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A question one would ask why type this up? Simple – why not?

Chapter 15: 3 V 3

(Time-Skip to Ichigo's fight)

The cliff above the Sereitei was clouded in a storm of two massive clashing reiatsus. A black, all-powerful Getsuga Tensho from Ichigo against the Hakuteiken of Captain Kuchiki. When the clouds of reiatsu cleared, the two warriors stood apart from each other with their backs turned from the clash. Both were heavily injured and their strength leaving as fast as they bled.

"I won." growled Ichigo, "I totally won."

Contrary to his statement, his shoulder became a fountain of his blood, causing immense pain and loss of strength to wash over him. It was the price of taking such a powerful blow from the Hakuteiken. Lesser people would've been obliterated completely.

"Screw off gravity." said Ichigo, anchoring Tensa Zangetsu to keep himself standing despite the continued blood loss, "You are not bringing me down."

A similar show of crimson sprouted from Byakuya's left shoulder. He was a more durable man as he walked away from the scene dripping blood with every step.

"Well, Ichigo Kurosaki," announced Byakuya, his composed voice failing to hide his physical weak health, "it appears that you have won today. I will abandon my quest to pursue Rukia."

"Byakuya," called Ichigo, using his sword as a support to turn around, "the next time we meet, I hope we can resolve our problems by just sitting down and talking about them."

"Shinigami do not talk." replied Byakuya, "But perhaps we need to change our ways."

With those words from his stone-still face, Byakuya disappeared with a shunpo. Ichigo sighed in exhaustion, but couldn't help the rush of victory that numbed it away.

"I won." cried Ichigo, "I beat Byakuya. Ha-ha-ha. YEEAAAHH!"

'Take that, Ruby.' thought Ichigo in his victory cry, 'I beat a captain all by myself.'

His moment was short-lived as his body started to fail from lack of much needed oxygen that he wasted.

"Victory screech was a bad idea." mumbled Ichigo, his vision blurring, "Getting dizzy."

However, a familiar cry of pain broke him out of his deliriousness and his eyes widened in its direction. Just a few meters away was Renji, who should be miles away from here, bleeding from an injury while holding Rukia and facing not one, not two, but three captains. Fantastic!

Renji was on his knees, his Zanpakuto broken, and some Josh Groban-looking guy looming over him with a sword poised to split him in half. Ichigo pushed in all his willpower to move his legs at tremendous speeds and made it in time to block the killing blow. He was surprised to find so much strength in that one attack despite that the opposing Zanpakuto wasn't even released. Or so he thought.

"Hey, forget about me?" said Ichigo, "You can't go five minutes without me popping up."

The shinigami backed off from each other, allowing Ichigo some breathing space to confront Renji.

"Renji, you had one job." said Ichigo, "One job. Get away from the hill. So why is it you're back on the hill and standing RIGHT WHERE YOU STARTED RUNNING!?"

"Captain Tosen ambushed me, wrapped some sort of white binding around me, and I find myself here with your stupid mug." barked Renji, veins popping on his forehead.

"Likely story." replied Ichigo.

"Would you two shut up and deal with the problem at hand?" screamed Rukia.

Ichigo dropped the little banter and faced the three captains. His body ached like needles were sinking into his skin, but he ignored it.

'I'm tired.' thought Ichigo, 'I'm bleeding practically everywhere. My right shoulder is almost useless. And I have only enough spiritual energy for one final attack before I collapse. Looks like I'll have to take down that Josh Groban-looking guy. Yeah, this will totally work.'

"Ichigo," said Renji, "we need to take down Aizen. I'll use Zabimaru's sacrificial ability while you rush him down with everything you have."

Ichigo nodded and prepared his Tensa Zangetsu. Zabimaru's blades split apart and assaulted Aizen from all sides. While the dust settled, Ichigo rushed down Aizen with all his might... only for the black blade to be stopped by a single finger. As that finger folded down on the blade, Ichigo was suddenly slashed across his midrift.

'What the hell?' thought Ichigo, 'How did he get me? Why does it feel like this isn't what it seems?'

