Kisuke Urahara stared at the lounging man across from him. Already this seemed like bad idea. He wanted to be absolutely sure that Ichigo and his friends would succeed. He had called the Vizard but they were trying to remain under Soul Society's radar. So he was left with only one option; the man with a predatory grin and shining eyes.

Said man looked at the shop keeper "So you want to break into Soul Society, retrieve the sister of a high level noble who has been sentenced to the highest class of execution, and then escape while fighting off pretty much everybody in Soul Society?"

Kisuke nodded grimly.

The man just grinned even bigger "And you didn't tell me sooner. Where do I sign up?"

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"Hey slipper hat, who's that guy" Ichigo said gesturing to the slumbering man who had his head propped against the gate to Soul Society. Kisuke sighed as walked over and jabbed the man with his foot.

"Whaz goin' on?" The man slurred as his eyes shot open and he scrambled to his feet. His clothing was like a shinigami's but with narrow openings making the uniform look more like a pair of pants and a shirt with an orange sash. A sword in a black sheath with a red handle capped in gold and a hexagonal gold guard was tucked neatly into the sash. A grin covered his face as he looked at the rag tag group of would be rescuers "So which one of you is the noble girl's bitch?"

Ichigo scowled "I'm not her bitch."

The man smiled back "Then how did you now I was talking to you?" Ichigo growled as the man looked around at the rag tag group "An imitation shinigami, a Quincy, a giant Mexican guy, a huge boobed ditz, and my favorite kitty." He smirked "This is gonna be more fun than I thought."

Uryu pushed his glasses up his nose "You never did say who you were."

The man rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, but didn't lose the smile "Sorry about that, Uzumaki Naruto at your service."

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"Uzumaki Naruto, former captain of the Eleventh Division. Although you retired 200 years ago you are still quite famous in Soul Society. Is it true that you killed a Vasto Lorde with just your shikai?" the captain of twelfth division smiled with large yellow teeth.

"Yep" the blonde man said with his own grin "The one where I tied Yamamoto's underwear to a flag pole is true too."

Uryu looked between the two in fear. One side was the insane scientist captain who seemed to be obsessed with cutting open everything that could move. The other was the unpredictable former captain (something he wasn't even aware of) who had apparently killed the most powerful kind of hollow with minimal effort.

"I must admit that I was hoping to see your zanpakuto in action" Mayuri said happily despite the tenseness that his vice-captain and the Quincy were experiencing.

Naruto's eyes flashed with anger but his grin never faltered "For someone willing to kill their own subordinates I'd be glad to show off my power." He slipped the entire sword out of his sash, sheath and all, and held it out in front of him.

"Reform, Iron Cloud!"

It seemed to melt for a second before the now liquid weapon was pulled into Naruto's hand and reformed into a simple black sphere. Mayuri looked at it in surprise and confusion "That's it. From the descriptions in the files I assumed it would be something more impressive. Oh well, I have no more interest in studying you." He shot forward with his three pronged blade, intent on finishing the ex-captain.

Clang!

The captain blinked as the sphere had been replaced with a pure black replica of Iron Cloud's sealed state. The vicious grew bigger as the mad scientist was tossed away by Naruto's superior strength. The blonde spun the blade around in his hand "Cool, right" the sword melted again and shaped itself into a revolver "a weapon that can shape itself into any form and is a perfect conduit for my spiritual power." He pulled the trigger and blast of energy ripped at the ground beneath Mayuri and sent him even farther back.

He pushed himself to his feet as watch the weapon transformed again, this time into a whip layered with energy. He retrieved his blade and sighed "I admit it was foolish of me to assume your weapon be anything but simple." His grin came back "I would be happy to experiment on you."

"Wow, thanks. I'm afraid that I'm going to have to decline." Mayuri's eyes widened as the whip became a sawn-off shotgun "Now hold still."

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"I can't believe I was late for the party" Naruto groaned as Aizen, Gin, and Tosen escaped via the Negacion. Everybody else was too busy healing the injured or informing their squad to fight with him. "Is there nobody here to kick the shit out of?"

"So you're the old captain of the eleventh huh." Naruto turned and looked a giant of a man with spiked hair that ended in bells. The man lay his sword against his shoulders "I got to admit that I'm wondering whether you're as strong as they say." He smiled an insane grin. Naruto smiled right back. Soul Society was in trouble.

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Bleach/Naruto

Man, I've got to get started on my other stories. As soon I finish a few more drabbles.

-Bemmybean