Bleach: The Eternal War
Chapter One
Hozuki stood in the center of Karakura Park with a trail of reishi vanishing into the wind. "The trail ends here," she said frowning to Shigeru standing behind her. "So they either travelled to the remnants of Hueco Muendo or to another dimension," replied Shigeru lost in thought.
"They can't possibly be in Hueco Muendo, Squad 12 is monitoring all access in and out of the dimension," said Hozuki.
"Then there must be another dimension Soul Society does not know of," said Shigeru.
"Then we go no farther," said Hozuki getting frustrated at the predicament.
"Good," called a snide voice from behind them, "I'm glad to hear you accept your fate then." A man in a long black trench coat stared down at them from beside a woman in a rather tightfitting ensemble. Shigeru turned to them, "Who are you?" he asked, irritated by their existence at the moment.
"We wouldn't want to spoil the surprise," replied the green-haired woman with malevolent glee. Shigeru raised a hand and whispered, "Hado 31: Shakkaho!" A red ball of crackling energy shot from his extended palm and exploded where the two had been before.
"So impatient," chided the woman.
Hozuki appeared beside her suddenly, "Shut the fuck up!" she snapped. Her right hand jabbed into her abdomen and punched through her back. The woman cried out in shock and blood spurted from the wound letting the crimson tears splatter on the grass below. Hozuki ripped her blood-coated hand free and let the woman free-fall for the ground leaving a small crater in the ground.
"That was too easy," whined Hozuki. Shigeru narrowed his eyes in her direction but said nothing keeping his attention on the man at an absolute standstill. The man suddenly vanished into the wind and reappeared above Shigeru slashing for his head with his unsheathed blade. Shigeru blocked the blow with ease and eyed the simple blade. Shigeru blocked another hasty strike and countered with a powerful blow for the man's shoulder. Sparks flashed as the man barely caught the strike on the edge of his blade and forced Shigeru back with a few vicious swipes.
Shigeru ducked under another blow and landed a shallow cut on his left forearm. A few beads of blood dropped out sight. The man grimaced slightly before charging again. Shigeru sighed before blocking the blow and landing another blow with disdain. "Look you're going to have to step up your game if you hope to stand a chance against me," said Shigeru after parrying several more attacks.
The man growled before crying out, "Level the earth, Baionoido!" His zanpaktou hilt lengthened about two feet before his blade transformed into a long steel mace. Shigeru flash-stepped forward and slashed for his throat intending to end the fight. The man blocked the blow with the massive mace and swung it surprisingly fast knocking Shigeru out of the sky. Shigeru landed in a crouch below. His strength and speed increased sharply. The man pointed the top of the mace at him the inside seemingly hollow. Yellow energy charged up inside and sprayed out in a massive wave enveloping Shigeru. "Danku!" he muttered calmly. The energy slammed against the barrier trying to penetrate the powerful Kido.
Shigeru burst out of the energy and his hand closed around the man's throat, "Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?" snarled Shigeru, "I am Lieutenant Yagami Shigeru, First Division and grandson of Sosuke Aizen."
The man's eyes widened at the name. Shigeru let go, "Prepare to witness the power of my zanpaktou," said Shigeru regaining his calm demeanor. "Ravage, Sairentokirā!" he cried. His zanpaktou shattered raining down below and vanishing into the ground. Shigeru charged and jabbed forward with his right hand as if to block the mace swinging to crush him.
The blade of a crystal katana materialized in the sky and blocked the blow from reaching Shigeru, "What is this?" asked the man panicking. "The world around you is my weapon now," replied Shigeru letting the words sink in.
He flash-stepped behind the man and crystal shards soared off of his fingertips in the shape of knives. The man swung his mace behind him and the blades shattered against the massive weapon. Shigeru never lost momentum and swept his hand through the air summoning another crystal katana to do his bidding. The blade sliced through the other man's Shikai like a hot knife through butter. With a shower of sparks it finally passed through and sliced the man in half with no warning.
The man and his broken zanpaktou plummeted as one back to the earth below in pieces. Shigeru's zanpaktou reappeared in a shower of light and he sheathed it in the white wooden sheath strapped to the left side of his chest. The girl below rose from the crater spotting his corpse, "BROTHER!" she screamed tears of anger and grief streaming down her face.
She turned towards Hozuki standing a few feet away. Hozuki unsheathed her sword and with one flick of her wrist sliced deep into her chest ending her life. She flicked the blood off of her blade and sheathed it back at her hip. Shigeru returned to the ground staring at the corpses, "What were two rogue shinigami doing in Karakura Town?" he asked.
