Arc 2 Ch7 part 1

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"Well. That worked," I shrugged sheathing my blade.

"What did you do?" Shunsui questioned blankly, his gaze locked onto the bodies on the sea of sand. The two crash sites being the only areas to automatically revert, the rest of the sea of water still slowly transforming back.

Instead of answering, I immediately flash stepped beside one of the prone Espada. My hands swiping the blade beside him and without skipping a beat flash stepping back.

Urahara gave me an incredulous look.

"Souvenir," I smiled.

He slowly turned his gaze to the two clearly vastly more powerful hollows. Honestly? I'd been a little worried when Ulquiorra started twisting space like a Rubik's Cube. Before turning back towards me, a confused expression overs face.

"Huh..."

"Kisuke?" I questioned bemusedly, eyeing the far off expression on his face.

"Yes, Sosuke?"

I blinked at the response, turning my head towards Yoruichi. Finding a gobsmacked expression on her face as she stared at Urahara.

"Well then," I shrugged again, turning back towards Shunsui. "I locked him out," I answered his earlier question.

"Out of what?" Shunsui immediately replied, entirely undeterred by Urahara's state.

I vaguely gestured to the air around us.

"Anyway, we really need to leave, I don't know ho-" And thankfully I didn't even need to finish before everyone remembered that we were in fact still in hollow territory. Urahara immediately got to work, taking out some kind of device made of...

"Are those hollow masks?" I questioned, utterly baffled.

Urahara didn't answer, instead choosing to switch whatever thing he'd managed to come up with online. The space before it fracturing quickly as some kind of portal formed.

The four of us watched, a mixture of different expressions in place. Soi-fon showed indifference, though she'd probably been in that mood ever since finding out Yoruichi was technically free. I am presuming from Shunsui. I doubted she'd be this calm otherwise... Shunsui had genuine interest going through his own as he watched on. Yoruichi's was oddly enough the hardest to read... Either that or she really just wasn't surprised.

Before I could comment on any of that, nor the rather sizeable hole in space, I tensed the moment I felt the reiatsu wash over. The others on my heels as we all watched the previously transforming sea of water halt in it's tracks. The transformations in progress freezing and locking in place.

On the ground, surrounding the two still unconscious Espada was a veritable clearing of sand, at the edge of which currently stood a still wall of water.

"Leaving so soon?" A voice echoed out, right above the two prone Espada.

I sighed, my eyes twitching at the sight of Josh Groban.

And just as I was about to retort to that, the others decided to show themselves as well. I watched as towards the corner edge of one of Harribels previous walls of water, the rest of the Espada slowly appeared out of thin air. All different expressions showing through. Some filled with dread, some with awe and a few with indifference.

And by few, I mean Grimmjow and Nel.

Though the best face had to go to Grantz. The tattoo'd Espada had something akin to Enel face going on.

Naturally on sight of the number of enemies, I turned a single look over towards Shunsui and did the most sensible thing I could think of.

I unattached Yoruichi's security rope and handed it over to Soi-fon, earning a surprised look from the captain.

"I am afraid none of you are ready for this," I remarked, Shunsui immediately tensing, the man's reiatsu flaring before I watched, almost unsurprised, as Aizen got to work on Shunsui's senses, peaking each sense until the man's eyes rolled to the back of his head as I grabbed onto his falling body before throwing him through the portal and with a burst of reiatsu, immediately pushing Soi-fon and Yoruichi through without so much as a by your leave.

Kisuke?

Kisuke walked through himself the first chance he got.

"Now then-" I started, my hand immediately tensing even as a bloodshot Ulquiorra grabbed onto his blade just beside me. An absolutely livid expression on his face.

Naturally, I immediately smacked him over the head with my own zanpakuto, his head not so much as budging, and gave him a disappointed look.

"Don't be a poor loser now, I won this fair and square-"

"Ulquiorra," Josh Groban's voice caused me to jump as he suddenly appeared by the bat's side. "You had your chance, now stop-"

"The fights not over!" Ulquiorra snapped, his hand tightening as he made to pull before I smacked him on the head again, earning a growl.

"What part of that fights not over?" I questioned darkly, my hand not budging the slightest from his sword. "I stopped your attack," He winced. I took a small step forward. "I knocked you the fuck-"

Though alas, Josh Grobans seems to have clearly learned from his lesson as he immediately raised his guns towards both of our heads. Ulquiorra's eyes widening as a horrified look filtered through. The espada immediately letting go of his own blade as he made to take a few steps back, behind Groban.

"Apologies," Ulquiorra remarked glumly, his eyes locked to the ground, his teeth grinding as he spoke.

Josh Groban lowered one hand, his gaze locking onto me. "Enough of your manipulations."

I blinked.

"Is the pot calling-" I crouched, dodging the shot of reiatsu, a grin on my face.

Josh Groban's eyes narrowed as he slowly lowered his gun, locking onto me again. "You are oddly energetic, given that you are surrounded."

"Mhm," I nodded, to give him that point.

Josh Groban's eyes narrowed, "You cannot possibly think you can take on this many of my Espada..."

"Want to find out?" I continued smiling, my hands lazily sprawled over my kneecaps. One blade on each hand.

"Lord Groban allow me-"

"Ulquiorra. You've already had your go," Josh Groban started, only for me to interrupt him. My mind oddly filtering away the Espada choosing to stay back, huddling in a group of sorts in the process. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel of all hollows. Odd considering the recent attempts to kill me.

"So have you. That's three of the Espada I am counting," I chuckled straightening myself up, eyeing the slowly approaching Espada.

"Do I hear four?"

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Edit:

The Hollow masks used, belong to Grantz.