Chapter 10: The Sealed Captains

"You Idiots!" roared Yuu. The short Lieutenant of 1st Squad was reprimanding Gerard Stalker, Zack Mizu and Melorine Harvey in the Head-Captan's office for assisting Lloyd when he abandoned his post. "You have all defied direct orders, and for that you should all be punished!"

"Please, Sir, reconsider!" said Gerard "…Mel has done nothing wrong, why does she have to hear this!"

"…I think you need to get your priorities sorted out, Captain Stalker…" sighed Zack "Shouldn't you try and bail yourself out first?"

"No way, I refuse to stand by and watch a lady get punished for something she didn't do…" said Gerard, before quietly adding "At least, not in this context"

"Impudent fool!" said Yuu as he smacked Gerard on the head with a staff "I will not tolerate your foul, ill mannered humour right now!"

"Well I don't really like the way you're treating this fine young woman!" said Gerard in reply. Although he was short, Yuu was standing on a desk so that he would be on eye level with the others. The two men stared at each other angrily, to such a point that their eyes seemed to be on fire

"Yuu…I think they've had enough" said Atsui, who was sitting at his desk "I'm sure they've learned their lesson

"But Sir! They've defied direct orders!" argued Yuu "I anything, they haven't been punished enough

"That's enough, Yuu…" said Atsui "You three can go now" said Atsui as the three Shinigami breathed a sigh of relief as they left the office

"The nerve of that guy! Just who does he think he is! Speaking to a lady in that tone…It's disgusting!" complained Gerard

"We should be glad that all we got was a scolding from Lieutenant Hakimichi" said Zack "It's probably a good idea to leave it at that.

"No way! Infact, I'm going to go back there, and give that guy a piece of my-!" started Gerard, however, as he turned to walk back to the 1st Squad Barracks, there was a loud clanging sound, and he suddenly turned to stone

"W-What! What just happened!" asked Zack. The sound was heard a second time, and this time, Mel turned to stone. Shocked and Confused, Zack made his way back to the 1st Squad Barracks hastily.

"Lieutenant Hakimichi! Something has happened to-!" started Zack, before he saw the horrifying sight of the Head Captain Atsui Hasebe encased in stone

"What trickery is this!" asked Yuu as he examined the Head-Captain's body "Lieutenant Mizu? I have more important things to take care of now

"S-Sir! Captain Harvey and Captain Stalker are both…They're the same as the Head-Captain, Sir!" said Zack in a panic. This was unprecedented in the history of Soul Society.

"What!" said Yuu in surprise. Suddenly, a messenger appeared

"There are several message from a number of squads sir" said the messenger "Apparently, all the Captains are encased in stone…" he said. He looked up to see Atsui in the same condition "Sir…They're asking what to do in this situation…"

Suddenly, Damon's group appeared on the balcony outside the office

"Interesting…So, that stone actually worked" said Damon "Good work, Neil"

"But of course, we've spent years trying to find a way to reduce Soul Society's military force by this much" said the former Lieutenant "But I never imagined it would be this effective"

"Yes…This stone is something powerful indeed" said Damon as he examined the purple stone around his neck. "Anyway, you can kill the small fries, the messenger and that boy" said Damon. In an instant, Harrison, the green haired Arrancar, had stabbed and decapitated the messenger. Zack stood, frozen on the spot as he watched, knowing that he was next

"Run you fool!" said Yuu as he drew his sword, which was longer than his own body "I will take care of this!" Zack didn't need to be told twice as he pivoted and ran out of the room. Damon jerked his head and motioned for Harrison to chase him.

"The rest of you, do what you like" he said "Neil and Madness, stay here with me. He may not look it but Hakimichi is an acclaimed warrior" The Arrancars nodded and dashed off in different directions. Suddenly, what appeared to be a massive dark mouth appeared in the sky. It opened to reveal another group of Vasto Lorde Arrancars, Six more to be exact.

At the head of the group stood an Arrancar whose hair looked like a lions mane. He had his mask fragment on the upper right side of his head.

"Alright you bastards, Captain Akuma has promised us glory if we take out the top ranking members of Soul Society. Spread out!" he roared as the six new Arrancars did the same as those before them.