Ichigo collapsed on the floor in a pool of his own blood. In the next instant, Renji also fell from a slash across his left shoulder after Aizen used shunpo to get behind him. Rukia was helpless as Aizen lifted her by her collar and proceeded to extract the Hogyoku. Aizen began to go on how he knew exactly of Ichigo's arrival in the Sereitei and how everyone played their roles in his plan. How Kisuke fooled them in invading Soul Society not to save Rukia, but to retrieve the Hogyoku inside of her. Every word sickened Ichigo.

"AIZEN!"

A giant figure appeared in the blink of an eye before Aizen and brought down a massive blade. The resulting impact split a massive chunk of the cliff off to the side. However, the dust cleared with Aizen holding back the blade with a single hand, and revealing a giant wolf man with a captain's haori.

'He can talk.' thought Aizen, 'How amusing.'

"It's been quite a while since I've last seen your face, Sajin Komamura." said Aizen casually.

"Aizen." snarled the Captain of Squad 7, "How dare you stand there and smile like that, Aizen! You betrayed everybody. Every one of us. You will not be forgiven. Especially you, Kaname!"

With a war cry, Sajin brought down a literal giant fist from his Bankai. Aizen jumped out of the way with Rukia in hand. Once on the ground, Sajin let off his spiritual pressure ready to unleash hell. Aizen suddenly was in front of Sajin, completely calm. He raised his left hand that sparked with black electricity.

"Hado 90: Kurohitsugi."

Sajin could do nothing as black matter formed a skyscraper around him. Before the barrier closed, a certain red blur got in there just in time. Once the Hado spell closed, it released a massive amount of spiritual pressure as it destroyed whatever was inside.

"Deciding to kill him?" asked Gin.

"It matters little." said Aizen, approaching Rukia to do away with her. Ichigo friends arrived on the scene, only to be held down by Gin's spiritual pressure.

"Hmm." said Gin, "Sure is taking a while for that Hado spell to finish."

'Gin raises a good point.' thought Aizen, looking to the Hado spell, 'Sajin should be nothing but atoms right now.'

To his surprise that he walled off, the skyscraper of black reiatsu cracked under a foreign pressure. Silver light leaked out of the widening cracks till to everyone's shock the great Hado spell shattered in a burst of silver light. Sajin was revealed relatively harmless but battered from the pressure of Kurohitsugi. However, standing strongly at his his side with eyes glowing as the source of the light, his supposed savior...

(Que "This Will Be The Day" and any awesome RWBY ost)

... was the anomaly in Aizen's plans known as Ruby Rose in her signature red cloak, but replaced her top with a copy of the commander-in-chief of the Onmitsukido courtesy of Yoruichi. (This will be Ruby's new look.) She had her combat boots of black striped with red instead of the sandals of the shinigami. Instead of her cheerful attitude, Ruby was giving a venomous glare at Aizen.

"Ah," said Aizen, "so the mystery girl graces us with her presence." With a shunpo, Ren appeared with the notable difference with bandages on his arms. "And with company."

Ren's look reminded the mastermind of the cold composure of the Kuchiki noble house. He could also see some something in those eyes that reminded Aizen of himself: the talent only he possessed. This one would become strong, he just knew it.

Ruby, on the other hand, was a subject entirely different. Aizen's focus was on those eyes. They were like stars that shined brighter than the midday sun and radiated as much power just from that glance. A lesser man would've frozen still at such a glance.

Ren glanced between Sajin and the three captains. "You really shouldn't have done that."

"Gin." ordered Aizen.

With a nod, Gin stepped forth and focused his spiritual pressure to crush the Remnanties. To his surprise, their stance did not waver, revealing they were at least on the level of captains.

'They grew as strong as Ichigo at the same time.' thought Aizen, causally observing with interest that continued to grow.

"How dare you!" snarled Ruby, pointing to Sajin, "How dare you try to bring harm to someone - blessed to be absolutely adorable!"

Despite the killing intent in Ruby's voice, everyone couldn't help but sweatdrop at Ruby's words. What kind of person get worked up like that because of such an odd reason? Ren didn't seem to be feel awkward and only sighed.

"That's why," groaned Sajin, getting to his feet, "you... saved me? Uh... thank you?"

Ruby suddenly flipped a switch and gave Sajin a Yachiru-level smile. "Anything for someone so cute."

