Chapter 9

The Espadas III

One month has passed since Gohan had fought Hichigo, and Ichigo now has 11 seconds with his hollow mask. Gohan had left with Piccolo back at Kami's lookout. There he was greeted by an old friend, Dende.

"What's up, Dende!" Gohan said.

"Gohan, what brings you here?" Dende asked.

"I'm just here to wait for these arrancars that are supposedly coming this month." Gohan said.

"I... see. Fascinating." Dende said.

"Isn't it. By the way, Piccolo, can you tell me if the arrancars are coming?" Gohan asked.

"You don't have to wait! They're already there!" Piccolo said.

"HUH! Hold that thought, I'll be right there." Gohan said. "You coming, Piccolo?"

"Naw, I think I'll stay here. I'm getting to old for this. I sense your brother is over there." Piccolo said.

Gohan used instant transmission. When he got there, he was greeted by a tall, beutiful arrancar.

"GOHAN! I GET TO MEET YOU, FINALLY!" The arrancar yelled.

"Mmmph! What the-! Who are you!?" Gohan asked, shocked.

"You don't recognize my voice? It's me, Nel!" Nel said.

"..." Gohan was too shocked for words. Nel had sounded like a little girl. He didn't expect her to be... a woman. "I thought you were a little kid!"

"Sorry about this, but I need to fight you! HYAH!" Nel kicked Gohan in the stomach.

"Gooh! W-well, you've got a nice kick." Gohan said. "Hey, Goten! C'mere!" Gohan yelled.

"Gohan! I haven't seen you in a month! Where have you been!?" Goten asked.

"I'll explain later. Where's dad?" Gohan asked.

"He stayed home. He said I could handle this." Goten said.

Nel just stood there, staring at Goten. She got super happy. "HE'S SO CUTE! Who is this, your brother!?" Nel asked.

"Um... yeah..." Gohan said, confused.

"NEL! WE DIDN'T COME HERE TO PLAY! WE CAME HERE TO KILL THESE BASTARDS!" Yammy yelled. "Didn't expect to see YOU here, runt." Yammy said to Gohan. "Time to pay you back for almost killing me."

Yammy was about to jump at Gohan, but Nel lifted her leg and kicked Yammy in the face. "Hold it, Yammy! Gohan's mine!" Nel yelled.

"Fine! I'll deal with this runt!" Yammy said, looking at Goten.

"I remember you! You were with that skinny guy!" Goten said.

Goten turned super saiyan and attacked Yammy. While they fought, Gohan looked around and saw Toshiro's special force fighting a tentacle arrancar. Gohan also noticed a little weird looking arrancar. Gohan also sensed Grimmjow with Ichigo. Ichigo was winning!

"Good job, Ichigo! I knew you could do it!" Gohan said.

"HEY! I'm talking to you!" Nel yelled.

"Oh, sorry. Where were you?" Gohan asked.

"I was saying that you should thank me for keeping Yammy from attacking you. If I hadn't stopped him, he would've died." Nel said.

"Don't you mean that YAMMY should thank you?" Gohan asked.

"Oh my gosh, you're right! I'll yell at him later. I need to stall you though." Nel said.

"Stall me? What do you mean?" Gohan asked.

"Uh-oh! I wasn't supposed to tell you that! Please erase it from your memory!" Nel said.

"Hmm... Okay, I will. Just tell me why you are stalling me." Gohan said.

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you! Now Zero and Ulquiorra won't get mad at me for telling you that Ulquiorra is kidnapping Orihime." Nel said. "Oh wait... darn it! I wasn't supposed to tell you that either! You tricked me! Meanie!" Nel said.

"Thanks for the info! I'm gonna sa- what the!? Where did Orihime's energy go!" Gohan exclaimed.

"Phew! You're too late! Bwa ha ha ha!" Nel tried to laugh maniacally.

"...You're not that good at being evil, are you." Gohan said.

"No, I'm not." Nel said. "Anyhow, I need to fight you." Nel said.

"I've never fought a girl before. I'm sorry, but I can't fight you." Gohan said.

Nel jumped at Gohan, but Gohan dodged all her attacks. She continued to punch and kick, but Gohan was able to dodge them all.

"Stop it! Stop making me look slow!" Nel yelled.

"How about this- we can watch the others fight." Gohan said.

"Hmm... okay." Nel said, happily.

Gohan and Nel went over to Toshiro and the others.

"That's Luppi. He's the Espada that replaced Grimmjow." Nel explained.

"I should help them." Gohan said.

Gohan snuck behind Luppi and blasted his back.

"OW! WHAT THE-!" Luppi yelled, turning around to find Gohan punch his face, making him let go of the others.

"Thanks Captain! We owe you one!" Rangiku said.

"Stop calling me captain..." Gohan said.

"What are you doing, Nel!? Attack him!" Luppi said.

