Ch. 1

The New Dimension

For once the day was nice with no Hollows or anything else appearing out of nowhere. The captains of each squad where on assignments to survey the Soul Reaper land. Although, the Captain of Squad 12, Mayuri Kurotsuchi and his team searched through the dimensions to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary.

So far, they found nothing that seemed unusual. Every place they searched was clean. None of the Squads found anything either.

But elsewhere, in a far off land, Squad 10 suddenly felt a strange spiritual pressure. Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya felt as though something was calling him the minute he felt that spiritual pressure.

"What the-?" He wondered as he looked around for the source of it.

"Captain!" Lieutenant Rangiku Mastsumoto shouted, coming over to him.

"Rangiku," Toshiro said, turning around to see her.

"That spiritual pressure… it's…"

"Overwhelming, I know." Toshiro looked around again. Then gasped suddenly jerking his head towards the sky. A ripple was opening in the sky, slowly opening up to reveal something they've never seen before.

"What the? What's that?" Toshiro wondered. He went towards it and found out quickly that whatever it was wouldn't let him through when he tried putting his hand through it. "Hmph. Well, this is just great… huh?" His soul phone started going off. He answered it, "this is Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya… yeah something just appeared in the area we're currently in Captain Kurotsuchi… What's it look like? Um… a replica of the Valley of Screams only… more… it's hard to explain… hm? Well there's barrier that won't allow me to go through to check it out more… alright, understood." He hangs up his soul phone and puts it back in his kimono.

"Captain?" asked Rangiku.

"Gather the squad. We're heading back to the Soul Society to report this to the Head Captain," Toshiro told her. She nodded as she went to get the squad.

It didn't take them very long to get back. However, on the way back Toshiro kept hearing something calling him. He asked his squad if they heard something. They all answered no. That got him wondering even more about that new place.

The minute they got back, the Head Captain was standing at the front gate with the other Captains waiting for Toshiro. "Captain Hitsugaya, please give your report," said the Head Captain. Toshiro told them the whole story about the area that just opened up. He even told them about that voice or whatever that he could hear and his squad couldn't.

"Well… this is a predicament. Can't get in the place to check it out and what's this voice or whatever you hear, Captain Hitsugaya?" asked Captain Kurotsuchi, with that grin of his.

"Well…" Toshiro took a minute to listen in a little bit more since he could still hear it. "It sounds like a child. That's all I can figure out right now."

"I see… we have to investigate this new dimension as soon as possible," Head Captain Yamamoto told them. "We must figure out a way to get through the barrier."

The Captains went with Toshiro back to where the dimension appeared while the other squad members stayed at the Society.

Once there, they had to figure out what to do next. The Captains went up to the barrier to see if they could get through and couldn't. They tried a few different things to get through. Still no good. Nothing they did got them through it. Even their Zanpakuto couldn't do anything to it. Nothing they did worked. Even Ichigo couldn't break through the barrier.

"Damn it. This isn't getting us anywhere," Ichigo complained.

Banishment for however long. Banishment

"Huh?" Toshiro wondered. He looked around. "What was - hang on a minute. What do…" He stared at the dimension in the sky.

Banishment for however long. Please help me. Banishment… help… please…

"Banishment?" Toshiro wondered to himself. He placed a finger on his chin thinking. "Head Captain!" Once he finally understood, he had to let the Head Captain know right away.

"Captain Hitsugaya. Have you figured something out?" Head Captain Yama asked turning to face Toshiro.

"Well, sort of. That voice I still hear… said something about getting banished there for however long. So…" Toshiro was stopped by the Head Captain.

"I have to banish someone there?!" He shouted. Toshiro winced as how high he yelled. All the other captains heard the Head Captain and lined up behind Toshiro.

Toshiro was about to say something else when that voice suddenly entered his head and started driving him crazy. He clutched his hands over his ears, falling to his knees with his eyes wide.

"Captain Hitsugaya!" shouted Captain Ukitake as he fell to his knees beside Toshiro. "Captain Hitsugaya…?"

"That voice! It's in my head! Make it stop!" Toshiro shouted, trying to get ahold of himself but found it more difficult.

Banishment. Banishment. Banishment. Help. Help. Help. Banishment. Help.

Was all that Toshiro was able to hear in his head. He closed his eyes tightly as Captain Ukitake placed a hand on his shoulder.

That's when the Head Captain understood what to do. He told the Captains the plan and Toshiro was all for being the bad guy this time around.

The new dimension suddenly disappeared and ended up appearing on Sokyoku Hill. The captains returned to the Seireitei shortly after Toshiro stood up, not hearing the voice so loudly now.

The captains were able to fill in their squads about the plan. Most of the Lieutenants were against it, but they had no choice but to go with it. Toshiro nearly screamed at Rangiku when she wouldn't stop chatting about not wanting him to do it.

"Listen Rangiku. This has to be done in order to enter that place. Since I can hear this voice and no one else can… apparently… Head Captain figured I was the best candidate for this assignment. That means you'll be in charge of the squad until I get back, Rangiku."

"But Captain…"

"Rangiku… this has to be done. We have to know what this other dimension is and like."

"I… understood Captain."

"Heh. Ichigo was saying the same thing, but he had no choice but to go with it like everyone else."

Rangiku wanted to cry, but didn't. She knew whenever her Captain's mind is made up, it can't be changed. She decided to go to bed for a while.

Toshiro went to his office to do some paperwork before the time was right to actually put the operation in motion.

...

Please review ^_^