Hollow's Remorse

by Has No Name

Ichigo discovered a Hollow like none other. The Hollow, that many claim is immortal, is more powerful than any Hollow he has ever seen. However, the Hollow calls people by different names, and has memories of a different world. Now the Soul Society is after the Hollow, and, unexpectedly, so are the Arrancar. It is up to Ichigo, and a selected few to save the world...or die trying.

8. Discoveries

Yes! I finally finished this long chapter! I am so tired after writing this. I hope this is great chapter, because I spent hours writing this one.

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marc, T00STr00nG, hiddenworldwalker, Umbra8191, jokers wildcard, darkyamato, ZxZ Fic Hunter, and Silvdra-zero.

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Naruto looked up at the familiar energy that was Itachi. Though he couldn't remember who it was really. Ever since he got to the Soul Society, he saw illusions of people he once knew though they were becoming very distant. The aura was the same as the people he knew in the Konoha. "Itachi? Do you not remember me Naruto?" the person asked, with a very calm voice. Naruto moved closer to the bars of the cell to get a better look.

"You…" Naruto hissed at the man. "I didn't think you would ever grace me with your presence after that night." Naruto gripped the bars with anger. The man sighed, and walked towards the cell looking down at the hollow with emotionless eyes.

"Byakuya Kuchiki, which is my name. Do you remember?" the man said. "You knew me as a kid…" he said. Naruto glared. Byakuya sighed again, "You hold a grudge from the past?" Byukuya's eyes fell. Naruto laughed at him.

"Oh no! I completely trust you after voted to put me in this hell hole!" Naruto yelled. His dark eyes burned through Byakuya's stale gray eyes. The head of the Kuchiki family closed his eyes.

"It was better for the Soul Society; you were not acting as yourself." Byakuya calmly stated. Naruto growled, his killing intent rose. "Naruto, I was hoping you would come to be mature about this."

"I totally forgive you. For locking me up, for having to be down here in a city that is abandoned!" Naruto hissed. Byakuya opened his eyes, his eyes held melancholy. However, his face was remote like stone.

"You hold onto such dark feelings…" Byakuya sounded sympathetic, "Do you remember any of the times we played together as children?" he asked. "Like the first time I met you."

Flashback

A young Byakuya sat in the grass of the field. He missed Yourichi, she used to talk to him and spend time with him. Well, before she was named a criminal of the Soul Society and disappeared. It left a little angry, but not as much as Sui-Feng. He didn't obsess over the woman as Sui-Feng did. He pouted. Today marked the anniversary of the day she left the Soul Society with the others. He looked about sixteen, but of course, he was over thirty years old. He laid his chin on top of his knees. His long hair up in a ponytail, with the same ribbon Yoruichi stole from him those many years ago. Byakuya had been the head of the Kuchiki family for about five years. It wasn't really a good thing skipping his duties to come and reminisce on the past. He was sitting against an apple tree. "Why did you have to go?" he mumbled. Randomly an apple fell on his head. Byakuya jumped in surprise, rubbing his head he looking up to see some kid in the tree.

"These are so good!" the kid squealed happily, he munched on the apple with great mirth. Byakuya could tell that the kid was oblivious to what had happened. "They never tasted this good at the Konoha!" he added delighted. The kid was younger than the head of the Kuchiki family, by several years. Byakuya frowned as the kid ate the apples, the fruit was from his family's tree. The kid threw the apple core carelessly. The apple core hit Byakuya in the middle of the face. The blonde gorged on another apple.

"Excuse me, but those apples belong to the Kuchiki family." Byakuya tried to stay calm, he was trying to be polite. It was what he was taught to do. Be polite, calm, and as friendly as possible. The maid at the Kuchiki manor burned that into head. The kid ignored him. His eye twitched in anger. "Excuse me-" another apple core hit him in the face. This made him angry, "HEY! That hurts you know!" the young Byakuya yelled. The kid looked over his shoulder, and down on him. His mouth occupied with an apple, while he held another in his hand. Byakuya took in a deep breath calming himself down, "You can't just eat those apples they're…" he growled when he saw that the kid was ignoring him. "HEY! LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING!" he yelled.

"hm?" the kid said with his mouth full. He swallowed the bits of apple in his mouth. the kid stared with a bored expression on his face. Byakuya was irritated beyond control. How could one be so disrespectful to a noble? The kid picked his ear, "Sorry what did you say?" Byakuya's eyes burned with a hot, white fire. The sides of the nobles mouth twitched, as he tried to calm down. Now having the kids attention, he started to talk.

"Those apples are property of the Kuchiki family, and as the family head I command you to stop eating them." Byakuya said, the kid gave him annoyed look, before going back to picking some apples off the tree, back turned. The head of the Kuchiki family growled. Not being able to use his zanpakuto, he picked the apple that hit his head and threw it at the unsuspecting kid. It hit square on, and hard. The kid nearly fell off the tree. A large, angry, red bump grew on his head. The kid turned with an agitated look on his face.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" the kid yelled. Byakuya coughed clearing his throat closing his eyes. Maybe this kid had a temper that would rival his own. Byakuya was about to repeat himself, but an apple hit his forehead So hard that it sent Byakuya to the ground. His anger reached its peak. He sat up from the ground, his forehead red. The kid smiled, happy of what he just did.

"HOW DARE YOU HIT THE HEAD OF THE KUCHIKI FAMILY! YOU STUPID BLONDE!" Byakuya roared, jumping to his feet. His hands turned into fists. The blonde growled in response taking another apple and throwing it. Byakuya dodged it, picked up the apple that hit him, and threw it back. With quick, precise aim. The blond caught it, with one easy movement. Then proceed to take a bite out of it. Byakuya teemed with anger. The kid jumped down from the tree, landing with grace. Byakuya noted how short the kid was.

"Look, kid." The short boy said, jabbing his finger into Byakuya's chest. "I don't care if you own these trees." Byakuya face grew very dark. This boy had a death wish. "The apples are damn good, and I'll take what I want." Byakuya was about to strangle the kid, but his eyes widened. The boy was incredibly pale. His cloths consisted of a tattered black jacket, that was open to reveal some strange tattoo on his stomach and pants that were baggy and very loose. He noticed how three scars on each cheek, and stunning sea blue eyes. The blonde hair much differed from his pale skin. There were shackles around the wrists and ankles of the kid, and they were too big for his very skinny body. Byakuya wondered if he was talking to some one who had lived and died in a cave. The last thing that caught Byakuya's eye was the hole through his chest. "Got it?"

