The characters in this fan fiction are property of Tite Kubo, Viz Media, Shonen Jump and the others, I do not own and part of the Bleach manga/anime series. I am not nor have I ever made any money of Bleach series.

This is a fan fiction about Ichigo , Hiyori, and somewhat about Rukia . Many things about this story are the same as in the current continuity of Bleach while some things are vastly different.

Sorry about the long delay, I live on the eastern side of the Us, was more worried about whether or not the flood waters from the resent massive flooding would reach us or or not, which it didn't, thankfully, so here , without futher ordo is the next chapter.

Chapter 28

Ichigo, Hiyori, Chad, Orihime, Tatsuki, Uryu, Renji, Rangiku, Kukaku, Urahara, and Tessai were all in the underground training area, under Urahara's shop. Some of them were standing, others were either sitting on rocks, or directly on the ground.

"… So let me get this straight now,.. You wanted to test me and Hiyori to show me that I couldn't use Bankai until we relearned it, and that you, and these mod soul things were behind the whole kidnapping thing" Ichigo said, leaning against a rock with his arms folded. " So tell me something, Mr. Hat and clogs… DID YOU REALLY THINK WE'D BE OK WITH THIS, ONCE WE FOUND OUT!"

"Hehe,…hehe.. Uh no?" Urahara replied laughing nervously. " I knew you might be mad, but I did have a good reason behind it, not just the Bankai thing, but it was going to help you problem solving and things like that… if we had gotten around to it."

"Fine.. I get it, more or less.." Ichigo said, grumpily. " Now tell us, why did your little "experiment" end sooner then you had planned?"

"Yes that.." Urahara said, in a serious tone. "As soon as Yoruichi gets here, we'll begin that."

" She's at the Soul Society?" Hiyori asked. " Doing what, talking to the old man?"

"Hmm.. No, she's here in the world of the living, she's the one who told me that this thing with you guys needed to end prematurely." Urahara said, fanning himself, with his tiny fan. " She said, she needed to check something and then she'd some back here and-"

"Get this started, right Kisuke?" Yoruichi said, walking over to the group, with Captain Soifon behind her. " The sooner we get this done ,the sooner Ichigo and Hiyori can relearn Bankai"

"And just who said we needed to relearn it?" Ichigo said, irritated. "We don't need to relearn crap"

"Is that so?.." Yoruichi said smiling. " well then…show us"

Ichigo stood up, grabbing sword. "Fine by -"

"Pardon, me, but don't we have more important things to deal with right now?" Uryu asked, out loud. "Ichigo and Hiyori can demonstrate their Bankai later."

"Hmm… four eyes does have a point.. Fine we'll have them do that later," Yoruichi said, leaning against a boulder. " All right here's what we know. First, a number of strange bursts of energy have appeared in various places in Karakura. Secondly, a number of people have been found with there souls removed from them….or drained is more like it…. It's hard to explain, to be honest."

"Drained,… like a strigoi?" Hiyori asked, resting her chin on the hilt of her sword, that was stabbed into the ground.

"A strigoi?… what the hell is that ?" Ichigo asked, looking at her. "This thing sounds like a vampire to me."

"That is what she said… or at least the Romanian name, anyway" Uryu replied, adjusting his glasses.

"Right… anyway what are we suppose to do about this supposed vampire thing or things?" Ichigo asked, grumpily.

"Well, the orders for you , Hiyori, Rangiku, and Renji are to investigate these strange things going on." Yoruichi said, folding her arms and standing up away form the boulder. "As the others, Urahara has volunteered to assist us, and I brought Soifon to aid us as well"

"Good to see you again, Captain Kurosaki" Soifon said, looking over at him, him the faintest of blushed oh her cheeks.

"Oh, hey there Soifon, what's up?" Ichigo said, giving her a small smile and nod. " And by the way, my friends just call me Ichigo, not captain."

"Um.. Yes if that is what you'd prefer…. Ichigo" Soifon said, blushing again.

"Well, if your done flirting with Ichigo, we can get going, Soifon" Yoruichi said, grinning.

Soifon turned dark red, and Ichigo had a tiny blush on his face as he turned away.

