-The moon shone brightly and majestically, as the night began to grow older, tenzai had just awoken from his rest, he had just had a somewhat disturbing dream, he was being mauled by an adjuchas type hollow, while visiting his kitchen for a quick glass of water before heading back to bed he had sensed a spiritual power unlike any he had sensed before, he threw on his hakama and his kimon, on his way out he grabbed his zanpakutou and was almost fully adorned but as he was about to add his vice captains armband he felt an urge and decided to take up his zanpakutou and move quickly rather than getting fully dressed, he walked outside his house in the rukongai district #5 and flash stepped towards the reiatsu he had sensed earlier, upon arrival at the site he saw a group of 4 hollows maliciously devouring a poor spirit. The sight disheartened tenzai as he clenched his fists and grit his teeth, his reiatsu still calm just like his temper at the moment he could still feel as though these weaker arrancar were not the ones emitting the dangerous reiatsu, tenzai flash stepped beyond the vision of the adjuchas type hollows and cleansed them with ease, just as he had suspected the reiatsu that he had felt earlier was still there, tilting his head up to the stars above tenzai knew what was about to come would be no easy battle-

-Tenzai made his way to the rooftops and adjusted his zanpakutou and proceeded in following the reiatsu that wasn't in the least dormant nor erupting just yet, hopping from rooftop to rooftop tenzai still was not within visual range of his target but the reiatsu was getting more noticeable, the closer he got the more sinister the reiatsu became, he was now only moments away from what would seem to be an epic battle. Tenzai saw the figure of a man standing underneath the shadow of the moonlight, he jumped from the rooftop were he was standing to land gracefully on the floor with his feet planted firmly in a crouched position and his left hand on his zanpakutou, his eyes staring dead ahead with the looks of death in them-

-The man he was staring at had seemingly impressive reiatsu, or so he thought, the man's body of whom he was staring at suddenly dropped infront of him, the man was drooling as though paralyzed by some sort of monster, another man emerged from the darkness, tenzai's face showed a sense of fear, but it was not, he was going to be cautious during this battle and not get cocky no matter what, the sight of the man on the floor at the moment made tenzai realize the true horror of battle, this man was not the person to be underestimated but he thought to himsefl that the man should also not underestimate him either-

"What did you just do to that man!?!?"

-Tenzai's eye shot dead ahead at the figure in the darkness, His face now calm and collected showing no emotion whatsoever, he was intent on deducing this situation before charging blindly into battle, he would first try to figure out the man's ability, even if it meant showing off a few of his own, he released his right fist so as it was hanging limply and swaying with the motions of the night breezes, the wind coursed through his hair and it danced in the wind his clothes also flapping within the nights gusts of wind, his grip loosened a little on his zanpakutou and his gaze became more like that of a tiger stalking its prey-

"Well aren't you gonna answer me?!?!"

The mysterious man turned around as the light of the moon reflected off of the surface of his skin. He had fair skin that was as white as snow that would cover the ground in the winter. This was no ordinary man. He licked the blood off of his lips as he peered into the dead eyes of the shinigami that had just approached him. The man that lay down behind him was a little meal for this stranger. The man raised one of his bare hands as he began to put his black leather glove back on. His hand had a small hole right through the palm of it. This appearance was rather strange for it to just be some ordinary human or even shinigami. However, he bore a zanpakuto on the left side of his hip just like any other shinigami would. As he pulled the glove around his hand tightly, he made a fist as if fitting the glove to his hand. A slight breeze picked up as his firy red hair began to blow his hair slightly. It was hard to see his true appearance in such a dimly litted area, but it was perfect for this man to do as he pleased in stealth. "Howdy." the man said as he crossed his arms across his chest. He had a avery thick southern accent. "I was wonderin' how long it'd take fer someone ta show up." he said as a smile lit up across his face revealing his jagged fangs. No, this man was no vampire or bounto either. This man was an arrancar. A top notch arrancar to be more specific.

"My, my, I do believe you'll make a good feast for supper!" he said as he licked his lips again. "But it's only fair that you know the name of the one who shall kill you." he finished he placed his hands to his side. "My name is Feuern Sie Zauberer, Horsemen of War, and you have just entered my battlefield!" he said as he disappeared from where he stood in a flash as a soft boom erupted from him. As another boom traveled through the air, Feuern was coming down on the intruder from the air. He held his fist out as he put all of his strength into this attack, backing it with a tremendous amount of reiatsu. As he neared the target, he shot off a bala in order to increase the damage dealt by the blow. "You sure will be delicious!" he called out as his attack neared closer and closer.

