Contest 64 Results and Stories

[Cassie]

Your stories were scored by 2 people, myself and the man responsible for this contest, Mr. Anonymous. Each story was scored on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being highest. There was no set scoring sheet, and we scored based on our subjectivity of what's good and bad. Included with your scores are comments on what we thought were strong and weak in your stories. The average taken from the both of us gave you your overall score.

There are a lot of things that I can say about the overall performances, but I'll let you guys decide that for yourselves. To be honest, I regret raising the word limit, because a lot of your stories could've been just as good in 750 words. Anywho, without further ado, Here are your scores.

Do not post in this thread. Any discussion goes into the Contest 64 thread. Stories are posted in this thread.

Scores from Anonymous

1st division: 7/10
+Vividly descriptive
-Technically solid but not captivating
-Slow pacing

2nd division: 4/10
+Nice character interaction
-Awkward descriptive lines
-Abrupt ending

3rd division: 6/10
+Sets the scene well
+Good integration of other team members
-Predictable string of events/ending

4th division: 4/10
+Good use of the Captain as the protagonist
-Some grammar errors
-Brief and vague descriptions

6th division: 8/10
+Good use of the Captain as the protagonist
+Unusual and engaging characters
-Stale plot development outside of the premise

7th division: 5/10
+Funny dialog and events
-Not really extraordinary
-Confusing formatting and some grammar errors

8th division: 5/10
+Interesting first person perspective
-Too many characters
-Predictable string of events

9th division: 7/10
+Interesting parallels between police and division
+Good conversation banter
-Pacing could have been better

10th division: 6/10
+Amusing characters
-Predictable string of events
-Abrupt ending

11th division: 7/10
+Clear and coherent
+Nice character interaction
-Generic plot (sans ending)

12th division: 8/10
+Unusual and unpredictable
+Original lyrical style
-Disjointed in places

13th division: 7/10
+Well written, good exposition
+Good dialog
-Not very engaging/wild

Espada: 8/10
+Wacky and unpredictable as asked
+Clear and coherent
-Captain overshadowed by other characters


Scores from Me

1st Division: 7/10
+Very solid, great descriptions – not overly descriptive.
+Clear story/plot, good build up, good ending.
-Story was not very interesting

2nd Division: 4.5/10
+Good descriptions
+Interesting story
-Dialogues feel forced
-Poor plot development

3rd Division: 7/10
+Very well written
+Interesting enough
-Poor use of the Hollow
-Inclusion of side characters/members feels forced

4th Division: 4/10
+”She raises her hand and points her index finger at Sarteck, with her middle, ring and pinkie fingers curled in and her thumb sticking straight up, she squints one eye, taking aim.” Best excerpt among all stories. While I was reading the description, I couldn’t help but act out the scene, and screamed out my own spirit gun before Momo shot hers. Needless to say, it served its purpose. Second shot should’ve been shotgun though 
+Like the modern setting
-Everything past the first 2 paragraphs were “...huh???”

6th Division: 7/10
+Very solid, great descriptions – not overly descriptive.
+Clear story/plot, good build up, good ending.
-A little messy at times
-Some of the things that occured seemed reasonless

7th Divison: 4/10
+Crangrape
-Very Messy
-Elements did not fit very well
Extra: Akiha needs to say her trademark “Nii-san!”

8th Division: 7.5/10
+Interesting story
+Great dialogue
-Lacks battle details

9th Division: 7.5/10
+Quite suspenseful
+Easy to read and follow
-Poor reason behind Chi’s rampage

10th Division: 6.5/10
+Well written with good dividers making it easy to follow
+Awesome zanpakutos
+Great start
-Poor finish
-Unexciting plot

11th Division: 6/10
+Interesting perspective
+Good character interaction
-Drunken party
-Too many characters making it hard to follow

12th Division: 6.5/10
+Original
+The poems
-Poor usage of the Bleach setting
-Jimmy is copulating with Satan’s face...
Extra: Too many WoW references in the beginning

13th Division: 5.5/10
+Good dialogue
+Macabre
-Uninteresting plot
-Poor transition from convenience store to Gotei 13

Espada: 8/10
+Very funny
+Great dialogue
+Well written, easy to follow
-Some humorous elements overused (ie. toucan, fruit loops, babies)
-Poor usage of the villain – DragonBlade
-A bit messy starting from entering the temple to exiting the temple
Extra: Love Ice and his ice cream.

Placing
1st Place: Espada (8/10)
2nd Place: 6th Division (7.5/10)
3rd Place: Tie between 9th Division and 12th Division (7.25/10)
5th Place: 1st Division (7/10)
6th Place: Tie between 3rd Division and 11th Division (6.5/10)
8th Place: Tie between 8th Division, 10th Division, and 13th Division (6.25/10)
11th Place: 7th Division (4.5/10)
12th Place: 2nd Division (4.25/10)
13th Place: 4th Division (4/10)
Did not submit: 5th Division, Quincy, Vaizard

Ladder updates and other bookkeeping work will be done tomorrow or Friday.

[Cassie]

1st Division:

Workers:
Fect
Lupin the Third
Saikou
suggestions by Vamp


The roar of thunder echoed through the skies as the rain fell hard. As he stood there in drenched clothes, he panted hard. He couldn't figure out why this Hollow was taking so much to defeat. Seeing a glimmer of light shine through the darkness and rain, he jumped into the air drifting backwards and the ground where he just stood is struck by a sharp blast from the hollow. His white robe waving as he slowly falls to the ground. As soon as he land, Vampyre stood tall with a fierce look in his eyes. He was tired of this battle and planned on ending it now. Grabbing the Zanpakuto at his side by the hilt, he stares at the hollow as it charged him. Gripping the handle tightly he licks his lip while waiting eagerly. He squinted his eyes as the hollow drew nearer and nearer.

Forty feet in front of him was as close as the hollow had charged before he uttered to himself, “Flash... Hiraboshi!” Pulling his Zanpakuto out of it's hilt, his vision turned as if in slow motion. Drawing his blade, a light began shining fiercer with every inch of the blade revealed. As the blinding light of his Shikai shined completely around him, he saw from the hollows mouth a bluish flare. His eyes widening, he pulled his Zanpakuto completely out as the effect of his Hiraboshi collided with the attack of the hollow. He forcibly took a step forward as he began to feel a strong wind pulling him towards the hollow. The energies of the two attacks began swirling at the collision point. The flash of his Hiraboshi faded as another emerged from the swirling energies. Looking into the light, Vampyre lost consciousness instantly.

Rolling his head to the side as a single rain drop hit the side of his head, he opened his eyes partially. Laying on the ground he rolled onto his back and look upwards, fully opening his eyes and blinking a few times to adjust. With a massive headache he sat up and placed his hand on the ground to stabilize himself. Rubbing his forehead, he brushes the dirt off his face as he looks around dazed. “Wh... Where...” Rubbing his eyes with his fists he blinks a couple more times. “Where am I?”

Bending and pulling his knee towards him he uses it as a rest for his arm. Looking around at an area completely unfamiliar to him. As he grabbed his Zanpakuto off the ground he slowly stood up, wobbling from side to side for a second. Shaking his head he looks around some more. Thinking out loud, “What just happened? Where's the hollow? I can't sense it...” As he starts walking, in which direction he doesn't know, he puts his Zanpakuto back in it's hilt. Walking around in an empty field, the wind blowing gently as the clouds disperse and the sun shines through, he thinks to himself, “Wasn't it just night? How long was I out?”

Two hours had passed and he was growing more and more thirsty with each step. Luckily for him, he saw signs of buildings in the distance. As he drew closer, he stopped and looked at the buildings and a raised brow. “A village? Where on Earth am I?” he thought to himself. Walking again, he could see more and more of the huts as he drew closer to the outer limits of the village. Slowing his pace he grew concerned that something bad was about to happen. Not turning his head, to try to keep his composure, he grew worried that he could not sense anyone near him but could hear their footsteps flowing smoothly around him. He began wondering why he couldn't sense them even though he knew for a fact they were out there.

Listening to the almost nonexistent sound of the rustling leaves, he tried to track the foot steps. Grasping Hiraboshi's handle he continues walking a little more to see if they would reveal themselves. The whole time still trying to figure out why he couldn't sense a drop of spiritual pressure. With the soft sound of a foot pressing off a surface into the air, he pulled out his unreleased Zanpakuto. Keeping his left foot in place and sliding his right as he spins in a circle, he puts up his sword. Almost instantly a man dressed in clothing, strange to him, and an odd mask appeared striking down with a Kunai. The force going back and forth as the two push against each other, Vamprye slides his left leg from under him and sweeps the strangers feet from beneath him. Pulling away from each other, the masked stranger moves his foot and presses off Vampyre's leg at the last moment to propel himself back.

Both standing in defense mode the two just stared at each other in silence. Til Vampyre's voice can be heard over the winds. “Where are the rest? I know there are more” Slowly moving his sword into an attack stance the masked man stands straight. With a whistle coming from behind him mask, two more masked men emerge from the brush and trees. With a motion of his hand, the two men who showed up put away their Kunai. Carefully looking them over, he spins the blade around and slides Hiraboshi back into his sheath. Standing tall and stepping forward, pointing his right side towards the silent men, “Reveal yourselves... Now.” The man in the middle of the three looking from one to the other and replying in an altered voice, “We take orders from one. And you are not he.” Staring at the men, he squints his eyes. “Well you can see me, so I'll say this. I am Vampyre, Captain of the 1st Division of the 13 Court Guard Squads. Now reveal yourselves.”

Silence covered the area until the man in the middle tilted his head and spoke. “1st division? Court Guard Squads? What are you talking about? Judging from your clothes and the fact that neither of us three can sense any chakra from you... we see no threat” Turning away from Vampyre, the three strangers begin to leave when Vampyre responded. “What the hell is chakra? Who are you people? Tell me where the hell I am, now!” The man in the middle, turns his head to look at Vampyre over his shoulder. With the mask on, Vampyre had no way to tell his facial expression. “Please, reveal yourselves.”

As all three men turn around to face Vampyre, the one in the middle steps forward. “Where are you from that you have no rec election of chakra? Were you injured?” Turning back to his two friends he motions them forward and nods. As the men lower their heads, they placed a hand on the bottom of their masks and took them off slowly. Once they had removed their masks, Vampyre's eyes widened. “FECT! LUPIN! SAIKOU!! What the hell do you guys think you are doing?! You had me worried something had happened to me.” Their expressions changed quickly and grew confused. Looking at one another and whispering between themselves, the one in the middle takes a step forward.

“Do we know you? How is it you knew our names?” Rubbing his hands over his face, Vampyre began to get frustrated. “Saikou, stop. You know who I am. I'm your Captain. And why are you all out of uniform?” The three men looked at their clothing and looked back at him. The man on the left stepped up next to Saikou. “These are our uniforms. We don't know who you are but you are certainly NOT our Captain.” Raising his fist and clenching it tightly, Vampyre's face turned sour. “I'm sick of this you three. The joke's over! Where am I? And why can't I sense your spiritual pressure?” Turning their backs to Vampyre, Saikou motion for him to follow them as they began walking towards the village. “We don't know how to explain this any better. We are not who you think we are. Our names must be the same as well as our looks, 'cause you identified us immediately. You are not our Captain, we do not kno who you are, nor where you came from. Interestingly enough, we don't know what this spiritual pressure stuff is that you speak of and you don't know of chakra. You're obviously not from around here so we'll take you to the Kazekage. Maybe he'll understand this.”

Closing his eyes and shaking his head softly, Vampyre let out a soft sigh. Not understanding what was going on he walked up behind the three and began following them into the village. “What's a Kazekage and how can I get back to the Soul Society?” The men remained silent. Entering the village perimeters, they walked deep into the village to a huge building in the center. Walking inside and up the stairs, one of them finally responded to him. “The Kazekage is our leader and we've never heard of the Soul Society. That's no where on any of our maps, and we've charted the majority of the planet. Where is it you came from?” Stopping on the stair case he looked at his feet with a worried look in his eyes. When the men turned to look at him and motion for him to continue, he started to yell. “It's where I'm live! It's where the living go when they die! What the hell is going on here and where the hell am I?!” As he finished yelling, the wall beside him and the stairs beneath him cracked. His spiritual pressure had escaped him for a moment. Having no clue what just happened, the three asked he continue to the top.

As they drew closer to the top of the tall building, one of the three men, the one named Fect stopped and turned to Vampyre. Ripping off a small piece of his robe he raised a hand to him as if to say, 'It's okay.' “Saikou, Lupin, I'm going to my lab. Maybe we can figure out where he's from using the materials his clothing are made from. Judging by their looks, they must be a regional thing.” Nodding in response to him, though his back was turned and he could not see, they waved for Vampyre to continue. Fect took the piece of cloth in his hand and jumped off the stair case to the bottom of the building before running out the door. As the reached the top of the tall stair case, they stood in front of a huge door. Pushing it open, Saikou and Lupid motion the man in the door before entering themselves and shutting it behind them.

