(i'm sorry i've been gone... i was having trouble finishing this chapter, but i'm back on the ball and rolling with it!)

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Akajihaku looked up at the sky and thought she heard someone calling her and she closed her eyes and felt the warmth from outside her being. She looked back at her target looming closer and closer. This was it. If they were planning on launching an attack against the Arrancar, this was a good time to launch "then cannons", per say. She sighed and looked down at the Hallow carrying her and thought of a million things to say, but she wasn't so sure that she would be able to stop Aizen from his dangerous bout with the Shinigami.

She looked over her shoulder and spotted Gin and Hisagi, or Tōkūrō, talking to each other with some sheer intensity to their conversation. Gin seemed to be trying to convince Tōkūrō that it was high-time he decided what he was going to do. She sighed and then saw Shunsui standing on a roof with his hat slightly askrew and his blades drawn and his pink over-kimono missing and a stern stance.

She saw Aizen grit his teeth and she felt the urge and followed. Crouching down, she gripped the hilt of her blade and rocketed forward, faster than Aizen's Hallow and faster that the Arrancar could react to her. She wove around them and clashed with Shunsui, her long blade giving her more leverage and she forced him back a few feet before she stood up straight. She wore a long white cloak with a red lining, so she stood out from the other Arrancar and from her "father" and her hair was tied in a half ponytail with a white ribbon and her shades were covering those odd eyes of hers and were dyed a bright red color, like they were made from blood. She slashed at the air, as if shaking blood from Sakuranboite. She advanced, her face stern as her Hallow's mask began to form over her face.

It was much different than the others and she looked a little more menacing when only part of it showed. It looked almost like a shadowed hand holding her mouth half shut.

She raised her head and looked down at Shunsui as he forced her to jump. Her heels touched her rear and she brought her hands in and held the blade just under her chin and gave an evil half-smile as the small dots that made up the army came just a little closer and she slipped the blade down and this time, she sliced open the roof of the safety.

"Tch!" She jumped back as Tōshirō almost froze her. She didn't say a word, but she raised Sakuranboite and there was a flare of pink petals and she vanished once more, but Tōshirō knew better and closed his eyes.

The white claw started forming around his neck and his eyes flared open and he could see her moving faster and faster as she came closer to him and he used the Arrancar powers he had been granted and clashed with her mid-way.

Shunsui, who was standing there, only saw soft sparks and that was all. He sighed and shook his head. This was way beyond his level...

Jūshirō appeared and was holding a red shield that was only the size of his palm and propped it on the roof before he smiled at Shunsui, who tipped his head to the right in confusion and Jūshirō just jumped down on the Soul Society side and Shunsui, feeling like he should, jumped down and followed Jūshirō. "Hey, what was that!" he called after his friend.

Jūshirō stopped and turned around. "The princess told me to." He shrugged. "I got it this morning when I got up. I just followed what the letter said and as long as it's only the captains fighting, the Soul Society should be safer. Will you help me get the rest of the captains? I only got Yamamoto up to speed."

"Sure..."

An explosion of spiritual pressure and a Hallows scream and Tōshirō and Akajihaku slid appart in visible sight and they glared each other down. Out of the blue, Tōshirō charged her and his ice wings spread out as he screamed for her to stop this maddness.

She didn't budge, she just stood there before Byakuya came out of no where and knocked her out of the way before throwing his zanpakūtō out to defend himself from the blow. After a few moments, Akajihaku stood up and looked up at the wall.

Red sparks filled the air and cracked at her feet as she shielded her eyes from the red sparks as the wind picked up around her and kicking up dust. She scooted back a few steps and the sparks died away.

Byakuya glared down at her as Renji landed beside his captain. "You have no buissiness on this side of the wall. I will not permit you to pass, even at the cost of my life."

Nanoe appeared and knelt down. "This is our city. This is where you belong. Come back and make things right! Jūshirō is worried about you. Please."

Akajihaku's eyes widened beneath the red shades and she couldn't help but let the tear fall to show them she had no voice in this state and she reached up to her stomach and touched the hole. This wasn't how she wanted to live, but Aizen really seemed to enjoy her pain and she still felt that warmth from Jūshirō-taichō. Maybe she could stop it.

She turned around and felt a blast of energy and she knew Aizen was demanding she fight. How could she resister her father? The man who raised her from a child... she had no choice, she owed him this after all he'd done for her... as wrong as it was, she owed him something for all his troubles...

She turned back to Nanoe and, with tremendous effort, opened her mouth and the mask was gone. "Tell Jūshirō I'm sorry. I owe Aizen this. He saved my life." She reached up and pulled the shades off and her kind eyes were filled with tears. "I owe that man my life. I want to come over and be a part of that place. I really do." She opened her arms wide. "But I'm not a Shinigami. I'm an Arrancar. I've always been an Arrancar. Please, if you can, make the Soul Society safe! He's not going to stop until Yamamoto is dead. I'm not lying to you. He wants to kill the leader. If you could stop him, I'll come back. I'll owe you. Please!"

There was a pulse in spiritual pressure and she closed her mouth and quickly put the shades back on and the mask formed once more. She drew her zanpakūtō and launched herself back to the Hallows and Arrancar. She had no choice.

A tear slid off her face as she zoomed back to Aizen. She couldn't stand it. Everything hurt...