Chapter 2

Moon's Inferno Unleashed

When the dust finally settle, Nnoitra, Orihime, Tesla, and Nel all noticed a standing figure glowing with a bight light. Getting a closer look they saw in shock the that in Ichigo's place stood a figure wearing his robes that Ichigo wore when he preformed his Bankai (Japanese:Final Release). They examined his head to see he had his Hollow mask on as well. But his entire head was on fire. His head also was clean literary to the bone. They also looked where his eyes should be, only to find they were empty, but still starring at them. Mainly at Nnoitra. They also saw his equally boney hand clenching Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu (Japanese: Heavenly Chain Moon Cutter).

They all concluded one thing about this new figure. The new guy was Ichigo.

Orihime was they only one trying to confirm it.

"Kurosaki-kun?" Orihime said in a quiet voice, as if she was trying to talk to the figure, but to scared to talk to loud.

The figure heard her though, as he turned his head in her direction. To Orihime it meant the new man standing before them was indeed Ichigo.

Nnoitra also heard her, and shock by not only they appears of the Shinigami he was about to kill a few minutes ago. But also his power that was radiating off him. Just saying it was powerful would be insulting to describe it. It was enormous, but it felt more evil then he ever felt from any hollow. And when he was looking it to those empty eyes, he was terrified, it felt like he was piercing his very soul.

Ichigo, still looking at Orihime then at her captor, Telsa, looked in his eyes and saw soul of other Arrancars Arrancar (Spanish:To Remove, or To Rip Off; Japanese:Ripped Mask), slain in cold blood, not as much as his master, but still no remorse. His instincts kicked in when he saw all this. He raised his hand and pointed it to both Tesla, and then at Nnoitra and said in a low, deep voice "You…Guilty." and started to move forward.

Both were shock and confused by his speech. He seem to speck as some sort of Judge. Nnoitra just thought he was just cocky and thinking he could scare them. He then grin thinking this and turned to his servant.

"So he want to play huh? Telsa Why don't you show this urchin who better." Nnoitra said to his relax, cocky voice.

Tesla nodded in response to his master's command and threw Orihime to the side and unsheathed is Zanpakutō and screamed.

"Crush, Verruga! (Spanish:Wart; Japanese:Tusked Armored Warrior)" and a blast of energy was felt, and smoke blinded them all from seeing his transformation.

When the smoke clear they saw Tesla standing over fifthteen feet tall. Arms and legs muscular and his head that of a boars with small tusk coming out of his mouth.

Nnoitra, seeing no need to transform, or even help his servant fight stood aside.

Ichigo saw Tesla charging at him with no fear. He scowled at this. He jumped over him, then he reached to the end of his sword's hilt, where the small black chain was, pulled the chain that seem to extend out of the hilt and wrapped around his arm. Then swinging the chain at Tesla and it wrapped around his neck twice and tugged on it to make sure it was tight.

Tesla, of all he knew of this soul reaper, wasn't expecting what happen right now to be possible to anyone. His transformation, his power was overwhelming itself. But the chain he felt around his neck, felt like it was heated, His howls of pain as he grabbed the chain around his neck trying to pull it off evident of that.

Ichigo gripped the chain and sent a surge of power through the chain setting it on fire. He heard even more cries of pain, and decided to end his misery, He gave the chain a great tug and Tesla head ripped off.

Both Nnoitra and Orihime were shocked at what happen in front of them. Nnoitra was dumbfounded that his fracción was killed so easy. Orihime was horrified that Ichigo took a life so willingly. She knew Ichigo always fought to protect other, but never took a life unless he needed to. With that in mind she thought this.

'Kurosaki-kun, what happen to you?'

Nnoitra, seeing he would have to deal with this new foe himself, charged at him while his back was turned. Ichigo already sensing this turned around fast and whipped his sword out at him.

Nnoitra seeing this made no efforts to dodge and decided to take the blow, He had the strongest hierro (Spanish:Iron; Japanese:Steel Skin) of any of the Espada. There would be nothing to worry about.

How wrong he was.

As he ran forward he felt a slight pinch of pain in his abs and chest. He then saw a vertical wound that suddenly spit out a tremendous amount of blood. Nnoitra only had one thing to say.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" He screamed as he felt not only his skin being torn by a single slash, but feeling his own blood boil from and unknown source.

