BLEACH: The Dusk In Red

Nel woke up in a hospital bed in Squad 4's barracks. Unlike the usual area for Soul Reapers, this place was completely separate for the more, peculiar beings as to not scare the everyday workers. Once she woke, she was in a dark room surrounded by other Arrancar. Some were ones she came here with, but others she didn't recognise.

"Emilou? Where's Rose?"

When Nel came to chase the invaders, she had brought not just the Quincy, but 2 of Harribel's Tres Bestia, Emilou Apacci and Mila Rose. The four got separated once they arrived, but they did their parts in the battle.

"She got impatient once those freaky guy's ran away so she left. We should leave too, those guy's are creeping me out."

She pointed to the two other Arrancar that were quietly playing UNO in the corner. Well they were until Apacci called them out.

"If you wanted to play, you could've just asked. Or were you getting scared of my frighteningly dazzling playstyle?"

It was Charlotte Chulborone and Dordoni Alessandro of the Kurotsuchi corpse unit. They were tasked with watching over the two, since leaving two Arrancar by themselves in the centre of Soul Society was certainly not a good idea. At some point they got bored.

"Why the hell would I want to play with a bunch of losers!? Didn't your ass get handed to you, and now your working here as a slave!?"

"Actually! It's a mutually agreed upon but unwilling yet stunning partnership where we offer up our services in exchange for... extra breaks and snacks!!!!"

"So it's corporate slavery."

Charlotte was stunted. He already knew this before but he deluded himself into thinking it was an equal partnership. The delusion was shattered, but he recovered quickly. Not long after, Ichigo came into the room.

"Ichigo!"

She jumped out of her bed and was about to hug him, but Ichigo dodged it in the nick of time. He was sweating bullets since he just avoided 18 years worth of child support in a single moment.

Nelliel was about to try it again, but Ichigo got straight to the point.

"Nel, I need to you to tell me about that Quincy you came here with. It's important."

"You mean Albrecht? What's happening to him? I can't feel his Spiritual Pressure all that well from here?"

He made a face of hesitation, as if he couldn't tell her. But he decided to anyway.

"If you don't hurry, then he'll be executed."

Underground Prison, 2nd floor

A horrible sinking feeling, that was all he's ever felt. His vision muddled by darkness, and the whispers of a voice he recognised, but didn't want to believe in.

"Your body, hand it over. It belongs to me!"

Albrecht suddenly woke up on the floor. There was a giant hole with the light of day sinking in from outside, while he was trapped in what appeared to be a layer beneath the world. Infinite darkness spread from all sides. He jolted back once he sensed a powerful spiritual pressure next to him.

The feel it gave off caused him to instinctively summon his sword.

It was a captain, with long black hair that he kept tied up with intricate hair pieces. His eyes exuded a sense of justice, and his power was nothing to scoff at.

"And you are?", Albrecht asked.

"Byakuya Kuchiki. I've been chosen to estimate whether or not you'll be a danger to soul Society, Yhwach."

Hearing that name for whatever reason, it just simply pissed him off. A burst of Reishi exploded under his feet as he propelled towards Byakuya. The latter remained calm all throughout the confrontation. After that battle with Sakugo, his Spiritual Pressure still hadn't full recovered, but he had to fight.

He swung down with all his might but Byakuya easily blocked it with his Zanpakutō. The two then engaged in a series of clashes with their swords. Although they looked tied on the surface, Byakuya was dominating the fight.

"Don't Quincy specialise in bow and arrows? Fighting a Shinigami with blades is very foolish."

"SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!"

As his Spiritual Pressure exploded, the power in his strikes also increased. Unexpectedly, Byakuya found himself being pushed back by Albrecht's attacks, but amid the strikes he fired a Hado #4, Byakurai through his shoulder. The attack flung Albrecht back, but then he summoned two normal sized Sankt Bogen right besides him, which endlessly fired Reishi arrows.

Byakuya did his best as he consistently deflected each arrow, but then Albrecht quickly flew back towards him, and began to engage in Zanjutsu once more.

The rush of blows, and the barrage of arrows which he needed to defend from, it all accumulated at once, creating a single opening for a counter attack.

"Your finished!"

Albrecht thrusted his sword with as much power as he could muster, but Byakuya quickly flash stepped away in an instant.

"How odd? You possess strength speed and power no where near the level of Yhwach. Yet the pattern of your spiritual pressure is near identical to his. Tell me, what do you gain out of returning to back to Soul Society like this?"

Albrecht then shouted, "I'M NOT YHWACH GODDAMIT!"

Bright blue flames of Reishi erupted from his sword, echoing waves of spiritual pressure across the underground prison. He slashed at the air with all his power, causing a giant blade of Reishi to make it's way towards him.

A crash, followed by short bursts of spiritual pressure, blasted everything in sight as the two collided. But despite even that, Byakuya remained standing, relatively unharmed. Just before impact, he had created a Kido barrier powerful enough to block the attack.

"I apologise for my arrogance. Your stronger than I anticipated, but that doesn't mean I'm acknowledging you. At best, your just a shoddy image that can't even use that man's Schrift. Bankai won't even be needed to finish you."

Albrecht had nothing else to say. He just wanted to crush him. Byakuya extended out his Zanpakutō before saying.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura."

The blade of the Zanpakutō began to split apart into hundreds of thousands of much smaller invisible blades. The way light reflected of them caused them to look like pink beautiful petals. Albrecht quickly raised his guard, and activated his Blut Vene.

A wave of those petals quickly began to fly towards him, so he quickly side stepped to the left to avoid it. Although he appeared to dodge them, the right side of his body began to suffer from numerous tears and cuts. Not even his Blut could fully defend from his attacks.

He began to fly towards Byakuya to finish him off quickly. If this fight went on any longer then he most certainly would lose. He was about to swing at him with a powerful horizontal slash, but it was blocked by wall of petals.

"What kind of a game are you playing at? Yhwach? You killed off your own kind, and now you've taken the side of Arrancar?"

"I'M NOT YHWACH!" 

A burst of Reishi exploded from his sword which helped to push back Senbonzakura. Byakuya noticed this too, but it was only a tiny amount. He considered it inconsequential, so he carried on with his attack.

"That effort is futile."

Two spears of petals pierced through Albrecht's shoulders, with his Blut Vene being shattered in an instant. He fell back onto the ground while Byakuya just stood over him.

"So is this all the Quincy king has left offer? How far you've fallen from grace. Let me put you out of your misery."