(Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews. Hope you enjoy this next chapter, please forgive all grammatical mistakes and spelling mistakes or inconsistencies because I tend not to edit much.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, bad times.

11. Blood stained white

"So" Hiyori asked "What is it you want, strawberry?"

"I just want answers" Ichigo explained.

Ichigo then spent the next ten minutes explaining his story, and just like he did with Unohana, he left out as much detail as possible.

"What a far-fetched story." Hachi stated after Ichigo had finished his story.

"Pfft, doesn't sound too believable" Shinji scorned.

Hachi looked to be deep in thought and after a few seconds of pondering, he spoke.

"I think I may know a way I can help you."

Hachi then spent the next hour or so explaining his idea to Ichigo. After a while, the other got up and left to do various things, clearly losing interest in Hachi's explanation. In spite of this, Ichigo was actually listening intently, for the more he listened, the better the chances of him fixing everything and returning home. Ichigo interrupted Hachi a few times to ask him numerous questions, which were always answered swiftly. After a fair amount of time had passed, Hachi had finished his explanation and waited for Ichigo to respond.

"Biggest question of all, will it work?" Ichigo questioned.

"I'm not entirely sure" Was all Hachi had to say. "Although, I would restrain yourself from altering the current of time any more than you already have. If you alter it too much, you might be wiped from existence" Hachi warned Ichigo. Ichigo stood up and began pacing the area that they had been sitting in. He sighed and started rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, I'm all up for trying it, but how do I know I can trust you won't do anything bad" Ichigo cautiously asked. After a few moments of thinking, Hachi finally spoke.

"Well, you can't know for sure. You will just have to have faith. The fact that I haven't attacked you yet proves something doesn't it? Also, I can sense you power. Not your pressure, strangely enough. But I know in my heart that I cannot hope to fight you."

Ichigo relaxed and accepted Hachi's explanation. Now all he had to do is wait for the right time.

"Captain Unohana, would you please explain what happened" Captain Yamamoto cried. Unohana smiled and faced the Captain-Commander. All the other Captains of the Gotei 13 turned to look at her. She sighed and stared the Captain straight in the eye.

"I listened to the boy explanation and let him go. There is nothing more to the story" She explained. However, the Captain Commander was not satisfied with her brief story and wanted to press her for more information.

"You just let him go? Did he happen to mention where he was going? What he was doing?" Hitsugaya spoke out. Some of the Captains turned to look at the young Captain with surprise on their faces.

"He didn't want any trouble. That and he was too powerful for me hope to fight him. So I let him go." The medic responded.

"But where did he go, I wanna have more fun with the kid!" Zaraki shouted with anticipation ringing in his voice. Captain Unohana faced the Captain Commander and ignored the Squad eleven Captain.

"He returned to the world of the living after that. That's all I know. I have nothing more to say"

Ichigo gaped at Hachi with his mouth wide open like an idiot. "I have to what!" He cried. Hachi chuckled at Ichigo's expression and repeated himself again.

"I said I need you to go back to Soul Society to collect some equipment I need. For this to work, we are going to need some high-calibre tools." Hachi handed a piece of paper to Ichigo and smiled. "This paper contains a list of information of all the things you will need. Good luck" Hachi smiled once more and turned away from Ichigo. Ichigo scowled and in an instant he was gone.

Damn it! It's gonna be way too much trouble to return now. Who knows what will happen. This is becoming too stressful. Ichigo was sat on a rooftop and was gazing at the sky with a calm expression. He sighed as he watched the clouds fly over his head slowly. The whole scene calmed him down enough for him to finally stand up and get on with his mission. He flash stepped a few hundred feet up and unsheathed his sword. He made a gateway to Soul Society and jumped through without a moment's hesitation.

On the other side, Ichigo slipped past the guards, who and increased in number and made his way towards the Sereitei. His first destination was at the twelfth divisions headquarters, where he would have to pick up various items without being detected. Of course, Ichigo could probably defeat anyone who attacked him, but that would raise trouble and cause much more havoc than he had the patience to deal with. In a few brief moments, Ichigo stood outside Squad 12's development building, where new technology was constantly being developed under the guidance of the Squad 12 Captain, Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He crossed his fingers and prayed that the creepy scientist would not be in residence. Ichigo jumped over the wall to the barracks and ran at full speed through various buildings searching for the items on the list. As he was running, he reached out with his spiritual senses in the hope to find the object he was looking for. After a few minutes of darting in-between buildings and sensing for traces of the object, he found what he was looking for.

A spirit crystal, which had the uncanny ability to store a limited amount of spirit energy, was resting on the desk of a building not too far away from his position. He flash stepped to the area and stood outside the building, thinking of ways in which to infiltrate the living quarters. Just as he was about to flash step closer, his mind detected a familiar presence, not too far away from where he stood. He was that surprised he nearly fell to the floor in shock. I guess I really am in the past.

The proud quincy, Uryu Ishida, was walking in his direction and Ichigo's mind went blank in panic. Hachi's earlier words rang through his head. "Although, I would restrain yourself from altering the current of time any more than you already have. If you alter it too much, you might be wiped from existence". After realising he was experiencing major déjà vu and that events from the other day were repeating themself, he quickly jumped out of view just as Uryu rounded the corner to the living quarters. He stood about 10 meters away from his friend and it pained him to see him after what had happened last time he had spoken to Uryu. Flashes of memory rushed through Ichigo's mind as he recalled the events that took place in Hueco Mundo. The last time Ichgio had saw Uryu, he was suffering from a wound Ichigo had caused by throwing Zangetsu into his lower abdomen. He flinched as the memories of that fight in the hollow world came rushing back to him. Ichigo's attention was suddenly brought back to Uryu as he heard him speak.

"Come out, I know your there. I felt a disturbance in the spiritual pressure around here." Uryu cried.

Ichigo walked out from the shadows and revealed himself to his friend.

"Good at masking your spiritual pressure aren't you? I can't sense anything from you" Uryu asked him. Silence was Ichigo's response. A few heartbeats later, Ichigo heard Uryu gasp in shock. "Wait a minute…I-Ichigo, is that you?"

"Hello Ishida"

(Authors Note: Sooooooooo, what did you think, eh? Good, bad, terrible? Personally, I think I could've done much better, but you would not believe the amount of stress I've been under lately. I done this because it helped me relax and entertain me whilst I was bored. I hope it does the same for you. So please, do enjoy)

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