-Tenzai's face was now more on edge after hearing the comments that this person had just made. The mysterious man had then disappeared immediately after stating his remarks and his reiatsu could now be felt from directly above tenzai, drawing on his zanpakutou tenzai brought it above his face to block the incoming attack, realizing the direct and near predictable attack tenzai thought that it would only be a diversion, that is until he charged up a bala within the punch, tenzai dodged the fist range of the man using a flash step and then proceeding with releasing his zanpakutou "Tumble to the floor, Kouken no Raikou," after regaining his stance tenzai brought his zanpakutou to his side, his left hand still clenching it firmly, his posture straight once more and his eyes on his opponent, tenzai flash stepped into the direction of his opponent then proceeded with using his flash step in circles around his opponent eventually stopping behind the arrancar and once more using flash step directly behind him and continuing his course towards Feuern, he then brought his zanpakutou to meet his face and poured his reiatsu into the swipe, around his zanpakutou lightning could now be seen coursing throughout him and his zanpakutou, lightning would then weaken his opponent in the event that he had been struck by tenzai's blade, tenzai the pulled away after executing his attack, not caring if it had hit or not, tenzai was now located atop the roof of a house near them-

"Ch... i can feel that this will test my strength and determination, I better not let him get to comfortable"

-Tenzai then let his left hand drop along with his zanpakutou in it, he once again looked at his opponent, Feuern, once more tenzai was no longer standing on the rooftop and was now directly on a course towards his opponent once more, tenzai thrust his zanpakutou into his opponent numerous times moving around the personnel of his opponent, he had expected feuern to block most if not all of his attacks, after a barrage of 15 swipes of his sword tenzai once more retreated and prepared for his next attack or his opponents counter, his gaze was once more fixated upon his opponent as he lingered on another rooftop waiting for his opponent to provide a counter, while staring into the eyes of his opponent a gust of wind picked up and tenzai's garments and hair was caught in the gentle breeze once more and swayed left to right respectively, still not intent on letting feuern get too comfortable tenzai stuck out his right hand-

"Disintegrate, black dog of Rondaniini. Look upon your burning soul and sever your throat. Bakudo #9 Geki

-A paralyzing red Light could be seen surrounding his opponent, Feuern in hopes that he would be still gaining his bearings tenzai prepared for yet another attack-

"Bone of a straggling beast, spire, crimson crystal, disc of steel, when the wind shifts, and the emptiness ceases, let the clash of lances resonate through the relinquished castle! Hado #62 Raikouho

-A bright yellow wave of searching lightning was now headed towards his opponent, tenzai had hoped for sure that this would hit or for the least test his opponent's power, tenzai then followed his attack by stepping off the roof and planting his feet on the floor once more, the area was glowing brightly the colours of red and yellow and within the blinding light a smile could be seen on tenzai's face, he had his zanpakutou clutched within his left hand once more, his left hand hanging limply from his shoulder, his grip not very firm on his zanpakutou but not too loose either, while his body stood straight and his right hand brushing the underside of his nose, after that action his right hand seemed to be burnt slightly by his most recent attack, his shaked his hand off after brushing his nose then moved it in a 360 degree motion twice before letting it fall to his side juxtaposed to his body similar to that of his left hand his face showing a smug and cheeky look now instead of a tense one-

