\BLEACH: Beginning of the End/

CHAPTER2: The Realist

"Sousuke-kun, the view is lovely, isn't it?" Retsu Unohana leaned on Sousuke's shoulder, her arms wrapped around his waist. The two sat atop a small hill, staring at the moonlit sky.

"Ideed it is Retsu-chan, Indeed it is." He placed a chaste kiss on the top of her head and pulled her closer. "It is times like these that makes me wish they would last fore-

"Aizen-taicho! Unohana-taicho!" Sousuke's smile did a flip as he glanced down the hill.

Fukutaicho Kotetsu was running towards them, an alarmed look on her face.

"What is it Isane? What happened?" Retsu was on her feat quickly followed by Sousuke.

"Its Nnoitra Gilga ma'am…"Isane paused to catch her breath. "He…I don't know…fell from the sky and landed on Sokyoku hill…"

"And where is he now Isane?"

"Upon fourth divisions arrival…we applied basic….first aid and…"Isane leaned against a small tree, placing her hand over her heart. "Its touch and go Unohana-taicho, whatever happened to him has sent his internal organs into disarray…"

In division four's barracks, The octava Espada was in the E.R. several apparatuses hooked up to him and a breathing mask strapped to his face.

Retsu, Isane, And Sousuke appeared in the lobby and quickly made their way to Nnoitra's room.

"What is Gilga-san's status Yasochika!" Retsu demanded as she burst through the doors.

The blond glanced up from a clipboard and sighed.

"Well, he's out of danger for now. We hooked him up to reiatsu pumps with a 60 megawatt charge to keep his organs stable. We'll have to send any and all X-rays to twelfth Division."

"Why?"

"Well ma'am…we can't tell what's wrong, as far as health goes, nothings wrong with him, yet before hooking him to the R.P.s, Nnoitra's heart rate would flux randomly."

"Have you told Cirucci yet?"Sousuke asked calmly.

"I've sent Hanatoro Yamada to fetch her from your barracks sir, they should be back any mom-"

They all turned to the doors when a loud crash was heard from the lobby, Voices could be heard from the other side.

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOUR FUCKING PROTOCAL IS! LET ME THROUGH!"

"Sanderwicci-san! You cannot just barge into the operating room, they could be in the middle of something!"

"SHUT UP!"

Sousuke smiled as a pair of doors flew by his head and conveniently, out the open windows. Cirucci followed by both Hanatoro and Tesra Lindocruz. The two were trying desperately to calm the sexta down.

Upon noticing the octava, Cirucci sonidoed to his side.

"Nnoitra-kun…" She then turned on the third seat of fourth division. "Please! Please, tell me he's going to be alright!" The sexta grabbed his shihkusho, tears streamed down her cheeks like a waterfall.

"I..I can't really say that Sanderwicci-san, if we even unhook him from those reiatsu pumps, we might lose him…"

Tesra looked at his fallen master in shock, it never had donned on him that Nnoitra gilga could fall.

"Nnoitra-sama…what happened to you…."

Cirucci released her grip on Yasuchika and backed away as if frightened. With a "thump!" her back hit the wall and she slid down, hugging her self tightly.

Her composure was long gone as her arrancar uniform was stained by her tears.

"Nnoitra-kun…please be okay…please."She sobbed silently as she brought her legs to her chest.

"Tesra."

"Hai, Aizen-sama?" Tesra's eyes had yet to leave the unmoving form of his master.

"Tesra, I need you to fetch Menoly and Loly for me, tell them that their sister needs them."

"I understand…Aizen-sama." Tesra, as if distant, walked out of the barracks.

"Sousuke-kun…I'm going to have to ask you to leave, so I can begin examining Gilga-san's internal systems. I might be able to find what my subordinates could not."

"Understood, Cirucci-san, if you please." Sousuke offered his hand only for her to swat it away.

"I refuse…I can't leave him…Nnoitra-kun needs me…he needs his Murasaki-chan*(1) here…"

Sousuke sighed and placed a hand on her head. Cirucci was about to repeat her previous action when the world around her faded to black. Sousuke watched as her body slumped against her knees, he then proceeded to pick her up gently.

