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Beneath a Crescent Moon

Soul society grand archive

White war incident report

*0000 After Aizen's Death. Aizen Sousuke is put to death by order of the soul king himself overturning central 46's decision.

*0001 AAD. The Rose-Thorn treaty is signed between Captain Commander Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Primera Coyote Starrk. The treaty marks Hueco Mundo as sovereign hollow territory and forbids the wonton slaughter of hollows by soul reapers in exchange for an end to human consumption, all Aizen's research notes and the Hogyoku. In addition the treaty marks an alliance between Hueco Mundo and soul society should a threat that warrants their combined attention, arise.

*0004 AAD. A force identifying itself as the Vandenreich marches on Las Noches expecting a quick victory, but is surprised to find the defenders extremely well organized and prepared. A stale-mate ensues in which the Vandenreich appear to be slowly gaining the advantage until reinforcements from soul society are sent to honor their alliance. The combined Hollow and Soul Reaper forces, led by Starrk and Yamoamoto, overwhelm the enemy lines and kill their field commander, resulting in all remaining Vandenreich troops surrendering. Most are slaughtered and devoured by the hollows as part of a primal victory feast, but a few high ranking Vandenreich scientists are secretly spared and put in the custody of the captain of squad Twelve, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who also takes position of all Vandenreich technology that is salvaged.

*0009 AAD. Sui-feng, captain of squad two, revitalizes her campaign for a counter attack on Hueco Mundo this time using herself as a martyr and gaining many high ranking noble supporters. Group takes on the title of Loyalists

*0013 AAD. Due to medical complications that only got worse after his injury in the war Jushiro Ukitake dies peacefully after uttering the words "peace at any cost, except…". When it was her turn to speak at the funeral Sui-feng uses the opportunity to blame the death on the hollows and turns the gathering into a loyalist rally.

*0056 AAD. Orihime Inoue is revealed to have been in a relationship with Espada Ulquiorra Schifer whom she saved after the winter war and had been living with peacefully in Karakura. Soul society deploys squad two in an attempt to kill Schifer and Inoue. During the fighting Inoue suffers fatal wound and her soul chain is severed. However almost instantly after her "death" she transforms into what appears to be an adjuchas class hollow before Schifer opens a garganta and the two escape into Hueco Mundo.

*0059 AAD. Fourth attempt at negotiations between Seireitei and Las Noches for the return of Miss Inoue deteriorate when small loyalist team uses absence of Espada to lead raid on unguarded hollow villages. Becomes rallying cry that hollows can be defeated calling more loyalists join the cause.

*0060 AAD. Hueco mundo closes its borders to all outsiders save Ichigo Kurosaki, his friends and the Visored, and revokes its agreement to aid soul society in times of war.

*0066 AAD. Ichigo Kurosaki is killed by a drunk driver at age 85 and sent to soul society where he becomes captain of squad 5. In An unprecedented turn of events Miss Rukia Kuchki steps down from a captainship position in order to be his lieutenant. Loyalists blame accident on hollows and manage to use Kurosaki's death to rally more support.

*0067 AAD. Due to prolonged and intimate exposure to Ichigo Kurosaki's unique reiatsu Rukia Kuchki develops an inner hollow in much the same way Ichigo did. After a brief period of turbulence Kurosaki and Kuchki not only overcome the adversity but also learn to coexist with it giving their new hollows freedoms and treating them with compassion. As a result the two inner hollows allow themselves to be ruled over and cease attempts at possessing their hosts' bodies. Ichigo and Rukia later learn how to physically manifest their hollows for extended periods of time and do so often despite outrage from loyalists.

*0068 AAD. Kurosaki's hollow (shirosaki) and Kuchki's hollow (shichki) are seen taking a romantic stroll together through soul society and a loyalist group attempts to kill them Sui-feng stings each approximately 15 times before they are called back to their owner's souls. Loyalists use this as a recruitment opportunity.

*0103 AAD. After gaining a sizable force of troops, loyalists steal several garganta projectors from squad twelve and plan to march on Las Noches. Led by captain Sui-feng, captain Zaraki and with a force numbering in the thousands of soul reapers victory seems assured.

*0104 AAD Sui-feng and Zaraki return the only survivors of the attack telling tales of arancar cites that rival the Seireitei in size. Captain Commander attempts to open negotiation but is met with silence.

