Author Notes: This chapter contains some massive spoilers in my Bleach Rinse fanfic concerning the current identity of Xipe Totec of the Seasons- one of the Dios Huecoses. Also Chad's family's connection to the supernatural might be spoiled in this chapter as well. So proceed with caution. I chose these to go with Chad's Giant and Devil theme to his powers
So it was mentioned that Ginjo was a former Substitute Soul Reaper, but we never learned of his Zanpakuto's name- only the Full-Bring sword. I doubt that they were one and the same or at the very least, he was hiding the name of his regular Zanpakuto for his own personal reams- probably not revealed due to lack of chapters due to the series being cut short.
Also this chapter marks a major departure between Yhwach's behavior and power functions of the manga and the one for this fanfic, its direct sequel and Bleach Rinse- as you read on. Though, considering this is a parallel universe, this is to be expected of these changes.
Chapter 23: Temporada y Diablo (Season and Devil)
Chad looked at the source of the green light as it dimmed to reveal what had occurred.
The bunny toy had shrunk to its normal size and the man with combed back hair had turned the cross pendant he was wearing as a necklace into a large Claymore that he was now wielding in one of his arms.
The blade was a long, very wide, double-edged form of a longsword. The crossguard consisted of a small red gem at the center and two straight ornate arms ending in simplistic version of a fleur-de-lis. The sword's handle ran through its guard, continuing on through a gold hollow space at the base of its blade. The handle was almost the same length of the blade itself.
"Cross of Scaffold. My Full-Bring is more of an Object type, centered around an object I have an affinity with. Yours is a Clad type, it's clad on your body instead of manifesting on just the object. There are Animated and other unique types, but they're rare.," the man explained to Chad while placing the blade over his shoulders.
Chad stood silently with no response.
So this is the Full-Bringer powers he was talking about. It seems that he's still keeping a lot of information about what he actually do with the power. And I feel like he's similar to Ichigo for some reason., Chad thought to himself.
"Sorry to not introduce myself. Kūgo Ginjō, Giriko Kutsuzawa. Shūkurō Tsukishima. And finally, Riruka Dokugamine. We're part of a Full-Bring group called Xcution. Do you still feel like not joining?," the comb haired man now referred as Kūgo as he pointed to each of the people present and asked Chad again. Again, there was no response, instead there was a question.
"You said that there were a few here. I think Uryu is one, any others?," Chad asked sternly.
"Ryūken Ishida. Kanae Katagiri. Karin, Yuzu...and Ichigo Kurosaki. They're the last Quincy on the entire planet that haven't joined the Silbern group. Ryūken and Kanae we may have to lure with the death of their son to make them distracted enough to be killed more easily. Isshin will need the stronger Full-Bringers to execute him before the day we depart to kill the rest in Silbern after he lunges at us to avenge his daughters and...wait, Ichigo- that's the same name you mentioned- so he's the true identity of the masked Soul Reaper.," Giriko the man with the strap over his eye explained in a cold tone of apathy.
"That's a shame. He seemed like he would've been a great help.," Kūgo spoke with regret as he scratched his head.
"Wait, I can understand Uryu's face since it's likely inherited by heritage. I don't see how Karin, Yuzu and Ichigo play into this...Hold on how are they Quincy?!," Chad raised his voice, demanding more clarification.
"Sigh, it's their mother, Masaki Kurosaki- she was a Quincy, but not only that. She was the latest in a long line of Head Quincy that dominate over all of the others. She got mortally wounded by a Hollow and an odd creature. So Ryūken gave her to his grandmother's people to save her and make her into a proper Head Quincy. The kids don't have any idea of the whole truth- but being half Quincy is enough to kill them. It's so that they don't develop Quincy powers and be a threat to us.," said Tsukishima said with a calm expression that contrasted the horrible implications that he was suggesting.
Chad's Spiritual Power increased drastically again.
"Brazo Izquierda del Diablo (Left Arm of the Devil).," Chad instinctively spoke out as his left arm became covered in a liquid that solidified as an armor. The arm was now white with a red stripe running down the length of the center. His fingertips had red diamond shaped marks on them. A spike protruded from the shoulder. and two more, resembling claws, extended over his chest.
"Yuzu and Karin are Ichigo's sisters, he told me once about his family. I don't know much on the situation, but since you're not only going after my friend, but innocent children- I have to stop you.," Chad told the Full-Bringers with a tranquil fury.
He's getting stronger every second. This is bad!, thought Kūgo in a serious mindset as he raised his blade.
"Let's go somewhere else. This could involve citizens at this point. You wouldn't want to hurt them as much as I do.," Kūgo pointed his thumb to outside of the room.
"Yet, you would kill two kids because-," Chad argued until Riruka let out her Spiritual Pressure.
"Dollhouse- Create Pass.," said Riruka. She generates a small, heart-shaped object- the "pass" in her left hand as she gave a thumbs up, which had the letter "R" on it, and then launched it at Chad. Once the pass was attached, she said this to Chad.
"I permit you."
Suddenly, Chad was shrunken down as he was sucked into the bunny rabbit in a wave of pink energy in order to accommodate the size of the toy she pulled him into.
"My Full-Bring gives me the ability to freely move people and objects into or out of cute things I adore by uttering the command I permit you. A less cute explanation is that I can transfer a target into an object. It also draws out the maximum power of the object I fall in love with. ," Riruka explained to the doll.
"Empty Grassland outside of the cities.," She asked Kūgo as if she already knew the answer.
"Empty Grassland outside of the cities.," Kūgo answered as if this was a regular routine for him.
The four went outside Chad's room through the window and used their odd green light to run in the air towards a certain destination outside of town.
