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"What? You mean to tell me you let a perfectly suspicious person escape from right under your noses with no clue whatsoever into the World of the Living? Not to mention the fact that you let the possible culprits of the destruction escape as well?" cried Yamamoto banging his staff on the ground so hard that the whole room shook a little.
Toshirou Hitsugaya winced a little as he felt the room becoming hotter which was very uncomfortable for his icy reiatsu.
"My deepest apologies Captain-Commander Yamamoto, I know I have failed in my mission and I will accept any punishment you see fitting" said Soi Fon kneeling before the old man.
The other Captains watched in mild astonishment, Captain Soi Fon kneeling before someone and her being out matched in Shunpo was an extremely rare fact.
Yamamoto sighed, "That won't be necessary, still I am amazed at how a Soul Reaper could have outmatched you Captain Soi Fon, and you Captain Hitsugaya"
"You say they disappeared through a Senkaimon? That must mean they have a Hell Butterfly with them, and that must mean that they're a part of the Gotei 13" said Mayuri Kurotsuchi in his usual sneering voice.
"That assumption is not incorrect, all Captains are to check and see if any members of their division who are not on any mission are missing or not without notice, if they are then the Captain concerned will report to me immediately" said Yamamoto.
All the Captains nodded.
"Also Captain Soi Fon, you will get in touch with Yoruichi Shihoin and check with her and Kisuke Urahara to see if any records of a Senkaimon opening has been recorded, also Captain Ukitake and Kuchiki, you will send Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai to the World of the Living to scout things out, you will accompany them Captain Hitsugaya, along with your Lieutenant" said Yamamoto.
"Yes sir" said Captain Ukitake, Kuchiki and Hitsugaya.
"Captain Kurotsuchi, you will get the Department of Research and Development to check and see if the Koryu and Kototsu in the Dangai World are working as usual or not, for that number of Gillians to get past together there must be something wrong with it" said Yamamoto.
"The rest of the Squads will remain on standby till further notice" announced Yamamoto banging his staff, signifying the end of the meeting.
"What do you mean it's vanished? How can it just vanish like that?" asked Ichigo in a loud voice as Yoruichi clamped her hand on him.
"Quiet you idiot, remember your sisters have an uncanny habit of eavesdropping" she reminded him as he subsided.
"Like I was saying, the device I used to use to track the presence of any Soul Reapers in Karakura has vanished, I really don't know how it happened, I took it out to see after Tessai informed me, I heard a crash outside and went to investigate, when I came back it was just gone" said Urahara.
"Are you quite sure it's not Jinta or Ururu playing a practical joke on you Mr. Urahara?" asked Uryu fixing his glasses.
Urahara gave him a dour look, "That thing is invisible to all but those with at least Lieutenant reiatsu, I hardly think you'll steal something you can't see to play a practical joke would you? Besides they never touch my stuff when I'm not around"
"Oh, sorry" said Uryu looking a bit uncomfortable.
"You're a very intelligent man Urahara-San, I'm sure you could make another one of those things, or use something else for the job?" asked Chad quietly.
"I could, but it would take me a week to find all the things I need, even with Yoruichi's help, and by then I don't know what that Soul Reaper could do"
Just then there was a loud yell from below, the sound of glass breaking and cats yowling.
"What's going on" cried Ichigo running down.
"Oh yeah? You think my breasts are small? Ever looked in a mirror, your ones look like balloons, only outsides and no insides"
"How dare you, my breasts are hailed by every man in the Sou… Society in which I live, not to mention my perfect hourglass figure and beautiful hair, unlike you I don't look like a twig and have a coniferous forest on my head"
"Please, at least my hair colour is natural"
"Yeah I agree, naturally fake of course, how much did you buy that whitewash for? Are you sure it wasn't to bleach your dog's kennel?"
Ichigo's eyes fell upon the busty figure of Rangiku Matsumoto face to face with Yuzuki. Sparks flew between the two as Toshirou, Rukia and Renji stood behind them watching uneasily.
Isshin poked his head out of his room as his eyes grew round, "Rangiku Baby, you came back"
"Hi Isshie-chan" cried Rangiku blowing him a kiss.
