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Ayla barely had time to draw her sword as she heard the screech of metal on metal and knew they had connected.

"Awaken Tstiayuga" she said softly as she pressed her sword against Ichigo's. She felt the dragon stir in her mind and then become fully awake

So it is time, let us be one

Ichigo pulled back and charged again, this time she side stepped him and took a swing which be blocked deftly. Jumping high above her he readied his attack

"Getsuga tensho!" His energy began gathering at the blade's tip.

"Dorangonburesua" she yelled. His attack came, she fought it attempting to deflect it, mostly successfully but still managed to get her shoulder clipped. The gush of first blood had everyone watching on edge. She felt the warmth trickle down her shoulder and winced in pain.

"Fuck" she muttered. She felt a sharp pain on her back and realized he had sliced her while she was distracted, with a scream of outrage she turned around to face him. His smile feral twirling his blade above his head, she gasped they were going to get dirty and bloody she realized that now.

"Come on, you gotta pay attention Ayla" he said looking at her "an enemy will take any chance, right now I'm your enemy." She nodded; she would do her best to think of him like that. Setting her jaw she once again commanded the air, Ichigo knew this tactic all too well, Byakuya used it with his Senbonzakura, she was going to have to do something different or it would be all over for her. He held his sword at her and commanded getsuga tensho once again, knowing she'd move at the last second he gambled and placed it slightly further then her right shoulder knowing that was her dominant side. He let it loose; she moved slighty….to the right….

"Mother fucker!" She screamed as she hit the ground, thrown back by the force. Her body skidded to a stop and she felt fresh wounds burst with blood all over her, she looked across the arena to Renji and he simply looked away. She knew it must be hard for him to watch, keeping her eyes on Ichigo she struggled to get up.

Tstiayuga, come on lets ramp it up.

Yes, she heard the dragon say wickedly, this one will move us to completion but we must go one step at a time.

"Chikyu o funsai!" She bellowed and Ichigo stood in awe as her chocolate hair flowed with the wind, green eyes seeing through him to his soul; her horns gleaming in the sunlight and her wings bursting from her back stretched to their full capacity emerald green, she clutched her sword in her hand but it was no longer a sword it was a giant sickle. It was larger than even his sword green at the tip and fading to black at the handle his eyes widened at the inscription on the blade "one sword to protect them all." So this was part of her power, incredible. He readied his sword

"Getsuga tensho!" She moved her hands in a flurry of quick, small movements and as the dust cleared he saw she had a shield of earth in front of her, then it quickly formed to small spikes and came rushing at him.

"SHIT!" He parried most of them except a few and received some wounds, blood dripping onto the sand he grinned at her

"Nice, but it'll take more than that." He felt the air move around him

"Makikomu chikyū" she said softly. He glanced around, there was no attack. Then he felt it, the earth literally reached out and grabbed him, pulling him into it. He struggled, he was stuck. With horror he watched as the ground rose up to literally engulf him, oh hell no! The ground closed above him, the onlookers gasped, Shuuhei made a face knowing what was coming.

"BANKAI!" He screamed, his power flaring cutting the top of the trap open, Ayla gasped she knew it took considerable power to fight that attack. She watched as the dust settled the man was in all black with a long coattail fluttering gently, she caught the glimpse of red on the underside. His sword was thin and was also all black, the look in his eyes was what terrified her most, the determination and the ferocity.

"Tensa zangetsu."

Time to release, you ready?

Of course! Came the response as the scent of orange blossoms came to her.

"Incinerate Tstiayuga" she said, Ichigo, Shuuhei and Renji watched as tattoos began to spiral across her body and wind down her face, neck, arms and legs. They were bold yet delicate, and intricate contradiction of itself, her sword became engulfed in flames. Her hair showed silver streaks in it, wasting no time Ichigo pointed his sword at her and fired off a getsuga tensho.

"Kami no hi" she parried it engulfing it with flame. She shun po'd behind Ichigo and before he had time to move sliced into his right arm, with a squawk he jumped back.

"I think you get faster each time as well" he said grinning up at her.

"I hope so; It's hard to gauge myself."

"Don't get too comfortable I've been going easy on you." She took a step back as he raised his hand to his head; slowly he dragged it across his face revealing a hollow mask.

Several feet away

"So it's come to this now has it? Don't you think he's putting that on a little soon?" Shunsui queried to his friend.

Ukitake sighed "well it's not like we have a lot of time, and he does need to put the pressure on her."

Yamamoto looked at his two students with a side eye and they both went quiet.

Kenpachi was thinking about how much he wished it was him inside fighting them both, now that would be fun. His pink haired vice-captain was bouncing up and down cheering for both "Ichy" and "AyAy."

Toshiro and Matsumoto stood quietly, the small captain hadn't seen this release form and was quite impressed by it, Matsumoto was silently observing and drinking from a flask, worried about both people but determined not to show it.

Byakuya was not only watching Ayla but also Renji. For a reason unknown to him his vice-captain had to participate in this, something about once her form was released? He also knew it could mean the man's death, from what he understood the instructions had come from her zanpaktou spirit.

Mayuri was just hoping one of them died so he could get samples, both would be great specimens.

