I am back people! Those of you who have read Set in Stone will remember me and be glad to now that after a few months of planning and writer's block I finally started the sequel! Woohoo! If you haven't read Set in Stone then just check my profile. It's not too big really and you can get caught up pretty quickly. Here you go fans and new friends alike. The first chapter!

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Chapter 1: To the World of the Living!

The day was calm and beautiful. A slight breeze blew through the air of the Soul Society and with it came a calm peace. The clash of sparing swords could be heard in a large field as two warriors trained to better themselves. Loaño, a young Shinigami girl with short blonde hair and silver eyes, watched as her friend spared with the captain of the Seventh Squad.

The two clashed swords again and again. Haseo, a young shinigami with white hair and a yellow left eye attacked his mentor again with fierce determination. Despite his right eye being missing, it's socket covered by a black eye patch, he was still able to see what his opponent was doing and accurately dodge without any problems. He jumped over the captain's blade and struck with his own.

Komamura used his large, gloved hand and grabbed Haseo's zanpakuto with ease. Haseo gasped in surprise and was hit back hard enough to let go of his sword and fall back, but not to cause any real damage. "Th-that's not fair! You can't grab my zanpakuto like that!"

"Why not?" Komamura asked. "A Hollow could easily grab your weapon if their skin is hard enough." Komamura threw his sword to him, but Haseo didn't catch it. It clattered to the ground with a dull clang.

Haseo didn't reply but stood back up and picked up his sword. He readied himself for another charge but Komamura held up his large hand. "That is enough for today Haseo. It is getting late and we have our duties to attend to." Haseo looked disappointed but sheathed his sword and replied "Yes sir."

"Not bad Haseo, but Kitsune-taichou is right." Loaño said as she stood up and walked over to her friend. "You need to be able to see what your opponent will do next. That's what your abilities are all about, right?"

"Shut up Lo." Haseo replied angrily as he walked past her. Komamura watched him and sighed

"I'm sorry Loaño, but Haseo has been very pressured lately." Komamura apologized.

"I know." Loaño replied sadly. "Ever since Aizen, Gin, and Tousen went defective Haseo hasn't been the same. He's the 3rd seat of Squad 5 and the highest ranking person who's fit to work so he's stuck doing the captain and lieutenant crap. Then he really looked up to Aizen and even more to Tousen. I'm not surprised he's feeling depressed. Sure my captain's trying to help but he's already got a lot on his plate with my lazy ass lieutenant."

"And what about you? Don't you have paperwork to be doing? You are the 3rd seat of Squad 10 after all." Komamura pointed out.

"Uh, we should get going right? Don't want Gramps burning us alive or Shiro-chan freezing our asses off for being out so late, right?" Loaño replied sheepishly. She ran ahead and grabbed Haseo by the arm. Despite his protests she dragged him into a run and left Komamura behind. A breeze blew through the field as Komamura smiled at the two. He sighed though, as he thought about what Loaño had said.

"We're all suffering from their betrayal." He muttered as he walked forward to catch up with the other two.

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Haseo struggled with the large stack of paperwork he was carrying. Outside the moon was shining in the sky and a cool, crisp breeze blew through Soul Society. Haseo would have enjoyed relaxing in the garden in front of the 5th Squad captain's room and watching the moon, but sadly he had other priorities. He walked down the hall with a scowl on his face and a heavy stack of papers in his arms.

He arrived at the captain's room, which he had been using as his temporary office, and kicked the door open. He walked in as quickly as he could without knocking the papers out of his arms and deposited them on the desk. He let out a sigh of relief as the weight left his arms and then looked down on the papers he had to do that night. He turned and looked around the room, trying to find something to use as an excuse to procrastinate.

The room was fairly large, as all captain's rooms were. Haseo hadn't redecorated much since Aizen left so it was in mostly the same shape as it had been. Haseo looked at the bookcase full of books from casual reading books to large history books. In one corner was a record player Haseo had never actually heard Aizen use, with a few records stacked near it. He found nothing interesting and thus turned back to the papers with a heavy heart.

