Doom of the Dark Lord
Bleach belongs to Kubo Tite
Chapter 2 : The mice had been successful.
There was noises, he could hear noises. It wasn't rare, he had no notion of time. But this was felt a bit early to his sense. Everything was feeling dull so he didn't trust this. Still he heard a voice.
_Nobuso. The voice said.
Aizen had not heard that word for a long time. It wasn't a name it was a password. But why was this happening now? Everything was so dull to his once sharp mind. Nobuso, why did he hear this? He tried to free himself. Then he heard an incantation, this he recognize. Someone, somewhere was trying to free him. The spells that were cast on him loosened. He felt himself slightly breathe. This had been a long time.
_ Who are you? Aizen asked to his mind, as the Hougyokou allowed him to create any power of any sort, ironically he couldn't get out of bondage.
_Yuno Karu. A voice replied.
_Why ? Aizen asked.
_You can help us become stronger. The voice replied.
Aizen thought how foolish was this soul, the name didn't ring a bell. Exactly how long has he been in that cell. It could have been a thousand years…
8 weeks had passed and Gatacca started to suspect that probably there was nothing to suspect about Seika. The incident with the vizards was still a mystery. He needed to be patient maybe something was going to show up, something no-one had noticed. Still being at the 6th seat, he wasn't given access to much information either, and he didn't know what were the findings of the 12th division.
Ichigo him was perplexed, there was a bang at the back of his mind. He felt as if something was coming, but he couldn't put his finger on it. The device found was useful to fully duplicate the physical appearance of another person. It killed the subject in the process but in the end you could literally change to become someone else. Apparently mice had been busy in soul society. But what did they want to infiltrate? This was troubling him.
Then something like a warning immediately sprang inside his brain, has he grown 6th sense ? No it couldn't be, no one would ever try to free Aizen. Aizen had been the only unsolved problem, and although not every day but often he thought of that men. Still to calm himself he decided to visit the cell himself, to make sure everything was in order.
When he came down to the cell, he never imagined he would ever want to do that. But there was Aizen, still, ever still. The bandage were still on and he went to verify the devices that were monitoring the energy of the kido spells keeping him bound. Everything was normal on the screens.
He was relieved, this was probably a needless concern. Who would ever follow Aizen? That man was death to anyone around him. He got out of the place.
Aizen had felt the presence of Ichigo Kurosaki near him. He had feared that someone had discovered something. But the bandages had still loosened. Apparently nothing was discovered, as the single man came every day, to free him a little more.
DDL
Chad was now waiting for the musicians to come. Thankfully everyone was on time. They all looked at each other as this was the big day and went on the stage.
Soi Fon and Yoruichi had discretely joined, they weren't suspecting anything concerning the recent incidents, but they were still there in case anything unusual happened. Ichigo was seated next to Rurio Kasumioji along with Rukia, as if remembering the events that had brought them together decades ago. Rurio was now a fully grown woman, and her husband a fully grown man. It was rare that they indulged in such pleasures, after there was going to be a small party. A party kept between close friends.
It had been 30 minutes until there was a loud bang. So loud that the wall vibrated and the windows broke. The music immediately stopped. Shards of glass had flew everywhere, still it created only minor wounds.
When they went to see what had happened, they couldn't believe their eyes as a massive cloud of smoke engulfed a nearby area. Fortunately it had not been in the Kasumioji property. Immediately Soi Fon and the others went to investigate.
Chad was frustrated, they had trained a long time to make this happen and now there was problem in Seireitei. A man immediately told them that the performance was cancelled, and that they were to leave. Leave they did, and Seika hurried back to his squad in case they needed him.
The 2nd squad was in full activity, they were to deploy teams immediately to investigate. He joined Gatacca along with 5 other men. He barely knew his colleague, the teams were changing very often.
