Chapter 10: Nyx's Message

Back in Karakura Town, the group began the walk back home and Uryu broke off from them to head home. As the rest made it back to the shop, Ichigo felt a familiar energy inside and ginned. He ran inside and found just who it was sitting in front of Yoruichi and drinking a cup sake.

"Kuukaku!" Ichigo yelled out nearly starling his aunt.

Kuukaku looked up and smiled at her nephew. She put the cup down and stood up. "Ichigo, so good to see my favorite nephew again."

They hugged each other for a bit, causing Yoruichi to chuckle under her breath. Kuukaku broke off the hug and motioned for Ichigo to join them for some sake. Yoruichi deadpanned at her, cause she knew Ichigo well enough to know that he wasn't much of a sake type of guy.

"So what brings you here anyway Kuukaku?" Ichigo asked her as he sat in between his aunt and his adoptive mother.

"Meh." Kuukaku shrugged at the question. "Just came by to see you guys I guess. It's been kinda boring back home, so I just decided to use the senkaimon to come here and do something I guess." She had leaned back and rested on her hands at this point and had a look that Ichigo hasn't seen since the first time they met.

"Uh huh." Yoruichi started as she took a swig from her cup of sake. She placed it down and looked over to her friend. "Kuukaku, I think it's time you showed him."

Ichigo didn't know what she was talking about. He looked back over to his aunt who rose back up. She looked over at Ichigo with a saddened look and sighed. "I can't really say much for you Ichigo, but I don't think that I'm really ready to look at that again."

"Look at what?" Ichigo asked her, still not knowing just what was going on.

Kuukaku sighed again and looked back at Yoruichi. The dark skinned woman smiled a genuine smile to her friend and nodded. Kuukaku looked at her nephew once again. "Ichigo. I want to show you the Shiba graveyard."

Ichigo was surprised by what he was just told. Kuukaku and Ganju usually made sure that Ichigo didn't know much about his family from his fathers side. Even when he would ask the two as a kid, they would deflect the question with something else.

"Alright then." Ichigo said to her with a soft smile.

That reassured her and she stood up along with her nephew. Yoruichi even stood up as well and followed them to the trapdoor. When they went down, they caught everyone else's attention. The three went to Kisuke's senkaimon and Yoruichi opened it. Before they went through, Ichigo used his combat pass he got from Ukitake a year ago to go into his soul reaper form. Neliel caught his body and placed it down on one of the beds. Ichigo informed them of where he was going and left with Kuukaku and Yoruichi. They went through the dark tunnel until they were in a bright field in the soul society. For Ichigo, it's been a year since the last time he was here. Last time it involved these people called Bounts that tried to destroy the Seireitei for reasons Ichigo thought were pretty stupid to start out with.

The three went over to a hilltop that had a graveyard that was covered from the sky by the trees. Ichigo looked around an only noticed five graves at first, but that changed when Kuukaku pointed out the other graves. Ichigo looked around and saw multiple graves now, some even had pictures on them of that person.

"This is the Shiba graveyard." Kuukaku started with a lump in her throat. It had been a long time since she's been here, and some of those old wounds would never truly heal.

Ichigo looked around and sighed since he didn't know a single one of these people, his family. He walked around the graves, taking in the faces of Shiba from the past he would never meet until he stopped at one grave in particular. He looked at the picture intently and noticed that this man looked vaguely similar to him just with short black hair.

"Who's he?" Ichigo asked as he continued to stare at the picture.

Kuukaku walked up to Ichigo and looked at the picture. When she saw it, she had to stop herself from bursting into tears in front of Ichigo. After the two met four years ago, Kuukaku made a promise that she would never let her family see her like that ever again.

Kuukaku regained her composure and sighed. "That's Kaien. My other older brother."

"He was my other uncle?" Ichigo asked as he looked back at the picture.

"Yes. He was the second oldest out of the four of us, and he was a lieutenant before he died." Kuukaku started. "From what the reports told me, this hollow that had possessed his wife earlier that day, had possessed him. Rukia Kuchiki is the one that killed him, and freed him in the process."

Ichigo stood there as he listened to what his aunt had just told him. He had met Rukia before, and whenever she and a few more soul reapers came to the world of the living for patrols and preparations, the two would talk to each other. He always wondered why she had taken a liking to him, now he knew why. This was her way of penance.

Yoruichi made sure to stay out of this family moment. Despite having raised Ichigo for eight years now, she would be very much out of place in the graveyard of his real family. The thought of her not being a part of that family made her look down to the ground in sadness. After everything she's done for him, she still only felt like a caretaker than an actual mother, and that thought terrified her.

Hueco Mundo

Nyx had been in her chambers after the meeting with the returning Lord Aizen. She was restless since he showed back up and had commended her on assembling and training the espada in his absence. She knew that he had a plan to use Ichigo's inner hollow to his advantage, but she could only wait and that was making her uneasy.

