Disclaimer: I don't own bleach or obviously Grimmjow wouldn't have died and there would be more hollow Ichigo appearences.
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Part 2
Urahara Kisuke stood in front of the assembled thirteen court guard companies. Captain Yamamoto stood up, "URAHARA KISUKE! How dare you return to the Soul Society after you've been banished!"
Kisuke stood his ground not even quivering "I'm sorry supreme commander, but this is important and you weren't accepting any of my calls".
Yamamoto huffed "That's what happens when you're banished, now state this important information and get out!" The other captains nodded in agreement.
Kisuke sighed "I'm afraid that Inoue Orihime has been killed by a hollow an-" as soon as Kisuke said that captain Yamamoto stood up,
"You may be sad about that Kisuke but humans get killed all the time and just because the girl had some skill doesn't make it any more important".
Kisuke sighed "Captain Yamamoto I was not finished if I may?" Yamamoto huffed and nodded and Kisuke continued. "as you know recently the Ryoka have been training in order to prepare themselves for the upcoming war," the captains nodded, " Ichigo is a special case so I sent him to have special training with the vizards-"
Captain Yamamoto stood up once again "you sent that unstable boy to train with those traitors!"
Kisuke coughed "er um yes, but that's not the problem, I haven't had any contact with Ichigo in about 3 weeks, and the Vizards seem to have disappeared off my radar".
The meeting chamber was in uproar.
X-X-X
Nox sat down on his bed, he had had a solid week of training with the other Espada's and he was exhausted. He sighed and stood up heading towards his bathroom, he stopped in front of the mirror. There was little change to his appearance since he had become an Espada.
His fur around his wrists and neck was gone, and so were the black markings coming out of his hollow hole. Also his mask was gone with a sliver of it going down his face covering most of his right eye and going down to his chin. He also had two large horns protruding out of his head and ending about a foot in front of his face, they looked slightly like that of a bull. His only other change was that his nails were now black, everything else including his black and gold eyes stayed the same, except for his outfit.
He now wore a white Las Noches cloak that he wore open on the top and was shredded a bit on the fringes.
Nox intently stared at himself and then stripped and stepped into the shower. It seemed that the rooms for Espada at Las Noches were fairly up to date, unlike those of the soul society.
He stood under the shower until all of the sweat and grime from training was wiped off of his skin. Nox turned off the shower and dried himself with a white towel, then got dressed and headed towards the cafeteria.
Espada themselves don't ever have to eat but the other Arancarnar of Las Noches don't have the same pleasure so usually Espada only entered the cafeteria to use it as a meeting place or gloat to the lesser Arancar, Nox was using it for the former.
Upon entering the cafeteria Nox found it to be bustling with lower rank arrancar getting their fill of substitute souls and talking amongst themselves. Nox frowned at them as he walked through the cafeteria, those ingrates have no class, he thought with a slight frown on his face. Nox weaved his way through the Arancar until he found his sparring partner for the day at a table filled with wide eyed Arrancar.
Nox walked over to Grimmjow who seemed to have the Arrancar enthralled with a made up story about how Grimmjow took down a lieutenant rank soul reaper. Nox stood behind Grimmjow, who had yet to notice him, listening to the story for awhile until he became bored.
"Grimmjow" he said quietly, but it seemed like the entire cafeteria had heard him. Everyone turned to him, they may not have seen him before but his gravely distorted voice was unmistakable and the entire cafeteria instantly froze.
Grimmjow slowly turned around and the Arancar he was previously talking to stood open mouthed. Not many lower rank Arancarnar had yet to see the new Numero Cero, but all have heard of his power and rumors of his unmistakable looks and voice. Grimmjow smirked "Hey Nox, ready for our session?"
"The question is not am I ready for you but are you ready for me." Nox Drawled emotionlessly.
Grimmjow frowned "Whatever you say buddy, I've been waiting for my turn to fight you ever since you arrived".
Nox looked at Grimmjow for a second until he turned and headed towards the exit of the cafeteria with Grimmjow right on his heels. Grimmjow smirked as they left the cafeteria which was still in silence "sure know how to make an entrance don't you Cero?"
Nox didn't respond and kept walking towards the exit of Las Noches. They walked in silence until they reached the desert just outside the walls or Las Noches. Nox turned around to face Grimmjow who smirked "whenever you're ready" he said.
Nox stood and then Disappeared in an instant and reappeared behind Grimmjow, Nox kicked Grimmjow in the back but Grimmjow blocked just in time with his arm. Nox leaped into the air and fired a cero at Grimmjow using his hand.
