The final part of the prologue. After this, I will be diving into the main story. Things are gonna be short for a while still, but once the Winter War is over, things will get longer, I swear.

There wasn't much to do in Hueco Mundo. As Vasto Lorde, they didn't need to eat or drink. Things like basic survival didn't really matter. Occaisionally an Adjuchas would attack them and quickly be dispatched. For a while their only entertainment was each other and their old war stories (in Roder's case, hunting stories) or watching another lover's quarrel between Inu and Kagome. One day though, they saw a trail of dust in the distance.

"Hey, what in the world…" Kagome started.

"Looks like a chase," Inu said as he came up beside her. "Seems to be three chasing one. The one being chased is really small. Two chasing it are human sized, and then the other looks like a giant worm or snake."

"Three-on-one? That hardly seems fair," Roder interjected.

"Things almost never are fair here," Nessiah said.

"Still, we wouldn't be us if we didn't do something," Gulcasa said. "Emelia, fly over and get a closer look. Roder, you're the fastest runner of any of us, so see if you can't catch up."

"Right big bro." The young girl unfurled her feathers like a flying squirrel and took off. Roder nodded and sped down the dune and through the sands.

Meanwhile, Nel was having the time of her life being chased by Pesche, Dondachaka, and Bawa-bawa in their game of Eternal Tag. She was starting to cry a little to make it even more fun when something sped up next to her and ran alongside her. The thing grabbed her and pulled it to its chest.

"I got- Holy-! It's a friggin' baby!"

"Huh? Who're you? Put Nel down."

"Don't worry, little one. I got ya."

The Vasto Lorde sped off with the little green haired girl in tow. Emelia sauntered down right above him.

"Whoa, is that a-"

"Baby? Yeah. Don't ask. Don't know."

The two returned to the rest of their group with the little one and took a second to catch their breath.

"Guys," Roder said calmly. "Look." He held Nel up under her arms for the rest to see, her hood pulled back to show her tiny head and the mask on top. Nel was confused to say the least

Everyone but Nessiah gasped. Kagome then squeed, ran up, and snatched the little one from Roder. She went to rub her against her cheek, and then remembered she had three blades on each cheek, so settled for rubbing her against her forehead.

"Nel wants to breathe!" the little one struggled.

"Oh, I'm sorry! You're just so cute!" Kagome continued to cuddle with the tiny, somewhat miffed Hollow, even as the other three crested the dune.

"Aha!" Pesche shouted as he pointed at the group. "Unhand our dear little Nel-chan you vi- v-v-v-vvvvv-"

"Hey Pesche," Dondachaka said while shivering in fear. "Those guys are Vasto Lorde, don'tcha know."

"V- Vasto Lorde or not, we will not allow you to harm our precious little Nel!"

"Dat's right!" Dondachaka said with resolve, but still shaking.

"Uwah!" Bawa-bawa said, whatever it meant.

"Harm her? I would never hurt something so cute and innocent!" Kagome hugged the little girl tighter, causing her to lose her air again.

"Besides," Roder said, "I saw that little girl bawling her eyes out while you were chasing her."

"Well," Nel started up, having reclaimed her breath again, "see Nel is a masho-kiss so Nel doesn't really start having fun until she's crying."

There was a moment of silence while all the Vasto Lorde sans Nessiah stared at the tike. Gulcasa broke the awkward silence by bursting into a fit of laughter, closely followed by Roder. Inu, however, charged forward and punched both Hollows in the back of the head.

"Even I know not to talk about that kinda stuff in front of a kid! What the hell?"

Once things had calmed down, the group of Vasto Lorde listened to the 'Sand Siblings' explanation of who they were and what the new Arrancars were. When asked about Nel's size and apparent age they explained it as simply how she had turned out, and so was allowed free roam of Hueco Mundo.

"Well, if Hollows are joining together, and not under Barragan's rule, for the sake of becoming more humanlike, I don't see much a problem with marching up there and joining them myself," Yggdra said.

"Well, if you're going then we better go with you," Gulcasa said. "Besides, watching those two love birds fight has lost its appeal."

"We're not love birds," the 'not' couple shouted.

"Well, I'm going with you, big bro."

"I promised to stay with you from here on out, so I too will join you," Nessiah said.

"Ain't much point in wandering the desert if ya'll aren't there," Roder said. "I'll join ya."

The group looked over at the not-so-secret couple.

"Well, we thought this was as human as we'd get at one time," Kagome said. "Ready to take it one step further?"

Inu nodded. "Wherever you go, I'll follow."

'How do they seriously think we don't know they're in love?' Emilia asked herself.

And so, the group left the Sand Siblings to they're game of Eternal Tag and went to the gates of Los Noches.

Roder was sleeping, dreaming about his days in Rukongai as a motherfucking T-rex. He had always been snapping up Hollows left and right those days. About half-way between his beginning and turning to a Menos, people had actually grown to love the sight of him. He was something of a hero, almost as much as a captain Shinigami. His presence basically meant the disappearance of Hollows from the area for a few months. He had actually counted the days one time just to see how long it had been. Turned out, he had been stomping around Rukongai somewhere around ten years total. Ten years of happy, mindless hunting. He missed it sometimes, but there was no way to go back. He was Arrancar now. Practically a Shinigami already. It was ironic really. He killed more Hollows as a pure Hollow than he ever had as a hybrid.

"Oh Roder, wake up. Special announcement."

"Hm," Roder opened his eyes to see Nessiah standing over him with his giant book. "What's so special?"

"Remember how Grimmjow took off to the World of the Living with his Fracciones?"

"Yeah, what of it? He back yet?"

