Bleach: Fall and Rise

114: Nearly abandoned

(a/n warning there will be a brief mention of nudity, in this arc, there will be explanations of torture and the horrors of a war)

7 years later, Belarus, Hasine's POV

The final demon was slain in a heap and withdrew its power" so what happens now?" Matsumoto asked," the bodies will go up in flames to never be seen again, let's go." I said, we were about to leave when I just barely heard the faint cry of pain coming from inside the cave, we stopped" what is it? Another demon?" Isshin asked.

"No someone's in the cave, come one," I said shunpo'ing to the entrance of the cave, flicking my fingers a fireball erupted and ran inside, the other 2 running behind me, after a few minutes we got to the back of the which dead ends into a large chamber.

Shoved up on the back wall we saw an angel, covered in blood, nasty wounds all over her body, her robe in tatters, her wings withered and soaking wet and barely covering her, and the look of abject fear on her face" oh mercy, call the 4th." I said," on it." Isshin said and ran out" is she a fallen angel?" Matsumoto asked," no, her wings aren't black and she's no monster, hey, can I get your name?" I asked.

"C-c-c commander Ila?" She asked weakly" how do you know my name?" I asked" I-I-I fought alongside you in the war 10000 years ago against the Vasto Lorde, don't you remember me? My name is Oziri." She muttered, my eyes widened" what the hell happened to you?" I asked.

"After one of the battles I was captured and brought to their stronghold and left there before demons found me and took me to hell, I was losing hope until you killed my captors." She explained," you're safe now young one, a lot has changed in the last 10000 years, come on." I said gently" can you walk?" Matsumoto asked, she could only take one step before she fell forward.

Lunging out I grabbed her and for the first time I noticed just how malnourished she really is" what did they even feed you with down there?" I asked in horror" all they gave me were bread scraps." She said, carefully hauling her out of the cave we were just in time to see Isane and Unohana walk up, upon seeing her condition their eyes widened" what happened to this poor angel?" She asked.

"Let's see, oh I don't know, tortured for 10000 years for the information she didn't have up top, that's what," I said flatly" what's going to happen now?" Isane asked," I have to summon Gabriel so he can debrief her but she has numerous millennia of trauma she has to recover from, once she's healed I have to go back up 1st level heaven to make my report." I said handing Oziri off to the girls and they carried her back to Soul Society.

"How long will you be gone?" Matsumoto asked," a couple of days maybe, after one particular battle numerous angels were captured, we liberated them but we must've forgotten about her." I said as we walked through the portal" who was the last commander of the armies before you?" Matsumoto asked.

"Azaria and Ozael, the latter was killed when the rebellion started." I said," when was that?" She asked," 27 quintillion years ago, I have to tell Yamamoto about this." I said and rushed off to the 1st division.

10 minutes later Yamamoto's POV

The door opened and Hasine walked in massaging my temples" I have a bad feeling about what's to come." She said," what's this bad feeling?" I asked," we found an angel after we dispatched the last demon, she had been tortured for 10000 years and it takes us until now to find her, before you fell did you know her well?" I asked," what is her name?" I asked.

"Her name is Oziri." She said, my eyes flew open wide" that's a name I haven't heard for a long time, were we really close when we were training but lost contact over the years, where is she?" I asked," in the 4th division but she's in horrible shape." She said and turned to leave, I followed her.

15 minutes later we got to the 4th division where Oziri is and what met my eyes had me in shock, the angel before me was covered in cuts, her wings withered as she hung her head, sobs wracking her tiny frame" those demons! I'll never forgive them!" I growled, her head lifted looking up at me" who are you?" She asked," it's me, Hamuel, or as I'm now called Shigekuni Yamamoto." I said.

Her eyes widened" why are you down here? Why are you so old? What happened?" She asked," he fell from grace 3000 years after the war, he had just evolved into an archangel and had a one-man party breaking the rule of keeping your feelings yourself and turned into a 9-year-old human child, his Holy Majesty is giving him a second chance to redeem himself." Hasine explained gently.

"...A lot really has changed in the time I was in hell but certain things don't, can your doctors heal me?" She asked," we'll try but we've never healed an angel before, don't you have a healing factor?" Unohana asked," mines been drained from healing all of the past wounds but our physiology is like that of humans but we're made of light." She said.

"So medical kido is useless." Unohana said," I'm sorry about that but only the highest level spell can heal us with injuries this bad." She said scratching the back of her head, pointing a finger at Oziri a light shot out and surrounded her, and proceeded to start healing her the best I can" so what'll happen when you're injured?" Unohana asked.

"The necklace will activate and Raphael will come to heal me and I still have the feeling that Zaraki wants to finish the fight he started and there's a real possibility I could get injured," Hasine said," you're making me go into early retirement, my healing is nearly completely useless with you guys!" Unohana said exasperatedly, Hasine shrugged" you've healed me before." I said.

"That's because you're a fallen angel! You're easy to heal but when it comes to those 2 it's nearly impossible! Do you see my problem?" Unohana shot back" I see it." I said," good, do you remember the mud fight we had near the execution grounds 800 years ago?" Unohana asked," you won and booted me into the mud pit." I said," it's nice to hear you bickering but that's seriously disconcerting." Hasine broke in.

Oziri snorted" that's how we were when we first met, when we finished training however he wanted to become the 2nd in command to Michael and yourself, he even said he wanted to take you off your throne, did you know that?" She asked," I heard about the rumors but I didn't think they were true until I heard about his promotion to 3rd in command before he fell." Hasine said.

"It was a silly dream since he can only control fire like me while you can control all 6 elements," Oziri said," I know and I told him just that but he was still willing to try," Hasine said," I was thinking on taking him to the living world to have a snowball fight since he tried to start one like I heard you did and succeeded on the 2nd try," Oziri said.

"The 1st one was a mistake and I didn't have a complete handle on my ice manipulate and round 2 was epic," Hasine said," is something wrong in 1st-level heaven?" Chojiro asked walking into the room when Hasine finished healing Oziri.

"There is nothing wrong, I was captured by demons and taken to hell...with the intention of getting the information I didn't have in 1st-level heaven." She said gulping heavily" I'm sorry for asking, I'll leave." He said and left.