Wee hello again :] Thank you all who have favorited, and who submitted a review. I really appreciate it :] And sorry for it taking a while for this one to be up, I'm kind of coming up with the story as I go so it's not completely planned out haha. I usually start to plan out the climaxes of the stories so I am just building up to it. Oh and there is another captain meeting just so they address the new "side effect" (Being people controlled.)

Toshiro had the worst headache coming on. After just being attacked by his own squad members because now people were also being controlled? And now another captains meeting was being called to address it and so Yamamoto can officially take action, at least that's what he needed to do before it got worse.

Entering the meeting hall he took his spot in line like always and as all the captains came and lined up he couldn't help but notice Mayuri wasn't there. Probably lost in another one of his experiments, Toshiro and Mayuri never really saw eye-to-eye on things (So not a short joke .) but the man could at least attend meetings, he has squad members for a reason.

The meeting started as Yamamoto found his seat at the front. "Captain Hitsugaya, will you please tell us what had happened to clarify."

Not expecting it but nodded, he was going to write out a report but this worked to. "Well I was on my way back to my office and when I entered I saw the whole room was trashed and Matsumoto locked swords with two of my men. Thinking she must have said something I tried to separate them but I noticed a bright green glow coming from their eyes so I just guessed they were being controlled. I knocked one out and found it could stop them, at least for a little while so I told Matsumoto to knock them out and once she did I told Matsumoto to take them to Unahona. I believe now they were transferred to the 12th division for testing."

"Thank you Captain Hitsugaya" the old man stated.

Toshiro just nodded.

"Mayuri isn't here but I have already been informed they are getting close to finding a "cure" to the technique used on the two soul reapers. This antidote just lasts a few hours right now and it doesn't help the sick, only the controlled. I have noticed that the two men that were controlled were higher ranked then the ones becoming sick. This has forced me to infer that the stronger and the ones with the most spiritual pressure can become controlled."

"How can we even trust each other if our subordinates can come in one day and try to kill us?" Soi Fon piped in, apathy greeted her features as always.

"If a person is behind this, then that is most likely what he wants us to feel. Unsafe, Panicked and make it so that we can't even trust are comrades." Byakuya said calmly, eyes closed as he concentrated.

"If Mayuri can come up with that mixture to stop them from being controlled we won't have to worry that much." Komamura added.

"Yeah, if." Soi Fon's words turned harsh while talking about Mayuri. Like most people, she didn't like him or was just generally freaked out by him. Either one is very understandable. Mayuri is a very strange man.

*Meanwhile at the 12th division lab.*

Two bodies laid out on the table, 3-5 people around the table at work. Mayuri was a few feet back from the operating table, observing. A wide psychotic smile planted on the mans face. "Fascinating! Completely fascinating!" The odd man took a step closer, his large finger nail reached out and poked the soft flesh. The man thrashed instantly, making Mayuri's grin widen.

There was a sudden knock at the door, it annoyed Mayuri. He was lost in his research and didn't want any interruptions. "You!" he pointed to one of his subordinates that he didn't know the name of "Go tell whoever it is to leave." he hissed.

The man nodded and quickly made his way to the door, He was pretty afraid of his captain. Answering the door, he had to crank his neck up to look at the man standing in the doorway. He was very unfamiliar. Long waved purple hair pushed down past his shoulder blades. A long gray "cloak" was draped around his body so that his hands were invisible under it.

Noticing it wasn't a soul reaper he took a step back.

"Who are yo-"

The male's eyes widened and slowly followed down his body to his abdomen where a long sword penetrated. Not being able to speak due to the shock and pain, to make it worse he felt the sword twist and pull out violently causing him to fall to the ground. Blood was pouring out of his body, his body felt colder and he was soon slipping into darkness. Who is this guy?

"Hey! Who the hell are you?" Mayuri's voice broke in, witnessing the scene right in front of him. Mayuri's hand gripped the handle of his sword, getting ready to defend himself if needed.

"Kurotsuchi Mayuri. A very clever man indeed, almost discovering an antidote to the chemical my zanpakuto releases. I'm usually not this rude, but I can't afford it being stopped as of now so consider your research over." the handle to the man's sword was revealed, it wore an purple cover over the handle. Unsheathing the blade he stepped from the doorway into the building, a smirk shown proudly on his features.

Most of the division members took a defensive stance, the ones that had their swords drew them. Mayuri stood there, assessing the situation before his signature sadistic grin planted on his face. "Ah! So your the man behind this! Pleasure to meet you. You are very interesting indeed, I am afraid you are mistaken though. My experimentation has only just begun" a loud laugh irrupted from the strange man, it was like a mad scientists you would see on this shows in the real world. Mayuri unsheathed his own sword "What should I do to you first... cut you open and see what I can find inside? Ahahaha!" even his own subordinated looked at their captain like he was a freak, most stepped away from both the men.

