Author's notes: Okay this chapter took me forever to type up so thank God I got it done. Anyway this is my longest chapter yet so you may want to take your time.
I don't own Bleach or Devil May Cry (If I did I wouldn't be living in this part of the country)
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Ch. 11 The Heavenly Guardian and the Black Knights
"And that shall conclude this Lieutenants meeting" Nanao stated as she adjusted her glasses "and of course best wishes to our new colleagues; Squad Three Lieutenant Izuru Kira, Squad Five Lieutenant Momo Hinamori, and Squad Nine Lieutenant Shuuhei Hisagi. Congratulations to both of you."
"Thank you" the three new lieutenants said gratefully as most of the Lieutenants applauded.
"Yay we have even more playmates now" Yachiru cheered gleefully as she jumped up behind them and pulled all three into a tight hug due to her short arms before saying "I'll have to think up some new nicknames for you."
"Nick names?" Momo said with a hesitant chuckle.
"It'll likely be something ridiculous or inappropriate" Toushirou assured her "count yourselves lucky, she gave me a nickname within half a minute of meeting me."
"Ah come on Frosty loosen up" Yachiru said as she let go of the new Lieutenants and leapt on his back causing a vein to pop in Toushirou's temple "are you going to be this much of a party pooper when Uki picks a new Lieutenant?"
"Frosty?" Momo asked forcing back a laugh.
"Shut up" Toushirou hissed "and don't even think about it" he said threateningly to both Izuru and Shuuhei as Yachiru smiled happily.
"Sheesh what's the big deal?" Oomaeda asked "there wasn't this much fuss when I was named a Lieutenant."
"That's because no one really likes you" Toushirou said bluntly.
"He's right you know" Rangiku agreed "and beside you only got promoted because the Head Captain wouldn't let Captain Soi Fon continue to operate without a Lieutenant. I heard one day she just said to him 'Fine, just give me any idiot, it doesn't matter' and guess who happened to walk by."
Oomaeda was speechless as Toushirou asked "is that true?"
"Oomaeda confirmed it himself while drunk" Rangiku said with a chuckle.
Every Lieutenant was looking at Oomaeda as if they couldn't believe what they were hearing before Toushirou simply said "Oomaeda you're an idiot."
"Are we really going to be okay working with these people?" Izuru asked in concern.
"We'll be fine" Momo answered before saying "you really should be nicer to people Toushirou."
"That's Lieutenant Hitsugaya to you" Toushirou said crudely causing Momo to raise an eyebrow and a dead silence to follow.
"Looky Looky" Yachiru said gleefully as she came in with a magazine "the new shinigami monthly came out, and it's the annual special."
"When did you leave?" Momo asked in surprise.
"Too bad Captain Soi Fon couldn't get her for a Lieutenant" Toushirou said plainly.
"Wait a minute did you just say that was the annual special?" Isane asked as she walked up to the young girl who nodded "what does it say about squad four?"
"For those who don't want to or cant bring themselves to kill for a living join the fourth squad, develop your skills to save lives instead of taking them under the gentle guidance of Captain Retsu Unohana and her disciple Isane Koutestu" Yachiru read off for her "lets find something amusing, how about squad six?"
"Yachiru don't you dare!" Toushirou stated as she flipped a few pages and quickly vanished "where'd she go?"
"Hey get off me damn it" Oomaeda swore as everyone looked to see Yachiru standing on top of his head smiling "I said get off."
"Quite Tubs I'm trying to read" Yachiru said as she stomped down on his head causing him to fall silent "want to be a positive influence on the soul society or do you desire fame? If your answer is yes to either question join squad six, because if you so much as stick one toe over the line, either Captain Byakuya Kuchki or Lieutenant Toushirou Hitsugaya will cut it off so make no mistake you will behave, and if you survive long enough you'll likely become famous throughout the entire Seireitei. Captain Byakuya Kuchki is arguably the most famous of the thirteen court guard squads Captains for his cold and ruthless demeanor. Ten years ago he appointed a young and rising star named Toushirou Hitsugaya as his Lieutenant and to most people both within and outside of the sixth squad the two seem to get along like a pair of bothers or a father and son as they effectively run the sixth squad and institute a strict code of discipline."
"Toushirou are you really taking after your Captain that much?" Momo asked in concern "you really worry me."
"Mind your own damn business Momo" Toushirou replied in annoyance before looking up to Yachiru and saying "and quit talking about my professional life!"
"Oh look what it says here, unlike Captain Kuchki, under the right conditions Lieutenant Hitsugaya will actually show signs of humanity usually in the form of extreme anger and annoyance" Yachiru added cheerfully causing Toushirou's eyebrow to twitch before she jumped down to the floor.
"Lieutenant Kusajishi that's quite enough" Nanao said "please stop reading from that…"
Nanao immediately stopped dead when she saw Yachiru flip a few pages before saying "do you desire the mellowest existence possible as a shinigami? Then sign up for squad eight led by the veteran Captain Shunsui Kyouraku, when not on missions enjoy an easy atmosphere and a few dozen bottles of sake as you watch Lieutenant Nanao Ise beat the crap out of Captain Kyouraku like they were married" Nanao blushed deeply and was speechless as the other lieutenants had a look on their faces that all seemed to read 'now that she mentions it' and Yachiru chuckled "old married couple."
Rangiku chuckled before turning to Toushirou and saying "I think me and Isane should take her out for a drink or two."
"Why are you telling me?" Toushirou asked "you're not my problem."
"I'm touched by your concern" Rangiku replied lightly as she signaled Isane and guided Nanao out of the conference room.
Toushirou turned to Momo and said "let's get the hell out of here."
"Is it always like that?" Momo asked.
"Pretty much" Toushirou answered "they can be pretty over the top some...scratch that all of the time. By the way congratulations on your promotion, Captain Aizen's lucky to have you."
"Thanks" Momo replied "though I'm still a little concerned about you working under Captain Kuchki, I don't think I've ever met someone who was so heartless."
Toushirou remembered his time working with Rukia and the day Byakuya walked past him in the hospital and said 'sorry' after his grandmother had died before saying "he cares, a lot actually. It's just not easy for him to express it."
"You think so?" Momo asked.
"I imagine adopting someone from Rukongai as his younger sister didn't make his life much easier with the heads of his household but for some reason or another he did it anyway" Toushirou answered.
"I guess you have a point" Momo replied "maybe it's not so bad if he's taking after his captain."