"Hollow." Byakuya took out his zanpakuto and took stance into fighting. His gaze deadly and ready to fight. The kid's eyes widened. Byakuya swung his zanpakuto at the hollow. The hollow jumped away. Byakuya's eyes narrowed and ran at the hollow. The hollow jumped over the Kuchiki head, using the teen's head to help him maneuver over. The hollow accidently taking Byakuya's ribbon with him. The hollow landed gracefully, and looked at the ribbon. Byakuya's eyes widened, feeling his hair touching his face.

"I don't want to fight." The hollow said steadily. He looked at the ribbon, "Where did this come from." Byakuya growled and charged at the hollow. "H-Hey!" the hollow moved to the side, "Listen!" dodging another swipe of the zanpakuto, "I d-don't-" dodging another, "Want to-" another, "Fight!" Byakuya growled irritably seeing how the hollow keeping avoiding his attacks. "Geez! I told you I-" suddenly the zanpakuto stabbed through the hollow. The kid's expression was bewilderment. Byakuya smiled proudly.

"You shouldn't talk when you fight, you'll get yourself killed." Byakuya withdrew his blade from the hollow. He frowned, he felt a little guilty for killing the kid. There was a sudden poof of smoke, and where the hollow once was a log sat. "W-WHAT!" Byakuya yelled. He looked around for the hollow. The head of the Kuchiki family had never seen anything like this. He felt something on his shoulder; he looked to see the boy standing on his shoulder. Byakuya wondered how the boy was so light.

"I told you, I don't want to fight." He jumped off the Kuchiki's shoulder and onto the ground. Byakuya swung the zanpakuto, only to receive a hard chop to his wrist. His zanpakuto fell from his hands and the hollow grabbed it. Byakuya held his wrist, he grimaced as he rubbed it tenderly. The young Byakuya felt cold metal against his neck. The hollow had no emotion in his eyes. Byakuya wondered if the hollow was going to kill him. The hollow then took the sword and stabbed it into the ground. Byakuya's zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, was halfway into the earth. "Now if you are going to be rational…" the hollow heard the Kuchiki give out a war cry and run at him. The hollow rolled his eyes. Byakuya threw a punch at the hollow when he was close enough. The hollow sidestepped, and tripped the boy. Byakuya eyes widened when he saw the pond, he landed face first into the cold water. The Kuchiki pond was fairly deep. About six feet. The fish quickly swam away from the Kuchiki. He resurfaced, to find the hollow grinning.

"YOU-!" Byakuya stopped when he heard the hollow start laughing. Byakuya heard how happy the hollow was. He was stunned, at how warm the hollow's laughter was. The hollow bending over gripping his sides because of how hard he was laughing. Byakuya frowned, blushing form his clumsiness. "You are a jerk." The Kuchiki stated, and the hollow wiped away a tear from his eye. The hollow was smiling brightly. Byakuya couldn't help but feel happiness rise in his chest.

"Sorry, couldn't resist." The hollow held out a hand, Byakuya grabbed his hand "Now hopefully you are ration-" Byakuya pulled the hollow in. Another splash was heard, and The head of the Kuchiki winced as the cold water splashed onto his face. When the hollow resurfaced, he was angry, "What the hell was that-" Byakuya laughed at the kid. The hollow's anger dissolved, and turned into happiness. He laughed along with Byakuya. It took a few moments for it to die down.

"You should have seen you face!" Byakuya smiled at the kid. The hollow smiled widely. His eyes showed great joy for living. The Kuchiki wondered how this kid could be a hollow at all. He sure didn't act like it. The hollow brought up his hand, showing Byakuya his ribbon. It was soaking wet. The hollow had a sheepish grin, rubbing the back of his head.

"Err, sorry back your ribbon…" he chuckled a little nervous. Byakuya looked at the ribbon and then the hollow. The hollow jumped a bit when he felt water splash onto his face. Byakuya grinned and splashed the kid again. The hollow smirked. The two started to splash each other. Suddenly a woman came running from the direction of the apple tree. She seemed very unhappy.

"KUCHIKI-SAMA!" she yelled, Byakuya shrank into the water. The hollow didn't look too thrilled when he saw another person running with her. It was a short, white-haired boy, and by the looks of it, he was furious. "KUCHIKI-SAMA! YOU ARE SOAKING WET!" the old maid shrieked. Byakuya sighed and got out of the pond and the maid fumed. "First I can't find you, and now you are running amuck outside with this boy and you are soaking wet! You have plenty of work to do today! You have an appointment with the head of the Nobunari family! I have to have you cleaned in twenty minutes!" she kept going but Byakuya watched at the hollow trying to hide himself from the other kid.

"Naruto, I know you are in there. There's no point in trying to hide." The boy growled. he had a murderous look in his eye. Byakuya finally knew the hollow's name. Naruto head popped out from the cattails. "Get out." He said Naruto looked rather fearful, but obeyed. "YOU IDIOT!" the kid yelled grabbing onto Naruto jacket. At least Byakuya's maid was merciful. "THE FIRST DAY YOU ARE FINALLY OUT OF THE PRISON AND YOU DECIDE TO RUN OFF SOME WHERE AND ATTACK THE HEAD OF THE KUCHIKI CLAN! THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IF I COULDN'T FIND YOU! NOW LOOK AT YOURSELF YOU ARE A TOTAL MESS! I'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE KUCHIKI AND-" Byakuya stopped the boy from shaking Naruto to death.

"It's ok." Byakuya stated, "Actually I had a good time." Byakuya smiled. The white-haired boy seemed rather surprised, eyes wide. The boy nodded, and bowed to Byakuya, still having a firm grip on Naruto's jacket. "My name is Byakuya Kuchiki. It's nice to meet you Naruto." Naruto smiled.

"Nice to meet you Bya-kun." The white-haired boy punched Naruto in the side with his fist.

"Show some respect!" the boy yelled. He sighed, bowing again, "My name is Toshiro Hitsugaya. I was ordered to watch over Naruto." He looked at the nearly dead Naruto, "I am sorry for his rudeness. He has no manners." Toshiro said politely, but emotionless.

"Now, Kuchiki-sama. We need to go." His maid dragged him away. The two were stopped by Naruto who held Byakuya's arm. He looked into Naruto's sea blue eyes. He had a smile on.

"You forgot your ribbon." Naruto placed the red ribbon into Byakuya's hand. Byakuya smiled back and death gripped the ribbon as if it would disappear. Naruto was pulled back by Hitsugaya, who began lecturing him the correct way to greet nobles. Naruto looked at Byakuya with a big smiling, forcing his eyes shut. Byakuya attention was then directed to his maid. Who was telling him about the head of the Nobunari clan. He looked at the ribbon and smiled. Today would no longer be a sorrowful day.

