Twenty years ago, one day later after the fall of the mountain fortress.
Kyiv sat in silence as he rested on a medical bench, while groups of nurses and Soldats, rushed in and out of the now frost-covered burnt fortress. Carrying the remains of his squadron in several hastily set up tents. Along with those of the Arrancar woman, their monster...and his captain. While Bazzard Black also known as Bazz-B Sternritter of the Heat and the Regional Commander came to oversee the operation along with Luders Friedgen, an apprentice knight of Peridia. Who was brought in for his expertise on the Arrancar who attacked the fortress.
If only because he was one himself.
'They are the Tres Bestias' Luders, explained to Bazz-B who stood on the other side of the table. While examining the frozen and literally shattered bodies of the three women now in gray unzipped body bags. 'The Fraccion of the third Espada Tia Harribel and are regarded as among the most powerful of the Numeros'
Bazz-B then frown at the corpse of the three girls and then at the shattered remains of the Chimeria monster. 'And that big guy over there?'He question.
'That would be Ayon, a mindless beast created when the three cut off and merge their arms together. Usually, it would be impossible for even a group of Numeros or Apprentice Knights to defeat him' Luder then looked over to the large zipped-up broken body of Jerome. 'But for that thing to defeat a Sternritter...'
'It's not that unbelievable...' Bazz-B corrected. 'Judging from the sheer density of Reiatsu that was in the reshi of that thing's body. It could of had a spite class of three or higher'
Luder then held his chin in thought. 'Then couldn't Jenrom use Sklaverei? He question. 'Because I severely doubt Ayon would be smart enough to use his spirtual power in his body, to reinforce the bonds of reshi that they are composed of in order to prevent himself from being broken down and assimilated'
Bazz-B then scowled at the corpse of the Tres Bestias. 'He likely did...but these bitches properly anticipate that and broke his Heilgenschein just when he was about to use it'
Luders's eyes then winded in grim realization. 'And since the Heilgenschein is the source of the Vollstandig's ability to gather and enslave Reshi, destroying it rendered the transformation useless'
The Arrancar soldier then stared at the sitting Kyiv and while the lad was silent, he still felt the overwhelming cold spiritual pressure radiating from his body.
'That boy must be exceptionally powerful even among the Sternritter to take out both the Tres Bestias and Ayon with just his Schrift alone' He commented and Bazz-B despite his reluctance agreed.
And yet in his amusement, he also couldn't help but notice the irony of the Arrancar girl's assault on the mountain fortress. Thinking that they could weaken the Holy Kingdom, by destroying one of their bases, wiping out all of its soldiers, and killing one of their elite Star Knights. But in the end, all they accomplish was creating another Knight far more dangerous and powerful than the one they just murdered and judging by the boy's enraged cold eyes. He will not stop until every Arrancar and Hollow in Barragan's army is dead.
Present time
Water and Ice clashed in a dazing display of Sparks and devastation. As both Kyiv and Harraibl attacked each other with their weapons and powers.
When the Espada launched a large slash of water at Kyiv, the latter countered by freezing it and sending it back as a wave of ice only for the woman to turn it back into water and swirled it over her head.
'lluvia de lanzas!' (Rain of spears) She shouted and hundreds of water spears shot down at Kyiv, with enough force to slice through solid rock and steel.
'Snowbird shield' He called out in turn and created a massive shield in the form of a swan that blocked and freezes the all of liquid spears until the water circle above Tia's head ran out. But instead of having it fly at Tia. Kyiv dispersed the Shield into ice dust. Knowing full well it would be useless to do so.
'What is the matter Jaeger?' Harribal mocked. 'Are you not even going to try to overpower me like you did last time?'
Kyiv then narrowed his eyes. 'Let's just say I rather try something a little different to prevent you from turning my attacks against me' He then placed both of his hands together. 'First Hunt...Hvítabiôrn'
The soundtrack of choice: Bjorn/Bear Boss
Suddenly the entire environment as far as the eye can see was frozen in reflective ice. While dark gray clouds drifted over the sky and blocked the sun overhead, which then caused Kyiv's form to steadily fade away out of sight.
