A/N: Well here is the next chapter. This is the second chapter to FTB, and covers the middle part of the movie. Not much more than that to say up here...but I will say this...you will probably hate me for the end of this chapter. You have been warned...

Ichigo: Oh boy...I hate when he gets like this.

Ayumi: It never bodes well for us.

AN: Oh don't be babies.

Ichigo: Like you have any room to talk.

AN: What now?

Ichigo: You know what I'm talking about.

AN: No I don't...

Nami: Moving on...Skywalker does not own Bleach.

Rukon~

Rukia slowly opened her eyes, wondering where exactly she was. It looked like an old run down shack, but she didn't recognize it. So Rukia stood up and opened the window, the glare from the sunset making her blink. But once her eyes got used to the glare she saw a familiar sight.

"I remember this place…Hanging Dog…" Rukia mused, looking out at the slum district.

But she heard a rustling noise from behind her, and turned in time to get bowled over by the woman from before…not that Rukia remembered her.

"Rukia! I'm so happy to have you back!" the woman yelled, crying as she hung on to Rukia.

"Hey, get off me! Who are you anyway?" the young Kuchiki shouted.

"Sister…how do you expect Rukia to remember you if she can't see your face?" the man from earlier said.

"I know…now do you recognize me Rukia?" the sister asked after sitting up.

Rukia looked at the two, and remembered them somewhat. At least she thought she knew them from somewhere. But she just shook her head, which made both the siblings deflate somewhat…they had really thought that Rukia would remember them. But they got up and set about making some food. Which of course made Rukia's stomach growl…she was very hungry.

"Are you hungry Rukia?" the sister asked.

"Heh…a little bit," Rukia answered truthfully.

The sister smiled at that before helping her brother cook their meal. It was just a simple soup, but when you live in Rukon, what more can you expect? Rukia wasn't about to complain about it, so she happily ate the food, even if she was still confused as to what was going on. After the young Kuchiki was done eating, she pulled out a folded slip of paper from her Kimono and turned to the siblings.

"I get the strangest feeling I should know you two…did you send me this message? It says to meet you at the 'castle ruins' but I don't remember that place." Rukia asked, looking at the two souls.

"Yes we sent that message Rukia…look we mimicked the stlye of drawing you used to do for us, we figured you would get the message right away," the sister said.

"But still…why can't I remember you two?" Rukia asked, before a flash of images hit her in full force.

Flashback

It was a rainy day in the Rukon district. A pair of young children were playing in the rain before they ran into a nearby building. Once inside, they were dried off by a certain women.

"What were you two doing out there, you're soaking wet," Rukia said, drying the kids off.

"But we wanted to come see you Rukia!" the older sibling complained.

"Really? Well I was going to see you later anyway…I was planning on giving you names now," Rukia said, smiling down on the kids.

Both of them started to cry, which surprised Rukia who quickly held her hands up, "You don't have to if you don't want to!"

The girl shook her head, "But we do want you to name us Rukia! We've always wanted that!"

"Okay then, I already have a few names picked out, if you want to hear them," Rukia said, before both the siblings jumped her.

End Flashback

"Rukia are you okay?" the male sibling asked.

"Yeah I'm fine…but I remember you two now, you're the siblings who used to live around here when I was young," Rukia said, smiling at the siblings.

Both of them smiled at each other and then looked at Rukia, "Then you must remember our names right? You said you were going to name us since that is what parents do in the World of the Living with their children!"

Rukia frowned lightly, "You mean I didn't name you?"

Both siblings shook their heads, "No you never did Rukia."

Rukia frowned again and tried to remember, but all she got was an image of a horribly disfigured Soul Reaper with some sort of spirit controlling it. Along with that image came a splitting headache that had Rukia on the floor holding her head.

"Rukia are you okay?" the girl asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just can't remember…where have I been all this time anyway?" the young Kuchiki asked.

The siblings shared a look before the man said, "You've been asleep Rukia. You've been sleeping for a very long time."

"I've been asleep?" Rukia asked skeptically.

