A/N: I"M SO SORRY FOR THE REALLY LONG WAIT! I WAS JUST TOO BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND THINGS, SORRY. AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR AWESOME REVIEWS! ANYWAY... AH YES, THE INVASION... OK PLEASE REVIEW AND HERE I GO...
PS. THOUGHTS, WHISPERS, AND WEAK TALKING ARE ITALLICIZED.
Momo awoke the next morning and went into the tenth division office to double check something. She refolded Toushiro's captains coat and set it on the couch. She opened her bag and everything she needed was quickly taken with her to the first division. Today they invaded Hueco Mundo.
In the first division:
" Everyone please sit down, the assembled rescue team is about to depart, but first we need to make sure everyone is present." Yamamoto stated as he called everyone to order. " If you are present please say so." With that he began calling names.
" Kuchiki, Rukia."
" Present sir." Rukia stated.
" Kuchiki-Taicho."
" Present sir." Byakuya chimed.
" Ichimaru-Taicho."
" Yeah, I'm here." Gin said casually.
" Matsumoto, Rangiku."
" Present sir." Rangiku stated boldly obviously furious about earlier events and for how rudely Gin responded to the head-captain.
" Hinamori, Momo."
" Yes, I'm present sir." Momo said seriously.
" Kurosaki-Taicho."
" Here sir."
" And last but not least, Abarai, Renji."
No answer.
" Abarai, Renji." Yamamoto repeated but still there was no answer.
" Oh blast it Renji!! Where are you?! We really don't have time for this!" Ichigo yelled aloud.
Just then the door burst open revealing a panting Renji. Everyone gave him a " Hurry up" look as he wobbled over to his spot in line.
" Sorry I'm late, Kira and I were in the thirteen division training grounds practicing one more time before we leave, time just got away from me. Forgive me Head-captain. Renji stated.
" Very well, you're excused. Now down to business, is everyone well supplied and ready?" Yamamoto asked as he folded his hands in front of his face.
"YES SIR!!" everyone chimed.
" Good, now lets go over the basic plan. We know the Baggerbones will be gone so there is no need to worry about them. Now what are you going to do once you enter the Las Noches palace?" Yamamoto asked.
" We will split up into groups of two: Kurosaki-Taicho and Hinamori-fukutaicho, Kuchiki-Taicho and fukutaicho, Ichimaru-Taicho and myself and Renji will stay behind and wait in a assigned place until we leave, then he'll create a portal back here." Rangiku answered.
" And how will you get passed all the other arrancar that are sure to be there?" Yamamoto asked.
" Everyone except for Renji will disguise themselves as guards before we split up then in our groups of two we will all go look for Hitsugaya-Taicho." Gin replied.
" What will you do once you find him?"
" One of us will guard the door while the other tends to Toushiro, then we will carefully move him on to the stretcher we packed and signal the others with a whistle to let them know we found him then we'll all meet up and head towards where Renji is." Ichigo answered.
" What would you do if on your way out an arrancar realized he was missing and sounded the alarm?"
" Well, Urahara-San gave us a portable gigai he made to look exactly like Shiro-Chan in his beaten state, if we unchain Shiro-Chan and then chain the gigai back up in his place, the arrancars should be deceived." Momo said calmly. " And in order not to arouse suspicion Urahara-San installed sound-effects in the gigai so when it's beaten it will sound like the real thing. We are also all going to stay the night in Hueco Mundo for one day just to be save and to give Shiro-Chan a little time to rest and heal before we take him to where Renji is, because Renji will be a few miles away and we don't want Shiro-Chan's wounds to open up again. That's why we'll stay for one night." Momo added.
" Very well, Mayuri-Taicho, please open the portal. Time is of the essence." Yamamoto stated.
" My pleasure sir." Mayuri answered in that creepy voice of his. With that he opened the portal to Hueco Mundo.
" Remember everyone, only stay for one night. That is all I can allow. If you can't find Hitsugaya in that time, return immediately. That is a direct order." Yamamoto stated firmly.
" Good luck everyone."
" Yes Sir!!" Everyone chimed. With that the portal closed and they were off. Everyone sharing the same thought:
" We're coming, Toushiro!"
