If you just want to read about Aizen's perspective then go straight to Chapter 9 (Obsession), otherwise, like always - hope you all enjoy the chapter!
Harribel calls for a meeting with her fracción in the thrown room. In the discussion, she tells them what went down in her time with Aizen. After her fracción calm themselves down from Tier spilling the tea, she orders them to accompany her on her next sight: To seek out the goddess of flash. Their mission takes an interesting turn...
"Ouuuuu, I'm so happy for you, your majesty!" stated Sun Sun as she grinned wildly.
In a rare moment, her other fracción nodded and agreed with her, very excited in their own ways as well. Tier simply smiled, not uttering a single word. They were all flying on cruise control to the strong reishi that was on the other side of Hueco Mundo. Being that Hueco Mundo is comparable to the world of the living, they were almost half way around the world by now.
Finally, they saw nuclear size explosions and shockwaves that would level a normal city.
"We're here, get ready everyone." Harribel stated.
"Yes Ma'am!" Her fracción said in unison.
At the center of the battlefield, they couldn't believe their eyes. Intimidation and fear flooded her three fracción, while Harribel herself slowly became drenched in a cold sweat from witnessing this battlefield. They looked on and saw a group of nine vasto lordes! It was rare to find one or two these days, but now it seemed that others have finally been created, and they were all fighting the same opponent. Their opponent made the female hollows believe that their eyes were deceiving them - it was a small black cat with golden eyes. That cat, was what they sensed in Las Noches, and only sensed the group of vasto Lorde when they were half way done with their journey.
"I don't believe this..." Harribel whispered to herself.
The black cat was surprising holding its own. It zipped passed their attacks, and struck them with its fangs and claws.
"You know, when Lord Aizen told you to seek out the Goddess of Flash, I didn't know that she was an actual...cat," commented her fracción. The others looked on in confusion.
"Coming from a deer hollow, now that's funny," remarked her fellow comrade.
"Well, Lady Harribel also said that she was Lord Aizen's cat goddess..." said Mila Rose.
The Queen was a bit puzzled herself. "Regardless, I'll see for myself," as she charged in to battle alongside the black cat.
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Immediately Harribel knocked down one of the vasto lorde that were attacking the black cat, catching both the black cat and all of the vasto lorde off guard.
"Now just who the hell are you?" One of them said.
Harribel didn't answer him, instead she watched the black cat's six and whispered to her,
"Are you alright?"
The black cat blinked twice and just smiling pleasantly, "Yes, I'm quite fine. I take it that you are Lady Harribel, the Queen of Hueco Mundo. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Tier was a little confused that the cat had a distinctive male voice, and the fact that "he" knew her name already.
"Then...are you the goddess of fla-"
"-HEY! We're still here you know!" One of the vasto lorde said charging at both of them.
Harribel blocked his attack with her sword, and asked him as their weapons clashed against each other.
"Stop it! Why are you attacking this cat?"
"Isn't it obvious? The cat has an insane amount of spiritual pressure! When we absorb that reishi, we'll be invincible! Nothing can stop us, in this world, or in any other world. With Aizen gone, we have the throne for the tak-" But then he notice her chest tattoo 'フエコムンドの女王', catching him off guard.
"I see...so Aizen left you in charge." He said as he backed off and regrouped with the other hollows.
"Then I believe that we have a proposition for you, your majesty. Join us! Become my Queen and let us all rule this world together!"
Tier just shook her head. "You all are not fit to lead. I wouldn't give up to Las Noches to the likes of you."
The Vasto Lorde, who seemed to be in charge of this operation, took a deep breath.
"Hmmph, that's a shame, what a waste."
He pointed at his group, and they charged at both of them.
The black cat immediately got in front of Harribel and took on four of them with a headbutt. The remaining battled Tier herself. For one reason to another, Tier felt herself more powerful than every before. With a few strikes, she easily knocked them down one by one. Perhaps this was the power that Lord Aizen spoke of when I became a goddess, she told herself. Her opponents grew frustrated, and powered up to their maximum. The results still were the same as Harribel sliced them down again. When the four vasto lorde that were fighting the black cat saw this, they took it upon themselves to kill the four defeated hollows and absorb their respective reishi. Tier looked on in disgust as the hollows quickly moved on as if nothing happened. They split up double teaming the cat and the Queen. While they put up a better fight this time, it wasn't enough to bring either of them down.
"Call off your men, never approach us again, and I will spare your lives!" Tier demanded looking at their leader in the sky.
"Don't get cocky and let your guard down!" One of them shouted out as he charged again at Tier.
