The Lost Shinigami

by makoto x chelia

Takumi Urahara, believing himself to be a human who could see spirits yet with no real powers within the crazy world of Shinigami's, and Hollows, went through life trying his best with what little he had to work with, but that changed when he met a certain Shinigami, the same for Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki, and their adventure began, digging into his past, to fight for the future.

12. Protect Karakura part two!

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

Clarent excalibur; Yeah, it's going to be quite the ride huh? At this point, there isn't a reason for her to transform. However, she'll be doing a few things. Tier's got her reasons for being there, and she'll have a little fight with someone. She'll eventually change yeah~ That would be quite funny~

Oblivious IJ; Saku Taku indeed~

Miraculous Psychic Hero 100; Thanks! Yeah, Nel's here, and thanks for letting me know~

Skull Flame; It's Karakura~ Filled with a bit of action yeah~ Yeah, it sort of is it seems~ No worries, they're good~ That's Nel for you, she's very good at making friends~ Yeah, they came to save Nel, though jumped to wrong conclusions based on what's been going on. Zombie Chizuru is a very scary person, I'm sure Giselle's got this. it's gonna be a fight between two Quincy girls~ Yup, Orihime's got her powers finally, and Takumi knows at least a little about them, he doesn't know them fully though due to how few there are. Tier's got some reasons to be there in the town, we'll find out some now, and some later.

Vizard Masky; Thanks very much! I'm glad you like it~ Yup, Yuzu's a Quincy, and Karin's a Shinigami, and yeah, she's gonna have Zangetsu, but she'll also have a few more techniques than Ichigo did in canon. Yeah, at the beginning, they were split with Liltotto, and Giselle having no problems, Bambietta, and Candice did, Meninas was on the fence about it. Now, besides Bambietta, all of the Quincy girls don't want to fight the Shinigami. That's Bambietta for you, she does have a reason for why she's so forceful about her views, as shown in this chapter. Ooh yeah, I've got plenty of ideas for that arc, it's gonna be quite exciting. He could have been experimented on, we'll find out more and some hints have been given in previous, and even this chapter has a hint or two. And thanks very much!

Terrariuz; Yup, Nel's arrived, and yeah, corrected. Yup, we'll see them fighting this chapter. Hehe, we'll learn more as the story goes, I can't reveal much, but it's going to be rather intriguing to find out.

ShadowUzumaki55; Yup, Nel's arrived! She is yeah, but Orihime's not gonna sit back and quietly take it. Tatsuki always thought they'd end up together, now with Rukia, it's gotten complicated. And yeah they definitely will be now. It's gonna be quite the ride~

oro03910; That would be cool, and yeah eventually he probably would~ That would be pretty cool, thanks for the suggestions! We'll see some of those in this chapter in his struggle with Tier. He would yeah considering it's his Zanpakuto, like others have natural resistance to their powers to a degree. Maybe he could do something like that yeah. Well, he can make a thunder boom if he wanted to do so. He controls lightning and thunder. And that's true yeah~

Silver crow; Thanks very much! Nel's arrived~ Orihime was great yeah, and we'll see her continue being great. They were yeah, they understood they needed help. Zombie Chizuru is...something alright. Maybe so~ Yeah, Kisuke's too focused on that right now. He wasn't no. Maybe she would feel that, and yeah, when we get to Soul Society and beyond, we'll see more of scientist Takumi in action. The combos were cool huh~? Yuzu and Nemu make a surprisingly good team, and Hiyori with Giselle...yeah, they're having an adventure all their own. I haven't given it yet, I haven't fully decided what it would be. Chibi Nel is quite cute~ She has yeah, Orihime's got her powers, and Takumi knows something's about the Fullbringers, but not fully. Karin's got her own battle going on. They have yeah, and he wont appear, but will in the future. Liltotto and Bambietta are going to be going at it. Nel's quite fun huh, she got a little jealous of Orihime. Tier's here with Kukkapuro, it's gonna be fun huh~? Maybe he could do that. I could see them mowing down Quincy soldiers or Arrancar's together. I hope it's unique too. Yeah, it isn't weak, it's just simple which is fine. Well, you never know, it could be an armour. Maybe he could have yeah~ He'll always love Orihime's food~ Sure, he could do. She could do~ He could have been critical of it, if he was there. Sure, he could have~ That would be rather funny. Well, he looks about teenage age, so he's a bit younger than Byakuya. Kukkapuro's got an interesting role within the series which I can't reveal just yet. Visiting Hell, perhaps he could have. I'll probably do the hellverse with my own twist on it at some point. I've got some plans for the Fullbringers. It's a good idea, perhaps it will happen like that. Yeah, they'd be decent. True, the Quincy war was more serious. He could do yeah, and yeah, we'll get lemons in the future. I can understand why people wouldn't like them, I'm not too keen on them, though I don't hate them or anything. I'd only have them actually use their powers in more fun ways. Maybe he might be~

Kitsune No Hero; Thanks very much! Yeah, some Arrancar characters have been introduced. Nel's a character I really do love, wish she got more screentime, but in this story, she will! It seems that they do know one another, why they do shall be expanded upon, along with why Tier's even looking out for her. They have yeah. You never know, Fullbringers might be involved sooner. I can't spoil it, but Karin is going to be fighting one of the Espada as her rival of the arc, so is Yuzu. I've played some of them, and I do like them, so you never know.

Guest 1; Yeah, that sounds pretty awesome to me! It would be interesting to see that happen with Lucy. Aries could do that yeah, and showcase why she's close to Oc. Cool harem! Yeah, he could be~ That sounds pretty great to me! Thanks for the suggestions!

Andrew123456; Most disappointing huh. Well, I do think they're a little disappointing, the arcs you mentioned, but I thought they still had pretty awesome moments, I'd say the Fullbringers, not because I hate them, in fact I quite like the idea of Fullbringers, it's just they weren't developed enough and in the end, they weren't a threat to the Shinigami at all, like the Arrancars were, the Quincy's in the final arc were. If they had been a little more, then it would be interesting, and they don't have to be stronger than canon, but they had unique powers that could have messed with the Shinigami even more to make it harder for them, and have some interesting battles. But for this story, I'll be doing more things with the Fullbringers.

Reviewer Requiem; Yeah, it could be~ Yeah, he could have all three types. That sounds great to me!

A fan; Yeah, that would be pretty good, I'm sure Kenpachi would love a three hour fight like that, and it would be cool if he did do that for Yachiru. And I could see Kenpachi doing that.

Aoi valt; Thanks! Yeah, it would be rather interesting to see their relationship. That sounds like a pretty awesome idea to me~ Sure, he could have something like that~ Yeah, he could be a shota, it would be fun. And thanks for letting me know~

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!

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Protect Karakura part two!

Liltotto came to confront Bambietta, along with BG5. The robot just stayed silent while Liltotto looked on with her lowering eyes.

"It's over Bambi."

Bambietta was caught off guard with that statement from Liltotto.

"How can you say that? Can't you see-"

"Can't you see?" Liltotto spoke over her. "Look, at this town. The mayhem, the destruction." Her hand went over the town, showcasing the many Hollows spewing into the sky, and flooding through the town, Kisuke and Yoruichi could be seen at a distance along with Meninas and Candice dealing with many of the Hollows using their powers. "This town has become a Hollows hunting ground. People could die if this doesn't stop."

"Yeah, the right people like the Shinigami. I don't get why you're so against this anyway. The Shinigami have done so much to us Quincy's, and you're siding with them? Why? What have you thought about? Did you think that I could be right when I say that we aren't actually evil? That I'm doing the right thing?"

"The right thing is endangering peoples lives?"

Liltotto countered Bambietta who narrowed her eyes.

But then she relented slightly when looking around at the Hollows all descending onto the normal people. Though Kisuke, and the rest of the Urahara shop minus Takumi who wasn't there managed to slay them in no time flat.

But with the onslaught of the Hollows, it was anyone's guess when they were actually going to win the fight. Kisuke and Yoruichi were strong, but they also had their stamina deceasing more and more as the Hollows came so it was only a matter of time before the Hollows end up getting the upper hand on the situation.

Bambietta did feel some remorse, seeing the humans, normal humans, getting attacked, and saved.

"...I didn't mean for it to get this far. How was I supposed to know that I'd cause this amount? I thought it would be more than usual, but this has brought on a new and different set of circumstances all together. Even then, it doesn't matter. The Shinigami want to prove that they're not bad, then they can save everyone!"

"Like they didn't save you?"

Bambietta's scowl grew on her face.

"Lil, don't you dare..."

Bambietta's growling didn't bother Liltotto who just remained calm and collected.

"We know what happened to you Bambi, how Shinigami murdered your family before you." Bambietta's eyes turned downwards, refusing to cry. "Not all Shinigami are like that though Bambi. That guy Takumi, he isn't evil, he wouldn't kill people unnecessarily. If anything, you've given him reasons to kill you, so has Candice, so has Meninas. But he's never done that. He's never even attempted to slay you. Subdue you sure, but never gone in for the kill, when you've done that so many times."

"So he appears to be nice, how do you know he's not going to backstab you. That's what those Shinigami did to my family. They befriended us, they wanted to work in harmony, then as soon as they earned our trust, they turned around and slaughtered my family, and stole their spiritual power for themselves. If it wasn't for His Majesty, I'd have been next."

Liltotto's face curled downwards.

"I know, that was a tragic circumstance. But not everyone in the world is going to betray you."

"You all did."

Bambietta shot back, only for Liltotto to shake her neck side to side.

"No, we didn't betray you. We are trying to save you, from yourself. I left, and thought it might wake you up. Maybe you'll finally see that we're not against you, we're against what you're doing. We care about what happens to you Bambi, we don't want you to be lost like this. In the beginning, we came here to slay the Hollows, now you've turned it into your crusade against Shinigami's. Ones that have been nothing but kind to us."

