Bleach: Rise of the Bount [PG-13][Co-Owned by Ryuujinn][Second Arc][Accept via OOC]

[namelessk]

Fui kicked off as the explosion occurred, rocketing backwards through the air. He then landed lightly on the ground, watching Takeda. "Foolish Shinigami. I am not even at 25%" Fui stated as Takeda raised his own reiatsu. He then saw him disappear. Suddenly, Takeda was above Fui swinging down, but Fui just stood there. He flicked his pointer and middle finger on his right hand upwards, but did it so that Takeda would not know. From around him, four pillars of water rose up, freezing as they did and criss crossed themselves over Fui's head. The pillars hardened just enough to block the slice of Takeda's blade, but Fui knew that they would not hold very long.

 

"If you want to play it that way, then so be it Shinigami." Fui stated coldly as he punched his right hand upwards into the air. From the pillars of ice which had criss crossed over Fui's head, a large fist rocketed out, pushing back on Takeda's blade and forcing him upwards and into the air. Fui stared at his opponent who was now thrown up into the sky and lifted his left hand. A second large hand shot out from the wrist of the fist and converged on Takeda, swatting down on him as one does a fly with a fly swatter. If it hit him, it would surely crush him.

 

Fui lowered his right hand to the ground, holding it out, as if beckoning for something. More water burst up from the ground under Fui and attached itself to his right hand. The water shaped itself and formed into a normal katana made of icy water. He was about to finish his attack on Takeda when he heard Yomi's yell. He looked around the battefield, and it was then that he noticed the new Shinigami's arrival. "Humph. They underestimate Reinhardt. His technique is too powerful." Fui stated.

 

He then drew his left hand into the pocket of his trenchcoat and pulled out the golden wheel within it. He looked at it for some time, as if he was deciding on something. "There should be enough of Kanki Ushio's reiatsu spread out within the water vapors in here. If I unleash that attack, then it should be enough to draw him here." Fui mused. Just what does he thinks he is accomplishing by standing by and watching his minions die. Fui turned his attention on Takeda, who by now would be falling back down through the air. He pointed the katana held in his right hand at him and a huge smirk formed on his face. "Tell me Shinigami...just how quickly would you like to die?" Fui asked in a mocking tone.

[.:Blu:.]

Takeda was falling to the ground at great speed with the fly swatter gaining on him. Takeda was unconcious for a moment there as he crashed towards the ground. "(Wake up....... wake up....... Takeda.........)" Takeda thought to himself as he was dreaming of his past.

 

[5th Division Barracks, 20 years ago]

 

Takeda was enjoying a meal prepared especially for him. He was gobbling up every last piece of food there was on the table. "Yummy!!! Man, these people sure do know how to cook, hehe!!!" Takeda stated as he fell backwards to the ground with a big satisfied grin on his face. As he opened his eyes, he saw his new captain, Cpt. Iyusaka. "Huh? {Gasp} C-captain!" Takeda exclaimed as he quickly got up from the ground and bowed to Iyusaka. "I'm the new lieutenant! Masaru Takeda!" Takeda stated as he continued to bow. "Hehe, so you're my new lieutenant huh? Don't need to be so formal, we're all friends around the 5th Division Barracks." Iyusaka stated with a calming smile. Takeda rose his body up and saw the smile. Seeing that reassured him a little. "Oh, thank you Captain." Takeda stated. "No problem. I see you already helped yourself to the complimentary dinner." "Dinner? Oh sorry Captain, it's just I haven't gotten a chance to eat this morning." "No problem at all."

 

[Present]

 

Takeda awoke with a surprisingly calm demeanor. Takeda placed his zanapkuto over his head as the fly swatter crashed down onto him with immense force, causing a huge cloud of smoke to appeared. "Damn...... I guess I'll just have to use Bankai...... At this rate, I'll have no chance of surviving......" Takeda stated calmly as he held his blade outwards to his right. "Ban.... Kai!!!!" From within the cloud of smoke a huge amount of reiatsu burst forward. Iyusaka looked over to the cloud of smoke. ".........." As the cloud disappeared, a humongous steel-skinned bulldog appeared with Takeda sitting on top of it. The bulldog let out a great roar that caused quite a shockwave, enough to destroy the hand Fui created.

 

"Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu!!!!" Takeda yelled out as he rotated a long lance above him. Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu then jumped over to a pile of destroyed buildings nearby and lift the buildings up with one of its arm, reavealing a reservoir of shadow. Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu then swallowed up the shadow and shot it outwards as a giant beam of dark energy, devastating everything in its path and creating a huge canal on the ground.

 

[spoiler=OOC]*Note, the bulldog's skin is not really made out of steel but the same material as all zanpakuto are made out of, however it is much thicker and stronger like Hierro.

 

[Allesk]

Since Sayrori was in a dome of hardened flame she would not be able to see anything going on outside the cocoon therefore she could not bind any of the blades being shot at Kisune. The blades shot around her so fast that she could barley stop them around her so this would give her even less room to move around.She did not target the tentacles with her kido and would have to be focused a lot to heal and bind at the same time. the liquid diamond in the cocoon wrapped around her neck and solidified choking her until she was unconscious. the blades were still shooting towards Kisune. Baldur looked around staying on guard.

