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Chapter 11

Yuki woke up from her dreamless sleep and now, she feels an urge to kill Aizen. Of course, she knew he was already dead, but still. Yuki widened her eyes in shock.

"Oh God! I'm really me again!" She looked around and saw her zanpakuto lying just beside her. "Oh, Kaben! I missed you so much!" she squealed as she hugged her sword. "Wanna go flex those muscles?"

'I beg your pardon?' Kaben replied in an amused voice. 'I do believe that you have to go somewhere.'

Yuki raised an eyebrow. 'Go somewhere? Hmmm….'

"Ah, Yuki you're already aw-" Urahara was cut off by a pillow. "I see you're a bit energetic today."

"Shut up!" she said. "Anyway, do I have to go somewhere today?" she asked. 'How ironic, I remember who I am but I forgot about yesterday.'

Urahara chuckled. "Yeah, you have to go to Orihime's house. You do remember you have to talk to Yamamoto-san, right?" This time he was hit by a blanket.

"Right, meaning I gotta go now?"

"Pretty much. Tell me how it goes Princess," he said as he waved goodbye to Yuki who was already jumping out of the window.

"Hado #1: Sho!" Yuki yelled.

"Ouch!"

"Captain Hitsugaya, are you trying to make me believe that Himemiya Yuki, a dead shinigami, to be alive?" Yamamoto asked over the interface.

"Exactly," Hitsugaya calmly said. He told him everything that had happened, and apparently Captain Yamamoto didn't believe him.

"I'm sorry Captain, but-"

"I'm sorry I'm late!" Yuki panted as she burst into the room. She looked at the interface and gave the old man a small salute and a big grin. "Long time no see, Gramps."

The captain widened his eyes. "Himemiya… Yuki? How could you have…?"

"Just like I said, she's alive and healthy," Hitsugaya said. Matsumoto showed up with the rest of the gang as soon as he finished talking.

"Is that..really you, Himemiya?"

"No duh! How can you not tell it's me? I'm tellin' ya, you should really retire if your memory can't keep up," she teased. Everyone was a bit worried because nobody dared to say anything like that to the Head Captain…. maybe Kyoraku did, but, well…

The captain didn't faze. Instead, he sighed and his mouth formed what seemed to be a small smile, concealed by his beard, of course. "Himemiya Yuki, I order you to come back to Soul Society as soon as possible. The same goes for Hitsugaya Toshiro and Matsumoto Rangiku," he ordered. The three nodded in understanding. "I request that you keep this under wraps for the time being," he added. All were confused, but they knew better than to stand up against the Head Captain.

"Will do, Gramps," Yuki playfully said.

"I know you'll stick to your word, PRINCESS," the old man said before ending the conversation, leaving an annoyed Yuki and a stunned group of people.

Yuki turned around and face them. "So, how have you guys been doin'?" she asked in an enthusiastic voice.

"We're fine but… the part with insulting him was kinda nerve racking," Matsumoto admitted. Yuki gave her a soft smile and made her way to the door. "Where are you going?" she asked.

"I'm going to Shinji's place. Wanna come?" Ichigo stepped forward and volunteered to escort her. Besides, he still needed to make his mask stay on longer.

"Snowy~!" Mashiro squealed. She rushed up to Yuki and gave her a tight hug. Hacchi joined in too.

"It took you a long time, Princess," Hiyori said nonchalantly. Yuki glared at the girl sitting on one of the beams.

"I see you haven't grown, Hiyori," Yuki replied, putting a hand on her chest demurely. Hiyori fumed as she realized what she meant. "Where's Shinji?" Yuki asked, ignoring the deadly glare and curses Hiyroi was giving her.

"I'm right here, Princess."

"Why do you keep on friggin' calling me that?" Yuki snapped. Ichigo sneered at the back. As a result, he was sent flying into the wall.

"But Yuki, 'Princess' suits you so well," Rose commented, "Especially with your braids."

"Great! Now I have to change my hairstyle!"

"Noisy as ever now are we? So what brings you here to our lovely warehouse?" Lisa asked, emerging from the underground training area.

"Well, I just dropped by to say hi," Yuki said bluntly.

"I came here to find out if I still needed to train with you guys," Ichigo replied.

"Oh, you were here, Berry-tan?" Mashiro said. Yuki giggled.

"Berry?" she asked.

Ichigo let out a scowl, "Yes, Berry."

"Oh, hi Yuki! Long time no see!" Love greeted. "You brought up a lot of hollows the other day, now didn't ya?"

"Haha.. Yeah," she admitted. "Anyway, do you guys have anywhere I can train?" All of them pointed at the staircase that Lisa was still standing next to. "Thanks." Yuki quickly went down the stairs and saw the wide space. She heard footsteps behind her and figured it was Ichigo. "What do you want?"

"You're gonna train, right?" Ichigo asked, panting. Why did the stairs have to be so damn long?

"Yeah, what's it to ya?"

"You can't train alone," Ichigo pointed out. Yuki raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not alone," she stated. "I have my sword with me."

Ichigo sighed. "Is that how you always train?"

