Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc II: Dawn of Dreams

Chapter 41: Revival of Espadas I

Soon enough the surroundings filled with glowing energy particles and at the distance of a few steps away from Sesshomaru, a whirlwind of demonic energy began to pull all those glowing particles inside it. In the next few moments, those energy particles began to combine at the center of that whirlwind and slowly took the shape of a blur humanoid figure while changing their color to green. The intense light engulfed the entire area with an explosion of green spirit energy and when all the smoke and dust got dispersed, both Orihime and Uryu got utterly shocked to witness the scenario because Ulquiorra was standing right in front of them in his Segunda Etapa form. "Ulquiorra," Orihime whispered with great amazement.

"I..I was dead… my body got scattered. How am I alive again?" Ulquiorra asked with great amazement while looking towards Orihime and then turning towards Sesshomaru. "I have revived you back to life," Sesshomaru replied to him while putting his Tensaiga back in its sheath. "Why? What do you want me to do?" Ulquiorra asked in a serious tone after a pause since he was busy observing Daiyokai's unique and fearsome spiritual pressure. "Nothing," Sesshomaru replied while walking away from there towards the lower area of Las Noches with artificial daylight. While Ulquiorra was still wondering about Sesshomaru, Uryu asked him, "So what now, Ulquiorra? Do you still wish to fight us?" He looked towards Orihime and replied to Uryu while gazing into her eyes, "Aizen was my Lord, I fought for him and died in the process, I have completed my duty for him." For some time both Orihime and Ulquiorra stared at each other and eventually, she said in a low voice, "please, stay here until I am healing Ishida-kun." He didn't reply to her but it seemed that he wasn't planning to go anywhere either.

Meanwhile in the Battle of Fake Karakura Town, World of the Living…

Komamura roared at Aizen upon getting enraged by the heartbreaking scenario of the sudden burst of Tosen's body but before he could have attacked him, Ichigo came out of a Garganta and attacked Aizen from behind with multiple waves of immensely powerful Getsuga Tensho. Ichigo's attempt to kill Aizen proved to be futile because a defensive Kido barrier right behind his head blocked and ultimately absorbed all the energy of Getsuga Tensho waves.

However, Ichigo didn't stop here and further tried to fight against Aizen but the later easily dodged all of the attacks which shocked and demoralized the former to a great extent. Now he further demoralized Ichigo by revealing that all the incidents in his life including his birth were actually planned. Suddenly Komamura grabbed Ichigo's sword and advised him to stay strong and ignore Aizen's words. Soon enough all the Captains and the Vizards stood in front of Ichigo in order to face Aizen so that they can provide him with an opportunity to hit that villain.

Las Noches artificial daylight region, Hueco Mundo…

Sesshomaru had arrived at the place where Kenpachi Zaraki killed Nnoitra and it didn't take him long to find the bloodied corpse of the fifth Espada. Once again he drew his Tensaiga and as he did, the minions of the Netherworld appeared all around Nnoitra's corpse. With one swing of his Tensaiga, Sesshomaru destroyed all those creatures of the Netherworld and the next moment, Nnoitra came back to life while all of his injuries and damages were perfectly recovered.

Nnoitra was obviously under a huge shock upon getting resurrected all of a sudden. He slowly grabbed his weapons and gazed towards Sesshomaru who was standing right in front of him and was putting his sword back into its sheath. "What is this feeling? What happened to me?" Nnoitra mumbled after a long pause upon getting snapped out of the shock. Sesshomaru started to walk away from there but Nnoitra stopped him by rudely blocking his path with one of his long scythes. "You have resurrected me, haven't you?" Nnoitra asked in a serious tone. "Is there any doubt?" Sesshomaru counter questioned. "What do you want? Speak up!" Nnoitra asked further. "I have already done what I wanted to," he replied.