It managed to make a small cut on her arm, but it instantly repaired itself, much to the vasto lorde's disbelief. With a few strikes, that hollow was cut down and defeated. His teammate took his reishi and power for himself. He grinned widely at the blonde hollow who only looked back with indifference.
"Enough," the leader spoke out. It stopped everyone in their tracks.
"Thank you for putting on a show...and for making this easier for me."
He lowered himself and in a flash, he cut down his fellow vasto lorde and took their powers for his own. They never saw it coming, and cried in agony as their consciousness faded away. All that stand were Tier, the black cat, and the supreme vasto lorde, while her fracción looked on cursing their own weakness.
"A battle for the throne then?" He said eye balling Tier, giving her a devilish smile.
"I'm afraid you still have to deal with me," stated the black cat. The hollow just glared at the cat in anger.
"Silence animal! I'll deal with you later, but first I have business to take care of with the Queen of Hueco Mundo."
The black cat was not ready to back down, "You don't make the rules around here! If you want to fight someone then-"
"-Fight me." Harribel said.
The black cat looked at Tier surprised while their opponent grinned widely.
"It's okay, I'll take care of this," the dark skin hollow said to her furry ally.
Without losing another moment, The Queen charged at the lone vasto lorde. They clashed a bit, proving to each other that they were even opponents. From one cero to another, neither side showed dominance or defeat. After a couple of minutes, their battle took an interesting turn.
"My offer still stands for you, my dear," he stated.
"I already told you, that'll never happen - and don't call me that." remarked the irritated Tier.
"You still have a lot to learn, your majesty. Let me show you where your path will lead to..."
Immediately, he fired up a fully charge cero. Harribel eased her mind and body, ready to counter appropriately. But as swift as the wind, the vasto lorde looked down and shot his cero at her fracción in the distance.
"No...!" shrieked Tier.
Harribel frantically rushed to save her fracción, barely managing to get in between the blast, but it was too late. The blast created a nuclear hole that shook the entire world. Her fracción were still alive, but barely as they were caught on the tail end of the blast. Tier was in no better shape. While her rapid regeneration immediately activated, it was halted as the hollow placed a hand on her throat.
"Benevolence doesn't get you anywhere in this world." he stated towering above her, slowly absorbing her rishi. She struggled to pry his hand off of her.
"I'm done with you. Base on your performance it seems that you are not strong enough be of use."
For some reason, Tier felt that she heard that same quote before, and found herself confused...
"W-What do you mean?" Tier managed through it all.
"Isn't it obvious? Even if I let you live, your eyes tell me that you'll never submit to me, in the end, it would achieve nothing. So I'm cutting my losses."
Flashbacks to the day that she was cut down became clearer. Electricity raced through Tier's mind as a wave of memories crashed back into her. She remembered Aizen cutting her down and talking down to her. Tier remembered striking Aizen but it proving to be pointless. Back in the present, Tier used the last of her strength to swing at his neck, but nothing came of it. As her mind felt dizzy and slowly losing consciousness from chocking and losing her spiritual pressure, she saw a mirror image of Aizen's face as the vasto lorde continued gloating his victory.
"Your attack is futile. You can't win this fight. I am through wasting my time with you." claimed the VL.
"Your attack is futile. You can't win this fight. I am through wasting my time with you." claimed Aizen.
His free hand rose to finish her off. Tier closed eyes feeling extreme sorrow that she may never see her unborn child. This thought made her mind run wild. Suddenly, a huge surge of power rose in the Queen of Hueco Mundo.
"It can't be!" The vasto lorde stated as he looked to his right. Tier took the chance to open her eyes and gaze at a golden aura reaching to the heavens that formed to her left.
At the storm center of it all, a beautiful woman with violet hair and dark skin zipped through the air and kicked the vasto lorde several meters away. Tier looked on, as her divine regeneration resumed as she looked up at her savior. Golden electricity bounced off her body and covered her chest, arms, and legs. That same energy created an electric tail and cat ears attached to her head. Her tongue lazily stuck out of her mouth.
As the vasto Lorde got up, true terror flooded his face.
"A-Aizen said that you wouldn't be able to achieve that form!" He cried out.
Tier eyes widened upon hearing this. Ignoring him, the electric woman just licks herself pleasantly, puzzling both Tier and the vasto lorde. In a desperate attempt, he tried to run away, but his electrical opponent easily caught up to him to dismembered him easily, erasing him from existence.
