AN: To everyone who has read and reviewed this story, thank you so much! I do not own The Gamer or Bleach. Also, I have come to a decision regarding Kyle's pairing, so I am NOT going to be doing a poll on who he ends up with. The fact is that whoever he ends up with is going to be 'jumping' worlds with him (yes, when Bleach story line is complete he will be sent to a different world) because I don't like the thought of separating couples. What this means is that he might not end up with someone from the Bleach universe at all, so don't start asking who it is. Now on with the story, even if I think this chapter is easily the worst yet.

A New Player

Chapter 4

You slept in a tent. HP, MP, and RP have been restored 50%.

I closed the message that appeared as I opened my eyes, enjoying the feeling of my skull resting on a real pillow instead of my arm. Sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I contemplated what to do next.

The first was to find something to eat, then I suppose I could wander around until evening when I could use the Zombie ID, and if I'm feeling confident in my abilities I'll introduce myself to Urahara. Nodding my head, I crawled out of the tent and stood up to face the early morning sun. I looked back to my tent when a thought crossed my mind.

"Inventory." I watched as the grid that contained my items pinged into existence before crawling back into my tent and inserting my blanket and pillow into my inventory before crawling out and doing the same with my tent. "Heh, if this whole Gamer business doesn't work out, I could always open a moving company. I could make a fortune."

Walking out from under the tree, I began my search for food. While I was walking, I savored the feeling of my new 'Spiritual Sense' ability. Its range may have only been five meters, but in the crowded Japanese streets, it was like I was surrounded by tiny candles, each of them steadily waving in directions that differed from person to person. I was continuing to enjoy the feeling when a box popped in front of me.

Spiritual Sense Leveled up.

Spiritual Sense is Level 2 Exp: 0.00%

Range of Spiritual Sense is now: 10 meters

I smiled as I closed the box and smiled when I felt, and heard, my stomach remind me that I was in desperate need of food. It took me a good half-hour to find another one of those Bleach style McDonalds when I paused before the entrance of the establishment.

Bleach style McDonalds? That was too long of a title. BleachDonalds? No, that just sounds stupid. McBleachs? Yeah, let's go with that until I learn to read Japanese.

I walked into the newly christened McBleachs and waited in line for a while before ordering a pancake combo with bacon strips and a large root beer to stay. Looking down on my breakfast, I decided to add a bit more experience to my observe skill.

"Observe."

Pancake x3: Fried mixture of pancake mix and milk. Restores 40 HP per pancake.

Bacon Strip x2: Fried strip of pig meat. Restores 20 HP per strip.

Large Root Beer: A type of pop flavored using sassafras. Restores 50 MP.

Satisfied by what I was seeing, I finished my food and walked out of the building before making my way down the street. I wandered aimlessly for a few hours when I caught sight of a small building that had all sorts of different weapons hanging in the windows.

Walking in, I started to use observe on the various weapons and occasional sets of armor that were on display.

English Broad Sword – The standard blade that appears in every movie and novel that draws inspiration from medieval Europe. Requires 8 STR wield. Base Damage: 15

Chinese Qiang – A spear originating in China, it is one of the four major weapons of pre-modern China. Requires 10 STR to wield. Base Damage: 18

Japanese Wakizashi – A Japanese short sword once used as a secondary blade by the Samurai class. Requires 7 STR and 7 DEX to wield. Base Damage: 13

I was going to continue browsing until I came across a display case that held a few particular pieces of armor.

Steel Shin Guards – Light armor that protects the front of the shin from injury. Requires 6 STR to wear. Defense: 10. Increase kicking damage by 10%.

I felt a grin cross my face as I picked up the guards and glanced at the price tag, which read 35000 yen. Opening my inventory, I saw that I had 41000 yen stored away. Ouch, this is going to put more then a little dent in my wallet, but until they become pointless in the face of my future enemies abilities, they would be a good purchase. I continued to browse around with the shin guards in my hand hoping to find a replacement for my chain dagger, but I had no such luck. Walking up to the counter of the store, I gave the clerk the money needed before walking out the door and into a nearby alley.

