Heyo everybody! Promised match with Grimmjow is now up! I'm afraid I really do suck at doing battles, they always seem far too short, I just can't do prolonged encounters -.- once again, certain aspects have been changed for currently no explainable reason, but I will endeavour to make sure all things are explained right by the end, I promise! Anyhow, I dunno if this chapter will be any good, it did feel slightly rushed, but hopefully everything will have gone well.
Have fun reading!
Yoshirou finished materializing inside his personal workroom, or more accurately, Tessai's old workroom. The room was about what you would expect from a workroom, old devices were scattered about the place that once were state of the art equipment a hundred years ago. There was even a couple of new things from Yoshirou's own tinkering on the desks, especially his more recent inventions. The room was hold up by several stone pillars, but an observant person would notice that there was one pillar too many. In the centre of the room was the main lodestone for the teleportation technique, the original creation which Tessai must have made centuries ago, cleverly disguised as a pillar. This lodestone was the basis for the magic technology included within Yoshirou's own teleportation nodes, although his was far more advanced and much more portable. However, this wasn't on Yoshirou mind as he considered his options quickly, already dashing out of the room. Well, this puts me clear of the damn maze inside that building Yoshirou thought as he got outside. He stopped for a second, thinking on whether he should bring anybody with him. …No, they probably won't be able to keep up, and if this Espada is anywhere near as strong as that Ulquiorra, then they would have no hope Yoshirou concluded as he started to use shunpo.
(5 minutes later)
"I'm sorry but even if you are a Captain, you can't speed up the gates charging sequence."-an official explained for the second time to Yoshirou. Yoshirou had managed to reach the main Senkaimon terminal, but had hit a huge obstacle. Yoshirou hadn't counted on the Senkaimon not having been open, and this was going to be troublesome. The gates took half an hour to charge at the best of times, and no amount of bellowing would get it to speed up. Shit, half an hour and there maybe nothing but bodies left over there! Yoshirou thought, pacing back and forth as he watched the shinigami try and hurriedly prepare the gate. Yoshirou considered whether there was any faster way to reach the human realm, but came to a dead end. Except for the Senkaimon, there was no other way to enable transit. Yoshirou could teleport any amount of times, but crossing dimensions was impossible, marker or not, without a path lain out. Growling, Yoshirou asked-"How do the gates charge?" The man looked up in surprise, before replying-"The gates gather reishi as energy about them to power their operations."
Realising there was something he could do, Yoshirou drew his zanpakuto as he walked towards the gate. "And what if somebody adds their own reiatsu to the gate?"-Yoshirou asked as he reached the gate. The official suddenly appeared beside him, trying to pull his arm back. "You can't! There's no telling what kind of effect trying to empower the Senkaimon would have! The Senkaimon won't be damaged, but it could harm you badly!"-the official hurriedly gabbled out, realising Yoshirou's intention. Yoshirou brushed the official off as he thought Taiyou, can you control the output? Make sure nothing goes wrong?
*Sigh* Yes, but this feels like a rather stupid plan, how exactly do you plan to give enough energy to power that thing as well as fight the Espada afterwards?
You got any better ideas?
…no…
Then it's decided Yoshirou thought as he stabbed his zanpakuto through the gate portal. He felt the power of the gate start to draw reiatsu from his own body. However, what he didn't anticipate was no sooner than it started, the process stopped. The gate was suddenly blazing with light, a golden glow about the portal rather than the usual blue. Beside Yoshirou, the official was shaking in fear of whatever he was seeing, not able to comprehend what was before him. "Sir, the portal's putting out strange readings and a new set of locating co-ordinates have been locked in! What exactly has happened?"-a shinigami from nearby called out in surprise. The official just stared dumbstruck at the gate before him. Even Yoshirou was kind of taken back by what he was seeing. He was expecting the portal to consume a decent amount of his reiatsu before it opened, but not only did it take only a tiny amount, but the portal had fundamentally changed somehow, and not in the usual way. Even if it was his reiatsu that affected it, the colour didn't quite match his own, it was a too deep tone of gold.
