Ok a bit of action attempt in this one, I have never tried a Bleach type action/fight sequence in my writing style so...hope you like it. I did my best to stay true to the style of the fighting in this story, massive power battles and destruction and intense action, oh and yes...Tessai dose take a little bit of Zaraki's attitude when fighting...what do you expect? He was after all being inducted into squad 11, Kenpachi selected him to be in his second year at the academy...he has sharp eye's for ppl that would make good members to the squad.

IF interested on what Tessai's skikai and bankai LOOK like Google Image search berserk zodd cleaver, that's it in a nutt shell. I liked it, and it is a nasty customers and one of the more aggressive forms I could think of for a zanpakuto form lol.

Also in this one we have hints into some thing that will come to play a larger part in Tessai Himuro's story soon, a hint...as if you need one...it will revolve around his zanpakuto...it's true nature and so on and just why he is gaining such freakishly strong reiatsu and power. Also I am attempting to weave in a little romance and possibly a pairing...will it be one of his new fraccion members? The battle of Fake Karakura town is nearing rapidly in the story, what will happen and what will Tessai do since he is getting so unpredictable? Revenge or chaos?

Tessai flopped down onto the bed and he immediately regretted the move, the bed was not much more than a solid steel frame with a solid bottom that held a fairly thin mattress and the action nearly gave him whiplash and a headache on top of being physically worn down from the day's training. It was tough because he picked only from the most dangerous and skilled espada in the place that would accept to spar with him, today he had taken turns sparring with Grimmjow and Nnoitra. He liked them because they didn't play around even while sparring, and because they could not go over the power range of a shikai release he felt he had to hang out and try to spar with the toughest of the lot to have the training to have any effect as he was itching to release his newly solidified bankai.

As if he wasn't tired from going 5 rounds of sparring a piece with the two nearly psychotic espada, they had decided to go 'all or nothing' to 'recap' today's sparring, they TEAMED up on him 2 on 1 and he had barely managed to hold his own in shikai keeping within the boundaries set by Aizen with in Lost Nachos...yeah he made that nick name for the place stick just to annoy the shit heads in the place while others laughed with him.

"Christ...I hurt every where, damn Grimmjow and Nnoitra...teaming up...crazy bastards."

The guy he really wanted to spar with turned him down every time, Ulquiorra...he not only turned him down but blew him off matter of fact.

"Ehh...stuck up emo bitch...so much damn power in that guy I just wanna take that attitude and jam it in his..."

Just then the door to his quarters slid open, he didn't move his eye's just fixed on the door way and who he saw there shocked him. He had no clue why she was here, the messy blond hair and those bright emerald green eye's, the white neck of her top coat obscured every thing below those green orbs...on her face any way. His eye's naturally fell downward past her bulging jacket on down to a totally flat washboard stomach that was lean and toned with a faint outline of a six pack, even some of the flair of her shapely hips was exposed by her uniform's hakama. 'Damn...espada or not...she is one bombshell female.' He thought to himself.

Tier noticed his wandering gaze and ignored it, she had little interest for such things and was certainly FAR from the reason she had come here in the first place.

"May I enter?"

Tessai sat up not wanting to appear too rude, curiosity came to him as to why such a high ranked espada would bother coming to his quarters herself and not send one of her subordinates.

"Sure Harribel, feel free. What brings you to my humble quarters?"

"That is Mistress Harribel soul reaper, and I will be asking the questions."

Her voice was stern but still held that brusk female charm he liked so well, to him it meant this was a woman that had no qualms in taking charge and he liked that...they were feisty.

"Of course, please ask away."

"Today...I have only one question to ask, it is due to the fact that all of my fraccion asked this of me. And while I CAN see their points I will not bother with what ever else they may have in mind, you are a very powerful being in your own right and that is one point I will make clear in the matter as to why. Though I cannot bring myself to 'like' the idea of a soul reaper and a male one at that joining my fraccion, that is exactly what I have come to this section of Las Noches to address at this time."

