Madness of peace

A world seemingly devoid of life, where only the strongest could survive; this was the perfect world for a Scientist. Gone were the weaklings, those who barely held onto life as it was; those "specimens" who contributed so little to scientific breakthrough. Those who had true power were now in control, and it was so much easier to find quality "specimens". Of course, with this thought process, it was more than obvious who would soon reveal themselves. Having decided against using his patented dimensional rift portal, Alfonso Gunter Reinhold (aka Evil Bastard) was taking a leisurely stroll around the ruins of one of Japan's larger cities, Sapporo. Actually, slow and arrogant would describe his pace much more accurately; as he seemed to walk as if he owned the world. While that obviously wasn't true, it was a fact that the current state of the world was quite beneficial to Alfonso. In fact, it even made things easier on him. In the old days he would have to get himself involved to discover whether or not someone had potential; now, he could simply let everyday life do the work for him. Of course, Alfonso was still just as arrogant, and still viewed pretty much everyone as "lower lifeforms". Unlike when he was near an actual population, Alfonso was not fully hiding his reiatsu.

As Alfonso passed by a group of hollows, they all took a second to look at him before fleeing off in fear. No matter what race you were, Alfonso seemed to have some kind of aura about himself that radiated a sense of fear. While this wasn't a power of his, it was quite useful for keeping unwanted "specimens" away from himself. Alfonso also had a history with hollows, having artificially created one back during WWII, and most all of the regular hollows (non-arrancar) knew to be afraid pf him. Of course, Alfonso didn't care for any of these weak hollows, and even an arrancar wouldn't be much of a find for him; much of his earlier research had been on hollows, and he knew pretty much everything there was to know about them as a race. Still, there was always a chance Alfonso would find some ragged survivor; some strong soul that would be worthy of his scientific inquiry. And, just as these thoughts ran through his head, he felt the presence of a powerful being. Being arrogant, he didn't see it as stronger than himself, but it was strong enough to register to him. As his signature evil grin crossed his face, Alfonso turned towards the strong reiatsu, and used shunpo to arrive before it only a few seconds later. Of course, even as he arrived, exiting shunpo, his pace was just as arrogant.

"My my now, why would an arrancar be mingling around with such pathetically weak hollows?" Alfonso asked with a small laugh; his tone being that of a statement rather than a question. Of course, as Alfonso spoke, his German accent was clearly audible in his tone; deep but not making his words hard to understand. "Oh, I should say Espada, I'd tell you your rank, but you all seem to change your counting system more times than your members" Alfonso said, his tone sounding slightly disinterested. He didn't really care much about the hollow's "hierarchy" system; only interested in the Espada if they had any unique powers. "Of course, as a formality, I'll say that you're the Primera, or was it Cero that they are using now?" Alfonso stated, though it appeared as is this statement was more towards himself. While this was a show of arrogance, t was also a display of Alfonso's intellect and deduction; showing that he was easily able to place his rank using his reiatsu levels alone. With all the experimentation he had done, something like that was a simple task. "Whichever it is, be assured that I know just how strong you are, so do not try to 'intimidate' me, I really do hate it when you all make fools of yourselves" Alfonso said, the arrogance more than obvious in his tone. While it was more than obvious that Alfonso was an arrogant asshole, it was not as if he were looking for a fight; in fact, a fight was probably the last thing he wanted right now.

As the Espada finished his speculations, Alfonso let out a loud, maniacal laugh; befitting of his title "Evil Bastard". In fact, as if the Hollows weren't afraid of him enough, they would now be fleeing from him; his tone seemingly able to convey that sense of fear he had about himself. "AHAHAHAHA, YES!" Alfonso shouted in his laughter, obviously pleased about something. "Ah, it is so rare that I find another being with any true form of intellect, let alone being an arrancar" Alfonso said, his laughter stopping almost as abruptly as it had begun. What he had said, though, was true; it was very rare that he ever found an individual whom he could say had any intellect. In fact, being an arrancar made it even more rare, as most of them were fight-happy creatures who paid no mind to the world around themselves. "I suppose since you are intelligent enough I can tell you who I am" Alfonso said with a slight chuckle, his tone still arrogant. Of course, the German accent seemed to add a layer of "evil" to his tone that was simply unmatched. "My name is Alfonso Gunter Reinhold, and while I may have been a Captain of the Gotei 13 for a while, do not lump me together with those other 'Shinigami'" Alfonso said, a hint of bitterness to his tone as he spoke the word "Shinigami".

"Although, you should take some pride in your analytical skills, not even many of the Shinigami who should know of me could recognize me on sight" Alfonso said as he began a short pace, his tone now becoming more "business like". While this arrancar's powers were still unknown to him, Alfonso found his intelligence, especially for his race, to be at least note worthy. It was obviously nowhere near his own, but it was enough to separate him from the pack. "I will admit, I am slightly surprised that you were able to guess my age, even if I may be aging slightly; but I assume it is because you too hold age beyond your appearance...maybe even more than me" Alfonso said, an evil glint to his eyes as he stopped, turning to look at the Espada. By now, it was most likely obvious, at least to the arrancar, that Alfonso was taking a slight scientific interest in him; though the full extent would be hard if not impossible to guess. "I never imagined I'd find a hollow that could pique my curiosity after I had managed to create one by my own hands" Alfonso continued his observations, the evil grin returning to his face when he mentioned his creation. "Heh, why yes, that's correct, not only do I know all there is to know about your race, I've even even created your kind from nothing" Alfonso said with another chuckle, the arrogance returning to his tone. "In fact, those lesser beings of your race could view me as a god" Alfonso said, his arrogance now reaching a full blast. This, of course, was followed by another evil laugh, though much shorter in length than his earlier outburst.

