If Kadaj had been there... things might have gone differently. Hell, it might have if they'd had even Apache. She wasn't an Espada, but she was an Arrancar, and dangerous. Impulsive, though. Enough to have made or broken the team. A wildcard.

He nodded.

"Next time," he agreed, concentrating his chakra enough to take them away from their rivals with nothing more than a low buzz of static.