"That was so pathetic." Masco said. After the battle with Kalia and the Seven Jogoku, they retreated and head back to their base. They retreated and were discussing their next move as well as what they just went through. "I thought that Kalia girl would put up more of a fight."
"I hate to admit it, but you're right." Nova said.
"To be fair, we did catch them off guard." Kilsin said as he was sharpening his blade.
"Since when are you nice?" Masco said.
"Since it means I can prologue their agonizing pain to their death." Kilsin said.
"They might not have proven to be a challenge, but Master Oromaus decided to let them live for a reason." Tetsuda said.
"Why did you decide to let them live?" Omada asked Oromaus as he sat at the top of a throne chair and had his head leaning against his hand.
"It wouldn't be much of fun if we didn't add a challenge." Oromaus said. "As I said, it's futile. The gates of hell will open up and there isn't a thing they can do to stop it. It will also be amusing to see the look on their faces when they see it."
"So what do we do now?" Tetsuda said.
"It's simple, the Soul Society is already having problems since some hollows come into it. We just need to keep our focus on the world of the living." Oromaus said. "It's only a matter of time until the gates rise and open. When they do, the sky will become black, buildings will rumble, the Earth will become hell itself."
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Urahara Shop
Kalia and the others met with Kisuke at his shop. They wanted to see what he knew about these people.
"They called themselves the Seven Jigoku?" Kisuke said.
"Yeah, have you ever heard of them?" Kalia said.
"I don't think so. This is the first time." Kisuke said.
"I had a theory that you didn't. It didn't seem like there was that many of them. They seem to be special humans that have spiritual pressure that isn't normal to most. They seem to be like Michael and Sai with special abilities." Ryo said.
"You've got that right, especially their leader. I think they said his name was Oromaus." Kalia said.
"Oromaus? Doesn't ring any bells." Kisuke said.
"There's something not right about that guy." Kalia said and got a hold of herself as she thought back to how their encounter went and it made her feel uncomfortable. "He was able to counter me and pinned me down when I was in my bankai. He could have ended my life if he wanted to. There was also something not right about his spiritual pressure. It's like he wasn't human at all, but he isn't a soul reaper or an arrancar."
"He also said that he wanted us to try and stop him instead of trying to kill us when he believes we won't win. Does he think this is a game or something?"
"What did these people say?" Kisuke said.
"They say they want to open the gates of hell." Michael said.
"I remember seeing that. It was after I took down a hollow a while back." Kalia said as she remembered seeing those gates after she took down the bird like hollow that was after Michael.
"I remember that day." Ryo said. "A zanpakuto would clear the sins of a hollow, but if the hollow caused sins back when it was a human and alive, the gates open and they are dragged inside."
"So there are a bunch of hollows on the other side of those gates?" Sai said.
"More than that." Ryo said. "There are beings there that even I don't know about. Hollows, arrrancars, or anything. There are some creatures that could even be born there. If Oromaus actually succeeds in getting it open, it will bring havoc and catastrophe into the world of the living."
"So how do we stop him?" Sai said.
"I don't know. I should alert the Soul Society about this." Ryo said. "They can take precautions to make sure the gates stay close."
"But how can they get the gates to open?" Kalia said.
"I'm not sure. There was a time they did appear, but that was from a conflict that was happening on the inside." Kisuke said. "I don't see how this Oromaus could even possibly get them to even appear if he's on the outside of those gates."
"If even you don't know about what's going on, then I don't see how we can win." Kalia said as she got up and left. Ryo could feel that there's something wrong with her. Kisuke thought the same, but he might have already found the solution.
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The Soul Society
Doramin was out doing some gardening around his barracks. He worked hard, but it seemed like he finally got some flowers to bloom.
"There we go. After a little bit of that hard work, I think I deserve some sweets and a cup of tea." Doramin said.
"Captain!" He saw one of his squad members running at him and carrying a piece of paper.
"Is something wrong?" Doramin said.