"Yes, you've been sleeping, and now you've finally woken up," the girl said, hugging Rukia again.

The young Kuchiki frowned slightly, but didn't refuse the hug. Even though something at the edge of her mind was really bothering her. Down below the house though, a hooded figure looked at the building angrily. Her deep violet eyes were crossed, and a frown could barely be seen under the shadow cast from the hood. The women then turned and left, heading for the Shiba Manor, figuring that if anyone would help her it would be the 'Defenders of the Rukon District'.

Meanwhile

"All Squad Captains will submit a full damage report," Yamamoto ordered.

"The reishi covers 200 spirit miles in the east-west direction," Jushiro said.

"What of the victims?" Yamamoto asked, turning to Unohana.

"They seem to be encased in some type of stone. At this point we can't even tell if they are alive or dead…let alone a way to release them," the female Captain answered.

"What of Kurosutchi?" Yamamoto asked.

"He seems to have forgotten key facts about himself and his life. He is confused about facts he should know. I don't know what is causing it but we are working on it," Unohana answered.

Yamamoto nodded before turning to another Captain, "Captain Komamura, you fought an unknown intruder correct?"

The wolf Captain nodded, "Yes I did. She seemed to have intimate knowledge of our names and abilities, in addition to the reiatsu of a Captain."

"How is that possible?" Shunsui asked, not quite believing someone outside the Squads could have that power.

"I don't know. But she seemed to know Lieutenant Abarai quite well," Komamura added, turning to Byakuya.

The noble Captain just shook his head lightly, "We questioned the Lieutenant and he claims to have no knowledge of this woman. All he could say was that she looked like Captain Shiba and had similar powers."

"Where is Ichigo anyway? I haven't seen him since this started…" Jushiro said, wondering where exactly his former subordinate was.

"Unknown…no one has seen him since the attack," Komamura answered.

"This is so odd…an enemy attacks us, one of our Captains goes missing, and a women turns up who looks like him and has similar powers," Toshiro mused.

"Enough, a search party will be sent out immediately to find Captain Shiba and this intruder!" Yamamoto ordered. The other Captains nodded and set out to do their jobs.

Elsewhere~

"Darn it…where are you Ayumi? I had to miss a meeting because of you," Ichigo mused, running along one of the many paths that snaked through the Sereitai.

After reaching his Squad's barracks, Ichigo had lost track of his sister's reiatsu. He would have known if she had…God forbid…died, so it made sense that she was just hiding her presence for some reason. Ichigo didn't know why she would do that, but it did seem like she had gotten into a battle at some point from the ice on the walls around him.

"Watch your feet King," Shiro suddenly said, right before Ichigo went flying face first into one of the walls as his foot slipped on a tile.

"Ow…what idiot left one of the tiles up like that?" Ichigo asked himself, dusting off his Haori.

"You should have been watching your feet King…bad things happen when you don't," Shiro said, between his hysterical laughter at Ichigo's fall.

"Laugh it up albino-boy. I'll get you back for this some day," Ichigo shot back, not in the mood to deal with his Hollow.

"Ouch…that really hurt King. You think I want to be this pale? You never let me out to get any real sunlight!"

"Shut up Shiro, we both know that you can't get a tan."

"So? You don't have to crush my hopes like that!"

"Can you both please stop arguing? We need to find Rukia and Ayumi remember?" Zangetsu butted in.

"Of course Zangetsu…wait, an open tile! Do you think she hid in the sewers?" Ichigo suddenly said, getting a burst of inspiration from his fall.

"Well where else could she be that would hide her reiatsu King? The Repentance Cell?" Shiro pointed out.

Ichigo just ignored his Hollow and dived down the hole in front of him, immediately picking up on both Ayumi and Kon. He quickly took off in the direction he felt their powers from, soon running into his sister being healed by Hanataro.

"Ahh! Captain Shiba! I didn't do anything wrong I swear!" Hanataro yelled, worried since no Captain came down into the sewers unless they had something to do to a Squad 4 member.

"Oh calm down Hanataro. I'm just here for my sister. Thanks for healing her by the way," Ichigo said.

