Tsukune quickly used sonido to appear at the bus stop to check in with Kuyo and show the students they did have protection if they needed it. Other than the one Hollow that showed up earlier, he hadn't had to really fight anything; which gave him time to think about what Bloodriver had told him. Mainly about how to control his instincts; he couldn't think of how he managed to control that primal drive before. As he thought back to every fight he's been in up until his conversation with Bloodriver, he could only think of a few times that he felt stronger, faster and could block pain from his mind. The two fights that he remembered being able to do that was when the fight actually mattered; when he was fighting the Hollow Ghoul called Midou, and when he was fighting Kurotsuchi-taichou. He stopped in his tracks; that's when he gained his zanpakuto and his Shikai. Both times he was fighting to protect someone.

"I… fight to protect" he said as he closed his eyes with a smile.

He knew Bloodriver was smiling at him because he had just found the reason he fights; which is the same reason he can use to harness his instincts. Now everything would become simpler for him; he wasn't going to have to question why he was fighting. Now also came the hard part of controlling his instincts.

'You just went up a notch in my book;' Ghoul said bluntly 'perhaps yer not as pathetic as I thought.'

Before he could say anything back to his dark self, he felt an unfamiliar reiatsu approaching him. His body reacted on instinct as he rolled out of the way just in time to see a staff crash down where he was once standing. He was expecting to see another low level Hollow, but he was completely shocked when he saw a purple haired woman instead. His eyes widened when he saw the mask fragment on her head; an Arrancar.

-Grimmjow-

The panther Arrancar grabbed a hold of the Hollow that charged at him and took a bit out of it. He finally could eat a Hollow and begin to restore his strength; only eating Living World food had been fine for a while, but because he is an Arrancar he needs to eat something with reiatsu to be at full strength.

"Just one or two more like you;" as he wiped his mouth "and I'll be back at full strength" with a snicker as he ripped a piece of the Hollow's mask off and ate it.

The hollow howled in pain as it was defenseless against the Arrancar that was devouring it. Its blood sprayed onto the ground as it tried to stop the bleeding, but to no avail. The black blood continued to ooze out as its attacker took another bite out of its flesh. Grimmjow quickly ripped out the Hollow's throat and snapped its neck in one motion. Ever since he met Shizuka, his temper has seemed to go down; which was weird for him. He has always been used to just lashing out at anyone that tried to look down to him, but lately he hasn't; not even to that Youko that 'suggested', threatened to hurt Shizuka if he didn't, that he assist in the security detail.

"I'll kick that pricks ass after I'm done here;" as he continued to eat the dead Hollow.

He looked in the direction of the Kitsune that had a god complex like Aizen does. The bastard also had the unfortunate pleasure of reminding him of Nnoirta, and he was going to knock this guy down several pegs. The panther finished eating the Hollow and noticed that his shirts had blood all over it; he sighed as he pulled the shirts off and simply threw them on the ground before continuing his patrol/hunt.

"What the fuck is this?" as he picked up a weird looking plant that had several mouths on it with tongues sticking out.

After he gave it a few sniffs, he shrugged and bit into the fruit.

-Bus-

The students walked off the bus and looked at the large forest in awe as members of the Safety Committee started returning from their initial patrol. The trees had leaves that were multiple colors, creating a large beautiful sea that could be seen from above. The wind blew some of the loose leave from the branches that held them and towards the students.

"Can everyone hear me?" Nekonome-sensei asked "good! Today is our Survival Day;" she began "today's task is to survive while doing the challenge. As you all know, living alongside humans can mean having to hide in a forest for safety. This year's challenge is:" everyone waited with anticipation "A Fruit Hunt!"

Rangiku quickly became confused.

"A fruit hunt?" she asked Kurumu "what's the point of that?"

"The winner will be decided by the rarity of the fruits brought back;" Shizuka continued "this is the rarest fruit out here;" as she held up a blood red flesh looking fruit that had several mouths with tongues swaying back and forth "it's called a Durian. It is such a rare fruit because of how difficult it is to harvest. The aroma is powerful, distinctive and can drive the sense of smell crazy;" as she cut the fruit in half "note the crimson color of the inside, that's how you tell it's nice an ripe," the smell caught her nose "it truly is one of nature's genuine treasures;" as she picked it up and quickly devoured the fruit with a large smile on her face.

Rangiku had a worried look on her face; the fruit looked creepy to her, it smelled like aged blood and looked like raw meat. It made her stomach turn in a way that made her feel nauseous.

"That thing's really a fruit?" she asked her friend again.

She was surprised to see that, not only Kurumu, but every one of the succubus' friends had a little drool coming from the corner of their mouths while starring at the weird fruit. Well, almost every one of her friends; Moka was just eyeing the red thing and gulped as the smell of blood reached her nose. To them the supposed fruit was like a deliciously, to Rangiku it looked disgusting; something about those tongue looking things made her shiver. She had no intention of going after that creepy thing; no matter what the prize is.

