Chapter Fifty-Five: Are you going to attack?

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I am so sorry this is getting out way late. I was in the middle of moving, then moving and where I moved required a handful of plane rides to get to. Suffice to say that my sleep schedule was really messed up. I will try my best to get back into the game as it has bothered me with how long it has taken me to get back to it. I can only imagine how you all felt with the wait.

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Previously:

"Don't think like that. You didn't know it was going to happen. I'm okay I swear."

Ryuu smiled closing his eyes as he hugged his son tightly, "Yes, that you are. You are stronger than that."

Before the two could enjoy their moment more Renji yelled out, "Momo no!"

They turned to see Momo attack a surprised and recovering Toshiro. However before she could do anything Kensei appear in front her growling. "How dare you attack my son. You are dead bitch." Kensei's spiritual pressure shot through the roof as he started to hollowfy making the other Vizard's gasp in shock and dread.

Now:

Kensei grabbed Momo holding her up to his face. His voice sounded labored but furious as he spoke. "I'm going to make you go through hell before I end you pathetic life." He smashed the girl into the ground before she could reply and sent a fist into her face making her scream. Toshiro watched in horror as his father had white bone structure cylinders come out of his upper back and on the upper side of his arms. It was horrifying to see the man he had grown to depend on beat on someone in such a savage way. Sure his dad was a bit brutal in his own ways but he was not a savage.

Renji ran in front of the hollowfied Vizard, "Kensei, not like this."

The Vizard merely looked at him before a fast fist sent him flying into Kira. Shuhei stopped the two from hitting the ground. When they had their footing Shuhei walked forward his sword dripping in blood. "Are we talking to the hollow or Kensei?"

Kensei looked up and grinned showing the snake fangs. His mask was still halved due to him not releasing the transformation before protecting his son. "Who do you think I am?"

"Shuhei, he's crazy strong. You won't win."

The brunette looked over and glared at Renji making him step back in shock, "Don't call me by my first name. You and I are not friends."

The redhead looked over to where Tousin was laying, his jaw dropping to see the man not only with several bleeding cuts but also unconscious. "Holly crap. He might be able to fight him after all." Turning back he looked at Kensei, Shuhei shook in head in reply to the Soul Reapers statement. "What do you mean you can't? You just beat Tousin."

"I'm nearing the limit to my mask before I myself start to hollowfy. The most I can do is bide time." Shuhei sighed, 'Mitsuo, how much time do I have left?'

'Unless you plan on holding him off for the other for his fellow Vizards to be able to use their mask again not nearly enough time. However if you plan on Ryuu taking over then you should do fine, just keep in mind I'll be pulling off the mask the moment I feel the hollification starting.' The hollow replied crossing his arms, 'Just be ready to jump out of the fight it's going to get nasty if he gets his hands on you.'

'Yeah, I know.' Shuhei shot forward ignoring the Vizard's yelling at him not to. But he knew that they could not use their masks at this point. They had used them all ready and the needed to recover the time to use it again. Akira was beaten down and Kanna was tired, leaning on Kenpatchi to stay standing. Toshiro could take Kensei but he doubted the child sized Mythical Hollow would use his deadlier tactics against the man he now saw as his father. As he reached Kensei, the hollowfied man threw a bloodied and thoroughly beaten Momo to the side blocking the Instinctive Hollow blade with one fist and hitting him with the second.

Shuhei flew backward but he did see a blur run past him. When he landed on his feet he saw that the Werewolf Mythical Hollow stopped Kensei from trying to hurt Momo more by kicking the man in the face. Kensei skidded back leaving grooves in the ground as his feet never left it. Kensei roared angrily and charged at the Mythical Hollow. The woman merely smiled tauntingly, "What's wrong Vizard, you upset you can't kill this waist of breath?"

"She must die!"

"I don't like these Soul Reapers as much as the next hollofied idiot but I'm not about to let you kill due to you being an idiot." She blocked Kensei's fist's with one hand each glancing over at Shuhei, "What are you gawking at Alpha, help me!"

