of them looked to the side and saw Captain Shunsui of squad eight.

"Now… wouldn't want any trouble down here, would we? Not when the enemy is right on your head." Shunsui announced.

Suddenly a large burst of spiritual pressure shook across the soul society. Yoshito looked up at the Garganta, its edges wavering and splintering in the sky. A foot appeared through the breach, followed by a leg and torso. Long black hair flowed in the air and a cold sharp empty tone sat upon the face of the figure who has walked out of the Garganta.

Shunsui shook his head and looked up at her.

"You know, I find one thing to be completely different between soul reapers and the Arrancar… unlike soul reapers, the female Arrancar like to show off a far lot more than the males."

Shunsui then looked at Yoshito with a grim look on his face.

"You know how this will end, right? That Arrancar may seem simple, and its number is above 100. So it shouldn't be anything special."

Yoshito looked over at Shunsui as he continued,

"But it's a lie. The spiritual energy she lets off and the number she portrays herself with are both fakes."

The other soul reapers around the area shuddered in fear and began to leave the area after hearing the cold tone from the usual cheerful and light captain.

"I have no idea what you are capable of. As you know, you are an anomaly in the systems of the living and deceased. You never have and never will exist. But I do know this, any normal soul reaper of captain level…. Will be obliterated by a release from an Arrancar like this" Shunsui finished. Both of them exchanged looks.

Shunsui concentrated, putting everything he could into reading Yoshito. The man in front of him was like a blank slate. No spiritual power was emitted from him nor was he able to detect anything at all.

Shunsui thought to himself as he looked over Yoshito,

"This man… what is he? I cant tell if he is a human, soul reaper or even a being we know of. I cant feel a thing. His power cant truly be this strong can it. The last time I wasn't able to feel a single thing from someone was…."

An image of Sosuke Aizen flashed in Shunsui's mind.

"No… that kind of power isn't something that can be safe in this world… certainly not so soon after Aizen's defeat." Shunsui finished and smiles at Yoshito. Yoshito was confused by the smile.

"But I'm sure you know what you're doing. Either way… you have been after her, Jade, for nearly 17 months if I'm correct."

Yoshito looked smugly at Shunsui.

"16, today. And today will be the last day I think about this piece of scum. She has already sent her disciples after me for the past 5 months. I have dealt with each and every one of them accordingly. Sending them back to Hueco Mundo, the realm of the hollows, to give their so important reports on how it went, to their master."

Shunsui nodded and Yoshito did so in return before turning round and blasting up off the ground into the air to meet his enemy.

Shunsui said to himself as he watched Yoshito,

"I don't think the outcome of this will be worthy of a happy drink… or a happy anything in that matter of fact."

He flew up into the air. Jade looked down at her adversary who was advancing on her position. She reached to her side and wrapped her fingers around the handle of her Zanpakuto. Her gaze on Yoshito focused as he came to the same level as her in the air. Yoshito placed himself still and the air beneath his feet rippled as if there was a floor under him.

He looked at Jade, his face blank of emotion.

"It's come to this, hasn't it? Through everything you have done. Was it truly worth it? Pushing them all that way? You hurt them both then you finished the job with me, then yourself. Well not this time, this time I'm not letting you get things your way."

Jade smirked and shrugged her shoulders.

"You still expect me to listen to your whiny voice? Blah blah blaaah blah blaaah." She chanted as she moved her hand to imitate a talking mouth. "You can't just let things go, can you? It's always about redemption. You didn't have a chance of winning back then and you lost. You have no chance of winning now and you'll fail again!"

Jade unsheathed her blade in an instant and performed a Sonido towards Yoshito. Her blade swung down through the air and clashed against his, which was already drawn. They both gazed into each other's eyes for a moment before flashing backwards away from each other. The Garganta quickly snapped shut with a boom.

"I plan on finishing you here, and I'm not going to let this be prolonged." Yoshito said as he held his sword on its side in front of himself. "Construct, Kenchikka!"

