• Operation: Steal the Goods

    It was a cool December afternoon and the plan and
    players had been assembled. There was only one thing
    left to do: steal the incriminating evidence from
    Shihouin Yoruichi before she uploaded it to the
    internet! It was a risky operation on its own, but
    Yoruichi had called in some favors and now this task
    had gotten to be twelve times harder considering
    that’s how many people she got to help her guard this
    important information of hers. There was only one
    problem: she picked the wrong people to film.
    Anthony was at his house making the final preparations
    for the plan and calling the contacts he had to meet
    at the rendezvous point. After he had finished his
    calls, Anthony threw on his shoes and his black
    hoodie. The only weapon he was taking with him was
    his zanpakuto, Mirror Image. He told his mom he would
    be back a little after 8 pm and that he would probably
    be getting food while he was out. She waves him off
    and he heads to his cousin’s house.
    After 20 minutes riding his bike, Anthony had arrived
    at his cousin Brandon’s house. He rang the doorbell
    and Brandon answered the door.
    “Hey Brandon,” Anthony greets
    “Hey Anthony,” Brandon says, “Byakuya and Orihime are
    already here.”
    “That’s good,” Anthony says, “so when will Zuko, Toph,
    and Uryu show up?”
    “They should be here any minute,” Brandon replies,
    “you get the goods?”
    “Yeah,” Anthony replies, “I got Sumomo and the
    Skittles.”
    “Good, then we’ll just be waiting on the others,”
    Brandon says
    Just then the doorbell rings. Brandon opens the door
    and Uryu, Toph and Zuko enter. Then all five of them
    enter into the TV room where Byakuya and Orihime are
    waiting.
    “I sensed a suppressed reiatsu when we entered,” Uryu
    states, “I would have went after it but Toph and Zuko
    showed up so I stayed put.”
    “That’s fine Ishida,” Anthony says, “We need to let
    the Stealth Force report back to Soi Fon so that they
    think these are all the people coming.”
    “The real meeting place is at Hinata’s house since
    it’s closer,” Brandon says
    “Then why are we all here?” Toph asks
    “We needed to fool Soi Fon and the others by making
    them think we are the only ones coming to the shop,”
    Anthony explains, “then when Ms. Bitchninja thinks
    that she has the info, she’ll send her informants
    back. By that time, we’ll have already moved on to
    Hinata’s place and when they follow us, we ambush
    them.”
    “That sounds like a reasonable plan,” Uryu says, “why
    don’t you act like this at school Anthony?”
    “School has nothing to make me serious or calm,”
    Anthony replies, “I’d be like this more often if I had
    challenges to face at school. Anyway let’s get moving
    since the ninja have left.”
    So the seven leave Brandon’s house and proceed to
    Hyuuga compound while the Stealth Force reports to Soi
    Fon at the Urahara Shoten.
    The ninjas arrive at the store and enter. They then
    proceed to the meeting where the lead people are
    sitting at a meeting table. At the head was Yoruichi
    with Kurosaki Ichigo standing behind her and to her
    left was Urahara Kisuke with his workers Tessai, Jinta
    and Ururu standing behind him. To the right of
    Yoruichi was Soi Fon. Next to Urahara was Diva and
    behind her were her five chevaliers. Next to Soi Fon
    was Diva’s older sister Saya and behind her was her
    Chevalier Haji. Next to Saya was Mayuri Kurotsuchi and
    behind him was his daughter, Mayuri Nemu. Next to
    Diva was Fire Princess Azula and next to Azula was
    Kagurazaka Asuna. Across the table from Asuna was her
    good friend Nagase Kaede.
    After hearing the report from the ninjas, Soi Fon
    sent them off to continue the surveillance of
    Anthony’s group.
    “Yoruichi was it really necessary to go to all this
    trouble just to stop Anthony from getting the tape?”
    Urahara asks
    “Hey, it wasn’t my idea to invite all of these guys!”
    Yoruichi says, “They all just showed up when they
    heard that Brandon would be coming with Anthony. It
    doesn’t matter though, the help is appreciated.”
    “So Yoruichi,” Saya says, “if we help you, we get
    Brandon right?”
    “You get him once I’m done with him,” Yoruichi replies
    “Ok then,” Saya says
    “What’s so great about Brandon?” Diva asks
    “It’s only something you can understand once you’ve
    had sex with him,” Azula answers
    “So you’re telling me I’ll understand once I’ve had
    sex with him?” Diva questions
    “Exactly,” Kaede answers
    “Enough with Brandon,” Yoruichi says, “by now
    Anthony’s probably already figured out that this shop
    is too small to have an all out battle in, so he’s
    most likely already figured out that I’ve sealed off
    portions of the underground training facility and
    split us up into teams.”
    “I don’t see how Anthony could’ve come up with that,”
    Diva remarks, “at school him and Brandon just run
    around acting like idiots.”
    “That means you’ve successfully fallen for their
    trap,” Soi Fon says
    “Why would you say that?” Diva asks
    “Because I’ve dealt with Anthony before,” Yoruichi
    says, “when that boy is serious, he shows his true
    capabilities and they can be scary when fully
    unleashed.”
    “I don’t believe you,” Saya says
    Yoruichi pulled up the right sleeve of her shirt and
    showed a scar that extended from the base of her hand
    to her shoulder.
