Hey guys! Just want to say thanks for your support, and also I do apologize for not posting a chapter sooner. I had a lot of work to do and you could say I'm kinda free now. I promise to post new chapters as soon as I'm able. You may have doubts about why I chose to have Ciel with powers, but since this is a fanfiction, something new would be more interesting, so I chose to go ahead with it. Expect a lot more such events happening in the story. I also thank you for your reviews and please continue supporting and reviewing my story. Anyways, without further delay, enjoy!

Chapter 7: Absolute Power

As the smoke cleared, everyone could get a closer look at the figure standing before them. A woman with long blonde hair let loose halfway down till her back, a blue cloak, similar to Ichigo's bankai shihakushou in shape with white bands running along its length, a blue white helmet with white, feather like projections extending backwards like a visor, in her hand a slim sword, sheathed in a black sheath, a small, red jewel encrusted at the bottom with gold linings both in the sheath and her robes. Ciel stood before the party, with a confident smirk on her face, apparently having saved them from the cero blast fired off by Weil. But the most mysterious part was that the Cero didn't explode or get redirected away somewhere else, rather, it just seemed to have vanished without leaving a trace. But the only one who noted this was Kisuke and Yoruichi, while the others just continued to watch with their mouths gaping wide open.

It was Zero, the one who was shocked the most, who spoke up first.

"C..Ciel?! You…!This….!How!?"

"Zero….."she said softly, turning towards the reapers.

"How does Ciel have Shinigami powers?! Her attire doesn't look anything like a normal shihakushou!" exclaimed Rangiku.

"Hmmm…no look closely, the blue cloak is only just that, a cloak like when Ichigo Kurosaki goes into Bankai. Her lower body attire is like that of a Shinigami" said Toshiro.

At his answer, everyone noticed that he was right. Her lower body attire consisted of the standard black pants that all Shinigami wore, along with the white belt and sandals.

"But Ciel….how?! How do you have Shinigami powers?! And that attack….you stopped such a powerful cero!" said X

"I always hated it how I could only watch every time Zero risked his life fighting for the resistance….I was powerless to truly support him when he needed it…..X and the 4 guardians too put their lives in line trying to bring peace to the world, and yet, even then, I could not be there to support them. And yet, I've always been protected all the way. No more…..this time…..I will protect you and I will fight alongside you!" she said.

"That's why, when I met Urahara-san, I asked him to help me become stronger. He trained me and after many days, I was able to awaken my Shinigami powers. This here, is Tenren." she finished, pointing towards her Zanpakuto and twirling it.

"Heavenly Lotus eh? What a deceitful name for a zanpakuto that hides such a scary ability" commented Weil. "You think I didn't notice? How naïve, your power didn't shield the cero, nor did it redirect the blast. You erased it, didn't you? That's your zanpakuto's ability, the power to erase any reiatsu based attacks into nothingness."

"But that simply means I just need to kill the lot of using my own hands, literally." He thundered, advancing towards Ciel.

"Damn…I can't take him on in a battle of physical strength….still, I have to protect everyone!" she thought to herself, readying her sword. "Heh, bring it on!" she smirked.

Weil lunged towards Ciel, drawing his sword and slashing horizontally. Ciel sidestepped and countered with a slash of her own, which was easily dodged by Weil. Ciel then pointed her index finger towards Weil and shouted "Byakurai!". A white beam of lightning shot towards Weil. "Heh, two can play this game!" he snarled, and said "Danku!". An invisible wall appeared, against which the white lightning beam exploded.

"Don't forget us!" roared Sigma, advancing towards Ciel. Before he could get to her, Yoruichi intercepted him. "and just where do you think you're going?" she said, but not before kicking him in the gut, sending him flying. Omega, on the other hand, rushed towards Urahara. Suddenly closing in towards with a sonido, he thrust forwards and stabbed Urahara in his chest. There was a shocked look on his face, as Omega smirked, "Heh, not so tough are ya?". Then suddenly, there was a huge 'pop' sound as Urahara seemed to burst, as if a balloon popped.

