Hiro feels like himself again and ready for action. He's no longer feeling overwhelmed by Arracue's dark power. He continued to train and he felt ready this time. Sonya stayed underground to keep an eye on him.

"Have you been up all night?" Sonya turned around to see Daphne walking up to her.

"Hey, Daphne. I was still concerned about Hiro." Sonya said. "It looks like he's back to normal. I just hope he's ready to face this enemy."

"I wouldn't worry about that." Daphne said. "Hiro's too stubborn that he doesn't know when to quit. Speaking of which, we should get going. Hiro!" She called and got his attention. "Everyone else is ready to go. What about you?"

"Yeah. I'm all set." Hiro said. "Arracue might have gotten the better of me before, but not this time." All of them went outside and were ready to head out. Hiro also let Neko in his body to prevent it look like he ever left.

"Are you sure you're ready?" Conor said.

"Yeah. We have to act soon or who knows what Arracue will do." Hiro said. "Takarin, what about you? What are you going to do?"

"I hate to make my visit short, but I don't think I would actually be much help against guys like this." Takarin said. "I'll think I'll just head on home."

"Then what was the point of you even coming?" Lucas asked, but Takarin seemed embarrassed before he said anything

"Well….there was trouble last time with Daigo, Ashiru, and Enru…..and, well….." Takarin wasn't really sure what to say, but Daphne was able to figure it out.

"I get it. You came here based on the feelings of a worried parent." Daphne said.

"Shut up." Takarin said as he was acting like that wasn't the case.

"Sonya, I think it might be best if you stay here as well." Hiro said.

"You don't want me to come?" Sonya questioned.

"I think Ami would want a friend close by for when she wakes up." Hiro said. "Besides, I can't really trust Neko to be left alone with Ami."

"Hey! What's that suppose to mean?!" Neko said. Sonya wanted to go, but she could see what Hiro was talking about and didn't want to be a burden to him.

"Okay. Just promise that you'll come back." Sonya said. Hiro nodded his head in agreement and turned to those who were going.

"You guys all set?" Hiro asked and all of them were. "This time, we're bringing them down." All of them were set and they weren't planning on losing to them again.

The Arrancars

Arracue stood in front of a doorway and he seemed to be happy about something. Two of his arrancars, the one with brown hair and sharp teeth for a mask and the one with black hair and had mask fragments on the side of his face.

"Everything is set, Arracue. We're just waiting on the enemy's return." The one with black hair said.

"Thank you, Sartauro." Arracue said. "I take it you know what needs to be done. Cocallo, are you prepared yourself?"

"Yes, Arracue." Cocallo said.

"Good. We'll have them right where we want them soon enough." Arracue said.

Hiro

Hiro and the others have arrived back at the mansion and it looked the same as they left it. What's different is that they don't really sense any spiritual pressure being exerted out from any of the arrancars.

"This is the place, but I don't sense those creeps anywhere." Hiro said.

"Just keep your guard up." Enru said.

"Enru's right. They can easily be masking all their spiritual pressure." Ashiru said. "They could attack from anywhere. So don't you think we need a plan?"

"Ashiru's right. We can't just charge in there without a plan." Daphne said. "We're outnumbered with it being six against ten. Each one of those arrancars are incredibly powerful."

"The only plan I need is go in there and take Arracue, Hanz, and all of them down." Hiro said.

"That's a pretty bold plan." All off them looked to the trees and spotted Vincen was there. "Of course, you don't truly stand a chance."

"That's one of the arrancars we saw the other day." Daigo recognized.

"My name is Vincen Von Chileafer. I'm a little surprised that you would actually come back despite how powerless you are compared to Arracue. Some of us do believe he made a mistake of not killing you, but Arracue does like to have a challenge."

"Does he?" Hiro said as he reached for his sword. "I'll give him a challenge." Hiro flew up to him and was going to strike him down, but his sword passed right through Vincent when Hiro pulled it out and he vanished. "What? An afterimage?"

"Where'd he go?" Daigo said, but he felt something hit against him and knocked him down with Vincen appearing behind him.

"Too slow." Vincen said.

"I got him!" Lucas said as he activated his powers. Lucas gave himself a boost and was going to attack, but Vincen disappeared again and Lucas felt something kicked him in the back.

