A/N: Thanks for the reviews, follows and favourites everyone! Okay I was going to post this chapter last night, but a certain prissy object of the twentieth century (a.k.a the Internet) wasn't allowing me to proceed with my wishes. So recently, my postings may be later or earlier depending on the mood swings of the internet - I'm trying to do this as fast as possible because it may change its mind and shut off before I get to post this.

I will warn that there may be errors... but don't let that stop you from reading the chapter...

Disclaimer: Lol I don't own Bleach... But... if I did... The fullbringer and the recent arc would be burned alive! Well except for the good guys ^^

But seriously, I only own Kobayashi Suki because she's badass :3

Chapter 11

"Holy crap," When Suki and the gang had lowered themselves on the mysterious (also it seemed never-ending) ladder; she had never expected to see a giant ass desert underneath the tiny little shop. "Now this... this is something else!" Alright, Suki admitted silently that she was impressed, her impression was caused by the vast room that they were standing in... but only a little bit.

"This is amazing!"Orihime gushed, clapping her hands together with a childish blush forming, "I didn't know there's such a large space underground! This is so cool; it seems like one of those secret underground bases like in those movies!"

Suki raised an eyebrow at her female companion, silently taking back her earlier thoughts as Orihime was suddenly taken by Tessai. "You're reaction was excellent," He replied gratefully as he held Orihime's hands delicately. If Suki could actually see behind the glasses that the giant man wore, she would've probably assumed that he had tears in his eyes. Crying was something that a man of his age should not be able to get away with– he must be annihilated. "I, Tessai and greatly touched!"

Orihime had let out a nervous laughter, reaching for the back of her head with her free hand and showed her bubbly attitude. "Hehe... No problem!" It was like that girl couldn't be mean to a stranger for a second – something that Suki had found rather admirable.

Ichigo had given a weird look towards Suki's direction and she had met his gaze with an annoyed glare. Why the heck was he looking at her like she was some useless damsel in distress? She was going to show Ichigo that ever since she had gained her powers, she was able to take care of herself just fine.

Apparently, Uryu noticed the look that Ichigo was giving them, "What the heck is with that look Kurosaki?" The carrot top widened his eyes briefly before he stubbornly turned away from Suki and the males, as if he didn't want to be caught staring or something.

Jeez, even the scowl sculpted strawberry was a weirdo.

Kisuke clapped to gain their attention again and he raised his free hand with a childish grin on his face, "Everyone please look over here!" He clicked his fingers and showed off a goofy smile, "We're about to head out!"

A giant structure slammed its way into sight and Suki jumped back in surprise. She didn't even realise that she had bumped into Chad until she sensed his looming presence above her. Instead of looking sheepish or apologising, Suki shook her head in annoyance and continued staring at the weird structure in front of her.

"This is the gate to Soul Society," Kisuke explained as he spared a look towards the giant gate of doom, "Senkaimon – please listen carefully as I will teach you how to get through the door without dying." Suki's gut clenched nervously, recalling Yoruichi's words at least a week ago, which got her shuddering with dread. But she couldn't back down – again – this time she knew how to take care of herself and that was her plan. He walked towards the group and stood proudly behind Ichigo as he raised his cane, "But firstly-!"

The group sent an astounded look as Ichigo's body duplicated once Kisuke's cane connected with the back of his neck; however the clone had worn a black shihakusho with a giant blade strapped to his back. Suki's eyes comically widened at the sight of the original Ichigo suddenly collapsing towards Chad who caught the body. It as if his soul had been separated from his body, then she realised that the original Ichigo's body was empty. Now the carrot top was in his soul form... or shinigami form, however Ichigo preferred it.

"Wow," Suki uttered as she poked the empty body's cheek, "This is really something Kurosaki..." Ichigo now stood as a shinigami, glaring at the group as they surrounded his body.

"He's been completely separated," Uryu knelt beside Suki to join poking Ichigo's body. A vein of irritation appeared on Ichigo's face as Orihime decided to join them and continue harassing the body.

Orihime smiled brightly as she also began poking Ichigo's face, "So then Kurosaki-kun – you can't enter this Kurosaki-kun here right?"

"Of course I can," The carrot top grumbled, "You're saying it as if I'm Kinataro's candy and why are you guys freely touching my body?"

"That's right!" Just as Suki had thought a talking cat was the top of the list of giant surprises, apparently a lion plush had appeared on Ichigo's shoulder with a vicious glare. "That body will soon be temporarily mine; no one is allowed to touch it!" He calmed down at the sight of Orihime and grinned lewdly, "But Inoue-san you're the only one who can touch it!"

