Devilish Gaming: Ch.28

Name: ???
Age: ???
Race: Soul (Shinigami)
Reiatsu Levels: Monstrous

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Chad was a blur as he rapidly backpedalled away from where Ichigo was facing off against Byakuya, raising the Brazo Derecha el Gigante at times to block the stabs and slashes of the man he was facing.

The lieutenant on the other hand was not so hasty and amused as he stabbed at Chad's head, feinting the attack as he watched the teen raise his arm to block it before slashing at his feet.

The teen was quick to unleash a burst of explosions that helped him flip away and through the air, pulling the Brazo Izquierda del Diablo back as reddish-black spiritual energy sparked around his fist before he punched forward.

With a roar, a Cero carved through the air and towards the lieutenant, who looked a bit shocked even as he aimed and thrust his rapier forward to unleash a lightning bolt.

The clash did not last more than a few seconds before the lightning sliced right through it, Chad quickly turning the air behind him into rubber as he pushed off of it and flipped over the attack.

Landing on the floor, the ground ricochet him back into the air before he kicked the air behind him, Chad becoming a glowing missile as he shot towards the man right as the lieutenant shifted into a stance and awaited his attack.

“El Directo!” As Chad swung forward his glowing right arm that was also morphing to where it lost its shield form, the lieutenant couldn't help but let out a grunt as he felt the full force of the attack nearly force him to a knee.

Chad on the other hand was gritting his teeth as he felt the edge of the rapier slowly digging into his hand despite the fact that his arm was overflowing with spiritual energy, elasticizing the air besides him before punching it with his left arm and sending himself flying out of the way.

Just a second after he did so, the lieutenant unleashed a quick slash that sent another bolt of lightning slicing through the air, a frown on his face as his attack missed by a hair's breath once again.

Quickly spinning around and shifting the Brazo Derecha el Gigante back to its defensive form, Cha wasn't given time to rest as the lieutenant appeared in front of him and aimed a stab at his head, pushing the blade to the side while aiming his own left hook at the man's side.

The older fighter however moved in with his stab and gave Chad a shoulder barge right as the teen missed his hook, spinning and slashing out in a wide circle.

Forcing Chad to duck lest he get a slash to the neck, the teen quickly brought the Brazo Derecha el Gigante up to block the knee strike while lashing out with the Brazo Izquierda del Diablo to the side of the soul's thigh.

Chojiro winced with the blow and Chad quickly capitalized on it as he pushed his blade away before knocking out the man's supporting leg with his other arm and slamming the lieutenant back first into the ground.

His eyes widened however as the lieutenant wrapped his legs around his right arm while stabbing at his chest, Chad grunting as he quickly made layer after layer of Hierro at the impact point to barely stop the attack.

However, this left the rest of his body vulnerable and he hissed as the man whipped his lower body to the side while pushing away, breaking his arm at the elbow while also rolling away with his Zanpakuto held out to the side.

Sparking with electricity that travelled from the blade up his body, the lieutenant rushed forward right as Chad deactivated the Brazo Derecha el Gigante to let his spiritual energy focus on healing while slamming the sparking Brazo Izquierda del Diablo down onto the ground.

With a thunderous boom, reddish-black bolts of spiritual energy shot out in every direction and forced the lieutenant to cease his attack for a brief moment, giving Chad enough time as High-Speed Regeneration did its work and restored his arm.

Bringing the Brazo Derecha el Gigante back around his right arm, Chad shifted it into its offensive form before charging forward, sparks of reddish-black spiritual energy covering both fists as he gave up on defence right as the lieutenant did the same.

The two men clashed with a powerful shockwave that caved the ground below them, but the lieutenant was surprised as he watched Chad tank the slash to his chest while tackling the both of them off the side of the cliff.

The teen smirked as he caught the blade and swung a headbutt forward, stunning the lieutenant just long enough right as Chad growled and slammed the both of them through a three-story building.

Even as the building caved around them, both fighters were quick to recover before rushing at each other, Chad aiming a flurry of jabs at the man as the lieutenant lashed out with a barrage of thrusts in turn.

Sparks flew as Chad's Hierro and Fullbring were the only reason his fists weren't a mangled mess, blood able to flow from the wounds for a brief moment before they were restored as Chad lunged in and took a stab to the chest.

The lieutenant was a bit amazed at the boy's bravery as he watched his sword stabbing through the boy's shoulder, pulling his blade out and moving back as he went to grab at him.

However, his eyes widened as the boy smirked while a scarlet glow covered his hands, Chad digging his feet into the ground while pulling both arms back.

