Ri appeared right in front of Grimmjow as he was talking to Nel. She was covered head to toe in the blood of the menos. Hearing what he said to Nel she growls at him, "Her powers have been blocked from her.....she is still powerful enough to kill a menos if she wanted to." Ignoring any of his replies she turns to face Nel, dispels any of her barriers and picks her up. She then turns to Grimmjow."We will be leaving now." She says in her wispy voice and turns away from him.

Orihime eyes get big when she hears Ichigo ask if she could stay behind. She darts a quick look at Yourichi and then back to him. "I'll go!", she smiles. "I would like to come help." She runs back towards her bed room. "Just let me get some day clothes on and we can head out!" She says as she runs down her hallway.

Grimmjow just grumbled to himself. "Fine, do as you wish." He then shimmered away and back towards Hueco Mundo.

Ichigo groaned as he watch Orihime run off. "I really don't like her going.... she could get hurt." He ran a hand down his face, feeling a lot more tired than he was.
Remembering the door, he turned and picked it up and tried to put it back in place. While he worked, he suddenly let it slip, and it bonked on his head. He yelped suddenly and grabbed his head and shook with pain. "Ow ow ow ow...." He grunted.

(Ohh my poor CutieFace! ~huggles her to my breast~ I offer my deepest appologies for the loss of your mother. My mother-in-law has had three kinds of cancer in the past year and it only keeps spreading so please beleive me when I say, I feel you sorrow deeply. Please do not hesitate if you need anything at all. I will personally do my best to make you the littlest bit happy!

In any matter, I've returned from my seven week get-away and am very eager to return to our role playing and building a new online family! I hope we've not lost any participants in this thread and hope everyone is doing well. Let's get this show back on the road! ^l_-^ ~<3 )


Yoruichi watched Ichigo's clumsy movement from the sidewalk of the street. He questioned how a fifteen year old could hold so much power, but at the same time be so foolish in his moving outside of a fight.



Nel's cheecks puffed up with infuriation at Grimmjow's words. Useless? She tought to herself. Was she really, Useless? Scooped up in her protector's arms, Nel climbed over Houri's right shoulder and watched as the blue haired Espade bumpily disapeared into the distance.
"WAAAAAIIIIT!" Nel suddenly shouted fighting to break Ri's hold on her. She squirmed and squigled until she fell to the ground with a hard PLOP and ran over to the rock she'd dropped when Ri told her to hide. The young arrancar stage dove over the onyx black rock and growled up at Grimmjow. Her cricked baby teeth bared in protection of what she had searched for.

Surprised when Nel yelled in her ear and started to squirm, Ri loosed her hold and watched as Nel dived towards something. Smiling slightly when she bared her teeth at the leaving Grimmjow, it quickly turned into a frown when he came back and bared his teeth back. Tensing and slightly starting to glow she watched as they interacted with each other, ready to harm anything that would hurt one of hers.


Orihime packed as quickly as she could...which included nearly every memento of her friends that she could find and...some other unmentionables. She started back to Ichigo when she heard a yelp, she hurried faster only to see Ichigo had let her door hit him on his head. Smiling she walked towards him and Yoruichi. "Don't worry about the door Kurosaki-kun...I never lock it anyways." She looked at Yoruichi, "Ready to get everyone else?"

Ichigo continued to rub his head. "Ah... okay." He blinked. He hoped Chad and Uryu were home. He wasn't about to go wandering to find them. Maybe Chad, but Uryu could just go to hell. Ichigo was only thinking that because his ex-fiend would probably just ignore the help wanted sign all over Ichigo's face and just say, 'I'm a Quincy, you're a Soul Reaper. We are not allies.' Ichigo huffed and grumbled aloud, cursing softly under his breath.

Grimmjow noticed the other person's sudden glow and he turned to her. "Not that I care, but why are you so protective of this little brat?" He asked, nudging Nel with his foot.

(Haha I know that Chesh, but in her cat form, she is a he... idk it's even that way in the manga...)


Taken back for a moment by her growls being met by equal, if not more fierce, growls, Nel scooped the rock into her arms. She looked up at Grimmjow with her large olive green eyes, waiting to see if he'd do something to take what she'd found from her.
"Not that I care, but why are you so protective of this little brat?" Grimmjow's voice sparked something in Nel's mind. A dream? No, a memory, from a long time ago. In her mind's eye, Nel was laid out on white sand polka dotted with mixed blood. Her own and someone elses, but who's?
In a moment, the tyke was brought from her day dream to see Houri standing behind her. Ri was talking to the man but the young arrancar kept her tounge still behind her jagged cricked teeth. She ran her hand over the thinner end of the oval rock, polishing the electric blue underneith the dust and dirt. In the sun light, the blue reflected a prism spectrum of colors over the forest grasses.
"Nel keeps this forever." She muttered to herself, unknowing that she was the unsuspecting holder of more then just a rock.



