For Ichigo those few seconds of silence we're like an eternity. 'How was he alive?' Was the main question in Ichigo's head along with 'why is he with the vampires?' and 'He feels part human part vampire.'. 'Kingy, get your ass in gear this won't last forever!' Zangetsu shouts making Ichigo blink and remove his hand from Mika's chest. 'I just missed his spine...' Ichigo says internally in relief.
''What are you doing!?'' Guren shouts in anger. ''Use your sword and activate the curse!'' He shouts prompting Ichigo to look at him. ''B-but...'' Guren reaches for his sword. ''Damn it!'' He shouts swinging his sword only for Mika to pull his out of Gurens chest and block it and taking the chance to jump away before falling and rolling on the ground in pain before coming to a halt and getting on his knees.
Ichigo moves forwards in slight shock. He feels a presence beside him and turns to Guren who looks pissed as hell as he punch's Ichigo in the face making him stumble to the side. ''Why the hell didn't you kill him?!'' Guren shouts in anger. Ichigo only stumbled for a sentence before Guren drops on his hands and knees coughing blood into his hands. ''Guren!'' Ichigo shouts kneeling in front of him only to recoil as Guren gives him a death glare. ''There's no time to worry about me Brat! this is a battle field!'' Guren shouts getting back up and pushing Ichigo to the side.
''Yuu!'' Mitsuba shouts making him turn to see his squad running for him. ''Why didn't you use your cursed gear?!'' She shouts in anger and confusion. Yoichi joins in asking if something was wrong. Ichigo only turns towards Mika. ''Mika...is that you?'' Ichigo asks looking at him holding back the tears. Mika stands up. ''Mika. Is. It. You?'' Ichigo says walking forwards slightly. ''Yuu...'' Mika mutters looking at Ichigo speechless.
''Well isn't this adorable.'' Ferid speaks up walking beside Mika. ''Isn't that your dear Yūichirō Hyakuya?'' He says twirling a finger in Ichigo's direction. ''Such a fateful reunion, it almost brings a tear to my eye.'' Ferid says sarcastically. ''So what will you do? Yuu is most likely being used by the humans.'' Ferid says looking over at Mika seriously. ''Oh I know.'' Ferid says again. ''I could do what Krul did and turn him into a vamp-'' He cut off my Mika grabbing him by the neck with a furious look on his face. that only makes Ferid smile.
''You lay a finger on him I'll kill you.'' Mika says in a deadly tone. ''I'm just kidding of course.'' Ferid says with a smile plastered onto his face. Ferid prys Mika's hand off his neck with ease walking beside him. ''Well how about I lend you that hand now?'' He says facing Ichigo. ''I'll deal with the rest of the humans and you can get your little ''Princess'' Ferid says making Mika turn around to look at Ichigo. ''So excluding Yuu, we kill all the humans.'' Ferid says drawing his ruby red sword walking forwards only to stop hearing someone call him. ''I heard you called Seventh progenitor.'' Crowley says walking towards him with Chess and Horn behind him on either side. ''Ah, Crowley I've been waiting.'' Ferid says happily.
''It's him...'' Mitsuba says looking at Crowley walk towards Ferid.
''I took a little detour.'' Crowley says walking beside Ferid facing him. ''Did anything interesting happen?'' Ferid asks. ''Yeah something interesting happened, I found a human stronger than me.'' He says casually making Ferid's eyes widen in surprise. ''A human stronger than a 13th Progenitor?'' Ferid says sheathing his sword. ''Indeed, he's actually that runt there.'' Crowley says pointing at Ichigo. ''Oh well, with you here the battles won anyways, Okay! let's turn them into livestock. We'll capture them alive.'' Ferid says happily.
''Shit...more nobles.'' Guren says holding his chest in pain. ''It's over...'' He mutters. ''EVERYONE RETREAT!'' Guren shouts spitting a small amount of blood up as he did so. ''W-wait I can't just leave Mika here!'' Ichigo shouts facing him. ''Would you prefer we all die instead?'' Guren questions facing him. Yoichi puts his hand on Ichigo's should. and Shinoa speaks up. ''Yuu, for now we retreat.'' She says softly regretting having to do this. Ichigo nods after a second of hesitation.