Two days had passed since they entered the chamber of the Kazekage and Fect went to his lab. The huge doors had finally swung open once more and the three of them walked out together and walked down the stair case. Vampyre's expression was pure confusion. He had begun to understand what had happened. Upon reaching the bottom, Fect came walking through the building's main door. “Oh, so you are still here. I found something really weird. After two days of nonstop work... taking into consideration his sudden appearance, unfamiliarity of everything, his mysterious recognition of us.. Saikou.. Lupin...” Shaking his head with his mouth open and eyes wide, “Vampyre's not from here... I mean, of course he isn't from HERE, but... He's not even from our world. The material this robe is made from is unlike ANYTHING we found around the world. Spiritual pressure, Soul Society, the weird material... he's got to be from a different dimension.” Right as Saikou opened his mouth and was about to say something. “Saikou wait. I know what you're going to say. But listen to me. It's always been something we couldn't prove or disprove. Plus! My assistant told me you were talking with the Kazekage and something called a Hollow was mentioned. You know, the last thing he could remember. Well.. what if when the attacks collided, it tore a hole in the dimensions and sent him here. It's the only think I can think of....”

Staring at Fect and turning back to Lupin and Saikou, Vampyre nodded. “Parallel.. I mean. That's why you look like my Division members and have the same named. You guys are them... from your world. But how do I get back?” Looking at all three of them, silence reigned. No one said anything. As Fect raised his hand, opening his mouth to say something, screams broke out through the entire village. The four of them turning their heads to the main door looked to the Kazekage's door when it slammed open suddenly. The Kazekage started yelling, “Alert all Anbu! There's a mysterious creature attacking the village! They say it can't be seen, so be aware! Go NOW!”

Vampyre's eyes opened wide as his mouth dropped. “THE HOLLOW!” Turning to the three behind him, “It must have been transferred here as well!” Pulling Hiraboshi from it's sheathe he ran out the door with leaving Lupin, Fect and Saikou by themselves. Until the ran out following of course. As soon as the three of them got outside, they saw Vampyre fighting nothing... At least they couldn't see anything. He was hitting something, and something was hitting him but they couldn't see it. Thinking hard and staring at his feet, Fect's head jolted up. He had an idea. “Vampyre! Your only chance of returning to your world is defeating it! It brought you here, it will return you!”

Hearing the words from Fect, Vampyre took a heavy stance and clenched his sword tightly. “Alright... this ends now!” As he charged the hollow he began yelling loudly. His voice echoed throughout the village. Jumping into the air and pressing off a building to get higher up, Hiraboshi shined like never before. The energy serging through it was unbelievable to him. His put everything he had into this one attack. He slashed his sword downward at the hollow and yelled loudly as he was engulfed by the light of Hiraboshi.

[Cassie]

2nd Division:

Authors:
Karakura Red
Ushio Amamiya
Guy
Ryuuiku

Sakura felt beads of sweat drops from her face as the sun splashed its light against her face. Her legs felt tired and her arms were hanged limply by her side. As she brushed her hair away from her eyes, she took a good look around at the scenery. She saw many ghostly shadows and the trees were in grotesque shapes.

But Sakura knew that she could not back herself down. She was here to defend the town from monsters... a town in the middle of a forbidden desert, where normally no one would be brave enough to go. By her side is her trusty sidekick and loyal friend, Ushio. The two had been on many missions together to exterminate beasts and other monsters that plagued the land. Their latest mission was to obliterate the monsters that covered the town in the forbidden desert.

Before they reached The Forbidden Desert, there was a place called, “Oasis: The Natural Forest”. There, many trees grew in different types and varieties. Also, there are few animals lived in peace and harmony. Then, there was a lake that connects to the waterfall – in the middle of Oasis. And finally, many heroes before Sakura and Ushio went there to rely on supplies – like food and water. Thus, it was a very sacred and legendary place.

Sakura suggested that it was a very good idea if they would gather food and water to take them on their journey. Ushio insisted that they needed wood for campfire. The two went to Oasis and took their time – as much as they needed. Meanwhile, Ushio noticed that Sakura has almost fainted while they were looking for supplies. Ushio warned Sakura that they needed to get some rest to have more energy. She even suggested staying here for the night. And so, they did.

On the next day, they spent the morning to gather food, water and wood again to take them – when they reached the forbidden desert. They even took the plunge in the waterfall before they left. It was very refreshing. This was to gather up their own strengths to fight enemies. They left Oasis in the middle of the day and they knew they would come back there again someday.

While they are walking in the middle of the nowhere, Sakura said, "It should not be long before we meet some demon that is plaguing in this land,". “I definitely agree.” Ushio replied instantly. They have reached the desert and they had been traveling for awhile outside the town's walls. The blazing sun was almost setting. And when the sun sets, who knows what monsters roam the forsaken desert?

As the last rays of sunlight glinted off the horizon, Sakura and Ushio set up the camp on the outside lands. As evening approached, Ushio prepared woods for another campfire. Sakura warned her calmly, "Be on your guard, Ushio. Or else, we’re toast." - while she sharpened her twin dirks. These twin dirks were infused with magic and could banish ghosts back to the Netherworld. "Alright Sakura, what do you think we will encounter something tonight?" Ushio asked. "I have no idea, but I sense something powerful here." Sakura replied.

On the same cold and dark night, Sakura heard an unusual and a howling sound while they were eating their dinner. She stood up and began to look around. Meanwhile, Ushio felt a cold and a dark presence too, but she remained seated in front of the campfire. From then, Ushio activated her Third Eye. She could see creatures far beyond the human naked eye. The True Power of the Third Eye was one of Ushio's special and unique powers.

"What do you see?" asked Sakura. "I am using my Third Eye right now. I try to see what's out there." replied Ushio, as she stood up and tried to search for this sinister creature. The invisible creature appeared at the highest top of the building in this town, but Ushio didn't see it - even with her Third Eye. Suddenly, the creature rushed at Sakura, moving with incredible speed. Luckily, Ushio witnessed the creature right away - before he attempted to slashed Sakura – with his mighty sword. Finally, Ushio shouted, "BEHIND YOU!!!".

Sakura blocked the creature's attacks at the last second. While the creature was invisible, the creature made heavy footsteps, which gave away its own location. Sakura pulled out the twin dirks and randomly swung at the beast. The beast roared and appeared its own natural form. Apparently, it did that when the creature has been injured. "Let's finish this!" Ushio and Sakura gave it their very best and vanquished the monster. "That was too easy," said Ushio. "Something's not right... Perhaps there were more monsters lying in ambush.” reacted Sakura.

As Sakura and Ushio stood over the dead beast, many shadows began to rise and surround the two. "Oh no! Now I can see heaps of them with my Third Eye, we are outnumbered!" Yuko screamed. "Have no fear!" Sakura shouted as she went into a complex battle dance with her blades flickering. The shadows materialized into horrid beasts as fresh blood poured from their wounds.

Sakura stared at the shadow of a wizard. The wizard then jumped down and used its own spells against the creatures. Sakura and Ushio watched as the wizard defeated the creatures. And by the last creature, the wizard was breathing hard. "Hello. My name is Eckerd, the magical wizard of elements of the beyond and yonder. What is yours?" said the wizard. "I am Sakura and this is Ushio. Why did you help us?" Sakura questioned. "You looked like you needed some help. And indeed, I did." While they were talking, another beast rampaged through the forest and rammed right into Eckerd. The beast didn't stop to attack them and it ran off until complete darkness swallowed it. Sakura ran up to Eckerd. "Please, I want you to take this book. This book will help you if the creatures will ever come back," the wizard whispered in pain. Sakura was shocked to see the wizard dying so quickly - when they had just met him. Ushio saw a tear roll down Sakura's cheek, and turned away. Just when Eckerd was going to say something else, he closed his eyes. Ushio looked back to see what was happening. As his body relaxed, Sakura felt for his pulse. "He's dead. Should we leave him here?" Sakura questioned. "I think we should buried him. After all, he saved us." Ushio replied. Sakura stood up and walked over to Ushio. "Why does he think this book should belong to me?" Sakura questioned. Ushio shook her head with no clue. Then, they carried and buried the wizard a little bit far away when the fight occurred.

That night, Sakura stayed up flipping through the book the wizard had given her. It was written in some ancient language. "Ushio, can you read this?" asked Sakura. "It looks like some sort of spell book. The wizard said this could be used to defeat monsters, right?" Ushio said. At the first page of the book, Ushio read the ancient text written from the wizard. It said, “This book belongs to someone who deserves to protect this world. If this book belongs to the wrong hands, it will be more difficult to bring it back. Please take care of this with care.”

“Could it be the wizard figured out that we’re coming? And how do you know this ancient text?” asked Sakura. “ I only know a little bit about the text when I was in training. As for the wizard, I have no clue.” Ushio replied.

Daybreak came. The town was relieved that nothing had happened to them. The mayor of the town gave Sakura and Yuko some money for their travels. While the townspeople were ready to bid them farewell, Sakura and Yuko weren't sure if the threat of the monsters had truly been eliminated. However, they are ready anytime and anywhere.

When they left the town in the forbidden desert, Sakura wanted to return to Oasis to relieve from their own stress from fighting. Ushio loves to come back there, too. “I think we should live there.” Ushio said. “Why not?” Sakura replied happily. And so, they did.

[Cassie]

3rd Division:

Edited by Toku and Uraharalove

Old Battles, Past Scars and Recent Drinks
Part 1. Written By Ai (http://forums.bleachportal.net/member.php?u=17301)
The empty corridors and rooms of the Third division building seemed to echo the quiet that penetrated its hallways that fateful evening. Quiet permeated the surface of reality everywhere except for one small lit room near the back of the building. Inside was a large, lukewarm bottle of Sake placed on a cozy heated table, emptying slowly as the people seated around it conversed animatedly.

The occasion was nothing special, merely a chance for the members of the third to get together and reminisce. The officers and the Taichou and Fuku Tachiou had let down their hair for the evening and joined the junior members to pass around stories and to see how they were getting on.

In the midst of the small noisy warm atmosphere, a voice suddenly cut through the din.
"People, I think we can all agree that the best battle that has been fought was by our own Taichou here." Whyte the Fuku Tachiou declared, waving her hand towards the seated Kichi who was busy drinking himself to the bottle of his cup.
"What happened?" Asked Manchester Black, a new recruit who sat on the other end of the table.
"Indeed..What happened?" asked a member and another until all the members were asking for the story to be told.

"Well..." Began Whyte...

Part2. Written By Edgey (http://forums.bleachportal.net/member.php?u=30567)

"It happened quite some time ago, back when 3rd Division was still young… Well the members were, anyway," chuckled Whyte as she took another sip from her cup, which was almost empty by now.
"Ahem, well on this day, Kichi was in his office with me sorting through some paperwork when one certain piece of parchment caught our attention. It read:
‘For the eyes of 3rd Division Taichou, Top Secret.’ Almost immediately, the Taichou swiped the notice up and read the details quickly but carefully, being very thorough in order to not miss out any crucial details."
"What happened then!?" shouted Neko Toku, a young member, who was slightly drunk.
"Well..." Whyte continued. "Almost straight after reading the notice, he ordered me to get his zanpakutou and meet him in the 3rd Division courtyard as soon as possible, so of course, as any good Fuku Taichou would do, I followed my orders and went to get his battle equipment."

"About fifteen minutes later, we were on our way to the location the notice had informed us about: an old part of a forest in Soul Society that had been untouched by souls for centuries. Along with me were the Taichou and two other seated members of the Division." said Whyte. Her voice was gradually getting quieter, to the point that the other members sitting around had to inch closer a little more.
"We finally arrived at our destination only to find that there was nothing to be seen. We were investigating our surroundings for the good part of an hour when suddenly with lightning quick reflexes we saw our Taichou leap into the air, dodging a barrage of what appeared to be sharp fragments of bone. I heard a screeching shriek— one of the seated officers that was with us had been hit by the shooter of the arrows, a Hollow." whispered Whyte. With every word she uttered, the atmosphere seemed to be getting eerier.

"The officer went down in a flurry of crimson as the unidentified Hollow laughed maniacally at the broken Officer, who was lifeless on the hard ground. We stood in complete amazement as we wondered how a seated officer could be taken down so easily. Obviously this was no ordinary Hollow.
"The remaining Officers, including myself, drew our zanpakutous. We were ready to strike with vengeance at this foul, tainted soul when Kichi said from behind us,
‘Stand down, he's mine!’
"Then our Taichou uttered the fatal words. The words that an enemy would never want to hear," said Whyte, this time sounding excited.
"Burn the heavens..."'

