Kaien groans a bit as he closely open his eyes. As he did, he sees a familiar face he thought he would never see again.

"Akina?" asked Kaien slowly.

"It's alright, brother, I'm home." said Akina softly.

Now fully awake, Kaien smiles widely as he hugs his sister, "Akina! I thought I'd never see you again!"

"I missed you too, Kaien." said Akina with a sigh.

Letting go, Kaien looks concerned. "But the beast...how did you escaped?"

"I didn't, brother. He let me go." explained Akina.

"That horrible beast?"

"Well he was horrible at first but he's changed now." Akina explained. "Yes. You coulda see him. He was..."Akina was interrupted when she hears a noise. She and Kaien turned and saw Akina's bag shaking.

Suddenly it opened up and the magic mirror came sliding out. A familiar figure looking dizzy. He recovers and smiles.

"Hello!" said Hanataro hopping happily.

"Hanataro?" asked Akina surprised as he comes over. "Well, what do you know? A stowaway." giggled Akina happily.

"Hello little guy! Didn't think I'd see you again." said Kaien smiling.

In concern, Hanataro turns to Akina and asked, "Akina, why did you leave? Don't you like us anymore?"

Akina sighs as she said, "It's not that, Hanataro. I like you all. It's just..." A knock on the door interrupts her now.

Akina goes to the door and opens there. She is surprised to see Kaname standing outside.

"Oh, Mister Kaname! May I help you?" asked Akina, surprised to see the town's judge.

Kaname smiles wickedly as he said, "Hello. Is your brother Kaien home?"

"Well, yes."

"Good. I have come to collect him."

"What?" asked Akina surprised.

Kaname smirked as he steps aside. He said, "Don't worry. We'd take good care of him." Behind the judge is your typical angry mob standing next to a carriage with familiar words on it: "House of Loons".

Akina gasped in horror and exclaimed, "No! My brother is not crazy! How many times do I have to insist on this?"

"Then tell us why he's raving like a nutcase!" shouted Gin making the crowd yelled in agreement. Near the porch, Aizen was standing crossing his arms as he smirks evilly.

Kaname's men, Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, Nnoitra and Szayel comes out of the truck.

"No! I won't let you take him!" protested Akina.

Kaien appeared, confused. "Akina?"

"There's the nutcase! Hey Kaien, How big was this beast?" mocked Gin laughing.

"Well...I think he was big, about human sized!" Kaien exclaimed. This resulted in the mob laughing and pointing at Kaien. "But it's true!"

"Take him away." Kanam ordered as Ulquiorra and Grimmjoq grabs Kaien.

"Let me go!" cried out Kaien as the two dragged him over to the truck.

"No, stop! I won't let you take him!" Akina cried out, grabbing Kaname's arm. But he got out of her grip and walked off.

Akina looks like she's about to lose hope. Then Aizen appeared and put his hand on her shoulder. "There, there, Akina. Poor you, shame about your brother." Aizen said smiling secretly.

"Aizen, you of all people know Kaien is not crazy." Akina said. "You got to do something. If you have any respect for me at all, help me!" Akina begged. Aizen thinks of this and smirks. This is the chance he was looking for.

"Tell you what: I'd clear this whole misunderstanding up." Aizen said with a smile.

"Oh thank you."

"If..."

"If what?" Akina asked. She was concerned about the 'if' part.

"If you marry me." Aizen said smirking at Akina.

"What?" exclaimed Akina in disgust.

"You know what to do. Just say it." said Aizen with a smile.

"Never!" yelled Akina.

"Have it your way." said Aizen with a shrug as he walks away.

At this time, Akina ran back into the house and came out holding the magic mirror Ichigo has given her. As everyone looked at her, she continued, "My brother is not crazy! I can prove it!" She then said to the mirror, "Show me Ichigo!"

The mirror flashed once more then Akina holds up the magic mirror. The crowd gasped as they see a sad Ichigo in the image.

"See? I told you so! There's the beast. I tried to tell you but you won't listen!" said Kaien in triumph as Ulquiorra and Grimmjow let him go in shock.

