Noches Espada's forces have dropped greatly. Only two members of the Eight Hollow Swords remain, but there are still the generals and Aizen. Right now, Toshiro is still in battle with Gin Ichimaru. However, his ice seemed incapable of scoring a direct hit for Gin kept blocking it with his strange magic.

"I'm waiting. Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?" Gin taunted.

"Ice Dragon's Roar!" Toshiro unleashed the icy roar, but Gin jumped to the side. Toshiro went to use brute force. He swung his arms, but Gin blocked each of his attacks. He grabbed Toshiro's fist and tossed him. "Resorting to brute force? Do you see your ice is useless against my Pierce Magic?"

"Pierce Magic?" Toshiro questioned.

"Oh, that's right. I guess I never explained the form of my magic." Gin said. "I'm sure you know some piercing spells, but Pierce Magic is different. Pierce magic is able to strike through everything. Its pure magic power condensed and sharpened with no element."

"It doesn't sound that impressive to me." Toshiro said.

"No? Then, perhaps I should show you how dangerous it can really be." Gin threatened.

"Petals of Lightning"

…

Sting and Rogue

Sting and Rogue were fighting Kaname until he unleashed this spell called Reino Silencioso. Sting was all alone and there was nothing, but darkness around him.

"Rogue, what are you waiting for?" Sting called out. "Start eating these shadows and get us out of here." He looked around, but there was no sign of him anywhere. "That's weird. I can't hear, see, or even smell anything. What kind of magic is this?" Rogue wasn't that far behind Rogue as he thought. Rogue was just as confused as Sting was.

"I don't understand this." Rogue said. "These seem like shadows, but I can't devour them. Sting, where are you?" He called out, but there wasn't a response. "This doesn't make any sense. It's like the whole world just disappeared." Neither of them understood what was going on. Then, both of them felt something on their bodies. It felt like they were both slashed against their bodies and were seriously hurt. "What the hell?"

"What was that?" Sting said. They can't see each other and Kaname is somewhere in this cover. What game is he playing?

…

Laxus and Byakuya

Ever since the war began here, Byakuya and Laxus have been fighting against Yammy. However, Yammy has strong endurance. He has been able to hold his own against Byakuya's petals and Laxus' lightning. It wasn't much help that he was a giant either. Byakuya and Laxus have gone through a lot of their magic fighting this guy and they're starting to tire out.

"Damn this guy. No matter what we throw at him, he won't stay down." Laxus said.

"Yes. He is rather noisy and a troubling one." Byakuya said. Yammy laughed out as if he already won.

"Is that the best you two can do? I thought you were suppose to be among Fairy Tail's best." Yammy said. "Oh well. Time I crushed the two of you already!" He raised his foot to stomp down on them, but both of them moved out of the way. Laxus turned himself into lightning and worked his way up Yammy's body until he reached the head.

"Lightning Dragon's Jaw!" Laxus locked his hands together and slammed them on Yammy's head. Byakuya flew up and had streams of his petals slash against Yammy's body.

"Forget it." Yammy said as he flexed his muscles and broke the streams apart. Laxus and Byakuya worked their way down and back on the ground.

"Man. What do we have to do to bring this bastard down?" Laxus said. "He's just too big and strong."

"Physically yes, but physical appearance shouldn't matter." Byakuya said. "He might look all powerful, but he doesn't have the power to defeat us."

"Then, why is he still standing?" Laxus said.

"If you're going to keep yapping, you can do it when you both are dead." Yammy said as he brought his fist down like a hammer, but both of them were able to avoid him. "Quit your running. The fact that you two are still alive is making me mad."

"Yo, Byakuya, you got any ideas on how we're suppose to knock this guy down a few hundred feet?" Laxus said.

"Admitting defeat. I seem to be remembering you wanted this to be a competition to see which one of us can beat him first." Byakuya said.

"Are you serious?" Laxus complained as he was getting annoyed by how Byakuya was acting. "You want to act that way? Fine. Someone needs to take you down a few notches as well. He turned around to face Yammy. "Lightning Dragon's Roar!" Laxus unleashed the blast of lightning from his mouth and blasted Yammy, but he was still able to take it.

"Wow! That really got me. You really gave me a good shock." Yammy said with sarcasm.

"Come on. What is this guy made of?" Laxus said.

"My turn. I'll crush you!" Yammy said as he reached out with his monstrous hand, but Byakuya intervened.

"Sphere of Mawscape." Byakuya created a sphere of his petals between him and Yammy's hand and cut against it.

"Ouch. That actually stings a little." Yammy said as he pulled back.

"I thought this was a competition." Laxus said.

"It looks to me you're all out of power." Byakuya said. "So I saved you because you're an innocent bystander at this point."

"What did you call me?" Laxus said.

"I'm getting sick of this." Yammy said. "You two constantly arguing with each other is giving me a headache. Stop resisting and let me crush you like the insects you are." It was strange, but that big freak did get those two to get their act together.

