Disclaimer - I do not own Bleach nor any of the characters; the OCs are mine, however.

Chapter Twenty - Vicious Battle

As the first of the Fraccion rushed forward Kasumi took aim with her bow. This Zanpaktou was wholly unlike any other in Hueco Mundo and marked her as different among other Shinigami. It was the proof positive that she had kept her Quincy powers even after death, which had previously been thought impossible. Raising her reiatsu level Kasumi summoned several arrows, which she fired all at once.

In warning.

Solara gazed at the girl as she felt Kasumi's reiatsu level rise, somewhat taken off guard by the magnitude of her power. She had done a good job of concealing it but the Espada still wasn't worried about the outcome of the battle. The two Shinigami may be more powerful than she had first thought but that didn't mean that they were a match for her Fraccion. Let alone standing any sort of chance against her personally. "You may last a little longer than I first thought," she conceded as she watched her Fraccion dodge the reiatsu arrows that had been fired at them. "But the outcome will still be the same."

"You're delusional," Kasumi said, summoning another arrow and pulling it back. The first shots that she had fired had been meant as a warning; the next one was meant to destroy.

"You're the one who is fighting under a delusion little girl," Solara stated firmly, her narrow eyed gaze shifting back and forth between the two of them. There was just no way that they would be able to hold their own against her Fraccion, no matter how powerful they were. And there was also the fact that Shinigami had the annoying habit of thinking that they were stronger than they actually were.

"It's such a shame that you underestimate us," Shiro stated calmly, his teal eyes gazing around at the Fraccion for a moment before returning to Solara. She was the one that he was focused on though the young captain realized that he would have to deal with her minions before he would be able to deal with her. Holding up his Zanpaktou, with the blade tip pointing toward the sky, the teen released his sword. "Reign over the frosted, frozen sky, Hyourinmaru!"

A dragon comprised of water and ice erupted from the tip of the sword at the same time that a chain grew from the back of it. One of the Fraccion, whose mask appeared similar to the skull of some sort of lizard, rushed forward. Swinging the chain with one hand, Shiro used it to lasso the attacking Arrancar. The creature struggles against the restraining chain but was unable to gain it's freedom no matter how fiercely it fought. Raising his sword Shiro made a move to end the existence of this particular enemy.

"Shiro watch out!"

Glancing over his shoulder as he heard Kasumi's cries of warning the white haired teen was a split second too slow to evade the attack from an Arrancar that had managed to sneak up behind him while he was dealing with the other. The blades of the scythe like weapon that the Arrancar carried sliced his back, causing Shiro to hiss in pain. Pulling on the chain that was attacked to his sword the Squad Ten Captain used his captive to knock the other Arrancar to the ground, angry over the fact that he had allowed them to strike. Then, once the two were lying side by side on the ground, one still bound by the chain, Shiro swung his blade and unleashed the ice dragon yet again.

The frozen dragon swirled around Shiro once before flying toward the pair of Arrancar at such a rapid speed that it appeared almost blurry. Neither had time to react and were instantly frozen the moment that the dragon collided with them. Pulling the chain free Shiro used it to smash the Arrancar turned ice sculptures.

"Impossible!" Solara screeched as she watched the white haired Shinigami boy defeat two of her Fraccion. He had made it look effortless, which was something that wasn't supposed to happen. She had to win this battle so that she could prove herself to her lord.

She would not lose to these two brats from Soul Society.

"You said it was a game," Masaki growled in a low voice that didn't seem to fit with such a young child, whirling around so that she was once again facing off against Heikichi. Her violet eyes flashed as she gazed at the young man, looking betrayed. She had believed his words but people weren't supposed to end up hurt in games and she had seen that strange looking guy hit her big brother.

Had seen the blood.

This wasn't supposed to happen… nothing was supposed to be able to hurt her big brother. She knew how powerful he was, had seen it first hand. So why had those people been able to get the drop on him like that? It didn't make any sense and the more she thought about it the more upset the young girl grew. Tears appeared in her violet eyes as she shifted her gaze over to her twin.

"Yea," Kaien piped up, looking just as angry and betrayed as his sister. Reaching out he took Masaki by the hand and Heikichi gasped as he felt the rising reiatsu of the twins.

This was wholly unexpected and something that he hadn't figured into his plans. For a moment all the Lord of Hueco Mundo could do was stare at the two children who were standing before him, holding hands and surrounded by a very impressive aura. One was black, the other white and they seemed to intermingle to form shades of gray.

And the raw power that these two children possessed served to give Heikichi pause. Perhaps the plan would need to be modified to accommodate these children…

Shiro's teal eyes widened in horror as he felt a VERY familiar surge in reiatsu… a spiritual signature that he wouldn't have been able to misread no matter how great the distance between them. His eyes flashed as his own reiatsu spiraled out of control.

"That bastard has my brother and sister…"

Kasumi felt her blood run cold as she heard these words, snarled out in a voice that wasn't anything like Shiro's normal voice. And yet at the same time it was a voice that she had heard once before… a voice that sent shivers down her spine and caused her heart to pound inside her chest. Almost afraid of what she was going to see the girl glanced over at her best friend.

Shiro was surrounded by a vast aura and his eyes were a pale and malevolently shining ice blue… just like the time when he had nearly decimated both Soul Society and the world of the living.

"Bankai…"

A/N - Cliffhanger! Sorry about that guys but this was just the best place to leave off. Hope that you enjoyed the chapter, please leave a review and tell me what you thought… or just to tell me to hurry up and write the next chapter.