"Did you check the area?"

"Yep, we're clear. Let's move."

Takashi followed from a distance. He watched as they walked through the desert of Hueco Mundo, distancing themselves from Location Neo. Takashi sighed, as it was irritating to follow them while they were moving so slowly and arguing along the way. They were probably trying to get out of the reiatsu-sensing area so they could open a Garganta without being noticed. He was lucky that it had to be Yukiko who would save the Shinigami from certain death. Now he could easily tell Ulquiorra what had happened, and she would be labeled as a traitor.

"Are we out the zone yet?" Roxette asked, and Amaya answered.

"Not yet." she said as she was dragging Hitsugaya through the sand, holding his right foot. Yukiko frowned at her.

"Could you at least try to carry him?"

"Why? It's just a little sand."

"He's already wounded and you're not helping him." Yukiko remarked, seeing as Hitsugaya's head sometimes hit a small rock which probably wasn't helping him wake up. Amaya sighed and lifted him over her shoulder, brushing some sand off his clothes. They continued walking, and after two minutes, they were out the zone.

"Finally! So, I assume you want to drop him off at Karakura Town?" Mai said to Yukiko, who nodded.

"I-"

Her sentence was interrupted by loud roaring, something that could only be identified as the scream of a Hollow. Roxette frowned.

"Gillian?" she asked.

"No. Adjuchas. I sense one Vasto Lorde." Amaya said. She looked at Mai and Roxette. "You two can handle this, right? I'll go with Yukiko, in case the Shinigami decide to attack her." Both Mai and Roxette nodded, and with a quick Sonido disappeared, going toward the approaching Hollows. Amaya quickly opened a Garganta and went through it. Yukiko followed her. Takashi, who'd been hiding behind a rock, waited for at least thirty seconds before he too opened a Garganta to Karakura Town.

When he'd arrived at his destination, he noticed that he'd drifted off a little from Amaya and Yukiko's path. He looked around, and with a Pesquisa, sensed they were not that far away. But then, something caught his attention. Strange reiatsu beneath him. He looked down, and spotted a girl and two guys. He recognized the girl as Inoue Orihime. The other two were her friends. If Orihime was here, then Kurosaki could not be far away. Like predicted, he saw Kurosaki just a few feet away from them, probably having said goodbye and heading towards his home.

'Perfect.' Takashi thought. He Sonido'd down when Ichigo went through a small street and was all alone, appearing in front of him. Ichigo took a step back, flustered.

"Who the hell are you?" he demanded to know.

"Yodimaru Takashi. Don't worry, I'm not here to fight you but rather to ask you something." the Fracción said nonchalantly, and put his hands in his pockets. Ichigo eyed him suspiciously.

"What do you want?" he responded.

"Is it true that you've talked to the Primera?"

"What of it?"

"What did you talk about?" Takashi continued to ask curiously. Ichigo scowled at him.

"It's none of your business. Why should I trust you?"

"Why should you trust her?" Takashi questioned him, and it was made clear that Ichigo had no idea why he trusted Luna. "Are you really that gullible?" Ichigo glared at him.

"Are you really that pessimistic? I have no reason to believe she would lie to me." was the former Shinigami's response.

"She's the Primera, if you regained your powers you would be her biggest opponent. She's trying to befriend you so later on she can betray you and get rid of you." Takashi explained to him in a very calm and almost monotone voice. Ichigo looked away for a second, probably thinking it over.

"Why do you care?" he eventually asked Takashi, who smiled at the inevitable question.

"We both have the same goal here, Ichigo. I want to get rid of the three strongest Neo Espada, and I believe that would also benefit you and the Shinigami. Why don't we work together?"

"You're asking me to betray her." Ichigo said, perplexed that Takashi had even made a suggestion like that.

"Is it any worse than what she was planning to do to you? She's not as genuine as she seems."

"Why would I trust you?" Ichigo repeated the question he'd asked in the beginning of the conversation.

"With me, you have nothing to lose. All I'm asking you is to help me take her down." Ichigo sighed, and then walked. He walked right past Takashi, who didn't react to this. "Think about it, Ichigo. Eventually, you'll find that I'm the more sensible choice." Ichigo stopped for a second and turned around to look at Takashi again, but he was already gone.


