Rematch

Two weeks have passed since Senna tragically ceased to exist. After this tragic ending to Senna's story, Kuroi has changed. He has become a new man and he's now ready to destroy anyone that stands in his way. Now, Kuroi spars with Hiyori in the Visoreds warehouse. Hiyori tries to kick Kuroi, but he easily dodges the kick. He then grabs the Visored's leg and throws her into a giant rock. Hiyori rubs her head, annoyed that she can barely land a hit.

"He's gotten stronger. I don't like it," said Hiyori.

"Shouldn't you be happy? Your teaching has made him better at controlling his Hollowfication," said Shinji.

"I can tell that it wasn't me who made him stronger. He used to complain and act out, but now he just trains all day long. He barely talks outside of a few questions per day. It kind of freaks me out," said Hiyori.

"I don't know what happened to him, but he'll tell us when he's ready. For now, get back to training him," said Shinji.

Before Hiyori can proceed to get her butt kicked again, the chef yells at his fellow Visoreds.

"Lunch is ready, you bastards! The last one here has to wash the dishes!" exclaimed Kensei.

The rest of the Visoreds rush over to the tasty-looking lunch except for Kuroi. He just turns around and starts to walk away.

"Lunch is ready. Why do you not want to eat?" said Shinji.

"I'm not hungry. I can spend my time efficiently if I can train more. I can only last 17 seconds. That's nowhere near enough time to defeat Aizen," said Kuroi.

"You're becoming obsessed with beating Sosuke. You need to take a break," said Shinji.

"I take breaks when I sleep. I'll be-," said Kuroi.

Kuroi stops talking when he senses a large spiritual pressure in the town. He instantly starts to run out of the warehouse.

"Where are you going?" asked Shinji.

"Aizen's Arrancar are back," said Kuroi.

"Do you need our help?" asked Shinji.

"I can deal with them easily," said Kuroi.

Kuroi runs up the stairs and enters the main part of the warehouse. He then opens the large door and flash steps away from the warehouse. He continues to flash step until he sees the former Sexta Espada floating in the air.

"There you are, soul reaper. I was looking for you. Where's your friend?" said Grimmjow.

"I don't need him to beat you. I've grown so much stronger in the past month. This is the end for you, Espada. Bankai," said Kuroi.

Kuroi's Zanpakuto enters its Bankai state.

"The last time you used your Bankai, you got ceroed in the back. How will that affect the results of this battle?" said Grimmjow.

"Didn't Ichigo's Bankai give you that scar?" asked Kuroi.

"Shut up," said Grimmjow.

"Also, what happened to your arm? I remember cutting off Yammy's arm, but not yours," said Kuroi.

"I threw it away because I would only need one to beat you," said Grimmjow.

"You're too cocky. I can beat you in seventeen seconds minimum," said Kuroi.

"Oh? Let's see what you got," said Grimmjow.

"You're going to regret this," said Kuroi.

Kuroi puts his hand over his face and his Hollow mask appears on his face. His spiritual pressure explodes and Grimmjow is in pure shock.

"What the hell was that?" asked Grimmjow.

"I have no time to explain. Let's go!" said Kuroi.

Kuroi rocket's towards Grimmjow and slices him multiple times on his chest. Grimmjow tries to dodge, but Kuroi is too fast. Kuroi then cuts off Grimmjow's other arm and Grimmjow screams in pain. Kuroi proceeds to kick Grimmjow in the stomach, causing him to fly to the ground. Kuroi lifts his blade and black flame circles his blade. He brings it down and releases a Jigoku Piasa. It hits Grimmjow and leaves another scar on his chest. He lifts his hand and aims a light beam at Grimmjow.

"Do you remember when you hit me with a cero after you caught me off guard?" asked Kuroi.

"How do you know how to use a cero? Who made you this strong?" asked Grimmjow.

"I was trained by a group of people who also have Hollow powers. They're pretty strong and damn good teachers. Now, time to die, Grimmjow, Rest in ashes," said Kuroi.

Kuroi releases the small cero and nearly obliterates the former Sixth Espada. As the smoke clears, the only thing left in the crater is the burnt and scarred body of Grimmjow. Kuroi falls out of the sky and lands in the crater.

"You always seemed like you wanted to be the top of the food chain, but you were never strong enough to be the top dog. Your story is a sad one, to be honest. I don't want you to suffer because you aren't a terrible person, so I will put you out of your misery. Goodbye, Grimmjow," said Kuroi.

Kuroi prepares to launch another cero, but his Hollow mask breaks before he can. After that, he gets punched in the stomach and he's sent flying into a house. He looks up and sees Ulquiorra holding the beaten and bloody Grimmjow in his arms.

"Our mission has been completed. Let's go home," said Ulquiorra.

Grimmjow doesn't respond because he's unconscious.

"Ulquiorra! You can't just break up our fight like that! Unless you're joining in to help him, leave us alone," said Kuroi.

"We didn't come here to fight you," said Ulquiorra.

