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Hybrid Theory	By : elrazhnia Category: Bleach > General Views: 5950 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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In the back of her mind, Orihime had known from the moment she'd heard Ichigo and the others had come to rescue her that things wouldn't end well at all. She'd clung to a dim hope, but it was fleeting. But she never imagined things would end THIS terribly.
Aizen must have been waiting from the very beginning for the Seireitei to send back up, because the moment it was clear they had, he'd struck. The battles were a blur to her, as were the arrivals of reinforcements and retreat of those who could no longer fight. But not everyone had managed to retreat.
Aizen had gone from one prisoner to fourteen in only a handful of hours. The first to be captured had been Rukia and Chad, both having sustained heavy injuries in their battle against the Espada Nnoitra Gilga and Aaroniero Arruruerie. Orihime had been horrified at the extent of their injuries, worried that they'd actually been killed, but was relieved that Shuno and Ayame had been able to heal them with only the slightest difficulty.
Next had been Uryuu and Renji, captured by Szayel Aporro Granz. Aizen had noted with amusement that if the pink-haired Arrancar had been five minutes slower in his capture, he would have had Mayuri Kurotsuchi to deal with. He didn't doubt the Captain of the Twelfth Division would have found some way around Szayel's special skill and come up with some twisted, "academic" way to slaughter him.
Orihime had been ever more frightened of Szayel than before after seeing what had been done to her two friends. Their outward injuries had been fairly minor, not taking too much effort for her fairies to heal. But the internal damage was devastating, several organs completely destroyed. She frankly found it amazing that they had lasted long enough to be brought to her for healing.
Her own recapture had occurred after Nnoitra had managed to severely injure both Ichigo and Nel. He and Tesra had just left the two there to die, and Orihime had no idea as to whether of not they had managed to retreat or if they truly had... No. She couldn't entertain that thought. Ichigo was too strong to go out like that, and there was no way he would have abandoned Nel there. They had been hurt, but they would live. She had to hold on to that belief...
As she focused her power on healing the two men, she allowed silver-gray eyes to drift to the other prisoners, each bound and sporting varying degrees of injury. They'd somehow managed to separate Nemu from her father and capture her. she seemed indifferent to her plight and Orihime wondered not for the first time if Kurotsuchi had completely skipped over emotions during her creation. Rangiku and Toushirou were both there, which greatly saddened her. She'd hoped they more than any other would have remained out of harm's way. Kuchiki-taichou and Ukitake-taichou had been taken captive as well, both trying to remain calm to ease the minds of the others. Poor little Hanatarou had been taken, and Unohana-taichou had tried to rescue her subordinate, only to be captured herself in the process. Soi Fon seemed uninjured, but was bound more tightly than any of the others. No surprise, as if she were loose her stealth would be a great advantage. Last of all was Momo. She was the one Orihime pitied the most. She still hadn't entirely mentally recovered from Aizen's betrayal, and she could just imagine how much damage this would do to her already fragile psyche.
Each of the prisoners had been outfitted with a bangle of Szayel's creation, severely limiting their spiritual pressure. Orihime had never been the best at sensing spiritual pressure, but even she could feel the once suffocating power of the Captain-level Shinigami had been reduced to close to nothing. It made her wonder momentarily why she hadn't been shackled with something similar, before she realized that it was unnecessary. Her power was only minimilistically influenced by her spiritual pressure. Something like that would not stop her from using it. What stopped her was the threat of what would happen to her friends if she dared...
Orihime finished with the last of the prisoners' injuries before standing and sending a defiant glare to the auburn-haired man who had been observing the room from his throne. She may be in a position where she had no options but to obey him, but as soon as she had her chance, she would erase the very existence of the cursed object that had given him the power he lorded over them so.
"Excellent work, Orihime."Aizen stated as if speaking to one of his obedient subordinates. Orihime clenched her fists at her sides, giving a stiff nod of acknowledgement but nothing to give the illusion that she was obedient.
