King Of Shinigamis - [Rewrite]

Chapter 12: Royal Guards and Royal Palace

Recap: "We've reached our limit outside the Shattenbereich," Haschwald said, as he jumped away from Ichigo and went to his king. "You must return to the Vandenreich, Your Majesty."

"Impossible. We still have time…" It was by then Yhwach remembered whom he recently came in contact with. "Of course… Sōsuke Aizen; in the few minutes I spoke with him… he must have distorted my senses." He scowled, thinking how easily he was fooled. "Haschwald, we're leaving,"

"You come here cause this much chaos and destruction; you think you can just leave!?" Ichigo yelled.

Yhwach looked back at him. "One day… Soon, I will return for you, Ichigo Kurosaki. Get some rest and wait for my return…" A black shadow rose from the floor and lapped at Yhwach's form. As it engulfed him, the Quincy King began to retreat as he vanished, leaving only his voice. "My son, born in the darkness..."

When the couple was left alone, Artoria finally joined them, asking, "Are you two okay?"

"Yeah, we are fine; not even a scratch," Altria answered, smirking.

"What about you? Are you okay?" Ichigo asked.

"I am completely unharmed as well," Artoria answered and passed to him Avalon, which she extracted from Byakuya after taking him to Squad 4.

Ichigo took the scabbard and put the Excalibur in it, smiling at her response, but then lost it as he looked at the place where Yhwach was standing. "Son born in darkness…" he muttered, repeating the foreboding sentence, not noticing Artoria and Altria flinching at his words.

Chapter 12: Royal Guards and Royal Palace

"Teams 11 to 16, move out to East District 56!"

"Body collection is to be postponed! Prioritise the wounded!"

"Emergency transportation in progress! Please give us instructions, sir!"

"Take them to Room 303!"

Squad Four dispersed into the ruins of the Seireitei the moment the Sternritters left the Soul Society. Wounded were collected and taken to the Squad Four barracks, no matter how trivial they were. The vast majority of Shinigami involved in the battle had been killed. Squad Eleven had suffered the heaviest losses, being at the front lines.

Thanks to Ichgio's Avalon, Captain Byakuya Kuchiki's life was saved, but he was still heavily injured and was admitted in Squad 4 when Artoria took him there. Because Avalon actually belonged to Ichigo, it didn't work as efficiently for other people. He had deep lacerations all over his body. If those who treated him didn't know better, they would have said the wounds had come from his own Zanpakutō.

They recovered Lieutenant Renji Abarai in the wreckage of a collapsed building. Both of his arms were broken, as well as several of his ribs. Most of his organs had been ruptured by blunt force trauma. Captain Sajin Komamura had several broken bones, but other than that, no serious injuries. The same could be said of Captain Rose.

Kenpachi Zaraki was not so lucky. He was retrieved, unconscious, from beneath the rubble surrounding Yamamoto's battlefield. Bloodied and beaten, he was barely breathing. The Head Captain's body was never recovered. The most they were able to retrieve was his broken Zanpakutō. The ashes of his body had long been washed away by the rain.