Backup Plan 2

by Xovinx

It has been over a year since the Aizen Incident, and the forming of the Fourteenth Division of Seireitei. The reincarnated Arrancar now work alongside their once-enemies to defend the Living World... but the line between friend and foe can be blurry, and the young Fourteenth Division cannot afford to make enemies. Unfortunately, that is precisely what they are best at.

9. Interlude Three

Interlude

"I only met Aizen Sousuke once, and he only met me once. Interesting, then, that we should affect one another as much as we have.

"One could not live in Hueco Mundo back then and not hear of the great palace of Las Noches, and the Shinigami who had put himself up as a god over Hollows. Of course, this was so completely opposite what I believe, I could not stop myself from going to see it for myself. I will admit, I thought to kill him. Absorb his forces into my own, simplify my life a little bit.

"And, I will admit, I am not sure I could have done it.

"No one opposed me as I walked through his palace, and when I arrived at the throne room, I was impressed by the sight. Arrancar, Hollows, standing alongside one another at the court of one they served as a master. It was, on their part, a beautiful sight, marred only by the fact that they served an outsider.

"I was still planning on killing this Shinigami, up until the moment the two of us finally stood face to face. We looked eye to eye and pondered, came to a mutual conclusion, and without a word I turned and walked back out.

"He would not try to recruit me, nor any of mine. And I would wait my turn, even if it meant postponing my carefully laid plans. For as we locked eyes, we both had the same novel thought.

"I wonder if I would win?"