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helios darkus; Glad you liked it. Hiyori did her best for sure~ Nel is yeah. Orihime will do yeah, she'll be showcased in more battles as the story goes on. Yeah, it could be something like that. Cool, thanks for the suggestions!
ShadowUzumaki55; Aizen has done yeah, we'll see how he goes about that. Orihime showed her stuff. Zensuke would do everything in his power to keep Orihime safe. We'll see what happens with those people pretty soon~
Silver crow; Glad you liked it. Mayuri is quite like that~ Zensuke trusts in his squad to get things done~ Orihime did yeah. Yeah, at this point in canon, Tatsuki could see them as blurry outlines. Zensuke got back as fast as he could do. The Visored did a good job, with Hiyori's unique brand of encouragement. Bambi surely was. Nel has a fun greeting~ Orihime did her best yeah, and managed to score a victory. Zensuke's quite the observant guy, and knows how to make plans pretty quickly. Aizen's got some plans, but so does Zensuke. Thanks for the harem suggestions. Bambi does yeah, she's very conflicted on what she's supposed to do. Zensuke might have some Fullbringer friends. The other Espada could do. I've got some fun ideas for Ulquiorra and Grimmjow yeah. The Bambi's will have a good fight. Rangiku could be. Orihime could do yeah. He would like to study all their powers for sure. Nemu could do.
Guest 1; Hiyori had her fun moments~
Guest 2; I haven't read that yet, but I'll definitely check it out since it sounds pretty fun~
Guest 3; Thanks!
Shinigami guest; Zensuke and Aizen have similar stats yeah.
Skull Flame; Meninas is for sure.
Rikku Kaitani; Thank you! Nemu is yeah, she's growing into herself. Orihime did yeah, she's now fully awakened, and has her powers. Zensuke has a good few moves to keep others safe. Hiyori can be quite brutally honest in things like that. Bambi surely does~ Byakuya did yeah. A Zombie Mayuri would be a scary one. Orihime did very well given her circumstances, and managed to edge out a victory. Sounds good for DxD. If a half Angel had Annihilation Maker, the Church would probably kick him out immediately, like they did with Asia for healing a Devil, so a Demonic Beast creation power probably wouldn't be something they'd be happy about, even if he's an Angel, so could be good backstory. Kuroka could be yeah.
Orihime fan; Glad you liked it. Orihime did very well given the circumstances. Aizen has done yeah, but Zensuke is also going to show his mental prowess as well, and give Aizen a few surprises. The Visored did yeah.
Guest 4; Thanks for the harem suggestions!
Bleach fan; Glad you liked them. Zensuke's got some fun plans coming up. Yeah, things will become quite wild for sure~ Tier did yeah.
Guest 5; For Sekirei Miya's son, Karasuba could be yeah.
Guest 6; Yeah, we'll see the spirit soon enough.
Giselle fan; Thanks, glad that you enjoyed the chapter. We'll see what happens with her. Zensuke will do yeah.
Guest 7; Thanks for the harem suggestions!
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Chapter 14
After leaving Orihime, Zensuke went to go and check on the others, starting with Rukia, and Bambietta, along with Nel.
As he arrived at the area they were in, Rukia had managed to slay another Hollow, letting out a small breath, feeling some fatigue, Bambietta and Nel also looked a little tired, they had been fighting for a while now so he wasn't surprised.
"Hey, girls." Zensuke came up towards them, seeing all the Hollows having been slain. "You've cleaned up pretty quick, it seems the Hollows have slowed down in this area, and I've been hearing from the others, it seems that the rate of Hollows is vanishing."
As he said it, Nel called "Zen-chan!" and glomps him, her chest forcing itself into his face, to the irritation of both Bambietta and especially Rukia.
"Hey Nel-san, thanks for taking care of them for me." Zensuke quietly hugs her back, as the green haired Arrancar flashed her bright grin.
Rukia exhaled, fighting back the slight annoyance that Nel was giving her. "Thank goodness for that, we've pretty much cleared here, so once we're done here, should we go and back up the others?"
"Yeah, I know my father is taking care of the hole that's appeared in the sky, so the Hollows should soon not be coming through, and whatever lured them here, seems to be vanishing as well."
"How's Inoue? I sensed something going on over there, like some burst of power from her all of a sudden. Did something happen?" Bambietta brought up.
Zensuke turned to the Quincy girl. "She's good, yeah. She's, awakened some powers."
Rukia wore surprise on her face, folding her arms. "Amazing, so your theory was correct."
"Indeed, and while I can't go over all of what happened now, but…yeah, she's got some very intriguing powers~" As he spoke, Zensuke exhaled, and felt Shinigami arriving in Karakura Town. "Rukia-chan, everyone. The Soul Society knows about the Hollow attack."
Nel's face went pale, and she flailed her arms around, hugging Zensuke into her chest once more for reasons Rukia could only begrudgingly speculate. "Ooh no, the Shinigami! They're gonna take me out, aren't they? They want to kill me and send me to the next beyond!"
Rukia gave her a curious look, as Bambietta's eyes lower to the ground.
More Shinigami…
She felt sick.
If one of them was Mayuri, then she could only dream of taking him out.
