I don't own Bleach nor the Final Fantasy series. I suggest you listen to proper battle themes for this chapter.
Soul's Fantasy Part II:
Otherworlds
Underneath Urahara Shop
"So this is the gate?" Squall asked seeing the giant stone structure.
"Yep," Urahara answered in his usual happy-go-lucky attitude.
"So what are we waiting for?!" Bartz yelled in glee.
"Yeah! Let's get going!" Zidane agreed joyfully.
"Uhhh, I'm afraid I can't do that yet," Urahara told them.
Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the ex-shinigami captain. "And why's that Urahara?"
"Welllll...It has to charge up," Urahara told them.
"Charge up?" Light questioned.
Urahara scratched the back of his head. "Well, I haven't had much need of it since the last trip to Soul Society. So I haven't charged it up lately."
"How long will it take to charge?" Squall asked.
Urahara held up two fingers. "Two hours."
"TWO HOURS!" Bartz exclaimed. "But our friends could be in trouble!"
"Urahara, couldn't you make it charge any faster?" Renji asked.
"Sorry, no can do," Urahara sighed. "You'll just have to wait."
"But their frien-" Ichigo began but the Warrior of Light interrupted him by placing his hand on his shoulder.
"Do not fret," Light told him. "They are more than able to face whatever lies ahead." He removed his hand from Ichigo's shoulder and went off to converse with the other present Warriors of Cosmos.
'They better be ready,' Ichigo thought. 'Most of the captains of Soul Society are not too lenient with strangers.'
*****************
Soul Society
Cloud slashed as hard as he could at the Shinigami captain. Byakuya blocked the blow with his sword, but the force sent him flying into a building.
"Give up," Byakuya heard the ryoka say as he got up. The captain stared unemotionally into the eyes of the blond man...those green oddly-glowing eyes. "There's no reason for us to fight."
Byakuya didn't answer, but rose his blade to his face. "Scatter. Senbonzakura."
Cloud readied himself when Byakuya's blade began to break apart into what looked like.... "Cherry blossoms?" the ex-SOLDIER questioned. Without warning, the glowing pink petals swarmed around Cloud, spiraling around him. Cloud grunted when he felt a cut on his leg.
"Senbonzakura can break into a thousand blades," Cloud heard the captain explain. "The blades reflect light in a way to make them appear like cherry blossoms."
"And I'm guessing they move as your will commands?" Byakuya didn't answer Cloud's question, but the answer was obvious. "Well, I guess you're actually trying then." Cloud raised the heavy sword high over his head. "Take this!" He slashed his sword to the ground, sending out a speeding shock wave toward the captain, blowing away Senbonzakura's blades.
Byakuya dodged the shock wave but now Cloud was free from the encroaching spiral of cherry blossoms for now. Cloud tried to attack the Shinigami but the blades kept him more on the defense and at a distance, pushing him back. 'If only I was proficient with magic,' Cloud thought. His heavy sword was powerful, but if he couldn't get in close then he would stand a chance.
Firion countered Rukia's Hakuren with his Straightarrow attack.
Firion was a master with multiple weaponry, thus leaving his attacks somewhat unpredictable to the Shinigami. He was also proficient enough with magic to counter her kido magic with his own black magic. Overall he seemed to be more than a challenge to Rukia at a distance, but up close and personal, he was much more deadly.
Rukia jumped into the air and aimed her palm at Firion. "Hado 33! Sokatsui!" A blue wave of spiritual energy fired out at the weapons specialist.
"That won't work!" Firion cried as he threw his axe through the energy burst toward Rukia. The Shinigami was caught off guard by the axe and tried to block, but failed. She was even more surprised when she was caught by the return, resulting her in being reeled in toward her enemy. Firion caught the axe in his left hand and reached for his sword with his right as Rukia came closer.
"Take this!" he yelled as he slashed Rukia upwards multiple times with his sword and axe, ending it with a powerful X cut with both weapons and sent the Shinigami down slamming into the ground. Firion landed on his feet and looked toward Rukia's unconscious form on the ground. He ran over to her and checked her pulse. "She's okay," he breathed with a deep sigh of relief, "but she's losing a lot of blood." Firion reached behind his back for his rod. "Okay, now all I have to-" He stopped speaking when he felt a blade to his back.
