Chapter 2: The Straw Hat Pirates Arrive! Tension Grows in the Battlefield!

"Gore Him, Verruga!" Tesla said as a large amount of spiritual pressure was released and smoke surrounds him. When the smoke cleared, Tesla transformed into a giant warthog with a hollow mask on its face. Chopper looked at the newly transformed arrancar in terror. Tesla hit Chopper with his giant fist and smashed him through a nearby wall.

"Chopper!" Orihime shouted, worried about what to her friend.

"Damn you!" Ichigo said out of anger. "Leave him alone!" Ichigo charged in towards Tesla but he was hit by Tesla's fist as well and fell to the ground. Tesla turned attention towards Ichigo and started to attack him.

"Stop…" Chopper said, struggling to get to his feet. "Stop it." Tesla continues to beat Ichigo into the sand. Chopper returned to his feet, turned into his humanoid form and charged toward the arrancar. "I SAID STOP IT!" Tesla saw Chopper coming towards him and struck him too.

"Chopper! Ichigo!" Orihime shouted as she was about to help her friends.

Nnoitra sonidoed behind Orihime, grabbed her and said, "There's nothing you can for them. Face reality, they're good as dead." Orihime's eyes watered up realizing that she's completely helpless. Nnoitra looked at his follower and said, "Tesla, forget about the reindeer and kill the soul reaper." Telsa listens to his master's order and returned his attention to Ichigo. Tesla threw his fist down towards Ichigo to kill him but the blow was stopped. Orihime's eyes widen when she saw that Ichigo was saved.

"That's enough, don't you think," the stranger said, "This fight was over a long time ago."

Ichigo looked at the stranger that saved him. The stranger has three swords, green hair and don't anything of a soul reaper or an arrancar. A badly beaten up Chopper looked up and saw his brother-figure. His eyes began to water as he yelled, "ZORO!"

Zoro looked down at Ichigo and said, "Hey, you okay."

"Y-Yeah." Ichigo answered, "Who are you?"

"Me, I'm just someone whose here to lend a helping hand." Then Zoro pushed Tesla's hand back with his sword and drew his other two swords.

"And just who are you suppose to be?" Tesla asked Zoro, "It seems you don't want to answer."

Nnoitra let go of Orihime and stuck his finger to the ground to use his pesquisa. But when he felt Zoro's spirit energy, he felt something unusual.

"FINE THEN, I'LL KILL YOU!" Tesla yelled as he's about to attack Zoro.

"DON'T CHARGE YOU IDIOT!" Nnoitra commanded, "GET BACK, TESLA!"

Zoro smirked as he prepares to strike. "Too late." He said. "Three Sword Style: Bull Demon…" A dark shadow of a bull-shaped demon appears over Zoro. Zoro dashed towards the arrancar at a tremendous speed, dodging Tesla's attack. "…Bull Hooves!" Zoro slashed through Tesla, sending him flying and making him bleed profusely.

"Master…Nnoi…tra." Tesla said as he returned to his orginal form and crashed to the ground.

Zoro turned his attention to Nnoitra and pointed his Shusui at him. "So are you one of those espadas?" Nnoitra narrowed his eyes at Zoro. "Didn't you hear me? Are you one of those espadas or not?"

Ichigo got up to one knee and looked at Zoro. "Who…who are you?"

Chopper got back to his feet and with watery seeing his brother figure. "Zoro, you here! Then, does that mean?"

"Yeah, everyone's here." A new voice said. "You thought we would abandon you like that." Chopper and Ichigo turned to see where the voice from. Chopper's eyes watered up some more seeing who is. It was a female about the same height as Orihime with orange hair, a blue pole-like staff with balls on it in one and a log pose on her wrist.

"Nami!" Chopper shouted the female's name.

Meanwhile, Szyael Aporro looked at Renji and Uryu in disappointment for not putting up a fight. Then from out of nowhere, a black leg appeared kicking the espada in the face and sending back a few feet. Uryu and Renji were in shock that an espada getting kicked back so easily. The new comer landed on the ground on his feet. It a male with blonde hair, with curly eye brows, one his eyes covered by his hair, and is smoking a cigarette. It was Sanji.

Szyael Aporro wiped the blood off his lip with the back of his hand and he narrowed his eyes on his attacker. "And who are you?" he asked.

In the palace formerly owned by Aaroniero, Espada #7 Zomarri Rureaux slowly approached an unconscious Rukia. He drew his zanpakuto and said, "So she's still alive huh? Don't worry Aaroniero, I'll clean up you mess."

As he was going to kill Rukia, a barrage of bullets was fired making the espada jump back a few feet. "Not so fast, baldy."

Zommari looked up and saw two figures. One with blue hair wearing a pair shades and another that looks like a skeleton with an afro. It was Franky and Brook. "Who are you?" Zommari asked the pirates.

In the desert in Las Noches, Rudubon and his squad of exequias appeared in front of Chad and Gantenbainne, who were still knocked out from Nnoitra's attack. As Rudubon was about to finish Chad off, he stopped when he detected another presence. He looked the direction of the presence and saw two figures. One is a female with long jet black hair wearing a cowgirl hat and a male with black hair and a long nose. It was Robin and Usopp.

Inside the halls of Las Noches, a male is running down the hallway with black hair with a straw hat. It was Luffy and he's looking for one man, Aizen.

