Pain, blinding, all-consuming pain was all Aaroniero and Arruruerie could feel like the energies of the Getsuga Tenshou, the piercer of heavens. Burn through every fiber of their body, and all the souls they consume throughout their lives are being purified all at once.
Yet even within their state of oblivion. The two siblings held on to each other in comfort as they always did in the past, In times of fear and when they needed each other most, Even now when facing their end.
The wave of concentrated spiritual power then entirely consumes the 8th Espada. Vaporizing their form into nothingness and then traveling upwards to the heavens above and cutting through the dark clouds of the storm before dispersing it completely and unveiling the night sky and the bright full moon that lay above them. While the tentacle monstrosities that once plagued Tokyo withered, died, and crumbled away into dust.
'Unbelievable...' Robert thought to himself as he witnessed the magnificent event.
'I have known that this alternate version of Kurosaki was powerful...but to see it for myself?' The sternrriter then stared at the boy in awe. Before then, chucking to himself. 'And to think I have dared doubted his majesty's judgment.'
'Ichigo Kurosaki…' Uryu ishidia said in relevance while looking towards The fully empowered Shingmai. 'I can assume…this is your true power?' He asked while still in shock. Which then made Ichigo sigh.
'As you can figure…so do you still want me to wait until we get to the soul society to tell me what's going on, or do you want to do it now?
The white prince then remains silent before answering, 'To be honest…I believe an explanation is long past overdue.'
Meanwhile, in a meeting room within the halls of Las Noches
Nnoitra, Luppi and Wonderwiess sat around a table. Wide-eyed upon seeing a hologram of Ichigo using his unsuppressed Shingmai power against Aaroniero and Arruruerie. He killed both of them in a single blow and left no trace of the Espada's form left.
'Well, that is something,' Luppi commented poorly. But he genuinely had no idea what else to say.
'I knew that kid was powerful when he has beaten Grimmjow in his Sengunda Etapa…but this is fucking ridiculous,' Wonderweiss said in distress while shaking his head.
Nnoitra, however, just growled. 'Oh, what are you whining about?! All it means is that he is much stronger than we anticipated, nothing more' the 4th Espada then leaned back in his chair. 'And in response to that. All we needed to do is fight that much harder to kill him when given a chance.'
'Oh, I am afraid that it would require far more than just…hard work' All three of the Espada then felt a horrifically overwhelming presence within the room when they saw the one Arrancar that radiated it. All of them back away in shock and fear.
He was a thinly built man. With pink hair with yellow highlights and wore a dark gray stripe shirt and pants. At the same time, his cold analyzing orange eyes were covered by white spectacles.
'Cien Granz...the alchemist' Wonderweiss spoke in trembling respect. The newly arrived Arrancar then sat at the table displaying the hologram.
'It's quite amazing. To think that such great unrivaled power could be hosted within a mere child. Along with that unique shingmai power of his' Cein praised while smiling. Which then quickly turns into a frown.
'But unfortunately, such a potential experiment will likely have to be destroyed entirely...considering how much of a threat he has become to our king's conquest,' Cein lamented, and Nnoitra then sneered.
'Oh, come on. All the brat killed a lowly Espada weaker than the last one he beat. What makes you think that we, let alone Barragan have anything to fear from him!?'
Cein then stared blankly at the 4th Espada, and The Cuatro quickly became nervous and turned his gaze away. But The Alchemist appeared to let it go.
'Given you see a hologram from the video bacteria I installed within the 8th Espada and do not have access to the actual data I gathered from that fight. I will forgive you for your stupidity, if only because a mindless barbarian like yourself can't help it, and to further show my...goodwill, so to speak. I will even explain my point in baby words. Just so that you can better understand exactly what we are up against,' Cein said with bitter condescension. But Gilga keeps his mouth shut.
Seeing his point made clear, the Arrancar scientist then went on with his explanation.
'Now, for those of you who don't know. Grades often determine spiritual power, and the lower the number, the more Spiritual power one has. Along with an enormous difference of power between those grades' Cein then took out a small computer from his pocket that took the form of a tablet and began scrolling down several pictures of various Arrancar and Quincy's.
'Now, due to all the samples of spiritual pressures, I have collected over the decades. I accurately deduce the spirit grade of every known Espada and sternritter within this war. With most of them have of a grade of three or two,' Cein continued to lecture and then put down his tablet on the table and then looked over to the hologram of Ichigo fighting the eighth Espada.
'For the Ichigo, we knew…the real black prince. His Spiritual grade was that of a two. Powerful but not something any of the top four Espada couldn't handle' Cein then went silent as he stared at the two black zanpakuto blades in the youth's hands.
'But for this, Ichigo Kurosaki…his spiritual grade is that of zero…' the scientist said. Which made the rest of the Espada widen their eyes in concern and confusion.
'Zero sprite grade….' Nnoitra stuttered. 'What the hell does that mean!' The Espada shouted in confusion, and Cein let out a deep breath.
'It means...that this Ichigo's spiritual power is so great. It goes beyond the measurements of what can be calculated or even comprehended. A transcendent being whose power goes far beyond what a human, Quincy, hollow, and shingmai could ever achieve. Including those with enough power to affect and alter entire worlds…like our king Barragan' the Arrancar explained forebodingly, which made the all the Espada gasp In disbelief.
'Now, of course, his majesty already had an end goal to achieve that power level. To confront Yhwach,' the alchemist then narrowed his eyes. 'But for this Ichigo to be on that level as well…it, unfortunately, creates complications to that goal.'
All three Espada then remained quiet to process their information before Wonderweiss spoke up.
'So…what do we do now?' The blond-haired boy asked, and Cein then chuckled.
'Oh, nothing at the moment. 'But I assure you that his majesty will find a way to deal with this threat in due time' Cein then looked at the rest of Esapda and smiled cruelly. 'And when he does, no one, not even the man who humiliated all those years ago...will be able to stop us.'
Meanwhile, within the Kakura hospital. Aizen looked over a videotape of Ichigo unveiling his zanpakuto within his office while sipping a cup of tea.
'So…that is the power this Ichigo Kurosaki possesses,' Aizen commented as he took a sip of his beverage. 'It's little wonder why the Quincy king chose him.'
The shingmai then folded his hands and began to gather his thoughts.
'While it is understandable why he unveiled his power. It also has made him a target to all the enemies of the soul society, and they will either see him as a threat that needs to be exterminated...or someone to be made to join them' Aizen then lowered his head and then closed his eyes grimly.
'I can only hope that whatever future you have chosen, Yhwach is worth bringing into fruition; the shingmai commented as he folded both of his hands. He felt a pulse rumbled through his body to his discomfort, radiating with vile energy. That knew would soon be too great to be contained.
'And hopefully...soon.
Alright, and with this last chapter. The second arc of this fanfic is concluded. The next one focuses on Ichigo's adventures into the alternate soul society and introduces a character from the spirits who are forever with your novel.
And of the course the introduction of the sprit grade system.
So anyway. How did you like the arc?
Did you enjoy my interpretation of the Aaroniero and Arruruerie and the fullbringers, or was it too much?
Anyway, see you next time.
