Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach and all rights go to Tite Kubo. I'm just doing this for fun and i get no profit out of this.

P.S. This story is of course Rated M for Future Violence, harsh and crude language and maybe future lemons.

Bleach chapter 6: A family to belong

"How do you like that freak!" An obnoxious kid said as he was kicking a young girl. The girl was crying and in a crouch position.

"hey keep going maybe her hair will change color after her blood gets on it."

"Haha yeah why not."

In an isolated part of karakura town there were two kids who were beating/bullying another kid who was a little girl. The girl had short orange hair and big brown eyes which at the moment was riddled with tears. As they kept beating the poor girl a voice shouted at them. "What the heck do you think you're doing to her!" the Raven-haired boy who was none other than Kazui shouted glaring at the kids who had just now turned around to look at him. The two kids glared back at him, and one of them said, "stay out of this kid or you'll get hurt!" The kids threatened. The boy didn't falter one bit; in fact, he started to advance upon the kids and said, "Come on then. I've been wanting to get in a fight with some snot nose brats. If you think you can just beat up a little girl, then you shouldn't have much trouble with me." The boy taunted. He knew these kids were the same age as him and he was clearly outnumbered, but unlike them he had been given lessons from his karate teacher. These kids would be a piece of cake.

"Come on. What? Your mom and dad didn't teach you how to stand up for yourself huh? Guess that's why your picking on some girl as that's the only type of people you can pick on." This did it for the kids and one of them advanced towards the boy with blind rage and tried throwing a sloppy haymaker. Kazui easily dodged it and jabbed the kid straight in the face breaking his nose on contact. The kid crashed into the ground holding his now bleeding nose, while Kazui noticed his friend running towards him as well. Kazui merely ducked down at the other boy's attempts to punch him and delivered sickening uppercut making the boy land on his ass knocking him out.

Kazui then turned around to the kid behind him who was still holding his nose. "Now if you and your friends are done here, I would like for you weak asses to get out of here." He looked at the kid with a glare that made the boy pee his pants. "Or do you want me break more than just you nose." The boy said nothing, grabbed his unconscious friend and left the alleyway that they were currently in. Kazui turned around and saw the girl who was also staring at him with mild respect in her features. He then went close to her and extended his hand and said, "You alright?" He got a simple nod from the girl as she gladly accepted his hand.

"Names Kazui. What's yours?"

"My name is…"

It was then that Kazui opened his eyes from the dream he was having. The first thing that Kazui saw once he opened his eyes was a white marbled ceiling. He sat up from the bed only to notice that were ever he was; wasn't back at the academy. The place was cold, but elegant as the room had a detailed marbled floor with a fancy crystal chandelier connected to the ceiling. There was also a fire place that was in the middle of the room. Not to mention the couches and chairs that were in the room as the color of white lever contrasted well with the rest of the room. Kazui only had one thought to this.

'Where the hell am I. This can't be in the Rukongai. I'm I back to the human world?' As he decided to get up from the bed, he noticed that the room was was completely white.

'And what's with this all white contrast. It's like I'm in someone's house who has OCD or something.' He kept checking the room for a while, until he decided to go out the door to see a long hall way. The hallway was of course pure white and Kazui noted that it was very long; longer than any other hallway he had seen. He was almost afraid to see someone at the end of the hallway thinking they would be hostile towards him, but he honestly didn't care at this point because he wanted answers. He remembered the woman that he had met and couldn't stop thinking about it.

'I remember talking to her…and asking who she was…but then everything went dark. Hmmm?'

"You were knocked out." Yomi who decided to say something. Kazui raised his eyebrow and said, "but why was I knocked out?" Kazui inquired.

"I don't know but I would stay in this room if I were you. I sense multiple people heading towards us. Don't worry they aren't hostile." Kazui nodded and went back to the bed to wait for whoever was coming.

'So I had that dream…again. I thought you said it would get better.'

"I never said that. All I said was I going to try and see if I could prevent the dream from happening on occasions, but it never worked." Kazui just growled in frustration and said, "well please do everything you can because I haven't seen her in two and a half years and I won't see her any time soon. I might as well forget her."