What... in ...the... flipping... coin?

Suki had the look of horror mixed with astonishment crossing over her face (apparently Uryu and Orihime had the same reaction), "A plush... can talk!" Now she's sure that she had heard all of it, she swore silently if there is one more surprise she was going to punch the closest person to her at the time. Then maybe beat them with her bat.

With powers activated.

She sort of hoped it was Kisuke.

"Kon?! Why are you here?!" Ichigo panicked, looking at the lion toy as if a talking doll was a completely normal thing in life. Wait... Suki recalled at school when Ichigo was acting completely weird and was into groping girls at one point. He had barely looked in Suki's direction that day because she knew better than everyone that she was known as the surfboard with her flat chest (thank whoever for that). She wasn't sure if this Kon was responsible for that day... but there was something about him that reminded her of it.

"You're asking me why?" The plush snapped, waving his arms dramatically towards the carrot top, "Of course I'm coming with you!" Actually Suki was beginning to regret looking shocked at the creepy toy as he ranted, "As the man Kon, I will go through the difficulties and reach this Soul Society-!"

Before the creature could continue, Chad plucked the creature with his fingers and gave Kon the 'Chad stare'. Kon let out a cry of fear of the Great Dane. It did make sense for Kon to feel fear for Chad, after all Chad did look like one scary mother-

"Okay, look over here now!" Kisuke waved his arms childishly, "I'm starting the explanation of this door now!"

"Well get it over with!" Suki retorted with a glare, folding her arms to show her impatience to the shady businessman, "We gotta do some prison break with style – I don't wanna wait until New Years."

The man pouted briefly towards Suki's direction, before he looked towards the door, "This door is made by adding Reishi Henkankon to the top of the Senkaimon and using Ketsugofu so it stays together. As you would know, the Soul Society is the world of the souls so in order to go in there – you have to be a soul."

So wait... was he going to do that thing he did with Ichigo to them? Suki folded her arms and waited for his explanation before she would dash in.

"As you all know, the only one who can move around as a soul is Kurosaki-san who is a shinigami. For the rest of you, if your souls are separated from their bodies then you would still be chained by the Chain of Fate. Not to mention it would be very hard for you to move in the Soul Society." He gave a look towards the giant door with a mischievous smirk, "That's why we need the Reishi Henkanki – this thing changes the Kishi which makes up the things in the living world into Reishi which is the man component of souls!"

Uryu spoke up before Kisuke could continue, "So that means we won't have to separate the souls, we just have to go through this door." Well at least Suki didn't have to worry about being poked by a cane. That thing looked pretty nasty for a cane.

"Okay," Ichigo announced with his usual scowl as he stormed up towards the door, "I got it now let's get going-!" He let out a curse as Kisuke jabbed him on the side with a cane before he got too close.

"Now the more important topic!" The blonde man declared, gleefully ignoring Ichigo who was recovering from the recent attack, "That's right! There's no problem with going through this door, there's no pain and as long as you go forward you can go to the Soul Society." His expression turned serious, which made Suki raise an eyebrow in suspicion. This man had the attitude of her father, there was barely a time that he would get serious, but when he did it also got Suki listening. "Our problem is the time, the time that is allowed to go through this Senkaimon to Soul Society is only four minutes."

Cue the nervous clenching of her gut again. Suki was good with her cardio, but how far was this damn path to Soul Society? Why did rescuing Rukia have such a pain?

"Once the time is up, the door will close," He continued gravelly, "And you guys will be stuck in there forever. Inside the Dangai, there's a current called Koryu which can ultimately stop souls from moving. Just one foot caught in it, the chance of leaving the Dangai on time is almost impossible," Now the promise that Suki made to her father was going to be much harder than she bargained for. She knew that she was going to have a challenge – but just by getting to the door was starting to sound slightly ridiculous.

"Then what should we do about it?" Orihime wondered innocently, Suki looked towards the girl with walnut hair with narrowed eyes. It looked like Orihime was still willing to go so far to rescue Rukia, well if Orihime was putting on a brave face; Suki knew that she should too. She was coming to Soul Society so that she could protect Orihime.

"Just walk forward."

So the little devil finally appeared.

"Yoruichi-san!" Orihime looked towards the feline with astonishment, as Suki scowled at the little creature.

"I've told you kids before – the heart and the soul are connected, what's important is how your heart thinks." Yoruichi appeared before the group and looked towards them boldly, "Only those who can do it may follow me."

