"Why...WHY?" Rukia screamed in her head "Why did this happen?...those...bastards, every single last one of them are bastards!"

It happened so fast...Ichigo nor Rukia ever saw it coming

Ichigo had just returned from his fight with the 4th Espada, in the process bringing a new mask with him, but despite his best Efforts, he only managed to land a scratch on the Cero Espada's neck, then hope seemed to have arrived, Kenpachi Zaraki and Byakuya Kuchiki had arrived to help or so it seemed...Captain Unohana and Lieutenant Isane had showed up to help as did Captain Mayuri, It all Seemed like the Espada would be dead and buried in 5 Minutes tops...

"Have they been dealt with?" Byakuya asked out of the blue

"Hardly" Mayuri Scoffed "Due to your late arrival I was forced to let the Quincy go"

"Let him go?" Rukia thought "What does he mean by that?"

"You let him go?" Kenpachi scoffed

"Idiot" Mayuri Groaned "The Quincy nearly killed me last time, I'd prefer it if I didn't run the risk a second time"

"It does not matter" Byakuya said as he turned around to Ichigo "I Take it the Quincy and the human girl perished in the battle?"

"What the hell?" Ichigo practically screamed "Of course they didn't!"

"I See..." Byakuya muttered

"'The hell you pricks talking about?" The Cero Espada, Yammy Rialgo roared

"It does not concern you" Byakuya Scolded

"So we're carrying this out now?" A newly healed Renji spoke up

"W-What are they talking about?" Rukia wondered

"It appears so" Byakuya said, Kenpachi groaned while Captain Unohana had a look of Regret in her eyes

"What are you guys talking about?" Ichigo asked, baffled

"Christ, I'd hoped to get to fight him one last time" Kenpachi groaned as he walked towards Ichigo

"It'll be over soon" Renji said to Rukia with a mmile

"W-What are you talking about?" Rukia stuttered, Renji's eye's widened

"C'mon Rukia...That's not funny" He noted

"What are you talking about?" She groaned "The war is far from over..."

"C-Captain" He stuttered at Byakuya "You...You told me-"

"I lied Renji" He admitted "Her knowing could endanger the mission"

"Okay...this isn't funny" Rukia said, a hint of fear in her voice "What are you two talking about?"

"I agree" Ichigo nodded "What are you two talk-"

Ichigo could not finish his sentence as a sudden pain in his chest suddenly rose up

"What...What the" He began...he looked down and saw what causing him that immense pain

Kenpachi Zaraki's Zanpakutou...impaled through his chest

"Ichigo!" Rukia screamed as she began to charge, only for Renji to hold her back

Mayuri Korosuchi's Zanpakutou followed, Piercing his abdomen

"To think" Mayuri scoffed "To think we could of saved a hell of a lot of time by simply walking up and stabbing him!"

"Stop it!" Rukia screamed as she struggled to break free of Renji's Grip "What are you doing!"

"W...Why" Is all Ichigo could get out before Senbonzakura pierced his heart

"NO!" Rukia cried out "Why are you doing this?!"

"You Really don't know" Renji sighed

"W...Why" she Began as tears began to fall

The three captains removed their Zanpakutou from Ichigo Kurosaki's body, The orange haired boy's eyes were rolled up into the back of his head, that's all that Rukia could see as his limp body fell to the ground

Ichigo was dead

The rage took over Rukia as she elbowed Renji in the jaw, forcing him to let go

She dashed towards Ichigo's dead body and cradled him

"Nii-Sama...why?" She whispered as she held Ichigo's head to her chest

"I suppose I should inform you now of the true nature of this mission Rukia" Byakuya sighed as he sheathed his Zanpakutou

"True nature?" She stuttered as she looked at him with tear filled eye's "Nii-Sama what are you talking about? this is a mission to rescue Orihime Inoue from Aizen, you said it yourself!"

"That was merely a guise to fool them...and you Rukia" He explained

"T-Then what is the nission?" She stuttered, Byakuya's words would haunt her forever...

"To eliminate Kurosaki Ichigo" Byakuya announced as Rukia's eyes widened

"E-Eliminate...why?" She asked as more tears fell

"He has been deemed to dangerous to live"

"N-Nii-Sama, w-why?" She asked again as Ichigo's blood fell down onto her lap

"That is none of your concern" He said as he walked away, towards the Cero Espada

"Tell me Nii-Sama!" She screamed "TELL ME!"

