Volume 1: Overflowed Ideal of Reality

by combatlighting

The battle against the Bounts left Ichigo tired and weary. Hoping to return to a more simple life, he would quickly find his world turning upside down. Granted unwanted powers by the hands of fate, Ichigo is left to travel down the path of Hero once more in a way he never thought possible, all the while preparing for the inevitable arrival of Aizen and his Legion of Hollows

33. Pride, Perfection, Barbarians

Nnoitra struck one of his scythes down at Kenpachi, who blocked it by clashing his sword against it. "So you finally decided to fight me, eh?" Kenpachi showed an excited grin plastered onto his face as the battle between him and the Espada began. The Captain of Squad 11, despite him managing to block Nnoitra's weapon, was getting pushed back by the Espada's overwhelming force. This didn't bother Kenpachi in the slightest.

"You mocking me or somethin'?" Nnoitra was not pleased by the Captain's reaction.

"Hm?" Kenpachi wrinkled his left eye in confusion, but nevertheless still kept up that grin of his.

"You lookin' to die as well you pretentious prick?!" Nnoitra pushed back Kenpachi's sword and went ahead to slash his shoulder, pouring out blood in doing so.

Kenpachi stretched his shoulder, as he didn't seem to be bothered by the blood. "That's all you got?"

"You haven't seen the full extent of what I'm capable of!" Nnoitra exclaimed, lifting all his weapons in the air. "What's your name, Soul Reaper?!"

"Captain of Squad 11, Kenpachi Zaraki!" Kenpachi exclaimed his full name, with the squad number presenting his sword in a horizontal manner.

"I am Espada number 5, Nnoitra Gilga!" the Arrancar held a wicked grin shown on him before he and Kenpachi began to charge at one another.

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Yachiru arrived at the scene of where Orihime was still having her fight with Tesla in his Released form. She watched with some curiosity as to see how it was going down. Though seeing how Kenny told her to pass some time by fighting against that large Arrancar, it was her turn to fight.

"Hey, boobies!" Yachiru called out Orihime's nickname, making the princess turn around to look at the Lieutenant in shock.

"Yachiru?!" Orihime quickly summoned her shield to block Tesla's kick that came at her. "What are you doing here?! You have to get out of here!"

"Hehe, it's cute that you're worried but that's not really necessary. I only came here to fight that big guy over there." Yachiru pointed her finger at Tesla, who stopped his attack and looked down at her.

"And just who might you be?" Tesla asked Yachiru, who seemed to be looking at him in a curious manner. "You won't provide any answers I see. Very well, then I'll kill you!" he exclaimed, lunging his fist at the little girl. Though surprisingly enough, Yachiru hopped in the air before unsheathing her sword and proceeded to cut Tesla in half, along with his hand. Tesla stood in pure shock before blood splattered from his tattered body. "M-Master... N... Nnoitra…" those were the last of Tesla's words before his body got chopped in half, and his hand fell out before falling out with blood gushing out from all over him.

"Huh?" Yachiru got to Tesla's deceased corpse with a confused look before she started poking him with her sword. "Is he dead already?" she pouted as she looked down in disappointment. "Well that's disappointing. I was hoping he could last at least a minute…"

Orihime just stood at the spectacle before her with a dumbfounded look on her face, seeing Yachiru killing the opponent with just one blow alone. "Hey, boobies, why are you just standing there?" Orihime was surprised to see Yachiru was already in front of her, looking down to see the small girl. "I already took care of that Arrancar, shouldn't you go heal your friends by now?" Yachiru pointed her thumb from behind, at the area where Nnoitra and Kenpachi were having their duel.

"Ah, right!" Orihime started running over to where she ran over to heal Ichigo and Nelliel, both who were badly injured. "Thanks for the help, Yachiru!"

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Debris passed through Ichigo and Nelliel, who covered their eyes so as not to get hit by it, the cause of this being from Kenpachi who swung his sword wildly. When that settled, both of them looked at one another while trying to maintain their consciousness.

"How are you feeling?" Nelliel asked, releasing a few ragged breaths as she looked at the wounded Ichigo.

"I still feel a little weak." Ichigo answered her before looking back at the battle. "I'm just wondering how long that damn Kenpachi is gonna keep at this. I just wish he could take off that eyepatch of his to finish the fight already…"

"Eyepatch?" Nelliel was confused by this.

"In other words, that thing is like a seal that allows him to hold back in fights. If he took it off, he's loose canon." Ichigo explained it simply, remembering what happened during his first battle with Kenpachi.

"Why doesn't he just take it off?" Nelliel asked.

"How should I know?" Ichigo rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Go ask himself yourself. If he took it off, it would be really useful right about now."

"Ichigo! Nelliel!" Orihime shouted out their names as she came running to their side, though she was shocked to see the wounds they had as they bled on the ground. "Hang on, I'll heal you both!" she exclaimed as she used her Soten Kisshun to put the barrier around both Ichigo and Nel so she could heal them at the same time.

Nelliel returned to her normal state, no longer finding it necessary to be in her Resurección state and so that her wounds could be healed faster. Ichigo on the other hand remained in his Bankai form, wanting to stay in this until he was fully healed up.

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Time had now passed by in less than an hour for all the residents within Las Noches, both Soul Reapers and Arrancar continuing their battles with one another. One in particular already finished off his battle, that being Byakuya who used a Flash Step to appear again in the building where he fought the Espada in. The said building was now in complete ruins because of the use of his Bankai's abilities known as Gokei.

The Captain of the 6th Division walked over to a Kido barrier he set up, with a near dead Rukia placed inside, who was binded by the usage of his Rikujokoro, placed in the position of having her own sword placed next to her neck as if she was about to commit suicide due to the usage of Zommari's Amor. Byakuya dropped the barrier, but he didn't remove the Kido spell he casted on her.

Byakuya could see that she was still stuck in the same position she was in before, and that the Amor mark was still shown on her head. Byakuya looked over at his bleeding left arm, where he slashed the muscles and tendencies to stop it from being controlled, along with his leg as well. The mark on his hand was still there and hadn't disappeared. If that was the case, then his opponent must have still been alive. Byakuya looked over, where he could still sense Zommari's Spiritual Pressure, albeit quite weak. "You are quite stubborn." Byakuya commented, looking at the defensive sphere that the Espada must have hidden himself in at the last second.

Blood was pouring out all over on Zommari's Released State, easily able to show a pool of his blood from the ground beneath him. More blood began to gush out of him as Zommari started emerging from his pumpkin defense. "D... Damn you…" Zommari swore under his breath, panting heavily in doing so.

Byakuya's rose petals began to reform back into a blade as he held his hilt horizontally, prepared for the battle. Zommari looked at his opponent with anger fuming within him. "You scum… what you have done just now… is absolutely… UNFORGIVABLE!" he shouted, opening up 8 more eyes that were secretly stored up in his forehead, bringing up his trump card.

Zommari went ahead to fire off one of his remaining Amor at Byakuya, who stood completely still and was able to see the attack coming at him. "Bakudo #81: Danku." Byakuya murmured, showing his Kido spell as a translucent barrier in the form of a large rectangular wall appeared in front of him, which made the Amor hit that instead.

Zommari was completely stunned by this, not expecting the Captain to do something like this. "Wha… what is that?"

"It is a wall that completely shuts out any Hadou technique under number 89 and lower." Byakuya explained the Bakudo spell he released. "Based on the fact that I was able to stop Rukia's movements Rikujokoro, I determined that your power was similar to a Soul Reaper's Kido. It seems that I was correct."

Zommari clenched his teeth, gritting them so hard that they might have been broken, as no words could describe the rage he felt. "DAMN YOU!" Zommari started firing an onslaught of his Amor in blind rage, trying to somehow overpower through the Bakudo wall. "ACCEPT MY AMOR! ACCEPT IT! ACCEPT IT! ACCEPT IT!" he just kept firing over and over, launching them at random attack patterns, not even worried about wasting his Amor.

Byakuya took this to his advantage, using Flash Step to get behind Zommari as he pointed his sword to the Espada's face, silencing him from his rant. "Your impatience narrowed your field of vision." Byakuya remarked, not changing his position nor his cold expression. Zommari slowly turned his head to look at the Captain. "It appears that you were nowhere near as fast as you claimed to be."

Zommari felt like he was about to throw up. Fear latched onto him, now able to fully look at the Captain, as his sword was just inches away from cutting his head. If he did anything wrong, he would be dead. "Show mercy…" there was a hint of plead heard from the Espada, as if trying to convince Byakuya to let him escape. But the gaze in Byakuya's eyes never changed at all, staring at him as if he was judging him silently. "Why do you keep looking at me like that?" beads of sweat were shown on the Espada's face. "You refuse to show mercy?! Are you saying you're going to kill me?!" the Captain before him said nothing. "Stop torturing me with your silence… do you not understand… JUST HOW ARROGANT THAT IS?!"

