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Asharu arrived at the severely damaged building where Ichigo fought Quirino earlier. The blood had covered the entire upper floors as Quirino's disembodied corpse was rotting away.
"Oh, this is nasty!" Asharu clamped his nose. "You could have lightened up a little bit on the guy, Ichigo! He's not gonna tell me where the Signore is."
He looked around a little bit and saw that a sword still in its sheath was on the ground. He picked it up and looked it over.
"This is Rukia's Zanpakutō..." Asharu muttered. "Guess they really did kidnap her." He then sighed with exasperation. "We give that girl far too much credit. She's just a damsel in distress."
The sound of a car being smashed by a Feudataro then caught his attention.
"If what that Peccatore told me is true, that Signore is still around." Asharu said to himself. "Gotta find him."
Zabimaru whirled through the air and Amato held up his Zanpakuto to block, causing Zabimaru's hooked blades to scrape against the sword. When Zabimaru retracted back to Renji, he jumped back and up as Amato came close, but Amato quickly goes up after him. Renji swung Zabimaru again and Amato blocked it. This time, as Zabimaru grinds against the sword, it wrapped itself around Amato's body, cleaving him a bit. The cleave completely circled around him and released Amato like a spinning top. When Amato stopped spinning, he stepped back and looked at the circular wound that surrounded his body.
"You fell for that way too easily." Renji smirked. "I thought you Peccatore were supposed to be superior to Soul Reapers."
"We are." Amato then placed the blood from his wounds on his middle and index fingers and kept them together. "Because Soul Reapers can't do this." He snapped his finger and there was a flashbang explosion that was bright and disorienting.
Renji had to quickly cover his eyes from the initial shock and Amato stabbed Renji in the chest with his sword.
"Now die..." He whispered into Renji's ear. "Sword's Dance!"
Renji then felt stab wounds occur all over his body. Amato then pushed Renji off of his sword and watched him fall to the roof of the building. Amato pulled out a rag and wiped the blood off of it.
"You did fall for that too easily." Amato stated. "That is why we are superior."
"Is that it?" Renji asked, standing up.
Amato was shocked.
"Gotta say, I'm a little disappointed." Renji continued.
"I see." Amato said. "Looks like I'll have to decapitate you this time." Amato then puts more of his blood on his fingers and snapped them.
Amato quickly charged through the flash, but stopped immediately once he saw that Renji had a cloth wrapped around his eyes and...
"Bankai!" Renji shouted, followed by Hihiō Zabimaru coiling around him.
"Dear God..." Amato gasped.
"Now get 'em!" Renji swung Hihiō Zabimaru at Amato and its head charged strait for him as it shrieked that snake shriek that sounds so cool.
The sound of the battle nearby made Casanova grow more anxious.
"It seems like that fighting is getting pretty close." Casanova said.
He could even hear the shrieks of Hihiō Zabimaru in the distance.
"That's Renji." Rukia said.
Casanova twitched at her speaking. "Another young man, huh? Well I do believe it's time for us to go."
"Go where?" Rukia asked.
Casanova creeped up and gently stroke her hair. "Go back home, of course. I'm sure the Maestro will forgive me if I say you're my trophy." He held out a white crystal that gave off the same light as the Leluche Bianca. "Once we get back there, I will then have my way with you."
Casanova looked up for a split second and a fireball hit him clean in the face.
"Gah!" He stumbled back, dropping the crystal, which rolled under the tree trunk.
As Casanova clutched his face, Rukia turned toward where the fireball came from and saw Mai with her Zanpakutō already released.
"That is the most disgusting thing I've ever heard!" Mai exclaimed.
"Nice shot, Mai!" Rukia told her.
"I couldn't find Captain Kuchiki, but I heard the fighting." Mai went to untie Rukia. "I decided to check it out and found you. Lucky for you-"
Casanova quickly took his Zanpakutō and swiped it at Mai, which made her jump back away from Rukia. Rukia was still tied, but the bonds were loosened. Casanova grunted with his red, scorched face.
"You have some GODDAMN nerve to mark the face of a Signore like that!" Casanova growled.
"You're a Signore?" Mai asked. "You don't look so tough." Her fists became engulfed in flames.
