Sorry for the wait been a lot busier than I was planning on me being and I couldn't write very much at all. Anyway hope you enjoy the chapter and I have something to talk about at the end of the chapter.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Alacron's Speech"

The sound of the wind hitting the barracks was the only thing you'd hear in the silent room. Even with so many people coming and going there was barely any noise, let alone people talking. After a few hours of visitors ranging from Shinigami Captains and Lieutenants to Ichigo's family the room was mostly empty. Only four visitors were still here at this late hour and none of them looked to be wanting to leave tonight.

Ichigo was still laying in the center of the room under a few blankets. To his left Nel was holding onto him and trying to keep her eyes open. She was the only one that Unohana couldn't get to leave when she had to do her check up on Ichigo. She's been lying with him for hours now and most likely will be for many more to come.

On the opposite side of the bed there was an old chair leaning against the wall. It was were Ulquiorra has been sitting most of the time. Whenever he wasn't sitting in the chair he'd walk over and check on Ichigo and Nel. It kept him a little more at ease knowing he'd be alright, it still doesn't change what he blames himself for. He glanced up from the book he was trying to read and let out a small sigh seeing Ichigo and Nel lying there once again.

The only person that has been there about as long as Nel was Kisuke. The entire time he's been staring out the window, looking over Seireitei and once night fell he'd gaze up at the stars. Turning to give his first glance towards Ichigo he stopped himself and turned back to the window. Leaning his head against the window he thought, 'I'm acting almost like his father. When you were born he couldn't even look at you for a little while. He was to nervous that you'd end up having a terrible life because of him. Yet here I am doing the same thing. Setting your life down a bad path and not even able to look at you, give you support or even say I'm sorry.'

Moving away from the window he walked over to the door. Opening it quietly he only got Harribel's attention who was standing near it. He offered a quick glance and walked into the hallway. Looking back at Ichigo lying there and Nel holding onto him he thought, 'I'm going to put your life back on the right path Ichigo. I want you to live a good life, one better than mine. You could have easily had a different life if I did things differently all those years ago.'

Closing the door Kisuke made his way down the hallway and eventually out of the barracks. Looking towards the Eighth Division it was still easy to tell what happened. From the large destruction of buildings and earth to the small amount of smoke that was still coming from the area. "I don't know how to make your life better Ichigo, but I do know who can help me." Taking a step forwards he said, "I'll make sure to tell them hi for you Ichigo." Then he disappeared once his foot touched the ground.

Inside Harribel was the only person that noticed him leave, but she didn't bring any attention to it. She just looked back over the silent inhabitants of the room. Offering a small nod in Ulquiorra's direction she slipped out the door. Heading down the hallway she slipped into the room that was housing her fraccion.

The room was a lot more lively than Ichigo's was. However the moment the door opened and Harribel walked in it went silent. The three girls just looked over with surprised expressions. Mira was the first to ask, "How is he Harribel?"

Walking over and taking a seat with them she shook her head. "Nothing really new. Unohana said based on his total reserves it could take days for him to be able to wake up. Hopefully he will wake up much sooner."

They all just nodded and waited for anything more. After a break Harribel continued, "In a while I'm sure Nel would like it if we all came over and wished them well."

~ LINE BREAK ~

Nel shifter he position and laid her head down against Ichigo's chest and started listening to the slow and soft breaths he was taking. His chest would in turn rise slowly and steadily. As she laid there she had an arm underneath him and one laying over his waist. In all she looked like she could fall asleep at any moment. Quietly she started talking to him, "I've been able to feel the baby kicking Ichigo. Every time I notice it I smile and think of the future. The future we are living in together, where we don't have worries. The future I want seems so distant, every time it seems within grasp something changes it."

By now a small stream of tears were falling onto Ichigo's chest. Taking a pause she wiped the tears away then continued, "I started thinking maybe we should name the baby something else. I was thinking we should name it after either Stark or Lilynette."

