Chapter 11-Truths Revealed

Black and white streams of energy clashed at one another for one final time, deciding which person would be the victor. As the dust cleared, I anxiously awaited the outcome. If it just so happened that Ichigo lost to Byakuya, then I had no idea what to do next. The whole script would be changed and I would be useless to the others.

The chance of that happening was 50/50 since Hichigo's appearance was longer than expected. That meant that yes indeed, my presence here affected the storyline somewhat. By how much, I didn't know. But if it did, then I, along with the entire Soul Society would be in trouble. It could have been that I was over thinking the whole situation, but it was better to be safe than sorry. It was also better to try and think ahead and plan things out.

Ichigo, come on! You have to win, you just have to!

I bit my bottom lip. It was a bad habit I had when I was nervous, along with biting my nails. Byakuya stood a few feet away from Ichigo. As I looked at Ichigo, I could see his expression of pain. He grunted and blood spurted out of his right shoulder.

No! No, it can't be! Ichigo, you couldn't have lost, now could you?

My eyes widened and I took a deep breath. Ichigo's eyes glazed over as he started to fall. At the last moment, he managed to stay standing by stabbing the ground with Tensa Zangetsu and leaned on it. I rushed over, trying to help him stand.

"Stay back, Jen!" he yelled when I was only a couple feet away. I stopped midstep, shocked at his words.

What the hell is he thinking? He looks like he's going to black out!

"I won't fall!"

His voice was so full of determination that I could only hesitantly nod. I looked over at Byakuya and gasped. Blood was pouring from his shoulder too. He stumbled a couple of steps then started limping away from us. He took huge, pained breaths as he did so. He looked at his shaking palm and that really confused me. Wasn't it Byakuya that won the fight? If so, then why wasn't he saying anything? Why was he just staring off into space like that? Then I noticed that he was thinking. With that, I realized that Ichigo had actually won the fight and not him.

Yes! Thank you, God! Ichigo actually won! Thank you! Now I don't have to worry about not knowing what's going to happen next! Everything will go as planned! Sweet!

I inwardly did another happy dance, then stopped and realized something. It was something that had been nagging me since the very beginning. I never really wanted to admit it, but...what if things didn't go the way they planned for the others? Then what? The only thing I could do now was pray, and hope to God that things would stay true to the original storyline. I focused back on Byakuya's hand and watched as the Senbonzakura petals flew away.

"You wanted to know just what path I would choose. Well...I chose the path of heeding my late parent's words. Criminals must be brought to justice. Once their punishment is decided, it must be carried out. That is the rule of the law."

"You would honor the law, even over the life of your own sister?" Ichigo asked incredulously.

"That's why I told you that someone like yourself would never be able to understand the principle behind my actions. Sympathy towards a relative, what could be more pointless? Feelings and emotions have no value compared to the law. The Kuchiki clan is one of the four great noble families. We're duty bound to serve as examples for all Soul Reapers. How can we enforce our laws if we ourselves are not willing to obey them?"

Ichigo's eyes widened, taking in the information. The three of us stayed silent until Ichigo broke it.

"I'm sorry, I still can't understand. I swear, even if I was in your position, I would fight it! I would fight until I ended your stupid law!"

Byakuya's eyes widened in turn at the outburst. Then they softened and I knew that Byakuya knew who Ichigo's true enemy was. And that...was the law of the Soul Society. It was never about him in the first place. It was the law. He looked at me and I smiled back. I could see the corner of his lip twitch. He now knew that we were not enemies. He turned away and continued to speak.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, because of your free spirit and reckless abandon, you have broken my sword. You have my word. I will pursue Rukia no more. You have won."

He shunpoed away and I sighed in relief. The battle between Ichigo and Byakuya was done. Ichigo had his little 'I won!' cheer and I chuckled. Suddenly, he started to fall. I was in midstep trying to catch him, then stopped. I remembered Orihime would show up and if I went in there right now, things would get ugly.

"Ichigo, look out!"

Both their heads collided with each other. I tried hard not to laugh, but I just couldn't help it. I dropped to the floor and held my stomach as Orihime started apologizing. He held his head in pain and glared.

"Oh shut up, Jen! That wasn't funny at all!"

Then he realized who he was with and gasped. That was totally acceptable since he hadn't seen the others in a long while. I watched the exchange between the group. They all started talking at once and I could tell that they were really excited. Orihime did her spaz dance and I had to stifle more laughs that threatened to come out. I didn't want to ruin the moment so I held it in. Then she sat on the ground beside Ichigo. She said she was glad that he was alright and that she was worried about him the whole time they were separated. A blush settled on her face.

