Ulquiorra laid on the floor beaten, more than half of his body was gone, he knew that regenerating it was out of the question without any type of assistance he was done. Of course, he knew that no help would come for him, especially now when his executioner stood over him with his sword aimed at his throat. A sudden shift in the atmosphere halted his foe's movements, Ulquiorra moved his eyes to better understand what was going on, he could see the woman and the Quincy being momentarily stunned by such shift. His gaze then moved to the source of the disturbance, even in his state he remembered immediately what they were it was the God of Destruction and the Watcher.

"Mind taking a step away from him? It would be a waste if you killed him." Cooler said, in a calm manner, letting his arms hang free to his sides

Ichigo slowly turned around, his empty eyes meeting the strange new arrival, his lower jaw opened slightly as he let a low growl escape. Cooler was disappointed, he wasn't expecting a reply since he had been watching the fight till this point, still such a simple reaction didn't make him get any more interested.

"Remember what I told you Zeke. I'll give you some space to work." the Frost Demon said, his eyes fixing on Ichigo

The Human turned Hollow had no time to react as Cooler charged at him and tackled the being a mile away from Las Noches. Ichigo was sent crashing into a dune, while Cooler calmly landed on top of a dead tree, surprisingly the being was quick to recover from the impact and began to charge a Cero.

Orihime was lost she had just seen Ichigo, or the thing that used to be Ichigo, be thrown like a ragdoll something that not even Ulquiorra was able to do. Speaking of which, the Espada was in terrible shape and as much as she wanted to deny, part of her didn't want to let him die but this confusion was enough to leave her frozen.

"Orihime Inoue." a voice said from behind her

"Yes…" she replied nervously turning to meet Zeke

"Heal him." the tone of her voice even if friendly, was overwhelming and demanding

"But…" Inoue tried to argue back her doubts still getting the better of her, what the Watcher proceeded to say only made her more confused

"I'm sorry…" Zeke chuckled

"It seems that you understood that order as a request, I'll make sure to make it clearer the next time I say it. Heal the Espada! Or you want him to die? Who knows what will happen, since Lord Cooler did seem to be interested in him."

The girl didn't make a sound and simply did as she was told, Zeke could tell that the Quincy wasn't pleased with the situation, in no time Ulquiorra was healed. The Espada looked down at his fully healed body, part of him wanted to sigh of relief as not even he was ready to die in such a miserable way. Orihime stood just a few feet from him her head hung low, he understood what she was feeling, it was shame which he found understandable given that she was forced to heal him.

"Good to see you back in shape, Ulquiorra Cifer." Zeke said, in a friendly manner

"You have my thanks for helping me. But I do not understand of what use I can be to the God of Destruction. I was beating by Ichigo Kurosaki, I have failed in fulfilling my role, I no longer hold any use." the Watcher frowned at his short sightedness

"For one who claims that his eyes see all, you really are short sighted, Espada. True if I wasn't for us you would be dead, it is also true that in Aizen's eyes you are a failure I bet that if he could save you he wouldn't even bother to do so. But Lord Cooler he sees the potential in you, like he did with Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck. Come and join us, be one of his Horsemen in such position you will be an equal to the Royal Guard." she paused to see if her words had any effect, yet Ulquiorra seemed unmoved

"What about Ichigo? Could a great warrior like yourself live with that loss? What I present is the power that you need to surpass him. We only seek your loyalty, serve us as you did Aizen, and in return we will give you a home, comrades, a place to drop dead and above all that your revenge." Orihime's eyes were wide and shivers went down her back at the sound of these words

Ulquiorra didn't reply, first he reduced himself back to his base form, then he picked up his sword his gaze didn't move as he starred Zeke down. In a surprising move, he placed his blade down and kneeled before the Watcher, who almost blushed at such an action.

"I will honorably serve the God of Destruction. I will hold no distinction between or my former master, Aizen. I will be his eyes and his blade for as long as he wishes."

Zeke held back a laugh, astonished at how easy it had been for her to get Ulquiorra on their side. Ulquiorra remained in the same position waiting for the order to get up, he wasn't pleased with lowering himself to that extent, but he knew that he was alive because they wanted him to be. Which meant that he owed them his life, which was no small debt so it would be in his best interests to work as hard as he could to repay it, because it would just be as easy for them to take his life away.