''All units retreat to the secondary defensive line!'' Guren shouts prompting the squads to retreat toward it. ''Stay in formation!'' Guren continues shouting as Ichigo's squad begins to run down the street only for Ferid to run in front of them stopping the squad. ''You're not going anywhere.'' Ferid says. ''You!'' Ichigo says rage building up on his face remembering it's the man that killed his family. Ferid vanishes prompting Ichigo to draw Ashuramaru and turn doing a slash as he draws it as Ferid skips away from the attack. Ichigo continues to push. ''You...YOU!'' Ichigo shouts over and over as Ferid skips away from his attacks.
''What the hell is that brat doing?!'' Guren shouts drawing his sword and running towards Ichigo. ''Lieutenant Colonel!'' Mitsuba shouts in worry as the injured man runs towards Ferid.
''You seem strong but this is nowhere near a 13th Progenitor's strength so how come Crowley says your as strong as him?'' He says cockily as he continues to skip away only for his eyes to widen and turn his head to the left to see Guren running at him. He quickly uses Ichigo's head as a board to jump on and over Gurens slash before appearing behind him. ''As for you, your injuries have made you slow.' Ferid says before delivering a roundhouse kick the side of his head knocking him into an old pillar knocking the wind out of him and making him drop his sword.
Ichigo looks to the right to see one of his squad mates try to get to him only to be stopped by a purple haired vampire. Ichigo turn around to see his squad as well as Gurens fighting the vampires in combat struggling to hold the large number of them off. ''Oh it's you again.'' Crowley says getting Ichigo's squads attention making them turn to him. ''I won't let you get away this time.'' Ichigo turns hearing someone gag in pain and turns towards Ferid who had Guren pinned to the way with a first in his gut. ''Guren!'' Ichigo shouts running towards them and swinging his sword as Ferid who prompted vanishes from sight leaving Ichigo's sword to dig into the wall and stop an inch from Gurens face making Ichigo's eyes widen in shock. ''Behind you!'' Guren shouts in warning as Ferid grabs Ichigo's shoulder. ''Let me start by having a taste of your-'' He's cut off as a red flash suddenly severs his arm from his body.
He looks to the right to see Mika holding his sword up with a very pissed off look on his face. ''Oh don't be so angry Ferid says jumping away and walking towards his arm. ''It was just a harmless joke.'' He says facing Ichigo again with a tone in his voice that implied pain. Ichigo stops looking at Ferid and to Mika only to see him in front of him making Ichigo trip in shock. ''Why are you with the vampires!'' Ichigo says after a moment of recovering from his shock interrupting Mika who was about to speak. ''Don't worry about that.'' Mika says picking Ichigo up in a bridal style before jumping towards a gas station.
''Yuu!'' Shinoa shouts in worry taking her eyes away from Crowley who promptly lifts on hand from his sword. ''You shouldn't look away from your enemy.'' He says making her turn to him only to get flicked in the face with the force of a punch knocking her on the ground.
''Mika stop!'' Ichigo shouts only to be ignored. ''Cut the crap and tell me what's going on!'' Ichigo shouts again. ''You can't stay here.'' Mika says looking down at him, your being used by the humans.'' Mika says as he jumps from cars to roofs towards a gas station.
''That's enough!'' Ichigo shouts in anger breaking free from Mika's grab making him fall on top of the gas station. ''What do you mean being used by the humans?'' Ichigo asks. ''Aren't you...?'' Ichigo asks half the question making Mika look away as if in shame.
''Please Yuu...just leave with me it's dangerous here...'' He says walking forwards holding an arm out. Ichigo backs away. ''I can't...My friends.'' Ichigo says turning around. ''There not your friends, there only deceiving you!'' Mika's shouts at Ichigo walking forwards.
''Shinoa!'' Yoichi shouts making Ichigo turn to see Shinoa being held by the neck by Crowley. ''Shinoa!'' Ichigo shouts moving forwards only for Mika to grab his shoulder stopping him. ''Yuu! you can't go there's nothing for you there!'' He says turning Ichigo around to face him. Ichigo watches in shock as his squad all get disarmed and knocked to the ground and held in place by the vampires. ''LET ME GO!'' Ichigo shouts in anger trying to run forwards. ''You can't!'' Mika shouts quickly jumping on Yuu's back to stop him.
Ichigo tries to move but Mika's weight on his human body holds him down as he watches the vampires start to feed on them. ''STOP!'' Ichigo shouts trying to move from his grip. ''Stop Yuu there only manipulating you!'' Mika shouts only to be thrown over Ichigo's shoulder. ''SHUT UP!'' He shouts. He looks forwards to see Shinoa mutter something only for her mouth to be covered by Crowley. ''Livestock don't talk.'' He says before he bites her neck.