"I can't take this." She said in an annoyed tone before leaving her room.

She walked along the halls to leave and head into the sands of Las Noches before she pumped into the fourth espada. Another woman but with dark hair and eyes. She had fair skin, was wearing a standard white outfit with no openings on it, and her mask fragment was only her left eye in the shape of a crow's eye.

"Karasu." Nyx started to the woman. "What is it?"

"Just passing by, Nyx." Karasu started in an upbeat tone. "What's wrong with you? You seem on edge."

"It's the waiting that's killing me. I'm heading outside to blow off some steam. If Lord Aizen requests my presence again inform me Karasu, understood." Nyx said to her.

"Got it." Karasu answered with a shrug as she walked off.

Nyx started walking as well and made her way back outside of Las Noches once again. This time, Draxus wasn't going to get the drop on her if he did decide to come out and face her again. She unsheathed her short sword and just started to slash at the air, causing a shockwave with every swing. This was her way of calming herself down from anxiety that she had toward any of her duties as a leader, and it always went back to this Ichigo Kurosaki. She didn't know who he was or what he even looked like at all, but all she knew was that he was her enemy and that meant he had to be eliminated.

As she swung her blade faster and with more and more power behind each strike, she failed to notice that she was being watched by two hollows from far off. They were both Vasto Lorde type hollows and both almost looked the same. They had on full, skeletal like outfits in two different colors. One had dark armor, the other was yellow. They also both had long hair that matched their armor, pale white skin and masks that looked almost the same. The mask they had looked like some kind of demon with sharp teeth and a horns and markings going down the eyes. The yellow one had half of that mask on the left side of her face with a yellow marking while the dark one had it on her right side with a dark marking. The two were on top of a sand dune watching her intently as she swung he blade with greater and greater force. The two were in awe of her power and were surprised when she suddenly stopped. They watched her as she panted a bit before disappearing.

"Where did she-" The yellow one started before a sword touched the back of her neck.

The dark one was about to get up until she was brought down by a foot on her back. Try as she might, she couldn't move.

"Who are you two, and why shouldn't I just kill you for spying on the Primera espada like this?" Nyx started in a pissed off tone. She was not in the mood for two Vasto Lorde trying to make an impression on her expense.

"We were just looking." The yellow one started in a panicked tone. Some of her yellow spirit energy started to leak from her body.

"Try anything, and I'll end the both of you. Understood?" Nyx said as she pressed her sword harder on the yellow ones neck and stepped harder on the dark ones back.

This caused the dark one to yelp in pain for a second. The yellow one tried to suppress her energy, but after hearing the dark ones cry of pain, her energy flared up, causing Nyx to sonido away. Nyx stood away for a second as the yellow one was checking on her other half.

"Are you okay?" She asked in a concerned tone as she helped the dark one up to her feet.

"Yeah, just a little sore now." The dark one said as she looked at Nyx. "We're sorry for startling you, but we're looking for our brother."

"And why should I care?" Nyx started, until she suddenly remembered a past failure she had as a human that caused two siblings to lose their brother that was under her command. She sighed at the memory and looked at the two again. "Alright fine. What's his name?" Nyx sheathed her blade and asked the question in an annoyed tone.

"His name is Ichigo. Ichigo Kurosaki." The dark one started, causing Nyx to gasp at the two. "The last time we saw him, he was crying over us and our parents."

"We don't want to see our big brother cry, ever." The yellow one said while trying to hold back tears.

"What are your names?" Nyx asked while trying to keep her jaw from becoming permanently on the ground.

"I'm Karin." The dark one said.

"And I'm Yuzu." The other said after.

Nyx started to think of the perfect strategy that she had to report back to Aizen immediately.

"Come with me you two." Nyx started as she walked back to Las Noches. "You both must be tired from spending your lives out here."

The two followed Nyx back to Las Noches and were confused by the sudden change to day compared to the outsides night. They walked in to the large building and made their way through multiple hallways until they found themselves in a throne room with Aizen sitting down on his throne.

"Lord Aizen." Nyx started with a bow.

"Nyx." Aizen started while giving the other two a look over. "And Who might these two be?"

"These two are Yuzu and Karin Kurosaki, sir." Nyx started, seeing Aizen's eyes light up with an almost wonderful look.

He flashed down to the three, startling Yuzu and Karin, and looked over both of them with closer inspection. He was clearly fascinated by the two. Not only have they been Vasto Lorde just waiting to be powerful arrancar, but somehow they were almost two halves of one whole being entirely. It was very interesting.

