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Ulquiorra's Past:
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Not be, but be

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What is there?

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THERE IS NOTHING

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I was born in a pit without a single ray of light

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Like somebody gathered and pressed together darkness

A mysterious place

Black... black

In the depths of the floors is the place I was born

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I had a white appearance

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All the ones around me were colored pitch black

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With their pitch black appearances, their eyes glinted and they bared their teeth, and were chewing on something

And

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I only had eyes

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I felt nothing

or perhaps

I have felt the blankness in me

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with nothing to listen to

nothing to devour

nothing to smell

nothing to touch and feel

without resting

without friends

I simply

walked alone

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THERE IS NOTHING

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There is no meaning at all too the things that reflect upon my eyes

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The things that do not reflect upon my eyes do not even exist

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I

walked

walked

walked

walked

walked

walked

walked

walked

and by the time

I thought about it

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I found something strange

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It was a mysterious, half clear thing that exists all over the world

It seems it is a place where beings are born

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My eyes were taken away from me for the first time in my life

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without color

without sound

without smell

without anything to say

just existing

That was the being closest to nothing out of everything I ever saw in my life

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Into that immensely large nothingness

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I decided to sink my body

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sfx: crack...

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There was nothing there

Even I lost my border lines and melted into that nothingness

I felt everything had completely disappeared

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HAPPINESS

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Inoue: Wah!

Inoue: You startled me!

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Inoue: Because you woke up right when I was about to wake you

I was startled

Inoue: But I was kinda relieved too

Uluquiorra-kun also has times when he sleeps huh?

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Uluquiorra: ......... it's Uluquiorra

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Uluquiorra: I already told you not to address me like a human

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Uluquiorra: When you call me it's Uluquiorra

Uluquiorra: Simply do that

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If there is something called happiness in this world it would be immensely close to rejection

Rejection means to not have anything

and above that

nothing to worry about losing

If that is not happiness, what would you say is

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There is no meaning at all too the things that reflect upon my eyes

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The things that do not reflect upon my eyes do not even exist

Harribel's Fate:
PG 1 1/2 The Hueco Mundo after Sōsuke Aizen left and all the Gargantas were closed returned to calmness. Thin scream-like winds blow over the destroyed Las Noches. The sound of sand picking up by being brushed by that wind. It was so quiet you could hear these things. In this quiet desert, a single animal lay on the floor. It had the appearance of a puppy with a Hollow Mask. The small hollow covered with soft white fur had a name called "Kukkapūro". Kukkapūro had lost most of his memories about himself. It was just that when he woke up, he found himself in Hueco Mundo as a Hollow. Still, he remembers a large hand petting his head and calling him "Kukkapūro". The fat fingers that tickled behind his ears. Only those important memories stayed clear inside him. In Hueco Mundo, which has lots of Spirit Particles, small hollows that can live just by breathing are only prey to other hollows. The only reason why Kukkapūro, who is on the very bottom of the food chain, was able to stay alive until now was no other than because he was always beside an extremely strong power force. Just by one glance, Kukkapūro thought "He is similar to the person important to me". Even though his each step was wide apart and the space between him and Kukkapūro expanded by the minute, Kukkapūro tried his best to run after him and catch up. He would always click his tongue when he saw Kukkapūro and never called his name. He never cradled him, petted him, or shared food with him. Still, he never tried to kill Kukkapūro. He never avoided Kukkapūro until the end.

PG 1 2/2  "It's so quiet...". This was the first thing Mila Rose, who just returned to Hueco Mundo through the Garganta said. One after another, Apacci, Sung-Sun, and lastly Tier Harribel land on the sandy surface. Behind her the Garganta silently closes, and the distraction of time and space disappeared. "Everything's a mess--". What Apacci saw was a Las Noches that had been greatly damaged after the immense battles. "It seems like everybody fought violently...". Covering her mouth with her hand hidden in her long sleeve, Sung-Sun looks up at the sky. Many parts of the sky roof had broken off, and the artificial blue sky that was made from the inside and Hueco Mundo's night sky spread across in patterns. Harribel simply looks at the battlefield for a while. Even the three that would usually kid around with each other caught on with Harribel and kept quiet next to her. Apacci who was behind Harribel to the right looked at her woundless body and clenched her fist. ".......Dammit!" she says in her mind. Until a few hours ago, Harribel... or rather, you would say Apacci and the three were all in a state that was close to death. On Harribel's body, there were two deep wounds; one was a deep, straight cut that went straight through the side of her chest made by Sōsuke Aizen's Zanpakutō, Kyōka Suigetsu, and the other cut going from her back to her left womb. Apacci, Sung-Sun, and Mila Rose had lost their left arms due to the creation of the Quimera Parca in the first place, and above that they had terrible burns all over their bodies from being roasted in Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's fire. Apacci could now touch her left arm with her right. The left arm was just there with no damage. There was no more pain

