The Angel Kurosaki
Chapter 4: Soul Society Arc Begins!
Rukia stared in horror at Eve as she said those words and immediately started packing as Eve watched her. Rukia is definitely panicking, Shiki thought as she watched her finish up and write a note that she then proceeded to hand to her.
"Can you give this to Ichigo?" Rukia expected her to take it and was surprised when she didn't and stood up from the bed sighing.
"Leave it on his desk and come with me for a bit he won't be here in this world for a while yet so humour me."
Rukia slipped into Ichigo's room and left the letter and paused by his sleeping form and gave him a watery smile and left quickly.
Shiki was waiting for her outside the house and they walked a bit until she turned to Rukia.
"You will get caught just so you know it is inadvetibel and taken back by your older brother and some red headed pineapple head."
"Renji? Why him? Why is he coming to pick me up?"
"He has a badge on his arm marking him as Lieutenant of the sixth division, your brothers."
"I see..."Rukia muttered and she seemed to be crying so Shiki brought her over to a bench and sat her down on it before crouching in front of her.
"I want you to promise something, one try not to mention me at all even my name any of them or my appearance, I am sure it wouldn't totally matter if it does but I kind of want to surprise them all when Ichigo comes to rescue you," Rukia immediately shot her gaze to Shiki's opening her mouth in protest when Shiki placed her finger over her mouth shushing her.
"He will fight for you tonight and fail, don't act any differently to him because I am saying this or you will guarantee his death tonight. But listen to me, when they sentence you try to remember this one thing, just this tiny one thing that everyone has within them, hope." She smiled at the younger girl in body as she wiped away Rukia's tears.
"Never Give Up, that is my motto and Ichigo's he never gives up and that is what makes him strong enough to fight even the most powerful of opponents." Shiki patted her on the shoulder and gave her a hand up.
"Thank you for everything, Shiki-nee. I learned a lot from you and wish you a happy life." Rukia said as Shiki smiled at her at the older sister add on that Rukia developed for her the past month.
"It was a pleasure Rukia, be safe." Shiki started to walk away when she stopped.
"Oh yeah I forgot something, Rukia~" She turned towards the black haired girl who had also started to walk away when she turned back to her. Shiki suddenly appeared right beside her with her arm plunged into her stomach and coming out the other side.
"Good Night~ You won't remember this happening but I need some insurance~"
Rukia blacked out and didn't realize her mind was being erased from the moment she was called back to the red haired women.
/
Ichigo stared blankly up into the sky as he listened to Rukia being taken away from him as he slowly blacked out he saw a clog foot come into his line of vision. He blacked out to come to inside of Urahara's shop.
"I see our guest has finally woken up~ How do you feel?" Urahara said to the carrot toped teen.
"Horrible,"
"That's great it means your alive which is a miracle really it is," Urahara exclaimed in happiness as he walked over to the boy and proceeded to tell him what happened and what is he going to do about it. This was the start of Ichigo's training to be a Shinigami again and his training afterwards with the bucket head man.
Three other teens were also getting instruction from the black cat Yoruichi known as Ishida, the Quincy who is kind of Ichigo's rival, Chad the Spanish friend and finally Orihime-chan on their powers and how to use them for the most part so they can help Ichigo go to Soul Society to save Rukia. They had no idea they were being watched as the red headed girl stood on top of a building across the street from them and soon disapered to who knew where.
Finally the day arrived as they stood before the Seikyomi (I don't remember the word to lazy to look up) gate that would take them over and before Urahara could activate it a voice called out from above them at the ladder.
"WOW, am I suppose to be impressed to see such a large space under this shop? I can be if you want if it wasn't for the fact I knew about it already or seen bigger for that matter isn't this the same one under the execution hill that you and Yoruichi trained at and built as kids?"
Everyone shot their gaze up and were amazed to see Shiki there in black jeans and white t-shirt with an black trench coat for girls tapered at the waist and flaring out a bit. She had it buttoned from the waist up so the trench coat opened at her legs and left a few top ones undone so her white shirt could be seen a bit.
She was on the top of the ladder before she jumped off it and used the two sides of it to shoot down like a fire man pole before landing softly at the bottom and walking over to them.
"Channelled reiatsu to my feet to absorb the impact no worries!" She said cheerily to the group that stared at her as she pulled out a black hat that was like a beanie with a visor on it made of corduroy as she stood in front of them.
Urahara stared at her wondering how she knew that then figured he shouldn't even bother since any questions she did answer to him without just ignoring it was she saw it in her visions so he figure it was the case as Yoruichi herself gazed upon the girl who went right up to said cat picked it up and placed her on her own shoulder startling them all.
"I came to help my idiot of a brother since he is going to do something very, VERY STUPID! Yoruichi when you arrive he is going to run right up to the gate guardian and defeat him and meet Gin on the other side~ Naturally my brother being thick headed ignored your warnings and lets just say he actually left you all alive but it wasn't pretty and you left for your real destination then." She said to the cat as Yoruichi raised an eyebrow then shot a look at Ichigo and proceeded to yell at him knowing also that the girl could see the future and saying that person's name confirmed it.