"Hey, calm the hell down!"

"Jeez, you people are so hostile!" The two neo Espada found themselves surrounded by the Shinigami. Amaya slowly dropped the Captain on the ground. "There, we just came to return him to you."

"Exactly, we don't want a fight."

"It's too late for that. No way we're going to let you two slip." A short, black haired Shinigami girl said and it seemed the others agreed. Amaya looked around. There was only one woman who could match her speed, Yoruichi Shihōin. The others wouldn't be too much of a problem, but she was worried about Yukiko. It would take way too much time for her to get in her Resurreción. They had to find a way to get away, avoiding a fight.

"Why? We haven't done anything wrong." Amaya said with a pout.

"Don't play dumb! You're planning on freeing Aizen!" a redheaded Shinigami shouted.

"That's debatable." Yukiko mumbled, and Amaya frowned slightly, looking at her.

"Either you two surrender now or we'll force you to." a guy with a bow and arrow pointed at them. Amaya started to giggle.

"Please! That's so arrogant! You think you could force us? I have news for you, we're Arrancar version 2.0! Don't compare us to the previous ones. We're much stronger than that!" she gloated, trying to buy them some time as Yukiko was trying to find a way to escape. They were completely surrounded, and she would have to depend on Amaya to get out of here alive.

"Enough talking!" the lieutenant of Hitsugaya decided. "Let's get them."

'Shit.'

"W-wait!" they all turned to the white haired Captain who'd just woken up and was slowly getting up.

"Taichō! You need to rest, you're-"

"-Let them go." he ordered, having a little trouble breathing. Everyone was shocked at seeing this. The Shinigami turned to a heated debate, when suddenly Amaya noticed a certain orange haired man who'd been watching all this time in silence.

"Oh, Ichigo!" she waved at him with a big smile on her face. Both Yukiko and Ichigo stared at her as if she'd lost her mind.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm waving!"

"I can see that, but why?" Amaya blinked, looking at her.

"Uh… I felt like it? Hey, Ichigooooo! What's up?" she yelled cheerfully, and chuckled at his puzzled expression. "Come on, don't pretend like you don't remember me! I tried to kill you last time when Luna got in the way, remember?"

"Amaya?"

"Hmm?"

"Maybe you shouldn't have said that."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Ichigo yelled back at her.

"Don't be like that! Since you're friends with the Primera, I thought we could be friends too."

"What is she talking about?"

"Ichigo! What's the meaning of this?"

"The Primera? You befriended the Primera? Are you out of your mind!" Amaya grabbed Yukiko, swinging her over her shoulder.

"Hold on, here's our chance." Yukiko looked one last time at Hitsugaya and smiled at him. Surprisingly, he smiled back. Then, Amaya used Sonido to quickly get away, and when the others noticed they were already gone. She opened a Garganta and put Yukiko down again. The shorter girl looked at Amaya whose grin had faded away again. She seemed to be contemplating about something.

"Amaya?" Yukiko asked hesitantly.

"Yes?"

"Is it true? I mean, about Luna?"

"I intend to find out." without another word, Amaya went through the Garganta, and Yukiko followed her silently.


Ulquiorra sat down on a chair in the monitor room. A few Neo Espada were absent, which was unsettling. He leaned back in his chair, and frowned slightly as he looked at every screen on the huge monitor. He saw most Arrancar inside, some were outside where the cameras could see them, but others were missing. Grimmjow was sitting near the window, looking like he was bored as usual. But then, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in." he said coolly as he continued to watch the screens.

"Grimmjow-sama, Ulquiorra-sama."

"What is it?" They both looked at the Fracción, Shiro, who was smiling.

"I think you have already noticed that a few Neo Espada are missing." Ulquiorra now fully brought his attention to the green haired Fracción while Grimmjow just stared out the window.

"What do you know about it?"

"I can say that one of them has been seen carrying the Shinigami prisoner outside the building." Ulquiorra kept looking at him, no emotion displayed on his face.

"Who was this person?"

"Yukiko Jeagerjaques."

