Author's note/ warning: at around this time I have decided to make this a crossover story, now im not sure if this will either increase or decrease the amount of people who read this story, but since a certain friend of mine requested this, and because I actually like the mental challange that this anime (actually put under the categlory of "games") provides, I will comply. Now, I won't bother explaining or stating the storyline (much) since it is kind of confusing so...WARNING PART: I advise that you watch (or read/play) at least the first parts of the Umineko no naku koro ni series.

story down below:

"Momo!" Grimmjow's voice rang in the hallways of Las noches as he yelled for his underling to come to him. There was silence; he waited a few more moments, not batting an eye as Momo appeared beside him within moments, waiting for an order to be given.

"How long has it been?" Grimmjow was asking a simple question that could only be answered by someone who actually paid attention to human time. Hueco mundo was never changing, the weather was neither cold nor hot, the sky was always stainless black (apart from the dome of Las noches), the sand was always the same light color and the moon was always in the same phase. In Hueco mundo many find it hard to know what time it is or how much time has passed since a certain period, Grimmjow was no exception. Ever since his existence first started as hollow, time held little meaning. He never cared much for time anyways, when he wanted something done, he'd do it straight away, when he wanted to do it later, than he'll do it later. When he was serving under Aizen, the ex-soul reaper made a few lectures about the importance of "time" on and off the battlefield, but he barley paid notice. Momo on the other hand was born a soul reaper, and as a soul reaper, time was possibly the second most important thing apart from the basic needs of food water and shelter. You had to know what time you had to get up, what time you had to meet someone, what time should lunch and dinner be at, what season it was, what year it was, the list is just endless. Because she was so used to calculating time she always had a better sense of what time it was in the world of the living than most arrancar.

"It has been quite a few months since our last invasion of the seireitei; I suspect it's about mid-summer in the soul society." Momo's eyes shone in the slightest bit, hinting Grimmjow that she was hoping for an offensive attack of some sort on the soul society.

There was silence, then a small laugh that was so small, Momo barely noticed. Grimmjow then made a large grin as he said "It's been that long huh? Seems like it has been longer…."

He then laughed loudly, it was a maniacal laugh that made Momo shudder a little, the murderous intent was clear in the air "Well then, I say it's about time we had some fun! Momo, get your subordinates and the exequias! We're going to the seireitei!"

Momo then left in that instant to do as her superior commanded, she was however not in the happiest mood. But she wasn't in a bad mood either; she was in a kind of neutral state. She knew that when her master laughed and grinned like that, it meant that he was simply going to go fight someone. The time he has spent here trying to strategize the next move and being "patient", had drove him to seek any type of enjoyment that can be found in Las noches empty halls. Every time she was around he always had an air of…..dark intention? Lust? She just knows that he has been itching for a real fight. It was probably the training she and him have spent together that have kept him sane throughout the months. He was now going to go all out in this invasion. That she knew. But he was only doing so for his own enjoyment. Which seems practical, he is now the "king" of Las noches, that means he do what he wants and take what he wants, his underlings had no say. Even though Momo was right below Grimmjow in power compared to the rest of the society of Hueco mundo, she was still low priority to him, but not as low as other arrancar and hollow.

In this type of invasion; where the only purpose in enjoyment, it meant that a few rules were going to be set into play: one, only Grimmjow can call it off, and two, you can do what you want as long as it does not interfere with his fight. This meant that she would receive no help from Grimmjow what's so ever, but it does however; mean that there are no more restraints. On the last invasion, Grimmjow strictly forbid her to even "get serious", to keep as low a profile and to not let anyone see her if at all possible.

She then saw Loly standing before her, Loly could tell by her serious expression and her rising spiritual pressure that she was most likely either A) going into battle or B) someone REALLY pissed her off (yes, it has happened before. That day 4 arrancar went missing).

Because of the hints she was receiving she said "Want me to get Luppi?"

Momo merely looked at her in the eye before she left, for if she was angry than she would just ignore her and walk on or lash out at her. The fact that she did neither meant that the answer was yes. After she was assured that Luppi and Loly were surly going to arrive by her and Grimmjow's side soon, she started heading toward the throne room, they only go there to meet up with one another before leaving. She was sure the exequias had already heard of the plan, Rudobon always seemed to appear before Grimmjow rather than her. Which, only makes since his loyalty was always "to the master of Las noches".

