While walking through the empty hallway of the unnecessarily huge castle, one of the [Chained] and a former Kenpachi, Kurayashiki, grumble to himself, "Why do we keep having these nonsensical meetings?"
"It seems that Szayelaporro is already losing his patience because the rate of Shinigami coming to Hell is a lot less than he expected." From behind him, a voice replied to his muttering, and when Kurayashiki turned around he saw a dark-skinned, blindfolded man, "Not to mention, only a single weak Captain is managing an outpost that is too tiny for everyone's appetite."
"Tousen, huh?" Kurayashiki murmured, "I don't care. It's not a good enough reason to keep calling everyone. It's annoying. If he's hungry, he should just go alone."
Kaname caught up to Kurayashiki and started walking beside him, "And what? Fell for another of Kurotsuchi's traps? He may not show it but he's really afraid of that man. Even if there's a bit of uncertainty on his part, he won't make any drastic movement."
Kurayashiki scoffed at his words, "If not for him controlling these eyes and chains, he wouldn't be lording over us." He then turned his head to Kaname and said, "By the way, if you want to live long enough, you should be careful around him. I think he's onto you."
"For what?"
"Who knows? That's what I'm seeing from him."
"And why are you informing me of this?"
"Err... Because it's interesting? It'll be better if the two of you duke it out. Maybe a good way to pass time."
All of a sudden, Kaname stopped walking and asked, "Do you still want an end to this wretched way of existing?"
Kurayashiki also stopped walking and was so confused that he suddenly changed the subject of their conversation. Nevertheless, he didn't really mind it and answered, "Of course. There's no point in living in a constant state of hunger that will never go away as long as we're bound by these chains."
"You have a choice of casting these chains away or stepping into the Human World to end yourself."
Kurayashiki became silent for a moment before he resumed his steps, "Getting away from these chains is impossible for me. And dying outside of Hell is not really the end either. It's just more suffering."
Under his blindfold, Kaname's lightless eyes widened at his statement, "Just more suffering? What do you mean?"
Kurayashiki only glanced at him and didn't answer.
Kaname stayed for a few more seconds before walking forward again.
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Within what looked like a throne room, Szayelaporro was sitting and looking down on everyone present from his overly adorned chair. Leaning on his skeletonized left arm, he loudly voiced his dissatisfaction when Kaname, the last one, entered the room, "You're late."
However, Kaname ignored his remarks and made his way to a corner where he wouldn't be bothered.
Szayelaporro clicked his tongue and his perpetually drenched in blood ram-like horns pulsated grossly, signifying that his mood had dropped even further. Even then, he couldn't really do anything against him with all the other people in the room not looking at him kindly. It was obvious that he didn't have anyone's loyalty and was just forcefully gathering everyone.
He, who had the 'Devil's horns', is the chosen one, so he doesn't really care about their opinions, 'Once I'm complete, I'll eat every single one of you.'
There were a total of 11 people within the chamber including Szayelaporro and each one of them had their own reasons for cooperation despite their incredible differences.
"For some reason, the detestable bugs have managed to learn something similar to Hell's Blessing so we can't wait for the fruit to ripen. In six hours, we'll initiate our attack and eat every single one of them. After that, we'll make our way to Hueco Mundo and directly connect it to Hell. From there, we will be able to reach Soul Society." Szayelaporro told them a simple plan with a lazy voice, "You're dismissed."
Without any fail, each one of them glared at Szayelaporro and the former Kenpachi, Kiganjou angrily shouted, "You called us just for that!?"
"Why? Do you have a problem with it?"
"This bastard..." The shortsighted Kiganjou started fuming, "I'm not your slave!" He shouted while pulling out his Zanpakuto and sending flames towards Szayelaporro.
However, the latter only looked at him with an unconcerned expression and snapped his skeletal fingers. The next instant, the flames disappeared and the chain tattoos on Kiganjou's body materialized and began squeezing him to death.
Kiganjou let out an ugly screech as the chains reduced him into pieces of flesh and only stopped when his head was detached from his body. Until the end, he didn't know what was happening. When he regained consciousness, he found himself standing in the same spot before he attacked Szayelaporro.