End of flashback

"That was a long time ago. We both have changed." Naruto said, baring his teeth. Byakuya held out an apple. Naruto looked confused, and Byakuya did something very rare. The man smiled. Naruto hadn't seen this in fifty years.

"You may not think me as a friend any more, but I can still be kind to you." Byakuya said with a gentle voice. "We might have changed, but I still see that boy I met those many years ago. No matter how many times you deny it." He showed Naruto a red ribbon. "It may be childish…but I want to hold onto those who are precious to me." Naruto eyes softened a bit from the harsh glare. The hollow didn't know what to think. Byakuya lowered down to Naruto's height. Taking Naruto's hand, he placed the apple and ribbon in his hand. Byakuya then squeezed the boy's hand. The head of the Kuchiki clan then stood up and walked away. Naruto was at loss.

"Bya-kun!" Naruto seemed frantic. Byakuya looked back. Naruto didn't know what to say, but didn't know how to express it. Byakuya patiently waited for Naruto to speak. "I still haven't forgiven you." Naruto finally said. This hurt Byakuya, but he had to accept that this new Naruto had been through betrayal more than once. A broken spirit that could never die. A truly horrible life. He sighed, this was Byakuya's own doing. The Kuchiki gave Naruto a sad smile.

"I already knew this." Byakuya said before leaving Naruto, "Doesn't mean I can't hope…" he whispered. Naruto looked at what Byakuya gave him, and sighed. He blinked and felt a tear run down. He gazed at the gifts, and laughed quietly to himself. He felt so conflicted. He looked at the ceiling with teary eyes.

"What the hell's wrong with me?" he tried to wipe the tears away, "What happened to the Naruto I once was?" he asked himself. His answer was the cold silence of his cell. He wanted to rip the ribbon to shreds, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. His hands shook as he tried to pull apart the ribbon. A horrible twisting feeling sprang inside his chest. He cried. He didn't know what was going on. The ribbon fell to the cell ground. His heart was split. He didn't know what he really felt. "We both have changed Itachi." He sobbed. He looked at the ribbon again and picked it up gently, brought to his face, tears falling onto the red fabric. Trying to remember the first time he meet Itachi in his past, only to find it blank.

"In the end you changed for the better." Naruto whispered holding the ribbon against his chest, "Sasuke would have been so happy…"

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"N-Naruto almost killed me?" Yachiru asked. Kenpachi was still glaring. Yachiru became quiet, which was rare. Kenpachi snorted.

"Don't tell me you sympathize with that hollow?" Kenpachi growled. Ichigo gave the tall man a firm nod. "If he ever shows himself to me I will kill him myself." He gripped his zanpakuto.

"You can't be serious." Ichigo glared at Kenpachi. The man smiled wryly, "Naruto hasn't been himself. I'm sure that he didn't want to kill Yachiru."

"You weren't there. His eyes full of lust for blood, already killing hundreds." Kenpachi stated, "I would call that a monster."

"Naruto wouldn't do that." Ichigo said, but his heart betrayed his own words. You're just like me. Were the words that echoed in Ichigo's mind. Kenpachi laughed.

"Oh, want to bet?" Kenpachi eyed the teen. Ichigo wondered if Naruto's words were directly meant to Ichigo. Sure they had similar qualities, but was there another quality that both had hidden inside them? Ichigo eyes widened.

"Hollow." Ichigo said. Kenpachi was confused.

"What?" Kenpachi asked. Ichigo knew that Naruto was a hollow, but did he hold a problem similar to him. His hollow tried to take control over his body. Did Naruto have this problem? "I told you not to ignore me!" Kenpachi growled.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go!" Ichigo said, but Kenpachi grabbed him.

"I'm not going to allow you to help that monster. Not without a fight." Kenpachi took out his zanpakuto. Ichigo growled in a feral way. This caught Kenpachi off guard.

"I don't have time to deal with you." A strange voice came from Ichigo. His eyes flashing a gold color. Kenpachi looked amused.

"This will be fun." Kenpachi smiled.

"Stop." Toshiro walked between the two. Kenpachi rolled his eyes, "This is pointless." Hitsugaya told Kenpachi and Ichigo.

"I don't have to listen to you-" Kenpachi felt Yachiru jump next to Toshiro.

"Kenny. Don't fight." She held her arms out, "Let Ichigo help Naruto."

"What? Yachiru you can't be serious." Kenpachi looked at the little girl. She smiled.

"Ken-chan, if Ichigo says that Naruto wouldn't do that. I believe him." Yachiru said, "Besides, I want to meet Naruto. I would see if he really is the monster you say he is." She smiled. Kenpachi was at loss, he sighed.

"It would be your decision." Kenpachi said, "I don't entirely agree with it, but I'm not the one who was almost killed by his hand."

"I know you want to protect me Ken-chan, but we both know that death can't be avoided. I am still alive though. My time hasn't come yet." She smiled, Kenpachi nodded. Toshiro let out a long breath. "You can go Icchi." She said.

"Thanks." Ichigo ran past the group, "Toshiro, you better explain some things when I get back!" Ichigo yelled. Hitsugaya smirked, and turned to Kenpachi.

"There is a reason why I stopped you two." Toshiro started, "It's about Naruto's release. The council meeting is going to be in two days." Hitsugaya told Kenpachi.

"I imagine you are siding with Naruto?" Yachiru jumped back onto Kenpachi's shoulder.

"Of course, as his care taker, I you would think I wouldn't approve of the council locking him away forever." Hitsugaya eyes held their iciness. Kenpachi's brow rose and he smiled.

"Of course." Kenpachi said, looking to Yachiru, "What do you think?"

"Nope! I don't it's fair to lock someone up forever!" The pink-haired girl pouted, "Stupid council."

"There's your answer." Kenpachi told Hitsugaya.

"You have my thanks." Hitsugaya bowed slightly, "I'm sure all the captains will agree."

"You hope they do." Kenpachi smirked, "I wouldn't care if Naruto was locked up forever." Hitsugaya glared at the 11th division captain and left the man. After Toshiro went away, Kenpachi recalled the memory of the day Naruto nearly killed his daughter.