"WHAT?!" shouted Omega, as his smirk turned to a snarl.

"YooHoo~~~Omega-saaan! Oveeer heeereee~~~!" cooed Urahara, in his sing-song voice from behind him.

Omega's scowl turned to astonishment as Urahara appeared before him, unscathed. "How?! You should be dead!"

"You're askin me how I'm still alive, is that it? Well I'm still wondering about that myself~" he replied.

"I'm sure you must be puzzled, you felt your sword connect, yet how is it that I'm still standing here? The answer is…..this" he continued, showing a small, black round object. Omega looked puzzled still. Urahara then began blowing air into it until it expanded, leaving behind a perfect replica of himself.

"….!" Omega's eyes were as wide as dinner plates, and even Weil took his eyes off from the battle for a second to watch Urahara.

"A portable gigai!~~" he said, playfully in his sing-song voice.

"What?! A portable Gigai?! I've never heard of such a ridiculous thing!" he remarked.

"Of course not~~I've only just invented it! But of course," he said, beginning to deflate the gigai. "as you can see, it's kinda tricky to use in real battle, so I'm the only one who can use it properly"

"Argh!" Omega grunted.

"So then, do you like it?" Urahara asked. "When I switched places, could you tell?"

"hah…die!" screamed Omega as he charged forwards.

"That won't work anymore" said Urahara darkly, his tone more serious, as he caught Omega's purple reishi Zanpakuto with his bare hands. Omega gasped.

"H..How?!"

"Its simple really…You see, while you fought Ichigo I analyzed your fighting style. So it was simple enough to read your movements. Besides, your 'reishi zanpakuto' may be dangerous since it cuts and burns at the same time. But you forget one thing. If my reishi is higher than yours, you can't cut me with such a sword."

"Urgh…dammit!"

"Now scream, Benihime!" he shouted, swinging his sword towards Omega, releasing a blood-red wave. With a whistling sound, it exploded. When the dust cleared, Omega emerged, bruised, but not badly hurt.

"That hurt…THAT HURT YOU SWINE! Soul-Reaper scum! I'll kill you!"

"~~Ooohh I'm scared!~~" remarked Urahara in his sing-song voice.

Omega threw a volley of slashes at Urahara, all of which were easily dodged by him without any effort. "I told you, I've already seen through your technique. It wont work anymore, you…." .

"Heh" he smirked in response, as he raised a single finger, pointing it towards him. Intense, magenta energy began to gather around, forming a magenta orb.

"Oh boy…" said Urahara, stepping back using Flash-step.

"Cero"

A huge, magnificent magenta beam covered sped towards Urahara, almost lighting up the entire battlefield. There was a colossal explosion, with a huge dust cloud hindering the sight of all.

"Disappear into nothingness, scum!"

As the dust cleared, a red shield like barrier extruding from Urahara's sword was becoming visible. Apparently he had shielded everyone using his blood mist shield. "That was a pretty nasty move…how about I return the favor?" said Urahara, swinging Benihime towards Omega. Following a whistle sound, a bright red wave sped towards Omega, which was narrowly dodged by him. But before he could retaliate, another beam followed closely behind, causing an explosion as it hit Omega.

"Why you…" swore Omega, before being stopped by Weil. "Omega, that's enough. You can't beat him."

"Stay out of this Weil, he's mine!"

*sigh* "I guess you'll never learn…" sighed Weil, before using sonido to appear in front of Omega and knocking him out with a single blow to his shoulder blade.

"Now now, don't look at me like that, he'll outlive his usefulness if he dies here and now" said Weil with an evil smirk.

"Don't take your eyes of off me!" shouted Ciel, rushing towards Weil.

"And why did you think that I took my eyes off you?" said Weil, parrying Ciel's sword while not even looking back.

