Chapter 13: Fusion
And so more time passed. It was time for Toji to finish up his Hogyoku Mk. ∞ and finally fuse with it.
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The time has come for Toji to fuse with the Hogyoku Mk. ∞. However, there was one last thing that he wanted to do before that. I had some ideas before I would finish it for the time being.
You see some of the most important and powerful pieces that make up the Hogyoku are pieces of the Soul King. And instead of waiting for more Fullbringers, I will do something unusual.
I will help my friend, Jushiro Ukitake. When Jushiro was three years old, he developed a lung disease, which caused the doctors in the area to abandon him when they could not treat it. His parents took him to Mimihagi's shrine and prayed for Mimihagi to take his lungs away, which Mimihagi did. This allowed Ukitake to survive and become a Shinigami.
Now Mimihagi is powerful. As the right arm of the Soul King it governs stagnation and stillness: the stopping of development, growth, progress, and change. It could prevent anything that tries to change or develop from happening.
Normally this was not something that would help me make something that allowed me to 'progress'. For that reason, the left arm, Pernida Parnkgjas would have been better. But we'll come to that later.
However using my good power, I can simply imagine that it does not hinder my plans in the slightest and only helps them, making the Hogyoku so much stronger than the one from Aizen.
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So Toji made his way to Jushiro's room at night. He imagined being invisible and untraceable. He walked through the walls and arrived next to Jushiro's sleeping form.
This was the important part. He had grown more powerful since he left his prison in Wandenreich. So he could do this with no problem. His Essence of the Blank would help him here.
Toji knelt next to Jushiro and put his hand on his head. He imagined him falling into a very deep sleep, that he wouldn't awaken from no matter the pain that he might feel.
After that, Toji put his hand on his friend's back and began to feel for Mimihagi. It didn't take long as Mimihagi could also feel him probing around.
Darkness rose from Jushiro's back and a hand with an eyes formed and looked at Toji.
Mimihagi seemed to be asking Toji what he was doing here or who he was. At least that's what he believed. But he was not here to exchange gossip with this arm. He was here to use it for his growth.
"It's nice to meet you Mimihagi. I am Gremmy Thoumeaux. I believe we share something, don't we? I came here to ask for your help ... You see I want to get out of Juha Bach's grasp. He has me in his clutches and I must become stronger to save the Shinigami.
If we band together we have a chance of stopping him. With your power over stagnation and my imagination, there is nothing that could stop us. But we must be crafty and not reveal our cards so soon.
Reio's sun is a tricky one and he is very powerful. He will return to kill all Shinigami and then ... Reio. So will you help me in defeating him?"
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Toji put up a front to have Mimihagi take down his guard. He was unsure how a fight between him and Mimihagi would go as it was truly powerful. Toji was sure that he could win, but that was not important right now. He wanted to take Mimihagi and then heal Jushiro before anyone noticed.
So a fight was not on his mind right now.
Mimihagi seemed to think about it and then approached Toji. He held out his hand and then touched Mimihagi. As they made contact, Toji acted quickly.
He imagined, Mimihagi not having access to his power over stagnation and then imagined Mimihagi no longer having a consciousness. So he killed Mimihagi's consciousness that had formed, similar to Pernida, after being chopped off from Reio.
Now that Mimihagi didn't have consciousness, Gremmy took out his Hogyoku Mk. infinity. He then had the Hogyoku absorb Mimihagi. He stopped the Hogyoku though before it could do that. He estimated a reaction out of this.
So he had to leave here first. He looked at his friend Jushiro and then imagined his lungs no longer having a disease. He healed his lungs and put them back into place.
Just as he was about to leave ... he paused. He turned around again and looked at Jushiro. He remembered something and then had an idea.
A big smile formed on his face. A very big one.
He went back to Jushiro and imagined something very nasty ... not for Jushiro of course. But for someone else. That was going to be funny.
Having done what he wanted, Toji left and went to his room. There he sat on his bed and then opened a Garganta. He wanted to do this, but not here. So he went to the Dangai.
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Now in the Dangai, Toji allowed the Hogyoku to absorb Mimihagi...
The Hogyoku began to shine brightly and Toji could feel the power it held in his hands. He waited for as long as it took. The power of the Hogyoku seemed to rise and fall and then rise again.
Toji sat there paying attention to any problem that might arise. He could feel that his plan had worked. He was very happy with it.
On the seventh day, the Hogyoku was seemingly finished. The bright light died down and it was ready.
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Toji grabbed it and examined it for a while. He was very impressed. The power of the Hogyoku was enormous and he could already feel a connection with it. Somehow it had begun to see him as its master.
It must be because of the long time he had spent with it. Since he didn't have a Zanpakuto spirit, he didn't really have someone to share all his secrets with. So the Hogyoku was usually the one he spent most of his time with.
That was very sad but, it is what it is.