Zommari went on to push Byakuya's blade with his bare hand, to which the Captain only let him do so as the Espada used Sonido to gain distance between them. "Have you Soul Reapers ever stopped to think about what you're doing?! You go around so righteously to kill those who live in complete futility! Did you ever stop to consider the meaning of killing Hollows as if we were some vermin?! Soul Reapers keep slaying Hollows without showing the slightest bit of remorse, as if it was a natural thing to do!" Zommari furiously pointed his finger at Byakuya, all his 8 remaining eyes judgingly staring at him. "Just who do you all think you are?! DO YOU ALL THINK YOU'RE GODS?! Just who gave you the authority to kill?! Is it because we devour humans?! Yes, it is true that we do devour humans! BUT WHO GAVE THE SOUL REAPERS THE RIGHTS TO PROTECT THOSE HUMANS?! I'LL ANSWER THAT, NO-ONE GAVE YOU THAT RIGHT!" he shakingly clenched his hand into a fist, his body burning with unspeakable fury. "You Soul Reapers casted us Hollows as evil beings and go to great lengths to eliminate us! All because you think that you hold the power of justice in your hands! THIS IS THE ARROGANCE I SPEAK OF! IT MAKES ME WANT TO—"

Byakuya silenced him once more by reappearing with a Flash Step, as he got right next to Zommari. Zommari looked over, only to see that Byakuya wasn't there anymore, but instead he was right behind. "Just when exactly did I say I wanted to kill you because I was a Soul Reaper? I only came to kill you for one reason, and the reason is quite simple. I came to kill you because you pointed your blade at my pride." he looked over where Rukia was at before fully unsheathing his blade.

That was when more blood came out of Zommari's body, as Byakuya managed to slash him across his midsection without his notice. Zommari was gasping for air, now suffering from far too much blood loss as his final moments came upon him. The wounds he sustained became lethal, and there was nothing he could do to save himself anymore. Now reaching his final moments, there was only one thing the 7th Espada could do now. "BANZAI!" he threw his arms in the air, screaming as much as he could. "BANZAI! BA — BANZAI! GREAT LORD AIZEN! LORD AIZEN! BANZAI! BA — GHAAAAAAAH!" he screamed as his entire body was wrapped in black flames with purple stripes, shouting out before they died out, as his entire body was vaporized in black flames.

Byakuya looked over behind him to see that Zommari's existence was no more. With that said, this area was now safe to get over to. "It's over. You can come out now, Isane Kotetsu." he said, without turning around as a Kido barrier was released and Isane was revealed to be in it, kneeling from behind. "Did Captain Unohana send you here?" he asked.

Isane nodded in confirmation. "She did. We sensed that the 7th seat Hanataro Yamada was injured in battle and ordered me to go." she explained.

"I see…" Byakuya looked over at his younger step sister once more. "Then I'll leave you to it." he said, as the marks on his arm and leg disappeared.

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Rukia shot her eyes open, taking steady breaths as she could see both Isane and Hanataro hovering above her. She could feel that she was lying down on some futon, along with the pain that shot her body, though it wasn't as bad as it was before.

"Thank goodness, you're awake now!" Isane exclaimed in relief, seeing her patient was getting healed up.

"Lieutenant Kotetsu? Hanataro?" Rukia squinted her eyes as she tried to move herself. "Why… when did you two get here?"

"You mustn't move yet!" Isane warned her. "Your body still isn't fully healed!"

"I'm sorry but she's right!" Hanataro got to Rukia's side so he could get to lie down again. "You shouldn't get up yet."

"That won't be necessary." Byakuya spoke up as he walked towards, his presence shocking Rukia in doing so.

"B... Byakuya?" Rukia looked over at her brother's arm that continued bleeding, along with the wasted Haori that lied on the ground. "Brother… you're hurt… and your—"

"That doesn't matter. In fact, this is a good time to continue the training you left off to fight against the Arrancars a few days ago." Byakuya replied nonchalantly, holding Rukia's sword in his hand.

"Training?" Rukia asked in confusion, being confused by what he meant by this. Having no-one else to help her properly, she turned to the one person she knew should have been capable of training with her, and that being her brother. But she didn't understand why training here while being injured was now of all times a good idea.

"Captain Kuchiki! Rukia still needs to rest! What kind of training can possibly help her?!" Isane scolded the elder Kuchiki member, but he didn't react to her words at all.

"Wait a minute, brother, the training you speak of, do you mean the one you said it involves meditation?" Rukia asked, as she sat up.

Byakuya nodded in confirmation. "A part is involved with the method I was about to teach you before you departed. There's nothing physical involved in this method unless you choose to do so in your mind." he gave Rukia her sword before he went ahead to sit down and took a meditative pose, to which Rukia copied the same thing. "Place your sword over your lap." he instructed her, and Rukia did just that while putting her hands on her sword. "Now make your mind be one with your Zanpakuto. Once your mind becomes deeply focused on this meditation, all the wounds you sustained in your battle will be ignored, and you'll get to recover your strength faster than before."

Rukia nodded her head in a serious matter, not daring to take her brother's words lightly. She closed her eyes and began to focus to reach her Inner World. Byakuya got up, seeing that his job was done and it was now up to his adopted sister to do the rest of the work.

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"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"As much as I wish I wasn't... I'm seeing it with my very own eyes…"

Uryu and Renji were lying on the ground helplessly as they continued to watch Mayuri's living Bankai just eating Szayel alive in its mouth, consuming him.

"Yep, it ate him…" Renji blankly remarked, as he continued to watch Mayuri's living Bankai creature, though there was still a part of Szayel's tentacle left that was wrapped around Nemu's body, which the Bankai creature did not swallow.

"Why… out of all the ways he could have possibly finished him off, he just decided to eat him instead…" Uryu turned his head to glare at Mayuri, who was completely ignoring him.

"It's not like we could do anything about it. At least Szayelaporro is finally finished off…" Renji commented, still being somewhat disgusted on how Captain Kurotsuchi chose to finish the battle off.

Since Mayuri's Bankai was still activated, this still made the poison be released from Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, as there was mist that faintly spread over to to Uryu and Renji. Almost immediately there were symptoms shown on Renji as the poison spread onto the Lieutenant's cheek. Uryu already noticed this. "Renji, you're being infected by the poison too!" the Quincy pointed out.

"I have?" Renji questioned this before he widened his eyes when he coughed up blood on the ground. "Agh! What the hell, how come this stuff isn't affecting you too?!" he looked over at Uryu for answers.

Uryu tried to think about on just how he hasn't been affected, before he thought about his last battle against Mayuri in the Soul Society. "Well let's see… I was infected by that stuff before, so maybe this time I developed some antibodies against the poison?" he theorized.

"That's not fair!" Renji complained. "You get a free pass! Why do I have to be the one to get infected?!"

"What do you mean it's not fair?! I almost died the last time I got this stuff!" Uryu countered in annoyance. "Whatever, look we're gonna need an antidote against this thing, and fast." he looked over at Mayuri again. Hey, Kurotsuchi—" he got interrupted when the poison began to show up on Uryu's neck and spread to his cheek, making the Quincy cough up blood while doing so. ''Gagh!"

"Developed antibodies?" Mayuri now turned around to look at the Quincy boy as if he was out of his mind. "What sort of nonsense are you babbling on about? It's only common sense to alter the composition of the formula after it's every use."

"Y-You… sick son of a bitch…" Uryu gritted his teeth as he glared at Kurotsuchi as much as he could, wanting to somehow crawl over to him and shoot dozens of arrows through the Captain's body.

Mayuri merely shook his head as he sighed. "For you to go as far as to claim you developed antibodies is quite a stretch. I make sure my genius prevents my enemies from developing any immunities to begin with."

"Just give us the fucking antidote!" Uryu yelled in irritation before he started to cough profusely.

"Erm... Master Mayuri, I do not mean to interrupt you but could you help me untie from this?" Nemu requested her Captain for help to untie her from this.

However, Mayuri stood completely still, as if he went deaf when his creation asked him for help. "Hey! Are you deaf or something?! She asked you for help!" Uryu exclaimed.

Mayuri turned to look at the Quincy once more, ignoring his Lieutenant's request. "What an entitled fellow you are." the Captain picked up a bottle from his body, showcasing the antidote from him. "Fine, here is the antidote. Now take it." he lazily threw the bottle, but the throw was so weak that the bottle shattered on the ground before it could even reach Renji and Uryu.

"NO!" Uryu screamed out in horror when the bottle broke, and the liquid that contained the antidote spilled on the ground, breaking what may have been their only cure for survival.

"The bottle broke! Shit!" Renji exclaimed in worry.

Nemu sighed as she saw this happen. Well it was no problem for her to get out of this by herself. Before she was about to break free from the tentacle, her eyes went as wide as possible when she felt something wrong with her body.

"Uaah!" Nemu yelled out in pain, which was something that everybody in the area noticed. "Gah!" she took heavy breaths as she kept gasping for air, feeling something awful happening inside her body. "AGHH!" she kept constantly moving around.

"Hey, what's happening to her?!" Uryu asked in confusion. "Kurotsuchi, get that tentacle out of her right now!"

Mayuri ignored all of this as he continued to watch this progress in fascination, completely ignoring his Lieutenant's cries. Nemu grit her teeth as she tried to focus on getting rid of the unknown force that was inside her body. She released bursts of Spiritual Pressure, and the lump from her stomach continued to go up further from her body until the lump got to her throat, and she spat the said lump out of her mouth. The tentacle that wrapped around Nemu let her go as she fell down on the ground, coughing up some small pores of blood.

