The Return of El Dios Hueco Chapter 14
Sorry for not posting for a while, I've had a bad case as writers block. Before we move on to the next chapter, I would like to take this moment to vent my frustrations about the Bleach Anime. My biggest problem was the ending was sadly anticlimactic. After Aizen, none of the antagonists were all that challenging or threatening, the only thing that made there battles remotely challenging, was that Ichigo had lost his powers, and when he got them back, he kicked the bad guys ass like he was nothing. On the up side, the last arc in the anime is shaping up to give the series the big climax it deserves.
Deep inside of Squad twelve's lab, Rin Tsubokura was examining a computer when he saw something that made his stomach turn. The monitor he was watching showed any hollow activity within the Seireitei, and at first he thought it must have been a malfunction.
"Sir, you might want to take a look at this." He said, and Akon came over to his station.
"It can't be." He said in a shallow voice, because the screen with thousands upon thousands of scarlet dots, each one representing a Vasto Lorde class hollow.
"I don't understand. How can there be so many hollows that powerful?"
" I don't know," Akon replied. "but if this reading is correct, then there is nothing in the Soul Society powerful enough to protect us."
Meanwhile, high above the Seireitei, a portal opened, and Ichigo and company burst out, and fell to the ground.
"Santen Kess..." Orihime began, but remembered that her powers had been stolen by Naoki. Without her shield to break their fall, the group was forced to make a crash landing. Yoruichi, who always light on her feet, landed catlike on the ground while the others fell one after the other on top of Ichigo.
"Is everyone okay?" Yoruichi asked.
"I think so." Orihime replied.
"Speak for your self." Said Ichigo through gritted teeth. "Now will you two please get off me." After brushing himself off, Ichigo looked around, and saw with great despair that the Soul Society was no better off then the World of the Living. The sky was pitch black, even though the sun should have risen by now, Hueco Mundo's white sand covered everything; the repentance cell that held Rukia long ago was half buried in it, and the crystal trees that Ichigo had seen the first time he came to Hueco Mundo were scattered about all over, but the worst sight of all, was Las Noches
"Where do we go from here?" Ichigo asked.
"I think we should find the other captains." Said Uryu. "They must have some plan of action," and they raced towards the squad 1 barracks. After several minutes of running through the sandy Seireite, the group arrived at the captains meeting hall.
"Ichigo Kurosaki." Head captain Yamamoto said in a somber voice. "Your friend has caused more damage to the world of the living and the Soul Society then any enemy we have even encountered. He is extremely dangerous, and he cannot be allowed to continue to run free." Ichigo clenched his fist in frustration. "Even if you do somehow mange to get through to him, he will face trial by central forty-six, and he will be executed."
"I'll deal with that later." Ichigo said. "Right now I need to focus on finding Chad." At that very moment, they all hear a loud boom. From outside, the North gate had been blasted apart. Splintered pieces of wood were scatted about and there in the threshold stood the Siervos del Dios stood, along with the now exorcised inner hollows of Ichigo and the other Vizards.
"You all heard master Dios." Takuya said. "Cause as much mayhem and chaos as you can, so everyone have fun." At that moment, they were surrounded by dozens of lower level Soul Reapers.
"Nobody move." One of them shouted, Takuya smiled, and everyone who stood in there way was thrown backward several yards. Ichigo's hollow sniffed the air.
"He's here." He said, and disappeared; the others soon followed his example.
"Lets see." Takuya said to himself. Where should I start?"
"I sugest you start with me." Takuya turned and saw a sight that made him flinch. A massive wolfman, at least nine feet tall towered over him. He was wering a captain Haori, and had his zanpakuto drawn.
"Well, theres something you don't see everyday." Takuya said with a chuckle. Komamura frowned.
I am Squad seven captain, Sajin Komamura." Takuya stopped laughing. He stared at the captain.
"I am Takuya Yamada, former head captain. I have to admit, when Fumiko told me that the Thirteen court Guard Squads had dropped their standerds when it came to the appointment of a captain, but I never would have expected a creature like you would be exepted among the ranks."
"I own my position, and my life to head Captain Yamamoto. If not for him, I don't know if I would even be alive."
"So my replacment let you into the Thirteen Court Guard Sqauds, If I was still in charge, you wouldn't be able to go anywhere without a leash. Komamur grunted his disdain.
"This is your last chance, intruder. Surender, of prepare to fight." The captain tightened his grip on his Zanpakuto." I don't take orders from canine's."
I don't kow what his Zanpakuto is cabable of, Komamura thought, but he was able to defeat Kisuke Urahara with easily, so I should be extra causious.
"You right with that assumption." Takuya said outloud. Komamura took a step back.
"How did you," he bagan, but Takuya cut him off.
"My Zanpakuto allowes me the ability to hear the thoughts of opponent."
"Interesting," Komamura said, as he raised his own Zanpakuto wover his head. "but lets see what good it does in combate! Roar, Tenken!" The captain swung his Sword forward and a giant, semi transparent arm whilding a giant sword materialized, and performend the same motion. As the enomus blade swung towards it's target, captain Komamura felt his arm stop in mid swing. It was as if someone more powerful then him was holding his arm steady, unable to move on bend it.
"This should make my job much easier." Takuya said with a grin, and Komamura felt his arm swing to the right, and the phantom arm swung as well, smashing everything in it's way.