Feuern's hand hit nothing as the opponent had dodged the incoming attack. His attack went right on through as his fist met the tough ground beneath him. The concrete cracked and created a huge crater. This crater extended the length of about ten feet in diameter. Smoke rose high up into the air as all vision of Feuern was completely blocked. As Feuern knetl on the ground, his fist still making contact with the ground, he heard the voice of the shinigami from a distance. He was releasing his zanpakuto. A smile lit upon Feuern's hidden face. A wisp of the cloud of dust and debri from the aftermath of the attack swayed out as Feuern had used sonido to disappear out of the smoke, unseen. The only evidence was the displacement of the cloud. He watched as the shinigami foolishly ran into the thick cloud of smoke foolishly, hoping to land an attack blind. However, he would be far off from the target. Laughter could be heard in the darkness from the air. The laughter was immediately followed up by a faint clapping. "Bra-vo, my friend, bra-vo!" His thick southern accent seemed to pierce straight through the air as it reached the ears of the shinigami. Feuern was being quite sarcastic about the events that had just taken place. Only an amateur would run head first into a giant cloud of smoke that they couldn't see through. However, as Feuern crossed his arms across his chest, another barrage of attacks came in at him. He could now see the electricity coursing over the shinigami's skin as he neared closer and closer with the blade of his zanpakuto. Feuern's eyes widened as if shocked by the presence of the electricity. He knew that he had released his zanpakuto, but he had not noticed a change other than in his reiatsu. "Well, well, what have we here!" Feuern said as he dodged the ongoing swipes with ease. "You'll have to be faster than that!" he said as he then disappeared with a faint cracking sound.

The smoke cloud had finally died at as Feuern reappeared inside the deep crater formed moments earlier. "You'll have to do better than tha--" he started as he was cut off by the shinigami beginning to perform a kidou spell. "No you don't!" Feuern shouted as he quickly blasted off another bala at the shinigami trying to distract him from the attack but with no luck. A flash of red light lit up in front of Feuern as he was then immediately stunned by the kidou. He did not struggle. Feuern merely stood there calmly, waiting for the shinigami's next move. As predicted, the shinigami followed the binding spell with a hadou. "Tch, typical shinigami tactics." Feuern said as the kidou attack neared him closer and closer. The last sight of Feuern was a smile on his face as if wanting the attack to hit him. Upon contact, there was a huge explosion. Yet another cloud of smoke formed, blcoking view of Feuern except for the faint glow of the bakudo. The smoke quickly died out as Feuern was left standing, seemingly still trapped by the bakudo. He was slumped over, his hair in his face, as if he were dead. Blood fell from his face and hit the pavement beneath. There was a faint sign of laughter, however. Feuern was laughing after a blast like that. The laughter continued to grow louder and louder as he stiffened back up and tossed his head back, laughing maniacally. His eyes were filled with lust from the pain. His entire left half of his face was drenched in blood. The top of his clothes were scorched as well, revealing parts of his skin from his shoulders and chest. "Please tell me that isn't your best." Feuern said as his reiatsu shot up off of the charts. The massive surge of reiatsu alone shattered the binding spell, shattering it into tiny red shards as they fell to the ground, disappearing before reaching it. "You'll have to do better than that to defeat me!" he shouted. Feuern was able to divert most of the attack by quickly shooting off a cero. However, he still took quite a bit of the blow. Using the sleeve of his red haori, he whiped the blood away from his face as the wound seemed to heal up only slightly, just enough to stop the bleeding. "Now, this should be fun!" he said as he ran his hand through his hair, fixing it back to the way it was.

Another demonic smile lit upon Feuern's face as he stared straight into the eyes of the shinigami. "It's time to whipe that look off of your face!" he said in reference to the cocky smile on the shinigami's. "You see, I have yet to unsheathe my zanpakuto, and you are already released." he said as he placed his right hand on the hilt of the zanpakuto. "However, I shall make this quick for you and kill you right now, right where you stand." he said as he slowly pulled his zanpakuto out of his sheath, raising it high above his head. The blade reflected the pale light of the moon off of its sheen. The reiatsu shot up once again as the ground beneath him began to shake. The crater he stood in grew in size and depth. Buildings around him began to shake and loose debris began to fall from them. "Destruya!" he shouted loudly as he rand the sharp part of his blade across his hand and rubbed the blood across his chest. "Dios del Fuego!" he said as he burst into flames. Smoke began to circle around him as it rose to the heavens. It grew in diameter, covering the entire crater. Out of the smoke grew two large wings and one long tail. Two red eyes began to glow through the smoke as well. "Now, you will see my true power." Feuern spoke. His voice was now deeper and more demonic as if a monster had possessed his body. With a loud roar, the smoke flew in all directions. Feuern had taken on a completely different form. He towered over the tallest of skyscrapers. He now had pitch black scales that covered his entire body. All traces of his humanoid form were completely gone. He was a massive dragon. The very dragon many knights feared for centuries. "There is no hope of you defeating many, worthless shinigami." he said as his eyes focused straight on the enemy.

