OH MY GAWD! FINALLY!! hahaha, yuussss I have finished teh fourth one! uuugghhh it's getting harder to type this story. I dun even know who to make the villian! OH! COME ON PEOPLEE!! pleeassse vote someone in the last chapter! if noone will vote then i'm just gonna email a friend and ask her to pick a random character. anyways, please enjoy! (though it may be a bit confusing) HAH! I now know how to make this awesome line that separates parts of the story! how do ya like that!

Chpt 4- Now to Get Out of Here…

The flight to the fifth tower was in silence. The green ray skimmed over the white sands and monotone buildings of Las Noches. But even with the tense silence, Hanatarou couldn't help but feel giddy. This was the first time he had ever been on his captain's Minazuki, and he hadn't seen much action ever since the "ryoka invasion". 'I wonder how Ichigo-san is doing…' he thought. "There it is!" Rukia interrupted his thoughts. "The fifth tower!" Everyone looked to see the object of their destination. Half of the tower was crumbled away; slash marks and dust clouds gave away the hints of battle. Through the dust they saw five figures: Kenpachi with Yachiru hanging off of his back, Orihime was healing a heavily injured Ichigo, then there was a small child no one knew.

"Minazuki, please take us down there," Unohana ordered. The ray gently swooped down and landed in front of the five. "Ichigo!" Rukia and Chad gasped as they saw their injured, bloody friend. The orange-haired boy smile weakly and raised a hand from behind the Soten Kisshun. "Yo." His smile widened when he saw that Chad was alive and alright. "Kurosaki-kun, please be still until you are healed," Orihime requested, fatigue was evident in her eyes. A hand laid on her shoulder and she gave a start, turning to face the Fourth Squad vice-captain. "Orihime-san," Isane said, "you rest for a while. I will take it from here." The girl smiled, nodded, and scooted away.

"So, what happened?" Rukia asked. "Ulquiorra…Had to…take him out…" Ichigo winced as Isane bandaged the last of his wounds. "…It's over though… Now all we have to do is…get out of here…" Chad spoke up, "If we're finished here…we should go back to the meeting place…"

"Meeting place…?" Unohana asked. "Oh, Renji and Uryuu!" Rukia remembered. "We all promised to meet back at the entrance!" "Well, I am pretty much finished up with Kurosaki-san," Isane piped up. "So all we have to do now is fly to your meeting place."

Everyone agreed, but Byakuya remained silent. "Nii-sama? Is there something wrong?" Rukia asked. The Kuchiki gazed at ruins and muttered, "There were five of you…A child…Where is it?"

"Nell!" Ichigo exclaimed. "Uh…um…er…she's…" He began to sweat. Nell was an arrancar, a former espada, no less! He worried what one of the strictest captain of Gotei 13 would do when he found out. "She's…she's…!"

"Right here!"

Ichigo paled as the pink-haired lieutenant gave a giggle, dragging out the nervous arrancar from behind the rubbles. "Skull-head's right here!" Nell's wide eyes shifted back and forth from the kind, motherly face of Unohana to the emotionless, piercing gaze of Byakuya. She squealed, clearly able to sense a dark aura around the latter.

"What…is it?" Byakuya's eyes narrowed as saw the unmistakable mask on her head. "This…child…is an arrancar?" Unohana couldn't help but also frown at how this small child could be an enemy. The man began to slowly unsheathe his sword. "If she is, then I have no choice but to kill it." Nel, feeling the killer aura, began to foam at the mouth and her eyes rolled back as she fainted.

"O-oi, Byakuya!" Ichigo struggled to sit up and waved his arms about wildly. "Bastard, wait!"

"N-nii-sama, stop!" Rukia pulled on his arm to stop him from fully unsheathing his sword. He glanced at her. "Let go of my arm, Rukia…" "No, you can't hurt her! She hasn't done us any harm! In fact, she helped us get into Las Noches!" Nel groaned as she woke up to the yelling. She opened her eyes right when the scary man freed his arm from Rukia. He slowly made his way over to her, ignoring the cries of dismay from Ichigo, Chad, and Rukia. She shrieked and looked around, then deemed that the small shinigami standing by would make a good shield.