She fell silent and Tessai sat quiet thinking trying to get his head around what she just said, was she inviting him to join her fraccion? True he was not on any team so to speak and wasn't totally sure he wanted to be, he could sense she was very strong...and beautiful...that appealed quite a bit to him and she was a tough one and that excited him even more. Finally he decided to speak, he gave the answer as well while he was at it and he stood with a slight bow.

"I gratefully accept your offer Mistress Harribel, I will do what is needed and do my best to become a valuable member of your fraccion...in other words...my power is your power."

For a moment nothing not even a change in her eye's she was unreadable, then she gave a nod and gestured for him to follow her.

'This is VERY unexpected, guess now I am going to be under Tier's tutelage. Maybe we can all share hot baths in the wee hours of the night and...fuuckk...shut UP mind, gahh so perverted these day's.'

Glad his inner thoughts weren't out loud other wise he would get corrected for sure, they finally arrived at a large door and she opened it with a keypad and entered gesturing him to follow and as he did he was taken aback. This place made his quarters look like a fucking broom closet, but what did he expect his last one was bigger...BEFORE he burnt it from existence but still this made every thing look like shit.

"I have brought him, and he has accepted our offer for membership...I hope this makes every one happy. Greet your new fellow fraccion."

Three women came from different parts of the large area, places that weren't readily seen and places that were. They sort of lined up in front of him, his eye's flicked between each and he found all of them...beautiful. He could also tell all of them were real ass kickers and he liked that as well, maybe he wouldn't have to play the game of 'Damsel In Distress' and have to stop a fight to save their butts.

"Pleased to meet you and glad you chose to accept our offer, not every day you are asked to join a fraccion as this isn't how they are formed. My name is Franceska Mila Rose, glad to have you aboard handsome."

She was a tall dark skinned beauty with amazon like qualities, despite her attitude she held herself like a fighter her dark chocolate hair was curly and thick and she had eye's that seemed to undress you if in a good mood.

"My name is Cyan Sung Sun, I too am very pleased about your choice. We need all the power and team work we can get in the up coming war, and I believe that you could be a great addition."

'Sung Sun...now here is a lady I would like to get to know in more than one way, ahhh...damn there I go again.'

Again glad he did not think aloud. Sung Sun was beautiful, she had an oriental flair to her and her petite over all look appealed to him...and likely that meant she was also powerful in her own right...he had a knack of finding really good fighters in women...and many were bad news but he didn't care...to him it made it more exciting. And finally a third came up to him, and he thought Sung Sun was petite. This girl was some thing else and she had a hard edged tomboy look to her, one eye was golden with a neon ring around the eye that looked like thick eye liner, the other was sky blue and plain around the eye. The visible part of her mask was a strip that came from a bit before her hair line started on her forehead and went back along her head, on the front was a sharp elongated single horn. Her hair was straight cut parted in the middle and came to about mid neck, it hung straight and was so deep a black it had hues of deep blue when the light hit it right.

She had the look of one hell of a tough girl, and guessed she likely was because being that small and so on would force you too in the type of world she lived in all her life and she looked half way pissed off...maybe that was her 'thing'.

"Emilou Apacci...JUST Apacci to you...if you EVER call me Emilou...I'll cut your head off that clear soul reaper?"

"Ha...it sure is thanks for the warning Apacci, it is nice meeting you all and am glad to be amongst comrades. My name in full is Tessai Himuro."

Tier stepped in a moment later, she had been silent since we began introductions and surprised Tessai.

"As you well know I am Tier Harribel, Espada and leader of this fraccion...we will get you up to speed on the details in a moment."

And just like that Tessai had found a home in this fucked up wasteland, he hadn't had that feeling since Soul Society and he was glad even though he had to earn trust if things were going to get any warmer with his new mates. He let go of the thoughts about trying to bed any of them, not a good time he had to become comfortable and they had to do the same...the only guy in a group...that's a tough break but he felt sure it would work itself out.

