"So Tsukishima destroyed Xcution's base?" Orihime said. Ichigo and Chad just informed the others about what Tsukishima just did.

"Yeah. It came without any warning." Ichigo said.

"Luckily no one is hurt." Chad said.

"That is some good news, but why would Tsukishima just attack like that? None of his pattern of attacks have matched up." Renji said as he tried to figure out the angle he was working.

"So what happened to Kugo and the others?" Rukia asked.

"Yukio's a rich guy and because of that, they have a couple other places they can go to." Ichigo said. "Well, I better head on home. I'll see you guys later and keep an eye open for anything out of the ordinary." Ichigo grabbed his bag and headed on home.

"I better get going too." Rukia said.

"I'll walk you home." Renji said as the two of the left together. Everyone just left things at that. Since there wasn't much else they could do, all they can is hope for the best.

….

Chad

Chad was prepping his deck as he was about to get ready to head out. Chad put on his duel disk and he believed he was ready to go. He headed out of his apartment and Orihime was there and waiting for him.

"Are you ready to go?" Chad asked.

"I'm all set." Orihime said and the two of them went to take care of everything on their own.

…

Ichigo

Ichigo was just about home. He came to a stop when he saw Kugo was waiting for him right outside of his home.

"Kugo? What are you doing here?" Ichigo said. With everything that has happened, he came to the assumption that something was wrong. "Is there something wrong?"

"No. You worry too much." Kugo said. "I only came because I wanted to talk to you about something."

"What is it?" Ichigo said. Kugo walked to stand next to Ichigo to try and keep this secret.

"I know you want to go after Tsukishima, but you can't." Kugo said.

"What?!" Ichigo said. "Are you saying I should just ignore him and the fact that he's attacking people?"

"I didn't say that." Kugo said. "All I'm saying is that you need to think smart. You coming to him is exactly what he wants. We still don't have a clue as to what he wants from you."

"Kugo, I'm not going to stay out of this. If it means that he'll be stopped, I don't care if I fall into his clutches." Ichigo said. "I'm not going to standby and do nothing while he's assaulting people."

"I know that. All I'm saying is that you need to be careful." Kugo said. "That's all I came here to talk to you about." Kugo left things at that and just left.

'I know that I need to be careful, but it's hard to ignore the fact that Tsukishima is attacking people.' Ichigo thought. 'I'm the one he wants. Why won't that coward just come directly to me? Next time I see him, he's going to get it.' Kugo kept on walking and was hoping for the best.

"I really hope that Ichigo takes my advice." Kugo said. He kept on walking until he looked over to his left and spotted Riruka. "Riruka?" He noticed that Riruka kept looking up and down the road.

"So far so good." Riruka said to herself.

"What are you doing?" Kugo said as he stood right next to her and scared Riruka.

"Don't scare me like that!" Riruka said as she kicked him in the gut.

"Ow! What was that for? What are you even doing here?" Kugo said.

"None of your business." Riruka said as she looked away from him, but Kugo could see she had a little blush coming to her face.

"Don't tell me you're still crushing on Ichigo." Kugo taunted and it looked like Kugo hit the nail on the head. "He has a girlfriend you know."

"I know and I know she's pretty, sweet, has a strong sweet tooth." Riruka said.

"How do you know all that about her?" Kugo said. Riruka realized all the things she said and figured she was in trouble. "Have you been following Ichigo and his friends around?"

"No." Riruka said as she tried to hide the fact that she has been.

"You know, I've heard about Orihime. She's almost like you, but she's a lot sweeter." Kugo said. "I bet you and she could actually be great friends." Riruka got anxious and kicked Kugo right in the shin and walked away with Kugo hopping on one leg in pain.

"That's for saying I'm not sweet." Riruka said.

"I'm going to get her." Kugo gritted through his teeth.

…

Naruki City

Chad and Orihime headed back into Naruki City. The two of them decided to try and investigate more about Tsukishima. At the moment, the two of them were standing in front of a high school.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Orihime said.

"I remember seeing that guy that worked for Tsukishima." Chad said. "I've seen his uniform before. This is the same high school that has the same uniform. Maybe we can find a clue here."

"Let's go check it out." Chad said. He went up to the door, but it was locked and he couldn't get it open. "Locked."

"Now what do we do?" Orihime said.

"I could try to break the door down." Chad said.