Hanatarou didn't have a chance to think before he saw a green blur head for him. He struggled to maintain his balance when he felt a sharp tug from the back with a trembling voice shouting, "Hiii! D-don't kill me! I…uhh…I got…a…a…a hothtage!" Hanatarou couldn't help but pity the arrancar who was shaking like a leaf. She was just kid, even though a possible arrancar! He gulped when Byakuya simply turned with sword in hand towards him. 'N-no way!' he thought. 'He wouldn't hurt me, too, would he?!…But then again, looking back at that time at the ryoka invasion…'

Then, Kenpachi came and stood in front of him. "Z-Zaraki-taichou!" Hanatarou gasped as he felt the heavy aura of the captain. "Heh, quit your gasping, you little weakling."

"Haaahhh?! Who're you callin' weak?! Oi, Hanatarou, quit your gasping and let me out!" Hanatarou winced as he felt the mirror in his subconscious crack. "I'll rip you apart! Skin you! Tear you to shreds! Eat your intestines! I'll make friggin' wine out of your blood!…" Hanatarou blocked the rest of the threats in his mind and paid attention to what was happening in the real world.

"To think that the great Kuchiki would go as low as to kill a brat," Kenpachi sneered. The two captains stood face-to-face: Byakuya glaring up while Kenpachi looked down with a feral smile. The noble sighed and sheathed his sword. "Hmph, there's no point in this." Then he declared, "I will have nothing to do with that child. Whatever happens, I will expect you to take responsibility for her, Kurosaki."

Nel Tu jumped when she felt a nudge. "You can let go now," the boy she was clutching to said softly. She hesitated. "What's your name?" her "hostage" asked. "N-Nel Tu…" she mumbled. "Nel-chan, I'm Yamada Hanatarou." She tried to repeat the boys name but settled for a shorter version. "Ha…na….Hana…" He nodded. "Don't worry, no one is going to hurt you." She slowly let go of the shinigami and dashed off to tackle Ichigo. "Itsyugo!! I was tho thcared!" she blubbered.

Ichigo tried to peel her off before his clothes were drenched in snot and tears, "Er…yea. Sorry about that, Nel, Byakuya can be sort of a bastard."

"Ichigo! Don't talk like that about Nii-sama!"

"Oi, oi…" Kenpachi lazily let his zanpakuto rest across his shoulders, "if everything's all good to go, lets get out of here. There's no arrancars- that kid doesn't count- and I'm getting bored."

With that, Minazuki was boarded once again: Orihime tiredly climbed aboard with Rukia, Ichigo had to be helped on by Chad as to not reopen his wounds, Byakuya tried to pick a spot with as much solitude as he could gain, Nell flung herself onto Ichigo's lap away from Byakuya's glare, Yachiru tried to converse with the green-haired but failed when Kenpachi's intimidating figure came into view, Hanatarou climbed on last with a helpful nudge from the green ray.

Minazuki let out a louder groan than usual as it felt more weight added onto its back. Rukia pointed out the promised area and soon, everyone saw the others. Renji and Ishida were waving up to them while Nemu stood beside Mayuri.

"Ah," Renji noticed, "Taichou?! What are you doing here?" Byakuya just coolly gazed at him.

"Nell-sama!!" Dondojack and Pesche gave a bear hug as she hopped off. "Aw, I mithed you guyth!" They cried like a fountain in unison.

"Well, well, what is this…?" A shadow loomed over the three. Nel turned to see a creepy smile on a clown-like face. "A child who is an arrancar? What would I find if I were to experiment…," Mayuri thought out loud. "No!" Yachiru jumped on the captain's face. "I like Skull-head so you can't have her!" The captain let out a sniff but decided to back down when he saw Zaraki give him a look, "Che! Fine."

Ishida gave a small smile of relief, "Everyone's here…"

"But what do we do now?" Renji interjected. "We're stuck here and there's no way out!" Unohana frowned. If the war has started, then there would be wounded shinigamis, and she was uncomfortable at the thought of not being there to help.

"Hmph, troublesome," Mayuri scoffed. "Why don't you quit your yapping and start thinking of a way?" Renji turned, "What! Don't tell me what to do you crazy clown!"

"Guys!" Ichigo tried to stop the two but ended up joining the argument along with Ishida.