"Sousuke-kun, what did you do to her?" Sousuke glanced at Retsu then back to the unconscious Espada in his arms.

"Its called kyu-atsui*(2). It's a technique Kisuke and I developed to restrain wild hollows. I learned recently that it works on arrancar as well, especially if their emotions are at a high."

"I see, well, take care of her."Retsu then looked towards the members of fourth who had gathered when Cirucci had arrived. "All right, I'm going to need three reiatsu compressors in here stat!" for a moment, everyone didn't move, until Retsu Unohana turned an actualglare their way, causing them all to scurry off to their assignments.

"Bakas think this is a circus or something." By this point, Sousuke was already in the lobby. He knew full well what could happen to someone who managed to cross Retsu.

It was one thing for her to give you that sickly sweet smile, it was another story when she was genuinely pissed off.

"Aizen-sama!" the two voices of Menoly Mallia and Loly Alvirne hung in the air as Cirucci's fracciones rushed through the doors.

"Is Cirucci nee-chan alright?" Menoly asked quietly. They both then noticed the sexta's sleeping form next to Sousuke and rushed over to her.

"Do not worry you two, she will be fine. All she needs is some time to cool down and arrange her thoughts."

"That's good to hear." Loly stated. She then glanced around. "Hey, where'd did Tesra go?"

"Loly, I think we trampled him on our way through the door."

"FUCK!" Loly ran over to the door to find Tesra face down, his body acting like a door stop. "whoops…you okay Tesra?" Tesra lifeted one arm and gave her the thumbs up.

The sound of footsteps alerted them all to the prescence of Retsu Unohana as she stepped out of the operating room.

"Aizen-taicho, I need to come here please." Sousuke rose and followed her in, stopping in front of some X-rays. "Do you see that." It was a statement, not a question.

"Kami….someone's manually severed his saketsu and hakusui." Sousuke couldn't believe it.

Normally, with shinigami the saketsu and hakusui were the source of his or her powers, piercing them would result in permanent loss of those powers. It was unknown what piercing the same points on an arrancar would do to an arrancar. It was well known by all that manually severing these two chains was excruciatingly painful if not fatal.

"Do you know why Nnoitra wont wake?"

"I do. Due to the manual severing of the saketsu and hakusui, I believe that as an arrancar, his spiritual powers are the source of his instinct. All hollows, whether they're arrancar or not, require this instinct to survive, it is why they can easily absorb the reishi of their victims."

"Without his instinct then…"

"Yes, unless we can find a way to reverse the process, I'm afraid Gilga-san will not last through the night."

"No…"

The two captains whipped around to see an conscious Cirucci, her eyes wide.

"We tried to stop her Aizen-sama…" Menoly said.

"Please….tell me…that's not…that cant be true…."

Retsu sighed and shook her head.

"As a master in my profession Cirucci-san, I will not lie to you. If we cannot re attach his saketsu and hakusui, Nnoitra Gilga…will die."

In Las-Noches, The rest of the Espada were holding a meeting. The meeting was about what to do if Nnoitra would not survive. Their leader, the cero Espada; Dordoni Alessandro del Socaccio, had recently gotten news from Tesra about Nnoitra's condition

"I heard there's this super smart adjuchas in the menos forest." Mosqueda stated, placing a finger on the map of Hueco Mundo.

"Oh…you mean Szayal apporo grantz? That geek will only mind fuck with us Gauntenbine, you know that." Grimmjow countered.

"Have you all forgotten? Nnoitra-san is not dead, so there is no need to replace him." Tier Harribel, the Tercera stated.

"They are just stating possibilities Harribel-sama." Came the voice of Ggio Vega, the leader of Barragan Luisenbarnes Fracciones.

"Vega, I thought I told you to stay away from the Espada Hall." Ggio fell to his knees when his king's gruff voice called from the Las-Noches throne.

"Now Barragan, do not blame the Nino for his statement, Vega is only telling our dear Tercera why we are conversing as such." The Espada turned to see Dordoni strolling down the steps, behind him were his fracciones; Patros, Menis, Aldegor, Iceringer and Demoura. The cero Espada, whose face was usually jovial and fun, was in a state of both anger and seriousness. Anger at the people who did this to their ally, and seriousness matching the situation.

