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Chapter 30 Brothers Meet

Hinata sat and listened to them talk for a little bit more before she felt the arrival of more hollows. She ran up and gave her dad and Uncle Kisuke a hug, "Got to run love you!" She grabbed Kuon's hand dragging him a few steps before he scooped her up and off they went again.

. . .

Hinata sat in her chair swinging her legs slowly the next morning at school. The air was thick with both Ichigo and Uryu in deep thought. Hinata leaned forward, propping her chin on her hand. She felt that they both needed to come to the answer themselves. She perked up when Orihime walked in.

"Good Morning, Kurosaki-kun! Hinata!" Orihime said cheerfully while waving.

It was quickly followed by Shinji waving and cheerfully saying, "Morning, Ichigo-kun, Hinata-chan!"

Hinata giggled as she clapped, jumping to her feet. She gave Orihime a big hug, "That was so cool Orihime!" She then turned to Shinji and gave him a small hug before backing up, "Daffodil!"

The room went quite as everyone looked between Shinji and Hinata. "What?"

Hinata tilted her head. "What?"

"Why did you call me a daffodil?"

"Daffodils are always looking into the water like a mirror!"

Shinji raised his eyebrow. "And?"

"You like reversing things just like a mirror!"

Shinji's eyes went wide before he jumped forward and gave her a hug. "You remembered from yesterday and even gave me a nickname!"

There was a yelp of protest from several people before a loud bang filled the air causing all to go quiet again. Everyone turned to see Ichigo stand up with a dark presence surrounding him. He sent a glare towards Hinata and Shinji before marching over and grabbing Shinji. "We need to talk." His voice was low and left no room for argument as he dragged Shinji out of the room.

Hinata watched them leave with a thoughtful look on her face; she went to follow but was stopped by hands on her shoulder. She looked back to see both Uryu and Chad shaking their heads at her. She shrugged before walking back to her seat where she started to swing her legs again.

. . .

After school, Ichigo said he wanted to be alone and had asked if she would be okay to walk home from school. She had told him yes. Everyone else had said they were too busy as well so she sat alone for a while trying to decide what to do. As she was thinking, she reached out with her spiritual pressure to see what everyone was doing. She noticed that Chad and Orihime were following Daffodil, so she smiled and skipped out the door.

Hinata found them talking to Daffodil and a short blond girl with piggy tails in a bright red jump suit. Hinata felt a sudden rise in murderous intent towards her friends. Her sword immediately appeared in her hand. A hollow growl left her throat.

Daffodil's eyes jerked open before he swooped forward, grabbing the girl in the red jump suit and carried her off. Hinata gave another growl before following them.

She found she wasn't able to gain on them in her gigai. She was about to drop it when Daffodil slowed for just a moment, allowing her to be right behind them.

Jumpsuit: "I really, really hate humans. . ."

Daffodil: "I know."

Jumpsuit: "I really hate Shinigami too. . ."

". . . I know. That's why I told you to wait, idiot."

Hinata gave one last burst of speed to appear in front of Daffodil and Jumpsuit. Her anger was forgotten as she felt the feeling of abandonment coming from the girl. Daffodil skidded to a stop and jumped back at her sudden appearance.

"Hinata!"

Jumpsuit squirmed around until she could see Hinata. "This is the girl we are looking for?"

"Why do you hate them?" Hinata asked.

"Huh?" Jumpsuit said.

Daffodil's eyes went wide. "You were following us!"

Hinata ignored him and instead walked forward with her eyes locked on jumpsuit.

"Why do you hate humans and Shinigami?"

Shinji mumbled under his breath, "How come we didn't notice her?"

Jumpsuit was able to break out of Daffodil's arms and jumped to the ground, planting her feet wide apart while crossing her arms. "And what's it to you?"

Hinata turned her head. "You're bitter from. . ." Hinata stopped as she tilted her head to the side, ". . . being abandoned."

Jumpsuit took a step back with wide eyes, and Daffodil looked up with shock written on his face. "How did you. . ." he asked.

Hinata had turned her head to the side though, "Ulqui!" She vanished in the next moment, leaving Shinji and Hiyori standing there watching as she vanished with no trace of her spiritual pressure left behind.

. . .

