Author Notes: I always felt that the Royal Guard was very underused in the original story, so I'm going to have them use what I think is their full powers in this fanfic and its sequels. Though for this chapter's sake, it's only their Shikai for now because it's too early to do their Bankai in this arc.

Again special liberties will taken with some of the Royal Guard's power, but also attempt to relate to their respective titles and personalities. Also Ichibe's creepy black mausoleum will be made creepier in this fanfic.

For Chad's winged demon form or Daemon, it mentions Bose–Einstein Condensate (BEC)- a real hypothetical state of matter that involves both superfluidity and superconductivity elements. As a pre-spoiler warning for Bleach Rinse, all Daemons are able to change their properties between Gas, Liquid, Solid, Plasma, BEC and a few other imaginary states that I'll write as the fanfic reveals itself.

As you've probably seen recently- Bleach Strawberry-Deicide Re-Rinse became a crossover series. It actually has crossovers with other supernatural ghost themed anime, but the site didn't allow enough space to do all of them. For the film I have listed doing a crossover with- yes, it's the Ghostbusters, except with some liberties taken to make them fit in this Bleach fanfic continuity, especially since normally they wouldn't stand a chance.

Also 10/25/16, making some changes so the Kenpachi/Mayuri elements are foreshadowed earlier rather than seeming to be a Deus Ex Machina

Chapter 25: Five Royal Swords

Soul Society- 12th Division Lab

(Bleach Soundtrack: Citadel of the Bount plays in the background)

"Inconceivable, those Spiritual Pressures- to think that they would enter the World of the Living.," said Captain Mayuri as he observed the five Spiritual Energy signatures on the screen that beeped loudly.

"But, for them to enter into the World of the Living? I'm also picking up a massive Spiritual Power- It's a Hollow, but it's huge- even more than a Vasto Lorde?! What could it be?," Akon, one of the many officers at the lab, analyzed while looking at the sixth emerging signature that appeared on the screen.

"It's no concern of ours. They'll probably have this taken of. Now to find a way to locate the traitor Aizen because the Head Captain demanded it.," the 12th Captain responded with disinterest as he touched the screen, which switched to that with an energy signature that would turn on for a few seconds and turn off again.

I could research it, but as I see it- there wouldn't be any samples left after what's left when they finish things., thought Mayuri as he continued to look deeply at the screen in front of him with a slight expression of peeved regret.

He then heard a resounding beeping message- from the 1st Division of all places.

The 12th Captain clicked on the message to his half amusement and half annoyance.

"It's probably to hurry with the research in order to-," he said initially with skepticism until he heard the entire message.

Slowly, as he listened, he became more and more ecstatic with each word.

"How very amusing! To think that there was still something to study in the World of the Living. I finally found a need to accelerate my research on locating Aizen! If I don't hurry, those findings will likely be lost forever!," the monochrome faced man said to himself with glee.

Akon looked on with surprise. He hadn't been this excited in a long time.

11th Division

(Bleach Soundtrack: BL_93 plays in the background)

A message from the 3rd Division rang in the large communication device. The large man with the pink haired girl as usual, the latter being playful as usual.

"Hey there Kenpachi no.11, got something interesting to tell you.," said the voice from the monitor in a sly tone.

"Go on with what you want to say.," Kenpachi said with indifference.

As the message went on, his grimace slowly became a wide grin of madness.

"Want me to-," asked the girl with a cheerful mood, she stopped midway- she was surprised that he was suddenly giving a scary expression of severity.

"No this is fun..., but something tells me- these guys would make mince meat out of all of you.," he replied back to the girl with a gruff tone as he prepared to leave.

"Kenny...," said the girl with great concern to her captain.

World of the Living-Urahara Shop- Platform Room

(Bleach Soundtrack: Bl_86 plays in the background)

Orihime in her bestial mindset kept striking at Yoruichi, but for some reason- she would always miss a finishing strike. It wasn't an object of speed- Yoruichi felt that she was on par with her Shunkō: Raiju Senkei: Shunryū Kokubyō Senkei state if she was actually aware of what went on in her feline mind. And wasn't do to a lack of control of her power either. It was due to her Zanpakuto.