Bambietta almost gave into what she said.

Everything sounded so beautiful.

Even now, they were with her…

But she recalled what happened to her parents.

Their blood staining the ground, their corpses looking at her…

"Nice try, you're just trying to betray me! Now get out of my way Liltotto or I'll blow you away!"

"I can't move. If I move, you'll do something you regret. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually, it will creep back up on you, and you'll realize what you did is wrong. I'm stopping you committing an evil, even if I have to fight you. One day, you'll see I'm doing you a favour."

Liltotto took out her bow, so Bambietta did the same thing.

"A favour. Yeah, sure you are." Bambietta's neck bent towards BG5. "Come on then BG5, lets take care of her once and for all."

"Yes mistress."

BG5 raised his gun arm, while Bambietta aimed her bow at Liltotto.

Knowing that she was outnumbered, but also knowing that since there were so many Hollows around, that even if Takumi managed to come here, he'd have exhausted stamina, so to make sure that she could stop Bambietta as much as she could, she was going to be fighting against her, and weaken her as much as she could.

That's the role Liltotto had to play now, she knew that, even if it meant risking everything she had.

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Having felt the clashes of spiritual power, Takumi, Orihime, and Rukia all looked around, wondering where they should go. They felt Giselle and Hiyori still going at it with the Hollows, and were slaying them rather quickly.

However, Nel kept her eyes on Rukia, who seemed slightly uncomfortable.

"Is something wrong? You keep glaring at me."

Rukia didn't quite understand why Nel was doing that. Though Orihime had an idea, as she remembered when it did happen to her, and that wasn't a pleasant experience for her either, mostly because she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Takumi.

"Ughhh….what is your relationship to Saku Taku."

"Who's Saku Taku?" Takumi gave her a curious look, Rukia picked up on it right away. "Oh, that's you. Erm, our relationship…?" Orihime paid attention to that while Rukia looked troubled. "Erm. we're just friends, that's all."

"Nel doesn't believe you..."

Nel showed a childlike jealousy, while Takumi chuckled awkwardly.

"Even if you don't, that's just how it is." Rukia's eyes went towards Takumi. "Where are we going? We should probably split up to cover more ground."

"You're right. Since Karin-chan's alone, and Yuzu-chan's with Nemu-san….I'll go to Karin-chan along with Orihime-chan, and Nel-chan here. You go and make sure Yuzu-chan's fine. Considering that Nemu-san's with her, even without her full power thanks to the limiter placed on her, I think they'll be relatively safe."

"Perhaps you're-"

"So, you're the Shinigami around here."

They paused, hearing a new voice.

In the air, Tier stood there, in all of her glory.

Her short sword was withdrawn, her eyes focused on the quartet.

Takumi felt nervous when looking at her. But when looking at the dog on her shoulder, he muttered "Kukkapuro..." and when hearing the name, the dog barked, and went to go towards Takumi when Tier stopped him.

"Do you know this dog?"

Tier demanded from Takumi who looked between the girls, then the dog, then Tier herself, who gave an uneven expression. She didn't look exactly pleased with what was happening right now.

"Well, I think that maybe..." His eyes saw the mask of the dog. "...a Hollow dog?"

"My dog, is my dog. It doesn't matter if he's a Hollow or not."

Takumi understood that, though he was intrigued by a dog Hollow. It seemed rather than in the shape of a dog, it was a dog before it had died. He hadn't known that before. He had seen humans take on different forms when turning into Hollows. But he didn't know why he knew this, it was just something buried deep inside of him, and it was clawing its way to the surface.

"Yes of course. But it is interesting that a dog has been tamed by you, who is a..." His eyes scanned Tier, and couldn't help but notice the duel energies coming off of her. "...who are you anyway? Why do you feel like...a Shinigami and a Hollow at the same time?"

Tier lifted her brows.

"So you-"

"Ooh! It's Nel's big sister!"

Takumi glanced at Tier, then at Nel.

"So, she's your sister Nel-chan?"

"Yup! She's here! Tier-chan! Tier-chan! I'm here!"

Tier looked at Nel, and didn't show it on her face, but she felt relieved that Nel wasn't harmed.

But then her eyes went towards Takumi.

"Shinigami, how dare you?"

"H-How dare I what? What have I done now?"

Takumi released an awkward chuckle, while Orihime clung to Takumi's arm, feeling the spiritual pressure that Tier was releasing. It was dense, powerful. It was overcoming Orihime's body, even Rukia wasn't looking so hot.

Takumi himself felt sweat pouring off of his brow, feeling the same as the girls, but to a lesser extent.

Tier came down to the ground, and moved towards Takumi.

Orihime's body couldn't take the pressure, so her legs gave out, and she fell to the floor, though Takumi caught her, and placed her down so she didn't hurt herself. Then he saw Rukia leaning on a single knee with how much power she was releasing right now.

Her finger tilted Takumi's chin up, while Nel got onto Takumi's shoulder, and stared at Tier.

"Big sister, don't be mean to Saku Taku, he took care of Nel!"

Tier glanced at Nel who nodded childlike.

"Is that so?" Takumi nodded, his voice failing him. "Then you truly are someone that I might have to challenge."

"B-But, why?"

Takumi didn't want to fight.

He had enough of fighting people that he didn't even know why they were attacking him in the first place.

His eyes caught the blade she had, and found it rather odd. Unlike normal swords, this sword was mostly hollow in the middle. It didn't even the usual thickness a blade had, and really only was an outline of a blade made of metal.

Though he could still feel the power rolling off of Tier, so it wasn't a joke that she was using a blade like that.

"Because, I wish to see your power!"

Tier swung her sword at Takumi at speeds that Rukia wasn't even able to see…

But Takumi managed to react to it, and parry her blade up above, creating an area doused with sparks.

Takumi noticed however, that a small cut appeared on his cheek, forcing himself backwards as an eruption of spiritual energy was released, nearly encompassing Orihime, and Rukia, but he managed to use Hainawa to grab them both, and drag them away.

Tier cracked her neck side to side, readying herself once more.

"Impressive, many wouldn't be able to do that. Usually, that would have slain most Shinigami, but you managed to dodge the attack expertly. It seems that your reflexes, and speed aren't anything to laugh at. I am impressed Shinigami boy."

"T-Thanks I think. But, why are you attacking me? Nel-chan is here, she's safe. You're her sister, right? Please take care of Nel-chan, she was worried, so we don't have to fight, do we? We can just be together, normally, no need to have a battle now. Clearly you're very powerful, stronger than I am I wager. So there's no point to our match, you'd probably beat me. I can sense your power from here, it is quite intense."

Tier raised her sword, and pointed it at Takumi, so he placed Nel next to Orihime, and held out his own blade.

"Yes, it does seem that she is alright, and perhaps if you weren't someone I was curious about, a battle between us would be rather pointless. However, I need to confirm something about you before moving forward."

"Something about me?"

"I'll tell you if you dodge my next assault!"

Panic entered Takumi's heart, and he raised his hands up to the sky, knowing the power Tier was packing, and he knew she was keeping a good chunk of it back.

"W-Wait!"

"Prepare yourself Shinigami!"

Takumi pleaded, but Tier didn't heed the call, and disappeared with incredible speed. Rukia couldn't follow it, Orihime was at a loss, but Takumi had dealt with Yoruichi before, so he could see where she was, reacting to it was a different thing all together.

"K-Kinhime! Lightning Field!"

Takumi stabbed the ground, and sent up a shock wave of electricity all around his immediate area. He avoided Orihime and the others, and only honed in on Tier who developed a small smirk on her lips, and swung out her blade, which released a yellow wave of energy, clashing with the electricity that Takumi had fired off.

"Good, that's good. Kinhime, huh. So that's the release of your Zanpakuto. It isn't bad, lightning. Heh, I guess that we'd compliment one another rather well."

Takumi drew a blank.

"Oh?"

"Yes, if I released my sword, then our battle would be rather interesting. Either way, I wont do that right now. Instead, have some of my energy."

Tier coated her hand with red energy this time, and thrusted it forward.

"Saku Taku! That's Bala! Avoid it!"

Nel warned, so Takumi heeded the advice, allowing lightning to run to his legs as he touched his leg with his sword, along with a syringe which he injected himself with, which stimulated his muscles, and allowed him to move at a much faster rate. His body sparked, while Tier looked slightly surprised by what was happening.

"He's using his own sword on his body huh. Makes sense by how he's using electricity...no, he's probably also used some kind of drug to make it connect to only certain parts of his legs, rather than then as a whole, or it would be too dangerous. He's a clever one, that boy."

Tier watched his movements, increasing more and more, so much that Rukia had lost him, but Tier was used to this and could see his movements though even she had to admit that she was finding it a little difficult.

"Hehe, this technique kinda hurts, need to perfect it."

Takumi murmured, appearing behind Tier, and swung his sword downwards, but without even looking, Tier blocked with her own sword, creating heavy sparks throughout the area, pushing Takumi backwards, and came at him with a serious of jabs meant to pierce his flesh.

"You're not bad, but still a little too green for me."

Tier flurry of stabs came sharp and heavy.

Takumi knew he wouldn't be able to avoid them all, so between the first, and second stabbing motion, at quickened speed, Takumi placed his finger out, and spoke "Hado 4: Byakurai!" and unleashed pale lightning up close, which Tier bent out of the way to avoid the blast, but that gave Takumi all he needed to, and aimed his sword like a gun.

"Raiju!"

The thunder beast came out, and charged for Tier. Tier could see that due to close range, she wouldn't be able to avoid it so easily. So rather than doing that, she used Hierro to strengthen her body with her energy so she wouldn't receive that bad of a wound.

