First Division Captain's Office

Teruo shook his head. "How easily deceived you people are." Teruo raised a hand and pointed to the Captain on the other side of the barrier. "There is nothing hard about this, dear soon dead. Let me make this easy for you. The Captain you see there is my blade, Naraku. You have let him dwell amongst you. Learn from you. Become one of you."

Poison began to flow from Teruo's mouth, as he turned to face the Commander. "I am the one and only Sada Teruo. And, it annoys the shit out of me that you couldn't figure that out." His eyes narrowed as he looked to the man. "I have feasted on hollow and demon. And, I have had my fill. Now..."

"Now, I will end you." Toshiro shifted in form, returning to the form of Naraku. The blade moved quickly, shattering and passing through the barrier.

"I will end you all!"

The shadow erupted into flame before it could form. “He’s not alone,” Juushiro murmured as Shinji started to hack and slash at the main body. “And we won’t be letting your clones form.” Eyes narrowing, he whirled around. Another explosion rocked the office as his kido-charged lash lit another shadow on flame. The captain continued in a stern voice. “You may have the ability to turn into any one of us, but you are still a copy of the actual thing. It’s only a matter of time.”

Sada laughed. “You’re all fools! You think I am contained?!” His mad eyes narrowed. “I’ll play your game. I’ll destroy you first. And then this world!” Slashing Shinji across the chest and kicking him away as hollow bone rose up in place of the wound, he ripped darkness towards them.

A shadowy clone of Yumiko formed near Juushiro. His eyes narrowed further. “I told you-“

A gust of reiatsu tornadoed through the office, ripping off the roof. “Black,’ a voice uttered. A giant cleaver ripped through the form of Yumiko and all other still forming clones. “This is a new and improved hollow bomb. You’re slowed - moderately. The more energy you have the longer the fact swims through your veins.” The commander swung his blade down finishing the gruesome attack. “And the game is Irooni. For now.”

He riased his hand as Juushiro’s kido charge lit the forms on flame again. The air was hot with the dust and debris. “Bankai," his quiet voice whispered. A chain broke. His friend turned back to the main villain as the flame around them crystalized, trapping Naraku’s energy.

Shunsui shunpo’ed towards the beast himself. “Kin.” Sada fell before him.

Shinji rolled away, some of the bone armor breaking and body bleeding in the aftereffect of his friend’s power.

The commander didn't turn into him because he was already chanting. "In ten thousand cries of the Ancestors, one thousand lashes from Hell’s Kitchen, and the Blinding of Fate…."

Shunpo'ing above, Juushiro raised his left blade high and set his right towards the ground, causing the the sky to open around him. “Kotowari no Ikari (Truth’s Wrath).” Lightning cracked through the sky and rippled into his top blade. Below the stones of courtyard gathered. He joined his blades. "Strike." A gigantic bolt of lightning struck into the center of the forming seal, sucking in the gathered power and creating a yawning hole.

Juushiro's and Shunsui's combined reiatsu was like a vivid wall keeping the rest out, isolating the vortex.

Vale appeared behind Teruo, plunging his fist through the Ayakahi's chest. Pushing harder, Vale forced his hand out of the hollow's chest - his beating heart in his hand. Teruo's body attempted to retrieve his heart and reform, as it fell to the ground. "I'm afraid, you've done all you can, Sada Teruo."

The spikes form by Naraku fell to the floor, as the blade began to scream.

Pulling his hand from Teruo's chest, his heart still in hand, Vale turned his back to the room. He held the heart high. "So, this is what hell looks like." He looked down as Teruo's clawed at him, still trying to retrieve his heart.

"Do not make me kill you, Tervaden!" spat Teruo. "Give it back!"

"Kill me?" asked Vale, a smirk on his face. "But, you are already dead." Vale threw the heart in the air, as Koga flew by. The bird grabbed it in its mouth and consumed it.

Teruo began to scream out in pain, slamming his head into the floor. The Ayakashi's body began to disintegrate, slowly turning into a pile of bloody black sand. His final screams made mute, as Koga craned his neck forward and dropped his beak around the head of Teruo. Seconds later, the bird ripped his head from his decaying body and consumed it.

"A fitting end." Vale looked to the Captain Commander. "Don't you think?" Koga screeched loudly behind him.

Vale Tervaden had just finished Sada Teruo.  It was difficult to believe.  That monster resisted all such forms of restraint and his existence defied all attempts to prepare for him.  Slipping in between the cracks.  Sowing fear.  Doubt.  He was a nightmare that had fed on hundreds.  From children to friends and even those who should have been the pillars of their society.  His appetite for pain, destruction, and chaos was boundless. His laughter preyed on so many in the night.  And the one who had done it was another individual of chaos. 

Whom was beloved to his daughter. 

But with that smirk Juushiro was uncertain if it was the same man.  

Perhaps Sada Teruo's had left a mark on his mind as well.  

"Thank you for destroying such a difficult enemy for us," he stated.  

But before he could turn the subject of Yumiko, Vale's smirk grew and he disappeared the way he had come.

Juushiro's own exhaustion didn't bother him.  The silence did.  

"A Stroll": (continued)

Kisuke looked up from the desk where he sat going through a few reports from the Sada attack, and the report he got from Isane on Nanao. He looked over at Byakuya as the knocked echoed through the room. He stood slowly picking Benihime up from the side of the desk and walked toward the doors. "Come in, Izuru."

The door pushed open and the small group of four walked in the room. Kita pulling the scarf down off her head as she looked at him.

"We need to talk." Kita told him.

Kisuke walked over to her taking her quickly in his arm as he parted from the embrace and looked her over closely. "Are you alright?"

"I am fine, and I am so sorry. I know how close you all were." She looked over at Sojiro as he was laying Kadaj down on the couch in the room. "Sojiro told me what happen." She looked over at Byakuya and bowed slightly. "I am so sorry for the lose the Gotei has suffered, Captain Kuchiki."

"So what are you doing here?" He adjusted his hat and smiled weakly at her. "Not that I am not glad to see you. I have been looking high and low for you, but with what is going on you were safer in hiding."

Kisuke turned and walked back over to the desk. "Which is the reason I stopped looking for this one." He took a seat at his desk folding his hands in front of him, he was just about to rest his chin to his hands as he quickly moved and looked around like something was wrong. His hands dropped and he sat back in the chair as he looked to the ones in the room.

"I swear anyone that takes control of this place is possessed by that old man. I have never done that before or even tried."

Kita and Sojiro chuckled lightly Byakuya only shook his head.

"Antics aside, Urahara." Byakuya then turned and looked to the woman. "Why are you here, Miyamoto? If your son has told you about Ukitake and Kyoraku. I am sure he has told you about the the ones that seek your head." He looked to Sojiro that still stood across the room.

"They always have wanted my head, Captain Kuchiki. That is nothing new." Kita replied folding her hands in front of her. "I have--"

"It has gotten worse, Kita." Kisuke added cutting her off. "Since the attack on Juushiro. Voices have been heard. They're wanting all that were involved in the takeover behind bars."