"For now, we'll split up in to teams of 3." Urahara said, putting his fan away. " Here are the teams as follows, … Ichigo, Hiyori, and Uryu,…Chad, Orihime, and Rangiku, and finally Renji, Kukaku and myself… oh and I guess miss Arisawa better stay here so she's safe"

"Fuck that! I'm not sitting on the side lines for this crazy shit!" Tatsuki said, barring her teeth. "I'm going with Ichigo,.. He's too much of an idiot to be left on his own, even with the short girl's help"

" What did you call me, judo bitch?" Hiyori asked, growling. " That Lieutenant Hiyori Sarugaki to you."

"Whatever you say, LIEUENTANT… " Tatsuki said, glowering at Hiyori.

Yoruichi shook her head and said" Fine you can go, ..now then we'll_"

"Sorry to interrupt you, ma'am, but I have data from the department of research and development for you." Said a member of the stealth force who appeared out of nowhere, crouching next to Soifon. " It's in regards to the Reishi sample sent to them by Kisuke Urahara"

"Then speak already" Soifon said, impatiently. "What's the report?"

"Unfortunately, they could nor identify the sample, at this time" the stealth force member said, looking down at the ground. "They are continuing to examine it and will relay the any results ASAP"

"I see.. Is that all?" Soifon asked, looking down at him. "If it is ,then return upstairs to wait for any further transmissions from the Soul Society"

"Yes ma'am" He said, bowing , before disappearing.

"Now then we'll split up…" Yoruichi stated. " You'll head to the following parts of town, … Ichigo, Hiyori, and Uryu, you had the north side of town, Chad, Orihime, and Rangiku head to the south. Renji, Kukaku and myself will go the east. As for the west side, we'll all meet up there and investigate together"

"I'm going with Ichigo, remember?" Tatsuki said, walking over beside Ichigo.

"Fine, go with Ichigo, Hiyori and Uryu." Yoruichi said, sighing. "Everyone ready?, good then move out"

They all nodded and climbed up and out of the training grounds and out of the front doors of the shop.

In an train yard, on the eastside of the city, a woman who appeared to be in her early 20's, sitting on top of a small pile of wooden boards. She had brown, parted hair, and was dressed in a short with a large collar, a vest over top of it, and a red tie. She was humming to a train yard engineer, who was walking stiffly towards her, with his eyes wide in terror. He came to a stop in front of her and put her hands on his shoulders, and put her mouth near his neck. She appeared to start sucking on air from him. She heard a noise behind her and stopped. She turned and threw the man into her attacker as she darted and back flipped out of the way of Yoruichi.

"I sent the data to the research department, they have a live feed of us, right now" Renji, said, who appeared behind Yoruichi along with Kukaku.

"It's not nice to interrupt a lady's meal, you know" the Woman said to them. "We are, after all just two adults, having a pleasant time here"

"Really? And since when is having your soul Sucked out, considered a pleasant time?" Yoruichi asked, laying the man down gently on the ground. " And before I forget, who are you ,anyway?"

" Isn't it polite to introduce yourself first?" The woman asked, grinning. " Or am I behind the times?.. It wouldn't be the first time"

" Yoruichi Shihoin, leader of the Shihoin clan" Yoruichi stated, crossing her arms. " Now you, missy"

"Very well, you may call me, Yoshino.. She said, turning to the side.

"I thought that was you, Yoshino" Yoruichi said, looking at her.

The woman leaped up onto the top of a nearby train.

"Wait!" Yoruichi said, stepping forward, "What are you up to?"

Yoshino looked down at them, and said, "And as much as I would love to chat further, I really must be going… But don't worry, well meet again ,..very soon"

With that, she leaped off of the train and out of sight. Yoruichi knelt down to check the man's pulse, "He'll be alright, we got here in time to stop her from taking his soul out."

"Hey, Yoruichi, did you know that bimbo?" Kukaku asked, putting her hands on her hips. " You seemed to know her, so what's the deal?"

"Yes I know her, thought it has been a very long time since I saw her like that…" Yoruichi said. " We need to contact the others, and let them know we saw one of the enemies."

Yoruichi contacted the other 2 teams and shortly later, they all met back at Urahara's shop, Ichigo's team was the last to arrive.

Before they even came inside the shop there voices could be heard. "It's her fault for being a stupid little midget, Ichigo" Tatsuki said, crossing her arms as they walked.

"No it's your fault for being jealous of me being with Ichigo, you stupid Judo bitch!" Hiyori could be heard saying. "You had like 10 years or so to hook up with him, and you wasted your change, so deal with it!"

