Forgotten Memories

Sasurau watches as Senna leaves. He looks over in the direction she left and notices its toward Urahara.

Senna what are you thinking? Well i guess i should follow her.

"Hey old man, I will see you later."

"Sasurau where do you think you are going? I still need to keep an eye on you ya know. You are coming with us after this is over."

Sasurau starts to laugh. "Old man, if I want to go with you I will, if not you still won't beable to catch me."

Sasurau heads off towards the direction Senna left. Ukitake stops Sasurau.

"Sasurau, please stop Senna. I don't know what she has planned for Urahara, but please don't let anything happen."

"Understood old friend. I am sorry to say this but I might have to knock some sense into her. Hopefully she will put up more of a fight."

"What do you mean?"

"Well back there I did turn towards Aizen. To help get the revenge I wanted so back for all these years. I have had some old memories come back you know of her. They helped me see whats right in life. Please don't tell the old man about it. I just need to make Senna relise whats right in this life. She needs to know how to forgive. I have some what. I still hate most of what the Soul Society stands for."

"Sasurau, you will come back with us. Every captain will be looking for you. How will you get away this time? Last time it was our lowest seats. This time it won't be that easy."

"Ukitake, remember I have been out of the Soul Society for centuires. I have had nothing but time to train. You can send anyone you want. You will never catch me. Even if I have to run for the rest of my life. I will never let you catch me."

"Fine, go Sasurau. Urahara might need some help."

"Ok, I am off then. If this is the last time we see eachother I want to say it was nice to see you again. Farewell Ukitake. I hope that you have a good life."

Sasurau leaves the captains to there fight.

Autumn stood there in the midst of them. Senna had left, but he realized for now she was going to have to fight her demons by herself. He had another task to do. It was a task that he would have never expected himself to have to accomplish, nearly impossible in design, to granduer for an exile. He looked at the traitors of the Soul Society and realized that a banished reaper wanted to take them down. He wondered what his reasons were. After all, he didn't owe the Society anything, especially after the way they had treated him. A small smile came to his face. He was way too forgiving. He looked at the other Captains and wondered what their thoughts were. Most showed looks of grim determination, along with silent fear. They had seen what this Aizen could do. That was a sign that this Aizen was amazingly powerful. He looked at the monster and saw him looking directly back at Autumn. And then Aizen spoke, beginning the match.

"So, it seems my only challenges will be the old man and this exile. How fitting that they are the only two legitimate defenders of the Soul Society. Ah well, I suppose it doesn't matter. Gin, you take the Exile off and kill him by yourself. Tousen, you will support me here with the other Captains."

A silent nod by Tousen, a snicker by Gin.

"Of course Aizen," Gin spoke with a grin, "follow me Exile. It's time for you to die."

He shunpo'd off, and immediately Autumn followed. Gin would be a tough fight, but then again....... Autumn had never expected this to be easy.

Suikotsu still grips his sword and turns to face Aizen. "Hmm you seem to be forgeting someone. I will be the one to face you Aizen."

Aizen "oh so you are going to defend the soul sociaty after all they have done to you."

Suikotsu "I don't give a crap about the soul sociaty. Im more interested in going after you for now. I owe you for all that you've done to me. Turning me into a soul reaper then cursing me with that mask. Sending me into the soul sociaty sending those arrancar after me. Ill show you what a mistake it was to use me then toss me aside as if I were just a worthless tool."

Aizen "So you still can't come to deal with these things. Though I was not the only one who was after you. The soul sociaty has persued you for a while. Even though you warned them about me when you were brought before centeral they refused to beleive you. You may have stalled my plans longer if they would of listened to you."

Yamamoto "Thats eough"

Suikotsu "shut it old man. Theres no reason for me to help you so id sugest that you quite trying to act so high and mighty. Remember i have no alegane to anyone so there is no reason why i couldn't go after the soul sociaty if I wanted. So id sugest that you refrain from acting like your so much better than me or I might just have to prove to you who is better."

With a loud bang, Senna dispersed her Senkou ability, landing on the streets of Karakura Town. Before taking a step, she lunged forward, pushing on the ground with both hands just to keep from collapsing completely. She breathed heavily, coming to the realization that the real world was not made of spirit particles like Hueco Mundo and Soul Society.

"What is the matter? What happened to the confident and scary powerful you moments ago?" Amatsukaze asked.

"Can't you tell, Amat. Sousuke said it himself...That power is a Quincy ability, relying on the absorption of reishi from the surroundings. Hueco Mundo was so rich in spirit particles that just by holding out my arm, I was able to passively absorb spirit particles at an accelerated rate. Here...there's very little spirit particles that I can absorb to increase my own strength and to battle using Mitsukai. The only reason I'm probably still even conscious right now is because I forced my body to absorb a large amount of reishi before leaving Hueco Mundo." Senna replied with a whisper.

"Was that why you ran from the fight against those captains?"

"It wasn't the only reason, but that was part of it. Shinigami themselves are inherently weaker in the real world due to the lack of available reishi. However, the amount that they weaken is nothing compared to that of a Quincy's abilities. Even if I am at a captain level like Sousuke said, Yamamoto, Ukitake, and Kyouraku are all far stronger than a typical captain. Fighting them in the state I am now will not end well. Besides...in the end, I don't truly agree with my brother's plans. My goal was to return to the return here so I can take care of that bastard Urahara Kisuke." Senna answered as she pushed herself to stand on her feet again.

"Then why did you agree to work with him...to betray those two shinigami friends of your's?" Her Zanpaktou asked.

"Because had I not joined him, Sousuke would have recruited Suikotsu. Faced with the threat of losing Rika, Suikotsu would very well have joined Aizen. At least with me, I knew what I was doing, and I was the only one who had the ability to escape, both from the captains and from my brother. At least now, Gin, Tousen, and my brother are alone in facing Soul Society. If they're lucky, maybe Sousuke's plans won't go the way he wanted." Senna replied, taking a deep breath before leaping onto the rooftop of a house.

Minutes later, Senna arrived behind Urahara Shoten. Looking around, she sensed that despite Soul Society's technique of teleorting all of the city's people to the outskirts of Rukongai, souls were not affected by the technique. She felt multiple familiar reiatsu signatures coming from nearby. She knew that Urahara Kisuke was still there. Taking a few steps forward, Senna's attention turned back towards the direction of Tousen, Gin, and her brother. She felt a very powerful surge in reiatsu that seemed to burn at the essence of her being. It felt like a fire that pierced every part of her body, an extremely powerful technique that could only be the release of Captain Commander Yamamoto's zanpaktou, Ryuujin Jakka.

The old man released his zanpaktou...what could be going on over ther- Senna began to wonder before stopping as she felt a second surge of reiatsu coming from nearby.

Turning around, she saw the outline of two familiar figures approaching her, one wearing a hat and a long robe that resembled a Soul Society captain's robe, the other a short sleeved school uniform.

"Yo...so you decided to switch sides...Senna." The man wearing a school uniform asked with a stern look on his face.

"Hirako...Shinji." Senna said out loud in dread.

The two shunpo'd for a long time. It was at least ten minutes, and just when Autumn thought Gin wasn't going to stop, the Shinigami did. Autumn complied and stopped as well. All was quiet. And then Gin turned to look at him.

"I find it interesting that you are here, Aki Nai. You've become powerful. But I truly doubt you can stand up to me today."

Autumn smiled softly. So many questions, and yet he was still being doubted for his ability. As if the fact that he had just survived hadn't been enough, now even the Arrancar doubted him. It was dissapointing, and was frustrating at times. But for now it was not time to be angry at the lack of expectation. He looked at Gin with soft eyes.

"My friend, I sincerely hope you do well this fight. I myself will not hold back. I don't know why you have done the forbidden, but your crimes, much like mine, have not gone unoticed. I don't want to kill you cause I see a lot of me in you. But I have no choice. My love is getting farther and farther from my grasp. I've waited for a hundred years for her Gin. I'm not waiting much longer."

Gin looked at him and a smirk came across his face.

"Aizen's sister? I can't believe you presume she would ever love you. How arrogant you are, sitting here saying your speech as though she will want you. She doesn't even remember who you are. You are nothing to her."

Autumn didn't stop smiling. He looked off to the left as incredible spiritual pressure was unleashed.

"No, but she's everything to me. And I'll die knowing I'm a forgotten memory, as long as I die knowing she remembers everything good in her life."

There wasn't a reply but instead Gin shunpod to Autumn's right and brought his blade down. Autumn took the attack in the shoulder, drawing out his Zanpakuto with his other hand while Gin's blade cut deep into his shoulder. Not a noise was made as he shunpod away and then back, their blade's connecting.....