"I'll show you how TOUGH I can be!" Casanova shouted. He held his Zanpakutō out and held the hilt tight with both hands. "Entice and fell, Shirubā!"
His Zanpakutō dissolved onto his arms and shoulders, creating armor over them, and two fat silver swords appeared in his hands. Once the Shikai was released, a euphoric aroma surrounded the area. Mai immediately went on the offensive by firing two fireballs. Casanova quickly sliced through the fireballs and then spun both the swords at Mai, one high and one low so she couldn't duck or jump. Rings of fire surrounded her right arm and leg, forming shields to block both attacks which just pushed her to the tree. Casanova pulled back and thrust one of the blades right toward her. Mai rolled behind Casanova and he stabbed the tree with his sword.
"Gotcha!" Mai exclaimed as she started attacking him with a flurry of fiery punches and kicks, which Casanova blocked with his other sword.
Mai managed to kick him in the face, enraging him some more. He pulled the stuck sword upward, leaving a carving on the tree as it was freed and he was about to swing the sword on top of Mai. She tried to dodge, but the sword clipped the end of her leg, forcing her to stumble back.
"This is nothing." She said, holding her leg. "Give me all you got!"
"You'll regret that." Casanova said.
Across town...
The halberd nearly clipped Hikari's head off, clipping off some of her hair. She stumbled when she ducked and pulled her entire body under her Zanpakutō shield. Niccolo tried to cut away at the shield to no effect.
"Fight with honor, you coward!" Niccolo shouted.
"Over here!" Kisha came in and swung her sword.
Niccolo used the end of his halberd to deflect the attack, spun it around and tried to chop at Kisha. Kisha simply blocked it with her hand and pushed him back.
"I guess I should do the world a favor and rid it of your sinful existence, Hollow." Niccolo said.
He cut his wrist with his Zanpakutō and the blood engulfed the blades on the halberd, making it stronger and lighter. Niccolo charged in at Kisha, swung once to knock into her sword and knock her off balance, then he swung the halberd around and impaled the blade into her shoulder, resulting in blood.
"Your Hierro hide isn't as strong as you thought, is it?" Niccolo asked.
Niccolo took the spear end of his halberd and stabbed Kisha in the gut once, then repeatedly. Before he could do it a third time, Hikari's shield came flying in from his blind spot and hit him in the side, disrupting his stance. Kisha then took her sword and cut up Niccolo's body and all three fighters were breathing heavily from the exhaustion of this fight.
"Tired already?" Niccolo asked. "So much for the legendary Espadas. I guess that number is just for decoration."
"I haven't even shown you the extent of my strength." Kisha said.
"Then show me if you're so powerful!" Niccolo dared.
Kisha just gritted her teeth as Hikari looked on. Hikari noticed she was right behind Niccolo and had a clear shot at him, so she held out her hand and charged her Kidō.
"Hadō #31: Shakkahō!"
The red ball of energy blast from her hand and hit Niccolo in the back. The blast burned away the back of his robe and scorched his back. He fell to his knees as the shock from the attack knocked him off balance. Kisha took the opportunity to attack him, but Niccolo used his halberd to swing at her feet, causing her to fall on her side. Afterward, he immediately took his halberd and swung it down at Kisha. However, Hikari managed to use Flash Step to get in between them and block the attack with her shield.
"You are shameful, even among your own kind, Soul Reaper!" Niccolo shouted. "Protecting this monster stained your soul beyond redemption!"
"She has done nothing but prove how good of a person and an ally she is!" Hikari stated. "She didn't have to stay and help us out! We didn't even want her! Yet she stayed and helped out any way she could! You and your Peccatore brothers are more of monsters than she is!"
"THEN YOU WILL BURN IN HELL WITH HER!" Niccolo screamed.
Ichigo flew through the air heading back across the town as fast as he could. His power using the Hollow Mask has been mostly drained, and he removed it to save his energy for a fight if needed.
"I need to get back and kick that bastard's ass." Ichigo said.
"Bastard!"
"Yeah! That bastard!"
Ichigo looked over to see where the two high-pitched voices were coming from. Two larger-than-normal insectoid Feudataro latched onto Ichigo's shoulders.