Flames seemed to begin to pour of of his mouth as he respirated. "How about I give you a little taste of my powers, shinigami!" he said as he took in a deep breath. As he exhaled, a stream of flames began to pour from the mouth of the dragon. The flames headed straight for the poor soul who dared stumble upon his presence. Feuern stood still as his claws held onto the tallest building that was nearby. His tail wrapped around the tower as well. Given his new giant stature, it would seem that Feuern would not move around as much as before. Feuern enjoyed making his opponent believe this to be true. Which is why he acted as if he must lean on something in order to maintain his balance. Feuern was the god of war and was thereby very tactical. He knew all of the tricks of the trade and he knew exactly how to perform them. He using a form of his luring in order to lull the opponent into a false sense of security. He knew that the opponent would be thinking that he could beat him with his speed. However, they would be dead wrong. With yet another loud roar that shook the ground below them, the stream of flames let off. The fire was hurtling its way straight at the shinigami at high speeds. "Let me see what you've got!" he said with his deep booming voice. "If you can't even handle this attack, you might as well just lay down and die!" he finished. His glowing red eyes did not move from the target as the flames neared closer and closer to him. He was quite a bit away from the shinigami now that he was a huge dragon, his height alone put distance between him and the enemies. With a huge wave of his wings, a giant gust of wind blew right behind the flames as the spread out as the wind made contact and sped up as the continued to reach the shinigami.

-Feuern had just stood there and let himself become ensared by tenzai's weak yet optimistic bakudou hoping that he would still be hit tenzai used the typical bakudou followed by hado procedures most capable shinigami would execute, to his utter dismay the arrancar had been hit by the easily predictable attack, tenzai had caused a massive cloud of dust and debris within the area, immediately after all of the smoke and dust had cleared up, faint sounds of laughter could be heard within the thick smoke but as the smoke cleared up the laughter grew all the more menacing, the masochistic sadist seemed to be getting a kick out of his pain, he had taunted tenzai numerous times about his attacks being to weak and that he could do better, tenzai knew full well more than any one what he was and was not capable of, but fighting an arrancar of this power would be a first for him, and maybe even the most experienced fighting to ever be produced by history, from tenzai's vantage point the floor beneath feuern had increased in depth and width but his reiatsu was still rising, the man had now proceeded in doing what tenzai wasn't hoping for, he was commencing his ressureccion, immediately after feuern's ressureccion tenzai's gaze was now set upon no ordinary arrancar nor beast, the massive structure towering even the buildings that seemed to touch the sky, tenzai was now faced with what he knew was going to be one of his greatest adversaries, the dragon like form of feuern, had simply exhaled and massive weaves of fire was head straight for tenzai, he thought all the while that this would no longer be a delicate situation and had wished that he would try unlocking bankai before this, but that was not about to happen anytime soon, he had to rely on his enormous wits, his zanpakutou and his ability to withstand this amount of reiatsu, with the waves of massive pyrotechnics still on a course and headed straight for tenzai he had but one option, dodging was out of the question so he had to revert to a basic attack and use that to turn the tide of battle he pulled his left hand beyond his body with his blade clenched tightly and charged head-on into the flames all the while exactly before entering his right hand would be faced directly forward and his eyes determined to take down this esteemed god like creature, while charging in tenzai laughed a bit at how reckless this could be and also at how fun it seemed, he was also brought back to his childhood days where he would hear about these kind of creatures and knights having to defend their villages against them, never in a million years had even ever fathomed engaging in full battle with one though-

"Hado #1 'Sho"

-He had used a basic attack to be used as and effective one to fan the flame away from his direction, this being an optimistic approach, dodging and blocking alone were out of the picture, so running into it while using his own abilities would seem to be much better idea at the time, he however was no fool and not a naive person by any standards, this was a do or die evasive maneuver, he would be burned by the onslaught of flames, but at least he would survive at least this attack, after pushing away the flames slightly, tenzai brought his left hand back up towards the position of his right hand and a shield of lightning was formed at the tip of his blade large enough to cover 4 times his body, flames had scorched him all over but his 5 second time span in which he could hold the shield for was about to be worn off, once more exhausting his reiatsu little by little his right hand was brought up again-

"hado #1 Sho"