Gin went into his Shikai.

Things were getting worse by the moment.

It is believed that even if we turn our backs to them

Our loved ones will continue to support us

What will happen, then, when those same people

Decide to turn their backs on us as well?

***

"To keep you out of trouble, why else?" Shinji replied.

"It's not what it looks like." Senna snapped defensively.

"Really? Cause from here, it looks like you came here with Aizen out of your own will. Was I pretty close?" Shinji asked, his words forcing Senna into a corner.

Senna opened her mouth to object but no words came out. Instead, she stood silently, staring at Shinji intently as he stared back with a similar look. Turning her gaze towards Urahara Kisuke for a moment, she couldn't help but feel the irony in the situation. Three shinigami very different, yet connected in a way that nobody else in Soul Society could believe. Two hybrid shinigami, Shinji part hollow, Senna herself part Quincy, confronting each other in front of the man who undeniably contributed to both of their conditions. Despite not having said anything, words were unnecessary for Shinji to understand his former subordinate's purpose for being here. The look in her eyes during her brief gaze towards Urahara Kisuke reflected her intent.

"So... That's the real reason isn't it?" Urahara said, breaking the silence that had dominated the past few moments.

Upon hearing these words, Senna drew our her sword and disappeared, causing Urahara Kisuke to turn around while drawing out his sword. Their two swords collided, causing massive amounts of dust to form as their reiatsus flared. Hirako Shinji stood still, a look of surprise on his face as he became conflicted on what to do next.

"You always were good with lying, Kisuke. How long have you been keeping the truth? Were you ever planning on telling me? Who I am?" Senna asked with a serious calm voice.

"Knowing that you would have reacted exactly the way you are reacting now, how would you have done things differently?" Urahara replied, pushing Senna back.

Senna leaped backwards into the air, landing on her feet a few yards away. Holding her zanpaktou in front of her face with both hands, she thrusted them apart to reveal the sword's released state in the form of two large blades. Launching herself forward, she struck down on Urahara with the smaller blade, which was still far larger than Urahara's cane sword. Pushing him back, Senna swung her other sword with her left hand, forcing Urahara to shunpo away.

"Houraku, Amatsukaze!" Senna announced as she swung the smaller sword in front of her, releasing a sharp, dense blast of wind towards Urahara.

"Nake, Benihime!" Urahara announed as his narrow sword transformed into a larger blade, a small red ribbon extending from the hilt.

Swinging it upwards, Urahara launches a red stream of energy back towards Senna, the two attacks colliding with a loud explosion, yielding massive amounts of dust in the process.

"Why are you doing this, Senna? Even if you wouldn't admit it to the others in Soul Society, you are a very powerful shinigami who should know better than this. After everything I've done to help you-" Urahara began before being cut off by the small purple-haired shinigami.

"Cut the altrustic act, already Kisuke. Lets face the truth, you erased my memory...everything about me, who I was just to protect yourself. The same way that you tried to protect yourself by sending Kurosaki Ichigo and his friends into Soul Society to retrieve Rukia without telling him about the Hogyoku inside of her. Even if it is Sousuke that is responsible for everything that's happened, your own actions in trying to protect yourself has lead to every part of his plans falling into place." Senna said before pausing for a moment. "Shinji...you're right about one thing. I have switched sides. In order to avoid the battle between Soul Society and my brother, I had to use Mitsukai in front of all of the captains."

"Your brother? I see...so he ended up telling you about that." Shinji replied suddenly with a worried sigh.

"It seems like you already knew about that as well, Shinji." Senna commented angrily as she turned her head towards her former captain.

"How could I not? I was the one who had Kisuke erase your memory." Shinji responded, causing Senna's blood to run cold.

"What...what did you say?" Senna asked in disbelief, lowering her sword slightly.

"That's right. You wanted to know why Kisuke erased your memory? Because I was the one who specifically asked him to erase your memories of the past."

"Why would you do something like that?"

"Because it would have been better than the alternative. Since you know your real name, I'm assuming that Aizen told you about where your ability comes from, and the number of shinigami that were killed because of you, and the pain that you went through when you first merged with that Quincy energy. The same thing happened to me years later. Trust me, what you did when you first became a Quincy hybrid was far worse than anything that myself and the others were even capable of doing during our hollowfication. Was that something that you really wanted to remember?" Shinji asked, causing Senna to go silent in thought. "I had Kisuke erase your memory so that you could remain in Soul Society in the way that I didn't get the chance after my hollowfication: to remain a free spirit."

Senna fell on her knees upon hearing this, staring at the ground in front of her as she continued to listen attentively to her old captain's story. All of the bitterness that she held against Urahara Kisuke disappeared, replaced by a mixed feeling of distrust and confusion.

"I don't know if you remember...Senna." Urahara Kisuke suddenly said, his voice causing Senna's head to shoot up and gaze at him. "The first time you two met, was when you first became a Quincy hybrid, your power going out of control, killing almost everyone in the Research Bureau. I needed someone I could trust to help keep you under control and prevent you from killing anymore people. When you were finally sedated and I was able to give you control of your body back using the Hogyoku, you were extremely depressed. Your memories of killing all of those shinigami ate away at the core of your soul. Hirako-san, who became attracted to you, did not want to see you have to keep going like that. He believed that memories are only as good as the experience and values that we can learn from. The memories you held, on the other hand, were not meant for anyone to become burdened with."

"It wasn't until after your memories of those horrendous moments were erased that I saw the person behind all of that bloodshed: a very optimistic, beautiful girl. I thought it was almost ironic, in a way. After having erased your memory, I had your name and appearance changed so that Soul Society wouldn't come after you once Central 46 found out about the massacre that occurred at the 12th Division. Not only that, but it was because I did not want your brother finding out about you. By the time that I had you transferred over to my squad, he was already my lieutenant. I couldn't trust him and wanted to keep a close eye on him. The two of you were practically polar opposites, him being an ambitious and determined maniac while you were carefree and full of energy. I did all of this because I knew that your brother would eventually want to use you for his personal ambitions. There were two things that worried me the most back when I was your captain. One, that Aizen would eventually betray me. And two, that you would fall into his hands and being a part of his ambitions. Looking at the situation we're in now, I guess both of those things ended up happening. I thought that I was doing the right thing this whole time. Seeing you like this, I guess in the end, I failed to protect both myself and you." Shinji continued.

"Protect me? You wanted to protect me by lying to me? All these years? Why whould I believe anything you say anymore?" Senna asked, swallong hard as her emotions began to form a lump in her throat.

"I don't have an answer for that. But if you hate me for it and want to kill me as well, I won't even draw my sword or move from where I'm standing. The truth is, even seeing the way you've become, I would never be able to raise my sword against you, the first girl that I have ever...truly loved. That is why even while you and Kisuke fought, I did not stop you. That is why...I would rather let you kill me than to have to fight against you. The choice is your's." Shinji replied, causing Urahara to give off a worried look.

Senna went silent for a moment as she tried to make sense of everything that she had heard. She always believed that she was sad because she was being kept from the truth about herself. After finding out the truth about everything in her life during the past few hour, she began to want nothing more than her old, simple life back. In a matter of hours, she found out what she was, the number of people she killed, her connection to Aizen Sousuke, and the role that the people she cared about played in her life. She found out the answers to everything that she had been searching for the past hundred years, yet did not know how to feel anymore.

"Shinji..." Senna began as she dropped both of her swords to the ground, slowly approaching him.

Falling on her knees, Shinji ran towards Senna, kneeling down to look at a depressing stare on her face.

"I won't hurt you either. I can't. But please... no more lies. If you really care, please, tell me the truth. Who was I?" Senna asked quietly as she closed her eyes, her reiatsu calming.

Sasurau watches as Senna falls to her knees from deep in the shadows of 2 buildings some 50 feet away. He whispers.

"So Purple hair you finally calmed down. Well looks like I won't have to get involved in this after all. Hmmmm I wonder what I should do know? Autumn is fighting that one who never opens his eyes and the captains are fighting there battles." Sasurau sighs "Why am I always left out on the fun?"

Because Sasurau you never stay in one spot for too long. Your always wandering.

Thats what I do. Nothing really holds my attention. To many things are so boreing. I would like a fight soon. Otherwise I might just go back to that empty void with all the hallows. That place was fun. Always a fight never really dull.

Then why not go now? You can just leave all this behind. Come on lets go. More fights for eachother.

Unfinished bussnise i need to take care of.

Then Hurry up and finish it. Its getting duller by the second.

