As soon as Ichigo walked into Las Noches, he immedeatly broke off the horns and various shards of bone until he looked normal again. Hopefully Shinji never found out about this.
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Hueco Mundo was never a 'happy' place.
I mean, it's a desert. Not the one you like to eat after a meal, the kind that's like a death trap. No water, bare stone-like trees, and little hollow lizards crawling here and there. If you had to describe it in on word, it would simply be 'empty'. And it was. Nothing but sand, save for a few stone trees, streched out for miles and miles upon end. The only thing that stood out was a very big white-washed palace/castle thing. And that was thier goal.
You can wonder alot about Heuco Mundo. Like, 'where in the world does all this sand come from?'. Or most importantly, 'WHY IS THERE A GIANT FREAKING CASTLE!"
The group of captians decided to walk rather than shunpo, for Kensei.
You see, if you are visard in Hueco Mundo, the land of hollows, your hollow gains more strength. The more Spiritual Pressure you use, the more your hollow gains. So if Kensei used shunpo, his hollow would only be getting stronger. And it would keep getting stronger until it took over him.
The walk was rather intresting, as Mayuri would constantly pick up little hollow lizards and stuff them inside a bag, only to be experimented on later. Byakuya was clearly irratated because sand would get into his shoes. Toshiro was pretty happy because it was actua;lly quite cold. Jushiro, regretting he even came, was sivering, for once glaring at Toshiro. Kensei was still pouting, with Zaraki still teasing him. they all stopped in thier tracks when a small green figure was running towards them, with 2 other larger hollows chasing after the figure.
Jushiro, with his strange love for children, started running to the figure.
"Little child! I will save you!" He yelled, began to run, only to be stopped by Toshiro.
"Idiot! Do you not see the little figure is clearly an arrancar!" He snapped at Jushiro.
"Y-yes, but-"
"No buts"
"Y-yes sir.."
When they turned to look at the small figure, it had stopped and was facing the captians. Without warning, it screeched. Loud.
"S-shinigami! RUN!" It began racing in the other direction.
Before the figure could get anywhere, Jushiro, expectedly, shunpo'd in front of the figure and picked it up.
"Oi! Are you okay? ANSWER ME!" He yelled, pulling back the hood that was concealing it's face, only to discover it was a she. She had scraggley, untamed, short sea-green hair. She had a nasty-looking scar running across her face, and to top it off, a bone mask that looked like the earth creature 'ram' He had seen when he was in Karakura town for a break.
"I-Ichi...goooo.." She drawdled.
Jushiro, if anything, looked stunned. She knew Ichigo? But how? Did they meet when Ichigo came to 'rescue' the one usless girl?
Before he could say anything, something kicked the back of his head. HARD. Two hollows stood, glaring at him.
"Let Nel-sama GO." The tall, skinny one said, growling.
"Y-yeah. Let her go!" The other one replied. Jushiro had to stiffle a laugh. The smaller one was chubby, with various polka-dots, and to put it simply, looked like a clown.
"Nel?" He questioned. "Is that your name? And how do you know Ichigo?"
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Shinji looked at his watch.
"Tch. Another 20 hours to go." He mumbled.
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Yamamoto was were the explosions? The blasts of reiatsu? More importanly, where were the captians? Both Ichigo's and all the captian's reiatsu's have dissapeared.
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Ichigo, needless to say, actually enjoyed being in Hueco Mundo. It was probally just the hollow inside of him.
But hey, it was quiet, there was surprisingly fridges there with food that have not gone bad yet in them, and there were sinks and bathrooms, even a large kitchen. He still wondered where the water came from.
Unlike most, he liked the confusing passageways. No matter how many times he's walked through them, it's still fun to walk around. The espadas still had rooms. They were actually really nice. They each had a complete bathroom, a shelf of books, and even a computer. Ichigo took Aizen's room.
There was everything in Las Noches. The place was bigger than it looked, and it looked big! Ichigo guessed part of it was underground. The place had a freaking pool!
But yeah, it was paradice here. Ichigo learned the building had a special power thing so that any damage done to it, it would heal. Pretty fast to. The side where Ichigo had fought Ulquiorra and Grimmjow was already completely healed, it looked like it had never been touched.
Anyways, back to the plot.