"Nemu" he asked "did you bring the samples containers and syringes?"

"Yes Mayuri sir."

"Wonderful, now if someone would just die" he said impatiently.

Unohana and Kotetsu were one either side of the barrier ready to rush in if anyone was hurt. Unohana was keeping an eye on the combatants but also on the men in case they ended up in the line of fire.

Back inside the barrier

"Holy shit, what the fuck Ichigo?" She stared at him as his mask took form. Incredible, she felt his strength rise and at the same time felt a darker presence.

"This is my Visored power, shinigami and hollow mixed. Now pay attention." She felt a wind rush beside her and a trickle of blood on her cheek, she hadn't even seen him! She felt another rustle and managed to get her sword up in time to stop his blow on her arm

"Good, better."

"Kami no hi!" she said whipping the flame around he jumped away but not before it singed one of his feet. He yelped in pain and drew back. She pushed her advantage moving forward hoping to corner him.

"Getsuga tensho!" A black blaze outlined in red ripped from his blade and sprung towards her, she attempted to side step it but realized all too late that he could control the direction in his bankai form. She felt a burning on her back and saw him charging for her, she shot her wings forward to embrace him as she felt his sword slide into her. With a gasp she closed her eyes and put her hand on his chest, her wings holding them close almost like lovers. Ichigo knew he had stabbed her, he also knew he had been stabbed; she had gotten him right in the abdomen close to his ribs. Her wings encompassing them both she floated to the ground, using his chest for leverage she pulled her sword out and grasping his sword with her hand unceremoniously yanked it out of her own body. Panting they each took a step back, her wound looked worse than his and combined with the getsuga tensho he had landed on her back he was pretty sure she was reaching her limit. Their blood dripping down onto the makeshift arena the locked eyes.

"Kami no hi!" She pointed her sword at him and whipped a flame toward him it missed but then began to snake towards him. He looked and saw she was using her hands to control the flame

"Doragonburesu" she said and felt himself being pushed by the air into the flames. What the fuck?! This was insanity. He popped off a getsyga tensho and broke the air contact but the flames continued to chase him. Shun po'ing he dropped back behind her

"Your wide open" he said softly as he stabbed her underneath her right shoulder blade. Blood came from her mouth as she sank to her knees.

It's not enough, we need more

We have more

We have to have more

Look deep within yourself

Visions of her parents flashed before her eyes, smiling at her. The birthdays, family trips, their anniversaries. Her mind's eye showed her Renji holding her during a nightmare, Shuuhei kissing her softly, each of the captains that had helped her train.

I have something to fight for, not just revenge. I have people I love. People I want to protect, to help.

She thought she heard the dragon sigh contentedly

She was broken from her thoughts as she felt something drive into her foot. Fuck, Ichigo, before she could think to move she felt something slice her left shoulder. He was making mincemeat out of her while she zoned out that little shit. He was attacking her like a true enemy would, throwing back her head she let out what could only be described as mixture of a scream and a howl. Ichigo quickly jumped back from her as the feral inhuman sound came from her throat. This was it, he had finally pushed her hard enough, Renji and Shuuhei both looked nervous, Shuuhei had even released his shikai something was going to go down.

A huge fluctuation of reiatsu surrounded Ayla swirling and twirling almost alive. It covered the girl so you could not see her and he felt her power rising and rising. With an earth shaking vibration the power was gone. Ayla was standing in the center, completely healed.

Her hair had turned silver and now hung down to her thighs in delicate waves, her eyes remained a bright burning green, her horns had gotten longer, and her wings were glinting green in the sun. Her body itself was naked except for the fact it was covered in glittering silver scales, the black tattoos on top of it winding their way across her form. Her blade which had been a sickle had also evolved, she held not one but two sickles and they were tri-edged. One longer center blade was accompanied by two shorter blades on either side of it; the blades themselves were no longer green and black but the color of blood. A collective gasp was heard from everyone as she raised herself into the air, her reiatsu crackling and snapping around her, pointing her sword at Ichigo

"Die and create Izamani no mikoto." A silver dragon's head emerged from the tip of her sword snapping and raced toward Ichigo, he attempted to block with a getsuga tensho and to his horror it was literally eaten up by the dragon. As the silver dragon hit him he fell backwards and slammed into the barrier, blood spurted out of his mouth and he felt like his soul had been ripped threw back her head and laughed in a voice that wasn't quite her own and sent shivers down his spine.

"You can't stop me in this form, this is goddess form and as such unbeatable." She looked at him with those pools of green "I thank you Ichigo for helping me to reach this point."

"Ayla?" he whispered, she shook her head.

"Yes and no, I am her power and need to fuse with her. And right now you are in my way!" Ichigo scrambled toward the door as she came toward him, throwing a sickle she lodged it in his shoulder, a spurt of blood splattered on the ground and he fell, with a scream she jumped on top of him, planting her other sickle in his opposite shoulder. He cried out as his mask broke off and he felt his powers leaving him. She readied herself, preparing to give the death blow when a chain wrapped around her waist and she was unceremoniously pulled backward off Ichigo.

Izanami no mikoto is the goddesses name, sometimes also called Izanami no kami she is the goddess of death and creation. And yes this is a real myth, google it=)