Forgotten Memories

The body lied there lifeless on the floor. There was nothing, there was only silence. The Shinigami Exile had held back, unsure if he wanted to hurt old Moggy. Or as he had once called him, Sasurau. It had been tormenting, to allow Sasu to kill him, but he couldn't hurt his once best friend. And so, in a sad story, he watched himself refuse to attack, hoping that Sasu would back off, that Sasu would stop. Sasu didn't. Until the end. And then, in one act of mercy, Sasu had missed on purpose. The blade had hit the wall behind Autumn's head, but Sasu was stabbed in the stomach. Autumn now layed there with his and Sasu's blood on him. Still............there was silence.

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The two Espada walked into the room, cautiously, as they felt the same incredible presence they had felt earlier. Upon entrance into the room they found him, the shinigami exile, sitting against the wall waiting for nothing in particular. There was a hesitation from one of them.

"Who are you?"

The Shinigami exile looked up and smiled, sadly with a touch of exhaustion on his features. He had healed his wounds. When he was in the Soul Society he was being considered for Fukutaicho of the 4th Division for his incredible healing abilities. He was glad he had kept training on healing Kido. He stood up slowly and both Espada drew their Zanpakuto's in response. He didn't bring his hand to his own blade.

"My name is Aki Nai, or as I am now known, Autumn Dead. I was a Fukutaicho for a Division in the Soul Society until I was exiled. I then proceeded to kill more Shinigami than you or your friend here could have ever dreamed of. I've killed more Captains, and friends than I have ever wanted to. I am the hated, I am the contradiction to everything the Soul Society thinks is right. But I am good, I am honest, I am kind, I am emotional. But there is one thing, more and more that describes me. I find today it is the most fitting word."

There was a pause as the Arrancar waited.

"I am dead."

The Espada were about to laugh until they realized he wasn't there anymore. He had shunpo'd and had already drawn his Zanpakuto. He was in Shikai. He had made the mistake of not going to Bankai with Sasu, but he would kill these two first. One thing was for sure. Sasu had some secrets, and Autumn would have to figure them out. He cut through the first one.

The battle raged on elsewhere, and one small woman fought for her life as well.................

"Aizen...Sousuke. Why did you bring me here?" Senna demanded, anger taking over her at the mere sight of his face.

"Is that any way of addressing your old captain, Senna?" Aizen replied as though he enjoyed tormenting with her.

"You were never my captain. The only person I would ever call captain left Soul Society almost a hundred years ago, no thanks to you." Senna replied bitterly.

"Such an angry little shinigami. Maybe we should teach her a lesson about respect." A short female arrancar said as she and another arrancar approached Senna with an arrogant grin.

"Aki, Molly, do not speak out unless you are told to." Aizen threatened, surprising the two arrancar. "If she wanted to, this 'little' shinigami is capable of killing both of you without even needing to try."

A bead of sweat began to form on the forehead of the two female arrancar as they contemplated whether or not there was truth to Aizen's words. Moments later, they lowered their heads and obediently walked back to their original position.

"I have waited for this moment for a long time. Unless I say otherwise, she is to remain unharmed." Aizen warned to everyone in the room.

"Aizen, why have you brought me here? Isn't it enough that you have already created your little army of hollow hybrids? What possible reason could you have for kidnapping Rika just to get Suikotsu and myself here?" Senna asked defiantly.

"You do not need to worry about them, they don't concern you anymore. I have brought you here because of your power, the power that would allow our plans to succeed." Aizen began to explain.

"Why would I ever help you? You used innocent shinigami for your experiments, betrayed your own people, caused Hirako and numerous others to be exiled from Soul Society as traitors, and then put the blame on Urahara Kisuke. All this time I felt like I was lost, that everything that's good has disappeared from right in front of me. All of it because of you!" Senna yelled, expressing an anger that contrasted her typical nonchalant tone.

"You should choose your words carefully. Innocent isn't exactly the word I would use to describe people like Urahara Kisuke. I guess you can't help but feel that way though, you probably don't remember anything about what he really did." Aizen responded.

Senna's anger towards Aizen was suddenly overcome by her thirst for answers. Even though she knew that Aizen was the enemy, his words intrigued her, as they seemed to suggest that he knew more about her than she knew herself. She knew that Aizen was good at manipulating people, but couldn't help but wonder if there was any truth to what he was saying.

"What do you mean by that...that I don't remember. Tousen said the same thing to me earlier. What is that suppose to mean?" Senna asked, giving in to her curiosity.

"Ahh...It seems like you're finally beginning to show an interest in what I have to say. The answer to that is simple...Urahara Kisuke and you were the two shinigami that sparked my ambitions to accomplish what I have done so far." Aizen replied with a grin.

"What does that mean? I never took part in anything that you have done." Senna objected angrily.

"You didn't need to. You should have already heard about this from the ryoka boy Kurosaki Ichigo when I explained to him my motives months ago. A shinigami's skills are based on four aspects of battle: Kido, Swordsmanship, Footworking, and Hand-to-hand combat. However, with all shinigami, once they have reached a certain point, they will reach their limits, a barrier to their development. Surely then there must be a way of overcoming this barrier." Aizen continued to explain. "I sought long and hard to find the answer to this question. Who would have thought that the answer was so close to home that even I didn't expect it? The answer to my searches for a way of overcoming that barrier...was you."

Senna gasped in terror at the sound of that. She contemplated in her mind whether or not there was truth to his words. Terror began to set in, as she wondered if she really was responsible for all of Aizen's plans and ambitions. She wondered if she really was the unwilling motivator for someone like Aizen to betray all of Soul Society and to commit his atrocious acts in his quest for power.

"Soul Society believed that Urahara Kisuke created the Hogyoku in order to break the barriers between a shinigami and a hollow." Aizen continued, his grin widdening at the sight of Senna look of contemplation. "But that actually is not quite accurate. The original purpose of the Hogyoku was to save you from yourself."

"From myself? What is that suppose to mean?" Senna asked, despite already knowing part of the answer as she thought back to her visions.

"To best understand the answer to that question, you would need to understand the setup of kido. In Soul Society, there are currently 99 known Hado spells and 99 known Bakudo spells. Mogawr has informed me of certain unique kido spells that you are able to perform because of your ability, so surely you would accept it when I said that there are more than just those 198 known spells. You have probably asked yourself why some of the kido that you use in secret are unnamed. The answer is simple...because they are forbidden. Spells such as the pyramid barrier that he has told me about are essentially absolute defenses, impossible to destroy unless the user wills it so." Aizen said, causing fear in Senna's mind.

She began to feel more and more uncomfortable, as everything that Aizen has said about her was true. As much as she wanted to deny it, Senna began to wonder if she really would be the downfall of Soul Society and the real world.

"Spells that are deemed too powerful are one of the classes of kido that are forbiidden. A second class of forbidden kido involves one that either require the users to sacrifice their own lives to perform it, or has an unintended side effect from casting the spell. One such spell is a binding spell known as Hiketsu. It is a spell that can permanently seal away a person's life force and force it into an infinite world of darkness. In the history of Soul Society, this spell was used once...over a hundred years ago, resulting in the lost of four captains who gave up their lives to seal away someone in the real world." Aizen continued, stopping as the expression on Senna's face suddenly changed.

Sealing away a person's life force...costing the lives of four captains? No, it can't be, could it have been those visions I keep seeing in my sleep? Senna thought to herself, her face frozen with fear.

