Meanwhile, whenever Ben was with Aizen. Aizen had spent his time manipulating Ben all he could about Soul Society.
He told him its location, its structure, and the main thing he taught Ben was about its forces. Soul Society's most powerful warriors were the Gotei 13.
They were the Captains of Soul Society's Thirteen Squads. Aizen, Gin, and Tosen had been captains in Soul Society until they rebelled against it. Aizen cautioned Ben not to take any of the Captains lightly, as they were extremely powerful.
He told Ben that Shinigami looked like humans but most definitely weren't. Aizen talked about Zanpakuto and that each one granted a different ability to each wielder.
First, there was Shikai, the first true form of a Zanpakuto. Then there was Bankai, the second and far more powerful form of a Zanpakuto. Aizen also talked about Kido, the unique power of Shinigami to use their reiatsu, or spiritual pressure, to cast spells.
"You must be prepared, Ben Tennyson," Aizen told him during his teachings. "Or they will fill the world with their corruption."
But Ben hearing this all knew that Aizen was manipulating him, but he didn't know that he was also just waiting for a good chaos, and then he revealed his real powers.
Around a month had passed.
But in these one month, Ben has also advanced in his relationship with Harribel.
It was a day, when he was caught up with Nel, his teammates, and intense training that the days blurred together.
And when he arrived at night, he found Harribel looking a little worried, at first he only came to know why she was worried. But later it evolved into something physical.
Harribel golden hair spilling across the sheets, her strong body arching beneath him as he fucked her deep and hard, claiming her with the same intensity he showed in battle.
Harribel, the usually stoic Tres Espada, had moaned his name loudly that night, her reserved nature melting away as she surrendered completely to him. Since then, their encounters had become a regular release for both of them, passionate, wordless, and raw.
And like that, he spend this one month in fucking Harribel, or their Fraccion or playing with Nel.
One day, he had been playing with Nel at the time, tickling her and laughing as she squirmed in his lap, when Harribel entered the room. Her turquoise eyes met Ben's for a brief, knowing second before she spoke in her usual calm tone.
"Aizen wants to see you."
Curious, Ben gently set Nel aside and followed Harribel through the winding halls of Las Noches toward Aizen's throne room. The entire Espada were already gathered there. Ben noticed Nnoitra among them; the two exchanged a sharp, hostile glare as Ben walked past him.
"Hello, Ben," Aizen said pleasantly. "There is something I require of you."
"What is it?" Ben asked, now he was not like the before.
"I realize that in order for you to be prepared for the war, you need experience battling the Shinigami. If you do not know how to handle them, even your forms will be rendered helpless."
Ben didn't say anything, merely listening as Aizen went on. But he couldn't help but wonder just how strong the Shinigami were.
"Several Shinigami have set up a post in Karakura Town," Aizen continued. "I want you to accompany Yammy, Grimmjow, and new comrade there."
Ben wasn't looking forward to hanging out with Yammy. The looks on their faces at Aizen's words told him that the feeling was mutual. Ben then noticed Grimmjow walking towards them. He was about to say hello when he saw something different.
"What happened to your arm?" he asked. Sure enough, Grimmjow's left arm was gone.
"That was Grimmjow's punishment for his disobedience," Tosen stated to Ben. Ben's eyes widened.
"You cut off his arm?" Ben asked.
"Shut up, kid," Grimmjow told him. "Shouting ain't gonna bring my arm back."
Ben didn't say anything, when he felt something grab onto his left wrist which had the Ultimatrix. Grabbing his arm was what appeared to be a little kid with blonde hair, purplish eyes, and a bit of bucktooth. A tiara like fragment was on his head and he carried a big cleaver on his back.
"Ben," Aizen said. "This is your new companion. Wonderweiss. He will accompany you to Karakura Town."
"Aaaaaah," Wonderweiss said, looking up at Ben.
Ben looked at Wonderweiss uneasily. Personally he didn't want to be a part of Aizen's little expedition. But for the upcoming war, he wanted to see how it would happen, so he agreed.
"When do we leave?" he asked Aizen calmly.
"Immediately," Aizen told him.