She had just walked in the white room when she spotted Grimmjow alone, sitting in what used to Aizen's throne. He was leaning in the back of the chair, his arms and legs sprawled out in their usual way. His eyes were closed, but he wasn't asleep. Momo had figured out long ago that he had a habit of trying to look like he wasn't paying attention, but in reality, he was keeping an eye out for anything that may be in the area. More specifically, he was always looking out for anyone who may oppose him; he hated those who thought he was "weak" or "incapable of ruling". Normally he didn't really care, they could think and say what they want, as long as it wasn't in front of him, but as of last year he became weary for some reason. What that reason was is unknown to Momo, and if his direct subordinate doesn't know, then no one else knows. To be completely truthful, Momo was the only one who noticed that he was, in fact, weary. However, as she looked at him, she noticed he seemed at peace. He was all alone in an empty room with only his most loyal subordinate.

Momo was walking up to him, her footsteps echoing as she walked. She was now standing right beside the throne now, barely three feet away. Grimmjow's features were perfectly visible from her point of view. He has short spikey bright blue hair, even with its spikey appearance, it looked as if it was actually more "un-preserving", the spiked tips looked like they wanted to curl downward and give him a messy look, yet at the same time, it looked like they wanted to stand upright giving him the semi wild look he had. His eyes, even when closed looked like they could throw darts at anyone who gazed at him and could sense any kind of reaction of what happens before him, yet could soften when a familiar face appears, however, they were also capable of seeing through many kinds of masks and deceptions and is also capable of hiding his own feelings and intentions, which he can cleverly disguise through his actions and words. When in a peaceful state of mind, his face looked so…."perfect" like nothing existed in the world, like there was nothing to worry about. He always seemed to frown when like this, but it still seemed good. In fact, to Momo, it seemed….comforting.

"You're so much like him…"

Momo then blinked her eyes repeatedly, surprised to what she just thought as she was looking at Grimmjow.

As if seeing her reaction, Grimmjow opened his dark blue eyes in a flash, looking at Momo in his usual stern way. "Is something wrong…?"

It took Momo a moment to recover from the surprising thought and the quick question Grimmjow shot at her. "Yes…I'm fine."

Grimmjow then stared at Momo for a few seconds, and then closed them again. Momo wasn't sure if he saw her hesitance and the reason behind it and just didn't say anything, or he didn't care and just let it be. Either way, she that he saw her hesitance.

In the next few minutes that passed, all who were called were present and accounted for and the garganta was opened in within seconds. Grimmjow was already at the head of the group grinning, anticipating the battles to come "Once we get there, I don't care who, just battle anyone you please! No holding back either, go all out! Fight as you wish!" and with that, he jumped through the garganta going in an all-out run, his legs carrying him miles in a mere minuet, his underlings following just behind him. They followed without question through the black nothingness. Most of their faces were also that of excitement. They too, had not had an all-out battle like this for a long time, and the sudden permission to fight who they wished and as they pleased was certainly enlightening to them. The only ones who held faces of seriousness was Hinamori and Rudobon, whose expression was unreadable due to his complete mask. Momo on the other hand was serious because she wanted to make sure she succeeded in killing "him" this time. In the ten minutes they have been running, the small party of arrancar suddenly dispersed, every member going in its own desired direction, (with the exception of the exequisas who normally stick together). The only one who stayed by Grimmjow's side, because of her duty, was Momo Hinamori. She was running right behind Grimmjow, not saying word; she was only interested in her own fight to come.

"I will not allow him to get away this time! This time, I won't hold back!"

" You WILL die, Hitsugaya!"

She then noticed the garganta open before her, revealing a blue sky with only a few white clouds staining it, she was now standing in the sky, she wasn't surprised to realize she was standing in the sky above Soukyoku hill.

Momo then took a step in the direction toward squad 10, but was stopped when Grimmjow all of a sudden said "You are forbidden to release your zanpoktou, and I want you to restrain from any type of conflict if possible..." He said it in a low voice, making it clear that he meant what he said. He didn't even tilt his head as he said it, he was motionless the whole time.

"What?"

Momo looked at him with shock in her eyes, not believing what he just heard. Not believing he had denied her complete authorization to kill the man that betrayed her.

Grimmjow used sonido, and just like that, he was gone.

Momo just stood there, wide eyed, letting the wind blow her hair toward the east. She then took a deep breath and closed her beautiful brown eyes. She focused her spiritual pressure in such a way, she activated pesquisa, a sort of radar that arrancar use to seek out spiritual pressure.

She then opened her eyes, now aware of where the other arrancar were positioned and where her once fellow shinigami are at.

