It was the worst attack to ever happen in Soul Societies vast history, two incredibly powerful Captains of the Gotei 13 struck down, struck down by a single intruder
It was the worst attack to ever happen in Soul Societies vast history, two incredibly powerful Captains of the Gotei 13 struck down, struck down by a single intruder.
The citadel was in chaos, the walls had been lowered to protect Seireitei, the people of Rukongai were already hidden and it seemed that the intruder did not care about them. The problem was no-one actually knew what the intruder wanted, just that he was there.
Captain Commander Yamamoto had called yet another emergency meeting, this time not only Captains were asked to attend, but Lieutenants, 3rd seats and the rest of the shinigami.
Yamamoto spoke to them from high upon a balcony, the soldiers stood in battalions behind their Captains. It had been a long time since an emergency meeting involving every Shinigami had been called. Thousands of soldiers stood in lines and listened to the powerful Commander.
"We are in a time of great danger" he informed them regrettably "I have to inform you that Captain Byakuya Kuchiki of the Sixth Guard Squadron and Captain Zaraki Kenpachi of the Eleventh Guard Squadron are in grave danger, they lie on the edge of immortal death, a place that we know nothing about"
The shinigami of the sixth and eleventh squadrons bowed their heads as their Captains name were spoken, to them they were more than just Captains to be respected, they were their heads of Squadron, the person who welcomed them individually as they entered their respected houses.
"There is a man roaming Soul Society, a man whose power we cannot grasp or understand, I tell you now, not as a man who gives the orders, but as a man who is going to do something about this personally; I am going to take car of this man myself"
Stray gasps and scattered talking broke out between the soldiers; Yamamoto had not gone into battle since Ichigo and the others had broken into Seireitei to rescue Rukia Kuchiki.
There was one Lieutenant who had not listened to the order of retreat: Abarai Renji. He had a general idea about what the Captain-Commander would say and so decided to keep an eye out for Vincent Kuchiki. Renji was beyond the sealed walls, walking through Rukongai in the area where Vincent had last been seen. The Rukongai was quiet, not even the hollows were around which made Renji think, he had not seen any of the Hollows for a long time now.
Seireitei
"For reasons unknown to us, the Hollows which attacked us earlier this day have gathered in the North of the Rukongai, near the cities walls. We do not know why they have gathered there but a special task force chosen by myself will go up there this evening to dispose of the hollows finally. All we have to concentrate on then is the attacker, Vincent Kuchiki"
Back in the Rukongai
Renji continued his trudge through Rukongai, the desolate town was starting to worry the Lieutenant. From his childhood he had remembered the Rukongai to be a bustling place, full of different variations of souls but now it was silent. The bustling streets replaced with deserted sections of road that stretched on for miles.
As he continued to walk Renji suddenly sensed a distortion on the spiritual pressure around him, looking up he saw a white disk open in the sky not a mile to his west; it looked like an attack that Renji had never seen before.
Immediately Renji flash stepped onto the roof of a nearby building, hurtling through the cold air towards the disk of light.
"Cold air?" Renji wondered as he continued to bound towards the unknown object. Seireitei had a generally tranquil state of nature, the air was always warm and so this cold air was created by something otherwise.
The buildings suddenly opened out onto a vast expanse of field, dead in the centre of which was a flurry of commotion. Dirt had been strewn for meters in all directions from a large cloud of smoke, through which an individual was climbing.
Renji stepped off the rooftop, quickly covering the distance between himself and the person. Landing silently, Renji drew his sword and waited, examining the man before him. The male wore a long red coat, red trousers, a pair of black boots and had shoulder length white hair and was equipped with a wide bladed sword.
"You there, who are you?" Renji asked as the male got to his feet. The young man turned to look at Renji, looking him up and down before looking around for anyone else.
"Where am I?" the man asked, whether or not it was to Renji was up to interpretation but Renji answered regardless.
"Soul Society, are you with Vincent Kuchiki?" Renji asked. The man smirked
"So he made it here did he? Man, don't I feel sorry for you" the man chuckled "You just relax and leave Mr. Kuchiki to me"
"Who are you?" Renji ordered, flash stepping in front of the male who had started to walk towards Seireitei.
"Probably the only man who can stop him" the man told him bluntly before vanishing. Within ten paces Renji had cut across his path.
"You're not getting away from me that easily" Renji said "If you really can defeat him then I'm coming with you"
"I work alone" the man sighed "Plus you got that spiritual pressure thing going on, if you go near him he'll seal you in an instant" Renji then noticed that the man ahead of him had no Reiatsu at all, not even the slightest trace that he had any sort of above human powers, yet he had moved like one of them.
"What are you?" Renji asked, warning in his voice, this time pointing his sword at the man.
"How many times have I been asked that in my lifetime?" the man laughed "I'm just a hunter, I work alone, that really is all you need to know" The man vanished again as he attempted to step past Renji but the Lieutenant was quick. Renji grabbed the man's wrist and spun him to face him. They stood incredibly close, Renji holding his wrist when Renji heard a metallic click. He looked down and saw that the man was holding a strange object, from his studies on humans he knew it was a gun, a weapon of destruction.
"Let it lie" the man warned him "I don't want to hurt you" Renji released him and stepped back.
"Tell me your name" Renji asked "Vincent is the only one who can save my Captain, he did something to him and now we don't have that much time left" Renji said, near pleading.
The white haired male sighed, lowering the black pistol
"Do you have any idea where he might be?" the man asked "This place is huge from what I see"
"I can sense his Reiatsu if I get close enough" Renji explained "So it's only a matter of time, you can definitely defeat him?"
The man shrugged and held his hands out at his side
"I'm a Demon Hunter, if no-one else can then I'm the one to do it" the man said. Renji nodded and pointed towards Seireitei
"We'll start closer to the cities wall" Renji explained as they began to flash step towards the building.
"By the way, the name's Dante" the man called over to Renji as they began the hunt for Vincent Kuchiki.
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