With the Captains suffering casualties and heavy injuries on their side, all hope seemed to be lost... until Shinji Hirako appeared, along with the rest of the former Shinigami. Though the aid of the Vizards certainly helped to draw the battle in their favor, it seemed Aizen's power alone proved too much for them.
Hikaru was standing on the wet grass in the training field, the golden tassel of his zanpakutou wrapped and tied around his right wrist. The beautiful sword itself, hung idly, gentle gusts of wind causing it to rock and spin, the silver blade creating brilliant displays of light as it moved.
Hikaru had a very select list of things he liked to do. He liked drinking. He liked women. He liked sleeping. And before he mastered his Bankai, he liked fighting. After he had mastered his zanpakutou's final form, he had all but discontinued his training, working out and practicing just enough to stay in form.
Which utterly perplexed the 5'10 man as to why he was here, waiting for this guy. He hadn't even slept with his sister...Yet...did he have a sister? Hikaru made a mental note to find out.
Letting out a frustrated sigh, he ran a hand through his dyed black hair, bright blue eyes taking in the serene calm around him.
"Bet you can't beat him without ruining the training field" came the voice of his zanpakutou, her snide tone doing little to conceal the lighthearted humor.
"You're on." he whispered back, a look of determination spreading across his usually calm and bored face.
No way in hell was he getting Fushichou water again.
The dew was still on the grass the air was as fresh as it could smell and the clouds floated endlessly through the sky.Shirio was now entering the training field to meet this guy and on entering the field Shirio saw the shinigami on the grass wind blowing his clothes slightly and gentle.
Shirio now placed his left had on his head and studied the captain level shinigami,"This guy is going to be problems,darn i didn't even get to finish my Bankai training." Shirio now looking up in the sky, "Oh well." and Shirio slowly walked in the direction oh the shinigami.He was around 5'10 in height and his zanpakutou was gold, this was a very rare sight, to see a gold tilt zanpakutou.
Shirio now stop at least 5 feet for the shinigami and looking at him without fear,clam and determined to win.
Hikaru let out a loud sigh, cocking his head slightly to look at his opponent.
"Jeeze kid, I could feel your reitsu from a mile away, you should learn to hide it if ya wanna be Captain one day." he drawled sarcastically, his eyes quickly looking over the boy.
There wasn't much that stood out on the guy, really nothing that surprised him. Despite the fact that the kid hadn't tried attacking him from behind.
He had honor. That was a weakness that could be exploited. To Hikaru, there was no honor in a fight. They were dirty, rough, and brutal. Any opening was worth taking.
That was what Fushichou had taught him.
His eyes moved to his opponents zanpakutou, sheathed at his waist. Oh this was almost too easy.
Holding out his left hand and turning to face his target, he pointed at the mans sword.
"That's quite a nice zanpak-HADOU 63, Sōren Sōkatsui!" he all but shouted, the twin lances of blue fire ripping from his fingers at point blank range.
With a quick motion he brought his right hand up, right as the Sōren Sōkatsui flew from his fingertips, to easily bring his zanpakutou to bear via the tassel around his wrist.
The blade flashed once, letting out a cry and changing to a bright gold, the guard forming to resemble a phoenix, wings spread and blade exiting from the mouth.
With a quick swipe of his blade, a bolt of plasma charged and fired into the dust cloud. Leaping into the air, Hikaru fired two more of the blue-white blasts, causing further dust, debris, and charred glass to fly from the now rather large impact crater.
Shirio looked at the man as if he was mad, he didn't want to hide his reitsu, the captain now looked at Shirio and pointed at his zanpakutou and two twos preformed a technique he never saw before,so Shirio flash step out of the way of the attack.
Shirio now keeping sight of the shinigami realize he was now in the air sending two blue-white blasts at Shirio.Shirio also flash step out of the way and under the dust flying and smoke Shirio had a plan. Destructive Art 33: Blue Firefall which stop out a blast out of his hand, then he flash step 2 feet from the shinigami and perform another technique, "Destructive Art 4:White Lightning"
Hikaru had already begun charging Fushichou by the time the Sokatsui was even near him. He had always been fond of Kidou, and it supported his zanpakutou very very well. You could also do amazing things with a good enough grasp on it.
The shot of blue fire came closer, and by charging the exact same amount of reitsu into his hand, he swatted the attack away, nullifying it completely.
The kid was easy to track, at least at Hikaru's level. And it came as no surprise to him that the boy appeared on his left, attempting to skewer him with a hasty Byakurai.
This time Hikaru brought a fully charged Fushichou dorectly down on the stream of lightning, calling out the attacks name.
"Eruption."
A massive, bright blue-white beam of plasma discharged from the blade, directly in the face of the boy who had come within two meters of the Captain.
The massive blast of energy also completely dissipated the kidou spell.