A pool of blue energy encircled Yoshito as blue smoke rose from it and engulfed his blade. Jade grinned and held her sword up and wrapped her other hand around the blade.

"Blast, Shokyaku" As Jade released her Resurreccion, a green ball of energy engulfed her. The energy dispersed and revealed her new released form. The white hollow mask covered her eyes and a large black sniper rifle was sitting in her arms, green steam rising from the barrel at the end.

Yoshito swung his blade up and the blue smoke flew away and revealed the form of his Shikai. It was a large golden meat cleaver. He glared at Jade and looked over her released Resurreccion.

"I am impressed but we both know what each other's releases do, don't we?" Jade said with a smirk on her face and she looked over her oversized weapon.

"You are able to create objects using the raitsu around You. You can craft objects like shields and walls without destroying that which you are using the Raitsu from. Its impressive. And then there is mine. Simple and effective. I can fire beams of energy that can destroy anything. Now burn!" She shouted as she lifted her rifle and fired a beam towards Yoshito.

Yoshito performed a Shunko and evaded the blast which left a faint green trail through the air. He stood to the side and looked at the green trail quickly evaporating and then looked over at Jade again as she swung the gun round to point at him again.

A beam fired from the rifle towards Yoshito.

"No, you don't!" He shouted, a barricade of raitsu forming in front of him as the beam crashed against it. The raitsu was quickly broken apart like rock. Jade smiled and proceeded to fire more rounds. The energy quickly ripping the barricade apart.

"You can build all you want but my power will always surpass yours." She shouted as she readied to fire another beam.

But before she could, Yoshito pushed his blade forwards and the remains of the barricade flung towards her as a large pile of rubble. She jumped out of the way and glared. "Damn it… seems he acquire abilities for long range projectiles too. I had no idea he could do that." She said to herself.

She fired yet another beam at Yoshito, who formed another wall and stopped the beam before calling out. "Sora Takaku!" His golden blade shined bright and as he pointed it at Jade. The air around her began to fluctuate before 6 bright blue towers formed around her, advancing on her and closing the gap between each other to imprison her inside.

"Sora Takaku is a special ability of mine I've managed to conjure myself, it's not technically an ability of my Shikai but its power can't be activated in the zanpakuto's sealed state. You won't be able to escape there at all." He said while looking at the towers as they locked into place sealing Jade inside.

He began to turn away before he heard her talking within the walls of the prison. "That's not possible, still?" he said as he turned and looked.

Suddenly a bright white beam shot out from one of the towers. Yoshito only managing to avoid it by inches. More and more white beams splintered through the walls. Trailing off into the distance as far as the eye could see. The towers began to crumble and shatter like glass. Jade stood there with her sniper rifle white hot. The long barrel snapped off and white steam rising from the barrel.

"You really believe you can end this by imprisoning me?! I wont let this end until either you or myself have been completely obliterated! San no Bakufu, Sun's blast!" She shouted as she began to fire more and more beams towards Yoshito.

Yoshito continuously Flashed through the air avoiding the beams as he noticed how the beams themselves remained in the air. Not in the slightest bit were they dispersing, like they were solid objects in the sky glowing bright. He knew to keep his distance from them after seeing how they tore through the Sora Takaku walls so easily but still pondered as to what the effects were.

Jade stopped firing once the sky was filled with almost 20 continuous white beams. She glared at Yoshito and began to walk forwards. The remains of the prison disintegrating away.

"San no Bakufu is the true ability of my Resurreccion. A constant beam that will keep extending until I cannot see its end. And they'll remain until I die… or say otherwise. Contact with the beams will result in your instant death. The energy within them will travel through your body and break you apart, You will crumble apart into nothingness as the life leaves you." She giggled as a look of surprise filled Yoshito's face.

"So? What is it now?"

Yoshito dropped his head and muttered under his breath.

"I do not want this… but you bring me no choice… Bankai".

Yoshito activates Bankai!

To be continued!...