Ch 29 Resolutions

"Before we begin Amagi," Aku said as he grinned evilly at Amagi, "How did you know Nia was still alive?" Amagi shifted his weight from side to side uneasily. He was caught off guard by Aku's random questioning.

"I felt her presence when you first arrived," Amagi explained, "Her reiatsu is the only one that I can never forget, and you know one of the special abilities my zanpakuto can do; it absorbs the reishi of anyone it makes contact with and in certain cases it will store that reishi for later use of indefinitely ."

"That is very interesting, because when I first arrived you were laying on the ground dead," Aku rested his giant axe on his shoulder; the morning sun glistened off the razor sharp edge, "So you stored some of her reishi in her memory."

"So it seemed that way," Amagi said quietly, "So what horrible thing did you trick Nia into believing for her to be like that?"

"Oh I guess it is my turn to answer questions," Aku chuckled, "but I honestly have no idea what you are talking about, she only acted voluntarily."

"Bull shit!" Amagi shouted, "I know your zanpakuto's special ability!"

"Than what is it than Amagi?" Aku questioned, anticipating a far-fetched answer.

"Its ability is mind control," Amagi said annoyed with Aku's continual demeaning manner, "it feeds your opponents minds with false images and thoughts as well as their deepest and darkest fears. Than once their will is broken, you twist them to do what you please. I should know."

"Very good Amagi," Aku tucked his axe under his arm and started clapping, "Very good. You are smarter than you look."

"The only downfall of that ability is once it is broken, you can never gain control over that person again." Amagi added, "So what did you do to Nia?"

"Since you got the right answer, I will be glad to share what I did to her," Aku said in annoyance, "I put those images of her dissipating to help push you over the edge, it worked. She never really did, but when we went to go dispose of her, she was still barely alive. I used that to my advantage and told her that it was your incompetence that nearly got her killed and that you were only using her."

"Bastard," Amagi growled, tightening his grip on the hilt of his zanpakuto to the point his knuckles were turning white.

"It worked to for a while," Aku sighed, "but I guess her feelings for you were much stronger than I first thought. Oh well, won't matter when you are dead." Something caught Amagi's attention; a growing energy source suddenly began forming behind him. He turned to see the gate to the Seireitei appear. Just as the door opened the sky behind Aku split open and thousands of bat-like creatures poured out from within it.

"Ichigo close it now!" Amagi yelled to the figure that just stepped out from within the gate. It was to late, the creatures screeched and howled as they barreled toward the gate that was somehow being forced open.

"What the hell?" Ichigo shouted and dropped on his stomach to dodge them. Amagi did the first thing that came to his mind; he instantly released as much reiatsu as he could. The sudden burst of power caused most of the creatures to disintegrate in the immense power. Still, out of the millions of the bat-like creatures that filled the sky, about a third of them made it through the gate to the Seireitei.

"Ichigo, get take Nia with you and get back to there," Amagi ordered, Ichigo was about to object, "I can handle Aku, but those hollow bats will turn into their true form when they make it through the gate. Those things are worse and way more powerful than any hollow you have encountered yet. The Shinigami will need all the help they can get."

"But…" Amagi cut him off and pointed to the gate. Ichigo nodded and carefully picked up Nia as if she were fragile and would break easily. He turned to run at the gate that was now closing and barely made it through.

The Hollow bats kept pouring in the world of the living well after the gate was closed. Amagi still released as much reishi as he could.

"Well that was an interesting turn of events," Aku laughed as took a step forward and wielded the massive axe.

"Not what I was expecting either," Amagi panted, "but it made sure I don't have to worry about Nia while we fight."

"Wouldn't want such a horrible thing happening now wouldn't we," Aku smirked, "shall we begin?"

"Yes, let's finish this," Amagi shifted his weight on his left leg as he extended the other in front. He spun his zanpakuto so the blade was pointing behind him. The sharp edge pointed outward and the blue engraved dragon glistened in the sunlight. Aku laughed at the spectacle and stomped his foot before he jumped forward at Amagi. This is it, what I have been waiting for so long to do, Amagi thought to himself as he leaned backward, dodging the massive axe that was swung at his chest.

