Devilish Gaming: Ch.38

Name: Yasutora Sado/ Chad
Race: Human (Fullbringer)
Reiryoku Levels: Immense
Reiatsu: Spirit Class Rank 3

SKILLS:
*Fullbring: Expert(MAXED)
*Hand-to-Hand Combat: Master(MAXED)

HOLLOW:
*Bala: Expert (MAXED)
*Cero: Expert (MAXED)
*Descorrer: Advanced (MAXED)
*High-Speed Regeneration: Expert(MAXED)
*Hierro: Expert(MAXED)
*Pesquisa: Advanced (MAXED)
*Sonido: Expert(MAXED)
*Hollowfication: Master(MAXED)
*Armadura Malevola del Guardian Demoniaco (Malevolent Armour of the Guardian Devil): Master (MAXED)

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'I guess that means everything is maxed out,' Chad thought with a hum as he sat on the flooring of Urahara's sparring ground, staring at the screen in front of him where everything was fully MAXED out.

That was a bit of a wonder since he did not have to worry about levelling up Armadura like he had to with Brazo Derecha el Gigante or Brazo Izquierda del Diablo, but at the same time, he had to admit he felt a bit saddened at the fact that he could no longer feel Diablo's presence in his mind.

Oh, he knew the Hollow was still there as he still had all of his Hollow abilities and could call upon his power whenever he wanted, but it was the presence of having a second helper during battles that helped keep Chad calm and collected.

Something he can't unfortunately say anymore.

'I can see what he meant by the fact that I was not using all of my power, though,' Chad thought with a smirk as he hopped to his feet, feeling the spiritual energy of both his and Diablo's combined drumming under his skin before cracking his neck as he made his way to the ladder to the top.

With his newfound power, he believed that he could take Yammy on his own, which left the others to take on whatever Hollows / Arrancars that are left.

'However, Urahara did say that they gain the powers of Shinigami. Does that mean that they have Shikai and Bankai just like the regular Shinigami?', Chad thought with a frown as he climbed out from the training ground, closing the hatch behind him before noticing Tessai and Urahara standing at the door.

“Ah, have you finished your training, Chad?”, Urahara asked and Chad nodded while frowning as he looked up at the sky, noting the names floating there as well as the new unknown spiritual energy signatures clashing against them.

“More Arrancars?”

“We believe so, though it appears that the Gotei 13 have them handled. What worries me is the one with Mr. Kurosaki,” Urahara said while pointing with his cane to the north-west, Chad looking in that direction and grimacing as he saw Ichigo's spiritual energy still fluctuating like crazy.

Compared to the energy of the opponent he was facing, he could see why Urahara was worried since Ichigo as he was now could not take on that foe especially with how unstable his energy was.

“I know I can't stop you to go help, but I'd rather ask if you wouldn't mind taking care of this one.”

“No problem,” Chad answered as he rocketed through the air, his explosions carrying him further and further through the air while he also used Sonido to boost his speed even further.

The combination of using Fullbring and Sonido in unison soon helped him cross the distance with ease, sliding through the air just in time to see Ichigo be thrown to the ground.

His blue-haired opponent just looked bored and disappointed as he landed on the edge of the crater Ichigo was lying on, the Arrancar's hands in his pants pockets before Chad landed behind them.

“Hmm? Oh, great. Another we-!”, Chad was gone and in front of the Arrancar before he could finish speaking, the Hollow's eyes widening as Chad pulled a fist back before swinging it forward.

To his credit, the Hollow blocked it with one arm, but he grunted as he was sent flying through the air, Chad watching him go before looking to Ichigo as he saw his friend trying to catch his breath in the crater.

“W-Wait, Chad? I…I can do this.”

“Evidently, you can't. Just stay here. I'll take care of it this time,” Chad spoke as he cracked his neck, stepping and walking onto the air while watching as the blue-haired Arrancar stopped in the air with a wide grin.

“Well, well, I take back what I said. You hit harder than the whiner over there,” The man spoke with a grin as he stood up, but Chad didn't respond as his spiritual energy coiled around his body while the Hollow frowned at the lack of response.

