Bleach: Bankai control issues
Things were not looking good for the Captains, reflected Renji Abarai. He looked to where Byakuya faced off against a member of the Vandenreich who had just stolen his Bankai.
Surprisingly, Byakuya did not look even remotely worried. Admittedly Byakuya almost never look worried, but Renji Abarai had a good sense of when his Captain was stressed.
It wasn't right now.
The dark-haired Nobleman leaped forward, striking at As Nodt with his sword, who darted away nonchalantly.
"How foolish." said As Nodt. "To face me, when I hold your Bankai."
"Actually, you are the foolish one." replied Byakuya nonchalantly. "And using my Bankai will be your downfall."
As Nodt replied summoned Senbonzakura…
…Which promptly passed through him, tearing him to ribbons. He had just enough time to scream before he was reduced him to little more than a bloody stain on the street.
"Captain," said Renji in surprise ,"What did you do?"
"Nothing." said Byakuya turning to face him. "I told you a long time ago that a Bankai takes a bare minimum of ten years to master, and mine took twenty. The first time I used it's Shikai, I spent a week in squad four. It's only natural that anyone stupid enough to try to use without any training would die horribly."
"Oh." said Renji in surprise.
There was a pause.
"Well, that was easy." said Renji.
"Indeed." agreed Byakuya.
Little did they know that this was only the beginning.
"Hahahaha!" said the Vandenreich member to Kommamura. "I have stolen your Bankai!"
"Congratulations." replied Kommamura dryly. "You've successfully stolen the ability to create a giant that mimics my every movement."
There was a pause.
"Fuck." said the Vandenreich member, before being bludgeoned to death by a Giant sword.
"Hahahahaha!" said the Vandenreich member facing down Soi Fon "I have stolen your- WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THING!"
"It's a nuke." said Soi Fon with a slight smirk. "A very inconvenient one."
Then she cut his head off.
"Hahahahaha!" said the Vandenreich member to Hitsugaya "I have stolen your…" his teeth began chattering. "…bankai…"
He fell to the ground and died of frostbite a few minutes later.
"…That was easy." said Hitsugaya as he looked at the man. He supposed there were certain advantages to having a Bankai that surrounded you in ice only you could safely touch.
"Hahahaha!" yelled the Vandenreich member, looking at his opponent. "I killed your lieutenant! Now allow me to further insult you by using his Bankai."
Yamamoto waited for a moment in silent respect for the countless brain cells that had been slain by this one mans sheer stupidity.
Then he liquefied the imbecile with a blast of flame.
"So let me see if I have this straight." said Aizen, raising an eyebrow. "You want me to join your group, and act as one of your subordinates."
"Correct." said Ju Bach, or whatever the hell his name was.
There was a moment of silence.
Then Aizen began howling with laughter, to the point where he fell out of his chair.
"…Oh god!" he said between chuckles "It's hilarious."
"I'm quite serious." said Ju Bach.
"I know!" said Aizen. "That's what makes it so funny. I mean, come on! ME! YOUR SUBORDINATE!" he started laughing again, though in a more controlled fashion. "Your entire so-called plan revolves around stealing my idea's, and doing them in a less interesting fashion."
"No it doesn't!" said Ju Bach defensively. "I just gathered an army of arrancars, who I kill without reason. Then I defeated Yamamoto with trickery, after isolating Soul Society's most powerful fighters in Houco Mundo."
Aizen didn't say anything. He didn't need to.
"Go the hell!." said Ju Bach, before walking out of the prison room.
Ju Bach walked out of the Squad 1 Barracks to see that Yamamoto had finished killing the body double that he had only just made up this second.
Well, this would be fun. He'd steal Yamamoto's's Bankai, and use it against him,
He activated the device.
And then the world went white.
Yammamoto watched with mild surprise as the real Ju Bach exploded into flames, before becoming dust in the wind.
"…Well, that was odd." the Head Captain said at last.
"Indeed." said Ulquiorra, walking up behind him. "However, I have a theory that might shed some light on the situation."
"…Who are you, exactly." said Yammamoto in mild surprise.
"I am Ulquiorra Cifer, former Cuetro Espada of Los Noches." he said. "I defected during the fighting, and now I spend my days seeking out knowledge. May I share my theory."
"Certainly." said the Head Captain, surprised at Ulquiorra's civility.
