CHAPTER 8
Smoke continued to ran in that corridor until he found a room with someone sat in a chair and drinking tea. "If I get out of here silently, I'll avoid fight that boy." Smoke thought.
"Excuse me but the boy here have a name, and my name is Arturo Plateado leader of the Privaron Espada." The boy said.
Smoke left the corner. "Privaron Espada?" Smoke asked.
"Is basically a former Espada." Arturo explained. "For example I am the 101st Privaron Espada."
"So you and other losers were replaced by better Espada?" Smoke asked.
"This was cruel and completely unnecessary." Arturo whined and Smoke sweatdropped. "But let stop this lollygag and fight!" Arturo dashed and punched Smoke in the face, Smoke backed some meters and dashed tried to punch Arturo but he sonidoed to behind Smoke and tried kick him but this time Smoke defended. "You are not that bad after all, whatever you are fighting for must be really worthy of the effort."
"We are fighting to protect people who can't protect themselves, innocent people who have family." Smoke said and he punched Arturo in the stomach.
Arturo backed some meters. "Family...I've lived too much time without a family...and I would still live without a family if wasn't for him." Arturo thought as he remembered the past.
Start Of Flashback
Before becoming an Arrancar Arturo was a phoenix like Adjuncas with the size of a pterodactyl. "*Hmpf* This place is so big and I have nothing to do." He said as he flew, then he saw something that caught his attention. "Look, the queen of the Jaegerjaquez house is out in that balcony, I think that I'll mess with her fur." Arturo thought smirking, he swung his tail making of his tail feathers fly like explosive projectiles that burned mistress Jaegerjaquez's hair, Arturo laughed at her usually white hair that was turning black, then a young panther like Adjuncas leaped on Arturo.
"Bastard! You will pay for doing this to my mother!" The panther roared.
"*Tsck* I am glad to see you too Grimmjow." Arturo said as he e got out of Grimmjow's grasp "Very well little prince, let's dance." Arturo said making a bow, Grimmjow leaped on Arturo that evaded and made Grimmjow with a flap of his wings. "Weak and so old."
"OLD? You are not much younger than me!" Grimmjow said wrathful.
"What? Are you saying that I am as old as you?" Arturo said with a hurt tone. "I was going to spare but now the heads will roll and your blood will be spilled." Arturo said and he opened his beak to charge an Orange Cero.
"Bring it on." Grimmjow said and he started to charge his own Cero, they shot their Ceros that clashed, then a humanoid panther like Vasto Lorde pushed Grimmjow preventing him from being hit by Arturo's Cero. "Father he was in the place I wanted." Grimmjow whined.
"Yeah right...Go back home I want to have a talk with our guest." The Vasto Lorde said and Grimmjow sonidoed.
"Hello Mrs Klaus Jaegerjaquez...And goodbye Mrs Klaus Jaegerjaquez." Arturo said turning his back to Klaus.
"Wait Arturo, why do you still do this?." Kalues said.
"Going here? I thought that I was welcomed here, you know with your father and mine being friends." Arturo said.
"Oh yes Raptor Plateado he was best friend...Before he and your entire family were killed by Zommari's families." Klaus said sadly.
"Now I am a homeless guy, a free spirit." Arturo said. "And I love this way of living. "Arturo said trying to mask his sadness.
"Arturo...Why don't stay with us permanently?" Klaus asked.
"You mean...become a member of the Jaegerjaquez family?" Arturo asked.
"Yes...So what do you say? Do you want to become my son?" Klaus asked again. Arturo's eyes filled with tears
of joy and he nodded.
End of Flashback
"If weren't for me always going to visit Grimmjow, I would never become member of his family." Arturo thought and he knelt Smoke in his chin, the ninja grabbed Arturo's ankle and smashed him on the ground, Arturo jumped from the ground he tried to attack Smoke but then something took his attention.
"Are you okay?" Smoke asked.