"W-what was that?" Kiganjou asked himself with a horror-filled face. He knew for sure that it wasn't a dream because of the blood and bits of flesh scattered around him.
Naturally, Szayelaporro couldn't be bothered to answer even though this was the first time he showed this ability to Kiganjou and just repeated his previous words, "You're dismissed."
The others didn't give another glance to Kiganjou nor did they have any pity to give since he's just a coward who avoided Szayelaporro all this time. They guessed that he thought that they were going to back him up once they started brawling, but only now did he realize how wrong he was.
Szayelaporro smirked at everyone's reaction but just as they were about to leave, a heavy Reiatsu suddenly bore down onto their consciousness. Except for the former Arrancars, everyone else shuddered at this Reiatsu full of killing intent that was directed at them.
A few seconds later, a flaming meteor crashed into the roof of the throne room and landed on the floor, destroying it.
Everyone could only stare at the flames in awe and as they receded, revealing an old man within it, and then their awe changed into fear, "Hooh... So this is where you were hiding, you maggots."
"C-Captain..." Chigiri Shijima muttered in horror.
But the only thing that greeted him was a flash of flames that instantly engulfed and turned him into ashes, "I see that you still have the guts to call me Captain. How disgusting."
Everyone almost couldn't see what just happened but they all understood that with a swing of his sword, one of them was instantly incarnated with nothing left behind and all they could feel now was the intense residual heat.
"Everyone! Attack!" Nobutsuna Shigyou shouted, pulling out everyone from their temporary stupor.
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The Last Minute Editor, 28th00: This feels like bullying.
All of the [Chained], except for Szayelaporro, released their Reiatsu mixed with 'Hell's Blessing'. Their sharp blades liberated and hungry for blood, bore down on the old man.
However, Yamamoto remained calm and motionless and it was only until they were about to reach him that they felt the other people who came with and were being masked by Yamamoto's intense aura. Feeling the disadvantageous position they had, they all retreated back.
Dropping down one by one with either fearless smiles or stoic expressions, the liberated ones came face to face with their enemies whom they hadn't seen for countless years.
The first one who stepped out was the former Captain of the 6th Division, a fair-skinned lady with long dark pink hair tied up in two hip-length pigtails on either side of her head. Her large violet eye that's not covered by an eyepatch scanned her surroundings but only noted two people and one regenerating pile of flesh.
With a large mocking smile, she addressed them while pulling and pointing her Zanpakuto at them, "Shigyou, Sakahone, and... Is that Shijima? It has been a while, isn't it? Not since you last hunted down Izuhara and Obana. And where's Kumoi, by the way? Did you finally dispose of that coin-obsessed idiot?"
The former Captain of the 2nd Division and Yoruichi's ancestor, Chika Shihouin, also stepped out while glaring at the founding members of the Gotei 13 who were standing on the other side, "What's the point and saying things to them? Just cut them down."
As soon as he finished words, he disappeared and was immediately followed by a sound of clashing blades. Before they realized it, Chika already dragged Nobutsuna Shigyou with him outside the castle.
Furoufushi was about to attack the decrepit old man and Saizou Sakahone also prepared himself to receive it. But instead of Furoufushi's blade, Saizou ended up swinging his sword to the side in panic and met someone else's blade. When he saw who sneaked up beside him, he felt a large force hitting his side and immediately shot off to the wall, creating a hole in it before landing in a distant mountain.
"Katori... What's up with that?" Furoufushi asked the one who attacked Saizou with discontent.
While fixing her glasses, Batsu'unsai answered, "Forget about it. You don't have any chance against that old man."
Furoufushi wanted to refute her words but stopped when she thought about the old man's ability, "And you can deal with him?"
Batsu'unsai displayed a small smile and said before disappearing, "I learned something very good from the young ladies."
Furoufushi sighed and turned her attention back to the remaining acquaintances, "I guess I'll settle with you." Furofushi swung her Zanpakuto and a blast of wind smashed onto the regenerating torso, sending it through the hole that Yamamoto created. A second later, she also disappeared.
After them, the next one to move was Unohana, and faced one of the former Kenpachi, "Should we leave?"