"The girl said that they were here to kill us. Who ordered our deaths though?" asked Hozuki. Shigeru shrugged, "Probably the same person who had Rose killed."
Hozuki stared at the light blue reishi trail still ending in mid-air, "We better find out soon or a lot of innocent people are going to be hurt," she muttered.
X
A white-haired man stood in a massive laboratory staring at rows of glass tubes filled with a strange liquid. He turned towards the sound of approaching footsteps, "Amaya and Ken are dead," he said to the woman approaching.
"Then the shinigami have made their move?" asked the woman with a smile.
"Unknowingly," replied the man, ""but it is time to take a step further in this little war and turn things up a little."
The woman stared inquiringly at the man, "How so?" she asked lightly.
"Unleash the Anākī," ordered the man.
"M-My lord they're not ready to be released yet. The Anākī are still in the development stages," said the woman interrupting him.
"Do as I say," he growled.
"As you wish," replied the woman backing down. She flicked a switch and the scarlet liquid began to drain out of the tanks. Several Hollow-like creatures began to surface. The woman grinned slightly as their red eyes opened and they began to take they shape of humans. The glass tanks opened and the Anākī stepped down before them. "Kill them all," ordered the man with an evil smile.
The Anākī vanished engulfed by shadows. "And so Soul Society shall fall," whispered the man cackling with glee.
X
The beautiful sky around the Seireitei ripped open into the expansion of unfathomable darkness. The Anākī emerged forth from the depths of the shadows and glided down to the ground their red eyes scanning for any signs of life. The Great Senkai Gates opened signaling Hozuki and Shigeru's return to Soul Society from the World of the Living.
The Anākī stared curiously at the light blue light emanating from the giant gateway and immediately took off at an inhuman pace leaping over buildings with grace and agility. Shigeru followed Hozuki out of the gates greeted by Captain Kyaro Hikari and Lieutenant Akane. "Hello mother," Shigeru called out to Akane. Akane smiled faintly at this, lifting her spirits a little, "What did you discover in Karakura Town?" asked Hikari staring intently at her own daughter.
"The trail ended in Karakura Park," replied Hozuki, "However, we did encounter two rogue shinigami sent to kill us."
Hikari raised her eyebrows in surprise at this, "On whose orders?!"
"I don't know," snapped Hozuki, "That's what you all are supposed to find out. We do know that there is another dimension though where whoever it is leaving the reishi trails resides."
Hikari replied smoothly, "I suppose that's a start."
Shigeru turned feeling a sudden spike in Spiritual Pressure. He squinted around searching for the disturbance. An Anākī jumped down from atop the Senkai Gate with a bloodied zanpaktou in hand and slashed at Shigeru viciously. Shigeru leapt back a pace dodging the attack and flash-stepped forward slamming his blade through the Anaki's chest. The Anākī slipped off of the blade leaving a trail of black blood and crumpled to the stone courtyard unmoving. Shigeru whirled around searching for any more of them before finally sheathing his zanpaktou.
"SHIGERU LOOK OUT!" yelled Hozuki as the Anākī reanimated and swung its sword for Shigeru's back. "What the fuck!" cried Shigeru as its blade sliced deep into his shoulder. He turned slamming his hand into its throat, "Hado 31: Shakkaho!" he roared. Red light flashed and the Anaki's head exploded in a red burst of energy from the palm clutching its throat.
The Anākī crumpled back to the ground its black blood spilling everywhere over the smooth grey stones. Shigeru examined his wound, "What the fuck is that thing?" he asked looking expectantly at Hikari and his mother.
"Bankai!" cried Hikari. Her two falcate appeared in her hands. She swung the black at the Anākī rising again and a jet of black flames engulfed the creature incinerating it. The creature howled sounds from its human throat no human could utter before resting in a pile of ash. Hikari let off of the flames flying off of her blade and watched the twin trails of smoke still rise off of the smooth black metal. Hikari watched the ashes expectantly for a while and then turned to Akane, "Send a report to Yamamoto right away of the attack and try and see how many other attacks have occurred in the city," she ordered calmly of her lieutenant.
She whirled back to the ashes suddenly as she saw them stir before slowly reforming into a humanoid shape. The charred skin regained its normal complexion and red eyes bore into Hikari's left eye, her right covered by an eye patch. The Anākī cackled in a cold voice not befitting for the form it took now, the voice rose out of the mouth of a young boy still clutching the bloodied zanpaktou. The blonde-haired boy hissed at Hikari, "You cannot kill me. I will just rise up each time you strike me down. Hozuki stared at the boy seeing the red orb containing massive amounts of reiatsu and reishi inside of him where its heart should be.
