BLEACH:

The Espadas

Chapter One: The Beginning

It all happened so fast. One minute I was trying to defeat Ryoka that some how got into Hueco Mundo. The next our leader, Sosuke Aizen was telling us we had to get into specially made gigais and go to the soul society to learn how to fight better. My name is Nnoitra Jigura, I'm the 5th Espada in a line of ten. The day that Lord Aizen told us we were going to the soul society we were all shocked and surprised. Lord Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Tosen Kaname had left the soul society for a reason: they had all turned bad, and for years they were planning the end of the soul society . So why was old man Yamamoto letting us study at the soul society? What had Lord Aizen done to get him to agree to this? None of us knew why we were going there to study and none of us wanted to ask him because we were all scared shitless when it came to him.

Lord Aizen's full name is Sosuke Aizen, he was the former captain of squad 5 in the 13 court guard squads. He was a tall guy. His hair was dark brown and slicked back and he always had an evil look on his face. His brown eyes showing more then the expected amount of evil in them. Gin Ichimaru was the former captain of squad three. He was a creepy guy. His hair was silvery-gray color and he always had a perverted smile on his face. He never opened his eyes, but when he did I was truly scary. His eyes were the color of blood and that perverted smiled turned into a very evil look. Tosen Kaname was the former captain of squad 9. His dark skin, purple hair and the serene look on his face made us all wonder at first if he was evil, but in time we found out the truth. He is truly evil. When he draws his sword nothing can stop him. Even though he was blind he could fight better then most of the Espadas. Lord Aizen was the one who helped us become what we are today. Using the Hougyoku that he stole from Kisuke Urahara to turn us from hollows into Arrancars. We became Espadas because we are the best fighters. The ten Espada that serve Lord Aizen are Coyote Starrk, Baraggan Luisenbarn, Tia Halibel, Ulqiuorra Shiffer, me, Nnoitra Jigura, Grimmjow Jaggerjack, Zommari Leroux, Szayel Aporro Granz, Aaroniero Arruruerie, and Yammy. Of the ten of us only 7 were going to the soul society. Yammy, Zommari, and Baraggan were to stay behind while the rest of us trained. We Espada are ranked for 1 to 10 or in some cases 0 to 9. The numbers of the ones leaving for the soul society are 1 Starrk, 3 Halibel, 4 Ulqiuorra, 5 myself, 6 Grimmjow, 8 Szayel, and 9 Aaroniero. The reason 2 Baraggan, 7 Zommari, and 10 or 0 Yammy were not going is because Aizen wanted to keep a few Espadas in Hueco Mundo just in case someone was to somehow get into Hueco Mundo that we did not want there. Those three stayed there because they didn't need to get any better at fighting then they already where.

Aizen gave us our gigais and to our dismay most of use couldn't stay the way we were. Aizen had only made 3 guys and the rest were girls. None of the girl ones were for Halibel, she was stuck with a guy. Myself, Aaroniero, Starrk, and Szayel were screwed over with girl gigais. The only lucky ones were Grimmjow and Ulqiuorra. Just my fucking luck to get screwed over by fucking Aizen like this.

Starrk's gigai was a girl with long black hair, she had blue-gray eyes that were exactly the same color as his eyes now. The number one on the back side of his left hand and the bottom jaw of his old hollow mask around his neck was gone too. He also had kinda big boobs. Halibel's looked nothing like her. Halibel had huge boobs and she wore a shirt that barely covered them, but instead covered her mouth. This gigai had on more cloths on then she usually wore. The shirt was really long and her mouth was not covered. There was no hollows mask covering her mouth, so Halibel was probably happy that it was gone. She would not be very muscular, but she wasn't scrawny either. her long blond hair was now short and looked so much better then it did before. Ulqiuorra's gigai didn't look much different from him in the first place. The only thing that was different was that the hollow hole in his throat was gone and his hollows mask that was a helmet on the left side of his head was done. He still had the same black hair and green eyes. But his pale white skin was darker, he was still pale though, and the green lines coming down from his eyes were also gone. Grimmjow's was changed more then Ulqiuorra's. His hair color was changed from baby blue to black. The hollow teeth on the right side of his face were gone, and since his shirt was open I could see that his hollow hole was also missing. Szayel's gigai would almost change his appearance completely. Szayel had pink hair, a weird style of glasses, and yellow eyes. Aizen had changed that. His hair was now long, and black, his eyes green, and he had normal shaped glasses (which was the remains of his hollow mask). Aizen had also given his HUGE boobs, and I mean huge. Aaroniero's was a girl with long black hair, brown eyes, and no boobs at all. But I think my gigai was the worst of all. My hair was not changed at all. It was still long and black. My eyes were still blue and I had boobs, which didn't really mind. What I was mad about was my face. Yes my eyes were the same color, but that was my problem. I HAD TWO EYES. My hollow hole was through my right eye and my hollow mask was around my hole. I loved wearing my eye patch. I didn't want to eyes. The other reason I was mad was because my number that was tattooed on my tongue was also done. Ever one else got to keep their's. Why couldn't I? Again I say it was just my luck to be fucking screwed over by Aizen.

We all got into our gigais, those of us who got screwed over by Aizen were pissed the fuck off. Then we headed to meet Lord Aizen for our departure.

"Oh, there you all are. I was wondering what was taking you seven so long. You all look great in your new gigais." Aizen's voice came out of nowhere.

