Ken'ichi and Hinamori were walking back to the Squad 5 barracks after their date. They had been going out for a month, and had made out a few times, and had been seen doing so on more than one occasion, which stirred up rumors and gossip about them. He hated to hear anybody talking about them, even if it was true. I eventually got the name "The squad 5 affair", which sent him through the roof.

They finally made it to the barracks. Suddeny Momo stopped him in his tracks at the door. "I...I had a great time tonight...uh...do you mind if I?" she said leaning toward Ken'ichi, she met his lips with hers and kissed him. He embraced her and he felt her tongue brush against his lips. He met her tongue with his and explored her mouth. They broke the kiss for breath.

Ken'ichi looked around nervously. "What's wrong?" she asked in a concerned voice. He looked back at her "I'm making sure nobody saw that, there's already enough gossip about us." he said, then he noticed that his pocket seemed light. "Hey, where's my wallet? Hmm...Aw dammit, I left them at the resturaunt. I'm sorry, I'll be back soon and...I...love you!" he said the last part quickly and blushed and ran toward the resturaunt.

Ken'ichi was almost to the restaurant, but it was dark out and everyone was turning in by the time he made it there. He saw the sign on the door, it was turned to "close". "Dammit, I guess I'll have to come back tomorrow." he turned around and started walking to the barracks "At least I have Momo to look foward to." he reminded himself.

He passed the Squad 10 barracks "Still got such a long way to go." he said. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain across his throat. He put his hand up to his throat and looked at it. His hand was covered with blood. He put a tight grip on his throat to prevent bleeding and drew his zanpakuto on his left shoulder.

Three shadowy figures appeared and surrounded him. "Assassins." he thought to himself. The two in front of him lunged at him with daggers. He easily dispatched of their daggers and blocked his back side. His blade was met with a katana that the third assassin behind him attempted to kill him with. He deflected his attack and turned so he could see all three of them.

"Who are you, what do you want with me, who do you work for?!" he demanded, still bleeding. The assassin to his right spoke up "Sorry, but that's not for you to know." Ken'ichi became enraged.

"Answer me and I won't kill you!" he gave a calm yet angered yell. Two assassins in front of him revealed bombs strapped to their chests "We'd rather die!" one of them yelled and jumped at him. Ken'ichi swung across their chests, taking the tops of the bombs off and harmlessly burning out, but cutting the two assassin's in half.

Suddenly Ken'ichi felt the third assassin wrap his arms around Ken'ichi's body. The assassin had a bomb strapped to his chest. "DAMMIT!" Ken'ichi yelled as the bomb exploded with a loud BOOM! that could be heard from the other side of the soul society.

Ken'ichi was sent flying and landed hard on the dirt. His vision was blurred, and he couldn't see out his left eye, he couldn't feel his body. He looked down at his arm, but it wasn't there. Blood formed a pool around him, he could see a blood splatter on a nearby wall and the assassin's dead and chestless body. He looked around and saw people walking outside, all of them looking in horror of the carnage and blood. He couldn't keep his eyes open any more and they sealed shut.

Ken'ichi heard faint voices, they sounded like they were coming from the other room. He opened his eyes, and looked around. He was in his room in the barracks. "It must of been a dream, I feel fine." he told himself. He got up and looked at the calender and was shocked at what he saw. It was November. It was July when him and Hinamori went out on their date. He walked into the other room and saw Hinamori, Rukia and Ichigo, his sisters, Mayuri, and Unohana talking.

"Hey! I just found out it's November! What the f*ck happened?!" he yelled at them all, they all looked at him in shock. Hinamori stood up first and walked up to him carefully "K...Ken? Is that...You?" she asked, tears welling up in her eyes. "Uh, yeah. Momo, what's wrong?" he asked in a soft voice. She burst into tears and embraced him "We thought we had lost you for good." she said in a sobbing voice.

Ken'ichi looked confused "What are you talking about?" he asked. Then it hit him, it wasn't a dream after all, it actually happened. "So...it wasn't a dream? Wait, if it was real then how do I still have my body in one piece?" he asked looking at his arm.

It was mechanical, a robotic arm. He looked at the rest of his body. It was all robotic, his entire body was robotic. He went to the nearest mirror, and looked at his body. He was blind out of his left eye, which had a strap over it and his hair was bleach white and a mechanical mask that formed from the sides of his head.

He was completely remade. He wasn't human anymore.