Chapter 4: Day 1 as a Fraccion.

Aizen was sitting in his room, mulling on about the events that had happened yesterday. A shape-shifter by the name of Kyle 10 had visited Las Noches. While he had no knowledge of Arrancar, Hollows, Shinigami, or the Soul Society.

Of course, he questioned why I had no knowledge of these things, but saw potential in me the second I went Humongousaur in front of him. The interest he had in me only increased with every new transformation I used.

Gin walked in, saying, "Morning, Aizen."

Aizen said, "Good morning, Gin. Any news?"

"Kyle's making everybody antsy. Even Luppi wants to square off with him!"

Aizen said, "Who doesn't wish to challenge him?"

Gin then said, "But Szayel and Aaroniero are the most concerned about Kyle. I'm sure Aaroniero wants Szayel to turn Kyle into a Hollow so he can ingest him!"

Aizen said, "Is that so? It seems that I have to start setting some ground rules on him, seeing everyone is tempted. I'll have to make a point saying he belongs to Starrk, and Starrk alone."

Getting back to what I did, well, I had chosen Starrk as my leader. Lilynette and I got along pretty well together. Starrk couldn't believe his eyes seeing me get along with her so well, among all people here.

He said, "Usually Lilynette kicks me until I'm awake before I have to talk to her." I said, "Kicks you awake? Literally?"

Lilynette replied, "Yes. It's usually pretty fun to do. You wanna try it?" I said, "No. If Starrk-sama wants to nap, then he's gotta nap, right?"

Starrk rubbed the back of his head, and went back to sleep, but said, "Lilynette, start teaching Kyle about the different techniques Arrancar have." Before snoring again. Lilynette said, "Okay, Starrk."

I asked her, "Why don't you call him Starrk-sama?"

She replied, "It's a long story. We both came from the same Hollow."

I said, "We should get started on my training, then." I could wait to hear the story later. She started describing every technique an Arrancar could dish out, and what they were called. But she started training me herself first.

Lilynette said, "Come on, Kyle! Show me a transformation so we can get started!"

I said, "I dunno. Maybe I need to get familiar with the Arrancar's powers first."

She then said, "And what better way is there than to test it in combat first hand?" She pulled out a huge scimitar, making me gulp. Why Starrk lets her carry that, I don't know. I transformed into Diamondhead first.

"JETRAY!" I yelled. Lilynette charged at me. I dodged her attack, then blasted her with my eye beams. She slammed her sword on me, knocking me into the ground. She went at me again, then started constantly slamming her sword on me.

"I got you now!" She yelled. While constantly slamming her sword into my armor, I went Humongousaur.

"HUMONGOUSAUR!" I yelled, and punched her. She flew into the wall, then flew out, charging up a green energy ball. I put up my arms to shield it, then she blasted it out at me. I absorbed it, taking her beam like it was nothing.

She yelled, "HEY! THAT WAS MY STRONGEST CERO! That should've at least scratched you!" I shrugged, then punched her again.. She brought up her sword to block my fist, but it was too strong. She fell to the ground, and rubble piled up on her. I ran up to her. "You okay?" I asked.

I got a quick sword slash across the face in response. I backed up, but only in surprise. She ran at me, slashing her sword even more at me. I slapped her sword, getting it out of her grasp, then stared her down.. She gulped. I said, "Okay. Calm down. We're not trying to kill each other here." She got her courage back, then yelled, "But we're supposed to be going our hardest! How come you aren't?"

I said, "I haven't felt the need to yet. Besides, maybe Starrk-sama has an idea." After Lilynette's and my rather short battle, I reverted to normal, then we walked back to Starrk, who was still napping, as usual.

Lilynette said, "He's the one who knows about everything."

I asked her, "You don't?"

She said, "Starrk never trains me in much of anything anymore." I walked over to him, and started pushing on him. "Starrk-sama, it's time to get up!" Lilynette grabbed his groin, and he woke up immediately, screaming. I backed up in surprise, yelling, "LILYNETTE! WHAT THE HELL?"

She asked me, "And? It's the only way to wake him up if I need him." Starrk said, "What seems to be the problem, guys?" he looked at me rather than at Lilynette.

"Can you start to teach me how to get used to Arrancar powers?" Starrk nodded, saying, "Why didn't you just ask me earlier, Kyle? I would've been happy to teach you."

Lilynette said, in a rather annoyed tone, "You still sound rather unenthusiastic about it, Starrk."

