Jidanbō Ikkanzaka, Gate Keeper and guard to the Western Gate, was currently sitting against the wall of the White Road Gate watching a group of children form the nearby house of the Rukongai play with one another. Many if the nearby residence had much love in their hearts for the oversized man and knew they could count on him. Seeing the children playing brought much joy to his heart as he sat watching for those who might wish to enter the Seireitei, though many never did.

Off in the distance there were eighteen figures approaching the gate. They were all clad in the same hooded coats and gave off no reiatsu or reishi whatsoever. The made their way down the road to the gate and as they did no one saw their faces and got bad vibes from them deciding to close up their homes and shops.

The figures soon arrived at the gate area and the children were none the wiser caught up in their game of ball. Jidanbō on the other hand, did notice them as the approached. He carefully watched them with a securitizing gaze.

One of the children kicks the ball a little to hard and one of the girls not paying attention ran after it. The ball hit one of the figures in the legs and the girl bumped to the lead figure and landed on her butt. She looked up and the figure looks down. She started to cry. The figure then knelt and lifts the girl back to her feet then dust her off.

'There ya go," He pats her head. "No harm done little one," the ball slowly rolls next to the knelt figure. They pick it up and hold it up to the girl and they say with a warm voice, "Now you and your friends go play and have fun."

"Thank you, mister," the little girl says taking the ball and giving a slight bow runs off to the other kids. She tells them about the nice stallion and then waves at the figure and the figure gets up and waves bye back allowing the kids to run off and play.

The figures then resume their track to the gate and Jidanbō gets up and walks in front of them.

"What strange clothes you all have," the Gigantic stallion say. "I saw you with the child and I can say at least one of you seems to have a kind heart. I must ask what business you have here?"

"We wish to enter the Seireitei," the lead figure says looking up.

"There with me Jidanbō," a female say pulling down her collar to reveal the face of Kūkaku Shiba.

"Lady Kūkaku," Jidanbō remarks as his eyes widen and then looks at the group with a sigh and head nod. "So, this is what Ichigo meant by expect you and company. Still, I cannot let you pass," He sternly remarks pulling out an enormous ax, "If want entry into the Seireitei then you must first defeat me in combat. I must warn that I am no push over either."

"I thought it would be this way," the front figure says shaking his head. "Fine, but If I win all of us go through."

"These are acceptable terms," Jidanbō nods. "One on one fight, no outside help. These are-"

"The rules of the Rukongai," the lead stallion says.

"You're a bit rude." Jidanbō says slightly annoyed.

"Rudeness wasn't my intention Gate Keeper but time isn't on our side either," Then man bows in apology and then took a stance," I will be the one to fight you, and it's best you use both you're weapons."

Jidanbō was a bit taken back by that comment but didn't question it to much as he was with Kūkaku.

"You would do well to arm yourself as well lest I cleave you into thirds," Jidanbō says pulling out his other ax.

Others chuckle a bit while the leader remained undeterred.

"FINE HAVE IT YOUR WAY!" Jidanbō roars swinging his axes

The figure throws out his hands and catches the blades.

This thoroughly shocked the oversized gate keeper, "I must commend you for stopping my double swing but-" He says trying to pull his axes away but he found he couldn't.

"I'm sorry but like I said before, we don't have time," the figure says applying pressure to the blades in his hands causing them to crack and shatter.

This action startles Jidanbō and causes his to shakily left his axes tin front of his face shakily. "MY AXES!" He cries out as tears cascade from his eyes.

"I'm sorry about your weapons my very large compatriot," the man discards the pieces of ax bits in his hands. "We'll be able to fix them in a bit if you'd like?"

"Really?" Jidanbō sniffles.

"Yes, but later. Now may we enter?" the figure says.

Jidanbō quickly returns to his stoic self, "Yes I have lost, and you gained entry. I shall open the gate for you," he says walking over to the gate, but the figure stops him.

"Allow me," he says. "I sense an unpleasant presence behind the barrier. I don't want you hurt."

"That gate is huge, I can barely lift it myself, even with my large size," the keeper notes.

The figure merely walks over to the gate and bends over and places his hands under the edge of gate. He lets out a bit of a grunt and the gate begins to moan slightly. Then there was a creak and then,

"RAAAAA!" The figure throws up the gate causing Jidanbō's jaw to drop wide up. The figure dusts off his hands, "Inoue, would you mind fixing the big guy's axes?"

