Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Outlaw Star or Bleach or anything affiliated with said shows.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'


The minute Aisha stepped off the Outlaw Star, she was immediately disappointed. It appeared to be even more primitive then the last planet they'd landed on, and that was saying something. "I mean this place doesn't even have any restaurants or stores, and all these buildings look the same." She grumbled in annoyance. "What the hell am I supposed to do if there's nothing here?"

"I'm telling you, I heard a voice." A man wearing nothing but black hakama's said as he turned the corner. "It came from ove-…who are you?!" He demanded, his hand reaching for the sword at his side. The slightly feminine looking man standing next to him simply crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow curiously.

Aisha smirked and cracked her knuckles in anticipation. "Well maybe this place isn't all bad, at least there are people here I can fight." She said excitedly. "So who's first?"

"I'm far too beautiful to fight someone like you." The feminine man stated. "However, I'm sure Ikkaku will be more than strong enough to defeat to."

"Of course I am Yumichika; no one's stronger than me." Ikkaku boasted, flexing his arm muscles to prove his point.

Aisha grinned and had just dropped into a fighting stance when another voice spoke up.

"No one's stronger than you, is that right?" The deep voice questioned. "How about we fight and see if that's really the case."

"Captain." Yumichika said with a slight bow of his head.

Ikkaku's grin widened and he turned towards the newcomer. "I'll take you on anytime Captain; just tell me where and when."

"That eager to have your ass kicked again, eh Ikkaku?" The Captain asked with a smirk.

With a growl, Aisha turned around to glare at the one who'd interrupted her fun. "Hey, I'm fighting him fir-…Kenpachi?" She asked curiously. "Is that you?"

Kenpachi looked past Ikkaku and cocked his head in confusion. Suddenly his eyes widened in recognition. "Aisha, it's you." He replied. "What are you doing here?"

"You know her?" Ikkaku asked, looking back and forth between Kenpachi and the odd woman he had been planning on fighting.

Ignoring his subordinate, Kenpachi waited for an answer.

"I'm not really sure." Aisha said with a shrug. "We were jumping through space and the next thing we know our ship found its way here. Where exactly is here anyway? Mel and Gilliam couldn't figure out where the hell we are; their scans keep telling them we're nowhere. So while those two figure out what's going on, I thought I'd go explore. I never thought I'd see you here though."

"You managed to get to Soul Society in a ship?" Ikkaku asked confused. "That's not possible."

"Oh, so we're in Soul Society." Aisha said with a nod. "Well that explains why you're here." Glancing around, she wrinkled her nose. "I have to say though, this place is kinda lame. There's nothing here but a few boring buildings, what do you do for fun around here?"

"We fight." Kenpachi replied.

Aisha smirked and cracked her knuckles as she dropped back into her fighting stance. "Really, then this is my kind of place." She said eagerly. "Now who's fighting me first?"

Ikkaku pulled out his zanpakuto, but Kenpachi held his hand out. "No, I promised her a fight then next time we met so this one is mine." He said with an evil grin. "And this time there won't be anything to stop us."

"Sounds good to me." Aisha said, her smirk growing.

Yumichika and Ikkaku stood off to the side as Aisha and Kenpachi prepared to fight. "Does this make any sense to you?" Ikkaku asked. "First the Captain takes my fight, and now it turns out he's met this woman before. I'm so confused."

"Who cares, as long as I don't have to fight it doesn't matter to me." Yumichika said boredly.

ooooo

While Aisha was having the time of her life, Gene and Jim had gotten themselves lost. "You have the worst sense of direction ever." Jim grumbled as they wound up at another dead end. "This is the fourth wrong turn you've made and we only left the ship five minutes ago."

"It's not my fault; this place was built like a damn maze." Gene growled. "It probably doesn't matter which way we go, I bet all the roads in this place end like this."

Jim rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You know, I really hate you sometimes." He said with a sigh.

Suddenly a large group of men dressed in black rounded the corner. "Stop intruders!" One of them called, pulling his sword from its sheath, the others following suit soon after.

"Toto, it looks like we're not in Kansas anymore." Jim muttered nervously, stepping back slightly in fear.

