"Ah, welcome. This is Las Noches, our palace." Aizen had greeted their "prisoner" as he was sitting at the top of his chair while he was staring down at the Espadas that he had ordered to go earlier, but to be more precise he was more so staring down at the teenage girl that was far below the ground where he was standing at. "Orihime Inoue, correct?"

Orihime had nodded her head while keeping her gaze at the traitorous former Captain. "Yes…" she felt her body getting nervous from just staring at Aizen. She should know better than to be attacked, after all they needed her didn't they? So… why did she feel like she wanted to get away as far away as possible despite everyone else looking so casual.

Aizen looked like he was amused as he could sense the nervousness from the little girl below him. "I am sorry to say this in such a rush… but would you kindly show us your power here?" he had politely asked.

It was at that moment that felt like to Orihime something different had happened. Despite the calm and casual demeanor that Aizen was showing on the surface, there was a certain show of intimidation that Orihime felt was something she had a tint of fear towards. "Y-Yes…" she meekly agreed for her own sake of survival. She had to. 'What was that just now? I-It felt as though… my strength was leaving my body…' she thought to herself. It felt like the time she felt at Sokyoku Hill back then… except that there wasn't any power released… except it was? If that made any sense to begin with…

"It seems as though that there were certain people that didn't like my decision of bringing you here." Aizen knew very well of what his little simple trick was doing to the teenage girl. "Isn't that right... Luppi?" his eyes narrowed down to the female looking that was actually a male Arrancar down at the front.

Luppi didn't show any hesitation of objection as he had visibly snorted. "Of course I don't like it. Not one bit. All of our entire battle was meant for nothing but as a diversion just so we could bring some girl here! Franky it only makes me disgusted with her!" he exclaimed repulsively.

Aizen rested his fist on his cheek, as he still seemed more so amused. Oh how wonderful it would be to see the look on his face when he sees what this girl was capable of. "My apologies. It must have been quite shocking that you got beaten so severely." there was a dull tinted sarcasm within his words. He didn't miss the glare that Luppi was giving him. "Now then, Orihime, in order for you to directly demonstrate your power… may you please heal Grimmjow's left arm?"

Grimmjow widened his eyes by this. Luppi on the other hand was absolutely flabbergasted by this. "Impossible! That's crazy, Lord Aizen! It can't be done! Grimmjow?! General Tousen has eradicated his arm to ashes! How can a girl heal something that doesn't even exist anymore?! She's not some God!" he said.

Orihime had sighed from this. She knew what had to be done here in order for her to stay alive. So with that said, she walked toward Grimmjow whom she didn't bother to give him eye contact. Her gaze was only at the missing left arm. "Soten Kisshun…" her fairies came out of her hairpins as they had the bright barrier surrounded the missing arm. "And now... I reject…" she murmured the words as she began to focus on reviving the former Espada's arm.

Luppi saw the light as he turned behind. Needless to say, he was not pleased about this at all. "Hey! What do you think you're doing, girl?!" he pointed an advising finger at Orihime. "If you're performing some pathetic attempt to save your sorry fucking ass, then just drop it! Should all of us see proof that you don't have any power?! And that there should be no reason for you to…"

Luppi's words were dying down as his eyes were widening in disbelief as he was seeing Grimmjow's arm restoring itself. The Arrancar's mouth was starting to drop lower. "Stay… Alive…" he murmured before he saw that Grimmjow's arm has been fully restored now. "Wha… but how?! This is beyond the point of healing! What kind of bullshit is this?! What did you do, girl?!" Luppi demanded.

"Don't you understand?" Luppi looked back at Aizen again. "At first, Ulquiorra had told me that he thinks it's either temporal or spatial regression." he saw his teal eyed Espada nod his head. "Both are quite interesting theories."

"But… how?! No human could have such an advanced power! It's completely impossible!"