For a while they went over details and associated amongst each other until Apacci seemed to be loosing interest and gaining more and more of an attitude toward him, he asked and was granted leave by Harribel thanked them and excused himself. He decided to go to the mess hall finding it empty he raided it looking for a snack before going to the locker room for a shower and a hot soak...he was still amazed that they had such nice facilities out here. Managing to find the strangest things he sat down to a bowl of Count Chocula and a cup of coffee he made from sadly instant...he didn't want to bother with the maker in back.

Then some thing came to him that didn't make sense...he was allowed in the espada ranks, and now entered into a fraccion...and he wasn't even an espada? Not like he needed to be, as sparring went and things of that nature he seemed to be at least on par if not over shooting all the others in the game of fighting and power levels...he might be fooling himself but he wanted to see where he really stood and wondered if Aizen could set some thing up to test himself.

The Next Day...

Tessai, Aizen, Gin and Kanamae were walking out to the open desert battle ground they used for testing for espada numbers. Aizen surprisingly had agreed to his request and said he would set up a 'simulation' of a numbers test all espada took to gain their number and place in the arrancar army, this WAS what he was wanting and well he got it and wondered just how tough this would be...he hoped enough to really test himself as he finally would be able to test his bankai here at least.

"Aizen, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity, I am no arrancar and I have no place in dueling for a number. Also...you never did say who I would be facing today out here, I am sure you have set up some one to really challenge me no doubt."

"I can understand your wish to test yourself today Himuro, after all that bankai you have...you have yet to really test your power now correct? No need to thank me, you will likely not thank me for whom I have waiting for you out here...and I can promise that you WILL have quite the challenge today."

I nodded and we came to the place and Tessai was shocked to see who it was standing there waiting for them, Tier Harribel in all her glory.

"Shit...Tier? I am her fraccion...I know you meant a challenge Aizen, but Tier? Seriously?"

"You wish to 'test your might' as it were Tessai, I DO believe espada #3 Miss Harribel can give you just that."

Harribel locked gazes with Tessai, if she was surprised he couldn't tell she seemed to always have the best damn poker face he ever saw. He nodded and parted from Aizen and his group and moved to the opposite of Tier, her gaze just followed him and he felt like she had some sort of target lock on him. It was then off a bit in the distance he could see her other three fraccion, Rose, Sung Sun and Apacci...he guessed they wanted to watch their mistress kick his ass. Either way...he did come here to be serious, and he made up his mind that it did not matter who he faced he was going to get to the point...take things to his limit and see where it was now. He had spoken to Negligence last night in his quarters and the beast had healed completely, he had a bit of a different attitude towards Tessai this time he seemed...polite? He'd never known him to be like that, but he could feel while he was in his inner world that his zanpakuto's spirit had grown even more powerful and had seemingly evolved once more.

He was ready, and his zanpakuto was ready as well he felt every thing seemingly line up. Aizen explained the rules and there was only one...do NOT kill your opponent. Tessai had no intentions of killing Harribel if that was possible, and if it was he wouldn't. But he was determined NOT to make this easy at all on her, from start to finish he was going to play hard ball with the 3rd espada beauty or not and he could feel in himself that Negligence was eager...hungry for the coming battle and there would be vengeance in this clash.

At the work go they both exerted their reiatsu maximally, Tier had beaten him to it and wow she had a wall pressing down on him due to his lateness in flaring up but that was alright he thought as he brought it up to just enough to move normally with ease and kept it there...perhaps a little trickery on his part would go well. Suddenly she sonido'd, his skill and instincts however were sharp and he simply stepped to the side her sword missing him entirely surprising her as he drew his zanpakuto and flash stepped some distance away bringing is sealed sword to bear. He felt oddly calm and in no hurry and also he felt nothing, this was some thing new to him in a battle especially when his opponent was so powerful. She wasted no time and came at him again this time doubling her sonido up to try and trip him up, their swords clashed as Tessai blocked her strike from behind using one arm using a sort of reverse cross block his feet dug into the sand a bit from the force and he still felt nothing as she used her speed to dodge his strike as he dropped into a crouch and spun toward her.

