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With the Captains (General POV)

The only look that was on all the captains faces was confusion, mostly for this Ichigo person's actions and words. They just witnessed him appear, drop Toshiro in his bankai with his hand. After that he turned out to be an arrancar, he caught the Captain Commanders sword with his hand. The weird thing is he did all of this for one women, because he said, "I love her." That single phrase seemed to stick out the most.

"All captains report to the 1st division we will be having a meeting, Kyoraku would you please drop Toshiro off at the 4th division before you come." Once Yamamoto said that he disappeared, followed by most of the other captains, only leaving Unohana, Ukitake, Kyoraku, Byakuya, and the unconscious Toshiro.

"What are your thoughts on this matter, Kyoraku." Ukitake asked his long time friend, because he knew he would hold a similar opinion to his.

"I'm very interested in this Ichigo person, he just doesn't make sense everything he did and said I mean. Why would an arrancar of such strength be willing to do so much for someone weaker than himself, especially a female you know how most hollows treat females." Yes everyone knew how almost every male hollow felt towards females, they are weaker and therefore under them. Yet Ichigo makes it seem that she is the most important thing in the world.

"I would have to agree with you there Kyoraku, his actions are definitely strange but you can tell he meant everything he said. The only thing we need to really know at the moment is how far is he willing to go to keep this women safe." Kyoraku nodded to what Ukitake had to say, they normally held very similar opinions on things.

"We should get going to the meeting, and Kyoraku don't forget about Toshiro." Byakuya stated in his mellow tone. Once he did he flash stepped away leaving the rest behind.

"We should be going this conversation can continue at the captains meeting, it is no doubt going to be the main topic." This came from Unohana in her normal quite and sweat voice, she to left towards the 1st division.

"Well I'll meet you at the meeting Ukitake, don't do anything until I get there." With that Kyoraku grabbed Toshiro and flash stepped towards the 4th division. Ukitake just smiled and flash stepped away.

The Meeting a Couple Minutes Later

Everyone was standing in the normal spot and sitting in Yamamoto's case, there was some small chatter between the captains but that all stopped once Yamamoto smacked his cane on the ground. "This meeting is called to order, our topic of discussion is the arrancar Ichigo. Does anyone have any information that could give us insight on him." Everyone looked around and waited for someone to step up, finally Byakuya did.

"Yes while I was fighting the teresa espada she talked about him. I asked her if she was nervous for herself or her comrades and she said, That there is someone here that can take on any of you. I asked who it was and where they were to which she replied. He is here because of her, she pointed towards the arrancar that was fighting Toshiro, then said you could say he is her guardian. Finally she said that if she came to any real harm or threat, that he would step in and that I should be worried for my companion if it came to that."

Byakuya stopped to catch a breath and let all of the information sink in a bit, truthfully this was a lot for them to take in. "She seemed very convinced that he would do anything for the women, even to saying that he would destroy anything that would harm her. Overall I think that he will do exactly that, his only motives at the moment seem to be her." A couple of captains just smiled slightly, and others didn't know what to do.

"So you mean to say that this man would be willing to put himself against the world to keep a single women from harm. That doesn't make any sense at all for an arrancar." This came from Sui Feng who still thinks all hollow are monsters, that need to die. Byakuya only nodded to this, and went back to his place in the line.

"Is there anyone else that has information on him, if so please come forward with it." Yamamoto was asking this with a hint of curiosity in his voice, so he is definitely interested in him. Kenpachi stepped forward this time and gave a quick look around the room.

"The arrancar that I fought said similar things about him, when Toshiro released his shikai I said that the women must be stronger than I thought. He replied with, we shouldn't be worried about her we should be worried about the one who protects her. I asked if it was him and he said no, he surprised me with what he said next. The man scares the shit out of him, and is a lot stronger than himself. He made him feel this way while only releasing about twenty or thirty percent of his real power. That was all he said to me before we started fighting again."

With that Kenpachi stepped back to his spot in the line, receiving a lot of questioning and surprised looks from his fellow captains. "He really acted this way, how strong would you say your opponent was Kenpachi." Ukitake spoke up for the first time.

"I would say he is about as strong as I am, not sure if he is stronger or weaker." Ukitake just nodded to show his thanks and looked up at the Captain Commander.