"Hold it right there," the voice of the blade's owner warned. Firion turned his head to see a man with blonde hair that had a lock of it covering one eye, wielding the blade. He also saw Hisagi behind the man.
"Trying to attack someone while they're down?" Hisagi questioned Firion angrily. "How despicable."
"I wasn't trying-" he began to explain until, he looked over at Rukia and noticed the blood spreading over the ground. In a panic, he yanked out his rod. "Cura!" he yelled as he felt the blade of the Shinigami's zanpakuto press more on his back.
*******************
Cecil dodged another one of Hinamori's kido attacks. He had to admit, despite her appearance, she was a skilled magic user like Terra. Who knows what she could do if she learned magic like Meteor or Holy from his world? She could be an accomplished mage of her own choosing.
Cecil jumped high toward the Shinigami in midair and spun with his spear blade out. Momo dodged the strike and retaliated with three blasts from her zanpakuto. He blocked two of the attacks and reflected the third back to Hinamori. The lieutenant dodged the blast and landed on the roof of a building with Cecil landing shortly after.
"You have impressive magical abilities," the paladin complimented.
Hinamori couldn't help but appreciate his praise. "Thank you...Cecil," she said. She looked him over and could tell he wasn't using all of his powers. "Um, what exactly is it that you can do?"
"My fighting style is called Split Soul," he answered.
"Split Soul?"
Cecil nodded. "I am guided by the two opposing forces of both light and darkness, and thus..." He charged Hinamori and slashed. "I can turn darkness..." She jumped back and was about to counter when he jumped up with a flip, transforming into something with black armor with blue linings. "Into hallowed light!" He slammed his foot into the ground and dark light erupted from where he landed, causing Momo to be sent flying.
Hinamori fired a kido blast from her sword when she regained her balance, but a dark orb appeared in front of the dark knight's chest, blocking her blast. After her attack failed, four orbs shot spread out from the first. Momo defended herself by readying her sword to defend, but to her dismay, the ords went behind her, closed in and moved back to where they started, dragging the lieutenant with them back to Cecil. The dark knight then proceeded to attack with three powerful strikes, sending Hinamori flying out further into Seireitei.
After changing to paladin, Cecil chased after her with great haste. He looked down at the place she landed. The lieutenant seemed to be unconscious from the heavy damage his dark knight form dealed. He breathed a sight of relief, thankful for not having to resort to more lethal attacks on such a young girl. Especially since her wavering heart handicapped her. Cecil knew there was something that was preventing her from completely focusing on the fight. Whatever it was, he did not know.
Cecil looked over to the direction where his brother was fighting and saw two massive beings battling it out. One of them he recognized as his brother's powerful summon.
****************
Komamura couldn't believe that a ryoka could fight on par with a captain-level shinigami without a weapon. He was even more surprised that this man, Golbez, was using a strange type of magic that was very different from kido. The magic didn't even need an incantation, all Golbez had to do was move his hands and the spells activated. Another thing about Golbez is that he's just as strong with physical attacks as well. Add that with his magic, Komamura knew he couldn't hold back for too long against this opponent.
The anthropomorphic canine was shot far back by a magical attack. He landed with a grunt on the roof a building. Komamura glared at Golbez, who was now staring through his helm down at the Captain with his arms crossed.
"Is there any reason for us to fight?" Golbez asked the captain.
"You disrupting the peace of Soul Society," Komamura answered, "is more than enough reason for me to defeat you."
"We meant no harm by it," Golbez reasoned. "So there is no reason to fight."
"I won't believe the words of a ryoka." Komamura raised his zapakuto over his head. "Bankai!" Golbez was amazed as a giant samurai made of armor arose behind the captain. "Kokujo Tengen Myo'o!"
"Impressive," Golbez commented, looking at the giant as it held it's sword in a way that mimics it's master. "Kokujo Tengen Myo'o. I assume that is the name of your weapon, is it not?"