“Oi, big guy. Usually when you have a conversation, you answer back so you don't look deaf or just stupid.”

“I don't talk to trash,” Chad answered bluntly, the man's grin disappearing before the air crackled as Chad shot forward. Fullbring and Sonido boosted his speed further before he twisted at the last second, his right fist sparking with black-red spiritual energy.

The man was quick to raise both arms in a cross guard right as Chad's fist landed, their clash letting off a shockwave that shook the air while the Hollow was launched back again.

This time, he quickly flipped and caught himself than last time as he twisted midair, grinning widely while blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

“You don't pull punches, huh? Good, I don't either!”, The man exclaimed as he vanished, Chad doing the same before the two met midair with Chad's fist pushing against the man's palm.

Loud cackling came from the Hollow as the two dove and twisted in the air, Chad's senses in overdrive as he twisted and blocked while countering with his own punches that made the man grunt whenever one landed.

However, he frowned as he felt the dull impact from each punch which was not unlike the feeling that he got from hitting his own Hierro and wanting to test it out, he ducked while twisting to duck the claw strike at his head.

Rising while bringing his hand up, his fist nailed the Hollow's chin even as his opponent countered with a heavy kick to his chest, sending both men flying back before they caught themselves.

'He's strong. Far stronger than Yammy,' Chad thought with a frown as he steadied himself, rubbing the spot where the Hollow had kicked him and feeling the slight ache of pain while watching as the Hollow looked at him with a grin.

“Hehehehe~ Nice~ Very nice~ I am Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Espada #6. What's yours?”, Chad didn't want to answer, but as he saw the Arrancar looking past him at Ichigo, he let out a soft sigh before answering.

“Yasutora Sado. Fullbringer.”

“Nice, Sado~ Let me see just how far you can push yourself,” Grimmjow growled as he crouched low, Chad doing the same before flaring his Reiatsu and rushing in.

However, he quickly slid to a stop as a figure appeared behind Grimmjow, the Arrancar in question looking just as surprised to see the dark-skinned man keeping him from unsheathing the sword at his waist.

“What the hell do you want?”

“Lord Aizen wants to see you for your foolishness,” Tosen answered, Chad staying still as he watched Grimmjow glare at the man before being confused as the blue-haired Arrancar scoffed and relax his stance.

“Another time, Yasutora Sado. When I return, we shall have this fight and perhaps you can entertain me more than that fool behind you could,” Grimmjow spoke before Chad watched as the man created a Garganta and the two walked through it, relaxing only after the hole in space snapped shut before wincing as his adrenaline faded away.

'Well, at least I know that I can fight against an Arrancar stronger than Yammy,' Chad thought with a frown as he turned and floated back down, landing beside Ichigo who was struggling to stand while blood trickled from his mouth and the cuts on his body.

“You didn't have to save me.”

“I'm your best friend. It's what I do,” Chad answered as he leaned down and threw Ichigo's arm over his shoulder, ignoring his friend's grumbling as he helped him walk out of the crater.

“Damn it, I could barely touch him.”

“You don't need to fight every fight on your own, Ichigo. You focus on how you're going to beat Aizen and we'll focus on the opponents that stand between you and him.

“Y-Yeah…Yeah, you're right, but that guy…He's no joke.”

“No, he's not, but then again…neither are we, huh?”, Chad spoke with a smile and Ichigo let out a pained yet soft chuckle as he nodded slowly, his attention drifting for a bit to feel the storm of spiritual energy exuding from Chad.

“Did you get stronger in the past hour?”

“I did some training. That and I decided to stop holding back,” Chad answered and Ichigo looked at him before shaking his head.

“I guess I gotta stop slacking too, huh?'

“Guess so. You want to go home or to Urahara's?”

“No. No, I need to-Rukia! She's still-”

“Don't worry, I got her here,” Chad turned only to blink at the sight of Rukia's body carrying both Kon and Rukia's unconscious form, raising an eyebrow while Ichigo let out a relieved sigh.