Jōhin'na Fuun'na Neko is a counter-base Zanpakuto. It involves the opposing static currents into the attracting nerves that control the force of an attack. When the two collide, they scramble the signal to the brain, making the attacker become uncoordinated. It's not how I usually do things- it's so..., Yoruichi thought herself in an deadpan expression as she elegantly waved the Zanpakuto fan that unleashed delicate, sparky ribbons of static electricity at Orihime with a wispy grace.

Pretty.., Yoruichi said internally with a flat tone of disgust at her power that contrasted with her tough, close range fighting style.

Suddenly, Yoruichi felt seven massive Spiritual Pressures, something that caused Orihime to come to her senses.

"Wait, did I imagine that Lily went into me and I became a bird lady-(observing her wings)- I didn't did I? Nice fan...I'm sensing a lot of powerful people far way from here.," Orihime spoke initially with shock at her form's design noticed Yoruichi's item in her hands and finally felt the pressure of powerful individuals far away from their location.

"Yeah, it seems some people seem to be fighting a monster.," Yoruichi said to herself as she observed the massive amount of energy.

"We should help them!," Orihime said enthusiastically to Yoruichi who was more reserved in body and facial language.

"No, it's more important to focus on the training. And besides, those people aren't just any Soul Reapers- they're the Royal Guard of the Soul King. Must be another powerful Hollow for them to come out here in order to deal with it. If we got involved, we'd die in the crossfire- they're that strong.," Yoruichi brushed off as she remained focused on the training.

"Wait...that's not a Hollow- it's Chad, why are they fighting Chad?!," Orihime raised her voiced in concern.

"Chad...his Spiritual Power...so he's a Full-Bringer huh...those delusional abnormals...as I said we'd-," the former 2nd Captain muttered before responded to the girl as she waved another ribbon of static electricity towards Orihime.

Suddenly, Orihime zoomed at Yoruichi's right side to the latter's shock- she had managed to weave around the ribbon to get into Yoruichi's range- she was impressed as the orange haired girl struck her side, causing her to skid a few feet back.

"I need to help Chad! I don't know the circumstances- but, he's Ichigo's friend. I'd bet Ichigo would do the same if there wasn't anyone who could also help him.," Orihime told Yoruichi with a stare of determination

"Then, you need to beat me as quickly as you can- it's a little early, but you're capable of outmaneuvering my first Sword Release now. Time to head to the final one. Bankai: Norowareta Kuro no Utsukushi-sa (Cursed Black Beauty).," Yoruichi told the girl as her fan began building up more static in the room.

Urahara Shop- Dojo Room

(Bleach Fade to Black Soundtrack: 3BLM_46 plays in the background)

Ichigo was busy blocking the strikes of the Visored trio as hard as he could when he sensed seven massive Spiritual Pressures above him from a far distance.

"Wait- is that Chad? Why is he does he feel like something else now?!," Ichigo said to himself with great concern.

"Seems your buddy is getting involved with some really hardcore shit...would it make you happy if someone- well, rather be someone else- oh yeah, Kisuke save him?," Love said to Ichigo to keep him focused on the sparring training.

"I have to save Chad-...uh, thanks, you're really helpful with my concerns.," Ichigo replied, genuinely touched by his words.

"Going in there by not being strong or smart enough to face the people over would be suicide. Kisuke is stealthy enough to go anyway.," Hiyori said smugly.

"...How long have we been fighting. 'Cause something happened to Kisuke.," Lisa spoke in a stoic tone that shocked Hiyori.

"Um, wait exactly-?," Ichigo asked before Lisa cut him off.

"Apparently, Kisuke was out during the time you were fighting Jinta and Ururu- returning Tessai's busted selling products to their respective companies as usual. Then, he got kidnapped by a robot with a clock face wearing glasses and is now being forced to do some unpaid taxes upstairs with it overlooking him upstairs.," Lisa said in a tone of astounded disbelief as if she had already witnessed this event.

"Are you making this up? Wait, you're tax evaders?!," Ichigo inquired Love of this statement

"No, I wish I wasn't- actually I kind of don't understand what that was...Oh, yeah, we technically don't exist on the public record because the Soul Society would track us through that info. A lot of shit went down when we barely escaped with our lives.," Love explained to Ichigo's whitened terror in a matter of fact tone.

Oh God. I am being taught by criminals., Ichigo thought with a flat tone of nervous suspicion.

"I wonder if stupid-Shinji or Rose is interested in-," Hiyori spoke with a irascible tone before stopping midway.