He tried to support himself on both his arms on the sandy floor as he thought

'How did he cut me! I have the strongest Hierro in the history of the Espada. He couldn't scratch me, let alone do this.'

He look up at his opponent, and notice his sword was letting out an intense amount of heat that was surging from him. The raw power coming from him was nothing he ever felt before.

To him he only felt excited, because facing something like this was like a sign to him. As if life had granted him a chance to prove once more that he could live his dream, get what he finally wanted.

But he wanted to make sure that this shinigami was worthy of granting that dream to him, and went on the attack as he swung his blade at the flame covered shinigami.

Orihime herself to she wished she knew what was going on. First, the one person she always had feeling for was inches away from his death, next he transform in to a relentless killer. She was scared as she was when Ichigo put on his Holow mask from before. But now she thought, once more, that he was an entirely different from the person see knew.

"Kurosaki-kun, why are you doing this?" she said in her quiet voice again, but this time no one heard her. For the person she cared for deeply was fighting before her eyes.

Ichigo seeing Nnoitra charge at him again brought his sword up to block the incoming blade. He then threw Nnoitra blade out of the way and went to stab him.

Nnoitra seeing this fired a golden Cero (Spanish:Zero; Japanese:Hollow Flash) at him. Only to get stab in the chest and then punched in the face to deflect the Cero. Which headed towards Orihime.

Ichigo saw this and did a Shunpo (Japanese:Flash step) in front of Orihime, which startle her, and cut the cero in half with his sword. He then turned is head toward Orihime and looked to see if see was alright. When he saw her face she looked terrified and he understood. She was scared of him. He didn't know why he just protected her himself. He had a stronger feeling, a greater need to protect her then his lust to damn the man before him. He looked at her for a brief second and returned to the battle.

Orihime felt as if he knew what he wanted her to do thought that look he gave her. She went to find Nel, who was behind a rock hiding, and put her shield up and watch.

Nnoitra, now more eager than ever, slammed his blade down on the shinigami. When he was blocked once more, He jumped in the air and grabbed the chain attach to the end of his staff and swung the blade at Ichigo.

Ichigo caught the blade with his hand and then pulled the blade forward and stabbed Nnoitra's left eye socket, but felt nothing. Ichigo was shocked when Nnoitra's right eye turned and stared at him and he heard.

"Didn't I just tell you? You can't beat me!" Nnoitra shouted as he plunged his right hand into Ichigo's chest, got on his own two feet, lifted Ichigo up and threw him.

Nnoitra saw the flame on both of Ichigo hand and head die out, to him it meant he was dead. Nnoitra was stratified he was dead finally, but disappointed that he didn't make him go farer. He turn his back for a second and he felt a chain wrapped around his neck. He grabbed the chain with his free arm and turned around. He saw that Ichigo was once again on his feet, Head full of flames, and he glaring at him as he always was during the fight.

Ichigo then charged at Nnoitra and went to slash him in half with a vertical slice.

Which Nnoitra narrowly dodged getting a deep wound in his chest, and the chain off his neck. He breathed deeper then before out of exhaustion and pain. But he heard the word that pissed him off.

"Such a pathetic waste of a life." Ichigo said plainly

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Nnoitra shouted despite the pain.

"You life is wasted in killing soul just to satisfy you bloodlust, as if your thinking that your being acknowledge as a great warrior and wishing to die by that same praise. You deserve nothing more than seeing everything you done and living those last few seconds of you life feeling the same as you are now. Pathetic."

Nnoitra, was not angered by this word. He was furious. He thought that this piece of shit Shinigami knew him.

Nnoitra knew that he knew nothing about him, or how he felt. Hurt by their careless pity. He may had been know as a barbarian by the other Espada. But the battlefield was the only place in any world he found peace. Fighting to him was the most intoxicating thing in anywhere. The bloodshed, the thought of being killed. That's what he always wanted. To die by the blade in battle by the one who was stronger then him. Anyone who denied him his dream would be killed.

But this Shinigami, telling him how he deserved to die only said "You little... I ain't… I ain't…" He then thrust his head up and shouted "I AIN'T GOING TO DIE LIKE THAT!" he then thrust his Zanpakutō in the air and called it to battle.

