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Recap: "If something happens to my sisters or father please help them. I have already told my sisters about you, Tessai and the kids."
"No need to worry about them I will keep them safe in your place." Urahara said.
"You look pretty pathetic Ichigo." Ichigo turned to see Uryū in a different Quincy uniform sitting at him with a slight smirk on his face and Chad standing aside.
"Uryū Cad?! Why are you here?" Ichigo quickly asked the Quincy who raised his eyebrow.
"You think you can invade Hueco Mundo, take on Aizen and his Espada, save Orihime then escape? I think you need to get your head checked."
"We will go with you Ichigo to save Orihime." Chad said. Uryū jumped off the rock and slip down to where Urahara and Ichigo were standing.
"Good! Are you guys ready?" Urahara asked them. All of them nodded their heads and so Urahara jumped into the air onto a long wooden platform sticking out of the rock. Across from him was another wooden platform. "Give me just a moment and you'll have one path to Hueco Mundo." Urahara set the end of his cane down on the ground and sat on one knee and started the incantation.
"My right hand is the stone that bridges worlds. My left hand is the blade that binds reality. The black-haired shepherd is hung from a chair. Stratus clouds come, and I strike the ibis!" A blue glow shot out from Urahara's hand and struck the other wooden platform. Seconds later a large black slit opened in reality that both Ichigo and Ishida recognized as a Garganta.
"There are no pathways inside this Garganta." Urahara spoke from atop the wooden platform. "There is only flowing spirit particles, you will need to use those spirit particles to form a pathway until you reach the end. Wallah! Hueco Mundo." Urahara said to the rescue team.
"I really want to punch him in the face." Alteria said.
"You can punch him after we come back." Artoria said.
"Alright then everyone, let's go." Ichigo jumped towards the giant portal with Artoria and Alteria with Uryū and Chad following right behind them.
Chapter 7: Espadas and Reinforcements
"I'm still so surprised that your control is this good Ichigo." Uryū and others followed behind Ichigo's golden black path of spiritual energy.
"Shut up." Ichigo said with a slight joking tone as they both continued running in the Garganta.
"Hey Uryū, what is up with your sudden boost in the power?" Alteria asked.
"Yeah I can feel so much power from you." Ichigo added. Artoria and Chad also looked curious.
Uryū raised his eyebrow for a second and slightly scowled at the memory of Ryuken shooting at him.
"Well, I made a deal with my father Ryuken and got shot at for a special ritual." Uryū summarized his torture all in 1 sentence as Ichigo slightly stumbled for a second.
"Well, you're not better. You got attacked by a little girl, had your chain of fate severed and tossed in a hole to become a hollow." Alteria pointed out to Ichigo with a smirk on her face.
"What was the deal." Ichigo asked Uryū.
"Well, I was told to not associate myself with Shinigami ever again."
Ichigo smirked. "Lucky for you I am also a Quincy."
"You found a very good loop hole." Artoria said.
"But I am getting the feeling that he already knew from the beginning that you will use that loop hole." Artoria said.
"You are right he is certainly not some idiot and won't think of that." Ichigo added.
"Are you sure that you should be here with us?" Artoria asked.
"Of course. I will deal with him when we go back and I don't think that he will actually say something to me." Uryū said.
"We're almost there." Chad spoke up seeing an end to this seemingly endless path. Stepping out of the portal they arrived at what looked like a minimalistic large hallway with no discernible style of architecture.
"Hm, so this is Hueco Mundo?" Alteria said as she looked around.
"We are inside of a big building." Artoria said.
"It seems like that." Uryū agreed.
Ichigo looked down both directions of the hall. "Now the question is which way to go?" turns out they didn't have to as a gigantic Arrancar came stomping down one end towards them.
"Oh great here we go!" Alteria grinned drawing her sword, however she was suddenly grabbed by his master Ichigo and carried down the hall as he Chad, Uryū and Artoria ran from the enemy.
"Are you crazy Alteria, if we fight in this narrow space the whole ceiling could come down on us." Artoria said in a typical know it all fashion. Eventually they arrived in a large open room where they were stopped by another Arrancar stooge.
Scene change: Soul Society
"That idiot DID WHAT?" You could hear the voice of Rukia across the 13th division grounds.
"Err, he, his Zanpakutō spirits, Chad and Uryū went to Hueco Mundo after the Head Captain ordered him not to?" Renji said as he defensibly put up his arms to defend himself from the yelling he was about to get.
"I'm going to smack that strawberry across the face when I see him." Rukia grinded her teeth against each other.
"To be fair, he doesn't know that squad zero has ordered us to protect him and he invaded Soul Society for you so I think it's safe to say he would do the same for Orihime." Renji tried to reason with Rukia who walked out of her office.
"Where are you going?" Renji ran out behind Rukia.
"Urahara must have helped him, we are going to follow him." Rukia jumped through a Senkaimon as Renji let out a sigh of annoyance then jumped in behind her.
Seconds later the shoji doors closed behind them as they left to the world of the living.
Byakuya took another sip of his tea as he watched them leave.
Scene change: Hueco Mundo
Time skip: Fifteen Minutes
"Oh good job Artoria! The ceiling came crashing down anyway." Alteria complained pulling the Quincy out of the sand.
"How was I supposed to know it was trapped?" Artoria argued.
"What the hell is that?" Ichigo asked. Everyone looked at Ichigo and saw him pointing at a massive castle, he couldn't tell if it was close or far away.
"If I would have to guess, I would think Orihime is there." Uryū guessed as Ichigo nodded his head.
"Most likely Aizen as well." Alteria added.
"And if Aizen is there then those Espadas will also be there." Artoria said.
"Let's go then." Ichigo said.
They all began to run towards the castle but Ichigo noticed that Chad was looking a little distracted by something.
'I wonder what is troubling him?' Ichigo thought concerned.
Time skip: Twenty Minutes
"HOW FAR IS THAT DAMN THING? IT HASN'T EVEN GOTTEN CLOSER!" Alteria yelled as they were running towards the castle for some time.
"We have been running for some time now but it doesn't even seem like we have gotten closer." Artoria said.
"Do you guys hear that?" Uryū stopped and turned his head to the noise. Ichigo and others stopped right beside him and sure enough, they heard something.
It sounded awfully like crying.
"Is that a kid...being chased by a worm and two hollows?" Alteria asked.
Sure enough they looked over and saw a giant worm hollow along with some beetle looking hollow and a red one with a giant mask chasing some kid.
"Give me a second." Ichigo said as he disappeared. A few moments later Ichigo was in front of the 3 hollows and he pulled out his sealed Excalibur in invisible form.
The 3 hollows stopped and froze.
After a few seconds of staring at each other the hollows lifted their arms and covered their faces.