"That is the name of my zanpaktou," Komamura confirmed.
"Judging by it's appearance, I believe it's ability is to mimic your movements," Golbez stated to which the Shinigami captain answered with a harsh glare. "Thought so."
"What is your name?" Komamura asked.
"Golbez," the armored man answered simply. "And you are?"
"Captain of Squad 7 of the 13 Court Guard," the canine answered. "Sanjin Komamura."
"If you are fighting me at full strength, Sanjin," Golbez began to gather energy, "then so shall I! Come, creature of Shadow!" Komamura was momentarily blinded by a bright light. He shook it off and gawked at the sight before him. A giant black dragon with glowing blue markings floated in the night sky. It was not as big as his Bankai, but the captain could tell the immense power it held.
"What is that?" Komamura asked.
"It is a summon, the Shadow Dragon," Golbez told him.
"Summon?"
"It is like all your Shinigamis' weapons," the warlock explained, "you call it out to aid you in battle. In my world, one could call out for other kinds of summons for different attacks or effects, but only one at a time. The Shadow Dragon is my most powerful summon."
"Interesting," Komamura stated. "But you will need more than that to defeat me!"
*****************
Terra and Onion Knight fought Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto in the underground waterway of the Seireitei. The Warriors of Cosmos were having a degree of difficulty dealing with the more seasoned warriors the Shinigami proved to be. Do to the Onion Knight's small amount of experience and Terra's pacifistic nature, they lost the upperhand to the Shinigami. That didn't mean they were entirely helpless. The warriors made it up with Terra's great magical abilities and the Onion Knight's tactics to come to a stalemate against their opponents.
"We need to get out of here," Onion whispered to Terra during a pause in the fight. "This place is too cramped for us to use any of our greater attacks without the sewer caving in on us."
"But what do we do?" the half-esper asked.
"We have to keep moving until we find an exit," he said.
Hitsugaya couldn't hear what the two were saying, but the subject was obvious. "You two should give up," he told them, making the warriors look at him. "You can't do anything in a cramped space like this."
"I told you already," Onion growled, stepping in front of Terra. "We're not just going to turn ourselves in."
"What if we just take you in for questioning?" Rangiku reasoned.
Onion just glared at the Shinigami until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked behind to see Terra looking down at him with an assuring expression. The young knight looked away toward the ground in thought. He looked back at the Shinigami.
"Just questions, no prison?" he asked.
"No prison," Hitsugaya nodded. "You have my word."
"Fine," the Onion Knight said hesitantly.
"Good, I didn't want to freeze the two of you for no reason," Hitsugaya muttered. He and Rangiku turned, beckoning the two Warriors of Cosmos to follow.
Cloud watched as the thousands of tiny blades chased after him. He batted them away with his Blade Beam, but they always reformed a moment after. Cloud cursed at his predicament as he tried to figure a way past the blades to their master.
"I guess I have to do something bold," Cloud sighed as another wave of cherry blossoms fired toward him. Cloud gritted his teeth and tightened his grip on the First Tsurugi before charging straight at the wave of blades.
Byakuya widened his eyes in surprise as to what the ryoka just did but quickly regained his composure. He turned away with his eyes closed, thinking that the ryoka was finished.
"Fool," the captain muttered as he began to walk off. He stopped in his tracks when he heard an explosion from behind. Looking back, he saw the blades scattered out and the ryoka nowhere to be seen. Then he felt a strange spiritual presence above his head. Byakuya looked up in surprise when he saw the blonde falling toward him with the large sword preparing for a powerful downward cut. The Shinigami also took notice of the blueish-green aura emanating from the young man.
"Take this!" Cloud yelled as he slashed the sword down. Byakuya summoned up Senbonzakura to shield against the attack but Cloud's sword easily cut through them. At the last moment, the captain returned his zanpakuto to it's sealed state and tried to block the massive sword. The Shinigami prevented the attack from being fatal, but the sheer force of the blow sent him skidding across the ground into a wall of a nearby building.