    “I underestimated him in a sparring match once and he
    did this with his bare hands!” Yoruichi exclaims,
    “Anthony is possibly the most dangerous person in his
    group right now due to his seriousness. If you should
    get into a fight with him, call for as much backup as
    possible to help take him down fast. Anthony is the
    leader and so as the leader falls, the soldiers will
    crumble beneath our might.”
    “Ok I understand now, but who’s on whose team?” Asuna
    asks
    “Since there isn’t that much space to fight,” Yoruichi
    starts, “the teams will be as such: Jinta, Ururu,
    Saya and Haji will guard the front door. Tessai,
    Amshel, Soi Fon and James will guard the entrance to
    the underground passage. At the first bulkhead will
    be Diva Solomon, and the Mayuris. At the second
    bulkhead will be Nathan and Karl. At the final
    bulkhead will be Azula, Kaede and Asuna. The hallway
    that leads to the computer room will be guarded by
    Ichigo. And Kisuke and I will guard the computer room
    itself. There will be no complaining about team
    pairings so go prepare and take your position. This
    meeting is adjourned.”
    Yoruichi and her followers left the conference room
    and proceeded to follow orders.
    Meanwhile back at the Hyuuga estate, Anthony and his
    group had captured the Stealth Nin that were tailing
    them. The interrogation had succeeded and so now the
    Recovery Group had all the info they needed to make an
    intelligent plan.
    The group gathered in the courtyard where Anthony was
    prepared to give the invasion plan.
    “Ok, great to see everybody,” Anthony greets, “let’s
    just take roll to be safe.”
    Anthony pulls out a clipboard and starts to take
    roll.
    “Allen, Miranda and Linali?” Anthony asks
    “All present and accounted for,” Allen replies
    “Byakuya, Orihime, Ishida and Hanataro?” Anthony asks
    “I’m here,” Hanataro replies
    “Ok,” Anthony says, “Sumomo, Toph, Anna, Zuko and
    Haseo?”
    “We’re all here and we’re going there!” Sumomo cheers
    “Ok, and now for the plan,” Anthony says
    “What is this master plan?” Uryu asks
    “Shut it Ishida and I’ll tell you!” Anthony snaps
    “Sorry,” Uryu replies
    “Anyways,” Anthony says, “my intelligence has lead me
    to believe that Yoruichi already know that we are
    coming and that she has sufficiently prepared. So the
    plan is an all out stall mission until I either
    destroy the data or return with it.”
    “That’s all?” Haseo asks skeptically, “Why am I even
    here?”
    “We need all of your forms, and if need be, we’ll
    actually have to kill a few people so the more
    deadlier people we have, the better chance we stand,”
    Anthony states
    “Fine then tell us the whole detailed plan,” Orihime
    says
    “Ok here goes,” Anthony says, “there will be two
    teams: The Recovery team and The Attack team. The
    Attack Team includes me, Brandon, Orihime, Byakuya,
    Uryu, Zuko, Toph, Haseo, Allen and Linali. The
    Recovery Team includes Hinata, Hanataro, Sumomo,
    Miranda and Anna.”
    “Wait one minute!” Anna interjects, “Why am I on the
    Recovery Team?”
    “Same here Anthony,” Hinata says hurt
    “Anna, you and Hinata are really good with minor
    injuries and you also have the ability to actually
    fight back with sufficient damage,” Anthony explains,
    “no offense Hanataro.”
    “None taken,” Hanataro replies, “I know I’m pretty
    much useless in a fight so I’ll just stick to
    healing.”
    “I still don’t like this,” Anna says angrily
    “Me either,” Hinata agrees
    “Trust me you two,” Anthony says, “We just need you to
    stay behind to protect those who can’t fully protect
    themselves.”
    “Fine,” Hinata and Anna agree in unison
    “Thanks,” Anthony says, “ok, the Recovery Team will
    stay in the lot across the street so they won’t get
    caught in the crossfire. The Attack Team will follow
    me into the building and be dispersed as needed.
    Since Yoruichi has called in some favors of her own,
    the fighting ratio will be 2:1. I don’t know who’s
    guarding where, so I’ll order the Attack team to split
    off as necessary understood?”
    Everyone nods their agreement and Anthony continues.
    “It’s 12:45 pm and we attack the Urahara Shoten at
    2:00 sharp!” Anthony says, “So make any last minute
    preparations and then we’ll leave in an hour.”
    Everyone disperses amongst one another and makes last
    minute plans or just to talk. Anthony goes over to
    Hanataro to get a vital tool.
    “Hanataro, did you bring the stamina pills?” Anthony
    asks
    “Uh huh” Hanataro replies, “I brought five of them
    just like you asked.”
    Hanataro hands the pills over to Anthony who places
    them in his hoodie pouch.
    “Thanks Hanataro, these will come in really handy
    later,” Anthony says
    “No problem, Lady Unohana even gave me some of the
    better restorative equipment for this mission too,”
    Hanataro says
    “Really? Thank Mom for me next time you see her and
    tell her I owe her,” Anthony says
    “Why do you keep referring to my Captain as Mom?”
    Hanataro asks
    “She just gives off a motherly vibe,” Anthony replies
    “Ok, well I’m going to go talk to Miranda now,”
    Hanataro says
    “Uh huh,” Anthony replies
    Hanataro walks off and starts talking to Miranda
    while Anthony went off to find Hinata. Anthony looked
    around the courtyard, but he couldn’t find her
    anywhere. Anthony was worried and so the first place
    he checked was Hinata’s room where she was curled up
    on the bed crying.