"He's come far" Rangiku thought as turned to catch back up with Isane and Nanao.
*That night, Squad ten office area a.k.a Gojou Ikari's private preserve*
"The equipment is all set up, but I should test it first to make sure everything is working properly" Gojou thought as he read through Mayuri's notebooks one last time before grabbing a list of his squad's personal "and it would seem that I have three officers who haven't shaped up like I told them to, might as well make use of them."
*A nearby pub*
"And another one bites the dust" the bartender declared as a man fell to the ground and lost consciousness "Lieutenant Matsumoto I have no idea where or how you got, but you have some kind of super liver or something."
"Tell me about it" the third through fifth seats of squad ten sighed in unison. The third seat was a man with messy brown hair which nearly covered his eyes, the fourth seat was a woman with light blonde hair which she had tied into pig tails, and the fifth seat was a man dark red hair which he kept incredibly short.
The three officers looked at each other before they burst out laughing Nanao and Isane were at a nearby table, Isane had a concerned look on her face and Nanao had her head buried in her arms.
"Come on Nanao, that magazine was just being satirical, no one actually thinks you and your captain are like an old married couple" Rangiku said as she rolled her eyes.
"Do you really mean that?" Isane whispered.
"Of course not" Rangiku whispered back "this one time when I was trying to deliver documents to their office she literally sent him flying through the door because she hit him so hard with that book she's always carrying around. The magazine article was dead on."
"Lieutenant Matsumoto it's at time like this that we all wish you were the Captain, that way squad ten would be a lot more fun" the third seat whispered to her with a soft chuckle before he took a sip of his drink.
"Ah, I'm flattered" Rangiku replied "just don't let Captain Ikari hear you say that."
"Ma'am" he replied as they both took a drink, suddenly the atmosphere in the bar became incredibly tense and everyone was thinking something along the lines of 'oh damn not now.' Everyone turned to the entrance to see Gojou Ikari walk in with his usual air of arrogance, but what was truly disturbing was the fact that he had a wide smile across his face.
Gojou walked up to the third, fourth, and fifth seats and said "we need to talk" not dropping his smile and they noticed a disturbing glimmer in his eyes indicated that he was incredibly happy.
"Can it wait sir?" the fourth seat asked nervously.
"No now come along" Gojou answered as the officer followed him reluctantly through the door.
Rangiku raised an eyebrow as she heard a number of people saying:
"The Captain was smiling?!"
"I think we need to get the hell out of here"
"Agreed"
"This sure can't be good…hey bar keep, I'm going to need a few more bottles of sake"
Rangiku placed some money on the counter for her tab before she walked out thinking "I have a bad feeling about this."
"So captain what is it you wanted to talk to us about" the fourth seat asked as he lead them to the door separating the main office building from the restricted section that Gojou had kept to himself for the past ten years "sir are you taking us in there?"
Suddenly the fifth seat noticed that Gojou's lips were moving causing his eyes to shoot open before he asked "Captain, what are you mumbling?!"
Gojou looked at them with a small smirk before saying "Bakudou 63: Sajousabaku."
"DAMN IT" the third seat swore as all three of them were suddenly bound together by a chain made of solid kidou "what the Hell are you doing?!"
"Let's just say you three should've lived up to my expectations" Gojou replied simply as all three of them looked at him with an expression of the upmost hatred "but don't worry, you'll still prove yourselves useful to me."
Suddenly the doors began to open revealing a scene straight out of a horror/science fiction movie, the restricted office are had been converted into a laboratory. As Gojou began to drag them through they noticed that the walls were covered in strange machines with their screen emanating a dark glow throughout the poorly lit rooms, some of the rooms had tanks filled with strange liquids of various colors and strangely shaped specimens, and the last room held a strange device. At the bottom was a platform about four feet in diameter with rotating electrical nodes about eight feet above pulsing with energy.
"Now lets get this little test started" Gojou said "I've been waiting for over ten years for this day."
"You bastard!!!" the fourth seat hissed before Gojou slapped her and threw all three onto the platform.
"It's finally time for this labor to bear fruit" Gojou thought as his smile widened and he flipped the switch.
*Squad six main office*
"Whew finally done" Toushirou stated as he signed off on the last piece of paperwork.
"Lieutenant, I don't understand why Captain Kuchki has you doing so much, normally he would always handle most of these responsibilities" Youmei said curiously.
"Simple it's because I asked him if I could do it" Toushirou stated as he placed the last documents on Byakuya's desk.
"Why?" Youmei asked "it's technically his job…"
"…to make sure that it's done, doesn't matter who does it" Toushirou stated plainly as they exited the office building.
"Why did you volunteer to do it?" Youmei asked curiously.
"Let's just say I plan to move up someday" Toushirou answered.
"You plan on becoming a captain?" Youmei asked.
"Head Captain eventually" Toushirou replied "let's just say I have my reasons" he added after seeing Youmei's confused expression. "It's a nice evening tonight" Toushirou sighed lightly as he looked at the calm night sky.
Youmei did the same before saying "yeah it is, say Lieutenant if I can do anything to help you with your goal please don't hesitate to ask."
"Thank you Youmei" Toushirou replied. Moments later the night sky lit up like a giant Christmas tree as a huge flash of light shot up from the squad ten section of the Seireitei "WHAT IN THE HELL…"
"… WAS THAT?!" Rangiku asked as she watched the light fade away from the entrance to the squad ten office building before she dashed inside the building. As she made her way to the 'forbidden zone' as it had been so affectionately dubbed by the tenth squad she noticed that the hallways were beginning to fill with smoke.
"Damn it" Gojou swore as the smoke cleared revealing the result of his experiment "still needs calibrations." The three officers' bodies had apparently fused and were now a jumbled mass of limbs, bones, and flesh. "I see so I had the fusion parameters set too low, that's why…" Gojou said coldly before what was originally his subordinates began to wail loudly before its spiritual pressure began to rise violently and it began to take a more definite shape; it had turned into a strange four legged creature with the heads of the three seated officers, the body was mostly covered by the warped remains of their uniforms, and finally three seven foot tails formed with what was unmistakably the blades of their Zanpakutou at the ends. "Such a disgusting creature" Gojou thought dully as it roared and prepared to charge him "Bakudou 61 Rikujyoukuro" six bolts of light immediately slammed onto the strange creature. Gojou walked towards them as he drew his Zanpakutou and said "guess I have no more use for you three."
