They found Division 4...
"She's very powerful. Her natural core doesn't have natural pressure to conform around so everything is amplified." Unohana said, taking inventory of Hotaru's problem and injuries. Her vice captain Kotetsu Isane was behind her, writing down everything she said. "Without this natural pressure, it will continue to grow and it could kill her."
Urahara and Ichigo exchanged a look behind the Division 4 leaders' backs. "If that were to happen, what would happen to Hotaru?"
"Her unregulated spiritual pressure could destroy the Soul Society." Kotetsu concluded. "Right, Captain?"
"That's very good." Division 4's leader confirmed. "I'll heal her jaw and ease off the built up pressure but you'll need to have some sort of natural pressure to have what I can't ease off to conform around. Am I understood?"
"Of course. Thank you for your help, Retsu." Urahara thanked as Unohana healed Hotaru's jaw. At the same time, she siphoned Hotaru's element to her vice captain and into a glass teardrop. Purple light swirled and danced in the drop as Hotaru's eyes moved under her lids. Soon her eyes opened.
"Hello, young Soul Reaper. How do you feel?" Hotaru turned her eyes to Unohana and the lady captain's hand flew to her mouth in shock. "Oh, my God…"
"Captain, what is it?" Kotetsu inquired as her captain stood.
"I'll be right back. Take over until I get back." Unohana instructed leaving her office, getting looks from everyone but Hotaru.
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Unohana hurried down to the barracks of Division 5 and nearly crashed into Aizen.
"Greetings, Unohana. What's got you in such a rush?" The warm hearted captain smiled.
"She…she…she's here! Aizen-she's back!" Unohana clutched the front of his kimono. His eyes looked at her full of shock. "She's here in the Soul Society!"
Aizen grabbed her shoulders. "Are you sure? Is it really her?"
"She has the same eyes, even the blood red tint to the amethyst color!" That made him release her shoulders in shock. "She's weak, pale. Her pressure is off the charts! She has changed so much but I can tell that it's her!"
"Please, Unohana-take me to her! I need to see her!" Aizen half pleaded.
The Division 4 caption nodded and led him back to the Division 4 barracks. Kotetsu was just out on the veranda, looking in the opposite direction. The two captains looked at her expectantly.
"Former Captain Urahara took the girl and left with his company. They said they had to get going before they missed the girl's dispatchment with her Division." She told them without knowing the problem. "The boy was her fellow on the same seat."
Aizen stepped forward. "Those two are in my Division. They were transferred earlier and I asked your captain to come get me when a girl with purple eyes came in for a quick check up."
"Oh, well, they went that way." Kotetsu pointed towards the way Urahara, Hotaru, Ichigo and Yuichiro had gone. "The girl was a little weak and the boy helped her get going but they went all the same."
"Damn." Aizen cursed under his breath. "We'll have to alert all of the Divisions to find her before someone unsavory gets to her first."
"Her pressure's not going to be easy to hide but she can hide what she is on Earth like it's nothing." Unohana responded to the other captain.
"Go alert the other captains. We're going to need all 13 Divisions for this hunt."
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"I just don't get what it is that makes me have pigtails." Hotaru grumbled around her lollipop as she fixed her hair into a braided high ponytail. She folded the braid over and wrapped the folded braid in white cloth from the base to and inch from the braid's bend. "I just don't get it. It makes me look like a kid and the swords on the back aren't my style." She stuck them in her obi bow's base knot, having them angled for better movement and drawing the blades. "I guess this is as good as it's going to get."
"I take it you're feeling better." Urahara brushed her bangs back and pinned them into place with a barrette that had a skull with a bow on its crown. It made her look even more juvenile than the pigtails. Hotaru took it out of her hair and then put it at her left temple. "Okay, I take it you're being all around stubborn."
"A little, yeah." Hotaru confirm taking her lollipop out of her mouth. "So what's the plan now? They'll have the entire Gotei 13 after us."
Ichigo looked at Urahara. "Crash course on basics of being a soul reaper."
"And you forgot to mention that all zanpakuto have names?" Urahara hit his own forehead.
"I knew I skipped over something in her lessons."
Hotaru picked up Yuichiro off the ground. "That's all good and stuff but we need to get going. This may be one of the less patrolled areas but you know that they'll check here. Not to mention, Grave Lurker's still on the loose."
"The alarms don't bother you anymore?" Ichigo earn a head shake as the cat found the pendent around Hotaru's neck very interesting to play with. "That's good but they are getting annoying."
"It'll be like that for a while. They can't turn them off until Grave Lurker's toast." Yuichiro informed the 2 younger soul reapers. "But she's right. We need to get out of here. This is going to be the first place they'll look for her."
"I'm kind of tired, Urahara." Ichigo told the former captain.
"Yeah, me too." Hotaru agreed, taking her lollipop out of her mouth. "Can we find a place to get some rest?"
Urahara put his hand on Hotaru's head. "Not right now. We've got to move to higher ground. Stay close, you two. I don't want to lose either of you in this mess."
Ichigo offered Hotaru his hand and Hotaru took it, putting her candy pop back in her mouth. Yuichiro dug her claws into Hotaru's kimono shoulder to hang on. Urahara took off at a run and the two teenagers kept up the best they could as they took turn after turn after turn.
...And now they're on the run...again. Well, at least they're getting their exercise, right?
