A/N: I do not own BLEACH
Also, this will be the last chapter..... sorry but everything has to end eventually........
-in the previous chapter-
"I'm going to kill you Aizen." she said, her hair hiding her eyes in shadows as she flicked the blade of her zanpaktou, making it ring "Snarl, Jaguar." Her wildly flaring reiatsu focused
before exploding in a flash of bright light, making those closest to the blast shield their eyes with their arms.
-back to this chapter-
Just as quickly as the light appeared, it faded, prompting those who had used their arms to shield their eyes to lower their arms and their eyes widened at the sheer amount of power
coming off of the still glowing Nuri. With a quick shake of her head, Nuri dispelled the last of the light, revealing her released form. Her feet had become black paws while her hands had
turned into black claws. A white, segmented battle suit covered ever inch of her body from her ankles and wrist to the top of her neck, blades came out of her forearms and calves, and
there was a ridge running from where her head met her neck to the base of her spine, where it turned into a long, whiplike, cat tail that reached her ankles. Her hair became long and
wild and her mask fragments changed. The circlet lost the two fang pieces and became identical to Grimmjow's headpiece when he was in his Resurrección form, while the band over
her nose grew two fangs, whose tips reached the corners of her mouth and the green markings under her eyes stretched to her ears which had become long, pointed, green cat ears.
Nuri snarled at Aizen, showing off her now needle sharp teeth. Aizen appeared unfazed by her threat while he was going over plans in his mind that he had prepare in case something
like this had happened but then he realized that he didn't have a gauge on how much power she really had, only estimates.
"You made one mistake after you made me an Arrancar, Aizen." said Nuri as she cracked her knuckles "You never let me release my Resurrección. You don't know how strong I am in
this form and I don't either, so this is going to be interesting, ne?" Her reiatsu surrounded her in a flickering golden fire and as Aizen released the full pressure of hie reiatsu. Tosen and
Gin had moved closer to the two of them and both of them had their hands on their zanpaktous.
"Gin, Tosen, stay back and make sure no one interferes." said Aizen as he place his hand on the hilt of his zanpaktou "I shall deal with this one myself."
"Hai Aizen-sama." said Tosen as he backed away.
"You sure you want to face this one alone, Aizen-taichou?" asked Gin.
"Hai." said Aizen as he glanced back at Gin "Now go."
"Hai Aizen-taichou." said Gin before backing away. Aizen returned his attention to Nuri, who had slid into one of the fighting stances Grimmjow had taught her. Her pale blue eyes were
hard and cold with sorrow ebbing deep within them.
"Tell me something Aizen." said Nuri "How many aspects of Death are there?" Aizen was confused by the question but he didn't show it as he answered her in a calm voice.
"Ten." he said "The first is Loneliness, the second is Old Age, the third is Sacrifice, the fourth is Nihilism, the fifth is Despair, the sixth is Destruction, the seventh is Intoxication, the
eighth is Madness, the ninth is Greed, and the tenth is Rage."
"You're wrong." said Nuri.
"Oh, really?" asked Aizen as he tilted his head to the side with an amused smirk on his face.
"Hai." said Nuri "While all of those are aspects of Death, there are actually eleven aspects of death. You forgot the most important one. The eleventh," Aizen's eyes widened in surprise
when Nuri melted out of existence and he heard her voice behind him "Is Rebirth." Aizen glanced behind him and saw Nuri standing there. She was staring at him with both her face
and eyes devoid of any emotion. He used Shunpo to move away from Nuri before turning to face her. He drew his zanpaktou and used it to block a barrage of attacks from Nuri, quite
surprised that his illusions were breaking easily under the sheer spiritual pressure exerted by her.
"You can never hope to defeat me Nuri." said Aizen as he used his zanpaktou to block one of Nuri's arm blades. They both shoved against each other and they both were sent skidding
back.
"That's what you think Aizen." replied Nuri before both she and Aizen at each other lunged and locked blades again "But you aren't all powerful. Everyone falls and you will fall as well,
right into the pits of Hell." Aizen managed to send her skidding back and laughed.
"You might be destined to head for Hell," he said with a smirk "But it is my destiny to occupy the empty throne in the Heavens and become the God of this world." The two of them
clashed again and Nuri managed to slash Aizen across the face with her claws before backflipping away from him. Aizen glared at her as blood dripped from the four long scratches that
crossed his face while Nuri gingerly touched a large slash on her right bicep that Aizen had managed to give her.
"You're nothing but a raving madman Aizen!" yelled Nuri "Why are you so willing to destroy so much for a fool's ambition?!" She motioned to the destruction around them "Is what
you're after really worth all of this destruction?"
"Yes." said Aizen before lunging again and the two of them exchanged blows, Aizen using complicated sword techniques while Nuri used punches and kicks and prevented Aizen from
using any kido techniques. They pulled apart after a good ten minutes of fighting.
"What are you Aizen?" asked Nuri "Where are your emotions and morals? Where is your compassion for life?"