"Don't hurt us!" The 2 smaller hollows said as the worm...bowed.
Ichigo blinked once, then twice.
"I'm sorry what? Weren't you just about to devour that kid?"
Suddenly the kid jumped in front of the hollows and bowed along with them.
"We're sorry!" The 3 said together. Others jumped over beside Ichigo and looked at the kid.
"You're a hollow as well?" Uryū asked as the kid pulled off her green hood to show a hollow mask on her head.
"We are Arrancars! I'm Peche, the older brother of Nel!" The Arrancar Peche slightly waved.
"I'm the oldest brother, Dondochakka!" The bigger red one said.
"And that's Bowwabowwa!" Nel pointed to the massive worm.
"Right... so what were you guys doing?" Uryū pushed up his glasses.
"We played a game of eternal tag!" Nel said as she rubbed the back of her head in slight embarrassment.
"You play a game... of eternal tag?" Ichigo asked as the kid Arrancar nodded her head up and down.
"Yep, thweres nothing to pass the time here in Hueco Mundo so we play eternal tag."
"Then why were you crying?" Ichigo asked.
"Nel's a masochist! It's no fun if I don't cry." Nel smiled like it was normal. Artoria turned to the 2 bigger Arrancars and smacked them across the head.
"Just what is it that you teaching this girl?!" Artoria yelled out at the Arrancars who jumped back in slight pain.
"Hey mister, why are you all here?" Nel suddenly pointed at Ichigo's clothing. "You look like a shini...gami." Nel pointed at Ichigo's black outfit until she recognized his outfit.
"Your BAD GUYS!" Nel yelled out a she took defence behind the 2 hollows who held up their arms in a pathetic imitation of karate.
"GET BACK, I'LL DEFEND YOU FROM THIS BAD GUYS!" The beetle looking hollow performed weak looking karate chops.
"Uhhh, we are not a bad guys?" Ichigo slowly said with confusion. Nel slowly walked out from behind the 2 hollows. 'Are we?'
"Well you are part Shinigami so you are a bad guy from a Hollows prospective." Alteria said.
"But he is also part Hollow." Artoria pointed.
"You people are not bad gwuys? You're not gunna kill us?" Nel said in a childlike way.
"Erhm, no... we are not going to kill you. I'm trying to rescue some of my friends." Ichigo told the little Arrancar who had a sad look on her face.
"What happened?" Nel said with a frown.
"Hold up...I think I have a plan."Alteria said with a smirk on her face as she calmly said her plan.
"I can't believe I am going to do this." Ichigo face palmed.
"Well we are on a rescue mission every second counts." Artoria said.
"You see Nel, I'm playing a game right now, do you know who Aizen is?" Ichigo asked Nel who suddenly nodded up and down.
Uryū 's mind started churning up the same idea. 'Is Ichigo about to do what I think he's going to do?'
"Of course, Aizen-sama is the top of the espada" Nel said with a little frown.
"Yes he's the ruler of the Arrancars in Las Noches. He's much better than us little Arrancars." Nel said with a little frown.
'Here goes nothing...'
"That's good, did you know Aizen likes to play games like eternal tag too?" Ichigo asked kneeling down to her level while Uryū started coughing. Nel perked up suddenly.
"Really!? Aizen-sama likes to play eternal tag?" Nel asked cutely.
"Yes, in fact him and I are playing that game right now, but unfortunately he got a head start on me and now I'm so far behind I'll never catch up to him." Ichigo sighed.
You could hear Nel and the two Arrancar gasp in surprise.
"Oh no!" Nel exclaimed.
"Do you think you could help me get to that big castle?" You could hear the dislike of the plan in Ichigo's voice for using a kid like that but as a kid, Nel had no clue.
Alteria started smiling smugly.
"Of course! We'll give you an awesome ride!" Nel and the Arrancars leaped onto the giant worms back and motioned for Ichigo and others to jump on.
"I can't believe that actually worked." Uryū said dryly as he hopped onto the worm right behind Ichigo.
"Yeah I really didn't thought that it will work." Artoria said as she also hopped on the worm.
"You people really should not underestimate me." Alteria frowned and jumped on the worm.
"We don't underestimate you it's just that the plan was a little…childish." Ichigo said and jumped.
"Like snatching a candy from a kid." Chad said as he also joined everyone on the worm.
"Well let's get going then." Ichigo said, but suddenly the sand started shaking all around them.
"Err, what the heck is that?" Alteria said said as she and others felt the ground shaking.
"Bowwabowwa must be hungry." Nel cheerfully said.
"Are you sure? It feels like somethings coming." Uryū said as he narrowed his eyes.
Just then massive amounts of sand shot up from the ground.
"You won't get that far!" a voice from beneath them shouted.
"Oh what now?" Ichigo asked. They all watched the massive amount of sand clamped together as a white mask was shown near the top. It was a giant sand Arrancar. Bowwabowwa stopped as Ichigo, Uryū, Chad and his Zanpakutō spirits hopped off the worm and readied for aa fight.
Nel started to shake in fear as she pointed at the massive Arrancar.
"That's Runuganga, the Guardian of the White Sand!" Nel shook her finger as she pointed at the big sand monument. Dondochakka and Peche also were shaking while holding on to each other for dear life.
"That thing is really huge." Ichigo said while looking up to the top.
"No kidding. We need to find a weak spot and take him out quickly." Uryū analysed the giant sand creature and then he aimed his bow at the mask.
"I am the guardian of Las Noches", the creature bellowed down at them. The four hollows they met were freaking out and causing a ruckus.
Uryū pulled back his hand and formed an arrow and launched it right at the hollow's mask. The arrow went right through the mask leaving a burnt hold in the face.
"It has regeneration ability!" Alteria shouted out to Uryū.
"Well it is made of sand so I guess as long as it can find sand it will continue to regenerate." Artoria said.
"And the place we are right now is a dessert." Ichigo said.
"You will die eventually and I will devour you all!" The giant sand monster roared out.
"Damn, the only thing I can think of is water or extreme heat but I don't have either of those." Uryū said.
"Yeah by using heat we can melt it into glass." Ichigo said.
"Do you have any fire or water attacks?" Uryū asked.
"I guess some of kidō moves."
"Well then do it."
"Okay."
Ichigo brings his right arm forward and gets ready to fire the kidō.
"Hadō #54. Haien." A purple energy fires from his palm and hits the sand Arrancar as it yelled in pain but in a few moments turned into glass.
"Is he dead?" Ichigo looked over at Uryū who nodded his head.
"I can't sense his Reiatsu so I guess that did the trick." Uryū said. Ichigo looked out over the desert to see if Nel and the others were fine. A few seconds later they all saw Nel and the others pop out of the sand.