"Loly seems to be near squad 2, that figures, she always wanted to fight against those who seem to share her style of fighting, Luppi seems to be taking his time near squad 9, I guess he's there because he got lost….and Rudobon seems to be near squad 12…"

She also knew where a variety of shinigami were located, but she was more concerned about the alarm that was bound to come off at the slightest sense of an arrancar's spiritual pressure, if they haven't sensed her pesquisa already.

As if her thoughts were heard, the alarm rang out; the sound of wood against wood was unmistakable to her, since she heard it many times in her existence. Its banging's were hearable even where Momo stood. Soon after the noise started, an announcer was reporting. "Alert! Our security has been breached! The spiritual pressures of multiple arrancar have been reported! All squads are to immediately form defensive positions! I repeat, the spiritual pressure of arrancar have been reported, all squads are to immediately take defensive positions!"

Momo's original plan was to confront the squad 10 captain head-on, seeing how everyone probably knew of her existence already. If she did that, then it's not like the lower soul reapers would interfere, she was far too strong for them to handle. She then figured that Hitsugaya would order for no one else to interfere, she knew he could not deny that she had the right to challenge him one-on-one. But with Grimmjow's orders that plan was dismissed.

"Grimmjow promised that he would help me achieve my goal….I understand if he doesn't want me to release my zanpoktou but…no conflict! At all! Or was he just implying that I could only attack Hitsugaya and no one else…? If that was true then it would make more sense… but why would he forbid me to attack everyone else once Hitsugaya was done with…"

Momo continued thinking for a while, but then quickly left, she knew if she stayed there much longer like that then some shinigami would show up. Not that it matters, as long as it wasn't a captain, then she was safe. She decided to ask Grimmjow for confirmation on the order, and should it be the case he meant not to attack at all then…..she would disobey….

She would disobey her master and attack Hitsugaya of her own accord, even with what she promised to him, she promised to herself that she would kill the man who betrayed her the most and she would not let ANYONE get in her way….not even Grimmjow.

She remembered the twisted feelings that engulfed her when an adjucha, one that looked like a human with bat wings, said "What makes you think I will give away the spiritual pressure of a CAPTAIN to you? Even if you are an arrancar, I will not just throw away the best chance in the world to gain more power, just for your own WORTHLESS reasons! I mean, keeping him alive? What kind of an arrancar does that? We kill and devour who and what we please!" Those words were the last the adjucha spoke, the next thing it knew was the pain of an arm, leg and wing being ripped off in the same instant he said it. The next thing he saw, were those same limbs being destroyed with a cero. Not even leaving behind ash to show of its existence in the world. He then heard the words "Ku-rensa….". He instantly saw chains in the color of scarlet overwhelm him, binding him the ground. The angered arrancar then left without a word, her eyes gleaming with cruelty and ruthlessness… leaving him to starve, and possibly to be eaten. Even if he wasn't devoured, he would regress to Menos Grande due to the lack of spiritual energy he obtains from eating other highly spiritual pressured beings, once he regresses back to Menos Grande, he can no longer return to adjucha. Regressing….is the only fear that all adjucha's have…and the adjucha then realized that for angering the arrancar, she was going to let him live through that fear….slowly… letting him experience every moment of it without any distraction. Like allowing poison to flow through him until his last breathing moments….

As she used sonido to find her superior, she reminds herself that its highly unlikely that he would deliberately forbid her to attack Hitsugaya without a good reason and that if that were not true then that would mean he never intended to respect their agreement from the beginning, but that would mean that he wanted something from her. What did he obtain from her other than a subordinate?

She continued seeing familiar structures reishi composed buildings, with the light brown/orange and light colored walls and tiles, and then those simple feudal style buildings started becoming more dull, simple and filthy as she made her way toward a rather abandoned section of the soul society. She was deep within the section; the buildings were ungodly tall, if one were to look up from the ground level it would look like it was touching the heavens. The aged walls had only a few windows that looked more like cracks. These buildings looked filthy, smeared with mud and dirt and worn away with the wind. Hinamori assumed that because this section was more in the center of the Seireitei and the fact that the buildings looked more barricaded, that it was originally made for defending purposes. If Hinamori hadn't detected the spiritual pressure of a certain captain, she would be dumbfounded as to why Grimmjow would come here.