"We need to get you back to Remnant." muttered Ren, drawing his dual Kakushifokkusu.

Aizen almost lost his composure to surprise seeing Ren pull out a dual Zanpakuto, which only two other people have wielded in history.

'These two are definitely easily captain-class.' thought Sajin, 'If the three of us fight against these traitors, we can-'

Sajin was cut from his thoughts from a wave of pain through his body. The injuries he sustained earlier came back with a vengeance, and his endurance was at its end from calling on Bankai twice today. Ruby saw Sajin's discomfort and put some support under one of his enormous arms.

"Hey, you're hurt." said Ruby, "You can't fight like this."

"I will bring these traitors to justice." spat Sajin.

"There's is no way you are in any shape to fight. After all, you did face my father."

That voice froze Ruby and Ren on the spot. All eyes turned to the direction of the voice to find a shinigami with beautiful red hair and green eyes. Ren was in complete shock like he was stuck in a dream.

"P-Pyrrha!?" gasped Ren.

There was regret in Pyrrha's green eyes, a familiar trait Ruby knew of the real Pyrrha Nikos. A warm smile cracked on her face as Pyrrha joined the pair shoulder-to-shoulder.

"It's good to have you back." said Ruby, drawing her Zanpakuto.

"It's good to be back." replied Pyrrha.

"What an interesting development." said Aizen, "I can't help but wonder who are you people, but in the end it doesn't matter. You are merely humans in the of my goals. If you would, Gin."

"Shoot to kill, Shinso."

In a milisecond, Gin's Zanpakuto extended with the speed of the bullet after Pyrrha. Instead of impaling her, she released her Zanpakuto with thought alone and the blade was stopped in its path by a shield. The impact gave off a bell rang but Pyrrha did not even budge.

'Even a 3rd Seat managed to get this powerful.' thought Aizen, 'It seems these three are more than I expected.'

"I am impressed." said Gin, retrieving his Zanpakuto, "Not too long ago, you were barely on the level of a lieutenant."

"With the right motivation," stated Pyrrha, taking her fighter's stance, "we can make ourselves better."

Aizen chose this time to intervene and stepped forward from his trio. These three were proving too persistent. He held up his blade to release its power to finish this in an instant and leave.

"Shatter, Kyoka Suigetsu."

As Aizen's form shattered and disappeared, all trace of him was gone. However, Ruby' eyes produced a brilliant white light over the entire area. Out of no where, reality shattered like glass and revealed a clearly surprised Aizen not too far from where he was.

'Her eyes broke through Kyoka Suigetsu abilities?!' thought Aizen with shock, 'Perhaps we will have to take them more seriously.'

Ichigo, despite the enormous pain in his entire body, forced his head to hinge back to watch with slight shock and awe as Ruby, Ren, and Pyrrha stood before the three captains. Rukia's eyes were wide in bewilderment with these three.

'Who - Who are these people?' thought Rukia.

Aizen smiled. "You may have powers of a shinigami, but what does three humans change the outcome?"

Ruby smiled. "Trust me, we're the most awesome people you will ever meet. Cast off the void, Mazazoru."

Ruby released her Zapakuto, changing it into a scythe almost twice her size and increasing her spiritual pressure. The trio of Remnanties stood before the traitors of Soul Society, and the space between them felt heavy with their colliding spiritual pressures.

"I'm happy you are here with us, Pyrrha." said Ren.

"I am as well." said Pyrrha.

"Ren, Pyrrha." said Ruby, entering her stance, "How about we show them what two Huntresses and a Huntsmen from Beacon can really do?"

They nodded with bright smiles and without words they charged forth with Auras burning bright for Aizen to admire. Blades clashed not even the next second: Ren vs. Gin, Pyrrha vs. Kaname, and Ruby vs. Aizen.

'Quite fast.' thought Aizen, impressed by the force in Ruby's opener.

Aizen was fully confident in his abilities defending against Ruby's onslaught with Mazazoru. But despite his perfection in Kendo, never had he faced a style of fighting so fast and furious. Of course, it was easy to put up a perfect stance with one hand, but he had to give the girl credit: she was remarkably fast. Her speed was perfect to prevent any counter-offensive possible.

