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"...will be announced after me and Yoruichi discuss it once again!" Kisuke exclaimed which earned him a kick to the back from Naruto.

"You're not even prepared yet?" Naruto asked as he angrily paced around the room. "Rukia can be executed at any moment now, and you expect me to sit here and wait on a plan? No way, I'll do this on my own before I do that."

"Naruto, don't be a fool," Yoruichi remarked as she looked directly at the impatient Shinigami. "What will you accomplish by running into the Soul Society as a wanted fugitive? I can tell you now; you'll be nothing more than a fool. If you want to be a fool, I will personally make sure that you stay in the World of the Living. You are a grown man now; you are no longer the child you once were. Being foolish then came without consequence, but now you must be punished for your own actions. Focus on becoming strong, forget about Rukia."

"If what you describe is a fool Master Yoruichi, then I'll remain a fool my entire life..." Naruto responded, looking up at Yoruichi with a look of determination on his face. "I'll never abandon a comrade, especially not as one precious to me as Rukia. Even if I'm considered weak, I'll fight my way through the Soul Society, me and Kyubiakuma will win, no matter what!"

Soi Fon quietly observed with her eyes closed a small smile on her face. Yoruichi smiled as well, giving Naruto a small pat on the back.

"Just what I expected to hear from you Naruto," Yoruichi stated as her smile increased into a grin. "We have a chance yet that this will work. Keep that determination with you Naruto; carry it proudly no matter what those call you because of it. In your own way, you are already a great Shinigami."

To hear this sentiment from his sensei made the blond Shinigami blush, a small tear forming at the corner of his right eye. Naruto wiped the tear from his eye, surprising Yoruichi as he embraced her in a hug.

"Naruto, don't ever think you're alone..." Yoruichi whispered in the blond Shinigami ear. "You're far from it, just look at all the people in this room..." Naruto scanned the individual's in the room, most grinning from ear to ear.

"Naruto... we'll get her back, no matter what," Ichigo assured the Shinigami, who flashed Ichigo his signature thumbs up. "Let's get stronger together."

"Which reminds me, Ichigo and I will be going inside the training room downstairs to get him back his Shinigami abilities," Kisuke added mysteriously. "Until we finish, I'd like you to train with the Visored, just until you're able to gain control of your Inner Hollow. Once you do this, you'll be ready to return to the Soul Society."

"Good, then let's get this started!" Naruto exclaimed as he took a step forward, and then collapsed to the floor.

"Naruto, you've overexerted yourself!" Soi Fon shouted as she leaned over the fallen Shinigami to see if he was alright. "You need to rest up for a while before you do anything!"

"Yeah, probably wouldn't be a terrible idea," Naruto moaned as he was pulled into a bed by Tessai.

In the Soul Society

Aizen sat at the small desk table beside his bed in his barrack's, sipping on what looked to be a small glass of red wine. Aizen tilted the cup, draining a partial amount of the liquid into his mouth as he went into a deep thought. He was interrupted by a loud bang at the door, the sound of someone knocking at his barrack.

"Who could possibly be knocking at this hour?" Aizen wondered aloud as he stood up, straightening his fake glasses on his face. Aizen answered the door, Uchiha Sasuke at the door, looking absolutely furious.

"What the hell is this Aizen?" Sasuke spat as he barged into the captain's room, not even bothering to close the door behind him. "You allowed Itachi, my enemy, to join the Akatsuki? I thought that we had an agreement!"

"I never agreed not to place Itachi in the Akatsuki, I simply said it was unnecessary at the time," Aizen responded as he closed the door behind Sasuke, walking back to his seat when he was done. "Now, what can I help you with, because this is highly inappropriate?"

"Shut the hell up with that, you knew this was coming you bastard!" Sasuke roared. "I want Itachi out the Akatsuki, or I quit!"

"No one is allowed to quit the Akatsuki, you know this Sasuke," Aizen replied. "Don't be foolish Sasuke, just return to your barracks."

"Or what? I'm tired of listening to a second rate captain like you Aizen!" Sasuke spat as he unsheathed his zanpakuto. "You are pathetic; I should lead the Akatsuki, not some weakling like you."

"Are you challenging me for leadership of the Akatsuki?" Aizen asked as he took a small sip of wine, looking quite uninterested. "I think that would be a grave mistake on your part Sasuke."

"Enough of your head games, I'm going to wipe that ugly look off your face cretin!" Sasuke roared as he took one step to advance forward, but as he did a zanpakuto suddenly was aimed at his throat.

"Ah Gin, I see that you also were in the neighborhood," Aizen stated with a small smile as Gin held his zanpakuto to Sasuke's throat. "I think young Sasuke seemed to get lost on his way to his barracks. Would you mind escorting him back there please? I would myself, but I'm buried in paperwork tonight."

"No problem at all, come Sasuke," Gin answered cheerfully, looking at Sasuke with that horrible smile. "Let's leave the Captain to his work, shall we?"

"Gin, you are such a little as kisser," Sasuke spit out as he spit on Gin's boots. "Get your sword out my face or regret it." Gin did not answer, just continued to look at Sasuke with that goofy smile on his face. Sasuke growled as he used his zanpakuto to push Gin's away, causing Gin to jump back to readjust himself. Sasuke sent a stream of lightning from his sword toward the airborne Gin, who looked down as the lightning jumped up from the ground, wrapping him in a small lightning prison.

