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Trascender
"Lady... Hoshiihime? You're... supposed to be dead..."
"..."
Hoshiihime had nothing to say. She walked over to the elegant casket of Lady Kagura, running her hands on the top of it before turning and pointing her sword at Juhabach.
"...You seem... disappointed... Did your blind date not turn out the way you expected?"
"No... more like disappointed that you lied to me about Lady Kagura... I had no reason to storm Las Noches..."
Hoshiihime smirked as she raised an eyebrow.
"No reason? So Ichigo Kurosaki wasn't a reason?"
Quite unexpected, he had no reaction to that name. Narrowing her eyes, she realized that he was over Kurosaki since her secret had been revealed.
"The boy is nothing to me now... So please, move, so that I may witness the birth of our true queen."
"Sorry... but to allow that would be allowing the world, my... dear... husband's creation, go to waste..."
Juhabach smirked, holding up his medallion. Hoshiihime held a finger up, wagging it as she scolded him.
"You're going to release that here? In this cavern? Do you want everyone to die?"
Juhabach narrowed his eyes, storing his medallion back. Before he could put it up, his index finger was sliced off.
"Now... for threatening me with that Bankai... I'm going to kill you..."
'Has he... Has he... transcended... to another plain of existence!?'
Even though As Nodt was clearly looking at him, he couldn't feel his presence at all. Ichigo stood, shoulders broad as his arms were buried inside his cloak. His arm, like a snake latching out of the shadows, finally separated itself from his cloak, a giant black nodachi appearing in his hand.
"This... ends now..."
"Shit. Buzzbee, Bambietta, we're leaving. Retreat to Point Alpha!"
Bambietta, gritting her teeth, acknowledge the order and along with Buzzbee, used Hirenkyaku to escape. Ichigo paused, turning towards the others before he chased after them.
"All of you, go with Pesche and find my family and friends! And free the other Arrancars while you're at it!"
He dashed after the fleeing Quincy, leaving the others to free the base.
"There's no point in using your Quincy techniques against me... I have learned them all... Neither will your Denego abilities..."
"...Not really..."
Hoshiihime narrowed her eyes as she watched Juhabach grab his Spirit Weapon, dashing towards her with it. She held her blade out and clashed it with his.
"What do you mean...?"
"Lady Kagura taught particular techniques to her guards. Not every Quincy technique was created by you."
Hoshiihime scoffed, as she doubted the abilities that woman. "As if... second-rate woman such as her has no particular abilities that I couldn't know of."
"Lady Kagura is not known as the 'Goddess of the Quincy' for nothing. She was... and still to this day, the only woman who successfully overpowered King Hogyoku..."
Hoshiihime turned as she noted a man dressed in bishop robes step behind her, sword at the ready. It was completely silver, with a cross as its handle.
"The Holy Emperor Vater... to what do I owe this visit?"
"I'm here to stop you... so the Sepulto Viresco may be commenced..."
She turned, clashing her sword against Vater's. The vibration from the clash rung through her hands and rattled throughout the cave. Every Quincy and Denego tripped over their feet. Releasing herself from his blade, she ducked under Juhabach's strike, kicking him in the gut. Following up with another strike, it was blocked by Vater, who ran his hands over his blade.
"Kirchenlied: Blitzkrieg des Himmels..."
Waving his sword, a white lightning edge pierced through Hoshiihime. She retreated back away from them, wiping her hand across her abdomen and feeling the warm blood that was produced there.
"What the...?"
"The special chants from the Verses of Lady Kagura... Your former Sankt Zwinger... is old news to us..."
Narrowing her eyes, she raised her blade, only to be surprised when an explosion rocked the cave entrance.
"Quincy: Letzt Stil..."
"What...!?"
Juhabach moved away from the explosion as Vater released his Letzt Stil. He watched as six Reishi wings of burning fire raged from the outside of Vater's body.
"Sorry if I'm a little outdated... That Volstandig mess just grinds my nerves when I have to use it."
"Risking... all of your powers... just for me?"
From the rubble of the cave, Hoshiihime rose up, dust marks all over her face. Vater raised his own blade, a white fire encasing it, very similar to Ryujin Jakka.
"The release... of the oldest living Quincy... quite impressive... You were one of my... favored... guards..."
Vater waved his blade as he moved behind Hoshiihime, holding it to her throat.
"Do you... consider me a traitor?"
"Not in the very least... I don't trust any creations of my husband. His...'guardians'... that he entrusted to me... were nothing more than his attempts to keep an eye on me... to make sure I never discovered Kagura..."