The Espada's eyes then widen when she suddenly senses a stab coming from behind her back and immediately blocked it with her Pato, but the weapon and its wielder were still invisible much to her bemusement.
'How clever...' Harribel thought while clashing blades at the now invisible Kyiv. 'By making a coating of reflective ice over his body and doing the same with the environment, along with summoning an overcast. He can make both his weapons and himself invisible to the naked eye and by suppressing his spiritual power he becomes near impossible for him to be detected as well...however'
The Espada then swung her Pato at seeming thin air only for it to be blocked by an invisible shaft. 'As a battle between two Spiritual beings intensifies, they become less reliant on their physical senses and more on their spiritual ones. Meaning that the longer this fight drags on, the less I am seeing the invisible ice that covers his body...' Another attack of hers was blocked and this time it was much more accurate. 'And the more I am seeing his actual Spiritual power!'
Harribel then stuck down and began pushing Kyiv back.
'Still, he should have been aware of that flaw in his technique, so what is he truly planning?'
Suddenly The Espada felt a huge object coming from behind her and when she flipped over it. She saw that it was a huge body-sized bear head made of pure white ice, with moving biting jaws and red eyes.
Harribel then stared at the bear warily.
'I didn't even hear or sense that thing's presence until it was nearly right on top of me' She then narrowed her eyes 'Did he intend to distract me enough so that bear could gorge me?'
However, before Harribel could ponder further she then saw several ice Bear heads appearing right before her eyes and then suddenly attack her all at once.
Like an elegant dancer, the Espada dodged and sliced through the ice bear heads that came in and tried to bite down on her. However, no matter how many she cut down, they became faster and more rapid in their strikes as they continue to come after The Espada and faded in and out of her sight.
Until she eventually slipped up.
CRUNCHED!
Harribel grimaced in pain when on the ice bears managed to bite her in her shoulder, piercing through Hierro and drawing blood, But before the rest of the bears could gang on top of her she then swung her blade around herself and unleashed a wide slash of water that cut all the bears in half at once!
And yet...more dozens of them kept appearing in the place of the ones the Espada had just destroyed.
'I understand now...' Tia muttered. 'You planned on welting me down bit by bit, by keeping yourself out of sight, having your beasts attack from a distance, and obscuring their movements by clocking them with the reflection of the ice on their form and the environment itself. Not only that but since this entire area is coated in your Spirtual energy it makes it nearly impossible for me to detect and counter them 'She raised her sword as the Ice bears came out her again. 'But I am not one to be done in by cheap parlor tricks!'
Harribel then stabbed her shark tooth blade into the ground and shattered the ice that covered it.
'Hirviendo!' She yelled out and instantly all of the ice that covered the environment and made up the Ice Bear heads gotten evaporated and turned the entire icy field into a steaming hot fog.
'You are a fool Jeager if you thought I was limited to just turning your attacks against you' She boasted while swinging down her blade. 'For I am now fully capable of boiling entire seas dry if I so wish!'
'Then what about the entire heavens themselves Tia?' Kyiv's voice echoed throughout the fog and then suddenly the steam went cold and began to swirl around the Espada much to her shock. 'My Schrift the Rime is among the few that holds dominion over them, not just the moisture within the air itself' His silhouette then appeared a few feet away from Harribel within the Swirling fog. 'And while you may have overcome a mere parlor trick with that power of yours' suddenly the sounds of growling beasts began to fill in the entire area and deafen the noise of the swirling wind. 'Now you will feel the viciousness of a storm!'
Suddenly much to Harribel's bafflement, Kyiv's eyes then glowed crimson red, and around him, dozens more of those eyes lit up through the swirling fog, before taking the form of a pack of wolves, and then the Knight disappeared and uttered a single name.
'Second Hunt...Ulveskare'