Ichigo walked smoothly in an arrancar's white uniform that he had found in the landury room. he was headed outside on a terrace that was in the front of the building, so he could see the endless waves of sand.
He stepped out like he had done multiple times before. Before he could close the door, a scream rang throughout the desert. He knew it wasn't one of the espadas. They never screamed, especially like that. But he did know who the scream belonged to.
Nel. The former 3rd espada that took on the form of a child.
He ran to the edge of the terrace, and there, only a quarter mile away from his building, were 12 figures dressed in black and a white cloak over the black. He reconized that uniform immedietly. It was the Captian's uniform. But what could they be doing here?
He ran back inside, not even closing the door. He leapt down the stairs, summoning the espada. They all gathered in the 'meeting room'.
"Look," he started, "We kinda have some...unexpected visitors. I belive you have all fought at least one captian?" He paused as the other four nodded, "Good. Cause they are here. Right now. I really don't want anyone to get into a fight, so try not to. If they attack you, try your best to block them, not attack. That'll only make us seem like the enemies when we are not. Got it?"
The espada nodded.
"Okay. Try your best to not be seen. If they know the espada are still alive, they'll try to kill you."
Ichigo ran out, leaving the espada behind him. He went to large room that contained the most powerful hollows. They were ment to be turned into arrancars, but Aizen never got to it. He gave them orders to protect Las Noches, and not to let anyone pass. He then stood aside, watching the hollows run out of the room, some running, some flying. This should hold them for a bit. He gave off a rare smirk.
To be honest, the Captians never expected hollows to burst out of the doors of Las Noches. They began to do what they're trained to do; fight.
Ichigo really hoped that was enough too hold them off. Those hollows almost had the power of an espada. Ichigo's mind raced. What sould they do in they do defeat all the hollows and come in the building? What then?
He ran back to the room where he left the espada. They were gone.
Gone.
Ichigo stood, frozen. What if Soi-Fon or whatever her name was sneaked in here and got 'rid' of the espada? He ran throughout the halls, searching frantically for his team. He was running by a fake tree when it rustled.
He stopped, not sure wether to look in the leaves or leave it be. For all he knew, it could be one of those little hollow lizards. He swallowed and parted the leaves.
There, in his released form, was Grimmjow.
"Ichigo!" He whispered urgntly.
"Grimmjow, what in the world are you doing in a fake tree?"
"Ulquiorra said we sould hide so we can't be seen. We split up to find a hiding spot."
Ichigo just face-palmed.
Leaving Grimmjow to his tree, he ran off in search of the other 3.
He stepped in a dark room. It was a large one. Ichigo knew about it, but never took he time to actually explore it. He knew this room was more like a cave than anything/ It had a jugged rock ceiling as well as floors. He never got the point of this room, and he knew it had to have a reason.
He stepped in, looking blindly to see if there was anyone in there. There was a rustle of wings. That gave him the clue he needed to know who was in there.
"Ulquiorra, come out."
A sudden flash of light lit up the room. There was Ulquiorra, in his first release form, hanging upside down from the ceiling. He was holding a flashlight.
"Okay, good. Stay here." Ichigo ordered. There wasn't much time left until the captians defeated the hollows.
Ulquiorra just nodded, flicking of the flashliht leaving the room pitch black. Ichigo ran out of the room. he had a good idea where the last two where.
He was right with Stark. Stark was underneath a pile of pillows, sleeping. Ichigo let him be. He was also right with Halibel; in her aquarium. She too was in her released form, swimming around in the water with various types of sharks.
Good. He knew where everyone was. he ran back to the terrace to see he progress. He watched in horror as the last hollow was defeated.
"Crap." Was the only word he could whisper.
Toshiro watched as the last hollow faded away. He had been surprised by the attack, but he was more curious to see what was in Las Noches. He turned to face the front only to see a familiar figure standing on a terrace, watching them. Toshiro knew who it was at one.
Kurosaki Ichigo.
Toshiro turned to face the captians. "Guys, do you know any reason why Kurosaki would be here?"
"No." Jushiro spoke, turning to face the questioner. "Wh-" He stopped in the middle of the word as he saw why Toshiro asked. There, on a terrace, was the famous Berry.
"Ichigo?" the name was repeated by the captains. They all turned to face him. They all, to Kensei's dismay, bean shunpo'ing to the building. Swearing, Kensei ran after them.