"Equipment." Moving the guards towards the slot that hovered over my legs. After a brief flash, I looked down to find the guards attached to my shins.

And my pants on the alley floor, leaving me in my underwear. I managed to cover my mouth before I could yell in surprise and quickly exchanged my guards for my pants.

"Shit, so if I want to wear these things I have to run around in my underwear?" I told myself before I looked at one of my Accessory slots. Moving the guards to the first of the open boxes, they disappeared out of my hand and appeared in the box. Looking down I saw that I was still wearing my pants, but the shin guards were now on top of them.

Well, that works. Walking out of the alley, was about to continue my wandering when I felt a new presence directly above me, but unlike all the other presences around me, this one was larger and gave off a colder sensation. My head snapped straight up to try and find the source.

Sitting there on the roof top was a hollow with grey skin and a centipede mask. Fitting of its mask, it had a long but thin segmented body with multiple blade-like arms with barbed tips.

"Observe."

Centipede Hollow

Technical Type

Level 13

HP: 400/400

RP: 780/780

STR: 12

VIT: 16

DEX: 10

INT: 17

WIS: 15

LUK: 8

A mid-class hollow that uses its segmented body and blade like arms to catch and kill its prey. Watch out for the paralyzing poison that coats its one-and-a-half-foot long pincers.

Observe Leveled up.

Observe is Lv: 8 Exp: 24.89%

I didn't have enough time to think of a plan when it leapt from the roof of the building it was standing on to the one across the street.

Feeling my shock fade I sprinted after it across the street, vaulting over a few cars that had stopped in front of me, almost getting hit by a few more in the process.

Weaving through the crowds on the sidewalks, I saw it struggled to keep the hollow in sight as it leapt from building to building. I was about to lose track of it when it suddenly stopped on top of a particularly large four story building. I skidded to a stop in front of the building, looking for some way up as I ran to the building's side and spotted a fire escape. Rushing up the steps I made it to the roof and found the hollow was staring directly at me.

"Did you have fun with our little game of tag? Because I did." Yeesh, it sounds like he swallowed a mouth full of glass. Wait, it knew I was following it? That means…

"This is a trap, isn't it?" I questioned it, already knowing the answer.

"Very astute of you. You see, it's such a chore trying to find a good meal out of all these humans, but it's so easy to trick you hero types into chasing after me." This thing thought that I followed it…because it thought I was being a hero? "Now, be a good little snack and…why are you laughing?"

I couldn't help myself, I just started chuckling as my last thought crossed my mind, and it spiraled into full blown laughter. "You, hehe, thought I followed you because I think I'm a hero? That's a laugh!" I felt my chuckling go down, but my grin refused to leave my face. "Heroes fight for things like justice, honor, or some kind of code. The only reason I'm doing anything in this world is simple…" I whispered "Inventory" under my breath and pulled out my chain dagger.

"I hunt, and fight, because I like too." I felt the hollow glare at me as I began to twirl my dagger in small circles.

"Is that so? Then I will have to correct you on just which one of us is the hunter," I watched the pincers of its mask scissor together "and which one's the hunted."

The two of us didn't move for what seemed like an eternity, my muscles tense as sweat began build on my forehead.

I heard a car horn beep, breaking the tension as the hollow rocketed forward and I dashed to the side to avoid its jaws while swinging my dagger at it, slicing a thin line across on of its body segments. I barely had enough time to pull my dagger back before I had to duck out of the way of one of its bladed arms. I was going to jump back when I found my waist wrapped by the hollows lower body.

"Shi-" I didn't get a chance to finish swearing as I was flung and sent skidding across the roof. I managed to stop myself from falling off the roof just in time to jump up and out of the way of the hollows pincers, allowing me to land on its back. Swinging my chain around the hollows body, I grabbed hold of the two ends of my chain with one hand and tightened my grip until my knuckles turned white. I felt my body being swung around as the hollow thrashed about in every way it could.

