Verse 7

The memories we try to erase...

The horrid past

Etched into our soul...

We cannot escape it...

...But we try and rid ourselves of the pain

As futile as it may appear

At least we can grant ourselves solitude for a little while...

Nyu strode towards the Clubs Camp. She had taken the journey alone. Two mysterious guards with gas masks stood alongside the gate entrance.

"Halt, what is your business here little girl?" A muffled voice stopped Nyu in her tracks.

Nyu's face was obscured by her fringe. She lowered her gaze before she pounced with her vectors ripping the men's legs apart. Just as she was about to silence their agonising screams she remembered something her father had told her several years ago.

"Nyu, you were born with a special gift...however your gift is very dangerous...you must promise me you will never use this gift to hurt people no matter how bad you think they may have hurt you..."

With this sudden realisation, Nyu fell to her knees speechless at the brutality she had issued to these humans.

If only they had shown the same kind of mercy towards Nyu. One of the guards swiped her across the head with the butt of his rifle almost knocking her out. He grabbed his speaker and called an alert to the others. However his speaker was crushed before he could finish. Nyu had destroyed it with her vectors.

"I may not be allowed to hurt you people with me vectors. But I will use them as much as possible to save Ren." And with that she leaped several metres across the gate and into the compound.

"STOP HER!" She was faced with a dozen armed soldiers. She produced her rifle and shot several blasts at the ground. The soldiers immediately responded and raised their weapons and fired. "What's going on? The bullets are going past her!" One of the soldiers noted. Some bullets remained stagnant in the air before dropping like pebbles to the ground.

"Please move...I have to see someone." She quietly strolled past the soldier much to their disgust."

"Ugh...Damn you bitch!" One of them slammed his gun towards her head but was held back by an unusual force. In an instant he was thrown into the air, twirling his body before landing into a group of men. "AGH! How did she-"

"Look out! She is one of 'them'." An observant soldier interjected.

The soldiers pursued Nyu but maintained a fair distance to ensure they weren't swept up in her vectors.

"Come on men! FIRE!"

The bullets were deflected like little lead balls. She continued her slow pace through the crowd as the rain of bullets continued to surround her.

"It's useless, we better use our grenades." A man bit off the pin and threw the explosive device towards her. Several other;s followed , creating a massive explosion that no-one should be able to escape from. Once the cloud of dirt and dust cleared they were shocked to find Nyu hovering int the air. The grenades never reached her. She descended elegantly and continued towards the main camp.

One bulky soldier with a purple cape stood in front of the main camp. "I am the Ranked Three of Clubs you won't get past me."

Nyu stopped for a moment and looked up at the large man. He had long blonde hair and thick lips but still appeared quite masculine. The man pulled out a mace and swung it wildly. "Prepare to die-"

In a flash the mace had been shattered and Nyu appeared behind the man with her sword already returning to it's sheath. "And I am the Ace of Heart's Nyu Kurosaki."

The crowd stammered when they realised her rank and name. "She is Nyu Kurosaki, the daughter of the famous Ichigo Kurosaki?" The third most powerful warrior of the Clubs clan succumbed to the sword wound which stretched across his entire right shoulder.

"Sir! Are you alright!" Several men rushed to the high ranking soldier's aid.

A booming voice came from behind the crowd. "Leave him be...just deal with the girl..."

"C-C-Commander Jack?"

"GO NOW!" The commander dismissed his army as they rushed inside to catch the intruder.

Three of Clubs slowly raised his head as he faced his superior. "I have put shame to this proud clan haven't I?"

The commander slowly drew his sword. "It is alright young warrior, I shall repent your sins." He said before brining his sword down across the man's neck.

"I could harvest you for spare parts but nobody would take them, I could kill you right now but it would be too lenient for what you have done to me...Thankfully Seretei no longer needs a healer, it's already too late...I've planned ahead for this situation...Maybe Isane can pretend to be a good healer for a little longer..."

Ren was mortified. Painful memories of the torment she had felt at the hands of this crazed maniac who had called himself a scientist.

"Mayuri-sama...So you have come to finish your payback against me?"

The clown-faced man erupted in laughter. "HAHAHAHAHA! You know that would be too easy for me right now...No rather I'd like to show you something that may interest you." He produced a small remote which opened a hidden door. "I'm impressed you have managed to survive this far in your human body. I must know what it feels like to be a mere mortal?" Mayuri provoked her with patronising questions.

Ren however could no longer run away from the past which had haunted her for many years. She was once an astute leader of the healing squadron of Soul Reapers – beings who maintained the balance in both the living and dead souls. However her genius and skill was always loathed by one man, the Head of Research and Development, the notorious Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

When I was lying naked and bloodied in front of this evil man...I had come to accept my demise as a sacrifice to save whatever was left of the world...But when the darkness disappeared I had found myself in a completely new world with a completely different body.