"But you loved her didn't you?"

"Yes...yes I did but…guess what I died and she's still alive. I won't be able to see her again since I'm technically a spirit now. There's no point in having these dreams if I can't see her again. I'd rather just forget her." He explained in a sad tone and looked distant by the conversation alone.

"I'll do my best, but onto other things they've arrived." Upon that statement, Kazui looked at the door as it opened revealing two figures. The first was the same woman that had knocked him out and the other person was Ravix. After observation Kazui quickly deduced that he wasn't in the Rukongai anymore nor soul society for that matter. The reason he came to this deduction was that the two individuals in front of him looked nothing like Shinigami, but had a more hollow-like appearance. They also wore a completely white. Misha's outfit consisted with a long white dress with long sleeves, which extend well past her hands, with a single slit in each one, and two thin belts crisscrossing around her waist, while Ravix outfit consisted with a white shirt sleeve jacket with a white shirt over it. His pants were slightly baggy with a belt holding them.

'I will say that besides the white these people know how to dress well.' He thought to himself earnings a sweat drop from his zanpakutou. The two came forward and Misha said, "Come with us." This made kazui's eyebrows arch a bit since he didn't know if he could trust these people, but that doubt was squashed when he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"We don't plan to hurt you." Ravix said as softly as he could, though his voice sounded augmented making him sound intimidating. For some reason he believed it and got up from the bed and followed them out the door. Once they had arrived to their destination, Kazui could see a gigantic door in front of him. Once it opened he saw four other individuals that were sitting what looked like a round table and were staring directly at him. There were varied reaction. Regis looked at him with pride and happiness. Serin looked on with a lustful stare, while Barrett looked on with a sadistic grin plastered on his face. Ra looked at Kazui with a calculating gaze.

"Wheressss Vaato?" Misha hissed out in irritation.

"He's doing something that I ordered him to do. He'll be back shorty." He said to Misha, but still kept his eyes on Kazui who was slightly intimidated by their presence.

"Calm down. We're not here to hurt you. What's your name?" He asked which surprised Kazui.

"Uh Kazui Igarashi." Kazui saw that Regis got up from his chair and walked forward to him. He then materialized a beam of light out of his hand and forming into an extra chair. This utterly shocked Kazui has his wide eyes were noticed by everyone who chuckled in response. Regis then motioned his hand for Kazui to sit, which he did. Misha and Ravix did the same, as Misha sat to his left and Ravix sat on his right. Now looking at the people more closely, Regis had short messy black hair, tan skin and green eyes with his mask on the left side of his chin all the way up to his cheek bone. The mask looked like a jaw fragment of a lion and made the man more fearsome. His outfit consisted of a white jacket, black sash, and a white hakama. He was also considered a bulky individual as his muscle outline slightly bulged out of his outfit.

Serin had long purple hair tied down behind her head and elf-like ears. She had green catlike eyes with black cat lid designs on the sides of her eyes. Her mask was a cat skull centered directly near her eye and stretched out enough to see the vicious cat-like teeth from the skull. Her outfit consisted of a white lacy dress with gothic skull accessories that what looked like buttons that were holding the dress together.

Barrett was a big-bone and thick individual. He had brown hair and red eyes. He was an old man who resembled a wild animal. His hair was messy and his clothing gave him a wild, dirty appearance as the white contrast was a light shade of brown. His mask was in the shape of a bear that reach half of his right face and ended at the ear. His outfit was your typical arrancar get up but just bigger in size (think of yammy's outfit).

Ra was a tall young man with a thin build and long blonde hair, which descended past his shoulders. He had blue eyes and a stoic jaw line. His mask was the mask of an eagle that took half of his face and his nose was replaced with a beak of an eagle. He also wore a typical arrancar outfit.

Looking at all these people in front of him, he couldn't be more amazed at how powerful looking they were. They looked like the people he had read about in his fantasy novels as they were dramatically dressed in luscious outfits and had various bizarre personalities yet they all had power.

"Uh...so why am I here? Why did you kidnap me? And where am I currently because I know I'm not in soul society anymore."

