Chapter 8:Our WORLD
Ichigo and the gang stepped out of the Garganta, they had arrived exactly were they left, the roof of Las Noches.
"So you're back" Ishida noted, standing next to a now healed Hanataro
"With more that just a few new comrades" Ichigo smirked as he held up Kyoka Suigetsu
"That's!-" Chad gasped
"Aizen's Zanpakutou" Ichigo smirked "Found it just as we were leaving"
"Did you kill the-" Hanataro began
"Sadly no" Ichigo groaned "Urahara, Yoruichi and…someone else stopped us"
"Who?" Uryu asked
"Don't know" he growled as he moved towards the hole on Las Noche's roof
"What's with him?" Uryu asked Rukia
"Like he said, he doesn't know" she said as she and the Espada began walking towards the hole on the roof
"Kuchiki-san…"
"It's Kurosaki now" She said as she leapt down the hole with Ichigo, the Espada followed
"She's even taken his name now" Orihime said sadly "I can't even tell myself I have a chance with him now…"
Ulquiorra looked at the Orange haired girl and saw once again she was trying to hold back her tears but failing
"What is she?" he asked himself "Why do I…care for her? She's a human and I'm an Arrancar, Is it because I feel like I owe her? am I in debt to her for reviving me?"
Ulquiorra chose to push it to the side for now as he returned to his normal form before making his way to the hole on the roof, he just couldn't stand looking at the upset Orihime, for some reason, when he looked at her…he felt…sad
"Damn these cursed emotions" he grumbled
"Come on Inoue-san" Ishida said "I'll take you, Sado and Yamada-san down to the surface with my Hirenkyaku"
"Not the 'Reiatsu Surfboard thingy' as Kurosaki likes to calls it" he said to himself
With Ichigo
"Ichigo, do me a favour" Rukia said as the descended down
"Yeah?"
"Don't revive the Espada I fought"
"Why not?" he asked
"Just don't" she said quietly "If I ever see that squid-bastard impersonate him again, I swear I'll rip his guts out"
"Alright, I understand" he nodded "but you do realise that now leaves us missing two espada, don't you?"
"Yes" she nodded "I'm sor-"
"Don't be" he interrupted "You're my wife, Las Noches is just as much yours as it is mine"
"Wife…I Like the sound of that" she smiled as they landed on the ground, noticing the lack of the Shinigami who had once been there and the Cero espada had changed back into his regular form…
"Oh it's you" Yammy chuckled "Tch, the others fell back…so now I'm gonna enjoy strangling to death Kurosaki Ich-"
"Cease" Ulquiorra interrupted as he appeared in front of Yammy
"Ulquiorra?" Yammy asked "What the f-"
"You can't kill the new leader" Starrk yawned as he arrived on the ground
"'The Hell are you talking about?" Yammy snapped
"He killed Aizen" Harribel stated "You know the law, he killed the former leader he's the new leader now"
"Oh you gotta shitting me…" Yammy scoffed "This punk kid is-"
"Your Boss" Ichigo said with a smug look
"Oh fuck me" Yammy groaned
"Come on" Ichigo said as Uryu, Orihime, Chad and Hanataro landed on the ground "Let's go build us an army…First of all"
HEAD AND SOLE MEMBER OF EXEQUIAS: RUDOBONE
Ichigo cursed aloud, It turned our after Byakuya and the other Shinigami had retreated, Yammy vaporised Rudobone with a massive Cero…for no reason
"Why the hell did you do that?" Ichigo shouted
"I Was bored" Yammy shrugged "I had a bunch of Killing intent left over"
"Goddamnit" he cursed
OCTAVA ESPADA: SZAYEL APPORO GRANZ
They had skipped the Noveno Espada at Rukia's request, No one had dared to argue otherwise against the 'Queen' of Las Noches
Uryu had (hesitatingly) lead them to where he had fought the Pink Haired Espada, they had found him, drastically aged and bleeding, Ichigo commanded Orihime to use her Santen Kesshun return his body to point before Kurotsuchi injected him with the superhuman formula. When all of it had been removed he had fallen down to the ground, gasping for air
"What…What the" he panted as he regained his breath, he saw someone kneel down and offer a hand, he took it and he was helped up to his feet, as maintained his balance he noticed just who had helped him up
"Human!" he shouted
"Leader" Yammy, Starrk, Harribel and Ulquiorra said in unison
"Huh?" he asked
"He Killed that Bastard Aizen" Harribel scoffed
"Seriously?" Szayel asked "This boy killed Aizen?"