Grimmjow sighed. Stupid brat, getting caught like that. Obviously he still had to teach her the definition of being stealthy. But for now, she was in deep trouble.


"Damn, that was easy." Mai said as she sheathed her sword again. Around them a few Adjunchas were dissolving. The Vasto Lorde had fled when seeing them. Roxette sighed, wondering if Yukiko and Amaya had completed their mission. She looked around, and then stopped. She saw Aurelio and Skullak hanging out.

"What an unusual combination." Roxette remarked, gaining Mai's attention who frowned.

"What is that snake's business with Skullak?" she asked.

"Snake? He seems like a nice guy to me." Mai looked at Roxette, and her lips formed an 'o'.

"Right, you don't know what he did to Luna, huh?"

"What? What did he do?"

"I don't know if I should tell you… I found out by accident and she made me swear not to tell." She then grabbed Roxette's wrist and dragged her to a nearby rock where they could hide. Mai gestured to Roxette to stay silent and they listened closely.

"…do you think?"

"I'm not sure if I should trust you."

"Why not? We both don't like her, right? You think she's unfit to be a leader, and I have my reasons to think we should get rid of her."

"What are your reasons, might I ask?"

"Does it matter? Look, Skullak, if you keep being a nice guy you're not gonna make it. You need to be tough on your leader and strike when she's weak."

"Very well. But you have to know that I have no intention in killing her."

"Fine, whatever you want." A few footsteps, and both the girls felt that Skullak had left. When mai was about to confront them, they felt another presence appear out of nowhere. It was Kanna.

"What are you doing here?" they heard her ask suspiciously.

"Kanna. You look lovely today-"

"-Answer my question."

"I'm just hanging out, is that so wrong? Why do you care? Did you miss me?"

"Please. Ulquiorra called a meeting. The prisoner, including four Neo Espada, have disappeared."

"How strange. I suppose I'll join you, then." the two disappeared and both Mai and Roxette came out their hiding place. Mai sighed, thinking about what they'd just heard.

"Do you think we should warn Luna?" Roxette asked her. Mai nodded shortly.

"But I'm sure she'll be able to handle it. Besides, we have other things to worry about."

"Yukiko and Amaya."

"That, and we need to come up with an excuse for our absence."


A few Fracción were relaxing in the lounge. Saturo and Kaito were playing chess, though Saturo was really getting annoyed because Kaito was winning big time. Cirucci, Rudobon and Findor just watched a little bored as Ggio and Apacci were yelling at each other again. It was so obvious they liked each other, but just didn't want to admit it. Saturo narrowed his eyes when Kaito made a move towards his king.

"Think you're smart?" he sneered.

"Stop talkin' trash and play." Kaito answered him with a frown. Saturo pouted, and then reluctantly moved his queen, watching Kaito's face, which betrayed nothing. When he was done, Sato waited for Kaito's move. Kaito suddenly grabbed his horse, and without Saturo having noticed it, he was checkmate.

"WHAT? This is bullshit! You cheated! Cheater! Filthy cheat!" Saturo cried like a little kid. Kaito rolled his eyes. Suddenly, the door opened.

"Guys! Have you seen Luna?" Chié asked them, accompanied by Cruz. The Fracción thought this particular combo was very odd, but didn't say anything about it.

"Dunno, check the roof."

"Thanks!" they left again.

"CHEATER!"

"Sore loser." Kaito said, leaning back in his seat.

"I'm gonna tell Amaya!"

"You're such a baby!"

"You're a cheater!"

"I didn't cheat, asshole!" Saturo got up, glaring at him even though Kaito towered above him.

"Yeah you did! You're just a stupid cheater! You're scared I would win so you cheated!"

"How the fuck am I going to cheat? You were staring at the board the whole time!"

"Details!" Cirucci sighed annoyed, looking at Ggio and Apacci who were now in the stage of throwing stuff at each other again. Kaito decided to go back to Kanna again, but Saturo wasn't about to let him go that easily.

"Apologize!" the smaller boy demanded. Kaito raised an eyebrow. Was this kid serious?

"For what?"

"For cheating!" Kaito felt his hands itching.

