The area goes quiet.
Aizen has finally said the word: War.
And even though it's not the actual war that you've been preparing for but a war none the less.
Aaroniero speaks up.
"Are you sure Master Aizen?
Our hold over Hueco Mundo has been firm for a while now."
Aizen looks at him with an amused look on his face.
"I've made up my mind Aaroniero.
Since Marrs death the Kings influence has slowly returned to him.
Without the Tyrant challenging his rule he was free to rebuild his forces and he is planning on eradicating us as we speak."
Dordoni speaks up.
"But how can you be so sure My Lord?
Our forces have exceeded that of Baraggan long ago!
He'd be a fool to attack us."
"I know that you have your doubts Dordoni.
But let's just say that we placed several points of interest in Hueco Mundo under surveillance.
And even though I have been absent for a long time now I'm quite well informed about certain events."
"Indeed.
And with the recent successful experiments we decided to do a quick visit to you folks."
Ichimaru speaks.
"Though we don't have much free time it was still important that we came here."
"Quite, Gin.
We have official businesses to attend to back in Soul Society so I'll be brief."
Aizen gives you and Aaroniero a quick glance.
"Kaizar, I want you to go with Aaroniero to Las Noches and give our official declaration of war to the King of Hueco Mundo."
You raise an eyebrow.
"Is that absolutely necessary Lord Aizen?
It seems like a waste of time and resources.
Wouldn't it be better for us to stay here and help with the preparations."
Gin looks at you with an amused expression.
"The Captain has a good reason for doing this.
With the two of you walking right up to him and directly challenging his rule will be useful in more ways than one.
By treating him in such manner will shake his status as the unquestioned ruler of this realm.
One of his greatest assets is the blind loyalty of his subjects."
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Aizen continues where Gin abruptly stopped.
"By exposing his vulnerability it'll be easier to make his followers submit to us.
And not only that but it'll no doubt greatly enrage him.
If he loses his composure he'll be prone to make mistakes."
You put your finger and your thumb in the shape of an "O" on your chin.
"It'll be a risky move for sure."
"I'm confident in your abilities my dear Espada.
Move as much of our forces as you see fit but remember that the larger the difference in numbers the greater impact will your victory make."
"Just a moment Master Aizen."
Aaroniero speaks up.
"You won't lead our armies yourself?"
"I'm willing to leave this matter to you.
I'd do it myself but my official duties as a shinigami still require me elsewhere."
It's hard to judge Aaronieros reaction behind his mask, but you guess he is not too confident about the situation.
after all Aaroniero is an old Hollow and as such he knows the full extent of Baraggans power.
But Aizen noticing his nervousness speaks up once more.
"But rest assured, I'm not going to send you off without offering my "assistance"."
Now Gin begins speaking.
"Ah, I almost forgot about that Captain.
Will you give him "that"?"
Aizen smiles.
"Yes, Gin..."
He turns his attention back to Aaroniero.
"I've mentioned a fruitful experiment, haven't I?
Aaroniero... after we conclude the meeting please come with me.
We have something quite special just for you."
But as you are pondering the current situation something pops into mind.
"Lord Aizen, what should we do if we encounter any resistance from Baraggan or his soldiers?"
Judging from his past actions you highly doubt Baraggan will just let you leave after declaring war to him.
"You may act as you see fit.
If you feel like taking out Baraggan is possible then by all means, do it.
But given his unnatural power I doubt that'll be possible."
You nod.
"Understood."
"Now if you have nothing else to report I'll let you all return to your duties."
Aizen shifts his attention to Gantenbainne.
"Also, I'm hoping you'll do the official branding of Nnoitora."
"Y-yes Master..."
"And I hope I don't have to say what that means to you Gantenbainne..."
"O-of course not Master.
I'll take my place as the next Privaron."
"Very good.
Now, my dear Espada I bid you fare well.
And good luck with the fighting."
With that Aizen and his two lackeys stand up from the table.
You can also see Aaroniero following them somewhere.
Harribel walks up next to you.
