Author Notes: The next chapter following this one will be the finale of the Karakura High School Invasion first arc of the first part of this fanfic. Xcution will be on the way.
I decided for some of the OC to have Bankai because if Ikkaku was able to hide it despite being the Third Seat of the 11th Division, then why not anyone else.
Chapter 14: The Rain Ends Part 3
Ichigo looked with horror at the entity behind the girl- the Mori No Kinoko Jooe- a 6 feet tall, well endowed female tree humanoid with ankle length hair made of green bush leaves, two draconic Venus flytrap plants emerging from its shoulders, a lower dress with no visible legs that spread downwards into a series of wooden dwarf shaped dolls, slender tree bark arms wielding large mallets with a lucky clover insignia in the center and wearing a crop top made of leaves with a curvy midriff exposing figure. Her polished tree bark face was mouthless with the eyes of a gentle deer, elongated ears and a series of tree leaves that formed into feathery wings.
"What the fuck is that?! Old man didn't tell me about this!," Ichigo said with intense disbelief.
"You would've learned it if you had more time. Bankai: when a Soul Reaper goes beyond the limits of their initial sword release- one must be able to materialize and show their Zanpakuto spirit who their master is. Materialization means dragging the entity out of the inner world and manifesting it in the physical plane as an upgrade to the previous power the Soul Reaper had. A decade is usually needed to achieve it and more to master it fully- though abnormals are able to bypass those limitations. Despite being slaves to the Soul Reaper- once they achieve Bankai, they're able to increase their wielder's power dramatically," Grand Fisher explained.
"And the worst part of this is, she's not the only one who can do this.,"said Grand Fisher with glee.
Suddenly, a few of the Dolls began to recite their sword's true powers.
"Bankai: Konoyo no Jigoku (Hell On Earth)," said the 11th Division Calaveras Doll with the Hannya Mask
"Bankai: Subete No Shūhen Kumo (All Surrounding Cloud),"said the 8th Division Calaveras Doll with the puffy hair
"Bankai: Genjitsu Hasai Kiretsu (Reality Shattering Crack)" said the 5th Division Calaveras Doll with the ponytail.
"Bankai: Zen'no No Genshi Kyojin (Almighty Primordial Colossus)," said the 7th Division Calaveras Doll with the goatee.
"Bankai: Chūjitsuna Kikai Kōtei (Loyal Metal Emperor)," said the 1st Division Calaveras Doll with the white spiky hair.
Ichigo's eyes widened even further as he saw the Zanpakuto morph into forms of awe-inspiring power as their silhouette shadows engulfed the ground below.
Suddenly, Byakuya and Toshiro felt a massive Spiritual Pressure coming from the cemetery.
In front of them was Loly and Menoly- revived by Orihime's powers and restrained by Renji's admittedly unrefined Kido binding.
"I didn't think another Captain would come to take care of him this quickly," Byakuya said to himself.
Orihime healed Uryu with her Soten Kisshun.
"May you please let me down to where the others are," Orihime asked sweetly as Uryu grumbled in the background.
"You human are no longer apart of this," the 6th Captain said coldly.
Suddenly Orihime showed him one of his drawings that were highly detailed, which caused the 6th Captain to gasp.
This girl...She's surpassing both me and Rukia in illustrative talent!- We must learn her secrets!, thought Byakuya with wide eyes as he imagined he and his sister's incredibly poorly drawn rabbits and pickles.
"Alright teach my sister how to draw then you can go down there," He said as he lugged Orihime over his shoulder, slowly walked down and get her off his shoulders. Orihime gave a thumbs up as she initially was put over his shoulder.
"It must be what Grand Fisher bragged about- how he killed all those seat class Soul Reapers and that he can use them- as an Arrancar, especially in his Resurreccion state- that control must be good,"Loly smugly boasted to her captors.
"Arrancar can even do feats of this caliber," asked the white haired Captain.
"That Visored is going die horribly. You will soon follow in his footsteps," said Menoly until she felt Toshiro's Zanpakuto impale her through her right shoulder blade.
"You've been stubborn for the last several hours. My patience is wearing thin,"said the the 10th Captain, which caused the area to grow even colder than when Rukia released her power. Menoly became terrified with the potential threat of dying again
"Dumbass, I'd never tell you what Lord Aizen is planning," Loly yelled only to realize her mistake too late.
"Aizen...Captain Sosuke Aizen of the 5th Division," Byakuya said with a slightly more emotional voice. Rukia, Renji and Byakuya became wide-eyed and silent from this response.
"You imbecile, Loly...he's probably going to kill you now," Menoly warned her colleague.
"Crap," Loly said looking embarrassed
"You're lying," Toshiro said as he removed the blade from Menoly.
