A New Fracción in the Problem of Control
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Naruto and Lilynette were walking through the village after the preliminaries and heading home. Naruto frowned and asked "Lilynette?" Lilynette glanced at him and asked "Hmm?" Naruto put his hands behind his head and asked "Can you tell me about this whole Espada thing?" Lilynette looked up at the sky and said "Well, the Espada were ten powerful Arrancar that were ranked based on their power from 10 to 1. Some Espada had a group of servants called a Fracción that were made up of Arrancar that weren't strong enough to become Espada." Naruto took a turn into a corner and Lilynette went after him.
She looked at Naruto and asked "What are you doing?" Naruto held up his hand and opened a Garganta as he looked back at her and said "We're going to Hueco Mundo." Lilynette looked at Naruto in shock and asked "Why are we going there?!" Naruto walked into the Garganta and said "To find us a Fracción." Lilynette went in after him and neither of them noticed a little Hyūga girl with black hair that went past her shoulders watching them.
(Hueco Mundo, Las Noches)
Naruto and Lilynette stepped out of the Garganta and Lilynette looked around as she said "This is… Las Noches." Naruto then noticed several explosions in the distance and could actually make out several people fighting a giant. Lilynette blinked in shock and said "That's Yammy!" Naruto stared at the castle and said "Pay no attention to him. Just avoid being detected and let's get inside." As they used Sonído to get to the castle, he noticed a girl with long black hair in pigtails hanging from the wall. Naruto went up to her and removed the glowing sword holding her and tossed it aside. He landed an on the floor several hundred yards down and found a Soul Reaper looking at him. She tried to stand up and he said "Stay your sword." The Soul Reaper seemed surprised by this and asked "What?" Naruto gave the Soul Reaper a tired look and said "I have no intention of fighting you as just fought someone a couple of hours ago." He walked inside and said "Keep an eye on your boyfriend, Rukia Kuchiki." The Soul Reaper was about to ask him a question when he vanished from sight and was left just as confused as when he first spoke.
As he ran through Las Noches with the female Arrancar on his shoulders, he came across Lilynette in front of a large hole in a wall. Naruto looked at her and asked "Found something?" Lilynette went into the hole and came out a second later with an Arrancar with a female Arrancar with short, slicked blonde hair over her shoulder. Naruto then heard footsteps behind him and turned to see a two Soul Reapers. One was a slender and very youthful woman with blue eyes and black hair. She was wearing a captain's haori and next to her was a girl with grey eyes and short messy silver hair.
Naruto frowned and said "I'm guessing you're Retsu Unohana and Isane Kotetsu." Unohana nodded and said "And you're the Jinchūriki of the Nine Tailed Fox." Isane looked at Unohana in shock then at Naruto. Naruto turned away and said "I'm taking them away from this world. Mine may be at a constant state of war but at least they'll find peace there where they can recover." Unohana nodded and said "That would be the best course of action." Naruto opened a Garganta and he and Lilynette ran through.
(Konoha the Next Day)
Loly opened up her eyes slowly and found herself staring up at a bright yellow ceiling. She sat up and the blanket on her fell off. She then noticed she was in a bedroom and sitting on a bed. She got up out of bed and went to the door. She opened the door and smelled something good cooking. She went down the hall and saw Menoly sitting next to Lilynette and a boy wearing a small version of Starrk's outfit at a counter with bowls of ramen in front of them. They brought their hand together and said "Itadakimasu!" They began chowing down until Menoly noticed her and said "Morning, Loly." Lilynette and the blonde boy looked at her and Lilynette said "There's some ramen for you if ya want." Loly began getting even more confused and asked "What's going on here?" The blonde boy stood up and bowed to her and said "I'm Naruto Uzumaki. I'm the one who rescued you from Hueco Mundo." Lilynette went back to eating as Menoly said "He's the one that healed us." Loly became a little suspicious and asked "How do we know we can trust this human?" Naruto unzipped part of his jacket enough to show her his Mask Fragment.