"Ah yes it seems your body has reverted to a more juvenile form as a consequence of the severe wounds I had inflicted on your body that night..." Mayuri escorted Ren into a dark room with several objects. They appeared to have hoses and pipes connected to these objects.

"What do you want to show me? Why don't you just kill me and end the suffering I have endured."

"Tut-tut, you wouldn't like to leave without seeing your young subordinate now would you?"

Ren gasped. "What have you done with Isane?"

"Remember how I said I had great plans for the two of you? Well maybe not since you were unconscious at the time, but aside from that..." Mayuri stabbed his finger in another button which triggered several dim lights in the room. Each of them illuminated the objects which were none other than incubator jars. There were two at the head of the room, one was empty but the other contained a limbless girl with grey hair.

Ren was horrified at the site of her old subordinate. She rushed over to the jar and screamed for her friend "ISANE!"

The girls eyes opened but they were unresponsive. She was covered in an array of tubes and wires, but the things that were keeping her alive were also causing her the most pain.

"This was to be your fate as well my dear Unohana, however at the last minute Nemu dumped you in the desert in the hope that you would starve instead." Mayuri tapped his fingers around Isane's jar. "It's amazing the amount of stress you can inflict on the human body without killing the subject."

"Ren's face was streaming with tears. "So that's the only reason you let me live? So I could become another one of your test subjects?"

"Oh I wouldn't say that. More like a pet perhaps. Come on wouldn't you like to join the others."

Ren bumped into another jar, this one contained Nemu Kurotsuchi and the one adjacent to her contained another fallen warrior of the former Gotei 13, Kenpachi Zaraki. The two of them had suffered the same fate as Isane.

"Come now...it won't hurt at all, I'll just need to amputate your limbs first so you can fit in the jar and remove a few unnecessary organs so I you won't be too heavy."

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Ren screamed as she fired a few more small kido blasts.

Mayuri had a few holes punched in his body but he remained standing. "Thankfully the life-force of a Shinigami does contain some useful healing applications." He produced a small syringe and jabbed the needle into his chest. In a a matter of seconds the holes were sealed and the flesh restored. "We Clubs are fighting a war against the Diclonii, we could do with some vital healing equipment if we are to survive...Come now Unohana...Won't you help me save this god forsaken world I have created?"

SMASH.

MEANWHILE...

Nyu had successfully infiltrated the compound and searched the camp for any trace of Ren. She turned a corner and found several more soldiers talking amongst themselves. She went down another path only to find that she was trapped. She used her vectors to prop herself against the ceiling to remain hidden.

As the two groups of men chatted they received another distress call, they stormed out of the corridors, leaving Nyu to explore to her own devices.

I wonder what the other distress call could have been for?

Pushing that thought aside, Nyu had found a dark room which resembled something equivalent to a King's chamber. She crept along the room until she felt something grab her ankle.

"BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!" A grotesque Man in black swept her off her feet when he tugged her ankle. She tried to use her vectors to regain her footing but the force was too powerful.

She drew her rifle and blasted it into the man's face. His hat was knocked off but the bullet had only grazed him. Two small protrusions were revealed atop his mattered head.

The Man procured a wide-brimmed smile. "What will you do now realising that your bullets are useless against the likes of me?" He drew a small crossbow which held a small spiked ball. "These things on the other hand..." When he fired the projectile it embedded itself deep in Nyu's abdomen. Nyu reached for her sword but as she swung down she collapsed in as a sudden burst of pain pulsed through her body.

"GAAAGHH!" She writhed on the ground as she attempted to pull out the metal ball.

The Man chuckled deeply as he rose to his feet. "Doing that will only hasten the flow of poison coursing through your body, It's a shame you never thought about using those vectors in the first place, you may have actually had a shot at killing me, but now it's too late and your precious body is mine." The Man wrapped his hands around her soft neck.

The Man began choking her in the darkness. As the life slowly drained from Nyu's body she realised she should have used her vectors.

Sorry Ren...Sorry Father...I have failed both of you and mankind...

SMASH.

Mayuri turned to face the pink haired figure that emerged from the gaping hole in the wall.

"You'll have to pay to repair that vital equipment." Mayuri cursed.

The figure became more clear to Mayuri as it's white mask reflected in the dim light.

The Unknown Man quickly reached for his bow but was pinned to his throne by an invisible force.

As the armoured figure strolled towards her prey the Man began to erupt in a fit of laughter.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So you've finally found the nerve to face your own killer...

"Ah so you've finally returned...

"...Number 28..."

"...Lucy..."