The thunder beast caught Tier, and gave her an electrocution, sending the volts through her system, but because of her Hierro armour, she managed to avoid the worst case scenario, and came out of it mostly unscathed, however Takumi raised his sword to the sky, and gathered electricity in the air, and announced "Mjolnir!" bringing down the electricity that formed a hammer in the air, Tier's eyes widening when seeing that, and held out her sword, channelling her power beside her hand.

"Cero!"

As the hammer came down, she shot off her ultra powerful Cero which lit up the sky. Even despite it being day, the light off her Cero was as bright as the sun, and pierced right through the hammer of electricity, but Takumi used that chance to get close, and swing out his sword at a lightning fast pace.

Even Tier was surprised by how he switched up so easily, and went to pull away, when she felt her body being bound. She hadn't realized until that moment, that Hainawa was around her body, and had bound her so he could get off an attack.

"It was all a distraction..."

She realized it too late.

Takumi wasn't going for a strong attack with the hammer.

She found it suspicious that he wasn't putting more effort into the attack.

But she hadn't considered he'd bind her just to get off an attack.

No matter how slim the chance was that he'd be able to actually hit her.

But this was a desperate situation, and for him at least, he was fighting an opponent even Captains would struggle against, even seasoned Captains would have a very difficult time against Tier, so the fact that he was able to at least catch her off guard was highly impressive for Tier.

"Even then, I shall not be beaten by mere misdirection!"

Tier spun her sword, and caught Takumi's blade through the hole within her sword, since the blade itself didn't have a midsection, and only an outline of a blade, she spun her weapon so Takumi's sword was forced away from her, where she raised her hand to fire off a Bala, seeing Takumi already having his hand upwards towards her.

"Hado 31: Shakkaho!"

At the same time Tier fired off her Bala, he fired off his Kido, clashing with one another, and creating a large explosion between them, Orihime gasped.

"T-Taku-chan!"

"Hehe, this is so fun!"

Nel swayed side to side, while Orihime gave her a worried look.

"But, Taku-chan's fighting, this isn't fun at all. He's in serious danger, and he could even be killed for something we aren't even aware of."

"But big sis Tier isn't trying to kill Saku Taku."

"How do you know…?"

Orihime was in doubt.

But Nel seemed convinced enough.

"Because big sis hasn't transformed yet!"

Rukia gave a curious look.

"What do you mean by transformed?"

"Released her power, that's what. Her Zanpakuto~"

"S-She can release her power? Zanpakuto? But she isn't a Shinigami, so how could she have a Zanpakuto? Unless...even then, she's not even fighting at full strength?"

Rukia seemed to realize something and if she was right, then she was worried for Takumi fighting this kind of opponent. She wished she could do more, though because she was only just able to go back into Shinigami form, she wasn't able to fully utlize her powers, and even if she was, she doubted she'd do much better than Takumi was doing right now.

"Nope. But it seems that she's having trouble with Saku Taku. That's impressive from Saku Taku who's only using Shikai! Saku Taku must be quite strong to pressure big sis, even if a little bit! Yay Saku Taku!"

Orihime still was worried about Takumi.

If Tier hadn't released her power, then that meant she could become a lot stronger than she was, and Orihime could see that Takumi was pulling out a few tricks already to fight her, if she grew in strength, she wasn't sure if Takumi could win against her.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Takumi came out of the smoke, and sent out an omni-directional wave of electricity, forcing Tier backwards, who showed a small grin under her hood, so it couldn't be seen, then she brought out her sword, and swung it around, releasing a blade shaped energy blast.

"You aren't that bad after all Shinigami. Though as you currently are, you can't beat me. However, if you released Bankai, it would be an interesting match between us."

"Bankai huh. Sorry, not got that yet. Maybe come back when I do?"

"Depends if I feel like it, and if I feel like letting you leave here."

Takumi managed to dodge the attack from Tier, only to see Tier raising her hand and gathered the energy for a Cero.

Takumi growled, and dashed towards the right to avoid it, but Tier disappeared from view, appearing before the fast moving Takumi, and aimed her hand for him. He breathed hard, and raised his blade, but Tier shook her head.

"To fight me is a pretty big achievement. Not many Arrancars can say that they've fought me and survived, and to survive, you have to protect those you care for, and to stop the opponents by any means necessary, even if it means death. But that's the aspect of death I represent after all."

"Aspect of death?"

"Sacrifice."

Tier responded, and her energy came out…

When Nel jumped up, and opened her mouth.

"Nel-chan!"

Takumi worried about her being endangered.

But Tier gave a slight look of approval, as her Cero entered Nel's mouth.

"N-Nel-chan! You just fired that at Nel-chan! Is she gonna be okay?!"

"She'll be fine."

Tier responded, seeing Nel's stomach expand briefly, before opening her mouth, and seeing that not only Tier's Cero, but it had increased the speed of the firing, Takumi noticing that the eyes on her mask were glowing as she did it, and shot right back towards Tier, who raised her sword, taking the blast head on.

It forced Tier backwards across the school grounds, while Takumi grabbed Nel's falling body. He overlooked her, seeing that she looked exhausted from doing that. He didn't know exactly how she did that, but that didn't matter at that moment in time.

"Nel-chan, why did you do that?"

"Because I like Saku Taku. Big sis was being a bit mean, I wanted to protect Saku Taku."

Takumi gave a light smile, petting the small girls head.

"You're very kind Nel-chan. Thank you Nel-chan."

Nel gave a smile, and hugged Takumi tightly.

Tier redirected her sword upwards, blasting the energy up into the sky, where the Hollows there were caught up in the attack, and destroyed a good number of them. Tier bowed her head slowly, and moved back to Takumi.

"Hold on! Nel-chan protected me, so we should stop this fight now, right? Besides, we have friends that need helping out. I'm sorry, but can't we put this on hold? Even if you want to fight me right away, I've got to protect people from Hollows and a Quincy who hates me."

Tier paused in her actions, lowering her sword to the side.

"Friends. Would you sacrifice yourself for them?" Her eyes went towards Orihime who flinched. "For her, would you sacrifice yourself for a mere human?"

"First of all, Orihime-chan is no mere human, she is awesome." Orihime gained a light smile. "And to answer...if I had to die to protect those I love, then yes I would sacrifice myself. Preferably, I'd like to live with them, but to save those I love, I'd definitely give my life up."

Tier's eyes briefly lowered, only to be returned back to Takumi's face.

"I see, so you're..."

"Sorry, did you say something?"

Since she whispered it, Takumi wasn't sure, but Tier shook her head, and placed her sword away.

"No, it's nothing. Since it seems your sincere, along with Nel protecting you, I conclude you aren't a bad person. However, it seems that we have a situation between us here. With Hollows coming into the human world, and a tear within the fabric of dimensions."

"Because of the Hollows?"

"Not just them. But because of what lured them here in the first place. The clashing of energies in this town, along with all of the Hollows have caused a disruption within both worlds. We have to close it before anything happens. Before both of our dimensions suffer due to this tear."

Now that Tier has stopped with her energy output, Rukia and Orihime could move again, so they got up, and walked towards them.

"But, how do we stop it?"

Tier directed her hand upwards.

"That hole up there, is the main reason that this has happened. It's what Nel fell through, and it is how I found myself into this world. I do not wish for humans to lose any numbers this day. So, all I ask is that you lend me assistance."

Takumi nodded slowly.

"Of course, we want this to stop just as much as you do. So, got any ideas?"

"Actually, yes I do. It is relatively simple, we need to attack it from two different positions at the same time. From the human world, and one from Hueco Mundo. Since I can't be in two places at once, much less two worlds, it would be impossible for me to do it alone. However, if we work together, we should be able to close it so no other Hollows find themselves in this world today. However, I must inform you, no matter if we close it now or not, several Gillian's have appeared in this world already. They were attracted by the increase of power within this town."

"G-Gillian? Several?" Rukia seemed to be panicking while Tier nodded her head. "But if it is Gillian's...only very high ranking Shinigami are meant to deal with them. Even as strong as you and I have gotten Takumi, I'm not sure we can handle several of them. Plus with Bambietta still out there, how are we going to pull this off?"

Takumi furrowed his eyebrows.

"I think it's time we call in a favour then. It's time for the lazy group to do something, or I'm not fixing their computers and internet anymore." Rukia drew a blank, as Takumi turned to Tier. "Alright, it's a sound plan, and it makes sense. Two colliding energies, would destabilize it, and close off the doorway connecting our worlds. I'll give that plan a chance, it's better than anything else we've got."

"I'm glad you're a reasonable person. I wasn't sure if I could trust you before, but I understand that you truly are him...that person that would do what it takes, even working with a Hollow such as myself."

"To save everyone, I can't see a reason for us to be enemies. I don't care if you're a Hollow, you're an understanding person, and rational enough to realize that this is bigger than any feud or differences that we could have as species overall."

"I concur. Then let us hurry."

Takumi nodded, turning to Rukia and Orihime.

"New plan. You guys head for Yuzu-chan and Nemu-san. I'll go and seal off this rift with Tier-chan here. Then we'll go and confront Bambietta-san after these Hollows have been dealt with."

"What about Karin?"

Rukia wondered…

But then she stopped, and felt something, probably the same something that Takumi had felt.

"Oh, so they're heading in that direction."

"Wait Taku-chan, I don't know how to use my powers."

Orihime explained swiftly, so Takumi furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yes, that's true...since you've only awakened them, it would be difficult...but, remember how you felt when protecting Tatsuki-chan. How you wanted to save her, and how you wanted to be strong. Those feelings allowing you to tap into your powers Orihime-chan, and they can do that again for you. I know you can do it, just remember what you felt when those fairy friends of yours were summoned."