"So I am coming along to have one person with a friggen brain about this place like yourself and to keep him mostly in check, mostly that is since you really can't stop him from running head long into things recklessly." Shiki said with a smile as Ichigo yelled at her for saying such things and her laughing up at him making everyone sweat drop.
"Besides how can you defend yourself? I can't protect you ..."
"Ichigo, Ichigo, Ichigo what have you got running around in that tiny little brain of yours. Of course I have protection and a weapon and abilities you can wish you had since I have been around a lot longer than you with this kind of power." Everyone stared at her at this point and Urahara was extremely curious about the ability she would have. She walked right up to him and stopped in front of him before lunging out her arm so quickly no one saw it move until it stopped and everyone froze as did Ichigo.
Shiki's arm went right through him out the other side without touching any of him in the middle. She said in a low voice to Ichigo's face.
"I can pass through anything I want. What I chose to touch and not to touch. That is my ability I can touch your heart Ichigo," as she flexed her hand and brought it into his body not fully taking it out as her hand closed around his heart lightly but he felt it and looked at her with slight fear at her voice tone since he has never heard her talk to him that way. She then withdrew her hand and sighed.
"But why would I want to get my hands all dirty taking out peoples hearts for crying out loud. No that may be my ability, Choice I call it, but my weapon is what I will be using," as she held out her hand a purple butterfly came out and fluttered around her as did more as she held up a finger for one to land on as the others butterflies fluttered over to the others so they noticed the Black and purple butterfly and its weird design.
"I call them 'Tease' cannibalistic golems they work quite well I assure you but I want to leave how as a...surprise~ Basically I can shoot them equivalent to kido or as flash bangs and other neat ways. So is that satisfactory Ichigo? Urahara stop trying to catch one they are quiet picky and it is similar to a zanpakto so the spirit will be pissed off. No I won't tell you how I know about spirits but this weapon is very similar to a zanpakto so don't seriously."
The others stared at her as the Tease went back to her hands and went inside of them as she shook her hands a bit then looked up to the others.
"Hi! I know most of you but who is the guy with the glasses a new friend of yours Ichigo?"
"My name is Ishida Ryu, and I am wondering gif I heard correctly in you saying your Kurosaki sans older sister? You the most intelligent musical singer Shiki Namikaze?"
"Adopted older sister so yah Namikaze was my original last name and for no further confusion on this trip refer to me as Namikaze not Kurosaki since that will be my brother here. Chad Orihime nice to see you again and well."
"Hi" they both said bowing to her as she nodded and turned to Urahara.
"Ready so let's get going ok?" He nodded to them and activated the gate which they all leapt through wishing them a good luck.
/
They appeared in a slimey purple tunnel and Yoruichi jumped from Shiki's shoulder ahead of them running.
"Hurry! We have only a few minutes before it closes!" The male voice shouted out from her cat body and the others immediately started running. Shiki was bringing up the rear and watched around them and noticed something immediately. The walls were muck and they were closing in on them! Ishida has already got caught.
"Ishida forget the cape! Move it! It will suck you in too!" Shiki shouted swiftly cutting through his cape with a kunai she kept in her sleeve that only flashed into her hand for a second before going back in. He thanked her but she shoved him forward muttering that tall people should use their long legs and friggen run.
It wasn't until a few seconds later that Shiki heard a sound and looked behind her swearing eloquently.
"YORUICHI! Trouble at our backs!" Shiki yelled stepping up the pace and yelling everyone to run faster while the black cat to swore.
"It is the cleaner! Shit of all the days it had to clean the tunnel it had to be today! Do as Shiki says and run!"
"Ichigo don't you even think about facing it! We are trying to keep a subtle if you catch my drift and a broken cleaner and explosion is just screaming intruders!"
"How did you...never mind, I know," Ichigo started saying before he shook his head and kept running making sure everyone was at a fast pace as they could see the light ahead for the way out.
"Hurry it is on our tails!" Shiki grabbed Yoruichi and Ichigo sung up Orihime as Chad hoisted up Ishida for the one last push out just as the cleaner reached them shooting them out of the gate in a nick of time.
Everyone fell into the streets of Rukongai and landed on their but while Shiki landed on the wall gracefully and Yoruichi decided she liked the mysterious girl and sat around her neck since it gave her some better height.
"Welcome to Soul Society, the dimension of our Angel Saviour of the dead." The cat proclaimed as they looked around.
"Angel Saviour?" Ishida asked and the Yoruichi just said it will be a story for later.
"Where are we?" Ichigo asked,
"The central of Souls Society is Seireitei or the court of Pure souls where the shinigami live and central headquarters are and we are in one of the many districts surrounding it known as Rukongai," said Yoruichi in a lecturing tone.
"Hey thats it over there right since the road looks different!" Ichigo stated while running to the white buildings.
"BAKAAAA! ICHIGO DON"T GO THERE!" Shouted Shiki at him as she saw in her vision came to pass as the walls came down in front of Ichigo protecting the Court.