“Bala!” With a grunt, Chad's arms were a blur as he punched the air in rapid succession, each punch sending out a red blast of spiritual energy that ripped through the air and aimed for the lieutenant.

The Shinigami in question sparked with electricity as he dashed from side to side, flipping and corkscrewing around the attacks while slashing out in front of him to parry any that got close to the side.

A blast to his chest was parried upwards and into a blast that came from his shoulder while a bolt of lightning shot from the tip of his rapier and jumped from Bala to Bala, each going off with a powerful explosion that obscured him from view.

Chad frowned as he rushed in towards him, shifting the Brazo Derecha el Gigante back into its defensive form while bursting through the smoke only to frown as he didn't see a single sign of the lieutenant anywhere.

Activating Pesquisa and shifting it to its sensory form, thousands of ribbons formed around him before Chad focused his senses on the energy and aura that the Shinigami had given off.

Watching as all but one moved away from his vision, Chad touched it with his mind before his eyes widened and he quickly hardened the air around the Brazo Derecha el Gigante to its absolute limit before spinning around.

Surprising the lieutenant as Chad raised his right arm and blocked the sparking blade from stabbing through his back, the teen growled as he pushed forward and sent the Shinigami flying backwards even as the soul looked at ease as he flipped over and landed on his feet.

Time finally moved again as the rubble fell around them, but Chad didn't lose of the Shinigami this time as he charged through the rubble with a frown, the Shinigami rapidly backstepping to lead the teen into an open battle.

“May I ask why you are fighting so vehemently? Despite the fact that you have not fallen, you have not landed a blow powerful enough to hinder me while I had forced you to heal yourself numerous times. Surely this is the time for you to surrender peacefully, yes?” Chad stared at the Shinigami before shaking his head as he raised his fists.

“That's not something that's going to happen.”

“And why not?”

“Rukia and I are good friends, but I do not know her well-enough to risk my life for her. However, my best friend is currently fighting a captain to rescue her so what kind of best friend would I be if I didn't do the same?”

“Even if it costs you your life?” The Shinigami asked before letting out an exasperated sigh as Chad smirked while flowing his spiritual energy through his body.

“Death before defeat.” Chad responded as his Reiatsu surged forward, cracking the ground below him while pushing the rubble around him away as the Shinigami looked at him before nodding.

“I am Chojiro, lieutenant of Squad One and right-hand man to the Captain Commander. May I know the name of the young soul I am currently facing?” Chojiro asked as he took off his jinbaori and let it drop to the ground, shifting his body to where he held the blade parallel to his head with both hands while pointing the tip of it at Chad.

“Yasutora Sado, first year at Karakura High and the best friend to Ichigo Kurosaki.”

“Well met, Yasutora Sado. Now…En Garde!” With those final words, Chad shifted to the side and morphed the Brazo Derecha el Gigante into its offensive form right as the Shinigami blitzed past.

The ground had a deep crevice in it that stretched for dozens of meters in front of the Shinigami as he spun around and rushed at Chad once more, the teen forcing his body to work at its maximum capacity as he moved around the rapid barrage of stabs aimed at him.

Each was done with the intent to take a limb as Chad moved his left arm up the moment Chojiro slashed at it, quickly shifting to the side to dodge the downwards swing going for his right shoulder.

Lashing out with a right hook that Chojiro blocked with the flat side of the blade before an explosion from his chest forced him back right as Chojiro tried to slice down at his leg, the Shinigami frowning as he kept up his relentless assault.

It was only thanks to the rapid shifting from the Brazo Derecha el Gigante's offensive and defensive forms that that Chad even caught the strikes coming in from awkward angles.

There were unfortunately a few attacks that did slip through the gaps and laid deep gashes upon his reinforced body, but High-Speed Regeneration didn't let them stay for long as it swiftly closed up the wounds while restoring his blood as well.

Ducking as a slash came for his neck, Chad swung at the Shinigami's chest and landed a powerful cross punch only for the Shinigami to swing down his blade in swift retaliation and the teen stifled his scream as his right arm fell to the ground.

However, as Chojiro went to relax his guard, his eyes widened as he watched Chad regrow his right arm within the span of seconds while spiritual energy sparked around the Brazo Izquierda del Diablo.

With the ominous reddish-black lightning sparking around his hand as well as his hair hiding his eyes from view and showing only the eerie golden glow in them, Chojiro wondered if the boy in front of him was human as Chad took a step with a harsh stomp while pulling his fist back.

“La Muerte.” The words were spoken calmly even as the teen punched forward with all his strength, Chojiro quickly raising his sword to block the punch right before he gasped as the world lit up with a scarlet glow.