The brunette blushed under his mask as he stuttered, "Al…Alpha?"

Inside his inner world his inner hollow shivered with delight, 'What a woman.'

"Help her, I'll help Ryuu when you are taken out of the fight." Shuhei nodded the Hydra Mythical Hollow running back into the fight. By the time he reached the werewolf Kensei had been shoved back stiff as the Mythical Hollow howled. Shuhei hooked his double bladed scythe around Kensei's feet knocking him to the ground. The Vizard growled disappearing from sight. Bother the werewolf and instinct hollow looked around. The Mythical Hollow acted quickly by pulling Momo and slinging her haphazardly toward the Soul Reaper's taking at hit to the back. Before Shuhei could go and help her he quickly pulled up his Bankai blocking the punch to his face. He hit the ground and skid across it hitting a barrier that Kanna had pulled up.

Kensei tried to punch the barrier down but it held making him yell out in anger. Akira called out hurriedly, "Hurry before my sister can't hold it up anymore."

Shuhei nodded getting up just in time to get in the hollowfied Vizards way as he tried to head toward Akira. Ryuu had also moved in front of his son ready to take on the Vizard when the time came. The instinct hollow brought up his blade blocking the bleached haired man's arm. 'You don't have much time. If you are going to do something drastic now is the time!'

Heeding his inner hollow he yelled out one of his most powerful attacks, "Black Tornado!" Winds shot off his blade encircling the Vizard in a black tornado. Roars of fury could be heard from inside the tornado as Shuhei's mask fell. He was breathing hard as he watched the tornado. He started to back away when the winds started to dissipate. The white haired Vizard glowered at the brunette who gave a very tiny smile seeing the small amount of cuts along Kensei's body and slightly torn clothes. "Well, I defiantly need more practice."

'No shit you idiot, that could have caused a lot more damage had you not held back. As a man you look up to he deserves the most powerful attack force. Holding back is just insulting the man. Just wait till he sees you can do it stronger." Kazeshini ranted from inside his head. 'Now get away from him before he gets his hands on you, you damned fool!' The Instinct Hollow bolted when Kensei dashed at him.

Toshiro watched as his father chase the brunette. Despite Kensei's speed Shuhei's instincts protected him from many of the attacks. However with every strike Kensei got closer and closer to hitting him. Near him the Werewolf Mythical Hollow got her feet. She tisked then looked at him, "Kid, be ready to fight for your fathers sanity when you better." Toshiro glared but bit his tongue to stop his instant reply. She smirked, "You are going to be fun to mess with. I can already tell."

Before the vampire could reply the woman darted into the fight. He gave an irritated growl, "I don't think I like her."

The werewolf took a hit meant for Shuhei sending her hitting the ground hard. "Oh, it is just you bitch." Kensei growled out the wind around him started to turn purple in some places again.

She stood up, "As much as I find that a complement you can just call me Helen. I'm going to be on your side once this is all taken care of." Her wolf ears twitched as she heard Shuhei attempting to get up but the hit he had taken earlier had really winded him. 'This is not good. Alpha is low on energy and that hit he took likely bruised him badly. Damn, I should have saved my first tease to the vampire for a different time.' Helen moved followed Kensei's steps making sure to keep him away from Shuhei while he tried to get up. 'I can't let this hollowfied idiot to hit him again.'

Kensei darted forward being met with Helen doing the same thing stopping both his fists again with her own smaller hands. The man moved the hold around trying to find a weak spot or a cut to exploit but found that she was literally uncut. She had been in close combat this entire fight and was not once cut. He growled moving quickly to grab her but found that she jumped into the air. The werewolf landed on his back using her momentum to force him to the ground.