"So this is what you saw...your right he is an idiot and you can't really stop him either when he gets going, next time try to tell me what you see before hand so we can monitor his actions better." Stated Yoruichi as everyone ran over to Ichigo as he met off with a giant while Shiki walked with the cat around her shoulders a bit with Ishida.
"Who dares try to enter Seireitei without a pass?"
Shouted a giant of a being who hopped down in front of Ichigo. Yoruichi went on to explain that he was Jidanbou guard of the White Way Gate. He went on to explain that they should use their intelligence when he noticed Orihime and Chad running ahead and completely freaked and stood up on Shiki's shoulders causing her to wince when the claws pierced her shoulder as he shouted at them.
"Calm down I know what is going to happen, CALM DOWN!" Shiki yelled at the cat giving a firm whack on his head(I am tired of saying it is a she so in human form she cat form he). He snapped out of it and looked at her. Shiki edged away from the others subtly and Ishida and spoke in quiet tones that he nodded to and sighed.
"He is a real baka ahou you know that?" He stated up to the smiling older teen as she gave him a closed eye smile and said Yep.
"Are you going to interfere?" He asked as they saw the rocks raining down from a huge swipe cut from the axe the giant swung at Ichigo.
"Only when Gin appears with yourself, Just get him out of the way a little bit and I will prevent Jindanbou from getting to severely wounded."
"Wakata...should I even ask how you plan to stop that? You are one frightening opponent to face just like your brother only...you have a brain which makes you worse than your brother and that ability Choice you call it. You know a lot for a human, who are you really?" He looked at the girl sideways as they watched Jindabou cry from his axes that were now broken as Shiki walked up to them.
"Well I just want to help for a better future, just know that I am on your side not Aizen's if you know what I mean," Shiki said as they approached. Yoruichi shot her a look then asked quietly.
"How...you saw it didn't you, ok I will trust you your Ichigo's sister after all."
"That's all I ask, HEY BIG GUY! I can make you some new Axes better than the ones before how about that?" Shiki shouted up to the guy as everyone stared at her.
"H-Hontoni? You would do that for me?"
"Mah I make weapons with spirits attached to them like zanpakto so they are really excellent so after this whole fiasco is over we'll talk, kay?"
She held up her hand to him as the others stared at her wondering if she was serious. He looked so happy that he gave her his finger so she could shake it then turned around happily to open the gate.
"Oi nee-chan can you really do that?" Ichigo whispered to her while Yoruichi was listening.
"Duh of course, Tease is a golem weapon from a spirit group I created known as the NOAH. A set of weapons I brought just in case. I won't tell you how but trust me Ichigo they are frightening to see so I hope you won't have to since they are a dark weapon set. Now then let's see what is behind door number One~" Shiki said as the door was lifted to see a white short haired man on the other side.
'Shit it is Ichimaru Gin taichou,' "You can't face him! He is way beyond your level!" Yoruichi shouted as he jumped from Shiki's shoulder as Shiki moved into position near Jindanbou who held up the door. Gin gave a very subtle sign with his fingers to Shiki who smiled a bit then turned to face him in front of Jindanbou.
"Oiyah~ What do we have here? We can't have this now can we?" Gin said as a slash mark appeared on Jindanbou's arm making him drop the door on to his back and taking the other weight on his good arm.
"I-I-I W-Was Defeated as a Gate keeper I let them pass."
"No~ If a gatekeeper is defeated it means he is dead~" Gin was about to make a move when Ichigo suddenly appeared in front of him and he brought his blade up to guard his blade making him jump back a bit. The boy isn't afraid of him, Gin thought in wonder unless...does he even know who or what he is facing? He let the boy give him a speech when he heard something. Ichigo? This kid is that Ichigo, ka.
"Your name is Kurosaki Ichigo right?" The boy stared at him blankly,
"How did you know that?" He said dumbly while behind him Gin saw Shiki smirk and he started walking away from them.
"Even more of a reason not to let you pass through he suddenly span around and whispered the release of his blade while bringing it behind him as if to lunge, "Shoot to kill, Shinso."
Shiki was suddenly beside him and he couldn't move when shooting when she shifted and he saw a butterfly in her hand and slam it in front of them making a huge flash and explosion that he jumped back from to see her after the light spots vanish from his eyes give him a wink as she passed through the closing door that she had made the Gatekeeper drop and he saw her literally pass through making him raise an eyebrow at that.
'Well that's a new trick she came up with, wonder which spirit gave her that ability?' Gin sighed, "Ah Darn~ They got away~ The captains are not going to be pleased about this, oh well~"
Gin walked away from the door making a small smile as the next phase of the operation finally commenced. Gin was glad he didn't fight her since his "zanpakto" was made by her after all and it won't hurt its original master. Then again he didn't want to hurt her either I mean what good zanpakto would he be?
/
Shiki smiled at seeing her zanpakto and old companion in his human form and laughed at the irony of certain things and looked at the rest of the group as Orihime was tending to the wounded Giant and the others were either staring at her or yelling at Ichigo for thinking of going against Gin trying to explain the meaning of "Captain" to him.