[namelessk]

[spoiler=OOC]Umm, Allesk, Fui said not to kill any of the shinigami. Just push them to their limits.

 

 

Fui watched as Takeda released his Bankai. When the smoke cleared and he saw the huge dog before him with Takeda sitting atop its head, he was quite impressed. He showed this with an even bigger smirk which now formed on his face. "Just as I planned." he said to himself. Just then, the dog released a powerful beam of darkness which was blasting straight at him. He looked at the ground, noticing the marks the beam left as it moved across the ground. He knew that he might not be able to survive it without a couple of scratches if it hit him full on.

 

He lifted his blade into the sky, and a large mass of water burst up from the ground in front of him. The water rose and froze quickly, forming a very thick wall of ice which shaped itself at an angle so that it could deflect the beam. Fui jumped back a little, unsure of whether or not the wall would hold. His instincts were telling him different and so he lifted the golden wheel within his left hand into the air as he called out "Zeige Dich, Blitzrad." As he said this, there was a flash of golden reiatsu which blasted out from the wheel.

 

While this happened, the beam was forcing its way through the ice wall. The wall could not deflect such a powerful beam entirely, and so the beam got through. Fui was ready however, and the golden aura that surrounded him grew larger and formed into a massive seven foot tall version of the wheel. This wheel, however, was made of lightning which sparkled and crackled as the wheel began to spin with intensity, Fui at it's center. As the beam neared, the electricity built up and formed a dome over the wheel and Fui. The beam collided with the dome and exploded, throwing up smoke around Fui.

 

When the smoke cleared, Fui stood there unharmed, his left hand in his pocket and his right still holding the icy blade. "Good job Shinigami. You almost got me there." Fui said. "Just kidding." he then added, his face growing more serious. He was taking too long, and so it was now time to end it. Fui lifted his blade once more, and the shattered ice wall rose up. It then began shaping itself, slowly taking on a humanoid shape. It grew legs and then a chest and then arms. Spikes grew from the sides of the chest and the elbows of the arms. Then finally, the head grew on the humanoid body. Kanki Ushio had taken his second form once again. He was now as big as the dog which was Takeda's bankai. His dark blue eyes gleamed within his light blue body. He quickly rushed forwards for his size, forming ice on the ground with each step he took, and then rammed into the dog, hoping to tackle it and impale it with the spikes protruding from his chest.

[.:Blu:.]

Takeda was unfazed by this turn of events, he simply gave the same bloodthirsty grin as always. "That was just a normal attack Bount!!! Don't tell me you're losing your touch!!!!" Takeda yelled out as Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu charged forward at Kanki Ushio. As they were about to collide, Takeda held his lance out towards the shadow of a nearby building and absorbed the shadow from the building. "You think my dog here is the only one who has the shadow wave ability?!" Takeda asked as he launched a wave of dark energy towards the spikes of Kanki Ushio. The wave was able to cut off the spikes, leaving the chest area opened. Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu then tackled the opened area with immense force, pushing Kanki Ushio back and leaving quite a gash. "(If I'm correct, then the water will form back into the chest area........)" Takeda thought to himself.

[namelessk]

As Kanki Ushio saw Takeda's Bankai drawing near to him, his eyes seemed to glimmer slightly. Kanki Ushio had been watching the battle from the beginning just as Fui was. He knew the abilities of Takeda's zanpakutou, or at least from the theory that Fui gave. As he saw Takeda absorb shadows of a building nearby, he quickly realized that an attack was coming next. His body seemed to become watery as it split down the middle, opening up wide at his chest area. This allowed him to move over Takeda instead of colliding into him. The wave simply rocketed through the air, maybe even hitting the barrier which Reinhardt had set up.

 

"I have deciphered your abilities Shinigami and now I have drawn up a theory on how to defeat it." Fui said from where he stood away from them. Kanki Ushio suddenly reformed and surrounded Takeda and his Bankai as a large dome of water. The water then quickly froze into very thick ice, trapping Takeda within it. "You need shadows in order to use your attacks. In that dome, there are no shadows except your own. My belief is that you will suffer greatly if you absorbed your own shadow. Maybe you would even cease to exist. So, I doubt you would try that." Fui said. "Plus the amount of shadow necessary to escape that thick ice would be alot. You would probably die if you absorbed all of your shadow simply to escape that." Fui continued.

 

"It's over Shinigami...you had an interesting ability, but in the end it doesn't matter on your abilities, for I will always win. I am too powerful for you to defeat me alone." Fui stated as he lifted his blade and pointed it into the air. "Now, all of you Shinigami will suffer." Fui said calmly. This should draw him out. More water blasted up from the ground around Fui, moving into the air and hovering just under the roof of the dome. It seemed that Kanki Ushio had increased his volume during his stay within the ground. He was now in two places at once.

 

The wheel of lightning which was spinning around Fui then lifted up into the air while still spinning. It stopped when it reached the middle of the volume of water hovering within the air. "Blitzquelle." Fui muttered. As he said this, there was a huge flash of electricity within the air above them all. The electricity crackled and expanded. Soon, it was moving through the water and was now heading towards all of the Shinigami captains as well as Kaosu and Saren. The blasts of electricity moved with incredible speed, slightly higher than a shunpo.

