Ugh, I got this done before my trip... yay. I hope you guys like it, sorry if it seems a little repeating. But bear with me, thanks for reading my story! I'm so happy that people like it, it makes me all giddy inside.

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Kouhei's POV

I woke up in an unfamiliar room with an unfamiliar presence that seemed to never fade away the entire time I was there. It felt wrong in general to be there, but as my eyes looked around there was no sure way of getting out. The room seemed a lot bigger than any place I had ever been, which made me feel a bit uncomfortable for my taste. My chest was in pain, but that was nothing compared to what happened to Hikari.

The last thing I remember was that she was thrown against a tree by a hopped-up-on-power Ciel, who instantly regretted his actions. I watched in horror as she fell limply to the ground and stayed there for what felt like forever. The man I was fighting looked like he was ready to kill somebody, and I couldn't blame him. But as Ichigo and the red-head stepped towards her, they rapidly backed away as something pushed down on all of us.

"Heh...ah-ha-ha..." Hikari laughed incoherently as she pushed up from the ground to stand on her feet.

We all were scared at that moment, as soon as she stood up practically everyone stepped backwards away from her... Away! For god's sake, we were fighting just moments ago to see where she would be, and now something freaky happens and we back off like we don't want to be apart of it. Well, I can't deny that I backed off, but only because I didn't understand what was happening. But judging by Ichigo's expression, he knew exactly what happened to her, yet he refused to say anything.

Her pressure was too much, at least for the three young people (me, Ciel and Miyu) so we all fell to the ground. I struggled to keep looking towards her, but my loss of blood could have contributed to my unconsciousness. But I do recall one thing that still haunts the back of my head: her eyes.

Hikari's usually warm and gentle chocolate brown eyes were unnaturally sky blue. There was a smile full of malice as she exploited all her reiatsu for the fun of it. Her aura surrounding her was light blue as well, and it kept getting stronger and stronger. As I fell to the ground and lost consciousness, Ichigo came up to her and punched her right in her stomach. I vaguely heard a collection of gasps, but almost immediately her aura disappeared along with her blue eyes. She collapsed right into his arms, and then things got a little hazy.

Now, I was alone in this god forsaken room with no one around to tell me what the hell was going on. There was no sign of Hikari, Ciel or Miyuki around me for what felt like miles. As I struggled to stand on my own two feet, the scent of flowers flew through the air. It instantly made me think of Hikari's uncle, Byakuya as she called him. It was the exact same scent I smelled off him as we fought in the park.

I slowly realized that we weren't in the Human World anymore, the kinds of things I found in the room were too old and different to have in our world. There was a weird screeching coming from outside, and since there was nothing else to do, I decided to open the door and see what the hell it was.

"Oh... holy shit."

Outside my room, was an almost magical world that seemed fake to me even from such a close distance. Dark green grass filled as far as the eye could see, or at least until it hit the sidewalk which was pretty far down. There was a river flowing through the yard with koi fish jumping up every now and then. There were a few lingering trees around the compound, except for a lone bright colored kind. It was hard to tell what kind it was, but when the wind blew it's flowers towards me, it became clear it was a sakura tree, a pretty young one at that.

"So... beautiful." I mumbled to myself as the flower petals continued to taunt me by flowing softly through the yard.

"If only... everyone was here to see this... or has.. Hikari seen it already?"

Ciel's POV

"Ah!" I screamed unintentionally as I felt something wrap itself around my neck so tightly I thought I would die.

My body flew forward up and sent me against the cold unforgiving ground. I groaned angrily as my arms scooted under me so my face couldn't touch the ground. Once my eyes were able to see normally, it became clear that I wasn't home. Or most likely, anywhere near home.

"What... the heck?"

My hands felt around my face and neck to make sure there really was nothing there, but the only thing I could feel was my mask (which seemed even more broken than before). I tried to find my choker, but I wasn't wearing my normal clothes, but a light yukata. From the look of things it seemed that I was the only one in the room, or what should have been a training room. There were mats all around, and the smell of sweat mixed with blood wafted through every little inch. It churned my stomach even more as I tried to remember what happened earlier on.

"Hikari...Hikari!"

Everything hit me like a speeding bullet, the pain of remembering what an awful thing I did to Hikari. She was only trying to save me, like she said she would even though I let her down. Fighting that pineapple-head was hard, and I debated over and over to not use my ressurecion. But when he nearly killed me, there was no way I could just hold back and let him get away with it. I guess that I used to much energy, so that's why my power over took me to the point where I went bezerk. Even he yelled at me, despite almost being killed by my hands if Hikari hadn't knocked him away.

"Shit, what the hell is wrong with me?" I asked myself as I banged my head against the floor a couple of times.

