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As soon as Yura noticed the familiar power of Cero, she ran. With all the Menos around, Ceros were being shot from every angle. Yura dodged what she could, nearly getting hit by a few. Eventually, everyone regrouped as they continued running from the Menos. "This is crazy. There's no way we can fend them all off." Yura said.
"It might be best if we retreat." Uryu said.
"I know!" Ichigo said.
"Ichigo, what do we do about Nel and her friends?" Chad asked.
"We'll save them."
"And what about Rukia?" Renji asked.
"We'll find her, too! But it'll be bad if we get lost and lose track of Nel." Suddenly, Bawabawa jumped in front of the group.
"I think he wants us to follow him." Chad said.
"Do know where Nel went?" Ichigo asked. Bawabawa grunted in response.
Yura narrowed her eyes. "You people just love taking me out of my comfort zone."
They all jumped onto Bawabawa's back. "Alright, we're counting on you!" As soon as Bawabawa began to move, Yura put her head down. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
How are you feeling?
Yura opened her eyes. She looked at everyone else. They were paying absolutely no attention. "I'll be fine. It's not like I'm injured." She whispered.
That's not what I'm asking.
"I know. Don't worry about it. I'll regain my strength. I didn't even use up that much." She was met by silence. Yura sighed. After what seemed like forever, Bawabawa stopped at what seemed to be a cave-like entrance. Everyone got down and hid behind a tree.
"That's Nel's spirit energy," Ichigo said. "You're sure they're here?"
Bawabawa nodded. "What do we do?" Chad asked.
"Barge in and hope for the best?" Yura said.
"That's the only thing I can think of. We've wasted enough time here. We need to find Rukia and leave." Renji said.
"Just hold on! We can't run in there without coming up with a-" Uryu stopped midway his sentence when he noticed that no one was listening and had already headed for the entrance.
They walked inside the cave and stopped when they noticed the emptiness. "What?"
"They're not here." Chad said.
"It was just a trace of their spirit energy. Guess they went elsewhere." Ichigo said. They all turned back around when they heard Bawabawa. "Do you know where they went, boy?" Bawabawa responded in what sounded like a yes. "Let's go!"
Yura huffed. "Here we go again."
They all hoped on and Bawabawa took off without hesitation. In no time, they stopped and hopped off. "Here?"
"Where are they?" Uryu asked.
"Up there." They all turned around, following Renji's finger as he pointed above. They all looked up to see Nel and her friends standing on the edge of a cliff.
"What the heck are they doing?" Yura asked.
"Nel, are you ok?" Ichigo called up.
Nel started shaking, tears threatening to spill from her big eyes. "Itsygo! Run away!"
They all jumped at the same time as a Cero was fired straight at them. Yura looked up and narrowed her eyes at the sight of Menos heading their way. "You're kidding." She looked up when she heard a maniacal laugh. A hollow stood next to Nel and the others with more hollow standing behind them.
"Nel!" Ichigo called.
"I was thinking we could get you with one shot, but I underestimated you. Oh well," The hollow said. "I wouldn't move if I were you, Soul Reaper. Move even an inch and these hollow will consume your friends."
"They're gonna eat us, don'tcha know."
"Save us!" Pesche yelled.
"Crap…" Ichigo said.
"Looks like they used them to only draw us out." Uryu said. "That's only part of it!" The hollow continued. "One of the guardians that Lord Aizen put in charge of the forest wants to fight Ashido on his own. So we had to separate you guys from him."
"Who the heck is Ashido?" Yura asked.
"So we led you to this spot here."
Suddenly all of the Menos fired a Cero directly at them. Yura narrowed her eyes. This is getting old. She disappeared with Flash Step.
"What? Where'd they go?"
Uryu suddenly appeared in front of them, shooting his reishi arrows at all of the hollow, giving Ichigo, Reni, and Yura enough time to grab Nel and her friends. They all grouped together again. Pesche laughed. "Did you see how great our teamwork was?"
"Give me a break." Yura muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Now we can leave. Let's go!" Renji called. Without hesitation, Yura unsheathed her sword and smiled. Ichigo left to handle that one hollow and everyone else was left to deal with the Menos.
