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Inbi belongs to me. Ikatsui belongs to Dakota. Chikai belongs to Raven. Outai belongs to Evan. Arai belongs to Natalie. Bleach belongs to Tite Kubo.
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"Inbi, please tell me you didn't die. I can't tell which one is you without the head," Chikai said, walking around the field of remains. Inbi sat silently by his dead Captain. Captain Unohana wouldn't be able to save him in this state. All because of that stupid Ikatsui Rotasu. What the hell was he anyway?

"Aw, come on, I don't want to tell Old Man Yama that the whole 7th Company is dead."

"You don't need to tell me that," Inbi heard Captain General Yamamoto say, "I can already see it."

"Oh, uh, sir, I didn't mean t-to-" Chikai stumbled. He could imagine her blushing. She hangs around with her Captain a lot, and the Old Man Yama thing worn off on her.

"No need for apologies," he assured her, "Right now it seems we have a bigger problem on our hands. But this Inbi, I can sense that he's still living." Yamamoto pointed in Inbi's direction. "Over there."

Inbi felt Chikai by him instantly, "Inbi, oh jeez, is that Captain Komamura?" Inbi nodded. He felt a much larger spiritual pressure kneel beside him.

"Did you see who did this?" Yamamoto asked. Inbi nodded. "Did he happen to have a giant scar over his one eye?" Inbi nodded again. "I see. It appears Ikatsui Rotasu is really back." Inbi glanced over at Yamamoto. "Now that I look at you, you two do have the same eyes."

"Don't compare me to him," Inbi snapped at the Captain General. He then bit his lip. That wasn't a smart thing to do. He has seen Yamamoto make Soul Reapers fall to their knees just by looking at them. But he didn't do anything.

"Fine. But I suppose you want to hear a bit about him?"

"Yes I do, sir," Inbi replied.

Yamamoto turned to Chikai, "Who are you?"

"Chikai Mendou, 4th Seat of the 8th Company," Chikai replied very formally.

"Ah," Yamamoto said, "The 8th Company." Yamamoto smiled a little bit. "You have no business here, Chikai Mendou."

"Something very traumatic just happened to my friend-"

"You have no business here," Yamamoto repeated. She wouldn't dare not follow his orders the second time around and left. The two were alone.

"Ikatsui. He made me Ryujin Jakka," Yamamoto started, "He also gave me most of my scars. The one across his eye, that was me."

"What?" Inbi asked, "How could you two have known each other? He's so..."

"Young? Yes, he looks it, but he's really as old as me." Yamamoto chuckled at Inbi's facial expression. "I don't know how he does it either." Yamamoto sighed, "I thought I was crazy today, too. I saw him, Ikatsui, walk by. Today. He smiled and waved. I really thought I was crazy."

"You didn't tell anybody?" Inbi yelled at the Captain General, "No one noticed!?"

"He's been gone for a very long time," Yamamoto replied very calmly, "He lied low for awhile after he left. He was a crazy guy, Ikatsui. Always going on about how he wanted to be the King of Souls. He made the key to get there, sure, but he planned to do some pretty bad stuff. All I hope right now is that he doesn't go to Aizen." Yamamoto paused and studied Inbi, "You have to be temporary Captain, do you know that?"

Inbi stared at the old man. 7th seat to Captain? "Huh?"

"You're quite the survivor and we're in a rough spot right now," Yamamoto said, "There aren't much replacements when preparing for war. For now, just go and rest. A lot happened this morning."

Inbi took his advice and walked off. Yamamoto watched the boy go, feeling bad for him. Ikatsui Rotasu wasn't the guy who would leave one man alive just for showing up a bit late. He looked over at Komamura. Ikatsui also wasn't the guy who would stop in the middle of a decapitation to introduce himself. He would have slaughtered the 7th seat. Yamamoto could feel that Inbi held back his power a great deal, but didn't know why.

Inbi was of the very small, very quiet Nagoyaka clan. Maybe there was a reason why they were so quiet. Maybe it was because they wouldn't want other Soul Reapers to notice their unusual gray eyes. They couldn't have people making any connections.


He knew that he wouldn't get any peace. The news of the 7th Company would spread so fast, it was crazy. People like to talk.

"Nagoyaka!" a voice called from behind him. Inbi sighed. Yup, no peace. Especially with this guy- Outai Ookami.

Inbi waved him away. "Not now, please."

Outai appeared next to him anyway. "Nagoyaka, have you reconsidered?"

"Reconsidered what?"

"Joining the Secret Remote Squad."

Inbi wished he could hit him, but the guy was good. And he didn't want to cause a scene. "No."

"Dammit, did you know what just happened?" Outai growled, "Or did you sleep through it all, kirigirisu?"

Kirigirisu means grasshopper. That's what people call him. No one really respects the lazy, green-haired kid with funny bangs from the 7th Company. No one expect a few of his friends.

"Don't you want to catch these bastards?" Outai asked.

"Bastard, Outai. Singular." Inbi hissed, "Goodbye." Inbi flashed off, annoyed by the gray-haired man.

"Never retreat!" Outai yelled at him, "Never retreat! Wasn't that what your Captain used to say?"


"YOU SERIOUS?" Arai Konjou exclaimed, "YOU REALLY SERIOUS?"

Chikai punched her friend's shoulder. "Yea, I am. You are so loud."

"And you left him back there with Yamamoto?" Arai asked, "What if he like, kills him?"

"Old Man Yama wouldn't kill Inbi-"

"Naw, the other way around!" Arai shouted. Chikai flinched. That was right in her ear. "Inbi could be a maniac with a lotta power! Maybe he killed his Company!"

Chikai punched her friend again, but this time, she struck her jaw. "Don't say shit like that, Arai."

Arai spit out a bit of blood. "I'm not saying shit. Who knows, Chikai? Who knows when a guy could snap?"

"Inbi wouldn't snap," Chikai countered, "And no 7th seat could pull something like that."

"The dude's so...quiet," The blonde girl smirked, "I betcha don't know much about him."

Chikai rolled her eyes. "I betcha I do."


Weee. I completed the second chapter. Weeee again. If you were wondering why I'm not giving much of a description of people's appearances is because you can go to my page and see what they look like. Links to their pictures are by the bottom.
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