"To answer your third question you're in a place called Hueco Mundo where all hollows reside in." Kazui didn't show it but he was mentally surprised. He had read in his books that Hueco Mundo was a completely different world that was between the human and soul world. Regis continued and said, "This was supposed to be your original home, but the soul reapers took you away from your father and mother." Now this made Kazui arch his left eyebrow in shock. What did he mean original home? The human world was his home right?

"…what…uh I'm from the human world mister. I don't even know what you talking abou-." Before he could say anything else Regis continued.

"You are not from the human world. In fact, you're not human. Your mother was a Shinigami while you father was an arrancar/hollow. They fell in love with each other and had you. Fearing that you would be more powerful than you father and mother the central 46 sent their black ops to kidnap you, but that didn't go so well. Your father and mother killed all of them, but fearing that this would happen constantly even after you became of a mature age they asked a friend to take care of you in the human world. That friend was your adoptive mother correct?" Kazui was beyond shocked from the answers and revelation he was getting. He had always wanted to know who his parents were and now that he was finally getting his answers, he just simply nodded to shocked to speak.

"Your father was a strong hollow. He was ten times stronger than the captain commander and even rivaled the soul king in reiatsu alone. The time you came out of your mother's womb, he loved you and gave his word that he would protect you even in death. His name was Yukimura Igarashi and he was our lord and…my son." Regis said with a hint of sadness in his voice. Once Regis had said that Kazui had automatically put two-and-two together.

"That means you're my grandfather." Regis nodded with a slight smile on his face.

"Yes…yes I am but not only that but Misha here." He pointed at the woman that had taken him here. "Is your grandmother." Kazui looked at the woman who gave him a soft and warm smile. His heart skipped a beat at the smile and couldn't help but tear up. He knew that everything they were telling him was true and it made him happy, relieved angry and above all else sad. These people seemed so nice to him and he wondered just what it would've been like if he had lived here with them.

"How did they die?" Kazui said. His voice was emotionless and his eyes were dead. Many were surprised that Kazui would ask such a question as he was only twelve years old.

"Once they sent you off to the human world they a shinigami by the name of Aizen Sõsuke found out where you were and blackmailed your parents into surrender so they could protect you. Aizen kept his promise, but at the end your mother and father were executed under the orders of central 46. they later burned the bodies so everyone could forget them as they were the saviors of Hueco Mundo." Regis explained. Regis could see the rage in Kazui's face now as the betrayal and heart break was sinking into his very soul.

Kazui wasn't doing so well at the moment. He thought back to all the times he had spent with Aizen now and his Zanpakutou was right all along. He was not to be trusted. all this time he had been getting along with the very person who had killed his parents and had been trained by him no less. Kazui's rage for the man increased ten-fold, and he promised the next time he saw the captain, he would gut the man where he stood.

"Do not blame yourself. it wasn't your fault."

"I'm not. Just plotting on how to take revenge on the central 46 and...Aizen." Kazui announced in a dark tone getting worried looks from every direction. Before he could think about it anymore Misha stopped him in his tracks.

"Kazui-kun your mother and father wouldn't want that. It's hard to believe but your mother and father were peaceful people and wanted nothing but peace between the four realmssss. they wouldn't want you to go on that path." Kazui looked at her and hesitantly nodded, though he still had revenge on the mind.

"What about my mother?" Kazui saw all around the table everyone had sad expressions plastered on their faces.

"Your...your mother was a hybrid of hollow and Shinigami. She was just as strong as your father. She also loved you unconditionally. Once you were in her arms she never let go. when she had to let her friend take you she cried for many months on end and begged your father to bring you back, but she knew it was the the better choice as you would be safe from any dangers they faced. you were her world." It was then that Kazui couldn't take it and streams of tears ran down his cheeks. He wanted to see them so bad now. Were they proud of him? Was he the son that they loved still? Then before he could think of anything else negative he felt a warm embrace as Misha was hugging him.

