I do not is Bleach.
~Seireitei: 1st squad meeting hall~
"So you returned late, because you were too busy training and exploring? Is that your best excuse?" Yamamoto stared down his 5th squad Taichou. He had requested all shinigami to return immediately after Inoue Orihime went missing. That had been a few days ago. "Any other reasons?"
"Well I was able to find out that Kurosaki Ichigo, Ishida Uryu, and Sado Yasutora all decided to travel to Hueco Mondo to rescue Inoue Orihime." Kyoya he'd been told by Urahara to report this to the Soutaichou. The reason why baffled him. 'Because then he will send people to rescue Kurosaki-san.' Urahara's voice chimed in his head.
"Even after he was told not to go. He has no respect for authority." Hitsugaya sighed heavily.
"You may retake your place in the line, Kyoraku-Taichou." Yamamoto watched as his grandson walked to stand back in his place between the empty space for 3rd squad Taichou and Komamura-Taichou. 'At least he isn't beside his father.' Having two Taichous with the same name was starting to pose a problem.
"What shall we do now? We are going to need Kurosaki's power for the upcoming war." Byakuya looked towards the Soutaichou. He could see what the shopkeeper was trying to do. "If he dies, then we will most likely lose the war. I'm sure we can spare a couple shinigami to go bring him back."
All the Taichous knew that Ichigo would have gone to rescue Orihime. Whether they told him not to or even if they said they would kill him if he tried. There was no stopping him.
"Ukitake-Taichiu and Kuchiki-Taichou, can you do without one of your high ranking subordinates for a little while?" He got a nod from both Taichous. "Very well. Kuchiki Rukia and Abarai-Fukutaichou will go and retrieve Kurosaki Ichigo and his friends from Hueco Mondo."
"They have already left." Everyone looked towards Kuchiki-Taichou. "I was only told to bring them back. They did as they pleased after wards."
Yamamoto smiled at the 6th squad Taichou. 'Well this just became very simple.'
The meeting ended with that.
Kyoya hadn't been to his squad building yet. As soon as he had stepped out if the Senkaimon he had been escorted to the meeting hall and interrogated by his grandfather. Not the best morning he's ever had.
As soon as he stepped into his office he was attacked by his Fukutaichou, with a very aggressive hug. "Hin...Hinamori...chan...I...can't...breath." She held on until he almost passed out.
"I was worried. I sent you messages, but you never replied to them!" Hinamori had tears in her eyes as she yelled at her Taichou for not keeping in touch for the three days he was gone for.
"Sorry, Hinamori-chan. My phone was damaged on the first day I got there. I could only detect Hollows on it." Kyoya pulled out the mostly destroyed phone from his pocket. "How are you feeling?" He caressed Hinamori's face.
Hinamori instantly blushed. 'Calm down. Calm down. He's just worried about you.' She gave herself a pep talk to try and calm her racing heart before answering him. "I'm okay. I'm still having a hard time believing Aizen and Aizen-Taichou are two different people. It just doesn't fit together for me."
"It's okay if the line between them is blurry now. Soon it will become clear, you just need to wait." He hugged her then kissed her forehead before going to his desk and starting on his paperwork.
Hinamori stood in the office like a statue. 'What just happened? Did he just..." Hinamori blushed at her own thoughts. She quickly shook her head to clear her thoughts then continued on the papers she had started on.
~Heuco Mondo: Los Noches~
Heartless sat at one of the chairs at the long table in the meeting room. The other 9 Espada sat at the other chairs, with Aizen at the head of the table. They had been summoned after tremors had emirates throughout Los Noches. Only a few people knew what they meant.
"Everyone, there are intruders in Hueco Mondo. But let's have tea first." Aizen spoke calmly to his Espada. He was not worried about the intruders, nor did he see them as a threat.
'What in the world does this guy have planned? And I still don't enjoy him calling me his Espada.' Heartless held a smile while she growled at her mind.
Everyone who wanted tea got a cup, and everyone who didn't waited quietly and patiently. The silence in the room was broken by Aizen, because no one else dared to make a sound. "Now then. Listen while you drink. There are three intruders, Ishida Uryu, Sado Yasutora, and Kurosaki Ichigo." Grimmjow stiffened at the last name, it didn't get past Aizen. "None of them are to be underestimated. The four of them broke into Seireitei and fought on par with the Gotei 13."
