No longer was Shirogane, Head of the Kuchiki clan was a pure soul reaper any longer. Gaining this new power allowed him to drop all of his "tactics" that were to fight with a clear mind, find a weakness. However, this power that was bestowed to him by merely absorbing the hollows. There was no need for such things, and he could quickly tell there was a gap between them. Simply overpowering them now would only solidify his authority that he now has over them and everyone else that opposes him. Many people believe that power can mean many things. It could symbolize strength, control, influence, rule, supremacy, energy, and a whole bunch of other words. However, Shirogane had access to every definition of power; he was power. The very presence and position he was in symbolizes every word that belongs under that word.
Even held tools that come with it, being a ruler of his clan, having influence over central 46. Those are just examples of what Shirogane had possessed, which poses him a significant threat or any royal house member that holds the keys. Nevertheless, what separates Shirogane from the other Great Houses, is that he held the key to hollowfication powers. A power they shall never obtain in their lifetime; however, while he was looking to test these new powers against Captain Oda where he proven that gap when he manages to closed the distance between them in a split second. The clone left to deal with the pot since it had been left unattended, but now it would be a matter of dealing with the Captain while sending him crashing through series of walls and buildings that made up the foundation of the Kuchiki Manor. He was tough, but the end was near, but not the end Shirogane had hoped. A sudden shift in the atmosphere caused his eyes beneath the mask to widen upon the energy he felt. But then at the same time, something white was forming around the Captain's face, slowly forging into something that couldn't seem possible.
"How!?"
His mind screamed. The majesty plan had changed, immediately he let go of his monstrous grip of the Captain's face. His expression couldn't be seen, but he was utterly distraught at the sight. But it wasn't fear; it was the state of mind that question, how? Why? Did Shirogane somehow implanted the hollow powers into the Captain?
"No. That couldn't be it! It had to be........."
His mind pondered as he begins to think about the calculations and every detail he studied about the powers. By mentally going over the notes he researched himself, he then suddenly realized a fatal error in his plans. A mistake he didn't take into account, his eyes widen once more at the realization, remembering when the pot first open by his touch. That power still lingers about throughout the barrier, and the wall seals everything inside, which leaves everyone inside to be affected by the pot's energy. His sole purpose of harnessing this power and claim it as his own has been for nothing, an identity he thought to have as his own, now taking away just like that. He wasn't the only one, Lt and Arashi too. He could feel their hollowfying presence among the barrier.
"This cannot be! This....this...."
Lost in this sudden surprise, Shirogane then realized he was stuck in this tar, a tar he was quite fond of from before. However, it seemed more durable than before. Pair of hands were latched to the ankle than more showed up, clawing at him with such violence, ripping at his clothes, even at his flesh. Slowly being sucked into this pool of evil blackness that was Yasu's doing. The noble did not make a sound, not a single word or sound escaped his lips, but as these, multiple hands were grabbing at him like hungry beasts. It became apparent that he couldn't get free. Struggle to fight, struggling to release himself from their grasp but to no avail. And just then, when he thought there was a glimmer of hope when he thought to used a final trick to removed himself from this situation. Aiming to retreat exterior of the barrier by conjuring a mirror that the clone planted in the training dummy from earlier, before Arashi arrived into the barracks. He was looking to spam the technique another time to switch spots once again to meet up with the clone in the Rukon District and go into hiding to recover.
However, nothing had worked, not a single mirror came to his beckoning call. He didn't hear the words Tenzen said, too caught up in trying to focus but whatever he said, whatever he done. Two golden-yellow rings arose around the wrist, which yet again surprises has to stop. Shirogane did not know what deviltry this Captain has cast on him, but for whatever reason, he could feel the inside of his body, twisted and turning like a bad stomach ache but worst. It came with the unimaginable pain of burning. He lacks the understanding of how this exactly happened, unbeknownst it was when he touch the Captain while he prepared for this special kido. Unfortunately, Shirogane was caught and dead the moment he laid a hand on the Captain, and it was within that moment, his fate was sealed. Once Shirogane begins to understand that there was no point in fighting, no point in trying to counter because there was none. Even the mask slowly broke down, leaving only half of his face exposed for Yasu and the Captain to see.