"Does anyone else see it?" asked Hozuki intrigued.
"See what?" snapped Hikari.
Hozuki said nothing and vanished into a flash-step reappearing behind the Anākī. Hozuki stabbed her hand into the boy and ripped the orb of Spirit Power out and crushed it between her fingers with ease. The Anākī howled in agony before emulating into the shadows, its red eyes still seeming to hover in the air for a moment.
"The orb is their vessel that gives them life," said Hozuki staring at them all, "I could only see it because of my ability to see reishi and reiatsu trails."
Hikari stared at her daughter with a look of the most utmost curiosity, "It must be the Hollow in me that gave you such a power Hozuki," she muttered half to herself.
Shigeru looked up at his former mentor in surprise, "Part Hollow?!" he asked incredulously.
"Relax," snapped Akane at her son, "An Arrancar gave her a Hollow eye when she had first graduated Shinou."
Three more Anākī appeared stepping out from behind the pillars surrounding the Great Senkai Gates. "Ready to die?" asked one in their eerie tone. Hikari narrowed her eyes turning her falcate on them. Flames consumed them redoubled in power and incinerated everything down to their life source.
Akane quickly crushed the orbs before they could reanimate to their human forms again. Shigeru spun towards the Squad 10 Barracks as an ice dragon rocketed up from the ground plucking the limp form of an Anākī out of the sky. "They're attacking all over the city!" cried out Shigeru.
Hozuki stared up at the Squad 1 Barracks as the warning gongs were rang resounded throughout the city harshly. Similar lower bells began to ring as Soul Reapers all over Seireitei began to respond to the attacks. Three more ice dragons soared for the field of darkness dominated the skyline and attacked several more Anākī joining the assault on Seireitei.
Hikari turned her haori billowing in the wind exposing the Squad 14 insignia emblazoned on the back of her captain's haori. A bright wave of flames blasted several Anākī out of the Squad 1 Barracks. "The captain-commander!" cried out Shigeru in fear. Yamamoto emerged from the hole in the building out onto the balcony of his office and decapitated another Anākī with his zanpaktou.
Another swathe of flames rippled off of his zanpaktou and incinerated the same Anākī rising again from the ashes. Shigeru took to the air and flash-stepped up towards the barracks and raced into Yamamoto's office shielding his eyes as another wave of fire blasted the Anākī back again. "Captain-commander!" cried out Shigeru, "You have to destroy their life source; otherwise they will keep on rising from the dead."
"Life source?" asked Yamamoto growling in frustration. There's a red orb containing their reiatsu that bounds them to this form. Shigeru sprinted forward and shattered three Anaki's life sources and they emulated into the open air instantly. Yamamoto stabbed another with his zanpaktou and unleashed his shikai inside of the Anākī. The life source withered away from the power of the flames and the Anākī dissipated into nothingness. Yamamoto cut down the remaining two Anākī and turned towards his lieutenant. "What did you discover in the World of the Living?" he asked.
"Nothing the reishi trail disappeared in Karakura Park," replied Shigeru quickly, "However, we did discover the existence of another dimension, that's where whoever is behind these attacks are in hiding."
Several more explosions resounded throughout the city. Yamamoto ordered the messengers to deliver the way to dispatch of the Anākī to every Captain and Lieutenant. He turned to Shigeru, "Join the battle and purge these creatures' miserable existence," he ordered.
Shigeru nodded flash-stepping out of the office. He headed for the direction of black and white flames flashing into the sky every few seconds. "She must have returned to the Squad 14 Barracks," whispered Shigeru.
He dropped below spotting several Anākī and dispatched of them with three quick strikes. He sprinted off spotting the Barracks looming before him. "DANKU!" he roared suddenly extending his palm to hastily throw up a barrier. Black and white flames slammed against the barrier cracking it slightly. An Anākī surfaced out of the edge of the flames and Shigeru rushed forward dispatching of it.
Hikari appeared out of the subsiding flames with her bankai in hands, "Sorry about that," she muttered.
Shigeru nodded slightly in acknowledgement, panting from exertion. Hozuki appeared suddenly her bangs covering her face. "How is Squad 11 faring?" he asked. Hozuki shrugged silently and a cold feeling swelled inside Shigeru, "Oh, now you're quiet?!" snapped Shigeru turning towards Hozuki. He gasped as her hand slammed into his chest drawing blood as her slender fingers emerged from his back drenched in his blood.
A/N: First chapter down! Pretty iffy in my opinion, but I'm always picky. Anyway, hoped you all liked I appreciate reviews. I love feedback from readers. Anyway, the plot will continue to build and trust me the story will get like ten times better this is just the beginning XD.