"Captain Commander it might be wise not to threaten this women for the time being, if we do there is no telling what Ichigo would in retaliation. If she is spotted we should just observe her actions, and not show hostility." Ukitake really didn't want to do anything rash in this situation, he also wanted to learn more about these two arrancar.

"I would have to agree with what Ukitake says, Captain Commander." Kyoraku agreed with his long time friend yet again. Unohana and Byakuya nodded showing that they also agree. So now there are three captain that think it is best not to threaten or show hostility towards this women. You could tell that Yamamoto was in deep thought at the moment, trying to decide what the best action would be.

"We will go with your plan Ukitake, if this women is found no one is to attack her we don't fully understand what the repercussions could be. You are only allowed to observe her and nothing else unless ordered otherwise. Now I want to discuss what we should do about Ichigo, the unknown in all of this." Yamamoto made himself clear with his order, but he still didn't know what they should do about the new arrancar.

"Well sir I think that he won't be a threat as long as we keep clear of Nel, that was the only thing that made him hostile towards us." What Ukitake said made some sense yet again, and Kyoraku agreed with a nod yet again.

"That might be true Ukitake but he is still a major threat, maybe even more so than Aizen. I say that we capture him and I do some expert.. I mean tests on him to determine his strength." Mayuri spoke up for the first time and he is only thinking about his own gains.

You could tell that some of the people in the room didn't like his comment, the most noticeable is Ukitake but only just. "Mayuri we will not be doing anything hostile towards him, we do not want to make it seem as though our intent towards him is hostile. We want to try and avoid making him an enemy any more than we have to. Does anyone else have a suggestion." Again Yammamoto makes his thoughts known to the group.

"We could just observe him like with Nel, it could give us an idea of his strength and any other motives if he has any. If nothing else we won't lose anything this way." Unohana always says things in a very quiet way. This idea seemed to go over better with the group than Mayuri's.

"I think that could work Ichigo seems to be a very special case, he could even become an ally of sorts if we do this right. Unohana's plan makes the most sense at this point." This time Byakuya speaks his word, which is normally respected by every other captain.

"Very well we will vote on what to do every one for only observing him and gathering information please speak up." To this a lot of people replied.

"This is the best plan, I vote to proceed this way," said Kumamara

"Might as well, I might be able to have my fight with him some time," Even when something this important is being talked about Kenpachi always wants a good fight.

"I have already agreed with Unohana's plan so put my vote to yes," Ukitake said.

"I think that is would be best in the long run if we only observe him," Kyoraku again agrees with his best friend.

"Okay so that is Kumamara, Kenpachi, Ukitake, Kyoraku, Byakuya, and Unohana with the majority voting for this plan. If Ichigo is spotted you are to only observe him and gather information on him. You can only attack him if I give you the direct order to do so." With that Yamamoto smacked his can down.

"You are all dismissed, give the information to your divisions also we should start our preparations for this upcoming battle with Aizen." Every one flash stepped towards their division to give the information to their divisions and start up on some training. Leaving Yamamoto in the meeting room by himself.

"Hopefully you will not become hostile towards us anytime soon, I would prefer not to resort to my bankai in a battle. If it came down to it I would have to use it to stand a chance against you at full strength." With that Yamamoto slowly walked out of the room, heading towards his office.

Los Noches Meeting Room

Two garganta's where opening up in the middle of the room, both very close to each other. They both opened at the same time, revealing Ichigo's group and Ulquirra's group. "It is very nice to have all of you back, please tell me how your mission went, Ulquiorra would you please go first." With that he walked up towards Aizen's throne.

"The mission was mostly a success, we were confronted by the shinigami stationed in the town. We dealt with them all quickly, than my and Aaroniero went and meet back up with Stark. He did not encounter anything while he was searching, we also couldn't find either Kisuke or Yoruichi." He bowed slightly and waited for Aizen's reply.

"That is quite alright Ulquiorra, the mission seemed like it went well over all. Ichigo would you please let me know how your mission went." To this Ichigo walked up to his throne and stood next to Ulquiorra, the looked at each other and both nodded.