"But, I do not condone such frivolous behavior towards one of our own either.

It is also as Our dear Harribel-san has said; Gigla is alive, and unless he does perish, we shall not talk about replacing him, so please refrain from such nonsense."

"Dordoni-sama, should I tell them?"

"Si Iceringer." The boisterous Espada then turned to Barragan. "I believe that is my seat, Senior Barragan." The Segunda grumbled as he hoisted himself from the throne and descended to the ground. "Gracias. Iceringer! Chop Chop!"

With a nod, Iceringer turned to the Espada.

"Recently me and Patros discovered something…disturbing."

"What could possibly disturb the deranged Iceringer?" jived Grimmjow.

"Hold your tongue quinto. As I was saying, what I find so Disturbing about my find is this." He pressed a button on his wrist band and a hologram projected from the center of the table. It showed a giant ape like beast that looked like a cross between a skeleton and Godzilla. It then reached down and grabbed a Gillian, devouring it. The strangest thing about this monster was that its head was floating without a neck.

"Que demonios?*(3) What is it?" Dordoni exclaimed, staring at the projection.

"from my sources, it is known as a hell vanguard sir."

"A hell vanguard?"

"Hai, they aren't supposed to leave hell though, in fact it shouldn't be able to materialize in this plane of existence. You see, Hell Vanguards patrol hell, guarding it from intruders as well as protecting us from what lives there. Down there they go by the term; Kushunada."

Patros then stepped forward.

"I believe that there are a total of thirteen of these… Kushunada roaming Hueco Mundo as we speak and that they are in fact the ones who abducted Gilga-sama. I Managed to get a closer look while on my patrol earlier and I noticed someone was riding one."

Pressing the same button, Iceringer zoomed in on the Kushunada's head. Atop it stood a man in all white with his head swathed in black cloth. At the mans hips hung three skulls and a black blade.

"We do not know his name, but as I said, I believe he abducted the octava."

"Ulquiorra, You and I are going to report to Aizen-sama." Dordoni ordered, not taking his eyes from the screen. "We must inform him and the seretei of what is going on here.

Date prisa, tenemo que ir!"*(4)

Dordoni Sonideod out of existence and Ulquiorra stood.

"You are all dismissed…"After those final words, the cuarto Espada vanished.

"GOOOOD MOOOORNIIING….ICHIGOOOOOOOO!" Isshin Kurosaki brought his engetsu down towards his son's head, only for it to be blocked by a large blade.

"What the hell? Now you're really trying to kill me?" Ichigo Kurosaki Pushed his father's zanpakuto away, forcing the bearded man to fly out the window and land in the streets.

Now, it wasn't every day that Ichigo got this form of wake up call, normally he was in his gigai, fast asleep until woken up by a dynamic entry courtesy of his father.

"Hello Kurosaki-san, Is Ichigo-kun awake?" Ichigo glanced out the window to see his girlfriend Orihime Inoue standing over his father.

"Y-yep…."

"Orihime." The busty girl looked up at Ichigo and waved excitedly.

"Morning Ichigo-kun! How are you?"

"I'm good, hey I'll be down in a second."

A few minutes later, and the two were headed off to school.

PEIN: well, shorter than the last chapter, but it does the job of pushing the story…

Will Nnoitra survive? What are the Kushunada doing in Hueco Mundo? Who is the mysterious man on one of their heads? (cookie to whomever can guess.)

And why am I NOW getting to Ichi-fucking-go's section of this story any how?

Only time will tell.

And yes… Dordoni Alessandro del Socaccio is the cero, I repeat CERO meaning zero Espada…as in the STRONGEST of them….yeah, I just did that =]

Anyways, In a couple days, I wil upload the next few chapters of Exiles alongside Chapter three of Beginning.

…and…uhm…KNOW PEIN![box ghost reference…FTW]

JUST REALIZED!

I forgot translations

(1)- Murasaki-chan. Basicly Nnoitra's pet name for Cirucci, it means Violet referencing her hair

(2)-Kyu-atsui(deep sleep)

(3)-Portelinni is saying what the hell =]

(4)-now he's saying "hurry up! Come on! In Spanish

Side note about Dordoni, he will never say things in Japanese, only Spanish.