What the hell… Yoshirou thought as he looked at the portal. Is that thing even safe to use? "What are the co-ordinates at?"-Yoshirou shouted over to the shinigami. The shinigami used a strange spell that Yoshirou didn't recognise on the gate, before calling out-"Its Karakura Town still, but it's locked into a location in mid air I believe, Taichou!" Well then that settles it Yoshirou thought as he looked at the portal. It's still a portal in essence right? There shouldn't be any problems if I just walk in now, I'll just end up in the dangai and continue from there right?
Your not seriously planning to use it are you? There could be any amount of different things that may happen from using that!
Well, the guy already said the portal location is mid air, so nothings going to happen when I get there, it's all down to what's in transit Yoshirou summarized, wonder just what he was about to walk through. However, rather than wait, he forced himself to walk forwards, straight through the portal, the golden light enveloping him as he disappeared. The shocked official watched as the portal shut behind him, the portal losing all of the light that had been there. The Senkaimon once again took a very dim blue glow, as if nothing had happened and it was still in the charging process.
(Karakura town)
Yoshirou was surprised as he found himself walking straight out of the portal and into the air above Karakura town. What the hell, there was no transit stage? Yoshirou wondered as he looked back, almost jumping in surprise as he beheld the huge gate he had just walked through. It was unbelievably strange, designed in the same way as the normal human realm Senkaimon, but huge in comparison. Also, the doors were arranged strangely. The back partition doors were a purple colour with strange animals inscribed in red, chasing each other about the doors edge. The forward doors were totally different, the left door golden, the right door black. In the part where the doors would close together, there were inscribed two halfs of a Ying Yang symbol, with the opposite colour on the opposite door, the gold half on the black door, the black half on the golden door.
That is really strange… Yoshirou thought as he watched the doors close slowly behind him, vanishing in much the same way as a normal Senkaimon portal would. As a quick test, he tried to use his normal way to unlock a Senkaimon, stabbing the sword forward through the tiny gaps in reality although not twisting the blade, he didn't plan to open the doors if they did appear. As usual, the normal Senkaimon doors appeared, wooden partition doors that would lead back to Soul Society. So what the hell was the other Senkaimon doors? Yoshirou wondered as the doors he summoned faded back into non existence. Is it even right to call them Senkaimon? They could be something entirely different. My first guess would be another inherited ability, the first doors were opposite gold and black, that's light and dark, although gold representing the light instead of white…
I'd hate to break up your musing, but didn't you have something else to deal with?
Of course! Yoshirou thought, subconsciously noting the location in mid air was the exact same one he appeared in when he went to the human realm with Kurosaki. Yoshirou tuned his senses to figure out how the battles were going. As far as he could sense, there were five arrancar still present, including the huge signature thrown off by the Espada, one that overshadowed everybody who was in the Human Realm. One arrancar signature was missing, Yoshirou presumed killed. All arrancar were in combat with the shinigami forces. He at first thought nearly everyone was losing, before remembering the seals every shinigami wore were still in effect. Each shinigami had just about enough power in reserve to defeat their opponent, although Renji was only barely above his foe in full strength. Yoshirou was about to decide to aid Renji, before he realised something. He had counted six shinigami reiatsu's, but there was something wrong. That total included Kurosaki's reiatsu, which was currently fighting the Espada.
Forcing his senses further, he realised what it was. Shit, Rukia! Yoshirou realised as he felt a weak reiatsu signature from nearby Kurosaki and the Espada. She must have tried to fight the Espada, fucking idiot! Yoshirou panicked, unable to reserve his language from what he could sense. Only a few minutes have passed and there's already somebody down! Yoshirou realised, before realising one last thing. Kurosaki was getting trounced by his opponent. It wasn't that the gap in their reiatsu was so monstrous; Yoshirou could tell the Espada wasn't even serious, yet Kurosaki's reiatsu was also held back. He was being pummelled without using his full strength, although the lack of any real drop in his reiatsu suggested his foe wasn't even aiming to kill his opponent, he was toying with the substitute Shinigami.
