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In a shopping district an a Northern Japanese City, a formal clothing store was closed during the busy day. This was because the manager laid dead on the floor, with a stab wound to head. Raza Kagehebi had discarded the rags of Yurusarezarumono Prison and was looking for new clothes to wear. As he stood in front of the mirror he admired his new look. He now wore a simple black suit with a white shirt underneath, An open Black Jacket over the suit, black fingerless gloves, and brown shoes.

"The woman go crazy for the Sharp dressed maaan!" Raza sang as he used the small knife part of his Zanpaktuō's Shikai to cut his hair down to a normal length. When he was done he smirked into the mirror. "Man, I love the way this looks! Didn't have fashion like this back in my day. I've missed a lot!" Raza then noticed something hanging on a hook, just over the stores register counter.

"Oh Sweet!" he said as he ran over and took a Black Fedora hat off the hook. He then turned to the corpse of the store manager. "You don't mind if I just take this do ya?"

The Dead body did not respond.

"Great! Your are Awesome my friend!" Raza cheered. He went back to the mirror and placed the hat on his head to check it out. "Perfect fit! Don't you agree Shunsui?"

Captain Kyōraku had just arrived at the store and Raza looked at the captains reflection in the mirror as he tried on his hat.

"I think it doesn't matter." Kyōraku said. "I can't let you go free."

"You can't stop me." Raza said trying different poses in the mirror. "You know that. I may have lost a lot of power but I am still pretty strong. On top of that I can't die. So I can get pretty reckless and start killing the hundreds of innocent people. And with all those souls with no guidance, I wonder how many will become Hallows. So unless you can recreate that overly complicated Kidō incantation and can lure me into that trap a second time, why waste our time fighting?"

"I can't let you go." Captain Kyōraku said. "You need to pay for what you did."

"WHAT I DID? !" Raza shouted turning around, his eyes yellow and cold like that of a snake. "THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS FUCKED! I AM THE VICTIM OF AN UN-JUST CRIME! I WAS ONLY CARRYING OUT JUSTICE!"

"Murder is NOT Justice!" Captain Kyōraku argued.

"It is when the accused murdered 2 innocent souls." Raza explained. "The 13 court guard squads, Central 46, The Spirit King-THEY ARE ALL TO BLAME!"

Kyōraku said nothing as Raza ranted.

"The Great Shunsui Kyōraku speechless?" Raza asked. "BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT!"

"No, you we're just on a roll," Kyōraku said. "It would've been rude to interrupt."

Raza's eyes returned to normal and he chuckled. "Heheheh...Same old, same old..." he snickered. "Alright Shunsui...how are we going to do this?"

"The Lord is my shepherd." Archangelo whispered to himself as he tracked Tōshirō through the trees. Keeping the sight of his crossbow on the captain.

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters."

Tōshirō stopped and looked around, but mostly to rest his injured shoulder. Tōshirō

"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

Three arrow-bolts fired at Tōshirō from different directions. He quickly deflected them with his sword and kept moving.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." Archangelo changed the Ammo in his crossbow.

*Damn!* Tōshirō thought. *I can't stop moving for a second. How is he doing this.*

"I am the righteous." Archangelo whispered as Tōshirō went strait into the path of Archangelo's Crossbow. "And I shall slay the wicked."

Archangelo fired the crossbow and it was a clean shot strait through Captain Hitsugaya. The bolt fired then struck a tree and released a poison that quickly spread and killed the tree. As the bark rotted and the leaves fell, Archangelo looked closer at Captain Hitsugaya. The Captain didn't move after getting hit. Then the captain shattered into blocks of ice.

"A decoy!" Archangelo realized. He quickly looked around but did not find the captain anywhere. "Where are you?"

Tōshirō was hiding on the forest floor, behind a tree trunk with an irregular form that managed to hide him from 3 directions.