Uryu and Renji widened their eyes in shock as they looked that Szayelaporro was the one that got inside Nemu's body and came out of her, except his entire body was covered in drool while the Espada kept taking a few sets of breaths. Nemu groaned as she tried to get herself back up, feeling that she lost some of her power.

"Nngh…" Szayel turned around to look at Nemu in fury shown from him. "You wretch! How dare you stop my greatest technique!"

"What the hell is going on here?!" Renji exclaimed in utter confusion as to what just occurred.

Szayel took steady breaths to calm himself down before he turned around to look at his opponents with a smirk shown on his face. "You must all be wondering just how I'm still alive? I mean, after all, you all saw me getting eaten by that hideous creature, there was no way I could ever come back from that up." he began to chuckle, seeing the shocked expressions on Uryu and Renji. "Did you fools really think I would get to be taken out so easily? Imbeciles! Unlike the rest of the Espadas, I managed to gain a technique that allows me to come back from the dead! Let me tell you Fornicaràs' most brilliant technique I take the most pride in! Gabriel! It is a power that impregnates the enemy with me! I can manage to penetrate through an enemy's belly button and lay an 'egg' inside their internal organs! That same 'egg' would tend to steal everything that belonged to the 'mother' and grow rapidly! Soon the mother would die, and I became reborn!" he proudly waved his arms in the air, embracing the full beauty of his greatest ability.

Nemu managed to make herself get up while listening to Szayelaporro's explanation of his ability. She frowned when she kept listening, her opponent being so confident in this power despite flaws centered around it. "Do you understand me, Mayuri Kurotsuchi? By being able to impregnate the enemy with myself, I am continually able to reincarnate into a new life. It is said when the immortal Phoenix grows too old, it throws its body into its own flames, and from those flames it is reborn anew! Do you understand me? This is what it means to be immortal, to be a perfect being! This isn't even about transcending death, it's making death a part of my life cycle!" he pointed his hand at the fake sun. "My existence is not even divided by death! An existence such as mine cycles through death and rebirth endlessly without interruption, something that is known as the perfect being!" he then pointed his finger at Mayuri. "For me, death as a concept does not even exist. Even if you somehow kept killing me over and over, I will be revived for all eternity! Victory is out of your reach, Mayuri Kurotsuchi!"

Mayuri looked over at his Lieutenant, seeing how her body still seemed to be in excellent shape, perhaps it was one of the drugs that counteracted this ability? Nevertheless, the Captain made an eerie grin. "How intriguing! This is truly quite a fascinating power. You very much piqued my interest." Mayuri tilted his head to the side. "So then… is that all you have?"

"...Come again?" Szayel gave a puzzled look at the venomous Captain. He just explained his ability that may as well be the embodiment of perfection, yet he was asking if that was all there was to it?

"Come now, I'm sure you have more than you just explained. You even went as far as to call yourself the perfect being. Surely you must have some other power you forgot to mention, no?" Mayuri saw the confused expression on the Arrancar's face. "Oh stop being so confused, I was only asking you a simple question. Come on, show me something else. Now!" he demanded.

"... Don't blame me for what's about to happen." Szayel pulled his finger as if to come at him, but it was directed at something else.

It was at that moment that Mayuri's Bankai came up from behind it's master, somehow being controlled, which was something that took almost everyone by surprise. Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo divided its head down and went on to devour Mayuri, smashing its face on the ground in doing so. "KUHAHAHAHAHA!" Szayel laughed hysterically as he pointed his finger at the supposed dead Captain. "Did you really think that nothing would happen to that behemoth of yours?! When it consumed me, my cells dissolved into it and invaded its nervous system! I may not know exactly how your Zanpakuto works, but by taking over the nucleus of its motor controls, I don't really have to! Even a Bankai bends to my will now! What horrible luck you have that your Bankai takes the shape of a living creature! Now CURSE IT!"

Just then, the Bankai creature exploded, completely destroying all there was to it. Needless to say, this was something that stunned Szayel, Renji, and Uryu, not expecting the Bankai to just blow itself up. "My, my… you must live your life as an ignorant fool." Mayuri was revealed once more, dusting his clothes off as he didn't seem to have any injuries on him. "Do you think that a mere tool has any rights to disobey its master that created it? Of course not. In any event that my Zanpakuto ever disobeyed or even betrayed me, I simply designed it to self destruct. It's modified, so repairing it back shouldn't be an issue later." there were some red pieces of energy that started to come back from Mayuri's sealed sword now.

Szayel looked to be more annoyed now. He had to give the Captain some credit, it was a clever decision from him to blow up his Zanpakuto so that he wouldn't be able to control that creature anymore, but it was very brash as well, now that the Captain should be without a weapon.

"I take it that you don't have any more abilities to show? Well if that's the case, I suppose it's my turn to show you something." Mayuri then grew a smirk. "What say you become my test subject for a new drug I developed?" he saw Szayel preparing to be on guard. "There's no need to be on guard. The drug itself should have already taken effect by now."

"...Huh?" Szayel looked over his entire body to see if there was anything wrong with him… but as far as he was aware, there was nothing wrong with him. "And just what drug would that be?"

"The insides of Nemu's body were placed with several drugs. If she were to ever be eaten, or invaded from the inside, it's possible to receive at least a dose of some drug. The place you laid your 'egg' or however you call it was prepared in advance to this." Mayuri pulled out a strange object from his robe, looking to be some potion. "It's called the Superhuman Potion."

"...Master Mayuri… there's something that I must confess." Nemu remarked from the sidelines, which made both her master and the Espada turn around to face her. "The drug that you implanted in me is no more. I removed it."

Szayel seemed quite surprised by this. Mayuri on the other hand widened his eyes in shock. "You did WHAT?!" Mayuri was outraged by this. How dare his creation do something like this, and behind his back no less. He would make sure to give her a much needed punishment to make her learn her place. "Nemu! Why would you remove something like that to begin with?! Explain yourself!"

"It's not just that drug. All of them that you implanted in me have been removed for a while now." Nemu didn't react at all to her Captain's outburst, though she could understand his anger, this was not the time for such things. "All those drugs you placed me with held back the majority of my combat abilities, thus removing them allowed me to fight properly once more."

"You worthless incompetent fool! I don't ever recall giving you orders to follow your own instincts to disobey me!" Mayuri exclaimed in anger as he grit his teeth.

"You are correct. You never ordered me to do so. But we were given orders by the Head Captain to prepare and train ourselves for the upcoming war against Sosuke Aizen. Are you meaning to tell me that your orders are ranked higher than our General?" Nemu raised her eyebrow in a questioning matter at her master. "As I thought, I cannot follow that order."

Mayuri began to clench his fists. "And just what makes you think you cannot follow what your master has specifically ordered you to do?!"

"I have just said that the Head Captain outranks your orders… I managed to remove the drugs placed in my body not long after that intruder was shown in the Soul Society, the one that fought against Captain Soi Fon and got away. Now that I removed these drugs, I feel as though a heavy weight has been lifted off of me, and I am able to act accord to my instincts." Nemu remarked before she prepared herself for a fighting stance. "Now I believe that by all means I shall take over from here on. "

For a moment there was just an ounce of silence between everyone present in the area. That silence was broken by Szayel's laughter. "Hahahaha! AHAHAHA!" Szayel put a hand over his face, hollering in laughter as he listened to the conversation the entire time. "Are you having problems on controlling your Lieutenant, Mayuri Kurotsuchi?!" his laughter now toned down somewhat, casting deep chuckles. "You won't really have to worry about taking control of her for much longer, as your life—"

It was then that Szayel gasped as sharp pain inflicted on his head, as Nemu got next to him in mid air and kicked his head, launching him back through a pile of rocks. "Pardon me, but I believe it is my turn to fight. You shouldn't turn your back so easily like that."

Szayel grabbed onto a pair of rocks in order to support himself to get up from the blow that Nemu gave him. There was some bleeding shown from the side on his face. He groggily got up as he proceeded to glare at Nemu. "Why you…" he took several steps forward as he held the side on his face.

"I did say it was my turn to fight. It's your fault that you weren't paying attention." Nemu simply remarked as she still took her fighting stance. "Now that you are, make sure not to mess it up again…"

Szayel widened his eyes in shock when Nemu dashed towards him at speeds he couldn't comprehend, right before Nemu hit him in the abdomen with her fist, making Szayel gasp when she knocked the wind out of him. Nemu bent down to start throwing uppercuts at Szayel's body, pushing him higher in the air until Nemu raised her leg to kick Szayel's jaw, launching him high in the air in doing so.

Szayel had his head reared back from the kick that Nemu gave him from her kick. The 8th Espada looked back down to see where the Lieutenant was at, only that she wasn't on the ground anymore. He flinched when Nemu already got behind him, and the Espada barely got time to turn around before Nemu hammered him on his head, making Szayel crash through the piles of rocks from beneath. Szayel's body twitched as he lay under the piles of the rocks underneath him, groaning from the pain he felt.

'What is going on here…?' Szayel thought to himself, gritting his teeth as he tried to push past the pain he felt. 'Just where did she get all this strength from?! I-I have to do something to counter this! Especially against that ridiculous raw strength from hers!' It was then that Szayel widened his eyes in slight fear when Nemu was coming right at him. "Shit!" he swore as he used his Telon Balon, forming himself to a ball as a protective shield.