"Shiki went at him though and she is..."
"Shiki didn't attack him though! She did the smart thing and startled him with a flash bang right in his face forcing him back and her back into Jindanbou pushing him out of the gate way forcing it closed and out of Gin's sight!"
Suddenly people started coming out of the houses and Ichigo and the others were startled and wondering where they were when Yoruichi answered them after jumping up onto Shiki's shoulders getting a nice rubbing around the ears.
"People brought here not by Shinigami are considered Ryoka and are thought to bring disasters with them. They were hiding the entire time from us."
A crowd formed and soon an elder stepped out welcoming them for standing up to the Shinigami and Jindanbou.
/
Shiki sat with Yoruichi in her lap as they explained their situation slightly in the old mans hut after Orihime healed Jindanbou's arm and Chad reunited with some spirit he met in the real world.
"I'm looking for that fool Kukaku Shiba."
"You can't mean! Your using that to get into Seireitei?"
Shiki wasn't really paying attention to all of this and was absentmindedly petting Yoruichi when she stopped frozen. The cat paused in his discussion with the old man letting the others speculate as he looked up to see the Red haired girl with the black hat still on get a faraway look in her eyes. When her eyes cleared he wondered if she had a vision because a snort erupted from her mouth as she looked down at him.
"What is so funny? Did you see something?" He enquired having a slight suspicion he knew what she saw.
"I-I-I had no idea their was such an interesting person out their! I am so going to love meeting Shiba-san~" Shiki looked at Yoruichi who couldn't help but feels his own face twitch in a smirk as the girl looked at the others with pity in her eyes.
"So you saw did you? Did you see the place?"
"Nah just the building itself and Shiba-san. I kind of want to leave them guessing it makes it so much more fun!"
Before he could comment though Ichigo said he could hear something and they all suddenly heard a stampeding sound and suddenly a man came flying through the door from a...boar? Shiki did not see this coming, but she did recognise who the guy was and watched him look at everyone before landing his eyes on her.
Shiki's eyebrow quirked up at the guy as he asked her out and didn't even have to reply before Ichigo stepped up to ...defend her, she thinks.
"Oi! Stay away from my sister! She is way too good for you so back off besides your dead and she is alive so back off!" Shiki mentally gave her brother thumbs up since she totally agreed with him for the most part but would have said it much more kindly.
Then the two guys got into a fight that went onto the street and the others went to help but were stopped by Ganju's henchmen. I mean really why did they stop it was only a bunch of idiots on boars.
Shiki sighed and looked to the owner asking if their was a place she could crash for the night and he showed her where the pallets were and a blanket as she took off her trench coat and hat. She called out that only Orihime was allowed in and goodnight before stripping quickly down to her underwear and placed the clothes folded off to the side before climbing in trying to preserve her clothes from any need of washing for as long as possible.
/
The next morning Shiki learned from Orihime of the outcome of the street fight and why Ichigo wasn't moving before sighing and stepping on his fingers hard as Yoruichi scratched him across his face.
"Need I remind you Ichigo of the reason we originally came here? Rukia doesn't have much time and neither do we so get your ass moving and I promise you will see him again. Trust Me!" Shiki said with Yoruichi nodding to what she said as they moved out to Shibas.
"So how will we know if we are going in the right direction?" Ichigo asked pouting a bit as they moved along.
"Don't worry I will know immediately when I see it," he commented as he walked ahead of the group on a path out of the ways from the village area in the country side. Shiki was also thinking, it is so dam obvious too!
"Ah there it is~" Yoruichi said cheerily as the group stopped flabbergasted at the giant human arms protruding from the ground and they wondered what they were getting into.
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"So who are with you Yoruichi?" Kukaku asked as she looked at the others and lingered her gaze on the red head and carrot top.
"Ah these are the kids who are going to save the shinigami around 15 years old except for the redhead who is 17 and the only one with sense, I like her a lot~ Shiki Namikaze Kurosaki but she was adopted into the Kurosaki family so just call her Namikaze is Ichigo, the carrot top older sister."
"Oh REALLY~" Shiba grinned at the girl who grinned back in a way that sent chills down his spine.
"The other girl is Inoue Orihime, Big one is Chad, and the glasses is Ishida Uryu," Yoruichi said introducing them and then Kukaku spoke to the cat again.
"Look Yoruichi I may trust you, and the Red head looks trustworthy but I don't know about the others so I am sticking one of my minions on you, well he is actually my little brother. Oi you ready yet!" She called out as she went to a screen door.
Ganju was sitting their bowed to them and Shiki let out a slight cough and smirked rising from her seated position when Ganju and Ichigo exclaimed loudly from their positions. Kukaku inquired if they knew eachother already when Shiki came to the older girl and motioned her to lean down as she whispered in her ear and soon a shit eating grin was on both their faces as they leaned against the wall ignoring the fighting. Until Kukaku lost her pipe by their rambunctious actions and then her pipe broke causing both older sisters to go a wall on their respective little brothers. Everyone ran out of the house but the siblings as a fire explosion leaped from her and they came back in to see Shiki unharmed with her foot pressing down on his head rubbing it into the floor about manners in other peoples houses and she grabbed his head and shoved it towards Kukaku and gritted out that he better apologize for his actions in her home or he will no longer be her little brother but her little sister.