"They don't seem that tough to me." An Espada with a large round collar that stood up behind him spoke in a bored voice.
"Did you not here Aizen-sama? He said not to underestimate them, Nnoitra." Tier spoke in a harsh voice to the Espada sitting beside her.
"Four you say? Isn't there one missing then?" The Espada beside Grimmjow spoke calmly.
"Yes, I did. The fourth would be Inoue Orihime." Aizen answered his question while watching Grimmjow's face.
Grimmjow stood up and began to walk away from the table. "Where are you going, Grimmjow?" Tosen spoke to the Espada while placing his hand on his zanpakutou.
"I'm going to go take care of the intruders for your precious Aizen-sama." Grimmjow stopped beside Tosen to give him his reply.
"Grimmjow." Aizen did not turn to look at the Espada while he spoke. "I appreciate the gesture, but I haven't finished speaking. Please return to your seat." When the Espada made no move for return to his seat, he turned his head slightly and raised his Reiatsu. When the Espada had fallen to his knees, Aizen released the pressure. "Thank you for understanding."
Aizen stood from his seat. "You do not need to go after the intruders. They will come to us, so we shall wait for them." With that the meeting ended and everyone went back to their rooms to wait for the intruders to arrive.
Heartless did not return to her room. She headed for a certain human's room to chat for a bit. Her head hurt after hearing the name's of the intruders. "Orihime?" Heartless knocked on the girl's door. "I'm coming in." She opened the door to find the girl sitting on the floor looking up at the moon. "I'm guessing you felt your friends' Reiatsus. They certainly made an entrance, I'll give them that."
"Why would they come here?" Orihime didn't specifically ask Heartless the question, but she answered anyways.
"They are here to save you. You're their friend, are you not?" Orihime replied with a nod. "Then why wouldn't they have come to rescue you, idiot?" Heartless smiled at the girl. Then turned to leave the room. "Ulquiorra will probably bring you your meal. I'll try to visit again soon." She left the room making sure the door closed behind her.
Heartless walked back to her room to find Stark and Lilynette in the same places they were in before. "Why are you both here again?!" She walked into her room prepared to kick them both out, but never got the chance.
"Just waiting for you to get back." Stark had one hand closing the door and the other pinning both of Heartless' hands above her head.
"I can still hit you with a Cero, if I try." She was starting to get a bit annoyed, but she couldn't help but blush at how close he was to her.
"I don't think you'll try. You may want to keep it down. Lilynette is still asleep. She gets cranky when she gets woken up from her nap." Stark leaned closer to Heartless.
Heartless turned her head trying to hide her blush. Stark took this opportunity to kiss her neck. "Stark! What are you-" she turned her head to stop him, but he just use her movements to capture her lips. She couldn't stop herself from melting into it.
Stark let go of her hands and she wrapped them around his neck, pulling him closer to her. He responded by putting his arms around her waist. They stayed like that till Stark pulled away, because he felt someone glaring at him.
"If you two are planning on going all the way. Make sure I'm out of the room first!" Lilynette threw a pillow at Stark, which hit him in the face.
Heartless laughed as the two fought as usual. She stopped when she got a headache. 'These things are getting annoying.'
"Are you okay, Heart-nee-chan?" Heartless looked towards her bed to see both Espadas looking at her with worried faces.
Heartless smiled as she walked towards them. "I'm fine, just a headache."
She joined in their game by jumping over Stark and tickling Lilynette. Lilynette retaliated by tickling Heartless back. Stark joined in which got him into a headlock by the brunette. It went on for another hour until they all started to drift off into sleep.
"You guys are making me lazy." Heartless laid her head on one of her pillows, but found that it wasn't actually her pillow. It was Stark's chest. She froze in place. 'When did he move my pillows?'
"Blame it on the pervert." Lilynette yawned as she curled up on the other side of Stark with all the pillows.
Stark snored the whole time. Heartless giggled a bit before snuggling closer to the Esapada. 'When did I get cuddly?' She closed her eyes and smiled when she felt an arm wrap around her waist as she drifted off to sleep.
