<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Aizen gave Daisuke a simple glance that meant nobody was to fight within the 'lobby', then turned towards Jin again.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">"I'm sorry, Hinseihito-San, but I can't release her. Gin wants to play 'mad doctor' for a change."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Koichi gnashed his teeth at that comment. He'd expected something strange, but Gin acting like Kurotsuchi?! It was just too much.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"You BASTARD!!!"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">he said, his eyes turning pure black with golden irises. His mask suddenly formed on his face, and his voice began to warble as he spoke, with a certain bloodlust that made Nel cling to Daisuke in fear, burying her face into his gut.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#0033ff"><i>"Abrazar mi corazÃ³n...</i>"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">"I don't think so, Kit."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Aizen said. He placed his hand on the blade of Koichi's weapon, and the blade split into two blades, the hilt and tsuba splitting down the middle as well.<br/>
<br/>
At this, Ulquiorra grabbed the boy by the tail and threw him against the wall so hard that Koichi spat blood, a rib having pierced his right lung. He placed a finger at the boy's throat, pressing just enough to draw blood.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#009900">"You dare raise your hand against Aizen-Sama? He did not come to fight you, bastard child, but to send you back."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">"That's quite enough, Ulquiorra."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Aizen said. He continued as Ulquiorra let the boy down and Nel ran to his side.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">"Now, as Ulquiorra said, I have indeed come to send the rest of you back to the Seireitei. Now, if you would kindly step into the Garganta, it'll transport you to the Rukongai, about three blocks from the South Gate and Jidanbo."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Aizen held out his left hand, and a section of the air next to him tore open, as if a mouth had bitten down, then opened up, revealing a black tunnel to what seemed like nowhere. Koichi slowly limped towards the garganta, glad for an excuse to return home, and not once glancing back at the traitorous Ex-Captain. However, he did pause before entering the Garganta to cough up some more blood. Nel hesitated before the black maw in the air, but before she could turn away, Koichi grabbed her wrist, his eyes begging her to stay with him.<br/>
<br/>
Grimmjow, on the other hand, grabbed Daisuke and Jin by their collars and started to carry them towards the injured cat-boy.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">"You know, the Kit need some serious doctoring."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">he said. Then, he lowered his voice and added to Jin, </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ffff">"I'll keep an eye and ear out for the Chick. I have to stay here, anyways."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">-----<br/>
<br/>
"Well, if you say so. But before I go, can I ask you something, Ichimaru-San? About the kitten-boy?" Ririnette asked, wondering why the room suddenly felt so deathly empty.<br/>
<br/>
-----<br/>
<br/>
Meanwhile, in Karakura (wow, somewhere other than Hueco Mundo and Las Noches!)...<br/>
<br/>
A dark-skinned woman felt a sudden twinge of fear. She looked up at the blonde shopkeep who sat across from her. Her golden eyes betrayed the worry in her heart.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc9900">"Kisuke, my boy's in trouble. I can feel it in my heart."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffcccc">"I can sense a Garganta within the Rukongai, too. Should we go see what's happening, Yoruichi-San?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Without another word, Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi stepped into a small gate that Urahara had built, taking them to the Rukongai, where surprisingly enough, they met a familiar face.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff9933">"Hat'n'Clogs? Yoruichi-San? What brings you here?"</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#cc9900">"If you must know, Ichigo, there's a Garganta starting to open nearby. I think my son's hurt pretty badly, too."</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">As Yoruichi explained what she'd felt, the sky right next to them tore itself open, but any reishi that had been leaking was suddenly camouflaged to the point of non-existence.<br/>
<br/>
-----<br/>
<br/>
</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffffff">"Oh, and by the way, before you go, Hinseihito-San, why don't you look out the window? I'm sure you might see something you recognize."</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">Aizen said as he pointed to a small gurney being carried out of teh building by two low-ranked arrancar.<br/>
<br/>
Koichi glanced over his shoulder and  saw a woman's arm, clothed in a shinigami's shihakushou. however, instead of reacting, he dropped to the ground, coughing up more blood.</span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00"><i>"KOICHI-KUN!!!"</i></span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00">she cried, trying to catch him before he fell face first into the floor.<br/>
<br/>
His mask fell off, shattering upon contact with the hard stone floor, leaving the jaw fragment behind. Koichi glanced up towards Daisuke, as if to ask his friend and former Division teammate to help him walk. Then, without warning, Koichi passed out from the combined pain of his rib and the wound he'd recieved from Tenntou earlier.<br/>
<br/>
Nel tried to catch him, but her child form wasn't anywhere near strong enough to hold him up, and when she switched to her adult form, she held Koichi as if he was her child. </span><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#00ff00">"If you guys are going back, then I'm going too! I am NOT going to leave Koitsy-Kun in this condition!"</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffff00"><br/>
<br/>
With those words, Nel picked up her lover and started walking into the Garganta, not taking another second to look back and see if anybody was following her. The slight breeze within the dark causeway made her emerald green hair sway slightly, revealing a large '3' tattooed on her back, not to mention making the 'skirt' portion of her torn cloak rise enough to show of her jet black panties, but only for a split second.</span>