a/n - What up yo, I heard if you're at this point in my story, you probably like my chapters, so i added a chapter to this chapter so you can chapter while you chapter?
Not so funny?
Yeah, i didn't think so XD, Enjoy anyway tho
"Bet you never thought you'd see me ever again" Mollow said vindictively "Oh, but I suppose Visera already fixed that problem for you"
"I'm sure you have better things to do than gloat" Layne said, ignoring the barb "Cause last time I heard that voice, it was crying in pain as it was propelled by Rain"
"Layne" Joel interrupted "Just what the hell is this?"
"Some copy of Moll's that appeared when she got her Shinigami powers"
"Why does it look exactly like her?"
"Beats me"
"Enough!" Moll said, drawing the sword sheathed at her belt "I find that my former queen was right… you two do talk too much, especially too each other"
"It's Lofl and Akii's team combo, when was the last time we ever lost a game together?" Layne replied easily
"I can't remember Layne, but we aren't using the combo on this one, so head back inside" Joel said, stepping forward
Layne didn't move
"Bro?"
"…"
"Layne, did you hear me?" Joel yelled
"I'm blind, not deaf" Layne snapped back "And by the same token…" He drew both his zanpakuto "I'm blind, not useless"
"Stop screwing around"
"Rise Inside, Sora!" Mollow released
"Make Your Choice, Riku!" Joel followed suit
Layne didn't release his Zanpakuto, not wanting to give himself access to more destructive abilities that could cause damage to the area
Joel interposed himself between Mollow and Layne
"I don't care about you" Mollow told him, "You're just a waste of time"
"You'd pick a fight with a blind man?" Joel mocked "You Arrancar have no honor"
"Honor is a useless thing, and besides… I don't care about the fight, I only want the kill, and I'll be as dishonorable as I have to be to get it"
"Just try it" Joel said, taking his stance "If you say im a waste of time, well, Riku would like to have a word with you"
Mollow pointed the golden and silver keyblade at Joel
"Unlike my counterpart, I didn't inherit any of Sora's utility moves" Mollow said
"Only the ones that can be best utilized for death… Zephyr!"
The resulting Golden bird shot out of the end of Sora and passed harmlessly straight through Joel, who glanced around in confusion
Mollow indicated behind Joel with her chin, and he whirled around
Layne's head was pointed at his chest, where the wall of the Urahara store was visible through the large hole, centered under his neck
"No fair" Layne muttered, falling backwards "I think I would have been instagibbed by that, eyes or no eyes"
"Bitch!" Joel shouted, rushing at her
"Should you really be doing that?" Mollow asked "Six minutes is the longest the human body can survive with it's heart stopped… you could use those six minutes to save him"
She jumped out of the way to dodge his slash, and Joel became painfully aware of the agility difference
"I'm not going to be able to finish this in six minutes" Joel realized
"But to make it harder for you, I might just mutilate the body, make sure he's dead y'know?"
Joel made his choice
He flashstepped next to Layne's body, picked it up and flashstepped off
"Shit!" Mollow exclaimed "I thought he would still fight"
She ran after him
Rukia caught up to Ichigo, still facing off the Arrancar outside Chad's house
"You... what the hell did you tell him?" Rukia asked
Ichigo knew she was talking about Chad
"Nothing, just to stand back"
Rukia sighed and pulled out what looked like a pez dispenser with the worst drawn rabbit in the world on its head
"Step back Ichigo"
"What!" Ichigo turned around angrily "I'm not going to st-" he stopped when he saw the item in her hand
"You went beyond your capabilities in the other fight, you could lose control again"
Rukia popped the cap on the Pez dispenser and swallowed the green pill that popped out, emerging from the gigai in her Shinigami form
"Rukia…you?"
