Ch. 15 Vasto Lorde Yiska Ettull

"Hōfuku-Ryoku"

Jotaro didn't give the Adjuchas a chance to stop his Shikai from activating. But it's not like the Adjuchas tried to stop him either.

Jotaro's spiritual pressure exploded out. His metalic-platinum colored aura radiates off his body. With his flash steps, it looks like multiple Jotaro's.

Finally Jotaro stops his flash steps. He should be fine now since his Shikai has been released.

He kicks a pebble up from the rooftop and catches it in his left hand.

"My turn" The Adjuchas then does a similar movement technique to Shunpo. But it's actually Chōkasoku, a very rudimentary form of Shunpo that Hollows use. But this Adjuchas has made the gap between the two look nonexistent.

As the Adjuchas performed continuous Chōkasoku, it's Yellow eyes glowed brighter and its Spiritual Pressure was a black with red highlights.

As the Adjuchas was moving around Jotaro was keeping an eye on him. Bastard was fast. That's for sure. Jotaro didn't want to think what would happen if he actually evolved. It would be a walking natural disaster.

The Adjuchas stopped and was beside the portal. It motioned into it. "I know you Shinigami don't wish to destroy the Homan World. Why don't we…change locations"

Jotaro can feel the smile beneath the mask twist into a wicked smile.

Jotaro couldn't feel anyone moving towards his position. "Yare Yare"

The Hollow pointed at and adjacent building that was almost the same height. A blood red ball of energy forms in front of his finger.

Jotaro stands up and walks towards the Garganta. He walks past the Adjucha and through the rip in space, the Garganta.

He uses his Spiritual Pressure to feel the rift and decipher it. He got a rough idea on how it works, but it's still relatively new. It was similar to how he imagined it. But obviously much more complicated.

On the other side there was an unending white desert with a dark night sky. A crescent moon was hanging in the sky.

Jotaro can feel the Reishi in the air. It was like having fuel right at your fingertips. If he could learn to come and go as he pleases he would be able to advance in his skill immensely. It would be very helpful to break past the walls he has hit.

"I see you find my home pleasing. I'm glad" The Adjuchas walks through but has to bend down to fit through. "You wil-"

Jotaro tosses the rock into the air. "Bakudo No. 65: Mankinkane" (Ten Thousand Pound Bell)

A giant bronze bell falls from the sky and onto the pebble.

"I've seen this one before! But I'm afraid you missed"

A giant bronze bell falls from the sky and onto the pebble. As the bell was about to touch the ground the Adjucha disappears from its spot.

In its place was the pebble.

The bell lands on the white sand of the desert with a satisfying ringing sound.

Jotaro grabs his buster Sword with both hands and uses the blunt side of the blade and strikes the bell.

An extremely loud ringing sound echoed through Hueco Mundo. It was loud to Jotaro and nearly ruptured his ear drums. He had put a bit too much Reiatsu into the Bakudo. He will have to adjust to the environment as he goes.

As the ringing dies down the screams of a Hollow can be heard. They were muffled but you could hear the pain in them.

It's ear drums were likely ruptured and it's brain, if it had one, was shaken violently.

Jotaro jumped into the air. Jotaro holds his left palm over his head towards the night sky above.

If his opponent was caught off guard and fell into his attacks he would capitalize on it.

"Bakudo No. 69: Tenchūhikuku!" (Heavenly-Pillar Lowering)

He He closes his hand into a fist and a colossal stone pillar formed in the sky. It wasn't meant to be so big. But that only meant more pain for his enemy.

Jotaro noticed the bell glowing red. He moved his raised left fist down towards the bell. Jotaro focused as the pillar of stone crashed into the bell sending another round of ringing through Hueco Mundo.

The noise and Spiritual Pressure would scare away the weak Hollow for a time. But it would attract any powerful Hollows that had the balls.

The pillar destroyed the bell after a few second. But Jotaro noticed that the Adjuchas hadn't escaped.

Now with the stone pillar on the white sand and the flattened bell beneath it, Jotaro went down beside it. He could still feel the Spirit Pressure of the Adjuchas.

Jotaro was breathing a little more than he would like to admit. It wasn't much, but still. He had just casted 2 Kido above 60 back to back and used his Shikai ability to swap positions of objects.

But it's not enough. Jotaro feels the Reishi in the air rush down towards the bottom of the pillar. And a light colored black with red highlights emits from the bottom of the pillar.

Jotaro hears Hōfuku-Ryoku speak to him. "Do not stop! He is evolving!"

"No Shit!!!" Jotaro

Jotaro puts his Zanpakuto on his back and clasps his hands together.