"What are you on about?" Ichigo questioned, taking a step towards the group with a scowl, "Those who chose to gather here made the decision and are determined to follow it!" Was it normal to see that Ichigo wasn't overreacting over a talking cat?

"You should be aware of it kid," Yoruichi retorted as he gave an almost human stare towards Ichigo, "If you lose this fight, then you will never return." Somehow, Suki felt that Yoruichi wasn't just speaking to Ichigo. He was implying to everyone that there was no coming back if one of them dies – Suki's face hardened and glanced at her bat which was still strapped to her shoulder. Looking at her bat made her feel better – she was definitely going to come back to her dad.

"We're just gonna have to win!" The scowl sculpted strawberry announced, looking down at the feline without a hint of fear crossing over his face.

Yoruichi narrowed his golden eyes, before he looked towards the door with a chuckle, "Well said boy."

Kisuke and Tessai interrupted the group by going to both sides of the door and slamming their hands down. A burst of power appeared before them, forming a strange portal inside the door's structure.

The business man looked towards the group, "The moment this door opens, you will have to dash in there." Suki's eyes narrowed at the portal that settled, tightening her determination as she gave a final look towards the desert around her. Sure it wasn't her home, but at least it was the living world that she was looking at before she had to go. As soon as the portal was ready, Suki dashed with the rest of the crew into the mysterious portal and expected the worse.

It looked like a giant (not Tessai or Chad giant, but an actual giant) had sneezed out purple snot everywhere. She cringed in disgust as it dripped down the walls. Ew.

This was going to scar her mind.

"Come on!" Yoruichi snapped suddenly, which got Suki out of her disgust of the walls, "Don't zone out now! Hurry up and run or else the Koryu will close in!" Wait... The gross looking snot was the dangerous substance they had to stay away from? Well in this case, Suki had a better reason to run from it.

The Koryu happened to be a lot faster than Suki thought, only trailing a few metres behind. Obviously, the goo was a hell lot faster than any of them thought. Suki used the advantage of her endurance and speed to race right next to Ichigo. All she had to worry about was being faster than everyone else.

"It really caught up to us!" Uryu called out, looking back at the dangerous goo, "The places that we've been through are collapsing!"

"Well no shit dumbass," Suki replied with a glare towards the Quincy. He gave her a responding glare to inform the silver haired female that he was not amused by her remark, "Did you figure that one on your own?!" Okay she admitted that she was slightly alarmed at the pace of the Koryu.

"If you have the time to look back, use it to run faster!" Yoruichi hissed, eyeing the arguing duo, "If you get caught by the Koryu – it's over for you!"

"Easy for you to say four legs!" Suki growled but instinct made her halt when she heard a cry of distress. She widened her eyes as she saw Uryu suddenly plucked by the purple goo, dragging him back with the rest of the current.

Instead of being worried like a normal comrade, Suki's scowl formed and she shouted out, "Ishida you dipshit!" It was definitely because of that stupid costume that he wore – maybe he should get taken in by the purple snot. No one would miss him.

"Hold on!" Yoruichi ordered just as Ichigo was prepared to take out his butcher knife, "Don't use your zanpakuto – you won't be able to escape!"

"Then what do I do?" Ichigo asked the feline with distress – so apparently Ichigo was the only one that was willing to care for Uryu.

"Who cares?" Suki interrupted, glaring at the group that had stopped. She wasn't going to stand around and get eaten by the purple snot, "We'll just say that we tried to save him." Suki's frown appeared when she noticed Ichigo's annoyed expression towards her, "What?"

Chad appeared behind Uryu, ripping off his cape without a word and allowed the goo to take the rest of the cape. Wow, Chad should be like those ninjas that go around because of his silence – he would fit the job nicely if he was trained in the art of assignation. The Great Dane hauled Uryu over his shoulder and dashed on ahead, as Uryu started yelling that he could run himself.

Well, it was good enough.

Suki scowled as she kept up the pace – this was the longest four minutes off her life. Why the heck did this starting point have to be so troublesome just to get through?

"Wait guys-!" Uryu warned – a warning that Suki had ignored - she simply kept running next to Ichigo and ignored the fact that her heart was racing through her chest, "Guys! There's something coming this way!"

Finally Suki had to look back to shout at the Quincy to be quiet before her eyes widened at the horrific sight behind her. First the purple snot was threatening, but now something that looked like a train of death was recklessly charging through and prepared to wipe the crew out on their journey. Damn it, this is what happened when Suki swore to her father that she was going to promise that she would return in one piece.

