"Ahahahahahahaha!" The Ghoul Unohana laughed madly as she continued swinging her blade against Renji.
"This can't be true..." The Lieutenant thought in disbelief, as he was in his Bankai and he was being pushed to the limit. "Just what kind of monster is Captain Unohana?!"
"Renji, move!" Rukia warned, as she was going to attack the Reigai. "Juhaku!"
The Ghoul smirked as she felt the freezing wave coming out of Rukia's Zanpakutou, happy to be facing interesting opponents like them.
Evading a direct hit, she approached Rukia with the long sword, attempting to cut her in two with a single slash, as if the girl was a cake waiting to be sliced.
"Rukia!" Renji intercepted the blade with Zabimaru, just in time. "Damn, that was close..."
"You two have been fun, but still, you're nothing more than kids. You're gonna need a lot more than that if you intend to defeat me!" The clone spouted as it charged towards them with an unprecedented killing intent. Playtime was over.
With a slash like that, it was simple to hack their bodies, separating them into two lifeless pieces of flesh as blood spilled all over, covering her face and blade with the ruby fluid that she loved more than anything.
However, instead of feeling the metallic taste in her mouth, or the slightly warm drops falling on her skin, her Zanpakutou was stopped by an unexpected clash.
The sensation in her hand travelled through her nervous system in the fraction of a second, all the way to her brain, which immediately showed her a distant memory, one only possible to trigger by that special feeling. That feeling of being on the border of death. That feeling she had only experienced once, and yet, that was a memory of the original.
Still... The fact was unchanging.
The important part, is that said feeling was only possible to achieve when fighting that man.
"Hm? What's this... I thought you looked strong so I attacked ya but... I feel strange, as if I had fought you once before" Zaraki Kenpachi said after stopping the sword, having used his two hands.
A look of surprise became a grin of insanity in the Reigai's lips as she confirmed the sensation that was running through her body from the tip of her toes to the top of her head.
"At last... The only man I've ever loved...!" She licked her lips. "Our fight will be legendary!"
"Beats me. I don't know why the Hell I feel like this, you know anything, Yachiru?" He asked the pink haired girl as she got off his back.
"Nope!" She shook her head, although she was really serious inside, even a bit worried. "She might be a clone, but if she's like the real deal..."
"Come at me with everything you got!" She had forgotten completely about her previous enemies.
"Oi... Will Captain Zaraki be alright?" Renji asked Rukia, still panting due to the previous fight.
"He's considered a monster even among the Captains... So I believe he will" Rukia replied. "Besides, there's not much we can do, is there? If it wasn't for him, we would..."
"True..." Renji closed his eyes as he agreed. "It looks like we fulfilled our task anyways"
The bloodthirst was palpable in the air, as dense and thick as fog, sending chills down the spine of the two Lieutenants as they witnessed the beginning of a duel between the greatests beasts Soul Society had ever seen.
"Good! Straight to the action, I like that!" Kenpachi chuckled as he got his eyepatch out of the way, releasing all his might and shooking everyone in the ground's battlefield. "Now don't you dare disappoint me"
"I would never... After all these years... It's simply impossible" Her mad blue eyes shined with bloodlust and thirst for violence.
~~~~X~~~~
At the same time, the real Unohana was fighting alongside Chojiro and Mayuri against Ren.
"*yawn* Now, try to entertain me for a bit. I left my book aside just so you could have my attention, but I'm starting to regret it..."
Silver sickles were flying all over the place, greatly limiting the Shinigamis' movement. One wrong step and their throats would be slit, or in the best of cases, their bodies stabbed.
Chojiro used his lightnings to both deflect the sickles as well as attempting to attack Ren, achieving from little to no effect.
"Tsk...!" Mayuri lost an arm due to one of the flying weapons.
Unohana was about to direct a Healing Spell at him, but the Captain quickly refused.
"Don't even bother..." He injected himself with a tissue and muscle repairing serum, getting back his limb in seconds. "He's not the only one that's almost unkillable... Although, you would no better, wouldn't you?" He asked Unohana.
"There's no point in mentioning that now. Just the fact that I'm here should be enough, but... I'm afraid that this might be more than I can handle without having to stain my hands with blood"
"That's what I'm here for... Captain Unohana" Chojiro assured, using all of his might to both protect himself and his allies as well as attack Ren.
The Fallen Angel could easily deflect his attacks with the double-edged scythe however.
"You don't give up, do you? Well... Looks like I'm gonna have to use a portion of my real power to show you the space between us, weather man" Ren said scornfully. "Wrath of Kronos"
Swinging the harvesting weapon, a dimensional slash of chaotic energy fragmented that space inside the Seireitei, leaving a distorsion inside the dimension's clear skies.
"Chojiro! Kurotsuchi!" Unohana shouted as thw two were in the line of fire.
"Shut up. Geez, the fact that you worry about me is almost disgusting" Mayuri bashed her. "Just how incompetent do you think I am?"
"I'm grateful for your concern, Captain Unohana..." Chojiro replied way more politely. "But as long as I can feel Captain Genryousai's burning soul... I won't allow anyone to extinguish mine"
Ren looked at the three, quite surprised, actually.
"Woah... It's been a while since a group has come unscathed after one of my powerful techniques. Interesting... Looks like there were amusing Soul Reapers in this day and age... It's what I would say if that was the case, but, you are actually from a previous era. I can see it with these eyes" His flame-like blue eyes shined through the skull mask. "Especially, you... Woman. What's wrong? Why are you restraining yourself? What do I have to do to let the beast out, huh? You can't lie to me... I can see it all"
Unohana stoically closed her eyes as she let her hair lose.
"Is that so...? What a pity" She got the feared Zanpakutou out of its sheath. "Looks like there's no choice... So we're to reduced to this"
"You love death and violence just as much as we do, am I wrong? Your soul radiates that wild aura"
"I'll let you judge..." Unohana appeared in front of him in a flash. "...By yourself"
The Zanpakutou quickly sliced the air in an intent to turn Ren to shreds, as reducing him to nothingness was the only way to possibly kill him.
Ren seemed to grin a slight bit as he was forced to block with the sickle, forced to focus on Unohana's movements.
"Yes, yes... This is what I wanted from the start. Those two clowns weren't nearly here... But you, YOU are a real Soul Reaper!" He praised, surprised.
