Devilish Gaming: Ch.40

Chad grunted as a heavy punch impacted his arm, steadying his footing before grabbing onto the outstretched arm and pulling the culprit closer. Swinging a jab in retaliation, Chad watched as Mashiro ducked and dodged around his rapid punches before twisting and pulling his arm behind him.

Quickly snapping his shoulder out of socket right as she let go and tried a dropkick, High-Speed Regeneration snapped it back into place while his other hand grabbed onto the front of her bodysuit and slammed her back first into the ground.

Yet, that didn't hinder Mashiro for long as she pulled her legs back ebfore kicking outwards, Chad grimacing as he was sent skidding back before rolling his shoulder back into place as he watched the girl hopping to her feet as well.

“Hey, you're not bad. You're not as good as Kensei, but you're still pretty fun.”

“The same to you. I have sparred with a few other people, but I do like how unorthodox you are.”

“Hehehe~ Thanks. The Mashiro combo attacks are pretty fun to do,” Mashiro said with a grin as she crouched, Chad readying himself right as the girl shot forward and leapt through the air with a spin.

“Mashiroooo~ Roundhouse!”, Lifting his arm as she swung her leg, his eyes widened slightly as the force behind it sent him flying to the side, quickly backflipping in rapid succession and back onto his feet right as Mashiro slid to a stop in front of him.

“Mashiroooo~ Punch!”, Reaching for her wrist as she punched, Chad quickly pulled her into an elbow to the throat before slipping past her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

With a grunt, he heaved and swung her overhead into a german suplex, spinning with the attack and grabbing her into a tight neckhold while pulling her arm backwards.

“Yield?”, Chad asked as he pinned her legs with his own, feeling the girl struggle before smiling and standing up as she tapped his shoulder with a pout.

“Stop pouting, Mashiro. I've told you so many times that shouting your attack's name is stupid and gives away your next move.”

“But rule of cool~”, Mashiro whined, Kensei just rolling his eyes before turning to Chad who stood up and looked at the man.

“You were too easy on her. Mashiro may look delicate, but she can handle more than most of us can.”

“That and I can also keep my Hollow mask up the longest, but Kensei says we're not allowed to use them in training.”

“Because training with our masks makes us dependant on them, which is what our Hollows want.”

“But Chad can train and fight with his and you don't say anything about that,” Chad just decided to move back as the two descended into arguing, looking over to where Ichigo was struggling to keep his mask active while Hiyori delivered continuous attacks.

He didn't know exactly what kind of training they had his friend do, but when he left training early one day and came back the next, it was to the sight of Ichigo fighting against Kensei with both of them wielding their masks.

Apparently, Ichigo had fought against his Hollow just like Chad had done, but instead of the two fusing together, Ichigo had simply defeated it and tamed it for the time being, resulting in Ichigo now having being able to better control his powers.

Chad still think that his friend should have at least tried to work things out with his Hollow, but at the same time, Ichigo no longer saw himself as a liability which meant that he would be more help this time.

“Chad!”, Chad blinked as a voice called to him, looking to Kensei to see the man's frown as well as Mashiro's sly giggles.

“Are we that boring?”

“Sorry, what were we talking about?”

“You and Mashiro against me, but now I see that we're boring you. So to keep your interests with us, Mashiro and I against you.”

“Don't suppose an apology would help, would it?”, Chad asked even as he shifted into his boxing stance, shaking his head as Kensei just hummed while Mashiro grinned and rushed in first.

Quickly ducking to the side, Chad raised an arm to block the punch from Kensei, leaning back and grabbing Mashiro's kick before throwing her at her former captain who simply ducked under her.

Rushing in with a jab, both Kensei and Chad were light on their feet as they ducked and weaved, each jab parried, blocked or countered with one of their own.

Their exchange did not last long as Mashiro rushed in, Chad hopping back and letting her kick miss before grunting as Kensei landed a cross to his side.

Curling in and trapping the man's outstretched arm with his own, Chad quickly kicked at his knee and forced Kensei to dodge it, letting go of his arm before swinging his other arm upwards and delivering a heavy uppercut to his chest.

However, he was surprised as Mashiro hopped onto his shoulders from behind, quickly raising his arms above his head as she delivered elbow after elbow onto them before he groaned as Kensei swung and got a hook punch to his liver in.

