Everlasting Reflections: The Moon Underwater

Arc II: Dawn of Dreams

Chapter 49: Abduction of Espadas IV


Now both Harribel and Stark were waiting for him to speak something to know his stand. However, Barragan didn't say anything but the next moment he shocked both of them by summoning the battle-ax in his hand.

"Barragan, I think you need to know a few things before you raise your weapon," Harribel spoke abruptly to prevent a possible unnecessary battle. "Harribel, I don't think you can tell me something which I can't anticipate at the moment," he replied. "None of us wants to fight against you, Number 2," Stark spoke in a serious tone while loading his pistols.

"You have to listen…" Harribel insisted in a serious tone. "Tell him, Harribel," Stark muttered while pointing one of his pistols towards Barragan. "You might have anticipated by now that Lord Sesshomaru has resurrected you and we are no longer a part of the Aizen's army… but what you need to know is, he has betrayed us… after you and Stark died, he…" She said to Barragan but was interrupted in between. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha… he might have tried to kill you, isn't it? So what if he betrayed us or even tried to kill us? Even if he wouldn't, I was going to kill him because he took my throne away from me… because of him, I am no longer the King of the Hueco Mundo," Barragan spoke while slowly getting angry upon remembering the day when Aizen, Gin, and Tosen attacked him.

Now Barragan began to raise his spiritual pressure which alarmed both Stark and Harribel while Sesshomaru was silently observing everything that was happening between them. "What exactly do you intend to do, Barragan? We should combine our powers to fight against Aizen… don't waste this second chance provided to us by Lord Sesshomaru," She said in order to convince him once again. "Harribel, are you forgetting your place? I am the true King of Hueco Mundo and I will punish Aizen but don't you dare to boss around in my presence… moreover, you should refer me as your Lord instead of this damn creature," He replied to her in a rude tone while pointing towards Sesshomaru. "You are out of your mind," she mumbled furiously. "We are free now, Barragan… the sooner you realize it, the better it would be," Stark said in a serious tone.

Upon listening to the words of Stark and Harribel, he got overwhelmed with immense anger and the next moment, he swung his battle-ax on both of them. However, before any of them could have responded to it, Sesshomaru blocked it with his Bakusaiga. Suddenly the Segunda Espada unleashed one of his lethal techniques Respira. Both Stark and Harribel backed off to a safe distance while Sesshomaru simply released a huge amount of his demonic spiritual pressure to counter it. Now the Daiyokai didn't waste any moment in using his superior physical might and push Barragan away from him. "You two should stay out of this fight," Sesshomaru told both Harribel and Stark while staring at Barragan.

On the other hand, the Segunda Espada began to move swiftly around Sesshomaru and shoot powerful waves of Respira at him from different angles. However, he easily dodged some of them by using his superior demonic speed while the remaining ones he deflected using the powerful energy waves from his Bakusaiga. After sometime Barragan realized that he will never be able to touch him at this rate and thus he stopped at one place in order to devise a plan to get him. "You don't seem to do a fatal attack, why?" He asked. "It's quite simple Barragan, your head is more useful to me when it is on your shoulders not off of them," Sesshomaru answered while tightening his grip on the hilt of his sword.

Sesshomaru's words greatly infuriated him and the next moment he rushed towards him while burning with anger. But before he could have reached him, everyone present there got shook by an immensely powerful spiritual pressure that was coming from the dimensional distortion nearby them in the sky. "It's one of them," Sesshomaru mumbled while his eyes got widened upon realizing the danger of the situation. "What are you talking about Lord Sesshomaru? Who is he?" Harribel asked him. "Demons of hell… they are trying to abduct the Espadas," he replied. "Oh," she responded.

Now a greyish blue and stocky build Serpent Demon of hell appeared out of the portal generated by the dimensional distortion. He was wearing a mouthpiece that was looking like fangs with visual traits similar to a medieval interrogator or executioner. He had comparatively large hands and a wider waist with somewhat shorter legs but he wasn't too short in comparison of a human. Except for the executioner-like mouthpiece, he was wearing a huge armor at his torso that was covering him up to the waist.