Part 3. Written By Eternalmetal™ (http://forums.bleachportal.net/member.php?u=32838)

“Shatter the gates!” yelled the Taichou with much vigor as he activates his Shikai. His sword glowed red in the moonlight, as he stood eye to eye with the hollow. “I am Tukai, a rank 1 Vasto lorde. I have come from Hueco Mundo to rule over Soul Society, and eventually overtake the human world. You cannot beat me with your lowly zanpakutou” the hollow retorted in a low raspy tone.

In a flash the hollow is standing behind Kichi, with an arrow ready to fire. With inhuman reflexes, Kichi whips around and cuts the arrow in half with his sword, now emanating a fiery red hue. Startled, Tukai leapt back, swiftly drawing another arrow made of sharpened bone. “This bone is made from thousands of Gillian class Menos; there is no way your zanpakutou should be able to slice through it!” Without any notice, the arrow brushes the Taichou’s shoulder and completely splinters the tree behind him into a thousand pieces. “You’re quick for a shinigami” he bellows, “that should have pierced right through your heart!”

Kichi changes to the offense and lunges at the hollow, using shunpo to try and catch him off guard. “All I saw was a red flash” admits the reminiscent Fuka Taichou as she continues on with her story. After a series of clanging and aggressive movements, Kichi is flung full force into a tree. “At this point all of his were worried thinking he wouldn’t make it out alive” Whyte said in a concerned tone. Kichi stood up, and although scratched and torn, he seemed really determined. He raised his zanpakutou straight into the air, pointing it towards the glowing moon. The illuminated sword begins to glow in brightness until the entire blade is engulfed in a flame. “This is the true power of my Shikai.”

Firing a myriad of arrows, Tukai circles around Kichi as an incredible speed. As Kichi outmaneuvers the arrows, a wave of the sword sends a large flame towards his target. Direct hit! “At this point I thought it was over the flames of Kichi’s Shikai get up to 3000 degrees Celsius.” Said Whyte. But it barely left an impression, Tukai stood there barely wounded and chuckling to himself. “You will never defeat me with a pathetic technique like that. You’re not even worth my time.” He fires another set of arrows, which at this point overwhelms the slightly exhausted captain. They propel him backwards, making him do a numerous amount of flips before laying face down in the wet grass.

Like a wet rag, Kichi lied there lifeless in the grass. “All of us were yelling and screaming, but I don’t think he heard anyone” comments Whyte. When he finally stood up, Kichi had an extremely angered look on his face. A mixture of sweat and blood ran down his cheeks, and his chest rapidly pumped in and out. “I didn’t think I would have to use this to defeat you, but here goes. Your killing spree ends tonight. BANKAI!” He yelled with conviction as Tukai finally recognized his presence from the incredible pressure of his reiatsu.

Kichi’s sword was now like a raging forest fire, as you could feel the heat even up to 20 feet away. The flame was black, with a midnight blue outline. Rumored to be fire from the depths of hell, a hotter flame does not exist. He ran toward the hollow, his movements were now quicker, yet more deliberate. Before Tukai was able to draw an arrow, Kichi’s sword sliced effortlessly through his bow and severed his body in half. It crackled as it seared through the tough hollow skin, and his body immediately started to decompose as he finished his last and final swing…

Part 4. Written By Manchester Black (http://forums.bleachportal.net/member.php?u=50030)

The room in the third division was silent, as all the members sat in awe at the story that had just been told. Whyte sipped her sake slowly, and exhaled.

“And that’s pretty much how it happened,” she said as she closed her eyes and leaned back.

Kichi smirked and raised his cup. “Indeed, you told the story well, Fuku Taichou. But…” he took a drink. “…it’s just a story. Don’t get yourselves too excited. What’s important is our fighting power as a team. Not the power of my awesome bankai,” Kichi joked as he smiled and a winked.

No one really said much, as most were still thinking about the story. Edge glanced around, and debated himself in his head regarding the question he wanted to ask. He was curious as to whether or not his captain was afraid of the enormous Hollow that night. He didn’t want to offend Kichi though, by making him think he expected him to be scared of a Hollow. Edge opened his mouth to speak, just in time to be cut off…

“Were you afraid that you might lose to such a strong enemy?” asked the new recruit, Manchester Black.

Edge sighed with relief, and ducked under the incoming cup. Manchester Black was not quick enough however, and took a shot to the side of the head and hit the floor. He rubbed his head.

“Scared? Don’t ask such silly questions. I knew I had that Hollow beat, and so did the rest of you.” Kichi said as he sat down and scoured the table for a new cup. He smiled as he joked with the rest of them.

The sake had begun to set in on everyone, and the room was filled with laughter and chuckles. The night of reminiscing was young, and more stories were to come as the evening grew older. The drinks were passed around, and the bonds in the Third Division between members strengthened with each passing tale.

Many thanks for reading our story.

~WhyteDragon

[Cassie]

4th Division:

Authors:
Barbelicious
AbaraiDani
Rockreaper
Sushi
Suzaku
Vidtid
Sendivoge
Barbaroi

It was one hot day in October out in the streets. The smell of juicy hotdogs sizzling in the air, all around her it was if she had fallen into heaven. Momo looked up into the sky and was nearly blinded by the bright glare of the sun against her shades! It was gonna be another awesome day, she could predict it. She then reached into her pocket to find her list of things needed to be done today, when suddenly her cell phone begins to ring! Then suddenly as she answers it the voice that makes her mind wander, her heart skip a beat, and the butterflies in her stomach come alive, Barbaroi. He then asks her if she would like to come to a party with their friends. These awesome friends include such stars as Wacer, Sushi, Suzaku, Sendivoge, Dani, Toasty, Vidtid, Draco, Eighty, Rock, Shinji, and the smexiest of them all Barbelicious! Momo, thinking this is the most awesome event to take place in history decides to put her list away for tomorrow. Today she will start her journey over to the party of the century. Momo feeling super as can be starts to look for a costume store, after walking a few blocks she entered Debbie Lin’s costume store, she tried on many different costumes, from cowgirl to sexy nurse, even a horrible banana; not satisfied with the way she looked, a cosplay came to her mind, yes! That it’s perfect she thought, her Haku costume would do just fine and she’ll stand out from the crowd.

As day turned into night, a sexy Barbaroi dressed in a Pharaoh’s costume, waited for his beautiful Momo, however Barb would have to wait much longer than he had originally planned. You see, it was on this day that the powers that be, whatever they are, decided that Barb should be visited by his unwanted fan-club. Now, since most are asking, there is a reason why they are unwanted; they are RFG’s. Raving Fan-Girls. They are foaming at the mouth fans that will do whatever is necessary to have a piece of their delicious Barbaroi, something that was only reserved for Barb’s dearest Momo. So, rather than waiting for his sweet Momo to appear, we find our current center of attention on the run from RFG’s. As he attempts to flee for his life he runs into Dani, who was running back towards him! Huffing and puffing she attempts to catch her breath. Barbaroi then beings to ask her what is wrong, Dani, barely being able to talk, merely says Momo is in trouble! Barbaroi then begins to run off towards the direction of Momo in a a straight up sprint!
As Momo is running from a strange man with a hood and mask on she starts to scream out for her Barbaroi. The man standing around six feet tall, muscular build, and overall dark looking is chasing after her running and running carrying what looks like an old axe! Frightened she tries to run from the man dodging in between tree’s and houses, and is now starting to enter the center of the city. With a population of 4 million people she must have some way of losing this crazed man she thought. She then sneaks into a abandoned building and hides under some old desks waiting silently and patiently for the lunatic to go away. Quietly she turns her head to hear better if he was close. All of a sudden bang!!!! She heard a door break open. The crazed man knew she was there but not sure where. Breathing quickly heart pounding she had to make a decision. Shall I run or shall I wait is what was racing threw her head.
Momo ran. She held her breath and darted from her place behind the desk and ran directly towards the man. The man wasn't fazed. He caught Momo in the nick of time and pushed her to the ground. Momo struggled and kicked, but he pushed his weight on top of her. Dammit... Momo thought. At this rate, I'll be raped or killed! A sinking feeling of pure fear swelled within her, until it felt uncontrollable. She raised her hands in a last ditch effort and pushed hard against the man. A blinding flash of light spewed from her palm as her flesh connected with his chest. Suddenly she could no longer feel the weight of the man anymore. The light dimmed to a low glow on her hand, and she discovered that she was covered in blood. The man's legs fell from their previously supported position onto her. The man's torso no longer there.
Momo looked down at her hands. The soft glow that was there was now dimming down to nothing. She was shaking. She had just killed a man. She drew her legs into her chest and squeezed her arms around them. What the hell just happened? She was really scared. A strong wind was blowing and big hailstones were clattering on the ground. Big, dark clouds filled the sky. She then reached into her pocket and used her pink cell phone to call Barbaroi.

“Barb, I had just killed a man!!”

She then asked Barbaroi to come to the abandoned building. Suddenly Momo heard a commotion. In the half-dark she saw something moving. It looked like white sheets. It’s … Ghosts! Momo trembled with fear.

“Wooooooo!” moaned the ghosts with spooky deep voices.

Then it got quite again.

“It’s just my imagination.” She thought.

Then suddenly she heard a loud “Woooooo!”

The ghosts were right outside Momo’s house.

“Wooooo,” moaned the ghost again.

“Oh no!” yelled Momo, terrified.

She then heard giggles outside her door. Hey those voices ….

“Hello Momo” she heard.

It’s Wacer, Sushi, Suzaku, Sendi, Dani, Toasty, Vidtid, Draco, Rock, Shinji and Barbe.

“Have we scared you?” Wacer laughed.

“Scared? Who, me?” growled Momo bravely.

”I was just acting” She said.

“Well, Come on in”.

“We were asked by Barbaroi to come here, You killed a man?” Suzaku asked.

"Of course not I was just pulling a fast one on barb!" she cried.
As they were about to leave Suzaku saw some blood on the floor next to Momo.

“Wait a minute! …..What’s all this blood?” He shouted.

Momos heart sank she blurted out “Its mine I cut my leg” Sushi queried

“So what type of cut? An accidental cut, an emo cut?”

Momo replied “Accidental! I cut it on that rail over there”. “C’mon guys lets go already! I wanna party!”

Just as they were about to leave Rockreaper saw something behind momo.

“Wait a minute….How do you explain that half blown up torso over there!?”

Momo had no time to think and replied “ermm… its..erm..”

Suddenly a blinding flash emanated from inside Vidtid and out of nowhere he dropped dead beside Momo! All of a sudden barb emerged with his hand glowing, right behind where Vidtid was standing. Everyone looked around puzzled as to what had just occurred.

Then Momo raised her own hand which began glowing and said “I see…. So this is how it has to be”

“This is how what’s supposed to be?” Dani asked cautiously

Momo replied “Ever since I was a little girl I knew what my destiny was.
I have to save the world by destroying barb and foiling his evil plan (which involved bumsecks) . An old man once told me the fate of the world would rest on my shoulders when I saw my true love kill someone…and now that day has come!”

It had started to rain. She pointed her hand towards barb and a large sword emerged from inside her hand. She raised the sword and bellowed,

“This is where it ends….. I love you barb! BANNNKAAIII!!!!”

Barbaroi shielded his face from the imminent attack.
...
...
...
But none came. He lowered his hands just in time to see Momo as she leaped out the window and began legging it across the dimming yard. A painted wooden sword lay on the floor in front of him, mocking him for his stupidity. "MomoXBarb" was carved crudely into the useless blade. Momo heard the scream of frustration far behind her, but dared not slow down. She understood Barbaroi was likely much faster than she, but in this darkness, it wouldn't be difficult for her to simply disappear into the night. As if the world had been reading her thoughts, the streetlamps overhead suddenly decided to light up. Momo came to an abrupt stop as the yellow light revealed everything ahead.
At least ten masked men stood a little further up the street, shattering any previous hopes of escape. Momo recognized them immediately as enemies, for they were identical to the one she had obliterated just earlier. Her palm tingled with eerie warmth. The men advanced towards her, but Momo had already raised a brightly glowing palm in their direction. Focusing her chi into her hand momo smashed the first masked assailant with an open palm. It cause a burst of energy through his system and sent him flying, it almost opened an enormous hole in his back at the same time. Two more descended upon momo, who at the last second, was able to twist and dodge the oncoming assault sent her foot into the gut of the first and the…..well….it’s the ultimate weak spot. Needless to say these two went down rather quickly. Just as the other 7 were about to gang-up on here a figure dropped almost directly out of the sky and landed on one of them, sending him to the ground. Rockreaper stared at momo for a moment before speaking;

“If you’re trying to make a get-away, go now, I’ll keep ‘em busy for you.”