Even though she knew he wouldn't answer she waited a few moments for one. After exempting one wouldn't come she said, "We wouldn't have to if you don't want to Ichigo. I just thought it would be a way to always remember them and show how important they are."

Silence fell on the room once again. Nel closed her eyes and let out a small sigh. In an instant the silence that had fell was destroyed. All around the fourth division you could feel Ichigo's Reiatsu. It was much weaker and seemed unstable compared to earlier though.

It only took a few seconds for Unohana to come rushing in with Isane. Pulling on her Captain's haori she walked over to the bed. Nel was still trying to hold onto Ichigo and she was looking at his body with sadness in her eyes. Unohana put a hand on her shoulder and asked, "Nel would you please step back, I need to get to work."

Hesitantly Nel let go of him and backed away. Her and Ulquiorra watched as Unohana and Isane started getting to work. Without warning Ichigo's body started to shake and thrash around. "Ulquiorra would you please help!." Unohana yelled while trying to hold down Ichigo's body.

Quickly he came over and held his chest down and asked her. "What's happening?"

They finally got his body to stop fighting so much and Unohana had a chance to tell him. Looking up at him and Nel she said, "When someone uses up so much Reishi there is a chance the body can forget what large amounts of pressure it puts on them."

Taking a pause she undid Ichigo's shirt and looked over him. His hollow hole was gaining cracks that branched out in all directions, covering his entire chest. Isane backed away from him with her hand over her mouth, you could faintly hear her say, "Oh God."

Looking back at his chest the cracks were spreading more and getting larger every second. The newest one that formed cut the black zero rank mark on his chest in half and stretched up to his neck. As it did Ichigo started letting out a faint weisz as his lungs fought to get oxygen.

Unohana closed her eyes for a moment and said, "Nel I need your help now."

Until now Nel had been watching on in horror clenching her hands together as tears slowly streamed down her face. She didn't react when Unohana called out to her So Ulquiorra guided her closer to the bed. Unohana took ahold of her hands and looked her in the eyes. "Nel I need you to trust me, okay?"

A small nod from Nel and Unohana continued, "Ichigo's body is under tremendous pressure and we need to let that pressure be released. If we don't than he will die. I need you to stay focused." Another small nod from Nel and Unohand brought Nel's hands together and wrapped hers around them. Unohana let out a small breath and shoved their hands into Ichigo's hollow hole. There was a quick flash of bright purple light from the center.

A moment later she brought their hands out and a wave of Reiatsu came flowing out. This Reiatsu weighed down on everyone except Nel and it quickly stretched out and hung over a large portion of the Seireitei. This only lasted for a couple of seconds before it could no longer be felt.

Once it died down Ichigo's body went limp. The cracks on his chest stopped forming and some of the ones that were already there slowly started to close up. Ulquiorra stood back and watched as Nel held onto Ichigo and tears fell onto his chest. Unohana walked over and put an arm around her and said, "He'll be okay, his body just wasn't ready for the large amount of Reishi. His Reishi built up a lot faster than his body was able to handle."

Walking over to Ulquiorra she quietly asked him, "Would you please keep an eye on her. Ichigo should wake up soon and you and Nel will probably be the only ones that can keep Ichigo here until he is fully healed. Even after he wakes up it will probably take a couple of days for him to be fully healed."

He gave her a small nod and walked up to Nel and Ichigo. Leaving them Unohana and Isane walked out. In the hallway Harribel and her fraccion were making their way down the hallway towards them. Calling out Harribel asked, "Is Ichigo alright?"

Unohana just offered a small smiled and then continued down the hallway towards her office. Isane stayed for a moment and tried to offer a smile and followed after her captain. Harribel softly knocked on the door and waited for an answer. It came with Ulquiorra opening the door trying to keep his normal emotionless expression, but failing.

Turning around he motioned for them to come in. He took his old seat in the chair and looked over at Ichigo's motionless body once more. As the four made their way into the room they all stayed quite and found a place around the bed. Harribel hide her emotions when she saw Ichigo's body but her fraccion had a hard time doing so.

