Shuhei glanced uneasily at Kensei. In a few minutes he would really get it for disobeying. Nanao's hand was still cletched in his. Lisa, Shunsui, Kensei, and Sajin all started towards them. Nanao squeezed Shuhei's hand reassuringly. "Well?" asked Sajin. Shuhei looked taken back, was Kensei and Lisa not going to say anything? It looked like they were going to ignore them amd that was probably worse than them yelling.
"We just wanted to help." Shuhei said, he looked at the ground as he said it, knowing he was in huge trouble for what he did.
"Shuhei, Nanao, we left you behind for a reason." Shunsui said.
"Why! We can help!" Nanao said.
"Because it is too dangerous for you!" Sajin said.
"Are you saying you think we can't fight?" asked Shuhei.
"Shuhei, I have watched you fight, you hesitate every time. I realize how you use that to help you, but I don't think we can afford to have that happen for this enemy. Nanao, your combat abilities lay in kido, that won't be enough this time." said Soi Fon. Soi Fon, Byakuya, Toshiro, Jushiro, Izuru, Renji, Momo, Rangiku, and Rukia were now getting involved, this was humiliating. Shinji, Hiyori, Hachi, Lisa, Mashiro, Kensei, Love, Rose, Kenpachi, Yachiru, Ichigo, Uryu, Orihime, and Chad watched in silence. Kisuke and Yoruichi left the room.
"If you used your Shikai, it probably wouldn't be so much of a big deal, but your too afraid to use even that! That's why we don't want you here." said Toshiro. Shuhei looked at the ground. There had to be something else, something he was missing. Yamamoto had more faith in him than this, he showed that when he choose Shuhei to defend one of the pillars. What changed.
"We're both lieuteanants, we can face anything that the rest of you can." Shuhei said.
"Nanao, Shuhei, neither of you are to leave the shop under any circumstances, am I clear?" Shunsui asked. Shuhei wanted to argue but it was clear he already lost. He grabbed Nanao's hand and both of them left. They were only in the room for a minute before the door opened and Shuhei turned, expecting to see Kensei or Sajin, but instead it was Shinji, Hiyori, Love, Rose, Hachi, and Mashiro.
"What do you want?" Shuhei asked.
"Shuhei, you know that Kensei see's you like his son, and Lisa see's you as her little sister Nanao, they'd never do anything to hurt you. They were trying to protect both of you." Shinji said. Shuhei sighed. He knew Shinji was right.
"What are we missing?" he demanded.
"What do you mean?" Hachi asked.
"You all know something, something that the rest of us don't." Shuhei said. Nanao nodded to show she had been thinking the same thing.
"We're not trying to hide anything, we just wanted to keep you two dumbasses from getting yourselves killed!" Hiyori yelled, but Shuhei noticed she didn't look at him as she said it.
"We were just looking out for your well being." Rose said. Suddenly Ichigo ran in.
"We got trouble, there is a mass hollow attack. Kisuke said we need to take care of it." Ichigo said.
"Got it, you two stay put. We'll continue this conversation later." Shinji said as they all left. Shuhei and Nanao watched them go, then left to the main shop.
"What do we do?" Nanao asked. Then they heard a scuffling outside of the shop.
"A small group of high-level hollows against twenty-seven Captain and Lieutenant level soul reapers. They don't even stand a chance." said the first voice. Nanao signaled Shuhei to go. He ripped open the door.
"Bakado one, sai!" shouted Nanao, paralyzing three men. Shuhei held his blade at the neck of the nearest one.
"Alright, who are you and what are you doing?" he asked the man. The man glared at him.
"I'm not telling you boy!" he shouted. Normally it wouldn't have bothered Shuhei, but after getting chewed out by the the Captains, he was livid.
"Tell me who you are and what you were doing!" Shuhei yelled. The man laughed.
"I don't think so." he said. Then four more burst in.
"What's taking so…" started one then he saw the two soul reapers. "I see, lets go." he said. Shuhei and Nanao exchanged a confused look.