"More Importantly, I feel at least six are Captain level...one's on par with the Head Captain and one's so large that it made me think it was the Head Captain until I realized how different it felt- like a massive planet hovering above the world. Arrancar...so your comrade can use the dead as puppets," Byakuya said as he analyzed the situation at the gravesite.
"What's it to you...you're as cute as that cold chick when we were intimate earlier (Byakuya's eyes darkened). Want me to tell you how much we kiss-," Loly making lewd expressions while Menoly gave a "stop idiot, this is her brother- doing this is going to get you killed" annoyed facial gesture.
Byakuya severed Loly's leg off with a hint of anger in his actions
"AAAHH," Loly screamed in pain.
"Compared to what 1st, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 11th and 12th Division Captains could do to you...I'm a saint," Byakuya said with no tone of apology to his words.
"Ok, he controls the Soul Reaper powers he's killed through his Calaveras Dolls...the only way you could stop it if...you...had...someone...that...reverses...the...process...," Loly said in agon, but slowed down as she realized that Orihime could do such a feat.
Orihime gave thumbs up with an Ichigo-eque face.
Renji grabbed Orihime and Rukia by the collars of their outfits much to their shock.
"I'm sorry Captain- this is the best I could think of at the moment," he said as threw the girls over a great distance to the cemetery. Orihime managed to summon Santen Kisshun as they few at top speeds.
Renji gave a deadpan look as he expected Byakuya's next course of action. Toshiro looked with sighed as if he was also expecting this. Byakuya placed his sword vertically in front of his face,
"Shatter, Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)- Non Lethal Version," the 6th Captain declared as his sword separated into thousands of cherry blossom petals that whacked Renji across the face several times.
"I knew this was coming," Renji yelled as he fell down with his legs in the air after the beating was done.
"I can't find a replacement since you have potential to get stronger. So this is your punishment for treating Rukia like this," Byakuya said apathetically to the now unconscious Renji.
"Rukia...you better make you and that girl fix that mess over there unless you want Captain Kuchiki to do worse," Toshiro said with a small sweat drop on his brow.
Ichigo sees the figures in their post Bankai forms alongside the little girl.
The 11th Division figure had changed to a more demonic, armored form with black crow wings emerging from the back of her shoulder blades. Her face was now exposed to reveal a beautiful teenaged girl with crimson eyes with long black hair. She wore a black demonic themed samurai armor that was worn with a section of her neck, her endowed cleavage and her stomach with her navel exposed. Her shoes were clawed talons and her gauntlets were also clawed. Her helmet had a series of horns that pointed in each direction, wore massive shoulder armor plates and smooth, streamlined armor around her biscuits and thighs with chainmail covering the other parts. She wielded four katanas in each hand between the spaces of her digits, each having an eye that darted everywhere. And finally, a segmented pitchfork tail emerged from her tailbone.
The 8th Division figure manifested a large puffy, roundish, white eyed figure of purple color that seemed to be made of a cloud substance. several mini clouds formed as a halo above the entity's head. The halo sprinkled down droplets of honey that turned the area that it came in contact with softer.
The 5th Division figure now wore a priestess robes worn loosely to expose the sarashi and midriff, she had a series of rainbow themed crystals behind her. She wielded a katana whose blade seemed to be made of the cosmic sky.
The 7th Division figure's giant entity became more of an elemental golem embodiment rather than the wooly giant of its past form. It was made of primordial darkness that gave the basic shape of a large, featureless humanoid with three eyes of pink color, elongated frontal limbs with knuckled fists and frog like legs.
The 1st Division figure's small boy entity had grown into a fully armored Shogun with several Zanbato sheathed behind his back, a long regal cape of Western fashion, a royal knight visor and a breastplate showing a face of the Head Captain engraved in the center
Ichigo prepared for the worst- a feeling that was completely justified with the next assault.
When he tried to move forward, the dryad would wave her mallet causing him to somehow negate his actions that would have been unfortunate to her mistress.
The 11th Division girl stepped on the clothed part of Zangetsu and slashed Ichigo through the chest. The chest wounds emitted black, demonic hands that kept him from moving.
The 5th Division girl dropped in to strike Zangetsu...which momentarily became transparent and lacking in physical form. She also went to kiss Ichigo- though in her case, she grabbed the back of the Soul Reaper's head to prevent her from escaping. It wasn't out of romance- it was to set up the next attack.
