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The sands of Hueco Mundo have been calm since Grimmjow's death. The usual winds and hollows were gone. In the clearing where the fight happened little has changed. The bodies of Grimmjow and Nnoitra have disappeared by now. All that's left is Nnoitra's axe that lies on the ground and Grimmjow's blade that sticks from the sand.

For the first time since then there was movement. From the edge of the tree line came a lone figure. They wore a white cloak that covered their whole body. They slowly made their way towards the old battle ground. Stopping and scanning over the area, they looked over it like a hawk.

Seeming satisfied they walked up further to Nnoitra's giant weapon. They quickly glanced it over and walked past. Continuing on to Grimmjow's sword, they stopped. Grasping the handle they ripped it from the sand, in a low but quite voice the man said, "The former septima huh. I'm sure the new septima will like to see her predecessor's weapon." As he continued walking back to the tree line he gave one last glance back and said, "To think that someone of your stature and power would foolishly disobey his lord's will. Sinking so low to follow my predecessor against our lord. Such foolishness they all have. "The man made his way back towards the tree line and slipped through, vanishing into the sands of Hueco Mundo.

At the entrance of the main building he reappeared still holding onto Grimmjow's sword. He made his way into the large building and started walking right to the throne room. The whole way was quiet and empty, not a single soul was there. Once he got to the door he made his way inside. The room was very much the same, the throne Aizen sat on was still there and the large table for the Espada was the same as well. Looking up to the throne Aizen was sitting there, and once he noticed the Arrancar standing there he motioned for him to come in. Looking over the Arrancar he asked, "So did you find anything Koyo?"

Koyo shifted his grip further down on the sheath of the blade and held it up for Aizen to see, "I found Grimmjow's sword."

Aizen didn't look too amused by this he simply said, "I have no use for it, do with it what you wish. Now we will be having a meeting soon, spread the word amongst your fellow Espada."

Taking a slight bow Koyo said, "Very well lord Aizen." Then he quickly left the room.

Aizen watched as he left with a small smile on his face, "The time is almost right, soon everything will come into turn."

Koyo made his way to Grimmjow's former palace, using long bursts of sonido to make the trip faster. Getting close enough to see it, the building looked like all the other palaces in the area. Koyo used one last burst of sonido to make it to the entrance and made his way up the stairs to the door. He quickly nocked and waited for a response. It took a minute but the door eventually opened a crack and then was flung open. From inside a female voice came through the door, "Koyo! What are you doing here?"

In the doorframe was the source of the voice. A young looking girl probably around seventeen, with pink hair. It was combed over the right side of her face and covered the majority of it, including her right eye. The one eye that was visible was a deep chocolate color. She wore a long skirt that went to her knees and a white blouse like shirt. It stuck to her curves and maybe even emphasized them, the sleeves however hung loosely and covered her hands. Again she asked, "What are you doing here Koyo?"

He offered the swords handle to her and said, "Found something you might like."

She quickly grabbed the blade and pulled it from the sheath. Once it glistened in the sun she started ogling over it. Swing it in quick and fluid strikes she happily watched every time the sun reflected from its surface. She happily squealed, "This sword is awesome." She quickly dropped the happy expression for a more serious one, "Where did you get it?"

Letting out a small sigh Koyo said, "It's the old septima's sword. Found it while doing some work Aizen asked me to."

Once again her face lit up and she yelled, "This was Grimmjow's, hell yes! It'll take some time but I'll be able to tap into its power and draw it into my own sword. Then I'll prove to everyone that I really am fit to be the septima maybe even more."

Koyo just shook his head, "Mizuno don't get carried away, and you haven't even successfully absorbed another's blade before."

The happiness dropped from Mizuno's face, "Yeah you're right Koyo, I haven't done it. Maybe I won't be able to do it. It's so much harder than just absorbing some one's attack."

Koyo dropped his head to look at Mizuno and then wrapped her into a small hug. "I didn't mean to make you doubt yourself Mizuno. You just shouldn't get overly excited is all. I'm sure you'll be able to tap into the power in the blade, it just might take some time."

Mizuno wrapped her arms around him and held onto him. Even after Koyo let go Mizuno still held onto him, not showing any sign of letting go. Koyo let out a small cough to get her attention and she quickly realized what she was doing. Mizuno jumped back from him and tried to hide the blush that was on her face while saying, "I'm sorry Koyo."