I've got to move quick Yoshirou thought, planning his moves as he started to use shunpo, heading towards the battlefield. I need to get Rukia clear of the fight, if we start going all out, theres no telling what might happen to her as collateral damage. I also need to be fast, I can't fight something that strong alone, I need to get there before Kurosaki is unable to continue. Even with both of us I don't know if we can do it, I'm not used to fighting with a partner, and that Espada is bloody strong. All we can do is fight him until Hitsugaya can come with the rest of the team, even an Espada can't fight seven shinigami together.
(30 seconds later)
Yoshirou arrived at the battle scene. Normally, he would asses how the battle was going before he jumped in, but he had neither time nor luxury. Not only was Kurosaki almost on the ropes, but his reiatsu was starting to fluctuate horribly. Yoshirou could sense a battle going on inside his body between two powers; it was trying to suppress this inner battle which was limiting the amount of power Kurosaki was fighting with. Yoshirou arrived, seeing the unconscious Rukia lying on the ground. Make that two Rukia's Yoshirou thought as he saw a gigai of Rukia trying to tie a makeshift bandage from her own shirt on her master's body. Yoshirou had also sensed another problem, there was a human within the Spatial Stasis projections, he would have to move that human too, if anything the human should have died already, the reiatsu in the air was more than enough to crush a normal human.
Yoshirou growled quietly to himself as he ran over to Rukia's side. Yoshirou kneeled beside the Gigai as it noticed his presence, trying to quickly ascertain Rukia's condition. It seemed like somebody had literally punched a hand into her stomach, a nearly critical injury, perhaps not enough to kill her outright, but definitely enough to ensure she was both in horrible pain and completely out of the fight. "Gikon, can you return back into your normal form?"-Yoshirou asked, hoping that it could. Putting Rukia into her Gigai would be the fastest way to get her out of here. However, the Gigai shook it's head-"Not without Rukia-sama Zugaikotsu shīru glove-pyon (1)" Pyon? Bloody Chappy, I'm glad mines a Kaizou Konpaku Yoshirou thought off hand, quickly realising he had little choice in what to do. He quickly started forming hand seals, before putting hand above hand over the wound. Using the newest technique that Unohana taught him, he placed the regeneration seal over the wound. The blood stopped flowing quickly as the spell started to work. I don't have time to heal it properly Yoshirou thought as he picked Rukia's small body up. "Go to the Urahara store!"-Yoshirou ordered the Gigai as he leapt into the air, choosing his new location.
Using his long distance shunpo step, he reached the store in two steps. He banged the door twice, but having no immediate response, he internally apologised as he blasted the doors down. He could sense that the inhabitants were not present, out for some reason. He quickly moved to a back room, laying Rukia down on the tatami mat floor as he placed a barrier about her to stabilise her reiatsu. What a night for Urahara to pick to be missing… Yoshirou thought sourly as he leapt back out of the house. In those few minutes he could sense a number of changes. Ikkaku had claimed victory in his fight, his own reiatsu also dropped to nearly nothing, probably unconscious. Shit! I was hoping he would be able to help out! Yoshirou thought as he returned to where he had come from. The Gigai had already made itself sparse, but the human was getting dangerously close to the fight.
