Kisuke was out in the woods in the Soul Society wearing his cloak. He was waiting around for Ichigo and the others to show up and they did as Yoruichi brought them there.

"Welcome." Kisuke greeted, but ended up getting punched in the face by Ichigo.

"What's the big idea? You saw my sisters go through the Senkaimon. Why didn't you stop them?" Ichigo said.

"Ichigo, that isn't important right now." Yoruichi said.

"Yoruichi, earlier you said that Orihime and the others would have to become soul reapers." Renji said.

"Yes. We'll need the help of a few soul reapers, which is why we're doing it here." Yoruichi said. "Kisuke, Karin wants to help Ichigo out. You think you can make room for one more."

"I'm one step ahead of you." Kisuke said.

"Wait a minute, is this going to be like the time you helped me gain my powers?" Ichigo said. "No way. There's a chance all three of them will become hollows or visors. It's too big of a risk."

"Ichigo, would you stop deciding everything for me." Karin said. "I'm doing this and there's nothing you can do to stop me."

"She's right. This is her choice Ichigo and if she wants to help, she should." Uryu said.

"Thank you." Karin said.

"I still don't like it. The whole reason I became a soul reaper was so I could protect my little sisters." Ichigo said.

"It will be fine." Yuzu said.

"You just need to have faith that I can do this." Karin said.

"Okay. If we're all got this settled, we need to move on." Kisuke said. "We'll have to skip the first step I did with Ichigo. That means we'll have to go straight into phase two. If our three specialists would please step forward." Orihime, Chad, and Karin stepped up. Kisuke stepped up to each of them and pulled out their soul chains.

"What are you doing?" Karin said.

"Usually on soul reapers, the soul chain isn't visible, but this process requires it." Kisuke said. "Since you three aren't pure souls here or soul reapers, its' easy to pull them out. Now, see you next fall."

"What does that mean?" Chad said. Then three holes opened up underneath each of them and they fell through.

"Bakudō 99 part 1: Kin!" Kisuke said. Black bands wrapped around all three of their arms. Then plates came in them and they couldn't move.

"What's this about?" Karin said.

"All three of you have three days to climb out of the holes before all of your chains are broken away." Kisuke said.

"Broken away?" Chad said.

"How are they going to break?" Karin said. When they both looked down, they saw mouths chomping away on the chains. "That's insane!" She said in a panic.

"If you don't manage to get back up here in the next 72 hours, you'll be turned into hollows and we'll have to kill you." Kisuke said in a playful tone.

"What's the matter with him? He's making this sound like a game." Karin complained.

"Kisuke, I don't like this." Ichigo said.

"Knowing Orihime and Chad, this was the only way to give them power to fight." Kisuke said. "If they make it through this step, I'll leave them with the captains to handle the last part. Now all we have to do is wait. I've also set up a barrier so no one should be able to detect us. I doubt Central 46 will agree to this. We better get comfortable."

Three days have passed and Chad, Orihime, and Karin weren't even close to coming out of the holes they were in. The chains grew smaller, meaning they were becoming closer to turning into hollows and was becoming more painful.

"How are you guys doing down there?" Renji said.

"I shouldn't have to answer that." Karin said. Chad tried to get up and run straight up, but ended up falling on his back. Karin gave it a shot. She went slow and steady as she climbed up, but without the use of her arms it was difficult. "I can do it." She kept telling herself, but lost her footing and fell down.

"There's got to be some way to do this." Chad said. He stared up the hole as the sun beat down. The pain he felt in his chest was almost unbearable. He relaxed for a minute and that's all he needed. Karin tried to break her arms free, but she couldn't even move them.

"I don't get why our hands have to be tied like this." Karin complained. "I'm starting to see why this guy annoys Ichigo." She relaxed on the ground as she felt the hard ground. She took deep breaths and was in a calm state of mind. She needed that for what she is about to see.

….

Chad

Chad opened his eyes, but was confused. He was no longer in the hole, he wasn't even in the Soul Society. It looked like he was inside a prison.

"Where am I? This looks like some sort of jail." Chad said. He looked down the railings and saw multiple levels both up and down. "The place looks like it goes on forever."

"You finally came." Chad looked down the hall and he found just one creature in the infinite amount of cells. Inside was a tiger that cuffs around its neck and paws. They were pinned to the wall, but long enough to allow him to move.

"Did you just talk?" Chad said.

"I did, Sado." The tiger said. "You're here trying to get your own soul reaper powers. Are you worthy of having it?"

"Who are you?" Chad said.

"My name is…." The tiger spoke, but Chad couldn't hear his name.