"You're the "scientist" here, aren't you?!"

"At least I have some mentality."

"What did you say!"

"Guys!"

Rukia palmed her face and growled with fustration, "Boys…" Chad and Byakuya were the only "boys" who stayed silent and calm. Unohana and Isane watched as the "three desert brothers" entertained themselves by playing with a small hollow creature. Orihime smiled as she took in the scene, she was so happy now to be with her friends again!

"Pardon my interruption of this…quarrel…" The guys stopped to see the noble Kuchiki come in-between them. His eyes were closed but they could see an eye start to twitch. "But it would be best if we could think of a way to get out of here as soon as possible." With that, he turned and walked away, ending the fight.

"Ahahaha!" Zaraki let out a booming laugh and shouted after the captain. "As expected from someone with noble blood, stopping a fight without lifting a finger!" Byakuya glared back at him and said, "Quiet, ingrate."

"Ah, so that's where you get all your insults from," Ichigo commented and received a slap from Rukia.

"So…how are we going to get out of here?" Isane wondered. Silence ensued as the severity of their situation settled in.

"We can't make another garganta?" Ichigo asked.

"Already asked that," Ishida replied. "It seems that only Urahara knows how to create them and we have no means of contact with him."

"Nell!" the substitute shinigami's light bulb flickered on. "Can't you and your brothers make a garganta with one of your…hollow…arrancar power thingies?" Everyone looked toward the three with a flicker of hope. Nell tilted her head to the side with an innocent smile and said, "Whath that?"

Gloom settled in. After several minutes of brainstorming, things were starting to look dim.

Hanatarou fidgeted. 'This is a problem!' he thought. 'What if more hollows or arrancars come! We need something to transport back to Soul Society, or at least back to the human world…Something…anything…" A chuckle broke his thought.

"Kekekeke…You're in a pickle there aren't ya'? If you're so desperate why don't we create our own way of getting out?"

'Wait… "We" make our own…?"

"Aho! Don't tell me you forgot! Has all these years of our powers being sealed affected your brain?! Don't tell me all these times with no action made you dull to the head…"

Then it dawned on him. His eyes became wide and his mouth gaped open. No one noticed this of course. 'Can we use it? Do you think we can? It was only supposed to be used for emergencies-"

"Fool, this is an emergency!"

'But…do you think it's possible? We're talking about going to a whole different dimension here! And it takes up a lot of chakra…and most of it is sealed remember?…Even if we can, what if we get stuck while going through!'

"You didn't think twice when we used it last time so why now? Besides, why don't you ask them and see what they think."

"Ano…" The group turned to the boy. "What is it Hanatarou?" his captain asked. He took a deep breath. "Well…um…I think…I think I have a way…"

"Speak up! We can't hear you, Hana!" Yachiru piped up.

"I was saying…I think I…have a way to get us out of here…"

Everyone stared. Before anyone could ask he squeaked, "B-but I'm not sure if it will work! If something goes wrong it would be horrible!"

"Well, it's better than nothing!" Kenpachi roared.

"So, what's the plan?" Ichigo asked.

Hanatarou looked at everyone with such intensity and seriousness that was unusual to the cherubic face. "Is everyone sure? If things go wrong, the worst thing would be that we would be gone forever or taken somewhere completely different!"

Mayuri became curious, "Are you saying another different dimension…?"

"Well, it's something," Rukia said. "Better than nothing."

He looked at everyone and nodded. "Um, could someone find me something that would give off a large shadow?"

"There's a lot of rubble. Will that do?" Ichigo asked. He nodded

Everyone searched, confused but didn't question. "Oh, oh! Hey, little guy, what about this!" Hanatarou walked over to where Pesche, Dondojack, and Nell was. They found an upright piece of the rubble that was bigger than enough to fit everyone in. "Perfect!" Hanatarou grinned. "Thank you!" He waved for everyone to gather.

"So, what are we going to have to do?" Ishida asked.

