72 – Good Kitty

72 – Good Kitty

It didn't take them too long to find a small abandoned cave in the Hueco Mundo wasteland. They all rushed in as soon as they determined it was empty. It would be more than enough to obscure them from sight.

Given that Mila Rose was already struggling to hold back her evolution Hisashi quickly deployed a [Hachigyō Sōgai] barrier and infused Mila Rose with [Spirit Power Concealment]. The two together should take care of most or possibly all of the commotion and prevent them from being discovered. He wasn't sure how violent other Hollow's Vasto Lorde transformations since he had only ever witnessed his own. Since he was just about the least normal Hollow around he wasn't a very good standard for what to expect.

By the time they got her Mila Rose fell to her knees unable to support her own weight, her spirit pressure was fluctuating wildly barely managing to remain under her control. When she finally stopped trying it burst forth like a waterfall trying to drown out those present.

Hisashi made sure to shield Apacci and Sung-Sun, the only two that could actually get harmed by her spirit pressure during the transformation. Dondochakka had already swallowed BawaBawa into his stomach to protect him. Everyone else was at a level where it was nothing more than a breeze to them.

The surrounding spirit particles started surging towards Mila Rose like a wild torrent as her body devoured it like an endless pit.

Apacci and Sung-Sun were surprised though. Hisashi was the only person they had witnessed becoming a Vasto Lorde and it had been a much more violent affair to the point it had destroyed the environment where he transformed. Though the surge Mila Rose was causing was still wild it was nowhere near that powerful.

Nel Tu crawled up on Hisashi's should and smiled clapping her hands.

"She's doing it!" she yelled happily.

Hisashi smiled back at her.

Apacci was an entirely different story as she looked very frustrated.

"What's up with this bullshit! I worked so hard! Argh!" Apacci yelled. She couldn't accept Mila Rose was the first of them that succeeded, deep down she knew she could have worked even harder like Mila Rose had and blamed herself for losing.

"Aww, cute little Apacci. Do you need some pets?" Hisashi teased her.

"You shut up! Just watch me!" she retorted immediately, in no mood for his teasing.

Sung-Sun seemed the least bothered out of them, but it was hard to say since she had a tendency to hide her true feelings behind a mask of casual indifference.

Harribel looked positively proud. She did treat the Tres Bestias like friends or even family after all.

"Good job Rose," she told her which caused Mila Rose's tail to flick excitedly.

Pesche and Dondochakka looked rather nervous. They were only Adjuchas class Arrancar and it was quite likely Mila Rose had just surpassed them when she became a Vasto Lorde. They had just been bumped down the hierarchy one more step. They were kind of used to being around the bottom from their time in Las Noches. At least so far their new group didn't seem to treat them badly due to this.

"Sure. Mila Rose did great. Let's get moving," Apacci said impatiently. She seemed fired up. Mila Rose beating her to the punch had really lit a fire under her. She wouldn't accept falling any further behind. She rushed out first with the others needing to chase after her.

Hisashi smiled at the change in her. This would only make it more likely she would succeed.