Author's note: Alright guys! Chapter 20! :D Yaaay! What's going to happen to Akemi now that Lita knows she was a shinigami?

Oh, and before I forget, thanks to everyone who's been actually reading my story! :) Those who have been sticking to the story I give my thanks. You guys make writing this story worthwhile.

Chapter 20: Trust

My blood ran cold. Lita pointed her blade towards me.

"Bleed, Shirohime." A blast of increased spiritual pressure appeared afterwards as she activated her resurreccion. Her green hair turned white with a long red streak going down the side of her hair. It was as if her body was turning into ice yet it was still able to move. Once the dust subsided, she stared at me with blank eyes, her zanpakuto nowhere in sight. Then, she slowly moved her hand and pointed at me. Suddenly, ice started to come from the frozen platform and, like projectiles, was launched towards me. I quickly dodged each of the projectiles with ease.

"Lita, I command you to stop this!" I yelled. "I won't fight you!"

She didn't listen but instead continued aiming projectiles at me. Well, it's her fault.

I quickly unsheathed my zanpakuto.

"Blind, Reimeiokami!" I commanded. My blade turned dark blue as the entire area around us turned pitch dark. The hollow mask fragments soon formed the entire mask around my face, the only thing that was able to be shown was my glowing eyes. You could say that because I was formerly a shinigami before I became an espada, I didn't have a resurreccion. Heavens knows why, though. Aizen should have given that attribute to me during the moment I became an arrancar….nevertheless, it didn't matter at the moment. Lita looked around.

"How unpleasant…You're simply making this into a light vs dark battle…We both know who will win." Lita said for the first time she activated her resurreccion.

"Oh, we shall see." I responded and pointed my zanpakuto towards her. "Endoresu Yami (Endless Darkness)."

The dark area soon shrunk around Lita, forming a huge ball all around her. I saw her trying to throw projectiles to break the ball, but to no avail.

"I'm sorry it had to end this way, my fraccion." I said as I pointed my blade upwards. "Sen sasa re (a thousand bites)."

I heard the sounds of various blades hitting their target in a point blank range. There was a silence…

I put my hand to my mask and removed it while sheathing my zanpakuto. The dark ball soon disappeared and Lita, who was no longer in her resurreccion, fell to the floor, bleeding almost everywhere accept for the head and her chest. I walked towards her, showing my neutral face.

"It's up to you whether you want to tell everyone here and if you want to continue being my fraccion. But now you know my power, and I know yours."

Then, I turned to leave. Once I was at the door, I stopped and turned my head. Lita was slowly getting up and soon, she was in a position where she was kneeling.

"I am….sorry for attacking you…..as I did…Akemi-sama…please forgive me….."

I sighed. "No. I am the one who should be asking you to forgive me. I should have told you sooner." I walked up to her and gave her my hand. "Can you stand?"

She gave a small nod and slowly started to stand.

"We need to take you to the nurse, immediately."

As we left the room, I knew that I had to be more cautious. Though I trusted Lita, I could feel the tension around her and I wondered if she still had the same trust that I had towards her.

Once I dropped off Lita at the nurse, I noticed Grimmjow stalking off somewhere.

"You seem crankier than usual." I said as I stared at Grimmjow's lost arm.

"You know d*nm right why I'm f*cking cranky, Usagi."

I smirked. "Ok, ok. By the way, what's going on?"

"Yammy, the new arrancar, Luppi, and I are going to the human world next week."

"I see…."

He had a smug on his face. "I can pay a special visit to your little shinigami disciple for ya…"

I glared at him. "She's nothing, Grimmjow."

"Really? Then what if I do you and your pathetic fraccion a favor by killing that stupid shinigami when I get there this week."

"She didn't do anything…" Then it was my turn to have a smug. "Besides, the one you should be more attentive to is Kurosaki Ichigo."

He frowned, turned away, and began to walk off. "You got that right, b*tch."

Once he was gone, I rubbed my temples. That idiot….As I walked back to my room, I looked out the window that faced the desolate landscape that is called Hueco Mundo. In just one week, they'll be in human world…but what's Aizen motive? I cursed under my breath and continued walking.

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It was a calm early afternoon. Hitsugaya, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Matsumoto, and I were relaxing in the park, simply talking to our zanpakuto.

"Che, we haven't had some action in a week." Yasusuzume said with disgust. I mentally grunted.

"Look, we'll get some action at one point or another."

"Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! You stupid piece of sh*t!" I heard Yumichika yell as he started 'slicing' the rock.

"Wow, I never knew you could use the s world 4 times in one sentence." I mumbled.

"Heh, you've never done that before, Hikari?" Ikkaku asked, opening one eye to look at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Hmph, I have…"

Ikkaku just smirked and closed his eyes in concentration. Unfortunately, it didn't last long when Rangiku and Yumichika started arguing and fighting.

"WILL BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP? IF YOU DON'T QUIET DOWN OVER THERE, I'M SENDING BOTH OF YOU TO SEIREITEI!" Hitsugaya yelled. When it semi-quieted down, he sighed. "Can't they talk to their zanpakutos without having to get into a fight?"

I shrugged. "I guess their personalities are just getting in the way."

Then, Hitsugaya turned to Ikkaku. "Is something wrong, Madarame?"

He shook his head but looked at the sky. "It looks like the clouds are moving faster..."

Suddenly, we all felt a strong reitsu that made us look up. A garganta opened and there were 4 arrancars that looked down at us. That's when I noticed one of them in an instance. That blue haired espada….

Suddenly, the blue haired espada dashed off to a different direction. We quickly grabbed our soul candy and plopped it in our mouths. Before we took off, Hitsugaya put a hand on my shoulder.

"Will you be alright, Kaori?" He asked. I smiled reassuringly after activating my shikai.

"Of course."

He nodded and the two of us quickly jumped up to confront our nemesis.

"They couldn't be here early…" I thought. "Aizen would be with them if it had started early…"

Suddenly, the brute fight started. As Hitsugaya and I fought espada 10, Yammy, the others fought espada 6 Luppi and a new arrancar…

Sorry guys! I was really, really lazy with this chapter. I have a feeling it sucks but I've been going through authors block for this chapter even though I'm following the plot line. Sigh…How sad. Er, anyways, I believe my story will have an alternate ending because I plan to finish the story on chapter 30 plus an epilogue. Hehe, I already have the epic ending in my head and it's so awesome! xD So, Ice and Fire Collide is ending pretty soon! :O Well, please review! Thanks