Hanatarou stepped into the large shadow until he was in the darkest shade. "I am going to need everyone to step into the shadow, please." Everyone did just that. They wondered where he was going with this, the boy who was known to be the most bullied shinigami. "Um, now could everyone hold hands, or at least have some contact with each other?" Now it was getting a bit silly, they thought, but did as told. Hanatarou held the nearest hand, which was Nell's, then it was Ichigo, Orihime, Rukia, Byakuya, Renji, Ishida, Chad, Isane, Kenpachi with Yachiru hanging off his shoulders, Unohana, Nemu, and Mayuri. "Please, whatever you do, don't let go!"

"What are you going to do?" Isane asked.

"I…If I have enough…energy…I think I can make a portal to get us out."

Everyone stared again. Hanatarou…the quiet, meek child…getting them out of here?

"Che, how are you going to do that?" Zaraki asked. "Enough energy my ass."

Hanatarou flinched when he felt his bijuu roar, giving him a slight headache. He gave a nervous grin. "As I said…I'm not sure if it will work."

"Just get on with it," Byakuya interrupted. "We are wasting time."

He nodded but noticed something wrong. "Um…you two, if you could please get in." Nell finally noticed and cried, "Hurry up and get in!" Pesche and Dondojack stood outside of the large shadow silently.

"Hey, what are you guys waiting for?" Ichigo narrowed his eyes.

Pesche scratched the back of his head and seemed to give a sad smile behind his mask, "Well, you see…um…We don't think we should go."

"What?!" Ichigo, Renji, Ishida, and Rukia shouted.

"Wha-wha…Pesche…Dondojack?" Nell's was confused. "Why aren't you guyth coming in?" She began to struggle against the two hands that tightened their grips on her own.

"Well, yes, we're probably deemed traitors for helping you guys," Pesche thought out loud.

"Aizen-sama probably knows already!" Dondojack sweated.

"But it's enough trouble taking Nell-sama with you. Besides, even if Nell-sama is spared, I don't think we'd be much welcomed." He pointed to the full mask on his face. They gave a low bow. "Please, we beg of you! Please, take care of Nell-sama!"

"P-Pethche! Dondojack!" Nell began to cry and struggled against Hanatarou's and Ichigo's hands. "Let go! Let go of me! I want to be with my brotherth! If they don't go, then I don't want go either!"

Ichigo's eyes saddened but his grip stayed strong. "Yeah, I promise we'll take care of her. Thank you for all you've done."

"Ichigo!" Rukia stopped when she felt a gentle squeeze on her hand. "Nii-sama?"

"This is their choice, let them be. We can't wait for them to change their minds."

Hanatarou looked at the two. "A-are you sure?"

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry yourself kiddo!" Pesche waved him away. "Even if we're chased, we'll give them a chase they can never forget!" He referred to the "Never-ending Tag."

Hanatarou nodded and sadly looked down at the wailing child. 'You ready?'

"Anytime. But this is going to be a challenge, with seal and all. You're gonna get really tired if this is a success. We'll be using up our chakra to the brink. Brace yourself."

The rest of the group watched through the shadow as Hanatarou seemed to concentrate with hand in the air as if to grasp something.

"What is he doing?" Isane whispered. Unohana watched curiously.

Seconds ticked by, each seemed like an hour. Nothing. Nell stopped crying and sniffled in confusion. Pesche and Dondojack wondered if they did their dramatic goodbye for nothing. The group started to get restless.

"Hanatarou," Ichigo whispered uneasily. He didn't want to hurt the kid, who always seemed eager to help in any way, by telling him that nothing was working.

"Neh, Ken-chan," Yachiru pouted . "What's taking so long? I don't think it's working." Ichigo sweat dropped at the innocent bluntness of the girl and hoped Hanatarou wasn't hurt.

Hanatarou didn't hear anything though. Instead, he was focused on the shadow taking in the coolness and depth of the darkness. He focused as much chakra as he could into the shadow, warping it and swirling it. The shadow seemed to consume his chakra greedily and he felt it take shape similar to what the humans called "a wormhole." His eyes snapped open when he felt something similar to a door click open in his reverie.

"We did it," he breathed.

Everyone gasped as the shadow they were in began to move and wrap around them like tentacles. They began to struggle. "Hanatarou, what the hell is happening?" Ichigo writhed. Pesche and Dondojack panicked as they saw tentacles lick at a struggling Nell.

"Everyone, please calm down and relax!" Hanatarou shouted. "Please don't struggle, it's all part of the plan."