"Captain what's going on here!?" Rangiku asked in a panic tone as she rushed in and her eyes shot open in terror at the sight before her.
"I don't recall giving you permission to enter this place Rangiku" Gojou replied coldly "and I'm in a very sour mood right now."
"What the Hell have you done here?!" Rangiku asked as she grabbed the handle of her Zanpakutou with her right hand.
""If you so much as attempt to hurt Rangiku, I can guarantee you'll meet a swift and horrible death" Gin's warning echoed in Gojou's memory.
"Nothing too extraordinary, I was simply testing out this facility I completed recently" Gojou replied callously "it's a good thing I tested it out on these vermin first, otherwise all my plans would be ruined."
"What is all this?" Rangiku asked tensely as sweat began to trickle down her face.
"Soul Fusion" Gojou answered plainly as Rangiku looked at him in confusion "it's a process of fusing two or more souls together, resulting in the strongest soul gaining the strength and spirit energy from the weaker souls, and thus making the strongest soul even stronger; unfortunately if the machine isn't properly tuned it can have horrific results…like this thing."
"So that's…" Rangiku stated in horror.
"Our third through fifth seat or should I say our former third through fifth seats" Gojou finished for her.
"How could you?!" Rangiku asked in disgust as she drew her sword.
"Simple…I have ambitions Rangiku" Gojou answered.
"And you're willing to sacrifice your own subordinates for these ambitions?!" Rangiku replied angrily.
"Yes, as soon as I work out the kinks in this device I intend to absorb souls until I gain the strength to make my family one of the four great noble households, but I intend to take it even farther than that…" Gojou replied as his smile widened considerably "…Rangiku you're looking at the future God of the Soul Society!!!"
"You're out of your mind!!!" Rangiku shouted "now roar Haineko!!!"
Gojou looked annoyed as the ash from Rangiku's shikai surrounded him and began to swirl around, as it started drawing closer he chanted "grace us Soratsubaki" he swung himself around completely scattering Rangiku's ashes. Gojou then swung his sword horizontally sending a large gust of wind towards Rangiku, she tried to block it with her shikai but the wind overpowered it and hit her directly, the wind cut into her arms and legs as she was thrown into the wall. Almost immediately Gojou appeared before her and grabbed her throat with his left hand as he readied his blade to run her through and she struggled to break his grip, "it's a shame but a piece of Rukongai trash will always be nothing more than a piece of Rukongai trash" a small tornado formed around the blade before lunging it forward, Rangiku's vision went black. The sound of clanging metal filled the room as the blade of a Zanpakutou struck Gojou's sword mere moments before it would have stabbed her through her heart, causing it to hit nothing but air. Moments later said blade swung towards Gojou forcing him to jump back.
Rangiku coughed heavily as her vision returned to her and she saw a shinigami who was about four a half feet tall, with wild silver hair, and a badge on his left arm with a camellia painted next to the kanji for six holding a Zanpakutou the size of his body.
"Rangiku are you okay?!" Toushirou asked quickly with a cold tone.
"I'll live I think" Rangiku replied taken back by his prompt entrance and his intense spiritual pressure.
"What are you doing here?!" Gojou asked angrily "and how dare you attack a superior officer, that's an act of treason!!!"
"I doubt the other Captains will see it that way" Toushirou said with the same harsh tone "I'm here to arrest you former Captain of squad ten: Gojou Ikari."
"And if I beg to differ?" Gojou asked "this particular piece of Rukongai trash has been particularly troublesome."
"Then I'll just have to kill you" Toushirou answered as he eyed the older man with murderous intent "Rangiku stay away and evacuate the area if you can."
Toushirou leapt towards Gojou and swung his blade horizontally, Gojou raised his Soratsubaki and intercepted the attack.
"You're in way over your head boy" Gojou hissed.
Toushirou's spiritual pressure began to raise violently, a snow white aura radiated around his body, and his eyes started glowing as he chanted "Reign over the frosted frozen heavens, Hyourinmaru!!!" a giant ice dragon slammed Gojou through a nearby wall and forced him outside the office building.
"Damn it" Gojou swore as he landed on the ground a couple stories below as he looked up to see the young Lieutenant emerge, moments later his eyes popped open as he noticed the dark storm clouds in the skies above them. After taking a couple of deep breaths he noticed the air was unnaturally cold "impossible, this brat's shikai is actually affecting the weather?!"
Gojou swung his sword vertically sending a spinning wheel of wind towards Toushirou. Toushirou swung his sword upwards creating a temporary shield of ice. Gojou's attack cut through the ice and struck him in the chest tearing his uniform down the center and causing him to lose his balance and fall towards the ground. Toushirou threw the crescent blade towards the roof and stopped his descent before he swung his blade and sent another ice dragon towards Gojou.
*Back with Rangiku*
"Damn it I can't mover" Rangiku swore as she tried to mover her legs and she was tensing up from the pain "Ikari must have cut my leg tendons!!!"
A loud roar caught her attention as she turned to see the beast that had resulted from Gojou's experiments began to shake violently despite the kidou spell holding it back. Rangiku gasped in fear as the six bolts of light shattered.
"Guys it's me Rangiku, don't you recognize me?!" she asked as it started making its way towards her blades first. Rangiku's eyes filled with tears as she pointed her right index and middle fingers at the approaching beast and muttered "Hadou four Byakuria" with a chocked voice.
The bolt of lighting blew a small hole through its chest causing the beast to howl in pain as it lashed around for a few minutes and tore up several machines before it leapt at her again. Just before it could tear her to shreds several loud bangs roared forcing the creature back. Rangiku turned towards the doorway to see a familiar woman with red hair and blue eyes holding a gun with two barrels.
"You are?" Rangiku said in surprise.
"Squad six, fifth seat, Youmei Rammyaku" Youmei replied "where is Lieutenant Hitsugaya?"
"Trying to kill my Captain" Rangiku answered before she gasped and said "we need to help him!!!"
Suddenly the beast roared loudly as it eyed both women venomously. What caused both of their heart rates to rise dramatically was the steam gushing from its wounds as they closed.
"High speed regeneration?!" Youmei gasped "and its spiritual pressure keeps rising!!! This thing is way too much for me!!!" Youmei fired off several more rounds from Aoibara before shouting "WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!"
"I can't walk, my captain cut my leg tendons" Rangiku replied.
"Damn it" Youmei swore as she focused her spirit energy into a more condensed shot before shooting the beast one last time stunning it for a short time "Bakudou 61 Rikujyoukuro. That won't hold it for long." Youmei said in a rushed voice as she lifted Rangiku up.