Aizen was closing his eyes before he had opened them again. "However… neither of those are correct. She has the power… to reject all forms of phenomenon. The power this girl holds can limit, reject, and negate of what has happened to an object. She has the power to return the objects back to how they were before the events changed them. This is beyond just meet temporal or spatial regression. Effortlessly, she can overcome and reject all sorts of phenomenon. It has no boundaries or any barriers of what it can do. She can overcome any of these boundaries that were sets by Gods themselves." he had explained.

Orihime had her eyes widen in sheer shock by this. What she just heard couldn't be true… could it? No, it couldn't be. There simply couldn't be anything of what he was saying was true wasn't it? It just couldn't be. Was he trying to say her powers were practically limitless and could do whatever she wanted? That simply couldn't be possible. Sure, she knew that her powers were really unique, but for them to be used to an extent of practically doing whatever she wanted really seemed a bit exaggerating to say the least. He had to be… Right?

Grimmjow was testing out his arm, moving it around a little while he flexed his hand. He had to say he was a bit impressed with this. His arm didn't feel awkward at all. It felt exactly the same as it always before Tousen cut it off. This girl's power was just ridiculous… wait… hang on a second. "Hey, girl." he addressed Orihime. He turned his back to her while they were looking at one another. "Come heal one more thing." Oh yes. If she could casually bring his arm back, doing this shouldn't be any problem at all.

It was time to take back what was rightfully his.

Orihime listened as she looked at the burned mark that he was pointing at his lower back. She used her powers once more to heal the burned mark on his back. Luppi turned around, and he was scowling heavily at what Grimmjow wanted her to do. "Just what the hell do you think you're doing, Grimmjow?!" he demanded as he saw the tattooed number 6 return how it was originally.

Orihime was done. And Grimmjow himself was standing for a moment before he turned his head to face Luppi again, this time with a maniacal smile shown widely. Moving faster than the blink of an eye, Grimmjow had gotten in front of Luppi and shoved his left arm through his chest. This had Luppi cough up blood from the pain he felt. Luppi could barely manage to give a glare of hatred at the reformed Espada. "G... Grimmjow… you… bast - aaaagh - ard…" Luppi choked on his words.

Grimmjow was eagerly grinning the whole time. "Oops. Looks like your time has come to an end. Consider your days numbered..." he had then went ahead to charge a Cero in his hand before he had fired it straight through Luppi. No screams were heard as soon as Grimmjow fired it, he had stopped as it was revealed that half of the whole body was evaporated to the point of only ash coming out instead of blood and other organs that were supposed to be spilled.

Grimmjow had only watched the body fall beneath him for a brief moment before he had started to burst out a maniacal laughter escaping from him. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Yes! My power is finally back! And it's twice as strong as ever before! Hahahahahaha! Hahahahahaha!" he had laughed gleefully. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Inside the Garganta, Ichigo, Chad and Uryu are deep in a dark void as they headed for Hueco Mundo. Ichigo was the main in front as he was creating a spiritual wave path… well he tried to at least. The path he created could hardly be called one at all, it looked more so like an unstable staircase, something that can barely run onto.

Ichigo's foot had went under the path as he accidentally created a hole on it, making him stumble somewhat before he pulled it out and started running again. "Damn it all... Kisuke said that creating a path of Reishi seemed like no big deal. But I'm just really awful when it comes to stuff like this…" he said, as he continued to run.

Chad was following behind him. However he as well had lost his footing when the path had cracked again, messing up his momentum as he accidentally got off the path of Reishi before he had quickly reacted by grabbing the energy path again with his hand. Ichigo had heard what happened as he whipped his head from behind. "Chad! You alright?!" Ichigo had asked the giant as he was holding himself on.

Chad had grunted as he managed to get himself back up before he looked at Ichigo again and have him a thumbs up. "I'm doing fine." he told him.

"Sorry about that."

"I almost feel sick from just looking at your footing. I mean, really, you can't make anything better than that?" Uryu had insulted Ichigo while he seemed to be flying with a blue energy platform beneath his feet.