"Hmm...it seems like you do know something about it. Then you probably know that the person who was sealed away, was none other than a Quincy. Around 150 years ago, a Quincy who was labelled perhaps the strongest of them all invaded Soul Society, seeking vengence against the shinigami. After killing numerous shinigami, he was faced off against all 13 captains of the Gotei 13, holding his own in battle against all 13 of them at the same time. Finally, when it was decided that he could not take them all on at the same time, he escaped through a Senkai gate, pursued by 4 of the 13 captains. Arriving on earth, he became surrounded, as there his power greatly diminished due to the lack of spirit particles compared to Soul Society. Surrounded by 4 captains, they used a forbidden technique called Hiketsu that sealed his life force away permanently. Soul Society not only lost four of their captains that day, but also saw something unexpected happening. While his mind and body were permanently sealed away, his power in the form of raw Quincy energy was released into Soul Society, where it wandered for years. Finally, 50 years later, it found a shinigami host that was for some reason was able to contain its power. That shinigami, Senna, was none other than you." Aizen explained.

Shinigami...Quincy...this was what Tousen said before. Am I really...is a part of me really a Quincy? Is this really true? That Mitsukai is actually a quincy ability? Senna asked to herself, staring at the ground in contemplation.

"As soon as that power entered you, you became uncontrollable. According to the Research Bureau's reports, everyone around you including Hirako Shinji and Urahara Kisuke himself were either killed or greatly injured. Upon sedating you, the two of them took you to the 12th Division research institute and hid you away from the public. There, Urahara Kisuke looked for a way to reverse the change, but found none. Thus, he came up with the idea that if your shinigami consciousness was able to regain control of your body, you would be able to control your actions as well. This led to the creation of the device known as Hogyoku. You see, Senna, in a way, you are the mother of every arrancar that stands before you. Without you, none of this would ever have been possible. It was then that Urahara decided to experiment with a second kind of hybrid...hollowfication of shinigami. Because he knew that it was impossible to repeat the process of transforming a shinigami into a Quincy like you, he experimented with hollowfication. In order to keep you hidden and to cover up what he did, Urahara Kisuke erased your memory, changed your name, changed your appearance, and deleted all records of his research regarding you. Upon finding out about this, I searched for years, looking for this mysterious and powerful shinigami capable of using Quincy abilities, not knowing that it was actually one of my own subordinates in the 5th Squad. By erasing your memory, he made it impossible even for you to figure out who this shinigami was, as even you did not know who you really were." Aizen finished, carefully observing Senna's reaction.

"No....it's a lie. You're lying. I don't know what you're trying to do here, but I refuse to believe that to be the case. There is no way that such a big conspiracy could remain hidden for this long. Do you really think that I'd believe anything you just said?" Senna objected, shaking her head angrily.

"Is it that hard to believe? Tell me, do you even remember anything about your time in Soul Society before you became a shinigami? What it was like in the 4th District of Rukongai?" Aizen asked.

4th District of Rukongai? Now that he mentions it...I don't remember anything before entering the Sereitei. Senna thought to herself quietly.

"Hmm...so I take it that you don't. Is it so hard to believe? You agree with what I am saying, don't you? Your memory is in chaos, only bits and pieces of it remaining...the rest of them forgotten." Aizen replied after a period of silence.

"Why...Why are you telling me all of this? Why did you bring me here? You already have your army of arrancar, why did you need me? Did you bring me here just so you can toy with my mind?" Senna asked, her voice beginning to crack.

"I did it as a favor." Aizen replied.

"Favor? Why would you do anything for me as a favor? Everything you've done has turned my life upside down, how dare you say you're doing me a favor?" Senna snapped angrily.

"Perhaps you would understand everything better if I told you a little more about who you are. When Mogawr told me about your ability, I was in disbelief at him finding the person I had been searching for all these years. You kept yourself distant from me while I was your captain, and therefore I did not really get to know you at all. Hearing Mogawr's description of your personality and your zanpaktou's release, however, it became unmistakeable." Aizen began to explain.

"Enough. You're telling me what I already know. I have nothing more I want to hear from you." Senna objected.

"Not even...your real name?" Aizen asked, causing Senna to become silent in shock. "Imagine my surprise when I found out that the person I had been searching for was not only my subordinate, but rather someone I knew from before I even entered the Sereitei to become a shinigami. Your Quincy abilities requires that the person originally have the potential to become stronger than a shinigami captain. It now makes a lot of sense why you were chosen. You see, in the same way that someone who is twice as powerful as a shinigami captain like myself is capable of activating the Hogyoku, you also possessed that potential."

Senna gasped at the implcations of what he was saying, hoping that his next words weren't what she was expecting him to say.

"Your name is Senna....Aizen Senna. Welcome home...sister." Aizen said finally.

The Espada collapsed, and Autumn stood there alive. His body was broken, cut open and torn. Blood poured from injuries all over him, but he stood tall.

He had to find Senna.

He couldn't let her find out the truth. Because if she did, she would never understand his role in all of this. So long ago he had loved her, spent every minute with her. And then........ she had gone out of control. He wasn't sure what it had been at the time, but he recognized the Quincy attributes in the power, and it had blown his cover. At the time he had been in the Society. It was the least obvious place for him to hide, simply because the bigheaded egoists were positive no one could sneak back into the Society. He had lived in the Rukongai. Because he had to surpress his Spiritual energy, he gave off no signs that would bring him into the acadamy. So he stayed there, relying on the protection of those that desired to kill him..........

And then he met her.

She was beautiful, one of a kind.........she was generous, loving, everything any man would ever want in a woman..........

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"Ey'."

It was one simple greeting, but who knew what it would lead to. The small Shinigami looked up (not far as Autumn was a smaller guy) to look into the Exile-in-hiding's eyes.

"What do you want?"

For a moment it had taken him aback. He had forgotten that Shinigami didn't enjoy conversation with people like him, or at least people he was pretending to be. But something about her made him ask a question, something that could prove to be fatal, or beautiful. Autumn was so thankful it turned out to be the latter........

"Well, I was wondering if I could buy you a drink."

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He never could understand why she said yes. From then on they grew closer and closer. And for once, it seemed that Autumn had found someone who truly loved him. But one day he was with her, and something happened. For a moment she glowed yellow, the next she went ballistic. He had to unleash his Spiritual energy just to sustain her from harming anyone, including herself. And the Kisuke had come. And Autumn had to leave. He would never forget that day, when the person that kept him waking up in the morning was taken from him. He vowed to never give his heart away again. It had been so unlike him, to fall for someone, but she had broken all the barriers. He was going to tell her the truth the day it happened. Kisuke and others were hurt when he left, but he had to leave, or he would have died.

Once Kisuke was exile he asked if Autumn would do him a favor. And here Autumn was. It was hard on him, and it was even harder to look at her and not be able to tell her the truth. The truth about her and Autumn, and the truth about herself. But there was one thing that Autumn struggled with more than any of that. It was a conversation that Kisuke had had with him after he revealed the truth about Aizen Senna.

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"You love her, don't you?"

It wasn't a question, it was more of a statement but Autumn answered anyways.

"Yea........ I do."

Kisuke nodded. Autumn was confused though. He didn't understand why he was here.

"But what is my purpose here? There's nothing I can do here, she doesn't even remember me.............What do you want me to do?"

Kisuke looked at him.

"When she finds out the truth, she won't be able to fight, it will mess with her head, everything will be confusing for her. You will have to kill Senna's way out for her. If you can kill some Espada and maybe even Aizen, then great. But you're main goal is to get her out alive once she finds out the truth. And I know she would appreciate you getting her friend out of there for her."

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Autumn walked down the hallway. It wasn't far. It would take some time, but he would get there. For now he ran as fast as he could. Several Arrancar stepped out into the hallway Zanpakuto's drawn. Autumn didn't slow as he unsheathed his Zanpakuto and once again, killed his way through another barrier between himself and the only woman he had ever loved...............