Naruto then went to sit down next to Lilynette and said "You're in a world that lies parallel to the World of the Living. In this world, there are Ninja and no Soul Reapers." He then hugged Lilynette and said "Plus, it's nice and quiet." Lilynette looked at Naruto and asked "Don't you have to go train?" Naruto checked his watch and vanished with a low boom. Lilynette looked at Loly and said "Starrk died and now I have the exact same relationship with Naruto." Loly sat down in Naruto's seat and said "Sorry about that." Lilynette waved her off and said "I've gotten over it." Menoly looked at Loly and said "Lord Naruto wants us to be his Fracción." Lilynette also took out a familiar hairpin and said "He also wants us to recruit members for a new Espada." She felt someone watching them and said "I believe I found someone to work with us." Loly and Menoly looked at each other as a little Hyūga girl quickly ducked under the window she had been looking through.
Naruto arrived at the Hot Springs and went up to the little river that cut through it. He focused his chakra on his feet and took a step onto the water. He instantly fell in and jumped out. He panted and landed on the ground as he shook himself like a dog to get the water off. He looked toward the girl's bathhouse and saw an only man with long white hair peeking into the bathhouse and frowned. He took a deep breath and shouted "What do you think you're doing peeking into the girl's bath?!" All the women inside screamed and the man shouted "Look at what you've done! You've ruined my peeking! I mean my research!" Naruto stomped toward the old man and shouted "Shut up, Pervy Sage!" The old man got in Naruto's face and shouted "My name's not Pervy Sage! It's Jiraiya!" Naruto then grabbed Jiraiya's collar and said "You're going to train me." Jiraiya scoffed and turned away.
He folded his arms and said "No way." Naruto held Zangetsu to his neck and said "You're going to have to do better than that." Jiraiya gently moved Zangetsu aside and said "Fine then. No chance in hell am I going to teach you!" He began running off and Naruto went after him and shouted "Get back here, you pervert!"
Menoly, who was wearing a chain mesh shirt under a tan jacket and jeans, stood outside a changing room with Lilynette, who was wearing a regular white t-shirt and slacks, and called "Are you done yet?" Loly's voice then said "I'm just getting these shorts on." After another minute, Loly walked out and they saw she was wearing a black shirt and jean shorts. Lilynette quickly paid for the clothes and they walked out of the store.
As they walked down the street, Loly asked "So, how can we tell if someone is strong enough?" Lilynette took out the hairpin and said "The Reishi signatures have to be close to Naruto's. I've already found one person whose Reishi signature is exactly like his. I've sensed several other people but only a handful so far seem good." Lilynette then noticed Fū several yards in front of them and ran up to her as she called out "Hey, Fū!" Fū turned to her and Loly and Menoly finally noticed the mask on her head.
Fū looked at Lilynette and said "Hey, Lilynette. Have you seen Naruto?" Lilynette shook her head and said "He's off training for the finals." Loly and Menoly came up to Lilynette and asked "This one of the Espada?" Fū raised an eyebrow and asked "Who are these two and what's an Espada?" Lilynette chuckled nervously and said "This is Loly and Menoly. And I'll explain Espada later." Menoly then asked "Why are you looking for Lord Naruto?" Fū pressed her fingers together and said "W-well, I w-w-was wonder I-if he was d-d-doing something t-t-tonight." A white blur dashed behind Fū followed by a blonde one as Naruto's voice shouted "Get back here, Pervy Sage!" Another voice Lilynette recognized then shouted "Never!" They all looked in the direction the clouds of dust were in sweat dropped.
Lilynette chuckled a little and said "Never thought I'd see Jiraiya again." Loly looked at Lilynette and asked "What was that whole "Pervy Sage" business?" Lilynette shrugged and said "It was just a nickname I came up with when I found… him…" She suddenly turned red and shouted "Jiraiya!" She used Sonído to go after him and Loly, Menoly, and Fū looked at each other then went after her.
Naruto looked around a village street and said "Damn it. How could that Pervy Sage outrun me when I'm using Sonído?" Lilynette suddenly appeared in front of Naruto and shouted "Where is that pervert?!" They then heard a woman shout "What are you doing you disgusting old man?!" They looked toward a bar as a woman stormed out and Jiraiya came out after her and Lilynette immediately tackled him. She began punching him hard in the face and shouted "You sick bastard! I can't believe you!" Fū, Loly, and Menoly appeared behind Naruto and Fū said "She really hates him." Everyone nodded and Lilynette got off Jiraiya several minutes later.
