Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc I: Genesis

Chapter 33: Sesshomaru VS Genryusai Yamamoto

Now before the Daiyokai could have done anything to him an extremely strict and masculine voice had his attention, "I am here, Demon," Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto spoke as he appeared behind at some distance away from him.

Sesshomaru left Chojiro's throat and turned around in order to face the Head Captain. As soon as Chojiro got freed from his grasp, he released his Shikai and hit a nearby building with his Zanpakuto, causing it to crumble down on Sesshomaru, burying him utterly in the rubble. "Chojiro, you may leave, I will take over from here," Yamamoto spoke to his Lieutenant. "Very well, Captain," he replied and left silently after putting his Zanpakuto back in its sheath.

Now the old Shinigami pointed the palm of his hand towards the rubble and spoke, "Hado 63, Raikoho!" Suddenly, a massive concentration of energy got fired from his stretched out hand and hit the rubble like that of a lightning strike. However, Sesshomaru managed to escape the rubble before it got blasted and approached Genryusai using his Demonic speed. To his surprise, the Head Captain seemed to be disappeared from his position all of a sudden and before the Daiyokai could have done anything, a mighty sword swing from behind inflicted a cut at the right side of his shoulder.

Genryusai once again pointed the palm of his hand towards Sesshomaru in order to attack him with Hado 73, Soren Sokatsui but before its commencement, a powerful spinning fist from the Daiyokai shoved him into the wall of the nearby barrack. Now Sesshomaru unsheathed his Tensaiga while his body got engulfed into the immense release of demonic energy. The next moment, he rushed towards Genryusai Yamamoto while the later hold his Zanpakuto firmly in a horizontal manner in order to block the upcoming strike. Even though the Head Captain managed to stop Tensaiga's blade from reaching his body yet he couldn't save himself from the impact of the hit backed by Sesshomaru's demonic energy. As a result, he started to get dragged backward during the weapon deadlock while getting shoved into the multiple barracks on the way.

"All things in the universe turn to ashes, Ryujin Jakka!" Genryusai uttered while getting dragged backward as he released his Shikai. Now the powerful release of old Shinigami's fiery spirit energy clashed with the demonic energy of Sesshomaru which pushed both the warriors away from each other with the eruption of shockwaves powerful enough to utterly explode some nearby buildings.

"You are Head Captain of the Soul Society, aren't you? I will make sure you regret your choice of battling against me," Sesshomaru spoke in a serious tone while standing at a sophisticated distance away from the old Shinigami. "And I assure you that it would be the last battle of your life," Genryusai replied while slowly walking towards him, surrounded by the flames of his Shikai.

Now both of them rushed towards each other with fierce speed and clashed their blades with immense momentum. As a result, Genryusai received a minor injury at the side of his belly while Sesshomaru got shoved into the nearby barrack. "It will take more than this to overcome me, demon," old Shinigami murmured while shooting a surge of fire towards that building by swinging his Zanpakuto. However, before that surge of fire could have completely destroyed the barrack, Sesshomaru got rid of both the fire as well as the barrack by destroying the entire building with an immensely powerful slash of Tensaiga.

"I must finish this battle before this Shinigami becomes a trouble," Sesshomaru thought in his mind while staring at the Genryusai Yamamoto. Now the old Shinigami charged his spiritual pressure and rushed towards him while the Daiyokai tried to stop him using his energy whip but failed. Genryusai's powerful and fiery sword swing pushed Sesshomaru back even though he tried to block it by using his Tensaiga. The Head Captain didn't stop here and tried to repeat the same attack but this time Sesshomaru summoned a fair amount of his demonic energy and directed it towards him with a sword swing in the form of a highly destructive blast.