"I nearly killed Hikari, can't believe I threw her over my shoulder! What the hell was that?! That could have seriously, the snapping-Oh holy shit was that loud. I'm surprised that I'm not dead yet, what are they waiting for? Considering the fact that I'm an arrancar, his son to be exact... maybe they'll make me their test subject, who knows? I just hope my friends are alright, and Hikari is safe...where is she anyway? Where's anyone?!"

"Time to get up Ciel, let's be a big boy here." My voice came out a little shaky as I tried to stand up from the ground with a little broken faith.

I should have realized that my body was in no condition to move, but maybe with the lack of blood in me, it made me forget. Whatever the case was, when I reached above to hold onto the bar (which just so happened to be there) and put pressure on my feet, there was instant pain. My ankle gave out under me so I fell forward, and brought the bar along with me so there was a huge clatter after my face made contact with the floor. Blood seeped through the cloth now along my arms and stomach, which was not a good sign.

"Son of a bitch..." I growled angrily to myself as I rolled onto my back so there would be less pain against my stomach.

Tears streamed down my face for a second, until I heard laughter to the side of me. But when I looked over, there was no one there except for a few broken swords. In my head, I could picture all my friends making fun of me for freaking out too easily. Miyu and her brother would be standing up next to each other, her arm wrapped around his to keep herself up. But Hikari... Hikari would be squatting next to me while smiling right at me. Her hand would brush some hair out of my face, and then she would say something like:

"Moron, there's nothing to freak out about." Or she would say "Can't ya calm down a little Ciel? You're not being a big boy acting like that."

Just thinking about them like that made my heart calm down enough to sit up. I could picture her laughing as I got up, totally unaware of my arm. It would reach around her neck and pull her into my chest which would make the Ishidas laugh even more. Then I would feel her growl into my stomach as she tried to push away, but my grip would be too strong so she would have to stay. I could imagine the feel of her soft body in my arms right then and there, her head against my chest as she looked up to me with her big blue eyes-

Bang!

A door suddenly opened with a loud noise, not in the careful way but a more western saloon way. There were two people standing in the doorway as I shifted my body so I could face them a little better. The first guy I saw was a pretty-boy, with a long braid to the side of his face along with bright colored feathers. He scowled disapprovingly at me for a moment until he saw my eyes, and then there was a moment of awe. I was confused until the other man, a tough-looking baldy with red markings under his eyes like Grimmjow's blue ones stepped forward.

"Good morning little arrancar-boy." He growled in anticipation which sent shivers straight along my spine.

"G-Good morning?"

"Looks like you could use some help there." Pretty-boy smiled kindly at me, but there was a dark aura around him, so I shook my head.

"N-No no! I'm good, I can manage on my own thanks."

"Oh but we insist... what kind of people would we be if we didn't help out?" Pretty-boy laughed as Baldy stepped forward with his arms out.

"No really guys, I'm totally..." I laughed awkwardly as my body scooted against the floor until it hit the wall.

"Son of a bitch."

Miyuki's POV

I woke up in a hazy state, what with all the hand-to-hand fighting I did with that busty lady earlier. She was incredible, I had never fought so much with someone in forever (I'm in the Karate Club at school for safety reasons) so my body was super sore. It confused me how such a woman with a chest like hers could move so fluidly and straight to the point-

Sorry, lost my train of thought for a moment.

Back to reality, there was nothing around me which gave me a clue where I was. The only thing I could tell about it was it was an office, a messy one at that. The desk on the other side of me was covered in papers, with some of them along the floor. When I tried to get up and clean it up, something rattled against my ankle and pulled tight. My body nearly fell to the floor if I hadn't grabbed onto the head of the couch for dear life.

"Whoa, didn't see that coming." I sighed out in relief as my hand reached for my necklace, but only came to empty air.

It was funny, never in my entire life had I taken off that necklace except for when I went swimming or took a shower. Now that someone else purposely took it off, dread and panic filled up my insides almost instantly. The feeble cries inside my head were starting to fade, their voices weak until I couldn't hear them at all. I loved my spirits as much as they loved me, though it took me awhile to find them. Mother explained to me that it was a miracle that I had her powers, she was so happy and joyful that afternoon. But now, they were gone and there was no way I could tell where they went to.

"B-Bara? Jaque? Hana? S-Sai! Nekuta?" I shouted all their names, but as I feared, they couldn't answer me back.

Now I knew how Hikari felt, alone and sad without anyone to talk to in the darkest of times. Tears rolled down my cheeks as the pain of what I saw came back to me in a flash, all the blood and screams of the people as she hit the tree. It was excruciating to watch, but what made it even worse was Ciel's horrified expression when he calmed down. I never knew he couldn't control his powers yet, although Hikari warned me countless times. I felt awful thinking that she could have been messing with me, when after all this time she was telling the truth.

