Next chapter! Yay! Two more chapters I think should do it. The last one is going to be the epilogue though. Well enjoy the next chapter! I do not own Bleach or Kingdom Hearts. Possible spoilers, OOC Zexion but he pretty much has been OOC this entire time, and swearing. There are the warnings.

Byakuya whirled around, sword out. Larxene, Kensei, and Ulquiorra stood there, arms folded across their chests.

"It seems you've given Zexion some trouble," Larxene growled, lightning sparking on her fingertips.

Zexion stepped out from behind her. Byakuya's expression became angry.

"I killed you!" he shouted.

"That was an illusion dumb ass," Zexion crowed.

Byakuya twirled his sword and plunged it into the ground. It sunk in and the row of blades appeared once again behind him.

"Let me handle him guys. I'm fast enough. Plus I have all the information that Zexion's given me. I can handle it," Larxene told them.

"Just don't get yourself killed," Kensei told her, patting her shoulder.

"You're the weak one, fainting in the desert in all," Larxene muttered as she started unzipping her cloak. She tossed it at Kensei. "I fight better without it. You better give it back to me."

Kensei glared at her. "Whatever. Come on guys."

Ulquiorra didn't say anything, just flash stepped away. The others quickly followed. Larxene grinned and summoned her lightning knives into existence.

"Well let's see this ultimate attack of yours Kuchiki-san," she teased.

Byakuya's eyes narrowed. The blades behind him shattered into pink blades and Larxene's eyes widened. "Oh dear," she said in a breathless voice. "However will I deal with so many dangerous things floating in the air?"

She grinned and Byakuya quickly clumped the blades together in a jet and sent them straight at her. Undaunted she let them fly at her. Byakuya's eyes widened as she flash stepped away at the last second. Quickly, he redirected his attack, eyes scouring for where she had appeared. His eyes found her on the roof top several yards away.

"That was impressive. But I've got something better."

She charged electricity up in her hands and then shot them towards Byakuya. Byakuya quickly slammed Senbonzakura into the electric jet. The two clashed, sending sparks of yellow and pink into the air. Hanataro stared at the two jets of power, amazed. Larxene sucked in a deep breath as she carefully detached a bolt of lightning from the rest of them and slowly began shaping it as she had with her attack on Kensei. She closed her eyes and slowed her breathing, focusing ninety percent of her energy on the thinning blade of lightning. She sharpened the tip even sharper than when she had attacked Kensei, holding nothing back this time. Carefully, she aimed it down the middle of the pink stream of light.

"You're finished!" she shouted, letting the bolt go, like firing an arrow from a bow.

Byakuya grunted as a bolt of lightning suddenly shot out of Senbonzakura and stabbed him straight through the chest, impaling him on the other side. The Senbonzakura blades disappeared instantly and Larxene let her hold on the lightning disappear, causing it to vanish as well. She smirked as Byakuya fell to the ground, barely supporting himself on his hands. He's as good as dead. My work here is done, she thought.

"Not so fast," Byakuya hissed, grabbing his sword hilt. "Scatter Senbonzakura!"

Larxene's eyes widened dramatically as suddenly, thousands of tiny blades pierced her flesh, causing her blood to flow upon the ground like a river. She fell to the ground, clutching at her chest with a bleeding hand. Born without a heart…doomed to fade back into darkness…the darkness…

Tears leaked from her eyes as she glared at Byakuya. Byakuya stared at Larxene in fascination as slowly, she began to turn to black mist, fading away into the night.

"NO!!" she wailed, her scream piercing the air right as she disappeared.

Byakuya sighed contentedly as Hanataro rolled him onto his back.

"Kuchiki-san. I'm going to start healing you right away," Hanataro told him.

Byakuya nodded, feeling utterly useless now that he had used up his remaining strength to kill Larxene.

"I killed her Hana-chan," he murmured as his vision started to darken.

"I know Kuchiki-san. But I refuse to let you die. Hold on a little bit longer," Hanataro said softly as the quiet green glow of healing spirit energy began radiating from his hands.

"I'll try."

Kenpachi grinned as he fell to his knees. Grimmjow was dead for sure. Now he just had to find a healer. "Madarame! Yumichika! Get me to a healer now!" he barked.

Yumichika and Ikkaku glanced up from their intense battles. "Captain! You look very ungraceful with those wounds!" Yumichika called.