Grimmjow appeared behind Nox relatively unscathed except that his shirt was burned off, he grabbed Nox's arm from behind but Nox head butted Grimmjow with the back of his head and while Grimmjow was dazed he punched him in the face, sending Grimmjow flying to the ground.
Grimmjow flipped over and landed on his feet breathing hard. "nice punch kid," he huffed.
Nox jumped down to him and held out a hand to him smiling, Grimmjow smiled, happy that Nox was actually showing some emotion. He reached up and grabbed Nox's hand but when he was upright Nox spun around and snapped Grimmjow's arm in half. Grimmjow howled in pain and Nox just looked at him.
"Never show compassion, all it leads to is betrayal" he said and then walked away, leaving Grimmjow standing in the sand shocked.
Nox returned to the confine of Las Noches, and headed towards Lord Aizen's chambers. Once near the door he heard Aizen on the other side say "enter". Nox nodded and did so silently entering the room, Aizen sat in his throne reading a book about mutations, Nox bowed on the floor in front of Aizen's throne.
Aizen smiled and closed the book "did you know Nox that most organisms with any sort of mutation die faster, but a small few of them live on to become stronger and carry on their mutation to their offspring creating a whole new species?"
"No Lord Aizen, I did not" Nox said tonelessly.
Aizen considered him for a moment, "hmm it is fascinating isn't it? Mutation".
Nox nodded "yes My Lord".
Aizen smiled "anyways, by what I heard from Szayel, you have bested Grimmjow in a weaponless fight, am I not correct?"
"You are My Lord" Nox replied.
"Well now that you are a master of weaponless combat having beat all of the other Espada, I believe it's time you had a weapon". A black sheathed sword materialized in front of Aizen's hand and he slid it over to Nox. "This is now your weapon, it is called Haikaitouma, and your formal Vasto Lord form and powers are sealed within it."
Nox looked towards the sword and took it from where it was on the ground, he held it in his hand and unsheathed it partly. The blade of the sword was red as of what Nox could see, he unsheathed the sword completely to see that the blade was jagged and had circle-like cuts out of the blade in some parts. The blade was blood red with jagged black lines stretching down the blade.
Nox looked at the blade in awe and Aizen laughed, "I know, beautiful isn't it? But don't be too hasty to use it all the time, never let the enemy know the full extent of your strength until it's necessary".
Nox nodded and sheathed the sword, he then strapped it to his side, and continued kneeling on the floor.
"Now," Aizen said "I don't think I'll have to teach you to use a sword, and when the time comes you'll know how to combine your powers and take on your final form. You are the strongest Espada I have but not all know it and since I made sure to have your number tattoo covered by your hair and the collar of your jacket, I would like you to take Harribel and go to the world of the living. It seems a few Soul Reapers and Ryoka are preparing to break into Hueco Mundo and raid Las Noches. I would like you to stop them before they successfully break in."
Nox nodded, stood up, bowed to Aizen, and was about to head to where he sensed Harribel's spiritual pressure but was stopped by Aizen's voice.
"Nox, if you or any other espada are in danger or taken hostage, the best course of action is to play along and wait until the opportunity arises for you to strike from the inside."
Nox looked at Aizen in confusion but Aizen just smiled with his eyes closed, "Just a precaution for future reference" he spoke.
Nox gave him an odd look and then left Aizen's presence to find Harribel.
X-X-X
Urahara Kisuke stood in front of the Kurosaki household, he contemplated his options. Then he made a decision, he walked up to the front door, opened it, and walked in. It was early afternoon so the girls were most likely in school and Kisuke could sense Ishiin in the living room.
Kisuke headed over there and knocked on the open door pane. Ishiin glanced up from where he was sitting on the couch and smiled. "Why Urahara, come on in. I was just filling out these patient forms." Ishiin stood up and placed the documents on the couch he was sitting on and he walked over to where Kisuke was standing in the doorway. "so Kisuke, what do I owe this pleasure?" Ishiin asked grinning.
Kisuke fidgeted and headed towards the couch "you might want to sit for this Ishiin." He said solemnly. Ishiin immediately recognized that the situation was serious and joined Urahara on the couch.
"Is this about Ichigo?" Ishiin asked and Urahara nodded solemnly. "Well what has that idiot son of mine done this time? He hasn't come home in a while so he must have gotten himself into some sort of trouble".
Urahara nodded solemnly "Ishiin did you know that Inoue Orihime is dead?" Kisuke said sadly.
Ishiin sighed and nodded "Uryu told me after we were attacked by the same hollow that killed her."