"Coming from a legend like you I should feel important, right? How odd..." Unohana retorted, serious, as she was making a huge effort not to let her bloodlust get the best of her. "Bht I don't feel anything. I don't care about you... Maybe, because you haven't put me in real danger yet"
"Oh, how rude of me..." He slashed his scythe and created a huge demonic skull of Reiatsu that attempted to crush her with its jaws. "Let's ride 'til the edge of the Earth... Death"
A pale horse came galloping out of 'nowhere' (cause it was clear that its source was his Reiatsu), and Ren jumped on top of it, riding into the sky triumphantly as he created an orange orb of concentrated energy.
"Now let's go for something more... Apocalyptic" He said as he sent the sphere flying towards them.
"No!" Chojiro quickly identified the threat posed by such a technique.
"What a drag... It might take some time to get my body in place after something like this" Mayuri saw the same.
"This is... Unreal" Unohana could feel the pressure raging inside that sphere.
"Defining Armageddon" Ren unleashed the power of the ominous orb.
Just like the name implied, as soon as the energy exploded, the skies were shattered and the ground below was shaken, even without being in direct contact.
Everyone in the Citadel and the sky felt the pressure produced by that cataclysm of an attack, leaving a bitter taste due to thr uncertainty regarding their current battle.
~~~~X~~~~
Meanwhile in the Human World, the rest were surprised with the sudden apparition of Togabito, who were wreaking havoc across the land of the living.
"Yuzu, don't leave my side" Uryuu ordered the girl as she was under his care.
"Y-Yeah!" She nodded, worried.
"And don't even think about fighting. The only reason Ryuuken agreed to give you that Quincy Cross was so that you could learn to control your powers, but you are very far from being able to fight"
"I... I know..." She sadly replied, holding a Quincy Cross between her fingers, knowing how useless she was in a situation of real danger.
"Don't put that face, it bothers me" Ishida added. "You look just like Kurosaki when he was losing his powers... Look, I'm gonna make it clear to you, cause your big brother never understood this: You're not always meant to fight. Sometimes, the level of the enemy will surpass your own, and if you don't want to end up six feet under without accomplishing anything, you should follow my advice. I know it's tough, but it is the truth"
Yuzu, in spite of her young age, had her attention perfectly centered on him after he mentioned her brother, engraving those words in her brain so that she would never forget.
"I understand... Ishida-senpai!" She bowed.
"Sen...pai...? Whatever, now it's not the time to worry about the little things" Uryuu concluded, going to the nearest spot with a dubious reading of Reiatsu.
The situation was very similar with Chad, Isshin, Yoruichi, Tessai and company. Due to Karakura being situated on the current Juureichi.
"Hey, who are you and what the Hell do you want?" Isshin asked serious, with Karin behind him.
"Heheheh... I'm not that special" Kokutou replied calmly. "I'm just a damned soul who lost someone dear once... So now I'm gonna share this pain everywhere I go!" He charged against the Shinigami with his black sword.
"So you're the worst kind of bastard..." Isshin muttered as he got Engetsu out of the sheath.
At the same time, Tessai and Yoruichi were going to face a powerful Togabito who attempted to burn everything to ashes.
"Ahahahahaha! I love this city... So much that I'll set it ABLAZE!" Shuren yelled triumphantly as he started setting fire to a park.
"I have no idea what you are... But I'm not gonna let you or your friends run loose, you hear me?" Tessai said, pointing his hand at him.
"And let me give you some advice" Yoruichi added. "Better start running, cause we'll put your little fire out as easy as a candle"
"We shall see... If you can say the same after being reduced to pieces of sorched flesh! YOU. WILL. BURN!" Shuren declared as he sent a barrage of blazing arrows towards them.
Chad himself was also dealing with the revolted evil souls that used to be punished in Hell, now free due to the latest events.
"El Directo!" He attacked a group, knocking them out in a single blow.
Such display of power made a special deceased Arrancar interested.
"Hey... You look familar, but more importantly, strong" He had his long tongue out as he savored the taste of battle.
"Hm? What the-" Chad remembered the Arrancar. He was the one that easily defeated him even after his power up, in Hueco Mundo during Orihime's rescue.
"Look at that. I forgot your name! You must've been too weak... But I can't deny there's something about your power I can somehow relate... C'mon, show me a good time!" Nnoitra pointed his weapon at the Fullbringer.
Chad felt afraid at first, as back then, he had been rendered useless by the Espada. However, things had changed. He wasn't the same weak Human, and he would prove that to himself right now.
"Careful what you wish..." He replied with determination, clenching his fists.
Kon and Nozomi stayed at Urahara's Shop, under the protection of Ururu and Jinta, although it wasn't really that big of a deal.
It turns out that only a handful of the Togabito were truly dangerous individuals, since most of them were already deranged beyond logical thought, so they were more like beasts and didn't boast a significant amount of power that could pose a threat.
But, aside from Shuren, Kokutou and Nnoitra, there was another pair...
"Who would've thought that we would get a chance like this one?" A well known pink haired Arrancar told his only company.
"It truly is a great opportunity..." Aaroniero replied with his low voice. "...To enjoy an all you can eat buffet!" The high-pitched sphere replied.
"Not only that... But I feel a rather familiar Reiatsu not so far from here..." Szayel smiled. "It seems we're almost the only ones... After all, Barragan and Ulquiorra were used by those Demons, while we were discarded due to our 'low' potential. How basic and simple-minded of them to leave a genius like I aside!"
"Whatever you say..." The high-pitched voice retorted carelessly. "...We'll just go ahead and feast!" The low voiced sphere of Aaroniero completed.
"*sigh* Yes, go do whatever pleases your being. I, on the other hand, will have to visit an old acquaintance of mine..." He concluded, using Sonido to move through Karakura.
As Uryuu finished off a horde of weaker Togabito, his eyes widened, feeling the presence of the scientist Espada in the area.
"No...! It can't be... Unless..." He didn't know how Jigoku worked exactly, but after knowing said Arrancar, he could easily deduce that an entity like that would end up in Hell for his crimes, either as Human or Hollow. "Yuzu"
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"I'll take you back to your father. Turns out, this situation is more dangerous than I had imagined at the start" He explained.
"There won't be a need for that" A man retorted with a serious tone.
"Ryuuken!" Uryuu didn't feel his presence as he was too focused on Szayelaporro's.
"I'll take care of her. You go after those Arrancar. I can tell what kind of threat they are. You should call a friend, in fact"
"I'll see wether that's necessary" He replied about the last part. "But... Thank you"
"Let's go, Kurosaki" He told the girl.
"Y-Yeah, Ishida-san" She complied.
The two Quincies headed towards the Kurosaki House while Uryuu went to the source of the disgracefully familiar Reiatsu.
~~~~X~~~~
"What the...! How is he so damn strong?" Seku wondered as he barely defended himself from Satya's assault.