"He is, but not his Fracciones?"

Roder was wide awake now. "That…idiot."

"Quite. He's already been punished. They severed his arm and stripped him of his rank."

"They let him live with that? Man, they really want him to suffer." Roder yawned, making his mask fragment, a jaw with tyrannosaur-like teeth, open up. "All right, so what we meetin' on?"

"His replacement of course. Our whole group pushed your name forward."

Roder stood and chuckled. His clothes were almost exactly like Aizen's save for the shorter collar and short sleeves. "You didn't."

"We did. Ever since everyone else first laid eyes on you, we knew you were stronger than all of us. Give it time and you may push your way to the top five."

"Ah, but you know I don't care about power. I've got good food, good drink, and good friends. What more can a man ask for? Still, getting a seat can be good for all of us I guess. The rest of the Numeros wouldn't mess with the friends of an Espada."

"And most definitely not their Fracciones."

Roder almost stopped in his tracks at that. "Would you be willing…?"

"We all would. Like I said, while you may have been the leader in spirit, you are the strongest of us. Both Yggdra and Gulcasa see you as an equal and Inu Yasha respects your strength and honor. The rest of us always follow at least one of them."

Roder groaned in positive acknowledgment as he nodded; a habit one picks up when they live with two blind people.

The two entered the main chamber and met up with their particular group of friends. Some of the lower ranked Espada, their Fracciones, and several scattered Numeros were present.

"So, who are the contenders?" he asked Yggdra. Her mask fragment was now only a tiara, and her clothing resembled her favorite style, battle dress with a right-thigh split and corset over white pants underneath. Her Zanpakuto was a huge sword that didn't look like it could be swung by her thin arms.

"There's you, of course. Aizen said he was considering you even before Gulcasa and I suggested it."

Gulcasa smirked. His mask fragment was a thin line that went across the top of his nose with a few sharp teeth on it. His clothing simply consisted of plain pants and a vest. His Zanpakuto was a large scythe, which unlike his female counterpart people could perfectly imagine him swinging it through a few people. "Then there's some pretty boy named Luppi Antenor."

Yggdra opened her eyes in shock. "Luppi's a boy?! B-but she...he gives such good hair care tips!"

Gulcasa laughed. "Oh man! I thought it was obvious! Thank you, Yggdra, I needed that."

Yggdra, however, was blushing deeply. "He- he saw me in my chemise," she said quietly.

"It's all right," Roder said as he patted her head. "I've seen him before. He's probably not into women anyhow."

A commotion started up as Aizen and his two followers entered. As they took their place, the top four Espada also came up. Roder knew of Stark; the two had spoken on more than one occasion and even played a few games of cards. That and the fact that his lone Fraccion, Lilynette was somewhat friends with Emilia put the two on what one would call speaking terms. He had run into Ulquiorra once or twice. He really only knew his name as that seemed to be the only thing he was willing to share. He had heard that the old man was Barragan Louisenbairn, once-king of Hueco Mundo. Another irony of the world; King of Hollows, servant to a Shinigami. The woman he didn't know, but she set a spark of familiarity in him. Also, her choice of clothing was rather peculiar.

"Good god, she looks like she ready to sell herself on the corner," Yggdra whispered. Yeah, that was one way of putting it. Kagome had to restrain herself from not putting her hands in front of Inu's eyes.

"Welcome, my dear Arrancar. As most of you know, our very own Sexta Espada has gone against his orders and has been stripped of his rank. I've been going over the options, and I have heard suggestions, and I think I have two names in mind. One, Luppi Antenor."

The bishounen bowed immediately. "I thank you for this opportunity, Lord Aizen."

"And two, Roder Tyranus."

Roder beat his arm to his chest and bowed his head. "Thank you sir."

"Now, how shall we decide which one of you succeeds the position as my newest Espada?"

Luppi smiled. "My lord, I would wipe the floor with Tyranus-san if we faced each other in combat." He turned towards them. "Of course, I would spare his life for you, since he is your friend, Yggdra-chan."

Yggdra smiled back, but her friends knew she was crying inside. After all, she came from a time when losing your first kiss to a stranger was equal to having a stripper cake on your sixteenth birthday in modern times.

"Well then, shall it be a fight?"

Cheers rose up from the Arrancar crowd.

"Very well then."

Space was cleared to allow to two combatants room for the upcoming battle. Roder took his twin tonfa from his back and took up a fighting stance. Luppi chuckled.

"I know I said I'll spare you, but that doesn't mean I'll go easy on you. Strangle, Trepedora (Climbing Vine)." Luppi's Resurreccion appeared and his tentacles all pointed at Roder. "One on eight, not even a- GACK!"

Roder had sonidoed in and brought an uppercut into Luppi's gut. While the boy was still doubled over, Roder brought his other arm down and smashed him into the ground. Luppi was down for the count, with certainty.

"I decided to spare you, since Yggdra seems to want to marry you or something."

Luppi smiled a bit, despite the pain and humiliation. Yggdra's face had gone completely red, like a tomato, and Gulcasa and Inu were literally rolling on the floor laughing. Aizen smirked.

"I believe it is obvious who holds more power. Let it be known then that Roder Tyranus is the new Sexta Espada."

AN:

And so the changes begin. What tasks await our hero in his new position? Well, you probably have a good idea if you've read/watched Bleach.

Also, I would like to thank ladymelancholy17 for being the first to review my story. :D

I will be waiting a day or two before posting the first 'real' chapter. It's actually going to be kinda short, sorry, but to make that up I'll be putting the second right after it. Let me know if you like or if I messed up somewhere.