Kisuke froze and turned to face north. It was that spiritual pressure again. He had noticed it several times throughout the years; usually it followed Hinata around and would go back just before she did. He assumed it was her brother that she always talked about. He relaxed before he remembered Hinata saying that she wouldn't go back to Hueco Mundo until her brother came for her. His eyes went wide as he frantically looked for Hinata's spiritual pressure. She was rapidly approaching her brother's spiritual pressure. "Shi. . ." The rest was lost to the wind as he set out at a rapid pace, hoping to be able to get there before she did. She couldn't go back to Hueco Mundo right now.

. . .

Hinata arrived just as the dust was settling. Ulqui was standing in the crater with a tall man with a large white cone above his head. He was giving off an evil feel that scared her slightly. Ulqui also looked different; he was wearing a white outfit that showed off his hole unlike his normal green clothes. She watched in horror as the scary man took a deep breath, eating hundreds of souls around them.

Hinata's eyes went wide as she let out a deafening scream.

Ulquiorra looked over with a lazy gaze to see who was yelling. When his eyes fell on Hinata, they went wide. She wasn't supposed to be here. He sent a look to 5 to make sure he wasn't looking before running to Hinata. He felt his heart wrench at the horror in her eyes. She turned those eyes to him; they begged for him to tell her why. All he could do was say, "I'm sorry," before slamming his hand into the back of her head and knocking her unconscious.

Ulquiorra went back to where he had been standing originally in a heartbeat so that when 5 looked back with a look of disgust on his face it was as if Ulquiorra had never moved. He kept his voice flat as he said, "What did you expect from weak spirits?" Ulquiorra hadn't wanted Hinata to see this, but he had to do it for the sake of keeping her hidden. He kept talking to the insufferable arrancar he had been sent on this mission with. He felt a spike in a weak spiritual pressure that was struggling to live. He was about to point it out when he turned and noticed that it was one of Hinata's friends. Skillfully, he stepped to block her from view. He raised his spiritual pressure to knock the girl out. He made sure not to kill her though. Once he was positive her spiritual pressure was too weak for 5 to notice, he spoke up, "We are never going to find him if we stay here. Let's go."

They began to walk when 5 suddenly stopped. "Why, what do we have here?" He stopped in front of the prone shape of Hinata's friend before a maniac look crossed his face.

Ulquiorra cursed in his head. He was about to step forward when another of Hinata's friends appeared and blocked 5's attack. Ulquiorra cursed again; how was he going to be able to keep her friends alive if they seemed determined to die! Espada 5 didn't care about anything as long as he got to fight and kill. Maybe if he distracted him long enough, they would be able to get off by just being injured. Ulquiorra closed his eyes as 5's sword came down, cutting off the brown boy's arm. "Stop playing with this trash. We have bigger people to fight." He turned to walk away when 5 called out.

"It won't take much longer!" he said with a laugh.

There was nothing more he could think to do in such a short time. As much as it would hurt Hinata for her friends to die, it would hurt him a lot more if she was to be caught by Aizen and brought down to the world he was living in. He watched with interest as the girl ran back and blocked 5's attack with a shield and then began fixing the other boy's arms. He walked closer as she seemed to be summoning another object. It went flying towards 5 who had a blood thirsty look on his face. Faster then either of them noticed, Ulquiorra's hand shout out, catching the red and black winged creature. The girl gave out a yelp and the small creature began cursing at him. He looked it up and down before throwing it back to the girl who ran to catch it. Well, at least that keeps her safe.

He barely thought that before 5 ran past towards the girl. Ulquiorra didn't move this time; he had felt the approach of Hinata's brother for a while now. He wasn't surprised when 5's sword was caught by the orange haired boy. Ulquiorra gave a small sigh. This is where his real work would start.

He lost sight of the boy for a few minutes as he talked with 5 before Ulquiorra heard him yell out Bankai! There was a slight increase of spiritual pressure, but Ulquiorra wasn't impressed. He cast a quick glace off to the side where a man with a green and white hat, one of Hinata's Uncles, stood holding Hinata in his arms. That man had more suppressed spiritual pressure then her brother did right now. The man sent a nod to Ulquiorra before flash stepping away. At least she was safe for sure now. He turned back to the boy in front of him.

"He said Bankai! Hey 4, this is the guy Aizen wants right?"

