Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 42: The Hood of Many Arms

Kazui's POV:

I clashed my blade against the first hooded figure, trying to push it down but somehow the enemy withstood my attack. The appearance of my first opponent didn't look like anything much. Its body looked as skinny as a pole with two long arms that were hidden under its cloak. Whether it looked weak or not, it sure held its own against my attack, because no matter what I did, I couldn't force it to go down. The enemy just snarled at me, its light bulb-shaped mask staring.

Without a second thought, I withdrew my sword and kicked its face instead. The hooded enemy backed away, giving me an opportunity to strike. I dashed towards the enemy with my sword raised. Suddenly, before I could attack, I was met with an arm holding the blade. An arm grew out of the back of the enemy, while its face was covered by its two normal hands.

"This is annoying", I grumbled and withdrew once again. I guess just using my base Zanpakuto wouldn't do anything.

I charged once again towards the enemy and raised my sword, but this time I released my Shikai once I made contact.

"Conquer, Mugetsu"

A black flash of energy erupted and moved erratically, pouring out of my blade and into the cloak of the enemy. My sword transformed into a larger size which added even more weight against the cloaked figure, giving me an advantage. I kept swinging my sword and attacking the figure from all angles while also focusing on something else. More arms grew out of its body, making it look like a spider with its many arms sprouting out of its black cloaked form.

Damn, its defense was increasing with my every attack. It hasn't even been 5 minutes in the fight and my attacks haven't even proved strong yet. Though at the same time I haven't been attacked either. Things were going a bit too good for an enemy that could take down the Soul Society. I backed away from the spider with my sword in front of me.

"Soul...Reaper...must die...", it growled, bearing growing claws in its fingertips.

Its hands were pale wrinkly hands, with slender fingers. The claws looked even more horrifying to look at since it was sharp and yellow. I wonder when the last time this person had cut their nails. Anyway, it charged at me with all hands pointed at me, the nails pointing directly at my whole body. If I didn't block this, then there was an absolutely 100% chance that I would get skewered like a barbecue. And this was bad, since I wanted to come back without any holes punctured in my body.

I used the flat side of my blade and charged towards the enemy. There was loud screeching coming from the nails at the side of my blade as it scraped the metal. Using the bandages, I wrapped the fabric around my arms and jumped over the spider-like opponent. By the time that I was face-to-face with the enemy, I raised my left hand and whispered.

"I may not be good at Kido, but spending time in a damn hospital bed can make you come up with pretty cool stuff", it was like slow motion as my hand was lowered down to its face, "And a certain red orb won't just comply with getting launched, so I made up something of my own..."

"Hado number whatever...*Akakodan!"

I made contact again with the surface of the enemy. A red spark of energy grew in my hand and formed an orb. I could feel the unstable reiatsu coming from the orb, indicating that it was about to explode in my own hands. I rushed even closer to the hooded figure, placing my hand in its face and bracing myself for an explosion.

BOOM!

The impact of the explosion blew me back a couple of meters before I dashed back towards the enemy. I was met with a fully conscious cloaked figure with some of its arms blown off, blood dripping down to the ground below. I knew that a simple Kido move like that wouldn't take someone like this down, so I already took measures for this.

I raised my bandage upwards and with it also came my Zanpakuto which shined midnight black in the morning sun. The blade sliced through two more of its arms as blood continued to spray outwards. I used Shun-So-Hi and instantly appeared in front of the enemy, catching the handle of my sword in the process. I grazed the neck of its cloak and hung the sharp edge of my blade into its fabric. Focusing on my surroundings, I felt all the Spiritual Energy and reiatsu gathering around my blade. Along with that, I also felt something different stirring inside of me. It was that same unpleasant but at the same time pleasant sensation. My eyes felt like they were closed as I muttered my following words with a voice full of anger.

"Getsuga Tenshou..."

The energy exploded into the body of the cloaked figure. I had no reason why I was this angry. Yes, I felt hatred for these...Hollows?...that threatened to damage the Soul Society, but never have I felt this angry since my fight with Kenpachi. Everything came back into my eyes as the darkness that consumed my sight faded away. Smoke swirled around the two of us as the power of that Getsuga Tenshou burned through the cloak of its figure.

I dashed backwards. I could still see the body still standing up, shrouded in the smoke that surrounded it. As the smoke faded away, I could see who this enemy truly was and what it looked like. I first noticed its face. It was as pale and wrinkly as his fingers, with eyes so small they were in slits. Pale blonde hair was slicked back over his head and his chest was even worse. It looked weathered and broken as scars painted over his skin and burns scattered like sprinkles on a cupcake. Its arms looked terrifying, as long slender flesh as thin as bones stuck out from his back. It was clear that it wasn't a Hollow, and that confirmed my suspicion on what it would be.

"I did not see this coming, but I suppose it already happened. I only have a few moments before I be taken back down to hell, so...", murmured the wrinkled abomination before smiling at me insanely, crazed orange eyes popping out of his sockets, "I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN WITH ME, HUH? SOUL REAPER KAZUI KUROSAKI???"

I didn't know, neither did I care for how or why this creature knew my name. All I felt was this strangely familiar Spiritual Pressure and energy coming from him. Not only that, but it felt good. Almost too good to be true. I felt the same thing from my Getsuga Enkojo. The same feeling as burning anger, fury, and...hell, all at once. Raising my sword, I pointed it towards the sickening figure.

"I see. If you haven't got long left because your cloak was taken off, you better entertain me", I stated loudly, "Because I have some things that I want to know about this situation. So let's make it quick. I just wanna say...I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK"

Black energy swirled all over my body and my Zanpakuto decreased into that very same energy. It circled my arms until it completely wrapped and tightened around them. Two normal sized blades materialized into my hands. They were just like my normal blade; black as midnight and emitting enormous power thought it was regular sized. I smiled as I felt the power coursing through my body. And then something sprouted into my mind. The name of this move that Yoruichi taught me and something other.

"I've only used this a few times when nobody was noticing, but you'll be lucky to be the first to see such a rare chance, since this is the first time I've used it with a name..."

"Kokoryu Shunko: Jigoku"

(*Red Fire Bomb. Because Kazui isn't that good at Kido since he isn't experienced, he made his own version of Shakkaho. Refer to the Kenpachi chapter when Kazui tries to use Shakkaho. His unstable reiatsu creates the same orb a Shakkaho has, but it doesn't get released, causing it to explode in the hands of the user)

(Kokoryu Shunko: Jigoku – Black Dragon Flash War Cry: Hellfire. Kazui's official Shunko technique with a name. And if you're wondering where he's used it, Kazui used it when using Getsuga Enkojo as he needs two blades to launch that attack, making it so he unintentionally used Shunko during the battle against Kenpachi, though it wasn't shown in that chapter)