CH. 7

Ryo quickly disappeared from Seinaru's sight who was in front of him. Seinaru kept his guard up and turned all the way around waiting for Ryo to attack.

"And here I thought you weren't feeble minded. You're way of thinking is too cliché."

Seinaru felt a hand grab the back of his shihaksuho and quickly knew it was Ryo who used this advantage to slam him on the ground. Seinaru saw a purple blade aim for his head through the dust. Seinaru dodged the blade at the last second and rushed to Ryo's behind to use his zanpakuto to attack Ryo's back. However Ryo didn't even flinch and just brought his purple blade behind him and blocked Seinaru's large Zanpakuto like a tiny pebble. Seinaru was left stunned with disbelief and Ryo used that.

Faster than lightning, Ryo slashed once at Seinaru's Zanpakuto causing the blade to break in half. Seinaru hardly had time to react when the purple blade in the large dust cloud sliced right in front of him. A single thin strand of hair wasn't so lucky. Seinaru barged out of the dust cloud back to the light. He finally got a good look at all of his surroundings now that his vision was restored. He made his eyes go wide at what he saw.

"Am I,… Am I back in Karakura town?" Seinaru asked freaked in his head. "I was just in the sewers. When the hell did this happen."

"I know what you're thinking Seinaru." Ryo said through the dust. The dust cloud cleared revealing Ryo and his weapon. Ryo held in his right hand a long chain that was connected to two things. The first was a 5 foot long, purple bladed Zanpakuto with a black hilt and white hollow like circle. The Zanpakuto was surrenty being spun around repeatedly in a circle in the air. The other end of the chain made Seinaru's eyes go wide with shock. A tall double sided battle axe was stranded to Ryo's back. The handle was 6 feet long with two feet of it covered by the two blades on each side.

"We aren't in the real Karakura town. This is just a replica used for training methods." Seinaru was surprised something this big was underneath his hometown. "Seinaru, this is the final lesson." Ryo took a white X shaped pendent necklace using his free hand. He raised it up in the air for Seinaru to see. "If you can rip this pendent from my neck with your Zanpakuto, you pass the third and final lesson. However you one catch. You can't put a single scratch or crack on this pendent." Ryo put his head through the necklaces hole and prepared to fight once again.

"… (Gasp)" Seinaru never got a chance to answer as he saw Ryo appear right in front of him with the blade aiming for his own head. Seinaru blocked the attack, but just barely. Seinaru was struggling to keep steady on the ground. He then slipped out of Ryo's grasp with ease and showed he was surprisingly flexible bending back much farther than the average person can to evade Ryo's blade. He then showed more flexibility to Ryo with his legs. He attempted a hard kick to Ryo's head. This caught Ryo off guard and took the kick full force. He was sent back a small distance but Seinaru gave Ryo no chances and sprinted as hard as he could toward Ryo's body. He slammed whatever his zanpakuto had left at Ryo but that blade was blocked easily. Ryo had his purple blade filled with a powerful force pushing Seinaru back easily.

"I will admit, even with a broken zanpakuto you surprisingly caught me off guard. You're even brave enough to rush in at me despite the fact you have a zanpakuto broken in two pieces. But Yunibasaru is too rough for a baby like you." Ryo shoved his zanpakuto forcibly through Seinaru's zanpakuto cutting a second piece clean off. Purple aura gathered at Ryo's Zanpakuto and prepared for another slash. Seinaru quickly ducked and evaded the horizontal slash. The building behind himself was met with the same attack. But the building wasn't so lucky. Ryo's sword was able to reach the building and slashed it completely clean off. He let the entire part above the sword fall down to himself and Seinaru. Ryo quickly disappeared from the building's reach heading to safety. Seinaru just saw the building's shadow and his eye's went wide when he looked behind his back. Seinaru tried moving as quickly as possible out of the building's path. But he didn't have enough time to get out of the building's grasp even if he took the shortest path out.

Seinaru still attempted to get out of the way. He sprinted as fast as he could to get out. But when he looked behind himself while running, the building crashed on his body into oblivion.

