Chapter I - The First Chapter

It was a bright sunny day as it always seems to be in soul society and tenth division captain, Hitsugaya Toushiro was running down a street towards the 1st division house. The alarm had sounded and he was racing there to find out what was going on. Hitsugaya skidded to a halt and took a few steps backward. He peered around the corner where he thought he saw…

'You sure it's this way?' Zaraki grunted.

'Nya huh! Of course it is!' his pink haired lieutenant squealed.

'Oi!' Hitsugaya tried to yell after them, but to no avail. 'Oh well, they can find their own way,' and he started off again, leaping to the roof of the adjacent white building.

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Hinamori woke with a start. 'No, taichou!' She'd had the dream again. Shaking her head, trying to forget the livid images, she realised what made her wake. The alarm was sounding and Hinamori could hear footsteps outside her room. Rubbing her eyes she made her way outside to find out what was going on, only to crash into a very annoyed, but familiar face.

'Shirou-chan! Shirou-chan, what's going on?' Hinamori asked from her seat on the ground.

He glared at her, getting to his feet, dusting off his sleeves.

'Don't call me that!'

He was irritated today it seemed. His lieutenant had run off yet again and left him with all the work, and when he though he could finally get some rest, the alarm has to ring! Could his day get any worse? Apparently so, as a courier stopped, jogging on the spot in front of them.

'Hitsugaya-taichou, Hinamori-fukutaichou, Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni-sama has called an emergency meeting for all captains!' and before Hinamori could ask about her, the courier had run off, probably looking for Kenpachi and Yachiru who were currently on the other side of Seireitei. How? I have no idea.

'Shiro-chan, what's happened?' Hinamori picked herself up off the ground. He was staring into the distance.

'I don't know, but it sounds bad. Hinamori, get together with the other lieutenants, surely they're meeting somewhere, and watch your back.' And then, he left.

Hinamori was still in a daze, standing in the middle of the paved street, thinking about her dream. The dream that she knew all too well. If only it was real…

She snapped back to reality and shook her head. 'Come on,' she told herself, 'I have to find the others.'

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Renji and Kira stood in a corner of the wooden room, wondering, just like everyone else what was going on. Kira spotted the girl that just had entered the room and beckoned the 5th division lieutenant over. 'Hinamori!' Renji exclaimed, 'd'you have any idea what's going on?'

She shook her head. 'No clue.'

All the lieutenants were there, except for Yachiru, who was of course, lost with her captain, but of course shortly, she turned up as well.

The 1st division vice cleared his throat and began to speak.

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'Surely, you must be mistaken.' Ukitake said upon hearing Yamamoto's announcement.

'My data is never wrong!' Mayuri snapped back. 'I'm telling you, there are three unauthorized beings in Seireitei!'

'But who would it be, Kurotsuchi?' Hitsugaya was getting very annoyed. This wasn't a good day to start an argument.

'Who else?' Mayuri hissed in reply.

Kenpachi left the formation and started walking towards the door. 'Who cares? I'll take 'em out.'

'Zaraki!' Yelled the tenth division captain.

'Leave him be,' came Yamamoto's authoritarian voice. 'But we will take this seriously. Twice in the history of soul society has Seireitei been breached. This is not a light matter.'

Shunsui blinked. 'Could it be Ichigo and friends again?'

The old bearded man shook his head. 'He has permission to enter soul society, there would be no reason for him to sneak in.'

Several of the captains nodded in agreement.

'My instruction is this, all squads must be dispatched on full alert, no less than when the last ryoka entered. Make sure every head is accounted for. The lieutenants are currently being informed of the exact procedure. Unohana, make room in your wings. Let's just hope it doesn't get that bad.'

There was silence for a few moments, until the captains started filing out and Yamamoto's words started to sink in. That's when Hitsugaya really started to worry about her. Hinamori, that is.

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She walked alone on the deserted pathway, thinking about what was going to happen next. The fifth division was still without a captain and completely disorganized. She had tried to sort them out as best as she could but it hadn't really been working. What they needed was another captain. One that could command and they would obey. A captain like him…

Hinamori paused when she heard the shuffle from around the corner. Her hand instinctively flew to Tobiume's hilt. The grip only tightened when the large shadow of a person came from around that corner. The soft footsteps stopped in the centre of the road, facing Hinamori, and although she couldn't make out the features on the silhouette, there was only one person it could have been.

'No,' she whispered, feelings of déjà vu flooding her, 'It can't be.'

It was too much like her dream…

To be continued

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Well there it is. After reading a lot of fics here I thought I should write my own. Please, any constructive criticism would be helpful. If there's anything you loved or hated please tell me. Thanks Hope you liked it.

PS. Just in case you haven't figured it out, I don't own Bleach and I don't claim to either. Also, I don't have any money so unless you want to sue me for $2 it would be a bit pointless.