Starrk first started to teach me about spirit energy. I tried to wrap my head around how it worked at first, much to Lilynette's impatience. It's like, the energy in your body, but it kind of isn't either. I still don't get it, but it's like harnessing what's inside you, and getting it behind your attacks, I guess. I dunno. Starrk then told me about Bala, the energy technique Yammy got me with. It's like, small energy balls. I got that much. Then Cero, which is the HUGE energy blasts. Those blasts tend to get pretty large. Even Lilynette's was kind of big, and I shuddered at the thought that some may be bigger than hers. Eek. Once Starrk told me about Sonido, the Arrancar's ability to move at super fast speeds, I remembered the troubles I had with it already. Dordonii and Gantenbainne pounded it into my head. Pesquisa was the ability to sense masses of spirit energy. There's also Hierro, which is the Arrancar's ability to use spiritual pressure to protect themselves from attacks. And finally, there was…

The Resurreccion. This power was to allow the Arrancar to use their Hollow powers, but I thought of it as a Super Mode the way Starrk described it. It was triggered by their swords, or whatever weapon they had, called Zanpakuto, and they had to say a certain line, which is different for each Arrancar, to trigger it. I absorbed each note with such accuracy, even Lilynette wondered how I could remember their strange names. I just figured they had Spanish roots, if not already Spanish themselves.

Starrk finally told me what Hollows and Arrancars were. Hollows were dead spirits that lost their center, then turned into mindless monsters. If a hollow regained their humanity at one point, they would become an Arrancar, but would still retain a hole somewhere on their body to say they were once a Hollow. It was thanks to Aizen so many Arrancar have changed. When I asked him if Aizen was going to do it to each one, Starrk shrugged.

Starrk then said, "Now, how about you two go back to training. I still need a nap." I sighed, then Lilynette kicked him in the back. Starrk got up immediately.

Lilynette said, "You are going to watch Kyle train, and that is that!"

Starrk said, "Okay! Okay. I'll watch." Suddenly, we heard knocking on Starrk's door. I wondered who it was, honestly, but Lilynette ran right over to the door, and opened it really fast while I attempted to catch up with her. I saw Harribel's Fraccion there. I said, "Hi, girls. How can I help you three?" Lilynette got on the defensive right away. The one with the unicorn horn on her head spoke first.

"We want to see what you can do in a real fight!" She said. The Amazon one, which made me immediately want to not look at her because of her exposed skin, said, "We should at least introduce ourselves, first, Apacci!"

Unicorn said, "What, Mila-Rose? It shouldn't matter whether or not we know who each person is! We should just stick to fighting!" The green haired one in the kimono just said to me, "Pardon these two. They argue all of the time. I am Sung-Sun." I raised my hand out to shake hers, and she did so. Lilynette was still on the defensive, while she watched me shake Sung-Sun's hand.

Lilynette thought to herself, 'I won't let these… these… teens get a hold of you!' I walked past her, and put myself in between the other two, putting up my arms to block themselves from hurting each other.

I said, "You two, Sung-Sun is right. You need to calm down." Unicorn said, "Who are you to say-" Amazon babe interrupted her.

"He is right, Apacci. We shouldn't argue in front of him. It sets a bad example for his and Lilynette's teamwork. I'm Mila-Rose, by the way." I shook her hand, too, after she offered it. Mila-Rose the pointed to Unicorn.

"That's Apacci. The most outspoken of all three of us." She was about to erupt at Mila-Rose again, but was able to keep it contained, and said to me, "Hi, kid." I said, "I'm Kyle 10, as I'm sure you've heard from Harribel." I came out from in between the two of them, and said, "So, you three wanted to see if I could handle myself in a fight with you?" I asked them, hoping they'd remember the subject.

Sung-Sun replied, "That is correct. We wish to battle you in person, so that, if we must work together, we'll know each other's capabilities." I nodded. Logical reason.

Apacci said, "But don't expect me to be impressed until you work your ass off!" I simply smirked. Apacci's getting my blood boiling. She's like a female Kevin!

Mila-Rose said, "Exactly. Can we take you to our quarters? Maybe it'd be a better place to train than what Starrk has. Harribel-sama also wishes to see you in battle against us."

I said, "Of course. But I think I need to ask Starrk-sama first…"

Starrk got up from behind us, saying, "Hey, girls. What brings you here?" He was rubbing one of his eyes as if trying to get the 'sleepies' out.

Mila-Rose said, "We were simply asking Kyle if he'd like to train with us, and he said yes." Starrk replied, "Lilynette's forcing me to stay up to watch him. Not that I don't want to, but I'm tired."

Lilynette said, "You're always tired, Starrk! Come on! You need to be there for your Fraccion!"

I said, "Hey, Lilynette, maybe you should keep Starrk awake while we're there!"

Lilynette said, "But I want to fight with you. Harribel can keep Starrk awake." I shrugged. Maybe she could. Either way, we headed to Harribel and her Fraccion's quarters. There was enough room for all five of us to fight. Harribel was standing, as if waiting for me the whole time. As soon as I got near her, I started blushing again. Oh hell! What is it about her that makes me blush on sight?