*0105 AAD. Out raged by the attack captain Kurosaki and lieutenant Kuchki demand punishment be dealt to Soi-fon and Zaraki. Loyalists use this opportunity to begin slandering Kurosaki and Kuchki

*0119 AAD. Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchki decide to get married the following year. On the proposed guest list are several Espada. The loyalists continue to slander Kurosaki and Kuchki

*0120 AAD. The wedding ceremony starts and all the Espada arrive; Grimmjow and Neleil, Stark, lillynette and Harribel and Ulquiorra and Inoue. Loyalists attempt to incite riot however strong reiatsu burst from Ichigo knocks said loyalists unconscious. Espada still leave not wanting to ruin Ichigo's happy day and the ceremony continues with a somber feel. Loyalists use the opportunity to show how cowardly the espada truly are.

*0134 AAD. Shirozuki Kurosaki is born, the name is suggested by Shirosaki and means white moon, she receives warm greeting until it is found that like her parents she too has an inner hollow. Central 46 orders the infant be executed. The Kurosaki's refuse and the second battle of the serereite ensues, ending only when the espada come and reinforce the Kurosaki family long enough for them to escape to Hueco Mundo

*0149 AAD. After an attempted invasion Las Noches fails it is discovered that Kisuke Urahara has been aiding hollows by providing technology and supplies in addition to reinforcing the barrier around Hueco Mundo enough to render Kurotsuchi's garganta generator useless. He is sentenced to death and is hunted until he escapes into Hueco Mundo along with Yoruichi and Tessai.

*0256 AAD. For the first time in over two millennia famine causes truly widespread death in the lower rukon districts. The soul reapers are called in to examine the cause and find it to be a sharp drop in the concentration of reiatsu in soul society. Squad twelve begins research on a reason.

*0260 AAD. Squad twelve concludes that the lack of reiatsu is due to a drop in the number of hollows crossing over to soul society. The captains backed by loyalists decide that the only solution is mass hollow extermination in order to regain balance and get more reiatsu. Small scale garganta projectors are perfected.

*0263 AAD. Reconnaissance reports indicate that in the past two centuries hollow society had advanced by leaps and bounds reducing the death rate among adjuchas and above hollows to nothing. Plans are drawn up to begin inciting civil war among the hollow populace to increase the flow of reiatsu back to soul society.

*0272 AAD. Squad two begins covert mass killings of all Gillian class hollows in the menos forest in an attempt to cut off hollow food supply. At the same Mayuri Kurotsuchi deploys multiple small scale reiatsu siphons to deplete the amount of spiritual partials in Hueco Mundo.

*0294 AAD. Lieutenant of Squad two, Marechiyo Omeada, is captured by espada Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and interrogated. After his mission is learned Omeada is killed and devoured by starving hollows. In retaliation Soi-fon asks central 46 to authorize the invasion of Hueco Mundo. The request is granted and preparations begin.

*0301 AAD. Soul society meets small but determined resistance when it attempts to invade Las Noches. Enemy forces a far less numerous than anticipated however they are well entrenched and determined. In order to destroy enemy moral and ensure a swift victory the Captain Commander take the field. The Commander releases his bankai, using it to level five major hollow settlements and burn much of the desert into glass. Enemy is pushed from Las Noches into the desert.

*0302 AAD. A counter attack led by Ichigo Kurosaki attempts to retake Las Noches and remove occupational forces. During the fighting however a trap is sprung and all hollow combatants except Ichigo Kurosaki are captured in the largest and most powerful Kurohitsugi ever cast, having been set up by thousands of kido corps members. During the following fight with all the remaining captains, Kurosaki has his bankai and resurrection rendered temporarily unusable by reverse engineered Vandednreich technology. Seeing the hado ready to activate and victory impossible Kurosaki focuses all his remaining reiatsu into his zanpakuto hurling it at the hado and shattering it before he is stung to death by Sui-feng. A distraught Rukia Kurosaki is seen clutching the black blade and sobbing while being carried away by Tia Harribel and Coyote Starrk before themselves and the rest of the remaining hollows retreat into the desert. It is unknown if the blade dissolved as is normal or if it somehow remained as no research could be conducted.

*0303 AAD. In response to the attack by Kurosaki and the remaining hollow, the head captain orders all captains to fan out and slaughter any hollows they come in contact with. The death toll is estimated to be in the thousands

*0304 AAD. As part of the final solution to the hollow menace captain Zaraki and all of squad eleven are permanently stationed in the menos forest to slaughter anything that moves in order cut off hollow food supply and Mayuri Kurotsuchi finalizes and puts into operation the first ever full scale reiatsu siphon to begin stripping hueco mundo's air of all its spiritual particles. In addition for the first time in history a garganta canceler is perfected and placed in Las Noches to prevent the remaining hollows from escaping. Most captains return to soul society and intend to wait the hollows out until they starve.