I will I will. So which way should we head? Which one of those freaks will give us the best fight?

Head east. Into the riseing Sun.

Sasurau starts laughing Wow are you getting soft on me? That was depp

Shut the fuck up Sasurau. And get moving. There are battles to be fought and such little time.

All right.

Sasurau stands up and shunpos to the east. Looking for a battle. Leaving Senna Urahara and Shinji to talk.

The blade cut deep into Autumn's torso, as blood splattered to the ground. A stuttering cough was heard in the silence. The Shinigami Exile fell to his knees in pain, in bitter dissappointment. Gin stood over him with a rare frown on his face. He didn't understand this Exile. Capable of so much, yet content with so little. It astonished him that the exile could be happy with not revealing his power. He shook his head. There were some things that would never be explained. Questions filled the traitors mind. He knew he had to ask......

"Forgive me, but I have a few questions before you die exile."

There was a slight silence. Then Gin spoke again.

"You knew she wouldn't remember you.........how did you end up here again, watching her back?"

Autumn coughed, and blood came from his mouth.

"Kisuke. He told me I could do her one last favor....."

"But how did he even know you?"

A small smile came to Autumn's face, of unbearable sadness.

"I......I was there the night she started. It was similar to Quincy abilities, but it was as though she was being transformed into one. It blew my cover...... Kisuke was first on the scene. When he saw me, he knew who I was. We had a talk before I fled..........."

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Rain poured down. Such a fitting atmosphere for the tragedy at hand.

"She's in incredible pain. Get out of here while you can. I'll inform you of her state later. If you love her.........well, you'll let her go."

Silence and exit was the only reply.......

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"I later found out she was wiped. I realized that I was forever forgotten. A memory, incapable of being recalled. It killed me. But this is my last favor, my last goodbye to her......"

Gin laughed.

"To think that the most dangerous exile in Soul Society history, actually has a heart......"

Autumn smiled.

"Thanks for the break."

He went into Bankai, the environment exploding around them, decimating everything, leaving them in a broken smouldering field, with small fires all around. Gin looked at him in disbelief as wounds came from both Autumn and Gin. It had been the first time he had really let loose. It had injured both him and Gin........The exile smiled.

"This is it Gin......one more round. I won't aim to kill, because later I belief you can be saved. For now, I guess I'm in this war. Don't hold back Gin."

He expanded his spritual pressure and his eyes went red. Gin went max. They collided.

_________ Minutes later..........

He arrived. She was there on her knees. It was quiet. She asked one last question. He stood in quiet reverence, remembering her smile, her laugh, the touch of her lips on his........It was all coming back to him, as clear as a photograph.

The actions of those around us

Leave us, as people, awestruck

Let us understand the events of the present

And turn back the clock, under the wings of an angel.

***

107 years ago...

Two birds chirp as they stand on the tiled roof of a corridor in the Sereitei. The sound of approaching footsteps cause them to fly off, the sound of wings fluttering filling the otherwise empty air. A young girl wearing a black hakama looks up at the clear blue sky with a happy sigh. She had dark hazel eyes, opened wide in appreciation of the day that she had off. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths before opening them again to continue on her way, the sweeping sounds of her shoes filling the otherwise calm air. A light wind began to blow, causing her shoulder length dark brown hair to wave in the air, a few loose strands dangling in front of her face. She swept her hair backwards a few times before giving up. She began to take a step before hearing someone call out from behind.

"Hey, Senna!" A man yelled out.

Turning around to look at the man, Lieutenant Aizen Senna of the 2nd Squad let out a smile to see a familiar figure wearing a white robe walking towards her.

"Morning, Kisuke...or rather Captain Urahara." Senna replied cheerfully.

"No need for such formalities, Senna." Urahara replied with an embarassed smile. "In fact, you were my superior officer for such a long time, it feels very awkward to hear those words coming from you."

"You should get used to it. Captain Yoruichi holds you in very high regard. You should be proud of your recent promotion. How do you like your new position?." Senna asked.

"It's decent...a bit daunting, to be honest. It came as quite a surprise that I'd take over for Captain Hikifune. To be honest, when I heard that Hikifune was leaving, I thought that you would be the one that Yoruichi nominated. My squad's lieutenant Hiyori is quite a handful. Just making sure she stays out of trouble is a full time job as it is." Urahara replied.

"I guess things will work out for the better this way. I heard you were turning the 12th Division upside down, turning it into a research facility. I knew that you were interested in that stuff, but that's a bit drastic even for you." Senna taunted jokingly.

"It's not without controversey. I've alienated a lot of my subordinates because of it, but I'm hoping it will be for the better. You've been assigned to the real world many times by now, so you should know. Technologically-wise, Soul Society is actually falling behind. There hasn't been any changes in the Sereitei, while the real world has undergone recent industrialization. I hope to do the same here." Urahara answered with a sigh.

"You have the right idea. They'll come to accept it as time goes on." Senna responded, seeing the stress on the captain's face. "Well, sorry to cut the conversation short, I need to head back to the squad headquarters. Yoruichi is out today on a routine mission with one of her subordinates from the Secret Corps, a young girl named Soifon."

"Ahhh... I have heard about her. She's the new recruit isn't she?" Urahara asked.

"Yeah. Since you left, Yoruichi's been lonely and found someone else to keep herself occupied with." Senna teased with a light hearted laugh, causing Urahara's face to turn a bit red. "Don't worry, I'm just joking. Hopefully if I get things done, I'll go out to Rukongai tonight to relax for a bit."

"Ah, with that shinigami you told me about a while back? How are the two of you doing?" Urahara asked with interest.

"About the same, honestly. I still haven't told Yoruichi or anyone else about him yet. I trust him, but I sometimes feel like he's hiding something from me, how he refuses to meet up here in the Sereitei. I worry that if I tell anyone else, especially Captain Yoruichi about him, she might send someone to investigate. She's a bit overprotective sometimes, and at a time like this, I'd like to have some privacy in my own life." Senna answered as she stared up, watching a few wisps of clouds moving slowly through the otherwise perfectly clear sky.

"I understand. I haven't told anyone about him either. The two of you seem happy together. As a friend, as long as you're happy, I'll do whatever is necessary to keep it that way." Urahara responded with a cheerful tone. "What about your brother? Have you talked to him recently?"

"No...Unfortunately not. Ever since the two of us became shinigami, we haven't really talked much. Now, outside of lieutenant meetings, it's rare that we ever exchange words." Senna responded with a disappointing sigh.

"People change. Even if you haven't noticed it, you've gone a long way from back in the academy. The two of you rose up the ranks faster than anyone I know in Soul Society. It's natural that along the way, the two of you have found your own niche." Urahara replied.

"Yeah. I just sometimes wish I could understand what Sousuke is thinking. I feel like we have nothing in common anymore other than our family name. But I guess I can't win every battle. I feel content with how things have turned out. For the moment, I guess I can't ask for anything more." Senna answered with a shurg before turning around. "Well, I'll see you later, Kisuke. I need to get stuff done if I want a chance at going out tonight."

"You have fun tonight. Take care." Urahara replied before turning to walk away.

***

"How many do we have?" A tall light-skinned man wearing a black hakama asked in a deep, low voice.

"Fifteen, exactly the number that we need. They're all former shinigami that were descended from the Ryuudouji clan, exiled from Soul Society long ago over a territorial dispute. All of them are powerful enough to contribute." A dark skin man in a white coat replied, his eyes open without sight of a pupil.

"Aah. Poor fools who don't know what they're getting into. They probably think we'll actually let them in on our plans." A third, shorter man with short white hair replied, a large grin appearing on his face as he spoke.

"Excellent, Kaname." Aizen Sousuke replied as he looked through what appeared to be a rip in the air, revealing a large glowing mass of energy suspended in a void of darkness. "Can you feel it, this massive energy, suspended in space and time. Once this is done, no longer will it be wasted energy. I will hold this energy, and with it, we will take out the Royal Guard protecting the King of Soul Society."

"So when do the fireworks start?" The white haired man asked.

"Soon. Kaname has already opened a Senkai gate to sneak them into Soul Society. As of now, they are gathered in Rukongai making the preparations. How much have you told them?" Aizen asked.

"Very little. I didn't find them to be very trustworthy, and so out of fear that they might reveal your plans, I told them that the Circle of Light has been drawn and where to find it. All they know is that they are to focus the energy into that area. A shinigami will enter the circle and upon entering, they will bind the energy to you. I have told them that after that, they will be rewarded handsomely as part of our plans. What you wish to do with them afterwards is your choice, Aizen-sama." Tousen answered.

