A New Beginning

A bright light shines throughout the screen as the light dispersed to show a point of view of someone falling from the sky. The viewer was suddenly started to head towards the ground at an alarmingly fast pace as the sights of trees and tall buildings are seen in the background as the person quickly lands on the ground as the screen cuts to black.

A closed eye is seen as it slowly opens showing a teal eye with the light shining on his face.

Gin Ichimaru is seen laying on the ground looking up at the sky as he sees the birds flying across the blue clouded sky, he remains in place as he stares up. The clouds shift as the sun shines brightly causing Gin to close his eyes, placing a hand over his face to try to get rid of a headache that formed in his mind.

Gin: 'Everything... feels different. What happened?'

Gin lifted his hand up as it rested infront of his face, he stared at it as memories of his death flashed through his mind making him lean forward.

Gin: M-my... my arm. How?

Gin immediately checked his chest where he remembered Aizen cutting him, only to find no blood or any marks on his skin. Gin slowly started to look around as he took in his surroundings, noticing the trees and the buildings around the area. He seemed to have landed somewhere in a park.

Gin: Am I alive? No, I couldn't be... I remember Aizen taking the Hogyoku back... But if I'm not dead, where am I?

???: *Cough* *Cough* Gah!! Heavens!

The voice immediately caught Gin's attention as he turned his head to look behind him, seeing 11 people wearing similar white robes and clothes. One had woken up immediately clutching onto his chest as he leans forward, revealing a young man with pink hair leading down to his jaw wearing a white skin-tight shirt with baggy pants. He looked to be in fear as his hand kept a grip on his chest.

???: T-that... that was a living hell! How long have I been waiting for that bastard's sword to kill me?!

Gin: Szayelapporo...?

Szayelapporo stumbled to his feet as he looked around cautiously as two more people woke up, Nnoitra and Grimmjow. Nnoitra was a tall lanky man with black hair that went down to his shoulders, wore a strange open chested outfit with a spoon shaped hood, along with an eyepatch. While Grimmjow was a well-built young man with blue hair which looked to be styled very uniquely, with an open white shirt revealing a scar down the front of his chest and a hole that rested in his abdomen.

Nnoitra: Huh? Where am I?!

Grimmjow: Gah! Dammit! My head hurts!

Gin stood up from the ground a few feet away from them as he looked on confused by the situation as suddenly a little girl woke up named Lilynette who had short light-green hair and a weird helmet, she also wore a white open vest and shorts with long boots on. Lilynette sat up on the ground as she blinked a few times.

Lilynette: S-starrk? Starrk!

She immediately got up and ran over to Starrk who was laying face-down on the grass, Lilynette knelt down by him and started to shake his body as she sadly looked at him.

Lilynette: Starrk! Starrk get up! Don't pull that silent crap on me ya jerk! Wake up!

Suddenly Starrk rolled over slamming a fist into Lilynette sending her sliding back on the grass. Starrk, who was wearing a simple white suit and shoulder length brown hair rose from the ground as he spoke.

Starrk: Not so loud, I was actually having a good nap.

Lilynette: S-starrk!!!

Lilynette ran over and hugged her other half as he was caught off guard by the sudden act, but suddenly his eyes widened from memories that started to rush through his head as he returned the hug. Meanwhile in the shade of a tree, Ulquiorra sat after waking up looking at his hand. Ulquiorra had black shoulder length hair and extremely pale skin with green lines that resembled tears down both sides of his face. Looking at his hand he felt something was different.

Across from the commotion, three more people woke up. Zommari, Harribel and Yammy. Zommari was a buff dark-skinned man with a Buddhist-style white outfit and had a set of bone-like object pointed out of his head which resembled a mohawk. Yammy was a tall, muscular man with long ponytail in the back of his head with a thin layer of hair on his oddly shaped head. Harribel was a tan-skinned woman with blonde hair, she wore a white high- collar jacket that covered her mouth but showed off her toned abdomen with baggy white pants.

Yammy: Uh, damn those Soul Reapers! What kind of tricks did they pull to win that?!

Zommari: I live... This must've been the will of Lord Aizen.

Harribel: ...

Harribel's eyes narrowed at the sound of the name as she placed her hand on her chest, suddenly her eyes widen upon feeling what was underneath. Another person woke up as a young man with black spiky hair shot up from the ground, his name was Aaroneiro. He wore a frilly collared cloak and had wide sleeves, the moment he opened his eyes he placed a hand on his face.

Aaroneiro: T-the light.... It doesn't hurt me.

Grimmjow: What the hell is going on?

Everyone slowly stood up aside from one as Gin approached them.

Gin: I'm afraid I might have an explanation for that.

The ten looked at Gin as they seemed shocked by his appearance.

Nnoitra: Gin.... You're here too?

Ulquiorra: I think the question should be, where is "here?"

Gin: I'm afraid there's no way of getting around this... But I believe we've been through the process of reincarnation.

Szayelapporo started to chuckle as he broke out into laughter.