-More flames were fanned in the opposite direction of tenzai, the shield in his left hand came up once more, he was now finally out of the engorging flames of death that had sought him out, his clothes were all burnt off and tattered and torn, they were all forlorn, all that was left was his hakama, even that was all burnt away and looking as though he had been working in a sweat shop, tenzai's stature was usually smaller than most other shinigami so he had known that the bigger sized shinigami had been very well paced, however bulky shinigami were slow, this monstrosity was a mixture of both, it was obvious that he would cover up more distance because of his wickedly built structure but he was not going to be that fast with his movements, tenzai's breathing was laboured and his body was almost at his limit, he had barley even attacked yet but he was near empty, he was on defensive for most of the beginning of the battle, but the war was far from over, rising up from on his breath catching position, his zanpakutou was clenched within his left hand again, the few bakudou and hado spells had depleted his reiatsu greatly and he was almost at his limit-


-Tenzai flash stepped atop a structure juxtapose to the one the massive beast was leant on, he flash stepped into hado range, the massive size of his opponent would make it hard fro him to miss with his attacks, he had to go all out and finish this battle, even still not depleting too much, in the event that the beast had a trump card located somewhere, this was going to test the remaining amount of soul pressure tenzai had left-

"Kurohitsugi, hado #90"

-Tenzai winced a little as his reiatsu has dropped noticeably then raised violently, a large black box could be seen formed at the head alone of the monster, his intent was to conserve is reiatsu a bit by instead of trying to pull of hado #90 on the entire body and risk it not working, he would do it separately limb by limb, or at least as many limbs as he could handle he stood and watched to see if his attack had worked, his breath became raspy. This was not what he really wanted, he was drawing his limit, whilst his opponent was only just now getting started, he needed to get serious or he feared he would suffer the penalty of death and risk his own life-

The flames were quickly blown away by the shinigami using his demon arts spells. Feuern was not surprised, he half expected such a feat. However, he was not worried in the least. His tail tightened its grip on the building as cracks began to from all over. A smile lit up on his face as he heard the shinigami begin to use a forbidden kidou technique. "No incantation?" he thought to himself as he knew all about how the shinigami's kidou worked. The more powerful shinigamis were the only ones who could successfully use the 90 kidous without an incantation. Feuern just stood there and smiled as a black box formed around his face. However, it quickly disappeared, leaving no effect whatsoever on Feuern. "Just as I thought, you're much to weak to perform such a powerful spell, shinigami." he said. "You had better run along before you get yourself killed." With that, the massive dragon that had stood before the shinigami disappeared with a flash. He managed to retain his speed. However, in order to do so, his speed had to actually increase for his giant size to maintain such a speed. The buildings that Feuern had rested on and crumbled to the ground below as this giant mammoth of a dragon moved away from them. "You see, I'm much faster than I look!" he said as he flew up into the air.

A giant glowing ball began to form at the tip of Feuern's mouth. It grew in size, about the size of a giant boulder. With sheer force, the giant flame ball was launched down on the unsuspecting shinigami. It hurled itself down on him at tremendous speeds, like a meteor falling down to the Earth. The ground glowed a bright orange as it fell. The ball was extremely bright. Anyone who dared stare right into it would surely burn their retnas. The giant ball was seconds away from the shinigami. However, just as it was about to hit, another bright light seemed to counteract the giant ball of flame as all of the flames dispersed. "Well, well--" a voice called out as the lights faded, falling to the ground. The voice was one very familiar to most. "It seems there's a worthless arrancar tormenting poor innocent souls. I can't have that, now can I?" he asked from the darkness. No physical traits were distinguishable as he stood in the shadows. However, the ground began to glow in a bright white light. The shards began to levitate in mid air as the illuminated the stranger's face. He had pale skin that only seemed to be amplified by the pale light. His hair was pitch black and seemed to blend into the night. He wore a long black trench coat. He was Nanashi, leader of the Fallen.

