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Karakura Town

"And with that Kurosaki, I've stolen your powers. Now shoo!" Ginjo uttered before slamming his foot into the teens stomach.. The orange-haired boy grunted in agony as he was repeatedly beaten by the man he thought he could trust.

"Ginjo...you..." Ichigo says as he slowly gets up. He begins to cough up blood as the pain finally came. Before Ginjo could do a proper execution, a sound and light caught everyone's attention. The three all look up, a Soul Gate suddenly appears in the air. The Gate opened revealing many familiar Shinigami, all that were close with Ichigo, but all have the look of pity as they stare down at the three. Ginjo curses but redirects his attention his attention back at the orange-haired Shinigami.

"Ginjo…" Tsukishima says slowly being fearful of the main captain's that are present.

"I know Tsukishima, we will deal with them." He said before looking his back to Ichigo.

"Die Ichigo!" he says loudly.

He lifts his sword in the air and prepares to clash down on the boy.

The next thing Ichigo saw was only darkness.

Next Day

Once again, Ichigo wakes up with the sad sound of quietness. He honestly wishes he would see his hollow again, he was close to finally seeing his two inner beings with his powers almost fully returning, but no, someone had to steal his powers.

He slowly gets out of bed and prepares himself for the day.

His dad didn't even come to give him a 'proper' wake up call, even he knows his son is having a very bad time.

The 17 year old does his daily routine by first hopping in the shower, followed by getting ready and brushing his teeth. He feels like a robot, doing the same activities every single day, at least against hollows it was always a difference if some were stronger. Hell, he even misses fighting, he misses the people even more. Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, sure he may have not liked them do to harming his friends, but seeing them would just give him hope that he has the power to stop them once again.

Solitude.

Weak.

Powerless.

He walks down the stairs and is greeted by the only two people who can really make him forget about all of that.

"Ohayoo." Ichigo says to his younger sisters.

"Mornin'." Karin says

"Morning, nii-san!" Yuzu says cheerfully.

"I'm going to skip breakfast, Yuzu. I'll be back in few hours." He said before quickly closing the door.

"Eh!" she yelled, but he was already gone.

"Yea, he's still bein' weird." Karina reminded her twin.

Ichigo begins to wonder around the neighborhood, walking has always been something that got his mind off of things. He looks up at the sky and feels the chill in the air, it was fall, so it wasn't uncommon for it to be a cloudy day. However, he cannot ignore the things that occurred last night. For a few moments he was able to see all of his Shinigami 'friends'. They all had pity looks in their eyes as they looked down on Ichigo.

What about his friends? What about his family? How would he able to protect them?

He couldn't.

He knows Yuzu and Karin are getting older, meaning there reiatsu is also increasing, which will cause more hollows to come at them. He can't keep relying on his three friends to continually help him through the problems.

Maybe having a normal life wasn't something he wanted.

Chado, Orihime, Ishida, they all have powers. It wasn't a good feeling be protected by everyone, he felt so weak. But then again he never really cared too much about his strength, he only needed to win, that was his beliefs. Now he feels all things that Grimmjow told him, the Sexta told him how he believed Ichigo was looking down at him, making him feel weak.

'Is this how you felt, Grimmjow?' he asks aloud in his mind, not expecting a voice to respond, which one did not.

He also has the fear that a hollow will somehow sneak up on him and snatch him like a fly. He would die and be eaten, then his soul would be sent to Hueco Mundo. 'Will I have power in Heuco Mundo...?' he asked before taking a seat on his river bank. He always came here to deal with the sadness of losing his power. When it first happened he didn't think too much of it, he was able to live a normal life, but a normal life was not something he wanted because he was not a normal person.

'Were they...using me?'

No…it couldn't be. He sacrificed everything for his and there sake, because of that he managed to protect all his friends, including his Shinigami ones. Even if it wasn't for them he still managed to keep his human friends and family safe.

That's all that mattered…

…so why does he feel terrible.

Why didn't they say anything last night? Why did they come as soon as powers were stolen? Why did even Rukia have a sad look on her face? Why did they leave him alone for such a long time? He never asked to be alone. At first he was happy to live a normal life, but as time went one he began to realize how bad the Soul Society was to him.

Many thoughts came to his mind.

What if this was all a scheme? What if they were expecting him to use his powers just so they could keep tabs on him. He was at that time, the strongest being in that world, he could've ended that war himself, nothing would've stopped him.

He doesn't even know what he's thinking anymore, but something called him out, but he was relieved when all of the bad thoughts went away.