She had a stance of uncertainty at the moment it appeared to him, he had not even summoned his shikai yet. Suddenly a bright yellow light came to her and charged, he realized what it was the second she launched it at him at a high speed.

'Shit! Cero!'

Managing to doge at the last minute taking him by surprise, as soon as he stepped onto the sand 50 yards away from the huge explosion his flash step saving him again this time big time.

"The hell with this, how about we really test our might lovely Harribel? Time to discover my worth, don't go easy on me...you wont get it from me my Mistress."

Tessai held up his left arm bent at the elbow like he was about to give Tier the middle finger salute but his hand a fist, he brought his blade up and crossed it over horizontally the lower half of his forearm like an inverted cross and spoke in a booming voice.

"Seethe and dominate! Make yourself a Terror to our adversaries Negligence!"

From the guard of the katana came a quick moving black and purple miasma like smoke that curled around and down the blade engulfing it entirely as red electricity began to crackle around it, a moment later his shikai revealed itself and it was a surprise to all watching. It was unlike any thing most had seen, it wasn't what you could call a sword any more...more like a massive cleaver and a supremely nasty one at that. The massive blade had to be nearly 4-5 feet long and at least 10 inches from edge to spine wide, it's thick spine had deep wide aggressive serrations nearly from the hilt to where the blade terminated at a wide square point. The edge from the hilt on down some hat curved in places and dipped into the last foot measurement of the blade and combined with the flat point creating a massive and vicious looking downward facing hook bill, there was no longer a guard to speak of on the zanpakuto either.

"Well...since you were so kind as to send me a present, here is one for you as well lady."

With that he spun the massive cleaver with frightening ease and suddenly took it by both hands and swung hard in a 30 degree arc horizontally and a split in the air actually became visible looking like a barely there crescent of wist, but nothing else was seen. Tier for a split second was puzzled and at the same instant so fast it nearly locked her into place in utter confusion her senses went wild with panic and by reflex alone sonido'd but a little late, IT appeared from nowhere so suddenly a trio of what looked to be crescents spinning wildly appeared not three feet in front of her almost on top of her.

So close she could hear them a terrible booming whirling noise giving off baleful bruise like purple and black light just as she had moved away from a direct hit they slammed and shredded the ground where she once stood like a monstrous cuisinart and exploded with tremendous power that blew her 60 yards away. She tumbled through the air until she his a stone pillar slamming her right through one, two and half way through the third as it finally stopped her travel, she got up on her feet and shook her hear trying to get the cobwebs out and to try and grasp what just happened. Suddenly Tessai appeared from a flash step, he was wearing a small smile his cleaver pointed at Harribel.

"Sorry to catch you off guard like that, part of the game...how about you up the stakes and release your sword Miss?"

To his surprise she pulled back her sword and yet more yellow light, 'another cero?' he thought, but no this was looking different. She slashed at him and he was glad he was not too close, for the first time he sweat dropped as he barely managed to bring up his sword and blocked the yellow ribbon of energy. It was amazingly strong and his feet dug into the sand as he was pushed back a long way's, suddenly he felt pain in his back and shunpo'd left of where the strike had come from and turned to see his blood on her blade. 'SHIT! She doubled up her attack, I think she's officially pissed off.'

"Good...time for toying around is at an end, do not release bankai until she enters her resurrection Tessai...I want to crush her at her peak if possible."

"If you say so my friend...ok...let's really open things up then!"

Both now held nothing back no more testing technique, as their swords clashed over and over becoming like a fire works show as she sonido's and he used shunpo. He did not give her time to charge cero but she managed to get off a few along with that ribbon attack from her blade, she caught him with what she termed Ola Azul and it hurt like hell and sent him cart wheeling earning him a bloody gash in his torso and a mouthful of sand.