Harribel said, "Welcome, Kyle 10. I hope you show even more of your resourcefulness than you have shown us already." I finally got enough courage to look her in the eyes.

"W-w-well, Ms. Harribel, I only… want to…" I stuttered while talking to her. Apacci, Mila-Rose, and Sung-Sun all noticed right off. They eyed themselves with confusion. Lilynette started to really flare. How come I didn't get like this around her? Does she have some sort of hypnotic trance over me? She turned to look at Harribel with her one eye, and it was on fire. Harribel noticed, and thought, 'Lilynette's developed feelings for Kyle? This soon?' She closed her eyes, then said, "Apacci, Mila-Rose, Sung-Sun, take Kyle and Lilynette to the center stage. If you three are going to fight each other, you should do it there." I nodded, and ran past them. Lilynette, Apacci, Mila-Rose, and Sung-Sun followed me there, while Harribel turned to Starrk.

She asked, "You do know you have quite a prize, right?"

Starrk said, "I know he's strong. I don't know how strong, but he's been able to fight Yammy."

Harribel replied, "He may be in our league. Somewhere between you, Baraggan's and my power."

Starrk said, "Maybe. If he is, that's okay with me." Harribel nodded. "I will accept it if he is, as well. After all, he's only been here a day."

With us, Lilynette was staring down Harribel's Fraccion. I was, too. If there was a good time to test my teamwork with Lilynette, it was now. Apacci immediately fired a Cero towards us, once it was charged. We split apart, while Mila-Rose and Sung-Sun jumped to both sides of the smoke. Sung-Sun dived at me. I slapped the watch down, turning into Rath again.

"RATH!" I yelled at her. Sung-Sun pulled out a sai blade or whatever it was, and tried to charge me through with it. I grabbed it, and tossed her upwards, jumping after her. Mila-Rose pulled out her sword to attack Lilynette. Lilynette grabbed her own blade, and blocked it, but not before Mila-Rose sent her flying forward, into the ground. Apacci came for me while I was pounced at Sung-Sun. She pulled out chakrams, and had thrown them at me. They struck my skin. I growled at her, then charged full speed ahead at Apacci, tackling her into the ground.

"THAT'S YOUR FIRST MISTAKE, APACCI!" I yelled. "THROWING WEIRD BLADED WEAPONS AT RATH ONLY MAKES RATH MAD!" I punched her while she was still grounded. She had a Cero ready to fire, and Sung-Sun was flying towards me again. I rolled to the side, and Apacci fired her Cero, clobbering Sung-Sun in the chest. Sung-Sun flew into the ceiling. Apacci growled at me.

"HEY! YOU MADE ME ATTACK MY OWN TEAMMATE!" She yelled. "I KNOW!" I yelled back. As Rath, I was enjoying Apacci's yelling. It only made me want to yell more! And smash her more! A win-win situation! For Rath, anyway. Apacci flew at me while holding her blades again, and started slashing at me.

"TAKE THIS!" I heard Lilynette yelling at Mila-Rose. She fired her Cero into Mila-Rose at point blank range, and Mila-Rose only came out covered in smoke. Lilynette immediately got madder, and dashed her with her sword. They clanged, and she kept constantly slamming her sword into Mila-Rose's.

Mila-Rose said, "That's not going to get you anywhere!" Lilynette was yelling, "JERK! JERK! JERK!" On each clang of her sword attacks. I finally decided to give Lilynette a hand, and I punched Apacci away, and jumped up to get Mila-Rose, when Sung-Sun stopped me, and kicked me back into the ground. Apacci suddenly rematerialized over me, and did a drop kick to my face.

Apacci said, "You're dealing with me, tiger-boy!" I grabbed her leg, then slammed her into the ground face first. I then did an elbow drop on her. She did a small grunt of pain to it. I grabbed her head, and slammed her into the ground again.

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, APACCI!" I yelled. "NOBODY BEATS ON RATH'S FRIENDS, WITHOUT GETTING A MAJOR BEATING!" I grabbed her off the ground, and slammed her into the wall face-first. "OPHIUCUS FACEPLANT!" I yelled. I tossed her into the air, when Sung-Sun materialized in front of me, and blasted me with her Cero point blank. Apacci recovered, using Sonido to get next to Sung-Sun.

"How about helping me more, huh?" She yelled. Sung-Sun answered, "Apacci, I thought you didn't need my help in those moments before, so I decided to keep the fight between you and him." She sounded all smug about it. Apacci ran at me again, but I managed to grab her, and slam her into the ground, roaring as I did so. I saw Mila-Rose finally blast Lilynette with her Cero, and just got more angry. I slammed Apacci into the ground one final time, then pounced over Sung-Sun. I was ready for her reappearing in front of me, then I did a double-fisted smash to the back of her head, slamming her into the ground.