"Cleaved his head off his shoulders" Ulquiorra stated "Saw it with my own eyes…and my eyes never lie"
"My, My" Szayel chuckled "If he can beat Aizen then I'm sure he will make a worthy leader"
"What is your name?" Ichigo asked
"Szayel Apporo Granz" He bowed "It's a pleasure to serve you milord"
"Will you follow me Szayel?" Ichigo asked
"Gladly" he smiled
SÉPTIMA ESPADA: ZOMMARI LEROUX
"Fuck!" Ichigo cursed, there were no remains of the hollow, Byakuya had sliced him into pieces and those pieces had scattered within the wind "That's three Espada we've lost!"
"Lemme tell you now that you're not missing much" Szayel chuckled
"He was useless" Harribel scoffed "he blindly followed Aizen, even if you revived him, he wouldn't follow you because you because you weren't his precious Aizen-Sama"
"Guy was useless" Starrk shrugged
"Indeed" Ulquiorra nodded
"Yup" Lilinette added
"Hated that guy" Yammy shrugged
"Well now that there's no seventh…we'll just move straight onto-"
SEXTA ESPADA: GRIMMJOW JAEGERJAQUEZ
"You're reviving him?" Ulquiorra asked as they approached the blue haired arrancar
"We need him" Ichigo replied as the group arrived by his side
"Grimmjow" Harribel said sadly as Orihime went to work
"You sound sad" Ulquiorra noted
"She should" Starrk shrugged "She loves-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence" Harribel growled
"You…You're in love with Grimmjow?" Ichigo asked, desperately trying to stifle a laugh
"Don't you start" Harribel scoffed "I never loved the blue haired bastard"
"You had sex with him though" Yammy chuckled
"Fuck you!" she roared
"I didn't hear a no" Szayel said suggestively, his reply was right hook courtesy of Harribel
"That's enough!" Ichigo snapped in a harsh voice that even made Ulquiorra flinch "For the love of god! Here I am recruiting you to build an Army and you're acting like goddamn bunch of five year olds! Calm your asses down this instant!"
Everyone was silent from that point
"I-Ichigo…" Rukia gasped "You've…You've changed…no…it's the damn Soul Society's fault…they did this too you…they did this to us"
Ichigo looked on as the Massive wound caused by Nnoitra's giant…Axe-thing (A/N: Seriously, WTF is that thing?) close up and disappear, the Arrancar began to stir…
"Fucking Hell" He groaned as his eyes began to peel open "I feel like shit, That Bastard Nnoita, I'm gonna rip his fucking head off and then I'm gonna go for-"
"Kurosaki!" He roared as he noticed just who was infront of him, he got up to his feet and attempted to lunge at him only for Ichigo to catch his fist
"Who's going to explain it to him?" Ichigo asked as he turned to the group
"Explain what you fucker?" Grimmjow sneered "You never fucking won our fight, that shithead Nnoitra inter…rupted our…"
"Are fucking serious?" Grimmjow laughed as he spotted said dead Quinto (Fifth) Espada face down in the sand "Nnoitra you weak ass pussy! This is Perfect timing!"
"Nnoitra you shithead!" Grimmjow roared as he pulled his Fist out of Ichigo's grasp and used it to charge a cero, aimed at Nnoitra
"Wait you idiot! Stop!" Ichigo shouted but it was too late, Grimmjow fired the red blast and completely vaporised the Axe wielding Espada
"Take that you fucking reject!" Grimmjow laughed
"Why the fuck did you do that?" Ichigo roared "That's FOUR Espada we've lost!"
