Yuzu woke up cold and alone in the sands of the desert. Her entire body ached and her breathing was extremely labored. She couldn't manage to take one solid breath without a whole bunch of blood flooding into her mouth. She didn't want to admit it to anyone, not even herself, but she knew that she was wrong to have trusted Aizen in the first place. It hurt to even move, and she knew that she had absolutely no room for crying; even though that's the only thing she wanted to do at that point in time.
"Are you ok?" A small feminine voice asked from just behind a sand dune. Yuzu weakly turned her head to see a small little girl with green hair. The girl looked a lot like the other people Yuzu had seen around the castle of Hueco Mundo, and the strange white mask on her head made Yuzu even more frightened. However, it was extremely small, and its rounded edges made the small mask look almost comical. Yuzu wanted to run away from this creature, but her right side of her body wouldn't cooperate with her demands, and the left side was far too weak. "I asked you a question! Are you ok little girl?"
Yuzu tried to speak but ended up choking on some of the blood that was draining from her body. She did however manage a very weak shaking of her head, which surprising, the small girl took note of. "Don't worry then ok! We're gonna get you out of here!" The girl said with a determined look. Yuzu didn't know who "we" was, that was until a gigantic yellow man-beast came out of from behind the dune. Yuzu couldn't exactly cry out, but the tears ran down her face. She had never been so scared in all her life! Well ok she had, but crying was so natural that in the face of agonizing, she could still let out a few tears.
"Don't worry! Dondochakka knows lot's about doctoring stuff!" The creature said. It pulled out a small black briefcase and popped it open. Yuzu prepared herself for the worst as he took out several items, most of which she identified. Gauss, anti-septic, bone saws, hedge cutters. Another strange looking creature came over and held down her legs. "Now be quiet now. This is gonna help you get all better!" Dondochakka pulled out a syringe and plunged it into Yuzu. She couldn't stay awake to see the rest, but she wasn't sure she wanted too.
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"Captain! Captain wait up!" Rangiku yelled. Toshiro Hitsugaya had been acting extremely shady the last few days, and now she knew exactly why. Here was, with a Senkaimon open, his Bankai activated, and was wearing Urahara's old cloak. Rangiku didn't want to admit it, but Urahara had done an amazing job with the design on that thing. Even though her captain was already in Bankai, she couldn't pick up a trace of his spiritual pressure. Had she not known him so extremely well, she wouldn't have had any way to find him. Instinct was the only thing that she had followed to get here, and it had served her well.
"Rangiku…" Toshiro said quietly, sounding a tad disappointed at the arrival of his lieutenant. "Why are you here?" He commanded. He didn't want her to interfere. This plan of his was supposed to be completely secret, even from his closest family and friends.
"I'm here to stop you! You are ruining everything for yourself!" Rangiku yelled after him. He had already taken the first few steps into the Senkaimon, "Captain! You will be stripped of everything, rank, title, everything! Do you want to be exiled just like Isshin? Labeled a traitor just like Gin or Aizen?"
The Senkaimon was closing and Toshiro showed no signs of determent. "Are you in or out Rangiku?" He asked plainly as the gate shut. Rangiku hesitated.
"You know that she may already be dead right captain?" She asked, referring to Karin.
"I know…" Hitsugaya said plainly, his tone was almost cold and his tone was jaded, "But it's the principle of the thing. I can't stop Aizen all by myself, but if I do some damage, that'll teach bastards like Gin that you can't get away with killing innocent people. At least… not on my watch."
"But aren't you afraid that the captain commander will find out?!" Rangiku yelled after him, she hated seeing him like this. He was completely determined, even though it was a stupid and pointless idea. Aizen had nearly killed Toshiro the last time they met, and Toshiro was going to head into the fray all by himself. Rangiku made up her mind; he wasn't going to do this… not by himself at least. "Whatever… just make some room."
The gates started to close even further as Rangiku slipped her way into the Senkaimon. The two started walking through the desolate Dangai precipice world, not looking back to the world that they had just left behind. They probably should have though, as they would have noticed the two unexpected followers.
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Karin woke up in her room, but it honestly didn't feel like it. Yuzu wasn't lying along her side, and it felt strange not having her sister there next to her. Tosen was standing over her with Wonderweiss by his side. "Sorry about that." He said, "I forgot that you still have a very weak spiritual pressure and forming a bond between you and him probably shocked your system a little bit. We brought you to your room."
"Thanks…" Karin said. She was honestly surprised to be alive. When she touched her finger to the boy's nose, her head felt like it had been split in two. When she blacked out, she was in more pain than she had ever been in her life! The "shock" to her system was more potent than any attack Yuzu had thrown at her while they were fighting. "Where's my sister?" Karin asked as she sat up in her bed.
"She… left…" Tosen admitted. "She was attempting to betray us, so we took care of her. You don't have to worry though; her death was swift and glorious. She died the way many warriors would like to. She is dead now though." Karin turned red as he said these words. She wanted to punch him in his ugly face, break that stupid visor in half. However, she knew that she would have no chance in doing so, so instead she ran. She ran through the halls of Los Noches, trying to get rid of this feeling of demise. It was pointless, no matter how hard she ran the feeling would not go away. Yuzu was dead, and she knew that Aizen and his lackeys didn't lie. Karin came to halt and fell to her knees. Karin began to cry for the first time in many years. This was a real cry, not just a few tears shed for someone, but rather an absolute release of emotion. Her twin sister was dead.
