Chapter 1

To say that purifying twenty-eight hollows in one day was normal, the shinigamis would have to be mad. Ichigo, Renji, and Rukia were out by six in the evening. As they entered Ichigo's room, they were practically sleep walking.

"This is way too much," Rukia said as she climbed into "her" closet. "When the Soul Society finds out they are going to send in more recruits."

"Oh no," Ichigo groaned as he sat lazily in his chair. "I had enough with you and Renji, but more shinigamis?"

"Let's hope they send Ikkaku or maybe Captain Kenpachi," Renji grinned out deviously as he sat cross legged in Ichigo's bed.

Rukia took out her sketch pad and began "drawing" the hollow that they had seen earlier in the dunes. "The hollow looked like this, correct?"

Both Ichigo and Renji stared at the "drawing". Ichigo coughed out, "It only depends on how you look at it." This earned him a kick on the shin. Renji howled laughing.

"Seriously, fools," Rukia steamed out as she began to dial Captain Ukitake's number. "We need to send this report."

"Put it on speaker," said Ichigo.

"Liutenant Kuchiki," a cheerful voice said. "I have been waiting for your report. How was your day?"

"Brilliant," yelled Ichigo. "We had to deal with twenty-seven hollows and one weird one."

"Substitute Shinigami Kurosaki," said Captain Ukitake. "Twenty-eight hollows in one day?"

"Yes, Captain Ukitake," said Rukia. "That one weird hollow had three small holes in his chest instead of one big one."

"Here is the even stranger thing though," Renji said. "It had a force field around it before it suddenly disappeared into mid-air."

Silence on the other end. A long silence. "Well, this was a most unexpected report," Captain Ukitake finally murmured. "I will call a meeting with the rest of the captains. Until then, you three try your best to purify the other hollows. Lieutenant Abarai, please tell Uruhara to be prepared for a squad coming in tomorrow."

"Yes, Captain," both Rukia and Renji said while Ichigo just nodded his head. Rukia closed her phone and stared at her two friends.

"We have a long day tomorrow," groaned Ichigo. "Oh yeah and we still have school."

Renji smirked and stated, "You have school. Rukia and I will be investigating."

Ichigo twitched. "I am calling out."

Both Renji and Rukia laughed. "Fine," said Rukia as she cleared her throat. "Renji be sure to tell Uruhara about the squad that's coming in tomorrow. Ichigo and I will meet you at his shop at 7 am."

"Yep," said Renji as he stood up and stretched. "Be ready. I wanna have a shunpo race tomorrow."

Ichigo scoffed. "Be prepared to lose."

"WHAT?!" Renji yelled.

"Oni-san," came Yuzu's sweet voice. "It's dinner time."

"Coming down soon, Yuzu," Ichigo replied. Turning to his friends he said, "Okay we'll meet tomorrow then. Renji, please be on time. I don't want to wait an hour before we can start the investigation."

Growling, Renji walked towards the door. "I'll be out by six am."

The door slammed shut and both Ichigo and Rukia stared at each other. In seconds they began laughing. "It's too easy to get him ticked," Rukia stated.

"It is fun too," said Ichigo as he stood up from his chair.

"Yeah, but you get even more mad when we bug you," Rukia said in a matter-of-fact voice.

"Oi! Who goes ballistic when we say something negative about your so-called drawings?" Ichigo retorted as he opened the door.

Seconds later, Ichigo came rolling down the stairs in a very dangerous way. Karin looked up from her meal and smirked. "Ichi-nii, that was awfully clumsy."

"Be quiet!" Ichigo yelled as he got up painfully and murmured something.

Yuzu put the rice cooker down and said, "Ichi-nii, Oto-saan left in the afternoon to a hospital out of town. His friend needed a backup for a day or two."

Ichigo sighed in relief and murmured, "A day or two without him."

"That's what I thought too," stated Karin proudly.


Head Captain Genryuusai Yamamoto sighed. More problems. The Soul Society never had a break.

"Substitute Shinigami Ichigo Kurosaki and Liutenants Kuchiki and Abarai reported today that in total, they purified 27 hollows. One of the hollows disappeared and had three holes in his chest," said Jushiro Ukitake. "Not only this, but before he disappeared, a blue force field encased him. This prevented them from harming it."

"Something similar happened in another area," said Soi-Fong, taking two steps forward. "Except this one had four holes in his chest. Reports such as these are coming in from different areas around the World of the Living."

Most of the captains exchanged glances.

"Does this mean that it is being planned by someone?" inquired Hitsugaya Toshiro.

"Probably," said Kyouraku Shunsui. "Maybe someone we know."

"What are you referring to?" Kuchiki Byakuya asked monotonously.

Shunsui shrugged. "What do you think, Head Captain?"

The Head Captain cleared his throat. "Send Squad Ten and Two to the World of the Living."

"Yes," both Soi-Fon and Toshiro said at the same time.

Continuing, Yamamoto said, "Contact Lieutenants Abarai and Kuchiki tomorrow and tell them to continue investigating. We need as much information pssible before we can jump to conclusions, understood?"

"Yes," all the captains said and all of them, except for Shunsui and Ukitake, left the room.

"Yama-Jii, don't you find this strange? These hollows musta been created."

Ukitake nodded. "Who could have created them, though?"

Head Captain Yamamoto sighed again. When would Soul Society ever have a problemless week?


(A/N: Special thanks to Star fire girl 788 and michi nolet for following this story. To anyone who reads this, please review and leave any suggestions. Flames are welcomed because they make writers stronger :D)