Chapter 2: Now

Shunsui

Once the light faded he looked on in mild fascination, the intruder had seemingly released his shikai but it didn't really look like one. His blade was gone and in its place were two hollow looking arms, one was black with red markings and a large shield like section on his forearm. The other was white with red markings, the markings on his face had grown and now both halves of his face were covered in the same designs as his arms. His face no longer looked human at all, more like a hollow, his hair was all that remained of his former look.

The captain drew his swords in preparation for the fight that was to come. The intruder fired a large blue beam from his black shield arm that came at the Captain faster than he expected. He dodged to the left, but he found the intruder right there waiting for him white arm cocked back ready to attack. Shunsui crossed his blades to block the punch, as it connected he was pushed back a few metres but otherwise ok. He heard a large boom behind him and turned to look, a massive skull symbol had been blasted into the ground somehow.

He lept back and studied his opponent, he was strong and fast but had no technique just raw power. He let out a cheeky grin, he wasn't going to kill the man, after all they were prime suspects in the murder of captain Aizen. He ran towards the hollow looking man for a frontal assault to test his defence. He slashed at the man's chest but the black shield blacked the attack, he stepped back and lunged with a stab and this time the blade was caught in the man's white hand.

Blue energy begane shooting out of the black arms shield and he threw a punch, the captain managed to flash step away in time. But a few buildings were destroyed by the attack.

"That's not good." He said to himself, as the hollow man turned to face him Shunsui flash stepped again only this time he sliced the intruder open as he passed him. The man's arms changed back to normal and his sword returned to his hand before he collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious.

Ichigo

Ichigo was worried, after he came back above ground he couldn't sense Chad anymore. He didn't think he was dead but he couldn't be sure, he was currently looking for the source of a powerful and malicious pressure in the air. It felt like there was a blade at his throat and it was pissing him off, he slid to stop while running and looked up. Sitting on top of a large building was the man he was looking for.

"How long do you plan on looking up there?" Ichigo's eyes widened but he made sure not to turn to the voice until he brought his features under control. He took a breath and turned to look at the huge captain with bells in his hair, an eye patch and scars all over his body.

"Hey there, don't suppose you could just walk away and forget you saw me?" The man just grinned like a maniac before responding.

"Not a chance, you look like a lot of fun. It's not often someone can stand in my presence without collapsing." Ichigo let out a small laugh.

"I'll admit your pressure is intense, but, it's nothing i cant match." The crazy captain just started laughing like he had heard the best joke in the world.

"Come on then, draw your sword and lets do this!" Ichigo actually smiled at this, he reached to his blade and drew it slowly. Red spirit energy came pouring out of the sheath and his spiritual pressure started to shoot through the roof. He matched the captains pressure and took a ready stance, his free hand in his pocket. Kenpachi never let his grin leave his face as he drew his own sword, he started to giggle a little before he charged at the orange haired invader.

Ichigo lunged as well, they clashed with loud strike dust shooting up from the force of the impact. Sparks flew as they traded blows with their swords, neither gave any ground and neither stopped grining. Ichigo took his hand out of his pocket and punched the captain in the face as hard as he could, it sent the man sliding backwards, he used his sword to slow himself down by stabbing it into the wall next to him.

Ichigo made a come at me gesture and the captain decided to go all out, he reached up and removed his eye patch. His energy skyrocketed as a golden glow surrounded him, he got ready to charge again. Ichigo was actually sweating now, he didn't expect this captain to have so much more power to give. He wasn't going all out but he didn't have that much power left in the tank, he did have an idea but he wasn't sure if it was going to work.

He charged his blade with a Getsuga Tensho but didn't release it, he held it in the blade and sharpened his spiritual pressure as much as he could. He figured at the very least he could match the captain in strength with this attack but he wasn't sure how long he could hold it for.

They both charged at each other again, as they clashed the buildings around them shattered to pieces and the ground shook. They pushed off of each other and began slicing again, Ichigo cut Kenpachi across the chest a few times deeply and one across the face and he also managed to stab him in the leg. On the other hand Ichigo had gotten stabbed through the shoulder and cut across the stomach, he also got cut on the side of his neck, deeply.

They were both breathing heavily and bleeding from many wounds, but despite this they were both smiling. Ichigo was smiling because no matter how hard he tried to deny it he loved to fight and this was the best one yet. The two had an unspoken agreement to end the fight with one more attack, Ichigo charged up another Getsuga and held it while Kenpachi simply raised his energy once again.

They raced towards each other yet again, the ground was in tatters and all the buildings around them were gone. As they met in the final clash Ichigo discharged the Getsuga but due to his weakened state the captain was able to tank the hit. When all the dust cleared Ichigo was standing almost cut in half diagonally from shoulder to waist, as for the captain his sword arm was lying on the ground a few metres from the man who was staring at Ichigo.

He laughed like a lunatic one last time before he fell to the ground, Ichigo dropped not two seconds later

"Hey, Kenpachi. That fight was awesome."

"Fuck yeah." The captain answered weekly.