"I'm not jealous of you and Ichigo, and if I really wanted him, I'd have no problems taking him from you!" Tatsuki said back. "He was my best friend for like 10 years before he met your short legged ass!"

Ichigo chose to stay a ways behind them, his face bright red, in embarrassment. How was I suppose to know Tatsuki had a crush on me too? she never told me anything about it ! Ichigo though to himself. Although, Now I'm wondering what would have happened if I had been dating her , when I first met Hiyori and Rukia, how would have things played out?..

Ichigo tried to shake his head clear, as they slid open the door, to Urahara's shop. They walked in and went into the sitting room where the others were waiting. Hiyori and Tatsuki sat on either side of Ichigo, and both glared at one and other.

"Well, paint my ass blue and call me a baboon( 5 imaginary points to those who name the anime this is said in), it's about time you three showed up!" Urahara asked them, raising an eyebrow. "…..Uh.. Did you three have something happen, Hiyori and Tatsuki seem…tense."

"We'll talk about it later.." Ichigo said, grinning nervously. " So anyways,… what did you and The Soul Society find out?"

"Right, we managed to find out what's behind the strange spikes of Reishi and the disappearances of Soul in the world of the living." Urahara said, looking around the room at everyone. " Or should I say, who is behind it. There called the Bounts"

"Bounts? What's a ..Bount?" Ichigo asked, blinking in confusion.

"When I was the Head of the Department of Research and Development, I came across some strange Reishi samples, ..that looked a lot like the one Yoruichi, Kukaku, and Renji collected from a almost victim earlier." Urahara, stated.

"Wait, I thought you, Renji and Kukaku Shiba stopped saved guy in the train yard" Uryu asked, adjusting his glasses.

"We did, but before we did we found another man who we were too late to save." Yoruichi said, her eyes closed. "We collected this Reishi from that person,.. as for what the Bounts are… Urahara, if you would"

"Right" He replied, nodding. " As I said, I found some similar Reishi before and traced it to a tribe of beings called the Bounts. The Bounts are similar to Quincys in that they are humans with special powers. Quincys can destroy the soul of hollows completely using Reishi converted into arrows as you know but, Bounts on the other hand have a special ability to absorb human souls , in order to have proper nourishment"

Urahara a took a sip of his tea and continued. "Another difference between Bounts and people like Quincys, is that Quincys are born as a human, live and eventually fie, like a normal human being. Bount however, are born as human, but gain immortality by absorbing human souls. Basically like a vampire, as they are also apparently known."

"Unfortunately, neither myself or Kisuke have seen or encountered a Bount ourselves beyond the one rime that I did, so we don't know anything beyond that, and I'm sure there's more " Yoruichi said, from beside Urahara. "Now then,… what concerns me, is that while a Bount normally absorbs the soul of a dying person, the Bount myself, Renji, and Kukaku encountered was trying to take the soul of a person that was very much alive"

"So what happens after a soul is removed from a person?" Ichigo asked, looking at Urahara.

"The same as what normally happens, death. Unfortunately, the soul is destroyed, and does not return to the circle of transmigration." Urahara stated, looking down. "This is another reason why this is considered a problem. Much like with Quincys, Bounts destroy the balance between the number of living and dead souls."

"So what are we waiting for?, lets go find this Bount and kick it's ass!" Ichigo jumping up.

"Correct you are Ichigo, we do indeed need to get moving. So, well split up again, but this time we'll have a little help." Urahara said, standing up along with everyone else. " These, three here, the ones you encountered before, well go with you, since they can track the Reishi of a Bount"

"They have that powers too?" Ichigo asked, looking down at the three in question. " You never even told us how you know these weirdo's, in the first place."

"Simple, I created them" Urahara replied., in a semi serious tone.

Everyone just stared , until Hiyori said, " What the fuck do you mean, created them?"

"Although they appear to be normal humans, they are nothing of the sort. The form you see them in before you, are merely Gigais" Urahara explained. " You see, these three are what's called mod souls"

"Mod souls? Are they anything like Gikongan?" Ichigo asked, confused.

