Arc 1: Canon 5: Anarchy [Complete]

An island devoted of life came into the vice captain's eyesight as he had entered the scene; arriving via a white Senkaimon on the opposite side of where Yuki had started off. It had been quite awhile since Zieg had been sent off on a mission for Soul Society and he felt like he just had to get out for awhile. Right now his division was hectic. Recently a new female captain had entered the scene and had taken over Saix's old position. However now a challenger had made his way through the ranks and demanded a duel for the position. Zieg did not have an interest in either of them; he believed them unworthy of the captain position of his squad. He did not even think himself worthy to be called Captain; that title belonged to one shinigami and one shinigami only and that was Saix Shinra. The shinigami had everything that Zieg wanted to obtain: Experience, Power, Wit. Saix really did deserve the title as captain and ranked as one of the strongest present shinigami. However, now, Saix was gone and Zieg had no idea when he would make his return. He had left Zieg as basically the caretaker of the eleventh division and Zieg had sworn to him that he would maintain it. Now, several years have past, Zieg has become stronger, wiser and more experienced but he still was not on the level that Saix was. "I wonder what his reaction would be if he saw me today..." He wondered silently to himself, his thoughts drifting away from a moment.

An image of the blue, messy haired Kenpachi filled the mind of the vice captain, Saix still wearing the blue colored trench coat and boats and his trusty long sword zanpakuto strapped onto his side. Saix pointed his finger at Zieg, a massive grin on his face. That was it; the male had no words for Zieg but he felt liked Saix did not have to say anything. The motion was enough for Zieg. He knew that the former captain would be proud of his successes and encourage Zieg to continue forward. That was a motto that Zieg had added to the eleventh division. Press forward. Never surrender and we will fucking kill anyone who threatens the world. Zieg's only wish was that he had turned out more like Saix then what he currently was now. Sure; Zieg had developed immense strength and speed similar to Saix but the Kenpachi's TRIDENT ability was far superior then Zieg's zanpakuto. Zieg did not hate his zanpakuto at all; he just wished he could improve it more. Perhaps sometime in the future he will find a way but for now; it was his job to service Soul Society to the best of his abilities. Shaking his head and returning to reality; the vice captain's crimson red and aqua blue eyes scanned the area.

Nothing. Not a single trace of life was viewable on this deserted island. It was as if it had been wiped clean by fire and the remains had become sand and dust. Nothing of physical life seemed to be here, and yet, Zieg could feel something. It was spiritual, a powerful and immense source of reiatsu was being given off. There was definitely a spiritual presence to the island but what could be giving it off? This was Zieg's job and he set forced to doing it. Advancing forward, Zieg soon came to an upward; elevating; cliff in which the signal of the reiatsu was coming from. Zieg was particularly glad that he wasn't wearing his traditional robes right now or else it would be more of a challenge to climb this cliff. He was wearing his black-sleeveless vice captain uniform but it was completely transformed, Zieg having given it custom detail. There was now a black, adjustable hood at the back with pirate skull and cross bones out on the front of it. Bellow it, he had stitched the emblem of the 11th division, very similar to a hoodie he commonly wore. He wore a pair of jeans along with this and had a a black, hard leather gunslinger belt around his waist, mainly to give him something to place his revolvers in; the belt having crimson red and aqua blue spiral designs going around it as details. Zieg checked both his zanpakuto, strapped to his side, and the buster sword he had purchased that was strapped onto his back to make sure both were secured. Afterwards; he cracked his knuckles and grabbed hold of cliff.