"What I wanna know is why you even gave the order to take them alive."Grimmjow asked in irritation from where he stood with his arms folded, leaning against the wall. He looked no worse for wear after his battle with Ichigo, thanks again to Orihime's power. It appeared Aizen had not been at all upset with him for sneaking Orihime out to heal the Substitute so that he could fight him, instead rather amused. Orihime expected it would have been a whole other story if the blue-haired Espada's actions had resulted in her rescue. She doubted he'd be standing here at all if that had been the case.
Aizen gave his usual smug grin.
"Because they are no use to me dead, Grimmjow. No, I have a little experiment in mind."
"What sort of experiment, Aizen-sama?"Szayel questioned, eyes brightening at the magic word.
"To build my army, to make it as powerful as possible. I believe this will interest you in an academic sense, Szayel. I'm sure you'll enjoy studying this."
The Lord of Los Noches stood from his throne, approaching where the prisoners were all settled. Orihime was still the only one unbound, still giving him a defiant glare. The others also kept their eyes upon him, different emotions passing across each face. Anger, fear, calm... None of their looks seemed to have any effect on him.
"We have now some of the strongest Shinigami to exist."Hanatarou unconsciously inched closer to Retsu in fear at that. He was far from strong, especially compared to all the Captain and Lieutenant-level Shinigami around him. If he was useless, what would be done with him? Aizen continued his speech, circling slowly around Orihime as he spoke. "As well as some incredibly powerful humans. Humans I am quite certain would easily become Shinigami in their own right upon death, third seat at the very least."
"What good does that do us? They're not on our side."Grimmjow frowned. Aizen chuckled lowly.
"No, perhaps not. But this brings me to my little experiment." he grinned evilly. "Szayel. Don't you believe it would be fascinating... to see just how strong a half-breed child would be?"
The scientist got a positively gleeful look in his eyes at his lord's suggestion.
"It would definitely be something worth studying, Aizen-sama. If that boy Grimmjow is always blathering about is anything to go on, a hybrid child between a human and Shinigami would be quite powerful."
Ichigo? Hybrid? What in the world was he talking about? No one else seemed to notice Orihime's confusion, as Aizen continued.
"Yes, but that's not all I have in mind."the brunette said, reaching out hand to lift a lock of Orihime's burnt sienna hair and letting it slip through his fingers again. "Imagine the power a child would possess... if one parent were an Arrancar."
Orihime drew in a shard, terrified breath at the insinuation, turning silver eyes up to the man in horror as he grinned down at her, but still speaking to Szayel.
"What do you say to that, my dear Espada."
"An intriguing prospect."Szayel murmured with a thoughtful grin. "At present we aren't even sure whether Arrancar are even compatible with humans or Shinigami. After all, who in the past would ever have tried? But if it is possible... I imagine any such child would be a force to be reckoned with."
"My thoughts precisely."Aizen agreed, turning his eyes from his captive to gaze at his collected Espada. None of them were nearly as gleeful as Szayel at the prospect he lay before them, but they were certainly intrigued by the thought of the possibilities.
"So there are no objections."Aizen said smugly.
"There damn well are objections!"Renji snapped, falling out of the stupor the traitor's idea had momentarily put him in. "What makes you think any one of us would agree to that, huh?!"
Aizen chuckled. "But you see, you have no say in the matter. If you do not comply, I will certainly make sure you wish you had."
"You can torture me all you want, I ain't doin' it!"the redhead snapped.
"Whoever said anything about laying a hand on you?"Aizen said serenely. He approached where Rukia was knelt near her brother, lifting her roughly by the front of her shihakusho, the other hand roughly gripping in her dark hair. She gave a tiny cry of pain, and Renji, Byakuya, and Juushirou each moved forward as if to stop him, but were halted by their bindings.
"The beauty of my arrangement as it stands, is that each of you cares for one of the others enough to do anything to keep them from being harmed. This little one alone is all the insurance I need to keep most of you obedient."