After that Kukaku and Shiki bonded amazingly fast and soon became fast friends while the others stared in shock. Soon after she ordered them all to go downstairs in the basement where she showed them her pride and joy.
/
"So everyone has got it down right?" Kukaku asked later and everyone said yes until Orihime asked tentivley if Shiki or Yoruichi have tried it yet. Both blinked at her and looked at each other.
"No I never really got around to trying now that I think about it..."Shiki looked up in thought as the others face planted causing Kukaku to laugh and toss her the sphere saying give it a try I bet you will ace it on the first time just as another was placed in front of Yoruichi who also hasn't tried yet.
Both focused and suddenly produced perfect spheres at the same time as they smirked at them from inside and Yoruichi got his revenge on Ichigo for the tail incident by gloating. Shiki just deactivated it and tossed it back to Kukaku and they got ready for the dawn to strike.
"Wait where is Ganju?" Kukaku asked as she looked around for him and Ichigo mentioned him being downstairs reading some scrolls.
Ganju came out then in his "battle costume" and announced he was coming with them. He went on to say his brother was killed by Shinigami causing Kukaku to get angry with him but he was insistent on coming with them to see for himself and find out what happened to his brother all those years ago. No one noticed Shiki freeze and get that faraway look in her eyes. Shiki sighed and looked out at where the sun should be appearing over the horizon as Ichigo stood before Ganju.
"If you want to find out the truth Ganju so bad, Shiki-nee..." He looked towards her as did Ganju and the others to see her sitting down on the platform looking away from them until she said two words just two words.
"Kaien Shiba... his name was Kaien Shiba right?" She looked over to kukaku with eyes filled with emotions that Kukaku knew she saw what happened and didn't want to hear it not right now.
"H-H-How?" Ganju stuttered out at the gorgeous red head who stood up and stretched as she walked over to him and Ichigo.
"My one-chan can see anything, She sees, the past, present, and future. Onee-chan is it true?..."
"It is a story for another time not now. Dawn is almost upon us we need to hurry into the canon."
"She is right, Everyone! Get in!" Called out Yoruichi as they all walked into the silver canon and just before Shiki stepped in a hand stopped her shoulder and she looked at the slightly taller woman who's age in body was only slightly a couple years older than her own.
"Watch out for them, and yourself, I don't want to lose anyone anymore..."
"Don't worry I will watch out for Ganju, I will see you again Kukaku, count on it~"
They went in and the canon shut, as the minutes slowly ticked down to the fall of the anvil on soul society.
/
Shiki and the others were concentrating on regulating their reiatsu going into the ball but Ichigo was having a bit of trouble, it didn't bother her or Yoruichi but the others were evincing from the strenghth and in the end they fought and made Ganju lose his concentration.
They were descending now on the barrier to Seiretei and Yoruichi yelled for everyone to pour everything they got for the impact as they struck the barrier. They stopped at the barrier and Shiki and Ichigo gave it one last push with their Reiatsu to go through. They were caught in the air then and Shiki immediately grabbed Yoruichi and the vortex started as everyone was reaching for each other. Shiki managed to get to Ichigo and Ganju with Yoruichi on her shoulder when it burst.
For the people on the ground watching they saw four pieces split up in the penetration. They won't realize that those pieces were Chad on his own. Ishida and Inoue, Shiki and Yoruichi, Ichigo and Ganju. As they were approaching the ground Shiki gritted her teeth noticing that there was a group waiting for them and shouted.
"We split on the ground and meet in the tree make them think we ran! I am going into the ground ok!"
"Got it!" Shouted the cat as she let go of him and approached right infont of the guy and their was a great flash of impact. When their eyes cleared they saw no one there and the blond one shouted orders to search for them as they ran by leaving Yoruichi looking form in the tree. Shiki soon fazed out of the tree behind him in a purple tinge.
"So you can travel in the buildings, ground and trees like that? Quiet the handy gift." Yoruichi commented before Shiki smiled weakly at the cat.
"Let's split, you can move easier with out me. I can find you when necessary I am going to visit Rukia, not to break her out but to see how she is doing and what has happened to her."
"Wakata, it is the largest tower looking over the massive cliff," Yoruichi commented before nodding to the weird girl who only smiled at the cat.
"Take care, try not to get yourself in trouble Shiounen Yoruichi hime," Shiki then leaped down on the ground and moved in the shadows so well that he was surprised at the skills of a ninja like the second division no...it was better than even that! She literally vanished! She may be better than even me, thought Yoruichi warily.
/
Ichigo was facing off against Ikkaku from the eleventh and he asked who his master was causing Ichigo to pause in a moment to think.
"Well my older sister taught me hand to hand combat since I was a kid because she beat me all the time. Though I don't know if I can call him my master since he only taught me for 5 days by just fighting me. His name was Urahara Kisuke."
