As Kami got closer to the fire/storm/phenomenon/whatever the heck you wanna call it, the more the spiritual pressure got heavier and stranger. Suddenly, someone was running right next to her. She looked to see who it was. But it was hard to see through the heavy rain.

But not hard enough to see that it was the red-headed substitute big shot from before.

Well, this was his town that was burning. So it made perfect sense that the idiot was running towards the trouble.

"Who the hell is screwing around with my town?" Ichigo shouted at her. "This…THING is only a few blocks away from my house!"

Kami sighed, rolling her eyes. "How the heck am I supposed to know? I just looked up and some this storm!" She yelled back at the Soul Reaper, holding back the urge to swear at him or punch him in the face.

"Tch," Ichigo studied the storm, "well, I've never seen anything like this. Can you call the Soul Society?" He asked.

"What? Call them? What do you mean?" Kami asked. The storm was about 100 feet away from the two.

"Aw, man! They didn't give you a Denreishinki, did they? Damn…" Ichigo said, looking up into the clouds. "Well, then, I guess I'm on my own."

"Hey! Whadabout me!?"

Ichigo looked at Kami. He blinked, studied her pissed off face, then blinked again.

Kami really wanted to punch him, now. "Whatever." She grumbled, looking up into the clouds, crouching down, close to the ground, then shot up in the air much higher than any human could. She reached back and unsheathed her zanpukuto.

"This spiritual pressure…"Kami thought, scanning the electrified sky for any signs of a source. "…this isn't a hollow's…or a normal soul reaper's…" She looked down and looked through the flames, falling down towards them.

Nobody seemed to be in the flames, at least, no humans. Which was a good thing.

Kami landed on the close to the huge fire, the heat making her sweat. The thick, black smoke made it hard to breath. Ichigo flashed next to her.

"Hey, what are you doing? You're going to get hurt." He grumbled.

Kami glowered at Ichigo. "I'm not some weak little kid, you know. I might look that way, but trust me, I am probably way older than you, buddy."

"You're not the only one." Ichigo replied, smirking, thinking of Rukia.

Kami's gaze returned to the growing fire. "I could try using my powers, but I think wind might just spread it."

"Agreed," Ichigo said, "this flame doesn't seem right. This rain isn't putting it out."

"No shit, Sherlock." Kami snapped. Someone behind her laughed. Kami turned and looked over her shoulder, her zanpukuto readied. She couldn't see anyone through the sheets of rain. The laugh was raspy…like…like…the person had a cold. They…they sounded a bit…like…

Lightning flashed. Thunder cracked. A blade was suddenly hovered closely to Kami's throat, like a bee thinking over harvesting nectar from batch of lilacs. "Don't move." The voice said, a figure standing tall in front of Kami.

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Toshiro continued to flip through the pages of the old book. His eyes widened as he slapped the book back into its place as he turned quickly, rushing through the door. "Rangiku! Rangiku, get over her, now!" He called.

The vice captain skidded to a stop in front of the doorway. "What is it, Captain?" She asked, worriedly.

"Get ready for battle, Rangiku." Toshiro ordered. "I have to speak with the Head captain at once. When I get back, we're going to the World of the Living to get Kami and to stop Ryuu and Daisuke."

"Wait, why?" Rangiku asked.

Toshiro rushed into the hallway, looking at her for a moment. "The World of the Living and the Soul Society are in danger once again." He said before disappearing into the hallway.

Rangiku just blinked, before nodding and rushing off to fulfill her orders.

~….~….~…. ❄

Kami stood there, trying to see who held her at sword's point.

Lightning lighted the scene.

Ichigo took a step back. "hey, you're that kid from before!" He said, eyes widened. The really freaky one.

"…Ryuu…?" Kami asked, almost unable to stop herself from trembling.

"The one and only." Ryuu said, Daisuke standing behind him.

~….~….~…. ❄

The large doors opened, Toshiro stood there, bowing respectfully to the Head Captain. "Excuse me, Head Captain, Sir, but I am here to discuss with you some very important matters."

Head Captain Yamamoto sat in his seat, looking over at Toshiro. "Captain Hitsugaya, I have been told that the three new…recruits you have received are quiet powerful."

"Yes, Sir, they are, and that is the reason why I am here," Toshiro paused, "permission to go on, sir?" He didn't want to make the Head Captain mad or offend him with matters this important.

This DEADLY.

"Proceed."

"Two of them, Hayashi Daisuke and Oshiro Ryuu, and possibly a third, Nakahara Kami, are planning to take over 5,000 souls, both Human and Shinigami."

"Oh?" Yamamoto said, leaning forward in his chair. "Why would they do that?"

"I don't know yet, Sir." Toshiro replied, straight faced.

"How did you figure this out?"

"Their records, Sir." Toshiro replied. "The two males had went missing for 3 weeks during their time at the academy. This was the time when Azien faked his death."

"Captain Hitsugaya, you will need more proof than that. What you had just said made no sense. Those three weeks could have been a coincidence."

"Excuse me, Sir, but when they came back, they came back very powerful. They became very interested in Konso and souls. Before they went missing, they were class clowns and almost got kicked out,"

"their eyes were also different when they came back," Toshiro went on with. "Before they left, Hayashi had pure brown eyes. When he came back, they had specks of gold in them. When Oshiro went missing, he had black eyes. When he came back, his left eye was the color of gold."

Yamamoto raised an eye brow. "And how does this connect with Aizen, who had been defeated by Ichigo?"

Toshiro stood there, poker faced. "Just a feeling, Sir." He finished with.

"A feeling is not proof." Yamamoto said, leaning back into his chair.

Toshiro bit his tongue to keep him from being disrespectful. "If I may, Sir, but they are attacking the world of the living right now, as we speak."

"What about the third one? The girl?"

"I believe that Nakahara Kami has no part in this." Toshiro said. "She did not going missing at all during her time at the Academy."

"Is that all, Captain?" Yamamoto asked.

"I came to ask for help, Sir. I'm sure that Oshiro and Hayashi are attacking the world of the living, right now." Toshiro repeated. This 'chat' was taking too much time.

~….~….~…. ❄

"What the hell are you guys doing!?" Kami yelled. "Ryuu, put down your zanpukuto! That isn't a toy, you know!"

"I know, Kami." Ryuu said, grinning, a strange gleam in his golden and black eyes.

"I know that you think I'm annoying, but don't you think this is a bit much?" Kami spat.

Ichigo held his zanpukuto up at Ryuu. "Let the kid go." He said sharply.

"Stay out of this, strawberry head." Ryuu and Kami hissed at the same time. They looked at each other.

"Well that was weird." Kami said. She raised an eye brow. "This has been fun, but…" She flashed from view.

Ryuu looked around, eyes wide.

Daisuke shuffled nervously, looking around worriedly.

Lightning flashed and thunder boomed.

Somebody sat on Ryuu's shoulders, legs wrapped around tightly around his strong neck. A zanpukuto was pointed in between his eyes. "…I'm in charge now." Kami said, looking down, straight into Ryuu's eyes.