Hey guys!

Time for the second instalment! Hope you guys are enjoying it! Note: I cut out the Kaguya/Ikkaku scenes and put them into next chapter, so I could make an epic fight scene!

It was a pitch black night; all the lights bar street lights were turned off, and there was nobody out on the streets. Weirdly enough, for 100 years into the future, nothing has changed cosmetically...almost like a natural landmark, there to stay forever. Birds flew by, as a large, Senkimon opened in the sky; enter our young, free, and happy captain Reiko. His jacket was still too long, and his sleeves dangled freely in the air.

Reiko smiled when a certain large-chested women, with long green hair, and a loose shinigami uniform came out. Her zanpaktou sheathed on her side, she looked quite hot; even if she was 200 years older then Reiko! This women in Grenadine Fukawa, vice-captain of squad 6. "Any news, Captain Kunata?" Grenadine had a high pitched, laid back voice, almost like Rangiku's. Reiko had only met his hero once, when he was a small boy...younger then he is now! Rangiku inspired him to train, to become a prodigy like Captain Hitsugaya...and then she was killed.

"Nothing yet!" Reiko smiled. His childlike charm was a crux against his captain status. He was the youngest captain ever, surpassing Hitsugaya's record. Many believe he *is* Hitsugaya's son, but Reiko always denies it, despite how much he loves it. "I sent on Hotaru though!"

"Oh great. Just what we need. A big clumsy idiot..." Grenadine sighed. "I don't know how former captain Soifon of Squad 2 put up with captain Omeada!"

"She just maintained the peace, yo!" Reiko grinned once again, this time holding up a peace sign. This made Grenadine smile. "You know, I am kinda glad you tagged along over my vice-captain, Katsurai!"

"Yeah. He seems jealous of you, he is a lot older and to be waiting that long..." Grenadine stopped talking when she saw a large, mohawked man fly towards them. "We have company! Ryoka, just the one, but he is strong enough to keep me at bay!"

"Nice work, Hotaru!" Hotaru flew to the side of Reiko as a man wearing a black mask, wearing a sleeveless black all-in-one suit stood before them in mid air. A sword attached to his side. Reiko had suspicions, but he knew that could not be a zanpaktou...or is it? Reiko had no time to react as the masked man flew towards him. He had very little time to parry the endless onslaught of attacks.

"Spill. Stream of The Matrix!" Grenadine dropped her sword, as it changed into a pair of duel, curved swords with an emerald blade. As they transformed, they created a black hole, which Grenadine stepped into whilst using her two swords. In almost an instant, she was behind the masked man. But...

"Your too niave!" Suddenly, the masked man was overwhelming both Reiko and Greanadine.

"This is vice-captain Manasada here! Captain Kunata and vice-captain Fukawa are locked in battle with a swordsmen, rivaling the power of a captain! Requesting assistance!" Kotaru put the badge down and pulled out his zanpaktou. "Consume! Gourmet of Giants!" Hotaru's large sword turned into a plump, spiked baton, almost like himself, except the baton had a mouth with endless rows of teeth at the end. As Hotaru thrust his large baton into the fight, the three split up.

"*huff* damn! We need my vice-captain Goro Katsura, and any other officers they can spare...I have a feeling this guy is a shinigami!" Reiko drew his sword. It was time for this masked man to taste his blade! "Wind become my wings, flames become my blade. Earth become my armour, water become my life! Atmospherical Flower!" Suddenly, Reiko's blade split into four, all connected by a metal handle. It resembled it's namesake; a flower.

"A captain's shikai, eh? Been a while since I saw one outside my own division!"

The masked man's words sent rings through the companies ears. He was a shinigami? How come he was being so secretive then? Suddenly, he vanished into thin air. Moments later, an old man with long, grey hair came; Goro Katsura.

"Where is this problem? I shall end it in an instant!" His voice was crackled, and he was clearly about to retire soon.

"He left moments ago." Grenadine put her hand on his shoulder. It seemed this problem was over..."your losing your touch old man!"

"How dare you-" Goro's words were cut off when a large light was seen in the distance. It was the man.

"Fire up. Ignition!" The masked man appeared in a cloud of flame. As the flame dissipated, he was there with a glowing sword. It glowed a blue-ish like flame, and it grew bigger and bigger, until he let it go in one big shot.

Like it was a reaction, Reiko raised his flower-like zanpaktou. Soon enough, all the enjoy went into the top most petal, which was now a green colour. "Energy Petal; Promethues!" All the flames fired sucked up into the petal. The grren colour was unnerving, but Reiko smiled at it. "Any energy my Atmospherical Flower absorbs, is stored in these petals! And then..." Reiko pushed out his zanpaktou, sending a green blast of energy towards the unknown person. "I can send it out in flames!"

The unknown man backed right up next to Katsura...bad mistake. "Sleep. Sandman's Gambit!" Soon enough, the man fell fast asleep. Katsura's sword turned to ash, and it was powerful enough to make the young Reiko yawn. "Get some sleep, Reiko. I can do your jobs. An old touch is needed to...*extract* this information."

"*yawn* nope. Omeada does the torturing, not us. Unless... you want to give it to Mayuri for an "experiment"?" Grenadine retorted. She knew how much Katsura hated that man. He groaned and stepped back. "This is Vice-Captain Katsura. needing body transportation!"

"Serven failed?" An old women shouted. Her voice echoed through the cave. "That is impossible...Ignition was one of the 5 Star Zanpaktous..."

A man with long blonde hair and glasses walked up to the women. "Lady Konoha. Please, let me take them on."

Konoha's white hair glistered in the moonlight. "Do what Serven failed to do. Keep the senkaimon open, so we can invade the Soul Society."

FEATURED ZANPAKTOU!

Stream of the Matrix - Grenadine Fukawa's twin sword zanpaktou allows the user to fall into a portal made by the tips of the two swords. Upon entry, Grenadine goes into a vertical world, and can re-appear in the actual world the opposite way she entered the alternate world...and she can do this to wherever she wants. Her attacks, Matrix Swarm and Matrix Spear send volleys of arrows and a large spear at the opponent through the exit hole, as Grenadine rises.

Gourmet of the Giants - Hotaru Manasada's zanpaktou. It resembles a large, spiked baton with a mouth at the end, that grows bigger when it feeds. Apparently, it once ate Captain Abarai's food, forcing Renji to ban it from the barracks. Hotaru's star attack is the Regurgation Ball, a large ball of energy made from the food Gourmet of the Giants ate.

Atmospherical Flower - Reiko Kunata's zanpaktou that resembles a flower. Each petal is a single blade, that can absorb an elemental energy and blast it back at the opponent. His bankei, Armarda of the Seasons is said to change the very temperature of the atmosphere.

Ignition - Serven's zanpaktou, capable of blasting blue flames. It is a "5-star Zanpaktou" and a very dangerous weapon to face in bankei.

Sandman's Gambit - Goro Katsura's zanpaktou, that turns into sleeping dust that people can inhale. It seems to affect everybody but him.