oxo…oxo

Damien stopped suddenly as a large amount of riutsu paralysed him; still inside the portal taking them to the Japanese soul society. The others had decided to have a race but Damien had never been any good at quick flash stepping and quickly fell behind. It had been then that he had found himself on his knees, unable to move. His eyes were wide as he saw a man appear in front of him. He was wearing white, had brown hair and was sporting a rather sinister looking smirk upon his face. Damian gulped.

"Who are you?" he gasped, his mouth being the only thing still able the move.

"Me? My name is Aizen." The man said, looking at the boy with a strange look on his face that he didn't recognise.

"What do you want?" Damien asked, his fear growing as Aizen watched him. He knew that name and he knew it was bad news. Aizen turned away and walked further up the portal before turning back to look at him, the smirk on his face growing.

"You." He stated simply before drawing his sword.

xxx…xxx

"That was so much fun!" Amy cried happily as she flash stepped out of the portal with Byakuya seconds behind her. He grunted quietly before folding his arms and waited. It didn't take too long before the rest minus Damien were out of the portal.

Aiedail gasped as he looked round at the Seireitei. They were standing on top one of the yellow bricked buildings looking over the city. "It's beautiful!" he exclaimed softly. The Japanese soul society was a lot bigger than its English neighbour and the pair marvelled at its size and splendour. Suddenly, Amy looked around frowning.

"Where's Damien?" she asked quizzically. The others looked back at the portal.

"Well, he never was particularly good at flash stepping quickly…" Aiedail murmured thoughtfully as Amy flash stepped closer to the portal, leaning to see further inside.

"I'm sure he'll be out soon." Toushiro assured her and she turned to look at him, her face expressionless for a moment before she grinned suddenly. Toushiro noted the way her lips twitched every other second.

"Yeah!" she replied cheerily. Toushiro's eyes narrowed slightly. She seemed too cheery for it to be genuine.

"In fact, here he is now!" Ichigo stated, looking past everyone else and at the portal where a very out-of-breath Damien stood; breathing heavily with his hands on his knees.

"I am so unfit." Damian stated simply and Amy smiled.

"What kept you?" Aiedail asked curiously, a small smile on his face. Damian frowned.

"You know as well as I do how bad at flash step racing I am! I'm ok in combat because of adrenalin but now… shesh!" he panted, struggling to gain his breath back. Then, he looked up. "Wow…"

Amy sniggered. "So where do we need to go?" she asked Toushiro.

"To the head captain's office." He told them and began to run swiftly along the rooftops followed closely by the others. It didn't take them long to arrive at their destination where head captain Yamamoto was waiting for them. Their numbers had dwindled on the way over, each one by one going off on their own until only Damien, Aiedail, Amy and Toushiro remained. Toshiro decided he preferred it this way, things were less complicated when there where less of you.

"Captain Hitsugaya." The head captain greeted with a nod of his head. "So these are the three English members who passed our test so well?" he asked, his voice hoarse and rough as he opened his eyes to study the three in front of him. Amy was on Toushiro's right with Aiedail next to her on her left and Damien on his left. Toushiro nodded slightly before letting his eyes slide sideways in order to glance at them.

"Yes sir. Amelia Jones, Thomas Darkshade and Damien Robins sir." He replied verbally, his aqua eyes flitting quickly back to the old man in front of him as the head captain turned his eyes on him. Then, slowly, the head captain nodded.

"Good. Give them a Japanese uniform each before giving them a tour. I will leave you in charge of making sure they know their duties and what is expected of them. Dismissed." He declared. They bowed respectfully before Toushiro led them out of the room.

"Holy cow." Amy breathed as they strolled through the barracks, far enough away from the first squad that she felt safe enough to speak again. "I've never been so scared in my life…!"

"Now I understand just how much Hetta let us get away with." Aiedail commented wryly. Damien sighed heavily and nodded. Toushiro smirked.

"Well I suggest you get used to it. He's your head captain now and that was him on a good day." He told them coolly. Amy shuddered at the thought. That old man had really creped her out; she wasn't sure she would ever get used to it. as they walked into the tenth squad barracks (Toushiro had decided it would be easiest to get their uniforms from his own barracks where he knew where things were) they found themselves ambushed by an excited looking Matsumoto. Toushiro looked at her with an impatient frown as she babbled on about something Omaeda had told her earlier.

"And then he said-" she was saying before Toushiro cut her off.

"Matsumoto. Can you get Amy a uniform please while I sort Aiedail and Damien?" he asked her, trying his best to hide his frustration as she blinked at him, her expression slightly abashed at being interrupted. Then she sealed her lips together and nodded before smiling at a nervous looking Amy and beckoning her forwards. Toushiro sighed at her antics before moving towards the male uniform cupboard.

"So, do you know what size you are?" Matsumoto asked seriously as she looked through the shelves of marked boxes. Amy frowned slightly before looking up at a waiting Matsumoto.

"Well I'm a size twelve in England… if that means anything to you?" she asked the strawberry blonde hesitantly. She didn't know the sizes here. Matsumoto put her finger to her lit in thought for a moment, seemingly working something out, before her eyes brightened and she proceeded to pull one of the boxes off the shelf. When it was on the floor she opened it and grinned.

"Try this one." She said, pulling a black shinigami uniform out of the box and holding it up in front of her. It was wrapped in a plastic packaging but Matsumoto quickly ripped the plastic apart and threw the garment at Amy who proceeded to change quickly and under the watchful eye of Matsumoto who made sure she did it up properly. It fit perfectly and Amy looked up at the blonde in surprise as she slipped her Zampacto into the while belt.

"How did you know?" she asked the Lieutenant in surprise. Matsumoto shrugged slightly before grinning.

"Clothes shopping. It helps you get a good perspective of the human figure." She explained simply. Amy nodded slightly before pulling her haori back on and following her new friend back to the office where Toushiro was waiting for them, the usual scowl on his face. Aiedail and Damien stood behind him, newly dressed in their shinigami uniform.

"What took you so long?" the young captain snapped. Amy cringed slightly and Matsumoto grimaced before looking at her captain with an innocent look which only proceeded to make him more annoyed.

"Do you know how hard it is for a woman to find clothes that fit? First it was too big and then it didn't fit her breasts! It took ages for me to find the perfect fit!" she complained, causing the three men and Amy to go a shade pinker. It was a downright lie of course but it changed the atmosphere so much it go them off the hook.

"Whatever." The white haired captain sighed before turning to walk out. "I'll take each of you to your own squad barracks starting with the ninth. Your lieutenants can give you a tour of your barracks and then the society itself if you choose." He told them matter of fatly before walking out of the door. Amy waved at Matsumoto before following him slowly out of the office.

oxo…oxo

Ok, I am SO sorry for the delay in this chapter. I honestly ran out of ideas! But now I have some and I should be getting more soon… my writers block is gone! For a bit at least…

Please review! It'll make my day!