"Why the fuck should you care?" Grimmjow scoffed "and what do you mean we?"
"I mean for-"
"The New Espada that he is building" Szayel said with a smirk
"What the fuck are you on about pinky?" Grimmjow asked in his own unique manor
"Captain Clark Kent is dead" Ichigo said
"Who?" Grimmjow asked
"…Seriously?" Ichigo asked as he looked around, all the Arrancars, Rukia and Hanataro had a confused look on their faces "No one got that?"
"I did" Orihime raised her hand
"Me too" Uryu and Chad said in unison
"Fine, The Superman-Wannabee is dead" Ichigo declared
…
"Who?"
"Aizen! Fucking Aizen!" Ichigo snapped
"Then fucking say Aizen!" Grimmjow snapped back "Who's this Clark Kent bastard and what's he got to do with…Wait, you killed Aizen?"
"Yes" he nodded
Grimmjow now knew, it was the law of Hueco Mundo, it you kill a leader, then you become the leader, and that meant
"Ohhh…Fuck me" Grimmjow groaned "You…my-"
"Boss…" Ichigo finished for him
"Oh….fuck" Grimmjow moaned "You gotta be fucking shitting me, this is like if your worst enemy slept with your girlfriend"
"You'd know all about that wouldn't you" Szayel chuckled
"SHADDUP!" Grimmjow and Harribel yelled in unison
"One time, It was one fucking time!" Grimmjow said as he held up a single finger to emphasise
"We were drunk and he came onto me!" Harribel snapped
"What? You lying bitch!" Grimmjow roared "you came onto me!"
"In your twisted little dreams!" Harribel snapped
"I Fucking know it was you who made the first move!" Grimmjow snapped back
"And how the hell do you know that!" Harribel growled
"Because I have it on tape!"
…
"Oooh fuck…shouldn't of said that out loud, Should I of?…"
"You…you recorded me…"
"The camera was already on! I swear!"
"You son of a bitch!" she roared as she lunged at him
"Oh, Where is a camera when you need it?" Szayel laughed, Yammy and Lilinette joined his laughing fit as Starrk and Ulquiorra looked on
"Four…we're missing four" Ichigo groaned "Wait…Maybe…"
"Szayel" Ichigo interrupted
"Yes?"
"Do you know where I can find the Privaron Espada and Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck?"
Elsewhere
Renji stirred as he awoke, the first thing he noticed was that he was in a hospital bed and his arm felt stiff, he opened his eyes to witness his arm, barely attached to him by a couple dozen stitches and wrapped in bandages
"My arm…then is wasn't a dream…which means…Rukia"
Renji tried to hold back his tears at a sudden realisation
He had lost Rukia…
He had lost her…to HIM…
He knew, he always knew Ichigo loved her, he could see it in his eyes, that just made Renji all the more happy since he would eventually get to kill him and then his arranged marriage to her would take place.
and what happened?
He turned into a demon and ripped his arm off, ruining his plans and taking Rukia with him.
"Fuck!" he cried as he used his un-injured arm to smash the vase on the table next to his bed "Fucking Son of a-"
Renji couldn't hold back anymore, tears were forming in the grown mans eyes.
Rukia never loved him…and now she never would
"I Hate you" her words echoed through his mind "I HATE YOU"
Hueco Mundo
"I Kept the Privaron's remains in here" Szayel said as they arrived at his lab "I should warn you, if you're even a little bit squeamish, I wouldn't advise going in there"
Orihime looked nervous as she stepped in, as soon as she looked upon the lab she let out a bloodcurdling scream
"Oh my god!" she screamed as she covered her eyes "I Can't go in there! I just can't"
"Inoue" Ichigo growled, but was silenced when Ulquiorra walked past him and put his hand on Orihime's shoulder
"Orihime, close your eyes and I will guide you in" He said calmly
"Ulquiorra" she said in a quiet voice
"I will be your eyes" He said, many were shocked by the bold, almost (dare they say) Romantic line coming from the typically emotionless Arrancar, She nodded as Ulquiorra then guided her into the lab, Szayel following suite
"I Don't fucking believe it" Grimmjow said in awe "Schiffer's got a thing for the human girl!"