"Oi, a cutie like you shouldn't have such a sad face!" a loud voice called out from the side. She has actually been standing there for a while, just admiring his appearance.

Ichigo turns around and widens his eyes a little at what he sees. A young slender woman was wearing a thigh-length trench coat, a miniskirt, and black stockings. Her long black hair drifted in the wind, but Ichigo kept his gaze on her stunning dark blue eyes.

Soul Society

"Report!" The Captain-Commander instructed to his fellows Shinigami.

"Ginjo and the rest of the Xcution members were dealt with after stealing Kurosaki Ichigo's FullBringer powers." Byakuya exclaimed.

Zaraki tskd in annoyance, he was probably the only one who wanted Ichigo to keep his powers, as he was one of the very few people capable of challenging the battle-maniac. "Something the matter, Kenpachi?" The Kuchiki says with distaste. The others wanted to ask as well, but didn't want to start conflict.

"Hell yea, why the hell didn't we come sooner? Ichigo can't do anything powerless, he can't even fight me anymore!" he yelled out.

Before the Sixth-Division captain could reply someone else already intervened.

"Kurosaki Ichigo willingly sacrificed his powers in order to defeat Aizen, he is also a human. There is no need for him to do any more for us, it was embarrassing for us to have to rely on him in that time of need. Something like that will not happen again, we all learned something from that." Toshiro said earning nods from other captains.

"Correct, Hitsugaya-Taichou." The Head-Captain called out.

"He has done much for us, we do not need to interfere with his human life. Eventually he will time will come and he will be in Soul Society." Unohana stated.

"Yea man, I mean' he did all that full bringer stuff to gain some power, I guess that means he doesn't want any, right?" Shinji said sarcastically. He was warned to watch his words but was getting support from many of the others.

"Enough!" the Head-Captain yelled out once again. "We learned from watching Kurosaki Ichigo that we can't keep relying on others. We are the Gotei 13, we will handle our problems by ourselves, and no longer will we need the humans!" he said with a attitude that was final.

'Man, this is going to get boring for another hundred years, huh?' Kenpachi asked himself.

"Head-Taichou, do you still wish for me to keep spies on Kurosaki Ichigo, just in case he ever tried to regain his power? I know that man Urahara…" Sui-feng cursed in her mind at the mention of Urahara, she hates that man more than anything else.

"What? This can't happen, why would we need such a thing? He has done so much for us, we do not need to spy on him." Ukitake yelled out to the Head-Captain.

"Yea, come on yama-jii." Kyoraku tried his best.

"Silence!" he yelled once again, finalizing his decision. "Proceed to your actions, Sui-feng Taichou." He said earning a smirking from the 2nd Division Captain.

Hueco Mundo

It was a normal day in the life of the average Arrancar, the dome may have been an annoyance to the hollows, but it was something that most of them could tolerate. The current Espada are gathered in their meeting hall as they do every day, as no one really wants to be there, however they really don't have a choice. The new leader was chosen to be Starrk, as he was the strongest. Although there were people who were clearly wanted that position.

The Fraccione have also been healed, although the Primera could not find Lilynette anywhere, she was with him when he fell unconscious, but that was it.

"Hello everyone," Starrk greeted lazily with a sad smile on his face. Usually everyone keeps quiet during his meetings unless they really felt they had something to say.

"So, when do we start fighting?" asked Nnoitra who a grin on his face. Grimmjow and Yammy did as well but tried to hide it because they knew someone would scold them.

"What do you mean? There is no one to fight. We made a peace treaty with the Shinigami once Aizen was defeated, it's been over a year and a half, are you that blind?" Halibel asked in a dark tone.

"Sure but, it's not like we have anything else to do. What the hell are supposed to be doing in the meantime? Living like humans?" Grimmjow complained.

"We are not animals, Grimmjow. We have gone a long way since being hungry beasts that ate each other, we are Aarrancar, and we are the Espada. We all rule of Hueco Mundo, together." Nel said before forming small smile. She may not like everyone here, but they are her dear hollow comrades.

"Tck, there she goes again, always with the speeches..." Nnoitra said in a quite tone. He still hated Nel, but when she healed him he decided to just stop for a while, until he was strong again.

"What about you? You've been awfully quite lately..." Starrk said to the Segunda.

"Hm? I'm just waiting for the Hogyoku, I need to build by army first. But other than that... you feel it to right?" he asked in a shockingly neutral tone. Normally Barrangan is an arrogant person who looks down on everyone, but even something is startling him.