"The winner of the fruit hunt will get a full day's pass to go to the human world and have fun;" the feline sensei chimed as she finished the fruit "it can be used whenever you wish and is an excused absence from any classes you'd miss."

"I'm going after it!" Kurumu, Moka, Yukari, Mizore and even Rangiku shouted before locking eyes that showed the challenge was accepted.

"No need to fight over the pass;" Nekonome said as her tail swayed behind her "you can also take a friend with you should you win the hunt."

Electricity could be seen coming from each of the women that had locked gazes; each one had already decided who they'd take with if they won. Rangiku was going to take Ginnei and have fun shopping in various mall stores with him. Yukari was going to take Yachiru and practically buy out every candy shop they could. Mizore was going to ask Eiyu if he wanted to go with her to a snow covered mountain; if not then she'd take Kurumu and hang out with her. Kurumu had the same idea as Mizore, only instead of a mountain she'd want to go to a beach; unless he couldn't, then she'd take Mizore and go somewhere the yuki-ona could stand. Moka wasn't going to give Eiyu a choice; she was going to make him spend a full day with her and was going to either confirm or deny his actual identity.

"Due to the recent attacks on campus;" she continued "our Safety Committee has been kind enough to provide protection should the need come up. Please remember that they hold the ability to have discretion over what is 'the need'; so please be careful."

With that said, everyone took off running into the forest to begin their hunt. Kuyo looked around for any sign of Kenpachi, but didn't see him; he knew he was supposed to report back in when the bus arrived.

"Where is he?" he growled as he went back to his patrol route.

-Tsukune-

The shinigami leaned back and barely dodged another attack that came from the rabbit Arrancar. Her attacks were like Grimmjow's, all straight forward and easy to see; he didn't even think she could use sonido. He grabbed the staff as she swung at him again and flipped her over him and into a tree.

"DIE YOU DAMNED SHINIGAMI!" she shouted at him as she began to charge a cero at the tip.

Tsukune quickly drew his zanpakuto as the Arrancar's attack fired at him. The force began to push him back as he tried to hold his ground against the cero. He could feel Bloodriver begin to force reiatsu into him as he grit his teeth and pushed back against the red reiatsu based attack. With a load battle cry he threw the cero into the sky; the cero demolished the branches in its path as it gained altitude.

"That's… impossible…" Ayumi said in disbelief before growing angry "AIZEN-SAMA GAVE ME GREAT POWER. A LOWLY SHINIGAMI LIKE YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEFLECT A CERO OF THAT STRENGTH!"

Tsukune didn't say anything as he breathed heavily; he had to focus on fighting to protect the students that would soon be here. If this Arrancar defeated him, there was no telling what she'd do; although she probably wouldn't get very far because Grimmjow as here and Rangiku was soon going to be, if she wasn't here already. He was surprised that Soifon wasn't asked to come to help with the security detail; she was easily stronger than him and Grimmjow. Then again, she was the only one of them on campus that could handle any Hollow that were to attack.

"You die here shinigami!" as she charged towards her opponent.

She swung her weapon at the shinigami and was blocked by his blade; what made her in angrier was the fact that he was only using one hand to hold his weapon.

"Stop messing around and fight me you filthy shinigami!" she shouted at him as she pushed him back.

"I thought we were fighting;" with a confused look on his face.

Ayumi kicked Tsukune across the face and sent him flying through the air. Tsukune was surprised at the strength she had; once second his feet were firmly on the ground, the next that was completely gone. He heard a static like boom and saw the female Arrancar with her staff ready to impale him. The rabbit Arrancar grinned as she watched the boy get closer to his death; that grin disappeared when he used sonido to get out of the way. A shinigami had just used sonido… that was her only thought as she tried to make sense of what she just witnessed. That was a bigger impossibility than someone deflecting a cero.

Tsukune reappeared over the Arrancar, bringing his zanpakuto down to make a clean slash across her back. He didn't feel right fighting a woman, but it was something he had to push aside; this Arrancar randomly attacked him and still aliened herself with Aizen. No matter what feelings he had about fighting a female, he had an obligation to the students to protect them and as a shinigami to prevent her from killing anyone. His blade rang out as the rabbit Arrancar used her staff to protect herself from the attack.

K…tan

He heard in his head; it wasn't complete, but something told him that it was the name of the attack Bloodriver had mentioned. So far he could still hear Bloodriver's voice, which meant that he was in control of his instincts so far, but it wasn't enough for him to hear the full name of the attack. Right now though, he wasn't concerned about learning the attack; while it would be nice, his focus was on preventing the Arrancar from being able to harm the students, who should be here by now.

"There here…" he said in disbelief as he felt several reiatsu signatures where the bus was at.

'You must hurry to end this battle' Bloodriver told him.

Tsukune knew he couldn't afford to drag this fight out and risk letting someone hear the Arrancar call him a shinigami. That was the last thing he needed; for his alias as a Fraccion to be ruined and becoming exposed as who he really is. He knew he was already pushing his luck with the kido spells he used; Ruby had explained that Yukari would be able to easily find the information and connect the spells back to shinigami. From there the tiny witch would just look up shinigami and make the connection between that and him.