"It'sssss all right Kazui-kun. You don't have to be strong anymore. You can cry assss much assss you want. I'm here, we're all here to care for you now." Kazui's heart was now in tatters by the gentle calming words that his grandmother was saying. His mind couldn't take it, and he let everything out. Ever since he was five he had been alone. Sure his adoptive mother was there at times, but not always there. She would never show on soccer games, never congratulated him when he got good grades or aced a test. They never went on walks or talked to each other like normal mother and son did, and she never gave him the love that he deserved, but because of this he bottled emotions up making sure that no one could see his pain, not even his adoptive mother and where he showed fake happiness; inside was a darkness that brewed in his heart. Now that he thought about it; it was the reason he wasn't too sad for his adoptive mother's death, and it was the reason he didn't want revenge for what that hollow did to his adoptive mother.

Regis and all the others had already gotten up and moved closer to their future lord to try and comfort him. He tightens his grip on Misha, which she did the same thing as tears also welded up in her eyes.

'I will make you the person you desire and by the end you will be filled with happines. I promise you.'

A few days later

meanwhile soul society was in turmoil at the moment. Central 46 were on the captain commanders case, because he had let a hollow take one of their recruits and a prodigy at that. Yamamoto tried to persuade the council that if he would've tried saving the boy, they would have faced more casualties, but the council didn't listen. As punishment for Yamamoto's "unethical planning" he was prohibited from being able to order around his own captains and the orders would be mainly from the central 46 directly. Many captains, such as Aizen, Tōshirō Hitsugaya of the 10th division and Mayuri Kurotsuchi of the 12th division, and many other captains disagreed to this new law. Others didn't really care as they knew that Yamamoto didn't have reign over them in the first place and a few were agreeing that the central 46 have more power such as soì-fēng who had been working under the central 46 for sometime.

This led to few changes to the gotei 13 as Yamamoto was now just a figure head, and because of this, he had no power. They were also afraid that the gotei 13 would lead to a more professional and emotionless government.

The most affected by this though was Kazui friends. The news hit them as hard as a rock that Kazui had been kidnapped. There were a variety of mixed feelings towards the situation. Ichigo was determined to get Kazui back, though since he didn't have a way to go were Kazui had been taken, he had put himself in his studies and trained more often. Renji had done the same as during the two plus years he spent with Kazui, he thought of him as a brother. Rukia was the most affected as she had gone into depression. Ichigo and Renji had tried cheering her up, but it only made things worse as just a hint of kazui's name saddened her.

Kira and Yamada had also stepped up their training as well. Many were scared of Yamada now. One day there was a recruit that was talking about Kazui in a bad way and Yamada had beaten the man up for bad mouthing his friend.

Meanwhile Ichigo, Renji and Rukia were attending one of Hisagi's class lessons.

"alright class tomorrow we'll be learning nothing but Bakudō spells so study those books because I'm not holding your hands tomorrow. It's that understood?"

"Hai sensei!" All the students shouted.

"Good you are dismissed." As many of the students had left Hisagi called out to a familiar petit girl.

"Rukia." Rukia turned around and said, "yes sensei?"

"There's people who want to see you. I didn't want the other students to know." Rukia nodded understanding the logic of her sensei.

"When will I meet this person?" Rukia asked

"Now." He motioned his hand as the door opened revealing Byakuya Kuchiki of the 6th division. Byakuya had slate gray eyes and long black hair, which was kept up in an intricate white headpieces called a kenseikan, which symbolized his nobility as the head of the Kuchiki Clan, wearing three on top of his head and another two on the right side. In addition to the standard captain uniform, he wore a white scarf. Rukia was beyond shocked because she didn't know why a captain wanted to talk with her.

"Rukia I have a proposition for you."

Ichigo and Renji were currently walking around the Rukongai trying to find a good place to eat. The academic never had any other different variety of food as they for a year they had eaten the same thing (just think of middle or high school lunches and just eat that for a year) everyday.

"So what do think Rukias been talking about with Hisagi?" Renji asked getting a shrug from Ichigo. "How should I know. She'll likely tell us once get back anyway."

"Well hopefully we-

Before Renji could finish his sentence, they both felt a heavy earth shattering reiatsu. It felt like both them had just put on multiple weights as it was hard to even move.