Kisuke's eyes widened "I didn't know that it was the same hollow. Hmm that's peculiar." He mumbled.
Ishiin looked at Kisuke sadly "please tell me what's happened to my son" he pleaded.
Kisuke had his mouth agape for a second then nodded "no one has seen or heard from Ichigo in about 3 and a half weeks. He was believed to have disappeared around the time that Orihime was killed. I went to the soul society a couple of weeks ago and saw if they could find him using a worldwide reiatsu scanner but the results came back negative".
Isshin looked at Kisuke expectantly "meaning what?".
Urahara sighed "meaning that he is not on this earth, he is either no longer living, or in Hueco Mundo."
Ishiin stood up and grabbed Urahara's jacket front "MY SON IS NOT DEAD! Aizen must have kidnapped him and is holding him in a cell where he can't escape from or he's lost in the Hueco Mundo desert and can't find his way back or or-"
Kisuke placed a hand on Isshin's shoulder "don't worry Ishiin no matter where he is we'll find him. I'll set up an expedition party to Hueco Mundo Immediately".
Ishiin pulled Urahara close to his face "I'm going" he said simply. He grabbed his paper's and headed towards the clinic leaving Kisuke behind flabbergasted.
"But Isshin!" Kisuke shouted "Ichigo may not still be…."
"I Know" Isshin said heading back to Kisuke after having dropped off his papers. He headed over to the couch and laid down, he then closed his eyes and split his soul from his gigai. He got up leaving behind the empty gigai. "It's ok if I leave my gigai here, Karin will be able to tell what's happened" Isshin said and headed to the front door leaving Urahara trailing behind him.
"Isshin, I'm going to make a rift under my shop and take the two ryoka, Kuchiki, and Abarai." Urahara explained "the rift should be opened within a few hours, I already have Tessai working on it".
Isshin grunted in response and Kisuke sighed "I hope you know what you're getting yourself into" Kisuke mumbled, and they both headed towards Urahara shop.
X-X-X
Nox and Harribel stepped out of the rift which led them to an area above the main housing district. Nox dropped onto a roof with Harribel copying his actions. Nox looked at Harribel "Lord Aizen said the trespassers are opening the rift at a shop called Urahara. It is run by an ex soul reaper captain so look for the place with the largest reiatsu".
Harribel nodded and the two split up and explored the city, Nox was inspecting the shopping district when Harribel flash stepped in front of him. "Graz-sama, I have located the shop, within it seem to be two ryoka, four soul reapers, and three unknowns". She explained and Nox nodded.
"Harribel keep your Reiatsu low so we can easily get to the rift undetected and destroy it and any means for them to ever make one again".
Harribel nodded and the two Sonido'd onto the roof of Urahara shop. Nox felt the reiatsu coming from the shop, it was large but nothing that two Espada couldn't handle. They slipped in the front door, which was wide open, looking around the shop it appeared to be empty, but on detection it appeared all the residents were underground.
Harribel and Nox quickly found the entrance to the underground floors and headed down towards the gathered people.
X-X-X
Urahara stood in front of the nearly open rift, looking at the gathered group. Uryu and Chad were standing with Rukia and Renji while Isshin was standing awkwardly off to the side, with Tessai working on the rift, and the kids sitting near him.
Urahara cleared his throat in order to gain attention. "Ok guys when the rift to Hueco Mundo opens you'll need to split up into small groups of two or three, one group distracts Aizen while another finds Ichigo. Got it?" All five of them nodded and headed towards Kisuke who was standing near the rift but stopped when they heard a voice.
"I foresee a few problems with your plan" a chilling voice said from behind them.
The group turned around and Kisuke visibly paled, standing there were two Arrancars. Both of them were clad in white, one was female with tan skin, a high collared top that showed her stomach and sides of her thighs, and had blonde hair. The other Arrancar had an open shirt, long orange hair, two large horns, and black and gold eyes.
Rukia gasped "Ichigo?"
X-X-X
Nox glared at the black haired soul reaper "I know not of this Ichigo" He said tonelessly.
The female soul reaper made a choking sound and the older male whispered something to her and she replied. Nox glared at them and stepped forward but the red haired Shinigami rushed to meet him.
Nox held up a hand and Harribel intercepted the soul reaper and knocked him across the training grounds. Nox turned his attention back to the group who was wide eyed "Your plan would fail because one, there are Arrancars in Hueco Mundo much stronger then my partner and I" Harribel gave Nox a weird look at that but didn't object, so Nox continued "Two, Las Noches is filled with Arrancar that would be on you in seconds if you even made it near the walls, and three, I have never in my time as an Arrancar heard or seen any Ichigo."
