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The Hollow charged, mouth agape, its speed increasing as it got closer. I rolled to right of its attack and jumped behind a car, putting cover between me and the Hollow. It crashed into a wall, leaving a substantially sized crater in it. I watched as it slowly picked itself up with a new anger flowing off of it in droves. It took its stance and charged again. I went and ducked by the car, flattening my back of the ground. The Hollow continued its charge, running over the car, completely flattening it. As it ran over the spot where I lay, I stabbed my sword directly into its breast only to find my sword bounce off its feathers.

Instead of crashing like the last time, the Hollow stopped running and grinded to a halt leaving a trail of sparks behind it. It slowly stood to its full height. "It would seem as if you can't cut me, Beelzebub," it gloated.

I slowly picked my tattered body off the cement. My body had acquired several new scratches over the course of the brief scuffle. Dirt and gravel had gotten into the wounds. I would need to clean them so that I wouldn't get an infection.

"Please don't give me such a pretentious title, I'd hate to have to try and live up to it" I said tiredly.

"Beelz it is then."

I sighed, "There is no winning in a verbal disagreement with this guy."

"Whatever, can we just get this over with? The sooner I'm done with this whole ordeal, the sooner I can rest.

"As you wish."

The Hollow took a different stance this time. It wasn't rearing up for a wild charge this time. It ran at me again, immediately trying to slash me with its wings, using them like swords. It rained down blow after blow, not pausing as it twirled and twisted, using a combination of its wings, tail, and occasionally its claws two try and beat me down. It took much of my strength to block the attacks and keep my focus. After struggling for many strikes, I saw my opening and countered, knocking it off balance. I jumped and stuck at the neck, my sword bouncing off harmlessly.

He quickly shook me off, knocking me on the ground. He then went to stab me with his beak, I quickly rolled to the right, slashing at his beak. We both then went to a standoff, each of us taking a defensive stance. After a tense moment we went at it again, striking, and parrying. I eventually found an opening and kicked him in the stomach. I then did several vertical slashes against his mask. He stumbled back a few feet, but showed no signs of injuries.

I wanted to release my reiatsu for an attack, but judging from the resulting force when I lost control when I fell on my journey here, I was liable to bring the building crumbling down.

The raven kept up its vicious assault, showing no pattern in its attacks, nor any discipline in how it used its reiatsu.

"You are one persistent bastard, you know that Beelz?" it said in between strikes.

"Could you please stop calling me that? It's annoying and I don't have time for this."

"If I'm not annoying then I wouldn't be very memorable, now would I?"

"Who says I want to remember you?" I said as I dodged an unforeseen strike from the left. We each stood our ground and ceased moving.

"It's not about being for you. It's for my own sake."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, trying to keep up the conversation so that I could catch my breath.

"If people remember me then, in some sense I become immortal as long I'm remembered."

"So you're afraid of death?"

"Who isn't?"

"I don't really see it as a problem, so long as I die on my own terms."

It nodded to itself, losing focus as it contemplated my words and my viewpoint. Gradually it regained it's composure, seeming satisfied with whatever conclusion it had made.

"You ready for one last round, Beelz?"

"If this is going to be the last round mind telling me why you call me Beelzebub?"

"I saw that overwhelming power you have. You don't get that strong without doing some horrible things. If there is one thing every person should be wary of, it's the fact that we can become the devil himself. You were the devil or maybe you still are, either way you don't get that strong without causing pain."

"Wow, who'd have guessed that under that annoying exterior of yours you were a sentimental thinker."

"Shut up." it growled, putting aside all sentiments and getting back into the mindset for battle.

We the clashed once again with more ferocity than before. His attacks were now faster than before. I was putting far more force into every strike and parry. We struck at each other with the sole intention of ending the other's existence. The Hollow slashed and hacked and stabbed with the desperation of one thousand cornered beasts.

"It's flaring it's reiatsu blindly without purpose. If it just focused it into an attack…" And then I got an idea I should have gotten from the beginning. I slowly started diverting my reiatsu into my hierro and sword.

I then performed an upward slash on the wing he was currently using to attack me, knocking him off balance causing him to fall on the ground. I only had one shot at this. I had heard of a shinigami technique that modified the shunpo into a spinning move, destroying the saketsu and the hakusui. While Hollows may no longer have a saketsu, they still had a hakusui. Destroying it would severely weaken the Hollow, leaving it with almost no strength. I gathered my strength as quickly as possible as the Hollow started to stand. To perform a technique I had never practiced before, in my weakened state, for the use of a finishing blow was a dangerous gamble. I could accidently lose control of my reiatsu, which would produce dangerous results.

"I won't win if I don't try. He's got more stamina than me at the moment, not to mention reiatsu to spare compared to me. What a pain this fight is turning out to be..."

