Among the high rooftops of Fukuyu city So-Fon and Rider engaged in a rapid blitzing dance of stinger and dagger, as the the light of the full moon shone down upon them. Soi-Fon immediately notices the differences between her and Lancer.
'She is not quite as skilled as Cu Culiain in close quarters…' She then dodged repeated chain daggers that seemingly came from every direction. 'But she excels at covering distances and attacking at long rang'
Soi-Fon then pointed one of her fingers at Rider.
"Hado #4 Byakurai!" She shouted out the name of the spell and a bolt of blue lighting shot at from her finger, forcing Rider to do a back flip to dodge the attack…Only for Soi-Fon to use a flash step to get behind Rider and attack her back with the golden stinger of her Shikai, but to the captain's surprise, the Heroic Spirt managed to twist her body out of the strike and launch a spin kick at the captain and force the latter to block the strike with both of her arms.
However, to Soi-Fon's further surprise, the strike behind the blow was so great that it sent them flying across the sky for dozens of feet. Until she finally managed to stop herself by creating a Reshi platform in the air and sliding across it.
"I am surprised you thought could defeat with such a predictable ploy…" Rider mocked in a playful tone. "Or are you just that desperate to finish me off?"
Soi-fon then flashed a cocky grin. "Don't flatter yourself, Servant, the only reason I seek to eliminate quickly is because you are an enemy, nothing more" she retorted smugly and then glared directly at Rider. "And I can assure you…"
The captain suddenly appeared behind the rider with her foot raised high.
"That I won't take you that lightly again!"
The captain then slammed her foot down on the Servant yet Rider managed to block it with ease even as the concrete of the roof broke beneath her heels and fragments of rubble and dust left up in the air. Which was then followed by Soi-Fon launching a barrage of kicks and punches at Rider. Who weaved and dodged out of the way while keeping her distance. Before then using both of her chain daggers to block the golden sting of Suzumebachi aimed at her throat.
"Hmm...that seems fair…" Rider then back and jumped on another rooftop. "Then it is only fair…" She then took off her blindfold Breaker Gorgon. "That I do the same…"
Immediately realizing what was happening Soi-Fon quickly activated her Shunko and when Rider stared at her with those inhuman eyes, she could feel her power even with her technique being released getting greatly reduced.
The Servant and captain then stared at each other for a moment, before they both resumed their battle and when they clashed against each other it unleashed a huge explosion of magical spiritual energy that was big enough to engulf the surrounding rooftops.
Meanwhile, within the inferno, Toshiro and Matsumoto were trapped. The Servant laughed as the captain tried in vain to wipe out the flaming dragon tooth warriors by freezing their flames with Hyorinmaru by sending out waves upon waves of ice. Yet no matter how many he froze over and shatter more warriors rise from the flames and attack him and his vice-captain.
"What is the matter Shinigami?" Caster taunted. "Feeling a little parched?"
Toshiro then growled. "I know that you are planning to dry up the moisture in this area to prevent me from using my Zanpakuto…however"
He then raised his blade. "Hyorinmaru is the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto in all of soul society and everything within the atmosphere is mind to command!" he then raised his Shikai to summon a blizzard…only to realize to his shock nothing happened.
Caster then laughed at the captain. " Oh I am sure that in any other world, you may be right…but here you are in my in mine"
Toshiro then winded his eyes. "What!?"
"You see captain I am fully well aware that Zanpakuto of yours can control the weather and all the moisture in the atmosphere and so..." She raised both of her hands. "I created this world of fire that is completely cut off from the outside one" The Servant explained, and Toshiro grunted in frustration. "Meaning that the very moment you use up whatever little moisture within here, that blade of yours will be rendered powerless"
Toshiro then glared at the caster. "Don't think…" he then used a flash step to appear above Caster and raised his sword. "That you can defeat Hyorinmaru that easily!" He then launched a huge ice Dragon at the servant that let out a massive roar before trying to crush her with its jaws. But Caster countered it by waving her hand and summing a massive plum of fire that completely vaporized the dragon. Much to Toshiro's shock.
"It seems I just did Shinigami…" she responded mockingly, and the captain immediately tightened the grip of his blade.
'If the heat of this boundary is already depriving Hyorinmaru this much moisture…then I need to end this now before my Zanpakuto is rendered powerless!' He then looked over to Matsumoto who was busy dealing with the flaming dragon tooth warriors.
"Raniguku!" Histguya shouted and the vice immediately went to her captain.