"Nope, I used to train with Ukitake, Kyoraku, Yoruichi, Tessai and Urahara back then," Yuki shared. She looked at Ichigo and sighed. "You want to see what I can do, noh?" Ichigo nodded and Yuki let out another sigh. "I'll spar, but I won't release."

Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows. "Why not?"

"Because, I might kill you," she said with a mischievous grin.

"I can take it," he said bravely. Yuki sighed again.

"It's your fault if you fall the first few minutes." She drew out her sword and disappeared in an instant. Ichigo tried to sense her reiatsu but failed. A few minutes later, Ichigo was on the floor, paralyzed, and Yuki, laughing.

"Why you little!"

"I see you got Kurosaki with that move," Lisa said as she went down the steps.

"Yep!" Yuki said merrily.

"Don't worry, she got me with that thing too," Lisa consoled the still paralyzed Ichigo.

"Haha… Lisa, I'll leave him here for a while. I need to get back to Hitsugaya and Matsumoto. I need to go back to Soul Society soon. See ya next time! Oh, and good luck Ichigo! I hope you can feel your body soon!" Lisa nodded and Yuki shunpoed out of the place. Lisa's gaze fell on Ichigo's laying body.

"Ahm… Lisa, can you help me?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't know how to." With that, she left Ichigo.

"We'll leave this afternoon Yuki-chan," Matsumoto stated.

Yuki tilted her head and put a hand on her hips. "Today? Why so soon?"

"Because Head Captain said 'as soon as possible'," Hitsugaya bluntly said. He was still not used to Yuki.

Yuki sighed. "So much for training with Yoruichi…"

Matsumoto looked at Yuki with renewed curiosity. "Hey Yuki, what's your sword like?" she asked childishly. The question also intrigued Hitsugaya.

Yuki rubbed the back of her neck and looked up at the ceiling. "Well, it's a snow/ice/water type, but that's all I'm gonna tell you. It's kinda hard to explain, really. That is, unless you see it."

"Wanna spar?" Matsumoto offered. She was hesitant at first, but she agreed. Matsumoto told her about an underground training area under the shop where they could spar.

At the shop, it was Yuki up against Matsumoto. They both agreed that they can release. The gang, also curious about their lil' friend's capabilities, came to watch. Believe it or not, even Urahra and Yoruichi haven't seen Yuki's shikai.

The two ladies positioned themselves, both drawing their swords. In a blink of an eye, the two of them vanished. The audience heard the clash of metals but couldn't find where it came from. Eventually, the two ladies came back into their line of vision.

"Not bad Yuki," Matsumoto commented, applying force to her sword.

"Same goes to you."

"I wonder… what will you do if I release?"

"I dunno, wanna try?" Yuki said with a smirk.

"Hmpf! Let's see about that. Growl, Haineko!" Matsumoto's blade disappeared and dispersed as ash, much to Yuki's surprise. The ash slowly surrounded Yuki who knew better than to touch something she doesn't know. Hitsugaya was smirking, 'What will you do now, Princess?'

"So it comes to this," Yuki said. She sighed before pointing her blade to the ground. "Waltz, Touketsu Kebana." She dropped her sword which stuck to the ground halfway through. The exposed part froze and shattered into small bits of ice. These bits were carried by an unfelt wind which circled Yuki, partially tearing her sleeves, and formed loose bracelets on her wrists; they were blue ribbons intertwined by white chains and on each was a white diamond-shaped bell.

"You are aware that it kinda tore your sleeves, right?"

"Yep! I usually remove the top before the release. You don't know how many of these I've torn and thrown."

'That's her shikai?' Hitsugaya thought in disbelief. He expected a nice shikai, but the one Yuki had didn't even have a blade. Yuki smiled and waved her hand. Immediately, the ash flew away. Matsumoto suddenly put her blade back and looked at her opponent. 'What does her sword do?' he asked in his mind again.

'I assure you, her sword is a very dangerous one,' Hitsugaya heard his sword said in a low voice. 'It might not look like it now, but when she goes all out, you'll become a puppet.'

Hitsugaya shrugged off his sword's warning and continued to watch. None of the two ladies had moved for the past few minutes. Matsumoto was obviously analyzing Yuki's sword. On the other hand, Yuki was just waiting for an attack.

Yuki shook her hands, making the bells ring. "Matsumoto, you won't be able to see my blade if you don't attack me," she pointed out in a sing song way. Matsumoto tightened her grip and lunged forward. There was white smoke and the sound of bells. When the smoke cleared, everyone saw her sword.

The sword was a fencing sword. From the bell came a short white chain. Connected to the chain was the white handle of the sword which was decorated by elegant blue swirls. The guard was a small dome of interlaced white. The blade was also pristine white.

"How ?"

"That's a S-E-C-R-E-T," Yuki said childishly. She looked up at Ichigo. "According to what I've heard, Captain Hitsugaya there has the most powerful ice zanpakuto," she smirked, "Maybe we should spar some time?" She backed away from Matsumoto and sliced the air, ice coming from the blade. Hitsugaya waved his hand, dismissing the offer. Yuki gave him a questioning look but immediately focused on her fight.

"Is it true??" Ichigo asked out loud.