"Bakudo No. 67: Nanashinkukōsō!" (Seven Crimson Light Spears)

Jotaro then raises both hands above his head as his palms are held up. Above him seven bulky floating spears of red energy appear and stay floating red lightning arcs across and around each pillar.

Jotaro goes down to one knee and plants both hands on the sand. He begins pouring his spiritual energy into it.

"Bakudo No. 41: Bochi Shōkan!" (Graveyard Summons)

This one won't immediately take effect, but will come in handy.

He stands up. His shoulders are rising and falling with his breaths. The spiritual pressure this thing is now exerting is concerning and exerting pressure on Jotaro. But he is able to combat the pressure with his own.

"The fuck is this thing" Jotaro thinks rapidly of what else he can do to prepare.

The stone pillar cracks slowly from bottom to top.

Then the stones get blasted away by a powerful Cero blast.

A dark figure can be seen within the energy.

As the energy dissipates the new Vasto Lorde is revealed. It shrank down to 6 feet tall. It still has its white Hollow mask with some red highlights. It still has the smile and horns, but the horns are now twisted in a spiral towards the sky. The Vasto Lorde lost its red skin color. It now look like an athletic human while it has big wings and it's devil tail is now tipped with three points. He doesn't seem to have long hair. But there is a fur collar around his neck. And he's wearing what Jotaro thinks is a superhero/supervillain onesie. He just can remember which one. His hands and feet seem to be different from his onesie, like the Hollow bone armor but more flexible.

"Gotta love the fast healing~" The Vasto Lorde speaks in an almost human tone. It's not so deep anymore and there's not so much of an echo.

Jotaro knows from dragonball that when a transformation makes the enemy smaller, it makes them stupid stronger. And Ichigo's Bankai too.

"Now that you're a Vasto Lorde I can't let you roam free. Especially when you want to go to the Human World. What's the name of the first enemy to actually challenge me?" Jotaro was buying time. He was trying to build up a Kido, more specifically a Hado.

"Oh? Well, I guess I can tell you before killing you~" It bows and puts one hand infront of its chest and the other behind its back. "Yiskan Ettull"

And then it disappeared. It's Sonìdo was ridiculous. But it hasn't had time to adjust. As it tries to charge Jotaro it gets caught.

In front of Jotaro a multitudes of arms made of yellow energy burst from beneath the sand and grab Yiskan, holding him struggling in place.

This was Bakudo No. 41: Bochi Shōkan! (Graveyard Summons). When Jotaro was injecting the ground with his spiritual energy, it was for this.

There was over a hundred yellow energy arms had restrained Yiskan who was breaking a few and trying to get released.

Jotaro jumped to the sky.

"Damn dirty Shinigami tricks!" Yiskan shouts before a multitude of arms wrap around his mouth and then head.

Jotaro holds his left palm towards the Vasto Lorde. The red energy pillars above him rush down past Jotaro towards Yiskan.

A pillar skewers each limb. 1 in each arm and leg. Then 3 into the torso. These pin Yiskan to the desert sand. Then he feels a very strong electrical current shoot through his body. He screams in pain. His body won't respond to his will, the electricity making his muscles spasm.

Jotaro now having some time starts his chant. He didn't want to waste time and find out what his special gimmick was.

"Scattered beast bones! Spire, Crimson Crystal, Steel Wheels! The wind if it moves, the sky if it stops, the tone of the spear striking fills the lone castle!"

As Jotaro is chanting he is building up the power of this Hado. This is a casting technique, Kōjutsu Eishō, where the incantation is recited after initiating the spell in order to power it up.

Jotaro aims his fingers of his right hand at the Vasto Lorde. He uses his left hand to stabilize his right arm by grabbing his right forearm. At his fingertips yellow energy begins swirling and building up. If one looks closer they would see that it's actually yellow electricity.

After he finishes the chant the yellow electricity can clearly be seen.

"Hadou No. 63: Raikouhou!" (Thunder Roar Canon)

Then the five electrical bullets shoot towards Yiskan. They pierce his skin and electrocute him more. They pierce right through him and leave 5 holes in his torso.

Well, technically 6 holes now since he had the Hollow hole already in his chest immediately below his collar bones.

The screams get louder and his struggles are proven futile as he is held in place.

Jotaro grabs his blade and holds it at his side. The tip of the blade pointed behind him as he gets into a running stance in the sky.

His platinum aura surrounding him condensed down to just around his blade.

