Returning War Part 1
Chapter 5 Izuru's Vow! In the Name of Squad 3!
(Tenkai Kecchu; Replica Karakura Town)
"Hmhmhm, I sense that two of the six generals have been defeated, It's no big loss in the game of chess the pawns are supposed to sacrifice themselves to protect the stronger pieces although Siglo's probably taking these defeats much harder than I am" said Senken smiling while still trapped in the inferno.
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"These fools are trying my patience" said Siglo crossing his arms.
"You do realize if your supposed generals fail then we'll be forced to step in right?" said Ochocientos addressing Siglo with an agitated tone of voice.
"I am well aware of that Ochocientos" said a visibly angered Siglo grinding his teeth.
"Are you? As far as I can see you've either seriously underestimated our enemies or your supposed generals have gotten weaker since the civil war" said Arpia butting into the argument.
"I said watch that tongue of yours Arpia or lose it" said Siglo pointing at Arpia.
"Just make sure your "Generals" don't lose any further battles" said Ochocientos.
"First chance I get I'll kill you" thought Siglo keeping his gaze on the first espada.
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Rukia's grown quite powerful" said Shunsui starting a conversation with Jushiro.
"Ya" said Jushiro with a blissful look on his face.
"Have you found another worthy of being her replacement as your Lieutenant?" asked Shunsui.
"Not exactly, the truth is Kaien and Rukia were the only two people I saw as truly qualified for that position, I thought I could ask Ichigo to serve as my Lieutenant but he came up in the discussion moments before herself" said Jushiro.
"Jushiro old friend you have the worst luck with Lieutenants" said Shunsui.
"I now" said Jushiro smiling nervously.
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(Tenkai Kecchu Pillar #1)
"Ugh" grunted Ikkaku getting punched face first into the ground.
"Come on is that all you've got? Show me your true strength" said Trasgo.
"What are you talking about? This is my true strength!" yelled Ikkaku charging.
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"No it is not I am fully aware your hiding a large portion of power from me so if you want to defeat me your going to have to use it" said Trasgo holding Ikkaku back.
"Damn he knows" thought Ikkaku.
"Are you paying attention soul reaper! Release your bankai!" yelled Trasgo punching Ikkaku away.
"I don't have to release it to beat you" said Ikkaku charging again while thinking back.
(Flashback)
"Do you know why you failed? Because you attempted to keep your strength camouflaged!" said Tetsuzaemon berating Ikkaku
"Hmg" grunted Ikkaku.
"It's your prerogative to die while keeping your strength hidden but never, never at the cost of failing your mission, you can't put your selfish pride ahead of achieving your squad's objectives and as long as you're a member of the 13 Court Guard Squad's your orders will take priority even if it means suppressing your individual vanity, you will never be an effective leader until your willing to accept that" lectured Tetsuzaemon.
(Flashback End)
"Damn you Tetsuzaemon! Bankai!" yelled Ikkaku backing away and released his bankai causing everyone to notice.
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(Replica Karakura Town Streets)
"It's about time" said Tetsuzaemon watching from a distance.
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(Tenkai Kecchu Pillar #4)
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"Why haven't you released it yet?" asked Tambien distancing himself from Kenrichi.
"Released what?" asked Kenrichi in rebuttal
"Your shikai or your bankai of course" said Tambien.
"You should know arrancar that as one of the Captains of the 13 Court Guard Squads I never rush into things I like to analyze my opponents strength before making a drastic move" explained Kenrichi.
"Fine" said Tambien disappearing using sonido.
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"What do you think of me now Lieutenant?" asked El Ray appearing before Shuhei who was still plastered to the building.
"My opinion: Go screw yourself" said Shuhei getting away from the building.
"My such biting words oh well I guess it's time to finish you off" said El Ray charging again.
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"You really are quite tenacious aren't you" said Shuhei parrying wit E Ray then jumped back.
"Your quite jumpy today aren't you so why don't I spped things along" said El Ray releasing more spiritual pressure.
"Damn how much more can this guy grow in power?" thought Shuhei witnessing the site.
"Prepare yourself because you're about to witness my full power" said El Ray.
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(Tenkai Kecchu Pillar #3)
"Well it seems Izuru is leading his oppkonent into a trap, at least that's what I hope he's doing" said Rukia following and observing her Lieutenant from a large distance.
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"Come on that's it follow me huh what!" thought Izuru as he saw a barrage of feathers coming at him from nearly all directions but dodged with flash step then continued to run on the roof of a building only to see Fenix's approach and a barrage of more feathers.
"Bakudō # 39. Enkōsen, ugh!" said Izuru attempting to block the fire attack only to have his shield shattered by Fenix's wing.
"HAHAHAHA that was a good try Izuru Kira but don't you remember my wings are made of titanium, making them strong enough to crush anything no matter what form they take" bragged Fenix in his stationary form.
"So your saying you can use your wings even in stationary mode is that correct?" asked Izuru.
"That's right I can choose whether or not to set fire to my feathers or not but what of it?" asked Fenix
"Nothing, moreover the fact they're made of titanium makes them sound even more threatening whether emblazed in fire or not but it doesn't change the fact that they're still wings" said Izuru letting go of his sword then tapped the hilt causing it to spin in mid-air.
