Hideout Infiltration

That morning...

Ichigo: "AAAGGGHHH!"

Now that's an alarm!

Ichigo: (While trying to crawl away) "PLEASE, NOT THAT! STOP, LET GO! I'M BEGGING YOU!"

Kurotsuchi: (While holding onto Ichigo) "Why are you protesting treatment? Your body has been infused with a deadly poison. You must be treated immediately or you'll die."

Kurotsuchi was about to inject Ichigo with a syringe of... something... when Levi grabbed his arm and held it back.

Levi: "Just what the hell is in that syringe anyway?!"

Kurotsuchi: "Nothing you need to concern yourself with. Now step aside."

Levi: "Like hell I will! Who said you could just inject everyone with something that comes from your lab?!"

Kurotsuchi: "How rude. As I told you, you have no need to be concerned."

Levi: "I beg to differ!"

Eren: "Captain!"

Levi looked over and saw Nemu holding Eren down.

Nemu: "Please relax, Eren."

Eren: "FUCK NO!"

Kurotsuchi: "Good work, Nemu. He'll be next."

A blade was suddenly held up to Kurotsuchi's face. The one holding it? Levi, who else?

Levi: (Leaning right up to Kurotsuchi's face) "Back off or I'll shove this so far up your ass, you'll have to dissect yourself just to remove it!..."

Kurotsuchi: "I would love to see you try."

Shunsui: "That's enough, Kurotsuchi."

Fortunately Ukitake and Shunsui arrived.

Ichigo: "Captain Kyoraku! Captain Ukitake!"

Shunsui: "Sorry about showing up so late, guys."

Ukitake: "So are you all right then?"

And they brought along Unohana and all of Squad 4 as well.

Unohana: "Captain Kurotsuchi. Our thanks for tending to everyone. Now that Squad 4 has arrived, we'll take care of things from here on."

Levi: "Thank god."

Ichigo: "I'm saved."

Kurotsuchi: "It isn't easy to treat a victim of my poison if you are not familiar with it."

Unohana: "Please rest assured. We successfully treated Isane and the others who were exposed to the poison during Ashisogi Jizō's attack. We have already analyzed its contents."

While Unohana treated and explained to Ichigo what had happened to Isane and the others with her, the rest in the immediate area were treated for the poison. Eren was treated right after Ichigo.

Eren: "Oh man. I was worried there for a second, Captain."

Levi just smirked. And then...

Erwin: "NO! NO! I HATE SHOTS!"

Of course the treatment had to be administer through a syringe. And apparently the great Erwin Smith was afraid of needles.

Squad 4 Member: "Please calm down! It's the only way!"

Erwin: "Don't come near me with that!"

Eren was shocked to see the former Scout Regiment Leader act in such a way. He didn't have a problem with needles. Then again... Eren was the son of a doctor. What happened next was even more shocking to the youth.

Levi: "... ... ERWIN! QUIT WHINNING AND GROW A PAIR ALREADY!"

Levi apparently has seen this behavior before! And what's more...

Levi: (As he's walking over to Erwin) "(Muttering out loud) I swear, every single damn time I have to hold you down like a big baby! (To the Medic) Give me a second, I'll hold him down for you!"

Eren was completely shocked and just watched Levi in fascination and awe as he held Erwin down to be given a quick shot.

Erwin: "AAAAGHHHH!"

Eren: "... ... Wow..."

Squad 4 Member: "Captain Unohana!"

Ichigo and Unohana noticed a few of her men coming over after finding more injured.

Squad 4 Member: "Lieutenants Kira and Ackerman were discovered near a collapsed building. We found Third Seat Madarame near the Courtyard and Jean Kirstein just brought Fifth Seat Ayasegawa out from the forest, all of them unconscious!"

Unohana: "I understand. In that case I will look after the wounded here. Please go and help out the others."

The men agreed and headed off to assist everyone. It was at that moment that Shunsui asked Kurotsuchi a good question.

Shunsui: "Say, Captain Kurotsuchi. Your zanpakuto. Was it really such a wise decision to break it?"

Kurotsuchi: (While looking at his broken sword) "Yes, it was. It was more important for me to recover Ashisogi Jizō to understand the secret behind the brainwashing of the Zanpakuto."

Ichigo: "Wait, so earlier you forced it to submit?"

Kurotsuchi: "Hardly. It simply self-destructed. It was the same when that ruffian took action and broke Wabisuke."

Ichigo: "Then it's lost... forever-"

Kurotsuchi: "Enough talk! I broke my own zanpakuto in order to discover vital new information. (Smiling greatly) You ask too many questions."

Ichigo: "You don't think losing your own sword just to conduct an experiment is too big a price to pay?"

Kurotsuchi: "Oh of course not."

Shunsui just laughed.

Shunsui: "It's a good thing you're on our side!"

Eren: "I wouldn't go that far."

While the chaos from the night was reviewed, Byakuya returned to Muramasa with a Hell Butterfly. The Soul Reaper then followed the Zanpakuto to where unknown. When the sun was up, Kenpachi decided to move on.

Kenpachi: "Alright then. I guess I'll get going."

Ukitake: "Where are you going, Captain Zaraki?"

Kenpachi: "You know where. I'm going to go find Byakuya so we can finish our fight."

Yachiru: "Sounds like great fun, Kenny!"

Just then...

Yoruichi: "You won't find him just searching blindly."

Yoruichi arrived with Mike and Soifon behind her.