Oh, how sweet!

Then the group turned towards me and asked who I was. I introduced myself with my real name instead of Ichigo Momosaki. There was no need for that since practically everyone knew my true name. Ichigo, in turn, introduced the others to me. He told them of how I helped him and I smiled at their reactions. Uryu was suspicious, but as soon as he saw the way Ichigo was acting around me, he relaxed a little. Chad and Orihime fully accepted me with open arms, saying that a friend of Ichigo's was a friend of theirs. I beamed widely, then turned serious.

"Listen, guys, I have to tell you something really, really important. The battle isn't over yet. Actually, it's only just the beginning. Orihime, I need you to heal Ichigo with your Soten Kisshun right away..."

I trailed off as Orihime, Chad, and Uryu looked surprised at how I knew about Orihime's abilities. Uryu stiffened and I could tell he was getting ready to interrogate me. Not in a good way either, mind you.

"Guys, it's alright. She's good. Don't worry, I'll explain how she knows about us later when we have the time. Right now, she has something she wants to say. And...oh wait, I can tell them, right?" Ichigo asked me while staring at the group.

I nodded my consent as Uryu calmed down. He glared at me, but otherwise said nothing. Apparently, he saw my urgency to tell them something important and didn't argue with Ichigo on this one. Though I was pretty sure he would probably confront me later about how I knew of Orihime's abilities. The thought that Ichigo probably told me about Orihime's abilities probably never even crossed his mind. The way he was acting proved my suspicion. But oh well. What can you do? [shrugs]

"Anyway, he's going to need it in a little bit. And Ichigo, you might want to get ready to fight again. There's still something you have to do." My eyes narrowed as I thought about Aizen true intentions. They saw my killer intent and I knew they were all wondering why I was getting ready to kill something. If I was correct, then Renji would be here any minute now carrying Rukia. Aizen and the other two traitors wouldn't be too far behind.

As if on cue, I felt a bunch of spiritual pressures over by what was left of the Sokyoku. I could tell that Renji was going to be in danger because Aizen was there. I didn't really want to fight the bastard, but I had to help Renji. I was sick and tired of just waiting around and watching. I wanted to fight and I needed to fight if I wanted the Soul Society to win.

Again, while looking back on this, I realized that it was real stupid of me. I mean, I had no training in sword fighting whatsoever and only basic knowledge in self-defense. What the hell was I thinking back then? I was just an ordinary human girl! What chance would I stand against the great Sousuke Aizen? The answer, my dear friends, was none at all. But...I foolishly believed that I could have taken him on long enough to stop him, if not for just a little while. Even I had to admit that I was naive and foolish for thinking that back then.

"Ichigo, stay here a bit. I'll be right back. Orihime, please continue to look after him, okay?"

"Ah, but where are you going?" Orihime asked worryingly, knowing I was about to get into something big.

"What's left of the Sokyoku, of course. I have something I need to do. Anyway, take care guys," I pointed over to where I was going and they nodded, albeit somewhat confused as to what I was going to do. I smiled and waved goodbye. Then I shunpoed off to where Renji was.

"Okay then, no turning back, Jen! You can do this!" I muttered under my breath as I came to a halt behind Renji with Rukia in his arms.


"What the...? This is the Sokyoku Hill! What the hell is going on?" Renji asked, then looked around to see me standing next to him.

"Jenny! What are you still doing here? What the hell happened?"

"Not now Renji. I'll tell you later. Right now, we have more important things to deal with." I turned to face Aizen. I glared and he smirked at me. Renji also turned to see what I was looking at and gasped. Then Aizen spoke to the both of us.

"Leave Rukia where she is Renji, and back away. You too, Ryoka girl." I swear a tick mark appeared on my forehead as I crouched into a defensive position.

"Wha...Captain Aizen. But how can this be? And what did you say?" Renji stuttered.

"How odd. I'm sure you must have heard me the first time. I said leave Rukia there, and I told you to back away along with the Ryoka girl, Renji."

My eyes narrowed at his indifference to the situation. What a jerk! Then the sky above us crackled like a stereo system and Isane's voice could be heard throughout the entire Seireitei. I knew that this was the message concerning Aizen's true nature and I could feel everyone's spiritual pressures wavering as they took in the information. I could never even begin to fathom just how hurt everyone was by this, now that they knew the truth.

Renji and Rukia gasped in surprise. I however stayed calm, never taking my gaze off Aizen as the message continued with all the horrific things he had done. After a little while, they got over their shock and Renji replied with defiance.

"No, I will not, Captain Aizen."

"What's that?" Aizen asked and I interrupted Renji before I could even think about my choice of words.