    “Why are you crying Hina?” Anthony asks
    “Why… didn’t you… want me on the attack team?” Hinata
    asks through her sobs
    “Actually you were the first person I wanted on the
    attack team,” Anthony answers
    “Then why am I on the recovery team?” Hinata asks
    “About half the people on the attack team, including
    myself, thought you were a great addition but your
    talents are better suited to healing than attacking,”
    Anthony says, “we would have kept you, but no one on
    the recovery team can really fight and you and Anna
    combined are a really tough team to fight.”
    “You really think so?” Hinata asks
    “Uh yeah!” Anthony exclaims, “That’s exactly why I’m
    having you stay behind. It’s not because I don’t
    think you can’t fight, it’s because the recovery team
    has people who aren’t battle experienced like you.
    Now cheer up.”
    “Ok,” Hinata says
    Anthony hugs Hinata and she hugs him back. Then
    things got awkward because Hanabi walked in.
    “What are you two doing?” Hanabi asks
    “We’re hugging Hanabin, what does it look like?”
    Anthony says sarcastically
    “Be quiet nii-sama,” Hanabi says, “Hinata, dad wants
    to know why all those people are in the courtyard.”
    “Tell him it’s personal business,” Hinata replies
    “Fine,” Hanabi says walking off
    Hinata and Anthony go to the courtyard and bring
    everyone in to the sitting room. Since there was a
    TV, they all (except Byakuya) decided to watch random
    crap for an hour.
    After an hour was up, Anthony gathered his group and
    proceeded to leave. After ten minutes of walking,
    they had reached the lot opposite to the Urahara
    Shoten. In the next four minutes, the Recovery team
    had set up their base and was ready to heal anyone who
    got hurt.
    Within the next minute, Saya, Haji, Ururu and Jinta
    to their defensive places along the courtyard of the
    store. Haji was waiting with daggers in hand and his
    casket attached to his back. He had given Saya her
    sword and she had already drawn her sword and
    discarded the scabbard. Ururu had her rocket launcher
    sitting in front of her and Jinta was standing next to
    her holding his spiked mace.
    Anthony got his team together and counted the seconds
    until 2 pm. When the clock struck 2, Anthony and the
    Attack team took off. As they approached the gate,
    Ururu started to lift her cannon.
    “Byakuya!” Anthony says
    “Hadou 61: Six Bars of Light!” Byakuya recites
    As Byakuya said and directed the spell, six bars
    composed of nothing but light restricted any further
    movement from Ururu. As Jinta tried to free her, the
    Attack Team all moved ahead except for Brandon and
    Orihime.
    There was an intense stare down as Saya and Haji
    glared at Brandon and Orihime. Brandon pulled out two
    fuma shuriken and Orihime pulled out her steel, spiked
    hammer.
    “We said we’d have this fight eventually,” Brandon
    says, “eventually just came sooner than expected.”
    “I won’t let you hurt Saya!” Haji says defensively
    “I’m here to beat the crap out of you; Orihime gets
    Ms. Vapirella over there,” Brandon says
    “After this is over Brandon, when you all lose, we’re
    all going to rape you,” Saya threatens
    “Over my dead body!” Orihime shouts
    “That can be easily arranged.” Saya says turning her
    eyes red
    “Enough talk, let’s brawl,” Brandon says
    Back with attack team…
    Anthony and the rest of the Attack Team had gone on
    ahead to the interior of the store. Inside, they
    rushed for the ladder to the underground training
    facility only to find it guarded by Amshel, Tessai,
    Soi Fon and James.
    “Hello Anthony,” Tessai greets
    “Yo Tessai, what do I have to do to get past you
    guys?” Anthony asks
    “You must win at least one hand in a game of poker for
    the number of people you want to continue,” Tessai
    answers
    “1, 2, 3… ok, that’s six hands we have to win,”
    Anthony says, “Allen you’re up.”
    “I won’t let you down!” Allen says with an evil gleam
    in his eye
    “Ishida, are you any good at poker?” Anthony asks
    “A little,” Uryu says
    “Then I need you to help Allen win at least four
    hands,” Anthony says
    Allen and Uryu take their places at the table and
    Allen deals the cards. Using his amazing cheating
    skills, Allen quickly won the six games to get
    Anthony, Byakuya, Linali, Zuko, Haseo and Toph through
    the passage.
    The six hurried down the ladder and waiting at the
    first bulkhead were the Mayuris with Diva and Solomon.
    Anthony didn’t like this pairing but he knew what to
    do.
    “Byakuya, get Nemu!” Anthony commands
    “Hadou 61: Six Bars of Light!” Byakuya recites
    The beams pin Nemu down as Anthony runs forward.
    “Haseo and Linali you’re up!” Anthony says
    “Right!” They reply in unison
    Linali invocates her Dark Boots and Haseo goes
    straight to Flick Reaper form. As those two held off
    the remaining enemies, Anthony and the other three
    managed to get through the unprotected door.
    Meanwhile, the battle outside the shop was getting
    fierce. Brandon and Haji were blade to blade with
    Brandon covered in small injuries while Haji was
    looking a little ragged. Orihime was a little roughed
    up, but she wasn’t about to lose to the woman who
    tried to steal her boyfriend.
    “Damn Haji,” Brandon says, “I’m not even trying and
    I’m beating the crap out of you!”
