*I apologize if this doesn't follow the exact order of how things happened in the show. It's kinda been a while since I've watched this story line*
Chapter 8
Liz debated on who to fight next, although things seemed to have calmed down for the moment. But it did seem that everyone else's opponents were back in business. Toshiro would soon be engaged in battle again. As well as Soifone.
"Captain Matsumoto!" Liz looked to the ground below her to see Iziru calling and trying to heal her sister and Hinamori. Captain Komomura was standing nearby guarding the process. Liz stepped down near the other Captain. "Go." she told him. "I'll help here." Liz knelt beside Kira and started healing her sister as well. The other Captain nodded and left to join the others.
The battle drug on and on. Liz soon grew weary and impatient. "Iziru?" she asked and looked at his captain. "Will it ever end?" Her lieutenant looked at Rangiku who was almost healed. "I'm not sure Captain. We have some major fatalities." Liz nodded and focused more on healing her sister. A garganta opened behind Aizen and Ichigo came out of it. He attacked Aizen hoping to use the element of surprise.
Something had changed with Ichigo. His power...it was so much more intense. Liz stared at the substitute soul reaper trying to figure out what was different about him. "Do you feel that?" Iziru nodded and they bothed looked at Ichigo. Liz wondered what could have changed between now and when Ichigo left for Hueco Mundo.
With the element of surprise gone, Liz knew she couldn't let Ichigo see Aizen's shikai. If he did, the soul society would have no chance at all. She and everyone else able stood in between Aizen and Ichigo. "Ichigo, we'll stop you from seeing Aizen's shikai." Someone said. Liz looked back at Ichigo. He looked so different, so strong and fierce now. He glanced at her and had to do a double take. Afterall Liz had changed some as well. She didn't put too much thought into that because she turned her attention back to Aizen. And all the captain's attacked Aizen. Liz was on the way but Ichigo grabbed her arms. "What're they doing?" he asked. Liz looked at him. "What?" "What are they doing?" "They're going after the ene-" midsentence Liz turned around and the effect from Aizen's shikai wore off. She stood there in shock. "Guys!" Ichigo screamed. "What're you doing?!" The hypnosis wore off the other captains. Aizen's body shifted into Hinamori just as Toshiro's blade went into her. Toshiro froze as he realized what he just did. "Iziru!" Liz screamed but she was too late. He was lying on the ground bleeding.
The Head Captain stepped in between Aizen and the two soul reapers who didn't attack, but the Head Captain wasn't Aizen's main worry at the moment. The real Aizen was attacked this time by everyone who attacked before. They were severly injured. "You can lay there and watche as I destroy the thirteen court guard squads and start the creation of the ouken!" He turned to the Head Captain.
"That is enough Aizen!" The Head Captain spoke. He called forth his Zanpaktou and a ring of fire surronded everyone. Squad three's Captain knew what the fire ring meant. Both the Head Captain and she told Ichigo to back away. "So this is what it comes to? You're going to sacrifice yourself and the other Captains?" "They came here knowing that the fight may come to this." Aizen grinned a dazziling smile. "I hate to dissapoint you, but this is not where it ends. I've developed a specia being." Liz's eyes widened in curiousity. "Wonderweiss," the kid espada rose from the rubble he was buried in. "His main power is to seal away your Zanpaktou." Liz lowered hersef on to a building below her. Aizen had really thought all of this out. Liz rubbed her forehead.
"I see you let your guard down." Liz froze. "Gin." she whispered and faced him. "So I see you've replaced me. That's very good." "Why are you talking to me like this?" Liz asked. "My,my." Gin said rubbing his chin. "You don't trust me anymore." Liz glowered. "I don't blame yah!" He let out a small laugh. "You don't want to fight me do you?" Gin shook his head just as an explosion sounded from behind Liz. They turned to face the noise.
The Head Captain sheilded everyone from the explosion, his body was covered in smoke, debris, and such. He had Aizen's leg in his hand and was beginning the incantation for a sacrificial kudo. Another explosion sounded, but Aizen barely dodged and Ichigo took the opportunity to attack. Gin dissapeared from behind Liz. Aizen dodged Ichigo's attack and pushed him back. Then Isshin Kurosaki showed up just as Aizen was about to tell Ichigo about what he was.
Isshin and Aizen started fighting, and then it was a fight between Ichigo and Gin. Liz took the opportunity to check on the Head Captain. "Head Captain!" "I wil be fine! Matsumoto, continue fighting." "But Head Cap-" "That is an order!" She debated disobeying that order. The Head Captain was badly injured, but she nodded and took off towards the fight. It was bad, Kiske, Yoroichi, and Isshin, were hurt, Ichigo was hurt, and neither Aizen or Gin seemed to have a scratch. She whispered out her next idea. "Bankai. Suterusu hyo." (Stealth panther) Liz's sword went back to its normal length because it shrinks in shikai. The color changed to pure black, both Liz and her spiritual pressure dissapeared. She went to attack Aizen from behind but Gin (seeing as he can see Liz because of her bankai's weakness), sent his sword right through her chest. She went from bankai to normal sword. The sword retracted from her chest. "Gin why?" she choked out as Aizen threw a backhanded punch at Liz and she flew backwards where she landed hard on a peice of large rubble. She was in too much pain to speak or even breath. She was dying. Her vision was blurring, and her breathing was growing ragged.
Ichigo was at her side. "Liz!" Aizen and Gin opened a senkaimon. "We will leave you and will come back later." Ichigo watched them leave and then he looked down at Liz. She looked up at him and smied weakly. "I tried." she mummbled. He nodded. "Please don't die. I don't want anyone else to die." "I've got no choice." He took a deep breath. "I don't want you to die though." Liz was too weak to say anything, her strength was flowing from her way to fast. "Liz?" she blinked, the effort taking a massive amount of energy. "St-op hi-m." Liz managed to choke out before darkness over came her.
