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Captain vs Guard
Aizen stared at him incredulously and in shock as his illusion faded and Momo snapped her head around to the real one in surprise.
"Momo," Kurai spoke up. "Go and heal Halibel. I'll handle Aizen."
"But..." Momo began but trailed off.
"Just do it," Kurai stated. "Aizen betrayed her so she probably won't feel any loyalty toward him. And if she does turn on us again, I'll handle it. Now go."
Momo hesitated then flew to Halibel, beginning to heal her. Kurai raised his sword and grinned at Aizen.
"Just because you can see me doesn't mean you can beat me," Aizen stated. "You said it yourself. You can only see those who are stronger than yourself."
"That's true," Kurai stated. "But it's a start."
"You truly are an annoying little brat," Aizen stated. "Fine. You want to fight, bring it on!"
Aizen flew at Kurai, flashing around behind Kurai as an illusion of himself attacked from the front. Kurai heard the illusion shouting, the wind whistling as it slashed, but he turned, blocking the real Aizen's sword as the illusion faded. Aizen stared in shock, and Kurai used the opportunity to shove Aizen's sword upward and slash him across the chest. Aizen flew away from Kurai, blood following for a moment before falling. Aizen slid to a stop and growled in frustration. A distance away, Wonderweiss had entered his Release form, now battling against Kensei as Mashiro took Nemu, Kanisawa, and Hitsugaya to the other wounded where Izuru was tending to the wounded as best he could. Elsewhere, Gin was watching Aizen and Kurai fight and Tosen was battling against Shuhei and Captain Komamura. The only reason he was able to fight both was the hollow mask covering his face.
"You can't fight very well without your illusions Aizen," Kurai stated. "Been a while since you've had anything resembling a fair fight huh?"
"You bastard," Aizen growled. "I'm infinitely stronger than you! You can't hurt-"
"Bala," Kurai growled, blasting Aizen in the chest and launching him away, cutting off his sentence. "You've got a big mouth. How about you stop talking and back up your claims?"
Aizen roared in rage, flying forward so fast he unleashed a sonic boom before his sword collided with Kurai's. Kurai was hurled back, skidding to a stop then charging. Aizen began to flash around Kurai in a blur, leaving after images that Kurai couldn't see that made it seem he was all around him. Then, he charged from the left. Kurai counted to three and Aizen flipped over him, slashing at the other side and Kurai blocked it and shoved Aizen back. Aizen resumed circling for a moment before charging from behind. Kurai blocked the sword and spun, allowing Aizen to pass as Kurai placed a hand to Aizen's stomach.
"Hado Sixty Three, Raikoho!" Kurai shouted, blasting Aizen and launching him away.
The moment Aizen began to fly away from him, Kurai began to rapid fire Balas, Raikohos, Shakkahos, Byakurais, and finally a Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho, all of which met their mark. Aizen plowed up everything from one side of the square barrier the pillars were the corners for to the opposite side. Then, he exploded up from it, clothes burned, body burned, but mostly intact. He rocketed back toward Kurai who held out one hand, extending one hand.
"Jugeki Byakurai," Kurai said firing a blood red beam from his finger than shot straight through Aizen, creating a perfectly round tunnel starting in his left shoulder and ending in the bottom of his right foot.
Aizen plummeted out of the air, crashing down hard in the street, forming a crater before slowly standing, favoring his right leg. He shot into the air after a second and glared at Kurai. Then, he was behind Kurai, his sword to Kurai's throat.
"You have been an annoyance long enough!" Aizen shouted moving to slice Kurai's throat.
Before he could, a leech wrapped around his arm and yanked it away from Kurai who sprang away from Aizen then spun, seeing Hiyori holding Kanisawa's Zanpakuto, the leech reconnected by Kido, likely thanks to Hachigen.
"I'm here to give you a hand since you're such a dumbass," Hiyori stated.
"So will I," Lisa stated, appearing beside Kurai.
"Alright," Kurai nodded. "Wish we had some more help, though. Head Captain Yamamoto would come in handy."