Taking the opportunity to get away,

She looks at Rockreaper and says "Thank you rock."

As Rock says "No need to thank me Momo.. now run!"

As Rockreaper tangled with the 7 remaining assailants, momo made a break for it, heading back in the same direction she came, when all of sudden, a giant figure, 10 feet tall, emitting an aura of pure evil about him, appeared in front of her. The evil being grinned at her with, showing his poorly taken care of teeth and stank ass breath... The being spoke.

"I am Sarteck, and I am here for your smex"! he said, as he loled "MUAHAHAHAHAA".

Momo, trembling in fear, feeling that her legs were unable to move, stood there frozen. As Sarteck approached her, coming closer to her with every step, she couldn't take it anymore and let out a loud scream,

"Barbaroi!!!!!!!!!" she yelled.

Sarteck stopped. He looked around, waiting for this "Barbaroi" to appear, but seen nothing.

He loled again "ha ha ha ha", as he spoke, "this feeble Barbaroi is nowhere to be found my delicious momo. No one is going to save you my precious!!!"

As he rubs his hands together, spitting up flem and coughing. He started walking closer, and was merely a few steps away when, Barbaroi appears in front of him, standing in between him and momo.

"No one is going to lay a hand on my love." Shouted Barbaroi.

Sarteck glaring back at him, seeing the killing intent in Barbaroi's eyes, begins to wonder if he made a mistake, but is not willing to give up his precious.

"Move aside fool... Or I will have to crush you" Sarteck said.

Barbaroi didn't budge. Sarteck stomped his foot, causing the ground to shake. Barbaroi stood his ground, momo still behind him.

“Very well... your fate is sealed” yelled Sarteck.

A red flame engulfes him, causing the wind to blow like the outer edges of a tornado. Sarteck charges Barbaroi. A fight ensues. Sarteck draws a sword from his back, slashing at Barbaroi as Barbaroi narrowly missing, as Momo looks on, tears in her eyes as she watches Barbaroi pull out a sword of his own. The sword he pulls out is old wooden sword with the words "MomoxBarb" crudely carved into it. Sensing her love in danger, Momo stands to her feet, still shaking in fear, but not by the fear of death, but the fear of losing her love. She raises her hand and points her index finger at Sarteck, with her middle, ring and pinkie fingers curled in and her thumb sticking straight up, she squints one eye, taking aim. The tip of her finger begins to glow an ominous blue, as it spins like a vortex, pulling in the wind around it, growing larger.

She closes her eyes, and yells "SPIRIT GUN!"

A giant blue bolt of lightning flies past Barbaroi and clipping Sarteck in the arm, blowing it completely off. Momo couldn't believe she missed her mark.
Barbaroi, seeing what Momo had just done, said, "One more time Momo... just one more shot" as he turned back to Sarteck.
Momo begins charging up her attack one last time, putting everything she has into it. Her hand shaking, sweat running down her face, and a strange feeling of hungriness as she remembers the sent of delicious hotdogs from earlier in the day.

She says "I'm ready!"

Barbaroi taking this as his cue, lunges at Sarteck, as he flash steps grabbing him from behind.

Barbaroi yells "NOW MOMO!! FIRE!!"

Momo cries and says "I can't!! You'll be killed!!"

In which Barbaroi screams back "JUST DO IT MOMO!! KILL THE BEAST!! YOU MUST!!"

Momos hand is shaking, a million thoughts running through her head, not knowing if she should fire or not... closes her eyes and screams "SPIRIT GUN!!!!!"

Sending a giant flame of energy towards the two, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. The attack hits its mark, hitting Sarteck directly in his chest, sending him and Barbaroi flying through the air as they are engulfed in the blue flame. Sarteck disappears in the flame. Leaving only a battered and nearly dead Barbaroi, laying on the ground. Momo approaches him, tears in her eyes, she drops to her knees, grabbing him and crying.

"Why Barb, why did you make me do that!!?" she pleaded.

"Because I need you to live on my love" Barb said to her.

"But... I don't want to go on without you" she said back as tears ran down her face. Barbaroi, slowly closing his eyes, with his last breath says to Momo,

"I love you Momo. I will always be with you", as his eyes close and he exhales his last breath.

Momo screams in anger and sadness, as she leans down to kiss Barbaroi, one last time. As their lips meet, Momo begins to glow with an angelic yellow light, engulfing both her and Barbaroi, as they begin to levitate. Barbaroi opens his eyes and stares into Momo's eyes, as she stares back when all of a sudden, BAM!! a bright flash of white light surrounds them. They hold each other and close their eyes. When they open their eyes, they look around, seeing themselves back inside Momo's house. They get up and look around, noticing the torso is gone and Vidtids mangled body is no longer there. They walk into the kitchen to see Barbelicious, Suzaku, Dani, Wacer, Vidtid, Sendi, Rock, Sushi, Toasty, Shinji, Draco and 87, all standing there in their cosplay costumes. Momo and Barb look at each other, wondering what just happened, when Vidtid spoke.

"What are you guys doing, come on, get into your costumes".

It seemed no one had remembered anything, and everything was back to as it should be. Momo and Barb looked at each other, holding each other and kissing, as they went upstairs to get changed into their cosplay. Knowing what they had went through, knowing they were the only two to actually remember what happened, gave them a feeling of an unbreakable bond. After changing, they headed downstairs to join their friends and enjoy their time together with each other and their dearest friends. They ended the day with smiles and laughter and the memory of what they went through together.

[Cassie]

6th Division:

This story was created by a combination of Undying, Kensei, Kenken, Ymir’s Embrace, Pyramus and Full Metal Rebel’s ideas and stories/paragraphs (some reworded to fit the style and element’s of some stories used/taken out to fit together).

A new day dawned on the small town of Acetown, a very peculiar name for a town that was in fact not full of aces or of anything of any repute at all for that matter. Now one may ask:

“Mr. Floating Head Voice-thingy, if this town doesn’t have anything worth talking about why tell this tale?”

Well if you shut up and listen you might just find out. Now then this day is only worth mentioning because it was on this day that two travelers happened upon Acetown by accident. For most towns of this time travelers were nothing new, but for the dull, lifeless Acetown visitors were a source of excitement. It was on this day that the elder of Acetown learned of a beast called the Cook-Khan, a monster so fearsome that the lord of the kingdom was wagering all of his riches for its capture.

As a simple town the riches meant nothing to the villagers of Acetown, though he knew that the village that captured the beast would be remembered for ages to come. See, I told you there was a point to this. Anyways, the travelers told the elder that the Cook-Khan monster was attracted to gold- large quantities of gold. The two travelers left suddenly after that, almost as if by a convenient plot device.

After their departure the elder called all of the villagers together to tell the news of this beast. They all decided that this would be the day that the village put itself on the map. They decided to pool all of their gold together to lure the beast to their village. Now as fate would have it the villagers had much more gold than even they knew. Apparently since they had nothing exciting to spend their hard-earned money on except the necessities, they had mountains of gold saved up. They smelted it all down and had it forged into a mountainous chest filled to the brim with solid gold. All that was left was to decide who would in fact be the unlucky person to have to actually catch the beast. To be completely fair the elder had everyone in the village draw straws. The…ahem...winner, was a young girl named RenRen known to her friends as the Renja. As the villagers pushed the large chest deep into a shallow cave the Renja’s closest friend said his farewells.

“Well Renja, looks like you get to be the town hero, man I wouldn’t want to be in your shoes.”

The Renja looked at her friend Tyekanik with a slight look of confusion on her face.

“I’m not going alone.” The Renja quickly reached out and grabbed her friend’s hand as she dragged him along kicking and screaming up to the top of the cave. The young boy finally calmed down and accepted his fate as the two readied themselves to catch the Cook-Khan.

Another completely average night fell over the completely average town as the two children waited in silence for the Cook-Khan to come. Hours passed and the two soon fell fast asleep (typical heroes). It was soon after that the Cook-Khan himself made his way to the cave covered in his blue furs.

As luck would have it the Renja leaned her back against a large boulder overlooking the shallow cave; but luck is a double-edged sword. Instead of the boulder harmlessly covering over the cave and sealing the beast within, it bounced about the mountaintop crushing half of the village. Our two heroes awoke late in the afternoon only to find their village in shambles and the golden chest gone.

“That Cook-Khan is a smarter monster than we gave it credit.” The Renja exclaimed with much vigor. “It must have knocked us unconscious and taken the gold, and to make sure no one followed it destroyed Acetown!.”

Tyekanik merely nodded his head and agreed with her, though the sensible one was sure the two simply fell asleep. Our heroes were ready to give up and go back to town when the Renja had a thought and they realized that tracking the Cook-Khan while it carried that large chest would be easy and very- heroic.

While our two heroes prepared for their journey south along the mountainside searching for the Cook-Khan our two travelers from earlier had their own little misadventure.

The ever-daring Uncle Ken and even more daring Aunt Midare were about to leave the now crushed town. As the aging couple found themselves in the dense forests outside Acetown, the echoing sounds of folk music could be heard in all directions. Without warning black-clad gypsies ambushed the couple from behind, two of the lousy strumpets pinning Uncle Ken to the ground, taking off with his garments the next second. Aunt Midare, spared from the humiliating attack, rushes in to help, but tripped over a log.

But no, it was not a log. As Aunt Midare brushes herself as she gets up, she realised that the 'log' were actually the legs of a horse, gagged and bounded by a rope. As Uncle Ken covered himself with Aunt Midare's shawl, she untied the cloth from the horse'#######, and much to their surprise, it started to talk!

"Oh, thank you kind lady, and er, topless sir." he began. " My name is Undying, from the village of Skadoosh. Please, my master's been taken away by the gypsies, and all our goods stolen. I don't know what else to do. Do let me accompany you to wherever you are heading to."

"We're on our way to where Cook-khan is hiding. We heard news that Renja & Tyekanik are already on their way there, and as resident of Acetown, it is our duty to help out in any way we can!" Aunt Midare enthused.

“…Plus Tyekanik stole and is wearing my underwear,” she blushed- much to the stallion and Uncle Ken’s surprise (and frankly-disgust).

"We have a sneaking suspicion they're going to retrieved the golden boulder that crushed Acetown," Uncle Ken added. Undying's brows raised higher at the mentioned of ‘golden boulder’, instantly thinking of having his hands, or rather, hooves, on the gold.

"Well, as a grateful gesture for helping me out earlier, allow me to offer you my service, and accompany you on your journey to catch up on the Renja and Tyekanik.

Following the sneaky Renja – the ninja that she is, was very tricky. The three companions, Uncle Ken Aunt Midare and Undying the horse, traveled through the forest for a while, until they realized they had been walking in circles.

“Well it’s not my fault!” snorted Undying, “I’m not the one reading the map! Ken is!”

“Well I’m sorry if this map is bad!” Ken shouted as he tore it in half. Ken had become the designated map-reader for the journey, and let’s just say, he never did that well in geography.

Undying and Ken bickered for some time. All this time though, Midare sighed with her head facing down grumbling something about men and directions, and widened her eyes as she noticed something.

As luck would have it Tyekanik loved to eat bread, and a convenient trail of breadcrumbs led the travelling couple and their steed to the heroes (For once Acetown’s obsession with hunting down birds to the point of extinction was actually helpful). There they saw the two heroes locked in battle with the great Cook-Kahn- the greedy, merciless, gold-obsessed beast whose strong body odor was enough to choke Undying to death.

Without hesitation, the two travelers helped in anyway they can to slay the beast- throwing rocks, antique souvenirs, even Ken’s underwear to distract the beast. Alas- not even his underwear was strong enough against the beast’s overpowering stench.

Suddenly Undying had a plan, as he turned around- his rear facing towards the battle. “Quick, feed me your underwear!” he shouted, much to the confusion of everybody. Well all of the events have been nonsensical anyway, it was worth a try,

With one swift gulp he digested the garments, as he tightened every muscle in his body until his face was a bright tomato red. “TAKE COVER!”

It echoed across the mountains and could be heard across the continent. Some of the villagers caught wind of the aroma, as babies screamed and many villagers fainted to the ground.

The stench was horrible- a horrid mix of Ken’s underwear, Undying’s last baked beans and rotten eggs supper and a small tuft of Cook-Kahn’s armpit hair he found before hatching his plan. The Kahn himself was choking madly- eyes puffed and red as he stomped across the ground- the Renja and Tyekanik madly avoiding his giant, rancid feet (with horribly long toenails).

“Quick, now’s our chance!” the Renja’s eyes glistened, as she began to assume a sexy ninja pose. Tyekanik recognized the stance as he ran back and helped the travelers and Undying away from the scene.

