"What's the deal? I thought we were going to some creepy place called the maggots nest. This is the 2nd division's barrack's grounds." Hiyori commented as they walked through the grounds.

Naomi kept her pace and walked next to Hiyori. She was joining Captain Urahara and Hiyori on going to the maggot's nest. She didn't exactly know why Hiyori had asked her but she couldn't say no to her best friend could she?

"You've heard of the stealth force, haven't you lieutenant Hiyori?" Kisuke asked, keeping his pace in front of the two girls.

"Well of course, I have. It's your old unit, Kisuke." Hiyori responded. "And stop trying to change the subject!"

"The stealth force is quite unique; it's an organization that is separate from the 13 divisions." Kisuke explained. "As one of the four great noble families who posses great soul reaper powers, the Shihouin clan serves as the supreme commander of the stealth force, and when the head of the Shihouin clan becomes a captain of one of the 13 divisions, that squad invariably becomes a close association with the stealth force."

"What, are they murderers or something?" Hiyori asked.

"Almost." Kisuke replied. "Yoruichi, who is the current supreme commander, also serves as the captain of the 2nd division. That means the current stealth force is an organization pretty much under the direct control of the 2nd division. The stealth force is divided into 5 units and each unit leader is a seated officer of the 2nd division. I was the leader of unit 3, which is also known as the confinement unit."

"You mean you were a yard hack."

Kisuke turned to Hiyori. "I believe the correct term would have been prison guard."

Naomi stayed silent as the two talked. This was a lot of information to take in that she did not know about.

Kisuke continued. "My main duties, at that time, were to confine and take charge over anyone who committed punishable offences within the Seireitei."

"Which made you a yard hack." Hiyori said again.

"I was just a guard."

"It's the same thing! Your job was to swagger around the criminals and keep them in their place, right?"

"The confinement unit had another duty you may not heard about. We trained and deployed special containment officers."

"Huh?" Hiyori and Naomi asked in unison.

"And what did they do?" Hiyori asked.

"Their job was a little more complex. They were to investigate surveillance and, if necessary, apprehend any soul reapers within the 13 divisions whose ideas or actions could put other soul reapers at risk, or create an obstruction to the squad's duties." Kisuke told them.

"What are you saying?" Hiyori asked. "You're very confusing when you talk, can't you find a simple way to say things?!" Hiyori turned to Naomi. "Did you understand? Are you as confused as I am?"

"Yes." Naomi responded. "Sorry, captain."

Kisuke turned to the two girls. "Alright, here it is in a nutshell. Our job was to catch and lock up dangerous elements within the 13 divisions. The facility where we put them is here in the 2nd division's barracks. It's isolated on the North West side of these grounds beyond the huge 54 meter wide moat."

Naomi, Kisuke and Hiyori stopped in front of a door with two guards standing on each side of the door. "Here it is. The underground confinement station also known as the maggots nest."

Xxx

The trio went through the doors and went down the stairs. Naomi had never been here before and she was a little creeped out. She gripped onto Hiyori's shinigami robe as they went down the stairs.

When they went through the door, they were in the company of everyone in the maggots nest. They were staring at the trio who just walked in and Naomi and Hiyori felt themselves staring back.

"It's still a prison of course; I mean you're not allowed to leave this place. Their activities within the facility are restricted." Kisuke told them.

Hiyori and Naomi started following Kisuke as he began walking through the maggots nest.

"I advise you to be careful." Kisuke warned them. "Sometimes without warning, someone will attack suddenly."

Naomi blinked and scooted closer to Hiyori. She wasn't a fighter and she was afraid of what these people might do.

"So tell me, what exactly did these people do?" Hiyori asked.

"Not a thing." Kisuke replied.

"What?"

"So why are they here?" Naomi asked.

"As I tried to explain, these people haven't actually done anything wrong, yet. According to the criteria of the Seireitei, they were people who were determined to be dangerous elements within the Soul Society. They committed no crimes, so we cannot trial them, however, if they were left free, they could well up being dangerous. That's why we keep them confined in here, safely tucked away."

"That's crazy!" Hiyori ran in front of him, causing him to stop in his tracks.

Naomi stopped as well and stared at Hiyori.

"They haven't done a thing! And you still keep them locked up?!"

"Hiyori let me ask you something. Up until now, you know anybody who's resigned from the 13 divisions?"

"Well I…I suppose there has been a couple but…what's your point?"

"Truth of the matter is there's nothing within our system that allows someone to resign." Kisuke explained. "Those who have no choice but to leave the squad for personal reasons are considered to be on leave of absence. If they are not able to return after a specified period of time, they are discharged. We cannot willingly accept the resignation of a Soul reaper."

"Are you serious?" Hiyori asked.

"If you leave the squad, you resigned from the organization and since resignation is not allowed, you are expelled and to be brought here and placed in confinement."

"I don't get it, why would you go through all that trouble?"

"The 13 divisions are a noble organization and as such must never produce unsuitable elements for among those accepted into its membership. That's the philosophy of Central 46, the group that rules the Seireitei." Kisuke said. "So rather than allow unsuitable back into general population, they're taken away and dealt with in secret as deserters."

Naomi blinked.

"Hiyori, Naomi, something has been on my mind since I was assigned to this place as the unit leader. I don't argue that the people here are all potentially dangerous, but in many cases I believe that negative energy can be turned into something extremely positive if we could only provide them an environment where they can put their abilities to use."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Hiyori shouted. "You're keeping them confined because they're dangerous and now you want to somehow use their abilities?"