Hanataro frowned, "She's your sister? I mean the hair color is the same but I've never seen her before…"

Ichigo just nodded, "Yes she is my sister. She only recently became a Soul Reaper, which is why you haven't seen her before. Come on Ayumi, we need to find Rukia."

Ayumi nodded and stood up, turning towards the Squad 4 member as she did so, "Thanks for healing me Hanataro. I don't know if I would have lasted till this fool showed up."

Ichigo glared at Ayumi, while Hanataro laughed lightly, "Umm…your welcome. But should you really be talking about a Captain like that?"

"Don't worry about it, I've always messed with him like that, see you later Hanataro!" Ayumi called out, running off with Ichigo, Kon clinging to the Captain's shoulder.

"Bye I guess…" Hanataro called back.

While the two Kurosaki's ran along the tunnel Ichigo turned his head towards his sister, "What happened anyway?"

"You mean how did I end up down here? I was fighting Captain Komamura after running from Renji and Shuhei. His Bankai knocked me down here. They don't remember me at all Ichigo," Ayumi answered.

Ichigo frowned at that, "That's odd…they don't remember Rukia either, and Sumi thinks that Izuru is still the Lieutenant for my Squad. What I don't understand is how they could forget about you and Rukia but still remember me."

"It's possible that they forgot about me since they wouldn't know me if it weren't for Rukia. But that doesn't explain why they remember you, since you got your powers the same way I did," Ayumi pointed out.

"I know…it might be because in this timeline I've always had my powers. Rukia didn't bring me in as a Soul Reaper…I always have been. That's the only thing that really makes sense," Ichigo said, the time travel thing still giving him headaches.

"That hurt my head Ichigo…but it is the only thing that works. But let's worry about that later, we need to find Rukia," Ayumi said, jumping onto a ladder and climbing out of the sewer.

"I know that!" Ichigo shouted at his sister, while Kon sulked on his shoulder…completely ignored.

Kuchiki Manor~

After a long day spent looking for Ichigo and the intruder, Byakuya Kuchiki was finally back at his manor. One of his men was following the noble as he walked through his home. But Byakuya could have sworn he felt someone else's reiatsu, and he walked through several doors, only to find all the rooms empty. But one of them had a desk with several notebooks and a carving of a bunny on the desk. Byakuya could have sworn he remembered who drew it…but the name and face escaped him. So he went to his shrine and looked at Hisana's picture, something telling him that it should jog his memory.

"Ichigo! That picture is Rukia!" a voice called out from behind Byakuya.

The noble turned and saw Ichigo standing in his doorway with a stuffed animal on his shoulder and a woman who looked like him with longer hair. Byakuya frowned at that, but Ichigo spoke before he could.

"That's Hisana isn't it? Rukia showed me the picture once, saying that she whished she could have known her. You do remember that day right?" the younger Captain said.

"I don't know anyone by the name of 'Rukia' Shiba. Now why do you have the intruder with you and where have you been hiding all day?" Byakuya asked.

"You first Byakuya, how can you not remember Rukia? She is your stepsister! And Hisana's real sister!" Ichigo shot back.

Meanwhile, the man who had been with Byakuya earlier saw Ayumi standing in the doorway and moved to gather all the Soul Reapers in the manor. For his part, Byakuya himself just continued to stare at Ichigo, "I still don't remember anyone by that name. What game are you trying to play here Shiba?"

Ichigo just sighed, "I still don't understand how you could forget about Rukia! You told me yourself that Hisana wanted nothing more than to find her sister!"

Byakuya's eyes widened slightly at that…how dare this boy say anything about Hisana! Especially something that never happened with her. But he couldn't get the nagging feeling out of his head that Ichigo was telling the truth. Before the noble could say anything though, a large group of Soul Reapers came in through both the other doors, all of them ignoring Ichigo and Byakuya and heading straight for Ayumi.

"Stand down men, she is under my protection!" Ichigo yelled, trying to use his position to his advantage.

"Ichigo…I don't think they will listen to you…" Ayumi said, backing back into the garden, only to have to jump as a familiar blade shot by her.

