Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc II: Dawn of Dreams

Chapter 45: Abduction of Espadas II

"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.

"Hahaha, I don't think you know what you're up against," Gyuki muttered while stepping ahead.

"Sip, Fornicaras!" Szayel Aporro muttered in order to release his Resurreccion and then he slowly swallowed his Zanpakuto. Now Szayel Aporro's body swelled to enormous proportions while the release of spirit energy covered his immediate vicinity in a fine mist but before he could have completed his release, Gyuki dropped his stone-club on the ground and grabbed him with his huge hands.

The next moment, Gyuki began to pump his demonic energy inside Szayel Aporro's body while tightly squeezing him between his huge palms. Gyuki's strong grip was badly pressurizing Octava Espada's swollen body while his demonic energy was slowly bombarding him from inside out. As a result, Szayel Aporro's release got suspended in the middle while he was continuously screaming in pain. Suddenly, Gyuki slammed him on the ground with immense force and with that slam, Szayel Aporro's screams turned into silence. "One down… five left," Gyuki murmured in his heavy and monstrous voice while moving towards the other Espadas.

On the other hand, all the Espadas were utterly terrified upon witnessing Gyuki's power in the form of Szayel Aporro's wrecked state. All of them immediately decided to combine their power and face this infernal monster together as a team. Nnoitra and Zommari charged their respective spiritual pressures in order to get the most out of their Resurreccion form while Grimmjow and Aaroniero Arruruerie didn't waste even a single second and decided to release their Resurreccion as well. "Grind, Pantera!" Grimmjow roared as he unleashed his Resurreccion form. "Devour, Glotoneria!" Aaroniero Arruruerie muttered while releasing his Resurreccion.

Meanwhile, Gyuki was continuously building up his demonic energy and expanding his demonic aura in order to inflict more damage on the Espadas. His body had started to emit the flames of his demonic energy as he prepared for his next attack. Suddenly, he started to rush towards the Espadas like a mad bull in order to collide with them. Upon seeing that the infernal monster was approaching them, Nnoitra and Grimmjow immediately moved out of his way while Zommari also backed off to a safe distance. However, Aaroniero Arruruerie couldn't escape the danger in time as he got spiritually arrested by Gyuki's powerful spiritual pressure. Eventually, the infernal brute collided with the Espada's lower body with unbelievably great momentum. Since Aaroniero Arruruerie's lower half body was merely a giant mass of flesh composed of the collection of absorbed Hollows, it couldn't stand Gyuki's powerful strike and the next moment, Noveno Espada's entire body got burst like a balloon. "Damn! It seems I used too much force this time." Gyuki muttered upon witnessing the consequences of his powerful attack in the form of the blood and pieces of flesh of Aaroniero Arruruerie splattered all over the ground.

"Nnoitra… Grimmjow… we have to combine our powers otherwise we will not survive this battle," Zommari said to both of them upon getting frightened by Gyuki's strength. "Grrr… I don't want to work with him but… it seems that I have no other choice," Nnoitra muttered while grinding his teeth frustratingly. "Hah! Don't worry, Nnoitra… I will free you from this frustration by killing you soon after this battle," Grimmjow spoke to him in a cunning manner while keeping his focus on Gyuki. "My Amor technique will not work against a demon of hell such as him," Zommari informed both of them. "Basically, none of our technique would be very much effective against him," Nnoitra muttered in a serious tone. After a pause when Gyuki arrived significantly close to them, Grimmjow said while raising his spiritual pressure, "we will attack him by combining our powerful Cero."

"Hmm," Zommari responded and then he also started to raise his spiritual pressure. "Don't try to be bossy in my presence, Grimmjow…" Nnoitra told him angrily but the next moment he also raised his spiritual pressure to a great extent and summoned an immensely powerful orb of Cero just like them. "It's not the time to fight against ourselves," Zommari spoke while addressing both of them.

Now all three of them shot their respective orb of build-up Cero energy in the form of immensely powerful Cero beams which got combined on the way, increasing the destructive capability threefold. Soon enough the resultant wave of three Cero beams hit Gyuki with a largely impactful force that engulfed a huge area around him in an immensely powerful explosion. The surroundings got filled with smoke and dust clouds while the flames started to burn all around the area where Gyuki fell down on the ground after getting hit.

After a few moments, Gyuki's heavy and demonic voice echoed, "Wow! Now that was a good attack for weaklings such as you." Nnoitra, Grimmjow, and Zommari were shocked to listen to his voice while the site of that monster as he was coming out of the flame unscarred, shocked them even more.

Now all three of them rushed towards Gyuki in the desperation of eliminating the threat. Nnoitra jumped towards him with a great speed in order to slash him with his spears but a powerful blow from that demon's stone-club tossed him high in the air. On the other hand, Grimmjow approached him from the left with the help of his Sonido but Gyuki grabbed his throat and started to crush him with the sheer might.

"I have to save Grimmjow at any cost, without him it would be harder for us to defeat this monster," Zommari muttered and the next moment he slowly started to lose his Resurreccion form. "My ultimate technique is the only thing I have got which can force him to leave Grimmjow," Zommari mumbled upon reverting back to his Basic form while his Zanpakuto was levitating right in front of him. The blade of his sword was bent from three points, making a diamond shape. Now Zommari started to concentrate all of his spirit energy on his Zanpakuto and the next moment an immensely powerful orb of Cero started to form at the heart of that diamond shape. Zommari's entire being was overflowing with immense spiritual pressure and he didn't waste even a single moment in attacking Gyuki with a powerful beam of Cero.

As expected, the Cero attack was indeed powerful enough to free Grimmjow from Gyuki's grasp. However, it seemed that the damage was done as Grimmjow was helplessly gasping upon getting freed.

Now Gyuki turned his attention towards Zommari and immediately arrested him using his superior demonic energy. "I have to do something… I..I can't lose this life so soon," Zommari murmured while concentrating his entire spirit energy into his Zanpakuto in order to protect himself. "It seems Arrancars are nuts, they are trying to face me regardless of my superior power," Gyuki approached Zommari while mumbling to himself. The Septima Espada poured even the last ounce of his spirit energy in order to generate a powerful burst of Cero to shove Gyuki away from him while the demonic monster raised his spiritual pressure and then pumped his demonic energy in his stone-club before smashing it's an uppermost edge against the ground using all of his might. "Terra Fury!" Gyuki roared as a terrible shockwave of destructive energy rushed towards Zommari fiercely.

The shockwave collided with the sudden burst of Zommari's overall spiritual power which was getting amplified and directed with the help of his Zanpakuto. To Gyuki's surprise, his shockwave seemed to be struggling against the powerful energy burst of the Septima Espada as both the attacks were trying to deflect each other. However, this clash of energies didn't last much longer as soon enough another similar attack from Gyuki, strengthened the previously shot shockwave. The next moment, Terra Fury shockwave deflected the entire burst of Zommari's energy and hit him before resulting in an immense explosion that shoved the Espada far away from there. Now he was lying down on the ground in an extremely miserable condition because of the heavy loss of spirit and his Zanpakuto as well as because of all the deep injuries which he had sustained after the blast. "Fool! Now that he had lost his Zanpakuto… he is of no use to me," Gyuki spoke while walking towards Nnoitra who was trying to get up on his feet.

To be continued…