"What did you come here for?" asked Kuroi.

"You'll see later. Have a good day," said Ulquiorra.

As he says this, a beam of light comes out of the sky and the Espada start to float up into the hole in the sky. A minute passes before they finally exit this realm of reality.

"I'm glad Ulquiorra didn't want to fight. He would have probably killed me if he joined in," thought Kuroi.

"What happened here?" asked Ichigo.

Kuroi turns his head and sees Ichigo and Rukia standing next to him.

"I dominated Grimmjow and was about to kill him until Ulquiorra popped out of nowhere and surprise attacked me. Then, they escaped. Ulquiorra said that they didn't come here to fight, so what did they come here for? Do any of you know?" said Kuroi.

"Not a clue," said Ichigo.

"We'll just find out later. Kisuke wants us to meet up at his shop later today. We need to talk about how to deal with these Arrancar," said Rukia.

"I'll skip. I need more time to train," said Kuroi.

"But, it's mandatory," said Rukia.

"I'm just a substitute. I don't listen to orders," said Kuroi.

Kuroi stands up and flash steps away. He reaches the Visored's warehouse in minutes and opens the large door.

"I see that you didn't need any help," said Shinji.

"I don't need you guys to babysit me. I destroyed Grimmjow with ease," said Kuroi.

"I guess that even with this victory, you won't take a break," said Shinji.

"You know what. I may just go home tonight. I think I'm strong enough to deserve to sleep in my room again," said Kuroi.

"That's good. I don't want you overworking yourself," said Shinji.

"Ok, dad. Should I also call you if I stay out past my curfew?" said Kuroi.

"It seems like you're back to normal," said Shinji.

"Why wouldn't I be?" asked Kuroi.

As Kuroi confidently exits the Visored's warehouse, he starts to think about what Ulquiorra meant. He determines that it wasn't important and continues to walk to his house. He reaches it in twenty minutes and slowly opens the door. He runs up to his room and sees his mod soul friend controlling his body.

"Kuroi, you finally returned. I thought that you were dead," said Meinu.

"You would be glad if I died. Now, get out of my body," said Kuroi.

Kuroi punches his body and the mod soul flies out of it. He catches the mod soul and places it in his old stuffed animal. He then enters his body and hops on the bed. He places himself under the covers.

"Don't wake me up. I haven't slept in days and I've practically been running on fumes. I'll probably sleep until tomorrow. Just watch the house for me," said Kuroi.

"I'm tired of you ordering me around. I don't have to listen to anything that you have to say," said Meinu.

"Do you want me to send you to Kisuke?" asked Kuroi.

"No," said Meinu.

"Then, shut up," said Kuroi.

Kuroi turns over and quickly falls asleep. He dreams regular dreams and sleeps quietly and soundly until around midnight. He feels tears fall on his face and something big pressing on his chest. He slowly opens his eyes and sees that no one is there, but he can feel something or someone.

"Orihime?" asked Kuroi

Whoever is in his room doesn't respond and escapes through his window. Kuroi gets out of his bed and looks out the window, but still sees nothing. He wipes the invisible tears off of his cheek and continues to look out of his window.

"Was that Orihime or was it someone else? I'll find out in the morning," said Kuroi.

Kuroi quickly gets back in bed and falls asleep in seconds. He doesn't wake up until the awakening sun shines on his body. He slowly opens his eyes and sees someone standing on his windowsill. He starts to analyze the figure of the person and sees that it's his friend Tatsuki.

"Tatsuki, were you the person here last night?" asked Kuroi.

"Huh? There was someone here?' asked Tatsuki.

"Why are you on my windowsill?" asked Kuroi.

"Toshiro has asked for everyone to come to Orihime's house," said Tatsuki.

"Why?" asked Kuroi.

"I don't know, but we all have to come. It's important," said Tatsuki.

"Give me a few more minutes. I'm tired," said Kuroi.

Tatsuki doesn't care and grabs Kuroi by his shirt's collar. Kuroi is dragged out of his room through his window.

"Why are all of the girls in this town like this?" asked Kuroi.

"Shut up and come on," said Tatsuki.

Tatsuki drags the soul reaper across town to Orihime's house. Tatsuki walks into the house and drags her friend up the stairs and into a room with a large screen. Other soul reapers stand in the same room.

"What's going on here?" asked Kuroi.

"The captain commander will explain the situation. Rangiku, connect us to him," said Toshiro.

"He should be coming right now," said Rangiku.

The screen stops buzzing and Captain Ukitake appears on the screen.

"Ukitake, why are you here? Where's Yamamoto?" asked Toshiro.

"I was the last person to see Orihime before she disappeared into the Senkaimon," said Jushiro.

Tatsuki releases Kuroi's collar and quickly gets up.

"Why wasn't I informed of this? We could have gone to search for her!" said Kuroi.

"I thought that she would have made it over here," said Jushiro.