But others, she didn't know what she was going to do, who was sent, she worried for her friends as well, and what they would be doing.
"What about…" Bambietta mumbled, folding her arms across her chest. "We're Quincy, and I appreciate not every Shinigami is equally aware of us, but some might be, and those that have come…is one of them Mayuri?"
"I'd never let Mayuri-san come near you again." Zensuke said comfortingly. "I understand your past with him, and I'd never put you through that. Any of you. Besides, I doubt they'd send Mayuri-san, I've got him busy."
Bambietta counted her blessings, she never wanted to see that man again.
Though worry still held in her eyes.
"So, what are they doing exactly?"
"Big Hollow event, its only reasonable the Soul Society would want to know what's going on." Zensuke explained. "However, don't worry about them finding you, I've been helping a group here known as the Visored hide from Soul Society, and I've been working with them to help hide everyone else from them, putting some items on you that together with their Kido will keep you off their radar."
Nel grins. "Yay, I knew Zen-chan would come through in a pinch~"
Zensuke was glad to hear the confidence that she had in him. "So, don't worry about them finding you, as long as you stay out of their way, we should all be good."
Rukia wore relief, thankful that Zensuke was able to help them out like that.
"We stay away from them, and we'll be okay huh." Bambietta mused.
"Yeah, so I'll go and hurry them along, and wrap up everything going on, then we'll be all good."
Bambietta looks towards Rukia, and a flash of His Majesty came to her eyes.
She thought about what would happen if she didn't do anything now, if they'd be stopped somehow, she didn't know.
As Zensuke went to comment on Bambietta's look to Rukia, he felt a presence he'd rather forget would be there.
He wished it wasn't so, but his data gathering wasn't telling him any falsehoods, and knew that Aizen had begun making his move, sensing the Shinigami entering the town.
"Alright, I'm gonna have to go. Stick together." Zensuke looks to Bambietta, who in turn twirls her eyes right. "We'll speak later, but it seems that you're working well with Rukia-chan, Bambietta-san. And while I can't go over everything with His Majesty right now, just be assured I'll protect you all the best I can, okay?"
Bambietta felt her face turn slightly red, mostly out of embarrassment, but also because she felt some shame at what had happened before, how she tried to fight Rukia, but happiness at the sincerity in his words.
Zensuke then took off, heading right for where the others were.
With Karakura Town being overrun with Hollows, or so it appeared to be, sent there on orders from the Gotei 13, Komamura, and Tosen, Captains of Squads 7 and 9 respectively, came with their Lieutenant's Iba, and Hisagi without the seals on their bodies that they'd usually have, due to this instance being something troubling for them and needing their full power.
Believing they'd be meeting Zensuke, stepping into the streets of Karakura, they looked around for a few moments, scanning the area with their eyes, managing to see in the sky there were some Hollows scattered around.
And indeed, for three of the four of them, that's who they thought they had met.
However, Tosen knew the truth.
"Captain Zensuke, we've arrived to provide you with support." Hisagi reports. "Where shall we be deployed, sir?"
Zensuke, or who they perceived to be Zensuke, walked closer, his smile growing on his face.
In truth, it was Aizen, using a remotely controlled fake Gigai of Zensuke, which he worked on to make it feel as if it was the real Zensuke confronting them.
"Yes, though you shouldn't have come here, I wouldn't have to take care of you if you had simply arrived later." As he said it, fake Zensuke pulled out his Zanpakuto.
Iba pulls closer, looking to his own Captain in uncertainty, noticing his Captain was tightening his hand. "Captain, what's going on with Captain Zensuke? He's acting strange."
"I don't know either, this doesn't sound like him." Komamura looks through the helmet on his head, trying to gain any knowledge on what was going on. "Possession, perhaps? Or this is a fake, I don't know…"
Aizen internally felt annoyed that this wasn't enough to instill at least some doubt within their hearts that Zensuke had turned on them.
So fake Zensuke in their eyes aimed their Zanpakuto onto them.
Iba jumps in front of his Captain, Hisagi looking on in confusion.
"Captain!" Hisagi yelled. "Don't do anything! If you're being possessed, then let us help you! If a Hollow is doing this, or something else, you've got to fight-"
"I'm tired of fighting." Fake Zensuke spoke, Tosen hiding his glee as he felt this would get them worrying. "I've been doing this for over a century, and now I've got the opportunity to do as I like, I can't believe the idiots in Soul Society would drag you all into it."
Iba growled. "You wont do that Captain! We will have to-"
Before Iba could finish, fake Zensuke slices him across the stomach, Iba's eyes widening in shock as he fell down to the ground, bleeding hard from his torso.
"ZENSUKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Komamura yelled as loud as he could, catching his bleeding Lieutenant. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE GOTEI 13!"
"If you don't want to suffer, then I suggest you keeping out of my way, not before I finish."
Aizen had to make it sound believable, as if Zensuke would actually say that if he ever took a turn to the dark side.
Fake Zensuke then turned, and began walking away.
Tosen kept the feelings he felt deep buried inside, as Komamura snarled, pulling out his sword.
