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Warning: Short chapter! Expect Part 2 within 48 hours.
Please Read: The first part of chapter 12, I wanted to remind the readers that I'm still alive.I believe I've said this before, but really! I know my grammar mistakes are horrible, but just saying 'grammar needs work' really does not help me. Try to be specific and thanks to Hollow Mashiro for beta reading!!!!!
Summary: N/A
"Yo." Hichigo talking
/ Hello./ Rei and Zangetsu talking
Chapter 12-More than Sorry...
The night sky was chaotic, and deterring, and the strong winds tugged at her body, threatening to turn her off course(1), but Yoruichi didn't notice this as she shunpoed quickly to Urahara Shoten. She had learned enough about Ichigo's situation to know that the longer Ichigo remained in Soul Society, the more danger his life was in.
The reiatsu band was slowing killing Ichigo, and already his reiatsu band had cut off a great deal of spirit power. What was Soul Society playing at? And why place a reiatsu band on Ichigo?
Yoruichi didn't know, but hopefully her perverted friend could shield some light on the situation… She walked faster knowing full well that time was of the essence.
"My, oh my, if it isn't a pretty little kitty!?" An angry tack appeared on the Flash Master's forehead. Speaking of the Pervert...
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Karin glared, and Ryuuken Ishida glared back.
"Who are you?" She said giving her standard glare to the older Ishida.
Ryuuken glared back, but didn't look phased at all by Karin's bluntness. He simply pushed up his glasses, and shoved his hands into his pants pockets. "I'm here to babysit." He said ignoring Karin.
Karin didn't move from the doorway, and instead a suspicious glint appeared in her eyes. "So you know where the old man is." She stated.
Ryuuken turned away from her, and leaned on the doorway, obviously aware that Karin was not going to let him in any time soon. "And if I do...?" He left the question hanging, and particularly daring Karin to demand where her father was.
"Karin, could you move please?" Yuzu said interrupting Karin and Ryuuken's staring contest. Karin blinked but moved aside, there was something off about how Yuzu said that sentence...
Yuzu moved past her twin and stood up to Ryuuken smiling warmly. "I apologize for my sister's behavior."
Karin glared at the floor before turning her attention back to the conversation there must have been a good reason why Yuzu would want to take over-.
"But I must ask where my father is...I needto have a word with him." The aura surrounding Yuzu was dark and cruel depicting several ideas of what could happen if Ryuuken decided to refuse. Her expression and aura was the same as Retsu Unohana...a dangerous threat, so sweetly said.
Ryuuken leveled a long look at the ten year old girl, before coming to a decision...
"The idiot's at Urahara Shoten," Yuzu nodded, and gestured for him to enter their house. "But I will accompany you two."
Yuzu and Karin both nodded, and locked the door before setting off.
It was time they had a conversation with goat chin.
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The day of September twenty-fifth started out much like any other day in fall, with the wind cool and autumn leaves falling in haphazard paths in front of the many offices of the Soul Society buildings. Like previous days, Ichigo was up and awake before Hanataro started his routine medical checks, and Ichigo was able to have a few minutes of peace-at least for a little while until Rei and Hichigo determined Ichigo could train.
Ichigo glanced out of his window, and watched the leaves spiral in the wind, and couldn't help the feeling of unease that he had felt when he first awoke. Something was going to happen...
Knock. Knock.
Ichigo turned his attention to the door, and waited expecting Unohana, or Hanataro to enter, but surprise and then a guarded expression lit his face as his visitor entered...
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"Kuchiki Rukia, and Hitsugaya Toshiro, report." Yamamoto Sou-Taichou said silencing the room, after a rather lengthy questioning as to where Kurotsuchi Mayuri was.
"Hai." Rukia said kneeling, unlike Hitsugaya who merely stood. "I have given my report and findings to Hitsugaya-taichou for further examination, and our report has concluded a suspicious finding in the investigation of the unknown."
She went silent as Hitsugaya stepped forward to reveal their findings.
"The unknown though having a large quality of reiatsu, a fraction of it was hollow, our scans from the twelfth division were conclusive on this point, but there remains another issue-."
"How powerful was he?" Kenpachi Zaraki said battle lust in his eyes.
Hitsugaya turned to him. "Above captain's level." He announced. The other captains looked thoughtful.
"Were we able to pick up any reiatsu signatures?" The sickly captain of the thirteenth division asked appearing to be in better health than usual.
"Yes, but our comparison results were useless. No one in Soul Society has the same reiatsu signature as the unknown...person." The absence of the word shinigami was evident to the other captains.
"A Vaizard, then?" Captain Kuchiki said reflecting back on the Vaizard Incident fifty years ago.
Hitsugaya shook his head in the negative. "No, the reiatsu was exactly thirty-three percent hollow, thirty-three percent shinigami, and the last thirty-three percent was unable to be identified by our computers, but who ever this is, is no Vaizard, or Arrancar." He finished looking pensive.
"An ally, or an enemy, we were not able to conclude, but besides the information stated there is one interesting fact, that we uncovered...the person responsible for destroying the hollow, was someone with a reiatsu signature similar to Kurosaki Ichigo."
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The warehouse was filled with an uneasy quiet, as each member of the Vaizard family was wasting time until they could invade Soul Society.
Shinji was staring over the varies information papers they had over Seireitei trying to come up with a plan to recapture Ichigo, but his efforts were made pointless by the fact that they did not know Ichigo's current whereabouts. Hiyori was still in a very bad mood from Noir's visit, and was cursing everything from high heaven to hell and back while beating up Love. Lisa was pretending to read her books, but it was obvious she wasn't making any process, as the book she was currently holding was up-side down. Hachi was repairing the underground training ground, using more time then he usually took trying to concentrate, but his thoughts were continuously interrupted by every possible idea that Ichigo could be found out at any moment. Mashiro was off in her secret base doing who know what and Kensei and Rojuro were placing bets on how long Love would last against Hiyori's wrath.
Shinji sighed, and started collecting his papers when a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hirako Shinji, I have come with some important information." Noir said silenced the warehouse; all attention was on the teenage girl.
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