While it may have seemed that Alfonso had revealed quite a bit, but in reality, all he had done was show off his intelligence and display his arrogance. As of yet, the only really useful piece of information he had given this arrancar was his name. "So then Espada, I assume a being capable of intelligent thought such as yourself has a name, correct?" Alfonso asked, obviously wishing to hear this arrancar's name. As for position, that did not really matter; although it could be beneficial for classifying the information about him. Yes, even though this arrancar had shown some amount of intelligent thought, Alfonso still viewed his as no more than a specimen; though he did not say this to his face, not wishing to engage in meaningless combat. Even if the arrancar had some unique powers, Alfonso was much more interested in his mind; wanting to know what separated his brain from those of his fellow hollows.

Normally, Shinigami patrols were not send out into the wastelands yet. Only strike teams to whipe out as many Hollow at once as possible. And normally, no Espada were in their way, or maniac former captains. But today... was not normal. And Toja was no normal Shinigami on duty, either. The small figure, hidden from the views of the two completely, had his breathing minimalized on a level where it was hard to think clearly for him. Two butterfly-like symbols on his cheeks, double limiters on Reiatsu. Not that he needed them - but like that, he was about as pressure-full as a Plus for those around him.
This small, feminine Shinigami with the blonde, beautiful short hair was more than just a bit tense. He was a member of the Kido-Corps - a special force of the Gotei, not a Squad, but a team of specialists like none other. But even they had been helpless as far as re-opening the Senkaimon went for 5 long years. And now he was here to gather data, originally at least - opening Senkaimon-Gates was requiring more energy now than before, so they needed more dimensional energy data to figure out why. This was a spiritual question as much as a scientific one, so they couldn't just pass it to the research department.

//Nothing ever goes as planned, huh?// Toja was lucky. The normal Hollows hid in fear from those two - he was just like another covering weakling-Hollow. Sure, he looked like a tasty treat to Hollows able to SEE him - about five of them. But the aura of the Cero or Primera, whichever he was, and the one of the Evil Bastard kept them at bay. Too scared to move.
//God dammit... The orders say Kill on Sight. And now he even admitted who he is. I can't ignore this, or I break my orders... but I can't fight an Espada AND him at the same time without getting the first strike. If they even work together... maybe I can get the Espada to fight me some other time, if he really wants it... Most Hollows were brainless idiots. This one seemed able to think. So why get injured between two Shinigami fighting?
But for now... he had to get the drop on them. He needed a spell. A HUGE spell. One with enough power to disrupt reality. Careful not to make a sound, Toja swallowed the salvia in his mouth. Using that was more than risky, it was suicidal. He had the chant memorized, but the power of the spell was incredibly high. One miscalculated bit of energy, and the trap would be the one torn apart.
//Good thing is... I don't make mistakes.//
An incarnation needed to be spoken aloud. Not very usefull here. The good thing was, he would only have to release his limiters at the last moment, when he was actually going to pump his Reishi along the lines the words would form in his soul. And so, as Tojas mouth opened, his voice was as silent as he could make it. A human wouldn't be able to hear him at the distance, but his target was not human. Hopefully the other one knew that the target wasn't Hollow, either. But if the Cero or Primera or whatever stood to close to it... Well, not his problem.
"Nijimidasu kondaku no monshō. Fusonnaru kyōki no utsuwa! Wakiagari hiteishi! Shibire matataki! Nemuri wo samatageru! Hakōsuru tetsu no ōjō! Taezu jikaisuru doro no ningyō! Ketsugōseyo! Hanpatsuseyo! Chi ni michi onore no muryoku wo shire!" Toja was whispering the chant so quickly that it sounded like the wind itself whispering. With the last two words, 'wo shire', he disappeared from where he had been sitting behind and beneath rubble - wind rupturing around his black Kimono, the bangle of the Vice-General on his right upper arm dangeling in the wind. His right hand was instantly aimed towards Alfonso, as the two butterfly-marks disappeared. From nothing, it changed to a quite formidable amount of Reiatsu for a vice-captain this young.
"Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi! [Black Coffin]"
Toja didn't care that he was an open target for Zefonse. His spell was spoken, the released energy on it's way.

The sky itself warped. Blackness began to swallow the air around the target, a multitude of small black boxes appearing, fusing, aiming to encase Alfonso Gunter Reinhold. The black parts of the coffin were all made from extremely dense gravity - even though Toja was unable to bring out the full effect of the spell. He was very strong in Hado, sure. But he was young, unexperienced, and his Kido-Boosting sword was not unleashed, as doing that would've blown his cover too early.
As the darkness closed itself around where the target would be if it didn't move out of the way quickly enough, the distortion in space and time was still visible. Sure, no big turns or rips in it, but he wasn't Remy.
As Toja landed on the hard ground on his knees, the dark spears of the coffin activated, slashing and piercing at whatever was inside. Hopefully, there even was something inside. The small Shinigami was sweating over his while body, his breathing was pained. Using this spell - was tiring.
A hell butterfly flew away through the sky, and disappeared. A message to the Gotei. Espada and a Kill on Sight target.
//General, for once I wished you were here.// As Toja tried to get back up, he had no time to ready himself. What would come now? A lightning fast fist of a Hollow? A manicial laughter of a crazy scientist with a knife coming to take Tojas head? A silent victory? The trap would soon know if his surprise attack Kido with the size of a small skyscraper had any effect.
In fact, he would accept all the worst possibilities if he could just start to feel his hands and feet again.