“Thank you. Is she…okay?”

“Yeah, just about. A few of her ribs were snapped, but other than that, she's good to go once she heals it. Hey, I'm Bunny.”

“Chad, nice to meet you. So, where to now?”, Chad asked as he looked to Ichigo, who looked at where the Shinigami were finishing their fights before shaking his head.

“Home. I want to go home.”

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“So, there are more of these Arrancars, then?”, Tatsuki asked as the group sat in Ichigo's room, the owner of the room nodding while Orihime slowly healed his wounds.

“Yeah, apparently there's a large group of them under Aizen's command and the ten strongest are called the Espada or something like that.”

“It's Espada. Grimmjow introduced himself as Espada #6,” Chad spoke up and the girl grimaced while Uryu stood silently near the door.

“That makes me wonder where Yammy and that Ulquiorra guy lies.”

“If I had to guess, Yammy took most of us so he would be #8 and I wouldn't be surprised if that Ulquiorra was ranked #1,” Ichigo spoke up before giving Orihime a thankful smile as she pulled her Shun Shun Rikka back, to which the girl simply nodded with a smile as Uryu spoke.

“No, I'd reckon that Ulquiorra was in between #2 and #5. You don't send your number one just to come scout out the enemy forces.”

“That guy that was strong enough to make us all want to retreat?”

“Which is why I added #2, Kurosaki. You really need to listen with those things on the side of your head.”

“We're not even here for a couple of minutes and you guys already want to fight?”, Tatsuki murmured, shaking her head as both boys ignored her to keep on glaring at each other while Chad looked at Orihime who looked awfully quiet.

“Everything okay, Orihime?”

“H-Huh? Oh yeah, just tired, I think,” She spoke with a smile, but Chad could see through it as he continued to stare at her before nodding. He could see that something was weighing on her, but he also knew enough about Orihime to know that she would not tell them.

“Well, if that's only their sixth strongest fighter apart from Aizen and his guys, we may need to up our training as well as tell the Shinigami of what's happened.”

“Already told Urahara so he'll tell the others. He said that the Gotei 13 is aware of this, but they're still trying to figure out how to respond.”

“Figuring out? Aren't they supposed to be some battle-hardened group of spirit warriors?”

“I think it's just Yamamoto having some trouble with the nobles of the Soul Society,” Uryu spoke up with a shake of his head and Tatsuki frowned at that before Chad turned to the others.

“That just means we can't wait for them.”

“Chad's right. Grimmjow nearly tore through me like I was nothing. We need to get stronger and fast. Ishido, have-”

“I know what you're going to ask and no, I have not found a way to boost my powers, but I believe I can.”

“Right. We just have to all push together,” Orihime nodded, but Chad could hear the flicker of hesitance in her eyes, which the others noted as Uryu and Tatsuki looked at each other while Ichigo frowned slightly.

“Orihime, you know that you can talk to us if anything is wrong, right?”

“I know. Thanks, Ichigo.”

'Okay, she never calls him Ichigo. It's always Ichi,' Chad thought with a frown as he looked at the others, who nodded in agreement before he shook his head.

“Okay. We'll be ready for anything that's coming at us.”

“We train, we get stronger and next time…we won't lose,” Ichigo spoke with a smirk and they all nodded before Chad looked to his phone as it rang.

Flipping it open, he read the message before looking at the others as they looked at him.

“Ginjo, he wants to see me for something.”

“Got it,” Ichigo spoke with a thumbs-up and Chad nodded goodbye before leaving the room, looking one last time at the message before walking down to the exit of the Kurosaki clinic.

We were attacked.

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“What happened?”, Chad asked as he stood in the doorway of the penthouse, to which Ginjo just gave a pained chuckle while Jackie held a cloth to the stab wound at his side.

“Oh, nothing much. Just some bastards calling themselves Arrancars and wanting to kill us for our power.”

“Were they Espada?”, Chad asked with a frown, to which Ginjo looked at him with a raised eyebrow before shaking his head.

