(Old note) A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I could NOT find the perfect battle song for Ikkaku until now! I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS CHAPTER!

As mentioned before, things are going to get more intense now!~ I tried my best to write out Ikkaku's fight, this is the first time I made a fight between him and another...so I hope you like it!

The song in here, I looked for an extended version but there was none...... So if it's too short, I'm sorry.... v.v

I look for music that's on youtube, so all you have to do is look up the listed song in the story! :D

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Haro remained there smirking, watching the third-seater glare at him with a scowl and narrowed eyes. One side of his lip was curled up in disgust and anger, whilst shadow appeared in between his eyes. He hated him...he always had, now that he hurt Kai and killed her brother...he was going to tear that vampire apart...

His two giant blades in his hands were pointed towards the faint pink and light gray-haired male, one blade up above his head and the other directly outstretched. At the back-ends of his two giant blades, chains were connected to them and the hovering blade behind his head; the floating third blade had a dragon symbol on it in the middle.

He remained there debating rather he should attack first or wait for him to do it instead. "What's wrong? It was just a simple kiss, nothing more...nothing less...oooohhhh...definitely not less...hmhmhmhm.~" Haro chuckled at the last part, he could still feel her soft black lips linger on his own. He rubbed his lips together and tried to keep the sensation there as long as possible.

Stay calm Ikkaku...don't let him get under your skin... No...he hurt Kai! He killed her brother! HE EVEN KISSED HER! Ikkaku mentally raged with the grips on his two giant blades tightening more. "I came here just in time, to see Kai start to fight you in her...fusion form... She was amazing...and there was one line I can't help but agree with..." he stated, causing the vampire to tilt his head and still have that open smirk plastered.

"Oh?~ What might that be, Madarame?~" he questioned with his yellow, vampiric, diamond slits gleaming through the darkness of the surroundings. The stars above twinkled as if cheering for the baldy who came in to save her and both men faced each other with their weapons ready. Slowly, the vampire began to walk sideways and kept his attention on the man. It didn't take long for Ikkaku to do the same, not too long later were they matching each other's speed. They both had their attention locked on each other, walking sideways and keeping that distance between them.

As if everything stood still, the third-seater's lips came into view and that very sentence that Kai spoke, came out of him. "You're dead..."

https://youtu.be/0g2thirR3CE

(It's the best song I could find for him and I hope it's to your liking!~)

He stated, it changed to show him running at the vampire, he jumped, spun in the air, and swung one of his giant blades at him.

Haro chuckled, dodged every swing, and rose his half-melted drill up to slice at him. Ikkaku just twisted to move out of the way, his chest getting slightly grazed. They were fast, though, with Haro limited since his weapon was half-ruined, he relied on the melted part of the drill most of the time.

Haro jumped back, spun his Celtic cross sword, and tossed it at him. It was like a saw blade, cutting through the ground and forming a long line. He outstretched his hand and controlled the blade, moving it all around Ikkaku in a circle. The third-seater's eyes widened and rose his second giant blade up to block the Celtic sword from slicing him. Keeping the blindingly spinning blade at bay, he used his other giant sword by chucking it at the vampire who stood in the distance.

Haro dodged by side-stepping and watched the blade just barely pass his nose. Seeing he was open, Ikkaku lunged at him as well being chased by that said cross blade behind him. The moment Haro turned his head, he pulled his hand back to bring his blade back to him and caught it; the pole part of his cross rose and blocked the incoming swipe.

The contact of both weapons made the earth shake below, making wind harshly brush everything around them. His long locks, chained trench coat, and shihakusho pants waved from the gust as well did Ikkaku's. Both their faces were close, Tatsibura smirking and Madarame gritting his teeth in anger; jumping back, they both made a good distance between each other.

Haro stabbed his half-melted drill into the ground and laughed. "Chinoiawa!~" he loudly stated. Like before, blood oozed from the glass droplet on top of the cross and coated his weapon. Soon the blood bubble expanded and engulfed him, taking in a lot of the surroundings excluding Ikkaku.

The third-seater gasped, jumped back further, and stood on top of one of the remaining tall gray-stoned buildings. He took notice of how most of his attacks drew blood from that droplet-shaped glass bulb on top of the vampire's cross, so he made it his goal to break it. Gritting his teeth, he rose the hovering blade above his head and began to twirl it.

