Yokubo chuckled deeply as he walked away from Senbo, who lied on the ground in a bloody heap. Okui scrambled off, and he shook the blood from his mane. Gekido knelt beside Senbo, not daring to move. Tears rolled down his white mask and fell to the sand below.

   "That's all ya get for now, Vixen," Yokubo growled," And when I do it again, I'm gonna make sure that Okui doesn't get to have all the fun." Yokubo turned his head to the boar Hollow and snarled," Ya heard that, pig-face? Lay off!" Okui ignored him and kept walking towards the rubble heap, to inform Sagino that they had finished their lesson.

   "I'm so sorry," Gekido trembled," I helped them to-"

   "Shut up you big lug," Senbo smiled, even though it looked more like a grimace. "It's okay," she said. She twined her fingers with his and squeezed his cold hand.

   "I'm gonna get killed on the battlefield and go straight to hell," Gekido said.

   "You're not going to die," Senbo said.

   "Yes, I am. That Shinigami boy will kill me," Gekido said," And I will go to hell, all because of that one night..."

   *flashback*

   A young boy sat at his dinner table, his mother to the left of him, and his dad to the right of him. The boy had black hair and caramel colored eyes. He looked around the age of fifteen. His legs were long and he was very skinny, almost malnourished. They all sat in silence as they ate their dinner.

   "Delicious souls!" a voice growled from behind. A ten foot tall Hollow had approached from behind, and it was hunched over to avoid hitting the ceiling. It had long saber-like teeth protruding from its mask and sickle shaped claws on the end of each finger. The woman screamed, frozen in fear, along with her husband. The boy however, jumped over the table and bolted out through the front door.

   "Stupid boy, either way, he was just skin and bones," the Hollow grumbled. The boy was a few meters from the house when he heard his mother's scream cut off abruptly.

   "Dammit," he screamed. He turned around and bolted towards his house. When he looked inside, he saw his mother and father lying in a pool of blood.

   "Ah, the boy returns," the Hollow smiled toothily. The Hollow's jaws dripped with the blood of the boy's parents. Anger began to well up in the boy's heart, and his sadness turned to bitterness. "Your parents' souls were delicious," he clacked his bloodstained teeth.

   "If only I wasn't such a damn coward," the boy cursed under his breath. Suddenly, the boy screamed and threw himself at the Hollow. He wrapped his hands around the Hollow's arm and tugged as hard as he could. An unpleasant ripping noise came as the boy ripped the Hollow's arm from his body.

   "You insolent little boy," the Hollow screeched. He grasped at his shoulder in pain, and his blood splattered onto the floor. The boy ripped a claw from the Hollow's severed arm and wielded it like a knife. The boy jumped on the Hollow's back and plunged the claw deep into the his neck.

   "Go to hell, you vile beast," the boy screamed. The Hollow swatted at the boy, impaling him with his claws, and throwing him to the floor. The boy clutched at his bleeding chest, and his vision blurred. The Hollow began to dissipate into the air.

   The boy heard somebody call his name, and he saw a blonde haired girl running towards him. She had beautiful green eyes that were wide with fear.

   "Stay away," he gasped. The Hollow stepped over the boy and attacked the girl. The boy squeezed his eyes shut, and the life slipped out of his body.

   "That night doesn't change anything," Senbo whispered.

   "There is no way to atone for my sins," Gekido said," I died with terrible anger in my heart. I was a coward." Senbo squeezed his hand tighter.

   "Yokubo," a voice called out," Okui! Open the Garganta! Kill the Shinigami!" Sagino was peering down from his makeshift throne.

   "Yes, sir," Okui said as he opened the void to the Living World. Yokubo followed him closely behind, and he smiled evilly.

   "Just wait till I can get my hands on that little Shinigami girl," he sneered. The Garganta closed behind them, and the only Vasto Lordes left were Senbo and Gekido.

   "Well, you are the only two left," Sagino hissed," Prepare yourselves for the final dispatch."