To this he just let out a quiet laugh. "It's fine Mizuno. We do have a meeting soon that we need to get to, I think it's going to be very important as well."

Gathering herself together Mizuno answered, "Okay Koyo, is everyone else going to be there?"

Answering to make it sound none sarcastic he said, "Yes everyone else will be there Mizuno, it's an Espada meeting."

Pouting slightly Mizuno just said, "Damn."

"I know you don't see eye to eye with some of the others but it's important that you can work together."

Mizuno slowly mumbled, "Yeah I know, you say that a lot."

~ HUECO MUNDO DAYS EARLIER ~

Aizen watched as the majority of his army leave, led by his strongest Espada. That alone is a big loss, but also losing Nnoitra. The only Espada he has left is Baraggan, who alone couldn't stand against them. After the group left Aizen made his way towards the room that was the birthplace for Vincio.

Aizen was getting everything on the other test subjects from his Hogyoku testing. In all he tried it eleven times the first success being Vincio. Making his way down the long staircase he didn't seem to be angry, mad or anything of the nature. If anything he was somewhat excited, well as much as he could be. The long hallway at the bottom of the stairs was empty and calm the only thing out of place was the open door that once held Vincio.

Making his way towards it he looked in. Quickly he turned around and went in the opposite room. Once the door closed behind him it didn't open again for two hours.

Once it did Aizen made his way out and made a motion for someone to follow him. From the door a figure came out. Slightly taller than Aizen it was dropped in a long white cloak and a good covered his face. Their head looked from side to side to get a feel of its surroundings. While still looking it asked, "What is this place?"

Aizen simply said, "Your birth place."

Then Aizen continued walking not even waiting for the other. Once again he stopped at a door and walked in leaving the man alone in the hallway.

The cloaked figure watched as Aizen slipped into the room and he stared at it for a time. He took his attention off of the door and once again examined the area. Quietly he mumbled, "It isn't this man's Reiatsu that I felt earlier. The one I felt was so much greater, yet it also seemed drowned in pain."

The man drew his hood back and pulled the cloth from his face. He looked fairly young, most likely in his late twenties. He had long black hair that was cut to hang to the left side of his head. His skin was lightly tanned and this made him look even younger. His mask fragment formed around his left eye, completely circling it, at the bottom a piece stuck out like a talon that framed that side of his face.

The opening of a door quickly got his attention and when he looked Aizen stepped out, followed suit by another. He stared at the newcomer with wonder until Aizen got their attention. "Now why don't you two introduce yourselves I still have a few others to awaken." With that said Aizen made his way further down the hall and left the two. The man just waited for the newcomer to start.

After what seemed like a while he figured he should start, "I'm Koyo, who are you?"

Koyo looked over at the other figure and waited. A couple minutes past until they pulled their hood off and answered, "I'm Mizuno, nice to meet you."

Getting straight to the point Koyo asked, "So do you know where we are?"

Mizuno just shook her head, "No I have no idea. I don't really know anything."

~ Current Time ~

Koyo and Mizuno made their way towards the throne room for the meeting that was planned to take place. Even with only a few days passed a lot has happened to Las Noches. Aizen and Baraggan are the only two left from the original group. Even with this Aizen seems to have no regrets. He woke up as many of his creations to take the new roles of his army, filling in as many as he could. Baraggan was placed as the Primera by Aizen, which he felt good about until he learned another was appointed Cero. Still he didn't speak his mind about it much.

If anything Aizen acted like the original Espada never happened, treating this group like the first. He gave all of them their ranks and they were all given a palace. The only difference this time around was the numbers, he only had seven instead of ten. Even with this Aizen hasn't handled anything different from before.

As Aizen waited on his throne for his Espada he thought about the events that lead to this. Thinking back to the day he found Ichigo and Nel wondering he had to admit the plans he created have altered. Ichigo didn't turn into the weapon he had wanted him to, the powerhouse that he needed to take over. Instead he became the child that forsaken him. Nothing he could do would change Ichigo's mindset on the world and the people he holds close. He even went so far as to using Kyoka Suigetsu against him, even that didn't change his view. If anything it just solidified it.