"Well that was sudden."
"Tell me about it."
With all of this, your next assignment is clear.
But before you depart you still have some time.
>Go to Aaroniero (perhaps take a peek at the "experiment")
>Find your family and friends.
>Try to give some proper orders to the hollows of the army.
>Other? (write-in)
>>Try to give some proper orders to the hollows of the army.
>Go to Aaroniero (perhaps take a peek at the "experiment")
>Try to give some proper orders to the hollows of the army.
>Try to give some proper orders to the hollows of the army
>>Try to give some proper orders to the hollows of the army.
My shadowruns are going crazy at Aizen + Experiment. So we should make sure aaroneiro is on our side later. after we make sure the army is fine.
>Writing
Before you left for your mission you really wanted to talk with the hollows of the forest.
You signal your Fracción to come over to you.
"Pesci, gather up as many hollows as you can at the main square."
"Right Boss!
But what for?"
"They'll be confused about this so I'd like to clarify a few things.
Tell them that I'm giving a speech."
Pesci takes off pretty fast and begins gathering all kinds of hollows that reside in Vanaheim.
You can see both regular hollows, menos and even some arrancars in the large crowd.
Most of the population showed up but out of the issues with limited space some opted to skip the speech.
After gathering up your courage you walk to the top of the large rock in the middle of the square.
All eyes gather on you as you over look them from your podium.
You clear your throat to get their attention and begin speaking.
"I thank all of you for showing up.
I know you have your own tasks to attend to so I'll be brief."
You give a slight dramatic pause before continuing.
"We are going to war."
The soft whispers of hundreds of hollows can be heard all the way up at the rock.
"When I created this refuge I had no idea how many people would come here, but it pleases me to see so many of you desiring peace.
And I know it may sound strange that we'd go to war while the foundation of Vanaheim is peaceful coexistence.
But this is not something that we can avoid."
You look through the crowd and see a variety of reactions, each conflicting with the rest.
Fear and excitement, anger and joy, sadness and happiness.
"There is a person who'd oppose our choice of life.
You probably know him already, Baraggan Louisenbairn, the King of Hueco Mundo.
As long as he exists we will never be safe.
It may sound insane to oppose him, but I'd rather be insane than a coward!
And despite that I'll stay true to my word.
Those of you who don't wish to fight can stay here and you won't be judged for your choice.
This, I swear to you!"
"Fighting is never easy.
Indeed, how easy things would be if we could rid ourselves of emotion.
But we are not monsters, after all.
My only wish is to live the rest of my days as humanly as possible.
If this is hypocrisy, so be it.
Those of you who wish to stay out of this, go back to your homes and pray for those that fight!
God knows we'll need it, for our enemy is the strongest man in Hueco Mundo.
But the rest of you! Those who would fight to protect what's dear to you!
Stay here and put your trust in me and in turn I'll make sure you are ready for what is to come!"
You begin to slowly raise your voice, changing it from calm and collected to one filled with passion and rage.
"Brothers and Sisters!
TODAY IS THE DAY when we raise up arms in defiance of the tyrant who'd have us killed!
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE READY TO PROTECT YOUR HOME AND LOVED ONES!
RAISE YOUR FIST INTO THE AIR AND SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS!
ARE YOU WITH ME?"
The now roaring crowd screams in almost complete unity.
From what you can see most people are willing to lay down their lives in order to protect their home.
And from what you saw afterwards not many hollows left the gathering.
After your speech Pesci gathered up the top fighters that you know.
The Tres Bestias, Yata, Alistair and even your Espada friends arrive at the scene.
You give each of them pointers about how to divide the large mass of hollows into smaller squads and how should they compose them.
But in the brief time you couldn't go into full detail regarding the army's structure.
In the end all you managed to do is creating two distinct groups, those with close ranged and those with long ranged powers.
The long ranged fighters will attack first and then provide fire support to the melee guys.
It's not much but hopefully with the natural combat affinity of hollows this will save many lives.
When you are done you made way to Aaroniero who is already waiting for you.