    Haji doesn’t reply, but instead he ditches his dagger
    and whacks Brandon with his casket. Brandon was
    momentarily dazed by the impact and that left him open
    to Haji’s attack. Haji came at Brandon with his claw,
    but because Brandon was under the influence of
    Skittles, he dodged the attack and countered with a
    flip kick. Haji reeled back from the kick and Brandon
    ran backwards and grabbed a few of Haji’s discarded
    daggers while putting together his shotgun.
    On the other side of the battle, Orihime was blocking
    Saya’s sword attacks while countering with hammer
    swings of her own. Saya thought Orihime was swinging
    slow and that she had an advantage, when really
    Orihime was waiting for the perfect time to spring her
    trap. She looked over and saw Brandon pulling out his
    shotgun and thought it was time.
    “Tsubaki!” Orihime commands
    A tiny male black fairy appears next to Orihime.
    “What do you want woman?” Tsubaki questions
    “You know what we rehearsed for this kind of situation
    so do it!” Orihime commands
    “Alright already!” Tsubaki says transforming into his
    origami form
    Shifting back to Brandon, he had just thrown all of
    Haji’s daggers so that they would be blocked by Haji.
    Unbeknownst to Haji, Brandon had hidden some more
    daggers at a specific point into which he was being
    forced. As Haji blocked the last blade with his
    casket, he removed the big metal coffin from in front
    of his face only to see Brandon’s foot getting ready
    to collide with his face.
    “Dynamic Entry!!!” Brandon shouts making contact with
    Haji’s face
    Haji went down onto the blades and cried out in pain.
    Saya looked over at him only to see that Brandon was
    going to shoot his head off. Saya tries to rush to
    help Haji, but Tsubaki flies into her face and
    distracts her. When she goes to slash him down, she
    misses and Orihime comes at her from behind and puts
    all her power behind a swing and sends Saya flying
    towards Brandon.
    Haji saw his mistress flying through the air and used
    his remaining strength to leap up and save her.
    Though Haji’s save was admirable; it left him wide
    open to an attack from Brandon, who shot both of them
    through the abdomen followed by fast shots to the
    ankles so that Haji couldn’t run when he landed.
    When Haji landed, he pretty much collapsed on Saya as
    soon as he hit the ground. Without the ability to
    move, Haji and Saya were sitting ducks for any
    incoming attacks.
    Orihime slowly walks over to her fallen enemies and
    turned her hammer over to the spiked side. Once
    again, she placed all her might into the swing and
    left Saya and Haji a bloody mess upon the concrete.
    She wrenched her weapon from their carcasses and
    dragged it over to Brandon.
    “You know they aren’t dead right?” Brandon asks
    “I know, but I did get pleasure out of beating that
    whore,” Orihime replies
    “Wait a minute,” Brandon says, “where are Ururu and
    Jinta?”
    “They went inside to get Tessai to undo the kidou,”
    Orihime answers, “but let’s worry about ourselves for
    now and go get healed.”
    “Ok, after we get healed it’ll be round two,” Brandon
    says
    The two walk across the street to the Recovery team’s
    tent. After entering they are greeted by Hanataro.
    Hanataro escorts them to a table where he applies some
    ointment to both Brandon and Orihime’s wounds and then
    Miranda invocates her innocence and rewinds time to
    heal their wounds.
    “Thanks Hanataro,” Brandon says, “that goop made me
    feel energized.”
    “Oh, that’s because it has a special herb mixed into
    it that restores stamina quickly,” Hanataro explains
    “Thanks Miranda, you were really helpful,” Orihime
    says
    “Thank you so much for your kind words,” Miranda
    replies
    “Ok, well we better go out and get ready for round
    two,” Brandon says
    “Wait!” Hinata says, “How’s Anthony?”
    “Don’t know,” Brandon replies, “he ran off with the
    others as soon as Byakuya paralyzed Ururu. You
    shouldn’t worry though, if anything bad were to happen
    you’d know and we’d probably have to go save him.”
    “Oh, ok then,” Hinata says, “do your best.”
    “We will,” Orihime says
    Brandon and Orihime leave the tent to see Ururu and
    Jinta emerging from the shop. And all of this was
    going on while Anthony’s group had reached the second
    bulkhead guarded by Nathan and Karl.
    “Oh great, a f*****t and schizoid with a weird arm,”
    Anthony comments, “Byakuya I leave them to you.”
    “This is where our agreement ends boy,” Byakuya states
    “Agreed,” Anthony replies
    Anthony, Toph and Zuko make a break for the door but
    are blocked by Karl in his transformed state. Byakuya
    shunpos in front of Karl before he can attack and Karl
    stops dead in his tracks.
    “I am your opponent now,” Byakuya says drawing his
    blade
    Anthony’s group made it through the next door only to
    be confronted with the worst combination of people to
    fight: the trio of Azula, Kaede and Asuna. Anthony
    didn’t like this pairing, but he had no choice in the
    matter.
    “Zuko! Toph! I’m leaving these three to you,”
    Anthony says, “take out Kaede first! Messing with
    Azula will play into her hands!”
    “Right!” They say in unison
    “I don’t think so!” Azula says shooting off lighting
    Anthony shunpos past her and goes straight through
    the door into the hallway beyond. As the door closes
    behind him, Zuko glares at his sister.