 

Even before they neared the Shinigami, Kaosu, and Saren, they could feel it's effects on their body. Somehow, they were being shocked and paralyzed with small bursts of electricity. How this was possible, no one knew except Fui. His smirk grew wider as he watched them squirm while paralyzed with the bolts of lightning still coming towards them. He knew that if it did hit any of them, it would send 3000 volts of electricity through their body, instantly frying them into nothing.

 

Just then, there was a crack in the dome surrounding them all. Fui quickly looked up, and noticed that the crack was spreading. More cracks began to appear in many places in the top of the dome, and then a voice was heard.

 

"Destroy and recreate the world, Gendan Jootai" the voice bellowed.

 

A powerful burst of reiatsu crushed down on the area, as large as the amount felt when Fui had arrived. The new combatant was on the same level with Fui in terms of reiatsu strength it seemed. A large mass of water blasted down into the dome, moving with amazing speed to intercept the lightning bolts heading towards all of the Captains. The water conducted the bolts into itself, allowing it to be supercharged. Since there was so much water though, it was not all fried, but some of it did turn to steam.

 

The water then moved forward and crashed down onto Fui, submerging him in it completely and washing him away, or it seemed it did. The water that had been hovering in the air fell back towards the ground, and the lightning wheel seemed to disappear with a golden flash. As all of this occurred, a large man, who stood at 8 feet tall crashed down into the area. Just by looking at him, one would know who he was.

 

He had a calm expression, yet in his gray eyes, one could see slight anger or annoyance. His bald head gleamed though there was no sun, and his short gray beard flapped slightly in the wind. He wore the normal shinigami robes for Squad 1, except his was much larger in order to fit him. There was a large sheathe strapped to the right side of his waist, and in his hand was a large zanpakutou, about 4 times the size of a normal one, while the blade was 5 meters longer than normal. There was no mistaking it. When one saw the large blade held in his hand and the large volume of water which was now moving towards the man, they would instantly recognize him as the Captain-Commander.

 

"Is there no one left in Seireitei able enough to protect this place while I am gone? Must I have to do things myself?" the man proclaimed. His voice boomed across the area. When one heard it, it made them instantly want to listen to him, for it had such leadership and authority in it. He looked around at all of the shinigami captains who were paralyzed and then at the one Bount before him. His eyes roamed over him. "I shall teach you a lesson that you will never forget child." his voice boomed towards Baldur as he raised his blade.

 

Just then, an explosion of electricity occurred over where Fui had once been standing. The lightning wheel was spinning there, and inside of it stood none other than Fui, unharmed and brushing himself off. He wasn't even wet. It seemed his doll had moved with lightning speed to protect him. "So you have finally arrived Choogurai. What was all the delay for?" Fui asked with a large smirk on his face.

 

"None of your business. Just stay in your place whippersnapper." Turokenji said as he lowered his blade. He stared right into Fui's eyes, though how this was possible was unknown since he was so big compared to Fui. The two simply stared at one another for some time before Turokenji tapped his blade to the ground and lifted his left hand, which he wasn't using at the time, into the air to point at Fui. "I will teach you the consequences of trying to destroy my beloved Seireitei." Turokenji's voice boomed.

[.:Blu:.]

Takeda, as he was frozen in the block of ice, gave a bloodthirsty smirk as Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu began to rumble. The ice surrounding it was beginning to shatter and soon the whole dome started to collapse. Takeda was simply sitting on Monosugoi Kage-Shoku-Juu with an unfazed appearance as he stared at Fui. "Didn't I tell you before that my zanpakuto is combat-based? My Bankai can destroy things with such immense force and you think this barrier will be able to stop me?! To me, the shadow ability is just an extra inccentive, hehe......" Takeda stated as he turned to Choogurai and gave a quick salute. "Yo! Hey Old Man, ya made it! What took ya, hehe!!!" Takeda exclaimed as he jumped towards the other captains.

 

Iyusaka was unfazed by the events at hand and simply gave a joking sigh of relief as he shunpo'd next to the Captain-Commander. "Well welcome back Captain-Commander." Iyusaka stated as he gave a friendly smile. "I didn't released my Bankai, but I guessed I should've considering how the buildings were already decimated enough. Hehe, I remember when you were training me and I released my Bankai in your dojo. What was the punishment again? I seemed to have forgotten." Iyusaka stated.

[namelessk]

[spoiler=OOC:] Be careful with your abilities. You're easily shrugging off the attacks of a guy who is 70/70. Seven points higher than your character. You don't even have two more people to fight him with which the rules state you needed. I'll overlook it because Fui is toying, but just remember to be careful in having your character keep up with all of his attacks so easily.

 

 

In fact, the dome that was surrounding Takeda was really thick ice. It did not shatter as easily as he had hoped it would. Plus, Kanki Ushio's ability allowed him to freeze anything that touched his watery or icy form that had lower spiritual pressure than his. Fui had alot more spiritual pressure than Takeda, simply because he was on par with the Captain-Commander and with the Primera Espada, something that Takeda was not.

