Okay, I'll admit, I did get a little lazy on the Original Espada introductions. But they don't really do much, they might interfere once, and that's a big if. I think I worked out the timetable so the training has been going on a week as this operation starts. New arc starts now. Not much happens in this first chapter of the arc.
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In Soul Society…Day 1
An unseated officer was escorting his drunk buddy back to the barracks. His drunk buddy was out cold, occasionally muttering profanities about their captain. Suddenly, a gate of some sort opened up in front of them. The gate looked similar to the well known Hell's Gate, but seemed less creepy and the skeletons were just engraved in the doors. Two people exited it.
The first was a pretty young woman five and a half feet tall, with her midriff showing. However, she had a haori on, and her shihakusho was red instead of black. The second was a short boy not quite four and half feet tall, with strawberry blonde hair. The boy was also bandaged up somewhat. "Oh? Looks like we already have some targets, eh Haruka-chibi?" The woman looked at her lieutenant.
"Captain! Don't call me that! But may I take care of them? One of them is out, and I already have bone to pick with these bastards."
"Sure. Just don't get caught. We have a lot of work for the first night, but we'll also be without reinforcement for two more days. Do your specialty, my bloody little hellion." The woman disappeared, leaving only the boy and the two twits of soul reapers.
"Awesome!" Before the sober one knew it, the boy was behind him and the ching sound of a sword being withdrawn. "You were killed by Hamasaki Haru, lieutenant of Squad 2 and the bloodiest of them all." Haru disappeared. The two hapless soul reapers were cut to pieces.
Haru found a bar soon enough. He checked it out, and felt no one that was worthy enough for a fight, which was good considering he wasn't suppose to pick a good fight yet. Before any of the residents knew it, their limbs flew everywhere. Haru appeared at the main bar, and enjoyed seeing the bloody mess. He finished them off with a beheading and left without a trace.
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Rangiku, now fully recovered from that attempted assassination, dragged Izuru Kira and Hisagi Shuhei to her favorite bar. Which was currently the only one her captain doesn't know about, yet. They entered the bar and was horrified at what they saw. Bodies with missing limbs and heads littered the floor and blood was everywhere. Izuru left the bar and puked outside, the other two following soon after. They ran away to report what they saw.
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Some ambitious soul reapers were training late into the night. During a break, they thought they heard something in the bushes. When they went to investigate, they saw a sleeping child. Before they could do any more, they felt a presence behind them. The two looked behind them to find a rather tall individual, about six and a half feet tall, with a spiked collar around his neck and glowing yellow eyes. The creature also had canine like ears and fangs.
The two ran away, spouting nonsense about a werewolf.
Zephaniah Niter picked up his sleeping captain and jumped over the wall, a grin on his face. I can't wait to start instilling fear in these pansies. He left to meet with the one in charge of the operation.
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Cielo, Tsubaki, and Warren waited at their designated spot, waiting for Haru and Howell, and Natsume and Zeph. The three didn't have to wait long for Howell to find them. The plan called for Lieutenant Haru to slaughter a bar, brothel, diner, or whatever he wanted as long as there weren't anyone that posed a threat to him. Zeph jumped over the wall, carrying a sleeping Squad 3 captain.
Haru followed soon after, appearing beside his captain. "Christ Haru, did you butcher a large brothel? The scent of blood from your sword is…*cough, cough*…disgusting!" Niter barked at the much smaller boy.
"No, I didn't slaughter a brothel, I slaughtered a bar full of people. I've been meaning to ask, what's a brothel?" Haru tilted his head a little. Only to get his head shoved and squished in his captain's breasts.
"Oh how cute and innocent? You don't need to know yet." Captain Howell let go of her lieutenant, who was beet red and even fell after being let go.
Cielo coughed, shifting everyone's attention to him. "Captain Howell and her lieutenant will do a few more assassinations tonight. Tomorrow, stay out of sight during the day, all of you. Zeph, you're in charge of instilling fear in them. Tsubaki will cover you, she has some nice illusion based custom kido that could be of some use. Howell and Haru will keep the body count high while Zephyr gathers information about each captain and lieutenant. That way, we'll actually know their battle strength. The day after that is when hell will break loose. We'll meet before we retire tomorrow. Good hunting." Everyone disappeared after Niter handed his captain over to Cielo.