The Espada didn't fret as he continued the siege, waiting for the moment in which his sword touched the skin of the Fallen Angel, injecting the liquid nightmare he had embedded on his blade.
The other three continued facing the Sebitti. Lilynette was holding off three at once, while Bryssling and Ashido did the same with two, each.
Seku alternated between grins and faces of worry every second, mentally surpassed due to reasons he couldn't comprehend.
"Why...? Am I feeling...? So... Weak...?" His Reiatsu also started declining.
"Looks like you've figured out something's wrong" Satya could read his expression.
"W-What?!" He became bewildered by such certainty. "What did you do to me?!"
"Nothing" Satya told the truth. "You're doing this to yourself. You fought us with everything you have while still using that hideous spell on the Shinigami below us. Did you really think that an effort like that wouldn't take up its toll? How naive. No wonder you're the weakest of the Four Horsemen"
"Y-You...! You prideful mortal! You think this is over? You think you've won?! Don't make me laugh. All I gotta do is release the Plague to end you all for good!"
Satya smiled internally as he got what he wanted. With the Ghouls out of the way, one of the most troublesome odds they had against them as an alliance would be gone. All he had to do now, was make sure that he could beat Seku even after receiving that boost.
However, reality was a lot more complicated than the ideal flow of events that was in his head.
Seku snapped his fingers, commanding 'The Plague' to cease and come back as power for him.
From the citadel below, a giant surge of a disgusting green Reiatsu came to him, his power surpassing Satya's expectations, to his dismay.
"Hahahahahaha!" Seku giggled, his red irises glowing maliciously. "You're gonna regret this decision so much..."
"Dammit... I just hope I didn't fuck up, cause if that's the case... This could very well be the end" Satya thought, starting to worry about the Fallen Angel's new power.
~~~~X~~~~
Moments before the release of Seku's Spell...
"Now THIS is a real fight! That guy over there got me all fired up cause he looked like me... But in the end, it wasn't nearly as great as I wanted him to be" Kenpachi told Unohana's Ghoul Reigai.
"This has been so much fun for me as well... So why don't we take it up a notch?"
Shunsui and Juushirou had just ended their fights thanks to the aid of Renji and Rukia, who had decided to help them in their inability to continue fighting the brutally powerful Reigai.
"Hey, Kyouraku... You don't think she's possibly referring to...!" Ukitake said just after picking up the yellow Soul Candy that remained after his Reigai's doom.
Shunsui pulled his hat down in sign of worry.
"If that's the case... Even Captain Zaraki's as good as a dead man"
"Wait... What do you mean?" Rukia inquired, really upset by such an unbeliavable claim.
"Captain Zaraki is a Demon himself! Why would he-" Renji was also shocked.
"Because Captain Unohana is one of the most dangerous Shinigami in the history of the Soul Society. Zaraki might be a devil, but he doesn't have any real knowledge about his power" Kyouraku clarified. "She, in contrast, dominates both Kidou and her Zanpakutou completely. Even if that's a copy, I can assure you that we won't be able to do anything against it... Not without the help of Yama-jii or Captain Unohana herself"
The two Lieutenants stood in shock as they listened to the Captain's words.
The two Kenpachis clashed for one last time before the Reigai decided to use her full potential.
"Will you survive? Will you prove to me once again that you're the only man that can make me happy?" She giggled with that thought.
"What's wrong? Did you decide to go all the way already? Cause I am- No, I've always been ready for this moment" Zaraki grinned.
"Just like I would expect from you..." She licked her lips. "So shall it be..."
Zaraki's eyes were locked with hers as she pronounced the words.
"Bankai..."
Everyone stared at the woman in disbelief, still unable to imagine what kind of mess was about to take form in the battlefield.
However, just as she was unleashing the so feared power, her mind and heart became tremendously lighter, as if all darkness had escaped her.
"What is...? This sensation?" She wondered, not understanding what she was doing.
Kyouraku noticed the change in her, and decided to take the opportunity, taking advantage of the white Captain uniform.
"Irooni: Shiro!"
Unohana's Reigai gasped as she was hacked apart by two swords at once.
"Why is... Everything... So... So... Dark...?" She wondered as everything became blurry and, slowly, went black, the sight of Zaraki Kenpachi being the last thing flashed into her eyes, reverting back into a blue Soul Candy.
"Oi! The fuck do you think you're doing?!" Zaraki growled at Shunsui.
"Sorry, Captain Zaraki" He apologized. "But all is fair in love and war"
"Tsk... Then you might as well take her place don't cha think?" He looked at him with clear murderous intent. "I was having fun, you know?"
"I won't discuss it anymore. You might think this is a game, but take it from me, this war is no child's play..." He retorted with a sigh. "Please understand"
"Ngh... Whatever. If there's no one strong to fight in this place, I'm getting the hell outta here" The 11th Division's Captain said, choosing one of the four powerful Reiatsu's in the sky. "That one will do..."
"Let's go Ken-chan!" Yachiru jumped on top of his shoulder.
"Wait, Captain, your injuries...!" Rukia wanted to heal him a bit at least.
"There's no time. See ya" He stomped the floor and got out in a flash.
"*sigh* Anyways... What happened that stopped the Reigai?" Ukitake wondered.
"Hey... I think you all need to see this" Renji pointed his finger at the masses, who were previously Ghouls.
"Looks like 'The Plague' has ceased" Shunsui said in relief. "One thing we won't have to worry anymore. Thank God..."
"*cough* *cough* I'd love to go help more people but... Looks like I'm in no condition to do so" Ukitake confessed, reaching his limit due to his poor health.
"And you're not the only one... All that fighting got me pretty beat myself. We should move everyone to a safe place for them to stay as they recover" Kyouraku replied.
"The 4th Division will do all it can to assist and secure the wounded, Captain" Isane arrived at the site.
"Captain Ukitake!" Kiyone and Sentarou arrived at the site too, ready to help their ill leader.
"A-And I came to help as well!" Orihime was running, Loly and Menoly not separating from her side.
"Wonderful" Shunsui nodded. "Let's start mobilizing the ones in need then. We'll leave the fighting to the ones in condition"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed.
~~~~X~~~~
"I... Can't even..." Lisa murmured, collapsing as her very Reiryoku was being absorbed by Mitsuyo's most powerful ability.
"Gh..." The rest was feeling the same way.
"What... Is this?" Kensei asked.
"This is the cycle of Ouroboros. Ragnarok will take all your Reiryoku and erase your current existence, but don't fret, you will return to the cycle as renewed souls, probably Human" Mitsuyo explained.