Time stood still in the mind of the cat who had been sent to round up the teenaged heros. This was no time for a compleat wild goose chance, and Ichigo, being the key fighter and strongest, would have to hasten his search or leave without the others. It was a difficult decision to make, but by the time Orihime had joined the pumpkin haired boy, he had decided what to do.
"Ichigo," Yoruichi said as the two slapped the door back on it's hinges and did a half assed job or reattaching it, "this will take to long. I am going to send both you and Orihime to Huncho Mundo. As I track down the others, I will send them along." The cat did an otherwise impossible black flip off the hood of a car parked on the side of the streat. In the space his body had out lined, a portal began to appear. A dark vortex swirling in the darkness of twilight.
"Go now." Yoruichi comanded of the duo. "Find the sorce of this strange new threat and keep it safe until further orders arive. Got it?"

Blinking slightly in shock, Orihime just looks at Ichigo to see his reply. She would rather have everyone go at the same time but....If time was important then they should go.

Narrowing her eyes at Grimmjow, Ri doesn't answer his question. Instead she senses something....off....and slowly looks down to Nel, watching her play with an oval shaped rock....now narrowing her eyes at the rock she asks, "Nel where did you find that?"

Ichigo just grunted. "All right then... let's go." He took Orihime's hand and led her through the portal and they were soon in Hueco Mundo. In mid-air in the middle of a forest. Ichigo yelped as they fell, and he just happened to flash-step to get Orihime just before they hit the ground. He set her down, blushing a little and then looked around, confused. "Okay.. never entered this way before... Stay close." He whispered the last words and made his way towards the high spiritual pressure he felt nearby.

Grimmjow suddenly snatched the rock from Nel's hands and eyed it curiously. "What the hell is this?" Suddenly, a powerful slam of spiritual pressure hit Grimmjow's senses. "Damn! What the hell?" He exclaimed, dropping the rock.

[[By the way... have Mr. Strawberry and Mr. Kitty met yet?]]

(Yes they have. This is the kinda like the groups third time to Hueco Mundo or somehting like that.)


Nel hugged the rock to her chest tightly and looked up at Houri. She was about to answer when she felt it slip from her distracted grip. Her olive green eyes widened with terror as she saw the rock be lifted into the air. Bottem lip quivering in fear that she'd lost what she searched for, Nel was paralyzed. A sudden spike of spirit pressure seemed to suround the rock in a flash, it's target was aimed on Grimmjow. The rock feel to the decayed forest floor and in an instant of bravery Nel stage dove onto it like a mother hen.
"MINE!" She souted loudly, snarling at the Espada. Nel lifted the rock and darted behind Houri for protection, unsure if Grimmjow would think it was her who'd caused him to feel the burst or not.



Yoruichi nodded in accomplishment to himself as the portal closed behind the red haired pair. For a moment, he glanced up at the star filled sky and wondered if he'd made the right choice. He had no time for that however, thinking about the dicision wouldn't change the conciquences now, Yoruichi had to find the others.

Blushing slightly when Ichigo held her hand, she followed him into the rip; then promptly squeaked in surprise when she started falling and gasped when he grabbed her. Slightly flustered from what had happened she could only nod when he told her to stay close and followed him.

Ri narrowed her eyes at Grimmjow as he went for the rock, she was about to tell him to put it down when she saw the spirit pressure build around the rock. She stared to walk towards Nel to protect her when the blast hit Grimmjow and Nel dived for it then scuttled behind her. Glancing at the now startled espada she turned slightly to Nel. "Let me see that Nel" she asked sternly.

Grimmjow's eyes widened at the rock and then again when he felt a certain presence coming closer. He was at first shocked, then his eyes widened and he grinned. "Kurosaki...." He hissed, and then perked his head up to sense the spiritual pressure of the substitute soul reaper.

Ichigo dared to go further into the forest and then finally caught the scent of his old nemesis. "Oh... hell no..." He growled, and turned around and started fleeing the other way, all the while dragging poor Orihime with him. "Sorry..." He panted. "Can't... be.. near... Grimmjow!" He explained, knowing she would understand from their last encounter.