Senna.............I'm coming...............

Morgawr steps out of the shadows as Autumn runs by.

Autumn leaving it in your hands to help out purple hair. I have other matters to attend too. First I need to find Rika and Suikoutsu and make sure they are alive. Rika needs to get out of here and Suikoutsu along with her. This battle will be my last........ I will see you soon my love. After all this is over.

Morgawr starts walking towards where Rika should be waiting for Suikoutsu.

Morgawr takes only a few steps before his mind gose blank and he flashes back to the past again.

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"Whats going on here? What happened?" Sasurau yells

"We were ambushed by a pack of hallows. She was the only one to get injured."

"Why did you try and help her?!?!?"

"We tried but she wouldn't let us."

"Sa...Sa....Sasurau-kun?"

"Yes I'm here. Please don't talk. Save your strength."

"Sasurau-kun.....I love you"

With those final words the only woman Sasurau loved died. Sasurau spent the next 2 months in his room at his squads barracks.

"Sasurau. You need to come out."

"Don't call me by that name. Its Morgawr, and i won't come out."

"Morgawr you have to. People need your help. Please come out and help. They will give you a week to come out other wise people will come in to get you."

2 days later Sasurau comes out of the room. And thats when the trouble begins for him. A week later he is sentanced to be exicuted. But escapes and get exiled instead and has tons of Soul Reapers comeing for him. Sasarau forsakes his true name and starts going by Morgawr. Thus Morgawr comes into being the hatred and the coldness festers making him a lier and a real traitor.

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Morgawr snaps back to reality.

What is with all these flash backs? Well i don't know what its about but I do know one thing. . After all this is done i can die and I will be with her again.

Morgawr thinks of her face.

Stark steps from out from the shadows.

"There you are Morgawr. Aizen is looking for you."

"Stark.....My name is Sasurau." Sasurau disappears and reappears 10 feet behind stark. Blood shoots out his Arms and legs and one big one down his middle. "And i Don't follow Aizen's orders or yours anymore. I have gathered my info and now I am going to kill Him."

"Aizen...Senna." Senna repeated out loud. "There's no way... There's no way that I'm related to a psychopath like you. Like hell I'll believe you."

"You hearing this for the first time is enough proof that it's true. Knowing your curious personality from the past, I'm certain that you have asked Urahara Kisuke to tell you the truth about who you are, only to be denied an answer. Why else would he hide the truth unless he knew that knowing it would burden you here in Los Noches? The truth is, after Soul Society exiled Urahara Kisuke, the first shinigami nominated for the position of captain of the 12th Squad would have been none other than you, Aizen Senna. Had Urahara Kisuke not erased your memory and changed your appearance and name, you would have been a captain of the Gotei 13 even before me. Instead, here you stand, alone and confused in the middle of enemy territory." Sousuke answered.

"Urahara did it to try and protect me from your plans...from falling into your hands." Senna objected.

"Yet, here you still stand before me. All of the lies amounted to nothing except getting you into the position you're in now. You blame me for all of the pain in your life, but in the same respect, you could say the same about Urahara Kisuke. He was the one who researched hollowfication that got him, Hirako, and the others exiled from Soul Society. His manipulation of you caused you to switch places from a captain of the Gotei 13 to a shinigami whose name has been long forgotten by Soul Society. So in the end, can you really pin the blame on your own brother when it was the person who set everyting in motion was Urahara Kisuke?" Aizen Sousuke said, falling silent afterwards to let those words settle in.

He's...he's...he's right. For the past century, I hated him...Urahara Kisuke. Thinking that he was responsible for Shinji's disappearance. Upon seeing Urahara for the first time the other day, somehow my suspicions of him faded away and I became trusting of him. All of a sudden, I pinned the blame on Aizen when in reality Kisuke was just as guilty. Even so...can I really believe what Aizen is telling me? That he's my brother? That my real name is Aizen Senna? Senna thought to herself.

"Have you realized the truth yet? As your brother, I have no intention of harming you. If I did, I would have had you killed before you even got here. Instead I brought you here in my presence to ask that you join us to rule over Hueco Mundo and help us with our plans." Aizen said after a long pause, causing Senna's heart to rise up to her throat.

"Why would I ever join you in your ambitions? You plan to massacre an entire town of innocent people and would even ally yourself with hollows to accomplish your goals. Why would I ally myself with someone without morals or consideration for others?" Senna demanded, almost in disbelief at his question.

"Because I know you and the way you think. Like me, you see the flaws of Soul Society's rules, branding you a traitor because you tried to chase after hostile shinigami without asking for permission, exiling Hirako Shinji and the others because of something they had no control over. Finally...because it would give you the chance to get revenge on the one who set everything in motion, who made your life into one tragedy after another." Aizen finally said with a smile. "Urahara...Kisuke."

Suikotsu senced Rika's as she aproached. She quitly moved toward the door and tried to sneak in still thinking that she was going to be caught. Suikotsu grabs the door and quickly pulls it open sending Rika stumbling in.

Suikotsu "I thought i told you not to be doing anything dangerus. Its a good thing Aizen alowed this or you might of been hurt."

Rika "what"

Suikotsu: "acording to Stark Aizen knows all about you comeing her and he told me that you have brought somthing."

Rika nods and pulls out an odd capsual.

Suikotsu grabs the capsual and holds it up. "what is this thing"

Rika "morgawr told me that it is a device that works like the senkai gate."

Suikotsu scratches head "the what"

Rika shakes her head "your still clueless. Well il put it simple this will alow us to return to the real world but it can only be used once."

suikotsu "well now we have our way out but we can't leave just yet."

Rika "but why"

Suikotsu "there are others who came with me and im not going to leave them behind. plus i need to go pick up my zanpaktou."

Rika "but..."

Suikotsu puts his arms around Rika "im glad your safe but please stay here"

Rika "i..ill stay here but what are you going to do"

Suikotsu begins to step out the door. "im going to go see an old friend" he says sarcasticly as he walks out the door. He begins to move quickly down the hallway in the direction that he senced Senna in. "Well so much for them going undetected. Senna what are you thinking."

He begins to move quicker and ends up entering a large room. It was dimmly lit except for a throne in the middle of the room. He looks at the throne and sees Aizen siting in it. Ginn turns his head and notices suikotsu. "It seems we have another guest."

Suikotsu reconized that voice "What a surprise one of the captions who was conviently there when i first entered the soul sociaty was working with Aizen"

"Welcome, Suikotsu. I wondered how long it would take before you came here." Aizen Sousuke said, greeting the entering shinigami.

Suikotsu looked at the room in shock as he came to the realization that he had stepped into the hornet's nest. Hoping to find Senna, he instead had stumbled into the room where the three leaders of the arrancar, Aizen Sousuke, Tousen Kaname, and Ichimaru Gin were gathered for a meeting.

"What are you doing here, shinigami? Aren't you suppose to be in your room?" A female arrancar yelled as she began to walk towards him, preparing to attack.

"Stop. There is no point in attacking him. He is our guest." A female voice said from a hidden place in the room.

The voice sounded oddly familiar to Suikotsu, who surveyed the room, trying to find where the voice came from. The female arrancar stopped upon hearing that voice, closing her eyes angrily before turning back around to walk towards her original place.

"Well if it isn't our favorite ol' human boy. Come a long way from that time I saw ye in Soul Society the first time eh?" Ichimaru Gin asked with a sarcastic tone.

"Suikotsu, no doubt by now you have probably found Rika and a portable Senkai gate to leave Hueco Mundo with. Aki did ask a valid question...why did you decide to come here when you got what you were looking for?" Sousuke asked with a calm tone, as though he already knew the answer to that question.