Karin was not happy as someone started rubbing her hair. She looked up to see Wonderweiss standing above her rubbing his hands through her hair. "What are you doing!? Can't you see what I'm doing?!" He continued to rub and Karin knew it was pointless. She was so frustrated. Back at home, she at least had some pull over her family's and her friend's decisions but here… here she didn't have any word on anything. She was completely powerless, no matter what she did she couldn't gain any more respect than she already had. She wanted to brush the kids hand off and run away from him, but he was much quicker than her and she came to the resolution that if wanted to pet her, she would have to let that happen.
"Pretty…" The boy said as he stroked. Karin felt kind of weird, but her crying wouldn't just stop. She would have been so much more ok with this if Yuzu had been in her place right now and she was the one who was dead, but that couldn't happen. Karin however felt something very strange. Everything went black, except for one speck on the horizon. A small flame burned out in the desert somewhere, and its presence was extremely faint. Karin knew something then and there and she had to follow that flame. Everything about it reminded her of her twin sister. She made a resolution to find that flame later, take it away, and never come to this place ever again.
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"She's waking up!" Yuzu heard. She was glad that she heard this, because she wasn't even sure what was happened as she sat up. Her body was extremely weak, her mouth was dry and her clothes felt wet. "Are you feelin' better?" A deep voice asked her. She looked up to see the same giant monster man from before but there was a small on his face now.
"I think so…" Yuzu said as she tried to get her balance. She looked down to inspect the damage to her body. Her clothes were so damp that she thought she may have wet the bed, but she was surprised to find the white robes stained a dark red. 'That's… better?' Yuzu asked herself in her mind. A hand pushed her back into a laying position.
Yuzu struggled lightly as her robes were torn open. The giant yellow monster had taken them off her body leaving her in just some tight pants and bandages. "We need to change your bandages! You got blood all over Bawabawa!" Yuzu winced as her body was exposed to the elements but just as quickly had it come into view was in covered by more bandages. Yuzu couldn't decide of this monster was a good of a bad guy, and what did he mean by "Bawabawa?" She tried to sit up once again and was assisted by another strange looking creature. This one was purple, and much thinner than the last one.
"You need to take it easy!" The other one said, "We are taking you somewhere safe, until you get stronger."
"Who are you guys?" Yuzu's tone was extremely shaky as she reached the verge of tears. They may have meant well, but they some scary looking guys. The little girl was probably the most comforting sight out of the pack, and the mask on her head, albeit goofy, gave her an almost barbaric look.
Yuzu was surprised as she jolted forward, the ground had been moving and she hadn't even recognized it. She was picked up gingerly and placed on the ground. The ritual had begun. The green haired girl shot from the sky, shouting "Nel!" as she hit the ground. One of the monsters came out from behind her, it was the thin one and its raspy voice exclaimed, "Pesche!" The other monster came out moments later shouting "Dondochakka!"
The most alarming thing was when a gigantic worm slithered up from behind them all and let out a roar. Yuzu yelled out in fear as the super sentei introduction was completed. Their fun was ruined as they realized Yuzu was crying. Dondochakka ran over to her side, "Are you ok?" Yuzu pointed in hysterics at the giant worm hollow. "Ohh that's just Bawabawa! He's friendly!" The monster said, trying to comfort Yuzu. The worm slithered over and gently pushed on Yuzu, purring as it did so.
"Alright…" Yuzu didn't really know what to think but what was she going to do? She could barely even sit up by herself and if these guys wanted to cause her any harm, they would have no problem doing so. Before Yuzu knew it, she was being hoisted on the beasts back. She was laid back down and before long the small group was on its way through the desert once again. Yuzu was surprised to be alive, and even more surprised to be in the company of such strange monsters! She couldn't do anything about it though, so she just laid back and relaxed. She had no idea where this group was taking her but what the hell... Onward and upward right?
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The sun set and the halls of Los Noches became dark. There was a brief period where you could barely even see the hand in front of your face. That was just after the sun had set and the internal lighting system was still inactive. Karin decided that this would be the best time to make her move to find her sister. She repressed her Reiatsu to the best of her ability and head to her room. She leapt out the window, creating small platforms every 20 or so feet, to lessen her blow. The drop to the desert surface was really extreme, and it took Karin over an hour to get to the bottom of the castle's tower.
Karin landed quietly; she didn't want to alert anyone to her presence. Thankfully, the guards were distracted by trying to prove who had the best release. Karin was able to slip by in a fairly overt manner thanks to the arrancar's steadfast egotistic nature. Within no time, Karin was in the desert.
Karin walked and walked. Miyabita Kaze was already set and ready to go, and the extended breath that Karin was constantly receiving from the sword. Karin had made it a decent way out before she found herself completely lost. The trees were growing longer and the sky grew even darker as the moon was blotted out. Karin grew more and more frightened as she started hearing sounds. They weren't small, timid sounds either.
Karin continued to walk, hoping that maybe they sounds were being made by Yuzu... no such luck. Karin was literally knocked backwards as the ground tore open beneath her revealing a grotesque, almost baroque style mask. Two hands popped out and pulled out a giant black body. This new creature towered over Karin who looked upon it in horror. The creature was followed by several of its companions, the ground nearly caved in under the combined weight of the three hollows. Karin prepared her blade but that had no effect on the demeanor of the three giant hollows. All three combined their energy into some red orb in front of them.
Karin flinched as the red orb produced a massive beam which was flying right at her. Suddenly, a terrible spiritual pressure overwhelmed her and found herself unable to dodged or even move away from the Cero. She averted her eyes as the beam approached her, missing the best part!