Bowling Alley: Present time

*CRACK*

Many bowling pins were all knocked out of the way by dozens of bowling balls zooming across their respective lanes. It was very busy this afternoon and things were surprisingly all under control. A lot of men and women were having a great time today leaving their troubles behind. One specific teenager was bowling quite well today.

*BOOM*

This teenager wore a tan and black bowling shirt and he looked around the age 17-18.

"Nice job Rin. That makes it a turkey. You are on a roll today."

Rin gave off a grin to Matt who was bowling with him in the same lane. Rin looked up to see his current score that was 245. He gave off a victory pose Matt just laughed at. Matt looked at his score he currently has right now. It wasn't as high as Rin's but it was still pretty good. Matt's score is 151.

"Yep, I'm doing pretty good today. I just might beat my personal record today." Rin said with pride. "But gee Matt, you are falling behind today."

"Just step aside and let the master take a turn now." Matt said while picking up his ball. "I'll show you how the pros do it." Rin got out of Matt's way and Matt prepared to score big. He aimed carefully, took his first step, and launched the ball hard. It spun like mad while moving forward. By the time Matt's ball reached the pins, …only two were knocked out of place. The other eight stood exactly in place.

"Wow, I am really sucking at this today." Matt said in his mind.

"Are you feeling alright today?" Rin asked curiously. "You usually score higher than this." Matt shrugged while sighing.

"I honestly don't know. Something's stuck on my mind. But I just can't figure out what the hell it is. It's eating me." Matt grabbed his ball a second time and threw it hard through the lane. Matt crossed his fingers for this, but sadly only five pins were knocked down. Matt grunted in frustration. "Damn, whatever is on my mind is affecting my game. I just can't focus."

"… How about we take a quick break? Hopefully things will clear up soon."

"Sure, I'm cool with that. I'm gonna use the restroom then grab drink. You interested in one?"

"Yes please. Just surprise me." Matt gave off a nod of approval and went off. He did his business in the bathroom and while he washed his hands, he decided to rinse off his face just a bit to calm himself just a bit.

"Damn, I can't believe this thing on my mind I can't figure out is messing my whole day up. I couldn't concentrate in school today or the day before at all. I tried taking a cold shower right after school but not even that worked. The strangest part is that I keep on having these weird dreams of a man wearing black robes or something. His face blurs whenever he faces me. He gives off an aura that reminds me of Seinaru. But that's impossible. Seinaru's mother Orihime told me Seinaru is sick really bad at home sleeping. I want to visit him but Orihime says Seinaru has been tired all day and wishes to sleep while he's sick."

Matt exited out of the restroom to get a couple drinks for himself and Rin. He bought two sodas each the same flavor.

"I want to go visit Seinaru at home, but then again, he's usually cranky when he's sick." Matt started to shiver in fear. "Oh god!... Never again."

"Matt Yasutora Lee. How do you do?"

Matt quickly turned around to see a lean muscular man just entering his thirties. He had short stylish black hair, glasses, gray eyes, and a face without facial hair. He stood tall at 6'0 but could accidently be considered slightly taller. His vibe was serious but was seemed friendly at the same time.

"Interesting, you're taller than I thought you'd be. What is your height?"

"Uhhh… 6'4. But who-"

"Do you mind if I take one of these? K thanks." Matt was shocked with what just happened. This man he just met moves right in front of him faster than his eyes can follow and steals one of the drinks he's carrying.

"Hey what the…?" The man already opened the bottle and drank some of the soda. "Dude, that was for a friend of mine. What the hell?"

"(gulp) Sorry man, I haven't had a cool drink all day and I'm thirsty. I couldn't help myself."

"…" Matt glared at the man. "You owe me a soda now. Out of your own pockets." The man in front of Matt just gave out a laugh.

"Ok, ok. I am now in debt of one drink."

"Dude, who the hell are you?" Matt finally managed to ask.

"Well if you insist on knowing my identity,... I'm afraid I can't tell you just yet. That's top class information my friend."

"Then what the hell do you even want?" Matt was practically shouting in irritation at this point. He forgot he was in a public place and people almost decided to stare at what was going on. The man sighed and covered his eyes.

