Yamamoto's POV (I'm sorry, I don't know how he thinks)

I quickly dodged Baraggan's attack. He was a very tricky opponent, with his killing-everything-of-old-age power. My whole body was bruised and I had a very serious wound on my leg. Baraggan was pretty bruised up as well, or as bruised as he can get being a skeleton. There was fire and ash surrounding us, caused by my zanpakuto.

"You're never going to beat me old man" Baraggan cried.

"Who are you calling old?" I retorted. He's such a hypocrite. Instead of replying, he took a step forward and made the building slowly die away. We were currently in the 1st squad barracks, my office. As the building crumpling away headed towards me, I leapt back.

I held my zanpakuto in front of me and a burst of fire aimed at Baraggan but he dodged it. It was really hard to kill him. How do you kill a skeleton that kills things by accelerating its age? How did Soi Fon and Hachi defeat him?

I was trying to think of a strategy when Baraggan came at me. In the meantime, I decided to go on defence. We fought for a while until I heard someone next to us.

"It seems you are having trouble, old man" I turned around to see Hachi. My eye twitched. What was with everyone calling me 'old man'? I'm not that old.

"What are you doing here, Hachi?" I asked.

"We are here to help" Soi Fon appeared next to Hachi. I wanted to protest and say that they should help out with the others. I didn't want to seem like a head captain that couldn't defeat the 2nd espada.

BANG!

An explosion was heard in the distance. What was that? All heads shot in that direction in surprise, except for Baraggan.

I looked closer and saw that the Senzaikyu and Sokyoku Hill had blown up. How?! The Senzaikyu was the big tower next to the Sokyoku Hill in the middle of the Seireitei.

"Ah, he finally did it" Baraggan said. What? Who did it? I thought for a moment. It could be one of the espadas but all of them are fighting. Actually, are they all fighting? I was fighting the 2nd espada and the 1st espada was nowhere to be found.

"It was Starrk, wasn't it?" Hachi asked. Baraggan nodded and that confirmed my assumption.

"Yamamoto, we suggest that you go and fight Starrk. Soi Fon and I will take care of things here" Hachi stepped forward. He didn't suggest I go, he was telling me to go. I just had trust him to have a plan.

"Take care, Hachi, Soi Fon" I nodded and then I flash stepped to the explosion sight.

When I got there, I saw Starrk standing in front of me. He had his zanpakuto in his hand and the area around him was totally destroyed. The Senzaikyu and the Sokyoku Hill was gone. It's going to cost a lot to repair!

"Ah, old man Yamamoto, nice to see you again" Starrk greeted me lazily. An irk mark appeared on my forehead. I wanted to yell at him to not call me old but decided against it.

"You will pay for destroying the Senzaikyu and the Sokyoku Hill" I said.

"Oh, you think that's all we're going to be destroying?" Starrk asked and my eyes widened slightly. Half a second later, he charged at me and I quickly blocked with my zanpakuto. I was hesitant to use my fire, I didn't want to destroy any more of the Soul Society, but I did it anyway.

Starrk dodged and shot ceros at me. I also noticed that he was in his resurreccion form, I'm guessing that all espadas were. We kept battling for a while. I was in a worse state than Starrk. Baraggan was hard to fight but Starrk, being the 1st espada, was much harder. I hoped to find a way to kill him and save the Soul Society.

Ichigo's POV

Kaisha and I have been getting closer and closer to the middle of the Seireitei. We fought many hollows but I've been itching to fight a strong espada. I bet all the captains are fighting espadas.

Another problem was that the Senzaikyu and the Sokyoku Hill had blown up. Kaisha and I were both shocked and we were heading there now. I bet it was someone strong who blew it up. As I concentrated on figuring out who it was, I saw someone familiar heading towards us. I met Kaisha's eyes and we both stopped.

"Nice to see you again Ichigo."

"Lovely to see you too, Shinji" I replied sarcastically. Shinji stepped out of the shadows and when he saw Kaisha, he got excited.

"Who might you be, lovely lady?" Shinji kissed Kaisha's hand. I angrily ripped Shinji away from Kaisha and put my arm around her waist protectively.

"U-Uh, I'm Kaisha Kyuto" she stammered.

"I'm Shinji Hirako" Shinji said. Then he turned to me and grinned.

"How come you always get the girls?" he asked. Before I could protest, Kaisha talked.

"What does he mean, Ichigo? How many girls have you had? Is this relationship real?" Kaisha asked me. She looked hurt and upset.

"No! What are you talking about, Shinji? Don't listen to him, Kaisha, you're the first girl I've been with" I felt angry at Shinji. I mean seriously, he knows I've been with no one else.

Shinji chuckled. "Yeah, I was only joking. Don't believe what I said, Kaisha. I just can't believe he finally has a girl."

"That's fine. I still love you Ichigo" Kaisha smiled and pecked my cheek. I was a bit stunned. Either she was pretending to be upset or she's... just weird.

I smiled but then thought about what Shinji said. His words rang out in my head and I finally processed it. An irk mark appeared on my forehead as I got angry.

"What do you mean you can't believe I finally got a girl?!" I demanded. Shinji chuckled again.

"You're a bit slow. I meant that it's unbelievable that a girl fell in love wi-" I punched his face before he could finish. Kaisha laughed and I smiled a bit. It's was nice to hear her laugh.

"Anyway, what are you doing here, Shinji?" I asked as if I didn't just punch him. He stood up and dusted himself.

"Well, we're here to help out with the war. All the other visoreds are here. Ichigo, we think you should help Yamamoto fight Starrk. They're up at the Senzaikyu. Kaisha, we have another problem and we would need your help, along with others, and I'll take you there" Shinji explained.

I get to fight Starrk, the 1st espada? I'm pretty excited, but I'm not barbarian excited.

"Alright, I'll be on my way" I told them.

"Be careful" Kaisha said. I nodded and kissed. She dragged the kiss a bit longer but I finally pulled back when Shinji cleared his throat.

"I'll see you later" I said.

"Bye" Kaisha kissed me one more time which caused Shinji to groan. I smirked. Kaisha turned to Shinji and they nodded. I watched as they flash stepped off, before I headed to the Senzaikyu.

When I got to the Senzaikyu, I was surprised. The whole place was in ruins, it was all gone. In the middle, was Starrk and head captain Yamamoto. They were fighting and Starrk looked like he was in better condition than head captain Yamamoto.

I didn't know what to say or do so I just walked towards them. They finally noticed me when I was a few feet away. Both were a bit shocked and stopped fighting. Head captain Yamamoto raised an eyebrow at me.

"What are you doing here, Ichigo Kurosaki?" his voice boomed.

"What does it look like? I'm here to help you, old man" I grinned. Normally I would call him 'Head Captain Yamamoto', but it was too long and 'old man' suited him better. He got an irk mark on his forehead when I called him that.

Yamamoto nodded but stayed silent. I flash stepped next to him and took out my zanpakuto. Taking my time, I observed our opponent, Starrk.

"Alright old man, let's beat the hell out of this espada!" I cried before charging in.

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