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A foul reaitsu filled the air as the folds of space split open revealing the twisting shadows of the garganta. A lone figure slowly appeared at the mouth of the opening as a man made his way through the darkness. Kuro stepped through the threshold of the garganta finally arriving within the vast sandy planes of Hueco Mundo. It had been ages since he had last visited this world. Kuro's face was covered by a white bone-like mask, black lines curved from the eyes down the cheek. Two long horn protruded from the masks temple and curved upward and the teeth of the mask were pointed. Cracks suddenly formed in the mask as it began to crumble away, the pieces dissipating in mid air. His crimson eyes slowly took in all the details of the environment. The one who had summoned him here was no where to be seen. It would only be a matter of time before they arrived so he would just have to wait patiently. He ran his fingers through his hair as he released a low sigh, his breath visible in in the chilling air of the desert trapped in eternal night. Kuro slowly removed a small silver flask from within his jet black long coat. He twisted the cap off and took several large gulps of its contents. The liquid almost immediately warmed his body. It was his own specially brewed sake, which was too strong for most people to handle. "I can't even remember the last time someone challenged us. Let's just hope that they can at least provide us with some entertainment before they die." Kuro said as he slid his hands deep into his pockets. The silver light of the moon illuminated everything around him, he couldn't help but stare up at the shining orb, almost entranced by its beauty."I am rather looking forward to spilling his blood upon the white sand." A cold laugh echoed through Kuro's thoughts as his zanpakuto replied with much anticipation in it's voice.

It was then that he felt a new reaitsu enter the area. It wasn't far from his current location. He suddenly vanished, his shunpo sending a flurry of sand into the air. He appeared directly next to Fuyu, his demeanor cool and collected as his crimson gaze fell upon his opponent's pale face. "Hello, Fuyu." He said with a smile gently slid his hands from his pocket and folded them over his chest. "I suppose since we have both arrived we should begin." Kuro's feet slowly lifted several inches off the ground as he began to fly back several yards, a cloud of billowing sand flowing in his wake. Once he was in position he lightly slid his fingers down the black and red wrappings of his zanpakuto's hilt. His hand quickly tightened around the hilt and with one fluid motion he unsheathed his weapon. The battle worn blade glistened in the light of the moon. Kuro rested the blade on his right shoulder, his left hand remaining in his pocket. "Whenever you are ready you may attack." A dark grin appeared on his face as he spoke.

Kuro remained in place as Fuyu appeared behind him. He could feel his opponent's reaitsu shifting as he formed the golden rope. He only had time to lower his blade before the rope took hold of him. It was in the same instant that Fuyu released a second attack, this time a blast of twisitng air that shot toward him, gathering power as it moved toward him collecting sand and loose debrit. With Bakudo 39: Enkosen, a shield of bright light appeared several feet from Kuro, bringing the vortex to a hault for only a few seconds before it broke through, which was all he needed. Kuro quickly sent a burst of reaitsu around his body causing the golden rope to instantly disintegrate. Using shunpo to increase his speed, he quickly planted his feet firmly on the loose sand and raised his hand. "Hado 63: Raikoho." In an instant he fired a huge blast of yellow reaitsu into the center of the vortex, interupting the current of wind and causing it to disperse. The blast continued toward Fuyu. Kuro was sure his opponent could easily find a way to escape such a feeble attack but at least he had spared himself some damage for now. "I can already tell that you are going to be fun." He said with a slight chuckle as he burst into a run toward his opponent.

His feet dug deep into the sand with each step. The tip of his zanpakuto dug into the ground as he held his arms straight at his side as he approached his opponent. Once he was only a couple of yards from Fuyu he shunpoed directly to his left, his blade already in mid swing. He released a barrage of strikes at his opponent, each strike stronger than the last. "It will take much more than kido to bring me down." He laughed as he continued to slash at his opponent.