Ichigo's body had become so pale it was almost white like Ulquiorra's. The color of his mask fragment had faded greatly and looked lifeless. His body while still being the same size looked like that of a older man because of the wear it has. Scars, wrinkles and the cracking over his chest and up his neck all made him look like a dead man.

While the state Ichigo was in was bad Nel tried to ignore it. She was kneeling on the floor and holding onto Ichigo's head and holding onto one of his hands. You could tell she had been having a hard time with this based on her appearance alone. Her hair was a little unkept and messy, but not to much. On the other hand her face was covered in makeup stains and dried tears and her eyes looked almost empty. The normal deep color that shined from them was dull and plain.

Harribel decided to offer the little support she could and kneeled down beside Nel. Putting an arm around her shoulder Nel leaned into her. With tears still rolling down her face Nel asked, "Why is this happening Harribel?" Taking a small breath she said, "I don't know what I should do."

Harribel whispered, "You just need to be strong, be here for him. You're the person that he would risk his life for, but you're more than just that to him. You're the only person that he can lean on when he needs it, you're the person that gives him the strength he needs. He needs that person right now more than anything. He needs you Nel."

For a moment silence fell upon the room once more. Nel clenched onto Ichigo's hand as hard as she could and laid her head on the bed and whispered, "I'm here Ichigo."

Feeling a soft grasp around her hand Nel froze. It only lasted for a moment and it was gone, looking up she eyed his hand in hers. Once again a soft grasp wrapped around her hand and as she watched Ichigo's fingers curled around hers just enough to feel. Nel wiped away the tears once more and whispered his name,"Ichigo?"

The grip around her hand tightened and Ichigo's eyes cracked open, just enough to see the color of his eye and a faint red glow from the one enclosed by his mask fragment. It was so quiet it was barely heard by the people in the room, but when it was the atmosphere in the room completely changed.

Ichigo turned his head just enough to be able to see Nel kneeling next to him and in a low raspy voice he whispered, "Nel, are you okay?"

Wiping the tears from her face she smiled for the first time in awhile, "Yes! I'm great Ichigo, thank you."

~ Line Break ~

The rain fell from the sky like bullets, hitting the ground and forming in large puddles. From the shadows of an alleyway a cloaked man walked out and headed further down the dark street. The man stopped once he made it to the end of the street and quickly looked over his shoulder. There was a quick flash of lightning in the sky and then the man was gone.

At the opposite end of the street another cloaked figure came walking. They looked to be about the same size but each one of their steps held much more weight to them. As he made it to the end of the street he stopped where the first man had and looked towards the moon. As the lightning flashed once more it illuminated the sky above. Hundreds of what looked like rifts in the sky appeared and created a high pitched screech while they opened. As the light faded they were hided in the darkness of the sky once again.

The man on the ground chuckled to himself seeing these. Pulling the hood further onto his head he disappeared just like the first man had.

Near the outskirts of town there was an old cemetery. It wasn't very large and was surrounded by an old black metal fence. One of cloaked men appeared in the center of the cemetery and looked down at the gravestones. Making his way through maze of headstones he finally stopped in front of a pair of them. Both made out of the same kinds of black stone and being the same size.

Kneeling down he wiped the faces of the stones clean. On the first it read.

'Isshin Kurosaki'

Loving Father & Husband

December 10, 1975 - September 19, 2015

Looking at the other stone it read.

Masaki Kurosaki

Loving Mother and Wife

June 9, 1977 - September 19, 2015

Pulling the hood off the man's blond hair fell over his face. Pulling it back Kisuke let out a sigh. "It's been a while Isshin, Masaki."

Behind him another man called out, "It has been a very long time since we have all been together hasn't it Kisuke?"

Without turning around Kisuke answered back, "It has been quite a while Aizen. I'm surprised you even know where they are buried. That brings me to the question of why are you here?"

