Chapter 152: Put Down, Twice

After I called out my Bankai a whirlpool of Reiatsu flooded the area. The ground started to crack and shake, the walls started to crumble, the air began to vibrate and the atmosphere spelled nothing but slaughter and death. Other than gaining Shinigami's cooperation, trust and compliance, I have yet to unleash my Bankai to an opponent. There has been no one in this universe so far that is worthy of it. With Tousen's new found resurrection and added power ups, he grew to almost match Aizen in his final form.

Sage: Aww, that trembling better be excitement for the battle, Tousen. If not this will be an easy fight.

Tousen: You are in the way of Aizen-sama's goal and ultimately my goal of peace and justice.

Sage: So being a traitor to long time allies, killing innocents and trying to depose the Spirit King is part of your peace and justice?

Tousen: There has never been a reign of any king, emperor or in the name of the human's multiple gods, that wasn't paved in blood.

Sage: True. Still, it doesn't excuse your trembling. I can tell that you are hiding another form. Let's at least say you tried to stop me instead of easily dying. Maybe it can stop your quivering.

Tousen: Arcoiris Suzumushi Hyakushiki: Grillar Grillo (Rainbow Bell Bug Hundredth Style: Insane Fettered Cricket)

What a mouthful, giggity. Tousen used a second Resurrecion like Ulquiorra, but this transformation made him look like the original form he had from the original story except for still having rainbow colored wings and bug-like armor. The original form he looked more hairy but in this form he had the powers of the Espada Negativa. I remember seeing a Rhinoceros Beetle among the group so his armor comes from him. There were no weapons like in his original form because his body was the weapon, I was just hoping he could play for a while before I destroy him.

I took hold of Shinigami and engaged Tousen. We both flashed from our locations and met in the middle of the area. The moment Shinigami made contact with Tousen's bug arm the surrounding area was obliterated due to the encounter. Shinigami sunk into his arm and it was quickly sliced off but with Tousen's new form came stronger abilities. Tousen quickly regenerated the missing arm but was still shocked that I took it off in the first place. Since he had Rocha's powers as well, the missing arm I lopped off attacked me in accordance to Tousen's will.

I used Reaper's Touch on the arm and drained it of all its power, watching it quickly turn white then crumble to dust. I couldn't tell if Tousen was surprised because he has those nasty eyes but I did notice that he halted his movements for a bit when he saw the arm he was controlling fade away. We continued our battle but this time Tousen was careful not to lose his limbs. Every time I took an arm or leg, since he's a bug a leg I guess, I would drain it and Tousen would lose a fraction of strength regenerating the missing limb and since he could still move it after it was removed, he would expend more energy making it move. Now instead of losing limbs he would harden enough to be cut and only regenerating the wound.

Sage: Truly an insect's vitality. Come on! This isn't all, right?! Show me more before I squish you!

Tousen: Bzzzz, Arrogance is a privilege for the strong, undeserving of one such as you.

Sage: Please, you're still alive because I allow it.

I swung Shinigami in his direction faster than he could react so by the time he noticed that he was cut, a giant diagonal gash across his chest opened up and blood started to squirt out of it. Tousen's chest bubbled with blood as he regenerated the wound swiftly. I took my stance to attack once more…

Sage: Come on you shit fly! Do something!

Tousen: La Mirada! (The Gaze)

I smiled Tousen down as lime-green rings formed in front of his eyes. I've seen this technique before, it was Tousen's Cero, similar to a Gran Ray Cero. Tousen fired it at me but I didn't run away from it, the first shot was deflected. Tousen used his cero as a diversion and flew behind me…

Sage: For a guy who has lived probably five times my age, you are quite naïve.

I turned around and kicked Tousen away. Tousen flew into the distance like a runaway meteor and crash landed like one as well. I flashed to his location while displaying a giant grin. The crash left Tousen looking like a used crash test dummy. After a few seconds his bent backwards limbs, broken or missing wings and twisted neck set themselves back in place.

Tousen: Damn you! Bzzz!

Tousen attacked once more but with a mix kicks, punches and Ceros. There was more thought into his actions compared to when we first started. Tousen became frugal in conserving his energy and only fired Ceros when he believed he had a high chance of hitting. He regenerated only when the wound was too severe, other than that he left small wounds open. The innate ability of Shinigami was energy drain and as the master of Shinigami the energy would come to me but I refused to take his energy and let Shinigami eat her fill instead. The stronger she becomes, we become.

Sage: Hahaha! Come on! Come on! Molt! Shed your skin, gain experience points, change your vocation, eat some rare candies, take an evolutionary stone or trade yourself! Quit being a Shuckle! Come at me stronger you fucking bug!!

With every exchange I piled on the pressure and Shinigami drained him of his energy, like a small meteorite sucked into a black hole. This was the end of Tousen, again. At least he didn't go down like a bitch this time, well he did fight back this time. Slowly, Tousen's color started to fade from a deep black to a gray and everntually white. Little by little Tousen's body began to crumble into dust. Now an armless Tousen was on his knees and couldn't muster the strength to move anymore. I walked in front of him.

Sage: At least be proud that I used my Bankai against you, even though you didn't last.

Tousen: Why…why do you stand against us when you are this powerful?

Sage: Dude, do you know what happens when you reach the peak of anything? When it comes to combat sports, the champions do exhibition matches from different fighting leagues like a boxer fighting a wrestler or mix martial artist. Even in board games the champion gives matches to new people just so they could figure things out from their perspective.

Tousen: What does that have to do with you…being in our way of justice?

Sage: You are not going to like the answer. Not to mention your justice was flawed from the beginning.

Tousen: Tell…me!

Sage: Fine. (With a condescending look) Because I was bored. There was something I found interesting and went for it. Now that I have it there is nothing left but boredom. I let your little "rise to power" act go on because I saw an opportunity to relieve some stress and boredom. Honestly, meeting you again and your Espada Negativa did relieve the boredom. It makes me question, how much further did Aizen proceed to have stronger enemies for me to fight?

Tousen: You trampled…over our justice…because of boredom?!

Sage: Hey! Don't ask the question if you're gonna be a little bitch about the answer. At least you'll die with an answer now, right?

I pointed my finger in front of Tousen's face, a small energy ball at the tip of my finger began to grow.

Tousen: That…is not Kido or Reiatsu…who are you?

Sage: The guy that killed you twice. (Showing a peace sign)

The ball turned into a beam, destroying everything in its path. The beam landed a little far off exploding in the distance with a blinding flash and tremendous aftershock. The walls fell from not being able to handle the amount of energy and pressure. Before putting Shinigami back I gave her a kiss…

Sage: I hope you had some fun.

Shinigami: Take me out again next time, even if they are not worth it.

Sage: (In a childish voice) But it's not fun when you one-punch them. Fine! If you wanna come out just let me know, even if it is for fresh air.

Shinigami returned to her original form and I sheathed her. I walked back into Las Noches and started to look for Ichigo and the others. I especially wanted to know how Sado fought Nnoitra Gilga, the fifth Espada.