Orihime gained a smile, and recalled how she had saved Tatsuki.

How she was able to rescue Tatsuki, but something else that Takumi wasn't aware of.

How Takumi was able to give her courage in the first place.

Saving her from her brother, allowing her the last chance with her brother.

That alone was something that Orihime truly appreciated.

Then she felt a wellspring bursting open inside of her being, and spread out through her body.

"Shun'o, Ayame!" Orihime called, and some of the hair pins glowed, shooting out of her pins, and went towards Takumi's bleeding cheek. "Soten Kisshun! I reject!"

Takumi watched as an oval barrier appeared around his cheek, and began healing his wound, while Tier focused her eyes on Orihime.

"See Orihime-chan? You put your mind to it, you can do anything!"

Orihime smiled brightly, feeling like she could do anything.

Rukia watched the interactions between the two of them, and then lowered her eyes slowly.

While she healed, Takumi took out his phone, and casually rang his Father.

"Hey Dad. Yeah, we're gonna need to ask the Shinji-kun's group for help here."

[Haha, you think they will?]

"Tell them that I wont ever fix their computers or internet ever again."

[Hmmm, I suppose it could work. Well, I'll do that soon enough, just need to finish off the Hollows here.]

"Alright, have fun~"

Takumi sang out, while Tier gave a curious look.

Once Orihime finished, Takumi walked towards Tier.

"Right, we'll be off, good luck you two."

"Wait for Nel!"

Nel jumped onto Takumi's back, while the dog barked.

Takumi's eyes went to the dog, and felt a sense of longing, but he didn't know what that was about at all.

"Finished?"

Tier demanded, Takumi nodded.

"Lets go."

Tier didn't quite understand, but she also understood that he seemed to be understanding the situation, so she followed along with him.

With a burst of speed, they disappeared into the sky, leaving Orihime and Rukia alone together.

Orihime glanced at Rukia who furrowed her eyes.

"Kuchiki-chan, can I ask you something?"

"Yes Inoue?"

"Did it seem like Tier-chan had an ulterior motive when she attacked Taku-chan then?"

"Hmmmm, now that you mention it, it did seem like that..."

Rukia and Orihime contemplated it for a few moments before heading out together.

---

Karin came face to face with her enemy before her. With the enemy known as Dondochakka coming after her, she had to act quickly, so she pulled out her sword, while he pulled out a club with dulled spikes coming out of it, it seemed. Though it didn't look like a Zanpakuto, she remembered from Takumi, that Zanpakuto's could change shape when released.

"So, what is your Zanpakuto? Are you a Shinigami too? Though you have a Hollows mask on. Are you a Hollow? I haven't seen a Hollow like you before. That's quite weird."

Karin's words seemed to anger Dondochakka, and he charged while yelling "Give Nel back!" swinging his club for Karin who jumped backwards, the club smashing down into the ground and cracked the earth.

Karin readied her blade, pointing it at the Hollow.

"I don't know what's going on with you, but if I have to face you, then I will!"

Karin charged forward at a fast pace, speeding along with speeds that could outpace most normal Hollows. But for Dondochakka, he could see her movements, and rushed towards her. His speed wasn't that impressive for most, though for Karin who recently became a Shinigami, it was still noticeably quite fast.

"Now you will give Nel back to me!"

"How many times do I have to tell you?! I don't even know who the hell Nel is! Now stop this nonsense!"

Karin yelled, but he didn't listen, thrusting a palm towards her. She crossed her sword, in the hopes to block the strike. But when she did, the strength behind it wasn't a joke. It felt like Karin was pushing against a truck, that forced her off of her feet, and shot through the air.

Karin cursed "Shit!" and pierced the ground with her Zanpakuto, stopping her momentum, while Dondochakka came running in with a wild expression on his face, his hand tightening, and fired off small red energy spheres towards her.

Withdrawing her sword from the ground, she swung her sword left and right, catching the energy bullets, and cleaved them in half with her sword. However, that seemed to be a distraction as he came close, and raised his large club into the air, in an attempting to bring it down and crush her.

However Karin was ready for that.

"Have this!"

Karin used the butt of her sword, slamming it into the eyehole of the Hollow, and he released a cry.

"Y-YOU HIT ME IN THE EYE?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!? ARE YOU INSANE!? OR CRAZY?!"

"There's nothing wrong with me! There's something wrong with you! Also, don't call me insane or crazy!"

Karin turned her blade, swinging it at the Hollow, who managed to parry her sword with his club, but her surprising strength managed to push him backwards slightly, which allowed her to have an opening, and thrusted her blade forward, the sword grazed the Hollows cheek, cutting it slightly, leaving it in the mask, while Karin leaped backwards, Dondochakka unleashing a Bala energy blast, which was fast at close range, hitting Karin square on, making her cry out, and skid across the pavement with smoke rising upwards from the impact site.

Karin took advantage of that, dashing through the smoke, and came down hard and heavy with her blade.

Dondochakka went to parry with his club, when Karin changed tactics, twisting her blade to the left hand side, and sliced against his arm, her blade was tough, but so was his skin. Despite with intent to cut deeply, the sword only managed to leave a small gash in his arm that bled a little, which annoyed her more than she thought.

"You cut me. That's isn't nice Shinigami! Did you do that to Nel?!"

"Ugggggggggh! I'm getting more annoyed! What part of "I don't know who Nel is." do you not understand?! I've never met anyone named Nel! And because of you, I hope I never do meet anyone called Nel! You've put me off Nel for life!"

Dondochakka looked on with a surprised face.

But he also seemed a little pissed off at the same time.

Karin held her blade in front of her, ready to defend herself.

"How could you say that?! Nel is a wonderful girl! How could you say you couldn't be with Nel anymore!? What's wrong with you?!"

Karin gave a sly smile.

"I think between us, you've got the problem dude."

"I've not got a problem! You've got the probl-"

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Suddenly, Kon, wearing a gigai it seemed for the time being, managed to kick Dondochakka right in the face, forcing his body backwards away from Karin, who had enough knowledge to know that she'd use this chance, jumping for Dondochakka, and attempted to pin him down to the ground with her sword, but he tightened his hand, and fired off a red energy bullet for her, she reacted, and pulled away, only for it to graze her shoulder, making her wince ever so slightly.

"My, hello Karin-chan. What are you doing with your new boyfriend?"

Karin's murderous eyes shot for Kon who winced.

"What did you just say?"

"O-Oh! I said that are you okay!?"

Kon panicked, his tone dripped in fear.

Karin stared at him for a few moments, before letting out a sigh.

"I'm fine, what are you doing here?"

"Well, finding out about this situation, I was asked to come and kick some Hollow ass. But it seems you've found yourself a Hollow to fight against. Want a hand?"

Karin glanced at the Hollow, who was standing up, then Kon.

"Can you?"

Kon showed a thumbs up, Karin murmuring to herself "Lame." while Kon got into a foot fighting position.

"Of course! Once my body is completed, I'll be as strong as any Shinigami! For now, I can fight this loser!"

"Don't underestimate him Kon, this guys above the average Hollow. His spiritual pressure feels like it is around the level of...well, kind of like the Quincy girls I guess, maybe a little weaker than that...either way, it isn't weak, so lets work together."

"You got it sister~"

"Don't call me sister."

Karin blandly stated, as she ran forward.

She crossed the distance, and came swinging at Dondochakka, who raised his club, and came at Karin harshly, only for her to duck, avoiding the club, and Kon came in from behind her, swinging his foot, forcing Dondochakka to block with his arm, but the force of the kick made Dondochakka be pushed back ever so slightly, allowing Karin the chance to spin around, like a propeller, and swung right for Dondochakka, receiving a cut right on his body as he pulled backwards, Kon bounced off the ground, and went to Karin's side, wrapping a leg around her.

"Get him!"

Karin was rather impressed that Kon was actually being useful, so she took any opportunity that she could, and was launched right at the moving backwards Dondochakka, Karin readied her Zanpakuto in the stabbing motion, but he used his club to block her stab towards him, sparks going off between their weapons.

"Are you ready to stop fighting now? And we can talk about this Nel?"

"Not until you tell me what happened to Nel!"

Karin tightened her hands on her sword, feeling her anger growing more and more.

He opened his mouth, revealing a Cero being formed.

Having seen that before, Karin knew what she had to do.

She rushed forward at a fast pace, and swung her Zanpakuto towards him, only for him to parry the attack with his club, forcing her sword to the left, and then the beam came out of his mouth, heading right for Karin…

Or it would have.

She at the last moment, managed to kick the Hollow in the chin, bringing up his head just enough for the beam to shoot into the sky, the Hollows in its path being destroyed by the energy, while Karin clutched her foot.

"Geez, is your head made out of steel?!"

"My Hierro, is pretty strong and sturdy! No mere Shinigami can defeat me with a kick!"

"How about a punch?!"

Karin punched him right in the face, but her fist shook around rapidly, her fingers felt like they had broke for a few seconds. But she saw that they were just turning red, her eyes produced a few tears while Dondochakka let out a cry.

"Ow! That hurt you harpy!"

Karin's eyebrows twitched.

"Did you just call me a harpy?!"

"That's right harpy! You taking Nel, then punching me! When I was only asking you questions!"

"You were attacking me! You're still attacking me! Don't sit there, and say that you're the good one! You're the evil one around here pal! I didn't take anyone called Nel! I don't even know who the hell Nel is! So, either leave me alone, or I will use my Zanpakuto to slay you!"

Karin yelled at Dondochakka who panted at seeing Karin's wild facial expressions.

Kon watched from the side, muttering "Anger issues." but that seemed to be pissing off the young woman even more.

"You say something!?"

"N-No..."

"Good, now Hollow I will-"

""AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!""