    “Why are you helping Yoruichi Azula?” Zuko questions
    “Stupid Zuzu, with Brandon as collateral for a
    successful mission, why wouldn’t I be helping
    Yoruichi?” Azula replies
    “Shut it loser!” Toph shouts, “We’re going to kick all
    of your assess and go back up Anthony!”
    “Little earth bender, you are sadly mistaken,” Azula
    says, “You will never make it out of this room.”
    Toph shoots a boulder off at Azula and it is blocked
    by Kaede’s giant shuriken. Asuna jumps off of the
    blade of the shuriken and swings her sword, creating a
    shockwave that Toph blocks with an earth wall.
    “Nin-nin,” Kaede grins
    Back at the poker table, Allen was undefeated due to
    his cheating prowess. Unfortunately, he got caught
    cheating on this particular turn.
    “I win again,” Allen declares placing down his cards
    “How the hell does this keep happening?” James asks
    “I’m just lucky I guess,” Allen replies
    “Very well, I propose to a handshake,” Amshel says
    extending his hand
    Allen takes Amshel’s hand and Amshel lifts Allen’s
    sleeve up, revealing the extra cards he was hiding in
    his sleeve. Allen pulls his arm back with a nervous
    look on his face and stands up.
    “Well Uryu, I think it’s time we leave,” Allen says
    pulling Uryu up
    “Get them!” Soi Fon shouts
    As Allen and Uryu evacuate the building with Soi Fon
    and James tailing them, they arrive outside in the
    middle of Brandon and Orihime’s battle.
    “Allen and Quincy, get your assess in gear and help
    us!” Brandon shouts
    Brandon had easily taken down Jinta, but now he and
    Orihime were having trouble since Ururu had entered
    Genocide Mode. It took all the energy Brandon and his
    girlfriend had to dodge Ururu’s onslaught of powerful
    physical attacks.
    Allen invocated his arm as Uryu materialized his bow
    and James and Soi Fon arrive outside. The four attack
    team member move in back to back as their opponents
    closed in from three sides.
    “Hey Uryu,” Orihime whispers, “you still have enough
    spirit particles?”
    “Yes Inoue, but why do you ask?” Uryu replies
    “I want you to use your Quincy explosion symbol,”
    Orihime answers, “Can you trap all three of them?”
    “If you guys can keep them busy long enough, I
    probably can,” Uryu replies
    “I call Bitchninja!” Brandon says
    “I got James,” Orihime says
    “Then I have Ururu,” Allen says
    “Godspeed Allen, you are the only one we’re worried
    about,” Orihime says
    “All right, let’s go!” Brandon says
    As Uryu takes off to set up his trap, the others take
    on their opponents. Brandon kept Soi Fon busy with
    hand to hand combat. They were and even match because
    Brandon was coming down from his high on Skittles and
    Soi Fon took the opportunity to unleash her zanpakuto.
    “Sting my enemy, Suzumebachi!” Soi Fon invocates
    As Soi Fon’s blade transformed into a claw that fit
    perfectly fit over the middle finger of her right
    hand, Brandon swallowed Hanataro’s pill. When the
    sequence was done, both fighters had gained a new
    level of power that would help determine the victor of
    the battle.
    In Orihime’s case, she was just dodging all of James’
    attacks trying to wait out the time it would take for
    Uryu to finish. Because she wasn’t paying attention,
    James got in close to Orihime. Before he could land a
    blow, she used her fairies.
    “Santen Kesshun! I reject!” Orihime shouts
    A triangular shield appears in front of Orihime and
    she wills it forward to hit James. He is forced back
    by the barrier right into Ururu’s path. Allen sees
    the confusion caused by this moment and uses Cross
    Grave’s explosion to incapacitate both James and
    Ururu.
    Back at Brandon’s fight, he had successfully been hit
    on both shoulders by Suzumebachi and as a result, he
    had the butterfly markers that were adhered to his
    skin.
    “If I hit you once more on either shoulder, you’ll
    die,” Soi Fon states
    “Bring it Bitchninja!” Brandon replies
    Soi Fon charges at Brandon with her arm extended and
    he catches it and forces her to strike herself. A
    butterfly marker appears on her stomach as Brandon
    throws her away. She looks down to confirm her being
    marked and looks up as Brandon throws a fuma at her.
    Soi Fon jumps up to dodge the shuriken and it comes
    back and hits her in the back before returning to
    Brandon. Brandon smirks as Soi Fon falls to the
    bloodily to the ground.
    “H-how?” Soi Fon asks
    “Psychotic Shuriken Jutsu,” Brandon replies
    Allen throws James and Ururu on top of Soi Fon and
    all of them get out of the glowing Quincy cross that
    had just appeared on the ground. Uryu drops a small
    amount of liquid spirit particles onto the glowing
    cross and three seconds later it exploded. After all
    the bodies had been stacked by the door, the four went
    to the recovery tent.
    “We won,” Brandon says walking
    “Great job, great job, you guys are the greatest
    greatest!” Sumomo cheers
    “Thank you Sumomo,” Orihime says
    Back underground, Byakuya was having no trouble
    stopping Karl. With rapid shunpo, Byakuya had easily
    confused Karl. Karl tried to shoot off his arm
    spikes, but their speed was too slow to keep up with
    Byakuya’s speed. Getting tired of such a pointless
    battle, Byakuya slashes Karl from three directions.
