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New Power
Kurai stepped out of the portal, looking around. They were in a hallway. And a fairly small one at that.
"What gives Kurai," Ichigo asked. "I thought Hueco Mundo was a giant forest."
"The part I was in was," Kurai shrugged. "I suppose it stands to reason that not all of Hueco Mundo is exactly alike. And Aizen has been living here for several months now. And Ichigo, try to keep your voice down. We can't fight Espada if you're tired from drawing in dozens of lesser Arrancar."
Ichigo sighed and nodded then turned and began to walk down the hallway. They followed, everyone remaining relatively quiet before Kurai stopped. The others noticed and did the same and Kurai turned, looking down a side passage the others had walked past.
"I sense an Arrancar," Kurai stated.
"Can you tell who?" Uryu asked.
"Yeah," Kurai nodded. "Her. She's an Arrancar now. The exit is this way."
He began walking down the hallway and the others followed. After a few minutes, they entered a large open room where a hollow appeared in front of them, between them and a staircase and another appeared behind them, blocking their retreat. The one in front had a pterodactyl-like skull with the section over his left eyes and forehead missing revealing three stretched blue diamonds. It also had white bone spikes sticking out of its back following its spine, a white robe that covered most of its body and hovered a few inches off the ground, and four long, thin, bone arms with fingers just as long. The other was a very large, one that looked mostly human, if a bit lanky, with dark spun, brown dread locks tipped in metal spikes, and a piece of mask over his eyes and forehead. This one didn't seem to be very intelligent, given the fact that it was grunting like a Cave man.
"Where are you going intruders?" the one in front asked.
"For a walk," Kurai stated. "We'll be back in a couple minutes."
"That so?" the Arrancar grinned. "Sorry. I'm going to have to say no to that."
"Are these Arrancars too?" Ichigo asked.
"Look a lot like hollows don't they?" Kurai grinned. "I've heard that the lower their intelligence, the more hollow-like appearance they bear."
"I'll handle these two," Ichigo stated.
"No," Kurai smirked. "I think Uryu and Chad want to show off their new powers. Especially since Uryu only just barely got access to his Quincy power back."
"I don't think that's a good idea," Ichigo stated.
"What do you think Chad?" Kurai asked.
Chad stepped forward, smashing his elbow into Ichigo's head, blasting him into the wall. Then, the turned toward the smaller hollow.
"Hold on, Chad, take the big guy," Kurai spoke up. "He's got brute strength. The other one looks like a speed type, which is where Uryu's strength lies."
Chad nodded, turning toward the bigger of the two and summoning his powers, his right arm turning black and hot pink with a broad, wide spike sticking up from his shoulder. He darted forward, stepping around the large hollow's had as it swatted at him, then punched it in the jaw, shattering half of its mask and sending it crashing into the wall. At the same time, the other hollow held up two of its arms, the fingers beginning to fire yellow blasts of Spirit Energy at Uryu, who easily avoided the attacks before forming a Reishi bow that looked like a spider web with eight points and the lines heading outward continuing a bit. He pulled it back and fired three arrows. His opponent avoided two before the third punched a hole in the hollow's shoulder, making it shout in pain.
"Nice bow," Kurai smirked.
"Thank you," Uryu nodded. "This, is Ginrei Kojaku."
The bigger hollow stood, throwing a punch at Chad. Chad held up a fist, stopping it in its tracks then remaining there as the hollow put most of its weight and all of its strength into trying to push Chad.
"That's all you've got?" Chad asked, voice monotonous as ever. "Shame. I was hoping you'd be stronger."
And with that, he raised his other hand, gripping the hollow's fist and spinning, through the hollow over his head, the hollow crashing into the wall. At the same time, Uryu and his opponent began to fire at each other so fast that their attacks were a blur of yellow and blue with a massive continuous explosion dead center between them where their projectiles hit.
"Not bad Quincy," the small hollow commended. "But there's something you should know. My Uña Tirotear is able to fire a continuous stream of one hundred and eight shots at once. Let's see how long you stand up against that."
"Oh, I see," Uryu cut in. "On hundred and eight shots all at once is very impressive. The only thing is my Ginrei Kojaku fires slightly more...like twelve hundred."
Instantly, Uryu's stream multiplied several times over, instantly overpowering the hollow's and then beginning to fill him with countless arrows. At the same time, Chad's opponent managed to pull his head out of the wall and turned around.
"Damn it, you'll pay for that," it growled. "I won't lose to a weakling like you!"
He set his hands on the ground, metal plated tongue shooting out at Chad. Chad held up his right hand, catching the tongue and being pushed back a short distance before stopping and letting the tongue fall to the ground.
"Are you done?" Chad asked. "Since you waited until now to use that attack, I'm guessing it was your last resort and you've got nothing left."
He began walking toward the hollow who was sitting back against the wall in defeat.
"I think it's time I show you my final attack," Chad stated, stopping in front of the hollow. "I'd rather not, you see, I don't enjoy finishing off an opponent who's lost his will to fight. It just doesn't sit right with me. But in this situation..."
His shoulder spike split open with the black middle part staying put and the two purple parts outside spreading as Spirit Energy began to fly out.
"...I just can't allow myself to feel any pity for your kind," Chad finished curling his hand into a fist. "El Directo."
He darted forward, driving his fist into the hollow's abdomen, Spirit Energy rolling off his fist as he did. The hollow shouted in pain before Chad stepped aside and it collapsed.
"Rest in piece," Chad said before walking to the others as his arm returned to normal.
"You guys have come a long way," Kurai smirked. "Impressive."
"Way to go Chad and Uryu," Ichigo grinned.
Just then, the room around the began to crack.
"Oh boy," Kurai groaned. "One last trap. We need to move."
"You won't escape," Uryu's opponent groaned from where he landed. "We are the guardians of this portal. Anyone that tries to approach Las Noches from this place must be stopped. If we fail, the base collapses, killing us all.
They all sprinted to the staircase but just as they reached just, sand poured in through the ceiling, pushing them out through the stairway. They dug themselves out, Kurai spitting sand out and holding his hand to his shoulder where the sand had managed to give him road rash.
"Which way Kurai?" Ichigo asked.
"That way," Kurai stated pointing to a massive building in the distance. It didn't look too far, maybe a few miles, which made it quite large.
"That must be that Las Noches place the Arrancar mentioned," Uryu nodded. "Let's go."
Kurai nodded and they all began running toward the building.
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