"An impressive speech."
He says.
"I had to rile them up somehow.
We have less manpower than Baraggan does, so it's best to utilize as much of our forces as possible."
"And you believe that a few hollows will somehow form an effective army?"
"We won't know until we try.
Besides, I trust the capabilities of my comrades.
They'll do a fine job until I return."
"And if you won't have any time to train them yourself?"
"Then I'll just have to take down an army alone!"
You say it with a smirk.
"In any case, shall we?"
Aaroniero signals for you to start marching.
"Of course."
The walk is nerve wrecking.
It has been pretty much a rule for years to avoid Baraggans territory as much as possible.
You hoped that giving him a wide berth would ensure that he'd leave you alone.
Along the way you encounter many hollows who attacked you on sight.
As you are trying to free your jammed Basilisco from a hollows skull you look over at Aaroniero who pretty much only contributed to the fights with a few Ceros.
Of all the Espada it was him who freaked you out the most, even with what limited knowledge you had of him.
You know only two things of him.
One was that he wore his mask because he received one too many insults from his fellows for his appearance though you don't know why.
And the second was his Zanpakutō, Glotoneria.
An organic weapon which was essentially a part of his body and it enabled him to consume anyone and steal their powers and abilities for himself.
A truly terrifying sword.
And to top things off you now have Aizens mysterious experiment.
Perhaps you could persuade him to share that little secret.
>Ask him about Aizens experiment.
>Don't push him.
>Other? (write-in)
>Ask him about Aizens experiment.
hi!
>Other
"So what DOES your face look like anyway?"
>>Ask him about Aizens experiment.
Try to bond with him!
>inb4 aizen plans to have him steal our powers or some shit
>>Ask him about Aizens experiment.
So what do you look like under that mask?
>In the grim afterlife of the 20th century, there is only war.
Do we start the Kaizar Heresy now or during the main war.
>Ask him about Aizen's experiment
inb4 Metastacia devoured Isshin and Kaien was the 10th Squad's Captain and Ichigo's father.
>Writing
As you manage to pull out your sword and the brain matter of the hollow flies in all direction you look at Aaroniero.
"So Aaroniero..."
"Hmmm?"
Aaroniero turns to face you as the hollow behind you slowly disintegrates.
You swing your sword over your shoulder as you speak.
"If you don't mind me asking...
I know why you wear that mask of yours but I don't actually know how you look..."
"And you wish to see it?
I'm sorry but I hide my features for a reason."
"Oh come now.
Who do you think I am? Cirucci?"
He lets out a weary sigh and continues.
"You won't leave me alone until I reveal my face, will you?"
"You don't have to if you don't want to.
I just wish to know those that I work with."
*sigh*
"Fine."
He turns to face the still moon in the sky and slowly removes his mask.
He is not willing to face you so you walk around him to see his face.
What you see truly surprises you.
In place of a normal head, he has a large, cylindrical glass capsule filled with red liquid, with two small Hollow heads suspended within its confines. The two heads are both tattooed with the number 5.
Now you understand why does he have 2 distinctly different voices.
The two heads begin speaking in tandem.
"There, satisfied?"
You can't help but stare at him.
From the many different emotions the most prominent is confusion.
"Why did this happen to you?"
"Hmmm?
You don't know?
I am the only Arrancar that was created out of a Gillian."
Your frown after hearing that.
"I thought Aizens goal was finding the Vasto Lorde.
Hell, he is usually reluctant to turn an Adjuchas into an Arrancar."
"True.
However my abilities make me special.
I was not turned as a Gillian because Aizen simply found me interesting.
It happened because I was unable to progress further down the evolutionary line."
"How is that possible?"
"You truly wish to know?
Why?"
"I want to understand you.
To do that I have to know who you were before."
"It's not something I usually share..."
"I'd still like to know."
*sigh*
"Very well.
But in turn I expect you to share your own history.
It's only fair that way."
"Of course."
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He puts his arms behind his back and begins speaking.
"When I was alive I had a very... difficult condition.
Multiple personality disorder was its name.