Meanwhile:
" It's about time we got the answer out of him, Sheesh that took forever! Stupid shinigami! When we get back he's going to get the beating of his life." Jimjack proclaimed as they walked.
" Yeah, yeah, I hear you now shut your trap and walk." Jamjack answered. " We need to get back to Aizen-sama as soon as possible. Then you can beat Hitsugaya to a pulp if you want."
" And when I'm done with him, that's the only thing he'll be!" Jimjack laughed.
" Heh, yeah." Jamjack snickered. Suddenly he stopped and halted his brother behind him. " What's the problem?" Jimjack asked.
" A few annoyances are blocking our path."
" What kind of annoyances?"
" Menos." Jamjack answered.
" Oh, really? Well I guess we better take care of them shouldn't we?" Jimjack replied as he grinned at his brother. " How many are there anyway?"
" Looks like fifty or so." Jamjack answered. " Lets just get this over with." He said as he took a stance and started to reach for his zanpakto.
" Yeah, let's go brother! Rip Them to Shreds... SENSHI!!" Jimjack yelled as his zanpakto appeared before him. Just as Jamjack was about to draw his sword as well Jimjack stopped him.
" I got this brother, I need to let loose a bit. We went way too easy on Hitsugaya just so they would all think the two of us were stupid. I can't wait till Aizen-sama's plan is complete so we can take over Soul Society, so don't worry, I'll make this really quick." Jimjack assured.
" Heh, doing things on your own for now I see. Fine, but make it quick, We don't got all day." Jamjack replied.
" With pleasure. Senshi, shriek!!" Jimjack yelled and with that his zanpakto let out a long high pitched shriek that echoed through the sky. All the Menos began to scream but the two brothers were unaffected.
The Menos soon dissolved before their eyes and they were on their way once again. " Ha! That was too easy! And to think Soul Society has such a hard time with them! Pathetic!" Jimjack said as they stepped through the rubble.
" Yeah,no kidding. Now lets leave those worthless creatures and keep walking." Jamjack stated as he shumpoed off.
" Fine, just wait up, Sheesh!" Jimjack yelled as he chased after his brother.
Soul Society group:
" Hey Byakuya, how much farther to the Los Noches castle?" Ichigo asked after they left Renji at the assigned spot a while back and started heading to the assumed location of the Los Noches castle.
" About two miles ahead Kurosaki, but don't be in such a rush. I know we're here to rescue Hitsugaya-Taicho and bring him back as soon as possible, but we still need to change into our guard uniforms and we don't want to get spotted running toward the castle." Byakuya stated.
" Yeah, I know." Ichigo replied.
" Look up ahead! Is that it?" Rukia asked as they turned to see the white castle up ahead. " Everyone change into your uniforms now!" Rangiku whispered as the got closer. They halted they're steps and each shinigami went behind a rock to change. When everyone reappeared they could hardly recognize each other.
Ichigo took the liberty of turning his hair black and his eyes yellow. He had jaw bones on both sides of his face that looked similar to Grimmjow's and black bags under his eyes along with stripes down his cheeks. His outfit was a simple black shirt, black pants combo. The shirt was sleeveless revealing also black stripes going down his arms.
Rukia also changed her hair color to purple and her eyes to green. Her hair was longer to the point where she had bangs that covered half her face. She also had a purple circle on her cheek. Her outfit was a purple two piece that showed a little of her stomach and some of her legs, she was also wearing light purple gloves and bone blade-like thing were coming out of her arm.
Byakuya had blue hair with thin black stripes in it and his eyes were a light blue. His hair clip thing was still there but it was just made out of bone instead. He had two teardrops going down from his eyes on one cheek and one teardrop going down on the other. His outfit resembled a blue tuxedo and yet was different at the same time, he also had a rose made of bone pinned to his shirt.
Rangiku's hair was a bright red with yellow tips and she had fiery red eyes. Her outfit was a red turtle-neck looking shirt with regular red pants and a red chain necklace around her neck. She had red bags under eyes and light red lipstick on, she also had a tiny bone fragment on the tip of her chin that looked like a chin guard.