They all positioned themselves to get ready, when Yura stopped them. "Mind if I take care of them?" She asked.
"What are you talking about?" Renji asked.
"You can't fight them all off." Uryu said.
Yura only grinned. "Watch me." Yura took off, full of energy. "Ready, Dena?"
Whenever you are.
"Let's go!" Yura yelled out loud raising her zanpakuto high above her head. Electricity crackled around the blade as her power began to increase, her eyes flashing an electric blue. She let out a battle cry as she swung her zanpakuto horizontally all the way across, cutting down each Menos with a single bolt of lightning. They all froze and dissolved into the air. Yura landed on the ground, her eyes returning to their light purple. She turned to notice everyone staring at her with wide eyes. "What?"
"You just took down all those Menos…" Renji started.
Yura shrugged and looked away. "Wasn't much of a challenge."
Ichigo met up with all of them. "What happened to the Menos?"
"Yura just killed them all single-handedly." Ichigo looked at her, but she ignored all of them.
You used a lot of energy.
"And I won't use anymore until the fight." Yura looked up to see more Menos approaching, but they stopped suddenly.
"What are they doing?" Ichigo asked.
"It seems they've stopped working together." Uryu responded.
"Doesn't matter. Let's finish them off." Yura said, immediately taking off without waiting for anyone else to say anything. She made her way into the middle of a large group of Menos, taking absolutely no time in swiftly striking them down the way she did the others. Just as quickly as she finished off that group, the other Menos were gone.
She stood there for awhile, before joining the rest of the group. "Is everyone ok?" Ichigo asked.
"Alright, how do we get out of here?" Yura asked no one in particular.
"Itsygo! Dere's a way outta here!" Nel called.
"There is?"
"That hollow said there's an exit up there!" Dondochakka said, pointing up above.
"That's a relief." Yura muttered.
"We can't just leave Rukia here." Renji said.
"Well now that we know there's an exit, we can continue looking for her." Ichigo said.
"Don't bother." Everyone turned around at the sound of a familiar voice. Rukia stood there, looking unharmed.
"Rukia."
Rukia smiled. "Sorry to have worried all of you." She said.
A man walked up and stood behind Rukia. Everyone gave him wary looks. "Who's he?"
"This is Ashido. He's also a Soul Reaper. He helped me and agreed to accompany me here."
"All the way? So the exit really is nearby."
"You didn't believe us?" Dondochakka asked.
Everyone turned and watched as the three hollow threw a fit and were yelling in outrage. Yura sighed. "Can we please go? I'm tired of this place."
"Ichigo, we're here to rescue Orihime. We need to leave."
"Finally, someone gets it." Yura muttered under her breath.
"Ashido knows where the exit is."
"We should hurry." Ashido said.
Yura turned her head. "Hey, think the worm can get us up there?"
"Now you want to get on the thing after complaining so much." Renji said.
"Shut up. I just want to get out of here."
Everyone got on Bawabawa, holding on tightly as he climbed straight up the side of the wall. They reached the top in no time. "The exit is up ahead." Ashido said.
"Is this where we came in?" Ichigo asked.
"No, it's a different area. Once you get out, just follow the flow of the sand. You'll reach the surface."
"Great. Let's go." They all started running for the exit ahead when there was an explosion behind them.
They all turned to see Menos and the previous hollow at the opening. "I won't forgive you, damned Soul Reaper."
Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "You…you're still alive?"
The Menos suddenly began to charge a Cero. "Come on already! I'm so tired of this!" Yura said. Yura, Ichigo, and Renji took off at the same time, but their way was blocked by Ashido who blocked a Cero.
"Get out of here! You need to go!"
"Ashido!" Rukia came running as well. Ashido blocked another Cero, but it ricocheted off the shield and hit the roof.
"Crap, it's gonna collapse!" Renji said.
"Ashido, hurry up!" Rukia called.
Ashido blocked another Cero and turned his head. "I'll catch up! Just go!" The ceiling collapsed, putting a wall in between everyone and Ashido. Rukia looked through the hole that was left open.