With another flash of lightning Aizen walked up behind Kisuke stopping a few feet away. Taking his hood off he said, "I'm simply here to talk with you Kisuke."

Standing up Kisuke turned around and froze for a moment. Aizen's eyes had changed to a dark purple color and had a dark purple almost black ring around each of the irises. Kisuke tried to speak, but before he could ask his question Aizen spoke up, "Before you ask, I did."

Once Kisuke heard this he was gone in a large burst of flash step, reappearing about half a mile away over the city. He kept going in large bursts and appearing and then disappearing an instant later. He crossed the majority of the city and came to a sudden stop when twenty feet in front of him Aizen stood. Not facing him directly, but turned to the side to where he could easily see him through the corner of his eye.

Repeating himself Aizen said, "I'm just here to talk with you Kisuke."

Without any kind of sign Aizen appeared in front of Kisuke and put a hand on his chest. "We have so much to discuss."

Kisuke's shock only lasted for a moment before he reacted. Flash stepping away he brought a small wooden box from his cloak. Breaking it with his fingers a large cloud of smoke appeared, which was pushed outwards to cover the entire area. In the center of this smoke a small Senkaimon opened and Kisuke quickly made his way through.

As the thick smoke cleared Aizen watched as the doors of the Senkaimon closed. "I figured you'd leave once you knew, however you will be back very soon."

Aizen looked back to the sky once more as a large flash of lightning lit up the entire sky. All around there were hundreds of the purple splits in the sky and they were followed by loud montsouris shrecks. Aizen just smiled to himself and floated back to the ground. As he touched down large demonic looking creatures poured out of the rips in the sky. All looking different yet having similar characteristics. All of them were around the size of a large car or bigger and each one had a white bone mask on its face.

Offering one last glance above Aizen chuckled and watched as the hollows started hunting through the city for any source of Reiatsu they could find.

~ Line Break ~

In a large room in the main building of the 12th division a handful of soul reapers were busy. On the wall was a large screen that had several different projections on it, all of that was overtaken by a large warning and video surveillance.

In the video were thousands of hollows hunting for souls in a small town and devouring hundreds of them. A moment later Mayuri bursted through the doors with his lieutenant Nemu by his side. He took one look at the screen and quickly left without hearing any report from his subordinates.

Quickly making his way out of the building he flash stepped towards the first division at a great speed, one that Nemu had a somewhat difficult time of following.

Bursting through the 1st division doors he surprised Yamamoto who had been sitting there. Yamamoto took one look at Mayuri and waved his hand and a soul reaper in a suit that looked nothing like that of a normal soul reaper appeared by his side and was quickly gone. Turning towards Mayuri he said, "There will be a meeting in ten minutes. Now tell me what it is I called this meeting for?"

~ Line Break ~

Unohana knocked on the door to Ichigo's room and entered after hearing someone from inside. As she opened the door she found a room full of people. She expected Nel and Ulquiorra to still be there, but she didn't expect so many others. Harribel and her fraccion had arrived and were talking amongst themselves. Shunsui and Ukitake had both also arrived without her knowing and they were in the middle of a conversation with Ulquiorra. The one that surprised her the most was Byakuya who was standing near the door just looking over the room and was the one who let her in.

She offered a smile towards him and walked into the room. Walking up she put a hand on Nel's shoulder which surprised her. Nel jumped a little and let out a small scream. She calmed down quickly once Ichigo held onto her hand again though.

"It's okay Nel, it's just Unohana." While Ichigo could talk it didn't sound much like him at all. The voice was still deeper and raspier than his normal voice.

Hearing this Nel turned and offered a small smile, "I'm guessing you're checking up on him?"

Offering another smile Unohana walked up and looked at Ichigo, "Well you look livelier than you did when I was last here. You should be able to start walking around soon, just spend a bit more time resting."

"I understand what you're saying Unohana, but I can't stay laid up for too long."