"The boy is a Hybrid" Byakuya explained as he stopped and turned around "Part Shinigami-Part Hollow"

"W-What?" She stuttered

"It is true, during our fight in the Soul Society some...thing took over the boy's body" He explained

"Nii-Sama I'm aware of this, what's the problem?" She screamed, it wasn't like Ichigo was a hollow, just that he had hollow powers

"C-Captain..." Renji stuttered again "You...You told me she knew"

"This...This can't be happening" She whispered as she held Ichigo's head "Why...who..."

"I-Ichigo...I...I never even got the chance to tell you I....I"

"The Quincy, the Mexican and the human girl are also to be killed due to exposure to the Vizard's reiatsu, be thankful you were not also on the execution list" Byakuya explained, the way he said it was like he was rubbing salt in a wound, "You'll get over him in time...If you don't...I'll force you to forget him"

"Be...thankful..." She whispered "I should be thankful...that you killed Ichigo...and that Uryu, Orihime and Chad are next?" Her eye's were practically red with rage "I...I...I won't"

"Killing your own comrade because he's different " Yammy scoffed "Some fucked up logic you got there"

"How many times have I told you to be quiet?" Byakuya scoffed back

"C'mon Rukia" Renji said as he began to drag her away

"No!" She yelled as she aimed to escape her grasp "Let me go Renji!"

"Come on" He groaned "You Know it would happen, Ichigo is a hollow he was-"

"NO!" She yelled "He's not a hollow, He's a human!"

"Oh come on" He chuckled, Rukia couldn't believe it, Ichigo was just brutally murdered infront of them...and Renji was laughing "Vizard, Hollow, Arrancar, same thing"

"Don't you dare!" She shouted as she broke free of his grasp and turned to him "Don't you dare put Ichigo in the same category as arrancar's!"

"Please" He groaned "You don't need him...you need me"

Rukia groaned in disgust as Renji closed his eyes and lowered his lips to hers, going for a kiss, she knew he loved her, but she didn't feel the same way, she hoped in due time that he'd let it go, But he never did, not once did she even think of returning his feelings, He was her friend, nothing more...and now he wasn't even that

Rukia reeled back her fist and threw it right into Renji's nose

"What?!" He shouted as he held his now broken nose "Why did you-"

"How....How long were they-"

"Planning to kill Ichigo?" Renji finished her sentence for her as he rubbed his nose "Since the beginning"

"W-What?"

"Right after Ichigo's fight with Captain Kuchiki had ended, he told the Head-Captain what had happened"

Rukia couldn't believe it...She knew Byakuya disappeared after the fight with Ichigo and returned just in time to him to save her from Gin's "Shinso"...but she had no Idea that in-between that time he was reporting Ichigo's hollow powers to the Head-Captain

"Nii-Sama..."

"When we were sent to the world of the living, we were actually sent to kill Ichigo...but the objective changed when you practically begged to come along"

It was true, Rukia practically begged to come along, she just wanted to see Ichigo again but she claimed it was because of her knowledge of the world of the living, the Head-Captain was resilient, when he finally agreed he had looked annoyed and he heard his Lieutenant whisper "Shall we delay it?"

"Instead the mission was changed to us being stationed in the real world to deal with the arrancars, hoping they would kill him, after that didn't happen...they devised a plan"

"T-They?" Rukia stuttered "Who is-"

"The soul society...once they found out you were training Orihime, they devised a plan...let the arrancar Kidnap her"

"What?" She shouted "All of this time...All this hell we've been through...is because the soul society let Aizen take Orihime?"

"They knew Ichigo and his damn hero complex would take charge and lead an Assault into Hueco Mundo, so they made sure Orihime would get captured on her path through the Dangai, the guards were oblivious, they were mere lambs to the slaughter"

It took all of Rukia's being not to vomit at this point, all of this...ever since they saved the soul society from Aizen...they had been planning to kill them...

"Once we found out that Kurosaki, Ishida and Sado had left for Hueco Mundo" Renji began, not even bothering to pretend like they were his friends anymore "We were sent to kill them because we knew them the best and would know what they would and would not expect...at least...that's what I was told" He pointed out Rukia's lack of knowledge of the actual mission

"You...You mean..." She began

"That's right...I was In charge of the mission to kill Kurosaki"

Rukia tried not to scream as he mind was practically shattered, her best friend for the last 100 years had been assigned the mission of killing and Ichigo...and he accepted it

"I...I thought Ichigo was your friend..."

