In his dimly lit apartment room, Fifteen took the stolen object and laid it on his coffee table. Then he sat at his computer, staring at the screensaver of a rippling pond. How peaceful, he thought. Fifteen heard the front door swing open, but did not grab his bokken nor spin around and confront the intruder.

"Yo, Urahara."


"Good evening, Kurosaki." Urahara Kisuke wore his usual dark green shirt and pants, with a black coat on top. His sandals clacked as he walked towards Ichigo. "I presume everything went as planned?" Ichigo scowled as he watched Urahara hide his eyes with that annoying white fan.

"I suppose you can say that," The orange haired man replied as he motioned to the stolen object with a wave. "You never mentioned how much that thing would get me, so I wasn't sure I wanted to strike down those Gotei agents..."

"Naive as usual, aren't you Kurosaki?"

"...Shut up."

"Well, I guess that's what makes you different from all the other criminals out there. But only that." Ichigo scowled deeper. The light blonde walked over to the stolen object. "This, Kurosaki, is something that is worth hitting a couple Gotei agents over." Pulling at the hilt, Urahara exposed the glittery blade. "It's a pre-katana era sword, or tachi that was forged a very long time ago, by Amakuni Yasutsuna." He swung the blade quickly and pointed it right at Ichigo's nose. "Look at the blade. What do you notice?"

"Um, eh... well I don't really care that much for swords."

Urahara heaved a sigh. "Kurosaki, you swing a sword around but you don't care for them?"

"It's a bokken! A bokken! It doesn't even count as a sword!" Ichigo stood up and started yelling, "Just give me the price you old fart! Who cares about the blade!" He peered down at the shining sword, which was now pointed to his heart. "Oh... wait... it's double edged!" The older man grinned from ear to ear. Obviously he had a thing for swords. In fact, Ichigo knew that Urahara owned a sword... and that the old fart even named it Benehime or something.

"Precisely! It's double edged! This is the legendary blade, Kogarasu Maru*."

"So? How much will it get me?"

"...It's priceless. But, I know a guy. And he'll take it for 150 million yen."

150 million yen! The value really boggled his mind. He grew anxious to the point that he started pacing around his room, though he could not take more than six steps to reach the opposite wall. Ichigo couldn't believe that he had just stolen such a pricey artifact. As Fifteen, he stole many high-value rarities, but they were all in the 1-50 million yen range.

"So, since you get 30%, you'll take 45 million... and I'll keep 105?"

"A good deal eh?" Ichigo gulped and nodded. 105 million yen was more than enough for this year's quota. "So how are we doing the transaction?"

Urahara sheathed Kogarasu Maru, and put it in his belt. Ichigo sat back down in his chair. "The thing is, the sum is too big. It's too risky to trade the whole 150 million. So we'll have to do it in three installments. Listen up..."


"Commencing Gotei's Captain meeting! Report today's new cases!"

"Yes sir!" Special Agent Sasakibe Chojiro read out his report. "Today another Fifteen-Samurai incident has occurred in Shibuya. Captain Zaraki Kenpachi will report!"

"Well... as you know my unit as been on the case for four months now! This Fifteen or Samurai or whatever bastard doesn't leave a tiny bit of identification behind! Unit 6 can attest to that." Zaraki's small, glaring eyes glanced at every Captain in the room. "Today we went to get the bastard, but he slipped away again! Now two of my agents are down..."

Kuchiki Byakuya gave the towering man a hard stare. "Well then, perhaps we should hand the case over to a group thats more competent."

"HAHAHAHA! More competent? My agents received record scores for their agent exams. I remember that your unit's Special Agent Abarai barely passed! Isn't that right Byakuya?" The stoic man remained silent, but Captain Sui-Feng said in her condescending tone,

"It doesn't matter does it? Your unit has been on the case far too long! It's time to pass it along!"

"Exactly." Everyone in the room looked towards Director Yamamoto. "We're being laughed at. My Gotei Agency is being ridiculed!" The old man gave Captain Zaraki a menacing glare before thumping his staff loudly on the floor. "From today, we're giving the Fifteen case to the 13th Unit. Okay, Jushiro?"

"Yes..." The thin, white-haired man replied. "I know that Shiba Kaien and the agents will get the job done."

"Hm... Good. End of meeting!"


"Oi Oi, Rukia! Have you heard?" A man with aqua green eyes and spiky raven hair waved his arms around as he approached his subordinate's desk. She was, not surprisingly, drawing little rabbits in her notepad. "Hey... you're supposed to write stuff in that when you're questioning people." The raven haired girl blushed slightly as she hurriedly closed the pad.

"...It's fine isn't it? As long as I buy my own refills... Anyways, heard what?"