I know I'm hanging on for dear life, but I just can't resist. "Yeehaw! Giddy up horsey, giddy up! Yeehaw!"

The hollow reared back and nearly sent me off with a forward lunge, but I managed to grab on to my flailing dagger and drive it in between the hollows body segments. Temporarily stopping its thrashing to roar in pain, I pulled my dagger back and started stabbing at whatever my blade could pierce. I pulled back to stab one more time when the steamrolled across the roof, freeing itself from me and my chain.

"You bastard! I'll rip you apart and devour you one limb at a time!" The hollow screamed at me before lunging at me with its bladed arms. I dove out of the way just in time to avoid the lethal appendages and swung a large arc with my dagger, slicing one the limbs off of the enraged hollow, dropping its health bar down to just under half.

"You'll have to catch me first you overgrown insect!" I yelled as I made another pass with my dagger, this time slashing across the main part of the hollows body. I was about to jump out of the way of another pincer lunge when I was blind sided by the hollows lower body slamming into me, sending me flying to the edge of the roof. I didn't have time to think of wiping my vision clear of stars as I saw the hollow rear back and lunge at me. I barely managed to dive forward and avoid its pincers before stumbling away to get some distance to use my chain, swinging it in a small arc and carving a foot-long gash across the hollows body.

Chain Dagger Mastery Leveled up.

Chain Dagger Mastery is Lv: 5 Exp: 2.50%

I quickly wiped away the message and rolled to the side of the hollows bladed arms, continuing to slice into it with small, quick strikes that slowly chipped its health down. Continuing my hit and run tactics for a while longer, I jumped up in the air to avoid a lunge only to watch in shock as the hollow stopped mid lunge and shot up towards me.

Twisting as best as I could I managed to move my body out of the way of the hollows attack, only for a bladed arm to sail up and catch my chain dagger, tearing it out of my grasp and throwing it off the roof. Landing, I looked up to find the hollow glaring at me, its body covered in foot long cuts that refused to stop bleeding and barely a tenth of its health bar remaining.

"Not so tough without your little toy, are you?" At least I think that's what it said; I might have cut up its vocal chords a bit during the fight.

"Still tough enough to kick your ass." Shit, I've barely got any health myself. I need to end this and get something to eat.

The hollow roared as he lunged at my upper body. Sliding under it, I borrowed a page from Rock Lee and drove my foot as hard I could into the hollows underbelly. It didn't send it twenty feet into the air, but judging by its health bar dropping to half of what it had been, the hollow definitely felt the kick. Rolling out from under it, I had enough time to push up from the ground to avoid one arm before I ducked to avoid another.

Jumping back to evade any more attacks I found myself on the edge of the roof corner, with the hollow rearing back to deliver the finishing strike. Looking down on the side of the building, I saw a barren flag pole that was parallel with the ground. It's a gamble, but it's my only shot.

As the hollow lunged for the kill, I jumped off the building and started falling only to reach out and grasp the flag pole, swinging myself back up just as the hollow came over the edge and slammed my heel into the underside of the hollows head, sending it reeling back and causing my upward momentum to stop. Panicking, I reached out and grasped the edge of the roof.

"Whew, that was close." I sighed in relief before hauling myself on to the roof, where the hollows body was already covered in glowing cracks. Walking towards it as it shattered, I stared at the glowing light that I assumed was its purified soul as it took the form of a girl around my age who was dressed in a school uniform. She smiled at me before whispering "Thank you."

And with that, she disappeared. And taking her place was a notification box.

Level Up!

Kyle Wilson

The Gamer

Title: None

Level: 9 Exp: 2100/4000

HP: 250/250

MP: 200/200

RP: 670/670

STR: 10

VIT: 10

DEX: 23

INT: 8

WIS: 8

LUK: 8

Points: 3

Status: Intermediate Martial Artist (+1 STR, +1 VIT, +1 DEX every second level, Learn Hakudo/Martial Arts based techniques +25% faster)

Looking down at where she had been standing, I saw a decently sized pile of yen, nine links of Soul Chain, and what looked like one of the hollows pincers.