"Well I suppose I should apologize for my brother's idiotic behavior." said the same exact man in front of Matt. This immediately caught a confused Matt's attention. When the man removed his face from his eyes, Matt didn't see gray eyes, but eyes with white irises. The eyes still had their normal look with black pupils and everything. It just looked odd to Matt.

"My brother is always slow to get to the point. I hate it when he leads." Matt got ready to fight the man if the need came.

"That's weird, why did his eyes change color?"

"Now Matt, There's one specific question I'd like to ask you. What happened to Tiana Alpha who attended the same school as you?"

"Tiana Alpha? That name isn't familiar to me. Who's that?"

"…" The man sighed. "Well that confirms my suspicions. How about you follow me outside now?" The man gave a signal to Matt to follow him with one hand. Matt reluctantly decided to follow the stranger outside of the building to where they were completely alone.

"Now you answer my question, who are you?" Matt asked.

"… I'm someone who will most likely become a reliable ally." As he said that, he placed his right hand on Matt's head. Matt quickly felt a light spark inside of his head and blacked out.

Ryo

Ryo stood on top of a tall building pretty much hovering over the giant building that he let fall on top of Seinaru.

"Is he dead yet?" Ryo asked to himself.

*BOOM*

A hole appeared with a cloud of dust blocking what just popped out from the rubble. It emerged from the giant cloud of dust and more dust surrounded a black silhouette soaring to Ryo's location. Ryo stood in place waiting for the unknown force. A sword poked out swinging its way toward Ryo. Ryo blocked the sword joining the party without moving a hair.

But that didn't stop Seinaru from attempting a double round house kick to the face. Ryo blocked the attack with one arm and shoved him back using an unknown force coming out of nowhere. Seinaru soared across the air crashing through a window and stopping inside of what looked like a business office. Despite slamming against the wall, Seinaru showed no evidence of hurting. He just quickly got back up as of nothing happened and sprinted away.

"I wouldn't if I were you."

Seinaru's first instinct was to use what was left of his sword to block the sword. But instead he evaded the attack by a hair again by jumping back and did a double back flip in the air. This caught Ryo's attention and watched Seinaru land perfectly on the wall and pushed himself off away from the wall just as fast. He did one more front flip before landing on his feet skidding forward very fast and amazingly getting his balance back in order to a clean sprint again. Ryo came up to Seinaru's left while he was running and did another slash to Seinaru. Unfortunately Seinaru evaded the attack by walking up the window and doing another backflip right above Ryo's head. The window was blasted to pieces right after Seinaru jumped off the window. Seinaru quickly ran again after he immediately landed on the ground.

When the two got to dead end, Seinaru kept on running at full force without slowing down. When they both got to a corner, Ryo swung his sword at Seinaru who moved out of the way easily and bounced a couple times at each side of the wall since it was corner and kept on going on higher and higher until Seinaru's feet were at Ryo's head. Ryo took a full blown kick to the face once again. Seinaru landed behind Ryo's back and grinned in victory. He used his broken Zanpakuto to attack Ryo again.

But Seinaru's victory was short lived as Ryo blocked Seinaru's sword without even looking behind from the corner of his eye. Seinaru was shocked with fear as this happened.

"Nice job kid." Ryo said with a chuckle and smirk. "For someone so young you have excellent coordination. Even I can't do that stuff. You are in extraordinary shape if you can pull of feats that amazing. You're flexibility is amazing to. Tell me, what are your secrets for pulling stunts that seem easy as killing bugs to you?"

"I was one of the only kids who was a boy who did high level gymnastics. I got made fun of it from time to time but I still did it." Seinaru said in a serious tone ready for the next attack to come. "I honestly don't care if you make fun of me because of it."

"That is pretty good. You amazingly managed to surprise Yunibasaru in the act."

"Yunibasaru this, Yunibasaru that, who the hell is this stupid Yunibasaru? I'm getting sick of this." Seinaru showed how much he was annoyed in an obvious manner.

"… Yunibasaru is right here." Ryo held up his purple blade high in the air for Seinaru to see.

"Ryo, how stupid do you think I am? Even if you did indeed 'name' your sword, don't you find it just the least bit strange? I heard the same trick happen with Norman. He called some random name then that was it."