"We have to go, Rukia!" Yura said, grabbing Rukia's arm and pulling her away.
"Ashido!" Rukia cried out.
The group continued running and eventually made their way out of the cave and back outside into the desert. While the three hollow cheered in relief from escaping the forest, everyone else gathered around a mourning Rukia. "Ashido said that the Adjuchas' have become stronger. I never had the chance to tell him that another Soul Reaper is using the Hogyoku to work with hollows and possibly change the world. Ashido has been down there for hundreds of years…fighting off the hollow."
Ichigo stepped forward and knelt down beside Rukia. "We're gonna steal the Hogyoku after we rescue Orihime."
"Hey!" Everyone turned their attention to the hollow in the background. Nel was waving her arms as she stood on top of Bawabawa. "We need ta go!"
She called. Everyone then looked back at Rukia as she stood up. "Yeah. Let's go." They all turned and started walking toward the hollow.
Yura walked beside Rukia and looked at her. "Hey, will you be ok?" Rukia didn't look at her, just simply nodded. Yura sighed and eventually climbed the giant hollow.
As soon as they all piled on, Bawabawa took off for Las Noches. Yura pulled her knees to her chest, looking out in the distant at a never ending landscape of sand. Something's troubling you. Yura looked down and pressed her lips together. You don't have to talk, just listen. You can't let your guard down, Yura. The Espada you'll be fighting against…she's dangerous. If you let it get to your head-
Yura tightly shut her eyes. It won't get to my head!
Denakuma was hesitant to continue. Please calm down. Just remember the consequences and be careful. Yura rested her head on her knees and waited for them to arrive at Las Noches.
As soon as they made it, Yura actually hesitated in getting off. Denakuma's words echoed in her mind and she couldn't ignore them as much as she tried. She finally jumped off of the hollow and stared up at the huge wall in front of her. "This is…Las Noches?" She asked.
Rukia walked up to the wall and set her hand against it. "What's with this wall? It doesn't seem to be made of Sekkiseki." Rukia pointed out.
"Then we can get through easy, right?" Yura asked.
"Then all we have to do is blast our way through it," Ichigo said. "Let's go, Renji!" He said, both unsheathing their zanpakutos'.
"Don't order me around, idiot."
Yura narrowed her eyes. "Do you think it's such a good idea to let a couple idiots break down a wall?" She asked, but Ichigo and Renji easily ignored her as they broke down the wall with force.
There were cracks before the space came down and sand and dust flew all around. "Did we break through?" Ichigo asked.
Yura scoffed and walked forward. "Of course you did."
"Wait! You're just gonna walk straight in?"
Yura looked over her shoulder. "That's what we planned from the beginning, right? Or did you only break down the wall so we could admire your wonderful abilities?" Yura said sarcastically, rolling her eyes as she turned back around.
"What're you doing?" Yura turned back when she heard Nel. "The front is dat way! It's only a three day walk!"
"We're not exactly welcome here, dummy. We can't walk in through the front." Ichigo said.
"We can't waste three days either." Renji added.
"Nel," Nel looked at Ichigo. "Thank you for bringing us this far. But you shouldn't continue on with us, otherwise you'll be branded a traitor. This is goodbye. Later."
With that Ichigo turned around and began running through the dark cave with everyone else following. "Heh. Didn't think you could do it."
Ichigo turned his head to look at Yura. "What're you talking about?"
Yura smirked. "Come on, you can't be an idiot all the time. You told her to stay behind. I didn't think you could do it. You seem pretty attached."
Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "Just shut up."
"Itsygo!"
"Huh?" Everyone suddenly stopped and turned as they listened to the faraway ranting of Nel. Her small footsteps echoed throughout the tunnel and she was yelling about taking her with them, that she was already branded a traitor and that it didn't matter.
"What is she even saying?" Renji muttered.
"I think she wants us to worry about her." Chad said.
"Don't go! Don't go! Please, please, please, please don't go!" She screamed.
Ichigo sighed in frustration. "All right already, I get-" He stopped midsentence when Nel's voice seemed to get farther and farther away.
"Her voice is getting fainter. It sounds like she fell." Uryu said.