"Drink;" he said as he flipped his zanpakuto into a defensive manner "Bloodriver."

Bloodriver glowed red as the blade changed into its Shikai form and the white armor pieces appeared on his arm and shins. He could feel Bloodriver's strength flowing into him as he vanished with sonido and reappeared in front of the Arrancar with his zanpakuto mid swing. He didn't give her time to react as he sliced through her exposed stomach and followed up with a round house kick to her side. By attacking like this, he wasn't going to give the rabbit Arrancar time to recover and counter any of his attacks. Her blood dripped from his blade as he attacked again, only to be blocked by her staff.

"You'll pay for that shinigami!" she swore to him

"You wanted me to fight," he asked in a calm tone "and when I do you get upset?"

"SHINIGAMI ARE INFERIOR TO ARRANCAR!" she shouted at him while launching him backwards "AND I'LL PROVE IT!"

She swung her staff at him and cut his chest. Tsukune wasn't too surprised that his Hierro was broken; his opponent was an Arrancar and was also a part of Aizen's army. He barely dodged her next attack before she spun the staff over her head and brought the pointed end down on his left shoulder. Pain shot through his body as he felt his collar bone crack under the force; luckily the blood that was already on his blade began to be absorbed by Bloodriver and was being used to heal the injury. The female Arrancar followed up with another slice to his chest and kicking him through a tree. It was a good thing his Hierro was as strong as it was, otherwise he would've had a couple busted ribs or other bad injuries.

'Let me knock this bitch around for a while;' he heard Ghoul say as he got back up.

'No!' he shouted back at his dark half 'I don't need your help!'

"Pay attention shinigami!" Ayumi snapped at him as she brought her staff down and tried to make a cut that would go from his shoulder to his opposite side waist.

Tsukune sonido out of the way and retaliated by kicking her in the back and sending her flying forwards.

"Hado Number Thirty One: Shakkaho!" as he held up his free hand and sent the spell to the Arrancar.

The fiery sphere hit its target dead on and exploded, leaving nothing but smoke around her making Tsukune question if that was enough to defeat her. He hoped it was so he wouldn't have to keep fighting, but it wasn't; he felt a powerful reiatsu coming from the female Arrancar that was almost fuku-taichou level.

"HOP: USAGIJOO!" she shouted as she released her Resurrection.

Pieces of the tree were kicked up and sent flying towards Tsukune; who used sonido to dodge the incoming wood. When the reiatsu finally stopped throwing things at him, he saw that the woman had changed from a human that looked like she had a rabbit mask on her head to a humanoid rabbit. Her legs were more muscular and resembled a cross between rabbit and human legs, her hands had turned into large rabbit paws that had even large nails sticking out that looked sharper than most swords, and her mask had grown a little now covering her forehead and the ears laid with her hair that was at the side of her face.

Before he could react she was behind him with her nails aimed to go through his spine. The nails ripped through him, or so she thought; he vanished with sonido, leaving only his top behind. He couldn't believe how much faster she was in this form; she wasn't as fast as Soifon, but she was still much faster than him. As he watched the female Arrancar throw his jacket aside, he was glad that he wrapped his torso up to hide the scar on his chest; as well as not being in his gigai. Had he been in his gigai, that attack of hers would've killed him.

The two combatants vanished with static like booms and zanpakuto met claw as they collided against each other in the middle. Neither one was willing to let up even in the slightest because they both knew that it would mean their death. Ayumi used her stronger leg muscles to push the shinigami backwards while using her free hand to make a decent sized cut across his chest. A grunt of pain escaped her opponent as blood sprayed from his wound and she used her entire body to force him onto the ground before she took to the air and began to charge a cero between her rabbit ears.

Tsukune charged his own cero and fired it just as the female Arrancar fired hers. His body couldn't take too much more before it gave out and if that happened… he knew Ghoul would take advantage of his weakened state and take over. He had to end this fight; to protect the students, himself, everyone. Suddenly, a sharp pain in his neck made itself known.

'No…' he thought as he felt Bloodriver shocking his hand and forcing him to drop her.

"Still can't focus on the fight SHINIGAMI?" she shouted as she charged at him, her nails ready to take his head from his shoulders.

When her nails made contact with his neck, they stopped without the shinigami grabbing her arm. She heard his Shikai regress back into its sealed state, and saw a flame like tattoo grow across his neck and face.

-Meanwhile: Moka-

The S-rank vampire was enjoying watching several small animals fight over a piece of ripe fruit that had just fallen from a tree; there were two fluffy squirrels, a chipmunk, and a rabbit. A smile grew on her face as she reached up and picked another few pieces from the tree before tossing them to the small critters; the small animals stopped their brawl and each took a piece before running back to their homes. She always remembered the walks she'd take with her mother to go feed the small animals around the castle she once called home; it was her favorite activity to do with her mother.

She continued her search for a Durian fruit as she remembered the many hours they'd spend watching the numerous animals eat the fruits and vegetables they brought from the castle. Those days often made her the happiest she ever felt when she lived in that place.

