The four unlikely comrades stare up at the now descending king of hollows.

as he reaches the ground, his voice, came out altogether to calm, it was as if, he didn't care, that it was four against one

"it would seem," he looks to Koike," that Jarek Slaid, is no longer with us,"

Akira yells," don't you talk about him, you bastard, he never would have died, if you hadn't wounded him!,"

Raiko laughs," well, he shouldn't have wandered into The Hallow's Playground,"

Koike looks at Akira puzzled and asks." The Hollow's Playground?"

Akira doesn't break his eye contact from Raiko," It's what the King of Hollow's calls his turf... normally you'd need a battalion of twenty or more soul reapers to attack it."

the Hollow king slowly advances towards the group," yes... and your invading it." Akira pulls out his Katana's.

," oh, your going to get serious this time," Raiko simply chuckled at Akira.

"Don't take me so lightly," Akira proclaimed in anger," Cut down all enemies in your path, EXCALIBUR," suddenly, one of his katana's transforms into a double edge longsword," Sheild me from the wrath of the heavens, AEGIS," his second katana turns into a kite sheild

"oh, Shikai eh... come, lets dance," Akira walks toward Raiko," Kumiko, cover me... Koike and Takuya, Get out of here," Koike tries to object," But we can" Akira interjects,"NOW!" Koike looks hurt, but he and Takuya turn and run

as the two friends run from the ensuing battle, a seemingly endless horde of hollows attacks them from all sides, as the cut them down, one by one, Takuya breathes heavily," so, this is... the Hollow's Playground,"

Koike keeps his gaze directed at the hollows in front of him," don't stop... we have to break through!"

as the two run, a massive explosion resounds through the city, Koike thinks to himself," Akira, you better make it back"

[Back at the battle ground]

Akira grits his teeth, as Raiko bombards his shield with attacks

," Don't tell me, that this is all the last Soul Reaper on the Continent has to offer me," Raiko says dissatisfied by his opponent

Akira infuriated yells," I'M NOT THE LAST ONE," and swings but he misses due to his rage

"oh, you mean that boy... he's barely a Soul Reaper, I bet he doesn't even have a Shikai," Raiko slams into Akira's guard and sends him flying

as he walks towards Akira to deliver the final blow, Kumiko appears behind him," Don't forget about me," she fires an arrow, but Raiko easily deflects it, he looks behind him," your next," he threatens as he is about to strike Akira down, arrows rain down on him, and Raiko barely dodges Koike's attack

"Akira!" Koike Exclaims as he tries to help his dying friend," you... you idiot... i told you, to run,"

behind Koike, Raiko begins to laugh," ha hahaha hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." a look of utter joy spreads across his face

"you... have just doomed this continent... SOUL REAPER!" Raiko vanishes and reappears in front of Koike,"now is the time to finish you, and make this entire country, the Hollow's Playground,"

he strikes at Koike, but he dodges it just barely making it in time," I'll beat you! as long as i have breath in my body, I'll fight!" Koike attacks, but Raiko easily dodges it," your not even worth my time," he turns to walk away, and as he does, legions of hollows emerge from the darkness, and attack the four friends

as Koike is dog piled by hundreds of hollow's, the promise he made to Jarek rings in his head," thank you... I'll continue to fight... For you," suddenly, Koike is standing on what appears to be a perfect reflection of the sky... as he looks up, the sun begins to fade... an eclipse is covering the world in shadows

Koike turns around, to see a man standing there, with the sword that he picked up just the night before," Who are you?" Koike asks

"you should know," the man replies, koike looks at him, he has looks alot like himself, with medium length black hair, and blue eyes, but his attire is entirely different from that of a Soul Reaper, he wore baggy black pants, with alot of studded belts, a black v neck shirt, a Black trench coat, and a mask, that covered up to his nose.

"are you my Zanpakuto?" Koike asks, the man he simply nods," what's your name?" the man spoke," that is for you to find out."

"I figured it wouldn't be that easy," Koike studied the man... a certain darkness seemed to emanate from him... it seemed to make the already scarce light dimmer," damn eclipse... it would be easier to see him if it weren't for tha-" he caught himself.

"ha," he laughed," It was right there the whole time, it wasn't that hard, i found out your name in no time flat." he looked at the man," your name is..."

Raiko turned from the two boys who had come back to help their friends," your not even worth my time, I'll just let my hollows finish you." as he walks away, a sudden rise in the spiritual pressure of the young Soul Reaper makes him stop, and look behind him

as the pressure increases, the voice of the Soul Reaper could be heard, resonating from within the horde of hollows

,"COVER THE WORLD IN DARKNESS!" the boy yelled,"ECLIPSE!" a shadow, that seemed to suck all the light from the sky flared from the horde of hollows, and when the light returned, they were all gone, the only thing left standing was the Soul reaper, wielding a massive single edge sword, his friends on the ground, unconscious due to the mass of hollows

"oh," Raiko exclaimed," this is interesting."

Koike looked at Raiko," get ready you bastard... i won't hold back!"

Koike has learned the name of his Zanpakuto, and accessed his Shikai... NEXT CHAPTER: CHAPTER 5: KOIKE VS THE KING OF HOLLOWS, RAIKO