"That doesn't sound all that bad..." Shinji chuckled. "But... I'm gonna have to decline"
"Heheh... Me too. I already got a second chance... I won't allow you to rob me of that" Gin agreed.
The Fallen Angel chuckled at those replies.
"I admire your resilience, but I doubt you have any chance of escaping this. It is literally a black hole of Spiritual Energy. It won't spare any of it, except mine of course, and I have it pretty rough myself due to the sacrifice..." Mitsuyo retorted, pressing his wound to stop the bleeding a bit. "It's not like I'm gonna die, but this takes a lot of blood, you know?"
"Yeah, I know" A female voice answered, making everyone turn their head towards it.
"No way..." Rose and Love muttered at the same time.
"It is..." Lisa was out of words.
Shinji was shook as well, mute as he was still unable to grasp wether this meant the best or the worst of luck.
"You..." Was all that escaped his mouth.
Gin's eyes were fixated on the woman too, feeling especially uneasy, as he was the only one of this group who knew for certain what had occurred.
She was wearing a black Yukata with pink skulls and orchids painted as decoration. Instead of wearing it properly, she left the top open, showing a lot of cleavage as well as her shoulders, just like a Shinto goddess would.
Her teal hair was loose, just like always, but for some reason it looked wilder, with a shadowy aura to it.
On closer inspection, her right arm seemed to be tattooed, inked with what seemed to be a horned skull, surrounded by a black heart. Her nails were long like a vampire's, sharpened on purpose and painted black.
That way, she could proudly show her figure for the moment her loved one arrived. She couldn't wait to see him.
Dark Nelliel smiled at them all, in a way that seemed to be in the middle of friendly and sadistic.
"Everyone is so amused to see me, how lovely!" She exclaimed. "Sorry to make such a sudden appearance... But Ichi has taken quite long... And it's boring to just roam through that empty Castle, so I thought I could go out and see how things were going around here"
"Nelliel..." Mitsuyo muttered, also getting a feeling of danger out of the situation. "You... You aren't planning to do something crazy, are you? We're allies, remember?"
Everyone was astonished by that revelation.
"Huh? Why are you so scared, Mitsuyo?" She asked innocently. "You don't reeeally think I'd just go ahead and take advantage of your weakened state to end your pathetic life, do you? After all, we have a deal"
"Yes. Yes, exactly!" He chuckled nervously.
"And we also share a special trait in common, as you are a sadist, just like me" She noted. "So I believe you'll perfectly understand how alluring this sight is..." She licked her lips evilly.
"Y-Yeah... They are almost dead aren't they? Hahaha" He laughed, sweating cold bullets.
"Oh, I wasn't talking about them. I was talking about you" She clarified. "I find cute and all how you wanted to see their lives fading away slowly, but that doesn't really make the cut for me..." She started walking around, circling the Fallen Angel like a hungry vulture. "Blood, on the other hand... That's what I really love... No, that's not right, is it? The only thing I can certainly claim to love is my dear Ichigo now that I think about it, so... Let's call it lust. I lust for blood... And that means..."
"You... Whore..." Mitsuyo insulted her as he realized where it was going.
"~kuhuhu~ You knew this would eventually happen, Mitsuyo, don't pretend you didn't" She stood in front of him, her bright yellow irises with reptile pupils staring deep into his soul through his blue eyes. "Maybe... You were an M all along, but you liked to pretend you were an S to look stronger. I don't really care" She got her Zanpakutou out of the sheath.
"No...!" He blinked multiple times quickly.
"All I want... Is to have some fun" She whispered in his ear, her breath warmly embracing him, yet choking him like a rope tied to his neck the next second.
Mitsuyo didn't know why, but he simply couldn't move.
If any of the Vizards or Gin had somehow fought back, he would've easily put them in their place. But this time it was different. He was paralyzed by the mere presence of the corrupted Queen of Hueco Mundo, defenseless against the torture she was about to carry out.
She cut into his body, once, twice, thrice... And so on. Each cut slower than the last, coldly calculated to ensure the most painful death possible, avoiding any important vein and artery in the Fallen Angel's body.
"Aah... Argh...! P-Please...!" Mitsuyo cried as the pain became unbearable.
"What? You want more? Gladly..." She grinned as she started stabbing him, blood spilling everywhere.
"EEEEEAAARRRGGHHHH!" Mitsuyo cried as his life was coming to an end.
The others were more than shocked by her behaviour, some sickened and others simply static as they witnessed the torture.
One thing was clear, at least for the ones who had already met her. That was not Nel.
"I see... So this is what happened to her" Shinji thought, seeing it with his own eyes.
"What? Feeling like dying already? Sorry but I cannot allow you to drop out just yet... I'm not nearly satisfied" She declared, healing some of his wounds with Kaidou to continue inflicting pain as his screams of agony fed her bloodlust even further.
After a third round pleasuring herself with Mitsuyo's grief, she decided to put an end to it, crushing each of the Fallen Angel's hearts with her sword, one by one.
He vomited the primordial ooze as his suffering reached its end, the sphere of Ragnarok disappearing along with his life.
"Ahh..." She moaned. "How delightful indeed"
The Vizards slowly recovered, getting their Reiryoku back, along with their Zapakutous' spirits.
"What... What are you gonna do?" Lisa asked her. "Cause if you're gonna play with us like you did with him, I'd rather kill myself right now"
"Eh? But I thought you knew me...! Do you...? Do you really think I'm that kind of person, Lisa-chan?" She seemed hurt by such question, but quickly dropped the act. "~kuhu~ I know what you mean, but don't worry. You are all dear friends of Ichigo... I don't want to harm those he cares about, or at least as long as they don't try to take him away from me" She looked straight into her eyes. "You would never do that... Right?" She gently passed her hand through Lisa's cheek, getting a shiver from the woman, despite the fact that she didn't have any intention of meddling in her relationship.
"So it is true..." Shinji spoke. "You DO care about Ichigo"
"But of course I do! Without him... Everything would be so damn empty and dull... It would be unbearable. That's why I'm going to make sure we become one for all eternity"
"And how do you plan to do that... If I may ask?" Gin wanted to hear it coming out of her lips.
"The only way we Hollows know, of course" She simply retorted. "I'll consume his being, completely. I won't leave anything out, not a single drop of blood, not a single bone... I will eat Ichigo's very soul!"
Almost everyone trembled as they heard that, understanding that the person they once knew was now gone.
"But... Nelliel, is that really the only way?" Gin dared to ask.
They all expected her to boil with anger as soon as such a question was formulated, but to their surprise, she took it quite well.