"You already got him kneeling!?" Cooler laughed arriving at the scene

In his right hand, he held Ichigo, returned to his normal state yet unconscious, the Frost Demon threw the body towards Orihime and walked up to Ulquiorra signaling him to rise so their eyes would meet.

"You will be a fine addition to my forces. " Cooler didn't linger for long on the Arrancar as he made his way towards Orihime

The poor girl froze as the God of Destruction stooped just a few feet from her position, the pressure that his presence alone applied on her was enough to cause her to fall on her knees. Not wanting to be rude Cooler kneeled down in front of her and placed his right hand under her chin making her look at him.

"And you have the most interesting of skills. From what we know they may even be similar to Zeke's. Which makes you a very rare find, and makes me wonder if I should take you with me." Cooler said with a disturbing smile

"Lord Cooler…" Ishida tried to defend her, but in a blink of an eye his arm was gone

"Ishida!" Orihime cried out attempting to run up to him, but the Frost Demon held her in place

"You are lucky that I wasn't aiming for you, maybe that will teach you not to speak out of place." Cooler only had his eyes on Ishida, he sighed before continuing

"I know exactly what you were going to say, something about not taking her away from her friends or something. Fine, I wasn't planning to take her with me anyway." he released his hold on the woman and walked back to Zeke and Ulquiorra

"Still, we will be keeping an eye on you, such skills cannot go to waste. Zeke, we're leaving." with that they were gone

They materialized in the training cavern, already waiting for them were Grimmjow, Nelliel, an heavily injured and unconscious Nozomi, Ino's disfigured corpse and the head of Legion which Grimmjow proudly held up for Cooler to see.

"I see that you've taken care of our little problem." Cooler remarked

"Of course! He talked big, but once we got him down to his last life he was powerless, which was quite the letdown." Grimmjow explained

"And Ino's dead, no matter I've found a replacement." Cooler said, stepping aside to reveal Ulquiorra

"He is the lastest Horsemen and your leader. Go and join the others. Zeke if you don't mind heal Nozomi." they both immediately did as their Lord commanded

"I'm not working with him!" Grimmjow roared out, as soon as he did he was on the floor crushed under Cooler's power

"Could you please repeat yourself? I didn't understand what you were saying." Cooler asked, in a mocking tone

"I feel honored to work with someone with his skills." Grimmjow said, earning him his release

"Thought so. Now that you are all here I will announce your ranks, after all you are the Four Horsemen. Nozomi Kujō will be Death, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez will be War, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck will be Famine and Ulquiorra Cifer will be Pestilence."

Cooler stopped speaking to see if anyone had questions or wanted to say something about their designation, no one said anything so he motioned Zeke to take him back to his throne room. Arriving at the chamber he looked at the destruction caused by the Cero, it was underwhelming at best, the next thing that he examined was Ying and Yang. By now the duo were already conscious, they sat at the base of the stairs Yang held her sister in her arms, they slowly looked up at their Lord with shame plastered all over their faces.

"We failed you, Lord Cooler. We were completely useless." Ying mumbled

"Truer words have never been spoken. But if I wanted you to be fighters I would have said so long ago. Zeke, how long will it take for this to get fixed?" Cooler asked, turning to face Zeke

"I can fix all of this and heal them in about a minute."

Zeke's words were true, in less than a minute she had fixed the damage done to the chamber and healed the Arrancar sisters. Once more Cooler sat upon his throne, with his aides to his sides and Zeke stood at the base of the stair waiting for her Lord command.

"Let us continue to watch how this unfolds."

From his seat, Cooler watched as the battle in Fake Karakura Town unfolded, how the strength of the Espada seemed overwhelming, the arrival of the Visored, the downfall of the Arrancar and when Aizen finally entered the battle himself. Cooler had been informed about Aizen's abilities so he wasn't at all that surprise when the Shinigami managed to easily squash all the competition. Even when he got the best of Yamamoto Cooler was unmoved, Ichigo did talk a good game but in the end Aizen still had the upper hand, the only thing that got the God of Destructions interest was Aizen's fusion with the Hōgyoku as it seemed the finally something of interest would happen. Eventually it did Aizen began to transform and that was enough to crush whatever resistance remained, so he and Gin went unopposed to Soul Society.