"Seinaru, each and every single Zanpakuto has his or her own unique name that unlocks hidden potential with help of a soul reaper. The two beings work together to take down everything in their paths. And this amethyst colored blade in my hand, is Yunibasaru. The king of universal destruction. And you're his prey."

Seinaru froze in his tracks for a second when he saw Ryo's ominous look after finishing his sentence. His eyes held a killer intent almost paralyzing Seinaru completely in fear. Seinaru never got a chance to react as Ryo warped right in front of Seinaru's face.

"So how about you stay still and die?"

*BOOM*

A huge explosion emerged from the building where Seinaru and Ryo were from. Mike watched the explosion from a safe distance on top of another building. She sat on the edge and watched the fireworks go off in a blaze.

"Oh boy, Ryo might be getting a little carried away." Mike said to herself. "I doubt you had to release a move as powerful as that." Mike heard light footsteps from behind her and peaked behind. She smirked as a result.

"Damn, you sure took your sweet time coming out of that hole. I was beginning to think you died in the explosion." A man came and sat down right next to Mike on the edge of the building.

"Very funny." The man said calmly. He sounded tired and he wanted to rest for a while. "That Seinaru guy has a lot of energy. I didn't think I would make it at one point."

"Heh, well you made it just in time to the show. Ryo released his zanpakuto. And Seinaru is surprisingly lasting longer than I thought he would."

"…" The person next to Mike was a man who looked around the age 35-40 or so. He had short black hair with only a few gray hairs showing. Gray eyes stared at the battle Seinaru and Ryo were currently in. A short soul patch was right under his lower lip. His skin was lightly tanned and his height is 5'10.

"You're right. I did make it just in time." The man said with a grin. "I don't get to see Ryo's zanpakuto that often anymore. So I'm in for a real treat."

"Yep."

"…" The man dug his wallet out of his back pocket catching Mike's attention in the process. She watched the man take out a big wad of cash from the wallet and show a cocky smirk.

"How about you and me put down a little wager based on our little show? I bet you 10,000 yen that Seinaru does not receive his newly enhanced powers within the time limit of 8 hours.

"…" Mike glanced at the battle and watched Seinaru charge out of Ryo's reach and tried attacking but all were blocked with ease and Ryo kicked him in the belly knocking the wind out of him. Seinaru was sent back hard in the air.

"… Alright, I'll agree to your wager." Those words surprised the man. Mike took out her own wallet and got out cash of her own. "But I'm going to increase the stakes just a bit. I say Seinaru succeeds in unlocking his powers within 4 hours, and I'm putting 45,000 yen on the line." The man raised an eyebrow in suspicion and surprise.

"So you still interested? You can walk out while you still have the chance." The man laughed lightly at Mike's taunts.

"Alright fine, I agree to your increased stakes." The man held a hand up and Mike shooked it firmly. The man adjusted a timer on his watch and set it to go off in 4 hours. "You do realize that I've always won our bets? You never have won a single one. And I'm not exaggerating. I'm deadly serious." The man then started the timer counting down each second passing by.

"You are right about that." Mike said with a grin. "I've never won a gamble against you. But I'm looking forward to the results this time."

Seinaru landed on the ground again after blocking another attack. He was starting to wobble on his legs whenever he tried to get back up.

"Tell me Seinaru, do you remember when Norman summoned his zanpakuto in battle? It happened right in front of your eyes while your sword was in blazes of your spiritual pressure."

"Call out the name of your zanpakuto so we can settle our petty fight immediately."

Norman's taunt ran through Seinaru's head as he was fighting.

"Reign…"

"No way! Do all zanpakutos really have their own name? That is crazy."

"Finally figured it out?" Seinaru left his thoughts only to be greeted by a lightning fast Ryo disappear making Seinaru turn around to his back's side.

"That's twice you've fallen for it."

Ryo swung his sword down Seinaru's back revealing a large wound on his back as a result.

"Shit!"

Selena

Selena Etzuma stood in a place of complete solitude leaning against a tree in a forest near a small waterfall. She had headphones in her ears listening to rock and roll music. On the other side of the tree, was the same cloaked women who she was talking to in her room that one night. They knew they were on opposite sides of the trees. They just stood in silence.

"So how much longer?" Selena asked breaking the silence.