"Sure," Inoue says and breaks the line and instantly fixes the axes. "There ya go all better."

"Looks like our visitor is here," The leader turns to face the on coming Shinigami, He noted the this was a captain from his white haori.

"Gate Keeper," his say in a mocking tone, "Why are you letting these..." he looked at the group scrutinizingly. "Whatever these are. I shall correct this," he drew his wakizashi zanpakuto, "And you along with it. Ikorose, Shinsō!" the blade then suddenly shot out straight for Jidanbō.

_{Shinsō (神鎗, God Spear; Viz "Sacred Spear")- The zanpakuto of the Captain of Squad Three Gin Ichimaru. It looks like an ordinary wakizashi. The hilt is light-blue with a tsuba made of two slim swirls of metal looping around the blade to make an open oval, resembling an "S".}

"No, you don't!" the leader jumps up and pulls the Demon Slayer Decapitator sword from under his coat.

He quickly intercepts the extending blade knocking it upward into the sky.

"Oh my," Cpt. Gin looks to the cloaked man with an open eye to icy blue stare as he exerts his spiritual pressure.

"You can stop showing off," the man comments as he props the sword on his back. "I'm scheduled to be here in the Seireitei as per head-captain Yamato's request."

"Oh really, and just who might you be?" Gin say wit ha mocking tone.

The man throws back his hood to reveal Asta, "Why, The Black King, Asta Ferris of course."

Gin plays it off, "My goodness such an important pony, but however did you get here without a Shinigami escort and Senkaimon?" he looks around, "And with such a large group too boot. Do tell."

"Nah, don’t wanna," Asta waves it off.

"Well, then," Gin retracts his sword and points it at Asta. "Then I'll just have to make you talk."

"You can most definitely try," Asta scowls holding hid sword up.

Suddenly a tall, muscular Shinigami with a wild and aggressive appearance thumps in in front of Gin. He has stringy black hair tied into spike with tiny bells at the ends of the spikes and an eye patch over his right eye appears. He had a long scar that extends from the base of his hairline that runs over his eye down to the bottom of his chin on the left side of his face. Most noticeably there was a big smile on his face and the tattered haori he wore.

"Hey there fox face," the new captain says looking at Gin. "I saw that sword of yours go into the air and the gate open, so I thought I'D come check things out," he then turns and eyes Asta and his group. "And what ya know, I find you here hogging all the fun for yourself."

"Cpt. Kenpachi and Lt. Yachiru, how nice to see you both," Gin mocks putting away his sword. "Well, if you're here I think I'll leave this to you then."

"Kenny, I can tell he's really strong," A very small, young girl with pink hair, dark pink eyes and a perpetual blush on her cheeks said from on his back. She wore the standard Shinigami robes and a lieutenant's insignia on her arm. She also dangles a pink zanpakuto from a string.

"Are ya gonna fight him?" Yachiru asks with a giggle.

"Great a child 'pinkie' shinigami," Asta rolls his eye.

"Why yes I think I will," Kenpachi chuckles as he draws his zanpakuto. "Ichigo, never said it was you outright but his told me a lot about you. Told me how you're supposed to be really strong and after hearing about your fights in the world of the living I've been itching to get a crack at you to see if you're really all that you're made out to be"

"I've actually been wanting to fight you to Cpt. Kenpachi," Asta smirks, "But it would seem we must hold of on that for now."

Suddenly a bunch of creatures in black showed in quiet flashes along with another Shinigami captain. She was a relatively petite woman with gray eyes and black hair which she wears short with two long braids bound in white cloth, each ending in a large golden ring. She had large black wings on her back and a short lynx tail. She wore a traditional Shinigami captain's uniform with a sleeveless haori and a yellow obi tied around her waist. Instead of wearing the standard Shinigami sandals with tabi, she wore traditional Chinese shoes with ordinary white socks.

"Damn," Kenpachi scoffs, "And I was just about to have some fun too."

"Gin Ichimaru, Zaraki Kenpachi, Yachiru Kusajishi, you are ordered to stand down," She threw up her hand. "Black King, you and your cohorts are hereby ordered to cease your actions and to come with us quietly. You are hear by placed under arrest and will be detained until further notice."

There was a chuckle from one of the cloaked creature that arrived with Asta.

"What's so funny?" The new captain looks to the source of the chuckle. "You ae all under arrest so don't try anything or we will be forced to take action with lethal force."

