"This is just great!" I yelled into nowhere, "Stupid Central 46! Send me to Los Noches will you! Now I don't have my Zanpaktou and I'm wandering around in this stupid Trans-Dimensional desert!"
I flopped over backwards on the ground, and looked up at the endless black sky of the Hollows world Hueco Mundo, wondering where it had all gone wrong…
Earlier that Day
I walked around the twisted alleyways of the Sereitei head towards Head Captain Yamamoto's office to be given my first solo mission. I went around the last corner and saw the door and knocked on its huge centre plank. "Enter," came the old man's voice from behind the door; I did.
"Greetings Head Captain, sir!" I said saluting him, "I await my orders sir!"
He looked at me strangely, as if wondering if I was actually there, "Your orders come directly from the new members of Central 46; Central 46 wants you to go to Los Noches and capture one-it doesn't matter which-of the 10 Espada and bring them here for questioning. Do you accept this mission Azerik?"
And like a dog trying to please its master, I accepted.
Some four hours later I'm sitting in front of the creator of the Espada and the other Arrancar; Sosuke Aizen.
"So," said the power hungry man before me, "You're the one Central 46 sent to capture one of the Espada; such a pity, I thought they would send someone stronger!"
I scowled at him hating that I could do nothing. As soon as I had entered Las Noches, Ulquiorra, Espada #4 had stolen my Zanpaktou leaving me powerless, since I had never learned Kidou. He had then proceeded to lead me to Aizen, who would decide how to kill me.
He sat there; thumb and index finger pinching the spot where his nose connected to his forehead, contemplating what he would do to me. Just as I thought he was not going to speak he said, "I know! Nnoitra come here!"
Out of the shadows came Nnoitra, Espada #5, looking at me with distaste said to Aizen, "Yes what is it sir?"
"I'm going to send this Soul Reaper out into Hueco Mundo, after 2 days you will follow him and hunt him down, and kill him. Now Soul Reaper run! Run until you can run no more!"
And I ran.
The Present
After a while, I got tired of lying in the sand, and started walking again. a dying Arrancar, who looked as though part of him had been torn apart by one of his fellows, next to a dead tree. Deciding I couldn't go weapon-less I drew two transmutation circles in the dirt I broke off a large branch from the dead tree and used one of the circles to change it into a sword. Then I turned to the Arrancar and said, "In comparison to Espada #10 how powerful are you?"
He looked at me like I was crazy and told me he was one rank below Espada #10, Yammy, before he released his Ressurecion form.
"Good," I said to myself then to him, "This may hurt you but if you're lucky, and I survive, I may be able to revive you after this."
I dragged the Arrancar's body on to the second circle, and stabbed the sword through his stomach and into the ground beneath him. I then knelt down and touched the circle with my thumb. The circle glowed and the Arrancar disappeared into the sword.
"What is this?" came a voice from the sword, "What have you done to me?"
"I've spared your life by making you into a temporary zanpaktou."
At first silence then, "Who hunts you Soul Reaper?"
"Nnoitra, Espada #5."
"Kill him for me will you?"
"With you, if possible."
"What's your name Soul Reaper?"
"Azerik…"
"…mine is Gareth."
"…"
"…Thank you."
And now here I am with Gareth in the sword I hold in my hand, and Nnoitra following behind me, a couple miles away.
"How exactly do you plan to kill Nnoitra, Azerik?" came the voice of Gareth from the sword.
"That depends on you Gareth; can you focus a Cero blast through the sword?"
"I'm sure I could, why?"
"I may need you to at some point; if I say Cero try and fire a blast through the sword."
"I'll try…"
"Thanks Gareth."
I sat up and turned around as the wind picked up and saw a figure running in the distance.
"Well here he comes, you ready Gareth?"
"You bet!"