Kenpachi was walking around the Soul Society, it was a quiet evening. He had been the captain of the 11th division for about thirty years. He felt a something tug at his hair. He looked to see Yachiru smiling happily, Kenpachi rolled his eyes. "Kids." He mumbled. The girl learned to talk this year, though sometimes she didn't make any sense. Kenpachi wondered why kids were so talkative. Yachiru was with Kenpachi for about forty-five years. Since shinigami lived longer, aging didn't happen very fast at all. The captain didn't really get kids. From the day he took her in, he didn't know all the responsibilities. How was he supposed to know that you had to clean them? Or feed them? He never remembered his childhood. He looked at the sky, and saw what he thought a shooting star. He squinted at it, only to find it wasn't a star. Whatever it was he knew it wasn't good. When the thing hit the ground, it exploded. He jumped away, only to see that there were even more. They exploded on even the slightest disturbance. Kenpachi saw as the buildings were now on fire. The Soul Society was under attack. He looked to see Yachiru reach out to one of the strange exploding fragments. "Shit." Kenpachi swore he pulled Yachiru into his arms protecting her from the explosion. He felt his back sting.

"Zaraki-taichou!" Ikkaku yelled, Kenpachi grimaced. Ikkaku ran over to his captain. Kenpachi glared at Ikkaku, the bald man knew to back off. Yamichika was not to far from Ikkaku.

"Most the Soul Society is under flame." Yumichika told him. Kenpachi wondered who could have done this.

"I want to meet whoever did this…it seems like it would be a great fight." Kenpachi smirked. Ikkaku gave him a wary look, "He must be very powerful." Ikkaku nodded.

"Zaraki-taichou. We should help with the fires." Yumichika reminded him. Kenpachi growled, but nodded. Kenpachi began to help Ikkaku, Yumichika, and other shinigami with putting out the fires. He felt an immense spiritual energy come closer to them about fifteen minutes into working. He looked up to see a small hollow, with three red tails, and a black mask.

"Well it seems the enemy shows itself." Kenpachi placed Yachiru down and ran towards the hollow. The hollow was busy attacking some weak shinigami and Kenpachi used this to his advantage. He jumped up, using his zanpakuto, was going to cut straight threw the hollow but the hollow disappeared. Zaraki ended up cutting into a building. He smiled darkly; this opponent would be fun to tangle with.

"Ah, if it isn't one of the shinigami captains." The hollow laughed. Kenpachi launched another forward attack, this time the hollow caught the blade with his hand. The hollow's hand bled as the hollow gripped the sword. The hollow threw Kenpachi back. The injury started to sizzle and heal. Zaraki smile increased in size.

"This will be fun." Zaraki attacked again and the hollow dodged. The hollow grabbed Kenpachi's arm and threw him to the ground. Zaraki got up and slashed at the hollow's torso. The hollow grunted and jumped back. Kenpachi watched as again the hollow's injury healed with a small bit of steam rising from the healed injury.

"It's useless." The hollow told the captain, but Zaraki just kept smiling. Kenpachi charged again, and this time the hollow countered his attack and punched Kenpachi in the gut. The sent the captain to stumble a bit. This truly was a formidable foe.

"Let's see how you can compare with this?" Zaraki took off his eye patch. Kenpachi thought this was only to have a fair fight. His power increased greatly causing the hollow to fault a little. The pressure brought the hollow to its knees. Zaraki used the opening to try to hurt the hollow. The hollow looked up and before Kenpachi could land a blow, the hollow fired a cero, but it was not very powerful. Zaraki grimaced feeling the cero tearing away at his chest. He fell back, rolling on the ground.

"Don't think you can cut me down that easy." The hollow laughed. The hollow stood and then at the downed Kenpachi. The 11th division captain stood up, only to the hollow right in front of him. The hollow gave the captain a harsh blow to the face; once again, Zaraki hit the ground. The hollow picked the captain up by his neck. "I thought you would be more fun." The hollow complained. Kenpachi noticed that the mask was not complete. A blue eye was shown through the incomplete mask. The hollow heard a giggle and looked to see a small girl with pink hair at his feet. "What's this? A little girl lost her way from her family…or did I kill them already?"

"Yachiru." Kenpachi glared at the girl. The girl had never once walked into his fight, so why now? The hollow looked back at Kenpachi, and then the girl. The hollow threw Zaraki into the ground again, creating a small crater. The hollow picked up the small girl and laughed. Kenpachi for once felt fear, as the hollow inspected the tiny girl.

"You know this girl, ne? Yachiru is it?" The hollow cackled. The girl merely smiled at the face of death. He gripped the girl around the neck and Kenpachi growled and tried to attack the hollow. The hollow, however, punched the captain back down into the ground. "I want to see your head pop off. Let's see if your dear old dad can handle to watch his dear little girl die." He applied pressure to the girl's neck causing the small girl to choke.

"Let her go!" Zaraki jumped to his feet and swung his word at the hollow. The hollow disappeared and reappeared a few feet away. The girl body trembled, and tears ran from her eyes. "I'll kill you!" Kenpachi ran at the hollow. When Kenpachi was two feet away, a small sphere grew in the palm of the hollow's hand it was had blue and red swirling around.

"Rasengan." The hollow said with quiet voice. The sphere slammed into the captains chest, but the hollow seemed to have restrained itself. With the attack the hollow used, it could have gone through Zaraki's chest. The hollow instead wanted the captain to suffer. The hollow laughed as the girl's face started to have a blue tint to it. Kenpachi watched weakly.

"K-Ken-n…" the girl called meekly. The hollow's mask appeared to have a grin. Kenpachi once again tried to move, but his body protested. He could only watch in horror as the hollow slowly suffocated his daughter. She tried to draw in one last breath, the hollow cackled.

"Naruto!" Hitsugaya slashed at the hollow. The hollow in surprise dropped the girl; she fainted from lack of oxygen. Kenpachi's killing intent rose, he wanted to destroy the hollow, but he couldn't move.

"You ruined my fun with Zabuza!" Naruto growled and took off into the sky, the new captain of the 10th division took off after him.

"Zabuza eh?"

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Izuru Kira pressed his hand against his forehead; he had been having major headaches all day. "Stupid visions." He hissed, one of the members of the 3rd division offered to help him, but he declined. He found no point in people worrying about him. He had been lying in room for an hour and the images of a strange place had been haunting him. Holding his head, he growled in irritation. Another strange vision building in his head.

He was lying in the grass, looking at the sky. In the middle of a park, he had never seen before. He was alone. He was obviously bored if he staring at the clouds. He sighed; the other kids on the playground were being too noisy. He felt another kid sit next to him, he smiled, "How's it going chouji?" he asked.

"I'm hungry." He stated, he was quite fat for a boy. Who ever Izuru was smiled, knowing that Chouji would this. "What about you Shikamaru?"