"Shoulda been more specific, Kaname. Wouldn't want them bindin' the energy into someone else." Ichimaru replied.

"It's okay, Gin. A spell like this doesn't work for any shinigami. Only those who are of captain level will be able to accept the energy. If they were to accidentally bind it to anyone weaker, all it'd end up doing is killing the person before it even started. The captains of the Sereitei will not wander into Rukongai without reason. Thus, the chances of someone being there capable of undergoing this transformation is exceedingly low. Our goals are not far off. After tonight, we can put our plans into motion...starting with the massacre of the captains of the Gotei 13." Aizen said with a grin.

***

"Hey, Kisuke!" A man called from a distance.

Urahara Kisuke turned around, shading his eyes from the light of the setting sun, to see a man with long blone hair approaching him, his white robe waving in the wind.

"Ahh...Captian Hirako. What brings you out here?" Urahara asked.

"Checkin' up on you. What else? Your lieutenant is a handful as it is, just making sure you were even still alive." Hirako Shinji said, catching up to Urahara as the two captains walked away from the setting sun.

"Thanks." Urahara replied, scratching his head with embarassment. "You're right about Hiyori, she's definitely hard to control. She's refused to do anything that I've asked of her."

"That's something that can't be helped. I've told you this before...she looked up to Hikifune as a motherly figure. Replacing that kind of figure will be hard, if not impossible. Other than that, it looks like I had you figured out pretty well. You're like me...it doesn't matter what people say...you'll do what you want with your squad. Turning your whole squad headquarters into a research facility, even taking someone out of prison and making him your second in command in the lab." Shinji said in contemplation.

"I guess...it is my squad and you were right in that I should be able to do what I want with it." Urahara replied.

"You still talk to your old lieutenant from when you were still working under Captain Shihouin?" Shinji asked with a grin.

"Senna? Yeah I spoke to her this morning. Why do you ask?" Urahara asked, confused at the sudden change in subject.

"Heh...I always thought she was kind of cute. It's a shame my lieutenant is nothing like her. Even though they're brother and sister, the two of them are polar opposites. I wish Sousuke was more like her...I wouldn't have to be suspicious and looking over my shoulder all the time." Shinji explained.

"Why do you insist on keeping him as your lieutenant if that's the case?" Urahara asked, hoping to change the topic without revealing Senna's secret.

"I like to keep my enemies close, so I can keep track of them. This way, I can know what he's planning." Shinji answered.

"It honestly doesn't make much sense to me, but then again, you've been at this much longer than I have. I can't really complain." Urahara said, shrugging as the captains continued walking as the sun finished setting, the sky quickly darkening.

"Arigato, Aki!" Senna said with a smile as the she and the exiled shinigami walked out of the restaurant in the 1st district of Rukongai. "Thanks for dinner."

"Of course. Anything for you." Aki Nai said, turning to gaze at the short female shinigami walking besides him, her dark brown hair waving in the air as she walked, before turning to look forward ahead. "To be honest, I didn't know if you were even going to show up. It was so late."

"Sorry. I got held up at the office. I told you, we should just find some place in the Sereitei to meet. I don't care if people see us." Senna replied.

Turning her head to look at Aki, Senna saw a change in his facial features, his smile fading away to be replaced by one of disappointment.

"Aki. I don't mean to pry or anything, but there's something I've been meaning to ask. Ever since we met, we've always gone all the way out here to meet up. I've been wondering...why don't we go into the Sereitei for a date? I'd actually like to introduce you to some of my friends." Senna asked, staring at Aki with her dark hazel eyes wide open in hopes of not letting her suspicions be known.

"Senna... I..." Aki began before stopping.

"What is it, Aki? If there's something, just say it." Senna replied with a light smile. "I've been honest with you about everything. I think that we should just speak our minds and not have to hesitate anymore. We rarely see each other, we should just make the best of it and be honest with each other."

Aki turned to look at Senna, silent as he felt internally conflicted on what to do next. He had dreaded this moment for a long time, ever since he met her. He knew that she wasn't one to judge, and was trusting of him. Even though she knew nothing about him initially, she said yes to him when he asked her out. Ever since, he had been hoping to avoid the inevitable question about his status as a shinigami. He didn't know how she would take it if he told her the truth about him being an exile, whether she would still look at him the same way.

"Senna...it's kind of complicated." Aki replied before stopping.

"Why is it complicated? If there's something you want to say, even if it's difficult, you should say it, that's what makes us who we are." Senna said, hoping to get the truth without sounding too pushy.

"Well...I hope this doesn't make complicate things. Know that no matter what happened in the past, I am who I say I am. Never have I lied about my feelings towards you...Senna...I'm not-" Aki began before being interrupted.

"Huh?" Senna asked as she stared at him.

Aki stopped, seeing Senna's face turn from one of curiosity to one of confusion. He began to wonder if he made things sound too suspicious as she stared at him. It took a minute for him to realize that he wasn't actually staring at him, but past him. Turning around, he saw a figure move into the shadows of the trees that border the region of Rukongai.

"Who was that, Senna?" Aki asked.

"I can't be sure...I thought it was...my brother, Sousuke." Senna said before sprinting away from him, darting towards the forest as Aki stood still.

He was torn on what to do next. He had heard about her brother, a lieutenant of the Gotei 13 like herself. He wondered how things would turn out if that really was Senna's brother, how that would complicate things between the two of them. Snapping out of his train of thought, he turned to realize that Senna had disappeared into the forest. Aki sighed, finding her habit of spontaneously running off on a whim to be a bit troublesome.

***

"Urahara, we have a problem!" A person in a rhaspy voice yelled out as he approached the two captains walking towards the 12th Division headquarters.

"What is it Mayuri?" Urahara Kisuke asked as he and Hirako Shinji ran to meet him.

Mayuri? I see, so this is the one that he freed from prison. Shinji thought to himself.

"Look at these energy signatures. It's been lying dormant in a void dimension for decades. Tonight, it's become active all of a sudden and is gathering in an area of Rukongai. If this continues, the explosive energy of this event could wipe a large part of Soul Society from existance." Kurotsuchi Mayuri announced in a fury.

"What?" Urahara Kisuke and Hirako Shinji yelled in unison.

Taking a look at the data, Urahara realized that Kurotsuchi Mayuri was telling the truth. A large amount of energy that had been sealed away in a neather dimension had suddenly appeared in Rukongai. The energy was totally different fron a shinigami reiatsu, which is why noone in the Sereitei had been able to detect it. Without the Research Bureau's technology, noone would have even known about it.

"Hirako, there's no time to gather anyone else. We need to go now and try to seal it off before it completely enters Soul Society." Urahara announced, causing Hirako Shinji to nod in agreement. "Mayuri, get in contact with Tsukibishi Tessai, captian of the Kido Corps and tell him to rendezvou at this point. If Hirako and I can't seal it off in time, we'll need his help."

"Tch, I'm not your messenger boy. Whatever, I'll find him." Mayuri replied bitterly.

The two captains quickly departed, leaping into the air with a shunpo as they head towards the gate out of the Sereitei.

Please...let us make it in time. Urhara Kisuke thought to himself.

***

"Sousuke!" Senna yelled as she ran deeper into the forest. "I know it was you. Why are you out here? Why are you trying to avoid me-"

Before finishing the sentence, Senna leaped backwards to avoid a blade being swung down at her. Landing a few feet away, she looked up to see Aizen Sousuke staring at her, a grin in his face as he held his zanpaktou out towards her.

"Sousuke... Why did you attack me. Please tell me that was just a mistake." Senna yelled.

"Ahhh my dear little sister Senna. As naive as ever, I see." Sousuke replied.

"Sousuke..." Senna whispered to herself, confused as to what was happening.

"There it is unfortunate that you stumbled out here tonight. To be honest, I did not expect anyone to be around here, but I guess not everything can go so smoothly."

"What is the meaning of this, Nii-sama. What are you doing out here? Better yet, why are you acting this way?" Senna demanded.

"There's no need for you to know. But don't worry your little head about it...It'll be over soon." Sousuke said as he disappeared with a shunpo.

Opening her eyes wide, Senna drew out her sword and leaped backwards with a shunpo of her own, parrying the attack with her sword but getting knocked back in the process.

"Ohh? It seems like you've improved since becoming a lieutenant. I guess maybe I should have paid more attention to your progress." Sousuke said with a taunting tone.

"Why are you doing this?" Senna demanded.

Without answering, her brother released his reiatsu, causing Senna to lose her breath momentarily. She had never realized how strong her brother had become. Under the intense pressure of his reiatsu, she backed away for a moment, giving him the opportunity to appear right next to her with a shunpo. With a quick swing, Sousuke slashed Senna's shoulders, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Kuso...Sousuke." Senna muttered.