    “Scatter, Senbon Zakura,” Byakuya invocates
    Byakuya holds his zanpakuto in front of his face and
    the blade glows white and then disappears.
    “How are you going to fight without a weapon?” Karl
    says flying towards Byakuya
    Right before Karl could attack Byakuya, he suddenly
    fell out of the sky covered in cuts as Byakuya’s blade
    reformed on its hilt. Byakuya turns his attention
    towards Nathan who shows no signs of attacking.
    Byakuya sheathes his sword and walks away from Karl’s
    body.
    “There was no way that your blade would have ever
    reached me,” Byakuya says coldly before leaving to
    head for the recovery tent
    Before Byakuya could get to the door to the next
    room, Karl shot a spike that caught Byakuya in the
    left ankle. Byakuya turned around to see Karl
    standing up with his arm extended.
    “Very well,” Byakuya says, “your persistence shows me
    that only my true strength will finally let you die.”
    Karl starts to run at Byakuya as Byakuya drops his
    sword. As Senbon Zakura strikes the ground, it sinks
    in. Once the sword had completely dissolved into the
    ground, rows upon rows of blades rose up out of the
    ground and dissolved into flower petals.
    “This is my bankai,” Byakuya states, “scatter, Senbon
    Zakura Kageyoshi.”
    Karl was consumed by a wave of petal shaped blades
    that ripped his body to shreds. Byakuya reclaims his
    sword and sheathes it before walking away.
    “You were never even worth my time,” Byakuya says
    leaving
    In the room next door, Haseo and Linali weren’t doing
    so well. Solomon and Mayuri were proving very hard to
    subdue. As a last ditch effort, Mayuri has summoned
    his bankai Konjiki Ashisogijizo. Haseo wasn’t sure
    why he was making his next move, but he made it
    anyway. Haseo went to his X-form and invoked his
    phase. Gaining the power of Skeith the Terror of
    Death, Haseo went to work with his new abilities.
    “Data drain!” Haseo shouts
    Haseo’s attack rewrote the structure of Mayuri’s
    bankai and turned it back into its sealed state. With
    the giant caterpillar-alien baby thing gone, Linali
    activated the second stage of her Dark Boots and Haseo
    pulled out his guns. Haseo used his unlimited bullets
    to inflict massive damage upon Diva and Solomon while
    Linali proceeded to kick the crap out of Mayuri.
    After about five minutes of non-stop attack, the two
    back off realizing their opponents won’t be getting
    back up. So Haseo and Linali leave the shop and
    return to the recovery tent to be treated.
    In the final room, Zuko and Toph were having the
    hardest time trying to land blows upon their foes.
    Kaede’s ninja training had conditioned her well enough
    to deal with situations like this, and therefore she
    wasn’t very easy to hit. Asuna was using her sword to
    deflect all incoming attacks, but was still a little
    susceptible to Toph’s earth bending. Azula on the
    other hand, had no visible injuries at all considering
    she was fighting her brother. Azula easily dodged all
    of Zuko’s fire bending attacks and was shooting off
    lighting to counter.
    Toph sensed all the vibrations of the fight and
    managed to pinpoint Asuna’s location. Toph shot up a
    rock prison that incased Asuna so she couldn’t swing
    her sword and prevent her from moving completely.
    Toph then sensed that Kaede was going to help Asuna
    and trapped Kaede in an earth prison that she easily
    escaped by substitution.
    “Stand still dammit!” Toph curses
    Kaede keeps dodging Toph’s attacks until she
    accidentally slips and is captured by Toph.
    “Now stay in there!” Toph shouts
    Meanwhile, Zuko was dodging all of his sister’s
    lighting just as she was dodging his flames. They
    stopped attacking for a moment and glare at each
    other.
    “Poor little Zuzu,” Azula taunts, “you just can’t seem
    to land an attack now can you?”
    “Neither can you Azula!” Zuko retorts, “I may have
    never been able to beat you in combat before, but that
    all changes today!”
    “Bold talk from a failure,” Azula says, “tell you
    what, I’ll finish you off now with my strongest
    lightning and you can die so that father never has to
    see your disgraceful face again!”
    Azula takes up a stance and churns the air around
    her, starting to form the electricity. Zuko takes up
    an opposing stance and waits for his sister’s attack.
    Azula focuses the energy into the index and middle
    fingers of her right hand and shoots off an incredibly
    large amount of lightning at Zuko. Zuko sticks out
    his left index and middle fingers to absorb the
    lightning and then he focuses the energy through his
    body and shoots it off back towards Azula through the
    index and middle fingers of his extended right arm.
    Azula is hit square in the chest with her own attack
    and goes flying into the wall behind her. Azula falls
    to the ground after her impact and upon further
    inspection is found to be unconscious. So with the
    fight over, Toph and Zuko proceed to help Anthony only
    to find the door is locked with no way to get through.
    With no other options, the two return to the base.
    Upon entering the tent, Zuko is immediately
    questioned by Hinata.
    “Where’s Anthony?” Hinata asks worriedly
    “He went ahead of us into the hallway and when we
    tried to follow after we finished fighting, we
    couldn’t follow,” Zuko answers
    “I can’t this!” Hinata snaps, “I’m going to get
    Anthony!”
    “No,” Brandon says, “he has to do this alone Hina.”
    “No he doesn’t!” Hinata counters
    “Hanataro, do it,” Brandon says
    Hanataro takes a syringe and injects its contents
    into Hinata’s neck. Hinata instantly falls asleep and
    Allen places her on a table.
