"save Hitsugaya Yukiko too. In spite of this, if she shows any more signs of fraudulence, then I don't expect anyone to hold back. Urahara-san has almost finished his garganta, I want a scout team to be ready to leave tonight. Kuchiki-taichou I want you to lead them."
The 6th division captain nods in response.
"Take whoever you wish with you."
As everyone begins to leave, Byakuya pulls aside Renji. "Find Unohana-taichou and Kurosaki Ichigo."
~In Hueco Muendo~
"Shinigami are here, Aizen-sama," Yukiko reports from her post next to Sosuke.
"Which ones?" he asks.
"Kuchiki Byakuya, Abarai Renji, Unohana Retsu, and someone I do not recognize, although it is familiar."
"Kurosaki Ichigo," Gin says with a sneer. "Do ya want me and Yuki-chan to greet them Aizen-sama?"
"No, I want Yuki to go. By herself." Aizen replies. "I will give you half an hour of freedom. Use your time well," he adds so soft, that only Yukiko could here.
Yukiko could feel the chains that mentally bound her begin to melt away.
"As you wish, Aizen-sama," Yukiko bows before rushing out the room. Without haste, Yukiko runs to the holding cells of Hitsugaya Toshirou and Kuchiki Rukia. She snatches the keys off the wall and slams them into the keyhole. The cage door flies open and Yukiko rushes in and holds her younger brother in her arms.
"Toshirou…Toshirou," she whimpers, "I'm so glad you're safe."
"N-Nee-chan?" he replies in uncertainty. Seeing as Yukiko wasn't about to bite his head off, Toshirou continues with, "What's going on Nee-chan?"
"I can't explain right now, there's no time. Where's Rukia?"
"Aizen moved her."
Yukiko froze. She couldn't leave Rukia here, but there wouldn't be enough time to look for Rukia. "Bastard Sosuke," Yukiko hisses under her breath. He knew Yukiko would try to free the hostages, and he was going to make sure that all his captives weren't taken. "Just stay close to me and conceal your reiatsu." Without waiting for a reply, Yukiko grabs the boy's hand, and sprints out the door.
By now, Yukiko was fairly familiar with meandering halls. "So close. So close," Yukiko repeats over and over in her head. There is just one more turn before the siblings would be outside the castle. Yukiko slides around the last corner, and races to the door. 100 feet, 75, 50, with each step the duo get closer and closer to freedom. But without warning, Grimmjow suddenly appears in front of you.
"Taking out the trash, shinigami?" he hisses. Being fairly short, Yukiko had to literally look up to make eye contact. "That's none of your business, Grimmjow," she replies with a challenging tone.
"Is that a challenge, shinigami?"
Yukiko is about to reply, when she senses another Espada.
"Is there a problem?" The newcomer asks.
"Stay out of this Szayel," Grimmjow growls back.
"Actually there is," Yukiko decides now would be a good time to play the innocent card, "Aizen-sama told me to take the shinigami captain out for some exercise. And Grimmjow," she put extra venom in his name, "won't let us pass."
"Just let her go, Grimmjow," Szayel says with a sigh.
"What if they try to escape?"
"Where would they escape to? There's sand for miles and miles, what's the point?"
Grimmjow glares and Szayel and Yukiko, but moves out of the way. Immediately the two shinigami are out the door.
"Come Grimmjow, Aizen-sama's just called a meeting."
"Where are we going, Nee-chan?" the younger captain asks.
"A scout group from Soul Society has arrived. I was planning on getting you and Rukia out of here, but-" Yukiko stops both talking and physically. She suddenly lost her train of thought. "My time must be running out," Yukiko thought to herself. "Toshirou, raise you're reiatsu as high as you can. If we're lucky, the scouts'll be near by." The two captains release their reiatsu, letting it run ravage like wild fire. As seconds pass, Yukiko begins to notice something strange about her reiatsu. "It's turning evil, like Hollow," she notes to herself. Yukiko's time is running out.
Just as Yukiko's hope is about to fade, she spots someone on the horizon.
"Kuchiki-taichou!" Yukiko breathes in relief. Within moments the small group of shinigami surrounds the two white-haired captains.
"Where's Rukia?!" Ichigo demands.
"I don't know, I would have brought her, but Sosuke moved her. There wasn't enough time to find her," Yukiko replies quickly, "Please, just take Toshirou and leave now!"
"Oh, so you can find your brother, but not Rukia. You're just saying this to keep your allegiance with Aizen!" Ichigo grows in response.
"Watch your tongue, Kurosaki Ichigo," Toshirou threatens in your defense.
"Please! You must leave before-" Yukiko collapses to the ground before she can finish her sentence. Yukiko's control of her body is slowly starting to fade, as the last minutes tick by. Her limbs begin to feel distant and her thoughts clouded.
"Hitsugaya-taichou!" the medical captain cries.
Yukiko shakes her head, "Before it's too…late." Her voice trails off at the end.
The whole time, Byakuya has said nothing, thinking carefully over every word the female Hitsugaya has said. "We're leaving," he announces to his team.
"What! We can't just leave Ru-" Ichigo starts, but is soon cut off by Renjy's cold stare.
"Are you doubting my captain's decision?"
Ichigo glares back at him, but says nothing. As everyone leaves in the opposite direction, Byakuya is the last to go.
"Kuchiki," Yukiko whispers, her voice barely audible. The captain kneels beside her. "I…promise, nothing bad…will…come to her."
"I trust you," Byakuya replies before disappearing in the sand.
"Good…bye," Yukiko murmurs just as the last of her consciousness fades.
"Nice to see you again, Yuki," Sosuke says as you return to his kingdom. Yukiko does not reply.
"Aizen-sama! The boy's gone!" Gin warns as he rushes into the room.
"That's fine, a sacrifice had to be made for a greater cause," the leader replies. Gin looks at the gem embedded in Yukiko. Instead of just little veins, half the gem was a ruby red.
"The more she fights, the quicker it spreads," Sosuke explains, "She won't have a conscious mind soon enough."
Gin smirks next to Sosuke as the two walk out of the room.
~This in a weird time period, so it's before the winter war (which doesn't make sense since Soul Society has a garganta, but oh wells, please just go with it) and after Sosuke left.~