"He seems to be really powerful, even more than this white-haired demon," Lilynette spoke to Stark. "Hmm…" he responded.

"Haha today is my lucky day, top three Espadas gathered at one place, great!" That infernal demon spoke loudly with joy while Harribel and Stark prepared to defend themselves. "Who are you?" Sesshomaru asked him. "I am Diamondback and I am grateful to you for reviving these Espadas for me… now step aside and let me capture all of them," He replied while moving towards Harribel and Stark. However, before he could have reached close to them, a powerful energy wave from Bakusaiga hit him hard. It not only pushed him away but also Bakusaiga's energy started to flow in his entire body, causing a severe burning sensation. Diamondback immediately charged his demonic energy to get rid of that sensation and then he spoke to Sesshomaru, "it seems that your sword is indeed very troublesome, you lowly demon… I have got no choice but to dispose of you before I capture them."

Now Diamondback rushed towards Sesshomaru with immense speed and clashed his reaper with the Bakusaiga but eventually, he overpowered the Daiyokai and pushed him towards the ground. However, Sesshomaru regained his posture in the midair and successfully landed on his feet. Now without wasting any moment, Diamondback threw his reaper towards the ground with great momentum. The hilt of his reaper hit the ground hard and ruptured it in a huge area due to which several tall buildings crumbled down on Sesshomaru in no time. But the infernal demon didn't stop here. He immediately generated orbs of greyish-purple demonic energy on the palm of his hands and began to fire them towards the rubble causing non-stop explosions.

Suddenly several wolves made up of energy attacked Diamondback from all sides, engulfing him into a powerful energy-blast on Stark's command while Harribel quickly rushed towards the rubble in order to find Sesshomaru. However, before she could have reached there, Barragan appeared right in front of her and asked in a taunting manner, "Where are you going?" She answered him by activating the Trident technique. She infused her sword with her spirit energy, causing it to glow before she fired a high-force slash from her sword on Barragan, shoving him out of her way.

On the other hand, Stark was carefully avoiding Diamondback while continuously firing Ceros on him. However, this trick didn't last long as eventually, the infernal demon jumped very high, dodging his Ceros and shooting an orb of demonic energy at him simultaneously. After Stark fell in the rubble as well, he quickly rushed towards Harribel while Barragan returned to his senses as well and decided to attack her with a fatal blow. "Ha ha ha ha ha… now you are done, Tercera Espada," the Segunda Espada muttered in a cunning manner while raising his spiritual pressure.

"Res..aaarrgghhckk!" Barragan groaned while falling back upon being hit by a powerful tricolor Cero during the initiation of his Respira technique. Harribel's eyes got widened upon sensing familiar spiritual pressures and she immediately looked towards the source of that tricolor Cero, forgetting about the Diamondback who had almost swung his reaper on her. "Azure Dragon Wave!" Sesshomaru's voice echoed and the next moment a powerful wave of demonic energy shoved the infernal demon away from her.

"Apacci, Mila Rose, Sung-Sun..." She mumbled with a surprise upon seeing them. "Harribel-Sama, we are here to protect you," All the three of them responded while rushing towards her. Stark came out of the rubble as well while Sesshomaru was also ready to continue the fight.

"Demon… if we combine our power then we can defeat them easily," Barragan said to Diamondback upon getting frustrated to see them together. "Indeed we can but I don't have time for it," Diamondback replied and the next moment the blade of his reaper was penetrating the belly of Segunda Espada. "We will meet again, just wait…" the infernal demon spoke before he disappeared in a dimensional distortion along with Barragan.


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 character i.e. "Diamondback" which I have introduced in this chapter is not going to have his original plot (from Warriors Orochi 4: Ultimate) but also not very different though, there were only minor modifications. According to my story, he is a demon of hell but a henchman 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…