"FRIEND?" Renji laughed "Hell no! In fact I was glad when I was given the task of killing him!"

*Smack*

Rukia's fist Met Renji's face once again

"Ow! Stop hitting me dammit!" He yelled as he held his nose

"You bastard!" She roared "How dare you..."

"How dare I what?" He laughed "Come on Rukia...you don't need him...I was...I was planning to say this later...but I've finally found the courage to tell you...I love you Rukia"

"I-"

"There!" Renji shouted in relief "I finally Said it! I finally-"

"I don't feel the same" She spat out, hoping she had just crushed the bastard who used to be her best friend's heart

"Wh-What?" He stuttered, literately feeling his heart crack

"Break your heart?" She growled "Good! I hope it stay's broke for the rest of your miserable fucking life!"

She then began to turn away but Renji grabbed her shoulder,

"You're mine"

Rukia had enough, she aimed to land one final blow but Renji caught her fist, twisted her around and put her in a sleeper hold

"You're mine..." He repeated, he was breathing hard, he was in Denial that Rukia didn't love him "I won't let him take you"

"I DON'T BELONG TO YOU!" She roared as she bit his arm, attempted to rip the flesh off the bone, Renji roared in pain as he tightened the grip around her neck "Let...go of me"

"No...you're..." he began but was cut off as Rukia smacked the back of her head against his, finally rupturing the bastard's nose and forcing him to let her go

"Rukia-chan" Unohana whispered

"Rukia" Byakuya said as he flash stepped infront of her "Cease your foolish-"

"Get out of my way Byakuya!" She shouted, clearly showing her loss of respect for the man

"How dare you" He scolded

"You're not my brother anymore!" She shouted "You're nothing to me!"

"Such insolence" Byakuya scoffed

"I will never forgive you!" She roared as she drew out Sode no Shirayuki, She noticed Isane was walking towards the unconscious Sado on the ground "Stay away from him!"

"Foolish girl" He groaned "Do not force me to take action...they're going to die, accept it"

"No..." She said with a stern voice "You've already killed Ichigo, I won't let you take anymore innocent lives!"

"It is going to happen Rukia" Byakuya said in a voice void of any emotion "They will die, and there's nothing you can do to stop it"

"I will kill you" She said as tears began to fall "For Ichigo"

"Fool" He said as she began to charge "Hado #1, Sho"

The Weak hado blast was enough to knock Rukia onto her back

"Don't you see Rukia?" Byakuya asked "You're too weak to do anything...They will die..."

Rukia looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Mayuri walking towards Chad

"No...please...leave him alone" She said to herself "They haven't done anything...please...get up Ichigo, help me...help us...help Ichigo, help! HELP!"

"HELP US! ICHIGO!" She screamed

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Everyone turned around as they felt a sudden burst of Reiastu, They all looked at Ichigo with shocked eye's, he was still lying on the ground, but something had changed...

"His..." Renji began

"His hair grew longer..." Rukia finished

Black reiatsu began to radiate off of Ichigo, it flowed up to the sky as the boy started to move

"What…is this?" Renji asked no one in particular

"This reiatsu" Rukia muttered "This reiatsu is the same I felt from above the dome!"

FLASHBACK

"What is it now?" Renji shouted a huge red cero came from above the dome

"It came from above the dome!" Chad shouted

An incredibly powerful reiatsu was evident from the roof, Rukia thought the reiatsu felt familiar but different at the same time, she then tried to feel who's it was, when she found it who it was coming from…her eye's widened…

"Is this reiatsu…Ichigo's?"