Before he could even get it started, the blood bubble popped and masked the ground in blood. Blood rained upon the land, then steamed up and caused the entire area this time, to be engulfed by red fog. He, Doumig'rah, unconscious Kaiorin, and Haro were all covered in the same substance.

Ikkaku didn't know where to find him, he kept darting his head all over the area and kept his guard up. He heard several scrapes of a metal scratch across the ground in many locations and laughter was heard, before he knew it he heard the vampire shout. "Crimson no wa na me!" With that, blood suddenly came rushing after him and engulfed his body.

"AAAAAAH!" he screamed out, feeling the blood burn his very skin. Quickly, he jumped high into the air and made it out of the thick bloody fog. He landed on a cliffside in a crouched position and looked around. Teeth still gritted, he tried to ignore the pain and kept his guard up.

"Kouorodzuyoi!" Haro screamed, soon making the very ground that Ikkaku stood on to shake and crumble. Chunks of the earth uprooted; seeing this the third-seater jumped up higher this time and hovered there for a good minute. It wasn't long when blood gushed up from the cracks of the quake, surprising him.

After it died down, he managed to time it just right because he landed soon after. As soon as he landed, Haro came bursting out from the thick red fog and swiped his drill part at him. Ikkaku got cut by the melted side of the drill, then saw Haro turn his cross and swing at him with the head of his blade.

Madarame kept blocking his swing, both of his giant blades smacking his attacks away. With one swift motion, he blocked the final swing and used his free blade to smash the bulb when Haro spun his cross around to swing its head at him. Both his blade and the bulb made contact, causing the glass bulb to shatter into pieces of red glass. Blood splattered everywhere and made Haro jump back in defense.

The vampire was shocked, his opponent found out his zanpakuto's weakness... Before he knew it, he saw Ikkaku jump into the air and land on a tall gray-stoned building like before. Tatsibura couldn't do anything, his weapon was useless now...the only thing he could do now was to keep swiping at him with his half-melted drill...

Like before, Ikkaku began to spin his hovering blade above his head. His eyes had the intent to kill, sheer anger evident in them. He would be having fun fighting this vampire if he hadn't hurt the one woman he loved...mentally and physically; the dragon on his blade was glowing, it looked like it was getting filled up.

What is he doing...? Haro mentally questioned and was in no position to run considering the lack of offense he had. His only defense was the pole part of his cross and offense was the half-melted drill... The only other option was to run around, to try and evade whatever attack Madarame had in store for him. So he waited...until...he saw that dragon get full... His vampiric eyes widened, he wasn't expecting Ikkaku to flash-step and get a point-blank shot by his attack.

It zoomed out to show a sudden burst of a red flash brightly and caused red smoke to take up the whole environment. Everything that was in the blast's way, got crushed by his sheer power. (Song ends here! I hoped it matched well!~)

Once the red fog faded, he was shown panting and angrily gripping his two giant blades. Haro...was dead...he saw Tatsibura's lower half laying on the blood-covered ground and his upper half was nowhere to be seen... He took a deep breath, dismissed his bankai, and stashed his zanpakuto back into its sheath. Shutting his eyes, he sighed and opened them again with his head viewing the sky; looking over in Daomig'rah's direction he noticed the elder smirking.

Dao nodded and kept his daughter in his arms, he was happy to know that the male that loved his daughter was strong enough to protect her. He laid her down on the building and kneeled on one knee. Hsi slits gazed upon her frame, she had terrible cuts on her skin, small bruises and a lot of lava blood was still trickling down her body including those dark spots.

He frowned, he could feel her spiritual pressure growing fainter and fainter by the minute. Hearing Ikkaku flash step up to them, he turned his head and viewed the man. "How is she...?" his question made Dao's eyes squint, then took a stand and brushed his white shihakusho pants off.

"She needs aid..." That was his simple reply, as he kept his eyes shut. Ikkaku hurried over and got on his knees, sitting next to her form and hovering over her body a bit. He brought his hand to her face and cupped her cheek, the warmth of her skin was also fading...she...was dying...

Madarame was growing devastated, eyes widened, and mouth in a line. His anger soon replaced his devastation and jolted up. "WHERE IS SQUAD FOUR?!" he yelled after pulling out the communicator from his tattered robes; as if on cue, a quick reply emitted from it.

They should be there by now. Fear not, they will arrive. Unohana reassured with her gentle voice and the sounds of...swords clashing on the other end echoed from the other side. He opened his mouth to speak, but a few fourth squad members appeared and cut him off.

