Chapter 66 - Unlikely Ally (1/2)
”Eternally self-destructing doll of mud! Unite! Repulse! Fill with soil and know your own powerlessness! Hado 90: Kurohitsugi!” Itachi finished the incantation and his Susanoo raised its arms in the air.
From the ground up, surrounding the icy prison, an enormous black box that towered over the rest of the buildings formed. Several large black spikes impaled the box on all sides before the box began to shrink and recede. Toshiro watched in shock at what Itachi just did.
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”That was...Hado 90…” Toshiro said, watching the kido disappear then turning to Harribel.
”Why did you help us?”
”Don't get the wrong idea shinigami. I only helped because we now share a common enemy in Aizen. Once this is over, I will be going after you. I haven't forgotten what you did to my fraccion.” Harribel replied coldly to Toshiro.
Toshiro remained silent. Although she helped, he still had his guard up.
”Itachi we shou-” Toshiro was about to continue when he noticed Itachi staring down at the rubble.
”It's not over.” Itachi said.
”What do you mean? That was a full incantation of Hado 90.” Toshiro said, stunned.
”I-I...L-Lord...Aizen…” A voice grumbled from the rubble. Toshiro and Harribel both looked in shock at Kaulico who was still alive. He was gravely injured, with deep wounds all over his body and profusely bleeding. His hollowfied arm had several chunks missing out of it and half of his mask was cracked off. His body began to glow red as his reiatsu suddenly surged higher than it was before.
”How is he still alive after that!!” Toshiro said as he readied his guard.
”He is still grievously injured.” Harribel commented. ”Not even his regeneration can heal that.”
”Uchiha, that was quite the attack... But if I die, I AM TAKING YOU WITH ME!!!!!” Kaulico yelled as his body began shining.
”Lets see you stop this one! CERO MAXIMA!” Kaulico yelled as his body began to glow a bright red color. Itachi appeared in front of both Toshiro and Harribel and with the rest of his reiatsu, tried to summon the armored form. The Susanoo began to manifest itself but there were several holes in it.
As the three of them prepared to take the explosion, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them. The air around them became hot and a wall of flames suddenly erupted in front of them, covering Kaulico's body and incinerating it before the explosion could occur.
”Captain Commander?!” Toshiro exclaimed.
”Forcing the Captain Commander to step in…” Yamamoto shook his head.
”Captain Commander” Itachi and Toshiro both said at the same time.
Yamamoto looked towards Harribel as he flared his reiatsu.
Harribel immediately readied her defence. She knew from the reiatsu that she would be no match for him. 'I'll bȧrėly be able to escape. But I have to try' she thought to herself. However, contrary to her expectation, the Captain Commander simply walked past her towards Itachi.