Ruby risked a heavy strike that was slightly slower, and Aizen took advantage of that. He parried with his overwhelming spiritual pressure running through his Zanpakuto and brought down the blade for a counter. But Aizen knew that the girl would've seen it, but she didn't make any move to avoid it and just smiled back at him.

His Zanpakuto met resistance inches from Ruby's skin in the form of her Aura. This intrigued Aizen greatly. It was like a Hierro, but the girl didn't possess any Hollow reiatsu. No, she did. As Aizen peered closer into her spiritual energy, she did find remnants of a Hollow much like Ichigo, but it was different. And yet the barrier was something else entirely.

Aizen took back his blade from the swing so he could block the giant scythe from the side. They continued their blur of steel for a few seconds till Aizen noticed a spike in reiatsu at the tip of her fingers. His interests were further peaked that the girl knew Kido. He knew the spell and would easily avoid it to strike back, but he did not expect the rise of reiatsu from Ren.

And so too late to realize, they both chanted.

"Hado 4: Byakurai."

Aizen just barely dodged a lightning blast from Ren, who he thought was too occupied with Gin. Gin himself wasn't too lucky getting singed on his left shoulder from Ruby's blast. As much as he would be annoyed, Gin found it impressive. Their teamwork was so fluid, they hardly needed words. Cohesion of that caliber takes at least half a decade.

'Where did these humans come from?' thought Aizen, 'I know nothing of these fighting styles.'

Ren and Ruby switched opponents to further put Aizen and Gin on edge with trying to adapt to different fighting styles. In the meantime, Kaname was pressed by Pyrrha. She had gotten even more graceful and deadly in her movements. With her polarity, her range of attack could extend almost long-range and its speed and mobility coupled with her pressuring attacks made defending difficult.

Kaname made a swing, only for Pyrrha to block it back with her short spear. Her shield came back from behind and smacked Kaname on his head, knocking him to the ground. Blood dripped from his forehead.

"I thought you would be as reckless as your father." said Kaname, "But you are actually a smart and talented fighter."

"Flattery will get you no where, scum." hissed Pyrrha.

Kaname used shunpo to get some distance. He spun his Zanpakuto my its ring for a moment before holding it to the side.

"Suzumushi Nishiki: Benihiko."

Kaname swung his Zanpakuto in a semi-circle and sent a rain of hundreds of blades upon Pyrrha. The Huntress recalled her shield and held it above her. No matter how many crashed down, each one shattered completely on contact with the shield. Ruby took a quick glance to admire the sword's ability.

"Cool." Ruby said before evading an extending Shinso.

As the dust settled, the land was in ruin except for the spot that Pyrrha stood completely fine.

"My Zanpakuto isn't called The Invincible for nothing." noted Pyrrha, then holding her spear in a throwing motion, "Fangudo Faiya."

Her spear burned in orange reiatsu before Pyrrha threw it at tremendous speeds. Kaname vanished with shunpo, but did not escape entirely. The clothes on his left side were burned away before hitting the skin. The spear came back to Pyrrha's hand, and she revealed a fanged smirk.

"Perhaps not so different after all." Kaname noted Pyrrha's smile.

"What can I say?" said Pyrrha, "I love to fight."

Back with Ruby, she was stuck at a distance with Shinso trying to pierce through her. All she could do was use her fast reflexes to keep the long blade away. Gin just stood there with that foxy grin.

"Pray tell how are you going to attack me from there?" Gin wondered.

Ruby smirked. "Like this."

Ruby's scythe moved in a blur like Shinso, a bang rang off, and Gin smile faltered as he swayed his head away and a reishi bullet scraped his cheek. The blade of Mazazoru locked into the ground and fired an automatic barrage of reishi bullets. Gin drew back his Zapakuto to a smaller length to deflect the many bullets his way. When he extended Shinso, Ruby merely countered by using shunpo to anchor into another spot.

Shinso extended again and this time Ruby lifted her scythe and fired off a higher caliber shot and used the recoil to dodge. In a mix of shunpo, her Semblance, and her recoil, Ruby multiplied into a storm of afterimages. From behind, Ruby slashed down which Gin blocked easily, but felt himself pressed as she struck from a different angle again and again in an increasing rapid fashion.