"He was coming to look for me." The familiar female voice responded as footsteps could be heard coming from a small door entering the room near where Aizen, Tousen, and Ichimaru stood.

Entering the room was a small female figure with her hair tied back, wearing a white sleeveless robe that pressed tight against her skin, covering her body completely except for a large region of her back that was exposed. Walking into the light, the girl's purple hair became brightly lit as she stood next to the three shinigami on the other side of the room. Opening her eyes, she revealed bright orange eyes that, unlike before, gave a look of determination and killer intent. Suikotsu opened his eyes wide in shock at the sight of the girl that had just appeared in front of him, now dressed in a fashion similar to that of the arrancar.

"Seems like you finally got here...Suikotsu." Senna said, addressing the shinigami with a relaxed tone as though she was in her own home. "Unfortunately, there is no need for you to find me anymore."

Sasurau wonders why Suikoutsu moves away from Rika only to relize that Suikoutsu moves towards Senna. Senna by this time was with Aizen.

What the hell are you two doing?

Morgawr. What do you think your doing? What about your revenge?

Someone once told me Why avenge the dead when you can save the living from becoming the dead.

I see. So what is it now Morgawr or Sasurau?

I am going by Sasurau now.

Morgawr changes his direction to where Suikoutsu and Senna are. Morgawr enters the room to see Senna dressed like Aizen and the rest. Morgawr stops next to Suikoutsu.

"What the fuck do you think you are doing Senna?"

"Ahh Morgawr you have finally arrived." Aizen exclaims.

"Aizen you can call me Sasurau now."

"Why such a sudden change in heart about the name Mor... I mean Sasurau?"

"You could call it self relization. I am here to get them out of here. Even if it kills me." Sasurau smiles.

Aizen looks towards the shadows. "Suikoutsu and my sister are guests. You Sasurau has used up your value. Kill him."

His sister. What does Aizen mean? Is this another one of his mind tricks. Well i can't think about it right now. Things need to be done and I will start with trying to brake Senna out of his mind control

Figures streak from the shadows. Sasurau judges from there spiritual pressure that they were weaker then the others. The figures stop after they passed Sasurau. He smiles. "Come on Aizen you should know me better then that. Send someone stronger."
With his last words the figures drop and dissappear.

Aizen says "First one to kill him gets a reward."

Bring it on Aizen throw all you can at me I will take it all.

Sasurau yells "Come fight me. I will kill you here and now and end it."

Senna takes a step forward towards the loud shinigami that had just entered the room. Grabbing her sword, she began gathering spirit particles from the area around her to activate Shunko.

"Senna. It's okay. There is no need for you to get involved in this battle." Aizen said, interrupting Senna's attack.

Senna turned around to look at her brother who continued to sit on the seat made out of stone, a calm look on his face. She did not know what he had planned for Sasurau. She had originally wanted to use Shunko to get close enough to him in order to use a kido spell that would render him unconscious, avoiding the inevitable bloodshed that would occur if he faced off against the Espada.

"If you say so." Senna replied, dispersing the energy she had gathered before walking back to her position next to Ichimaru Gin.

"Stark. Get rid of him." Aizen said out loud as the brown haired arrancar entered the room, letting out a yawn.

"This better be quick. I am very tired." Stark said upon walking into the room.

Sasurau opened his eyes wide in shock as he saw Stark's figure entering the room, finding that he was completely free of scratches or wounds. He did not understand what had happened, as just minutes before, he had left the Espada lying on the floor.

"I guess I should explain what you are witnessing...or better yet, show you." Aizen said as he holds up what appeared to be a bloodied Stark in his right hand, causing Senna to cringe in shock at the sight of this. "My zanpaktou's ability is Complete Hypnosis, capable of controlling all of the senses of anyone that I wish. You are probably asking yourself, 'How is Stark here in perfect shape when I had left him bloodied back there.' The answer to that is simple. That was not Stark, but rather an illusion of Kyoukasuigetsu that you attacked. Had that been the real Stark, you would have had a much harder time being able to defeat him. Kill him, Stark."

"I guess it can't be helped then." Stark said, letting out a sigh before disappearing with a low buzz.

Appearing behind Sasurau, Stark stabs his hand into the shinigami's back, causing a massive amount of blood to spill out of the wound. Senna and Suikotsu's eyes open wide in shock at what they had just witnessed. Moments later, Senna let out a sigh of disappointment, that she was unable to do anything about the bloodshed that was going on in front of her eyes.

Suikotsu "so you decided to join up with Aizen. Well im not realy sure what im planing to do myself but i do have more important matters than you. As for morgawr or what ever hes being called he dosn't realy concern me. He has only been a pain in my side since i met him so i don't care what happens to him."

Aizen "im surprised you came to me so soon. I thought youd want more time with that soul reaper.

Suikotsu "i have a few questions that you are going to anwser."

Gin "you sure are aragent arnt you."

Suikotsu "Watch yourself. Even though I don't have my zanpaktou i still shouldn't be taken lightly."

An arrancar calls out. "ha like you could do anything."

Aizen "he speaks the truth. He still has power even with out his zanpaktou so i wouldn't under estimate him.

Suikotsu sends out a wave of spirit energy driving the arrancar to there knees. "what can't even take that little bit of spirit energy"

Aizen "suikotsu what is it you wanted to ask me."

Suikotsu "You turned me into a soul reaper and then turned me into a freak. You kept sending those weak arrancar after me. You sent me to the soul sociaty a few times. What is it that you were trying to do. What is it you wanted from me"

Before the last Arrancar had even fallen he was running towards the pressure of Aizen. He was closer than he had anticipated, but satisfaction with his position overran his sense of doubt in their proximity. His footsteps were consistent, hollow reminders of his past, when he would run for miles just to get away from his father. Although he personally didn't remember this, he had always been curious of how he could run for so long without losing energy. A grim smile came over him as he continued.

There are a lot of things to be worried about and I'm thinking about running......

He was coming to the end, he felt it. But a memory came to mind, and he stopped to focus completely on it.........


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"Autumn."

The Exile looked at her curiously, as she had stopped after saying his name. They were laying on a roof, her patrol duty had ended, and he had gotten her some dinner to enjoy. It was a quiet night, and they were unknowingly enjoying one of their last nights together. He had looked at her from the corner of his eyes as he was looking up at the stars.

"Yes, Senna?"

There was a slight pause.

"Do you love me?"

An even longer pause. It wasn't that Autumn was searching for an answer, it was the inability to express that love that kept him quiet for a moment. After realizing that there were no words that could describe his love to her, he let out one word, that reverbed through the night.

"Yes."

Two smiles echoed acrosss the sky...............

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Now he wondered how he was going to face that. To see her face when she learned the truth. He had suffered through years of knowing she didn't remember him at all. The memories of yesterday had been torn from her, like she was some sort of an animal. And Kisuke had acted as though he had done her a favor. One thing was for sure, Kisuke was up to more than "saving this world" he was covering his tracks, and Senna was just one more victim in his onslaught of self preservation. Autumn glanced over his shoulder back at the way he had come. Upon turning back he found the door. It was elaborate, the decorations nearly outmatching it's size. There were two ways the Exile could have gone about it. He chose the contradictory one. He opened it. No Explosi, no danger, just opened the door to step in.

There he found them, but he kept his quiet. A man stepped in front of him. His smirk was aggravating, but Autumn just waited for the man to speak.

"Well, we can't have you here, why don't you leave the way you came from."

A small smile crossed Autumn's face.

"Sorry, I've come to far to go back."