"Then... don't take this lost personally. We were just two people... on different sides of the battle field."
"Good... if that's the case..."
She grabbed the insides of her dress shirt, ripping it open slowly. She wore no bra, causing Juhabach to comment.
"Really? Is this your surrender? You must be desperat-"
He and Vatier was rendered speechless when, embedded in the valley of her breasts, was a pale-blue Hogyoku, reflecting light from between the jacket that barely covered her modesty.
"Take your last peek, old man... I won't hold it against you..."
"This is the end..."
Bambietta was crouched upon the ground, gazing up at Ichigo. Behind her, As Nodt and Buzzbee had already fallen in their escape. She didn't know whether they were dead or not, but she really wasn't betting on the second one. Before he swung down at her, an explosion of energy ravaged the land they were standing in, causing Ichigo and Bambietta to freeze up.
"What...?"
Turning his head, an explosion of pale-blue Reiatsu rocketed into the air before fading away.
"...Is that... the Spirit Queen...?"
'This release... it reminds me of Aizen.'
When he felt it disappear completely, he knew it was her.
'Transcending... this power has to be her.'
"What is going on over there?"
Bambietta slowly stood up, holding her arm as she answered.
"His Highness... is going after the key... in the underground grave of the former Spirit Queen."
Ichigo looked confused when she said the 'grave' of the Spirit Queen.
"Grave of Kagura? She's not-"
"The Kagura you know... and the maiden that died... are not the same..."
Ichigo stared off into the distance, narrowing his eyes before he grabbed Bambietta by the collar of her coat. She screamed as she was being thrown over his shoulder.
"Hey! Put me down!"
"You will take me there immediately. Do not ask any questions. Do not say anything. You have no rights. Understand, girl. This is not a negotiation, it's an order."
Bambietta shut her mouth and pointed Ichigo in the direction he needed to travel in, nearly vomiting at the speeds that he traveled.
"Tch... Aizen must have learned a few tricks from you..."
Hoshiihime's scelera had turned black, drawing attention to her pale-blue irises. Within the center of her battle dress, the Hogyoku stood shining valiantly. Similarly colored wings of Reishi appeared behind her, forming six wings that stemmed from the blue Reishi disc on her back.
"Not really... I wouldn't dare split this beautiful face apart... It's enough dealing with the split ends of my hair."
"Tch... it can't be helped... Juhabach, be prepared. I'm gonna have to give... everything I've got."
Vater reached behind his back, drawing a large scythe made of Reishi. Spinning it around his head, he waved it forth, along with his sword.
"Massen Vernichtung Smittel!"
A bomb blasted the ground, destroying the cave and bringing it down on all of them. Juhabach held his hands over his head and blocked the rubble from coming down on him.
"Old man! You realize that we will have to blast our way through that, don't you!?"
"It will be fine. Lady Kagura's body nor the key will be harmed in the destruction. However, it still wouldn't be wise for you to use that Bankai."
"Do you have a plan?"
The old man shook his head as he waited for his enemy to rise from the rubble.
"How predictable... Men using more force than necessary if it doesn't work the first time."
Juhabach twisted his body, nearly destroying his spine, when he heard Hoshiihime behind him.
"What!?"
He was slashed in the chest, ripping his cloak from his body as he reached out to use an attack. Just as quickly as he did that, Hoshiihime grabbed his arm and tore it from his body and kicked him into the debris.
"How sad... Too bad I don't have the time to play anymore. Ichigo Kurosaki is on his way here, and I don't want him to see me like this."
"Are you sure we're going the right way?"
"Of course you are... Don't question my judgement, Ichigo Kurosaki! Just because you're hot, that doesn't mean I won't hurt you!"
Ichigo dead-panned as he hopped across the sand dunes towards the energy he felt.
'She's so much like Riruka, it's not even funny.'
"Make a left!"
"But the energy is coming directly at us!"
"Exactly! Move!"
A wave of Reiatsu blasted through them both, causing Bambietta to feel as if she was suffocating. However, Ichigo waved it away with his blade, rendering her speechless as she watched him travel on without pause.
"And you were saying?"
'That... was definitely the essence of the Spirit Queen... and he tore through it like it was nothing... Who is this guy!?'
"Hey... Hey! Wake up!"
A prisoner, deep within the base of the Vandenreich, woke as the gothic school girl woke him. He throat sore, he tried to speak, but she silenced him with her finger.