The female Shinigami sobbed and the older male grimaced. Nox smiled chillingly "Now if you would excuse us, we have to obliterate this base completely". An arrow of light came out of nowhere and pierced Nox in the shoulder. Harribel went to help him but he stopped her with a raised hand.
Nox pulled the arrow out easily and crushed it with his bare hand, his wound closed instantly and the group gathered gasped.
The Ryoka with the glasses pointed at Nox, "You're the hollow that killed Orihime!" He seethed.
Nox shrugged and suddenly the entire group charged at him. Harribel jumped in front of Nox and attacked the two Ryoka and the female soul reaper while Nox took on the older Shinigami and the green one.
The bearded Shinigami charged forwards and swung down his sword which Nox grabbed in his hand, the green Shinigami tried to attack in a second rush but Nox released some of his spiritual pressure causing both shinigami to briefly drop to the ground.
Nox grabbed the Shinigami in front of him and pulled him in close "I remember you," he said and the Shinigami's eyes filled with hope but were crushed with his next words "I recognize your smell, from when you interrupted my meal at that house".
The Shinigami closed his eyes and when he opened them they were filled with rage "You mean my daughter's!" Isshin yelled in Nox's face.
Nox shrugged and then smiled, "I can have all of the Hollows in the city attack them within a second".
Isshin was heartbroken "Ichigo, my son, what's happened to you?"
Nox dropped the man and placed a foot on his chest, adding pressure and looming over the man ominously, his face blank of emotion. Isshin started coughing up blood from the pressure.
Suddenly a blade was caught in Nox's hand and he turned to see the green Shinigami Kisuke. Nox kicked the now unconscious Isshin away from him and started his attack on Kisuke.
X-X-X
Harribel rushed the Quincy who frantically shot arrows at her but she quickly disarmed him by snapping both of his arms, causing him to fall on the ground screaming in pain.
The female Shinigami and the Ryoka attacked her from both sides and she effectively held them both off, she hesitantly took a glance at Nox who had defeated one of the Soul Reapers and was now sparring with the other one, barely using a fraction of his power.
She quickly turned her attention back to the battle she was fighting and barely dodged a punch from the ryoka which then hit the soul reaper in the stomach, sending her flying back a few feet. The soul reaper quickly fell to the ground, the Ryoka stood there a minute before rushing off to help her.
As the Ryoka rushed off, Harribel came up behind him and with a swift blow to the head rendered him unconscious.
Harribel gave a soft bell like chuckle and headed towards where Nox was standing atop the green Soul Reaper.
X-X-X
Nox looked around in disappointment, if these were the strongest that the soul society has to offer then this war will easily be in the Arrancars favor. Nox looked to where Harribel was standing and motioned her over to him. She swiftly approached, "Harribel bring me the Quincy and one of the four Soul Reapers" Nox said.
Harribel nodded and went over to retrieve the Quincy, Nox watched as she came back and dropped the Quincy at his feet and then went to retrieve the scruffy looking Soul Reaper that had black hair.
Nox smirked; Harribel was smart, that Soul Reaper was obviously the strongest of the entire group so it would be worth the effort to bring him back to Lord Aizen if it meant that the Soul Society was losing an asset.
Harribel was walking back when a sword came out of nowhere and hit her in the side. In surprise she dropped the Soul Reaper and clutched her side. From out of the rubble came the red haired male Shinigami wielding his sword.
Nox smirked "ah now I remember where I recognize that sword, you were the one who did a real number on me back at that scruffy Soul Reapers house". The red haired Shinigami's eyes widened.
"You're the bastard that killed Orihime!" He cried.
Nox shrugged showing no emotion on his face "what's with you people, first this Ichigo and then Orihime? What got over him fast enough did you?"
The red head shook and was about to charge but Nox held up a hand. "if I were you I would follow the lead of those other three and make yourself scarce, I'm about to ignite this entire compound and everyone inside it".
The Shinigami's eyes widened and he ran over to where Chad and Rukia were laying and he heaved them onto his back. He then ran over towards Kisuke and once he had all three he Shunpo'd out of the building.
Nox chuckled and Harribel hobbled over dragging the Shinigami with her. "Why did you let them escape?" she asked.
Nox looked at her "so that they may spread the story of the horrors of Aizen's Army" he said simply and he held up a hand. A rift immediately opened and Harribel hobbled through it dragging the Shinigami behind her, while Nox put the Quincy on his back and stood in the edge of the rift.