Suddenly, from the right hand side, two girls came running up. Giselle, and Hiyori, swatting away Hollows like they were going out of business. Hiyori and Giselle's weapons sailed through the air, crushing and killing many Hollows.

"Hahahahaha! That's 783 Zombie chick!"

"795 enemies for me little girl!"

Hiyori flew into a rage, and donned her Hollow mask, gathering a Cero by her mouth, and unleashed her power into the sky, killing off twenty Hollows all at once, and wore pride on her at her accomplishment, and also hoped that Giselle would feel inadequate now that she was ahead of the Zombie girl.

Hiyori unequipped her Hollow mask, and showed a dirty smirk towards Giselle.

"How about that? 803 now Giselle. What are you going to do baldy? Hahaha, I'm going to win and then Takumi's all mine! Hahahahaha!"

Giselle scowled with dark intentions, while Dondochakka gave a confused face.

But then he became angered, and rushed them.

"Excuse me! Did you take Nel away from us too!? If so then I'll-"

""SHUT UP!""

BANG! BANG!

With their combined kicks, Dondochakka went flying through the air, smashing into a nearby building, and because of the force of their kicks, he was knocked out completely, Karin sweat dropped from her forehead, feeling worry increasing around her all by the second.

"W-Well, that took care of it..."

"I take back anger issues for you Karin-chan, and put it onto them."

Karin slowly nodded, seeing Giselle, and Hiyori continuing to take down Hollows.

"Y-Yeah, girls! Oi!" Karin got their attention, but it didn't stop them from murdering Hollows with a single flick of their weapons. "That guy you just kicked happened to be looking for someone called Nel, you haven't seen anyone called Nel, right?"

"How would I know baldy? Take him to Takumi or something, we've got Hollows to slay."

Hiyori continued swatting away Hollows for her own leisure, while Giselle glanced at the Hollow they had kicked.

"Definitely, take him to Takumi-kun. We've got the Hollows around here. Don't worry, we'll be fine."

Karin sweat dropped, and walked over to Dondochakka. Seeing that he was passed out, she glanced around the area, and saw a washing line. Though it wasn't ideal, she grabbed it, and tied up the Hollow with the line, then threw him at Kon.

"H-Hey! What are you doing!?"

"Carry him, we're going after Yuzu, then we'll go and find the idiot. I've got to make sure my sisters safe first."

"Since when did I become your servant?" Karin shot him a dark look, making him submit. "I-I mean! Right away mistress!"

Karin nodded slowly, and took off in the area that she felt Yuzu's spiritual pressure, having been taught the basics by Takumi and Rukia beforehand which now she was glad that she paid attention to so she could help out her sister.

---

Meanwhile, with Yuzu herself, she and Nemu were facing down the Hollow known as Pesche, and he pointed his reishi sword right at Yuzu.

"So Shinigami!" Yuzu glanced at Nemu with confusion who remained stoic. "You will tell me what you did with Nel! I wont allow you to be evil to Nel anymore!"

"Erm...I'm not a Shinigami."

"Lies! Secrets and lies with you!"

Yuzu didn't quite know how to deal with someone like Pesche.

He was a very odd individual indeed.

"It's not a secret, I'm a Quincy, and I'm not lying either, I'm not a Shinigami. This woman before me, is a Shinigami. But me, I'm just a Quincy. So, could you perhaps tell me who this Nel-san actually is? Because I'm quite confused right now..."

Genuinely, Yuzu didn't know what was going on.

It seemed like he was speaking crazy talk.

But Pesche simply wagged his finger at Yuzu.

"Naaah, she's just an ordinary girl with..." Pesche's face turned a little more perverted when looking at Nemu's assets, forcing Yuzu's face into one that held annoyance. "...very large assets..."

Yuzu's face fell more into a frown than before.

"So, you're one of those types of people then."

Yuzu's comment forced Pesche's head back to her.

"What kind of people?"

He asked rather innocently, but Yuzu knew better than what she was showcasing.

"That focuses on, the form rather than the person. Makes sense."

Pesche points at Yuzu accusingly.

"Hey you young boy!" Yuzu felt triggered from that. "Just because you can't appreciate the female form, it doesn't mean you can suddenly call me out on it either. She is clearly beautiful, and you young man, don't need to become involved."

"I-I'm not even a man! I'm a girl! Look at my outfit, and my hair, and my body type! I'm a woman!"

Pesche leaned closer, and rubbed his chin, while Nemu just wrote down [Note to self, don't call Yuzu Kurosaki a male, or she might enter aggressive mode, and the Hollow before us, is what is known as a pervert, threat level moderate, perverted level, high.] Nemu placed her book away in her pocket, seeing Yuzu breathing hard.

"Yuzu-san, are you feeling better by getting out your rage?"

Yuzu's eyebrows twitched, wishing that it was less obvious than she had done that she was annoyed.

"Y-Yes, I suppose so, though I'm not thrilled about the enemy before us either..."

"I understand, do not be concerned. I shall fight beside you."

Yuzu looked relieved seeing that Pesche was wasting no time, and was charging forward. Going quite fast, Yuzu was blind sided, fortunately Nemu wasn't, and leapt forward, and turned upside down, and spun around like a propeller for Pesche.

"Geez what are you doing!?"

"I'm executing an attack."

"I didn't mean it like that! Since when are you so fast!?"

"If I had my limiter removed, I would be quite faster."

Nemu responded, attempting to land a kick, only for Pesche to release a fluid out of his nose, which dripped all over Nemu, coating her in the substance. Her face remained the same, but Yuzu felt sick to her stomach at seeing what happened.

"N-Nemu-san, are you okay?"

Nemu looked down at her body, feeling the slick all over her.

"Yes, my operations have not been impaired in anyway. Though I do feel, the word is, grossed out by this substance."

"I can see that."

Yuzu let out a small noise, while Pesche places his hands on his hips, showcasing a triumphant smile on his face.

"Hahaha! Taste my infinite slick!"

"Your infinite slick? So you can make that endlessly?"

Yuzu called out, while the Hollow just stared at her.

"It sounds much cooler than finite slick!"

"So, you can't make it endlessly! Haha!"

Pesche glared hard at Yuzu.

"Be quiet little boy! I wont tolerate it anymore!"

The Hollow swung his sword for Nemu who went to move, but because of the slick on her body, it made moving a little more difficult, therefore the sword got close to slashing her, when Yuzu fired off two arrows from her side of the field, forcing Pesche to block the arrows with his sword, allowing Nemu the chance to deliver a direct assault on his body with her knee, embedding it deeply into his torso, and he coughed up bile as a response, flinging him backwards.

"Together, we can do this!"

Nemu nods slowly, and aims her body towards Pesche. Her body took advantage of the slick on her body, and used it to slide across the ground, Pesche pulled back with a rather surprised expression on his face.

"W-Wait a second! H-How are you doing that!?"

Pesche freaked out, while Nemu slid closer, and attempted to strike Pesche when he swung his sword outwards, and red energy was released. Because Nemu's powers were held back due to her being a Lieutenant, she couldn't react as fast, so when the energy came out, she attempted to dodge, but she couldn't, and was about to receive a blast, when Yuzu fired off an arrow, and cancelled out the blast all together.

"Thank you for the assistance. However, it seems our enemy might be more formidable than we once thought. Perhaps, we could gain the advantage somehow."

Yuzu furrowed her eyes, as he spewed out the slick from his nose once more. However, this time Nemu spun around, and created a Kido spell within her hands.

Usually, Nemu didn't use Kido, but for this instance she thought it would be best to use it.

"Bakudo 39: Enkosen."

Using the shield skill, she raised a barrier, where the slick spewed all over, protecting her body from the slimy substance, and allowed Yuzu from behind to fire off many arrows, dancing around Nemu's body and pierced through the barrier.

Because Pesche couldn't see them due to the slick covering the shield, so was surprised when a myriad of arrows came through, coated with the slick, and all headed for Pesche himself.

"Ooh my God! That's not supposed to happen!"

While panicking, he dodged left and right in a comedic manner. Yuzu found it slightly funny that he was dancing around like a headless chicken, but she didn't loose sight of what she was supposed to do, so rather than mess around, she made three arrows, and lined up her target with Pesche.

Though she wasn't as skilled as Giselle, having learned enough from her, she thought she'd be able to take Pesche off guard, just enough for Nemu to subdue the Hollow, and they'd be able to finally get to understand what was going on.

Nemu skated towards Pesche once more. He took his blade, and attempted to swing it for Nemu, when leaped into the air at high speeds, where Yuzu fired an arrow, which Nemu grasped with a flick of her wrist, threw it down at Pesche's hand, piercing said hand, making him scream out, but Nemu wasn't done.

"Executing technique, Nemu barrage."

Yuzu wondered why she decided to call the technique something like that.

But it seemed like she had her own reasons for doing what she was doing.

Nemu got close, and a flurry of kicks landed against Pesche's face, chest, legs, and arms. Each kick created a dent within the body that she was kicking. Even if he used Hierro. It still was getting through, showcasing how strong Nemu truly was with her kicks, even when she was being suppressed.

Pesche's eyes rolled around in his head from the deliver of attacks that he received from Nemu, and was flung away when Nemu delivered a final punch and flung him away from the area, smashing his body through the concrete of the ground, while Yuzu exhaled a breath she was keeping for a good chunk of the battle.

"Is it over? Has the Hollow been beaten?"

Nemu went to answer, when a groaning sound came from Pesche's location.

"Ow...I was only looking for Nel, then you attacked me!"

"W-We attacked you?!" Yuzu put emphasis on the 'we' and 'you' parts while Pesche nodded again and again. "I think it's the other way around! You attacked us, about this Nel-san, who we don't even know!"

"But, for sure, you must know who she is!"

"I-Is she famous?"