"I realize that! Now ditch the two and get over here," Kenpachi growled.

Yumichika and Ikkaku flash stepped away from Roxas and Axel.

"What just happened?" Roxas asked quietly, turning to Axel.

"Well, judging by Grimmjow's decapitated head…I think that Kenpachi guy won and we just got out of a life threatening situation," Axel told him.

"But they're our enemies. How does having our other ally killed help us?" Roxas asked.

"Well look at it this way. Grimmjow is gone and Kenpachi is obviously frustrated that he is wounded, requesting that his officers get him to a healer. That means our enemies will be leaving so we don't have to fight," Axel explained.

"Oh," Roxas muttered. "So what do we do now?"

"Honestly, I think these three don't really care that we've infiltrated their home and are attacking them," Axel told him.

"That's still not answering my question."

"Well…let's go find the others and tell them that Grimmjow's dead," Axel said.

Roxas shrugged and watched as the three enemies vanished. "Sure…why not?"

Ulquiorra halted and Kensei and the others stopped as well.

"What is it?" Zexion asked.

Ulquiorra sighed. "Grimmjow went and got himself killed. I'll have to bring him back to Hueco Mundo to be regenerated," he told them.

Kensei shivered. That thing can be brought back?

"I will be back shortly."
With that Ulquiorra opened a portal and stepped through, vanishing from sight.

"You alright?" Marluxia asked, looking at Kensei. "You look a little pale."

"I'm fine."

"You won't be in a few minutes," growled a voice.

The three of them whirled around. Hitsugaya stood there, Hinamori on one side and a girl with orange hair on the other.

"I remember you," Marluxia said, pointing to Hitsugaya and then Hinamori. "But who are you?"

"Rangiku Matsumoto," the woman answered.

"So you've decided to attack the Soul Society," Hitsugaya said softly, a faint white glow flowing off him. "That was a bad move."
Rangiku drew her katana and Hinamori quickly followed her example. Marluxia drew his scythe and Kensei yanked out his katana. Zexion grinned and quickly transformed into Ulquiorra.

"What-" Hinamori gasped. "We just saw him leave!"

"That's my power though you fools," Zexion said in Ulquiorra's emotionless voice.

"You morph into other people. How amazing. But there's no way you can copy an Espadas moves," Hitsugaya said.

Zexion smirked and jumped into the air, charging up cero in firing it in less than a second. The three Death Gods just barely dodged and Rangiku stared at him in shock. Slowly, Zexion lowered himself to the ground.

"Let's see your powers Death Gods," Zexion growled.

Kensei moved his hand to the top of his head and Hitsugaya's eyes caught the movement. "A Vizard huh?"

Kensei didn't reply but drew his hand quickly across his face, summoning the hollow mask in an instant.

"Hinamori, you take Marluxia. Rangiku, you take the Vizard. I'll deal with him," Hitsugaya mumbled as he once again began glowing.

He jumped into the air, raising his sword above his head. "Sit upon the frosted heavens Hyorinmaru!"

His blade suddenly erupted and a jet of ice flowed out of the sword forming a dragon's head with glowing red eyes at the end.

"Growl Haineko!" Rangiku shouted, running her hand down her blade. It shattered into small pieces of ash that flowed around her.

"Snap Tobiume!" Hinamori yelled.

Her sword branched off into two other blades that pointed out of the sides.

Hitsugaya lunged at Zexion, snapping Hyorinmaru straight at him. Zexion easily flash stepped away and charged up a cero blast before flinging it straight at Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya swung Hyorinmaru and knocked it straight into the cero blast, redirecting it into a building. Once again, he whipped Hyorinmaru at Zexion. Zexion easily deflected it with a mere swipe of his hand. Ice chipped off of Hyorinmaru and Hitsugaya gritted his teeth. This isn't good. He can block Hyorinmaru with his bare hand.

Hitsugaya tightened his grip on the sword hilt as white spirit energy started rolling off of him ten fold. Around him, Hinamori, Rangiku, Marluxia, and Kensei staggered at the immense energy, falling to their knees.

"Bankai!" Hitsugaya shouted.