"Thwat was awesome!" Nel jumped onto Ichigo's shoulder.
Just then Ichigo and others looked behind them as they sensed two incoming spiritual pressures and one of them seemed pissed.
'Is that... Rukia?'
Sure enough, a few seconds later Rukia and Renji flash stepped beside Ichigo and Uryū. Rukia had a ticked off look on her face while Renji was slightly smirking.
"Idiot! Why the hell did you charge off into Hueco Mundo!" Rukia tried to smack the top of Ichigo's head and Nel hung on like it was some amusement ride.
"What the hell is wrong with you?! Why did you tried to hit me!" Ichigo asked frowning.
Rukia had a small tick mark on her head.
"Why didn't you wait for us?" Rukia calmed herself down but still felt the urge to smack him over the head.
"Well I didn't know if you were coming or not after what happened in Orihime's apartment. I, Artoria and Alteria planned to come here by ourselves but Uryū and Chad were already there waiting for us."
"Tch, if you think we weren't going to help you then you need your head checked." Renji said to Ichigo.
"What was that kidō inept?" Ichigo looked at Renji with an irritated scowl on his face.
"What did you just call me!"
"You heard me."
"Quit it! Let's just hurry up." Rukia broke up the argument.
Artoria then coughed as other looked at her.
"Ichigo don't you have something to say?" Artoria said.
"Yeah she is right you should say it now." Alteria said as he got the message about what they were saying.
"You are right." Ichigo sighed as he looked at Rukia with a serious look.
"Rukia…I am sorry for what I said last time." Ichigo sincerely apologized.
"You don't have to say sorry I can understand that you were angry at that time."
"But still I should not have acted like that."
"As I just said you don't have to worry."
"Fine. Nel where is your worm thing?" Ichigo looked over his shoulder and looked at Nel. Nel pointed right behind Rukia and Renji as Bowwabowwa jumped out of the sand with Peche and Dondochakka already on top of the worm.
Rukia and Renji had odd looks of surprise and confusion on their faces and snapped out of it when Ichigo and others hopped on the worm.
"Come on, these guys are taking us to that castle over there."
Riding on a worm hollow with an Arrancar and two other hollows was the last thing Rukia and Renji thought of when they decided to chase after Ichigo.
"Are we there yet?" Alteria asked for the millionth time.
"No." "No." Ichigo and others said at the same time.
Another three seconds of silence.
"How about now?" Alteria asked again as Ichigo and others face palmed.
"Ichigo, your Zanpakutō spirit has the patience of a goldfish." Rukia said the orange head. Ichigo turned his head and looked towards her.
"I have seen that even Yachiru is more patient then her." Renji added.
"Did you say something Pineapple head and midget?" Alteria asked in a low voice as Renji and Rukia broke in a cold sweat.
"N-nothing at a-all." Renji stuttered.
"I-I am s-sorry." Rukia apologized.
"Make that mistake again and no one will ever find your bodies." Alteria turned her head to the left.
"Whatever... Hey Nel, how much longer till we get there?" Ichigo looked over at the small Arrancar jumping up and down on the giant worm's head. Nel turned around while she was still jumping.
"Nel thinks we are close!"
Ichigo couldn't stop himself as he facepalmed. 'That didn't even tell me how close we are.'
"Nel says we are here!"
Ichigo looked up right as Bowwabowwa crashed right into the side of Los Noches, knocking everyone onto the sand. Ichigo quickly reached up to catch the flying Nel. Ichigo and his Zanpakutō spirits managed to balance themselves n the air and landed onto the sand on their feet.
Ichigo looked up and saw except for Chad his other friends didn't land so gracefully.
Rukia and Uryū had their faces shoved into the sand while Renji smacked right into the outer wall of Los Noches.
"We are finally here." Alteria laughed.
"For a minute I believed that we won't reach this place until next day." Artoria said.
"Yeah I thought that as well."Ichigo said with a tired voice. "But." Ichigo looked at Nel. "Why didn't you say we were close!" Ichigo yelled at Nel who still had her cheerful grin.
"But I did!"
Rukia and Uryū pulled themselves out of the sand while Renji shook himself out of his daze.
"That hurt." Renji summarized Uryū and Rukia's thoughts.
Ichigo leaped over to his friends while Peche and Dondachokka quickly scrambled to the group.
"That was a nice ride doncha think?" Dondachokka said while everyone shook their heads left to right.
Uryū turned around and looked at the massive wall. "So how do we get inside? Aizen most likely knows we are here."
"There has to be some kind of gate or door somewhere." Artoria said.
"Hmm they must have a way to go in and out from somewhere." Ichigo said.
"Let's just blow it up!" Artoria suggested with a smirk.
Ichigo and Artoria mentally sighed at their partner.
"We should just make a hole in the wall. If Aizen knows we are here then it wouldn't matter how much noise we make." Renji suggested while Ichigo made up his mind.
Ichigo reached for his sealed Morgan. Ichigo pulled out the sword and started to charge Morgan for a Reiatsu burst.
"What are you doing?" Rukia had a feeling something bad might happen.
"Making us an entrance." Ichigo pulled the sword backwards and then quickly slashed it faster than any of them could see. "Reiatsu Burst!" A big wave of energy covered Ichigo's Morgan then a black energy wave shot forward and sliced right into the wall. A moment later a massive hole was carved into the wall creating a big entrance. Well...it also made a big explosion.
"Idiot! Watch where your aiming." Rukia tried to kick Ichigo in the shin.
"Damn midget. I wasn't even close to hitting any of you!" Ichigo countered back while Rukia started walking towards the entrance.
"Thwat was cool!" Nel shouted out. Ichigo turned around and saw Nel and the other 2 hollows standing there with awe on their faces. Ichigo almost forgot about the hollows for a moment. Just then Nel started walking towards the hole in the wall.
"Where are you going?" Ichigo asked as Nel turned around with a little bit of confusion written on her face.
"I'm going with you Itsygo!" Nel happily said. Ichigo and his Zanpakutō spirits looked surprised at the little Arrancars declaration.
"You can't come with us!" Ichigo shot down the idea of letting her get into danger.
"Why nowt! I want to help Itsygo so I'm coming!" Nel ran after Ichigo and jumped on his back sitting on his shoulder once more.
"Ichigo lets go!" Rukia yelled at him from inside his makeshift door.
"Fine..." Ichigo grumbled out and started walking with Nel sitting on his back.
"But you must not wander around on your own." Artoria said,
"And also stay close to us all the time." Alteria added.
"Okay!"
Scene change: Soul Society
Yamamoto let out another irritated sigh.