"You haven't changed at all have you" The figure says removing its hood to reveal Yoruichi. "Hey, how ya been, Suì-Fēng??"

"Yoruichi... sama," Suì-Fēng says in shock and then it quickly turns to rage. "You are all under arrest for conspiring with a traitor!"

_{Suzumebachi (雀蜂, Hornet)- In its sealed form, it resembles a wakizashi with a yellow hilt reminiscent of a Chinese dao. It is kept sheathed horizontally behind Suì-Fēng's lower back hanging by a rope.}

She yells drawing her zanpakuto. "Jinteki Shakusetsu, Suzumebachi!"

Grasping onto Suzumebachi with her right hand, the entire sword glows white and shrinks in size. When the emitted glow dies out, it is revealed that Suzumebachi has now taken on the form of a black and gold gauntlet, with a small chain linking it to a stinger-like blade on Suì-Fēng's middle finger. The "stinger" is about twice as long as the normal length of Suì-Fēng's fingers, slightly increasing her striking distance. The colors and pattern of the Shikai resemble those of a hornet.

"I'll take this somewhere else," Yoruichi said to Asta who nods. "Follow the leader, Suì-Fēng!" She sings and swiftly vanishes along with Suì-Fēng and her men.

"I'll just be off then," Gin says turning to leave when two of Asta's subordinates appear in front to him. "Come on, I'll just pretend I didn't see you and then we can all go home happy," He wave his hand about.

"Yea no," one of them pulls out a knife and spins it around his finger. "You're not going anywhere snake-bozu!"

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Came the voice of an old man as several more creatures in captains haoris and lieutenants' badges thumped into existence. Everyone looked to see head captain Yamamoto waking out. "What is the meaning of this.? Black King, you were supposed to be in the world of the living and escorted here with Shinigami. I extended an innovation an you arrive here of you own accord? How dare you? Do it now!"

One of the lieutenants suddenly appears behind Asta and placed a red collar on his neck that suppressed his reiatsu.

"You will now come with us and have no choice but to answer all our-" Yamamoto started to say.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Asta belts out and then leers at the head-captain causing Yamamoto to look at the king full. "You think just because you suppress my reiatsu you suppressed my power! AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Then you a bigger fucking idiot than I thought!" He says darkly as he reels back and then rams his fist into the ground and using his raw physical strength and creates a huge crater and spiderweb cracks through the ground sending dust up into the air.

"This shouldn't be possible?!" Ukitake says in shock. "He shouldn't even be able to use reishi reinforcement with his body to do the suppression collar."

"That's because he's not using reishi," comment a sarcastic toned voice.

"That voice?" Ukitake said.

"It can't be?" Shunsui adds.

"That's right it's me, Urahara Kisuke!" Kisuke threw off his coat, releasing his power.

You have not one but two traitors!" Yamamoto voice in disgust. "I was a fool to think we could work together!"

A column of air spirals upward around Asta clear the dust away, "Maybe you should shut up and listen! Take off your cloaks now!"

Everyone quickly threw off their cloaks send out missive waves of reiatsu. The power alone was enough to make lower level Shinigami and normal creatures collapse. All the Captains and older lieutenants however were shocked at the reveal of the identities of those under the cloaks being the former captains and currently most wanted in all of the Seireitei.

"Never said I wanted to work with you Yamamoto," Asta glares. "I gathered everyone here and asked them to join me for the same reason. To protect my kingdom, my people, and those I care for!" He point the Demon Decapitator. "And for my those that consider my kingdom my home I will protect them! If you don't want a full-scale war with me and my people then you'll keep the peace!"

"You clearly live by a code and I can respect that!" Yamamoto says, "However, I can not over look this blatant disrespect and action against the Seireitei!" He says dropping his haori and Shihakusho to reveal his tone body covered in scars. He holds up his cane up and dispelled the façade to reveal his Zanpakuto, standard katana, with a dark purple handle and a circular hand guard.

"Banshō Issai Kaijin to Nase, Ryūjin Jakka!" Yamamoto says as he pulls out his katana. A eruption of fiery reishi burst from the sheath and covers the head-captain's body. "All captains and lieutenants, engage with the hostiles!"

"Enough of this show," Asta says quickly waving his hand.

"RAAHHAHAAAA!" Some cried out in pain.