"Is there a plan that won't get us arrested?" Orihime said as she knew that was a bad idea.

"Let's see if there's another place that is unlocked." Chad said. They both had a look around the school, but all the doors and windows were locked and they couldn't get inside. "Any luck?"

"No. It doesn't look like there's anyone inside either. Isn't that a little strange?"

"You're right." Chad said. "It doesn't seem like there's anything we can do. Let's head back to Karakura Town." With nothing left for them, they just decide to head home. However, they failed to notice they were being followed. They just passed under a train railroad. "Maybe we should try and look at the places he's been spotted."

"Good idea." Orihime said. "If this guy is after Ichigo, I'll do everything I can to stop him."

"Maybe I can help. I heard you were looking for me." They looked down on the other side of the street and saw him.

"Tsukishima!" Orihime said.

"So you've decided to show yourself." Chad said.

"You went through all the trouble to find me. I thought I just come to you." Tsukishima said.

"Have you been following us?" Chad said.

"Perhaps. No matter. You came here to find me and here I am." Tsukishima said as he took a step closer. Chad got in front of Orihime to protect her and held out his duel disk. "So you want to duel me?"

"I came here so I can defeat you." Chad said. "Bring your deck out and let's do this."

"If you insist." Tsukishima said as he held out his duel disk and placed his deck in. He turned it on and got ready.

"Let's duel!" Both of them said and had 4000LP.

"I'll start this duel." Chad said as he drew his first card. "I summon my Brazo Direct on the field." A black armored man with red linings came on the field and had 1400atk points. "Next, I'm activating Brazo Direct's special ability. Since he's the only monster on my field, I can summon another monster as long as it's level four or lower. I summon Brazo Thrust Arm." A different man in black armor with a red stripe on his arms came up and had 1300atk points.

"Chad hass two level four monsters and they're both of the earth attribute. That can only mean one thing." Orihime said.

"I unite both my level four, earth attribute Brazo Thrust Arm and Brazo Direct." Chad said. Both his monsters became orange energy and came together. "I unite summon Brazo Gigante Diablo." His new monster rose with half of his body being black and the other half white with red markings all over. His right arm was also like a shield. His monster also had 2600atk points.

"A unite summoning on his first turn. Not bad." Tsukishima said.

"You're just lucky I can't attack on my first turn. Make your move." Chad said.

"Thank you." Tsukishima said as he drew his card. "I activate my Book of the End of the spell." He played the spell and it unleashed a bright green light. "They say this spell allows you to look back to who you were and has led you to now. Do you two remember?"

"What are you talking about?" Chad said.

"Orihime, do you remember me?" Tsukishima said. Chad looked over to Orihime and she looked mesmerized in the eyes. "Don't you remember all the times we had together?"

"Remember?" Orihime questioned and she felt her head was tearing up as flash images of her and her past were showing and he was there. Orihime held her head as it hurt. Chad was worried about her and remembered what Kugo told him about what Tsukishima was learning.

"This must have been what Kugo was trying to tell me. He's changing her memories." Chad said. "He already struck Orihime before. He must be reestablishing the hypnosis. Orihime, try to block him out."

"Why would she do that? We've been friends for a long time." Tsukishima said.

"You! What did you do to her?!" Chad said.

"What I'm about to do to you." Tsukishima said. Chad looked over and saw his monster was being drawn over to his side. "Remember." Tsukishima's voice was starting to echo in Chad's head. "Look back and remember. I was in your life before. Try to remember."

"No. Block him out." Chad said, but it was useless. Tsukishima's voice was in his head. He was starting to take over Chad's mind.

…

Uryu

Uryu was walking his way home. He came to a stop. Uryu felt a cold shiver run down his spine as he looked up to the sky and felt something was wrong.

"I don't like this one little bit." Uryu said.

….

Ichigo

Ichigo was in his room and he just stared out the window. He also felt that something was wrong. He heard something fell over. He looked and saw it was a photo. He held it up and saw it was of him and his friends.

"That's not a good sign." Ichigo said.

…..

Chad

Chad's duel against Tsukishima wasn't going well for him. Chad's own monster attacked him and it eliminated the last of his life points. Chad sought out to bring Tsukishima's demise, but his own fist brought his own demise.

"Good." Tsukishima said. He walked over to an unconscious Chad and Orihime. "All the pieces are falling into place."