Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc II: Dawn of Dreams

Chapter 43: Hueco Mundo amidst the Chaos

"Why…? What are you trying to say Zommari?" Szayel Aporro responded with slight confusion. "Aizen has betrayed us but he is resurrecting the dead Espadas and only because of him that Shinigami has released you from that miserable state," Zommari explained.

"Hmm, I see…" Szayel Aporro responded while calming himself down and then he looked towards Sesshomaru. On the other hand, Mayuri Kurotsuchi said upon walking away from there, "It seems that we will have to do something about this demon otherwise he won't stop interfering in the issues of the Soul Society," Kurotsuchi muttered while narrowing his eyes. "Yes, Mayuri-Sama," Nemu replied in her usual polite and modest manner.

After Mayuri left from there, Zommari explained everything to Szayel Aporro which Sesshomaru told him. "A demon, that's unbelievable but anyways, I am grateful to you," Szayel Aporro said to Sesshomaru after carefully listening to the words of Zommari. "I must proceed towards that tower," Sesshomaru said as he started to walk away from there soon after their small conversation.

"If you don't mind then we would like to tag along so that we can explain everything to the Noveno Espada and you don't have to waste your time, isn't that right, Szayel Aporro?" Zommari spoke in a humble manner while asking Szayel Aporro. "Sure, I will be accompanying him as well," Espada 8 uttered while agreeing with Zommari. "Very well," Sesshomaru replied to them and then he didn't waste any moment in flying towards that broken tower while both Zommari and Szayel Aporro followed him.

Soon enough they reached inside the tower and it didn't take them long to find both the heads of Noveno Espada buried in the rubble. Zommari and Szayel Aporro took those heads out of the rubble and placed them on a slightly elevated surface while Sesshomaru immediately revived them back from the dead. While Aaroniero Arruruerie was still in the middle of the process of coming back to his senses, Sesshomaru left from there, leaving the explanation part to both Zommari and Szayel Aporro.

After both of them told everything to the Noveno Espada, Szayel Aporro began to walk away from there. "Wait, Szayel Aporro, where do you think you are going?" Zommari asked him. "You haven't realized it, do you? We are free now and the throne of Hueco Mundo is empty," Szayel Aporro replied with a mysterious smile on his lips. "What do you mean?" Aaroniero Arruruerie asked with slight confusion. "I am going to find Nnoitra, we need to take control of the Hueco Mundo before a new ruler arises," Szayel Aporro answered. "I think you are right," Noveno Espada muttered while agreeing with Szayel Aporro. "Later on, I shall research on that demon's spiritual pressure," Szayel Aporro muttered with a cunning grin. "Hmm… I see," Zommari responded upon noticing the cunning intentions from the face of Octava Espada.

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

The moment Genryusai Yamamoto was about to burn Aizen along with himself and all the Captains and Lieutenants who were present there, Wonderweiss appeared right behind him. Suddenly he grabbed Ryujin Jakka's blade and extinguished its flames in no time before shoving Genryusai hard in the ground. The old Shinigami landed on the ground on his feet and then a fierce battle broke out between the two in which Genryusai Yamamoto successfully shattered Wonderweiss's body with his immensely powerful punches.

When the Head Captain approached Aizen, he reminded him about Wonderweiss storing all the absorbed flames inside his broken head which can explode at any moment. Now Just as Genryusai noticed the swelling and glowing in the broken head of Wonderweiss, he rushed to neutralize the danger. He managed to control the fiery blast with his body and spiritual pressure but ended up getting injured and scorched by his own flames. Aizen approached him while he was crawling on the ground but the moment he walked closer to him, Genryusai grabbed his leg with his scorched arm and used Hado 96, Itto Kaso that cost the Head Captain his arm. As a result, it caused a brief shockwave followed by a massive pillar of red fire erupting from the ground in the shape of a katana's tip. The blast from the pillar was so forceful that it completely obliterated all buildings within its vicinity while engulfing Aizen into its range.