Even before the young Shinigami had used shunpo and fired his kido spell, Alfonso has felt that something was off. Whether it was a gut feeling or an astounding attention to detail, Alfonso could tell that not everything was as it seemed. Of course, even Alfonso was not quite expecting the effeminate Shinigami to have used one of the most powerful hado spells. Yet, being a genus, Alfonso was ready for the move even before its name was uttered. Just as the black, dense reiatsu began to appear, so too did Alfonso's own personal portal. Because the portal was pitch black and worked by pretty much tearing the fabric of space, it was perfectly concealed against Kurohitsugi. So, even as the large box began to fully close around him, Alfonso still had that evil grin upon his face; his portal was ready. Stepping through it less than a second before the kido would have torn him apart, Alfonso was able to avoid all damage from the spell. Of course, Alfonso wasn't ready to leave the scene completely, and just as the kido began to fade away, his portal opened up directly behind the effeminate Shinigami.

Without wasting a moment, Alfonso condensed the reiatsu around his right hand, palm flat and fingers extended; and jabbed it directly at the effeminate Shinigami's spine. While this was a powerful attack, it was not lethal; and while, if it hit, would most likely temporarily paralyze the Shinigami for a few seconds up to a minute, it would not leave any permanent damage. In fact, the attack was meant more as a punishment. "My my now, you really must learn some manners; it is rude to interrupt someone's conversation" Alfonso said in an almost poisonous tone, an evil glint to his eyes. As the portal closed behind himself, Alfonso used shunpo to appear beside the Espada again, before lifting up his right hand. "Carriage of Thunder, bridge of a spinning wheel, with light, divide this into six; Bakudo number 61, Rikujōkōrō" Alfonso finished his incantation, and suddenly six beams of yellow energy appeared around the effeminate Shinigami and raced down at him. If he hadn't dodged Alfonso's jab to his spine, then there would be almost no chance of him being able to avoid this kido. Of course, Alfonso could easily tell that this Shinigami was very skilled at kido; and even though he had just used Hado number 90, he would most likely be able to break out of this binding kido. Still, it was more so to "punish" him for interrupting his conversation with the Espada.

Turning now to face the Espada, a slight sigh escaped his lips. "Unfortunately, it would seem as if this peon has called for reinforcements, and being such prestigious targets as ourselves it would seem that a battle is inevitable if we are to stay here" Alfonso said to the Espada, a hint of annoyance to his tone. Even though together, he and this Espada could probably take out whatever forces were first able to respond to the call, Alfonso hated to get his hands dirty and saw it as too much of a hassle. "However, I would be delighted to continue our conversation at some later date; you are an interesting study and it is always refreshing to see beings with intellect" Alfonso said, his tone once again becoming more business like. It wasn't like he saw this Espada as even on the same level of intellect as himself, but he did seem to have enough to keep up and provide an interesting conversation. Of course, Alfonso hadn't forgotten about the disrespectful Shinigami, and once again turned his attention to him. "This little punishment should teach you to respect those with a higher intellect than yourself, child" Alfonso said, the annoyance returning to his tone. "You should consider yourself lucky that you are not worth killing, there's no use in even studying you."

[Toja Hagiwara]



Toja paid close attention to Zefonse once he noticed just where he was, even though it didn't look like it. Unnecessary movements would be fatal before his Reishi was stablized, which it now slowly became again. He wouldn't be able to use Shunpo just yet, but his arms slowly came back to life, the same for his legs. But he remained motionless, to seem weaker than he was. His Reiatsu that flared up before had seemingly died down. Upon the hidden question for Bankai...
Only silence came back. Enough of an answer, most likely. Toja Hagiwara was not able to use the second release of the Shinigami, otherwise, this surprise attack would've been way easier. Hotaru was already an extremely fired up individual, and the Kido-Corps member could only imagine the devastation of Bankai - but it was out of question for now.
"Believe what you want, I simply, perfer to do things with honor, than cheap attacks."
The small, feminine Shinigami smirked. "I'm from the Kido-Corps, and I've seen more spiritual phenomena than most will in their entire life. An Arrancar with honor? Nothing new."
This Arrancar was strong. Very strong. Annihilating a Hollow with a quickly drawn Bala, speed far beyond his comprehension... Hopefully, Remy would appear here soon to kick some ass. Alone, Hagiwara was nothing but free pickings. Although it didn't seem like the Espada planned on fighting - or that he just didn't want to fight a weakling like Toja. Neither of those options appealed to the boy.