"Unique Kido: Bakuhatsu Suru Hoshi!" (Exploding Star)

Jotaro plumbers down towards Yiskan. The platinum energy around his giant buster sword glowing brighter and brighter as he falls towards Yiskan.

"ORA!!" As Jotaro gets just above Yiskan he swings his Zanpakuto at his neck. As the blade connects-

"BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!"

There's now a giant crater beneath Jotaro. The sand in the area is turned solid, into a sort of glass. The energy and heat from the blast making sure that the crater stays infilled for the time being.

Nothing is left below Jotaro in a large radius. Not any of the previous Bakudos, and nothing of Yiskan can be seen.

Jotaro looks over to where the Garganta is and it's obviously gone. Jotaro slowly falls to the sand outside of the crater.

He stabs his Zanpakuto into the sand in front of himself as he falls to one knee. He had used a lot of his Reiatsu in that last attack. He could keep going if he needed to, but not at full capacity. That crater was not small at all.

That was one of his final trump cards. It combines his Kido and his Zanpakuto techniques. He looks up at his buster sword and sees that it's still smoking.

Jotaro doesn't sense Yiskan anymore. He sits down on the sand and claps his hands together.

He makes a Bakudo barrier around himself. It will hide his Spiritual Pressure and his presence. It's also pretty durable as well.

He focuses on making his own form of Garganta. He needs to figure this out sooner rather than later. Hueco Mundo is not a place you want to be stuck in.

Jotaro deactivated his Shikai and gets to work.

He spends hours trying to understand the properties. He's going off his memory and has some assistance from Hōfuku-Ryoku. It would be faster if he had it at his disposal to actually study instead of working on memory.

After many hours Jotaro stands up. He puts his Zanpakuto on his back and brings his hands back.

The good thing about his Unique Kido is that they don't have an incantation to say. He makes them so he can just not need an incantation.

He stabs his finger forward and grabs the space in front of him. Then he literally pulls them apart. There's a terrible ripping sound as the space before him is pulled apart. A hole appears and on the other side Jotaro can see Karakura town. He jumps through and lands in the night sky.

Well, more like the morning sky. The sun was rising in the horizon.

He sighs and the hole behind him begins to close.

Then he feels something stab into his left shoulder. He turns around and sees the white sand and night sky dispersing. Nothing else was even there. No Hollows could even be seen.

He uses his right hand to reach over his left shoulder and see what stabbed him. He finds an object protruding from his shoulder. It had gone pretty deep and had been undetectable.

He grabbed it and pulled it out. His left eye closed and his right eye twitched at the pain as he released a muffled grunt.

He held the object before him and saw that it was a horn and part of the mask of Yiskan. Jotaro didn't know what this meant. He couldn't feel anything from the mask.

He uses Hado No. 28: Shirohisuto. (White Fire Strike). Without saying a word.

From his palm a small burst of white fire from the palm explodes on contact and completely engulfs the mask. He shakes his right hand and then uses Kaido on his only wound from his fight. That could have ended very differently if he hadn't trapped Yiskan with consecutive Bakudos. He had other trump cards that could have won him a head-on fight. But that was the easiest and fastest solution.

His wound closed and he used Shunpo to go to Urahara's Shop. He got there and reported his fight.

Kisuke was listening intently. "This…is serious. Are you sure you were able to destroy this 'Yiskan Ettull' and your only wound was when you came back?" Kisuke was staring into his eyes.

"Yes. I was there for hours before I was able to come back. And this Vasto Lorde, was weird. He did try to attack but he didn't show any ability to break my Bakudos" Jotaro didn't know what to make of this.

Kisuke asks Jotaro to repeat what it looked like again. It almost seemed like Kisuke knew what it was.

"And you are sure it's body was destroyed" Kisuke's eyes were hidden in the shadow of his hat.

"Obliterated. And then the mask remnant was burned and exploded to nothing"

Kisuke releases a sigh. "Good. Now go get some rest" Kisuke turns around and switches his tone to his goofy one. "And congratulations on slaying a Vasto Lorde~! Most Captains would even find that task difficult~"

Jotaro got home quickly. He was at least able to advance his Kido a fair bit. The properties of the Garganta was very helpful in forming new Kido.

He slips through his window and sees his body sleeping on the bed. He slips into his human badly and spits out the soul candy pill. He cleans it and then puts it into the cat plushie.

Kai looks out the window. "Took you long enough. What the hell happened? Your energy disappeared for hours"

Jotaro explained as he got ready for sleep. He had a few hours until he needed to meet up with the Kurosaki's.

He felt his left shoulder throbbing as he relaxed his body. Almost like phantom pains of the wound he previously had.