Naruto crouched down over Jiraiya and looked down at him as he asked "Are you going to train me?" Jiraiya was about to say something when Naruto said "Remember Lilynette." Jiraiya quickly nodded and Naruto smiled. Lilynette went back over to hers and Naruto's Fracción and Fū then smiled as she asked "Where were we?" The other girls sweat dropped and Lilynette just kept smiling.
Hinata was sitting in her room and looking at a picture of Naruto. Hanabi walked in and asked "Sister, can I talk to you?" Hinata looked at her and said "Sure." Hanabi at the head of Hinata's bed and looker at her sister as she asked "What can you tell me about Naruto?" Hinata blushed and asked "W-w-why d-do you w-w-w-want t-to know about h-h-him?" Hanabi shrugged and said "I'm just curious." Hinata continued to blush and said "Well, he's nice. He's brave and kind and smart and funny." Hanabi giggled and said "You're becoming infatuated again, Sister." Hinata blushed even deeper and Hanabi continued giggling.
After a minute, Hanabi managed to control herself and asked "What do you know about those other girls Naruto's always around?" Hinata's face was puzzled as she asked "Other girls?" Hanabi nodded and said "The girls with black and blonde hair." Hinata suddenly appeared crouching in a corner with a dark aura about her as she said "He's got… more girls?" Hanabi sweat dropped and said "Sorry I said anything. But what do you know about that girl with the helmet with the horns on her head?" Hinata sat back down on her bed and asked "You mean Lilynette?" Hanabi nodded and Hinata began thinking.
She cupped her chin a little and said "Well, she appeared just as we were graduating from the Academy. She somehow has the ability to transform into a wolf but doesn't use it very often now." Hanabi nodded and asked "Anything else?" Hinata frowned and said "This is this strange thing though." Hanabi frowned as well and asked "What's strange about her?" Hinata placed a hand at her abdomen and said "She has a hole the size of a fist in her gut and I just can't figure out how she's able to live with that." Hanabi felt something in her chest tighten and swallowed the lump in her throat.
Everyone sat on their knees at the edge of a river when Lilynette asked "I know why we Arrancar are here but why are you? And shouldn't you be training for the finals?" She looked at Fū, who said "I don't need to. I've already finish training. And I just thought I'd see what Naruto was up to." Jiraiya cleared his throat and said "Now, let's begin your training." Naruto looked up at Jiraiya at the corner of his eye and said "You better be serious about it this time." Jiraiya looked down at Naruto and said "A Sage always means his word." Lilynette scoffed and muttered "Except from a big pervert like you." Jiraiya ignored that and said "Go ahead and show me that technique you're working on." Naruto stood up and went up to the river. He focused his chakra carefully and took a step onto the water.
He managed to keep his balance for a moment before he fell back and into the river. The girls giggled and Naruto stuck his head out of the water and asked "Don't you girls have to go do something?" All of them shook their heads and said "No." Naruto growled as he got out of the water and shouted "I should know by now to take my clothes off!" Naruto was out of his clothes in less than a second and all the girls blushed at the sight of his well-toned body, bulging muscles, and six pack abs. Naruto got back to focusing his chakra when Jiraiya exclaimed "Amazing!" Everyone looked at him as he said "Wow. You have no excess body fat. How do you do it?" The girls and Naruto did a face plant before Naruto shot to his feet and glared at Jiraiya and he shouted "Do you mind, old man?! I'm trying to concentrate here!" Naruto got back to concentrating and Fū frowned.
A seal appeared on Naruto's gut and she thought "So, that's the seal holding Kurama in him." Jiraiya stepped in front of Naruto to get a better look at the seal as Fū thought "A double tetragram seal with an eight-signed seal. That's far more complicated than my seal." Another seal appeared over it and Fū raised an eyebrow. "A Five-Pronged Seal? How did that get there? If that were to happen, then Naruto's and Kurama's chakra would mix in an unstable way." Jiraiya placed his hand over Naruto's seal, causing him to giggle.