"Yea...I feel it." the Primera replied.

"So do I, if we had Ulquiorra then he would've probably felt the same thing." Halibel spoke in.

Ulquiorra was the only Espada to perish, as he had no body that could be healed.

"What's going on? What do you three, 'feel'?" the Octava asked.

"It's nothing right now...I just have a strange feeling about something..." Starrk said actually looking serious for once.

"Just keep your training worms! We will not lose to the Shinigami next time!" Barrangan yelled out.

But it was true, they all learned very important aspects fighting against them, that looking down on your opponent and having arrogance in your powers will lead you only to defeat. The Hollows took this as shameful acts, but promised themselves to never have to face the sight of death and defeat again.

One Hour Later

The meeting was still going on, since the only thing else they could really do was train. Starrk had been in a moment of his own silence, but he was really thinking about the strange sensations he has been having outside of Los Noches.

"Primera-sama?" Aaroniero the Noveno asked.

"…."

"Sorry, I haven't slept in a while." he apologized rubbing the back of his head. Things haven't been so well for the primera, his so called other-half, Lilynette was no longer with him. When he woke up during the Fake-Karakura town, she was nowhere in sight, and the Shinigami also never saw her.

"Alright, well this is over. Everyone go train and do not stop, but just to solve your battle thirst, something is coming...although I do not know what." he said before the rest of the Espada stood up. "Barrangan, I'll talk to ya' later, and Zommari, stay." he commanded.

The Espada left, with Zommari being the only exception.

"Yes, Starkk-sama?" Zommari asked.

"Zommari I have a task for you, I simply wish for you to… explore the other side of Hueco Mundo. I'll tell you this because I believe there is an unknowingly threat to us that is not Shinigami nor Hollow." Starrk said looking at the man.

"Who do you think it is Starrk-sama?"

"I have no idea, but if you find something, anything, even if it's Shinigami, just return." he told.

"Hai! Primera-sama!" Zommarie said bowing before he used his incredible speed to leave.

'Might as well check on everyone's progress.' he said before taking a long sigh.

Zommari

The Semptima was currently trying to scout anything out, so far using his Pesquisa he hasn't really found anything.

He kept his own levels down as well as increasing his sensing 'What the…' he thought in his mind. He notices that a very large number of hollows have been walking towards one certain area, he first assumed that they were going to Los Noches but that was in a different direction.

He used his superb Sonido to go and try to find the massive group of hollows. After a few moments Zommari finds his targets and is stunned beyond belief, before him an army of low class hollows and Gillian all gathered in one area. He tries his best to search for whatever they were going for but saw nothing.

He kept spectating but couldn't get passed the army of hollows, if he were to confront them he would eventually be exhausted and defeated. As he kept getting closer and closer eyes from an unknown source are directly on him, the eyes belonged to a man who was covering them wearing spectacles, he also had crop black hair and a white uniform.

'Starrk-sama and Baraggan-sama won't be happy about this.' Zommari thought as he kept walking around the hollows, they all appeared to be waiting for something or in line for some sort of lineage. 'I'll just report this and go back another time.' he concluded. However, before he could use Sonido a sudden rush of pain was felt on his hip, he looked down and noticed a light blue sticking arrow on his side.

Zommari used Sonido to teleport a safer spot in hopes of realizing what had happened, but as soon as he did that another arrow came flying at him. The Semptima appeared behind the area of the arrow to confront the shooter but was shocked of what he saw. A man wearing a white uniform and black boots was staring at him grinning.

"Hello Arrancar, my name is Quilge Opie, and I am here to capture you." he said. Zommari narrowed his eyes and prepared for battle.

Segunda Palace

Starrk made his way towards the Segunda, these two ruled over everything, Halibel was just there to incorporate more fear towards potential rebellions. Although Baraggan wanted full control, Starrk offered him the position of old rule of Los Noches, which he agreed. However, the terms where that Starrk had the same amount of power despite never really telling anyone.

"What is it? Have they already acted?" he asked using his deep voice.

"I don't know what they are, I've sent Zommari out, although I hope it wasn't a suicide mission. The feeling is not from Shinigami, but something else...something more human but at the same time also different." the Primera exclaimed.

Starrk watched as Ggio Vega and Findorr Calius both charged the Segunda using there Sonido, they were about to strike at the same time until Baraggan blocked them with his axe like zankpakuto. Then the other fraccione followed up as well with their own attacks hoping that if they all charge at once they will land a hit.