"What do you mean she fell?" Ichigo suddenly took off the way they came.
"Hey, Ichigo!" Rukia called, following.
"Tch. They're so much trouble." Yura said as the rest of them took off as well.
They all stopped when they noticed Ichigo, Pesche, and Dondochakka sitting on the ground. "What are you fools doing?" Rukia asked.
"Right. Where's Nel?" Ichigo asked.
"We were chasing after her." Pesche responded.
"Don'tcha know." Dondochakka added.
"Then where is she?"
"Ichigo, over here." Chad called. All of them gathered around what seemed to be a hole in the ground.
"What's this?"
"Did the floor collapse?" Renji asked.
"It's obviously been here for awhile," Yura said. "No way would it decide to collapse now."
"It was probably part of a vent in the walls or something," Uryu said, observing it. "It looks like she fell down there."
"That kid… We've been falling down holes ever since we got to Hueco Mundo." Ichigo said.
"What should we do?" Chad asked.
"We don't exactly have a choice. We can't just leave them."
"Those three sure are a problem." Renji said.
"Oh boy…" Uryu started.
Yura locked her fingers together and cracked her knuckles over her head as she stretched. "Well, standing here won't get us very far."
"Let's go!" Without hesitating, Ichigo jumped down below. Everyone else took a second to decide what they were going to do before descending down the ladder. As they went farther down, they could hear Nel and Ichigo yelling at each other.
"What are they doing?" Rukia asked.
"Most likely goofing off." Renji said.
"Another pair of idiots. At least Nel has an excuse, she's just a kid." Yura said.
Suddenly, Uryu turned. "Everyone, jump down!" He yelled. When they all looked up, they noticed piles of debris and stone were falling toward them.
"Crap!" Yura said. All of them jumped down from the ladder.
"Kurosaki, run!" Uryu yelled, noticing Ichigo and Nel sitting down. Everyone ran to a safe distance from the avalanche of rocks. Once they were safe they watched as Ichigo was buried beneath the large rocks.
"That was close, don'tcha know."
"Very close." Pesche agreed.
"Itsygo, are you ok?" Nel called.
Ichigo erupted from the rocks, obviously annoyed. "You son of a…" He started.
"Anyway, let's go." Rukia said.
"We'll look for a staircase or something." Chad said, as they turned to leave.
"Sounds like a plan." Yura agreed.
They found themselves walking down a dark tunnel for what seemed like forever. "It sure is dark down here." Ichigo said.
"Scared of the dark, are we, Ichi?" Yura teased, smirking at him.
"Won't you shut up already?" Ichigo said, narrowing his eyes.
"Heh! Just leave it to me!" Renji said, obviously gloating.
"What, you've got some trick up your sleeve?"
"If you work on it, you can use kido at a time like this. Shakkaho!" He yelled, holding his hands in front of him as a small ball of red light emanated from his hands. Everyone stared, not impressed whatsoever as the light grew smaller.
"Eh…that's pretty small, don't you think?" Uryu asked. "I never realized that you were so modest."
"Fool. That's what you get for being cocky and attempting to do something beyond your ability." Rukia said, rolling her eyes.
Yura attempted to hide her laughed, but failed. "Leave it to Renji to screw simple things up. Guess your short minded brain couldn't handle it."
"Don't let it get to you," Ichigo said, putting a hand on Renji's shoulder. "If you think about it, it's like that song. The one about the reindeer who helped Santa with his bright red nose."
"Shut up already!"
Yura stepped forward, cracking her neck, a smirk planted on her face. "Give your brain a rest, Renji, and let the big kids get a shot at it." Yura held out her hand, palm facing up. Everyone stared and waited and watched as sparks formed.
"Heh? That's it? That's more pathetic than my-" Renji stopped when a giant ball of blue light formed in the palm of Yura's hand. It crackled with electricity, but it was so bright, nearly blinding everyone.
Yura turned her head and smirked. "What was that, Abarai?"
"Shut up." He muttered. Still smiling, Yura took the lead as everyone followed.
"What's up with this place? Was this building here before Aizen?" Ichigo asked.
