At the Black City bar, Ichigo was about to take another sip from his drink when he felt his phone vibrating and upon looking at the name on the screen. He was surprised to find it to be Quilge.

'Yes?' Ichigo answered.

'Kurosaki...' Quigle began. 'I know that you are still recovering, but it is an emergency; just now it was reported that over a dozen Arrancar had been spotted harassing one of the shielded cities, and the Sternrriter order is too low on men to deal with them,' he explained while Ichigo listened on in seriousness. 'If you are willing get to rid of them for us, I will send you the coordinates of where they have been spotted' And just like what Quigle said, a page opened, revealing the exact location of the Arrancar before the call ended.

'Is there something the matter Ichigo?' Keigo looked up in concern.

'I got a call from Quigle to help him deal with some Arrancar' He then scratched his head. 'Seems weird that he thought I was the only one who could deal with it'

Uryu then hummed at the request. 'It is rather strange...for while it is true the Holy Kingdom forces are diminished and stretched, It shouldn't be to the point that a couple of field agents or Apprentice knights couldn't be sent out to handle the matter...' he then folded his hands. 'Still, he properly doesn't want to take any chances'

Ichigo then shrugged. 'Well, whatever the reason, I'll be there to help'

'Wait,' Uryu called out, and Ichigo turned to face him.

'Before you go, there is something that you will need to restrain your power since your body has not fully recovered,' he said. He then pulled out what looked like a silver bracelet.

'This is a restraining device that reduces the spirtual power of the user by eighty percent. Back before the great hollow war, in order to prevent exceptional powerful Quincy from causing unnecessary damage to the world of living,' he sternly looked over at Ichigo. 'Though in your case, it acts as a means of protecting yourself'

Ichigo huffed as he took the bracket and put it on his right wrest. 'So it is like a Gentei Reīn the shingmai used my world' he then snorted in bemusement. 'Well, at least I don't worry about overstressing myself'

The white prince then frowned at the comment. 'I wouldn't get careless, Kurosaki; even with that restraint, your power is still well above the level of most Sternritter and I can sense you body can just barely contain it' He then let out a deep breath while fasting the bracelet on the Ichigo's right wrist. 'So please try not to push too hard yourself alright?'

Ichigo glanced at Uyru and nodded while Keigo bumped him on the shoulder. 'And I'll tag along to make sure that he doesn't!' he grinned, and the shingmai, in response, just smirked before shaking his head dismissively.

'Alright, let's go already'

Sometime later, the two used the sun gate to teleport to the shielded city where the Arrancar was harassing. However, upon arriving at the coordinates, which turned out to be the downtown area of an abandoned city, they felt no spiritual pressure from the supposed invaders.

'Strange I don't sense any Arrancar nearby…' Ichigo then glance towards Asano. 'How about you?'

Keigo then closed his eyes for several moments and concentration, before sighing and shook his head.

'Nothing,' he answered. 'So it is likely that there really good at hiding their spiritual pressure or they might have sensed us coming and moved out when they had the chance' He then looked over the ruins. 'Still...they might also have a base around here'

Ichigo looked around the area and hummed in acknowledgment. 'Let us split up then to cover more ground' Keigo nodded, and both of them separated. With the Vanguard going into one of the office buildings, and the shingmai arriving at the center plaza. But as the latter looked around the area, he suddenly felt something amiss.

Then, before Ichigo knew it, a Quincy cross appeared beneath him, unleashing a blinding flash of light and right when Keigo sensed something was wrong, rushed to were he last sense Ichigo.

He was gone without a trace.

Meanwhile, within an unknown location...

After the light faded away from his eyes Kursaki found himself in a place of darkness only lit by small blue torchlights among several columns of pillars that seemingly endlessly within a darken chamber and upon adjusting his eyes to the darkness, he noticed hundreds of chains hanging from a shrouded ceiling, seemingly stained with dried blood.

'Quite a morbid place, huh?' A familiar male voice called out, and when Ichigo turned his head, he saw that Bazz-B was wearing a black, version of his usual Quincy uniform.

'When creating the prison division for The Silver City, where civilians or Quinces committed crimes, they divided it into three levels, ' He explained while walking around Ichigo, who looked at him in confusion but said nothing.

