Zanpakuto, the weapon of the soul reapers. Zanpakuto take the form of shikai and bankai. The true power of it lies with the soul reaper as the master. The spirit of this weapon is born and dies with its master, as well as take the personality similar to them. There was once a time when they turned against their masters and was known as the Zanpakuto Rebellion. They were defeated, but that doesn't mean some have given up the fight.

It was the middle of the night in the Soul Society, but that's when badness happens. At the top of Sogyoku Hill was a figure that looked over the entire Seireitei.

"It's time that someone put these soul reapers in their place." Rukia was down at the barracks of her squad and was in a meditative state, trying to speak with her zanpakuto.

"Lady Rukia, can you hear it? Can you feel it?"

"What do you mean?" Rukia asked.

"Rukia." They were interrupted by the sound of her captain. She opened her eyes to see him coming over.

"Yes, Captain Ukitake?" Rukia said.

"What are you still doing here? I thought you would have headed home." Jushiro said.

"I was just speaking with my zanpakuto. I guess I lost track of time." Rukia said.

"Well, I'm sort of glad you didn't go home yet. A last minute meeting has been issued at the top of Sogyoku Hill by Head Captain Yamamoto." Jushiro said. "All the captains and lieutenants are to attend."

"I see." Rukia said as she stood up and both of them went to attend.

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Sogyoku Hill

All the captains and lieutenants were at the top of the hill. Jushiro and Rukia arrived themselves and Renji was the first one to notice them.

"Evening, Renji." Jushiro said.

"Evening, Captain Ukitake, Rukia." Renji greeted.

"So do you know what's going on?" Rukia said.

"Not a clue. We're waiting for Head Captain Yamamoto to show since he was the one to call this captain and lieutenant meeting." Renji said.

"I'm here." Yamamoto and his lieutenant, Chojiro, arrived. "What's so important that you have to call me out here in the middle of the night?" No one understood because they believed he was the one to call this meeting.

"Head Captain, we were all called here by you." Sajin said.

"Aren't you the one to call this meeting?" Kensei said.

"I did no such thing." Yamamoto said.

"He didn't. I did." They all heard an unfamiliar voice coming from the side. When the moon came out of hiding, they saw their mysterious host. He had brown hair in a white robe with grey cuffs. He had red medallion just under his neck and dark circles around his eyes.

"Who are you?" Byakuya said.

"My name is Ikikaera. I have brought you here because I have business. First, I need to check on something." He his hand and it unleashed some sort of airwave that came in contact with all of them. The strangest thing is that none of them were being affected.

"What's going on? Who is this guy?" Renji said.

"Lady Rukia!"

"Sode no Shirayuki, is that you?" Rukia said.

"Yes. You must beware of that man. I can feel his power. It's the same as Muramasa." Sode no Shirayuki said.

"Muramasa?! How can that be? If they're the similar, that can only mean one thing." Rukia said.

"I see. There's only a few, but that's more than enough." Ikikaera said and began a chant. "Let go of your restraints. Follow your instincts and be free. Rise from the grave and be reborn. Hear my voice and let your unrestrained power flow. Come forth and unleash your full power."

"I don't know what you're up to, but you're not getting away." Kensei said and he was the first to attack. He pulled out his zanpakuto, but someone appeared out of nowhere and stopped it with a dagger. "Who are you?"

"You mean you don't recognize me after all this time?" Kensei saw the weapon and he knew it. This man wore metal armor around his legs and chest with metal gloves and had silver hair under a metal helmet that looked like it was part of a sword with a white sash at the top.

"It can't be. Tachikaze, is that you?" Kensei said.

"The one and only." Tachikaze said and gave Kensei a left hook to the jaw and had him slide against the ground.

"Captain!" Shuhei said.

"Enough of this." Shinji said as he reached for his zanpakuto, but he felt something was off. "What? I can't feel my zanpakuto's power."