Szayelapporo: Oh, Gin. You really expect us to believe such a highly illogical hypothesis? In order for that to be true, we'd all have to.....

Szayel's eyes widened as he stopped himself before placing his hand on his heart where it took over a million years for Captain Mayuri Kurosutchi's blade to pierce his body. Suddenly everyone remembered their deaths as Lilynettekept her hold on Starrk.

Zommari: So that means we all perished... How unfortunate. But what about Lord Aizen?

Gin: .....That's something I need to tell you all.

That gained the group's attention as they looked at Gin with confusion.

Gin: I feel as though you all should know that, Aizen was using all of us the whole time. We were all nothing but tools for his objective, just like those in the Soul Society.

Nnoitra: What?

Zommari: That's impossible! Lord Aizen relied on us, he needed us!

Gin: He was willing to kill any of us to get what he wanted..... And he did that exact thing twice.

Zommari's body slowly broke down as he was the one who worshiped Aizen the most, hearing this information made everyone silent from the news as Szayelapporo stumbled on what to say.

Lilynette: B-but... Why?

Gin: Aizen was about to move onto the next stage of his plans, but soon after I traveled with him to the world of the living... He killed me without hesitation.

Harribel: I believe you....

Everyone turns to face Harribel who narrowed her eyes as her soft low voice filled with anger.

Harribel: I was still fighting, and the battles were still happening against the Soul Reapers.... But after Barragan and Starrk were killed....

An image flashed showing Aizen using his sword to attack Harribel, slicing into her with a single cut.

Harribel: He didn't see us as anything more than pawns for him to toss away....

Grimmjow: Hmph! Never liked that self-righteous bastard. So what now? We have no idea where we are or what we're doing here.

Aaroneiro: Hey, wait a second. Where is Barragan? If we're all here, he must be as well!

Barragan: Quit your yelling you insulate fool!

Everyone looked behind them as the final person slowly rose up from the ground, Gin's face changes as he looks at Barragan with shock as did the others.

Barragan: What are you all staring at?

Ulquiorra: How strange....

Szayelapporo: How is this possible?

Barragan was once an old man with a scar running down his right eye and another scar on the lower left side of his face. He had grey slicked-back hair with a heavy mustache. But now his facial features and body have been altered, to where Barragan resembles that of a teenager with shaggy black hair and lightly tanned skin. His body was short and had a bit of muscle on his body but nothing really expressive.

Lilynette: Wow! He looks so young now!

Barragan raised an eyebrow as he stared at Lilynette.

Barragan: What do you mean, "Younger?"

Szayelapporo: She means you've somehow reverted back to a younger, almost adolescent state of your body! Fascinating!

Barragan: WHAT?!

Lilynette started to laugh as she looked up at Starrk as he smile dropped almost as quickly.

Lilynette: AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! S-starrk! You changed too!

Starrk stared at her as he himself change, without a goatee beard and less detail in his face, the Primera Espada had looked like he was younger too. Aside from Gin, and Lilynette, all of the other Espada seemed to have changed. Either slightly or completely different from their original looks.

Gin: This is most peculiar.... It seems you've all been affected by something when we arrived here, wherever here is. That would also explain why Aaroneiro still has the body of former lieutenant Kaien Shiba.

Harribel then placed her hand back over her covered mouth as she looks at the others.

Harribel: There's also something that we haven't noticed yet. Our hollow mask fragments..... They're gone.

Everyone's eyes widened as they all noticed this was true, Starrk, Grimmjow and Yammy's lower jaw, Szayelapporo's glasses, Ulquiorra's side of his head, Harribel's chest and face, Barragan's crown, and Nnoitra's eye. All of them were missing those parts of their remaining masks. Gin looked over and saw his sword resting on the ground near where he was laying down. He walked over and grabbed it before putting it in his sash around his waist.

Gin: Hmm... From the looks of things, we appear to be in a very odd situation. Even though you don't have your hollow mask fragments, you still appear to have your hollow holes and Zanpakuto.

The group looks around and sees that he's right, along the floor rested 10 weapons ranging from regular swords to a large axe and an odd shaped scythe. The Arrancar each grabbed their own blade as Ulquiorra stands far from the others looking at him hand. A memory flashed through his head of seeing something being pulled before.

Ulquiorra: I wonder...

Ulquiorra closed his eyes as he started to build up his spiritual pressure into his hand as Ulquiorra placed it up to the side of his head. With a swipe of his hand, the hollow mask fragment appeared in a wave of dark green energy.

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Yammy: Hey! How'd you do that Ulquiorra?!

Grimmjow: You pulled that same move Ichigo Kurosaki used with his mask... Grimmjow narrowed his eyes as he looked at his hand with curiosity while Szayelapporo stared in awe of what Ulquiorra had just accomplished.

Szayelapporo: Interesting. It appears as though we still have our spiritual pressure, perhaps I should give this a try as well.