"She's my and Dondochakka's kid sister, that's all that matters!"

Yuzu still didn't quite understand what was going on.

Nemu was surprised that Pesche still was conscious.

It was true that she was limited in her abilities, but she thought for sure that she had delivered sufficient force to knock out the Hollow at least. It just went to show that he had more durability than she had countered for.

However, as Pesche was going to move, Rukia's voice could be heard.

"Tsugi no Mai: Hakuren!"

A wave of ice erupted from the left hand side, washing over the entirety of Pesche's body, encasing him in said ice, and froze him to a nearby wall. Rukia didn't use the giant version of the technique, but she didn't hold back on the strength level either, and managed to trap the Hollow.

"H-Hey you guys! Are you okay?"

A slightly tired looking Orihime came running over, and gave an excited look.

Yuzu and Nemu glanced at her, and then at Rukia who moved forward.

They didn't even bother asking about why Rukia was a Shinigami right now, having deduced that she either got her powers back, or Takumi had helped her somehow.

"Hey Orihime-chan, we're fine! We were attacked by this Hollow guy though. Looking for someone called Nel-san."

"Yes, we know who she is."

Pesche's ears perked.

"You know Nel Tu?!"

"Nel Tu...that must be her last name. Uumm, yes, that's right. We know her, she's safe. So please stop attacking our friends."

Pesche glanced at Orihime's chest, and her single eye widened in lust.

Only for Yuzu to lightly tap his head, which made him cry a little bit.

"Either way, I'm glad you're alright."

"What is the situation Kuchiki-san."

Nemu asked Rukia, who bowed her head.

"Short version is Bambietta lost it, summoned a bunch of Hollows, taking over the town. Though we've made friends with a woman named Tier, who's helping Takumi close the giant hole in the sky, so more Hollows cannot get through."

"Understood. Our mission?"

"We have to take care of the Hollows. We'll leave Bambietta to Takumi for the moment, and join him when we can. Our first priority is to make sure this town is safe. Uraraha and his group, along with Candice, and Meninas it seems are working on slaying the Hollows on the south side of the side, so we should concentrate our efforts here."

"I understand. And this Hollow humanoid here?"

Rukia looked at Pesche who struggled with the ice, but couldn't get free.

"These are unusual circumstances. But they were looking for the young girl Nel. Even if they attacked us unjustly. We'll keep them in our sights for now, and reunite them with Nel later on. Right now, we have to deal with the Hollows."

"Yes, I understand-"

"Yuzu! Yuzu!" Karin called, running towards her, with Kon behind her. "Hey Yuzu! Are you okay?!"

"Karin! I'm alright! Are you?!"

Karin came close, overlooked Yuzu, who seemed to be in good condition.

"I'm so relieved you're okay. We just fought this guy..." Her eyes went to Pesche. "...it seems like you also managed to win."

Pesche glances at the incoming Dondochakka, or rather, his unconscious form carried by a heavy breathing Kon.

"Y-You people are monsters! You beat Dondochakka as well?!"

"Actually, it was Hiyori and Giselle who beat him, after we wore him down of course."

Karin said with a little pride.

Rukia looked over the situation, then looked to Nemu.

"Lieutenant Kurotsuchi, could you watch over these two with Kon, while we deal with the Hollow threat?"

"Understood."

Rukia looked thankful, turning to Kon who was attempting to leer at Nemu, only for Rukia to jab her blade towards him.

"No being a pervert either."

"I-I wasn't!"

"I mean it Kon."

Kon let out a cry, bending down to the ground, and sighed deeply.

"R-Right, I've got it, don't need to tell me twice."

Rukia nods her head, and turns to the others.

"Lets go everyone."

"But, Inoue doesn't..."

Karin was worried, seeing that Orihime was standing with them, and seemed to be ready to fight.

Rukia however gave a soft expression.

"Do not worry about her, she can handle herself."

Karin drew a blank.

But then they all charged forward to take care of the Hollows that were around the area.

---

Meanwhile, Liltotto and Bambietta began their battle. Facing off against one another was difficult, but Bambietta was determined, as was Liltotto to stop her.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Pulling her arrows backwards, she shot them off in three sets at a time. Liltotto matched that, and fired off her own arrows, blocking them shot for shot, while BG5 came in from the left, and aimed its gun right for Liltotto's upper body, and went to fire, when Liltotto extended her mouth, and used her mouth to bite right through the metal minigun that was on BG5's arm.

"Error, error."

BG5 pulled back its broken minigun, while Liltotto leaps up into the air, and activates Blut Arterie, and fires off a denser than normal arrow for Bambietta. However, Bambietta just smirked, and activated Blut Vene, to decreased the damage that she would naturally receive from Liltotto's arrow.

"It seems you've gotten better Lil."

Bambietta complimented, while dodging the arrow, but Liltotto cocked her hand, and the arrow changed direction mid flight, surprising Bambietta all the more, but Bambietta brought out her sword, and swung it downwards, using her own version of Blut Arterie to combat Liltotto's arrow, and as soon as they met, a shock wave of power erupted outwards, cracking the very ground with their powers colliding.

"You're not so bad yourself."

"Yeah, but I've got allies, and you don't."

Liltotto growled, and went to turn, when BG5 appeared beside her, and his arm had changed into that of a bladed weapon, shocking Liltotto. She went to evade, when Bambietta fired an attack at BG5 surprisingly, who caught the attack with her energy, and swung it at Liltotto, ejecting the blade from its arm, and forced it against Liltotto, as it exploded.

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

Liltotto cried as she was sent plummeting towards the ground.

Thankfully, she used Blut Vene to protect herself but it still did some damage.

"Yeah, BG5 has had a few upgrades since the last time you've seen him. He's able to detach body parts like he did, and he's got a few other capabilities that you're unaware of as well. Sorry Lil, but it seems you've underestimated me and my ability to plan ahead."

Liltotto didn't show an angered face, or even a worried face.

Instead, she showed a confident one.

"Clearly, you're underestimating me."

Before landing on the ground, Liltotto extended her mouth to become giant sized, and aimed that right for the young woman herself, Bambietta scowled, and opened her palm, firing off an explosive energy blast right for her mouth.

But Liltotto fired off an arrow to catch the energy, exploding it away from her mouth, as her mouth opened up, ready to bite down on Bambietta. Bambietta however snickered, snapped her fingers, and allowed BG5 to appear before her, together aiming a minigun and bow right at the mouth of Liltotto.

"Sorry Lil, nothing personal."

Bambietta, and BG5 went to unleash their attacks…

When they saw within Liltotto's mouth, there was a device that seemed like it came from Takumi.

The exploding spheres.

"H-How did you get them?!"

Bambietta demanded, but with a flick of her oversized mouth, she dropped the explosive devices right onto the pair. Bambietta quickly grabbed BG5, and used him as a robotic shield, and took all the explosives right in the upper body.

As that happened, Liltotto kicked off the ground, and used Quincy Flash Step to appear behind Bambietta, arrow drawn, and ready to fire with Blut Arterie infused arrow, Bambietta turned towards Liltotto who gained a smirk on her face.

"Did you think I'd come unprepared?"

"You loli…"

Liltotto didn't seem to care, and fired off her strong arrow right for Bambietta's body in order to stop her.

However, Bambietta raised her hands to the sky, and infused her energy behind her, creating a one way explosion right for Liltotto and her arrow. Rather than destroying the area itself, she focused it onto Liltotto's area, and all of the energy was sent in that direction.

Liltotto scowled at the sight, using her speed to pull away, only for BG5 to appear beside her, and withdrew a blade, swung it for Liltotto, who grimaced, bending her neck downwards, avoiding the slicing all together, only to receive a gut punch from a newly appeared Bambietta.

"Time to say goodbye."

Bambietta charged up her energy, and unleashed it against Liltotto, creating a massive explosion right within her stomach.

Liltotto cried out from the impact, smashing deeply into the ground.

Bambietta held some regret within her eyes, but she reaffirmed her mission within her mind, allowing her to continue on.

Liltotto however wouldn't give up.

She had some wounds on her from the explosion, but she seemed relatively alright, which absolutely surprised Bambietta.

"You're still able to fight? I didn't even hold back either, damn."

"Well, what can I say? I've been training a good while to fight against you. Besides, I'm not out of tricks yet." Liltotto took out a few silver wires, and attached them to her arrows. "Now bind!"

She fired off a few arrows, which Bambietta attempted to intercept with her explosive powers, but Liltotto's arrows changed directions, heading for BG5.

"Activating missiles."

The robot opened its body, and produced a number of missiles, firing them off for Liltotto, but the young blonde haired girl anticipated this as well.

"As if I didn't see this coming." She manipulated her arrows, to loosely wrap around the missiles, and then moved her finger in a flipping position, turning the arrows around with what seemed to be spiritual energy leaking off of the wires, so the missiles didn't explode, and headed right for the pair. "Now have that!"

"D-Damn Lil, you're serious!"

Bambietta scowled out, but she didn't back down either.

She allowed her energy to swirl around her, into a vortex looking energy. Then she sent that outwards, slipping between the missiles, and detonated within the centre, creating a spiraling shock wave which sent the missiles in different directions, but Liltotto used that as a distraction, appearing right before BG5, pulling back an arrow to unleash, but the robot slammed its head downwards, as the arrow was fired, taking the arrow to the face, and left a deep gash, but changed the direction of the arrow, smashing it downwards into the ground, at the same time firing off a few bullets in her direction.

Liltotto didn't have a choice but to jump backwards, while Bambietta got beside Bambietta, infusing her energy into her fists, and thrusted it right for Liltotto, only for Liltotto to bend her body backwards, avoiding the fist, and aimed an arrow at close range.

"You need to stop Bambi!"

