Walking into the Captains chambers for the first time was more exciting than I had first anticipated. The feeling of being around others powerful enough to be called Captain made my hair stand on end, or maybe it was the intense reiatsu fumigating from the room. Either way, I was excited. Turning down the music blazing from my wireless headphones I lazily stepped in smiling, but lets back up a little. I suppose I should introduce myself first. I'm Kouu Mugen and I am the new 3rd Division Captian of the Gotei 13 Protection Squads.

Kouu: Nice 'ta meet 'ya, my name is Kouu. I said to the 10 faces peering into me.

I guess it wasn't weird for them to be a little suspicious of me, seeing as the betrayal of the last 3rd squad captain, but the answer of silence gave me an uneasy feeling. Ignoring the gazes and with one hand gently scratching my light blond hair I walked down the hall and stood next to the 2nd Division Captain SoiFon, she made no attempt to greet me. Standing there I could almost feel each captain judging me, either judging me from the way I walk, the way I talk, or maybe just my appearance. You see, I was only seventeen years old and I was also the only known person in all of soul society to achieve the captain rank without using one of three normal methods.

Standing there for 10 minutes with less than even a peep for any of the captains was just nerve racking. I reached up to adjust of volume of my headset when the 1st Division Captain Commander Yamamoto Genryuusai finally stepped in leaning on his zanpaktou hidden in his walking stick. I checked myself, he wouldn't be pleased to hear musing blaring as he spoke.

Yamamoto Genryuusai : I've gathered you here to tell you new information the Research Bureau has discovered. It seems Aizen has grown bored waiting on the Hōgyoku to develop. He has created a new threat that such as an Espada, but much more powerful. I shall let Captain Mayuri explain in detail.

There was a strong reaction from the other captains, I notice Soi Fong twitch a little and Captain of the 11th Division smile at the Commanders words. I showed no emotion, though truly, I was as excited as the 11th. As Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the Captain of the 12th Division and 2nd president of the Shinigami Research Institute, stepped forward my stomach felt as though it fell into a bottomless pit, I could feel myself slightly shaking, and rested my right hand on my red hilted zanpaktou. Truthfully he was the only person in all of soul society I truly feared and he was looking directly at me as he spoke.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi : This may seem hard to follow for some of your simple minds to comprehend, but please, try to keep up. Last night we have discovered large amounts of reiatsu coming from the human world, we at first disregarded the reiastsu as an abnormal amount of hollow's striking in one spot, possibly a clan of some sort. We instructed the Shinigami in near by areas to settle the problem. A team of 62 shinigami was reported wiped out in less than 60 seconds.

SoiFon : Why is it that the Research Bureau disregarded such a large amount of reiatsu? What good is your precious Research Bureau if they cannot do there job!? I say we get rid of the whole program itself!