"Oh man. This guy is a lot faster than the others were." Ashiru said and he got knocked down himself with Vincen appearing.

"That's right. I'm probably the fastest arrancar you'll ever meet." Vincen said.

"Let's test that theory." Daphne said as she summoned her shärfer. She fired the arrows, but Vincen was moving faster than her arrows and it was hard to keep track.

"Damn. This guy is so fast. I can't keep up with him." Hiro said. Vincen avoided all of the arrows and reappeared in front of the mansion.

"If you truly wish to fight us, step inside." Vincen said and went ahead inside the building.

"Hold it." Hiro said as he and the others ran in after him. Vincen continued to move through the mansion, but he was going through the areas Hiro and the others didn't get the chance to look through. "Where's he going?"

"Probably leading us into another one of Arracue's traps." Daigo said. Vincen went in the next room and they all started to head downstairs. As soon as all of them reached the bottom, they were faced with something strange.

"What the hell? What is that?" Hiro said. On the other side of the room was what appeared to be a black rip in the air and it was large enough for them to walk through.

"Hold on. I've seen that before." Daphne said. "It actually looks that opening that Menos Grande came through. The one where Hiro and I fought before."

"Correct." Vincen said as he stepped into their view.

"What is this? We want Arracue and the rest of your creepy band." Hiro said.

"If you really want to face Arracue, you will, but you will do it on our territory." Vincen said. "This black opening behind me is called a garganta. It's a pathway between Hueco Mundo and other worlds."

"So on the other end is the home world of the hollows?" Daigo questioned.

"That's right. We left this one open because we knew you would come after us." Vincen said. "This garganta will lead you directly to a palace known as Las Noches. That is where Arracue awaits."

"You've got to be kidding me. Why would we go all the way to your world to fight?" Hiro said.

"You can stay and wait for his return, but you don't know how to close a garganta." Vinen said. "No telling what kind of hollows might come through if this remains open. If you do decide to come in, you can use your spirit energy to create a path for you to get through. All you would have to do is run straight and you'll reach Las Noches soon."

"An obvious trap." Enru said.

"Perhaps, but if you do decide to go through, you have our word that no hollows will go through." Vincen said. "If you believe you can handle an infinite assault of hollows, fill free to stay. We'll be waiting." Vincen turned around and walked through the garganta.

"Come back here!" Hiro called and was about to go through.

"Hiro, stop!" Daigo said and Hiro slid to a stop.

"What is it? They made a path for us to go after them. Let's go in after them." Hiro said.

"Hiro, none of us have ever went to Hueco Mundo before." Daigo said. "We don't know what could be on the other end. Not to mention that if we go through, we might not come back. We could end up trapped there."

"If a bunch of mindless hollows can find their way from there world to our world, I'm sure we can figure it out." Hiro said.

"I'm with Daigo. It sounds like too big of a risk." Daphne said.

"But if we leave this open, hollow after hollow will come through and there'll be no end." Ashiru said.

"But why leave it open? Hollows can come and go into this world whenever they please." Enru said.

"We should still go." Hiro said. "Arracue is on the other end and who knows what he's planning. If we have a chance to go after the enemy, we should take it. We can't keep waiting around for the enemy to attack us. If we do, it could be too late for us to do anything." They all could see Hiro had a point.

"Fine, but I'm leaving a message to the Seireitei." Daigo said as he took out his phone and typed on it. "I'll be asking for assistance in returning and informing them of an opened garganta. That way, if we have no way of getting back, they can help us."

"Looks like we're all in agreement, but we have to be careful." Lucas said.

"Lucas is right. We're heading into their world, their territory." Daphne said. "There's no way of knowing what we'll be in for."

"So let's quit talking and head in. Let's go!" Hiro said as he was the first to run through the garganta. The rest of them followed after him and they all went into a world where every day is a struggle of survival. However, as soon as all of them crossed over through, someone walked up to the garganta. It was the hollow with dark green hair. His name is Civerio Menasa. He held up his hand to the garganta and had it closed.

"I can't believe they actually fell for that." Civerio said. "Enjoy your stay in Hueco Mundo. It will also be where your graves are buried."

To Be Continued….