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As of right now, I trusted Vivec with my life.

The gorgeous man led me through many hallways and doors, up many flights of stairs, passing guards who stopped to salute to the prince. Finally, Vivec got to what looked like a trap door... Above us. He smiled at me and unlocked it while I stared at him as his shirtless self reached up, forcing me to stand there awkwardly as these thoughts filled my mind of how attractive he was.

I mentally face-palmed myself, shaking my head, wondering what was wrong with me. Why does this always happen to me? I've come to the realization that I'm surrounded by attractive men at home, and even now. But I'm still that girl who has never been kissed or liked. I'm just the female friend.

Not that I'm doing anything to be liked of course, I'll probably fail miserably and have to go into hiding. I'm too awkward for that shit, and that's why I don't try.

Vivec climbed up and out of the building, and fresh air hit me, along with powerful sunlight. He reached down to grasp my arms and help me out, where it worked out successfully. I sucked in a breath of fresh air, just as Vivec did, but instead of him exhaling, he stood there, looking up at the two suns that were late in the evening.

His eyes rolled back and shut, and he exhaled silently, letting himself bask in the two suns. I raised an eyebrow, wondering what the hell he was doing. He opened his eyes and they met mine. I was pleased to discover they were full of life and shone excellently, with especial depth and emotion behind them. It was really him.

"Shall we?" He asked, offering his arm to me. I nodded and took it, and we vanished in the direction of Sun's Peak, the palace. It was still reasonably far away, just about two hundred or so miles northeast from our current location.

"Do you mind telling me what that was about back there?" I asked.

"With the guards?" Vivec asked.

"No, when you just stood there with your eyes closed in the direction of the suns." I replied.

"Ah, I was greeting my mother. I pay my respects to her each morning and at each sunset that I am in the district." Vivec said with a warm smile.

"Is this sun only in the Sixth?" I asked.

"My mother chooses to stay home, yes." He said.

"Wait, your mother?" I asked. Vivec nodded.

"My mother turned into the second sun when I was young. She cursed my father and expects me to greet her each time I can, so I do."

"Why is the king cursed?" I asked.

"My father was never a good man to my mother." Vivec said, "He executed her for adultery, even though there was a different woman in his bed each night. When bad times came, she left and searched for true happiness and found it with the Head Cascabel."

"But... Does Almalexia do the same in the sun?" I asked.

Vivec shook his head, "My mother specifically stated that it was my duty, calling Almalexia evil. I can see why."

"Oh," I said, remaining silent as we traveled along the sand. Soon enough we arrived at the city walls, where Vivec and I landed on it. The guards greeted both of us.

"Prince Vivec, you have been summoned and searched for." A guard said.

"What for?" Vivec asked.

"Your father personally asked for your appearance in the palace." The guard said.

"My father?" Vivec asked. To be honest, now that he told me those things about the King, I could really care less about him.

The guard nodded, and moved out of our way until he spoke again, "Wait, I know you." He said, directly at me.

"Huh?" I asked.

"You're that girl those people were looking for, the Heir, Yua Kurotsuchi!" He replied. I nodded, not sure who these people could be.

What the hell? God, I'm such an idiot. It was obviously my dad and some others!

"You mean, my dad?" I asked.

"Two men and a woman," The guard said, "Our guard captain took them into the palace almost an hour ago, they said they wanted to speak with Almalexia."

I looked to Vivec, who nodded.

"Fetch me some armor will you?" He said to the guard, who immediately vanished before us to follow the order. Moments later, he returned with the same white and gold armor that I remembered Vivec to wear.

"We always have extra armor for you at the Wall, Prince Vivec." He said, handing the armor to him. Vivec took it, along with the provided undershirt, putting it on, much to my dismay.

"Thank you." He said to the guard, "Let's go."

He vanished before me and I followed his trail via Sonido. I noticed that he headed upwards along a tower, stopping when he reached a balcony. I joined him, looking around, noticing chairs and little tables, while the balcony itself was decorated in flowers and torches.

