The Arrival of the Sinners
Karakura High School was filled with its student body conversing in the courtyard. Students gathered into their own little groups, discussing various issues, while making their way inside the school.
Momo, Ichigo, and Zakuro walked amongst their classmates.
"Hey Ichigo!" called the voice of a young female. "Momo, Zakuro."
The three turned and were greeted by their two friends, Orihime and Chad.
"Morning guys." Zakuro greeted, giving Orihime a one armed hug.
Chad greeted Momo by giving her a light kiss on the cheek and wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Where's Tatsuki?" Ichigo asked.
"She told me she had early morning practice." Orihime answered.
As the group made their way to the front entrance, a strong wind blew by and tore apart some scaffolding off of the school, causing debris to fall everywhere. In the midst of the chaos, a girl tripped and was almost crushed by falling metal planks, but Chad saved her by using his body as a shield.
"What the hell…" Momo questioned, looking around.
The group of friends hurried inside the school and went to their classroom.
Momo and Zakuro each sat on top of their desks, their book bags in their lap.
"Whatever just happened out there was pretty freaky." Keigo noted, adding his own dramatic flare to everything. "I have never been so freaked out before."
"It was pretty unusual." Mizuiro agreed, leaning against his desk. "But thankfully, no one got hurt."
"Yeah that girl is safe now, thanks to Chad." Momo reminded, laying her head on her boyfriend's shoulders, a portion of her black hair draped over her shoulder.
"Yeah, you sure you're alright buddy?" Keigo asked Chad, lightly poking his arm. "You trying out to be a super hero or something?"
Zakuro rolled her eyes. "He was just helping out a schoolmate okay, don't make such a big deal about it." she shook her head.
"This is Keigo, remember?" Mizuiro reminded. "He makes a big deal about everything."
The rest of the group chuckled, much to Keigo's dismay.
Later on, Ichigo and his friends investigated the scaffolding debris outside of the school.
"I don't sense any unusual Spiritual Pressure." Chad said, once they got close enough to the debris.
"Yeah, neither do I." Momo agreed, overlooking the debris.
"But how all of this collapsed was pretty odd to say the least." Zakuro noted, looking up.
"Couldn't it have just been an accident?" Orihime asked.
"Not really." Uryū answered. "I sense a very miniscule presence. But it's not that of a Hollow or a Spirit." he added. "Nor is it a human with special powers like Chad and Orihime, and it's defiantly not a Soul Reaper either."
"So what could it be then?" Ichigo asked.
There wasn't a time for an answer because suddenly, the group sensed a massive amount of Spiritual Pressure, and it kept them all on their toes. And the appearance was followed by a massive explosion that blew apart a section of the school.
The Spiritual Pressure was so massive it could be felt on the other side of Karakura Town, alerting Renji and Rukia.
"There's that presence again." Renji noted.
"It's coming from the direction of Karakura High School." Rukia added.
"Right, let's get going." Renji voted, starting to take off.
Rukia held him back. "Wait, you sense that?" she asked. "It's coming from over that way. Renji, you go on ahead to the school, I'll look into this new presence."
"Alright, but be careful." Renji warned, before vanishing.
Ichigo, Momo, and Zakuro, now as Soul Reapers, and Uryū jumped onto the edges of the section where the explosion occurred. Orihime and Chad entered the room from the main entrance.
Inside the classroom were the unconscious bodies of Tatsuki, Keigo, and Mizuiro.
"Oh no." Zakuro gasped, running to the side of Mizuiro.
"Are they alright?" Momo asked, looking around.
"Yeah, they're just unconscious." Zakuro answered, standing up.
The same Spiritual Pressure from earlier reappeared and the ceiling of the classroom suddenly collapsed. A fat, masked figure, clad in a black cloak attacked Ichigo and said his name.
Ichigo's spirit energy rose and he fired his attack, combined with a direct strike from Chad, at the masked figure, sending him hurling out of the room.
"Stay here with them Orihime!" Momo yelled, jumping out of the room.
"And just to keep you guys safe," Zakuro stood just outside the classroom and held her hands out in front of her, palms facing the school. "Bakudō #81. Dankū!" a translucent barrier formed around the chunk of missing wall. "This barrier will protect you guys."
"Thanks Zakuro." Orihime said, holding an unconscious Tatsuki in her lap.
The five heroes stood on the ground, facing the masked figure.
"He withstood the Getsuga Tenshō." Momo gasped.
"And he's still standing." Uryū noted.
Zakuro smirked, "Let's see if he's still standing after this." she held her right arm outstretched, palm facing her enemy, with her other hand resting on her shoulder "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Truth and temperance, upon this sinless wall of dreams unleash but slightly the wrath of your claws. Hadō #33. Sōkatsui." a blast of blue fire discharged from Zakuro's palm and hit the cloaked figure square on.
"Did it work?" Chad asked.
Once the smoke cleared, the figure stood, unharmed. "That actually tickled, Zakuro Kurosaki." he giggled.
