Prologue

-The Soul Society: Squad 12 Department of Research and Development Barracks: Captain Kurotsuchi-

"I have only one question. Why have you dragged my lieutenant and I out here for your crazy science experiment, Mayuri? You're going to do what you want but I don't want to get in trouble because of your recklessness." Byakuya's tone was flat and unamused, "Head Captain Yamamoto even said you were not permitted to conduct this operation." These words echoed into the seemingly endless expanse that housed the Soul Society's database computers.

"Bah! To hell with what he said! What head captain doesn't know won't hurt him, will it, Byakuya?" An almost sinister smile spread over the face of this oddly tempered captain. "Just imagine if this were to go as planned! The applications for this kind of technology are virtually endless!" He threw his hands into the air as he said this! "And you're here in case anything goes astray."

"Captain." piped a smooth voice, "I know that I'm your subordinate, but, for the sake of your own safety as well as the entire Soul Society, I feel that I must advise you against conducting this experiment." Nemu Kurotsuchi, the twelfth captain's lieutenant, was standing behind him with her hand on his shoulder, so as to coax him out of this.

"You're lieutenant is right, Captain Kurotsuchi. What if this ends in disaster?! I mean, you even said that you've never observed something like this before! How do you know it's not dangerous?!" Renji Abarai, Byakuya's lieutenant, spoke from behind his captain.

"Even if this is a new phenomenon, who says it's dangerous?! The dangai precipice world is always unstable, so a hole in it's space time fabric really isn't that abnormal. Plus, with my new Reshi Resonator I should be able to control the tear and use it to form portals to other places in time and space! Maybe even entirely new dimensions!"

"This is absurd!" Byakuya stated. "Isn't that what the senkaimon is for, to travel to other dimensions?"

"Yes," replied Mayuri. "But the senkaimon is limited to only the world of the living. This however, if I could gain control of it, could provide us with potentially limitless realities to be accessed!"

"I think I've heard enough." said Renji. "This is gonna end horribly. I can already tell. What do you think, Captain?"

"I've heard enough as well. I have more pressing matters to attend to, anyway. Let's go, Renji."

"Right."

They appeared to vanish into thin air with shunpo.

"DAMMIT!!!" Mayuri slammed his fist onto the piano like computer keys which echoed and made the wall-sized monitor dart between a few menus. "Rhghggggg! I almost had them! How does no one see that this could become a grand breakthrough?!"

"Um.. Captain?" Nemu timidly inquired. "You haven't talked to everyone about help with this.. There's still-"

"NEMU!!!" snapped the captain. "You know damn well how I feel about that barbarian! 'She's right though. He's the last one I haven't asked.' Arhghgg…! FINE! Fetch him for me!"

"Yes, Captain." Nemu flash stepped away, leaving Mayuri alone with his thoughts.

'Why are people so afraid of this? I didn't even finish giving Head Captain my report on this and he silenced me as though he already knew what it was! Those fools! This could completely make us gods! Although… Ah… Maybe this is dangerous. It is a hole in spacetime fabric afterall. It could lead to the complete obliteration of the universe if we're not careful. But if it's a success...'

After a few minutes of silence, Nemu returned with the infamous captain of the eleventh squad, Kenpachi Zaraki, and his seemingly innocent lieutenant, Yachiru Kusajishi, at her side.

"Alright, what do you want you science freak?" Kenpachi's tone was dull and angered. "I was just about to lay Yumichika flat out for bugging me while sleeping so this better be good!" His tall built figure, tattered captain's kimono, along with his wildly spiky hair gave him a lethal appearance.

"Yeah!" squeaked his tiny pink haired lieutenant. "Kenny was about to have some fun! So this better be good!"

Kurotsuchi was already in a steamed state so he understood how Kenpachi must have felt. "As you may remember, Captain Barbar- *Ahem*… Zaraki, from the captains meeting earlier this evening that I gave, well, half of a report on this." He began to clear the pointless menus brought up earlier from slamming the computer to reveal a video clip of a warping and throbbing orb of energy.

"Yeah, the space time thing you said you recently detected. What about it?" He looked bored.

"Head Captain stopped me before I could explain the juicy details of this wild happening. Would you care to hear?" Another wicked smile.

Kenpachi glared at the twelfth captain with suspicion. "Um… Sure?"

Kurotsuchi laughed. "Good! This won't take too long!"