Author's Note: "There are only three more chapters left.. I've actually been waiting for this! -laughs- I had it planned out to be an entire series but I don't think I want to anymore. For the loyal readers who have enjoyed this series I am planning on doing some spin off one-shots for the parts you have mentioned to me, since I have six years that I can make up -laughs-"

"On a less similar note, someone called me Al yesterday." - Alex Lawsford

"Teheheheheheheh..."

The sinister laugh that filled the air came from Beyond Birthday. The childish Arrancar was sitting across from the eventful Karakura high school giggling to himself. Specifically, he was fiddling with his hair and watching Ichigo Kurasaki through his classroom window for the 995th time.

In the past few years Ichigo-watching had become his hobby, bordering on obsession. Why? To Beyond it was simple, Aizen had mentioned that Ichigo was an interesting, powerful person yet Beyond had defeated him so easily. Beyond's question to himself was "Am I just too powerful?".

A ritual Beyond conducted at the exact same time of every other day had him summon a weak Hollow into the human world and watch Ichigo hop out his classroom and defeat it, this was the most fascinating to him. A strong dedication to the job.

Beyond's nose twitched, he could sense two powerful souls clashing, however he couldn't detect where exactly. It wasn't close, but Beyond knew it wasn't too far out of his reach. His idea? Bring the action to him.

"Hmm? That time already?" Beyond muttered as he snapped his fingers. As per usual his subject left the classroom to take out the Hollow. Beyond felt a calling inside him, he wanted to scream out to the world the truth. So he did, he stood up and dusted himself off. "Today is the day humans!" he called out to the world looking around. He spat on the floor where he had sat everyday for the past 995 days and disappeared in order to complete the final piece of his plan.

XXX

"TAKE THIS!" L Lawliet yelled as he once again tried to attack his friend Ken'ichi. L was a powerful fighter and skilled in zanjutsu but every time he attacked Ken'ichi could block it with ease.

"Come on! Fight me! Use all of your strength!" Ken'ichi taunted him with his hands, he figured L was holding back because they were friends.

"I don't want to destroy the place.." he grunted simply.

"THAT'S THE SPIRIT!" The reason he wanted L to fight with everything he had was because Ken'ichi was incredibly pumped for this fight, as if he had been waiting for it all his life. Another circle of wind spiralled around him and began to blow his clothes around. "It's not like you can run away."

Ken'ichi was right, the tornado he had summoned earlier had surrounded them creating an almost impenetrable barrier.

L calmed himself down knowing it was the only way he could defeat his rival. He aimed Hatsuyumi's point at Ken'ichi and focused his mind to use "her" special ability, Yari. But Yari was hard for L to conjure, it would only ever work in dire situations. However, L felt himself filling up with the power he felt the first time he used it. He was about to call the name when captain Kyōraku burst into the dojo throwing off Ken'ichi's concentration.

"It's him" the captain told them.

"Now?" Ken'ichi completely lost concentration and the tornado around them stopped almost instantly.

"This is earlier than I predicted." L said, he was confused. Why would he appear now of all times?

"We need you to gather the rest of your group!" Kyōraku ordered, the fun-loving captain had the most worrying look on his face right now. Could it be that Kyōraku was afraid of Beyond Birthday? That was what L had thought, but he was wrong. Kyōraku's true fear was allowing L and his friends to fight Beyond alone. "As demanded by old man Yamamoto I am not allowed to interfere with this battle"

"Is that a good idea?" Ken'ichi smelled a rat, something was up. No captain would send new graduates in to a battle like this. Kyōraku ignored his comment and continued.

"I will be escorting you. Gather 'Team L' and meet me on the roof of area 623"

"Team L?" Ken'ichi was pissed, completely ignoring the actual issue at hand.

"The Karakura highschool? Why there?" L asked rather than being side-tracked. He was still pleased that he had an entire team named after him. He just didn't show it.

"That's where the attack began. Now, hurry" he said turning back around.

"Shit. Where are the others?" Ken'ichi thought back, considering the time Rin and Akane would still be asleep. "I'll check the barracks. Go find Miya and Hattori and we'll meet back up on the roof of area 623."

