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...but maybe I'll try to. =p
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The Battle
"Ichigo!" cried the crimson eyed one as she pushed Ichigo away. The shinigami, being pushed away by the girl, managed to dodge the two curved extensions guarded katana.
"W-wait, Ulquiorra! I don't wanna fight you!" protested the substitute shinigami. Nevertheless, the stoic faced one ignored his protest and swung his green handled katana horizontally. The shinigami, then, dodged the attack and jumped back, made some space between them.
"...Is it because of this woman?" uttered the messy black haired one, finally, as he turned his body and faced the girl.
"...w-what do you mean?" asked the shinigami
"Is this woman's presence annoying you? Are you afraid that she might not be able to stand your reiatsu? Are you afraid that you might hurt her?" uttered the slender one. He then lifted his right arm and gripped his katana tightly, which successfully widened the amber eyes, and mumbled, "Then I'll –"
"No, don't! Stop!" exclaimed the orange haired one. Ignoring the shout, the pale skinned one swung his katana vertically, intended to cut down the crimson eyed midget before him into two. The said midget then tried to dodge the deadly assault by moving her upper body to the left, though; it was proven to be fruitless. The teal eyed one change his slash direction and successfully severely injured the girl.
"Hi..ka..ri..." mumbled the darkened amber eyed one as his eyes widened upon seeing the blood soaked midget lying on the ground in front of the pale skinned one. His face turned pale. Red liquid dripped from the green handled katana before the arrancar finally removed it by swinging his katana in the air, splattered the liquid on the ground.
"...won't...give...you" mumbled Ichigo. The slender one, however, didn't say a word, instead; he turned his body. Unable to hold his rage anymore, the amber eyed one cried as he unsheathed his katana, "I WON'T FORGIVE YOU, ULQUIORRA!"
"Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu!"
A vast amount of black coloured reiatsu with red outline was released, layered the orange haired one as he released his bankai. The arrancar then pointed his green handled katana towards Ichigo and uttered, "In that case, I won't hold back any longer. Enclose, Murciéla – "
"Die," mumbled the shinigami who managed to land behind the arrancar without being noticed as he swung his black daito diagonally. In response, the pale skinned one turned his body and tried to block the attack with his katana. Unfortunately for the pale skinned one, he couldn't make it in time. The slash left a shallow diagonal wound on pale his chest.
After jumping backwards, Ulquiorra then said as he touch his wound with his left hand, "No mercy huh?"
"Shut up and die!" cried the shinigami as he dashed towards the arrancar and swung his swastika guarded daito horizontally. Unfortunately for him, the black haired one managed to block the attack using his katana and made some space between them. The teal eyes, however, widened as the katana cracked from the clashing. A second later, not wanted to lose so easily, he pointed his katana towards Ichigo.
"Enclose, Murciélago."
At the speed of light, the substitute shinigami dashed towards the arrancar, trying to stop him from releasing his zanpakuto, though, unfortunately, he was late. A massive green outlined black reiatsu was released by the teal eyed one. About one fourth of it encircled him, when the rest fell as green rain. Ignoring the massive reiatsu, Ichigo gripped his zanpakuto tightly and released gigantic amount of reiatsu before finally mumbled, "Getsuga Ten –"
"Where are you aiming at?" muttered the black haired one, who was already in front of the orange haired one, without being realized, of course, as he grabbed the shinigami's head and crushed it to the ground. The teal eyed one now gained a pair of giant black bat wings and the remains of his hollow mask centered atop his head, with two large horns extended outward to the sides towards to the front. His used to be teal tear marks now turned black and his black fingernails increased in length. His clothing became more fitting and closed at the top, more like a robe towards the bottom.
"D-damn..." mumbled the orange haired one as he tried to get up, though, his effort was fruitless; Ulquiorra stepped on his chest to prevent him from doing so. Showing no mercy, the now-black tear marked one generated a green javelin made of solidified energy. He then pointed the javelin towards the shinigami's head and swung his javelin, trying to stab the shinigami. Unfortunately for him, Ichigo managed to ward the javelin and kicked him on his stomach, causing him to be thrown several meters away.
The shinigami then got up with his sword as a lever, and uttered, "You haven't changed a bit." He then placed his right hand in front of his face. As the arrancar had expected, red outlined black reiatsu was gathered in front of the shinigami's face, formed an oval shaped condensed reiryoku. The teenager then pulled his hand downwards, as if he was donning a mask, revealing a menacing skull like white mask with four thick black stripes emerged from the eye-holes; two of them disappeared into both sides of the lower jaw when the rest travelled past the very top of the mask.
"Putting on your mask huh? Don't you remember how easily it shat –"
"...die," mumbled Ichigo with a vicious voice as he appeared behind the teal eyed one and launched another attack. In response, the arrancar turned his body and blocked the attack using his green energy javelin, though, being overpowered, he was pushed away by the force. To make it even worse, his highly condensed energy javelin was cracked upon the clashing.
'W-what the...?' thought the pale skinned one as his teal eyes widened, though, as usual, no expression was shown on his stoic face, 'When did he get this much power? Well, come to think of it. His mask do change, but I don't think that it'll affect his power this much; at least not that much that he can easily crack my javelin.'
"Don't get shaken; don't drop your guard; stay fully alert; don't get distracted for a single moment," uttered the shinigami who was appeared to have landed behind his opponent, "That's what you told me to, remember?"
'He's fast!' thought the arrancar as he blocked another attack launched by the shinigami. This time, Ichigo managed to shatter the javelin. The black haired one, however, dispersed the half green javelin on his right hand and uttered, "I see. Your power has dramatically increased that I can't even scratch you in this form. In that case, I'll once again show you the true despair."