"It's too noisy. I can concentrate." Shikamaru heard his mother call, "What a drag. I have to go deal with that woman." He stood up and walked towards the woman that was his mother.

Izuru got up and walked out of his room stumbling. Kira wondered who was the pineapple-haired boy was. He felt some deep connection with him, but he didn't know what was going on. He felt the pressure build in his head. He opened the screen door to only fall out of his room. Groaning he smirked, "What am I going to die now?" he, shaking, stood up.

"Kira-fukutaichou are you ok?" one of the members of the 3rd division ran over, helping Izuru stand. The stunt drew more attention to Izuru than he wanted. He growled moving away from the member. Several others came out wondering what the noise was.

"I'm fine." Izuru lied, feeling yet another intense pain flood into his mind. He heard voices echo into his mind, talking about many things. He leaned on the wall for support.

"Protect the king."

"Kira-fukutaichou please you aren't feeling good." The 3rd division member tried to reason with the vice captain.

I-I'm ok." More people came out. Izuru felt a tear come from his eye his eyes narrowed "D-Damn…I have to…protect the king..." Izuru's eyes glazed over and he fell to the floor. Everyone started to freak out at the sudden collapsing of their vice captain.

"We have to get him to the medical center now!"

"Protect the king…" the pineapple-haired boy smiled at him, "I already have…but will you?"

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Ichigo ran out of the elevator, it took his thirty minutes to finally get down here. From running to the elevator and waiting for it to reach, section SS. Once he got to the end of the hall, he saw Naruto sleeping on the ground, back against the bars. The chains from the shackles lying loose on the ground. Ichigo saw a Naruto holding a red ribbon next to his chest. Another thing he noticed was an apple core on the floor. Ichigo stood in silence unsure if he should wake the hollow. "I'm not asleep." Naruto startled Ichigo. Naruto sat up from his resting spot. "What is it you want? Make me remember how I died?"

"You said we are similar. Is that why tried to find me?" Ichigo asked, looking down at the blonde hollow. The hollow smiled darkly, and shook his head. "What's the reason you tried to find me?" Kurosaki asked again. Naruto looked at Ichigo with amusement. Naruto didn't answer him, and Ichigo brought up another question. "You are hiding something from everyone?" Naruto hid his eyes from Ichigo. "I always found it strange that you didn't ever bring out your mask." Naruto kept quiet. "You are struggling with the hollow, aren't you?" Naruto's eyes widened.

"What makes you think that?" Naruto smirked at Ichigo staring into the orange-haired teens eyes. "I don't have a problem with my hollow. I am perfectly fine." Naruto said with firm tone. Naruto wondered why he denied it. Ichigo looked into Naruto's eyes and saw a great sadness. "If you are talking about him. I am repressing him. He has no control over me." Naruto didn't know what he was saying.

"I don't believe you." Ichigo growled, for some reason he wanted to kill Naruto. "Go ahead, kill him. I don't like his stench. King, that boy is under the control of him." Ichigo heard a voice say, no doubt his hollow. Naruto growled his lips turned into a wide grin.

"Have a problem with a hollow? WE are the same." Naruto cackled. Ichigo knew this was the hollow was speaking. "WE can only depend on each other." The grin grew bigger. Ichigo felt his hollow trying to control him as well. "Unlike your weak hollow, I can actually 'help' my host."

"Naruto. You have to fight back. People care about you. Jushiro, Shunsui, and Toshiro want you back." Ichigo said, "I don't like him King! I'll kill that third rate hollow!" Ichigo ignored the hollow. "Naruto Toshiro is trying to get you out of this cell!" Ichigo yelled, "Don't let that hollow control you!" he growled, "Dammit' don't think people don't care about you!" Naruto clutched head painfully. Ichigo knew Naruto was fighting the hollow for dominance.

"D-Damn you!" the hollow Naruto hissed. Naruto stood up; Ichigo hated watching the kid in pain. It was necessary for Naruto to not even let the hollow have partial control. It didn't help that he was locked down here all alone. Ichigo wondered how Naruto could repress his dark self without any help for fifty years. He knew that Naruto was forty when he died, but Ichigo wondered what type of power he must of have. "Ugg! I will kill you! Count on it!" Naruto dark self spoke. Naruto's chains rattling constantly, from Naruto's sudden movements. The Naruto stopped moving. His eyes turned to Ichigo, they were blue.

"I-Ichigo…I…can't…" Naruto tried to speak, "T-the reason…I tried to find you…was because of your zanpakuto…" Ichigo's eyes widened. Naruto's eyes started to turn back into black and red combination. "Y-Your zanpakuto is…the only weapon…that can…kill me!" Naruto fell to the floor, "Y-you need to kill me!" Naruto yelled. Ichigo watched, "I'm sorry I-I'm weak…"

"Naruto you are not weak. Repressing your dark self for fifty years and still be able to control yourself partially…is better than I could have done." Ichigo said. "I can't kill you." Ichigo added, "Not like this, knowing this isn't you."

"P-Please!" Naruto yelled, tears coming from his eyes, "I-I can't…" Naruto hands shaking, as he tried to fight back his dark self. "I-I…" he choked. Ichigo watched as Naruto was losing the battle. Naruto looked at something past Ichigo with a soft smile. "Sorry." Naruto stopped moving. Ichigo let out a breath of relief to see that Naruto was still breathing. For an odd reason, he thought Naruto had died. He felt some one other than himself and Naruto was here. He looked to see Jushiro standing with a crest fallen look.

"I hoped to talk to him." Ukitake said, "It's terrible, what has happened to him." Jushiro sighed, eyes gazing on the unconscious boy. He walked over to the cell, and placed a small envelope on the floor inside the cell. "Hopefully he'll read it." Ukitake he smiled, "He apologized to me. I don't know why…" he chuckled. Ichigo glanced at the captain seeing a tear run down the captains cheek. "Horrible things always happen to good people."

"Naruto…" Ichigo said, looking at the small body of the hollow. He noticed that Naruto's hair grew longer; he saw how it was shoulder length in the back. He wondered how it was straight in the back. Ukitake must have noticed the same thing. "That's-" Ichigo saw Jushiro fell to his knees. Ukitake held his head in pain. "Jushiro!" Ichigo ran over to the captain, upon touching the man's shoulder his head began to pound. Images ran into his mind.

"Now what?" a blonde boy asked a tan man, with a spiky ponytail. He had a scar running over his nose. He looked a little embarrassed on what he was about to say. He sat on a large stone sculpture in the face of the mountain. He scratched his face with his finger. The blonde kid looked like he was scrubbing the sculpture; he looked rather annoyed that the man got his attention again.