"Suck it up Dumbass," Hiyori growled. "We're all we got."
"Not quite," Shinji said appearing opposite Aizen from them. "I'll help out."
"That's good," Kurai nodded. "You three should Hollowfy. It'll be hard enough that way."
"We're not immune to his ability," Shinji stated. "It's better we don't in case he makes us think you're him."
Kurai nodded and charged at Aizen as Shinji did the same. Aizen shot skyward and Kurai followed, Shinji moving onto an intercept course with Kurai.
"Wrong target Shinji," Kurai stated. "Fall back."
Shinji hesitated and Kurai raised his hand, holding out one finger.
"Jugeki Byakurai!" the beam missed Aizen by millimeters before Aizen flipped over, flying at Shinji. "Shinji! One hundred feet out and forty five degrees up!"
Shinji jumped in that direction and slashed, sword meeting Aizen's shattering his illusion of Kurai being Aizen. Aizen growled in frustration just as Lisa appeared, slashing at him with her Shikai. Aizen created an El Escudo and Kurai appeared behind him, slashing vertically at him. Aizen barely escaped, using Flash Step, then turned, blocking Kurai's blade. Hiyori wrapped the leech around his sword arm, yanking it sideways and Kurai moved to stab him. Before he could, Aizen caught his arm, kicking him away then he flipped over Lisa's Zanpakuto before a olden chord ending in a golden rose wrapped around his left leg, pulling him out straight as Shinji slashed at him. Aizen grit his teeth then spiked his Spiritual Energy, yanking Hiyori over into the path of Shinji's blade before grabbing the cord and swinging Rose into a circle then smashing him into Lisa. Kurai appeared behind Aizen, slashing at him. Aizen blocked the slash then shoved the blade away and spun, slashing Kurai across the stomach.
"You made one mistake Kurai," Aizen stated, floating backward away from Kurai. "You thought you could defeat me. Allow me to enlighten you, I do not keep the Espada in line because I give them tea and kind words. I keep them in line because, even without my Kyoka Suigetsu hypnotizing my enemies, my Spiritual Pressure far exceeds yours. You may have the powers of an Arrancar and an Soul Reaper, but I possess the power of a God. Or rather, I will, soon enough."
"I see," Kurai nodded as Aizen held out his sword. "However, I think I may be able to match you this one time."
"We'll see," Aizen snarled as Kurai extended his sword and pointed it at Aizen as well, pink orbs forming around them both. "Limit of the thousands hands, respectful hands, unable to touch the darkness. Shooting hands unable to reflect the blue sky. The road that basks in light, the wind that ignited the embers, time that gathers when both are together, there is no need to be hesitant, obey my orders. Light bullets, eight bodies, nine items, book of heaven, diseased treasure, great wheel, grey fortress tower. Aim far away, scatter brightly and cleanly when fired. Hado Ninety One, Senju Koten Taiho!"
"Hado Ninety One, Senju Koten Taiho!" Kurai shouted at the same time as Aizen finished, both of their spells flying forward.
Kurai, knowing he couldn't possibly successfully hit Aizen, aimed instead at the point exactly halfway between them. At the same time as his spell reached its mark and exploded, canceling out Aizen's, Haruko awoke, screaming in rage inside Kurai's mind as she unwrapped herself from his wrist, reforming the field under him. Kurai blinked in surprise then smiled happily and fell forward, arms out wide, embracing Haruko.
"Finally," Kurai smiled. "My God I missed you. Welcome back Haruko."
After a moment, he stood and looked to Aizen, who was glaring at him.
"You uncovered your eyes," Aizen stated.
"Oh please," Kurai snorted. "Now that Haruko's back, you can't get close to me without me killing you. So bring it on."
"First, I have something you may wish to know," Aizen stated. "I know all about your origins. In fact, I know more about it than Halibel did. Would you like to know?"
"Do you need to ask?" Kurai said flatly.