"We have to help…" Rangiku tried to say.
"We have to stay alive first if we want to help Lieutenant Hitsugaya" Youmei cut her off as they exited the building. Dozens of soldiers were gathering around to find out what was going on "YOU PEOPLE NEED TO RUN, IT'S DANGEROUS AROUND HERE!!!" Youmei shouted.
Almost instantly the three headed monster broke through the wall a couple stories up and began to lunge towards Youmei and Rangiku.
"Hadou 63 Raikouhou" a stern voice chanted just before a large blast of lighting struck it in the side and it crashed into the ground as Alexander and Elaina Dark-Heart walked out from the crowd "you should take her advice it's dangerous here."
"What in the Hell is this thing?!" Elaina asked as the soldiers fled and the beast started coming to its senses.
"Soul Fusion would be my bet" Alexander answered as he and Elaina leapt away as the tails came rushing towards them "I can see three different spirit energy signatures in conflict with one another on the inside" he added as his demonic eyes glowed red "this is bad…judging by the speed and the sheer instability of the fusion we don't have much time."
"You know about this?" Youmei asked as she ran up to Elaina.
"Let's just say I used to know some people who were involved with this stuff" Alexander answered as he drew his blades. He locked blades with the beast by using Nehan and swiped at the tail with Kokuhyou.
"My captain did this to them" Rangiku explained.
"Damn so the kid was right…Ikari was up to something" Elaina sighed "and I thought he was being paranoid."
"Please Alex, is there any way you can save them?" Rangiku asked desperately.
"I'm afraid not" Alexander replied solemnly.
"But you sound like you understand this stuff, so surely you can reverse…" Rangiku began.
"I'm sorry but we don't have time" Alexander cut her off before saying "right now I'm sure you've noticed that this creature's spiritual pressure keeps getting stronger and stronger, but it's incredibly unstable and if it keeps up like this it'll result in a large explosion."
"How large are we talking about?" Elaina asked as the beast bit down on the blade of her Zanpakutou with all three sets of jaws before she performed a roundhouse kick, knocking the three heads into each other.
"Hard to say, but my guess is that it would be large enough to wipe out half the city!!!" Alexander replied "I can sense that a number of Captains and Lieutenants are on their way but they won't make it in time" Alexander looked to Rangiku to see her battered and bloodied "so I'm afraid it's going to be just the three of us, I'm sorry but your treatment will have to wait until after this thing is dead!"
"Then let's kill this thing so I can treat her and we can help out the kid" Elaina said with a hint of panic before chanting "Snap their necks Onitsume."
"My thoughts exactly" Alexander stated as he flipped the blade in his left hand and began chanting "Darkness spread across the universe and consume all evil. Light dash across creation and obliterate the wicked. Kokuhyou, Nehan."
"I'm sorry Lieutenant, but we have no choice" Youmei said as she put Rangiku down "I understand if you can't forgive me for my part in this" she gave a quick glance to Aoibara before saying "we'll be right back for you" and rushing back to aid Alexander and Elaina.
*With Toushirou and Gojou*
Toushirou and Gojou were locking blades within the squad ten training grounds. Toushirou had several cuts on his face and torso and his kimono was torn in several places. Gojou had some minor scrapes but was otherwise unharmed.
Toushirou jumped back and slung his crescent blade towards Gojou's right arm "now let's see if I have him figured out."
Gojou stabbed forward with his sword causing a small twister to form around the blade preventing Toushirou's chain and crescent from grabbing his weapon. As soon as the chain fell to the ground he swung his blade horizontally sending a massive wave of air towards Toushirou.
"No way I can dodge that" Toushirou thought as he swung his own blade horizontally creating a wall of ice the size of his body which shielded him from the gust. Moments later he heard the unmistakable sound of ice beginning to crack from the other side of the wall, Toushirou jumped to his right just as the wall split in two and he saw a spinning wheel of air strike the ground where he had been standing. Toushirou threw his crescent blade towards Gojou's sword once again, just like before Gojou trust his sword forward and a small twister deflected the chain and the blade.
"This is getting annoying" Gojou thought dully, his eyes shot open as he saw the child dash towards him "don't tell me!!!"
Toushirou swung his blade as he leapt past Gojou and large amount of blood shot out from Gojou's left shoulder.
"Damn it" Gojou swore as he grabbed his left shoulder.
"I've figured you out" Toushirou said softly as he landed on the ground and turned to his opponent with a small grin.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Gojou asked clearly angered by his injury.
"You're the captain and you're asking me?" Toushirou said simply "fine let me explain something a friend of mine taught me…"
Flash back
"It's time I taught you about 'tells' Toushirou" Alexander said simply as they stood in the squad nine training grounds.
"Tells Master?" Toushirou asked.
"That's right" Alexander stated "just about every Zanpakutou regardless of whether it's a direct attack type, a kidou type, or…" Alexander pointed to Toushirou's released Hyourinmaru "…a combination like yours or mine; must be used in a certain way in order to utilize their special abilities."
"I don't understand" Toushirou replied.
"I see, let me put it this way. You know that in order to use my shikai's special attacks I have to recite an incantation right?" Alexander began and Toushirou nodded "and correct me if I'm wrong but your ice abilities require you to swing your Hyourinmaru in a certain way don't they?" Toushirou's eyes popped open in sudden realization causing Alexander to grin slightly "pretty much every single Zanpakutou has that in common, so if you're fast enough and if you spend enough time to study your opponent's moves, you'll be able to predict their attacks."
"Why are you telling me this?" Toushirou asked "are job is to kill hollows not other shinigami."
Alexander sighed before saying "that may be the case but unfortunately we shinigami are not Saints, Angels, or God's by any stretch of the imagination. I'd love to be proven wrong but I'm certain that there will come a day where you have no choice but to kill another shinigami, and since your goal is to become the next head captain so you'll have the power and influence within the thirteen court guard squads to force the central forty six…I can more or less guarantee that the day you have to kill another shinigami won't take to long to turn into days."