Aizen and Senna were in the background. He didn't want to interrupt them yet. But he knew that this guy wasn't going to give him many options. He looked into the guy's eyes for a moment.

"Step out of my way, please....."

Amazingly the man complied. Autumn didn't even look at him as he walked by. But what he found explained the man's willingness to step out of his way. Senna was dressed in Arrancar attire, Sasu was on the ground half dead. Suikotsu was facing off against Aizen. Autumn couldn't believe it. The most horrifying part was that Senna stood by Aizen, her brother as an ally. He stayed where he was, waiting to be acknowledged. He was buying a shred of time, but his heart was breaking again. Kisuke knew this was going to happen, and he probably knew that Autumn would either have to turn her back, or kill her himself. The latter was something Autumn didn't think he could do. He didn't draw his Zanpakuto, as that would cause uneeded confict. He watched Senna. He couldn't believe it, what had happened. He was put in the most difficult position. Still, he would wait, knowing that soon it would be his time to fight.

Sasurau was laying on the floor bleeding like crazy from his back. He starts to stand.

"Aizen as long my they are here and need help. I will never die!!"

Stark comes at Sasurau again, but this time Sasurau was ready. As Stark appears behind him Sasurau disappears.

Sasurau mutters. "Brake the bonds of time Jikanhakaisha."

The dagger forms and increasses his speed.

He says "Come on Stark show me your strength. I don't want you to get bored now."

Sasurau looks over to see Autumn standing there. And smiles.

Sorry you had to be here for this Autumn. Just wait your turn. It is still my turn to fight. You will need your strength.

Sasurau faces Stark. "Lets finish this Stark."

We are shaped into being

By the memories of our past

But who do we become

If that past never existed?


***


"Hmm? It seems we have yet another guest." Aizen Sousuke announced as he turned his attention away from Suikotsu to look at Autumn, who had entered into the room from the side.

Senna turned her head slightly to face the shinigami entering the room, his sandals making slapping noises as he approached them. Seeing that it was actually Autumn, the shinigami that had entered Hueco Mundo with her to help with their fight, she opened her mouth to speak.

"So...you found us as well." Senna said with a firm calm voice.

Upon hearing those words, Autumn's eyes shot wide open, the realization that the selfless shinigami who had wanted his help to protect the people in the real world was now part of the enemy. Senna stared back at him with determined eyes. It took a moment for Senna to realize what was going through his mind. She knew that she was the one who had originally pleaded for him to help with this war, to protect the real world from Aizen's plans. She turned her head to look away from him, hoping to hide her face.

I can only imagine what he's thinking right now. Seeing me like this, siding with the one who I wanted his help in defending the world against. Even now, I feel ashamed of my decision and can already see the look in the eyes of the others that trusted me...the look in the eyes of Captain Ukitake, Ikkaku...and especially the eyes of Shinji. But...there is something I need to do...people that can never be forgiven. Senna thought to herself as the image of Urahara Kisuke flashed through her mind. To stop him from putting any more people in harm's way, I will do whatever it takes, even if it means temporarily siding with my brother.

"I don't recall ever having seen him before in Soul Society." Sousuke commented as Ichimaru and Tousen looked at the extravagantly dressed shinigami.

"His name is Autumn. I found him wandering in the real world by coincidence. He say he's been exiled from Soul Society for almost 500 years, which explains why neither of us have heard of him until now. He surprised me, to be honest. By random chance, he was willing to help by coming with us to save Rika." Senna explained as Autumn stood with a conflicted look on his face.

"Is that so?" Her brother replied.

The sound of Sasurau's voice interrupted the otherwise silent room, as Autumn and Suikotsu stared at Aizen Sousuke, Tousen Kaname, Ichimaru Gin, and Aizen Senna, debating their next move.

"Lets finish this Stark." Sasurau yelled as he faced the Espada.

Stark quickly disappeared from his sight, appearing above the shinigami with his finger pointed out. A green orb of energy begins to form at his finger tips as he charges up a Cero, firing it downwards to cause a massive explosion in the area.

Ignoring the loud commotion caused by the two of them, Senna took a step forward and began to address the other two shinigami who had been standing, conflicted about what to do.

"Suikotsu, Autumn, the two of you and Rika has already been given a way out from Hueco Mundo. Since my brother already knows of your plan to leave using the mobile Senkai gate and hasn't tried to stop you, take Rika and get her out of here. If you stay...I don't know what will happen to you." Senna announced without hesitation, her voice yielding a tone of confidence that contrasted her previously soft and uncertain voice.

The four shinigami dressed in white arrancar robes then stood calmly, waiting for Autumn and Suikotsu to make their decisions.

The dust clears where Stark fired off his cero. Sasurau is still standing there only different. He is holding up a hallow mask. Stark looks surpised. As Sasurau is unscratched.

"Little trick I learned Stark. Very useful don't you think. Helps fend off ceros" Sasurau smiles and dissappears only to appear a little ways behind Stark. A cut starts to form running up his arm. Sasurau smiles. "Come on Stark, Stop being so lazy."

Sasurau and Stark exchange more blows. More blood flies.

"Good Stark, Good. Show me that power."

Suddnely Sasurau relizes something no matter how many cuts he makes they don't bleed for long. He looks up towards Aizen and relizes he is still under his spell. Sasurau smiles.

"I know how your trick works now Aizen. You use the victums eyes to tap into their brain and control their senses. Well I guess if i take away the eye equation I take away your control over me." Sasurau takes out the same blind fold he used in his fight with Senna. And puts it around his eyes. "Now that the eyes are gone I can really see clearly. The spiritual pressure from Stark hasn't moved since the fight really started now has it Aizen?"

Aizen looks at Sasurau.

Senna watched as Sasurau blindfolded himself in the same manner that he did against Senna in an earlier battle. Hearing his belief about how Kyoukasuigetsu worked, Senna sighed, knowing exactly what was about to happen next.

"Now that the eyes are gone I can really see clearly. The spiritual pressure from Stark hasn't moved since the fight really started now has it Aizen?" Sasurau asked in an arrogant tone.

Senna watched as Stark appeared next to Sasurau with a sonido, his sword unsheathed and held out to the side. A long trail of blood trickled down along the edge of his zanpaktou as the blindfolded shinigami continued to lok away from him.

"Kudaranai." Senna uttered quietly as a large trail of blood gushed out of Sasurau's side, revealing a wound stretching from the top of his shoulder to just above his last rib.

Sasurau let out a loud groan of pain as he fell to the ground, a large pool of blood beginning to form around him as he laid on the ground. Suikotsu and Autumn turned in shock to see their ally falling to the ground after being attacked by an enemy they couldn't even see. For them, Stark had appeared to not have even moved, standing far away from Sasurau when he was cut. Upon hearing the shinigami groan, they turned to see a second stark appear next to Sasurau. Turning their heads back to the first one, the figure appeared to dissolve into the air.

"Hm? That was all you had? I must commend you for trying, though. While it is true that Kyoukasuigetsu's Complete Hypnosis will affect you only if you were able to see its initial release, once that has happened, being able to see is no longer a requirement for its ability to work on you. Even while blindfolded, you believed that my Espada had not moved based on sensing his reiatsu. But, that sense can also be manipulated once you have seen its initial release even once. That is why even while blindfolded, Kyoukasuigetsu's complete hypnosis still had the same effect on you. Even without using your eyes, you felt exactly what everyone else saw after falling under my hypnosis." Sousuke explained with a grin.