Both Grimmjow and Szayelapporo did the same thing as Ulquiorra did and used their spiritual pressure to reform their mask fragments.

Nnoitra: Hmph, you three are always showing off.

Gin clapped his hands to get the Espada's attention as he made the situation clear.

Gin: Ahem. I'm happy were are learning the capabilities of what we can or cannot do, but might I suggest finding a more secluded area in order to figure out where we are?

Harribel: He's right. We need to find a place to lay low.

Yammy: Huh?! I don't get why we just don't go crazy and have some fun with this place!

Ulquiorra: We aren't going to attack anyone, Yammy.

The giant Arrancar looks at Ulquiorra who was walking up from behind him.

Ulquiorra: We have no reason to attack whoever is living in this place just for selfish pleasure... I agree with Gin and Harribel in laying low. Szayelapporo: I too am interested in the possibilities of this new location.

Gin nodded as everyone grabbed their gear and vanished out of the park before appearing on a roof of a building on a busy street. The group of twelve start hopping from roof to roof, down below the crowds of people walking on the side of the street caught a glance of the group as they were traveling. This didn't go unnoticed by Szayelapporo who felt the presence of eyes watching him.

Sooner or later, Gin and the group find themselves on top of an old building that looked to be a small apartment complex. The group entered the building as Barragan is seen tired as he rubbed his temple.

Yammy: What's up, tired already? I guess you're not used to that new body yet, huh?

Barragan: Actually I feel amazing. Better than I have in a while, but... even after that quick trip, I feel exhausted.

Yammy: Hmm? Hey, I feel tired too. Weird...

Szayelapporo looked over to the two with curiosity as he walked over towards Yammy.

Szayelapporo: Yammy, may I see your arm for a moment?

Yammy reluctantly held his arm out as the Arrancar scientist inspected and tested a few things which peak the other Espada's interest. Szayel's fingers rested on a part of Yammy's wrist as his eyes widened before checking once

more.

Szayelapporo: That would explain it.... I figured as much.

Yammy: What? What'd you find?

Szayelapporo: Yammy has a readable pulse. He's alive.

Nnoitra: What's so strange about that?! We all know that we are alive!

Szayelapporo stood up as he fixed his glasses.

Szayelapporo: Not alive in the terms of which you suspect.... I meant that he

and possibly the rest of us are amongst the living.

Everyone's eyes widened at this information as Gin focused on learning everything that can help him try to grasp the concept of what was

happening.

Szayelapporo: While we were traveling I noticed the stares of the civilians on the ground below. I couldn't sense and unusually heavy spiritual pressure, which is what intrigued me..... They saw us because we are technically no longer spirits.

Harribel: "No longer spirits?" Are you sure?

Zommari: That seems like a very quick analysis, Szayelapporo, do you have any way of knowing for sure?

Szayelapporo sighed as he walked over to the window as he stared out into the city.

Szayelapporo: It would explain so much. Our changes in appearance, age and our spiritual pressure aside from Lilynette and Ichimaru. As a man of science, I find ways to look through different angles to come up with a solution.... But now, I'm afraid there is no other reasonable explanation other than "Reincarnation."

Gin: If it's really is reincarnation, then we are no longer of the world we once knew. I need to go.

Gin turned around and walked away as Aaroneiro spots this.

Aaroneiro: Where are you going?

Gin: To investigate. You all stay here while I go and gather any intel I can find.

Gin walked out of the building and used flash step to appear in an alleyway before entering the street. The street was busy as were the people as he looked up across the street and saw a large monitor on the side of a building with a news reel going on about a recent story

Gin kept his sword hidden to avoid gaining any extra attention as he finds himself walking amongst the crowd. Along the way he spots several unique features that some of the people in the city seemed to have, extra limbs, animal features, and many other interesting mutations.

Gin: 'This feels very similar to Karakura Town, but these strange things keep catching my eye.'

Gin stops by a newspaper stand as he sees that it was open as he simply takes one before reading the front page, luckily the language was the same as the kind used in the Soul Society.

Gin: 'So this is the same language and culture as our world, hm? That's a good start. Now to figure out what other types of things this world has to offer.'

Gin held the newspaper under his arm as he continued to walk down the street. He stops at a build-up of people all around a monitor which had a news broadcast in the middle of it's report. Gin stops and stands in the crowd as he watches the broadcast with curiosity.

News reporter: Up next, on yesterday's incident at the UA rescue training center where hero course students were attacked by a gang of Villains. According to new police officials, the criminal forces called themselves "the League of Villains." Investigators have reportedly uncovered that this group has been plotting to kill UA teacher and popular hero All Might since the spring of this year. Police arrested 72 Villains on the scene; but the league's leader escaped, his whereabouts are unknown. One things for certain, this leaves people wondering if UA is going to be capable of protecting their students after a first ever attack in the first weeks of the new semester?

Gin watches with interest as a few things catch his attention as he opened his eyes once more, which was a rare occasion for Gin as he smiled.

Gin: Now we're getting somewhere....