Five additional massive Spiritual Pressure was felt heading towards the same location- the final one was that of a Soul Reaper

"That can't be human?! It's too big for a Full-Bringer? And is that?," Hiyori said with a few sweat drops on her brow.

"I'm just going to assume they're heading over to where Chad is and everything will be ok. It's a feeling.," Ichigo said with a shrug as he resumed the sword clash.

Good. Because one of them is your..., Love thought to himself as he remained focused on the matter at hand.

(Bleach Fade to Black Soundtrack: B03 plays in the background)

Ichibei, Oetsu, Tenjiro, Kirio and Senjumaru looked at the winged demon form that Chad had become.

"First, take care of the bi-gendered girl, not that there's anything wrong with that. I think she needs to go home.," said Ichibei in an cheery tone to Senjumaru to Riruka's confusion.

One of Senjumaru's wooden arms grabbed Riruka by the leg to her shock, held her in the sky and then slowly pulled back as she then tossed her back in the direction of the Xcution base.

"Well, she's the merger of four Full-Bringers and powerful ones at that. So she'll be ok.," Senjumaru told the others with a lack of concern towards the Girl.

"We're so strong, the world might not hold for long.," Oetsu said in English.

Ichibei touched the ground as the character 力 appeared and expanded from the area he touched the ground. It grew in size, going past the area, the cities, all of Japan, the continents and eventually stopped once it had covered the entire World.

"I can add the name of Strength to the world to make it strong enough to withstand our powers. If only the 13 Court Guard had this kind of ability then they wouldn't have the need for Gigai or Gikon or that power limiter that they seem to be overly obsessed over.," Ichibei slightly complained in a happy tone.

"Oh you jest, I wouldn't have been a member if not for that and made it less of the Royal Guard Four and more of the Royal Guard Five. I do agree on the power limiter, the 13 Court Guard have grown accustomed to holding back with ridiculous limits instead of the more practical approach of fighting at full force. We can always fix the damage and heal the people later if they get caught in the crossfire.," said Kirio cheerfully to Ichibei's remark.

"You're right, that would unlucky that you didn't join up with us . And four does make an unlucky number speaking of-," Ichibei replied as he turned to Tenjiro.

"Sigh, I'm the First Officer of the Royal Guard. Ok, I get it- I'm the first to judge the enemy's threat level.," Tenjiro said with annoyance to Ichibe's implications on his weakness in comparison to the other four.

(Bleach Fade to Soundtrack: B14 plays in the background)

He stared at the winged monster as he reached his left hand as he grabbed the air.

"I heard about your kind from the reports of the World's Sword both their group and ours meet up with the Royal Family to give our reports. You're a Daemon, an Akuma from Hell right? We Soul Reapers never visit there since knowing what happens to the really bad Hollows when they get judged, so our details on how your world works is small at best. I don't know how you're sharing a body with that multi-armed Hollow man, but it's said that even a Daemon grunt needs a Royal Guard member or World's Sword elites to take care of you guys. Sorry, Cindy- I'm gonna have to use more force on you.," Tenjiro told the now confirmed Daemon creature.

"Daemons? Akuma? I thought they were stories from the Rukon District to scare children into behaving when Hollow stories weren't enough to frighten them.," Kirio said with a confused expression as she saw the winged monster. She was the least aware of the natural residents of Hell

"Normally, the World's Sword members can see them according to them anyway. The only way a normal human or Soul Reaper can view them if they possess a body.," Senjumaru replied to Kirio's question.

"Well, we finally get see one in action. I'm likely guessing that the 13 Court Guard Squads will be wanting the information we get from this fight to added to their database. In case, they ever come across a Daemon on their own.," Ichibe spoke in an upbeat tone.

Tenjiro dragged his head as the air itself produced a long wooden pole with a curved tip attached, it had the name "Kirinji" written on it and there were implications that the curved tip was hiding a small sharp blade within the sheath.

"Flash from Illuminating Heavens, Kinpika (Gilded Splendor).," Tenjiro declared as the wooden sheath blew off and the small blade glowed.

From all corners of the earth, Gold began to float towards the area that Tenjiro activated his power, some were glided pieces of various objects, golden teeth implants, currency and some very valuable artifacts.

In my Shikai, Kinpika manipulates gold in all forms. In Bankai, its ability is entirely different though. I bet the smart ones in the World's Sword will be pissed at what I'm about to do., the Royal Guard member spoke in his mind as he caused the entirety of the gather gold to either liquify or turn into golden dust.