Momo on the other hand was a completely different story. Her hair was pitch black and no longer in it's bun but flowing nicely down her back. Her eyes were a scary dark purple and her outfit was her shinigami uniform except it was thiner and more flexible for combat like a two piece fighting uniform, it was also covered in a thin bone layer also she had a black sash around her waist instead of white. Her face was covered by a complete mask that was shaped like a phoenix face, it was easy to put on and take off. She also had pockets inside her shirt for hiding supplies and this like that.
Gin only changed into the normal arrancar outfit that he wore when he was with Aizen and walked over to join the others.
" Why didn't you change Ichimaru?" Ichigo asked a little annoyed.
" Because I don't need to. I'll just pretend that I rejoined Aizen, after all I technically didn't betray him, you guys kidnapped me remember?" Gin asked.
" Yeah but what if Aizen doesn't fall for it? And what about Rangiku? You can't just leave her." Rukia said.
" I'll tell Aizen Rangiku is my new assistant and she goes with me everywhere now, also that she could be of use to him, and if he doesn't buy it, I'll fight him and Rangiku will be right there to help me. I am officially her new Taicho now right?"
" Fine, now lets go." Byakuya said as they walked towards the entrance to Los Noches.
When they reached the gate an arrancar named Nakim brought them to a halt. He was big but there was no number present to suggest he was powerful that they could see. Even so, they needed to be careful.
" Who are you guys and want do you want here?" he bellowed.
" I have come to rejoin Aizen and these are some arrancar I picked up upon my escape from Soul Society that I thought might be of good use to him." Gin answered slyly.
" I don't buy it. They don't even look strong to me." Nakim replied wearily.
" Yeah well it's none of your business who we are anyway buckteeth! We told you our purpose now get out of the way and let through or I'll show you who's not strong!!" Ichigo yelled furiously.
" What did you just say punk?!" Nakim yelled back.
" I said get out of our way buckteeth!" Ichigo repeated.
" Or what?" the arrancar snapped.
" Or I'll kill you. That's what!" Ichigo said as he walked up to the arrancar and looked him directly in the eye with a ticked face on. After about a minute or so Nakim closed his eyes then turned toward the gate.
" Heh, maybe you guys are strong after all. You're friend heres got some attitude that's for sure go on in and report to Yami, if Aizen-sama wants ya Yami will put you in your place. But if you make one slip up around me... you'll wish you never came to Los Noches." Nakim stated as he opened the gate.
" Yeah, in your dreams buckteeth!" Ichigo said as he and the others walked through the gate. When they were on the other side they looked around carefully for any other arrancar, then Rukia spoke.
" Well for once your hot-head attitude actually came in handy. We might not have gotten through without it."
" Haha, very funny Rukia. Seriously that guy was getting on my nerves! Anyway... now what?" Ichigo asked. " Now we go see this Yami person and get assigned our positions. With any luck two of us will get placed in Hitsugaya-Taicho's area, if not we'll have to work around it. But it's still a good idea to explore the castle a bit so we can gather intelligence." Rukia answered.
" Alright lets go see this Yami guy then." Ichigo stated as he stepped forward. " Any idea where he is Ichimaru?"
" Yeah, right over there, the big buff guy with the bushy eyebrows." Gin answered. " Once you guys have your positions we'll split up as planned and Rangiku and I will go see where Aizen is. You'll all probably get assigned to be guards in different sections so hopefully we'll find Hitsugaya-Taicho. Remember to whistle loudly if you find him and in one days time we'll meet in that room over there and plan our next move." Gin said as he pointed to a side door across the hall.
Everyone nodded as they headed in Yami's direction. Once they reached the table where he was sitting, he lifted his headed and scanned each one of them carefully. " You're good enough. Nakim already told me you were here and Aizen-sama agreed. Ichimaru, you and the purple chick go see Aizen-sama." Yami ordered.
" Actually the red one here is my personal assistant. She's the one I want to join me." Gin answered. " Fine, you and the red chick go see Aizen-sama." Yami replied. " The blueberry man and grape girl can guard the eastern wing right over there." he said as he scribbled down each of their assignments then pointed toward the eastern wings entrance.
" Ichimaru you and your assistant after you see Aizen-sama can guard the northern and western wings." Yami said as he pointed that direction. " And as for the two of you mister Black, you and your friend can guard the southern wing, it's that way. Dinner is at Six on the dot for us, if you're late you don't eat got that? And no slip ups or else understand?" he asked.