"The mission went mostly as planned, the shinigami responded very quickly to our presence. The cloak also worked very well, Grimmjow, Harribel, and Nel all fought one of the captains. I stepped in to stop an attack from Toshiro that released his bankai against Nel, she didn't have time to block or release. I dealt with the captain quickly, and the other captains quickly came over to use. I gave them my first name, and they say my face but I didn't give them my rank. The Captain Commander tried to attack us so I grabbed his sword and ordered Harribel to open a garganta, and that is everything that happened."

Aizen seemed a little surprised by this, "So you caught the Captain Commander's sword with your hand, that is impressive Ichigo but I expected as much from you. Any way the mission seemed to go well, thank you for making sure everyone returned safely." Ichigo just nodded to this.

Ichigo's POV

"Thank you, we will be having an espada meeting tomorrow, we will be discussing something that Gin brought to my attention that will help us. You are all free to do what you wish just don't leave Hueco Mundo." I wonder what Gin would bring up that would actually be helpful to us. It doesn't matter right now, we will probably be having a meeting with the other espada against Aizen soon.

Ulquiorra looked over to me and said, "I will meet with you and Nel at your palace later, I will tell you when and where the meeting will be." I nodded to him and went back to Nel.

"Are you ready to go Nel, maybe we can find something to do tonight or tomorrow." I reached over and grabbed her hand and we started walking to the door.

"Yeah Ichigo I would like to do something, maybe go for another walk or just talk for a while." With that she started running and dragged me out of the room, she definitely seems happy that we are back and can have some time together. I would have to agree with you Ichigo, she is normally very happy when you two are doing things together. I can already tell she is the one for you Ichigo, I also know that you think that is true as well. Of course I think she is the one for me, every since I meet her my life has been so much better.

Well I'm glad, maybe one day you two will further your bond. What you mean I should marry her Miquel. First we haven't been together that long it would be kind of weird to just ask that. Second I don't even know if hollows do things like that you know. That wasn't what I meant but that is a really good idea, you should definitely ask her in the future though. I meant to have certain interactions with her.

I don't know if that is something she would even want, so I'll just think about it. Again what do you mean by interactions, we are already spending time together what else is there to do. You are so dumb when it comes to relationships and love Ichigo, I mean to integrate with her, mate with her, or simply have sex. WHAT! I couldn't just do that, I'm sure she wouldn't want to anyway. I also have no idea how to even make that happen, I couldn't even get myself to kiss her. I don't even know if she would want to take our relationship that far.

Ichigo you two are going to be together forever, I can tell. Eventually it will happen, I'm just wondering if you have ever thought about it is all. Don't freak out about it, also I'm sure she would want to take your relationship as far as possible. Maybe she would but it is still early and kind of weird to think about. I don't normally think about her in a physical way so thinking about doing something like that with her is making me feel weird. Like I'm some kind of pervert or something, I'll just think about but it won't happen unless she wants it to.

I can live with that answer and I know that you would never force her into something she didn't want. Your parents would be happy you think about her wishes before your own. It reminds me a lot of your father to be honest. I will leave you to your date, I'm sure Nel is going to want to talk with you. Thanks Miquel, and yeah it is really nice to talk with her. I'll talk with you later, hopefully about another topic.

"Ichigo we are here, I was thinking that we could look around the library and find a nice book," Nel broke me out of my thoughts with this, man she always is enthusiastic about everything. That sound really good though, maybe I'll find one to read to her or something.

"Yeah that sounds great Nel, let's go." With that I opened our palace door and headed upstairs to the library. We have been looking at books for a couple of hours, maybe not that long but I don't really know. I finally found one that looked interesting, it was a small book but also fairly thick. The cover was very basic it was all black, near the top was a small alien space ship or flying saucer. Near the bottom was a big red V it took up the majority of the cover and was also the title.

This one could be interesting, a book about aliens. I might enjoy this but I'm not sure about Nel. "Nel would you be interested in a book about aliens of some kind." She looked over at me with a mostly blank face.

"Not really Ichigo that seems a little scary, I might get abducted by them and they would experiment on me. Then I would have to tell them everything I know." Okay I didn't expect that, but that's just her child side coming out. She can be silly and fun at times, I'm just going to have to keep this one for myself then. Before I could continue searching I heard a knock on the door, must be Ulquiorra he did say he would come over.