"If this is all Regis was worried about I'm most disappointed." A voice said that sounded like it was in the air. Ichigo and Renji looked up only to see what looked like a hollow, but had a more human like appearance. It was a freakishly bulky male with crazy long black hair that was wrapped up into a ponytail and glowing golden eyes. His skin was of rich dark and he had a goatee. His mask was of that of a bird of mythical legend, the phoenix that took away his whole forehead. His outfit consisted of just a jacket exposing most of his chest and abs while having a hakama below him with a golden sash holding it up.

"Who are y-you." Renji asked trying to stay conscious due to the reiatsu almost crushing him. All of the villagers that were around them had already passed out or the worse scenario was that they had died the moment this man came. The man looked at Renji with a fearsome glare and said, "My name is Vaato, but it is none of your concern now boy." Vaato vanished and reappeared behind Renji and chopped his neck. Renji passed out immediately and landed on the ground with a thud. Vaato looked at the now afraid Ichigo and said, "As I'm here to test you kurosaki Ichigo." He then stretches out his index finger making a red ball of light appear at the tip.

"Cero." A cero just as big as the Minos Grande shot at Kazui; went out of the man's finger and headed towards Ichigo. At this moment time froze for Ichigo as he knew that at his current power wasn't enough to defeat this foe. It would take a miracle to save him.

And luckily it did.

-Flashback-

Inner-world

Ichigo had opened his eyes and at first glance he didn't know where he was at the moment. The first thing his eyes noticed was the abundance of glass skyscrapers dotted all over the place. Yet, in addition to the presence of such buildings, there was an equal amount of gardens and orchards scattered amongst the buildings as well, creating a perfect counterbalance to the artificial structures. With the sun shining in the clear blue sky, the scenery could only be described as perfect.

From his position on the roof of one of the skyscrapers, Ichigo surveyed what could only be his inner world. Sensing someone standing behind him, he refrained from turning, entirely at ease with the presence of the newcomer. With a slightly awed murmur, he spoke, "It's really beautiful."

The newcomer responded in a smooth baritone that went into Ichigo's ears like vintage wine, "Indeed, it is beautiful."

Slowly turning around, Ichigo finally came face-to-face with the other half of his soul. Standing easily above six feet, a middle aged man before him was clad in a jet black coat with red highlights. Underneath the coat, he wore a white dress shirt with an upturned collar and cuffs, in addition to black dress pants and boots. His hair was a ragged black neck long elegant mess with brown highlights. With his pale skin, high cheekbones and stubble, he cut a striking stoic figure, one whose identity Ichigo couldn't possibly have been more sure of.

'Zangetsu. huh why did i say that name? how do i know that name?'

Completely unaware of his wielder's Knowledge of his identity, the zanpakuto spirit took the opportunity to do the same in return. He immediately noticed that Ichigo was dressed in a uniform, which was blue in color, though he honestly expected him to have human clothes. Considering the fact that he was born of Ichigo's soul, he could say that he knew Ichigo, yet at the same time, he didn't know what his life was like in the real world. It was much like studying for a test, but still not knowing that you'll ace the test even though you've studied so hard. This was the position in which the zanpakuto spirit currently found himself; meeting Ichigo in person and getting to know him would provide a whole other insight into the nature of his wielder.

Finally finished with his observation of his companion, Ichigo turned back to face the scenery. For the first time, he took more time to notice that his inner world was arranged in a circular fashion. The outermost ring was made up of tall trees with lush green leaves, forming a sort of boundary beyond which was indiscernible whiteness. Immediately before the ring of trees was the middle layer, composed of moderate to extremely tall skyscrapers made of perfectly reflective blue glass, all spaced at regular intervals. In the spaces between the buildings, there were gardens and orchards containing a variety of trees and plants, as well as ponds and streams. Then finally, there was the innermost ring; located in it was the tallest of the skyscrapers, the very skyscraper upon which Ichigo and his companion currently stood.

Ichigo cast a thoughtful look at his companion standing before him, before he turned and leapt from the edge of the building. An excited smile spread across his face as he found himself, not plummeting to his death as he would in the real world but, sailing effortlessly through the air. He landed on the side of one of the shorter buildings and immediately kicked off to continue towards his final destination – the biggest garden in his range of vision, which also had a stream flowing through its center.