I was a human with two distinct personalities.
One soul, two minds. Forever entwined.
Over the course of my life everyone slowly abandoned me. They deemed me a burden.
In time the loneliness was unbearable, stuck with the two voice in my head.
I took my own life."
Your eyes widen as he takes a brief pause.
"In death, I lingered in the Living World. Unable to move on, still bound to my other half.
When I went hollow I tolerated nothing and no one. Solitude has become my only ally.
After cannibalizing many of my kin I became a Menos Grande. And that's when my real torment began.
A menos is only born when a soul manages to dominate the myriad of other hollows. A distinct individual.
To move beyond however, one needs to consume even more souls. Too many.
With two minds. Two distinct halves. It was impossible.
My illness prevented me from achieving the state of Adjuchas. One mind to dominate the others. With two of us, neither could take full control.
We developed Glotoneria in order to keep growing. Stuck as a Gillian."
"And that's why Aizen recruited you..."
"Yes. Infinite potential.
A forever expanding power. A rare thing indeed.
That's why. We never worry. As no matter what happens. We will always grow stronger.
No Arrancar can match our potential. We shall remain Espada for ever."
You need a moment to take in all of that.
"I-I'm sorry Aaroniero.
For all the things you had to go through."
"Don't be.
Others may mock me.
But in the end, they'll be left in the dust. Eventually."
You adjust your crimson scarf.
"Now I believe we had a deal."
"We did."
I see we're going for the gluttony soul link, hope it works.
Rip once again giant stupid T-rex
He deserved it, sleepy cowboy and angry loli when?
You told Aaroniero the details of your own death.
Not in full detail but you told enough to satisfy him.
When done you can see Aaroniero donning his mask once more.
"Thank you for sharing this with me.
Now if you'll excuse me, I don't like revealing my face much."
"We had a deal."
"That we did...
Kaizar."
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For treating me the same like anyone else.
That was a first for me."
"No problem.
Now, let's go and be done with this.
The sooner we do this, the better."
"Agreed."
The two of you resume your march.
"By the way Aaroniero...
What was that thing Aizen wanted from you?
Or is it a secret?"
"Master Aizen usually experiments with hollows.
He brought me a particularly unique specimen who outlived his usefulness."
"So you could absorb him?"
"Of course."
After several hours of walking you begin seeing a rather large, white structure on the horizon.
"Here we are.
Las Noches."
Aaroniero speaks up.
You swallow hard.
"Are you afraid?"
He asks.
"For the past years I lived in fear because of this man.
Now we are about to walk right up to him."
"You are the Segunda, don't concern yourself with his kind."
"Oh no, I'm not worried about him.
I fear I won't be able to hold myself back from cleaving him in two."
How do you wish to deal with the situation?
>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
>Go in guns blazing, do as much damage as possible.
>Explain his situation and demand his surrender, be as smug as possible.
>Other? (write-in)
>>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
>>Explain his situation and demand his surrender, be as smug as possible.
maximum over troll
>>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
We may not fear Barry, but he deserves his reputation as King of Las Noches. For now.
>>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
>>Explain his situation and demand his surrender, be as smug as possible.
I like the other options, but pissing off barragan to his face would let us see what happens when "slowly kill everything over time" does when it meets "continually gains strength and regenerates over time". Maybe it'll kill us, but oh man, what if it doesn't?
>Explain his situation and demand his surrender, be as smug as possible.
>>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
Be sure to mention Aizen name a few times and say you work for him.
>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
This
If he picks the bait and goes for Aizen directly it would be fun.
Barragan is on the cusp of Vasto Lorde and Beyond Vasto Lorde. It would be extremely painful... for us.
Much as I would like to raise hell and go in like an eva unit in a china shop full of christian imagery we are a professional.
Not only that, we have to set an example for our proto-army.
Let's kill with class, shall we?
>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
>Casually walk up, declare war, leave.
Yeah, but think about it. His power works by repeatedly slowly killing things over time. And ours works by constantly regenerating stronger and stronger. Our ability seems kinda like a hard counter for his, since if used on us, it'll just keep buffing us constantly until it cuts out.