Ice whirled around him before forming a pair of giant ice wings around him. Hovering right above his head were three four pointed diamonds made of purple ice. Hitsugaya flash stepped into the air before diving towards Zexion. Zexion sprung into the air and smashed his fist into one of the wings. The ice shattered at the strength of the blow and Hitsugaya quickly recreated it with the water in the atmosphere.

Zexion charged up another cero blast and sent it straight into one of the crystals floating above Hitsugaya. Hitsugaya flinched at the loss of power before slashing his blade towards Zexion. Zexion brought up his arm to block and gasped as ice crawled up his arm, freezing it completely. He glared at Hitsugaya before suddenly whipping his foot straight into Hitsugaya's gut. Hitsugaya coughed, blood coming out of his mouth.

Then he once again tightened his grip on his sword and flew away from Zexion. Just like he had hoped Zexion gave chase. I need to find the nearest body of water and fast, Hitsugaya thought as he neared the execution hill. He grinned when he saw a rushing river to the left of it. With one more glance back at Zexion he dived straight into the water, quickly turning as much of it to ice as he could. Zexion hovered in the air, charging up another cero blast.

But he was stopped when suddenly; ten pillars of ice rose up around him. Hitsugaya rose up out of the water until he was at level with Zexion.

"This is the last move you will ever see," he growled softly.

Zexion tensed.

"Thousand year ice prison!" Hitsugaya shouted.

Zexion screamed as thousands upon thousands of tons of ice collapsed in around him. Hitsugaya watched with satisfaction as black mist started to float out of the tiny cracks in the ice. I think that means he's dead, he thought as he released his bankai, falling to the ground. Now to head back to the others.

"You're the one who almost killed Renji-kun," Hinamori said stiffly as she tightened her grip on her sword.

"Almost?" Marluxia questioned.

"We found him and got him healed just like Soi Fong."

"Well I won't make the same mistake more than once. I'll make sure you're dead," Marluxia growled, summoning his sakura petals to whirl around him in a complex pattern.

He moved his left hand, the one not holding the scythe. The flower petals lanced towards Hinamori and she quickly fire a blast of spirit energy at the oncoming petals, causing them to disintegrate. The blast continued towards Marluxia who used his scythe to slice the ball of energy in half, causing it to flow on either side of him instead. Hinamori flung another one at him which he easily side stepped before flash stepping behind her, plunging his scythe deep into her back. With a cry she fell to her knees, blood flowing like a red river onto the ground. Slowly, Marluxia began to draw the scythe out when suddenly Hinamori whirled around, slashing her sword across his leg, causing his own blood to flow to the ground.

He gritted his teeth and slashed at her neck. Hinamori rolled to the side, wincing as her new wound came in contact with the dirty ground. Then she was back on her feet, firing three blasts of energy at a time straight at him. He dodged one and used flash steps to get past the last two. Hinamori attacked him head and he swiftly brought his scythe up to block. She turned and slashed at his side, grinning when she cut into his side deeply. He winced and flash stepped away from her. It's like she isn't even affected by the wound I dealt her, he thought.

Hinamori flash stepped right in front of him, holding her sword to his neck. Slowly, he raised his scythe and curved it around her neck, the tip resting lightly at her neck.

"Shall we see who is faster?" she mused.

"With pleasure."

Hinamori gritted her teeth and charged up a blast of energy and sent it straight through his neck, faster than he could cut her neck. He fell to his knees, staring at the ground.

"You're finished," she told him.

Marluxia glared up at her, grabbing his scythe. With speed she didn't know possible he plunged the scythe into her gut. She screamed and fell to the ground, ripping the scythe out as her blood spilled upon the ground. Sakura petals started to whirl around Marluxia in a torrent and he slowly got to his feet. He knew he didn't have much longer before he died but he knew there was a chance he could save himself. With the last bit of strength he opened a portal and stepped through.

Rangiku moved her hands and sent the ashes flying straight at Kensei. Kensei flipped backwards as the ash flew above him and then turned his sword into his combat knife. Swiftly, he charged up his blue spirit energy and sent it flying at Rangiku. She weaved the ash around her and sent the energy straight back at him. Kensei dodged and sent three more blasts of energy at her. Rangiku dodged and sent her ashes right back at him.

Kensei grunted as the ashes cut across his shoulder, splattering his blood on the ground. He gripped his combat knife tighter and then cast it aside. Rangiku stared at him in shock. Then he was suddenly right behind her, hand gripping the back of her neck. Startled, Rangiku forced her ashes to cut his hand. Briefly, his grip weakened and she lashed back with her foot, kicking him in the gut and sending him to the ground.

