The Final Mile

, outskirts of 9th Division Barracks.

"Crap, where is it, I swear I sensed Ganju's reiatsu here.", Fujiwara said urgently, he was searching rapidly on one of the roofs of the barracks, all he saw were empty spaces, however he did notice a small number of unseated shinigami ambush him from behind.

"Got ya!", one of them said, he brought down his blade upon Fujiwara, who rolled out of the way of the attack. Almost without hesitation, Fujiwara ran up to the shinigami, throwing him over his shoulder and off the building, the second shinigami tried to grab Fujiwara from behind while his partner attacked. Fujiwara broke out of the man's grip, elbowing him in the stomach while also kicking the other shinigami in the side of the torso, sending her plummeting down below while her partner fell to his knees before collapsing.

"I better get going.", Fujiwara quietly said to himself, he jumped off the building he was on, running in the direction of the centre of the barracks.

Time flew by as Fujiwara was heading towards the barrack's prison, he was constantly interuppted by numerous unseated shinigami members, all of which he was able to take out with minor ease.

"We'll get you back for hurting Yamada sen-", one shinigami said before being knocked out by Fujiwara, who had resorted to using his Fullbring in order to get through the hordes of enemies quicker.

"Looks like that Kooji bastard was part of this Division.", Fujiwara murmured before he once again ran off towards the prison.

As he made it to the gates of the prison, he was greeted by 3 lone shinigami, Fujiwara looked at their arms, all of them bore the same piece of cloth as Kooji did.

"Lieutenants.", Fujiwara stated, he looked at the three of them, he vaguely noticed the spiritual pressures of the two men, but the woman's was completely new to him.

"Atsuko-san, Kuroda-san, take care of the fallen, I shall deal with the ryoka.", Ganjou said calmly, the two Lieutenant responded with a uniform "Yes!", before using shunpo to tend to the others, leaving Fujiwara and Ganjou alone.

"3rd Division Lieutenant, Ganjou Mizuumi, I do believe we have met before.", Ganjou introduced himself to Fujiwara, who ignored him as he charged at him, forming a reiatsu katana.

"Oh? I see, you must've sensed your ally's reiatsu drop before as he was being treated here....then I must tell you...I was the one who defeated him.", Ganjou explained calmly.

His anger peaked, spikes shot forth from Fujiwara's blade randomly, a few of them pierced Ganjou's shoulder, who responded by jumping back a short distance, examining his wound.

"I didn't want it to come to this.", Ganjou said quietly as Fujiwara stood opposite him, his face the epitome of determination.

"I will save them!"

"Then come!", Ganjou said, the two charged at each other, sending their attacks at each other with full strength, causing a bright burst of reiatsu to emit from both of them.

Meanwhile, Atsuko and Hasegawa were treating the fallen shinigami along with a relief squad from the 4th Division, they both turned their heads in Ganjou's direction.

"Ganjou's really going at it, isn't he?", Kuroda said, he started to sweat slightly as the magnitude of the spiritual power rose.

"I highly doubt that ryoka will come out alive.", Atsuko replied darkly, the two lieutenants exchanged glances before returning to their patients.

Due to the commotion above, Fujimoto had been trying to struggle against her bonds while the two combatants battle above, her guards had to try and help restrain her as she was becoming more and more violent.

"Fujiwara! FUJIWARA!", she shouted as she was pinned to the floor, she could only struggle as she felt his reiatsu skyrocket, battling against the other spiritual power. Ganju, in the next cell, could only lie there as he sensed the two spiritual pressures battling.

"You damn well better win...Fujiwara.", he spluttered before closing his eyes. All he could hear was the struggling in the opposite cell, the Fullbringer he was meant to save fighting to break free from her captors. After a little while Ganju smirked.

"He was right, she is kinda like sis.", he whispered to himself, listening her fighting against the guards. He tried to muster the strength to get up himself, however his large wound prevented him, splitting open causing him to lie back down in pain.

"Shit, I wish I could do something, but it's all up to you now, so don't screw it up...Fujiwara."

Meanwhile, Fujiwara and Ganjou finally had stopped their relentless attacks, the two stepped back slightly. Fujiwara, now sporting a small cut on his cheek, was panting heavily while his opponent was merely breathing slowly, preparing himself for another attack.

"Damn, that fight with Kooji was too tiring,", the Fullbringer uttered, he raised his katana towards Ganjou, it's integrity slowly becoming less and less as it started to return to being gaseous reiatsu.

"You're formidable, I can see why Yamada-san lost to you.", Ganjou remarked, his eyes focused on his opponent, who relaxed slightly.

"If you're anything like him I doubt I will lose against you.", Fujiwara stated.

"I am slightly more experienced than Yamada-san if I do say so myself.", Ganjou responded, his comment caused Fujiwara to laugh.

"Ain't you the arrogant one.", Fujiwara said, his mocking jeer was intercepted by Ganjou's serious demeanor.

"Perhaps once long ago, but I am merely stating fact.", Ganjou replied as he charged towards Fujiwara, the two once again clashed, however instead of being locked, Ganjou was effortlessly pushing Fujiwara back. Unable to deal with his opponent's strength, Fujiwara resorted to using a tomoe nage maneuver to throw Ganjou away from him, he rolled backwards, grabbing Ganjou's shihakshou with one hand, flinging him away from him. The shinigami, despite being mildly surprised at Fujiwara's move, landed with ease.

"Ryōdan!", Ganjou shouted, he brought his blade upon a still prone Fujiwara, a massive burst of golden spiritual power flooded the battlefield, it's aura emanating from afar. Fujimoto stopped suddenly as she felt the attack reverberate though the prison, her screams echoing just like the attack.

"FUJIMOTO!"