As if almost on cue a messenger appeared in the center of the room. "Captain, Unohana, Shunsui, Ukitake, and Kuchiki there is a mandatory Captains meeting immediately. I'm also to inform that any Espada member is allowed to attend if they so wish." With that said he disappeared as soon as he had appeared.

There was a short silence over the room that was broke by Ichigo trying to sit up. Nel tried to stop him but he finally managed to sit up. Wrapping her arms around him Nel said, "You can't go Ichigo."

Leaning into her arms he said, "I need to be there if it's that important." Swinging his feet to the side of the bed he tried to stand up. Once his weight was all on his feet he collapsed to a knee. Holding onto his chest he started coughing

Ulquiorra and Shunsui helped him back into the bed and his breathing slowly eased. Resting against Nel's shoulder Ichigo finally caught his breath. "Ichigo you need to stay here, if you start pushing it now you'll never fully recover."

'I know, I know.'

Looking over at Ulquiorra Ichigo asked, "Would you please go to the meeting in my place Ulquiorra?"

Offering a nod he said, "Yes, I'll go Ichigo. I'm sure a few of the others would like to come as well."

"Yeah I'm sure there are." Taking a pause his face hardened in seriousness, "Ulquiorra I'm going to need you to take my place for a little while. I've realized that it's going to take a while for me to actually be healthy enough to take charge again. I'm leaving the decision of this meeting to you, whatever you think is best for us."

Ulquiorra offered a small smile and nodded. Ichigo continued, "Now you all should probably head to the meeting. One last thing Ulquiorra. Drop by and take Szayel and Aaroniero along with you, probably should take Vincio as well."

As they all said their goodbyes they started making their way towards the First Division, leaving Ichigo, Nel, Harribel and her fraccion watching as they left.

~ LINE BREAK ~

The craziness and commotion that was the 1st division's meeting room was stopped once Yamamoto's cane hit the ground. All side conversations and talk was put to an end and all attention was directed towards him. The Captains had all lined up in their normal positions and the small group of Espada had gathered across from Yamamoto in their own line, with Ulquiorra standing in the center facing Yamamoto. To his left Szayel and Vincio stood and on his right Aaroniero stood. The three were standing slightly behind Ulquiorra showing the fact he was in charge of the group at the moment.

Yamamoto started right away motioning for Mayuri to make his statements. Walking forwards from the line Mayuri said, "We have new reports of a very large force of Hollows descending on Karakura town. The numbers easily reach in the thousands and might keep increasing and eventually stronger hollows will be drawn their. We need to have immediate action to stop this assault."

With that said he took his place back in line and Yamamoto looked for the reaction it would have. Yet no one spoke out everyone just stayed quiet. Seeing the lack of reaction Yamamoto slammed his cane down once again and shouted, "This Hollow force is no doubt Aizen's doing. We need to put a stop to it and keep these people save. A group of you along with your lieutenants will be going to Karakra town immediately. Do I have any volunteers for this?"

Kenpachi almost instantly replied, "Hell yeah, I'll enjoy this. Been awhile since I've been able to do any real fighting."

Kenpachi was the only one that volunteered however. Shaking his head once again Yamamoto said, "Very well Kenpachi along with his lieutenant will be heading to Karakura town with Captains Byakuya and Kamamura. The three of you will form a perimeter and destroy any hollows that you encounter."

Byakuya just offered a small nod and Kamamura did the same. Before Yamamoto could continue Ulquiorra spoke up, "Yamamoto I would like to have Szayel go along with them, if that's alright with you?"

A long silence followed his request, finally Yamamoto answered, "He may go along with them. Is there any other requests you have?"

Stepping forwards Ulquiorra looked at a few of the Captains he'd call a friend and said, "I believe we need to form a counter attack and hit Las Noches directly. Aizen must be using this time to gather the last of his forces and make the final preparations. We need to strike at that time, it would offer us the greatest chance of winning without casualties."

Yamamoto just looked down at his hands for a moment and then said, "Everyone that feels we need to form a counter strike make yourself known."