"You heard him, you lying bastard! He'll never hand Rukia over to a jerk like you!"

Said bastard/jerk arched his eyebrows. Then he slowly smiled as the light from the sun glanced off his glasses. It gave them an ominous glint and I shivered. Oh, I was so dead now! He looked at me with a dangerous glare and I automatically gulped.

Oh shit! I am so totally screwed! I really shouldn't have said that!

But even as I thought that, I couldn't help but feel better. I wanted to say that from the very beginning but never got the chance to because of the other Captains that were with him.

"Hmm, I never thought that the Ryoka girl was so disrespectful to her elders."

I stood there in anticipation, wondering what he was going to do next. Would he kill me for my disrespect? Or maybe not at all? I had no idea whatsoever. I was, by no means, an Aizen mind-reader. I don't think anyone can do that besides Gin, and even he's not that good at it either. Aizen's just too damn mysterious and enigmatic for anyone to understand. Not that I wanted to understand what was going on in that sick mind of his. Ugh!

"See, I told ya so, Captain Aizen," Gin chimed in, smiling all the while. I stiffened. Shit! Just what else had he told Aizen? Surely Izuru must have kept his promise to keep my being a seer a secret. He just had to! If Gin knew about it and told Aizen, then I would be totally screwed beyond all get out!

"Whadda ya gonna do with the girl now, Captain Aizen?" I immediately tensed as Gin started to take out his zanpakuto, ready to dispose of me if Aizen gave the word.

"That won't be necessary, Gin," Aizen looked at us as he started walking forward. He saw that we would never let him have Rukia without a fight. He continued smiling.

"You two are so stubborn. Since you won't let go of her and stand down as I ordered you, I have no choice. But I will take your feelings into consideration and I will let you have your way."

He took out Kyoka Suigetsu and I started to sweat. This was bad, like really bad. I needed to do something otherwise Renji and I were dead meat. I thought about what I could do and prepared my hands to utter a Kido spell. I hoped that it would at least stall him until the others got here. My first priority was to make sure Renji and Rukia were safe from Aizen's grasp, then I could worry about myself. I started to discretely conjure up some spiritual energy in my hands in hopes of firing a Kido spell at him behind my back.

"She can stay in your arms. The rest of you goes," he continued as the glowing ball in my hands grew bigger and brighter. I readied myself to shout the incantation and took a deep breath.

"Hado 31, Shakkaho, Red Flame Cannon!"

I brought my hands back to the front and fired it. Everybody's eyes widened as the ball of energy came hurtling towards him. He quickly regained his composure and swatted the Kido away like it was nothing with his bare hands. I stood there in complete shock. I guess I should have seen that one coming. Ugh! How stupid of me!

"Interesting, so you can use Kido and Shunpo like a regular Soul Reaper, huh? Very interesting indeed," he mused, looking over at Gin. Gin shrugged a little bit.

"Whoops! Sorry Captain Aizen, my bad. I forgot ta tell ya 'bout that part," he giggled while rubbing his head in an innocent kind of pose. Aizen turned away and looked at Renji. Renji took that as his cue to jump back to gain some distance from him, but he wasn't quick enough. Aizen managed to injure one of Renji's arms as blood dripped onto the ground.

"Renji, no!"

Then I felt Aizen's presence tower over me. My eyes widened. I tried to shunpo away, but...pain washed over my entire body as I grunted. Somehow, Aizen managed to slice my entire left shoulder that went all the way over to my chest. More blood started pouring as I slumped over and fell on both my knees in absolute disbelief.

Wha...what the hell happened? I can't go down like this, not when I still have so much to do! I was going to try to help fight Aizen some more. I can't believe that this is all I can do!

"Jenny!" Renji cried as he went to help me. Aizen blocked his path and smiled, looking down at me. I glared at him with absolute hatred. I started to pant heavily, taking in as much air as I possibly could.

"One down and now one to go. I can see your defensive skills have improved a great deal, Renji Abarai. I am happy to see that you've continued to progress, but I hope you won't struggle for too long. It's difficult for me to control my power. It's difficult to step on ants without crushing them. And as your former superior, I would prefer not to kill you if I don't have to."

Both of us glared at him. I knew I had a death wish with what I was going to say next, but I didn't care. Not at that point anyway. Yes, I wanted revenge that badly.

"You sick bastard! How dare you say something like that to him? He was one of the people who trusted and looked up to you!" I shouted, dizzily trying to stand up. He looked at me in astonishment and spoke.

"So you can still move? Amazing! I never would have thought that someone like yourself would be capable of such a feat. Anyway, you should mind your own business, Ryoka girl. I was nice enough not to kill you. Gin, do something about her so that she doesn't interrupt us again, but...don't kill her."