END FLASHBACK

"This is the reiatsu I felt before…" Rukia said to herself

More changes occurred on Ichigo's body, red furry tufts materialized, one on each his wrists and ankles and two around his collarbone that stretched to his neck, His fingernails and toenails turned black and grew out to resemble claws and his muscles severely increased in size

"Do you see it Rukia?" Byakuya asked "Do you see what the boy truly is? He's a hollow"

Rukia didn't reply as she kept her eye's glued on Ichigo

"The fuck is this?" Yammy shouted

Red reiatsu blasted up into the Sky, the aura completely engulfed Ichigo, hiding him from View

"My, my" Mayuri chuckled "How very interesting"

"AHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyones eye's widened as the roar came from the gusher of reiatsu, The voice was low pitched and deep, unlike a regular hollows roar

"What…is he?" Renji asked

"This reiatsu" Unohana muttered "It's…incredible…"

A figure could be seen standing in the red gusher of reiatsu, its glowing eyes seemed pierced through them

"The hell?" Zaraki asked

"Kill…" Came a voice, it took them a few moments for them to realize that the figure in the reiatsu had been the one that had spoken "I…will kill you…."

The reiatsu faded away…and the everyone's eyes widened at the figure

His skin was pale white, there was a hollow hole in the centre of his chest with six black markings comings out of it, 4 of them stretched around to his back, the top 2 stretched up his neck and onto the figures mask, speaking of; the mask covered his entire head, had the two aforementioned stripes that passed his teeth and eyes and ended at the back of the mask, with two more that started at the back of the mask and ended at his forehead, There were also small markings resembling a heart, but with the top and bottom open, extending from the inner corners of his eyeholes. The mask had two long forward-pointing horns with small black lines extending from their centre towards the tips. The back of the figures long hair flowed in the wind

"I…Ichigo" Rukia stuttered "That…That creature is Ichigo?"

"What the fuck?!" Yammy roared

"Kurosaki…" Renji whispered

"You…" The creature said as he pointed to Renji

"Oh shit" He muttered under his breath

"The slaughter starts with you!" It said it charged

Renji quickly released Zabimaru and tried to block Ichigo's attack, but Ichigo grabbed Zabimaru and literately ripped it in two

Rukia looked on, She couldn't believe it, it was just like what happened to Kaien…a man she loved dearly had become a hollow…no…this was Ichigo…he's too powerful, Kaien was a lieutenant….Ichigo is at least captain-class…

"It's Ichigo…I know him, he's not a hollow, besides I'm not Inoue for gods sake, I don't care about the damn mask, I know who's behind it…"

"Shit!" Renji shouted "Rukia! Calm him down!"

Rukia growled at her former best friend, how dare he…how dare he not only take the mission of killing Ichigo and thier friends, he gladly took it, and yet he still thinks they are friends, and even more ridiculous, he wants them to be lovers

"Ichigo!" She shouted at him, he instantly ceased and turned to her

"Interesting" Byakuya said "You appear to affect his hollow, very well then…call him off Rukia…"

She did nothing…

"R-Rukia!" Renji shouted as he backed away from the hollow

She still did nothing…

"Rukia!" Byakuya shouted "Cease your foolishness and call him off!"

This time she took action

"Ichigo…" She began, The hollow stared at her

"C-Call him off Rukia!" Renji practically pleaded

"Ichigo" She repeated

Everyone's eyes widened as a smirk appeared on her face

"RIP HIS HEART OUT!"

Above the dome

"Inoue-san" Uryu said to girl who was regenerating his severed arm "Do you feel that reiatsu?"

"Reiatsu?" Inoue asked

"I see…you can't feel it" Uryu whispered

It's probably better that way…I didn't expect Kurosaki to turn into that thing again so soon…"

"Ishida-kun, What reiatsu?" Inoue asked again

"It's…It's nothing Inoue-san" Uryu said to her, he then noticed a lump in her pocket "Inoue-san, what is that?"

"Oh…it's...it's nothing Ishida-Kun" She stuttered

"No seriously Inoue-san…It's a clump of something" He said as he motioned towards it

"Look Ishida-kun, just drop it!" She snapped

"S-Sorry" He stuttered, shocked that the usually cute air-headed girl had just raised her voice at him

"I'm sorry Ishida-kun" She said sadly "I didn't mean to snap at you like that…I just-"

"It's okay Inoue-san" Uryu confided

"I'm really glad he didn't notice" Orihime said to herself "If he had seen me pick up what was left of him…I don't know what he'd think"

FLASHBACK

The Cuatro Espada's body turned to ash as it proceeded to blow into the wind…however a small pile of ash remained on the surface, The orange haired girl quickly scooped it up, not entirely sure why she had done it, and put it in her pocket

END FLASHBACK

"Ulquiorra…"

Las Noches

"Rukia!" Byakuya and Renji yelled in unison

Hollow Ichigo was more than happy to comply as he immediately tried to stab Renji through the heart, but he quickly flash stepped out of the way

"Just what the hell are you thinking?" Byakuya spat at Rukia

"I want him to die!" Rukia snapped as Ichigo and Renji continued their battle

"Do you seriously wish death upon your future husband?"