The electrical woman looked back at Harribel, who was still down and recovering from her near death experience. Immediately, she raced across to her and towered above her. The woman then proceeded to lick Tier's face and body. Harribel was left completely confused but somewhat relieved that this woman was not out to harm her. In fact, her licks healed the cuts from her body faster, and put her mind at ease, as if this was a unprofessional massage. Tier let a moan escape her mouth as she relaxed from this woman's approach. The electric woman then rose back up so that her head was towering above Tier's. Golden eyes and Emerald eyes stared at each other. The violet hair woman slowly lowered her head, intending to stick her tongue inside of Harribel's mouth. The Queen blushed at the idea, but still didn't have the strength to protest. She was about to let it happen until suddenly, all of the electricity disappeared from the golden eyed woman's body. The violet hair woman blinked twice, and looked at the woman she was towering above with slight confusion. Harribel notice that when the electricity disappeared from her body, it revealed her entire unexposed body before Tier. She was now in full view of her grape nipples along with her purple honeybox as the dark skin woman sat up to look around.
"So it looks like we've won," the violet hair woman said.
Tier took a moment and thought back to her fracción.
"My ladies need help!" Tier tried to say as she sat up, but flinched as she was hit with a sharp sense of pain as her wounds haven't healed properly yet. Realizing this, the dark skin woman gently placed a hand on Tier's chest.
"Let me take care of it, I'll take you all to a place where your wounds can heal faster."
Tier nodded, and in a flash, she picked up Tier and brought her near her fracción. Once it was all set, she teleported all of them to her underground spa in the world of the living.
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After a few minutes, all of the female hollows were safely recovering in a separate spa, while Tier had the biggest one. She informed Tier that it is better to remove their clothes while they are in the spa. Tier did for herself and for her fracción as they were still unconscious recovering from the impact.
The dark skin woman with violet hair then brought in drinks for all of them. She first handed one of the drinks to Tier.
"Thank you, um..." her words trailed off as she never officially got her name.
"It's Yoruichi, Yoruichi Shihouin - also known as the goddess of flash...and you're welcome. Make yourself comfortable." she stated showing her perfect teeth. Tier noticed that Yoruichi was walking around naked as she came, but more importantly, she saw the tattoo across her rear cheeks - 愛染の猫の女神 (Aizen's Cat Goddess). The Queen knew that it was rude to stare, but being that she never saw a woman walk so freely and confidently, it made her feel a strong sense of excitement. Even though she never explored romance prior to Aizen, seeing a powerful battle hardened warrior with such attractiveness absolutely heighten her senses.
When Yoruichi got back from placing a drink at each of her fracción's spa, she went back to Tier's and slowly entered herself into it. She sighed as she felt her muscles and bones relax themselves. She notice in the corner of her eye that Tier was looking at her as if she had something on her mind.
"Are you okay?" Yoruichi asked Tier. The Queen by no means was not uncomfortable sharing a spa with someone like Yoruichi, but she was nonetheless restless. One minute she's fighting for her life and the next she's taking a recovery bath that washes away her wounds faster than her own rapid regeneration.
"It's just, it seems that you're a soul reaper, are you not?"
"I am, or was a former captain of soul reapers." Yoruichi replied.
Tier took a deep breath, because these next questions may bring out a lot of tension. Still, she had to ask.
"Then...do you mind if I ask you what happen to you after the battle of the fake Karakura Town, and why you choose to save me and my women?"
Her fellow dark skin woman took a deep breath.
"Those are very good questions. To start off, it was you all that came to my aid at first. I was trying to activate Shunshin Chōhengen on command, but never got the hang of it. But before I go on, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself first? I can assure you we are not enemies, not anymore at least."
"Right...my name is Tier Harribel. I was previous one of the only vasto lordes in Hueco Mundo, let alone the only female vasto lorde besides an old comrade of mine, but after meeting..." her words trailed off again, realizing that it was unavoidable.
"It's okay, you can say it." Yoruichi said nodding to her. Through all of the steam, her face was clear as day to Tier.
"...After meeting Lord Aizen, I became his tres espada. I served under him until our recent battle against the soul society. When it was over, I was promoted to the Queen of Hueco Mundo. He relieved me of directly serving under him. I also...well..." Tier really was hesitant to continue. This talk was a very sensitive and a close to heart topic.
The violet hair woman then began to swim towards the blonde hair woman, and smiled.
"Whatever you say, it'll be between us ladies in this spa," She reassured her, stopping a few feet in front of her.
"...we mated with each other. Even now, I'm conceiting on of his children. Just keep in mind that my fracción are the only ones that know about this too and I choose to tell you this because I've come to trust you."