"Well…umm. If you clean this all up. I'll buy you some ramen tonight." The man said. The blonde boys face brightened immediately, surprising the tan man. The boy started to scrub harder, getting what seemed like paint off.

"Ok! I'll work hard! I will!" He yelled happy. The world skipped to another strange vision.

"One day I'm going to get the name Hokage…and then I'm going to surpass all the previous Hokages!" the blonde pointed his chopsticks at the scarred man. The boy then continued to eat ramen. The man looked a little shocked. It skipped to another vision.

"…I've found you…" the man sounded angry as he peered at the blonde. He looked very tired and battered. The boy panted. He had a very large scroll on his back. He grinned up at the man. He stood up and pointed to the man.

"Oh! I found the nose bleeder!" Naruto yelled.

"Idiot! I found you!" The man noticed how beat up the kid was.

"Hehehe…you found me…I've only learned one skill."

"Hey you're all beaten up. What were you doing?"

"Never mind that, Hey? I'm going to try an incredible skill if I do it…let me graduate!" the blonde boy yelled smiling, proud of himself. The boy was about to do something but the man stopped him.

"Naruto." The boy looked up at the man, "Where did you get that scroll on your back?"

"Oh this? Mizuki-sensei told me about this. And this place too." Naruto looked at the scroll on his back. "He said that if I showed you this skill…I'd definitely graduate!" Naruto smiled. The man wasn't so sure about this. Suddenly kunai flew out at the two. The man pushed Naruto out of the way. Another vision flooded in.

"Yeah…Naruto, you must have been in a lot of pain too." The man had protected Naruto from a gigantic shuriken. It was sticking out of his back. "I'm sorry Naruto, If I had done a better job, you wouldn't have had to feel like this." Tears falling from the man's cheek.

Ichigo let go of Ukitake shoulder and fell back. Jushiro looked at Naruto with a small smile, tears running down his cheeks. "It's true." His eyes closed, "If I had done a better job." He was now lying on the prison floor, "You wouldn't have to feel like this…" Jushiro closed his eyes. Ichigo knew that it was what seemed to be Iruka. He felt bad for seeing something that he wasn't involved with. Ichigo stood up; he had to get Ukitake to the medical center. He picked up the captain, and placed him on his back. Jushiro's arms over Ichigo's shoulder and head resting against his back. It was a bit awkward, seeing how he didn't know the man very well, but it didn't matter now. He dragged the captain of the 13th division, and himself to the elevator where a shinigami helped him place the captain down. Ichigo didn't know why, but he felt connected to Iruka.

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Aizen was visiting their 'guests' down in the prison. He had sent the Espada to find more shinigami and this time they caught six. They were probably looking for the first shinigami they had captured. Pity, they were already dead. He tried to be kind, the first few times. However, these shinigami were being rather difficult. Gin watched from the sidelines. "I will ask once more. Where is Naruto at the moment?" he asked with a calm voice. The four shinigami only glared at him. All had sustained some sort of injury. Except Aizen had killed two members already. They were a mixed team, one from the 4th division, three from 2nd division, and two from 5th division. The ex captain watched the four of them carefully, looking for any sign of giving in. He spotted a young girl, late teens, purple hair in a bun; she was trying to prevent herself from crying. A sign of giving in. He smiled. "What is your name?" he asked the girl. She tried to appear strong but it was a very poor attempt.

"Hanako Susako." She stated bravely. The other shinigami looked at her with sad eyes. She trembled as Aizen came closer to her. He had a menacing smile that looked gentle. She squeaked when Aizen touched her armband. He looked at it thoughtfully she was from the 5th division. It brought a bitter taste to his mouth. The days at the Soul Society were dreadfully boring, not to mention it brought him unwanted memories. He took out his zanpakuto, the Hanako's eyes widened and she began to shake.

"Unfortunately, Hanako, you brought me back some terrible memories." He stated, and looked affectionately at the girl. "For that I have to kill you." He swung his zanpakuto at the girl's head. The girl's head rolled off and landed on the person next to her. The person next to her was from the 5th division as well. The other 5th division person was a girl as well. She squealed, looking at Hanako's head in her lap. Trying to get the shinigami's head off her lap, the 5th division member fell over. She started to cry as the head of Hanako looked at her. "Another 5th division member?" Aizen mused.

"She was my friend! Hanako was my friend!" the girl yelled, sobbing. "You are a monster Aizen!" she sobbed loudly. Aizen merely smiled, he picked up the girl by her hair. She whimpered in pain, and Aizen stared into her eyes. She glared at him. He sighed shaking his head. The other shinigami looked at the scene with despair, knowing that their fate was just around the corner.

"This is your own fault. You are all weak." Aizen ran his non-bloody hand threw his hair, "I gave you a chance…and didn't listen." He looked at the girl with a dark smile. "I told you. If you only told me where Naruto was, your friend would be alive." Taking his zanpakuto, he brought it up to her face. She stared at sharp sword with scared eyes but she looked back into Aizen's eyes. She glared at him.

"You can kill us, but that won't get you anywhere." She smiled, and Aizen frowned. "Hanako died for the Soul Society…and so will I." she said. Aizen sighed, rolling his eyes. He looked to Gin, who just smirked. Aizen then brought his eyes back to the 5th division member.

"If you must be unnegotialble then I have no use for you." He let go of the girl's hair, and she dropped to the floor. She looked at the ex-captain, "Goodbye." She said and brought up his zanpakuto for the final blow.

"Wait!" one of the shinigami yelled, gaining Aizen's attention. Gin's grin faded a little. The 4th division boy was shaking, "Naruto is being held at the Soul Society!" The boy said. The other two shinigami looked at him with disapproving eyes. The boy looked fearfully as Aizen walked towards him.

"I remember you. Hanataro Yamada was it?" Aizen smiled at the boy, causing him to shake even more. "You are a good boy. Thank you for telling me." With a quick movement, Aizen stabbed the 2nd division member, killing him. Hanataro looked back at Aizen with fearful eyes.

"You promised you wouldn't kill-"

"I made no such promise." Aizen said he looked towards the girl and threw his zanpakuto at her. The zanpakuto pierced through the head of the poor girl. Hanataro looked up at Aizen. "I said that I would spare you, but I never promised." Hanataro felt tears falling out of his eyes, "Now, now, no need to cry." Aizen sighed. Hanataro realized his mistake and felt horrible for releasing the information. Aizen took his zanpakuto from out of the 5th division girl's head. Hanataro eyed the weapon warily.

