After shutting the 4 captains and Ryoka in Hueco Mundo, Aizen had taken off with his two fellow shinigami side by side as he entered The World of the Living. However the moment Aizen stepped foot in the town, he immediately knew something was different.

Aizen looked forward and came face to face with Head Captain Yammamoto. Standing behind him were the remaining members of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad.



Yanmamoto: It seems we made it in time.

Aizen: Made it in time? Now why would you say that? I'm well aware that what lies there is not Karakura Town. But that means nothing to me. Stark, Barragan, Harribel. Come.

Out of an Garganta, The final three espada, along with their fraccion, walked onto the battlefield.

Aizen: If Karakura Town is in the Soul Society, we'll just kill you here and create the Ouken in the Soul Society. That's all there is to it.

From a distance, Omaeda, Soi-Fon's lieutenant, looked panicked as he saw Aizen.

Omaeda: His Spiritual Pressure is monstrous, just the way I remember it!

Soi-Fon: If it scares you, you can run away. Coward.

Komamura's lieutenant, Tetsuzaemon Iba, faced his captain.

Iba: Should we go after the leader first?

Komamura: No, Aizen's powers are very special. In order to concentrate our attacks on him, we should defeat those around him first.

Kyoraku: Who do you suppose is the strongest among those three Espada?

Ukitake: That's hard to say. We'd have to ask Aizen.

Hitsugaya: The problem is that while we're fighting the Espada, there's no guarantee that Aizen and his men won't interfere.

Rangiku: You're right.

Yammamoto had a determined look on his face as he stared down Aizen.

Yammamoto: Stand back, everyone.

Render all things in the universe to ashes. Ryujinjakka.

Yammamoto's cane then shattered, revealing a zanpakuto underneath. He swung his blade, a huge pillar of fire spewing from it.

Kyoraku: Get down, Ukitake!

Ukitake: I know!

Yammamoto: Jokakuenjo. Aizen and the others won't be able to get past this wall of flames for a while. Now then, shall we crush them?

Ukitake: The Head Captain's pretty drastic, isn't he?

Kyoraku: Just goes to show how upset Old Man Yama is.

From the other side of the battlefield, Aizen and the other two shinigamis were surrounded by a wall of flames.

Gin: Jeez That's hot, hot. The Head Captain sure went overboard. What'll we do now, Captain Aizen? With all this, we won't be able to join in.

Aizen: We'll do nothing. It just means that this battle will end without the need for us to get our hands dirty. That is all.

From a distance, the elderly Espada, Barragan, looked over to the flames that Aizen was caught in.

Barragan: So, what should we do? There are hordes of enemies, while our "boss" is in that mess.

Harribel: That's no way to speak of Lord Aizen, Barragan.

Barragan: And that's no way to speak to me, Harribel.

Barragan snapped his fingers as his fraccion took out a literal bag of bones. After opening the bag, the bones rearrange itself to make a makeshift royal throne that Barragan sat in.



Barragan: Given that the boss is stuck, I will give the orders. I won't hear any complaints.

Starrk: Sounds good to me- Ow!

Starrk got kicked in the back by the girl standing beside him.

Starrk: What was that for, Lilynette? Ouch!

Lilynette: How can that be good?! What're you kissing ass for?! You're always kissing up to everyone, everywhere. Quit yakking. Try and look good for a change!

As Lilnette scolded (and attacked) Starrk, Barragan turned towards Yammamoto.

Barragan: The Enriched Spirit Zone beneath our feet is a fake, he said he said they replaced it with a replica built in the Soul Society. Boss said, all we have to do is invade the Soul Society and obtain the Enriched Spirit Zone. Is it really necessary to go through all that trouble? From what was said earlier, I figure it works like this. He said they erected four pillars on each side of the town and used the power of the pillars to swap the entire town. In that case, what would happen if we destroyed those pillars?

Barragan gave a signal to one of his fraccion members.

Barragan: Findorr!

Findorr: Yes, sir.

Findorr called 4 other arrancars to their location.



Barragan: I know where the pillars are located. It's standard practice to place things like that at the four cardinal points.

Omaeda: This is bad! They know! What're we going to do now?! If the pillars are destroyed, the Karakura Town that we sent to the Soul Society will come back! The real Karakura Town will become a battlefield! Karakura Town will return!

Yammamoto: You fool! Do you think I wouldn't assign anyone to such important locations?

The newly summoned arrancars were easily dispatched by the four protectors of the pillars: Hisagi, Kira, Ikkaku and Yumichika.



Omaeda was in awe.

Omaeda: What?! Madarame! Ayasegawa! Kira! Hisagi! You mean they weren't holding down the fort back home?! They weren't around when you had us assembled, so I felt like a winner, thinking "you are counting on me instead of them," "serves 'em right." That kind of thing!

Omaeda looked around to his fellow shinigamis.

Omaeda: What?! You mean, you all knew about this?!

Kyoraku: Of course.

Omaeda: What?!

He looked over to Rangiku.

Rangiku: Do you mind not speaking of us like we're you?

Omaeda: What?!

Soi-Fon: I did tell you. No doubt you were gnawing on fried crackers and missed what I said.

Omaeda: Huh?!

Rangiku: That's the only explanation! Stupid Omaeda!

Omaeda: Come on!

...

...

...

Soi-Fon: *thinking* Or maybe I did forget to tell him?



While the bickering was going on, Barragan started to think to himself.