'The first level Sheol was meant for those who committed petty crimes, like thievery, illegal dealings, hacking, and other stuff that could be forgiven' Bazz-B then glared into the distance. 'Then, those deemed as traitors, mass-murderous, and usurpers were sent to Gehenna at the second level. In which their very bodies and souls are forever destroyed in the indigo inferno'

Ichigo then readied himself into a stance, and Bazz-B glared directly at him.

'And the place we are in now, is the third level, Tartarus. Which is for those whose hearts and thus their very souls and bodies could never be destroyed...but instead forever imprisoned and tortured' The Sternritter then closed his eyes for a moment and looked away. 'And mostly importantly the one level that is almost completely cut off from the rest of the Soul Society'

Ichigo then glared at Bazzard and pulled out his two zanpakuto. 'Bazzard, just what the hell are you getting at?' Ichigo asked only to immediately block a burning fireblade from the Sternritter's right hand. 'The Fuck!?'

The Sternritter of the heat narrowed his eyes. 'Isn't it obvious? He said before raising his other arm and firing a burner full finger, one from his hands, forcing Ichigo to use a flash step to dodge it and then another one to keep his distance. 'I am trying to beat your ass in so I can take you prisoner, and in the state, you are in now, I am more than up for the job'

Kurosaki then frowns at Bazz-B in bewilderment and anger. 'Is this some sort of grudge you have against my alternate or something?

'Tch...' Bazzard scoffed. 'You honestly believe I would be so petty that would fight you over something like that?' he shook his head dejected. 'Nah, this is all about securing The Soul Society's future' He then formed four burner fingers in both of his hands and then lunged at the teen with twin blades of fire.

Ichigo then used his blunt vene and mastery of the martial of the sword to block Bazz-B's fiery swipes. 'But you're going to become the soul king and secure the soul society anyway!' he countered while stopping a fire blade with his larger zanpaktou. 'Why would you need someone like me for that?

Bazzard then remained silent, looked away from Ichigo, and used the flying step to cover some distance.

'It wasn't supposed to be this way, Kurosaki' the man explained in a quiet voice. The plan...as much of an insane gamble as it was, more or less worked in my father's favor, and it should have ended with you going back to your world and me ascending the throne as the King of all Souls' He then rubbed his left over his forehead in a troubled almost trembling expression. 'But of course...my dear old man had to overlook a few major details'

Bazz-B then reached out a gem from his under his cloak grabbed a black gem, before crushing it in his palm and from it an aura of black Spiritual pressure washed over him, merged it with his own, before a massive eruption of flames burst from his body. Which radiated with such intensity and heat that the fires of it turn from orange and yellow to white and blue. While the flaming starknight formed twin flaming blades from both of his hands.

'And inevitably...extreme measures have to be taken'

Meanwhile within The Black's hidden mansion video room. Joseph looked on a screen of his son Bazzard facing off against Ichigo and from behind his chair berenice approached him.

'Are you absolutely sure, that he is capable of defeating Ichigo without killing him?' The Sternritter question. 'He did defeat Barragan himself you know'

Joseph then let our strain sigh. 'Ichigo only wields a mere fraction of the strength he once had and while it may be is still be impressive compared to most of the star-knights. The power I have given to my son should be more then enough to subdue him'

'And the other boy who defeated the Eighth Espada Roka?' The knight asked once more and Joseph just snorted dismissively.

'If you think I need to worry about a no-named just because he defeated a low class Espada, then you are just being paranoid' He then took an aside glance of the scene that featured Asano. 'Especially since I already sent an exterminator to take out such a pest'

Later in the dead lands

Keigo dodge another wave of sound that uprooted and disintegrated the entire street in front and behind of him, while still failing in trying to track down his attacker. While a hooded man with their face shrouded in shadow smiled sadistically at toying with his prey before playing another tone on his violin.

It is pointless human...' He boasted in thought. 'With my Schrift disrupting the frequency of my spiritual pressure. You are unable to sense my location and by constantly moving from one location to the next you can't follow the trajectory of my attacks'

'And now for the finishing blow...' The man said to himself as began build up his power within his violin and tense up his muscles.