Everyone stopped struggling but tensed as the black tentacles crawled up and wrapped around them. The dark tendrils were as cold as a steel blade. Poor Nell gasped and shivered with fear. Black flames seemed to surround them, trapping them in the shdaow. Rukia stared at the back of Hanatarou. This cold, dark power, whatever it was, she never expected out of the shy teen.

Hanatarou closed his eyes and concentrated once again. The first part, creating an opening, was done. Now for the hard part. His hand twitched forward, in his mind he tried to connect a sort of tunnel from where they were now to…somewhere. The first place that popped into his mind wasn't Soul Society but… the Urahara Shop? 'Strange,' he thought. 'Maybe because of his gargantas?' He felt his chakra seep out of his hand in a thread-like shape into the tunnel. The trouble with this jutsu was connecting the two places together; one place to another in the same dimension was hard, but connecting together two dimensions was even worse! He stretched the thread of chakra through the darkness, it getting consumed bit by bit by the greedy shadows. 'Just…a little more!'

His eyes opened. 'There!'

"Everyone, hold on!"

"Ah…Hanatarou, how many times have you done this before?" Ichigo asked.

"O-once," he gulped. Before anyone could say "What?!", the tendrils tightened their hold and dragged their victims down to darkness.

"Ah! They're gone!"

If asked what it felt like, the closest thing Kurosaki Ichigo could compare it with would be: unexpectedly falling straight into a frozen lake…except you can breathe in the water. He gasped when he felt the icy cold rush through him, almost painfully.

The girls screamed and the boys shouted out curses as they felt themselves sucked into the watery, dark vortex.

"Everyone, please hold on tight!" they heard Hanatarou shout.

Nell screamed her head off, "Aaah! We're going to die, we're going to die, we're going to dieeee! I didn't even want to come with you guyth! It'th all your faulth!" Big, fat tears flew out.

Yachiru and Kenpachi were the only ones who were crazy enough to be laughing in a situation like this. The pink-haired lieutenant was barely clinging on to the captain's back as she giggled with glee.

Hanatarou's free hand gripped onto the invisible force that was pulling them through. 'I forgot how cold it was here,' he shivered. He gritted his teeth as he felt the line of chakra grow thin. The pressure around him slowly grew heavier like submerging deeper underwater. 'Crap!…Crap, crap, crap, not now!' Then hope came when he saw the tiny light at the other end of the darkness. He gave a final burst of chakra, increasing the suction that was pulling them in. Ichigo startled when he felt a strange power pulse from the leader of the line and felt the suction grow stronger. "Hanatarou?" Then, he noticed the light at the end. "We're almost there!" he shouted to everyone. "Hold on!"

The light was a huge hole in the fabric of darkness. The trail of humans, shinigamis, and arrancar flew forward. The brightness was intense, eyes had to be shut. Hanatarou felt his stomach drop when he felt his chakra weaken to a thin, translucent thread.

'No!' he screamed in his mind along with his bijuu. 'Just a few more seconds!….Just…!' They were almost there. His body grew fatigued and he felt tempted to close his eyes and let go of the hand he held onto. '…A few more…!'

Meanwhile, Urahara was host to the captains. They were all out in front of the shop with some of the 4th squad medics from Soul Society healing the wounds. The fake town was empty and broken, the only building in tact was the shop. The day was ending as the sun set, the skies tinged with warm colors. "So, let me get this straight, it was all going through schedule until you were interrupted by hollows? Then Aizen just left?" He gave a dry smiled and fanned himself. "…Damn. That sucks. Totally unexpected."

"They weren't just any hollows," Hitsugaya glared at the man's laid-back behavior. He glanced at the shop, Matsumoto was in one of the rooms being healed. "They were able to wound an arrancar with such speed. They had strange weapons and techniques we haven't seen before, and worked together in groups it was almost…"

"Humanlike?" Yoruichi put in. She was in her human form and jumped off a fence next to the owner of the shop.

"Yoruichi!" he shut his fan cheerfully. "You're back from your stroll!"

"I watched it all," she said. "And it's true. They're not your average hollows. In fact, their movements surprisingly reminded me of the Stealth Force."