"DON'T MAKE ME USE MY ZANPAKUTO ON YOU CAPTAIN ZENSUKE! NOW FACE ME, AND TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING, IMMEDIATELY!" Komamura had always respected Zensuke, partly because Yamamoto had trust in him, so seeing him 'turn' to the dark side, felt quite surprising and worrying.
"Yes, why would you do this to your fellow Shinigami?" Tosen asks, giving a fake shocked sound.
Fake Zensuke turned and chuckled. "Because I want to explore the limits of my potential, and I need to do that, without you people getting involved. Unfortunately, it seems this time I made an error, and my Hollows got free, and alerted you all. My mistake."
Hisagi looked confused. "Your Hollows?"
"Yes, that's right. How do you think I set up those failures those years ago, and pinned it on my father?" Aizen thought this would drill home that Zensuke had been lying to them.
But still, Komamura remained unconvinced, yet his duty as a Shinigami held his feelings out of the way.
"This…" Komamura calmed himself as much as he could do. "…This isn't the Zensuke Urahara I know, you'd never…you'd never betray Head Captain, Yamamoto-sama, you look at him like a Grandfather, yet this…I know you respect him…tell me, this is some possession, isn't it? It has to be a possession…"
Fake Zensuke flashes an evil smile that stirs Komamura's very soul.
"Don't worry, we will settle this, right Doggy?"
Komamura's face drops behind his helmet, his hand clenching so tightly.
"If you haven't been possessed…Then I SHALL STOP YOU!"
Tosen nods a single time. "Sajin, lets work together to stop him, he's a strong Captain, together we shall succeed."
Komamura breathed hard, his head and heart in conflict. "Yes, my friend. Lets stop him, and bring him back to Yamamoto-sama!"
Fake Zensuke rolled his eyes, cracking his neck side to side, whipping out his Zanpakuto and flashed his grin.
"Catch me if you can." Fake Zensuke flashed off.
"After him!" Komamura ordered, Hisagi nods, and together takes off with Tosen, as Komamura tends to Iba's wound, before taking him with them so he didn't get ambushed by any Hollows around them.
Meanwhile, Zensuke had been running over town and together, the groups had managed to defeat the Hollows, a good majority of them had subsided, thanks to everyone's efforts, though the problem remained of the hole in the sky.
Zensuke knew Aizen was going to use this opportunity to fight against him in someway's.
So when he felt Iba's spiritual pressure take a nosedive, but still alive, Zensuke put the pieces together on what was going on.
"So, that's how you're gonna do it, is it?" Zensuke mused within his mind, and hums. "Okay, so if he's going for this way, he's gonna try…okay, Sosuke-san. You wanna play that game? Lets play the game, and I intend to win."
Zensuke rushed through the city streets, finishing off any Hollow that came up at him.
When Zensuke made it to the area the others were, he saw Tosen already jumping for him, swinging out his sword, and summoned numerous blades, firing them off in a volley, so Zensuke swirled his blade, deflecting all of them away from himself, and sent them flying at different Hollows all around the area, piercing them with deadly precision, slaying them, landing on the ground.
Zensuke watched as Tosen appeared before him, Zensuke's eyes moving around the area.
"Fulfilling orders for your leader, though I wonder how much you're aware of what he's doing."
Tosen scowled. "Excuse me?"
"I can tell you're not aware of your Masters plan, are you? He sent you here, as a means to an end to further his goals."
Tosen growled. "You don't know anything of the trust Aizen-sama has in me!"
Hearing the rage within Tosen bubbling to the surface, Zensuke chuckles ever so slightly.
"I don't huh? Maybe you're suppressing it, but you know deep down, Sosuke-san only sees himself, he might have some care for you, he might even call you friend, but his ambitions come before anything else, and as much as you'd like to be, you're not the exception."
Though Zensuke tried to impart some wisdom onto the Shinigami, Tosen shakes his head over and over. "I know you're trying to get to me, it wont work. Your mind games will never overthrow the trust I have in Aizen-sama."
"I don't have time for mind games, I tell the truth, something you're denying yourself." Tosen flinched as Zensuke pulls closer. "When we fought some weeks ago, he was merely testing to see how long you could last in a battle with me by going all out, building that rage up for me, all for this moment. Why do you think he didn't let you use Bankai against me back then? Its because you'd have a final trick that might distract me for a little while on this day, his desperate actions."
Tosen scoffs. "Desperate actions? Tell me why are his actions, desperate?"
"Because he knows the outcome of our fight, and he's going to capitalize off of that for his own goals."
Tosen's brows knit together, the fury on his face couldn't be ignored.
Though Zensuke carried on, readying his weapon.
"Come at me, and I'll have to cut you down. I like you Tosen-san. Really, I think in another life, we could've been friends, but you got offered temptations of a new life with Sosuke-san. He wont avenge your friend, I doubt he even cares. Because you aren't affected by his Zanpakuto, he keeps you close, and you fell for his lines, his lies."
Tosen didn't like what he was hearing, and thought it was some sort of factitiousness statements, that Zensuke was trying to throw him off his game.
"You can try to make me believe you, but you wont succeed. My friend suffered because of nobles, that man, what he did to her, there was no justice. Aizen-sama is going to change the Hollows, Shinigami, everything, and I shall be beside him."