Aizen placed a hand on each of them and the Hogyoku started to glow again. Karin and Yuzu were startled at first, but then they both felt a massive surge of energy flowing through them both. They glowed their respective colors for a short time. Aizen took his hand off of both of them and glowing stopped. The two now looked more human than before and their mask fragments were now just their respective eye now. They still had long hair too. They were also both naked.

"Menoly, Loly." Aizen said as two female arrancar came inside and went to him. "Please be kind and get these two clothes to wear."

"Yes Lord Aizen." They both said as they led the two out of the throne room.

When they were clearly far enough out of earshot, Aizen started to cackle maniacally. This startled Nyx heavily since she never saw Aizen this way before.

"This is truly a blessing in disguise Nyx." Aizen started as he calmed down. "Now that we have these two, I have and assignment for you Nyx."

"S-Sir?" Nyx stuttered, still taken aback from Aizen's cackling.

"When those two are clothed, I want you to assemble our forces and prepare to attack Karakura Town tomorrow." Aizen said with a sadistic smile on his face.

Nyx couldn't believe what she was hearing. They were going to attack so soon after he just woke up?

"Yes sir." Nyx said with a bow before turning around and getting ready to head out the door.

"One more thing Nyx." Aizen started again, stopping her dead in her tracks. "I want you to inform Ichigo Kurosaki of this information. And I want you to tell him of his sisters. When he hears this news, he'll charge into here to rescue them, and he won't be coming to everyone's rescue then."

"Yes sir. I'll go at once." Nyx said and bowed again. She left right as Aizen was starting to cackle again.

"He plans on just having Ichigo and whoever he brings with him to just stay here during the attack? That's foolish and an act of cowardice." Nyx thought to herself as she opened a garganta went through it.

Back in the Shop

Ichigo, Yoruichi and Kuukaku made it back to the shop where everyone was waiting for them.

"About time you guys showed up. I'm starving cuz of ya'll." Grimmjow said to them.

Ulquiorra looked over to him and kept the same look as he said. "I pride myself on making sure everyone is present for dinner Grimmjow."

"Hmph, whatever, can we just eat already?" Grimmjow complained again, causing everyone to laugh at him. "FUCK YA'LL! I'M HUNGRY!"

"Then lets eat already before you decide to resort to cannibalism." Tia joked causing Grimmjow to storm off to the ladder.

They all went up and sat at the two large tables in a new room Kisuke and surprisingly Stark built a few months ago. It was a new extension to the living area of the shop that was big enough for everyone to go into and eat. So far it only had the two tables, chairs and a couple of couches for guest. Everyone except for Ulquiorra, Neliel, Tessai and Tia sat at the tables while those two got the food from the kitchen and started bringing it in. They sat them all down and joined them as everyone started to dig in, but just as Grimmjow was about to take his first bite, a powerful spiritual pressure flared all around the shop.

"GODDAMMIT, NOW WHAT!" Grimmjow shouted as everyone looked outside to see an arrancar standing there in front of the shop.

"Ichigo Kurosaki!' She yelled out. "I have a message for you from Lord Aizen!"

All eyes were on Ichigo as he stood up and left out the side door in the new room. As he approached her, he released a portion of his energy, forcing hers off his home.

"Alright then," Ichigo started as he folded his arms. "First off, who are you? Second, what's the message?"

"I am the Primera espada, Nyx Nightstalker." Nyx said in a confident tone.

"So you're the first espada huh?" Ichigo asked while looking her over. He shrugged and grinned at her. "So this is what an imperfect arrancar looks like. Gotta say, was expecting a little more. The way you are right now, you wouldn't last against our shortest arrancar here."

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" Lilinette shouted out through the window.

"I'm not here to fight any of you Ichigo. I'm here to deliver you a message." Nyx said with a slightly annoyed tone. "Complete disorder and insubordination, how could anyone take order from him?"

"Fine then," Ichigo started himself. "So what does your pathetic boss wanna tell me? Stop making him like a complete idiot whenever me and him are in the same area?"

"No. We are going to attack Karakura Town tomorrow." Nyx said, earning gasps from everyone. "And there's also two people you'd very much like to see again Ichigo."

"And who would they be?" Ichigo asked in a serious tone.

"If my memory serves me correctly, their names were Yuzu and Karin Kurosaki." Nyx said with a sinister grin.

Ichigo, along with Kisuke and Yoruichi, gasped at hearing their names. He stood there paralyzed from what he just heard. After eight long years of coping with his loss, he now had a chance to save his two long lost sisters who were probably grown up by now. Ichigo regained himself and shot Nyx a very angered look.

''Where are they?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Back in Las Noches. You want them, come and take them." Nyx said as she opened a garganta quickly and leapt through it before anyone could stop her. The garganta closed and Ichigo was left standing there wondering if this was real or a trick to throw him off.