'I should have expected this.' He just learned that Ichigo was Isshin's boy and seeing as he was Isshin's son it was expected. Ichigo had left for Hueco Mundo before Yamamoto could stop him and now he was closer to being dead by Aizen or his Arrancars hands.
He was going to smack Kisuke Urahara over the head with his cane the next time he saw him.
Ichigo Kurosaki. The captains still has no clue to why squad zero had ordered them to protect him and just what was special about him. To the older captains knowledge he was a boy who was a son of a Shinigami and a human. Isshin had not told them that who his mother was.
Squad zero had ordered them to protect him and now Aizen had him in his sights.
Nothing good could come from that.
'If that Aizen does something to that boy… we don't even know what will happen after that.'
Yamamoto let out another irritated sigh.
Scene change: Hueco Mundo
"Over here." Uryū said as he looked to his right. There was a little hole with a ladder going down to some place in Los Noches. The others quickly walked over to Uryū.
"That's a long ways down..." Ichigo said while peaking over the edge.
"Come on, let's just go. This is the only thing we've seen that could lead us anywhere." Renji walked forward and leaped down the hole landing on the ground relatively softly.
THUMP
Relatively.
"Damn that hurt!" Everybody had the urge to facepalm as Renji shouted. Nel jumped back onto Ichigo's shoulder as he leaped down after Renji but he stopped himself from landing as hard as Renji did.
"It's clear!" Ichigo shouted up to the top, a few moments later all of his friends along with Nel's 2 followers jumped down.
"Well I guess we just keep going." Rukia suggested as they all nodded.
"This place must be really old." Ichigo said as he looked at the cobwebs and cracks all along the hallway.
"Nel thinks that Aizen-sama only built Las Noches on twop of thwis basement."
The rest of the group was quiet as they continued walking along. A few minutes later they saw some flat stone in the shape of a door.
"A door?" Uryū stated while examining the rock. "I think beyond this there is some kind of place that isn't so wore down. We should be cautious." Uryū said.
"Step aside everyone." Ichigo said as he unsheathed Excalibur and fired a nameless Reiatsu Burst which destroyed the door completely.
Behind the stone was a staircase that looked much cleaner.
"What the hell Ichigo! Did I not just said that we should be cautious!" Uryū yelled.
"Uryū is right Ichigo." Artoria agreed with Uryū.
"I know that and that is why I did that." Ichigo said and sheathed Excalibur.
"What do you mean?" Rukia asked.
"Well as Uryū said that we should be cautious so I thought that from this point on it was Aizen's domain so maybe he has some guard watching over the gate so I attacked hopping that it will surprise them." Ichigo explained.
"Well when you say it like that… it was the right thing to do." Renji said.
"Of course it was." Alteria agreed.
"Let's just go now, there is a staircase here." Ichigo turned to the stair case and started walking up.
The group started walking up the stairs and when they reached the top there was a wide open area with 5 open doors with burning torches placed above them.
"Now what the hell is this?" Ichigo asked out loud.
"Obviously 5 different doors which is pretty damn annoying considering we couldn't find a door to save our lives a few minutes ago." Alteria said in an irritated voice.
"Do we split and find Orihime quicker or do we stick together and be safer?" Uryū summed up the 2 options.
"We should stick together." Ichigo voiced.
"No we should spilt and look for Orihime quickly." as Rukia objected.
"You idiot midget does your mind has also stopped growing just like your body." Alteria said being annoyed by Rukia.
"What?" Rukia frowned.
"Ichigo is right. We are only 7 while this palace could hold countless Arrancar including Aizen and those other 2 captains, if we split up they could easily single us out and kill us." Uryū stated.
"Not to mention Except for Ichigo, Alteria and me we also don't have any way to contact each other even if we find Orihime or if one of us need help if we face a strong opponent." Artoria stated as Rukia slowly let out a sigh.
"I guess you're right, but which way do we go?"
"I think the middle would have us encounter the most enemies but it might be the fastest way to Orihime. The left and right sides might be safer but who knows where me might end up." Uryū continued to analyse and lay out the plan.
'Do we risk it?' Ichigo thought.
"I think we should just head right into the middle." Ichigo spoke up slightly surprising the others. "You all saw how big this place is, if we head left or right and end up lost we might never find each other."
"I think he's right." Renji agreed.
"Awright then let's go!" Nel took off running down the middle doorway.
"Nel wait up!" Ichigo said.
"Eternal Tag!"
"Get back here you brat." Alteria yelled.
"Nel, hold up!" Ichigo yelled as he and his friends ran after the smaller Arrancar. Ichigo grit his teeth and flickered into a flash step. A moment later Ichigo caught up to her and grabbed her. Nel started to laugh like the child she was.
"Itsygo is fast!" Nel cheered as Ichigo picked her up. Ichigo scowled at her as his team along with the two other Arrancar arrived behind him.
"This going along the plan splendidly." Uryū sarcastically said.
"Let's just get going. We have already wasted so much time." Ichigo started walking until he sensed something...above and behind?
Everyone stopped when they felt the small amount of energy.
Ichigo turned around and looked up and there sat an Arrancar.
"You ninos and ninas took your time."
The Arrancar was dressed in the usual white Arrancar outfit with a mask covering his forehead. The Arrancar leaped forward over the group and landed in front of them and blocked the way forward.
Renji stepped forward with his hand on his Zanpakutō.
"Who the hell are you?" Renji quickly asked the Arrancar with an angry frown on his face.
"It is polite to introduce yourself first nino." The Arrancar said.
"Renji Abarai, Lieutenant of the 6th division." Renji said with an irritated ire to his voice as the Arrancar grinned.
"Dordoni Alessandro, I am Arrancar 103!" The Arrancar yelled out as he drew his sword. Renji quickly drew his Zanpakutō as he and his opponent stared each other down.
"You guys go on ahead, I'll deal with this guy. When I'm done I'll catch up to you guys." Renji shouted back to the group. Ichigo and the rest of his friends nodded in understanding and started running past the Arrancar.
The Arrancar did nothing as he watched the group slowly slide past him.
The group spared Renji one more glance as they continued on down the hallway.
"I thought for sure you would try to stop them." Renji said to the Arrancar.
"You were the first to accept my challenge and I will go after them once I deal with you nino!" Dordoni jumped forward with a grin on his face as he swung his sword down. Renji jumped backwards to avoid the strike then he jumped right back toward Dordoni for a counter attack.
Renji swung his Zanpakutō down but missed as Dordoni leaned to the side avoiding the attack. The Arrancar smirked as he twisted his body around and kicked Renji in the gut, sending him backwards.
Renji skidded across the floor as he held a hand to his gut.
"Tch, bastard." Renji mumbled out as he held his Zanpakutō up.