"I wish I knew what happened to you mother;" she said with sadness.

She heard a loud explosion north of her and saw several animals running for their lives, and then she felt a massive wave of youki hit her. It was stronger than anything she's ever felt before and knocked the wind out of her as it forced her to the ground. It was extremely dark and she could literally feel the killer intent in it as it regressed from around her. She stayed how she was for a second to make sure there wasn't going to be a second wave of the powerful youki; deeming it safe, she rose to her feet and, with curiosity controlling her, started to head closer to the source.

-Grimmjow and Shizuka-

The panther had rounded up several of the odd fruit things he found after he killed and ate the Hollow. When he showed it to his feline friend, she squealed with excitement before taking one from him and cutting it up. After she cut it up, she told him that it was a Durian fruit; the rarest of fruits in the area.

"Hey;" he said to his feline friend with benefits "you said these things are hard to pick, but I grabbed fifteen without a problem. Why's that?"

"Well…" she began "the actual Durian fruit is a large plant that will eat anything that these lures bring to them. In the ocean, there's a fish that has a light on an antenna that it uses to lure prey to it so it can eat."

"That doesn't explain why it was so easy for me to grab these things;" as he began to eat another piece.

"It's like you described Hueco Mundo;" as she picked up another piece "if it senses that something that followed its lure is much stronger than it, it won't attack. They produce multiple lures every month and only uses the ripe ones to attract prey because you can tell by looking at the skin of the lure that it is ripe;" before she started devouring the piece she picked up "the ripe ones always taste best."

"So I was too strong for the damn thing; works for me" as he finished his piece "these things taste better than Hollows and give me the same amount of strength as a mid level basic Hollow. I'm gonna go back and pound that damn thing into the ground so I can take all the lures;" with a grin.

The two were suddenly hit with a wave of reiatsu that felt similar to Grimmjow's.

"An Arrancar;" he said as he pulled out his Soul Phone and throwing it to the ground "why the fuck ain't this thing goin' off?" as he got up and looked at Shizuka "stay here;" he told her before disappearing with sonido.

-Kurumu and Mizore-

The black and white duet walked down the same trail; each one trying to stay ahead of the other as they looked for a Durian fruit. Sure they were working together, but they each wanted to spend a day with Eiyu without anyone to interrupt them. They stopped to catch their breath and take in the scenery.

"Look!" Kurumu cheered "there's one!" as she grabbed it "I win!"

Mizore only watched with complete surprise as the fruit's tongue began to wrap around her friend's arms and basically start feeling the succubus up. Her jaw dropped so much that her lollipop fell out of her mouth because of what she was seeing. The odd appendages were squeezing Kurumu's breasts, while more were going underneath her clothes to do the same thing, causing the succubus to begin moaning in pleasure. The blue haired girl's breath hitched as she felt the tongues wrap around her legs and slowly move to her panties. The yuki-ona quickly shot several ice knives at the fruit and severed the appendages from it and causing Kurumu to drop it before falling to the ground with a look of pure bliss on her face.

"For a succubus;" she sighed "you really can't handle foreplay."

"But it felt soooo gooooodddd" the succubus replied with a smile.

"It's a fruit."

"I wasn't imagining the fruit;" with a perverted smile.

This caused the yuki-ona to blush; she knew her succubus counterpart well enough to know that she was imagining either her or Eiyu. Although she wouldn't put it beneath her friend to imagine the both of them.

"Get up;" Mizore said as she fought back her blush "it's getting away;" as she pointed at the fruit.

"NO!" Kurumu shouted as she quickly snapped out of her daydream and started running after it with Mizore right behind her.

It didn't take long for the duet to catch up to the fruit, but Kurumu was the one that grabbed it first. Before she could begin cheering, they felt a massive wave of youki crash down on them.

"What… was…?" was all Mizore could say before she heard a static like boom in Kurumu's direction.

Grimmjow grabbed the busty teen and threw her towards the yuki-ona. The duet was about to shout something at him, but then they saw what appeared to be large teeth come up and start to close around their sensei.

"BRING IT, YOU OVER GROWN WEED!" Grimmjow shouted with a grin before he was eaten.

The two watched in horror as they realized that the panther demon had just saved Kurumu and there was nothing they could do to help him. The large plant stood up and started to look at them like what they were to it; food. Before it could move towards them, they heard sadistic laughter coming from within the plant as a bulge began to form where its stomach would be. Only a second later, Grimmjow busted out of the plant and landed in front of the black and white duet; the usual grin plastered on his face that he has when he is about to fight someone.

"There ain't no way in hell I'm gonna get eaten by a fuckin' plant;" he said as his grin disappeared and he turned around "I've fought, killed, and eaten bigger and tougher than you. I'm gonna kill you and take all those fuckin' lures;" as he pointed to the large sack underneath its mouth that had countless Durian fruits in it. The plant only roared at him. "Suit yerself" as he charged a bala and fired it at the plant's head causing it to explode into countless pieces.

