Well, I'm not going to apologize for the ending to the last chapter to those that PM'd, everything happens for a reason.Also, apologies for not knowing when to upload. My most heartfelt apologies.Anyway, Next chapter.

Then she heard the squelch of flesh being ripped apart.

It wasn't Haschwalth's.

It wasn't hers.

The arms that had suddenly begun protecting Masaki crumbled to the ground, a hole torn through the body.

"Owie"

With the captains moments prior.

"Looks like this is all being wrapped up wouldn't you say Yoruichi-san?" Tatsuki Questioned her new tutor. "The rest of the lieutenants have all been dealt with and it would appear Ichigo and the rest of them have Yhwach covered."

"You're wrong little one." Nelliel spoke up for the first time since they reconveined with the Shinigami "As long as his faithful servant still draws breath that Quincy will not fall. I will assist Ichigo's mother in her task of defeating the white haired one."

Urahara Kisuke smiled at hearing this before chiming in. "That's probably for the best Nelliel-san, Hollow reiatsu is poisonous to Quincy's and could save Masaki-chan the hasle on having her fight drag on any longer than is really necessary." Nelliel nodded to the scientist before disappearing in bursts of sonido.

As she tore her way through the rubble of soul society Nelliel felt a wave of reiatsu wash over her, when she looked to the epicentre she saw the Quincy king drawing back his bow, aiming at Masaki, who had her back turned to the oncoming arrow.

'No! Ichigo can't lose her again.'

And in that one thought Nelliel altered her course aiming for behind Masaki to intercept the arrow, too strong to be deflected or blocked she threw her arms around the matriarch and brassed herself for the impact hoping that the force of two hierro would make it so that even if the arrow went through Masaki's Blut Vene had every chance of taking the hit.

When the reishi projectile hit, it burned to her very core. When the pain became unbearable she let go of Ichigo's mother and fell to the floor unable to say anything else but a sound no more than a whisper.

"Owie"

Masaki turned to look at her saviour, eyes filled with dread and sorrow.

"No Nel!" she discarded her bow and knelt next to the woman who Ichigo loved, placing her head on her knees, tears flowing from both pairs of eyes. "Shhhh Nelliel save your strength, you're gonna be okay"

She heard a gasp from behind her and gazed over her shoulder to see Haschwalth fall to his knees clutching his chest.

"My lord is calling for the return of his powers, It is over Masaki. Know that your end is nigh but take comfort in the fact you don't have to see your flesh and blood die as the lord once again strips you of your power and leaves you to die with the silver in your heart!" The normally stoic quincy lieutenant allowed himself to cackle in madness as he saw the dread in the woman's face, that was the last thing he saw as he felt cold steel remove his head from his shoulders.

Masaki saw the Head captain of the first division, the original head captain clean the blood from his sword before walking over to the prone form of Nelliel and her guardian.

"The longer we delay the less chance there is of saving her life" Aragorn said, a hint of urgency in his voice. "Come if anyone can save her it would be the Soul King." Masaki lifted the now unconscious Nel and vanished heading towards the soul king.

The battle against Yhwach

Yhwach let loose his arrow, smiling as it soared through the air.

"Missed Yhwach." Ichigo smirked, adjusting his stance, the Quincy still smiling at the hybrid.

"Something amusing monster?" Ryuken queried.

"Yes actually, Just that my arrow hit a much better target than expected.

Ichigo opened his senses and searched for the reiatsu he'd felt fluctuate, when he finally recognised whos it was his eyes shot open. "Nel!" His own power fluctuating and reaching higher levels.

"You'll pay for that you bastard!" Ichigo screamed as his reiatsu flared and grew, acting as a cloak of flame as torrents of red and black spirit energy cascaded around the young substitute like a typhoon. Everyone around him was brought to their knees as the energy continued to swirl and grow even the head captains could feel a strain on their bodies as Ichigo's power grew and grew.

"Are you sure about this your highness? If anything this has shown that the young boy has power beyond us but I'm certain he'll need the refined touch of ourselves to guide him." Gandhi spoke to his fellow soutaicho and taicho attracting their attention away from the fight and to the more pressing matter of what would become of the soul society after the Quincy king had been slain by the Vizard, his power as it had shown was definitely soutaicho level but with all of the Soutaicho positions being filled by the returning group, Kyoraku would be placed back to being captain of the eighth division and the only role that was left unattended was that left by the wolf man, Rose and Kensei could be revived by the healers and Orihime Inoue, but the alteration the Captain Komamura had used on himself had left him in a predicament that was irreversible and the taicho had known that. As such that was the only official position left open to the boy that fit his talents.

The train of thought was interrupted as Masaki Kurosaki returned with the body of the former tres espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck clutched in her arms.

"Help her, I beg you!"

Ichigos sword clanged against Yhwach as the quincy king was pressed firmly on the defensive taking brutal blow after brutal blow, he'd reforged his sword three times since Kurosaki had exceeded the power the he'd gained through the genocide of his people. For the first time in almost a thousand years, the Quincy king was afraid.

"How?!? How can you continue to grow even when I have destroyed what you're fighting for!?"

"Because monster, the last thing she'd want me to do is to give up." Ichigo wasn't loud and angry in his voice, there was no strain in his voice but his cool and composed nature, as if simply going through the motions irked Yhwach to no end.

"In the face of the man who'd destroy you, you maintain this illusion of calmness but I know you're afraid, I know you fear you can't win and it's that fear that will see you crumble." The Quincy cackled, his laughter echoing through the battlefield, everyone silently watching the fight, save those who were tending to the wounded.