"Phahh...this stuff I dunno if it is sand or what, but it tastes like shit."

He stood and traced his hand along the newly opened wound and looked at his hand a moment, then licked the blood and grinned...and quietly at first came a chuckle and then ramping up into a full laugh.

"Ha HA HA Ha Ha ...you got me twice now to my one...now to even things up a bit. By the way...did I ever tell any of you what Squad I entered into upon my graduation?"

A maniacal toothy grin spread across his face, his teeth gritting his face twisted into a mix between rage and joy...a mask that was less than sane.

"Squad 11...Zaraki Kenpachi had claimed me for his squad in my 2nd year in the academy, your powerful Harribel...I LIKE that...A LOT! Come on now...I want to see that resurrection of yours in all it's glory, then I'll release my bankai. Show me yours and I'll show you mine, ohh you've got me so excited right now..sorry if I forget my MANNERS!"

With that he swung that huge cleaver one handed blindingly fast in two arcing overlapping swings, Tier sonido'd to her left as far as she could. Her emerald eye's went wide as dinner plates when she saw three of those demonic crescents just as they crashed into her like insane ginsu blades, she felt her hierro crack then rip to shreds while another set whirred off wide away from her creating a huge explosion, as a last ditch she sonido'd again and managed to avoid the full brunt of the damage to her amazement. However when she stood from it she buckled in pain three long slashes arced across her stomach they opened and blood flowed freely, then the pain went from normal to it felt like she was on fire her free hand grasped her wounds as she straightened herself and found Tessai walking toward her casually his kimono was being soaked front and back with his own blood yet he seemed to be taking a stroll in some park...this flared her anger beyond control and she had had enough.

"Now were on even grounds Tier, ohhh you look mad as hell...let's see that big resurrection now beautiful."

'How...why is he not crumpled over from those wounds I have given him? He is bleeding like a stuck pig, how is he standing there like nothing has happened...?'

"Bastard! Fine! It WILL be the LAST thing you see! ….Destroy!"

He watched her change and what a change, she was now more naked than ever...it was distracting even. He refocused himself as this was the last curtain call, and he didn't want to be late.

"Wow...that flatters you well, lets finish this then...Bankai!"

Suddenly a super massive explosion of reiatsu blasted the area sending a massive mushroom cloud of blood red and black swirling reiatsu several hundred feet into the air like a column before it faded hundreds of skull like faces appeared inside it as it dissipated it shot down and slammed the ground creating a dense shock wave of spiritual pressure in an outward ring cutting stone columns in half along its 360 circular trajectory knocking down all but the Aizen trio. Tessai seemed to radiate in the swirling fog of it for a moment before it too went away, Tier and all others seemed to be taken aback by his massive spiritual pressure her eye's went wide again even in her resurrection form. His huge cleaver had not much changed but the hilt was now an ornately carved silver in the design of a demons skull that looked a mix of a dragon and some thing unknown, the huge blade looked slightly more aggressive and had turned completely onyx black and for a moment it seemed to throb with some sort of energy that was unfamiliar pressure she had never felt before.

"My turn again? Alright, now I will show you what Negligence's Akuma Maw (Demons Maw or Mouth) can do...be ready..."

He held the huge cleaver out in front of him appearing to take a kendo stance and the blade began pulsing with darkness and it began swirling around the huge blade, she didn't wait for him to finish.

"Cascada!"

'Huh? Well...took too long, what a pity...I should likely hold back any how just in case...'

A huge torrent of water hit with amazing force and Tessai disappeared for a moment, when the violent surge finally passed to every ones shock he stood where he was albeit soaked but other wise unharmed and grinning.

"Well...that cooled things off a bit, thanks...and you also headed of my charging of the Akuma Maw, pity...it is quite flashy...oh well."