Stark kissed her forehead before slipping out of her embrace. "I'll be back." With that he headed off with the blond Espada at the door. He had a mission from Aizen to fulfill.
~Seireitei: Meeting hall~
Kyoya stood in his place with the other Taichous. They were waiting for Yamamoto-Soutaichou.
Each Taichou's Fukutaichou kneeled behind their Taichou. Except for 9th squad representative, Hisagi Shuhei, and 3rd squad Fukutaichou, Kira Izuru. They stood where their squad's Taichou would have, since their squad did not have a Taichou.
The doors to the meeting hall opened and two figures walking in. "Now the time has come to attack. Urahara has completed his job. As such, I'll be sending our advanced team. Kuchiki-Taichou, Kurotsuchi-Taichou, Kurotsuchi-Fukutaichou, Unahana-Taichou, Isane-Fukutaichou, Zaraki-Taichou, and Kusajishi-Fukutaichou." Yamamoto spoke while walking towards the front of the room after the doors had closed behind him. "You are dismissed!"
At the Soutaichou's words the shinigami he had mentioned left the room. Everyone else knew what was to come next. The war was starting.
"The rest of you. Return to your squads and prepare for war. Dismissed!" The doors opened and the Taichous and Fukutaichous headed back to their squads. Except for one pair.
"Kyoya-Taichou? Shouldn't we be going back?" Hinamori looked at her Taichou.
"You go on ahead. I have something I need to discuss with Yamamoto-Soutaichou." Kyoya walked towards the front of the room as his Fukutaichou gave him a worried look. He felt her Reiatsu fade and relaxed a little. "Yamamoto-Soutaichou, may I have a private word with you?"
Yamamoto raised his eyebrows at his grandson. 'He's starting to act like his sister.' He turned and walked into the annex room behind his chair, Kyoya followed. "What request do you have?"
"Please do not allow Hinamori to fight." Seeing his grandfather's confused face he explained. "If I tell her that myself, she will never listen. But if it is an order from higher up, she just might listen. If she goes to that battle, she will die. If she dies, then Toshiro will go on a rampage and most likely be killed as well." Kyoya stared at his grandfather with a serious look.
"When you are serious, you look like your mother." Yamamoto chuckled a bit. Kyoya was confused by his reaction. "You truly are her son. She has already made the same deductions and presented it to me earlier this morning. No need to worry, Kyoya. I have already given her the order. I just wanted to make sure it was alright with you. After all you are her Taichou."
Kyoya smiled at Yamamoto. "Leave it to my mother to beat me to the punch. Thank you, Yamaji." Kyoya hugged his grandfather then left to return to his squad.
When he got to his squad he found a distraught Hinamori crying on the floor of their joint office. "Hinamori-chan?! What's wrong?" He knelt down beside her.
"I was ordered to not be on the battle field. Was that what you were talking to the Soutaichou about?" Hinamori kept herself from yelling.
"No. I was asking if he would send me with the advanced team so I could try and get Kairi back, but he refused my request. I'm sorry you got that order. It might be because of how unstable your mental health has been." Kyoya looked at his Fukutaichou. She looked fragile. "Be honest with me. If you were to meet with Aizen, would you call him Aizen-Taichou?"
Hinamori looked at him in shock. "What kind of question is that?! Aizen-Taichou is Aizen-Taichou! Of course that would be how I would address him! Stupid Kyoya!" She stormed out of the office.
Kyoya rushed after her. "Wait, Hinamo...ri." She was no where to be seen. "That didn't go as smoothly as I had planned." Kyoya sighed heavily as he fixed his glasses. "Sorry, Hinamori." With that said he prepared for that battle and headed to the Senkaimon as soon as he received the order to move out, and defend the human world.
~Los Noches: Throne room~
Heartless yawned while stretching. She knelt behind Tosen on the raised platform. Aizen was speaking to the intruders while he walked through a Garganta. Beyond it, was the World of the Living. As well as their key to making the King's Key, Karakura town.
She saw all of the remaining Taichous and Fukutaichous standing on the other side of the Garganta. 'So they came.' Gin, Tosen and herself walked through to stand behind Aizen. She looked eyes with a brown haired Taichou who was glaring at her. She smirked and moved on to another that was wearing a pink kimono. He was looking at her with sad eyes.