"You see Yhwach, the thing is that whilst you've gone mad with power you forget you're just a bigger and more angry Aizen, and I don't think I need to remind you how that went." Ichigo lifted his sword pointing it at the Quincy king, both hands on the hilt. "But in case you need a little reminder. Bankai!"

Energy crashed down on everyone and then as soon as it arrived it vanished with only the Soutaicho still feeling it.

Yhwach could also still feel the energy of the young vizard but it was heavily pressing down on him making his movements laboured.

"How? How can you still go higher? You're imperfect and an abomination, these people will cut you down and destroy you like the beast you are!!" The quincy bellowed anger cascading over him like the ocean of reiatsu Ichigo was pumping out.

"Because Yhwach, whatever you think I am, that's what I'm not." He swung a wordless getsuga at the quincy who was flung away as he tried to hold it off. "I'm a protector, that means that I will fight anyone or anything that threatens what I claim as one of my pack." He flashed behind the quincy unleashing a devastating slash behind his legs, bringing him to his knees, before grabbing his chin and making him stare at the hybrid. "And you're just about the biggest threat to them right now, so I guess you're time's up." With that he grabbed the Quincy kings arms and held them behind him as Uryu and Ryuken fired arrows tipped with the silver found in the hearts of those he killed and unleashed them into Yhwach's chest.

The quincy king let out a gut wrenching cry as the very product of his rise in power was used against him.

"No! Not like this!" he screamed, his words falling on death ears as the four attackers made their way back to the main group.

As Ichigo saw the huddle with his mother he upped his pace looking for Nel, he barged through a number of higher ups and Taicho until he saw her, Unohana and Nightingale either side as they tried to get rid of the energy from the quincy kings arrow, slowly chipping away at her.

"It's leeching her power to keep Yhwach alive" Unohana said solemnly "I'm afraid while she lives that thing will still draw breath."

"No please you can't do this to her she has as much right to live as any of us!" tears started to fall down the face of young Ichigo Kurosaki, he knew what Unohana meant, Nel had to die for Yhwach to do the same. He'd only really cried over his mother for the longest time but now he didn't care. He didn't care how strong he was, or what feats he'd accomplished. What mattered to him right now was that he was powerless to help. The soul king stepped forward to the group, the crowd clearing for him, as he knelt next to Ichigo and Nel who was still holding onto her consciousness.

"Ichigo, even I cannot reverse what Yhwach has done, even your friend Inoue couldn't halt this. Yhwach has made it so any attempt to heal her would heal himself. Now he is but a husk of the man he was." As the soul king spoke, the dying Quincy king was brought to the group by Ryuken, deposited, not gently, onto the ground. "You have saved these people Ichigo Kurosaki and you will live. But for all you've done I can push the limits once more." Ichigo looked up, Nel's head now on his knees.

"What is it? I'll give anything! What do you need from me!" Ichigo pleaded with the god, grabbing the king's white kimono sleeve. The king took Ichigo's hand into his own.

"Ichigo from you I need nothing, I can reincarnate her. It's better than any alternative, as a hollow she is a plethora of souls melded together but as Nel she is unique, I can reforge her into one soul and let her be free of the weight of Yhwach, but it's up to you and her to decide. I should warn you, that she may not remember you when she's reborn, be it here or the world of the living"

Ichigo looked down at Nelliel, she was looking at him, her eyes boring into his soul, almost lifeless as she laid there. But she was still smiling. She'd always been smiling for him. He saved her, and he didn't ask for anything, he continued to help her and didn't ask anything of her, she saved him and he acted like he didn't deserve it. She knew she loved him and he loved her and this was hurting them both.

"It's okay Ichigo." She croaked, her voice hoarse from the loss of blood and energy. "I know what we could have been but this is for everyone. Both of us seek to protect those weaker but this time we both need to sacrifice our own want for this."

"I'd have loved to grow old with you Nel" Ichigo forced out, the tears falling from his eyes and onto her. "Seen all we could, taught each other about the world."

"I know Itsygo" She smiled starting to cry herself "But if you don't let me go I'll sick Grimmjow on you" She chuckled before wincing in pain. "Don't look for me Ichigo"

"But Nel-" Ichigo started

"No" she stated as firmly as she could "If you look and find me with me not remembering you it'll break you again, you'll have got me back just to lose me again"

"I can't promise you that Nel, knowing your out there-"

"I don't care Kurosaki, if you do it to yourself I'll never forgive you"

"I love you Nel." Ichigo said as he kissed Nel on the cheek, sliding her eyes shut.

"And I love you too, Itsygo" she smiled as Ichigo held her still

And in a movement of the soul kings arm, Nel fell silent and Ichigo kurosaki had ended the world's largest threat.

As he fell to his knees, he felt two pairs of arms wrap around him. He screamed in agony, tears falling like a waterfall, tearing apart everyone who heard it

"It's okay Ichigo" His sister whispered as she rubbed his back as his mother held him close.

"We'll find her Ichigo, it's all we can do to say thank you." Kyoraku said as he stepped forward, the boy had always sacrificed himself for the good of others but him having to sacrifice his happiness for the good of others was alien even to the young vizard. 'He doesn't deserve this pain, we shouldn't be just here watching this is a private moment.' "Everyone leave, account for the wounded, gather the dead, we don't have the right to see this." All the captains and headcaptains began to shunpo away as all who were left were Ichigo's friends and family.

He didn't deserve this they were going to find Nel, consequences and lack of memory be damned. Tatsuki swore it.