"Which one?" Yuki shouted. Matsumoto called out Haineko again and made the ash swirl around her again.

"I heard from Zangetsu that when you're at your strongest, we'll be good as dead!"

Yuki laughed as she escaped from the ashes closing in on her. "That's when I go bankai," she said in a sweet girly tone, winking at the audience.

"That's my girl!" Yoruichi cheered.

"If you say that while Soifon's here, I'LL be good as dead," Yuki laughed. Matsumoto backed away and collected Haineko again.

"This is unfair! You didn't tell me you had bankai!" she complained.

"You didn't ask," Yuki replied. She rested her blade on her shoulder and looked at her other bracelet. Matsumoto also observed from afar and something popped up in her mind.

"Am I right if I say that the other bracelet also has another blade?" Yuki just looked at her with a sly smile on her face.

"Maybe… or maybe not." All of a sudden, Hitsugaya jumped down from where he was and declared that the session was over. Both ladies looked at him in disbelief. "What did you do that for?"

Hitsugaya came up to her and knocked on her head. "If you don't remember, we still have to go back to Soul Society. I already told the Head Captain that we would be there by today." Yuki glared at him for ruining her spar. Matsumoto proved to be an interesting opponent. Yuki sighed in defeat. She removed the two bracelets and crushed them. The pieces reconstructed into her sword and sheathed it. "I've got to hand it to ya, you have an interesting sword."

Yuki looked at him, "Wait till you see what I can do with my bankai," she whispered into is ear. He felt her breath on his neck, making him feel slightly uneasy. He shook his head and looked at his lieutenant.

"Come on Matsumoto! We wouldn't want to keep Captain Yamamoto waiting now do we?" he shouted.

"Yeah, yeah. See ya guys!" The busty woman said as she waved goodbye. Her captain had already gone into the door to Soul Society.

"Yeah! See ya next time! I'm gonna miss you!" Yuki shouted as she waved goodbye too. She looked at Urahara and gave him a curt nod. "When I come back, I'll beat you into a bloody pulp!"

Urahara waved back, "Don't worry Princess, I'll miss you too," he said. Yuki glared even harder and cursed under her breath. Matsumoto had already gone into the gate and Yuki followed.

"Hey Urahara, why does she hate your guts?" Ichigo asked.

Urahara shrugged, "I dunno," he said in a carefree voice, "ask her. I'll bet she'll hate yours too." Ichigo paled and looked at the disappearing door. "Don't worry Ichigo, she'll come back."

Ichigo punched the shopkeeper in the gut and made his way back up to the shop. Rukia and the others soon followed, leaving Urahara and Yoruichi.

"What do you think they'll do to her?" Yoruichi asked, concern laced into her words.

"Loosen up Yoruichi! She's not a traitor or anything, so she would be just fine!" Urahara said as he pulled down his hat and made a little smile.

"What do you think they'll do to me?" Yuki asked. They were closing in to Soul Society. Yuki, being knowledgeable about its rules, was thinking of the punishments they might give her.

"What do you mean?" Hitsugaya asked coldly.

"I mean, do you think they'd kill me?" Yuki cleared.

Hitsugaya and Matsumoto both became uneasy. "You didn't do anything wrong, Yuki. They wouldn't kill anyone innocent," Matsumoto said. Yuki just giggled and moved ahead of them.

"Well, we'll find out sooner if we walk faster," she pointed out, giggling as she walked bit faster. "Is that how old people are supposed to be? Slow?" she teased.

Matsumoto gave a little annoyed look and tried to catch up with her. Hitsugaya, trying to think of what Soul Society might do to her, soon picked up his speed. 'Don't worry kid. She'll be fine.'

Soon, they saw the gate. They slowed down to a walk. When the gates opened, they were greeted by Captain Yamamoto himself and no one else.

"Gramps?" Yuki said in confusion. "I thought I'd be greeted by the 2nd Division."

"Himemiya, please come with me. We have something important to discuss," the old man motioned for her to follow. "As for the two of you, do not tell anyone about Himemiya's return. I myself would be the one to tell the others." Matsumoto and Hitsugaya nodded and went back to their office, only to be greeted by stacks of paper work.

"Matsumoto, I expe-" Matsumoto dashed out of the building. "MATSUMOTO!!!"

"Ne, Gramps, what do you plan to do with me?" Yuki asked. "Don't tell me you're the one who's gonna execute me."

The old man didn't turn around. "Himemiya, please do not address me as 'Gramps.' And please, don't worry. You are not sentenced to death penalty."

She raised an eyebrow. "Then, what do you guys need?"

The old man stopped and sat down. Yuki looked around and realized where she was; she was at the examination room.

"OH GOD, NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!"

"But yes," the Yamamoto curved his lips a little, "and even if you don't take it, the Chamber 46 themselves decided this."

Yuki shouted profanities. Of all things and all people, why this and why her?

"You'll be going to the Fifth." The Fifth? Of all the damn divisions why the Fifth? "Don't worry. You won't start right away. You still have to get measured." Yuki rolled her eyes, ugh… measurements. "You start this Friday." Yuki almost face-palmed herself. Why? Oh why God, why?

D-O-N-E. Done!

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