"It is nothing, it is that my friends Resurrected." Arturo replied and continued his fight with Smoke. "I hope to see you safe again Cirucci." Arturo thought as he remembered the past again.
Start of Flashback
"I hope you enjoy your stay here young Arturo." Starker Sanderwicci said.
"You can be sure that I will happy to stay here, especially with such..." Arturo said then he caught his eyes in a beautiful Adjuncas. "...Nice people."
"Oh, let me present you to my daughter Cirucci." Starker said.
Arturo took one of Cirucci's hands in one of his wings and knelt before the lady. "I am pleasured to meet you mistress Cirucci Sanderwicci, my name is Arturo Plateado" Arturo said politely and he kissed Cirucci's hand, she couldn't help but blush at his action.
In the following days Arturo and Cirucci have become close friends. "Yes! Everything is at my side, I am young and good looking." Arturo looked down and saw an Adjuncas. "I think that this is the boy of the Tuma house, perhaps I should welcome him." Arturo thought and he jumped. "Greetings my not too much young friend I am Arturo Plateado temporary guard chief of this palace, I suppose that you are Skullak Tuma."
"Did you said that I am an elder?" Skullak asked.
"I said that is because I am being nice with you, if I wanted to be unpleasant with you I would do a evil prank on you buddy." Arturo said, Skullak immediately liked the younger Adjuncas.
Next day
"She will love this gift." Arturo said too himself looking at a statue of Cirucci made of glass, he arrived at Cirucci's room only to find her making out with Skullak.
"I love you Skullak." She said, Arturo left the statue fall and he sonidoed to the roof.
IN THE ROOF
"You idiot, you are an idiot Arturo Plateado for thinking that they were your friends." Arturo said crying. "I'll never forgive none of them." Arturo noticed a strange presence in the palace, he looked down and saw a Vasto Lorde rushing towards the window of Cirucci's room. "An assassin of the Gilga, and he is going to kill...Cirucci and Skullak!" Arturo jumped from the roof and dived towards the Vasto Lorde and grabbed him with his sharp talons, once they arrived at the ground Arturo took the Vasto Lorde with his beak and chewed and ate him alive Arturo licked the blood in his beak, then he felt a surge of power and lava gushed from the ground and enveloped him, the lava cooled to the form of a cocoon, the cocoon exploded and Arturo emerged as a humanoid phoenix like Vasto Lorde. "Wow this thing is intense." Arturo thought as he gazed at his new body, then he saw some guards rushing towards him.
"What is happening? Master Arturo is that you?" One the guards asked.
"Yes it is me." Arturo replied simply and turned his back to them.
"Master Arturo where are you going?" The guard asked.
"I think that I've already spent too much time here." Arturo said and spread his wings. "When you see Cirucci, tell that I said goodbye." Arturo said and he flew.
End of Flashback
"And they still being my friends, I have a heart too much soft for my own good." Arturo thought and continued his fight with Smoke.
WITH RENJI
Renji was surprised to seeing Dondochaka and in vain tried to escape from the stupid Hollow only to end falling in a trapdoor and landed in a big room. "Where am I?" Renji questioned, he looked around and saw a Chinese man eating Noodles.
"As I expected someone fell in the trap, but I wasn't expecting a Lieutenant like you Renji Abarai." The man said.
"What? How do you know my name and who are you?" Renji asked.
"Foolish boy, in times of war spying is a usual thing, this is something that even a baboon like you should know." The man said with a cocky tone annoying Renji. "Sorry my lack of manners, my name is Shang Tsung Arch-Sorcerer of Outworld and the man standing behind you is the 8th Espada Szayel Aporro Granz."
Renji swiftly drew his Zanpakuto and tried to slash Szayel but the Arrancar sonidoed to Shang Tsung's side. "You have good reflexes boy. Shang I think that I am going to play with him." Szayel said as he drew his sword.