Feeling the wind being knocked out of him, Chad fell to a knee as Mashiro hopped off, blinking a few times to stop his vision from spinning before grabbing the hand held out to him.

“Without your defensive techniques and no spiritual energy, you're a pretty good fighter.”

“Yeah, but I guess my abnormal strength means nothing to you guys.”

“Oh, it does. We're still spiritual beings so our bodies are still stronger than yours at a regular level. We've just been alive for longer than you have so our gigais are used to unconsciously fuelling our bodies with spiritual energy unlike yours. Once you get to our level, it will get pretty easier to do so,” Kensei explained and Chad nodded slowly before looking to Mashiro to see her hopping from foot to foot.

“Why is she doing that?”

“We've learned to just let Mashiro do what she wants and not question.”

“Oh, come on!”, Chad turned as he heard Ichigo's frustrated shout, looking over to see his friend lying on his back while Hiyori stood beside him with her sword on her shoulder.

“I almost had you that time.”

“Almost doesn't count,” Hiyori answered as she shattered her mask, Ichigo just grumbling as he sat up before they looked up as Chad walked over to them.

“I see you're still struggling to beat Hiyori.”

“Hey, I'm not as good as you were, okay?”

“Hiyori wasn't taking me seriously and she didn't use her mask. I took advantage of that to take her out as quickly as possible.”

“I still lost, but now I'm ready for a rematch,” Hiyori spoke with a grin as she swiped her hand down, reforming her mask as Chad blinked before looking at Ichigo as his friend stood up and patted his shoulder.

“Good luck.”

“This will be good training for you as well. No using your Guardian Devil thing. Only your mask and your abilities,” Kensei spoke up and Chad just nodded as he clawed his hand over his face, his new Diablo mask taking form.

Activating both Fullbring and Hierro in unison, Chad readied himself as Hiyori took her blade from her shoulder before she shot at him with a downwards slash.

Dodging to the side, Chad swung at her only for the girl to duck under his arm, grabbing onto it and swinging around to deliver a heavy kick to his head. Yet, Chad tanked it with a grimace before grabbing onto her leg and slamming her into the ground.

He was not done as he heaved and slammed her down again, doing so over and over before spinning and throwing Hiyori into the air with a roar.

Leaping upwards with his Reiatsu surging, Chad pulled a fist back before swinging at her, Hiyori spinning in the air and parrying his attack to the side with a grimace as it sent her flying towards the ground.

Elasticizing the air below his feet, Chad launched him through the air and did so again, picking up speed until he was nothing more than a blur to Hiyori who landed with a grunt.

Looking up right as Chad appeared in front of her with a glowing fist, Hiyori's eyes widened as she held her sword in front of her and chanted as the tall teen swung.

“Chop Cleanly, Kubikiri Orochi (Head-Cleaving Serpent!)”, Her blade took the form of a large cleaver with a serrated saw-like blade right as Chad's punch hit it and both of their eyes widened as her blade nicked his fingers while Hiyori felt herself be rocketed backwards.

Watching as the girl rolled across the ground, Chad looked at his knuckles with a frown, staring at the blood trickling from the small jagged cuts before looking up to see Hiyori roll to her feet with a stumble.

“Damn, he forced you to use your Shikai? Not bad there, Chad!”, Love shouted from the sidelines, but Chad just focused on Hiyori before shattering his mask as she did the same and turned her cleaver back into a katana.

“The loud idiot over there is right, though. It takes a lot to make me use my Shikai.”

“Why didn't you use it against Ichigo?”

“Because I'm trying to make sure he doesn't go overboard whereas with you, I'm trying to see how much it would take before you need to actually try.”

“I see,” Chad murmured before tilting his head as her sword missed stabbing his head, the teen raising an eyebrow as Hiyori scoffed while sheathing her katana.

“Always be on guard. I guess Kensei's managed to drill that into you.”

“Hey, Ichigo, Chad. You got a visitor~”, Shinji spoke with a grin as he walked down the steps, Chad and Ichigo looking over before being surprised as Orihime waved with a smile.

“Hi~”

“Hey, Orihime. Why, uh, why are you here?”

“She got a crush on him?”, Love asked as he stood beside Chad, who crossed his arms and nodded with a smirk as he decided to let Ichigo catch her up.

“Yeah, pretty big one.”

“Huh, nice. So, you got a crush on anyone?”

“…No,” Chad answered, not showing anything on his face as Love raised an eyebrow while Rojuro looked amused.

