Bleach 514: The Last words of Genryusai Shikeguni Yamamoto.
2 days prior to the attack on Soul Society.
A captain's council is in place. All the captains are lined up apart from Unohona and Kurotsuchi.
Ukitake: All preparations are almost complete. The divisions have all been deployed across seraiti strategically. At present the Vice captains are staying together centrally and will deploy accordingly once the battle commences.
Yamamoto: Hmph
Hitsugaya: Captain Commander, should we not also make Kurosaki Ichigo aware of the impending battle, the report from the 12th division indicates that the enemy may be interested in him as well.
Yamamoto: No, this is not a battle that requires his assistance.
Ukitake: Captain Kurotsuchi believes that the enemies actions, in Kurosaki Ichigo's case, were merely to scout him due to his connection with us otherwise there would have been a more substantial attack made against him.
Yamamoto: The enemy has been hiding like rats in the background. Their announcement of war means that their plans are complete. All that is left to do is meet them on the field of battle.
Shinji: Hey old man, don't you think you should get your arm fixed if you want to join this fight?
Scene Switch to the Captain Commanders quarters
Ukitake and kyoaraku stand facing the captain commander
Ukitake: Captain Hirako did have a point Yamaji.
Yamamoto:…
Kyoraku: If the enemy has been preparing all this time then declaring battle means they believe they can counter us effectively.
Ukitake: Both from the information that sasakibe passed on before his death
A look of sadness and pain crosses the captain commanders face at the mention of his previous vice captain
Ukitake: and from the information that has been provided by Kurosaki Ichigo it seems clear that the enemy has indeed managed to figure out a way to stop our bankai completely, though in Kurasaki Ichigo's case it seems not to have worked.
Kyoraku: Yamaji, in such a situation don't you think it would be best to have you completely healed and at full strength. With an enemy that can conceal themselves so quietly and attack us so easily…if they can even stop our bankai then we may need you.
Yamamoto: Do the both of you think that I do not already know all this?
Ukitake/Kyoraku:?!
The captain commanders voice is rough and low. He sighs and moves towards the balcony looking out on Seraitei.
Yamamoto: The monster has returned Kyoraku, and this time it will not so easily be turned away.
Ukitake:?
Kyoraku: ...! Him, now?!
Scene switch to the present moment
We see Ichigo lying unconscious on a floor. He is encircled by a complex looking diagram drawn on the floor. He seems to be in a dark rocky cavern. A little way away we see Yoruichi sitting on the floor, tears can still be seen clearly falling down her face.
Yoruichi: it is done, everything went according to plan.
We see a figure in the shadows of the cavern, indistinguishable because of the gloom.
Mysterious voice: Yes it seems so does it not, down to the very last detail. That man was more calculating than i ever gave him credit, indeed he never did anything without reason.
Yoruichi: Don't speak of him in such a tone!
Mysterious voice: You mistake me lady Shihouin, I have only praise for the man who planned so far ahead even past his own demise...though I do wonder
Yoruichi: ...
You see the feet of the mysterious man step out of the gloom walking towards ichigo.
Mysterious voice: Was he really being kind to this boy...or was he just another pawn in his plans for the future he wished for?!
You see the face of Ishida's father looking down at Ichigo, he has a smirk on his face and standing behind him you see the saddened face of Ishida Uryu.
Scene switch back to 2 days ago with the captain commander, Kyoraku and Ukitake.
Yamamoto: before the creation of the Gotei 13, half of soul society burned in the battle to defeat him. A monster worse than Aizen.
Kyoraku: But surely you defeated him before yamaji, and now with us-
Yamamoto: Kyoraku, Aizen chose to fight me on earth for a reason. He knew that I wouldn't be able to release my bankai there, doing so would have destroyed the whole town as well as tearing the apart their ozone layer
Ukitake: ...
Yamamoto: In an all out battle between us he would surely have lost, something he was very much aware of, which is why he never attempted to openly stand against me here...But to defeat this enemy I would have to be stronger…
Ukitake/Kyoraku:…
Yamamoto:…Strong enough to let the whole of soul society burn, strong enough to let everyone turn to ash just to defeat him. I am no longer as strong as that anymore.
Ukitake: but if the enemy's that strong shouldn't you be as strong as possible yamaji?!
Yamamoto: If war has been declared than he has already prepared to face me and believes can defeat me. This is not a rash enemy to falsely believe such a thing.
Ukitake: but-
Yamamoto: The reports on the attack on Kurosaki Ichigo and Sasakibe indicate that the enemy can either make our Bankai Vanish... Or steal them from us
Kyoraku/Ukitake:!
Yamamoto: in the unlikely scenario that they can use our own Bankai's against us, restoring myself to my full power would be an act of foolishness when he has already planned on how to defeat me.
Ukitake:...he? Who is this enemy Yamaji, the captains need to know what he is capable of.
Yamamoto: Since the formation of the Gotei 13 there has been one unbreakable rule, one rule for which no explanation has ever been given or recorded anywhere , one which has been punishable only by death, one which both of you have in the past have considered foolish.
Kyoraku/Ukitake:?
As he says this Yamaji turns around to face both of the captains. As he face them Kurotsuchi Mayuri steps out from behind the curtains that were hanging on either side of the balcony
Kyoraku/Ukitake:?
Kurotsuchi: The one rule that in the history of the Gotei 13 has only ever been broke twice. The rule for a shinigami to never transfer or share his powers with another.
Yamamoto: Now let me tell you of the monster that is Juha Bach!
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