It would've worked, but Baraggan raised his reiatsu which caused everyone other than Starrk to fall to the ground. The Segunda threw insults but was impressed that they could think of something without actually physically speaking to them.

"You're the leader of the army, Baraggan. Make sure everything is in check." Starrk said tonelessly. He really changed after becoming leader, but he still has his laid-back, relaxed personality.

Novena Palace

The Novena Espada whom was known as Aaroniero Arruruerie was a very special type of hollow. He was born into an ability that was able to absorb the power from other hollows, making him a very unique type of Espada. He also has the abilities to use Metastacia, which is a hollow that able to fuse it's self with Shinigami and absorb there powers including Zanpaktou.

"Primera-sama" The Novena said before bowing to Aizen.

"What is it Aaroniero?" the coyote man asked with a neutral expression, he knows Aaroniero's favorite thing to do for training is to go into the hollow forest and search for powerful hollows to devour.

"May I proceed to the forest?" The Novena asked. It's really his only way of training which it to absorb more and more power from beings. Once he absorbed them he would have their powers and that was it.

"Be careful, I'm not underestimating you as you are an Espada but if you sense anything that is not hollow come back here immediately, do not go after it, no matter how strong you believe it is." Starrk ordered in a serious tone. The ninth understood and would not let his greed get the best of him this time, it has caused many problems in the past. It even caused him to die from his own arrogance.

"Hai." The ninth said before bowing.

Los Noches Roof

While Starrk was watching the distant fighting between Grimmjow and Nnoitra, he can't help but worry about the Semptima. He had sent the man out hours ago, he wasn't an early return, but he preferred even if it was the slightest notion that something was out there was to come back.

"You suck Grimmjow!" the Quinta yelled out as he dodged another stab.

"Shut up! Maybe if you weren't using such a stupid sword this would be more fun." the Sexta shot back.

"You know what, fuck this shit, let's go out and release!" he yelled now with a huge grin.

"Fine." the Panther retorted. Starrk sighed, he doesn't like when they fight in the released states as he fears that one will be seriously injured, and medics were rare here, Yammy keeps killing them.

Aaroniero

It was an average day within the menos forest, very loud with the screams of hollows fighting and eating each other. It was like watching the past in the Novena's eyes, he as well as the other Espada were once here. It was quite strange as how each hollow was once a human before they became beasts and once they reach the final stage of evolution, they retort back to that old human looking form.

A human that was lost, confused, or in a very emotional state in their time of death. Due to that they all began to hate the world and were only filled with things such as despair, solitude, anger and emptiness. Because of these certain aspects they all became into primordial beasts that had to eat each other in order to find themselves again.

As for the Novena, it was sad for him because he never found himself, he is a Gillian- class Espada. He never found himself or remember anything from his previous life as he never became a Vasto Lorde, despite this he never gives up which is why he goes out of his way to devour more hollows. 'Even as an adjuchas I would been at least to remember my own name…' Aaroniero thought. He only remembered his name because he was the unique hollow within the Gillian hollow. He would sometimes forget as he was constantly battling others for whoever became the top Gillian and regain their conscious.

Aaronieo whipped out his zankaptou in his left hand and the Shinigami Zanpakuto in his right, which was wielded by a man named Kaein Shiba. The Novena charged at all the weaker hollows and began devouring at the sight of victory, he would do this for hours on end with the satisfaction of greed and power.

It was filled his own heart, the filling of others into his own, the greed is what made him who he is, and he will continue to do that till he lies dead on the sand of Hueco Mundo.

After long moments of this the Novena finally decides to take a break and head back to Los Noches as Starrks orders. He did feel some very intense yelling coming from powerful adjuchas, but decided it wasn't worth it and head back. Unknowing to him, he was being followed by an unknown group of people.

But Aaroniero was not an idiot, he felt the group long ago, along with a few others but did no objective to confront them due to being out numbered. The Novena over the years as a hollow has become incredibly intelligent by devouring hollows, even if there beasts he has gotten their own memories and skills. He waited for at least one person of the group to be alone or for them to retreat and leave one behind due to them believing they have not been detected.

When Aaroniero came out of the forest he quickly used Sonido to avoid being followed but knew at least one person was coming to continue their pursuit.

"Hold it beast." the unknown figure yelled at to Aaroniero who was waiting.

"Yes?" The Novena responded calmly trying to take advantage of the current situation. The man was wearing white clad armor which looked very standard in his opinion, he assumed that he was a foot solider due to there being little armor around the man.