"Observe."

Centipede Hollow Pincer-Crafting Item

A pincer that continues to produce poison even after being removed from the rest of the body. The base it is surprisingly rounded like that of a handle. Can be used as a weapon. Base Damage: 8, Poison Damage: 0.5 per second for 15 seconds (duration is multiplied by number of injuries, ex: 5 injuries = 75 seconds), 35% chance to cause Paralysis

Now that is a useful Crafting Item. I lightly picked up the pincer and deposited it in my inventory, then did the same with the chain links and yen. Walking down the fire escape I used to get up to the roof, I spent the next half hour searching for my chain dagger in the alleys surrounding the building before I found it and put it into my inventory. Walking out onto the sidewalk, I saw the sun had begun to descend behind the horizon.

I guess I'll find a place to eat until nightfall, when I can use Zombie ID. After a little searching, I found a McBleachs. Okay, I really like fast food, but I need to find something else to eat. Alas, until I can find something else I'm stuck with it.

Entering the building, I bought three times the amount of the same stuff I bought the day after I came here, this time to go. I figure that I should start storing food and drinks in my inventory just in case I need a quick boost of HP or MP. Or I'm hungry, which ever comes first.

For planning ahead, your INT increases by 1.

Wasn't expecting that, but I'm not complaining.

Walking around until I found an open field, I laid down on the grass, wanting to both wait until night came and to try leveling up my Spiritual Sense by concentrating on the various beings around me without looking at them. It took a while, but eventually it reached level 3. Its range didn't change, but I was just happy that it leveled up at all. I know that if I stayed near people who were spiritually aware it would level up faster, but I don't think the Kurosakis', Tatsuki, or Uryu would appreciate it if I stalked them.

After a little while more, night finally came and the streets were devoid of enough people. Standing up I raised my hand to the sky.

"ID Create: Zombies." As the few stars in the sky were winked out by the expanding ID field, a box appeared in front of me.

ID Create Leveled up.

ID Create is Lv: 3 Exp: 0.00%

ID Create: Ghosts has been unlocked

Well, I guess I know what I'm doing after I beat the Legion Zombie. I waved away the info box and pulled out my chain dagger as zombies began to spawn around me, the feeling given off by them via my Spiritual Sense was something akin to a walking mass of nothingness, like they were pushing away the other energies in the environment.

I dashed forward and stabbed my dagger into the nearest zombies' skull before kicking it away and slashing it across its face, dropping its health bar to zero.

Feeling one of them coming up behind me spun around to its back and kicked out its knees before stabbing my dagger into the back of its skull. Looking around, I saw that the zombies were beginning to converge on me.

Time to do some crowd control. I began spinning my chain around faster and faster whilst letting out more chain until I let it loose in a wide arc, slicing through several zombies before I pulled it back and did the same to the another group. Pulling my chain back one more time, I spun my whole body around, my chain following me while cutting into a few zombies who got too close. I stopped my spin to find a box in front of me.

Chain Dagger Mastery Leveled up.

Chain Dagger Mastery is Lv: 6 Exp: 3.75%

I closed the box to see that there were only a few more zombies left, all of them converging on me from the front. This seemed like a good opportunity to start leveling up one of my neglected skills.

"Chain Bind!" I called out as my chain circled around the undead group and pulled them into what was undoubtedly a very uncomfortable position, with their limbs tangled and none of them having any room to move. I stayed like that for a while, pulling the zombies in any which way I saw fit until Chain Bind leveled up twice.

"Well, I think that's good enough for one night." Walking up to zombies, I took my dagger and started stabbing it into their skulls. Not very exciting, but definitely efficient. After finishing off the last of the zombies, I watched as a pair of boxes popped up in front of me.

Level Up!