 

Fui turned his attention away from Takeda, ignoring his comments, and continued to stare at Turokenji. He couldn't mess around with this guy, for he would not escape without any injuries if he did face him head on. Fui continued to stare at him, his katana made of icy water gripped tightly in his right hand. "Choogurai..." Fui muttered.

 

"Stay here Captain Iyusaka. You have done enough." Turokenji said. Without another word, Turokenji was gone from his position. A slight breeze blew around the area, and he was then in front of Fui, his giant blade slashing down onto him. Fui slashed upwards at the enormous blade, gathering reiatsu into his arm as he did. His slash met the Captain-Commander's and a powerful shockwave was released as the two blades met. It was a wonder how he could even block such a massive blade.

 

Fui stared at the Captain-Commander, a smirk on his face. He then started to cring a little under the weight of the blade. The effect of using his Starker Arm too much was taking effect. He then buckled to one knee under the weight of the massive blade. "Darn it." he cursed as he looked back up at Turokenji, whose eyes were almost burning with fury.

 

Turokenji then lifted his left hand and punched it down towards Fui. The mass of water which had moved into the dome earlier now crashed down on Fui from above. Turokenji jumped back with surprising speed for his size as it did in order to get out of the way. As the water came down on Fui, he released a massive shockwave of Sprengstoff to repel the water. The shockwave proved enough as all of the water was blasted away.

 

"Darn it...I underestimated him. He wasn't this strong the last time Seireitei fell at my hands. Back then, he wasn't even a Captain, let alone Captain-Commander." Fui said, starting to breath hard finally. It also seemed as if he was running out of reiatsu. He stood up fully and stared at Turokenji once more. "Had enough child?" Turokenji asked in a mocking voice, pointing his blade at Fui.

 

"You think I'll be taken out after one attack?" Fui asked as he rushed forward. He was gone from his spot, disappearing with a blur. He then reappeared in front of Turokenji, slicing across his massive chest. Turokenji simply lifted his blade to block it and then pushed it forward, parrying the slice as well as throwing Fui backwards away from him.

 

Fui staggered in the air, staring at Turokenji. "This can't be." he said, losing his famous smirk. His face was becoming more serious. I can't use my third doll again. I've used too much of my powers already. Fui then slid his katana to the side. Blitzrad was suddenly at his side, spinning vertically. It then seemed to shrink and moved towards Fui''s right arm.

 

The wheel spun around the katana, passing electricity over it as it moved down the blade until it reached his wrist. It stopped there but continued to spin. It then sent a surge of lightning through the blade from it's position on Fui's wrist, causing it to spark and crackle with power. "Prepare yourself." Fui said. "It is you who should prepare." Turokenji said as he watched Fui.

[Allesk]

Baldur saw the rapids of water filling and spilling downward as the dome was cracked open and the Captain Commander arrived. Baldur flicked his wrist holding Hundert-schnitt. "Retract." Every bit of its shot back into the end of the hilt retracting as if by a magnetic force. "Krake, here, now." Krake from all over formed into octahedron and flew towards Baldur. When he reformed his was in the appearance of a pure octopus. Baldur spun Hundert-schnitt and a blade shot from it and into the ground. The blade skyrocketed into the air with Baldur. a blade formed under his feet for a place to stand. It shot high enough before the massive wave hit it and caused it to be knocked from the ground. Baldur plunged into the water with his arms around Krakes body, Krake unwrapped his tentacles around Baldur and swam through the water reaching the top. Baldur stood on Krake so his body was nolonger in the water. "Thank you." Baldur said with a smile.

[.:Blu:.]

[spoiler=OOC]Alright I'll more careful with my abilities, but stats is not always the deciding factor in battles. I mean look at Cpt. Zaraki, his stats are one of the lowest in all captains yet he is freakin' strong. I understand however that Fui is the leader however and of course Takeda'll lose if he fights him solo, but the stats really shouldn't matter against opponents in the general rank category like the other captains vs the other bounts (not including Cpt-Commander and Fui) and the same for espadas (not including Ganz). Well just to make a point is all, and of course I'm going to follow the rules so no worries.

 

 

 

Takeda sealed his zanpakuto and then shunpo'd towards Iyusaka. "Hey the Old Man is back. Does this mean we can't have anymore fun?!" Takeda asked with a sulking expression. "Fun? Geez Takeda, you really love fighting don't you? You haven't changed a bit." Iyusaka stated with a small grin on his face. "Yeah, yeah, whatever....... Well I guess I just sit back then." Takeda stated as he sat down on the building. Iyusaka just simply continued to watch the battle between the Captain-Commander and Fui. "So the Captain-Commander is taking this into his own hands huh? I haven't seen him fight in quite a long time. And knowing the Captain-Commander, he's really going to enjoy this. Afterall, he's not the kind to rather do paperwork, hehe." Iyusaka stated as he looked on.

[ryuujinn]

Yomi looked relieved when he felt a familiar, and extremely strong reiatsu arrive on the scene. He knew who it was even without the person introducing himself. Why wouldn't he? He's known nearly the captain commander ever since the re-establishment of Seireitei. He immediately looked towards Saren, who seemed extremely amazed while examining the boundaries of the dome.

 

"Yomi. The dome." Saren drew out his bow again, hitting it with the same faintly glowing arrow from earlier. "Its gone."

