Ichigo was done with his duel against Ulquiorra. It was sad to see him be turned to dust, but he couldn't help him. He went over to Orihime and held her in his arms.
"I'm glad you're safe. Are you alright?" Ichigo said.
"Yeah. They didn't hurt me or anything." Orihime said.
"I meant after seeing that happen to Ulquiorra. He gave up his own life all for Aizen." Ichigo said. Orihime didn't respond. That was the first time someone slipped out of her hand like that. "You know what I think the weird part is. Despite how emotionless he was, I think you had a strong impression on him."
"Ichigo, Orihime!" Both of them looked down the hall and saw all of their friends heading for them.
"Guys! I'm glad to see you were able to make it pass that Yammy." Ichigo said.
"Orihime, are you alright?" Uryu said.
"I am thanks to Ichigo." Orihime said.
"Ulquiorra's out of the picture. All that's left to do is get out of here and stop Aizen." Ichigo said. "Does anyone know how we can get back?"
"We looked around, but we can't find anything." Renji said.
"Byakuya, you and the others got here from a machine Mayuri invented. Do you have a way for us to get back?" Rukia asked.
"I believe I can answer that." Unohana said and held out a small box with a button. "I managed to snag this from Mayuri. Although I don't think he will be pleased once he realizes it."
"What is that thing?" Ichigo said.
"All I have to do is press the button and throw it. It will create a path for us to go back to Karakura Town." Unohana said. "The problem is that it can only take two people. Mayuri Kurosuchi has the rest. Ichigo, shall we be going."
"You and me, Miss Unohana?" Ichigo said.
"Yes. We have reason to believe that you just might be the one to defeat Aizen." Unohana said. "I am going with you to treat the injured."
"She speaks the truth." Byakuya said. "You're Zangetsu as well as the power you have with it might be the only thing that can defeat Sosuke Aizen. You are needed in Karakura Town."
"What about the rest of you?" Ichigo said.
"We'll be right behind you to help you take him down. You need to go." Rukia said.
"We should get going." Unohana said. She pressed the button and tossed the box with the black path that Aizen's subordinates use has opened up.
"Ichigo, please be careful." Orihime said. Ichigo gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before departing.
"I will. I'll stop him." Ichigo said and ran right inside with Unohana. The hopes of two worlds rest in his hands. Ichigo and Unohana raced across the dark path. "Miss Unohana, can I ask you something?"
"What is it?" Unohana said.
"Why do you think I'm the one to defeat Aizen?" Ichigo said. "Doesn't the Soul Society hold many powerful duelists?"
"That might be true, but a majority of them use their brains when it comes to their dueling." Unohana said. "You, on the other hand, follow your instincts. That allowed you to defeat a powerful duelist like Kenpachi Zeraki and a tactical duelist like Byakuya Kuchiki. On top of that, you are able to perform unitetion evolution. Your Zangetsu Moon's ability could just be what you need to defeat Aizen."
"Not just that. I've got something else." Ichigo said. "I used it in my duel against Ulquiorra. He's called Zangetsu Final."
"Zangetsu Final?" Unohana said.
"You'll see what it can do soon enough. I can see the exit coming." Ichigo said. They saw a bright light at the end of the tunnel, but it was not a good light. They came to Karakura Town, but there was a bright light that practically blinded them. When they were able to see again, hey saw Aizen and all the members of the Soul Society were on the ground.
"It's been a while." Aizen said. He turned around to face him. Ichigo couldn't believe what he was seeing. Aizen was able to defeat everyone. Ichigo never knew he could be this dangerous. "I should have known you would find a way to return, Ichigo Kurosaki." He said as Aizen turned around to face him.
"Did you really do all of this?" Ichigo said.
"You mean take down all the members of the Soul Society? My servants did soften them up, but it was child's play." Aizen said. "I can see by the look on your face that you were able to rescue Orihime Inoue. I can also see that all of your friends have been able to escape with their lives."