"Excellent." said Ulquiorra. "You see, heat is transferred from one body to another by Thermal interactions. You ability seems to be based on summoning the energy to you. While Ju Bach might have been able to protect himself from your flames with his personal abilities, when he stole your Bankai, he also took all of the heat into a small object that he was holding in his hand, increasing the power of the flames exponentially, while simultaneously placing in his hand."
"…My flames were burning with the heat of the sun." said Yammamoto.
"Then he was an idiot to try to steal them." said Ulquiorra bluntly.
"…So that's it then." said Yammamoto. "The Captains curb stomp the Vandenreich, and Ju Bach is defeated with the power of science."
"I would say more along the lines of the power of logic." said Ulquiorra.
Suddenly a Gargantua opened, and Ichigo leapt out in full on Bankai.
"Hey guys, guess what, I just gained Quincy powers!" he said.
There was a pause.
"Cero Oscuras." said Ulquiorra, however, Ichigo stepped out of the way instantly.
"Ha!" Ichigo said readying his blade "You'll have to do better than that to catch me off guard again-"
"Licht regen!" came Uryu's voice, and suddenly Ichigo was hit with thousands of Quincy projectiles from above him, sending him crashing to the ground. The attack continued for another thirty seconds, before ending.
When the smoke cleared, Ichigo was lying on the ground, smoking.
Uryu landed, and turned to Yammamoto.
"Get me a f*cking senrai glove." said the Last Quincy, adjusting his glasses.
Yammamoto furrowed his eyebrows, "I do not take orders from-"
"NOW!" Yelled Uryu in a fury.
"Okay, okay, I'm going!" said Yammamoto quickly, before rushing off to find one.
Once they had finished burning out Ichigo's spiritual powers, they had Orihime reject them from having ever existed as a possibility in the first place, along with Ichigo's memory of it.
Afterward, Yammamoto had everyone involved sworn to secrecy on pain of death.
In the end, the repair bill for the Seretei was somewhat higher than usual, but overall, everything worked out fine. Indeed, the Vandenreich had been effortless curb stomped, due to the fact that BANKAI DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!
Oh, and the Royal guard arrived, and were promptly tortured to death by Mayuri for being arrogant, stupid looking, douchbags, who never do anyone a lick of good.
And there was much rejoicing.
Authors Note: Well, here we are, chapter 8. The Vandenreich arc.
To be perfectly honest, I don't hate the current arc. I certainly don't like it as much as the Soul Society arc, and there are many, many, things that frustrate me about it. I.E the Royal guard, Yammamoto's exit.
Nevertheless, I think it is okay. It feels like Tite Kubo is actually putting work into it, and the fights have improved, and the fact that they have killed off several significant characters has added back in the suspense.
Neverthless, I still intend to viciously lampoon it.
The Inspiration for this chapter was then speech Byakuya makes to Renji during their first battle. It's a bit long to quote here, but it basically boils down to this.
"It takes ten years minimum to master Bankai, Renji. You were an idiot to even attempt to fight a Captain with one you got yesterday. You suck."
This of course, provides an explanation for why Renji's Bankai does not work for him as well as the other Captains Bankai does. He simply does not have the experience necessary to use it. Ichigo is an exception, because his Bankai was custom designed to be usable by him within three days of training. Which is fine.
My problem comes when a bunch of Quincies. Who don't even own Zanpakto, steal Senbonzakura's bankai, and use it without getting butchered. We're talking about a Bankai so dangerous, that even with over a hundred years of training, Byakuya still has a minimum safe distance he must use.
With Soi Fon, it seemed fairly obvious, since no one would expect the Captain of the Stealth force to wield a nuke that slows you down. Given that Soi Fon is a combat pragmatist, I think that my interpretation was spot on.
As for Kommamura, Tenken Muyo is a giant that is intimately linked with Kommamura. As such the Vandenreich stealing it is theequivalentt of paying for the bullets of the guy trying to shoot you. The 'bullets' in this case being the reiatsu necessary to control it.
As for Yammamoto, I figured I'd add in some physics, if only for fun. Oh, and if I made any mistakes in Ulquiorra's explanation, I apologize.
And as for Ichigo being a Quincy. Well, let me put this is a manner that is easy to understand.
FUCK THAT BULLSHIT!
That is all.
Signed-
Lord22.