PG 2 1/2  left in any part of the body. "We... borrowed a human's power....!". Her clenched jaw makes a scraping sound. The one who healed their wounds was Orihime Inoue. The material world transfer that was performed by Mayuri Kurotsuchi switched the Karakura Town in Soul Society with the Fake in Karakura Town, and when this happened, the Arrancars who had passed out with deep wounds were also transfered along to Soul Society. Orihime, who came from Hueco Mundo to Soul Society through a Garganta with Rukia Kuchiki to meet up with Ichigo who had finished his battle was led by Apacci and went to town, healing their wounds there. Putting the three that were wounded by Genryūsai who held back aside, Harribel had two deep wounds that could lead to death. Probably nobody other than Orihime could of saved Harribel who was in a doomed situation. Even Apacci knew this very well. Still, she could not forgive the fact that even for a moment, she had handed over Harribel, who she worshipped most, to a mere human. Apacci frowns, and tightens the grip on her left arm. "Dammit all.....!". She also could not forgive herself for not being able to erase her gratitude towards Orihime.

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PG 2 2/2  The Western outskirts of Soul Society; Fake Karakura Town

Ichigo Kurosaki makes a piercing scream and faints right after he meets up with everyone.

"Kurosaki-kun!!"

"Ichigo!!"

"Kurosaki!!"

Rukia, Orihime, Renji Abarai, Uryū Ishida, and Yasutora Sado, who were rejoicing about their reunion just a moment ago all start desperately calling to Ichigo.

"Everybody, please calm down."

Saying this, Kisuke Urahara gently stops Orihime who was about to activate the Sōten Kishun by touching her hairpins. He nods to Orihime who looks up to him with a worried face, and turns to face everybody.

"Kurosaki san is alright. What is happening to him now will not take his life."

Sado breathes a sigh of relief after hearing Urahara's words, and picks up Ichigo who was facing the floor and gently rearranges his position so that his back would face the floor instead. The unconscious body is short on breath, and soon after a painful moan comes from Ichigo's mouth.

"What happened to Ichigo....?"

Worried over Ichigo's painful-looking actions, Rukia looks at Urahara.

"In order to beat Aizen, Kurosaki-san used the Final Getsuga Tenshō."

Uryū hears this and asks back "...The final?". Urahara breaths deeply, closes his eyes, and says this.

PG 3 1/2  "The attack called「Mugetsu」would for instance take all his powers from a Shinigami... that's what it does." Nobody could quickly understand what Urahara just said. The feeling of "I don't want to understand" may have unconsciously taken action. After a few second gap, Orihime mutters "It can't be...", and wobbles to the ground as if fainting. "The powers of a Shinigami..." Rukia stares at Ichigo as of she had forgotten how to blink.

"Does that mean Kurosaki will not be a Shinigami anymor....?!"

To Uryū who said this as if the words were pouring out, Urahara blankly states "Yes".

"Dammit!"

There was a feeling curling up inside Renji's chest that made him hate his own weakness which caused Ichigo, who wasn't even a member of Soul Society to use such a power, and the fact that they all had to rely on Ichigo.

"Ichigo...!"

Sado was also mad about his own weakness, and his clenched fist was bearing with this pain. Urahara waits for everybody to calm down, and continues talking. "Kurosaki-san fainted because he is in the first stage of losing his spiritual powers. With the help of Isshin-san, he used the flow of time in the Dangai and trained there for three months to complete his「Mugetsu」."

"Three months?!"

After Renji thoughtlessly yells this out, Uryū mumbles "So that explains why his hair grew longer..."

PG 3 2/2  Rukia compares the Ichigo she parted with in Hueco Mundo and the Ichigo in front of her eyes who is now three months older in her mind. Of course the hair, but it seems he grew a bit taller as well. Maybe it was just her imagination, but his face also seems a little more mature. Still, it had only been a few days since they went into Hueco Mundo in order to save Orihime until all the battles came to an end.

"I see that for you, it was a long battle..."

Rukia looks at Ichigo with sympathizing eyes.