With Franky and Brook…

"At looks like you're not going to answer the question." Zomarri said. "I am Espada #7, Zomarri Rureaux. Now I'll ask again, who are you?"

With Sanji…

"Who am I?" Sanji said. "That's a stupid question to ask."

With Robin and Usopp…

"My name is Nico Robin." Robin introduced herself. "My companion name is Usopp."

With Zoro and Nami…

"You can say that we're your worst nightmare." Zoro said to Nnoitra.

With Franky and Brook…

"Together, we're known as one thing." Franky said to Zomarri.

With Sanji…

"We are your enemies." Sanji answered Szyael Aporro's question.

With Robin and Usopp…

"We came here for two things." Robin stated.

With Zoro and Nami…

"One is to get our friend back." Nami said.

"The second is to kick your asses." Zoro finished. Nnoitra narrowed his eyes at Zoro's statement.

With Robin and Usopp…

"So, hand Chopper over unless you want us to us tear to pieces!" Usopp threatened the exequias, making them grab their swords.

"Together…" Robin and Usopp said.

With Franky and Brook…

"…we are…" Franky and Brook said.

With Zoro and Nami…

"…known throughout…" Zoro, Chopper, and Nami said.

With Sanji…

"…the world as…" Sanji said.

"…THE STRAW HATS PIRATES!" All eight members yelled with pride.

With Luffy…

"And we're coming for you to kick your ass, AIZEN!" Luffy shouted, running down the halls of Las Noches.

Meanwhile, Gin was watching the proceeding in another room. "My, my, they've manage to reach Hueco Mundo after all." Gin said to himself. "To what little good it will do them. Their chances of survival are zero at best. But it will entertaining to see how they fare against the espadas."

Elsewhere, Franky and Brook were struggling against Zommari…

"Damn it!" Franky cursed while breathing heavily. "What the hell is with this guy?"

"He's so fast." Brook said while breathing heavily as well. "It's like he's in two places at once." Then Zommari appeared in front of Brook and swung his zanpakuto at the pirate, who easily blocked it with his sword. "Brook, behind you!" Brook looked behind him and saw the espada. "Ouch Finger!" Franky opened the tip of his index finger and fired a bullet at the espada.

"So, you've finally caught on." Zommari said, appearing in front of the two pirates. "Among all of the espada, my sonido is the fastest. And among this development, I've managed to make sudo clone. Yes, you may refer this as playing with magic."

"Not good." Brook said in a panic. "He could make clones of himself and move that fast."

Then Zommari appeared in front of Franky and swung his zanpakuto. "Ouch Finger!" Franky opened his index finger and shot a bullet at Zommari. Another Zommari appeared and Franky shot him as well. Then two more Zommaris appeared befor Franky, one in front of the pirate and behind him. Franky shot the one in front of him and quickly punched the one behind him.

"So you were to locate the real me." Zommari wiping the blood from his lip.

"That's right." Franky smirked. "That little pallor trick won't work on me anymore."

"I see. Very then, I'll show you my true power." Zommari balanced his sword on chest, put his hands together, and tilted his head in a 90 degree angle. "Subside, Brujeria!" The blade of his zanpakuto started to twist as a gray fluid covers his body. When the fluid started to disappear, the esapda's appearance changed. From what the pirates could see, he now has multiple eyes, markings from his eyes to his jaw, and his lover half is covered in a pink pumpkin suit with eyes on it. He moved his hand and revealed another eye on the palm.

"Move!" Franky shouted as the eye turned purple. He and Brook moved out of the way Zommari's attack but nothing happened.

"You're quite jumpy." Zommari said turning towards the pirates. "You expected me to mount an attack some kind. And as you could see nothing happened. Now you are wondering if my threat was empty. It makes sense." Then the espada smirked at the pirates. "Unfortunately for you two, they're real."

"What is he talking about?" Franky asked himself.

"Franky, your leg!" Brook shouted. Franky saw a mark on his left leg.

"What the hell?"

"All thing are subject to control in this life." Zomarri said. "Subordinates are under the control of their superiors. The masses are under the control of their king. The clouds are under the control of the wind. The light of the moon is the under the control of the sun. The power of my Brujeria is to control whatever my eyes stare at. I call this amore and you have experience it." Franky's eyes widen when he realized his leg is longer no under his control. "It looks like you now understand some of what I'm saying to you. Your resolve to bring Tony Tony Chopper back to your crew is short lived. Your ship's doctor belongs to us now." Franky narrowed his eyes when Zommari said that. "His days as a pirate are over."

"Shut your damn mouth."

"Fine then, allow to show the power of my amore. Leg, come to me." And like a dog responded to a whistle, Franky's leg started to the espada on its own.

"Brook!" Franky shouted as he hold his own leg. "Cut my leg!"

"What?!" Brook said shocked at the request.

"Just do it!" Reliantly, Brook run toward Franky and slashed his leg. Franky winched in pain as left leg is useless now.

"I see." Zomarri said. "You're very smart. At the coast of the use of your left leg, you've managed to break the control of my amore. Now then, let's try something else." One of Zommari's eyes then looked at Rukia and turned purple. It was at that moment, Rukia returned to her feet and charged towards the pirates.

To be continued…

Next Chapter: The Great Duel at Las Noches!