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Izuna sat in the barracks of Squad Three, he was leaning back on a chair, he had paperwork to do and he was doing it. A few metres away was a desk with his stack of work to do and a pen was telekinetically moving along the paper writing down details of his targets and who he was spying on. He didn't even look at the pen as every word he thought was instantly being wrote by the pen. "Target spends a lot of time in brothels, spending his money on prostitutes and drinking away his income. Target has an identifiable scar on his inner thigh, presumably from torture as it is directly in the path of the femoral artery." he thought as he finished the file. He left his signature to make it valid and moved it.

It was the last of his paperwork for the day and he stood up with a minor headache. It was quite recently that he had began to tone down his emotions, ever since that defeat with Takumi who had beat him with calculations and a machine-like persona something about him also adopted a similar attitude which he believed to be the reason he was more silent with the Captain and also doesn't socialise as much. Knowing that Oleg has no quarrels with creating mindless tools to only meet his own ends infuriated Izuna.

He then let all his emotions return and the sudden rush of anger made him lash out on his bedside table. The was a large crash around the seated officers quarters as his enhanced body made light work of the sturdy bedside table. He needed to end Oleg, logically there was no other way, he had no proof to put Oleg in the maggots nest other than to simply say "he is emotionless and has no boundaries" that won't get anywhere in the Seireitei. But there was another way, and at that Izuna knew what he had to do.

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Standing up he heard a knock at the door, he then realised that the whole barracks probably heard the table smash. He opened the door and he saw a shinigami out there. "Yes?" he asked to the young man outside his door. "Sir, are you okay? Some of us heard a loud crash from in your room. We just wanted to make sure you were okay." Izuna smiled, and thought carefully about what to say.

"Yes, everything is fine. I broke my table though, could you send a request for me to Captain Yasenha? I am a bit busy and I must be going, I will appreciate it if you let him know as well I will be gone for a few days. Thank You very much" he said and walked out of the door past the young shinigami who was contemplating asking more questions but decided against it and left to go inform his captain about current events. Using this time Izuna spun around and slipped back into his room, underneath his bed he removed a loose bit of wood and slipped down about a hundred metres from the surface to the underground compound. It was actually more of a lab to say the least and Izuna ran to a sword that was on the table, beautiful it was. He had named it Zweihander and it was the first of a line of next generation weapons.

Before leaving he slipped over to another table which had six daggers on it. The homing dagger were his second of this next line of weapons, which would help Modified Souls who couldn't unlock a zanpakutou. Now running back to the ladder he telekinetically lifted himself up and out of the hole being sure to cover it and then left once more although he got strange looks when people saw the zanbatou on his back, people seemed to focus on that instead of the daggers sheathed in his obi. It was time he made his way to the senkaimon. Then he would really test his abilities.

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Exiting the barracks he headed for his target, the Senkaimon. He walked for a while and decided to take a short cut, he wasn't willing to use Seipo at the moment but he leapt on the roof of the nearest building and boosted his bodies speed. He then took off, fast paced through the roof tops until he reached his target. It took no more than ten minutes to get there and when he did he talked to the guards and stated he was going to Hueco Mundo, he found it beneficial that he was a Lieutenant. Nobody found it strange that a lieutenant would be going to Hueco Mundo alone and everyone would assume he was under orders and so when the guards let him in with little difficulties he went through the portal and came to stand in the world which all hollows end up in.

How sad it was, the world was always dark and trapped in a phase of eternal night. This world was sad to look at, its bland and sandy landscape. Izuna looked around before looking down at his feet, he knew where he must go and perhaps it wasn't the right method. After all this wasn't thinking with emotion, he was going to survive in a place where survival is of the fittest but he came this far and he was determined to reach what he came to do.

Looking at the area around he he would fall onto a knee and press his hand into the sandy earth, this would send a shockwave into the earth and he would fall into the Menos Forest below, there was no turning back now. He was going where no shinigami should, the very forest he was entering was filled with Gillan and Adjuchas, all the Vasto-Lorde inhabited the sands to hunt bigger game. This is where he would succeed what he came to do.

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Landing on the soft and sandy ground, Izuna was instantly alert to his surroundings. Down below the moonlight was a world in which only the fittest and strongest survived. He immediately jumped up into the nearest tree and would wait. The hollows would hear the sound and come to investigate what had happened, hopefully looking for another meal. He stood on the branches and looked down and there he saw the first hollow appear, it was Gillian and looked curiously at the ground where the ground had broken. It had no real individuality and Izuna took his chance, jumping from his perch like a bird in flight he landed in the hollow and brought down the hard steel of Zweihander onto the hollow's mask. Despite it normally wouldn't go through Izuna activated Zweihander's innate ability to manipulate weight and made it so heavy that the Gillian's body couldn't take the force and the sword slashed through its hide.