"Try not kill him, I might use him as a test subject." Shang said smirking
WITH RUKIA
Rukia entered a totally dark palace that supposedly belonged to an Espada. "Welcome to my palace Rukia Kuchiki." A high-pitched and a deep voice said.
"Who is there?" Rukia asked aggressively and drew her sword.
"I am disappointed with you for not recognizing me." A voice that Rukia knew said.
Rukia's eyes widened and a tall Arrancar sonidoed to behind her, he took off a mask that covered his face and revealed to be a man like Ichigo but with black hair. "Master...Kaien." Rukia's eyes were filled with tears of joy and hugged the man.
"Okay, okay." The man said hugging her back.
"But...How is this possible?" Rukia asked.
"You don't need to worry about it Rukia." Kaien said calmly as he covertly raised a sword, then someone swiftly attacked him taking his balance.
"What? Kenji what are you doing?" Rukia asked to the ninja who hold an Ofuda in each hand.
"Taka No Tsume! (Japanese for Falcon Claws)" Kenji threw one of the ofudas to the ground under Kaien and two giant iron falcon paws held him. "Taiyo Furea! (Japanese for Solar Flare)" Kenji threw the other Ofuda that stuck in Kaien's face and set on fire.
"Why you done that?" Rukia demanded holding Kenji by the collar of his Shinrai Ryu uniform.
"He is our enemy." Kenji said with a passive expression. "Look at him." Kenji said pointing at Kaien.
The Lieutenant's face melted and in place was a tank with two small skull like heads. "Hm hm hm hm hm hm hm, I presume that it is now useless try to use the disguise so I'll introduce myself, I am the 9th Espada Aaroniero Arruruerie." Kenji drew his sword and dashed towards Aaroniero and slashed him but the Arrancar sonidoed and he two Chinese broadswords and slashed him in the shoulder.
"Dance Sode no Shirayuki! Tsugi No Mai, Hakuren!" Rukia froze the entire room and tried to slash Aaroniero but he defended with one of his scimitars. "How did you copy Kaien's body?"
Aaroniero pushed Rukia. "Its kind hard to explain it with words, so I'll show to you." Aaroniero realesed one of his swords and took off his glove instead of a hand was a tentacle with a mouth. "This is my Zanpakuto Glotoniera it has the ability to absorb dead Hollows so when you killed that Hollow that took control of Kaien's body I absorbed both their bodies but if you want to see the full extent of my power I'll show you, Devour Glotoniera!" Aaroniero's lower body into a huge, purple blob-like mass resembling an incredibly bloated invertebrate, with dozens of stubby tentacles and large mouths complete with teeth all their own.
"Oh boy, we are done for." Kenji said desperate.
"Not exactly, I still have a ace in my sleeve but you'll have to distract him." Rukia said.
"Alright Rukia, I'll distract him and you take care of the rest." Kenji said taking an Ofuda. "Jigoku No Guntai! (Japanese for hell army)" Kenji threw the Ofuda that stuck in the ground burned itself and opened a pentagram like portal in the ground, and several skeleton soldiers emerged from the portal. "Let's finish him men."
"Sir, yes sir!" Kenji and the skeletons rushed towards Aaroniero, many tentacles popped out of his body and destroyed some skeletons, Kenji and the skeletons jumped to attack Aaroniero and he shot light blue Ceros from his tentacles.
"Guys you go to behind him!" Kenji ordered to the remain skeletons that obeyed and tried to slash only to be destroyed by his tentacles, Kenji tried a frontal attack but he was stabbed by Aaroniero's tentacles and the Arrancar took off Kenji's mask.
"Hm hm hm hm hm hm hm it looks like that your attack had failed." Aaroniero said and Kenji chuckled.
"Do you really think that I was attacking you? I was just a distraction." Kenji said smirking.
Aaroniero looked around and saw Rukia flying towards him and he was able of stab her with a Chinese Broadsword. "San no mai, Shirafune." Rukia stabbed Aaroniero with an ice sword.