The fight involving Kurosaki was taking a turn for the worse. Kurosaki had been forced to stop repressing whatever battle was waging inside him to use his full force against his foe, and his reiatsu was now flying out of control, barely distinguishable between hollow and shinigami. The shinigami part was still stronger, but if Kurosaki kept fighting, he was in danger of losing control completely. As Yoshirou arrived, he heard Kurosaki hoarsely yell out "GETSUGA TENSHOU!" A massive wave of black reiatsu flew at his foe, before almost detonating with its force upon the Espada's body, leaving a massive burn mark where it had impacted. Kurosaki himself was panting for breath, standing in a crater which Yoshirou guessed he had made with his own body, a bloody mess from the fight with the Espada. Yoshirou realised from Kurosaki's posture that he wasn't critically injured, but he had been unmercifully pummelled by his foe. The Espada himself hadn't even drawn his sword, the burn he had just received being the only wound on his entire body.
Shit, if Kurosaki's speed type Bankai was outdone that easily, I haven't got a hope of hitting him with Kido Yoshirou realised as the Espada drew its crossed arms down from it's face, the only part of it's body the Espada had attempted to guard from Kurosaki's attack. "What the hell was that? Ulquiorra didn't warn me about that move, shinigami."-the Espada called out, it's grin at odds with what he was saying, until Yoshirou realised that the Espada must have been happy that his foe pulled out a better move. Kurosaki called back "Am I still disappointing you, Arrancar?", however, his taunt only brought more mirth to the Espada, Kurosaki didn't realise his foe was literally hungry for more fighting. "Bring it on, shinigami! Now I can say there is a reason to really kill you!" Suddenly, Kurosaki seemed to double as his reiatsu started to jump even further, the hollow inside starting to grow in strength since he no longer was able to repress it. Yoshirou also realised that the human was now literally meters from the fight, if anything it seemed to be drawn to the fight. …wait! That's that girl who could see me! Yoshirou realised, now understanding the girl was intentionally going towards the fight.
Realising he was now out of time, Yoshirou quickly pulled up his sleeve, forcibly suppressing his reiatsu as he pulled the sealing bands from his arm. I can't get the human out now, and Kurosaki isn't up to fighting any more! I have to step in now before the arrancar continues fighting! Yoshirou concentrated as he decided upon the only way he was going to fight the arrancar. He still didn't know the Espada's full combat ability, so using his best abilities from his shikai so early would only see him killed. Kido was not an option; the opponent was too fast without a sword. At the same time, he couldn't use his sealed sword at that speed. Reaching his last choice, he sighed as he pulled his Haori from his shoulders, throwing it to the wind. Let's go, Taiyou!
"Now, it's my turn…"-the Espada declared down to Kurosaki, before he was rudely interrupted. Yoshirou's heel smashing into the back of his head, rocketing the Espada towards the ground. I've only got this one opening, I can't let up! Yoshirou thought as he rocketed after the enemy, his Shunko statically ripping at the air about him as he dived towards his opponent. The Espada didn't even have time to blink before Yoshirou was parallel to it. Yoshirou was surprised at how human the Espada was, looking at him with surprise across his features as Yoshirou drew back his fists, blasting two fists into it's body. "Soukotsu!"-Yoshirou shouted as he dispelled the huge amounts of pressurised reiatsu from his fists directly into the contact point. The effect was immediate, as the Espada's body flew at near super-sonic speed through the nearby buildings. Can't let up! Yoshirou thought again as he forced his body into shunpo, despite the shock from using so much reiatsu so fast was still flying throughout it. The Espada recovered from his blow, back flipping in mid air over the street as it tried to stop its flight. "What the hell…!"-the Espada blurted out, however it suddenly realised its arm was trapped, Yoshirou grip iron tight about it. He shouted as he pummelled his other fist into the Espada's face again and again, pulling out a rapid fire machinegun effect, the speed of his punches heating his fists from friction due to the air. However, it didn't last long, the Espada getting a grip on his hand, its face barely marked despite the impressive barrage from Yoshirou's fist. "Got ya…"-the Espada started to say, before Yoshirou suddenly spun about at breakneck speed, using his first arm to break the Espada's grip, before holding on in turn, making three full revolutions to build up momentum before hurling the Espada into the concrete below. The crater from the Espada's body shamed the crater Kurosaki had been standing in, at the very least twice as big. Yoshirou back flipped in mid air, creating a reverse platform with the surrounding reishi to kick off as he flew right to the centre of the crater, hands once again drawn back for his most powerful Hakuda move. As Yoshirou impacted with the Espada, the crater deepened once again, now starting to make the surrounding buildings unstable.