Vivec opened the two glass doors, entering and looking around. After that, he beckoned me inside, and I discovered it to be a bedroom, nicely decorated in gold, white, and cream colors.

"This is my bedroom." Vivec said quietly. It didn't surprise me how neat the room was, because he was a neat man. Vivec led me around the large four-post bed and opened a tall gold closet door. Inside was more armor, but weapons also hung among the space. He walked to the end of the closet, and grabbed a sword that I had seen him with at the party.

"I was glad I did not bring this with me when Almalexia had taken me to the Disciplinary Unit." He said, more to himself. He returned to me.

"Are you in need of a weapon?" He asked, "I know you do have that dagger, but it may prove to be a challenge to use."

"It's useless." I said, "Yes."

"What do you mean, useless?" He asked.

"It doesn't do anything, and it's supposed to have great power... At least that's what Rasajouji said when he gave it to me." I replied.

"Rasajouji-sama?!" He asked, "You were blessed by a Titan? Dearest Yua, it does have an ability."

"I've had it my whole life and I've tried everything. I don't understand what's wrong with it - what's wrong with me."

"What has he told you of it?" Vivec asked.

"Well, he said I needed the blood of the Fiery Phoenix to unleash its power." I replied.

Vivec held out his left hand, and I unsheathed the dagger and handed it to him. He studied it for a moment, then looked at me, "Did he say it required the blood of Yusamujin-sama?"

"Well, no." I said, "It'd be impossible to do that, the Inferno gates are covered by -" I was cut off by Vivec, who forced the blade into my chest in a quick movement. My eyes widened and pain filled me, but I could not speak. I looked down at the blade and grabbed the hilt, trying to find the strength to pull it out.

I felt a tingling sensation in my chest, and my hands gripped the hilt even tighter to the point where my hands were whitened. Finally, I was able to force it out, but when I did, the blade seemed endless, glowing bright, nearly blinding. I still had more to pull out, but my arms could only extend to far. Vivec put his hands over mine, now grasping the hilt and tugged the rest of it out, where I discovered the thing was almost as tall at me.

After the blade cooled, it returned to it's natural gold color, just more thicker towards the bottom and tip of the shape. Vivec set it flat on his bed, where I continued to study it. From what I could see, it was thin, but very sharp, with lines among it for artwork. The hilt was a pearl color, twisting for grip, but also laced with gold. The guard curved upwards to a sharp point, and at the bottom of the hilt was a round red orb.

I picked it up, surprising me with how light it was.

"I apologize for my abruptness, but the answer was so clear." He said.

My hand went to the missing wound. The pain lingered, but the injury was gone.

"It still kind of hurts," I said. Vivec apologized again, but was cut off in mid sentence when the large blade reverted back to its dagger form. It no longer looked like the original dagger, just a dagger version of this new weapon.

I looked at my sheath, noticing it was still small. I placed the blade inside, and it fit perfectly.

"Let's go." He said, taking my hand in his.

We traveled down a few hallways, passing guards and servants who bowed to Vivec as we trailed. We slowed down when coming to a particular corridor where white curtains blew inside from the breeze. There was a large set of doors at the end of the corridor, encrusted with gold. Two guards, or what looked like guards, stood post outside of the doors on either side, staring forward.

"This is my father's room." He murmured.

Walking to the doors, we dodged the curtains and greeted the two men standing post. They were dressed differently than the other guards we had seen, only until I realized they were Heroes wearing large spiked armor that glistened. On their heads and covering the majority of their faces was a helmet with wings on it, obviously decorative.

"Princess Almalexia is on the other side with Captain Crispinafilakis and three others." The guard to the right whispered to Vivec, his voice fey.

Vivec seemed confused.

"Though the Princess and King plot among the kingdom's loyalty, the Heroes remain loyal to the Queen and her Prince." The one on the left said.

Though I didn't actually notice that he was tense, he seemed to relax a bit, sighing. He turned his head to me, "These two are apart of the royal guard, made up of only Heroes simply because they have no sense of emotion. They only have grand skill and loyalty to those who treat them generously. My mother in particular found that these beings were an essential to the safety of my family."