"It never existed." said Aizen "By throwing away all those useless morals and emotions, I was able to become more powerful and come up with plans that weren't hindered by the
useless emotions, morals, and ethics of life. Everything is merely a tool for me to use. I care about no one and power is the only thing I desire."
"You really are a monster Aizen." said Nuri as she shook her head "I pity you."
"I don't need you pity." said Aizen before attacking her again. Nuri let out a cry of pain when Aizen managed to hit her, slashing her from her right hip to her left shoulder before
kicking her and sending her flying into a nearby building. When the dust finally cleared, Nuri was standing in midair, panting heavily while glaring at Aizen.
"Bastard." she growled as a thin trickle of blood came out of the corner of her mouth. She coughed bring up more blood.
"I need to find a way to beat him before I end up dead." she thought as she wiped away blood from a wound on her forehead out of her eye "But what should I do? Nothing I say will
affect him and while my attacks damage him, they aren't doing enough damage. I need to come up with something fast." She blocked an attack from Aizen's zanpaktou and was
surprised when he managed to push her back a few inches.
"You're weak." said Aizen with that damn superior smirk of his on his face "You're emotions and morals are holding you back from showing your true power. I was hoping that by giving
Hollows the powers of Shinigami, I would have pawns that weren't affected by emotions and morals but apparently I was wrong. You Arrancar are affected by the same weaknesses as
Shinigami and Humans. All of you are failed experiments excluding Ulquiorra. I have no use for failed experiments." He sent Nuri skidding back with a fairly large cut on her left hip.
"Bastard." Nuri growl again as she stood up straight "You just don't get it do you? What's the point of having power if you're all alone in the end?" She looked down at the ground as
images of her family and friends flashed through her head.
"That's the whole point!" said Aizen as he attacked Nuri again, sending her on the defensive "I won't have to share my power with anyone once I take my rightful place on the Spirit
King's Throne and remake this world as I see fit!" Nuri's pale blue eyes hardened until they resembled shards of ice.
"I won't let you do that!" she yelled before blocking and countering Aizen's attack, forcing him to go on the defensive. Aizen was startled by her sudden retaliation and he lost quite a
bit of ground before he locked blades with Nuri. His eyes widened when her reiatsu began swirling around her like a huge golden wildfire and it made is own reiatsu seem like a
flickering flame on a candle when compared to it.
"Where...?" he said "Where are you getting this power from? You were at your limit only moments ago but now it's like you're at full power!"
"You'd never understand Aizen." said Nuri before shoving Aizen back and sending him skidding across the sky "Your own strength is only part of you power and as long as your alone,
you'll always be weaker than me."
"You're bluffing." said Aizen.
"No, I'm not." said Nuri "My family gives me strength. They're the other half of my power. That is something you'll never understand, the power that kinship gives you."
"All of them are dead, Nuri-chan." said Aizen before lunging and locking blades with her "You're just as alone as I am."
"That's where you're wrong Aizen." said Nuri as determination filled her eyes "They're still alive in my memories."
-flashback-
Nuri sat at a table surrounded by stacks of books with a notebook and several pencils in front of her. Shawlong was sitting across from her explaining the contents of the book that sat
open in between them while Nakeem was putting the books back onto the shelves in the background. Shawlong seemed pleased that she was asking alot of questions and he always
explained everything clearly for her to understand but what made Nuri happy the most was not that he was taking the time to teach her but that he complimented her for having such
a sharp and curious mind.
-end flashback-
"Everything we've done together,"
-flashback-
Nuri spun and swung her heel around with every intent to hit her target in the side of the face but Edrad easily blocked her strike and sent her skidding back. She seemed frustrated at
her inability to land a kick on him but Edrad just smile and patted her on the head, telling her to be patient and that she'll eventually manage to succeed. Nuri smile at him, grateful for
his encouragement and happy that he was still proud of the small amount of progress she had made.
-end flashback-
"Everything we've been through."
-flashback-
Nuri and Di Roy were sneaking around the hallway of the Quinto Espada, Nnoitra Jiruga, during one of their rare moments of peaceful coexistence. When they eventually made it to
Nnoitra's room, they listened until they heard snoring coming from inside the room before they carefully crept inside. With predatory grins, they began drawing all over the sleeping
Espada's face with permanent marker and once they had finished with that, they set about 'redecorating' his room. Needless to say they were running from the Quinto Espada's wrath
for quite a few weeks afterwards.
-end flashback-
"All the moments we spent together. The moments you could never put a price on."
-flashback-
Nuri and Yylfordt were lying in the sand watching the artificial clouds drift within the dome of Las Noches. They were picking out different images within the clouds while talking about
meaningless things like rumors that were going around Las Noches and making fun of some of the other fracción and their Espada. It was time like these that made everything else
seem unimportant, like there wasn't a war looming on the horizon and like there wasn't anyone telling them what to do or ordering them around. They were just enjoying existence
and the company they provided each other.