He soon began swiftly scaling the side of the cliff, his eyes scan for footholds and sections of the cliff to grip onto and pull himself up. His abnormal speed and strength, along with his senses, allowed him to reach the top within several minutes. He hauled himself up and gradually came to a stand; not even out of breath. By now; things like that was easy to the shinigami but continuous activities like that would tire him out. Peering over the side of the cliff where the reiatsu signatures were coming from; his eyes widened at a shocking sight as his jaw nearly dropped. He thought it was his imagination; that it was just some kind of landscape. However; his senses clearly that up almost instantly and he could see that it was clearly an army. An army of what seemed to be powerful, white armor cladded, soldiers doing drills. Had Zieg just come across their encampment? It seemed like so but what in shinigami's name was an army doing out here!? It made no sense to Zieg. The details to the mission indicated that this place was vastly populated by spiritually aware beings and that the people did engage in warefare but there was no sign of them. Unless... could this army have something to do with it? Was this one of the armies that engaged in the people's war or were these invaders and they had enslaved the people or killed them off completely? Only really one way to find out. Zieg scanned the area to look for a way down towards the encampment and; if there was; he would head towards them. He also kept his eye out for anything else that was around that may give hints to what was going on or had happened; also to make sure that nothing was sneaking up on him.

Reiatsu: 1100/1100

Before Zieg could begin his advance down the cliff side; a sudden chilling aura struck the bone of the vice captain as if a bolt of lightning had coursed through his entire being. His attention snapped back down towards the encampment; feeling the aura being resonated there and his eyes peered at the leather coat wearing figure that had came onto the scene. "This feeling... wait..." Zieg began to realize, his eyes flaring open wide as a familiar feeling of terror filled the vice captain. causing him to fall backwards onto his ass. He quickly scrambled forward, gripping the edge of the cliff and stared down at the figure that he quickly recognized him. There was no doubt in his mind to whom he was seeing. The piercing jet black and crimson eyes with reptile green pentagrams that simply marked a being of evil in the eyes of Zieg. The devoted of sun, ghost-like, skin. It was Him, Satsujun, The God of Murder. Zieg was completely shocked, terrified and confused by the apperance of this one being and he had every reason to be. Satsujun was one of, if not the, most powerful shinigami to ever exist and he had nearly destroyed all of Soul Society years ago but his efforts had been put to a stop and he was meant to be slain! At least, was meant to be. His life had been spared in exchange for his shinigami powers being taken away from him completely.

But this did not make any sense at all to Zieg! Why was he giving off such an immense reiatsu signature! It should be impossible, no not improbable, impossible! Satsujun had somehow regained reiatsu ability, the was evident, but there should of have been no way for that to happen! Someone must of helped the bastard regain his powers but who would do such a thing, how did they do it and for what purpose would they give back the carnation of hatred his powers? Soon; this became imeident when a new player entered the scene. His sudden surge of reiatsu made Zieg physical flinch back. What the hell kind of reiatsu was that!? It was nothing like Zieg had ever experienced before. Not even Satsujun's reiatsu levels were this high! Sure, Satsujun's was terrifying and cold but this tuxedo wearing person was unlike anything Zieg had ever encountered. Who was this man exactly? Was he the one who had returned the powers of Satsujun back to their rightful owner? Was he he too a hatred filled genius that wanted to destroy Soul Society? Both were obvious questions that really did not need to be confirmed to know the truth but Zieg could not assume right now. This was because something else was happening.

Zieg was at a lost of words as it was revealed that the two men below were in position of coffins. His mind raced when he first saw them; not being able to even fatom what bodies rested inside. What was worse, the top hatted man had The Hougyoku with him! How in all of shinigami's name was that man in possession of such a powerful item! Then the white tux'd man began listing off names and walking infront of the coffins, marking each one with a name and Zieg recognized almost all of them. To his horror and shock, making him physically has, he heard the name of his former captain. "NO!" Zieg shouted inside his mind, his teeth gritting with fury and shock as he could not believe what he just heard. No, it could not be true! Saix could not be dead! Zieg knew it has been many years since he last saw his captain but to now being seemingly dead!? Zieg could not, he would not, accept it. What was worse though, this was least of his problems as he heard more and more names listed.