Cloud wouldn't give the captain a chance to retaliate. "Stars!" He spun the sword over his head then stuck the blade into the ground. "Rain down!" Multiple small meteors fell from the sky and crashed into the place Byakuya landed, each making a small explosion on contact. Still, Cloud knew that this was just starting. That thought was confirmed when his opponent stood back up, his body showing numerous cuts and scratches.
Cloud remained quiet as the Shinigami captain spoke. "You have skill, but you won't defeat me," Byakuya claimed. "I'll end this quickly...." He dropped his zanpakuto with the blade pointed toward the ground. The katana sank into the earth as if the ground were water. "Bankai."
Cloud summoned a component blade of his Fusion Sword into his left hand when he saw two rows of giant katana blades rise from the ground. He watched as the blades began to break apart into tiny blades like Byakuya's original sword. Just seeing the mass of cherry blossom like blades made Cloud worried.
"This is the second release for my zanpakuto," Byakuya explained. "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."
"I won't go down so easy you know," Cloud stated, pointing his left hand sword at Byakuya while his main sword rested on his shoulder.
"Don't be so cocky," Byakuya warned. He sent a torrent of the tiny blades toward the young man.
"I guess," Cloud said to himself, "I can't hold back anymore." He closed his eyes and concentrated on gathering all of his energy while the approaching wave of cherry blossoms closed in.
Byakuya was surprised again at what happened next. The ryoka didn't budge away from the attack, but instead just stood there. The wave of Senbonzakura's blades consumed the young swordsman, but Byakuya felt a rise in spirit energy from where the blades struck...From the ryoka. The energy was subtle but it felt strange to the Shinigami. It was like there was a regular human soul's energy and something that was the soul of...... "What is this?" Byakuya wondered.
The next thing that happened was that the wave broke apart, scattering the blades again. In the center of the falling cherry blossoms stood Cloud surrounded by a green aura and weilding a single edged sword that was even bigger than the previous one. When the ex-SOLDIER opened his eyes they were glowing blue with the same energy.
Cloud dashed toward Byakuya with the intent to cleave through the Shinigami. Byakuya quickly brought up a dense mass of tiny blades to defend, but like before, Cloud just cut through them. The wall did at least slow the blonde down before he got to Byakuya. The Shinigami then used shunpo to get away from Cloud.
"How did you cut through my defense?" Byakuya questioned from a distance. "What is that power of yours?"
"Mako," Cloud answered.
"Mako?" Byakuya asked curiously.
"You don't need to know," Cloud said as he charged the captain again.
"I told you not to get cocky." Byakuya pointed his finger toward the advancing warrior. Cloud saw a wave of cherry blossoms coming at his side, faster than before. Cloud jumped away from the blades just in time. When he landed the blades gave him no time to defend when they darted toward him once more. This time, the ex-SOLDIER had no time to escape nor defend, he didn't expect the attack to react so quickly. He could only close his eyes and wait as the torrent of cherry blossom-like blades closed in to shred him to bits........
BOOM!
Cloud opened his eyes to see that the blades had dispersed once again, this time by a Flare spell. The spell was weak but a weak Flare could do wonders to protect against that wave of cherry blossoms. The question Cloud was wondering though...Who cast it? By the look Byakuya had, he wondered to.
"Wow," said a very familiar behind Cloud. "Good thing I had some decent practice," the blond began to slowly turn his head, "but I don't think I'll be able to pull off another Flare." Cloud watched as the stranger walked past him. The man had shoulder length spiky black hair and a black outfit similar to Cloud's except with no sleeves, two pauldrons, and no half-skirt. The most distinguishing feature the man had was a massive sword as big as himself...and was once used by Cloud, the Buster Sword.
The man turned his head to show his face to the blond. Cloud met the man's glowing blue eyes with his own and gawked. That look of confidence and that smile that could match Tidus. Cloud just couldn't believe that he was here. Cloud was just gawking at the man that he looked up to during his foot soldier days with the Shinra Corporation.