"Bankai! Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"
The captain roared out and his form was immediately covered with frosted wings, claws, and feet while the entire area was engulfed in a huge rush of cold air. Then Histugya with a single swing of his sword unleashed a wave of frost that froze the flaming dragon tooth familiars solid before they all crumbled away into ice shards.
Caster then narrowed her eyes at the feat. "So, this your Bankai him?" The Servant mused. "I must admit it's indeed magnificent…" She then noticed the huge, frosted wings were slowly but steadily melting. "It seems the only difference between it and your Shikai is the amount of ice it creates while still sharing the same weakness"
Hitsugaya then glared at Caster. "You are right, for without access to the atmosphere from the outside world. My Bankai would eventually be rendered inactive to…but fortunately"
Raniguku then thrust her Zanpaktou and called out Hanekio sending out a trail of ashes which was then frozen over By Toshiro conjuring a sheet of ice over it, while the ashes retreated from it and reformed back into the blade.
"I have means to preserve it" The captain declared and then used his sword to manipulate the ice and send right at the Servant.
Curious Caster then cast a massive fireball at the approaching ice, but to her surprise, the flame had little effect and continued to rush toward her. Forcing the Servant to dodge out of the way.
"It is pointless…" Hitsugaya declared. 'By using Hyorinmau's ice in conjunction with the ashes of Haineko I have created a multi-empty layered ice capable of withstanding the fire spells of your Magecraft" he then raised his sword and the multi-layered ice followed his movements. "And with your greatest advantage nullified this battle has been decided!" The captain then launched the vacuum ice in the form of a massive blade that impaled Caster in the chest and forced her to cough up blood.
However just when Toshiro thought he won. The image of the fatally wounded Magus faded away much to his surprise and then the captain heard a haunting laugh around the bounded field and to his frustration he saw that Caster had reappeared in front of him alive and well with her wand in her hand.
"Quit a clever technique Shinigami" The sorceress praised. "But weakening you was not the only reason I have trapped you in this bounded field"
Then when a wave of her wand the entire skyline of the boundary field was covered with hundreds of violet magical circles much to Toshiro's and Rangukiu's shock.
"W-What is this!?" The captain stuttered and Caster smirked upon seeing his distress.
"What you see before you are the full scale of my spell Rain of Light: Machia Hecatic Graea!" Caster explains. " Originally was I restraining to using its full power due to its potential to destroy all of Fukui City, but within the confines of this world of mine..." She then cast a cruel grin. " I have no such worry"
She then cast the beams of light on the two Shinigami and Toshiro could nothing but fold his wings to protect himself and Rangiku.
Meanwhile at the Suit Ichigo's friends struggle to fight against Berserker whose God hand enabled him to withstand all their attacks without even getting phased.
"Nothing we are doing is working on him!" Renji shouted as the blades of his Shikai bounced off harmlessly against Berserker's skin while narrowly dodging a fast swipe from his stone axe. "We need to find some other way to get rid of him!"
Uryu then grabs one of his into the tubs. "Perhaps this might stall him for a moment" he was about to through one of the silver tubs only to immediately stop himself and dodge out of the way from a volcano of white magical energy bullets fired from several flying birds made out of white wire. With Illvasival smirking confidently.
"Don't think I will let you use any of those spells to incapacitate Berserker!" The young magus boasted. "Otherwise you will have to deal with my magecraft!"
Uryu growled in frustration. "Can someone else deal with her!?
Rukia then immediately used flash step to appear in front of Illyasveil in hopes of knocking her out with the pummel of her zanpakuto only to quickly dodge out the way by Rin's reinforced side kick which was followed up by the Tousaka Magus firing a barrage of Gandr launched at the Shingami and forcing the vice-captain to defend herself.
However unfortunately for her Berserker took this chance to gang up on Rukia and to cleave her into two much to her shock.
However, Sado using his arm the giant was able to block the strike…even as the blade of the stone axe buried itself deep into his shield arm and drew blood.
"Sado!" Rukia cried only to then forced to block another barrage of both Gandr and the white magical blasts from Illvasival with a hastily conjured orange kido shield and then to her apprehension. The mad Servant prepared to strike at her again.
Only for Hercules to be slammed by a giant skull snake head and sent flying up into the air.
"Bankai Hihiō Zabimaru !" Renji called out as his large skeleton baboon snake roared out and immediately Orhime came to Sado and healed his right arm with her fullbring and her friends defending her While Rin and Illvaseil went back to support Berserker.
"Damn…" Renji cursed to himself. "Even with my Bankai at best I can take out one of that guy's lives" he then looked at the rest of his allies. "Don't even any of you have any attacks to bypass that god-hand of his?"