I shifted my eyes to the to the two before us. I had never been so close to one before, but these guys seemed... Tamed? Th ones I have actually seen before they were killed were absolutely... Terrifying. The masks and helmets are the only things that prevented my terror.

The two opened the doors, and we entered. Directly upon entering, both Vivec and I noticed Almalexia, who stood instantly. There were three others who faced her, looking over their shoulders at us, where I discovered them to be my dad, MiroTano and Yumaki.

They stood, "Yua," My dad said. His brows furrowed when he saw Vivec.

"Dad," I said, meeting him halfway to hug him.

"Vivec?" Almalexia said, "Where have you been?" She asked.

"Oh enough of that, Almalexia." Vivec said.

"Almalexia put both of us in the Disciplinary Unit's cellar," I said, squirming out of my dad's tight arms, "She had us chained up and put Vivec in a state to where he combusted in her failed attempt of killing me."

All eyes went on Almalexia, "But you survived, did you not?"

"Yeah, but what if I didn't?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter if you did not survive, what matters is that you did, and I'm not too happy about it." Almalexia said. The air became crisp as her anger increased, and the temperature of the room raised dramatically.

"So you lied to us?" Yumaki asked.

"Of course I did," Almalexia stated, "But here you are with Yua, not harmed at all."

"I know you better than that, sister," Vivec said, "You have something else in mind."

She studied her surroundings, looking at each of us. Her eyes met mine, and she smiled. The door furthest from us, behind the assorted furniture, opened. In walked the High King with two cloaked servants dressed in white at his side. He was indeed, old as ever.

"Father." Vivec said in surprise. Almalexia twisted herself to lock eyes with the old man, she too in surprise.

"Father you need to be in bed," She told him.

"If this is how you plan to run my kingdom, Almalexia, then you can step down from your title now and let Vivec take your seat."

"Father! No!" Almalexia hissed.

"Then treat this situation with an honorable state of respect for our guests." He demanded. Though he looked old and dying, his voice was very powerful and loud, as if he were just a normal man.

"Very well," Almalexia said, sighing in frustration. "You, servant, please escort these people out."

The servant to the king's left moved towards us, walking slowly. I stared at Almalexia, who now smirked. The servant stood in front of Vivec, parting my dad and I from him. Vivec turned his head in confusion, studying the cloaked servant. The hooded person raised their hand to Vivec's chest, where I noticed it was covered by a black glove.

"What are you -" Vivec started, only to be cut off by the sound of tearing metal. That metal was Vivec's armor, now punctured. His eyes widened, along with everyone's as each of us discovered the lengthy silver blade stuck into Vivec's chest.

There was instant hysteria among us all. The cloaked person removed the robes, revealing a tan woman with long platinum blonde wavy hair and tight black clothing. She stared at Vivec, who was far more shocked that any of us.

The guard captain I remembered from the party, known as Crispinafilakis rushed to retain her, where everyone else backed away from him, knowing what may happen. My dad tried to keep me next to him, but I had to get to Vivec. I looked at Almalexia who seemed amused, and the King had called for the guards, now pinning the other servant against a tall marble and gold column.

I slipped from my father's grasp and hurried to Vivec's side, where he now knelt on the ground in visible pain, "Hurry and leave." He said, "All of you." Moments later, the woman expertly freed herself from the guard captain, elbowing him with enough power to send him crashing through the glass balcony doors. She quickly and roughly pulled the blade out of Vivec's chest, pointing it at me.

"You stay away from my husband you bad woman," She said, "I refuse to let you keep him away from me!"

"Avelle," Vivec coughed. His hand now pressing his wound.

Alright, now let's stop right here. This is unbelievably awkward for me. Husband? What?! I didn't even know Vivec was married! He didn't even wear a ring on his finger! Not that I wanted him or anything, because I don't I mean yeah he's hot, but I'm eighteen years old. I enjoy freedom.