"Captain." he two of them turned and saw two Soul Reapers from Squad Seven running to help their captain.
"Get out of here now!" Komamura shouted as he felt the invisable force swing his arm toward the two squad members. The giant sword stopped just inches away from killing them. It took all of his strength, but Komamura was able to resist Takuya's telekenetic influense. "Go, now!" The Subordenince didin't need telling twice, and were gone in a blink.
"I'm impressed." Takuya said. "Your strength is impressive, perhapes the Soul Society chose right in appointing you as captain.
"I don't know why you decided to abandon the Soul Society and join this Dios, but I'm glad you did, because you are not worthy of the titel of the head captain. Now it's time to end this, Ban..."
But before he could release his Bankai, captain Komamura, felt the invisible force that held his arm force his mouth closed, unable to speak, he could not release his Bankai.
"Sorry, dog-man, but I can't allow you to use your Bankai." Komamura then felt Takuya's telecanetic powers raised his arm, ready to us his own powers to destroy everything around him, but the captain wasn't about to be uses as a tool. Using every ounce of willpower he could muster, Komamura resisted Takuya's power, and through his clenched teeth, managed to mutter the single word "Bankai."
There was a burst flames behind the captain, and a heavely armered giant stood towering over them, wielding a massive sword.
"Kokujou Tengen Myou-ou." The captain said through his clenched teeth.
"Now that's a big Bankai." Takuya said, with an air of ammusmant. "I better get serious." He brought his hand across his face, and his angler-fish hollow mask materialized. Takuya then slapped himself on the chest, and in a burst of light, entered his full hollow form. He took on the apperance of an amphibious anthropomorhic-fish. His hands were webed, as well as his feet, and his posture was now slightly hunched. He had also sprouted a fish tail, that fell down to his feet.
Without any warning, Komamura's body bagan to move on it's own again, but this time it was far more fast and violant. Arms swinging wildly, Komamura's Bankai mirored it's owners movments, causing incalulabel damage.
"I should thank you dog man, if you hadn't come along, I would have had to do all this destruction be my self." Takuya said in his raspy hollow.
"You are a desgrace!" Komamura was so enraged, had managed the break the telecenetic muzel Takuya had placed oppon him."How could you say such things? You were once the head captain, how could you turn you back on your comerades?"
"You want to know why I left? Because I finally realized something that made all of my work as a Soul Reaper meaningless; hollows can't be defeted. It dosn't matter how many we destroy, their numbers continue to multiply exponentially. Furthermore, hollows develop so much faster then even the most gifted Soul Reapers. It takes years for one to develope the skills it takes to become a Soul Reaper and slay even the weakest of hollows, but hollows are fierce, powerful fighters the moment they come into being, without any training at all. It dosn't matter what any of us do, because no matter what, hollows will always have the upper hand."
"In some strange way, that's actually a good thing." Takuya looked at Komamura, who was strugling to turn himself to face Takuya.
"If we managed to defeat all the hollows in the world, and prevent more from ever being born agiain, their would be no reason for us Soul Reapers to exist at all. The eternal strugle between Soul Reaper and Hollow in nessecary, because with out one, the other could no longer exist." As he spoke, Komamura turned to face Takuya, raiseing his sword all the while, his giant Bankai miroring his every move.
"It might have been meaningless to you, but the never ending battle between hollow and Soul Reapers is no more diffrent then the struggle between predator and prey; the struggle may be eternal, but nessecary for our survival." and with every ounce of strength he had, he swung his sword down, his bankai did the same.
Seeing what the captain was trying to do, Takuya focused all of his energy to halt the captains attack. It was a strugle between two titans worthy of the histroy books; neither side was giving the other any leway, both fighting with every once of their power they possesed, but Takuya could sense that the captain was slowly gaining the upper hand. His full hollow form was draining his spirit energy at an alarming rate, and it was getting harder to hold off Komamura. Damn it. Takuya thought. I can't hold this guy off much longer, and I cant us my Bankai without being vulnerable during the intermediary period. Realizing his inevitable fate, Takuya smiled.
"Don't feel to proud at the idea of deffeting me." Takuya said, as his hollow body began to flake away. "I mave have been the head captain at one point, but I am not the strongets of Dios' followers." The blade of Komamura's Bankai was now only a few feet above him. "And captain, thank you for seeing what I could not, now I can die with an enlightened soul." And the captain's Bankai dropped on Takuya, crushing him.
Komamura collapsed on the ground as his Bankia faded away. He had used every ounce of energy he had fighting Takuya, he couldn't even stand up, or even hold his own Zanpakuto.
"I have to give Takuya credit, he did all this damage, and he didn't have to raise a sword." Komamura, looked over and saw for a brief moment, a man with spiky blond hair and many facial piercings, with a giant snake for a right arm, until, he was slammed into a wall by the giant reptile. The slam had broken several of the Komamura's bones, all he could do was watch as the srtanger picked up Tenken, and feed it his snake-arm. "Your strenghth is impressve captain, you have earned the right to live, so I'm not going to kill you." and he was gone.
And thats the end of that chapter. I know some of you must be ticked with me for letting Komamura fall prey to Naoki, but I have my reasons, and you will now of them latter on. Please review. P.S. For those who don't know El Dlos Hueco translates to 'The Hollow God.'