 

The arrow indeed passed through and continued to travel until it finally hit the walls of Seireitei itself, after which it dissipated. Yomi gave a sigh of relief, but somehow, he wasn't still sure where the other Bount was. It could be troublesome, but they have no way of finding him yet.

 

Somewhere above the battlefield, the snow-storm has stopped, and from somewhere above Yomi and Saren, snow started to compact and form into a human figure and what looked like a dragon figure. It gradually built up until it finally became ice. The human figure suddenly cracked, and burst into a multitude of pieces, revealing Reinhardt, looking unscathed. He gazed around the battlefield and saw the captain-commander engaged with Fui. His gaze then fell towards Yomi and Saren, and Iyusaka, then towards the other captains.

 

"My. That dome was my masterpiece. I didn't expect that strong captain to arrive suddenly." Reinhardt remarked coldly.

 

"What should we do?" Vereisen asked softly.

 

"Well, we wait. Fui-sama is fighting. We observe. If any shinigamis come and fight us, we'll take them on here, up in the air, where your aerial capabilities are superior." Reinhardt said.

 

Just then, two flashes of light streaked past them, missing Reinhardt by a hair's breadth. It was from Saren, and Yomi looked intent on fighting too, as he drew out a slab of earth and sent it flying towards Reinhardt, to which the bount replied by having Vereisen send a barrage of icicle formed from the falling snow themselves, crushing the slab of earth, and continuing towards Saren, Yomi, and Iyusaka.

 

"Not this time, bount!" Yomi shouted, erecting the earth from in front of him, and producing a small dome, big enough to cover the three of them.

[namelessk]

[spoiler=OOC:] Alright. Well, stats will usually sometimes be a determining factor in the battles. Yeah, it'll depend on the skill of the person using the character as well, but in terms of attack power, speed, and defense ability, that depends on stats. Oh, and Zaraki has high stats in terms of strength and reiatsu power. The reiatsu is what makes him strong. He just doesn't have high stats in terms of like kido or something. But yeah, I get what you're saying though about the other bounts vs. the other captains.

 

 

Turokenji suddenly felt a presence of reiatsu arriving into the battle. From the corner of his eye, Turokenji noticed the buildup of snow and then the appearance of Reinhardt from the snow. He turned around to face him, taking his attention away from Fui for a moment. "Who is this? I'm guessing these children are associated with you." Turokenji bellowed as he turned back to Fui.

 

"Why of course they are. I sent them here at first for the purpose of drawing you out. I wanted to destroy you with my own hands." Fui said. Then his serious face grew into a smile. "You ran away too quickly for me to destroy you the last time we met." Fui added, chuckling slightly to himself. "Silence fool." Turokenji bellowed, pointing Gendan towards Fui.

 

"No need to get so upset." Fui said. He then disappeared, reappearing above Turokenji, pointing his blade down at him. From the blade, a ring of electricity was released, blasting down with incredible speed. Turokenji looked up as he heard the crackling of the electricity and then shunpo'd out of the way. He reappeared behind Fui, his blade held high before he chopped down onto Fui.

 

Fui heard the movement of the blade through the air and spun around to face him, slashing his blade as he whirled. When he slashed his blade, water exploded up around him and crashed into Turokenji's blade, helping to parry and block it. Turokenji moved back slightly and then disappeared once more. He appeared on the ground and looked at his fellow captains, noticing Sayori trapped within the sphere of flames. "Why is Captain Sayori trapped within there? She is easy bait." he called out. "Free her while I take on this miscreant." he bellowed.

 

Fui disappeared in the air and reappeared next to Reinhardt, breathing even heavier now. "Reinhardt. Glad to see you are back. It seems he was too powerful and was able to easily break through your technique." Fui said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the vial that Reinhardt had given him earlier. He quickly downed it, replenishing himself with reiatsu.

 

"Ha! Yes. After fighting the Primera, I would not have survived against the Captain-Commander much longer." Fui said. He then looked at the Captain-Commander who was staring back at him. "Come back and fight me!" Turokenji called out. "We might have to retreat. He is too powerful at this moment. Plus, he has the advantage. He is fresh and hasn't been fighting yet unlike us." Fui said.

[ryuujinn]

Reinhardt gave a short nod, acknowledging what the bount leader has said. He knew too, how futile it would be to fight someone like the captain commander when they've just dealt with the Espada earlier. He stared around them, and saw the entirety of the situation. Whilst snow still covered the ground, it wasn't enough to use a coup de grace, not with the dome he erected was destroyed. It was not a smart decision. He looked once again at Fui.

 

"I think we should take our leave. Baldur looks like he's enjoying himself, though. But survival-wise, we need our wits and our strength back." Reinhardt remarked coldy.

 

The snow started to die out, melting to water form again, before evaporating quickly up into the air, and into Vereisen. The ice dragon clearly looked more fresher as the snow completely melded once again into her body. After a few moments, the skies cleared, and the black clouds were driven away by the wind. It was the sign of Reinhardt's decision to withdraw the use of his technique.