"We were all just wondering why most of us have to switch genders?" I asked, pissed of and wanting to know the truth before we left for the soul society.

"The reason is your supposed to be dead, Nnoitra. Kenpachi Zaraki thought that he killed you when you fought him those some months ago. And you Halibel, Jushiro Ukitake saw me try to kill you, but little doe she know that I failed in doing so. Szayel, Mayuri Kurotsuchi thought that he killed you, too. What he doesn't know is that I bought you back to life, and I restored your senses to normal. And Aaroniero, Rukia Kuchiki thought that she killed you, but you know how you survived her attack. So that is why you are all in different forms. Oh and before we leave I have to tell you that all of you will be keeping your names the same."

"But then why isn't Ulqiuorra a girl?" I asked furiously. "Ichigo Kurosaki tried to kill him and did not succeed in killing him. Why do we have to get tortured and he doesn't"

"Because," cut in Tosen Kaname. "Ichigo Kurosaki was the only one there when he tried to kill Ulqiuorra, and besides Ichigo is only a substitute soul reaper. He lives on the world of the living. So by no doubt do we expect him to be there to see you in one of the thirteen court guard squads."

"Since you know the reasons as to why you are like the way you are, I think it is time for you to go Lord Aizen Sir. The entrance exams to get into the soul reaper academy are tomorrow and you still haven't talked to old man Yamamoto yet. So you should get going." Said Gin Ichimaru. "Tosen?"

"Yes, Ichimaru? What is it?" Answered Kaname.

"Are you going to open the portal into the soul society, or are you just going to stand there? Do me and Lord Aizen have to do all the work around here?"

"Why do I have to do it? Your as capable as I am of doing it. Why am I the only one that has to do kido and/or anything that has to do with using my powers? All you ever do is just stand behind Lord Aizen and just stare at everyone."

"That is not true. I do so much more. When I was in the soul reaper academy I was not so good at kido, but you Tosen. You were one of the best in your class. That is why we leave everything that has to do with kido and spells up to you. That is also why you I handle anything with a sword that the Espadas can't handle."

"What are you saying Gin? Are you implying that I can only fight using kido and not using my sword? You must remember that I have achieved Bankai and I also know how to use it very well. I have almost mastered to the point of which I do not need to improve with it anymore."

"Your talking as if I have not yet achieved Bankai yet. But in fact I have mastered it to a point I will NEVER again need to train to make it stronger."

"Yeah, right Ichimaru. Didn't you just learn your swords name right before we came to Hueco Mundo?"

"Now Tosen you know that Zaraki Kenpachi is the only captain that doesn't know Bankai, let alone know his swords name. I would have never became a captain, much less a lieutenant if I didn't know my swords name. you know the reason Zaraki is a captain."

"You must have some how…"

"That's enough you too. We have to leave for the soul society soon or then we would have to wait for the next time there is an entrance exam. Now Tosen open the portal and Gin would you please get the fuck out of he before Tosen loses enough concentration that he won't be able to open the portal. We need to leave now if we want to get to old man Yamamoto in time." Aizen cut in at just the right time. Gin and Tosen were close to drawing there swords on one another. They were always at each others throats, that why Aizen usually kept them a part. Only on certain occasions did he have the in the same room. And this was one of those occasions.

"Yes, Lord Aizen." Said Tosen obviously scared that Aizen would kill him if he didn't obey.

Tosen walked over to the other side of the room to open the portal. When he got there he muttered a few words that we couldn't hear and then a portal opened. Once he was finished checking the portal, Tosen said, "The portal is safe for you to travel through. You only have 10 minutes to get through the portal safely. Make sure that you don't look back and to keep running. You can not slow down. The maximum I can keep the portal up is 10 minutes, but most of the times I can only keep it up for 5 minutes. So you had better run fast."

"Thanks for the advice, Tosen. Like we needed it. Lord Aizen already briefed on what we have to do while we are in the portal. We're not fucking stupid. We can listen to stuff and we can also understand what we have to do the first time we are told. We are as stupid as you….." I was cut off. Tosen and Wonderweiss, the little mentally challenged Arrancar that always followed Tosen, he had blond hair and a tiara as the remains of his hollow's mask, had their swords to my throat.

"Stop it all of you. We don't want any blood spilled in here today. We should have left for the soul society already. You two bickering has only taken time away for our maximum time to get to the soul society. Now I do not want another word from any of you. We need to leave now. So lets go." Aizen said. He turned around and started to walk towards the portal, without even looking to see if we were following him.

He didn't have to say anything though. We all knew that he wanted us to follow him.

"I have a few last things to tell you before we get there." Aizen said once we all got into the portal. "First of all, nobody at the soul society will know you are Espadas. They only ones who will know are head captain Yamamoto and his lieutenant. So that means that now of you can take off you gigais. Second none of you can have a private conversation with the captains that "supposedly" killed you." We all gave each other weird looks. Why do we have to go through so much trouble just to learn how to fight better. "And third is don't ever try to contact us or they to get back into Hueco Mundo. I will have Captain Yamamoto deliver you any messages I need you to hear. Do you understand what you seven have to do?"

"Yes, Lord Aizen." We said in unison.

"Good. Now get ready. We are almost to the soul society." Aizen said right before we all saw light coming from the end of the portal.