Double Trouble

44. Monster

Aizen blocked Yachiru's first strike. To say the least, he was impressed by her strength. He knew the secret to this child though and that was, she wasn't even real. She was the manifestation of none other than Zaraki Kenpachi's Zanpakuto.

Unfortunately for Aizen though, it would seem Kenpachi's sword was just as crazy, if not more so, than its master. Yachiru was truly unhinged as she went at Aizen with everything she had. Pulling her sword from its sheath instead of trying to beat him with it still sheathed, no command was called out as the sword glowed bright pink. Suddenly two unusual creatures formed beside her as she continued to attack him. Having never experienced her Shikai before, Aizen wondered if this was truly what Kenpachi's looked like.

One creature seemed to be made of bone with teal hair. It wore a black cloak and had a large bone going vertical in the middle of its face. The other is plump and covered in yellow fur, wielding a cleaver. As Yachiru attacked Aizen, the creatures mimicked her movements. As she attacks, the plump one's attack comes before hers, and the bone faced one's comes quickly after hers. This ensures that if she missed, one of the other two would get their opponent. Aizen was forced to take a step back to miss the attacks. It turned out he had miscalculated this girl, this Zanpakutos strength. She was a true monster.

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Ichigo and Shiro gave each other a look. They had felt that release of energy. No doubt about it. It was one of their new allies. They knew their father would try to stop them, which meant it was time to pull a twin on him. Shiro gave Ichigo a nod before moving to distract their father with some questions while Ichigo went to help their new friends.

The hollow child approached the captains. His golden eyes seeming to creep them out a bit.

Good. His Zanpakuto quipped. They need a reality check once in a while.

Turning his attention from the older head captain, Shiro spoke. "So, why the hell did you hide the fact we have family here!" He yelled as he pointed at Isshin, this question threw the older man off.

"Huh?" he asked confused.

"The Shiba's!" Shiro yelled at him. Threw his hand at Ganju. The heavy man blinked in confusion before gasping.

"You're our uncle!" he was shocked. Isn't he supposed to be dead?

On cue, Ichigo motioned for his friends to follow him. Hitsugaya saw Ichigo and his friends begin to pull away. Distraction tactic? Sighing, he motioned for Matsumoto to follow, she was about to complain but the look in his eyes made her close her mouth and follow.

"Now wait a darn moment, I just said something about this!" Isshin yelled at his youngest son.

Shiro turned his back to his father. "Oh, now you say something..." He hid his grin. Isshin really never did catch onto this tactic until it was too late.

Isshin crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm sure I've said something over the years-" he began only for Shiro to continue.

"Hell I didn't even know about my powers until they manifested, and I had to learn by myself because you always made me feel inferior." Oh yeah, he was pulling out all the stops here.

Isshin felt embarrassed for making Shiro feel this way. "I never meant for that to happen." He went to look at Ichigo when he suddenly realized that his eldest was gone. "Where's your brother?"

Shiro looked over his shoulder with a big grin. "Where do you think?"

Both Kyoraku and Ukitake looked dumfounded. "He got played." Shunsui stated, a bit impressed.

Jushiro chuckled next to him. "By his own sons." Both men chuckled. The head captain didn't seem amused by this display.

It was then that a second explosion of reiatsu was felt coming from Sokyoku Hill. It was from Captain Unohana as she had made the discovery of the two battles. Yoruichi seemed to be holding her own against Gin, but she was worried about Lieutenant Yachiru. Though powerful, the girl couldn't possibly win against Captain Aizen. Releasing spurts of reiatsu, she intended to have the remaining loyal captains know her position and the position of their enemy.

Just as Yachiru jumped away from Aizen's kido based attack, two Quincy arrows raced passed her. Reflecting one arrow, Aizen caught the second with his hand and crushed the power within it.

Unohana turned to see the Quincy, Uryu, staring with wide eyes. "He cancelled Ishida's attack." Orihime stated with shock.

Aizen smirked. "Your pitiful attempt to attack me will result in your deaths, humans." With no incantation, he shot out a bolt of lightning towards the group.

"Orihime!" Ichigo yelled out.

"Santen Kesshun!" she yelled out creating a golden shield between herself, her friends, and Aizen's attack. The bolt of lightning danced across the surface before being reflected back towards Aizen. The result was an explosion where he stood. However, as the dust settled it was revealed that he was unharmed.

However, time had run out as a dozen flash steps were heard. A second later, half of the Gotei 13 stood around them all with their Zanpakuto released, ready to bring down the traitor. What none could have foreseen was this was only the beginning.