Felt what everyone else saw? Senna thought to herself. What is Sousuke talking about? Stark had simply appeared next to Sasurau with a sonido, he was never standing still! I've seen Kyoukasuigetsu's release when he demonstrated it to everyone in the 5th Squad back when he was still the captain. Even when he faked his death, Amatsukaze and I both found something suspicious about the scene of his death, even though nobody else noticed it. If he meant what he said about everyone else seeing the same thing, then I should have seen the same thing. Is it possible that...I'm immune to his zanpaktou's ability?

Those thoughts raced through Senna's mind as she stood there, watching quietly as everything took place before her eyes.

If that's the case...then is this the reason why he wanted me to join him? Because somehow, I could see through his hypnosis? Senna thought to herself quietly. If that's the case...then maybe things will be a bit complicated for me.

As Sasurau's body falls it starts to dissappears. Stark looks surpised. He looks from his sword to the fading body.

"Aizen what is this? Why is his body dissappearing? Is he an arrancar as well?"

Sasurau steps from the shadows behind Stark. And throws his arm around him. Stark looks into the man's blindfolded eyes.

"No I am not an arrancar. Its just my another form of flash step one of your own should know. It helps alot. I must say that you did hit cut me a little." Sasurau lifts his arm up to show a small cut. "Be glade you hit that."

Stark lifts his blade to strike again.

Aizen yells "Stark enough. Even with my hypnossies he has figured a way around it. He never really stays in one spot for long so we don't even know if thats really him."

A second Sasurau steps out of the shadows next to Senna. "Good guess Aizen. But how many are there really." More step from the shadows.

Aizen says "Enough, you clearly have proved you point Sasurau. Now what do you want."

"What I want hmmm.... What I want is Senna back and you dead. Simple no?"

"Neither of those things are going to happen. So why not just leave and take Autumn and Suikoutsu with you."

"Because I can't force them to do anything. Its there choice. But i know what my choice is.......and that is to stay and fight."

"Sasurau you choose wrong."

"I have been making bad choices every since I lost the only one i love. This i know is the right one."

Sasurau moves back to be in between Autumn and Suikoutsu.

Suikotsu looks at Sasurau and then strikes him in the gut causing sasurau to spit up some blood. "thats for taking Rika" he then strikes sasurau again. "and thats payback for hitting me earlier."

Sasurau "nows not the time"

Suikotsu "You don't get it do you. Im not on anyones side but my own. I didn't come here for the soul sociaty or for Aizen. I came for my own reasons. As for you and Autem i have no conections to you so there is no reason for me to help you or the soul sociaty."

Suikotsu steps away from Sasurau and Autumn

Suikotsu "I came for Rika but also to see Aizen. He had a reason for trying to bring me here and he seemed to be testing me for this last year. He sent me to the soul sociaty and forced me to fight these pathetic arrancar. Now that iv come to Aizen im not going to just leave. You two can do what you want but for now im staying here."

We fear the things that

We do not know about ourselves.

What happens when these qualities

Finally reveal themselves?


***


Senna looked down at the three shinigami standing together, their eyes looking back at her with determination. She became conflicted, a part of her happy that the three of them cared enough about her that they would stand up against the arrancar, Sousuke, Gin, Kaname, and herself just to bring her back to the real world. Another part of her became annoyed, that they were so stubbon and refused to let her do what was necessary. Before finishing that thought, she noticed Suikotsu striking Sasurau angrily multiple times, breaking up the seemingly unified group. Turning his head back towards Aizen, Suikotsu began demanding an explanation for everything that had happened to him.

"Hmmm forgive me, Suikotsu. Understand that originally, my plan was to get a fourth person to join us and contribute his power to our cause. It would have had to be someone with a power similiar to that of the other ryoka boy, Kurosaki Ichigo. I had hoped that in exchange for giving you the power you now have, you would join by my side. To convince you to come to me, I kidnapped Rika, knowing that you would not hesitate to come find her. However...you did one thing better. You brought my sister Senna to me, the person who I had been searching for the past century. Since she has joined my side, I have no use for you any longer. The three of you have revealed yourselves in front of me, surrounded by my army of arrancar including my Espada. No one will be able to help you...not even the four shinigami captain that have engaged my Espada." Aizen Sousuke announced.

Senna's eyes opened wide upon hearing those words. She had been too occupied with herself for the past few hours that she had completely forgotten about the four captains that had also entered Hueco Mundo. She descretely began to trace their reiatsu, locating Kuchiki Byakuya whose reiatsu surged as she felt the familiar sense of his bankai from her battle against him. It was clear that even though he was severely injured, the arrancar fighting against him was as good as dead.

Searching elsewhere, Senna felt the presence of Unohana Retsu, whose appearance in an area filled with arrancar had caused their reiatsu to disappear, as though they had all been killed or had escaped. She then turned her attention towards Kurotsuchi Mayuri's surge in reiatsu moments ago, indicating he had released his bankai. A second, more sinister reiatsu that had dominated the area up until then suddenly began to freeze. She felt the strange activity of an arrancar's reiatsu, as it was not the disappearance of the arrancar that troubled her, but rather it was as though it remained suspended in time.

Finally, she turned her attention towards the clash of two familiar reiatsu that she could only describe as being a fight between two beasts. Even without trying, she had felt the surge in reiatsu of Zaraki Kenpachi and the Espada that she had fought against earlier, Nnoitora Jiruga. Feeling the level at which these two fought, Senna was relieved that she was spared from having to see the end of her fight against Nnoitora. Moments later, she felt a massive surge in Zaraki Kenpachi's reiatsu as he landed one final strike against Nnoitora. Even from this distance, the collision of that attack sent chills down Senna's spine. In a moment, she knew that it was all over. The three Espada that had faced off against the captains lost, their reiatsus fading.

Turning to her brother, Senna noticed a change in his facial expression, one of slight surprise. Although it was far from looking troubled, his face was no longer completely calm, as he came to the realization that even his Espada had been defeated by Soul Society's captains.

"Sousuke." Senna said.

"I know. Stark, you know what to do." Aizen Sousuke said out loud.

"I hate having to do this." Stark said with a sigh before vanishing with his sonido.

Autumn, Suikotsu, and Sasurau then looked around in surprise, confusion setting into their faces as they wondered why Aizen Sousuke had ordered one of his Espada to leave even when he was faced against three powerful shinigami. The confusion ended when Senna leaped off of the elevated area where Aizen, Tousen, and Ichimaru were standing, appearing in front of Suikotsu, Autumn, and Sasurau. She began to slowly walk towards them with a calm look on her face that they had gotten used to seeing from her. Her white robe following the shape of her body, except for her outer leggings, which hung from her waist loosely similar to a shinigami's hakama.

"The captains...they have arrived. Can you feel it? Three of the Espada have been defeated. Including the two defeated by Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, only five of them remain. The Espada has been cut down to half." Senna said as she walked closer to the three shinigami.

Upon hearing her calming voice, they relaxed slightly as they came to the realization that she was still the same girl that had stood alongside them the entire time.

"Please...forgive me for what I've done." Senna said with a smile as Autumn let out his hand to beckon her to join. "And for what I must do."

Upon saying those words, she clasped her hands together, causing points of red energy to form around the three shinigami. Their eyes open wide in surprise as the points of energy began to connect, forming glowing red triangles that further interconnected with each other. Seconds later, the three shinigami found themselves trapped within a large energy pyramid composed of countless triangles, leaving only enough space for the three of them to stand in the middle.

With a quick shunpo, Senna disappeared from her position, appearing next to Ichimaru, Tousen, and her brother. She opened her eyes again, revealing a look of sorrow for what she had done.

"Do not worry. You will not be trapped forever. It'll disperse in a few minutes." Senna said.

"Nicely done, Senna. Gin!" Aizen said as he looked over towards him.

