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Chapter Sixteen - In Hueco Mundo
Heikichi was sitting on what resembled a throne in a large palace, unsure of how exactly he had came to be in this position. His motives had seemed clear to him when he had left with the Arrancar but now the boy was less certain about what he had gotten himself into.
"I can handle this," the brown haired youth thought to himself, clenching his hands into fists.
This thought was interrupted as Heikichi watched someone enter the large room where he had been left alone for several hours. It was the female Arrancar from before and Heikichi watched intently as she strode across the room toward the spot where he was sitting. One eyebrow arched as the youth watched the Arrancar sink to one knee before him. He had been shown nothing but boundless respect since his arrival in this place and yet the young man still hadn't grown accustomed to it.
"Well this is weird," Heikichi thought as the woman got to her feet.
"My Lord Heikichi," the Arrancar said, her unflinching gaze focused on the reincarnation of Aizen. She knew that the youth was reluctant to join their ranks but was determined to convince him to seize his destiny and become their leader. Because, with him, they would be able to succeed in bringing the inhabitants of Soul Society to their knees.
"Yes…" Heikichi was happy that he had finally convinced them all to stop calling him Aizen. That had been beyond annoying and he had actually threatened to walk away from this whole place if they didn't address him by his own given name. "What is it Solara?"
The blond woman smiled, loving the sound of her name coming from his lips. "We've learned of a group of 'visitors' to Hueco Mundo my Lord. I just came to ask what you would have me do about them? Of course one of them has been working with us but I would be more than happy to kill him if that is your wish."
Shifting his gaze away from the blood-thirsty Arrancar, Heikichi focused his attention on searching for reiatsu that shouldn't be there. He had quickly learned to pick out the signals of the various Arrancar and Hollow that called the place home so the young man merely ignored those reiatsu. Concentrating Heikichi searched for someone who obviously didn't belong there, expecting to find Kurosaki, however the young man gasped the second that he picked up the signals of the so called visitors.
He didn't recognize the adult Shinigami who was roaming around but the owners of the other two reiatsu signals were painfully familiar. It was Kurosaki's twin siblings Kaien and Masaki.
"Damn it!" Heikichi thought, getting to his feet and grasping the sword that he had placed beside his throne. Forcing a stoic expression on his face the brown haired young man turned his attention back to Solara. "I'll handle this… you go and inform the others that they are not to interfere in any way."
Solara was reluctant to obey this order but in the end Lord Heikichi's orders were law. She couldn't disobey, even though she wanted to. Bowing low she whispered, "As you wish Lord Heikichi."
Heikichi watched as Solara walked away, leaving his throne room, and then the young man rushed out. He knew that it was of the utmost importance that he find the Kurosaki twins before any of the Arrancar did. "Those two could prove highly useful…"
With this thought in mind Heikichi left the palace known as Las Noches.
Tomori wasn't enjoying this little trip across Hueco Mundo with the two brats in tow. The Kurosaki twins were incessantly asking questions about where they were and what they were doing and it was beginning to grate on his nerves. And making it more and more difficult to refrain from doing away with the children right now.
"You said our mommy and daddy wanted us…" Masaki said, gazing up at the former member of Squad Five through confused violet eyes.
"You lied…" Kaien said, his gaze uncharacteristically hard. "Where is this anyways?"
"Would you brats just be quiet?!" Tomori snapped, losing what little patience he possessed. He glared down at the two brats, who at least had the common sense to look afraid. "Ugh… I need to get this over with so I…"
But Tomori's words were interrupted by a loud roar that signified the arrival of a Hollow. Glancing toward the sound the Shinigami paled… this hadn't been part of the plan. He could negotiate with the Arrancar but, while this Hollow was huge, it was still just a stupid Hollow.
And appeared to be out for their blood.
"Kai…" There was a quiver in Masaki's voice and Kaien immediately stepped in front of his sister. Wanting to shield her from the attack that appeared imminent.
"Red Flame Cannon!"
The Hollow roared as something struck it's back and then turned it's attention to the new arrival. And froze, it's gaze focused on the lone figure standing before it.
"Leave," Heikichi ordered, his voice low and deadly. "Or I promise that you will regret it."
The Hollow just stood there for a minute, studying the new arrival, before finally turning tail and running away.
Once the Hollow was out of sight, Heikichi turned his attention to the trio standing a few feet away from him. The two small children looked scared while the adult Shinigami just looked grateful to be alive. "That won't last long," Heikichi thought to himself. "When Kurosaki finds out that the guy brought his siblings to this place. Although I think I should be grateful to him for that fact."
"You mean YOU'RE the leader?" Tomori's tone was shocked, there was simply no other way to describe it. He had never expected for the boy who used to hang around with Toushirou to be the leader of the rebellion against Soul Society… even if he was the reincarnation of Sousuke Aizen.
"Indeed," Heikichi said smugly, recalling this man from his childhood. "And you're trespassing Shinigami."
"I… I just…"
"Silence." Heikichi really didn't have any desire to listen to the man's excuses for why he was here. Nor did he have any intention of saving the man from the next Hollow that decided to attack. "Leave the children with me and get out. Go back to Soul Society where you belong."
Tomori's face visibly paled. Members of Squad Five had witnessed him taking the twins… if he went back without them it would be as good as signing his own death warrant. "But…"
"It was not a request." Heikichi's tone was cold as he continued to glare at the man. It was low to use innocent children to gain revenge and the young man honestly didn't care if the man left Hueco Mundo and met his death.
Realizing that he had no choice in the matter, Tomori turned and used his flash-step to flee the scene. This hadn't turned out at all the way he had planned and he was fully aware of the fact that he couldn't return to Soul Society.
Once Tomori was gone Heikichi turned his attention back to the Kurosaki twins. "Come along guys… we'll return to Las Noches and await the arrival of your brother. He should be arriving soon."
A/N - End of another chapter, hope that you enjoyed. Please leave a review and tell me what you thought.