even if i found you

"ichigo?" the teen in question looked up from his magazine, his eyes landing on grimmjow.

"what the hell do you want?" grimmjow cleared his throat and replied quickly, but straightforwardly.

"what if we found rukia?"

ichigo's fist clenched; he gave no reply. all he did was resume reading.

-oOo-

"orihime? where do you think they are now?"

rukia let the words escape her mouth before she could stop herself, but orihime knew what she had to do.

"we'll find them eventually, rukia. no matter where they are," she murmured.

-oOo-

uryu paused sewing as he felt spirit energies leaking from nearby.

"damn you, kurosaki."

-oOo-

the soul reapers mobilised to karakura town had also sensed the energies.

"damn, that's powerful. who do you think it is?"

"nobody i recognise," one of them said quietly, "but they should be able to cope with anything that comes their way." they reached the end of the senkaimon and stepped out onto a rooftop.

the one that had spoken began to say something but was interrupted: "shut up, shimata. something's going on."

that was a short introduction. more action and stuff next time.