The former captain commander, Old Lightning, the former 3rd division captain Nami, the hero of the war and former vice captain of the 1st division Kenshin, and yet, worst of all, there was a single name that stopped Zieg's soul and filled his body with a broken glass feeling. Azeru Cho. This was wrong, how did they obtain the bodies of all of these spiritual beings!? What were they planning on doing with such powerful beings!? There was obliviously some kind of plan to all of this and then another piece of the puzzle was laid out when it was revealed that What could... could... Just then, the idea began growing inside of his mind. It was just a small one, barley a spark, but it was gradually growing. They couldn't possibly be doing that, it couldn't be done... couldn't it? The thought of resurrection now was not seeming impossible to the vice captain. Afterall, Satsujin had technically been revived and brought back to this plain of existence. So what was stopping him and this man from bringing back the fallen spiritual beings? This was the last thing on Zieg's mind now though, his top priority was to confirm at least the body of Saix and try to save it. If not, he at least needed to survive to return and report was occurring. Zieg shoved himself up into a standing position and began gradually making his way down the cliff-side, winding down between rocks as the path he was taking was slating downwards and around to the side of the encampment. He kept in pace with the soldiers that were carrying the coffin of Saix, maintaining his distance and reiatsu levels to zero or at least close to zero. He was aiming for zero but he was not the best at stealth hence why he kept his distance and used his senses to his full advantage.

Zieg came to a halt as he saw that the white armored soldiers saw him. Had he made a mistake in his reiatsu suppressing or had he just been spotted? He wasn't the best at sneaking and never really had to do it before but he thought he had maintained a good amount of distance from his targets to be undetectable to some point. Little did Zieg know that these soldiers had an intense sensory ability to them so no matter what he did he was going to be detected. Oh well, it was time for Zieg to return to his proper methods of accomplishing a goal. Zieg walked towards the white guardian, his eyes scanning it and sizing it open. It was indeed large and taller then Zieg was, seeming to be a huge mechanical soldier. The only notable weakness was the helmet for the eye openings and no doubt that these things knew how to guard against trying to exploit it. Zieg would have to outmaneuver the guardian and strike it in the eyes if he wished to target that area. However, Zieg was smarter then that. He knew that it would expect him to go for the eye openings, it was too obvious, so Zieg was just going to do what he did best. Power his way through the guardian.

Zieg cracked his neck from side to side, then placed a hand ontop of his zanpakuto's handle. "Lets go." Zieg murmured, his eyes watching the guardian as he swiftly unsheathed the nodachi and held it infront of him in a two handed stance, his feet standing shoulder width apart . "I am going through you; you will not stop me from reclaiming my captain." Zieg fiercely growled, a couple of meters away from the large soldier. Zieg did not expect any type of communication from the guardian, perhaps a physical one from his release, though it seemed to be waiting for him to attack. Zieg was tempted to use a stepping technique but he remembered how he was caught in the first place. This thing no doubt would be able to trace him and counter any kind of stepping maneuver that the vice captain would be able to perform. Perhaps if he performed it swift enough it would work but there was really only one way to find out. The vice captain would have to test out the guardian's armor for himself to see what he was dealing with. He waited for a couple of seconds, scanning from side to side to see what he could use to test the guardian. Suddenly, he saw it, the boulders and rocks that he was going to use to hide behind as he tracked the coffin. They were large enough to cover his body but , for him, they were not going to be that heavily.

The vice captain suddenly leapt to the side, releasing his zanpakuto into his left hand to take a hold of it as he retracted his right fist back while twisting his hips leftward. This in turn caused him to heavily strike the boulder that he was targeting with his right fist, using his abnormal strength to sent it soaring swiftly at the chest of the guardian. It was large enough to cover a majority of the guardian's chest if it struck it but Zieg was doubting that damage would be done. The armor just seemed to be that strong. If he had been paying attention to what happened to the former espada, he would learn that the armor was incredibly powerful. The small boulder was both a test and a distraction for Zieg, now was the time to make his move. The vice captain released a burst of reiatsu, disappearing from sight as he used shunpo to appear 2 meters behind the guardian and turned, reiatsu coating the blade to strengthen it. It watched to see what the guardian's reaction was to him forcing a boulder to be hurled at it. He had his zanpakuto held down by his side, flexing his knees slightly as he prepared himself to get into the action more physically and use his footwork. He had to fight smartly against this opponent that was over twice his size and that he had no knowledge of its abilities. He needed to find out.

Reiatsu: 1050/1100

OOC: Totally... <.< well hey, I am now just trying to get information now. I already know its doubtful that Zieg can recover Saix's body so information is going to eventually be the overall goal and accomplishment.