"Future husband?" Rukia asked "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Abarai asked me for your hand in marriage earlier today" Byakuya explained

"What?" Rukia shouted "Don't I get a say in this? Because there's no way in hell I am-"

"You don't have a choice" Byakuya scolded "He is the only lieutenant to have achieved Bankai, you marrying him will make the clan look good and you will produce a powerful heir"

"To hell with your clan!" Rukia shouted "I don't even love Renji and you want me to marry him and have kids?"

"It is arranged, There is no changing it" Byakuya said in a stern voice

"You know what Byakuya?" She growled "Go fuck yourself!"

"How dare you!" Byakuya growled, Kenpachi burst into laughter

"A Llittle backlash, eh Kuchiki?" Kenpachi asked

"Silence" Byakuya demanded "This is no time for your childish-"

"AAAAHHHHHHH!"

Everyone looked at the source of the noise and their eye's widened

"MY ARM! YOU SON OF A BITCH! MY FUCKING ARM!" Renji roared in pain

Renji was rolling on the floor in pain, while everyone looked at what has caused that him that immense pain, In Ichigo's Hand was Renji's missing limb, He had literately ripped Renji's arm off, Rukia knew that she should feel concern for her friend…but she was smirking

"Is this…bloodlust?" Rukia wondered, secretly enjoying the sight of her old friend losing a huge amount of blood

As Renji rolled about in pain, Hollow Ichigo began charging a Cero in-between his two horns

"Yes…kill him" Rukia said to herself

"Scatter, Senbonzakura" Came a voice from beside her

The petals immediately homed in on Ichigo who used Sonido to get out of the way

"Sonido…" Byakuya said to himself "So he really has become a Hollow…"

Byakuya needed some kind of distraction to land a hit on Ichigo and get him away from Renji, so he decided to aim the Petals at the sill outcold Sado

"No!" Rukia shouted in her head

"Tsugi no Mai! Hakuren!" Rukia shouted as she fired the blast that completely froze the Senbonzakura petals

"Foolish" Byakuya scolded as Rukia jumped away from him "Do you realize what you are doing Rukia? It will be a miracle if you don't get sentenced to treason for this"

"I don't care" She growled "I eefuse to listen to the Soul Society now, they're corrupt! They tried to kill the man I love for because they idiotically assumed that he would kill them!"

There…she said it, she didn't love Renji, she hated him, she loved Ichigo…no one else

"Fool" He scoffed, disgusted "You do realize you can never be with him, don't you? I arranged your marriage to R-"

"Wrong" She scoffed "I'm not marrying Renji! I don't care what you say, I don't care what the Kuchiki clan say, I don't care about the Soul Society anymore!"

"So you're defecting?" Byakuya scolded "If you do this, then you're no better than Aizen!"

"Tch…all this time…who'd of thought that all of this time Aizen was the good guy and you were the evil bastards"

"How dare you!" He shouted

"How dare I what?" She shouted "You're all corrupt! Every single last one of you!"

"Corrupt?" Byakuya shouted "We are holding up the law of the Soul Society! This is not corruption! It is Justice!"

"Then what kind of sick disgusting twisted justice is this?" Rukia shouted back "Killing a man because you fear his power? If this is justice Byakuya, then I am more than happy to break that law!"

"Fool!" He shouted "Without law, then the order will fall into chaos do you want that to-"

"El Directo!"

Byakuya quickly got out of the way of the huge reiatsu blast as it soared past him

"Sado!" Rukia shouted as she ran over to him "Are you okay?"

"Sort of" He grunted "I'm still Injured back I can still fight"

"How long have you been-"

"Faking?" He asked "Ever since Ichigo turned into…that" He said as motioned towards him "I wanted to see what was going down…and it looks like we've been betrayed…"

"I doubt they ever were on our side" Rukia said sadly

"Yeah…they've been planning to kill us haven't they?"

