Dark War: Initiation

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 * the endless desert.

"What a delightful place", commented Captain Kaoru Shōki with exaggerated cheerfulness.

"Perfect holiday spot", said Captain Ikiryō Kuragari with a faint smirk.

Kurokawa Tadayoshi, the Grand Kidō Chief, looked around with his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Anyway", said Captain Haruka Mewokuramasu, "let us proceed on our..."

"They're coming", Kuragari interrupted her.

Whereas the other Captains glanced at him with more or less apparent surprise, Tarō Kinzoku immediately unsheathed his Zanpakutō.

"Where", he nearly whispered.

Ikiryō turned and pointed in the direction. There was nothing but white dunes and quartz formations to be seen. At least for now.

"Over there. Menos Grande", he replied.

Then, Captain Fudo Shōdo passed by him while quickly drawing his sword.

"Excellent!", he exclaimed with a predatory smile. "They've sent us a welcoming committee, how nice of 'em!"

"Let's kill them", said Kinzoku with a deep, intimidating tone. "Cleave."

Suddenly, his Zanpakutō split into two identical longswords, one in each hand.

"Heck yes! A nice warm-up right off the bat!", cheered Shōdo. "Flare up, Nenshō Kanetsu-ro!"

His nodachi rapidly morphed into a large, two-handed sledgehammer with an exhaust pipe protruding from the back of its head.

"But we were supposed to...", started Mewokuramasu, baffled.

"Just let them do their thing", told her Shōki. "There's no way we could stop them."

Meanwhile, the incoming Menos finally appeared on the horizon. Their white masks with long, spiky noses where clearly visible on the jet black background. They were approaching the Captains fast and with obvious intent.

"Let's give them a warm welcome!", exclaimed Captain Shōdo. "Bakuhatsu!"

Suddenly, he struck the white sand with his Zanpakutō, causing dust to erupt in all directions. Subsequently, a single scarlet crack of energy dashed forward through the ground. It reached the first of the approaching Gillians rapidly.

Two of them where instantly engulfed in a pillar of flames which reduced them to ashes within a matter of seconds.

"Hataken", whispered Captain Kinzoku.

He crossed his swords and pierced the sand with them. A mere moment later dozens of extremely long blades burst forth from the ground, fatally impaling several Menos Grande in an instant.

Kuragari was about to say something when suddenly Kenpachi Kuufuku passed by him, his Zanpakutō unsheathed.