"Excuse me, sir!" Hanataro was one of them, he and his team came rushing over with a stretcher. Four men counting the boy, was about to pick the goth up when Ikkaku pushed them out of the way and lifted her up himself; he laid her down gently then looked up at the boy,

"You're too slow!" he rose his voice. "C'mon, we don't have all night! SHE'S DYING FOR PETE'S SAKE!" he screamed this time and rushed them to take her back. Seeing them hurry to leave the area, both he and Dao followed them. "Hey, I heard swords clashing in the background when I spoke with Captain Unohana! What's going on?!" yelled the third-seater, as he kept up with their running.

Hanataro turned his head over his shoulder and panicked. A scary expression was on Ikkaku's face and saw that his shihakusho top was practically shredded as well. Gulping, countless sweat beads rolled down his head, and faced forward once more. They carried the goth over walls, through paths ways, and zigzagged past...other rushing Soul Reapers? "C- Captain Unohana is aiding a lot of wounded Soul Reapers sir, some vampires that are disguised as Soul Reapers, are attacking all of the divisions. She said that Captain Kurotsuchi discovered bite marks on a dead Soul Reaper's neck, he claimed that he was turned into a vampire by someone! So all these vampires that are disguised as Soul Reapers, were turned!" Madarame's eyes widened, he wasn't expecting Soul Reapers to get bitten and turned...

"Do all the Captains know that these Soul Reapers were turned?!" he asked loudly, unbeknownst to him that Daomig'rah was getting angrier by the minute... Why? Because Kai was on the verge of death...

"No, not that I'm aware of, s-sir!" Hanataro stuttered, then soon came across the fourth division and hurried to the door.

Everyone rushed down the halls, turned Soul Reapers tried to lash out at them only for Dao to prevent that by killing them with each swift blow of his clawed fists. Unohana was seen in front of a door, easily evading several strikes from a vampire Soul Reaper. Ikkaku bolted up to the turned reaper and grabbed his head, twisting it around to snap his neck. The reaper fell dead on the floor instantly, he didn't want to do that...but he had no choice...

"In here, quickly." Retsu pointed into the room next to her, watching Hanataro and the others rush in and place her on the bed. Ikkaku stood at her bedside and stared at her form with worry. Retsu came in, shut the door, and locked it from the inside. She knew that no one could open it unless they were fourth-squad members.

Hurrying over to Kai's unconscious body, she picked up her wrist and felt around for a pulse. She did everything she could, looking for pulses, seeing how much lava blood she had left, checking her deep terrible cuts and etc. "She has lost a good amount of lava blood. Lord Daomig'rah, might I ask for your permission to do a blood transplant?" she looked over, stared into his furious lava slits, and saw him nod. "Captain Kurotsuchi created a lava resistant syringe..." adding to her words, she pulled out the said object and took ahold of the elder's arm.

Quickly, she drew his lava blood. She had dozens of those syringes so she extracted a lot of blood from the man. She turned to face Kai and was about to strip her to patch her up when she realized that the men still remained in the room. "Please exit the room, so I may bandage her wounds and clean them," Ikkaku's face went bright red yet had a serious expression and nodded. Everyone walked out of the room...except Dao... She squinted her eyes at the dragon only to receive the same action from him. "Sir, I must-" before she could even finish, Dao's own words cut her off.

"I do not care...proceed... She is my great-granddaughter, that I have claimed as my daughter... I shall assist, an exposed body does not bother me in the slightest," he explained in a rather dark tone and earned a quizzical look from the Captain. He was serious, he wanted to take care of her and be a father to her...

"Very well, but we must make haste!" With that, time flew by and Kai was all patched up now. Unohana took the syringe out of Kai's arm, cleaned up the lava blood that disintegrated some parts of the bed and the floor. Being in the heat of all that lava made her sweat a bit, so she wiped her face with a cloth piece and exhaled. "There, she should be fine now... She was close to death, so we cannot rest yet until we know for sure, she is going to make it," Retsu stated and looked over at the elder.

Dao's fists were clenched tightly and his veins bulged out from how tight he was clamping them. "Sir...if you may, please remain in here until further notice. I must help with other patients, many Soul Reapers are still wounded," With that, she saw him nod and walk over to her bedside. Seeing him sit down, she rushed out of the door after unlocking it then shut it right after. Just the two of them remained now...that was until Ikkaku came in.

"How is she?" he asked, walked up to him, and had a stern gaze.