The man stretched out one of his gloved hand to help Cloud off the ground. Cloud accepted and the SOLDIER helped him up. "Been awhile huh?" he asked with a smile to the still stunned Cloud. "You might get slack jawed if you keep staring at me like that...Cloud."
"Who are you?" Byakuya asked the black haired man. He turned and met Byakuya with that cocky smile of his.
"SOLDIER, First-Class," he pulled the Buster Sword off his back and got into the fighting position Cloud used, "Zack Fair."
*************
Firion thought he was done for when he felt that blade press forward. He thought his dream would fade just because he went soft and try to save someone. Luckily someone was looking out for him, because the Shinigami's zanpakuto was sent flying because of a well placed gunshot.
"I hope you don't mind if I cut in," a feminine voice asked. Firion and the two Shinigami looked over to the source of the voice to see a girl with two pistols trained on the two Shinigami.
She wore blue jean short shorts with a half skirt that covered her left leg, a pair of black boots, and a white top. Looking closer, Firion saw in the center of the woman's top, was the same emblem as Jecht's torso tattoo and Tidus's necklace...the emblem of the Zanarkand Abes, as Tidus once called it. Looking at her face, he saw short brown hair styled like Tidus's, except for a long slim ponytail, and a pair of mismatched eyes, one green and one blue.
"Who are you?" Hisagi asked, readying his zanpakuto.
"Yuna," she answered with a smile like Tidus's. "And you are?"
"I am Lieutenant Shuhei Hisagi of Squad 9," Hisagi answered.
"Lieutenant of Squad 3," the blond spoke, "Izuru Kira."
She looked over at Firion, waiting for him to introduce himself. "Firion," he finally said.
"Huh, no fancy title huh?" she joked. "Now, are you going to finish that cure spell or what?"
"Cure?" Kira wondered as he turned back to Firion and saw a green light emitting over Rukia. 'Is it like a kido healing spell?' he questioned himself as he saw Rukia's large X-shaped wound disappear.
"How about you guys put away your swords and call it a truce," Yuna suggested, "Okay?"
Kira saw Hisagi ponder over whether or not to comply. He finally agreed when the 3rd Squad lieutenant nodded to him, showing that he was agreeing to a truce. Reluctantly, Hisagi sheathed his zanpakuto. Yuna looked over to Firion.
"Done yet?" she asked as she put away her pistols.
"I'm not that great with spells," Firion told her. "So be patient."
"Fine," she sighed. Yuna saw Kira walk over to Firion and knelt beside the down Shinigami. He placed his hands over Rukia and began casting his own spell. It didn't take long before she awoke. Hisagi, on the other hand walked over to Yuna.
"I believe there is some explaining you need to do," he told her with a harsh glare.
Yuna scratched the back of her head. "It's a long story and I don't know all the details myself," she answered him, "but I bet Firion could give you more insight than I could." Hisagi glared at her for a few more minutes before he huffed and walked over to Rukia.
***************
When Cecil got to Hinamori, she was out cold. 'Perhaps, I over did it,' he thought to himself as he pulled out a potion. Cecil opened Hinamori's mouth and poured the blue liquid down her throat. After making sure she swallowed, the paladin picked her up and stepped outside to watch his brother fight.
***************
Komamura couldn't beat this man, Golbez, and his Shadow Dragon. The Shinigami captain was able to match Golbez, but couldn't shake the feeling that the man was holding back. It was as if he were testing Komamura. The thought angered the captain as he swung his blade down on the armored warlock while Tengen swung at the Shadow Dragon. Golbez teleported away with a technique neither shunpo nor the sonido, reappearing on top of a higher building.
"You'll never defeat me!" Golbez yelled, staring down at Komamura through his helm. "As long as you are fighting with blind fury, you will not defeat me!"
"Don't you dare talk down to me!" Komamura yelled back as he made the giant swing down it's sword toward the armored man.
Golbez sighed. "I have no choice." He dodged the massive sword and made his dragon push the giant armor away. He hovered high over the captain as he prepared his most powerful spells.
"What his he?..." Komamura began to ask but then saw two giant spheres fall from the sky.
