Aizen finally reveals himself to the shinigami. Enjoy!
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14: Revelations
Despite all the fighting, the endless horde of gillian didn't let up. Even the recent reinforcements that had arrived were growing tired. Rangiku Matsumoto, who came late in the battle, cursed at their seemingly endless numbers.
"Damn it! There's just not end to them."
Soi Fon, who had been battling furiously since the beginning, was feeling the toll of battle as the blood fled from her body and her vision began to dim. Yet still they came, pushed on by some unknown force, the gillian took no prisoners, slaying all in their sight. Iba protected his still-breathing captain and had suffered many injuries himself. He suddenly saw one charging a massive cero at the entire wounded group.
"It's over," he thought to himself.
"Sogyo no Kotowari!" they heard a voice said. They all looked behind to see Jushiro Ukitake, Stark, and Lilynette suddenly rushing to the scene. Ukitake pointed his sword at the gillian charging the cero.
Just as it shot the cero at the group, Ukitake appeared in front of all of them and absorbed its cero with one sword, and used the other sword to fire it back, utterly demolishing the gillian.
"Captain Ukitake, Captain Stark," Omaeda said holding a bleeding wound.
Stark counted all of the remaining gillian, commenting, "It doesn't seem like any more are coming out. My guess is that these are the last of 'em." He nodded to Lilynette, who understood what he meant, before warning, "You all might wanna get out of the way." With that he put his hand on Lilynette's head and absorbed her into himself. Not wasting anytime, he finished, "Kick, Los Lobos!"
Starks Resurreccion appeared as a surprise to everyone. He aimed his right pistol at all of the remaining gillian and stated, "Cero Metralleta!"
A barrage of ceros shot from his gun and hit the oncoming gillian in a massive explosion. When the smoke cleared, all the gillian were vaporized under the strength of his attack. Stark sighed and returned back to his regular form, sending Lilynette shooting from his body to the floor.
"Amazing…" Soi Fon quietly said.
"We need to get the wounded to the 4th Division," Ukitake said. "Anyone who isn't wounded needs to help."
With that, the wounded group began its long trek to the 4th Division.
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Aizen and Gin were able to get near the center of Soul Society before they felt a presence approach them. They both stopped and Gin looked at Aizen saying, "What should we do?"
Aizen smiled and replied, "I believe it is time we revealed ourselves to our enemies."
As soon as he finished, Ichigo appeared in front of both of them, sword at the ready. He was surprised to say the least to see Aizen standing next to Gin. "What the…" was all he could mutter.
Aizen smiled at the young captain. "Hey there," he cheerfully greeted. "I didn't expect for you to be the first one here. And is that my old haori I see on you? Congratulations on taking my old position as captain."
Ichigo still didn't respond, he just kept staring in disbelief at the man he thought died ten years ago. Aizen waved a hand in front of his face and asked, "What's the problem? Have you nothing to say?"
Ichigo was about to open his mouth when he felt Stark, Ukitake, Yamamoto, and Kyoraku appear behind him.
"I told you it was a good idea to leave the group to get to the 4th Division themselves," Stark commented to Ukitake when he saw the two shinigami traitors.
"I guess you were right," Ukitake responded with a sigh. "I just didn't want to believe that this was real."
"Looks like the cavalry's arrived," Gin said. "Better wrap this up quick."
"Indeed…" Aizen said with a smile.
Yamamoto decided to be the first one to speak when he asked, "How are you still alive?"
"You make it sound like it was difficult," Aizen commented. "Have you all forgotten the power of my zanpakuto so quickly, the power to make you see something that wasn't real? I knew the battle was lost on that day and decided it was time to cut my losses and leave, so that's exactly what I did, making you believe otherwise."
"Crafty bastard," Kyoraku muttered under his breath.
"May we at least ask what your objective is this time?" Ukitake asked with sincerity.
"I guess it won't make much of a difference if you knew," Aizen replied with a sigh. "My goals are still the same as before. I wish to assassinate the King. The only difference is how I achieve this. My first step is to lay waste to all of Soul Society. That's all you need to know for now."
"You just tried that and failed," Stark said, remembering the mass of gillian attacking.
"Let's just call that a prelude to what is really going to happen, my dear Ex-Primera," Aizen smirked. "The real attack will be much more costly, I assure you."
"And you expect us to just standby and let you get away?" Kyoraku asked drawing his swords.
"Of course not," Aizen sighed. "Although I'm afraid you don't have much of a choice."
Before anyone could move, a Negacion beam shot down at both Gin and Aizen. "Damn!" Ukitake said, realizing what just happened.
As they drifted to the air, Aizen looked down and smile. "Now this reminds me of what happened all those years ago that I defected. Next time we meet shinigami, Soul Society will be demolished, I assure you."
When they disappeared, Yamamoto was quick to rap out orders. "We're having an emergency captains meeting. Go gather your fellow captains and lieutenants as quickly as possible."