Red lights filled the mountaintop- one would think a volcano was erupting. “Pretty lights” said the weakened Undying but Tyekanik knew- it was the Renja releasing her complete hotness in a powerful ray of light- hotness comparable, perhaps even surpassing the sun..

The Renja herself came rolling down not long after, as she rolled atop the giant golden boulder, holding the missing chest in her right arm. The beast was slain, and the heroes came out alive- very stinky but alive.

“What should we do with the golden boulder then?” Undying asked?

Thanks to our beloved Renja’s quick wits, she proposed the Acetown to be rebuilt from the melted golden boulder. Acetown finally became well-known, and drew many crowds from distant lands, not only from the golden buildings but also Renja’s smart idea of selling perfume bottles named ‘The Cook-Kahn Experience’- an excellent torture device that sparked the interest of the despised Full Metal Rebels Army currently in war.

Our heroes did not leave unrewarded- Tyekanik, Ken and Midare received rare golden underwear while Undying finally had his hands, err- hooves, on golden horsehoes. As for our beloved Renja? She had been appointed the new town leader as well as captain of the Stinky Beasts Slayers Hunting team and Ms. Hotness of the new Golden Acetown.

[Cassie]

7th Division:

Authors:
Akiha
rei
Reco
Nesquik
Zero

The fist rays of the sun shining through the curtains, the first bird chirps of the day. "Is Cursive still not up, Reco?" yelled Akiha. "Don't think so...Why would he be?" was the casual reply from Reco. Sighing, Akiha found Cursive on the 7th Division's couch. Gently shaking him, Akiha whispered, "Hey, time to wake up sleepy head," with a moan from Cursive. Sighing, Akiha walked off. Then she turned around and did a full on sprint and jumped on Cursive. "Heyo~ Up! Time to get UP!" With a loud groan, Cursive rolled over. "Let me sleep, Akiha. I hate it when you make me do stuff..." Cursive heard a heavy sigh, and the tapping of shoes walking away. He thought he heard, "So lazy, but I still love him..." from Akiha. Scratching his behind, Cursive went to go get some Crangrape and cheesecake for the meal he so desired. Upon opening the fridge, there was his cheesecake. But no Crangrape. Shocked, Cursive yanked a coat from the ground and ran out of the 7th Division with Kaida asking, "Where are you going?" Cursive turned around and said, "We have a problem. There's no Crangrape. I'm going to the Gotei Grocery's to get a shietload so I don't run out." With that, he turned and left. Of course, not without a few 7th Divisioners following him.
Rei was just coming out her room when she heard her taicho say he's going to the grocery.

"Taicho! Wouldn't it be more fun if we go to the human world grocery store?", she asked in a sing song voice.

"That's a great idea", vice captain Akiha said. Reco, on the other hand looked like he ate something nasty and was frowning.

"Aw cmon Reco. Where's your sense of adventure? Let's go to the human world taicho!" Rei turned to her taicho. "Didn't you say you'd like to see some boobs too?"
Taicho sighed. "Ok, let's go, call the other members."
Shortly after that, the other division members came and their conversations could be heard all over the room.
With an extremely energetic tone, Nesquik said "It's my first time going to the human world, how is it like?". Bamboo replied "Lolwhut? Seriously? Well, it's like...", and before he could finish talking, Reco said "You'll see it when we're there, let's leave".
They flied to the human world. Akiha said "There's the grocery store. Do any of you have something else to do while we're here?". Nesquik replied "Well, I want to take a look around, can someone go with me?"
Before anyone could respond to Neskquik, frantic yelling was heard from down the street, "Oh my GOOOOOD! It's a herd little neon green bunnys! Aaaah, someone, come saaaave me!" screamed a woman before she fainted, going into a swan dive into a bush. The people near by started to run away from the hopping bunnies out of misguided fear, except one small boy drawing in a book.
"Well, we have to go at least pull the lady out of the bush.." Akiha stated, moving as to walk over to her. Bamboo reached out to grasp her arm, "But...what are...we going to do about..about those BUNNIES?!" he yelled. Akiha stared at him, not knowing what to say, before Zero brushed past both of them, "Please, I've seen more fearsome creatures then these odd bunnies," he looked at Bamboo, "But if you really are scared, go hide..."
"No...no.. I'm not scared! Really!", Bamboo replied while shuddering. Before Zero could even comment on that, Nesquik screamed out "The bunnies are sooo cute, lets take them with us". Suddenly the entire group went silent, that was untill Bamboo burst out replying "THEY ARE NEON GREEN! Cute bunnies which are harmless, are NOT neon green.............".
"Drake and Hira, please go pull the lady out of the bush" said Taicho.
And while everyone else was making a plan to defeat the bunnies, Drake and Hira pulled the lady out of the bush. The little boy kept drawing as if nothing happened. Hira said "Oh my god, that kid is so weird" . The small boy did not hear Hira.
"Yay! I drew another cute bunny. Too bad I only have a neon green color pencil to paint it." said the kid. Hira and Drake were shocked. Drake whispered to Hira "Do you that boy could be...", and before he could finish asking, Hira whispered back "Maybe, but we have no proof."
Then, another neon green bunny appeared. Drake said "That's enough proof. Take the lady to a safe place. I think I can handle this one."
Hira took the lady to the grocery store, told her to stay there and went to look for Drake. A lot of bunnies appeared, so she ran to where the other division members were, and she said "Hey guys! I think Drake's in trouble, there's this kid with a sketch book, and the bunnies are coming out of it!"
"I wonder if the boy could draw some crangrape for me," Trev wondered out loud before a large creature was heard thundering down the street. Everyone looked only to see a giant neon green centaur! "My God, someone stop that boy before he draws anymore of those!" Akiha ordered.
"Since it looked that the little kid didn't notice what he was doing, Reco told him "Hey kid...Your drawings are becoming real, and those centaurs are hurting people. Could you stop drawing?". The kid replied "Ohhhh cute bunnies! Oh my god, look at those centaurs! No way, I'm so happy!". Trev grabbed the kid's sketch book and said "Crangrape time!" and drew some crangrape.
The kid started crying. He said on a girly tone "Give me my book! I don't care if it hurts people!" and he tried to grab his book. The kid jumped, but he was too short.
After dealing with the bunnies, Drake and Hira came back and started laughing at the kid's lame attempt.
Zero said "I have an idea to get rid of these centaurs, it's a little crazy though". Bamboo asked about his idea and Zero replied "Well, maybe if we erase the drawings the centaurs will disappear".
Complaining, the kid gave them an eraser. They erased all the drawings of the centaurs, part by part. Nesquik said "Look at that headless centaur! It's so funny!" and once again, the group went silent.
The kid apologized to everyone and said that he'll buy another book.
Rei said "And now we can draw as much crangrape you wish, Taicho". Trev replied "Yeah, and now I can finally eat my meal".
They flied back to the 7th division, and whenever Trev wanted more crangrape, they could draw it because they were too lazy to walk to the Gotei Grocery.

[Cassie]

8th Division:

Authors: Silver
Fate
Konberry
Bludd
granamonkey (Our new member) Great writer
the black dragon

Day of Reckoning


-As morning rose something was going to go down and the 8th division as we know would be changed forever. We the 8th were going to challenge the Viazards and extinguish them from the world, we were advised from our taichou not to do it, it would bring us fame, fortune and greater strength for our division...With silverwolf801 leading us we were certain they will face extinction and well would be the most dominant power there is... The Viazards will be the greatest challenge yet.


“ Everyone get ready! We are going to eradicate those vermin’s today!,” said Silver as he was preparing for the attack.

“ Who cares, your just going to get more damage than any of us for not listening to Rain’s orders, I’ll just tag along,” rushfully said Fate.

“ Don’t worry VC you’ll get us through without a scratch right?,” said Bludd assuring everyone of their VC’s power.

“ Uhhhh, yeah, if we stand strong and take down those that oppose us! Matt would be able to alert us because of her keen sense of danger,” calmly said Silver.

“ Who knows, I might not tell you, I would just let them take you down.” Matt said as she was rolling her eyes.

“ Well us four, no our division, will become a legend today! Don’t let your guard down at all! Watch each others backs!,’ said Silver with a triumphant tone.

“ Are you sure we shouldn’t take Achilles, Vlad and Xin with us?,” said Bludd worrying

“ Let them be they are just the weaklings in our division,” said Fate will full determination

“ Uhhhh, they are on another mission as order of Rain. Now let’s move out! Head to the gate!,” said Silver.

-The day turned to night in a glimpse, seems like forever that we’ve been trying to search for the HQ of these notorious Vaizards. Clouds float above us as a sea of calmness, something was not right. Things were too quiet not a sound to be heard. Time stopped suddenly! We fell into a trap! Three shadows came out of the trees!

Shadow Voice 1: What are you doing here!?

Shadow Voice 2: You come to our woods and you will never come out of here again!

Shadow Voice 1: Heh, these worthless shinigamis won’t be such a threat for us.

Shadow Voice3: Meh, hope they make this shit fun.
Shadow Voice 2: Release them Kray, let’s see what they can do.

“ Whatever, do you worst!,” said Kray

-As time passed these battles became too intense, other Vaizards started coming out of no where suddenly they were un-matched. Vaizard after vaizard they were surrounded, it seems as the whole team was there to take on 4 of the 8th’s division members.


“ You stupid idiot, we are going to die out here! Their powers surpass our own, cheating bastards.” said Fate as he was trying to catch his breath.

“ Ugh, Just hang in there we will defeat them! Think of the glory!,” said Silver as he was trying to get up and continue attacking the,/

“ What the **** is there to do? If we get out of here safely your ass is mine Silver!” Matt said as she was defending her self from the assault of three Vaizards aiming at her.

“ Enough both of yous, you decided to come along, don’t blame it all on him.,” Bludd said in an angry tone.

“ Seems like you rather tear each other apart.,” remarked Kray as he was gazing at them argue with each other.

“ Of course they ran into our den, no way they can get out of this one. Hehehehe,” smartly remarked Donut

“ Let’s just finish this it’s getting too boring.” Said Saberblade.

“ We should have asked you to join us, but you are too weak to be compared to us!” said Allcreation.

“ Destroy them! Don’t let them get away!” forcefully said Miyagi

“ As you wish!” they all said.

-Meanwhile back in the 8th’s headquarters Rain was returning from a meeting.

“Bound, Saiyuru, and konberry where is Silver? We had a meeting and he wasn’t there.” Rain said catching her breath from looking for Silver.

“ Who knows….” Said Saiyuru

“ I wasn’t suppose to say anything, and I won’t,” said konberry

“ I wonder where he went too, we have an urgent mission, it seems that the Vaizards have been trashing a forest in the real world as if they were fighting, and we have to stop them before they make a mess.” Rain said wondering and looking around fierce fully for Silver.

“ Rain there is something we have to say…..” said Bound.

-Bound explains the whole situation to her in a hurry.

“ Say what!! I told Silver not go down there without my permission!! Let’s go! Move out!!!” Rain said schockingly.

“We Got it! Let’s go help them!” All three said.

-Meanwhile back at the forest Silver, Fate, Bludd and Matt are still struggling against these fights. Nearly all the forest seems to be in ruins from all the fighting that have been happening. With the odds against them they have been dealt a lot of damage with little reitsu left in them they decided to fight ‘til the end no matter what the outcome is.

“ These little piggies are actually putting up a good fight, not bad, not bad.” Kenta said amused of their powers.

“ You give them too much credit, they are just some pesky mosquitoes in our way. Delete them from this world now!” said Yuki determined to destroy them already.

-Black Dragon appeared at the battle field suddenly, as if he was called there mysteriously.

“ Black what are you doing here!?,” said Silver as he was running out of breath.

“ I heard some kind of commotion going around. What is going on,” said Black wondering what was about

“ Black don’t ask questions and attack!,” Fate said in a rush.

“ Roger! Here I come!,” said Black assuring everyone.

-With such strength from the 8th they were able to withstand some more attacks from the Vaizards. They had little to no reitsu now, and they were running out of time. Suddenly they were surrounded by all of them, no chance of escape or so it seems.

“The sky sure is black tonight…..,” said Silver look at the sky with such amazement.

“ Yeah, so it seems….,” said Fate as he readied for another attack.

“Hehehe such battle you put up with it. I congratulate you for making it this far, hope you like to die tonight…,” snorted Kray.

“Stop!,” said this familiar voice.

-Full of light, pure shine that was stricken from her. It was Rain coming to save her subordinates.

“ Fate, Matt, Black, Bludd and Silver move out, get back to headquarters now!,” said Rain ordering them to turn back.

“ Heh, calling your weaklings back to their nest aren’t you? What trash they are!,” said Miyagi half laughing.