Nemu dived down in the air and headed straight at the ball that Szayel wrapped himself in. She clenched her fists as she aimed with intentions to hit the ball of shield with her bare hands. Nemu hit the shield ball with her fist, and in doing so caused the shield to shake immensely. Nemu started to unleash a barrage of her punches at high speeds, pummeling Szayel's shield until she managed to burst through it, shocking Szayel before she made a flip from the inside and managed to kick Szayel's chest, making him crash down on the ground and form a crater that was larger than his body.

"Holy crap…" Renji's mouth became wide open as he saw the fight unfold, his eyes going wide as well. "I knew she was pretty strong, but to fight at a level like this is just crazy!"

"What are you talking about?" Uryu turned his head to look at his Soul Reaper comrade, with himself being in shock of witnessing Nemu's power. "I just don't understand, just where in the world did she get all this strength from?!"

"Yeah, Nemu's always been really strong, but she just doesn't do much since Captain Kurotsuchi almost never lets her do what she wants aside from projects related to Soul Reaper Women's Association. Guess now that these drugs are out of her, she can do whatever she wants now. She might be the strongest besides Lieutenant Sasakibe and Lieutenant Yachiru." Renji explained as he looked back at Nemu.

"You're kidding me…" Uryu looked to be bewildered by this. "I know she was a Lieutenant, but I didn't think she would be capable of this much."

"Let's just be glad that she actually is helping us. And hopefully has a damn cure with her as well…" Renji murmured in annoyance as he saw the poison was still on his body.

Szayel opened his eyes, taking ragged breaths to get the air in his lungs back. He saw Nemu backed some distance between them as she leaped backwards, landing on the pile of rocks. Szayel sat up as he glared at the Lieutenant, growling under his throat. "Damn you…" he needed to calm down. There was no need to get so worked up. Sure, he was losing here, but as long as Gabriel was used, he could come back an infinite amount of times, and she would eventually get worn out from all the fighting. And soon victory would soon be his.

Gabriel… his most perfect technique, he knew he used it against that Lieutenant to give himself new life, yet she somehow managed to push it back without suffering from any negative conditions. But how did she do that? Did she have some fail safe stored in case something like this happened to her? But this was Gabriel. It shouldn't have been countered so easily like that. He needed to know how she was able to do this. "You… tell me, how exactly were you able to get out alive from my Gabriel? Do you have some special ability that I'm not aware of? Or were you somehow able to replace your organs as well, rejecting me from taking over all your remaining Reishi and your cells? Or was it something else entirely?"

Nemu looked at Szayel, an expression of confusion shown on her face. "I'm afraid that you may be overthinking this. What I did wasn't anything sorts of complicated to begin with. It's just that your 'perfect' technique was rather simple to counteract against."

Szayel blinked a couple of times to process what his opponent just told him. His ultimate revival ability that he took the most pride and joy in, was simple to counter against? That couldn't be possible. "What… simple?!"

"All I did was just use my Spirit Energy to isolate you in my body when I felt your presence beginning to take my life force away, and doing that only blocked you from taking anything else further from me. But to reject your presence I just released Spiritual Pressure to get you out of me." Nemu explained it in a simple matter. "All that required was someone possessing brute strength that exceeds your own capabilities."

Szayel almost wanted to drop his jaw on the ground from hearing an explanation such as this. That's it? That's all she did? All she had to do was use brute force to counter his perfect ability? "Ridiculous! How can mere brute strength be enough to counter Gabriel?!"

"It should be possible if you have just enough Spiritual Pressure to counter a strange ability like that." Nemu remarked. "It's simple as it can be."

For a moment, Szayel didn't say anything about this. Nemu wasn't sure as to what his reaction could be next, shock maybe? Or was he enraged to a basic counter such as that? Whatever it was gonna be, she supposed it wouldn't matter, as he was her enemy and as such she should finish him off either way. It was then that Nemu could hear Szayel making a small chuckle, as if the counter she made didn't really matter. "Oh well… I suppose there's nothing I could do about that." Nemu quirked her eyebrows in slight confusion, seeing Szayel slowly starting to get up again, albeit with some difficulty. "I admit that I am rather shocked you were able to survive my Gabriel like that, but honestly why should it matter anyway?" buckling under his knees, the Espada managed to fully get himself up.

"What do you mean?" Nemu asked, being a little confused by Szayelaporro's nonchalant attitude.

"Have you forgotten about my explanation of Gabriel already?" Szayel pointed his finger at the Squad 12 Lieutenant, scoffing in doing so. "Even if you manage to kill me here right now, I would be reborn again like before! It doesn't matter what method you use or how long it would take you, I will always come back to life! It's what makes me a perfect being among others! "

"... Is that really what you believe?" Nemu asked him, her expression being puzzled at how Szayel just kept boasting about this ability of his.

"What are you on about now?" Szayel looked to be more annoyed when Nemu asked him this, like she kept doubting the abilities of his Gabriel.

"This technique just makes you believe that you are a perfect being, but what does that mean for you? How do you see perfection as?" Nemu asked, more so as a confused person that wanted answers, or at least an opinion of this perfection. "By achieving immortality, you seem to believe that makes you perfect… your view is very narrow minded if you seem to believe that."

"Like what you say even matters anyway!" Szayel made a large grin that was shown on him, waving his arms freely. "You can't deny what's rightfully in front of you when you see it for yourself! I've had about just enough of your babbling! It's about time this battle wraps up!" he exclaimed as his tentacles came right at Nemu, intending on turning her into one of his puppets to be used against her.

But Nemu managed to leap in the air fast enough to avoid the tentacles, twisting her body while in mid air. Szayel was shocked when he turned around to see Nemu crouching down behind him. "I agree… but only because your view of perfection is rather lacking." It was just then that Nemu used Sokkotsu, putting both her fists that easily crushed through Szayel's chest and his gut, putting both holes in his body as she sent him flying before he crashed down onto the rocks.

Nemu let her breath out calmly, vapor emitted from her fists as the dense Spiritual

Energy utilised in this technique outputs far more power than what one could normally do with their attacks. Quickly straightening her outfit she looked at the fallen Espada, seeing the utter look of shock as he coughed up blood, with the holes in his body being big enough to throw basketballs through them.

Szayel tried to speak, but he saw that he no longer could, with the damage that crushed his throat.

"Can't speak? I believe I should at least give an answer for my reasons, correct? But first." her tone carried out disdain, pointing her finger. "Sokatsui" She uttered the chantless Kido as the attack fired, hitting each individual tentacles one by one. "About less than a third of its actual strength… looks about between a 4th and 5th" The Lieutenant muttered to herself quietly, now coming back to her calm and stoic state from before. The Espada couldn't say anything aside from incoherent shouts. "Your view of Perfection and Master Mayuri's are about the same..." She pointed her finger from behind her back, shooting a nameless Byakurai at another tentacle that would have been used to snare her. "You utilize an ability to take you back to a previous state before withstanding injuries or whatever bad condition you take."

She then glanced at her creator, her lip trembling. "Master Mayuri once explained to me that Perfection means to no longer have anything to work for, meaning that no improvement is acquired after getting it. A meaningless existence as he puts it." her expression went back to being stoic, putting her hand over her chest. "I can understand your views… but I believe you are both wrong. Perfection to you two is the same as Stagnation, but to me… Perfection means progress, to always evolve and enhance yourself in whatever way necessary, usually for the best of your ability."

"Uh… what the hell even happened to her?" Uryu looked over at Renji, completely confused by Nemu's new behavior. "One moment she's acting up on her own thoughts and the next second she's back like how she was before."

"I…" Renji kept blinking, trying to process all of what happened. "I think Nemu is going through a rebellious phase or something? I dunno…"

Nemu then began to walk over to the injured Lieutenant and the Quincy. They looked at her in confusion at why she was walking over to them, right before she picked both of them up and leaned them over her shoulders, carrying them with each arm. "Hey! What are you doing?! Put us down!" Uryu exclaimed, trying to get off of Nemu.

Nemu gave Uryu a puzzled look from his struggle. "Why? What's the problem? I'm taking you to the only place where you can be healed."

"There is no need to do such a thing." Mayuri picked up a needle from his Shihakusho, presenting it to everyone else. "You can just put them down and I can begin to 'remodel' them."

"Bullshit!" Uryu snapped back at Mayuri with a look of anger shown on him. "You're not going to 'remodel' me at all, will you?!" he saw Mayuri roll his eyes from this. "I fucking knew it!"

"Oh don't be such a coward. I'm going to heal all your injuries, for free mind you." Mayuri began to make an eerie smile. "It's only simple logic that you should be grateful to someone who heals your injuries, even if you do turn into something else."

"What kind of logic is that?!" Uryu pointed an accusing finger at the Captain. "I'd rather go somewhere else than to be anywhere near you!"

"Which is precisely why I'm going to take you where Captain Unohana is at. It should be better to get treatments from a professional." she glanced her eyes at her creator. "I will be back soon." she told him before she could say anything else, as she jumped high in the air to track Captain Unohana.