Quickly using shunpo to move away from the massive explosion, Hikaru let his blade hang from his wrist idly, his face bored and uninterested.
"A lot of people think up close fighting is my weakness. Thats wrong, it makes my Fushichou's attacks incredibly hard to dodge." he chuckled, twirling the blade by the tassel. "Which I guess you just found out eh?"
This time Hikaru brought a fully charged Fushichou dorectly down on the stream of lightning, calling out the attacks name.
"Eruption."
A massive, bright blue-white beam of plasma discharged from the blade, directly in the face of the boy who had come within two meters of the Captain.
The massive blast of energy also completely dissipated the kidou spell.
Quickly using shunpo to move away from the massive explosion, Hikaru let his blade hang from his wrist idly, his face bored and uninterested.
"A lot of people think up close fighting is my weakness. Thats wrong, it makes my Fushichou's attacks incredibly hard to dodge." he chuckled, twirling the blade by the tassel. "Which I guess you just found out eh?"
Smoke now covered Shirio and no one could see him, the captain level shinigami might have thought that his attack could not be dodge but when the smoke cleared up he was in for a surprise,an inverted pyramid-shaped barrier appeared around Shirio. "Bakudō 81 (縛道, "way of binding") Danku (斷空, Splitting Void) " which creates an energy barrier in the form of a rectangular wall. According to Byakuya, it is capable of stopping destructive spells up to #89.
Shirio now backed off and quickly using shunpo and hiding his reitsu appeared in behind the shinigami and said "Hadō1 (破道, "way of destruction")Shō (衝, Thrust) aimed at the shinigami's zanpakutou and if successful appear next to him and punched him in the face hurdling him to the ground.
Shirio started to bleed and cough blood, he guess that the Shinigami's attacks were too strong for him to handle. What is your name Shinigami Shirio now in the air on one knee, with his left eye shut cause of the flow of blood streaming down the left side of his face.
Hikaru sighed. It didn't matter how hard he tried to hide it, if he was as predictable as all get out.
He expected an attack from behind, and when he felt his zanpakutou force itself forward, he caught it, spinning away from the oncoming punch and launching a quick bolt of ionized gas at the other shinigami's chest.
Taking a step back he began to twirl his blade again, looking down at the warrior.
"Impressive use of Danku. Should have known better than to use it without a chant though." He drawled, his eyes scanning the horizon, obviously not very interested in the fight, and not taking it too seriously.
"You also didn't even use shikai, against a Captain level shinigami no less. Brownie points for havin' balls kids, but that was dumb."
Slowly he descended, still twirling his zanpakutou as he began to leave the field.
"I suggest you go home and clean yourself up, you're in no position to continue fighting me."
"Impressive use of Danku. Should have known better than to use it without a chant though." He drawled, his eyes scanning the horizon, obviously not very interested in the fight, and not taking it too seriously.
"You also didn't even use shikai, against a Captain level shinigami no less. Brownie points for havin' balls kids, but that was dumb."
Slowly he descended, still twirling his zanpakutou as he began to leave the field.
"I suggest you go home and clean yourself up, you're in no position to continue fighting me."
Was all he heard ,Shirio blacked out and only seeing the Shinigami walk away slowly as the darken covered everything.
Kenichi and serval other 4th Division member arrived on the scene. "So the rumors were true afterall," Kenichi sigh. Having his squad assisting the fallen SS he turn towards Cpt. Hikaru, "Was all that really neccessary Cpt. Hikaru? You shoudn't pick on the weak?" Rubbing the side of his head Kenichi turn his attention to the bloody SR. "Now what were you think of? Picking a fight with a captain? Now lie down please."
Watching the other member slowly setting down the blood SR Kenichi took out his zanpakuto. "Skin Zurui Neko" suddenly the sword shape zanpakuto transform into a claw like weapon with three sharp edges and four finger hole. "now just relax, this may hurt just a bit," he inform the SR.
Making a slash just above the head of the SR he quickly look at his inside through the 3d holographic structure that appear inches above his skull. "It's ok, just a minor problem." He inform the SR. Applying reiatsu to the injury he quickly sealed the entry wound and stopped the bleeding. Then digging deeper into the bone struture he made a quick overview to make sure there were no fracture.
After ten minutes of treatments applied through the other parts of the SR's body, Kenichi resealed his shikai and placed his sword back in its sheath. "Ok, as long as you take it easy for a few days you should be good as new. However the damage to your brain may affect your focusing of using kidou for a few weeks so i suggest that you shouldn't even bother using kidou for at least 2-3 weeks." Wiping the sweats off his face he instruted the other member who came along with him to put the SR in a stretcher and lifted his body back to the medical bay for bed rest.
As he turns his attention back towards Cpt. Hikaru he saw that he lefted already, so paying no mind to it and expected that the Cpt did not suffer any damage he left the scene with his squad.