Sui Feng, Shunsui, Ukitake, Unohana, Mayuri, and Toshiro all raised their hands one after another. After a moment Byakuya finally raised his hand as well. Looking towards Ulquiorra, Yamamoto said, "Very well, we will form a counter strike against Las Noches. Ulquiorra you will be in charge of this. Who do you believe should go?"

Shocked at first Ulquiorra hide it well, "I would like Shunsui, Ukitake, Unohana and Toshiro to come along. Of course myself and Aaroniero will be going along as well, I'll also be asking Harribel to join us. Everyone else should stay to help either of the groups if it comes to that."

Looking up at Yamamoto for his answer Ulquiorra was definitely nervous. To himself he thought, 'Is this really the best thing to do? Would Ichigo do something like this?' Yamamoto's answer brought him out of his thoughts. "Very well Ulquiorra. Gather with them after the meeting and form your plan. From their you will be in charge of them."

While the reaction from most was supportive and glade. Sui Feng bursted out, "You can't be serious Yamamoto! You would let an Espada run such a mission into enemy territory?"

All it took was Yamamoto to turn and stare at her and she stopped. "I don't have any doubts in him or his strength. He is the best person the lead this mission out of the ones that are going. No one else knows the layout or what it is like in Las Noches like he does. So yes I am serious about my decision Sui Feng."

Slamming his cane once more he continued, "Kenpachi, Byakuya and Kamamura take you lieutenants and head to Karakura town immediately. Everyone that will be going to Las Noches under Ulquiorra stay here and listen to his orders. Everyone else head back to your divisions. That is all!"

With that said everyone but the group going to Las Noches, Vincio, and Yamamoto left. Before Byakuya left he did go up to Ulquiorra and wish him luck, which Ulquiorra returned.

Yamamoto watched as the small group formed around Ulquiorra and then headed towards his office. Ulquiorra watched him leave and thought, 'This is the right thing to do. We need to end this as soon as possible. The only unknown right now is who is going to deal with Aizen.'

Breaking from his thoughts Ulquiorra saw everyone looking at him and waiting. Remembering what was happening Ulquiorra shook his head. "Okay I chose all of you because you are the ones that I feel will work the best together. Your abilities also cover the widest range of who I could have chosen. Our main goal is to destroy Aizen's forces that are still in Las Noches and put an end to this. To accomplish this we will break into groups when we get into Hueco Mundo and storm Las Noches from different directions. Three groups in total, Shunsui, Ukitake and Aaroniero will be the first. Unohana and myself will be the second and finally Harribel and Toshiro will be the third."

"We will all break into Las Noches at the same point and branch off from their. Shunsui your group will be hitting Las Noches directly you will make a rush directly for the main building, where the throne room is. Toshiro you and Harribel will branch off to the right and clear out any Arrancar you find until you make it to the main building. Once there you'll break into the side and storm your way to the throne room. Lastly Unohana you and I will branch off to the left and do the same thing, breaking into the other side of the main building and storm from the other side."

"We should be able to clear out the majority of the Hollows and lower ranking Arranar while making our way to the main building. My plan is we will trap everyone else within the throne room and confront them there. If that happens then most likely we will have to break apart from there and fight our own opponents."

Looking at their reactions Ulquiorra asked, "Are there any questions?"

Shunsui pushed his hat up and cracked a small smile, "No I think we understand what we're going to do. We should make a stop by and Let Ichigo and Nel know what's up before leaving. I'm sure Ichigo is going crazy right about now worrying."

As they started getting ready to leave the doors bursted open and Kisuke came running in. Stopping next to Ulquiorra he stopped to catch his breath. As Ulquiorra helped him stay standing Kisuke said, "AIzen was in the world of the living. He absorbed the Hogyoku, I'm not entirely sure what it did to him either."

From all the commotion Yamamoto walked out of his office and caught a glimpse at the mix between shock and fear on his face Yamamoto asked, "What happened Kisuke?"