"Nel let's go and great Ulquiorra at the door." I looked over at her and she nodded, then we both walked out of the room towards the front door. When we got there I opened it and it was Ulquiorra behind the door. "Nice to see you again Ulquiorra, I'm guessing you came to give us the information."

"Yes I did the meeting is going to be held at my palace tomorrow night, everyone should be there. We will mostly be discussing possible plans and who might become the new leader, you will get to meet everyone that is on our side though. I'm also fairly confident that many will be voting for you to become the leader after all of this." Why would people want me as the leader though, I'm not really that special, Stark would be a better choice he knows a lot more than I do.

"Okay Ulquiorra we will be there, I don't get why people would want me as a leader though. Stark or you seem like a much better option." He didn't change his expression at all from what I said, he simply let out a small sigh.

"Ichigo you are the strongest person in Hueco Mundo, that alone would make you the best confident. You are also a very smart man, you don't just rush into things. Lastly everyone knows of your willingness to except and even befriend people that are much weaker than you. That makes people lean towards you as the best choice, me included." What Ulquiorra would actually want me as the leader, still why. I get what he says, it's just I don't really know anything about being a leader.

"Well thanks for that but I don't know if I could be a leader, I don't know the first thing about it. If you guys really want me to be though I'll try my best, but let's just wait and see how things work out first." He just nodded to what I said.

"That sounds good to me Ichigo, I will see the two of you at the meeting. Also Ichigo if you where the leader which is normally called the king I'm sure Nel would love to be your queen." What him to, why is everyone starting to talk about that kind of stuff between me and Nel. Does this mean that hollows actually get married and stuff, I'll just ask him later. I looked over at Nel and she was blushing heavily, man she is probably embarrassed huh.

"To be a king and queen they have to be married right," Ulquiorra just chuckled lightly to her what Nel asked him.

"Yes it would mean that they are married, I just figured how long you two have known each other and everything that Ichigo is willing to do for you that it would be the most likely next step. Maybe I was wrong I apologize if I was assuming too much." Nel's blush resided a little but she still had some pink on her cheeks. She always finds a way to look cute even if she doesn't mean to. Wait were did that come from, ah who cares I can think of her as cute.

"Well maybe that would be a smart thing to do in the future, I'm just not sure how it would happen. Ulquiorra how does marriage work exactly," What she thinks it would be a good idea. Why would she want to marry me, and how does it work exactly. We both just looked at Ulquiorra with different expressions. Nel's had a small smile and looked mostly excited, I was really confused and looked somewhat lost.

"Well it is kind of difficult to explain, but the main thing you need to know is that you are creating a special bond and promise between the two of you. You are agreeing that you will only be with one another and will give up anything and everything for the other. That is what I have gathered from the books I have read, Nel you should probably talk with Harribel about it she might be more helpful. Ichigo I would talk with Stark he could give more insight for you as well. I must be going now, hopefully I didn't make things to awkward."

He quickly left probably feeling uncomfortable with the situation, I'm just still confused about the whole thing. You create a bond and a promise between the two of you. I already did that, we are close and I have already promised to protect her against everything and anything. I wonder if Stark could really explain the whole thing better.

"Ichigo do you think that we should get married, it would be nice. We already have a bond and I know that you would do anything for me as it is, but showing it in another way would be great," Again what I don't understand what is going on. Why did this topic have to come up, I blame you Miquel if you didn't talk about it earlier it wouldn't have happened. This isn't a bad thing Ichigo, you were wondering how she felt about the matter anyway. Now you know how she feels and what she wants to do, this is perfect just talk with her and figure something out. Also you don't have to have those interactions with her yet, that is normally saved for the night of the wedding.

My cheeks heated up and turned red to this, and I looked down at the floor. Why do you have to bring that kind of stuff up, and why would something like that be saved for the night of the wedding. You are completing the bond between the two of you, it is to show that you will only be interested in your partner in that way. It is something that most people did in the World of the Living, it just became a normal thing. Whatever Miquel some of the things you say don't make any sense and please don't talk about that for a while okay.

