Chapter 20

Chapter 20

The Sexta Espada stared at his target, he could sense something different about his foe’s reiatsu, had he gotten stronger? No, that wasn’t it, it felt like it had changed in a more significant way then simply power, it had been twisted, it was less Shinigami than it had been, and perhaps it was connected to the incident from last time. His thoughts were interrupted as his fellow Arrancar spoke.

“We’ll just leave you boys to get to the bloodletting.” The white haired arrancar said with a smile, before turning her attention to the other Shinigami, then using Sonido to approach and tap her on the shoulder.” Meanwhile, how about a game of tag? You’re it.” She says with a smirk, before disappearing from view, leaving Kirasari smiling.

“Guess it’s playtime, see ya later” Says Kirasari with a nervous smile, obviously surprised by a notion of a game of tag from an Arrancar, before using shunpo to chase the Arrancar. Meanwhile, the two foes left behind began their battle, started with the Shinigami jumping towards the Arrancar whilst drawing his Zanpaktuo, only to be blocked by his arm, but catching Rian off guard as he kicks him in the chest.

“Feed, Fame Del Drago!” He shouts, once again releasing his Zanpaktuo into it’s Shikai state, he once again starts swinging the bone-like blade at his enemy, who easily blocked it every time with his arms, and then blew his opponent away with a bala. Rian started to think to himself about his let down of his foe’s power, until he felt something like a liquid on his right arm, looking at it, he found that a small part of his normally white coat was beginning to be stained red, blood red.

“Impressive, perhaps using Bankai, he could take my arm off.” He thought to himself, before getting on the offensive, suddenly rushing forward and punching his foe in the face, then grabbing onto his foot and throwing him back down into the street, then using Sonido to chase after him and kick him in the chest, before the Shinigami had a chance to recover.” I’ll give you this one chance Shinigami, use your Bankai, and maybe you won’t be the one who falls today.” He threatens, waiting to see if the Shinigami took the bait.

“If you want to die that badly Arrancar, then I’ll take the chance, Bankai!” The Shinigami proclaimed, as the spines began spinning around him, before they began to slow, revealing something different, which surprised Rian. There was a fully formed Hollow Mask on Ryan’s face, blackened eyes with red iris peering out from the sockets, and his right arm was encased in a white gauntlet made up of three sections, adding claws to his right hand, making his Bankai ever so slightly more complete.” And one up it.” The Shinigami said, before suddenly dashing at Rian, who instinctively drew his own Zanpaktuo and extended the staff, in order to guard the kick, which did little as he found himself forced into the air, and watched as the Shinigami seemed to fade in and out of sight, and when he finally stopped, fresh wounds opened on his back and his arms.

“W-what is this kid? A Shinigami? A Hollow?” He questioned himself, intent on getting answers he didn’t know.” He’s not an Arrancar, so, what is he?” He concluded, before taking notice of what he was doing now, he was pointing his right index finger at Rian, and it was glowing with sparking green energy.

“Hado Number Four, Byakurai!” He shouts, as his lightning charged Cero flies forward toward Rian. Expecting it to be a petty imitation, Rian stops it with his hand, and is then surprised as it flows around him, and he is struck by the full force. As the smoke clears, it’s evident that Rian was now bleeding from fresh wounds on his back adding to those he already had, but there was no rest, as his foe used Shunpo to lunge at him and attempt to claw his eyes out with his left arm, which Rian blocked with the staff, though the two of them still went flying backward from Rian’s perspective.” Fame Del Drago!” Exclaims the Shinigami, his Arrancar opponent also fired his own cero and the two of them were enveloped in a large green and yellow blast.

Meanwhile, Kirasari was still chasing her Arrancar foe, who seemed to not be interested in fighting at all, she lost sight of her in a park, and so stopped to check her surroundings. She then heard the Arrancar giggling, before counting one and two, and then suddenly appearing from nowhere to strike Kirasari, and was gone again without even being anywhere near to harming her opponent. This repeated several times, until Kirasari was getting tired of the game.” Enough already, just come out and face me, scaredy cat!” She shouted, at first everything was silent, and then her foe spoke, with a very distinctive hiss.

“Ssscaredy cat? How dare you call me that, Ssshinigami!” She hisses in anger, before suddenly appearing in front of Kirasari and attempting a kick to her chest which Kirasari jumps back with, and attempts a counter kick which is blocked. Kirasari attempts to punch the Arrancar who easily catches the punch, before delivering her own which is just as easily blocked. The two of them then push eachother way, skidding to a stop.” Your pretty good, for a Ssshinigami.” She says.

“So are you, for an Arrancar.” She says in response.” So, what’s your name, Arrancar?” She asks.

“I am Bianca Feliz Gato, Novena Espada.” She says, having calmed down, at the moment she finished speaking, the topaz pendant that Kirasari wore became the Shikai form of Ureshii Niseneko, before she ran forward and attempted an overhead slash, and Bianca easily blocked with her right arm and was completely unaffected, she then pushed her foe back and thrust her left palm towards her foe’s chest and fired a Bala and sent her flying back into a tree.

“So that’s how you want to play it.” Said Kirasari as she went through the air, managing to correct herself and kick off the tree as she touched it. As she flew towards her opponeant, her sword began to glow.” Getsuga Tenshou!” She shouts, as her Ureshii became a copy of Ichigo’s Zangetsu again, and fired out a dark red blast, her opponeant looked on and sighed, as she easily knocked the dark red mass away, before suddenly quickly striking Kirasari at several points, knocking her out and reverting her zanpaktuo to it’s sealed state. Bianca slowly walked towards her opponeant, her right hand began to pulse with a mauve coloure energy.

“Your pathetic, copying other Shinigami’s Zanpaktuo, your no Shinigami, your just a wannabe.” She says holding her right hand out, but just as she fired a similary coloured cero, something grabbed hold of her right wrist and left arm and pushed her back, firing the Cero into the air harmlessly. The figure then punched her across the face, sending the Arrancar into a sideways roll. The Arrancar soon corrected herself and looked toward her new foe, and intrigued by their power, removed her coat and threw it aside, and it ended up hanging on a branch.

The assailent was quite tall, which was emphisized by their almost bone like stature, despite this non athletic look, they carried a odachi on their backwhich was easily almost two meters in length, it’s hilt was ornately designed, covered in golden ribbon with a black and white tassel hanging off the pommel, the guard was just as ornate, having a perfectly smooth edge and decorated with the kanji for blood at one point, mind at another, body in a third point and soul at a fourth, Blood and Soul being at the points which would be north and south on a compass if looking towards the north. Their dark blue hair hangs just past their shoulders and a bang obscures their right eye from sight, though their remaining eye and their mouth was in a expression of a smile. They wore a black hakama with a simple white shirt and a long coat which seemed to have had it’s arms ripped off.” So Arrancar, ready to leave the small fry and enter the big leagues?” They said, holding the odachi parallel to his head, holding it towards Bianca.

“This should be fun.” She says with a grin, before running forward, her new foe smiling as she did.