"No fucking way, this is Ulquiorra we're talking about" Yammy protested "He doesn't even like anyone or anything, the day he falls in the love is the day when Hell freezes over and pigs begin to fly"
"He called her by her given name" Harribel noted
"Yeah, Whatever happened to 'Woman'?" Stark joined in on the conversation
"The Emo Bastard is in love!" Lilinette roared in laughter
"That's enough" Uryu protested as he pushed up his glasses
"Sure, ruin our fun four-eyes" Lilinette scoffed
"Insolent Child" Uryu replied
"What did you just call me?" She snapped "…No Seriously I'm asking, what the hell is 'Insolent'?"
Uryu merely sighed
"Can we please cut this crap out?" Ichigo asked "Honestly, you're Arrancar's, not a bunch of-"
"NIÑO!"
"Ack!" Ichigo yelled as he was tackled to the ground "D-Dordonii?"
"That's right Niño!" he said as he stood up "I heard you killed the Aizen fellow, well no need to convince me, Pink Hair told me your story and I think you will make a much better leader than Aizen!"
Another Arrancar walked out of the lab, this one with a Giant Orange Afro
"Yo! Sado!" He waved, Sado waved back in responce
"Wait a minute" Uryu said to himself "If those two were revived then that means…oh f-"
Uryu's train of though was interrupted…as a certain Purple haired girl walked out the room
"No…Impossible…it can't be you…" he said in shock
"NO. FUCKING. WAY" She groaned
"Cirucci Sanderwicci" Uryu groaned back
"Four-Eyes" She scoffed
"I Have a name you know"
"Four-Eyes"
"That's not it" he groaned
"Enough" Ichigo interrupted "Let's just go and find Nel"
"The Bebé?" Dondonii asked
"Believe me, you won't be saying that after we heal her" Ichigo smirked "I just hope she doesn't suffocate me again…"
Soul Society
Byakuya Kuchiki was one the many waiting for treatment in Squad 4 Barracks, as he sat around his injured captains, still bleeding from the massive wound caused by Ichigo & Rukia's Getsuga Tenshou/Sokatsui combo
"What have I done…Hisana…"
"I knew it wouldn't work" Shunsui groaned "I didn't even want any part of this…"
"Ichigo-Kun wasn't a threat until now" Ukitake said sadly "Even then, we made him a threat"
"It's our fault" Toshiro noted
"If they hadn't order the damn hit on him" Kenpachi growled
"What are you complaining about?" Soi Fon asked "You were one of the people sent to kill him!"
"Do you think I fucking wanted to kill him?" Kenpachi roared "In a straight up fight, maybe, But not fucking stabbing him when he's injured and not at one-hundred percent, The only reason I went along with this is 'cause the old fart threatened to remove my fucking position as Captain!"
"So that's all…" Sajin said, still grieving over the loss of his Lieutenant "You didn't even consider him a threat…"
"This is BULLSHIT!" Shunsui roared angrily as he ran his hand through the wall
"Shunsui!" Ukitake tried to calm his friend down
"This is the Old Man's fault" He said angrily "I swear I'm gonna rip him a new asshole!"
And with that, Shunsui Kyoraku charged to Yamamoto's Hospital Bed
Hueco Mundo
"Why are we healing this little girl?" Rukia asked
"You'll see" he smirked
"Here she is" Orihime said as she ran towards the green haired toddler.
"The Kid?" Grimmjow scoffed as Orihime went to work
"Believe me, you won't be calling her that in a minute" Szayel chuckled as the gap in Nel's Hollow mask began to close "She's a former Espada"
"What?" Grimmjow shouted "No fucking way, That Kid was a fucking Espada?"
"Indeed, Tres Espada, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck"
"What the fuck!" Yammy yelled "She's just a k-"
*Poof*
Everyone was alarmed as a cloud of pink smoke appeared where Nel had previously been.