"I don't know who you are, but you don't look like an Arrancar to me. But I'll help you, since you were locked up here by Juhabach."
"...Do... you...-?"
"Shut up! You don't look good. I'll take you back to Lord Kurosaki and we can see what he'll do with y-"
"...Ichi...go...!? You... know... Ich...igo!?"
Loly blinked, shocked that he knew the Primera Espada. She narrowed her eyes as she began to question him.
"How do you-!?"
"My... son... take me... to my... son...!"
"...Ginjo..."
Ginjo stood on a building, facing towards the night sky as he leaned on a railing. Hearing a voice behind him, he turned to see Tsukishima.
"What is it...?"
"A man from that group is here."
Ginjo sighed as listened to Tsukishima, closing his eyes as he shook his head.
"What do they want with me?"
Tsukishima shrugged as a voice resonated throughout the night.
"I'm not here for business. Do not panic."
Ginjo and Tsukishima turned when they saw a figure dressed in a fine set of clothes. The shadows cleared around his face, shocking them both.
"Aren't you... supposed to be dead?"
"Depends... on your opinion of being dead."
"As in...you know... not living."
"I'm still here, aren't I? Can you really say I died... if I never left?"
Ginjo leaned back into the railing, narrowing his eyes at the person.
"...Are you going to explain how you are still alive?"
"Maybe... Quite honestly, that's really not important."
Ginjo was readying himself to strike, for when the other made a wrong move.
"Then... What do you want?"
"Ichigo Kurosaki."
Ginjo laughed as he turned away from the man, leaning over the railing and looking down at the cars on the street.
"So does the rest of the fucking world, idiot."
"You misunderstand... I'm not going to kill him... You are."
Ginjo looked at the man over his shoulders as he continued to chuckle.
"I have nothing to do with Kurosaki. Chad is gone, the girl's dead, and he's become more powerful than before. I'm not interested in him anymore."
The man chuckled as he moved forward.
"Chad left?"
"He's been searchin' for Kurosaki since the death of that girl... Still tryin' to find a way into Hueco Mundo."
"Why didn't you stop him?"
"I only needed him to get closer to Kurosaki. He's useless to me now."
"But what if I could change your mind?"
Ginjo looked up at him, intrigued at what he had to say.
"And that would be?"
"...How much do you know... about the Fullbringers? The ones... who could truly manifest the world...?"
"Manifest the world?"
The man grinned, circling around Ginjo as he spoke.
"You... are a Soul Reaper... a Hollow... a human... and a Quincy all together."
Ginjo shook his head and turned away from him.
"Tch... I never learned any of their abilities. I didn't even know about the Quincy until Aizen experimented on me."
"You... are the perfect match with Ichigo Kurosaki... You both are similar... in so many ways... Who's to say you weren't the one... the prophecy spoke of?"
"Many of the techniques you're using depresses me. I thought Kagura was better than that?"
Vater panted as he fell to his knees, coughing up blood. Hoshiihime stood above him, looking down on him as if he failed. Suddenly, he smirked as he saw Juhabach.
"Do it, now!"
Hoshiihime turned as she saw Juhabach reaching into the grave of the fallen Mother of the Quincy.
"What are you doing, idiot!? Stop it!"
"Quincy Kirchenlied... Dame Auferstehung..."
Everyone in the grave was rendered speechless when nothing happened. Juhabach held up the string of the key with his remaining hand, surprised when he noticed there was no key, as it was cut. He turned around, seeing it in the hands of his biggest enemy.
"Ichigo... Kurosaki..."
"Looking for this, asshole?"
Trivia:
-Dame Auferstehung is roughly German for 'Queen Resurrection.'
-Vater's released is based from an Archangel
-Hoshiihime's release is based from Aizen's third form prior to splitting his face for the fourth. Her eyes are blue instead of purple, and her wings are more like Orihime's Clips on her back.
-Her Hogyoku is an actual fragment of the Spirit King, not man-made.
-Ginjo is being set up to be a very important rival for Ichigo.
-The man speaking to him is pretty important. He'll be revealed later.
-I thought it fitting that Bambietta liked Ichigo, as he typically has some girl from each race that likes him.
Human-Orihime
Soul Reaper-Rukia
Fullbringer-Riruka
Hollow-Nel (She's just more attached to him than actually liking him.)
So I thought the Quincy girl would be Bambietta.
-Vater has a Volstandig, he's just old fashioned, like Soken.
-Pretty obvious, but yes, Isshin was saved and Chad is trying to find a way into Hueco Mundo.