"Roar Zabimaru!" Renji yelled out his Zanpakutō glowed red with spirit energy. Moments later the sword morphed into the extendable saw-like blade.
Dordoni slightly smirked at the Lieutenant as he brought up his Zanpakutō.
Renji swung his sword forward as the saw extended towards Dordoni's face incredibly fast. Dordoni quickly swung his own Zanpakutō upwards to try and deflect the attack. To his surprise, the saw suddenly curved upwards as Renji manipulated the saw from where he was standing. The attack circled around to attack Dordoni in the back.
Dordoni quickly leaped into the air as the saw passed below his feet and the blade retracted back into its non-extended form. Both warriors stood across from each other with their blades drawn.
"You're fast Arrancar."
"I could say the same about you nino."
Scene Change: Rest of the team
"Will thwat guy be ok?" Nel said with concern as the rest of the group continued running down the hallway.
"He'll be fine. Renji knows better than to lose to a guy like that." Ichigo pointed out as he and his friends continued running down the hallway.
Right up ahead Ichigo saw the hallway split off into two.
'This is not good, we might have to actually split up here.' Ichigo thought.
"I don't think Renji would know which way to head down then we lose him." Artoria said.
"At least if we split he has a chance of running into one of us." Alteria said.
"So who's going where?" Uryū said while he pushed up his glasses.
"I think you, Chad and Rukia should down the right while me, My Zanpakutō spirits and Nel's group head down this one." Ichigo pointed to the left pathway. Rukia looked a little hesitant while Uryū nodded.
"Let's go Rukia, we can't waste any more time. Ichigo try to not get yourself killed, I would hate to have to find another sparring partner." Uryū joked while Ichigo smirked.
"Same goes for you. I don't want to find someone else for sparring." Ichigo grinned.
"Let's go Uryū, Chad." Rukia said as she gave Ichigo a small smile then started jogging down the other pathway. Uryū slowly nodded to Ichigo as he turned and followed her.
"Well!? Let's go!" Peche yelled out at he started heading down the left door. Ichigo was about to yell at him until Nel and Dondochakka started running after him.
"I am regretting about the time when we allowed them to come with us." Alteria said as she sighed.
"They really are free spirits despite being hollows." Artoria said.
'You are right.' Ichigo said as he and girls started running after the three Arrancars.
Scene Change: Renji
"Rah!" Renji screamed out at he lashed out again with his whip-saw. The blade continued to curve downwards threatening to slash Dordoni in half.
The Arrancar swung his Zanpakutō to the right as the attack clashed with his own sword.
"You have to better then that nino!" Dordoni yelled out as he pushed the blade away. Dordoni blasted towards Renji in a fit of Sonido. Renji's eyes went wide as he saw Dordoni quickly advancing toward him. Renji prepared to dodge but he was a little bit slow.
Dordoni grazed his thigh with his sword and blood started to flow out of the wound on Renji's leg. Thinking quickly Renji swung his Zanpakutō backwards as the saw shot towards Dordoni. The saw ran right over Dordoni's shoulder as the saw lodged itself inside his skin.
Renji quickly tugged on his Zanpakutō as the saw started to gnaw through Dordoni's shoulder.
Dordoni's shoulder spewed out blood but the Arrancar quickly shrugged off the injury.
"Tough bastard." Renji muttered out.
"We are just getting started nino." Dordoni smirked as Renji sensed the Arrancar's spiritual energy rising up, "Whirl, Giralda!" A massive tornado of wind was formed from the release of the Arrancar. Renji brought his arm up to cover himself from the massive winds. Dordoni's forehead mask grew larger and wind seemed to spew out of his ankles.
"If your taking this seriously then I should to." Renji grinned as his sword glowed once again.
"Bankai!" Renji shouted out as his body was hidden within the mass of dust that was kicked up.
"Hihio Zabimaru." Renji calmly said as the dust kicked down. There was a massive snake with red fur behind the head of the snake. The Bankai was massive and anybody could see the power of the Bankai.
"Round 2 ya bastard." Renji said as he attacked.
The massive snake followed the movements of his arm as he sent the snake right towards Dordoni. Dordoni kicked up his own attack as a tunnel of wind was shot towards Renji.
Renji's Bankai was much stronger than Dordoni's Resurreccion.
His Bankai tore through his attack relatively easy. Dordoni's eyes quickly widened as he burst into another Sonido to avoid the attack. But when Dordoni appeared a few moments later a surprise was waiting for him.
"Hikotsu Taiho!" Renji shouted as the snake's mouth opened wide and red energy gathered towards the mouth. Instantly the red energy attack shot towards Dordoni hitting him right on the torso.
Dordoni was flown backwards as his body was covered in bruises and burns, seconds later Dordoni passed out into the blissful blackness of unconsciousness.
Renji stared at the Arrancar for a few moments until he retracted his Bankai and took a look at his wounds. Renji's leg stung a little bit but he would be fine.
"Now I have to catch up." Renji grumbled out as he ran further down the hallway.
Seconds later Renji saw the split in pathways.
"Well shit, guess I'll have to take a gamble. This place is fricken massive!" Renji complained as he looked down both hallways.
Renji took off towards the left.
Scene Change: Ichigo
"Well, what do you have to say for yourselves?" Alteria growled out as the three Arrancars cowered behind her aura.
"We're sorry! We just got excited!" All three of the Arrancars said in synchronization as Alteria scowled and started walking forward.
"Just don't run off, we're in a massive place filled with other Arrancars." Ichigo let out a sigh as he instructed them.
The Arrancars started following Ichigo as he jogged through the hallway. So far they haven't seen any doors or branch offs. It was just one long hallway with nothing inside.
"I think I'm going to go crazy if this keeps going on. I want to fight somebody!" Alteria said as she held up a fist.
"We'll eventually run into somebody." Ichigo said as he rolled his eyes.
The group continued running down the hall until Ichigo saw a small opening near the end.
"Finally! A doorway." Nel said as the group ran closer to the door.
Ichigo sped up to a run and continued on his way to the doorway. Ichigo burst through and was slightly blinded.
Ichigo hid his eyes for a moment as he regained his sight and he looked around.
When did Hueco Mundo have a blue sky? As far as Ichigo knew, this Las Noches was in the middle of a desert. Was this some kind of illusion of Aizen's? Ichigo just then noticed an agitated spiritual energy to his left.
"Been waiting for you Shinigami."
It was Grimmjow sitting on a rock with his head being held up by one of his hands. Ichigo could tell Grimmjow was still pissed.
Scene Change: Uryū, Chad and Rukia
Chad, Uryū and Rukia were quiet as they ran through the hallway. The path seemed to be endless until Uryū squinted his eyes just slightly as he saw a light.
