Reborn: Bleach Edition

1.15

Hajime, Shunsui, Jushiro, and the Head Captain were the last seated officers to arrive.

Upon their arrival, all Lieutenants, Ryoka—the ones who weren't already on the ground—, some Captains, and Tousen fell to the ground, struggling to breath. Others seemed to deal with the pressure while a few weren't effected.

"Haji chan," Shunsui called out, "your seals."

Hajime sighed heavily. He liked when he didn't have the seals on. It felt free, less constricting.

Aizen chuckled when he heard Hajime sigh. He looked over the shinigamis and Ryokas stuttering over the Captain's power. "My, why don't you join me, Captain Saito," he mused as he smiled at the display of the Captain's power. "I could use a powerful ally."

Hajime stared coldly at Aizen before he sealed his reiatsu, leaving only one unsealed. "I won't go that far, Aizen," he refused.

Everyone on the hill breathed a sigh of relief when the oppressing pressure was removed. Ishida glanced at the Hajime, happy that the Captain didn't actually fight him.

The two Lieutenants took their chance and shunpo'd to Ichimaru and Tousen. With their swords against the traitor's necks, it left just Aizen.

Suddenly, everyone heard faint yelling. They all look up to see a figure falling rapidly from the sky.

"—sound of flying arrows," a woman's voice finished reciting. "Hado #63! Raikoho!" Yellow lighting gathered in her outstretched palms and shot at Aizen.

Aizen dodged; however, Yoruichi and Soi Fon took their chance and quickly stopped the man from drawing his sword while Soi Fon placed a blade against his neck.

The large figure landed on the hill, revealing the woman who was yelling the incantation earlier.

"Kukaku," Hajime muttered, his place next to Shunsui and Jushiro. "That's a face I haven't seen in a while."

"This is the end," Yoruichi stated.

"Hm?"

"Don't you understand?" Yoruichi threatened, "There is no place left for you. No place you can escape to."

All seated officers surround Aizen, each mumbling their own disbelief.

Aizen cracked a smile.

"What's so funny?" Yoruichi pressed.

"I'm sorry to do this, but the time has come."

Yoruichi seemed to realize quickly what his off-hand comment meant. "Soi Fon, get away from him!"

The two ladies jumped away just in time to avoid a yellow beam. The beam engulfed Aizen, creating a barrier between him and the outside world.

Next to Hajime, he could hear Jushiro muttering his surprise.

Above, in the sky, a rip tore through. Tiny beams of yellow light shot through with the heads of Menos Grande, from the Gillian class. Thirteen Gillians showed up, and behind them was a mysterious, purple light.

Hajime whipped his head to turn to his own lieutenant and Matsumoto. "Shunhei! Matsumoto! Get away from them!" He shouted in the loudest voice anyone's heard from him (except for those few shinigami).

Two more beams of light shot down from the sky. The Lieutenants avoided them just in time to see Ichimaru and Tousen engulfed by the light, much like their other traitor. The earth the traitors were standing on broke free from their confines, elevating the three of them slowly into the sky.

Next to Hajime, another Lieutenant was angry, "You're just going to run away? That's it?" Iba of Squad 7 asked.

"Stop." Hajime called out.

"Captain Saito, Sir?" he looked back.

"That light is a weapon with the name of Negacion. It's a technique the Menos use when they are rescuing fellow Hollows. Once enveloped by the light, it is impossible for those within and without to interact. It is an isolated world inside the beams. All those who have fought the Menos know it well. From the moment that light fell on Aizen Sousuke, it became completely impossible for us to reach him." Hajime explained to the younger generation.

Directly after Hajime's explanation, Kumamura, Captain of Squad 7, punches the ground, breaking the area around his fist. He called out to his friend,

Hajime stares at the Captain. More specifically his head. It's very different from seeing it through a screen. "Fluffy," he whispered.

Shunsui glances at Hajime and smirked, "Off topic, Haji chan."

Jushiro stepped up to the beam of light Aizen was in, "You've joined with the Menos. Why would you want to do that?"

"I need to keep reaching higher." he simply answered.

"Have you become that corrupt? Have you?" Jushiro scratchily called out.

Hajime stepped up behind Jushiro and softly patted his back, "You need to rest now."

"You're blinded by your self righteousness. From the beginning, no one has ever stood at the top. Neither you, nor me, nor the gods." Aizen took off his glasses, "But soon, that unattainable vacancy at the top will be filled." He slicked his hair back. His glasses shattered into tiny bits and pieces, eventually turning to dust. "From now on, I alone will stand at the top. Goodbye, shinigamis. And goodbye, Ryoka boy. Even I have to admit that for a human, you were quite amusing." The hole in the sky shut and they disappeared.