“Oh? Trash they may be, but they are my trash,” calmly replied 8th Division leader and Captain, Rain.
“Hah, ‘you’re’ trash is-“was all Miyagi got out before Rain interrupted, flicking her blade in a downward flourish which sent Miyagi spinning backwards and to the ground.
“T-t-Taichou!” exclaimed SW.
“Not now”, Rain curtly replied. “You four foolishly went out against my will. Get back to HQ now, before I leave you here for Miyagi to play with.”
“Yes Taichou!” BD quickly conceded. BD and the 2 other Shinigami then shunpo’d away, heading off for headquarters. SW stayed behind however, standing and walking up to Rain. “I’m sorry….I just wanted the Sereitei to recognize us has a powerful division,” he explained.
“I said not now SW, Get back to HQ while I deal with Miyagi!” Ordered Rain.
“Too late,” Miyagi said has a blade sprouted from SW’s chest in a fountain of blood. SW looked down at the protruding blade and then looked up to Rain, a look of sorrow in his eyes and a silent plea for forgiveness on his lips has blood dribbled along the edges of his mouth. Miyagi was smiling coyly from behind SW’s body. “Heh,” she smugly started, “This suppose to be your VC? Haha, give me a break, this dude’s trash!” Miyagi then but her foot on SW’s back and kicked, sliding SW’s body off the blade. SW fell onto Rain, grasping at her and managing to grab a hold of the front of her robes. Rain tried to hold him up, but in moments life fled from his eye’s and he crumpled lifeless to the ground. “You’ll pay for this….” Was all she could mutter to the man before her.


“Hah, comes with being an idiot. You die!” Miyagi told her in a mockingly jovial tone. “Now it’s your turn,” she said ruthlessly. Before she could ready his sword Rain was upon her launching a furious attack, driving her back until Rain finally found a gap in her defense and landed a solid blow to the left part of her torso, making a deep gash. “Let’s finish this now then!” roared Miyagi. “Constrict, Ananta.” Miyagi calmly commanded. Suddenly Miyagi’s sword was gone and in its place was a long, thick looking whip. Too thick to use has a whip by the looks of it. Miyagi also now had the mask of a hollow on his face. It fanned out and resembled a cobra snakes hooded head and neck. The released Vaizard then rushed at Rain, swinging his thick whip. Rain brought up her blade to parry, but the thickened column of what appeared to be flesh wrapped around her sword and then her body.
“Ananta can’t be severed or cut. She’s too thick. All that muscle packed in you see. Kind of like a big snake….now what did those beasts do to their prey?” Miyagi asked in a superior manner. After his words were said, the giant mass of flesh started convulsing and tightening around Rain’s body. Her breath was being squeezed out her body, bones were breaking like twigs, and organs were starting to rupture. “ugghh….” Rain gurgled.
“Come again? I can’t hear you properly?” taunted Miyagi, putting her hand to her ears and walking within arm’s reach of Rain. “Split the sky, Haokah,” Rain sputtered. A loud rumble ensued, led by a massive gust of wind. Suddenly a column of blue hued lightning flew down from the sky and struck Rain. Energy coursed through her has her hair started flowing like it had a life of its own. The force of the lightning strike blew Miyagi’s Ananta into the air and away from Rain.


“And this is Haokah,” she simply stated has she started to advance on the shocked looking Miyagi.
“What’s this? Your Bankai? All it did was blow wind around and made your hair flow about. Why don’t you jus-” suddenly Rain was in front of the masked Vaizard. She grabbed her by the throat and hoisted her into the air. The captain of 8th Division coolly put her blade to her neck and said, “Scream with rage, Haokah.” A massive gust of wind swept down from out of nowhere and hit the lone Vaizard where Rain had her blade pointed. Skin tore from bone has the torrent of wind blew past. Miyagi’s mask started to chip; it’s fanned out hood cracking at the edges. Abruptly has the wind came the storm subsided. Gashes were torn all over Miyagi’s body along with the growing cracks in her mask has she fell to the ground. Rain let her go and started to slump down next to the masked Vaizard, the damage of the crushing Ananta gave her finally setting in.


“hah….you…never..hi…hit my Zanpaktou…” Miyagi said breathlessly. The massive roll of flesh rolled over onto Rain and started to wrap itself around her. Before it could get a grip though the captain of 8th division quickly shunpo’d out of the area and landed near SW’s body.
“Never again will you attack my subordinates Miyagi,” She managed to say struggling for breath and grabbing the body of SW.
“Heh…don’t let them wonder near here then…”Miyagi replied, also attempting to find her breath. With that Rain left Miyagi laying in the woods staring up at the night sky. Soon enough Rain was back at the division HQ carrying SW’s body. It was a sad day for the 8th Division.

[Cassie]

9th Division:

Authors:
Shanyetta
Chi
Sky
Graffik
Alerane
*Ririn*
Evanesque

Repenting Memories


Sweat drops fell down from Lt. Evanesque's brows as she ran down the street toward Ninth precinct's police station headquarters. Stained in blood, she barged through the doors of the station panting furiously but not stopping for breath. As she headed toward the Captain's office, she heard the captain's laughter in the lounge.
Captain Iladys, in a stunned tone of voice said to the Lt, "Oh My Goodness!! Are you ok, Evanesque?"

Lt. Evanesque replied to her captain in a dreadful tone. "It's C-Chi..." she said in between her gasps.

"What about him?" the Captain asked in a worry-filled tone

"He.. He killed them!"

"What?? Who did he kill?” Iladys questioned as she stood up and reached for her affects.

"Urdie... and... Sora... Sorastrife, he killed them both!"

The Captain's face turned dreary. She rushed out of the lounge and headed to the scene of the crime. However, she not prepared for the sight of two bodies with multiple stab wounds and blood splattered everywhere caused an involuntary gasped.

Evanesque caught up to her. "I saw everything... but I couldn't stop him," she explained.

"Why did he do this?” Iladys asked, partial anger reflected in her voice.

"I don't know he just went crazy, I tried to stop him, but... he was just too strong and he managed to lay a cut on my shoulder. I somehow got away. I called it in and ran here to try and find you as soon as I could."

Iladys stared at the scene in front of her, ‘What would compel him to do something like this?' she thought to herself.

-----
Another day had passed, Iladys couldn't wait around anymore. She had to do something soon. She stood up, grabbed her jacket, her Beretta 92 pistol, and motioned for Lt. Evanesque to follow her.

“We have to get to the bottom of this before someone else gets hurt!” she explained as they hurried out into the pouring rain.

Elsewhere, Chi crept through a dark alleyway, the rain washing away dried remnants of blood splattered from his earlier victims. His eyes scanned around the alley and came to rest on a door that stood slightly open. He moved stealthily toward it and entered searching for his next prey.

Meanwhile the Captain and Lieutenant sped down the rain-covered street.

“Do you really think he'll try to kill her next?” Evanesque asked.

Iladys sighed, “Well so far the only thing his victims have in common is that they were all rookie cops from the same graduating class, if my hunch is right then I think she‘ll be next since he knows where she lives.”

The car began to hydroplane as Iladys turned toward their destination…the apartment of two of Chi’s former classmates, Alerane and Shanyetta.

---
The girls were sharing a tub of popcorn and watching a movie when they heard a knock at their door.
“I’ll get it,” Shanyetta said cheerfully as she rose to answer the door. Ale smiled at her and continued eating popcorn and enjoying the movie. Alerane heard Shanyetta open the door and greet the visitor happily.

“Hey, Ale! Guess who’s here to se…” Shanyetta’s words were cut short by a strange gurgling sound and a thud.

Alerane turned to see Chi standing over Shanyetta’s body; he had a fierce look in his eyes as he began to move toward her.

“What the hell did you do?!” Alerane screamed as she clamored to try to make more distance between herself and the man who she thought she knew.

---
Rain poured down on the city of Rukongai almost as if it was reflecting the grief of the Ninth Division. Inside headquarters, the division sat in silence, Iladys standing by the window, watched the raindrops trickle down the glass. She sighed heavily, seeing as she had to keep her emotions in check for the sake of the rest of the division; the rain was doing a good job reflecting her true feelings.

The silence was interrupted by the squeaky sound of the door being pushed opened. In unison, the members turned their eyes to the door. A young police officer with a lieutenant badge wearing the kanji for sixth on his right arm stood there.

“Sorry to intrude,” He began, giving a slight bow, “The Chief wants to see you, Captain Iladys.”
She nodded, glancing around at her subordinates, “Thanks Lt. Kensei.”
Not sure what to say to them, she hurried out of the division, the door swinging back and forth in her wake.

“Wonder what’s going on?” Ririn whispered.
“Isn’t it obvious,” Artemis began, squeezing his empty coffee cup, “The chief's going to tell her that some other division is going to handle this. After all, one of our own is responsible.”
“But she can’t do that!” Alerane snapped, slamming her hands on her desk as she shot to her feet. Though injured from Chi’s attack, she had managed to escape through the fire escape.

The others looked in shock; Alerane’s anger was gone as quickly as it came as she stared down at her desk, tears forming in her eyes.
“We. . .we have to do this. I-I have to know,” she looked at the rest, “I have to know why he killed them!

---
“You can’t do that, Chief!” Iladys yelled, gesturing wildly.

The chief leaned back in her chair, “I’m sorry, but how can I expect anyone from your division to keep their feelings out of it. Three of your officers have been killed within twenty-four hours and at least 8 more have been killed that we know off from other precincts all over the city, by someone from your squad. I’ll give it to the Third; they’ll keep you up to date.”

“Chief, please, if we don’t do this, then we’ll never get closure, we won’t be satisfied just knowing why, we need to get the answers ourselves.”

Tess tapped a finger to her lip, “That’s not how we usually run things. . .”

“But something like this has never happened before! Please, Chief.” Iladys begged.

Tess was silent for a moment, weighing the decision. After a moment, she swivelled her chair, to fully face Iladys, “I’m going out of limb here; you'd better make sure you guys catch and stop him before he strikes again.”

Iladys let out the breath she didn’t relies she was holding. She saluted and gave Tess a small smile, “Thanks, we’ll do our best.”
She turned around and rushed out of the Chief’s office, determination on her face.

-----
Meanwhile in the 13th precinct of western Rukongai, in an abandoned building by the shore, Chi convinced Lt. Icryemotears that he would turn himself over only to him. However, the Lieutenant found himself being choked to death unable to free himself.

The last thing he saw were Chi’s cold eyes as he slowly drifted away into darkness. Dropping the corpse, Chi crept out the back of the building. He put his hood on and walked along the pier.

He thought to himself, 'When Iladys and the rest discover the body, they'll find a message carved on the now-dead lieutenant. A message that only Iladys would understand. A message that would undoubtedly send chills down her back...

-----
Constable Graffik couldn't believe what he was seeing. He had tailed the Lieutenant of 13th precinct expecting to see Chi come to terms with his misdoings and turning himself in. Instead he witnessed Chi walking out as though nothing had happened with no signs of the other man.

Instinctively he grabbed the radio and immediately requested back up. Then he eased himself out of his cruiser and headed to the building. Whatever went down, the Lietenant was in trouble and needed help, fast. After arriving on the scene he saw the Icryemotears sprawled out on the ground. He checked for a pulse and found that he was dead.
‘Damn’, he thought, ‘When is this gonna end?’ He returned to his cruiser and radioed in the dispatch and gave the news.

"Lt. Icryemotears of the 13th precinct’s dead. He’s in the abandoned building by Weston and Carter. I’m gonna need a coroner."

He then turned off his radio and decided to pursue Chi. He knew that he was the only one who had any idea where he was, so it was up to him to get something done. Still, he had an ominous feeling as he went down Carter Drive; but at that moment he never knew it was a warning for his quickly approaching death.

----
Chi could sense he was being followed and turned away from the shore, crossed the street and walked into an alley. The constable caught up with him.

“Stop, police!” he shouted.

Chi stopped dead in his tracks.
“Okay, you win… I give up,” he said lifting his hands. He'd placed his hood down while cleverly placing the knife in there so the constable wouldn’t notice.

Graffik approached him taking one of his hands to cuff him. In a flash, Chi turned around, grabbed the knife from his hood and stuck it deep into Graffik’s throat.

---
Back at Carter Drive, Capt. Iladys and Lt. Evanesque pulled up in a black unmarked police cruiser; while 1st Detective Alerane and 2nd Detective Ririn pulled up in a mocha brown unmarked police cruiser. At the scene they asked for briefing on what happened while they walked in to view the body.

They found two words cut across the lieutenant's body. 'For us', it read.

“'For us'? What does that mean?” Lt Evanesque asked.

“It means he wants us to kill him” Iladys replied.

