Shizuka: I agree with Kori on this one, this story became too random.
Brandi: Yeah, but at least we have some type of plan, well, somewhat.
Shizuka: *Sweat-drops* That really doesn't help.
Brandi: Damn, I know. But, these filler chapters are only here because the anime has filler arcs and episodes, so we can have them too!
Shizuka: One more thing...
Brandi: Huh?
Shizuka: Please just work on the story to bring it back to the plot.
Brandi: *nods* Of course. Actually, that's what this chapter will be focused on, no more fillers!
Shizuka: No own, no sue! Don't own Bleach!
LAST CHAPTER!
(Yeah, fanfiction likes to get rid of all of my periods...so ha! I AM THE PERIOD MASTER!)
She lost her serious expression and replaced it with an all out crazy one. "Come on Mr. Lion… let's go find a tree somewhere!"
Shizuka grabbed Kon from Kori "I don't think so; Kon is coming back with me."
Kori stuck her tongue out at Kori and crossed her arms "Meanie."
Kori walked away and sat up against a tree. 'Today was fun… I wonder what tomorrow will be like?'
xXx
Shizuka shook her head and walked back to Ichigo's house, with Kon in tow, well, he's kind of indisposed as of the moment.
"Why wouldn't you let me go with her?" Kon whined.
"Cause, your a perv." Shizuka scoffed.
"I am not! I just like girls!" Kon cried out from the death grip.
"Which is exactly why I'm not letting you go with her."
"Just let him go." Ichigo spoke up from behind Shizuka.
"GAH!" She whirled around and glared at the sixteen year old, "Do you enjoy sneaking up on me?"
"Which proves that you suck at sensing spiritual pressure more so than me." Ichigo crossed his arms and smirked. "And you're a Captain."
Shizuka scoffed, "No, it's not that. I would know that you're coming from a mile away. You just leak reatsu like it's going out of style."
"Maybe you could teach me to control it." Ichigo took Kon from her grasp and they walked back in the direction of Kori.
"Or, maybe I don't enjoy having people sneak up on me. So, no." Shizuka crossed her arms and continued to walk briskly.
Kori ran to us, "Yay! Kon's back!" She grinned. She grabbed him from Ichigo and hugged him close.
"I question if you're crazy or not." Shizuka sweat-dropped.
"Hey, now you two have the room to yourselves." Kori shrugged, like it was nothing. On the other hand, both Ichigo and Shizuka were blushing so hard that their faces were as red as tomatos.
"What are you trying to say?" Shizuka's eye twitched.
"Hm?" Kori turned her attention to Shizuka and shrugged, "I dunno."
Shizuka's soul pager rang then. She looked at it and flipped it up, "Captain Ongaku here."
"There will be a Captain's meeting in a couple hours, if you could return to the Soul Society immediatly." Captain Hitsugaya said from the other side.
"Of course. I'll be there soon."
"Good." And he hung up.
"Who was that?" Kori asked as she held Kon close. Kon, seemed to be really enjoying this, so he said nothing.
"Toshiro." Shizuka sighed, "I have a Captain's meeting in a couple hours, but he wants me to return anyway." She unsheathed her Zanpaku-to and called out the Shikai. "I'll probably be back by tomorrow night. I'm gonna relieve Momo of paperwork and attend a couple training sessions with the squad."
"So, you need to go and do your responsiblility as their captain." Ichigo clarified.
"Yeah, I need to make sure things are running smoothly as I'm here for the duration of my stay. " Shizuka sighed.
"You really are a good Captain, if I were still a Shinigami, I would, well, never mind." Kori hugged the lion tightly.
"Never mind what?" Shizuka asked.
"I wouldn't transfer, I'd stay and work under Toshiro."
"I feel loved." Shizuka said dryly.
Kori grinned, "You should!"
"I guess I see ya later." Ichigo said.
"Yeah." She turned and opened the Senkaimon, "Just..don't kill each other before I get back." Shizuka smirked.
"No promises." Kori grinned, almost too cheery.
Shizuka scowled, "Remember, I know where both of you live. So, if the town is on fire I'm coming after you both."
Ichigo frowned, "What makes you think the town'll be burned to the ground?"
Shizuka scoffed, "'Cause I know how you two are when you are even within ten miles of each other."
"Just go." Ichigo scowled.
"Love you too." Shizuka saw the Hell Butterfly fly around her and the small breeze from the Senkaimon opening made her captain's haori flow around her.
"BYE!" Kori called as Shizuka disappeared into the light of the Senkaimon. It closed and then dissipated.
"Good luck with Kon, Kori." Ichigo turned away and began to walk.
Kori didn't hear him, or rather, she ignored him.
"I'm gone." Ichigo shook his head and flashed away.