" Yeah we got it." they answered. " Good, now get to work you slime!" With that everyone went to their positions. " Whew, good thing we actually got put in our planned groups. It would have been so annoying to have to improvise." Ichigo stated as he and Momo walked down the halls of the empty southern wing. " Yeah, that would have caused us to lose so much time it's not funny." Momo replied as they started to look in all the prison cells hoping to find Toushiro. But the only thing their eyes were met with was either an empty cell or some other poor creature in pain that was being used for Aizen's experiments and the sounds of their moaning and anguished screams from within the cold, dark room.
" All these poor things." Momo said sadly as she gazed at them. " I wonder who or what they were before he got his hands on them. I can only imagine the pain they must be suffering because of what he's done."
" Yeah, this whole setup is nuts! If he did this to these things I don't even want to know what he's got planed for Toushiro. It has to be worse, a lot worse." Ichigo replied just as sadly.
" But that's why we are here to stop that from happening! Come on Kurosaki-Taicho, lets find Shiro-Chan!" Momo said determinedly.
" Yeah, let's go Momo!" Ichigo said as they began searching again. When they reached the fourth door from the end it was five fifty-five dinner was in five minutes. Ichigo stopped and looked at Momo as he started to turn.
" Hinamori I'll go get us dinner so they don't get suspicious. I'll tell them one of the prisoners were acting up so you're dealing with them. You check the other doors and I'll be back okay?" Ichigo asked kindly.
" Alright, thanks Kurosaki-Taicho." Momo replied sweetly. " Hinamori, call me Ichigo okay? The Taicho thing can wait till meetings and stuff but not when we're on missions or just hanging out, got it?" He asked as he gave her a small smile.
" Got it, Ichigo." Momo answered as she smiled back. " Good." And with that he left. Momo turned then walked over to the fourth door from the end and tried to look inside. When she did she couldn't see anything because a shade-like curtain was over the small door window. She pulled out the keys she was given from her pocket, she then started to unlock the door. She stepped inside and shut the door behind her. When she turned around the sight she saw was pure horror, there chained harshly against the wall, was Toushiro. He looked even worse in reality, forget on the T.V. connection this was ten times worse. His face was completely red from all the blood even though she could only see the side of it at the moment it was obviously true. His head was weighed down by the long chain from before but she could tell he had huge bags under his eyes from serious lack of sleep. His hands were all raw and cut up, his arms were dripping with blood from the huge gashes bestowed upon them, his neck was bruised and red from the chain being too tight, his legs were at the point of being broken plus they had big gashes on them as well, also his stomach had been slashed several times not to mension whipped and it was covered in bruises. She couldn't see his back yet but it was also bound to be badly whipped.
" S-Shiro-Chan..." Momo stuttered as he transformed back to normal and slowly walked his way so she wouldn't make too much noise. She walked in front of him and as gently as possible removed the neck chain. She then starred at him with tears in her eyes as she waited to see any signs of life, but still there was no reply.
" S-Shiro-Chan..." she repeated almost at the brink of tears as she very carefully placed a hand on the side of his face. Suddenly he inhaled sharply and winced at the pain from a touch as light as a feather. He was alive.
Momo quickly but gently began unchaining him. His body immediately fell limp in her arms as she was about to flip him over on his back she noticed that all that was visible was blood and whip marks, she glared furiously at this. She flipped him over gently then laid his upper body on her lap.
She looked at him waiting for him to open his eyes, but after a few minutes when nothing happened she closed her eyes and began to cry silently, she wanted to ball and scream but if she got caught everything would be ruined.
"Shiro-Chan!! Please Shiro-Chan, don't leave me!" she whispered as she cried. Suddenly turquoise eyes opened slightly but she was too busy crying to notice. All of a sudden she felt cold gentle hands touch her face. She opened her eyes to see Toushiro's warm loving eyes and a small barely visible smile on his face, all she could do was stare.
" I know your face... Momo." he said weakly as he gently stroked her cheek.
" I'm here Shiro-Chan, I'm here." Momo replied as she wiped her tears away. She got comfortable and held him tightly to her but gently at the same time.
" I Knew you'd come... you promised." he said as he removed his shaking hand from her face only to have it be once again clasped in her own on her lap.
