Sorry I haven't been writing lately, there was something I had to do which prevented me from writing. Never mind that now here is a new chapter XD!

Chapter 36: The land of spirits

Hitsugaya peered around from left to right whilst rubbing his eyes to readjust them, his head still dizzy. Iseul laid his hand upon Hitsugaya's shoulder, "Do you not recognise this place?" Iseul said, his eyes piercing the young captains.

Hitsugaya, still confused and light headed replied, "What sort of trickery is this? We aren't in Hueco Mundo anymore surely!" Iseul looked into the distance ahead of them. "Hey you didn't answer my question! Is this Hueco Mundo or not!" Hitsugaya snapped before having to hold his head due to a headache.

Iseul simply closed his eyes, ignoring Hitsugaya's words. "Look ahead of you boy; Tell me what you see." Iseul pointed into the distance and Hitsugaya looked. People were fading into existence, buildings too and very soon all manner of life began to fill the vast empty land.

"Huh?" Hitsugaya was shocked at everything appearing. "This is impossible!" Hitsugaya threw his left arm outwards, "What is this, an illusion?" He questioned.
Iseul replied, "No, these are memories; Memories of your past life. The ones that you can't seem to remember." Iseul looked at Hitsugaya. "This is where your life began, in this very village." Iseul raised his lower right arm slightly until it was chest level, "You see the land of spirits is an island, populated by unique souls. These unique souls gather to this place and begin life like any normal soul would. But, these souls have a special nature and are ruled over by powerful Shinigami." Iseul explained.

"But, what has that got to do with me? And, where do you fit into all of this!" Hitsugaya asked curiously.
Iseul rested his arm and turned to the village, "I was one of the supreme commanders of this place. I served the ruler of this island, one of the best in his militia too. Take a look over there, recognise anything familiar?" Iseul pointed at a statue in the centre of town. The statue resembled a tall man with white spikey hair. He donned a long white robe with a black garb underneath; his sword was white and placed on his back.

Hitsugaya gasped, "That statue! That...that's me!"
Isuel chuckled, "No. That statue could have resembled you if you had lived your life here. That man you see before you is known as the 'Shiro Flash'. He was the ruler of this island and the strongest shinigami of his time."

"But, why does he look so much like me?" Hitsugaya said.

"Don't you get it yet? Have you not realised after all these years why everyone calls you a child prodigy? You are the only known son of the great Shiro Flash!" Iseul stated. Hitsugaya gasped before taking his first steps into the village.

Hueco Mundo

Komamura swung his colossal blade down against Yofun's Zanpakutou in an attempt to finish the match. Yofun smirked as several dog like shadows emerged from his blade and latched onto the great sword.

Yofun's smile widened, "HAHAHAHA! Your feeble attempts to defeat me will never succeed if you strike at that speed! Now taste my bite!" Yofun's dog spirits raced their way up the bankai's arm and seeped into the bankai itself.

Komamura roared, "tch, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Komamura raised his arm preparing for another strike but before he could even thrust his blade down, the dogs smashed out of the giant's chest dealing excessive amounts of damage to the captain. Komamura fell to his knees, blood spilling from his chest. "tch...you...bastard!" Gasping for air, Komamura grips his blade.

Yofun spat, his eyes closing slightly staring at the struggling captain. "You're still alive!" Yofun rested his blade on his shoulder, "I hate to be the one to do this pal but i'm afraid every dog has his day. It's time for you to be put down!" Yofun begins to walk towards Komamura but suddenly grinds to a halt. A hand sprouts out of the ground and grips tightly to his leg. "Tch! What the hell?" Yofun begins to shake the arm off but then he hears a voice in the distance.

"Good work nemu. Now keep him still will you?" Mayuri emerges from nowhere with a huge grin on his face. Yofun gasped.

"Get off of me you pathetic girl!" Yofun stabs his blade into Nemu's arm.

Mayuri reveals an object in his hand, "Thank you for cooperating so easily Deidad. You are truly marvellous! Now, time to become a part of my research!" Mayuri flips the lid of the object and presses a button which was encased inside. An electrical surge shoots up through Nemu, passing up the sword and into Yofun.

The electrical energy surged throughout Yofun's body and caused major damage all over his body. Mayuri clapped at his own success, "Ah what a nice way to start the day wouldn't you say? I would stick around and play but you see, i'm running out of time and you need to be gone before the time runs out!" Mayuri walks past him and towards the entrance to Las Noches.

Yofun breathes heavily, clenching his chest with his right arm; his left arm clenching his sword. "I can't believe this! You...you will not get away!" Yofun charges at Mayuri. Mayuri smiles as he dodges and the Deidad falls into the hallway of Las Noches. Yofun turns to see Mayuri smiling. "What's so funny?" He asked.

Mayuri replied, "Oh nothing important... such a shame really. You would have been an interesting subject in my research. Ah well, i'm sure there are more of you guys. Farewell, Deidad!" Mayuri claps as the traps laid out by him are triggered and Yofun's spiritual power begins to get ripped from his body.

"KUSOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Yofun screamed in agnony as he slowly turned to ash before the captain.
Mayuri turned and pulled Nemu out from the ground. She was paralyzed from the electrical surge. "Honestly girl! Pull yourself together!" Mayuri pulls out a potion and drips it on her head, in moments the robot reawakens.

"Master Mayuri!" Mayuri drops Nemu and she dusts herself off.

"Go attend to the good captain over there. See to it that he lives!" Mayuri commanded and she ran towards Komamura. "Hmmmm...Now how am I going to deal with this creature?" Mayuri turns to the great palace. The ground shakes and he feels spiritual pressure from above. "It's awakened!"

Nemu turned, "MAYURI –SAMA!" Nemu cried out, Mayuri turned to face Nemu and at this time an incredible explosion from the top of the pillar emerged.

Mayuri gasped, "That...that's not normal spiritual pressure! (It's getting stronger!)" Mayuri began to sweat, "tch, dammit...can't move!" Mayuri falls to his knees and looks up as the pillar explodes from the inside out.