They'd been called to Sogyoku Hill. Every captain lieutenant and hec, anyone with a known shikai. It was strange with the head captain no where to be found. He was the one that called them there.

Hitsugaya and Rangiku arrived to confused faces.

"Captain Hitsugaya," Ukitake greeted him.

"Captain Ukitake," he greeted surprisingly calm almost eerily so.

"You seem quite calm Hitsugaya, you don't happen to know why we've been summoned here so urgently." The eldest captain looked at him curiously.

The Captain Hitsugaya he knew would be worried he missed anything and asking if anyone else knew anything. He wasn't the only one who noticed they're youngest captain acting a bit off lately. He was distant as if it was becoming hard to focus. His calmness all the more seemed to reflect that.

"I don't know." He replied looking round, "we'll probably found out soon enough though."

Ukitake gave a questioning glance to Rangiku who shrugged. None one had managed to get through to him lately.

The captains spoke among themselves about the mystery but none knew and the fog around them just got worse. The dark night above them and the moon making ghost lights in the fog. Anyone cold tell something, maybe even everything was not right here.

The 1st squad lieutenant stumbled over the bridge and collapsed. Blood spread from his body, he was mortally wounded. The squad 4 officers went to help and though concered Ukitake glanced over his shoulder to Hitsugaya. There was no hit of concern, panic or confusion in fact his the boy shifted his vision somewhere else where another figure stood.

"And so it begins." He muttered.

"What begins, captain?" Rangiku heard him.

He didn't answer her and the strange man said,

"I'm afraid the head Captain won't be joining us tonight."

Konamura was the first to act appearing before the man he asked what he had done to the head captain but when they was no answer he attacked. The man dodged out the way and Konamura went for BanKai.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Hitsugaya called forward.

Confused glances went his way, the boy was smirking somewhat evilly.

"What are you hiding Hitsugaya?" Soi fon snapped at him.

"Keep watching?" He told them as Konamura went to strike his Ban Kai attacked him instead.

Shock washed over. A zanpactou attacking its own master?!

The BanKai disappeared and in it's place was a large red skinned man fire bursting from his lips.

"Who...are you?" The wolf man asked the creature.

That seemed to anger the creature.

"Tenken?" Konamura realised but late.

The zanpactou again raised his sword against it's master taking him down with a powerful blow.

"Explain Hitsugaya?!" Soi fon snapped again.

He turned round to the crowd with a small smile, "you're zanpactou don't want to listen to you anymore."

A number tested out their shi kai but got nothing, no answer.

"You're right there is indeed no spiritual pressure in the swords," Myuri looked his over with a large grin, "the question is why?"

"It's very simple," the man extended his creepy long finger nails, "you and your zanpactou are no longer one being. I freed them, released them from the shimgami's control."

The words were echoed but there was something missing.

"The how do you explain Captain Hitsugaya?" Shunsui asked bluntly, "He's not acting right. What have you done to him?"

The man gave a smile, "Captain Hitsugaya, or should I say Hyorinmaru was a special case but was released all the same."

"Hyorinmaru?!" Rangiku looked at him.

He has no chance to answer as explosions rand out all over the soul society.

"The hell you doing now?" Renji barked at the man.

"Oh that's not me," he said with a smile, "that's your own zanpactou now released from your control."

Havoc reeked over the soul society, fire and explosions.

"And this is just a preview of the power me and my comrades have and as for the zanpactou, which you foolish thought you owned behold their ture forms!"

The man spread out his arms and the zanpactou began to appear all different shapes and sizes. Some where even appearing behind them and walking towards the man to join his ranks.

"Hyorinmaru." The leader held out his hand to Toushiro.

"Finally." He sighed closing his eyes.

"Captain!" Rangiku caught the boy as he fell, completely collapsing and appearing in front of her was what looked like her captain.

But his eyes were more snake-like, fangs more prominent and Snow White hair frosted over slightly. A long white coat covered most of him and it spiked at the cuffs and collar. There were a pair of knee high boots the whole outfit as white as the snow and ice.

The boy looked over himself and seemed annoyed.

"I've been you so long it seems I don't even have my own form." He growled turning away.

"Captain," Rangiku was trying to wake the boy she caught, "captain."

She was relived when she heard a soft murmur, as he slowly came to,

"Hyorin...maru..." He muttered blinking a bit then seeming to wake up, suddenly teal eyes were wide he looked up at the dragon walking away, "Stop Hyorimaru!" He barked.

The zanpactou looked back, only to smirk at Rangiku, "good luck with him."

"Hyorinmaru!" The boy yelled desperately, Rangiku had to hold him back.

The zanpactou gathered by this man and Byakuya strode forward.

"Enough," he spoke, Hitsugaya's cries for his sword stopped as he stared at the sixth captain "Who are you?"

"I am Muramasa." the man introduced himself, "and this night marks the end of zanpactou slavery, from now on," he raised his hand and a sword appeared, "it will be the zanpactou that rule."