He thought of the fake battle during one of those illusions, where Ichigo showered the brute of his power. Drove to the very edge of releasing, yet he didn't. Even after breaking him, it was all stopped by a single word. That was Aizen's only chance to gather data on his release, and in the end it failed. It wasn't a complete failure though, Aizen watched as Ichigo's Reiatsu alone dissolved the foundation of Hueco Mundo. While not giving him any inside of his abilities it put a light on the monstrous power that man held. That fact alone making it even worse knowing that power is no longer with you.

Looking back on everything he still didn't seem to have any regrets, it didn't even seem to faze him thinking about this. He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of the door opening. Looking over Koyo and Mizuno walked in, both of which made their way to the table and found their seat.

A few minutes after they walked in the door opened once more. Two people walked in both men, one being tall while the other was average.

The taller of the two was around six and a half feet, and slender. He wore a white shirt that hugged his figure and white pants that were held by a blue sash. His sword was tucked in the back of the sash across his back, with the handle pointing to his left hip. It was a little shorter than a normal sword and had a slight curve to the blade. The handle was black with a blue cloth wrapped around it. The most noticeable feature was the silver guard. It was made up of several curved points that wrapped around themselves. Creating a circular pattern.

His hair was only a few inches long on the top and cut almost bald on the sides. The top being pulled back in a slick style. The style was different but it seems to fit him. He had light blue eyes that were made to look even brighter by a small amount of black eyeliner. Lastly his mask fragment started at the back of his jawline by his right ear and follow it down to his chin. Looking a lot like the bottom part of a jaw it had a couple of teeth sticking out completing the look.

Next to him stood another man in simple white clothing. He had a bulkier shirt that looked a bit too big for him. The bottom of it was wrapped in a purple sash. On his back was his weapon, a large curved blade that resembled a scythe blade. The handle was about two feet long and wrapped in the same purple cloth of his sash.

To match he had purple hair that was spiked up to the right and the left side of his head was buzzed. He had dark brown eyes that looked almost black. Unlike the other he didn't have a mask fragment on his face, his was instead on his arm. It started like a glove on his left hand it looked like it was formed into different parts on his fingers. At each joint a piece of the bone stuck back at a point, moving towards his palm. The white bone ran up his arm and had a similar effect at his elbow, creating a large point on the back side of his elbow. It continued up his arm a bit more and stopped about halfway between his elbow and shoulder. It didn't stop suddenly instead it looked like his whole arm once was covered in it and it has been slowly breaking away creating a jagged edge.

The two made their way into the room and found a seat across from Koyo and Mizuno. Koyo stared across at the two and looked them over. The shorter man with purple hair said, "Hey Koyo, got any idea what this is about."

Koyo dropped his stare and answered, "No I don't really know Ogama."

Ogama just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then this should be interesting. So what's been up with you and Koyo?"

Looking over at Mizuno, Koyo just smiled, "Nothing much, just same old same old ya know."

The taller man sitting next to Ogama said, "Why do you even bother talking with him Ogama?"

To this he just sighed, "I talk to him because I care Kyojin."

Kyojin just laughed at this, "Why would you care about anyone else, you only need to care about yourself."

Shaking his head Ogama said, "You just don't understand Kyojin."

The door opened once again getting the attention of everyone at the table. In the doorway stood a girl looking to be in her twenties. She had long white hair that stretched to her mid back, and had bangs that hung down over the left side of her face. She was wearing a fairly revealing outfit. She had on a pair of shorts that only covered half of her thighs, and hugged her hips tightly. Her top was interesting to say the least. Her shirt hugged her frame very tightly and left very little to the imagination, while the sleeves hung loose and covered her hands. Her eyes looked like a deep ocean with several different shades of blue.

As she walked over she smiled and seductively said, "Hi Ogama, Hi Koyo." Finding a place next to Mizuno she just smirked down at her and then looked over at Ogama.

To all of this Koyo just shook his head, "What do you want Izumi?"

Izumi just went big eyed and looked over at Koyo with a sad expression, "I was just saying high Koyo. Just trying to be friendly is all."

"There's no need to lie to me Izumi, I know what you are trying to do."

