Restarting the Battle of Fairy Tail might has started out well for Muramasa and his comrades, but the tables have turned. Muramasa was the only one left, but it wasn't Ichigo or Erza that found him. It was the mysterious Ulquiorra.

"Who are you? Are you a member of Fairy Tail?" Muramasa asked.

"I am." Ulquiorra said.

'Strange. I know nothing about this man.' Muramasa thought. 'I know about some of the more famous members and a few others, but I know nothing about this one.' The mysterious Ulquiorra has finally arrived. Are we about to see his true power?

"Cosmic Spatial"

"So have you came here to free the children and avenge your guild? You are going to have to defeat me first." Muramasa said.

"I couldn't care less about the children or the guild." Ulquiorra said and that was not something Muramasa would expect to hear from a member of Fairy Tail. "You plans or this guild really have no interest to me."

"If you don't care, why are you even here?" Muramasa said.

"That is my business and at this moment, I can't have it fall apart yet." Ulquiorra said. "I am bound to protect it and right now, you're in the way."

"Then, what are you going to do?" Muramasa said and he was completely surprised. Somehow, Ulquiorra got behind him and was about to pull out his sword. 'How did he get behind me?'

"Goodbye." Ulquiorra said, but Muramasa jumped away just as he pulled out his sword and swung it at him. Ulquiorra jumped up to Muramasa's level and thrusted his katana at great speed, but Muramasa was able to read his attacks and avoid them.

'His skill is unreal. What's more is that I don't even sense any magic power from him.' Muramasa thought. Both of them hit the floor, but Ulquiorra stopped his attack. He turned around and leaped a few feet and slashed thin air. Muramasa disappeared and reappeared right in front of Ulquiorra with a look of surprise. 'He saw right through my illusion?!'

"You'll have to do better than that to fool me." Ulquiorra said and pulled his sword back to attack again. Muramasa acted quickly as his hand shined lavender with magic. The two attacks collided and caused some of the glass to shatter on impact. The explosion did not go unheard by Grimmjow and Ichigo.

"What was that?" Grimmjow said.

"That came from the church. I'm not that far." Ichigo said. Ulquiorra and Muramasa both moved back to avoid damage from the explosion.

"Who is this man? In all my days, I've never encountered anyone like him." Muramasa said. Ulquiorra is mysterious as he is powerful. He's able to hold his own against Muramasa without any magic.

"I found you!" Both of them looked to the door and saw Ichigo was standing there.

"You again." Muramasa said. Ichigo's focus was on Muramasa, but he noticed Ulquiorra was there as well.

"Ulquiorra? I'm surprised to see you're here." Ichigo said.

"Since you're here that means I don't have to sully my own hands." Ulquiorra said. He put his sword back in the sheath and was leaving.

"Wait, you can't leave." Ichigo said. "Ulquiorra, this guy attacked our guild and he's kidnapped innocent children."

"What is your point?" Ulquiorra said and Ichigo couldn't believe he said that. "I have more important matters to attend to. This is your problem, not mine."

"What could be more important than helping our own guild?" Ichigo said, but he didn't get his answer because Ulquiorra used great speed and just vanished. Ichigo was so mad at Ulquiorra. "I can't believe that jerk would just bale."

"He is certainly a peculiar one, but I think you have more important matters yourself." Muramasa said and Ichigo turned back to face him.

"You can say that again. I'll deal with Ulquiorra after I take care of you." Ichigo said. "You kidnapped innocent children and forced my friends to fight each other. You had your chance to run and beg for forgiveness, but that time has gone and passed."

"I don't remember asking for it in the first place." Muramasa said.

"That's alright. You would have been declined anyway." Ichigo said and quit the talking as he tried to fight. "Night Spirit's Reap Slash!" He slashed across Muramasa, but his attack went right through him and Muramasa dispersed like fog. "How did he do that?" Ichigo was met with the real Muramasa reappearing and kicking him right in the stomach and pushed back.

"My illusions can be very convincing." Muramasa said.

"Illusion? It was so real." Ichigo said.

"That tends to be the idea. I'm only getting started." Muramasa said. He held out his hand and shot out lavender orbs of energy and they detonated and blasted Ichigo. "Don't tell me this is all you can handle. Spirit slayers are suppose to have more power."

"I'm just getting started myself." Ichigo said as he flew through the smoke. He tried to attack, but Muramasa stepped out of the way. Muramasa thrusted his palm and drove it into Ichigo's stomach and caused him to crash into a pillar.

"You're putting up a better fight than I thought. This is better than I imagined." Muramasa said.

"Oh I'm so glad you're enjoying it." Ichigo said with sarcasm. He tried to attack again, but Muramasa vanished. Ichigo looked around to find him, but a bunch of hands climbed out of the floor and grabbed onto him and he couldn't get himself to move. Muramasa reappeared in front of Ichigo.

"You put up some effort, but it looks like it wasn't enough." Muramasa said. He powered up another magic blast and unleashed a powerful one and Ichigo couldn't get himself to move. Ichigo got blasted and Muramasa was convinced that was the end. "I was hoping he put up a better fight."

"You should know better than not to underestimate your enemies." Murmasa heard a voice he hasn't heard yet. He saw that Grimmjow appeared and saved Ichigo and broke the illusion.

