"I'll erase you." Zenou said. Orihime fought her hardest against Zenou, but in the middle of the fight, she lost her resolve. She no longer sees any reason to fight Zenou when this has all been his father's work. Zenou grew tired of pushing her around and decided to end this.

"Zenou, you don't have to do this." Orihime said.

"I have to." Zenou said as he held out his hand and ready to finish her.

"Hold it!" Zenou looked over to the side and saw Toshiro in his bankai form flying at Zenou. Toshiro swung his sword, but Zenou formed a shield and was able to block the attack.

"Toshio?!" Orihime said. Toshiro got between Orihime and Zenou and was ready to defend her.

"Reinforcements? Even that won't be enough to help you." Zenou said.

"Toshiro, you've got to get out of here. He's much stronger than any enemy you've fought before. You can't win." Orihime said.

"I'm well aware, but you do appear to be in horrible shape." Toshiro said.

"So you came all this way to save her?" Zenou said.

"And defeat you." Toshiro said as he formed ice around Zenou and had him trapped. Toshiro took Orihime and got her out of the way before the ice shattered.

"A zanpakuto that controls ice? Seems interesting, but nowhere near powerful enough to defeat me." Zenou said.

"Orihime, you say put and try to recover. I should be able to hold him off until the stronger forces arrive." Toshiro said. He flew at Zenou and began to attack, but Zenou wasn't the least bit concerned.

…..

Misha

Misha was still in the process of healing Renji and Rukia. After Karin was saved by Toshiro, she went to see how they were doing.

"Misha, are you hanging in there alright?" Karin asked.

"Yeah. It's taking some time since Zenou's powers are so much stronger than mine, but the healing process is going well. Slow, but well." Misha said.

"That's good to hear." Both of them looked to see Byakuya and Uryu.

"You're Rukia's older brother, aren't you?" Karin asked.

"Yes." Byakuya said and kept his focus on Rukia and Renji. "You sure they'll be safe?"

"Yes. I-It's taking some time, but their injuries are healing." Misha said.

"Good. It seems we are making some progress." Byakuya said.

"Brother?" All of them looked to see Rukia and she was starting to wake up. That made them all feel a little more at ease. "Brother, is that you?"

"Rest for now, Rukia. As I was saying, Captain Hitsuguya has engaged another one of our enemies. Hopefully, he'll defeat this one." Byakuya said.

"What about the other captain I sensed was here?" Karin asked.

"You must be talking about Captain Kyoraku." Byakuya said. "Knowing him, he might be….trying to have 'fun' with his opponent before finishing them off."

…

Shunsui

Shunsui was facing against Masuru. Shunsui already released his shikai, but he wasn't really fighting back. Masuru kept swinging his sword at Shunsui, but he kept moving just out of reach.

"You're getting close, but no cigar." Shunsui said.

"Stop fooling around with me and fight for real." Masuru said as he kept swinging his sword, but Shunsui kept avoiding each strike. Throughout the whole fight, Shunsui seemed to be fooling around instead of fighting for real. Shunsui used the Flash Step and moved further away from Masuru.

"You sound like you really need to take it easy." Shunsui said.

"Are you really a captain?" Masuru said. "You don't seem to be taking this fight serious. Is this some sort of joke to you?"

"What's wrong with adding a little humor?" Shunsui asked. During the whole battle, Chad stayed the entire time and watch the whole thing go on.

'Captain Kyoraku does seem to fooling around.' Chad thought. 'He's always been that way. When I fought him for the first time, it didn't seem like he took me serious. Is this part of his fighting style or his personality?'

"If you want to fight for real, how's this. Bushogoma!" Shunsui said as he unleashed a slash of wind at him. Masuru held out his shield and was able to block the attack.

"Is that all you've got?" Masuru said.

"Sorry. My Katen Kyokotsu can be a little finicky." Shunsui said. "Perhaps they aren't up for a battle. How about instead we play some games?"

"Are you serious? You want to play around?" Masuru said.

"What's the matter? Don't you want to play?" Shunsui said.

"No, I don't want to play!" Masuru said. "This is a battle. We're suppose to be fighting to the death."

"That doesn't sound as much fun." Shunsui said.