-end flashback-
"We always stuck together, through both the good and the bad."
-flashback-
Nuri, when she was still an adjuchas, was curled up between Grimmjow and Yylfordt, who were also adjuchas. Shawlong, Edrad, Nakeem, and Di Roy were all huddled together on the
other side of Yylfordt. They always rested like this. It was for protection but it was also partially for the comfort of knowing that someone was there with you, that you weren't alone in
the barren wasteland of Hueco Mundo. To Nuri, though, it meant something more, something deeper. They were all a family and she would have it no other way.
-end flashback-
"We simple were. There's nothing more to it."
-flashback-
Nuri, as adjuchas, stood next to Grimmjow, who was also and adjuchas, at the edge of a cliff looking over the vast, moonlit desert of eternal night.
"All of this will one day be ours." said Grimmjow before glancing at Nuri "When that happens I'll finally be able to protect you from everything that might harm you." Nuri gave a catlike
smile.
"Promise me something, Grimmjow." said Nuri.
"Of course." said Grimmjow "What would you like me to promise?"
"Promise me that you'll never leave me." said Nuri as she looked at Grimmjow "I don't want to be alone again, so please promise me that you'll stay with me forever."
"I'll never leave ya Nuri." said Grimmjow "You're my sister. Mi querida hermanita. But if you want me to promise you than with the moon as my witness, I'll never leave you Nuri and
as long as the moon hangs high in the sky, I'll never leave ya. How's that?"
"It means alot to me Oniisan." said Nuri before the two of them looked up at the moon "It means everything to me."
-end flashback-
"They were mis hermanos, mis tíos, mi familia and as long as I remember them and hold their memory close to my heart, I can be strong enough to defeat you, Sousuke Aizen." Aizen
laughed at what she said.
"What good is a memory when compared to life, Nuri-chan?" asked Aizen "What good is it?"
Nuri's eyes hardened again before she sent Aizen skidding across the sky.
"I'll show you." she said as the tips of her claws began to glow. She slashed at Aizen, sending five blades of solidified energy. Aizen easily dodged it but quickly found out that he had to
dodge the technique several more times and by the time Nuri had finished using the technique, he had several deep cuts scattered all over his body. Nuri was panting heavily and Aizen
noticed this.
"Are you done already, Nuri-chan?" he asked as he tilted his head "Don't tell met that's the best you've got."
"No." said Nuri as she got some of the blood from her wounds onto her hands "I've got one more trick left." She put her thumbs and pointer fingers together, forming a triangle, and
golden energy began to form inside of the triangle she had made with her fingers.
"Cero?" said Aizen with a smirk "You won't be able to hit me let alone hurt me with that."
"You're wrong." said Nuri as she charged her energy "I will hit you and I will kill you because this isn't normal Cero, it's" Aizen's eyes widened when her form melted away and he
heard her voice coming from behind him "Gran Rey Cero!" There was a bright golden flash as Nuri fired her Gran Rey Cero at point blank range, giving Aizen no opportunity to escape
the devastating blow. A faint smirk graced her face and she reverted out of her Resurrección form as she watched Aizen's burned and lifeless body fall from the sky.
"You could never sit on the Spirit King's Throne, Sousuke Aizen." said Nuri as she stared down at where Aizen's body fell "Such an ambition could only end in disaster." She glanced
around her and saw Tosen fall at the hands of black haired lieutenant while Gin was struck down by a silver were-cat wearing a shinigami uniform with white armor over top and three
claw-like blades on each arm. Looking up at the sky, Nuri realized that night had fallen and that the sky was lit up by hundreds of stars but the moon was nowhere to be seen.
"I was wrong," she said as she stared at the moonless sky "You did keep your promise, Grimmjow." Her pale blue eyes glazed over "Gracias." Her eyes rolled into the back of her head
before closing and she fell from the sky to the ground far below. She hit the ground hard, sending up a cloud of dust and when it settled, her sword was seen embedded tip first into
the ground but something was different about it. Inlaid within the golden sun was a silver crooked 'S' and the hilt was wrapped in both white and blue. Laying not far from the sword
was a something bundle of white cloth and a small child like hand was sticking out of it, along with a small, shaggy head of hair that resemble Nuri's. The small figure shifted slightly
but soon fell into a world of dreams as a shadow fell over them.
Well this is the end of Panther's Sister: The Flaming Lights of Hueco Mundo.....
Thank you for reading!
Grimmjow: I still can't believe that you killed me!!!!
I've told you once already! You Only Died On-Screen! You Are STILL Alive......... idiot
Grimmjow: Oh..... alright then........ wait a minute! Did you just call me an idiot?!
(Whacks Grimmjow in the head with a paper fan) Quiet you.... (turns to the readers) Thank you very much for reading my story!
Please read one of my other stories if any of them catch your interest.
This is LegendarywriterZephyrStar signing out! ^^
Grimmjow: Later! :3