She noticed the spiritual pressures of both Grimmjow's and his opponent's rise, a battle was about to begin. For Hinamori, that was unfortunate, this would mean she would have to stand by and watch silently until it was over. As stated before; you can do what you please as long it does not interfere with Grimmjow's fight. Hinamori looked at the ground for a moment as she continued her way toward her master, knowing that this battle would most likely take a decent amount of time, considering the opponent. To her, even though she never actually met him, knew well the monstrous spiritual pressure that radiated his blood-lust only belonged to the most ferocious captain of the Gotei 13, Kenpachi Zaraki of squad 11.

She was then startled to spot a wave of powerful spiritual energy surge toward her through the gaps between the monstrous buildings, the spiritual pressure so powerful it actually took an appearance. The surge was so powerful that Hinamori actually had to brace herself in the air for the immense impact it would have. Even when she did brace herself, she had to slow herself down in order to summon more energy to her defense. But, she only did that once, had she seen it coming she would just keep on going while raising her own spiritual pressure to combat the offending ones.

The waves continued coming as she neared her destination, the blood lust was practically radiating from the two sources. Hinamori was now within earshot of maniacal laughter, whether or not it came from Kenpachi or Grimmjow was unknown. They both had the same laugh and both were enjoying the fight they were having. Hinamori then landed on a roof top, spotting a familiar soul reaper with its unmistakable pink hair at the other end of the roof top, watching the fight. Momo then had a slight smile creep on her face, "It would be interesting…." She thought "-If I consulted a few of my old friends to see how they're holding up…."

Due to the mass amount of spiritual pressure Kenpachi and Grimmjow were exerting, it nearly completely covered Hinamori's spiritual pressure, making it hard for anyone to sense, it was possible that little Yachiru hadn't even noticed her yet. Hinamori could barely even sense Yachiru's spiritual pressure, even with the short distance between them.

With her slight grin still on her face, she walked toward Yachiru, the sound of her footsteps alerting the small lieutenant, causing her to turn her head. The pink haired girl's eyes widened when she saw Hinamori, it looked as if she could not believe who was standing before her. But those eyes only stayed for a moment before they returned to normal as she said "How…Why are you here?"

Momo, with her now noticeable smile, answered with a mocking tone, her pitch higher than normal, "Isn't it obvious Yachiru-chan? I'm here for the same reason you are, to watch my leading superior fight." The waves of spiritual pressure that was still emitting created so much sound it would deafen regular soul reapers, the sound that was only thing that was disrupting the conversation between them.

Yachiru was still listening to Momo's response, even though her eyes were watching Kenpachi. She was surprised at the tone that Momo spoke, it was a little high-pitched, and she spoke almost exactly like the times when she was a shinigami. Except her tone was more mocking, threatening and …"cruel", in a way. She spoke as if she was saying "I'm no longer one of you; I never was one of you. Look at my eyes and remember what you once favored and see for yourself just how much I always saw you as no more than an existence! I pity your lowly existence."

Even though that was not how Momo felt she wanted to see Yachiru's reaction if she thought that. So far, it wasn't appealing, her face was only showing her surprise, she was doing nothing and saying nothing, it was truly disappointing to Momo. She was about to ignore Yachiru while she watched Grimmjow, but her attention was caught when the girl asked, in determined tone " Why?"

Momo, feeling that there might be entertainment from answering, continued talking in her mocking way "Why, what Yachiru-chan? You're making no sense to me. Why don't you be a little more specific?"

Yachiru clenched her fist, she hated the tone she was talking with, "I meant, why do you want to kill Toshi?" Yachiru was facing Momo now, wanting to see her face as she responded. Momo herself was a little surprised at the anger that was in her voice.

With a question about "him", she didn't feel like talking in her taunting way anymore, the topic she just brought up made her blood boil. She spoke with noticeable loathing in her voice, it was low and deadly and Yachiru was more surprised than she was when Momo was taunting her "Isn't the reason obvious Yachiru. Even though you weren't there, surely you have read…or at least heard the reports. The reason I want to kill that man in particular…is for revenge….."

Yachiru's eyes were wide, full of fear, she had never heard Hinamori talk like that, it was so menacing, totally different than the mocking tone she had only a few seconds ago and totally different than the gentle tone she took on when she was still a soul reaper. It seemed like she was looking at a Hinamori that wasn't Hinamori. It was more like she was talking to a….demon…who merely took on Momo's form.

Another, more powerful, blast of spiritual pressure was all that broke the silent moment between the two. Both turned their heads toward their respected superior that was fighting now paying their full attention to the battle that was far down below.

