Chapter 47: World on Fire
"Aizen." Hirako felt his hollow rattle in the cage he had built around it over the years at the mere name of the traitor. His eyes darkened ever so sligutly. Oh, he was going to enjoy this fight. Without another word the two men raced at each other. Their blades crashing against on another. Sparks fell as they clashed.
"Ichi!" Shiro cried out as he sensed someone coming at them from behind. Pink petals missed bi-secting them by mere millimeters. "Shit!"
"You are a disgrace for allowing a hollow to consume you." Byakuya's voice echoed across from the combined teens.
"Really?" they both deadpanned. "Does the guy really not notice we're not going on a kill rampage attack?"
"Big brother!" Rukia called from the ground.
"We shall talk later, Rukia." Byakuya wasn't too happy with her for not eliminating this teen when she had the chance. He raised his hand calling his blades back to attack them. "For her sake I will make this quick." The petals rushed at the teens from all sides. Spinning their two blades, the combined teens tried to reflect them. Using sonido they appeared behind Byakuya with their sword in an X pattern around his neck. Byakuya froze, having not sensed the movement of the being.
"Idiot." The warbler voice spoke. "If we were your enemy, you'd be dead." He removed the blades from Byakuya's neck. "Just protect Rukia."
Shinji growled lightly. He'd always known Aizen had been holding back during their duals years ago, but not to this extent! He stepped back several stances from him. He was his about to be forced to use his shikai. When he suddenly felt something, something in his soul crack. That last strike hadn't felt right.
"What a fierce look you have, Hirako. Have you just realized that you last strike wasn't against me?" At that moment Shinji watched as Hiyori dropped from the sky from behind Aizen. "It would seem those eyes have finally come back to life after a hundred years."
Ichigo and Shiro caught the injured visored girl who was bleeding from a strike against her chest. Blood began seeping from her shoulder to her stomach. "How did he not know..." Shiro asked Ichigo. It then occurred to them at the same time. They're still under his illusions!
Shit! Shit! Shiiiit! Shiro began cursing as they raced towards Orihime's side. They skidded to a stop in front of her. Renji, a blonde girl and two others stepped back, with raised swords. "Orihime!" the warbled voice yelled at her, startling the young girl.
"Y-Yes?" she answered as Chad stepped between her and their hollowfied friend.
The combined teens stepped up to the giant and handed over the injured visored. "Heal her!" They then turned to help Hirako when they felt a build up of energy. side
"Sakanade!"
They all watched the sword change its shape. The handle was circular with a blade that had hoped in the blade. Hirako began spinning it. Gin's head rested on Matsumoto's lap. He couldn't move at all and it wasn't because of the kido spell on him. He truly believed his back may have been broken by those kids. Ah, Hirako is angry. He closed his eyes. Not good. Aizen will see through your shikai.
"Welcome, to the introverted world." Hirako grinned. "Where everything is in reverse." He rushed at Aizen, though Aizen turned to strike the opposite direction, only to be struck on the upper shoulder. "Can you really keep up with all that's in reverse here? Even if you are able to react, it's almost impossible to control your reflexes." He began using do as step. Trying to confuse the psychopath that had once been his lieutenant. "Over here!" He called, causing Aizen to turn, only to strike from another position.
"This is nothing more than a visual illusion." Aizen stated as he struck Hirako from his true position. Only for his blade to strike against the smaller black and white blade of zangetsu.
Shinji's eyes widened. In his two hundred odd years since discovering his shikai, nobody had ever discovered the truth of it; until now.
"Run." The combined teens warbled voice warned him. Hirako thankfully listened.
"Hmm." Aizen hummed. "Do you truly think you can take me on in that form, Beast?"
Shiro grinned in their shared inner world. "He has no idea the whoop ass he's in for."
Ichigo grinned back at his brother. "Should we go for form two?"
Shiro's smiled broadening at this. "And ruin the surprise?"