End Flashback
"When you swing your sword horizontally you create a large wave of wind, it's nearly impossible to dodge but it lacks power so it isn't too difficult to block with a large enough shield, and even if it does hit it likely won't do too much damage to a strong target. When you swing the blade vertically it sends a spinning wheel of air towards the target, while its attack power is much stronger than your horizontal attack and therefore harder to defend against, if your fast enough dodging it is a far cry from a pipe-dream. And lastly when you thrust your sword forward a small cyclone forms around the blade, the attack power from this attack is devastating however…" Toushirou threw the crescent blade towards Gojou, Gojou made another stabbing motion and the hurricane kept the chain from wrapping around his arm, moments later Toushirou leapt past him again and this time he managed to give Gojou a small cut on his right cheek "…it leaves you wide open for an attack and you're well aware that if I managed to catch your right arm with my chain and crescent blade…" Toushirou began to spin the chain with his left hand "…you're dead!"
Gojou's blood was boiling as his face contorted with rage "YOU PIECE OF RUKONGAI FILTH!!! HOW DARE YOU TALK THAT WAY TO ME!!!" he shouted as he held his Zanpakutou in front of him "I can't believe I'm using this on a rat like you…"
"So he's actually going to do it" Toushirou thought as he took his stance.
"BANKAI!!!" Gojou shouted loudly as a large gust of wind surrounded him making him momentarily invisible. When the gales disappeared they revealed Gojou standing with a large circular weapon in his hand; it was about six feet in diameter, it was covered in camellia like engravings and an impression of his shikai blade every ninety degrees. The rest was a combination of shades of green, while the handle was bright gold. "Kiyoikaze (Noble Wind) Soratsubaki" Gojou hissed before eying his opponent and saying "you should feel honored boy!"
*With Youmei and the others*
Elaina's right hand glowed dark blue before she jabbed forward and a larger energy replica of her hand grabbed onto the beast by the chest. The beast's heads tried to lash out through the fingers, Elaina lifted the monster up into the air about fifteen feet before slamming it into the ground, before the dust could even cleared she swung around clockwise slamming the beast through a nearby wall before her hand stopped glowing.
Youmei leapt above the smoke cloud and rapidly fired off dozens of shots. The beast howled loudly as the rain of blasts struck it over most of its body and blood sprayed out from the holes. The monster leapt towards Youmei but a white long sword appeared in front of her and generated a shield knocking it back, moments later Alexander appeared out of mass of black energy and landed on top of the beast while it was still air born. Alexander grasped Kokuhyou with both hands and drove it into its flesh, he managed to stab it three more times before they crashed into the ground one last time and dust kicked up once again.
"Did he kill it?" Youmei asked as she stood next to Elaina holding Nehan in her right hand.
Moments later a bright red light shot out from the dust cloud and Alexander was quickly shot out with a large wound in his side which was bleeding. Almost instantly two more blasts shot out. Elaina shielded herself with Onitsume and was subsequently slammed into a nearby wall but avoided taking a direct hit. Youmei took a hit to her right shoulder causing her to drop Alexander's Nehan as she fell to the ground from the pain.
"What in the hell does it take to kill this damn thing?!" Elaina swore loudly as the beast came out from the dust considerably larger, and to make matters worse all the injuries were closing quickly "high speed regeneration, weird ass kidou blasts, and it just keeps getting stronger!!!"
"I have one trick left, but…" Alexander sighed.
"But what?" Elaina asked.
"I'll need that beast kept away from me long enough for me to finish the incantation" Alexander stated "and I'm hesitant to have you act as a decoy by yourself."
"Then don't send your precious little girl in alone, I'll be there to hold her hand" Youmei said cynically as she stood up with a grin as she held a red handled Zanpakutou.
"I don't care if you're a warped alternate personality, I'll kick your ass if you keep that up!!!" Elaina replied hotly.
"Ladies focus" Alexander hissed "I'm sorry but I need you two to hold it off for at least thirties seconds."
"Got it" Elaina replied as she dashed towards the creature.
"Burn them Akakouhi" Youmei chanted as she followed after Elaina.
Alexander picked up Nehan and stabbed it into the ground to his left before stabbing Kokuhyou into the ground to his right.
Alexander stretched both his arms out and spread his fingers out forming a triangle with his thumbs and index fingers before beginning to chant "I call upon the deepest darkest shadows of hell, I call upon the divine light of the heavens…" black energy began to flow out from Kokuhyou and white energy began to flow out from Nehan before they both began to swirl in opposite directions around Alexander's feet.
"No you don't!!!" Elaina hissed as the beast tried to lunge towards her father only to be stopped in its tracks by a vicious right hook.
Moments later Youmei stabbed it in the chest with her sword before igniting the blade with a flick of the bottom handle. The creature began howl in pain as the flames began to shoot out from its body, Youmei laughed psychotically as she and Elaina held it at bay.
"We need to get away now" Elaina said as the black and white spirit energy joined in the triangle formed by Alexander's hands and began to swirl around.
"Damn and this was just getting good" Youmei replied as she and Elaina leapt away.
"Gather before me and strike my enemies, join upon my blade and release thy fury; Twilight merging Meimeikanshiki, Kurohari" Alexander finished chanting as a blast fired out from the triangle he formed with his hands and raced towards his target. The blast was white with several black stripes running down the side, when it struck the creature there was a large explosion as it was trapped into a pillar of black and white energy.
When the energy disappeared the three shinigami sighed in relief as the creature began to turn blue and disappear "Thank you all so much" they all heard a soft voice call out from the beast "please make sure Lieutenant Matsumoto is okay…"
"Damn it" Alexander swore softly as he sheathed his swords and began to grip his wound with his right hand.
"My arm" Youmei said through gritted teeth as she returned to 'normal' and sheathed her sword.
"Dad, Miss Rammyaku are you both alright?" Elaina asked.
"I'll live" they both replied.
"My naw things sure seem excitin round here" Gin said as he appeared.
"Captain Ichimaru, when did you get here?" Youmei asked.
"Just naw" Gin replied "judgin by the spirita pressas it would seem that Lieutenant Hitsugaya and Captain Ikari are tryin to kill each otha."
"Yeah, Ikari was the one who did this to them" Elaina said "Damn I just want to ring his neck every time I'm around him!!!"
"Is Ran okay?" Gin asked.
"Lieutenant Hitsugaya saved her, but she's a little banged up" Alexander answered "I'm sure Elaina can stitch her up" Elaina nodded.
"Good work kidou, you continue to please me" Gin thought as he and the others made there way to Rangiku.
"What the hell are you doing here Gin?" Rangiku asked weakly "and what happened to my subordinates?"
"I came to see what was goin down" Gin answered.
"And I'm afraid your officers are dead" Alexander added "if you must know, I'm the one who killed them."
