Chapter Fifteen: Strength Beyond Strength 3
Undisclosed location
Axejeel lean against the wall and kept a watch on Rikiishi's training. He saw the wrestling captain's clothes was slightly covered in blood and he was heavily panting from fighting his flame wolves, which remained now scattered all over the floor. Some of the flame wolves were unconscious, some were split in half and some were completely splattered in blood.
Once the wrestling captain stop his panting he started to slowly walk past the cloak red haired figure to head to the exit of the training grounds.
This caught Axejeel's attention "And where do you think you're going?" He asked which made Rikiishi stop for a moment, "Only one day has passed since we've trained."
The wrestling captain slightly turn to look at Axejeel. "One day of this training should be enough for someone like me." Rikiishi replied confidently.
"I'm not sure about that pal, you haven't fully trained your new power up until till this point." Axejeel said, "So why not train for one more day?"
"No." Rikiishi replied while slightly looking at the red spiky haired male. "Sorry to disappoint you but there are opponents that I have to beat in order to prove to everyone that I'm the strongest monster that ever lived. But I will say thank you for the training at least you've help me get a step closer to my goal." With that say the wrestling captain left the training grounds, leaving Axejeel on his own.
Once Rikiishi was out of the training grounds Axejeel was silent for a moment until he let out almost loud chuckle. "Now this sudden change of events has made this more fun than it already was before." He amusedly said as his left eye turn dark red.
Meanwhile at Yokai Academy Class 1-3
The class was in silence as Ms. Nekonome began to take roll call for her students
"Mr Cifer." Ms. Nekonome politely called out while looking at her roll call sheet, "Mr Cifer." She called out once more. She then look at saw Ulquiorra's seat was empty, showing he wasn't there. "Well I guess he's not hear today." She said slightly worried as Ulquiorra hadn't miss class before.
Moka stared at Ulquiora's empty desk which starting to make her worry about Ulquiorra absents as she hadn't seen him since her talk with him along with Kurumu yesterday. Plus with today now caused Moka to be even more worried. ("Ulquiorra, where are you?") She thought worriedly.
Back at the undisclosed location
Rikiishi was walking through a hallway that lead him to the exit of the training grounds. He then started to hear the sound of footsteps approaching in his path.
"Who's there?!" He asked while keeping his guard up.
The person stop approaching Rikiishi to the point where the mysterious person was still in the shadows.
"Master Rikiishi." The figure replied calmly, once Rikiishi heard the figure's voice he could tell it was a woman and he could also tell that person had a slight womanly figure.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Rikiishi asked demandingly still keeping his guard at the woman.
"Be at ease Master Rikiishi. I mean you no harm." She assured calmly. "I have been instructed to give you this." She then showed him her left hand which was holding a small black pill with pale grey surface. Seeing this made Rikiishi remembered that black liquid with pale grey surfaces that Axejeel gave him.
"What's that?" The wrestling captain asked with curiosity, while looking at the black pill.
"This pill will allow you to dome your new powers, since your deciding to not follow the presage." She answered. "So please Master Rikiishi take this pill in order to through with what you intend to do."
After a quick a moment of thinking it through Rikiishi took the small black pill and put it in his trouser pocket. "Thanks for this now I gotta go and finally prove everyone wrong." He said, as walk past the female figure who gave him a slight bow. He was almost out of the training when he heard the female voice once more he stop moving.
"Master Rikiishi I would recommend that you change your clothes, you don't want to look too suspicious when you go to the academy do you?" She asked calmly.
Rikiishi quickly look at his clothes which were scratch and covered in blood and realise that he would look suspicious if he went back to the academy looking like that. "Your right, thanks. You've improve my luck even more." He then exited the training grounds.
Once it was quiet she then started to head to exit as well. "Stage one is almost complete, soon it will be time to prepare the next two events of today. Wouldn't you agree Axejeel?" She said as Axejeel happened to be leaning against the wall still with his left eye being dark red with a small smirk.