//TOJA! BEHIND YOU!// The voice instantly heightened all of the senses of the Shinigami to the absolute maximum. No, he was not suffering from multiple personalities - it was his Zanpakuto speaking, Hotaru, who was always carried on his back, since his sword was too long for such a small person like him to have on the hip. His right hand was on the hilt of the long katana as the one who escaped his spell prepared to attack.
//I didn't plan on killing him outright, but unhurt...? Not good.// Toja was not fast enough to dodge this, but his sword and sheath were on the back. That would be the thing saving him. Sliding both the sheath and sword to the side with his right hand on the hilt, the attack for his spine hit the weapon, the extension of his soul. An erupting, numbing pain ran through his right hand and arm, and the scabbard around the katana shattered into pieces. Quickly, Toja was up on his feet again, but Alfonso had vanished from close vicinity. His Reiatsu, that formerly seemed to be nearly completely diminished, rised up again a bit. Of course, his Reishi would need time to regenerate fully, but he was clearly not down for the count just yet.
//Toja... use me. It's time. You can't win with spells alone against a POI.// For once, the female voice of his sword actually seemed caring. The small Shinigami sighed - she was right.
"Sorry, they don't teach us manners. Only how to kill betrayers." Of course, he knew that spell that Alfonso was speaking. Tojas right arm still felt like it would fall off any second - he was no good with close combat or defending actual physical moves. His frail body was in the way of that. Taking Hotaru into both hands, a circling aura apeared on the ground under him - not holding back anything, his Reiatsu took shape behind and around him, his aura. But instead of some fearsome beast, the aura made Toja look like a fairy - his Reiatsu was a mixture of red and pink, forming two big fairy wings on his back.
Speeding bars of light. One sentence.
"Light up the sky, Hotaru!"
Instantly, the sword flashed up. From dull grey of a sword, to blinding white, to seemingly melting into a new form, accompanied by a ring of fire exploding away from him. Holding the sword in his unhurt left arm, it was shorter than his Katana before, but it glew with an inner fire, and heightened his own Kido. Now he only had to deal with this way of binding before he was hit and turned into a package for Remy to pick up.
//Not going to happen, Alfonso.// The lights closing in, almost hitting now. It looked like the small Shinigami was helpless, even in Shikai, but...
"Byakurai!" Shooting forth a lightning bolt from the tip of his scorching red blade, a crack was formed on the light bar, only a very small one, but that it worked at all was simply thanks to the Vice-Commanders high affinity for Hadou and his Shikais ability, the Kido Boost.
"Sho!" Was Toja going mad? No, not quite. Reaching out his right palm now - which hurt like hell, as he noticed - the shockwave hit the small crack made by the first spell, windening it. Even the weakest Kido could be devastating. Dashing forward now, he was still unable to use Shunpo again. The lucky thing was that the lowest of the Kido required absolutely no Reishi worth mentioning for someone like Toja, who was chanting incarnations in the evening to get his mind adrift to sleep, and spoke more incarnations to wake up completely in the next morning, and talked about nothing but spells all day with Remy when they had the time.
Slashing downward with his left arm and the sword, Hotaru glew in the fiery embrace it had, hit against the yellow energy. Normally, he would've simply been captured now, but thanks to the crack, the red blade of the fairy sword slid into the energy bar. The feeling on his skin told Toja that he was too slow - the energy bars were everywhere now. Would he make it?
"Hotaru no Hikari!"

An explosion, dust, and smoke. As it cleared, flickering yellow energy disappeared, only some slight flames still around the one-handed straight sword. Toja smirked - destroying one of the bars upset the balance of the Kido and broke it.
"You there, Arrancar. This guy is a Kill on Sight target for all special forces. Since you're an Espada, you're also an enemy... but I have my hands full getting rid of him. Would you mind standing back for a bit? You don't seem like you want to fight me either way." Honestly, Toja was quite happy about that, too. His blue eyes focused Alfonso.
"For a genius, you're surely dumb. If you had stabbed with your Zanpakuto or used a strong Kido back there, I would be dead." Flexing his muscles in the left arm, the tip of Hotaru was aimed at the chest of the betrayer. "Now give me your worst, or feel my flames." Using his release had refreshed his body, but he was not yet able to chant the stronger spells again. He needed more power.

So, the ignorant kid had managed to avoid his "punishment". A small sigh escaped Alfonso's lips as the effeminate Shinigami spoke to him, obviously thinking himself clever for getting rid of the bakudo. "No boy, you are the ignorant one; I told you that you were not even worth the effort to kill" Alfonso responded to the kid's ridiculous claim, a hint of spite in his tone. While Alfonso was a former Captain and quite skilled in combat, he hated having to get his hands dirty when dealing with specimens. Of course, since this brat of a Shinigami thought he was skilled enough to even stand up to him, Alfonso was forced to take action. "Yes yes Espada, I know, this imbecile must be taught a lesson; you just worry about his reinforcements, you're just as valuable a target as myself" Alfonso said in response to the Espada's words, and obvious tone of annoyance to his voice. It was bad enough that this child had the gall to talk back to him, but now this Espada assumed that he must tell him the obvious. Of course, Alfonso wasn't lying when he told the Espada that he was as valuable a target as himself; this effeminate Shinigami simply wanted to avoid fighting two powerful enemies together.

Suddenly, as Alfonso stood their, his reiatsu began to rise, and he slowly lifted his left arm. "I despise it when I have to wake Ferner Angriff only to deal with an insect like you, but it's high time you learned your place" Alfonso said. It was slightly odd though, while Alfonso was referencing his Zanpakuto, he visibly had no sword on him. This little matter, however, was quickly resolved. As Alfonso closed his left hand into a fist, a sword began to materialize into his palm. By the time he finished slowly closing his fist, Alfonso was holding his Zanpakuto; Ferner Angriff. Of course, as soon as the weapon was in his grasp, the full level of his reiatsu was revealed; much stronger than what he appeared to be when the effeminate Shinigami had attacked him with the hado. Slowly, Alfonso moved his right hand over to his Zanpakuto; both sheath and hilt pure white and silver. In the next second however, Alfonso drew his blade with astounding speed; the blade a pure silver color save for a red stripe on the blade. With his Zanpakuto drawn, Alfonso simply dropped the now empty sheath, and just as it had appeared, the sheath dematerialized before it ever hit the earth.