On the field it was chaos, squad 3 and 5 had deployed each three dozen men and as squad 2 was entirely deployed that meant nearly 200 men. The situation was hard to describe, as an entire area had been destroyed. In front of them there was ruins as far as the eyes could see. Five noble clan along with 13 districts had been erased from the map. What caused the explosion? It wasn't long until another problem appeared. The reality was ripped apart and a flow of Gillians and lesser hollows appeared. Simultaneously a mass sprout from the ground it seems it has always been there. The ground itself suddenly seemed to become sponge like. Seika moved instantly toward the top of some ruins. He didn't trust that type of situation.
They received the order to defend against the hollows until division 12 would come to investigate what exactly was happening. Moving from ruined building to another Seika carried on his mission. Gatacca and his comrades had their hands full. The ground seemed to stick, it wasn't strong but it hindered their movements.
He looked to see how Seika was doing. The later was hunting smaller hollows, he was very fast, and could barely see him. Gatacca released his sword and fired at an incoming Gillian. The hollow screamed and was disintegrating in spirit particles. Immediately several other Gillian came. This was going to be a long day. He hoped to live one more day, the fear was now present inside his guts. Dozens of minutes had passed and he was waiting for reinforcements from the 12th division. He was starting to become weary, until he felt something stick to his back. It immediately burned him. Had a hollow got him? Gatacca turned and effectively saw a hollow, his limbs felt numb. Was it it? He thought? He readied his sword cut the appendix of the beast, but then the atmosphere started to glow red from behind him. He thought of his death, until Seika appeared and in one sword slash, the Gillian he had been fending off for the last couple of minutes was disintegrating. Gatacca on his side effortlessly killed the hollow in front of him and collapsed to the ground.
_Free them. Hanako. He heard.
The sword of Seika changed into a longer version of his original sword, with curved lines and markings on the blade. He felt a hand touch him, then the battle felt very far away, he didn't feel any pain. Shortly after he was able to stand. Seika pulled out a flask and from his blade a liquid was flowing. He recuperated it.
_Drink. Seika told him.
Gattaca decided to trust him as the numbness had not left him. Immediately the burning sensation left him. Seika returned his sword to normal and resumed fighting along with the men of his unit.
Several minutes had passed and Getsuga Tensho was heard.
A massive wave of energy was rushing toward that strange pillar in the middle of the battlefield, soon after a massive reiatsu was felt. The wave of energy cut through dozens of minor hollows and 3 menos grandes before it crashed on the pillar. The structure was immediately destroyed and the feeling of sticky ground below the feet of the soldier stopped.
But then something unexpected happened the soldiers who had fell on the battlefield started to become consumed as the spirit particles congregated to become massive hollows. Ichigo flashed and everywhere he appeared the hollows were instantly destroyed.
The shinigami on the field could breathe, this was the end of the long day.
Soi Fon read first the report of Gatacca the only unit that didn't lose any men. There was mentioned the incredibly healing powers of Seika's zanpaketo, and also how a Gillian was killed in a single strike with an unreleased sword. Soi Fon had saw the zanpaketo and that was nothing new, but she didn't know Seika was at such a level of swordsmanship. During the training he didn't show any particular abilities. She decided to keep a close eye on him…
The fourth division was busy along with the 12th. They were monitoring the survivors of the battle to see if they didn't develop some kind of illness. Apparently the column only affected dead bodies, but not living entities. That was fortunate, but who exactly was attacking Seireitei?
The next days followed by and as Soi Fon was receiving reports on Seika activities, apparently the later was scouting casting session for musicians or spend hours locked up in his room doing god knows what. She didn't want to investigate herself, that would immediately give away the fact that he was suspected. Instead she went to Chad and by a fortunate arrangement they went to Inoue Orihime.
Inoue was told to give a surprise visit to Seika and see if there was anything suspicious in his quarters. A friendly visit. She was anxious, wasn't he going to suspect anything? What if he was actually hiding something?
She knocked at his door, he looked at her.
_Inoue Orihime. He stated.