Droplets of honey fell on Ichigo, causing to transform into a rounder, pillow figure with Ichigo's features,
Then a fist from the black behemoth and a Zanbato struck Ichigo from either side, cracking his spine. The droplets of honey stopped and the figures went back to their previous positions
Ichigo fell down...defeated. Grand Fisher zoomed down with the most horrifying expression ever- the pinks and black ripples enlarged as more enlarged within them, his maw warped into a outstretched, crescent grin
"This time, stay dead. I know about your siblings. Tell me which one can't see ghosts as well...sometimes not knowing what's after making a more delicious fear," said the Arrancar with extremely large pupil eyes and an "o" shaped mouth as he slowly lowered one of his cross blades to impale Ichigo through the brain.
"Fukui-To-Katto-San-Togatta-Yajirushi-Hoo," said a familiar voice, which got Ichigo's attention.
Suddenly a phoenix flew around all of Calaveras Dolls that Grand Fisher had summoned. Grand Fisher instinctively detached his strings and moved far away from the area before he was completely trapped in the half oval. Soon the area cleared and several souls with a few exceptions began to float into the multi colored gate at the furtherest reaches of the sky, others entered the Shoji leading into the Soul Society and others were impaled by a single sword by a large arm that dragged them into the Gates of Hell. A few reformed as infants heading to hospitals to be reborn because they had already gone to the Soul Society once.
"I sense Toshiro is growing into a fine man...Shiroa, I get to join you now...," said the white haired old man as he floated into the rainbow-eque gate.
"I got to hit that bastard once and he's screwed...Captain Gin...I showed him," said a upturned nosed young man who separated into particles and reformed as an infant spirit that flew in the distance to Europe.
"A gentle power...I can now move to the higher plane of existence," said the large bald man with his octopus as floated into the rainbow gate.
"Young Master Kuchiki...you have inherited the title of being the Head of the family, in my humility, I can see no greater reward...," said the pale green haired elderly gentleman as he floated into the rainbow gate.
"Fuck, all that shit I pulled had to have some comeuppance- at least that bastard who dragged me down- I can drag him down with me," the pompadoured haired man laughed madly as the blade impaled him and dragged him into the Gates of Hell.
"Shunsui-sweetie...I messed up...don't regret my loss...you still have people to look after you...even our...," said the puffy lavender haired girl as she floated into the rainbow gate.
"Yo Kaname, Hear what I say. Friends are my path, don't feel that wrath. Heading High, Blind Guy," the shades wearing man sang in a calmer voice than usual as he floated up into the rainbow gate.
"Heh, I was remembered, my name is Kurikaesu Futatabi-Kurikaeshimasu...my name is Kurikaesu Futatabi-Kurikaeshimasu...I wonder if should be an eagle next...people remember those things...," said the odd haired man as he reformed oddly into an eagle egg and went to North America.
A Man heading to the Cemetery
"Huh- I felt a lot of spirits including Captain level spiritual pressures- then some calmed down and the rest passed on. What's goin' on," asked a voice of a man with an expression that focused on the upper up of his teeth. He continued heading to the cemetery.
All Captains
Every one of the Captains suddenly felt relief for some reason in their hearts- except Sosuke Aizen.
"Grand Fisher...I had too much faith in him," he said with a smile hiding his fury.
Roofless Throne Room
The old man sitting on the throne smirked with quiet pride, "I knew there was a reason that I wanted her. Grand Fisher, you've outlived your usefulness- die knowing you've helped my kingdom to grow stronger."
White Throne Room
"Grand Fisher, your mistake thinking that the fate of my heir...," the man with the mutton chop mustache said with confidence before stopping.
"...was in the hands of mere puppet like yourself," A woman continued his sentence as if they were the same person. She wore a white mask with black covered eye holes and a downwards arrow insignia in the middle of the mask, long light brown hair emerged from the sides of the mask. She sat at the furthest right of the 26 thrones between the mutton chop mustache man
Karakura Cemetery
Ichigo saw Orihime and Rukia as they had landed to the right side of him- it turned that Orihime used her phoenix technique too early and the two landed with a cushion. Thankfully though, they were tougher than they looked. In addition, the 2nd, 5th, 11th, 12th and 13th Division members that were apart of Grand Fisher's All Star Cast remained alive for some reason. More importantly, he was back to normal
"I'm not going to ask when you learned how to fly, but thank you," Ichigo replied genuinely.
"Where's your mask...and why are fighting Pinocchio?" Orihime asked Ichigo an odd question with wide eyed curiosity.
"I'll tell you about it once I've avenged my mother- no the people he's killed," Ichigo answered as he turned back
"M-my ultimate collection- my All Star Cast...it's ruined YOU FUCKING BRATS!," Grand Fisher after being suffering rage, mentally instability and supreme confidence- finally began his villainous breakdown into absolute despair.
"So your play was a flop, I have a better one...it's called White Dance Waltz with the Moon Slayer," said Rukia looking confidently as Grand Fisher.
Chapter 15: The Rain Ends Part 4