However, it seemed Yoshirou's surprise run had ended, both his fists blocked by the Espada who was lying on his back, his insane grin on his face one again. Yoshirou now found himself rocketed back as the Espada connected a kick with his midriff. The force of his Shunko about him massively reduced the blow's power, but Yoshirou could still feel the kick's impact, glad that none of his organs had been damaged from the blow. Yoshirou flew back further on the momentum of the Espada's kick, before flipping, skidding on the air before coming to a stop, high in the air above the Espada. The Espada didn't even bother trying to get up, lying in the concrete crater as if all of this had been a rather fun exercise, laughing its insane laugh. Shit, that's got to be the Hierro I researched about at work Yoshirou thought as he looked at his foe. Even with all of the force of his Shunko, the Espada wasn't injured too badly, only minor scrapes showing on its face from his barrage. However, one blow had made a mark; his stomach was burning red from where his most powerful punches had landed.
"Not bad Shinigami! That actually stung! I thought that kid over there was the best fun I would have all night, but you're pulling off some impressive power even without a zanpakuto! You make that other shinigami look like nothing!"-the Espada complimented as it rose from the hole in the ground. Yoshirou watched as the Espada vanished, appearing level with him in mid air, but a distance away. Even with Shunko, I think I'm only just faster than him Yoshirou thought as the arrancar started to crack it's neck tendons. He took Soukotsu head on and stopped it, that's some insane power he has, if I'm not careful of him, he could end it in a second. As Yoshirou looked at him, he noticed that his opponent was scowling at him now. "Fuck all that, your eyes show your worth shit all, that kid had a better look than you. Fucking coward, your scared of me already aren't ya?"-the Espada asked. "The kid had more balls than you, even if he's weaker." Yoshirou smiled fiercely as he stated-"Respecting your power isn't cowardice, its carefulness." Yoshirou settled into a combat stance as his shunko continued to blaze about him. "I already figured you stronger than me, a lot stronger in fact. I'm not afraid of it, I'm acknowledging it. Keep thinking that naively, assuming I'm afraid of you, Espada…"-Yoshirou said, his reiatsu blazing as he pulled on his full force. "... and you'll die!"
The Espada grinned once more as it settled into its own stance. "Nice, that look in your eyes is better now! C'mon, let's see what you're made of, Shinigami!"-the Espada said as it disappeared. Yoshirou barely sensed his movement as it arrived behind him. Yoshirou ducked under the stabbing hand, spinning as he put all of his power into his punch. "Ikkotsu!"-Yoshirou shouted as the surprised Espada took the blow into the same area as Yoshirou had hit earlier. However, the Espada didn't shift far, retaliating with a blazing fast kick which Yoshirou barely managed to block. Too powerful! Yoshirou thought as he felt himself moved from the force of the blow, sent flying across the air. Guessing his intention, Yoshirou didn't try to recover, instead waiting for the Espada to appear above him, a knee aimed for his body. Yoshirou barely managed to avoid it, feeling the force from the Espada's power as the air shifted in the wake of his speedy strike. Yoshirou grabbed hold of the back of the Espada's clothing as he passed, smashing his own knee into the Espada's spine. The Espada didn't even seem to notice, vanishing once again, tearing free of his grip. The Espada reappeared further away, waiting for Yoshirou to right his form to return to a standing pose.
