Chapter 3: Prelude to the Apocalypse, The Two Arrancar's Strike!

Narrator p.o.v

The fierce battle against the bount has come to and end. Ichigo and the others returned to the real world and were able to live in peace. However that peace was destroyed by a single transfer student. The mysterious transfer student known as Shinji Hirako, described himself as a masked solider, a Vizard. Vizards are Shinigami who have awakened there hallow powers. Ichigo was invited to join the Vizards after being told he was one of them and doesn't belong on the Shinigami side.

*Pause* "Hold on, hold on! Let me explain not the narrator!" I stop the narrator to tell the story. "Alright and go!" *Resume*

My p.o.v.

It's been almost a year, maybe 2 months off and I've had one heck of an adventure. Facing the bounts, and other story of our adventure which I will tell another day. I'm a 2nd year of high school. Anyway I've changed a lot, I've gotten a little better about my powers and I've learned more about them from Urahara Kisuke. Also my hairs grown longer, also when I came to this world my hair color was black and my eye color is grayish/purple. I've changed a lot in the past year. I also found out I'm a Kuchiki, shockingly Byakuya is my Great Uncle on my mother's side, Hisana's my Great Grandmother on my fathers side (I'll tell you why in the future) and Rukia's my great aunt, but I call her my older sister. I found out my Grandmother was very powerful captains and Byakuya's sister. My father was Hitsugaya Toushiro (This will be explained later in the story and also it's not captain Hitsugaya. Different guy) and my mother was Furukowa Ushio, they were both substituted soul reapers that were not with the soul society. Once I'm done with high school I have the option of going to the soul society and live there, also I would become captain of squad 5 or that's how I think it will play out. I'll live in the Kuchiki house hold.

I remembered and was told about my past. When I was 3 years old my parents feared for my safety because of my powers. When I was 5 years old my parents were killed by an Arrancar to insure my safety Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi me to a different dimension and gave me false memories. They replaced memories of my family there and put me in a gigai. My real name is Kuchiki Nagisa. I've also become close to everyone. I've met everyone in the soul society, it's weird because they remember meeting me as a little kid. There's also the mysterious Vizard known as Shinji Hirako, he has asked Ichigo to join them. I knew something was up when I over hearing them talk.

"Vizards cannot return to normal again once the symptoms appear. I'll follow you until you say yes. But the hallow inside you is growing stronger, until it takes over. Just by being near your family, friends and classmates puts them in danger. It's slowly weakens you until your nothing Your already on our side Ichigo." Shinji said to Ichigo and I could see his eyes widening while he says this. When I heard that I was shocked but I knew it would happen, kinda I feel like I'm forgetting what I've learned about them in my world.

"Ichigo." I whispered in worry.

My p.o.v.

I was walking through the park thinking. 'Man Ichigo. What should I do? He's acting so depressed and the Grand Fisher's dead because of his father. Ugh why! Why am I thinking like this, I know I have a crush Ichigo, but…Orihime, she loves him too.'

Yes I have developed feeling for Ichigo over the month's I've spent with the bleach gang. 'What am I going to do?'

My thoughts where cut of by a big explosion. I rushed over to were all the people were screaming and saw a big hole with smoke all around it. I could feel strong Reiatsu, so I was going to grab my soul pills, but then I remember I forgot them. I hid my Reiatsu. When the smoke cleared I saw them, the Arrancar. I knew them to be Ulquoirra Schiffer and Yammy.

"I came here one time when I had my mask and man this place is boring as ever." Yammy exclaimed. "There are so few spirit particles that it's so hard to breathe!"

"Don't complain. I believe I said I could handle this on my own." Ulquoirra scolded Yammy in his monotone like voice. "You're the only one that wanted to come here Yammy."

"My bad, my bad!" he said as he climbs up the hole to see a lot of people staring and whispering around.

"Was it a matter?"

"Nothings there."

"What fell down there!"

"Is it ok to get close?" That's when I knew that these people where in trouble.

"Don't come over here if you don't have any spiritual power!" Yammy exclaimed it looked like he was going to suck in things.

I gasped knowing what he was going to do. "Everyone get out of here!"

But it was too late he was sucking in there souls. In instinct Santen Kesshun was protecting me. Then he was done, my eyes widened two see all the people who died and Santen Kesshun faded back into the hairclip.

"Nasty."

"Naturally. There's no way thin souls could be tasty."

"But they where staring at us like we were some kind of freak show." Yammy said.

"Like they could see us. It's not like they where looking at you." Ulquoirra said to him.

"But it still makes me mad. How many people should we kill?" he asked him. Then I didn't here the rest but I had to do something and when they where distracted. Then I saw them looking at something and I looked over to see Tatsuki. Then I saw them walking over to her.

That's when I rushed over and saw Yammy foot was going to come down on. So I got in front of her. "Santen Kesshun, I reject!"

Which made a shield to protect us.

"What!" Yammy shouted.

"Soten Kisshun." I whispered and it started healing Tatsuki.

'What was that? Was that a healing technique?' Ulquoirra questioned to himself. I then took out a Quincy arrow and shot him which penetrated his skin and cut it.