"Y-you...what ARE you grinning at!?"

Tier began a short charging of her sword at that moment and it began to glow, she swung releasing in succession 3 highly dense shots of energy directly at him causing his grin to fade a bit. Blocking using his speed though one managed to clip him through his defense and the final one hit the huge blade and some thing happened that she did not expect.

"Kyushu shi, han'ei! (Absorb and Reflect!) Negligence!"

In an instant she found herself barely managing to block her own attack managing to dissipate it but found herself struck from behind heavily, she gasped sharply as intense pain consumed her back and she fell to her knees momentarily her pain and surprise was complete as she heard him laughing behind her. Tessai stood there as she looked over her shoulder disbelievingly, he stood there looking like a twisted statue of gore the majority of his kimono seemed soaked in blood from his wounds but he still stood and he had beaten her...feeling a mix of rage and loss at just how easily he had done it. She had underestimated this man, how could she have been so foolish to have been goaded into playing his game by his rules...it wasn't a mere trick though her own pride played a part and it made her sick.

"That is quite enough! We will consider this a tie for power, you are both quite torn up...how about we head back to Las Noches and healing up those wounds?"

Himuro gazed at Gin and Aizen with no reaction, in his head was different. 'A tie? If I wanted too I could take her head at the moment, though I myself find it a little surprising that Tier is like this before me too. Damn, didn't mean to injure her this badly...'

Re sealing his zanpakuto and re sheathing it he knelt down and helped Tier up, she struggled against him cursing him out but he ignored her.

"I'm sorry Mistress Harribel, I didn't mean to take it this far the least I can do is aid you please stop resisting."

She gave him a death glare as he slung her arm over his shoulder, surprisingly she allowed this and they all made their way back. That night bandaged up he lay in his quarters thinking of the day's events, he knew he had gained a whole lot of power since his fight with his bankai but this was unreal. It didn't seem possible and did that just happen out there in the desert today? The thought of what terrible shape Tier had really been in once he half carried her back to Las Noches, along the last she had put up a brave face and fight where he could not tell the extent of her wounds. But once the fight was over she buckled onto his frame, once the fight was out of her she felt like a real woman vulnerable and lovely. But what did he expect? He brought her to within an inch of her life nearly, and that was unintentional he knew he had a ton of power once he began and he got carried away but she would be fine in the infirmary's care and would be healed up enough in a day or so.

On the way back her head rested into his shoulder, he could smell her scent though at that moment it was mostly sweat and blood but through that he could smell the faint scent of...he couldn't place it but it was a sweet female scent. She was one hell of a woman arrancar or not and he admired and respected her, he grimaced from his own wounds the whole way and refused to allow any of her fraccion to help stating it was his fault and responsibility.

Then there was the time when he had gotten out of the infirmary he was called to Aizen's throne room, he wondered if they were going to kick him out of kill him because he accidentally nearly killed Harribel out there but that was not the case...it turned out to be a discussion about his zanpakuto.

That was a strange discussion, and story as well...Tessai started to lull into sleep as he thought back to it...the buzz of what he managed out in the battle field with Harribel was running around Las Noches like wildfire at the moment too unbeknownst to him this would begin even more trouble for him than he would care for.

"Things are about to get very interesting..."

Sorry for the slight cliff hanger here, I got tired of details and writing for the time being. NO...I am not quitting or going to take forever for the next chapter, I tend to cut it when I feel the next part will take a while and deserves it's own chapter. SO...what did you think? Was the fight scene dumb or what? I kinda liked it I came at least close to a Bleach fight, there huge and all about power tripping, Tessai has gained a whole lot of power and is becoming a big threat to just about any one that ends up on the wrong side of his sword. I got some very interesting stuff coming up in the next chapter so...hang in there, it'll be worth it and will get detailed and interesting!

And I still say HAHAHA when he makes fun of their base of operations...Lost Nachos ROFL