As his hand raised high into the air, he thrusted forward as hard as he could. The glowing shards were shot off at Feuern as they hit and shot him off in the distance. Nanashi gave a smile to the defenseless shinigami as he disappeared after Feuern. However, Nanashi was not alone. A second man walked up out of the shadows. The silhouette of him revealed him to be wearing a top hat. His elbows were bent at the waste as if they were holding something up to his mouth. "Lovely night, don't you think?" the man asked as he walked out of the shadows. He was holding a cracked cup that contained tea. This man was quite the tea fanatic. For him, every time was tea time. His clothes were tattered and his hat was floppy. There was a note that said 'In this style 10/6". He slowly picked up the top hat as he placed the tea cup on his head and recovered his head with the top cat. "Now then, what is your favorite Time?" he asked as he walked up to the shinigami. "I quite enjoy tea time, but nap time is a favorite as well. However, I despise tax time. I quite enjoy tea time. Oh, looky there." he said as he picked his top hat up once again. "It's tea time!" his face lit up with excitement as he pulled another tea cup off of his head. This cup was completely different than the last and was filled with tea. "Oh, where are my manners? Would you care for some tea?" he asked as he gestured the glass of tea at him and continued to sip on the cup. However, before the shinigami could answer, he had replaced it back in his hat. "What's your favorite time? Mine is tea time. But I also enjoy nap time, tea time, spring time, tea time, dinner time, tea time and nap time. How about you?" he seemed to ramble, repeating the same things over and over as if he had not said them at all.

The man had been left there for a reason. Nanashi would not have dragged him along if he wasn't there for a reason. "Now, you see, I'm here for a reason other than tea. Nanashi brought me here to try and get you to join the Rising." he said as he stared at the shinigami. He had not even realized that he mixed up the names. "However, there's a price to joining the Fallen." he said as he watched the shinigami. He lifted his top hat up again as his sheathed zanpakuto was left balanced on his head. He removed the zanpakuto and replaced it with the tea cup as if he was trying to keep a booby trap from going off. The switch was swift. He placed his hat back over the tea cup as unsheathed his zanpakuto, throwing the sheath on the ground. The sword seemed exactly the same as any other zanpakuto. It was the regular length, single blade, hilt. It was standard for a zanpakuto. The hatter pointed the tip of the zanpakuto right at the shinigami as if he were about to make his first attack, but then stabbed the blade into the ground. "Well, are you going to attack or just stand there?" the Hatter asked as he stared with his head turned slightly on its side. The Hatter stood there as if he were watching a movie. "Come on, I don't have all the time in the world!" he said as he crossed his arms.

-Tenzai had not the power to execute his attack and so it failed, his hopes of defeating feuern had been crushed he would not make it to tell the tale of having faced off against a member of the fallen, and a powerful one at that too. Tenzai dropped his arms to his sides and his knees sank to the floor he had already given up and accepted his defeat. Feuern had opened his mouth and a large ball of what seemed to be energy had formed at the tip of his mouth, he had fired the ball at tremendous speeds and it was heading straight for tenzai, still in his defeat stance, another enormously powerful attack had come out of nowhere and deflected feuerns attack, tenzai looked to the direction that the attack came from and saw that a figure had been cloaked within the darkness, he thought to himself, "Not another weirdo" as the figure came closer he had seen that it was a man of a very pale complexion, his face was cold looking as tenzai had thought that for him to do an attack like that he must also be even more powerful that feuern, "Could it be nanashi?" tenzai thought to himself, the man smiled, said something and then proceeded in walking away towards the direction that he had shot feuern, another figure had emerged from the shadows and tenzai wondered what that one had wanted-

-The man rambled on and on about tea time and nap and many other things ending with time, tenzai had then heard the man asking him if he wanted to join the fallen, tenzai wanted to know why it is the man had used the word rising instead of fallen, he felt as though he was about to go to battle with a total nut-job-

"Hmm my favourite time happens to be battle time, and it will be fun"

-Tenzai was already not even in his more useful state and he could be defeated quite easily at this point in time, his zanpakutou was still unsheathed as the man had pulled off his hat and a zanpakutou was located under it, he drew his zanpakutou and just as it seemed like he was going to attack tenzai he had stuck the sword into the earth and asked the question "Well, are you going to attack or just stand there?" tenzai was not in any condition to do battle with any other enemies and surely not this person, he seemed mad and as though he was the type that saw pleasure in hurting others or maybe even his own self-

"Disintegrate, black dog of Rondaniini. Look upon your burning soul and sever your throat, Bakudo #9, Geki"

-Tenzai after executing his attack ran off into the darkness and sought refuge atop a roof not too far from where they were before, he had hoped that the most recent battle partner had not been into fighting and didnt bother to pursue-