*PRESENT. Stealth corps squad member patrolling for Gillian, sights orange haired hollow lying on its back in the menos forest. Subject is assumed dead so no investigation is made.

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The first thing he could remember was the hunger.

Before his consciousness had even returned to him he felt a frigid gnawing sensation that clung to him like a hungry beast. Like his very being had been sheered in into pieces and put back together but, one of those pieces was gone and the rest wanted it back.

He felt a void within his soul that wanted, no demanded to be filled. Though with what was still a mystery to him?

As these questions buzzed within his mind his eyes slowly opened and revealed a misty cavernous ceiling with crystalline pillars stretching up to the top.

His eyes flicked to the side and he was greeted with the sight of a vast forest of pillars all soaring high up to the ceiling. The land looked alien to him and yet at the same time he felt like he should be here like he was… home.

When his senses returned he got to his feet looked himself over still wondering who or what he was. He held up his hands and saw that his fingers were tipped razor sharp claws with red marks that ran over his palm and up his arm. The rest of his skin was the same white as the rocks around him save a few more marks on his chest and felt hard like steel or stone. Looking down he saw instead of toes three large talons with a small blade jutting out of the back of his calf.

Before he could look any further his vision pulsed and his eyes dilated as he felt the hunger from before reassert itself this time with much more force. He clutched the sides of his head and felt something like a mask on his face but he didn't pay it much mind due to the pain. A moment later however he understood what the hunger wanted as he saw a robed individual run past with an adjuches on his heel.

With a savage bellowing roar he shot of into the misty forest ready for his first meal.

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In a dimly lit cave sat at a crude stone table with a small map on it illuminated by single candle. Surrounding it were four arrancar who were arguing amongst themselves.

"I think we should go back to the southern sea. They wouldn't expect us to be there again so soon and we might meet up with Ulquiorra's group." A female arrancar stated calmly, leaning in closer to the candle revealing her faded blue-green hair and her light brown eyes barley covered by the shadow of a ram shaped hollows mask. "Besides I wanna see if Miss Inoue could look at our wounded."

The one to her left snorted and blew back a piece of sky-blue hair revealing a long scar running down his face between his vivid sapphire eyes. "We need to go up north and link up with Starrk and Harribel's group so we can clear out the squad in the menos forest. If we don't clear those bastards out they'll end up starving us to death before we can hit em." He growled baring both his teeth and teeth of the mask covering his right jawbone.

A male arrancar in his late teens, with short spikey green hair and golden eyes, leaned forward and placed his elbows on the table letting his hands rest against the fanged mask that ran along the bottom of his jaw "Father, as much as I feel your right, think about the logistics of moving the whole tribe north. As you said most of them haven't eaten in weeks and are in no condition to mobilize let alone go on the offensive"

A female arrancar teenager, with bright blue hair that barley covered two curled horns and fierce blue eyes, chuckled before turning to the other one "Shut up the fuck up Leniter. If it were you at the helm we would have already laid down and let the bastards kill us all. I say we follow Dad's lead and clear out the forest. Then at least we can start eating again."

The one called Leniter slammed his palms on the table and stood up "Viscosa, if we move for an offensive now we might lose half the fucking tribe. We need to find better hunting grounds before we can do anything else and for now the best and safest are the southern seas like Mom said. If you weren't such a retarded bitch then maybe you could see that" he said crossing his arms and sticking out his tongue.

"Why you little ass-wipe, I'll fucking kill you." Viscosa yelled leaping over the table and tackling Leniter to the ground.

"Ye and behold the well-oiled machine that is arrancar politics." Spoke a new voice from the cave's entrance calling the two remaining arrancar's attention to the tall blond haired man standing in the doorway.

"What the hell do you want Shinji, can't you see we're busy pushing the boundaries of democracy?" The older male arrancar said sarcastically while pointing to the fight with his thumb.

"Yea sure you are Grimmjow, you really appear to be making great political strides." Shinji said as Viscosa found a rock and broke it over Leniter's head. "Any way I just came here to give your weekly update." While he cleared his throat Shinji pulled out a small piece of paper and began reading from it. "Let's see. It looks like Tia and Stark got pushed back from the north and their tribe seems to be headed west to the mountains to hide out. Ulquiorra's group managed to push back a team that tried to hit em last night but they're still gonna move up north to be safe. Rukia is having another temper tantrum, so unless you want frost bitten everything, I'd stay away from the east for a few days. And last but not least the captain commander is sending two more squads in to occupy Las Noches and reinforce the forest."