“My dear Love, was that hesitance I heard in our friend's voice?”

“If it wasn't, I'd burn all of my romcom manga. So, who's the girl?”

“Hah, it doesn't matter. I've cut ties with her group so I don't think she'd be allowed to meet up with me again.”

“And what makes you think that?”

“Because their leader's right-hand man has an ability that allows him to manipulate memories and I found out that he tried and failed to manipulate mine.”

“…Well, that would be a fair assumption. Damn, your luck was that shitty, huh?”, Love murmured and Chad simply shrugged at their words before looking at Rojuro as the man hummed.

“If I may give you a bit of advice, dear Chad?”

“You may.”

“Love simply does not stop just because there's obstacles in the way. Look at Romeo and Juliet? Their families were at odds with each other and yet they still managed to make their relationship work.”

“Didn't they also die?”

“In true love fashion? Yes, they did, but despite the taboo of it, they still loved each other to the end.”

“Well, I wouldn't say that what I have is love.”

“I know, but there is an attraction, either from you to her or from her to you and if you let that attraction fade away, you will always wonder on what you two could have been instead of what you two are now.”

“Are you trying to tell me to ask a girl out on a date?”

“Exactly that. You can either continue to stay here with us or you can go and ask this girl on a date.”

“Hey, Chad!”, Chad looked up as Ichigo shouted only to frown as his friend held up his phone with a frown.

“We got a problem.”

“…Or you can go after you take care of this problem.”

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“According to Toshiro, there's a group of Arrancar that showed up and started fighting them immediately. Two of them are new…but the other two are Yammy and Grimmjow,” Chad narrowed his eyes at Ichigo's words as the two raced through the sky, their bodies a blur to the naked human eye.

As they reached Karakura Town, Chad focused on the bursts of spiritual energy he felt in the distance, Ichigo immediately speeding up right as two of the figures turned to them.

“Chad! There you a-!”

“BAN-KAI!”, Grimmjow was cut off by Ichigo's roar, Chad watching as Ichigo swung his Tensa Zangetsu down and forced the two of them down into the distance before he turned his gaze to the Arrancar that was grinning at him.

“You're mine!”, Yammy snarled as he shot forward, Chad immediately activating Hierro and tanking the blow to his chest before surprising Yammy as a Bala formed around his face.

“Bala!”, With a heavy hook to his side, the air exploded as the Arrancar got sent to the side, grinning wildly while Chad activated Fullbring and flew forward.

“Looks like you've gotten stronger!”, Yammy growled as he stomped forward, both fighters pulling a fist back before swinging forward as hard as they could.

The air rippled as the two fists clashed, sending them both to the ground and in opposite directions. Both fighters rolled over midair and landed on their feet, dragging their feet to the ground to slow themselves down while glaring at the other.

'He's taking me a lot more seriously than before. I guess I can't get him by surprise anymore,' Chad thought with a frown as he stood up straight, rolling his shoulders and cracking his back with a frown.

With a thought, the Armadura Malevola del Guardian Demoniaco formed around his arms as he clawed at his face, watching as Yammy's grin widened while he gathered sparking red spiritual energy around his fists.

A moment later, Chad vanished and appeared in front of the Arrancar, who looked shocked at the speed before Chad reached forward and grabbed him by the head.

An explosion rippled from his palm and into the Arrancar's mouth, a gag escaping Yammy's lips as its flames lit up his skull before Chad dove down with the Hollow and slammed him skull first into the ground.

“La Furia del Diablo (The Devil's Fury!)”, The first fist crashed into Yammy's jaw, surprising the Arrancar with the flare of pain before the next came, into his chest and sending the shockwave rippling through his form.

The next came and then the next until Chad's arms were nothing but blurs, his eyes focused and his fists aiming for what little vital target he could find as Bala after Bala impacted Yammy's body.

The Arrancar gritted his teeth as he felt the flashes of pain through his Hierro, keeping his arms up while feeling his anger flare as he wondered just how the hell a human could do this.

With a roar, he kicked Chad off and made it to his feet, reaching for his sword only to get a punch to his side and to his face, making the Arrancar stagger back.

“You huma-!”, Chad rushed in and landed another punch to his face, ducking under Yammy's grab while activating Fullbring and unleashing an explosion to his jaw.