Zensuke shakes his head. "Its a shame really, you're so deep into Sosuke-sans web of deception, you can't understand what he's doing, and what he's gonna do with you. You're trying to rationalize all of this in your head, and you, Gin-san, along with everyone is just a stepping stone for his goals. You don't have to believe me, but remember these words when he does turn on you, I'm offering you an olive branch, but if you do come for me, I will cut you down to protect innocent people."
Tosen didn't want his resolve to shake, in fact he wanted to prove Zensuke wrong and show him the level of trust Aizen had in him, his sword clutching within his hand, resisting the snarl that burned in his throat, ready to pounce at any moment.
"Then its best I take you out." Tosen readied himself.
"You can certainly try." Zensuke went to do the same thing, when Hisagi came launching at him at breakneck speeds, his sword clutched between his fingers.
He came down with his blade intending to pierce Zensuke.
But the young blonde reached up, and caught the blade with his hand, touching the dull side of the blade with his palm, and dragged Hisagi in front of him, snatching the blade out of his hand, and threw it at a nearby wall, stopping Komamura from making a surprise attack.
"C-Captain! Please let us take you into custody! We shall see if you're possessed then!" Hisagi tried to persuade.
But Zensuke couldn't do that yet, it wasn't his time, so he placed a hand over Hisagi's face as fast as lightning.
"Bakudo 61, Rikujokoro." Using a Bakudo spell, this spell was one that would bind Hisagi.
Hisagi tried to break free as six beams of light escape Zensuke's hand, and float in the air for a moment, before pinning Hisagi at the waist, stopping him from moving, Zensuke in turn watched Hisagi struggling.
"C-Captain! Please stop!" Hisagi pleads.
"Sorry, I've gotta stop you to save you." Zensuke's hand curls around Hisagi's face, inches from his skin, as his Kido powers activated. "Hakufuku."
As Zensuke said it, his eyes cloud with a purple hue, violet petals fall from the sky.
Hisagi struggles against his bindings, but the purple petals flutter all around him, and caused him to fall unconscious.
Komamura felt a petal land on him, and could feel his consciousness shifting to unconsciousness, surprising him, so he sliced his own arm enough to bring pain to keep him awake, as he, and Tosen leap away so they're not caught in the Kido spell, watching the battlefield flood with purple petals.
"You've always been good at Kido, and I consider you a friend..." Komamura states, his sword clutched between his fingers. "But, if you're being controlled, then I'll stop you!" Holding out his sword, Zensuke watched Komamura snarl, and put Iba in a safe place, together with the unconscious Hisagi. "Bankai! Kokujo Tengen Myo'o!"
Zensuke was mildly surprised he released his Bankai.
A giant formed beside Komamura, towering over buildings.
Zensuke went to move, when Tosen internally felt like throwing a victory party, his face remaining stoic. "Bankai. Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Korogi!"
"Two Bankai's, huh." Zensuke gazed at the young man, as his sword formed rings, which fired out, and circulated them all.
A dome formed all around them, pitch black within the dome.
No sight, no hearing, all his senses were robbed from him apart from touch, and due to the size of the dome, it was a vast space, an empty space with only the three of them inside, and Tosen thought this would be it, this would be how they'd win the fight.
Komamura, and Tosen stood together, clutching at one another so Komamura could see within the dome.
They observed Zensuke alone, stood in the centre of the dome, unmoving.
"This is it, we've got him." Tosen said, trying his best to hide the feelings of victory he felt coming to the surface.
"Yes, though don't underestimate him my friend. Even with his senses dulled, this boy is a monster in combat. He's smart, strong, and tactical, very dangerous."
Tosen felt conviction flowing through him.
Because of his dedication to Aizen, he wished to fulfil the tasks that had been given to him, no matter what.
Meanwhile, Kisuke had managed to slay a good few Hollows, when he was joined by none other than Yoruichi, who slams her foot into another Hollows body, slaying it out of existence, her eyes scanning around.
"Just finished up with the Quincy girls. No Zensuke?" Yoruichi ponders, exhaling as she felt worry run through her.
"No, and from what I sensed a little while ago, it seems that other Shinigami have come. Though I sensed Zensuke going in that direction, so I'm sure he's gonna be able to handle anything over there with little trouble."
Though Kisuke said it, he did feel some unease, knowing most likely Aizen was going to head for Zensuke in one way or another, he didn't want to leave his son to a madman like him, though he also had some duties to take care of.
Yoruichi folds her arms underneath her bust, looking back to where she thought Zensuke would be, and breathed out a sigh.
"I hate sitting around like this." Yoruichi tosses her eyes to the sky, seeing the hole in the world weakening. "Guess you've already begun closing that up huh?"
"Thought I would while we're waiting, we've finished all around here, and Hollow activity across the city seems to have calmed down, the stragglers can be dealt with by the others. Ooh, the Quincy girls, what are they-"
"That Liltotto seems to handle them pretty well, they're following her instructions. I asked Tessai to keep an eye on them, but I think it'll be fine. And I made a friend in Giselle...even if she wants to turn me into an undead creature." Yoruichi informed, sweat dropping at the end.