"Unfortunately..." She admitted. "...It is. As we are now, it is the only way in which we can possibly be together. This darkness... This negativity... It won't allow his soul to connect with mine like it did in the past. I'd sacrifice it all to feel that way..." She remembered the brief moment she had felt Ichigo's love that night.
"But then, can't you somehow sacrifice the darkness inside you?"
"I believe... I could" She confessed. "But then... Everything would be for naught. I can't risk that everything's lost because of my selfish wish" She spoke tenderly, completely different from the way in which she acted before. "I know I'm quite the egoist already... But I'm smart enough to know that said path is one where no one wins, or well... Not one of us"
"I see... That's too bad" Gin replied comprehensively.
"I won't deny it. But it is all we have..." She concluded. "You should go now... Otherwise, I might get the urge to harm you guys as well, and mark my words, I don't want to, I really don't. But in this state... I don't feel anything. Destruction lurks... Waiting to fill the void... Which is the reason I'm feeding it with these bastards instead of the people Ichi likes. I won't pretend I don't enjoy it either, but I know you guys don't have that impression of me..." She sighed. "Just... Go. I'll try to find a way to entertain myself until he arrives"
The group nodded, strangely calm despite witnessing the sheer utter brutality the woman enjoyed. Somehow, they could sense she was not going to hurt them. They even got the feeling that they could see a pair of hazel eyes for a moment, instead of those evil yellow ones, but in the end it was the same.
"Welp... You heard her" Shinji accepted. "Let's go. There's nothing else we can do here"
No one refuted that fact, following Shinji back into the Citadel.
Gin looked back for a moment, receiving a sincere smile in reply.
Whoever that Nelliel was, she wasn't like they believed her to be. Even inside that unfathomable haze of evil, shined the inextinguishable fire of her love, stronger than any other part of her being.
"I might be a monster..." She muttered to herself, crying. "But I promised... I promised I would always love you... Ichi..." She put her hands in her chest trying to feel the heartbeat that used to exist within her. "Always... Even after the day I die"
~~~~X~~~~
"This feeling... Mitsuyo somehow got himself killed" Seku thought. "Pfft... He clearly got it upon himself. How can someone like him lose, like, for real!"
While he did that, he carelessly attacked Satya, stabbing to purge dissimulation.
"Fuck... This got way more complicated than I would've wished for" The Espada thought. "Well... At least I saved trouble for the rest"
"Mind Reflections" Seku used an illusory ability.
Copies of him scattered across the sky, like shadow clones.
Satya dodged and destroyed most of them, but they didn't stop coming.
With sweat falling down his cheek, he continued slashing with the intention to hit the Fallen Angel out of luck, without getting results.
"It's over!" Seku grinned as the real him had an opening, right in Satya's back.
Bryssling was the only one who noticed the move.
"No, Satya!" He yelled as he got the two Sebitti that were fighting him out of his way.
With a Sonido faster than anything he had ever used in his whole life, Bryssling managed to get in time to Satya's back.
However, there was no time for him to defend his partner properly.
Seku stabbed with his spear a myriad of times, hoping to see a dead Satya afterwards.
It was much to his surprise to realize that he had completely perforated the body of the 8th Espada instead.
"Br-Bryssling...?" The lilac haired Arrancar muttered in disbelief.
"Heheh..." He spat a lot of blood. "You said it yourself, Satya. I'm too old... But you've got a long life ahead of you *cough*"
"How moving. Who would think mere Hollows could go as far as to sacrifice for another? Looks like I've still got a lot to learn"
"I didn't fit in this new world anyways..." Bryssling chuckled. "Good luck, pal. And... If you see her... Just say I was glad to be at her service one last time" The last part referred to Nel.
"No way... No... Bryssling don't you dare die! You still have things to see, you are the one the Legion knows most... You can't... Leave us..." Seku finished by tearing him in two. "So easily..."
"Wow, you looked so cool and composed and now look at you... Despairing over a dead comrade? What a pussy!"
"Shut up!" Satya clashed against him with an unseen strength. "He might have been an idiot, but he was our friend! Who do you think you are?! Playing with people's lives as if they were your toys!"
"They were people? My whole life I thought mortals were just puppets for my entertainment! Ahahahahaha!" He felt cocky due to his power-up.
"Never again... Will you play with us" Satya declared firmly, determined to destroy him once and for all.
His sword was spitting the liquid fear everywhere as he sliced the air, trying to deal Seku a single cut.
In spite of his rage however, Seku was still a world above him. After all, he was merely an Espada with a single Resurrección. There was no contest. Unless...
"Move, kid!"
Satya was suddenly pushed away, staring in shock at the man that had just arrived.
"You... You are that guy who wanted to fight Grimmjow!"
"I'm busy here, shut up or get out!" Kenpachi told him.
"You're so rude, Ken-chan!" Yachiru scolded him.
"Get off, Yachiru. This guy is the real deal"
The Lieutenant did as he told her.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Seku seemed indignant.
"I came here to fight. You see, someone ruined the fun for me a while back, but that won't happen now..."
"You can't just barge into any fight! I'll teach you some manners..." Seku commanded the two free Sebitti to go after him.
Kenpachi destroyed them with a single swing of his Zanpakutou.
"W-What?!" Seku couldn't believe it.
"How... Did he...?" Ashido and Lilynette were also amused by that, as they had gone through a lot of trouble just to harm the guardians.
"Why is everyone so surprised? These things weren't better than those training dummies... Or at least that's what it felt like" Kenpachi didn't seem to care. "I don't know, I'm kinda fired up after my last opponent, so I'm ready to rip and tear anything that's in my way really"
"You... Freak" Was all Seku could say in reply, still unable to process how a mere Captain could pull off something like that. "No, no... These Arrancar must have weakened them, yes... That must be it... Otherwise, this sole Captain is a greater threat than these four Arrancar together" He thought, trying to find an acceptable explanation.
"Call me whatever the fuck ye want, but fight me with everything you got!" Kenpachi charged against him.
"Ahahaha! Very well then, I'll enjoy seeing you begging for your life!" Seku attacked with the spear, containing Kenpachi's blow very well, and in fact, having a slight advantage. "I knew it! He's just a Captain..." He thought, feeling calmer.
"Yeeaaahhhh!" Kenpachi put his other hand on the sword's handle, easily blowing Seku away with a single swing.
The Fallen Angel stared in shock as reality showed him how wrong he was to make that assumption.
"C'mon, we're not done yet, are we?" The Captain came once again.
For the first time in his immortal existence, Seku was frozen solid by fear, not comprehending how someone like Kenpachi could be a threat to him.