Starrk said, "Whoa." Harribel replied, "He's finally getting used to Sonido, I see." A voice said, "He definitely is, is he not?" Both Starrk and Harribel heard the voice, turning their heads in that direction. Szayel walked out. Starrk sighed.

He then said, "Szayel, he's my Fraccion. If your intent is to-" Szayel cut him off, saying, "No. I only wish to witness his forms in action. So far, only Rath. I was hoping he'd use another form by now."

Harribel said, "It's not what you have, it's how you use it." Starrk gave Szayel a more serious look. 'If he's going to be my friend, I will protect him,' he thought to himself as he was watching Szayel's expressions. 'It's what friends do.' He continued to say. Another voice came from the shadows.

"So, he's fighting the girls? It's a surprise to me he hasn't destroyed them yet." It was Nnoitra. He walked out, staring at Harribel, then at the battlefield, just having a straight face at the fact I didn't finish the girls yet. All of a sudden, he caught Lilynette in the middle of the action, recovering from Mila-Rose's Cero, as I tackled Mila-Rose before I collided with her, sending her flying into a wall. He heard me saying, "YOU OKAY, LILYNETTE GINGERBUCK?" Lilynette just slowly nodded, then smiled as I helped her up. The three girls had regrouped.

Nnoitra asked, "Starrk, is that YOUR girl down there, fighting?" Starrk nodded. "She asked to. So?" Harribel said, "I applaud her for joining Kyle, Nnoitra, just so you know." She narrowed her gaze at Nnoitra, as Szayel just started snickering at the fact Espadas Primera and Tercera were staring him down. Nnoitra started staring at him. Szayel shut up, turning his eyes to the battle we were having.

"LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, APACCI, MILA-ROSE, AND SUNG-SUN! NOBODY'S GONNA HURT LILYNETTE GINGERBUCK WHILE RATH'S ON THE JOB!" Lilynette stared at me like I was Superman all of a sudden. Apacci, Mila-Rose, and Sung-Sun, however, were startled and confused that I was able to counter Sonido. After enough Arrancar battles, they guessed I just expected any Arrancar to have it. Oh well. I growled at them. All three of them decided to charge me as a group. Lilynette jumped in front of me, and fired her Cero at them. They used Sonido to split into three again. Suddenly, they got us from all sides. They fired down their three Ceros at once, thinking that they had us. I grabbed Lilynette, and the explosion happened just as I grabbed her. When the smoke cleared, they saw a yellow shell of armor facing them.

Apacci asked, "What the hell is that yellow thing?"

"CANNONBOLT!" I yelled. Lilynette suddenly looked amazed. I asked her, "You okay now, too?" She nodded, but was sad she couldn't return the favor I just did for her right there, I could tell. Apacci just recklessly charged down at me, yelling, "WHAT THE HELL? NOTHING CAN STAND UP TO OUR CERO COMBINATION!" Szayel was smiling, as he knew he'd love Cannonbolt right away. I rolled up into a ball, and bounced towards Apacci, clobbering her full on in the face. I ricocheted off the walls, clobbering Mila-Rose, then Sung-Sun, and they were getting bashed while I was bouncing all over the ceiling and walls. I finally got them to regroup, and I knocked over the three of them like bowling pins after I landed next to Lilynette again.

"Cannonbolt is a heavily armored being that can roll into a ball, and can be used for demolition I bet! With his ability to ricochet off walls, it only adds to the speed of his attacks! Kyle, keeping such a form hidden! I can't believe you!" Szayel said. Nnoitra just scoffed. Cannonbolt didn't catch his interest. Starrk was nodding in agreement with Szayel. Harribel did the same thing. As crazy as Szayel seems, he's right about some things, they thought.

After the girls recovered from my bombardment of ricochet attacks, they knew they needed another plan. If Cannonbolt could withstand all three Ceros smashing into his back, they probably couldn't do much else to him. Apacci just started charging up another Cero, aiming at me I prepared to attack, but Lilynette slapped me aside, then charged hers, too. When Mila-Rose and Sung-Sun stepped in with their own, Lilynette fired. When Harribel's Fraccion fired, and they collided, Lilynette's was hopelessly out matched. Even though she kept up the pressure, she slammed into the wall behind her. I gasped, still recovering from the fact Lilynette slapped me aside just to prove something. I rolled to her, then reverted to human.

I said, "LILYNETTE!" I pulled her out of the hole, and checked her for any serious injuries. Nnoitra just scoffed again. "Trying to help that girl?" He said. "What a waste." Harribel and Starrk stared at him. Starrk nearly considered attacking him, but thought, 'It's not my style.' Harribel on the other hand, nearly grabbed her Zanpakuto out, but held back. I said, "Lilynette, what were you trying to prove?"

