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~ten minutes later~

"Everyone." Aizen spoke in a loud voice. He had a body in his arms and was standing in a pool of blood. "We have accomplished our mission. Return to Hueco Mondo." He turned around and walked through a rift the Espada beside him had opened.

One by one the Espada that were still alive started their retreat.

~Chat~

"Looks like I get to tell everyone of your true motives Snake. Or do you prefer Ichimaru-Taichou?" Chat disappeared through a rift. Missing the attack Gin had just made.

"Well darn it. I waz hoping ta finish him off." Gin knew he couldn't go back. His cover was blown. The only thing he could do was give his report. "I gotta go talk ta the Soutaichou." He gave Rangiku a kiss on the forehead and headed off to find Kyoraku.

Matsumoto was shocked by the silver haired man's action. Gin had never done anything like that before. He had done something similar, but it always ended with him poking her in the forehead and say, "just a joke." She followed Gin hoping to learn how it was possible that he was still alive.

-Shank~

"You're not bad little lady. Didn't think you would last so long." Shank had been going easy on the two shinigami. He opened a rift and retreated while laughing at how pathetic the pair were.

Toshiro was tired. It was hard to form ice around him with Karin being so close. He noticed the Espada never let them get to far away from each other. 'So he knew I was stronger, but never let me do anything.'

Karin was even more exhausted than Hitsugaya. 'How did Ichinii keep up with these people?' She had collapsed and was trying hard to regulate her breathing.

'It seems more practice is in order.' Hiwamaru was just as frustrated as her master.

"Come on. Let's regroup. Since they retreated I think we can assume that Abe-san is in their possession. Well, I guess it would be Abarai-san actually." Histugaya held out his hand to help Karin up.

"I wonder how Ayame is going to take the news. We should probably find Rinji first. Who knows how beat up that guy is?" Karin could tell by how close the red head was sticking to his twin, that he wouldn't let her be taken unless he was dead. 'Just like Ichinii.' They both headed off towards the source of two fading Reiatsus.

~Hawk~

"Look who's at who's mercy now." Hawk had dragged himself up. Thankful that he still had pretty good regeneration. "Why don't you beg for mercy? Cry for me." He stabbed his sword into the Taichou's back.

All his sword hit was white fabric and dirt.

"Missed." Hirako stood behind Hawk. He was able to escape in time but he was still terribly injured. He leaned on the shoulder of his Fukutaichou. "Where have you been?"

Hinamori had blacked out shortly after escaping from the ring of Hollows. She woke up sometime later finding her self being kicked around by a few large Hollows. She had easily taken care of them, but knew she had quite a bit of injuries. "Just helping out the others. Got a bit too distracted though." She knew her Taichou was in no condition to finish off the Espada, and neither was she. She couldn't help but blame herself for the situation.

"Aww. I was hoping to take a fake Espada head back with me. Looks like you survive another day, Visored." He spat out the last word like it was a curse. He retreated back to Hueco Mondo with the rest of his comrades.

"Not bad timing there Momo." He was actually quite glad she hadn't been there when Aizen had shown up. He didn't want to traumatize her any more than the man already had. "Let's go get patched up." He had grown fond of his Fukutaichou. He didn't know how he was going to tell her that he was transferring to the Visored squad and that she would have to deal with another Taichou change. He laughed at him self, 'She can handle it.'

~Souri~

The Espada was not holding out well against the Soutaichou and his Fukutaichou. She had heard Aizen's command and was trying to put enough distance to be able to escape. she saw a perfect opening and tried to attack Nanao again. This resulted in Kyoraku blocking and sending the Espada backwards just enough feet for her to escape.

"So long suckers." She was walking through the rift when she felt a pain coming from her left leg. She looked down to see it gone from the knee down. "Kya. You'll pay for that shinigami." With that she limped off towards the other Espada.

"Are you alright Nanao-chan?" Kyoraku always worried when his Fukutaichou was in danger, and his worry increased after he married her. And it was even higher now than it was then.

"Yes Shunsui. We're both fine." She pulled her husband's face down to hers and kissed him. She could have sworn he was more stressed with her health than his job, and his job never worried him. "We should regroup and collect data from this battle. We're going to need it later on."