He grinned as he watched what was left of the plant fall to the ground and the lures spilled at his feet. He was starting to wish he didn't just throw his shirts away; he could have used them to carry more of the lures. His eyes wondered towards the two students that were behind him.

"Help me carry these damn things" he spat at them.

"WHAT?" Kurumu shouted back as Mizore only looked at him with a confused look.

"You owe me for savin' yer life;" he said as he narrowed his eyes at her "or I could be an asshole and hold it over yer head."

"Fine;" as she crossed her arms, only to secure the Durian fruit she had better.

"I'll give ya one of these lures;" as he looked at the yuki-ona.

"Alright" with a shrug.

The three were hit with another wave of reiatsu.

"Eiyu can handle himself;" Grimmjow said out loud to no one in particular.

-Tsukune-

Ayumi looked at the shinigami she had just tried, and failed, to decapitate. The flame like tattoo that went from the base of his neck to a part of his face caused her body to shake for some reason. It could have been the fact that her nails were right at the point of where the tattoo started, or the dark reiatsu she was starting to feel coming from the shinigami, or even just the fact that he didn't even try to evade the attack and was now chuckling.

"Is that really all you can do;" he asked in a very dark voice "Arrancar?" as his eyes shot open to reveal yellow irises and black scarla.

Before she could even think to move, the supposed shinigami grabbed her by her throat and threw her into a tree with enough force to completely obliterate the wood. She clenched her teeth together to keep from letting out a scream of pain as a large piece of wood went into her shoulder. When she opened her eyes she saw her opponent standing over her with an evil grin on his face; he quickly grabbed the piece of wood that was sticking out of her shoulder and yanked it out without hesitating. She let out a scream of pain as she felt several splinters break off in her shoulder; immediately, she used sonido to try to get away from her opponent.

"Is the bunny trying to run away?" she heard him laugh from behind her.

She looked back just in time to see him jump on her and force her head into the dirt beneath them. The sound of her mask beginning to crack under the pressure filled her ears and her eyes began to widen; even as an Arrancar, Hollows had to be careful not to let their masks become too damaged to prevent them from being stuck at a certain power level.

"You even have a little cotton tail;" her enemy laughed as she felt his hand grab her butt.

"Don't… don't touch… touch me you filthy shinigami!" she ordered with a shaking voice.

"Yer in no position to be tryin' to spout orders;" in a serious voice as he ripped the bottom half of her dress off.

He saw that the rabbit Arrancar was wearing a light purple thong and grinned as his body reacted to the sight of her nearly-bare ass. Her cream colored skin showed just how firm her ass really was, and Ghoul liked that. In one fluid motion he yanked the thong so hard it snapped and he threw the now ruined article of cloth to the side.

"What… what are you doing?" she demanded to know.

She looked back to see that the one she originally believed to be a shinigami had what appeared to be a Hollow mask forming on the right side of his face. The mask continued to grow until it covered his right eye and forced his spiky hair back. It had the same flame design on it as the tattoo that was on his skin underneath it.

"What's it look like;" he laughed "I'm gonna rape ya until yer broken so bad I get bored."

"No!" she shouted as she tried to push him off of her but he easily caught her legs.

"Yer only gonna make it harder on yerself;" Ghoul laughed as he used his knees to keep her legs apart and pinned to the ground and then used one hand to force her face into the ground "this is gonna be…"

He felt his body resisting his demands and suddenly felt Tsukune's reiatsu from deep within him. His body began to force itself up off the female Arrancar and he struggled to control the hand that was trying to reach for the mask on his face. He knew what was happening; Tsukune was trying to regain control of the body by ripping off his mask.

"No;" he grunted out as he fought back against Tsukune "yer so fuckin' pathetic, ya can't even take this bitch;" as the hand got closer to the mask "you don't deserve to have control ya damn weakling. NO;" as the hand grabbed a hold of the mask "NO, NO, NO, NO!" as he struggled against Tsukune for control of the hand that was slowly pulling the mask away from his face.

'You won't hurt her!' Tsukune shouted at him as he ripped the mask off his face with a scream of pain.

Tsukune fell to his knees as he panted for air and realized what this meant. He was going to have to seek the Visoreds out very soon if he wanted to prevent this from happening again. The question that lingered in his mind was; would they help him since he rejected their first offer? They had no reason to; he had basically threw the offer right back at their faces when he told Hiyori he wouldn't go with her. He closed his eyes and couldn't believe what Ghoul was about to do; it wasn't right no matter who it is.

Ayumi took advantage of her opponent's lack of paying attention and created a Garganta to escape in; she wasn't about to risk getting raped by a delusional shinigami. Now she felt like she had more than enough reason to leave; with the information she just gained, she felt like she could justify an early departure from her mission. Tsukune opened his eyes and saw the Garganta shut; the Arrancar had retreated back to Hueco Mundo. It was the smartest thing for her to do; even if she had somehow managed to stop Ghoul from raping her, she still had to face Grimmjow and Rangiku.