Kisuke inclines, though felt curious about the Zombie statement. "Very well, then lets wrap up here, I think only a minute or two, and the Hollows shall be gone, the hole shall be sealed, then lets make our way over to Zensuke, and see what's going on."
Yoruichi nods a single time, hoping against all hope that he was safe and sound…
Back with Zensuke, he stayed within the black dome, not moving.
Tosen didn't trust him in the slightest, knowing he wasn't an idiot in the slightest.
Then he did something very unexpected.
He placed a hand to his ear, he ran a hand down his robes, he clapped his hands, he stomped his feet.
It was confusing to Komamura on what he was doing.
But Tosen assumed what he was doing.
"He's testing what senses he'd have since I've never shared what my Bankai does with him. The only one he'll have is touch, and even then that wont do anything for him. Even his spiritual sensing will be gone. And by the time we attack, it'll be all over."
Tosen was sure of this.
Komamura felt comforted in that, as he didn't really like the idea of facing down Zensuke, believing between them, Zensuke was the stronger Captain, so this is the only way for him to fight now, and even that, brought turmoil to Komamura who considered Zensuke a friend, someone who knew of his status as apart of the beast clan.
But then, Zensuke then held out his sword into the air.
His voice was muted to even himself, as he calls "Annihilate, Kurohime!" and unleashed his Shikai, his blade turning pitch black, black energy particles radiating from the blade, swaying as Zensuke swirled his sword in the air.
"It doesn't matter what he's doing, he'll feel this blade entering him. Go on Sajin, finish him."
Komamura raised a questioning brow to Tosen. "Kaname, we're to detain him. Regardless of your history with him, don't forget that. He's still a member of the Gotei 13, he's served our companions well over the years, there has to be an explanation for all of this."
Tosen realized he had let his anger slip into his voice, and bowed his head in penitence.
"Forgive me, my friend. I simply felt anger for how he took down Hisagi and Iba as he did. I shall keep my anger in check. We shall defeat him in the name of justice, and get to the bottom of what's going on."
Komamura nods, and raises his arm.
The giant mimics his movements.
Zensuke remained unmoving.
The blade them came down to fully flatten the Shinigami.
Zensuke didn't move, the blade nearing him.
As the blade got inches before him, Zensuke leapt left, the heavy blade smashing into the ground, shock coming over both Captains Zensuke managed to dodge that attack so finely, almost as if he could actually see.
"How?" Komamura demands.
Tossen didn't have an answer.
He didn't understand how Zensuke did that.
So Tosen suggests another attack. "Come from the left, then he'll not know. Since we haven't moved, he might've calculated the right time to dodge the attack. It would've been hard, but his mind is sharp, he's intelligent enough to know how to do it. But not again, he'll not see this coming, and we''ll get him down."
Komamura does as Tosen suggests and swings left, the giant mimicking his movements.
The blade neared Zensuke more and more, Komamura was sure it was going to hit.
However, at the last possible moment, Zensuke leaps up in place, the blade of Komamura's giant sliding underneath his form, and he lands on the ground once more, anger flowing through the blind man's face, tightening his hand on his sword.
"He dodged again! He shouldn't be able to see, or hear me. There's no way he should be reacting to my blade. First one, possibly, second one... He shouldn't have any sense apart from touch…" Komamura didn't understand and was at a loss on how to handle this.
Tosen on the other hand felt his anger growing at seeing Zensuke's movements able to parry their attacks so far.
"Lets go for a blitz, as we change position." Tosen advised.
Komamura went along with it, and began throwing his sword in slashes at Zensuke.
To their eternal horror, Zensuke was able to avoid all of the attacks, as his Captain's robes flows around him, managing to avoid them, it didn't matter if they came from the left, right, or above, Zensuke was dancing around the battlefield while avoiding damage, unable to see, or hear them.
"He can't keep doing this!" Komamura yelled in frustration.
"Lets go left, he'll not see us there!" Tosen urged.
Doing as suggested, both Komamura and Tosen shot left, the giant following, and seeing Zensuke facing the right hand side, away from them, and thought now was their chance to launch a good attack, so that's what they did, Komamura came down with a heavy duty attack.
That's when Zensuke twirled back towards them, and threw his sword upwards.
Komamura and Tosen both felt their stomachs drop, shocked Zensuke knew where they were, as the blade came closer and closer to him.
That's when Zensuke called out "Scream Kurohime!" in their shock, the darkness blade unleashing a crescent moon shaped wave of darkness, clashing with Komamura's blade, inches from him, parrying it up into the sky, as Komamura saw his Bankai's sword having been snapped off from the tip, running down several inches, reflected on his own sword.
"His darkness, his Shikai, even broke my sword…" Komamura whispered, trying to work out what was going on.
Tosen felt his heart racing, not believing Zensuke had a counter to his Bankai.
Zensuke faced them despite having changed position, waving his hand, a cheery smile on his face, as he mouthed "I see you~" to them, igniting a wave of shock over the pair of them.
"N, No…I, Impossible…! You can't! You're lying!" Tosen felt panic growing in his chest, his feet shaking ever so slightly, as he pulls back nearly falling on the floor, the fact Zensuke was able to avoid all their attacks so far, seemed pretty wild to him.