Uryu then narrowed his eyes. "I could try using Sprenger, but I am unsure if it would be powerful enough to bypass that defense of his"
Rukia then frowns. "And I also doubt that Shikai or Kido would do much either" She then grabbed her chine. "If only we have another Captain level combatant to help us"
"Oh?" A familiar voice called out and everyone turned their heads. "Am I not one of those combatants?"
"Urahara…" Renji stuttered. "Are you sure you are ready to fight again?"
The shopkeeper then rolled and stretched out his arms. "I am not quite at a hundred percent, but I will manage" he then walked in front of the group. "And not only that I already have a plan to close the tide against Berserker…"
Half a minute later the mad Servant and two magi return to the battlefield to deal with the Shinigami. "However, upon seeing Kisuke, Illyasviel dropped her jaw in disbelief.
"No way…" Illyasviel stuttered. "There is no way you can still be alive!" Shouted out but Kisuke just gave her knowing a smile.
"I am afraid that your eyes don't deceive you miss…" The shopkeeper responded playfully. "For after all I am not one to go into battle without a few preparations"
Illyasviel then twitched her eye in irritation. "How can you have prepared for getting your heart pierced!?"
The man then chuckled. "Trade secret.."
The younger growled in frustration and then sighed while Rin looked over to Urahara and focused her gaze on him.
"You said that this Shinigami managed to take out nearly all of Berserker's lives right?" Rin asked and Illvasviel. Nodded. "Yeah, by casting all those powerful spells of his and is by far the most powerful of the group here" She then noticed something was off about Kisuke and then she smirked. "But it seems that whatever he used to recover from Lancer's spear has significantly weakened him"
Urahara then nodded his head to the left. "Yes, well I never expected that I would come out of that situation unscathed…" he then lowered his voice. "Are thinking that you stand a better chance against me in such a weakened state?"
Illvasveil then snorted dismissively. "You can act as tough as you want Shinigami but we both know that you don't stand a chance against Berserker if you are not at full strength and you are the toughest one in your group!"
Urahara then raised an eyebrow. "On a technical sense yes…" he repeated dryly and then his eyes darkened and his tone lowered. "It rather naive to think a battle is won by just raw strength alone..."
Kisuke then raised his Zanpakuto.
"Bankai"
Immediately before Rin's, Berserker's Illyvaveil's eyes a huge woman with long black hair in loops, puppet-like arms, and wearing a revealing red dress appeared behind Kisuke leaning down.
"Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame!"
Rin winded her eyes in apprehension on seeing the woman. "That is his Bankai?" She asked however Illyasveil frowned in determination.
"It doesn't matter!" The young magus shouted out. "He is trying to use a desperate attack to take out at least one of Berserker's lives, but I won't let you, Berserker!" The child-like Magus ordered and the enraged Heroic spirit then charged at Kisuke ready to tear the smug shopkeeper to pieces.
Only for Berserker's right arm to immediately sleep apart much to his, Rin's, and Illyasveil's shock.
"What!?" The Einzburn magus stuttered and then to her further surprise and confusion when Berserker retreated from Urahara. His spliced arm stitches itself back up.
"Just…" Illyvaveil knitted her eyes and opened her jaw in bafflement at the restored arm and then at the doll itself. "What exactly is that ability!?"
However, her questioning was cut short when Sado then immediately attacked Berserker, and the young magus smirked knowing full well that the fullbringer was no match for Her Servant's strength and fully expected him to get crushed when Berserker launched his right fist at him.
Only for Sado to block the punch with ease with his shield arm Giant much to her and Rin's shock their expressions only winded when Sado grabbed hold of Berserker's arm keeping him in place and the next second Rukia jumped on and walked across Sado's and the servant's arm before slicing open the Heroes neck in a single fatal swipe. Instantly killing him.
"H-How!?" Illyvasiel stuttered as she began to panic. "How were they all able to become strong enough to bypass Berserker's God Hand!?"
Rin then looked closer at fullbringer and the Shinigami and noticed that there were stitch markings all over their body and immediately realized with dread what was happening.
"It's that Bankai of his" Rin pointed out. "It somehow restructured their bodies and weapons to make them powerful enough to overcome god-hand!"
Illyasviel then winded her eyes in dread "And there is enough of them here to potentially take all of Berserker's lives…"
Rin then narrowed her brow. "We need to retreat and get back up from the others"
Illyasviel then eyed her comrade and mentally ordered the recently healed Berserker to pick her up. "Alright, but how are going to deal with that Shinigami supporting them?
Kisuke smiled humorously while Rin smirked back at him and then grabbed something hidden in her pocket. "Just leave him to me"