"What do you mean? We're not letting you leave here!" Shuhei said. The man shock his head, but there was something familiar about him to Shuhei. He had white hair and brown eyes.
"I didn't expect you too. Boy's I have an idea, let's take these two soul reapers with us." he said. Instinctively Shuhei moved in front of Nanao. The one's that she had the kido on broke it.
"You're not touching us." Shuhei said. The man laughed again. Shuhei was trying to figure out what was so funny.
"What's your name boy?" he asked.
"Shuhei Hisagi." Shuhei said. The smile on the man's face faded. He looked Shuhei up and down.
"Come on boys, lets go." he said, turning to leave. Shuhei flashstepped behind him, but the man turned and grabbed his sword hand.
"Shuhei!" Nanao screamed. She was about to cast a kido.
"I wouldn't. If you did, you may accidentally hit your comrade." the man said. Then he twisted Shuhei's wrist, forcing him onto the ground. Shuhei tried to break free but the man's grip tightened. "I thought you died that day, I guess not." he said. Shuhei gave him a severely confused look.
"What are you talking about!" Shuhei shouted. The man shook his head.
"I didn't expect you to remember me, after all it's been a hundred years since we last met." he said. Shuhei tried to squirm free again, and Nanao was frozen, too afraid of hitting Shuhei as the other men looted the shop. "Maybe we should take you and your girlfriend." the man contemplated with a new smile. Then one of the men shouted. They turned to see Jinta and Ururu. Jinta had hit the man with a large bat. Then Kensei, Lisa, Kisuke, Sajin, Shunsui, Ichigo, and Yoruichi burst into the room. The man pulled Shuhei to his feet and used him like a shield.
"Let him go!" Kensei yelled.
"Sure!" the man said. He threw something onto the ground that made smoke spread everywhere, when it cleared the men were all gone and Shuhei was on the floor unconscious. The rest of the team came in and Kensei and Sajin were by Shuhei's side.
"What happened?" asked Soi Fon. Kensei pulled Shuhei into a sitting position and shock him carefully.
"We were played, and like idiots we fell for it. They wanted something in this shop." Kensei growled. Shuhei stirred a bit but didn't wake up.
"Are you alright?" Nanao asked Lisa. She nodded.
"We're fine Lisa, but I think he knew Shuhei somehow." said Nanao. Kensei's face looked scared for an instant, as did the other vizords.
"What do you mean?" asked Byakuya. Lisa gave Nanao a sharp look, one that meant to keep her mouth shut and she'd explain later.
"Like he knew about the Lieutenants, at least who some of the lieutenants are by what squad they serve, like they are well informed." she lied. They seemed to accept it.
"So now what Kisuke?" Ichigo asked. Kisuke sighed.
"They wanted something that was in my shop, they probabily used the hollows as a trap, now we just need to learn what they want. It could be a key to this whole thing." Kisuke said.
"Shuhei!" Shuhei turned to see his three friends. One was a skinny boy with white hair, the second was a larger boy with dark hair, and the last was a skinny boy with red hair. "Come on, lets go!" said the one with white hair. Shuhei grinned and ran after his friends as they raced to their favorite placing area. It was a small clearing in the woods with a few trees scattered around. Suddenly a huge moster came out of no-where. It slashed the closest one, the boy with red hair. The boy died and disintegrated. Shuhei stood frozen staring at this monster. Someone let out a scream. He didn't know if it was him or one of the other two. 'If I don't run, then I'll end up like that, but I can't yell, and my legs won't move!' Shuhei thought. It tock a step closer and realizing they were going to die gave him the strength to do what he had to.
"Run! Run away or we're dead!" he yelled. That seemed to be good enough for his friends who started running. Shuhei ran too and looked down to see a stick. Picking it up he tock a stance against the creature. His friends turned to help. "Run!" he told them. They ran, and he never saw them again. He faced the monster, but it picked him up and was about to eat him when he was saved.
Shuhei jerked awake with a start. He was in the same room he woke up earlier, drenched in sweat, but he just realized why the man seemed so familiar. The boy from his childhood was the rebel leader, his friend was his enemy!
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