"It is time for you to learn the insignificance of your role in this world; Let none escape your aim, Ferner Angriff!" Alfonso finished by saying the release phrase for his Zanpakuto; and as soon as he did, a large burst of reiatsu eminated from him. The blast seemed to emanate from his Zanpakuto, which was now surrounded by a deep purple reiatsu. This, however, was not his Shikai, as soon, the deep purple reiatsu shot up to the sky, about five feet above Alfonso, and formed twenty orbs. From those twenty orbs, what appeared to be...roses emerged. However, they were no mere roses, as in the center of each one was seemingly some kind of barrel. As the purple reiatsu died down, the twenty "reiatsu funnels" began to orbit Alfonso; the barrel of each pointed away from him. "You have forced my hand, and it is now time you face the repercussions of your ignorance" Alfonso said, a darker, more evil tone to his voice. Suddenly, ten of the reiatsu funnels shot through the air, and quickly formed a circle around the effeminate Shinigami, about five feet above him. Without any warning, each of the reiatsu funnels began to fire a volley of shots; lasers formed from condensed and converted reishi, directly at his opponent. Unless you had actually faced this Zanpakuto before, this attack would be quite surprising; as Alfonso was far past smart enough to know not to reveal it's secrets.

Reiatsu Funnels:

[Toja Hagiwara]



"It seems like you still haven't noticed..."
His enemy had released his Zanpakuto, and judging from the Reiatsu the boy could feel, this wasn't going to be easy. Well, what did he expect? He was facing a dinosaur here, the first traitor to the Gotei. What he wouldn't give for being able to switch places with his Commander now, but Remy would have to deal with the Espada if he showed up, and leave his subordinate for this cleanup. So he could just get to it now and not worry later. Once this laid-back boy had a target, he pursued it without knowing what 'holding back' was.
Still, Toja was not fully recharged. His Reishi had trouble regenerating after using Hado 90, but that was expected. He was a member of special forces, trained for impossible odds. Or so the handbook said, this fight would reveal if he really was up to fight impossible odds.

Suddenly, he was surrounded. Not good, his Shunpo wasn't the best to begin with, and in his current state? It would be wiser to simply run. And that was just what Hagiwara had in mind. He was unsure as to what those things would do, but he was willing to bet the next ten paychecks and the whole bounty on Alfonsos head on the fact that it was not healthy for him.
As fast as his weakened legs carried him, Toja darted away to his right, which was in turn Alfonsos left, of course. Just in the nick of time, as the strange funels started firing at him - and he didn't suspect them to just stay in place. Rolling forward, with one of the beams dangerously close to his back burning onto the ground, the young Shinigami basicially felt his Kimono being torn by the lasers.
//God damn, doesn't that guy know how HARD it is to get one of these in my size?! THIS DOES IT! I'M MAD NOW!//
Jumping up in the air seemed like a pretty damn stupid thing to do in this situation - but Toja was not stupid. Still, that was just what he did after his roll. And the reason was simple - his Reishi was stable enough for more Kido.
"Bakudo Number 21 - Sekienton!" As Toja was darting upwards into the air, a red smoke suddenly erupted seemingly out of nowhere, obstructing view of him. Now it was actually preferable to be in the air for him - it gave him a larger area to be in in this smoke that would obstruct him from view, and make it way harder to hit him with those beams. He still felt the burn of one of them on his left cheek. Not cool at all.
However, while in this smoke, he himself couldn't see much more than Alfonso, which was nothing at all. But there was a simple way to get around not knowing where the enemy was - leaving him no space to hide either way and simply annihilating a large area. And if Toja knew how to do one thing, it was how to create massive carnage.
Rerouting his own inner powers, his still numb right arm wasn't going to be of much use either way, Toja focused on his sword and the spell forming in his mind.
"Kunrinsha yo! Chiniku no kamen, banshō, habataki, hito no na o kansu mono yo! Shinri to sessei, tsumi shirame yume no kabe ni wazuka ni tsume o tate yo!" Shattering the battlefields silence with words that held more power than the lasers first used against Toja, his sword started to glow as he used it as a focal point instead of his hand. The young Shinigami had a plan - he was using Double Incantation, but not with two Kido spells. Instead, he had another plan... because his sword was a Kido-type, and thus, the fire created from it were kido flames.
"Hotaru No Hikari! Hadō Number 33, Sōkatsui!" A flare, and out of the cloud of red smoke around Hagiwara, towards the ground, expanding over it in a circular fashion, the whole piece of ground he, Zefonse and Alfonso had been standing on at the beginning of the combat was suddenly engfulled by blue and red flames, in a destructive fusion that easily broke apart the stone and concrete around, essentially leveling a part of the battlefield into a flat ground.
Now for Alfonso, unless he had managed to escape the area of this attack, would be in trouble, for a seemingly normal Kido Incarnation suddenly turned into this kind of Double Incarnation. This fire was potent, even more so thanks to the Kido-Boosting ability of Tojas sword, which easily increased this spells effect by at least 50%, not to mention his natural affinity and knowledge allowing Toja to easily use a level 30 spell at more than full effect with the full incantation.
Now it would be shown - if the genius of Alfonso had a plan to block, evade or otherwise escape this short-term inferno.

Oh what a day he had. First he couldn't find any real good medical supplies in town and to make matters worse he had chased a hollow through two garganta while it was trying to get away from him. Though he was really glad he was able to make it out of Hueco Mundo. Not one of his better decisions he had ever made. Anyway after fighting and killing a hollow he had managed to stumble into a fucking ambush. Though his injuries weren't too serious just a small bite on his left shoulder. Anyway he managed to come across a abandoned hospital there wasn't much but he did find a few clean and non broken syringes and a medical blanket. Not too bad with the seemingly famine going on with supplies. Walking out of the hospital his loot in a small bag he managed to hear a huge explosion.