"Right now in his real body, the time he spent in the Dangai is clashing with the normal time, creating an immense amount of pain, which caused him to faint; but this will not lead him to death."

"Isn't there anything I can do....?"

To Orihime who couldn't just sit there and watch doing nothing, Urahara simply says "Unfortunately" and shakes his head. "There is nothing we can do at tthe moment. By the time this clashing settles down, Kurosaki-san will hive lost all his Shinigami powers. This is the first stage of loss."

"Is something else going to happen after that?!"

Urahara nods to Rukia, and continues. "In the second stage, the rest of the Reiatsu left becomes stable and he wakes up... and then from there, the rest of the Reiatsu that is left will slowly drain from his body."

"If that happens, Ichigo will..." Sado says this and gulps. "Put aside Shinigami and Hollows, he'll probably also lose the ability to see normal wandering souls."

PG 4 1/2 Hearing Urahara's words, everybody was at a loss of words. Being able to see souls -- that was part of what made Ichigo who he was, and that was something very important to him; everybody knew this fact. Seeing the four who suddenly became quiet, looking at the floor with painful faces, Urahara brightens the mood with an energetic voice and says this.

"Well anyway, let us carry Kurosaki-san to the Emergency Center! After all, we can't return him to his house until the first stage ends. If their big brother suddenly came home looking a little older, his sisters would be surprised!"

"........Yeah"

The first one to look up was Renji.

"I guess even if we go crazy right here, nothin's gonna get solved. Hey, get a stretcher over here!" He calls to one of the members in the Fourth Division who were starting to take down the Fake Karakura Town. Then, two of the closest members come over immediately carrying a stretcher.

"Take this guy to the ER. He's the one that helped the most in this Sōsuke Aizen battle, so be careful with him."

"Yes sir!"

The two nod and answer a little nervously but excitedly. As a hero who ended this fight, Ichigo's name spread throughout the entire Gotei 13 like fire. Right when the two started building the stretcher and softly placing Ichigo onto the stretcher with care, Urahara and Uryū suddenly look up at the sky.

"Something's coming!"

PG 4 2/2 "This Reiatsu... a hollow?!"

The two who knew a lot about Reiatsu look around the sky. Seeing them, everyone else also looks up. In the deep blue sky, a single shadow was using a move called Sonido, a Hollow-only move, to travel. The shadow quickly approaches. It's movements were more like crashing down than landing. The Hollow that landed in front of the group was one of Tier Harribel's fraccion, Apacci. Her skin was burnt badly, the upper left side of her chest was cut from the middle, blood was flowing from her wounds, and she was in a critical condition where she could barely stand straight.

"So there were some left alive....!"

Renji places his hand on his Zanpakutō, Zabimaru, without taking his eyes off of her. Without a blink of an eye at Renji's actions, Apacci looks straight at Orihime.

"Hey, woman..... come.... with..... m.....e!"

Breathing heavily, she says this in bits. Seeing Apacci step towards Orihime, Rukia quickly gets in between the two with her back to Orihime, facing Apacci. Before Rukia could say anything, Apacci attempts to take another step forward, misses her step, wobbles, and losing her balance, she collapses to the ground.

"Damn... it....!"

Her hand that tries to push her body up from the ground painfully clenches some dirt.

"Sōten Kisshun!"

Orihime puts her hands on her hairpins, and activates her Shun Shun Rikka ability. Shunō and Ayame fly towards Apacci, and start healing her with a warm orange light.

PG 5 1/2 "Wait Inoue! She's a Hollow! No need to heal her!" Renji says with a rough voice. Orihime had been kidnapped by Hollows once. It was natural for him to feel that he never wanted her to even go near a Hollow ever again.

"But, I can't just leave her...!"

Orihime avoids Rukia's hand and runs toward Apacci. Even if it is a Hollow, she could not just sit there and ignore a wounded person. Apacci says this to Orihime who tries to concentrate on healing her.

"Don't mind me..... before that.... help Harribel-sama.......!"

A small raspy voice.

"But, your wounds are terrible too...."

"I beg of you!"

Apacci raises her head and grabs Orihime's wrist. It may be because of the pain, but her hands are shaking.

"Hurry, save Harribel-sama....!"

In those eyes, there was no hate, no killing intent, no lies. The only thing there was the will to save her friends; just like Orihime.

"........Okay! Please lead the way!"

Orihime undos the Sōten Kisshun, and helps Apacci stand up.