Kyle Wilson

The Gamer

Title: None

Level: 10 Exp: 50/5000

HP: 275/275

MP: 225/225

RP: 710/710

STR: 11

VIT: 11

DEX: 24

INT: 9

WIS: 8

LUK: 8

Points: 6

Status: Intermediate Martial Artist (+1 STR, +1 VIT, +1 DEX every second level, Learn Hakudo/Martial Arts based techniques +25% faster)

A new Title has been unlocked.

'Apprentice Zombie Slayer' has been unlocked by: killing over 50 undead zombies

Zombies aren't exactly lovable, but you seem to have a special dislike for them.

Undead take 25% more damage from attacks. Ghosts and Spirits are not included.

Damage from Undead is reduced by 20%. Ghosts and Spirits are not included.

Would you like to equip to this title?

Yes/No

Sweet, my first Title. I touched 'Yes' in order to equip it before turning to the box with my stats. Deciding to bring up my INT, WIS, and LUK a bit more before I start focusing on my DEX, I put 1 point into INT, 2 into WIS and LUK, and the last point into my DEX.

I was just about to use ID Escape when I sensed a pair of undead behind me. Turning my head, I felt my eyebrows rise up at what I saw.

"Observe."

Zombie Dog

Level 2

HP: 200

MP: 25

STR: 5

VIT: 4

DEX: 8

INT: 1

WIS: 1

LUK: 1

An undead dog. Unlike most other types of zombies, it lacks malice towards the living, and simply desires something to eat. What would happen if someone fed it?

I looked at the description before looking back at the dogs, who simply stared back at me. Taking a note from what I just read, I pulled out one of the burgers from my inventory and tossed it to the dogs, both of which tore into it with gusto before looking back at me, their tails, or at least what was left of them, wagging happily.

I looked at them curiously before I looked over to a trashcan that was at the edge of the field, the lid beside it missing its handle, then at my chain dagger, then back at the dogs. I kept switching between the three before I looked as an idea formed in my head and a grin threatened to split my face in two.

XxxxXxxxX

Ten minutes later

XxxxXxxxX

"Mush, doggies, mush!" I yelled with glee as the trash can lid I was sitting on sailed through the streets while I held onto the chains that were tied to the zombie dogs that pulled me along for what I has been about an hour. It wasn't just fun though.

Because they were tied by my chain, my Chain Bind skill leveled up three more times while I was being pulled along, putting it at a healthy level 6. I was going to keep mushing when I saw the boundary of the ID field fast approaching.

"Uh oh." The dogs and trash can lid disintegrated, along with the ID Field, as I passed through the boundary.

My momentum, however, did not.

And so I was sent tumbling and skidding across the night time street until I slammed face first into a wall. I stayed there for a few seconds before I finally spoke up.

"Ow."

After I picked myself up, I decided that tomorrow would be the day I talk to Urahara. Half-an-hour of searching later, I found the field I had used ID Create in and set up my tent and bedding, falling asleep inside soon after.

XxxxXxxxX

The next morning

XxxxXxxxX

After waking up and placing my tent and bedding back into my inventory, I was about to go searching for Urahara when a box appeared in front of me.

A new Quest has been created.

Find the Hat n Clogs!

Objectives:

Find Kisuke Urahara

Success: 100 Exp

Failure: 25 Exp

No Bonus Objectives

I spent the next half hour asking random people if they knew of a candy shop run by a man named Urahara, but the most I got was a person saying they might have heard about a place like that in the Tsubakidai district.

I then spent another half an hour trying to find the Tsubakidai district, and then spent even more time talking to more people until I finally found myself in front of the Urahara Shop. I probably should have concentrated a bit more on what was the two largest sources of reiryoku I had yet felt, but I was a little irritated at the moment. Calming myself as best I could, I opened the door and stepped in, only to find myself being stared at by four sets of eyes. Well, three sets and a pair of glasses. How the hell did Tessai see out of those things?

"Excuse me, are you Urahara?" I asked the hat wearing man despite already knowing the answer. It wouldn't exactly do me any good if I somehow knew a man I had technically never met before.