Crossing her arms Izumi looked away and said, "I have no idea what you are talking about."

Kyojin just laughed at this, "You are all so stupid with your antics."

While he laughed Izumi glared at him, "Shut the fuck up you moron, you don't even understand anything."

"You make me laugh, you pewny bitch."

Shouting Izumi hit her hand on the table and pointed right at him, "Fuck you, ya giant oath."

Over all of the noise no one heard when the door opened. From the door came a soft female voice, "Why do you always have to be such a bitch Izumi, you will never get a man acting like that."

To this everyone stopped and looked over to the door. Standing there was two other girls, both about the same height. The one in front had short red hair that was pulled back. Her mask fragment framed both her eyes, while also having a spike that started at the bottom of each piece and runs down to her jawline. The bone like material made her green eyes look even bolder than normal. While she had these crazy physical features she wore a very plain Arrancar outfit, the only difference being she wore a skirt instead of pants. Unlike most others she didn't wear a sash around her waist, she wore two red bands around her forearms. The one on her right arm holding her short blade.

The women behind her had long blond hair that was put into a ponytail. Her mask fragment was small compared to most of the others, it was only a small piece that ran under her left eye. She also wore a very plain outfit, the only personal touch it had was the shirt. It resembled a normal blouse but the sleeves were a bit bigger and hung lose. While the back had extra length to it, making it run down to the back of her knees. She had an orange sash wrapped around her waist that held onto her sword. It was a curved blade that was a few feet in length and hung loosely at her side. She just quietly watched everyone with her golden eyes and waited for what was to happen next.

Standing up Izumi shouted, "What the fuck did you say Kaen!"

Stepping closer to her Kaen repeated, "I said you're acting like a BITCH!"

Izumi started drawing her sword while walking closer. Aizen's voice echoed through the room, "Now that you are all here why don't we get started. Izumi, Kaen would you please find your seats." Hearing this Izumi instantly dropped her hand as her blade fell back into its sheath. She froze for a second until she turned around and made her way back to her seat. Kaen quickly did the same finding a seat next to Kyojin.

Ogama looked over to the women standing by the door and said, "Come join us Kanari, you can sit by me."

Kanari who had been standing by the door blushed slightly and slowly made her way over to the table. Taking up his offer she sat down next to him. Feeling satisfied Aizen started, "Now that you are all here we can get this started."

Koyo quickly asked, "Where is Baraggan?"

Aizen simply said, "Baraggan already knows everything I'm going to tell you. So no need to have him here when he could be doing other things."

Koyo just offered a nod understanding he wouldn't get a straight answer.

Continuing Aizen got up from his throne and walked down to the table. Once there he grabbed something from his pocket and place it on the table. A small black box, that didn't look like anything much.

Kyojin just let out a small chuckle to himself, "What could something so small do?"

Aizen didn't answer him he just put his palm on the top of it. Slowly a purple glow started to form around the box until it was completely covered by it. Lifting his hand from it Aizen stated, "What you are about to see is very important. This is simply to show you who are enemy is and for you to get a grasp of their strength."

Once he finished a light projected from the top of the small box and formed a square of light above the table. Slowly the light took on different colors until it made up a picture.

The Captains of The 13 Court Guard Squads stood in their meeting room. the only ones missing were Gin, Tosen, and Aizen. It went from the wide picture of them to a video of Sui Feng. It was a video of her speed and using her Shikai. Aizen stated, "This is Captain of the 2nd division Sui Feng. She isn't the strongest Captain but she has great speed and a fairly strong Shikai and Bankai. In all I rate her as a minimal threat."

Everyone watched as the video slowly changed from Sui Feng into Komamura. Showing the fight he had with Kenpachi Aizen said, "This is Captain of the 7th division Komamura. He has incredible strength and stamina, while being mostly a physical fighter. His Bankai can be a major threat but is best countered by speed and close range. I would also say he is a minimal threat in the long run. However if certain circumstances arise he can become a bigger threat than originally thought."

Ogama asked, "What circumstances would that be exactly?"

"That isn't anything you need to worry about, if it does happen someone else will he handling it."

Looking back to the video it changed again this time to Mayuri. He was in his lab working on various things. Aizen said, "This man is the Captain of the 12th division, Mayuri. He isn't a physical fighter, however his intelligence more than makes up for that. He relies greatly on the abilities of his Zanpakuto and his own inventions. His threat level is four out of ten."