"The smoke…I Remember" Ichigo said to himself "That means she's transformed and that means-
"Ichigo!"
"Oh Fuck…"
"Ichigo!" she yelled happily as she wrapped him in a bone crunching hug
"'The Fuck!" Grimmjow yelled "How the fuck did that brat do that?"
"He~llo…" Starrk whistled
"Damn!" Yammy laughed
"Hands off him!" Rukia screamed as she practically ripped her off of Ichigo
"Thank you" Ichigo muttered
"Owwie!" Nel groaned as she rubbed her head
"Who's she?" Nel asked herself "Why did she push me away from-"
Nel looked up and saw the woman who had pushed her away, he noticed that she quickly grabbed Ichigo's hand and was giving a look that asked him if he was okay
"I Can tell by the way she looks at him…she must love him too…"
"Well that's all of them" Ichigo said as he turned back to group "What do we do now?"
"All that's left is to gather all the Arrancar and the inauguration ceremony" Ulquiorra said
"Then let's get to it shall we?" Ichigo smirked
Soul Society
"Please don't take to long Captain Kyoraku" The Nurse said "He's in critical condition, 5 minutes at the most, please"
"I see, Thank you" Shunsui bowed as he walked into the room
He closed the door behind him, He saw the old man, the Head-Captain lying in a bed, his charred arm wrapped in bandages and many machines connected to his body
"Life Support" Shunsui noted
"You sure fucking up this time Old man" Shunsui said, humour clearly absent from his voice "You took our greatest trump card and turned him into our greatest enemy"
The Old Man Clearly couldn't respond
"You took Kurosaki and you fucked him up so bad that he betrayed us" He scoffed as he walked over to Yamamoto's bed "You were like a father to me old man Yama…I gotta say, after all of this…I've lost a huge amount of amount of respect for you"
Shunsui clenched his fist angrily as he eyed the life support machine that Yamamoto was hooked up to
"He was a Boy, A BOY!" Shunsui thought angrily "And yet you wanted him dead because you fear his power…"
Without anymore thoughts, Shunsui drew one of his Zanpakutou and walked towards the life support machine
Hueco Mundo
"Aizen is dead?" An Arrancar shouted in shock "That Human killed him?"
"Why should we obey you? A Human!" another Snapped
"I Refuse!" Another shouted
"I refused to serve Aizen! I will not serve you!"
Ichigo growled angrily, He and his group stood on a balcony, Hovering 30 feet above the swarm of Arrancar
"Lemme tell you why you should and will obey me" He declared, a few audible gulps could be heard "I am the man who defeated Aizen single handedly"
Ulquiorra noticeably grumbled at this
"I am now in possession of Aizen's Zanpakutou, Kyoka Suigetsu, one of the most powerful blades in History" he boasted as he held up said Blade "And I now posses the one artefact than can change reality and matter itself…the Hogyoku"
"That's the-!" An Arrancar gasped as Ichigo held up the crumbling orb for all to see
"The Thing than can make even the weakest arrancar into an elite!" A female adjucha gasped
"Big deal!" another scoffed "Looks like a glorified rubix cube to me"
"Idiot!" Another smacked him in the head "That thing is god himself in the form of an orb"
"So…Who will follow me?" Ichigo asked "All those that want to join me…step forward"
Chatter awoke amongst the arrancar, but none stepped forward
"Damnit!" Ichigo groaned and was about to ramble on again before he noticed something
Two Arrancar had stepped forward...
"I Will follow you" one said with a heavy spanish accent
"And So will I" the other said
One of them had long Turquoise coloured hair styled in a similar way to Izuru Kira, pale yellow eyes and the remains of his Hollow mask on his right cheek, it was in the the shape of an upper jaw, almost mimicking Grimmjow's, but it extended around the back of his head and had three large fin-like spikes around it, His hollow hole located just at the base of his neck. and of course, the aforementioned Spanish Accent.