"I am. Now what may I do for you today, sir?" he asked me with a smile on his face, his voice smooth and calm, but I still detected the smallest hint of an edge in it.

"I have something to discuss with you. In private." Yeah, act suspicious in front of the guy who could kill you without getting up. Good Plan.

"Hm? But I'm simply a lowly shopkeeper, what could you possibly need to discuss with me?" His voice may have been light and jolly sounding, but I could feel his steely gaze.

"Well, I was hoping to save this for later but, I guess I can show you now. Inventory." Before they could question my words, I reached into my inventory and slowly pulled out the Soul Chain links, which to my surprise were now all linked together into one small chain, enjoying the sight of Jinta shouting and crawling backwards, Ururu vanishing behind one of the stalls, and the even rarer sight of Urahara looking surprised. Tessai didn't react much, save for his eyebrows shooting up past his glasses. For some added theatrics, I jingled the chain a little bit as I spoke. "Feel like discussing with me now."

Urahara was silent for a little before saying "I suppose I could take a little time out of my busy schedule to talk with you. Please, follow me." I followed him as he lead me into the kitchen area and sat down opposite to him on one of the cushions, the chain now position on the table while the other three inhabitants of the shop looked through the sliding doors that led to the room. "Now, would you mind telling me who you are, and how you know me?"

I felt my anxiety increase as the man spoke, but I knew that I couldn't mess this up. "I'm Kyle Wilson." I took a pause for a second "And you know anyone can Observe your name on the front of the building, right?" I read the box that appeared in front of me as fast as I could, not that it was very difficult.

Kisuke Urahara

Title: Mysterious Ally (Level up Observe to see the effects of someone's Title)

Lv: ? Exp: ?

HP: ?

RP: ?

STR: ?

VIT: ?

DEX: ?

INT: ?

WIS: ?

LUK: ?

Status: Level up 'Observe' in order to view other beings Status, Attribute Buffs, Equipment Buffs, and to see exactly how much Exp is needed before target levels up.

Observe Leveled up.

Observe is Lv: 9 Exp: 77.80% (AN: The way my Observe skill works is that the stronger something is, the more Exp it grants.)

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I kind of guessed that I wouldn't be able to see Urahara's stats.

"I see. Now would you mind telling me how you managed to pull that" he gestured to the chain "out of thin air?"

I had to think carefully. I wasn't going to give him all the info about my powers, I know he wouldn't do the same for me, but right now I don't have much other choice. "First answer me this. How much do you know about video games?"

"A little bit. What does that have to do with your abilities?" He narrowed his eyes at me. This is probably my only chance.

"Everything. You see, I have the ability to live my life as a video game character. By sleeping in a bed, I can recover from broken bones or near fatal injuries instantly. I can store objects like that chain in my inventory, though I'm not entirely sure how it works."

Urahara remained silent for a while his hand moved his cane in odd directions before he looked directly at me. "Show me again."

I nodded and opened my inventory, this time bringing out one of my last two hamburgers and placing it on the table. "You thirsty? Cause I've got three large root beers stored away as well."

"No, I'm fine." He was silent for a while longer as I picked up the burger and began to eat it. I hadn't eaten since I got up. "Tell me, can you store living things?"

"Not that I'm aware of." I answered quickly, my voice becoming more and more unsure of itself the longer I stayed under Urahara's steely gaze.

"I see. Well, I have one final question for you, Kyle. Why did you come to me?"

I opened my mouth to speak, but then I thought about it. Why had I come to Urahara? In the beginning I believed I needed training, but I've been getting by just fine until now. Was it to have a place to stay? That was part of it, but I think I know what the real reason is.

"Because something is going to happen. I don't know what, or when, or why, but I know something is going to happen. And I need to be prepared. I thought you might be able to help me."

His eyes narrowed even more, now to the point of being almost closed. "And why would you think that?"

"Because you have the largest amount of energy I have yet felt, followed by your friend in glasses and then the two kids. I don't expect you to trust me, but I need your help."