Or it'll stay on us forever and we'll die, but I'm willing to take that gamble
Name dropong Aizen as our boss also helps. He is so arrogant he might go right for him.
So random questionm are Nel and Spoony a thing or is Spoony gay with his franco?
If it's just Senescencia I think we have a chance. If he has Respira at this point I favor our chances less.
Are you high?
King Spook doesn't "slowly" kill you.
He gets close to you and your flesh becomes dust in an instant!
He pretty much melted concrete in a moment and dissolved FUCKHuge kido in minutes
Been argued already Barragan would literally starve us to death.
Yeah. And we have the most bullshit of bullshit regen. And barragan is really, REALLY not as strong as canon considering he's not even an arrancar at this point. Remember, a top tier arrancar vastly vasto-ly? outclasses a vasto lord. I'd say we've got a fair shot at killing him.
You know, IF we fight him here. I'm ambivalent either way honestly
Canon barragan, sure. But who knows here? Though again, doesn't really matter unless we fight, which I'm kinda ambivalent about in the first place.
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>Writing.
>Worry
Nel sees spoony as an arrogant child/precocious scamp that needs protection and twaching to become a proper huma- hollow.
Blondie wants to jump his bones, hard. Like genos wants to date his sensei leves of homoerotic subtext there.
Spoony hates Nel with a passion, because she constantly treated him like a child getting in over his head.
He likes blondie, but not romantically, more seeing him as a valuable subordinate. It might become romantic later, but just like with harribel and kaizer it's going to need outside prodding to get there.
Actually Spoony hates Nel in here because she made him sexually confused.
And because she was the only genuinely nice person he has seen since his transformation.
Barrys power doesn't depend on his reiatsu
Hell, a bargain-basement arrancar outclasses a Vasto Lorde if Hammerhead is anything to go by. If it weren't for Barragan's bullshit ability it wouldn't even be a challenge. We could send the Tres to wipe out his whole army and sip ghost margaritas while we watched.
Vasto Lorde is not just a tittle. And we would need to kill him really fast or we starve to death. So unless we develop a feral mode or something he is still way our league.
Don't you mean barragan-basement?
Sexually confused?
So just to clear things up, our nanomachines will effectively keep kaizar young forever right? If they improve his body every 4 days then they'll keep him at his prime forever or can they not stop the aging process?
Nnoitora is completely gay and yet he harbored some feelings towards Nel.
That confused him
Our nanamachines gives us a brand new BETTER body every four days. So we keep growing in power.
Ah. Thanks Spooky. I honestly never knew where he landed besides Skull fucking the enemy.
Yet again the problem with Barragan is not aging but starving to death as our nanohollows would run out of energy quite fast.
Unless he has Respira and just decays us instantly. I don't think the reiatsu gap is wide enough to stop that for long.
So how did Mila Rose react to Yatas transformation?
He would not use his best atack right away, he is that arrogant. So we would have a few minutes.
Too bad we lack a massive atack that could kill him in one hit, even if it lands us in hospital stay for a whole month later.
Erm
Hate to break it to you but Barry pretty much opened with Respira right after transforming
Dante having a friend to play with when?
That was as an Arrancar. Here he is stil the king and so has even a bigger ego as he is undefeated save by Mars who is dead.
"Shall we?"
Aaroniero asks.
"Sure..."
You follow the lead of your comrade.
Many low ranking soldiers of Baraggans army tried to attack you.
Their numbers got annoying so Aaroniero began radiating with reiatsu, heavily discouraging most of your assailants.
The few that had a deathwish you quickly dispatched.
As you ascended the long flight of stairs you could see the fearful gaze of every single hollow in Las Noches.
You quickly glanced behind you to see the full scope of Baraggans army from up high.
The sheer number of hollows scared you more than it should, there is something primal instinct in you that caused you to marvel at the tens of, perhaps hundreds of thousands of hollows.
