Shortly after Anju and Tatsu had immobilized their opponents, three smaller hollows had moved furtively to surprise attack Tatsu. The three hollows were your basic humanoid figures with disfigured hands, and faces. One had huge spherical hands, while another had curved blades like a Pray Mantis, and another stood on all fours like a bull with two huge horns. Luckily they were just three huge standard Hollows and were no taller than eighteen feet. The shortest one was probably around ten feet and nine inches, which was the Mantis Hollow.
Anju was too caught up in interrogating the Arrancar in front of her, leaving Tatsu alone to deal with Ebirikoyōte and the other hollows. All four of them had closed in on Tatsu, leaving him with his back against a tree. Ebirikoyōte had to be at least twice the size of the Bull Hollow, standing around thirty feet, and that was just on all fours. The sheer size of Ebirikoyōte was enough to scare any human surely, especially if they only just found out about this new side to life.
"I- . . ." Tatsu got nervous and stared, he wished Zahro was here. "Pl . . . ease." His voice started to choke. "Z- . . . Zahro."
Tatsu kept thinking about what he said and how it pissed off Cordelia, he only felt the strength to fight for Zahro, not for Cordelia. His mind kept rushing into thoughts about how it was wrong but it was true, he had to fight for Zahro or he'd die out here.
"NeRVoUs, HuMAn?" Ebirikoyōte growled.
Ebirikoyōte lunged forward and batted Tatsu into the air. As Tatsu was flung into the air, the Giant Hollow that stood at seventeen feet and ten inches, with boulder-like hands leaped at him and opened his mouth wide ready to swallow Tatsu. Tatsu screamed in fear, but yet anger as he stared the red-eyed Hollow in the face, staring down its throat. From the angle he had, he could see down his throat and it seemed never-ending. With the way things were going he'd find out shortly.
His mind flooded with images of Zahro, and the little moments where he'd watch Zahro from afar, and how he'd hug Zahro a little longer than he'd like. He smiled at the thought of how awkward Zahro got when they hugged, but Zahro was awkward with anyone physically touching him other than Kayn. Just a few months ago, during Christmas, the group had gotten together and Zahro told Tatsu that he appreciated his present. Tatsu started to tear up, as that was the first time Zahro ever told him to thank you and appreciated his presence. -
A voice in Tatsu's head echoed a loud thunderous roar. "WAKE UP!"
Tatsu's eyes opened wide in shock. He looked around for a quick second and couldn't find anyone who matched the voice.
"NOW!" An ear-splitting voice yelled.
Tatsu at that moment felt like his body was being guided spiritually. He looked as if he was flying right for the Hollow's mouth. The hollow swallowed Tatsu, licking its lips.
Anju looked up at the sky just in time to see Tatsu swallowed-whole. "NO! TATSUKI!"
Anju had used her Sonido to close the gap and was in front of the Hollow ready to strike him down, but as she did there was a burst of light coming out from the Hollow's back. Tatsu had spilled open the Hollow from his back. His whole body was covered in the same emerald green energy, his Reiatsu was pouring out of his body, and Anju could see that the Reiryoku inside of him had grown significantly and his power was equivalent to the Fifth Seat of a Squad. She had whipped the chain back to her side, holding 107 by her side as she stood in the air with ease.
Tatsu looked at Anju with his signature smile, "Scared ya, huh?" He clicked his tongue, before chuckling. "Tch, heh. I wouldn't leave this world in such a melodramatic way, hon."
Anju could see Tatsu was just keeping a strong face on for her sake, so she wouldn't worry. She wondered if he was fighting for himself or Zahro, cause it seemed whenever he had Zahro on his mind his dormant powers would wake.
Tatsu just knew he had to survive to see Zahro one last time. He had landed and once more he had an emerald green energy gathering power, the difference was this time it was in front of his mouth. This time the center of the energy was pitch black, followed by the signature emerald green.
"Huh?!" Anju looked over at Tatsu in shock.