Everyone turns to see captain Aizen on the on the ground with ice spikes in his back. They then look to see the other Cpt Aizen not far from Yamamoto start to crack and break a part into prismatic glass living behind a zanpakuto that then stuck in the ground.

"What is the meaning of this?" Yamamoto scowls.

"That would Aizen's zanpakuto's true power," Ichigo says thumping in and picking up the sword. "Need some help with that?" he asks turning to Asta motioning to his neck.

"No I got it," Asta shrugs. Reaching up to the red collar he places a finger behind it and easily snaps it releasing his reiatsu over the field sending chills down everyone, but Yamamoto was in awe of the Kings Spiritual power. "As for how I did that Yamamoto, I did it without spiritual power. This body you see is my physical one for the Living World and this sword is one of my demon series blades," he notes returning the blade to his Grimoire belts and open at his side, "Not my zanpakuto. As for what's going on, Aizen's zanpakuto is a hypnosis type with near flawless control once released. There a very few ways around it."

"How would someone like you know of that!" Cpt. Tosen, a blind earth stallion blurts out.

"I just do," Asta says, "the real questions is, how do you know that?"

"Uh..." Tosen looks at everyone who was just know realizing what the king asked.

"Kaname?" Komamura, a very large and more armored captain looked to the blind man.

"Yes, do explain this," Yamamoto orders.

"Oh dear it looks like the cat is out of the bag now," Shinji snickers.

Aizen looks at everyone then to Ichigo, or actually, behind him to Rukia.

Asta walks over and Ichigo tosses him the sword. Asta catches the weapon by the blade without missing a beat and then looks at Yamamoto.

"You see, you have to look at the sword for it to affect you," Asta says.

"But you've been looking at it the whole time!" Tosen yells.

"No I haven't," Asta corrects open his yes to reveal his fluorescent green sclera. "Not once have I ever laid eyes on this disgusting sword before to do. I don't need my eyes to see though, as I have more than one line if sight. But my question still stands, how do you know about it?"

"How dear you attack Captain Aizen!" A Shinigami girl with her hair in cover bun attacks Asta.

Ichigo easily counters, "You need to step off Momo," he says throwing her back.

Aizen shakily gets to his feet, "Hehe... I can always count on you Momo, kill them for my would you be so kindly?" he smiles.

"With pleasure captain," Momo smiles, "Snap, Tobiume!" her sword changed straightening, becoming double-edged, and produced multiple jutte-like prongs along its length at various intervals, not unlike a Seven-Branched Sword.

"Hell," Ichigo girts his teeth, "Renji get her out of here!!" Ichigo yells out and his friend nods grabing Rukia and running away using flash step, "Bring it Momo, now Cleave the heavens, Zangetsu!"

"All of you, fight for me please," Aizen commands as he heals his wounds, everyone immediately starts to fight amongst themselves and Asta's forces.

"Damn it!" Asta says looking around.

Aizen appears behind him and kicks the king off to the side while taking his sword back. "I wouldn't mind fighting you but now I have more pressing matters," he holds up a finger, " Hado#90, Kurohitsugi." A large black box comes from the ground to surround Asta.

"Now if you'll excuse me I have things to attend to," Aizen turns away

"BLACK CLOAKED DIMENSION SLASHES!" Asta yells inside the box coat it to piece. The box break apart to reveal a bleeding Asta in his black from holding his zanpakuto cover in anti-magic still standing and thoroughly shocking the former captain.

"I'm going to make you suffer...." Asta says coldly crossing his blades, "BANKAI!"

An all-consuming black reishi spilled out for the black zanpakuto in Asta's righthand while a blinding white reishi overflow from the white zanpakuto in his left. The reishi flowed over his body then clashed with one another until they coalesced around him until he was encased in sphere of black and white. The colors merged into a shiny black orb and then expanded outward before cracking and shattering in a small explosion.

Asta stands up with a demonic sword larger than himself in his right hand. The right side of his body radiated the black reishi that had enveloped him as his right hand wave now a demonic claw clutching the hilt of his blade. The demonization ran up his right arm and onto his shoulder where there was a oni mask in place of a pauldron.

The kings left side wafted white golden reishi as he held a single-handed longsword in his hand. It had a golden sun style crossguard with a similar sun themed pommel. Its blade instead of flat was a spiral with golden light traveling up from the hilt. His left hand up to his shoulder was clad in a holy style gauntlet. On his shoulder was a white with gold accented helmet style pauldron with a shining sapphire cross in the center.