When he stood up he and had to defend himself against a fist that sent him soaring into the air. He could feel the Soul Reaper's around him getting nervous. Looking up the hollowfied Vizard growled seeing Ryuu. The dragon clicked his claws together waiting for the beast to strike. He looked calm and collected as his tail moved slightly behind him. The hollow knew that he was placing the tail in a way to help launch him if needed. The large wings cast a shadow making the calm man look terrifying with the way those red eyes that seemed to glow in the shadows.

Kensei growled holding his Zanpakuto in his right hand. "Trust me, it won't cut me." The Vizard glared at the dragon that continued to talk, "Let Kensei come back. His son needs him."

"I am Kensei you mythical shit." The hollowfied man replied.

Ryuu shook his head, "No, Kensei would know better than to savagely attack like you did. Despite young Hitsugaya's pain he still loves his sister. It is clear he does."

Hollowfied Kensei growled charging but before he could even get close to the dragon he got hit by a scaled arm sending him to the dirt. Looking up furiously the glared at the hydra standing there with all her copies behind her. "Are you really going to make your son see you get beaten like a dog? Are you really going to do that to him? That is the last thing a child wants to see."

"You don't know anything you bitch!" Kensei yelled darting off and hitting one of the hydra's copies smashing it's head. Seeing it just disappear made him grow. "Show yourself you coward!"

"I know more than you think." Amanda replied as one the copies darting around since the hollowfied man had enough sense to smash the copies instead of cutting them. Kensei went to turn and hit another Amanda but was smacked away by a scaled tail. Kensei tried to retaliate but found the was being hit back and forth between Ryuu and Amanda.

Toshiro shakily stood up with the help of Akira. It hurt him. It hurt to see the man that had taken on the fatherly roll being beaten around like a sack of potatoes. He knew that is was necessary, so he didn't blame the stronger Mythical Hollow's for taking action the way they were doing, but it did not feel good to see his dad beaten like that. He would have fallen back to the ground if it was not for Akira holding him up. The griffin had taken to looking away. He did not like seeing his own father forced to take such drastic measures. He knew that he was going to try and make it up to Kensei after this was all said and done but this was not like his father.

Kensei grabbed two Amanda's smashing them together only to get angrier that he had yet to find the original. He dodged Ryuu's tail and grabbed another Amanda. The Dragon froze unsure if that was the original. Kensei smirked throwing her at him to smash two others finding that they were also copies. Ryuu cursed mentally, 'This is not good. If I can't tell who the original is then he could stop me. I can't attack someone that I know is clearly on my side of the fight.'

The Amanda next to him smirked, "It's a good thing he threw me at you. I'm the original."

Ryuu raised an eyebrow, "I can't tell if you are lying or telling the truth."

"Good, let's keep it that way."

The dragon punched the charging Vizard sending him flying into a rock using his left fist. He shook his fist, "I'm not left handed so that should not have hurt him too bad."

"There has got to be a way to revert him back. If we wait too long this could become permanent."

"Personal experience?"

"Nope, intuition."

Ryuu whacked the man that charged at them away with his tail. When he went to pull his tail back he found that Kensei had grabbed it and threw him into a different rock. "Damn, he is stronger than I gave him credit for. I didn't think he could lift me."

Kensei jumped at the chance and aimed to have his blade got down the fallen dragon's mouth but ended up stabbing an Amanda copy instead. The copy smiled and gave a cute wave before punching him away. When he landed he quickly dodged two other copies and punched a third into the ground. With a quick assessment he found that he only had twenty-two copies and the original of Amanda and Ryuu to fight.

The dragon stood up using his wings as a shield then the hollowfied man tried to punch him. With a surprised gasp he was sent flying when Kensei shot a point blank cero. He landed but made sure to get up quickly as he felt the Vizard darting to attack him. Blocking the attack the thought to himself, 'He's a strong, as strong as two of the strongest Mythical Hollows at half energy put together when he is hollowfied.' In the corner of his eye he could see Toshiro watching with a horrified expression. 'Damn it, we have to get him down. We can not let him lose his father. We will lose him. I can't let that happen.' He was happy however that neither his tail or wings go poisoned but that left to question whether his skin would if it touched the purple wind. That was something he did not plan on finding out. He sent the man flying by whacking him away with his right wing.