"We'll take you straight to him."
"Yeah, straight to him."
Their claws dug into Ichigo's shoulders and began carrying him back the way he came with a sudden jerk.
"Hey! Let me go!" Ichigo tried to swing his sword up, but the claws locked the joints in his arm so he couldn't swing it.
"Oh no, he's trying to kill us!"
"Don't worry, I got this."
One of the Feudataro used its free claw to open Ichigo's sword hand, causing him to drop his sword.
"You bastards, put me down!" Ichigo shouted.
"He wants us to put him down."
"Should we help him down?"
"I think we should."
"I agree."
Suddenly, the insects stopped on a dime and fell straight down to the earth like boulders on top of Ichigo.
"AAAAAAHHH!"
CRASH!
They crashed to the ground, slamming Ichigo straight into the street.
"Heehee, that was fun!"
"Let's do it again!"
The Feudataro were about to lift Ichigo up again when a foot kicked one of them off of Ichigo's shoulder.
"Brother!"
The Feudataro looked up at what kicked him and it saw a large Soul Reaper Captain with spiky hair and an eyepatch. The Feudataro was so scared, it let go of Ichigo's shoulder and flew away. Ichigo looked up and saw Kenpachi.
"Kenpachi, what are yo-" Ichigo was about to say before being kicked by Kenpachi.
He would have went clear across the block if he didn't get hit by a car. Yachiru then appeared on Kenpachi's shoulder.
"Wow, you got him that time, Kenny!" Yachiru said.
"How could I have missed him the first time?" Kenpachi wondered.
Ichigo stood up from the car in anger. "You mean you were trying to hit me the first time?!"
Ichigo's thoughts were interrupted when Kenpachi tossed him Ichigo's sword and he caught it.
"There, you dropped it." Kenpachi said. "Hold onto it, because when I'm done here I'm looking for you."
Kenpachi turned away.
"Wait, these guys are after my sister!" Ichigo called out.
"That's not my problem." Kenpachi replied. "You can find her yourself."
"Good luck, Ichi!" Yachiru waved and they went on their way.
Niccolo was fighting a battle on two fronts, the Espada to his left and the Soul Reaper to his right. Hikari was the only one to not sustain any real injury yet, but Kisha, standing to the other side of her, clearly feeling tired.
"Can you keep going?" Hikari whispered to her.
"Yeah... I've just been in that Gigai for so long." Kisha panted. "My strength has been returning real slowly."
"Can't you use a Ressureccion or something?" Hikari asked.
Kisha looked down at her sword with a half-hearted look. "I don't think I have enough strength to."
"I dare you to do it, Espada!" Niccolo boasted. "I'm already at my full strength and you've yet to provide me with a true challenge! You must enlist the help of a heretic! This is why your kind is damned! God favors the bold and the strong! It is divine will that will decide victory here today!"
Kisha grew increasingly irritated with this man. "Are all you Peccatore so preachy? Fine! We'll see who your God favors then!"
"Good." Niccolo said.
"Are you sure?" Hikari asked. "You just said you might not have the strength."
"All I need is enough for five seconds." Kisha stated.
"Five sec-"
Kisha Zanpaktuō began to glow as she held it upright. "Aúnaire!" The Zanpaktuō gave a mild flash, and once it died down, Kisha had disappeared.
"Wha-Whered she go?" Hikari asked.
"Coward!" Niccolo scoffed. "She fled like the sin-"
Niccolo then felt a clean cut clear across his body 3 times in a split second. In the corner of his eye, he caught Kisha behind him, her back turned to him and her sword dripping with his blood.
"...For...give...me...Maestro..." Niccolos last words as his blood spurted out and his body fell to the ground.
Hikari, in stunned silence, dropped her shield and gawked at the Espada. "...Holy crap!"
Kisha gave a half-hearted smirk. "I need to lie down..." She fell over.
Asharu was jumping across the rooftops, in possession of Rukia's Zanpakuto, searching for any other signs of Feudataro.
"Come on, Kurosaki, where are you?" Asharu muttered to himself.