"Are you going to kill him?" Gin asked with a small grin. Aizen was surprised by the sudden question. Hanataro looked at Gin with sad eyes. "He can't do anything to harm us. There is no point in harming him." Aizen gave his friend a stern look. Gin merely grinned as usual. Aizen sighed once again. "Besides maybe we could use him for more information." Aizen sheathed his zanpakuto.

"I guess there's no point in killing him." Aizen gave a small glance at Hanataro. He returned his dark gaze back to Gin. "For now we get an invasion party ready." Aizen lead the way out of the prison. Leaving Hanataro by himself. The boy simply sobbed and cursed himself for what he did. Aizen smiled hearing the despair of the shinigami. Both Gin and Aizen made their way to the meeting room.

"Would you like me to inform the Espada?" Gin asked Aizen. The brunette nodded, and Gin disappeared. Aizen grinned; he was finally going to be having a trump card in this war. He walked to the meeting room with a very happy attitude.

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Ichigo successfully gotten Ukitake to the medical center. Surprisingly he found many people there. Izuru, Shunsui, Rangiku, Shuhei, and Rukia all hospitalized. Ichigo heard that Renji, whom just got out of the medical center, had suffered the same symptoms. They all had huge headaches. Toshiro saw Ichigo at the medical center. "Ichigo do you know what is going on?" Hitsugaya asked the substitute shinigami. Ichigo could tell that Toshiro was concerned about his vice-captain who was suffering as well.

"I don't really know…but maybe it has to do something with Naruto." Ichigo said. Toshiro looked at Ichigo, the prodigy's eyes asking for more answers. "When this happened to Jushiro, I tried to help. When I touched him…I saw…" Ichigo paused. It was hard to explain. Was it a memory, or just some dream?

"You saw what?" Hitsugaya asked in a cold and bitter tone. He didn't really want silence for an answer. Ichigo wondered if Toshiro knew of Naruto's past and the people that the hollow knew.

"I saw Naruto's teacher Iruka." Ichigo started. Hitsugaya's eyes widened. "I wondered if it was Naruto's memories or if it was some type of dream…" Ichigo crossed his arms. Toshiro looked at the ground with a thought-filled expression. Eyes down cast, and narrowed.

"I often had dreams about a boy." Toshiro said. His eyes flickered up to Ichigo. "Naruto used to always call me Sasuke. Though he repeatedly apologized for it, and said it was unfair to compare someone who died a long time ago." Hitsugaya eyes flickered to the ground. Toshiro had a soft smile on his lips. "My dreams were always about a boy with black hair and his family." The smile faded away. "Though I do not for sure if they were of Sasuke."

"I know what Sasuke looks like." Ichigo stated. Hitsugaya nodded, "Hair rises in the back, some loose around the face. Dark brown eyes." Ichigo said, "The reason I know this is because Naruto showed me one of his memories…" Toshiro looked at Ichigo with narrowed eyes.

"Showed you his memories?" Toshiro sounded a bit upset with Ichigo. "Tell me about Naruto's memories." Ichigo started to explain what he had seen. Hitsugaya remained very calm through the entire lengthy story.

"So, he told you how all his friends died?" Ichigo nodded, "I see…" Hitsugaya sighed. "To tell you the truth, I'm a little envious. Not once did Naruto show me any of his own memories. He rarely talked about his past with me."

"It wasn't all that great to see." Ichigo said. However, Hitsugaya appeared to disagree with him. "Well it's strange that everyone is reacting to this at the same time." Ichigo decided to change the subject.

"It is quite strange." Toshiro agreed. Hearing some people walking into the medical center, they saw Yamamoto walking in with a couple of people from his division. Toshiro bowed in respect. Ichigo just looked at the old man.

"Surely that's not how you great your superiors." The old man commented. Ichigo didn't bow. The old man chuckled. "I did not expect you to do this." He said. Toshiro looked at Ichigo with a small glare. A medical assistant came out and greeted the man.

"Yamamoto-sama, it appears that Ukitake-taichou, Hisagi-fukutaichou, Kira-fukutachou, Matsumoto-fukutaichou, Kyoraku-taichou, Abarai-fukutaichou, and Rukia have all passed out for the same reason." The medical assistant told the 1st division captain.

"I know." Yamamoto replied, "I have just come here to tell Hitsugaya something important." He told the assistant. The medical assistant bowed and walked away.

"What have you come to tell me?" Toshiro asked hoping for good news.

"After the recent events the vote will be moved to tomorrow." Yamamoto explained. Toshiro's eyes widened.

"What?" Hitsugaya sounded frustrated. He cursed under his breath.

"Vote?" Ichigo looked at Toshiro with an uneasy look. Hitsugaya growled.

"The council will decide on what Naruto's fate will be. To be locked up, or free, but under much surveillance. If Naruto is chosen to be locked up, no one will be allowed to see him." Ichigo's eyes widened at the statement.

"That's completely unfair!" Ichigo clenched his fists. "How can the council do that?"

"The council is only made to bring order, and justice. However, the council lacks the ability to look at things before they choose." Yamamoto said.

"Yamamoto-sama." A girl ran in, and bowed to the old man, "Yesterday a scouting party was sent to look for the shinigami that has been missing. It was supposed to be a one day ordeal, but the party has yet to return." The girl finished. Yamamoto sighed.

"I have business to attend to." Yamamoto walked away, "This is up to you Toshiro."

"I understand." Hitsugaya said. "Damn." Hitsugaya cursed, "I have yet to speak to all of the captains."

"About the vote?" Ichigo asked. "How is that going to help?"

"You see, there is an old law about the council in power. If all the captains find whatever the council is voting for inappropriate, the captains can veto whatever it is." Toshiro said. Ichigo nodded, "However, all captains must agree on it, and as I said earlier, I have yet to speak to them all."

"Who are the people you haven't spoken to?" Ichigo looked at the captain.

"Izuru Kira and Shuhei Hisagi. Since the both their divisions have no captain, they are counted as the captain's vote." Toshiro sighed, "Hopefully they'll wake up before the vote tomorrow."

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Most of the Espada had come to the meeting room, as requested by Aizen. Aizen sitting at the head of the table, while the others sat in their own seat. Kaname and Gin stood behind Aizen's chair. Grimmjow looked rather bored, and annoyed that Aizen called the sudden meeting. Ulquiorra had yet to show up, no surprise there. Probably dealing with the human. Grimmjow growled leaning over the table thumping his fingers on the table. Nnoitra had a creepy smile on his face watching Grimmjow. The 6th Espada had learned to ignore the creep. Ulquiorra finally entered the meeting room. "So he decides to show up. You ass." Grimmjow glared at the 4th Espada. Ulquiorra ignored what Grimmjow said.