"Hmm...So you're still alive. It seems like my attacks didn't go as deep as I thought they would have. Even though it's clear that you're weaker than me, I may have underestimated you." Sousuke said, turning around to approach her.

crap! Senna thought to herself.

She did not know what was going on. She had no idea as to why her brother was acting this way, but knew the look on his face. She knew that he was coming to finish the job, a look of killer intent on his face. Her shoulder muscles were cut from his last attack. She knew that she couldn't fight in her condition. Her only chance was to escape. Using all of her strength, she got up and began to run. Focusing on his reiatsu, Senna was able to feel where her brother was moving towards and was able to avoid his attacks using shunpo. Although only a minute had passed, Senna felt as though she was being pursued through the forest for hours. She didn't know where she was going, only that she had to escape. Moments later, she ended up in an opening in the forest. Upon stepping into the opening, a large strangely designed pentacle like symbol on the ground began to glow, forming a field of energy around her.

What is this? Is this a barrier? She thought to herself as the area became brighter.

Turning around, she saw her brother enter the clearance, his eyes wide open as though in terror.

"No, you fools, that's the wrong person!" He yelled out before quickly disappearing with a shunpo.

Putting her hands to the border of the field around her, she touched it only to get pushed back into the middle of the symbol. Moments later, everything turned white as she felt a surge of energy enter her. She felt herself lose control of her body as she began to levitate off of the ground, two large wings made of energy pertrouding from her back that spanned the width of the entire clearance. The area began to dim as the glowing symbol on the floor disappeared, the only source of light coming from the wings that were levitating Senna in the air. Fifteen shinigami appeared, the ones that had cast the binding spell believing that she was the one who was suppose to receive the dormant energy. All of the released their zanpaktou, charging at Senna as they realized the mistake they had made.

Opening her eyes slightly, Senna saw as the shinigami rapidly approached her to attack. The energy in her wings began to gather around her, forming spiraling swirls of energy to form a sphere. Upon seeing the shinigami get within 10 feet of her, her energy exploded, sending sharp waves of energy out of her like scythes that impaled all fifteen of the shinigami within a matter of seconds, sending all of them flying to the ground lifelessly. a trail of blood following them as they hit the ground.

Aki Nai entered the clearance, deciding to follow Senna when he felt her reiatsu spike earlier. Upon, he stopped in his tracks, terrified at what he was seeing. Senna looked back with eyes that did not seem like she recognized him, a look in her eyes that made her seem as though she wasn't even consciously controlling her body. Moments later, Urahara Kisuke and Hirako Shinji arrived with a shunpo. Urahara Kisuke turned to look at him before turning his attention back to Aizen Senna.

"No... This can't be. What is happening to her?" Hirako Shinji demanded.

"That energy that was gathering here, it must have bound itself to her somehow." Urahara answered.

"Why would it bind to her sponaneously? A ball of energy like that doesn't just decide to enter a shinigami like her." Shinji objected in a fury.

Looking around at the dead shinigami, Urahara noticed that none of them were ones that he had recognized, meaning that they were not strong enough to have been out here before himself and Captain Hirako. He knew that it had to either have been a coincidence or that it was what he had feared the most.

"It was a ritual. These dead shinigami couldn't have been out here by pure coincidence. They were out here for a reason. They were doing some kind of experimental ritual and somehow Senna got involved. When they found out about this, they must have tried to correct their errors by trying to kill her. This must have been the result of that." Urahara said as he pointed towards the fallen shinigami.

"You're saying that she did this? She killed all of these shinigami? What are we suppose to do about her then?" Shinji yelled out.

"Bind her, keep her here until Tessai gets here. Neither of us are good enough with kido to be able to reverse this. Maybe Tessai might be able to do something!" Urahara explained, causing Shinji to nod in agreement.

Using a shunpo, Shinji appeared on the other side of the field. Holding their hands out, Shinji and Urahara changed simultaneously in preparation to cast a kido spell.

"Bakudo no 81: Danku!" They exclaimed simultaneously as four walls of energy descended, surrounding Senna.

"How long do you think this will hold?" Shinji asked.

Before Urahara was able to answer, Senna sent two slices of energy towards the captains, cutting through the barrier without resistance before cutting into the shoulders of Urahara and Shinji. The two of them let out a cry of pain as they fell to the ground, the barrier fading as the two could no longer support it. They looked up at Senna, levitating in midair as a sphere of spiraling energy surrounded her. Seeing the damage that she caused, Aki knew that even if he was able to raise his sword against her, there was probably nothing that he could have done. He was strong but he knew that even he couldn't take on someone that had disposed of two shinigami captains with a single attack.

"Bakudo no 99: Kin!" A burly voice said from a distance followed by the appearance of strands of white spiritual fabric and shafts that bound to Senna.

Looking up, Urahara and Hirako saw the appearance of the captain of the Kido Corps Tsukibishi Tessai. Looking up at the glowing figure in the air now bound by the spirit fabric, Tessai quivered at the realization that his binding spell was being slowly cut through.

"Shokyoku: Shiryu!" Tessai yelled, causing the fabric to reform and cover Senna from head to toe.

"Nikyouku: Hyakurensan!" Tessai continued, smashing his hands together as numerous metal blades began to appear, stabbing into Senna.

Upon seeing this, Aki Nai used up every bit of his strength to hold himself back. He knew that this had to hurt her, but a part of him knew that there was no choice. He knew kido well enough to know that against something as powerful as Senna was at this point, it was the only way. He knew that there was nothing more he could do, except watch something he didn't want to see. Hence, he didn't watch, instead, turning around to leave the area, knowing that he will most likely never see the girl he loved again.

"Shuukyoku: Bankin Taihou!" Tessai finally said, slamming his hands to the ground as an immense metal cube fell on her, smashing her into the ground, forming a large crater around her.

Senna initialy began to struggle, pusing the massive cube upwards a bit before giving off, the energy around her fading as she woke up. She was confused, unsure as how she got there before darkness surrounded her as she fell unconscious.

"Did it work?" Shinji asked as he stepped into the laboratory.

"Hai. Thank goodness I was able to create this." Urahara said as he held out a small blue orb that glowed slightly as a dark blue energy appeared to swirl from the inside.

"What is it?" Shinji asked.

"A device that I had hesitated to create because of what it could possibly do to Soul Society. In analyzing Senna's powers, it appeared that she was no longer even a Shinigami, but rather had somehow turned into a Quincy. Because she was a spirit, she had no control over a quincy's powers, which is why she ended up going out of control. This device, called the Hogyoku, is capable of breaking the boundaries of a Shinigami and another creature, such as a Quincy, or even a hollow. It's a very dangerous device that, once made, can not be destroyed. I was very hesitant to make it, but it was the only way." Urahara explained.

"I don't care too much about how you do it. Is she going to be okay?" Shinji insisted.

"Yeah. She's awake, but she's not talking. If you care about her like you say you do, go see her and see if you can talk to her, see if she knows what happened to her." Urahara responded.

Hours had passed as Captain Hirako Shinji went into the room where Senna was lying in bed awake. The look on her face had changed completely from the person she was before. Where she was full of energy and amusement on her face, now stood nothing except silence and depression. She did not remember the moments before the energy bound to her, nor her encounter with her brother in that forest. Memories of everything that had happened a few hours before that moment was a complete blank for her. She remembered herself being in the 2nd Division office finishing up her work, and the next, she was surrounded by dead shinigami and two severely injured Hirako Shinji and Urahara Kisuke. She knew she had caused the damage there and wondered what she was now...whether she even had a right to live anymore

"She doesn't know anything that can help us. Kisuke...the way she's acting now...I don't think she can live on like this." Shinji said as he walked into the lab again hours later.

"I know...what do you propose?"

"I know that you have the technology here to do it. Erase her memory...give her a new start. With the crazy flare in reiatsu in the forest, Soul Society will be looking for her. Even if she does recover, she'll no doubt be arrested and detained indefinitely, possible sealed away permanently because of that power of her's regardless of whether or not she has control over it now." Shinji said. "Change everything about her, her appearance, her memory, her name. Give her a chance to start fresh. She didn't ask for this."

"Don't you think she should be given the choice?" Urahara objected.

"I did give her the choice. She is the one who wanted to do it." Shinji explained. "Please, Kisuke. It's no secret that I've been attracted to her for a long time. I don't want to see her like this, no matter how things turn out."

Urahara looked at his fellow captain and nodded in agreement.