"Holy shit," I said, "You're married?" My question was directed towards Vivec.

He shook his head violently, "No, no I'm not." He lifted up his hand and the blood that was on in was black, "Did you poison me?" He asked this Avelle lady.

"Yes I did," She said, "It's your punishment, husband."

What the fuck?

"I'm so confused? What is going on?" I asked.

"I do not know, but she has clearly made an attempt to assassinate me." Vivec said, scooting away from her, more towards me. The doors busted open and Heroes rushed in, but they were distraught at the sight of the woman.

"Should we..." One of them asked.

"Yes!" The King called.

"No," Avelle said, lifting her left arm. She made a movement with her fingers and a large, black opening formed beneath us, making her, Vivec, a few guards and I fall. The bottom was lit up like a road, and I heard my name being called before I felt my dad's Reiatsu - along with MiroTano and Yumaki's follow.

After a few seconds of falling, I found myself clinging onto Vivec, who still clenched his wound. I pressed my hand on it, concentrating on regenerating it until I was interrupted.

"Stop that you bad woman!" Avelle shouted at me, clawing at me in midair. I tried my best to continue to hold onto Vivec while she scratched and bit me. I didn't want to hurt her, she called Vivec her husband, but... Vivec said he never married.

She separated us, "You keep away from my husband, do not make me kill you!"

I looked at her, frustrated. The guards, which I counted to be about three, tackled her away from him where I was able to continue to regenerate his wound, which worked slower thanks to the poison. I, however, was snatched away from behind. I turned around, seeing it to be my dad.

"Dad?!" I said, "What are you doing? I'm trying to heal him!"

"I will not let you go here, this place is far too dangerous." He said instead of letting me go. I didn't understand what he was talking about, but my wonders came short when we fell through another opening to a brighter land that lacked color. We were far up in the sky, above the ground below us that seemed to be a rooftop of a very large building.

This land was made up of only white sands, a black sky, and a lonely moon.

This was Hueco Mundo


Jashatirou/Happy J POV

This place in truth, was the last place I wanted to be. Hueco Mundo, was the last place I wanted Yua to ever be, but I couldn't let her go without me, not here. It only makes it worse that we were on the rooftop of Las Noches, and there were outstanding forces of Reiatsu here, so someone was sure to investigate.

"But dad, I need to heal him!" Yua cried, "Then we can go home, and everything will be okay!"

I shook my head, we had to leave now.

"If you would just let me heal him, we can leave, dad I promise!" She said. Her look of concern was always one I couldn't help but give in to. It looked exactly like Kiyori's, especially when her and I crossed paths at my village so long ago.

I was still unhappy with all of the searching I was forced with today, having thought that the prince there had taken my only daughter and had done God knows what with her, that I had barely let the facts that Yua had laid upon me earlier when she had finally returned. I reluctantly let Yua's hand go, where she went to the side of Vivec and continued to use her regeneration abilities on her. My eyes wandered to the Heroes that pinned down the struggling woman a few meters away.

"What would ever possess a woman to attack a man and call him her husband?" I asked myself.

"Perhaps there was some unfinished business between those two." Yumaki said.

Vivec turned his head in our direction, "Yes, my father had chosen her to be my fiance nearly ten years back, but I could not marry her."

There was a frowning atmosphere surrounding him. He spoke again, "Look at her, she is barely a year or two older than Yua. I was going to have to marry her when she was but twelve years old and I was thirty five. That is far too young for me, and my mother did not approve."

"But I love you my prince, my husband!" The woman wailed, trying to fight out of the grasp of the three who held her.

Everyone ignored her, "Why did she try to kill you?" Yua asked him.

"I... Well -" Vivec started, but the woman interrupted.

"We were going to get married, Vivec and I. The wedding was set, and the vows were read. All he had to do was agree to them, and he said no at the last second! My family assumed there was something wrong with me and they disowned me, and I became a servant for the King to try to win Vivec's heart." She said.

"Avelle, I cannot marry you. I will not marry you. You have pulled way too many psychotic attempts to pull this off." Vivec said.