"This place reminds me of a park we used to visit…back when…back when my mother was still alive." Ichigo then frowned and said, " This was also the place that hollow killed me and my mother." he then felt a gentle, yet firm hand on his shoulder. As he turned around, he gave a smile to his companion.

"Ichigo, it is good to finally meet you. My name is Zangetsu." The man extended his hand to ichigo who reluctantly took it. Zangetsu though he was going to be disappointed that his wielder wouldn't be able to hear his name, but fate had other plans for the two.

"Nice to meet you Zangetsu." Ichigo said with a heart-warming smile on his face. zasngetsu was shocked to hear his name come out of ichigo's lips. he was sporadically overjoyed that his wielder could know his name on the first meeting, but he didn't show it only giving a slight smile.

"So what happens now?" ichigo said getting a slight chuckle from his zanpakutou.

"You have already worthy of handling me. there is no other words that need to be said. Just call my name if you're ever in a fight. Remember once your in a fight abandon your fear. Look forward. Move forward and never stop. You'll age if you pull back. You'll die if you hesitate."

-End flashback-

Ichigo recalled Zangetsu's words and raised his sword towards the cero that was headed towards him and shouted, "pierce the heavens, Zangetsu!" A burst of blue energy erupted from Ichigo and went in every direction, but most of it went towards the cero. Once the energies connected it was a battle of which was stronger. Though this Ichigo was the superior and dominated the cero, his blue energy engulfing Vaato's. Once the reiatsu died down, Ichigo could be seen with a gigantic cleaver of a sword that was jet black. Vaato was slightly surprised by the kids shikai as it was abnormally powerful considering the boys age.

"I'm honestly surprise. You see my duty here was to threaten you enough for you to awaken you shikai, but it seems you've already done that." Vaato explained.

"Who the hell are you!" Ichigo shouted his reiatsu rising up from the surface and making his sword glow with a blue hue.

"I said my name is vaato. That's all you need to know." Vaato then looked up at the sky to see multiple captains staring at the conversation. "Oh it looks like we have company." Ichigo was confused by this and looked in the direction that Vaato was looking to see four captains.

"Soì-Fēng, tõshirõ hitsugaya, shunsui kyoraku and Zaraki Kenpachi. Why am I not surprised, though I knew they'd send someone to at least fight me?" Vaato jumped in the air and flew towards them meeting them face-to-face.

Kenpachi gave a crazy grin and said, "This hollow got some mouth on'm." Kenpachi raised his reiatsu as it flowed in a yellow hue. "Let's go!" He shot towards Vaato with the intent to kill already having his jagged katana in his hand. Kenpachi went for an upward slashing motion and swung his sword down hitting Vaato director on the neck. Once the katana made contact with Vaato, Zaraki's energy exploded from his sword leaving multiple explosions in its wake.

His fellow captains looked on with sweat drops on the back of their heads.

'This idiot.' They all though simultaneously.

Once the clouds from the explosions dissipated what the captains saw, including Zaraki shocked them. There was Vaato still in the same position with an uninterested look on his face. Zaraki's blade was still on him, but it never cut through Vaato's skin. Vaato narrowed his eyes to the sword and used one finger to take it off his neck. Zaraki was then sent flying back by a punch that Vaato had delivered that was so fast the neither him nor the other captains saw. Before Zaraki could even follow up, Vaato teleported right in his face. Zaraki tried slashing the man, but Vaato caught it with his bare hand and said, "Cero." A huge explosion erupted in the sky and combusted within seconds.

The other captains who were watching decided that just sitting was enough and had drawn their swords.

"Hyōrinmaru!"

"Katen Kyōkotsu!"

"Suzumebachi!"

Three massive sets of reiatsu went off and as the energy dissipated each captain revealed their Shikai. Shunsui had his duel wield curved swords at the ready. Tōshirō's Hyōrinmaru extended slightly in length, and gained a crescent-shaped blade attached to its hilt by a long metal chain. Soì-Fēng Grasped onto Suzumebachi with her right hand revealing a black and gold gauntlet, with a small chain linking it to a stinger-like blade on Suì-Fēng's middle finger.

