Captain Shunsui Kyōraku

Wonderweiss had called the beast to break the world out of the Garganta from Hueco Mundo...or, at the very least, to break the barrier that held Aizen from participating in the fray. Of course, with several captains already down from their battles with the Espada, the Gotei 13 was looking pretty ragged and worse for wear.

What luck, then, that the Visored oh-so-conveniently chose that exact moment to make their appearance. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, after all, and it would seem that, despite the differences that Visored and Shinigami held against each other, they could all agree that Aizen had to be stopped, no matter what.

But first...

( A brief interlude for a reunion. )

"Be careful," he murmured, to nobody but the wind, "Lisa-chan..."

[[CONFESSION TIME II: I thought Lisa was such a basic bitch when we first met her, but that was before I really knew her background (see also: F this arc), and now I sort of love her? Which just proves that Shunsui just makes everything better by proxy. Also, this is probably my favorite scene in the entire arc, because, let's face it, Shunsui does not get kicked in the face nearly enough these days ]]

[[Part 2 of (probably!) 4, and significantly shorter! Part 1 here! Typical alphabet soup applies!]]