The Horse Becomes King
Chapter Four
Shirosaki's vision was blurred as he stared directly at Sousuke Aizen's zanpakutou. He stood still and looked around, there were mirrors, even when he swung Tensa Zangetsu at them, they did not break. He looked in the mirror, but only saw Aizen smiling back at him. Shiro got frustrated and gripped his sword tight.
"Getsuga Tenshou!" he yelled violently swinging Tensa Zangetsu at one of the mirrors. The image of Aizen became distorted and shattered.
"Confused?" Shiro heard a familiar voice behind him. He turned around, but he could only see the countless number of mirrors reflecting Aizen's image.
"Kyouka Suigetsu will do that, I control what you see now Hollow" Aizen's voice became louder. With a swift slice from behind, Shiro's back began to bleed. He turned around to notice the real Aizen standing behind him smiling.
Shiro became more enraged everytime he saw that smiling face.
"Stop smiling at me!" Shiro screamed as he quickly recuperated from his wound and stabbed Aizen in the chest. As Shiro smiled back at the bleeding Aizen, the form shattered infront of him. Shiro's expression turned to shock as Aizen landed another blow on Shiro's unsuspecting back.
"You coward!" Shiro yelled out as he stubbled around to stand. "Attacking me when my back is turned means you are frightened of me" Shiro chuckled.
Aizen glared at him and lunged towards him. Looking at his palm, Shirosaki charged up a powerful red beam. Aizen gasped and stopped in place. Shiro pointed is fingers at one of the mirrors and fired a Cero, he moved along shattering all of Aizen's reflections so he could only see himself in the mirror.
"That a very powerful Cero you have there." Aizen complimented Shiro. Aizen once again lunged at Shiro firing strong attacks from his kantana which Shiro countered flawlessly. With one violent swing of Tensa Zangetsu, Aizen was sent flying backwards and shattered through one of his mirrors.
Aizen stood up, panting and gasping for the strength to hold his position.
"Very impressive Hollow, but I'm afraid even I can't control your power" Aizen said standing upright and looking at his kantana and seeing his battered reflection. "I must destroy you by sending you back into your inner world." Aizen thrusted his sword into the air. At that moment all of the mirrors showed a reflection of Aizen, all doing the same thing. The real Aizen pointed his kantana at Shiro and all the reflections leapt off the mirrors and lunged at Shiro, ready to slice.
Shiro acted quickly, he grabbed Tensa Zangetsu by the chain and spun it around on his index finger. Once he was satisfied with the momentum of the spinning, he sliced a few Aizen clones so they shattered. Shiro was aware that there were probably some clones behind him, so he charged up his powerful red Cero and fired it behind him, shattering the remaining clones. There were no more clones and Shiro was taken over by a feeling of accomplishment.
Using that technique took a toll on Aizen, Shiro noticed him panting and using his kantana to hold himself up.
"Shit, I don't have time for this." Aizen exclaimed. "I'm sure Unohana-taichu will inform the Soul Society of my deeds any moment."
"You cocky ass hole" Shiro yelled at him, moving closer to Aizen's exhausted body.
"I hope you remember the name of the man who killed you, Hichigo Shiros-"
Shiro's sentence was cut off by a feeling of pain from the right side of his chest. He looked down, a sword, covered in his own blood stuck out from his chest. Shiro opened his mouth in shock and turned around to notice Byakuya, bloody and torn giving him a blank stare.
"You bastard" Shiro managed to say coughing out blood.
"I told you-" Byakuya begun as he pulled Senbonzakura out of Shiro. "I would be the victor of this battle."
Shiro felt his vision begin to go blurry and black. He couldn't feel much and the things he could feel were cold. He fell to his knees and felt the ground shatter beneath him. He was falling, in darkness. Once the darkness had faded away, Shiro looked around, he was in his inner world, orange buildings with an orange sky and black clouds.
"Hey there, Hichigo Shirosaki." Shiro's eyes widened as he turned around to notice his enemy, Ichigo standing beside Zangetsu.
"Yo Horse, whats it like serving under me?" Shiro asked with a cocky tune. Ichigo smiled.
"I won't be the horse for long, because I will rip the crown of your head and throw you off your throne!" Ichigo yelled as Zangetsu evaporated into particles that formed Ichigo's Zangetsu in his hand. Shiro laughed loudly as he rose his white Tensa Zangetsu.
"Bring it on" Shiro said grinning.