Dangerous waters

Kosuke had been attending the academy for over three years after the incident with the barrier. By that time he had already grown a reputation among the others. They gave him the name "Flash Master Kosuke" or more often, "Flash Bookworm." It might have offended him, but the names were appropriate so he let it slide.

The teachers who had him considered themselves lucky to have him. It was even rumored that he would finish earlier than expected! Kisuke couldn't have been more proud of him. He couldn't stop laughing the day he found out what happened with the books. Kosuke had three spots that he went to spend his free time in quiet.

Those spots were; on top of the barrier (which annoyed his superiors to no end), in Yoruichi and Kisuke's secret training area, and his own personal room inside the white tower known as the Repentance Palace. The tale of how he managed to get that is highly amusing!

Two years earlier…

Kosuke was practicing his Shun-Po that morning, as he usually did when something caught his eye. It was the white tower near the execution site. He had never been inside it before, but curiosity got the better of him that day. After his final class for the day he went to his favorite spot, the secret training area made by Kisuke. He went in and as usual, had a hard time getting through the mountain of books he had near the door.

"I have got to find a better place for these books…" he grumbled.

By the time he made it through the 'sea of books', he was irritable. His temper was worsened by the noise form above the training area.

"What the hell is with that racket?!" he grumbled.

Kosuke left his usual seat to investigate. When he got to the source, he was shocked! It was one of the prisoners from the cells inside the sixth division! They were struggling against their bindings trying to escape. Kosuke used Shun-Po to follow the procession n secret.

When they finally arrived at the white tower, Kosuke was bored. But the chance to finally see what was in the tower proved too hard to resist. He continued to follow them into the tower. How he managed to do this without alerting them is a mystery.

He wasn't very impressed with the surroundings at all. The one thing he did notice was that it was deathly quiet inside the tower, even though the prisoner was still fighting to get free! He was starting to like the tower when the people escorting the prisoner began to leave. He quietly snuck out with them, and he began to form a plan for getting inside the quiet tower without getting caught.

The next day, Kosuke went on a field trip to the human world. He had already sent a letter to his father the day before so if anything should go wrong, he would be there to help. This turned out to be a wise decision on his part. The trip was for the students to practice konso for real. Everyone had finished the assignment when it happened. One of the instructors was killed right before their eyes by thirteen Hollows!

The remaining instructors ordered them to return at once. Almost everyone complied, everyone except Kosuke!

"Back off you damn freaks!" he growled as he went to help the older Soul Reapers.

The Hollows that had appeared were stronger than ordinary.

"Kosuke! I ordered everyone to retreat back to the academy at once!" yelled the teacher.

"I'll go back after these freaks are dealt with!"

Another one of the instructors was killed as the two argued. This snapped both of them back to the task at hand. The remaining instructor attempted to slay one of the Hollows only to be critically wounded for the effort. Kosuke was the only one standing between the Hollows and the man's death.

"Come and get me," he taunted.

The first Hollow went at him and was slain before he could even get close to Kosuke. Hollow after Hollow went at him only to be slain before they got near. Eventually only four remained. They were more cautious around him, after seeing the others slain with ease. The weakest among them went in for a surprise attack and barely dodged Kosuke's arrow. It came closer than the others did before it too was killed.

"Is this the best you monsters got?"

It was then that one of the Hollows finally got a hit on Kosuke. It caught him off guard for a moment, then he killed it. His wound didn't even faze him as he shot another dead. There was now only on Hollow left. The other Soul Reaper had blacked out an hour earlier. The Hollow disappeared, then showed up behind Kosuke. It went in for the kill, and Kosuke searched in vain for more arrows. He had two choices; either use his Zanpaku-to or die. So he drew his sword out and barely blocked the monster's attack.

The battle continued for another half hour before he began to tire out from blocking the Hollow's attacks. It looked as though the end was near when he remembered something that would save his life. He finally remembered the name of his Zanpaku-to!

"PURR KOSUKYO!!"

His sword glowed bright as it changed into a weapon that resembled a Quincy's bow. He shot the Hollow dead on and it fell to the ground dead. The back-up for the instructors arrived in time to see Kosuke shoot his arrow at the Hollow. When it was finally over, Kosuke was yet again in trouble!