Jiraiya looked up at Naruto as he said "Cut it out! That tickles!" Jiraiya smirked and said "Oh, sorry." Jiraiya stood up as Fū thought "Only an excellent Seal Master could put that Five-Pronged Seal on him." Jiraiya cracked his knuckles then held his right hand behind his back. Jiraiya held up his left hand and said "Okay. Raise your arms up high over your head." Naruto seemed confused as Jiraiya said "It's a trust exercise. Come on! Raise 'em high!" Naruto did so as he thought "This is a weird way to train." Jiraiya quickly thrust his hand into Naruto's gut and shouted "Five-Pronged Seal Release!" Naruto hacked hard as he was thrown off his feet and Loly and Menoly tackled Jiraiya to the ground. Loly held a dagger to Jiraiya's neck and Menoly prepared to fire a Bala at Jiraiya's family jewels.
Lilynette and Fū helped Naruto sit up and he said "Stand down you two." Loly and Menoly got off of Jiraiya as Naruto shouted "What was that about?!" Jiraiya got to his feet and dusted himself off as he said "It was just a way to loosen your muscles up." Loly and Menoly got ready to attack Jiraiya again when Naruto said "You guys can beat him as much as you like if you catch him peeping again." Naruto got up and focused his chakra yet again. He went up to the river and slowly took a step on it. He stumbled forward but managed to catch himself. He began laughing in joy and hopped from one foot to the other as he cheered himself.
After a moment, Lilynette stood up and called out "Naruto!" Naruto looked over at her and asked "What is it?" Lilynette tilted her head urgently toward the trees and Naruto quickly got the message. He followed her and Fū into the forest but looked back at Loly and Menoly and said "Watch that pervert for me." The girls nodded and turned back to Jiraiya, who appeared to be shaking. Naruto faced Fū and Lilynette as Fū asked "So a Fracción are like bodyguards?" Lilynette nodded and said "In a way." Lilynette then got serious and said "Naruto and I are planning to leave the village." Fū went wide eyed and asked "Why?" Naruto leaned against a tree and said "One of my old friends told me that a group of people that lived in a now abandoned land had traces of those who trained her. Supposedly, they were the best ninja in the world." Fū began seeing herself on top of throne while everybody else was working themselves to death and she was laughing manically.
Naruto and Lilynette began to get a little scared until Naruto snapped his fingers in front of Fū's face. She came back into reality and asked "What was I saying?" Lilynette palmed her head and said "Never mind." Naruto folded his arms and said "That mask you're wearing belonged to an Espada. A powerful Arrancar. We need at least eight more in order to have a complete Espada." Fū then asked "Do you have any idea who you want?" Lilynette looked off to the side and said "Well, for us to even consider anybody, they need to have a similar chakra signature to Naruto's. Yours was the first one I found the second is the one that's been following me all day." Naruto looked at Lilynette and asked "Someone's been following you?" Lilynette nodded and the three began speaking in hushed tones. Naruto suddenly felt a sudden flare of chakra and said "I'll be right back." He vanished with a boom of Sonído and Lilynette and Fū gave each other strange looks.
Naruto stopped in a strange room that was dark and lit by torches. He saw two coffins at the end of the room and felt a very faint chakra signature in the one to the left. He tore the lid off and caught the girl inside. He turned the girl over and saw that it was the girl Shikamaru had faced in the preliminaries, Kin Tsuchi. Naruto laid her on the ground and began pressing on her chest. He then breathed into her mouth when she suddenly coughed. She continued coughing hard then passed out. Naruto checked her pulse and found that it was there but was weak. Naruto held her bridal style and vanished with a low boom.
(That Night)
Hanabi was lying in her bed and looking up at the ceiling. "That Naruto boy and that girl, Lilynette. Why do I always get this pain in my chest whenever I even think of them?" She closed her eyes and rolled onto her side.
Do you want power?
Hanabi's eyes bolted open and she shot into a sitting position. She then activated her Byakugan and found nobody there.
Do you wish to be strong?
Hanabi stood up on her bed and asked "Who's there?"
Do you wish to protect those close to you?
Hanabi continued to search for the source of the voice but her mind began to drift to the thoughts of her family.
I can give you the power to protect them but I need you permission.
Hanabi then thought about what could happen if she refused.
You don't have to decide right now.
She deactivated her Byakugan and lied down on her bed.
You have until the night after the Chūnin Exam Finals. If I don't hear from you at least until that night, I know you've declined. Just call out my name if you agree. It's…
So, Naruto's making his own Espada. I can tell you right now that only two other members will be from the Bleach World. Next Chapter will be out in three to four days. Maybe less if I feel like it.