BLEACH: The Dusk In Red

"KEEP AWAY FROM ME! MONSOTORUS BASTARD!"

The hollow screamed as it ran away from Kenpachi. It fired a multitude of ceros, and even tossed some other Vasto Lordes at it, which he instantly cut down. A full power kick threatened his own life, a long distance attack was useless against him, and even an army thrown at him was just a workout.

"Your meant to be the strongest of them, but your not even interested in fighting back? How pathetic."

Not only was the number of Vasto Lordes dwindling, but the captains which were previously occupied were finally moving their attention towards him.

It tried to run away once more, this time by flying towards the ship were he was sure he'd be safe. A door opened up in it which provided him a chance to enter inside it, but before he could, a pink cero slammed into him. 

"WHO THE HELL!"

He sensed the spiritual pressure of an Arrancar, one that was very familiar to him.

He looked in the distance, and saw Nelliel speeding towards him with her fastest Hierro. She seemed incredibly pissed.

He was about to move back, but then he felt the spiritual pressure of Kenpachi right behind him, he was about to run away again, but the spiritual pressures of more captains surrounded him.

Completely surrounded with no chance of escape. His instincts were screaming at him,

"Run away! But we're cornered! Then fight! We'll still die?? THEN WHAT DO WE DO!? WHAT DO I DO!? WHAT DO I DO!? WHAT DO I DO!? WHAT DO I DO!? WHAT DO I DO!?WHAT DO I DO!? WHAT DO I DO!?"

That particular Vasto Lorde wasn't like the rest of his comrades. He was born amongst a set of 4 other children, that all bloomed one after the other. At first it was his older sister, and then his other 2 brothers, with him coming out last.

Maybe because he was less human than all the rest, he was such a late bloomer. And it was also because of that, he was stronger than them too. His strength grew everyday without fail, and even the Soul King shards which were meant to be divided between all of them, were largely devoured by him.

It was because of this, his father had to intervene. A seal was placed on the most powerful part of his body, that being his legs.

But now in a state of sheer distress, the seal on those legs began to grow loose.

An instinct suddenly spawned in his mind.

"Run."

Not to run away, but to chase the enemy, hunt them down until their deaths were certain. 

"They are the prey, and I am the predator so why am I being cornered? I AM SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN! I WON'T ALLOW MYSELF TO BE SHAMED LIKE THIS ANY LONGER!"

Kenpachi's blade was only inches away from severing it's neck. He yawned while carrying out the execution. This entire event,

although it was initially exciting, had finally gotten boring. 

"Maybe I'll take a nap after this."

He the felt something heavy hit him in the side of the head. He turned to look at what it was, but something invisible hit him yet again. It wasn't just Kenpachi, but Nel, Toshiro, Shunsui, Soi Fon, Lisa and even Tetsuzaemon were all hit.

Some of them broke bones, and others were even knocked out entirely, but they were all equally pushed back. Ichigo despite not being fully recovered, forced his body to flash step behind Nel, and catch her before she took more damage.

"What are you doing here? Weren't Arrancar prohibited from getting into Soul Societies affairs."

Although she'd like to greet him properly, they were in no situation where they could do that comfortably.

"That guy! He appeared in Hueco Mundo out of nowhere and started destroying the place! I'll kill him before he even gets a chance to explain himself!"

She quickly jumped away from Ichigo and started to fly back towards the hollow, all while brandishing her blade. The hollow on the other hand, wasn't even paying the slightest bit of attention towards her.

The armour around his legs began to crack and fall apart, revealing what it was hiding underneath. It was another set of white shell, however this one was much slimmer than the last, but something was strange about it. Shunsui felt especially distributed by it.

"That Spiritual Pressure!? It's just like Jushiro's from that day!"

Before Nel could even get too close to the Hollow, Ichigo screamed at her to watch out. Another Invisible force was about to hit but this time at her abdomen. But thanks to Ichigo's warning, she was barely able to avoid but still took some damage.

The Hollow which wasn't even giving them the slightest bit of attention now, suddenly looked in Ichigo's direction, surprised at what just happened.

Byakuya also noticed it too.

"It seems Kurosaki can see that hollows attacks. I'll do my best to assist him!"

He nodded at Toshiro and Shunsui who quickly understood what he wanted to do. He dropped his Zanpakutō to the ground, letting it sink into the earth below.

"Bankai: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"

Several long blades appeared behind him, which deconstructed into numerous array's of pink petals. As this happened, Toshiro began to fly towards him with his Bankai already released.

The hollow was just about to attack him, but then Shunsui instead flash stepped behind him. This was something the hollow had already anticipated, so it sent another one of it's invisible strikes towards him. But rather than feeling the sensation of something being hit, the attack flowed straight through him.

"Kagekuri. I got a real good luck at your shadow earlier!"

The real Shunsui wasn't even visible on the battle field anymore, but the distraction created an opening for Byakuya. Several thousand flower blossom petals from his Bankai swarmed around the hollow. They not just only blinded him but they cut him as they trapped it in a vortex. Yet it didn't seem fazed in the slightest bit.

From within the storm of flowers, a blade emerged which pierced him in the stomach. It was Toshiro.

"Ryūsenka!"

Ice began to grow from Toshiro's blade, which encompassed the hollows body. It didn't have time to fully form once he took out, but as long as it could hold him in place for just an extra second, the withdrawal would be worth it.

One more figure appeared from the storm of petals, unlike the others he didn't need to be sneaky with his attack. He jumped out and confronted him head on, raising his massive blade over his head while charging up an attack.

"GETSUGA TENSHOU!"

Before Ichigo could fire of the attack, the phenomenon which he had witnessed before, had once again occurred. It was as if time had completely stopped for everyone except the two.

The hollow instantly broke out of its Icy shell, before running up to and kicking Toshiro in the side who was the closest. Next he quickly took out Byakuya who was being annoying with his Senbonzakura, and finally Shunsui. Ichigo could do nothing but watch as they were all demolished in one blow.

Time finally resumed and the effects of his attack quickly caught up to them.

The three Shinigami were assaulted by an attack which they couldn't even see. It's power blew them all back, knocking them out of the fight temporarily. The hollow was still standing in it's initial position, staring down Ichigo who was understandably angry.

"TAKE THIS!"

He slashed downwards as a powerful blast of Reiatsu emerged from his Zangetsu.

Making it's way towards the hollow as it stared it down with confidence. It changed it's posture into a stance prepared to kick, before releasing a powerful cero from its legs.

"Patas rojas de la bestia."

He kicked the Getsuga with all his might, which he discovered to be surprisingly heavy. He originally intended to clash with it directly, but at the last minute he felt that he would lose. Instead he momentarily halted it, before deflecting the attack with a second kick.

The attack blew away into the distance before finally exploding. The hollows leg which initially took the attack, was horribly damaged. But it quickly regenerated not that long after.

"Who the hell are you!? Your not just an ordinary hollow are you?"

Suddenly someone unexpected appeared on the battle field. He had been absent from the front lines till now which was questionable, but his appearance was slightly reassuring. The man with a ruthlessness comparable to even Kenpachi, Mayuri Kurotsuchi had arrived. 

"Indeed, your no ordinary hollow, that much has been apparent. I'll be damned if another one of you escaped from my grasp."

Ichigo was confused at the thought of another one like that hollow appearing in the past, but Shunsui who had witnessed the hollows evolution first hand, had already figure out exactly what it was that made it so different.

"After I fought the Soul King's left hand, I searched far and wide for any other body parts that I could experiment with, but it was almost as if it was avoiding me. And now eight years later, not just a small fragment but an entire part has once again appeared. I simply couldn't pass this opportunity."