"We received this message from Ryo Kuchiki not too long ago. He said it was urgent and to give it either to you or the head captain." After Kalia and the others talked to Kisuke, Ryo sent the message without wasting a second. Doramin took the paper and read it over. It was about the Seven Jigoku and their plans. Doramin could not believe what he was reading right now.
"Is this for real?" Doramin said. He looked it over for any sign of a joke, but he couldn't find a thing. After reading it, he went straight to Sankado.
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Head Captain
Sankado was in the middle of doing some important paper work. He stopped when he heard his door flew open and saw Doramin run right to him.
"Captain Hatake, what is it? I'm in the middle of something important." Sankado said.
"Forgive me for disturbing you, but you need to see this." Doramin said. "Ryo sent this message telling us about this malicious group and something that could be catastrophic." He handed him the paper and he read it over.
"What is the meaning of this?" Sankado said. "A group of spiritually gifted humans plan to unlock the gates of hell? That shouldn't even be possible."
"I know sir, but Ryo claims that there's still much not known about this group." Doramin said. "He also claims that the leader of this group is a dangerous man. If everything Ryo has sent is true, we have to take precautions about this."
"You're right about that, but there is something that isn't adding up." Sankado said. "How could mere humans even know about the gates? More importantly, aren't they aware of the dangerous power they are dealing with? I want the Department of Research and Development to see if there's any record of these Jigoku and keep their eyes out for anything out of the ordinary."
"What do we do in the meantime?" Doramin said.
"I'll speak to the other captains about this matter. Until then, stay on alert in case any of you are called into the world of the living." Sankado said. Doramin understood and left, but he had his mind somewhere else.
'Special humans that have special powers that wish to open the gates. If they were truly tempting that, why haven't they made a move until now?' Doramin thought. 'If what Ryo said is true in that message, we are dealing with a dangerous and cunning foe.'
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Kalia
Kalia just sat on a set of stairs as she stared at the sky as the sun was setting. She kept thinking about Oromaus and the more she thought, the more shaken she got.
"There you are." She looked behind her and saw Ryo.
"Hey Ryo." Kalia said as Ryo took a seat next to her.
"Are you okay? You didn't seem to act like yourself back at the shop." Ryo said.
"You saw what I saw. That Oromaus guy, he's dangerous." Kalia said.
"That can't be the only thing that's bothering you." Ryo said. "I know you too well. There's something else that's bothering you."
"Okay, I didn't want to say this in front of the others, but the truth is….I'm scared." Kalia said.
"Scared?" Ryo said.
"When I fought Beousin and the other soul reapers, I was fighting for your life with a few others, I could handle that." Kalia said. "When I fought Drasaki, it was just a fight for my life. This time, from what it sounds like, I'm fighting for the sake of the whole world. That's a lot of pressure. There's also the fact that in my fight with Drasaki, I barely escaped death. I couldn't even fight them with my bankai."
"I'm starting to understand. You barely escaped last time and this time, with our enemy being more dangerous, you're scared you won't make it out alive this time." Ryo said. "You might have escaped death a few times before, but you never had so much pressure on yourself before."
"Don't forget about my bankai." Kalia said. "I couldn't do anything against Oromaus with it, I couldn't even beat that guy that serves him. It's times like this I wish my Dad was here to cheer me up, but he's not. I feel I'm not strong enough and I don't know what I can do."
"I do." They looked over to the side and saw Orihime's friend, Chad.
"Mr. Sado?" Kalia said.
"I know about this new enemy, Mr. Urahara told me everything." Chad said. "There might be a way for you to become even stronger than you are now."
"How?" Kalia said.
"Kisuke found traces of the poison Drasaki used on you and analyzed it." Chad said. "You have four different kinds of spirit energy. One is for your human half and the other is for your soul reaper half. The third mixed in we assume is from your mother."
"Yeah, Drasaki told me all of that." Kalia said.
"But you hold a forth. He believes that forth one is from your father as well. That's the one we're going to work on." Chad said. "We're going to need you to unlock a whole new power. You're going to obtain a new power called fullbring."
To Be Continued….