A small pause was present and all that was heard was the smooth hot water that brushed between the two woman. The dark skin woman with golden eyes looked at Harribel passionately.
"That's so beautiful. Then that makes you also one of his goddesses. Thank you for sharing this with me. This has definitely answered my question and now I can share with you who I am."
Yoruichi stared off by explaining who she is from birth to when she became an outcast from the soul society. She then explained what she did up until the fight with Aizen. That's when Harribel's heart started to pound violently in her chest.
"After the final battle I was taken to Aizen's personal chambers in the soul society. It was there when I too, submitted to Lord Aizen, or Sosuke as he tells me to call him now. After my submission, I was free to wonder the realms where I see fit, and like you, I've become one of his goddess, and bearing one of his offspring."
Tier understood who she is now, but still felt like something was missing. Now that she remembered how she was struck down by Aizen conflicted her resolve.
"After our recent battle, I want to ask you, now that you've been with him as well: Do you think that Aizen really cares about us?"
Her golden eyes stung with strong emotions.
"To answer that - Here. Let me show you." With that, Yoruichi placed her forehead on Tier's, and looked at her intensely. Immediately, the memories of the black cat's encounter with the rising soul king flooded her mind. Tier became conscious of everything that transpired between her and Aizen. Tears began to form around Tier's eyes.
"My god...Yoruichi I'm so-" but she just placed a finger on her lips.
"It's okay, I've accepted what happened and who I belong to now. If it didn't happen, then I wouldn't have met the new Queen of Hueco Mundo. I would be lying if I said that your beauty hits close to home too, it's not everyday where I can meet cocoa beauty without looking in the mirror," she noted implying their dark tone skins, "so perhaps it may not be a bad thing." Yoruichi then proceeded to move both of her hands around Harribel's neck. "I think it's time to focus on the hear and now. We are goddesses after all, and from what Aizen said, I don't mind exploring relations with other goddesses, don't you?..." Under the water, their chocolate breasts slowly made contact with each other, sending chills throughout both of their bodies. Harribel flustered. Upon seeing crimson rise in her face, Yoruichi smiled, showing a bit of redness herself. She inched her lips closer to Harribel's, but the Queen's mind could not settle just yet.
"As much as I want to focus on the here and now, there's something that I have to do first." Tier said. Yoruichi stopped and felt a bit puzzled, a rare emotion for the cat goddess.
"Oh you do? What is it?" She said as she back her face up a bit.
"I need to see him. I need to know what Aizen truly desires out of us."
"Right, fair point..." stated the former princess as she retracted her hands back.
It is clear that these two are in different states: One was a former enemy and has accepted her submission, mainly due to her carefree nature and life outlook; The other was an alley of Aizen who was betrayed and was made to forget about it, now realizing that she in fact was flat out betrayed and mislead.
Tier didn't want to leave Yoruichi hanging, especially when she didn't intend for it. The golden hair Queen got up and revealed her perfect exposed body to her violet hair goddess, smiling with some scandal. Yoruichi immediately saw that her golden nipples were still hardened from their little contact and read her body language. She returned the smile back in the water.
"We can resume our exploration after I see Lord Aizen." stated Tier.
"Very well, but don't keep me waiting too long. If it comes down to it, I don't think Lord Aizen could handle both of us at the same time," purred Yoruichi.
On that note, Tier dried off and put on her clothes. Her host followed and did the same. When she was done, she got back to Yoruichi.
"Could you watch over my fracción for me? I prefer to confront him alone. If they wake up, they can teleport back to Las Noches on their own."
"Got it, let it to me."
Tier thought hard about what Aizen said, and how meeting the former princess enlightened her in many ways than one. This next encounter could change her life as much as it did before.
On the flip side, and to focus on the hear and now, she leaned into Yoruichi and smiled. Her fellow seasoned goddess easily wrapped her hands around her. They finally shared an intimate moment by pressing their lips against each other. It was a delectable feeling for both of them, as they allowed each other to make out a bit. Surprising, Yoruichi was the one that pulled back first, catching Tier off guard.
"Go do what you have to do first, because after that's done, you're mine." stated Shihouin.
A genuine giggle escaped from the Queen of Hueco Mundo.
"Oh I'm sure that will be the case. You should've seen yourself when you transformed into that golden warrior."
Yoruichi fixed her hair smirking with pride.
"Well, once I master the technique you'll see how powerful I am." she added with a wink.
"Looking forward to it. From one royalty to another - take care, and I'll see you soon." stated Tier. Then a golden aura surrounded her as she teleported herself to the royal palace.