For a while, ever since what happened between her and C.J I had been trying to be wary of her. shouldn't have been, Hikari was always around for me even before I knew her well. And she knew Ciel the best, not me like I wanted to. Maybe why I ignored her for the most part was because I was a little jealous of her friendship with him. Whatever the cause, it made me make the worst decision of my entire life.

"Where am I? What is this place?" I asked myself as I got up from the couch and carefully tried to see how far I could go.

The chain rattled as I got to the desk, but when I tried to get to the window it pulled back on me. My side ached in horrible pain, worse than a mere bruise or scratch would at the moment. I grasped hard onto the edge of the desk and focused my energy on making sure no more horrible sounds could escape from me. Once the numbness came through, I looked out the window and nearly screamed my head off.

"This... is nothing like home." My voice was quiet as I watched the little people in black clothing walk back and forth with stoic faces.

I ran to the second window and saw the exact same thing, only on this side there were more of them lolly-gagging around. My feet were in pain as I stumbled back to the desk to read what the papers had on them. There was a reoccurring insignia, many seals of approval, and pools of lost ink beside the crumbled up pieces of paper. Each one had the same seals of wax, and neat hand-writing of importance over them.

"Oh no... no no no... why are we here?! Why didn't they just leave us home?!"

All of this started to give me a head rush, and the fact that I heard people coming my way did not help. I tried to hurry back before they came, but I twisted around the wrong way and fell to the floor. My bum hit first, and then my head which gave me an even worse reason to cry out loud to myself. The chain around my ankle tightened so that was cutting into my skin, which made me cry out for no goddamn reason.

"Oh... that's gonna leave a mark." I growled unintentionally as I rolled off my bad side and onto my back.

All I could do know was wait for whomever was coming to see me in pain on the floor. I stared up to the ceiling for a few minutes until a thought made me laugh. If my friends had seen me fall like I did, they would have laughed at me. Well... maybe not. I bet Kouhei would have chuckled and say something like:

"Can't you act like a normal person, Miyu?"

And Ciel... Oh he would probably break down and crawl over to me on his knees. His big gray eyes would glance up and down my entire body until he said:

"Oh my little Fairy! Are you alright? Do you need me to get help or something?"

Last but not least, Hikari. She would most likely laugh her little ass off until it brought her to the floor. Then knowing her, she would roll over until she was beside me and smile so warmly at me it would make my heart thump loudly.

"Aw Miyu, you're so cute when you make dirty noises like that. Need a little assistance there?"

Just thinking about them made me feel ten times better than before I fell to the floor. I would have most likely stayed there if the people weren't so loud and obnoxious-like. My body just reflexively got up and jumped right back into the couch as the door opened. Two people walked through the door with wide eyes at the sight of me (most likely because I was awake). Seeing them just took my breath away, and all I could say was

"Oh holy cow."

Hikari's POV

Wake up, oh for the love of-Wake the hell up!

"I-I'm up! Stop yelling at me!" I gasped out loud as anger rose up in me for no good reason whatsoever.

My eyes fluttered open to see nothing, but only momentarily as the pain shot right up my stomach. I fell forward back to the ground, my arms around my stomach to ease the pain a little better. I knew that no one was around, so I let out a vicious scream that I wanted to get out of my system. My head was throbbing like no one's business, the sensation of hitting the tree could not get away quick enough.

"Geez Louise... my head..." I gasped as some blood dribbled down my lip from when Ichigo punched me in the stomach.

Ah that's right! After being thrown into the tree, something happened and I myself nearly went bezerk. Something came over me, but it felt so natural that I kinda caved in and allowed it to. If Ichigo hadn't done what he did, then maybe something bad would have happened.

"T-That was you, wasn't it Kyōfū? Thanks I guess."
You have any idea where we are! What you did!?

"No not really, what did I do?"
You let me go crazy! If your old man hadn't punched you I swear we would have killed them all!

"Whoa, take it easy Kyōfū... You went crazy?"
It's a long story, and I still don't have all the details. But there's definitely something wrong with me, I'm not like your average spirit.

"Well, I am a visored now... maybe that has to do something with-"
But Hikari! I've always been like this, as long as I could remember. Well, I don't remember but I feel like I have been like this forever!

"F-Forever?" I mumbled to myself as my eyes slowly adjusted to the dark room, where everything became clear once and for all.

I was in the Senzaikyū, the same place where they held my mother when she was in trouble. There was a small sliver where you could see the bridge, but no one was in sight. I tried to grab my sword, but it was gone (like that wasn't obvious to begin with). But it was strange, the fact that without my sword, Hageshī Kyōfū was still talking to me. Maybe she was different than other zanbaktou spirits, maybe there was something wrong with my soul...