"Transcend the Stars!" Golbez shouted as he cast Binding Cold on the Shinigami, preventing his escape. "This won't kill you, but now you will learn the difference in our strength! Twin Meteor!"
The first flaming rock hit Komamura directly, knocking him up into the air, the second hit the ground he was just on. It missed the Shinigami, but the explosion underneath sent him flying off. He landed on the ground hard and was struggling to get to his feet.
"Don't push yourself," Golbez said after he teleported in front of the downed Komamura. "You did well, but, even with your experience, there is much for you to learn." Komamura only growled in response, but conceded defeat. "Good, now rest," Golbez told him as both the Bankai and the Shadow Dragon disappeared. Komamura reluctantly complied and Golbez lifted his massive body over his shoulder.
Cloud and Zack struck at the mass amount of cherry blossoms together. Byakuya was surprised that they were beginning to overwhelm him. Their massive swords ripped through the walls of tiny blades that defended the Captain.
Zack leaped up into the air, twirling his blade once. "This is the power," he swung down his Buster Sword, "of SOLDIER!" Streaks of light fell through the wall of blades, straight towards the Captain.
Byakuya dodged the lights, but the explosions they created threw him back away from the protection of his blades. Before he could recover, Cloud was coming down at him with a powerful slash charged with blue-white light. Byakuya quickly reformed a sword and blocked Cloud's massive weapon which shattered the blade and sent the Shinigami Captain slamming into the ground.
Cloud landed in front of the down Captain and pointed the Fusion Sword at his neck. "Seems like you got cocky," the ex-SOLDIER commented. Byakuya glared in response. "Surrender," Cloud told him.
"Hey Cloud, calm down would ya," Zack said as he ran up to them, the Buster Sword on his back. He placed a firm hand on Cloud's shoulder, prompting the younger to put away his sword. Cloud complied, Zack then turned his attention to Byakuya on the ground. "So, would you like to listen to our explanation for being here?"
Byakuya frowned but slowly nodded his head. Zack smiled and helped the man up. Before anyone could say anything, they all felt a dense pressure in the air.
*****************
Terra had felt the end of Golbez's battle. She was glad to know that he was the winner but hoped that she and Onion could reunite with the rest. Terra looked over at Toshiro while they walked through the streets of the Seireitei to the 10th Squad barracks. Then, for some reason, they stopped.
"What's wrong Captain?" Rangiku asked, sensing the spiritual energy.
"Ichigo and Renji," Toshiro answered, "but they are with someone."
"They must our friends!" Onion Knight exclaimed happily to Terra.
"Captain, should we go meet them?" Rangiku asked.
Toshiro nodded. "Yes, then we'll go to the Captain-Commander and tell him about- Huh?!" His sentence was cut off by a huge amount of spiritual pressure being released.
"Captain what is this?"
"Why is the air feel so heavy?" the Onion Knight asked as he adjusted to the pressure, which sorta surprised the young Captain.
"Seems like Kenpachi found a strong opponent," Toshiro answered.
Terra and Onion both looked at each other, thinking the same thing. "Jecht."
****************
Tidus and Yachiru watched as Jecht and Kenpachi matched each other, blow for blow. Neither one seemed to budge from the spots they stood as they wailed on each other with their fists. They didn't even seem all that hurt either. Suddenly they just stopped.
"Not bad," Kenpachi complimented with a big grin. "You're quite strong. I thing those punches are going to leave a bruise."
"Same goes to you, buddy," Jecht said with an equal grin. They reached for their swords and pulled them out of the ground. "Time for the main event." He became covered in fire-like aura.
(AN: Begin Jecht's Theme, Otherworld)
"No more warm ups!" Kenpachi announced, reaching for his eye-patch. "Lets make this-"
"A fight to remember!" Jecht finished as Kenpachi tore off his patch and became covered in golden energy.
They swung their blades at each other. Jecht's greatsword met with Kenpachi's zanpakuto. The very force the attack created an explosion around them, forcing Tidus to grab Yachiru and run to a safe distance. After he got to the top of a nearby building, Tidus set Yachiru down and they looked back to see the area that they were just at was turned into a crater. The only things that were there were Jecht and Kenpachi who just met each other, blow for blow with their swords.