"Hey stop flirting with my man you snooty faced cartoon" cried Yuzuki pouncing on Rangiku.
"Your man? I saw and knew him much earlier than you did you little hussy" cried Rangiku as the two disappeared in a puff of smoke from which only a hand or a leg would stick out occasionally.
"Okay you two that's enough" said Hitsugaya stepping forward but a shoe flew out of the dust and struck him straight in the face causing him to fall over.
"Captain Hitsugaya, are you okay?" asked Renji stooping down to pick the young Captain up who was muttering with rage.
"Matsumoto, I order you to stop squabbling right NOW!" yelled Hitsugaya as the room became ten degrees colder.
The two women stopped fighting and untangled each other. Yuzuki went over to Isshin and wrapped herself around his arm giving the glaring Rangiku sly looks.
"Rukia, Renji, what's going on?" asked Ichigo in surprise.
"We were sent here by a certain old man to look into a certain matter you might have some knowledge of" said Rukia smiling.
"Oh do you mean the certain matter that has certainly occurred in a certain area in a certain city?" asked Orihime with round eyes.
"You two certainly are weird" muttered Uryu as Urahara and Yoruichi stepped outside.
'It's getting pretty crowded here, why don't we all meet tomorrow at my shop, since it's a Saturday I don't think you have school right?" said Urahara.
"Nope" replied Ichigo.
"Great, then meet me at nine, you all will be freeloading at my shop too I guess? Well come on" said Urahara.
"Hey come on, I never freeload at your shop Urahara-San" said Rangiku indignantly.
"That's right Matsumoto-Chan, you don't, you're the only grateful one amongst them all" said Urahara smiling.
"How come? I've never seen her paying you" said Yoruichi.
"I provide Urahara-San with certain services which I'm sure are enough to cover my rent for the night or two that I stay" said Rangiku flipping her hair back.
"Services? What services?" questioned Yoruichi suspiciously.
"Curiosity kills the cat, oh, excuse the pun please" said Rangiku maddeningly as she strutted off followed by a suspicious Yoruichi, irate Hitsugaya and uneasy Renji.
"I hope you haven't left the cupboard to rot while I was away Ichigo" said Rukia grabbing her hat which had blown away when Rangiku and Yuzuki had been fighting.
"Nope, it's practically screaming for you to sleep in it" said Ichigo flashing her a bright grin.
In the Soul Society, very far away from the Sereitei, in a cave in the mountains beyond Rukongai sat two black robed figures.
"Are you hurt anywhere Kaori?" asked the man who had been responsible for the destruction of the 66th district.
His partner gave an exasperated sound, "Listen, I already told you, me being hurt doesn't concern you in any way, Kaoru Aihara" she spat as the man called Kaoru sighed and dropped down beside her.
"You don't have to get angry, I was just worrying" he said.
"It's a bit too late for you to worry about anything concerning me, so just quit it, I'm only working with you on this mission because the boss wanted it this way" said Kaori angrily.
"Yeah, yeah, you've told me that fifty-six times since we started the mission" said Kaoru holding up his hands in defeat.
"Pity you don't have anything better to do except count the number of times I say something" said Kaori.
"As a matter of fact I do" said Kaoru reaching out a pulling a sheet of paper from his sleeve.
He unfolded it and held it up in front of the woman to see.
"Look, it's beautiful isn't it?" he asked.
Kaori gaped as before her was an amazing sketch of her sleeping on a bed of roses with the sun shining on her. A blanket was covering her form but from her point of view it seemed she wasn't wearing a single article of clothing.
"You…you…you complete pervert" she cried getting up.
Clearly Kaoru had honestly not expected this answer "Is something wrong? Did I draw too much sunshine?" he asked looking at his painting.
"You're a complete sick pervert, give me that abomination" cried Kaori swiping at the picture, in doing so she lost her balance and fell right on top of Kaoru who fell over.
Suddenly Kaori found her face dangerously close to the man she claimed she hated. Their noses were almost touching and their breaths mingled with each other.