I looked up at Nel and she was just waiting for my answer, it seemed like no time has even passed since she asked me the question. I wonder why that is, whatever probably just imagining it. "I think that it could be a good idea Nel, we just don't know everything about it. I think we should talk with Harribel and Stark soon and learn some more before we do anything. It would be nice to make a bond that people would be able to notice and understand the meaning of though." I gave her a small smile and she did the same to me.

"I think it could be nice to, it is getting late though we should probably get ready for bed Ichigo." That would be a good idea, we have the espada meeting with Aizen and than the one with everyone else tomorrow night. I wonder who all will be there, probably a good amount of the espada but I wonder if Gin or Tosen will be there.

"Yeah it is getting late, I'm going to take a bath before I go to bed though. It sounds really nice right now, the last couple of days have been long." Hopefully the next couple will be less crazy, I really doubt it though my life has always been crazy.

"Okay Ichigo I'm just going to go to bed, I'm too tired." We reached our room and I headed straight to the bathroom and Nel headed to the closet to change. I wonder what I would be doing if I was still a Vasto Lorde, probably not getting much sleep. Even though it has only been a couple of days and they have been crazy ones I'm really glad we choose to become arrancars.

Next Morning (Ichigo's POV)

Ah when did this pillow get this soft, it is so nice. I could lay here for hours, I'm just so comfortable. I should get up though, well it least sit up maybe even open my eyes at some point. I slowly shifted my eyes open quickly blinking them to adjust to the light, what I saw shocked me to no end. I was currently snuggled up to Nel and my head was laid on her, well developed chest. When did this happen, we have never gotten close while sleeping so why did this happen all of a sudden. Before I could continue my thoughts I heard Nel starting to wake up. Oh crap she is going to be mad isn't she.

It was silent for a few seconds and I couldn't stand it, the silence made the whole situation a lot worse. Should I say something, like what though sorry for sleeping on your chest. "Ichigo can you get up please," I barely heard what she said but I quickly got up not wanting to make this anymore weird.

"Sorry about that Nel I don't know how that even happened, I normally don't move much when I sleep." I looked over and she had a small blush on her cheeks, well a big one but compared to ones she has had it was small.

"Well it wasn't really you that moved, well technically you did but with a little help. I was having trouble sleeping and I just kind of snuggled up to you and then you turned over and I just went to sleep." Her blush got a little brighter after saying that and she looked away quickly.

"It is okay Nel, if you ever have trouble sleeping again just wake me up and we can figure something out. I was just a little embarrassed waking up like that but don't worry about it okay." I got a little nod for an answer and we both got out of the bed. "Do you want to shower first."

"Yeah thanks Ichigo I won't take too long, we do have some things to do today." Yeah we do have a couple of meetings and then whatever Aizen has planned today. Hopefully it won't be too much I just want to be able to spend some time with Nel and maybe figure out some things from Stark. I better get some clothes ready for my shower.

30 Minutes Later

"Ichigo are you ready to go, I want to take a walk before we have that meeting." Nel was currently waiting by the front door, I'm still putting my clothes on up stairs. I quickly put on my shirt and coat, then grabbed my swords and ran down stairs.

"Nel I'm coming just give me a second, I just got out of the shower a couple of minutes ago." I could hear her laugh at that, well I guess it is kind of funny. I normally don't take that long to get ready anyway. "Let's get going Nel, we can walk over to Stark's palace I noticed that Harribel and her fraccion are there." I opened the door and we started walking towards Stark's palace which is next to Ulquiorra's so it isn't too far.

It only took like ten minutes for us to get here, most of that time was filled with basic talk between us. Nel brought up the marriage thing again which I said we can ask Stark and Harribel when we get there for more information. She seemed really happy that we are going to learn more about this, I don't know why but it is nice that she seems so interested. I knocked on the door and waited for someone to let use in.

It only took a second for the door to open revealing Lilynette, she was wearing her normal clothes if you can even call them that. "Hey guys come in hopefully one of you can get Stark to stay awake." That sounds like him, always trying to sleep when he has any time to.

We followed her in and we reached the living room, inside Stark was half asleep on the coach. Harribel was sitting on a chair beside a coach that sat her three fraccion. Surprisingly they weren't nagging at each other, they seemed civil. "Stark get your lazy ass up, we have some more guests I'm sure they would like to it least talk to you."

