46 Ryūjin Jakka

Yamamoto grabbed his cane and appeared in front of Ichigo. He thrust the cane towards Ichigo's chest.

Ichigo dodged it and attempted to slash Yamamoto's waist. Yamamoto grabbed the claymore and pulled it, pulling Ichigo in the process.

Yamamoto let go of the claymore and pulled back his left hand.

"Ikkotsu!" Yamamoto muttered and punched Ichigo in the face.

*BAAAAANG!!!!*

Ichigo felt like his face was caved into his skull. He quickly dropped his claymores and returned the favor by punching back Yamamoto with his left fist.

Yamamoto stepped back a little. Ichigo continued the pressure. He raised his fists and punched Yamamoto in the chest.

He created afterimages while attacking him. He dealt one hundred punches in a few seconds.

"Hraaah!!!" Ichigo grunted and punched Yamamoto in the solarium plexus.

*BOOOOOM!!!!*

Yamamoto grunted again and staggered back a little. Ichigo grabbed his claymores and appeared in front of Yamamoto.

Red hot flames flowed out of his blades.

'Hi no Kokyū, Fourteenth Form, Flames Pillar!'

Ichigo appeared behind Yamamoto. All of a sudden, a flame pillar engulfed Yamamoto.

*FWOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!*

The giant pillar reached the sky. The flames it was emitting were almost blinding. Once the flames died down, it revealed Yamamoto whose clothes were smoking a little.

Yamamoto's clothes all had small cuts on them. All of a sudden, a little bit of blood flowed down his cheek. He had a cut under his eye. The old captain touched it and looked at the blood on his finger.

"Hmph!" Yamamoto looked at Ichigo who stared at him.

"You got lucky there, boy. I want a real attack!" Yamamoto demanded. Ichigo narrowed his eyes. He raised his claymores.

"Tsuki no Kokyū, Eighteenth Form.... GETSUGA JŪJISHŌ!!!!"

*SHING!!* *FWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!*

Two enormous golden crescent moons flew out of the claymores. The crescents fused into a large, cross-shaped blast of energy.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!*

The crescent moons created an enormous explosion when it hit Yamamoto. Ichigo stared at it, awaiting Yamamoto's response.

The smoke cleared, revealing Yamamoto standing in the same place he was standing when the attack hit him.

But there was something different now. Yamamoto had an X-shaped slash wound on his chest. Ichigo's Getsuga Jūjishō had cut through his shirt and created a wound.

"Impressive attack, boy. But now let this old man show you how a real Shinigami attacks!" Yamamoto declared. Ichigo widened his eyes a little.

" Chōjirō! Catch my haori! " Yamamoto shouted. His long sleeved haori that was draped over his back flew towards where the spectators were. It revealed what he was wearing underneath, a standard Shinigami uniform.

Yamamoto raised his cane up to chest height. The wood on the cane was peeled off in an instant, revealing its true form of a standard katana, with a dark purple handle, a circular hand guard, and a red sheath.

"Reduce All Creation to Ash, Ryūjin Jakka!!!" Yamamoto declared.

The release of his Zanpakutō is accompanied by an extremely strong release of Reiatsu, affecting all in the area, and can be felt for miles upon miles across the entire Seireitei.

The ground was shaking like there was an earthquake happening. Ichigo looked at Yamamoto whose Zanpakutō is engulfed in bright orange flames.

Yamamoto appeared in front of him and slashed downwards. Ichigo used Sonído, creating a static sound when he disappeared and dodging Yamamoto's attack at the same time.

Ichigo who is now behind Yamamoto, raised his claymore on his right hand and pointed it at him.

A dark red orb was manifested at the tip of the blade. It quickly became as big as a yoga ball. Ichigo's eyes were shining brightly.

"Cero."

*SSSSFFFFWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!*

A giant red beam shot out of the orb and was zooming towards Yamamoto. The beam was carving out the ground in its wake. Yamamoto narrowed his eyes.

Yamamoto tapped Ryūjin Jakka on the ground in front of him. In an instant, a flame wall puffed up in front of him.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!*

The Cero beam slammed into the flame wall, creating a giant explosion. What Yamamoto didn't expect was the beam overpowering the wall and blasting through it easily.

*FWOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!*

The giant red beam engulfed Yamamoto. Ichigo stared at the destruction intently. But he was still on guard, nothing was ever this easy for him since he came here.

There was a lot of grey smoke. But with a single swipe of his claymore, Ichigo cleared it.

Yamamoto was standing there, not moving a single inch. His uniform was torn up a little.

Yamamoto raised Ryūjin Jakka and slashed at the air. A flame blade shot out of the flaming katana and went straight towards Ichigo.

Ichigo ran up towards the blade and raised his claymores.

*BAAAAANG!!*

Ichigo clashed against the flaming blade. He felt like he was getting burned up when he felt overwhelming heat from the curved flaming blade.

"Hnnnghhhhaaaaaarghhh!!!!!" Ichigo grunted and sliced the blade in half. Ichigo looked at Yamamoto and appeared in the air.

He swiped his claymores, shooting out multiple crescent blades at him. Yamamoto deflected each of the blades with a single swipe of his katana.

Ichigo landed on the ground and swung his claymores. Yamamoto swung his flaming katana at the same time. They clashed.

*BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!*

A giant red shockwave was created and it rippled throughout the battlefield. Roof tiles were getting blasted away. The floor which already suffered enough, suffered some more.

Some of the spectators were unconscious from the Reiatsu released by the Ichigo and Yamamoto. Only those who are resilient enough were able to resist the pressure. Aizen being one of them but she had a different reaction to the Reiatsu pressure.

"Oh my~! Ichigo's Reiatsu is so dominant!~" Aizen muttered with a lustful glint in her brown eyes. She licked her lips sexually.

" I want a piece of him~" She whispered to herself.

Back at the clash. Ichigo and Yamamoto were in a deadlock.

" Hrraggh!!" Ichigo grunted and pushed his blades forward. Yamamoto narrowed his eyes.

Yamamoto used more of his strength and easily pushed back Ichigo's blades. Ichigo widened his eyes as his blades were getting closer and closer to cutting his neck.

"No! Not like this!" Ichigo growled. His eyes glowed brightly. A golden aura slowly appeared around him.

"HaaaaaaaAAAA!!!!" Ichigo shouted and pushed Yamamoto's blades away. Yamamoto stepped back a little and looked at Ichigo who was staring at him with a serious face.

Ichigo pointed the claymore on his left hand at Yamamoto. A bright yellow orb appeared on the tip of the blade. The orb had bright yellow lighting crackling around it.

"Raikohou." Ichigo muttered.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!*

A giant yellow beam of lightning blasted towards Yamamoto and struck him. The results were did not match the effort.

Yamamoto came out with a few more small cuts on his body.

Yamamoto appeared in front of Ichigo and the swordfight resumed once more. Yamamoto who was on the offensive this time, was striking relentlessly. Ichigo was having a semi hard time from blocking one strike to the other.

But when there was a chance to counterattack, Ichigo took it hastily. Ichigo swiped his claymore to Yamamoto's chest to which the old captain dodged.

Ichigo continued his attacks. Now it was Yamamoto's turn to block and parry Ichigo's attacks.

Yamamoto had enough of this.

"Hitotsume: Nadegiri!" Yamamoto muttered. In a flash, he was already behind Ichigo. Ichigo was frozen in place until his left hand was cut off.

Ichigo gritted his teeth and quickly dove down to grab the falling claymore's hilt with his teeth. He then used Sonído to appear far away from Yamamoto.

Yamamoto turned around and looked at him silently. Ichigo glanced at his missing left arm.

All of a sudden, veins began to grow out of

the severed arm. The arm was regenerating in front of everyone's eyes.

[High-Speed Regeneration Lvl 2

allows Hollows to recover from any damage they sustain by causing them to heal at a drastically increased rate, closing the wounds on their body and growing back any lost limbs within extremely short periods of time.]

Ichigo dropped the claymore he was holding with his teeth and grabbed it with his newly regenerated left hand.

He looked at Yamamoto who was staring at him calmly.

"Shall we continue?

To be continued.....