He turned towards the chamber and charged a cero in between his horns. Most of his hollow abilities are within his mask fragments so using a cero with his hollow horns would increase its power. Once the cero was about the size of a basket ball Nox released it and jumped into the rift, listening to the destruction of the shop as the gate closed behind him.
X-X-X
Renji stumbled into the park and collapsed on the ground, Rukia and Kisuke lying next to him still unconscious.
Renji sighed and fumbled in the pocket of his hakama until he found his communicator. He grunted and heaved himself into a sitting position. He wiped the sweat off of his face and opened his communicator.
"Captian Kuchiki" he choked into the communicator. Soon the screen was alight with a picture of Captain Byakuya Kuchiki's face.
"What do you want Renji? I was just about to enjoy an afternoon tea" Byakuya said holding up his tea cup.
Renji held back a sob "Captain! I need medical attention at my location immediately! Urahara shop has been obliterated! And a ryoka and Isshin Kurosaki have been kidnapped and I don't even know where the people who lived in Urahara's shop went!"
Byakuya immediately tensed "I see this is a serious matter, I'll bring help immediately. When I get there tell me everything that happened."
Renji nodded "One more thing captain" Renji shifted uneasily "it was Ichigo".
X-X-X
Nox walked over to the cell that held the black haired shinigami know identified as Isshin Kurosaki, a previous captain in the Soul Society. Nox lip quirked upward for a second and then resumed its neutral look, having a shinigami captive would be… interesting, and he walked up the stairs towards the meeting room.
He had given the Quincy to Szayel, who was quite thrilled to examine such a rare subject; it seems that Quincy's are hard to come by these days.
Nox entered the meeting room and noticed that it was mostly empty except for a few Espada milling around and chatting. Nox spotted Grimmjow, Aeruneiru, Nnoitra, Yammy, and Stark and Lilinette. Grimmjow noticed Nox and waved him over, Nox sighed and walked over to where Grimmjow was leaning against a wall, since Nox had beaten him earlier Grimmjow had somehow gotten the idea into his head that they were friends.
"Hey Nox, wanna go to the world of the living?" Grimmjow asked casually.
Nox looked at Grimmjow with a hint of a frown, "Did Lord Aizen authorize this little adventure you've concocted?" he asked.
Grimmjow smirked "'Course he did! He's so busy with those prisoner's that you brought in that he doesn't care what we do!"
Nox looked around the room at the Espada that were either chatting or lazing around, well there's nothing better to do. "Fine I will accompany you to the world of the living" Nox replied.
Grimmjow smirked and walked swiftly out of the room motioning Nox to follow, Nox frowned, anything that has to do with Grimmjow always ends badly. He sighed and followed Grimmjow out of the room.
X-X-X
Aizen Sosuke headed down the dimly lit hallway towards the laboratory of Szayel Aporro Granz. He slid open the thin doorway and entered the lab, Szayel looked up from where he was standing over the examination table which currently held a mostly naked Quincy.
Szayel looked up at the sound of Aizen's footsteps and his face lit up "Ah My Lord! What a wonderful surprise! No doubt you want to hear how my research on the Quincy is going?" Aizen nodded and Szayel grabbed his chart and walked over to Aizen. "His stamina is great, but not his power, he has amazing reflexes and excellent aim, his speed is also amazing."
"stop complimenting him Szayel, can we use him?" Aizen asked.
Szayel huffed "ok, ok. I believe that if I were to experiment on him some I would be able to find the source of his power and then should be able to equip it to an Arrancar or many Arrancar's."
Aizen thought about this then turned towards the door "I want a small army of Arrancar's equipped with the power of a Quincy within a week".
Szayel was flabbergasted but then calmed down "I am glad that you have so much faith in me Lord Aizen, I will not fail you!"
Aizen strode out of the room "For your sake you better not".
X-X-X
Grimmjow smirked and walked out of the rift, "I've got some Gigai's ready for us in a warehouse"
Nox looked at Grimmjow calculatingly and followed him out of the rift, "so you have been planning this for awhile and knew that I would accept your offer to join you here."
Grimmjow grinned and jumped onto the busy street below. Nox followed his lead "so what are you planning to do with these Gigai's?" Nox asked.
Grimmjow huffed "Why does everything have to have a purpose for you? We're just going to relax in the living world for awhile. You just exceeded Lord Aizen's expectations on that last mission so he told me to take you on a mini vacation before the real battle begins".
Nox thought about that and then nodded, "alright take me to this warehouse".