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Kuro watched as Fuyu quickly summoned a high level bakudo to block his attack. "I see. It's been awhile since I have fought against a kido specialist. I must admit, kido was always a weak point for me." He said with a laugh as his opponent made his move. Fuyu shunpoed toward him, Kuro's eyes followed his every move, his mind racing to predict his next move. He just said that he was once the captain of the fifth squadron, so I am sure that this next attack will also be kido based. I am rather sure he will use a more powerful kido this time since he probably will try to prove just how strong he is in this field. It seems I will have to stop playing around. As Fuyu appeared to his right, Kuro leaped back several feet, giving him just the amount of space he needed. His reaitsu level suddenly doubled, his body was enshrouded in a thick veil of crimson reaitsu. The sand shifted under his feet as the pressure of his reaitsu forced it away. As the giant blast of electricity soared toward him Kuro slid into a fighting stance and held his zanpakuto tightly in his grip. He raised his blade and once the blast was within range he sent a large burst of reaitsu into the weapon and with an incredible amount of strength, cutting the blast in half. The severed attack divided around him, the electricity crashing into the sand instantly turning it to glass. Kuro's thick reaitsu protected him from most of the blast but his hands suffered several burns.

Kuro glanced down at his hands to check the damage only to notice that his attack had cleaved a large fissure into the depths of the sand that was slowly refilling as the loose sand slowly fell into the gap. "Like I said earlier, it will take much more than your kido to take me down. As a former captain of the eleventh division my skill is with a blade. I've fought several kido specialists so I have had plenty of training in the field of kido defense. A kido based attack is nothing more than a concentration of reaitsu. By forcing an equal or stronger amount of reaitsu into the center of the attack the kido will instantly be disrupted and will disperse, usually in the form of an explosion as the two opposing forces collide." Kuro didn't wait for a response, he suddenly slashed his blade downward at the thick shell of glass that now covered the sand around him. As the blade cut through the glass, hundreds of razor sharp shards flew into the air. As they hovered in midair for only a second Kuro held up his hand and using Hado 1: Sho he forced the hundreds of shards toward Fuyu. The group of razor sharp shards began to spread as they moved closer to their target. Kuro shunpoed directly behind Fuyu with his blade held to his right. Kuro concentrated a large amount of his physical strength into this attack as he attempted to cleave his opponent in half at the waist. Even if Fuyu shunpoed away, Kuro was sure he would have a chance to do the same before he was hit by the shards.

During the years Kuro spent training Yomiko, this was one of the few techniques she possessed that he had never faced. Fighting against a shunko user would definitely be a new and interesting experience for him. Kuro was surprised to see Fuyu stopping his attack with such ease. Such a technique would be dangerous to face head on, he would have to be careful while the shunko was active. He watched Fuyu vanish, leaving him to face the shards he himself had attacked with. It was then that he noticed a second attack approaching him from Fuyu's new position. He could shunpo away but he probably couldn't escape unscathed. With incredible speed he reaised his zanpakuto so that it was parallel with the pale sand. The blade began to glow with a bright crimson light. "Reveal your madness, Boukyaku." He spoke in a whisper as a bright light erupted from his blade. Before the light subsided a giant blast of crimson fire exploded from where Kuro had stood. The fiery blast of power collided with the glass and Fuyu's attack, the shock wave of the collision was incredibly strong, sending searing grains of sand flying into the air.

When the cloud finally dissipated, Kuro was standing with a giant pointed cleaver resting on his right shoulder. The massive black blade was surrounded by a spiraling red flame and a long black chain coiled through the air as if weightless. Kuro's face was partially covered by his long black hair, all that was visible was his excited grin. "It has been a lifetime since I have fought someone so strong. I just hope this continues. I just hate being disappointed." He pulled his giant cleaver from his shoulder and with one powerful strike through the night air he released a giant blast of flaming reaitsu. "GOUKA!" He screamed as the twisting inferno soared toward his opponent with the speed of a bullet. Every bit of ground it touched was instantly turned into a flaming wasteland.

As soon as the wolf materialized Kuro's attention remained upon it. His eyes followed its every move, studying its speed and strength as it ran and charged toward him. A manifestation of Fuyu's reaitsu. An interesting attack. Too bad I wouldn have time to study this technique more thoroughly. He thought to himself as the creature grew closer. It wasn't until the creature was too close for comfort that he noticed the electricity coursing through the beast. Kuro quickly shuffled backwards as he raised his left hand, pointing it at the monster as he continued maneuvering out of the wolf's reach. "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Bakudo 61: Rikujoroho." Six rods of light shot from various directions and slammed into the creature, instantly halting its attack, as well as any movement whatsoever. With this creature captured, his attention instantly returned to his opponent. He noticed that his attack had managed burned away the clothes that previously surrounded the man's upper torso. Now lines of light were glowing on Fuyu's skin. Something was different, Kuro could sense it but he was unable to figure out what it could possibly be.