Liltotto went to unleash an arrow when BG5 unleashed a hail of bullets for Liltotto's form.

"I wont stop until they're gone."

Liltotto was forced backwards, while BG5 followed her with its bullets, tearing apart the ground ruthlessly. Liltotto gritted her teeth, knowing that it would be difficult for her to destroy all of them, so she had to go for BG5 himself.

"Mistress, let us combine our attacks."

Liltotto didn't quite understand what that meant.

But it became clear when Bambietta flowed her energy into the bullets that were being released while Liltotto dodged them. Each bullet that hit the ground created an explosion, so the more BG5 fired, the more that were ripping through the area, and more and more shock waves forcing Liltotto's balance off, and in the end, it stopped her just enough for Bambietta to get close, and swing her weapon for Liltotto who had no choice but to dodge, only for the sword to slice her midriff along with adding an explosion to her sword, forcing Liltotto backwards, making her wince in pain.

But thanks to Blut Vene, she wasn't bleeding profusely.

Even then, the wound did hurt, along with the other wounds that appeared on her body.

But she could see that Bambietta also received a few wounds, which was glad about.

It meant at least, she'd be able to do this much in the fight against Bambietta.

---

Meanwhile, as that was happening, Takumi and Tier flew up to the hole in the sky, slashing Hollows as they go along. Nel clung to Takumi's back tightly, while Takumi himself couldn't help but notice something odd.

"If you don't mind me asking, you're slaying Hollows the same as I am, yet you're also a Hollow. So, why are you okay with slaying your own kind?"

Tier was caught by surprise with that question.

But she also understood why someone would ask that.

"I suppose it might be strange for a Shinigami to witness Hollows slaying each other like this. However, the simple fact is that these Hollows have no intentions of ever cooperating with myself, or are mindless beasts focused on destruction. Those kinds of Hollows should be purified. I myself am an evolved Hollow you could say. I don't have any qualms with humans, nor do I desire the need to feast on them either."

"But, isn't that what Hollows do to grow in power? To feast on the humans souls?"

"Usually, but there are other ways to do so."

Takumi cocked his head.

"Wow, if nothing else, I'm learning a lot about different species this time around. Hehe, you're a very nice Hollow indeed Tier-chan~"

"My species is technically called an Arrancar, I am a Hollow that also has been mixed with Shinigami abilities. Much like Nel on your back there."

Takumi glanced at his shoulder, seeing Nel sticking out her tongue, so he smiled lightly.

"I see, and how did you accomplish that anyway?"

Tier briefly paused, and glanced over Takumi's body.

Cocking his head, he went to speak when Tier let out a small breath.

"It can happen naturally, or artificially, that's all there is to it."

"And you? Natural, or not?"

"I'm a unique case."

Takumi had more questions than before.

"How unique?"

"I was made an Arrancar by special methods, after I met someone. That person also helped me meet Nel here."

Takumi looked at Nel who drew a blank.

"I don't know who that is Saku Taku, I lost my memories~"

"Ooh, I hadn't realized. So you have amnesia huh." Takumi glanced at the crack in her skull. "It could be caused by that. Perhaps there's a way to fix that crack in your mask Nel-chan, then you can perhaps have a better handle on your powers. From what I've witnessed, it seems to be quite difficult for you to hold onto your powers for long, or use them that much, yet I sense a deep wellspring of power within you."

Tier furrowed her eyebrows.

"You know how to fix that crack? Not even our best healers could..."

"Well, I'd have to study it first. But with time, maybe I could come up with something. If not fix the crack itself, then circumvent the leakage of power so instead of leaking out of her mask, it simply would remain within her body. As for the amnesia, I don't know how you'd cure that beyond the usual stuff you do for amnesia. Then again, she is a Hollow...Arrancar, being, perhaps her anatomy is different to normal humans, so perhaps there could be away to unlock those memories inside of her...I'd have to study her more thoroughly though..."

"So, you're that kind of person, are you?"

Takumi drew a blank.

"What do you mean?"

"It's just, you don't even know Nel, and I had attacked you before, yet you're trying to help out Nel already even when not knowing if we could turn on you."

"You're not going to turn on me."

He assured Tier who raised a brow.

"And why is that exactly?"

She didn't quite understand why he was so in the belief that she wasn't going to turn on him, and slice him apart, or anything of that nature.

Takumi gave a reassuring smile towards Tier who was caught by surprise.

"Because if you wanted to, you could have already killed me. But you haven't. So, the chances of you killing me seem to be low. You could bring up that you'd use me to help fix Nel-chan, but you seemed surprised when I said that I could attempt to try. So in my deductions, I believe that you wont. Though I could be wrong."

Tier gave a slightly bemused look, without breaking her tougher outer personality.

"I see, that's quite the deduction. Perhaps with others you might be wrong, but for me personally, I wont be doing anything with you."

Takumi gave a smile, as they closed in on the hole in the sky.

"By the way, may I ask about your dog?"

"What do you want to know about Kukkapuro?"

"Well...it's just, that name...I feel a sense of nostalgia when hearing that name, and staring at him...it's like he knows me." Takumi glanced at the dog, who barked towards him happily. "...but, I don't recall when I actually ever met that dog. Perhaps, if you told me how you met this Kukkapuro here, then maybe..."

"It's actually...it's a long story. I don't have time to tell you right now."

"Oh I see...well maybe after this is done."

"What makes you so sure we'll be seeing one another, much less be allies the next time we happen to come across one another."

Takumi showed a wicked smile on his face that caught Tier off guard.

"Because how else are Shinigami and Arrancars ever gonna get along?"

"...Perhaps you have a point. Perhaps if you manage to either impress me enough in combat, or outright beat me, I'll tell you about the meeting between me and Kukkapuro. How does that sound? A goal to aspire too."

"Why does it sound like you want to test me?"

"Because you're a rather weird Shinigami. You look at me, not with disdain, but the eyes of curiosity. You, upon learning I was a Hollow, still gave me those same curiosity filled eyes, and never with the eyes of disdain, or hatred filled. It's something I haven't come across before, and it intrigues me greatly."

"Yeah, I don't see any reason to believe that you're bad or anything. I only slay Hollows because they attack others, and eat their souls or kill people. If they didn't, then I'd have no problems, as seen with you. And you already explained you don't harm humans as a rule, so, I can't see a reason to turn on you. So, lets strive to become friends Tier-chan!"

Once more, Tier was caught by surprise by his lack of hatred for Hollows.

Usually, every Shinigami she had met had a hatred for Hollows, or an intolerance.

But Takumi was different.

He didn't hold any negative feelings for Hollows, that's how certain she felt anyway.

She could see no discouraging looks when he glanced at her, or Nel.

Instead, forever having those curiosity filled eyes.

It was very intriguing for her.

Tier took out her blade, so Takumi followed suit.

"I'll go through to Hueco Mundo, and fire off an energy blast. Time it right with me, and we'll be able to make our colliding powers collapse the hole between our dimensions. How does that sound?"

Takumi nodded without a reason to not go along with that.

"Sure, I'll be ready."

"Right, then I'll fire off a warning shot through the hole, to alert you that five seconds after that, I'll be shooting off my attack into the centre of the hole. You should also do the same thing." Takumi inclined his neck, so she turned to Nel. "Nel, it's time to-"

"I wanna stay with Saku Taku! We have to find Pesche and Dondochakka!"

Tier released a small breath.

"Fine, then I'll be back after collapsing this dimensional hole."

Tier didn't miss a beat, and shot through the hole, while Takumi waited, shooting off some lightning around the area, and blasted a number of Hollows away. Though he tried to conserve his strength as much as he could so he had enough for Bambietta when they were going to fight.

"Saku Taku, Nel really likes being here~ The human world is fun~"

"Heeeh, you haven't seen much of the fun things yet Nel-chan."

Nel pulled Takumi's head back with her small hands, and gazed into his eyes.

"You mean there's more?!"

"Much more."

"Can Nel see?!"

Takumi gave a light chuckle.

"Yeah, you could see if it is alright with big sister. Say, Nel-chan. What is the first thing you remember anyway? If I'm gonna help you out, it would be good if I knew what you know."

"Okay Saku Taku! So what I first remember...erm….eh...ooh! Nel remembers! I remember Kukkapuro-chan licking my face~ I was sleeping in the dust, then the doggy came along, and licked my face. He was with big sister, who said something like "Don't worry, I'll take care of you." in the super serious way that she does~ Then I met with my big brothers! Then we play in the sand and dirt all of the time! Though big sister is usually busy with her duties~"

"Her duties huh. Is she the Queen of Hueco Mundo? Though it would make sense with the power she has..."

"No silly, she's not the Queen, big sister might not want to be the Queen. She likes people being happy, and safe~"

Takumi gave a light chuckle.

"That's wonderful..." He saw an energy blast shooting out, so he became serious. "Time to close the hole then." Takumi raised his Zanpakuto and charged it with electricity, waited for the right time, then announced his attack. "Now, Raigeki!"

Shooting off a highly concentrated bolt of lightning, it ripped through the hole, as Tier also unleashed her own energy attack right in the centre of the hole, and the powers collided with one another, creating a massive shock wave that almost knocked off Nel from Takumi's shoulder.

"Whooooooooooooooooooa! That's strong Saku Taku!"

"Hold on Nel-chan!"

Takumi's words allowed Nel to continue holding on, while the air blasted around them. The Hollows in the vicinity were caught in the shock wave, and some were destroyed by the intense power released. Takumi also felt the power that Tier released, and it definitely wasn't something to be messed with either.

With the air brushing around their faces, and bodies, Takumi saw the change that they had hoped for.

Because of the colliding powers, and how it was emanating outwards, the hole in the sky began collapsing in on itself. The power was too much for the hole to withstand, the combined energies of Tier and Takumi seemed to be working.

