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Chapter 25: The Hogyoku's Will
"That...Impossible" The traitor looked at the man standing before him. Urahara and Karin emerged out from the snow "Are you okay, Kurosaki-kun?" he released the Kido around her. Karin rubbed her arms and wrist "Ouch...Thank you, I'm fine but...Who is that?" They both looked at the mysterious man with similar features of someone they knew. "He looks like..." Karin thought for a moment as Urahara nodded "Yes...It's Hitsugaya Toshiro."
Aizen clinched his teeth "How are you still-!" his voice stopped as he felt his arms stiffen from the cold, Hitsugaya walked towards Aizen and the closer he got, the harder Aizen could move his body. He leaped back a few distance, he felt his bones slowly freeze 'It's...It's getting colder as he comes closer!?' It was almost as if there was an aura around him causing everything around him freeze.
"...H-How is this possible!? Your petals are gone and your time is over...HOW!?" The traitor looked at him with anger and confusion.
"I don't recall ever saying that when the last of my ice petals shattered...It was the end" Hitsugaya said "Truth is, once the last petal disappears...That is when Daiguren Hyourinmaru...has reached full maturity."
'This...This is the child prodigy?' Aizen took a step back his eyes filled with anger "You kept this to yourself?"
"No...The fact that I was limited to using Hyorinmaru for no more than 12 minutes was simply a sign of my power not having fully matured" He took a deep breath in and exhaled "At least, that is what assumption I made...So in order for Daiguren Hyourinmaru to finally achieve its full potential..."
"...I've aged a bit." Hitsugaya looked at his hands and let out a sharp sigh "Between you and me...I'm not a fan of my adult self."
Aizen gripped his sword with a smirk "No matter...At least now the man standing before me is far better suited to be my opponent than the child who stood in front of my before!" he rushed towards Hitsugaya and tried to strike him down but Hitsugaya quickly dodged his attack.
"I'll keep that in mind..." Hitsugaya simple said.
Aggravated by the shinigami's cocky attitude, Aizen felt his attacked were slowing down due to the coldness "Hado No. 31: Shakkaho!" A red flame cannon shot out from the palm of his hand and fired straight to Hitsugaya but before making an impact, the flame died and fell to the floor shattering into pieces. "Hado No. 31: Shakkaho!" Aizen fired another as it was the same result as before. "Cut that shit out.." Hitsugaya said.
Aizen in pure rage "HADO NO. 31: SHAKKAHO!" he summoned five as they fired at the same time, Hitsugaya raised his hand and froze all five. "I told you to cut that shit out goddamn it...We can't have debris like that falling in the human world!"
"...I see now" Aizen said, seeing his Kido freeze instantly the closer it gets to him "Whatever object gets close to you, you'll flash freeze it." Hitsugaya smirked "You catch on quick...Your Kido spells have become suspended, Aizen."
"Well in that case..." Aizen lifted his sword to release his Shikai "Kyoka Suigetsu"
"Your Shikai? It pains me to say this but, you arrived at that conclusion..." Hitsugaya looked at Aizen "Literally a second too late." Aizen's eyes widen, he couldn't move his body. There was no warning, his body has already frozen into ice instantly.
"Shikai Hyoketsu...Four world freeze." Hitsugaya commanded.
Hitsugaya looked at Aizen frozen body, completely frozen like an ice sculpture "By unleashing Daiguren Hyourinmaru...In a matter of four seconds, I can freeze all matter before me. Had you succeeded in releasing your Shikai within three seconds." He gave a small shrug "Who knows...I might have been on the wrong end of your sword."
"H-He...He did it!" Karin cheered "WAY TO GO, TOSHIRO! YEAH!" Urahara let out a relief sigh "...It's over."
Hitsugaya looked over with an annoyed look at the raven haired girl "...Why the hell are you still here? Urahara, take her home-" But she spoke too soon, Hitsugaya saw the ice began to break and soon shattered. "What the-!?" his eyes widen as Aizen emerged out of the ice, breathing heavily "I CANNOT BE DEFEAT... BY SOMEONE LIKE YOU!" Aizen opened his hand and a red marble appeared, Hitsugaya's eyes widen 'That's-!?...Momo's spiritual energy!'
"I am a GOD...I WILL BECOME THE TRUE GOD THIS WORLD NEEDS!" Aizen swiftly ripped his robe open, revealing his bare chest and slammed the marble against his chest unleashing a great amount of spiritual energy.
The ground began to shake as the ground below Hitsugaya wrapped around him "NGH!" Aizen's body began to transform "YES...The power, the power to become a GOD!" his brown hair grew long and his eyes changing. The hogyoku jabbed in his chest, creating a cross and purple veins grew around it. Hitsugaya freed himself and quickly rushed towards Aizen from fully transforming.
Hitsugaya swung his sword but, was stopped bare handly by Aizen.