Grimmjow sighed before he placed his hands behind his head "Well that fucks up both our plans then. Thanks for the news Shinji, I suppose we'll just wait here for Ulquiorra and then try to meet Stark and Tia or something. Meeting adjourned I'm going to go see if I can find a Gillian or something for dinner don't wait up." He said stepping over the two arrancar who were still rolling around fighting each other before he walked through the hide cloth that served as the door between the room and a small tunnel.

"Hold up Grimmy" The female arrancar said as she jumped over the table and gently landed next to him "let me do it. You get to hunt all the time while I have to stay with the group. I think it's your turn to play babysitter while I have some fun." She said kissing him on the cheek and walking down the pathway.

Grimmjow followed her down the path until they came to an opening that looked out over a massive area under a rock overhang. All around the area were hide tents and various arrancar and adjuchas diligently going about their business and only stopping to bow as the two Espada left the cave before they continued.

The two Espada gave quick waves before jumping down to the ground below and making their way through the crowds towards a large but crude stone wall along the edge of the small settlement.

As they were walking a small red haired arrancar child dressed in rags ran up to female arrancar and grabbed her hand before he started trying to pull her towards the center of the village "Lady Neliel, Lady Neliel please come and look at my cero. I've been working on it all week just like you said."

Neliel smiled gently at the arrnacar before she started walking behind him "Settle down Viento, there isn't any hurry is there" she shuckled lightly as the made it to a small empty area directly below the mouth of the cave.

"I know but I'm so excited Lady Neliel, pretty soon I'll be strong enough to go out hunting and fight soul reapers and protect people, just like you and Lord Grimmjow." The child said joyously as he looked back at Grimmjow who merely snorted at his comment.

"Don't sound so excited kid working aint all it's cracked up to be especially with the way things have been lately what with all the new soul reapers and the lack of food and…" Grimmjow stopped when he realized that the other two had ran ahead and he was talking to himself.

"Okay you ready Lady Neliel, cause I think this cero is pretty much the strongest ever" Viento said proudly as he pointed his palms towards the wall and out to the desert and shut his eyes tightly while he concentrated. After a short moment strands of red reiatsu began into a swirling ball of energy and Viento opened his eyes before he grinned excitedly "okay here we go CERO!"

The resulting red beam whizzed over several older hollow's heads and almost scorched Grimmjow's fur before it sailed out into the desert and faded into the distance. "Did ya see that Lady Neliel did ya? I mean that had to be like the biggest cero ever right?" the child asked ecstatically.

"Why yes Viento I think that was certainly the biggest cero I've ever seen. Why I don't think even Grimmjow could make a cero as strong as that" Neliel commented while ruffling Viento's hair and ignoring the loud 'hey' from Grimmjow.

The child looked up at her happily before he hugged her leg "Thanks Lady Neliel. If it wasn't for all the food you give me I bet I wouldn't be this… hmphmhmph" he said until Neliel covered his mouth with her hand and shushed him.

Grimmjow raised an eyebrow at the child's statement but otherwise made no indication of having heard him say anything before he and Neliel resumed their walk towards the edge of the village.

When they reached the wall the two Espada stopped and looked out on the landscape that stretched out before and below them.

The village was situated in a massive natural crevasse in the vertical side of the largest mountain in the western range, and had served the tribe well in the past years as a backup den. It was by far the strongest den they had found since they were scattered to the desert, supported by massive crystal pillars and protected by the sheer strength of the western mountains. The wall along the edge of the village reached up to the ceiling in all spots, except for a wide area for entry and exit, and made the village appear to be a flat rock face to those who looked on from the outside. The wall was made of scavenged slabs of soul pressed sandstone, a forgotten remnant of the time when hollows had developed architecture.

Several thousand feet below was the jagged landscape of the western ranges, peppered with jutting rock and mountain peaks, and a little west was the vastness of the western plateau a perfectly flat area almost devoid of any sand or crystal tees. To the North-East one could see the dark silhouette of the, now soul reaper controlled, palace of Las Noches, standing mockingly in a sea of glass that was once the heart of the sovereign nation of Hueco Mundo. And from the high vantage point one could just barely see the distinct swirling clouds to the east that marked the Kurosakis' domain.