---

Kisuke glanced up at the hole as he simply slashed apart a Hollow with his Zanpakuto.

"Well alright, it seems that Takumi's managed to pull it off."

"I sensed a strong presence with him Kisuke. Are you worried about that?"

Kisuke revealed a cool smile to Yoruichi who gave a questioning look in return.

"I don't think we have to worry about that."

Yoruichi raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? How do you know?"

Kisuke revealed a smirk on his face, something that Yoruichi was unsure about.

"Father's instincts, that's all~"

Yoruichi wondered about that, and hoped that Kisuke actually did know what was going on.

"Oi! You lazy idiots!" Candice yelled, as she came close with Meninas. "What are you doing just standing around?!"

"Don't worry about that, we've just seen that the holes been closed up. The Hollows wont be multiplying anymore."

"So, that means we're nearly done?"

Meninas wondered with a cute head tilt.

Kisuke went to nod…

When he felt darkened presence filling the air.

"This power...more than one..."

"I feel it too. This is insane, those baits brought Gillian's here?"

Kisuke to Yoruichi's question, shook her head.

"No, not just those baits. But it was something more...it was our power probably. Because of the Hollows, our powers clashing, the energy within this town attracted them here. More than one, it seems that a good number have appeared here...and if that's the case...then we'll have to become even more involved, and as Takumi had said, we'll need to get Shinji-san and the others to lend assistance."

Kisuke finished off, while Candice raised a brow.

"Who the hell is Shinji?"

"Heh, he's someone that's pretty laid back."

"That doesn't really answer the question."

Meninas muttered, but Kisuke just continued to smile the same way that he usually did.

---

Takumi watched in the sky as the hole had been completely sealed.

He breathed a relaxed breath, glad that they managed to close the hole, and that the Shinigami, along with Quincy's, and in Orihime's case, humans, were able to manage to hold back the Hollows, and deal finishing blows.

But then he felt a decreasing of the spiritual energy, and turned towards the area.

"Damn it..."

"Is something wrong Saku Taku?"

Nel asked adorably, which made Takumi narrow his brow at the area.

"Yeah, we need to go quickly. Want to come with me Nel-chan?"

Nel held out her fist in a triumphant way.

"Yup, I want to go too!"

"Then hang on!"

Takumi shot for the ground while Nel hung onto Takumi's back.

---

Liltotto and Bambietta were well underway with their battle, Bambietta summoned her explosive energy and fired it off in a myriad of explosive waves. Liltotto also noticed that Bambietta also had managed to use her arrows in conjunction of firing off her energy, and allowing them to bond together, but they didn't detonate right away.

Liltotto however also felt her body going through the ringer.

Because of the assaults from Bambietta, and BG5, it was quite difficult fighting both. If it was just Bambietta, she was confident she'd be able to fight her to a standstill.

But because she had BG5, it was overpowering.

"Impressive, you've learned to delay the explosions. You couldn't do that before."

"Now I can be quite unpredictable, huh."

Bambietta smirked out, while Liltotto held onto her own body.

"Yes you are." As she spoke, they heard an explosion in the sky, seeing that the hole had closed up. "It seems that the Shinigami have stopped the Hollows coming here."

"So what? By the time he gets here, he'll be drained of stamina."

Liltotto guessed that's what she was trying to achieve with this.

"I thought that was the case."

"Yes, pretty smart, isn't it? Even if he might be stronger, he wont be able to beat me now. Especially with what I've got planned for with BG5."

Liltotto narrowed her eyes.

"What does that mean?"

Bambietta's smirk grew.

"You think that I'd simply come here without a plan? I'm a one woman army it seems. So, I had to make sure I could receive a boost too."

"A boost? And how does BG5 fit into that?"

Bambietta didn't reveal it, and merely gave a dirty smile on her face.

"That's for me to know, and for you to never find out. Because you'll be unconscious by the time I'm finished with you."

Liltotto thought that was a distinct possibility.

However, she wanted to also mess with Bambietta just enough so she'd be thrown off her game.

"But even then, haven't you realized that during this time that we've been fighting, I've been giving you injuries? Even if you beat me, you're not going to win this fight. There's more of them than you. Even with your trump card. As I stated the first time, there's still Kisuke Urahara here, there's still that Yoruichi woman. You wont be able to win this fight, can't you see?"

Bambietta adopted a grin on her face.

"That's where you're wrong Liltotto. BG5, I was saving them all for that Shinigami, but bring out one of the devices."

Liltotto didn't quite understand.

But then it became clear when BG5 ejected what seemed to be a bomb out of its body. It however felt like it had some incredible powers, and Bambietta infused her energy into it. Liltotto went to move backwards, when wires from the ground wrapped around her.

"N-No! Let me go!"

"Sorry Lil, I really am."

Liltotto struggled with the binds but she couldn't get free.

She watched the energy filling the bomb, while Bambietta moved backwards.

"Bambi, you don't have to do this...don't."

Bambietta just stared at her with unmoving eyes…

But a moments hesitation came over her.

However, she then launched the explosive right for Liltotto who gasped…

But then as it went off, she felt an arm wrap around her, along with the binds being cut off.

The explosion went off in front of her, but it didn't hurt her.

She didn't feel any effects from the explosion…

However, when she looked to who saved her, it was Takumi, who used his Zanpakuto to divert the blast as much as he could.

She noticed that his arm was bleeding though, and his robes, at least from his arm, had been blown off, blood dripping down onto the floor.

She also saw Nel a good distance away within a barrier so she wasn't damaged either.

"T-Takumi...you protected me..."

"Of course I did~ It seems you've been banged up a bit. Sorry, I couldn't come sooner."

"It's fine...you're here now, that's all that matters."

Bambietta scowled at seeing Takumi.

"So, the Shinigami has come."

Takumi's eyes shot for Bambietta.

"That's right." Bambietta laughed a little. "You think this is funny? Endangering the town and everyone that lives here? You have a beef with me, fine. That's fine. But you've endangered normal humans, you've endangered my friends. I can't go easy on you this time. This is our last battle Bambietta, and if you don't think I'm serious, try me out. Show me what you've got."

Bambietta adopted a smirk, stepping forward.

"Now that's what I want to see Shinigami. Show me your power, and I'll show you my increasing powers. The powers of BG5 and myself together, will overwhelm you, and I'll finally be rid of at least one Shinigami."

"All this just for one? There's plenty more than me out there. You can't take them all, this is pointless."

"No it isn't! If I can take care of you, then I'll be avenging...that doesn't matter. Now draw your sword, and let our blades clash for the last time!"

Takumi nodded slowly, flashing over to Nel, and placed Liltotto within the barrier.

"Stay here Liltotto-san. One way or another, this is going to end now."

"Takumi, you have to be careful, she's not going to hold back, and she's got new tricks up her sleeve."

"That's okay, I'm not holding back either, and I didn't just sit around and wait for her. I have some ideas on how to counter both her, and her robotic partner."

Liltotto adopted a light but uneasy smile.

"Maybe this is too much to ask, but Bambi is...I know what she's done is terrible, but if there's a way to save her..."

"I'm not out to kill her Liltotto-san, I'm out to stop her crusade, and stop her from hurting others. I sense pain within her, and while she has dark intentions, I also sense loneliness coming from her. Don't worry, I'll stop her, and I'll make sure your friend comes back. If she had no redeeming factors, then I'd have to finish this...but, I can sense guilt within her, I sense uneasiness, that's not what you feel when someone is completely evil."

Liltotto bequeathed happiness in her smile.

"Thank you, Takumi. I'm sorry for placing this burden onto you...I wish I could have done more against her..."

"Don't worry about it, you've done enough. You might have helped me win this battle by fighting her, as her at full power with the robot is a scary thought. But as she is, we're on about equal playing field, it's anyone's game now." His hand petted her head which made her cheeks turn slightly red from how comforting and strong his hand felt on her head. "Stay here, I've got this."

Liltotto adopted a soft smile, and then surprised him by kissing him on the cheek, making him blush slightly.

"Good luck Takumi."

"Don't do that to Saku Taku!"

Nel yelled at Liltotto who showed a peace sign.

"Sorry, but I don't care. Next time, it's the lips."

"Uggggggggh!" Nel yelled at her, but Liltotto just smirked back. "Saku Taku! Kick her butt!"

"You mean Bambietta?"

"No, blondie here!"

Takumi sweat dropped, giving Nel a light pat on the head.

Then he turned towards his enemies, leaving the barrier.

Takumi walked forward, as did Bambietta and BG5.

Meeting in the middle, Bambietta, and Takumi stared into the others eyes.

"Ready to finish this Shinigami?"

"Born ready Bambietta."

Bambietta smirked, as Takumi focused his power.

"Then lets go Shinigami!"

---

End chapter!

So a few things happened this chapter! Takumi had a fight with Tier, and Tier seems impressed that he managed to even dodge and attempt to counterattack against her, Nel seems to be developing more of an attachment to Takumi, who's resolved to help her with her memory problems along with the crack in her skull mask. Karin fought against Dondochakka with Kon's assist, and did quite well, until Giselle and Hiyori, within their match, one shot him. Nemu (with limiter) and Yuzu fought Pesche together, and managed to do quite well, and subdued him enough for Rukia to come and freeze him. Working together, Tier and Takumi managed to seal the hole so more Hollows can't come through, but while doing that, Liltotto fought a difficult battle, and while ultimately losing, she managed to weaken Bambietta enough to put her on an equal level with Takumi who's been fighting for a good while now.

Well, we're nearing the end of this battle, and until next time, thanks for reading!

Takumi; Orihime, Rukia, Yuzu, Karin, Nemu, Giselle, Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Hiyori, Nelliel, Tier, Rangiku, Toshiro (fem).