At the Protection Committee's headquarters
After hearing what Gin had told him Ulquiorra started to think about the situation since yesterday and today, it had been on his mind to the point where he had forgotten to take the pills he was given by Kami for the past two days.
That's why he had decide to head to the Protection Committee's headquarters to investigate the events of his fight against Kuyo.
Ulquiorra had finally reach the headquarters Protection Committee once he was inside he could see that there was no one around, the place was completely abandon there wasn't a Protection Committee member in sight. He kept on walking through the abandon headquarters, while having a look around. He then started to head to the dungeon where the Protection Committee members had kept students that had gone against their justice.
He slowly walk past the Protection Committee's dungeon he then stop and saw it was completely empty, he could only come to the conclusion that the student prisoners were set free by either the teachers from the academy or for some reason they were release by the other Protection Committee members.
He stop thinking about that and started to continue on investigating the abandon headquarters. After a while he had finally reach the place where he had fought Kuyo. He could see that place was still in a complete wreck with some parts being burned by Kuyo's fire attacks.
He then walk towards an area where he could faintly sense his Resurrección spiritual pressure. He then kneeled down on one knee the ground and place his left hand on the ground where he could feel his familiar spiritual pressure and started to concentrate on it.
Suddenly something happen to Ulquiorra which cause his eyes slightly widen and began to feel a great pain surging to his head which caused his to completely kneel on the ground, he began to slightly breathe very heavily. His vison began to fade to darkness as he dropped to the ground and passing out.
After a while he began to slowly regain consciousness, his vison was slowly blurry, he then heard a familiar voice. "Heh, so you think by using this Gran Rey Cero thing, you can defeat me?" Ulquiorra knew the voice belong to Kuyo who he saw looking up at himself who stood on top of a very tall shrine.
He then heard himself say the release command for his Resurrección, "Enclose Murciélago." He watch as the large black and green burst of spiritual energy began to fall around him on the shrine and began to fall in the surrounding area towards the ground like green rain.
As he kept on watching the fight he began to think about the situation he was seeing before his eyes. ("So I really did release my Resurrección during the ordeal with Kuyo.") He then kept watching himself fighting Kuyo and delivering and great deal of damage to the Yōko by using his Luz de la Luna spear.
He then notices something that caught his eyes attention he saw the same shadowy female demon like hollow figure from his dream, who stood beside Moka and the others while watching his fight against Kuyo. He then saw her now turning her attention to him and began to approach him with a sinister grin.
As the female demon hollow got closer to him. Just as the Espada went to take his silver ring off to bring out his Zanpakutō when suddenly a pitch black demonic hand grab his hand stopping him from drawing his sword. Ulquiorra look behind him and saw the same pack of demon like hollow from his past, who all stood there with a sinister grin exposing their sharp white teeth.
"Helloo there, Unknown! It's been a while!" Said the pack of demon hollows in their distortion tone. Then Ulquiorra swift his hand away from the demon hollow's hand, after that one of them called out to him. "Look! She's nearly in front of you Unknown!"
Ulquiorra turn back and saw the female demon hollow had completely stop walking and was a few steps away from being up close to him. He watch as she stared at him with a sinister smile while slightly tilting her head.
Before he could say something when suddenly a loud collision noise was heard, which made Ulquiorra to slightly look over and saw him delivering a head-butt attack onto Kuyo, which caused the Yōko to be sent flying into his direction.
Hearing the collision noise even cause the female demon hollow to slightly look over as well. She then turn her attention back at Ulquiorra who took notice of this, then suddenly she and the other hollows completely vanish like shadowy flames. Just as she disappeared Ulquiorra's sight saw Kuyo who body was now covered in large flames, flying towards him with such speed giving the Espada no time to react to it.
Suddenly Ulquiorra opened his eyes, he tilted his head to look around the area he saw that he was still in the Protection Committee's headquarters.
He then slowly got back up to his feet and began to head out of the headquarters and started to make his way back to the Academy to confront the things that were on his mind.