"Huh, I guess it didn't work out quite as well as I had planned." Yomi looked around at the sands of Hueco Mundo, all alone. "I'm surprised that my device was so inefficient, it seems as if we've all been separated. It's quite a pity." The woman looked at the blue sky overhead. "I was hoping to see how strong everyone had become. But I guess I'll just have to find them first. Such a pain."

Yomi heard a strange sound. She turned to see a strange creature, it almost looked human. But it had an eerie mask, like a skull.

"I am Arrancar number 34, Perro Negro." The creature placed a hand on the hilt of a zanpakutō. "You, intruder, are about to die."

"As if," said Yomi, adjusting her glasses, "Now be quiet so that I can find my friends all right Arrancar?"

"How dare you insult me!" Perro Negro cried as Yomi looked around. "I am a very fearsome opponent!"

"Shut up." Yomi gave the 34th Arrancar an irritated glance. "If you want to keep living, I suggest you be quiet."

"Soul Reaper, you're so arrogant!" The Arrancar pulled out his zanpakutō. "You think that we Arrancar have no ability?" His feet shifted. "Then for your arrogance you will die!" The blade plunged towards the girl with a—

Clang.

Yomi blew a strand of hair out of her face. "Honestly now." She had captured the blade in her hand. "Do you really expect that since I came to Hueco Mundo, where hollows are strongest, that I would be weak?" The Arrancar shuddered as Yomi pushed the blade away with her hand. "You were so rude."

A flash of light and blood filled the air.

Yomi turned towards a new threat. It looked like the Arrancar that lay dead by her side, slowly dissolving away. With only one difference. This Arrancar had an eight tattoed on his face.

"Hello Soul Reaper. I see you were shocked by the fact that I killed that worthless sack, how touching. I am Espada Number Eight. My power is greater than any of the Arrancar below me. I'm afraid that your place in the invasion has come to an end."

"Hmm, I wonder why I'm all alone."

Sakaki looked at the empty desert in front of her. She didn't know where everyone had gone, all she knew was that all of her friends had disappeared. She hoped that they were okay, Hueco Mundo was supposed to be filled with danger. But she was nearly strong enough to be a Soul Reaper Captain. She merely hoped that everyone besides Kagura would be all right.

That sound, it reminds me of flash step! Sakaki turned to see a sword plunge towards her. Sparks filled the air as the weapon was blocked with her zanpakutō.

"Soul Reaper, I am an Arrancar. I have come to kill you."

"I won't let you," Sakaki reached her hand into her uniform. A second sword was stabbed straight into the Arrancar. "You underestimate my power, I have a sword which is made up of two blades." The first sword pierced the right side of the Arrancar, now a sword was embedded into the top right and bottom left of the hollow. "You're dead." Her wrists twisted and two fluid movements separated the blades from the Arrancar's body, cutting the hollow in half. Sakaki placed her swords back inside of her Lieutenant's uniform with a sigh.

The sound of another flash step filled her ears.

"Soul Reaper, you are about to die." The Arrancar showed Sakaki the palm of her hand, a seven was tattoed into his skin. "I am an Espada, the Seventh Espada. I am more than a match for any Soul Reaper. You can't survive!" The Espada slashed at her.

"What?" Number Seven had been sure that Sakaki had been standing in front of him. "Where has she gone?"

"You are faster than that last Arrancar. I have no doubt that the Espada are a much greater danger. But you aren't anywhere near fast enough to cut me. Sorry."

"You tonta, thinking that I, an Espada, can't even lay a finger on you!" The Espada slashed at her again. "The hell?" Sakaki held onto his wrist.

"Gyuah!" The Espada's mouth leaked blood as a fist planted itself into his stomach. "Nwha!" The hollow crashed into a nearby tower, a cloud of dust filled the air. Sakaki breathed calmly.

"I'll rip you to shreds!" the Espada rushed out of the rubble, zanpakutō slashing. Sakaki dodged every last swing with grace.

"You're too slow."

"Hawoagh!" Blood sprayed out of the Espada's mouth as an elbow crushed the back of his head. "Do you really think it would be wise to continue? I am one of the most skilled Soul Reapers in all of the Soul Society. I am about to be made into a Captain. Even without using my sword, I can rip your body apart with ease. You should stop. You won't die that way."

"You bitch," he coughed out a red, slimy liquid, a mixture of blood and bile. "I still have the ability to move. No Soul Reaper can ever kill me!"

The air shook as the Espada screamed. Sakaki felt her skin tingle as her opponent's rage filled the air.

"Haough!" The Espada's face fell into the sand, overwhelmed by pain.

Sakaki took her foot off his back. "You're starting to irritate me Espada." Sakaki kicked him in the back again. "It is apparent to me that you are very powerful. In fact I'm impressed that anything other than a hollow of the upper level of the Menos class could even have this much spiritual pressure, at least in Hueco Mundo. If you prove that you can become more powerful than this, I will have to kill you. I can't leave something as dangerous as you alive to hurt my friends."

The Espada turned his head towards Sakaki. "Are you really that arrogant?" he screamed, "an Espada of my level is more than powerful enough to kill a Captain! Now you've pissed me off you stupid bitch!"

The Espada's hair ripped around as his body glowed with Spirit Energy. A pillar of light rose up into the air, before being replaced by an explosion.

Sakaki watched a cloud of black smoke ascend into the sky, a strange laugh at its center.

"Now see my true strength, Gigante!" The Espada's shape had changed into that of a huge bone white figure. With a roar the behemoth swung a fist down at Sakaki.

"What? You blocked that with your arm?"

"No," said Sakaki, as the figure loomed over her, "I used my left hand."

With an angry scream the Espada raised his arms over his head. "I'll crush you like the maggot you are!"

A foot planted itself in his jaw. Blood dripped from the Espada's mouth as his fists caused sand to shoot up into the air. Another kick sent him flying into another pillar.

"You are strong Espada, but you are not powerful enough to kill a Captain. I cannot allow you to live though, those as powerful as you are have the strength to hurt my friends." Sakaki held one of her swords over his injured body. "Good bye, Espada Number Seven." And the blade plunged down towards the heart of Nguvu's servant.

"I just hope that I can find my friends quickly," said Sakaki as she rushed off into the desert. "I don't think anyone other than Kagura and myself can stand up to an Espada."

"Tell me," said Espada Number Eight, "What did you come here to do Soul Reaper?"

I can't believe how much Spiritual Pressure this guy has, it's crazy! "I just came here because my friend asked me to."

"That is a terrible reason to die," said the Espada, pulling out his zanpakutō. "Now bind, poison and slither Serpiente."

Yomi gasped, as a blade slashed towards her neck.