Kenpachi Zaraki vs. Gremmy Thoumeaux

 is a fight which takes place during the Quincy Blood War. It focuses on the conflict between 11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki and Sternritter "V" Gremmy Thoumeaux.

Prelude
After erasing Guenael Lee, Gremmy reveals he has killed 3rd Division Captain Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi and 9th Division Captain Kensei Muguruma. Dodging an attack by Yachiru Kusajishi's Shikai, Gremmy ridicules her attack and grabs her hand. He goes on to imagine all the bones in her body being made of cookies. They are then interrupted by a nearby wall being broken. Kenpachi comes forth and says he came there because he felt Yachiru's Reiatsu weakening and then expresses disappointment at who he found to be attacking her.

As Yachiru weakly greets Kenpachi, 4th Division Lieutenant Isane Kotetsu asks him where Retsu Unohana is. Answering that he has killed her, Kenpachi says Isane is welcome to try to kill him if she hates him. Isane states he must have inherited her name and expresses relief at this. Gremmy suddenly interrupts and notes who Kenpachi Zaraki is and how strong he seems to be.

Battle
The ground starts shaking, prompting a large structure to emerge. As the structure rises, the two dead captains slide off. Isane rushes after them and catches them whilst telling Kenpachi to be careful. She goes on to get to safety. Proclaiming he has set a stage worthy of the great Kenpachi Zaraki, Gremmy goes on to introduce himself and his power. After hearing Gremmy's statement about him being the strongest Sternritter, Kenpachi dismisses this as irrelevant and attacks. Imagining his body is stronger than steel, Gremmy stops Kenpachi's blade and elaborates further on his power. Kenpachi however proceeds to force his sword through him, wounding his shoulder severely. Kenpachi, stating Gremmy can't imagine anything he can't cut through, declares he can cut through anything because he is "Kenpachi".

As several of Kenpachi's subordinates below the structure enthusiastically notice his presence, Kenpachi complains about how loud they are. Gremmy gets up, revealing he has imagined himself healed. Gremmy declares he will kill the captain through using his imagination only, not having to lift a finger to do it. Lava suddenly erupts, with Gremmy stating that it comes from his mind. Saying it's illogical but he doesn't dislike illogical things, Kenpachi cuts away the lava and tells Yachiru to get away. Gremmy states she can't because her bones are made of cookies, prompting Kenpachi to ask what a cookie is. Hearing Gremmy say he should have made them into Rakugan instead, Kenpachi understands the concept and charges at him.

Suddenly surrounded by water, Kenpachi falls into a newly formed fissure in the ground which then closes. As Gremmy states Kenpachi won't be crushed but he will be drowned within an hour, Kenpachi breaks free. With a large chunk of the ground rapidly approaching him, Gremmy imagines it disappearing. Kenpachi appears, holding Yachiru, and tries to cut Gremmy who imagines a steel beam blocking Kenpachi. Kenpachi then notes how Gremmy's power seems to have stopped affecting Yachiru and speculates on his power not working once he shifts his attention away.

Kenpachi breaks through the beam and then tells Yachiru to go to Isane Kotetsu to get her arm healed. After her departure Gremmy commends Kenpachi for realizing that his imaginary effect on Yachiru was interrupted. Kenpachi goes on to ask Gremmy if he really wants to fight and states that if he really is the "strongest Quincy" he should want to kill the strongest. He then charges at Gremmy, saying that he shouldn't be distracted. Gremmy manifests several rock formations which converge on Kenpachi. Thinking about how he hasn't ever thought about wanting to kill the strongest because no one has even dared challenge him before, Gremmy realizes that he really wants to kill Kenpachi and that he truly enjoys battle.

As Kenpachi breaks free and advances towards him, Gremmy manifests several guns and shoots him. He goes on to create several missiles which he then launches at the captain. Kenpachi, uninjured, cuts through one of the missiles, noting that Gremmy actually used his hands to shield himself from the blast. Seeing how bloodthirsty the Sternritter now looks, Kenpachi comments on how his sword finally seems to take pleasure in the fight.

Gremmy thinks about how much he's enjoying himself and then creates a metal shield to protect himself from Kenpachi who has advanced to cut him. Several blades are imagined to come out of the shield, but Kenpachi easily cuts through it all and buries his sword in Gremmy's shoulder. As Kenpachi shouts out that he's already told him that he can cut through anything he can imagine, he discovers that he can't move his sword out of the Sternritter's shoulder. A hand appears behind Kenpachi, grabs him, and pushes him into the ground. Kenpachi says it's all useless against him and then cuts apart the arm. He lunges at Gremmy and makes a large cut in his shoulder, telling the Sternritter he's slow. Gremmy thinks to himself that he doesn't realize that Kenpachi is cutting him until it's too late for him to stop it, heal or counterattack, thus giving Kenpachi time to cut him again. Kenpachi manages to inflict several grievous injuries on his opponent, whilst the Sternritter thinks Kenpachi seems to be winning and that it should be impossible.

Kenpachi stops his onslaught, notes how slow Gremmy has become and asks him if he was imagining himself losing. Gremmy, realizing he almost made his death into reality, immediately heals himself and thanks Kenpachi for making him understand this and making it so he can never die, saying Kenpachi will regret this. Kenpachi states he has never had any regrets and is then shocked by Gremmy cloning himself. Saying this is his strongest power, he notes how this is technically not "cloning" as he is really creating himself, Gremmy reveals they can't really be killed and that more copies of himself will make his imagination stronger. He creates a meteorite, stating it will now obliterate the Seireitei and all life in it, except for himself. Noting he has never slashed a meteorite before, Kenpachi shouts out to his Zanpakutō that this will be great.

As the meteorite breaks through the Shakonmaku, Gremmy tells Kenpachi that even if he were to kill him the meteorite would not disappear since it has already become reality, thus his vision will become real and only he will survive the impact. Hearing Gremmy say he can't do anything about it, Kenpachi declares that it is Gremmy who can't do anything and charges towards the meteorite. Releasing his Shikai, Nozarashi, Kenpachi destroys the meteorite in one blow. Shielding himself from the shock wave coming from the destruction of the meteorite with his hands, Gremmy looks up and is surprised by the meteorite being destroyed and Kenpachi wielding a large axe-like weapon.

Seeing the meteorite's destruction, Gremmy is shocked and declares Kenpachi to be a monster. Kenpachi simply says he can cut through anything. Gremmy multiplies himself and surrounds Kenpachi who dismisses this as irrelevant and attacks. Gremmy states he will kill Kenpachi with something formless which cannot be cut through and then makes Kenpachi enveloped in the vacuum of space. As Kenpachi's body fluids evaporate and his body starts declining, he slashes at one of the Gremmys and cuts it in two whilst noting Gremmy forgot to put up any defences. Several Gremmy copies then latch onto Kenpachi and cause a huge explosion.

Panting, an exhausted Gremmy moves away from the explosion and, seeing Kenpachi still alive albeit injured, notes Kenpachi truly is a monster. Gremmy furiously expresses a desire to become stronger than Kenpachi and thinks that he wants to win. He starts to increase in strength, but his body is unable to cope with the massive increase in weight and starts breaking apart. As Gremmy falls to the ground, Kenpachi coments on how stupid the Quincy was letting Kenpachi be turned into a monster inside his head and then being killed by that monster himself.