Soubtrack of Choice: Volante (James Riordon Norman)

'Sympathy of the Tempest!'

He cried out as he played a tone far louder and harsh then any other and from his strings as a gigantic shockwave shoot out from it and headed straight towards Keigo. With the attack being wide enough to consume the entire district and powerful enough to reduce everything in its path into dust.

However just as the shockwave was about to make contact with the Fullbringer. Asano pressed his hands together and a transparent field of Spiritual pressure was unleashed from his body that completely cancelled out the shockwave. Much to the hooded man's disbelief.

'Main that was a close one' Keigo spoke from behind the his attacker's back who turn around to face him bafflement. 'It was hard to get a grasp on your location, but after breaking he rule of sound around me, I was finally able to do so with no problem' He then stared down at the Quincy. 'Though I would admit I wasn't expecting one of Yhwach's former old guard coming for me...Hubert'

The hooded man glared at the teen in silence...and then a cruel grin crept along his mouth, before pulling down his hood. Revealing his feminine face and medium length black hair.

'I am actually quit surprised that a mongrel like you was able to recognize me let alone know my name and former station' He complemented Keigo in a condescending matter.

Yet the Vanguard nearly smirked. 'You don't need to be an expert of Quincy History to recognized the ability of the infamous Hubert Leinheart. Who also goes many other names The serine of slaughter, The maestro of Destruction and of course the all well known...' his eyes then narrowed while his voice deepened. 'Disgraced Star Knight who stupidly lead his own men to their deaths'

Hubert then scowled at the last comment but then quickly regain his composure and smiled wickedl at Asano. 'It is only to be expected for men to die in war when confronting an enemy and if that is disgrace then that can go for any Sternritter who leads their men into battle' he cooly rebutted but Keigo just shrugged.

'Depends if said men died for a noble cause or caught off guard...' then glared darkly at the former Sternritter. 'You however have no such excuse'

Realizing that the trying to psyche out his opponent wasn't working Hubert then jumped high off the roof the building, pulled up his violin and put his bow over it's strings. 'Then you can personally join them when I scatter your body to dust!' The man then played a single notes on his instrument and Keigo was then instantly surrounded by four visible white still sound waves that trapped him in a cube box.

'Crushing Bass!' He announced and played another much lower note on his violin. Which then cause the cub to implode in a sound wave so loud that it could be heard and felt for dozens of miles away and potent enough to shatter the entire top of the building into dust.

However just as Hurbert was about to celebrate his victory he heard a crack of space from behind him and out of it came Keigo in his full Furbring outfit. Much to his annoyance.

'I heard that your Schrift was taken away from Yhwach and thus you should be no more powerful then a apprentice knight, so what gives?' The teen asked, Hubert snorted in defiance.

'As if I would be foolish enough to tell the source of my own power!' He then readied his voilen once more. 'Let's us say that the strength I wield is reserved for those who are truly worthy of the Quincy cause. Something that a mere human like you can never understand!'

Hubert's power begins raise as a black Spiritual pressure begins to consume and merge with his own. Which caused it to skyrocket in power much to Keigo's shock.

'But none the less I will show you such power right before I extinguish your insignificant life!' he then readied his violin on his shoulder.

'Orchestra of the Storm'

Soundtrack of Choice: The Storm a Vivaldi Remix Electro Estaste

The man began to play his violin but instead of a single note it was actually a whole song that could be heard across the battlefield, that sounded rapid smoothing yet had a dark and harsh undertone. Then as he began to play his music the sounds waves that came form it became visible and swirled around the Quincy in an elegant trance which almost memorized Keigo.

Yet when Hubert picked up the tempo, the sound waves suddenly struck down upon Asano, who was surprise by their sheer speed and when he used bringer light evade them he was even further surprised by sensing the sheer power of the attacks. Which could fell a director or another star knight in a single blow.

Then when he looked back up at Hubert he saw that the traitor Quincy was surrounded with hundreds of visible sound waves that swirled around him like a cyclone and it is from here that Keigo Realizes that the fight would be much harder then he thought.