Grimmjow nodded and disappeared with Nox following close behind him.
X-X-X
The Gotei 13 sat in a meeting, discussing the recent dealings with the Arrancar and the rumors that they had heard of Urahara shop being destroyed.
"QUIET!"
All of the captains became silent and turned to Captain Yamamoto who was hitting his cane against the ground.
Yamamoto harrumphed and then addressed the other captains "it appears that since our last meeting, Aizen's army made an attack against the Urahara Shop in Karakura Town".
Yamamoto's statement caused more gossiping but Yamamoto stopped it by hitting his cane against the ground again.
"Captain Kuchiki knows more about the incident, having heard every detail of it first hand from his Lieutenant who was at Urahara Shop at the time of the attack". Yamamoto nodded to Byakuya who stood up.
Byakuya looked at the gathered Captains and then spoke "1 earth day ago, there was a coordinated attack against the Shinigami supply store known as Urahara Shop in Karakura Town, Japan. This attack consisted of two Arrancars both seemingly high level. The Arrancars attacked the underground chamber of Urahara shop as the owner of the shop, Urahara Kisuke, was about to open a rift to Hueco Mundo in order to lead a rescue mission to rescue Kurosaki Ichigo who was supposedly kidnapped by Aizen. The Arrancars immediately disposed of Lieutenant Abarai, who had to be briefed by ex captain Urahara to get the full story, after Lieutenant Abarai was incapacitated the Arrancars took on the other four occupants of the room one against two. It appears that one of them, a female, took on Kuchiki Rukia, and Ishida Uryu. While the other attacked Urahara Kisuke and Kurosaki Isshin. The Arrancars effectively took down all four of their opponents. They were trying to capture the Quincy and Kurosaki when lieutenant Abarai returned and intercepted the seemingly higher rank male Arrancar, but before he attacked the Arrancar informed him that the shop was about to be destroyed and that everyone currently inside would die, so lieutenant Abarai took as many as he could and got away from the building before it blew. The Arrancar kidnapped Ishida Uryu and Kurosaki Isshin, also it appears that the male Arrancar is actually the missing Kurosaki Ichigo. It seems that somehow Aizen can maybe brainwash Soul Reapers into working for him and turn them into Arrancars".
The meeting was in uproar at that and Captain Yamamoto had to settle them down. "if Aizen's Arrancars are as powerful as Captain Kuchiki says then we will have to begin building up our forces immediately in preparation for an attack on Hueco Mundo. We have to attack them before they get any more powerful and attack us off guard". Yamamoto informed the Captains, "Meeting adjourned, go inform your squads of what was spoken here tonight".
The captains all left in a rush except for Zaraki Kenpachi who slowly walked out of the meeting hall. He had a dark expression on his face, Kurosaki Ichigo, the one who will defeat you in battle will be me, I won't let anyone else kill you until I can get a chance to have some fun with you.
X-X-X
Nox stepped out of the empty warehouse stretching out the stiff joints of his Gigai. Grimmjow groaned behind him.
"uggh Szayel always makes such crappy Gigais" Grimmjow complained as the two walked down the alley towards the main street.
They walked past a bunch of vendors until they came upon a hot dog stand. They were heading towards a shopping outlet when Grimmjow stopped and smelled the air, he then smirked and dragged Nox over to the stand.
"What are we doing here?" No whispered angrily.
Grimmjow grinned "Don't you want to feel the sensation of eating again, after so long?"
Nox frowned "Not particularly".
Grimmjow pouted and ordered them two plain hot dogs.
Nox looked around at the busy street; there were humans all around them. Nox wrinkled his nose at their smell, they smelled like they carried every place they'd ever been with them, it was overpowering him. He turned back to Grimmjow who handed him a hot dog and started walking towards the mall they were headed to.
Once into the less crowded mall they started munching on the hot dogs, but as soon as they'd swallowed, they rushed to the nearest trash can and emptied the contents of their stomachs.
Grimmjow sunk to his knees his throat feeling raw. "That…was….awful" He croaked. Nox agreed and slumped down into the nearest bench, staring up at the ceiling.
"This vacation is unnecessary," Nox stated "We would be of more help in preparing for the war if we were back in Las Noches".
Grimmjow sighed "I think Lord Aizen may believe that there is nothing for you to do back home. I believe he thinks that you would probably end up cooped in your room all day so you might as well enjoy yourself, since it may be the last time you get to do so."
Nox just stared at Grimmjow, and Grimmjow shrugged, "it was just a guess".