The most astounding factor was on the Black King's back. From the right side of his bald there was a large black and red somewhat tattered demonic wing. Form the left side was and equaling large bright white shining angelic feathered wing.

Asta opens his eyes glaring at Aizen. With one flap of his wings as he controls his breathing Asta rocket straight for the former captain. He brings his Liebe up only to have it collide with the blades of Kaname Tousen and Gin Ichimaru's. The duo were doing all they could to veer the king off course.

"Go with Aizen, I'll handle this," Kaname orders.

"If you say so," Gin snidely remarks before thumping away.

"Let see how you like my, bankai!" Tosen yells as he throws Asta back.

Holding up his zanpakuto he places a hand over the rings on his hilt and throws it out creating large rings that spread out and engulf the area.

The rings shoot up and spread out with blackness in each of them.

The is soon a large black bubble bound field in chains containing Asta and Tosen.

"Now you are rendered helpless. You can't see hear smell, taste or even sense my reiatsu will inside my dome" he explains charging in, "For what its worth you are incredibly strong and would've been a great ally," he slashes only for Asta to block with his wing and slash with his Liebe forcing Tosen back, "Using your wing to create and opening, smart but it will only work every so often."

Asat concentrates reading Tosen's Qi, and footsteps with the aid of his sightless earthbending train. The former captain charges in from the left but then shoots to the right for a thrust. Asta counters knocking Tosen off with Liebe and thrusting Hikari, the golden blade barley gracing the blind man's cheek.

Tosen quickly falls back, "How? You shouldn't be able to-"

"GETSUGA TENSHO!" Asta wastes no time using his Liebe a black slash Tosen causing the former to narrowly dodge the attack, "Talk is cheap in a battle," Asta remarks as he takes the offensive with slashes while countering Tosen's counter strikes.

"Let's see how you fend off this then," Tosen says humping into the air, "Suzumushi Nishiki: Benihikō," His announces and zanpakuto starts to vibrate and he then moves it in a semicircle as it did. A semicircle of large blades formed and then launched down at Asta. The king read the Qi of the end and felt the incoming projectiles.

He hold is Liebe in a downward slant wit hit's tip on the ground as he waits for his chance. Black reishi starts to waft off the massive demonic claymore. A click was heard and the demon skulls on the hilt open their mouths.

"Devour all!" Asta yells singling the massive blade like a frisbee. The incredibly large sword tore through all of Tosen’s incoming blade breaking them to bits and shards. The sword also absorbs the reishi of the broken blade as it twirls through the air return to Asta's hand where its transfers the reishi to the Hikari causing it to glow even more bright.

Tosen immediately shows up behind Asta with a downward slashing motion as the sound of a blood splattering was heard.

"But this shouldn't be possible, CRAH!" Tosen coughs up blood.

Asta had used his angel wing to block Tosen's strike and then plunged his Hikari into the blind man's gut, "Maybe if you were fight someone who solely relies on their basic senses but when you move you can stop the vibration in the ground as you're running at me," Asta twist's his sword causing Tosen to cry out in pain as he is lifted up above the kings head as he smiles at the screaming man. "But I told you I have many ways to see, NOW SHINE! Light started to pour out of the Hikari hilt into the blade and into Tosen.

On the outside the bubble starts to crakes and then explodes in a blind flash. Asta slings his blade to the side throwing the blood off of it. He looks around and reaches out with his Qi.

"Bastard teleported away," Asta sneers.

Finding no signs of Tosen nearby he starts to track down Gin movements. He flaps his wings and looks around see the Shinigami style fight amongst themselves.

He shakes his head, "What's the plan," he hears.

Turning his head he says Ichigo, "Momo didn't give you to much trouble?"

"Nothing I couldn't handle," the orange haired man shrugs. "But that way she acted and spoke, she's not hypnotized. She thumped off to somewhere and by the time I caught up she then teleported out."

"Tosen did too, but with his wounds he won't be going too far without out treatment first," Asta looks around as an explosion caught the duo attention.

They recognized it as Renji's Bankai's cannon attack. The two looked at one another and gave single nods before shooting over to the location.

---

Renji and Rukia were currently doing their best to hold off Aizen's puppets. It was very trying on them as they were doing their best to hold off all the hypnotized Shinigami without hurting them to badly.

Rukia huffed, "This is bad."

