A large red gate that looked too much like the gate to hell was opened. Orihime Inoue was being pulled toward it.

"Clash, Yasei no Kaminari!" Satsuki released her Zanpakuto before Flash Stepping up to the gate. The gate seemed to reject her; she was thrown back by an invisible force. Her Zanpakuto reverted back to normal. Zakuro tried using Shakkaho, but the gate closed before the spell made contact.

Searching for her all over the city didn't work. It appeared as if she vanished off the face of the earth. Eventually they decided to sleep on the situation. The others would tackle the problem, since Satsuki had agreed to investigate with Yoruichi and Soi Fon the next morning. Satsuki and Renji headed over to Urahara's Shop for the night.

The next morning, Satsuki met up with Yoruichi and Soi Fon in her Soul Reaper form. Soi Fonwas also in Soul Reaper (Satsuki doubted that Soi Fon even had a Gigai on her), and Yoruichi, if course, in her cat form. Satsuki decided to tell them about the problem.

"I've never heard of anything like this before," Yoruichi stated after listening to the story of what happened.

"Now that I think about it, it looked like the Gate of Hell," Satsuki mused. "Do you think it has something to do with the Bounts?"

"Not likely, but possible," Soi Fon answered. "Yesterday, I sensed five beings with Spiritual Pressure. It felt like Mod Souls, but everyone knows we already destroyed all the Mod Souls."

Satsuki knew this was a lie as she thought about the annoying and perverted Kon, then the semi normal Tsuki and Cacti. It was already too late to relay this information to the others, but it may not even be Mod Souls at all. It could be the Bounts; their Spiritual Pressure could be similar. It was true Kon could try and consider kidnapping Orihime; he was famous for being a pervert and a womanizer, but Tsuki and Cacti would have stopped him, since they were sensible. Plus, she didn't know any other Mod Souls other than the three of them.

"We should try and gather more Intel on the Bounts now so they don't cause trouble later," Yoruichi said. "We should head to Kisuke's shop and see if he has any insight on this."

"Kisuke?" Soi Fon mused, deep in thought. "Doesn't ring a bell.."

The shop wasnt very far, but this time they took the time to walk. Soi Fon looked around amazed. "Thus is what the world of the living is really like?"

Satsuki had to remind herself that it had been a very long time since Soi Fon had visited the World of the Living. Her duties as a captain, with the commander in chief of the Punishment Force on top of that, barely left any time for any else. "Yep."

At Kisuke's shop, only Jinta was outside. He glared at them. "What's going on here? What's this Soul Reaper doing here?" He referred to Soi Fon.

Soi Fon glared back at him. "Beat it kid!" She leaned over to Satsuki and whispered. "How can he see us?"

"He works for Kisuke, but you should ignore him," Satsuki said as Yoruichi slipped inside the shop to find Kisuke.

Suddenly, there was the sound of running. Ichigo, Zakuro, Momo, Renji, Uryu Ishida and Azumi Toyoda, the Quincy cousins, and Chad, one of the Substitute's classmates with strange powers came running at the shop.

"Are you guys crazy?!" Jinta scowled angrily.

"Where's the phone?" Ichigo demanded. "We need to use it."

Kisuke and Tessai came outside. "Welcome Kurosaki's and Friends, the phone's inside of you need to use it." The whole group dashed inside, and Kisuke turned to the two other Soul Reapers. "I'm assuming you came with Yoruichi."

"You 'assumed' correctly," Satsuki said as she pushed past the shop owner, not stopping to see if Soi Fon followed her.

The scene in front of her was rather ordinary: Ichigo was on the phone, looking angry. There was a little girl's giggling voice on the other line.

"Can we trace the call?" Chad wondered.

"I think only the police can do that," Uryu stated.

"I can record the call," Kisuke suggested. The others agreed and Kisuke pressed the record call button. Satsuki's mind drifted back toward the Bounts.

"Go back to your friend's apartment at eight tonight," said the girl on the other line. "Who knows, she might be there!"

"Who the damn is she?" Satsuki asked aloud.

"We have absolutely no idea," Azumi said as she filled her in on the previous events, how the girl had called Renji's Soul Pager and sent them on a wild goose chase across town.

"A kidnapping?" Satsuki questioned.

"Most likely," Azumi answered as the girl hung up on the other end of the line.

"I highly doubt that whoever is behind this is going to just give Orihime back tonight," Uryu spoke his opinion. "I'm certain its a trap."

"The fact that they knew the number to call the shop also means its not an ordinary person," Yoruichi added from her position on the floor.

Ichigo gaped at her. "Are you saying its a Soul Reaper?"

"I didn't say that, the fact of the matter is that we don't have alot to go on." Yoruichi corrected. She met Satsuki's eyes. The look in the cat/woman's eyes fold her not to mention the Bounts just yet.

Zakuro glanced at Kisuke. "What do you think, Kisuke?"

"I have to agree with Yoruichi," was the shop owner's nonchalant reply. "We don't have alot to go on yet."

"So eight o'clock tonight?" Momo questioned. "We'd better be prepared for anything."

"Eight sounds good!" Jinta approved, even though no one asked him.

