WARNING: WEIRD RANDOM SEMI-AU THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE MUCH SENSE

"Pantera." At the sound of his name, the white-armoured panther whirled around, bleeding from various wounds. Muricelago's dark green eyes stared at him, coldly emotionless as ever. "Allow me to."

His blue eyes widened in shock. "You idiot! You can't take on both Santa Teresa and Tiburon by yourself!"

"You are not—"

"Don't talk while we're fighting, Pantera!" The scythes of Santa Teresa came swinging down, the panther king jumping out of the way just in time.

"Don't fucking interrupt me, you insect!" Pantera bared his teeth, hissing angrily at Santa Teresa.

"There is no time for speaking while we fight. Cascada." Tiburon sent a column of water at Murcielago, who deflected it as he flew out of its way.

"There is not, no." Murcielago shot a barrage of ceros at Tiburon, turning to face Pantera. "But I am asking you to trust me on this one."

The panther turned, narrowly dodging a pair of Santa Teresa's blades, and jumping out of the fray. "He's all yours."

Flying back a few hundred meters, Murcielago landed on the sand. "Segunda Etapa."

A dead silence cell across the landscape, as fierce power enveloped the bat while the other three looked on. Once the darkness cleared, a fierce black demon was in his place, golden eyes glaring at the world from under pure black eyebrows.

"Murcie—!"

"Run, Pantera." What had once been Murcielago, flashed through the air and landed crouched on the other side of Santa Teresa, tail whipping as two of the mantis's arms were sliced off. "I cannot garuantee your survival if you do not."

Turning his back on his servant, his companion, the panther king ran, tearing across the landscape as he tried to increase the gap between him and those fighting.

"Lanza de la Rampalago," Murcielago spoke, a spear of vivid green appearing between his hands. As he faced the other two, shark and mantis, he spread his wings, at ready to take off. The two flashed closer to him, and he drew back his arm, jumped into the air...and threw the lance, hearing the explosion as it hit its targets. Right before the shockwave reached him, he pushed his wings one more time, shooting through the air; closing his eyes, he whispered one last apology. "I am truly sorry, Pantera..."

–Contrasting Love–

Blue hair streaming in the wind, Pantera skidded to a stop at the edge of the explosion site, staring in horror at the devastation. Venturing in, he hissed when his paws touched still-hot sand, getting closer to the center of the explosion. He grimaced when he saw the charred ash marks of what had once been Tiburon and Santa Teresa. But he kept on looking, not interested in them.

A bedraggled black protrusion in the distance, the panther dashed over to it, heart pounding as he neared it. Closer, closer, he could recognize certain characteristics: Messy hair, long bat-like wings, a curled-up tail.

"Murcielago?..." Dropping to his knees, blue hair swirled around them as Pantera leaned over the mangled form of his former comrade.

Golden eyes blinked up at him, lips parted drawing in raspy breaths. "Pan...tera..."

"You sacrificed yourself for those freaks?" Blue eyes stared down at the black form lying on the burned sand. "What is this anyway? How did you change to /this?/"

"This?..." Murcielago drew in a pained breath, shrugging his remaining wing shreds. "This is the...the form...of true...despair." He struggled to sit up, leaning against Pantera's chest.

"True despair?..." Pantera's vivid blue eyes stared into Murcielago's golden ones, eyebrows drawn together questioningly. "And what's so despairing about it?"

"You...you don't...see it?" Struggling for breath, he hacked up some blood, thin shoulders shivering vulnerably. "You are...not afraid?"

"Why would I be afraid of you?" The words rolled off his tongue smoothly, soothingly, as he pulled his bat in protectively. "You are still Murcielago."

"But this...this—"

"It's not what you look like." Pantera bent his head down to look at Murcielago better, blue hair falling around their faces to create a curtain from the world. "No matter how fearsome your appearance may seem, in my eyes, you are still beautiful."

Breathing fainter now, Murcielago wrapped his tail loosely around Pantera's wrist, looking up at him with a questioning look. "Pan...Pantera...Is this love?..."

Features softening, Pantera reached for Murcielago's hand, entangling it with his own. "I suppose so." His soft whisper more like a purr, soothing the soul of the one he loved.

"Thank you...I feel...now I...I can leave happy..." His mouth curled up in a small smile, eyes beginning to close.

"Murcielago?.. Wait, Murcielago! You can't leave me like this!..." Desperately he bent his head down, just brushing the other's lips with his own before feeling the limp body in his arms fade to dust.

"I love you..." The voice, softly fading away, entered Pantera's ears. Broken inside, he sat there for a moment before standing up and turning around. Rage filled him as the burnt lumps against the landscape entered his line of vision; flashing across the land to reach them, he unleashed his anger and pain on them, destroying what was already destroyed. And then continuing, nothing in the area was left undisturbed.

Falling to his knees, Pantera bent over, feeling the pain in his chest from his twisted, pained heart. For him to truly realize what he had, and then to lose it so soon. He screamed in rage at the sky, trailing off to a broken sob.

Epilogue

A wandering Hollow came wandering over to investigate the lifeless body lying on the ground. Curiously, it moved its head closer, and closer...

A hand shot out, instantly vaporizing it with a small blue cero.

"Interesting. Very powerful, for someone who wishes to die." The voice traveled through the air, sending Pantera's eyes wide open in shock. Sitting up and turning around, he stared at the figure in front of him, stunned.

"Murcielago? But I thought—you even—"

Cold green eyes looked down at him in disdain. "How is it, that you know of my Resurrección without having ever met me?"

Blue eyes stared up at him, speechless. The mysterious figure sighed. "Despite your stupidity, it appears that your power could be very useful." He turned around, looking over his shoulder at Pantera. "I am Ulquiorra Cifer. Will you be coming, or must I leave you to lead on with your pitiful life?"

"You—I—Mur—I'll come." Getting up, Pantera winced as he stood up. "H-hey! Wait for me!" he called after Ulquiorra, already walking away.

"Then perhaps you should hurry," Ulquiorra responded.

This isn't them as in their Adjuchas form, this is kind of part-AU where "Pantera" (who is Grimmjow, obviously) and "Murcielago" (Ulquiorra) are their Resurreccion forms. I have nothing to say about this...

Grimmjow: ...*falls over in FAIL pose*

Ulquiorra: ...*follows Grimmjow in FAIL pose*

Shiro: Go ahead...just go and die on me, guys!... *sobbing* Oh well. I have more plans for them... *evil smile*