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Chapter One: Enter the Dragon!

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Renji rolled over slowly, his head aching fit to burst. Slowly, he sat up; a hand over his eyes as he wondered vaguely what the hell had hit him. He was hoping against hope that it hadn't been Kenpachi and his miniature shoulder ornament, because if the fact that he couldn't feel his left arm meant what he thought it meant, then he was going to have a little bit of trouble hacking the two to pieces with Zabimaru for their troubles.

Looking down, he was relieved to find that the limb was still attached, though the vast amount of blood did not seem promising. Slowly flexing the fingers, he was happy to discover that it still worked, albeit slowly.

Speaking of Zabimaru…

Renji looked up, suddenly realizing that his sword was not at its usual place at his side, a wave of panic sweeping through him when he saw that what he was sitting on was not his futon, as he had first thought, but a strange, bluish-white glowing surface that seemed to extend all around him. Looking up, Renji realized that he was actually sitting in a ball of spirit energy, which was keeping him contained, and preventing him from reaching his blade, which, he now saw, was lying in the center of a large circle of the strange glowing orbs.

A circle of glowing orbs that just so happened to contain the remainder of the 13 Captains, and most of their lieutenants. He could see Byakuya to his right and Matsumoto to his left, leading him to believe that Hitsugaya was somewhere next to her, if the pattern was anything to go by. He suddenly started when he heard a familiar voice.

"Are you telling me you didn't know?"

Renji's head snapped around, turning to stare in disbelief at Aizen, who was standing in front of Byakuya, smiling serenely, head tilted to the side. Renji could just barely see a flash of silver-white hair off to Aizen's other side, and guessed that it was Gin. He was brought crashing down to reality by the look on Byakuya's face.

Now, Renji had never, in either life or death, seen his captain thrown for a loop. Now, however, he stared, openmouthed, at the Kuchiki's completely astonished expression.

Aizen's smile only grew.

"You didn't know that your best friend, decorated hero of the Great War, one of the most renowned Captains in all of the Soul Society, had sired a child?"

"You're delusional." Came Byakuya's cold reply. Gin laughed at this, though Renji couldn't see him.

"Would you like us to show you? She'll be here shortly, if Yammy and Ulquiorra's report is anything to go by."

"What are you talking about?" came another voice, this one sounding like it belonged to the aforementioned Kenpachi. It was Aizen who spoke this time.

"Nothing to worry about, those two are simply going to chase the young miss to a spot where we can open a successful portal to here, and when the transfer has been made, we'll see just what the child of the Legendary Yahiko Tadashi is capable of."

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"Kaida, make sure you get enough sweet bean jam for the extra Taiyaki!"

"I know, mom!" yelled the teenager struggling with her sandals in the foyer. She sighed, finally giving up in favor of simply walking in just her tabi. Her mother hated it, but oh well.

Down the street, through the park, and around the corner, she was finally able to hail the owner of the little mom-and-pop store she frequented.

"Hey, Kai, running errands for your mother?" asked the kindly old man, who had been busy sweeping around the front door. Kaida nodded, bowing respectfully before entering the store. The shopkeeper's wife smiled as she came to the counter.

"The usual?"

"Three pounds, actually, we're making a lot today."

"Make sure and bring us some when you've finished." She said as she handed over the package of sweet bean jam. Kaida nodded.

"Arigato, O-baa-san!" she bowed again before exiting the store, taking off at a swift jog when she hit the street corner. If she hurried, she could make it back by the time her mother started making the pancakes.

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"Is that her, Ulquiorra?" asked Yammy, grinning down at the figure of the running girl. His companion was silent for several moments, before answering.

"Yes."

"Running already…heh heh heh."

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Okay, translation note time!! YAY!!

Kaida: Little Dragon

Tadashi: Righteous

Yahiko: Samurai

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