"But-But, Almalexia, she said you would accept!" She said, "Our flame is one in the same, and we could take over the kingdom and run it together." She said desperately.

Vivec shook his head, "You're a dangerous woman Avelle, and you've even believed my sister - that makes you one of her minions, that way she can manipulate you to do anything. I never said I would agree, I had always figured you had left Sun's Peak."

She seemed to mentally crumble in the arms of those three Heroes. She tensed up, her fists clenching. Yua had finally finished regenerating Vivec, and at that moment, I discovered that Avelle was glaring at her quite fiercely.

"It's because of her, isn't it?" She asked, struggling in the Heroes' arms, "She's your new fiance?!"

Both of their eyes, including my own, went wide.

"What? No way!" Yua said, standing. The prince, too, stood up.

"I can see it," Avelle said, "You two are secretly in love and will be married and she will take my rightful place." The woman sobbed as each of us looked at each other, silently agreeing that the woman before us was definitely crazy.

"No, that is definitely not the case, I promise you." Yua said, slowly moving closer to her. Vivec grabbed her arm to keep her from getting too close.

"Don't get too close, she's a crazy one." Vivec said.

Avelle snapped and screamed, "I'm not crazy!" Now the woman fought on the three Heroes completely, managing to be rid of one.

"Yua, we must leave now." I said to her.

Avelle shot flame between us, where Vivec ordered to take cover. This split us up, having me stay back with Yumaki and MiroTano while Vivec and Yua were on the other side of the large explosion caused by a simple lick of fire. The flame swirled around, remaining massive. I could barely see what was on the other side, but I now knew that Avelle was free of the Heroes that held her, and she started after those two.

MiroTano, Yumaki, and I Sonidoed around the flame up onto a smaller and rectangular raised portion of the rooftop, where Avelle shot several fire bombs at them where these successfully escaped each one, moving further and further towards the edge of the rooftop.

It was only a matter of time before someone from Las Noches discovered us and would probably attack thanks to this hostile manner that this woman has created. Just as my mind processed these thoughts, a familiar voice of a man spoke.

"Hey! The hell is going on up here?"


Yua POV

This Avelle chick was clearly psychotic! She kept shooting at us with her exploding fireballs, a lot more faster than I had expected, and they didn't die down at all!

"Her flame burns endless until she allows it to return to her," Vivec said to me, "We have to calm her down!"

"Calm her down?" I asked after we had to evade another explosion, "I'd be pissed off too if you left me at the altar then called me crazy for trying to get back with you!"

"No, you don't understand, she was but a little girl!" Vivec said, "I met her before her character was unleashed, she is literally crazy."

"I'm not crazy!" Avelle screamed again over the flames, shooting more and more at us. We continued to dodge them, but I felt a strange Reiatsu join us. I searched for it, but the large puffs of black smoke didn't allow me to see very far. I sensed it to be near my dad's, where I began to wonder why he wasn't helping.

There was a small clearing in the blackness of the smoke where I could see them, but I was distracted by a shade of bright blue among them.

"Yua!" Vivec shouted. He grabbed my waist and vanished backwards, just in time to dodge the explosion. Then I stumbled back into reality, holding onto Vivec's armor as he held up my body, knowing good and well I would be lost in my thoughts.

Who was that? I felt my dad's Reiatsu slightly flare, along with Yumaki and MiroTano's. This person had to be an enemy! But... Who?

I knew this was Hueco Mundo, but where were we? Again, I'm an idiot, this was obviously Las Noches, the Southern Fortress. It was the only one that actually survived. Upon reading my mother's journals, I discovered that she had a special someone here before my dad and her ever got together. Someone named... Grimmjow?

Of course, I couldn't just let my dad and them fend for themselves up there, "We have to help my dad." I said to Vivec.

"We also have to help ourselves, Yua." Vivec said.