Aizen lifted his head and slowly opened his dark purple eyes with white glowing iris. Hitsugaya was pushed back and hit a tree's bark "NGH!" he fell to his knees but soon felt someone grab him by the neck and pinned against the tree.
"Did you really think you could win...Hitsugaya Toshiro?" Aizen said.
Hitsugaya noticed his flash freeze wasn't freezing Aizen's body, even with him being so close to him. Aizen laughed "This power...I guess I've made a wise choice choosing Hinamori's spiritual energy. It's canceling out your cold reiatsu" Her warmth was melting the frost off his body and Hitsugaya trying to free himself. He gave a swift kick to Aizen's ribs but nothing, it was nothing, Aizen didn't even budge as if he was kicking a brick wall.
"It was impressive seeing you in your full form...But, all good things come to an end" Aizen said as he gripped his neck tightly and looked at him in pure madness "...IT'S OVER, HITSUGAYA TOSHIRO!"
"Ugh...!" Hitsuaya could feel his power fading rapidly, he couldn't keep this form for long.
"NO!" A voice echoed soon, a red light appeared from the hogyoku "What!?" Aizen said as Hitsugaya snapped his eyes open 'This...This spiritual energy!' Without a doubt, it was Hinamori. He could feel her through Aizen. A red beam speared out from Aizen's chest causing him to release Hitsugaya from his grip. Coughing to catch his breath, Aizen took a step back looking at the red spear coming out from his chest "What-What is this!?"
Ten more beams speared him in the chest, Aizen looked at them horrified "AUGH! What is this...Is this KIDO!?"
"It seems the hogyoku is rejecting you" Urahara said. Aizen looked at him with anger "...Kisuke is this your doing!?" the blond man shook his head in disagreement "...No, not me. It's Hinamori-san's doing." Aizen and Hitsugaya's eyes widen in shock.
"The spiritual energy may have transformed into the hogyoku but the soul is still in control. Before you transformed, Hinamori's soul awakened when you were most vulnerable and fighting inside you. If the hogyoku refuses to accept your body, the hogyoku becomes a seal...Your own tomb."
"The hogyoku won't reject my body! I am the strongest and most powerful shinigami...!" Aizen yelled, "The hogyoku is MINE and will accept ME ONLY! Not some mere mortal!" Soon, his zangpakto shattered in pieces as they fell onto the floor leaving Aizen in shock "What...What is happening?" Half of his face began to creak and one eye returned back to his normal brown colored eye.
"Not any mere mortal but, someone with an innocent soul...This is the hogyoku's will" Urahara simply said watching Aizen's body slowly return back to normal "The reason why you're being sealed away by the hogyoku is that you are becoming weakened...Thanks to Hinamori's soul and Hitsugaya. He had fought you so hard and pushed you to your limits allowing Hinamori to take over. The hogyoku is saying that it does not recognize you as its master but Hinamori's."
Aizen's eyes widened "That's absurd...That can't be! THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING TO ME!"
Soon, the red beams grew out from Aizen's back into large red crosses. "AAUGH!" The pain was overwhelming as it weight down his back and soon, the ground began to bind his legs and lower body half "HITSUGAYA TOSHIRO!" He yelled out as Hitsugaya watched his body slowly being sealed away.
"With your great intellect and a child prodigy, why won't you take action!? Why do you subjugate yourself to this forsaken world!? He yelled. "Because..." Hitsugaya said "This is where I belong. I am the 10th division Gotei Captain...It is my duty to protect."
In anger, Aizen tried to break away from the seal but continued to wrap around his body "That is something a FOOLISH DEATH GOD WOULD SAY! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE A CHILD PRODIGY!" The seal began to harden preventing Aizen from breaking away "I WILL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU EVER LOVED, HITSUGAYA TOSHIRO! MARK MY WORDS...I WILL BE BACK!...I-!"
Before he could finish his last words, the seal was complete leaving three solid seal crosses piked onto the floor.
A small red marble fell to the floor as Hitsugaya rushed to retrieve it. He carefully cupped it in his hands, it was warm and pulsing and rushed to Hinamori's body. He gently placed it on her chest and watched it slowly entering her body "...Momo, please...Please come back to me" he pleaded and held her cold hand while the other was on her chest.
"...Come back to me" Hitsugaya said, cupping her face in his large hands and kissed her tenderly.
Soon he felt her chest breath in her first air. Hitsugaya broke the kiss slowly and felt her breath on his lips "...Momo...you're back..." Suddenly, Hitsugaya collapsed next to her head. "Hitsugaya Taicho!" Urahara rushed to them and helped Hitsugaya over his shoulder "My...You pushed your body to the brink with your Bankai. I'm surprised you're still in one piece!"
"Hah..." Hitsugaya looked at him the tired eyes and sweating from his forehead "Between you and me...I'm barely hanging by a thread here..."