"You should have contacted us earlier if you were unsure. Now, we don't know where she went," said Kuroi.

"I sent two escorts with her, but they are yet to return. They were either kidnapped or murdered," said Jushiro.

"She was taken by Ulquiorra," said Kuroi.

"Huh?" asked Jushiro.

"The invasion of Aizen's Arrancar was just a distraction, so Ulquiorra could take Orihime to Hueco Mundo," said Kuroi.

"What would Aizen want with Orihime?" asked Jushiro.

"She has powerful healing abilities. She could be very useful to Aizen and his army. We have to go save her," said Kuroi.

"Why would we save a traitor?" asked Yamamoto.

Behind Jushiro, Yamamoto enters the room.

"What did you say?" asked Kuroi.

"It seems that Orihime Inoue went to Hueco Mundo of her own free will," said Yamamoto.

"That's crazy! I sensed her in my room last night! She was crying and her tears fell on my face! I refuse to believe that she would just join Aizen if she wasn't threatened! She would never betray us!" exclaimed Kuroi.

Renji places his hand on Kuroi's shoulder.

"Hush. You're just going to make it worse. Let me talk to him," said Renji.

"Why do you believe that you can persuade him?" asked Kuroi.

"I know what he likes to hear," said Renji.

Renji walks up to the screen.

"Captain Commander, allow me and a squad of my choosing to go to Hueco Mundo and open the eyes of the traitor, Orihime Inoue," said Renji.

"I forbid it," said Yamamoto.

"What do you mean?" asked Renji.

"I won't weigh the fate of the world on one person," said Yamamoto.

"You can't forbid this mission. Orihime has a very powerful ability. If we're able to extract her from Hueco Mundo, we can give a heavy blow to Aizen's army. We don't have to use everyone in this room. Renji, Rukia, Ichigo, Tatsuki, and I would be enough to get her and get back here before the fight with Aizen," said Kuroi.

"No matter what you say, my stance will not change. Stay here and prepare for the battle in December," said Yamamoto.

"I know that you mean well head captain, but I can not obey that order," said Rukia.

"Me neither," said Renji.

"I expected this much. That's why I prepared in advance," said Yamamoto.

The group turns around and sees a Senakimon opening behind them. Three captains walk out of it. The three captains are Byakuya Kuchiki, Kenpachi Zaraki, and Aoi Hono.

"That's just how it's going to be. Come on and let's get going," said Aoi.

Aoi walks up to his son and leans until he's next to his ear.

"I have two things to tell you. One, Kisuke's project is nearly completed. It will be done before we fight Aizen. Two, when you go to Hueco Mundo, just wait. I'll send Rukia and Renji your way," whispered Aoi.

"Ok," said Kuroi.

Aoi and the rest of the soul reapers walk through the Senkaimon. The only people left in the room are Tatsuki, Kuroi, and Ichigo. Kuroi doesn't start to talk until the screen turns off.

"Meet me at Kisuke's shop at midnight. I'll go grab Chad and Uryu," said Kuroi.

"What are we going to do?" asked Tatsuki.

"We're going to save Orihime," said Kuroi.

Author's Thought Extended

This is an extension of the Author's Thought down below. I didn't have enough space down there, so I'll add the rest of my thoughts here.

So, the first chapter would start as a child waking up. He walks through the house looking for his parents, but he can't find them. His stomach rumbles and he wants food. He walks into the kitchen and uses the counter and other kitchen items to reach the top cupboard. He touches a box of rice and the whole house is somehow engulfed in flame. That was just a flashback. After that weird flashback, we cut to the present day. A boy stands on a pitcher mound while a buffer boy stands in the batter box. He readies a pitch that has a little more fiery oomph and throws it. The ball blazes past the batter and he strikes out once again. The boy throws a fit after striking out once again, but this doesn't affect the pitcher as he walks off the field. Some time passes and he is now walking through the halls of his school. A young genius is getting stuffed in a locker. The popular kids are walking down the hall like they run the place. The teachers are hiding in their rooms, so they won't be disturbed. Some more time passes. After a nice dinner and boring conversation with his parents, the boy goes out for a run. He runs for like an hour until he gets tired. He decides to walk back home until he hears something. He looks into an alley and sees a dude being eaten by monsters. Once they sense some new prey, the monsters turn around and see the boy. The boy curses in his mind and starts to run. That would be chapter one.

The arc names that I have come up with are tentative, but they are pretty cool. The first one would be called "The Plight of the Mad Scientist Arc", the second "Enter the Darkness Arc", the third "The Lost City Mini-Arc, the fourth "The Return of the Dark King Arc", the fifth "The Witch and Her Monsters Arc", the sixth "73rd Annual Espersian Tournament Arc", the seventh "A Knight Lost In Time Arc" the eighth "Wrath of the Administrator Arc", the ninth "Adminicide", the tenth "Dark Dimension Exploration Arc, the eleventh "Freedom Cries Mini-Arc", and the twelfth "A Final Vengeance Arc".