"Okay!" Nel said, attacking Gohan again. Gohan dodged and flew towards Goten.

"'Sup Goten!" Gohan said.

"I'm good. This guy's no fun. I'm bored. I also heard that Vegeta's coming.

"Vegeta!? Why!?" Gohan asked.

"I guess he was super bored. Won't take long now." Goten said.

Gohan looked over and saw Yammy laying on the ground, in pain.

"Uuugh." Yammy moaned.

"Is he gonna live?" Gohan asked.

"He should be fine." Goten said.

Gohan sensed Ichigo's power going down.

"Ichigo! What happened!?" Gohan asked.

"I-I ran... out of... time." Ichigo said.

"You suck at using my power, Ichigo." Hichigo said.

"Why are you still here!? I thought I got rid of you!" Ichigo said.

"You did! That doesn't mean I can't give my opinion about your abilities." Hichigo said.

"I'm coming over to help! Stay right there, Ichigo!" Gohan said.

Gohan was about to teleport over to Ichigo, but Nel tackled him.

"NO! I won't let you leave!" Nel yelled.

"Nel, let me go. If I don't go, Ichigo will die..." Gohan said.

"I said no!" Nel said. "Nel won't let you!"

"You can come with me." Gohan said.

"OKAY! Let's go!" Nel said, excitedly.

"Wow, she's easy to fool!" Gohan thought to himself.

Gohan grabbed Nel's shoulder and teleported towards Ichigo. When he got there, he saw Grimmjow covered in ice.

"Hi, everyone! What did I miss?" Gohan asked.

"Rukia totally saved my ass. Thanks Rukia. I guess I owe you one." Ichigo said.

Rukia gave Gohan a dirty look. "Yeah, my pleasure, Ichigo." Rukia said.

"Hmm... you're still mad at me about Zero, aren't you." Gohan said.

"No I'm not." Rukia said.

"Then why are you giving me that look?" Gohan asked.

"You were taking too long, so I had to intervene. Also, I'm not giving you that look. I'm looking at her." Rukia said, pointing at Nel.

"Oh, her. Yeah, she's a nice person." Gohan said.

"She's an arrancar, Gohan. She also happens to be an Espada." Rukia said.

"So what if she's an arrancar. It's not like that's gonna keep us from being friends." Gohan defended.

"Just... keep an eye in her, okay." Rukia said, unsure of Nel.

Suddenly, an arm grabbed Rukia's head. Grimmjow had escaped! He was also charging up a red cero.

"Don't think that that ice wall was strong enough to stop me, soul reaper. You're almost as stupid as Ichigo here." Grimmjow said.

"Rukia! Let her go!" Ichigo yelled.

Gohan tackled Grimmjow, making most of the ice break off, and knocking the cero from his hand. Rukia was safe.

"Get off me, saiyan! This doesn't concern you." Grimmjow said, sending a cero into Gohan's face.

"That attack get's annoying after a while, you know." Gohan said.

"Prepare for another one, saiyan!" Grimmjow yelled, charging another cero. He was about to blast it, but a small kamehameha hit his hand. Goku had arrived.

"Dad! Glad you could make it!" Gohan said.

"I'm glad I made it in time!" Goku said. "Is he picking on you, Ichigo?"

"Sh-shut up, Goku!" Ichigo yelled.

"I'll take it from here, Gohan." Goku said.

"Who are you? Are you friends with the soul reaper?" Grimmjow asked.

"You guessed it! Now let's see how you can fight." Goku said.

"Fine then. Don't blame me if you die!" Grimmjow yelled, jumping at Goku with full speed. Goku dodged all his attacks, including a cero.

"Psst, Gohan. Did your brother get taller?" Nel asked.

"Um... no, that's my dad." Gohan explained.

"Wow, he looks exactly like your bro, isn't that weird?" Nel asked.

"Yeah, I guess. Let's just watch, alright. On second thought, can you check on Rukia, please?" Gohan asked.

"Okay!" Nel said, walking towards Rukia.

Goku attacked Grimmjow multiple times, until Grimmjow fell to the ground, in pain.

"I really don't like fighting people who have good in them, but your strong, and I couldn't help myself." Goku said.

"I'll make you pay, you stupid idiot! NOW GRIND-" Grimmjow said, lifting his sword, but Ulquiorra grabbed it.

"Our mission is finished. Let's head back, Grimmjow." Ulquiorra said.

"Not this time!" Gohan yelled, jumping at them, but the negación came again. "Oh, come on! Not this again! You better tell me what you did to Orihime, Ulquiorra, or I'll..." Gohan said.

"You'll what?" Ulquiorra asked.

"Wait, what!? What happened to Orihime!?" Ichigo asked.

"BYE GOHAN!" Nel yelled, going up a different negación.

"Orihime was kidnapped by that Ulquiorra guy." Gohan said.

The end of Chapter 9