_ Hi, Seika-san, I was just passing by and decided to pay you a visit. She said in her usual cheerful tone.
Seika smiled.
_ Can I come in? She asked.
_Sure. He replied.
Inside the room was vast, he seemed to pay a high rent. But this aside, it was a real science laboratory. She immediately noticed the machines and the advanced equipment. In soul society there was no shop that actually sold those things, you needed to have the skills to make them yourself. But where exactly did learn to use all that?
_I am not exactly used to visitors, but please make yourself comfortable. He said.
She sat on a chair and went to make some tea. He returned.
_ How is Chad? He asked.
_He is fine, he asked about you. Orihime replied.
_ Too bad our performance was interrupted. Seika said.
Orihime nodded.
_Your laboratory is impressive. She stated
_Thanks. He replied.
_ Why didn't you join the 12th division? She asked.
_Here I have complete independence and no supervision. He replied.
He had made a point.
_ What do you think about the event that happened lately? She asked.
_ Frankly nothing in particular. He replied.
She made an expression.
_ And you ? He asked.
_ We don't know who is behind all that. She replied.
Soi Fon was listening, she knew Seika to be nonchalant by his appearance, but not to this point. Everyone in Seireitei was worried about their life after the recent events.
_ Are you still seeing Yuyu? She asked.
_I saw her yesterday at the casting hall, she is fine. He replied.
Once that was said, she nodded stood up and bowed her head. Seika made a small smile.
_ Come by anytime. He stated.
She was about to leave.
_ Tell Chad to remember me if he needs a violinist. Seika stated.
She nodded and flashed stepped away.
Ichigo Kurosaki was perplexed, anything was good to take, but with Seika the mystery was deepening. He had never thought there would be an entire lab in his room. What was he doing? He needed to deepen the investigation, but he couldn't do it if he had no ground to do so.
Still he had this bang at the back of his head.
It has been 2 month now and the bounds that were restraining him without disappearing were loosening. He could taste his first full breath of fresh air, though reishi was completely blocked from moving inside of his body. The one at fault was Urahara Kisuke. He cursed himself for underestimating that man. Still now that air was filling his lungs, he could feel all kinds of distasteful sensation. Especially there was the feeling of thirst. It was only a trail weeks ago but now, he was feeling intense pain.
The man that came to loosened the bonds was doing so relentlessly every day and from the glimpses Aizen could see inside his mind, the later had little idea of what he was doing. Who was ordering him to do that?
His limbs were slightly moving, he was close to becoming free.
2 weeks later, Kyoraku Shunsui was surprised to see Tsukabishi Tessai come to his office. The kido corps was an another entity, separated from the gotei 13. It was rare, and the later sincerely wondered what had possibly caused him to visit.
He was grave.
_ Aizen Sosuke, escaped from our supervision. The later stated.
Kyoraku wasn't sure if he had heard this right, as this was said almost casually, but then he felt something he didn't in a long time. His skin became cold and something in his stomach became cold.
_ You mean Aizen escaped. Kyoraku stated in a cold tone as that had been completely out of character, he saw Tessai slightly wince.
_ I am afraid so. Tessai stated.
Kyoraku immediately called for a captain meeting.
In the room the mood was still, everyone was still. Aizen, the man that couldn't be killed was loose. Who freed him and why?
_ Does anyone knows? Rukia asked.
_ My vice-captain. Kyoraku replied.
_When did this happened? Ukitake Jushiro asked.
_ We don't know when exactly, records from the room are to be examined. Kyoraku replied.
Soi Fon ticked.
She immediately assigned people to examine the records, along with members of the 12th division. It wasn't long until they found the culprit. Yujo Kaoju a member of the kido corp in charge of the daily inspection of Aizen's cell. They immediately send people after him, but he was gone. Members of the kido corps were shadows, nobodies, similar to the onmitsukido corp, but under a monk like authority.
The mice had been successful.