"Huh? I don't understand. What are you saying, Captain?" asked a confused Ririn

"'For us' was his squads motto during the war…" she said, "Chi's captain killed his own squad members so he had to kill his leader in turn to survive. However, he ended up captured and tortured in a POW camp. He was fine until he snapped the other day. This incident was on his record but we couldn't let him go because of the shortage in manpower," she sighed.

Just then, they heard a gunshot and everyone ran toward the echo. Within ten minutes or so, Constable Graffik’s body was found. Along side of it was a trail of blood with his gun missing.

All four women followed the blood trail to find out where it led. The trail led them to a garage parking lot, the attendant of the lot said there was a man carrying a guy that had walked in a few minutes ago and that he was bleeding all over the place.

“I guess Constable Graffik managed to wound him,” Detective Ririn said.

Detectives Ririn and Alerane went around the back of the lot to cover the other exit. While Iladys and Evanesque went through the front making sure to keep in contact with the detectives on the walkie-talkie. The trail started to come to an end.

“I know you would come,” Chi said exhausted tone.

“It‘s over, surrender…” said Evanesque.
“It ain't over till its over” Chi replied.
“You have no where to go, you’re dying… just give up and we‘ll get you to a hospital” Iladys said.
“So I can get executed? I think not, my work isn't done yet,” he replied.

At that same time the Detectives came around from the back.

“You bastard!!” Alerane shouted. “I am going to kill you, you son of a *****!!” She shouted pointing her firearm at Chi’s head.
Chi just smiled, “I am sure you‘d love to see me dead, huh Detective?”
“Shut up Chi!!” Iladys shouted.
“Ale don‘t throw away your career and everything you worked for because of your experience with him,” The Captain yelled, “He’s pretty much harmle…”

BANG!!!!

The simultaneous sound of a gun fired by Chi and the sight of the Captain falling to the ground shocked everyone. Detective Ririn opened fire on Chi and shot him four times in the chest. Alerane, still in shock from seeing her Captain bleeding all over the floor, couldn’t move. Evanesque rushed toward to help her and check if she was ok. She saw it was a shoulder wound, other than that she seemed in a fairly stable condition.

“Thank you…," said a weak voice. Everyone turned their heads toward Chi. "It seems the cycle repeats itself…” he said with the last of his breath.

“But why did you do this??” Ririn said as tears started falling down her face.
Not quite sure what to say, Evanesque laid a reassuring hand on Ririn's shoulder,
With that said, Detective Ririn closed Chi’s eyes and wished him to finally get the rest he deserved.

----
Captain Iladys ran her hand down the headstone, her fingers tracing the name engraved in the stone.

With a heavy heart, she rose, shoved her hands in her jacket pocket and whispered,
"Goodbye my friend, and I'm sorry..."

[Cassie]

10th Division:

Writers:
Que Sera Sera
Klavier Gavin
Panther King
BamBam
Spirit Rubi

Editors:
Cheryl
Panther King
Jedi Taicho
Cero


Once upon a time, there was a division, known to most as "The 10th Division," but within its dark arms lurked the most testing and dangerous members the Seireitei had ever seen. Their sole mission, to do NOTHING!
However, entry into the majestic paradise known as "The 10th Division" was rare. Only once in a blue moon would this group of elites allow a single person to experience the bliss of joining. To join their ranks was to feel the ultimate bliss and pain. Then, one day, 2 people disapeared from the ranks of the division. Their names, unknown by many, just went by their codenames, Taraqs and Futty. However, after their mysterious disappearance, the division slowly crept into chaos. The Division members were extremely close and the loss was like that of a beloved family member. But more puzzling, they received a report of a group of mysterious hollows killing mass numbers of shinigami.




[June 5th, 1:04]
Then one horrible, horrible night, a division member codenamed "Yunie-Poo" was patrolling a dark corner of Soul Society. Just as she reached a dead end, she turned around and was immediatly engulfed by a huge shadow. Screaming for help, she took out her Zanpakutou which was shaped like a laptop computer. Brandishing this strange weapon, she cried, "Make Gifts, PhotoShop CS2!" Her shikai then took upon the shape of a computer program. In the hands of some, this weapon created works of art, but while in Yunie's, it created mass terror. Furiously, she cried "GIFT SPAM!" unleashing a burst of horrible GFX gifts made by Yunie that homed towards the mysterious shadows. However, the attack seemed to do no harm to them, and the shadows retaliated by jumping on Yunie, knocking her to the ground where she uttered one last soft plea for help.


[1:21]
Not too far away, Klavier sensed Yunie's reiatsu dropping and rushed towards the surge of reiatsu that was so strong a short while ago. Klavier saw no one there, except for a lifeless body of Yunie lying on the ground. He realized that she was still alive, so he picked her up and looked around warily for the attacker. Out of nowhere, two unidentified creatures attacked Klavier and Yunie fell limply to the ground as Klavier lost his grip on her. Blood pumping furiously through his veins, Klavier whipped out his Zanpakutou and dashed towards the attackers. He stumbled after having his tendons slashed, but still held firmly onto his zanpakutou. Just as the attackers were about to finish him, Klavier started emitting a different aura from before, shocking them. He dealt 133t damage to the two attackers and watched in satisfaction as they fell to the ground. Worn out, he collapsed once again, this time sighing in helplessness as he looked up in time to see infinite amounts of the previous attackers slowly advancing on him.

[1:35]
Elsewhere, Pantera was spamming up the division, when he sensed the sudden disappearence of his comrades reiatsu. When he realized the severity of the situation, he ran toward the southern end of the division where he felt the distress. Looking around, he said to himself "This darkness is unusually dense." Suddenly, he saw thousands of creatures falling upon the area where he guessed his companions were. Still far away from the location, two huge hollows appeared in front of Pantera. A worried expression upon his face, he glanced between the area where his fellow div members lay and the two hollows, he then unsheathed his zanpakutou. Pantera whizzed by one of the hollow from above as he held his zanpakuto, ready to land a blow upon the hollow's bright white mask. He swung his sword, barely grazing the mask of the hollow, and from out of nowhere, Pantera was shot into the sekei wall by the other hollow's fist. Looking up from the wall, pointing his finger towards the hollow, Pantera chanted, "Way of Destruction Number 4, Byakurai!” A blue beam of light shot from Pantera's finger, shattering the first hollow's mask, disintegrating it. He then rushed toward the second hollow using his shunpo, but was smashed into the ground, forming a crater larger then that of the one in the wall. Looking up, his vision began to fade out, but through the tunnel of his swimming vision he saw the hollow's cero about to burst out from its jaw. Suddenly, and out of nowhere, he saw a man dressed in the attire of a captain unsheath his sword. He ran straight past the two hollows towards where is subordinates lay, the two hollows disintegrating into dust as he passed. Before slipping into the depths of unconscious, Pantera uttered, "Taicho....."

[1:56]
Meanwhile, Obamabam was playing Wii when the power went out. He had nothing to do and, in search of a life, he went outdoors. As soon as he had stepped outside, he saw the massive clump of hollows in the distance. Running towards where the hollows were converging, he pulled out his zanpakuto. As he reached where the hollows were, he saw his fallen friends and knew he must do something. He then held his zanpakuto forward and yelled, "Entertain, Wii!” The zanpakutou taking the shape of a wii remote. After a few minutes of fighting hard, Obamabam decided to use one of his most powerful attacks. "Retro Shot!" He yelled. Suddenly, NESes and SNESes stared shooting out of the end of the Wii remote, destroying the hollows instantly. Even after using his all-powerful attack, he still found that he was surrounded. In a desperate attempt for help, he let forth a burst of his reiatsu and screamed, "Stony! Jedi!" before he was dog piled by the endless supply of hollows.


[1:00 - 2:15]
Originally Stony and Jedi were together back at the Division HQ, when Rubi came rushing in pointing at a dead body of some other random division member just outside the door. When suddenly they couldnt feel Yunie's or Klaiver's rieatsu. The sudden lack of the other division members’ rieatsu telling all. The presence of hollows filled the room in an instant and they dashed out to see what was happening.
[time skip]
Jedi leapt down near Obamabam, as Rubi followed him, blood slowly drizzling down the side of her head onto her brown hair, from an attack a few miutes ago when another bunch of hollows had tried to eat her head. Jedi quickly dashed towards the group of drooling hollows before they even could daree to eat Obamabam and swung out his zanpakutou, ((which was actually a lightsaber)), and spun it around slashing through each of the hollows hearts. Rubi, seizing her chance, grabbed Obamabam and pulled out her zanpakutou, fire wrapping around it, protecting them. In case anyone dared to ruin her daring rescue, they would be flamed, severely. Stony, on the other hand, glared down at the hollows as more gathered around knocking them all down and quickly rushed to Pantera. Noticing he was unconscious, he sighed. When suddenly he heard screams and blood-chilling cries all around them as one-by-one, members of other divisions and maybe even some from his own division reiatsu's began disappearing all at once. He then uttered under his breath, “This is unbelievable.”



[Current time 2:38]
Finally reaching his destination, Stony was disgusted to see that the main hollow behind this bloody invasion was a group of huge baby-like hollows. One by one they dripped from a dark hole in the sky, with their dirty white masks, devilish teeth, and horns protruding from their heads. Then all of a sudden, one of them shrank and burst into tears, and Stony said "awww =3 little baby." From this sympathy, Stony was suddenly blasted into the sekei wall by an unknown force. Looking up, with his captain's uniform in shreds, he got out of the wall, blood dripping from his arm down to the cold, tiled floor. Staring at the floor, he finally looked up to see that the huge baby hollows were absorbing his subordinates Yunie and Klavier. With a stare of death in his eyes he flew past the hollow and landed on the roof of a tower. He glanced back to see the heads of the hollows fall off and dissipate. Suddenly, another gigantic hollow appeared behind Stony and smashed him into another building with a ferocious punch. Smoke flew through the area whizzing by fallen comrades. Then from a smoggy path, a shadow appeared that seemingly holding a bright blue object in his right hand. The smog poofed and through the crowd of hollows, Jedi vanished. Light danced around the buildings as Jedi's lightsaber came into contact with each hollow, which continued to drip through the hole in the sky like a faucet. Out of nowhere, the same huge hollow that seemed to destroy Stony, appeared behind Jedi and slammed him through building after building, each collapsing on each other like dominos. Evilly looking towards the sky, the baby screamed "gah gah," then looked to where he had left Stony. A zanpakutou was hanging in the air, a hand holding it that pointed to the hollow. Then a shout ringed through the 10th division, "BANKAI!" An icy dragon appeared and crashed into the hole spewing out frozen hollows. The hole then closed itself dropping the icy crystals onto the remaining hollow.........
Stony was shaking as the lead baby hollow was striking blows on his icy armor, shattering and cracking with each blow. He then said to himself, I can't get a clean shot on it, it's too fast and cute =3. Then arising from the shattered buildings, a blue light shattered the darkness as Jedi shouted "BANKAI." He came out through the light, a blue aura hanging about him, now dressed in the manner of a master Jedi, yet his left arm was crooked and bleeding.
They fought gallantly side-by-side, but it seemed to have no effect on this babbling baby. Then with all his reiatsu, Jedi used the force lifting up the baby in the air while Stony charged his icy attack. With all of his strength, he unleashed an icy Chinese dragon that swam through the air like a shark, the baby his prey. When they collided, a flurry of snow flew over the soul society. Gasping on the ground, both Stony and Jedi stared at the icy prisoner who was starting to break free! Then out of nowhere the pissed off women of the division, Cher, Taki, Atem, Yunie, and Seren came to eat the baby hollow. Jedi and Stony were puzzled, and hid from them for the rest of the month. Thus the exciting day of the 10th comes to a close.

[Cassie]

11th Division:

Written by doobie snacks, Silhouette, Lady Rayne, and Dope Hat.


“That damn Vice Captain of mine, what did he mix together this time? I’m wiggin’ out! Where am I even stumbling off to? How is it that I always get talked in to obliterating myself by those lunatics!!”

Katen, Captain of the Eleventh Division, rubs his face and attempts to bring his mind in focus. “Damn these parties in the middle of nowhere… where the hell am I?!”

*

Back at the campfire the party reaches new decibels as jolly boasting, laughter, and threatening of combat take the place of a warm silent night.

Tired of watching her chaotic division mates act an intoxicated mess, Masami - one of the only sober ones - is the first to notice her captain’s absence.

“Hey guys, where’s the Captain?” She yells, only to be ignored by her inebriated comrades.

Bored and frustrated she decides to begin the search for her captain; so, she gets up and walks off, being completely ignored by the ruckus of partiers.

Sill, however, sitting in his silent-earnest manner - sober, much like Masami was - picks up on the unfolding events.

“Ah, I can’t be bothered. Why do I always have to come to these things anyway? Waste of time!” His eyebrow quirks, and a slight grin cracks his lips. “Oh yeah.”

