"get ready you bastard... I won't hold back!" Koike stands alone, the only hope of his friends, with his Shikai in his hands

"oh, dont think your all that, just because you got your shikai" Raiko looks at Koike

suddenly Koike is in front of him, he swings, but Raiko dodges it,"WHAT!" he thinks to himself," how is he this fast,"

"going somewhere?" Koike already anticipated the movement, and was standing behind him

he raises his sword,"Solar Eclipse." he brings down the sword and a massive wave of white hot energy flies from his sword

"what was that!?" Raiko is stunned, the ground where the move hit was gone, steam and melted concrete left in its wake

"Solar Eclipse... one of my two wave blasts, it draws from the power of the light, and melts everything in its wake... the second,"

he raises his sword again," draws from the power of darkness, and Cuts everything in its path... Lunar Eclipse." he swings, and this time, a massive black energy flies from the blade, this one a cool feeling, like a blade, Raiko dodges again

"his shikai was this strong," he thinks as he dodges the attack. He stands to face Koike

Koike looks at him,"what's the matter?" he asks,"What?" Raiko replies

"are you suprised?... by simply activating my shikai, I stand on par with you,"

"I see," Raiko's voice regains the coolness it had before," you think your strong, but i haven't even drawn my sword yet,"

Raiko pulls out his sword,"and just to show you, how far you are out of your league..." Raiko takes a stance.

"Reduce all you see to dust, Vastator." A dark red rain falls, leaving Raiko in a suit of heavy armor.

"Vastator, the armor of the destroyer." Raiko looks at Koike,"don't look away, don't lose focus, not for a single second... if you do... you'll die,"

Raiko vanishes and reappears in front of Koike,"So fast!" Koike doesn't have time to react, as he's thrown across the battlefeild.

He skips across the ground one, two, three times, before he plows into a wall,"gaaah!" Koike spurts blood.

"now, do you see, the difference in our power?" Raiko walks toward Koike," This fight, is Over." Raiko appears in front of Koike and drives his sword through him

"how... how did this happen... i was... supposed to protect my... friends." Raiko pulls his sword out of Koike's chest, and walks away as Koike falls to the ground.

"am I really going to die here... like this," Koike lies there, the blood pooling around him, his life starts to flash before his eyes.

"no!, i won't," he coughs up blood as he struggles to stand. Raiko turns to face him," so, you still had life left... well then, I'll be quick to extinguish it!," he rushes Koike and drives his sword through Koike's chest once more, it makes a shlurking sound as he drives it in to the hilt

"now, die... Soul Reaper." as he pulls the sword out, Koike grabs his arm, and drives his own sword through Raiko," If I'm going... THEN YOUR COMING WITH ME!" Koike's blade glows with energy,"Solar," Raiko begins to scream as the energy from the Koike's Solar Eclipse melts his body from the inside

"ECLIPSE!" Koike fires the attack, and the last screams of the Hollow King Raiko could be heard fading from this world.

Koike Drops his sword, and falls to his knees," Crap," he looks to the sky,"I'm losing consciousness," he falls on his face, as his eyes close

Koike's eyes fly open, and he sits up, a sharp pain flashes in his chest, he looks down, his chest is bare and bandaged

" I'm... not... dead" he looks up and sees Akira standing in the corner of the room," Hey, your awake." he waves, then leans into the hall

"Hey!, he's awake!" Koike can hear someone running up the stairs frantically, Takuya barges in to the room," Koike! your alive!" he seems relieved," How did you make it out of that fight!? I thought you were toast for sure!"

Koike looks down," I guess, I was lucky mostly, but it was in part, to my Shikai awakening, thats how I beat him."

"oh, so you awakened your Shikai eh, good job, i was worried i'd have to teach you, but looks like i got out of that one" he laughs.

"well, lets see it!, the Shikai that beat the Hollow King." Koike stands up,"Right!" he turns into a Soul Reaper," Cover the world in shadows... Eclipse!"

Akira looks at Koike's Shikai," yeah... with that, we could do it, we could win... maybe, if he gets his Bankai... he could even beat him!"

Koike sees Akira's face, and thinking something is wrong asks," Is there something wrong Akira?" Akira's tone changes,"oh, it's nothing... get some rest okay." he laughs,"we leave for Japan, first thi-" Kumiko interrupts him," Wait!"

"What!," Akira looks at her,"We're going too," a look of shock goes across Akira's face,"WHAAAAAAT!"

"We were gonna go anyways, since were the last two quincies, we were gonna try to get help," Akira resigns to her wishes,"Fine, we leave first thing in the morning!", Koike nods," so, the day has finally come..."

KOIKE MANAGES TO BEAT RAIKO, BUT JUST BARELY... NEXT CHAPTER, CHAPTER 6: ARRIVAL! SOUL SOCIETY'S FORGOTTEN SIN