Lilynette said, "I wanted to pay you back for saving me, Kyle!" I face-palmed, then said, "Lilynette, you didn't have to do that." She stated, "No. I want to be your teammate! Teammates back each other up, right!" I nodded, but sighed.

She said, "What?" I said, "Lilynette, no. I would've been fine." I saw Apacci looming over me all of a sudden, and had a Cero ready to fire. My eyes widened.

Apacci yelled, "No one called for a timeout, KYLE!" She fired. I slapped my watch down, then turned into a small, scaly, green alien that looked like a woodchuck.

"UPCHUCK!" I yelled, as I opened my mouth. Apacci's eyes widened. As her Cero flew into my mouth, I was unaffected, then fired her whole attack back, plus some of my own power. It clobbered her with so much force, she flew upwards, and slammed into the ground as if I was Rath earlier slamming her. Szayel's eyes widened a lot, Harribel just lost her calm look for a second, Starrk even widened his eyes, and Nnoitra's one eye narrowed at the sight of this. 'I haven't seen that power since… her.' he thought to himself.

Szayel said, "Upchuck is truly a most amazing form! He has the ability to absorb energy in his mouth, then shoot it back! Hey, Nnoitra, doesn't that ability sound familiar?" Harribel turned to look at Nnoitra, but Starrk new exactly what Szayel was referring to. Nnoitra said, "Yes. It does." He muttered to himself. 'If that kid can really use that kind of a power, the Shinigami will have a lot to handle. That much I know.' Apacci got up, saying, "That was a cheap trick, Kyle! That's it! I'm gonna…" Both Mila-Rose and Sung-Sun restrained her. I saw the looks on their faces.

Sung-Sun said, "Apacci, I think we must concede defeat for now." Apacci yelled, "I can still take that…" Mila-Rose interrupted. "It's safe to say Kyle's superior to us, Apacci." She said. I said to Apacci, "You gonna be okay?" The size of that blast I shot at her had me worried. She only pulled out her chakrams, and stared me down. "I'm going to smash you!" She roared, before Lilynette had flown up to her, and slammed her sword on Apacci's chakrams.

Lilynette said, "I won't allow you to hurt him!" My eyes widened. Lilynette did enough to stop that triple Cero strike. Apacci said, "Stay out of this, Lilynette! This doesn't concern you anymore!" Mila-Rose and Sung-Sun just stood there stunned that Lilynette protected me all of a sudden like that. I opened my mouth to say something, but Harribel and Starrk appeared in front of Apacci. Harribel said, "Apacci, stand down." Apacci finally did. Lilynette followed suit. "Yes, Harribel-sama." She said. Harribel turned to me, and I blushed again.

She said to me, "Again, you have proven yourself to me, Kyle 10. I hope my Fraccion and I will be considered friends to you as well as Starrk and Lilynette." I said, "Sure, Miss Harribel, whatever you want." I changed back to human. We started relaxing down there, as Szayel and Nnoitra were still watching. I guess Szayel wanted to see more, and Nnoitra, I couldn't tell why.

"Hey, guys?" Apacci, Mila-Rose, and Sung-Sun responded to me. "What's the deal with Szayel and Nnoitra up there?"

Apacci decided to answer me. "Szayel's the Eighth Espada, as I'm sure you know already." I nodded. She continued, "And he's the top scientist of Las Noches."

Mila-Rose continued to explain. "He sees everyone as his experiments. That I'm sure you've noticed by now." I gave her a look saying, 'Yes. UGH!'

Sung-Sun then continued. "Nnoitra however, is the direct opposite of Szayel." Apacci interrupted her. "Yeah. A combat junkie. He thinks he's the most powerful of all of us." I raised my eyebrow. Starrk was the most powerful Arrancar here. Nnoitra's the Fifth Espada, not the Primera. Sung-Sun continued to explain. "He thinks all females are weak, and that we need to be put in our, proper place, as he puts it." Now, I stared at Nnoitra. Son of a – um… I know Kevin has a word for this. I just don't know it.

Apacci then laughed, "But even HE can't do a thing to Harribel-sama. She'd destroy him!" Nnoitra just walked out now. I guess he heard Apacci, and decided to just ignore her. At least he had some humility, right? Szayel still stood up there, staring at us, still. He was smiling. Why does he creep me out so much? He appeared where we were, then started with the questions. "Kyle, how about enlightening me on those two new forms of yours?" I got my angry look on, then said, "Szayel, I don't have to tell you anything I don't want to." He suddenly got some sort of impatient look on his face.

Starrk walked up to Szayel, saying, "Szayel, he's my problem. Not yours. Unless he tells you he wants to tell you something, mind your own business." Szayel looked at me one final time, and just left.