He sat at the desk and suddenly felt small when he thought about who had filled its seat before. He took out his pen and shoved those thoughts away. He took the first form down and began filling it out. He worked in a sad silence, filling out form after form. Finally when the last one was complete, he stretched in the chair and let out a loud yawn.

"How does Hitsugaya-taichou manage all of this?" he wondered. "And he's only a kid to boot. Of course he's also a genius."

Haseo was pulled out of his thoughts as the door of his office opened. Rather than Loaño or Renji, who he had expected to walk in, a young shinigami girl walked in. She looked to be his age with red hair that fell to her shoulders. Her blue eyes sparkled and her zanpakuto was strapped to the left of her waist. It's hilt was pink but Haseo couldn't tell anything else. She looked at Haseo in mild surprise.

"Uhm, I don't suppose this is the 2nd Squad captain office?" she asked hesitantly.

"Do you see pictures of black cats everywhere?" Haseo asked.

"Good point." Celena chuckled. "Sorry, I just confirmed my transfer last night and I was told to report to Soifon-taichou first thing this morning."

"Morning?" Haseo asked. He moved the blinds from the window and pulled back when sunlight blazed into his only eye. "Crap, another night of paperwork. I hate this stuff!" he cried as he hit the stake of paperwork causing it to all fall off of the desk. "Damn this job!" he roared in anger.

"Uhm, are you okay?" the girl asked.

"Yeah, I'm just under a lot of pressure. I'm the 3rd Seat of Squad 5, Haseo. I've taken on all the responsibilities of my Captain and Lieutenant and it's not easy." Haseo answered tiredly. "I'm sorry for freaking out." He bent down and began picking up the papers. He organized a few and put them on the desk. When he turned to pick up the rest he saw the girl helping him. She handed him another stack and he put it on the first.

The two quickly picked up the rest and put it on the stack of papers. "So, what position are you being transferred to?" Haseo asked.

"I'm the new 3rd Seat of Squad 2, Celena. I used to be the 4th Seat of Squad 11 but that was just horrible." She answered.

"One of my friends used to be the 4th Seat. Her name is Loaño. She transferred out the same way you are, but then she transferred from there to Squad 10." Haseo replied.

"Wow, talk about jumping around." Celena replied.

"She was in my squad originally but was kicked out. Then she went to the 8th Squad, but between her lazy captain and lazy 3rd seat, Isane-fukutaichou nearly went insane and kicked her out. Then she went to be the 4th Seat of Squad 11 but she and Zaraki-taichou kept getting into fights. After being hospitalized the fourth time my friends and I talked her into transferring to Squad 2. Then she and the lieutenant got on each other's nerves too much and she finally transferred into Squad 10 as the 3rd Seat." Haseo explained.

"I came from squad 11 because all of those disgusting guys there are pigs. The only one remotely sane is Yumichika, and even then he was a freak." Celena replied. "Hopefully Squad 2 will be better. If I can ever find it that is."

"I could help you." Haseo offered.

"Really? I would so appreciate that." Celena thanked him.

"It's no problem. I need out of this office fast." Haseo replied.

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"Do your paperwork or get out!" Toshiro yelled angrily.

"Bye then!" Loaño said as she zipped out of the room and ran down the hall, narrowly avoiding Hyorinmaru (Ice Ring). She ran down the halls of the 10th squad, trying to avoid her captain at all costs. Granted he wasn't actually chasing after her, but she was too scared to check. Better safe than sorry, right?

Loaño ran out of the 10th Squad's area and down a random road. She continued running and checked behind her to see if her short but powerful captain was following. She sighed when she saw she was safe but screamed when she ran into someone. Whoever it was she fell over and both people went flying to the ground. She quickly stood up and looked at the black-haired shinigami she had run over.

"Sorry Rukia!" Loaño cried.

"What the hell Lo, you ran her over!" Renji roared from beside the fallen girl.

"It's fine you guys. I'm okay." Rukia said as she stood up. "I'm sort of used to being run over by Loaño by now to be honest."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Loaño asked in a semi hurt voice.

