The war had finally ended with the forces of Soul Society being victorious. The toll had been high in the terms of lost life but that was the case on both sides. The arrancar had been decimated in the final assault that obliterated Los Noches. They had not been wiped out but there were so few left that Soul Society had deemed the war over as the Arrancar were unable to effectively regroup. The few survivors were scattered to the wind and fled for parts unknown to hide out and rebuild their strength.
From a pocket created from the falling debris Cirucci Thunderwitch took stock of her situation. She was powerless and stuck in the form of a girl of about sixteen. She tested her hollow strength and found that everything was gone. "Damn that Qunicy. What am I supposed to do now? I can't even go back to being a normal hollow. The bastard stripped me of everything including my dignity. I'm going to make him pay for the rest of his life, however short it may be!" Her stomach started to growl at that point. "What the hell is this? I'm not even able to adsorb spirit energy? What the hell did that bastard do to me?!"
Karakura Highschool:
"Achoo!" Uryuu Ichida rubbed his nose wondering what caused that.
"What's the matter Uryuu? Have you caught a cold?" Orihime asked with concern in her eyes.
"No, my nose just tickled. I'm fine." He answered.
"Must be some girl just spoke about you." Keigo Asano teased.
"Keigo, shut it." growled Uryuu.
Keigo ran off spreading rumors about some girl secretly talking about Ishida.
Ichigo having heard the entire conversation just smirked.
Los Noches ruins:
"Gezz, they sure wrecked this place. I wonder if there is anyone around any more." Cirucci wandered about finally emerging from the wreck and looked around for any signs of life. Nothing was on the horizon. "I guess that I'll have to find a way out of here now because if I don't I'll starve. The big question is where the hell do I go."
Suddenly the ground swelled like a wave from the ocean. Then the head of a hollow burst from the ground with two riders astride it's back.
"WooHooo!" Hollered the shorter of the two
"Gaaak! I got sand in my eyes!" Screamed the larger.
The large catipiller shaped mount came to a stop before Cirucci. It made a plaintive whine as it looked at her.
"Oh shit oh shit! It's one of Aizen's arrancar! Please don't kill us!" The smaller begged.
"Please don't hurt us the larger whimpered.
She took a good look at them and recognized the smaller. "YOU! You were the one with that Qunicy! Where is he now!"
"They all left after destroying this place. They said that the threat was over and that the traitors had been taken care of." the smaller answered.
"What's your name?" she said in her most threatening tone. She knew that in her current state she wasn't a match for any of them let alone a shinigami or Quincy. She had to bluff her way into getting what she needed.
"Pesshe, Pesshe Gatiishe your most magnificent." Pesshe was now on the ground groveling.
"And who are you?" She asked imperiously to the other.
"Dondo Chakka your eminence." Dondo said with his face on the ground trembling.
"Fine, Open a portal to the real world and take me there you humble servants." She commanded.
"Um, Maam, we promised Ichigo that we wouldn't go there ever. It's not like we wouldn't be happy to take you but a promise is a promise." Pesshe whined.
"Ichigo, that must have been one of the shinigami that invaded at the start." "I don't care if you come along, just open the portal." She screamed.
"Y-yes maam!" they both screamed.
They stood up and concentrated opening a rift in the space before them Cirucci stepped calmly into the rift and allowed it to swallow her.
After the rift closed the two looked at each other. "What was with her? Can't she do anything for herself?" Dondo asked.
"Women, they want everything done for them. Don't you know that by now?" Pesshe returned. "Let's get out of here before she comes back."
"Good idea."
Karakura Town:
About fifty feet over the park the rift opened emitting Cirucci. Her first sensation was falling. "AHHHHHH!!!!!" SPLASH! She hit the middle of the small pond in the middle of the park. Her last conscious thought "Damn that Quincy!" She lost consciousness.
Uryuu happened to be on his way home from school and heard the scream from the direction of the pond and ran to investigate. He saw the body of a girl floating on the surface not moving. Without thinking he dove in and made his way to her rolling her over so that her face was out of the water and started pulling her to safety. He dragged her up on the bank and took a look at her drawing back in horror. "Cirucci!" He exclaimed. Then he noticed that she had no presence in his senses as a spirit or hollow! Then he noticed that she wasn't breathing. "God damn it! Why are you here!" He started mouth to mouth to attempt to revive her. After a few breaths she started to sputter and gag.
She rolled over clutching her stomach heaving the last of the water from her lungs. When she had regained some control over her body she sat up with her head between her knees gasping for breath. "Thank you for pulling me out of the water." She managed not looking at her savior.
"What the hell are you doing here Cirucci Thunderwitch?" Uryuu asked.
Her head shot up in horror as she recognized the voice. "YOU! You saved me? I came here to kill you and you saved me?"
"In your present condition you couldn't kill anyone so stop the crap and tell me how you got here." Uryuu calmly told her.
She knew he was right and she was terrified that he would just kill her out of hand rather than even wait. By this time several people had gathered around and were looking at her wondering why she had gone swimming with her clothing on. "Um, well I had someone open a rift." She answered.
"What was that?" someone said.
"She said she had someone give her a lift." Uryuu clarified for the asker.
"Come on Cirucci, I'll take you somewhere so that you can get some dry clothes." He helped her to her feet. All the while he was trying to sense her spirit energy and could only feel the faintest presence. If he hadn't been standing right there and holding her hand he wouldn't have even felt that.
"I don't want anything from you Quincy. You have taken enough from me as it is." She shot at him.
"From the feel of things I may have given you more than you know." He countered.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She glared back at him.
He pulled her aside and threw his jacket over her shoulders. "It means that those people could see you. You're not an arrancar any more and from what I can sense you're not a hollow either. You are visible to normal people and from what I can see you don't have a hole in your body anymore."
Cirucci's eyes shot open as she digested this information. "What does this all mean?" Just then her stomach made its presence known.
"I think that we should get you some dry clothes for right now and some food for your body. It seems that you are hungry." Uryuu said with a bit of a smile on his face.
She grumbled. "Damn you Quincy, first you take away my power then you save me and now you're going to take care of me? You bastard."