He relised there where a few reiastus nearby. How the hell did he nit feel them before? Then again he was pretty occupied. He began to make his way to the seen. Seeing as someone might have been hurt. The strange thing was that there were two shinigami and one arrancar from what he could tell but strangely it didn't seem like the arrancar was fighting at all. So either the shinigami where doing really badly or they were fighting eachother. Why the hell where they fighting each other? Instead of approaching the area stealthily he thought speed was better as he began shunpoing to the area. He came across an area which looked like it had been hit by well....an explosion. This must be the place, he thought to himself. Taking another look he saw three people below.

"Is everyone ok down there?" he asked more out of politeness if anything else. He knew he probably wasn't going to like the response.

So, it seemed that even more subjects had joined in the battle. Alfonso was at least no angered anymore that the Espada had actually kept up to it's own code of honor; though he just preferred that he didn't have to take on two enemies at once. Of course, his original target, the Shinigami kid, was proving to be rather annoying. It wasn't as if he were even enough for Alfonso to consider a "challenge", he just found the kid to be all around annoying. While the kid may have thought he was moving quickly, Alfonso was easily able to read his every movements; even able to predict possible future actions. It wasn't as if Alfonso could see into the future, but the nature of his Shikai allowed him to sit back and thoroughly observe the battle; although his analytical prowess and genius intellect also helped. Because of all of this, Alfonso was easily able to read the kids jump, and jumped up high into the sky as well; not only as a response, but because he usually remained floating in the sky during combat. Of course, Alfonso had also sensed the Vizard before he had even gotten close, but he did not seem to be a threat. For now, Alfonso was going to show this effeminate Shinigami just how outclassed he was.

Being a fair distance above the ground, Alfonso didn't have anything to worry about from the kid's area of effect spell. While it was able to reach his previous location, Alfonso had enough time to ascend higher into the sky. "How many times must I repeat myself you peon, the gap between our powers is more than you could ever hope to cross" Alfonso told the effeminate Shinigami as he looked down upon him and the others who had appeared; an obvious hint of annoyance to his tone. "Hado number 58, Tenran" Alfonso spoke almost apathetically, raising his left hand to fire off the spell. Of course, Alfonso made sure to make this kido more powerful than his previous spells, just another way to show the effeminate Shinigami that he was still holding back. The spell, of course, let loose a giant tornado-like blast of wind towards the ground, and easily blew away the flames that had consumed it. At the same time, however, the ten reiatsu funnels that had remained orbiting around him flew to meet up with the other ten. Once they met, all twenty of the funnels formed a dome-like perimeter around the young Shinigami, and let loose a barrage of rapidly fired lasers at the same time as the flames were blown away.

"Because you obviously lack the intelligence, it seems that I must inform you of your fate" Alfonso said, the annoyance in his tone lessened but still present. "You are a pathetic insect, not even worth the time to dissect; while I have no scientific interest in you, be assured that if you continue to ignorantly attack me, I will kill you" Alfonso spoke as he descended back to his previous elevation, about ten feet off of the ground. Of course, even as he spoke, the twenty reiatsu funnels continued to fire at the effeminate Shinigami. Unlike last time, he would now have to deal with all twenty of the funnels. Because of this, not only would it be much harder to dodge, but the funnels would also be able to follow him much more easily. While it would seem that this left Alfonso defenseless, one would have to remember that he still held his actual Zanpakuto's sword form. You may be able to take advantage of the opening to attack him, but he would still be able to fend you off with his own physical powers. Of course, while Alfonso could sense all of the other persons present, he was not going to actively engage any of them. Hell, Alfonso hadn't even wanted to fight in the first place, but this ignorant young Shinigami seemed hell bent on dying.

Well, it would've been too much to ask for Alfonso to turn into a pile of ash, but at least he had been closer than before for now. As the smoke of his first Bakudo vanished, another two sources of Reiatsu appeared. Shinigami... no, not Shinigami. This first Reiatsu - it was Hollow mixed with Shinigami, the signature of a Vizard! The blue eyes of the feminine Shinigami shot upwards to the Vizard.
"You ever wished to get a better standing with Soul Society? Then help me take this bigmouth down!" His blade pointed at Alfonso, so the stranger should easily be able to tell who he meant - said target used a Hadou himself to get rid of the still quite deadly fire beneath them, or was at least chanting it - when a Senkaimon Gate opened. Finally. This was the second Shinigami Reiatsu Toja had been feeling. This Reiatsu, the greeting, the looks - no doubt. It was his commander, Remy, entering the scene.
"You alright? I figured the hell betterfly's backup request meant 'OH HELP ME GOD I'M BLEEDING' so I came a'runnin."
The short lieutenant smirked a bit - especially after his boss also said that he got Alfonso covered. Hell yeah he did. This would be Tojas chance to show Soul Society just how strong the Kido Corps truely was - by taking down the first betrayer. Not that it would be easy, of course. His enemy was theoretically on a higher level than him. And there was the fact that Hagiwara was simply not completely recovered yet, and as long as he had to keep on dodging, defending and attacking, he wouldn't have access to his highest levels of Kido - not good. If the Vizard joined in to help, this could maybe change, but until then, he had to use the lower levels - which were still on Captain levels thanks to his Shikai.