[Allesk]

Baldur stood on Krake as his tentacles began to spin around him, making a circular motion as if on a wheel but the octopus's midsection and head did not spin. The Doll rose into the air and flew over to where his fellow bount was and his leader Fui. "We are leaving? Just when I could feel hundert-schnitt becoming more in sync." Baldur said. He may have been second in command but Baldur had not fully mastered his second doll completely, he has full controll over the doll but thought that there was still some mystery behind it. Baldur shrugged. "Well, I guess we will have to square off some other time worthless shinigami." Baldur didn't plan on resting after his retreat he was going to train his a** off. If he wanted to stay in second command much longer his skills needed to be improved. Baldur waited until Fui was ready, Once signaled he would retreat.

[.:Blu:.]

Iyusaka stared at the Bounts closely as the snow melted away and the sky began to clear up. "It seems as though they're getting ready to retreat....... I don't blame them....... they're currently weakened and outnumbered. If I were them I would retreat as well. Live today to fight another........." Iyusaka stated as he walked closer to the battlefield. Iyusaka then looked at Yomi and smiled. "Thank you for the help Cpt. Yomi. I would've gotten more injuries if it weren't for your barrier." Iyusaka stated. Takeda was lying on the ground with his eyes closed. He didn't pay any attention at all towards what's currently happening. "(So the Bounts are retreating are they? Humph, whatever........)" Takeda thought to himself.

[namelessk]

Fui looked around him and saw that all of the Bount were accounted for. He had told Kasaka and Asaka to go back to the base and so he didn't have to worry about them right now. Fui lifted his right arm, and the spinning wheel of lightning on his wrist flashed golden and then disappeared. In Fui's left hand formed the golden wheel which was his doll, Blitzrad.

 

"Going somewhere?" Turokenji asked. "Do you actually think that I will let you leave?"

 

"You stop me from leaving?" Fui asked, chuckling a little. "Please, don't make me laugh. My leaving benefits you more. Be happy that I didn't destroy your precious Seireitei." Fui said as he lifted his right hand which he was holding his katana in. The katana melted and then reformed back into the icy water which made it up. The water swirled into Fui's hand and then formed a blue gourd. The gourd froze, and Fui hooked it onto his belt. "Let's go." he said and turned his back towards the Captain-Commander.

 

"Oh no you don't." Turokenji called out, appearing above the three, slashing down with all his might. A large volume of water rose with his blade and then crashed down when he slashed. Without turning his attention to the Captain-Commander, a large mass of icy water rose above the three Bount, forming into a watery wall to protect them. The wall froze and hardened and became incredibly thick. It then swirled and blasted out, freezing the Captain-Commander's own water and pushing it back.

 

Fui then turned back towards the Captain-Commander who was now trying to fight through the ice wall. "Kanki Ushio will remain here and update me." Fui said as he disappeared in a blur. He moved incredibly fast, leaving only a slight breeze behind him. He was now gone, and it would be good if the other Bounts took his lead.

 

The water that had protected them then fell away and hit the ground. As soon as it hit the ground, it sank in once again as if the ground was absorbing it. All of the water that had been used by Fui was now sinking into the ground. As one last puddle sank into the ground, a pair of dark blue eyes could be seen glimmering within it.

 

Turokenji stopped hacking at the wall of ice once he saw it recede. "He was a coward to run." he stated as he hovered slowly to the ground. He looked around at the area once more, surveying it. "Captain Yomi!" he bellowed. "Give me a status report on what went on here." he called out, turning around to face Yomi.

[Allesk]

"Speed? What a drag." Baldur said. He was not the fastest that is for sure. Baldur let Krake rush off under him traveling at a decently fast speed. He was able to keep up enough to know where he was going, but he was not side by side with the other two. Hundert-schnitt returned to its sealed form as a ring like claw around his right index-finger. Baldur returned to the base and looked around. "We should have killed those wretched shinigami and then taken on the Captain Commander at once. Sparing such filth. Oh well, I'm sure you have your reasons." Baldur said disappointed he could not absorb any shinigami.

[Hotaru987]

Sayori was slipping in and out of consciousness through the rest of the fight between the bounts and the captains. She was glad that the ink on her neck was gone, and just barely acknowladged the arival of the Captain-commander. Soon the bounts left, and the Captain-commader's booming voice jarred her out of her semi-consciousness, as he asked Yomi for a status report. What does it look like? We got attacked, and the seireitei was destroied. She thought rubbing her now red neck, and looking at her legs to see how bad the damage was.

[.:Blu:.]

Iyusaka shunpo'd towards Takeda, blocking the sunlight from Takeda's face. "Huh?...... Did it got dark again?......" Takeda stated with closed eyes. "Are you fooling around again Takeda?" Iyusaka asked with a calm voice as he awaited a response. Takeda opened his eyes and noticed Iyusaka. Takeda then stood up from the ground and started to stretch his arms. "{YAWN!!!} Are we done here yet? I want to go get something to eat. I'm starving." Takeda stated as he rubbed his stomach. "Eat, fight, and sleep. Is that all you think about?" Iyusaka asked in a serious tone. "Tsch...... I also need to use the bathroom don't I?" Takeda asked rehtorically. "Just pay attention." "We're probably gonna have to do a lot of paperwork after this, damn it........"

[ryuujinn]

"Yes, Captain Commander."