AND BACK TO THE MEETING ;D

They were still discussing what other options and plans they can take. Well it was more like arguing. No one would agree on something so the meeting seemed to just drawl on and on. Yes Hitsugaya did care and knew something had to be done but they were getting no where. For most of the meeting the small captain had just kept silent with his head down, mostly zoning in and out but to seem like he was paying attention he would nod occasionally as if agreeing with the idea.

"It would seem the decision is left to me. I will decide and get back to all of you but this meeting is now coming to a close." Yamamoto finally inputted. He should of done it 30 minutes ago but at least they could leave now. As soon as they were dismissed he was at the door, pulling it open and stepping out. He wasn't in a rush to get back to his division so he wasn't going to shunpo. As he was about to walk he suddenly heard a loud boom, It shook the building and the ground. Looking around he was able to pin-point the general direction which was indeed the 12th division. Like some of the other captains they started to run / shunpo off toward the building going to see what had happened.

Arriving to the front doors of the 12th he saw that the door was left wide open. That there itself was a very bad sign. Glancing behind him he noticed captain Unahona, Ukitake and Byakuya were there as well.

Taking a step past the threshold he could hear the sound of a light splash as he stepped. Looking down he raised his foot to show that he had just stepped in a puddle of blood. Eyebrows raised and as he looked down in front of him he saw the body of young shinigami on the floor. It was easy to tell that the man was dead. "This man's dead." Toshiro muttered, intending one of the other captains behind him to hear that. Something bad had happened.

Stepping around the body he took more steps into the building and easily took notice of the situation. There were bodies scatted all across the place, some body parts were detached from the hosts body. It was a massacre.

"Oh my" Ukitake's voice rung out as he also took attention to the scene. "What happened?" the older male started to look around, hoping to find Mayuri or someone not dead that could explain.

A faint cough was heard from one corner of the room, quickly moving to the source of the sound, Hitsugaya and the other captains saw Nemu sitting on the floor, dried blood stained her clothes and splattered across her face.

Unahona moved past Toshiro to lean next to Nemu, assessing wounds.

"What happened?" Ukitake asked, his voice calm and sweet. Nemu's eyes shifted to look at the white haired captain, her breathing heavy. "Their all...dead." she muttered, eyes moved away to break eye contact and instead fixed on the red stained floor. "A man came and killed everyone. Purposely kept me alive to tell you." her voice was faint and as she talked more and more became more quiet. A gentle hand rested on Nemu's shoulder, causing the female to look up and this time make eye contact with the medic captain. Her sweet smile seemed to calm her almost instantly.

"You don't have to tell us now. Come on, I'm going to take you back to the 4th division to get a closer look at you." Standing up straight, Unahona held out her hand, continuing to wear her smile. Nemu took it graciously. Such kind treatment was very rare for her.

Hitsugaya just watched. Eyes broke away to take a pan around the room. What he had noticed was Mayuri was no-where to be found. He wanted to press the question now to Mayuri's vice-captain but he didn't know how stable she was at the moment and it could wait.

Turning to look at Byakuya "We should go and tell Captain Yamamoto. He will probably send someone else to investigate more closely but by the looks of it Vice-captain Nemu is the only survivor."

The 6th division captain just nodded and turned toward the door and shunpoed out. Before Hitsugaya left as well he turned to look at Unahona, "Do you need any help?"

"No, no. I am fine. Go ahead."

Hitsugaya nodded and Shunpoed out as well.

Nemu was transported to the 4th division barracks to rest and captain Yamamoto was notified. From what Nemu said, it was a man who came in and killed them. So it was a man who started this, the disease, controlling and now he was coming into the soul society and killing? How did he even get past the guards. The man must have killed the 12th division members because they were on the brink of finding a cure to fight against the disease. Now that was destroyed and everyone in that squad was murdered beside Nemu.

Once well Nemu could tell them more about what he said and even a description so that people can look for him. Because of the incident they were getting closer to finding who it is but the downside was that people had to be murdered for it to happen.

Okay I was going to make this chapter even longer (like 4000 words) but sense it took so long for me to get it this far into it I decided not to keep you waiting any longer.

I am one of those writers that aren't afraid to kill characters xD If you can tell. There might be a few more deaths so i'm sorry, I think it makes it more interesting. I kept Nemu cause I like her xD And I thought someone needed to stay alive so that they can tell what happens.

Hope you liked it.

xx Satisfying Penmanship xx