"Kaname! Calm yourself!" Komamura supported his friend, but also did feel shock in his system that Zensuke was able to seemingly find where they were, and parry or dodge all the attacks they gave him.
Tosen put a hand on his chest, and breathed out hard.
"Y, Yes, I'm sorry Sajin, I didn't think he'd…no, he can't see us, even if he made something for this, he's not touching anything apart from his sword, he's messing with us. But not now."
"Kaname?" Komamura questioned.
"We've come from one side, so lets try two. Follow my lead my friend, and we'll stop him right here, right now."
Tosen puts out his hand, and summons a ball of purple fire, calling "Hado 54, Haien." and held it between his fingers, as Komamura and he go from their position, and getting behind the young man, all while he stayed stood there, not moving whatsoever.
Then, they launched a duo attack, Tosen launched his fire ball and had it curve around so it would come from the front, while Komamura took a huge swing from behind the young man, hoping one of the attacks would distract him, and would stop him completely.
In the instance the flame ball and large sword came at him, Zensuke took in a breath, reaching forward, and caught the flaming ball Tosen sent at him, crushing it under his strength and moving his sword back, clashing violently with Komamura's blade.
The pair widen their eyes, as Zensuke calls "Bind Kurohime." causing black netting to burst from the sword, and travel up the giants blade, and circulate the area all around catching Komamura and Tosen up in the black netting.
Zensuke then stabs into the netting, piercing it into the ground, his eyes grasping both of the Captains.
"Hey, guys." Zensuke greeted, his vision now restored due to their connection.
Tosen's panic grew on his face.
Komamura looked beyond stunned.
"How…?" The only word that left Tosen's lips.
Zensuke raised an eyebrow. "How, I do wonder."
Komamura looked on, and breathed hard. "Zensuke Urahara, I don't want to harm you. Come quietly, and I'll put in a good word for you."
"I haven't committed any crimes." Zensuke expressed.
"You attacked Iba!"
"Did I?" Zensuke looked at his sword. "I don't remember doing that. And I don't want to harm either of you. Karakura is in trouble, I don't have time for fights like this. Though, I am surprised that your man Sosuke-san didn't fight, I was waiting for it, I even activated Shikai anticipating him, but I guess he chose not to, which only confirms a theory for me."
Komamura looked perplexed. "Aizen? Why would Aizen-"
Before he could continue asking, Zensuke felt the man himself enter the dome, his hand hovering above Komamura.
Zensuke watched as Komamura was placed unconscious, thanks to some Kido of Aizen's, while Zensuke snapped his eyes on Tosen, still bound in his darkness netting, flashed before the soldier, Zensuke placed his sword against Tosen's skin.
"Drop the dome, now." Zensuke warned.
Aizen made no move, while Tosen breathed hard. "A-Aizen-sama, what shall I do?"
Zensuke shook his head, as Aizen gave a challenging stare to Zensuke.
So Zensuke did the same thing back.
"Do as he says, Tosen." Aizen informed.
Tosen complies, and drops the dome.
Zensuke peers into Aizen's eyes, as the young Captain continued to breathe hard, feeling the cold steel of Zensuke's blade pressed up against his form.
"I thought that might get your attention, Sosuke-san." Zensuke gleamed.
Aizen claps his hands together. "I commend you, managing to defeat Tosen and Komamura so quickly. Tell me how did you do it?"
"Tosen-san gave me one of my senses, all I needed." Zensuke mused.
Aizen, using fake Zensuke, chuckles. "I see. Using the sense of touch, feeling the air changing ever so slightly, the movement of your clothing, your hair, everything to locate them, even a seasoned warrior would find it extremely difficult to adjust to having all senses taken away, so I commend you."
Tosen felt both angered and in awe that Zensuke managed to get around his Bankai's powers.
"Thank you, though I'd rather you show yourself, guess you didn't want to face me one on one."
Aizen curls his lips. "You are a scary boy, you and your father, truly are troublesome, I do worry about fighting you. I'll freely admit that to be the case, but I will achieve my goals, you wont stand in my way."
"I'm standing in your way, what're you gonna do? Send a Gigai at me? It seems to be akin to a Mod-Soul, but moves a bit more than that and almost like a person of a high caliber would be capable of moving, so you've got too have some connecting ability, perhaps a Modified Hollow Soul you've had stashed away. Tell me, am I hitting any marks right now?"
Aizen felt a shiver go down his spine from the deductions Zensuke did elegantly.
"As I suspected, Zensuke-kun. Figured it out, you're correct. I've been planning this for a while and made some modifications. Its too bad you're not on my side, it does hurt to have to face a friend."
Tosen looked bewildered. "Aizen-sama…"
Aizen as fake Zensuke bowed his head. "But, now my plans shall begin, and I don't want to fight you, but for the sake of my goals, I suspect you'll stand in my way. Don't make me fight you, I value our friendship."
Tosen was surprised that Aizen was saying this.
If this was a ploy, or if it was something else, he didn't know.
"I do as well, however if you continue, I will stop you." As Zensuke spoke, saw the heavens close, so he chuckled. "Seems like your Hollow holes all gone now, pretty bold to use your Hollows like this."