"It's not suppose to be fun." Masuru said as he closed his eyes and thought back to all he learned about battling. "Battles are places where you put life on the line. I see myself as a knight of heaven and I need to take battles serious. They are not something for fun and games. Being able to use your instincts, split second decisions have to be made, and the struggle to survive. That is all that applies to battle." He opened his eyes, but he saw a bubble coming from Shunsui's nose and snoring.

'Is he really asleep while he's standing?' Chad wondered.

"Wake up!" Masuru shouted and snapped Shunsui got a jump start. "Did you listen to a single word that I've said?"

"Sorry. I'm not use to listening to men yapper on like that." Shunsui said. "If you were a nice young lady, it would have been different."

"Damn you, you incompetent joker pretending to be a captain!" Masuru said as he charged right at Shunsui. Shunsui crossed his blades to block his attack. Masuru slammed his shield against the blades and pushed Shunsui back until he had him pinned to the wall.

"Captain!" Chad called out as he went to try and help him.

"Stop right there!" Shunsui said and Chad stopped in his tracks. "There's no need for you to get involved. I have this."

"You have nothing!" Masuru said. He was about to strike Shunsui in the head with his sword, but Shunsui moved it and Masuru's sword sliced through his hat.

"Oh. Why did you have to go and ruin my hat?" Shunsui said.

"Enough of your foolishness." Masuru said as he was about to strike again.

"The fun is just starting." Shunsui said. "Just look down." Masuru did that and saw Shunsui's foot on his shadow.

"What am I looking at?" Masuru said as looked back up. He saw Shunsui smirk before he sank into the shadows. "Where did he…?" He didn't finish as he felt his back got slashed and saw Shunsui appeared behind him. "How did you do that?"

"I told you we would be playing games and Katen Kyokotsu loves to play games." Shunsui said. "That was Kageoni. Whoever steps on the other's shadow wins."

"I'm not here to play games!" Masuru said as he swung his sword around, but Shunsui jumped into the air.

"This is Takaoni. Whoever can jump the highest wins." Shunsui said as he came down and gave a hard slash against Masuru, but he hasn't fallen yet. "Come on. This won't be as much fun if you don't try to play."

"I'm not here to play." Masuru said. "I can't fall. I won't fall. I will continue to stand for Lord Riesin and now that we've reached out goals, I won't let it go because of you people."

"Boy, what a stick in the mud." Shunsui said. "I understand that you think what you do is important, but you shouldn't stress yourself over the whole thing. Trying being more like me and relax and have a little fun while you work. Why are you so intent on seeing this through to the end?"

"Because Lord Riesin desires this." Masuru said. "His wish is my command. He is what brought us together. I never met anyone like me before and those who knew my power grew to fear me. He gave me a place where I feel like I belong and I won't let him down!" Masuru continued to attack and was going to fight even if it means to kill him.

"I'm sorry." Shunsui said. He moved so fast and slashed down Masuru. "What you fight for certainly is admirable, but if it means you have to cause so much destruction, it isn't worth it."

"Lord Riesin." Masuru said as he dropped to the ground and was dead. Even though he wasn't playing, Masuru lost in Shunsui's games.

…

Zenou

Zenou's fight against Toshiro didn't last long. Toshiro laid on the ground in the defeat with Zenou standing over him. All Orihime could do was watch and she didn't recover that much.

"Fool." Zenou said as he raised his foot over Toshiro.

"Don't do it!" Orihime said, but Zenou didn't listen as he slammed his foot down and crushed Toshiro's head.

"Did you really think I couldn't tell this was just an ice clone?" Zenou said as he took his foot away and the body turned into chunks of ice and the real Toshiro showed himself, but he was breathing hard and half of his petals of his bankai has vanished.

"He's much stronger than I thought." Toshiro said. The fighting stop when they heard some loud crash.

…

Riesin

Riesin stood over another fallen victim. Ichigo was badly hurt and was practically shoved into a wall. Yuzu came out from her hiding spot and saw Ichigo was in trouble.

"You've put up a good fight, but I'm afraid this is where it ends." Riesin said and Yuzu was starting to get scared.

"Ichigo." Yuzu whimpered.

To Be Continued…