Izumi laughed, "He crazy like you Kyojin."

Aizen quickly got their attention again when the video changed. It showed Toshiro in his Bankai while fighting Nel. However Nel was not actually really visible in the video she was mostly blurred. "Toshiro Captain of the 10th Division. While he is young he is very skilled. His Bankai is also fairly strong, with several abilities. I place him as a four on the threat level as well."

Once again the picture slowly started to change from Toshiro to Kenpachi. The video of him showed off his incredibly large relishing reserves as well as his physical strength. Aizen sat back and watched his new Espadas reaction. Overall they seemed to be surprised by him well his power it least.

Ogama looked from the video to Kyojin and said l, "Seems a lot like you."

Several of them nodded and Koyo said, "You do seem to resemble him quite well."

Kyojin was about to comment but Aizen was faster, "Kenpachi is the Captain of the 11thv division. He is considered amongst the strongest when it comes to Reishi reserves and strength. He is a more than capable fighter but is hindered by his thirst for the fight. He gets carried away quite easily and will often open himself up to damage for no real reason other than the thrill of it. In all he is a threat, but his full strength doesn't come until his eye patch comes off."

Koyo was the first to ask, "What do you mean his full strength doesn't come until after his eye patch is removed?"

"The patch is really a seal on his Reishi, locking away some of it so he can't use all of it. For this reason I put him at a five a six when his eye patch is off on the threat scale."

Before any more questions could be asked the screen once again changed. Aizen looked over the reactions that everyone had and had a small smile on his face. "Some of you seem to be underestimating her based on appearance, which is something that you shouldn't do."

Kyojin just laughed, "She couldn't be much of a threat, look at her."

Kyojin pointed at the screen where Unohana was tending to the injured people in her division. Honestly she didn't look threatening at all, just like a happy lady that is trying to help people.

Izumi simply said, "As hard as it is for me to agree with him, Kyojin makes sense. She doesn't look like she could put up a fight, even against Mizuno."

To this Mizuno got a small blush and said, "Hey, I can put up a fight just like anyone else."

Izumi just waved her off, "Of course you can Septima, whatever you say."

Koyo was the one to break this up, "You don't need to make fun of her Izumi. You are only the Quinto after all."

You could see the anger starting to build on her face, however she just crossed her arms and turned away from them.

Aizen quickly started up again, "Now then Unohana is one of the oldest captains, and very powerful. While she normally shows this face you see, in battle she is far more bloodthirsty for the lack of a better word. She is one of the only captains I don't know the full extent of their power, however I don't think she is on the same level as the rest. For this I put her between a six and seven on the threat level."

Again Kyojin just laughed, "Are you serious about this?"

Aizen just stared over at him and that quickly shut him up. "Now these next three are all about equal in power, skill, and experience." Looking back to the screen the Byakuya, Shunsui and Ukitake were all there. Each of them having their Shikai's active and looking to be in the middle of a fight.

"These three are going to be the biggest threats from the captains. They will most likely not step in until later in the fight and when they do, they will try and turn the tide of the fight. However that isn't something to worry about at the moment I have plans for dealing with them. Still you all need to be weary of them and know of their importance in this battle. I place all of them at a nine on the threat level, Shunsui being the highest among them."

Ogama observed the three the closest. Looking over all of them and gathering every detail he could. As he was studying them the screen shifted over to a different video. This one was dark and hard to see much of anything. In a big burst of lights flames shot out of the darkness and brightened the screen. Slowly the light from them faded until you could make out Yamamoto with his Shikai activated.

The main reaction around the room was surprise and somewhat shock. "This is Yamamoto captain of the first division and leader of the Gotei Thirteen. He is the oldest living Shinigami in existence and considered by many the strongest. Koyo you are the only one that I believe would be able to fight him among all of you. I would easily rank him a ten on the threat level."

"Now that you have seen the Shinigami Captains it is time for you to see your predecessors.

As Aizen went through the original Espada that betrayed him he pointed out there old ranks and gave insight into their abilities while also ranking them on the same threat level as the Captains. He started with Szayel and Aaroniero placing them both as a four on the threat level. He told about Szayel's intelligence and his similar skills to Mayuri, while talking about Aaroniero's ability to absorb most anything and use that to increase his strength.