"Well, well, I seem to have dropped by at a rather inconvenient moment haven't I?" asked a voice as the two disentangled themselves and sat up.
"Boss, s-sorry, he was just being a fool as usual" said Kaori looking flushed and embarrassed.
"Of course" said the voice in a disbelieving voice.
"Where are you Boss? I can't see you" said Kaoru coming up.
"Of course you cant you numbskull, I'm talking to you through a Hell Butterfly" said the voice sarcastically as for the first time, the pair noticed a black Butterfly perched upon Kaori's hair.
"So what's the scene there Boss? Did you find anything interesting?" asked Kaori.
"I don't see why you went their in the first place" said Kaoru.
"Really Kaoru, what would you do if you were caught in open ground with two bloodthirsty Captains after you? One of them being the Leader of the Stealth Force?" asked the voice
"No what I meant was you could've easily wiped those two Captains out with your Bankai, then why not?" asked Kaoru.
"Perhaps one day in the distant future Kaoru, you'll come to attain a Bankai of your very own and then you'll know it isn't possible to use a Bankai for every little thing, and even though I might have defeated the Stealth Force Commander that other Captain, the kid, he was stronger, pretty strong, it would have been very difficult to kill them both, besides, we're supposed to be maintaining a low profile" said the voice.
"Then why are you telling us to go destroying those villages? Not my idea of a low profile Boss" said Kaori.
"I don't recall asking for your opinion Kaori, and perhaps now that we're on the topic might I ask why I needed to distract those Soul Reapers for you to get away?" asked the voice attaining a stern tone.
"Well, we were up against two freaking Captains Boss, you can't be saying that we're supposed to fight the Captains, I never thought they'd send out Captains on such a matter" exclaimed Kaori.
"Neither did I. It seems Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto is taking no chances. Or perhaps it's an order from those lugs up in Central 46. Anyways whatever happens lie low for a while, I'll contact you again with your new instructions in a little while, and do remember I don't want you pregnant the next time I contact you Kaori so kindly refrain from any sexual acts" said the voice before the Hell Butterfly shattered into tiny fragments of reiatsu and flew away.
"Well of all the cheek, she was actually implying that I would indulge in vulgar acts with the likes of you for that matter" said Kaori in disgust.
"So you're saying you don't want to indulge in sexual acts with me?" asked Kaoru blankly.
"Arrgghh, get out of my sight you dumb bimbo" cried Kaori throwing a small rock at him.
The stillness of the air around them always unnerved him a little. Which was quite a feat. There were very few things in any of the worlds that could unnerve Gin Ichimaru. Yet the quietness of the air around Las Noches had succeeded in that difficult task.
He stood on top of the palace with his usual grin plastered on his face when Kaname Tousen stepped up to him.
"I wonder if you have that annoying grin pasted on your face even when you sleep" he said quietly.
"Well really my dear Tousen, is it a sin to be happy? If ya learned to smile once in a while ya would probably be more popular with the ladies" said Gin cheerfully.
"Are you implying I am attempting to seduce females?" asked Tousen with a raise in his spiritual pressure.
"Aww, of course not, not a pious priest like you Tousen, and how do you know I grin anyways? Your blinder than your butt aren't you?" asked Gin turning away.
"I've seen you while in my Resurreccion, it's unnerving how you manage to keep up that grin, don't you check muscles ache?" asked Tousen.
"Not half as much of your tongue my dear Tousen, with all the babbling and buzzing you do when you're in that pathetic state you call a Resurreccion" said Gin as Kaname put his hand on Suzumishi.
"Now, now, Tousen, there's no need for that" said a smooth voice from behind them.
"Lord Aizen sir, have you got any news from the Soul Society?" asked Kaname backing away as Aizen walked forwards.
"Yes, rather interesting, Gin you'll be surprised to know something" said Aizen.
"Oh? What is it?" asked Gin grinning even more.
Aizen turned away, "It seems your old friend is on the move" and he was satisfied when he felt Gin's grin fade a little.
That's it for now. Next chapter shows the arrival of a new Captain. What connections could Ichimaru have to Kaoru and Kaori? Or their mysterious master? Keep reading to find out!