***

"Wh-where am I?" Senna asked, regaining consciousness to find herself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Well it's about time you woke up, you lazy bum" A familiar voice said.

"Shinji. Where am I? How long have you been sitting there?" Senna asked, startled by his sudden presence in the room.

"Since you were in your mother's womb. You're in the 4th Squad hospital, baka." Shinji said with his usual sarcastic tone.

"Were you watching me sleep, you perverted captain?" She began angrily before calming down. "How did I end up here?"

"You really don't remember? You really gave us quite a scare back there, nearly got yourself killed along with both Urahara and myself." He said, his tone suddenly turning serious.

"Killed?" Senna asked quietly, suddenly in fear of what he meant by that.

"Aah. Don't worry about it though, you just rest and we'll talk about it later. You turned out all right, although you sure done messed up your uniform and that yellow hair ribbon of yours." He said, the obnoxious grin returning to his face.

"My hair..." Senna began, reaching her hand to find her shoulder length hair loose on the bed.

"Yeesh, you're as conceited as ever about your hair. Here," The captain said as he took out a box out from his captain's robe. "Try and be more careful with this one next time."

Senna took it and opened it to find a long red ribbon neatly folded inside of it.

"Well, are you going to take it out? Or are you just going to continue staring it like you're in love?" Shinji suddenly said, spoiling the moment.

"Uru sei na, you perverted captain. Don't you have something else to do besides stare at me in my sleep?" Senna exclaimed in response to that comment.

"Tch, a simple thank you would have sufficed." Shinji said, getting up and walking towards the door. "Get some rest, I'll come check on you tomorrow."

***

After looking at the past, we turn the clock forward again to the present. Although her past was beyond her control, her future lies ahead of her...her fate for her to decide.

Sasurau stops to find that he stumbles into a crowd of hallow and arrancar. They turn towards Sasurau.

"Whoops, Did I inturupt something?" Sasurau quickly counts them up and averages that there are around 200 Hallows an 20 Arracnar.

One of the Arrancar step forward

"I remember you why aren't you with Aizen?"

"Ohhh didn't you hear? I never really was with him" Sasurau smiles. "So can I go now?"

"No, You will die." The hallows and Arrancar quickly surrond Sasurau.

"Wow there sure is alot of you guys around here. I just might have to go into that state again."

Sasurau starts to think back.

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Sasurau wakes up in the squad 4 hospital to find Unohanna standing there.

"What happened?"

"You went into a state thats very dangorus to your self. You may gain powers that come close to the Captain Commander but it takes alot out of you. I figure if you use that state again you will die."

Sasurau looks towards the window.

"So whats it called?"

"Berserker Mode..."

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Sasurau thinks to himself. So I might just have to go into that. Well if I do it has been a good run

The Hallows start to charge Sasurau. He takes out the first 20 of them then gets overwellmed.

Well Good-bye everyone. Its been fun knowing you all. Sasurau starts to let is spiritual pressure spike.

The hallows start to move back. Sasurau's body begins to glow. He stands and looks at the hallows.

"Where the hell do you think your going you scum bags?" Sasurau kills the first 100 hallows with out a problem. "No one is going to leave this place. So don't even think you can run from me."

Sasurau starts to attack the hallows in a blind rage. Killin the majority of them. All that was left was 15 Arrancar. They start to back away when a second Sasurau appears behind them.

"Where do you think your going? I mean what I say No one leaves this place alive."



Back at Urahara's shop.

Urahara looks at Shinji. "We need to go. Sasurau is in trouble. He has gone into that state." Urahara and Shinji get up to leave and look back at Senna. "Sorry Senna we will answer all the questions you want later. Sasurau is in huge trouble right now and if we don't help he will die."

In the darkness, there was silence. Autumn stood there, a bystander. It seemed as though he had never been a direct part of her life. He had enjoyed those few months he had with her, and just when he was going to tell her everything, her brother showed up. It seemed as though he would always be the one in between them. That and her new life......

As he stood there, after just defeating one of the most dangerous Souls out there, he felt weak. He would never have a place in her life. Never like before. He knew that he was just a memory, a forgotten one at that. He was a ghost. Never before had he felt such sadness, never before had he felt so much. Here she was in front of him, on her knees, and he couldn't do anything about it. Simple bad luck had completely ruined any hope for her life being normal. Her brother's arrogance, and pride. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time.........everything. Had he been one good thing in her life? Or was he something that came and went, with no effect? That was a question he would never know the answer to. A question he desperately needed to know. He had denied the Soul Society, but he could never deny his love for her. What hurt the most wasn't that they weren't together now, it was that she didn't even know who he was. Her mistrust of him, after spending so much time together. But now it didn't matter. It was time to tell her the truth.

"Senna....." It was Kisuke. He spoke carefully. And with that slight pause, he told the story. Everything, from beginning to end. Who her boyfriend was, who she was, what happened. The features on her face were stone as she listened, staying on her knees the whole time. The end of the story came, and Kisuke would say one last sentence before stopping.

"That is who you are Senna........"

And then the energy spike came. There would be no more explanation, as the two left. Autumn would have to answer the questions. As Kisuke and the other left, Autumn walked up slowly.

Aki bent down and waited for a moment before asking one question.

"You okay?"

Senna remained still, kneeling on the ground as Urahara Kisuke and Hirako Shinji left the area in a hurry. A light rain began to fall, covering the ground with a thin layer of water. Moments later, Senna saw a reflection of herself in the water. Closing her eyes, she opened them again and saw an image of a different person, a girl whose face was slightly tanned, her shoulder length dark brown hair draping in front of her face, partially covering a pair of dark hazel eyes.

Is this...who I was?

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, she tilted her head slightly to see Autumn walking up to her slowly. She did not move upon seeing him, her face remaining emotionless. She noticed the look on his face, one that she was very familiar with. It was the same look she saw on Shinji when she first woke up that time over a hundred years ago, confused and disoriented as to where she was and why a shinigami captian was sitting there watching her sleep. It was a look of defeat, care for a person that did not even know who they were.

Kisuke erased and replaced my memory...Shinji came up with the idea...No...in the end, I was the one who wanted it. Just hearing about what had happened...the people that had to die...the people that I killed...I don't want to remember it. Those dreams I keep having, people dying, Kisuke and Shinji on the ground bleeding, all of it was because of me. I am to blame for everything that has happened so far, the creation of Hogyoku, my brother using it to create an army of Arrancar. All of it because of me...I'm responsible for everything that is happening now. Senna thought to herself as Autumn stopped a few feet away from her.

"You okay?" He asked, breaking the silence in the air that contrasted the incessant thoughts going through her mind.

Autumn...all this time you pretended to be a complete stranger that wanted to help us out of pure coincidence. However, even if you are who Kisuke claimed you are, it doesn't matter anymore. Senna thought to herself as she turned to look back towards the ground, seeing the image of a light skinned girl with purple hair and bright orange eyes in the reflection.

Even if that was me, it's not me anymore. I can't resume where I left off. Even if I haven't done anything to intentionally help my brother, it is because of me that everything has happened. There's no denying it anymore...I really have become one of them, just like Shinji. The place that I have loved for so long will no longer consider me a shinigami anymore. Everything I've done for the past 107 years has been a lie. It wasn't even my own life that I was living. Senna thought as she slowly rose to stand up.

My own life...

Senna stood up and raised her head to look at Autumn, who had been staring at her silently. Reaching over her shoulders, Senna began to tear away the sleeves of her arrancar uniform, leaving behind a sleeveless gown.

The people I cared about...

Senna began to open her mouth to speak.

The people that I loved...

"Autumn...I'm...." Senna began to say.

Is nothing more than a forgotten memory

"I'm sorry."

Closing her eyes, Senna held out her hand as small specs of blue energy began to rise out of the ground. Suddenly the ground began to crack open, revealing the underground training facility under Urahara Shoten. The ground under her gave way as she levitated into the air, carried up by two large wings of energy that appeared. Autumn looked down to see the artificial ground and land formation breaking up before turning into glowing shards of energy. He then came to the same realization that Senna did, that while there was very few spirit particles in the real world for her to absorb with her Quincy powers, the training facility built underneath Urahara's shop was made entirely out of spirit particles just like Soul Society. Senna levitated in the air for a few moments, forcefully breaking apart the spirit particles in Urahara's training facility and absorbing them.

"Forgive me, Aki Nai, for everything. There's something I must do to make up for all the pain and suffering I have caused Soul Society. I will most likely not live to see the sunset today, so this will be the last time we see each other. Hontouni Gomen...Sayonara." Senna said in a low voice before her wings covered her completely, transforming her into a shroud of energy.