Since Sesshomaru was pushing himself for a long time, the recent heart injury started to slow him down. He was clearly able to feel fatigue and lowering of his demonic energy yet he didn't allow it to appear through his face or the body language. Meanwhile, he had lost track of Genryusai because of the blast caused by his previous technique and while he was still trying to sense him, suddenly a powerful fiery wave from Ryujin Jakka hit him from the left side and shoved him away. "Prepare yourself to meet your end," the old Shinigami spoke while furthering raising his spiritual pressure in order to deliver the final blow as Sesshomaru was getting up on his feet.

The moment Genryusai swung his sword with immense might and fiery power, Sesshomaru used his Poison Claw and grabbed Ryujin Jakka's blade with his bare hand while swinging his Tensaiga on him from the other one. Genryusai easily dodged that attack by forcibly pulling his Zanpakuto away from Sesshomaru's hand and taking a few steps back.

"My venom couldn't damage his Zanpakuto's blade," Sesshomaru mumbled to himself while wondering about the reason behind this. "How can he grab the burning blade of Ryujin Jakka like that?" Genryusai whispered to himself with a surprise. Upon noticing the lack of attention by the old Shinigami, Sesshomaru immediately rushed towards him with his superior demonic speed. Genryusai swung his blade in order to distract him with a surge of fire but the Daiyokai changed its direction with the help of his energy whip by seizing Genryusai's right arm. Now before Head Captain could have come up with any strategy, he felt Tensaiga's blade piercing through his flesh as Sesshomaru was stabbing him in the left portion of his belly. The Daiyokai pushed the blade further inside Yamamoto's torso while staring at him with his cold golden eyes as the old Shinigami vomited some blood from his mouth. However, Sesshomaru didn't notice Genryusai's hand which he just put on his armor right in the middle. The next moment, Head Captain uttered, "Hado 88, Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho." Genryusai muttered while firing a gigantic beam of electrical and spiritual energy from the palm of his hand, blowing the Daiyokai far away from there followed by an enormous explosion in the end.

That powerful beam had brought great devastation in its path, leaving the traces of dust and smoke clouds with burning rubble on its track. The destruction was too great that it caught everyone's attention in the Soul Society and thus several Shinigamis including Urahara and Yoruichi began to rush towards the site of the battle. Meanwhile, Genryusai got up on his feet, pulled the Tensaiga out of his torso and threw it away.

On the other hand, Sajin Komamura, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and Kaname Tosen had reached where Sesshomaru was lying motionlessly in the burning rubble of the broken buildings. "Looks like Head Captain has taken care of this demon already," Komamura muttered to the other two Shinigami Captains. "I wouldn't have reached the conclusion so soon if I were you," Mayuri Kurotsuchi responded to him while keenly observing Sesshomaru's spiritual pressure. "Hmm, are you referring to his fluctuating spiritual pressure?" Tosen asked him. "Of course, we shouldn't forget that he is a demon after all," Mayuri answered. "In that case, the battle is still on, we shouldn't interfere in the fight of our Head Captain," Komamura said to both of them. "Don't worry about it, Head Captain himself told me that no protocol or formality is more important than exterminating the Demons," Mayuri replied and the next moment a gigantic black structure encased the entire site of burning rubble while both Komamura and Tosen were shocked to witness it. "Do not be surprised, I only wish to make sure that he is dead," Mayuri Kurotsuchi said to both of them as he had used Hado 90, Kurohitsugi. "Hmm… but it seems that there's still some fight has left in him," Komamura muttered upon sensing Sesshomaru's spiritual pressure. "Then allow me to deepen his eternal slumber, Bankai, Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi," Tosen uttered as he released his Bankai that engulfed the entire Kurohitsugi structure upon taking the form of a black colored dome of the void.

"If he somehow escaped the Bankai of Tosen than we will stop him using ours," Komamura spoke to Mayuri in a serious tone. "Ha Ha Ha… indeed Captain Komamura but I doubt that if he would be able to even blink let alone breaking free from this pressure," Kurotsuchi replied him in a playful manner. After several minutes when all the three Captains were almost assured of Sesshomaru's death, suddenly Tosen noticed that the gigantic Kurohitsugi structure had started to get cracked with light coming from him inside.

To be continued…