"Then I'll look up what Rui wanted me to. This is going to be interesting…"
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Mayuri Kurotsuchi sat in his lab, watching what one of his monitoring bots was watching. They've been like this for at least five days. The robot was in the passageway connecting Soul Society and the world of the living, observing an unusual phenomena of the air currents and cleaning system stopping. He soon found out why.
Inside of a red box, which had the same spiritual composition as a cero, was an arrancar boy no one recognized, and along with him, Ichigo Kurosaki. The carrot top was meditating in his bankai, with blood leaking from the edges of his mouth. The mad scientist had tried to contact them to find out what was going on, but all he got was a "Leave us alone. Can't you see I'm trying to get him stronger?" and a cero that came from nowhere, which disintegrated half his body.
Now fully recovered, all he has been doing is observing, much to his own dismay. He really wanted to dissect that odd arrancar…
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Day 1 of training, four days before operation start…
Jitsuzai took Orihime far away from the rest of the group. She suddenly stopped and took a seat on a rock. "Sit." She commanded the other girl, who did as she was told. The orange haired arrancar started her lecture. "You're abilities are very similar to mine, which can be categorized into three different sections: Attack, defense, and healing. The latter two I hear you are very good at, but the first is rather weak. Am I accurate?"
Orihime, now serious and ready to train, nodded her head. "Good. Your resolve is what determines the power of each. Hence the reason why your powers of healing and defense is so much stronger than your lone attack ability. I'm going to push your resolve to the brink. I will first focus on your defensive ability and your mobility. You shouldn't always have your shield up to block when you could have dodged it. Understood?"
Orihime shifted a little. "Um…why? What I mean is why is it better to dodge than block…" The girl quickly went quiet when the arrancar glared at her.
"Because that might give you an opportunity to strike. Now get up and prepare yourself! Rui told you outside that you need two personalities to fight effectively, and I'll help you develop that second personality!" Jitsuzai leapt up in the air and summoned on orange energy spear that seemed similar to Orihime's abilities.
The high schooler got up and jumped to the side in time to avoid the spear. Orihime then put up her triangular shield to block a fist encased in orange energy. The fist destroyed her shield with ease. Orihime just stood there, shocked and wide eyed, as even Yammy had to strike it twice before shattering. Jitsuzai slapped her, then punched her face. The arrancar then kicked her in the side of the head. She then shoved her knee in the other girl's stomach and did an open palm strike on her nose.
Orihime fell to the ground, crying in pain. "Get up, 'princess.' Or do you want to be a burden your entire life? You will get hurt, you will cry, and you, my lovely little bitch, will have a mental breakdown. Always be ready to move or fight back, you can't always count on your shield to block most attacks, even if your resolve is at its highest. And don't you dare think Rui wasn't like this when he trained us. I'm taking it easy on you, and probably will for the first three to four days."
The human got up, still hurting and crying, but she was up. Jitsuzai stared into the girl's eyes and grinned. She saw a better resolve than before. "Always bring your resolve to its peak. When you guard, you don't let them cut you. When you protect, you don't let them die. Follow those two sentences, and you will be the foundation that will keep this motley group together, alive, and at full strength. Let's do this again…"
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About average for me on chapter length. One update on the training per chapter of this arc, which may be pretty short too. The most that happens is on the final day of the operation.
I have no idea which the fourth bleach movie will be about. Here's what I mean and I've seen both trailers. The first I saw had something to do with Ichigo's Vasto Lorde class hollow form. The second I saw just today, had something to do with Ichigo diving into a Hell's gate, going to Hell. Both trailers is on youtube, and for the hell one name, it's called Bleach: Jigoku Hen.
My ego is lacking motivation, with a whole what, 7 regular reviewers? compared to what was at first 10 I think? even a few more? Please review!