"Impossible." Aaroniero's lower body exploded and he fell back on the ground with an ice blade stuck in his tank head.
Kenji stretched his army to Rukia that was bleeding and unconscious. "Ru...kia..." Kenji muttered spitting blood his vision blurring and he fainted.
WITH ARTURO AND SMOKE
Arturo evaded Smoke's punch and delivered an uppercut. "Too easy." Then two young female twin Arrancar appeared one with short red hair and the other with longer blue hair parted in pigtails. "What is the problem with you Ying, Yang?"
"Master Arturo Aaroniero is having problem with his opponent." The red haired named Yang said.
"Really? Now that you said I noticed he Resurrecting." Arturo said.
"Do you want us to go help him?" Ying asked.
"No I think that he won't need any help with Skullak around saving everyone I don't think that we'll have to care about him, but I think that you should keep an eye on Cirucci." Arturo said and both girls nodded. "And try to hurt her opponent as much as you can." Arturo said winking at girls that blushed before they sonidoed to another place.
"You and that girls have a thing don't you? They are your Fraccions or what?" Smoke asked confused.
"Well they were my Fraccions when I was an Espada, and they continue to serve me in secret." Arturo replied.
"I mean, do you have some kind of intimate relationship with them?" Smoke asked.
"Well I can say that we are...friends with privileges." Arturo said sincerely.
Smoke sweatdropped at this statement. "Don't you think that a guy like you having sex with younger girls isn't wrong?" Smoke asked.
An anime vein popped out of Arturo's head. "Are you insinuating that I am old?" Arturo growled and Smoke gulped. "My cousin is a guy twice my size called me old one day some years ago, and he still have problems to walk." Arturo drew his Zanpakuto and rushed towards Smoke.
"I and my big mouth." Smoke thought sweatdropping.
WITH SKULLAK
Skullak left Dordoni and Aaroniero in the medical and left to find Noob Saibot leaned against the wall. "Before coming here I thought that all the Arrancars without exception were heartless evil monsters, in fact many Arrancars are just evil monsters or have some evil but you..." Noob said pointing to Skullak. "You are the perfect boy who gets along with everyone, and is saving his friends, the saving friends part I don't like it and you have to stop it, because we are in a war where death is lurking in the shadows just waiting for the next that will be welcomed by her warm embrace, it is impossible to save all the people you care whether they are soldiers or innocent because death always comes soon or later."
"You are too much strange, this obsession with things such as death or evil probably appeared due to your life as an assassin, I don't know what you want with the death of fellow Arrancars but know that I'll continue to save my friends." Skullak said and he turned his back to Noob.
"Is that so?"Noob asked and he smirked psychotically "In that case." Then Noob stabbed Skullak entirely with the blade of a katana out of his chest. "You didn't know what I wanted with the death of your friends? So I'll explain to you, my superiors said to me that I have to make an Arrancar army by absorbing the souls of the dead Arrancars with the Soul Cube."
"Shao...Kahn." Skullak tried to say and Noob laughed sarcastically.
"Shao Kahn? HA! Shao Kahn is nothing but an idiot, my true master is someone more than superior him." Noob said disdaining of Shao Kahn. "You probably thinking that Shinnok is the guy aren't you? Indeed he is involved but the true mastermind is..." Noob leaned his head and whispered a name in Skullak's ears and he widened his eyes.
"No...It can't be..." Skullak said before he fell face on the ground.
Noob heard someone saying no in a low tone, he looked around and saw Loly and Menoly in a corner and they ran away when he saw them, he merged with a shadow to follow them. The girls ran for some minutes and stopped when they were think that they were safe, then a red gas entered Menoly by her mouth and she coughed a little before fainting while Loly was grabbed by black tentacles and pinned against the wall. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! My god Loly you are in a big trouble now sis." Noob said as he emerged from a shadow, he walked towards Loly and used his index and middle finger to caress her cheek. "But there is a way to make the things better to you, all you have to do is don't say a single word to anyone about what I did to our dear Skullak...Oh wait there is another thing, I want you to go attack Orihime Inoue."