"Are you saying there may be some connection to them and the Stealth Force, Yoruichi-sama?" Soi Fon asked incredulously, faintly bothered by the thought.

"No, no," Yoruichi shook her head. "As of now, we have no clue what they are or where they came from. I'm just comparing them…"

"Hmm…" Urahara ignored the two as he thought on what Yoruichi said. "…Humanlike, huh…?" His interest piqued.

"And then there's the garganta problem," Shunsui pointed out.

"Are you sure you can't get them back open?" Ukitake asked anxiously. "The others don't know that Aizen is returning to Las Noches!"

Urahara sighed and shook his head, "I can't get them to open. Aizen sealed them up tight and I can't figure out how to get them open again."

"Then all we can do now," Yamamoto said. "is hope that they figure a way out…"

The captains all sat silent. Doubt was in the air and hope was dwindling like quicksand, as every seconds passed at the thought of only four captains and some humans going against Aizen and his army. When the medics healed everyone, they packed up and quietly left. Ururu and Jinta passed them and tiptoed, as not to interrupt the intense atmosphere, to give everyone some soothing tea.

"Hitsugaya-taichou," the medic that was taking care of Matsumoto came by. The white-haired boy left to speak to her privately.

"How is she?"

"She is just fine now. I have healed her wounds and all she needs now is some rest," she smiled reassuringly.

"Thank you," he sighed with relief. As the medic left, he rubbed his temples feeling another headache coming. He walked back to the captains.

"How is she?" Komamura asked.

"Fine. Just needs some rest."

The furry head nodded, "That is good to hear."

The group of captains were once again silent, sipping their tea and letting the cool night air embrace them.

"So…what now?" Urahara asked.

They looked at their leader expectantly. Yamamoto thought for a while, then said, "We shall go back to Soul Society. Karakura Town and its citizens shall stay and be guarded within… We shall wait and watch for anything suspicious. It would be best to keep an eye on these new hollows and see where they are coming from. Do you think you will be able to take care if trouble comes up, Urahara?" The striped-hat bobbed along with the head of its owner. "Of course! They can't be that hard to handle!" With that the meeting was adjourned. A large shoji door opened with a bright light and the captains went in, one by one, accompanied by Hell butterflies.

Ukitake looked back to see the young prodigy not taking a step. "Hitsugaya-taichou?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I am going to stay here for a while and wait for Matsumoto to wake up."

Ukitake nodded with understanding.

"Hey, Shiro-chan, hurry up!" Shunsui called out. "I want to get some sake and see my Nanao-chan!"

The shoji door slid closed as the two left and the door faded as if it was never there. Hitsugaya went into the shop and opened the door to face Urahara and Yoruichi.

"Ara! Hitsugaya-taichou? You're not going?" Urahara asked.

"I'm staying until my lieutenant wakes up."

"Aw, now ain't that sweet?" the man received an annoyed glare.

It had been a few hours since the meeting. Tessai was making dinner with the children while Urahara was busy with who knows what. Hisugaya sat outside on the roof, watching the stars come out as the skies grew darker. There was a soft thump as a black cat jumped onto the roof and walk over.

"Dinner will be ready soon." she said as it took a seat next to him.

"All right."

She brought her hind leg up to scratch behind the ears. "So, how long until she wakes?" she asked casually.

"Few days."

"I see."

An awkward silence hung in the air. Hitsugaya went back to brooding while Yoruichi scratched her ears. Then, there was a loud slam of a shoji door with Tessai yelling, "Tenchou!! Tenchou!!"

Tessai stood outside waiting with the two wide-eyed children. Urahara quickly made his way over, "What is it?"

"Th-there's something strange outside," Ururu replied in a feeble voice.

"Yeah! There's a weird shadow in the alley next to us ," Jinta shouted.

"A hollow?" Hitsugaya asked as he and Yoruichi jumped down.

"No," Tessai answered. "The energy seems different."

"Well," Urahara smiled and ushered everyone out. "Why don't we go check it out!"

Yoruichi gave a suspicious look, "What if it's something dangerous?"

"Well, then we'll just have to beat it up!"

They ran to the alley and skidded to a stop.

"What the hell?" Urahara exhaled.

"See!" Jinta cried. "It's weird!"

