Most of Noches Espada has been defeated thanks to Fairy Taill and their friends. The fight continues to go on. Sting and Rogue continue to fight against Kaname, but with him listening to their thoughts made it even more difficult. Sting kept trying to hit the guy, but Kaname was able to avoid all of them.

"Will you quit your running and just fight us?" Sting said. Kaname thrusted his palm against Sting and pushed him back with some of his Sound Magic.

"There's no action I can't hear." Kaname said, but he noticed Rogue wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Where's the other one and why can't I hear him?"

"Shadow Dragon's Waxwing Flash!" Kaname was attacked by feather-shaped shadows and was thrown into the air. He was still able to land on his feet and saw Rogue came out of the shadows.

"Nice work, Rogue." Sting said.

'Interesting. It would seem I can't hear that man as long as he's in the shadows.' Kaname analyzed. 'Dragon slayers have sharpened senses. I'll have to block them out.' He held his hands apart and for a sparkling orb.

"What's he doing?" Sting said.

"Get ready." Rogue said.

"Reino Silencioso!" Kaname clapped his hands together and the whole placed around the three of them changed where not a single sound could be heard.

"Guns and Swords"

…

God's Renewal

"Light Spirit's Meteor Strike!" Nel covered herself in light and tried to tackle Ulquiorra. The fight with the five spirit slayers continued to go on, but Ulquiorra so far has proven to be the superior one. Ulquiorra slid back, but he stayed firm against her attack.

"I got him!" Grimmjow said as he was coming from behind to attack. Ulquiorra saw the attack coming and tossed Nel right into Grimmjow. Ichigo tried attacking with his arm covered in magic, but Ulquiorra stepped to the side. Ulquiorra swung his arm and hit Ichigo and that caused him to hit the top. Muramasa tried his turn, but Ulquiorra kicked him in the chest and had him hit the wall.

"Unreal. How can he have so much strength?" Muramasa said.

"For real. I'm surprised he isn't one of those generals." Ichigo said. Ichigo looked around to see everyone was in rough shape. He also noticed something else was strange. "Hold on a minute. After all the fighting that's going on in here, how is this place still in one piece?"

"Oh, I suppose I haven't explained that." Ulquiorra said. "This place was made to defy what the gods created. It wasn't easy, but the crystal structure was hardened thanks to magic and other methods. It's practically unbreakable. It can't be destroyed."

"This place can't crumble?" Grimmjow said.

"That's right. Even if you win this fight by some miracle, you still won't win this war." Ulquiorra said. "We shall just recover and return again." That was a problem for Ichigo and the others. If they win, they still wouldn't be able to destroy this tower and that makes it free for anyone to use.

…

Shunsui and Kagura

Kagura and Shunsui saved Wendy from Coyote Starrk. Both of them were able to put up a fight, but Starrk was able to hold his own against them both. Starrk ran down the road and fired with both of his guns. Kagura and Shunsui were able to avoid all of his magic blasts.

"Wind Blade!" Shunsui used his wind magic to attack Starrk, but Starrk ducked down and rolled under the attack.

"You're mine." Kagura jumped up and was coming down to strike with her sheathed sword. Starrk flipped back and avoided Kagura's attack. He was careful as Kagura's attack smashed through the ground and sent some debris flying.

"You two are strong." Starrk said. "That just means this is going to be a hassle for me. Why do I have to be the one to do this?"

"He's a strange one. He seems so lazy, but yet he has great power." Kagura said.

"How does that seem strange?" Shunsui said. Kagura thought about it and came up with the idea that Shunsui was just the same as this guy.

"Let's just get this over with as quickly as possible." Starrk said.

"Of course, you have to catch me." Shunsui said as he dived into the shadows. Starrk fired away at the moving shadow, but his blasts weren't having any effect on Shunsui. Shunsui got behind him and rose up, but Starrk moved out of the way before he could be struck by Starrk's swords.

"You should watch where you're going." Starrk saw Kagura managed to get behind him. She swung her sword and whacked Starrk with it. He bounced against the ground a few times before he was able to get his footing. While the whole fight was going on, Wendy held back and watched since she isn't able to heal herself.

"Incredible. I'm not sure if they've ever fought before, but it's almost like the two of them are in perfect sync." Wendy stated.

"Get up. You obviously still have some fight in you." Kagura said.

"Come on, you don't want the fun to be over so soon, do you?" Shunsui said.

"Fun?" Starrk questioned.

"Yeah. A battle between two classic weapons used in duels, guns and swords." Shunsui said. "Wouldn't it be fun to figure out which is the better weapon?"

"Kyoraku, you be wise to take this fight serious." Kagura said. "This man is dangerous and is a member of Noches Espada. Treating this as anything, but a battle would be suicidal."

"Oh, come on, Kagura. There's no harm in adding a little humor to this." Shunsui said.

"I'll admit that you two are strong." Starrk said as he got back up and stood up straight. "It's almost a shame that I have to destroy the two of you."