Ichigo gave a glare to Uryu. "Oh piss off! I said that I'm awful at stuff like this! What part of that was not clear to you?! And what's up with that thing you got there?!" he asked by the platform.

Uryu shifted his glasses up. "It's only a variation of the Hirenkyaku. Nothing more really."

"Hang on, Uryu, I just remembered something…" the Quincy had looked back at Chad. "I was told by Kisuke that in an exchange for your powers to return, you would not be allowed to associate yourself with Soul Reapers ever again. In spite of that, you're still here with us." Chad didn't miss when Uryu had widened his eyes. "So, Uryu, why are you here?"

Ichigo looked surprised by this. "Hang on… is what he's saying the truth?" he looked back at the Quincy, wanting confirmation from him.

Uryu had taken a sigh from this. He didn't have much a choice. He had to tell them now anyways. "Yes… he's not wrong in what he's saying at all." he started to fly further before the others started to follow him. "I was informed by Kisuke several hours ago about everything that had transpired while I just recently got my powers back. At first I refused to go because of the contract I had to hold up. But then he told me that you were going there by yourself… alone." he explained it.

Ichigo had frowned by this. "But I don't get it… that doesn't really change that I'm still a Soul Reaper." he remarked.

"Wrong. You're only a Substitute Soul Reaper. One who has been abandoned by the Soul Society itself." Uryu countered. "And, Chad is only a human. So technically I'm not really breaking my contract."

"Well that's some twisted logic…"

"I would prefer to call it a loophole."

Back in the Living World, at the underground level of a certain hospital had Ryuken Ishida open a door to get inside. The adult Quincy had then spotted a letter that was almost close to him, as it stood on top of one of the smaller square pillars.

"...Hmm." Ryuken had hummed in seeing the letter. He didn't bother to read what it said as he already knew what this is supposed to mean.

"Hey. It looks like he got away, didn't he?"

Ryuken turned around to look at the familiar voice he hadn't heard in years. "How exactly did you get in here, Isshin?" he asked bluntly.

Ichigo's dad was folding his arms, as he was revealed to be in his Soul Reaper form. He then looked surprised when his first name was mentioned before he made a smirk. "What's this? In all the years that I've known you, you never called me by my name. What's with the change of attitude?" he asked teasingly.

"Don't avoid the question, Isshin. I'm asking how did you get in here—" Ryuken widened his eyes when he realized that the man was in his old Soul Reaper clothing. "That form of yours… did you get all your powers back?"

"Sure did!" Isshin held out his Shihakusho with an earful grin. "How do I look?"

Ryuken picked up a cigarette from his pocket and lighted it up. "It makes me sick." he grumbled.

Isshin rolled his eyes comedically. "Well thank you very much." he sarcastically noted. He then looked back at the letter. "Aren't you gonna read it? The farewell letter?"

"No point in doing that." Ryuken then smoked. "I already know what's inside it."

"...You let him go on purpose didn't you?"

"That is none of your concern." Ryuken backed the cigarette away. "I gave him back his Quincy powers like he wanted it. Whether he keeps them or loses them again is entirely up to him. Along with whether he lives or dies." he coldly stated.

Isshin then sat down on one of the square pillars. "You're a pretty bad dad." he commented.

"Hmph. I'm a great improvement over you."

Isshin looked out at the moon of the night through the window. "Yeah... I know that much for sure."

Ryuken then looked at Isshin again. "You still haven't told him have you?"

"Hm?"

"Did you tell your son about Masaki's heritage? Or are you still keeping it a secret?"

Isshin scratched the back of his hair. "...No. Not really."

"So you haven't told him anything?" Ryuken sighed from this. "Of course you didn't… you didn't even give him the proper tools or any survival now that he and Uryu are storming Hueco Mundo territory head-on. Honestly, I'm amazed they haven't died at all when they invaded the Soul Society."

"Come on, they would know better by now to just charge in blindly. Besides, your son is with mine as well, and he is technically smarter than Ichigo isn't he? He's gotta convince him to at least make some plan while they're at it."