"My name is Alois Laurenz, what is your name hollow?" the man said in an arrogant voice. Aaroniero had a grin within his casing on how foolish the person before him was. Deciding that he would devour him he would give his name to remind him how foolish the person was.

"Aaroniero Arrururuie, Novena Espada." the Novena said before charging at the Quincy foot solider, his eyes widened in fear and shock before pulling out his bow.

Elsewhere

"That damn Alois better not get caught." a figure said in an annoyed tone.

"He'll be fine that Arrancar was probably a weak one, it kind of reminded me of one of those Gillian things." this time a feminine voice called out.

"Whatever let's just go get him, we've been out for to longer and our Majesty will be upset if he finds out we've been wondering for too long." All the figures nodded and headed out for their comrade.

Tereca Palace

Starrk was now currently watching the Tereca battle out against her own fraccione, he had to admit then, when they were actually not bickering at each other they made a pretty good team. But his mind drifted to his worries of the Semptima and Novena.

Suddenly he felt a presence outside Los Noches, feeling familiar he could make out it was at least one of the Espada. The brown-haired man quickly used Sonido and went away without saying anything Halibel.

Entrance of Los Noches

Starrk was the first one there, followed by Rudbornn and his own small group of fighters. The figure that was approaching at a very high speed was known as Zommari, he could tell that he had no choice but to engage battle and clearly lost.

Zommari reached the fortress but was almost dead, he fell to the floor coughing up blood and looked at Starrk. "Primera-sama…there here…" Zommari managed to say before falling unconscious. It was too late calling a medic would be useless, he died saying only a few words. He looked at Zommari's wounds and noticed he shot by some sort of gun or bow.

Starrk frowned, he felt bad for sending a comrade out to death but he had no choice. In order to protect his comrades, his family, his friends, sacrifices were needed.

The primera then got a strange look at his shoulder, it looked like it was blown off by an explosion, but that was strange because despite being one of the fastest Espada, he was caught off guard and hit with an explosion. Zommari said that they were here, which means he needs to either send an army out to fight the unknown fighters, or stay here and completely defend, which was probably a better idea.

"Starrk-sama?" Rudbornn said staring at the ex-captain.

"Do not do anything Rudbornn, we are waiting here for another person, if he fails to come as well then we will leave." Rudbornn wondered why not take Zommari's body away now and then wait for the person but he didn't talk back to the all-mighty Primera. He was surprised on his own how an Espada was defeated, which destroyed a bit of his morals for the Arrancar Army but kept his own.

"Rudbornn, I will tell you this because I may need you to become an Espada." Starrk suddenly said seriously, if anyone could see Rudbornn's eyes, they were lit up. Becoming an Espada was a great honor, only ten got to achieve, but not was all great because he would be a weak Espada, someone there to just fill in the hole.

"Theres another set of beings out here in Hueco Mundo, and no, not the Shinigami. They are waiting for us, waiting for us to make the next move."

"Who could these beings be Leader-sama? They must be strong due to being able to defeat Zommari-sama." Rudborne asked.

"Zommari was defeated by multiple foes, and was still able to return here to give me the information I needed, although, with the cost of his life." Starrk said in a sad but proud tone.

"I will explain these events at the meeting tomorrow, I will let you know if you are needed or not." Starrk exclaimed emotionlessly. Rudbornn nodded and continued to look at the desert alongside his leader.

Aaroniero

"Y-you monster!" the first solider coughed up blood as he lay defeated against the Espada.

"You haven't even seen my true form!" The Novena said.

"It doesn't matter! You're a beast of the world! A true disgrace and terror!" the soldat said as he began feeling the light loose his vision.

"You're thinking of a hollow, I'm actually Shinigam!" The man known as Kaien Shiba said after taking of his mask.

"What…" he said as he finally felt the darkness overcome him. He will have died knowing that he fought someone who was secretly a Shinigami. Aaroniero then had a smirk on his face as he devoured the Quincy, strangely, it worked using Metastacia. He thought that only worked against using Shinigami but apparently it works against these being as well.

The Novena felt multiple presences coming towards him, the same ones he felt during the forest. The Novena had a sneaky grin on his face and immediately transformed into the Quincy's appearance, 'Today must be my lucky day.' he thought as the figures stood before him.

"Alios, come on our captian will be angry!" the feminine voice spoke out with authority in it.

"You're the one who was told how to get out of this hell so let's go." a male voice spoke out to Aaroniero.