Ikkaku froze at hearing his name and asked what he looked like confirming his suspicions of it being the former Captain of the 12 division when he remembered he said his sister taught him hand to hand combat.
"Well then it would be extremely rude of me to kill you without going full out and for the heck of it what is your older sister's name?" He asked just out of curiosity, As he brought his zanpakto and sheath together.
"Shiki Namikaze," Ichigo watching him freeze and his eyes go wide and then he shifted the grip of his sword to point his finger shakily at him.
"S-S-Shiki Namikaze the lead singer in Hell's Butterfly is your SISTER?" He yelled out in awe, Ichigo practically sweat dropped and remembered Rukia having the same reaction to his sister and wondered how famous she was in Soul Society and how they would react if they knew she was here.
"Adopted older sister, now can we just get back to fighting, PLEASE?" Ichigo asked reading his sword as Ikkaku smirked and brought out his shikai by combining his sword and sheath.
"I wouldn't have it any other way~"
Couple minutes later
Ikkaku woke up wondering why he was alive. "You woke up?" said a voice off to the side and Ikkaku looked over to see Ichigo, "Yo."
"Ichigo...why're you still here?"
"I want to ask you a question,"
"What you want to tell me your birthday..."
"The location of Kuchiki Rukia,"
"The one on death row? Why are you wondering where that trash is?"
"Because were going to save her."
"WWWWHHHAAATTT! How many are there of you? Let me guess seven or eight of you?"
"No, six and a half," Ikkaku eyes were wide staring at him incredulously
"What's that mean "and a half?" then Ikkaku's eyes started to waster and he laughed really hard at Ichigo calling him a retard until he reopened his own wounds.
"Go West and there you should see a white tower, she should be in there."
"Thanks I owe you one, Ikkaku."
"Just hurry up and get out of here before they find you dam it." As Ichigo walked away Ikkaku remembered something and called out to Ichigo. "Can I ask you just one you one question?" Ichigo turned back to face him, "Out of your group who is the strongest?"
Ichigo looked up in thought for a moment, "Probably me and my sister. Although it is different uf you come across her since she can pass through anything it would be pointless TOO fight her so if you want a fight that would be me then I guess. She avoids direct conflict because of her popularity here in Seireitei and her abilities will cause quite the uproar." Ichio said to Ikkaku who stared at him wide eyed.
"Shiki is HERE! In Soul Society! Man I hope I see her just to get her autograph or hear her sing man that is so unfair maybe this is my Luck and unluckiest day ever. Listen Ichigo if from what your saying is true then watch out for my captain, He is really strong, his name is Zaraki Kenpachi."
/
Rukia was watching from her spot in the tower what she could see of Seireitei and recalling what Renji said to her. "Two people were seen one with red hair and one with carrot hair..." could it be? Is Shiki really here with Ichigo just as she said he would come for her no matter what?
Rukia remembers the conversation she had with Shiki at the park bench and smiled a bit but she knew it was pointless. How could she have hope when she has resigned herself to...
"How's it going Rukia-imotou?~"
Rukia whipped her head around to see Shiki coming up the stairs in a black hat on and her trench coat swirling around her legs. She stared at her wide eyed as the girl approached where she was and then dropped down right beside her with a loud whosh and grabbed Rukia's arm and pulled her into her embrace holding her head to her shoulder while rubbing her back.
Rukia didn't realize she as crying and then she buried her face into the girl wept as she held on to her pillar of support who was being kind to her when everyone else wasn't not even her nii-sama.
Shiki rubbed her back and hummed a low hymn for Rukia to soothe her as she sang the lullaby she made known as The Musician. When Rukia finally calm down she pulled back from Shiki suddenly and stared wide eyed at her as Shiki coked her eyebrow as Rukia backed away from her pointing a shaking finger at her as she finally stuttered out.
"H-H-How?" Shiki blinked at her and them realized what Rukia meant and sighed. She motioned her closer as she thrust her hand into the wall and explained her abilities and she demonstrated blending in with the shadows making Rukia even more in awe of her nee-chan even though she was older than her and started telling her everything that has happened and her execution date was in two weeks.
Shiki in turn told her what happened after she left and the idiocies of Ichigo confronting Gin making Rukia growl at his incompetence and leap up and stomp around making up all the things she was going to do to him when she got her hands on him.
"Rukia I can't break you out, you know that right?" Shiki said suddenly solemn as they sat on either side of the slit looking out towards the execution hill. Rukia knew but she thought it was because it was the fact there was to many people and she wouldn't ever be able to get away with it until Shiki continued.
"Certain events must happen here in Soul Society and at this tower. A friend of yours and...a Shiba, are going to find you and break you out only for your brother to show up then Ichigo. Ichigo will learn that he needs to be stronger and he will learn Bankai that he needs to learn to fight your brother."
Rukia could only stare. Ichigo knowing Bankai? It is impossible yet...looking at Shiki as she gazed out at Soul Society from the window she knew she was serious. Shiki never told her an untruth so far. All her predictions are true and she usually doesn't prevent them saying it leads to a better understanding for them.