As Neliel was about to jump off to the desert below Grimmjow gently placed his hand on her shoulder "Neliel, please let me go out and hunt alright. You should stay here and keep the tribe safe. I won't even be gone more than an hour." Grimmjow protested solemnly, careful not to let Neliel hear the concern in his voice

Neliel flared her reiatsu slightly and turned around with an irritated look on her face as she started wagging her index finger in Grimmjow's face "oh so you think I can't handle myself out there is that it. It's because I'm a woman isn't it? Well let me tell you something kitty cat, I didn't earn the title of former Tres Espada by being a scared little girl alright. I earned it by being strong and I'm damn well sure that I'm strong enough to go hunting for a little bit while you stay here." She fumed before turning on her heel and rocketing out into the desert leaving a wake of sand behind her.

Grimmjow stood there for a moment mouth agape before sighed and irritated look fell over his face.

"You could feel it too couldn't you." Shinji questioned as he walked up beside Grimmjow "Her reiatsu was practically non-existent."

Grimmjow put his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky as he let a sigh escaped his lips. "Yea I know. I'd had my suspicions for a while but I suppose this proves it" Grimmjow said dismissively while putting his hands into his pockets. "Hey Shinji, could ya do me a solid and watch camp while I tail her? If she runs into something big I want to be there."

Shinji turned around and waved Grimmjow off as he walked back to camp "Just try not to take too long. You're not the only one who needs news you know."

"Thanks" Grimmjow said quietly as he sonidoed off desert.

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"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!" screamed an unnamed soul reaper as he flash stepped as best he could through the menos forest with a hungry hollow at his heel

Why the fuck did he have to try and hunt a hollow on his own to impress the squad?

It was a simple enough plan, just find one, kill it, skin it and wear the pelt like his captain's jacket. He was going to be the coolest guy in the Hollow Extermination Corps and now he would be lucky to survive.

How the fuck was he supposed to know that there were still adjuchas alive down here, the captain had said they were all dead.

As he was thinking he forgot to look where he was going and slammed into a branch of one of the trees sending him spiraling into the ground. As soon as he hit ground the soul reaper scrambled to draw his blade and hold it in front of him in a shakily defensively pose.

The hollow landed in front of him with a crash and upon standing up the soul reaper got a good look at for the first time. It was a small adjuchas, only about six feet tall, but it still had a muscular humanoid build with white bone plates and vicious spikes covering its entire body. Its mask took the form of a plain human skull with black marking like tears coming out the eyes and down the torso to the oddly large hole that took up its entire lower torso.

To the soul reaper it appeared to be truly terrifying and abominable but that was only because fear overrode his logic and he failed to notice how emancipated the hollow looked under its bone armor and the reason for the large hollow hole. The hollow in front of him hadn't eaten in months and was about to regress of dissolve if it didn't eat something soon.

Despite every single member of the H.E.C. being taught about hollows and what happens when they don't eat, few ever got to see it firsthand and even fewer really understood what they were seeing simply laughing it off as a savage hollow paying for its sins. What they didn't see is what happens to a hollows soul when it is too advanced to regress but to starved to sustain itself. A very small amount shed what reiatsu they can and become weaker but most simply wither away and are consumed by their own hollow hole.

As the soul reaper looked into the Hollow's bright red eyes he gulped and swung his blade only for the adjuchas to catch it and snap it in two with little effort as he grabbed the soul reaper's head with his other hand and started to squeeze. As the soul reaper was about to fall unconscious, the adjuches went to bite his neck, but before it could another hollow slammed into it making it drop its prey and sending it flying into a far pillar and kicking up a large cloud of dust.

The soul reaper could barely make out the other creature as it stood defiantly between him and the adjuchas, growling lowly goading it into a fight. His savoir, the hollow that had bought him a few more moments of life, was larger than other, roughly eight feet tall, and like the other it looked completely white save a few red marks and a long orange mane. It also had a tail, something the other lacked, which was currently bobbing back and forth as thought it was waiting for the fight to start. The hollow seemed to feel the soul reaper starring at it and turned around to deliver a low growl that also let the soul reaper see its mask which looked like a simple rounded mask with red claw marks on the left side. Looking closer for a moment the soul reaper realized that this hollow had all the characteristics of a new born and none of the traits of a proper adjuches.

Which meant he was about to become dessert that adjuches once it got back.

As the soul reaper fearfully looked to see what became of the adjuches the smoke cleared to revel it charging a purple cero in its mouth ready to fire. However as the cero was about to be released the orange haired hollow somehow used sonido to appear above the adjuches with its own blood-red cero at its fingertips.