"Is he dangerous?" asked Mizuho in concern.

"No! Sure he looks horrible looking but he wouldn't hurt anybody. He's really gentle and kind. He is my friend." Akina explained as she sighed happily looking at Ichigo's image.

Aizen frowns deeply as he looks at Akina's emotional face. He walks up and said angrily, "If I didn't know any better, I say you have feelings for this monster."

"He's no monster, Aizen, you are!" Akina yelled at Aizen angrily. Aizen was furious. She knows what Akina's feeling, he can tell.

Aizen then seizes the magic mirror and yelled out, "She's crazier than Kaien! They think this beast is her friend? This thing could come to the village and make off with your kids!" The crowd gasped. "He will come get them in the night!"

"No! Aizen is lying!" Akina shouted in horror. But it's too late as the crowd's fear becomes to overcome them as they seem to only be hearing Aizen's voice.

"We're not going to be safe until his head is cut off and mounted on my wall! I say we KILL the beast!" shouted Aizen angrily. Everyone shouted out in agreement.

Hachigen: We're not safe until he's dead

Yasochika: He'll come stalking us at night!

Misato: Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite!

Kagine puts his hand on his wife's shoulder.

Kagine: He'll wreak havoc on our village
If we let him wander free

Aizen then takes a torch from Yumichika as he shouted.

Aizen: So it's time to take some action, boys
It's time to follow me!

Aizen throws the torch in a nearby haystack, setting it on fire making the crowd cheers. Aizen then pranced around it warning of the 'dangers' of the 'horrible' Ichigo.

Through the mist, through the woods
Through the darkness and the shadows
It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride.

Say a prayer, then we're there
At the drawbridge of a castle,
And there's something truly terrible inside.

As he sings, Aizen chases around Gin like a monster. He finally caught Gin and shows his sidekick Ichigo's image once more exaggerating a lot.

It's a beast,
He's got fangs, razor sharp black ones
Massive claws from a human hand,
Killer claws for the feast, man

Hear him roar, see him foam,
But we're not coming home,
'Til he's dead, good and dead, kill the beast!

Akina suddenly runs forward and kicks Aizen in the side, yelling, "I won't let you do this!"

Furiously, he grabs Akina by the arm saying, "If you aren't with us, then you're against us!" Yelling at some of his men and the officer, he said, "Bring her brother!""

"Hey let her go!" yelled Kaien called but Ulquiorra and Grimmjow grabbed him. Ikkaku and Yumichika opens the cellar doors, allowing Ulquiorra and Grimmjow to throw Kaien in the cellar who yelled, "Let me go!"

"We can't allow them to warn the creature!" yelled Aizen as he throws Akina in the cellar. He then closes the cellar doors and locked them.

"Let us out!" yelled Akina as she slams into the doors trying to open them without success.

"We will get rid of that monster and save our village! Who's with me," Aizen yelled towards the crowd. Gin, Yumichika, Kenpachi, Hachigen, Yasochika, Kagine, Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Ulquiorra, Szayel, and a couple minor baddies yelled out 'I am' from the crowd. Hanataro looked on in shock inside the house, as the town people begin to sing.

Crowd: Light your torch, mount your horse!

Aizen then gets on his horse on as he sings.

Aizen: Screw your courage to the sticking place

Crowd: We're counting on Aizen to lead the way!

As they sing, Aizen leads the angry mob through the woods towards the village. Aizen is going to use the magic mirror to help him and the mob find the castle.

Through a mist, to a wood,
Where within a haunted castle,
Something's lurking that you don't see every day!

As the mob walks through the village, those who aren't going bid them good luck.

It's a beast,
One as tall as a mountain!
We won't rest
'Til he's good and deceased!

Sally forth, tally ho,
Grab your sword, grab your bow
Praise the Lord and here we go!

"Once we get to the castle, we will take it over and bring back his head!" yelled Aizen angrily.

Back in the cellar, Akina tried to look for another way out of the cellar. "I got to warn Ichigo! Oh this is my fault!" groaned Akina then she turned to the others. "Kaien, what are we going to do?"