*I think I've fooled him.* Tōshirō thought as he caught his breath. *He must be always on the move, thats the only explanation why I can't keep track of him. If that's the case why can't I sense his Spiritual pressure? And when he moves, how come I can't hear the slightest sound?*

As Tōshirō contemplated, he heard a sound right behind him. He turned to see a single drop of blood strike the ground behind him. The blood began to expand and take shape. The single drop of blood turned into a cross bow aimed directly at Tōshirō.

"What-" Tōshirō said before the crossbow fired an volley of arrow bolts in swift succession. He quickly created and ice wall to block the attack, but doing so trapped him between his ice and the odd shaped tree.

"Now I have you." Archangelo whispered switching back to the incendiary bolt. "Burn."

Archangelo fired the bolt at Tōshirō's hiding spot and set the whole tree a blaze. The fire was a special concoction that burned on top of Tōshirō's Ice shield effectively surrounding him in flames.

"Bankai!" The Fire froze in an instant and Tōshirō broke through the ice with his magical Ice wings and tail. "Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!" As Tōshirō flew up, arrow bolts fire from every direction at him. "Guncho Tsurara!" As Tōshirō flew, he swung his sword and ice daggers flew across the area striking at the hidden crossbows, destroying them.

"I see now," Tōshirō said. "He set those crossbows as traps that search for my spiritual pressure. That way he could fire at me from anywhere without needing to switch his location."

"Looks like he figured me out." Archangelo whispered. "I need to set more crossbows, less he find my position."

Archangelo bit his thumb so a small blood wound opened. He let a single drop fall onto the crossbows wire, then shot it across the forest. Once the blood made contact with a solid surface, the blood morphed into a smaller version of Archangelos crossbow. He repeated the process until the crossbows covered the area.

"He's probably has more traps set around here." Tōshirō muttered. "I need to be careful and-"

"Captain!"

Tōshirō turned to see Laria dashing in his direction.

"Laria Wait!" he called to her.

Laria stopped on command, then heard a fuse light. She looked down to see a small bomb at her feet. She jumped away just enough to avoid the explosion.

BOOM!

The explosion set off a chain of explosions that destroyed much of the area around both Soul Reapers.

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOOOOOOM!

A mix of fire and smoke leveled the forest area leaving only charred trees and dust. Both Tōshirō and Laria escaped to above the forest canopy.

"A Trap?" Laria asked. "Close call."

"Yes but he just gave an advantage." Tōshirō said. "He cleared away much of the forest with that trap, narrowing down where he's hiding. Also, we now have the high ground. We can probably find where he's been hiding."

Laria started looking around the top of the forest for any sight of their enemy. Tōshirō noticed the smoke and fire rising from the forest at several locations.

"That could be a problem." Tōshirō mentioned. "We're not that far from the town. If this fighting keeps up it might-"

"I found him!" Laria said. She was looking down at a small opening in the trees and saw a man laying prone on a branch, with a crossbow, looking for pray. "I think I can get the jump on him."

"Wait." Tōshirō told her. "We'll go at him from 2 sides. I'll lure his gaze and with him focused on me, you go around and strike from behind."

"Got it." Laria agreed.

Both of them flew down and separated. Tōshirō flew out in front of Archangelo's position into a clear line of sight. Several arrow-bolts were shot at Tōshirō, but they missed by a long distance.

*His aim is off.* Tōshirō thought. *He's been accurate so far, what changed?*

Laria was able to get behind Archangelo and was in a position where Archangelo couldn't defend himself. She then swiftly cut him in half. Instead of blood spilling out and white goo-like substance spilled out. Upon closer inspection the Archangelo was only a well made faceless dummy. Laria tried to retreat, but the white goo got on her foot and would not budge.

"I'm stuck." she realized. Arrow-bolts began firing at Laria from pre-placed crossbows from every direction. Laria was skilled enough to block most bolts with her Zanpaktuō's blade.

Archangelo watched Laria defended herself, from his new hidden position, as he switched the ammo back to the poison bolt on his crossbow. "I have you in my sights pretty one." he whispered to himself. "Such a shame."

