AN; I checked and found out that the Aneel blade was not limited, just annoying to get. Also there have been quite a few clues that I have been leaving. And I would like to see if any of you can guess what might happen later on.

Disclaimer: I don't own SAO or Bleach.

Chapter 5: Soul of Destruction

"So," said Mugetsu, "what is it you need me to find?"

"I'm sorry but I cant tell you too much about it. For now, let's just say it's that a friend of ours have gone missing. There was an enemy attack and he received some head trauma. Thank to this, his state of mind caused him to see us as enemies and run away from us. To make matters worse, someone who betrayed us a while back is after him. We need to get him back."

"Ok then, how does he look like?"

"He resembles a human, but lacks any facial features other than his eyes. Also, he is completely clad in white. Luckily we managed to track his location to this first thanks to an old acquaintance."

'Great, someone or something like that shouldn't been too hard to miss,' he thought. 'Still, I'd like to know more about these enemies he talks about.' "Thanks, so could you point me in the direction that he might be?"

"Of Course! Let's see now, there is still two parts of the forest we have yet to explore. We'll check the southern edge of the forest, and you can search the northern area from here. Be careful though, we felt a strong surge of reiatsu not long ago an suspect that he fought a strong enemy."

"Reia- what," asked Mugetsu with a puzzled expression. "Never mind that for now. I'll just get going now. See you later!" With that he ran in the direction Ukitake pointed him in.

"Well now, isn't he impatient. Almost reminds me of the man that helped save my subordinat don't you think so, Sōgyo no Kotowari?" The two stopped jumping around before facing him and answering with a joyful smile.

"Yep!" This in turn made Ukitake smile back at them.

"Now then, we should probably get going as well."

Soon after Mugetsu ran to his destinatio, he decided to turn on his «Tracking» skill to find anything that might be hiding. But so far nothing seemed out of the ordinary. 'I hope this doesn't take me as long as my last quest.' He continued walking for another couple of minutes until he herd another person's scream nearby. 'Damn! Hope nobody is in trouble.' With that thought he sprinted in the direction of the scream.

He emerged in a small clearing lit by a crescent moon. The sight before him was one of death. On the opposite side of the clearing stood a dark figure with white, waist-long hair coming out of the back of his helmet. At his feet laid the body of a man wearing white. Only that the top half of his body was missing. 'The hell is this!? Did that thing do this? Don't tell me that the one on the floor was Ukitake's friend! Damn, I better take care out it before anyone else is killed.'

But before he could charge at that monster in question, the reflection of the moonlight caught his sight. Next to the corpse lay a silver bow with blue line intersecting over it. 'So that's what that guy in the black coat meant by weapons with a longer range.' Soon his attention was brought back to his enemy as he let out what seemed to be a pained growl.

It snapped its head back and lookEd straight at Mugetsu. Thanks to the moonlight he was able to see the frightening face of his opponent. It turned out that the helmet was actually his head, and that his face was covered by a bone like mask, with two horns on either side of his head sticking out forward. Over the center of his chest was a large hole that seemed to be filled with some sort of white substance. 'Shit, he saw me. Guess a surprise attack is out of the question.' The beast continued to advance as and soon its name was revealed. 'Shiro? Is that suppose to be some sort of joke?'

But when it was half way to Mugetsu, it stopped and grabbed its head in pain. 'What now,' he wondered. "Oy! You feeling ok?" His answer soon came when both it raised its hands and they turned into a pair of long, black blades. "The hell! Hey, just who or what are you?" Instead of doing as told, it charged at Mugetsu with both arms crossed in front of him. Before he made impact though, Mugestu drew his new blade from his back and blocked the oncoming attack. "Don't feel like talking, huh? Then I guess I'll have to beat the answer out of you!"

Both jumped back before charging at each other again. Mugtsu used the «Vertical» sword skill only to be blocked by Shiro's left arm, before stabbing Mugetsu's left shoulder with his right. 'Something's not right. All the mobs up until now have shown little to no intelligence. Yet this guy seems to be reading my movements and blocking my sword.'

When the blade was withdrawn from his shoulder, Mugetsu noticed that his health had already dropped to the yellow zone. 'What!? How can one blow do so much damage?' He quickly decided to drink one of the vials he received from his previous quest. His HP instantly regenerated before he was slash down his back. Luckily he had movedout of the way partially, but still received a fair amount of damage. If he wasn't careful, he would be in the red zone soon. 'Wait, what?' his HP was restoring itself at a fast rate. 'I guess this potion does more than simply heal someone. I can actually feel slightly stronger than before!'

Soon, another attack was heading towards him at high speeds. Shiro's arms were raised to his side, preparing to fall onto Mugetsu. "Not this time you don't!" He blocked both arms before kicking Shiro in the side. He quickly used the moment of surprise to slash the left arm off his opponent. This caused Shiro to let out a roar of pain. "Now we're even." His friend turned and gave him a hateful look with his glowing, yellow eyes. He crouched down for what Mugetus assumed was another attack, only to be surprised at what happened next.

A large, red sphere started to form between his horns. 'Oh shi-' The energy was quickly released in a large, red beam. Too fast for someone to dodge, Mugetsu decided to place his blade in the way regardless of how futile the attempt seemed. He closed his eyes and braced himself for the oncoming force that was about to follow. Only that in the end, he never felt it reach. 'Huh? Why hasn't the blast reached me yet?' Opening his eyes he saw Ukitake standing in front of him with two sword attached together at their hilt by a cord.

"Thank goodness," said Ukitake. "I made it just in time."

If you're reading this, it means that something personal came up. I'll try to solve the problem as quick as I possibly can. I won't update, but I will write the chapters. This way I can simply upload them when everything is set strait. I' sorry for having to make you wait so soon.