When he jumped onto one building, he noticed that Orsino was sitting next to rooftop staircase holding his Zanpakuto with blood splattered over his attire.
"I thought you were still alive." Asharu said. "I thought your blood should have killed you."
"No..." Orsino said. "I think I'll live a bit longer because of my Ketsueki Tekunikku. My blood often recycles itself; it cures any internal injuries I might have had. In return, I must expel the bad blood that is trying to kill me. But even that will eventually succumb to the blood death I have to go through."
"Well that sucks." Asharu said. "So are we gonna fight now or what?"
"Why bother?" Orsino questioned. "Cassanova's clearly abandoned me and I'm gonna die either way."
"How optimistic of you." Asharu sarcastically remarked. "Can't you give me any useful information?"
"I gave the human girl to my Peccatore brother Amato. He probably knows where she is. Signore Casanova is probably raping the Soul Reaper girl in the forest right now."
"Vulgar, but at least I've got something to go on. Thank you."
Orsino just waved him away. "Just let me die in peace."
Asharu then used Flash Step to keep moving.
At the edge of town near the forest, Amato was being pursued by Hihiō Zabimaru which looked like it was trying to eat him. Amato tried to entangle the monster in itself, but the separate parts allowed it to unravel itself. Amato tried an indirect approach using his Zanpakutō when an opening appeared between the different pieces, using his Zanpakutō to cut the reishi beam. After a few cuts, he was able to break it apart. Amato then landed on the building and faced Renji.
"Your beast has been defeated!" Amato said.
Renji, still wearing the blindfold, turned to where he heard the voice. "Oh, come on! It's never that easy!"
Amato leaped into the air and charged at Renji, but the pieces of Hihiō Zabimaru started to reconstruct.
"What?!" Amato exclaimed.
"I hold Hihiō Zabimaru together with my reishi!" Renji stated. "There's no way to break it apart!"
Amato saw Hihiō Zabimaru look directly at him as its mouth began to glow bright red. He was in midair and in full charge, so he couldn't change his direction at all.
"Hikotsu Taihō!"
A dense blast of spiritual energy fired out of Hihiō Zabimaru's mouth and struck Amato dead on. The blast actually sent Amato falling back and crashing into the forest. Renji removed the blindfold from his eyes and smirked at his handiwork.
"Yeah, I can be badass when I want to be." he grinned. "Now to save Rukia."
Mai began to waver against Casanova. Her attacks seemed less aggressive and far less accurate. Casanova was simply dancing around every attack she threw at him. She tried to hit him with three fire punches in a row to his face, he dodged each time and then did a spinning kick to her gut. While they were fighting, Rukia was struggling to get her hands up from the bonds Mai loosened earlier, trying to break loose.
"What's the matter, young girl?" Casanova asked tauntingly to Mai. "What happened to that passion you had with your fighting earlier? You're fighting seems really half-assed."
"He's right..." Mai muttered to herself. "What is wrong with me? I'm not tired, but... but I just... I can't..."
"Can't focus?" Casanova guessed. "Is that what you were thinking of or was your mind going somewhere else?"
Mai tried to look up at him, but was instead looking past him.
Casanova sniffed and breathed in the air around him. "You smell that? That intoxicating aroma that arrived as soon as our fight began? That is my Lato Mente Aria. The more you breath it in, the more it forces your mind to focus on something else, distracting from the battle. Could be a bird flying by, a past event you forgot about, or even a crush on a man you have. The way you were fighting, heaving the way you do, I'm surprised you're still able to put up your fists."
Casanova charged at Mai, and she held up her fire fists to defend herself. He used Flash Step to jump three times in a diagonal pattern and Mai couldn't keep track of him. He then took his swords and cut diagonally across her body. When she fell to the ground, Casanova put his foot over her heart.
"You know, it is kind of a shame." Casanova said. "You are such a pretty little thing. I might be tempted to let you live if you whore yourself out."
Rukia managed to get one of her arms free from the rope.
"Hadō #33: Sōkatsui!"
The beam of blue energy struck Casanova in the back, just below his armor plate and it hurt.
"Agh!" Casanova grunted. He turned toward Rukia with rage in his face.
He used Flash Step to get in front of Rukia and pin her arm against the tree, and he was furious.