"No... This can't be...! A simple mortal like that can't possibly withhold this amount of power!" He thought, seeing in slow motion as the Soul Reaper approached him. "But then... What is this presence...? This latent sensation that I'm confronting a..." He could see the face of Kachiki. "...Demon?!"
"Satya...!" Lilynette and Ashido were still struggling against the Sebitti, but she called the 6th Espada's attention.
"What?" He quickly asked back.
The young woman pointed Seku with her eyes, as if saying 'Now's the moment'.
Satya nodded with decision, snapping out of his previous state, ready to put an end to the bastard.
Seku dodged Kenpachi in the last possible moment, truly afraid for his life for the first time, only to find an even greater fear.
The black liquid fell on top of him, producing a numb sensation that gave him shivers, as he barely evaded a direct slash.
"Y-You...!" Seku realized that Satya was back in the action.
"Sorry, Shinigami, but this was MY battle" Satya clarified.
"You have guts to insist" Kenpachi replied. "Fine, do as you wish, but don't complain if you get hurt for getting in my way"
"Likewise" Satya retorted, indicating that Zaraki was under the same conditions.
Seku's lip trembled a bit as he saw himself in a dangerous scenario.
A man who could kill him in one blow and an Arrancar that could render him useless in one slash.
"Dammit!" He pressed his hands on the pole of his spear, trying to build up strength to win against the two.
Despite his superior speed and strength, his lack of skill in combat was a real disadvantage, especially now that Kenpachi had joined the drill.
Blow after blow, Seku saw himself in a tighter spot, unable to counter in an efficient way as he would've liked.
"Is that all?! What a joke" Kenpachi spat with bother.
"Grr... Mind Reflections!" He tried using the same trick.
Kenpachi however, simply slashed his way frenzily through all the fake copies of the Fallen Angel, while Satya carefully analized the field to find the real one.
"Bingo" He smirked.
Seku, in shock as Kenpachi rendered his strategy useless, didn't even see the Espada coming.
"Ga... Wh-What the-"
"That's for Lily-nee"
Stabbed in the back with the long sword, the Horseman felt how a cold liquid entered his self.
"E-Eh?!" He muttered in shock.
"And this is for everyone else you've used. Enjoy it. Pesadilla..." Satya said as he induced him the punishment of the fear produced by his blade.
Unlike Velo de Maya, this technique immersed the enemy into a world of inescapable cold, pain and fear.
Seku's worst nightmares became a reality in half a second, not yet understanding how that had happened.
"I was... Stronger...!" He thought as the shadows of his own terror engulfed him.
In the real world, shaking in place and spitting white foam through his mouth, it all ended as he was hacked apart by Kenpachi's Zanpakutou.
His suffering would not end there, as his consciousness was not on pair with the physical world in terms of time, so a sempiternal nightmare was all that awaited him. Seku, 'The Plague', ceased to exist, paying for the awful things he had done to those he believed to be inferior, and yet were the same ones who achieved his downfall.
The Sebitti turned into dust, along with the end of their master.
~~~~X~~~~
Opening his electric blue irises with black scleras, Grimmjow stood with sheer determination in his Etapa Final, not taking his eyes off Kento after what he did to Harribel.
"G-Grimmjow...! You...!" She murmured with difficulty as he held her.
His hair had changed a lot. While in Segunda Etapa, it had the same colour as his previous forms, here, it changed into a bleach white colour, becoming a slight shade of blue with jaguar spots as it reached the end, at his knees. Also, he grew a white and blue striped tail in addition to his already existing black and blue one.
His stripes now alternated between white, black and blue, both on his legs and his arms, and all shared the characteristic jaguar marks on the white fur. His hands were completely black, with long blue nails that made his fingers like daggers.
Through his chest, black and blue stripes also apppeared, though these weren't of fur, and in looks, he had the perfect proportion between muscles and a good-looking appearance, not looking grotesque, in fact, Harribel was enthralled by him.
"Yes, Tier..." He replied softly, smiling. "And it's all thanks to you. You're the only thing in this world that I ache to protect. The only reason I would go against my impulsive need to destroy..."
"Grimmjow..." She smiled tenderly, wanting to kiss him so hard... But it wasn't the moment for that. "I'll reward you later... For now, I'm feeling better. Let's put an end to all this"
"That's the woman I fell in love with" He chuckled, putting her back on her feet, and right away noticing two knuckles embedded with electric blue Reiatsu. "Wait, these are..." He retracted his long nails to wear them.
He smiled with joy as the name of his Final Weapon resonated in his head.
"Kaiser... There couldn't have been a better one" He thought to himself, associating that with his desire to become King. "Hey, Tier, are you sure that-"
"Don't worry, I already got my breath back" She ordered Megalodon to return to her hand. "I bet this is what Ulquiorra was referring to when he said he had a plan"
The Primera joined them, silently agreeing with her.
"I know... And for that, I'll tear him to shreds later!"
"Hmph, don't make me laugh" Ulquiorra retorted. "You might have reached that stage, but I'm the one who knows it most, as I was the first to obtain it, and in spite of that, I've done a great effort in order to be worthy of calling myself Primera Espada, so you can dream on, Grimmjow"
"We'll see about that..." Grimmjow didn't give up.
"Ugh... Are you done already? I'm tired of killing time over here" Kento said. "Especially when I see you all so fired up. It looks like I'm gonna have to go serious this time..."
The trio of Espada smirked as they felt like there was a chance.
"No need to rush, sucker" Grimmjow spat as he appeared behind him in a flash, quicker than Kento could even perceive.
The pain was the only indicator that he had been wounded, feeling Grimmjow's lacerating knuckles carving into his skin with a brutal strength and speed.
Kento quickly reacted, producing an expansive wave of explosions out of his body to force Grimmjow to step back.
As Grimmjow returned with his companions, the Primera Espada chuckled.
"Killing time, huh...? Are you sure it's not time that's killing you?" Ulquiorra replied philosophically
"Those tricks won't work on me. First, cause I don't give a shit! And second... Well, on second thought... I guess I win, cause I'm immortal!"
"We'll put that to the test if you don't mind" Harribel retorted, preparing her cannon like arm, the other two following, Grimmjow with his both hands and Ulquiorra with his horns.
"Cero Luna!!!" The three did in synchronization.
Kento used his powerful claymore with both hands to try to block the full-power attack, but to his surprise, it was way more powerful than he imagined.
"Ho...? How surprising!" He seemed fired up by that revelation. "Maybe I WILL be able to use my pride and joy after all..."