Barragan: Four soldiers? So what? If there are four pillars guarded by four ants, then we'll squash them with four dragons.

Poww.

Chuhlhourne.

Abirama.

Findorr.



Crush them.



All four: YES, YOUR MAJESTY, AS YOU WISH!

The four arrancars split up immediately and made their way towards the four pillars.

The battle was intense. Yumichika fought Chuhlhourne. Kira fought Abirama. Hisagi fought Findorr. And Ikkaku fought Pow.

Hisagi, Kira and Yumichika all lost their fights, however, Ikkaku lost his fight, due to neglecting to use his full power against Poww. Thankfully, Captain Komamura saved the day, activating his Bankai to take out Poww. The last two members of Barragan's fraccion looked ahead in annoyance.

???1: They're dead, all of them.

???2: Those idiots!

Barragan slowly got off of his throne, however, one of his fraccion members reassured him.

???2: We're terribly sorry, Lord Barragan! We will do away with them immediately, so please have a seat and wait!

Soi-Fon: Who were you going to do away with?



Appearing behind Barragan and his fraccion, was Soi-Fon and Omaeda.

Soi-Fon: Are you going to do away with Komamura and the others? Or did you mean all of us? What's the matter?

???2: ...

Soi-Fon: Cat got your tongue? Depending on your reply, I will start by doing away with you guys. Well actually, I'm going to do away with you even if you don't reply.

Soi-Fon turned towards Omaeda.

Soi-Fon: Omaeda!

Omaeda: Y-Yes, sir!

Soi-Fon: You look stiff. Afraid of your first real battle in a while?

Omaeda: That's not true! I'm trembling with excitement!

Soi-Fon could easily call Omaeda's bluff.

Soi-Fon: You're so pathetic, I can't stand to look at you. I can't ask for a better opportunity. Find a good place along the way and die.

Omaeda: Huh?! What're you saying?! I'm not afraid, and I'm not stiff! What I mean is, I'm absolutely not going to die!

Soi-Fon: I see. Then don't die.

Omaeda: I won't! I don't need you to tell me that!



On the other side of the battlefield, Barragan spoke to his fraccion.

Barragan: Kill them. Don't let a single ant escape alive. There's no place for you to return as losers. Don't disappoint me. Don't let me walk a path that is not stained with the blood of our enemies. Say it! Who's subordinates are you?!

Both: Yes! We are the Fracciones of His Majesty! Emperor Barragan Louisenbairn! We will crush every enemy and stain the battlefield with their blood and flesh for you to see!

Soi-Fon and one the fraccion members clashed blades as they entered battle.

Meanwhile (Hitsugaya / Rangiku POV)

Hitsugaya and Rangkiu were surrounded by Harribel and her fraccion.

Rangiku: Captain! I'll handle these three. You take on the Espada behind them

Hitsugaya: Can you do it?

Rangiku: Yes.

Hitsugaya: All right. They're yours.

Apacci: You're not getting by us! You guys don't even have your precious little (Y/N) by your side!

Rangiku: I'm sure he wouldn't waste time fighting you if he was here.

Apacci: What was that-

Just then Hitsugaya disappeared in a blink of an eye, bypassing the fraccion and into Harribel's line of sight.

Apacci: That bastard! He really intends to fight Master Halibel!

Apacci was about to take off after Hitsugaya but was stopped by MIla Rose.

Mila Rose: Wait, Apache! Do that later!

Apacci: But Mila Rose! You're fine with that kid injuring Master Halibel?!

Mila Rose: Fool. Master Halibel drew her sword. That kid with the white hair doesn't stand a chance. If you still insist on helping her, take care of this woman first, then go.

Apacci: Come to think of it, earlier this one had the gall to say, "I'll handle these three."

Rangiku: My, you have surprisingly good hearing. I thought everything about you, your ears, face and figure were all bad.

Apacci: What was that, damn you?! Don't mess with me! Just 'cause you have some big jugs doesn't mean you're all hot!

Mila Rose: She's goading you. Don't fall for it each time. It's a real drag.

Rangiku: That's right. What that female gorilla says.

Mila Rose: What did you say?! Who're you calling a female gorilla, you cow!

Sung-Sun: Stop it, both of you. It's shameful. Becoming agitated is exactly what the enemy wants. I know you can't help your low intelligence, but do you mind not making trouble for me, too?

Both: Damn it, Sung-Sun, who's side are you on?!

The three arrancars started to bicker while Rangiku stood on the sidelines in annoyance.

(Meanwhile) (Y/N)'s POV

(Y/N) was breathing heavily as (Y/N) stood above him.

(Y/N): You're getting better, but at this pace you won't perfect hollowfication. We're running out of time...

(Y/N): I'm trying, but this is harder than you think...

(Y/N): *signs* It's because you're not concentrating on the right thing. Sure, you're focusing your energy on keeping up the hollowfication, but you're sacrificing your reaction time in the process. You have to make hollowfication and fighting simultaneously muscle memory. It must become second nature for you.

(Y/N): So what do you suggest?

(Y/N): You think this training is supposed to be some convoluted multi step lesson but it's as simple as "practice makes perfect". Remember, your hollowfication was already longer than most. The more you practice the easier it will be to juggle the energy needed for battle and hollowfication.

(Y/N): Easier said than done...

(Y/N): Alright Mr. Overseer let's continue. You're nearly there.

To be continued.