"They're not all that strong but having to hold back and the sheer numbers are what's draining use," Renji noticed some of them holding up their hands, "Get down," he says pulling Rukia to him and wrapping his bankai around them as the Shinigami fired off kido at them.

"My you certainly are taking you time," Gin remarks coming up behind Aizen. "The Black King must've done more damage then you'd thought it would."

"Indeed," Aizen says as the duo watch from a distance. "He's far more powerful then we'd originally anticipated. Those ice spears where made of water, no spiritual power at all."

"My that is puzzling," Gin thinks. "He is definitely stronger. Much stronger than a Normal living soul should be..."

"The fact that he was able to gather the visoreds, Shihouin, Urahara, Isshin Shiba, the remains of the Shiba clan, those humans, and Quincy is very perplexing," Aizen states intrigued.

Momo suddenly thumps in with a bloody Tosen, "Captain Aizen, I retrieved it for you. "she says kneeling down while holding up her hand. In it is a small green cylinder device about the size of a pencil.

"Very good Momo," Aizen takes the devices.

"My, my, my... Did the Black King do that or are you just that reckless in your old age Tosen?" Gin points at Tosen who had a very large whole in his clothing and a equally large scar to match.

"His spiritual powers are much more formidable than I thought they'd be," Tosen shakes his head. "He easily shrugged off my bankai without even a scratch to himself. It it hadn't been for our dear Hinamori I would not be here now."

"I guess it was a good thing you brought her into the fold after all Aizen," Gin notes. Suddenly a great pressure is exerted over the area. "Looks like they found use."

"You and in our current condition we only have two who can face the ones coming after us, and one to take on Abari," Aizen looks at Tosen. "Are you up to it?"

"I will not be able to use bankai but first release I can manage," Tosen nods.

"Then we'll leave him to you," Aizen nonchalantly says and then turns to Momo, "You will use this on Kuchiki," he gives her back the device. "But only when I say to."

"Yes sir," Momo cutely smiles

"Let's go Gin," Aizen turns to the blue haired man. "You take the Black King. He's a close quarters fighter from what I see of this form."

"And here I was wanting to fight the orange haired kid," Gin mock pouts and then shrugs, "Oh well beggars can't be chooser."

They thump off.

---

"Here they come," Asta scowls with a smirk tightening the grip on his weapons.

"Then I better get dressed," Ichigo smiles holding up his zanpakuto as the sash wraps around his arm, "Bankai Shiro!" Black reishi envelopes Ichigo and so dissipates to reveal him in his White Bankai form. "Let's get this Party started!" he laughs manically as he raises his sword above his head, "GETSUGA TENSHO!" He yells sending a slash of black reishi at Aizen.

Aizen holds his sword and with tow hands struggles to redirect it upward. He notes how similar the attack is to the of a hollow. He looks up at Ichigo and starts to get feel, angry. Angry that a Shinigami has somehow managed to gain the power of both a hollow and Shinigami, something that has trying to do for years.

Aizen rushes in not thinking, "You bastard!" He yells as his weapon clashes with Ichigo's who is still snickering at him,

"Oh, my did I hit a nerve," Ichigo snickers as he forces Aizen back. "Oh, please tell me what I did oh great and powerful Aizen so I may correct my MISTAKE!" He laughs as they duo clash swords again and again, Ichigo laughing the entire time while Aizen only glares or scowls as sparks fly. The two are easily step for step with one another as the clash over and over again.

"He's usually not so reckless, or angry," Gin says genuinely shocked, as eh draws his sword. "Best get started!" he remarks thrusting his sword forward shooting the blade at Asta.

Asta reels his Liebe back and smashes the incoming sword to piece. Gin again shocked by this action staggers back in the air on which his is standing. Asta points his Hikari at the former captain, "Shine!" he shouts sending a massive blast of reishi at the fox faced man.

Gin quickly reassembles his sword's shards back into a full-size blade before knocking the blast back at Asta. Asta takes his Leibe and cuts the attack in two to disperse the reishi. Gin uses the opportunity to get above Asta, though the king read his Qi and made note of his movement.

Asta uses his wings to gather reishi, "Getsuga Jūjishō!" He roars send two massive slashed of crossing black and white reishi at Gin.

"Oh dear, this is going to hurt..." Gin remarks as the slashes intersect right on top of him sending him flying back.