 

Yomi immediately rose from his spot, giving Iyusaka a friendly and warm smile, before going towards the Captain Commander. From the looks on the other shinigami faces, they're all battered, bruised, and worn out. It had been a long twenty four hours for them. Even Yomi himself looked relieved when he saw the bounts making their way out of Seireitei.

 

"Jii-san, its been a while," Yomi gave a short bow, then proceeded with his report, "These all started with the hollow attacks around afternoon yesterday. Modified hollows had infiltrated the West Rukongai Districts without getting our attention. We suspect that it was because of that Espada, Zasalamel, who has the uncanny ability to hide reiatsu using what looked like a field of magnetism."

 

Yomi rested a while, before resuming his reports.

 

"We've managed to deal with them, until someone called Raizou of the Chamber 46 came in and called a meeting. It was later found out that he was an arrancar of Privaron Status impersonating important people. Captain Nato has dealt with him and is now recovering in the barracks of the 4th division. However, we were further sieged with high ranking Arrancars, culminating with the appearance of Zasalamel, the segunda Espada, and the Primera Espada himself. They were half responsible for destroying a third of Seireitei, including the Eastern and Northern Gates. One of them even attempted to destroy the 4th division barracks, but I was able to remedy that in time. Captains Sayori, and Iyusaka, along with Captains Nato and Akiyama were the first to respond. Captains Takeda and Kisune came just in time as we were being pushed by the bounts."

 

Yomi gazed towards Saren, who seemed to be sitting on the ground, observing something.

 

"That Quincy," Yomi pointed towards Saren, "Was of great help to us during the siege. He seemed to have a soft spot for Captain Sayori, but I don't expect him to give any due respects to the other shinigamis here, including you, jii-san. But he's a pretty decent one. His name is Saren Kushinada. Now, onto the bount attacks. It started with one of them, the boy you saw earlier who materialized out of ice. He's apparently named Reinhardt, and along with the other bount, someone named Baldur, came first here and wrecked the Northern area. That guy you fought, whom they called Fui-sama, is who I assumed as their leader. He also came here, and fought with the Primera Espada, to which it ended in a stalemate. After that, the Espada and the rest of the Arrancars vanished without a trace. We were nearly doomed earlier when Reinhardt formed an invisible dome around here, piling up the snow. Saren quickly deduced that it was dangerous. I assume it failed when you smashed the dome, Jii-san. That was some impeccable timing."

 

Yomi ended his report with another short bow, then staring at the Captain-Commander, looking for any signs of reprimand or anger.

[.:Blu:.]

As Yomi finished giving his report, Takeda burst out with irritation. "HEY!!!! SHOULDN'T I GET AN AWARD OR SOMETHING???!!! I WAS THE ONE HADDLING THAT FUJI OR WHATEVER THE HELL HIS NAME WAS!!!!!" Takeda yelled out towards Yomi. Iyusaka then lift of his hand and smacked Takeda right in the middle of his face sending him flying back quite a distance. "Quiet Takeda, you've almost got killed if it wasn't for the Captain-Commander coming here just in time." Iyusaka stated. Takeda was holding onto his nose due to the bleeding. "Damn Iyusaka........" Takeda mumbled. Iyusaka then shunpo'd over to Yomi and the Captain-Commander.

 

"Seireitei, no, the entire Soul Society has suffered a great amount due to the Arrancars and Bounts. If I'm correct, then they won't make a move until later on. During this time we should have everybody prepared. But there is also the matter of the damage to the land and buildings. This was a great blow done by our enemies. Yomi, Captain-Commander, we've need to strengthen our defenses and also find a way to help with the damage. I propose that the Divisions without their captains present helped to rebuild the Soul Society. And the Divisions with captains present should take initiative and prepare for any upcoming battles heading our way. This is a grim time for our great Soul Society, but we must not give up hope." Iyusaka stated.

 

"And if possible, we should hold a meeting to discuss these things along with any suggestions from the other captains. Captain-Commander, Cpt. Yomi, do you have any other ideas?" Iyusaka asked with a serious tone. This time Iyusaka's usual happy and calm demeanor has been replaced by a more serious demeanor.

[ryuujinn]

Yomi nodded at Iyusaka's suggestion. These were dire times indeed, and they needed a plan of action. There were a lot of things to consider, and most of them needs the attention of every captains present. Even though the Bount and the Arrancars showed no love for each other, it can still be viewed as a massive threat to Seireitei, especially after what has happened. They would need to be prepared. The Western Districts of Rukongai has taken a massive amount of damage, structures ruined, and nearly no houses were left standing. Northern Seireitei and some isolated areas within are also damaged, structures nearly failing. It was up to the captain commander to decide what to do now.

 

Meanwhile, down the ground, Saren has noticed Sayori. He can sense that her condition was not good, judging from the way she can't stand nor use her legs. A look of concern and worry floated across his face as he used Hiryenkyaku to move towards Sayori's position immediately. He pulled out a silver tube from his satchel, and immediately poured it on Sayori's legs, from her thighs to the tip of her toes. Saren thenp placed a hand on both leg, sending what looked like a light glow of reiatsu.

 

The spirit particles around Saren started to react, condensing into small white particles, then entering Sayori's skin. It mended the bones and the muscles, healing it back to its healthy state. As side effect, Sayori's reiatsu seemed to be flowing back too, refreshing her and healing her wounds. Saren lifted his palms when he judged that the female shinigami has already recuperated.