Heartless felt her heart contract. 'At least I managed to tell Stark not to kill him, or let himself get killed.' She looked to the brown haired Espada. 'I think I have a hair complex.' She shook her head to clear her thoughts. She was glad she had recovered most of her memories. She remembered the effects of Hollowfying only blocked memories for a certain period of time.
"Heartless." Aizen did not turn to look at the Espada. "Make sure your father, brother and uncle do not make it through this battle."
Heartless answered as soon as he finished. "Yes, Aizen-sama." She went and stood beside Stark as flames engulfed Aizen, Gin, and Tosen. "Aizen-sama! Tosen-sama! Gin-sama!" She was about to go back when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
Stark held Heartless back from going to their trapped leader. "You have a mission to accomplish."
Heartless seemed to accept that with some distaste. "Fine. That leaves me in charge, as Aizen's number 0 Espada." Heartless pulled her zanpakutou out from under her skirt and hit her stomach with it's hilt. Her top crumble to just below her breasts. A '0' was tattooed on her stomach.
"I do not agree with that." An old man spoke up from his group.
"Don't insult Aizen-sama's authority and decisions, Barragan." Tier spoke from her group with her arms crossed.
"Don't insult me, Harribel." Barragan spoke as his Arrancar unrolled a carpet like bundle. Bones came out of it and formed a throne behind the old looking Espada. "I will be giving out the orders. Any objections, Cero Espada."
Heartless glared at Barragan. "None, Barragan-san. However, do not expect me to follow your orders. I have my own from Aizen-sama." Heartless wasn't too distressed by Barragan's want for power. She would let him be, for now.
Heartless felt a Reiatsu spike from the shinigami side of the battle. She moved to fight her father and found Stark and Lilynette beside her. "What are you both doing?"
"Just doing as instructed." Stark had his hand on Lilynette's head. The three Espada stared at the two Taichous in front of them.
"Two-on-three. That's not really your style, Kyoraku-Taichou." Heartless had placed her sheathed zanpakutou in the waist of her skirt. She now drew it with an almost sinister grin. "And I didn't realize you would fight, Ukitake-Taichou. Although,it's not surprising that you two would fight with each other. Old habits die hard right, father?"
"I would really like to know who your mother is. She must be one scary person for you to have the personality you have. Now then, will you give me back my daughter, Espada?" Shunsui looked towards the three Espadas. The woman was definitely the strongest out of them.
"You two know each other?" Stark and Lilynette both looked at their comrade.
"Yeah. I didn't remember before, but when Aizen-sama gave me my orders I remembered who they were. I'm surprised my little brother isn't here with you two. I was hoping to see how much stronger he has gotten." Heartless smiled at the Taichous. She didn't sense another Taichou coming up behind her.
"Right here." Kyoya brought his zanpakutou down to strike at Heartless. He was surprised that she could block it. "And I'm much stronger than you now, Espada."
Heartless smiled at her prey. "Good. I'm going to take care of this one. Remember what I asked. I'll protect you from the consequences." Heartless' face softened when she spoke to the man beside her.
"Got it. You have fun." Stark waved as Heartless dropped lower to draw her fight away from everyone else.
"How much stronger have you gotten, little brother?" Heartless easily blocked Kyoya's attacks.
"Are you really Kai? If you were, then you wouldn't be following Aizen. Let alone calling him Azien-sama!" Kyoya increased the force of his attacks. It didn't make a difference to the Espada.
"You have my heart, don't you?" Heartless caught sight of the locket she had given Kyoya under his uniform. "As long as you have it, Kairi will be able to come back."
"But I don't feel it anymore! I used to. I could feel her heart, but I can't anymore. Why is that?!" Kyoya was getting angry with the Espada's round about way of explaining herself. "Eclipse, Taiyo no Kage!"
Heartless laughed a little at Kyoya's anger. "Already in Shikai? I thought you said you were stronger." She felt the Reiatsu from the release of other Arrancar. "Looks like both sides are having troubles."
"Yes, but we will prevail." Kyoya rushed towards the Espada.