"What the hell are you talking about, who's Toto?" Gene asked in annoyance. "Let me guess, this a quote from one of those stupid ancient movies you like so much. Ok then, who's Toto, and where the hell is Kansas anyway?!"

Blinking at the odd man's sudden outburst, the man who'd spoken stepped forward slowly. "What are you souls doing here?" He questioned. "This section of Soul Society is off limits to your kind."

Gene ignored the man and continued with his rant. "Why must you always quote those old movies whenever you're scared or nervous?! It's annoying, and no one but you understands what you're saying anyway!" He yelled. "And another thing…wait, what did you say?" Turning to face the man who'd spoken, he raised an eyebrow in question.

By now the man was quite sure the two souls had lost their minds so he proceeded with caution. "I was simply reminding you that this section of Soul Society is off limits to you souls, only shinigami are allowed here." He said slowly. "We will escort you back home."

Before anyone could say another word, the wall next to both groups exploded and two figures came jumping through the new hole. When the dust settled, Gene, Jim and the shinigami they'd been talking to stared at the two figures that were dusting themselves off.

"Nice try, but you'll never manage to hit me with such broad attacks." Aisha said with a smirk, wiping a trace of blood from the corner of her mouth. "I'm fast enough to easily dodge them."

"Who said I was aiming for you?" Kenpachi asked with a grin.

Aisha cocked her head curiously and Kenpachi pointed above her head. "Huh?" She said, following the path of his finger. Her eyes widened as she watched the roof collapse above her head. "Bastard." She growled out, before being buried under a huge pile of debris.

Kenpachi smirked and brushed his hands off. Turning around, he blinked when he realized they'd apparently had an audience. "What are you men doing here? You're supposed to be on patrol." He barked.

"But Captain, we found some lost souls." The leader replied quickly. "We were just about to escort them home when you showed up."

"Lost souls, here?" Kenpachi asked, glancing over at the intruders.

Suddenly Aisha jumped out of the pile and shook her head. "That was a cheap trick." She muttered before grinning madly. "I like it."

Gene raised his hand and waved. "Hey Aisha, there you are." He called out. "We've been looking all over for you."

On instinct, Kenpachi smashed his fist against Gene's head. Glancing down at the twitching man, he shrugged slightly. "Sorry about that, but I did tell you it was a habit." He said.

Jim's eyes widened and he took several steps backwards. "I-it's the shinigami; they're going to kill us! Run!" He screamed. "Run for your lives!"

Rolling her eyes, Aisha walked over and knocked Jim out with one quick blow. "Would you shut up, you're interrupting my fight." She said as the boy dropped to the ground. Turning back to face Kenpachi, she put up her fists.

"I see he hasn't changed since the last time I saw him." Kenpachi said as he got ready to attack. "Still as noisy as ever."

"Yeah, kinda like that pink haired friend of yours…Yachiru." Aisha said, and then she paused. "Speaking of Yachiru, where is she? I haven't seen her since I got here."

"She's off somewhere with Ichigo, said something about checking out some crazy looking object that had landed in a clearing and took off with him." Kenpachi replied. "I probably should've gone too, but this is much more interesting than some investigation party."

Aisha nodded in agreement and was just about to attack when her eyes widened and she froze. "…wait, did you say a 'crazy looking object that landed in a clearing'?" She asked, and when Kenpachi nodded, she sighed sadly. "Well damn, I guess we'll have to finish this fight later. That crazy looking object is our ship, and as much as I'd love to stay here and fight, I can't go letting your people destroy it." Walking over to Gene and Jim, she picked them both up and tossed them over her shoulders. "Man, this sucks, just when things were getting good too."

"How about I tag along?" Kenpachi offered. "Once we get everything cleared up, then we can finish our sparring match."

The smirk was back on Aisha's face in an instant. "I like how you think, now let's go deal with this other crap so we can get back to the fight."

Sharing identical evil smiles, the two took off towards the Outlaw Star. The leader of the shinigami shook his head once they were gone. "Ok you guys, how about we go patrol the south side. There shouldn't be any crazy people over there." He muttered to the rest of the men as they headed out.