"Hai desu ne!" Ichimaru responded as he waved his hands to reveal what appeared to be a strip of white cloth that began to form a revolving dome around the four of them.

In reality, it was a forbidden kido teleportation spell that would teleport them to their destination: Tower Five. Autumn, Suikotsu, and Sasurau stared as the dome glowed brightly before disappearing in a flash, leaving behind a trail of dust. Senna appeared alongside her brother along with Tousen and Ichimaru. Moments later, Stark appeared in front of them carrying a female girl dressed in an arrancar outfit, a fragile look of fear on her face that contrasted her long vivid orange hair.

"Welcome back...Orihime." Aizen said, addressing the girl.

So that's the human girl that Kurosaki Ichigo came into Hueco Mundo in order to save. Senna thought to herself, staring down at her from atop a long flight of stairs.

"What is it, why such a sour face?" Aizen said before appearing in front of her with a shunpo. "A girl like you should smile more often. Overcast skies blot out the sun and that always brings people's spirits down...for the time being anyways. You needn't worry. We will return shortly...as soon as we lay waste to Karakura Town."

Even after she had decided firmly to ally herself with Aizen Sousuke, seeing his actions sickened her. She hated having to watch this, seeing a poor defenseless human girl stand there frozen to the ground in fear as her brother tormented with her emotions.

"Destroy...Karakura Town?" Orihime asked.

"That's right. We shall destroy Karakura Town...and create the Ouken." Aizen said before reaching the top of the steps again to address Tousen. "Kaname, the Tenteikuura."

"Hai." Tousen replied, tossing out small pieces of plates that suspended themselves in the air to form a large square of energy resembling a picture frame. "Bakudo no 77: Tenteikuura."

The square frame began to glow brightly before jagged streaks of energy began to shoot outwards. Upon activation, Aizen's voice became linked to the four shinigami captains, Kurosaki Ichigo and his friends, along with Autumn, Sasurau, and Suikotsu.

"Can you hear me, my dear invaders? For your continued success against my Espada, allow me to express my deepest respect. As of now, we are commencing our invasion of the human world. Inoue Orihime I am leaving in the Fifth Tower. If you wish to retrieve her, you may come and make your attempt. I no longer have any use for her. Her ability is truly a wonderful one...phenomenon rejection...an ability far exceeding the capacities permitted to humans. The upper echelons of Soul Society understood the significance of her ability, and that is why...I kidnapped her in order to unsettle Soul Society, and lead them to turn their attention to reinforcing Soul Society's own defenses rather than those of the human world. After proving that my arrancar's preparations for battle were complete, Hitsugaya's advance force were all recalled to Soul Society to help them fortify their own defences. Furthermore, she had another use. Soul Society had recently gained a new military asset...The Ryoka, including one Substitute Shinigami. She was the perfect bait to lure those forces to Hueco Mundo. Furthermore, four captains of Soul Society were sent to Hueco Mundo as reinforcements and as such, I have succeeded in imprisoning them as well. The true strength of the Gotei 13 lies in their 13 captains. They are its primary fighting force and greatest asset. However, right now, three of those captains have defected...and four are imprisoned. Soul Society's military force has essentially been cut in half...Easy pickings." Aizen announced over the spiritual link.

Senna closed her eyes and clenched her heart, feeling more and more conflicted with every word he said. Even though she had her reasons to join her brother in the coming battles, unlike him, she did not possess malice against Soul Society. With every word he said, she became more and more doubtful about whether she made the right decision.

"As for you," Aizen continued to address the ones trapped in Hueco Mundo. "Once this is all over, we will deal with you at our leisure."

A Gargantua gate opened in front of the four of them, an image of the real world reflected upside down on the other side. Stepping through, Senna arrived in midair, arriving with Tousen, Ichimaru, and her brother. She opened her eyes wide as she stood surrounded by the remaining captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13. Upon seeing Senna's arrival alongside the three traitorous captains, Captain Ukitake's eyes narrowed to yield a look of disappointment. Senna turned her head to look away from Ukitake, unable to bare the look on the face of the captain that she regarded almost as her own father.

"It looks like...We arrived just in time." Captain Commander Yamamoto Genryuusai said with a firm voice.

So...I thought I would die in the upcoming battles, I was right. It seems like I will most likely not make it through this alive. Only...it seems like it won't take place fighting against the arrancar in Hueco Mundo. Senna thought to herself, closing her eyes before letting out a sigh. It will be here, in the real world...against the captains of Soul Society.

Sasurau's real body steps from the shadows.

"Glade I used that flash step when I did or we all would of been stuck."

Autumn and Suikoutsu look at the fading Sasurau body. And then look at Sasurau outside the barrier.

"Suikoutsu you should learn some manners, and get a fucking clue in that brainless head of yours. If we don't work togther you and Rika might as well be dead. Think about others before youself you self center dumbass."

Sasurau starts to leave the room.

"I am going to go find Rika. She has out only way out of here. We need to get out of here. And Suikoutsu if that town is destroyed you have nothing left to go back to. You will never find another place in this world. Everything you love will be gone. Get that through your thick skull. Senna said the barrier will be gone in a few mins. So when it fall away stay here. I will be back with Rika."

Sasurau exits the room and goes to where he Senses Rika. Sasurau enters the room where Rika is.

Rika stands up and Shouts "Sui...." and stops when Sasurau enters the room. "Ohh its only you Morgawr."

Sasurau smiles. "You wanted to know my real name right Rika?"

"Yea....are you going to tell me?"

"Yes its Sasurau. Its time we leave. You got the Gate?"

"Yes right here."

"Good come with me we need to go back to Suikoutsu and Autumn."

"Ok....wait who is Autumn."

"An old friend of mine. Now hurry up we need to make a pit stop again. I think Suikoutsu would like his Zanpaktou."

Sasurau and Rika leave the room and head towards Aizen's room. Sasurau enters. A few mins later he comes out of the room hold Suikoutsu's Zanpaktou.

"Ok time to leave."

Sasurau and Rika return to where Autumn and Suikoutsu where being held. The barrier starts to fade away.

"Just got back in time."

The barrier falls compeltly. Suikoutsu looks towards Sasurau and Rika.

"Here catch." Sasurau throws Suikoutsu his Zanpaktou. "You will need that when we are back on the other side. Rika get ready to open the gate. The old man and his captains will need some help if they want to defeat Aizen. Now lets go."

The four Shinigami burst out the gate into the mortal realm. They didn't have a plan, they didn't know what was going on, but they knew that they had to do something. Upon hitting the ground Autumn stood fully up and looked around. Then he looked at the other three.

"If you want to find Aizen, go to Karakura. That's where the true battle will be fought. You three need to get there and prepare for the battle. I'll slow Aizen and the others down, and try to get Senna to come to her senses. You have to go back to Karakura and get as much help as you can. If you don't, we have already lost. So go, and hurry, you don't have a lot of time. I'll buy you as much as I can, but I have a feeling it won't be a lot. Good luck guys."

Autumn shunpo'd away in no direction in particular, using as much speed as he could muster to get to them. He used Explosi and it brought up his speed to match that of Ichigo himself. He arrived just in time. But things were bad, and upon seeing him Yamamoto turned around and looked at him for a very long time.

"And you have returned as well. Aki, why are you here, have you sided with Aizen?"

Autumn shook his head, his eyes on Senna the whole time.

"No old friend, I have not."

Yamamoto nodded and turned back, believing Autumn. They had always been close, and it had broken the old man's heart when Autumn had been exiled. Autumn kept his eyes on Senna though, not allowing memories to taint his concentration. It was a standoff, and Autumn wasn't sure who would win...........

As Autumn starts to leave Sasurau watches him leave. Sasurau looks back at Suikoutsu.