"Well, there the same in the sense that their base form is that of a pill-like object and they too can be inserted into things like Gigais." Urahara said to him. "However, unlike a Gikongan, a mod soul is a true living being, like you or me, except they were created specifically for combat. Each Mod soul has a unique ability, like the ones these have that you witnessed first hand"

"First you saw the ability of the one wearing a hat, and his name is Kurodo." Yoruichi said, looking over at him. " In addition to him being able to sense Bounts, He can change his shape into any person and utilize the abilities of that person, although they won't be as strong as the real person he's copying"

"Then there's Nova, the very thin, fellow wearing the blue fur coat." Yoruichi said continuing. "Nova also can sense Bounts as well as use his special ability of teleportation. He can transport himself, along with others, and or objects, using artificially created wormholes, which he can focus with his shield on his back."

"And then there's me, Lirin. I can sense Bounts and more impressively , create powerful illusions, and make you see anything you can possibly imagine" Lirin said, smiling confidently. " I'm able to confuse my enemies, without needing to fight them, I can even make them fight each other"

"Yes, now then the three of them will go with you, while you all separate again and search for this Bount, where ever she may be in the city" Urahara said, looking around at everyone. "Well split into teams again , and Lirin, Kurodo and Nova will be partner with one of you, to help find this Bount"

Lirin, you will go with Ichigo, as well as Hiyori, and Uryu. Nova, you will be partnered with Chad, along with Renji, and Kukaku." Yoruichi said, folding her arms." And finally Kurodo, your partner is Orihime. You two will go with Rangiku and Soifon. .. As for Miss Arisawa,.. giving the serious danger, you will not be going this time, no matter how much you protest."

"You expect me to sit here and do nothing while there out there facing some vampire lady?" Tatsuki said , clenching her fists.

"Calm down, I will be training you here, on how to develop your hidden powers" Yoruichi said, calmly.

"I have ,… powers?" Tatsuki said, lowering her arms to her sides, her eyes wide.

"I believe so. Much like Orihime, and Chad you were exposed to the intense Spiritual Pressure that Ichigo was leaking off, and this is why you can see ghosts the way you can" Yoruichi said, looking at her. "You too, might also have developed a ability, and I will train you to see if this is true."

"…. Fine" Tatsuki said, after a minute " But Ichigo, you better return here safe, after this is done… that is unless I can join you later"

"And you, shorty, you better keep this idiot safe, got it?" Tatsuki said, looking over at Hiyori. " Or you and I will some problems, believe it!"

"Sure, what ever, judo bitch, I'll take good care of my Ichigo" Hiyori said ,with a nasty grin. " So let's get going already, alright?"

"Just one thing, first, the mod souls need to get into their stuffed dolls." Yoruichi said, looking over at them. "Tessai, would you give them a hand?"

"Of course, miss Yoruichi" Tessai said, standing in the doorway. "Please follow me, Lirin, Kurodo, and Nova"

"Yeah yeah, I still think this is stupid though." Lirin said crossing her arms, as she followed Tessai out of the room with her fellow mod Souls. "At least you could have gotten me a better looking one…"

"Uh stuffed dolls?" Ichigo asked, raising an eyebrow. "Why do they need stuffed dolls for?"

Urahara gave a smile and looked at Ichigo. "Simple Ichigo, a mod soul as I said, is like a Gikongan pill and as such can be placed into a object living or dead and give the Mod Souls a temporary body so they can speak and what not , as well as they'll have a form that you guys, and girls can carry around them on your search"

" Like some kind of fashion accessory, you mean?" Orihime asked, smiling.

"Uh… not exactly, more like… hmm well I can't really compare it to something else." Urahara said, rubbing his chin. "It just is what it is.. Oh and before I forget, while in a doll, there powers will be less effective then normally,…. except for Kurodo, his power of mimicry won't function at all, I'm afraid"

A few minutes later the Mod Souls cam back into the room only this time in tiny stuffed dolls. Lirin had a anthropomorphic bird doll with a blue hoodie, and red bow tie, Nova, a anthropomorphic turtle doll, with a white ruffled shirt and grey pants, and finally Kurodo who was in a pink rabbit purse-like doll, with red suit and black tie.

"What are you staring at, Ichigo,?" The bird doll Lirin said angrily at him.

"Uh, nothing …nothing at all" Ichigo said, nervously. "Let's just get going already, alright Lirin, he said, holding out his had for her.