Ichigo suddenly feels his head pounding remembering the day his family died in almost full detail as the spiritual pressure around him starts to build up as he screams in pain. Mika gets up facing him. ''Yuu?'' He asks hesitantly making Ichigo face him only for Mika to recoil in shock as one of Ichigo's eyes turns red and starts bleeding.
For Ichigo it's totally different as the drop of blood touches the ground only for him to be in his inner world. He walks forwards to see Ashuramaru and Zangetsu looking at the sky. ''Hey...guys what's going on?'' He asks. ''Are you trying to possess me?'' Ichigo asks again looking at Ashuramaru. ''I'm not doing a thing.'' He says. ''But I'm concerned about this.'' He continues to look at the sky as he speaks. He turns around to face Ichigo. ''I did not expect to be afraid of the monstrous human I have attached myself to.'' He says pausing before looking at the clouded sky. ''Look at the sky, it's as if heaven itself is parting the clouds to illuminate this lonely world.'' He says again.
''You know Yuu...Mika is right.'' He says after a second of silence between them getting Ichigo's attention. ''If there's still time you should run away from the humans as far away as possible. Otherwise your Humanity-'' She pauses her eyes widening in shock. ''What is it?'' Ichigo asks only to get an answer in the form of a low trumpet followed by 6 others as the sky opens and figures with wings start flying about it. ''It's too late.''
''Actually it's not.'' Zangetsu says with an Insane smile. ''I have a way to beat those little angels.'' He says after a second to get their attention. ''Remember that time on top of Aizans base when you killed that bat boy?'' Zangetsu says making Ichigo's eyes widen. ''Wait you want me...'' He says in shock looking at Zangetsu. ''It's that or let this thing start killing everyone you love.'' He says casually looking back at the light in the sky. Ichigo was silent for a second. ''So... we can do it?'' Ichigo asks. ''Not without Asurhmaru's help.'' He says facing the child demon. ''Why do you need me?'' He asks curiously. ''Unless you got an ocean of Gillian I can't turn into a Vasto lorde right now and even if I could I can't do it while he's in his human form so I need your power and mine to counteract that thing.'' He says looking at them both.
''Alright...I'll do it, only because I like you slightly better than those angels.'' Ashuramaru says jumping off his sword and grabbing Zangetsu's hand. Ichigo blinked in shock as they started to merge into one being before his eyes. ''Zanget-'' He's cut off as a sword imbeds itself into his chest making him look down at his Bankai with a green glint. he looks back up at his Zanpakuto before his world goes black.
Ichigo in the real world starts to shout in pain before his soul gets shot out of his body followed by a white liquid starting to pore out of his body and cover him head to toe from his chest mouth hand even his left eye. ''YUU!'' Mika shouts in shock only to fall feeling the weight of an ocean on his back. Ichigo drops on his knees scratching the ground painfully as the white liquid starts to solidify burning away most of his uniform.
Ichigo lets out an inhuman roar shacking everything within a mile and sending the horsemen of john running away in fear and causing everyone to look at him in shock and fear at his new appearance. Ichigo's sword starts to form in hand as people take in his form.
His hands have become claws, his feet tur into that similar to a bird or lizard and his skin is a snow white color with purple and red marking around his body and a demonic skull mask with two horns pointing out of the sides facing forwards.
Mika gets up as the weight suddenly subsides as he looks at Ichigo. ''I knew it...the humans really are.'' He says as Yuu stops screaming in pain. ''Don't Yuu!'' He shouts knowing he'll run to his 'friends'. The demonic figure looks at him before raising its sword and swinging it in front of it blowing the hole gas station up and sending Mika flying.
Crowley looks up from his meal after hearing the explosion and turns to see a demonic figure walk towards him with long black hair behind it. ''Oh it's him again? what happened to him, looks like hell.'' He says standing. He walks towards him before stopping. ''This one looks like trou-'' He stops seeing red energy form between the horns and the ground cracks around the demonic figure making him jump out of the way as it screams out bursting some people's eardrums.
Just as Crowley jumps away a large red beam fires out of the horn going in a straight line destroying anything in its path for a three miles making everyone look at it in shock. of course that wasn't the end as everyone's eyes widened in terror as a large mushroom cloud forms in the distance where the beam ends sending a shock wave towards them shattering windows and knocking down some buildings.