He carefully picked himself up off the ground and walked over to Bloodriver; he was curious as to why she didn't prevent Ghoul from taking over him like she normally did. Had she kept his Hollow in check like she normally did, Ghoul wouldn't have nearly raped that female Arrancar. As he sheathed Bloodriver he looked at his blood soaked bandages and knew he was going to have to avoid the two vampires until he could dispose of the blood soaked fabric without them finding it. He picked up his jacket and put it on before he sonido back towards the bus since he knew it was getting close to time to leave. When he arrived at the bus, all the students were starting to load up.

"Wait!" he heard Kurumu shout "Moka's not here!"

"Split up and find the vampire" Kuyo ordered in an obviously annoyed tone.

Tsukune closed his eyes and used his Pesquisa to locate the silver haired vampire. After a few seconds, he found her; she was back in the direction he had just come from. He let out a sigh as he used sonido to go back to where he was earlier.

-Moka-

The S-ranked vampire saw the blood on the ground and inhaled the air around her; it was definitely fresh blood since it still had the scent that often drove her senses crazy. She kneeled down and used her index and middle finger to swipe up some of the blood. She brought it to her nose and smelled it; the scent started to drive her primal desire for blood crazy. Only one person's blood had ever done that too her and there was only one way to confirm that it was his. She stuck out her tongue and ran her fingers along it; her eyes immediately widened before becoming filled with rage. The taste was a perfect match to Tsukune's and she had a feeling she knew who if came from.

"Akashiya-san" she heard behind her "it's time to go."

She turned to see Eiyu standing with one hand scratching the back of his neck. Her eyes narrowed on him as she saw the bandage wrappings on his hand and torso. She knew Tsukune had a scar on his chest and died with a burn on his right hand; both of which he would try to hide from everyone's eyes.

"What happened to your chest and hand?" she asked in a serious tone.

"I hurt them when training with Grimmjow-sama;" he answered calmly "everyone is waiting for you so they can get back to campus" as he turned around and started to leave.

"Bull shit!" she shouted at him.

This caused him to stop in his tracks; he had never heard the vampiress curse before. Her tone also suggested she knew something.

"Your bandages are soaked in blood," as she pointed an accusing finger at him "I can smell it from here. I know the smell of that blood better than I know the scent of my own family's! I bet there's a scar on your chest in the shape of an X and a burn mark on your hand the looks like a cross!" practically shouting at him "JUST ADMIT IT TSUKUNE!"

"I'm not…" he started to say before he felt a large reiatsu and a Garganta rip open.

His eyes looked to the sky and saw the rift opening wider and wider until a Gillian could be seen by everyone in the area. He couldn't believe what he was seeing; the massive same-face Gillian walked out of the Garganta and let out a roar. He saw Moka's hand enter his field of vision and he instinctively grabbed it to stop her from ripping off his bandages.

"I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LIEING TO EVERYONE!" she shouted as she used her free hand to try to rip off the bandages again "I'LL RIP OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHING TO PROVE IT IF I HAVE TOO!"

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR DELUSIONS!" he shouted back at her as he blocked her hand again "that's a Gillian class Hollow. It's stronger than any Hollow that has attacked the campus before;" as he dodged a kick Moka threw at him "if it isn't killed soon then it will hurt a lot of people; POSSIBLY KILL THEM!"

Moka didn't listen to him as she threw another kick at his head. Instead of dodging it this time, he grabbed it and tossed her into a tree.

"You're even just as strong as the last time I saw you;" with anger in her voice "when your ghoulish nature tried to kill me;" as she got up.

Tsukune didn't say anything as he used sonido to get behind her and deliver a single blow to the back of her neck; effectively knocking her out. He didn't want to knock the vampire out, but she wasn't listening to him and since he was on the Safety Committee he couldn't let her continue to attack him. If Kuyo or another member were to see that, there was no telling how much trouble she'd be in; as well as him. He caught her as she fell forward and picked her up bridal style; his main focus was on where to hide her until he could kill the Gillian. As he looked around, he saw a large hollowed out tree that looked like it was just big enough to fit the S-rank vampire in it.

"I'm sorry; Moka-san" he whispered in her ear as he put her in the tree trunk "I wish I could tell you who I am, but I can't. I hope you can forgive me for knocking you out, but I need to protect everyone;" as he moved a strand of her hair away from her face.

He turned to face the Gillian, who opened its mouth and started to charge a cero aimed at the bus. His eyes widened as he drew Bloodriver, forced her into Shikai and took to the sky. He knew he didn't have time to charge his own cero to try to counter it, but he could still try to deflect the attack like he did the female Arrancar's cero.

-Grimmjow-

The panther watched as the Gillian quickly charged a cero aimed for them, he heard the engine refuse to start up; this was a hell of a time for the battery to die. Everyone on that bus was going to die if that Gillian wasn't killed very soon; at the rate that it was charging that cero, he wasn't going to be able to sonido over to it and blast it with a bala or a cero of his own.

"EVERYONE OFF THE BUS AND RUN FOR IT!" he shouted at them as the cero grew larger "NOW GODDAMNIT!"