She looked down at it and blushed somewhat before jumping onto his hand and sitting down as he lifted her up, and placed her on his shoulder. She held on tightly as he stood upright all the way. At the same time, Orihime got a strap from Tessai and made Kurodo even more purse-like before slipping the strap around her shoulder, and Nova got onto Chad's shoulder with both merely giving a silent nod to one and other.

Finally they all left the shop, and once again split up while Yoruichi stayed behind with Tatsuki and started to see what she could do.

"Tatsuki, why don't you head down the ladder and into the training area, I'll be down in a moment, ok?" Yoruichi said to her.

Tatsuki nodded to her and preceded down the ladder while Yoruichi turned to Urahara.

"You know Kisuke, I don't I remember you saying anything about a feature for those Mod Souls that could track Reishi… an more specifically, a Bount's Reishi.. It's like you knew this would happen." Yoruichi said, crossing her arms. " You knew they would appear soon didn't you? Some how you knew in advance. Did you?"

"Who me?.. Urahara said grinning a cheesy grin. "I can not tell a lie… so I won't say anything at all"

"Somehow I figured that would be your answer." Yoruichi said shaking her head. " Well, whatever. I'll be downstairs with Tatsuki, let me know if they contact you with any info"

"Righty-oh, Yoruichi!" Urahara said, holding onto his hat's brim as he watched her disappear into the opening to the training area.

Urahara turned his head and sigh, before looking out the open shop door. "I wonder what these Bounts are up to, .. And if Ichigo and the others will be able to handle whatever it is.. I can only pray that they can"

Ichigo, Hiyori, Uryu and Lirin made there way through the city and for nearly an hour, they neither saw nor heard, or Lirin's case, sensed a Bount anywhere.

"This is ridiculous" Ichigo said, as they walked along. "Why don't we call the others, and see if their having any better luck?"

"Fine, cause this is boring as shit" Hiyori said, in agreement. "Call them up all ready"

"While I agree this is tedious, your language is … a bit inappropriate." Uryu said, adjusting his glasses. " Especially for a young lady"

"Oh yeah?" Hiyori said, looking over at Uryu. "We'll if you don't like my language, then you can shove those glasses of yours straight up your stuck up ass. If it doesn't hit the stick that's already lodged in there, that is"

Uryu chose not to respond and turned his head away. Ichigo, meanwhile had pulled out his Soul Pager and dialed up Kukaku. He put it on Speaker mode so the others could hear it.

"Hey sis, it's Ichigo, you find any Bounts yet?" He asked, into the phone. "Cause were not having too much luck here"

"We ain't found shit, little brother." Kukaku said, in a irritated voice. "I'd rather be back at Urahara's shop drinking Saki, or better yet meet your sisters and crazy dad"

"Yeah well ,I haven't had a chance to even tell them I'm a Soul Reaper yet, so one thing at a time." Ichigo said, blushing in embarrassment.

"Well you better get your ass moving on that." Kukaku replied. " Any ways I guess we keep looking for now, ..till someone finds this Bount chick. Check in later, bye for now, Ichi."

Ichigo hung up and not 5 mins. passed when Lirin head shot up and said. "A Bount, there's a Bount close by!"

"What! Where?" Ichigo said, gripping the hilt of his Zanpaktou, on his back.

"That way .. Around a block or so away! Hurry!" Lirin yelled at him.

The group ran as Lirin pointed the way, until they came upon a woman holding a man upright. She with her mouth by his neck, and dropped him to the ground as she spotted them.

"Well ,well,… some uninvited guest, interrupting my dinner" the woman said, softly. "Your as rude as those from before… especially miss Yoruichi Shihoin was."

"So you are from before, what's your name, mine is Uryu Ishida." Uryu said to her, as his energy bow was released from it's cross charm on his wrist.

"At least you have some manners. You may call me Yoshino Soma." The woman said, smiling. " And if you'll excuse me I need to get going, see you around!"

She ran out of the ally they were near, and they immediate gave chase, with Lirin tracking her. Finally the corners her in a small parking lot area behind some buildings.

"You have no where to go now lady!" Ichigo said as he and Hiyori drew their swords and pointed them forward. " Now tell why your doing this and what your plan is!"

"Who says I have a plan at all" Yoshino said, mockingly. "Perhaps I'm just doing this this because I can"

"You obviously think were stupid or something" Hiyori said, tightening the grip on her sword. " Well I got news for you , you're the stupid one if you think your fooling anyone, now what's your plan?"