'Today must seriously be my lucky day.' he thought now that he can direct the Quincy's in the direction where he wants to go.

"Follow." he ordered using his now Quincy voice. The others did so without hesitation and didn't comment on the direction either. To them they didn't care, as long as he knew where he was going they'd do anything to get out of Hueco Mundo.

After long moments of following the figures noticed something off in the distance, a very large fortress was off and they all realized where they had been going. "Wait! That's Los Noches!" one of the figures yelled at to the rest.

"Hm. Never thought you would invade with only a five man squad. However, I didn't expect your brain worms to work out that well." a deep voice came from behind the group. The five man squad turned around and noticed there enemy's leader, Baraggan Louisenbairn, the God of Hueco Mundo.

The four then turned to Alios, who was transforming into his normal Arrancar appearance. The Quincy's eyes widened how all this has been a trap since the beginning and it was Alios fault for baiting them into it. But before anyone of them could move or fight they felt the life slipped out of them by a sword.

"Good work, worm. Now, take over their bodies and tell us what they think they're doing in my realm." the Segunda ordered.

Before the Noveno could 'absorb' the Quincy, the other leader approached himself alongside Rudbornn.

"I see, so that is where they are. Aaroniero, devour Zommari's body as well, if he was going against people like these then he shouldn't of had a problem, there is something stronger." Starrk said coming in. He looked over to Rudborrn and nodded, he released the Semptima's body and only watched as Aaroniero devoured them.

"Zommari-sama unfortunately, perished on his mission but with the use of his memories we could see what he witness." Rudborrn spoke.

"As of that, you are now the Semptima Espada." Starrk announced said smiling at his new rank. Aaroniero was now even more intelligent, faster and stronger than before, that was the part the intrigued the Primera the most. The now Semptima bowed before devouring the hollow body of his former comrade who has his own experience in battling the Wandreich.

Silbern

"Your Majesty," a soldat says before taking a respectful bow.

"Rise Soldat, tell me the news of our current affairs." he ordered.

"Hai, Sternritter 'E' has been successfully dispatched in the human realm." He stated

"This will be a good lesson, especially if she fails. I don't want to ever hear that she killed another solider because of her lewd attitude." the Quincy King said before remembering what had happened before he sent her.

Flash back

A stressful Bambietta angrily walked down her quarters passing and gazing at many soldat, determining who would be the candidate for her 'release' session. So far none have peaked an interest, in fact most people avoided facing her from the aura she is emitting. She's a type of girl that becomes very stressed easily, and unfortunately for the soldat they provide another use, being used to release that stress.

Many kneeled at her presence, but hid their faces. If anyone had just a little bit of them that are 'cute' or 'handsome' he was hers, and hers only. That is, if they make it out alive of course.

"Hey is that-" a quiet voice said in the distance

"Shh! Keep your head down!" the comrade next to him warned.

"What? Why...are you guys that scared? Candince-sama isn't-"

"You!" a loud voice called to the soldat, causing a new type of fear to run through his body.

"H-Hai!" he said standing up straight and keeping a respectful gaze.

"If you're not busy, come to my room, NOW!" she said with a tone that meant 'I don't care if you're busy, you're coming with me right now.'

The Soldat looked over to everyone who had frowns, knowing one of their comrades is going to soon feel the wrath of a stressed Bambietta.

"IT'S AN HONOR!" he yelled before rushing up towards the black-haired beauty. He made sure to keep his distance as he knows she has a short temper.

Two Minutes Later

*SLICE*

Before the soldat could even utter one last moan, his body was suddenly sliced in half, from the head to toe, cut symmetrically.

Bambietta looked down and sighed, it wasn't the release she had wanted, she still felt her body being tense from the stress of being a Sternritter.

As she fixed herself up a familiar group of people suddenly barged through her door, not even bothering to knock. Four females waltzed right in through Bambietta's chambers all having their own opinion of her way to 'release.'

"The hell you girls want?" Steritter 'E' asked.

"You made a mess Bambi-chan!" Giselle Gewelle, Sternritter 'Z' The Zombie asked.

"Poor boy, if only he knew how much of a whore you are, bitch." Lilotto Lamper, Sternritter 'G' The Glutton insulted.

"Oh my, there's no need to do this in your room, it's more exhilarating outside." Meninas McAllon, Sternritter 'P' The Power suggested.

"This is disgusting." Candice Catnipp, Sternritter 'T' The Thunderbolt stated.

"You're one to talk, you too Gigi, I know what you do to your subordinates."