Both went off to where the majority of the other shinigami were.

~Urahara's shop underground training area~

The training grounds had been changed into a larger scale version of the 4th squad area. There were tents set up as rooms and many, many injured shinigami. There was a high casualty count and there were many in critical condition. Luckily only two shinigami required the help of the 4th squad Taichou immediately. So by Orihime's standards it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't good either.

"How are they?" Ayame had been helping by using Chiryo-Sha to remove wounds and was using extra dummies Urahara had around as recipients of the damage. She was worried how her friends were. She also wanted to know what happened to Rini.

"They should be fine. But they need to rest." Both Renji and Rukia's wounds were extensive. She had successfully reattached Rukia's hand and was glad to know that neither of their hearts had been badly damaged. "How are you? Do you need a break for a little while?"

Ayame had been through a lot of pain, but it was only as bad as when she used to practice with her Yukaza family. "Nah. This is nothing." She had been started to go back to how she was before she made the promise to her father. She had put her hair into a single braid After she had pulled it out of its ponytail. "I'll be fine. You should go see what the other Taichous are talking about. I'll tell Isane-chan to go as well. Hanataro-kun and I can handle who's left here." With that she skipped away to find the 4th squad Fukutaichou.

Orihime had not expected the personality change. 'At least she is becoming more herself.' She smiled at the girl as she walked away. Orihime scanned the area for the Spiritual Pressence of the other Taichous. She knew Hirako-Taichou was down with her getting healed. She found the others upstairs in the living room and headed off to join them.

~Urahara's shop living room~

"So no one saw what happened to Abarai-Fukutaichou and Kuchiki-Fukutaichou." Kyoraku was upset that Aizen had managed to capture Abe-san. 'I guess it actually Abarai-san.'

Everyone in the room felt the same as the Soutaichou. That included the few Espada that were in the room.

"From the report I received from Ichimaru Gin. Aizen is planning some type of ritual. The ritual requires the power of the 'Hollow Siren'. Ise-Fukutaichou has already been sent back to Soul Society to gather any information she can find in the library." He really missed having his wife beside him when he addressed the other Taichous. "For now our only course of action is to wait for Abarai-Fukutaichou and Kuchiki-Fukutaichou to recover." He was fully expecting Ichigo to object.

He wasn't disappointed. "We may not know what the ritual does or what he requires Rini for, but we know he needs her. So why don't we just get her back and avoid having to counter the ritual all together?" Ichigo hated waiting when there was action that could be done.

"You're never going to listen to orders, are you?" Hitsugaya remembered Ichigo as a substitute shinigami. He didn't listen then, and Toshiro knew being a Taichou didn't change that.

"I hate to admit it. But Kurosaki-Taichou has a point." To Ichigo's surprise it cam from Kuchiki Byakuya. He was sure the Taichou of 6th squad hated him.

"I know, but we know nothing of how powerful Aizen has become. I can't send high ranking shinigami into a fight that they may not come back from." Kyoraku knew time was running out And he was running out of his already limited options.

An out of breath oranged hair Taichou ran into the room. "Sorry for the intrusion. I was on my way here when Abarai-Fukutaichou and Kuchiki-Fukutaichou woke up. I thought you would like to know." Orihime walked back out of the room and headed back down to her makeshift squad building. She was followed by the other Taichous.

"Isane-chan. Can you set up more tents around tent seven. Make sure they have the privacy kido on them." She knew her Fukutaichou could easily get the job done. "Hanataro-kun. Where is Ayame-chan?" She was about to walk into a tent with the number seven on it.

"Already inside and waiting." Orihime almost had a heart attack from the girl's cheerful response.

"Now that everyone is here and you two are awake. Why don't you tell us what happened?" Kyoraku was almost as eager as Ayame to learn what happened while the others were dealing with the Espada.

~flashback~

Renji and Rini had fought with Aizen/Hinamori for what felt like hours. Neither side was letting up. Rini had to fight with herself to not kill the person she saw as Aizen. She had been doing pretty good, but she was quickly losing patience.

"That's it!" She concentrated Reiatsu on bother her hands. "Bakudo 63: Sajo Sabaku." She held the kido back a bit as her right hand began to glow. "Hado 4: Byakurai." Her left hand began to crackle and glow. She brought both hands together and pointed them at her opponent. "Electric Binding Duel-cast!"