There were a few moments of silence before Elaina said "I'll treat your wounds."
Rangiku grabbed Elaina's hand before she could start treating her and hissed "take me to them; I want to watch Ikari pay!!!"
"Very well" Elaina replied "Dad, miss Rammyaku how are your wounds?"
"I'm fine" Youmei answered.
"I'll live" Alexander assured her as he picked up Rangiku "let's go."
*With Toushirou and Gojou*
Toushirou was being slammed into the ground by huge twister, the force of the attack continued to push him downward and created a large crater which continued to grow larger. When the attack finally died down Toushirou leapt out of the crater and swung his sword sending a large ice dragon towards Gojou.
"Useless" Gojou hissed before flicking his right wrist causing his Bankai to quickly rotate clockwise sending a horizontal twister towards the dragon.
The twister shredded the dragon to pieces on contact scattering ice all over the ground. But it didn't stop there the twister struck Toushirou head on and slammed him through a wall burying him in rubble.
"My ya sure are ruthless ain't ya?" Gin asked as he appeared on the scene causing Gojou to turn to him in surprise "I mean usin your Bankai on a kid, not to mention your lil experiment nearly blew up the entire city."
Gojou saw Rangiku and the others appear in the distance before stopping to observe the fight. "So you're here to kill me Ichimaru?" Gojou asked "for nearly killing Rangiku!?"
"Maybe" Gin replied "but I said you'd die if you raised a hand against Ran, but when did I say I'd be mine?"
"What?!" Gojou replied.
"Hey kidou, ya want me to finish him, or can ya still keep on fightin?" Gin asked "I'm sur ya goin to be labeled a hero for what u've done tonight."
"Go away, this is my fight and I intend to finish it!!!" Toushirou's voice echoed as his spiritual pressure began to rise violently and the rubble was forced off of him before he stood up.
"Impressive spiritual pressure" Alexander stated "So he's going to use it…this should be interesting, he would always change the subject whenever I asked him about it."
"He's badly hurt!!!" Rangiku stated from Alexander's back as she saw him standing covered in cuts on his chest, a larger cut on his forehead was bleeding over his left eye, and the worst part was that his left arm was hanging limply "help him damn it" she swore as she slapped Alexander on the back of the head.
"We'd only be in the way" Elaina stated.
"What are you talking about?" Rangiku asked "I saw how you three fight why can't you help him?"
" They're too wirn out" Gin answered "after fightin that thing they're too low on spirit energy, especially yer ride there after usin that combo spell."
"Gin" Rangiku said "What are you getting at?!"
"But don wirry too much" Gin added "if it gets too bad I'll take Ikari out" he pulled out his Zanpakutou and pointed it towards Gojou.
"Don't worry he seems to have another trick up his sleeve" Aizen said as he appeared on the scene "if it comes down to it I'll help out as well, and it would seem Captain Kuchki is watching this closely as well."
Rangiku, Alexander, Elaina, and Youmei looked towards a nearby alley to see Byakuya standing with his Zanpakutou held out in front of him as if he was about to drop it.
"So you've completed your plan" Gin thought as Aizen grasped his sword and he looked towards Toushirou and Gojou "don't die kid."
"What are you a cockroach?" Gojou asked in annoyance "I still can't believe he forced me to use my Bankai, this is a disgrace!!!"
Toushirou sighed as his spiritual pressure began to rise even more "I really was hoping I wouldn't have to use this."
"What are you talking about?" Gojou asked.
"This power is incredibly unstable" Toushirou stated "even though it's been over ten years it still leaves quite a bit to be desired."
"Ten years?! You can't possibly mean…" Gojou spat out.
Toushirou's eyes began to glow violently before he said "Bankai!!!" Toushirou was immediately surrounded in a miniature blizzard just before it disappeared revealing Toushirou standing with an ice dragon covering his right arm as he held his sword which now had an eight point guard instead of a four point guard, he had a long tail made of ice, and floating directly behind him an ice flower with four dark purple petals "Doragonchuushin (Dragon Heart) Hyourinmaru" Toushirou chanted softly.
"So that's it? That's your Bankai?" Gojou asked.
"It's a rather small Bankai" Rangiku stated.
"Interesting…" Alexander stated "I understand why he didn't want to show it to anyone now."
"I wasn't expecting this" Aizen thought in surprise.
"What's going on here, why does he have such a meek looking Bankai, it's pathetic" Elaina stated.
"It's incomplete" Alexander answered causing Elaina and Youmei to look at him curiously.
"My perceptive aint ya?" Gin asked "and such scary eyes."
"What do you mean it's incomplete?" Rangiku asked.
"Just that, it's not complete" Alexander replied "he may be a genius but it would seem that his powers have yet to fully develop, and thus you have this rather…how should I put this? Immature Bankai."
"Can he win?" Rangiku asked.
"Hell if I know, even I've never seen anything like this" Alexander answered causing Rangiku's eyes to open widely.
"Do you really think that you can beat me with that?!" Gojou asked angrily as one of the ice petals disappeared "I can tell it won't last long" he hissed as he tried to lift his weapon but couldn't as he looked down to a trail of ice from the boy all the way to his feet had grabbed his Bankai and made spinning it impossible.
"That last ice dragon wasn't meant to actually hit you" Toushirou stated coldly as a second petal disappeared "it was meant to create a trail of water and ice leading up to your Bankai so I could freeze it and prevent you from spinning that massive weapon of yours. Your Bankai may be more powerful than mine right now, but it's worthless if you can't spin it, as for my Bankai being incomplete and the time limit…" Gojou watched in terror as the child disappeared with a shunpo and dashed past him "…it's more than enough for me to kill you."
"Curse you boy…" Gojou hissed as a large stream of blood shot out from a cut across his chest and a third petal disappeared, almost instantly his body was incased in ice before it shattered into nothingness.
"And that makes two men that I've killed with my own hands" Toushirou thought as his Bankai disappeared and he stabbed his blade into the ground to stop himself from falling as blood continued to pour out from his wounds. Suddenly the memory Alexander had shown him of his time as a Vasto Lorde flashed before him "my Bankai is incomplete, and yet it looks just like the right arm and tail of what I had as a Vasto Lorde minus the blade, will I be just like that thing once again when I complete it?!" suddenly Toushirou lost consciousness.
*The next morning*
Toushirou woke up to find himself in a hospital bed covered almost completely covered in bandages. He sighed and took up an annoyed expression.