Before anyone responded, all eyes were on the Zombie, she was always the more mysterious one of the group, so their minds could only guess what she does with her subordinates.

But luckily for the Zombie, someone intervened the chat, an unpleasant 'B'.

"Sternritter 'E', come with me, now!" Hascwalth yelled.

"The hell is your problem?" Bambietta retorted in a smart attitude.

"I don't have a 'problem', now do as you are told." he said narrowing his eyes.

"If you think I'm going to bother with you then just get out. Unless of course...you want in." she said giving a sly smirk. 'B' was not fazed, he just kept his narrowed gaze.

"It's not my orders, his majesty requested you in order to deal with your disgusting habit. Unfortunately for you, a soldat managed to survive your hideous ideals." he replied.

"OOOOO Bambi-chan's in trouble!" Giselle said skipping over.

"What? Have you seen what Giselle does? I can't even explain it!" she complained.

Jugram looked over to the Zombie, she had a cute childish expression on her face, trying to look as innocent as possible.

"She probably does, but none of her soldat have gone 'missing', so it's fine!" he yelled turning her back on the group.

Bambietta bit her lip and cursed, it was never a good thing to go see the Majesty by yourself, talking in private only meant two things, death or praise.

Throne Room

"You may kneel." Yhwach said as he looks down on the young girl. She did as told and kneeled in respect, unlike most sternritter, she looks towards the future, wondering what is going to happen to the Empire. She actually cares about things unlike her battle-maniac comrades.

"..."

"Sternritter 'E', you know why you are here correct?" he asked calmly.

"Y-Yes, you majesty." she said not daring to look him in the eyes.

"You do realize that they're your comrades as well? Despite being just soldat, they can save your life you are in a dire situation." he exclaimed.

"I..." she didn't have anything to say.

"Well? You know I hate fighting, a lot. Or is it because you became a Star Knight you believe you can slip around the laws? You feel as if you can disrespect me behind my back." he shot out once again narrowing his eyes.

"N-No, your majesty! I would never do such a thing, please, forgive me for my sins. I promise I won't ever harm a soldat again..." she said before an oncoming fear began to overwhelm her emotions.

"I think I need to make an impression, the rest of the Sternritter may think the same as well. Using you, everyone would be sure not to go against my laws like that." the Quincy King said in a dark tone.

Bambietta began to think death, the worst thing for the happy young Sternritter. She chooses to fight in order not to die.

"..."

"...Unless..."

She raised her eyes, filled with hope.

"I have an assignment, that anyone could fill out, but maybe it would be easier with a female." he said as his thoughts drifted upon an orange-haired Shinigami. She didn't speak, as it would be rude to if she interrupted while he wasn't even finished.

"The Special War potentials. Aizen Sosuke, Zaraki Kenpachi, and..."

"?"

"...Kurosaki Ichigo." he said now staring up at the ceiling.

Kurosaki Ichigo? The name rings a bell, but she doesn't clearly remember, and neither does the rest of the Quincy.

"He is so far unlisted because of his recent...loss."

'Loss?'

"He lost his powers because he sacrificed them for the sake of the Gotei 13." the Emperor said with distaste. "However, the reason why I even bother, is because he just like any one of you, a Quincy. A Quincy who never discovered his powers because the Shinigami blinded him, and his father lying."

"I will do as you ask, your Majesty." she says in a fake respectful tone.

"This assignment, I need you to befriend him, have him realize his mistakes for working with the Shinigami. When the time comes I will send Hascwalth to bring you two." he concluded.

'Great.' she said in a dead tone.

"Something the matter?" he asked slowly.

"N-Nothing your majesty! I'll get him on our side." she said making a fake smirk of determination.

"Good…I'll have a cloak ready for you, the same material I used when I gathered all my powers back. You better not fail this, if not I will have more than reason to dismiss you."

Karakura Town

"Bambieta...Basterbine...?" Ichigo asks once again.

"Yes...for the tenth time." she says as she softly massages her temples. She's already feeling frustrated and angry with the boy. but unfortunately for her she cannot kill him.

'Weird name.' the teen thought aloud in his mind, clearly not expecting a response, but hoping for one.

Ichigo didn't pay much attention to her, he was in a gloomy, depressed mood. He didn't even know how to express himself, he wanted to yell out but then again what would that do.

"So, what are you doing here?" he asked basically losing his normal attitude. Normally he is very kind to women, especially those who are kind to him. But he has a perfect excuse for being upset.