"Speechless?" She asked smiling "I just got my Shinigami power back after that incident with Kira's underling, and I didn't have Urahara's damned gigai sucking them this time either, so it went a lot faster"
The Arrancar dived at Rukia, his fingers pointed like a blade
Rukia barely brought her zanpakuto up in time to block the blow, and it sent her flying
She flipped in midair and landed against a lightpost, launching herself forwards in a counterattack, which was blocked uselessly by the Arrancar's arm, which seemed as tough as armor against swords
"The names Di Roy" He said, "Arrancar Number 16"
"I'm the thirtee-"
"No, no names, no ranks, no need to say anything else, cause from here on in, All of you are dead"
Rukia bounced backwards, landing lightly, a few steps away from Di Roy
"Well, you might not know my rank… but remember my swords name at least then" she said
"Dance, Sode No Shirayuki"
Rukia's zanpakuto grew a long white tassel, and the entirety of the blade went whiter than Layne's Oathkeeper
"First Dance, Tsukishiro" she continued, appearing behind Di Roy, swinging her sword around so a large circular patch of the ground underneath his feet went white
Di Roy looked down in alarm as ice quickly began encasing his feet
He quickly jumped up
"Damn, you little freak Shinigami… you won't be able to do much with just a sword that freezes the land"
He pulled the cloth over his head away, revealing a gap where his right eye should have been, which began charging a Cero
"What a shame" Rukia said
The circle on the ground shot straight up and encased Di Roy, forming a large unbroken pillar of ice
"Sode no Shirayuki does not just freeze the land, anything within its circle of influence…be it heaven or earth, will fall under its icy grasp"
Ichigo looked on in amazement
"Glad that was over quickly" Rukia said, resting Sode no Shirayuki on her shoulder
"A little too quick, in my opinion" A sadistic sounding voice said above Ichigo and Rukia
They looked up in alarm, as the voice was accompanied by the voice of a crushing reiatsu
Grimmjow stood above them, grinning wickedly
"Who would of thought that Di Roy's killer would still be hanging around here, I'll kill you both, I'm the Sexta Arrancar Grimmjow, don't forget about it Shinigami's!"
Grimmjow jumped off the building and landed in front of them, his hands never leaving his pockets
"Shit, what is this guys reiatsu" Rukia thought in shock "The level of this one and the other one… are completely different"
"Well now, which one of you is it" Grimmjow said, his eyes shifting between Ichigo and Rukia "Which one of you two is the strongest?"
"Ichigo, fall back now!" Rukia yelled
Grimmjow's arm shot through Rukia's chest as easily as a blade through air
"Definitely not you"
"Rukia!" Ichigo shouted, turning around and charging Grimmjow
Joel arrived outside of Orihime's house, breathing heavily
"Thank fuck, I still got time"
Mollow arrived, sensing Joel's and Layne's reiatsu inside the house
"Well, if they are hiding in here I might just have to break this house down"
"Bankai, Way to the Dawn" Joel shouted, appearing above Mollow
"Fist of the Mountain!"
The rocky armor appeared on Joel's left arm
"Elevation! Marianas!"
Mollow jumped back, avoid the hammer like punch, which sent chunks of the road flying when Fist of the Mountain impacted the ground
"This is how it should have been from the start" Joel said "Let's see how well you move mountains, you cheap knockoff"
"Ungh" Layne moaned, shifting a little
"It's ok Trell-kun" Orihime reassured him, though not actually looking at him "You'll be alright"
"Orihime?" Layne asked
Orihime looked down at Layne and gasped in surprise
"Ch" Mollow spat, holding Joel by the throat "I guess for a cheap knockoff, that i move mountains quite well"
She tossed him aside "I expected to win, but this easily is just ridiculous"
"Even your Bankai doesn't give you enough strength for you to be worth killing" she complained
She turned towards Orihime's front door, and saw Layne exiting, his wounds healed and Oathkeeper and Oblivion out
"Look at you, being a good boy and saving me the trouble of breaking down this house to looking for you"
Mollow did a double take and looked at Layne again
"Wait a sec..you-"
Layne disappeared from her sight and she jumped up just in time to avoid being cut by Oblivion
"Bah, I knew I should have used something deadlier than Zephyr!"
Layne jumped up after her
Zangetsu bounced off Grimmjow's arm like nothing
"You underestimating me, Shinigami?" Grimmjow asked "I don't feel like killing you just yet, so hurry up and show me your Bankai, if you don't I'll do what I did to your pal over there and put a fucking hole in ya!"
"You bastard" Ichigo muttered, but he took his Bankai pose
"Bankai!"
"You…your eyes…they're back" Mollow said, gazing at Layne's returned eyes
"That's damn right, I'm back from blind" Layne said
Holding Oathkeeper in the air and Oblivion straight our in front of him, he let loose
"Bankai, Roxas Final Form!"
The clear gloves appeared on Layne's hands
"Strange" Mollow thought "I don't recall him ever having a green eye"
Out loud she simply said "I don't like those eyes"
"That's fine," Layne replied "I'm pretty sick of you using Moll's face"
"Request for Limit Release approved" the voice in Matsumoto's earpiece said officiously
Matsumoto reached a hand up and effortlessly blocked the fat Arrancar, Nakim, from crushing her
"Thank you" she answered gratefully, then she dropped the earpiece and yelled out
"Captain! Renji! Joel! The limit release has been approved"
"Finally" Hitsugaya muttered, holding his hand over his bleeding chest
"I was getting tired of waiting!" Renji added, above Urahara's store, Zabimaru coiled around him
"Limit Release!" The three of them shouted in unison, their reiatsu collecting around them a bursting outwards, creating a hell of a light show for anyone that could see it"
Renji, Matsumoto and Hitsugaya made short work of their opponents, then all collapsed wearily
Renji knelt down on one knee, the collected pieces of Hihio Zabimaru raining down around him
"Good thing the Limit Release surprised that guy… I'm not sure I could have taken him on if I'd been maxing out from the start… could all the Arrancar be this powerful?"