The soul reaper looked on completely speechless 'holy fuck, a sub Gillian just used sonido and its charging a frigging cero. What the fuck is that thing?'

The adjuchas had clearly thought the same thing the soul reaper had and as it fired its cero was dumbstruck to find the red cero had been released and was holding its own against the purple one. As the raging ceros blocked the adjuchas's view for a moment the orange haired hollow again sonidoed this time behind him and struck down his back with its clawed talons leaving a deep gash and bloody before kicking him up into the still raging ceros causing them to detonate blasting him back into the ground.

As the adjuchas got up it was covered head to toe in burns with most of its spikes snapped off and when it looked to the first hollow it lowered head and let out a low growl before running at it with a purple cero in each hand.

The orange haired hollow simply growled in delight lowering its stance and digging in its heels before sprinting at the oncoming adjuches.

When the two met the orange haired one grabbed each of the adjuchas hands, ceros and all, and head butted it before releasing one hand and flipping it over his shoulder. As the adjuchas landed the orange haired hollow placed once of its clawed feet on its throat and in a swift violent motion snapped its neck killing it.

The orange haired hollow looked on at the prone adjuchas and let out a primal war cry that reverberated through the forest shaking the very trees before he began to gorge himself on the corpse of his fallen prey.

The on looking soul reaper suddenly understood why they had never seen a hollow corpse before. They had thought that when hollows killed each other the body dissolved like when a soul reaper killed it but it was simply the ferocity with which hollows fed that left Hueco Mundo so clean.

Within minutes the adjuchas had been fully devoured, bones and all, and the other hollow had started walking towards the still cowering soul reaper with a hungry look on its mask.

Petrified the helpless soul reaper looked on as the beast got closer and closer until it was mere feet from him and just when he thought his life was over the hollow stopped and doubled over clutching its head in pain and screeching a violent wail.

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As soon as Neliel was far enough from camp that she was sure no one could see her she stopped sonidoing and landed before putting her hand on her knees to catch her breath. She hoped Grimmjow wouldn't be too upset with her little act but she needed to make sure that he didn't find out that she had been giving all her food to the rest of the tribe for the past six months. She had been doing her best to make sure she still acted strong and imposing while in the camp and had even volunteered to go hunting to try and convince Grimmjow that she was fine and throw off suspicion of how she felt. However she was starting to feel the effects of starvation, as evident by the fact that a couple hundred miles of sonido left her feeling like she just fought a captain.

A faint scream come from below her called her out of her thoughts as she felt the distinct reiatsu that signaled an evolving hollow. Hoping to catch a base hollow evolving into a Gillian Neliel jumped into the air and charged up her reiatsu to fire a bala at the desert floor revealing the forest below. Feeling winded but looking pleased with herself Neliel shot through the hole she made and started on her way to the new hollow.

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An irritated Kenpachi Zaraki shot through the menos forest at a blinding pace devoid of his usual traveling companion Yachiru as he contemplated the punishment he would deal out when he found his target.

Captain Kempachi Zaraki was by no means kind especially when it came to his subordinates getting lost or doing something stupid.

So as you can imagine he was practically livid when he heard from several unseated officers that his new twelfth seat had taken it upon himself to go out hunting alone and had been gone for sixteen hours.

As he was flash stepping through the forest he started to sense the kid's reiatsu and unfortunately he also felt a strong hollow near it. Well strong for the kid at least. Once Zaraki got there the damn thing would be a fucking smear.

That was until he felt two more reiatsu closing in on the first one at a breakneck pace. One was very faint and was probably just a hungry hollow but the other rang with the distinct feral edge of his old thrashing partner. As Kempachi thought about his impending fight with the panther king of Hueco Mundo he let out a cackle and raced towards the spot where the reiatsu was heading.

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The soul reaper looked on in horror as the hollow before him started roaring and clutching his head while thrashing around as though fighting phantom foes one of its clawed talons narrowly missing his head. As it screamed he could see small bits and pieces of its skin start breaking off like a shell, revealing a glowing human sized figure beneath.

For the briefest of moments the soul reaper wondered why it was getting smaller instead of swelling to the size of a Gillian of adjuchas until the terrible truth dawned on him.

The hollow that had just been devoured hadn't been an adjuchas…

It was a weakened Vasto Lorde

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AN: just an idea I had a little while back that I thought about trying.

I wanted to try and show what it is like living life as a hollow in a world in which everyone has branded you as a monster and the enemy since I feel it's an interesting topic.

Read and review if you would be so kind, your criticism is what keeps me on track.