The other four leapt high into air as the area below them became covered in flowing gold liquid and levitating clouds of gold dust that fogged the sky.

"You're going out in flash- a gold flash. Most people would be happy knowing this.," Tenjiro told the Daemon who decided to take a predatory stance.

It flew at supersonic speeds with its mouth opened to reveal an unusual completely red flame with a ghoulish face prepared to incinerate Tenjiro.

Suddenly, the golden dust in the air formed and solidified into a Raijin demon mask as it fired electricity downwards from its mouth. The winged creature flew out of the way as an instinctive response as the flame was obliterated by the electricity.

"Nice movement, but you forgot that this entire space is now covered in conductible gold. Yama's Lieutenant has sort of the same power, but it's not as flashy as mine- mainly because he rarely does anything. Personally, I want some payback on your yellow multi-armed self for beating me back then, but this will have to do.," Tenjiro explained to the Daemon.

As the winged creature flew in an attempt to avoid the omni-range electrocution, it was suddenly pushed downwards by Tenjiro who had managed to close the gap between the area he was and his location in an instant as if he had suddenly skipped out of frame and abruptly reappeared in a different position.

Your movements seem a little rusty, I think you need a full charge to wake you up., Tenjiro internally spoke when referring to the Daemon.

"Shunko: Kin Raiu (Golden Rain).," Tenjiro said to the Daemon as he proceeded to invoke electrical Spiritual Pressure onto his body as he kicked and punched the winged demon in every direction with his enhanced speed. The area glowed with a yellow-golden light as the dome of gold exploded into a massive explosion of lightning.

Tenjiro emerged with his outfit singed with a few burn marks.

"They didn't call me Lighting Tenjiro for nothing. It was a bit of a risk, but he's now-," Tenjiro said confidently until he stared at the other side as the dust cleared.

The Daemon's head rose from the ground- it wasn't that it was buried- it phased into the ground, made more apparent as it slowly rose up like a transparent hologram and yet at the same time, it still was there. The incorporeal, yet physical form was very unnatural as expected of a resident of Hell.

"Zzzz...Vent (Wind)...," said the beast.

You were bored by that? You mother-!, Tenjiro thought with annoyance at the sight.

(Bleach Soundtrack: Battle Ignition plays in the background)

"Ok, Oetsu time. You got the gist of how strong he is.," the short man declared as he clapped his hands.

"Tch, guess Akuma are tougher to deal with than Hollows are.," Tenjiro replied as he flew back up to the other three while Oetsu went down to face the Daemon.

"...Bring out the other guy. I'm a bit cross like a bear out of hibernation.," Oetsu told the Daemon in a serious expression.

The Daemon as if complying with his request, slowly warped into the yellowish-gray large humanoid form.

"Soul Reaper...," said the being as he lowered his head to somehow view Oetsu without eyes.

"Evolve for Eternity. Mugen Kanōsei (Infinite Possibilities).," the Royal Guard recited slowly as he reached out his left hand forward.

He pulled out from the air with his left hand, a katana from the space of the area. Unlike Tenjiro's unique design, Oetsu's was surprisingly mundane and ordinary looking to behold- an average grey hilt katana that could be mass produced like those in the Meiji Era.

The yellowish-gray entity's left side turned tan brown in color and his previously non-visible eye opened to reveal a black sclera oculus with a very small white pupil.

"...Soul Reaper, I remember now. Before that" man defeated me- three of you faced me. You fought with a variety of weapons. Have you gone mad and resort to meager trinkets?," said the dual colored individual as he looked down at the short man with a smoother paced voice. His tone was aloof and primordial with an otherworldly pitch.

"You weren't much of a talker then? Am I more worth your time now? By the way, the ones you beat, those were Zanpakuto that I forged half-heartedly to my regret. This is my own companion- the first ever Asauchi (Shallow Hit) forged and a integral part of myself.," Oetsu responded with a morbid tone with a dark sense of humor.

"More of your "companion" nonsense. You're only apes that think using rocks and furs to cover yourselves makes you somehow better than the other animals, when without it, you're nothing to fear. True Soul Reapers capable of instant death, Daemons with their infernal powers Animals with their natural adaptations, Kami with their divine skills, Asura with their fighting mastery and ourselves- we are born with our talents our natural evolutionary birthright!," the being stated with a condescending tone of indifference as he insulted the Soul Reaper.