"No escape, now DIE!" Sasuke roared as he held his sword at the prison. "Now, strike down my foes, Kaminari!" Sasuke's zanpakuto was unleashed to its true form, a long slim katana with a lightning like aura. Sasuke took one swing of his blade, cutting the prison and supposedly Gin in half. Gin gave Sasuke a devilish smile as he was cut down by the attack, Sasuke smiling in satisfaction as he looked over at Aizen, who still looked unamused. Sasuke went running at Aizen, but was intercepted by Gin, who flash stepped out of nowhere. Sasuke clashed blades with Gin once more, Gin and Sasuke looking at each other face to face. Sasuke began to swing his blade several different directions, each one toward Gin. Gin blocked each strike by colliding Sasuke's zanpakuto with his own, causing each strike to be canceled out. Gin looked to his side as a clone of Sasuke appeared from out of nowhere, the Sharingan in the clone's eyes. Gin's smile grew bigger as he was paralyzed by the lightning that shot from the clone's zanpakuto, unable to move an inch of his body.

"By using the Sharingan on my own blade, I can create a copy of myself, which is a mere illusion that seems as if it is attacking you," Sasuke explained as he advanced toward the paralyzed Gin. "This technique is especially useful for my enemies that cannot see through illusions, such as yourself. It puts focus on the clone while I am the one who is actually attacking you, do you see now? I am an Uchiha, by my clan's name I cannot lose. Now, perish you eyesore." Sasuke brought his sword down on Gin, who once again was seemingly cut down by the zanpakuto.

"That is where you are wrong, my dear friend," Aizen stated as he drained the rest of the wine in his glass. "Gin is... right behind you." Sasuke looked back with widened eyes, Gin indeed standing behind him. Gin smiled as Aizen chuckled broadly.

"Sasuke, don't overestimate the power of your clan so blatantly," Aizen continued as he pulled a large bottle of wine out from inside a cabinet. "Gin is a captain, you are a lieutenant. You cannot beat Gin if he was actually trying, which he is not. Besides..." Aizen flash stepped to the side of Sasuke in an instant, holding his own zanpakuto at Sasuke's neck.

"If I wanted you dead, I'd kill you myself," Aizen warned as Sasuke looked back in fear. "Now get back to where you belong, and I just might forgive this little mishap."

"I-I know everything, I can tell the old man!" Sasuke choked out as he looked back at Aizen. "I know all of it! I know where all your spots are, I know the members! You cannot act as if I'm nothing!"

"But you are nothing Sasuke, but a pawn," Aizen hissed as he increased his pressure he was placing on Sasuke. "Nothing but a little bug who is aching to be squashed. Tell the old man everything you know, it would be too late. You'd be dead the moment you walk out of here. Now I won't tell you again, go home Sasuke." Sasuke opened his mouth to respond, but decided it was in his best wishes not to. He left the barracks, going back to his own.

"Why do you even keep him alive for?" Gin asked as Aizen took his seat at his desk once again.

"He is useful to me, I need him alive for the time being," Aizen answered as he poured himself another glass of wine. "Don't worry Gin; you'll get to kill an Uchiha... just not him yet."

"I can't wait..." Gin answered as a bloodthirsty grin crossed his face.

Meanwhile, Naruto had recovered from his early injuries, and was in the middle of a sparring match with Soi Fon. Naruto clashed blades with Soi Fon, each Shinigami not giving the other any breath room. Soi Fon struck at Naruto's chest with the heel of her blade, trying to take a strike at Naruto's chest afterward. Naruto, though winded, flash stepped from the attack, coming in from in the air with an aerial strike. Soi Fon countered with her own blade, each Shinigami trying to overpower the other. They broke free from each other, both flash stepping in the same direction. It became a flash step battle, Naruto clashing zanpakuto's with Soi Fon every time he tried to attack her. Soi Fon finally went in for the kill attack, flash stepping away from Naruto's current flash step, then flew at Naruto with her zanpakuto aimed at his chest. Naruto turned slightly as he seen Soi Fon disappear again, spotting Soi Fon coming in the corner of his eye. He readied his zanpakuto, his own zanpakuto sliding across Soi Fon's as he avoided her attack, and went in for his own. Soi Fon looked at the attacking Naruto in shock, as he cut across her stomach, and then landed on the ground, looking back at Soi Fon with a smile. Soi Fon stumbled slightly as her feet touched the ground, the injury catching her by surprise. She held the part of her stomach that was cut, smiling as she watched Naruto unleash his shikai to finish the match.

"No holding back, Naruto," Soi Fon whispered as she unleashed a white aura, the aura of Shunpo. She held her zanpakuto at her side as Naruto glowed an aura as well, one of red. They both flew at each other, both hitting each other with an attack.

"Good match Naruto," Soi Fon complimented as she and Naruto limped upstairs in the Urahara Shop. "I didn't expect you to get so strong..."

"Hey, I didn't just sit around you know!" Naruto exclaimed with a grin as he sat in a chair at the table, sighing as he poured a cup of water. "Wow that was great! We have to do it again..." Soi Fon was paying this no mind, something else now on her mind. This boy, no this man, was giving her goose bumps. Not just that, but feelings that made her feel slightly uncomfortable, yet it felt as she always knew. Soi Fon just looked at Naruto, these feelings building as she watched him talk. Without warning she leaned in...

It's a cliffy! What will happen? Find out next chapter of Naruto: Shinigami of the Kyubiakuma!

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