    “Was this really necessary?” Hanataro asks
    “It was,” Brandon replies, “Anthony told me he’d be
    using some of his more dangerous techniques and I
    think that’s why no one can follow him.”
    “Let’s just hope he knows what he’s doing,” Anna says
    Anthony had been running down the hall for about
    seven minutes now and he could just make out Ichigo
    guarding the door. Anthony stops about twenty meters
    away from Ichigo.
    “Move Kurosaki,” Anthony commands
    “No can do can do Anthony,” Ichigo responds, “you’ve
    gotta go through me to get to Yoruichi and Mr.
    Hat-and-Clogs.”
    “Fine,” Anthony says drawing his blade, “copy, Mirror
    Image.”
    Anthony’s pure silver, katana shaped blade, morphs
    into an exact copy of Ichigo’s Zangetsu with the
    slight differences of Mirror Image being a white blade
    with a black edge and the bandages around the swords
    tang being black.
    “What the hell?” Ichigo asks
    “I have no time to waste on you!” Anthony says,
    “Bankai!”
    A cloud of swirling black energy covers Anthony and
    when it disperses, Anthony’s entire outfit had been
    replaced with the white version of Ichigo’s bankai
    clothes and Mirror Image had completely copied
    Ichigo’s bankai, Tensa Zangetsu with the exception of
    the sword being completely white instead of black.
    “How?” Ichigo asks
    “Mirror Image can copy any blade in any form if I will
    it,” Anthony explains, “now here’s your bankai! Tensa
    Zangetsu! Now Izora, give me your strength!”
    Anthony pulls out a hollow mask and places it on his
    face. Before Ichigo could react, Anthony had already
    shunpoed behind him and was ready to attack.
    “Getsuga Tenshou!” Anthony shouts
    Anthony slashed at Ichigo’s back and sent him flying
    with a white shockwave that was Zangetsu’s special
    ability. As Ichigo struggles to get up, Anthony fires
    off another Getsuga Tenshou and Ichigo stayed down.
    “Come challenge me when you aren’t so easily
    distracted,” Anthony says coldly before proceeding
    through the door
    Anthony walks into the next room in the same form he
    left the other one. He walks around until he finds
    the computer. Anthony stays where he is because he
    knows that if he goes any closer something will
    happen.
    “Come out Urahara and Yoruichi!” Anthony shouts
    Yoruichi and Urahara appear from nowhere and look at
    Anthony’s appearance.
    “Whoa, I think he copied Ichigo a little too much,”
    Urahara jokes
    “You know that’s his Zanpakuto’s ability!” Yoruichi
    says, “he can copy any person’s blade and he also
    gains their abilities and sometimes appearance.”
    “Don’t think this is a copy of Ichigo’s mask,” Anthony
    says, “this is my own, and trust me, it’s more
    powerful than Ichigo’s could ever be.”
    “That may be but-,” Urahara starts
    Before Kisuke could finish his sentence, Anthony had
    already run him through with his zanpakuto. Urahara
    started to cough blood when Anthony retracted his
    blade.
    “You talk too much,” Anthony says, “Getsuga Tenshou!”
    At point blank range, there was nothing Urahara could
    do to block the attack. Urahara was consumed by the
    blast and when the dust cleared he wasn’t dead, but he
    wouldn’t be participating in the fight anymore.
    “What are you?” Yoruichi asks frightened
    “I’m pissed off!” Anthony replies
    Anthony holds up his hand and starts to collect
    energy for a cero. Yoruichi realizes what is
    happening and rushes to the computer to upload the
    data to the internet. Just as she was getting ready
    to touch the mouse, Anthony fires his cero and the
    black energy blast smacked into Yoruichi’s back
    knocking her into the wall and destroying the
    computer.
    Anthony lowers his hand as Yoruichi struggles to get
    up. He deforms and returns to normal as Yoruichi sits
    up. He walks over to her and helps her up.
    “I win,” Anthony states
    “I know,” Yoruichi replies, “I was so close to
    uploading that data.”
    “I couldn’t let that happen,” Anthony says
    “Why not?” Yoruichi asked, “You could’ve been more
    popular than Brandon.”
    “Unlike him, I didn’t want that title,” Anthony
    replies
    “Oh well, wanna have an all out sparring match next
    week?” Yoruichi asks
    “Let’s do it now,” Anthony says
    “How can we manage that when I’m hurt and you’re
    tired?” Yoruichi asks
    “I have senzu beans and squad four stamina pills,”
    Anthony replies, “you can take some sense all I need
    is a stamina pill. Give a senzu to Kisuke so he
    doesn’t die.”
    Yoruichi eats a senzu bean and is instantly healed.
    She gets up and goes over to Urahara and feeds him the
    bean and he regains consciousness and his health.
    Anthony goes to Urahara and helps him up.
    “Sorry about that Kisuke, I needed to end that fast,”
    Anthony apologizes
    “It’s fine, I totally understand,” Urahara shrugs, “it
    still amazes me how much more power than Ichigo you
    have considering that his growth rate is much higher
    than yours.”
    “Let’s say that when I’m serious, my resolve is
    stronger than Ichigo’s could ever be and that my
    strength increases tenfold,” Anthony says
    “Still, that cero was really powerful,” Yoruichi says
    “Actually, that cero was only using a quarter of my
    power,” Anthony says, “if I had no natural limits, I
    might have accidentally destroyed the whole shop.”