"Let's go Kaizar, I'd rather not linger here."
"Right."
You turned back and followed him.
When you reach the top of the stairs you find yourself on an open plateau.
In the middle, surrounded by towering pillars is the throne of the King himself.
Baraggan sits on his mighty chair while surrounded by his most elite fighters.
You count 6 Adjuchas class Menos while Baraggan himself is obviously a Vasto Lorde.
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The golden crowned skeleton king dressed in regal purple looks at you with a bored expression on his face.
"So...
These are the defiant little ants my scouts reported...
And you dare to show your face before me. The insolence!
Give me one reason why to not have you executed where you stand."
Aaroniero looks at you expectantly.
After sighing you step forth and take the lead.
"We are simply messengers sent here by Lord Aizen.
He gave us the order to bring a message directly to the King of Hueco Mundo.
We killed your men out of retaliation."
"Hmph...
A message?
And what would that "message" be?"
"It's quite simple.
"Prepare yourself for war. King of Hueco Mundo."
Though he has no flesh, you can somehow see Baraggan boiling with rage.
With an angry tone he begins shouting.
"SACRILEGE!"
In that moment from the sides of the pyramid dozens of hollows fly upward right toward you.
As the menos begin charging you Baraggan keeps ranting on.
"YOU WHITE GARBED PEASANTS DARE TO DEFY ME?!
FINE! ONCE MY MEN ARE DONE WITH YOU I'LL HAVE THEM FLAY YOU ALIVE!
JUST SO I CAN CRUCIFY YOU AND RETURN YOU TO YOUR COMRADES!
NOW MY SUBJECTS! KILL THESE PATHETIC REGICIDAL SCU-"
But as the hundreds of hollows get within touching distance you begin retaliating.
You swing Basilisco with all your might, creating a deadly gust of wing which crushes dozens in its path.
Meanwhile Aaroniero extends his palm and casually fires off a cero, wiping out just as many.
Though you killed many of them you know that they were nothing more than fodder.
Still, the king is a bit taken back by your power.
You give Baraggan a passing glance.
"Lord Aizen doesn't deal with weaklings.
And those that are strong submit to his will.
Before him, even a king must bend the knee."
You can see him gripping the arms of his chair so hard they crack.
With a powerful downward swing you clean Basilisco of the viscera.
If you could help it you'd rather not engage so many enemies with unknown abilities.
And Baraggan being there doesn't help.
Still, you could try engaging him now that he made the first strike.
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
>Start fighting
>Other? (write-in)
>>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
Release our reitsu for a brief moment before we leave.
>>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
Did our job, let's bounce.
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
>Procede as planned
Kaizar doesn't strike me as a guy who takes unnecessary risks for no reason
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
>>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
Casually mention to him that it was us who killed Marr, in the end. Offer Barrigan a chance of surrender and peaceful integration into Aizen's army, and then leave to give him a few days to think about his options.
It's technically true, even if marr was crippled when we did it.
Are you suicidal user?
psychological fuckery? Sign me up.
>48793777
Go as planned
Do not taunt the guy who has the big army when is just you and another guy.
Barrigan should be terrified of a man who killed Marr, who gave him endless shit.
That big army couldn't even scratch our Hierros. They might as well not exist to us.
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
Fight smart and this will make him more pissed at Aizen, probably.
>Proceed as planned. (Leave)
You didn't read Bleach have you? Barragan is way too arrogant and full of himself to believe us.
Also one dies not become King of Hueco Mundo by believing tall tales. Unless we fully released our power and killed half his army in a single swipe of our sword, then he is not a believer.
>Writing
Give it a minute and make it Cero Abluto while only seeming to be non-arrancar Gillian level.
You turn to Aaroniero.
"We are done here.
Let's go home."
"Hmph.
Very well."
The two of you turned your back to Baraggan and begin walking down.
But suddenly you hear something erupting from behind you.
"You....
UPSTART SCUM!"
Baraggan extends his arm.
"Respira!"
You can hear the sound of high pressure smoke pouring forward.