Slipping back and watching as Yammy charged at him with a growl, Chad shifted his left arm into its defensive form and expanded the shield, blocking Yammy's stomp and pushing it down to the ground.

Shifting his arm back, Chad landed a rising elbow and lifted his leg to deliver a stomp, slipping in and shoulder-bumping the Arrancar backwards before ducking under and behind the Hollow with a grunt.

Wrapping both arms around the Arrancar's waist, Yammy's eyes widened as Chad lifted him before slamming him head first into the ground, flipping to his feet while hopping backwards.

He was not surprised to see the Hollow not hurt too much as the Hollow looked up with a growl, Yammy reaching up to touch his lip before Chad grimaced as the Arrancar pulled his hand away to reveal slight blood covering his fingers.

“You…you fucking human!”, The Arrancar roared as he flew to his feet, Chad readying himself as Yammy opened his mouth and spiritual energy gathered at his mouth.

Quick explosions from his feet helped Chad hop rapidly from side to side, Yammy tracking his movements before the teen ducked low right as Yammy roared.

“Gran Ray Ce-!”, With a roar, Chad dragged his right fist's knuckles across the ground before landing a vicious uppercut that snapped the Arrancar's head back.

It was right in time too as the Gran Ray Cero fired, a colossal beam of energy shooting up into the sky and exploded with a deafening boom while Yammy's eyes widened as Chad lifted both hands above his head and slammed them down onto his skull with another roar.

His head snapped down and he bounced off the ground, surprised at the dazed feeling in his mind before anger flooded his mind as he reoriented himself and landed on his feet.

'I will not let this stand! He wil-', His thought process was cut off as Chad grabbed his arms and pulled them to the side, the two fighters face to face while Yammy's eyes widened as Chad had a Cero gathering at his mouth.

“Cero del Diablo (Devil's Cero)”, Yammy had a moment of clear vision before it was obscured by black and scarlet, Chad letting out a roar with the Cero as it covered Yammy's head and exploded with a deafening boom.

All fighting around them ceased as Chad kept the blast up before dismissing it, taking deep breaths while watching the smoke fade to reveal Yammy's body twitching while blood spurted from the gaping wound on his neck.

Some of the blood landed on Chad's mask as he let the body fall before he slowly looked up, staring directly at the surprised Espada and Shinigami above when he let out a soft growl that made the air rumble.

“Next.”

“…Holy shit, since when is the big guy that ruthless?”, Chad heard Ikkaku ask as he stood still, staring directly at the frowning Espada with the tentacles on his body before looking back at Yammy.

Taking a deep breath, he let his own energy grasp on Yammy's before draining the Hollow Reiatsu from it while letting the other spiritual energy go away.

It took him a few seconds before the last of the energy was in his body, but as he exhaled out slowly, Chad looked at the tentacle Espada and felt a surprising burst of excitement through his body.

'Why would I-Diablo. I guess I inherited more than his power,' Chad thought with a smile as he began to hop upwards, making his way to Toshiro who looked wary while Rangiku looked amused.

“So, you still Chad or should we call you something else?”

“I'm still Chad,” The teen answered as he solidified the reishi in the air below him, standing next to the two Shinigami while staring at their opponent who scoffed.

“You killed Espada #10. So what? I'm Espada #6, Luppi Antenor, and taking out two Shinigami and a human is nothing to me.”

“I thought Grimmjow was #6?”, Chad asked with a frown, realizing why that was a wrong idea as anger flashed in the Espada's eyes and he snarled.

“No! He was #6, but now I'm the better #6!”

“You know, doesn't he sound like a disappointed child that wants to prove he's better?”

“He does…kind of!”

“I will-!”, As Luppi was about to go on a rant, Chad narrowed his eyes as he watched a Garganta open behind the Espada before hearing Rangiku's soft gasp when a smiling Gin and Tosen walked through.

“Hey~ Looks like everyone is still busy here, eh Tosen?”

“We are not here to frolic about, Ichimaru. Luppi, Wonderweiss, Ya-”, Chad smirked beneath his mouth as Tosen and Gin turned to where Yammy's body was fading away, Gin's smile dropping slightly while Tosen turned his head to Luppi.

“Who?”

“The human,” Chad readied himself as both men turned to them, watching Gin tilt his head with a hum while Tosen nodded.

“I see. Lord Aize wants everyone back in Hueco Mundo now.”

“Do you believe we will let you leave?”