Now Nnoitra removed his weapon from Sesshomaru's path and spoke in his usual cunning manner, "I will let you go for now." Sesshomaru began to walk away from there but to his surprise, the injured sixth Espada himself arrived there. "My gratitude for reviving this bastard back to life, now I will be able to make him pay for what he did to me," Grimmjow said to Sesshomaru. The Daiyokai observed his injuries and chose not to respond to his words since he didn't seem to be a threat to anyone. On the other hand, Nnoitra tightened his grasp on his weapons and replied to Grimmjow, "and my apologies for delivering a blow which wasn't fatal enough, I will make sure that you are dead this time."

However, before Nnoitra's blade swing could have hurt Grimmjow, Sesshomaru stopped it in the middle by using his energy whip. "What is the meaning of this?" Nnoitra furiously asked Sesshomaru. "He is the sixth Espada and if you manage to kill him then it would be a waste of my time because then I will have to resurrect him as well," Sesshomaru replied to him. "You better not interfere in my issues," Nnoitra responded with anger. "How dare you underestimate me!" Grimmjow also spoke to Sesshomaru while raising his spiritual pressure.

Now Nnoitra quickly freed his weapon from Sesshomaru's energy whip and rushed towards him with the help of his Sonido. Sesshomaru pulled his Bakusaiga out and easily countered all the six blades of Nnoitra by using his demonic speed which amazed him to a great extent. Suddenly Grimmjow shot a moderate level Cero towards Sesshomaru while simultaneously attacking Nnoitra with a powerful sword swing. Sesshomaru easily parried the Cero attack by summoning his demonic energy but lost track of Grimmjow due to dust and smoke while Nnoitra received a mild cut on his chest.

Grimmjow once again swung his sword on Nnoitra but Sesshomaru pushed him away with a powerful swing of his Bakusaiga. On the other hand, before Nnoitra could have reacted, a powerful punch backed by the power of the poison claw technique shoved him several feet away from there. "Hah! You seem to be one tough customer," Grimmjow said while rubbing his fingers on the edge of his sword and then he started to summon a Cero with his bleeding fingers. "Gran Rey Cero," he uttered loudly while shooting an immensely powerful blue colored Cero towards Sesshomaru. The Daiyokai swung his Bakusaiga, releasing a powerful beam of demonic energy that clashed with Gran Rey Cero and eventually deflected it.

The next moment, a grin appeared on Grimmjow's face and then he released his Resurreccion all of a sudden. His release wasn't looking as powerful as it was during his fight against Ichigo while it also seemed to be taking its toll on his injury as well. Now Grimmjow rushed towards Sesshomaru while the later also prepared himself and soon they began to clash their blades and claws with immense power. However, as expected, Grimmjow seemed to be at a clear disadvantage, not only because of the difference in the power of an Espada and a Daiyokai but also because he was already critically injured. Despite all these odds, the sixth Espada loped on Sesshomaru with fierce speed while the Daiyokai dodged him and simultaneously attacked him with his claw instead of Bakusaiga, inflicting moderately serious cuts on his back.

"You… you could have finished me off with a sword swing, but you didn't, why?" Grimmjow asked Sesshomaru while panting on the ground on his knees. "For now, I need all the Espadas alive," Sesshomaru replied. "But why?" he asked in an insisting manner. "For the sake of one of you," Sesshomaru answered while thinking of Harribel. "Which one?" Grimmjow asked further but before the Daiyokai could have answered him, both of them felt the rising spiritual pressure of Nnoitra.

"Prepare to die, both of you!" Nnoitra shouted at both Sesshomaru and Grimmjow with immense anger and the next moment, he started to summon a huge and extremely powerful Cero orb. "Azure Dragon Wave," Sesshomaru uttered while pointing his sword towards Nnoitra and releasing a powerful wave of white demonic energy that generated on his blade in a dragon-like shape. Sesshomaru's energy wave collided with Nnoitra's Cero and pushed it back to him, which eventually hit him with a terrible momentum and turned into a fiery explosion with the eruptions of energy bolts.

Grimmjow realized the clear difference in power between him and Sesshomaru upon witnessing this move. He reverted back in his Base Form and decided not to fight him any further but he was too stubborn to admit that Sesshomaru actually did a favor to him by taking care of Nnoitra.

To be continued…