"… I think he's on his way over here right now as we speak." said the cloaked women. "Knowing him he shouldn't take too much longer."

"… Ok." was Selena's only response. She had calm tone that also sounded stressed. The cloaked women easily picked up on that.

"Ya sound uneasy there. Is there anything I can do to make ya more comfortable?" The women's voice sounded caring to Selena's ears. "I get it. You're having trouble trusting a stranger like me."

"… It's more than that." Selena said with a tired sigh. "I'm having trouble swallowing all of this info. I just can't believe the Tiana I've been close to this whole time, has been plotting to kill Seinaru from the get go."

"… Well the truth's an ugly hell sometimes sweetie. Ya just need to fight it. I know you're tougher than most girls. I can tell ya don't cry a lot." Selena chuckled.

"I consider myself a girl with darker side. I've done things I'm not too proud of in my life."

"…" The cloaked women took the moment to study Selena's current actions.

"I guess we're more alike than I thought." The cloaked women said with chuckle. Selena took off her headphones and was about to speak up. "I see our friends have come back to us now."

Selena turned her head to face the other side of the tree. She surprisingly didn't flinch at what she saw. Walking this way was a muscular man carrying two bodies over his shoulders with no trouble at all. Upon further inspection, Selena saw that the two people that were being carried were none other than Matt and Rin unconscious.

"Hey there whassup hot stuff?" The man said in an energetic voice to the cloaked women. "I'm back baby and I got just what you requested for."

"… Why thank you." The cloaked women said to the man. Selena could swear she felt a light killer intent just now. "Place those two over there next to that pile of rocks. They need to rest before waking up."

"Coming right up." The muscular man placed Matt and Rin lightly on a pile of rocks, branches, and leaves.

"Judging on their clothing, I'd say those two were at the bowling alley. Again." Selena said in her head. "I wonder when was the last time Seinaru and I joined those two?"

"Tell me," the muscular man began. "Who's this cutie right here? I can't believe you brought out here all alone."

"Touch me, you die." Selena said in a dark tone with a glare that scared the living crap out the man.

"Ok that settles it, you are my new friend as of today." The cloaked women said in her mind while trying hard not to laugh.

"Ok, ok, ok geez lighten up Selena. I wasn't going to do squat. But I must say, you are a feisty lady aren't you?"

"How the hell do you know my name?" Selena asked a little irritated at this man.

"I know a lot more about you than just your name."

"…" Both Selena and the cloaked women sweatdropped with and awkward feeling to them.

"You have no idea how wrong that just sounded right now." The two women said in their heads at the same time. Before anyone else could talk, the tall cloaked women stepped forward to Selena.

"First off, it's high time we get down to business."

"Besides telling me the obvious, why did you tell me to come here along with Matt and Rin coming here against their will right now."

"Well it's-"

"How about I answer this one." The muscular man said in a calm tone that shocked Selena. It sounded like a mature and serious young man talking full of wisdom. But not only that, his eyes changed color as well. The cloaked woman gave a nod of approval. The man cleared his throat and walked closer to Selena. Selena was surprised by this man's new look despite the fact that the person looked exactly the same.

"First, I just loved your reaction when you saw my sudden change." The man said with a calm chuckle. Selena surprisingly chuckles back. "Good, you've got a sense of humor. It makes things interesting. And personally I like that. But in all seriousness now, her and myself brought you here because you need the training for your upcoming battles."

"… Alright." Selena said listening.

"I'm sure you know this by now. But Seinaru is recovering his soul reaper powers. Not only that, but he's training to increase them. Currently he's on the third and final stage of his training. What we need to do now is to increase your powers as well. Rin and Matt are included."

"What am I going up against?"

"… To put it short, if you were to go to the soul society with Seinaru as you are now, you would be dead the moment you got caught. There are soul reapers with high ranks. The captains are a big no-no."

"How much time do I have to train?" The man thought about that for a while before answering.

"Well,… it all depends on how long Seinaru takes I guess. Right now, Seinaru is showing an amazing growth in his training. He's on his 4th or 5th day of training and nearly finished. It's supposed to take 10 days on average. But when he's around the 5th day and almost done, that's amazing in my opinion. But you still got time. A few days at the most."

