"Dammit she was right there!" Ichigo cursed loudly.
"Quiet Ichigo. I wanted to reach out to her too you don't have any idea how that felt." Toshiro looked down his hands balled into tight fists.
"Did you notice how she was behaving with Ulquiorra like she had fallen for him, almost. You're way better for her than she is though." Ichigo looked down the hall both ways.
"The throne room has a second level with balconies that look down. We should make our way there and try out best to repress out riatsu. Let's go." Toshiro decided to ignore his comments pushing unwanted thoughts out of his mind.
I clung tightly to Ulquiorra's side as Grimmjow started arguing with Gin.
"What the hell did you drag us for ya damn fox-face!" Grimmjow scowled which was a rather intimidating look for him.
"He should frown more it would give the others nightmares." I giggled a bit to Ulquiorra.
"Are you aware of just how strange you are?" he asked watching the exchange going on at the front.
"Not really I tend to ignore the others." I said brushing my hand through my hair.
"Was it a purposeful action you took to make sure that the threads that have sewn you together are bright colored and thick?" he asked.
I laughed a bit. "Yarn is an easy to find and far more durable material than simple thread. So yes it was purposeful."
"Today we are celebrating the naming of our newest espada. Number Zero, Nezumi." Gin announced from the front of the crowd. I looked up as he beckoned me closer.
"Come here little girl." He said in his creepy southern accent.
I slowly walked up to the central platform standing beside him and looking at Aizen.
Gin spun me around to face the crowd and my gaze wandered to the ceiling. What I saw almost stopped my heart.
Toshiro… Ichigo. Toshiro looked worried, almost scared while Ichigo looked calm and ready. I looked forward into the crowd searching for the emerald eyes I knew would be on me.
"However it has come to my attention that this girl is no longer needed by Lord Aizen and her power is far too great for her to be released, she would only betray us so she needs to be eliminated. Shoot 'em dead, Shinzo." Those last words seemed to make me move in slow motion as a turned around blocking the sword with my bare hands.
"Like… hell!" I swung his sword away knocking him off balance.
The room froze.
Aizen smiled.
Then time seemed to move again and all hell broke loose.
I turned and ran for the wall.
'If I can just make it there he can't track m-!'
Searing pain ripped through my back followed by my chest as Shinzo stabbed into the wall in front of me then as quickly as it came, it left. I dropped to my knees coughing up blood as the world began to fade to black.
"HANAMI!"