"Sadly I can't fight you full out. It's not in my plans. Besides, shouldn't you be worrying about your Fukutaichou. I didn't know Hinamori-chan was well enough to fight." Heartless had just found the weak girl's Reiatsu. "Seems like she's in a bind, and is that Hisagi-kun? Well he was 3rd seat, but I don't think he can hold up against Harribel's fraccion."
"Hinamori!" Kyoya turned to leave his fight. "I'm not running away. I'm letting you save your boyfriend." He ran off to help his Fukutaichou.
Heartless sighed at her brother's actions. "That's not how a Taichou should act. Oh well." She Sonidoed towards her father, but stopped when she reached the top of the building. She saw Lilynette yelling at Ukitake, who had her zanpakutou beside him. "Lilynette? Why aren't you with Stark?"
"Because this stupid pervert won't let me fight and that old geezer won't fight with me there! What's the problem with me fighting?!" Lilynette was obviously pissed at the two Taichous. "Now give me back my zanpakutou, Shiroji!"
Heartless wrapped her arms around the small Arrancar before she could take another step towards the white haired Taichou. "Idiot! If you don't have a weapon, don't get close to your opponent!"
They both stopped fighting each other when they felt a strong force from an attack. Heartless and Lilynette looked behind them to see an injured Stark emerge from a cloud of dust. Shunsui was attacking him from above again.
"Stop!" Heartless blocked both of her father's zanpakutous with her own. "I won't let you kill him, dad. Stark, if you intend to keep your word then you shouldn't have left Lilynette out of your fight." She growled at the man behind her. "I won't be able to help for much longer. So why don't we play dead for a little while, eh? It would make my job easier."
"I'm afraid I can't do that, Espada." Shunsui pulled away from her. 'She has a strong arm to be able to fully block me with only one hand.'
"Lilynette. Get up here." Stark spoke with out looking towards his partner.
Lilynette saw that the white haired Taichou was distracted, so she was able to grab her zanpakutou from him. "You got it." She put it back into her helmet.
"Wait!" Ukitake followed her up to the same level as everyone else and stood beside his friend. "Your going to make that child fight?"
"Lilynette may look like a child, but we were one Hollow before we became an Arrancar. She is my Hollow powers." Hr placed a hand on Lilynette's head. "Kick about, Los Lobos."
"Katen Kyokotsu." Shunsui attacked again, this time getting past Heartless. He headed for the Espada.
"Hey!" Heartless turns to confront Kyoraku, but stopped when she realizes someone is attacking her as well. "So you're fighting as well, Ukitake-Taichou?" She brought up her zanpakutou to block her uncles sealed zanpakutou.
"You've changed quite a bit from being my Fukutaichou. I wonder if we would still be in this situation if that incident didn't happen all those years ago?" Ukitake looked at Heartless with sad eyes.
"Where is Kaien-kun? Did he leave his Taichou to fend for himself? I'll kill that idiot when this is over." Heartless felt another presence behind her. She fired a Cero at the shinigami that was trying to sneak up on her. "It's not nice to sneak up on people, Shiba-Fukutaichou."
"Darn it. I was hoping to end this quickly, Espada." Kaien had barely been able to dodge the Cero. "You must be a pretty low number to be having trouble with one Taichou."
"This is no trouble." She spoke while standing behind Ukitake. "I just didn't feel like killing my former Taichou." She disappeared before Ukitake could attack. "But I might make an exception for you." She attacked Kaien. He blocked, but the force still smashed him into the roof of the building below them. "Unless you finally decide to accept my apology. Too bad Aaroniero Arrururerie isn't around anymore. But I'm sure Kuchiki-san will tell you everything about him."
Kaien stood up, he felt terrible. 'Only one hit, and I'm already at my limit for endurance. What has she become?' He went back to the battlefield and stood beside his Taichou. "She's stronger than I thought she would be."
"Weren't you paying attention before?" Heartless pointed at the number '0' on her stomach. "I'm the Cero Espada. In other words, I'm more powerful than Stark." She held a fist in front of her.
Stark grabbed her hand before she could form a Cero. "Not that. Not here. You'll just kill more people and cause more damage than necessary."
Heartless looked away from him with a slight blush. "I wasn't going to use a Gran Rey." She actually had been, but she didn't want to admit it. She was beginning to lose her connection to her heart, she was becoming a real Hollow. 'Tsuki no Kage. Go to Taiyo no Kage's world. If you stay with me any longer, you will disappear.'