Apacci said, "Wow. You really told him off." I replied, "Eh, I suppose. Thanks, Starrk-sama." Starrk replied, "Friends back each other up, Kyle." He then yawned. I raised my eyebrow. Starrk still confuses me to no end. Is he awake, asleep, or in the middle of the two?

I later flew out into the desert as Jetray, to take a better look around Hueco Mundo. Aaroniero and Szayel were protesting to this. They wanted me supervised or something. I just ignored those two and flew off. Nothing but sand, as usual. I flew through the air, just looking around for something to do… all of a sudden, I saw a little bundle of green rags running from three other beings. Once looked like he had an insect mask, the other one reminded me of a tiki dude, and there was a giant purple worm chasing after the rags. It eventually tripped, showing a little girl with a scarred mask and red line across her face. She had green hair coming out from under her mask. She must be an Arrancar! The three pursuers continued to close in, but stopped once I shot down my laser beam attacks. Once I landed in between them, they started cowering and backing up. "Picking on a little girl?" I yelled at them. "How dare you!" The girl suddenly started yelling at me. "Weave dem alone! What we ever do to you?"

I got confused. "Huh?" I said. The two guys were bowing down to me while the worm was whimpering. "We're sorry, don'tcha know!" The tiki guy said. The insect one added, "We didn't mean for our game of Eternal Tag to cause trouble!"

"Eternal Tag?" I asked them. Tiki guy said, "In the desert, there's not much to do, don'tcha know?" I then looked down at the girl. "So, they're your friends?" I asked.

She laughed, then said, "No, they're my bwothers! I'm Nel Tu." I looked at them. The two guys introduced themselves, too.

"I'm Pesche." Said the insect guy.

"And I'm Dondochakka. Her oldest brother, don't'cha know!" Then Nel said, "Our pet is Bawabawa." Bawabawa, the worm, barked happily. I thought, 'Weird family. Out here, though, I guess any group of people could be family.'

"Then the screaming was…" I asked Nel. She said, "Oh, that's to make it more fun. Nel's a maso-kiss, so Nel's gotta make it more fun for them."

"Maso-kiss?" I asked her. I had no clue what that meant. I let it slide.

"Who're you?" Nel asked me. "You don't look like any Hollow Nel's seen."I replied, "That's because I'm not a Hollow." I slapped my symbol, changing back into a human. Nel suddenly freaked, and ran for Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa. Pesche grabbed her, then Bawabawa wrapped himself all the way around the three of them.

Nel said, "He's a human! He's da bad guy!" I said, "Whoa! Wait! I'm not bad…" Suddenly, the ground started shaking. I looked around to see what it could be.

Pesche said, "Strange. Hueco Mundo never gets earthquakes." I asked him, "If it doesn't, then what's…" A mole hollow flew out of the ground, and managed to grab Nel. I saw it happen almost instantaneously, and he turned to face the rest of us while Nel was panicking. Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa freaked out, while Bawabawa unwrapped the other two.

Dondochakka yelled, "Give Nel back!" The mole Hollow replied, "And why should I? What will you do if I don't?" Nel was now screaming as loud as she could, and I started immediately getting into a hero mindest again. "Let the Arrancar go." I said to it.

The mole Hollow laughed. "A human ordering me around? What could you possibly do to stop me from having her as a snack?" I turned on the Ultimatrix, switching to Armodrillo, then slapped the faceplate down. I got new armor, grew a tail, got even taller than normal. My arms got new pistons in them, and my head had a helmet covering it, with tiny armadillo ears sticking out the tops of them.

"ARMODRILLO!" I yelled. Pesche, Dondochakka, and Nel's eyes widened, a lot, when they saw me now. "Now will you let the girl go?" I asked the mole Hollow. It simply growled. I sighed, then jumped at it, and got him with a piston powered punch to the face. He let Nel go, and I caught her. She looked like a little baby the way I was holding her now. I looked down at her. She looked up at me, surprised. When we landed on the ground after I caught her, I asked, "You okay, Nel?" She nodded. I set her to the ground, and said, "Let Pesche, Dondochakka, and Bawabawa protect you now, okay?" She nodded, and did not hesitate to run to them. This time, Dondochakka picked her up, and held her. She turned to look at me with those wide eyes. I turned back to the mole Hollow.

Nel asked no one in particular, "Did he save Nel?" Pesche said, "He did. But how could a human care about what happens to one of us?"

"What are you?" It asked me. I said, "Just a guy who hates people who pick on little girls like that." It yelled, "Well, you've made a mistake fighting me! I can dig underground to attack from any angle!" He burrowed underground. I laughed, then burrowed underground myself. After a few tremors through the ground, The mole Hollow erupted out of the ground. Nel, Pesche, and Dondochakka gasped, but noticed that he was flying as if he had gotten hit. Sure enough, there I was, giving the mole Hollow an uppercut to the jaw. When we got back into the air, I gave him a double-fisted piston-powered punch to the top of his head, and he slammed into the ground again. The mole Hollow could barely breathe before I slammed on top of him again, and started sending vibrations through his body, then punched him across the ground further. He got up, and tried to dig again, but as soon as I raised my arms, and slammed them into the ground, sending a shockwave through the ground at him, he felt it hit him, and flew back further.