"You don't seem too happy Lieutenant Hitsugaya" Retsu stated calmly as she entered with Isane "you seem to get involved with some rather explosive situations."
"And they seem to land me in your infirmary on a regular basis" Toushirou said in slight annoyance "sorry I'm so much trouble for you."
"You're not troublesome" Retsu stated "if anything our squad should be thanking you; if it weren't for you and your friends my hospital would be much fuller."
"How many people were affected?" Toushirou asked.
"Squad ten has lost its Captain and its third through fifth seats, and Lieutenant Matsumoto is being treated for mild injuries" Retsu explained "however I feel it would be best if she took a leave of absence for psychological stress."
"What about Alexander and Elaina Dark-Heart and my fifth seat Youmei Rammyaku?" Toushirou inquired.
"They were treated for minor injuries and were released last night" Isane stated as a hell butterfly flew in and Isane listened to the message and said "you've been summoned to the Captain's hall Captain Unohana."
Retsu smiled softly before walking out the door for a Captain's meeting.
"So how's Rangiku holding up?" Toushirou asked. Isane looked at him curiously "psychologically I mean."
"She's been pretty ruffed up by the whole ordeal" Isane answered "she's hardly said anything to anyone; I know squad nine's fourth seat had a little chat with her, apparently he wanted to find out if she felt he was responsible."
"For what?" Toushirou asked.
"Ikari's experiment turned his third through fifth seat officers into a vicious beast, apparently their combined spiritual pressure was growing at such an unstable rate that they would've exploded and taken a large chunk of the city with them, to prevent this he…killed them" Isane explained solemnly "Rangiku was good friends with them, apparently he wanted to find out if she desired any sort of revenge against him."
"I see" Toushirou replied "where is she now?"
"Her room is just down the hall" Isane answered.
"I see" Toushirou stated as he stood up and grabbed his black robe and his lieutenant's badge before saying "thank you Isane."
"So you came to visit me. Tell me was it out of pity?" Rangiku asked dryly.
"Don't kid yourself, you know I'm nowhere near as kind-hearted as you" Toushirou stated just as dryly.
"Give me a break" Rangiku spat out "you think that it's my fault that Ikari managed to even attempt that experiment and that I'm responsible for the deaths of my friends!!!"
"Do you really think I believe that? Or is that what you believe?" Toushirou asked as he walked towards her.
"What makes you think that?" Rangiku asked.
"Because I know you" Toushirou answered "and I know that you're an idiot and I have the facts to prove it" Rangiku looked at him crossly "Ikari was operating behind the scenes for over a decade, there was no way in Hell you could've known what he was planning, the fact is you're no more to blame than I am."
"He said the same thing as you except he left out the whole 'no more than I am' part" Rangiku chuckled weakly "you're both too damn kind for your own good."
"I'm not perfect" Toushirou sighed as he sat down next to. Moments later he felt Rangiku lay her head on his shoulder and felt her tears soak his kimono "idiot, if you needed to cry you should've just done it the moment you regained consciousness" he thought before taking a deep breath and wrapping his arm around her neck "but I guess even she needs to let it all out sometimes."
*The Captain's hall*
"Now that we're all here it is time for the Stealth Force's official report" Yamamoto said sternly "Captain Soi Fon."
"Sir" Soi Fon replied as she took walked up to the front of the head captain "after extensive investigation, we've concluded that Former Captain Squad Ten Captain Gojou Ikari was not only involved in the illegal research of soul fusion, but…" no one could tell but Aizen was smiling widely "…he was also involved in several other forbidden acts, including but not limited to Hollowification."
There was a loud murmur of shock amongst most of the captains.
"That's quite an upset, please tell me how you came to such a conclusion" Shunsui replied.
"After investigating the squad ten office we discovered a large number of research journals that tie him to just about every single strange instance over the past several decades" Soi Fon said bitterly "I'm ashamed to admit it but the cause of all the chaos and confusion that's been plaguing us for decades was right under my nose this entire time!!! No excuses."
"Now now, there's no need for that" Shunsui added solemnly.
"Just as I had planned" Aizen thought smugly.
Flash back
"So Toushirou and Gojou are finally fighting each other, it's time to cover my tracks completely" Aizen thought as he walked into Gojou's office and drew his sword before chanting "shatter Kyouka Suigetsu" moments later several dozen notebooks appeared on the desk.
End Flashback
"Well since that's all settled I guess we need to discuss the situation with our dear friends in the tenth squad" Shunsui stated.
"How can you be so light hearted about this situation Captain Kyouraku?" Sajin asked "it was bad enough that their Captain was a traitor, but they've also lost their third through fifth seats, and Lieutenant Matsumoto has now been put on a leave of absence."
"Are you questioning my decision Captain Komamura?" Retsu asked softly.
"Of course not" Sajin answered "but I've never heard of a squad being so thoroughly devastated like this."
"Easy, getting worked up won't help anyone" Shunsui assured him.
"If ya ask me the best thing we can do is get em a new Captain as soon as possible" Gin stated plainly "and I think ya all know who I'm talkin bout."
"How amusing, you'd recommend a child for a captain's seat" Mayuri chuckled "but I don't really care what happens."
"Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with him" Kenpachi said plainly.
"He can't claim the position through the combat method since it wasn't an official match and there weren't two hundred witnesses" Kaname stated.
"And he's stated plainly that he doesn't intend to take the Captain's exam until he's completed and perfected his Bankai" Byakuya added.
"Well there is one other option, though I'll admit it's been a while" Ukitake said calmly.
"You're referring to six Captains' recommendations and the subsequent acknowledgements of three or more Captains" Yamamoto said sternly.
"That's correct master" Ukitake replied.
There was several moments of silence before they heard "I Captain Byakuya Kuchki of squad six hereby recommend Lieutenant Toushirou Hitsugaya of squad six to be the new Captain of squad ten."
The Captains were shocked to here the incredibly cold Captain actually recommend anyone moments later they heard "I Jyuushiro Ukitake also give my recommendation."
"I also offer my recommendation" Kaname said calmly.
"Guess Ima tha fourth then" Gin stated with his grin.
"Than I'll be the fifth" Aizen said gently "consider this my way of saying thank you Toushirou."
"Do we have a sixth recommendation?" Yamamoto asked.
Retsu thought back to all the times Toushirou had came around to visit his troops and how he continued to keep improving but kept his humanity before saying "I'll be the sixth then."
"Very well then all that leaves are three acknowledgements" Yamamoto said plainly.