Kenpachi and Grimmjow were now at a standstill, both with grievous injuries such as cuts that continued to bleed, and bruises that made their skin black and purple. But both paid their injuries no mind, their adrenaline was running so fast they didn't notice them.

Grimmjow was chuckling manically "You defiantly live up to your reputation as the fiercest captain! I'm glad I have the privilege to fight you!"

"Ahahahahah! Same to you arrancar! I hear you're the strongest out of all those who invaded! Ah, this is so great! Now how about you release your zanpoktou so I can take off this eye patch, then we can have a REAL fight!" Kenpachi himself seemed like a demon, he wore a large grin on his face while ignoring his injuries only wanting to fight for his own entertainment.

"There's no way that's going to happen! You'll defiantly be beaten down far too quickly for my liking if I did that! How about, we just keep on going like this? I swear, you're better than Ichigo!" Grimmjow laughed again.

Kenpachi's monstrous smile actually grew bigger to the statement "You've fought Ichigo! The man I've been dying to fight since our first bout! Now I KNOW this going to be fun!" he laughed once more before saying "Ah, this is the greatest…. Not only am I fighting someone who was also fought Ichigo, but I'm also fighting in the same place Ichigo fought me!"

Grimmjow's smile went a little smaller once he said it "You fought Ichigo here?"

"Yeah and it was the best fight I ever had! But you just might top him when it comes to that!" He didn't even give Grimmjow time to respond before he attacked him again, the two resuming the destructive battle, this time, more powerful waves of spiritual pressure were actually scaring the buildings.

As they were enjoying themselves, Loly was rather disgusted as to who stood before her. "Tch! I thought the lieutenant of squad 2 would be more thin and agile, maybe even handsome! But instead all I got is a fat, ugly rat! Loly was standing upright her mouth twisted into a scowl, her hand on her hip as she spat the words out, her other hand was holding a dagger that was practically drenched in blood, the crimson liquid dripping to the ground.

In front of her was a large man, wearing jewelry crafted of fine gold, with black hair done in peculiar hairstyle. He was wearing a standard shinigami uniform, the only personalization being the purple collar and the customized jewelry. He was standing with his arm in front of his chest, the other right by his side. His eyes were dilated with fear. He was a coward compared to other lieutenants. When he first saw Loly he commanded his subordinates to attack, but she eventually started killing them off. Forced to lure her away from the lasting survivors saying that he is the lieutenant of squad 2, he ran away. But that failed when Loly cornered him at a dead-end street.

Marechiyo Omaeda was now offended, his pride all of a sudden taking control "Who are you calling ugly! You yourself are not that beautiful, and I'm not fat I'm "plump"! It shows of my wealth and superiority! You on the other look like your just skin and bones! You seriously have to eat more you dang hag!"

Loly's eye twitched, she was going to seriously pound him until he was a bloody lump. "Hag...Did you just call me a "hag"?" She wasted no time in cutting his hand so that it will bleed profusely. The same time she did it she kicked him through, the wall, causing dust and debris to scatter everywhere. "You should learn when to beg for your life! You damn rat!"

She then started angrily walking toward the dust, intending to pound his unconscious body until it was unrecognizable.

"Smash her! Gegetsuburi!" The shout was then followed by a spiked ball coming toward her at an alarming rate. She dodged, of course, but the wall behind her was smashed into worthless rubble, the pure strength of its power was impressive to Loly, I mean; in her mind she thought of him as a pure weakling in and out, but the latest attack showed he had some skill.

"Hah! I guess all of that fat has some power stored in it! How disgusting!" Loly spat on the ground, her hand was on her hip again as she stood there, her eye staring at the already battered lieutenant.

Marechiyo was on one knee, holding the yellow hilt of his zanpoktou as he was breathing heavily but he now had a grin on his face. "Don't underestimate me! There's a reason I'm lieutenant here!"

Loly scowled "Tch! Since you're the lieutenant…..I suppose once I finish you off I can go to the captain for a real challenge! But I think it'll be hard to find her now, since it's so far into the game. I think she'll be elsewhere so…..How about you tell me where she went." The scowl never left her face, she looked like she was still talking to a dog.

Marechiyo was had the same ugly grin on his face as he said "You? Beat Captain Soi Fon? Hahaha! That's the best joke I heard all day!" he was practically rolling on the ground now, laughing until his breath came in pants.