'I can hold out a little longer. I won't let you become a Hollow.' Tsuki spoke firmly to her master. 'Keep going, Kairi-sama. I have been with you since the beginning, and I will be with you at the end.'
Heartless smiled at the voice in her head. "I got it. Looks like our two fights became a two-on-three. Technically a three-on-three, but we only have two bodies on our side. Sorry for not counting you as an individual, Lilynette."
"It's okay. At least you apologized." Lilynette's voice came from one of the pistols in Stark's hands.
"So you two are the most powerful Espada? Too bad for you both." Shunsui held his zanpakutou in front of him.
"Don't assume you've won yet, father." Heartless took her stance. She knew they had a hard fight ahead of them. "Don't die on me." She spoke to Stark in a hushed tone.
Stark smiled at her words. "I won't."
They all rushed towards each other.
~Fake Karakura Town: Kyoya-Taichou~
Kyoya saw the large beast heading towards a Suspending Star. 'What is that?' He rushed towards the beast and watched as it swatted its hand at someone on the Bakudo. He recognized their Reiatsu. "Bakudo 37: Tsuriboshi!" Hinamori was caught by the kido. "Hinamori!"
"Kyoya...Taichou?" Hinamori could barely speak from the pain.
"Hisagi-kun, Kira-kun." He turned to see the two standing behind them. "Kira, heal the two girls. Hisagi you're with me. We're going to take down that beast."
"Um...Kyoya? Are you sure?" Kira looked unsure of his friend's decision.
"Yes. Now go!" The three headed for the beast. Kira broke off to take Matsumoto back to where Hinamori was to heal her at a safe distance from the fight.
Hisagi and Kyoya attacked the beast, but none of their attacks seemed to work. Kyoya was getting annoyed. "That's it. Screw keeping your cool in a fight. Bankai!" Black sand enveloped the Taichou. He emerged from the sand in his Bankai form. He had chosen not to use his Hollow powers unless the Visoreds decided to join the fight. "Kuro-ana Taiyo."
Kyoya looked towards the beast. It didn't seem that scary to him anymore. "Nightmare." He sent sand at the best.
The sand wrapped around the beast and sunk into it's fur. It dropped to one knee as blood began to pool at it's feet.
"What! How could he do that? Ayon is far more powerful than him!" Kyoya look towards the three Arrancar that were above him.
"Rain." He continued to look as his sand got above him then fell down on the three girls. He pulled the sand away from them once it had all fallen. "Are you ladies done?"
"Maybe, but you definitely are!" One of them yelled at Kyoya.
He could feel the beast's killing intent from behind him. "Nightmare, Lullaby." Sand attacked the Ayon's head. His eyes were destroyed and once it cried out in pain the sand entered it's mouth and tore it apart from the inside. Kyoya sighed as he could still feel the beast trying to move. "Hado 54: Haien." He added more of his Reiatsu to the kido to overpower it. Ayon was incinerated.
"Hisagi, how much healing kido do you know?" Kyoya knew Kira was the best out of the three with normal healing kidos.
"Not that great, but I can go and check on Kira if you wish to be left alone at the moment." All he got was silence from his friend. He left to check on Kira, and to get away from his friend's killing aura. 'He's scary when he decides to fight. Especially since his Bankai seems to take all emotions away from him.'
Kyoya walked towards the three Arrancars. "Do any of you still have the will to fight? Or will you all just lay there till you die from your wounds?"
The three Arrancars stood up and charged at the Taichou.
"I see. Them let me put you to sleep, permanently." Kyoya pulled off the scarf that was around his neck and wrapped the ends around his hands. "Dream Stealer." He walked past the three Arrancars. Then put the scarf back on as their lifeless bodies hit the ground behind him.
He walked back to Kira and the others. He found Hisagi also on the ground and Komamura-Taichou standing in front of them. "Need any help?" He felt the reiatsu of Hitsugaya-Taichou flare above him. "Looks like he has that Espada taken care of." He turned back to the group. "I'm going to go see if anyone needs help." With that he headed back in the direction of his father. 'Dont do anything you'll regret, Kairi.'
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