"Go on, nice monologue. My sensei told me stories of those things, though I doubt they're true. Soul Reapers cut down Hollows- even beings like you Dio Hueco (Hollow God) it's that simple. It's time that you were pushing daisies again.," Oetsu told the Dio Hueco confirmed being as he prepared to fight.

The Dio Hueco lifted his left arm and positioned it so that left forearm was pointed vertically as the wispy appendages that extended towards the Royal Guard member.

"Hummingbird (Hachidori).," said the short man as the Asauchi transformed its cross guard to one resembling parallel hummingbird wings. Oetsu weaved past the tendrils with increased velocity as he headed to the Dio Hueco's main body, prepared to decapitate the being.

"You are able to switch between the infinite potential of power because of how it is the origin of your current generation's weapons, but you lack natural talents on your own. Natural talents like these.," the Dio Hueco boasted in a callous voice as he observed the changing sword.

Suddenly, the ground the limbs touched turned into gold and silver colors respectively and drew back to attack Oetsu from behind, intending to touch him with the same power.

"So this other guy could turn things into gold or silver. When all I can do is manipulate existing gold in my Shikai. Tch, makes me feel insignificant in comparison.," Tenjiro told the others who ignored his sentence to view the Dio Hueco.

"Kame (Tortoise).," Oetsu spoke, causing the cross guard to become a tortoise shell design as it manifested a bronze tortoise shell sphere to block the oncoming appendages. The limbs that made contact with the shell, turned its color to gold.

"I am Dio Hueco 6- Xipe Totec. My fields are silver-smithing, gold-smithing, agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, disease, liberation, life cycle and...," the Dio Hueco boated as his limbs continued to thwack at the barrier. He paused as he suddenly spat out an odd green colored Cero into the sky. The other four were confused as to why he did this.

Suddenly, the sky darkened above as a massive downpour of rain shower projected downwards at Oetsu's defense.

"My Grand Title: Xipe Totec of the The Seasons.," Xipe Totec spoke with stoic pride, Dio Hueco as he waved his left arm downwards, the water gradually weighing down on the sphere that Oetsu created to shield himself.

(Bleach Soundtrack: Compassion plays in the background)

"Shin Seikatsu (New Life).,"said a puffed voice from above.

The ground suddenly grew various flora of Japan that shielded Oetsu from the rain. Each branch absorbing the moisture to become thicker and more heavily defended until it formed a rectangle shape made entirely of wood branches.

So she is also an Elemental type of user...no, it's something more complex., thought Xipe with a stoic expression as he canceled the heavy downpour so it would spread more evenly in the area.

He looked up to see that on the plump Royal Guard member, Kirio's right shoulder was a plump happy baby like entity of silver skin with a vine extension that led into a spatula that slowly became a Naginata that was completely emerald green that extended green vines into the ground below- hence, how the flora that protected Oetsu just then was spawned. Noticeably, she was slightly less round than before

My Zanpakuto can imbue the base materials of the matter it touches by infusing it with the onset of growth of my Spiritual Energy to change its fundamental nature and properties. All the growing material comes from my body. Through the use of the base material I can augment what it touches, which then empowers the matter far beyond of what it normally could be capable of. Normally, I use this on my food to increase the powers of the person who eat it or make my Gikon technology work initially. It makes me lose weight when I do this thought., she thought to herself as she breathed heavily.

"You assumed that this was one on one. We were just waiting for you to confess on what you were capable of. Now, you've gone and shown your entire hand.," said Kirio to Xipe, before she reached in her haori to get an apple. ate it and resumed her obese figure.

"So are you going to face me with your other companions now?,"the Dio Hueco asked bemused.

"Chō (Butterfly).," said Oetsu's voice as a cocoon phased through the wood structure, which then burst open to reveal Oetsu with a Zanpakuto with a pink butterfly cross guard.

"It seems that it can even alter spatial properties. My lower ranked companions would hath trouble with thee.," Xipe said to himself as he looked to the short man, his voice growing more archaic by the end of the sentence.