From his place on the ground he began charging up cero, aiming it right at her. Rangiku readied her ashes to block the attack when suddenly Hitsugaya was there, sword at his throat.

"I'm giving you a choice, Vizard," he said quietly.

Kensei let the cero die away and quickly vanished his hollow mask. "Really now? And I should trust you why? You're the ones who cast us away merely because we're different," Kensei spat.

"Shut up and listen!" Hitsugaya growled, pressing his sword into Kensei's flesh just enough to cause blood to drip. "If you leave now, we will not give chase. But if you insist on fighting we will kill you. So…what's it going to be, Vizard?"

Kensei continued to glare at him and Hitsugaya met his eyes with his ice ones, daring him to refuse his offer.

"Fine. I'm leaving. But you might want to check on your little friend there. Marluxia really gave her a run for her money and he escaped too," Kensei told him coldly, before suddenly flash stepping away.

Hitsugaya looked over at Hinamori and rushed to her side. "Rangiku, go find a healer and quick!"

"Hai Taicho!"

Vexen panted as Mayuri stood above him, golden sword to his throat. Every one of his limbs was paralyzed from the poison Mayuri had in his sword once it was in its released form.

"I should finish you now but I'm considering whether or not to use you as an experiment," Mayuri said sadistically.

"I am no ones experiment," Vexen growled as he carefully started to move his fingers that weren't paralyzed…at least not yet.

A portal opened beneath him and Mayuri gaped as Vexen faded through. Before Mayuri could jump in after him he was gone. "Curse you," Mayuri growled. "And I was looking forward to such a nice experiment."
He walked away, forcing his zanpakutou back into its original state and shoving it into his sheath. Now to find someone else.

Ulquiorra stepped back into the Soul Society right as Kensei flash stepped in front of him. Ulquiorra looked at him in surprise.

"What is going on?" he demanded.

"Zexion died, Marluxia escaped to the darkness and some of the Death Gods let me live. Now, I'm finding Shinji and getting out of here," he said bluntly. "There's no way I'm going to stay here and take the risk of dying."

Ulquiorra's eyes narrowed. "I usually don't butt into the business of others but…you are one lowlife bastard," Ulquiorra told him. "You do realize Larxene is dead because she was trying to help us?"

Kensei's eyes widened and his mouth fell open. "What?"

"So I suggest you get your ass back out there. I won't let a lowlife like you ruin the chances of destroying this godforsaken place," Ulquiorra growled, stalking past him.

"Larxene is dead?" Kensei asked softly.

Ulquiorra glanced back at him. "That's what I just said didn't I?"
"But-"

"She was too confident."

Ulquiorra flash stepped away from Kensei and Kensei watched him go. Larxene…died…He thought back to when she had fought him in the desert. She had seemed so unbeatable back then. He stared at her cloak that he had tied around his waist. Was it possible that she had been beaten?

Slowly, Byakuya opened his eyes. He was lying on the hard ground and Hanataro was sitting beside his head, staring at him as he awoke.

"Kuchiki-san! You're alive!" he cried happily, hugging Byakuya around the neck tightly.

Byakuya winced as his chest gave a twinge of pain and Hanataro leapt back abruptly.

"It's okay Hana-chan. Just a little pain."

He sat up and leaned against the wall. Hanataro looked at him worriedly. "Anything else I can do?"

"No. You did fine Hana-chan. You saved my life. You did one really great thing," Byakuya murmured, smiling lightly.

Hanataro's face brightened and he hugged Byakuya again. "I did didn't I? I saved Byakuya Kuchiki's life!"

"So do you know why this is better than being known for everything?" Byakuya asked as he hugged Hanataro back, sighing in his mind as he felt Hanataro clamber on his lap.

"Yeah," Hanataro mumbled, eyes closing as he rested his head on Byakuya's shoulder.

"Why?"

"Because it feels great," Hanataro murmured, dropping off into sleep.

He must have worked his ass off to save my life. No wonder he's tired, Byakuya thought as he absentmindedly stroked Hanataro's head. Feeling tired as well, Byakuya drifted off to sleep too, completely forgetting about everything.