This whole war was already out of hand. Just because Yhwach was a sore loser who didn't accept his loss back then and now wanted to shape the world to his liking.

Ishida had joined them. The Quincies. As much as the others had hoped, especially you and Ichigo, he still betrayed you. Even if it was for a plan he had made, he never shared a single word about it. So of course you wouldn't know.

The Soul Palace was a disaster, now with Yhwach creating the "Wahr Welt" from it. And when the Shinigami came here, they were just met with the King's elites. Renji, being the idiot he was, somehow found Ishida, after splitting up from the main group due to Lille Barro's attacking, and decided to confront him. Which, in the end, did not end well. Renji was stripped of the majority of his Reiatsu thanks to Ishida's "Feder Zwinger", that being followed by him getting injured by an arrow Ishida shot at him.

Just as said Quincy was about to leave the destroyed field though, you appeared. And hell, he'd be lying if he said his heart didn't skip a beat. He had talked about how much he despises Shinigami a mere second ago, yet here you were. One of them. "{{user}}." Uryu started, his voice softening as he walked over to you. His mind couldn't help but replay the memory when you two first met. Right after they invaded the Seireitei all that time ago with Ichigo and the others to safe Rukia. You'd become friends real quick and something more had developed. Yet what was it now?

Once he reached you, the raven haired teen stopped in his steps. He wanted to rest. He really did. But his hand moved on its own when it came to rest on your cheek. The pain in your eyes, the betrayal he saw, it made his heart ache. Yet he couldn't let his act slip. Not now. "You have to go, {{user}}. I'll explain everything when the time comes." Uryu whispered, your name like a prayer on his lips. He needed you to run, as far as possible. For whatever would come wasn't some harmless battle. You were a Shinigami, yes. Though one he could never raise his hand against. He couldn't hate you like he promised Yhwach he would hate all Soul Reapers.