Renji had never heard of someone being able to cast two kido simultaneously. He watched as bands wrapped around Hinamori. The moment they attached the second kido took effect and lightning ran across the bindings.

"That should hold." Rini wanted to find out why she and Renji saw different people. She stopped when she realized she didn't recognize the Reiatsu. Urahara had tested how good her sensing abilities were by hiding his Spiritual Prssure with both kido and some one else's, but the Reiatsu that was most prominent on the person at her feet wasn't one she knew. "Renji. I don't think this guy is either Aizen or Hinamori."

"Good guess." Rini barely heard the whisper. All her mind was focusing on was the pain coming from her stomach. She looked down to see a blade coming out of her abdomen. She watched in horror as the blade turned and sliced its way out of her body. Rini fainted from the pain into The arms of a grinning Aizen.

"What?!" Renji looked at the man standing before him and the place where their captive had been. A blade made its way through Renji's chest. "What..." Renji fell to his knees coughing up blood.

"Tosen. Don't kill him. Otherwise this one will never join our side." He looked at the unconscious Rini in his arms. "Beside we have more pressing matters than taking the life of a weak dog." Kaname appeared in front of Aizen.

"My name is no longer Tosen Kaname. It's Moth." His appearance had changed. Renji no longer saw him as Hinamori, but with long braided hair and the former Taichou's regular visor he had worn to hide that he was blind. He wasn't blind anymore though, they were just a piece of his Hollow mask that remained.

'Crap' Renji didn't even feel himself hit the ground.

~flashback end~

"Sorry Kyoraku-Soutaichou. We let Rini-san be taken." Rukia felt bad knowing how powerless they still were against Aizen.

"Don't apologize, Kuchiki-Fukutaichou. You did what you could." Kyoraku wasn't pleased to hear that Tosen was still alive. He knew how loyal he was to Aizen and how loyal Hisagi had been to the former Taichou. "Now we know that Aizen has somehow regained his zanpakutou."

"I'm worried. I know it would be bad if Rini-chan survived and Aizen was able to use her, but I don't want her to die either." Ayame whispered after the other Taichous had left the tent.

"Don't worry about her Ayame." Rukia tried to console the depressed girl. "If she's anything like her brother, she'll be fine." Ayame looked at the bandaged shinigami. "And she most certainly won't let herself be used by Aizen."

Ayame knew Rukia was right. She had grown up with Rini and knew she hated being told what to do. Especially if some one demanded it to be done. Ayame was still worried. Rini had never been beaten up as much as Renji had described. Rini wasn't one to show pain and wouldn't protest to receiving more.

'Ni-chan. Please be safe.' Ayame sent a silent prayer to her friend. Where ever she may be.

~Los Noches~

"How is our patient doing?" Aizen wasn't worried that his prisoner would die, but he still had one of his Espada heal her.

"She's alive and kicking. Violently." An Espada with long grey hair held a clipboard and marked off boxes on the sheet she had. "That box won't hold her for long."

There was a sound of shattering glass. Tosen was immediately restraining a bandaged up red head. "GET OFF ME!" Rini tried to fight him off, but she was still too weak from Aizen's attack.

"Don't make things too difficult." Aizen sounded unsympathetic. "I could have left you with them, but your acute sensing ability makes you quite dangerous to me." He had a few ways he could make use of her power, but first he needed her to be on his side. And he had just finished making preparations to do that. "Tosen. Why don't you show our guest to the moon room? Make sure she stays where is suppose to." The last thing he needed was for her to move at the last minute and for him to start over again.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME! PUT ME DOW-" Rini was silenced by a sharp hit at the base of her neck. Her zanpakutou, Shinouta, didn't know what was going to happen, but she knew her master needed help. And since Rini had never summoned her, her materialized form still existed in Soul Society.

'Do not worry master. I will bring you aid.' Rini never heard her zanpakutou. She never heard anything As Moth carried her to a destroyed part of the castle where she thought she heard the sound of a Hollow scream before she fully blacked out.

The plot thickens. What does Aizen have planned? What will the shinigami do? Stay tuned. Please leave a comment. Thank you.