Huzzah more V2! This is more than twice as long as the last chapter.

Like HotF, I recommend you read the last chapter to refresh your memory.

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Recap: "WHAT!?" Everyone shouted, snapping around to face the midget who was just as surprised as they were.

"I-I have no idea!" Rukia said, flabbergasted.

"Are you hurt in any way!? You sure you're still in one piece!?"

"Of course I am Renji, otherwise I'd be in the Fourth Division right now. Use your head!"

"Shush both of you! We're missing the movie!"

"Lieutenant Hinamori? I thought you were the one who objected to-"

"SHHH!" she said adamantly before turning back to the screen. Everyone followed her lead, and returned to watching as soon as Ichigo was finishing a sentence.

"-bastard!" Ichigo turned to the hollow who struck his friend down. "I'll kill you for that!" he drew Zangetsu and pointed it forward, one arm on top of the other. "Bankai!" Spiritual pressure glowed bright blue around him before changing to red and black. His robes and fighting skills transformed to being darker and more efficient and deadly. Then Ichigo charged at the hollow with a loud yell.

"...yep, that's definitely Ichigo."

"For sure."

"Idiot always rushes headfirst into everything."

"Hey Rukia, are you remembering any of this?"

"Not really," she said. "It's like a faint sense of déjà vu, but nothing more."

Ichigo yelled and fired another dark crescent at his enemy, but he-it? sidestepped.

"Oh, you'll have to do better than that, soul reaper! Otherwise you won't be worth my time or the boss's!" The arrancar said with a malicious smile.

"Your life ends here you filthy monster," Ichigo growled, and he pulled his hollow mask on with a yell of two voices: Ichigo's voice and the voice of the hollow inside him.

Most of the soul reapers in the room flinched, except for the ones who knew Ichigo well. Momo muttered, "I will never get over seeing that mask on a fellow soul reaper." No one contradicted her because they understood, even if, like Rukia and Renji, they'd gotten over it. The group returned to watching with rapt attention while Ichigo finished the fight and dispelled his bankai before rushing over to Rukia and checking to make sure she was okay. Everyone leaned closer, inching towards the screen-

"Rangiku!" A sudden voice startled everyone and they jumped . Nanao stormed angrily into the room. "I've been waiting for an hour already! You said you'd meet up with me at the-" then she stopped in here tracks and shifted up here glasses before looking around the room for the first time, and seeing the high ranking officers and Rukia gathered there. "Captain Hitsuguya, what's going on here? Is this a briefing?"

"No lieutenant. But it is important. You may stay if you'd like to, but no more interruptions."

"Oh okay... well actually-"

"Are you gonna stay or not?" Renji broke in impatiently. "We're missing the movie, so make up your mind Lieutenant."

"Very well, I'll stay," She said with a final glare at Renji, telling him that it was her choice and not his. The soul reapers glued their eyes back to the screen in time to see Ichigo questioning the human girl, Orihime.

"-does that mean?" There was a pause. "Orihime, answer me dammit!" Ichigo surprised himself, swearing at Orihime like that. She looked at him, stunned, with those unbearably innocent eyes. "Sorry. But tell me, is Rukia going to be alright?"

"There's spirit energy from that hollow trapped inside her mind. I- I can't reject it." Orihime said.

"But how is that possible? The hollow wasn't that strong!" Ichigo shouted.

"Wow, wow, quiet down Ichigo!" Uryu raised his hands. "Raising your voice won't get us anywhere."

Rangiku snickered a bit. "Well Rukia, he sounds a little protective of you, don't you think?"

The said soul reaper slowly started turning a tomato red before bursting out angrily, "It- It's not like that at all!" Everyone in the room snickered, not believing her for a second. "I'm serious! Tell them Renji!"

..."Tell them what, exactly." The smooth voice of Byakuya Kuchiki cut through the snickering as he asked his question in a not-questioning way. His eyes narrowed as he came into view, walking calmly through the open doorway.

"Nothing Captain! We were just discussing the movie here, right Rukia?"

"Oh of course brother! Purely intellectual debating on the topic of-"

"You and your big words, how's he gonna understand that mumbo jumbo!?"

"Because unlike you, my brother isn't as dumb as a monkey!"

"Captain Hitsugaya, are you supervising this 'movie?'" Captain Kuchiki ignored the arguing duo as they went nose to nose flailing arms and shouting in the background.

"Yes. I thought it was important for them to see this along with me, because this is the clip the Head Captain was talking about."

"I thought the instructions were not to view it."

"I thought it was important anyway, and you may find it interesting too, Captain. Your sister had been injured according to this, but Rukia doesn't seem to remember it."

Byakuya's eyes widened for just a second before returning to normal. "Very well. If it concerns Rukia's health I consider watching this movie a priority," he said while sitting down on the floor along with the rest of the group.

"-you certainly seem relaxed, Ichigo." Uryu noticed, and he pushed his glasses up.