"What the hell... why am I locked up like some criminal? What bad thing did I do! Hello!" I shouted into the sliver as I bashed my hands against the wall.

It was maddening, the whole idea that I was put in here after all this time made me feel terrible. I wasn't a criminal, how could they treat me this way after putting me through hell as a child! I did nothing wrong the entire time, so there shouldn't have been a reason for me to be locked up in the white tower. It made no sense, no sense at-

"Oh no... no... Kouhei! Miyuki! Ciel!" I screamed as I sensed their reiatsu all around the Seireitei, weak yet able to keep steady.

"Why! Why did you bring them here! They shouldn't be here, anyone?!"

Of course no one answered, or ignored my horrible screams to the point where I nearly passed out. After choking on my own breath I gave up on getting anyone's attention and went back to the wall. I slide down against it and curled up into my knees so I could muffle my cries a little better. My blood-soaked hakama from earlier was now a clean white one that seemed to fit perfectly to my body. For some reason, I was not wearing shoes, so the bottom of my feet were dirty from walking back and forth. But I didn't care, I was a criminal in the eyes of my home, and I didn't even know why.

"I'm... I'm going to die here aren't I?"

"That's right sugar bear, you are." A man's voice answered my question as he knocked against the wall.

" 'S-Sugar bear?' What kind of lame name is that? Who are you, are you just mocking me?" I answered back in retaliation, my body slowly making my way to see who was there.

Outside, there was a young boy about Takashi's age with dazzling blonde hair that sparkled in the light. He saw me looking, so he titled his head towards me so I could see his face better. There was a peculiar scar along his chin as he smiled a little too nicely to me, which sent me away. I watched as he looked over his shoulder to make sure no one was around before he leaned in closer to make sure no one hear us. The tip of his hilt glistened in the light, and the badge around his arm showed him to be a fourth seat in a division.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be such an ass to you. I'm not here to mock, I'm here to guard."

"You're guarding me?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No, it's just that I'm a little confused as to why they sent you. S'not like I'll break out of here, at least not yet."

"Well, for obvious reasons you're a criminal. And your little friends are prisoners-"

"Prisoners! Why are they prisoners?!"

"Don't ask me, I only guard when asked."

"Well, at least they're not in here like me. I guess they're scattered all around the Seireitei aren't they?"

"Oh you're so smart, that's what I like about you already. People say you're so interesting and smart, and it's true. Name's Nezu by the way, little Kurosaki."

"It's Hikari. Hikari as in light. Just in case you were wondering Nezu-San. And what people talked about me?"

"Oh everyone sweetheart! You caused quite the uproar when your brother returned without his powers. And now the rumors about you befriending an arrancar are true is incredible! I gotta give you props."

"Why did it take so long for them to come and get me? Why let me train for the most part and get back my powers if I was already in trouble."

"Don't know, the system here is whack beyond control. A lot of people actually wanted you to stay over there, brush it under the carpet per say.

"But the Kuchki family, and the top people too... they couldn't just ignore it."

"Hey! That's right, how did you know?"

"...Lucky guess." I sighed a little sadly which made him try to make me smile through the crack.

When all his weak attempts failed, he just groaned to himself and laughed out loud to my enjoyment. His bright teal eyes looked back to me and then to the sky to make sure no one was around. Then when he came back, I sighed again and rested my back against the door so I could still talk to him. He realized what I did, so I listened to him grunt and puff to himself as he did the same thing.

"How long until the execution?"

"Don't know, they're fighting about it right now. But when that comes out, you'll be the first to know, sweetheart."

"Thanks... I guess."

"I have to run, got some other business to attend to. But I'll be coming right back, alright? You won't be too lonely?"

"I've been alone for a long time, s'not something new to me."

"Ow, you really know how to depress people huh?"

"I've heard that too, but does it look like I care?"

I could tell he was looking at me with pity-filled eyes, but I tried my best to ignore it. Without another word, he went off to god-knows-where and left me alone. His reiatsu disappeared from me within minutes, as if he stepped inside a building that blocked it from me. I located my friends, and sighed a little in relief since they all were in safe hands. Well, two out of... okay one out of three were in safe hands. The other two were pretty much in hell for a good while until the execution. Whenever that would be...

"This is all my fault... again. I-I'm so sorry guys... sorry..."

Well, there ya go. She's finally back home, but as a criminal!? What kind of rules have taken place in the time that she was gone? Why are her friends there too? Will she be able to get away before the execution? Hopefully for her, her friends will be able to make some allies while in captivity, that's the only thing they can do.

Hope you enjoyed this one! Tell me if something seems a bit off to you, and I'll try and fix it in the best way possible.
Thanks ever so much!