"Yeah I'm up Lilynette, who is here anyway. Oh Ichigo and Nel it is nice to see you two, how have you guys been." Well he sure does wake up fast, I guess that is a talent of some kind.

"Ichigo and I have been good, just trying to figure stuff out is all. Maybe you and Harribel could help us with something." After she said that Nel just stood there with a big smile on her face, she always finds a way to smile. I wonder how she does it though, I can only smile on occasions and yet she does it all the time.

"I'm sure that Stark and I can answer any of your questions, just let us know what you need help with." I'm glad Harribel is willing to help with this, since she is Stark will be dragged in if he likes it or not. Hopefully we will figure out some answers.

"Okay well Ulquiorra said the next obvious step in our relationship would be marriage, but we don't really know much about it. Ulquiorra couldn't really explain anything about it either, so he pointed us to you guys." Stark and Harribel's expressions just dropped to a blank face, well this is going to be awkward. The whole room was silent for what seemed like years until Stark spoke up.

"Well that is something I didn't really expect to ever hear, either way I don't really know what I could tell you about the topic. I don't know much, only the basics which is probably what you know." Ok well I'm almost glade Stark doesn't know about it, I think it would be really weird learning about something like that from Stark. Maybe Harribel could give some insight on the topic, that would be less weird.

"Well I don't know why Ulquiorra would bring that up but hollows don't really get married. They have a different kind of thing, it has similar concepts just done in a different way. Aizen would be the one to ask if you two wish to go through the ceremony though, I will give you as much information as I can though." This should be interesting.

30 Minutes Later

Jesus Christ how does Harribel know so much about marriage, this hollow connection and that activity. So hollows make a connection of reishi, this is done in a couple of ways. Since we are arrancar we need a machine to help transfer the reishi through the two of us, Harribel said that Aizen has the machine so we should ask him. Secondly the transfer of reishi will affect both of our reishi's because of the big difference in reishi she said it would be very painful for me. Something about the one with the larger reishi has to bring in the others reishi, than they mix it with theirs and push it back out. The process is suppose to be more painful the bigger the difference in reishi reserve the people have.

Okay after the reishi connection our reishi will be affected, well Nels will be since it is the weaker one. Hers will become stronger, heavier, and she will have a bigger reserve. When detecting either of our reishi's the others will be noticed, since we have a part of theirs permanently mixed with ours. Lastly there will be a sort of brand or tattoo that is created from the transfer, it will be on the back of our right hand. It is suppose to be shaped based on the two's reishi and personalities.

Okay I think I finally got an idea of what this is going to be and honestly I like the idea. It will make our bond notable to others, also it doesn't involve the embarrassing things that the marriages in the Human World do. "Okay so do you two understand the gist of it, Aizen can always give you another run down when you ask him." I don't think I want to have Aizen explain it again, even worse would be if Gin explained it.

"I think that Ichigo and I got the gist of it, thanks for your help Harribel we should get going though the meeting is soon. We will see you there by everyone." With that Nel grabbed my arm and started to walk out of the room, I don't want to be dragged again. So I picked up the pace until I was walking next to her, now we are heading to the meeting room.

"Stark do you think that Ichigo and Nel are really going to do that reishi thing, it seems kind of weird."

"Yes Lilynette I do, they are very close and this will be a way to get even closer. I don't see why they wouldn't want to do it, their relationship was going to lead to that in the end." Once Stark said that he laid back down and started to drift off.

"I would have to agree with Stark Lilynette, this would have happened sooner or later. Girls we should be going, I will see you soon Lilynette and tell Stark to get ready for the meeting please." Lilynette just nodded to what Harribel said and then Harribel and her fraccion walked out.

Espada Meeting (Ichigo's POV)

Nel and I finally reached the meeting room, we had a bit of a detour on the way. We ran into Menoly and Loly and Nel really wanted to talk with them. We are finally here though so we can get this over with, and then go to the other meeting. So far everyone but Nnoitra and Grimmjow are here, maybe they are fighting or something. I don't think Grimmjow would be persuaded into a fight like that though. My thoughts were stopped by the door opening, finally the two in question are here.

They quickly made it to their seats and tried not to notice the majority of the room starring at them. Aizen got the meeting started right away, saving them from the stares. "This meeting will start soon but first some tea, Gin if you would." Gin quickly exited the room and came back, in his hands was the normal tray with cups and a tea kettle. He quickly went and poured some tea for everyone, and exited the room.

