Yuzumi stood in front of Aizen dressed in the same outfit that her mother once wore. Aizen looked nervous as several Shinigami burst down the door to his throne room with their swords drawn. Yuzumi drew her sword and looked up at Toshiro as he put away his own sword. He knew that he couldn't fight the girl he once loved because it would only bring his own downfall in the end. As the Shinigami ran at Yuzumi she purposely avoided their attacks so that Aizen would be attacked instead. Aizen yelled in pain behind Yuzumi and looked down at her in shock.
"What're you doing, Yuzumi?! You're supposed to be protecting me!" I chuckled darkly as I turned to face him. Aizen as well as the other shinigami gasped when Yuzumi suddenly appeared in front of Aizen without having been seen moving from her position. Aizen began to shake as Yuzumi brought her sword up and stabbed it straight through his stomach. Aizen's face twisted in pain as he gripped at Yuzumi's zanpakuto but her grip was too strong. He coughed blood onto her solid white uniform as he looked up at her with a look of betrayal. Renji appeared next to Yuzumi as she jumped back down in front of her friends.
Yuzumi and Renji lifted their swords and dropped them to the ground. Renji wrapped his arms protectively around Yuzumi as the shinigami glanced at both of them. Toshiro was the first to step forward from the group with his sword pointed directly at Yuzumi and Renji.
"Will you be the one to do it, Toshiro?" She asked the same question she had asked him back at the Soul Society. Toshiro nodded as he stepped closer to them with tears in his eyes as he was about to murder two of his best friends.
"Are you ready, Yuzumi?" Renji asked her as he lifted her head up to look at him. She smiled sadly as Renji's lips touched hers and Toshiro ran his sword through both of them. Yuzumi let out a small pained gasp as the sword pierced her body while Renji let out a grunt of pain and held onto Yuzumi tighter. Toshiro removed his sword as Byakuya walked into the throne room and looked at the scene. At first he hadn't noticed his child and Renji, he only noticed Aizen's dead body in the throne, then he heard Toshiro sobbing and finally looked over to the scene in front of him. He gasped as he saw Renji and Yuzumi kissing with Toshiro's sword piercing through their bodies. Yuzumi's hands fell limp from Renji's face and he stared down at her with sadness as she fell limp on the sword. Byakuya hurried over to them and removed the sword while lifting Yuzumi in his arms. He rubbed her cheek as Toshiro caught Renji as he fell to his knees.
"It was a great run, Byakuya…Yuzumi is awaiting me wherever us Espada go when we finally die." Renji chuckled as his eyes started to close.
"Renji! Yuzumi!" Byakuya shook Yuzumi and looked back at Renji realizing it was too late. They were gone and he hoped that maybe their souls are at rest somewhere in the distance where he may never get to go. Byakuya laid Yuzumi down on the floor gently and Renji was laid next to her. The team of Shinigami ran from their friend's rest place in search of the other Espada who they would kill without hesitation. It was what they deserved for killing two of their own.