"Fine I do have a plan, nut I have no reason to tell you annoying young people anything" Yoshino said to them, smiling nastily.

"Say that all you want, your not going anywhere right now" Ichigo said to her. " Not until we have a chance to chat"

"Chat? About what? If it's about asking me out, sorry, you too gentlemen are quite cute, but you're a bit to young for my taste." She said, laughing. "If it's about the plan,… your out of luck though"

Ichigo and Uryu blushed slightly before shaking their heads, and focusing in the situation.

"Stop trying to sidetrack us, damn it" Ichigo said, gritting teeth.

"Sorry, but I was hoping to get out of this without fighting, I can't stand violence, to honest." Yoshino said to them, raising her arms. " But I guess there's nothing I can say to make you change your minds. In that case,….Zeige Dich, Goethe! "

Yoshino had a metal wrist band on one wrist and a metal finger gauntlet on the other hand, that she slid against each other, creating a spark, as she spoke. After she did, a ring of fire was created and the flames shot to the ground and from the flames rose a huge amount of fire being in a human like form, with fire on it's hands and where it's legs should be.

The man-like fire creature roared at them. And turned it's head toward Yoshino. "Yoshino, you summoned me?" it asked in a deep voice.

"Yes Goethe, these three humans and that strange stuffed doll have been very annoying and rude to me, .. Please deal with them." She said to the fire creature.

"Understood, I will deal with them, now" Goethe said, to her. And faced Ichigo, Hiyori, Uryu, and Lirin.

He shot ball after ball of fire at them that exploded on contact with the ground and walls as the three ducked and dodged it the best they could. The three crouched near each other and spoke quickly.

"Ichigo, go for it's left arm ,I got its right, four-eyes, make it focus on you in the middle." Hiyori said to them in a fast manner. " Go!"

The moved out of the way just as another fire ball hit where they had just been. Uryu ignored the four-eyes comment and pulled back on his energy bow, creating an arrow. He fired out one at it to get its attention, and just as it pulled it's arms back to fire a huge fire ball at him, Hiyori and Ichigo came from both sides and simultaneously cut of his arms.

There small victory was short lived however, as both arms were still connected by fire and reattached themselves.

"Shit, he regenerated himself!" Hiyori said, in frustration.

"That's right, he is after all a being of fire" Yoshino said from behind Goethe. " He is virtually invincible, and it would be better if you gave up now"

"Never!" Ichigo said gritting his teeth. " We'll find a way to beat you, no matter what!"

"Ice, we need ice!" Ichigo said, jumping by Hiyori, "Please tell me you know an Kido ice spell!"

"I can't do the big one.. But I know a small variant of Hyouga Serian, an ice Kido" She exclaimed . "I just nee you and glasses to distract that thing!"

" Alright, Uryu, we need to distract it, I'll use my Getsuga Tensho, you use your arrow things" Ichigo said, jumping away from Hiyori and near Uryu.

"Fine, I'll fire of a number of them and you unleash your ..whatever you called it" Uryu said, readying his bow. " I'm ready when you are"

"Go!" Ichigo yelled from behind him and Uryu fired of as many arrows as he could at the creature.

After a moment of them not having too much effect, he moved to the side upon hearing Ichigo yell to him. All they heard was "Getsuga …TENSHO!" and a huge wave of black and red energy shot forward at the fire creature.

As Ichigo readied his attack , Hiyori held her hands toward the creature from the side and said the chant. " Go, great waves of unforgiving cold , and take out your enemy with no mercy in sight! Hado 37 ,Chiisai Hyouga Arashi !

A moment after Ichigo's attack fired forward, her wave of intense cold and ice shot from behind it, hidden from sight by the Getsuga Tensho until it was too late.

"Pathetic, that energy attack will never harm Goethe for very long, and it certainly wont stop him," Yoshio said, leaning against the wall from behind Goethe. "You just can't grasp the fact that you can't w-"

She was cut off as a huge wave of ice appeared out of nowhere after Goethe recovered from Ichigo's attack and struck him dead on. She barely had time to jump and roll to the ground out of the way, with her boot getting partially frozen as she did.

She held her foot , which was quite cold, and looked over for Goethe. He was frozen solid in a wave of Ice and couldn't seem to move very well, though it was burning it's was through, very slowly.