"Now, now. We could think of something." said Kaien in concern calming his sister down.

Hanataro watched through the cellar window from outside very sadly. He got to do something but what? HE turned and saw something that made his eyes widen in excitement. It's Kaien;s invention still left on the hilltop by Akina.

Meanwhile, the typical angry mob walks through the forest to Ichigo's castle as they continue singing.

Mob: We don't like, what we don't
Understand, in fact it scares us
And this monster is mysterious at least!

Bring your guns, bring your knives,
Save your children and your wives,
We'll save our village and our lives,

They then go to a tree and cut it down. Picking it up, they carried it as they make their way to the castle once more.

We'll kill the beast!

Lightning flashes.

Back in the library in the castle, the servants there is still feeling down about what happened. Unohana watches Izuru pacing back and forth in frustration.

"I knew it all this time! We were faucet heads to let our hopes up!" groaned Izuru.

"Perhaps you're right." said Shuhei with a sad sigh. "Maybe she shouldn't have come in the first place."

"Shuhei, how can you say that?" asked Rangiku, shocked at what he just said. The footstool dog saw something out a nearby window that made him bark out in concern.

"What, could it be?" Shuhei asked, his eyes widen in hope.

"Could Akina be back?" asked Unohana hopeful as well.

The group goes to a window smiling excited. But when they looked out however, they saw to their horror that it is not Akine. It's the mob.

"Oh no! Intruders!" yelled Shuhei in shock as he sees them.

"Your typical angry mob!" agreed Izuru alarmed.

Rangiku sees Aizen in front holding a familiar object. "And they got the magic mirror! They must have used that to find the castle!"

Thinking quickly, Izuru shouted out orders, "Warn master Ichigo!" As he continued to do so, he is unaware that the others are running out of the room while Unohana heads to the West Wing to warned Ichigo. "If they want a fight, then we'd give it to them! Who's with me?" Hearing a door close, he turns and sees everyone gone. He groans. "Great."

Outside, it was raining hard but the mob's focus is on one thing right now. "Take what you can get but I want to kill the beast myself!" roared Aizen as he and the mob goes on.

Inside the castle, the servants rub downstairs to the main doors singing and planning, if necessary, to do battle with the mob.

Servants: Hearts ablaze, banners high!
We go marching into battle,
Unafraid, although the danger just increased!

Outside, the mob is carrying their tree towards the doors, intending on using it.

Mob: Raise the flag, sing the song
Here we come, we're fifty strong
And fifty guys can't be wrong,
Let's kill the beast!

Back inside the castle, Unohana goes into the West Wing where Ichigo, in his usual outfit, is at staring outside the window sadly.

"Excuse us, master Ichigo?" said Unohana.

"Leave me in peace. I don't want to be disturbed." Ichigo said with a sad sigh.

"But Master Ichigo, we and the castle are under attack!" Unohana cried out in a panic.

Outside, the mob is bashing the doors with their tree shouting out 'Kill the beast' two times.

At the main doors, the servants kept blocking the doors but the intruders is almost getting their way in.

"Oh man, this is not working." groaned Shuhei in concern.

"Shuhei, isn't there anything we could do?" asked Rangiku worried. Shuhei pauses to think. Then he smiles getting an idea. "Hey! I know!"

"Kill the beast, Kill the beast!" shouted the angry mob as they continued bashing at the doors. They are almost opening them.

Ichigo looks at the rose back in the West Wing as Unohana tried to talk to him.

"We got to do something, master Ichigo." said Unohana worried.

"Does it matter anymore?" Ichigo sighs sadly. Without Akina, there is no more reason for him to do anything, let alone lived. After his years of cruelness before Akina's arrival, he has this coming for a long time. "Just let them come. I don't care anymore."

Outside, the mob is almost getting the doors opened.
"Kill the beast! Kill the beast! Kill the beast!" yelled the mob repeatedly as they continue bashing the doors with the tree.

Finally the doors gave way and they barged right into the castle.