Urahara continued to stare at me before his face lifted up and he smiled at me. "Tell you what; show me something even more interesting then your inventory and I'll help you. I might even hire you!"

I stared at the sudden change in personality given off by the shopkeeper before I shook my head. "Alright, but we are going to have to go outside for it."

I stood up and walked outside, followed closely by the residents of the Urahara Shop. Turning to face my audience, I took a deep breath and held my hand to the sky. "ID Create."

The pseudo shockwave pulsed outwards, turning the late afternoon into sunset. I looked over to see that only Urahara and Tessai were still visible, with Jinta and Ururu nowhere to be seen.

"Remarkable. I felt this place actively trying to force me out as you cast it. It was completely useless, but remarkable nonetheless." Urahara said before turning to me. "What is it called?"

I smiled a bit, reveling in the fact that I knew something that the smartest person in this world didn't. "It's called an Illusion Barrier. I don't know the specifics, but essentially it allows me to create my own little pocket dimension. I can create two variations, but one can only be used at night and I haven't tested the other."

Urahara looked around before looking back at me. "You said it's called an Illusion Barrier, but you created by saying ID Create. Why is that?"

"Another name for an Illusion Barrier is 'Dungeon'. ID Create stands for 'Instant Dungeon Creation. The one we're in now is the standard version."

"And the other two you mentioned?"

"One is called ID Create: Zombies, which as stupid as it sounds really does spawn zombies inside of it, and can only be used at night. The other is ID Create: Ghosts. I haven't used it yet, so I don't know what will happen in there."

Urahara raised an eyebrow when I mention zombies, and looked like he held back a chuckle when I said ghosts. "Zombies? Ghosts? Do you know how insane that sounds?"

I looked at with my own raised eyebrow "You saw me pull a chain from out of thin air and just watched me create a pocket dimension and you find zombies and ghosts to be unbelievable?"

"I didn't say I didn't believe you. I just said you sounded insane." Urahara now had a grin across his face as he pretended to hide it behind his fan. I'm starting to wonder if coming to this guy was a good idea.

"Well, if you wait till nightfall I can simply show you. Until then, I think we should leave the barrier. The kids probably think I just kidnapped you two. ID Escape."

I raised my hand to the sky and watched as another shockwave cleared away the barrier.

After Urahara calmed Jinta and Ururu down, we went back inside and simply waited for night fall, with Jinta glaring at me with suspicion, Ururu vanishing behind the stalls and on occasion Tessai whenever I so much as looked at her, and Urahara questioning me about my abilities. When he asked how I got them, I told him that I didn't know how I got them or how I ended up in Japan. It's not like I could tell him I was given them by a being that makes the Soul King look like less then a speck of dust.

Finally, night came, and I found myself outside once again. I heard Urahara telling Ururu and Jinta to concentrate on not being pushed out of the barrier, before he turned to me and nodded his head. "ID Create: Zombies."

As the stars in the sky were winked out of existence, I looked to see that the kids had managed to stay in the Illusion barrier this time. Jinta looked around before smirking at me as I pulled out my chain dagger as carefully as I could. "What was that supposed to be, some kind of magic tri-" He didn't finish as a zombie spawned next to him, about to attack him when my chain dagger sliced its head clean off.

"I suggest you watch yourself. Zombies are pretty weak by themselves but they can be a real pain when you let them group up." I told him as I pulled back my dagger and caught it in my hand as the zombie shattered to reveal a tooth and some yen. I turned to Urahara, knowing full well I had a grin on my face that would make the Cheshire Cat from Disney's Alice In Wonderland look like he was frowning. "So when do I start working, Boss?"

AN: And so chapter 4 comes to a close. Honestly, I really don't like this chapter, I just couldn't think of any other way to write it. I especially disliked the last part with Urahara. I can do a decent goofy Urahara, I can make an acceptable serious Urahara, but a suspicious Urahara? No way. He just seems so knowledgeable and aware of every situation I just can't picture him as suspecting someone. Anyway, I know it's far from my best, personally I don't even consider it a good piece of writing period, but please R&R.