Izuru lunged for Mina-Rei, kicking the sword out of her hand. She whirled around.

"Sho!" she said quickly, using kido to push Izuru further away from me. "Dammit Izuru! What did I tell you? Stop trying to protect this home-wrecking bitch!" I was taken aback. She called me...a bitch? What did I ever do to her? Izuru got up, very angry.

"And what did I tell you? Do NOT speak of her like that!" I felt a small smile form on my face, but that was quickly wiped off by Mina-Rei's next sentence.

"I don't think you understand, my Prince." her...PRINCE? ! ? ! "Here, I am in control. You do as I say. I do not do as you say." she giggled as she walked towards Izuru. I began forward, but froze as her icy glare looked back at me. "Don't you dare move." she suddenly smiled, her bitter-sweet attitude confusing me. "You just might regret it!" Now, I was angry.

"How dare you?" I snapped. She looked back at me, almost fully turning. She then took a step back, keeping an eye on both me and Izuru.

"Excuse me?"

"How dare you take away Izuru like that! You call me a home-wrecker? No! I think the home-wrecker is you! You know me and Izuru love each other!"

"SHUT UP!" she screamed. She began shaking. "You...you don't know how much I love him...how much time and-and effort I spent finding out everything about him. To make sure...to make sure he was happy always! I wanted to be the one to make him happy, and proud, and I wanted him to love and pay attention to me and only me! Like I said before, it's not obsession, I'm not a creep...it's devotion, it's love." I shook my head.

"Mina-Rei...just listen, loving someone is nice, but to have a relationship with someone who loves you back is special. Maybe...that special someone...isn't Izuru."

"Oh will you shut up? What do you care about my happiness? That's right, you don't! All you want is to steal my precious Izuru away from me!"

"M-Mina-Rei, calm down..." Izuru said behind her.

"NO!" was the screeched response. "I WON'T CALM DOWN! I WON'T!" she turned her attention towards Izuru completely. "Can't you see, Izuru? Can't you see and understand that I love you?" he didn't respond. "Izuru? Please answer me! Tell me! Tell me that you do love me! That you were meant to be with me and not Momo!" I stared at her, saddened by her words. She wanted to be loved, by the only person she loved. Seen by the person who never saw her, held by the person who held someone else. But she couldn't have that... "SAY IT IZURU!" her cries echoed in the empty dimensia. Izuru sighed and looked up at her.

"I don't love you."

Mamoko's POV

"Damn..." I heard Toshiro curse under his breath. Once again, we were surrounded by a hoard of unidentifiable creatures. They took on a slightly humanoid shape...but much taller and way more lethal.

"Captain, were wasting time." Rangiku announced. He nodded in agreement. They began to close in.

"I know..." we were back to back, trying to find any possible escape. There was none. I sighed. I'm going to have to do it again...

"Open the Jiryokosha." I commanded.

"On it." Rangiku said. I heard her begin chanting. I placed Loka Luha upside down in front of me, and took a deep breath.

"Mamoko," Toshiro said in worry behind me. "you've been in bankai twice today, so I'm guessing 5 times at least in the past 24 hours. You'll drain your energy to nothing if you keep this up." I smirked lightly.

"I'll manage. Bankai." as I began to glow and earn markings on my skin, Toshiro shouted:

"Dammit, Mamoko, don't you ever listen?" I didn't answer him.

"Ketsueki no akai namida, Loka Luha!"

"Almost done!" Rangiku shouted. All of a sudden, I heard her scream.

"MATSUMOTO!" Toshiro shouted, "Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyorinmaru!" Alright, Rangiku is safe. I took another deep breath.

"Doku no shawa!" I shouted, pointing Loka Luha to the sky. Grey clouds covered the sky, and seconds later, and opening appeared, and a hundred poison butterflies darted down on the crowd of monsters, the heavy poison ratio immediately killing them. But the more that died, the more that came to avenge the others. My eyes widened. "Dokuya no cho!" I shouted, killing two at a time. They jumped up at me, but I kept them at bay by firing more poisonous butterfly darts at them. "Fuck!" I shouted after one scratched me on my stomach. I kicked it away.

"MAMOKO!" Toshiro and Rangiku shouted. "LETS GO!" I kicked and slashed away 5 more, then jumped down towards the Jiryokosha. They helped me in before we ran through.

"C-Captain...they're following us!" Rangiku shouted. I looked back, and my eyes widened. They were following us... I skid to a stop.

"Mamoko! Let's go!" Toshiro commanded.

"Just keep going! I'll be there in a minute!"

"We only have a minute!"

"Just wait! Dokuya no cho!" the blast killed some, and knocked the rest back. We flash-stepped the rest of the way out of the Jiryokosha, barely making it out. After a few seconds, I felt my bankai fade away, and I collapsed onto the ground.

"Mamoko!" the two shouted, looking back at me. Toshiro flashed-stepped over to me.

"Damn it, Mamoko...I told you this would happen." I chuckled as he helped me up. "I don't see how this is funny!" I smiled at him.

"You're cute when you're worried." a slight blush spread across his cheeks. Then, a small smile formed on his face.

"Shut up." I smiled brighter.

"You don't have to worry. C'mon, lets go."