He gave another sharp jerk of Rukia's hair, jerking her neck back harshly, before carelessly dropping her back to the floor. Byakuya moved forward concernedly, letting out a sigh of relief to see that his sister was largely unharmed. She would be sore for at least a few hours, her scalp and neck in particular, but there was no serious damage.
"Does anyone else wish to object?"Aizen asked amusedly.
"You have us backed into a corner now,"Orihime said boldly before turning hate-filled eyes to her captor. "But you won't get away with this. Ichigo will make sure you pay."
"You don't even know if your little savior is alive, my dear."
Orihime's chest tightened at those words, but she wouldn't allow them to sink any deeper into her mind. Ichigo was alive. Ichigo would come for her... for all of them. Ichigo wouldn't abandon his friends. Besides, even if the unthinkable had happened, even if he had been killed, that only meant he would be sent to Soul Society. He would become a true Shinigami, not just a substitute. And he would still come for them. But the way things were, the losses the Seireitei had suffered, there was one thing that she had to admit, as much as she didn't want to.
Their rescue would not come swiftly. It would be some time before Soul Society could recover and regroup, especially with so many of their Captains and Lieutenants lost. Most would probably be assumed dead. They quite possibly still misunderstood and thought she was a traitor like Aizen. But sooner or later, they would attack. Aizen was too much a threat to leave alone forever, so even if they assumed they had no one to rescue, there would be an attack sooner or later.
"Ichigo will make sure you pay."she repeated simply before turning her eyes ahead, trying to retain her determined air.
"Well, if there are no more objections."Aizen continued as if Orihime had not spoken. "I believe it is time we get this experiment under way. But which samples to match up? Decisions, decisions..."
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Author Notes: This story follows canon UP TO a certain point, at which it breaks off entirely. Any Arrancar who live long enough to just up before the Fake Karakura Town battle- when the Captains first arrive in Hueco Mundo- is assumed to have survived the Captains' arrival, and in some cases-such as Szayel and Nnoitra- avoided their canonical battle with a Captain entirely. The Fake Karakura Town battle never occurred, and all important Shinigami are assumed to have survived the battles in Hueco Mundo and retreated to Soul Society, unless expressly stated otherwise. I have not yet completed my decisions on which prisoners will be "given" to which Arrancar, only that Orihime will most likely be given to Ulquiorra and Nemu will likely-though not certainly-be given to Szayel. I'm open to any suggestions anyone has on pairings. A few things to note for suggestions:
1.) While I am not against Mpreg-quite the opposite-I do have a pet peeve about Mpreg without at least some logical explanation as to how it was possible in the fandom. It doesn't have to be extremely detailed, just to make sense with the canon it is used in. In Bleach, my generally accepted explanation is that in Spiritual entities such as Shinigami and Arrancar, an amalgamation of the two parents' reiatsu will form an embryo within the submissive, carrying parent. This logic means that while it would be possible for Renji- a Shinigami- or Grimmjow- an Arrancar- to be the carrying parent of their offspring, it would be impossible for Uryuu or Chad- both human and completely non-spiritual beings.
2.) Clearly there are more prisoners than available Espada, even if their ranks had been full. Add that to the fact that not every Espada would want to participate in Aizen's little experiment, and the result is that some Espada will have multiple prisoners under their care. If at all possible, I don't want to pair anyone off with multiple partners. As part of the solution to this, I fully intend for there to be certain cases where an Espada "gives" their prisoner (s) to their Fraccion, and well accept suggestions of such parings.
3.) While Aizen's primary goal is to acquire a strong army of cross-breeds, he also desires an heir for himself. Yet another decision I have yet to make is who he will choose as the mother (or carrying parent as the case may be). I'm entertaining the possibility of him also giving prisoners to Gin and Tosen (as a "reward for their loyalty"), but haven't yet made decisions on that front either.
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