Jecht jumped back and waited for his opponent to charge him. That wait was not long, because right after Jecht landed, Kenpachi dashed toward him and swung down his sword with great force. Jecht smirked as he put energy into his armored left hand and backhanded Kenpachi's blade with a wall of red energy. The 11th Squad Captain was amazed, smirking as he stumbled back.
Jecht didn't let Kenpachi recover. The blitzer swung his left fist at Kenpachi with a flurry of punches coming after the first then finish with a flurry of kicks that shot the Shinigami up into the air. Jecht chased Kenpachi down and slammed his sword toward the Captain, who blocked the attack with his zanpakuto. Though Kenpachi escaped a deadly blow, he was sent crashing into the ground, making a new crater and a cloud of dust.
"Come on!" Jecht yelled while he was still in the air. "Your move now!"
Kenpachi cleared the dust with his reiatsu. With a big grin he responded to Jecht. "Alright," he jumped toward the battle-scarred man and slashed his sword toward Jecht. Jecht dodged effortlessly and began sending Kenpachi another assault of punches and kicks. This time, Kenpachi caught the first punch with his free hand and made to cut across Jecht's chest, but the star blitzer blocked the attack with his black blade.
"Your not bad at all," Jecht commented. "You and I fight like beasts, purely on instinct."
"But there's a big difference between us," Kenpachi noted.
"Yeah, I don't have all your strength," Jecht agreed, "and you don't have two things."
"Yeah, I know you're faster than me, but," Kenpachi had to ask, "what's the other?" He felt a surge of heat coming from the palm that held Jecht's fist.
"You don't have as much control over your own power," Jecht said as he grabbed the Captain's hand with his own and made a large explosion that sent the 11th Captain flying back. Jecht shook out the flames of his left hand. "Always burns a bit," he commented as he chased after Kenpachi.
The Shinigami Captain only smiled as he crashed through a building, into a wall, then finally stopped in front of a crowd of patrol Shinigami. Kenpachi Zaraki had never fought an opponent that fought like such a brutal beast like himself and lasted against him without his eye patch. He slowly got himself up and looked over at all the patrol Shinigami before he looked up at the sky to see a grinning Jecht coming down at him.
All the lower ranked Shinigami ran for their lives as Kenpachi readied himself to meet his blade with his mysterious opponent. But they did not go too far, for they wanted to see for themselves who is able to match the 11th Captain's strength. This was truly a fight to watch.
Again, the two rivals glowed with their auras, Jecht's red-orange flame and Kenpachi's golden light. They met their blades with another explosion of sheer power, greater than the first. After the light faded, Jecht was sent soaring into several buildings before he was able to stop. When he finally did, he saw Kenpachi, still glowing, charging at him with great joy on his face. They clashed blades once more and destroyed the building behind Jecht. This time their blades were locked.
"This is a fight worthy of remembrance!" Kenpachi yelled with glee. "I don't get this kinda fun every day."
"Neither do I," Jecht agreed with a grin, looking into Kenpachi's gray eyes with his red. "But I got a reputation of being The World's Strongest Fighter to uphold here... I don't plan on giving it up yet." He pushed Kenpachi away and grabbed a massive boulder.
"What are you going to do with that?" the Captain asked, waiting to see what Jecht had in mind.
"You'll see," Jecht answered as his sword disappeared in orange light. He lifted the rock over his head and coursed his fiery energy into it, making it look like it was just dipped into a volcano. "This is my..." he leaped with a spin into the air with the boulder, "Ultimate Jecht Shot!" Jecht hurled the boulder down on the Captain with tremendous speed.
Kenpachi met it head on, blocking the rock with his blade. He laughed like a maniac when he saw that it was pushing him back. "This is exhilarating! I've never fought an opponent like you!" Kenpachi used up a ton of spirit energy to hold the rock back.
"Heh, I can say the same thing," Jecht said back, grinning, "but it seems that we have come to the end." He wouldn't admit it, but Jecht put extra power into that throw.