"Ichigo." Yoruichi started as she laid her hand on his shoulder to get him out of his trance. Ichigo turned to her and couldn't form words to describe what he just heard. Yoruichi could tell that this new information was bringing back the memory of their deaths, so she brought him in for a hug. Ichigo hugged her tightly and just stood there while everyone else watched in confusion except for Kisuke and Tessai.

"Kisuke," Kuukaku started at the shop keeper. "Who are Yuzu and Karin?"

Kisuke sighed at their names but answered everyone. "Those two are Ichigo's younger sisters that were killed in front of him along with the rest of his family eight years ago." This got everyone's attention, especially Kuukaku.

She had always played it safe with mentioning Ichigo's family around him, so she had no idea of her nieces names.

"Whoa wait a minute. How the hell did they wind up there instead of the soul society?" She asked.

"It could be from any sort of ways." Kisuke started. "Maybe they were taken there by some other hollow. Maybe their souls just reverted to hollows and brought them to Hueco Mundo. Or maybe it could be something else that I wouldn't be able to figure out."

Just as Kuukaku was about to ask another question, Ichigo and Yoruichi come in through the side door. That gets everyone's attention and they wait to hear what the plan is.

"I'm going to Hueco Mundo to save my sisters. So, who wants to come with?" Ichigo asked with a grin.

"Can we leave after we eat?" Grimmjow asked, earning him a slap to the back of the head by Tia.

"I'm in." Neliel said as she raised her hand. She stood up and went to stand next to Ichigo.

"Well, can't have my two favorite people going in alone." Tia said as she rushed over to Ichigo's other side.

Ulquiorra sighed and stood up and walked over to them. He stood next to Neliel and just stood there for a sec before saying anything. "Aizen ruined my cooking plans for tomorrow, so I'll make him pay for that."

Everyone mentally face palmed at his words, but were very surprised by his relaxed tone.

"Anyone else?" Ichigo asked them.

"Still can't have you going into enemy territory without some familiar help now can I." Uryu said from the entrance of the side door.

"You felt that too Uryu?" Apache asked him.

"Not just me." Uryu started as he motioned the others to come inside. Chad and Orihime came in and waved to everyone.

"Hey there Chad." Mila Rose said to the tall guy in a seductive way. Chad smiled at her.

"Well As much as I would love to see you all off," Kisuke started as he stood up. "A lot of us are gonna have to stay here and help prepare for the fight as well as get involved with it." Everyone agreed with him. "Ichigo, you Tia, Neliel, Ulquiorra and Uryu head to Hueco Mundo. Get your sisters and hurry out of there as quickly as possible. Kuukaku, Yoruichi and Tessai could really use your kido work with help setting up a special device I made for this battle. Want to help out?"

"Hell yeah!" Kuukaku yelled to him.

"Alright. The rest of you, get ready for tomorrow. You're gonna need it. I'll inform the soul society." Kisuke said again.

"Wait a second." Uryu started in a confused but surprised tone. "Did you just say that Yuzu and Karin are in Hueco Mundo?"

"Yeah." Ichigo started in a low tone. "They're hollows now, but that doesn't change the fact that they're still my sisters. And I will save them."

Uryu nodded to his cousin in agreement to that. As Ichigo's group started to leave the shop to open a garganta to get to Hueco Mundo, Ichigo was stopped by both Yoruichi and Kuukaku.

"You promise me that you'll all get back here to help end this war, Ichigo." Yoruichi started.

"And don't you even think about letting yourself or those two nieces of mine die, got it?" Kuukaku said with a threatening clenched fist.

Ichigo smiled at the two and nodded to them as he walked to where the garganta was opened. He stopped though in front of it much to everyone's confusion. Ichigo flashed back to the the two and hugged them both, catching them both by surprise.

"I promise." He whispered before letting go and smiling at them both. They smiled at him and he ran through the garganta with his crew right behind him.

Sorry I Didn't Post Like I Usually Would Do By Now, But I've Been Working On Another Bleach Story As Of Late That's Completely Different From This One. I Was Nearly Done With The First Chapter Before My Brain Said To Me 'YO DUDE, WRITE AND UPDATE CHAPTER 10 FOR ICHIGO'S NEW MOM YOU MORON!' So That Was My Bad.

I Hope Ya'll Enjoyed This Chapter And Me Bringing In Yuzu And Karin Into All Of This. The Graveyard Scene Will Be Important For Later BTW, And We'll See Some Action In The Next Chapter From Both Hueco Mundo And The World Of The Living. I'm Kinda Gonna Cheat A Little When It Comes To The World Of The Living Fights By Going Off Of Most Of The Fights From The Anime, But Other Than That The Hueco Mundo Fights Will Be From Me.

Also, Pairings Are As Voted Out:

IchigoXTia

UryuX(For Some Reason)Cirucci

ChadXMila Rose

So Far That Was Pretty Much It, So That's What I'm Doing.

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