Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc I: Genesis

Chapter 7: Sesshomaru VS Shinigamis II

Before pulling his energy whip back into his nails, Sesshomaru gave it one strong swing which shoved Rukia away upon clashing with her Zanpakuto. All of them didn't even step back completely by now in order to plan their next move while this time Sesshomaru used his demonic speed and knocked Iba down with a strong punch on his jaw. Rukia, on the other hand, tried to get up in the injured state but couldn't, "are you alright, Rukia?" he asked with concern. "Ahhh… yes, I am fine, you have to be careful, Renji… he is strong." She replied while bleeding from her left shoulder.

Renji got extremely pissed upon noticing Rukia's injury, "I will kill you bastard, Hihio Zabimaru!" he spoke angrily as he unleashed his Zanpakuto. Chojiro Sasakibe noticed that the morale of the entire team was disturbed, "everyone, stay strong," he spoke while addressing all and then he also commanded the release of his Zanpakuto "Pierce, Gonryomaru!"

Now the rest of them looked towards each other and then Ikkaku said loudly, "Now it will be fun… extend, Hozukimaru!" After Ikkaku, Yumichika unleashed his Shikai as well, "Bloom, Fuji Kujaku!" he murmured. "Raise your head, Wabisuke!" Kira spoke as he released his Zanpakuto as well. Hisagi murmured as he released his Shikai, "Reap, Kazeshini!" "Crush, Gegetsuburi!" Omaeda screamed while unleashing his Zanpakuto. "Growl, Haineko!" Rangiku said as she released her Shikai.

First of all, Ikkaku stood in front of Sesshomaru and then the former swung his spear-shaped Zanpakuto with great momentum towards the later. Sesshomaru easily parried that swing by pushing it away with his bare hand. However, Hozukimaru turned into a three-sectional staff (Sansetsukon) but the Daiyokai countered it as well at the same time with the help of his energy whip. Ikkaku was shocked to witness the display of such incredible speed from Sesshomaru but before he could have attacked once again, the disc-like rotating blades of Kazeshini arrived very close to the Daiyokai. He immediately jumped high in the air and successfully dodged the Kazeshini blades while both Yumichika and Kira pursued him in the air. Sesshomaru countered Yumichika's sword swing with the help of a powerful blow from his claw which not only neutralized the Shinigami's attack but also pushed him towards the ground. Yumichika somehow managed to regain his stance in the mid-air and saved himself from getting crashed. "What kind of monster he is… he deflected my Fuji Kujaku's swing with his bare hand, I can't believe this," he murmured upon landing on the ground.

Whilst the blades of Kazeshini were still pursuing Sesshomaru in the mid-air, Kira approached him from behind but was caught by the sight of the Daiyokai. Now Sesshomaru allowed the Kazeshini blades to come closer to him and when they did, he used his demonic speed to grab the chains and then he pulled them in a way that Kira had to counter them with his Wabisuke. Since Sesshomaru was holding the chains hence he immediately sensed the increase in weight, the next moment, he hit Kira with those blades a few more times, making them heavier enough to make him crash in the ground along with them.

Now both Chojiro and Rangiku took a few steps back in order to have an opening to attack while Omaeda was simply unable to attack him out of hesitation caused by fear.

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru landed on the ground after taking care of both Kira and Hisagi's Zanpakuto but now Renji was approaching him with great anger. He swung the extendable blade of Zabimaru on him which the Daiyokai deflected by using his energy whip. Renji immediately used flash step technique and came close to him for close-range battle. However, before he could have swung his sword on Sesshomaru, the later shoved him back by hitting him with a powerful kick on the chest.

Now he turned around and noticed that both Ikkaku and Yumichika were once again about to attack him. Just as they arrived close enough to him and swung their respective Zanpakutos, he used his poison claw technique and severely damaged their swords with a powerful clash while both of them also received some burns due to the splashed fumes of the poison.