"Of course, he's still got to use his new powers when he gets them."

"You catch on quick. You took the word right out of my mouth girl. But do your actions speak the same language in your training." Selena showed a grin.

"Try me."

The man could not help but laugh lightly. He could tell that the cloaked woman was also laughing at Selena's taunt.

"Girl, I'm gonna enjoy this. For once I'm interested in the same girl as my brother. In a different sense of course."

"Wait, who's your brother? I've only met you."

"Remember the sudden change in personality? That person before that change was my brother. He's bit of a womanizer. I apologize for his stupid behavior."

"Wait what?" Selena asked confused. "Are you saying you and your brother,…"

"Share the same body yes that is correct. It's a long story but we don't have time. I'm wasting time as it is."

The three man group quickly heard low moans very close by. Selena and the two strangers turned their heads to see Matt and Rin in groggy states after just waking up to a knocked out slumber.

"Well speak of the devil. You two woke up right on time. But in the state you two are in, there isn't time for explanations." The man held his right hand up and all fingertips lit in light crimson flames. "I'm afraid our time is short. You'll only feel a light pinch. But it'll all over after that." The moment Matt and Rin saw those crimson flames on the man's finger tips, they quickly backed off on their feet. They even brought out their weapons that shocked Selena, the cloaked women, and the muscular man.

"Who are you? What the hell are you trying to pull?" Matt shouted as he pointed his sword at the man with fire at his fingertips. The man retracted his flames before talking.

"How in the world did you summon your weapons? You're memory of those items were supposed to be wiped out by Kisuke Urahara."

"Kisuke Urahara? Who's that?" Rin asked in confusion.

"…" The threesome group were all silent.

"Is he serious?" The cloaked woman thought.

"I can't tell if he's kidding or not." Selena thought.

"I suppose it wouldn't help to try this out now. I'll just need Selena's permission to excute it though." The man thought.

Selena stepped forward revealing herself to her close friends who became shocked.

"Lower your weapons you two, they mean no harm to us. They want to help Seinaru."

"What?" Rin said with disbelief.

"That's impossible, This man tried to kill me earlier today." Matt said while pointing at the tall muscular man. "This man cannot be trust-" Matt never finished his sentence as the muscular man seemed to move faster than anyone could follow and was standing right in front of Matt and Rin. He grabbed both heads as energy formed at the man's palms.

"As much as I'd love to interrupt a good fight, there's unfortunately no time remaining for stupid time wasting." Matt and Rin could not move from their spots.

"Hey Selena." the man called out. "Are you okay with continuing? This may hurt them for a while."

"…" Selena nodded her head. The man revealed a grin.

"Oh yeah, I never told you my name. The name's Brianarc X." And with that, Brianarc released the concentrated energy blasting Rin and Matt back. They both landed on the ground struggling to get back up.

"Damn, what the hell just happened? Are these fools insane? They're trying to kill us."

"…" Rin groaned in pain as he held is head. "No,…" Rin let go of his head as he easily got up without any pain. This surprised Brianarc and the hooded women. He looked at Brianarc straight in the eye.

"…" Rin tried to say something but he just couldn't get the words out of his lips.

"Damn Rin," Brianarc said with a chuckle. "Is it really that hard to remember our names?"

"… Brianarc X,… and Pendragon X? You two are brother's sharing the same body."

"Well done Rin. You've regained your memories." Rin's eyes went wide.

"I remember everything now. Everything about Soul reapers, hollows,..."

"Seinaru's soul reaper powers, and Tiana Alpha." Matt said finishing Rin's sentence.

"That's right, Tiana Alpha is in the soul society. We need to do all we can to invade ASAP."

"It's about time." Brianarc said getting everyone's attention. "The sooner we can start training, the sooner you three can join Seinaru."


First off, I apologize for this chapter being short and hardly having any plot development. I suffered a major road block while writing and I took way too long to write. And when I realized how long I took, I ended the chapter short so I could at least keep a monthly update. Because my goal is to update this story at least once or twice a month.

Once again, sorry for having this chapter short. Please review and all that jazz. The next chapter will be much better. That I 100% promise to you all.