Karakura Town, the home of not one, not two, not three, but four substitute soul reapers: Ichigo Kurosaki, Karin Kurosaki, Yasutora Chad Sado, and Orihime Inoue. Orihime, Chad, and Karin became substitute soul reapers when they faced Orihime's late older sister and they soon after they faced a second rebellion of zanpakuto. Now, they will soon face a new enemy.

"Orihime." Orihime was waking up and she was in her inner world, a field of flowers that went on forever. She was faced wither zanpakuto: Hogohana.

"Hogohana? Is there something wrong?" Orihime said.

"Can't you feel it?" Hogohana said.

"Feel what?" Orihime said. Hogohana was sensing something familiar yet unknowing at the same time.

"I think you're about to find out." Hogohan said.

"What?" Orihime questioned, but she didn't get her answer as she heard her alarm clock going off. She woke up in her bed as if she was dreaming. "That was weird. I wonder what Hogohana was trying to tell me. Oh! I'll be late." Orihime got out of bed and got herself ready with her running out of the apartment. "I better hurry." She was running so fast that she nearly ran into a young lady with a lavender sun dress with long black hair and a floppy hat. "Sorry."

"It's alright." The lady said as she let Orihime passed by. She seemed to have taken an interest in Orihime.

…

The Soul Society

It has been a normal day in the Soul Society. In the Department of Research and Development, all of them were at work as usual.

"Akon!" Akon heard Rin Tsubokura and he looked like he was freaking out about something as he was holding some papaer.

"Rin? What's the matter?" Akon said.

"Look at these readings we just received. It's spiritual pressure that was detected in the World of the Living in Karakura Town." Rin said as he handed over the paper. Akon looked it over and he was surprised himself. "What? This shouldn't be possible." Akon hurried over to Mayuri to tell him of the readings. "Captain! Captain!"

"Silence your voice." Mayuri said as he and Nemu came out. "What's so important that you're screaming for me?"

"You need to look at this." Akon said as he handed over the paper. Mayuri looked it over and it seemed to interest him.

"What? How can this be?" Mayuri said. "These readings are saying there's human spiritual pressure detected, but there is something else mixed in with it. It's something that's unknown to us?"

…

World of the Living

On the outskirts of the city, someone in particular was approaching Karakura Town. He looked to be nearly twenty with shaggy blonde hair. He wore a red jacket with a blue shirt and was wearing khaki pants.

"I can sense it. I can sense that she is close by. It's time she brings out the full potential of her power."

…

Karakura High

Ichigo with Chad, Uryu, Keigo, Mizuiro, and Tatsuki were waiting for Orihime to show up at the school. Ichigo and all his friends have recently become graduates. Orihime thought it was all a good idea to have one last get-together before they all go their separate ways in life.

"I'm here!" Orihime called out as she raced through the gates.

"There you are." Ichigo said as he wrapped his arms around her. Ever since Orihime defeated her own sister, she and Ichigo began dating.

"Orihime!" Keigo called out as he was about to greet her, but seemed too excited about it as Ichigo kicked him back and Tatsuki knocked him in the head. "Come on." He moaned as he collapsed.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Orihime said.

"It's fine. We weren't waiting that long." Tatsuki said.

"This sounded like a great idea, Orihime." Mizurio said. "It does sound nice to have one more day all together before we all go to college."

"Sure is." Tatsuki said as she turned to the school. "We all have so many fond memories of this school."

"Yeah, but it's time we move on." Ichigo said as he scratched his head. "Between my soul reaper responsibilities and trying to keep my job with Unagiya, I'm not even sure how I can handle college."

"Figures a punk-like person like you couldn't." Uryu said as he adjusted his glasses.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Ichigo said as he was already getting irritated.

"Please don't fight." Orihime said.

"She's right. This is the time we should be reminiscing." Chad said.

"Knowing Ichigo, all his fond memories are involved with fighting." Tatsuki said.

"Cut it out. Quit making fun of me." Ichigo said.

"Well, Orihime is there any place you like to go? This was your idea." Uryu asked.

"Let me think." Orihime said as she tried to think of all the fun days they can do.