Toji could feel the power of the Hogyoku. He thought about fusing with it but stopped. He had another idea that might be overkill, but you never know. This was his chance to surpass all the known hax there were in Bleach.
Maybe it was time for more ... he thought about some powerful characters in fiction. He didn't want to go overboard as that would take all the fun out of it. But he wanted to at least try something out.
He had given the Hogyoku Shinigami Capains, Vasto Lorde Hollows ... but he hadn't given it Quincies yet. At least not strong ones like the Sternritters.
He gave it normal Soldat's but nothing more. And he also wanted to try something else as well. He wanted to see whether he could feed the Hogyoku with souls from other Universes.
But he decided against it. At least for now. He could feed the Hogyoku more whenever he wished that was not a problem.
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Toji saw Kōtotsu coming and left the Dangai. He was now back in his room. 7 Days had passed in the Dangai, this was equivalent to about 5 minutes here.
So it was still the same night. He still had some time to do what he wanted. Gremmy quickly transformed into his original Gremmy form but this time, he did not open a Garganta. He simply sank into a shadow.
His goal was the Wandenreich. He arrived back in his prison and saw it still in the same state as when he left. It was still the same and it still had his doppelganger that he left.
"Is it time?", the other Gremmy said.
"Not yet. I am working on getting stronger.", Toji said.
"Hm ... Gerard? or Pernida?", doppelganger Gremmy asked. He already knew what he was planning and that amused Toji. He was the original Gremmy but it was still cool to see their shared thoughts.
"Pernida."
"Want my help?"
"Sure it works better when we're more."
"How are you going to deal with his power?"
"I have this...", Toji said and held the Hogyoku for the other Gremmy to see.
"Ohhh, you got Mimihagi. That's amazing. We'll get so powerful."
"We sure will. Now let us begin."
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So they planned to do the same with Pernida as Toji did with Mimihagi. But this time, their success was guaranteed. Not only were there two Gremmys, which doubled his power but there was also the Hogyoku with all the power of Mimihagi as well as the other power it had been fed beforehand.
Toji didn't call out to Pernida. He wanted to have the element of surprise. But he also didn't want to just have Pernida vanish in front of everyone. They would start to ask questions.
So he waited for when he felt Pernida to be alone. That was the case most of the time. Pernida was very young still and his consciousness hadn't finished forming yet.
Toji acted quickly. He displaced Pernida with the space right in front of him. Pernida appeared between Toji and doppelganger Gremmy and they immediately used their imagination to imagine Pernida not being able to use his power.
The Hogyoku was not idle either. It used the power it had gained from Mimihagi and suppressed the evolution powers of Pernida. Then Toji imagined the young consciousness of Pernida to die.
After all this, Toji once again waited and didn't outright feed Pernida to the Hogyoku.
He looked at doppelganger Gremmy and the latter nodded at him. So they got to work and imagined a new Pernida. One that was not the true, original one but had similar powers to the original. The only difference was that it would cease to exist when doppelganger Gremmy vanished.
So as long as doppelganger Gremmy existed and imagined the new Pernida, he would still exist. But should doppelganger Gremmy die or vanish, then Pernida would also stop to exist as it is a product of Gremmy's imagination.
Toji wanted to keep the plot as it was for now. He will change things and do whatever he wishes but for now, he wanted things to happen as they did.
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Toji transported Pernida back to where he was and then left with the Hogyoku. He went back to the Dangai for now as it was time. Time to feed it the final ingredient that will make it the most powerful tool in the Bleach verse, beyond a doubt.
The process repeated itself. But unlike the first time when Toji fed Mimihagi to the Hogyoku, it didn't take as long. It only took almost 6 days instead of the 7 before.
It was complete. The Hogyoku was finished and Toji could fuse with it whenever he wished. So he decided to take it slow. He was still only a brain at the moment, he wanted to have a real body.
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*Inhale Exhale*
Toji took a deep breath. He looked at the Hogyoku in his hand. It was now ready. He imagined another Gremmy being here right now.
"Need some help?", the doppelganger Gremmy #2 asked.
"Yes please."
DP Gremmy #2 took the Hogyoku and Toji concentrated. He opened his 'skull' so that the brain became visible. He focused and imagined the glass that kept the brain inside the fluids to be bypassable for DP Gremmy #2.
Gremmy then slowly pushed the Hogyoku through the now permeable membrane and pulled his hand back.
He watched as the Hogyoku sank deeper into Gremmy's brain.
"AAAARRRRHHHH!!!!!", Toji screamed.
This was the most pain he had ever felt and he together with the Doppelganger Gremmy quickly imagined it not hurting anymore.
As the Hogyoku sank deeper, it only stopped when it was in the perfect centre of the brain. And as soon as that was the case, the pain vanished and a euphoric feeling overcame Gremmy.
It was so nice that he quickly opened a Garganta into his room and then fell unconscious on his bed.
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