Ichigo knocks Aizen back then looks over to se Asta finishing off Gin. He turns to Aizen wit hand evil smile, "Well, it looks like your little friend didn't last nearly as long as you needed him to," he remarks raising a hand and holding it in front of his face. His gaze narrows on Aizen as his smile widens more, "If Asta is done then I guess I should stop playing with my food to!" He makes a motion as if his pulling a mask down and summons his black mask.

Aizen stares in disbelief before turning to run in fear.

"Aww it was just getting to be fun and it's so cute when they run," Ichigo snickers as he swiftly vanishes appearing in front of Aizen as he proceeds to force the former captain go on the defensive, "What happened to all the confidence you had before?!" Ichigo cackles as he madly hacks away at Aizen before knocking him back,

"How do you have that mask?!" Aizen seethes as he and Ichigo clash swords. "That hollow was neutralized nearly twenty years ago!" he reals his head back and headbutts Ichigo backwards. "I know because I was there. and I created it. I saw it get destroyed, so how do you have it?!" He yells in outrage as blood run down from the spot in his forehead where he'd impacted the mask.

Ichigo shakes his head and glares at the former captain and starts to laugh, "Well if you must know," he snidely remark as he starts nonchalantly spinning his sword on his pointer finger, "I was born with it." he snickers.

"That's not possible!" Aizen yells charging forward.

"It is if my mother was infected with by the original numbnuts," Ichigo snickers easily blocking with a slight snicker, "Or did you forget how your own creation was supposed to work," His snidely remarks as the combats slash and cut at one another in a series of exchanging blows.

"No," Aizen says with three consecutive slashes, "I saw the data. The Quincy girl didn't survive the procedure."

"And yet she did!" Ichigo retorts send a slash causing Aizen to dodge only to be met with Ichigo from above, "She was standing before mere minutes ago along with my father," He snickers, seemingly not paying attention to the cracks starting to form in his mask as he approaches his time limit.

Aizen then recalls the Quincy girl from years ago and compares her to the orange haired woman from earlier, "Urahara and Isshin," he seethes.

"Ding, Ding, Ding, and here's your prize!" Ichigo laughs as he hold his blade out and forms a red blade of reishi at the tip.

Before firing it at Aizen the former captain's eyes widen as he then turns to run only as Ichigo swift run's in place the cero at Aizen’s back. The cero fire at point blank range sending him rocketing to the ground. Aizen shakily gets up and walks over to the battlefield where Renji lays on the ground reaching up as Tosen holds up Rukia by her wrists. Gin comes flying in skipping like a rock across a pond. He shakily gets to his feet and stands next his compatriots.

Ichigo lands and his mask breaks away leaving him greatly drained and huffing. Asta thumps in himself great depleted as his Bankai's armor and wings start to flake away.

"Do it," Aizen says and Hinamorai nods, activating the device still in her position as she then reaches into a hoe that opened in Rukia's body and pulled out a shimmering object.

"NO!" Ichigo and Asta say in unison as the rush in only to be met with Aizen and Gin as opposition.

"What's the matter?" Gin mocks, "Running out of steam!" He forces Asta back. "I may not be one-hundred percent right now but even I can but you in this state. You bankai is still to young to be maintained for extended fights, especially against an opponents with incredibly high reiatsu like us."

"You should really just quit like good boys," Aizen forces Ichigo back.

Asta knows the form captain is right and he won't be able to hold his bankai for much longer, 'Let me have control' He hears in his mind, 'With my powers we can obliterate them!'

"Asta," Ichigo looks at his brother, "Stay focused here man. I need you now."

"I know but this won't work Asta says dispelling his bankai and Shinigami powers altogether.

"Oh so you realize how hopeless it is and are giving up, good boy," Gin mocks.

"Shut up snake!" Asta glares with a smirk. "When did I ever say I was done fighting." He says coldly as anti-magic comes from his body. "Decapitator," he says and from his grimoire emerges his demon katana again as a the antimagic turns into Black Asta stage two. The anti-magic covers the sword and it changes form with the demonic power flowing from it as it does.

"This is the perfect chance to push my limits," He smiles. "It still incomplete but, Lunar Breathing," Asta remarks taking a stance as he controls his blood flow. "Let's show them what we can do Ichigo."

"I couldn't agree more!" Ichigo laughs as he dawns his mask again.

The former captains ready themselves for their opponents only to be met with a switch as Asta came for Aizen while Ichigo went for Gin.

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