"Hey, Inoue." Ichigo said. The rest of the humans were huddled in a group whispering and staring at them.

"Are we all here?" Orihime asked.

"No, we're waiting for Kuchiki and his sister." Hitsugaya said, walking up to them.

"It's weird, Byakuya is usually first to arrive."

"Yeah… Wait! There he is!" Rangiku pointed towards the sky. Byakuya appeared carrying a man over his shoulder. Rukia appeared right after him, carrying a woman with her.

For some reason, the humans burst into laughter at that sight. "Ha! Takumi, you look like an idiot! Ha!" the one with short dark spiky haired screamed. Takumi (that was his name) frowned and dusted himself off the moment Byakuya put him down.

"Shut up, Ren," he growled. "Hey, what are you all doing here?"

"Yeah, that's what I'd like to know," the tall blonde guy joined in. Hitsugaya sighed.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Captain Hitsugaya of Squad Ten, this is my lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto."

"Captain? Lieutenant? Squad Ten? Hey, are you, like, mutated beings from the army?" the short one with short spiky blonde hair asked.

"No. We will explain that later. I am Captain Kuchiki of Squad Six, and this is my lieutenant, Renji Abarai. This is my sister, Rukia Kuchiki." Byakuya said solemnly.

"I'm Kenpachi Zaraki," said a man hiding in the shadows. When he stepped out, everyone screamed. He looked seven feet tall, and had a horrifying face covered in scars.

"And I'm Yachiru, his lieutenant! Nice to meet you!" Yachiru squealed. The humans looked shocked at the tiny toddler with bright pink hair on top of the monster. "This is Feathers-Chan, and this is Baldy-Chan!" she giggled, pointing to Yumichika and Ikkaku.

"Yumichika Ayesegawa and Ikkaku Madarame, 5th and 3rd seats," said the one with the bob cut prissily.

"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, assistant Soul Reaper." Ichigo said, shouldering Zangetsu.

"Nice sword," one of them squeaked, staring at the huge knife on his back.

"And I'm Orihime Inoue! Pleasure to meet you!" Orihime smiled, bowing. The group of humans looked shocked.

"Hi! I'm Nobuo Terashima!" the short one piped up.

"Shut up, Nobu," growled Ren.

"You don't know who I'yam?" Nana slurred. "Nana Osaki, Black Stones."

"Wait, you're a black stone?" asked Rangiku.

"You don't know the Black Stones? They're one of the most popular bands in Japan! What about Trapnest?"

"Oh! Trapnest! I remember Keigo rambling on about some band named Trapnest…" Ichigo mused.

"Yeah, well I'm Takumi, head of Trapnest. This is Reira, our singer. Ren, our bassist; Naoki, drums."

"We're Black Stone, or BlaSt. I'm Yasu, drums. This is Nana, singer; Nobu, guitar; Shin, bass."

"Hi!" Nobu grinned.

"Who are they?" Renji asked, pointing to Miu and Hachi.

"Miu is my girlfriend, and Hachi is Takumi's wife."

"Pleasure."

"Well, now that we've gotten that all sorted out, how about you tell us what the hell is going on, and prove to us that we're not asleep, hallucinating, or in a mental asylum at this very moment."

Hitsugaya sighed. "We're Soul Reapers. Our job is to make sure souls make it safely to the afterlife, Soul Society. We also purify Hollows. Hollows are souls that have had regrets in life, and when they die, they become monsters that need to eat souls to ease their pain. As I said before, we purify these souls so they can go to the Soul Society."

"We have a ranking among Soul Reapers," Byakuya continued. "Captains rank highest. Hitsugaya, Zaraki and I rank as Captains. Under us are lieutenants. All Soul Reapers possess Spiritual Pressure. The higher the pressure: the more powerful the Soul Reaper. It's rare for a human to have Spiritual Pressure, and powerful ones at that."

"Are you saying that we have this 'Spiritual Pressure'?" Miu asked quietly.

Byakuya nodded. "Exactly. When we discovered it, we were sent here immediately to discover the meaning of it. Now we are under orders to bring you back to the Soul Society." With that, he tossed Takumi over his shoulder rather ungracefully.

"Hey, put me down!" Takumi screamed, as the humans all burst in to fits of uncontrolled laughter.

"We are leaving." All the Soul Reapers nodded, and they picked up a human and disappeared.