"Were almost there you two. I see a light." Uryū said as Rukia and Chad nodded their head.
The three of them continued running and just as they burst through the light they saw...a sky.
"W-What? What is this place?" Rukia stuttered as she looked around. It had a blue sky like the world of the living and seemed to go on forever!
"This is the inside of Las Noches."
Uryū, Chad and Rukia quickly snapped their heads to the left as they saw somebody in a white suit with a thin white helmet on and a high collar surrounding both sides and the back of his head.
Uryū, Chad and Rukia were immediately on guard as they prepared for battle. The Arrancar slowly raised his arms in a surrender.
"I'm no danger to you. Come this way." Aaroniero said as he turned and walked towards the smaller building behind him.
Uryū looked sceptical as he was ready for battle while Rukia was a little apprehensive as she put her hand on the hilt of her Zanpakutō. Still they slowly walked behind the Arrancar.
Very slowly.
Aaroniero had already walked into the building while Uryū, Chad and Rukia slowly walked into the darker building.
The sun outside was no longer shining and the sky was gone. The building itself was rather dark but everything inside was still visible. Uryū and Rukia looked around and saw the building was quite open with only a few ledges and the rest was open ground. Uryū searched for the Arrancars spiritual energy and looked up to see the Arrancar standing on a ledge.
"Sorry, but I cannot stand the sunlight. Allow me to show you who I am." The voice swapped from a deeper voice to a lighter child-like voice. A tan hand slowly raised up to the figures face.
"I am Aaroniero Arruruerie, also known as espada number nine." The voice sounded oddly familiar to Rukia.
The figure lifted the mask and the face beneath it looked exactly like the former lieutenant of squad 13.
Kaien Shiba.
Scene Change: Ichigo
Artoria and Alteria were standing in the side lines with the three Arrancars and were watching the battle between Ichigo and Grimmjow.
Sparks flew out of the battlefield as Ichigo and Grimmjow clashed again and again.
Sword met sword over and over.
"Rah!" They both screamed out as they clashed once again. The sand and rocks below them were blown away by the force of the attack making a massive crater.
"Where is Orihime?" Ichigo growled out as he pushed more force into his attack sending Grimmjow down to the sand below him.
"This battle," Grimmjow said ignoring Ichigo's question. "isn't at the level I want it to be, let's kick it up a notch!" Grimmjow slid his palm across the sharpened edge of his sword, drawing blood from his palm.
Ichigo noticed the spike in spirit energy as soon as blue energy started to crackle around Grimmjow's palm.
"This is the cero only us espada can use. You might want to block this unless you want those weaklings behind you to die." Grimmjow grinned as Ichigo's eyes widened.
Artoria and Alteria and the three Arrancars were behind him.
"Gran Rey CERO!" (Grand King's Cero) Grimmjow yelled out as the massive amount of blue energy shot towards Ichigo.
"Dammit." Ichigo whispered with a scowl heavy on his face.
'I know that Artoria and Alteria will be able to block it but then again sooner or later I will have to release my Shikai so why not now?' Ichigo thought.
The blue cero was suddenly met with a massive amount of golden and black colored Reiatsu. The three Arrancar's behind Ichigo took cover behind a few rocks as the massive amount of energy exploded.
"Itsygo.." Nel sadly said as the explosion cleared out.
"No need to worry he is fine." Artoria said.
"R-Really?" Nel asked.
"Of course he is far stronger then that house cat." Alteria said.
A massive smoke cloud was kicked up obscuring everyone's view of the blast radius.
Just then a swish cutting noise was heard as the smoke cloud was vaporized showing the black and golden swords of Ichigo.
"Grind Pantera!" Grimmjow did exactly like his release phrase was and grind his fingers against the blade as a massive flux of energy kicked up around Grimmjow as he activated his Resurreccion,
Just as the smoke cleared up from Grimmjow's release everyone saw him in his released state.
Grimmjow raised his head into the sky and let out a massive roar filled with power and energy. Ichigo stood unfazed but he narrowed his gaze.
'All that from just a shockwave?' Ichigo questioned to himself.
Ichigo continued to stare down Grimmjow as he saw Grimmjow's muscles tense in preparation for movement. Just then Grimmjow bent his knees then leaped into the air towards Ichigo like a stream of light.
The next moment Grimmjow was right in Ichigo's face ready to send Ichigo flying through pillars but Ichigo leaned his head to the side to avoid the swipe to his head. In retaliation, Ichigo swung Excalibur and spun with the momentum and try to break through Grimmjow's defence with Morgan.
Grimmjow easily dodged Excalibur and quickly jumped backwards to avoid Morgan by bisecting him in two.
Of course, Grimmjow still gained a small cut across his chest.
Ichigo turned his gaze back to Grimmjow who was back up again and ready to fight. The Arrancar had a nasty snarl on his face as he lunged again towards Ichigo.
Sparks flew over the battlefield as they clashed over and over without moving more than five feet away.
Ichigo jumped backwards to dodge the jab heading for his face and quickly countered with his own strike. Grimmjow was about to jump back in and attack but just like in his battle with Kurosaki's Shikai, his body froze up.
Grimmjow lifted his clawed foot and turned backwards to try and slash at Ichigo who was behind him. The attack caught Ichigo slightly off guard as he didn't expect Grimmjow to guess his position.
Grimmjow's foot was about to connect with Ichigo's side and would have sent him flying into one of the scattered red pillars around the area but he sheathed Morgan and brought Vortigern forward "Become the paradise of darkness no man can set forth in, Vortigern."
Vortigern began to release black reiatsu. Vortigern floated in front of Ichigo. He was enveloped in a ball of black Reiatsu as the kick connected with the sheath it absorbed the power and fired it back on him in more power as he coughed blood. He felt his Resurreccion forcibly deactivate and turn back to his regular sword.
Grimmjow's face hit the bottom of the crater created by Ichigo's punch as he was out cold, or dead. Ichigo didn't know.
Ichigo quickly deactivated Vortigern and then his Shikai. Ichigo quickly went straight for his girlfriends and those three Arrancars.
"Itsygo!" Ichigo turned around towards the sound of Nel's voice.
And was pelted right in the gut.
"Gurhk" Ichigo flew backwards as Nel latched onto Ichigo as she cried. "Nel?" Ichigo said holding onto her with his eyebrow twitching.
"I thwought you was gunna die!" Nel said with tears in her eyes. Ichigo's face softened up as he looked at her.
"Nel I'm alright, I wouldn't die to that guy any day." Ichigo said trying to comfort her.
Nel continued to hold onto Ichigo as the other two Arrancars peaked their heads out from the debris around them.