"PRAY, SANTA TERESA!" (Spanish:Mantis Religiosa; Japanese:Sacred Crying Mantis) and a smog of dust and sand filled the air.

When the dust settled. Nnoitra's Resurrección (Spanish:Resurrection; Japanese:Return Blade) form was revealed.

The most notable feature was that he grew four arms, each armed with an ax-like sword. His eye patch was ripped off reveling his mask fragment over a hole where his left eye should be, that look like a mouth with sharp teeth. His wound that Ichigo had inflicted were also healed up do to the Resurrección effect.

He grinned. "So what does it feel like shinigami, to see an Espada in his release form?" He questioned.

Ichigo only responded by charging at Nnoitra and slashing with his sword. Only for Nnoitra to block with two of his axes and slash with his own. Which Ichigo pushed off with his feet on the blades of dodged.

Ichigo then charged faster than ever and cut off Nnoitra's lower Left arm.

Nnoitra felt his arm fall off and grasp at the pain he felt. "You dirty little…" he said panting.

Ichigo said "I see this is going to be easy if I can rip off you arm like that."

Nnoitra then laugh and said "That easy huh. No that is going to be the last arm you're every rip off every…" he then grinned "Nah you ain't going to get the first one…" As he said that the stump on his arm grew back and another set of arm grew "cause your going to die by all my arms." He finished saying as he armed himself with six blades, charging at his, now turned worthy, opponent.

Ichigo and Nnoitra just kept exchanging blows, each trying to best the other. Each destroying the surrounding building. Nnoitra cut a huge portion of rock from a building as let it fall and Ichigo. Ichigo just cut the rock with his blade and saw Nnoitra jumping ready to strike once more.

Now Nnoitra was getting impatient. Though he enjoyed the fight, but no matter what he did Ichigo wasn't going down no matter how many times he stabbed him. And the weird thing was he wasn't losing any blood.

He decided to finish with one Cero blast so powerful he couldn't deflect it. Stated by biting his tongue to draw blood and then began to gather energy in his mouth, mixing it with the blood and fired a grey Cero

"Gran Rey Cero (Spanish:Grand King Zero; Japanese:Royal Hallow Flash)!" Nnoitra yelled and fired it at his opponent.

Ichigo saw this and moved his hands in front of him and gathered Dark red energy and fired it quickly.

Nnoitra seeing the small Blast of energy hit his Cero thought that was a waste of Energy, Then he saw all the dark energy getting smaller and the Red ball grow bigger till it firing forward again and hit him directly in midair.

Nnoitra screamed and figure out that the red ball of energy had absorb his cero and double the energy level in it.

He fell to the ground, painfully landing on the ground face first. Despite the immense amount of pain he lifted his head out of the sand and saw Ichigo Standing Before him. He wondered if he was going to finish the job and cut him down. But was surprise when he stabbed his black sword on the ground and picked him up by his shirt, made him looked strait in his eyes behind that mask, and said in his demonic tone.

"Look in my Eyes…" he said fiercer than ever "Your soul is stained by the blood of the innocence. Feel their Pain!"

No sooner then he said that Nnoitra felt like he was being burn in his chest and screamed. He then started to remembered all the life's he had stolen all the wrongs he done.

Outside of Nnoitra's mind his body was beginning to fall apart as his partials were descending back where his soul was deemed fit for him to dwell. In Hell.

Ichigo saw this and when the body of Nnoitra Jiruga was gone he calmed down and the flames the covered his body began to recede. He soon fell flat on his back.

Orihime seeing this moved quickly to where Ichigo was, with Nel following.

When they got there. They gasp they saw the Ichigo returned to normal, but was out cold with multiple wounds. Orihime kneeled down using her fairies to start healing him. When she was done, she saw him open his eyes. She were relief they were the same brown and gentle eyes she knew.

"Are you alright Orihime?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes" Orihime said. Glad her friend was well once more.

Ichigo stared to sit up and panting. He looked at his hand and remembered everything he did and said out loud. "What happen to me?"

"I think I can answer that." said an calm voice that both Orihime and Ichigo heard.