-Tsukune-

Just as he got to the right elevation, the Gillian fired its cero; the compressed reiatsu warped the air around it as it raced towards him. His heart pounded in his chest as he thought about what he was about to do. It was incredibly stupid, as Soifon would put it, and was probably going to get him killed; but it wouldn't be the first time he died for someone else. Ghoul had already hinted at how he died; protecting the academy from becoming exposed by pouring his youki into a seal to repair the barrier. It was now or never; with a loud battle cry he gripped Bloodriver with both hands and swung his zanpakuto at the cero. The reiatsu based attack met his zanpakuto and began to push him back towards the bus. Even with him focusing countless spirit particles to his feet and behind him, the cero was pushing him backwards. He grit his teeth as he felt his reiatsu increase and he began to slow the cero down quickly.

'I can't let this get to them;' he shouted at himself as he forced the cero to stop 'I have to protect them. Kurumu-chan, Mizore-chan, Yukari-chan, and Moka-san;' as he felt his zanpakuto slip into the cero 'WE WERE FRIENDS! WE ARE FRIENDS! AND I WON'T LET THIS GILLIAN KILL THEM!"

-Grimmjow-

"HURRY THE FUCK UP!" the panther shouted at the students "DON'T FUCKIN'…" his eyes widened as he heard the cero fire "KEEP RUNNING!" he ordered the students and Shizuka.

The students quickly rushed in random directions in an attempt to get away from the incoming attack. Everyone was panicking as the red attack drew closer and closer.

"Shit;" he said as he saw the cero was too wide for all the students to get out of its path "get out of the damn bus!" he shouted at the driver.

"A captain always goes down with his ship;" the cigar smoking man replied calmly as he took a puff of his cigar "I would feel more at peace if I were to die in my bus."

The Safety Committee had its fastest people grabbing as many students as they could and getting them out of the blast radius that would be created. Grimmjow knew that wasn't going to be enough; he was going to have to charge a low level Grand Ray Cero, but he's never charged one that fast before. He quickly grabbed Kuyo's sword from its sheath, sliced his palm open, and let it bleed. Before he even started charging it, he saw something in the path of the cero; Aono. His eyes widened as he saw Aono attack the cero with his zanpakuto and didn't get blasted to smithereens as a result.

He was finding it difficult to bring himself to charge the Grand Ray Cero knowing that Aono was more than likely going to get caught in between the two hollow attacks. It had never been this difficult for him to risk anyone's safety before; so why the hell was it? He snarled as he began charging his ultimate cero.

-Tsukune-

He felt his blade slip further into the cero as he finally understood how to control his instincts. Instincts told him to fight, to kill, and to win; but they offered no true reason to do any of that. It was his desire to protect those around him that gave him a true reason to fight, to slay Hollows, to win fights, and to push through the pain no matter what. While his body screamed in pain, his instincts allowed him to ignore the pain and focus on the cero he was trying to stop.

"I…" he grunted as he slowly pushed himself forward "won't…" as the cero became noticeably distorted "let…" as his blade slipped against the cero "you…" the cero started to split "KILL THEM!" as he used his zanpakuto to slice the cero clean in half while he got closer to the Gillian's mask.

-Grimmjow-

The Arrancar only grinned as he saw Aono slice the cero in half; he was going to save his disbelief for later. Now he only had to worry about half of the cero, since the top half was going to go clear over the bus and into the ocean, and didn't have to worry about hitting Aono. Blue reiatsu began to build up in his palm as he focused on his target.

"Grand Ray Cero!" he shouted as the reiatsu became a sphere.

The blue sphere flew towards the red reiatsu and exploded on impact; everyone cheered as they saw the smoke disperse into the air.

-Tsukune-

The shinigami continued to slice the cero in half as he drew closer to the Gillian. His intent was clear in his eyes and with how his reiatsu felt; he was going to wipe this Gillian off the face of the earth. With one last battle cry, he split the Gillian's mask in half and unleashed a massive amount of reiatsu; the Gillian let out a cry of pain just before it dissolved into thin air. A smile grew on Tsukune's face as he knew everyone was safe as his vision grew blurry and he couldn't focus enough to keep spirit particles condensed under his feet.

He lost consciousness and fell from his once stable footing. The sound of the wind screaming past his ears barely registered to him as his body picked up speed thanks to gravity. As he finally got to tree top elevation, he slammed into branches that knocked him every which way as he continued to fall to the ground; hitting it with a heavy thud as he fell from the last branches. Bloodriver returned her Shikai back to its fully sealed state as Tsukune's grip on her lightened. She knew he had spent a massive amount of reiatsu and keeping his Shikai released would only cause him to lose more. It was a complete surprise to her that he was able to do what he just did and survive; she had accepted and anticipated death with his little stunt, yet they were both alive, so to speak.

-Moka-

The S-ranked vampire woke up to a massive wave of youki crashing into her; when she tried to look around she could barely move and see. Then she remembered that she was in the middle of calling Tsukune out when that thing, Gillian as he called it, showed up. She ignored it and attacked Tsukune in an attempt to force him to confess his identity to her; which ended with her feeling a hit to the back of her neck and suddenly waking up here. As her eyes adjusted, she saw a light next to her; with a powerful shove, she broke the bark apart and freed herself from the tree trunk.