He had already spent most of the fight analyzing his opponent but after Fuyu had released his shikai it brought even more possibilities to the battlefield. However, he wasn't going to wait around for Fuyu to attack him. Kuro suddenly shunpoed toward his opponent once again. He appeared a few yards away high above the ground, his reaitsu skyrocketing as he threw his blade into the air and quickly grabbed the long black chain attached to the end of the hilt. With one powerful twist of his body, the blade was sent flying in an arch toward his opponent in an attempt to cut him down. As the blade moved the spiraling flames grew larger and more fierce causing the tempterature in the area to rise by several degrees. Kuro focused his reaitsu through the thick chain and once the blade was only a foot from Fuyu he released yet another giant flaming blast of reaitsu.

Kuro glared at Fuyu as he watched his sword become trapped within a pillar of ice. He knew that the heat of the blade wouldn't be able to melt the ice fast enough to free itself before his opponent attacked. It was just then that he heard movement from behind him. He glanced to see the wolf growing larger and eventually shattering the rods he had used to trap it. Kuro only had a little time before either of the two attacked him. He held his finger to the chain. "Hado 11: Tsuzuri Raiden!" He sent a powerful current of electricity through his chain toward his sword. The kido caused the ice pillar to instantly shatter releasing his zanpakuto. However, it was already too late. The wolf had released Hiryūgeki Zoku Shinten Raihō toward him since it seemed to be unable to reach him itself. At the same time, Fuyu had shunpoed behind him and released two strange orbs that were now flying toward him. Kuro only had one chance in such a situation. Without speaking a word a crimson shield formed between him and Fuyu. However, he wasn't fast enough. He managed to stop one of the orbs but the second had made its way through and before he could dodge it the spiked ball of ice cut deep into his left bicep. He could still move his arm so it hadn't completely severed the muscle but it was too damaged to be of much use. Luckily he only used that arm for kido casting, which hopefully he would need to perform much of. It was then that the kido fired by the wolf was only a few feet away. Kuro attempted to shunpo out of range, only to make it out of the center of the blast. His shield protected him from most of the damage but it was unable to withstand all of the force. It shattered away and the blast sent Kuro flying into a dune where he was buried by the collapsing sand.

Kuro's reaitsu suddenly vanished as the desert was consumed by silence. His body was numb at first, a side effect of the electrical attack, but slowly his pain grew until every inch of his body was screaming in agony. Electrical attacks had always been his least favorite since they not only effected the outer part of the body but everything internal as well. He gradually began forcing himself to move. It was obvious he had finally meet someone worthy of fighting and he wasn't going to sit around and let such a chance pass by. Now that he was finally being challenged he had only one thought in mind. I'm going to end his life. Cutting him open will be so satisfying after getting hit by that damned attack. He began to laugh as his reaitsu began to spread over his body once more and then it suddenly exploded to an unimaginable level that covered the entire area in a foul aura, a strange chill filled the air as if death itself had made an appearance. Kuro tightened his grasp around the links of chain in his hand. With an explosion of crimson light, Kuro shot out of the sand dune and hovered high in the sky as the pale sand fell from his body. Trails of blood drizzled from his scalp and down to his chin. Most of his upper torso was now visible since the blast had disintegrated sections of his clothing. His zanpakuto suddenly erupted in flames once again as it lay upon the ground. It quickly flew up into the sky without Kuro even needing to pull it by the chain. He quickly caught it as it came into range and set it upon his shoulder.

Kuro's smile slowly faded as his crimson gaze fell upon Fuyu and the beast that served him. Kuro suddenly shot toward his opponent like a jet. The air coiling around him as he flew cut into the sand forcing it into the air, leaving a stream of billowing grains in his wake. He raised his sword out to the right, his left arm remaining tight to his side. The flame surrounding his zanpakuto suddenly became pitch black as his reaitsu became more focused. Seven large, black orbs appeared in a circle around him as he moved. "Kurokaosu," he said in a whisper as the orbs simultaneously vanished, instantly appearing in various directions surrounding the beast that Fuyu had summoned. All orbs shot toward the beast all at once. Once they made contact with anything solid they would instantly explode with massive force and encompass anything they touched in an intense flame. The would continue to hunt down their target until they came into contact with something. While his technique handled the wolf, Kuro flew toward Fuyu. He shunpoed directly in front of his opponent his blade already in motion as he focused an immense amount of strength into his strike aimed at Fuyu's chest.