The Universal Villain

"I left you lying unconscious, so why are you here?" Shen looked at Renji, who looked confused as well. "What? Who are you? Where am I?" Looking at Shen and then his surroundings Renji had no clue how he got here or who Shen was. "Hmm usually someone would remember the person who almost killed them."

Hearing Shen, Renji paused for a moment. "You. What have you done to me!" Getting off of the ground Renji reached for his Zanpakuto only to find it wasn't there. "Relax we're inside your Zanpakuto's inner world although I do find it interesting you're here."

Listening to Shen's explanation, Renji remained on guard, taking another look at the jungle that surrounded the two of them. 'Where inside Zabimaru's inner world? But why does it look so different than normal, and how did he get in here.' Renji had so many questions, but he didn't open his mouth to speak to Shen.

Seeing Renji wasn't going to speak Shen thought to himself. 'It's weird, but ever since I arrived other than Renji I haven't been able to sense any other presence in the area. But the Spirit has to be here. I need to figure a way to bring it out of hiding.' Thinking about a way to lure the Zanpakuto Spirit out of hiding, Shen's gaze landed on Renji.

Noticing Shen's gaze, Renji began to back away slowly until his back hit a tree. 'Well if it doesn't want to show itself that's fine I'll give it a little incentive. I wonder if Ki works here as well?' Looking at Renji, Shen raised his finger, pointing at Renji's leg. An image of his first meeting with Shen went through Renji's head causing him to try and move out of the way however he was too slow.

Faster than Renji could react a crimson beam went straight through Renji's t.h.i.g.h piercing the tree behind him before burrowing underground. Renji didn't respond to the wound he had received right away and only after a few moments could a scream could be heard as Renji fell to ground gripping his leg.

Hearing Renji's scream, Shen began to walk up to him slowly while speaking. "Oh don't be such a baby I got stabbed through the c.h.e.s.t, and I didn't scream about it." Of course, that was due to Shen's Endurance stat, which helped when it came to dealing with pain.

Trying to calm himself down, Renji tried to stand up while gritting his teeth as Shen approached him. Watching Renji attempt to stand up, Shen raised his hand again, pointing at Renji's other leg. Before Renji even knew what was happening, he felt another sharp pain this time in his other leg, causing him to fall to the ground again.

"This will only end once your Zanpakuto Spirit reveals itself, you know." Standing in front of Renji Shen raised his leg only to step on Renji's back holding back enough so his spine wouldn't break. Looking into the jungle, Shen spoke with a loud voice. "If you don't want your master to die, I advise you to show yourself now."

Adding weight to his words, Shen increased the strength in his leg, causing Renji to let out another scream. Standing there, Shen paused for a minute but was still no response causing Shen to wonder if the Zanpakuto Spirit was genuinely hiding. "Fine then." Looking back down to Renji still keeping his leg on his back, Shen raised his palm, creating a sphere of Ki.

The crimson glow covered Renji as he felt helpless in this situation. 'Am I really going to die here just like that?' As Renji looked down at the ground, his hand tightened into a fist. 'Damit! Damit! Damit!' Checking around one last time Shen sighed to himself. "Well, this was a waste of time."

However, just as Shen was about to fire, he heard a noise coming from his right. Turning his head, he saw something shoot out the foliage. Moving back, the sphere of Ki in Shen's hands dispersed. "There you are." Smiling Shen as he looked straight at what had shot out at him. "Giving up just like that Renji how pathetic can you be."

A child-like voice could be heard as a kid with red hair, and clearly, oversized clothes looked down at Renji. Taking a closer look closer this half of Zabimaru's cloths, a chain could be seen leading into the dense trees began to shake as someone else entered Shen's view. With green fur covering most of her body, a woman with purplish hair walked out.

Looking straight at Shen, she walked next to the little boy looking at Shen she grinned. "So you're the guy who has been trying to force your way into our inner world?" After her, the little boy spoke, pointing to Shen annoyingly. "Because of you, I count to get a single wink of sleep!"

Hearing the snake half of Zabimaru, the Baboon half smacked him on the head. "That's not what's important right now, you idiot." As the Snake half rubbed his head, he at her and yelled. "Why did you hit me! It's your fault in the first place he was able to get in here if you were paying attention this would never have happened!"

The two began arguing entirely ignoring Shen and Renji. "So you're the spirits of Zabimaru? To be honest, I wasn't expecting you guys to look like that." Shen was expecting to have to fight an actual baboon with snake tail although this was fine as well.

"Eh, are you judging us?" Stopping their argument, they both said the same the exact same thing. "No this is fine it doesn't really matter either way you're both going to die along with your master." Listening to Shen, the two of them looked at one another and smirked as the Baboon half of Zabimaru spoke.

"So you think you can waltz into our inner world and destroy us just like that? You must be underestimating us." Following up the Snake, half of Zabimaru spoke in his childish voice. "Ya don't even think about comparing our strength to Renji's we're a lot stronger."

"Well if that's the case then I won't have to hold back testing out one of my new toys right?" Saying that Shen was excited as if he couldn't wait to get started. Resisting the urge to buy things was impossible with that much SP just sitting there.

Looking at Shen, the eyes of both half's of Zabimaru widened as they saw something begin to form behind Shen.