"Don't even think about it." I told him. I raised my arms again. He said, "Fine! I surrender! You win!"

"Coward." I said to him. "Now get out of here before I make you experience more pain and suffering." He started digging again. "On the ground. Where I can see you!" I yelled. He stopped digging, then started scuttling off. As soon as he disappeared from view, I changed back to human. I turned to Pesche, and Dondochakka, then walked up to them, looking at Nel. She was smiling. "Thank you." She said. I said, "No problem. Name's Kyle 10."

"Kyle." Nel repeated. Pesche and Dondochakka started shaking hands with me, and Bawabawa licked me. Pesche stated, "Thank you for saving Nel, Kyle 10."

"We owe you one, don'tcha know?" Dondochakka stated. Nel suddenly jumped out of his grip, and started hugging my neck. I fell to the ground, suffocating. Nel said. "Kyle's Nel's best fwiend! No one's ever going to take you away fwom Nel!" She still didn't hear me gagging.

Pesche said, "NEL! Let go of Kyle!" Dondochakka added, "He can hardly breathe!" Nel let go of me, while I started breathing again. "Nel's sowy!" She said. "Can you forgive Nel?" She jumped off of me while I got back up.

"Sure." I said. "You didn't mean to hug me that much, right?" I was still feeling the air re-circulate through my body. Geez… Nel's strong for someone like her. She started smiling again.

"You wanna play Eternal Tag with us? It's weally fun!" She said. I said, "I'd like to, but I have to go."

"But Nel doesn't want Kyle to go!" She yelled. She jumped at my neck again, hugging it like before. I fell to the ground, gagging again, but she knew to let go this time. I got back up, breathing in and out like I just discovered air, and started smiling.

Pesche asked, "When will you come back?" I replied, "I don't know, but I will definitely try to come back tomorrow." I picked Nel up. She said, "Weally?" I said, "Of course, Nel."

Nel said, "Pwomise?" I said, "Yes. I do. I won't forget." I set her back down, then went Jetray.

"JETRAY!" I yelled. I flew up, and away from them. I didn't see them wave at me while I was flying away, but I figured they were. Nel's a cute girl. Man, she's like the little sister I never had. I flew to Las Noches, then went Big Chill to fly in, and avoid the maze-like hallways. Once I landed, and changed back to human, I heard some voices.

"Let me go, you son of a-" That was Lilynette's voice!

"When Starrk wakes up, he's going to-" I then heard Nnoitra's voice, "I'll teach you to insult me, wench!" He did NOT just call Lilynette a wench!

I ran into the room, yelling, "NNOITRA! GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF OF HER!" Nnoitra noticed me.

"Ah, Kyle 10." He said. "How was your little flight?" I said, "Put her down!" He threw Lilynette into the wall. I finally got a good look at her. Nnoitra put her through the ringer. She was scratched and bruised like… I get sometimes after a huge battle. I stared Nnoitra down, and prepared to show him hell.

He said, "What? Angry your woman pet is hurt?" I scrolled my watch to NRG, then slapped it down, turning into him. I became a furnace with arms and legs.

"NRG!" I yelled. Nnotira laughed. "You're going to fight me with some stupid oven guy?" He pulled out his scythe, and slashed it towards me. It clanged against my armor. His eye widened. 'WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE! My Zanpakuto can cut through anything!'

I said, "Not bad, but now it's my turn!" I punched him my absolute hardest, but he only flew back a few inches. I said, "What the hell are you made of, Twiggy?" Nnoitra growled. "HOW DARE YOU CALL ME THAT!" He yelled. As he was slashing at me, I was punching him. We both were not doing any real damage to each other. Lilynette watched the scene, filled with surprise and pride.

'If even Nnoitra can't beat Kyle, then he must be invincible!' She thought to herself. My armor was getting dented, but not cut. His skin was taking some bruises, but he was not affected. How can someone so skinny be built like a brick wall? I changed my tactics, getting closer, and wrapping him in a bear hug.

Nnoitra said, "What? Trying to beat me by squeezing the life out of me, boy? That's impossible!" I said, "Not my intention, but I am going to show you how a pressure cooker works!" My whole body started glowing orange, and he started feeling something now.

"Wait! What! STOP! AGH!" He screamed. He thought, 'My Hierro! It's being overheated by some stupid oven man! Impossible!' he screamed as I kept the heat rising and rising on him. He screamed as each temperature threshold was raised. I kept my hug tight as a clamp. Lilynette decided to gloat.