 

"Ah there. That should make you feel better, Kuchiki-san. I've shared some of my reiatsu with you so you'd be healed." Saren said, looking a little light-headed, but nonetheless he was smiling. "Looks like your captain friends are having a serious meeting over there. You should go. As for me, this is not my place. I will go as well once I've recovered my strength to full."

 

Saren then sat down on the damp earth, looking rather tired. He gave Sayori another warm smile, before staring at the expansive, blue sky above of them.

[Hotaru987]

Sayori tossed a grateful smile towards Saren truely thankful for his presence and help. "You really don't know how thankful I am that you're here." Once he was finished her legs, as well as her entier form felt much better. Before she could stop herself she gave him a hug. "Thanks again. I don't think I'd ever repay you." She smiled before using Shunpo and stopping next to Iyusaka. "Sorry about that had a little set back." Sayori said sheepishly scratching the back of her head.

[.:Blu:.]

Iyusaka looked at Sayori and gave one of his usual smiles. "Heh, you seem rather giddy Cpt. Kuchiki. Did something good happen?" Iyusaka stated calmly as he continued to smile. He then turn back to face Yomi and the Captain-Commander. Iyusaka's smile once again disappeared from his face. Iyusaka knew he couldn't be joking around in a time like this. "Very well then Cpt. Yomi." Iyusaka stated as he turned back to Sayori. "We were discussing about our next plan of action. Do you have any suggestions Cpt. Kuchiki? If not now, then you can always think about it and give us the suggestion at the Gotei 13's next meeting." Iyusaka stated. Takeda stood up and watched as Saren stare into the sky. "What the hell is he doing?" Takeda mumbled as he looked up towards the sky as well. "The sky sure is blue today, even after being blocked out by the darkness. Just like how the Gotei 13 will win against the Bounts or Arrancars." Takeda stated.

[namelessk]

Turokenji listed to Yomi intensely. As he heard about how first the hollows attacked followed by the two strongest Arrancar, his brow began furrowing. This worried him if the two strongest arrancar came themselves instead of sending minions. The, he heard about the Bount attack. This made him even more worried and upset. He couldn't believe that Seireitei had been attacked for 24 hours while he was gone. How could this be?

 

"Hmm.." Turokenji said, looking away for Yomi as he thought after Yomi had finished his report. He listened to everyone talk around him as he thought. Fui Moritaka. He remembered the name clearly, for the Bount had been bold enough to say it after he had left Seireitei in ruins so many years back. Now he was back, no doubt looking to wreak more havoc onto Seireitei. Could Seireitei even take all of this?

 

"Fui Moritaka. Yes, he is their leader no doubt about it. He was the bount who attacked Seireitei so many years back and defeated all of the previous Captains. How he did that, I do not know." Turokenji said, his gaze drifting off. "I was right there. I watched the whole thing happen. The previous Captain of the 1st Squad after Yamamoto was my Captain. He told me to remain behind. Take on his position in the case that he died...which he did. Fui eventually found me and tried to kill me to, but I only retreated. I couldn't take him on alone." Turokenji went on. His look of seriousness seemed to be fading away at this time, being replaced by a sad look.

 

"Fui destroyed them all mercilessly, but for some reason, he did not fight at the strength he fought at then. He seemed weaker somehow. He didn't even use his fourth doll. I presume it was that which helped him most to defeat the Captains. None of their attacks could touch him. They were all instantly turned to ash upon reaching him. No one could tell what kind of power his doll had, or if it was even the doll which had that power." Turokenji said, a hint of fear in his voice at that last statement.

 

He then stopped lamenting on the past and looked up at all of the Captains around him. He wondered when the question of where he had been would pop up, but he noticed that it didn't. He guessed that it was because they were trying to be polite and not ask him too much of his business outside of Seireitei. He then turned to Captain Iyusaka. "I like that idea of yours Captain Iyusaka. We can hold a meeting now in order to discuss more on the Arrancar and the Bount. We have to document the abilities that we have witnessed here today. Have the Vice-Captains and other seated officers of each squad help search through the rubble for any survivors and help to clean up." Turokenji said as he began walking forward. "To the meeting room now. Any ideas I have cannot be discussed here, for I feel a presence is watching us." he added as he looked around slightly.

 

Turokenji then stopped walking and turned towards Saren. "Quincy...Saren was it? I am grateful for you help. You are in my gratitude. I hope that you continue to help us as an ally. We need those in these troubling days." Turokenji said, shaking his head slightly. His eyes then changed from their saddened look to a determined one. He was going to get down to business now. "I will meet you all in the meeting hall." he said and shunpo'd off, leaving behind a slight gust of wind which blew through the air.

 

Meanwhile, at the absence of the Captain-Commander, an eerie feeling descended upon the area. Turokenji was right in thinking that there was someone there. A pair of dark blue eyes rose up from the ground a little ways away from the Captains. The eyes seemed misty and were accompanied by misty looking water. "So they are planning something? Then I'd better get more information before I report to Master Fui." the misty pair of eyes said. It's voice was deep, but it was not so loud that it was heard.