He is reminded while watching Sophire and Dope do their best gay fight impression of the Fourth Division, and soon dismisses his observation.

*

Meanwhile, Masami had picked up on the path her Captain had taken and cautiously enters the thick woods. “What the HELL is he doing in HERE! I always get stuck with babysitting!” She complains, trekking through regardless.

*

The fire now glowing dim and the silence returned, Kojirou finally wakes from his comatose-like state. Yawning and holding his pounding head thinking, “Doobie, that witch”, he looks around to find two to few.

He nudged Zill, who was snoring beside him, “Hey Zill, you know where Katen’s at?”

“Ah sweetie that’s the spot” is the mumbled response.

“Dang it Casanova, wake UP!” Kojirou roared, punching Zill in the thigh.

“Whoa to rough girl” Zill spouts out as he jumps up. “Damn Kojirou. Double D, DOUBLE D!!”

“Katen and Masami are gone man!” Was the concentrated rebuttal from Kojirou.

“Alright, so lets get the rest of these bums awake and head out!”

Groaning and cussing are the responses of the camp but all get up - at least conscious - and meet in a huddle for discussion. The situation assessed, the fire is snuffed and last two barrels downed so they set out in the direction Unique suggested, still very so intoxicated.

Upon entering the thick forest their path is cut short by shoreline. “Look, the riverside.” Dope shares as she points.

“Hey its Katen’s sandal, he’s been here!” Doobiesnacks detects.

“Genius, Captain Obvious” His wife, Sophire, taunts.

“Well, you’re testing the water.” He answers with a shove into the water before jumping in himself.

*

Curved blades of pink steel rained down from above, slicing through the nightly wind - leaving the sound of whistling in their wake. The robed man the blades were aimed at, however, was no fool - his image flickering out of view quite hastily - causing the odd-colored steel to stab into the dirt instead.

His Zanpakuto was held firmly in his right hand; he used it as a counting stick, attempting to figure out just how many creatures he was up against.

Due to his throbbing headache, even this task was difficult. Or, perhaps, it was due to the fact that the creatures would appear to multiply. Either way, he as in deep - real deep.

“Captain!” A voice cried out from behind him. He turned to see one of his subordinates casually approaching.

Katen glanced behind him, “Masami?” He asked, as he could only see a silhouette approaching. “Get back!” He ordered, holding his left hand to her.

Masami looked around cautiously, blinking a few times before stopping her run to her captain.

“Why, is there something wrong?” She asked, confused.

Katen snapped his head back in front of him, seeing the obvious danger surrounding them. Creatures of various shapes and sizes, wearing the trademark white masks of Hollows.

However, unlike most Hollows, these creatures were… odd. Their skin housed a myriad of colors; various shades of blues, purples, pinks, reds, yellows - like a rainbow, but more random, as their colored skin seemed to flow like water upon their bodies, constantly in movement.

Truly psychedelic.

Why Masami couldn’t see the mesmerizing creatures was beyond him, but he knew they should be dealt with regardless. Though still a bit… “off” from the previous events, Katen rushed forth in a blur, feinting to the left - then right - his blade poised above his head to strike.

*

“Why the heck did they just jump into the water?“ A confused Dope asked Zill, who only shrugged.

“No clue.” Kojirou answered, “But I think we should follow them before we lose them too.”

The other two nodded and then all three jumped into the cold liquid. Sill only sighed. What has he gotten himself into, he thought - annoyed - but soon followed suit and joined the others in the water.

Swimming to the surface, Sill spit out water and looked to his right; another sigh escaped him.

“Can’t you two stop? We have far more serious business to attend now than you two fighting over that.” He said to Doobie and Sophire.

“Well! He shouldn’t have done that” Sophire snapped at Sill and crossed her arms in front of her chest.

“Yeah, why have you done it anyway Doobie?” Kojirou asked his Vice Captain.

Doobie only scratched his head “Well…you see….well….at that time it seemed like a good idea…” He answered.

After that a minute of silence fell…

”ARE YOU ****ING NUTS!?!?!? DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE IN THE ****ING COLD WATER CAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT’D BE FUN!?!?!” Dope shouted and smacked Doobie over the head. Soon the others followed suit in the complaining; only Sophire was smirking at her husband.

“…We all will catch a cold just because you are an idiot” Kojirou continued.

“Well… actually,” Doobie started “,you guys are the idiots… you just followed without thinking…” He smirked, “so it’s your entire fault and not mine.”

Sill wasn’t annoyed anymore….no…he was pissed! Not only was he bored at first, now he was even cold! Enough was enough! He gripped his Vice Captain’s shoulder and shook him.

“If you haven’t noticed yet….most of us are having a hangover, we are freezing, are in the middle of nowhere and on top of that all – our Captain and Masami are still missing! So get a hold of yourself and DO something!”.

Zill was the one sighing now, “Sill is right Doobie. We should get moving…after all – we could be missing a fight.” He stated and started moving towards land.

“Oh my god! We have to get moving!” Sophire agreed and also started moving. Dope nodded enthusiastically and followed the white haired woman, the others doing the same.

The first one out of the water, Zill stretched and looked around. “Where could he be? He usually isn’t the one disappearing like that.” He said more to himself than to the others.

“Doesn’t matter – we have to find him. Should we split up?” Kojirou asked his Vice Captain who only shook his head.

“No…we should stay together. We don’t need more people missing.” He pointed out and started moving towards the woods. “We haven’t looked in there yet and it seems most likely that those two will be in it…so we should have a look.” He continued.

“Sounds like a plan” Sophire agreed, and with that, the small group walked towards the woods – Sill following behind again, apparently keeping his distance.

. . .

After some minutes, the group entered the woods.

“You guys should pay more attention now – could be that we get attacked” Doobie warned his group.

“Look who is talking – the one pulling stupid pranks” Zill answered and smirked.

Dope only snorted “Let them come. A good fight will do us all good. We have been lacking training lately. You guys are so lazy.” She added.

“I wouldn’t put everybody in the same boat if I were you” Sill warned her, “I’m not like those… people” He continued, finishing his statement in a way that would imply that he was going to call them something else.

“Yeah – you are worse” She answered, only to get a smirked from Sill.

“Could you guys stop talking already? You are far worse than old women” Sophire said and shot them a glare over her shoulder.

“Does that mean we can call her ‘old woman’ now?” Zill whispered to Kojirou and both laughed silently.

“I can hear you, you know” Sophire said annoyed and gave them another glare. Both men gulped and hid behind Sill, who only rolled his eyes. “You…”

“Silent!” Doobie interrupted his wife.

“What?” She asked and the others looked around with a puzzled expression on their faces.

“…..I think I can hear somebody fighting” Doobie answered them.

Another minute had passed in which they were listening. “Yeah” Kojirou nodded “I think I can hear something too”.

“It’s coming from there.” Unique said and pointed to his right.

“Well then – let’s see if our Captain is there” Doobie said and lead his small group to the noise.

*

As Masami heard someone approach she jumped into the tree. The rest of the division came walking up lead by Doobie; some had their swords drawn.

They stood at the edge of the battle scene - just watching. Masami spotted Sill at the back of the crowd and jumped from the tree far enough away not to be heard.

"Psst... Sill. Over here." She motioned for him to come over.

Sill, rolling his eyes, walked over to her. "What do you want, and just what the hell is Katen doing?" He asked her, his voice as normal - cold and low-toned. “He looks like a jackass.”

Masami sighed "Good, I’m not insane. I don’t know what he's doing. I think he sees some weird monster cause he told me not to get close. I have the feeling the others will start seeing it shortly. The fight so far has been quite amusing".


Meanwhile, the rest of the group stood staring at Katen in his epic battle; Doobie tried to get Katen's attention.

"Captain? CAPTIAN!!!" Katen, to busy in his battle, never heard anything. Just then, the rest of the division noticed the creatures and they all did a simultaneous gasp.

Scimitar in hand, Katen rushed forth to hack and slash away, his subordinates readying themselves to join the combat as well.

Katen began to levitate, the blades of grass beneath him torn up to spin around his body. Dirt soon rose, it too swirling about his body - allowing the others to see the wind that encased him in a sphere.

“Air Heart.” Sill murmured to himself. “But, why would he-”

His question was silenced by the sound of many blades cleaving through the atmosphere, for now - Katen was no longer the only one in conflict.

Doobie hopped from one foot to the other, twirling the nunchucks he how held with great skill; he too had now released his Zanpakuto, and began to violently slash away at the spectral creature that danced before him.

“Tengoku no Kaminari, split the sky!” A loud shout came from Katen’s left, one loud enough to gain even his attention. Sophire had released her blade as well - the combined reiatsu from her, Katen, and Doobie sending shockwaves about. The ambience began to ripple and roar as one by one, the group began to call upon their Zanpakuto.

Sophire took to the skies as her Zanpakuto continued to transform, taking the appearance of a sledge hammer whilst she dashed through the air. Upon lading, the hammer was sent to the ground, and torrents of electricity rose up to engulf the glowing creatures that stood in her way.

Doobie dashed forward, spinning 360 to kick at all of the Hollows that had attempted to surround him, his imaging fading out smoothly soon after. Moments later, he appeared in front of a beast, using his nunchucks to strike it into the air - where he then followed and sent it plummeting down to earth.

Dope knelt down, her Zanpakuto now taking the shape of two claws upon her hands. She smirked as the Hollows came to her, all roaring loudly as their feet stomped craters into the ground beneath them. She was calm - focused - her form not shifting until her prey were mere inches in front of her, where she spun abruptly to cleave the beasts in two.

Observing from the sidelines, Sill and Masami began to question the situation. Their comrades were fighting on so vigorously, and now, it seemed that even their throbbing headaches did little to cease their combat.

They exchanged a glance, both shrugging - still confused.


Many a creature dropped down at Zill, who leapt up to greet them eagerly, his twin katana held in mirror-fashion. Amidst his ascent, he slashed his blades upwards, two great flashes of light radiating from the swords to blind his plummeting prey. He then landed a bit away from them, and they dissipated before they could touch the ground.

“Gah!” Dope shouted, noting that the creatures - no matter how many they defeated - would not decline in numbers. In fact, they multiplied, more and more forming to surround her.

Suddenly, they all fell abruptly to an unseen force. She glanced to her right to see that Reaver had now joined up with the group.

“You‘re late.” She scolded.

He shrugged it off. “You guys left me behind…” He countered, standing with his back to hers as they sized up their adversaries.

Black arcs of energy flew through the darkened skies, their surfaces pulsating with killing intent. The blades sliced through a few of the Hollows that attempted to sneak up on Katen. The summoner of the energy - Kojirou - continued his hasted pace, feinting left and right to confuse his enemies before unleashing more waves of energy to slice through them.

Fixated on the ones in front of him, Katen raced ahead to engage, the sphere of wind that spun around him blowing them back before they could meet.

As the Hollows lost their balance, the wind around Katen dissipated, and he rushed forth with a series of violent stabs and slashes - each of which could barely be seen.

Katen rose his blade above his head. “Enough of this…”


“He wouldn‘t!” Masami questioned from the sidelines, tugging on Sill’s robes. “He‘s about to release his Bankai!”

“Here?” He asked himself. “No, not with everyone fighting out there… that would-” His eyes narrowed. “Yeah, fun‘s over.. Watching these guys slash around was nice for awhile… but if Katen unleashes his Bankai with them all out there-”

“-Game over, huh?” An unfamiliar voice finished.

“Name‘s Rogues.”

“The new guy, huh?” Sill asked, Rogues responding with a nod. “Welcome.”

“Uh, Bankai? Certain destruction?” Masami reminded them, pointing at the rising force which rippled the air around their Captain.

The three nodded, unsheathing their Zanpakuto. As they raced forth, they realized that they couldn’t reach full speed, and soon enough, they were driven to the ground.

“Shit, we‘re too late!” Sill shouted, attempting to rise. “Katen, you drunken bastard, stop!”

“Captain, don‘t do it!” Masami shouted beside Sill.


The others all turned to see what was going on - and though they too appeared to be under similar effect to Katen, they seemed to realize the situation.

Sill rose to his feet, his blade swiping across his fingertips. The blood seeped into the steel, distorting the silver to crimson - warping the blade to make it serrated.


An orange shine emitted from above; the sun was about to rise. A warm glow cast down upon them, illuminating the once darkened fields of conflict.

A sudden drowsiness fell upon them like a heavy blanket, and one by one, the group began to lose consciousness - their last sight being that of Katen - his Zanpakuto exploding with reiatsu as he glared down the spectral Hollows.


The fearless captain rubbed his eyes with his left arm, for what he could see - he didn’t believe. After what seemed to be hours of constant battle, the foes he faced so valiantly were literall