"I think that Lord Aizen built the upper part of the building, I'm not sure bout da basement." Nel said.
"It doesn't seem like anyone uses it anymore." Uryu said.
"Well, it doesn't really matter. We need to hurry and get back up to the surface."
"Huh? I saw something shiny, don'tcha know! I'll go check it out!" Dondochakka said, turning down a different path and leaving the group with Nel and Pesche.
"Hey! Wait!" Ichigo called.
Everyone else turned. "Really? How many times are we gonna do this?" Yura complained, walking down the other hall with everyone.
They came to a dead end, but stopped at a giant, metal door. Uryu walked up to it. "It certainly looks like it's made out of a different material than the rest of this area," He said. "So beyond this, must be the newer part of the building. In other words, we'll be entering a building that's in use. So maybe we should think things through-"
"I'm tired of waiting around all damn day!" Yura said, pushing her way through.
"Wait, Yura!" Ichigo called, but she didn't listen.
She put her hand on the door. The light that was in her hand eventually grew even brighter, and with a crackling sound, the light exploded, busting down the door. Yura turned toward everyone, her eyes narrowed. She held up her hand with the blue light in it. "If anyone has a problem I suggest you speak now or forever hold your peace."
Everyone stood there as the blood drained from their faces. "N-no. Let's just continue."
Yura turned back. "Oh look, a staircase." She said.
"And another door." Chad said.
Yura held up her hand again. "Do you mind?" She asked.
Everyone took a step back. "Go on." They said.
Yura rolled her eyes and walked up the stairs. "Wimps." She muttered. When she got to the door at the top she took a deep breath. "Just stand down there for a second!" She called down. She held out her hand toward the door. "Kyuu Isei." She said. The light grew bigger and the electricity in the air caused her hair to raise all around her. The lightning bolt exploded out of her hand, blasting down the door and the other walls in the way. Yura smiled to herself and dusted off her hands. She looked down the staircase. "You guys can come up now." She waited for all of them to run up the stairs before continuing.
"You destroyed all of these walls with one blow?" Rukia asked.
Yura shrugged. "They're just walls."
The group continued walking and found themselves in the middle of the room. "Finally, somewhere descent." Ichigo said.
"The path splits six different ways." Uryu pointed out.
"Nice spot we ended up in, huh?" Renji said.
All of them froze at the sudden sense of powerful spirit energy. "Looks like we'll have to check out each path." Uryu said.
"Tch. You're kidding, right?" Yura asked, turning to him.
"What?"
"We don't have the kind of time to check each one as a group."
"We should each take a path ourselves." Rukia said.
"What are you saying?" Ichigo yelled. "We're up against the Espada. We should just stick together! If we split up-"
"Cut it out already," Renji said, getting in between Ichigo and Rukia. "It's insulting when you worry about protecting someone on the battle field."
Rukia closed her eyes. "Ichigo, you probably said that because you're worried about me, but that's so unlike you. I've told you countless times that I can take care of myself. I didn't come here for you to protect me."
Ichigo stared down at her, looking as if he was about to argue. Then he gave up. "Fine, I get it. We'll just take different paths, then."
There was silence between the group until Renji broke it. "Alright! I've got something that'll bring us good luck."
"Good luck?"
"Tch. Don't screw this up either, Renji." Yura muttered.
"Don't you ever shut up?" He yelled. Then he took a deep breath, regaining his composure. "Yeah. It's a tradition the Thirteen Court Guard Squads would do right before battle. No one does it anymore. But this seems like the perfect time to give it a try," Renji stuck his hand out. "Alright! Everyone put their hand on mine! I don't like it either, so don't give me that look!" Everyone hesitated for a second, before putting their hands' in.
Renji took a deep breath before going on, "We're about to head into battle! Believe, our blades will not shatter! Believe, our souls will not be cut! Even if our steps separate, our iron will remains solid! Promise! Even if the ground may split, we will come back alive to this place!" They all brought their hands down and in one fluid motion; they turned and each individual ran down a different path.
A/N: tada. and so they're on their way to fight the Espada. how interesting. ^^ please review