"On it."

XXX

The area was deserted, not a single soul could be sensed; human or not. L was sure that the school should be full at this time however nobody was there. It was too quiet for his liking. To his knowledge Team L consisted of L himself, Akane, Hattori, Ken'ichi, Miya and Rin. As L had already thought he would be directing the team.

"Everyone here?" Kyōraku asked them. "The current situation is simple. Beyond Birthday has summoned his Fracción or his squad of weaker Arrancar that serve him. I say weaker, however that's just in comparison to Beyond. You will each take one while L takes on Beyond, do not interfere. Yamamoto has specifically ordered L to take on Beyond."

"Why captain?" L asked, "What's our connection."

"As I told you when we first discussed this. That will have to wait."

"Bu-" L's body froze, he could barely breathe or move his eyes. When he attempted to look around he saw the entire team were also affected.

An incredible pressure came from above them, Beyond and his five Fracción had appeared above them. Beyond's Fracción all looked the exact same as him, only with snow white skin and hair. Their movements were almost like dolls and a remnant of their masks resided underneath their right eye. If one Beyond was bad, five was horrifying and L could sense it.

"Welcome friends!" he called down to them with a menacing grin.

B's cold grey eyes scanned them all and finally came to L. Instant regret is what Beyond felt for the first time in a while. When the two met eyes the froze, unable to move or speak. Almost as if the look had trigger it both L and Beyond had an immense pain shoot through their heads causing their eyes to bleed.

L fell to the floor, his head filled with all the memories he had from life all in one instant; Watari, Light Yagami, Naomi Misora, the Kira case and... The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases. Not just L's part in the investigation, but everything Beyond had seen through-out.

That was the connection between them!

Beyond was B, the back-up of L. Had B already knew this?

Is that why L was getting ready fight him?

These questions circled his head and no answers arrived.

His flash back stopped and L wiped the blood from his eyes.

"Eru..?"

"Thank you." with the help of Akane he stood up, as did Beyond.

"Remember?" he chuckled knowing that L just saw everything he saw.

"B..."

"Ahh good, the L I remember. So we can commence." Beyond drew his sword in preparation but L did no such thing.

"Why B?" he asked. "Why are you doing this?"

"Why? Two reasons..." he crouched down in the sky as if to patronise L, "One is because with you gone these horrifying nightmares will go away..."

"Wait, you aren't in league with Aizen?" Kyōraku asked backing away to make sure he didn't disobey Yamamoto's strict order, despite not understanding it.

"Psh, forget Aizen. But the second reason? Purely for... REVENGE!" he shouted as he shot down to attack L. L met him in mid-air as he saw the Fracción pass next to him to attack his friends, before they knew it they were all part of a large scale battle which their captain had left.

"If I had died that day... If Naomi Misora had let my plan go through then this wouldn't be happening. Beyond Birthday and Rue Ryuzaki would've died in one swift movement. Gah! L! You. Need. To. DIE!" Beyond yelled throwing himself backwards. The Arrancar Prince started charging a blood red Cero which became black in the middle.

L wasn't stupid. Hknew that it would end if he was hit by it and made plans for a quick dodge however when he looked back Beyond was gone.

"Behind you! ZYAHAHAHA!"

"Shit." L stuttered using Shunpo in order to escape. "Tame the wicked, Hatsuyume!" he called from above his enemy, as the blade was covered by a white light L pointed his weapon at Beyond ready to use his special ability. The confused look on the face of Beyond Birthday was the last expression L wanted to see from him.

"YARI!" he screamed and from the tip of the blade a thin but piercing white light extended through Beyond's chest and his cold blood began to flow out.

XXX

"Blow over, Kaze-Enkei!" Ken'ichi shouted as his foe clashed against his blade. The Arrancar he was looking at had little emotion across it's face as if it wasn't actually living. He used the wind from his Kaze-Enkei to blow the Arrancar away. "What is your name?" he asked.

"Name, you ask?" the dull monotonous voice reminded him of Hattori who was fighting the same enemy next to him."Why do you ask?"