"MY PATIENCE IS GROWING THIN WITH YOU, GIRL!" Casanova screamed. "NOW YOU WILL SUBMIT TO ME EVEN IF I HAVE TO END UP KILLING YOU!"
"Never." Rukia replied.
Casanova took his sword, cut his own wrist and his blood started to spill down. "Then you will suffer!"
The blood spilled onto Rukia's wrist and arm and on contact it felt like molten magma.
"AAAAAAAAHGGGGHHH!" Rukia screamed in pain.
"NOW GIVE IN ALREADY!" Casanova screamed.
"Just kill the girl, it's your duty, remember?"
"Not you again!" Casanova growled. "Leave me alone!"
Rukia was looking up, still in pain from Casanova's molten blood, but was confused as to whom he was speaking to.
"You are a soldier of your Maestro and a servant of God, yet you surrender to your weakest desires."
Casanova released Rukia, stopping her blood from spilling on her and turned to face the voice.
"I DESERVE THIS!" Casanova screamed. "I've killed countless people! I've prayed to our God! I served our Maestro unquestionably! So I lust after some women? But I deserve that! I deserve some affection!"
"Affection... You are a sinner. What right do you have to any affection?"
"SHUT UP!" Casanova cut a tree in half for no reason.
It appeared to Rukia that Casanova was losing his mind simply talking to himself. Casanova's blood, which was burning through the tree now, dripped onto the rope and burned it as well. The rope came apart and Rukia was able to free herself.
"I deserve affection!" Casanova continued and then turned around to see Rukia free. "I deserve it! And that is why you are coming back with me!"
Before any actions could be taken, Casanova saw a cherry blossom petal appear near his face.
"What the..." Casanova mumbled.
Just then, another petal appeared at the corner of his eye. Eventually a flurry of petals swirled around him like a whirlwind. Casanova used Flash Step at the last second before the petals cut him to ribbons. Of course, they weren't cherry blossoms at all; they were the blades of Senbonzakura and Byakuya Kuchiki stood about 10 feet from where Casanova was.
"Brother!" Rukia spoke.
"This has nothing to do with you, Soul Reaper Captain!" Casanova shouted. "Leave!"
"Even for a Peccatore Signore, you are a disgrace to your kind." Byakuya said.
"My kind?" Casanova questioned. "What do you know of my kind, Soul Reaper?!"
"He knows more than you think, brother!"
Casanova and Byakuya turn to Rukia to see Signore Giovanni resting his arm on her head to her surprise. She quickly pushed him away and backed away from him.
"Giovanni..." Casanova gasped.
"You." Byakuya said, recognizing Giovanni.
"Good to see you too, Byakuya Kuchiki." Giovanni grinned.
(To be continued…)
ARRANCAR ENCYCLOPEDIA
Gin: Today, we're going to talk about Kisha Adzovic.
Gin pointed to the TV monitor behind him and images played as he talked about her.
Gin: Kisha was one of the old tier Epsada whom served Barragon Louisenbarn and one of a few who actually managed to manifest a humanoid form. When Lord Aizen took over Hueco Mundo, to say he was disappointed when she was not there is an understatement.
The monitor gave a closeup of Kisha's Zanpakuto.
Gin: Her Resurreccion Aúnaire is one of the most mysterious of all the Espada. Once she releases it, it turns her completely invisible and completely hides her spiritual pressure, making it impossible to detect her presence and making her a deadly-
Asharu: Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!
Asharu burst onto the scene, waving his hands in front of Gin.
Asharu: What the hell do you think you're doing?
Gin: I'm doing what I always do.
Asharu: This segment is for the Peccatore Encyclopedia! Save your Arrancar Encyclopedia for the TV show!
Gin: But you haven't been doing it for the last couple of chapters, so I thought you quit. Besides, I thought people would like to know about the mysterious Espada and her daily life.
The TV monitor started showing still images of Kisha. First, as a maid cleaning the house. Second as a woman in a lovely swimsuit at the beach. Third, her taking a shower with the mist covering-
Asharu: STOP SHOWING PICTURES OF MY WIFE!
Gin: How does marriage between you two even work?