"Be careful..." Harribel warned her companions, receiving nods in reply.
"Heheh..." He chuckled. "You Arrancar truly are a joy to confront. You show barely any hesitation, and jump into battle in an even more natural way than eating or sleeping" He spread the blood that was coming out of his hands. "Despite my last efforts, you made me bleed... That's simply wonderful" He couldn't be any happier. "It's time to rise up... It's time to rise for war... It's time to rise up... BLACK IS DEATH! AND RED IS WAR!"
"Here he comes!" Ulquiorra warned as he saw the Fallen Angel charging towards them.
"War Cry!" Kento said as his sword became charged with the fire-like Reiatsu, becoming a colossal blade that scorched and blew everything it touched to bits.
"That is simply more than we can handle just by attacking..." Ulquiorra analyzed. "Harribel, Grimmjow, I'll create an opening. You two have the duty to end this, now. No second chances, no failing, understood?"
The two looked at him amazed for an instant, in disbelief that he could stop such an attack, but did as he ordered without further thought.
"Yes!"
"Orihime... I hope it's not inconvenient, but I'm gonna have to borrow a share of your power once again..." He said as he focused his mind and heart into using the barriers of his Whole. "Negación Total"
A dark green force field covered by a golden-yellow mantle rose, not simply blocking Kento's attack, but dissolving it into nothingness as it came into contact with Orihime's Reishi.
"What the-" The Fallen Angel couldn't believe it. He had never seen his best attack so easily countered.
Without any second thought, Harribel and Grimmjow took opposite sides to trap Kento in a wall of death made by their greatest techniques.
"Marea Negra" Harribel created the black water Tsunami with help from Megalodon.
Grimmjow was still getting used to his new power, but instinctively knew that he would have to use his new weapon to make the most out of it.
He charged Kaiser with an electric blue Reiatsu, as powerful as the Catatumbo lightning.
He waited for the moment in which Kento was trapped in Harribel's wave, slammed by the unbearable pressure her black water witheld, like that of the ocean's abyssal depths.
As soon as the cataclysmic attack swallowed Kento, Grimmjow released the power he had been charging and focusing his whole being into.
"Destructor!" He sliced the air with his Kaiser knuckles, freeing the unrestrained power.
A barrage of white, black and blue slashes, each of the size of a full Desgarrón, and charged with electricity, coalesced with Harribel's Tsunami, making the annihilating combo the couple had been perfecting over their training in the Dangai and afterwards.
As the attacks entwined, the gigantic mass of water was melted by the heat of the voltage, exploding like a humongous geyser.
The three Arrancar were panting, having used a lot of their Reiatsu in that final combo, barely standing on their feet.
Grimmjow smiled at Harribel, telling her just with the look how magnificent her attack had been.
The moments of joy were to end quickly however, seeing as the shadow beneath the burning vapor was still on his feet, although it had lost his centaur-like form.
"Ha... Ha..." He panted. "Damn, that was a rough Onsen if I've ever seen one, heheh... But don't think this is over! War never truly ends, unless one of the parties ceases to exist completely!" He grabbed the claymore, now cracked by the previous attack, and pointed it towards them. "Death... Blood... It won't ever end! This is WAR ETERNAL!"
The sound of blazing steel cutting through meat was heard immediately afterwards, but it wasn't from any of the Arrancar.
Instead, Kento fell to the ground, in pieces of scorched flesh.
"What an unpleasant being you were... And that big mouth only made you worse. You can't even take my Corte Infernal and yet you believed you could carry on an eternal war... Pathetic"
The three Arrancar tried to mutter a sound, but they were mute.
Harribel though, with tears in her eyes ran towards her anyways.
"N... N... Nel-sama!"
She wanted to hug her, she ached to feel her warmth, all because she desired to prove that her friend was still alive.
"TIER, NO!" Grimmjow yelled, knowing it was a terrible idea.
Dark Nelliel giggled as she joyfully received Harribel in her arms.
"Wow... Now this is a surprise" She said. "Are you by any chance... Unafraid of me? Or maybe, you are just foolish..."
"Nel-sama... I... I heard what happened but... I know... I know you would never betray us!" Harribel replied, weeping in her master's shoulder. "I'm so glad to see you again..."
"Oh, Harri... It makes me so happy hearing that" She sweetly said. "And that's why... I want you to accept this little gift" She whispered as she stabbed her in the back with her sword.
"Fuck..." Ulquiorra muttered.
"TIERRRR!!!" Grimmjow yelled in a mixture of fear and anger as he rushed towards his love.
Dark Nelliel smiled at her as she pulled the sword out, Harribel collapsing.
"Nel... sa...ma..." She gasped, falling unconscious on her shoulder, a bit due to the pain, but almost entirely because of the emotionally breaking development.
The blonde returned to Primera Etapa, her power being focused on regenerating her body after such a wound.
Dark Nelliel stuck her tongue out to taste the blood in her Zanpakutou.
"Hm... This taste is not nearly close to his... But it's still a delicious harvest" She licked her lips. "Thank you, Harri, now my Zanpakutou is clean of that filthy swine's blood. You are indeed a true friend..." She caressed the Espada's head with a malicious tenderness.
"You... You...!" Grimmjow went right at her, but she knew how to stop such an unnecessary quarrel.
"Catch" She threw the Espada at him, forcing him to do as she commanded. "There's still time, so please, don't be an impulsive fuck like always and get the hell outta here. Same goes for you, Ulquiorra"
The new Cuarta whimpered as he held her beloved.
"Tsk... Why? She looked up to you! She idolized you" Grimmjow spouted. "SHE FUCKING LOVED YOU!"
"Take this as a warning... I don't want anyone to interfere in my encounter with Ichigo, is that clear?" She turned her back on him. "As for why...? Easy" She smirked. "Because she's my best friend"
"W-What...?" Grimmjow couldn't make any sense out of it.
"You see... Ichigo found her attractive, and I can't bear the thought of him thinking about any woman other than me... So to clear my consciousness, I thought a little punishment would suffice. It's better than having to kill her, don't you think?" She put the blade back inside the sheath.
Grimmjow's words escaped his lips out of pure rage.
"You're one. Insane. Bitch"
Dark Nel laughed at his answer.
"I know ~kuhuhu~" She didn't even look back as she retorted. "I'm that and much more for my dear I-"
~~~~X~~~~
The two Uraharas were engaged in a fierce combat, one that made their whole surroundings shake.
"Hadou 90: Kurohitsugi" The Reigai casted the spell.
"Hadou 90 (Another): Shirohitsugi!" Urahara countered.