"I can't feel Kinshara either." Rose said.

"Are they broken?" Mashiro said as she was checking her own zanpakuto to see if there was any damage for it wasn't working either.

"Your zanpakuto's aren't working?" Yamamoto said.

"From the look of things, it only seems to be the three of them and we can see Captain Muguruma was affected to." Byakuya said.

"Whoever this man is, his power is the same as Muramasa." Rukia said.

"Muramasa? Not this again. That means he can control our zanpakuto." Renji said.

"I have heard of this Muramasa and what he tried to achieve. I intend to finish what he started by freeing the zanpakuto." Ikikaera said. "Sadly, it seems I cannot free the ones that already fell under his command, but there are still a few." Tachikaze was living proof and they saw two more strangers enter the field from Rose and Shinji and stepped over to side with Ikikaera.

"How is this possible? I thought Muramasa was the only one with this power" Sajin said.

"It doesn't matter. He said he can only use those who did NOT fall under his control." Sui-Feng said.

"You're out of luck. A vast majority of those in the Seireitei already had their zanpakuto turn against them from before." Toshiro said.

"That might be true, but I found an alternative method." Ikikaera said. "While it's true my abilities are the same as this Muramasa, I am superior. The reason for that is because I can bring to life the zanpakuto of soul reapers that have died."

"Of those who have died?" Rangiku said.

"How can such power exist? A zanpakuto can't live without its master." Toshiro said. Ikikaera snapped his fingers and others arrived and some of them looked vaguely familiar, but no one knew who they truly were.

"Kill them all. Leave no soul reaper alive." Ikikaera said.

"Cry."

"Pierce."

"Play." All of them attacked and chaos was created at the top of the cliff and spread to the rest of the Seireitei in no time. Destruction was all around as the zanpakuto under Ikikaera's command killed some soul reapers and there were those who couldn't fight back. Rukia and Renji made a run for it and tried to get to the senkaimon.

"Hurry, Renji." Rukia said.

"I am." Renji said.

"We need to get to the World of the Living. We're going to need Ichigo, Orihime, and all the others." Rukia said.

"Where do you think you're going?" One of the rouge zanpakuto spotted them and created a wave of water. Both of them got caught in it and crashed into the wall.

"Rukia….are you okay?" Renji coughed out as they both tried to breathe.

"I think so." Rukia said and the zanpakuto that attacked them was coming right at them.

"You keep going. I'll hold him off. You've got to get Ichigo and Orihime." Renji said. There wasn't any time to argue so Rukia agreed and made a run for it. "Roar, Zabimaru!" He unleashed his shikai and attacked his opponent.

"Move aside. I want Rukia Kuchiki."

"That isn't going to happen." Renji said as he fought hard. Rukia kept moving and made it to the senkaimon.

"I made it." Rukia said as she tried to gain access to it, but was cut off when Ikikaera came between it and her.

"Going somewhere, young lady?" Ikikaera said.

"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki." Rukia said as she unleashed her zanpakuto. Ikikaera unleashed the same airwave, but nothing was happening. "It won't work. Sode no Shirayuki fell under Muramasa's control before. She won't again."

"I see. In that case, I'll have to cut you down." Ikikaera said as he formed a katana in his hand. Rukia tried to fight him, but each attack she used, he was able to block. "Is this the best a lieutenant can do?" He pushed her back and had her slide against the ground.

"Ikikaera!" He looked up and saw one of his followers join the fight. He had metal covering him from the waist down and sashes over his chest making an X. He also had dark blue hair with metal arm braces. "I'll handle her."

"Very well." Ikikaera said and stepped to the senkaimon and it began to open. "I have more pressing matters to attend to in the World of the Living. There are still zanpakuto to be liberated." He said and went through

"No, stop there!" Rukia said as he tried to go after him, but the zanpakuto came and stopped her with his weapon creating fire.

"Lights out, soul reaper!"

To Be Continued…