Las Noches, an artificial daylight region, nearby the place where Yammy was battling against Byakuya and Kenpachi, Hueco Mundo…

Yammy was battling against both Byakuya and Kenpachi in his Segunda Etapa. He was proving to be utterly overwhelming in the battle due to his raw spiritual power and colossal size. Upon arriving significantly close to the place of the battle, Sesshomaru immediately entered at the base of the broken tower. It didn't take him long to find the frozen pieces of the body of Rudbornn scattered on the floor with few of them buried under the rubble. Sesshomaru immediately pulled his Tensaiga out of its sheath and swung it around, destroying each and every minion of the Netherworld which was lingering around the body parts of Rudbornn Chelute. The moment, Sesshomaru was about to walk out of that broken tower, he heard Rudbornn's voice, "I..I was dead b..but now… it feels like I am dissected… yet alive, how?"

"Gather your body parts and leave, there is no need for you to participate in the battle anymore," Sesshomaru responded to Rudbornn's voice before he swiftly flew towards Yammy who was in the middle of a fierce battle against Byakuya and Kenpachi.

Suddenly all three of them felt the powerful spiritual pressure of Sesshomaru, as he reached close to them. "Sesshomaru!" Byakuya whispered with surprise. "Haha, long time no see… demon," Kenpachi said as he grinned towards Sesshomaru in the usually cunning manner. "This insect seems powerful," Yammy muttered while observing Sesshomaru.

Now the Daiyokai flew higher and stood in the midair, right in front of Yammy's face. "Aizen has betrayed the Espadas," Sesshomaru said to Yammy. "So, what?" Yammy responded. "Stop this battle, right now…" the Daiyokai replied in an extremely serious tone. "As you say, insect!" Yammy responded before opening his gigantic mouth in order to summon a powerful Cero.

"Bakusaiga!" Sesshomaru muttered while unsheathing his sword as he shot a huge orb of demonic energy through a quick swing of his blade. The orb of demonic energy hit the destructive energy of Cero that was summoned by Yammy and caused a fiery explosion inside his mouth. However, Sesshomaru left surprised to witness that the explosion had hardly slowed Yammy down as he was once again summoning a powerful Cero after coughing out the smoke and flames.

"Hah! It seems that he is too powerful even for you," Kenpachi taunted Sesshomaru. "Ever since he has transformed further from his previous gigantic form his power is exceeding our anticipation," Byakuya spoke as well. "Enough of your mumbling you weaklings, now DIE!" Yammy roared furiously and the next moment, he shot an immensely powerful Cero beam of colossal size towards Sesshomaru. "Azure Dragon Wave!" the Daiyokai muttered upon unleashing one of his signature moves. The multiple intense beams of demonic energy hit Yammy's huge Cero beam and stopped its advance in the middle while slowly pushing it backward. However, neither Sesshomaru's energy beam was able to completely destroy Yammy's Cero nor Yammy was able to deflect Azure Dragon Wave despite his best efforts.

"That demon is just going to snatch my prey," Kenpachi muttered while swiftly rushing towards Yammy's head. Upon reaching close to the neck of the gigantic Espada, Kenpachi unleashed a ferocious amount of spiritual pressure to back his upcoming sword swing. But before his sword-swing could have touched Yammy's neck, an unbelievably powerful arc of purplish energy and black smoky aura collided with his Zanpakuto with deadly speed. In the blink of an eye, Zaraki hit the ground with hard and fell down to the lowermost portion of the Last Noches.

On the other hand, before Sesshomaru could have understood anything the energy flow at the clashing point of Azure Dragon Wave and Yammy's Cero got disturbed and turned into an explosion that strangely engulfed Sesshomaru in its range. Sesshomaru barely managed to regain his posture before landing on the ground after receiving some minor injuries from that explosion of destructive energy.

"It seems we will have to combine our power in order to put an end to him," Byakuya said to Sesshomaru while standing beside him. "No, it's not him… I sensed another presence right before that explosion," Sesshomaru said while staring at the smoke cloud of that explosion. "What do you mean?" Byakuya asked with suspicion. Now before Sesshomaru could have answered him, the smoke cloud in the sky dispersed in the air, revealing a tall and masculine bizarre being that seemed to be like a fearsome demonic warrior.

To be continued…