"Great... Cero Espada for my Commander, and the first betrayer for me." The funnels were speeding through the air - aiming at Toja. But Toja was no longer in the air himself - the Kido used by Alfonso had not only blown out the flames, but also pushed him back down to the earth, where he slided back a few meters - the still hot ground would've burned others, but for Toja, his own flames were not dangerous.
Raising his blade, the smirk on the feminine face did not waver, even though one of his cheeks was bleeding from one of the first shots only barely missing a piercing effect on his skull, and his whole body full of scratches. Now they were really everywhere - was it really a wish to die, confidence or just stupidity? Most likely confidence in his spells and his power.
"Geez, not a single moment of peace, heh?" This sound - the one emitted only a fraction of time before firing. With his mind, Toja poured his energy into the left arm - his right arm still hurt like hell, so he would need at least a bit more time before switching his Zanpakuto back into his stronger hand.
"Hotaru no Hikari!"
//That's it, Toja!//
Of course, his fire couldn't possibly destroy laser beams of someone on Alfonsos level. Maybe he shouldn't have left his training so slacking as he did - Hotaru had been right about scolding him for it, it seemed. But not only Alfonso had brains. Toja himself was a genius, a genius of battle and Kido, but not science - still, his battle smarts could easily reach high levels.
It was time to abuse his small built once more. As his call engfulled the flames of the soul around his blade as the firing of lasers started, the small Shinigami had crouched down, and started to spin around himself - the scorching hot, white blade as good infront of his body as he could, forming a ball of red and orange flames around his body, and even through it, all over him and his clothes, Toja was literally on fire now - but Hotarus flames never hurt their wielder, for the Zanpakuto loved her wielder too much to ever hurt him.
But of course, this was not the main plan - the main plan happened once the first laser reached. Toja was already a small target, and once more, the actual view was obsctructed, although not as much as with the smoke - since he had to be somewhere in the center. But the very first laser was the start of the counter-attack and not only the attack.
Flying through the fire, the flames of Tojas Reiryoku, his soul energy, immedeatly attacked the one from the energy blast - it wouldn't be enough to actually burn energy, not yet. The small Shinigami did not have that level of flames unlocked. But instead, it weakened the laser - before it crashed against the Zanpakuto. Both Toja and his spirit felt a small stab in their souls as the strangers energy dispersed, and the heat of the laser - it heated up the metal.

And that was only the start. As more and more shots were fired and weakened through the flames, they hit the blade of the fast spinning Shinigami - thankfully, he had enough combat-training as to not get dizzy immedeatly, by focusing his senses, especially his ears and sense of direction, completely on the straight upwards flames around his head. Not easy to do, but possible for him. But of course, he was not able to catch ALL of them. Toja was fast, and he was small, this made a portion of them being absorbed, and another miss, but even the absorbed started to put a strain on his sword - he'd have to release that heat energy soon. At least a laser was not able to cimply cut through a fire sword.
However, the last portion of the lasers, even if weakened, hit the Shinigami underneath the flame ball. The one who was on fire felt one piercing his left shoulder, another one pierced right through his right lower arm, another one simply cleanly passed through his stomach - not very pleasant. But he would live, a laser was not a beam with high width, this was a barrage meant to tear someone to shreds with many small hits, not one big blast.
//... It's here, it's here, it's here, IT'S HERE!//

Was it an explosion? No, it wasn't. For a time it must've seemed as if Toja simply couldn't get out of the dome arround the ball of fire, as if he was destined to slowly die of the piercings through his body when they finally hit his heart, skull or lunghs. But that wasn't the case. In fact, since he used the same flames only kept burning, he was able to still recharge Reiryoku, and although not at his full rate - it was enough to use Shunpo, the extremely fast movement of the Shinigami.
But thanks to being on fire, and being surrounded by it, he really was like a burning cannon ball - the fire expanded around where he had been only a second ago, rushing outwards, but even more, there were still embers surrounding him, like an afterimage drawn behind him in fire - in fact, the small Shinigami looked like a phoenix in human form and not like a simple Kido Corps officer anymore.
The funnels would most likely react to their target suddenly being away, or at least they would once Alfonso noticed - but most likely, it would be too late to fire even one shot, because just as his flash step ended outside of the dome, his stance was revealed.
Quite unlike before, both hands from the bleeding arms and shoulders gripped onto the handle - the sword held besides him, a bit lower, he was jumping into the air, as he yelled something. But not his words were mesmerizing. His blade, originally red and sometimes with sparks of blue, was flurosecening - glowing red, orange, blue, and white, but mostly, white as it twisted the air around it with heat. It was obvious - would Toja not release this, he'd die from his Zanpakuto exploding. But that was where his insant yell after the Shunpo came into play.


As Toja slashed upwards, what his white burning blade released was not a simple fire slicer or wave. It was a wide, tall, no, GIGANTIC tower of flames erupting towards Alfonso - this time, Toja was able to see his target. As his blade was upwards, the young Shinigami was not done. Slashing downward from upper right to lower left, then from lower right to upper left, and finally, finishing with a horizontal slash - he gave it all the energy he absorbed from the lasers, and a big deal of his own Reiryoku, and thanks to the extreme heat, the flames were stronger than ever before.
As Tojas feet met the ground again, he held his blade in the right hand again. Flames still circled the metal - while he felt exhausted, he was not done for, although his wounds hurt. Most of this attack strength came from Alfonso himself, redirected at his position.
This star-shaped move - it had literally lit the sky on fire, it seemed. The air, the ground, maybe even Alfonso, Toja was unable to tell, was burning infront of him, a wall, no, a gigantic castle made out of collapsing and expanding fire, in white, blue and orange like a bright sunrise, just with even more light and way more dangerous.
"Don't underestimate... The Kido-Corps... Bastard. A Shinigami... never seeks virtue... in death." His breath was ragged, maybe because he was bleeding out of more holes than he should have pores on his face, but his stance was still battle ready. After all, those funnels were still behind him. If his enemy instantly attacked again, Hagiwara would at least know it thanks to his senses - even though he felt like his whole body was now a bit dulled out thanks to storing so much forigein heat and energy in his sword. Even Hotaru, his spirit, was exhausted by a bit.

