Chapter 2

Ichigo was being shaken awake. He didn't hurt he just felt…disoriented
and tingly.

"What the hell happened?" Ichigo said groggily. As he woke up he
recognized the interior of his room.

"You tell us," a voice sneered, "we were the ones that found you
passed out on the ground. There wasn't even a trace of the person or
thing that left you there. Are you becoming so weak that killing one
hollow makes you so tired?"

Ichigo sat up at the last comment to see who's head he was going to
have to bash in to see his hotheaded moronic blazin red headed friend
Renji.

"Hey Renji. You know just for the record you can kiss my ass."

"Ahhhh the joy of being friends."

"Will you two just please get along for two seconds. We need to get to
the bottom of this before someone gets killed."

Ichigo turned his head to see a short kid leaning coolly in the doorway
of the room. With his white hair and twitchy right eye, Toshiro
Hitsuguya was obviously annoyed at the argument Renji and Ichigo were
having. The captain of he tenth division had unwilling been commanded
to come to the world of the living to take care of some disturbance in
the spiritual pressure.

"Now Ichigo do you remember anything that happened to you earlier?
That fact that we found you incapacitated means either you are
seriously weak or you were ambushed."

"I was ambushed and yeah I remember who it was. If was that damn lying
new girl, Miko. "

"No that can't be. I had lunch with her this morning and she's super
nice. I just can't see her acting like that."

Everyone gaped at Rukia. She couldn't be serious. Maybe she was
delusional but she had to see Ichigo laying in front of her.

"Rukia, can you not see Ichigo laying here. That girl is the one that
did this to him."

"Well I'm going to only believe you when we talk to her herself."

"Fat chance at that happening. She has probably already left the city
if not the country. So the next time any of us see her we have to kill
her."

"Renji don't be so rash. Killing her is not the answer. First we need
to interrogate her and find out why she is causing all of this. Then
she can be executed."

"Whatever. How did you find my body?"

"Do you always ask such stupid questions? I know where you leave your
body. After all I am the one that helped you for three months. The
bathroom was the obvious place. Oh and by the way schools over."

"Thanks for pointing out the obvious Rukia. I kinda figured t out fron
the fact that it is dark outside."

"Right sure. Ichigo you and Rukia need to go to school tomorrow and
interrogate Miko if she is there. If not then we need to start
seaeching for her right away." said Hitsuguya sternly. And with that
the group split up with Renji off to Urahara's shop, Hitsuguya to
sleep on Orihime's roof, and Rukia to his sisters room to get some
shut eye.

-

Ichigo and Rukia decided that they would head to school earlier than
usual to see if they could catch Miko. When they showed up no one was
in sight. They waited for twenty minutes before they saw someone walk
around the corner. Preparing to ambush them they were surprised that
Keigo had come to school so early.

"Hey guys!" Keigo looked up surprised,"What are you doing here so
early?"

"Oh what? Nothing!" both of the surprised figures exclaimed, " What
are you doing here?"

"Oh I'm just waiting for Miko to show up. She's really nice you know?
Ever since she got here she's been really cool and inviting me to do
alot of stuff. She's really different. She's one of the few people
that treats me like a friend now."

With a feeling of regret Ichigo looked sorta ashamed.

"Why? Do you need to talk to her? She should be here soon. Actually
this is the latest she has ever been. She's usually here before me."

Just as he spoke her name she walked around the corner. Looking up she
waved and trotted over to talk to her friends. Stiffening Ichigo and
Rukia silently knew what mayhem this girl had caused and what kind of
pain this could cause Keigo.

"Hey Miko we need to talk. NOW." Grabbing her by the arm they dragged
her over to a secluded part of the yard.

"Ow ow owww! Shit! What are you guys doing?"

"Guys stop! What are you doing to Miko?" Keigo cried. He could see
tears silently streaming done her face as her fingers started to turn
blue and arm red from the force Ichigo was gripping her arm with. That
was going to bruise. And that really pissed Keigo off.

Just as Ichigo shoved Miko into the nearby wall Keigo got up and
punched Ichigo in the face. Ichigo was shocked. It didn't hurt as much
as it surprised him that Keigo his friend had punched him in the face.

"Keigo! What the hell is wrong with you?"

Before Keigo could answer him Rukia knocked Keigo out with a quick
chop to the base of the skull.

"Quickly! Interrogate her before someone comes around."

Turning to glare down at Miko he felt sort of bad. She was cowering
against the fence tears still silently streaming down her face.
But he couldn't give in to his feelings. She was a suspect and until
they got to the bottom of this she was an enemy.

"Who are you? Where did you come from?"

"I…I..." Stuttering she couldn't get an answer out.

"Answer me!" Ichigo was screaming now.

"Thats enough Ichigo." a calm voice said. Whirling around to see who
was stopping from ripping this enemy apart to see his mentor and
friend, Kisuke Urahara.

"Stay out of this Kisuke!" snarled Rukia, "This is Soul Society
business."

"I think you will find eventually that this is not the person you are
looking for." And with a quick flash he was standing next to the wall
with Miko in his arms and another flash he was gone.

"Urahara! You bastard!"

-

"Where is he?" yelled Ichigo and Renji in union. After Urahara had
disappeared with Miko, Ichi and Rukia had left to findthe rest if the
gang and tell them the news. They came straight to Urahara's shop to
hunt them down.

" is not here at the moment," growled Jinta, Urahara's
little shop cleaner. For such a tiny person he had such a big attitude.

"Dont lie to me," Ichi snarled,"I can feel his spiritual energy."

"Yeah well that's the only thing that you can feel."

"Watch it kid!"

"Or what?" he teased.

"Or I will..."

"Thats enough. Master Urahara will see you now." Came Tessai.

"Bout time," Renji muttered.

Walking inside Ichi and the gang looked around suspiciously looking
for either of the people that were causing trouble.

"He's in the basement."

Hurrying down stairs to the massive labyrinth Urahara had created for
training Ichi and friends they found Urahara with Miko nowhere to be
seen.

"Well it's nice to see that you finally made it," Urahara chimed in a
singsong voice, hiding behind his paper fan.

"Where is Miko!" the group asked as a whole.

"I am afraid she is not here right now. But on to other matters I
believe you all know that there have been some problems with the
spiritual pressure here. Well the Soul Society is like wise being
effected. The intruder is starting to appear there as well."

"The intruder wouldn't have gotten away if you hadn't taken her!"

"Just go to the Soul Society. Then things will be fully explained."

"We shouldn't have to. If you just hadn't..."

"Enough. You need to go to the Soul Society. The gate has been opened
for you. This is hard for those that do not know the past but you need
to trust me. The Captain General is waiting. "
With this Rukia and the rest of the Shinigami stiffened. If the
General was calling them then they needed to go. Now.

"Fine then let's go," Ichi said, "the General is waiting."

As they started walking towards the gate a voice called out from
behind. Turning he found the familiar faces of his friends Chad,
Orihime, and Uryu.

"So you were just going to leave without even telling us?" Chad
questioned.

"Look I don't want to be rude but..." started Rukia.

"Then don't," interupted Uyru.

"Why don't you just let them come. Besides they could be a valueable
asset as we don't know much about the intruder." stated Hitsuguya.

"he's right. Let's go before anything bad happens." said Ichigo.

And with that they walked through the gate and headed for the Soul
Society.