Zack continued running past the two Captains encased in stone, but Harrison had finally caught up and blocked his path

"…Playtimes over, little boy…" chuckled Harrison as he slowly made his way towards the petrified Zack.

Meanwhile, in the 4th Squad Barracks, Shelly was wandering around aimlessly

"Hmm…There aren't any good looking men to torture around here" she sighed "The only good looking guy I'cve seen so far was that Head-Captain…but I'm not allowed him" she moaned. She stopped walking when she heard the sound of a sword being drawn. She turned around to see Nina holding her sword shakily

"Oh…You've got guts, kid…" she laughed "Do you really wanta try and fight me?"

Elsewhere, Reed was faced against the Lion-faced Arrancar

"So, you're a Lieutenant, right?" asked the Lion Arrancar "…What's your name?"

"Me?" asked Reed "Why do you want to know that?" he asked

"It's common courtesy to ask your opponent his name before you kill him" said the Arrancar

"I see…Reed Target" he said "And you?"

"Ha! I'm Leo!" he said as he drew his sword "Let's have a glorious match!" he roared as he rushed at the ranged spcialist.

At the 9th Squad Barracks, in the theatre room where Shin's performances would take place, Rin found herself defending her encased statue from a greasy, blacked haired Arrancar. His hair covered his right eye, and his teeth always seemed to be showing. His mask fragment seemed to be a small dot of the mask on either side of his mouth.

"You look disgusting" said Rin

"Now that ain't polite, little missy" said the Arrancar "The name's Tarant" he said "And yours?

"…Rin Odoriko" she said reluctantly

"That's a good name" said Tarant "Y'know Rin…you're kind of my type" grinned the strange Arrancar

"Ugh…I'd rather date a Giant Spider" she groaned

"Excellent! Then we're gonna get along like a house on fire!" said Tarant as he drew his sword "The way I see it, a first date should always be a fight to the death!" he roared as he lept up at Rin with surprising agility.

On top of the 10th Squad Barracks, defending the stone statue of a sleeping Don Patch, was Mickael Hammerton. He refused to budge when a man with black hair, with a single white streak down the middle showed up. This Arrancar's mask fragment stretched from one side of his face, to the other, passing over his nose as they did.

"Look man, just move and lemme get this over with." he said "I don't have all day"

"I refuse!" replied Mikael "I shall only move when my broke, battered body is tossed aside!" he said

"Well.. you're not giving me too many options " sighed the Arrancar "The names Mujin, you better remember it in the next life!"

"Hey…Are you a Lieutenant?" asked Gordon, the hulking man of an Arrancar to Julie, the Lieutenant of 11th Squad

"I am, what of it!" she asked angrily, her sword already drawn

"The Boss said I have to kill you" said Gordon "Sorry about that!" he said as he aimed a punch with his massive fist at Julie

"Eh? I wound up in some weird place…" said another female Arrancar. This one had brown hair, and her Mask fragment looked like horns on her forehead

"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!" said a Robotic voice as red lights flashed on and off in the 12th Squad Barracks "Activating Defence Mode!"

Suddenly, Elizabeth emerged from the shadows. Her normally green eyes were now red. Several compartments on her bopdy were open to reveal weapons, including guns on her arms and legs. She also carried a Zanpakutou.

Elizabeth was created by pouring the souls of Shinigami into a robotic body. This is what allows Elizabeth to wield a Zanpakutou.

"Eh! Robot?" asked the female Arrancar "That's cool and all, but It'll be a nuisance" she sighed "Hey, tin can! I dunno if you understand this but, The names Antler! And don't forget it!" she said as she rushed at Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, in the 13th Squad Barracks, Jessie wa sleapng around, dodging the attacks of a purple haired Arrncar whose mask fragment covered his mouth entirely

"Hey, hey, is that it, that's all you've got, man this is boring" said Jessi, who refused to keep quiet for even a moment

"Ugh! Shut up! You're giving me a headache you bastard!" said the Arrancar

"Hey, What's your name, I'm Jessie, who're you?" asked Jessie as he lept around

"I'm Hebi! Now hold still and let me kill you!" he roared as he continued his ineffective slashes against Jessie

And thus, the war between Soul Society and its former Captain Damon Akuma began…

To Be Continued…