"It seems my turn has finally come." Cooler pointed out, with a bored yawn

"You wish me to take you to Soul Society, my Lord?" Zeke asked, as Cooler approached her

"No. Take us to the battlefield."

"Let's go." Ichigo's father said, placing his right arm over his son's shoulders

"Go where, exactly?" a voice enquired from behind them

Ichigo recognized right away who it was, and even if Isshin didn't know who the voice the feeling that he got from the source told him that it was dangerous. Ichigo turned around, bringing his father with him as he did so, the God of Destruction and his attendant stood before them, his arms crossed over his chest as he eyed the young Shinigami.

"There is no need to answer, I already know where you were going. Aizen is no longer your problem, from now on I will take care of him."

"Then why are you here!?" Isshin spat back

"I was making sure no one would stand in my way."

"We understand, Lord Cooler." Ichigo humbly said, it surprised his father how cordial he was

"Zeke, now take us to Aizen." with that they left

Aizen and Gin calmly strolled through the streets of Karakura Town, they made their way to a wider street when Cooler and Zeke appeared before them, they stood on the opposite ends as they finally came face to face. Aizen strangely kept his calm expression, it was most likely because of his over grown ego, while Gin did seem to show some signs of worry.

"Zeke, you may leave see if there is anything of worth left from the battle. If there is take it back to the cavern, then return to me." Cooler said, loud enough so only she would hear

Zeke took a small bow and disappeared, Aizen and Gin had already begun to make their way towards Cooler, who keeping his arms crossed only waited for them to make the first move.

"You honor us with your presence, Lord Cooler." Aizen said, in a calm and welcoming manner

"I was hoping that I wouldn't need to act, but since your actions are aimed towards the Soul King I had to do something. And let's be honest Aizen, your ego couldn't handle a defeat from the Royal Guard." Cooler remarked, with a confident smirk

"So, you wish to stop me?" Aizen asked, still perfectly composed

"Yes. But I am a fare God, so I will give you the opportunity to attack first." Cooler replied, not bothering to take his stance

"Please excuse me then. I've already made the first move." Cooler's eyes widened as he felt a blade going through his right arm, leaving a small scratch

"Not even with the power of the Hōgyoku, would I think of underestimating you God of Destruction." Aizen said, from behind Cooler

"You think that illusions and scratches will get you anywhere Aizen?" Cooler hissed sarcastically, finally unfolding his arms

"Of course, not."

Cooler spun around bringing his right hand straight for Aizen's throat, but when he was about to get a hold of him his target disappeared, and another small scratch emerged on his right side. A small smile emerged on the God of Destruction's face, if he wasn't keeping his power at a similar level to Aizen's this would be going very differently, however these illusions were becoming rather annoying. Cooler quickly turned around feeling something approaching him from behind, but when he looked there was nothing there this was followed by a feeling of a blade being dragged across his back.

Reacting to the attack Cooler wrapped his tail around his opponents arm and spun around finally getting his right hand across Aizen's throat, as soon as he felt his foe's throat he clamped his hand firmly around it to make sure he wouldn't escape.

"What are you going to do now?"

"How can you be sure this is me?" Azien asked back, not struggling in Cooler's grip

"I can feel your reiatsu in my hand, there is no way it belongs to Gin." Cooler growled back, triumphant

"How perceptive. But you seem to forget that my Kanzen Saimin, can manipulate all five senses." Aizen paused, just to admire the slight doubt in Cooler's face

"But do not worry, indeed this is me. Yet while you were focused on me I was able to mute the other stimulus around you." Cooler raised an eyebrow at his opponent not fully understanding what he meant, his eyes widened when he remembered that Gin was with Aizen just moments ago

"Bankai, Kamishini no Yari." commanded a voice from behind him

Had this happened before Cooler became the God of Destruction he may have been in trouble, but now he was in the best shape of his life and this included his senses. Cooler threw Aizen to the side and did a back kick on Gin, sending the Shinigami flying through several buildings, looking back at the destruction Cooler was certain he hadn't used enough force to kill him.