"Did that weirdo beat that other weirdo?" Peche whispered to Dondachokka even though everyone heard him including Ichigo whose eyebrow was twitching.
"I can hear you two!" Ichigo yelled out as Artoria, Alteria and Nel started to laugh and the two Arrancar went slightly pale.
"Whatever, come on let's go. I want to find Orihime as soon as possible. I doubt she likes being locked up right now." Ichigo said just as Ichigo heard an explosion in the background.
Scene Change: Uryū, Chad and Rukia
"K-Kaien-dono!" Rukia stuttered out as the 9th espada removed his mask.
Uryū squinted his eyes in suspicion as soon as he saw Rukia's reaction. 'Espada number 9? Rukia knows who he is and why does he look so similar to Ichigo?'
Uryū pushed aside his questions as he watched the espada intently. Aaroniero jumped down from his ledge and onto the ground. Rukia felt her heart and mind clash against each other as her mind told her this was Kaien yet her heart was saying otherwise.
"Rukia, who is that?" Uryū looked at her as Rukia shook her head.
"H-He looks just like Kaien-dono, he used to be the lieutenant of the 13th squad until..." Rukia stopped there as she thought back to that day Kaien was taken over by a hollow.
"He was taken over by a hollow and then he died." Aaroniero finished for her with a smirk on his face as Rukia flinched.
"Yeah, I was there. You stabbed me with-" Aaroniero was cut off when a blue arrow soared past his face.
The espada grinned as he turned back to the Quincy.
"Rukia, you must put aside you differences for this fight. I don't know your past history with him, but he's clearly the enemy." Uryū said as he readied another arrow Chad also activated his arm.
"Chad stay behind you are more suited for close quarter combat so if something happens then help us." Uryū instructed Chad as he gave a nod.
"I had a whole plan set up for little Rukia here but I didn't plan for you to show up, Quincy and Human. So I guess time for charades is over." Aaroniero said with a fake innocent tone as he gripped his sword.
"Now let's see if this jogs your memory Rukia!" Aaroniero twisted his sword like a staff.
"Rage Through the Sea and Heavens, Nejibana!" The sword glowed yellow and a few seconds later the sword transformed into a trident spear weapon as water flew around him. Rukia's eyes widened as she thought back to her mentor and her battles with him.
"Brings back old memories ehh Rukia?" Aaroniero taunted as he jumped to dodge another arrow.
Uryū jumped into the air and used Hirenkyaku to flash around the battlefield and fire from every direction.
Aaroniero scoffed as he summoned water to blow away the arrows. Uryū moved back over to Rukia who was still standing around.
"Rukia, this isn't the time. We have to beat him!" Uryū yelled at her. Rukia's eyes widened as she steeled her resolve.
This was not Kaien.
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!" Rukia yelled out as her sword turned pale white with a long white ribbon attached to the hilt.
"I know all of your tricks Rukia, I helped you develop your dances!" Aaroniero yelled out as he summoned a wave of water to attack her.
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!" Rukia yelled out as a massive avalanche of snow was manifested to counter the water. Uryū quickly followed up behind Rukia and shot arrows at Aaroniero's unprotected back. Aaroniero quickly jumped into the air to avoid the arrows.
"Carriage of thunder, bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six, Bakudo #61 Rikujōkōrō!" Rukia chanted as 6 light bars slammed into Aaroniero's gut stopping him cold.
Uryū wasted no time following up as he gathered Reishi into his bow.
"Licht Regen!" Uryū shouted out as thousands of arrows were fired from his bow towards the surprised Aaroniero.
As soon as the arrows collided an explosion was created from the arrows as Uryū jumped back over by Rukia.
"He's still alive." Uryū said as Rukia nodded.
The smoke cleared as Aaroniero stepped out with little injury's on himself. Just his clothes were torn up a bit form the attack. However, Kaien's face was no longer visible. Only a long glass tube with 2 little balls with faces on them were inside the jar.
"Your light... it burns." Aaroniero said with mild pain in it's voice as Uryū narrowed his eyes.
"I see. I figured there was something wrong. Zanpakutō of the shinigami purify souls so I wondered why some member of the Gotei could possibly be here. You must have devoured the hollow that had taken over this Kaien and you gained his memories and abilities." Uryū theorized.
"You should know that Hollows are poisonous to Quincys, but you should also know that the opposite is true which is possibly why you aren't wearing the Shinigami's face after I shot at you." Uryū said as the espada snarled at him.
Rukia looked at the quincy with slightly wide eyes at his analysis. It definitely made sense.
"You are both finished." Aaroniero muttered with his warped voices.
"Devour them, Glotonería!" A massive burst of spiritual pressure was seen as the espada released it's sword. When Uryū and Rukia looked back at the espada, it was hardly recognizable from there.
Massive purple limbs formed below the espada until it honestly looked like a giant purple blob.
"I have devoured over 30 thousand hollows and every time I devour a new hollow, I gain it's memories and ability's. So as you stand in front of me now, you are standing up against an army of over 30 thousand hollows!" Aaroniero said with it's warped voice.
Uryū quickly thought up of a plan as he quickly turned to Rukia.
"Find a way to immobilize him for just a moment." Uryū said as Rukia nodded. Uryū quickly jumped into the air and readied his bow.
It's time she tested out her new dance.
Rukia twisted her wrist until her blade pointed towards the ground with the ribbon following in a beautiful circle. Rukia quickly stabbed the blade into the ground as she looked up at the espada.
The room became icy cold as she muttered out her new dance.
"Saigo no mai, Nadare."
The floor suddenly turned to ice as it spread out from where Rukia stabbed her Zanpakutō into the ground. The next moment the entire floor of the building was turned into ice but that wasn't all.
Aaroniero's eyes quickly widened as snow suddenly started to fly upwards from the iced floor as if gravity was reversed and snow floated in the air.
"Furīzu." Rukia coldly said as the snow suddenly shot towards the massive Aaroniero. As soon as the snow touched him it started to turn to ice, freezing the espada alive in a cold coffin.
Rukia slowly panted as she looked up at Uryū who was amazed at the damage but continued with his plan.
He quickly shot 3 arrows at the espada expecting them to land straight on.
But to the surprise of Uryū and Rukia, the ice started to crack as Aaroniero raged on and raised his spiritual pressure to it's limit.
"This will NOT HOLD ME DOWN!" Aaroniero yelled out as the ice slowly fell off his top body. The espada quickly grabbed Nejibana and swung left and right to blow away the 3 arrows.
Uryū quickly used Hirenkyaku to get behind Aaroniero and fired 2 more arrows at his back.
"Annoying pest!" Aaroniero shouted as he once again bashed the arrows away, but to his surprise Uryū let a smirk.