Crowley looks at the mushroom cloud in shock. ''Wow...the humans really got out of hand with this one...'' He turns to face Ichigo only to get a face full of him suddenly appearing in front of a shocked Crowley punching in the face lunching him into a nearby building with a shattered jawbone.
Ferid looks at the beast in shock. ''What is this?'' He says looking at Guren who he has by the neck holding him in the air. ''I-I don't... know.'' Guren says in shock. 'I thought the angel was meant to come out!?' He says internally in shock watching the beast that was Yuu punch Crowley away like an annoyance before facing THEM?!
''Pr...protect...'' Ichigo mutters in a demonic voice before using Sonido to appear in front behind Ferid making his eyes widen in shock as his arm gets bitten off before he's grabbed by the head and slammed into the ground. Guren being dropped on the floor stays still in shock as Ichigo slowly turns away from the mush that used to be Ferid's head that's slowly regenerating itself. ''G-Gur...en.'' The demonic figure says before vanishing as a sword imbeds itself where he was beforehand.
Crowley holds his jaw looking around him. ''Alright beast you got me I'll take you on seriously.'' He says as his sword turns a ruby red and he holds it with two hands. He swiftly turns around hearing a sound barrier behind him break and swings his sword. Only for it to be caught by the figure before it kicks his chest sending him into a nearby pile of rubble his chest caved in.
Two miles away a certain vampire queen was looking in shock towards the slowly fading mushroom cloud, no sooner than a few minutes ago a large bean of energy about a building wide had torn the vampires temporary base clean in half killing a fifth of the forces before the thing exploded a mile away sending a shock wave through the base sending everything flying, the base was a mess, it looked like a tornado had come through it. Krul looks towards the front lines her eyes squinted before she draws her sword. ''Leave it to me to have to clean up all your problems Ferid.'' She says promptly vanishing from sight and running towards the battle field.
Ferid and Crowley we're being pushed around like that one kid in school, everything they did was countered and dodged even when they put everything into it just vanished or used it's hand or arm to stop the attack like nothing all they could do was leave a small scratch that promptly vanishing after a second. ''This is bad Ferid.'' Crowley says jumping back holding his severed right arm before reattaching it. ''We might have to retreat.'' He adds as they stare down the demon in front of them that's picking up one unlucky vampire before promptly taring its neck apart spraying blood everywhere before the vampire turned to ash and the demon absorbed it!
''What's going on her Bathony?'' A child like voice says beside them making them turn to see the queen of japan staring down the beast in front of them. ''Can't tame a wild animal?'' She says sarcastically. ''Sadly my queen it seems that way.'' Ferid says masking his panic with a playful voice. She sighs looking at the demonic figure. ''Very well I'-'' She's cut off as it appears in front of her grabbing her by the neck and drags her with it into the ground before throwing her into a nearby building and swinging its sword sending a large amount of air pressure blowing the building to bits as Krul vanishes from the wreckage appearing behind Ichigo swinging her sword only for it to be deflected by the beast's black sword with green highlights.
She jumps back to get some distance before swinging her sword sending a wave of red energy towards the demonic figure that doesn't dodge as the impact causes an explosion. after a few seconds the dust clears to show a shallow slash on its chest making Ferid and Crowley smile. ''It seems he can be-'' He stops seeing a white foam form on the wound before vanishing leaving a nothing, like the attack never happened. ''That healings similar to a high ranking vampire!'' Krul says in surprise looking at the beasts glowing yellow and red eye's.
She quickly runs towards it as it starts charging towards her before she clashes blades with it sending a shock wave around blowing some rubble around and cracked the ground under them. Kruls face shows clear strain as she attempts to stop the demons blade that's slowly pushing her back. ''HELP ME YOU FOOLS!'' She shouts swallowing her pride asking Crowley and Ferid for help who promptly run towards the demon slashing at its back only for it to vanish.
''Where it is?!'' Krul shouts looking around before seeing it standing in midair looking down at them. ''It can fly? That's just cheating.'' Crowley says with a worried look on his face. Suddenly their faces turn to shock as a ball of energy forms between its horns as it starts to roar again. ''STOP IT!'' She shouts vanishing from sight and using a car to jump up at the demonic figure and use her sword and charging an energy attack but keeping it in the blade followed by Crowley and Ferid and a ball of energy fly's towards them.
The balls hit their swords shattering the ground around the three before it blows up sending a shock wave out knocking back everyone within forty meters. Krul gets up as he burned skin starts to heal. ''Ferid call all vampires to retreat I'll distract this thing for now.'' She says as her blade turns a ruby red color. Ferid only nods. ''EVERYONE RETREAT!'' He shouts prompting the vampires to start running away.