Due to Ogi holding up the thread, I say he has two more days to post, so we can have this thread moving on

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"Yare, yare." Who could have that calm and content voice, hm? There was no doubt as to the source of the falling red hair, from the man who now stood beside Zefonse. Strange, isn't it. For some reason, there was no killing intent aimed at Zefonse, nor at the Captain that stood nearby - then again, why would the Captain Commander want to kill a fellow Captain? No, his annoyance was focussed on one man.

"Alfonso Gunter Reinhold. Do you know... how long we've been looking for you?" The red eyes closed, and the head of red hair bounced with each shake from side to side. He was, to be honest, slightly relieved. This had, all-in-all, been frustrating. From the previous Captains, to everyone else, he was ever-so-slightly perturbed by the presence of this man.

"Y'know, I've known about your wish to open the Gates to Hell some time, now." A brief smirk crossed the face of the Captain, his black uniform contrasted to the white Haori. "And in all honesty, I don't like the idea one bit." He shook his head and raised a hand, signalling the "no-no-no" motion with his right hand, waggling a single finger.

"As a Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, I have made it my mission to promote peace and unity in this rather godforsaken world. Even unity between Shinigami," He looked at Remy, "And Arrancar." His gaze shifted towards Zefonse, his lips turned to a smile, and then he looked back at Alfonso.

"However, releasing the Sinners of Hell would defeat that peace and balance. I don't need that. Not now." He laughed and shook his head, sliding his zanpakuto out of the sheath on his right hip, holding it carefully in a backhand position. He flicked it around in his right hand, and then flicked it down to his side.

"Bite, Kiba Ookami." In a burst of Reiatsu, the zanpakuto doubled in length. He shook his head, and sighed softly.

"I wish it didn't have to come down to this, but you've been nothing but a bother. I think you need this, I really do." His eyes filled with sadness at the fact that he needed to kill someone like this, however he quickly thrust that aside, and disappeared from view - using a powerful flash step to approach Alfonso at speed. He didn't care about formalities. For now, his only task was getting rid of this traitor. His zanpakuto was met with another, and he moved away from the clash, red hair falling down around him.

Keh. The attacks from Daigoro were met with a steady defense from Alfonso, the pair dancing around each other with sparks clashing. For once, there was actual killing intent coming from Dai - maybe he was angry? No, not angry. Just annoyed. Annoyed that someone was this stupid, intent on releasing the Sinners. He needed to get rid of this man, and each attack was intentionally weakening. One of Alfonso's attacks got through, and Dai simply let it cut him. A smile crossed his face, and he disappeared, appearing behind Alfonso.

"I don't mess around with hellbringers. Goodbye, Mr. Reinhold." He brought up the blade of his zanpakuto, and sliced cleanly through Alfonso's neck. The head flew off the man's head, leaving a large spray of blood to shoot out from his chicken-like throat. Dai sighed, sealed his zanpakuto and re-sheathed it, looking over at Zefonse. He smiled softly, and held his arms out.

"Zefonse, my friend. It's been too long." He laughed, and tilted his head to the side, all previous animosity gone from his mind. Hell, he didn't care that this was the Cero Espada. He was more interested in getting rid of the fact that he'd just beheaded some idiot with delusions of grandeur, and what better way to do that than having a friendly chat?

"Remy-Taichou, lower your arms please." He nodded solemnly.

Well, that was one way of dealing with the 'legendary' traitor. Cutting his head off. But the incredible part was WHO did it - the Captain Commander himself. The release of the Shikai of this enormously powerful man nearly knocked the co-head of the Kido-Corps out, since he surely wasn't prepared to being subject to such a pressure so suddenly, but he stood his ground. The burning castle of flames he had unleashed disappeared, and with it, the blood splattering corpse of Alfonso fell to the ground. Not a nice sight, considering his head fell to the ground quite a few feet away.
"Captain-Commander, sir. Thanks for the help, this was getting kind of close." Toja tried to salute to the highest ranking Shinigami of the whole Seireitei, but quickly let go of that plan with a slight 'ouch' from trying to do that. Instead, the blonde Shinigami walked up to Dai a bit more. With a slight swing of his sword sideways, the Shikai state ended, resealing it into the two-handed Katana it normally was, all together with the sheath on his back re-appearing. With a skillfull twist around his hand, the Zanpakuto found it's way back to where it belonged.
The small blonde Shinigami was clearly not looking his best today, so he wouldn't even bother trying to argue against letting the Cero Espada go. He was absolutely sure that Remy would've easily dispatched this stinking piece of Hollow trash, but oh well - not today, it seemed. Looking at the corpse that was still bleeding out, Toja made a slight grunting noise.
"I'll take care of this mess, but please don't make a habit out of that, Captain-Commander." Raising his right hand with a slight twitch from the pain, Toja concentrated his Reiryoku. The good thing was, he wouldn't need a lot of energy to get rid of this, even weak spells would be enough. "Haien." With the name of the spell, a 'blade' of violet flames hit the body of the mad scientist, incinerating it. With a crackling sound, it started to burn into nothingness quite quickly - this Kido could burn dead matter in only a few moments. "And last but not least... Shakahou." The dead eyes of the former scientist almost looked like they wanted to insult the small Shinigami one last time before it also cought on fire and desintegrated from it.
The feminine Shinigami sighed, as he looked up to Remy and the Cero Espada.
"Care to explain to your special ops team why you don't want the Cero Espada to die?" Well, didn't look like the young Shinigami had much breath left for formalities with Dai. He really had to get some sake and a nice full sleep now. And maybe a visit at the 4th.