Suddenly, a strange hole opened up in the throne room. To Ben, the hole opened to some place that seemed to be swirling energy and darkness.
"This is called a Garaganta," Ulquiorra explained. "It is the gateway between Hueco Mundo and the land of the living. I recommend that you follow the others first. Humans would have difficulty traveling through it by themselves."
Ben was confused by Ulquiorra's words, but decided he might as well go with it. Ulquiorra didn't seem like the type to lie. Ben let the Arrancar step into the portal first and followed quickly after.
"One last thing, Ben," Aizen called after him. "Make sure that you are not seen in your human form. That will only make it easier for them to find." Then the hole connecting them to Hueco Mundo closed.
All Ben could see was a swirling vortex and a strange road of light that suddenly appeared when all the Arrancar had entered. Since it was the only pathway, that's where everyone went. The trip was quiet and nobody said a word.
After a while another hole opened up in front of them. Greeted by a bright flash of light, Ben had to cover his eyes. Once they adjusted, he tried to see. Unfortunately, Yammy was in the way so he couldn't see much. But he could see the sky that he was so familiar with. And he could see trees and the ground best he could. His heart leaped into his throat. He was back on Earth.
"Oh?" Yammy said. "We came out in a pretty nice place, didn't we? Those guys have some pretty high reiatsu. This should be a good place to start off."
Ben looked from behind Yammy. Standing down on the ground and looking at them were four people. There was a bald guy, a blonde haired woman, a white haired little kid, and what appeared to be a man with shoulder length black hair something that looked like feather attached to his eye.
Even though Aizen warned him that Shinigami looked just like people, it still bothered him about how close they resembled humans.
Grimmjow merely looked off with a bored expression. "The guy I want to kill isn't in that group."
And after saying that, Grimmjow suddenly shot off into the sky, flying through the air.
Ben remembered that. Harribel had taught him how to use Spiritual Pressure to levitate his body for any of his forms.
"Hey!" Yammy yelled at him. "Wait up, Grimmjow!" But Grimmjow was soon out of sight. "Jerk!"
"Ch," Yammy grunted. Then he looked down at the group below. "The guy I want to kill isn't in that group either."
Ben nodded and asked him, "Would the guy you want to kill be the one who cut off your arm? Or the one who beat you up? Or is it the one who repelled your Cero?"
Yammy grinned. "All of 'em."
Ben nodded.
"Hey, you two!" Yammy yelled at Ben and Wonderweiss. "Let's go!"
Ben turned into Rath, since it was his one of favourite.
Yammy was too busy paying attention to Ben that they almost missed the white haired kid pulling out his sword and soaring straight at them. However, Yammy was able to block the attack with his own sword.
"Hitsugaya Toushiro, Squad 10 Captain."
Yammy smiled. "What a coincidence. I'm a 10 too. Arrancar 10, Yammy."
"10?" Toushiro asked. "Are you an Espada?"
"You know quite a lot, don't you?" Yammy asked with a sneer. "Seems you fought with someone who doesn't know how to shut up."
Rath noticed that white haired kid's friends were also floating in the air as well. One was a bald man and another was black haired man. The bald man was holding some kind of spear, while the black haired man had a sword handle that had four sickle blades attached to it.
"Are you also an Espada?" They asked him.
But Ben ignored them, and noticed a woman, who was looking at Rath in surprise. Her hair was extremely long and blonde and, much to Rath's amazement, he saw that she had a lovely figure that she seemed to make no attempt to hide. Rath made sure to look at her.
"You…" she said as she studied Rath. "You're not an Espada. You're not even an Arrancar. And you're definitely not, are you?"
Hitsugaya and the other two looked at the woman, then at Rath. All of them looked at Rath in surprise.
"What are you?" the bald man asked. "Some kind of pet?"
That ticked off Rath. "Let me tell you something, baldy! Rath is nobody's pet! Rath is his own man."
The bald man glared at Rath angrily. "I'm not bald!" he yelled at Rath. "I'm Ikkaku Madarame and I'm shaven!"
"You look bald to me, Ikkaku Madarame," Rath said with a smirk. "You're so bald the sun was shining off your head and nearly blinded me."