"She lost a tremendous amount of blood, she said that we must not relax yet due to a high chance of her dying... Her wounds had been healed by Captain Unohana and her techniques..." Dao explained, not once looking away from Kai's unconscious form.

"Alright..." That was all Ikkaku before pacing up to the goth and taking in her features. Her hair down and all, he blushed a bit with his straight face.

~~~Elsewhere~~~

Back at the gothic shop, Kisaki was seen making her way towards a secluded part in her secret chambers. Maiya and Reicon were both still following, she had passed up portraits of what she assumed...was Aurora's family. She looked up and viewed the almost, eight-foot cyborg, not once had he said anything. He was quiet, obeyed orders, and never asked a single question. "R-Reicon...right?" she asked, trying to gain his attention. Nothing...pure silence, she pouted and looked away.

"Reicon is not one to speak, I took away that ability when I edited his gigai.~ There is no sense in speaking with him, he is but an empty shell that obeys only me," Kisaki explained as she sauntered down the hall, not even taking a glance at the short elven-eyed girl.

"S- Sorry..." Donieri stuttered and moved her mauve eyes down to the floor, knowing that her attempt was futile...

Finally, a clearing came into view and it seemed they were now outside. They had walked through a tunnel that led just outside of the market and in a secluded place. No one was around, lush green trees filled the scenery before her and stars twinkled in the night sky. The moment when she had stood there staring at the scenery, she felt her friend's reiatsu diminish. She halted, eyes widened and mouth went agape. "H- Haro...!" she whispered to herself, causing Aurora to pause in her step and look over her shoulder. Her gleaming, crimson, vampire, diamond eye viewed the shorty curiously.

"As I said...my right-hand man was, with no doubt...going to be killed; so I needed a backup... Do keep in mind what position you're in right now. Dawdling is not one of the things you should be doing, now come," With that, she continued in her walk and left a dumbfounded Maiya behind.

She was shocked, no...upset AND shocked! Her mauve eyes wavered as tears began to brim the edges of her eyes. A single tear strayed and fell down her cheek, he was...dead...and she can't even go see him or the person who killed him... She certainly didn't expect to get pulled along by a strong grip, Reicon had come back and gripped her arm. Must've been commanded by Kisaki to drag her along like that...

They made their way to two large stoned pillars, Maiya looked up in awe at them. They were covered in vines and looked cracked by old age. "Now, wait here while I open the gate.~" she muttered, then flapped her fan open in front of her lips and whispered something. The side of the fan that was close to her dark violet lips, was pink. Suddenly, she began to hover in the air and levitate.

She flew up towards a talisman that was stuck on the pillar, pulled it off, and exposed spiritual pressure which erupted from both of them. The dark woman placed her hand on the said pillar, soon making both of the structures react and form a gate. She floated back down, stared up at it, and smirked; her dark hat continued to hide her piercing crimson gaze. "Now, let's go through before any unwanted Soul Reapers discover us.~" the shop owner sang seductively and swayed her hips as she walked, calmly stepping into the opening.

Maiya gulped and losing Haro still took a toll on her heart...she grew up with him... Making her way through willingly, she didn't want the hulking Reiatsu cyborg to grab her again. They all reached the other side and stood there in the air, floating in the sky of the world of the living. Donieri looked over and viewed her leader, waiting for her orders...much to her distaste, laziness, and pain built up inside...

Aurora fanned herself, her hat still hid her upper face as she hummed a chuckle and exhaled through her nose. "Dear Maiya...there is one special task I wish for you to handle.~ There are beings here that possess hollow masks, I know for a fact because centuries ago or more... I met a few Visards here. Please do take care of them for me.~" she demanded, took something out of her robes, and handed the item to her. "Take this, it will lead you to your destination. I shall patrol the area and search for abnormal creatures, lest they populate and ruin the lives of others..." darkly adding to her words, Kisaki turned her fan the other way so that the purple side of it faced her mouth. She whispered something once more and soon, her body faded until she was gone. Even Reicon was gone...he faded away too, with her.

Maiya being all alone in the night sky, looked around and saw a tall structure nearby. She flash-stepped then landed on the roof, the item she held....was a detector for all hollows alike. She gripped it in her hand a little tighter then shut her elven-mauve eyes, reminding herself of why she joined Kisaki''s side from the beginning... The young woman looked terrible, bags were under her eyes and depression took over her...

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter!~ Don't forget to leave a comment, I'm always happy to hear from my readers! \o/