"We're taking over the Fifteen case! Great huh? We'll be able to take revenge on those Unit 11 guys! Though I don't particularly have great feelings towards them..."

"Ooo! The samurai guy right?" She flipped her notepad open again, revealing a sheet with a bunny on it. "Look at this! My perception of the thieving samurai!"

"Eh... what is this?"

"How rude, Kaien-dono! This is the Fifteen-Samurai guy holding his bokken in his hand!"

"...Why is it a black bunny? And why red eyes?" Kaien peered at the sketch suspiciously. No matter how you look at it, the bokken looked more like a chain saw, and the orange hair looked like a pineapple.

"Well, red eyes because Fifteen is a criminal, so he's evil. And a black bunny because samurai wear black right?" Rukia looked immensely proud of her vast pool of knowledge. Too bad Kaien broke the news,

"No... ninja are the ones that wear all black." Rukia started looking more upset by the second. "W-well actually youre picture is very accurate Rukia! Hahaha yeah! I have heard that Fifteen always wears a black face mask, so that counts as black. And he is probably a very evil criminal so your red eyes are very correct! The bokken you drew looks almost real life! Ho ho ho Rukia, you could be an artist!" He glanced at her out of the corner of his eyes, and was relieved when he saw her grin widely.

"Hehe well I am Kuchiki Rukia." She closed the notepad and stuffed it in her pocket.

"Yeah! Anyways Fifteen stole a really precious object from the Meiji Shrine in Shibuya earlier yesterday. So far it hasn't appeared on the black market like his other stolen goods, so we can assume he still has it. The only problem is..."

"We still don't have a clue who he is."

"...Exactly."

While the two were silently pondering how to catch the evasive samurai, two figures popped up from the sides of Rukia's desk.

"Hello Boss!" Sentaro exclaimed.

"Hello Boss!" Kiyone trilled.

"Yo, Kiyone, Sentaro." Kaien smiled and gave them each a whomp on the back. "Where have you loudmouths been eh? You missed me telling the news to Rukia!"

"We were with Captain Ukitake!" They yelled simultaneously before glaring at each other.

"Well, I was with him first and then the idiot Sentaro came and followed!"

"What are you saying? I went to go pick him up after the Captain Meeting, then you showed up ten minutes later, you stupid Kiyone!"

"Woah woah guys! Relax. Let's say that whoever comes up with a plan to catch Fifteen first," Kaien said, "is the winner!"

"OOOhh what a good idea! Hmmmm." Kiyone raised her pointer figures to her head, making them look like signal antennas. Sentaro took "the Thinker" position while he glared at the floor. Rukia and Kaien watched with amusing expressions. The clock slowly ticked by, and tons of agents had passed the desk surrounded by the 13th Unit. A drop of sweat fell from Sentaro's chin, and landed on the thigh of his new pants. Kiyone's pointer fingers twitched madly as they furiously received "knowledge from the depths of the universe". Suddenly, expressions of realization lit both of their faces.

"Let's lure the Samurai out!" They both exclaimed simultaneously. Rukia and Kaien both looked at each other awkwardly. What was with these two and blurting out things at the same time?

"Lure him out? What are you guys thinking of?" Rukia thought it was a pretty good idea, but what would they lure him out with? And would he be such an idiot to respond? She looked over at her Special Agent, who was almost grinning at the idea.

"Hmm. I see. You guys are thinking of the stand at the shrine right?"

"The stand?" Rukia inquired. Was he talking about the Meiji shrine? The one that Fifteen recently stole from?

"Yup," the man replied. "Actually when Fifteen stole the Kogarasu Maru from the Meiji Shrine, he didn't take the stand. It's understandable. Usually when you go steal something, you wouldn't think to take something that's used for display purposes." He pulled out a picture of the ancient, wooden stand from the file he was carrying in his hand. "The stand was made for the exact purposes of displaying Kogarasu Maru. The forger got it made specifically for the sword."

"That's right! While you can get a lot of money just selling the sword-" Sentaro started.

"-you can get a lot more if you sell it with the paired stand!" Kiyone shouted.

"Oh I see!" Rukia brought her right fist down on her left open palm. "So... how much more money with the stand than without it?" Kaien grinned from ear to ear, his aqua green eyes sparkling at the prospect of this new fool-proof plan.

"...Twice as much."


* = Kogarasu Maru = It's apparently a legendary Japanese sword that's double edged, and was forged by the very famous Amakuni Yasutsuna in the 8th century. This guy Amakuni created the first single edged longsword.

So I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter!

It's a bit short, just like my last chapter. But I thought it was good place to end.

Anyways, please review! I really get motivated by reviews and comments - even criticism!

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