And suddenly.....
A smile? That one side of his mouth curled up into a smile. But why? A hollowfied being that was out to kill, and harm would smile at death? It's hard to tell if the essence of this mask had imprinted on Shirogane's expression, or this power has made the Kuchiki lose control of his mind and actions. However, a Kuchiki has never known to smile, even till death. Shirogane smiled after thinking of everything he has gone through, all the time he spent planning, training, also going as far as stepping away from his division to succeed in a plan to overthrow the injustice. But the main reason is that they now hold the keys to being a hollow. The very same power he held would soon be a burden left in this world to them. There's a chance that they could become the very criminals they protect the Seireitei from. The thought of them possibly suffering to get stabbed in the back by the very people they were looking to save, now exiles or worst. Those masks they hold were from his doing, and they were his children in Shirogane's perspective. The head of the Kuchiki, one eye that is still exposed, would meet with Captain Tenzen Oda's eyes.
"I hope one day, Captain. You will come to know the...groan truth as I have. Hopefully, once you do, you shall do what is necessary. That's all I wanted. If you want to know the truth, search in the archives of Central 46."
His voice still somewhat had evidence of a hollow, that demonic like voice. He managed to share what he wanted until he was no more, allowing whatever happens, happen. As the thoughts began to drift, he begins to reminisce of his accolades and everything he had achieved. Death may be his fate, but the victory was not theirs, or so he would hope they don't think he went out without a failsafe. Of course, Tenzen would notice the pot was missing, and Shirogane would most likely ignore any questions had he asked. It was irrelevant for the pot would be far from his reaches, so he didn't need an answer. What would happen next would be too late for anyone to do anything about it. Shirogane begins to think about his son, his clan, his wife and unborn child. He did not have anything to say except to try and remember their faces as he leaves this earth by being swallowed in the depths of this Shikai. He was dying on the grounds of the Kuchiki Clan, dying from his pride and arrogance. Some could view Shirogane as a failure in an attempt to gain power. But he caused more harm than their eyes could see.
Somewhere among the Soul Society, a woman cries out in pain. Someone reaches in between the gap of her legs. Only a few seconds later, the cry of an infant was born, as the man now held this beautiful infant child in his arms, as it hollered and hollered, but everyone was filled with joy. The screams of the mother died down after the pressure and weight had vanished.
"It's a girl, my lady. What do you want to name her?"
The man asked while only a few others stood around the bed the woman lay in, and the baby was then wrapped in cloth and handed over for her to hold. The hollering had stopped once the baby came eye to eye with the creator. The connection between mother and child was now face to face, and the infant was no longer bound inside of the woman, seeing her face, a look she would probably forget in time. A mug of ebony kissed skin with long purple hair and those big yellow like eyes that were filled with tiredness from hours of labor.
"Her name shall be......shall b-"Her words were cut short for her vision got blurry, but then it was dark.
"Lady Shihoin? LADY SHIHOIN! WAKE UP!?" one woman shouted
All life that she had was suddenly gone, arms went limp, and the wrapped infant rolled out of the mother's arm and onto the bed. But the man quickly reached the baby who now begins to cry once again. One of the people grasp the woman in bed by the wrist and placed two fingers onto the neck. Unfortunately, there was no life in her, and it was gone, the connection between mother and child was short-lived.
"What should we do?"
A woman asked the man.
Even he was confused and lost....
He said nothing but sit there lost in thought.
Shirogane zanpakuto shattered to pieces or ended up lost within the ocean of black gunk. A single tear flew down from the corner of his eye, down to his chin. The life he once felt is no more. Shirogane was left to do only one thing, which he looked down into the tar now that they were at least up to his chest, faces of all those who fell victim to this insane power. Some of those faces he did recognize, faces of his clan members. His head would tilt back to look into the sky for the last time. The mask that was to defined his character shattered, at the least the rest of it. His face is fully exposed to the barrier that still surrounds this place.
"Mother.......Am I still pathetic?" would been his final words.
