Yuzumi had awoken to find herself in a warm room on a thick plush mattress with blankets wrapped around her. She stretched as she took in the warmth of the bed and the hominess of the light wood furniture, thick white carpet, and a swirl of heat that seemed to travel through the room. The fog inside her mind cleared as she remembered Aizen killing her for a reason that was still unknown to her. She jumped out of the bed with a long flowing deep crimson nightgown falling down to her ankles as she walked to the nearest full length mirror. She gasped as she noticed the bone like collar that circled her neck then went down her spine. Her trembling hands reached up to touch the hollow hole just below her collarbone in the center of her chest. She screamed as she dropped to her knees.
Yuzumi's screamed echoed across Los Noches making Aizen jump with surprised. He worried that she may have been hurt so he hurried towards his room where she rested. He entered the room to find the third Espada Halibel holding onto Yuzumi as she cried into her arms and fourth Espada Ulquiorra standing next to them protectively. Aizen carefully entered the room with his guard up as Ulquiorra looked in his direction with an empty expression. Yuzumi looked up at Aizen with tears streaming down her face. He felt his heart break in two as he saw the broken expression in her eyes.
"Why? Why would you do this to me Lord Aizen? Why…?" Her voice trailed off towards the end as she looked down. Halibel rubbed her back, careful not to touch the mask that trailed down Yuzumi's spine, and looked up at Aizen.
"You've doomed her to a life here, Aizen. Yuzumi is trapped her without her friends and family, but now, you've made it so if her family should ever see her again they'll have no choice but to execute her. Is that really what you wanted? Are you just that selfish?" Aizen recoiled at Halibel's words but still made his advance towards Yuzumi. As he approached Yuzumi he heard one sentence that shattered his whole world.
"Don't let him near me, Ulquiorra." Ulquiorra drew his sword and held it at his side with the point facing Aizen. Aizen backed up towards the entrance to the room. The cocky attitude that Sosuke Aizen once held was shattered as Aizen realized he has lost control of his strongest Espada because he fell in love with a girl who's life he has ruined. Aizen made his exit from Yuzumi's room only to come face-to-face with Gin who held his same sly smile.
Aizen pushed past Gin as he retreated back into throne room. Gin entered Aizen's room and looked at the two Espada that guarded the freshly born arrancar.
"Take her back home. I'm well aware that she may not be accepted there anymore but she needs to be back in her own world. She doesn't belong in ours anymore." Halibel looked down at the asleep Yuzumi and nodded. She knew that she wouldn't have a chance here anymore as she stood up carefully so as to not wake the sleeping child. Gin picked up Yuzumi's Zanpakuto from the closet in Aizen's room and carefully laid it across Yuzumi's body. Halibel and Ulquiorra opened up a door to the human realm and walked through silently. They located the spiritual pressure of Kurosaki, Ichigo and Kuchiki, Rukia as they advanced on the position on the two Espada members. Halibel smiled down at the sleeping Yuzumi as the two Soul Reapers approached them.
"You two, hold it right there!" Ichigo yelled as Halibel laid down Yuzumi on the ground and another portal opened up behind them. They walked back through to Hueco Mundo with a last glance at Yuzumi before the portal closed behind them. Ichigo ran up to what they had laid down and gasped at what he saw.
"Yuzumi?!" Rukia joined his side and dropped down to Yuzumi. Rukia held tears in her eyes as she looked down at her niece and touched the mask around her neck. Yuzumi began to awaken as she looked up at her crying aunt.
"R-Rukia..?"
Rukia gasped, "oh thank god she's alive." Rukia pulled Yuzumi into a tight hug as she cried tears of joy. Ichigo cleared his throat as Toshiro approached the pair with his sword drawn. Rukia stood in front of Yuzumi protectively as Toshiro looked at her with confusion. Yuzumi pushed Rukia aside as she stood up from the ground and walked over to Toshiro. He gasped in surprise as he soon realized who she was and dropped his sword.
"I-I'm home…"