To most of the new Espada these two didn't really seem like much, especially because of their old ranks. However they didn't have much time to talk that over because Aizen once again changed the screen over to Harribel and Vincio.

"Harribel and Vincio, both very strong and independent. Harribel is a strong fighter and is held fairly high among her comrades in the regards of strength. She is one of the only Espada in their group to have fraccion with her. Three in total all of which hold a high place in her heart. These three fraccion are her biggest weak spot, since they are much weaker they are easy targets and can be used to rile her up."

"Then there is Vincio, one of your own brothers. He was created alongside all of you, however his growth rate was far greater. Due to this it was possible for this group to get a hold of him and alter his mindset to follow them. I don't know how strong of a bond he has with them, but is must be fairly large since he still follows them. Either way he is seen as a major threat, his abilities are one of a kind and very powerful. While his physical strength isn't the greatest his abilities can let him fight against most any opponent. Due to this he is placed as a seven on the threat level, while Harribel is six."

Taking the opportunity Koyo asked, "Why do you hold his abilities to such high regards?"

Aizen almost let out a small chuckle, "I hold them in such high regards because they were made to kill the former Cero."

Hearing this the room went silent. Everyone looked surprised by this, Koyo more so than the others. He tried to say something but Ogama beat him to it, "What do you mean this guy was supposed to kill the old Cero? Isn't the Cero supposed to be the strongest?"

Aizen slowly made his way back to the end of the table and said, "Vincio is a very special Arrancar, no other in existence is like him. You seven are the closest beings to him, however you are still nothing like him. All I can say is while he doesn't possess the physical power to fight against the old Cero his abilities make it very much possible. That is all I'm going to say on the subject."

Even while Aizen was saying this Koyo wasn't really paying attention he was thinking to himself. "If Vincio was made to kill the old Cero I wonder if that means he would have the advantage against me as well. If so what could his abilities be to where he has an advantage against stronger enemies."

Breaking him out of his thoughts Aizen said, "Now these next two are Stark and Ulquiorra. These two are both very strong in all aspects of combat, and both share a strong bond with the Cero. If anything I think the three see themselves more as brothers than anything, as strange as that sounds. So in all these two are the biggest threats besides the Cero himself, of course this is expected them being the old Primera and Segunda themselves. Because of all of this I have to place both of them as a nine of the threat level."

As the picture of Stark and Ulquiorra slowly faded away Aizen said, "This is the last two people that you need to be aware of." Once he finished a picture of Nel standing next to Ichigo with his hood up came up. Everyone looked at the picture but you could tell once they noticed Ichigo, because almost all of them had a small shiver run down their back.

"The girl is Nel, and the cloaked man with the red eye beside her is Ichigo, the former Cero."

Even though everyone knew that he was most likely the Cero it was still crazy to hear. No one had anything to say so Aizen went back to what he was saying. "Ichigo and Nel are a very special case, Nel was the former quinto which makes it an even crazier thing. Ichigo and Nel have the strongest relationship I have ever seen amongst Arrancar, they even went to the point of a Reishi Connection. In other words the two are married and Ichigo holds her above anything else in the world even his own life."

Before the questions came Aizen quickly changed the picture to a video of the group meeting Kisuke and his followers for the first time. It focused in on Ichigo, Nel, and Kisuke as he looked from him to Nel. What happened next made the room go quiet once again. From something as small as Kisuke looking at her Ichigo snapped. The power erupted from him in an instant, seeing this power erupt from him and the change his hollow eye did was more than enough for some. Izumi couldn't stop thinking about him in other ways though.

"He is so strong and good looking. I'm sure I can make him fight over me like that, I just have to show him who the stronger female is."

Ogama watched quietly while thinking, "That power is incredible, I have never seen anything like it before yet it seems somewhat familiar. I just hope Koyo will be able to survive if he fights against him."

Kanari who had been sitting and watching quietly couldn't stop thinking about what she just saw. "That man holds so much power and yet he holds someone so much weaker that close to his heart. I wonder if he would ever be able to hold another that close. No, what am I thinking he is supposed to be my enemy."