Suddenly Rangiku's voice echoed, "Neko Rinbu!" The next moment, a cloud of ash enveloped Sesshomaru and then she began to move the hilt of her Zanpakuto as if she is cutting something. However, after sometime she realized that there wasn't a single cut on his body. "Your technique is not strong enough to penetrate my demonic energy." Sesshomaru said to Rangiku while casually walking out of the ash, scattering it away like normal ash by using some of his demonic energy. Now before she could have used any other technique, Sesshomaru directed the released demonic energy right on her in the form of a surge which not only neutralized her Zanpakuto but also shoved her a significant distance away.

Hisagi shouted upon seeing Rangiku in such a condition, "RANGIKU-SAN!" he shouted further at Sesshomaru, "Damn! You… Bakudo 62, Hyapporankan!" Whilst in the air, Hisagi generated a blue-white glowing rod of energy in his hand which he threw towards the Daiyokai. Suddenly the rod got multiplied into a hundred more rods, which started to rain down on him. However, the Bakudo technique proved to be useless against Sesshomaru's superior demonic abilities because he dodged each and every single rod which was thrown at him.

Hisagi was terribly shocked by the scenario and he couldn't believe that he managed to dodge all of them. The next moment he felt a tight rope-like grip around his neck which was actually Sesshomaru's energy whip. On the other hand, the Daiyokai noticed that Renji had got up and thus he didn't waste much time on Hisagi and shoved him very hard in the ground using the energy whip, making him unconscious.

Now he walked towards Marechiyo Omaeda who couldn't even move his body out of fear since he was clearly seeing the consequences of facing Sesshomaru all around him. However, Renji swung his extendable blade towards Sesshomaru from behind the moment he was about to hit Omaeda. The scared fat Shinigami used this opportunity to run away from the Daiyokai while the later grabbed Zabimaru with both of his claws and to Renji's surprise he ripped it off into multiple pieces.

Omaeda approached Chojiro Sasakibe and began to request him to use his Bankai while Sesshomaru, on the other hand, approaching unarmed Renji with cold and serious expressions on his face. "Master Genryusai's order will be followed at any cost… I will not hesitate to use any means in order to capture you." Chojiro spoke loudly and anxiously. "You dared to hurt Rukia… I won't spare you no matter how powerful you are… Higa Zekko!" Renji also muttered angrily while hitting the ground with his broken Zanpakuto. Now all the disconnected and broken segments of Zabimaru started to levitate in the air right above Sesshomaru while Chojiro's spiritual pressure was skyrocketing as he was about to release his Bankai.

Chojiro shouted loudly, "deal with this you monster… BANKAhhh!" Before he could have released his Bankai, Yoruichi hit his neck from behind with a powerful Karate chop which put him out of his senses for the time being. "Well, that was pretty easy," She said with a smile while standing right behind fallen Chojiro. "Bakudo 81, Danku!" Urahara's voice echoed and a rectangular invisible barrier appeared right above Sesshomaru which stopped the one shot omnidirectional attack of Renji before it could have hit him. Upon noticing that both Urahara and Yoruichi had interfered from his side, Sesshomaru murmured to them "that was an unnecessary interference."

"No, it was very necessary since these are our friends as well and we didn't want anyone of them to die by your hands," Yoruichi replied him. Sesshomaru responded to her words, "Hmm… fair enough." She added while smiling towards him, "and you don't seem to be a bad guy either so we didn't want our friends to hurt you as well."

"You have to admit that you don't know much about our world but we are willing to help you with all the information you need because even we want this matter to get resolved as soon as possible." Urahara said to Sesshomaru while later turned towards him, "with the least possible violence… however, we will need your cooperation to do this," the Shinigami added.

Yoruichi spoke while walking up to Sesshomaru, "he is right… come with us, to our home so that we can discuss the rest over there." Sesshomaru replied, "Hmm… very well." Now Urahara took out his cell-phone and called on his shop's number, "Tessai, come to the riverside park along with Jinta and Ururu… ten Shinigamis are lying unconscious over here, bring all of them to the shop… some of them seem to need medical attention as well."

To be continued…