"Well you don't have your answers, and you said what happens here doesn't matter so I will be seeing you. No one tells me what to do anymore. So I am going towards the Captains and that old man. You can go where ever you want. I don't care anymore. So good bye. Also it was nice talking to you Rika. I hope your future is bright and happy."

Sasurau leaves the 2 soul reapers alone. And arrives with Autumn and Yamamoto a few minutes later.

Yamamoto looks at Sasurau. "So you are still alive Sasurau."

"It takes alot more then what you sent at me to kill me old man."

Kyoraku and Ukitake look shocked at Sasurau.

"What are you two stareing at? What both of you think I was dead? Come on you two know me better."

Yamamoto says "Sasurau enough talk. What are you doing here?"

"Same as you old man. I am here to stop Aizen. Do you and the other captains have a problem with that, or do I have to leave and watch you guys lose?"

"No Sasurau you can stay. Just make sure to help out where you can."

"I know the drill. Lets just get this over with. I don't like spending much time with old friends from the Soul Society. Bad memories you know?"

Yamamoto knew exavtly what Sasurau was talking about. He was there when the incident happened.

"You don't mean your still on that are you?"

"Yea I am old man. And I never Forget got it?"

"Just don't let your emotions get in the way again Sasurau."

"I let go of them along time ago."

Suikotsu and Rika stand together alone. "Rika..I"

Rika "I know you want me to stay out of this"

Suikotsu "how did.."

Rika "your still the man i fell in love with and im glad. kust promise me one thing."

Suikotsu "sure anything for you"

Rika "promise you won't leave me. I don't want you to die."

suikotsu "i promise ill come back to you" Suikotsu heads off toward the reitsa of the soul reapers. He arives to see a gathering of captions and Leutenets.

Suikotsu "well looks like the partys about to begin."

Ukitake looks in shock at the face of suikotsu "your that soul reaper who attacked the soul sociaty"

Suikotsu "Don't give me that bull crap i was attacked first"

Ukitake "caption Yamamoto he is dangerous. You remember me telling you about that reoka that had a hollow mask. Thats him.

Yamamoto "so you are working with Aizen then."

Suikotsu grips his sword "maybe i am maybe im not hard to tell. You soul reapers never believed what i said before so why start no."

Yamamoto "enough with the games answer the question"

Suikotsu "im on no ones side but my own."

Sasurau stands in between the captains and Suikotsu.

"Enough of this fighting. We have a bigger problem on our hands. Or have you forgoten about Aizen standing over there?" Sasurau points towards the direction of Aizen and the other 3 soul reapers. "Now get it through all you heads. Everyone needs to help out in order to beat him."

Ukitake starts to inturupt "But Sasurau...."

"Enough!!!! You opponet is over there not behind me. Now get your head on strait Ukitake. We can deal with everything after this is over. Besides aren't i still wanted by you guys as well?"

Yamaoto says "You do have a point there. Fine after this is over, both of you are comeing with use to the soul Society."

"Well old man, I don't know about him but I will either be dead or long gone by the end." Sasurau smiles over at Suikotsu.

Suikotsu keeps his grip on his sword. "Ill fight with you but im not going to follow anyones orders. Since im not part of the soul society im not required to follow you orders. As for coming with you later i may but i may not. Im not going to be forced if i come it will be of my own free will."

Yamaoto "you don't have any choice in the matter"

Suikotsu "im not going to be taken to the soul sociaty as someones prisoner. Im tired of being held against my own will"

Yamaoto "Well until we find out the truth all we know is you invaded the soul sociaty atacked a caption and escaped so considerig that your lucky you are not being taken now."

Suikotsu "be careful after the way you soul reapers have treated me your lucky im helping you. If it wasn't for Rika id just let the soul society and Aizen die but Since Rika feels so stongly towards the soul sociaty and i owe Aizen some payback Ill fight with you.
but i will not be someones prisoner not yours or Aizen's."

Senna stares quietly at the gathering of shinigami in front of her. She knew that being seen in that uniform and standing next to her brother would incriminate her of even greater charges than she had faced before. She stared at the town beneath her and felt something was wrong. Closing her eyes, she focused on her surroundings before feeling a strong energy signature surrounding a massive area around the Karakura Town.

This strange energy signature...The lack of wandering souls in the city. It's totally different from how it was the last time I was here. Could this be...did Soul Society succeed in carryiing out Kisuke's plan? If it is, then regardless of whether it was Kisuke who came up with the idea, at least it gives me some relief that I won't have to witness the destruction of this city. Maybe Sousuke won't even notice this for the time bei- Senna thought to herself before being interrupted by her brother.

"I know that the Karakura Town beneath us is not the real one." Aizen Sousuke revealed, sending a look of distress through the faces of the shinigami captains.

Damn it. He figured it out this quickly? I guess this will do nothing more than slow him down for the time being. Senna thought to herself as she examined the faces of the vast army of shinigami captains and lieutenants that stood before her.

Turing her head slightly, she saw the appearance of Suikotsu, who began to bicker against the shinigami captains over his involvement in all of this. Looking around at the gathering of Soul Society's most powerful shinigami, she knew that a fight between Aizen's forces and the shinigami was inevitable. She knew that she did not want to get caught in the middle of it. Using a quick Shunpo, Senna glided away from Ichimaru, Tousen, and her brother, earning her a look of surprise from Ichimaru.

Even if this is no longer the real Karakura Town, only souls and humans should have been transported to the edge of Rukongai. People of high spirit power such as Shinji and Kisuke himself should have been immune to its effects, and therefore should still be here. Soul Society will probably not forgive me for this, but that doesn't matter anymore. My fight against them is inevitable, but not until after I've done what I came here to do. Not until after I've dealt wi- Senna thought to herself before quickly drawing out her sword to defend against an approaching shinigami.

The swords collided loudly, the strength of the impact momentarily knocking the breath out of Senna. She struggled to push back the attack, looking up to see the face of Captain Ukitake staring back at her, a look of disappointment in his eyes.

"Where do you think you're going, Senna?" Ukitake asked in a tone completely different from the caring voice that she was used to.

"Captain Ukitake." Senna replied before her voice trailed off, unable to find the right words to defend herself with.

"Senna, what has gotten into you? Siding with Aizen? What possible reason would you, of all people, have for doing this?" The white haired captain asked.

"I have my reasons. It involves Urahara Kisuke...and how I became the way I am now." Senna replied.

"The way you became... Senna, don't tell me you-" Ukitake asked upon realizing the impact of her words.

"I'm sorry, Ukitake. Please know that I hold nothing against Soul Society or any of the shinigami. I did not want to become involved in a fight against you or any of the other captains or lieutenants, which is why I was leaving the area. There's something I need to do while I'm here in the real world, and none of it involves harming you or any of the shinigami." Senna replied.

"You just arrived in the real world with the three captains that betrayed Soul Society and who intends to sacrifice the lives of thousands for his own ambitions, what reassurances do I have that you aren't lying." Ukitake asked.

"None, Ukitake-san. Nothing except my word." Senna replied before a bright glow began to surround her.

Moments later, she released Mitsukai, forming two large wings of energy spreading out from her back. Upon seeing this, Ukitake disappeared from sight, appearing again a few feet away from Senna in anticipation of an attack that never came. Instead, the wings covered her in a shroud before shooting off in another direction, causing a loud bang as Senna went supersonic to evade further attacks by the shinigami captains. By the time the area became dim enough for Ukitake to see again, Senna was nowhere in the area anymore.

"Damn it, Senna. I really hope you're telling the truth." Ukitake swore under his breath before returning to his position next to Captain Kyouraku and the captain commander.