"The overgrown gorilla made a point about our arguing." Laxus said. "We're both members of Fairy Tail. We've got to quit our arguing and actually work together as a team. That's the only way we're going to beat this guy. So how about we change the rules?"

"What do you mean?" Byakuya said.

"Let's work together, but make it a race to see who can deal the final blow." Laxus said. Byakuya thought that was childish and completely juvenile.

"You're on." Byakuya said. He held his hand against Laxus' back. "In that case, let me give you a little help if we're suppose to be working together." Byakuya formed lightning in his hand. Since Laxus was a lightning dragon and able to absorb lightning instead of devouring it.

"Thanks. That will help me some." Laxus said.

"Stop making me keep repeating myself. Stop talking and let me crush you." Yammy said as he swung his fist down on them. Both of them jumped up and ran on his arm and climb up. "Get off me, insects." He tried to shake them off, but both of them were able to maneuver to stay on him.

"Bladed Flowers!" Byakuya had his magic swords rain down and pierced Yammy's flesh.

"Is that suppose to hurt me?" Yammy said. He wasn't really feeling any of them

"If that doesn't perhaps this will." Laxus said as he charged up his lightning. He blasted the sword and the electricity traveled through all of them and Yammy felt it that time.

"Damn it." Yammy said as the two of them jumped off.

"Storming Petals!" Byakuya had his petal rain down on Yammy and had them flow against Yammy's head.

"Okay I was annoyed before, but you took it to a whole new level." Yammy said.

"God, what's with this guy?" Laxus said. "He never shuts up. He keeps shouting how mad he is."

"Indeed. His voice is becoming irritating. Shall we silence him for good?" Byakuya said.

"You took the words right out of my mouth." Laxus said.

"You two little twerps think you can take me down?" Yammy said. "There is no way in hell that is going to happen. You're too weak." Yammy kept thrashing around, but Laxus and Byakuya were able to move the right way to try and stay out of his path of destruction.

"Looks to me this is a classic case of a person thinking that just because he's bigger that it makes him better." Laxus said.

"Let's show him that no matter how big the enemy is, Fairy Tail will prevail over any enemy." Byakuya said.

"Let's just shut this guy up." Laxus said. Byakuya flew up to Yammy.

"Excalibur Breeze!" A tornado of Byakuya's pinks petals was formed and it shot straight at Yammy with it spinning around like a drill.

"Those little petals still aren't enough to harm me." Yammy said. That was when he saw Laxus jump up and aimed behind the petals.

"Let's add a little electric charge to it. Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Roaring Thunder!" Laxus shot out a blast of electricity and the lightning combined with the petals. It was like they became petals of lightning. The combined power of two of Fairy Tail's best showed how well they work together and formed a unison raid. The attack blasted Yammy in the chest and it went right through him. The lightning and the petals blasted through his body and made a giant hole in his chest. The petals and lightning cleared away and Yammy was left with a new hole in his chest.

"Impossible." Yammy chocked out with his last breath. He fell back and landed on the ground and reverted back to his normal size.

"Finally. I can hear my own thoughts without listening to that aggravating voice." Byakuya said.

"Yeah and I won our little game." Laxus said.

"Excuse me?" Byakuya said.

"I was the last one to blast him with my lightning." Laxus said.

"But your lightning was only powerful enough to do what it just did because of my magic." Byakuya said.

"The same can be said for you, buddy." Laxus said. This caused another argument to start out between the two.

…

Natsu's Team

Erza and the others continued to fight against Aizen. They were actually starting to gain some ground against the mastermind. Aizen stopped for a moment as he felt another change in the battlefield.

"Interesting. I actually find this hard to believe." Aizen said.

"What's the problem now?" Erza asked.

"It's the Eight Hollow Swords. Other than Ulquiorra, all of them have either been defeated or killed." Aizen said. "It would seem I greatly underestimated you, Fairy Tail. Somehow, each fighter was able to find a second boost of power and that was enough for you to defeat some of my best."

"Alright. We're really moving up." Natsu said.

"With only one member of his best team left, this war is as good as ours." Gray said. "I know someone from our guild is clubbing that Ulquiorra."

"That's good to hear. Let's beat this guy and end it a lot sooner." Lucy said

"Hang on. You don't seem all that upset or furious as a master of a guild should." Erza said.

"While I will hold up my responsibilities to avenge them, I have no need to be concerned." Aizen said. "If they were defeated that just means they were weak and I greatly overestimated their abilities. This still doesn't change a thing because all that leaves are some of my strongest. From what I'm sensing, they aren't going to last much longer."

…

Ichigo: When a person becomes a warrior, they're senses are sharpened. They rely on them to aid them in their fights. It is believed that when one become unavailable, the others become even more sharpened. So how do you fight when almost all of them are useless?

Next Time: Silent Realm

Ichigo: Five senses where none of them are of any use.