Renji looked up
"Shit… Ichigo"
Grimmjow jumped back, easily avoiding Ichigo's speed stab into the ground
Ichigo brought Tensa Zangetsu up to slice at Grimmjow's face, but Grimmjow simply caught the blade, not taking any damage from it at all, and hurled Ichigo through several buildings
"Shit" he growled, leaping out of the rubble and seeing Grimmjow's fist appear before his eyes
Instinctively Ichigo flashstepped behind Grimmjow, who was confused when his fist swiped only air
Ichigo brought Tensa Zangetsu down again, but Grimmjow blocked it full on with his arm and kicked Ichigo in the face, blasting him towards the ground
Grimmjow made an incoherent noise of disdain
"This things a Bankai?"
He raised his voice and continued
"You disappoint me Shinigami! All your Bankai does is increase your speed! Is that it?"
Grimmjow looked down, and widened his eyes in surprise at what he saw
Ichigo had Zangetsu held out forwards, and black reiatsu was surging all around him, filling the air thick with its scent
"Getsuga Tensho!" he cried, firing the black wave at Grimmjow
Oblivion came within Mollow's field of view before she registered that Layne had even vanished
As a result, the small scratch which she sustained hurt her pride more than it did her actual self
"This isn't really how I expected this to go"
"What, you afraid of a fair fight?" Layne taunted "Is it not easy enough for you now that I can see?"
"Of course, that's exactly what I meant" Mollow said sarcastically
Layne came around for another pass, but Mollow swept both his keyblades away with her own and delivered a flat punch to his face, breaking his nose
"Fucker" Layne growled
Mollow turned around and kicked Layne into the ground, where he cratered
"Even with your Bankai, I shouldn't have released my sword to take on weakness such as yours"
"Derived Move" Layne whispered, standing up in his crater
"I'll give you a derived move!" Mollow shouted, flying towards him
Layne aligned Oathkeeper and Oblivion perfectly and held them out in front of him, unwavering as Mollow closed in, faster and faster
Mollow hesitated for a fraction, swearing that something glinted off Layne's now dark green irised right eye
That fraction was what Layne was waiting for
"Riptide Strike: Flood!"
Layne's keyblade's generated two streams of reiatsu, dark green from Oathkeeper and Black from Oblivion, which entwined and shot towards Mollow faster than Layne to bacon
"Oh shi-" She exclaimed, barely managing to curl up in a defensive stance as the stream overtook her
Ichigo breathed heavily as he eyed the cloud of smoke where Grimmjow had been, The Getsuga had hit him head on, No way had that not done any damage
Grimmjow's arm's were crossed in front of his face, a straight blood gash aligined down his arms and chest where the Getsuga had hit
"What was that just now?" he asked, slowly uncrossing his arms
"A technique of that description…that wasn't in Ulquiorra's report… Shinigami"
"Did that end your disappointment? Arrancar?"
The corner of Ichigo's left eye began turning black, moving across from the side of his face inwards
Ichigo jammed a hand over his eye
"Wait just a little longer…dammit!"
For Layne, the case was much worse, In the small mirror shard Layne could see that his right iris had turned green and the white parts had turned black, and that black was slowly creeping across his left eye
"Well what the hell am I supposed to do now… it's not like I can just discard half of Roxas, I've never even thought of drawing reiatsu from Oblivion before, and it obviously works… just has one major drawback, aside from one hell of an energy drain…"
"And just what might that be?"
"You, you idiot"
Mollow reappeared in Layne's field of view, out of range of Flood, not that Layne could use it again
"Impressive…I might actually use something other than Zephyr now" Mollow sneered, inspecting the deep gashes up both of her arms, and feeling the clotting blood on her left temple
A hand snaked out and grabbed her hand and she jerked violently
"What the hell! No, I'm not done here!" She yelled at someone
As far as Layne could tell she was arguing with the night sky
Then Layne saw it, The Captain with a visor running over his sightless pure white eyes, his black hair in braids, dressed in similar style clothing to Mollow
"One would think I would have at least seen the clothes…"
The Captain disappeared and Mollow turned to look at Layne
"You're lucky this time" she growled
"So are you," Layne replied easily "Next time I'll bring the real Moll to kick your ass…then you'll see what scary is"
Mollow flashstepped away, leaving Layne to collapse and sit down on the ground, leaning against rubble, cursing the hollow in his mind
"Gotta stop making these bullshit calls, my mouth is going to get me into some serious trouble…"
Grimmjow laughed uncontrollably
"This is great Shinigami!"