Leaping away Izuna was disappointed, the hollow was weak and didn't give him much of a challenge however he had a feeling he wouldn't be able to beat a large group of them. He sheathed Zweihander and then came a voice behind him which surprised him, "Interesting. Quite a strong Shinigami we have here don't we?" came the voice of a high-level hollow. He turned around and his face paled. It was simply mad, in front of him was a pack of Hollows, three Gillian and two Adjuchas but to make matters worse he would have to contend with the Alpha. A Vasto-Lorde Class Hollow. He looked at him carefully but didn't reply. The bigger hollow looked at the two adjuchas and then made a sound which Izuna guessed was a prearranged signal. The beasts struck as they pounced from their hind legs and forced Izuna to go on the defensive and leap away. "Let's have some fun boys," the Boss Hollow roared happily.

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Immediately after the two adjuchas attacked on the Alpha's command he was forced to move away and in doing so got himself on the side of the Wolf-headed Adjuchas. Without a second though he grabbed his large sword and in one swift motion removed it from his back and brought it down to meet the hollow's back. It met and went cleanly through the wolf leaving him without hind legs and the beast hit the ground with a thud, completely immobile.

Izuna was going to let up however, he turned and met the lion hollow and attempted to destroy him with his blade in a follow up swing. It was perfect, down to the very calculation. Izuna had worked out the exact path he would need it to take and applied it however it was so unexpected that his calculations were off by an unknown variable. He felt the Vasto-Lorde's hand grab the blade and rip it out of his hand with enough force to make it land a few meters away. "That's a cute sword you have their Shinigami. I hope you can do without it for now. After all we want to play with you and give whatever is left to the mistress." He said grinning, as he then kicked Izuna into a nearby tree.

The Gillian watched stationary and waited for their commands from the Alpha Hollow, Izuna felt the need to flee but he wouldn't get far, it was clear that the leader was fast and could outrun him. Using this time Izuna let the Homing Dagger fall into the ground and telekinetically buried them while the Hollows were focused on him, he then grabbed the tree and flipped down where he faced the group, he was injured but it would pass and he knew that it would take brains as well as brawn to beat the group before him but he also wondered who their "mistress" was. Only time would tell and he didn't really want to meet her.

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Izuna stood motionless as he waited for his attackers to once again try to attack him, it was quick he will admit especially when suddenly the Vasto-Lorde appeared right behind him and threw him up in the air where the Gillian watched blankly. The hollow which he had named Leo had roared in pleasure as the Alpha appeared behind him again and again until he held Izuna's body which had became quite limp, there was damage all over his body and he felt immense pain. The alpha grinned as he held the young soul by the collar of his Shihakusho, "Quite sad Shinigami. I mean seriously! You are a Lieutenant and yet you are weak and so young, the Lady will love this prize that we give her." he roared to his companions and when Izuna looked down he saw the Wolf smiling back up at him. High-speed Regeneration obviously.

He felt annoyed, angry and why did it remind him so much of Takumi, the condescending tone and the constant opinion he was better, superior. Izuna turned and gripped the Alpha's mask before kicking him in the chest and releasing a wave of kinetic force through his telekinesis. He went flying through the air before hitting the ground with a thud, he lifted himself up and saw the Alpha was gripping his chest in pain, it would pass that Izuna knew. He was a Hollow and as such it would heal but he took the cahnce and with his superior speed and pre-prepared plan he activated his hidden trap. From the sand emerged four daggers which targeted the Three Gillian and Leo. Taken by surprise the three Gillian had their masks pierced and fell down before dissipating into nothing. Leo however reacted and just dodged it although sustained a wound to his shoulder, the daggers would then float around Izuna like bees ready to sting and kill whatever the leader wanted. This fight was yet to be finished.

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The hollow pack looked angry now, having lost three members in a single surprise strike Izuna knew he would suffer and he was right. Appearing behind him once more and although he tried to block it he was grabbed and thrown in the air and instead of being beaten he was shot with three simultaneous ceros fired from the three remaining Hollows. The attack left him falling into the sand, he felt the bones in his artificial body broke under the pressure, he wondered what he could do now. He had the hollow's surrounding him and it would be a white for his body to recover from this, he had no choice but to feign unconsciousness. The stupid hollows gathered around the "unconscious" body of the Lieutenant and the two adjuchas looked up to the alpha as if asking him what was going to happen the the Shinigami.