"Yes…ever since we saved them" Rukia noted

"Bastards" He cursed, even Rukia was surprised by the gentle giants swear

"Yes" she nodded "Every single last one of them"

"Ch-ad"

Both Rukia and Sado turned around to see Ichigo's full hollow form gazing at them

"What...caused him to-" Sado began

"I screamed at him to help us…and it just sorta happened" Rukia explained as Ichigo began to walk towards them

"Ichigo…" is all Chad could say before the hollow gripped his neck

"Ichigo!" Rukia shouted as the hollow began to choke Sado "Stop it! let him go"

The hollow immediately complied as he let go of Chad's neck

"You can control him?" Chad wheezed as he tried to regain his breath

"Not really…but remembers me…" She said as she looked at Ichigo's black striped mask

"Rukia…" He said as he slowly walked towards her

"I'm not afraid" She said bluntly to him "I don't care what you've become or what kind of power you posses…you're Ichigo…you're my Ichigo"

"R-Ru…kia…" He stuttered

"Is he controlling it?" Sado asked

"I don't think so" She began to explain "But nevertheless it's protecting me…"

"Is he helping me because I screamed at him to get up?" Rukia asked herself

"So as long as you're here he's under control?" he asked, Rukia nodded "Alright then…Brazo izquierda del Diablo (Left arm of the Devil)"

The white armour formed around Sado's left arm, after that he immediately called out "Brazo Derecha de Gigante (Right Arm of the Giant)" his other shield like armour forming on his right arm

"Sado!" Rukia gasped "Don't be a fool! you're not strong enough to take on four captains!"

"Maybe not" he nodded "But I made a promise long ago…"

"All right. Let's do this Chad. You keep doing your thing and don't fight for yourself…but fight for me. And I will fight for you. If you put your life on the line to protect something, then I'll put my life on the line to protect it to"

"Me and Ichigo made a vow 3 years ago, If I want to protect something then he'll fight alongside me…and if he want's to protect something, I'll help him with no hesitation…and right now he's protecting you, so I am too" He explained

"But Sado!" she protested

"No" Mayuri cut her off "Let's see what the boy can do"

"El Directo!" Sado roared as he fired the huge blast at the disturbing captain who easily dodged

"Is that all?" he smirked

"Far from it" he said as he used Sonido to home in on him

"He used Sonido!" Byakuya gasped "What kind of powers does this boy posses?"

Byakuya was too lost in his train of thought to notice that Ichigo has just appeared behind him

"Oi Kuchiki!" Kenpachi laughed "Look behind ya!"

"What are you talking-Shit!" He hissed as he brought up Senbonzakura just in time to block Ichigo's attack

"AHHHHH!" Ichigo roared in Byakuya's face, the sound wave blowing him away

"A sound wave?" Rukia asked herself "Just by his roar…"

"Get ready!" Mayuri laughed as he drew his zanpakutou "Claw out, Ashisogi Jizo!"

"Uryu told me about his Zanpakutou" Chad noted "it paralyses whatever it cuts but leaves the pain receptors intact, If I get cut, just once, it's over"

"Come on boy" Mayuri chuckled "I can't wait to open you up and see what gives you those extraordinary powers"

"El Directo!" Chad shouted once again, as expected, Kurotsuchi dodged

"Please" he scoffed but had no time to speak anymore after Chad used Sonido to get behind him and fired another El Directo

"No matter how many you fire, it's pointless" Mayuri laughed as he dodged yet another one

"Sado" Rukia said, her voice nothing but a whisper "Please…don't die for my sake"

"R-Rukia…"

Rukia looked at the source of the noise, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't tempted to spit in his face as the one armed Renji crawled towards her

"What?" She asked in a cold emotionless voice

"Please…help me"

"Go to hell" she spat

"Please…Rukia" he begged as blood continued to flow

"I hope you burn in the deepest pits of hell" she admitted

"Please…I love you…"

"Well you know what Renji?" She said as she kneeled down to his level "I don't love you, and I'm not going to marry you, I love Ichigo, and you know what? I always have…I Despise you"

"Rukia...please..give me one more-"

"Chance?" she finished for him, he nodded in response "I Never even considered loving you…you were my friend Renji…and now…you're nothing to me"

Renji could only let his tears fall as the woman he loved dearly, also the women who now hated his guts walked away from him

"Why…he doesn't deserve her!" He shouted in his head before he fell into an unconscious state

Above the Dome

"What is gods name is going on down there?" Uryu shouted as he felt a huge amount of reiatsu shoot up

"Ishida-kun?" Inoue asked as she was finishing up on healing his arm

"I can feel Kurosaki, Kuchiki and Sado-kun's reiatsu along with the captains…and it feels like they're fighting each other…"

"But why would they do that?" Orihime asked

"I have no idea Inoue-san…"

"Ishida-kun" she whispered

"Inoue-san?" Uryu asked as he saw her shocked expression "What's wrong?"