"Hey, Nnoitra! How's it feel to fight someone with actual good fighting skills?" She yelled. I said, "Don't give him any ideas, Lilynette!" Nnoitra tried to charge up a Cero, but I head-butted him once I saw him gather the light, and then I fell forward, slamming him into the ground. He let out a minor grunt of pain, and I stepped on him after I got up. I then shot heat rays out of my vent, and while he tried to get up, and stepped on his back again. Starrk walked in once he heard Nnoitra screaming. He saw Lilynette, then immediately turned to me.

Lilynette said, "Starrk! That's Kyle over there! He's kicking Nnoitra's ass!" Starrk's eyes actually got all the way open. 'Impossible.' He thought to himself. 'Then that means Kyle's good enough to be Espada Cincuenta?' I picked Nnoitra up. He slammed his scythe into me, but he winced once he realized he couldn't move without stinging himself from the heat. I bear hugged him again, and heated my armor up. He started screaming again. Starrk actually decided to lie back and watch me. He thought to himself, 'Kyle, you are definitely strong enough to be a friend of mine.' I even turned the heat rays form my vent on again, and superheated his head. He couldn't stop screaming. At some point, Tosen walked in. He turned his head towards the screaming and said, "Nnoitra, you're disturbing the peace."

Nnoitra said, "BUT, KYLE HAS ME IN A…" I yelled to him, "SHUT UP! YOUR INCESSANT SCREAMING IS MAKING ME EVEN MORE BOILING MAD!" Tosen said, "Kyle, you may release Nnoitra now." I let him go, and he fell to the ground, gasping. Lilynette, wanting to get the last laugh, kicked Nnoitra as hard as she could. He flew into the wall, and gave a barely audible grunt. Lilynette smiled. She heard it alright. That would be enough payback for her for a while!

Tosen said, "Nnoitra, it seems that the rules Aizen-sama has set are not set in stone in your own mind. I'll take you to Aizen-sama. He'll punish you justly." Tosen had dragged Nnoitra away. I reverted to normal, smiling at the punishment I just dished out to Nnoitra. Starrk had the normal bored look he always had. Lilynette turned her head to me.

"Kyle," she said, "You are the most amazing human I've ever met!" I replied, "I thought I was the only human you've ever met."

She said, "You're still my favorite." Starrk said to me, "Hey, Kyle. I just realized something." I turned my head to him. "Huh?" I asked. He said, "If you're powerful enough to beat Nnoitra, you should be an Espada." I said, "R-Really? You mean that Starrk-sama?" I practically burst that out in happiness. Lilynette said, "Of course you should! Try beating down Ulquiorra next! You'll have to work your way up!"

I said, "Um, thanks, Lilynette, but I was only protecting you. I don't want to pick another fight with an Espada. Especially Ulquiorra." I liked the guy, but I thought, even with all of my powers, he'd still kick my butt. I don't want to fight Harribel or Baraggan either. I REALLY didn't want to try to attack Starrk for any reason. He's my buddy!

News spreads…

Apacci said, "Kyle beat Nnoitra? About time that son of a bitch got his butt handed to him!"

Mila-Rose said, "Really, Lilynette, are you positive?" She replied, "Yes, Mila-Rose! He was protecting me!"

Sung-Sun said, "He certainly is a brave boy." Harribel overheard them. She said, "He's even more resourceful than I thought." She walked up to Lilynette.

Lilynette said, "Yeah. He's resourceful alright. Came out as a guy called NRG! Burned Nnoitra to a crisp!"

Apacci said, "Burned? As in…"

Lilynette replied, "Yep. I wanted Kyle to make Nnoitra burgers."

Sung-Sun said, "Lilynette…" Harribel smirked to herself under her covered mouth. She thought, 'Kyle 10, you have my full trust as an ally. Thanks for not letting me down.'

With Baraggan and his Fraccion…

"UNFORGIVABLE!" he yelled. "UNFORGIVABLE! That brat thinks he can pick fights with us Espada and get away with it? I say no! This is blasphemy!" Ggio, Nirgge, Findor, and Choe were agreeing right away, but Avirama and Charlotte had other thoughts. 'He was only protecting his friend, right? Why should he be punished for that?' They thought.

With Nnoitra…

Grimmjow had just finished ragging on him for getting beat by me. So did Yammy. He made his way back to his quarters, and was grimacing the whole way back. Nnoitra's Fraccion, Tesla, approached him.

"Nnoitra-sama!" He yelled. "You're burnt! What happened?" Nnoitra stared at him, and said, "Kyle just finished defeating me! How could that brat do that?" He yelled.

Tesla got angry at me now. While he didn't care about me at first, now he wanted a piece of me.

To be continued.