"Nate and I will protect you while you heal Chad." Ichigo declared his hand falling onto his arm. "These guys are dead meat."
Spiritual pressure built up around Ichigo as his glare narrowed and focused on the two monsters in front of him.
"BAN-KAI!"
For the second time that day there was another large sonic boom of spiritual pressure however this time followed by something that would only end badly for one party. Nate stood in front of Orihime who also had her gaze on the orange haired shinigami who emerged forward from the disappearing dust cloud.
"Tensa Zangetsu."
Nate blinked in surprise, it was the first time he would be seeing Ichigo's Bankai in action but even now he could feel the lingering presence of his hollow within his spiritual pressure.
'That kid sure has a lot of spiritual pressure but even I can feel it... that heavy gritty presence.'
Nate agreed silently with his Zanpakuto as he eyed Yammy and Ulquiorra who were have a conversation with each other.
"Bankai? Is this him, Ulquiorra?"
"Yes. It seems your tantrums have lured them out."
Nate froze at that comment, did he just say- "Orange haired shinigami with a black Bankai and a tan skinned shinigami with black hair. There can be no doubt."
"They are our targets."
Nate felt his stomach drop at that, as Yammy cheered loudly in Spanish; his gaze shifting from Ichigo to himself.
"You saved us the trouble of hunting you!" The Arrancar's eyes fell back on the still form of Ichigo, "I'll start with you first!"
Yammy threw a punch toward Ichigo who blocked it effortlessly with the blade of his Zanpakuto, his dark glare falling onto the giant.
"Are you the one who did that to Chad's arm?" Ichigo's gaze narrowed even more, "Then I'll start with your arm."
Within a flash Ichigo disappeared from sight before there was the sound of a blade cutting through flesh and a loud thud behind Yammy. Nate watched in pure shock, he knew if he tried to jump in he would be more of hinder then a help. A loud cry of pain and rage came from the large Arrancar as he made his move forward to attacked Ichigo once more.
Nate however darted his gaze to Ulquiorra who was also watching the battle in front of him. Like in the manga, he would simply continue to watch the battle and not interfere which was a good thing.
'I wouldn't let your guard down kid, you already noticed that things are different with this fight.' Kurai interjected.
I know, Kurai but so far most things haven't changed too much meaning the outcome might stay the same.
He heard his spirit let out a sigh before growing silent once more, Nate's gaze narrowed toward Ulquiorra who was still watching the battle.
Suddenly the black haired Arrancar's gaze snapped to his, making him jerk slightly on instinct. Ulquiorra's normally expressionless face held a small smirk which confused Nate greatly.
"Shouldn't you be helping out your friend, shinigami?"
The American's eyes widen as he darted his gaze to Ichigo who had grown still with a hand covering his face and his spiritual pressure going crazy.
"Shit." He cursed as he dashed forward, "Stay back Orihime!"
Clutching his Zanpakuto, he nearly made to Ichigo who was about to be hit with Yammy's foot when a flash of green caught his eye. His head darted to his left to see a bright green cero speeding toward him at an undodgeable rate. Nate threw up his Zanpakuto to block only part of the cero, the rest of the hot beam ripped apart his entire left side.
The American landed knees roughly, his bloody and beaten body hunched over in excruciating pain. His unfocused gaze feel on the expressionless Ulquiorra who was lowering his hand that was aimed right at him. He-He actually attacked him, that wasn't how this was suppose to go at all!
Orihime's cries for Ichigo and himself were heard before there was a cry from Ichigo as the orange haired girl was smacked away by Yammy. Everything was falling into madness as the American Shinigami watched helplessly at the giant was pounding at Ichigo over and over who wasn't moving. He had to do something, he had to help him! He couldn't be helpless again, not again! Footsteps fell in front of him drawing Nate out his desperate thoughts. His gaze met Ulquiorra who had drawn to a stop a few feet in front of him.
His green eyes bore down into him as he felt that he was being analyzed by the Arrancar. Nate saw he had his hand drawn from his pocket and it seemed to be pulled back, ready to throw another attack at him.
Just then, the onslaught of Ichigo stopped suddenly as an eerie silence fall upon the battlefield and all gazes to dart over to the interruption.
"Hello~ Sorry, we're are late, Mr. Kurosaki, Mr. Jagarnauth." The familiar voice of Kisuke sang out as the dark red shield in front of Ichigo shattered relieving not only him but Yoruichi and Sam as well.