"Why's that? Don't tell me you're one of those types that seek opponents to face just because they're powerful." Kagura said.

"Not quite." Starrk said. "From the moment I was born, I always had immense magic power. Everyone avoided me or couldn't handle my power. I've always envied the weak because they're with someone. I've always been alone. To meet people as strong as you two makes it kind of comforting."

"Oh, that's such a shame." Shunsui said.

"Even so, you are the enemy and you must be stopped." Kagura said.

"I was afraid you would say something like that." Starrk said as he took aim with both his pistols. "Might as well get this over with. Wolf Genocide!" He shot out magic blasts and they all took the form of savage wolfs.

"Wolves?!" Shunsui said.

"Move out of the way." Kagura ordered as both of them jumped in opposite directions.

"Don't bother trying to run from this spell. It's pointless." The wolves actually followed the two of them and neither of them expected that. The wolves jumped to both of them and actually bit them. Kagura and Shunsui felt like they were bittern and the wolves exploded.

"Kagura! Shunsui!" Wendy called out. Both of them flew through the smoke of the explosions and really felt the impact. Kagura tried to get up, but she had a nasty injury on the lower part of her left leg.

"What happened? Magic power with the personification of wolves?" Kagura questioned.

"Yeah. A little favorite of mine." Starrk said. "I can shape my magic power in the form of a wolf and have it act like one too. You can run as much as you like, but a wolf ends up getting it's pray."

"I see. It's similar to Harribel since she's able to use water spells that look and act similar to a shark." Shunsui said as he was able to get back on his feet.

"Whatever. Time to put an end to this. Wolf Genocide!" Starrk shot out more magic blasts that turned themselves into wolves. Kagura could barely walk let alone run from these things.

"Sure hope this slows them down." Kagura said as she unleashed her own magic power. She changed the field of gravity around her and the wolves were floating in the air and couldn't move.

"Gravity Magic?!" Starrk said. "Oh man. This is becoming more of a pain than I thought." He looked over to Shunsui that was trying to run from them. "I already told you that running isn't going to do you any good."

"Wind Blade!" Shunsui used his wind spell and managed to hit the wolves that was attacking him and they all blew up. "Tornado Waver!" Shunsui created a tornado and hit the wolves Kagura had lifted into the air and all of them blew up.

"What did you just do?" Kagura asked.

"I was just trying to defend myself, but it looks like something else happened." Shunsui said. "Unless I miss my guess, those wolves go off when they make direct contact with something. Since Kagura's gravity change wasn't an attack or cause any physical damage, they didn't detonate."

"Damn. I was hoping to wrap this up soon, but this is just going to keep going on." Starrk said.

"Then, let's end this." Shunsui said as he leaped right over to Starrk. He swung his blades down, but Starrk used his guns to block them. Shunsui kept swinging his swords around, but Starrk blocked each of his attacks with his guns easily. As the two of them kept crashing weapons together, Starrk was thinking over this whole scenario.

'Why? Why do I have to fight someone this strong all by myself.' Starrk thought. 'All I wanted was to find someone to be my equal, but not like this.' He raised his foot and kicked Shunsui in the chest and pushed him in the back. 'Even so, I can't lose this fight.' He took aim and fired.

"I've seen that." Shunsui said and he sliced right through the magic blasts and Starrk has never seen anything like that before. "I've figure out the power and density of the magic you put out when you fire with those. You'll have to do better than that."

"No more of this tagging back and forth." Kagura said as she tried to get back up, but her leg injury made it hard to move.

"You can't be serious. You can't walk on that leg." Starrk said.

"Kagura, he's right. Let me heal it first." Wendy said.

"No. I don't need to stand to use this." Kagura said as she activated her Gravity Magic again and Starrk was literally taken off his feet as he rose into the air. "He's got nowhere to run. Now's your chance."

"I'm sorry about this." Shunsui said as he jumped up to Starrk and Starrk had nowhere to run as Shunsui swung his blades and slashed against his chest. Kagura undid his magic. Shunsui landed on his feet and Starrk landed on his back. "You and I seemed similar. Also, you're not as alone as you think." Starrk looked back at his life. The reason he became part of a guild were to find those who were his equal and he did with the Swords and Aizen.

'I'm not alone." Starrk thought before he blacked out.

"Kagura, how's your leg?" Shunsui asked.

"It's fine." Kagura said as she tried to shake off the pain.

"I can heal you up." Wendy offered.

"Good. This fight isn't over and I doubt these other guys will be as easygoing as he was." Shunsui said. In the battle between guns and swords, swords won.

…..

Ichigo: Size in physical appearance doesn't matter in battle, but how well you work with other does. It's important to work pass your differences and work together. Even if you are among the strongest, it doesn't hurt to have others there to help you.

Next Time: Petals of Lightning

Ichigo: Teamwork is one of the most important things in the world. You do yourself well to remember that.