"Why?" Ururu questioned. "You're not going with them."

"No," Jinta said, "But Renji wint be here so that means we won't have to cook dinner for the Moocher." Satsuki stifled a laugh.

Renji groaned audibly and fell over. His head "accidently" fell into Zakuro's lap. Casting a sie glance at Yoruichi, she could see her laughing silently.

"Wow that's pathetic," Momo comments.

Zakuro giggled.

Satsuki turned to Yoruichi. "I may have to supervise those crazies, but I'll join you and Soi Fon tomorrow."

Yoruichi nodded and Satsuki nodded back.


At eight o'clock, Satsuki headed out with the Substitutes and Renji in their Soul Reaper forms. Chad, Uryu, and Azumi met up with them at Orihime's apartment.

Uryu went to stand next to Zakuro. "Any signs of life inside?"

"Nope," Momo stated flatly, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Hey, how come you're not wearing that cape of yours?" Ichigo questioned.

Satsuki slammed her Palm onto her forehead. "I knew I couldn't leave you guys alone."

"Oh, I had to take it to the cleaners," Uryu said airily.

Zakuro raised an eyebrow. "Your Quincy uniform is dry clean only?" Satsuki could only imagine what normal, human cleaners that of such a bazaar cape.

Before Uryu could answer a bright light flashed from the windows. "Let's go!" Satsuki shouted. The door was still locked.

"Break it down Chad!" Ichigo ordered.

Before Chad could comply, the door opened and Orihime stood there. She looked the same as the last time Satsuki saw her, with orang colored hair and bangs clipped back with turquoise flower shaped pins that held her Shun Shun Rika powers. She still looked fragile and doll like.

"Think back to last night, what do you remember?" Ichigo questioned swiftly, ready for answers.

Satsuki put a hand on his arm. "Slow down. Give her some time to breath."

But Orihime was in compliance. "Well, first the new semester started today. Then Tatsuki and I had ice cream and got headaches from eating it too fast. Then I did my homework, had dinner, and went to bed."

Zakuro blinked. "Orihime, the new semester started yesterday."

"They erased her memory," Satsuki stated. "She lost a day. Now that's gonna cause some confusion."

Upon coming inside, Satsuki felt no more Spiritual Pressure, but something didn't feel right about the situation. Orihime looked and acted like herself but Satsuki couldn't describe the suspicious feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Teb minutes later, a surge of Spiritual Pressure waved through the apartment and suddenly the power went out, followed by a minor earthquake. There seemed to be a twister forming outside. Orihime's eyes glowed a creepy red and she grabbed Chad, who was much bigger than herself, into a chokehold.

"Monster, you're not Orihime!" Momo growled, grabbing the handle of her blade.

"It's still Orihime's body they're possessing," Uryu reminded.

"Is it a Hollow?" Azumi asked.

"No," Satsuki said. "Whatever it is, its something different." She thought back to Soi Fon telling her about the Mod Soul like Spiritual Pressure. Was she right or wrong?

Chad collapsed and Orihime morphed into a tall man with glasses, duel green and blonde hair, and a business like suit.

"Bastard! You're the one who's been calling us!" Ichigo cursed impulsively.

"Well that's ignorant," the man chuckled. "As if I could sound like a little girl."

He really didn't sound high pitched. "There's your proof," Azumi quipped.

"My name is Kurodo," said the man.

"Who asked you?" Satsuki snapped.

Another man appeared from the ceiling. He wore a dark body suit and a facemask, but Satsuki could see dark eyes and red hair. "Nice to meet you, I'm Noba."

Kurodo laid a foot in Chad's back, none gently. "We'll be taking this one with us."

"Oh no you don't you rat bastards!" Satsuki swore as she reached to draw her Zanpakuto. Halfway through the action, the same gate from the previous night appeared and Chad was sucked into the vortex.

"Chad, no!" Momo shouted, jumping onto the roof. Satsuki followed her, and was in turn followed by Ichigo and Zakuro.

On top of the gate were three little girls. One had short blone hair, another had copper hair in pig tails, and a third had duel orange and black with some black fashioned into cat ears.

"You're the brat that's been calling us." Momo gritted her teeth.

"My name is Ririn!" said the blonde girl. "These are my sister's, Neko and Kitsune."

Kurodo and Noba joined the girls on top of the hate.

"I don't think I can kill a kid," Renji said.

"It was bound to happen sometime," Satsuki replied.

"I don't think I can either," Zakuro gulped.

"I'll get the guy in the hat," Ichigo ended the first conversation.

"I'll take the clown in the hood," Renji claimed.

"Dibs on the blondie," Satsuki quipped.

"The girl in the pig tails is mine," Momo narrowed her eyes.

"Then I'll take the chick with the cat ears," said Zakuro.

The five Soul Reaper released their Shikai Zangetsu, Zabimari, Yasei no Kaminari, Hino Tori, and Mundoragon. They then jumped into the air.

Ririn giggled. "Silly Soul Reapers!" She drawled. The gate glowed more intensely and suddenly it was gone, along with the five kidnappers.

"Dammit!" They all cursed in unison. The situation was too grave to laugh about it.