AN: I hope you all are still there. Took me quite some time to write this chapter. I wanted to get the enemy involved, but wasn't quite sure how to get it fit in the story. Well the chapter is finished now, thank goodness. I hope you will all enjoy it.

Power. It made him yearn for more. Indescribable power. He had searched ways to go all the way to the limit. Searched even beyond the limit. The King's Key, the way to the throne of Soul Society. It was only one of his objectives. To rule over all. Yet there was something else he had been searching for, but due to some interruption he was forced to lay his plans aside.

Yet he hadn't forgotten completely and maybe now was the time to set forth those plans he had abandoned all those years ago. One little boy was the cause of this interruption. One intelligent boy who had seen through his act and came as far as almost ruining everything.

Yet the boy was young and not experienced enough to take him on. He had managed to hold his façade, but he had to abandon his plan as to not let anyone else suspect anything.

Now he thought back to that day, maybe he had been too rash, too fast to see the job done. He had needed time to set everything right. That time would be now. He didn't need to hide behind a kind face anymore. Didn't need to act. So yes, now would be the perfect time to continue what he started all those years ago.

Release havoc among the world and enjoy the power and control over what he had released. Yes, he knew now it would have been too early to release them back then. He wouldn't have had the strength he now had. Not enough to have total control. He certainly would have lost the control.

But now? Now he was God, or would be very soon. The Hogyoku made sure of that. He understood it perfectly. He laughed silently to himself. Kisuke did a wonderful job, yet not to perfection. With his own addition he had made the Hogyoku complete. He made the tool to become God.

At first the Hogyoku was made to break down the barrier between a Shinigami and a Hollow. This was how he had made the Espada. Yet he lusted for more power and the Hogyoku started to show him. It started to show him it was capable of more. That was when it hit him. The Hogyoku wasn't just a tool; it had a mind of its own. It wanted a master that suited him. It chose him.

When he merged for the first time he just knew. No one would be able to beat him now. He would be immortal, unbeatable. He could not die, the Hogyoku would prevent it. Yet there were still some aspects he didn't know of. To what extent would this power go?

He felt it, this power. It was extendable, it would grow and grow. But was there a limit? Would it ever stop growing? That was a question he had no answer for.

But these questions could wait for now. There were still some tasks at hand that had to be done. There were plans to be made. He wouldn't be interrupted this time. He would not fail. He would release hell on Earth and then he would rule. Rule over Soul Society, rule over the world of the living, rule over Hueco Mundo (if he didn't already), hell he would even rule over Hell itself.

He would be their king and they would bow to him. Those Shinigami thought they could stop him? A little boy tried, came far, but died in the end. He wouldn't be stopped, couldn't be stopped. No, the Hogyoku prevented that.

He had investigated the matter some further and find out about more complications than he first had thought. Yes, it would have become a disaster had he released them early on. He could thank that boy for the interruption.

Beasts that trembled the earth beyond their feet.

Beasts that shrouded the earth in a blinding darkness.

They spread fear through the hearts of the living and the dead.

Hell spawned them, yet they were unwanted.

They were created after the seven deadly sins.

Pride.

Greed.

Lust.

Envy.

Gluttony.

Wrath.

Sloth.

Seven beasts, seven demons. They were the seven great demon lords. They were the rulers of hell, but that was going to change. He had plans with them and their powers were going to get in handy.

They were powerful beings, yet he had already enough power to overrule them.

His thoughts were interrupted when he felt the presence of Gin. The sly fox was hard to sense these days. He was like a snake, rather than a fox. Slithering, unable to keep a hold on to for too long. It made him wonder what Gin was thinking. He had a thought that Gin wasn't really faithful to him.

It was not that it bothered him. Gin was still useful to him. He still followed him. Yet for how long he didn't know.

"Gin," he spoke without looking to him.

"Aizen-taicho," Gin acknowledged.

"What news do you have for me?" he asked.

"A great contingent of Shinigami have been sent to England in the living world. It seems the majority of the group is made up of fuku-taicho rank and the Kurosaki boy seems to be amongst them," Gin answered.

"England?" Aizen asked curiously.

"Hai, Aizen-taicho," Gin answered.

"What is the mission they were sent on?" Aizen asked.

"Apparently a rise in Hollow activity has alerted them something was amiss," Gin answered.

"A rise in activity? That can't merely be enough to send a great group of high ranked Shinigami to the place of the activity," Aizen said.

"Hai, they sent the Kuchiki girl at first. She discovered something that was hidden from even our senses," Gin answered.