"What's he planning to do now?" thought Fenix.
"Hadō #58. Tenran!" said Izuru grasping onto his sword's hilt then sent a gust of wind towards the arrancar.
"Kid you've got a lot to learn about what happens when you combine elements! Huh" yelled Fenix sending the spell back at Izuru with his wings then set the tornado a blaze with his fire feathers only to see Izuru had disappeared.
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"His speed and power are very hard to deal with, combined with the fact that he can switch up between his feather attack means I'm going to have to play it smart here and lure him into a narrow corner, Hadō #31 Shakkahō!" said Izuru blasting through the alley he took shelter in, alerting Fenix.
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"This kid's obviously leading me into a trap and I won't fall for it" said Fenix smiling
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"Your move now" said Izuru waiting in the alley
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"You must think I'm stupid or something" said Fenix setting his body on fire then fired his feathers at the alleyway, causing the buildings in the alley to collapse on each other.
"Time to move" said Izuru escaping from the alleyway as building began to collapse on each other behind him until nothing but rubble and dust remained.
"Now where are you? There you are!" said Fenix examining the wreckage from the sky until he spotted Izuru running on telephone wires and fired his fire wings.
"Hya, hya, hya" said Izuru cutting down every pole he landed one, shielding himself from Fenix's fire feather attack.
"It's obvious his feathers are growing back whether he sets them on fire or not and they must regrow in their original place and with what he told me earlier I need to get in close to do any damage, so now it's time" thought Izuru analyzing the situation as he continued running.
"Your going down fool!" yelled Fenix attacking Izuru head on resulting in the mild destruction of a building.
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"That was too easy" said Fenix.
"Thank you" said Izuru.
"What? Why!" demanded Fenix.
"Your long range attacks where hard for me to counter especially since you could interchange between your fire form and your stationary form, in fact this entire time I've been strategizing how to draw you into close quarters especially since my zanpakuto only works if it comes into contact with my opponent" explained Izuru revealing his Wabisuke.
"So what exactly can that weird sword of yours cut? W…What the hell NO!" yelled out Fenix as two of his wings suddenly became twice as heavy causing him to fall to the ground below.
"Damn it all to hell why can't I move my wings!" demanded Fenix as he struggled just to stand up.
"My blade doubles the weight of anything it hits and a second strike doubles the wait again and a third will double it once more, that is the power of my zanpakuto; Wabisuke, your situation works like this; moments before you struck me I released my zanpakuto and took quick action by hitting your wings a total of four times so if you weren't just bragging about your wings being made of titanium then that just gave me the perfect opportunity of course I had to work fast due to your ability to change your form and since I've succeeded in doing that I do believe I've clipped your wings" explained Izuru standing over Fenix from behind.
"You bastard what the hell gives you the right to do this to me!" demanded Fenix lying helplessly on the ground.
"What gives me the right you ask well it's a long list but most prominently you insulted my Captain and mocked my squad and those are two things I simply will not stand for" said Izuru approaching Fenix.
"What the hell so your upset because I insulted your captain and your squad please you must have a lot of mental problems to think like that" said Fenix.
"It's as simple as this arrancar; when you chose to insult my squad and it's captain you forced me to take a vow" said Izuru.
"A vow! What kind f a vow!" demanded Fenix.
"My vow is this: Anyone who insults Squad 3 deserves to suffer and die in the most painful way" said Izuru still walking forward.
"HAHAHAHA" laughed Fenix.
"Something funny?" asked Izuru.
"What the hell are you trying to say? That whoever insults your pitiful squad is going to suffer the worst kind of tortures you can dish out and then your going to kill them because if that's true your no better than us hollows" said Fenix raising his spiritual pressure causing him to stand upright.
"Uh" said Izuru in a slight shock.
"If your going to make me suffer then allow me to dish out my idea of suffering to you, Chamuscar Emplumar!" yelled Fenix taking to the sky and sending an entire firestorm of feathers at Izuru.
"Uh" said Izuru bracing himself.
"YAAAAA!" yelled Fenix continuing his assault then stopped.
"Uh, how did…" said Fenix caught mid-sentence seeing Izuru behind him.
"Hm" said Izuru slicing at Fenix's wings two more times.
"Ugh, damn you" grunted Fenix falling to his knees again.
"As I aid I'm going to make you suffer for your insolence and further more your fate was sealed from the moment I released Wabisuke, no matter how hard a bird tries to fly again it's impossible once it's wings have been clipped" said Izuru clasping onto Fenix's two right wings with the curved end of Wabisuke's blade.
"Please don't" said Fenix with a fearful tone and expression.
"Now suffer" said Izuru slicing off the wings with only two remaining.
"Damn you" said Fenix as blood came gushing out of the two empty wing sockets.
"Now it's time for you to die" said Izuru in a solemn tone, positioning Wabisuke so the curved end was wrapped around Fenix's neck.
"Please I beg for forgiveness" pleaded Fenix.
"You lost that chance a long time ago" said Izuru decapitating Fenix.
"Farewell Fenix Ala remember it was not I who killed you but it was in fact the enormous weight of Squad 3 that caused your demise" said Izuru sealing his zanpakuto and sheathing it.