A few Amanda's disappeared without being hit by Kensei making her curse, "This is not good. I can't keep them all up for too much longer. I used too much of my energy already."

"Then we have to pull out the big guns. We can't risk us losing. We are all that is protecting that girl and the others."

Amanda nodded pulling out her Zanpakuto, "We have no choice. Touch to burn, Flare!" Her blade molded into two curved daggers as the rest of her copies went around her like a defensive shield.

Ryuu nodded before both of them called out their attacks, "Darkness Reach!" Tentacles made of darkness shot off the ground and wrapped around Kensei stopping his dead in his tracks. The Vizard squirmed in the darkness tentacles hold angrily.

"Flare Inferno!" Amanda yelled out as the hollowfied man's son yelled out 'no' in a panicked voice. Unfortunately, he was too late as the flames leapt off the daggers in the woman's hands and headed straight to Kensei stuck in the tentacles hold. The flames hit as the dark tentacles let him go and disappeared by Ryuu's command. The flames danced around Kensei for a small bit before they dissipated and he got smashed between two powerful wings.

Kensei coughed up blood and fell the ground. As he tried to get up Toshiro ran over and hugged him. "Please, don't." The vampire turned back to his normal self, "Please." The Vizard got up but before he could attack Toshiro hugged him around his waist, "Don't attack them. Please. You will just get more hurt."

Toshiro could feel both Amanda and Ryuu's gaze on them. Neither of them had dropped their Shikai or Bankai, respectfully, and was watching the man he was hugging. There was no telling if the hollowfied Kensei would attack his son in this state despite trying to protect him. The Vizard looked down trying to remove the boy's hands but they tightened on the man's shirt. "Let go they need to pay, then the bitch dies."

"No, I won't." The white haired boy shook his head.

"They attacked me."

"To stop you from doing something stupid. I don't want Hinamori to die, I don't want you to hurt them and most of all I don't want you to get hurt." Toshiro buried his face his dad's stomach, "I don't like seeing you get beat around." Kensei growled making sure to keep the wind from turning purple just in case he hit his son. He wanted to attack, he wanted to kill, then make sure nothing ever hurt or tried to kill his son ever again.

"She needs to pay."

The boy shook his head, "Not that way, you know I don't want it to happen that way." The hollow shook his head this sounded familiar to him but why. He didn't remember having this conversation with his son yet he had had it. "If you hurt her you will hurt me. I know she hurt me, I know she just tried to kill me. But the last thing I want is for my father to hurt someone I still love like a sister. So I asking you, please don't do this. This is not who you are."

Momo had woken up and was watching the scene surprised, upset, and angry. She couldn't hear what they were saying but seeing Toshiro hugging the man that had hit her in the face really hurt her. She was angry because he was a hollow, she was upset because he had never let her hug him like that once he become a captain, she was upset because he was putting himself on the line for someone that he had known for a very short time, and most of all she was angry because he had the gall to pretend he still loved her like family when they were clearly not family anymore. To her absolute surprise Toshiro said loud enough were everyone could hear him, "I want my dad back, so give him back!"

Kensei stared at the boy hearing everything he had said to him. When a particular memory hit his mind:

Memory:

Kensei gave a humorless laugh, "Well we found what would change her mind. Apparently him being a Mythical Hollow isn't part of that nothing." Ichigo was taken back by how protective the white haired Visord sounded of Toshiro, "Now that you told me I just want to beat her face in."

"No don't." Gold eyes glared at him so Ichigo quickly said, "It would hurt Toshiro even more. He still loves her like a brother should inside. That kind of emotion doesn't just go away. I am sure one day she will be kicking herself for how she acted to him. Siblings just can hate each other if they are raised that closely."

