Chapter 49: Devour Gluttony

"No!" Yoruichi shouted, realising Kiyota's intent. "Capture the hollow"

But her words came too late. Kiyota plunged into a Garganta, disappearing from sight as the portal snapped shut behind him.

The Shinigami stared at the empty space where Kiyota had vanished.

"No! Ichigo!" Orihime shouted as, Ichigo fell to the ground.

Ichigo had been staying on his two feet even if he was severely injured. Ichigo was hellbent on protecting his friends, and so he pushed past the limits of his human body and stood guard.

Ukitake stood before Aizen, filled in disappointment. "Why have you allied yourself with the Menos Grande?" He asked, his voice heavy with emotion.

Aizen gave a small smile. "To seek greater heights," he replied simply, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Ukitake's brow furrowed. "Have you fallen so far, Aizen?"

"You're too arrogant, Ukitake." Aizen said without emotion. "No one has ever stood atop the heavens before. Not you, not me, not even the gods themselves."

With a fluid motion, Aizen slicked back his hair and removed his glasses. He held them for a moment, before crushing them in his hand. The shattered pieces fell to the ground, glinting in the golden light.

"The vacancy of heaven's throne ends now," Aizen declared, his voice ringing with conviction. "From this moment forward... I will stand atop the heavens."

As he began to rise into the sky, Aizen's gaze fell upon Ichigo. A hint of amusement crossed his face. "Farewell, Ryoka boy. I must admit, you were quite amusing for a human."

His eyes then shifted to Rukia, cold in his gaze. "As for you, Rukia Kuchiki... I would have likely killed you if not for that hollow's interference."

With those final words, Aizen ascended into the tear in the sky. The Negacion closed.

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Back in Hueco mundo, Kiyota flew out of a Garganta and descended on a mountain like structure bade of the black rock found in Hueco Mundo. The mountain was decently high and covered with many other smaller cliffs, like a false mountain range. Kiyota landed on the peak, the highest point, back in the dark world. Kiyota dropped the body in front of him. Tosen.

'Why? I always thought I couldn't kill. I wasn't that type of person. I used to just be a normal school boy. I killed.' Kiyota thought to himself, staring at Tosen's lifeless body.

'And yet I feel... Nothing.' Kiyota thought. 'Why? Why do I not feel anything?'

"It's alright. Hey, listen to me. You did the right thing. It makes sense for you not to feel anything. He was arrogant, immoral and would've killed thousands" Siri said.

'I know. I know but...' Kiyota thought.

"You've done what needed to be done. What you've done will save countless lives. You may think of yourself as a monster. But you are not a monster." Siri said, trying her best to console Kiyota.

'But I'm not human anymore... What am I?'

Kiyota stretched out his arm towards the body and focused his reiatsu on his palm. From his fingers a vortex of reiatsu started forming. It was purple and black in colour.

"Devour Gluttony." Kiyota spoke, softly.

The reiatsu was highly different, it was hungry. The purple and black vortex got bigger and bigger. Tosen's body went inside and instantly Kiyota broke the connection by discontinuing the supply of reiatsu. The vortex disappeared.

Kiyota stood in the moonlight for a while, the shinning light providing vision basically everything, Before Siri's voice came. 'You received 80,000 reiatsu and a skill.'

"Show new skill panel." Kiyota said.

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New Skills:

La Mirada: User can charge two circular Cero in front of each eyes. When fully charged, the two Cero will fuse together in the middle before firing as a single, highly destructive blast.

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'I can fuse my two cero together? Interesting.' Kiyota thought to himself before Siri's voice came urgently.

'You're going to ascend into a vasto lorde. Your body can't hold this much reiatsu. The reiatsu you sent to Luna has also slightly returned.'

'That's fine. Continue the process. I should- ' Kiyota said, indifferently.

Before Kiyota could finish his words, a blinding white light engulfed him. An intense amount of reiatsu poured out from inside him and outside environment, covering his entire being and burning his red skin making it look weird. His giant muscular hands seethed in white flames most likely produced from the reiatsu, the fire spreading to his thick legs. His large beautiful wings caught aflame. It was as if the white fire wanted to purify him, to burn away the last parts of his Adjuchas form.

Kiyota's body began to change, the white reiatsu went across his body, reshaping and refining his hollow body. His decently big frame began to shrink, condensing into a more humanoid shape. The reiatsu condensed, leaving behind a sleeker, more powerful form. Kiyota felt an indescribable pain coursing throughout his entire body. It was as if he was being unmade and remade simultaneously. His roar of agony echoed through the false mountain range. The white flames died down, leaving behind wisps of steam rising from his new body.