"Gladly, Captain Aizen."

Before I could even try to defend myself, Gin shunpoed over and kicked me in the stomach. I coughed up blood as I felt myself being launched into the air. Renji and Rukia gasped as I landed a couple yards away from where I originally was.

"Ugh!" I groaned out loud as my head collided with the floor and rolled over onto my side. Boy, that stung like a bitch!

"Ah! Jenny! Are you alright?" Renji shouted to me as I laid there.

"I'm..ugh..fine, Renji." I wheezed back as more blood came up. Now I knew how Ukitake felt when he had his attacks and it was painful!

"There. All done Captain Aizen. She won't be getting up for a while now," Gin said cheerfully. That jerk! Aizen looked over to me yet again to make sure I wasn't going to try anything else, then back to Gin as he nodded his approval.

"Good work, Gin. Now then, back to what I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted." Renji got over his shock and decided to speak up.

"Yeah right, you don't wanna kill me? Then what about Momo? You killed her in cold blood!"

I vaguely heard Renji continue on. I knew he said something else, but that was all I could really hear at the moment. I tried hard not to go unconscious. I could kind of hear Aizen's explanation on why he killed Momo. But of course I knew that she was still alive. Although, she was in real bad shape right now. Renji growled as he commented that this wasn't the Aizen he knew. Aizen retorted by saying that the Aizen he knew never existed in the first place and was nothing more than an illusion.

As my vision started to return and my headache went away, I could tell that Renji was going to attack Aizen in a fit of rage. One thing I knew from experience was that you should never let Aizen get to you, otherwise you were dead. Like the time in the Winter War where he fooled everyone into thinking that they were attacking him, but instead they were really attacking Momo. Toshiro went berserk and lost it and got cut down by Aizen in an instant. I still get really pissed off when I think about that scene. I looked up from where I was and saw Renji leap into the air.

"Wait, Renji! Don't!"

Apparently, I was worse off than I expected. The blow to the stomach I could handle, coming from someone who got hit by a car. On the other hand, the slice to the shoulder was a different story. To those of you who never got a sword sliced through you...count yourself lucky. The pain I felt from Aizen's wound that he gave me was absolute torture.

I never experienced something like that, ever. Not even when I got hit by that car. It was just unbearable and to any normal person, they would've cried by now. But I knew I had to be strong in front of the others. I was supposed to help them, not hinder them. That was the whole reason why I was here in the first place. I had to admit though, I was pretty ashamed of myself.

The fact of the matter was that I was scared shitless about getting cut up and dying. That's why I didn't enter the fights in the beginning. It wasn't because I was inexperienced at sword fighting, well maybe a little but it was mostly because I was scared. I know, selfish right? But wouldn't you be that way too at first? I mean, we, well in this case I, used to live in a time period where we didn't need weapons to defend ourselves. It's not like some random person comes up to you waving a sword around in the air saying they want to kill you.

That fear, along with the fact that I didn't know how to fight with a real sword, only served to increase my desire to just sit back and watch. I was a coward who liked to watch others do all the dirty work and get hurt. It was just like when I sat back at home watching the anime episodes online.

Yes, I said I was going to help them. But what would shouting out things do if I didn't partake in the action myself? Not until recently did I change my way of thinking. I was sick of doing nothing but shout and scream orders from the sidelines. Now I wanted more of the action. I became bolder in my actions like with Hichigo and Aizen and I felt like I had at least accomplished something.

I knew that going up against Aizen the way I was right now was futile. As I said before, the only reason why I did that was to stall him. But I hoped, if I ever lived through this, that I could become a real Soul Reaper. Then I could train to help assist the others in the upcoming Winter War against the Arrancars. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Renji shouting.

"Roar Zabimaru!"

Yet again I tried to stand, but couldn't. Gin really did a number on me, that's for sure. I laid there and watched as Aizen blocked Zabimaru's attacks. Then I saw Aizen holding onto Zabimaru and knew that Renji was in serious danger this time.

"Renji, get away! Aizen, don't do it!"

I could only in horror as he sliced Renji's shoulder, just like he did with me. Blood flew everywhere and I couldn't help but feel sick. Not only did I not stall him long enough, I was absolutely useless to Renji since I couldn't even protect him. I gritted my teeth from the pain.

Damn it! Ichigo, hurry your ass up already! You're the only hope we have now!

"Renji!" Rukia cried in concern. She looked between me and Renji to see we were alright. But of course we weren't, otherwise we would be back on our feet trying to kill that damn bastard.