The energy the way it charged; almost seemed like a Cero. Tatsu opened his mouth releasing a gigantic blast of energy that spiraled out at Ebirikoyōte, his energy had vanished. Número 107, looked over at the now burnt area, about a dozen trees completely gone. Número 107 started to choke. Anju smirked, this had to be the result of Wesir being pissed, maybe he hadn't the energy to bring back Ebirikoyōte.
Tatsu took this opportunity to smash the other hollows with ease. His eyes had shifted with this overglaze to them, they had an emerald green glare to them. The Mantis Hollow shrieked in pain as the bladed arms shattered by the impact of Tatsu's kick. Tatsu had focused his Reiatsu in his right foot as he landed one more kick on the Mantis Hollow before propelling himself from the mask of the hollow. In a few seconds, the mask of the Hollow exploded, and the Hollow turned into blue ashes sprinkling down before disappearing.
Número 107 started to scream in anger, "Stop- STOP- STOPPP!" He broke from Anju's Chain, running at Tatsu maniacally screaming, "DIE, DIE, DIE!"
Tatsu slammed his left foot into Número 107's right shoulder, sending him flying into a tree, which caused him to go barreling into several others before crashing. The crash site was now just covered in debris and smoke from the impact, and as the Arrancar stood, his body had smoke coming off of him, as he walked towards Anju and Tatsu.
"Kill them!" Número 107's voice sounded different, much deeper but panicked.
Anju smirked, "Wesir is that you? Did you miss me that much, that you activated your Resurrección for li'l ol' me?"
The voice coming from Número 107 only confirmed the identity, "Shut your dirty mouth, you weak ARRANCAR! You ran from your position as- AS ESPADA!" Wesir screeched at the two of them.
Which caused Tatsu to cover his ears in pain, meanwhile, Anju just gracefully used her Sonido before swinging her Kama at the Número hosting Wesir's throat. The blade of her Kama had striked perfectly in the middle of the open mouth. She then swung her other Kama blade by the chain and sliced Número 107 in half once more. Which then Wesir had reformed the body again.
Which meant it wasn't that he was low on Reiryoku to force into the Hollow. Anju looked at Tatsu in curiosity, she had to test a theory. Anju swung her Kamas like a fan, the two chains intertwining and creating a spinning blade, which she then whipped the spinning fan blade at the Spherical Fist Hollow from earlier. Just as she had done so, Tatsu had once again used the same technique from earlier where he propelled himself off of the Bull Hollow, similar to how he had done the Mantis Hollow.
The mask yet again had exploded from where Tatsu had slammed his foot against. Yet again leaving blue ashes raining down the area where the Hollow once stood. However, the other and last Hollow reformed. Anju grinned, she had Wesir figured out.
Anju chuckled, "I have you figured out Wesir. Whatever power this Human has, he counters you. He's somehow breaking the bond you have with these Hollow's souls, or so you say, the tethers you created are coming apart due to his power." Anju then looked at Tatsu with interest, "I'm willing to bet if he does the same thing like that roar or that kick from earlier on this last Hollow or even this Arrancar they'd vanish too. Your grasp on them would be completely gone. This technique is similar to Konsō that the Soul Reapers use on the wandering Souls in the World of the Living. Yet somehow his technique goes further and cleanses the target of complete ties."
After Anju had stated that the bodies of the Arrancar and Hollow that stood in front of Anju and Tatsu had fallen apart and turned into black ashes, completely vanishing.
"It seems Wesir wasn't willing to take the bet." Anju joked.
Tatsu started panting his eyes returning to normal, "Anju, we need to go rest . . . I can't handle much more."
Anju hummed questioningly, "Hmm?"
She looked at Tatsu his Reiryoku was back to what it was before the sudden spike of power, and his eyes seemed like they were shifting back to normal. Anju wondered what this power was that he had, and how he could activate it willingly.
"Come Tatsu, it is time I fill you in on everything-" She sighed, "and given the circumstances and your new powers, I should probably help you hone it while we make a game plan to save Hanabi."
With that said Tatsu had slowly followed behind Anju as she had hidden her presence one more her Arrancar Uniform disappearing along with her Hollow hole.