Noble Love - Bleach (Kuchiki Byakuya x Oc x A bit of Various)

十九

Asa kept running down the dark corridor, not knowing where it would lead to. But she wouldn't dare expect anything, especially when she was inside Las Noches where the enemies had more advantages compared to her and her friends. All she could think of was the constant reminder to herself to watch her back and that if she didn't, she would be killed, for these enemies had only one goal - to serve Aizen; and Aizen was a very unpredictably cruel man who could care less about his underlings.

She knew the moment she agreed to join Rukia and Renji in rescuing Orihime despite knowing the she was going against her grandfather's orders, she was getting herself involved in something perilous. And with Ichigo coming to Hueco Mundo with only Uryu and Sado wasn't helping the situation either, because the place was filled with Vasto-Lorde-class Hollow known as Espada, who might have the potential to annihilate a Captain. She was literally going to war in her enemies' territory to save Orihime, and she wasn't even sure whether she would come out alive.

After running down the corridor for some time, she saw a door at the end. She went through the door and found herself inside a room so odd that she felt like she was in a completely different world. Instead of a tiled floor and concrete walls, she thought she was in the woods because of the soft grass beneath her feet and the trees surrounding the open space. Besides, there was no door, and even if there was one, she couldn't see it.

"Where am I?" she muttered to herself, looking around and trying to understand what was going on.

"Welcome to my playground, Shinigami." came an alluring voice. Asa looked around for this woman who mysteriously began talking to her, but she was nowhere in sight.

"Who's there?" she demanded.

Just then, Asa saw a silhouette of a slender woman walking towards her from the trees. She patiently waited for her to come out, but not forgetting to keep her guard up. The woman finally stepped out to reveal herself. She was a female Espada who had big bosoms, light blue hair that cascaded past her waist, lilac eyes and her Hollow hole was in the middle of her chest. She was wearing a white, strapless, maxi dress with a sweetheart neckline, a large slit that revealed the her right leg, and black details. She walked around barefooted, and a fraction of her mask was around her head, making it look like she was wearing a crown. Asa thought she was a beautiful Espada, if it weren't for the sinister smile on her face that gave her an ominous vibe.

"Randepra Korgas is my name." she introduced in her sultry. "Arrancar No. 101. I've been waiting for you, Yamamoto Asa."

The said woman was surprised when the Espada mentioned her name. "You know who I am?" she questioned.

Randepra chuckled. "Of course I do." she said. "Aizen-sama speaks so highly of you. The way he talks about you like you were his lover makes me jealous." As soon as she said that, the ground began to crack beneath Asa, who managed to jump out of the way. But the ground gave in again when she landed, forcing her to use Flash Step to get away, only to face to same problem no matter where she landed. "That's why I'm here to kill you; so that Aizen-sama wouldn't have to speak of you anymore!"

It took a while, but Asa was able to understand what was happening. Using Flash Step again, she let herself fall into the gigantic hole and landed on one of the rubble, which was actually floating in the air while the others around her fell. 'I knew it.' she thought while looking around. 'She uses illusions to fight. She was able to catch me off guard by making me think that whatever that is happening now are real.' Her brows soon furrowed when she thought, 'But there should be to just that, because fighting with illusions alone will leave her prone to attacks.'

Suddenly, vines shot out from the walls and bound her, surprising her once more. "W-What?!" she gasped as she felt herself being lifted out of the hole to come face to face with the Espada, whose back was where the vines stemmed from. And the next thing she knew, the vines restricted as tight as a python would do with its prey, that the thorns cut into her skin, causing severe bleeding while she screamed in pain.