A flood of relief and slight worry came over Nate as he stared at the trio who all were sporting different looks, Kisuke was grinning, Yoruichi seem to look a little bored but determined and Sam just bore pure focus with the task at hand.
"What now?! These bugs keep coming out of nowhere." Yammy shouted in annoyed as he stared down the three, "By butting in you're just asking to get killed!"
The Arrancar made a move to attack the three but was quickly neutralized by Yoruichi who flipped him like it was nothing. Nate's eyes widen as the whole ground shook as Yammy hit it, taking his chance his gaze darted to Ulquiorra who hadn't move except for putting his hand back in his pocket as if not to continue with his assault.
Another loud cry of annoyance came from Yammy as he got back to his feet and made his way toward a retreating Yoruichi. Before he could see anymore, a familiar set of clogs appeared in his vision as he gazed up at Kisuke who appeared by his side.
"Well hello Mr. Jagarnauth."
A line of arrows suddenly landed in front of Nate causing the dark haired Arrancar to jump back and turn his gaze to the Quincy who stood in front of Ichigo, bow drawn.
"Sam…!" Nate cried as his gaze staying on his companion who was staring down an approaching Ulquiorra.
"Don't worry, she has got it handled." Kisuke interrupted, pulling medicine out and handing it toward Nate who just ignored him.
Nate's eyes widen as he saw Sam's bow flicker slightly and as Ulquiorra begun to pull his hand out ready to probably fire another cero at her. His brown eyes snapped to her bare hands and his heart dropped as he grabbed the edge of Kisuke jacket roughly.
"NO YOU IDIOT! SHE DOESN'T HAVE HER GLOVES!"
Kisuke's hidden gaze darted quickly to the Quincy girl whose bow completely vanished as the bright green light of a cero started to be build up toward her and Ichigo.
The shop owner vanished from Nate's side and quickly snatched both Ichigo and Sam out of the way then suddenly appearing in front of Yoruichi and Orihime firing a counter attack to the red cero that came from Yammy. A large explosion from the direction of the cero shook the area as Nate's cover his eyes from the dust. He quickly glanced toward Ulquiorra who had recalled his own cero and his hand back in his pocket, his attention on his partner.
Dust cleared from the scene as Yammy gloated about killing the set of girls which was quickly forgotten once he saw the familiar dark green jacket before him. Kisuke stood in front of the two girls along with both a shell shocked Sam and still injured and defeated Ichigo.
"Wh-What the? WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Yammy shuttered, his anger boiling over the edge, " HOW DID YOU…?"
Kisuke gave a careless shrug and let his smirk grow a bit, "Elementary. It would've been too risky to deflect it so I neutralized it with a similar attack."
A loud growl of shock came from Yammy as he doubted what the shop owner was telling him. Kisuke on the other hand grew serious once more as he pulled back his blade once more.
"If you don't believe me, I can do it again." His gaze meet the Arrancar as he spoke, "Scream, Benihime!"
As he thrust his blade forward a dark red attack shot forward racing toward Yammy who was frozen in shock. The attack look like it was about to hit it's target when Ulquiorra suddenly jumped in it's path and deflected the beam with his hand sending it racing toward an empty area of the park.
Kisuke looked at the black haired Arrancar in shock, surprised he didn't fire a counter attack toward himself.
A chipped grin broke out onto Yammy's face as he looked down at Ulquiorra in surprise and excitement. Before he could say anymore then his partner's name the giant suddenly had Ulquiorra's hand rammed roughly into his abdomen sending him back a few feet.
"Wh-What did you do that for?" Yammy panted his pained glare on Ulquiorra who just stared him down with his normal expressionless glare.
"Fool. Get ahold of yourself, Yammy. That's Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihoin. You can't possibly defeat him them at your current level." He stated turning his back on the group and tapping the air behind him.
The sound of something ripping apart filled the air and everybody watched as the sky was forced apart in a way that seemed familiar to a few in the group.
"We are going."
Yoruichi was the first to speak up since she had gotten to her feet, "Running away?"
The Arrancar's gaze fell on the former Captain with a small smirk, "Watch what you say. You know very well what would happen if you tried to fight me and protect those pieces of trash."
"We have achieved our immediate objective." Ulquiorra stepped into the dark gaping void along with Yammy who came sulking after him.
"I'll tell Lord Aizen that those three Ryoka children, he has his eye on are nothing but trash." The green gaze fell on both the fallen shinigami and the petrified Quincy.
"They are not even worth killing."