"I will go too. Grab on"

Rukia says this and supports the opposite arm; the left arm, paying close attention to the wound on that arm. Rukia was also hurt on the left arm,

PG 5 2/2 and she was bearing it with the help of a cast, but she tightly supports Apacci with her right arm that was left. Apacci's eyes widen for a moment as if she was surprised, but she silently puts her weight on the two.

"Ugh, you guys are useless.... here!"

Renji gets in front of the two and Apacci, turns his back towards them, and squats. He turns just his neck around and says this.

"You guys are in a hurry right? I'll carry you. It's not my thing, but out of here, I seem to have the least wounds, so......"

"Thank you, Abarai-kun!"

Orihime and Rukia carefully lean Apacci's body onto Renji's back. Renji stands up carrying Apacci and runs toward the Fake Town. Orihime and Uryū follow behind.

"Urahara, Chad, I'll leave Ichigo to you guys!"

Leaving Urahara who had to explain Ichigo's state in the Emergency Treatment Room, and Sado who had hurt hi sleg behind, Rukia also follows everyone else.

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Hueco Mundo.

Seeing something move in the shadows of the ruins, Sun-Sung shouts out "Who is it?!".

"Woof!"

PG 6 1/2 Kukkapūro was the one who came out from the shadows. He scampers towards the four over the cold sand like a ball rolling over.

"You're Yammy's......"

Harribel recalls how this small Hollow always followed Yammy around.

"In this area... I can feel traces of Yammy's Reiatsu."

Mila Rose stands next to Harribel and says this. They could tell from those traces that Yammy fought with all he could and died in battle.

"That damn Yammy, he was always actin' all tough but take a look at that!"

Even if Apacci talks in her normal tone, the two simply respond "Yeah" and "Yes" and lightly nod.

"What the... Dammit!"

She says this and kicks the sand. Apacci wanted to return to their normal life as soon as possible. She wanted to forget about humans, shinigamis, the battle in the World of Living, and all the happenings in Soul Society.

"Tch! They already sniffed us out....!"

Mila Rose, who was cautiously checking the Reiatsu in their surroundings quietly mutters this. Sun-Sung also nods, and tenses her shoulders.

"Indeed... it looks like many Adjuchas have approached this area."

The Hollows that never approached until now fearing the power of the Espadas' now start gathering around Las Noches once more.

"The fighting... will occur again..."

PG 6 2/2 Harribel frowns. Feelings of unwillingness buried her soul. To her, who thought ruling with immense power and fear would stop the unnecessary bloodshed and went under Aizen's command, this situation was what she didn't want to happen the most.

"Harribel-sama"

When she turned around to see who called, Sun-Sung was kneeling on the sand. Still having her head down, she says this.

"For Baraggan has passed away and Aizen has left, I feel Harribel-sama is the only one worthy of being the ruler of Hueco Mundo."

"I think so too!"

Then, Apacci also kneels down.

"Please become Hueco Mundo's new ruler!"

Mila Rose also kneels down.

Harribel sighs, and looking down at the three who were waiting for an answer from her, she says this.

"Hueco Mundo doesn't need a ruler."

When the three look up, they find Harribel shaking her head.

"A fake sun could not lighten up this darkness..."

There, a blue sky that Aizen had ordered to be constructed spread out.

"In Hueco Mundo, all that is needed is this darkness.... silent, darkness."

Harribel slowly blinks and starts walking towards the center of Las Noches. The three that stand up look at each other and silently nod.

PG 7 1/2 "We will follow you, Harribel-sama!"

Sun-Sung says this, and the three go after Harribel. But then, after five~six steps, Apacci stops and looks back at Kukkapūro, who was staring at the four talking the whole time.

"Yo shrimp! You'll get killed if ya just sit there!"

When she comes closer and picks him up, Kukkapūro whimpers and wiggles to get away from her. Seeing this, Sun-Sung says this in an annoyed tone. "Leave him be. Can you not tell he is saying he wants to stay here with all his might?" "Shaddup! Even if ya didn't tell me, I was 'bout to put him down just now, bastard." When Apacci puts him down, Kukkapūro happily barks and wags his tail.

"So you also have somthin' ya can't part with, huh?"

Mila Rose lightly pats Kukkapūro's head and returns to Harribel with along with the other two. The four seem to become smaller and smaller. Their footprints in the sand also get washed away by the wind and start fading away. Kukkapūro sees them off forever and ever....

Still thinking about his deceased master.