Doing a summersault as the axe passed harmlessly by, Amagi regained his footing and slashed at Aku who turned around just in time. Aku blocked it with the shaft of the axe and pushed it to the side. He used the butt of it to smack Amagi in the head but it was deflected easily by a quick swing of his zanpakuto. Aku brought his axe down on Amagi. Even though the movement was extremely fast, Amagi was able to step out from underneath it before it could strike. As he did, Amagi jumped at Aku, elbowing him in the jaw. The impact was immense and sent Aku hurtling backwards.

Amagi looked behind him to see the spot where Aku's axe impacted the ground and gasped as he saw that it left a massive gash in the ground. Amagi barely noticed that Aku had already regained his balance and was running towards him. His movements were faster than Amagi realized and barely was able to block Aku's powerful axe. The resulting impact sent sparks showering in every direction.

As the both of them got warmed up and used to the others strengths, they pushed themselves as fast and as hard as they could go. Each swing of their zanpakuto's, each kick and punch resulted in a outburst of air which would blast outward at tremendous speeds; any loose object was destroyed by this blast of air.

"My, you are stronger than I had first expected," Aku panted as he jumped back, dodging an attempted roundhouse kick from Amagi, "makes this more fun doesn't it?"

"I thought this would harder than it is but I guess you are growing weak in your old age," Amagi said watching Aku jump backwards landing safely on the ground. Amagi held out his palm and faced it towards Aku. Suddenly a beam of energy erupted from it. Aku barely had anytime to react but he quickly brought his axe over his head and brought it down just as the beam hit him. The swing caused the beam to split down the center creating a trench in the shape of a 'Y.'

"I see you like fighting dirty," Aku smirked as he again brought his axe over his head and brought it down. This time the impact was so tremendous that it cause the ground to crack and split in every direction. Some parts dropped hundreds of feet while other skyrocketed in the other direction. The giant crater that was formed from Aku's and Yamamato's fight was unrecognizable off in the distance.

The ground underneath Amagi's feet gave way but he was left suspended in midair. With a boom, Amagi instantly broke the sound barrier and launched himself at Aku; who did the same. They impacted each other with such immense force that some of the new formed cliffs collapsed back down on themselves from the resulting shockwave.

"I do like how you have been keeping your zanpakuto released on its shikai form," Amagi said as he landed softly on a cliff that was barely standing.

"Yeah and what do you mean by that?" Aku asked angrily. Amagi's zanpakuto was still on its released form while his own was not.

"You have never seen my released form have you?" Amagi asked coolly with his zanpakuto at his side.

"No I have only heard about it from Nia and Toshino, but you would never release it upon my request." Aku grew uneasy by Amagi's calmness. He had heard from Nia and Toshino that in reality Amagi's shikai was far to powerful and seemed like it would be his bankai.

"Well I am fulfilling that request for you," Amagi shifted his weight on his heels. Pointing his zanpakuto toward the sky he shouted, "Soko Tenshi (armored Angel)!" When he did a bolt of lightning dropped from the sky and struck the blade. Amagi's reiatsu jumped sharply as the air around him began to spiral inward. As it did, it picked up any loose gravel creating a dust storm. The wind continued to rapidly spiral inward until finally with one final and sudden burst, the sky turned white and a shockwave blasted outward. The resulting blast was more than Aku could handle and he was thrown to the ground like a ragdoll. When he regained his composure he looked over at where Amagi was. He chuckled at the sight; Amagi's zanpakuto was much larger than his own axe.

"This is where it all ends for you Aku." Amagi said as he landed on the ground in front of Aku and as he did the earth just beneath his feet gave in and disintegrated from his power. The four conter-rotating disks that surrounded Amagi's arm whirred as they spun rapidly. The shaft that now took the form of his zanpakuto led to four separate blades that were suspended from the shaft. These four, three foot long blades had a single barb that pointed inwards towards a free floating sphere. Two long chains extended outwards and rattled as they flowed behind Amagi. Amagi grinned at Aku when a small rock was pulled inward towards the blades. The rock instantly turned into reishi and disappeared when it passed by sphere.

"I can see that this will be fun," Aku chuckled as he realized that the counter-rotating disks pulled in the surrounding air and any object that was unfortunate to be sucked in was pulled apart and turned to reishi to be absorbed.