Chapter 24: War

Head Captain's office

Something wasn't right. Something felt off to the old man on this day in particular. It was no secret that the head captain had lived well over one thousand years and has seen his fair share of blood and death. It came with wanting to seek battle and maintain order in the soul society, to see those around you cut down, mutilated, dying. The smell of blood was as common to the old man as the fresh air itself while malice and ill intention was a feeling, he was well aware of for a long time. Something was happening and he didn't know what it was. This feeling of uncertainty was new to the old man as while he felt this uneasiness, he simply couldn't tell what the cause of it was. For now, all he could do was stand on his balcony, overlooking the Seireitei as a whole, thinking of what or who could be ready to strike. Or if they have struck already, and they were already in the middle of a war they did not even know has started.

Then, a large explosion and the sounds of screaming all but confirmed it for the old man. He saw smoke and fire rising in several areas all around the Seireitei and knew that this kind of attack, though brazen, was different than any other. He recognized the areas that were on fire and his eyes widened ever so slightly.

Minutes earlier

Today was like every other day in the Seireitei. Everyone was going about their duties and about their day like normal.

It was so normal in fact that not a single person noticed a sudden increase in spiritual pressure for a brief moment over in the south of the Seireitei. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary there, until there was a sudden and fierce tear in the fabric of reality that reveal a deep dark pit. The few that witnessed this did not have long to react before multiple arrancars emerged from the tear and began to attack swiftly and ferociously. The initial wave of arrancar was small as only a few dozen arrived led by Aka as they quickly spread out, using the information provided to them of certain key areas that had to be dealt with first. They were all wearing dark cloaks. The tear in reality faded away as the last arrancar made their way out and went in a different direction with his group.

On the north side of the Seireitei, another large tear appeared behind the research and development building, letting another dozen or so arrancar in dark cloaks through. They were led by Misuto and spread out around the building and inside of it. The tear faded away once more.

Another tear opened towards the east near squad four. More arrancar wearing the same cloaks led by Yoruichi, who was also cloaked, exited before it disappeared and they spread out, making sure they were not spotted.

The next few tears were closer to squads six, ten, eleven, five, three and two as well as the outside of the Shiba and Kuchiki compounds. They stood guard for a short while, planting something all around each area before leaving to complete another task.

Ichigo stood on top of the Sokyoku and waited. He knew exactly where everyone was and exactly what they needed to do. The only thing to do now was...

"Time to see some fireworks." He said as the Hogyoku in his chest glowed fiercely for a moment.

Once that happened, the entire south side was engulfed in flames along with the entire research and development buildings. Squad four was also in flames but on a smaller scale than the others. The squads and compounds mentioned were encased in large black containers of some kind that let no light in whatsoever.

More smaller explosions rocked the Seireitei as Ichigo looked down to see that the battles were already under way. He could see Aka facing off against Komamura, Kyoraku taking on Grimmjow as well as Ulquiorra, and many others.

He smirked as he leapt off the Sokyoku. "It's almost time." He landed with nary a thud and chuckled under his breath. "This time, the Seireitei falls, and I won't be saving it this time."

As he walked forward, the large tear opened only it was ten times bigger than before, and out stepped the rest of Ichigo's army. From the rest of his espada to every able-bodied warrior arrancar and even Kisuke Urahara, they all stood at the ready, waiting on Ichigo's signal.

Now that is a great way to revive this story. Like I said before in my last updated story, I will be posting every Thursday to finish several stories of mine that are close to finish. I don't expect them all to be too lengthy, but just enough to get you excited for the next chapter.

Speaking of next chapters, next one is gonna be a fight.

The next story I plan on updating next Thursday is either gonna be Ichigo's New Zanpakuto or Ichigo in a world of women. Think I'll let you guys decide.

You guys are awesome, and as always...

PEACE!