'What did he say? I couldn't hear him.' Chad thought.

"You still can't hear me. I guess I should have expected that." The tiger said. "This is the first time we've met, but I know you wish to help your friends. I suppose I can give you the power, but you have to prove if you're worthy later."

Karin

Once Karin opened her eyes, she was no longer in the Soul Society either. She looked around to a wasteland. Half was black and half was white. Even the bare trees.

"What the hell? What is this place?" Karin said. She began to feel movement from under the sand.

"Hello. It's so nice to finally meet you."

"After all this time you finally showed up. What gives you the right to just come out like this?"

"Be nice."

"Who's there? Where are you?" Karin said. A twin headed dragon rose out of the sand. One side was black and the other was white.

"Hello Karin." The white head said and sounded like a female. Karin seemed scared. "Oh, I'm sorry if we're scaring you."

"Speak for yourself." The black head said and was male. "This girl has finally reached us when she never even bothered."

"Don't be rude." White said.

"You're not going to eat me, are you?" Karin said.

"Of course not." White said.

"You might give us indigestion." Black said. "Let's get to the point. You want to become a soul reaper."

"We can give you that power." White said.

"Don't put too much into this. The next time you see us, you better hear our name." Black said.

….

The Soul Society

Spirit energy shot out from the whole Chad and Karin were in. Both of them were able to jup out and were wearing the clothing of soul reapers. Not only that, but Karin had two swords.

"You did it!" Rukia said.

"Impressive. Karin even holds two zanpakutō. The only ones that held two are Captains Ukitake and Kyoraku." Yoruichi said. "I don't know if it's because you're a twin or whatever, but it's a rare thing."

"This is amazing." Karin said.

"So this is what it feels like." Chad said.

"Hold on for a minute." Kisuke said as he was staring down at Orihime and Ichigo stood next to him.

"What's the problem?" Ichigo said.

"Orihime hasn't moved. In fact the chains haven't gone down at all. It's very strange because they usually do with depression and it looks like she is." Kisuke said. Ichigo looked and saw he was right.

"Let me go down and talk to her. I won't help her, just talk." Ichigo said.

"Okay, but I'm watching." Kisuke said and Ichigo jumped down in front of her.

"Orihime, what's wrong?" Ichigo said, but she remained silent. "Orihime, please, talk to me."

"I have a sister that I never knew I had." Orihime said. "The powers I once held are gone. I'm not sure what to do anymore."

"But, you're being given new powers." Ichigo said, but that didn't cheer her up. "Look Orihime, I know this is hard. You must know you're not going through this alone. Even if you don't have powers, that doesn't matter. To be honest, I feel like I get my strength from you."

"Really?" Orihime said.

"Yeah, just like when I fought with Grimmjow." Ichigo said. "I'll help you through this just like all those times you helped me." Orihime was already feeling better.

"Thank you, Ichigo." Orihime said as she tried to stand, but that was when the chains started to break apart at rapid speed. They came to nothing and a hole was formed on Orihime's chest and it started.

"Orihime!" Ichigo wrapped his arms around her. "You can't be a hollow, you're too pure for it."

"Interesting. Usually the body blows and the mask forms. She is resisting, but nothing is happening."

Orihime

When Orihime opened her eyes, she was in field of multicolor flowers.

"Where am I?" Orihime said.

"Welcome." She looked up and saw a woman that looked like one of her Shun Shun Rikka. She wore a red kimono with dark blue leggings and her hair was a bright blonde in a ponytail and had gold wings on her back.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Orihime said.

"This is your inner world. Each of these flowers represents someone you care about. These three are the most bloomed." She held up three different flowers. "The red petal, brown pistil is Sora. The white petal, yellow pistil is Tatsuki. Finally, can you guess who the orange petal, black pistil is."

"Ichigo." Orihime answered.

"Correct. I love to talk more, but there's no time." Wind started to pick up and Orihime saw a hurricane. "You need to find the flower that holds your powers or else this world will vanish and you shall be a hollow."

"Which one?" Orihime said as she looked around. She tried to find the one, but they all looked the same. She looked and found the one, a bright gold flower. She ran as fast as she could to it. She reached out for it, but she started to be picked up by the wind.

….

The Soul Society

They were all getting worried about Orihime. Then, spirit energy was shot out and something jumped out. They couldn't tell if it was a hollow or Orihime, but when the smoke cleared, it was her as a soul reaper.

"It worked!" Renji said.

"Did Ichigo do something?" Yuzu said.

"Nope." Ichigo said as he climbed out. "It was all her." A flower that was now in despair has bloomed into one of new found strength and hope.

To Be Continued…