"Hiyori."

Hiyori looked over at the man who called her name.

"I can't believe it, you're really here."

"Big mouth is here?"

Naomi looked at her. "Who is he?"

"We graduated together." Hiyori responded. "I thought he resigned a while back. He always used to boast about things he was going to do like one day be in charge of the Seireitei. That's why we all ended up calling him 'Big Mouth' ".

"Hiyori!" The guy known as 'Big Mouth' ran over to her.

Kisuke stepped back and pulled Naomi with him so she stood next to him.

Big Mouth went on one knee and put both hands on the side of her arm. "Please, you've got to help me! We were colleagues, weren't we? I just want to go home! Please, I just want to go home." He begged.

A big guy appeared behind Hiyori.

"Hiyori!" Naomi shouted.

Hiyori looked behind her and immediately went to grab her zanpaktou but it wasn't there. Damn, I left my zanpaktou at the barracks! What was Hiyori going to do?

Hiyori lost her balance and fell backwards on her butt.

Naomi rushed to her quickly.

In front of them, Kisuke was blocking the big guy's punch with his hand. The big guy was struggling and groaning but Kisuke wasn't fazed at all.

"I'm sorry, I knew you forgot your zanpaktou but I didn't say anything. Bringing any kind of weapon into the confinement station is expressly forbidden. That's why there is a harden fast requirement of anyone leading the confinement unit that they have to have excellent fighting skills. Enough to subdue someone unarmed."

The big guy kept struggling but Kisuke just smirked. "My my, you've already forgotten my face. It's only been two days. And after I took such good care of you." Then Kisuke turned around, grabbed the big guys robe and easily threw him forwards.

"Now's our chance!" Other members took their chance and ran to Kisuke. But Kisuke fought them off. Each and every one that tried to pick a fight with him.

Hiyori and Naomi watched in amazement.

Captain Urahara's fighting skills are amazing; maybe I could ask him to teach me. Naomi thought. It would be good for her. But then suddenly she had felt strong arms around her neck.

"Don't move." Big Mouth warned.

Naomi grabbed onto his arm, trying to pull herself free but he was too strong.

Kisuke's eyes widened.

Hiyori growled. "Let go of her, you piece of shit!"

"I just want you to get me out of here right now!" He said. "If you don't, I'll cut her throat!" He threatened.

Naomi's eyes widened and she looked from Kisuke to Hiyori. She felt helpless. She had no idea what to do.

"Hey, please…I think we can…" Kisuke started.

"Hell fucking no!" Hiyori jumped and kicked Big Mouth right in the face. It all happened so fast that Big Mouth didn't have enough time to react. He fell backwards and his mouth was swollen and some of his teeth had fallen out.

"Are you okay?" Kisuke asked her.

Naomi nodded. "Y-Yeah." She was still a little bit shaken. "Sorry."

"What for?" Kisuke asked.

"That's what you get for messing with her, you fucking jerk!" Hiyori snarled. She turned to Naomi. "Are you okay?"

Naomi smiled. "Yes, thank you."

Hiyori grabbed Naomi's hand. "Let's get out of here."

Xxx

After going to speak to Mayuri Kurotsuchi about joining the department of research and development (thankfully he agreed!), Kisuke, Hiyori and Naomi were back in the squad 12 barracks.

Naomi knocked on the door to Kisuke's office.

"Come in, Naomi."

"Captain Urahara, I have finished the paperwork you asked me to do." Naomi entered the room and placed it on his desk. "I'm off to bed, so have a good night." She was about to leave the room but his voice stopped her.

"Wait."

Naomi turned around. "Yes?"

"In the maggots nest, I asked why you were sorry and you didn't reply…rather you didn't have the chance to." Kisuke looked at her. "Tell me."

"I was sorry to not have done anything." Naomi hugged herself. "I didn't know what to do."

"You don't have to be sorry. I'm going to arrange for someone to teach you fighting skills." Kisuke told her. "I need my squad members to be able to protect themselves if I'm not there, right?" He smiled a bit. "I know you're not a fighter but-"

"W-Well…" Naomi spoke up.

Kisuke just looked at her.

Naomi blushed of embarrassment. "I would like to learn hand to hand combat." She told him.

Kisuke smiled at her. "I'll arrange lessons with Yoruichi and Soi Fon, how does that sound?"

"Sounds great!" Naomi beamed. "I'm looking forward to it, thank you so much Captain Urahara."

He laughed. "At least have me tell them about it."

"Oh, right!"

'I'm sure they would agree, you have nothing to worry about."

Naomi smiled at him. "Good night, Captain."

"Good night."

Kisuke watched her walk away. He was glad that she wanted to learn hand to hand combat. Just seeing her look of panic that she gave him worried him. If she didn't know what to do then, what was she going to do in the future to protect herself? That's why he made the decision of arranging someone to teach her hand to hand combat. Someone who was a great fighter. And obviously the person that came to mind was Yoruichi. He was going to ask Soi Fon as well, just in case Yoruichi was busy for the day or whatever and she could fill in. He made sure to ask them early tomorrow so he could let Naomi know their answer.

A.N: Hey guys! Sorry it took such a long time to update but here is chapter 2. I hope everyone enjoys the story so far! Sorry that it is a little slow but I promise that it will start getting better as the chapters are updated. I don't know when chapter 3 will be up but I will be working on it so stay tuned!

S.G Tsukasa