Ri reached for the rock; then seeing movement out of the corner of her eyes, she glanced over at Grimmjow. Watching him glance around in first shock then pleasure, she was about to say something until the rock hit her hand. She then promptly dismisses him to look at it. At first glance it looks like someone carved designs into a oval rock. Her brows dipping in confusion, she looks closer at it.


Blinking in surprise when Ichigo started to curse, Orihime was about to ask what was wrong when he promptly turned and started to run the opposite direction. Dumb from shock at the sudden turn about, she couldn't get her legs to work properly until he told her about Grimmjow. Nodding in agreement, she then could keep the same pace as Ichigo as he released her so she could properly run.

[Toshiro muttered in annoyance as he entered his office and, as usual, found Matsumoto passed out on the couch with paperwork and sake bottles around her. He muttered under his breath before sending a small blast of icey reiatsu at her to wake her up, it eas easier than using a bucket of ice water. He sat down behind his desk and began to sort though the mountain of paperwork that had meraculously appeared there between the time he'd gone to bed and this morning. Paperwork was like an uncurable disease, no matter how much you fought it the problem would never go away.
Toshiro was destracted from these thoughts when a black butterfly flitted into the room. He raised a snowy white eyebrow as the butterfly made it's way over to him and relaid a message from the First Division.
'The Sou-Taicho wants to see me?' he silently thought curiously. Standing up he cast an annoyed look at Matsumoto before exiting his office and making his way to the First Division.
The meeting didn't take very long. In short Yamamoto wanted him to make his way to Hueco Mundo via Urahara's shop to investigate the strange occurences. Ichigo Kurosaki was already there but Toshiro had a strong suspecion that the old man was sending him to keep an eye on the orangette. Lamenting the fact that the division would fall even further behind with the paperwork Toshiro prepared to depart for Urahara's shop and then to Hueco Mundo.

Ichigo was about to just call off the mission but was attacked by a ferious beast and dragged to the ground. "Gah!" He gasped as he was being choked. "Orihime! Save yourself!" He then shut up as he heard the voice. He blinked. "N-Nel?" He asked, roughly unraveling the little arrancar's arms from his neck and took her by the waist and hoisted her up to his eyes' view. "Nel!" He grinned, and actually hugged her. "It's great to see you!" He suddenly perked up as he sensed another Soul Reaper. Just in view, Ichigo beamed once more and waved to Hitsugaya. "TOSHIRO!!!" He cried. "SWEET LUCK YOU'RE HERE!" He ran over to the captain with Nel on his shoulder.

Grimmjow flash-stepped and looked down at the group from a high tree, eyeing the orange-haired boy. He grinned slowly. "You'll pay from before, Kurosaki..." He growled.

((Update?))

**UPDATE**
(For new members and people looking to join)
Nel has found the thing that calls to her, it's an onyx black egg with mysterious anchient designs on it. Upon lifting the rock from it's sacred pedistle a shock wave was sent threw the spiritual world, sending great alert into the hearts of the Soul Society, and starting a chain reaction within the rock which will eventually lead to the release of the spirit of the evil demon whom was sealed inside. Captain Yamamoto has dispatched Toshiro, Ichigo and his friends into Hueco Mundo to investigate and put an end to the release of the evil spirit within the stone.
**Earlier we had Ulquiora and another of the espade (I forgot the name XD ) and Nel was given a lollipop which was laced with parasites but i'm not sure if those two players will be back, I'll try to get them on though. Maybe, if we find an Aizen, they could use the parasites to take Nel or use the power of the rock. Just a thought.



A smile covered the face of the young arrancar when Ichigo held her in his arms. Nel was over taken by joy and on the out side, must of looked like she was star struck. Ichigo placed her on his shoulders when a new pressence arrived and the three headed for the spot where the spiritual pressure radiated.
As they approched the pint sized captain of the tenth squad, Nel's smile faded into blank stair of curiosity. She didn't really care to much about what he could be thinking about her, not knowing she was considered possibly dangerous, and seeing the new face gave her the hope of making a new friend. She watched with wide eyes as the two spoke from her perched possition.

Toshiro refocused his attention to the child arrancar. Her hair was a light shade of teal, not disimilar to his own eye colour and her mask was on top of her head like a helmet. She was looking at him curiously now.

(Hey, just wondering but can I do Hyourinmaru as well since he's technically a part of Toshiro?)