"There's only one place she's going and that's with me." They all looked up to the tree and saw the strange person and not one of them knew who he was.

"Who are you?" Ichigo said.

"I don't think I've ever seen him before." Keigo said.

"My name is Masuru Konocha. I have come here for you, Orihime Inoue."

"Me?" Orihime said.

"Looks like you got some competition, Ichigo." Keigo said. "I'm guessing he's one of Orihime's many admirers."

"I thought I was done with morons like that." Ichigo said as he was already annoyed.

"You misunderstand. I'm not here to take Orihime for my own personal reasons." Masuru said. "I am here under orders. If I were insignificant mortals like you, I would be running for your existence." Masuru was no ordinary person and they could tell as he was unleashing an extreme amount of spiritual pressure. It was too strong for it to belong to an ordinary human.

"What's this?" Chad said.

"He's giving off so much spiritual pressure." Uryu said. "How could he have been concealing all of it?"

"Tatsuki, you and the boys better get out of here for your own safety." Orihime said, but she looked over and saw all three of them drop to the ground. "Tatsuki, what's wrong?"

"This energy he's giving off. It feels so heavy that I can't really move my legs." Tatsuki said.

"I can't move at all." Keigo said.

"What's going on?" Ichigo said.

"His spiritual pressure must be too much for them. We have to get him to stop." Uryu said as he revealed his Heilig Bogen and fired an arrow, but Masuru jumped out of the way and landed on the ground as he let up on his spiritual pressure.

"Interesting. Normally, that much spirit energy would have caused normal humans to pass out from all that pressure." Masuru said. "You people aren't normal humans."

"You can say that again, but you aren't an ordinary human either." All of them looked up to the sky and saw Karin in her soul reaper form.

"A soul reaper?" Masuru questioned.

"I'm Karin Kurosaki. I'm one of the substitute soul reapers of this place." Karin said. "Ichigo is also my older brother."

"Is that one of these fools?" Masuru said as he looked over to the others.

"Karin, what are you doing here?" Ichigo said.

"I felt a strong spiritual pressure and it didn't feel like a hollow." Karin said. "I came as soon as I picked up on it and try to see what was going on. So who is this guy?"

"This has nothing to do with you." Masuru said. "My business is with Orihime Inoue."

"What do you want from me? I don't even know who you are?" Orihime said.

"No problem." Karin said as she pulled out her two zanpakuto. "This is no normal guy. We'll take him down and hold him for questioning."

"Karin, hold on. We can't just attack him. We don't know anything about him." Uryu said.

"If you're worried that I'll hurt a human, don't be. I'll try to avoid a lethal hit." Karin said as she dived right down to him. She swung both of her swords, but something blocked the attack. It looked like just like Orihime's shield, but it was a different color. "Orihime, what gives? Why did you protect him?"

"Yeah. Karin had the guy." Keigo said, but Orihime looked surprised as all of them.

"I didn't do that. I'm not even in my soul reaper form." Orihime said.

"But that looks like your shield." Ichigo said.

"Wait a moment." Uryu said. "It looked like Orihime's powers, but from how they originally were. It's also the wrong color."

"Wait, that's right." Ichigo said. "When Orihime uses her powers, it's an orange color. That was a light green color. Where did it come from?"

"That shield didn't come from her." Masuru said as he held out his left arm and something slipped out of his sleeve and it was a surprise to all of them. A bracelet slipped out and it had a charm on it that looked like Orihime's hairpins. The shield dispersed and formed a second one on Masuru's bracelet. "It was mine. This is the Shun Shun Raikko." While this mysterious attack was going on, the woman Orihime nearly ran into earlier appeared and stayed out of sight. Who are these people and how does one have the same powers as Orihime?

…

A Dark Room

Inside a dark room with little light in an unknown area and the only sound was that of someone coughing and it sounded bad. Someone was walking up to that person.

"How are you feeling, Zenou?"

"I'm fine?" This mysterious Zenou coughed out. "Am I really going to get better?"

"Yes. Soon, Orihime Inoue will become a part of us."

To Be Continued…