(10 minutes later)
After a furious prolongued exchange between the two fighters, the hit's were starting to tell. Yoshirou's arms and knees were numb from the number of blows he had blocked, his fists sore from punching the Hierro of the Espada, even through Shunko. The Espada however, had taken several new blows, his body was now covered in various bruises and agrevated area's from Yoshirou's powerful blows, even a few new cuts, although Yoshirou could tell none of the injuries he had given the Espada slowed him in the slightest. Had it not been for the Hierro of the Arrancar, Yoshirou didn't doubt any foe would have suffered huge amount's of broken limbs from his attacks. There was a lull now as both combatents sized each other up again. The Espada was still grinning despite the fact that in the exchange, he hadn't even landed a solid blow on his foe. "Heh, fuck your fast! And powerful, that Bankai that kid had didn't hit as hard as your blows do. But, you don't have a hope like this; I'm not using any reiatsu beyond what's in my moves. Whatever that weird aura about you is, that's gotta be burning up your power, your running on time. You better start using your Shikai or Bankai, whatever the fuck you got, or I'm going to kill you Shinigami!"-the Espada said, dancing lightly on the spot to keep the battle momentum in his body. Yoshirou knew that the Espada was right, he was getting nowhere like this, and the other shinigami were still locked in battle, he couldn't expect help from them yet. Yoshirou resorted to taunting-"What about you! You've got that zanpakuto by your side too, your holding back on me you bastard. You're not getting a look at my power unless you get serious yourself."
Yoshirou, you probably can't handle him going all out! Don't taunt him to get serious!
Taiyou, I can't use my powers unless I know all of his, if I go all out and he pulls something out of nowhere, I'm dead! Across the way, the Espada was laughing at full force again. "Unless I get serious? Your one helluva punk for a shinigami! Me, go all out? You'd be dead before you know it!"-the Espada said. "Y'know what, tell me your name Shinigami! I haven't had this kind of fun in ages, killing you without knowing who you are would be a shame!"
Yoshirou!
Yeah, I sense it! Yoshirou could sense that the other shinigami across the human realm suddenly leapt in power, the permission to lift the Gentei Reiin had been given, and now their opponents had to face an unknown leap in combat ability. Yoshirou didn't doubt all fights were soon to be resolved; it was just up to him to hold on until help arrived. "Captain of the Kido Corps, Yoshirou Kenshin."-Yoshirou replied, surprised to see the Espada's eyes widen in recognition. "So you're the shinigami Aizen seemed concerned about! Heh, no wonder, for a shinigami, your damn powerful. Anyway, Sexta Arrancar, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez! Remember the name, shinigami!" As he said this, Grimmjow lifted his left arm, as Yoshirou watched, red light started to build about his hand. Cero! Yoshirou thought, preparing to dodge the attack, already planning ahead for his next move after Grimmjow missed. "Whoa, whoa there shinigami, what makes you think this ones for you?"-Grimmjow stated, swinging his palm to the side. "I wonder will you get serious if I fire this at him?"
Yoshirou followed the path of Grimmjow's arm, seeing that it pointed at Kurosaki, still rooted to the place he had been at, struggling to suppress the hollow inside him. Shit! Yoshirou thought, knowing that even if he went for Grimmjow, he would fire before he could get there. Yoshirou instead used shunpo, reappearing in the air between Grimmjow and Kurosaki as he drew his zanpakuto. Looks like we go all out now! I can't use a Kido, Shunko has used up too much of my magical energy reserves. I can't nullify it, he'll kill me in the opening I leave, It's that technique or nothing! Yoshirou thought as he declared "Akariotorou, Taiyoukousen!" Before the zanpakuto had even finished forming, he drew the zanpakuto back, angling the blade down his left side, the tip pointing behind him. Time to give it our all! Yoshirou thought as he saw the grin on the arrancar's face spread to unbelievable proportions as he fired the Cero. Let's go!
Go for it!