Loly widened her before narrowing them and looking at Noob with burning hate. "*Hmpf* I would I do that? I don't have nothing against the girl." Loly said.
"I see...So I have to use another tactics, Right Menoly?" Noob turned his attention to Menoly, she was with a strange look as if she were in some kind of trance and her usually green eye was red. "Menoly take your Zanpakuto and slash your throat unless Loly agrees in obey me." Noob ordered.
The girl took a Jambyia like Zanpakuto and slowly putting the blade towards her neck. "Wait I'll obey You!" Loly screamed all lung and Noob said to Menoly stop.
Noob snapped his fingers and the tentacles disappeared and Loly feel to the ground on her knees. "Good girl, isn't good when the things go well?" Noob asked ironically patting her head, then they heard many steps. "*Hmm* It looks like that Skullak's friends came here." Noob saw from the corner Grimmjow, Reptile, Ying and Yang carrying an injured Cirucci, Barragan, Ggio and Apache, Baraka, Tesla, and Aisslinger. "This guy obviously had many friends, You go now." Noob said and the Arrancar girls sonidoed, Noob walked towards the crowd. "What happened here?" Noob asked to Grimmjow.
"I don't know, some minutes ago I felt Skullak's reiatsu disappearing and when found him like this." Grimmjow replied.
"Is Sensei dead, Reptile?" Ggio asked.
"He is in critical condition, I don't know if I can save him, whoever attacked him stabbed Skullak through his lung." Reptile said and wrote some things in two papers. "Aisslinger take these ingredients in Shang Tsung's lab, and you Tesla ask these equipments to Sektor, Ying and Yang put Cirucci in a bed her injures are light, Ggio and Apache bring the other Fraccions and try to find some evidence of the aggressor, and the rest stay out of this room I need full concentration." Reptile said as he gave the papers to Aisslinger and Tesla and entered the medical wing carrying Skullak.
"I think that everything we can do now is wait." Grimmjow said.
"Hey Grimmjow come here." Noob said. "You see, I discovered that Ichigo is fighting Ulquiorra." Noob whispered to Grimmjow.
"What? How dare he! Ichigo is my opponent." Grimmjow roared.
"I know and respect that, and I know that Ichigo can be killed by Ulquiorra so I think that you should take Orihime with you but be prepared for battle because Menoly and Loly went to Orihime's room with bad intentions." Noob said and Grimmjow sonidoed. "Hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm, excellent I think that I should go see Ichigo." Noob said and he teleported, and he arrived at the place where Ichigo was attacking Ulquiorra but the Arrancar was only evading. "He is trying to accomplish the promise he made to Orihime *Hmpf* but this is too much bothersome, it is as they say if you want something done good you have to do it by yourself." Noob took some kind of radio in his pocket. "Ulquiorra if you are supposed to be with the girl you have to kill him." Noob said, Ulquiorra's green eyes turned red and he shot a Cero that made Ichigo fly holding Nel. "Oh boy I have to see this." Noob created a flying orb made of shadow to follow them and as the orb flew it left a trail of a black ink like liquid, he saw Ulquiorra kicking Ichigo through a building, Noob continued to follow them and he saw Ulquiorra stabbing Ichigo's heart with his hand. "Hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm hm, Good job Ulqui-Boy, now return to your palace and will forget everything that happened here." Noob said and Ulquiorra sonidoed, Noob looked and saw Nel sobbing over the apparently dead Ichigo, he walked towards her and patted her head. "Ichigo Kurosaki, dead or alive in either way you will become a member of my army."
TO BE CONTINUE
In The Next Chapter: The final battle between Ichigo and Grimmjow
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