"Intruder! How dare you show your face here!" Renji yelled, swinging Zabimaru at the younger Kurosaki.

"Oh great, Renji again! You can't beat me Renji, besides you're not my enemy!" Ayumi yelled, drawing Togetsu.

"Stop talking like you know me!" Renji yelled back, bringing Zabimaru down on Togetsu.

"Ayumi move!" Ichigo yelled, sticking a hand on Zangetsu.

"Stay back Ichigo! I'll handle him myself!" Ayumi shouted, which coupled with Byakuya's hand on his shoulder made Ichigo stop. But he did swing around and look Byakuya in the eye, wondering what the noble was trying to do. Byakuya's face was unreadable, but his reiatsu signature gave him away…something was in conflict in the Captain's soul. Ichigo sighed and dropped his hand before going back to watching Ayumi.

"Getsuga Tensho!" Ayumi yelled, swinging her blade down and sending an icy blast at Renji.

The redheaded Reaper jumped up and dodged the blast, but was hard pressed to keep up with Ayumi. Especially when the young Kurosaki yelled one word…"BANKAI!"

A large plume of white reiatsu shot up from Ayumi, and when the resultant smoke cloud cleared it showed her holding the single silver blade that was Suriasu Togetsu. Renji, typically, didn't care that Ayumi was in Bankai form and launched Zabimaru at her, which Ayumi blocked without any effort at all. She then jumped into the air, coming down on Renji while yelling, "Come on Renji! You have to remember! After all, you're the one who loves me!"

Renji couldn't believe his ears, but he didn't have much time to think on it as an image came into his head.

'What do you mean you love me Renji? I thought that you didn't feel that way for anyone?" a beautiful orange haired woman asked with an amazing smile on her face.

That image made Renji react to slowly to block Ayumi's attack, that proceeded to knock him through a wall. The other Soul Reapers in the courtyard then tried to move on Ayumi, but Byakuya and Ichigo together had enough authority to hold them back. The noble Captain then turned to Ichigo, "Hisana lived in the 78th district of South Rukon, Hanging Dog."

Ichigo nodded and left along with Ayumi, heading to the Shiba Manor for a quick stop to try and enlist Kaien's help.

Later~

Ichigo and Ayumi ran up to the entrance to the Shiba Manor, the imposing building seeming…empty…without Rukia greeting them at the gate. As it is, a couple of guards were the only people there, and they quickly saluted, "Master Ichigo sir! Welcome back, Master Kaien has been looking everywhere for you!"

"Well I'm here now, can you let us know if anyone else comes by?" Ichigo asked, to which the men nodded before the twin Kurosaki's ran right past them.

It didn't take them long to find Kaien, who immediately raised his Zanpaku-to at Ayumi. Ichigo stuck his hand between the two, trying to defuse the situation.

"Ichigo…who exactly is that? I've never seen her before but she looks a lot like you," Kaien asked, refusing to drop his blade.

"She's my blood sister Kaien. Her name is Ayumi, and you have just forgotten about her. Does this name ring a bell though? Rukia Kuchiki?" Ichigo asked.

Kaien frowned, "No the name isn't familiar, though you are not the first person to tell me that name today. The other person is waiting to see you actually."

Ichigo frowned himself…who else could remember Rukia when Kaien and Byakuya didn't? But he followed his brother into the room, only to see a women about Rukia's height with a similar hairstyle (and color) standing and looking out a window.

"Who are you?" Ichigo asked…before his jaw dropped as the woman turned around.

The woman had almost the exact same eyes as Rukia…just a slightly lighter shade. Her hair was the same color, and had the same bang hanging between her achingly familiar eyes. But the hair was slightly longer…and that coupled with the eyes told Ichigo who it was…he had just seen her picture at Byakuya's manor.

"Hisana!"

AN: *evil laugh*

Nami: That was a mean cliffhanger right there...

Ichigo: HISANA!

Ayumi: I know! Where did she come from?

AN: You'll just have to wait and see now won't you?

Ichigo and Ayumi: Cruel...so very cruel...