"Sneak attacks? Those don't fit you, Aizen." the God of Destruction sighed, directing his full attention to his initial opponent

"I wouldn't have expected anything else from the God of Destruction." Aizen calmly replied

Cooler didn't even bother to reply he charged at Aizen, hitting him in the gut with a devastating punch causing a shockwave upon impact, but he wasn't finished retracting his hand he rammed it through Aizen's chest getting ahold of the Hōgyoku before pulling it out of its hosts body. Aizen fell on his knees, blood dropping freely from his chest and mouth, even with this he tried to get some words in but they were incomprehensible, so Cooler simply crushed the thing in his hand.

"He did not deserve an ending like that." Aizen's voice pointed out, from behind Cooler

The God of Destruction looked at his hand, in it rested the bloody remains of a heart his eyes darted at Aizen's corpse, he could now see that it was Gin. Now he had had enough, one thing was when Aizen was trying to outsmart him, but seeing him reduced to using his own subordinates as distractions was killing his fun.

"Aizen, I won't kill you after all that would be too easy. And who know's in the future you may be of use, so I will make this as painless as possible for you."

A flare of aura enveloped Cooler's body, his plan was simple with enough power he could easily break free of Aizen's Shikai, after that he would be as helpless as any other "mortal". Slowly Cooler began to raise his power, the windows on the buildings that surrounded him began to vibrate and crack under the pressure, the road eroded around Cooler as more of his power was set free. With one final push, he let out enough energy to destroy the buildings around him and break through Aizen's illusions.

Cooler quickly scanned the area for his foe and found him still in one piece crawling out of a pile of debris. The Frost Demon charged at Aizen, doing a horizontal motion with his finger Cooler unleased a blade shaped attack, that easily cut through Aizen and the nearby landscape. Aizen's eyes went blank in disbelief, as he saw everything but his left arm and shoulder be removed a long with his source of power being cut clean in half.

The God of Destruction dropped down near what remained of Aizen, he had to admit that it surprised him how even without the Hōgyoku the former Captain was regenerating his injuries. However, this didn't last long as a cross-shaped beams of light erupted from Aizen's chest, whatever was happening Cooler didn't care he knew enough to know that even if he regenerated Aizen wouldn't get up from his attack. Calmly he began to walk away from the crater, on his way out he was meet by Urahara and Ichigo.

"I thought I told you to stay back." Cooler hissed

"My apologies, Lord Cooler." Urahara said, taking a small bow along with Ichigo

"You can take him from here."

Zeke appeared shortly after took Cooler back to his planet, she took him to the cavern given that she had found something of interest. These discoveries were Tier Harribel and her Fracción, fully healed and in their base forms, the four Arrancar turned to face the God of Destruction but didn't bow.

"Four Arrancar, one of them one rank above Ulquiorra." Zeke informed

"So, they are the only survivors from the battle?"

"Yes, my Lord."

"I will not serve you!" Harribel roared, defiantly

"Neither will we." her comrades said

"Explain." Cooler said, tilting his head to the right in confusion

"We fought for Aizen, yet he cuts us off when we no longer are of any use. We won't bow before anyone ever again!" Harribel hissed back

"Yet you fail to understand something. You don't need to bow before me to belong to me." his words echoed through the Arrancar sending chills down their backs

"You still value your lives, don't you? I will offer you a deal, you accept you get to live, what do you say?" Cooler suggested with a disturbing smile

"We will listen." Harribel replied, almost in defeat

"Smart. I give you Hueco Mundo, rebuild Las Noches, after all the throne should go to you, the strongest Arrancar alive. I only wish for some replacement servants and monthly reports along with some random visits now and then. What do you say?"

"We wouldn't serve you directly, instead we would just look over your property?" Harribel asked

"Just like the Shinigami do with Soul Society, yes."

"No other strings attached?"

"I don't remember mentioning any."

Harribel turned to her friends, they all exchanged uneasy looks but they also showed that the idea of ruling over Hueco Mundo, since they had the power to change what Aizen had done.

"We accept."

"How wise of you. Zeke take them back, rebuild Las Noches and then comeback."