"It means you're a cluts." Renji answered.

"Shut it pineapple head. If only we had Strawberry around here, we could make a fruit salad." Loañ joked back.

"Was that a yaoi joke?" Rukia asked.

Loaño stopped and thought about it. "I don't know. So what are you guys doing over here anyway? Do Endrance and Shiro-sensei have you guys running chores for you?"

"Sort of." Rukia answered. "We're going with Hitsugaya-taichou to the human world later today for a mission. We're going to investigate and help out Ichigo and his friends with the Arrancar."

"Arrancar? What, did Ichigo finally get his driver's license?" Loaño asked.

"You don't know who the arrancar are? Are you really that dense?" Renji asked angrily.

"I'm not dense, you are!" Loaño yelled back.

"Relax Loaño, Renji didn't know who they were at first either." Rukia said to calm her friend down. "I'm sorry we can't now, but we'll explain when we get back. For now we need to get to Hitsugaya-taicho and get ready to leave."

"Cool, I'll come with. It's been a while since I've been in the living world so this should be fun." Loaño said. "I'm sure Shiro-chan will say yes."

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"Absolutely not."

"But why Shiro-chan?" Loaño whined, earning a glare from her captain.

"Because I have to take Matsumoto, Abarai, Madarame, and Yumichika. The only sane person besides me going is Kuchiki and even then she's going to have her hands full making sure Kurosaki doesn't go overboard. Unless you know someone sane enough to help me keep you idiots in check, you're not going." Toshiro answered.

"I know just the guy! In fact, he's in need of a vacation!" Loaño said before rushing off. Toshiro sighed as he watched her go, asking whatever powers that be why he had to be stuck with her as his 3rd seat.

"Uhm, excuse me? This is the meeting place for the shinigami going to the living world, right?" someone asked. Toshiro looked over to see Celena standing in front of him.

"You must be Celena, the one from the 2nd Squad, right?" Toshiro asked.

"Yes sir." Celena answered. "Soifon-taicho thought this would be perfect for me for my first mission."

"Are you insane, retarded, obsessed with your beauty/boobs, or have anger issues?" Toshiro asked.

"No." Celena answered a little confusedly.

"You're in." Toshiro replied.

Over time the other shinigami that would serve under Toshiro appeared. Yumichika and Ikkaku came together, Yumichika saying how he hoped the living world would be beautiful. Matsumoto appeared, commenting on how she couldn't wait to start shopping. Rukia and renji came together, Rukia commenting on how she wanted to hurry and see if they had any new Chappy merchandise there. Toshiro had no idea what the hell Chappy was, and something told him he didn't want to.

"Thank goodness. Loaño isn't coming after all." Toshiro said.

"I don't think so Captain." Rangiku said happily. Everyone looked a dustcloud moving down the road with incredible speed. Loaño jumped in the air and threw another shinigami at the group. Toshiro jumped away and looked at the boy who had been slammed into the ground.

"I should have known she'd get you." He commented.

"Why are you making me do this Hitsugaya-taichou? I don't want to go." Haseo complained as he stood up.

"I'm not." Toshiro answered.

"Then why the hell did Loaño force me here!?" Haseo roared in anger. "I have work to do dammit!"

"I know that." Loaño said as she approached the group. "But I asked Kitsune-taichou and he said he'd take over your paperwork until you get back. We agreed that a trip to the living world would do you good.

"Maybe getting back into the swing of fighting is just what you need." Loaño replied. "Plus if you didn't come, I couldn't have."

"Then next time don't come." Haseo replied tiredly.

"Are you coming or not Haseo?" Toshiro asked. Haseo looked between his friends Rukia and Renji, Loaño's pleading face, and Celena's hopeful one. He looked at everyone and thought about everything. The betrayal. Momo's injuries. His own fear and anxiety that made him attack his best friend. He lightly felt the eye patch over his right eye and sighed. He looked up at the group and gave a weak smile.

"Let's go."