Nox stood up and helped Grimmjow off of the floor and they explored the six story mall, Aizen had previously given Grimmjow an unlimited credit card so they just shrugged and bought a bunch of souvenirs to bring back to everyone. They had also gotten some new clothes, because since both the gigai's had the same clothes on it would be kind of strange for them to be walking around together.
Nox exited the store wearing a pale grey long sleeve shirt, a grayish black jacket with gold lining, dark black skinny jeans, and dark red converse. Grimmjow had gotten a black t shirt, a black leather jacket with a dark blue panther on the back, faded black jeans, and dark grey shoes.
When the two had finally left the store they had two bags of souvenirs for the other Espada, and Aizen and his friends. Nox looked at the sky and saw that the sun was setting already. Grimmjow frowned at it at sighed,
"C'mon we should probably be getting back to the warehouse," Grimmjow said sadly. The two walked back to the abandoned warehouse in silence.
X-X-X
Isshin had been locked in that cell for about two days, he frowned and looked at his Zanpukto sitting solemnly on the desk on the far wall outside of the cell. He had been handcuffed and chained to the wall so there was no possible way of him getting out unless he had help.
Isshin sighed and laid down on the cold stone floor, he couldn't even remember how he had gotten here. All remembered was seeing his son's cold gaze on him and then nothing.
Isshin shuddered with despair at the way his son had looked at him. His eyes had been filled with so much hate, Aizen must have captured him and fed him enough lies to make him hate them that much as to not even acknowledge that he knows them.
Isshin held back a tear at the thought of what had become of Masaki and his son.
He immediately stiffened as he heard footsteps coming his way.
Aizen headed towards the cell that held the Soul Reaper that Nox had captured, Nox had dropped off the prisoner in the cell and had informed him that the Soul Reaper's power rivaled that of a Captain.
Aizen stopped in front of the cell and looked down at its contents, and then had to hold back his laughter.
Nox had captured his own father! Aizen let a chuckle escape and the Soul Reaper's head whipped up to glare at him.
"Aizen" the Soul Reaper spat.
"Kurosaki Isshin" Aizen said smiling.
"What the fuck have you done to my son!" Isshin hissed.
Aizen laughed "I have done nothing to him but grant him the power he so craved".
Isshin's face filled up with rage "Ichigo would never betray his friends and family for power!" Isshin yelled.
Aizen smirked "well maybe you don't know your son as well as you thought." He said and swiftly walked away leaving a stunned Isshin behind.
Aizen smirked when he was out of Isshin's sight, now that they think that Ichigo consciously betrayed everyone he loved they'll have a harder time fighting him, and they'll try to get him back on their side. Aizen started laughing out loud, all their efforts will be fruitless and Nox will have no idea what any of those idiot Soul Reapers are blathering about!
Aizen laughed all the way to the meeting room, thoroughly freaking out a lot of minor Arrancars.
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Nox opened his eyes to a new day and Grimmjow crouching over something. Nox stretched and got up, slowly making his way towards Grimmjow who was holding something in his hands and seemingly inspecting it.
Nox loomed over him "What are you doing?" he asked quietly.
Grimmjow jumped, not expecting Nox to be up so early he turned around and hid the thing behind his back. Nox glared and grabbed his arm and pulled it forward, examining what Grimmjow had been holding. He frowned at it, it was orange and small and looked to be shiny underwear.
He looked over to Grimmjow who was sweating, "What is that?" he asked accusingly.
Grimmjow smiled in a shaky way, "a speedo?".
Nox frowned, "And what exactly is a speedo?" he inquired.
Grimmjow hesitantly scratched his head, "it's for swimming" he remarked after thinking on it for a bit.
"And why do you have one?" Nox asked raising an eyebrow.
Grimmjow smirked, "actually I have two, that one's yours".
"Then why do we need these Speedos?" Nox asked.
Grimmjow shifted his weight onto one foot, "well I was thinking that since this is a vacation that we should go to the beach, since that's what people normally do on vacations".
Nox pondered this and then nodded, "We have a limited amount of time for this vacation so we should go to this beach as soon as possible."
Grimmjow smirked and stuffed a bunch of stuff he had bought into a backpack and then ran out the door, he turned around when he made it to the entrance, "I'll race you to the bus!" and he ran out of Nox's sight.
Nox sighed and jogged to catch up with him.
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Nox looked upon the beach in awe, the sun was high in the sky, filling the area with its warm glow. The sand sparkled like small diamonds, and the water crashed perfectly so that every second looked like a painting. A gentle breeze blew through the air and Nox sighed in pleasure, this should be how the entire world is.