"Just die already! Getsuga Tensho!" exclaimed the orange haired one as he released a crescent moon like condensed reiryoku.
"...Resurrección, Segunda Etapa."
An immensely dense, green outlined black reiatsu was released, formed a wall around the espada and successfully blocked the crescent moon like attack directed to him. A second later, his right hand and left wing tore the wall apart, revealing his "true despair" form. His hollow mask remains turned into two long horns while he retained his giant black bat wings. His white coat was now gone; instead, his waist was covered by a black fur like thing, which also covered both his arms and legs while his hollow hole increased in size and dripped black, blood like liquid. His feet became like talons while his black fingers grew claw like extensions. He also grew a very long and thin black tail. His used-to-be-white sclera now turned into dark green while his irises turned into yellowish gold, similar to Ichigo's.
"Now, let's finish this..." uttered the espada. Nevertheless, giving no mercy, the shinigami, who was already behind the espada, swung his daito vertically. In response, the black haired one sonidoed away and landed on the ground nearby. He then, using both of his hands, concentrated his green coloured reiryoku in front of his pale chest. A second later, he moved his hands apart. In result, the green orb of reiryoku was like being pulled and turned into a lance shaped one. He then grabbed the green lance using his right hand
"Lanza del Relámpago..." mumbled the stoic faced, "You haven't forgot this green lance, have you?"
The shinigami, however, didn't say a word; instead, he dashed towards the espada. Though, before he got near his destination, the black haired one had already been behind him and mumbled, "...that's right. You don't remember a thing while you're in that form, do you?"
The espada then swung his green lance diagonally, which later was blocked by the black daito. However, his attack was too powerful for the shinigami to block that he threw away the shinigami to the ground. Seeing an opening, he lifted his left arms and pointed his index finger at the orange haired one. A second later, a small orb of green outlined black reiryoku appeared out of nowhere by the tip of his finger.
"Cero Oscuras," mumbled the espada as the small orb turned into a massive blast of green outlined black spiritual energy, directed at the poor teenager. Being not able to dodge, the orange haired one released an imperfect getsuga tenso.
The clashing of the two giant energies caused a great explosion. The layer of dust caused by the explosion was gradually lifted by the wind, revealing the broken masked shinigami. Blood dripped from his forehead. He breathed heavily. His long black robe only remained half.
"Looks like this battle will soon come to an end," uttered the stoic faced one. Surprisingly, the shinigami managed to catch his breath and suddenly released a tremendous amount of reiatsu.
"Yeah, with your death," uttered the orange haired one, "Be proud that you're the first one to see this form."
The shinigami, unexpectedly, after repaired his broken mask, stabbed his black daito to the ground right in front of him, put his right hand in front of his chest, and closed his eyes. Not so long after, a monstrous amount of red outlined black reiatsu was released by the teenager and swathed him.
'Th-this is!' thought the espada. Later, he, again, pointed his index finger on Ichigo.
"Heaaa –"
The shinigami's groan was stopped by the hit on his head. Losing his concentration, the reiatsu swathed him gradually faded away, revealing the shinigami in his bankai form. He then protested, "What the – "
"Do you want to destroy the whole town, baka?" said the cold voiced girl behind him.
"H-hikari...but how?" mumbled the bright amber eyed one with a surprised expression on his face, "Your wound – "
"What wound?" asked the light-brown haired one, "Oh, this is just red coloured water."
"I see...red coloured – what?" cried the surprised teenager.
Ignoring him, the crimson eyed one then spoke to the floating espada, "So, what are you going to do?"
"Hey, don't ignore me!" protested the orange haired teenager.
Again, ignoring the teenager, Ulquiorra replied, "...I guess I'll do it. Seeing his current power, it may be impossible for him to defeat that man, but seeing his potential, maybe we can find a way."
"Ooooiiii~! Don't ignore me you – "
"Bakudou 61: Rukujyoukourou."
A second later, six luminous bars successfully sealed the shinigami's movement. Ulquiorra then uttered, "Do not swing your sword pointlessly; you might hurt people around you."
"Ulquiorra, you –"
"Well, sorry for not telling you. He is a shinigami now; well, not purely a shinigami though. He still possesses his hollow powers," explained the light-brown haired one, "Ura –"
"Wait. A shinigami? But the hollow hole –"
"You mean this?" inquired the former espada as he took out a handkerchief from his pocket. He then rubbed his chest using the handkerchief and said, "Well, this is just black ink."
"What – black ink? Don't be – "
"See?" uttered Ulquiorra as he showed his not-so-pale chest, without any hollow hole of course.
"But...how?" mumbled the shinigami.
"You really never change," sighed the crimson eyed one, "Urahara Kisuke managed to purify his soul and sent him to the Soul Society. There, he entered a secret shinigami school, the one that wasn't known by Aizen. According to –"
"But wasn't his memory supposed to disappear when the time reversed?" interrupted the orange haired one.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, it's not good to interrupt people like that," uttered the stoic faced one, "Well, I would have lost my memories by now if that man didn't do anything."
"That man? You mean Urahara-san?"
"Indeed. He –"There was a slight pause. A slight fright expression could be seen on the teal eyed one's face, "...he separated my memories from my soul. He said that time reversing will only erase one's soul's memory. I don't really get it though, but thanks to him, I still retain my memories."
"I-I see..." muttered the teenager as he thought, 'How the hell did that old man know that the time was about to be reversed?'
"Well, we'll talk about the detail later. For now, let's clean this commotion you two have caused," said the crimson eyed one.
"What? But I must go to school!" protested the shinigami.
"Ever heard of Kon?" uttered the girl.
"Geez..."
Translation
Reiatsu: Spiritual pressure
Reiryoku: Spiritual energy
Daito: A long japanese sword
Baka: Idiot
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