I then started using my sonido. I closed my eyes and focused on where his reiatsu was pouring out. I flipped my blade into a reverse grip, stabbing him in the area near where his saketsu used to be. I then quickly pivoted around his body and stabbed him in the back, near the neck in between his shoulder blades where his reiatsu was the most dense. I felt a burst of energy pour out, like water that was held by a dam. The shock of it knocked me out of my sonido. No sooner was I done using sonido, did I feel the energy subside. I turned around and looked back upon the Hollow, whose life I had just nearly killed.

"So… What are you going to do with me now, eh?" he asked weakly.

I took a moment and considered my options.
"It's, been awhile since I've done this, but I think I'll consume you, Hollow."

I started to get into a good form to use this technique when he asked, "I noticed that you're an Arrancar. What rank are you?"

"I'm surprised you know that we Arrancar have ranks, guess I shouldn't be surprised though. I am the Primera Espada, Coyote Starrk."

"Nice to know my power will be going into capable hands, even though compared to you at full power I'm probably nothing."

"At the very least you'll be helping me out right now. I'm kind of running on empty right now."

"Then what you waiting for you bastard? Consume me already."

I nodded and slowly started sucking in air. I then began to push me own power into this action. Slowly, his soul evaporated and soon enough it was gone.

"I hate that technique. When used without discretion, it's able to consume whole communities of souls. I accept the fact that as a Hollow I need to absorb souls, but the idea of consuming many multitudes more than necessary doesn't sit well with me. Way too much work for my tastes. How ironic though that the only way to have achieved my strength was the way I hated the most."

I stood in the center of garage. I could see the damage our skirmish had inflicted on the environment. I took a moment to reign in my slightly replenished reiatsu and put it to work with healing my wounds. I could feel the process going at a fairly quicker pace.

"I'll probably be recovered from that skirmish in about five minutes," I said as I looked around. It's a good thing we didn't go at it any longer. This place would be trashed if we went overboard."

I then decided to check on Halibel's reiatsu. My findings weren't good, she was at about half the amount of reiatsu she had when I last checked up on her. I broke off into a sprint, putting all the excess energy I had into running, even though there wasn't that much. I was still extremely drained of my power despite the slight boost from the raven.

I was so caught up in my haste to get to Halibel I almost forgot to sheathe my zanpakuto. I couldn't just let her die, she was my last comrade. I needed her help.

When I reached the the beginning of the ramp leading to top of the building I stopped in my tracks. The exit terminal of the garage had collapsed, leaving a pile of pipes, wires, and large slabs that were presumably the remains of the terminal. I slowly walked up the ramp, wondering what the hell I would do. I felt weak and powerless. I had nearly no strength left. Sure I had some reiatsu, but not nearly enough to force this wall of rubble apart. There was also a risk to that option. I would be running the risk of the rubble landing on Halibel.

"Dammit Starrk, don't lose your cool now. It's just a wall. You're the Primera Espada! You don't keep a title like that just from sheer strength," I thought.

I look at the wall, analyzing it, combing it over for any weakness. I was no architect, but I could spot a weakness when present. I slowly started removing blocks that weren't essential to preventing the structure from collapsing. It was painful, the use of my torn up and battered down muscles. They screamed in protest with every piece I took out of the wall. The longer I worked, the larger the blocks became and the less willing they were to move. I just kept working, visions of revenge running rampant in my head, my willpower being the only thing that dragged my body back to the pile of rubble.

I then saw a hole that had sunlight streaming in through it. I immediately started pulling stones from around it. The were far more stuck than any other stones. I put my entire body into the effort to widen the hole. I strained and pulled. I heard and felt several pops on my various joints, igniting pain at the spots. I kept pulling in spite of the pain.

She was so close. Without her whatever chance I had at defeating Aizen would be gone. I would be the last Arrancar. Above all that thought scared me the most. Heck, I'd even take Baraggan's company if it meant I wasn't alone. Fueled by fear of being alone once again, I finally pried the stone out of the hole, widening it enough for me to fit through. I eyed the hole with suspicion, feeling like the second I stuck even my hand in it, it would then collapse. I sighed and despite my better judgement, crawled through.

Hey y'all I'm back. Went on vacation to Mexico. Got to see a beautiful country and meet some wonderful people so that's always cool. Got to chill out after taking an intense summer school course to get ahead. I tried real hard on this chapter for you guys. I'd really appreciate some reviews from you guys, it really helps keep me motivated for writing this. Plus this is the first fight scene I've ever wrote so it would be especially helpful if you guys left reviews since I don't plan on this being the last one. I'm on my knees begging y'all here. From here on out I'll be trying to stick to that bi-weekly updating schedule I mentioned in the first chapter. I will most likely update earlier seeing as how I'm on break now. That's it for now boys and girls, y'all have a wonderful time and make your days good.