Aizen spoke about he was right in choosing the three of them, obviously referring to Renji, Momo, and Izuru. He told Renji about how he was the one who assigned him to Squad 5. How it was to use him and that he fit perfectly into his plans. I wanted to slap that son of a bitch in the face. How dare he make light of Renji and the others! How dare he! Who the hell does he think he is? If he thinks he's God, well then he's shiting himself. He will never be God so long as I'm here. Along with Ichigo and the others, we would stop him altogether. I swore to myself on that!

I wanted to scream and shout at him with my ever famous Anti-Wannabe-God Fangirl Rant. It was 10 whole minutes filled with constant swearing and voodoo magic on an Aizen plushie I had. But with the injuries I sustained, I thought the better of it. Besides, it was hard enough just to breathe as it was. Renji panted and gripped his sword tightly. He was extremely angry at Aizen. I would be too if I were him. Aizen asked Renji once more on the matter concerning Rukia. She spoke before Renji could and said that Renji would do it, that he would leave her behind.

"Shut up Rukia! You have no idea what you're saying!" Renji retorted, tightening his grip like she was his lifeline. I could understand why he was so vehemently insisting that he wouldn't give up Rukia. He finally got her back after he realized he was in love with her. This time, he wouldn't let her go. He wouldn't make the same mistake again.

"You thought I'd give her up after coming this far? Are you that dumb?"

"Then so be it."

Renji, no! Ichigo please hurry up! I can't help him now! It's all up to you!

My eyes widened as Aizen starting to swing his sword at Renji. Ichigo still wasn't here! I closed my eyes in fear of the worse and screamed out. "Ichigo, help us!"

Then I heard the sword colliding with something. I gasped and opened my eyes. Ichigo proudly stood there with his ever famous badass grin. Renji looked up in surprise. I smiled and let out a very huge sigh of relief.

"Took you long enough!" I smiled and he smirked.

"Well now, I couldn't just let you do all the fighting, now could I?" he looked at me with a serious face, taking in the damage at my failed attempt at a fight against Aizen.

"What you did was very reckless, even for someone like you, Jen," he sighed sadly and I didn't even have to look to know that he was pretty disappointed at me. I looked away in shame.

"I know that, Ichigo. I know."

"Anyway, what's the matter Renji? While you're crouching down, I almost think that Rukia is too heavy for you to hold or something. Good thing I came to give you a hand. You can thank Jenny for that. Right, friend?" He shook off Aizen's sword and the two of them backed away. I nodded and smiled at the part where Ichigo called me his friend.

Oh wow! Score! Anyway, no time to be celebrating since we still have the Aizen factor in play.

I bit my bottom lip and looked at both sides warily. The fight with Aizen was still going on, but I had no idea if the others were alright. I had no clue if everyone finished their battles like they were supposed to. Or even if the outcome was the way it was supposed to be.

Even though everything seemed to be going as planned, it was still too soon to let my guard down. Because there was one thing I knew for sure in Bleach, and you'll hear me say it time and time again. Things aren't always as they seem, especially in a world like this, where at even turn something unexpected happens.


Another rewritten chapter done! Yahs! This chapter is dedicated to my very good friend here on FF, AnimezDarkestHope since it's her birthday today. Consider this a birthday present from me to you! You are totally awesome girl! Also, a big thank you to Abby-Rosette for supporting me on my story for such a long time now! Please check out her story 'Never Meant to Exist: Eri's Story' if you have the time. It's super, super good and very well-written!:)

Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo but my OC, Jenny, belongs to me along with some of the ideas in here. With that being said, I would not mind if you took some of my ideas and elaborated on it. In fact, I encourage it. Just as long as you credit me. You see, the whole purpose of writing this fic was because I was inspired by some really good self-inserts for Bleach like 'Be Careful What You Wish For' by barrelracer36. It's really good so please, if you like my story, check that one out too.

Also, I wanted to write something with my own interpretations on what I would do if that were me going into the Bleach world. I would often find myself daydreaming about what would happen, hence my username. So please, if you have the time, I would love to see what you guys think of my story if you could change some things by writing up your own self-insert story.

Oh! And it doesn't have to be with my ideas too. It could be your own along with a different setting. Like instead of landing in the Soul Society, you land in Hueco Mundo or maybe the Bleach cast lands in our world instead of us landing in theirs. Anyway, please remember that it's totally optional. You don't need to do that if you don't want to. I at least hope hope that my story made you think about what you would do if you were in Jenny's place. That's one of the main reasons why I started this in the first place. So, thank you to all those who reviewed and supported my story so far. Also thank you to SwirlzSmile for beta-reading this chapter! See ya! And please, please review!XD