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Ichigo knew they saw him when all 12 of them faced him. He flailed his arms a bit before jumping down the stairs.
He ran for the third time today through the halls.
"ALL ESPADAS REPORT TO TRAINING CHAMBER!" He screeched, running down the halls.
The training chamber was a secret underground field ideniical to Kisuke's place. They used for training, to put it simply.
Before long, all 4 espadas ran beside him to the room. Stark was running lazily, Grimmjow was on all fours running like a cat, Ulquiorra was flying overhead, and Halibel, still wet so she was leaving a trail of water behind her, ran beside Stark.
The captians, to say anything, were confused. Ichigo never ran away from them. Never. They walked into Las Noches, inspecting the white wall and floors.
Zaraki was walking ahead of the others, grinning. His mind was imagening fighting Ichigo and actually winning for once, and he didn't even realize the puddle of water.
He fell down with a grunt. He picked himself up, realizing there was a trail of water. He motioned to the rest of the group, showing them the water. They began the only logical action that came to thier mind; follow he water.
Zaraki was getting impatient. He had been walking for what seemed like a hour with no sign of them getting close to thier goal.
He stopped. The trail of water, wich was getting faint now, ended right at a wall. The wall looked every other one here. Big and white. He ran his hands along the smooth sides, looking for something that could give them a clue.
"Kenny!" Came a familiar voice behind Kenpachi. "I'm hungryyy~!"
"Yachiru, didn't you bring snacks like you always do?"
"...No..."
"Why did you not bring them, then?"
"'Cuz."
"'Cuz why?"
"I didn't think we would need them..."
Kenpachi sighed. "Fine. Go explore or somethin'. Entertain yourself."
Yachiru puffed out her cheeks, dissapointed she could get a straight answer. She climbed onto Kenpachi's head so she could get a better look. Heh, it was so high from up there!
Her eyes searched the white hallway, then the captains, then the hallway again. Her eyes locked onto a table with a white vase holding an array of colorful flowers. Finally, soething that wasn't white. She jumped off Kenny's back, over, and yes, over the group of surprised captians, and onto the table.
Before anyone could say anything, she ate the flowers*. Well, except for one. A single black flower remained in the vase. She tugged it. It wasn't moving. She pulled on it again, this time harder. She tried another 3 times, and on the third one, she pulled not upward, but to the side, trying to loosen it. With a click, the flower jerked to the side.
As soon as that happened, the wall Kenny was still inspecting started shaking. He jumped back, trying not to look afraid, and watched in wonder as the wall lifted itself up, revealing a dark passageway.
Summoning a small kido light, Jushiro stepped forward, leading the rest into the tunnel.
They walked for about 5 mintues until Jushiro stoped. There, right in front of him, was a ladder leading down a hatchet. It looked like someone was recently there, and in a rush, as the door that covered up the hole was bent, laying across the ground.
Motioning to the captians, he climbed down the hole, followed by Kenny, Toshiro, Mayuri, and so on. It was a very long ladder, Jushiro realized after he had been counting the rungs.
452, 453, 454, 455...
Just as he was about to get to 460, to his relief, his fot touched ground. It was rugged and rocky, as he almost tripped three times trying to walk. This hallway, unlike the one above them, was barely lighted up. Mayuri pointed out a doorway, letting the light in.
They marched out of the cave to be greeted by quite an amusing sight.
It was a room identical to Kisuke's, but only bigger. ALOT bigger. It, unlike Kisuke's, had a forest to the right, to the left a small sea, or very large pool, however you wanted to put it, and in a clearing, right in front of them, was Espadas 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and with them, Ichigo Kurosaki, who was currently wrestling with a white copy of himself.
As soon as all the captians grouped into the stadium, Yachiru cried out, "BERRY-SANNNN~!"
Ichigo's group, now aware of thier uninvited visitors, turned slowly around, Mouths open and eyes wide, staring at the captians.
With the silence that rose in the room, you could hear a feather drop.
A/N: okay, in this chapter I've kinda abandoned the hope of keeping the characters in role, so they'll probally be at least a bit OOC.
*Yachiru eating the flower was a referance to one of those little Bleach aftershow things. You know, like Arrancar Encyclopedia or something like that. I watched it o YT, so I have absolutely no idea what episode it is from.