"So it seems you all are getting serious." Vaato said revealing an unconscious Zaraki as Vaato was holding his body by his neck. "Well shall we dance." He dropped the bulky captain as Zaraki fell onto the ground with a loud thud. Vaato then reached out and pulled his katana out the inside of his jacket. The blade was completely black, even the steel and unlike Zaraki's; Vaato's sword was crafted to have jagged areas to cause more pain when it came out of an opponent.

"Come." Vaato simply said. The captains complied and all came with the intent to kill. Shunsei was the first to attack as he tried to catch Vaato off guard, but the man merely put his sword at his back to counter the attack. While Hitsugaya and soì-Fēng were heading straight towards him he launched a cero. The cero unlike the one he had thrown at Ichigo was considerably more massive and the two captains were barely able to dodge the attack. Then Vaato vanished in a buzz and reappeared behind Shunsei who turned around quick enough to block Vaato's sneaky blow, but was hurled flying by the sure strength of Vaato. Before he could continue his assault further, he noticed that Hitsugaya was trying to attack him from the side, while Soì-fēng tried to attack him above.

'Hmm it seems I have to use a bit stronger moves.' Vaato then took a deep breath and shouted, "cero de destrucción!" Hitsugaya and soì-Fēng didn't know what hit them as a burst of gold light shined blinding them. It didn't end there though as a wave of pain came over them as an unbearable heat took over them. It felt hotter than fire itself and it felt like their skin was peeling off. Once the light had ended Vaato was nowhere to seen and the two captains were left with heat burns from every part of their skin. But it didn't stop there as they heard a buzz and in an instant soì-fēng was stabbed in the stomach by Vaato. She spewed out some blood and narrowed her eyes behind her to see Vaato with a grin on his face. Before she could even say anything, Vaato pulled his sword out of her stomach quickly making her scream in pain. He then kicked her with his full strength sending her hurdling into a village shop; taking the whole building with her in the process.

"This is all you have? Come on at least give me a challenge!" He noticed that another similar reiatsu had appeared behind him as it was Zaraki. He turned around quickly enough to block Zaraki's attack with ease. Vaato noticed that Zaraki had his eyepatch off his eye as he furthermore felt Zaraki's reiatsu get stronger.

"So that eyepatch is like a sealing mechanism for you reiatsu huh. Wow if you weren't already on a leash I'd pity you." Vaato quickly grabbed Zaraki's face and dived bombed the man head first into the ground knocking the man out instantly.

"But unfortunately I hate when my opponents get back up. So stay down meat bag or I'll put you down permanently." Vaato vanished and reappeared back face-to-face with Shunsei and a badly burned Hitsugaya.

"Why aren't you using any of your special moves for your shikai's. I'm confused…you don't wanna die right?"

"Unfortunately we can't as our government has prohibited us to do so unless it's a dire situation. well that goes for me anyway, but for the youngsters they won't really care." Shunsei said. Vaato looked at the man with an incredulous look.

"And this isn't a dire situation to you. I've literally broke in soul society, beaten all four of you with ease and trust me I've barely broken in a sweat and you think this isn't dire. I knew your government was fucked up but I didn't think it was this bad." He said with a tone of disgust. This is why him and his kind hated the Shinigami as they followed rules and guidelines even in battle. The only person that didn't follow these rules was Kenpachi but he didn't even have a shikai so he didn't count. Though he was taken of if his thoughts when he felt a rise in reiatsu in the air.

'Hm it seems the petit girl has more teeth to bare.' He side glanced at the enraged Soì-Fēng as she was now engulfed in wind and was raising the damaged shop by just her reiatsu alone.

"I hope you can give me a challenging fight in that new form you've taken!" Vaato said aloud enough for her to hear. She shot towards Vaato as dirt shot up from the ground by her leap off the surface. Vaato inwardly laughed at the girl's persistent determination.

'This girl never gives up.'

Next chapter: Another Friends departure

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