Still holding onto him, I Sonidoed up into the black sky, above Avelle and a little higher than the commotion this new person was causing. I stared down at them, taking in the feature of this man. He wore white, with an open jacket, had a mask piece of the side of his face, and blue hair and eyes that met mine.

I watched them grow wide, as the toxic smoke began to fill my lungs. Vivec shook me, obviously unaffected but this. I clenched onto him harder, "Dad!" I said, but I knew he couldn't hear me. I watched them face me, but instead of me looking to them, my eyes met Vivec's confused ones. My vision began to blur, turning strangely white before me. Vivec's form changed as it became completely white around me, leaving me with the face of Hakubi, staring and smiling at me.

"Use it my Positive child." She said, though I could barely hear her.

I had no idea what she was talking about until it popped in my mind, but by then, I felt a hand grab mine, though I was sure it was Hakubi's. I felt that same heat and tingling feeling in my hand just like before, however, Hakubi seemingly pushed me backwards, sending me into a swirling kaleidoscope of brightness and colors, taking her or whoever with me.

I felt the heat surrounding me flee, where I was greeted by cool air that I had not felt when first entering Hueco Mundo. I looked up, tilting my head backwards so that I could see what was ahead of me. I wasn't sure what to expect, so I was astounded by the sight of sand dunes zipping past me.

Well I wasn't exactly alone. My eyes reverted, staring into Vivec's, though he was much more distracted by the spinning scene.

"Yua," He said, "What are you doing?"

"I don't know! I don't know how to stop!" I replied. I couldn't exactly control it either, nor could I sense anybody's Reiatsu.

"This power is amazing!" He commented, "Where did you learn such a thing?"

"Hakubi-sama showed me." I replied. His eyes were wide and he stared at me before looking up at our surroundings.

"Don't you think we should stop?" He asked.

"I don't know how to," I replied, "I woke up before I learned any of that."

"You mean you've never done this before?" Vivec asked.

"Well not exactly," I said.

"Yua! Why would you do such a thing if you did not know how to do it or stop it?" He asked.

"I didn't even know that I had done it until I saw where we were and where we were going!" I replied.

He seemed to look at the dunes below us, each traveling away at an amazing speed, "Well, do you have any idea where we are going?" He asked.

"It's considerably cold, so we're heading north." I replied. I looked down at the sand, noticing that it glimmered, shining like little diamonds everywhere. I pulled Vivec downwards, surprised that my movement actually worked in pulling us down, only a few feet above the sand. I turned our bodies so that I was on top, where I stuck my fingers out to touch the sand. My first three fingers brushed along the surface, where the shimmering sand collected in my palm. I studied it and Vivec smiled at me and shook his head, "You're fascinated by sand?"

"It's... Not sand." I said as I looked at it more. Instead of sand, they were just crystals, like little pieces of chunky metallic glass, which seemed oh so familiar. It was the same stuff that made up of Hakubi-sama's Statue in the Meido District. I pulled him upwards, noticing a large dune coming our way and blocking my vision of what was on the other side. When we successfully leveled ourselves high enough, my breath went short.

My eyes were completely wide, staring beyond us. I began to panic, wondering how to stop this speedy power called Interstellar Flight.

"What's the matter?" He asked, concerned. He looked upwards ahead of us, now understanding my sudden panic.

We were heading into... The Blackness.


Jashatirou/Happy J POV

It was an unbelievable sight, like it always had been. Yua actually used one of her mother's techniques, the same one Kiyori had used when she had left to search for her Opposite. When did she learn such a thing? And how? She had gone in the direction of Sancre Tor, to the north. Sancre Tor was obviously not there anymore, it was destroyed, presumably by Kiyori.

I just hope Yua knew what she was doing.

But like always, there is a bigger problem. Yumaki, MiroTano and I still had to deal with that Avelle woman, and to make things worse, we also have another person who I personally have never liked.

Grimmjow.


Uh oh!

Le Blackness and Grimmjow! I actually added him in. Wow.

The long awaited confrontation continues next chapter! Also this Avelle woman will stay with us for a while too. I'm beginning to fill my intentional plot holes, yay!

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