Kenpachi seemed confused at the comment but quickly understood as the boulder just exploded. He was engulfed in the flames. Jecht re-summoned his sword and landed on one knee, panting heavily. He looked at dust swirling in the crater he created with a grin.
"Still standin' huh?" Jecht asked, getting up.
"You know it," Kenpachi answered with a grin as the dust settled. His haori was gone and so was his shirt, much like Jecht. His torso was covered with dust and soot and his sword was broken in half.
"You look like hell," Jecht told him, panting.
"You don't look any better," Kenpachi retorted, laughing. "You think you can do one more attack?"
Jecht laughed. "Naw, you?"
"For once in my life," Kenpachi stated. "I don't think I can keep-"
"Going," Jecht finished as they both fell face first into the ground, exhausted, but happy to fight such a fun fight.
Until round two. Was the thought they both shared.
Tidus and Yachiru, on Tidus's shoulder, arrived to where the two fighters lay. Tidus looked around and blew a low whistle. "Seems like they really made a mess of things huh?" he laughed to the pink haired girl.
Yachiru jumped off Tidus's shoulder and went over to Kenpachi. After examining him, she finally spoke. "It looks like Kenny really enjoyed it."
Tidus smiled when he looked at his father. "Seems like my old man did too."
"Tidus!" a voice called. The young blond turned to see Zidane and Bartz running toward him, behind them were the other Warriors of Light, except Cloud and Firion, and several Shinigami.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Tidus asked the energetic pair with his trade mark smile.
"Well we-" Zidane began to explain, but a big press in the air made him stop.
"I hope someone can explain why a third of Seireitei is destroyed," an old man's voice boomed out. Everyone looked up to see that Captain-Commander Yamamoto had arrived to the scene of the disturbance, hovering over the unconscious forms of Jecht and Kenpachi.
'Wow, that guy's old as... old,' Tidus thought.
The Warrior of Light walked over to the old Captain, unafraid. "Mmmm, who are you?"
"I have no name," Light answered, "I am only known as the Warrior of Light."
"What are a group of young men doing here?" demanded Yamamoto.
"I will explain everything sir," Light told him, "but first, I'd like to wait for the rest of my-"
"We're here!" called Firion as he ran up to them, followed by Cloud, three Shinigami, one a Captain, and two others. One of the others was very familiar to Tidus.
"Yuna!" he called as he ran to his girlfriend, embracing her in a warm hug. He looked into her mismatched eyes with a smile. "Guess you got dragged into this too huh?"
Yuna giggled as they released each other from the embrace. "Yeah, but... what happened to Sir Jecht?"
Tidus looked over to his father. "Uhhhh, he got into a brawl."
The black haired man that was dressed in a similar outfit as Cloud's old one blew a low whistle as he observed the area. "They must've had some fight," he said, "wish I coulda seen it."
Tidus held out his hand. "Name's Tidus, who are you?" Tidus asked with a friendly smile.
"SOLDIER First Class, Zack Fair," he answered, shaking Tidus's hand with a smile of his own.
Firion tapped them on the shoulder. "Maybe you should save the introduction for later," he advised, pointing at the waiting Captain-Commander.
"Sorry!" Zack and Tidus said quickly.
"Hmph, young pups that need to learn manners," Yamamoto said to himself. He turned to the Warrior of Light. "Gather your group, and meet me in the Captains Hall," the old man ordered before disappearing.
The Warrior of Light looked over at his group, then Shinigami that got the downed Captain and Jecht onto stretchers, then he looked at the destruction around him. "Not much of a first impression," he said in a deep sigh.
Hueco Mundo
The Warriors of Chaos watched the gate of Las Noches slowly open up, revealing a long hallway. The group walked in without worry of attack. They did not worry because they knew that the moment they entered this castle of darkness, they would be the ones to take over...
I'm ending it here. The next chapter will feature the Warriors of Chaos and will reveal the never-ending conflict that has been brought to the Bleach Worlds. And a demonstration fight between a Warrior of Chaos and an Espada.
Please Review.