"Good grief…" Mayuri shook his head as he put the needle back where it was. "I swear, she's becoming more bothersome than I thought. Now then…" he looked over at the crushed pile of rocks. "Let's see what secrets you have been hiding from me…"

---

The battle thirsty barbarians lunged at one another, both their weapons raised as they engaged in close combat. Kenpachi swung his sword to cut off Nnoitra's hip, which the Esapada managed to block with one of his scythes. Kenpachi kept pushing onwards, swinging his blade wherever he could to cut Nnoitra down. But no matter where he kept swinging, Nnoitra would either try to dodge, block, or just let the sword make direct contact against him.

Kenpachi then swung upwards, and Nnoitra blocked with his scythe. "I guess you still have more power in you than I thought!" Nnoitra exclaimed, swinging his scythe down at the Soul Reaper, who raised his blade above his head to block the first weapon. "But it doesn't matter! I can't tell you how many retards I met like you who think they can cut me down even when they were never able to!" Nnoitra swung his second scythe down at Kenpachi's hip, drawing out blood from him.

"I should still be thanking you though!" Kenpachi barely seemed winded that blood was coming out from his hip, instead he still kept that maddening grin. ''My head was getting stuck on the clouds for a while, but thanks to you I feel as sharp as before!"

"Keep that pipe talk!" Nnoitra made a smirk of his own, he had to say that for a bitchy Soul Reaper, he wasn't half bad for an opponent. But it didn't matter as long as his Hierro was cut. Even without it, there was still a power gap between them.

Ichigo, Nelliel, and Orihime were watching the battle of the barbarians go by as the fight continued. But something felt a little off as this kept going on. ''Hey… am I going a little crazy? What's with that guy's Spiritual Pressure?" Nelliel asked as she looked at Kenpachi.

"I… don't know…" Ichigo answered, still intending to watch the entire fight. "His Spiritual Pressure increased all of a sudden. It wasn't like this since the start of the battle."

Back in the fight, Kenpachi got thrown back when Nnoitra kicked him in the gut, landing on the ground. He was getting back up, looking at his Hollow-like opponent with an eager smirk. But Nnoitra didn't seem to be eager like he was. Kenpachi looked over at his blade, shaking profusely at the raw power his opponent was releasing, and it was quite powerful. It has been a while since he felt a feeling like that.

Kenpachi lunged over at Nnoitra once more, raising his blade before striking it downwards, except Nnoitra managed to block it with ease. "That's enough, this is starting to get boring." Nnoitra turned his head at Kenpachi, giving him a bored look. "Did you actually think you ever stood a chance in my Released State to begin with? You fool! I was only making you think that, just so I could rip all the chances you ever thought you had!" Nnoitra swung his second scythe at Kenpachi, cutting him across his midsection as the Captain was sent flying before he landed down on the ground.

"No, shit!" Ichigo cursed as he saw Kenpachi lying down on the ground, his body pouring blood from his body. He was getting worried if he already got taken down.

"What's this? Is he already dead?" Nnoitra asked more so himself as he didn't see Kenpachi so much as twitch to show a response. "Guess I struck him a bit too hard. Oh well…" he turned around to see where Yachiru was at, as she was the closest to where she was at. "Well, time to clean the leftovers." he said, as he started walking towards the small Lieutenant.

"Yachiru, no!" Orihime exclaimed in genuine concern of Yachiru's life as she started to run over to her, while still keeping up her healing barrier around Ichigo and Nel.

"Orihime, wait—" Ichigo tried to stop her by breaking through the barrier, but this time he wasn't able to do it when he got repelled back. "The fuck?!" he was surprised by this. That didn't happen the last time.

"What just happened?" Nelliel asked in confusion when she saw Ichigo getting repelled back all of a sudden.

"I'm not sure. That didn't happen before…" Ichigo rubbed his hand from the small shock he felt when he tried to go through Orihime's barrier. "It's like her healing barrier became much stronger all of a sudden. I don't know how or where…" he saw Orihime trying to get in between Nnoitra and Yachiru. "Don't go there! You have to come back!" Ichigo yelled as he began to pound his fist onto the barrier, showing cracks in doing so.

"Santen Kesshun!" Orihime exclaimed, as her defensive power shield appeared right in front of Yachiru just so she could try to defend her.

"That won't last for long!" Nnoitra exclaimed as he walked closer and closer to where Yachiru was at, not minding to break through Orihime's defense to do so.

Yachiru stood on a boulder as she watched all of this unravel. But to her credit, she didn't seem the least bit concerned to begin with. She pointed her finger, something that caught her attention. "You might wanna look behind you…"

"Huh?"

It was then at that moment where a monstrous amount of Spiritual Pressure was becoming released, the mere power was showering behind Nnoitra and further beyond. In fact the mere energy took the shape of a massive skull clad that stared judgingly at Nnoitra, making him slowly turn around to face whatever was behind him. It turned out to be Kenpachi, who's entire was covered with the yellow Spiritual Pressure that was released, cornering his essence as some demonic entity. The Spiritual Pressure was cackling over the entire battlefield, giving Orihime, Nelliel, and Ichigo headaches from the sheer power that was released.

Nnoitra only looked behind for a split second just to see one of his arms getting sliced off. "Gaaah!" Nnoitra yelled out as one of his arms started bleeding profusely when it got cut off. Nnoitra immediately started leaping backwards to gain distance from whatever just sliced his arm off.

He saw that it was indeed Kenpachi, standing alive as he cracked his neck. "Ah, that's better." the Captain commented, and Nnoitra could see that his previous arm he once had was now stuck when it got pierced by Kenpachi's blade, with the scythe shown to be behind the Soul Reaper. Though now Kenpachi was seen without his eyepatch. Kenpachi then took the arm out from his blade and threw it away somewhere else. "Well, one arm down. Now just three to go." Kenpachi commented nonchalantly.

"You really should have been careful!" Yachiru exclaimed with a smoke. "Cause Kenny gets awfully angry if you attack me!"

"I wasn't getting angry, you little brat!" Kenpachi rebutted back with annoyance in his tone.

"You little shit… you were just pretending to be dead so you could strike me from behind?!" Nnoitra was angered by this. "And what the fuck just happened?! Your power just went through the roof unlike before!"

"Ah quit your whining. I needed some time to think." Kenpachi rolled his eyes from this. "You had 4 arms, which made attacking you more difficult, so I was trying to come up with something to prevent you from blocking my blade all the time. The only idea that popped into my head was to take my eyepatch off, but I wasn't sure if I should do it."

"Your eyepatch?" Nnoitra was confused by this. "What do you mean?"

"It's a seal. That thing suppresses my Spiritual Pressure just so I can savor fighting my enemies as long as I can." Kenpachi explained, remembering the last battle he had with Ichigo when that happened. "I didn't wanna take it out so soon, even though I did have a feeling you weren't taking me seriously when we fought. But then I realized something, if cutting your Hierro wouldn't be possible, then the battle would just be boring if I can't even cut you. So I decided to take off my eyepatch, that way it should make things more even between us. And I should be able to cut off all your arms one at a time."

"That's really smart, Kenny!" Yachiru exclaimed cheerfully. "If you cut off his arms, then he won't be able to fight anymore without them!"

"Huh?!" Kenpachi looked at Yachiru with a shocked look. "Ah crap, I didn't think about that one!" he looked back at Nnoitra. "Nevermind, I take back what I said before. I'm only going to leave you with just one arm. That sounds fair, right?"

"...Hah." Nnoitra grew a smirk, finding Kenpachi's statement to be utterly ludicrous. "You? Leave me with just one arm? You're going to find that to be impossible. Besides, that arm you just sliced off? That is the last one you will ever get to cut! Actually, no…" Nnoitra's body began to glow with his Spirit Energy surrounding him, using it to suddenly restore his previous missing arm back to where it was before.

"Shit! I almost forgot he has Instant Regeneration!" Nellilel exclaimed in frustration, to which Ichigo looked at her in confusion.

"Don't you think it's a bit premature to say that?! Especially for someone who's about to be dead in a moment!" Nnoitra then charged straight at Kenpachi, growing back his fourth scythe as well. "I'm about to prove these 4 arms will be enough to take you down, without you trying to cut off a single one of them! Cause' you're weaker than me, Soul Reaper!"

Kenpachi only remained unmoving for the entirety until Nnoitra started attacking him with all 4 of his scythes. The Espada swung all of them wildly at Kenpachi, who managed to fair up far better than previously as he kept managing to block most of the scythes with his sword. When one of the scythes struck his sword, Kenpachi was surprised when he was sent flying high in the air until he crashed through a silver tower, and in doing so made the tower immediately start crumbling into fallen pieces as it was torn apart. There was large amounts of smoke emitting when the tower crashed down.

"I almost can't believe how lightweighted you are! You're like a leaf getting blown by the wind! Except that would make it a little hard for me to slash you to pieces!" Nnoitra began to run over to the smoke to find Kenpachi before leaping in the air. "You givin' up now that it's hard for you to attack me?! Or are you running away out of fear?! WELL?!"

When Nnoitra got too close, it was then that Kenpachi threw a kick right at Nnoitra's head, to which the Espada barely managed to tilt his head to avoid. He wasn't able to avoid the next attack when Kenpachi grabbed his face before pinning him down onto the rubble that fell apart. Kenpachi then raised his sword from above before he struck it down at Nnoitra, who quickly managed to get up and was forced to intercept Kenpachi's sword by raising all 4 of his scythes to defend himself.