(Bleach Soundtrack: Princess in Captivity plays in the background)

"Reveal Yourself. Honshitsu (True Nature).," Senjumaru recited as she drew with both her real arms and her suddenly manifested number of a thousand artificial limbs a series of threads from the air space of the grassland. Slowly, they sewed an decorative Chokutō made entirely of rainbow-eque quilt fabric that was 10 meters in length as it gently flowed onto the grip of the five hundred artificial hands in the back of the frontal artificial limbs.

Senjumaru waved her Zanpakuto downwards, releasing an odd slash made of colored quilts at the Dio Hueco while the Royal Guard member on the ground kept his distance.

Xipe Totec embraced the strike, but for some reason nothing happened. He then noticed his left hand- it was unraveling like clothing and would gradually move upwards until it had unraveled the Dio Hueco's entire form like clothing.

Without, his yellowish-gray exterior, Xipe was now a blackened gaunt ghoul with a shriveled skeletal face with an enlarged single eye in his left eye socket. He had a bloated stomach with a hole in the middle. The Dio Hueco was now having to breathe heavily, in extreme exhaustion and his stomach growled loudly.

"So that's your true nature once it's stripped of its identity- a ghoul trapped in his eternal desire to consume. Ichibei I believe its your turn to clean up.," Senjumaru as she turned to the Royal Guard leader.

Ichibe grinned widely as he raised his hands, the heavens parted to reveal a huge calligraphy brush that floated to his grasp.

"Blacken Ichimonji (Straight Line).," said the large bearded man as the brush portion took the form of a medium-sized blade with a curved tip attached to the long brush handle.

"This may be extreme to do, but its necessary to prevent its reincarnation in the future. Oetsu you should come up here now- I'm going to use that to finish this.," said Ichibe with an unsettling face with black shadows and completely white eyes.

The sunglass wearing man widened his eyes from beneath his glasses in dread as he rushed as quickly as possible to the group as Ichibe reached out for a cup within his haori.

From all corners of the area, a massive amount of blackness filled the cup, which Ichibe then drank out of.

"Oh Twilight, and everlasting darkness, come to me, come and have a drink, and once you do, your life will fade. The flowers will bloom along the road to hell. Where are the fish, let me paint them black, cut them into eight, and cook them well atop a flame of black, and then enjoy the meal. All that's left are bones of white, make them a gravestone, and pay respect. May they never be reborn again, so that you won't be sacrificed as food..," Ichibe said in a grave and deep voice as a large mausoleum with a fence in front on top of shattered gravestones.

The doors summon open to reveal a massive skeletal hand grabbed the Dio Hueco in an instant.

"Ichimonji Final Technique: Futen Taisatsuryō (Slaughterous Mausoleum of Halted Reincarnation).," Ichibe said with a morbid tone as a Gashadokuro skeleton as dark of night glared from behind the doorway with a red glowing socket.

Slowly as Xipe was pulled in, his flesh, bones and bones were withered away in ashes until nothing was left as the arm rerouted. The mausoleum faded back into the darkness as the blackness returned to their respective areas.

"Well, if he had reincarnated, he won't be back. We'll just call the World's Sword and say it was nothing to worry about after all.," Ichibe told the others, back in his usual tone.

Except for you when you're like that., thought the other four with some worry.

(Bleach Hell Verse Soundtrack: Fallen Angels Opus1 plays in the background)

"That would've worked...had it just been just him alone.," said a deep voice, this one more sinister than the haughty and callous voice from the Dio Hueco was heard. This caused the group to concentrate on the strange phenomena now occurring.

The ashes slowly melded together into an extremely cold state of matter that was not a solid, liquid, gas or plasma. It was simultaneously both a rotating liquid and conducted electricity from its form as it levitated in the sky.

"Bose–Einstein Condensate (BEC) if you ever took science class, it's the state of matter of a diluted gas of several particles cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. Under these conditions, a significant fraction of particles occupy the lowest quantum state, at which point macroscopic quantum phenomena become visible, such as superfluity and superconductivity. It is formed by cooling a gas of very low density, about one-hundred-thousandth the density of normal air, to ultra-low temperatures. Your technique provided the requirements necessary to use it. It means that I now have zero viscosity with no kinetic energy to expend to make myself rotate indefinitely. And my magnetism was cooled as well, with constant electrical currents flowing on the surface act to exclude the magnetic field of gravity by repelling the pull.," said the voice of infernal pitch baritone from the matter as it slowly transformed back into winged demon form from when Tenjiro fought.

"In layman's terms...," Tenjiro sighed as if he knew the description implied.