"I'll acknowledge him" Soi Fon said plainly "after all thanks to him my investigation has been completed, now I don't owe him anything."
"I will as well" Sajin stated.
"Then I guess that means we have a new colleague here in the Captain's hall" Shunsui said happily.
"Shunsui I can't believe you" Yamamoto stated sternly.
"Come on now old man Yama, I've had my eyes on this kid for years now" Shunsui replied "it's not often that a new Captain faces the kind of challenges he'll be, but at the same time it's a real opportunity for him and I'm interested to see what he does with it."
"Very well then dismissed" Yamamoto stated "everyone has been informed of the situation, can anyone deliver the Captain's Haori to our new colleague."
"I'll handle it" Retsu said as she picked up a small sleeveless haori and headed for the exit "I'll let him know that you recommended him first" she told Byakuya who didn't react.
As Aizen arrived in the squad five office building to find Momo waiting for him.
"How did it go?" Momo asked.
"Your friend Toushirou Hitsugaya is going to be offered the position of Squad Ten Captain.
"Really?!" Momo asked.
"Indeed" Aizen answered "he's impressive, who knows when he completes that Bankai of his he may become more powerful than me."
Momo's eyes popped open before saying "Well good night Captain Aizen."
"Good night Momo" Aizen replied pleasantly "that should make sure my young friend doesn't become a serious threat" he thought smugly.
*A couple of hours later*
"I'm sorry for doing that Toushirou, but I can't let you surpass Captain Aizen. I just can't" Momo thought as she snuck out of his quarters.
*The next day*
"Lieutenant Matsumoto are you alright? Is it okay for you to be back so soon I heard you were on leave?" several officers asked Rangiku.
"Captain Unohana just doesn't want me on duty; I'm still free to go where I want. Why don't you people enjoy my company?" Rangiku replied.
"Of course Lieutenant, so what can you tell us about the new Captain?" they responded.
"Oi, get your asses in line" Elaina stated crudely as she walked in and forced them back "give your Lieutenant some damn space."
"Who the hell are you?" they asked in shock.
"My name is Elaina Dark-Heart" she replied with a smirk "and I'm your new fifth seat" she added causing them to look at her in shock.
"I look forward to working with you" Rangiku said happily before stating "come on now don't be shy we're like family in this squad."
"Hello everyone my name is Youmei Rammyaku, I'm going to be your new fourth seat starting today" Youmei said politely.
"Wait a minute isn't she that split personality?" one officer asked and his friend nodded "makes you wonder who or what he's going to choose as our new third seat."
As if to answer their question a mass of black energy shot out from the floor nearby revealing a man with fangs, claws, demonic eyes, and black marks on his skin with two Zanpakutou.
"Good morning dad" Elaina said happily as he returned to 'normal'.
"Good morning" Alexander stated before extending his hand to his new subordinates "allow me to introduce myself, squad ten third seat Alexander Dark-Heart, but you can call me third seat Alexander whenever my daughter is around."
"A degenerate, a split personality, and a demon what kind of people has the new Captain brought us?!" One of the soldiers asked.
"The best of the best" Elaina stated causing him to tense up immensely "this is going to be fun."
"Everyone pipe down" Toushirou said sternly causing his soldiers to take their places "I'm the new Captain of Squad Ten…"
"He really is a kid…" many of them thought.
"…let me make some things clear" Toushirou began "I don't give a damn who you are, I don't care how old you are, I don't care if you're a man or a woman, I don't care if you grew up in a castle in a noble household or in a fruit crate out on the streets of Rukongai, and I also couldn't care less if your picture is next to certain words in the dictionary. We have our work cut out for us, our office building and grounds are wreck to put it lightly so we need to rebuild the our section of the Seireitei" the people gathered were listening intently "but that's only the beginning. Gojou Ikari spent his entire time focusing only on advancing himself and as a result of his inattentive leadership this squad's performance as suffered immensely and I won't accept that. Before we're done rebuilding this our grounds I intend for our squad to be considered the best of the best. I plan for this squad to be the one that succeeds when the other squads fail. I won't force any of you to stay here but if you wish to remain in my squad ten you better be prepared to give your all for the sake of a better soul society…any questions?"
Most of the soldiers were silent as they didn't know what to think. The new seated officers all seemed pleased and intrigued by Toushirou's little introduction speech. Moments later Rangiku began to clap and the rest of the room followed suite.
Author's Notes: And that's chapter 11 by the way make sure you remember Momo's reaction to Aizen saying that Toushirou could possibly surpass him, it's going to be important eventually. In case you're wondering I got the idea behind Toushirou's Bankai being incomplete from Bleach anime and manga where he faced his first Arrancar and he told him that his Bankai was either incomplete, immature, or not fully developed and recently in the manga he admitted that his powers weren't yet fully mature yet (don't ask me about his last attack on Halibel, I have no idea whether it'll end up working or not, either way I suspect at the very least she'll feel it in the morning). Anyway next chapter will begin my last arc before I go into the manga and anime timeline I'm calling it the 'To Hell and Back Arc" which will eventually lead into Alexander's past. Anyway take care and please leave me a review (by the way make sure you put some meat into your reviews, don't just click the button at the bottom and type a few words; talk about something that you liked or didn't like, give tips for improvements or other thoughts on the story, all I'm asking is that you type a review that makes it clear that you actually read part of the chapter. Writers often bust their asses off writing these chapters so there really is no greater insult than to just type up some five word review or say 'update soon' I get these out as fast as I can but I want to make sure I'm not just uploading a load of crap).
Bankai Profile: Kiyoikaze Soratsubaki
Translation: Noble Wind Soratsubaki
Gojou would turn into a large circular disk with four impressions of his shikai every ninety degrees. Spinning this large weapon had the power to create large tornados making the former squad ten captain a force of nature.
Bankai Profile: Doragonchuushin Hyourinmaru
Translation: Dragon Heart Hyourinmaru
Similar to Toushirou's Daigurren Hyourinmaru except it doesn't have the wings and it only has one flower. Due to Toushirou's immature powers when he first achieved Bankai he was stuck with an incomplete release that could only be maintained for incredibly short lengths of time. Thankfully due to Toushirou's ability to plan ahead and Gojou's arrogance it was enough for him to come out on top of his predecessor. Think of this as the first stage for his Bankai's development, Daigurren Hyourinmaru to be a middle point, and the final stage…you'll just have to keep reading this story if you want to see that.