Kurayashiki shuddered and his blood boiled because he knew exactly who she truly was. However, he wanted to confirm something first, "Are they here?"
Because of Serafall's stories, Unohana was someone who understood what he meant and nodded, "Are you waiting for them?"
Kurayashiki nodded, "As much as I want to face you, I had a promise with that lass."
Unohana was obviously disappointed and she didn't really want to fight an unwilling opponent so her head turned to the other Kenpachi, Kiganjou, "You, it's time to prove yourself." Before walking away.
There was silence after her words and Kigajou could only stare at Unohana's back in disbelief. A few seconds later, he exploded in fury, "You dare!? A mere physician!?" Kiganjou lunged at Unohana but the latter just used Flash Step to get away and the furious former Kenpachi angrily followed her with his voice echoing, "A weakling like you dare challenge me!? I'm going to tear you into pieces!"
Silence still permeated the surroundings and there's an atmosphere of disbelief lingered.
'Why did I take in that idiot?' Szayelaporro asked himself seriously, 'Or maybe he left because he's afraid of Yamamoto Genryuusai.' At that moment, he also noticed the Tousen had disappeared and narrowed his eyes, 'Is it him?'
"Stop wasting time. Let's get this over with. I'll take care of that old man." The stocky and muscular man with no flesh on his head started walking towards Yamamoto, "All of you, get lost."
But despite not having a face, it's apparent to Szayelaporro and the other [Chained] that he's having ambitious thoughts of 'eating' him.
Szayelaporro only chuckled and stood up and said before disappearing, "If you can, then go ahead. I'll look forward to it."
After him, Yammy, Nnoitra, and Zommari also left by using Sonido and Kurayashiki with a Flash Step.
Juushirou wanted to follow Szayelaporro because he was the root of this problem but all of a sudden, the assault group heard Kisuke's voice in their head [Leave Szayelaporro and Kurayashiki to us.]
Without much choice, Juushirou changed his target and followed Yammy Riyalgo while Gin and Choujirou followed Nnoitra and Zommari respectively, leaving behind Yamamoto and Barragan facing each other.
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"...Where did all of that vigor go?" Serafall asked while watching from afar, "They all came together but went out of their way to have one-on-one's."
"Let them be. This also reduces the risk since we don't know what Szayelaporro can do." Kisuke replied to her while taking note of the direction where Szayelaporro left.
At the same time, Kisuke felt someone tugging on his clothes and when he turned around, Claire was looking at him expectantly, "Can I have a go?"
"Want revenge?", asked Kisuke. He was just thinking of sending Serafall after Kuruyashiki or looking for Souya Azashiro who's now in Hell to deal with him.
"Rematch." Claire corrected him.
Kisuke peaked at Serafall and the latter immediately said, "I know what I said that time but I also knew her growth all the while from that point. If she wants to, then let her be. It'll also be a good chance for her to give a proper conclusion to this."
Kisuke sighed, "Fine... But if I think it's going to be dangerous or if I detect any sort of imbalance between your Holy Power and Demonic Power, I'm pulling you out."
Claire nodded cheerfully, "Got it! I'll be careful!"
A second later, 4 pairs of alternating Angel and Devil Wings appeared behind Claire as she flew toward the direction Kurayashiki left.
"...No matter how many times I see it, I still can't believe someone like Claire-chan could exist," Serafall muttered.
Meanwhile, Kisuke is very worried about how her parents and his mother would react to this, 'Looks like the Belial House still don't have a proper heir.'
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28th00: I find it hilarious that all the possible heirs of the Belial house are super-mutant aberrations that are their own species unto themselves. Sure, they’re absurdly powerful, but they’re absolutely NOT devils anymore, so therefore cannot be an heir toa devil house… because they’re not even the same species anymore, even if they somehow have the clan traits still.
But yeah, Shounen duels cause why not? Just a Bleach thing. No, seriously, EVERYONE in Bleach does this shit and Many vs 1 only exists to show how OP the 1 in that equation is compared to everyone else.
Goyya: Yeah. I could hardly remember a group battle in bleach and that’s only when one is overpowered.