"Heh, don't act so cocky, Dr Weil, you seem to be mistaken about something so let me clear it up for you. My tenren does not erase reitsu, but it absorbs it and makes it my own, which means it's no longer your attack, but my attack." She said, pointing her sword. It started glowing brightly, with a light pink hue, until it seemed to envelope the entire field.

"Cero" smirked Ciel.

An enormous explosion occurred at the space where Weil was last standing, everyone unaware about his condition. Even Urahara watched clueless, only anticipating possibilities. The explosion even caught the attention of the other two esparda and Sigma. Taking this chance, Yoruichi shouted "Shunko!" a brilliant white flash enveloped her sleeves and her upper back, causing the fabric to rip and fade in the wind. She then started pounding Sigma continuously, unleasing a barrage of punches and kicks, and finally, finished with an enhanced kick to his neck. Sigma went flying and crashed into the ground, unconscious.

"And now, all that's left is you lot" she said, turning towards Ulquiorra and Yami.

"Are you sure about that?" asked a sharp voice from behind. Everyone turned to see Weil emerging from the dust cloud, completely unharmed, albeit with his sword in his hand. It was the most beautiful sword anyone had ever seen. It was a flawless hand and a half sword, a golden pommel with a red, diamond shaped jewel in the middle, the pommel making the sword look like a cross of sorts. It gave off a radiance as he twirled it in his hand, but its beauty truly would have been marveled upon if only for the twisted, dark reiatsu coming off from it. "I never mentioned anything about not holding back" he said simply. "So even if you did attack me with my own move, its meaningless"

"But enough of this…Its time I put you all out of your misery" he said, pointing his sword. "I'm getting tired of this façade…..the way I see it, Aizen is a fool for expecting any of you to be of any value whatsoever. Zero, I know you've just awoken, but you were more of a threat when you were a measly reploid. The fact that you've dulled your skills as a Shinigami is a disappointment." The sword's tip was now slowly engulfed in a light that was glowing brighter and brighter as a huge yellow-orange orb began to form at the sword tip. "And don't think you can absorb this one, Dr Ciel. You only barely managed to absorb my last attack by pure impulse. That won't save you now….". Everyone watched wide eyed as the cero became stronger and stronger, the pressure on them from the cero's reiatsu casing them to falter a bit.

"Damn…. he's right…...I can't absorb an attack of such a magnitude…and I barely managed to absorb the last one…"

"How can he have so much power?! And he isn't even using his full strength yet! This is really bad news….this guy alone can take on almost all the captains in the soul society…we already don't have enough power to deal with the arrancars and Aizen, but now when someone like him comes up, only a miracle can save us now….There's no way anyone here can block an attack of this magnitude….!" Thought Toshiro frantically. Everyone's thoughts mirrored Toshiro's, Ichigo, Zero and X lowered their swords, Harpuia hung his head, gritting his teeth, Rangiku, Yumichika, Rukia and Renji fell on their knees, and Ikkaku shielded himself, eyes closed.

"Hehehe….Bwahahaha! That's it, fall in despair! Feel fear! Engrave it in your hearts!" laughed Weil with an evil, maniacal look. "And now, DISAPPEAR!"

"Tch….seems like I have no choice but to use it….." thought Urahara. The blast from Weil's sword fired off, causing a loud noise as it made their way towards them.

"BANKAI"

I'm sorry again for not updating and I know this chapter is short, but I wanted a break for what's to come next. I'll try to update as soon as possible. You may be thinking about Ciel's personality in her Shikai form, as to why I chose her to be so confident and cocky, way different from her original personality. If you notice, her shikai form is very similar for the Cial fanart that's very popular in the internet. Cial, Ciel's sister in the manga series isn't so popular, but it seemed like a cool idea to have a different side to her, so I chose this angle. Do let me know your thoughts too. Again, thanks for reading, I'll try my best to make this story as different and interesting as possible.