Kenpachi could clearly see how Nnoitra was struggling to block his single blade against the large weapons he held. "What's the matter? Shouldn't I be dead by now?" Kenpachi mocked Nnoitra's words from what he spoke a moment ago.

"...Yes."

Just then, Kenpachi gasped when he felt an arm pierce right through his abdomen. There were 2 extra sets of arms that came from Nnoitra's body, and one of them pierced through Kenpachi, with the said arm being covered in Kenpachi's blood. Everyone else besides Yachiru was in shock from a display like that.

"You ignorant asshole! How delusional can you be?! It's like I said, you can't even cut off even one arm!" Nnoitra retracted his arm back, which was covered in Kenpachi's blood. "Here's the reality that is your fate! You're about to be cut to pieces by SIX OF MY ARMS!"

Kenpachi coughed up blood from his mouth, suffering some internal damage from when Nnoitra ran his arm through him. Along with a hole that was shown from his front to back as well.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Ichigo exclaimed in frustration, seeing that Nnoitra had 6 arms with him the entire time. He then saw him make other scythes from his wrist, making him more deadly than before. "Ok, that's it! Tag out! It's my turn to have some payback on this guy!"

"No way, Ichi!" Yachiru replied to the Substitute while focusing her attention to Kenpachi. "You heard what Kenny said before, this is his fight and his alone. No-one gets to interfere. After all, you of all people should know that."

"So… any last words to exchange before you die, Soul Reaper?" Nnoitra asked as he pointed one of his weapons at his opponent that would soon be dead to him.

Kenpachi only just stood in silence. For a moment, Nnoitra wondered if he actually succumbed to despair like everyone else did. But instead, Kenpachi made a large toothy grin. "Heh…" this seemed to irk Nnoitra, seeing Kenpachi's grin as if this was still nothing to him. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kenpachi hollered with laughter like a mad man, blood spilling out of him in doing so. Nnoitra was shocked by such a reaction. "THIS IS GREAT! NOW WE'RE HAVING SOME FUN! HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY THINK IT'S OVER WHEN I HAVE THIS NICE HOLE IN MY GUT! HELL, NOW IT'S AN EVEN FIGHT!" Kenpachi gripped onto his sword tightly, clenching it like never before. "Now then… let's get this started… ESPADA!"

(Bleach OST: Invasion)

Bursts of Spiritual Pressure became released from both adversaries, releasing everything they got at full power. Kenpachi lunged over at Nnoitra, his sword raised to cut his opponent down. He swinged it horizontally, which managed to cut through a large boulder like paper, but Nnoitra managed to avoid it by ducking down. Nnoitra made a counter attack by swinging a scythe vertically at Kenpachi's left shoulder to his torso, drawing blood in doing so.

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to)

However, Kenpachi was grinning, not even remotely phased by what happened as he made a counter of his own by bringing his sword down at Nnoitra's skull, to which the Espada brought another scythe to block the attack, though he struggled to let it get past through. Nnoitra made a counter of his own as he kicked Kenpachi's hip, sending him away from him for about 50 meters before Kenpachi stopped himself.

(And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

Kenpachi and Nnoitra began to charge at one another, their weapons to clash against one another to shed blood from their opponents. The colossal titans clashed with one another once more, but the force of their clash was powerful enough to create a strong shockwave, one enough that it caused powerful winds to blow over for the entire battlefield. On the sidelines, this made Orihime try to cover her eyes just so the sand didn't hit her, and also in case she didn't get blown back on accident.

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to

And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

When the shockwave dispersed, Nnoitra was seen running along the large red pillar tower, running all the way to the top until he leaped right above before using half his scythes to slice down only a portion of the tower. "Hraaaaaaah!" Nnoitra yelled out as he did so, making the large object fall down at high speeds toward just where Kenpachi was standing by. Kenpachi only remained completely still, watching the small portion become bigger and bigger the closer it got to him. Kenpachi kept up the gleeful grin he still felt, despite the massive size coming down on top of him. Kenpachi stuck his sword right through the proportional pillar, and the force of it was able to be split in half.

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to

And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

When the pillar got split in half, Kenpachi could see Nnoitra got right behind the pillar the moment he slashed it into two. "Hehe…" His grin became bigger than before when seeing this. The Titanic duo clashed their weapons once more, creating another shockwave in doing so as winds flew wildly around them. They backed off from one another as they got separated for the briefest of moments before Kenpachi wildly charged right back like a beast, swinging his sword to cut off Nnoitra. The Arrancar ducked down from the strike and countered by swinging half his scythes from Kenpachi's gut to the left side of his chest, spurting blood to come out of him.

Kenpachi swung his sword down at Nnoitra's arm, who blocked it with half the scythes he had by using their hilts. Nnoitra countered once more by swinging one of the scythes on his left side to slice through a wound that was just right above the hole on Kenpachi. Kenpachi was hardly phased by this, as he swung his sword down to cut through a deep scratch on Nnoitra's left hip to draw blood from him. Nnoitra was surprised by this, and he swung several of his scythes and cut through Kenpachi's skin, drawing blood each from his body, and Kenpachi did keep grunting each time this happened. "Ahahahahaha!" but despite all this, Kenpachi was just hoarding with maniacal, yet happy laughter. The sheer joy on his face showing he was having the time of his life.

'What the hell?!' Nnoitra widened his eyes in shock, seeing that Kenpachi just couldn't stay down at all. Nnoitra swung half his scythes at Kenpachi's right arm, tearing off a portion of his robe as the skin on the arm was completely exposed, still leaving large scars that drew blood on his arm as well. 'But I'm the one cutting him!' Yet despite this, Kenpachi still kept on fighting him. 'He's the one who's bleeding!' Kenpachi struck his sword horizontally at his side, and Nnoitra used the hilts of his weapons to block the strike. 'And yet, nothing works!' Nnoitra brought the other half of his weapons down at Kenpachi's other arm, tearing out the robe of that as well and inflicted similar wounds on the arm as well. 'No matter how much I cut him—' Kenpachi burst out laughing again as he shrugged off from all the wounds and swung his sword down, and managed to scratch his cheek. '—He just keeps coming back!'

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to

And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

Nnoitra leaped backwards just so he could get a breathing room right now, gaining distance between him and whatever monster he was fighting here. Kenpachi's entire body was getting covered by the Spiritual Energy in a menacing fashion, giving off the same demonic essence from earlier.

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to

And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

Nnoitra was becoming increasingly infuriated by this fight. The scratch on his cheek was gone, but that was the least of his concern. This monster just doesn't go down no matter what he does. It was making him angry. 'I am the strongest... ' Nnoitra thought, seeing Kenpachi's aura raising slightly higher than it did before, yellow eyes piercing right through him. 'The strongest…' Kenpachi remained the same as he did before, no change as of now. "I am… THE STRONGEEEEEEEST!" Nnoitra screamed out to the world as much as he possibly could.

(For every man there is a cause which he would gladly die for

Defend the right to have a place for which he can belong to

And every man will fight with his bare hands in desperation

And shed his blood to stem the flood to barricade the invasion)

Nnoitra began to sprint over to Kenpachi with all the speed within him. Now there was a massive skull that hovered right behind Kenpachi before it seemingly swallowed him from view, now coming right at Nnoitra to clash against him once more. They leaped right toward one another, getting close and closer. One filled with glee, and the other seething with rage. "THIS HAS GONE ON FOR TOO FUCKING LONG! HURRY UP AND DIIIIIIE!" Nnoitra then brought all 6 of his scythes down at Kenpachi.

(End)

Nnoitra managed to strike successfully against Kenpachi as he managed to bring all his weapons down at Kenpachi's neck. There was a massive surge of blood gushing out from the area where the Captain got struck. Nnoitra smirked at his successful attempts, though he was surprised that Kenpachi's head hadn't been decapitated, it was of no concern to him. That was a deep blow he handed out. Everyone in the sidelines gasped when seeing such a horrific wound like that. Kenpachi himself only got his arm to where his neck got slashed at, with an uncontrollable amount of blood spilling out along with the top side of his body bleeding out.

Kenpachi retracted his hand, and could see it already being mostly covered with his own blood. "Huh… if we manage to keep this up longer... I think there may actually be a possibility where I could die…" he commented.

Yachiru looked on at Kenpachi on the horrific wounds he gained all over his body. "Kenny…" she said, sounding more concerned over her friend.

"And dyin' would really suck…" Kenpachi removed his eyes from his hand and went to stare down his opponent, who appeared to be annoyed again. "Well shit, I'm really running out of options here. I guess I don't have much of a choice now. And now… it's time to try out that Kendo bullshit again."

"... Come again?" Nnoitra looked puzzled now, not sure if he just heard that right.

"It was something when the old man forced me to do, back when I first joined the 13 Court Guard Squads." Kenpachi stated as he presented his sword in front. "And let me tell you, it just ain't my style. And I couldn't fuckin' stand that bullshit 'Way of The Sword' name, so I refused to use it. Although… there was one thing I liked about it. It made me learn an important lesson, that a sword becomes much more powerful when wielded with two hands instead of one."