"I can't rely on conventional methods against you, I've had to take drastic action against you."
"Thanks for the praise bestie~" Zensuke joked, as Tosen was freed from his binds by Aizen, so he lunged at Zensuke as swiftly as he could to catch him by surprise.
Zensuke however saw it, cutting the man down himself with darkness ebbing from his blade. "You left yourself open, Tosen-san. I am surprised by that oversight, you're usually more careful than that."
"Z-Zensuke…you can't…" Tosen cursed, as his body felt heavy.
Once the man was unconscious, Aizen looked to Zensuke curiously. "You cut him down, huh."
"You sound surprised, when I know your plans with him. He's simply a tool for you to exploit, isn't he? Sad, really that's how you view him. Since he's so devoted to you." Zensuke whispered bitterly.
"I value Tosen, it would be a difficult situation to lose Tosen, his devotion to my goals, is unparalleled. However, he understands what it means being beside me."
"Disposable huh?" Zensuke retorts, twitching his blade. "You're gonna get rid of him at some point, a man like him couldn't live in your ideal world, there's no justice for him there, and if he's turned against his ideals for you, then he's no longer useful."
"You misunderstand, I do value Tosen, but I also know when to use those around me, like I will you." Aizen pulls his sword out, aiming at Zensuke.
"I don't misunderstand you Sosuke-san. If you could've done that so confidentially like you're trying to smugly say you can right now, you wouldn't have gone through the trouble of setting me up." Aizen's face contorts as Zensuke grins. "Gotta say, its a desperate move. Pinning this on me, attacking these two, leaving behind my Reiatsu, not bad, but more reckless than I've come to expect from you."
"True, but by the end results, you'll be happy enough with my plans along with what else I've set up. Even you don't have the time to clear this up, and now I can finally achieve my desired goals." Aizen replies.
Zensuke brandished his blade. "I'm so glad you think you've won, because when I bring you down, it'll be quite devastating."
Zensuke and Aizen lock eyes, and then the next moment, they both vanish.
The sound of clashing metal reverberates throughout the area, chunks of the ground were carved out, as it travelled down the street.
When it stopped, Zensuke had managed to cleave through the Gigai, destroying the Modified Hollow Soul inside of it.
"Such a waste, what a nice looking Gigai~" Zensuke jokingly mused, as Aizen's fake Zensuke Gigai chuckles.
"For today, I've gotten what I wish for, besides you know I had to take contingencies, I know you could get away before help arrives, but can Rukia Kuchiki? And are you going to leave her to take all the blame, Zensuke Urahara? Are you that kind of man?"
Zensuke didn't turn to Rukia's general direction, not wanting to give away anything.
"You really are falling so low."
"You're my friend, Zensuke." Zensuke remained stoic. "I found you at a time in your life even when father couldn't grasp your potential, I saw it the moment we met, and knew you'd be my best ally, or my worst enemy, and I was hoping for the former, as we got to know one another. You understand me more than anyone."
"Yes, I can understand you, its why I have to be the one to stop you."
As he said it, Zensuke stomps down, and crushes the head of the Gigai of Aizen, then unleashes a darkness wave throughout the area to destroy the body, leaving him behind with the others, all unconscious.
Meanwhile, Liltotto, Candice, Giselle, and Meninas made quick work of the Hollows they were assigned to take care of, Liltotto and Giselle fired their arrows, and Candice shocked them with her lightning, while Meninas crushed them underneath her strength.
"Like, we've done it." Meninas began. "All Hollows, finished~"
"Yeah, little bastards, dodging our attacks, but we got them in the end. Shocked them like they wouldn't believe, Quincy one, Hollow zero~" Candice mused with a wide grin on her face, licking her lips.
Giselle hums, twirling a lock of her hair. "I can't believe Bambi though, she really went wild."
Liltotto furrowed her brows. "I don't condone her actions, but she did it with the best of intentions, for our sake."
Candice clicked her tongue. "I don't know about that though, she went off on her own and could've caused a disaster. I get His Majesty might've not let her think clearly, the looming threat of him being something we'd rather not have to deal with, but the Shinigami were able to fight with us, and the hot one has been teaching us, and..." Giselle in the background managed to pin a Hollow, and pulled out some blood. "...What the hell are you doing?"
"I want to see if I can turn Hollows into Zombies. I know Quincy and Hollows don't go well together, but I thought this might be good~"
Liltotto left Giselle to her own devices, seeing her doing a little dance for reasons she didn't know.
"Either way, I spoke with Zensuke Urahara, and he's going to help us. We just have to talk to Bambi, and make her believe in us. Believe in him, who helped us those years ago. I don't know if you all remember, but I do, and I remember him being on our side, you know?"
Candice smacked her lips together. "You're right, lets all have fun with him~"
Liltotto sweat dropped. "That wasn't what I was suggesting..."
"Ooh, we could all have the Shinigami for ourselves~" Meninas gleams.
Giselle swings her hips left and right. "Lets give some R and R to our fav Shinigami, and then you all can become Zombies!"
"Yay!" Meninas clapped without thinking, but then her mind got to working, her lips taking a downfall. "Wait..."