Ichigo: "Yoruichi!"

Ukitake: "Yoruichi Shihoin... you're back."

Yoruichi: "They really did a number on this place."

Kenpachi: "So! Do you know where I'm gonna be able to find those rebel bastards?"

Yoruichi: "I don't."

Kenpachi: "What?!"

She's got something better.

Yoruichi: "But I have discovered where they're holding the Head-Captain."

The whole crowd was shocked! At the same time, Muramasa led Byakuya to a cave where the Zanpakuto of Ukitake, Shunsui and Unohana were seemingly holding someone within a powerful barrier. When Byakuya realized who it was, he was shocked. For it was none other than Yamamoto himself. A little later and most of the main group has relocated to the Squad 4 Barracks to discuss the latest news.

Shunsui: "You said you know where the old man is, so let's hear it."

Yoruichi: "Well... I can tell you this. Not only is it the most likely place he would be... but I also sensed the Head-Captain's Spiritual Pressure near there."

Shunsui: "Hmm..."

Ukitake: "What should we do? There's not much point in waiting for them to come to us."

Shunsui: "It's never been our nature to wait anyway."

Yachiru: "C'mon, Kenny! We really should get going! Our turn to find the old fella!"

Kenpachi: "You can relax, we're not playing hide-and-seek. (To Yoruichi) Hey... The guy that I wanna fight is probably there, right?"

Yoruichi: "Yeah, I'm pretty sure. You just be sure that you don't take on the Head-Captain by mistake."

Kenpachi: "Ha-ha, I'm pretty sure I can tell the old man from that traitor."

Yoruichi: "How about it? Will you two be coming with us?"

Ukitake and Shunsui nodded. Ichigo was already going. Hange arrived and said she'd come too. As for the rest...

Eren: "Captain... What're your orders?"

Levi was about to answer when he suddenly just slowly glanced up towards the sky for some reason. Some kind of instinct was telling him something. Something familiar...

Eren: "Captain?"

Levi snapped out of his trance and glanced at Eren.

Eren: "Captain Levi?"

Levi: "Huh?"

Eren: "Yoruichi's gonna lead Kenpachi, Ichigo, Hange, Ukitake and Kyoraku to where Yamamoto is. So what do you want us to do?"

Levi thought for a moment. He wanted to come along. But there was something tell him that he was needed elsewhere and more importantly too. So...

Levi: "Eren. Something tells me that once we make an attempt at Yamamoto, all hell is gonna break loose here. I want you to stay here with the others and prepare for an all out fight."

Yoruichi: "He's right. When we go for the Head-Captain, our enemy will know that the Seireitei is weakened. It's likely that they'll make an all out attack once we go for Yamamoto."

Eren: "All right. I'll make sure everyone's ready. But... What about you, sir?"

Levi: "I... have something else I need to do."

Meanwhile, at the Zanpakuto's lair, Kazeshini arrived with heavy wounds. He had managed to get away. Muramasa assured his remaining Zanpakuto rebels that as long as they had Yamamoto, the Soul Reapers wouldn't do anything too drastic. A short time later, Yoruichi had led her little rescue party to the location of Yamamoto's presence, somewhere deep in the forest. They were all looking down the entrance to a dark cave, one of the many cave systems that ran throughout under the Soul Society like a maze.

Hange: (To herself) "So this is an entrance to some of the caves Levi told us about..."

Ukitake: "This certainly is the Head-Captain's Spiritual Pressure. But I'm also sensing some kind of powerful barrier around it."

Shunsui: "Ryūjin Jakka was probably too much for Muramasa to manage. He must've placed Old Man Yama in a special containment field."

Ukitake: "We would be very fortunate if it's true, then we don't have to take on the power of Ryūjin Jakka."

Hange: "Ryūjin Jakka is the strongest fire type zanpakuto, right?"

Yoruichi: "That's right. The only other person who just might have a chance against Ryūjin Jakka is Captain Toushiro Hitsugaya who has the strongest ice type zanpakuto- Hyorinmaru."

Shunsui: "Him and Vegeta. Somehow that saiyan seems to have a way of seemingly controlling the elements."

Hange: "*Sigh*... What I wouldn't give to have him around right about now. This is getting out of hand more and more every day."

Ukitake: "I know. I wish he were here too. But we have to make due without him for now."

Kenpachi: "You seem to be pretty positive that the old man is down there somewhere."

Yoruichi: "Correct. There's no mistake, he's here. The only problem is this cave meanders through the ground like a maze."

Hange: "Levi told us that too, from what he was told by Toushiro."

Yoruichi: "Also... There is another entrance on the other side, but I'm sure that it's guarded as well. If they are all in there, we must proceed with extreme caution."

Kenpachi: "What a pain in the ass. How about we cut the chatter and start moving?"

Typical Kenpachi, he just headed on into the cave with Yachiru cheering him on.

Shunsui: "Ha-ha, brother. Guess there's no reason to plan a surprise attack at this point."

Ukitake: "Yeah... and no sense in waiting around to see what they're going to do. Let's go."

Shunsui: "Good idea."

And both Shunsui and Ukitake headed in now.

Hange: (To Yoruichi) "I think I'll stick with you, Yoruichi. Feels safer that way."

Yoruichi: "That's fine. Ichigo. We'll use the other entrance and meet them inside."

Ichigo: "Right."

Hange and Ichigo followed Yoruichi to the other entrance.