"Now we must discuss why I asked you to come here." Aizen said. The Espada looked at him. "I have recently discovered something very important being kept in the Soul Society." He started. Nnoitra smile vanished, and replaced with a frown. The Espada hated retrieval missions they had to refrain from killing. Grimmjow inwardly cursed. Coyote sighed, leaned on his hand with his elbow on the table. Szayel adjusted his glasses, and listened carefully. "This task is of great importance."

"What are you going to send us to get now?" Grimmjow asked with the nicest tone he could bring. It turned out to sound very irritated and annoyed. Grimmjow was very blunt. Aizen would tolerate his ignorance for the moment. The Espada seemed surprised that Aizen hadn't threatened to punish him. They all knew that Aizen had to be in a very good mood.

"I have learned that the Soul Society has been hiding an old friend of the Espada." Aizen stated. The members looked rather confused on who he was talking about. Ulquiorra's eyes narrowed, as he thought about who it might be. Nnoitra was hoping it wasn't Nelliel he had in mind. He hated that girl. "He will be able to help us greatly." Nnoitra smirked a bit. Grimmjow didn't seem that intrigued by the news.

"I don't ever recall the Espada having any old friends." Szayel stated crossing his fingers together. Aizen had amused smile on his face. Szayel thought for a moment before he came to a realization. "No. You can't mean…" he stopped and Aizen knew what he was going to say.

"I will be sending you to retrieve the original number zero." Aizen explained, Yammy growled a bit. Almost all the Espada were shocked, expect for Zommari, and Aaroniero who had never met Naruto. "Most of you will know who number zero is, Naruto Uzumaki." Ulquiorra let a quiet gasp, no one heard him.

"Naruto. The original number zero." Szayel smirked, "He came from out of no where, and possess great power." He paused, his smirk grew. "Immortal actually." Grimmjow grinned. "The only member of the Espada that isn't an Arrancar." Szayel chuckled to himself "Oh how I wish I could experiment on him, he would be great for my studies."

"Naruto. I miss my punching bag." Grimmjow said with a strange smile on his face. Nnoitra grinned. Ulquiorra shot him a dark look.

"If I remember correctly, it was you Grimmjow that was the punching bag." Nnoitra said. Grimmjow gave the Espada a sharp glare. "I guess things are quite boring without that little brat." Ulquiorra kept quiet. Baraggan looked at the 4th Espada member with a calm face.

"Naruto huh?" Coyote eyed Aizen. He smiled a little, "Yeah not the most stable person, but then neither is anyone in the Espada." Coyote commented. Gin usual grin faded, but no one noticed. Aizen smiled at the Espada group.

"I wonder…will Naruto even want to join the Espada again?" Tia mentioned. Everyone became quiet, and Aizen eyes narrowed.

"It's not an option whether to bring him back or not. He will be brought back, even if doesn't wish to come back." Aizen stated. "You may have a bit of trouble with him if he doesn't willfully want to come back." Aizen showed the Espada a small piece of paper.

"A sutra?" Baraggan asked. Aizen nodded, and placed it on the table. "What would a sutra do to him?"

"What the hell would a piece of paper do against a fucking immortal hollow?" Grimmjow looked at the paper with disbelieving look.

"This will be the only thing that will save you if Naruto doesn't comply…" Aizen frowned. "Naruto has a demon living inside of him. This will affect him greatly."

"Oh, that sounds fun." Nnoitra smiled sinisterly. Looking at the paper, no one really wanting to know what was going through his mind.

"Who is going on this excursion?" Ulquiorra asked Aizen sparing himself from the others. Aizen looked at Ulquiorra with a bland look. Aizen sat back into his chair.

"Everyone will go, except for you and Yammy. I need you to keep watching over our guest." Aizen told everyone. "With this mission, anyone who gets in your way you may kill." All the Espada members smiled darkly.

"That's fucking great." Grimmjow cracked his knuckles. Ulquiorra looked at Aizen with a cold look. "I was getting bored."

"Must I stay here Aizen-sama?" Ulquiorra asked.

"Yes." Aizen told the 4th Espada with a firm gaze. "Now this will take place tomorrow night." Aizen said with an amused smile. "You are all dismissed." All the Espada stood up, and gave a small bow to Aizen and walked out of the room. Ulquiorra was conflicted. He briskly walked out of the room, but stopped by Nnoitra who had a large grin.

"Is someone bitchy because they can't go?" Nnoitra invaded Ulquiorra's personal space. "Or is this about Naruto?" the very tall Espada asked Ulquiorra. The 4th didn't respond, and Nnoitra chuckled a bit.

"I suggest you get out of my way." Ulquiorra said. This raised Nnoitra's brow. The grin grew even larger, seeing how his remarks were bothering him. "I am not in a very patient mood." Cifer added with an emotionless tone.

"You sure are a bitch today. That fucking brat Naruto is going to come back, don't you worry about that." Nnoitra said. Ulquiorra gazed coldly on the tall Espada.

"Move aside." Ulquiorra walked passed Nnoitra, his grin still intact. Back in the meeting room, Aizen sat quietly while Gin still stood beside him.

"I believe that Naruto will make the right choice." Aizen said.

"Of course, Aizen-sama." Gin replied.

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Urahara eye's opened wide, he had a bad feeling. "Yoruichi." The woman looked to the lazy shop keeper with concerned eyes. "I'm afraid that the peace didn't last as long as I hoped it would. Please go and retrieve Chad and Uryuu." The woman nodded and vanished. Urahara sighed and walked to the porch outside. He looked into the sunny sky. "The weather can be so deceiving…" Kisuke mumbled. He had that same feeling as when he witnessed Shinji, Hiyori, and the others turn into hollows.

"Here comes the storm."

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Tatsuki sat in class listening to her math teacher talk about trigonometry. Her head suddenly started to painfully throb. She grimaced and tried to ignore it, but she was seeing some woman standing in the distance.

"Men are hopeless. You can only depend on woman to do the job right." The woman had a giant fan on her back. She smirked, "So it's up to you…"

Tatsuki fell out of her seat, the students yelped in surprise. The teacher ran to get the school nurse while the students crowded around Tatsuki.

"So what do you say? Let's fight together."

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Chapter done! Now to get on with the next one…haven't even started it. I haven't slept in two days so I'm going to go sleep now. Thank you for reading this chapter.

Please R&R! I don't know how this chapter went. Please tell me what you think!

Did Byakuya compared to Itachi surprise you? What about Izuru and Kenpachi? Makes you wonder who Haku is…

Until next time!