Grimmjow looked at Nox and smirked, he knew that Nox would like it here. Any hollow would like the beach, it was like the desert of Hueco Mundo but more warm and happy. He spotted a changing stall and snapped Nox out of his daze.
Nox glanced at Grimmjow who was waving his arms around, Grimmjow made a motion at a stall and threw Nox his swimsuit and a black and white checkerboard towel. Nox caught them easily and followed Grimmjow to the stall, Grimmjow walked to the entrance and then turned to Nox.
"Ok I'm going to get changed in here, there should be another stall somewhere around here. You can find that one and then we'll meet back somewhere and set up our stuff. It looks pretty empty but if you meet anyone and they ask for your name, make something up." Grimmjow explained.
Nox held his gaze on Grimmjow and then turned and headed down the beach. He walked for a bit and then came upon a tent labeled changing. Nox went in and changed into his orange Speedo quickly and then gracefully walked out.
He glanced around the beach and spotted a bright blue umbrella and walked towards it, Grimmjow must have changed fast and started setting things up.
Nox approached the umbrella warily noticing that there was no one near it. He walked right up to it and noticed that the bag sitting on a chair was not the one that Grimmjow had previously. A light breeze blew by and Nox got a whiff of human on the stuff, but his nose wasn't as good as Grimmjow's so he couldn't tell how long ago the humans had been there.
"What are you doing with our stuff!"
Nox frowned, it seems not very long ago. He stood up from where he had been leaning over the beach accessories and turned around. He came face to face with three humans, one female and two males.
Nox smoothed out his hair "I apologize for seeming suspicious, it's just that I thought that this stuff belonged to my….companion", Nox smiled charmingly and both of the boys smiled back earnestly, as the wind blew Nox's long hair around him.
The girl frowned at him, she had black spiky hair and accusing eyes. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Nox frowned at her, she was going to be harder to sway into ignoring him, "My name is…Yuusuke, and I'm here obviously to enjoy this beach" Nox stated matter of factly, and the girl frowned at him.
"Why are you at the beach at this time? It's October." She asked looking smug like that she knew he didn't have an answer for that.
Nox narrowed his eyes and smiled "I enjoy the cool air, and the cold water. Also it is not as crowded this time of the year. Now may I ask why you are here?"
The girl looked at the ground and the boys avoided making eye contact with Nox. There was an awkward silence until the smaller boy, with black hair that stuck out on the sides and black eyes, spoke. "We used to come here at this time with everyone. But not since Orihime died and Ichigo went missing, and now we never see Rukia, Chad, or Uryu and everyone else avoids us because they think its cursed being our friends."
The girl glared at the boy who looked away blushing, the girl was about to speak when they heard yelling in the distance. Nox spotted Grimmjow running towards them waving his arms, when he got there he bent over, panting. "Man I thought I'd never find you, good thing I spotted your hair."
Grimmjow looked up and saw the people staring at him weird and he immediately closed his mouth. The girl looked at Nox,
"I take it this is your friend you were looking for?" She asked and Nox nodded.
Grimmjow smirked, "I'm Torao, nice to meet you my lady." Grimmjow did a bow and held out his hand to the black haired girl and she frowned.
"My name's Tatsuki and behind me are Mizuiro and Keigo." She said.
Nox nodded, "Well nice to meet you, maybe we'll see each other around the beach?" he asked politely and the girl blushed and nodded.
Nox flashed his charming smile causing all three to blush this time and he walked away with Grimmjow in tow.
Once far enough away Grimmjow laughed "Nox you are something else, with only a few words you had that girl wrapped around your finger!"
Nox shrugged it off, "It was no big deal, also if you see those people again today my name is Yuusuke".
Grimmjow smirked and then nodded, "well enough of that, let's have some fun today!" He shouted and ran towards the ocean. Nox shrugged and followed him into the water.
Nox and Grimmjow fooled around all day, making epic sandcastles that beat Tatsuki and her friends', had a game of chicken which Grimmjow and Nox won, and had a Barb Q with a fire and everything.
Nox sighed when it was over; the day had been enjoyable to say the least. But tomorrow they would return to Hueco Mundo in order to prepare for the coming war.
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AN: Finally the second part is done! I only recently finished editing it in an attempt to fix all grammatical errors. Anyways there is only one more part after this, there may be a sequel if enough people are interested in it but it's not definite since I'm going to make an attempt to consistently update my two other multi chapter stories. If you notice any errors in anything or have any suggestions or concern about the story just review and I will attempt to get back to you immediately.
Thanks for reading,
-KaosDemon