Gin was impressed. Never had anyone matched him, or even, surpassed him in speed with a Zapakuto like this.

"What's the matter?" spoke the afterimages of Ruby, "Too fast for ya?"

"Getting cocky, are we, mmmhmm~?" said Gin in his usual fashion.

"Please stop doing that." said Ruby.

'Kid's good.' thought Gin, 'She's actually gotten me in a corner. Shinso isn't really good for an area-of-effect. I could release my Bankai and end her now, but... Aizen won't get that much from me.'

Aizen had to admit it to himself. He liked the challenge this trio were putting up. The girl surprised him, but Ren continued on with the trend. Any other opponent, Aizen could use Kyoka Suigetsu to instantly annihilate his opponent. There was just one problem.

Ren was fighting with his eyes closed.

The Huntsman fought in a more fluid and balanced style that exceeded Kaname even. He fought like any other person would with eyes, but Ren was taking it further defending blind spots almost flawlessly. There was also a strange fluctuation in his reiatsu signature between Ren and his Zapakuto. It was almost like they were communicating.

'Interesting.' thought Aizen, calmly dueling Ren, 'He and his Zanpakuto are working in a more cohesive, almost symbiotic manner. Never have I thought a style of combat could exist. I may have to look into this. It may push me to new heights.'

"Terubisuto: Muchi."

At that chant, Ren's dual bayonets sprouted a glowing tendril of yellow reiatsu like a tail. Ren swung the tails horizontally and parallel to each other. Aizen casually paced back, but the tails ripped through the ground like butter. The dust from the destroyed ground masked Aizen's actions from Ren. Not that he really needed to see him. His spiritual pressure was so cold and immense like that. Then again, he could use this to his advantage.

"Bakudo 26: Kyakko."

Once his spiritual energy was masked, Ren immediately charged through the cloud with all his might in his swing. Steel met steel that dispersed the cloud immediately. As Kakushifokkusu and Kyoka Suigetsu locked against each other, Aizen gave him a smile.

"Oh, so we thought the same thing, did we?" said Aizen.

"Figured that was too easy." said Ren.

He attacked with his left bayonet to cut into Aizen's arm. A wordless bakudo spell sprang to life to defend against the blade. But to his surprise, the barrier did nothing as the blade ghosted through the spell. With a quick shunpo, Aizen managed to lessen the damage from a severed limb to a slight cut.

Aizen wanted to be annoyed that a human had made him bleed, but he smiled once again. This kid was good. Very good.

"I am very impressed." said Aizen, "So much potential in one so young."

From Ruby's fight, she suddenly called out. "Ren, Pyrrha, let's go with Dual Iron Petal."

That brought a smile to the rest of the Remnanties, which Aizen took note of. That was one of the codenames for a unique unison offensive. Back at Beacon, Ruby made sure she made collaborative moves with as many people as she could in any combination, even if it wasn't always with four people.

The steps will be the same, but with their new powers it will only take a little improvising on Pyrrha's part to pull it off.

While Pyrrha was forcing Kaname into position, Ruby fought Gin up close to make him step back and Ren used unarmed mix-ups to keep Aizen on the move. Once all three gave the approving glance, Pyrrha gave a kick to Kaname's gut.

"Hado 1: Sho."

Kinetic force in the simple, but quick Hado spell pushed Gin into position and the trio of traitors found themselves in a group. Meanwhile, Ren charged a powerful Kido and the barrel of Mazazoru produced a red orb.

'Finally know the name of that attack.' thought Ruby.

"Hado 63: Raikouhou."

"Piasusan."

A Cero-like blast and a massive yellow bolt raced after the Aizen and his crew. His mood didn't even faze. A wordless Danku of his caliber was enough to stop both powerful attacks. The ground around them was barely intact from the blast. Only Kaname seemed a bit uneasy in this drawn-out fight.

Out of no where came Pyrrha's role. The shield soared at blurring speeds upon the attackers. Aizen lazily raised his blade to send it away. Gin was pushed back as the shield grinded on his blade. Kaname wasn't as lucky. Pyrrha's Semblance was unfamiliar to the blind man and he was left to her mercy. The shield struck with bone-shattering force from all sides. When Pyrrha recalled the shield, Kaname was bleeding from his mouth and his arms were limp at his sides.

