Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater
Arc II: Dawn of Dreams
Chapter 44: Abduction of Espadas I
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 powers 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.
However, neither Sesshomaru nor Byakuya got sufficient time to observe the details of the form of that warrior as the next moment, he started to punch Yammy's gigantic torso with immense speed and power. He was rapidly moving to and fro in order to pummel his belly repeatedly while every single punch was generating shockwaves at the moment of impact. Yammy, on the other hand, was shocked as well as helpless in front of this sudden assault. With each punch, his eyes were getting popped out while he was constantly vomiting blood from his mouth. In no time, Yammy fell down on his fours while panting heavily and vomited even more blood. His muscles and rib cage seemed to be severely damaged and he was constantly writhing with pain.
Now that warrior landed on the ground and turned his attention towards Byakuya and Sesshomaru. He was a tall but lean humanoid with greyish-green and scaly skin. Strips of white and purple cloth were wrapped all over his torso and on top of which he was wearing a metal armor on his right shoulder along with a metal helmet. He seemed to be a faceless creature as there was nothing seemed to be there inside his helmet except darkness. He seemed to have only one eye in the form of a pale glow that was shining through the darkness of his helmet right in the middle of the location of the eyes. He was also wearing bands on his forearms while his hands and feet had demon-like claws.
Both of them were confused about the intentions of this new warrior but they were highly alert since they were clearly able to sense his immensely powerful spiritual pressure. "Who are you?" Sesshomaru asked him. "And what is the meaning of interfering in our fight?" Byakuya asked as well. "I am… Dodomeki… and I am here to collect the Espadas," he answered in a deep demonic voice. "You are a demon too, aren't you?" Sesshomaru asked while narrowing his eyes. "Hah… don't try to count me among the likes of you," Dodomeki responded while displaying slight annoyance through his expressions. "What do you mean?" Sesshomaru asked curiously but with suspicion.
Now instead of answering by words, Dodomeki spread his arms and summoned some of his demonic energy. The next moment, an immense eruption of pinkish-red energy started to engulf everything in a large area. Both Sesshomaru and Byakuya immediately fell back to a safe distance to avoid any risk. Soon enough they noticed that the energy was slowly getting dissipated only after disturbing the very space and time. It seemed as if the energy had opened another dimension within a limited space. The effect seemed to be perfect around Dodomeki and slowly decreasing in the surroundings with the distance. The environment inside it seemed to be demonic and terrifying with dark clouds stagnant in the sky and a bizarre reddish light scattered everywhere. There were several stone structures inside that dimension and most of them were decorated with snake figures. The ground and the walls were ruptured at some places and lava was flowing out of them as if the dimension was full of active volcanoes.
Now Dodomeki's arms elongated like elastic and he said after he grabbed Yammy's ear with them, "I am a demon of hell." Afterward, he pulled himself closer to Yammy and broke the Hollow-Mask remnant at his jaw with a powerful knee attack backed by his demonic energy. A portion of Yammy's Hollow-Mask remnant burst open and a stream of blood erupted out of it. Eventually, Yammy stopped moving and the hellish dimension slowly started to disappear along with him and Dodomeki. "Wait, aren't you going to take the other Espadas with you?" Byakuya asked abruptly. "The other two will take care of them," Dodomeki replied before the dimension completely disappeared, leaving completely normal surroundings of the Hueco Mundo.
"So, two more of them are here," Sesshomaru mumbled. "Do you know them?" Byakuya asked him. "No, never confronted one such before," the Daiyokai answered confusingly. "Hmm…" Byakuya responded and then both of them began to wonder about those demons. "You will be heading towards World of the Living, isn't it?" Sesshomaru asked him after a slight break. "Yes… and there are several things I wanted to discuss with you but it's not the time," Byakuya replied. "Yes, even I have got some important business to take care of," Sesshomaru spoke and then he left to the uppermost portion of the Hueco Mundo.
Not so far away from there…
Zommari, Szayel Aporro, and Aaroniero Arruruerie had reached the place where both Nnoitra and Grimmjow were taking rest after their heated face off against each other and then with Sesshomaru. Though both of them were injured and exhausted due to the recent battle yet they seemed to be ready to fight against one another. Nnoitra was especially eager to cross swords with Grimmjow and eventually kill him but before they could have clashed with each other, the other three Espadas stopped them.
Aaroniero Arruruerie grabbed Grimmjow while Szayel Aporro grabbed Nnoitra, on the other hand, Zommari stood right between them in order to stop their clash. "Control yourself Grimmjow. Yes, don't act like a fool," Aaroniero and Arruruerie said told him. "Listen Nnoitra, there are more important things than fighting against him," Szayel Aporro spoke in order to calm him down. "We need to work together if we want to survive long enough, fighting amongst ourselves won't take us anywhere," Zommari muttered in a strict tone to both Nnoitra and Grimmjow.
Suddenly, all of them got shook by the presence of an immensely powerful spiritual pressure and the next moment, a comparatively large humanoid creature with a demonic boar-like face appeared in the sky. As he landed on the ground, an explosion of demonic energy took place which generated shockwaves powerful enough to shove all of them away.
When the Espadas returned to their senses, they witnessed that a big humanoid monster was standing only at a distance of a few meters away from them. He was around 12 feet tall while his head was exactly similar to that of a boar with two unusually large curved teeth protruding either side of his mouth, pointing upwards. His face was covered with a leather mask and the rest of his body had a bluish hue with blue curved lines at some selective parts. He was wearing a short sleeveless jacket made up of animal skin and fur while the ribs and spines of some smaller demons were serving as his forearm bands. The portion below his waist was also covered by similar animal skin and fur along with with leather knee-length boots, revealing the large ox-like nails of his feet while a thick iron chain was wrapped around his waist in the form of a belt. He was holding a giant elongated piece of stone in his right hand which was quite broader from the outer end while an iron chain and a piece of animal skin were wrapped around its narrower end, giving it an appearance like that of a club of stone-age.
"One… two… three… and four… oh, and that one, five," that demon murmured in a heavy monstrous voice while pointing towards the Arrancars as he scratched his skull with the other hand. "Who the hell are you?" Nnoitra asked him in a frustrating manner. "I am Gyuki, an Infernal Demon from the army of Lord… wait, there is no need to tell you anything, you all are just my prey, Ha Ha Ha…" Gyuki replied to him but refused to reveal further details.
"Infernal demon?... he seems far more powerful than that silver-haired demon moreover, his demonic energy feels as if it is much purer than that of him… what actually are they?" Grimmjow mumbled to himself while wondering about Sesshomaru and Gyuki. "Damn! He seemed nothing like that former demon," Aaroniero muttered, "we are in real trouble this time," Arruruerie added. "Nnoitra! Let me engage him in a battle, since I am the only one here with the ability to heal and almost resurrect myself," Szayel Aporro said to Nnoitra as he walked towards Gyuki in order to face him alone.
To be continued…
Author's Note:
Hello my dear readers, hope you are enjoying the story so far. I am writing this particular Author's Note to inform you guys that the new characters i.e. "Dodomeki" and "Gyuki" which I have introduced in this chapter are not going to have their original plot (from Warriors Orochi 4: Ultimate) but also not very different though, there were only minor modifications. According to my story, both of them are the demons of hell but the henchmen of Orochi whom I will be introducing in future chapters as another demon of hell. If you have any additional question or doubt then please feel free to ask it through your reviews or comments, or PM, I will be looking forward to your comments,
Take care…