"Grimmjow!" Ichigo said as he wasn't expecting Grimmjow of all people to save him.

"Let's get something straight. The only guy that's going to beat him is me." Grimmjos stated as he was referring to Ichigo.

"Thanks for the save, but I didn't think you would be here." Ichigo said.

"Yeah, well if we want to save those kids, we got to beat this guy." Grimmjow said. "As much as I hate to say it, we're going to have to work together."

"Me work with you? There's no way that's going to happen." Ichigo said.

"I don't think we have a choice." Grimmjow said. "Everyone else is probably knocked out or injured from all the fighting. Don't you get it? We're the only ones left who can stop this guy."

"Since when do you care about Fairy Tail?" Ichigo said.

"I protect or destroy whatever the hell I want!" Grimmjow shouted. "Look, we're going to have to do this. Don't think of it as us working together. Think more like two spirits just going in the same direction."

"Fine, but this is going to be one time only." Ichigo said.

"Trust me, I'm not going to like this any better than you do." Grimmjow said.

"Watch out for his illusions. They're pretty real." Ichigo said. The two of them got ready and went on the attack. Both of them were attacking Muramasa at incredible speed, but Muramasa was able to block or avoid both of them. Muramasa unleashed strong magic power and pushed the two of them back. Grimmjow jumped up.

"Give me a boost with your howl." Grimmjow said. Ichigo jumped up behind Grimmjow and took a deep breath.

"Night Spirit's Howl!" Ichigo howled at Grimmjow and used enough power to give Grimmjow a boost to fly at Muramasa.

"Gale Spirit's Claw!" Grimmjow unleashed the claw slash at close range, but Muramasa jumped out of the way at the last minute. "Where are you going? Gale Spirit's Claw: Stickers!"

"Night Spirit's Lunar Reap!" Both of them unleashed their attacks with Muramasa in the air. He got hit by both of them and plummet to the floor. Grimmjow and Ichigo positioned themselves to stand side by side. "Night Spirit's…"

"Gale Spirit's…."

"Howl!" Both of them unleashed their howl attacks and both of them blasted Muramasa and caused some damage. They thought that was it, but they saw Muramasa was walking through the dust and smoke and was unharmed.

"Not bad, but if that's the best you two spirit slayers can do, I'm disappointed." Muramasa said. Ichigo and Grimmjow couldn't believe he could walk out from that and not get hurt.

"Come on. We've poured a ton of Spirit Slayer Magic on him." Grimmjow complained.

"We must have been fighting another illusion." Ichigo said.

"You two are spirit slayers. Let's see what you two think of this." Muramasa said. He was taking a deep breath in and sparkling lavender trails were flying into his mouth. Grimmjow and Ichigo felt the magic power and they both knew it too well.

"You feel that power?" Grimmjow said.

"Yeah. I can't believe it." Ichigo said. They both knew this power because they've felt it for a long time. "This guy's a spirit slayer too?!"

"Spatial Spirit's Howl!" Muramasa shot out a blast of cosmic looking energy in a lavender color. Both of them were astonished with him being one of them that they didn't avoid it and got blasted. Grimmjow and Ichigo took a hard hit and could barely get back up.

"I had no idea this guy was a spirit slayer too." Ichigo said.

"What did he say? Is he a Spatial Spirit Slayer?" Grimmjow said.

"That would be correct." Muramasa said.

"Then, what was that stuff you were feeding off of?" Ichigo said.

"I'll gladly tell you." Muramasa said. "You probably know of cosmic energy. That energy can be found in the air. Even as we speak, our bodies admit a special cosmic energy that help control what we call fate or destiny and I'm able to feed on it."

"And that's what we just saw you swallow." Grimmjow said.

"I knew you two were spirit slayers from the moment I came into the guild." Muramasa said. "So I had Chester set up the barrier to keep you two from leaving so I can face the two of you myself. I never met those who use the same magic as me before."

"That explains the barrier." Ichigo said.

"I was hoping to save the two of you for the grand finale with you two being at full strength." Muramasa said. "However, I'm a little disappointed if that's the best you can do."

"You haven't won yet." Grimmjow said as both of them tried to get back up.

"Just stay down." Muramasa said as he held out his hand. "Spatial Spirit's Disrupting Flow!" He shot out the same orbs he blasted Ichigo with earlier. They detonated above both of them and kept the two of them from getting back up.

"I don't get it." Ichigo said and gained Muramasa's attention.

"What don't you get?" Muramasa asked.

"Why you're even doing this? Why are you doing this to us? What did Fairy Tail ever do to you?" Ichigo said.

"It's not what Fairy Tail did." Muramasa said. "I decided a long time ago to destroy all guilds. Do you want to know why?" Both of them were all ears. "It's because it was a guild that took away the only friend I ever really had." A reason has been declared. The fourth Spirit Slayer is discovered and a mysterious past is about to be revealed.

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Orihime: I understand that not every guild is the like Fairy Tail, but are there legal guilds that are considered bad?

Ichigo: I have heard of a few like this Twilight Ogre. They just like to push weaklings around because they're greedy or think they're better.

Orihime: People can't be allowed to behave like that.

Ichigo: All their actions catch up to them eventually.

Orihime/Ichigo: Next time: Why I Hate Guilds

Ichigo: Just you wait. All those bad guys get what they deserve.