"Well," Aizen began smiling kindly, even though his eyes betrayed his hatred. "When I first began to desire the power of an Arrancar, I began to think. What is the most efficient way to combine Hollow and Soul Reaper Powers? And I realized, that while it may take some years, one way to create something to compare to, would be to combine the two the old fashioned way. And so, I found the first Arrancar I could, and placed him under my control. Then, I selected a Soul Reaper at random, and did the same. And I had them mate in order to create the first, true, hollow Soul Reaper hybrid. Having the two fall in love was an unintended side effect. However, when it became clear that the child would be...shielded, from me, It became necessary for one, or both, of the parents to be removed from the equations. Thus, it became necessary for news to spread. At first, the Soul Reaper was only to be imprisoned, but I decided that imprisonment was far to temporary for what I needed, and just like that Genryusai agreed hole heartedly with me, and requested the execution by Sokyoku of the Central Forty Six, which they agreed to, with a bit of...convincing, by me. The order to kill anything that tried to interfere with execution was a simple thing to have Genryusai implement without my Kyoka Suigetsu. And when Isshin and Kenpachi met the Arrancar, it was a simple matter to get all of them to fight at full capacity, and a simpler matter to have the love-struck Arrancar refuse to surrender. Once those two were out of the way, I decided I should have the child watched, so I assigned a soul loyal to me to watch over the child, to report to me. However, I noticed a trend. As the two grew, the reports began to grow less and less accurate, until even the lies were barely coming at all. Then, the two were inducted into the Captain Guards, and the child excelled, becoming leader in record time. However, it became much harder to know what was going on with the child, and as such, I found it was time to have the Captain Guards...shut down. I tell you though, I never expected one of my future Espada to respond to the Spiritual Pressures. When she arrived, I expected my experiment to be eliminated, but you thrived. You shone with a potential I had never seen in you. And for it, my future Espada saw fit to send you home. However, once there, you continued to remain at the level you were. I admit, I eventually wrote you off as a failure. I had intended to kill you at the Sokyoku hill during my defection, especially since I had gained a means to become what I believed you might be. However, fate, and your Zanpakuto, had other ideas. And since then I have watched you grow into a very powerful Arrancar. You could even be ranked among the Espada, had you been on my side. But no matter what happened, you cared nothing for battling the Espada, or hollows in general. You cared only about settling an old score with my Third Espada. So, I have decided that despite all your improvements, despite all your power, you are merely a failure. And so, now I will kill you."
"I see," Kurai nodded holding out his hand. "You're responsible for my parents deaths. You singlehandedly ensured I knew my sister, real or adoptive, met Nemu, met Kanisawa, and eventually ended up serving the Soul Society faithfully. You are truly an evil, horrible person. Cero."
A blood red Cero formed in his palm and fired all in under a second, blasting Aizen backward a hundred feet before he fell out of the blast wave and righted himself.
"A Cero?" Aizen growled. "Impressive, I didn't see it coming."
"I know," Kurai grinned. "However, That's the last attack I personally will give you."
He turned back to the others who were all watching in a mixture of shock and awe.
"You guys hang back," Kurai instructed. "Way back. Go see if Hachigen has finished with Hiyori. If she has, tell him finish healing Halibel for Momo. Momo isn't a great medic and it's probably all she can do to keep Halibel alive."
Lisa and Rose both nodded and Rose flew down to Momo and Halibel, picking them up and quickly flying back to Hachigen where Lisa had gone. While they did, Kurai took a steadying breath, looking down to Haruko.
"Alright Haruko," Kurai smiled. "I know you just woke up, but it's time. You know what to do."
As Aizen watched, Haruko reached up, the grass wrapping together around his head and moving downward, forming a suit of medieval knight armor, leaving his nose and mouth uncovered before creating a grass sword in his right hand, the same size as Haruko's sealed form.
"Aizen, I'll only say this once," Kurai stated. "Kyoka Suigetsu will do you know good in this fight. I have no control. Everything I do from here on out, is Haruko."
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