"For the last time, you little brat, I did NOT cheat! Now stop bitching before I choke you to death!" he snapped at him. He turned around to walk away, when Saturo grabbed his hair and pulled. "OW! YOU LITTLE BITCH!"

"APOLOGIZE!"

"NO!" Kaito grabbed a pillow and hit Saturo in the face. The two started fighting, and the three indifferent Fracción just watched as the lounge was being destroyed by objects flying in every possible direction.

"Stop. Right now." the fighting stopped in an instant when Kanna entered the room. They all stared at her. She had a very serious expression on her face that didn't predict anything good.

"Kanna, what's up?" Kaito asked, pushing Saturo off him.

"Ulquiorra has requested everyone to come to the meeting room immediately." Kanna turned around and left, followed by the Fracción.


Every single Neo Espada sat down on the large table, their Fracción behind them, watching closely. There was an ominous atmosphere in the room that indicated something was wrong. When Ulquiorra entered, it was clear that whatever was going on, it was big. Ulquiorra looked around, looking at each Espada, and sat down on the seat. Grimmjow was in the corner in the shadows, just watching as he leaned against the wall.

"Where are the Segunda and Cero?" he asked in a calm tone.

"We're right here!" the door opened and the two walked in. Saturo frowned at Amaya. She'd just suddenly left without telling him a thing. She sat down on her seat. Yukiko also sat down, Shiro and Takashi standing right behind her, Shiro smiling like usual.

"What's this meeting about?" Skullak asked, resting his head on his hand.

"The prisoner has escaped." Ulquiorra answered. There was a general feel of shock. Yukiko tried to keep her face straight. Her eyes met Grimmjow's, and when he shook his head, she knew it was over. She was found out. Ulquiorra looked straight at her. "Do you have an explanation for this, Yukiko?" Everyone turned to look at her. Mai, Roxette and Amaya were surprised they weren't mentioned.

"I…." she couldn't come up with anything.

"She was disposing the body." Roxette spoke up. "Right, Yukiko?"

"Yeah. That was exactly what I was doing." Yukiko agreed, avoiding eye-contact with Ulquiorra.

"That's odd, considering that he was still alive when you carried him out the building. There was still a modicum of reiatsu that was detected."

'I'm fucked.'

"I have reasons to believe you have betrayed us by helping the prisoner escape." there was a very intense silence. When both Mai and Amaya were about to protest, she stood up.

"Well, I guess the act is over. You're right, I helped him escape." Ulquiorra continued to stare at her for a while.

"Kanna, Amaya, take her to her cell. Aizen-sama will decide what to do with her." No one spoke up as the two Neo Espada got up and led Yukiko out the room. Grimmjow didn't even flinch. "Takashi." The Fracción looked up.

Yes, Ulquiorra-sama?" he responded calmly.

"I trust you will take her position as the Cero Espada for now."

"Of course." Takashi said with a bow, a small smile on his lips that went unnoticed by the others.

"Now we can discuss strategy."

"Eh? Strategy for what?" Cruz asked loudly.

"Invasion of Soul Society within five days. We have located Muken and know who has the key to get into Aizen-sama's cell. As suspected, the Captain-Commander keeps it with him at all times."

"How are we going to snatch it away?" Aurelio commented as he leaned back in his chair.

"I suspect that they know our plan by now, but I doubt they'll re-locate the key."

"Who's gonna go get it?"

"I was counting on Amaya and Kanna, since Luna will lead the attack as the Primera-"

"-I don't want to." Luna interrupted him shortly. "Let Skullak do it. He seems to know everything better. I'll go fetch that key on my own."

"Take Amaya with you."

"I don't need-"

"-That's an order." Luna sighed annoyed and folded her arms, slouching in her seat like a displeased teenager. "Now, Skullak, you'll lead the initial attack in Soul Society. The Fracción and Takashi will keep the Shinigami in Karakura Town busy during that time."

"Yes, sir." Ulquiorra had a list of the Shinigami Captains, and told everyone to pick their target, excluding the Captain of Squad 4 and the Captain-Commander. That left eight Captains to take care of, seeing how the spots of Aizen, Gin and Tōsen still hadn't been filled. The strengths and specialties of their target were revealed. Some immediately knew which Captain they wanted to take on. Others didn't really care. When the meeting was over, the Neo Espada left one by one.