"Let's only hope so. Because from what I've heard, your son sounds like a reckless idiot who charges first and asks questions later. But that still won't change you're keeping him in the dark about everything. Nothing good will come out of that later."

"Look... I just don't want Ichigo to get in harm's way. I don't want him to get involved in a world where he would be forced to fight to the death and make difficult decisions he might not handle on his own." Isshin looked down on the ground. "To be honest... I was considering whether to tell him or not for a while, but… when Masaki died… it affected him pretty badly. That's when I decided to keep all about the spirit stuff a secret. I just only wanted him to have a normal life as much as he possibly could. Without any tragedies like that happening to him ever again."

Ryuken had signed from this reason. He could technically understand why he decided to do this but… "And essentially keep him sheltered for the rest of his life? Hmph. That's just foolish, even for your standards. He already got in danger now that he's a Substitute Soul Reaper till the day he dies."

Isshin sighed heavily. "Unfortunately so... I really hoped he would never meet a Soul Reaper, or a Hollow for that one."

"And now two of our idiotic sons and their friend are charging into a dangerous enemy territory without knowing what's ahead of them. Let me ask you this, Isshin: Are you still willing to keep secrets from not just your son, but your own daughters as well?"

Isshin looked at his hands as he clenched them as fists. "...I have to. It's already bad enough that Ichigo has gotten badly involved in this, but to have Yuzu and Karin go through this? That's just simply far too much… the less he does know, the less danger there will be ahead of him."

"And would you still keep that? Even by the day he comes back?"

Isshin had went quiet from this, knowing exactly who Ryuken was referring to. "You know who I'm talking about. It's only a matter of time before he does come back."

Isshin had sighed from this. "How much time do we have left?" he asked.

"Considering how much time had already passed... I would say we have about 2 years left before he fully becomes revived again. Not very long left." Ryuken answered.

"Ah damn it…" Isshin had sighed.

"But still… now that your son has been involved into this, you cannot just expect to keep a secret like this forever. Someday, sooner or later, he may find out the truth about everything… and something tells me that you wouldn't be the one to tell him that."

Once again Isshin had fell silent from this. "Whether you tell him or not is entirely up to you, Isshin. But frankly if I were you, I would make the most rational decision within all this. But the day he does come back, this is something your son will not escape from nor keep him at bay. Even if somehow, let's say he never received any powers and did live a normal life, that still wouldn't just stop his revival coming back. After all… his blood remains within every Quincy…"

"I still don't think this was a good idea…"

Ryuken grunted. "Well that'll your choice I suppose… anyway…" he then let go of the cigarette. "We better get started now."

Isshin looked up in confusion. "Huh? Start what?"

"What do you mean by what? I mean training of course. You just got your powers back didn't you? Of course you would have to be rusty if you plan on joining with Urahara."

Isshin had then gotten up. "So, are you joining as well?"

"Only if the situation becomes catastrophically dire will I then join in. Until that happens, I will not raise a finger. But right now we need to get you back in fighting shape like how you used to be. Or perhaps even greater if the time provides us kindly."

Orihime was sitting down at her new room… well a room as it could get since she did assume it might have been her prison. She sat with her knees on the floor, staring through the open window that provided her the only source of light in the dark room she was in even though it had three prison bars in it.

She had sighed by herself, as there was really nothing interesting here to do. 'I was told to be here so that I could be silent. But there's really nothing to do here. But I wonder… what am I going to do? If I keep on healing these people's injuries over and over, wouldn't that just make this battle last even longer? It's not like I could just say "no" to them… all of them seem so much stronger than what I am. I may not get killed if I'm supposed to have any value to them, but I'm pretty sure I would get some punishment in doing so… at least until I figure out how to get out of here somehow… or till the day Ichigo arrives to save me.'

A black portal had been opened up in the distinct sands of Hueco Mundo before it became shattered as three individuals burst through the portal. Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad have all landed on their feet onto the deserted ground.