Liltotto sighed deeply. "We have to convince Bambi not to do what she wishes, and that we'll be okay."
The others agree, and hope Bambietta wasn't too far so they couldn't reach her and help her change her mind.
Back with Zensuke, the young blonde inhaled, and walks over to the downed Shinigami, examining them quickly, as his father soon appears.
"Zensuke." Kisuke called out.
Zensuke looks back at him. "Plan five, father."
Kisuke folds his arms. "I thought we were reaching with that plan, but Aizen-sans really gone with framing you huh. He'll do anything it takes to get the Hogyoku, he knows if its you, then I'd..."
"I know, father. He's made sure my Reiatsu is all over them, and for added measure, trying to implicate Rukia-chan with a bit of hers too. So, I'll do the same thing right back to the bastard, and we don't have time to get rid of both my Reiatsu and hers, according to my data intel, Soul Society are already sending people to regain them, on orders from Central 46, which by now, he's most likely taken over, he's really going for broke now. He's throwing everything he has, knowing if he doesn't then its game over. So, I've gotta protect Rukia-chan, he gets his hands on her...no, its not happening. This is between us, she's not getting used by that bastard."
Kisuke inhales deeply. "Okay, how're we playing this next?"
Zensuke exhaled, looking towards the sky. "I'm gonna have to confront them, if they search the town, the others, the Visored, Quincy, Arrancar, any of them could be found, and I know Aizen-sans banking on me doing that for Rukia-chan's sake, but lets turn it right around on him-"
"Zensuke!" Yoruichi came zooming in, looking towards him in surprise. "There's still time to change your mind. It doesn't seem right…you've had to deal with him, all alone, for so many years, his Zanpakuto messing with your senses, making his own reality upon you, you can't keep sacrificing your life like this."
Zensuke offered a humble smile to the graceful beauty.
Hearing her words, it showed how much she truly did care about him.
As he continued working, he adopts a kind smile.
"Thank you, Yoruichi-san. But I couldn't let you take such a burden. Sosuke-sans made his move, there's no turning back now, he's already put me in the firing line, but if he thinks he's got the edge, he's gotta think again. My chess pieces are set up too, and when I drop my plans on him, he'll be sorry. If only he didn't have his damn Zanpakuto, this would've been easier, but I wont stop until he is. As his friend, its what I have to do, to stop him." Zensuke approached the beautiful young woman, and allowed his lips to overlap with her own. "I'll be okay. Remember, I've got technology he doesn't know about, I can literally be in two places at once, he doesn't know that, so its time for me to make my own moves against him, and for him to have a taste of my reality for him."
"You're sure?" Yoruichi asks.
Zensuke nods. "Yeah, trust me, I've been preparing for this day for a long time."
Yoruichi held on close as he continued working together with Kisuke, as her eyes peered into his, the level of trust between them, showing how they really cared for the other.
Though she wished she could do more, she trusted in him, and knew he'd never let Aizen win, no matter what...
Sitting in Soul Society, Toshiro was having a pretty relaxing day, after having seen Zensuke, they had made plans for the evening, so she was in good spirits, she couldn't wait to see what was going to become of their night together.
Leaning back in her chair, she also thought Rangiku had been a little quiet, and soon realized she was snoozing at her desk.
"Matsumoto…" Toshiro sighed, looking over some paperwork.
She was surprised, quite happily so, to see that she had finished off her paperwork.
She left the young woman to have a sleep, seeing she had completed all of the paperwork necessary for the day.
So she returned to her own desk, to relax.
Or she would have been doing that, if a Hell Butterfly didn't come through, and told her some information that startled her.
"No…" Toshiro thought she had heard wrong.
She thought this was a mistake.
It couldn't be real.
She rushed to Rangiku's desk, and woke her up.
"Ugh…I swear it was only five minutes Captain, I didn't mean too…" Rangiku yawned, only to become disgruntled when she saw Toshiro's serious face. "What's wrong Captain? Has something happened?" Noticing the Hell Butterfly, and the fact she wasn't speaking, made her worry even more. "Captain…what is it? Has something happened?"
Toshiro inhaled deeply, wrapping her head around what was going on.
"Zensuke-kun's in danger, we've gotta hurry. He's being accused of crimes he simply wouldn't commit...but this came from Central 46, so they're going...we have to stop this Matsumoto."
Rangiku gasped, wondering what had gone on.
But the fact someone they both cared for was in trouble, they had to do something quick.
So they both quickly grabbed their things, and rushed out there, hoping they'd be able do something to help the person they cared for...
End chapter!
So, this chapter finished with a bang! Zensuke fought off both Komamura and Tosen together, showing his intelligence and skills in overcoming their might, as the Hollow attack finally finishes off in the town thanks to the combined efforts of everyone working together.
Aizen and Zensuke had a brief moment, showing each other how they're feeling, and while considering one another friends in a few ways, neither were backing down, and now with Aizen's plans coming to fruition, its time Zensuke's begin as well, and how Toshiro and Rangiku instantly believe in Zensuke, so we'll see what happens next!
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Zensuke; Nemu, Orihime, Rukia, Toshiro (fem), Rangiku, Yoruichi, Momo, Nel, Tier,