Kaname was furious. There was justice, but this humiliation would not stand.

"This has gone on long enough." growled Kaname, "Lord Aizen, permission to end this now."

"Granted." answered Aizen.

Suddenly, the Remnanties felt a cold sweat on their necks as the air became more thicker with an increasing pressure. Kaname's reiatsu burned off his body and increasing. Rukia was forced to lie down flat under the pressure, and Ichigo flinched from this familiar spike.

"This isn't good." said Pyrrha.

"Please don't tell me he's going to do that." whimpered Ruby.

'So they don't have Bankai yet.' thought Aizen.

"This is the end." said Kaname, "Ban-"

'Crapbaskets.' thought the Remnanties.

"Dammit, no!" cursed Ichigo.

"-kai."

Several rings split from Kaname's hands, grew in size, and spread throughout the edge of the hill. Darkness took hold of the trio. There was no clear way to describe it. It was pitch black, completely silent, and not even a scent in the air. It was just so empty.

"Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi." said Kaname, "I cannot believe you three have forced me to bear you witness to my Bankai. In this space, you cannot hear, you cannot see, you cannot smell."

"Guys," called Ruby, "I don't know if you're saying anything. I also can't hear or see. I can't hear anything."

Kaname aimed his sights on Pyrrha. He felt something throb on his forehead. Like her father, she was such a trouble-maker, and persistent. With a shunpo, he slashed down on her back, piercing through her Aura thanks to the common enhancement of Bankai.

"It's really alarming how much I can't hear any of you guys right now." whimpered Ruby.

"Even if I slash you will not see it coming." said Kaname, "This silence will be your end."

"You don't think this guys is monolouging to himself, right?" said Ruby, "I feel like he is."

That other girl was getting annoying, but first he would finish off Pyrrha. He rushed the redhead down, his sword poised to impale her.

"Prepare to draw your final breath, Pyrrha Zaraki." spat Kaname as he thrusted the sharp steel through Pyrrha.

She didn't even gag. The pain was immeasurable. She wanted to cry in agony, but a new feeling took over her. Her eyes gave a mad look and to Kaname's shock she started laughing. Before he could disengage, Pyrrha grabbed Kaname's sword arm, allowing her senses to come back.

"Guess I am a Zaraki." laughed Pyrrha, "Like father, like daughter. Fancy seeing you here though. That little stab of yours was great!"

'You have to be kidding me?!' thought Kaname as not too long ago Kenpachi put him in the exact situation. He knew what would come next. '#### my life.'

Pyrrha brought down a vicious slash down Kaname's body, and the Bankai was immediately broken. Ruby and Ren were a bit confused at the return of their senses, but snapped out of the stupor when they saw the state of Pyrrha. It wasn't the fact she had a wound right through her body, but it was the fact she was laughing with a fanged smile.

"This chick is as crazy as Kenpachi?!" exclaimed Ichigo.

"One was enough as it is." whined Rukia, "And after so many times to get rid of Kenpachi for ages."

The rush of battle took Pyrrha over and her green reiatsu exploded off of her body. Her eyes glowed a sickly green and the ground cracked at her feet. At her feet was a fatally wounded Kaname.

"Got something to say over there, four eyes." snarled Pyrrha at Aizen. "Huh, shocker. Time to kill mumbles-a-lot."

Pyrrha brought down an overhead. Her spear only split the earth and Kaname escaped at his allies' side with shunpo.

'She's as strong as Kenpachi like this.' thought Aizen, 'Makes sense.'

"Don't run now." cried Pyrrha, flashing her devil's grin and her spiritual pressure screeching through the air, "We were going to have so much fun! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

"She's lost it." gasped Ren in disbelief. Ruby said nothing but stared with wide eyes at the berserk Pyrrha.

"Look out below because here we come." called a familiar voice.