"Take him to the Lady, she can do what she wants with him." he said angrily. No one had ever caused so much mayhem to his pack and it irritated him greatly. The two adjuchas did as he commanded and one slid him onto the other's back, after their success at getting him ready the group would begin wandering back to where they came from, leaving distinct markings of where they have traveled. Izuna also took note of where he was, memorising the area he was travelling and the change in direction but finally they stopped and Izuna wondered if they had arrived, he would stir a bit and fall off the back of the wolf which made him call out for them to stop. The Alpha walked up and then picked up his fallen and limp body, "Little Runt, Let's see how long you last. I believe the other's lasted no more than an hour." he said as if talking to the unconscious body. Soon Izuna would need to strike.

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Izuna played unconscious for another period of time which he counted to be around ten minutes, eventually they put his limp body down. He knew by the sound of the Vasto-Lorde talking with his subordinates. Izuna didn't waste this opportunity and in one movement he flipped onto his feet and took off with his Seipo, he appeared on the branch above the group and the Vasto-Lorde roared in fury, he was loosing his patience with this slimy shinigami which seemed able to escape his very hold. He used his speed to appear next to Izuna and grabbed his neck, and growled. "You're more trouble than you're worth! You bug, I will kill you here and then let the hollows eat whatever is leftover." He roared once more before throwing the young adolescent into a nearby tree.

He didn't care any more for the fighting or training, he ran again until he felt pain all through his head, he had used Seipo to much and he wasn't there yet. The Hollow took a single bound and forced him into the ground, with his hand around his throat Izuna really couldn't do anything to resist although the Alpha had gone wild, he chucked the now limp Izuna into the air above him before firing a cero which smashed Izuna into the roof of the Menos Forest. "Well Shinigami, where is all that power now? You are but a worm to me you weak brat!" he roared before catching the painfully beaten Izuna in his hand. He was barely conscious now and the pain was incredible. Is this really where it ends? Izuna thought Does my life really end here, in this world where the sun doesn't shine and at the hands of this cruel animal? He thought and at that moment he felt a familiar memory resurface.

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As he hung limp in the Vasto-Lorde's grasp Izuna felt as if time had stopped. That single memory grew and seemed to consume his mind, it filled him with anger and rage. This memory festered in his mind, he saw the image of Takumi Atanasi standing above him, mocking him with his condescending tone. They were both so alike, Arrogant and believing themselves better than everything around them. It filled him with rage and that rage became power, he seemed to emerge in the present and without even a second thought he let out a burst of telekinetic energy, the Vasto-Lorde was smashed into the tree and looked surprised as Izuna appeared in front of him and grabbed his mask. It was meant to destroy him however Izuna's judgement had error and the mask was ripped clean off and then the hollow fell on the ground.

It seemed all over, Izuna felt weak and turned to leave. He got about ten metres before he realised the body hadn't disappeared. He turned and felt a leg connect with his jaw as he landed a few feet away. "Thanks for that kid." he said smugly and Izuna turned and saw the hollow had become an arrancar, he grinned and smiled at the shocked shape of Izuna. "Why do you look so shocked? Is it because you've effectively doubled my power?" He said before firing a bala which shot Izuna straight through the shoulder. It didn't even register but he watched the arrancar appear next to him and grab his throat before smashing him into the ground clearly intent on still killing him but a new method which he chose was by chocking the teenage lieutenant. Izuna simply couldn't believe this was happening, he was so close to winning yet now before him stood a being of much more power. "Prepare to die." he said as he tightened his grip.

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Izuna lay under the constantly constricting grasp of the Arrancar, his throat felt painful and he tried to at least rip it off but failed. Eventually he felt his lungs give away and finally ceased to breathe, above the corpse the Arrancar stood and laughed, he had finally ended the runt which caused him so much trouble. He stood up from kneeling over the dead lieutenant, and spat at Izuna's face. Nearby he noticed Hollows had gathered around him, his presence scared them he realised and laughed in a very cruel way, as if savoring the fear that the Hollows were feeling around him.

Despite Izuna seemingly dead his mind was not in fact reliant on the Reigai he inhabits, he in fact will not die until that Arrancar crushes or destroys his container. He however was still mentally exhausted, his mind was drifting although for some strange reason he found himself laying on an clear reflective surface, the world around him was a light shade of purple and he sensed people nearby but couldn't move to see them. His body felt immobile and made of lead, he then felt someone approach him and lent down to his height so he could see who they were,

The young man who stood before Izuna, was a child however he appeared quite happy and much to Izuna's surprise Sai leaned and patted his head. He did this once or twice before walking away and Izuna tried and attempted to worm his way over there by wriggling to still hold the boy that he raised from when he found him in the Rukongai, he however couldn't keep up at his current pace and Sai disappeared. He laid down and wondered what on Earth was going on, was he hallucinating while his body regenerated? or was he actually dead? Izuna didn't know what was going on.