    “You were holding back?” Urahara asks
    “Yeah, I didn’t want to kill anyone, just stop them
    from stopping me so I also held back with those
    Getsuga Tenshou. Here Yoruichi,” Anthony explains
    while handing over a stamina pill
    “Amazing,” Yoruichi says, “so are we going to fight
    now?”
    “I would like to, but I need more space,” Anthony says
    “Ok,” Yoruichi says clapping her hands
    The bulkhead walls rose from the ground and retracted
    into the ceiling. As this happened, Anthony looked
    around and saw the remnants of the fights of his
    allies. It was a horrible sight, yet Anthony could
    sense that nothing too bad had happened. Most of the
    people had already retreated and the rest were already
    climbing the ladder.
    “Is this enough room for you?” Yoruichi asks
    “I think it should do,” Anthony answers, “hey Kisuke
    could you tape us fighting?”
    “No problem,” Urahara says grabbing a camera from his
    pocket
    “That didn’t get broken when I attacked?” Anthony asks
    confused
    “Nope,” Urahara replies, “it’s an impact camera, so
    whenever it gets into an impact it automatically
    exerts enough force to counter the blow.”
    “Interesting,” Anthony says, “you ready Yoruichi?”
    “Of course,” Yoruichi replies
    “Begin!” Urahara says
    Anthony and Yoruichi charge at each other and they
    clash with an intense display of martial arts prowess.
    They kept fighting at a stalemate for five minutes
    with neither one landing a successful blow. As
    Anthony backs off, Yoruichi back flips onto the rock
    behind her.
    “You’ve gotten better,” Yoruichi says
    “Thanks for noticing,” Anthony says
    They take off from their respective places and
    continue their fight while Urahara links his camera to
    the internet. Urahara uses his camera’s web cam
    feature and uploads the footage to his homepage and
    then he sends the video feed to the internet at large.
    Back in the recovery tent, Brandon was busy looking
    things up on the internet with google when he got an
    invite feed from Urahara. Brandon opened the link and
    saw the footage of Anthony and Yoruichi’s fight. He
    quickly full screened the video and told the others to
    come. They all gathered around the monitor to watch
    the fight.
    Back on the battlefield, Anthony had redrawn his
    zanpakuto to block the anken that Yoruichi were
    throwing at him. Anthony resheaths his blade and
    pulls on his hollow mask.
    “Let’s end this Yoruichi!” Anthony says charging his
    cero
    “Fine by me!” Yoruichi says charging her shunko
    The two charge their attacks to the limit and release
    their explosive powers. The two blasts of
    concentrated spirit energy hit each other and are then
    caught in a power struggle. Anthony’s cero was being
    pushed back further and further until he unleashed
    three-fourths of his strength and completely overcame
    Yoruichi’s Shunko. The blast culminated and hit
    Yoruichi head on.
    As she was about to be completely eradicated, Anthony
    stepped in and saved her. After placing her at a safe
    distance away, Anthony returned and cancelled out his
    previous cero with a new one. After the dust settles,
    Anthony goes and checks on Yoruichi.
    “Looks like you win again,” Yoruichi grins
    “Oh come on, you honestly had me worried for a second
    that I was going to lose to you,” Anthony says
    “Ok then,” Yoruichi says, “as a reward for winning,
    when I’m better, I’ll train you to use bankai.”
    “You don’t have to do that,” Anthony says
    “Well I am,” Yoruichi says
    “Thanks Yoruichi,” Anthony says
    “Any time,” Yoruichi replies
    “Yoruichi!” Urahara says, “Are you ok?”
    “Yeah, Anthony held back again,” Yoruichi says
    “Yeah, and I’m sorry to just fight and run but the
    others are probably worried about me,” Anthony says,
    “see you later.”
    “Bye Anthony,” Urahara and Yoruichi say
    Anthony leaves the shop and crosses the street to the
    tent. As soon as he enters the tent, Anthony is
    glomped by Hinata and everyone else rushes to the
    opening.
    “Anthony!” Hinata says hugging him
    “Hello Hina, how’ve you been?” Anthony greets
    “I was worried sick,” Hinata says, “what happened in
    there? Did you get the data?”
    “It’s fine,” Anthony says, “I went in, beat Yoruichi
    and Urahara and destroyed the data in the process.
    And then I had a sparring match with Yoruichi.”
    “Is that what was on the computer?” Anna asks
    “What do you mean?” Anthony asks
    “There was this really intense fight between you and
    Yoruichi on the computer right before you came back,”
    Miranda explains
    “Kisuke said he was taping the match so that was
    probably it,” Anthony says
    “Damn Anthony, that was crazy,” Brandon says
    “Not really, I was holding back,” Anthony says
    “What!?” Everyone but Hinata asks
    “How is that possible?” Linali asks
    “Because I can never overcome my natural limits or
    else something bad will happen,” Anthony says
    “Ok then I guess that means we won!” Uryu says
    “We won, we won, we won the whole thing!” Sumomo
    cheers
    “Yep and I’ll call you all up for the party because
    right now, I’m too tired to do anything but sleep,”
    Anthony says
    Anthony falls asleep with Hinata still on top of him
    and everyone else leaves. Anthony is taken to his
    room in the Hyuuga estate and it was all over with the
    party the next day at Saya’s mansion.