He reached for the sword hanging at his belt
"I find you …worth killing!"
"Shit!" Ichigo thought, still covering his eye "All that Getsuga and the wound is only superficial?... and I can only use the black Getsuga a couple more times"
"Oi, don't just stand there!" Grimmjow replied "Cause now, it's my turn!"
"G-"
Tousen appeared behind Grimmjow with Mollow at his side, who stopped speaking in shock
"Withdraw, Grimmjow" he said simply
"Tousen…why the hell are you here!"
"Isn't that…one of the Captains that defected…and Layne's friend Moll!"
"You should not need to ask why" Tousen said "Against orders, mobilizing Arrancar and leading them to their deaths in an arbitrary attack on the human world… Aizen-sama is furious"
Grimmjow said nothing
"Come, your punishment…as well as this one's shall be handed down in Hueco Mundo
"Shit" Grimmjow muttered under his breath "Alright"
Grimmjow turned around and watched as Mollow opened a Garganta for the three of them, and walked through it
"Oi!" Ichigo shouted angrily "Our fight isn't finished yet!"
Grimmjow looked behind him and sneered
"Don't kid yourself, Shinigami…the only reason you're still standing, is because our fight isn't over yet… you're at your limit, and I haven't even used my Released state yet"
"Released…?" Ichigo repeated quietly
"See ya, Shinigami… pray you don't hear the name Grimmjow Jaegerjacques ever again"
The Garganta closed behind Grimmjow, and Ichigo stood silently staring at the space where the portal had been for a long time
Eventually, Renji approached from behind, beaten to hell
"So the Arrancar are gone… did you win?"
"No"
"Idiot…you're still alive, so you won"
Ichigo didn't turn around, but his voice hardened
"Don't give me that crap… you wouldn't say that if you were in my position"
a/n - Lotta new stuff this chapter, so i'll give a quick rundown
Marianas is the name of the deepest place on earth, the Marianas Trench, so when thinking of another Elevation for Joel, it made sense that a straight down punch wouldn't have the name of a mountain, but a chasm XD
Riptide Strike: Derived Move: Flood, won't see many derived moves, cause i'm still not sure i like the idea
I picture all of Layne's move being overly complex, quite a few of them overlapping and Layne just generally having two or three moves for one purpose, there are exceptions to this (Torrent, Tempest)
But hey, he's the water, fluid and ever changing, so it saves me from getting caught in the Ichigo cycle (Blue Getsuga - Bankai - Black Getsuga - Hollow Mask - Hollow Getsuga), but i suppose there isn't much that changes about the moon, when compared to water XD
And because i feel like it, here's all the moves for my main 3 oc's that have currently been revealed
Layne - Roxas
Riptide Strike
Rain - Getsuga Clone, with a Time Delay
Surge - Charges forward, enveloped in water
Torrent - Small jet of water, displaces a weakened opponents reiatsu (similar principle to an Execute, except it doesn't kill)
Tempest - Reiatsu sheath on Blade, enhances physical combat abilities
Spirit of Seas - All out Finale Move, drains Layne completely
Maelstrom - Summon's a Rainstorm which may be manipulated for other moves (Spirit of Seas, Tempest)
Sword Style: River - Fuses Oblivion and Oathkeeper and changes moves from Rain and Surge to Torrent and Tempest
Sword Style: Split River - Normal Stance, base moves Rain and Surge
Derived Move: Flood - Derived from Rain, drawns reiatsu from oblivion to join that of Oathkeepers for a more powerful attack
Joel - Riku
Earth's Power
Magnetize - Shield of Magnetic Energy - Held on Left arm, bounces back anything physical that comes into contact with it, useless against reiatsu based
Formation - Tail of dirt/minerals collected at the tip of the blade, used like a hammer
Quake - Earthen Spikes pop out of the Ground whereever Joel wills it, within a radius
Fist of the Mountain - In Shikai this is just a glove of rocks, in Bankai it takes over the entirely of Joel's left arm, provides temperature immunity and greatly increases Joel's physical power when striking with that hand
Elevation: Kosciuosko - Straight Punch with incredible power
Elevation: Marianas - Flying punch aimed straight down
Moll/Mollow - Sora
Tornado - Multitude of uses for the blast of wind which simple pushes things away
Permeate - Phases the user and up to two people in contact with her, able to permeate solid objects below a certain thickness
Aero - Area Teleport, the user has to have been in the area she wants to teleport everyone too within the twenty-four hours
Zephyr - Bird Shaped Reiatsu missile, has similar properties to permeate at users will, though only affects self
So far, sorry for last wall of text which is longer than actual story ._. =P
enjoy