"It's respectful to know the name of those you defeat."

"Ohohoho...We shall see Ken'ichi Akatsuki."

"What!"

"I know all about you.. My name is Amadare." he slashed his blade in the air threatening Ken'ichi, he wasn't fazed.

"Ready to die? HARAKĒN!"

XXX

"Dammit! Why couldn't I be stronger!" Akane shouted as she pushed against her Arrancar; he had already introduced himself as Wabishii.

Wabishii's blade had begun to crack Akane's Shikai which took the form of a shining rapier with a rainbow coloured tail of light living up to it's name; Niji no Tsubasa.

"There is just 4% chance that you could defeat us."

"I'm not going to let you defeat me!" she shouted, "Senkō!"

"ARGH!" the Arrancar screamed dropping from the sky as an enormous bright light shone from Niji no Tsubasa and burned into his skin. Despite having no emotions, the Arrancar could still feel pain. Although, that wasn't enough as almost instantly he attacked Akane from below.

"You got me." he said as he drove his blade into Akane's defence. "You're not going to get away with that."

XXX

"Look left, Kōri no Neko!" Rin shouted, her enemy had only moved once; to attack her with it's comrades. Once he had landed a hit he backed off and had not yet moved, confusing Rin. Her Shikai took the form of ten rings, one on each finger, and gave her the ability to turn inanimate objects into moving ice sculptures that would attack for her. Unfortunately for Rin, she hadn't yet perfected this nor did she have anything close to her to freeze. "Damn... What do I do now?"

"..."

Rin looked the Arrancar in the eye, he was following her. Slightly but she still noticed it, it was like he was waiting for something.

"Why aren't you attacking Arrancar?"

"My name is Mafuyu... Before we arrived here I activated my Resurrección." He swung his large sword around his head stretching his arms. Of all of the Fracción he seemed the most active.

"So..."

"My Resurrección is called Yakuwari no shiaii (Role game), we have to take turns attacking otherwise the 'cheater' will die. Now hurry."

"Shit.. But I can't deal any real damage without freezing something... Crap.. Maybe I should jus-"

"Time's up! Game over.." he said dragging his large sword behind him, closing in for the 'final blow'.

XXX

"ARRRGHHHHHH~" screamed Miya, unable to use her twin specific Shikai she was all but useless. The Arrancar standing above her with his sword driven deep into the girls body was called Yakedo, he smiled.

"Does it hurt little one?"

"AHHHHH!" she screamed again, Yakedo spun the blade in order to make her feel more pain.

"I would say so."

"W... WHY!"

"Why? Because Birthday-sama told us to. It's pretty simple."

"H.. Had- ARGHHHHHHH!"

"I wouldn't try that again if I were you."

"H.. H.."

"I don't even think you can."

Miya lay there, the pain was fading but that wasn't good. She knew she was fading away but still wanted to help. "How?" She hoped someone would save her but everyone was too busy with their own battle. Rather than cry, she began to laugh "Heh..."

"Hmm?"

"Ehehehehehehehehhh~" he faded eyes became full again but for almost no reason whatsoever. Her power wasn't increasing and she certainly wasn't healing herself, she just began to laugh. "It's time to end this Arrancar." Miya was bluffing however, the pain had only subsided because she was on the verge of death, he spin had been crushed and she could barely move her limbs still she fought.

"S.. Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp t... Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring. Move and become the wind, stop and become the c.. C.. Calm. The sound of warring spears fills the empty castle Hadō #63. Raikōhō!"

XXX

Hattori's Shikai did almost nothing in the way of helping him overcome the Arrancar threat, Hyakushō Mushi's (Peasant Bug) form didn't even change, staying the same dark red katana he had carried around for years.

"What a pitiful Zanpakuto" his Arrancar told him shaking his own oversized katana in comparison. He had introduced himself as Masaku.

"Insulting me is not wise."

"Oh really?"

"I have a secret I want to show you."

"Hmm?"

"You see, I've been called many things and genius has always been the one I preferred. I was once able to break into the research facility and I found my ticket to power."