The two forces of Darkness and Light converged violently into a chaotic explosion, making the two lose their hats.
"Woah, would you look at that... It seems we're going nowhere with this" Urahara said.
"You really think so? I'd say you're the only one in trouble, looking at that half-cooked Hadou you designed there" The Reigai replied.
"That's quite cheeky coming from someone who didn't get even half the power of a true Kurohitsugi" Urahara chuckled.
"Oh, really? Why don't we take things up a notch then?" The Reigai got serious.
"Do as you wish" Urahara retorted calmly, but was actually worried. "Dammit... He clearly has his Spiritual Pressure capabilities boosted. If he tries what I think... I might not come out of this without a scratch. But then again, I have no choice but to try"
"Let's end this in the best way possible..." The Reigai smirked. "Hadou 99..."
"Well, here goes nothing" Urahara sighed, feeling in his skin how dangerous that was.
"...Goryu-"
The Reigai was stopped in the middle of the action, a torrent of blood spilling out.
"It can't be...!" The Reigai muttered as it saw the attacker.
The body fell into two different pieces that diagonally separated the torso, turning into a crimson soul candy.
Urahara looked at the scene with amusement, grinning as soon as he realized the identity of his savior, who stood right in front of the Soul Candy.
An Arrancar in a white skulls armour and with black draconic wings stood, a dragon's skull covering his head.
"I see you made it back..." Urahara chuckled as he searched for the pill Nageki had given him earlier. "...Kurosaki-san"
~~~~X~~~~
The two froze as Dark Nelliel stopped right in her tracks.
"Oh my God... I can't believe it!" She started screaming with a frantic joy.
"Don't tell me..." None of the two could feel it, but they knew what such behaviour could only mean.
"He's here..." Dark Nel concluded, anxiety consuming her as she scratched her neck between gasps. "My beloved Ichi is finally here...!"
"Ichigo...?" The two muttered, wondering what they would find.
"She could be wrong, or lying..." Ulquiorra thought. "However, I won't be playing games with her, that's for sure" He decided. "Grimmjow, we need to go. I'll tell Orihime to heal Harribel, so rest assured. There's nothing else we can do here"
Grimmjow bitterly agreed with his superior.
"Very well..." He sprinted through the air, going back to the ground.
~~~~X~~~~
In the aftermath of the explosion produced by Ren's attack, Mayuri and Chojiro laid unconscious on top of the released form of Minazuki, wounded, but still alive.
"Hm? That's not your Shin'uchi-" Ren noticed.
"It's called Bankai nowadays, and no... It's just my Shikai, as my true power won't be necessary" Unohana simply replied.
"You are an outstanding healer, I must say. That attack would've easily erased even a Captain. The way in which you constantly healed them out of the afterlife is really amusing"
"Thank you, now if you'll excuse me, I must go... I believe you can take care of this, right?" Unohana asked the man that had just arrived and was standing by Ren's side.
She couldn't lie to herself, when she had felt his presence at first, she was really worried. In spite of that first impression, the calm aura he had along with the familiar Reiatsu she could perceive gave her all the answers she needed.
Ren looked at him too, truly smiling for the first time in their battle, showing that he wasn't a blank slate as he appeared.
"Kurosaki Ichigo... That aura you have, I would never mistake it" Ren said. "You see, we are two sides of the same coin..."
"Captain Unohana, go as far as you can, and tell everyone on the ground to stay there. I'll take care of the rest" He declared, his voice sounding a bit distorted due to the skull.
"Sure... Actually, I'm glad that you came but... Shouldn't you have gone to take care of...?"
"Urahara told me you would need help and that the old man was already taking care of that along with Nageki and Arikado so... Let me, I'll end this quickly" He retorted. "And also... I've got another thing to take care of, in fact, I wanted to do that as soon as possible, but... Something tells me I won't need to try so hard in order to find her..."
Unohana didn't seem to understand the last part, but complied with his decision and left with the other two Captains.
"Very well then..." Ren seemed eager, despite his calm tone, as he was quickly moving his fingers along the stick of his Scythe. "Shall we start? Cause I might not show it, but I've been dying to prove something"
"I'm not in the mood right now. If you wanna die, just go ahead and try me. If you still wanna live, turn your back and leave this place. I've got no interest in you"
"Kekeke... Cold, aren't we? I mean... I am a God of Death... Just like you... I thought you'd be more interested in proving-"
"Fine. I'll destroy you. No, I'll erase you completely from existence so you can be happy with that fact. Sounds like a good deal?" Ichigo spat back, pissed beyond normal levels.
As it turns out, Ichigo felt a sheer emptiness inside him, as the power he had obtained came along with the primal void of the Hollow race, just like it had happened the first time he had gone into Resurrección, but now...
He was alone.
He was miserable.
He was...
H O L L O W
Damn man, university is a piece of shit when you wanna dedicate to art, but that's life for ya, it sucks. Even so, here you go, longest Chapter to date! (Although it's mostly stuff you probably don't care much about lol, but it's necessary for the right progression of the story).
Anyways, Ichigo has finally returned to end this once and for all (and I recommend you hear my mix between Ba13 and Chokkaku for that matter, titled "Shiro Sagisu - Ichigo, A True Hero" on YT) and Nel is back too... Though not as the sweet girl we know, but that's another story.
Reviews:
Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Very good chapter! Loved this! Nuff said. Lol
Reply: Thank you.
kbnsr: This is such a great story! I'm so happy I found it. Which imo is hard to do in the Bleach fandom for some reason. I can't wait for Ichigo's return! And here's to hoping you'll decide to continue on w a sequel once this one is over. With the amount of world building you've done here, it would be incredible! (also, more IchiNel fluff, I saw what you did there mentioning children. Though Ichigo should remember telling the others before they get a whole generation of oops!babies lol)
Reply: Thank you so much! I really hope more people end up finding this story and sharing their thoughts. For the success it has had, I believe I am going to continue, but I'm gonna take a little rest in order to read TYBW and CFYOW properly. I'm glad you like the IchiNel fluff, I have a blast writing it. The fact that they can have kids is just a little clarification, so that Wholes can have families in the future, but don't worry, the most cautious couples won't be in trouble for a long while.
See you guys next Chapter, where we'll see a bit of who exactly Ren is, and of course... The resolution of Dark Nel and Ichigo. Evhron out.
Glossary:
Pesadilla: Nightmare
Negación Total: Total Denial. Combination of Ulquiorra's Barrera Negación and Orihime's barriers.
Destructor: Destroyer.
Catatumbo Lightning: A phenomena in Venezuela that consists of practically endless lightning storms and produces lots of ozone.