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'It was Ichigo that I had the conversation with. Toshiro had been asleep at the time.' He looked at his child as Kensei started to struggle for control for of his mind, the inner hollow fighting back. 'Toshiro is right.' The fight he had just fought with Ryuu and the new Mythical Hollow played in his mind making him fight more for his mind and to try and get his inner hollow to listen in his anger. 'At this rate the two of them will nearly kill me at this rate. I have to get control back.'

The angry hollow shook his head, 'No, they attack us and she has to die.'

Kensei glared, 'No she does not. If you do this you will hurt him. Do you want him to no longer trust us? If she is killed by us who will he have to trust? We have to this the right way. Do not make my son lose trust in me!'

As the two of them argued in Kensei's head the others around them watched. Ryuu and Amanda didn't move from their defensive positions. They had no idea if he would continue to fight or not. Everyone could tell there was a struggle going on in the hollowfied Vizard's head and there was no telling who would come out on top. Yamamoto walked forward causing Amanda to turned and face him with her weapons ready and raised. She didn't trust the man for one second. Fire came to life on the blades, "Don't you dare take another step."

Yamamoto stopped and looked at the hydra, "You do want him stopped don't you?"

"Of course we do but let his son handle it. He's doing just fine without your assistance." The man just looked at her, "I swear if you dare take another step closer you will find yourself facing the second strongest living Mythical Hollow."

"I assume you are talking about yourself?" Amanda looked at him with a slight glare as more of her copies dissipated on their own. She was tired, panting with the use that she had with her energy but that didn't seem to stop her from thinking she would fight him if he took another step forward. He stayed in his spot, inwardly knowing she would give it her all in a fight with him. The fact that the two of them had fire blades didn't help in the fact that he would end up killing her before he could even get close to the hollowifed man. Who knows how long that would take? "Very well, I will leave this in the hollow's hands."

Hollow Kensei glared at Yamamoto putting his arms around his child like the man said he was going to kill him. "My son is a Mythical Hollow, get it right." He looked at Toshiro who was looking up at him; his delicate cheeks were pink from calling him dad in public. Despite that the boy did not hide as he looked up at him begging him to let the Soul Reaper part out. The hollow growled out, "If she ever kills you know she will not live very long."

"I know."

The hollow sighed letting Kensei take back over and letting the hollification drop. Kensei's eyes turned back to brown as the mask fell to pieces. Kensei looked at his child smiling up at him, "Thank you." Toshiro nodded burring his face in the man's stomach. The Vizard let out a sigh of relief before looking at the Soul Reaper Head Captain that looked ready to take him out. "Hello, to you too." He looked at the others, "Is anyone else ready to leave? I've had enough of this forsaken place." He heard Toshiro yawn, "And I got to get my kid to bed."

The vampire growled trying to get free from Kensei but the man just lifted him where he wasn't touching the ground. "Hey, put me down!"

"No way brat. You I'm carrying you home like this." Kensei laughed out walking with his child.

Ryuu chuckled keeping the dragon parts just incase some of the reapers tried to attack them. The remaining Arrancars had headed back to Hueco Mundo leaving behind the people that had lead them there. Rangiku ran over to him smiling. He looked over at the man unconscious on the ground. "Was he hard to fight?"

"Not as hard as some of the fights." Her smiled dropped, "I'm sorry…about your mother."

"Don't worry about it. She is at peace now. My mom died a long time ago before I left on my own." Ryuu gently touched her shoulder making sure not to cut her with his claws, "Do you plan on staying here or coming back with us?"

"I'm going with you all. I don't want to be here if there are going to be people who will judge my captain for what he is." The strawberry blond replied.

The dragon nodded, "Okay." He looked at Yamamoto, "Do you plan on attacking us?"

The man looked at him, "If Central 46 had their way you all would me be arrested and killed for harboring a hollow in you."

"Well then it is a good thing I am asking you not Central."