“Think you can handle an Arrancar, an Espada and two captains, oh young Captain Hitsugaya?”, Gin asked in turn and Chad knew that he would not last long against them.

What he did to Yammy was a fluke and nothing more. Had the man taken him serious from the start, it would have been Chad lying on the floor with his head gone, but like many with power, the man had underestimated him and paid the price for it.

“Captain, perhaps we should wait,”

“Yeah, listen to Rangiku, little captain,” Gin spoke with a smile as he turned and walked through the Garganta, Tosen and Luppi following through along with a blonde boy that looked a bit dazed.

“That was a good decision there. I wasn't sure if we would have been able to fight against them,” Chad murmured as he shattered his mask and dispersed the Armadura Malevola del Guardian Demoniaco, Toshiro letting out a frustrated sigh as he sheathed his sword and nodded.

“I hate to say it, but I agree. However, I must congratulate you on your victory. It seems that we don't have to worry about every Espada being on the same level as a Vasto Lorde.”

“I wouldn't say that. He underestimated me and paid the price for it.”

“If he was a Vasto Lorde, he would have won whether you underestimated him or not. He simply lost and that's it,” Toshiro answered and Chad hid his smile as Rangiku rolled her eyes before looking into the distance where he saw Ichigo rushing to them along with Ikkaku and Yumichika.

“Where's the figh-Oh, it's over?”, Chad smiled at Ikkua's words as the man lowered his three-section staff, clipping it back together while Ichigo dismissed his Tensa Zangetsu.

“The Arrancar?”

“They were retrieved by Ichimaru and Tosen. All but one as your friend here took care of Espada #10, I believe they called him?”, Toshiro asked as he turned to Chad, who nodded as Ichigo blinked before grinning and patting Chad's shoulder.

“That's my best friend right there! Well, at least I don't have to feel as bad for letting Grimmjow escape.”

“Was he still too much?”, Chad asked before smirking as Ichigo scoffed and shook his head, resting Zangetsu on his shoulders.

“Not at all! Once I got that first hit in, the rest kept flowing and soon, the guy was shouting about his Resurreccion or something like that.”

“It's Resurreccion. It's supposed to be their version of Bankai.”

“I'm glad then that Yammy didn't use his or else I would not be here,” Chad spoke with a shake of his head and smirked as everyone shook their heads while looking at the screen in front of him.

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Name: Yasutora Sado/ Chad
Race: Human (Fullbringer)
Reiryoku Levels: Monstrous
Reiatsu: Spirit Class Rank 3

SKILLS:
*Fullbring: Expert(MAXED)
*Hand-to-Hand Combat: Master(MAXED)

HOLLOW:
*Bala: Expert (MAXED)
*Cero: Expert (MAXED)
*Descorrer: Expert (MAXED)
*High-Speed Regeneration: Expert(MAXED)
*Hierro: Master(MAXED)
*Pesquisa: Advanced (MAXED)
*Sonido: Expert(MAXED)
*Hollowfication: Master(MAXED)
*Armadura Malevola del Guardian Demoniaco (Malevolent Armour of the Guardian Devil): Master (MAXED)

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“While we have taken out one of the foes today, it was #10, the weakest of their group. Rangiku, report this to the Captain Commander and await his orders. The rest of you, get rested. The real fight is only just beginning.”

“Sure,” Chad nodded along with the others, smiling at Toshiro's grumbles before he and Ichigo dropped to the ground. As they did so, though, Chad blinked as his phone rang. Ichigo looked just as bewildered as he was as he took it out and accepted the call, putting it on speaker as well to let Ichigo hear.

“Hey, it's Chad. What's u-”

“Chad, it's Shinji. We uh…we may have a problem.”

“What's the problem?”

“Well, Orihime was here one second…and then she was gone…Yeah, she just got kidnapped.”

“…What?!”

A/N: And a twist to the story~!! Instead of letting her go o the Soul Society for training and all that, nope! We're picking up the pace!!

Also, sorry for missing last week. I thought I had it figured out, but turns out that my plan that I had would not work because some characters that I wanted to use was for the Spiritual Don story and not this one.

P.S. reason for Yammy losing: He underestimated Chad and this Chad is one that was taught to go all-out and win if his foe isn't taking him seriously. To put it simple, Yammy was a dumbass.

Anyway, next chapter: Raiding Hueco Mundo.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!