"Now let us start this meeting, the thing I wanted to talk to you about was training. It will be between all of you espada, you will be randomly assigned a fighting partner. The fights will be above the dome so everyone will be allowed to release, the only rule is you cannot kill each other during these fights. If I think someone will be killed myself or Ichigo will step in and stop it. I will explain more of this tomorrow when the first match will be, for now just know that this is meant for you to get used to fighting opponents of different strengths."

A lot of the espada looked indifferent to this and some, well Nnoitra was very excited acting just liked his bloodthirsty self. Gin walked back in with a big smile on his face and stopped next to Aizen, it looked like he whispered in his ear. Aizen let out a small chuckle and Gin let out a laugh, I wonder what has them acting like this. "Ichigo and Nel there is something that I would like to ask the two of you after the meeting. Now the last thing for today, I will be sending a small group into the Menos Forest in a few days. They will be looking for any hollows that are strong enough to be an ally and recruit them, if they decline you are to eliminate them. That is all for today you are all free to go except for Nel and Ichigo."

With that everyone else walked out of the room, I looked over at Aizen and say he was looking at the two of us. "I have heard some things about you two wanting to do the reishi connection, is that true." I wonder how Aizen figured it out, we haven't told anyone that would talk about it. Ichigo I'm sure he knows about most things that are going on here, just don't worry about it. Yeah your right Miquel, "Yes we are thinking about it Aizen, we were told to ask you about it."

"Well that is something I didn't expect to ever happen with the arrancar, I guess it was a good idea that I had the device made. I can help you with the process, the only thing I have to say is it will be one of the most painful experiences of your life Ichigo. If you two are sure about this than I will support your decision, we can do ceremony in a couple of days." That was a lot easier than I thought it would be, maybe this won't be so hard after all. I still don't understand why everyone says it is going to be so painful for me.

"Thank you Aizen, we should be going though I'm sure that there are things you wish to do." He just nodded in response and me and Nel got up, we quickly left and headed for Ulquiorra's palace. It didn't take long to make it there, the place looks a lot like ours. I reached out and knocked on the door, "Ichigo who do you think is going to be here, I wonder how many we don't know about will be here."

"I'm not sure Nel but most likely a couple of people that we haven't talked a lot with are going to be here." Before I could say anything else the door opened, Ulquiorra was standing there with his normal expression he doesn't really smile does he.

"Come on in, I'm sure everyone will be happy to see the two of you." He motioned for us to come in which we did quickly. I noticed Stark, Harribel and their fraccion first, they were all sitting on the left side of the room. I looked over to the right and was a bit surprised by who was sitting there, closest to us was Grimmjow he wasn't the one who surprised me. Next to him was Aaroniero I wasn't sure if he would be here or not, I'm glad he is though he always seemed like an okay guy.

Sitting next to Aaroniero on the coach was the ones that surprised me, Gin was sitting at the end of the coach looking over at us with a big smile. Lastly sitting in a chair close to the coach was Tosen, I wonder why the two of them are here. I don't understand why they would want to go against the guy they left Soul Society with.

Stark got everyone's attention with a cough, "Now that everyone is here we can get down to business."

There it is, sorry for not having the traitor meeting in this chapter but it was getting a bit long and if I put the meeting in it would have been really long compared to other chapters. Also I know that I made the whole Marriage or connection thing a bit long, but it is something that I think will be important. Next Grimmjow's fraccion aren't at this meeting because there is a lot of them, and I don't really know how they act and talk. So if I put them in they probably wouldn't be very good, they will be in future fights though so if you are wanting to see them don't worry.

Talking about fights the espada training isn't just going to be straight up fights, there is going to be some twists in there. I think it would be a little boring if I just had a ton of fights between people that aren't really matched in strength. This is seriously the last thing, I want to know if you would like to see an Ichigo and Yammamoto fight. I don't know how big or crazy it will get because I already have a plan for when Ichigo uses his release for the first time. I'm just wondering if you guys are interested, hope you all enjoyed and thanks for the support.

Next Chapter - The traitor meeting for real this time, first espada training session, and the reishi connection.