Kaen was thinking similar to the other two girls "Why does he have to be so good looking and strong. Yet he already has some stupid bitch, maybe if I can show him that she isn't as great as he thinks then he will take me instead."

Aizen watched and could tell what some of the people were thinking. The only person he couldn't quite understand was Koyo, he had just been sitting there quietly without much change. Looking over Aizen asked, "What are your thoughts on Ichigo, Koyo?"

Taking a second to gather his thoughts Koyo said, "He is not what I first expected him to be. His power isn't as great as I thought it would first be either. While he did release a fairly strong amount of Reiatsu it wasn't exactly what I had expected."

Aizen almost laughed at this, "So you still don't think he possesses the strength that I have said he does. I didn't originally plan on showing you this but it is the only way for you to see the strength that he has.

The screen about slowly faded into gray. Once it was fully gray, color slowly formed like flames on the screen. Once the video was fully clear it was a video of when Ichigo fought Aizen above the dome. It started with the conversation the two had about what it takes to be a leader. You could see their lips moving but you didn't hear anything coming from them

Aizen looked over the room and said, "What you are about to see happened only about a week ago. There is a point during this fight I use the ability of my Zanpakuto to create a copy of myself that continues to fight Ichigo, If I didn't do this and continued fighting at the level I was Ichigo would have killed me."

Aizen only let that sink in for a minute before he started the video again.

On the screen Ichigo dashed at Aizen who tried blocking only to be sent to his knees under the force. There was a small pause where the two talked, which again was cut out. Without warning Ichigo delivered a strong kick to Aizen's chest sending him flying.

Around the room everyone seemed to be watching very intently. Koyo had finally started being interested by this video. As the video played on everyone watched as Ichigo started becoming more and more serious, which got some of the people interested.

Kanari kept thinking, "I wonder what exactly caused him to attack Aizen. Either way his strength is incredible, it makes me crazy just seeing it. I shouldn't be, but it's incredible to imagine him by my side. I shouldn't think about that though, he already has someone and Aizen wouldn't want me thinking of the enemy that way."

In the video Ichigo gathered his Reiatsu into his blade, causing it to erupt from it like flames. Solid black flames with a slight purple tint, unlike any other that they have seen.

Ogama tried to ask, "What is it."

Before he could finish asking Ichigo had already released the attack. This time however the audio of the recording could be hear. "Cero Arco!" As Ichigo brought his blade forwards the energy erupted from it, destroying everything in its path.

After watching this Ogama asked, "What kind of attack was that Aizen?"

Everyone looked over to him waiting for an answer. Aizen just let out a small smirk, "That is one of the attacks Ichigo created, as you can tell it is a variation of a Cero."

Kaen smacked the table and yelled, "How the hell could he alter a Cero?"

Izumi just chuckled at Kaen's outburst. "You are so stupid Kaen."

Quickly she bursted from her feet and yelled, "What the fuck did you say bitch!"

Laughing to herself Izumi waved her off, "That is exactly what I'm talking about Kaen."

Aizen was watching and you could tell he was getting tired of what the two were doing. Koyo was the only one to notice this and decided to take action before Aizen did. Looking over at he directed some of his Reiatsu onto them and said, "Why don't you two wait to bicker with each other until after we are done here, if you pay attention it might save your life."

The two quickly stopped and gave each other one last look before looking back to Aizen. Aizen just gave a small nod to Koyo and continued, "Now then let's continue with this video."

As he started it back up he skipped forward a bit. By know the black armor had already started forming on Ichigo and flames of his Reiatsu were bursting from his blades. As Ichigo went on with the assault he started everyone watched as Aizen dodged for his life.

This continued on for a minute until Ichigo started releasing so much Reiatsu that the dome underneath him started to disintegrate.

Seeing this everyone went wide eyed except Koyo, however he was still shocked just didn't show it. "How could his Reiatsu alone do that? He isn't even released yet, but his Reiatsu is strong enough to break away the dome."

With little warning Ichigo switched the grip of his swords, pointing them towards the ground. Crouching down to one knee he dropped his head for a second. He quickly looked up and yelled, "Annihilate!" In the middle of this Nel sonidod next to him and wrapped her arms around him. In an instant all of the Reiatsu in the air was gone. The video cut out before anything else happened and Aizen looked down to see all of his new Espada. Most of which were either shocked or surprised.