"Oh really?" the sarcastic Arrancar said, "And that was..?"

"An unfinished version of a special soul candy, one that allows your Zanpakuto to manifest."

"..."

"Did I tell you my favourite word Masaku? It's deus ex machina and you're about to see why."

"Huh?" Masaku was no longer confident of his abilities yet had no idea where Hattori was leading him.

"Ban-Kai!" he whispered in to his hand. His Zanpakuto began to fade into dust and dust circled up his body and around his head. Finally taking the form of a blue eyepatch. Masaku just stared at him with a huge smirk on his face.

"That? That's your Banka-"

"Souzoumushi (Creation Bug) is his name." he stated, although there was no need.

Hattori had already ended the battle. Souzoumushi's ability was the first of it's kind, it allowed Hattori to materialize anything he needed; one item at a time and only if he had held it already. The item he had chosen was his own sealed Zanpakuto but that wasn't the point. The point was where he had materialized it. The area he had chosen was Masaku's forehead. "Deus ex machina at it's finest" he smiled.

XXX

"Zyahahahaha..." Beyond laughed, and continued to laugh as his high-speed regeneration fixed the large hole in his chest. "Is that the best you can do L?"

"Gah, he's too powerful"

"You're damn right."

"Why are you attacking me?"

"To get rid of the nightmares!" he charged at L swinging his Zanpakuto at him, L retaliated. To him it seemed the mere mention of these nightmares sent him into a fury.

"What? What nightmares?"

"If one of us dies, the other forgets the memories we share. We're linked L, spiritually linked and if the link is broken everything becomes normal. Why do you think your captain had to leave? Yamamoto made sure that nobody else got in the way."

"If one of us has to die, it's you! YARI!"

"Not this time" he said grabbing the spear of light and crushing it with his bare hands. "Cero!"

"Shit."

"GETSUGA... TENSHŌ!"

"What?" Beyond's reaction was too slow and he was hit by a enormous wave of blade energy that L had never seen before. Next to him appeared Ichigo Kurosaki, the man who brought him to the Soul Society. But he shouldn't remember this.

"D.. Damn. So someone did want to interfere? Not to worry L. I'll be back, soon."

"No, wait!"

Too late. Beyond had already vanished. As had his Fracción.

"Dammit... He wasn't even released and I couldn't even really hurt him... Alright, everyone!" L shouted, "Regroup here!".

Everyone piled in front of L and Ichigo, but they were missing two heads.

"Has anyone seen Miya or Hattori?" Rin asked, suddenly worried about their safety. Nobody really did well in there fight as far as anybody knew. Somehow, nobody had even seen or sensed Hattori's Bankai.

The sound of shunpo was heard and Hattori called from behind the group.

"We're here." he said, he was carrying a wounded Miya in his arms. "We need to get her back."

"Hold on, I'm here for a reason." Ichigo told them, "I've been asked to take you into training. After surveying the fight the captains have decided upon it."

"Surveying?" Ken'ichi mumbled through gritted teeth, this didn't sit well with him. "They just watched and didn't do anything!"

"I'm sorry, that's why I interrupted."

"THOSE BASTARDS!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, he usual 'cool' exterior was completely gone. "CAN YOU HEAR ME YOU COWARDLY BASTARDS!"

"You all need to come with me, just try to stay calm."

"Forget it."

"Ken'ichi..." L said wanting to help his friend but he slapped his hand away.

"L, don't"

"But.."

"L, maybe you should listen to him" Rin told him, grabbing the back of his shirt.

"What are you going to do Ken'ichi?" Akane asked him, it wasn't really her place and she knew it. But she also knew nobody else would ask. She sighed as he didn't give an answer straight away.

"I'll take Miya back and I'll work on my own. Goodbye." he took the girl in his arms and disappeared.

"I hope she's okay..."

"Listen, are you ready? This is urgent." Ichigo called their attention back to the matter at hand, he was getting a little frustrated with them "You may only have days until his next attack. We have to act fast."

"But, what are you going to be able to do?" L asked.

"We'll go see Mr. Urahara."