"So this is... Hueco Mundo…" Ichigo had commented as he was looking around the whole place that consisted of a white sand desert. "How can I put this…? It looks like a lonely place. There's practically nothing alive here."

"Well… there are some plants here at least." Chad had pointed to some odd looking pale tree branches. "But they seem withered."

"Not exactly…" Uryu had snapped a twig with his fingers that was next to him. "They're not plants at all. Whatever these are, they seem to be made of some Quartz-like substance."

"Uh… guys…"

Ichigo and Uryu looked behind to see what their friend seemed to have been looking at. And when they did, their jaws have have dropped down in sheer disbelief of what they were looking at. There in front of them was some enormous fortress that had an incredibly large palace of sorts at the desolate desert landscape they were at.

"What the hell is that?! It's friggin huge!" Ichigo had exclaimed as he couldn't have believed what he was looking at.

"How far is this thing? Those Quartz trees look as small as needles from over there." Chad pointed. "The sense of distance is so weird… I can't imagine how large that palace is if we were even closer to it. Just imagine how it must be like on the inside…"

"Now I'm glad we're able to see the whole thing." Uryu said.

"In any case I think we can safely assume that Orihime is in that place. I really don't see any other place she could be at." Ichigo remarked.

"We should run now while we have the chance. If we take it slow we may be drawn into more fights later on." Chad said.

"Wait a minute. I was thinking of something that might be beneficial for us." Uryu had suggested, which had Ichigo and Chad look at him with confusion.

"What would that be?"

"I was thinking that the three of us could have a spar here now."

"A spar?" Chad asked.

"Hear me out… all of us here have obviously gotten stronger since the last time we saw each other. And we have only gotten a taste of our power before we went here. I was thinking if we could see our abilities and our current level of strength to see what we're all capable of, to see who we would be up against and plan our attacks when we come to a team battle at some point." Uryu had suggested. "But we're not gonna go too crazy with this. And in case we attract attention of Hollows and Arrancars, we'll just cut them down before we decide to go to this place."

Ichigo had thought about it. He had to admit that this sounded like a pretty good idea. He was in for it. "Alright then… sounds like a plan to me!" he smirked as he had his hand drawn to his sheath of a sword.

Inside the castle of Las Noches, two large doors have swinged themselves open as the 10 Espada members were walking to each of their seats in a semi dark room.

"It seems that we have intruders." an Espada known as Szayel had remarked.

"Intruders?!" an Espada known as Barragan had exclaimed.

"I think that they must have gotten close to the underground path number 22." another Espada by the name of Zoomari had remarked.

"Number 22?! That's quite far from where they are." the two of them had sat down in their seats.

"I don't really see what the fuss is all about. It would have been much more interesting if they had broken in inside the throne room." Szayel had remarked as he had sat down as well.

"Haha!" another Espada known as Nnoitra had a shit eating grin on his face as his hands were rested by the back of his head before taking a seat of his own. "That would be pretty damn cool if ya ask me!"

"Can all of you just shut up?" an Espada by the name of Stark had grumbled, looking as though he had just woken up from a deep sleep. "I'm tired as hell right now. There really needs to be more peace and quiet around here."

And so, each and every one of them had taken a place to sit at, and all of them were waiting for their leaders to show up. It didn't really take long for them to do so when they were hearing footsteps coming by. All of the Espadas have turned their heads to look at Aizen, Gin, and Tousen in front of them.

"Good morning, my fellow Espada." Aizen had greeted his companions with his ever so present grin stretched across his face. "I will have to announce that we are under attack. But first… shall we have a cup of tea?"

Hey guys. Sorry if this chapter is a lot shorter than what it usually is, but I kinda thought that I should end this here. I'm sorry if I kept making you wait for a while but unfortunately I kinda got other stories that I need to come to deal with.

However, I do think the next chapter will be far more interesting to read as there will definitely be some specific changes that might confuse you when you come to read it but I do promise I will explain why I changed some things… well more so one important thing.

I mean I could have technically made this longer but I thought this would be enough.