ICHIGO
The Third Division's barracks laid in ruins in the eyes of Ichigo Kurosaki, the man responsible for defeating the Arrancars and saving Soul Society. He scanned the area with a grim and serious face, examining the destruction done by someone clearly powerful. The Eight and Seventh Divisions had search parties for any survivors, but to everyone's dismay there seemed to be none, buildings were reduced to rubble, the ground had gashes in it and the atmosphere was hot. This was the scenery of a battle that was evidently one sided and whoever...or whatever did it had no remorse.
"Ichigo, we've found something...we think...we think that it's Kira but he's not in good shape. Retsu doesn't think that he's going to make it," said a worried Soul Reaper from the Third Squad.
"That's insane! Retsu's the head of the medical division what do you mean she thinks that he can't make it?!" Ichigo said in a rage.
"With all due respect sir, the captain isn't a god...some wounds are just mortal," said the Soul Reaper.
"Damn it...I'll go talk to her but keep looking for any survivors," said Ichigo.
"I'll do my best," he said.
Ichigo sensed Retsu's power and sped across to her in the blink of an eye, which startled the captain. Ichigo's face grew even grimmer as he laid his eyes upon one of his friends, the Lieutenant of the Third Division, Izuru Kira. His face was swollen as if he had taken the pummelling of his life. It looked so tender as if you were to touch it, it would pop. His body was in no better shape as his robes were torn badly along with his torso and lower body and his badge was missing. He had several puncture wounds in his chest and abdomen with some white residue left behind. The thing that confused Ichigo the most was that the slashes about his body weren't that of a Zanpakuto or any other sword, but it resembled the claw marks of some savage beast. Even the puncture wounds weren't a clean cut hole, they were deep and jagged which looked more painful than getting stabbed with a Zanpakuto. Suddenly, Ichigo's confusion was brought to a halt by the hushed words which came from the victim himself.
"I...failed, Ichigo." Kira said.
"What? Come on Kira, you're going to be fine we just need to get you back to the infirmary and-" He was cut short.
"Ichigo, don't fill my head with false hope...I know the severity of my injuries and I know that I'm not going to make it," he said sadly.
"Damn it! Who the hell did this Kira? Who the hell could even have enough power to destroy an entire Division?!" Ichigo asked angrily.
"I'm running out of time...Ichigo...you have to promise that you'll stop this monster again before he causes more pain and destruction...trust me when I tell you that Soul Society is at a greater risk than ever before..." he said weakly.
"Again...you said again? Who on earth would I have to defeat again? It's just not possible." Ichigo said.
"I didn't want to believe it myself...but I know what I saw...and so did my men. The person who did this was accompanied by this foreign creature, the likes of which I have never seen in my entire life. He was a disgusting creature...short and bald and he resembled an insect, he had a tattoo of an M on his forehead as did his slave. He kept on babbling about a person called Goku and destroying two worlds for the price of one...Ichigo I don't know what this guy's up to but I know that it's not good." He said breathlessly.
"Sounds like we have another war on our hands, but who was his slave? Who was the person that did this?" Ichigo asked impatiently.
"Not a person...an...Arrancar...his...his name is...Ai..." Kira murmured.
Those were the last words of Kira Izuru. Ichigo slowly began to cry, but his tears quickly faded into seriousness. He remembered what Kira's last piece of a word was...AI... Ichigo's eyes bulged wide open and he began to sweat and tremble.
"No way...this can't be! He's locked up, there's no way for him to escape because he has no powers! It just CAN'T be him!" Ichigo shouted.
"Retsu, follow me and try to keep up," he said.
He sped across to the chamber of the damned where the suspect was supposed to be locked up for over a thousand years. Upon reaching ,his heart dropped at the sight of the bodies belonging to the guards, who all sustained the same wounds of Kira. He looked at Retsu and nodden slowly which was followed by an instantaneous teleportation to the lowest level in the building which was deep underground. The cell door was blasted open with nobody inside, there was a bundle of tape on the floor and pieces of a broken chair laid scattered across the floor.
"Ichigo, this cannot be true...this is not possible...if he's out again with enough power to destroy an entire division without a struggle who know what we can do?" Retsu said worried.
"Sadly it is, Retsu. We must alert the Gotei 13 immediately and inform them and inform them of what took place today. Someone terrible has escaped along with the help of someone who may be equally powerful or even worse. We must tell them that Aizen has escaped."