"Goethe! Damn it, you little bastards!" Yoshino said, limping near him. This is too much I need to get out of here for now, these three , are better then I thought originally, she though as she waited for Goethe to melt the ice out.

"It's over Lady, your little doll will take some time to get out of that, so you have no choice but to give up!" Ichigo said, smiling confidently.

But he spoke to soon as Goethe turned bright red and broke out of the ice in a ball of fire. He sunk forward as if out of breath.

"Goethe, are you alright!" Yoshino asked, in concern. " Can you still fight?"

"Yes, I can still fight them." He replied moving back upright

"Them destroy them!" She yelled, clenching her fists.

"Understood I will destroy them" Goethe said, and he moved toward them.

"Wait, on second thought, give us an exit!" She whispered to him.

He nodded and shot a huge fire ball at the ground near them, that erupted and created a wall of flame at least 25 or 30 feet high between them.

It was too hot to go through, so Hiyori and Ichigo grabbed Uryu by the arms and flash-stepped to the roof to try and get a better angle to see the Bount.

"Damn it , their gone!" Hiyori yelled slamming her fist into the near by wall. "Oww! Fuck , why did I do that!"

"Cause your a moron" Ichigo said, pulling over to him and holding her arm so he could see her fist. "It's bruising already , and even after you get it healed it's gonna hurt like hell"

"Let's get back to Urahara's for now-" Ichigo started to say, until he hears a voice from below yell out, "Ichigo, Hiyori, Uryu!, Lirin, where are you?"

"Orihime we're up here!" Ichigo yelled down. "Hold on sec though, were coming down!"

They flash-stepped back down and met up with Orihime, Rangiku, Soifon and Kurodo down below.

"Everything all right, Ichigo?" Soifon asked, in a neutral, though concerned voice.

"Yeah more or less, the Bount we fought against had a fire creature fighting for her, and it was a pain in the ass." Ichigo replied, putting his arm around Hiyori's shoulders.

" Glad to hear it, cutie... Wait what's wrong with her hand?" Rangiku asked, looking down at Hiyori.

"Oh ,uh, she injured it in battle, it just needs some minor healing, and it'll be fine" Ichigo said, answering for Hiyori. "What about you girls, you ok?, and why are you here , anyway?"

Orihime went and used her powers to heal Hiyori hand as Ichigo put his Zanpaktou on his back.

" We had to deal with a Bount that also got away" Soifon replied, clearly upset about failing. "We continued walking this way after he fled and felt your Spiritual Pressure's nearby."

"Another Bount , first there was only one, now two." Uryu said, sighing. "this is getting quite annoying and complicated as well."

"Agreed, we should regroup with the others, and think about getting some rest, we've been at this for quite some time now" Soifon said thinking for a moment. " Were all tired, especially you and your friends here , who have been at this most of the day from what I understand"

"Fine, let's go find the others ,and get some rest." Ichigo said, "Orihime are you done with Hiyori's hand?"

"Yup!, it wasn't broken, just mildly sprained!" Orihime said, smiling.

"Thanks jiggles.. I mean Orihime" Hiyori said, putting her own sword away"

"Um, yeah sure.. Hehehe" Orihime said, embarrassed at the name. "Are we ready to go, now?"

"Yeah, lets move" Ichigo said, they set out to find the others. "And find out if that human she was after is ok too"

Some distance away Yoshino and stopped to catch her breath for a moment and felt someone nearby, that she recognized.

" So he sent you, Ryo. Not surprising " Yoshino said, not turning around " You are his favorite lap dog, afterall."

"And you're his favorite failure, so were even" Ryo said, from above her, in the shadows. " Although you r probably already now this, he want's to see you, now"

" I figured as much, and luckily for you, I'm too tired to put up much of a fight at the moment" Yoshino replied, sitting down on top of a wooden crate.

"Yes .. I saw your pathetic fight against those Soul Reapers" Ryo said, grinning " You truly are a disappointment."

"Not really, I just don't like violence" She said, closing her eyes. " Can we just get going already?"

"As you wish, lets go" Ryo said, hopping down next to her. " He want's to have along talk with you , and I'm sure you'll be more then happy to see him again."

"Of course," She said, and they walked off. " As happy as a mouse is, to see a snake…"

END OF CHAPTER 28

To be continued, in chapter 29...

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