"Stop playing game Yammy." Ulquoirra scolded the big Arrancar. Before I knew it I was hit in the stomach hard. I could feel blood rush down my stomach and head. He then shot a small cero to my chest. I flew through the air and landed over near Tatsuki.

I coughed and staggered up to my knees. I winced in pain feeling so useless and powerless. 'What am I going to do! It's bad enough I can't go into Shinigami form but, I guess I'll have to stall until Ichigo gets here.'

My eyes widened as I realized how weak I sounded. 'Wait I shouldn't rely on Ichigo and besides there after him so I'll have to try and send them back!'

I put my arms in front of me and holding my hands in front of me with determination in my eyes.

"Tsubaki, Koten Zanshun! –'I can do this!'- "I" 'I'll protect everyone, Tatsuki, Orihime, Sado, Uryuu, Ichigo, minna' "I Reject!"

Then Tsubaki shot out and at Yammy but he deflected it with his giant hand. Tsubaki started to crumble away into the wind.

"Tsubaki! Tsubaki!" My eyes widened as I shouted in horror, but coughed up blood and collapse to my knees. I saw him coming over I looked up to see he was going to punch me when I saw Sado protect me and Orihime in front of me.

"Who are you two?" Yammy asked them.

Sado gripped his arm. 'This guy….his punch was so powerful! It looks like he isn't someone Inoue could take on after all. He even beat up Nagisa, pretty bad.'

"Inoue! Do just as we discussed. Take care of Arisawa and Nagisa and stand back." Sado said to him while she was holding me two keep me up while I was healing Tatsuki.

"Please, don't overdo it, Sado-kun." Orihime tells him.

"Ulquoirra! Is this him?" Yammy asked.

"Yammy, you really must work on your investigation powers so you can determine that on your own. You should be able to tell with just one glance." Ulquoirra said to him. "This guy is trash."

"I see." Yammy exclaimed. Then Sado attack him with his blast of power. After the light faded Orihime and I saw his left arm almost destroyed and he was wounded badly on his arm. She put down Tatsuki and she was about to run over but I grabbed her hand.

She looked at me and I told her. "Don't use….Tsubaki."

Darkness soon took over me as now I was unconscious.

No-one's p.o.v.

She ran over to Sado and knelt down to him. My Soten Kisshun also returned to its original form a hairclip.

"Sado-kun! Sado-kun! Sado-kun! Sado-kun! Sado-kun!"

"Ulquoirra!"

"Sado-kun! Sado-kun! Hang on!"

"Is this women trash as well."

"Yes she trash."

"Well I see."

"Sado-kun! Sado-kun!"

'I'm pretty sure Sado-kun knew. He knew that these people were strong and neither of us could stand up to them. That's why he protected Tatsuki, Nagisa and I. Even Nagisa-chan couldn't defeat them. That's why he fought them on his own.' Orihime thought as Yammy walked over and pointed one finger and brought it down on her.

"Santen Kesshun." Orihime whispered as her shield protected her, when it started to break she stood up.

"What is she, she used the same thing just like that girl." Yammy said.

"Soten Kisshun!" Orihime shouted as it started healing Sado's arm. Mine also went over and started healing Sado.

"What! You're healing him." Yammy exclaimed. "Or rather is this guy even alive. He pretty stubborn."

'A healing technique? No that's not it. It's not a healing technique at all. She's either reversing time or dimension, just like that other girl. Whichever the case maybe it's still different from a healing technique.' Ulquoirra thought while looking at Orihime and then me. 'This is something I've never seen before.'

"You both are strange humans." Ulquoirra said aloud to her and the unconscious Nagisa.

'Somehow, somehow I have to hold on! At least until Kurosaki-kun come! No! Why do I always rely on Kurosaki-kun? Even when I've gone to the soul society twice, I've come home twice without having done anything!' She thought as Orihime put her arms in front of her.

'At the very least, I don't want to be a burden to Kurosaki-kun now. I don't know what he's worrying about, but I want to stand up to these guys without relying on Kurosaki-kun! I have to help reassure him at least a little. I'm sure this is about all I can do!' She thought while looking up.

"Tsubaki! Koten Zanshun!" 'Tatsuki-chan, Sado-kun, Ishida-kun, Nagisa-chan, Kurosaki-kun,' "I" 'Everyone, I will protect you all' "I reject!" she shouted as Tsubaki shot at Yammy.

But Yammy stopped him with his hand and he crumbled.

"What was that? A fly?" Yammy asks.

"Tsu-Tsubaki-kun! It can't be!" She shouted in horror seeing Tsubaki disintegrate.

Yammy is in front of Orihime. "What should I do Ulquoirra? Should we take them back to Aizen-sama since they have some unusually technique?"

Orihime's eyes widened and said, "Aizen."

"No. There's no need to, take the orange haired girl, but the other one Aizen-sama has not given order yet. Kill her, Yammy."

"Alright." he said while looking down at Orihime and he brought his hand down to crush her. In an instant a sword stopped the hand in it's tracts to protect her. He was finally here. Ichigo was here.