Yoshirou watched as the attack flew towards him in slow motion, the power thrumming in the attack. Yoshirou drew the zanpakuto forward, shouting out the name of his technique as he slashed the air before him with all his might, the zanpakuto blazing with furious energy. "KYUTENSASU!" (2) As the Cero flew towards the two shinigami, a massive arc of light flew across the sky, impacting on the Cero. Yoshirou panted as he watched the clash, the arc of light had far more force to it than the Cero, but Grimmjow was pouring more and more reiatsu into the Cero to try and force it back. I have to move Kurosaki! Yoshirou realized as he thought his attack was going to be defeated, but a sudden fluctuation in the air about the clash caught his attention.
I never told you quite why that technique consumes so much reiatsu. The reason I didn't was because I was unsure how to explain it, you had to see it yourself.
Yoshirou barely listened to Taiyou's voice as he watched the clash, both he and Grimmjow surprised by what was happening, but the fierce scowl on Grimmjow's face, mixed with a tiny bit of uncertainty showed things were no longer working as he wanted. As Yoshirou watched, the arc of light seemed to grow in intensity, its brilliance now starting to light up the street about the two fighters. The Cero was being forced back by the pure force. No, that's not it! Yoshirou thought agape as he watched the clash. My attack is growing in power, the Cero is weakening, my Kyutensasu is absorbing the Cero into its own power! Suddenly, Grimmjow halted his attempts to win the struggle, desperately throwing himself aside. However, what power his Cero had given to Yoshirou's Kyutensasu had not only boosted its strength to unbelievable proportions, but it's speed too. Grimmjow didn't have a chance, he barely got his torso out of the way with his speed, but the attack screamed up, continuing its path straight into the arm Grimmjow had used to fire the Cero. In a flash, Grimmjows arm was entirely sliced off, the wound flash seared on both the flying limb and Grimmjow's remaining stump as both caught fire. Screaming out in pain, Grimmjow managed to beat the flames consuming what was left of the stump out, but his limb wasn't so lucky, consumed by the intense reiatsu, no longer protected by Grimmjow's own reiatsu, it was consumed by the power of the attack, scattering to the wind as ash.
Yoshirou fell to his knee, panting from the loss of reiatsu from his own body as Grimmjow was cursing in pain in the sky. Shit, both Shunko and Kyutensasu? I'm starting to run out of reiatsu, I doubt I have a minute before Shunko runs out Yoshirou thought as he tried to assess what reiatsu he had left. He's weakened too though, Kyutensasu is an attack filled purely with my reiatsu, his own reiatsu will have been temporarily weakened by being injured by it, the difference is can I beat him with what I have left? Using his senses, he figured he had maybe another two minutes before the others arrived. Also, he sensed that Kurosaki had finally gained control of his unstable reiatsu, and was preparing to rejoin the battle below him, obviously sick of being a simple observer. I think perhaps both of us together may be able to do it Yoshirou thought as he watched Grimmjow finally finish cursing.
"DAMN IT ALL! MY FUCKING ARM! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU; I'LL KILL ALL YOU WORTHLESS SHINIGAMI!"-Grimmjow bellowed down from the sky, his reiatsu growing with a new intensity as he drew his zanpakuto with his remaining arm. "Kurosaki, get ready!"-Yoshirou shouted as he sensed Kurosaki jump up beside him. Kurosaki didn't say anything though, his mind probably still affected by everything that had happened. However, he drew his Bankai into a ready pose beside him, preparing for whatever was going to come next. Grimmjow's blade started to glow blue, the air about him whipping into a frenzy. However, behind his shoulder, a portal opened behind Grimmjow, a new presence appearing. "KISHIRE-!"-Grimmjow started to below, before an arm reached over, grabbing hold of his zanpakuto hilt, stopping whatever release Grimmjow was about to commit to.
