The New Captains in Town
If the Vizards had not arrived on time, the Gotei 13 would be in great peril. But Head Captain Yamamoto had a plan if this situation did arise…
After the arrival of Wonderweiss and Fura, Harribel was freed from the ice obelisk, Barragan emerged unscathed from Soi Fon's bankai, and Starrk shot Kyouraku, Aizen stood there, free from Yamamoto's fiery prison. It seemed as if all hope was lost.
"You fools." Said Barragan. "Your powers are nothing before ME! King of Hueco Mundo!" Barragan took out his Gran Caida and lunged towards Soi Fon. She was too tired from using Jakuho Raikoben to dodge his attack. Suddenly, a garganta opened in front of Barragan and sand rushed out and engulfed him. He used sonido to retreat from the sand. A man emerged from the garganta. He was a shinigami dressed in a captain's outfit with the number nine on his back. Two more gargantas appeared at the location of the other 2 Espada with captains emerging from each garganta. "What is the meaning of this?" asked Barragan. "Who are you?" asked Soi Fon. "I am the new Captain of Squad 9, Sasaki Suna-mi." "New captain? I never heard that the Head Captain and appointed a new captain." Exclaimed Soi Fon.
"It was a last minute decision made by the Head Captain. Me and two other soul reapers were transported to Hueco Mundo 100 years ago. We wandered through there until last year, when we stumbled upon the arrancar fortress, Las Noches. That's when we found out about Aizen and we learned how to open the garganta. After our return, Head Captain appointed two of us as captains. We then helped the other captains infiltrate Hueco Mundo. But when we saw that arrancar with that gigantic hollow creature enter into the Human world we followed.
Over at the area Starrk was, he simply stared at the captain. Suddenly another shinigami appeared next to him. "Captain Hikari, Kentaro's preparations are complete. Ren is with him now."
"Alright then, I'll handle this Espada, you report to Head Captain Yamamoto." Replied the captain. "No!" said the shinigami. "Captain, I can hold him off, you have to face Aizen." Captain Hikari stared at him for a moment. "Fine." He replied. "Be careful, he has yet to show his true power." Whispered Hikari. Then he used flash step and disappeared. The shinigami turned his attention to Starrk. "Do you know who I am?" asked Starrk. "Yes, I saw your fight with Captain Ukitake and Captain Kyouraku. You are the Number One Espada, correct?" "You are not even a captain, yet you choose to fight me. Why?" "Just because I'm not a captain, doesn't mean I'm not strong." The shinigami slowly unsheathed his zanpaktou. "Strike silently, Kage Orochi." The shinigami's blade turned jet black. As light reflected off it, it glowed an ominous purple tint. Just looking at the blade, one could feel evil radiating from it. "If you are not even a captain then there's no reason for me to even be in my released state." Said Starrk. Suddenly, something black constricted Starrks leg and tossed him through a building. The black object retracted to the shinigami's zanpaktou. Starrk slowly picked himself up from the rubble as the Shinigami looked down on him. "So maybe I underestimated you. What is your name?" asked Starrk. "Squad 5 of the Gotei 13, Ando Kurobane." Replied the shinigami. "Primera Espada, Starrk." He then uses sonido and appears right in front of Ando, then fires a cero blast from his gun at point blank.
"Captain Hitsugaya, I am the new Captain of Squad 3, Mina Funabi." Stated the shinigami. "New captain? I did not hear of anyone being appointed as a new captain." Said Hitsugaya. "Head Captain Yamamoto appointed us as captains not that long ago and had us work with Urahara to secure the garganta. I will handle this arrancar. Please attend to Captain Kyouraku and Captain Ukitake." "Are you sure you can handle this?" asked Hitsugaya. "Please go on ahead. We have a plan ready for this occasion." "All right, the I'll leave it to you." Replied Hitsugaya. (Now I can head for Aizen) he thought. Hitsugaya disappeared to help Captain Ukitake and Captain Kyouraku. "Who are you?" asked Harribel. "I am the Captain of Squad 3, Mina Funabi, your executioner." Funabi's hands quickly went to her zanpaktou. "Slice, Tessenfu!" A quick cut slashed towards Harribel.