All eyes looked above to find the giant Jidanbo falling from the sky with Kukaku on his shoulder. A Raikouhou fired from her arm aimed at Aizen. It did nothing of course, but then came the other powerful spiritual pressures. Soon, more shinigami arrived on the hill now being informed of Aizen's betraya. Yoruichi and a girl who Ruby guessed must be Soi Fon appeared around Aizen, locking down his blade and putting a blade to his neck. Gin was caught off guard by a woman with Yang's figure putting her blade to his throat.

Three more captains arrived, two being Juushiro and Shunsui, but the other was by far one of the oldest people Ruby has ever seen. He gave off a menacing presence, despite the ridiculous length of his beard and eyebrows. Ruby didn't see any Zanpakuto, but she sensed something from the cane he held.

"Hello, Head Captain Yamamoto." greeted Aizen casually still.

'Seriously, how is this guy so calm?' thought Ruby.

"Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tosen," said the old man, "Sosuke Aizen, what you have done has brought a stain on every aspect of Soul Society. For the murder of Central 46 and the manipulation of the justice of Sereitei, the three of you will be executed immediately. If you have any words to spare, tell me the reason for these heinous acts."

Aizen chuckled. "Yamamoto, I simply cannot find myself among any of you. I will not find myself at the end of this life. Far from it."

"You are foolish to think you can take on all of us." hissed Soi Fon.

"I'm not a fool." said Aizen, "But I do have my ways."

Suddenly, the sky above them split apart into a black void. Hundreds of giant figures roared from its depths, sending chills through Ruby.

"Soi Fon, move!" cried Yoruichi.

They barely got out of the way as three beams of light surrounded the captains and lifted up to the crack in the sky.

"It is no use." said Yamamoto, "That barrier has put them in a separate dimension."

"How dare you, Aizen!" roared Ukitake, "You would side with the Hollows?!"

"This is goodbye, Soul Society." said Aizen as he removed his glasses and his hair slicked back, "I am off to achieve new heights. Humans, shinigami, Hollows. All will come to know and fear the name that is Aizen."

As everyone stood helpless to stop their escape, only Ruby sprinted with her Semblance and jumped up to reach Aizen.

"Ruby, what are you doing?!" exclaimed Yoruichi.

"I'm not letting someone like him get away." cried Ruby, "Not after all that he has done."

Ruby's eyes flashed and to everyone's shock Ruby was passed the barrier and in front of Aizen. Her scythe glowed silver as she powered it with her reiatsu.

"Shirubasukai."

An arc of silver reiatsu shot out from her blade, only to be stopped by Aizen's Zanpakuto. The blade pierced through the scythe, locking Ruby in place. She looked up to see Aizen's smug look.

"You are very interesting." said Aizen, "Ruby Rose, was it? You are very much like Ichigo. I hope I see you both again and whatever power you have. Hado 1: Sho."

"RUBY!" screamed Ren and Pyrrha.

This Hado spell was far more powerful than Ruby. A boom of kinetic force pushed across the hill like she was thrown by Jidanbo. In her flight, Ruby crashed into boulders breaking into her Aura. No matter how many she crashed through, she didn't appear to stop.

Her mind was going dark and she was nearing the edge. Sluggishly, Ruby anchored Mazazoru into the ground to slow her down. Her speed finally had signs of slowing down, and she was fortunate to stop as the blade sinked into the edge and Ruby was hanging over the edge.

"I... I'm okay," Ruby said weakly, her grip loosening, "I'm... just got...to...fuuu..."

Ruby's eyelids shut over her eyes and her fingers slipped from her handle on her scythe. A hand shot over the edge of the hill and grabbed onto the unconscious Ruby. Following the hand up, there was Ichigo covered in his blood that dripped onto Ruby. As much as the risk of his entire body splitting apart, Ichigo dared not let go of Ruby.

"Don't worry, Ruby." groaned Ichigo, his sheer willpower lifting the teenager up. "I got you. I got...you."

Ichigo just managed to pull Ruby to safety before the bliss of unconsciousness took over him. Ren and Pyrrha were the first to get to them, sighing in relief finding they were both alive. Orihime ran as fast as she could and started using Santen Kesshun.

This had been a rough day.

Yay. I was having so much fun writing this entire chapter. The arc is over, but what will Ren and Ruby do in the meantime...?

Up next is Chapter 16.

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