"Sheath your sword, Grimmjow."-Tosen said quietly to him. "Tosen! He's one of the captains who betrayed Soul Society!"-Kurosaki said beside Yoshirou. "Why the hell're you here now? I just got to kill these two and we're finished, I don't need you getting in my way Tosen!"-Grimmjow said, his earlier pain and anger apparently now forgotten since Tosen had stopped his headlong rush. "Your mission is finished, Grimmjow. In this state, you cannot fight these two and kill them before reinforcements come. Your idea of sending your fraccion out to keep the reinforcements away was sound, but your men were weak. Every single one is dead, with no loses for the shinigami."-Tosen stated, walking away from Grimmjow. Grimmjow's face betrayed no emotion of even caring that the arrancar he brought were all dead, just angry at being interrupted. "You failed because the shinigami brought a new reinforcement in which was not predicted, Aizen will forgive this failure this time, you should retreat before he changes his mind."-Tosen said, tapping the air, opening a portal before him.
Grimmjow looked down at the two shinigami, before growling and walking to the portal. "Wait, where are you going!"-Kurosaki shouted up, Yoshirou quickly raising an arm before him in case he tried to go for them. "Kurosaki, calm! Those two probably could kill us both right now, let them go!"-Yoshirou said at him. Higher up, Grimmjow laughed as he said-"Listen to the bastard, kid. He's right, me leaving is the only thing that could've saved you, Shinigami!" Kurosaki tensed in anger at the Espada's words. Grimmjow turned about saying-"I can tell by looking at you that that move of your's is damaging your body, you only have two or three more shots, and even if you could use em without limits, it would be useless against my released form! And the other shinigami, if he's lucky he might have one more shot for his technique, if even that, and I know it works best as a counter, I ain't gonna fall for it again!" Yoshirou was surprised that the Espada had calculated his remaining power quite accurately, he did have one more shot if he turned off his Shunko, but it would be every last drop of reiatsu he had. "Released form?"-Kurosaki asked, surprised by the term. Yoshirou had already guessed they may have some kind of release, and this now confirmed it for him.
"Don't go forgettin my name now, Shinigami's! Just pray you never hear it again! Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez! The next time you hear it will be your last, shinigami!"-Grimmjow finished as the portal closed behind him, leaving Tosen still in the air. Yoshirou lifted his shikai up at Tosen, saying-"Planning to get your ass kicked again? Without the Espada, you might wanna start running too!" However, Tosen just gazed at him with his unseeing eyes behind his visor.
"Yoshirou Kenshin, I had a message to deliver to you, and you alone. It is a pity that the Ryoka boy is here too, but I do not have the luxury of meeting you alone. This was all merely a set up so that I may deliver this to you; Aizen-sama entertained no thoughts of Grimmjow's success. Undoubtedly by now you have learnt of your past, Aizen-sama would like you to consider just what the shinigami have done for you. You have been neglected, cast out, branded to die from birth just for merely existing. Should you really serve such a corrupt system? Do you really believe it justice to protect such corrupt beings, when you are not the same as them? You should think on this, and decide whether it is truly right that you swing your sword for such a disgrace."-Tosen said in his monotonous tone, surprising Yoshirou. Yoshirou paused upon hearing all of this, however before he could recover, Tosen had already retreated into a portal, leaving he and Kurosaki alone amidst the wreaked destruction from their fights.
Hehe, I love making strange bullshit plans with Aizen, he knows all, sees all, predicts all! That and he's good with words, he's great fun when you just want to do a "I told you so" type of guy. Hopefully, this chapter was good enough for you guys, sorry the fight seems so short, but this isn't a major encounter, if fights are serious encounters, then they will be bigger! Anyhow, there probably won't be a good fight for a while, next ones going to probably be a description of Clone Aizen vs Yoshirou to win the Bankai. However, that won't be for a little while yet, he still hasn't learnt what he needs to, but he will in time.
As always, please review and favourite if you want!
(1). Skull Seal glove-There is no official name for Rukia's glove, other than a glove with Skull Symbol on it. As such, I thought of making a Skull Seal, and just added glove to the end.
(2). Light of Heaven-Yoshirou's final Shikai ability, yes it is a teensy rip off of Getsuga Tenshou, but has a fundamental difference in both use and power.