The Beastial form just grinned under the mask before standing a bit straighter. "You have no idea..." they growled at him before vanishing from his sight. Aizen's smile disappeared as he spun around to block the first strike, what he wasn't prepared for was the tail grabbing his leg and throwing him down onto the ground. With no time to take a breath, the teens sent down their strongest cero towards the ground.
Hachi conjured up one of his strongest shield barriers. As the blast hit the ground it turned everything on the other side into an inferno, burning and consuming everything in its path. Hachi grunted at he began having a hard time keeping the barrier up when he felt the strength of the barrier strengthen as both the now awake Captain Soi Fon and Yoruichi touched the surface of the barrier to add their strength to it.
The combined teens landed on the ground ready for the next attack. As the dust settled Aizen stood looking a bit rattled but very much alive. His rage began to show. "You cannot win boy! You are nothing but a human with a hollowed soul! You are not going to defeat me when not even Kisuke Urahara could and he was tens of time stronger than you!"
The boys grinned once more. "Who do you think our teacher is?" Aizen's eyes widened as the hollowed boy reached for his mask and cracked it, but instead of the spiritual energy being released, it was pulled inwardly. Standing there, the dual teens grinned as their form was taken in by the man before them. On one side of his body was the orange haired boy with brown, golden speckled eyes and on the other half was the white haired boy with black and golden eyes with a single horn upon his head and a red line drawn down the left side of their face. What was impossible was the fact that their combined spiritual energy should have been sensed by all like it was in the first form, but in the form Aizen sensed nothing. Their sword had combined as well. What had been two swords was now one sword that was large, heavy looking zanpakuto with black and white lines drawn upon it.
You're running out of time! Tense warned them as the boys grasped their sword and was about to strike when Aizen raised his hand at them.
"The oozing crest of corruption, The arrogant vessel of madness..." Aizen's voice echoed
Isshin's eyes widened as he recognized the words being spoken. "No!" He was grasped by those around him, the older captains felt for the man but couldn't allow him to be killed as well. "
Filled with rage that this boy, this human would stand before him and undo everything he had worked centuries towards, Aizen finished the spell. "Hado 90: kurohitsugi."
A black box surrounded the combined teens in a single moment with crosses appearing on top as the spell took full form. The pure blackness, dark feeling inside was incomprehensible, but fear wasn't what they felt. Holding out their hand with Zengetsu they began concentrating their combined energies. One last shot.
Ouside gasped filled the crowd as Aizen turned towards them, he opened his mouth to speak when suddenly the black box began to crack. Aizen turned his head, eyes wide as the entire spell shattered when suddenly thousands of arrows enhanced by a cero came for at him and struck Aizen. Forcing him back against Hachi's barrier. The shield barrier began to crack for the force being emanated from inside the still shattering black box. Other captains and lieutenants ran towards the barrier, adding their own energy to it in order to keep it up.
As the energy dissipated, the black box shattered completely revealing two separated teens. Both looking a bit haggard and tired but very much alive. They raised their swords. "How? How can you be this strong?" Aizen asked with disbelief as he slid down the kido barrier. "You're nothing!"
Shiro gave one of his many hollowish grins. "We're not nothing."
"We're hybrids." Ichigo answered. "I'm human, quincy and shinigami."
"I'm a fuckin' hollow reincarnated human who kept some hollow aspects." Shiro stated as one eye looked towards Isshin. "I've been kicked around, made fun of, hated by my own father and was still loved by the woman who gave birth to us.
"We're not perfect," Ichigo shrug. "but together we can defeat you."
"Besides, ya kind of piss us off." Shiro stated gaining a look from Ichigo. "What? He does."
Aizen went to grab his sword that had fallen when he had crashed to the ground. Only when he did, the sword was blown away by a red line of energy. Turning his head, he was a single figure standing looking singed around his green and white striped haori and blonde hair. His dark grey eyes looked angrily at Aizen.
There stood Kisuke Urahara, in the flesh.
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