Empty Grassland outside of Karakura Town
"Achoo.,"She sneezed, causing her ability to deactivate returning Chad who she placed into the bunny to normal. Chad now saw that he was in an empty grassland area outside of Karakura Town.
"You didn't need to worry- if the container affected by Dollhouse is destroyed, its contents are forced out and go back to normal.," Riruka told Chad as he regained consciousness.
"So are you going to face me?" He asked the girl with his eyes covered by his hair.
Riruka suddenly materialized white bands of armor covering her forearms with two yellow spikes in the area of each of her hands and the pieces on her hat taking the form of rabbit-like ears. She also had a yellow collar around her neck and pink tie with white armor covering her chest shaped like a broken heart as well as her legs. She then threw a punch at Chad who blocked it, causing a shock-wave to occur in the grassland. Chad noticed that he had skidded a few inches back.
"I'm the strongest of the original Xcution group. Tsukishima and Kūgo are better at planning things than me.," Riruka said as she deactivated her power and went with Giriko and Tsukishima.
"Her Spiritual Pressure amount is low Head Captain level with her ability. Mine is just well badass, pretty meager in comparison. Why am the one calling the shots and not her? It's simple- experience.," Kūgo told Chad with a narrow gaze.
"As her elder?," Chad asked the sword wielding Full-Bringer, causing Riruka to pout in annoyance.
"No, it's about battle experience- as in a job that you have to kill monsters everyday. The time I spent on that job would be the average lifespan of male human being- in that time, I got a ton of experience! To beat you into joining us.," Kugo explained to Chad as he raised his currently weapon free hand.
"What kind of job was it that makes you say that?," asked Chad in a stoic expression.
"Substitute Soul Reaper.," Kūgo said in a grave tone as Chad's eyes widened as he felt the Spiritual Pressure from the man.
"Bring to Justice, Seiken (Holy Sword).," Kūgo recited as he manifested a second weapon from his free hand. It was a large bladed katana with yellow crosses in the center. It had a tsuba that had the shape of angel wings with a yellow circular halo in the middle. its pommel had a crucifix end.
This created the impressive image of a man capable of wielding two massive swords and caused Chad to hallucinate a skeletal monster with a cross shaped slit visor on covering the top of its head and threatening to eat him alive.
As the man breathed slowly, he suddenly zoomed at Chad in the span of a millisecond, who barely had enough time to block the strike with the right arm. Kugo smiled- he anticipated that Chad would react this way and kneed him in the stomach.
The other Full-Bringers looked on as Chad was slowly pushed back by Kūgo's combined Soul Reaper and Full-Bringer powers that proved superior to Chad's newly awakened, but unmastered technique.
This led into Chad having to block every strike with all of his newfound strength, whenever he would attempt to strike with the left arm, Kugo would dodge them. Whenever, he blocked with his right arm, Kūgo would hit from the side that wasn't guarded. Gradually, he wore down Chad's newly acquired stamina from the powers he just awoke.
"You just awoke your powers yesterday- it's impressive how you've grown, but you're still a novice. I've had mine for more than 200 years. Try beating me when you have an experience that ranges over 1000 years- till then, you're just a kid to me.," boasted Kugo in a stern expression as he flash stepped behind Chad's back ready to use his two weapons.
Chad was overwhelmed by the dual blade strikes and was about to be hit with a blow intended to knock him out.
Suddenly, Chad stopped moving and Kūgo stopped his action.
Kūgo did not does this out of restraint- he was wary of a sound now being heard from Chad's arms- loud heartbeats that somehow made Chad's Spiritual Pressure fade.
That's not it. It's like it's become so massive that it's not able to be sensed anymore. What are you Yasutora? The few parts that I am sensing aren't Full-Bringer...let alone Human!, Kūgo thought with a cautious mindset.
"Soul Reaper...," said the unconscious Chad in a voice that was ancient and haunting that caused Kūgo to hallucinate a massive downward pointed horned demon and a yellowish gray entity to appear and look down at the Full-Bringer with the gaze one would give an ant.
Kūgo then leaped back instinctively as Chad was then covered in a divided mix of dark red aura like a Hollow on one side and an aura that looked like erupting magma on the other. The Full-Bringers stared at the sight with confusion of what would happen.
The aura cleared to show Chad in an entirely different form and very odd as it was divided into two halves that couldn't be anymore different.
On his right half, his skin was yellowish-gray with his wide opened mouth, lips, hands and legs draped in red coloring. He had several sleeve extensions on his right arm/leg that ended in flat appendages that hanged loosely, which resembled flayed human skin hands. He had vertical stripes stripes running down from his forehead to his chin, going across his non-visible right eye. His ear had large hole in the center. He carried a yellow shield divided into four sections- spring, summer, fall and winter illustrated in the center held in his left hand, which had a segmented extension that connected to a large jug filled with seeds that levitated over the right side of his body- it had the words "Xipe Totec of Seasons" engraved on the lid of the jug. Noticeably, he was a large Hollow hole on the right half of where his stomach would be. He wore a pointed cap and had a rattle staff on his back.
His left side was that of a lava-rock skinned demon humanoid with a downward pointed curved horn, a large crimson bat like wing coming from his left shoulder blade, a cloven hoofed foot and the left half of his face now had a demonic skull visage. A tail that ended in a barb emerged from the left side of his tailbone. He wielded a gauntlet glove that was covered in metallic thorns. Volcanic fluid dripped from his mouth as he breathed out.
Chad stared at Kūgo with his left eye- a black void with a blue ember in the center.
Chapter 24: Hollow Guardian/Infernal Devil