Nanao ignored all the glances sent her way, and decided to ignore the similarity.

"Just a while ago you were shouting at everyone because you were worried about Rukia. It could only mean one thing..." Everyone caught on to what he was implying, including Ichigo.

Everyone held their breath.

"Uryu, Rukia and I are best friends, but there's nothing more to it. We trust each other and look out for each other's backs just like me and Chad here, and all of you. Besides, all of you are my friends and I'd be equally worried about any of you guys. Uryu, Chad, Orihime," Ichigo made eye contact with everyone in the room to show he was completely honest about what he was saying.

Byakuya and Renji were relieved, even as some of the others (ahem Rangiku ahem) complained. If Ichigo had said otherwise, things would've gotten messy. Ichigo wasn't the only protective big brother and friend around.

"Rukia. Rukia!" different voices were calling out to her from somewhere. "Rukia!" Her eyes fluttered open.

"You're finally awake!" Orihime's face smiled at her from the edge of her bed, along with the faces of her other friends.

"You took a full week to recover after Kisuke finally took the spirit energy out of you." Uryu said. "The side effects might have been hallucinations, but what matters is that-"

"You're alright." Everyone said in unison.

"Guys…" Rukia's voice quivered. Then she knocked them all over with a hug.

"What the-"

"Rukia are you really okay?"

"Yeah what exactly did you dream about?"

She didn't even hear them. "I'm so glad I have friends like you," she sniffed. "Even though you are just humans."

"I don't know if that's an insult or a compliment," Chad said.

"Let's just say it's a compliment!" Orihime cheered.

"Oh good, so I completely recovered thanks to Kisuke. See Renji, I told you I didn't need to go to the fourth division."

"I know that."

"Hey don't start celebrating yet," Yoruichi called from the doorway. Everyone turned to face her. "We've just discovered the position of the espada who controlled those arrancars."

"FINALLY, this is the part where it starts getting good!" cheered Rangiku. "I'll be right back," she said while getting up to go to her secret stash. Behind her, she heard her captain sigh and yell something about 'not too much!'

"Sure thing captain!" she called, with no intention of getting less than five bottles. By the time she came back, Rangiku had taken a shower, redone her hair, and found a huge picnic basket for the sake. She arrived to see a battle going on, and was filled in immediately by Nanao while she passed out the sake.

Ichigo, who was in bankai, Rukia, Chad, and Uryu furiously attacked on four fronts while Orihime provided backup by shielding anyone who needed it in an instant. This particular espada had no number anywhere on it, though it had the usual black and white outfit and it had swamp green hair at shoulder length. His muscle and skills were apparent, but he didn't talk, or challenge, or insult his opponents in the slightest like his subordinates. Very strange behavior for a hollow. The clash continued, and for one brief moment, the air shimmered. Suddenly, the hollow exploded and sent everyone flying, but there was no damage to the espada himself. Then he spoke.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, I am the voice of Justice," his voice was gravely and deep, and it resonated in every nook and cranny. Small rocks jumped up and the inside of the friends' skulls vibrated.

"What?" Ichigo's cursed as his teeth chattered from the enemy's voice. "Who the hell are you?!"

"This man sounds too much like Captain Tosen for my liking."

"Agreed."

The hollow rambled on for a bit and Aizen's name was mentioned. He leveled his hand at Ichigo's head, and a green light shimmered out, spreading slowly like fog. The fog followed him, even when he tried to dodge, and the more he evaded the faster it came.

"What the hell is this stuff?!" Ichigo shouted. The light curled around his ankle and crawled up towards his head.

"Ichigo!" everyone shouted. He tried to slash the stuff away with Tensa Zangetsu but the fog licked his blade as well and payed no heed.

"This is the vengeful wishes of all your previous hollow victims, compressed into a mist of hatred," the unranked espada rumbled out.

"Damn it!" Ichigo yelled as the light finally crept up and swallowed him whole.

"Damn, another weirdo after Ichigo." Renji muttered.

"We know that Ichigo Kurosaki is fine, so there's no need to be worried." Byakuya reminded everyone. They were comforted slightly, but the worry still lingered. And both the captains were wondering the same thing,

The quality of this video is good, but it makes no sense. How is that so if the combat pass is really what recorded it?

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I've been skipping around a bit in the movie for a few reasons:

1. To introduce new viewers (Nanao, Byakuya, etc. And I know Nanao's appearance seems kind of useless right now, but you'll see why later.)

2. So it's not like I'm completely rewriting Visions

3. So that I can skip the slightly less interesting parts and get to the parts where they go to the past.

And btw, after the movie's done I'm not really sure what to do with the knowledge of the people who have watched it. Any ideas? And/or anyone you guys want brought in? They don't just have to be Court Guard members, but if it's impossible for them to be there, like Shinji or something, then it's a no. I'm open to others though. Also, I may have missed some obvious things so...

Review below!