When the Mountain Crumbles

He'd managed to leave letters behind meant for certain people. Tatsuya had waited far too long. He spent too much time unaware and now his time as Shogun was gone. Heat bubbled off his body as hollows who came to fight him. Burst into cinders as he found a small bit of debris. From some distant memory. He didn't have long left and he knew it. A being inside him given a name by him. It did little to stop the creature. It remained a powerful beast lingering inside him. Waiting to pounce and devour what remained. The sand bubbled and turned to glass as he sat there. His head leaning back as he coughed. He'd begin fighting soon inside himself desperately to survive. But it was unlikely he would get to keep it. What would become of his mind and body in the end? Would he simply fade into the facade of time and space? Tatsuya Oda, the great fool of the wastelands. He believed Ulv could give a telling eulogy if she didn't hate him. Well, nothing left to do but fight and it seemed he would be alone.


Born alone and dying alone that seemed fitting, didn't it? For the journey to come to a close here? Arrogance and ego along with a bloated sense of importance. Hallmarks of a fool, just like his father before him. He believed himself king of some empire. Seated upon a throne that nobody believed in. Someday that throne would shatter. Someday it would be nothing but a broken void. His father and all his military beliefs. The so-called powerful nation he had. That would sub come to rubble like the sands. He owed Calypso a long apology for this. He was going to be devoured and destroyed. That was a given so the letter was left to her. He tossed it into the air leaving it to flow into the living world. Calypso was free like the wind, so finding her in his condition. That was a hard thing to do anymore. He had instructed for a letter to go to Ulv as well. Though it meant little just that he was sorry for how it turned out. How cocky and arrogant he came across in this new world.

Believing for some foolish and naive reason he knew better. What nonsense and one last fight with her. That shinigami had been promising. Giving him a good time before he turned. Would there be a fight in his inner world, no he doubted that very strongly? His eyes felt heavy and exhaustion felt close to a close here. His Reiatsu felt like it wasn't his for much longer. Everything had been spent on this occasion. Slowly these sands vanish as he came into his inner world. Cracked skin and a smile waiting. His hollow giving a clap of his hands before responding. "Good show." His eyes focused on his hollow as he hand went for his weapon. "You think it matters, I let it go before out of interest. Amusement just to see what would come of our little bout. But you cannot amuse me any longer." His hand didn't go away from his Zanpakuto now. Considering what the figure said internally as he drew his weapon. His eyes staring holes at the man. Taking everything in even the aspects of him.

"I won't go...not quietly...I will make you work for this." Tatsuya snarled as he raised his sword. Sending a crashing blast towards his hollow. The creature simply smacked it to the side. Before beginning to walk towards him. Tatsuya swung his blade using the training he held. Precise knowledge and skills he'd developed over many years. Did he truly die here in this place? His lungs filled with air. As the creature slammed it's blade into his. It felt like his hands began to bleed. Cracks began forming in his sword. Tatsuya brought his blade back saw them. What was happening here to him now? Was he so shaken that he couldn't win? No, he knew that going into this bout he'd lose. Outside his body began it's rampage now as his skin became black. Crimson lines forming across his flesh. These a sign of his Hollowfication coming into its own form. The developments not shifting away from it. His outer self had begun battering hollows who came challenging.

Slamming and breaking them while his inner turmoil continued. Smacking away every blade. Sending away every possible response or avenue of the possible outcome. He went to use his fists but had them cut off quickly. Then his legs and then those were cut down. Tatsuya had run out of options and choices. He wasn't going to win this fight. It was an overwhelming defeat by the creature. His eyes looked upwards it now from his position upon the ground. The weapon disappearing as it walked closer. "Such a tiring fuss..did you truly believe that you had any hope?" The creature mocked as he ran his ashen finger along his skin. "Worry not, I'll make good use of this power and body. It will be something..magical...Hehe." It was then with a loud noise that everything went black. Nothing remained and the world became dark. Everything was gone from the world for him. Thus did Aggramar Brimstone come to life. One chapter crumbled and a mountain broke.


But beneath that shattered scape someone new had emerged. It was a creature of fierce power. Who could overwhelm Tatsuya with little trouble, his hair ablaze and his eyes? As the world around him had hollow corpses still burning from the feel of his Reiatsu. This was an interesting day indeed to walk upon these sands where he once lived.