In the alley, a large shadow on the wall swirled and twisted itself, emitting a hum of energy. "It looks like some portal," Hitsugaya said. Urahara slowly walked to near the portal, curiosity evident in his eyes. "Careful, Kisuke," Yoruichi warned. He observed the large shadow, dark wispy flames licked at his cane as he prodded the edges of it. "What do we do?" Tessai asked.

"Well, dinner will have to wait for a while until we figure out what this is," Urahara answered.

"…Eh…?"

"What is it, tenchou?"

"You hear that?" he put a hand up to his ear and leaned toward the portal. Yoruichi's ears twitched, "It sounds…like screaming?"

"…We're almost there!…Hold on!"

"Kurosaki-kun?" Urahara thought then smiled.

"What is it, Urahara?" Hitsugaya asked when he saw the shop-keeper's face suddenly light up.

The smiling man straightened back up and stood back, giving room. He opened his arms wide, with fan out open, and shouted, "Everyone! I give you, our heroes!"

"………" Crickets began to chirp.

"…Oi, Urahara," the little captain growled, "what are you playing-"

"Uaahhhhh!!" Everyone stared as the portal vomited up one-by-one: Hanatarou, a child, Ichigo, Orihime, Rukia, Byakuya, Renji, Ishida, Chad, Isane, Kenpachi, Yachiru, Unohana, Nemu, and Mayuri. They landed in a heap into the small alleyway, moaning and groaning.

Hitsugaya blinked, taking a while to digest the sudden appearances, "W-what the hell!"

The group all stood up and surveyed their background.

"Geta Boushi!" Ichigo cried out when he saw the smiling Urahara.

"No way…," Renji gasped. "He did it!"

Hitsugaya marched over and said, "Wha…How… I demand to know what happened!" Then he saw Nell, "What the hell is an arrancar doing here!" Byakuya, Kenpachi and Yachiru, Unohana and Mayuri walked away with the confused captain and began to explain the events in Las Noches.

"They're alive!" Jinta and Ururu cheered and Tessai blew into a tissue with teary eyes.

"How did you all get out?" Yoruichi asked.

"Yes, yes! That's what I'd also like to know!" Urahara chimed.

Ichigo grinned and said, "Actually, it was Hanatarou that got us out!" He looked around and saw the boy getting up. "Hey, Hanata--!" He stopped when the little fourth squad member began to sway forward. "Hanatarou!" The captains turned to see everyone else crowd around the fallen fourth squad member. Unohana made her way over and checked him over. "What's wrong with him?" Ichigo asked. "He has fainted." She became worried when he felt for his reiatsu. "Whatever he did consumed his energy. If we were in their any longer, he wouldn't have been able to keep it up. Give him some rest and he should be fine." They all sighed with relief.

"Well, then, why don't we come into my shop!" Urahara offered. "Dinner's almost done and I bet everyone's a bit hungry." Orihime's stomach rumbled and she blushed. "We'll heal you up then we can exchange information." Everyone made their way into the shop. Hanatarou was carried in carefully and placed in a room next to the unconscious lieutenant. For now, everyone was just glad to be back, out of Las Noches.

yaayy. done! there may be some mistakes but okay. Please review! maybe some suggestions or flames or just something. yea, so I guess Hanatarou can just control his Bijuu's power like Gaara's sand (you know, not really using any handseals to make it move or anythin? just makes it easier). okay...once again...pleaaase vote for SOMEONE you like: (there's some changes)

Ichigo

Histugaya

Yachiru

Kenpachi

Ururu

Rukia

Nell

just submit a review with the character's name, that's all. i dunno how to make those vote things

ohhhh my gawd...dude...why do they not let me do TAB?! i want some space before each paragraph starts! noooo hahaha, aw well...

anyone see the Happening? it was so horrible. i mean, the story was cool but the suicides and deaths were bad for me. I was covering my eyes pretty much the whole time, but I peeked cause I was curious what was happening! haha. aahhh i wanna see some other movie...and Gintama has so many episodes where they're not subbed! WTF?! and i'm waiting with my sister for the new episodes of Avatar:last airbender. gaaaaah! but i need to do the permit test and read my summer books! i'm not even halfway done with either of them! reading Don Quixote and the Once and Future King. okay gonna stop rambling...