Loly's eye twitched again "Forget pummeling, I'm going to blast your ugly head off with a cero…"

Marechiyo, after he got some breath "I suppose you should know that Captain left once the alert came out, she was saying something about "I'm going to encounter these arrancar myself"

Loly had enough, she was attacking Marechiyo again, giving him multiple tiny cuts as he tried his best to dodge and counter, he then threw his Gegetsuburi toward her in a arc. So fast, there was no way she could dodge. He then grinned as he said "Stupid arrancar!" as Loly's eye widened. He expected to hear a crack or something to indicate that her head was hit, but all heard was the sound of metal being stopped. Loly's eye widened, not out of fear, but excitement. Her hand had grabbed Gegetsuburi and her scowl slightly loosened "This…was almost fun" she then attacked with her dagger once more.

The sound of steel slicing through flesh was clear in the air as Luppi cut down yet another squad 9 member. He only started fighting a few minutes ago. Since it became clear that finding a lieutenant or captain was going to take a while, he decided to pass the time "warming-up" on the lower shinigami. "You guys are coming at me on all sides and yet I don't have to release or anything! You guys are truly pathetic! I'm almost so disgusted that I'm fighting you guys that I almost want to leave you alone!" he was looking around him, observing the multiple shinigami that have him surrounded. He was bored now, seeing how even sheer numbers aren't even posing a minimal challenge. "Then again, if I leave you guys be…then that means someone else is most likely going to have the same rotten luck I'm having right now later…." He sighed "I might as well get rid of you guys here." He then started getting into a stance, fully unsheathing his short zanpoktou, he intended to get rid of all of them in one quick sonido. But he never got the chance as he heard steel slicing through the air as chains followed the source of the sound, the steel traveled through the air so fast Luppi only had time to dodge with his sonido instead.

He then saw a man with dark hair standing in front of the low ranking soul reapers, his uniform sleeveless and his arms had a few arm bands on them and had noticeable scars over one of his eyes and the number "69" tattooed on his face. He was swinging what looked like a pair of two handed scythes, both connected by one black chain. The man looked sternly at the arrancar as he demanded "What do you want?"

Luppi's eyes were already wide, making him look dumbfounded, but the pair of lavender eyes soon adjusted, seeing the lieutenant's arm badge, realizing that he finally got what he was looking for. He was excited and happy that a lieutenant appeared "I think I got what I want now! Thank you for saving me the trouble of searching for you! I was thinking maybe I would go the entire time without having a good fight!" he then started stretching his arms, his tone seemed kind of glum "You know, I haven't really been doing a thing ever since I came back, fighting like this will sure get rid of the cramps and loosen my muscles a bit….So how about it? Let's do a quick fight, if you do this then I promise that no other subordinates of yours will be killed. That's fair right?" Luppi was now eyeing Hisagi, waiting for a response.

Shuhei wasted not time in answering "If you keep to your promise, I'll fight you like you want. But…" He looked around, looking at his subordinates in particular "-lets fight somewhere else. I want to ask you some questions as well."

Luppi now had a slight grin on his face " Since you're going to give me a fight willingly, I suppose going somewhere else to fight is the least I can do. I myself am getting tired of this scenery! Answering your questions will be no problem either! I highly doubt that Hinamori-sama will object to it, so I have no complaints!"

The next thing he heard were murmurs from the crowd behind Hisagi, some averting their eyes elsewhere, some looking at Luppi in disgust, most were looking at Luppi in confusion. Hisagi cursed under his breath, not believing his bad luck.

Then something dawned on Luppi, his grin seemed to grow bit by bit as it hit him. The lower shinigami had no idea of Hinamori's survival. "I can honestly say…that I'm surprised. You actually didn't tell them! So that's why you wanted to fight elsewhere! Now it all makes sense…" He then chuckled. "Alright, I'll tell them for you…"

Hisagi could only watch in horror as Luppi's mouth moved and said the words in a clear, loud voice that "Momo Hinamori is alive!"

There was a silence, a long silence. One shinigami finally had the nerve to speak "T-that's impossible! There's no way! Kurosuchi himself confirmed it! She's dead and then her decomposing body turned into reishi! For you to say that she's alive is insulting to her memory! You damn arra-"He stopped, looking at his lieutenant as he just stood there, not saying a thing….not doing a thing. Hinamori was one of his friends and colleagues, shouldn't he be offended? He then started to realize something, something he desperately hopped was not true. "I-It's not…true. L-lieutenant Hisagi, tell us it's not true!"

Luppi grinned, enjoying the scenario before him as Hisagi said nothing, just turned around and looked at his subordinates with solemn eyes that told them that…it was, in fact…the truth….