"Yeah. I saved her and all my friends were able to escape." Ichigo said. "I'm only here for one reason and that's to stop you once and for all."
"My deck far surpasses yours and, as you can see, what was left of the Soul Society. What makes you think you even have a chance against me?" Aizen said.
"I don't know what the odds are, but someone has to stop you." Ichigo said. "It's because I have to beat you is why I'm here. For the sake of everyone, you're going down."
"Very well. I accept your challenge." Aizen said. Both of them activated their duel disks while Unohana attended to the wounded. The fate of an entire city lies in this duel and so does the fate of two worlds.
"Let's duel!" Both of them said and had 4000LP.
"I'll start." Ichigo said. "I'm summoning my Underworld Guardian." His guardian came on the field and had 1300def points. "That's all I'm going to do for this turn."
'What is he doing? He needs his full power if he wishes to defeat Aizen.' Unohana thought.
"Are you relying on Underworld Guardian's ability to keep your safe?" Aizen said. "I'm afraid that won't help you. This is not the time for you to be drawing a bad hand."
'We'll see about that. I have to watch carefully for what he does and strike at the right moment.' Ichigo thought.
"Allow me to show you what someone of my caliber is capable of. I draw" Aizen said. "I'll start by activating Transcending Metamorphosis. If I give up 1000LP at the end of my turn, I can summon two monsters from my deck."
"Two monsters at once?" Ichigo said.
"Yes. I summon Transcendent Cerberus and Transcendent Charon." Aizen said. A three headed dog and an old man in a cloak came on the field with Cerberus having 1800atk points and Charon having 1700. "I activate Transcending Fusion. This allows me to fuse two of my Transcendent monsters if I give away 1000LP at the end of this turn."
"He's giving away 2000LP and he can fusion summon?" Ichigo said.
"I fuse Transcendent Cerberus and Transcendent Charon." Aizen said and the two began to fuse together. "Guider of the afterlife and guardian of the gate. These two together will seal your fate. I fusion summon Transcendent Being Hades." A purple being in a purple aura wearing black cape came on the field and had 3500atk points. "I'm not finished. I play a second Transcending Metamorphosis."
"Another one?!" Ichigo said.
"That's right. I summon Transcendent Siren and the, tuner monster, Transcendent Hippocamp." Aizen said a mermaid with 1400atk points and a horse with a fish's tail that had 2000atk points came on the field.
"Did he say tuner?" Ichigo said.
"I did. I tune level six Hippocamp with level four Siren." Aizen said. Hippocamp became six green circles and surrounded Siren as she became an outline and turned into four stars. "With the sea's rage, he shall flood the world into a new age. I synchro summon Transcendent Being Poseidon." A blue being in blue energy and carried a trident came from a flash of light and had 3000atk points. "The terror doesn't end." He held another spell.
"Not another Transcending Metamorphosis." Ichigo said.
"It is. I activate it so I can summon Transcendent Epimetheus and Prometheus." Aizen said. Two giants rose on the field in blue like armor. Epimetheus was covered in orange energy and Prometheus was covered in green energy. Both of them had 2900atk points. "Now, I overlay Transcendent Epimetheus and Prometheus to build the overlay network." A yellow and black rip opened up in the ground and both the giants became yellow energy and dived inside. "With command of sky for judgment, his lightning is just a fragment. I xyz summon Transcendent Being Zeus." The final monster was a yellow being with a lightning shaped scepter and had 4000atk points.
"I can't believe he can summon three different ways!" Ichigo said.
"I'm going to activate one final spell." Aizen said. "I activate Transcendent Regenerate. If I remove my four spell cards from play, all the damage I would have taken is added to my life points instead of them being taken away."
"That means his life points will be doubled." Ichigo said. Aizen's life points went up to 8000. Aizen is a force to be reckoned with. What other terrors does he hold?
To Be Continued….