The Other was a tall, masculine man with long, waist-length, Silver hair, The Remains of his hollow mask was a metal plate-shaped mark on his right cheek that went down the right side of his neck, He wore what looked like a White coat with fur similar to the coat Starrk wore in his released form, he wore the standard Arrancar Sandals and Hakama with a skull shaped Belt buckle. A Humungous Zanpakutou (Roughly the size of Zangetsu's sealed state) was sheathed on his back, from what Ichigo could see, instead of having a guard it had some kind of mechanism. his hollow hole was not visible
"What are your names my friends?" Ichigo asked
"I am Arturo…Arturo Plateado" The Turquoise coloured Haired said with a bow
"And I am Gamma Akutabi" The Silver haired one said
"Please…Join us up here…" Ichigo said with a smile, the two Arrancar appeared at his side with a dash of Sonido "Arrancar of Hueco Mundo…Behold…"
"Yammy Riyalgo"
Yammy smirked
"Szayel Apporo Granz"
Szayel smiled and pushed up his glasses
"Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez"
Grimmjow looked at the Arrancar below him with a sinister smirk
"Ulquiorra Schiffer"
Ulquiorra did nothing
"Nelliel Tu Oderlschwanck"
Nel gave an enthusiastic wave
"Tia Harribel"
She merely groaned
"Coyote Starrk and Lilinette Gingerback"
Stark yawned as Lilinette gave a a quick wave
"The Privaron Espada, Dordonii, Gantenbainne and Cirucci Sanderwicci"
Dondonii gave a rather loud hello, Gantenbainne and Cirucci merely groaned
"And our new friends, Arturo Plateado and Gamma Akutabi"
Both Merely nodded
"My Friends, Hanataro Yamada, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado and Uryu Ishida"
The four did nothing
"My Wife, Rukia Kurosaki"
Many gasp were heard upon the balcony at the mention of this
"They got married?" Uryu asked himself "That can't be right…"
"When did they…" Sado begun
"They've broken my heart into a million pieces and they don't even know it" Orihime said sadly
"And I, your new leader, Ichigo Kurosaki!"
"So what?" an arrancar snapped "You're just going to re-build the Espada and fail like Aizen did!"
"No, that's not true" Ichigo claimed "The Espada no longer exists…From this day forth, we will be known as the Nueva Espada…and the Nueva Espada have only one goal…"
"THE COMPLETE AND UTTER DESTRUCTION OF THE SOUL SOCIETY!"
Soul Society
"Excuse me miss?"
"Yes Captain Ukitake?" She asked "May I help you?"
"I'm looking for Captain Kyoraku, he seems to have wondered off, do you know where he went?"
"I believe he's visiting Head-Captain Yamamoto" She nodded
"This is the Old Man's fault" He said angrily "I swear I'm gonna rip him a new asshole!"
"Oh No!" Ukitake gasped in panic "Shunsui…you wouldn't"
"Wait! Captain Ukitake!" The Nurse protested as Ukitake charged past her
"Shunsui! You wouldn't dare!" Ukitake shouted in his head
as Yamamoto's hospital room came into his sight, Shunsui appeared, exiting the room…
Hueco Mundo
Ichigo smiled as he and his group of Arrancar's retreated within Las Noches
"Everyone return to your quarters, I will continue my duties of Leadership tomorrow…" Ichigo groaned
"Err…I Don't" Gamma began
"Find an empty room and make it yours" Ichigo motioned
"Cool" Gamma said as he and everyone took their leave
"The Same goes for us" Ichigo said to Rukia, Uryu and Chad "Find a quarter and make it your own"
They simply nodded and left, except for Rukia
"Come on" he smiled "We'll find a big quarter, for us"
"Yeah" she smiled as she walked by his side
"So much had changed within these last 7 hours" Rukia said sadly "We've been betrayed, My Best Friend and Brother turned out to be twisted, evil bastards and we've picked ourselves back up and I've gotten married and My Husband has become conquer of a whole dimension"
"This is so much to take it…but I realised something today…that anyone of us could die at any given moment…They nearly took Ichigo away from me…so I'm going to cherish every moment with him from now on…"
"When we find a room…I'm going to show him just how much I love him…"