Taking a moment to calm himself down Kisuke restated what he had just said. He then continued, "The strength that Aizen now has, there is no chance we have without Ichigo being one hundred percent. Yamamoto you'd be the only person that could stand a chance and to be honest I'm not sure how long you could truly last. We need Ichigo's help as soon as possible."

Putting a hand on Kisuke's shoulder Ulquiorra told him, "There is no way Ichigo will be a hundred percent any time soon Kisuke. After you left Ichigo's body had created too much Reishi to quickly resulting in even more damage. The recovery process is going to be somewhat slow or else he'll never be healed. Other than that there is also what's going on in Karakura town. We can't sit back and wait right now, we need to stop Aizen's advanced now and make our own. That's exactly what we are doing now Kisuke."

It took Kisuke a little while to take everything in and think it over. Taking a breath and closing his eyes he turned to Yamamoto. "I need to head to Karakura town then. Yoruichi and Tessai have already headed back there and I need to gather a few things. To be honest with all of you Ichigo is going to have to get involved soon, there just isn't any way to avoid that fact. When that times comes we'll all know and he'll be the only one that can do anything."

With that stated Kisuke turned around and headed back to the door. Before he could make it out Ulquiorra called out to him. "We are going to see him before we head to Hueco Mundo, would you like to come. I'm sure he'd like to see you."

Kisuke didn't turn around and nobody saw, but a few tears fell down and landed on his cheeks. "No I can't, I have to get to my lab and back as quickly as I can. After that I'll go and see him, there's a lot of things I need to tell him and apologize for."

As Kisuke slipped out the door Ulquiorra shook his head. Looking back to everyone he said, "Okay guys, let's go and say our goodbye's before we head out."

~ LINE BREAK ~

As Kisuke stepped through the portal into the World of the Living it was chaos. Gargantua's littered the sky and hollows poured out in the dozens adding to the incredible number that had already gathered. Witnessing this Kisuke started rushing straight to his store. If there was any Hollows in his way he would quickly cut them down and continue.

Finally reaching the entrance to his store he rushed inside to find it empty, Yoruichi and Tessai were nowhere to be seen. Not having time to search for them he opened the door to his office and started searching through several of the draws that lined the walls.

After five minutes of searching without any luck he slammed a draw and yelled out, "God Damnit!"

He took a moment to calm himself down and decided to search somewhere else. Looking at the corner of the room he noticed the hatch to the training room was slightly open. Grabbing his sword from the table he opened the hatch and took a look down. The normal training room had several bright lights always lightening it up however, when he looked down it was pitch black. Looking back in one of the draws he pulled out a plastic rod with metal ends. Slamming one end of it into the wall a bright green light formed in the plastic center.

Walking back over to the hatch he let it drop down and illuminate the area around the entrance. Not seeing anything out of place Kisuke jumped down into the darkness.

When he hit the ground the sound echoed throughout the entire room and above him the hatch that had been open slammed shut. Picking up the tube he started to illuminate the area around him and headed towards the closest wall.

After wandering further in there was definitely some kind of fight here not to long ago based on the condition of the terrain. Finally making it to the wall he started moving his hand over it until he found the small pivot in it. Wrapping his fingers around the edge he pulled a square piece from the wall. Underneath it was four circular holes about an inch in diameter. Bringing the tube up he slide it into one of the holes and the lights around the training room flickered a few times before turning on.

Once they came on a voice called out, "I should have figured you'd have another way to turn them on. The other two couldn't give me the information I requested on this, for your sake hopefully you can."

Kisuke froze for a moment and slowly turned to look at who it was. Sitting on a rock leaning against his giant scythe like blade. Ogama stared across at Kisuke with his dark brown eyes and watched him closely. Holding up his hand a small metal box with a purple cross on the front of it. "So do you have any useful information on this item?"

Kisuke just thought to himself, 'I don't know what Aizen wants with that, but I need to help Ichigo. I need to find a way to get it away from him and get back to the Soul Society.'

