8 Chapter 8. Mission

"U-Urahara?" Ichigo asked once again. He never would have thought that Kisuke Urahara would ask an arrancar to get him. After all, arrancars were enemies of both shinigami and Urahara. "Answer me. How do you know Urahara?" Ichigo demanded which Nova didn't bother to reply. Nova just forcefully took Ichigo and vanished.

***

Urahara was sipping on his tea slowly anticipating Nova would come carrying Ichigo very soon since he knew arrancars had left.

Soon Urahara heard the sound of the door opening. Urahara stood up and went to greet Nova and Ichigo.

"Welcome~" Urahara greeted them with a smile on his face but he hid with his fan very soon.

"What's going in here? Why would you know an arrancar? Explain!!!" Ichigo demanded.

"Easy~, easy~. We will soon go into that." Urahara defended himself while Nova just went into the room and asked for a tea.

"First we need to tend your injuries." Urahara said.

***

"So now explain!!!" Ichigo was sitting opposite the Nova and Urahara with full of bandages wrapped around almost every inch of his body. "Why would you be friends with damn arrancar? You know he is our enemy, right?"

"First of all, my name is Nova. I'm not your enemy nor shinigamis. Also, you are not my enemy as well as shinigamis. But if you want to become my enemy, I will not hesitate to kill you. Even if it's 'him'. As for why I know Urahara is due to I need his help for something and he needs my help for something. That's all." Nova explained cheerfully like he was kidding.

"So we are just business partners~." Urahara said cheerfully.

"What arrancar need from Urahara?" Ichigo demanded once again. "Tell me!!!"

"For that. You don't need to know." Both Urahara and Nova replied. The cheerful air around them disappeared and was replaced by stiffness and seriousness.

Ichigo just sat there without saying anything as he rarely sees seriousness in Urahara's eyes. And he knew if there is seriousness in Urahara's eyes that means the problem is far bigger than Ichigo thought.

"Isn't it your time to return to Las Noches?" Urahara asked Nova breaking the dead silence that dominated the room after the serious answers.

"I don't think I will." Nova replied while sipping a tea.

"Is that so? May I ask why?" Urahara asked.

"I'm pretty sure that Aizen got suspicious about me as he strengthened the defense of Las Noches after hearing arrancars disappearance here and there from Espadas which I thought Aizen wouldn't get serious about. But he did. So I'm planning to reveal myself. Due to this, I will stay here." Nova answered nonchalantly.

"Okay." Urahara nodded.

Ichigo was there sitting while thinking about he was unneeded in this room.

***

Few days passed since. Nova was freeloading at Urahara shop and sometimes helps him. While Ichigo met with new friends and training with them for the potential fight against Arrancars and Aizen.

It was a beautiful day. Sun was shining brightly and peacefully upon the face of the earth. The sky was clear. But the clouds could be spotted here and there. Once again in this beautiful and magnificent sky, a black rift appeared. From the rift 4 arrancars appeared. One of them was a tanned giant. He had brown eyes, black long ponytail hair reaching his upper back but on top of his head was bald. He wore standard Espada attire. His jacked was open, exposing his upper body alongside his hollow hole. He was the 10th Espada Yammy Llargo.

Another one was Grimmjow. He wore his normal attire, exposing his chest like Yammy alongside his scar received from Ichigo. There was a difference as he lost his left arm and stripped from his position of 6th Espada.

Another one was small compared to the other two as well as genderwise he looked like a female. He had short black hair, lavender-colored eyes, and three pink stars above his left eyebrow. He was the new 6th Espada Luppi Antenor.

The last one was as tall as Luppi and seemed like a child. He was thin, had light blonde hair and purple eyes. He wore standard Espada attire even though not being an Espada. His name was Wonderweiss Margela the latest creation of Aizen.

Soon Grimmjow went on his way to find Ichigo for a battle which Yammy tried to stop him but Luppi said it was fine since he is no longer an Espada. While this happening Wonderweiss was playing with a dragonfly.

Shortly after, the Espadas plus Wonderweiss engaged the shinigamis who came. The shinigamis consisted of the captain of the 10th division of Gotei 13, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto, Ikkaku Madarame as well as Yumichika Ayasegawa.

Luppi said he will fight all the shinigamis at once and released his zanpakuto. After releasing Luppi now has eight tentacles originated from the octogram like bone on his back. He easily dealt with Hitsugaya who was charging at him with ease and sends him to the ground. After that, he used his tentacles to capture others.

While this was happening Grimmjow was fighting against Ichigo who learned to use a Hollow mask. Ichigo was winning by a big margin when he had a mask but unfortunately, his mask broke soon. Not wasting the moment, Grimmjow quickly revitalized and got the upper hand.

Soon unknown man interfered in the fight right before Grimmjow was about to kill both Rukia and Ichigo.

The intruder had blonde hair and a normal suit but he held a zanpakuto in his hands.

He and Grimmjow engaged in the fight. The intruder was having an upper hand most of the battle even before he releases his hollow mask.

On the other hand, Luppi threatens to punch a hole in Rangiku's body.

Suddenly, his tentacles were severed by a man wearing green colored clothes and the same colored bucket hat. He wasn't alone as there was another man who wore a normal shirt and pants.

Unfazed by this Luppi asked who was them. Kisuke introduced himself and get attacked by Wonderweiss shortly after while the other one didn't even bother to introduce himself.

Luppi shifted his attention to the shinigamis and recaptured Rangiku. Also, he didn't forget to insult the woman.

But his tentacle was once again severed. This time it was cut by Nova.

"Who are you?" Luppi asked annoyed by this.

"My name is Nova." Nova finally introduced himself.

"Whoever you are, you are dead." Luppi said arrogantly while attacking Nova with his free tentacles.

Nova swiftly dodged the tentacles and appeared in front of Luppi while forming a gesture of finger flip in front of Luppi's forehead, then he released it sending Luppi backward.

Luppi's pride as an Espada couldn't comprehend it and angrily attacked Nova which resulted in a similar ending.

But soon many ice pillars appeared and sealed Luppi inside, freezing him eternally.

Nova looks back, noticing a boy wearing captain attire.

While this was happening Urahara was toying with Yammy.

Suddenly three rifts appeared on top of each arrancar.

"Mission is done?" Yammy exclaimed and threatened Urahara.

The same thing happened to Luppi as he too threatened to decapitate both Nova and Toshiro the next time they meet.

On the other hand, Ulquiorra Cifer the 4th Espada took Grimmjow saying "Mission is done."

Nova looked at the Negacion wondering what the hell was that. Shortly after that, he looked in a random direction said "Let the orchestra begin."