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Bleach Halloween Extravaganza!

Chapter 4

Yoruichi taps me on the shoulder, just off camera. I'm not sure how she managed it as there are cameras everywhere, but she's standing in one small black area. I will have to fix that. She flashes me a grin.

"Everything ready?" I ask.

"But of course."

"Then you and your little protégé should already be half way to Soul Society."

"Ah yes," she sighs with a smile, "places to go and souls to snatch."

"Off we go then. We both have plenty to keep ourselves busy. I am expecting our first guests shortly, and I still have things to do. Tessai has a senkaimon all set up for you just on the other side of humongous willow." I gesture at a space somewhere off to the left.

"Excellent!"

"I expect that many of our guests will not be conscious upon arrival?"

She shrugs. "Who knows…?"

"Excellent!" I mirror her exclamation, and watch as she and Soifon flash off behind the tree.

"Now to work I go!" I sing on my way back up to the shop. I step back into my laboratory and close the door behind me.

The monitors are on; there might be something going down soon. I scan through the camera shots of various images taken throughout Karakura, and stop at one.

"Ah! Here is Renji! Look at the stalker, lurking at the Cineplex! And whom do we have here, but Ichigo and Orihime. What are they doing there together? I can only wonder. I don't think they'll be seeing that dull slasher movie, though. Ichigo, tut tut! I can't believe he would take such a sweet girl to a movie like that. They're about to go somewhere much more fun!"

Renji slowly moved out of the shadows, being careful not to alert the two teenagers to his presence.

"Come on Renji," I urge. "It's not as though Ichigo is all that much of a genius with sensing spiritual pressure. He is rather jumpy, though." I muse.

It was still light outside, late afternoon. The two must have decided to catch a matinee showing—teenagers with small incomes. It isn't until Renji lunges toward the girl that I realize he is in gigai.

"Clever! Yoruichi would be proud of that move!"

He wraps his arms securely around the girl's waist and flash steps away.

"I hope Ichigo doesn't notice that he just used shunpo."

Ichigo's eyes widen comically and he yells after the culprit who just stole his very attractive date. "Hey You! Come back here! Where are you taking her!"

"Ichigo!" I laugh to the monitor at the chaotic scene. "What lame comments you make."

He finally pulls himself together and runs after the kidnapper.

"Well, we know where they are headed. I think that one was too easy. I'm surprised Renji was clever enough to come up with a plan that masterfully simple. We can be sure he will pay for that later. I'm glad I choose him to go after those particular guests. Ah-haha!" I smirk.

"I hear a commotion; the sounds enter my shop and proceed down to the basement. Renji should be able to handle Ichigo for a little while. Tessai will certainly be able to do the job.

"Now, for Soul Society!" I pick up my phone and speed dial Yoruichi. "Go for eight, first." I make the message short and sweet.

"Sure thing!" She replies. "Over and out."

Yoruichi, shadowed by a building, peers down the street. Soifon is just beside her, anticipating their next move. "Stay close, and make sure you take her by surprise. Remember the count."

"Yes, Yoruichi-sama." Soifon whispers.

"Ah, and there goes Yoruichi, walking across the way to the Eight Division headquarters at a leisurely pace. But, oh, what is this!" I exclaim as I watch Soifon creep out of the shadows and a hood over her head. "Sneaky Soifon approaches the Eighth Division another way."

I scratch my head, and turn on some different cameras—the ones I had placed on their clothing.

"This isn't quite according to the plan, but both of them know what they are doing, I've no doubt. I think I'll just sit back and watch this one a moment. Soifon has obscured her hidden camera anyway.

Yoruichi bursts through the captain's office door, a big smile on her face. "Shunsui! Good evening."

"To what do I owe this honor, Yoruichi," Captain Kyoraku Shunsui smiles, blinking in wide-eyed confusion. He has no idea what is in store for him, but has a fabulous costume waiting.

"I was in the area and thought I'd drop in."

"Excellent! This calls for a drink. Care for some sake?"

"Thought you would never ask."

"Ah, you never disappoint, Yoruichi." The captain pours them both a drink—lucky girl, getting to drink on the job.

"Excellent weather in the Seireitei this time of year," she says.

"Why it is—" Poor Shunsui didn't get to finish. As if on cue, a crash echoes elsewhere in the division's headquarters followed by a woman's scream.

"Nanao?" Shunsui looks left and right, figuring which direction the sound originated. The picture in the monitor blurs for a moment as Yoruichi flash steps behind the captain and delivers a kick to the back of his head. He falls limp, and the world inside the monitor blurs again.

"Well that was too easy," she comments to Tessai and I see them in the display for a camera down in the basement. I now have four unconscious bodies tied up down there now. I wonder, momentarily, how they happened to take down Ichigo, as well as how Soifon managed to apprehend Nanao. I think that I would rather not know.

"It appears as though Yoruichi took my jest seriously. I thought she would."

You'll get to see what their costumes are like in a couple chapters; for now, the bodies will be piling up. I'm going to try to have multiple "abductions" per chapter, and occasionally an interlude where we'll see what's going on in the party house.

Don't be afraid to voice your thoughts. I like constructive criticism. It helps me as a writer make the story more enjoyable for you as a reader. I don't incorporating ideas that don't conflict with what I already have outlined. Unless something I write is totally off, and then I'll go back and look things over.