"I-I can feel Kurosaki-kun's reiatsu…" she noted, Uryu's eye's widened "Has he…"

"Turned into the thing again?" He finished off for her "I'm afraid so"

"He…he" she stuttered in fear

"You're terrified of his hollow powers aren't you?" Uryu asked, she hesitated but nodded "Listen Inoue-san, Kurosaki isn't a hollow, it's just a mask"

"How can you say that Ishida-kun!" she shouted "You saw what he turned into!"

"Inoue-san…" Uryu moaned "So what if Kurosaki has a Hollow living inside of him? He's still the damn orange haired oaf"

"I-Ishida-kun" She stuttered as tears formed in the corner of her eyes

"Inoue-san…he's not a Hollow..."

"I want to believe you Ishida-Kun…I really do"

Las Noches

"Damn!" Byakuya cursed as Ichigo landed quite a cut on his right shoulder "What has this boy become? He charges like a Berserker and shows no remorse whatsoever"

"Kill…" He muttered as he swung Tensa Zangetsu once again

"You're a monster" Byakuya said as he blocked with Senbonzakura

"He's not the monster!" Rukia shouted

"How many times must I tell you be quiet girl?" Byakuya shouted "Zaraki what the hell are you doing just standing there?"

"What's it look like?" he scoffed "I'm enjoying the fight, lord knows this espada pussy won't be up to the task"

"I'm gonna enjoy ripping you in half!" Yammy shouted as he smashed his fist down, Kenpachi jumped back to avoid it

"Well, Well" he chuckled as he began to charge "Looks like you might be some fun after all…"

"Idiot!" Byakuya shouted "You're supposed to be helping me!"

"Oh shove it you pansy" Zaraki scoffed

"El Directo!" Chad shouted once again, Mayuri noticed that the boys speed was so great that he could fire an El Directo, Sonido behind him and fire another

"Impressive" He said as he dodged both, the blasts clashed and created a small explosion, creating a small cloud of Reiatsu and sand from the floor, Chad took this opportunity and fired an El Directo through the cloud "Foolish boy! I-"

"El Directo!" Chad shouted as he Sonido'ed behind Kurotsuchi and fired another at Point blank, hitting him in the back and sending him into the other El Directo, the two blasts had enough destructive power to create a small explosion

"One down" Chad groaned as he tried to regain his breath "and-"

"Do you seriously think that would be enough to stop me?"

"No!" Chad shouted in his head as Mayuri walked out the smoke created by the blast unscratched "Damn it!"

"Honestly Child" He scoffed as he dusted off his captains hoari "You underestimate me so much it's not even funny"

"Damn it!" he groaned "Firing El Directo's over and over again won't do me much good, I've got to think of something else…"

"Oh? Is that all, guess you won't be worth opening up after all" Mayuri groaned

"Bastard" Chad Groaned as he lifted his shielded arm "If this doesn't work then I'm screwed"

"Lost in thought are we?"

Chad's eyes widened as he heard the sickly smug sounding voice of Mayuri Kurotsuchi behind him

"Flash Step!"

"That can be very dangerous" he said as he lifted up his Zanpakutou "When facing an opponent like me!"

Chad quickly jumped away and barely managed to dodge the strike, the back of his shirt was torn was thankfully the blade had not pierced his skin

"That was close" he said as he received from his close call "I only have one shot at this…let's hope it works"

By this point, Byakuya was bleeding profusely, Blood was practically pouring from a large gash on his forehead

"Damn" he cursed in-between breaths as Hollow Ichigo approached

"Die Byakuya" Ichigo said, spitting his name like it was a curse, he lifted his sword up, prepared to land the final blow

Byakuya couldn't fight back, his arms felt numb, he could even breath, all he could do was close his eyes and wait for the finishing strike

The Blade was just inches away, the cold steel about to lob Byakuya's head off

…

and then Ichigo's mask shattered