Turning to look at Koyo he asked, "So do you still doubt the power Ichigo possesses Koyo?"

Looking down Koyo let out a sigh, "No I don't doubt that he is incredibly strong. I can't say anything else about it though."

"Very well, that is all for today. You may go about your business, if anything comes up I will inform you."

~ Line Break ~

After all of his Espada left Aizen made his way through Las Noches. He walked around in what seemed like a random way, stopping at the end of a long hallway. There weren't any doors this far down either, he had already passed by the last of them. Still Aizen walked up to the wall and placed his hand onto it, a faint purple glow came out around his hand. Then a purple glow in the shape of a door formed on the wall.

A moment later this light disappeared and the wall that was there is now gone. Aizen looked into the new hole and you couldn't see anything inside. Still he walked in and the wall slowly reformed behind him.

Inside the room Aizen continued walking through the darkness. While it didn't look like anything Aizen brought his hand forward and touched something. The same purple light from earlier shined from the pedestal that he was touching. You could just see the outline of Aizen's face from the faint purple light, and he was smiling.

To himself he said, "Now it's time for my plans to come into fruition."

Aizen brought his hand up to his face and the light got brighter. When it was close enough he could see the object in his hand. A small purple square, the Hogyoku.

"Soon Ichigo you will see what true power is."

Firstly I have to say I'm sorry for the incredibly long wait for this chapter. I want to point out some things with the story. I wasn't originally planning on bringing in the new Espada this chapter but to be honest I couldn't think of anything else to do. Here is the New Espada list

0 - Koyo

1 - Baraggan

2 - Ogama

3 - Kanari

4 - Kaen

5 - Izumi

6 - Kyojin

7 - Mizuno

There will be more of these characters before the actual war starts so you can learn more about them. I don't think I'm going to give all of them a highly detailed backstory or anything just because that would take up to much of the story. Since they are just characters I made up I doubt that to many of you would want that over actual story progression.

Anyway I hope you liked at least a few of these new characters, I know that not all of them seem the most original per say when it comes to personality. I will branch out there personality more so they don't just seem like a copy of anyone else. I have plans for a couple of these guys already, just not all of them.

Next chapter I will actually go back to the main group and focus mainly on them. Now that brings me to why this chapter hasn't come out until now.

If you don't already know I don't write chapters ahead of release. By this I mean I won't start work on chapter 18 until I put this one up, I do this because I want to hear your feedback and anything you guys want to see or think needs to be addressed. This can make it somewhat difficult with getting the chapter done in the amount of time I want it to be done in though, that is just something that is true and I would be lying if I said otherwise. That isn't why this chapter took so long though, I was getting chapters done within a week or two.

EVERYTHING FROM HERE ON OUT IS MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING, I DON'T WANT ANYONE FEELING BAD FOR ME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M ONLY EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOME OF YOU GUYS REALLY DO CARE AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S UP WITH ME.

Okay sorry about the huge bold text but wanted to get that across. I haven't really talked about myself much to you guys, unless you have looked at my profile you probably don't know anything about me. However most of the people that are reading this have looked at my profile before, so I'm not going to say everything about me. The only real thing I'll say is that I just turned 17 last month, I'm in high school and I work. That way you can understand a little bit more of what my life consists off.

So as much as I don't want to admit it but I'm a pretty depressed person. While I don't let that normally affect me, it's hard to always keep myself positive. I've done a fairly good job the last couple of years but there are times where I have what I call an episode, where my depression just overtakes everything. Normally it doesn't last all that long a couple days or so. Well that's what happened during this long break. I had one of these episodes which I would say is one of the worst I have had in a very long time.

All I'm going to say is that when these happen it's hard for me to do anything. Anyone that has dealt with depression before knows this all too well so I'm not going into detail about what I was thinking.

The main reason I even decided to talk about this was because me thinking about writing and the things that you guys have said helped me get over it. So I just want to say thanks for being there without even really knowing. So expect some updates happening in a few weeks because I owe you guys, and I'm wanting to get better than how I was. You all have my thanks and I really appreciate all of you guys more so than you know.