Her eyes widened as she saw the Gillian evaporate into nothingness with someone standing where its head used to be. Immediately, she knew that it was Tsukune and he was serious about killing that massive hollow. She felt a wave of guilt hit her as she realized that she held him up and wasn't sure what the result of her action was. Someone could've been killed because of her anger and suddenly resurfacing ego and pride; Tsukune had tried to get her to stop, but she continued to attack him.

"What have I done?" she asked herself before she saw Tsukune fall from the sky "TSUKUNE!" she shouted in horror.

She raced towards him so she could help him; she had to get to him for a few reasons. One, so she could reveal his true identity; two, so she could finally stop questioning herself about his identity; and three, so she could apologize to for everything she's done. The wind pushed her hair all the way back as she ran at top speed towards the 'Fraccion'; her muscles were stiff from not being in many fights this semester, but she ignored the pain she was feeling.

When she finally found him, he was unconscious on his back with his katana barely being held in his hand; his jacket was burned a little and revealed the blood soaked bandages underneath it. Her heart started to beat heavily as she reached for the bandages; this was the moment of truth, she would finally either confirm or deny that this 'Kenpachi Eiyu' was really Aono Tsukune. A voice in the back of her mind was telling her this was a bad idea, but she had to know; she just had too! Her hand began to shake nervously as she got closer to the blood stained material; a part of her didn't want to know the truth because she was afraid she'd be wrong, but she quickly got over the fear as her hand was about to grab hold of the bandages.

Suddenly a hand grabbed hers and stopped her from even touching the once white material. The person had incredible strength as they held her hand in place, not even letting move a millimeter. Her head snapped around so she could look at the person she was about to shout at, but couldn't say anything as she saw her mother was the one stopping her.

"M-m-mother;" with complete disbelief.

"Moka-darling;" she said with her usual soft smile.

"Where…" as tears began to form "where have you been?" she demanded to know.

"I see you do not remember;" as her smile vanished as she looked away.

"REMEMBER WHAT?" she shouted.

"It has been six years, and the memory was repressed for a reason;" as she stood up, bringing Moka up with her "I will tell you this; I never truly left you. When your seal was finished I sealed a piece of myself in the rosary to create your outerself so I would always be with you. I cannot continue this conversation," as she wiped the tears away from her daughter's face "there is a storm coming and;" as she looked at her wielder "he will need to be stronger than he is now. I believe he is ready for the next level;" as she turned back to her daughter.

"Next… level…" in confusion.

"Had I survived that day, I would have told you about many things;" as she pulled the silver haired vampire closer to her "but right now I cannot. Please forgive me for doing this."

Before Moka could ask her question, she was hit in the back of the neck and knocked out. She gently set her daughter on the ground and flared her reiatsu so Grimmjow would know where to come; however, she had no intentions of being there when the Arrancar showed up. She lazily picked up Tsukune and the blade that normally contained her and began to walk further into Paradise. There was a second entrance to the underground training grounds that Tsukune had found; that entrance was on the far side of Paradise, but she knew that no creatures would dare attack her. At least none that could feel the power she was radiating.

…Shinigami Cup: Golden…

"This is worse than when I spent the day running from the Gotei Thirteen with Ichigo-san;" Hanataro said quietly to himself as he hide under a table.

The red head hadn't stopped chasing him since he told her he was looking for Eiyu. He didn't have the stamina to keep this up forever; he needed to find a safe place to hide until he could find Eiyu. The only question was; where? This place was completely new to him and he had no clue where anything was; at least in the Seireitei he knew the sewers well enough to guide Ichigo through them. Here he was completely blind.

"Where are you; ya weakling?" he heard Shuzen shout.

The medic carefully crawled out from the under the table and tried to sneak over into the kitchen area. He doubted she would look in there.

"He's over here Strawberry-chan!" he heard the voice of Yachiru-fuku-taichou.

During their earlier chase, Kokoa saw the small fairy was giggling as she kept up with the two. So she employed the fairy with promises of payment in candy; which she could easily get plenty of.

"Yer done!" she shouted as she brought her war hammer down trying to hit Hanataro, barely missing again.

"SOMEONE SAVE ME!" he cried as he rushed ran through the courtyard again.

"GIVE ME THAT DAMN FILE!" Kokoa shouted as she continued her pursuit.

-Kurumu and Mizore-

"I can't believe we tied" Kurumu complained.

"This means we can both spend a day with Eiyu;" Mizore said as she looked at her Durian "it worked out for the best."

"But I got a Durian all on my own;" she whined "it's not fair."

"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE PUNK!" they heard Kokoa shout before something collapsed to the ground.

"PLEASE HELP ME!" they saw a black haired boy cry as he ran away from the red haired vampire.

"He'll be fine;" Mizore said as she used an ice knife to cut a piece of the Durian off so she could eat it.