Shiki sighed and then smiled at Rukia, "I will stay the night but I will leave in the morning before the guards come in to give you breakfast. Is there anyone I can go to that you trust Rukia? I want to find those who might believe there is something more going on here. You shouldn't be picked up by a captain level shinigami or Renji, something fishy is going on."
Rukia thought for a few moments over what she said and thought of everyone she knew and the ones who cared for her the most and suddenly it hit her. He would know, he would listen to Shiki-nee. "I need to write a note do you have paper and pen on you?"
Shiki pulled out her trusty notebook in her trench book pocket and one of her many pens. She gets inspiration on walks and writes it down as to not forget, it developed as a habit. Shiki watched Rukia write a long note and then fold it up and handed it to her with a name written on top. She also went about drawing a map of seireitei and where the captain barracks are the divisions and other need to know areas so she can get around safely.
"Thanks Rukia so I am to go find your captain who is most likely sick in bed right?" Shiki said as she looked at the map coordinates for the 13 division and the captain barracks.
"Ukitake Taicho of the 13 division is one of the four most powerful only he is inflicted with a lung problem he is a tall man with long white hair. Can't miss him."
"ok now, want to get some sleep?" Shiki leaned down and they both slept together to keep warm that night and Rukia's dreams were blissful.
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Ukitake Jushiro felt a foreign presence near by and wondered if he should feign he was still asleep or not and surprise his attacker and decided to feign it as he studied their reiatsu as they slipped in his room. He frowned at that since their was no door from that end as he heard nothing being very impressed with their stealth and they hid their presence very well to but found it interesting that it wasn't hostile and decided he would take a peak to he opened his eyes slightly to see a note placed write in front of his nose with his name on it.
Ukitake sat up and looked around in amazement as the presence simply vanished from his room and he picked up the note noting it was done in a familiar handwriting style as he read the note.
Taicho if your reading this it means Shiki-nee found you
I never regretted helping the human saving his family form a hollow when I was to weak to save anyone from bleeding out to much. I think of her as an older sister very dear to me who taught me a lot about life and about Kaiens death and she helped me move on from the guilt of his death. I trust her with my life as I do with you. If you could just speak with her for a moment I would ask for nothing else. She has the ability to see the past, present and future and has proven it upon many occasions to me. Trust in her visions they are true as is she.
Rukia
Jushiro's eyes widened as he re-read the note twice more and he let his tears slide down his face at the note about the lieutenant who took Rukia under his wing and how she was forced too...It has always bothered him how she never let it go, he had been trying to get the central to reconsider but they won't let him even near the building.
He looked around and called out softly,
"Shiki?"
"Namikaze Shiki to be precise, I see Rukia was right about you." He watched in surprise as a young beautiful woman fazed through his wall to step before him and sit down cross legged and takes off her hat. Her long red hair touched the tatami mat and curled a bit on the floor. She wore a white shirt and on top a black trench coat that was unbound from the waist down for free of movement and lose at the collar.
Jushiro felt a blush rise in his cheeks and swiftly covered his face pretending to cough into his hand. What is he thinking? Sure she is, extremely attractive but to make him blush? Thank god Shunsui isn't here or he will never hear the end of it...and he would flirt with her to since she is...GAHHH!
Shiki watched the man curiously and studied him. He had long snow white hair that frames his angular face. His bangs are pushed off to the side except for a cute fringe in his face. When she saw him staring at her he had warm brown ... no chocolate eyes. Shiki could feel her cheeks heat and she swiftly put her hand over her face under her eyes looking away as well as she tried to smooth out her heated cheeks. He is so cute and handsome! Oh crap Shiki has never felt this way before not really except back when she was...well it was a long time ago. He is older than her though...well one of them was a lot older than the other but body wise...She is 17! Going on eighteen sure but still he was...
"S-Sorry about that, I am a bit sick." Jushiro smiled weakly at her.
"Oh I am sorry! Are you ok, do you need me to ..." Shiki was about to rise when he waved her down.
"I am fine now it comes and goes, a weak body that's all." He got a serious face and then asked her a lot of questions both about her and Rukia and what happened in the real world and why she felt something is going on.
"Who are you? I just have your name Shiki...Kuchiki san actually thinks of you as an elder sister although she is technically older than you..." He asked as Shiki shrugged out of her trench coat and his eyes couldn't help themselves being drawn to her front as it pulled tight over her is that a C-cup? Breasts and he mentally smacked himself but she was definitely well proportioned and not overly endowed like some woman, Matsumoto cough, and her skin looked so soft and tanned.
"My name is Namikaze Shiki, well Kurusaki Namikaze Shiki. I was adopted into the Kurosaki family when I was a child and the older sister of one Kurosaki Ichigo the current big problem. He is the one Rukia-chan gave her powers to although I highly doubt it was just that...what?"
Jushiro stared at her when she said her full name and then said in a whisper, "Y-Your the singer talked about in soul society. Your music actually helps me when I have one of my bad coughing bits but when I hear this one particular song..."