"Yeah. The orange hair and the black robes, he's our target 5."

Espada 5 gave an evil chuckle before licking his blade. "Finally a real fight and," he rushed forward to meet the boy's blade, "I didn't even have to find him! Looks like you can hold my hits!"

"Are you the one who ripped off Chad's right arm? I'm going to take yours." He leapt forward but was easily blocked by 5.

"Hahahahah, you think you can take my arm with a weak assed attack like that!"

There were a few more exchanges before Ulquiorra noticed a rise in hollow spiritual pressure coming from the boy. With the rise in his spirit pressure, the boy began to take a beating. He wasn't in any danger of dying yet, so Ulquiorra was content to just watch from the side. He cast a look to the side as a flash of green ran forward and a flash made a red shield appeared and blocked 5's attack. When the shield shattered, he saw that it was Hinata's Uncle again along with her Aunt. He stared, trying to figure out why Hinata called her Aunt Kitty.

"Oh goody, more people to kill! Are you stronger than the boy?" Espada 5 asked with a sick smile crossing his face again. When no answer came, he jumped in only to find himself sent flying through the air by the Aunt.

It was entertaining to watch as the taller man was beaten down time and time again by the smaller women and how she seemed determined to ignore him. When the Uncle stepped in, Ulquiorra knew it was time for him to step in. Aizen had told them that there were two people they needed to worry about, and they were standing in front of them right now. As much as he would like to have 5 die here, Aizen would not be pleased, so when the Uncle cried out, "Cry Benihime," Ulquiorra jumped in the way and swiped his hand through the attack causing it to collapse. The Uncle's eyes went wide as he saw Ulquiorra block his attack.

Swinging his arm back, he gave 5 a solid punch to the gut, causing him to hunch over. "What are you. . ." With another jab the taller hollow fell over unconscious.

"You failed." He looked back up at the man in front of him. "Take care of her," he spoke just loud enough that he knew the Uncle would hear. With that he threw 5 over his shoulder. Turning to leave, he threw his arm out to open a garganta.

"Why did you stop me?"

He looked over his shoulder towards the Uncle. "Aizen will be mad if he loses another one."

The Uncle took another step forward. "What will you tell Aizen?"

Ulquiorra cast his eyes over to where the brother lay glaring up at him. "The 'fake' Shinigami he is so interested in is just a piece of trash unworthy of his attention." With that he stepped into the garganta and watched it close.

. . .

Hinata felt trapped in darkness. She was scared. There was so much darkness, and she couldn't find a way out. She sprang up on her mat screaming. She heard the pounding of footsteps running closer. She tried to stand up but found that her legs weren't working right. She frantically tried to crawl away. She didn't know where she was. When the door flew open, she backed into the corner to see Uncle Kisuke run towards her.

"Shhhhh, it's okay Hinata, it's okay."

Tears spilled down her face, "It's not. . . they. . . they. . . they are all. . . they are all. . . they are all dead! Ulqui. . . Ulqui just stood there. . . he stood there and watched them die!" Her wailing rose in volume as she tried to push Uncle Kisuke away.

'Shhhhh, it's okay, Hinata. Ichigo showed up and saved them. They are okay."

Hinata cried loader. "No they're not!" She pushed this time with a flare of spiritual pressure that threw Uncle Kisuke across the room. "I want my Daddy!" She was able to get to her feet this time as she ran to the door.

Uncle Kisuke was in the way again. "Hinata, calm down!"

Hinata backed away from him. She could feel her spirit begin to vibrate as it tried to leave her gigai, she but found that she couldn't. "What. . . What. . . What did you do?"

Uncle Kisuke gave an ashamed look. "It. . . It was to protect you."

Hinata found herself trapped in the corner as Uncle Kisuke kept coming closer. "Help!" she cried out as she tried to bat his hands away.

"That's enough, Kisuke."

Hinata looked up to see her dad standing in the door. She dashed past her uncle and into Isshin's waiting arms. He wrapped his arms around her tight.

Kisuke looked like he had been stabbed. Isshin sighed, "Don't feel bad, Kisuke. She had a traumatic experience and she's scared, but I think you have done enough today. I'm taking her home."

With that he picked her up in his arms and carried her, humming to her softly. She kept mumbling about how Ulqui wouldn't do such a thing and how it had been so scary.