Outside, separated from all the others, Mai, Roxette and Amaya stood together, discussing what had just happened.

"Someone saw her and ratted her out. But why not us?" Mai wondered.

"They couldn't afford to lock up four Espada. But then remains the question, why specifically her? She's the strongest, it doesn't make sense to take her out the battle." Roxette muttered thoughtfully.

"Well, maybe they just spotted her before any of us came."

"No, that's not it. Ulquiorra did mention that they saw her walk out the building with the Shinigami, so they must've seen us too." Amaya said as she stared out the window.

"Who would want her out?"

"Aurelio." Mai suddenly said. Roxette immediately understood what she was talking about. Amaya looked from one to the other.

"What do you mean? Why would Aurelio want that?" she asked with a frown.

"I don't know, but we heard him speaking with Skullak about taking Luna out. Maybe they want to take in their ranks." Roxette told her, folding her arms. Amaya sighed.

"Well, I suppose it's the best guess we have. First, I want to talk to Luna. You two go confront Aurelio and see what he has to say for himself." Mai and Roxette nodded. They each when their own direction, not noticing three certain Arrancar hiding behind a wall who'd overheard their conversation. They came out from their hiding spot.

"Be proud, Takashi. Everything's going according to plan, they don't suspect a thing." Denetsu said with an amused smirk.

"I'm not entirely sure about that. We need to keep out of sight if we want to continue." Takashi answered coolly. "Shiro, what do you think? What's next?"

"I suspect that the Moon might shine in Karakura Town."

"Leave this one to me. I have the perfect plan." Denetsu stated with a smirk.

"Fine. But don't-"

"-Yeah yeah, don't screw it up. I know. Just trust me." Without another word, they went their own direction.

Five days from now, they would invade Soul Society, and hopefully their plan had succeeded by then.


Neo Espada Encyclopedia

"Dammit, Ulquiorra! Just do it!"

A notable sigh was heard. The lights went on, revealing Ulquiorra in front of a whiteboard.

"For some reason I was assigned to be the host for Neo Espada Encyclopedia. To be clear, I do not care about the Neo Espada and the only reason I'm doing this is because the annoying author of this story thought it would be funny after one of her annoying reviewers-"

"-Ulquiorra!" The former Espada sighed again, clearly getting aggravated.

"Today's subject is Amaya and her medicine."

"Hi!" she popped up out of nowhere with a wide smile. Ulquiorra stared at her.

"…Right. Amaya is some sort of schizophrenic nutjob, and needs her medicine to stay sane or her Zanpakutō spirit will take over because of her weak will." Ulquiorra looked at Amaya who was glaring intensely. Suddenly, Saturo randomly slid into the screen.

"Guys, need some help here!" Kanna and Cruz (appeared out of nowhere like freaking ninjas) grabbed Amaya by her arms so she wouldn't rip apart Ulquiorra as Saturo attempted to force the medicine in her mouth.

"Do. Not. Want!"

"You know what will happen if you don't!"

"I don't care! It tastes disgusting! BWAAAAAH!" she started fake crying randomly and kicking in the air like a little child. When Saturo tried to force it down, she shook her head wildly. "You big meanie! I don't like you anymore!"

"For fuck's sake, shut her up already!" Cruz yelled, having trouble with restraining her. Suddenly Ulquiorra grabbed the pill and almost forced it down her throat. Amaya stared at him as she reluctantly swallowed it.

"Now shut up." Ulquiorra ordered her. Amaya pouted.

"Meanie."


TADAAA. I actually already wrote the next chapter, sooo I'll update that later tomorrow. Or today. Wait, is it Sunday already? Damn, then that means I'll have to update it today when I wake up again. It's like 2 AM over here. My dad's gonna be so pissed if he finds me still behind the computer.

I should probably go to sleep now before I start ranting too much XD

GOOD NITE! AND DUNT FORGET TAH REVIEWWWWWWWWWW!11!1one!eleven