" Of course I came Shiro-Chan, I couldn't just leave you here to die." Momo answered as she pulled some blankets from her bag and made him a small bed then gently placed him in it. She then covered him up.
" You weren't supposed to come... you're in danger baka. Even if you did promise I want you safe... please... Momo." He wheezed. Suddenly he began to cough up blood violently.
" Shiro-Chan!!" Momo squeaked as she propped him up and held him steady. She then wiped the blood from his mouth. " Shiro-Chan are you okay?!" she asked worriedly.
" Yeah, and Momo... it's Hitsugaya-Taicho!" Toushiro reminded calmly. She gave a small smile to this. She then remembered she was supposed to whistle when Toushiro was found. She got up and headed toward the door, once she opened it she whistled as loud as she could. Once she got a reply from one of the groups she went back inside to tend to Toushiro.
" What was... that for?" he asked weakly as his head was once again placed on her lap. " I needed to let the others know I found you." she replied.
" Others? What... others?"
" I didn't come alone, Ichigo, Rukia, Rangiku, Ichimaru, Byakuya, and Renji all came too. We want you back Shiro-Chan. I need you back." Momo answered as she smiled at him.
Suddenly a knock at the door was heard and a faint whisper was heard from behind it.
" Momo, Momo are you in there? I heard your whistle and I brought you dinner." It was Ichigo. Momo quickly got up and transformed back to her arrancar form. She then opened the door and greeted Ichigo.
" How is he?" Ichigo asked.
" Not good, it's amazing he's still alive. We have got to get him out of here Ichigo." Momo answered sadly. " I know and we will Momo, I promise. Now go look after Toushiro, I'll guard the door and let you know if someone's coming, and say hey to Toushiro for me will ya?" Ichigo asked.
" Sure Ichigo." Momo answered. And with that she went back to Toushiro.
Meanwhile:
" Come Rukia lets go outside and observe the outer surroundings of Los Noches, then perhaps we can find the best possible way to get Toushiro out of here without being seen." Byakuya said as he walked towards the door that led to the outer deck.
" Hai, Nii-sama." Rukia replied as she followed him. Once outside the two stood looking at the outside world. Suddenly a arrancar named Di Roy appeared out of the shadows. " What are you two up to out here? Slacking off are we? Hmm?" he asked.
" No." was Byakuya's simple reply.
" Oh really? Then what are you doing?" he interrogated as he began to step closer.
" He's on to us! If we don't do something soon he'll know we're looking for the best way out of here! Think Rukia, think! What are you and Nii-sama doing out here?!" Rukia thought frantically on the inside but remained her cold, emotionless, arrancar-self on the outside.
" Well, answer me already!" Di Roy yelled impatiently.
" We're doomed..." Rukia thought until she heard Byakuya's voice.
" We were not yet given a particular assignment, perhaps you could assign one to us here in the eastern wing. That is if you want to go through the trouble of watching us instead of your own duties, but if you did so would you not have to answer to Yami? And I myself don't think he'd be glad to hear that you failed to complete your duties because you were too paranoid about some newcomer arrancars that he himself checked. Wouldn't you agree?" Byakuya stated in a matter-of-fact like tone.
" You've got a smart mouth and probably a smart brain too, hmm..." he paused and walked around the two observing them. " Fine, I'll put you in the blue-print room making blue-prints for Aizen-sama's new creations, along with sorting through different blue-prints and putting them where they go. How's that smart guy?" he asked.
" Very well." they both replied.
" This way then you maggots!! We don't got all day!!" Di Roy yelled as he began leading them to the blue-print room. After Di Roy left Rukia spoke up.
" Looks like he's pretty powerful. He had the number 16 on him, good thing things didn't get out of hand there we would have been in huge trouble." she stated as she stood by Byakuya's side. " I agree." he replied.
" By the way Nii-sama, have I ever told you how glad I am to have you on our side rather than Aizen's? Not to mention having you as a relative?! The way you handled that scene back there was brilliant! I was starting to think he'd never leave." Rukia said sweetly.
" Arigato, Rukia." Byakuya said as he began sorting through the blue-prints as he was told. " Maybe we can use these to our advantage somehow. Let's begin, Rukia."
" Yes, Nii-sama." She answered with that they began their job.
Meanwhile: In the main throne room.