"Damnit." Zakuro cursed.
"Fine then, let's try this!" Ichigo held his sword out in front of him. "Bankai!" he yelled, upgrading his sword. "Tensa Zangetsu."
Momo and Zakuro exchanged glances and stood back to back, their Zanpakutō out in front of them. "Bankai!" they shouted in unison.
Both girls were enveloped in blue spiritual energy, that resembled both fire and wind, their outfits changed from the normal Soul Reaper uniform and their blades become double edged weapons.
"Tsuin Hino Tori." Momo called, holding a double bladed sword. Aside from the normal shihakushō uniform, a blue feather textured, long sleeved, cropped jacket with a bird skull on each shoulder was added. A white sash was around her left arm with a bronze badge with an insignia of the kanji symbol for seven and an iris were engraved in the center.
"Tsuin Mūndoragon." Zakuro said, holding a doubled bladed scythe. Her normal uniform changed to a black, strapless dress with a train and a white skirt, knee length socks, and silver shoulder pads. The badge on her arm had an insignia with the kanji symbol for eight and a bird of paradise engraved on the plate.
"Oh my." giggled the cloaked figure.
"You're dead!" the Three soul Reapers yelled.
They fought against the cloaked figure, who kept dodging each attack they threw. Soon, two more cloaked figures joined in the fight, leaving the group to split up and face each figure, with the Kurosaki trio fighting the cloaked figure wielding a blade.
"Just what are these guys?" Momo asked, dodging the blade coming her way.
Zakuro took aim and directed her palm at the figure, "Hadō #31. Shakkahō!" she called, firing a blast of red energy, only for the cloaked man to doge it.
"Damn, and that one always works." Zakuro groaned.
Chad and Uryū weren't having much luck with their enemies either, as the fat one kept absorbing Uryū's arrows and hulking figure proved to be stronger than Chad. The third one, wielding the blade, threw the three Soul Reapers onto the school roof.
"Wow, you guys really suck." taunted the fat figure. He appeared right in front of the three Soul Reapers. "Have you had enough, or do you want some more?" he asked.
Zakuro gritted her teeth. "How about you have a little of this instead." she held her scythe in her left hand which held the back of her right as she aimed her palm right at the cloaked figure. "Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!" she chanted. "Hadō #63. Raikōhō!" she screamed, discharging a powerful lightning strike from her palm.
The blast knocked her back a few feet, but she regained her composure quickly.
"My, you are a feisty one Zakuro." the fat figure laughed. "Have a little taste of that back." he fired a purple lightning attack with the same velocity as the Hadō spell Zakuro fired.
"Bakudō #39. Enkōsen." Zakuro held her double bladed scythe in front of her and a disk made of Spirit energy formed, blocking the purple lightning. She braced herself and deflected the attack.
"Roar Zabimaru!" Renji yelled, as his Bankai blocked the path between Zakuro and the cloaked man. Renji himself appeared right beside his girlfriend.
"Renji." Zakuro gasped.
"Hey there babe." he replied, his sword forming a barrier around them. "Nice Hadō and Bakudō combo there." he complimented, winking at Zakuro.
Zakuro cracked a smile and gripped the center of her Zanpakutō hilt. "Remember, I was trained privately by Tessai." she reminded. "He named me a Kido master a while ago."
"Yeah I know." Renji said.
"Oh lookie, another Soul Reaper." laughed the fat figure, catching everyone's attention. "Whatever will we do?"
"So they've appeared." Renji muttered.
"You know what these freaks are?" Momo asked.
"Yeah, and it looks like they've made quite a mess." Renji answered. "You guys probably didn't notice this because you were too busy fighting them, but another similar presence appeared somewhere else."
"Where?" Ichigo asked.
"The location was Kurosaki Clinic." Renji answered. "It was at your house."
Momo, Ichigo, and Zakuro all gasped.
"Why would they go there?" Momo pondered.
Zakuro gasped in realization. "They're after Yuzu and Karin." she deducted.
"You three go on ahead, we'll handle things here." Renji told them.
"Thanks Renji." Momo said, her and Ichigo jumping off the roof.
"Care to give me a head start?" Zakuro asked, looking at Renji.
"Yeah, just promise me one thing." Renji said, grabbing Zakuro's arm. "Please be careful."
Zakuro gave Renji a quick kiss. "Promise." she then used her flash step and stood on the snake skull that was Zabimaru's head in the Bankai state.
Renji swung his blade and Zabimaru charged through the cloaked figures. The figure with the dagger aimed to stab Zakuro, who had yet another Kido spell up her sleeve. She clutched her scythe and concentrated her spirit energy.
"Hadō #11. Tsuzuri Raiden." she chanted, funneling an electrical current through her blade, which shocked the figure approaching her when she slammed her blade against his. "Later freaks."
The three Soul Reapers quickly made their way to Kurosaki Clinic, in hopes of saving Yuzu and Karin just in time.