When you turn around you see a black fog crawling toward you.
You begin to panic but you see Aaroniero stepping forward with a strange sword in his hand.
"Surge, Water and Heaven."
Aaroniero begins spinning the blade around which starts to emit a yellow glow.
"Nejibana."
The sword transforms into a blue trident and Aaroniero quickly slams it down in front of him.
A huge torrent of water erupts from the weapon, creating a wall of surging water in front of you.
The black fog crashes into it and slowly disperses.
You can just barely make out Baraggans gasp.
"What?!
Impossible!"
As the water fades after the black smoke is gone Aaroniero reseals his weapon.
He turns his head around to face you.
"Water is a molecule.
It doesn't decay."
Suddenly you comprehend why he of all people was sent here with you.
The expression of the skeletal king is nothing short of priceless as his ultimate move did nothing.
As he sheathes his katana Aaroniero speaks up once more.
"Let's go Kaizar."
This time you leave without any interruptions.
When you reach the bottom of the pyramid both of you flash your reiatsu any time someone is dumb enough to attack you.
By the time Las Noches begins to fade you see no signs of anyone pursuing you.
In a moment of silence you turn to Aaroniero.
"Wow...
You are the best Aaroniero!"
"All in a days work."
Science for the motherfucking win.
You know what Two-face. Double A. Mothafuckin' Jarhead. You're okay.
>Anons panicking over how strong barragan is
>Aaroneiro completely no-sells king spookys ultimate move
Well shit, two heads really are better than one
Seconding
We should say that at some point.
Mad respect for Aaroniero right now.
Remember, being smart always trumps being powerful. If you can find the proper counter to someone's ability-set they are helpless. Especially one-trick ponies like Baraggan. As a fighter he is meh, it's just his gas that is supremely deadly.
And remember, he has over 3000!! abilities!
In canon he didn't do much but who knows what plans Spooky has for him?
He ain't no Golden Experience Requiem.
Cuz that's us. In the future. Right now we are just Golden Experience
I think you meant 30 000
>being smart always trumps being powerful
Unless you're Yhwach.
>Mostly day to day abilities like being a solid cook or THE BEST at laundry
On your way back your curiosity takes the better of you and begin pester Aaroniero about that weapon of his.
He usually gives you non-answers or tells you that it's a secret.
You have no doubt in your mind that this was the special project Aizen gave him.
It takes a lot less time to get back to Vanaheim with that little spring in your step.
Having dealt with the situation without too much trouble lifted a huge weight off of your shoulders.
As you walk Aaroniero asks you something.
"What now?"
"I'll take it into my hand to whip our soldiers into shape."
"Don't you ever tire?"
"After spending enough time with an infant your energy reserves massively expand."
"I see."
"Besides, after assessing the strength of Baraggans "army" I don't think it'll take much effort to beat him."
"You analyzed his army?
Color me impressed."
You smirk at that.
"Impressed? What are you talking about?
That was nothing compared to what you did!
I guess two heads ARE better than one!"
Aaroniero gives off an awkward laugh as he is holding the back of his head.
"Stop it you bastard!
I can't deal with flattery."
Once you got to know him a bit better Aaroniero doesn't seem to be such a bad person.
He sometimes actually removed his mask while you were walking.
He said it's hard to see in there.
After your walk is over you can see the blue trees off in the distance.
As you are getting closer and closer you can feel your tension evaporating in an instant.
You turn to speak with Aaroniero one last time before you go on your separate ways.
"Hey, thanks again for saving my hide back there."
"No problem, you seem like the person who'd do the same for me.
Besides you have a family to return to."
You think about that for a second.
"Aaroniero, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"That depends on the question."
"If you did your report to Aizen...
Would you have mentioned my grandson?"
He pauses for a moment.
"I don't see how your family matters would interest Lord Aizen..."
You're a good dude Aaroniero. I hope you don't get gibbed by a scrub like you do in canon.
Sensing a huge but here. But Aaroneiro seems to be a chill guy. Just gotta get to know him.
I see.
Thank you.