" Aizen-sama, Ichimaru has returned and is outside seeking your counsel. Would you like me to let him in?" Tousen asked as he bowed before him.
" Very well, send him in." Aizen replied.
" Before I do so Aizen-sama you should know he has an arrancar woman with him. He says she's his new assistant, but please permit me to stay in here with you just in case." Tousen pleaded as he stood to open the door.
" Very well Tousen, just don't be so paranoid." he replied.
" Yes Aizen-sama, I'll let him in now." Tousen said as he opened the door and Gin and Rangiku stepped in.
" Yo! Long time no see Aizen! What ya doing?" Gin played.
" Welcome Ichimaru, you look well for being a traitor to Soul Society who got caught. I thought you were dead." Aizen stated simply.
" Oh, is that so? Well, I'm back so...what's going on? Still planing that attack on Soul Society are we?" Gin asked.
" Yes, and once I have Hyourinmaru here my plan can commence."
" Hyourinmaru? Why Hyourinmaru?"
" All in good time Ichimaru, all in good time. It's late you're probably tired, you and your arrancar assistant there go rest, we'll talk in the morning." Aizen said simply as he motioned them towards Gin's old room.
" Alright, sweet dreams then, Aizen-sama." Gin said playfully as he and Rangiku went to his old room for the night. They would find out what he was up to, no matter what.
Meanwhile: With Renji.
" Blast you Ichigo, blast you!! you're probably having all the fun while I'm stuck out here in the cold! Most important part of the group my foot! I'll get for this Ichigo, I'll get you...if you don't have Hitsugaya-Taicho when you come back I'm going to pulverize you!! you here me Ichigo!" Renji yelled as he sat down on his portable futon. " Just hurry Ichigo, just hurry..." and with that he fell asleep.
Toushiro's cell room:
" You have to eat Shiro-Chan, please." Momo pleaded as she lifted his head up enough so she could feed him.
" Momo, that's...your...food. You...eat it." he wheezed while he tried to lay his head back down.
" No Shiro-Chan! You have to eat and I won't stop till you do!" she said as she lifted his head again. " Alright... but just...a little." he replied.
" Thank you, now eat." she said as he opened his mouth just a little which was all he could do in his condition. He ate the rice slowly and yelped evey once in a while from the pain. When he finished she put her canteen to his lips and let him drink. He drank faster than he realized so she had to slow him down every once in a while his throat was so dry who could blame him! When he finished drinking she laid him down then started began putting medicine on his wounds. He hissed as the medicine sunk into his skin but calmed down after a while. After she bandaged him she placed his head on her lap and began running her fingers through his hair.
" You'll be out of here soon Shiro-Chan and then we'll spend time together alright?" she stated sweetly.
" Yeah, but... won't you get caught?" Toushiro asked. " No look where we are she said as she pointed out that they were in a secret room in the wall that she had made earlier when he was asleep and they wouldn't get caught because it was covered in a camouflage kidou. Or so she thought.
" I... see."
" I need to go Shiro-Chan, I don't want the arrancar to start getting suspicious because I'm not around. I'll come back and check on you soon, so go to sleep okay" she ordered playfully as she moved them out of the hidden room back into what looked like a normal prison cell. She laid him down and chained his hand to the wall to make it look like he'd been whipped, camouflaged his bandages, and left the room but before she did a faint voice came from behind.
" Please be careful... Momo."
" I will Shiro-Chan." With that she and Ichigo left.
After a few minutes someone slammed the door open and yanked Toushiro up by the neck, then the arrancar unchained him and In a hash voice hissed...
" Get up Hitsugaya!! you piece of trash and follow me!! It's that brutal time a month once again." And with that he dragged Toushiro by his neck out of the room.
" Here we go again... Momo."
A/N: AHHH THERE YOU GO!! YAY CLIFFHANGER!! TOUSHIRO IS MYSTERIOUSLY TAKEN SOMEWHERE AND JUST WHAT IS THIS " BRUTAL TIME OF THE MONTH"? WELL I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE WAIT AND SEE!! I HOPE YOU LIKED IT AND PLEASE REVIEW!! NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE CALLED: THE INVASION OF HUECO MUNDO PART TWO. THANKS!!
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PS. LONG LIVE HITSUHINA!!