They would have if not for the fact the Ichigo looked up at the sky before swinging his sword somehow cutting the sky open as a black opening opened in the sky. ''What's this?'' Ferid asks looking up at it before his eyes widen in shock as it towering black cloaked figure starts to come out of it screaming.
''What the hell is that!?'' Shinoa shouts in terror as they JIDA form up away from the battle watching the twenty story beast step out of the opening.
Crowley takes quick action as he swings his blade a wave of energy heading towards it only for the beast to open its mouth as a ball of energy forms in it and fires blowing up on contact with the energy. ''Ferid I could use some help here.'' Crowley say looking at the towering figure trying to ignore the fighting happening behind him. Ferid quickly uses his weapon seeing another ball of energy form in its mouth before sending a concentrated ball towards it as it fires a beam on energy. Both of them collide however Ferid's goes through the beam scattering it and hitting the Gillian in the head blowing the upper half of it up.
The Gillian stands still for a second before slowly falling over slowly towards the JIDA who panic trying to run away. Ichigo grabs Kruls blade mid swing cutting his hand slightly before delivering a round house kick to her mid-section shattering her ribs making her cough up blood as she hits the ground painfully. Ichigo looks at the Gillian before using Sonido to appear in front of it swinging his sword blowing it off course as it starts to fall away from the JIDA and towards ruins and crashing into them sending dust into the air.
Ichigo shouts in triumph making the JIDA cover their ears painfully. Shinoa holds Ichigo's physical body tightly as tears build up in her eyes, he had no pulse, his body was dead as she watched the demon destroy everything in its path.
Krul gets up wiping the blood from her mouth with rage on her face. ''You damn beast.'' She says pulling her sword up before jumping towards it. Ichigo turns towards the approaching blur and lifts his hand as a blade its it and promptly shatters like glass causing everyone's eyes to Widen as the demon shatters a class one vampire weapon with its hand. Ichigo grabs her by the neck causing her to cry out in pain and dig her nails into its hand trying to make it let go. The demon only roars in her face bursting her eardrums before lifting its blade up.
Ferid watches thinking. 'If she dies now my plan won't work, oh well time to use myself as bait. 'He says internally before running towards the demon and shooting a concentrated ball of energy at it making its head turn only to be hit in the face by it making Ichigo drop Krul and slam into a nearby building knocking it down. ''I must say the humans went overboard with this, a beast that can defeat a 3rd progenitor with such ease and no injuries, it makes me shiver.'' Ferid says walking beside Krul watching Ichigo get out the ruins and walk towards them. ''We can't outrun it and we can't fight it.'' Crowley says as he, Horn and Chess walk beside Krul and Ferid. ''So how do we beat it?'' He asks looking at Krul.
''We don't kill it we stun it somehow and capture it for research. 'Only a seraph of the end can cause this kind of destruction.' Krul says internally masking her panic at having to face such a powerful enemy. Just as Ichigo is about to attack he gets stopped by a hand on his shoulder making him turn to a second one making Krul freeze in terror. 'A second one?!' ''Alright kingy I think that's enough, at this rate your body will kill itself.'' It says in a demonic like voice looking back at the JIDA. ''Indeed.'' A voice says making Krul turn to see her brother sitting on the demonic figures shoulder. 'How...?' Krul says internally holding back tears. 'He's...dead…he has to be?' She says, her brother had died years ago he couldn't be here.
Ashuramaru looks over at Krul before waving and turning back to Ichigo. ''For now let calm you down.'' She says as a group of chains come from the ground and cover Ichigo stopping him from moving for the time being. ''Sorry kingy this is for your own good.'' Zangetsu says cutting off a horn from his mask making it shatter like glass showing Yuu.
Kruls eyes squint seeing Yuu. 'He's the test subject of the seraph of the end project so why did he transform into that demon?' She asks internally as Yuu falls on the ground as Zangetsu slowly vanishes along with Ashuramaru. Krul runs forwards to grab the child but a large chain shoots out of his back and towards his body attaching them just as she was about to grab his arm he's yanked and dragged away from her and back into his body.
Ichigo's body gasps for breath as soon as his soul form reaches it however he remains unconscious in Shinoa's arms.
Krul faces the humans who all gather around Yuu to defend them. ''Retreat...'' Krul says admitting defeat as she fixes he broken fingers. with that she promptly vanishes as the vampires begin to run away.