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Love and Rose closed in on Kisuke, the man cursing as he knelt on the ground. His back was sore from slamming into, and subsequently smashing through a portion of the wall and he could feel the sting of blood somewhere on his body. The two Shinigami leered down at him, the sound of the writhing slime hardening on their faces was horrible and Urahara braced himself, standing roughly to his feet. Instantly, Love roared and Rose lunged for him, Urahara reaching out and grabbing the man's wrist, Rose shrieking behind his gruesome mask, the ooze fully formed now. Back flipping, Urahara's feet struck Rose on the chin, underneath the main section of his mask.

'Got you!' he thought to himself but he was suddenly struck in the side by Love, the Shinigami growling madly, Kisuke toppling to the floor, sliding across it, his eyes shut tight as he came to a stop. Rose began to advance on him but suddenly he stopped and turned, Shinji's body lying in his view. Urahara sat up slightly and prepared to speed over to him, the Hollowfied Shinigami appearing over the unconscious man, his sword raised. The light shined off of his blade, Shinji's eyes fluttering weakly as Rose hissed. Urahara vanished, reappearing behind Rose, his sword drawn in a flash. Quickly however, Love was beside him, the man grabbing Urahara's zanpakuto with his bare hand.

'Damn it, Love!' Kisuke cursed, the Shinigami staring into the mask, it's dark eye sockets lifeless and empty, cold air escaping through the mask's jagged teeth. Rose swung his sword downwards like a vicious pendulum, Hirako's eyes opening fully in shock at the sight, Urahara cursing as he struggled with Love's tight grip. Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, someone appeared in the air above Rose and span round bring their leg down hard on his back before following through with a punch to the face, Rose spiralling to the side, crashing into the wall, chunks of stone crumbling down onto him as he vanished into a thick cloud of murky dust.

'Who…?' Shinji mumbled, Urahara squinting to see. Suddenly, Love received a similar hit to the face and went flying backwards, slamming violently onto the ground a little way back. Cracking his knuckles, Kensei Muguruma emerged from the smoke, coughing. He whisked his mask from his face, the object twisting into white, wispy smoke in his hand. The muscular Shinigami clicked his neck, his white hair blowing slightly in the wind, the chink of metal on metal ringing out as his earrings knocked into one another.

'Tch, I don't know which one of you gave me these earrings, but you can take 'em back.' he grumbled, striding towards them. Urahara was looking at him in shock, the man raising an eyebrow at him. 'What's with you?'

'You were just wearing your mask then weren't you?' he asked, Kensei nodding dumbly. Kisuke scratched his head slightly. 'You just took it off?'

'You gotta. They break otherwise. There's a time limit y'know.' Kensei muttered, pulling his shikai from a small pouch on his combats and spinning it round in his fingers. Shinji spluttered roughly before looking up at the man, a sly grin on his face.

'Kensei…you know-it-all bastard…' he chuckled. 'How the hell did you find all this out, were ya dreamin'?'

'Tachikaze told me. Apparently me, him an' some Hollow are in sync now. Whatever, I don't care. As long as this mask doesn't get in my way, I don't mind having it. Besides, it does seem to work well with Tachikaze. At least, it did in my inner world anyway.' he mumbled. Hearing a loud groaning sound, he turned swiftly, landing a hard kick straight into Love's face, Rose standing back up, unleashing a horrific scream. 'These two are finding this hard aren't they?' he whispered, pulling his mask down his face again, the reiatsu thundering off of him.

Urahara was watching all of this in amazement, Shinji thinking to himself.

'Kensei is definitely in touch with his Hollow, there's no doubt. I know he seems to think it's because of Tachikaze but it ain't. It's almost like Kensei didn't even have to fight his Hollow. Why? Is it because he was the first to be transformed that night? He was transformed far longer and far more thorough than any of the rest of us. His reiatsu suggested that he actually became a Hollow, at least for that night. Could that be why he seems so in tune with it…?' Shinji wondered to himself, pondering the thought. 'Nonetheless, that's another one of us awake at last.'

Urahara stepped in to help Kensei, the man grabbing Love's face and ramming it through a wall of stone, dust and fragments of rock exploding everywhere. Urahara pounced at Rose, the man charging a Cero between his fingers with a touch of elegance. Urahara was already there though and pointed his sword at him, swinging it round and deflecting the Cero into hundreds upon hundreds of red lines of light, each one burning holes in the ground before vanishing. Quick as a flash he landed on the ground and poised his blade to strike, sending it through Rose's shoulder, the Shinigami crying out as blood splattered onto the floor.

Meanwhile, Kensei kicked Love in the face before spinning round and doing the same again, removing his mask while he was at it. He was soon out of breath and Love pounded him over and over, his fists smashing into Kensei's chest rapidly. Blood was trickling down Kensei's chin as he took the punches, Love seemingly laughing behind the mask. Finally, Love raised another fist only for Muguruma to catch it in mid flight and cast Love back, charging an energy sphere onto his blade.

'You're done for, I've got to end this!' he barked as Love was almost fully Hollow.

'Wait, Kensei!' Shinji cried out, Urahara spinning round. Suddenly, cracks appeared on Love's mask, red lights shooting out of them. Kensei thrust his arms forward, Urahara appearing in the air in front of him, twisting round and deflecting the blast into the wall with an almighty bang, the silver light illuminating the room.

'What's the big idea -!?' Kensei snapped but he turned as Love screeched a deafening cry, the cracks covering his entire body now. Then, with a massive burst of wind, the pieces of mask flew off of Love, his entire body shattering like glass leaving the blue track suited man underneath, his eyes hidden behind black tinted shades.

'Finally!' Urahara thought with glee as Love staggered before collapsing, Kensei catching him.

'You…you were gonna blast me in the face weren't ya…?' Love chuckled heartily before passing out, Kensei gritting his teeth. He lay Aikawa down on the ground before moving his shoulder, stretching it.

'That's one down.' he said, turning now to Rose who roared menacingly, his blonde hair lengthening all the way down to his feet now, the white mask collecting down the back of his neck and all across his hair. Kensei span his knife in his hand, Urahara raising his sword, Shinji stepping up behind them, one hand rubbing the back of his neck.

'All this trouble. Man, Aizen is so dead. That is, if we don't die fightin' these guys first.' he thought to himself before clutching the hilt of his zanpakuto. 'Guess we can't let that happen though…' he said, his eyes flicking over to Hiyori, the girl still on the floor next to the others. 'I still don't feel amazin' after hitting the floor. What the heck, I'll fight this till one of us dies. I ain't givin' up yet.'