"That's Kototsu!" Yoruichi explained hurriedly, looking towards the death train with annoyance flashing in his expression, "It's a cleaner that comes out only every seven days, why of all days, today?! Anyways we need to escape – it's a lot faster than it looks!"

"I really hate you and Urahara!" Suki snapped at the cat as the misfit crew dashed through the mysterious portal to avoid the death train behind them. Yoruichi gave a responding glare towards Suki, but he was more focused on running for his life. The next time she gets asked to do a dangerous mission which involved breaking laws to people of a completely different world, Suki had to make sure she got paid for it.

When she signed up for this crap, Suki had expected of the first part to be smooth and flowing – unfortunately her life had to bite her in the ass. When Kisuke had given them the warning, Suki had not expected it to be so precarious for a task.

"Shut up and hurry!" Yoruichi retorted instantly, "We're almost at the exit!"

"It's too close!" Uryu panicked, still on Chad's shoulder like a sack of potatoes, "It's almost over!" In the corner of Suki's eyes, she noticed Orihime turn around and hold her hands to her head.

"Inoue!" Suki called out instinctively, slightly turning her head to see that Orihime was willing to stand up against the train of death.

"Hinagiku, Baigon Lily! Senten Kesshun, I reject!"

Suki's eyes briefly widened as the shield made contact with the Kototsu and it resulted in a shockwave. The shockwave was enough to throw the group off their feet and through the door. The silver haired student couldn't remember what she was doing in midair, but she could definitely remember the pain of slamming her face into... a shield? She groaned lazily, before once again she had slammed her face into the shield once again.

Maybe she should go into early retirement.

"Is everyone alright?"

Suki opened one amber eye to notice that Orihime and Chad were the only ones stable. At least she wasn't the only one who looked pathetic – Uryu was in a familiar position as her but she had her arms and legs stretched out like a starfish and Ichigo... Poor little strawberry looked like he had done some half-a-job back flip and had an awkward enough position.

"Kurosaki-kun, you're pose is so creative!" Orihime complimented with a childish grin. What happened to the serious girl almost a minute ago anyways? Luckily for Suki, the only wounds that she received were attacking her pride. Maybe she should move out of Karakura after the rescuing business is over – there was no way she could redeem herself in front of the crew.

"You talk too much," Ichigo responded coldly before he pushed himself from his embarrassing position along with Uryu.

"Never doing that again," Suki groaned again as she sat up with the males, rubbing her face (which was surely bruised from slamming into a shield).

"I really didn't think we would be this pathetic," Uryu admitted shamefully as he rubbed his head. He wasn't aware of the dull expression that Suki was giving him. Was he really not embarrassed over the costume that he wore? Despite the fact that Suki was annoyed that he could be really dense with his outfit it could be worse, at least he didn't have the dumb cape with him anymore. "I didn't think I would have to use the backup cape anymore."

Apparently Suki's been wrong before.

"But it's great!" Orihime continued as if she hadn't witnessed Uryu's weirdest moments, "It looks like no one is hurt-!"

"What's so good about that?!" Before Suki could even blink a black figure attacked Orihime's face and the girl held her eye with tears streaming down the other one. Yoruichi looked beyond enraged as he scolded the bubbly girl, "Did you not hear me? You're lucky that it was the shield that was touched by the Kototsu! If had been one of your hairpins you would be dead right now!"

"Sorry," Orihime uttered looking away from the cat.

"Shut it cranky fur no need to get your fur in a bunch," Suki defended her friend which made the cat glare in her direction.

"Kobayashi's right," Ichigo added as he recovered to his full height, "It's because of Inoue that we're alive."

Yoruichi the proceeded to glare at the carrot-top, "I don't think any of you understand the current situation!" So what was the problem? The only problem that Suki had at the moment was the embarrassment that would haunt her for the rest of her life.

"Hey," Suki's eyes narrowed as she looked over to Uryu, "The smoke is clearing." Now that the Quincy had mentioned it, she finally noticed that the smoke that they had made when they crashed was settling down. Once Suki's vision was clear, her eyes widened at the sight.

A/n: Okay, there's the chapter up. It was really fun writing this one in my opinion, I had Suki have all sorts of opinions in the Dangai and to the rest of the crew - anyways. I'll try posting up next week but no promises!

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If anyone's curious, check on Moon on Ice my other OC story - If people like this story then they should definitely enjoy Moon on Ice. Its set in Soul Society instead of the living world, so its a nice change. Ah well, I'm blabbering...

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