Archangelo fired the poison arrow bolt and it struck Laria right in the chest. The blow was painful and knocked her back.

"Laria!" Tōshirō called realizing the trap too late. He flew over as fast he could to Laria who was slumped, leaning against the tree. Looking at her wound Tōshirō could see black mixed in with her red blood. "Poison." he looked around in panic. "ENOUGH OF THIS! SHOW YOURSELF AND FIGHT ME! I'M THE ONE YOUR AFTER AREN'T I?"

"Captain..." Laria said sitting up. "Don't lose your cool now. You're...you are..." Laria then closed her eyes...

Tōshirō searched for the Peccatore. He looked strait forward and saw him. Archangelo was on the tree opposite them. Staring Tōshirō down his crossbow, aiming right for his head at this close range.

"Goodbye Captain." Archangelo said to him as he fired the bolt.

Tōshirō could not defend at such close range...

…

Slash!

The arrow-bolt split in half and both pieces flew right past Tōshirō's head.

"Wha-" Tōshirō blurted.

"Who are-" Archangelo blurted.

A figure stood right in front of Tōshirō and Laria defending them against Archangelo's attack. A man, cladded in blood-red scaled armor, with a black chains under the armor and black cloth that covered his lower head below the nose, stood in between the enemy wielding a wave-curved sword which he used to cut the bolt before it struck. Tōshirō looked up at the Armors right Shoulder plate, which had been crafted two show the head of a Dragon devouring the arm.

"This battle has gone on long enough." the man said with malice intent in his eyes.

"Who are you too decide-" Archangelo said standing up.

The man swung his sword in the air. The force pushed Archangelo back through the trees and branches. The amount of power behind the swing alone forced trees to be uprooted and tossed into the air. A tornado of debris formed and crushed the area. Archangelo could not be found, supposedly under the debris now.

*Unbelievable!* Tōshirō thought with astonishment. *I can't even sense his power. Even in that attack...it's like he released so little it was undetectable.*

The man turned around to face Tōshirō and sized up the petite soul reaper.

"Who are you?" Tōshirō asked.

The man didn't answer, instead he kicked Tōshirō in the gut and the strength of the kick sent Tōshirō hurling into a tree.

"GarrgH!" Tōshirō shouted. He got back up, in pain, and held his sword. "Damn it! You are-"

Tōshirō stopped when he saw the man's sword pressed against Laria's neck.

"Say another word and I cut off her head." the man said. The blade was so close to her neck and a small drip of blood fell from her neck onto the sword.

Tōshirō said nothing more and gritted his teeth.

"I am Akaryū," the man said. "I am the truth. You are valuable to me Captain Hitsugaya. I'll kill this girl and every soul reaper under your command on a whim. As long as you understand that. We will not have a problem."

(To be continued...)

PECCATORE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Asharu: Today we shall talk about Archangelo di Sagittario.

Using the art easel, Asharu went through Archangelo stats.

Asharu: His Blood technique allows him to set to create a weak copy of his Zanpaktuō. Upon contact with a solid object, the weapon forms and searches for any target with a spiritual signature different from his own. Once they get a clear shot, they fire.

Asharu flips the easel page with Details of Archangelos Zanpaktuō.

Asharu: Yōsei Bō is a crossbow which can fire several rounds of Special ammunition.

Asharu then turns to Archangelo who was standing on stage.

Asharu: What kind of Ammo do you use?

Archangelo: I have 4 types of speical arrow-bolts; Incendiary, Poison, dry-freeze, and Chocolate.

Asharu: Chocolate ammo?

Archangelo: PULL!

Archangelo pulled out his Crossbow, with the chocolate Ammo, and fired it up at the ceiling. Yachiru had been thrown up and the chocolate Ammo landed in her mouth.

Yachiru: Yummy! Nom-nom-nom-nom! Mmmmmmm!

Archangelo: I make the best Chocolate East of Bavaria!