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Vannan dodged yet another of Harribel's attacks. The high-speed water stream shot right past him and destroyed the closest wall. Vannan landed saying, "That looks like it woulda hurt if it hit me. I'd better be more careful."
Harribel snarled at the arrancar. She was at full strength using her best moves, yet he keeps dodging them like they were nothing. She would have to try something else. Using sonido she appeared behind her enemy, her sword raised over her head. She brought it down in a swift motion, causing a large crater where Vannan would have been if he hadn't dodged.
A deadly glint shined in Vannan's eyes as he went on the offensive, charging at her. She brought her sword up and quickly parried. Vannan smiled his biggest smile yet while their swords locked and said to her, "This is great! I haven't had such a battle in a while. Though it makes me a bit concerned…"
"Concerned?" repeated Harribel.
"Indeed, you see when I get into a good fight a part of me awakens that I'd prefer to keep hidden. I believe it's what you people call 'killing instinct'? Either way, it's never good when it comes out."
Harribel threw Vannan a few feet away from her. What was with this man? She had not felt a dread like this coming from someone since…
Before she could think any further, a Negacion beam shot down at Vannan. A relieved look appeared on his face as he stated, "Whew, that's good. I was afraid if this continued, something bad would have happened. Good thing our battle's postponed for now…"
While Vannan was leaving, Harribel disengaged her Resurreccion, returning all of her power to her blade again. She quickly buttoned up her shinigami outfit, just in time for Stark to arrive and not notice.
"What happened?" he asked with concern.
"I fought one of the arrancars," Harribel replied. "But he escaped through a Negacion beam."
"I see," Stark said quietly. "We need to go to an emergency captains meeting to find out what we should do next."
"Right…" Harribel quietly responded.
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"Captains Soi Fon and Komamura have been hospitalized along with three lieutenants, five seated officers along with several non-seated officers and countless civilians have been killed, and Rukon Districts 2-7 have been completely demolished," Mayuri Kurotsuchi stated, recounting the damage done by the invasion. "As well as several damaged buildings in Seireitei."
"What of the enemy losses?" Yamamoto asked.
"Several gillians were killed, and our own Izuru Kira was able to defeat Arrancar number four, Yuka Feron. Taking into consideration that Gin was able to escape and join them, they lost nothing significant."
"We should have seen this coming," Ukitake commented. "Aizen even said this was just a prelude to what is going to happen. He plans on destroying all of Soul Society next."
Yamamoto slammed his cane down on the ground and ordered, "We must strengthen our own defenses and be prepared for what's going to come. I want all of the civilians evacuated to someplace safe and I want guards posted everywhere and constantly on lookout. Aizen is crafty, who knows what he will try to do next. No matter what happens, we must stop him; that is why the Gotei 13 exists."
"Yes sir!" everyone in the room answered at the same time.
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Aizen, Gin, and Vannan had just returned to their hideout in Hueco Mundo. Without wasting any time, they went straight to Grimmjow's room. When they entered, they saw Grimmjow training vigorously. All three patiently waited until he noticed their presence. When he saw Aizen without the mask he smiled and asked, "Finally showed yourself huh?"
Aizen matched his smile and replied, "Indeed. And now that I've done this you know what's going to happen next right."
"About time is all I gotta say," Grimmjow commented.
Aizen turned to Vannan and ordered, "Go get Stren and Tyreon and gather in the throne room. I need to address them."
"Of course," Vannan said while leaving the room.
Aizen turned back to Grimmjow and Gin and finished, "The time is soon, my friends. Soon all of our goals will be accomplished."
The two nodded as they left Grimmjow's room for the throne room.
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Stren, Tyreon, and Vannan entered the throne room to see Aizen seated while being flanked by Gin and Grimmjow. "What's going on here?" Tyreon asked with surprise. "Where's Enzai and Yuka?"
"I'm afraid Yuka's dead, and I am Enzai," Aizen replied. "Forgive me all for fooling you, but it was necessary that you all not know who I was before now."
"And who exactly are you?" asked Stren with curiosity in his voice.
"I am Sosuke Aizen," the traitorous shinigami stated.
"Aizen!" both arrancar said at the same time.
"It appears my reputation proceeds me," Aizen said with a smile. "All this time I have been the leader, while making Grimmjow my mouthpiece so it seemed like he was calling the shots."
"Why would you do that?" Stren inquired.
"Up until just recently, those shinigami fools thought I was dead. It was necessary that they think I was dead while giving orders here, so I made it look like Grimmjow was leading the group so as not to arouse suspicion. But the time for hiding is over, so now I really am the leader and everyone knows it. Now that that's out of the way, I would like to give you all the details about our next move."
"Next move?" asked Tyreon.
A slow smirk appeared on Aizen's face as he replied, "The destruction of Soul Society…"
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