Moments later, Autumn covered his eyes as the shroud of energy shot off into the sky, yielding a loud bang as she headed in the direction where Aizen, Tousen, and the arrancar faced off against the captains of Soul Society.

***

The captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13 turned their attention away from the battlefield as a bright flash of light appeared in the middle of the battlefield. The light dispersing, Senna stood in the sky, levitated by glowing wings of energy as she looked back at the shinigami captains that had turned their attention to her. Behind her, she noticed a large ball of flames along with the top three Espada that stood opposing the shinigami.

"Matabi Senna, your betrayal of Soul Society is unacceptable. If you have truly decided to join forces with-" Captian Commander Yamamoto Genryuusai began to say.

"Yamamoto... For once, I am doing what I should have done long ago." Senna interrupted before clasping her hands together, causing the appearance of countless points of red lights.

The points of light began to join together, forming lines that connected each other to form a massive sphere in the sky that encompassed herself and a large ball of flames that was suspended in the sky. Upon seeing the formation of this barrier, the three Espada quickly escaped from the reach of Senna's barrier with a sonido, appearing right at the periphery of it as the barrier was closed off and completed, a massive glowing red sphere made up of countless buttresses of energy except for a large cubed area in the middle that contained herself and the large ball of flames.

"Matabi Senna, what is the meaning of this?" Yamamoto demanded.

"My name... is Aizen Senna." Senna announced, causing a look of shock to appear in the faces of the older captains that knew the name.

Senna then waved her hand, causing a sharp wave of energy to shoot out at the ball of flames, causing a massive explosion to occur inside the barrier. As the smoke cleared up, Aizen Sousuke and Tousen Kaname stood in the place of that large ball of flames.

"I was under the impression you were here to take out Urahara Kisuke. But...his reiatsu still lingers. I'm surprised you would come to my aid before completing what you came here to do." Aizen said with a grin.

"Senna... you've got to be kidding me. You came here to kill Urahara Kisuke?" Captain Ukitake asked in shock upon hearing this.

"No, Sousuke. Unlike you, I'm not willing to kill anyone just for personal gain. You, on the other hand..." Senna replied as she held out her right hand towards her brother and Tousen Kaname, causing multiple beams of energy to shoot out from her wings and gather in her palm. "I am more than willing to kill."

Senna then fired off a large beam of blue energy at Aizen Sousuke and Tousen Kaname, causing a massive explosion to take place upon impact.

Sasurau looks at Urahara and Shinji as they arive.

"So you guys decided to come after all. Well I guess it about time to get this over with."

Urahara Looks around and notices the 15 Arrancar standing around Sasurau and in there released state.

"Sasurau what do you plan on doing?"

"You might want to get back Urahara. This is going to be big." Sasurau smiles.

Urahara yells at Shinji. "GET BACK SHINJI."

As soon as Shinji and Urahara shunpo 2 miles away a blue orb forms around Sasurau creating a 2 mile diameter bubble of blue light. An explosion occurs and smoke rises from the area the blue light came from. Urahara jumps into the smoke to see what happens. He jumps into a 2 miled wide crator.

"Sasurau!!! Sasurau!!! Where are you!?!?!?!" Urahara Spots Sasurau in the middle of the crator the top of his robes blown off and his spiritual pressure back to normal. Urahara sighs in releif. "Sasurau are you ok?"

Sasurau looks back at Urahara and smiles. "Go....Goo.....Good-bye Urahara" Sasurau says in painful voice.

Urahara looks at Sasurau. "What do you mean? You're ok aren't you?"

Urahara looks shocked as Sasuru's Joints start forming cuts. Sasurau's old scars start to open up again. Blood starts spurting out his cuts and mouth. Sasurau's body fall lifelessly. Landing in a pool of his own blood. His spiritual pressure fading.

"Sasurau!!!!!" Urahara rushes to Sasurau's body. Shinji appears next to Urahara. "I think he truely is dead this time Shinji."

"I see that Urahara. Lets get back to the fight. Leave the body here."

"Ok Shinji lets go."

Urahara and Shinji shunpo towards where the captains and Senna are. Yammoto looks at them both.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Thought we could help."

Shinji looks towards Senna. "Senna, Sasurau is dead."

The captains looked shocked at what Shinji just said.

Ukitake speaks up. "Wh...Wh...What did you just say, Shinji?"

Shinji looks towards him. "Sasurau is dead. He killed him self and 15 Arrancars in the prosses. Maybe even more before we got there."

Yammoto looks at Ukitake and Kyoraku. "Why are you two looking so down? HE was an exile. He was thrown out of the Soul Society for getting 2 captains killed. Another 2 close friends of yours right?"

They both say together. "Yes."

"So don't feel sorry for that man. Him dieing is the best thing that could happen to this world and the Soul Society. Now lets get on with this fight."

The Captains, Urahara, Shinji, and Senna return there attention towards Aizen and Tousen.

With a flash of light she was gone. Again, she had left him behind. But things were different now........

Now she knew.

And so it was time. It was time to finish this, because he knew that she would survive. After seeing her power there was no way she could die easily. But it wasn't her ablities that guaranteed her survival, it was a conversation he had with Yamamoto from so long ago.

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The old man didn't seem any younger, and in fact seemed to be aging at an increased rate. There was a deep sigh.

"Aki Nai. Why did you stay in the Rukongai with her? You knew you were endangering yourself. It was never like you to fall so easily."

Yamamoto looked at the Exile. They had agreed to meet without confrontation. Autumn was surprised this was what they were talking about. He looked out at nothing in particular.

"Yes.......but I fell hard. She turned out to be everything I could ever want. And quite suddenly, well......she was taken from me. I feel incomplete old man, as if there is a part of me missing."

Yamamoto smiled. He then spoke words that Autumn would never forget.

"I never told you...did I.....about why I chose you as my appretence."

Autumn looked with wide eyes at the old man. He had always wondered but he kept silent.

"There is a power in you, beyond Explosi, that makes you dynamic. Senna is incredibly powerful, but there is an inexperience that she can never change. She won't be able to use her power well, as she doesn't train it. But you, you have trained, and I now know that even you, great Exile, could hold your own against me. But one day Senna will try and kill her brother. You will have to be there for her, because although she won't accept you back as her love, she will require her other half. You......Aki Nai.....are that other half. On that day, you will be her only hope. Make sure she gets out of there alive..........."

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Autumn shunpo'd to the battleground. He had been right behind her, but her speed was unreachable. He didn't understand how he could possibly help her, but he would die trying. He stopped just as Aizen was engulfed with an explosion. He shunpo'd next to Senna. For a moment she was surprised. His words quieted any questions that may have come from her mouth.

"Look, you have no reason to be sorry. I want to thank you love, for being my everything. For so long, your simple memory has pressed me on, in spite of those who wished to destroy me. You are my shield Senna, and you have been for a long time. But now, you are frankly in over your head. So I'm asking that you take my hand, so that I may transfer my power to you. After that, you will win. Please.........let this be my last goodbye love."

Autumn looked at her and stretched out his hand.

Now stares down the three espada with and the massive fire that both Aizen and Tosan are held within.

"I have no intrest in these three. Im only after Aizen I don't care about the rest."

He goes and takes a seat on a nearby building.

"Old man I said id help you fight Aizen not these three so you soul reapers can handle them. Once you are finaly willing to fight Aizen ill join the battle."

Upon seeing the massive ball of energy being fired at them, Aizen Sousuke and Tousen Kaname draw out their swords, holding it out to push back the oncoming blast. After several seconds, they manage to successfully deflect it towards the barrier, causing a massive explosion as it collided. Moments later, the smoke cleared, revealing a barrier that was unscratched by the attack, along with Aizen and Tousen standing unscratched from that attack. Upon seeing this, Senna took a few steps back in disbelief that they were able to defend against that attack. She turned around quickly upon feeling the presence of someone behind her to see Autumn, who had entered the barrier before it closed up without her realizing it.

Senna looked back at the shinigami, his right hand stretched out towards her. She wanted to look away from the shinigami whom she had left behind over a century ago. She made a resolve to kill her brother, even if it meant killing herself in the process. His presence here, however, made it a lot harder for her. She couldn't bear to speak with him any longer, the person that even stood idly by as everything about her was changed, even when she fell for her captain Hirako Shinji. She had tried to leave him behind to confront her brother, hoping to leave him in the past, trapped in her forgotten memories. Him following her had broken her resolve and determination to approach this fight emotionless, in the same way that her brother was approaching this fight against Soul Society.