Ogama stood up from the rock and stretched his arms. The joint like parts of his hollow arm cracked and flexed as he did so. Tucking the box back into his pocket he grabbed his blade from the ground and the purple ribbon wrapped around it fell off. The entire blade was about three feet long and half a foot in width with a small metal circle at the end where the cloth was attached.

Holding onto the back of the blade he started walking up to Kisuke. "I don't really want to have to fight anyone else today Kisuke. So to save us both the time just tell me what's so important about this."

Pulling the blade from his cane Kisuke walked closer to him as well, "Firstly I can't say what that thing is used for. Secondly to keep it form Aizen I'm going to have to fight you. So prepare yourself, because I can't afford to lose right now."

Pointing the edge of the blade towards the ground Kisuke called out, "Awaken Benihime."

~ Line Break ~

Ulquiorra lead the group towards the fourth division and towards Ichigo's room. As they made their way down the halls towards his room Ulquiorra felt a weight come over him. Not a physical weight but one of anxiety for what was about to happen. Anxious to get all of this over with once and for all. Giving a knock on the door Ulquiorra and the others made their way in. Nel and Ichigo were still laying down and Harribel along with her fraccion were sitting near the bed talking amongst themselves.

As everyone walked in and found a place Ulquiorra walked up to the bed along with Unohana. Ichigo stopped what he was saying once he saw them and offered a smile, "So I'm guessing something big is going on huh?"

Ulquiorra shook his head a little and said, "Yeah, something big is going on. Szayel along with a group went to the world of the living. There is a huge amount of hollows attacking upwards of a thousand. While that happens we are going to Las Noches to try and put an end to this. That brings me to what I needed to ask." Looking towards Harribel he asked, "We need you to come along with us Harribel."

Looking at her fraccion's response she finally said, "I'll go, if we really can put an end to this now then I'll help."

Unohana took the opportunity to say what she needed to, "Since I'm not going to be here Ichigo, Isane will be checking up on you like she has been. Just keep resting and don't exert yourself."

Ulquiorra turned to everyone and asked, "Would you guys give me a minute to talk with Ichigo?"

Shunsui spoke for all of them and said, "Of course we can give you a minute. Let's head outside and wait for everyone." Then Shunsui, Ukitake, Unohana, Toshiro, Aaroniero, and Harribel made their way outside. Shunsui was the last one to leave and he looked back and said, "Take your time Ulquiorra. We'll be outside when you're ready."

"I just wanted your advice Ichigo. I'm the one that came up with this mission and the whole plan for it. I don't know if it's the right decision or not and I just want to know what you think of it and any advice you could offer."

Ichigo just laughed to himself. "You don't need any advice from me Ulquiorra, all of us have faith in you Ulquiorra. I believe you wouldn't make a decision like this without thinking it over and forming a good strategy for it. Just do what you think is right Ulquiorra, that's all you can ever do."

"I guess you're right Ichigo."

Getting up Ulquiorra walked over to the door, "We'll hopefully be back soon and this will all be over."

As he was opening the door Ichigo called out to him, "I'll see you soon Ulquiorra, I know you guys will finish this. Honestly I feel like I should be there, but there isn't any way I could right now."

Slowly Ichigo sat up and leaned against the bedframe. "If anything happens I'll be there to help, even if I won't be much. I won't leave you guys to do this alone if something goes wrong. Tell Harribel and Aaroniero that if anything happens to send a message to me over to transceivers and I'll be there as soon as I can."

"It won't come down to that Ichigo. You just rest and get better, I'll let you know when it's over." With that said Ulquiorra offered a wave and closed the door as he left.

Okay guys liked the chapter, it's out a lot later than I originally wanted and later than I had planned after that. Things happen and I don't have control over sometimes and it keeps me from writing. I've been thinking that I need someway to talk with you guys and give information about when chapters will be out. So I'm wondering if you guys would be interested in something like that. I'll put a pole up so if you'd be interested check it out and let me know.

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