"All force shalt phase through me, I can float in the air and I generate electricity through highly conductive material. Le Vide (The Void) is what it would be called by Daemons.," it explained as it fully transformed back into its winged humanoid form.

"Then we have no choice, but use our true strength.," Ichibe said with some ire as the Royal Guard began to become more serious.

(Ghostbusters Original Soundtrack: Hotel Haunting plays in the background)

Suddenly, four streams of green energy zoomed past the Royal Guard and grabbed the shocked Daemon by entangling its form with its ensnaring coils. The being was just as quickly dragged behind the group as it was sucked into a containment unit that was centered between four individuals in beige uniforms and carrying bizarre vacuum like devices on their backs whose blasters were the origins of the green energy on the ground below. It closed when the being was completely sucked into the small containment unit in the center of the group.

The five looked confused at the sight, they had never seen such technology in the World of the Living.

"That wasn't so hard. How about a coffee break and head back to the nice apartment hmm?," said the first individual with a laid-back tone with some dry sense of humor.

"Fantastic! A Ghoul/Human/Extra-Dimensional Ghost Hybrid. I want to do some tests on him, it's the first time we've captured a "living" ghost. I've been needing to find a new classification for our system on these types of unusual ghosts.," said the second individual in a stoic tone with subtle humor.

"I wonder if that winged fella's listed in the Tobin's Spirit Guide, I know Xipe Totec was a god at one point. I want to know if the entities that are attached to the poor guy were worshipped at any point in history. I'm positive that the former was Aztec, but the latter seems Revelation based. We could have another world apocalyptic occurrence.," said the third individual in a jovial and enthusiastic tone as he went on about his obsession with the Supernatural.

"Just when it happens and there's another prehistoric God from another dimension that somehow shows up later- say "Yes" when it asks you.," said the fourth individual he seemed the most down to earth of the group.

"Ok then, Gentlemen. Let's head back and enjoy some well deserved coffee break. I've always wanted to try traditional cuisine from here. It's rare that you get to experience this on the job.," said the first individual as he signaled the others to leave. The Royal Guard looked with curiosity and bewilderment.

"I'm sorry, "gentlemen". That whatever you called it is my son's best friend. I'd suggest you let him out and then tell me about what Kugo's up to- especially since some of your boys had the nerve to get me out of retirement.," said a fifth voice with cool sounding and experienced tone to the four other voices.

(First one minute and thirty seconds of Bleach Opening D-techno Life plays in the background)

"Oh Ho Ho. If it isn't...the former 10th Captain. You're doing well.," said Ichibe as he heard a familiar voice.

"Seems like you need some help.," said the fifth voice.

"I think we'd better team up on this one, then coffee break.," said the first voice to the other three.

"Good idea, Full Power?," said the second voice.

"Yeah...we can we can do more damage that way.," said the first voice sarcastically to the second.

"This job definitely not worth 12 mill a year, ever since New York.," said the fourth voice

"What happened in New York?," said the fifth voice.

"Oh we stopped an extra-dimensional spiritual god worshipped by ancient civilizations bent on starting the apocalypse and chose the form of giant pillow clown cause this doofus decided it was a good idea to imagine him as something "harmless" Harmless as in a large puffy giant bigger than the Empire State Building kind of harmless.," said the first voice as he chided the third individual with a sarcastic tone.

Ichibe was initially baffled, but then smirked as he recalled a certain event in the United States almost two decades prior. The others did the same while Tenjiro was sighed in annoyance.

"Um, you're all weird.," said the fifth voice with some slight ire to their eccentricity.

"You kind of see these things when you're on the job. We get bad publicity from non-believers from time to time.," said the third voice.

I feel bad about hurting humans, especially ones with such interesting stories. But, it seems you've experienced fighting some powerful things in your life, so you must be tough to back it up. If you're with Kugo- then I can't hold back on you guys.," said the fifth voice.

It was revealed to belong to a very tall, muscular man with spiky black hair and brown eyes. He had thin facial hair around his mouth and on his cheeks. He wore the standard Soul Reaper uniform, along with a tattered captain's haori coat, worn like a sash and fastened over his left shoulder with the Division insignia obscured.

He was Isshin Kurosaki, who looked at the currently obscured group with a smirk.

This man was Ichigo's father.

(Music Ends)

Chapter 26: Class IV Target