"... What kind of nonsense are you blabbering on about?" Nnoitra felt like he was being mocked at yet again. "Of course it becomes fuckin' stronger when swung with both hands. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!" Nnoitra screamed as he began to spring towards Kenpachi yet again.

"Nah, I don't think you do." Kenpachi shook his head negatively, dismissing the screaming. "I don't think you understand just how much the difference in power there is." Kenpachi then placed both his hands on the handle of his sword for the first time in years, doing so bringing back some old memories when Yamamoto taught him this.

'What's he doing?! He's just standing there! Does that mean he's given up?!' Nnoitra's eyes were bloodshot as he aimed to kill Kenpachi. 'I am the strongest! I am the strongest!'

Kenpachi began to raise his sword above his head, and when Nnoitra got too close, he swung it down in a typical Kendo practice. When he did this, there was some wave of yellow energy that came through, and it got Nnoitra through the middle. There were cries heard before it got quickly muted, as there was a massive amount of sand torrent in the air, the sheer size of it looking as though someone fired off a nuke.

The sand then soon settled off, and when it did, Orihime released the healing barrier, as she managed to get Ichigo and Nelliel back at full strength. Kenpachi then rested his sword at his shoulder, expecting to see a dead Nnoitra lying around. But to his surprise, Nnoitra was still alive, albeit horribly wounded as there was a massive deep gash from his left shoulder and his chest, kneeling on the ground from the weakened state he was in. "Wow… you're still alive?" Kenpachi seemed genuinely surprised by this. "I'm actually shocked. You really are one tough bastard." he can see Nnoitra mustering all the murderous intentions from his glare, but he paid no concern over that. "Well, see ya around!" Kenpachi exclaimed before he turned around to walk away.

Nnoitra became shocked by this gesture, not expecting anything like this to happen. "What the — get the fuck back here! Now!" he yelled over.

Kenpachi stopped his tracks before he turned his head to look at Nnoitra, his expression laced with annoyance. "What do you want now? You're gettin' irritating."

"What the hell do you think you're doin'?! This fight isn't finished just yet!" Nnoitra dared Kenpachi to come back while trying to make himself get up, which became very difficult to do so.

"Are you dumb? I ended the fight with that blow!" Kenpachi called out. "And I have no obligation to finish off someone who can't even fight back anymore!"

"Oh? Is that right? You retarded dipshit, that just gives more reason to fight!" Nnoitra began to get up from the ground, showing that all of the hands on the left side of his body were gone as they bled from the chopped pieces. He only had 2 scythes remaining with him on the right side of his body. "This ain't over, because if you haven't noticed, I can still fight back!"

Kenpachi didn't reply, instead he only remained silent, just blatantly looking at Nnoitra. This was making the Espada more agitated by the second. That look… he was looking down on him. Was he taking pity in the condition he was in? Or did he not bother to fight because he was weak now? It was making him furious. "What's the matter?" Nnoitra breathed heavily, struggling to walk over to Kenpachi. "Aren't you going to say something? Or is it because you're too damn scared?" Nnoitra grew a smug grin, continuing to bleed out as he approached closer to Kenpachi. "Well? Answer me!" Kenpachi continued to stay silent. "ARE YOU SCARED OF ME OR NOT, SOUL REAPER?!" Nnoitra pointed his second to last remaining scythe at the bloodthirsty Captain.

Kenpachi began to contemplate whether or not he should actually deliver the final blow to someone who can barely move around, let alone fight anymore. This was just damn suicidal at this point. On one hand it would be nice if he could finally shut him up, but on the other hand he still meant what he said.

He then looked over to where Ichigo and the others were at, and it was when Kenpachi began to get an idea. He didn't really have to finish him off. Partly that he needed to get his wounds healed up, and that Ichigo and the Arrancar seemed to have been fully healed up by now. Either of them alone would be more than enough to finish him off. "You're such a pain in the ass. Did you not hear what I said before? The fight is already over. If you wanna keep fighting someone, you have them as your opponents to do just that." Kenpachi pointed his head over to where Ichigo and the others were. "It was a good fight, Nnoitra." he said, before he started walking away.

"You… asshole — nngh!" Nnoitra grunted as he kneeled on the ground, struggling to get up.

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"What is he doing? Why is he just walking away all of a sudden?" Nelliel asked in confusion, seeing the large Soul Reaper walking away from Nnoitra.

"I think that Kenpachi's had enough. Then again, he probably already won the fight. With the state he's in, he looks like he can barely move around anymore." Ichigo answered. "Hell, just one more blow and he would be down for the count."

"Well, you should go on and finish him off. There shouldn't be any way for him to be saved now." Nelliel remarked.

"... Why don't you finish him off?" Ichigo looked at Nel, giving her a questioning look. "Not that I couldn't, but it's just it would be better if you did it instead. It sounds like you should get a ton of payback if this is the guy that gave you amnesia."

"... I'm not going to stoop for something like that. I told you before, you should get to finish him off. You would be able to do it faster than I would." Nelliel kept insisting.

"You would be able to finish him off quickly as well. What's the problem?" Ichigo kept asking, wondering why Nel kept persisting why he should do it instead. "You do deserve to have some payback at least. Like you said, there's no way for him to escape from this."

"I…" Nelliel gripped on the handle of her sword as she looked down, wanting Ichigo to stop asking her this. "There just shouldn't be a reason for me…"

"No reason?!" Ichigo was becoming frustrated by this. "Nel, he would have killed us if Kenpachi hadn't showed up at the last minute! Why are you being so damn hesitant about this?!"

"And just why do you want me to deliver the last blow instead?! Why do you keep wanting me to do it?!" Nelliel refuted back. "You would do it better than me! I'm not going to kill someone! Fighting is one thing, but I'm not just gonna take a life!"

"So what would you do then? Keep someone like this guy alive and let him do the same stuff over and over again? If you have some plan on redeeming him, that really sounds like a pipe dream. I already know that he's not just gonna turn good with all the time we spent fighting him, I didn't feel any regret from anything he did." Ichigo told her.

"And just how would you know that?" Nelliel almost felt like taking out her sword just to point it at Ichigo, but she refrained herself in doing so.

"Because I actually had that same mindset like you did a while ago. I believed that you only needed to fight your enemies and defeat them by using reason and logic, using something like that is like attacking your enemy with a sheathed sword." Ichigo replied. "I think the difference between us is that your life was never in danger to the point you would use that instinct as some last resort. It's like you're trying to reject those instincts out of you."

"I'm only just following what's right. I managed to evolve into an Arrancar where I regained my reasoning like a human. I don't want to tap into something monstrous." Nelliel answered back to Ichigo. "I just hate to shed unnecessary violence."

"You're not going to be a monster if you kill someone that may as well count as one. I'm not saying you should kill everyone you see, hell I've only recently just got into enjoying fights myself. Nel, that mindset isn't gonna work forever. Someday you might come across someone more powerful than you and you won't be able to protect everyone else. Are you really just gonna sit by and not take action on that?"

"I never said that!" Nelliel argued.

"So what would you do? Nelliel, you lack the instinct that sits in the back of your mind to actually give a proper fight. If you kept using logic against someone who was corrupted to the point of no return, and if you did this against someone who was stronger than you, it would just get you killed instead. Not giving into the instincts is not even how a fight should be like, it would just be insulting your opponent. Maybe that's why Nnoitra kept coming after you the most. You never really accepted the instincts from your Hollow side, and this is coming from a Substitute Soul Reaper." Ichigo pointed a thumb to himself. "As despicable as Nnoitra is, you might just grant what he wants in a fight, and he would finally leave you alone. You would not be killing because you have something to prove to yourself. You would be killing threats to protect others. I just don't want to see you get hurt by something like this…" Ichigo's tone became more soft as he made a small frown.

Nelliel bit her lip, now starting to slowly pull her sword out. "If I do kill him… would this really be a right decision?" her hand shook slightly as she managed to pull out her sword.

"Sometimes there really is no reason as to who does what, you just… do it without thinking. After all he's done, death is certainly what he should get. After all, a battle gets revolved on who's the last man standing. It's just a survival instinct, and you should know letting him go would do nothing." Ichigo answered.

"... I see then." Nelliel sighed before she used her Sonido to get far closer to Nnoitra.

Orihime looked over at Ichigo, as she listened to the entire argument that took place. "Are you sure this was a good idea?" she asked him in concern.

"For her sake, I hope so. I want to repay her back the same way she helped me when we first met." Ichigo answered.

Nnoitra turned around to look that Nelliel was standing right in front of where he was at. Needless to say, he was actually surprised by this as Nel pointed her sword at him, as if intending on finishing him off instead. This made him both glad and angry at once. He absolutely refused to be killed by a woman in a battlefield, especially if they were ranked higher than a male.

"So… it's come down to this, hasn't it?" Nnoitra gripped on his scythes as tight as he possibly could, being fueled by hatred. "So what will you do? You're actually gonna kill me? At least you finally have some common sense after all this time."

"Do not be mistaken, I will not stoop to a level of a mindless creature like you. However... I am going to give you one chance to live, and that is if you could join us to help the others to save the human girl." Nelliel offered, wanting to take at least one chance of reaching her hand out to Nnoitra, and to increase their fighting power.