"And what might that be?" Aizen asked, his interest peaked.

"Apparently there are these people who call themselves Wizards and Witches. They can manipulate reiatsu in a way similar to kidou, yet they use a stick, they call a wand, to fire their spells," Gin answered.

"Sounds like an interesting lot. What else do you know about them?" Aizen asked.

"It seems like they are in war with a dark wizard who calls himself Lord Voldemort. Interesting part is that he isn't a wizard anymore," Gin replied.

"Oh? Continue," Aizen said.

"What I have heard is that he was defeated about 15 years ago. Cast from his body by a one-year-old boy, when he tried to kill the kid," Gin explained.

"So he should be dead then?" Aizen asked interested.

"Should be, but it seems he still wanders around," Gin replied.

"Do you have any idea of his location?" Aizen asked.

Gin frowned, curious of the sudden question of interest.

"He should be somewhere around London. The Arrancar we sent out didn't get a specific location," Gin informed.

"I see. Let them continue their search. I'd like to have a talk with him. He might come in handy," Aizen said.

"You're planning to give him the power of an Espada?" Gin asked curiously.

"Maybe, first I want to know how he clings to life and not appear to be a Hollow," Aizen said.

"So, what can you tell us about this thing? Would it be dangerous to enter?" Soi Fon asked the captain of the twelfth division.

"Would it be dangerous? Of course it would. It would probably suck us all in if we tried to open that curtain," Kurotsuchi answered.

He walked around the Veil once more, making sure his calculation was correct.

"Yes, it certainly would suck us in," he said with determination.

The next thing he did was summon a chain produced from a kidou spell and bound himself to something.

"What are you doing?" asked Soi Fon, confused.

"I'm going to investigate it of course, why else did you summon me here?" Kurotsuchi answered.

Soi Fon was about to warn Kurotsuchi that she wasn't bound to anything yet when he opened the curtain. As he had predicted a wind started to pick up, trying to suck in everything that it could. It seemed similar to a black hole. Soi Fon cursed as she was sucked in. It was like she was shot from a bow and was hurled in. Where she was hurled in she wasn't sure, but the place she had ended up in lacked any color.

She noticed this the moment she came to a stop. What she also noticed was the man that was levitating unconscious in midair. He was not the only one levitating here though. It was like there was no floor to stand on. There were also no walls to be seen. All around her seemed to consist of some kind of misty curtain.

As she focused enough she could spot people from behind the curtain of mist. Were these the people she had heard whispering? But why was this man in front of her unconscious while all those other people seemed to be all awake.

They seemed to try to get to her. The reishi in this place felt wrong. It felt similar to Hollows, yet it was different. The reiatsu she sensed from the spirits felt menacing as well. Yet this was different then the man in front of her.

She was certain now she had to get out of here. And she would take the man with her as well. It wasn't good for him to linger around in a place like this.

"That Kurotsuchi is going to pay for this," Soi Fon said as she was still angry at the mad scientist for not letting her bind herself to something before opening that damn curtain.

Well at least she had made a discovery in here. Taking a hold on the man she summoned her Bankai.

"Bankai," she almost screamed.

Her reiatsu flared up as her Zanpakuto started to change form. She turned her back to the opening, which was thankfully still open, and fired off her attack. She was immediately launched backwards and through the opening, along with the man she was holding in one arm.

Regaining her ground as soon as she was back in the room where the Veil was located she turned angrily on an amused Kurotsuchi.

"Next time warn me before you do something dangerous again," Soi Fon screamed angrily.

"Oh, but you did return alive didn't you? Not only that you brought someone with you," Kurotsuchi pointed out, before he walked curiously to the unconscious man.

"Don't think of doing anything to this man. Since I found him I'm in charge of him," Soi Fon said.

"Do as you want, maybe I can find someone of more interest in there," he muttered and turned back to the Veil.

"Fine, I'm going back," Soi Fon said, before opening a Senkai Gate and returned to Soul Society.

She brought the still unconscious man to the fourth division.

"What happened to him? Who is he?" asked Unohana immediately as she saw the man.

"I'm not sure. I found him in some weird dimension. Apparently that Veil was some kind of portal. Kurotsuchi is still investigating," Soi Fon answered.

"Very well. We will see what we can do and maybe he can tell us what happened when he wakes up," Unohana said, smiling her sweet smile.

With that Soi Fon left the barracks of the fourth division and went back to her own work.

AN: And that's another chapter done. Review please ^-^