The next moment, the ground under Chad cratered in the form of a grinning devil's skull as Chojiro was sent blasting through the air, the Shinigami quickly spinning around and coming to a sliding stop before nearly collapsing to a knee as he felt his arms shake.

'I may have not been keeping up with my training as much…but it is still ridiculous to find myself shaking this much after a blow from a Ryoka.' Chojiro thought with a frown as he stood up, shaking his arms to get rid of the sting in them while watching as Chad took deep breaths.

The moment the teen looked at him, Chojiro realized why the teen was as strong as he was as he stared at the fragment of a white mask covering part of his face on the left side, his eyes a golden yellow and his sclera a pitch black as the teen let out a rumbling sigh.

'Diablo?'

“Giving you a boost. With how you're struggling against him and since I'll die if I don't help you, I guess giving you a boost wouldn't hurt.” Diablo spoke with an amused tone and Chad nodded as he stood up straight, feeling his body healing while watching as Chojiro swung his blade.

Without wasting a single moment to talk, Chad blitzed forward as Chojiro did the same, both fighters flying past each other even as a shockwave impacted Chojiro's arm while a deep gash opened on Chad's chest.

Neither cared for their wound as Chad spun around and backhanded away the lightning bolt from Chojiro with his shield, spiritual energy sparking around his left fist before he punched forward as Chojiro swung down.

The ground cratered before Chad pushed through and tackled Chojiro through the ground, delivering three heavy punches to the Shinigami's face that he blocked with his arm before Chad hissed as the Shinigami quickly moved his head out of the way while cutting off his right arm.

Pushing him off, Chojiro rolled to his feet and rushed towards Chad who did the same, the surplus of energy from Diablo having already restored his arm as Chad lifted his left leg and brought it down with a powerful stomp.

Sliding to a stop as the stomp let off a powerful explosion that nearly hit him, Chojiro dashed to the side and around the boy right as Chad spun while reddish-black lightning raged around him.

Five circular disks of spiritual energy appeared in front of his fingers as Chad held his arm out, golden yellow electricity coursing around Chojiro's body as well as he slowly raised his rapier high.

“Bankai: Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū!” Chojiro didn't even know why he had activated his Bankai as dark clouds hid the sun before a dome of lightning made out of pillars of the same lightning surrounded him.

However, as he watched the boy charging even more spiritual energy into his fists, the Shinigami responded in kind by running his blade along the lightning pillars, the sound of a harp echoing in the air as he took a deep breath.

Chad's Reiatsu was nearly tearing the area around him apart as he condensed it all to his left fist, even going so far as to redirect the stored energy from Chojiro's attacks to the Brazo Derecha el Gigante to his left fist while also supercharging every defensive he could think of.

With the sound of static, the ground under him all but shattered as he blasted forward, Chojiro responding in kind as his blade was coated with immense amounts of lightning before both fighters attacked at the same time.

“El Diablo!/ Gungnir!” Instead of a powerful explosion that came from the clash, both men blitzed past each other before coming to a stop a few meters away from the other, their backs turned towards the other while stuck in their attack position.

Seconds ticked by as Chojiro let out a sigh and deactivated his Bankai, shifting his Zanpakuto back to its sealed state and sheathing the blade once more before turning to look at the devastation.

Half of the Division they had been fighting in was nothing but a gigantic crater in the shape of a devil's skull, a deep gorge running from its jaw to hits forehead like a jagged cut while the sides of the gorge looked to be a scorched black.

Yet as he looked at Chad, Chojiro had to admit that he was surprised to see the boy having already turned around to look at him, blood ebbing out from the closing cut on his chest while the teen's head was tilted forward.

As he walked closer while keeping his dominant hand on his katana, Chojiro couldn't help but smile in disbelief as he saw nothing but white in Chad's eyes, the teen already passed out despite the fact that he was still standing.

“You have earned my respect as a foe, Yasutora Sado. Rest knowing that you fulfilled your duty.” Chojiro spoke with a bow of his head before looking to the top of Sokyoku Hill where he felt this Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual energy still going strong while Captain Kuchiki's slowly dipped.

“Master Eijisai will not be happy about this.”

A/N: And so the Soul Society Arc ends~!! A bit longer than I thought it would be but also shorter than I thought it would be. Weird thing to say.

Anyway, Chad caught a few dubs, got a few draws and a few losses, but he has also earned the respect of one of the oldest members of the Soul Society.

Yes, I made Chojiro stronger because the guy was fighting alongside the first captains, who are also said to be the strongest ones. There was no way I'm not making him on the same level as Kyoraku and Ukitake in terms of power.

That would be a disrespect.

Anyway, next chapter: Betrayal and The Rest.

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

Ba-Bye~!!