"Ah the Musician right? That song was a song of healing I am not surprised that it helps you in that way it was designed as a healing song for the people in hospitals and children who are ill at home."
"I see...you do know that you should run away very VERY fast if you come across a man in black and white paint with the captain coat of the 12 division. He will want to study you and a few other unpleasant things." Jushiro shuddered at the thought.
"Ukitake-san Rukia when she was here what was her power level roughly?"
"Umm I'd say honestly 10th seat why?" He asked her curiously as she looked up in thought and then sighed as she looked at him and he wondered if it was even possible to have that shade of blue in her eyes like the ocean he once saw in the real world, just as intense.
"I believe this has been set up form the very beginning to get Rukia down in Kurakura and her to have that specific Gigai made by...Urahara Kisuke so he could hide his greatest achievement and the most powerful weapon in the world." She said seriously at him as he stared at her in shock when she said the name of the blond man who was considered a traitor of soul society.
"Please explain,"
"I went to Central 46, I fazed through the building and I found only the dead. Everyone has been dead in their for a while. I can't point a finger at the one I know who did this and his accomplices but he wants Rukia to be pierced by the So Kyo Ho to release the Hougyokyu, that's what it is called, and take it for themselves to be most likely the most powerful being in the universe or rule the world yada yada yada. I know this because I have of course seen it."
"...W-W-WHAT!" Shiki leaned forward and his eyes widened when she pressed her hand over his mouth and shushed him in his ear as he felt her upper body pressed to his own and was thankful that she was looking at the door and listening for anyone to come after his outburst. He was blushing like crazy and his hormones, he felt like a friggen teenager again! That was not a good time for him with emotions all over the place.
Shiki was satisfied when she heard no one coming and then realised her position and backed away quickly saying sorry repeatedly as did he as they looked away from each other and then finally looked at each other again all serious again.
"All of Central 46 is dead? How? Wait that explains why they keep moving up the date for her execution and don't ever let me have an audience with them. But why would Urahara do this to Rukia? I know he never would have done the ...event...that made him a traitor so what?"
"He accidently created a stone, jewel, whatever that can breaks the barrier of Shinigami and Hollow allowing to access more power. It is a terrible powerful thing and he tried to destroy it but he couldn't no matter how many times he tried it was to powerful to be destroyed. So he hid it and in Rukia's gigai it slowly took her power and made her human. I think he wanted it to be destroyed that way through deterioration or something, he never meant to create it, I am surprised he didn't go power hungry. Anyways the point is that it can only be taken from her body and leave the jewel untouched if..."
"...the So Kyo Ho pierced her! It was always weird why she was given an execution for captain levels only, I was thinking if nothing else..."
"You were going to release a Shihounen artefact that looks like a shield right?" Shiki said smiling at him as he stared at her.
"How did you know?"
"Rukia mention my ability to see the future right? I saw you do it with another guy only he has a flowery haori …."
"Never mind I see that well….you see what do you plan to do?" Jushiro asked her and Shiki thought for a moment and sighed.
"Absolutley nothing, really there isn't much I can do not if everything should happen the way it should, Rukia and Ichigo need to learn from this experience, heck everyone in soul society needs to learn and through the next week or two gain the power to defend what they believe in, don't you agree?" Shiki looked at him and he felt he knew the reason why Rukia thought of her as an elder sister to seek guidance from. She may be younger but her words and her abilities make her seem far more wiser and experienced. HE himself wouldn't tamper with the future to much either.
"Well I might stir up a bit of trouble to show I am on the radar so to speak and all but I won't do anything until the day of Rukia's execution. That day I will confront the mastermind behind this fiasco, what will you do Ukitake?" She said not releasing her gaze from his. Jushiro smiled at her and laughed a little.
"Isn't it obvious? I will save my kohai just as you saw this isn't right and I will fight for what I believe in and so will my friend." He said simply and Shiki could see he meant it, his soul was that pure she could practically see it, not saying she couldn't see a person's soul in the first place but no one needs to know that.
Shiki smiled then looked a bit sheepish as she looked at him as he blinked at her turn of attitude.
"Umm….could I bunk in here with you to hide from everybody? I just need a corner and I don't snore or anything!" She said hastily as well as blushing looking down at her fingers twisting in her shirt, not noticing Jushiro look away in a blush as well and mumble.
"No no, no trouble at all I kind of expected it, umm I could lend you an under robe to sleep in and I have a lot of blankets so you can have some privacy…."
"I don't want to trouble you!" Shiki said hurriedly and he looked back at her quickly and took on of her hands in his as he quickly told her it was no trouble at all, he wanted her their safe or he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.
Shiki blushed at his contact with her hand and nodded as he also noticed he was holding her hand and dropped it as if it burned him as he rubbed the back of his head.
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So now you know who the couple of the story is, it will mostly be a developing getting to know each other relationship in the soul society arc with Shiki showing up in different places stirring up trouble and taunting Aizen, Hitsuyaga, Byakuya, Kurotsuchi and all the other players as well. Will be fun won't it?