“No, but they said they were the Fraccion of Espada #7 and #9.”

“And where are they now?”, He asked, noting the cuts on Jackie's arms while the woman in question scoffed before answering.

“You don't have to worry about them. We killed them all, though at the cost of a few of us getting very injured. That includes a certain someone who taught he could take a spear to the chest.”

“Hey, it was a good idea at the time. Besides, you were too slow to move out of the way 'cause you had to protect Riruka so I just had to protect you.”

“Uh-huh, you sure you didn't want to just show off?”, She asked with a smirk and Chad blinked at the chuckle that came from Ginjo before shaking his head as he sat down on the door.

“When you sent the message, you made it sound like some didn't survive the fight.”

“Yeah, that's my bad,” Ginjo apologized with a smile and Chad shook his head before he frowned as he remembered something he wanted to ask.

“…Hey, Ginjo, this is going to come out of nowhere, but I have a question for you.”

“Sure. What's up?”

“Does Tsukishima have the ability to manipulate the minds of whoever he cuts?”, Chad asked and he got his answer as Ginjo looked at him while he caught Jackie freezing for a brief moment before she continued with her stitching work.

“Why do you ask?”

“Well, when I was first came here, I remember getting cut by him and him saying that he chooses when his sword cuts and when it doesn't. However, my Inner Hollow told me a few days ago that he felt someone trying to manipulate both his and my mind when that happened so I wanted to know if he can.”

“…I told you that you should have told him,” Chad heard Jackie murmur and Ginjo just sighed at her words before nodding slowly as he looked to Chad.

“Yes. To be more specific, he has the ability to manipulate the past of anyone that he cuts with his sword.”

“…Who else knew that he was going to do that?”, Chad asked and Ginjo leaned back, wincing as Jackie tightened the cloth against his wounds before answering.

“Everyone but Moe, Yukio and Riruka. We didn't want to concern them with it.”

“Were they cut by his blade too?”

“Not that we can remember, but then again, who's to say he didn't cut us to make us forget?”

“That's a lie. With the story that you told, you said that you were close.”

“Exactly. That's why I wouldn't know whether or not he cut me because the memories would have slight changes in them that I would notice,” Ginjo spoke with a frown and Chad didn't say anything before he stood up.

“If it had worked, then? What if he had rewritten something important?”

“We would have change it back.”

“Oh, so now it's we? I thought you said that you didn't know if he cut you to help his own plans?”, Chad asked with a raised eyebrow, shaking his head as Ginjo couldn't answer while Jackie stood up with a sigh.

“Listen, Chad.”

“I'm not listening,” Chad cut her off, looking directly at Ginjo who couldn't meet his gaze.

“You know, I trusted you. After Ichigo was lied to by the Soul Society, I told him that you would never do such a thing because of how they treated you. Then, you went and tried to use his power on me before you could even learn anything about me.”

“It wasn't about trust. It was about survival, Chad. Yes, his ability is dangerous, but it is also one of the few aces we have,” Jackie spoke and Chad looked at her with a frown.

“And that makes it okay to tamper with my memories and use me as an experiment?”, He asked, watching as she didn't say anything before turning and walking to the door.

“Chad, wait. Just listen.”

“Would you have ever told me about this? Ever let me know about this?”

“…No,” Ginjo answered with a sigh and Chad nodded before opening the door.

“Tell Riruka, Yukio and Moe that I'm sorry, but I can't be around people that would try and manipulate me for their betterment. Also, if Tsukishima ever comes near me again, I will kill him. No ifs, ands or buts.”

“…We understand, Chad.” Ginjo spoke after a long silence, to which the teenage boy nodded before walking out of the room, shaking his head with a sigh as he began making his way back to Karakura.

'This day just keeps on getting worse and worse.'

A/N: And we end it off here~!! Sorry for the late upload, but I only had about a couple of hundred words because I was trying to figure out where to go from here as well as figure out the match-ups for Hueco-Mundo.

Anyway, Chad is now wary of Xcution and the team are preparing themselves for the raid, but will that be all? Find out next time.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!