"I just moved here, thought ya know', there'd be some lucky boy to escort me." she said giving a seductive grin. Ichigo wasn't looking, so he didn't see it, otherwise he would've blushed.

"This city is... alright." he said tonelessly, still having his eyes glued to the water below.

"Damn, are you always this moody?" she asks in a low, annoyed tone. Ichigo looked over and noticed her frown, he sighed. He's taking his own problems out on this new girl who just wants to chat. His female-friendly antics kicked in, the ones his mother taught him.

He could be sad, like he is now, but then nothing would happen. He lost his powers, again, and now feels used and betrayed. Nothing is worse than feeling used and betrayed by those who you risked your life for and consider friends.

"Look, sorry... I'm not usually like this, I've just had some bad past few weeks. My name's Kurosaki Ichigo, pleasure to meet you." he said forming a sad smile. Bambietta smirked in victory, she already had managed to cheer him up somehow.

"There we go!" she said suddenly taking a seat next to him. "So what's up? I'm sure you'll be interested in a hot girl like me if you're all cheered up." she said as if it was nothing.

Ichigo didn't manage to hear the last part, when she asked what was wrong he had to think of something to make up, he didn't want his new friend to suddenly think he was some crazy lunatic who swung swords around.

"I... have you ever felt...used?" he asked in a soft tone.

Used

The word had never hit her, what was she doing now? Was she being used?

'I serve his majesty.' she tried reassuring herself, but her mind knew that what she was doing was against her own will. Her mind knows that she does not have to partake in this war to survive, she only uses the fight to live as an excuse to not be considered used.

"I...yea..." she said releasing a sigh. But it didn't matter, she couldn't do anything about it, there's no way a hero would come and break out of Yhwach's grasp.

"But mine is different, what about you? If they used you, then go get back at them!" she nudged.

"Thing is...some of them are my friends..."

He just wanted someone to talk to, someone who didn't know him. Someone he can talk to, to release his thoughts without worrying about them freaking out. He needed someone different, a regular human friend, Ichigo detected no reiatsu from Bambietta as he has no powers, unlike hollows who recklessly make it so people can see them.

"Ah, your friends betray you, eh, that happens to everyone. I'm not even sure my 'friends' are even my friends. I'm sure that they would easily take advantage of me if I was in a bad situation." she replied, now remembering the things that Giselle would do to people in weak situations.

"Well…I don't think they all did. I mean I did everything for them, I gave In so much…possibly too much. Even my life…" he said the last part very quietly.

"Why would you risk that? You're supposed to do hard things in life to live! Not for others, what's the point of living if you throw it away for someone else's death?" she asked using her own ideology.

Ichigo had a moment of silence, gathering his thoughts, but soon had a perfect answer.

"Well…when you find someone you care about you'd do anything." He said now coming out of his shallow mood. The thoughts of him saving his friends flooded his mind, the happy feeling he felt once he saw how fine and okay they were was the best feeling.

"I don't get it…" she said now looking down in confusion, she was also getting angry, she doesn't like being confused. "What do you mean!?" she snapped now full on explosive mode. Ichigo swears he felt something when she snapped but discarded it as he couldn't handle the expression on her face.

"Bambietta…have you not ever had someone who cares for you?"

Now, he really didn't want to ask that, mainly because on how rude it was, but he wanted to know.

"…" She clenched her fists and narrowed her eyes, Yhwach doesn't care about his Sternritter, just a few hours ago he was prepared to decapitate her to send a message to the fellow Star Knights.

But she soon became relieved when a hand came upon her shoulder.

"It's alright Bambietta, I care about you." He said now giving a friendly smile. He even moved closer just like he would do as a kid.

'Care about…me?' the thought flew around in her mind, she didn't know what to think or to imagine, she was just blank, but one thing came to mind when she noticed how close he was.

"Do you always get this close?" she asked in a dark tone, clearly wanting him to get away. Ichigo's natural tendencies cause him to become embarrassed and red, he moved back, but she saw how he was.

"No way…has anyone ever told anyone you look like a strawberry? It's unbe-"

"Yes people have!" he said now looking away from her, still red.

Bambietta has a small laugh, teasing him was going to be one of her favorite things to do.

"Aw, you're flustered that easily!? Wait till you see me naked…" she said in a luscious tone.

The orange haired boys head was slammed into the ground, trails of blood being trailed to the river, clearly picturing the images of her naked.

"Such a prude…" she says forming a grin.

He uttered some words but she couldn't understand him.

"This may not be too bad, Kurosaki."


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