Nnoitra looked to be disgusted by this. "How about... FUCK YOU!" he screamed at her. "I am sick of already having a woman being stronger than a male when they should just stay as a bitch, but leading them in a battle to take charges like they're important is a whole other topic. Do you not understand I absolutely fucking despise you! I'm going to make sure I take you to Hell with me!" he spat on the ground, slapping her hand at the only chance he got at living as he pointed his scythe at her.

Nelliel sighed as she prepared for what was about to come. "You really are just a brat, even until the very end… you never change who you are. It's time to end this."

"GRAAAAAAGH!" Nnoitra began to charge at Nelliel as fast as he could, motivated by the hatred and rage within him for one last strike with all his strength. He leaped in the air just so he could have a better shot at killing Nelliel. 'I can't lose! There is no way I can just lose! I... I am…!'

"Nelliel... I truly do hate you. But surely you must know this by now. So answer me this… why do you keep following me around?"

Nelliel became hesitant as she raised her blade, knowing just where to strike the final blow, and her first final blow at that. Yet despite this her hands shook, contemplating if she was willing to do this… she began to recall the time she and Nnoitra were in the mission of the Hollow colony of Vasto Lordes. More so the scene where she 'saved' Nnoitra's suicidal actions.

"The answer is simple… it's because you're much weaker than I am."

'Don't give me any more of your bullshit! Everybody always feels pity for me, it's a sign of weakness! So thoughtlessly they rub insults into my wounds! In that case, I will show no mercy! Whether they're strong, or weak, or a newborn, or some monstrous beast, I will crush all of them with one blow! So no-one will ever have the strength to get up again and pity me! It's what they deserve!' Nnoitra began to swing his last remaining scythes, gritting his teeth in doing so. "I AAAAAM—"

"HAAAAAAAAAH!" Nelliel shouted out as her instincts ran through her as she reacted much faster, swinging her sword down right at Nnoitra's chest to his gut.

Blood gushed out of Nnoitra's body, his face recoiled in shock as his weapons were let go by his hands, as he kneeled down on the ground. Nelliel's blade was stained by Nnoitra's blood in doing so. Nnoitra mustered up all the strength in his body to look at Nelliel just one last time, seeing that she held a look of guilt on her. Nelliel could see the life in Nnoitra's eyes disappear, as she could see him slowly close his eyes as all the wounds he suffered became too much. Before long, Nnoitra hit the ground and made all the blood on him splash from beneath. It was then that Nnoitra Gilga finally died.

Nelliel tried to process the information on what happened. When her mind fully processed that she just took Nnoitra's life by her own hands, her body began to shake up, nearly letting her sword drop on the ground in doing so. There were some tears that started coming out of her, holding back the choking gags.

"Believe me when I say that taking your first kill is not the prettiest of things to do, believe me I know what those are like…" Ichigo appeared right next to her as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder, the people that came to his mind when taking his kills were Kariya, Carnage, and Green Goblin. "But you have to believe me when I say you made the right decision here. You are not a monster. Far from it. "

"I... I know, but it just hurts on the inside…" Nelliel then kneeled down on the ground.

"It's a normal reaction for most people, trust me." Ichigo knelt down next to her, and he felt bad for her. Sure, his first kill on Kariya did weigh some guilt but he knew it was necessary to do so, otherwise he would never stop his destruction. "Trust me, this is only going to make you stronger as a person when you get past it. You'll be able to protect everyone else like this better than before. But right now…" it was then he grabbed Nelliel in a hug. "Just let it all out if you need to."

Nelliel only released a heavy breath as she didn't refuse the hug, leaning onto Ichigo instead. "Thank you…"

It was then that Kenpachi ripped off his haori and casted it aside, revealing the muscular physique he had on the top portion of his body. He began to walk over to Ichigo and Nelliel. "Hey, kid…" Kenpachi spoke, making Ichigo look at him. "I hate to give you bad news at a time like this but… you gotta go home now." he told him.

"Look, I'll do that later when I'm done with Nelliel cause I'm a little busy over here…" Ichigo took to glare at Kenpachi.

"I'll be fine…" Ichigo was surprised when Nelliel got off of him, getting up in doing so. "Thank you for everything, Ichigo, but you can go back to your home if you need to. I just need some time to think for myself…"

Ichigo was slightly hesitant, but he did accept as he got up. "Well I got what I wanted anyway. I saved Orihime and reduced at least a portion of Aizen's army, it's why I came here in the first place."

Kenpachi nodded his head. "At least you understand that much. It's time for the professionals to take care of the rest of the work." he then looked over to see Orihime walking over to them. "Hey, girl! Come over here and heal my wounds first!"

"Yes sir!" Orihime shouted back as she started sprinting over to where everyone else was at, just so she could heal Kenpachi next and finally go home with Ichigo.

When she was halfway there, it was then that Starrk showed up by using his Sonido and got right in front of Orihime. She widened her eyes, along with having Ichigo, Nelliel, and Kenpachi be caught off guard by the unexpected entry.

"Sorry about this, I really don't like doing assignments like these, but I have my orders." Starrk grabbed Orihime before she could try getting away. It was then he saw that both Ichigo and Kenpachi were coming at him at the same time, but he wasn't phased by this. "Gonna have to borrow her for a bit."

Ichigo managed to get there faster than Kenpachi could as he struck his sword down at Starrk, but despite this Starrk still used his Sonido to get away. Ichigo struck his sword down, and Kenpachi did so as well but by that point it was too late. Ichigo looked down in shock to sense Orihime wasn't there anymore. "No… she's gone!" Ichigo exclaimed with a look of shock plastered onto him.

"Shit…" Kenpachi cursed, never expecting there would have been another Arrancar to take back the girl right after the battle was finished, and cursed his body for being too slow to react in time.

Nelliel only stood in shock at what happened, her mind processing at Orihime being taken away.

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Orihime checked to see where she was, not able to see the Arrancar who was just with her seconds ago. She checked to see that she was back in Aizen's throne room. She couldn't believe it. She was so close to finally go home with Ichigo and the others, and now she was taken yet again.

"Welcome back, Orihime." Aizen descended down from a staircase, and Orihime's face began to shift to slight despair when seeing the same man who planned her capture. "I thought you would be happy to see us now that you're back again. But you look so heartbroken." before Orihime could anticipate, Aizen already got in front of her as he put his hand on her cheek. "You should smile more. Everyone becomes so depressed when the sun stops shining…" Orihime widened her eyes when Aizen got next to her ear. "Smile and wait here. That's all you need to do. Just until…" Suddenly there was a massive Garganta that opened up, revealing Karakura Town in it. "My men and I finish destroying Karakura Town."

"No… you can't…" Orihime murmured under her breath in horror at what she was witnessing.

"Ah, but I can." Aizen simply remarked as he walked back up the massive stairs to get where Tousen and Gin were waiting at him. "We will destroy Karakura Town to create the Oken." Aizen got right between Gin and Tousen. "Kaname."

"Yes?"

"The Tenteikura."

"Yes sir." Tousen nodded his head before he threw a pair objects in the air before they began to draw symbols onto his right arm in just mere seconds before there was a glowing rectangular box that formed right next to him. "Bakudo #77: The Tenteikura." he pressed his hand next to the object.

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Suddenly, all the Soul Reapers and the Quincy that were inside the canopy of Las Noches felt something odd placed in their minds, as if they were suddenly able to feel a mental communication formed into them.

"Can you hear me… members of the intruding forces?"

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Oh dear God, this took longer than I thought it would take to publish, but finally here it is. Chapter 41 of Overflowed Ideal of Reality, hope this was worth it cause fuck this is long.

I'm tired as hell as I'm writing this so I might just leave some stuff or explain it. Alright so basically the first portion of the chapter did have a bit of Kenpachi vs Nnoitra, I didn't really think Nnoitra would kill Kenpachi right off the bat because he wasn't much of a threat until the eyepatch came off. The entire battle of Byakuya vs Zommari did pretty much went down like in Canon, I know the ending did the same as well but goddamn Byakuya's swag is too good to leave out.

The other part now had with Nemu against Szayelaporro instead of Mayuri finishing him off, because it honestly didn't feel right with the way that even happened. I didn't think Mayuri was the right person to do this, so there was the idea my Co-Author presented by having Nemu remove the drugs from her just so she could fight properly and give out her Perfection speech, and while I can see why people like Mayuri's… it just feels like it's absolute despair, I mean hell you have other Perfect beings in other series and they were fucking awesome. This part became more difficult since writing Nemu to be more proactive to voice her own feelings wasn't something even she herself didn't know what she wanted.

Now back with Kenpachi vs Nnoitra, God this part was so much fun. I kinda wonder what you thought of me putting the Bleach Invasion OST in this song. Because this is something I've been wondering for a while to put songs in certain moods of a scene I'm writing. I wonder if you guys thought it was good, and if so do you wanna see more of it? Because I do feel like adding more music like that.

Well the next chapter should be the beginning of Fake Karakura Town arc, and no I don't think it's gonna be just as long as that. Obviously I'm gonna have to skip over scenes that happened and only go over with what I think could be important or something to change in.

If you guys liked this, please make sure to favorite, follow, and review as well to voice your thoughts. I really just wanna know what you think of the story and the chapters.