"You're finished." Uryū said as he reached behind his back to pull out a small capsule and flicked it towards one of the arrows.
Time slowed down as the capsule dropped towards the arrow, which was revealed to be a Seele Schneider. The capsule hit the top of the Quincy's Seele Schneider as a pentagon-shaped seal started to light up around Aaroniero.
"Sprenger."
"No, no, no, no,no NO NO NO NO!" Aaroniero pleaded as he was quickly engulfed in the Sprenger light.
Aaroniero was no more.
Scene Change: Renji
'I'm gonna kill Aizen, I'm gonna kill Aizen, I'm-' Renji chanted in his head while walking down the endless hallways of twists and turns. He continued to vent his anger out in his mind while cursing Aizen to the depths of hell for creating such an evil thing!
It was hard enough navigating the Seireitei!
Renji took another turn and started running down the hallway with Zabimaru at his side.
Suddenly Renji turned to his left, down another hallway, where he thought he sensed 3 Reiatsu signatures.
Ichigo and his Zanpakuto spirits.
Renji quickly used Shunpo to try and catch them. Renji turned down another hallway and saw a big hole in the wall. Renji quickly jumped through the hole and flashed towards Ichigo and the girls, who were slightly outrunning him.
'Damn Ichigo has gotten fast.' Renji thought to himself with a smirk as he sped up and closed in on them.
"Yo! Ichigo!" Renji yelled out.
Ichigo and others stopped for a moment and then turned around to meet the red pineapple himself.
"Renji?" Ichigo questioned. Renji flashed over to Ichigo and others.
"Yeah i'm here. I finished fighting that Dordoni guy, tough bastard though." Renji said while dusting off his outfit while Ichigo nodded his head.
"Alright then, we are on our way to Orihime's signature. After we find her, we grab Uryū, Chad and Rukia then we go back to the world of the living." Ichigo explained to Renji who nodded as they went towards Orihime.
Scene Change: Uryū, Chad and Rukia
"All you alright Rukia?" Uryū said with a raised eyebrow while Rukia picked herself up off the ground.
"Yeah, I should be fine. Thanks." Rukia said as she stood up.
"We should leave now." Chad said.
"Right. No doubt that fight will attract other Arrancar here. We are in no condition to fight another espada, especially if that was the weakest espada." Uryū told Rukia and Chad.
Uryū raised his bow arm and formed his bow. Rukia looked up in curiosity as Uryū shot an arrow towards the wall, blowing a big hole to create an exit.
"Let's go find Ichigo. From what I sense, Renji is with Ichigo. They aren't too far away." Uryū said as he used Hirenkyaku to dash through the hole, intent on catching up to the three ahead of him.
Rukia and Chad followed after him.
Scene Change: Ichigo
Ichigo and others had already sensed that Uryū, Chad and Rukia were coming so they slowed down a bit so they can catch up.
Moments later Uryū, Chad and Rukia were standing next to the group.
"Let's hurry up and go find Orihime. I can sense her spirit energy that way." Ichigo ordered while pointing ahead of him.
They began to head towards Orihime and were about to reach her in some moments.
After some minutes Ichigo can sense her clearly. He and his group of friends continued on their trail to Orihime. They found themselves back inside the massive building which meant only one thing.
More hallways.
"To the right!" Rukia yelled out to everyone with a hint of annoyance to her voice.
The group quickly turned to the right and continued down another hallway. Just then the group saw Orihime sitting on a couch in a small cell.
"Orihime." Ichigo called her as she looked and saw everyone and was about to cry.
"I-Ichigo." Orihime brought her hand on her face covering her mouth.
"Are you all right?" Rukia asked.
"I-I am fine Rukia."
"Get back Orihime." Ichigo said and pulled Excalibur from the sheath and cut down the bars of the cell. After that she got out of the room.
"Well, we have everyone now. Let's go home." Ichigo said as his friends nodded.
After that they were leaving Las Noches and were at the place where Ichigo fought Grimmjow but they all stopped as they felt that a Garganta being open nearby.
After some moments they saw that Byakuya, Retsu, Kenpachi, Mayuri, Isane, Hanataro, Yachiru and Nemu were coming towards them.
"I see that you have rescued Orihime Inoue." Byakuya said in his emotionless voice.
"Yes we were just about to leave." Ichigo said.
"Then let's go I have many experiments to do and don't have time to stand around." Mayuri said as he and others were about to left but the Garganta closed.
Shortly after that they all felt strong Hollow Reiatsu coming towards them and saw Ulquiorra, Zommari, Nnoitra and Szayelaporro along with an Arrancar with a bull shaped skull.
"We should have expected that they won't let us leave just like that." Artoria said.
"It does not matter we will finish then and then leave." Byakuya said.
Soon the bull shaped Arrancar pulled out his Zanpakutō and was about to release it.
"Grow Árbol" the right side of Arrancar's body becomes wrapped in what looked like branches reaching down to his waist. After some moment skull formed on the branches soon the body also took a form.
"D-Did that guy just created Arrancars just like that?" Renji couldn't believe at what he was seeing.
"I think Except for Unohana all the captains should take on an Espada and Rukia, Uryū, Chad and Renji should deal with that bull and his minions. Unohana and her squad members should aid us if we get injured. Orihime, Nel you and your partners will stay with Unohana. does anyone have any problem with this plan?" Ichigo asked but nobody said anything.
Byakuya went to Zommari, Kenpachi went to Nnoitra and Mayuri went to Szayelaporro while Uryū, Chad, Rukia and Renji went to that Arrancar and his minions.
While Ichigo and Ulquiorra were looking at each other not making any moves.
"You were the one who brought Orihime here wasn't you?" Ichigo asked.
"And what if I am?" Ulquiorra said calmly.
"Let's see wat you are capable of?" Ichigo said as Ulquiorra started to fly towards the sky.
"Wait!" Ichigo yelled and started to follow him with Artoria and Alteria were also with him.
After some seconds of flying Ulquiorra reached at the sealing of the sky and pulled out his sword as he destroyed a small part of the sealing and wen past it. Ichigo, Artoria and Alteria also followed him and soon reached above the Las Noches.
"Wait a sec are we above the Las Noches?" Ichigo asked.
"That is right." Ulquiorra answered as Ichigo looked above him. He was standing on a pillar with his sword on his hand. "Under Aizen-sama's order two thing are forbidden inside the Las Noches. The first is Gran ray cero which only exist for the Espadas. And the second is the sword release of the Espadas of no 4 and higher. They are both so powerful that if released they would threaten to destroy the entire Las Noches.
Ulquiorra brought his sword forward and Ichigo and the girls were also on guard.
"Imprison Murciélago"
Next Time: Different Vizard and Different Arrancar
See you all later