"Are you really going to sacrifice yourself?" Amatsukaze said to Senna in her mind.

"I can't...Not with him here." Senna replied back

"You were so firm in your decision just a minute ago, why change your mind over that shinigami?" Her zanpaktou asked.

[i]"I've already caused him enough pain as it is, in the same way that my mere existance has caused everyone in Soul Society and even people here in the real world great pain. I can't bring myself to do it if it would mean I'd be killing him too." Senna answered.

"Senna. I've been behind you this whole time and I always will. Whatever you decide, I will be there on your side." Her zanpaktou responded.

"Arigato." Senna whispered out loud before looking at the shinigami again. "Autumn, you should not have followed me. This battle would be over by now had you not entered this barrier before it sealed up. Transfer your power? A part of me is a Quincy. If I even tried to take a portion of your power, I'd probably drain all of your reiatsu and kill you in the process. You saw what I was capable of at Urahara Shoten, I can't control the amount of energy I absorb. So long as there is free reishi around, my body will absorb every ounce of it unless I leave the area. That's the only reason why Urahara's facility isn't just a crater at the moment."

Senna noticed the look on the shinigami's face change to one of annoyance. She knew that he came here with good intentions of helping. What he did not know about her, however, has thrown her plan off.

"Second... I was not in over my head. I said it earlier that I will not survive this battle to see the sunset. Until you showed up, that wasn't a guess, it was a guarantee. The reason I absorbed the massive amount of energy back there wasn't so I could use it to fight in a normal battle, it was to sacrifice myself." Senna said as Autumn's eyes opened wide in shock at the sound of that. "You should know by now, that Mitsukai allows me to break the barrier that limits a shinigami's ability, in the same way that hollowfication works. The main difference is that with Mitsukai, it allows me to break the barriers of each of the four types of techniques used in shinigami combat with a single ability capable of surpassing all others: Heki for Kido, Senkou for footwork, Shunko for hand-to-hand combat. All of those you should have seen or felt during the course of the last few days. However, there was one final aspect of shinigami combat that I have not yet used to break the limits of a shinigami: swordsmanship. I had planned on sacrificing myself to activate that final ability...Awaseru. Activation of that would have fused myself and the energy I had collected earlier with my zanpaktou, creating a sentient zanpaktou release over 10,000 times more powerful than a normal zanpaktou. You showing up within the boundaries of this barrier I had purposely set up, however, has complicated things." Senna said, causing Tousen Kaname to furrow his brow in concern of what she had said.

"Although Kisuke was with me the whole time supervising my training, he had been gone for over a century. This was something that noone knew about, not even him. The power of that fusion would have been enough to instantly kill anything within the boundaries of this barrier. Only one other such zanpaktou has ever existed in the history of Soul Society. It's owner was a former King of Soul Society, King Kakou, who sacrificed himself in order to create a weapon strong enough to maintain peace in Soul Society against the most heinous of criminals. It is a weapon that you should be familiar with. It's name was...Sokyoku." Senna continued, causing Autumn's face to change to one of horror.

Horror crossed Autumn's features. So that was her intentions, to completely sacrifice herself in the hope that the weapon would hold back evil. She was so confident in her abilities, so sure it would work.....that she was missing a huge part of the equation. He knew the story of King Kakou, he was familiar with the details. The King had hundreds of years to train for it. She had about a day.

In other words, she was dead.

It wasn't a slight on her power, it was the truth of inexperience. She wouldn't know how to control it, as it was a technique with insurmountable amounts of precision and depth. In short, she would kill herself in the process, completely nulling her good intentions. Although honorable in idea, she was missing the reality of the situation. Not only that, but she had underestimated Autumn.

Autumn was considered one of the greatest Shinigami of all time, surpassing all Captains, young and old. Some said he could go against Yamamoto. Some said he could kill the old Shinigami. Autumn wasn't sure how much of that was true. It was told that his Explosi technique was unlimited in potential, much like Senna's Quincy abilities, in that it could surpass the boundaries of a normal Shinigami. That wasn't true. The four techniques of Shinigami combat were absolute. Autumn had done his research. He had gone to the edge, and looked in the valley below. Upon surpassing those boundaries the Soul would overload in theory, destroy itself from the inside out. It was a terrible truth, that too much power could kill someone. The Quincy and Arrancar powers were different, and by bridging the gap you were able to go beyond everything you thought imaginable, including the Shinigami limits. And most believed that several Shinigami had reached the limit, and peaked in power. Autumn didn't believe this was true.

King Kakou had nearly reached the Shinigami limit, and had been capable of destroying anything that stood in his way. He had created the Sokyoku in order to prevent future disruption and attack. He had never been in any immenent danger, that threatened his life, no, his sacrifice was a willing protection of those in the future, including the two that Senna faced right now. But Kakou was only peaked in swordsman ship, his other skills suffered greatly from his training to create the God Sword. And so Autumn had questioned.....what would happen if a Shinigami reached the whole limit, and not just a part of it? If so, would normal Shinigami be able to kill Arrancar, go beyond Bankai, and prove that the assumed was incorrect? The Captains of today were far from the ultimate's, and far from peaking. Autumn had realized this. And realized the implications.

If the Shinigami were far from peaking, so were the Quincy and Arrancar. Which meant that no one had a clue how far a soul could really go. It was this, that had pressed Autumn on. After obtaining Bankai, the "ultimate state" of a Shinigami's swordsmanship, he had felt incomplete. And so he had pushed further, and further. Using Explosi as his foundation, he had ventured to become one of the most powerful Shinigami in the world, able to become almost invisible to those around him, move at a speed unheard of, destroy anything. A literal Death God.

And she hadn't realized it yet.

His suppression was incredible, and he had hid it up to now. So far, this battle had been easy, but he knew things would get hard. Aizen was beyond the limits, the true limits, of a Shinigami. He couldn't hope to kill Aizen alone. But neither could Senna, because Autumn had to show her she could go beyond. Right now, he was sure he could keep up with her in a fight. But he hadn't wanted to show anyone. Unfortunately, that was out of the question. Now was time to reveal the true power of the Death God's, the ones long forgotten by the shortsighted unbelieving Shinigami of today.........

What had happened to yesterday?

Looking at Senna he narrowed his eyes, all emotion draining from his face, as bitter sadness came.

"You fool. How much you presume, that you will be able to amass such a powerful weapon. For the record, it would have only been about eight thousand times more powerful, and not enough to kill Aizen. Do you think it ends like this? You don't even know the truth of your own power. Do you realize how far you can really go?"

With this he unleashed, beyond Bankai. He didn't have a name for it, so he used the most fitting name he could.

"You bring a dagger to a sword fight Senna. You'll be dead before you can draw."

His eyes and hair went white, as an enormous explosion rocked the earth. The ground shattered underneath him, but the pulses of his energy kept everyone mid floating. He unsheathed his Zanpakuto, as the Captains around dropped to their knees. Yamamoto stood in reverance, understanding how strong his star pupil had become. His Reiatsu soared, beyond that which was currently thought possible. He was oh so close. Still, he would have to peak. A beautiful sound occured as power matched wind, creating a soft wail in the air. Autumn stood with cold determination, floating in the air, watching Senna's face as he went beyond her power. She was potentially stronger than he was. But right now, she wasn't even close. She needed to train. After that, she could kill Aizen without killing herself. No it wouldn't end here. Not if Aki Nai had anything to say about it. And with a wave of his Zanpakuto his power suddenly vanished, yet he stood there with his changed appearance. His blade was now pure white. His eyes and hair matched his Zanpakuto, and amazingly he looked even more attractive. Standing in front of her, he realized this wasn't what she had expected. He understood he had more to teach her.

"It took me a long time to learn that Explosi was a heaven based power, just as Aizen resides in the pits of hell. I'm able to breach the gap between these worlds. But I'm not even close. You could destroy me, if you actually spent some time working on it. I'm not wasting any strength, and I'm beyond you. You would kill yourself to get a little bit stronger, but you wouldn't even surpass the Shinigami limits. No, you need to combine your Quincy abilities with your Shinigami abilities. Now come on. Aizen has left, but he'll be back."

He shattered the barrier around them, and pointed in the direction of where Aizen had stood. He had broken through the barrier and had left early. Autumn looked at her as his hair went back to red and black, and his Zanpakuto changed.

"Come Senna, there is much more to do."

Sasurau Gets up from his pool of blood.

"Stage 1 completed, Now time for stage 2."

Sasurau walks away from the pit.

Its time to unleash it. Autumn isn't the only one who has gone beyond bankai.

Sasurau disappears from the top of the pit and his spiritual preasure goes with him.