"So, now we're alone. What do we do now, Kon?" Kori spun around with the lion.
"Oh, I'm sure we can think of something." Kon's eyes glinted.
xXx
Soul Society
Shizuka walked down the hallway to her Captain's quarters and saw that there was a light on. She opened the door and saw Momo hard at work on some paperwork. "Momo, I can take care of the rest of today's paperwork. Go and relax."
Due to the sudden sound, Momo jumped and looked up to see her Captain resting against the door frame, smiling. Momo got a peculiar look but it disappeared before Shizuka could make note of it. "Oh, Captain Ongaku. I didn't see you come in."
"It's no problem, just go and enjoy the rest of the day. I got this." Shizuka moved to the desk.
"Are you sure?" Momo asked, It's not like you've been here to do the paperwork all month. She thought sourly.
Shizuka laughed, "Of course, I can't have my Lieutenant falling ill because she doesn't take some time off. I can see it, you havn't had any decent sleep for a while. Go, really."
Momo got up from the seat and Shizuka took her place.
"Thank you, Captain Ongaku." Momo bowed and left the room.
"Please, call me Shizuka." Momo heard her from the room.
Tonight, Momo. Tonight is the night you strike. She heard Aizen's voice call out.
"Yes, Captain Aizen."
xXx
Captain's Meeting
Shizuka stood between Captain Unohana of Squad 4 and Captain Kuchiki of Squad 6, waiting for the begining of the meeting.
"So, Captain Ongaku, how's the world of the Living treating you?" Captain Unohana asked kindly.
"Fine, no threat from the Arrancars so far. But even though Aizen has been locked away, Gin is still there. And Gin defected with Aizen, so who knows what's going to happen."
"Sounds like they're waiting." Captain Kuchiki said in his calm and quiet voice.
"You think?" Shizuka looked at the Captain, and he nodded.
"Good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so." Ukitake said.
"It does make sense." Soi Fong said.
"This Captain's meeting will now come to order." Head Captain Yamamoto ordered. And the room went quiet. "We will start with the first order of business, Captain Ongaku. Are things going well in the World of the Living?"
Shizuka nodded briskly, "Yes, as far as I know, there hasn't been any activity from the Espadas or Arrancars. The only one I have even spoken to, has been Kori Shinwa, former eighth seat of Squad 10." She paused, "But, this bothers me, and only because there hasn't been any direct actvity since Gin has taken over rule in Hueco Mundo."
"You have a theory?"
Shizuka shook her head, "No, but it seems Captain Kuchiki, of Squad 6, does."
"Captain Kuchiki, is this true?" The Commander looked to the Aristocrat.
He nodded, "Even since Aizen has been locked away in the depths of Las Noches, there has been little activity from anyone there, including Gin Ichimaru." Byakuya replied. "So, I have concluded that they are waiting for something, a signal of some sort. Perhaps they have not completely strayed from Aizen's path."
"Does anyone else agree with this?" Yamamoto turned to the entire room of Squad Captains.
"I do agree with this, Head Captain." Captain Soi Fong replied. "What Captain Kuchiki and Ongaku say seems plausible."
"I also agree." Captain Ukitake nodded. Soon after all other Captains present either nodded or added their own imput.
"It is decided. We will keep a closer eye on the Arrancars and Gin Ichimaru in Hueco Mundo until the problem presents itself." Head Captain said.
xXx
The rest of the meeting went smoothly, mostly reports on Shinigami transfers and little missions to defeat Hollows inside the Soul Society. Shizuka walked to the training grounds to where her Squad was currently training as a whole group.
The commotion stopped as soon as her powerful Spiritual Pressure appeared in the area.
"It's Captain Ongaku."
"What's up, she's not supposed to be back yet."
"There must have been a Captain's Meeting."
Shizuka smiled as she took her place next to her Lieutenant, "Why has everyone stopped. Let's get on with it!"
xXx
Karakura Town
Ichigo finished off a low level Hollow and begain his way back to his house to crash for the rest of the night, and ran into Kori.
"What the hell, Kori? I was walking and you ran right into me!" Ichigo growled. He glared right at the Espada. And saw that Kon was sitting on her shoulder. Sneaky little lion. He chuckled to himself.
"Well, maybe you should look where you're going." Kori glared daggers at him.
"What the hell! Don't go around pinning this crap on me!"
"Damn straight I will!" Kori grinned evily.
"You wanna make something of it?" Ichigo scowled.
"Yeah!"
"Name the bet." Ichigo smirked.
xXx
Soul Society
Shizuka twisted in her bed, in a fitful slumber. She wasn't even aware that someone had come into her room. Damn, even though she looked like having a hard time in her sleep, she made no motion to wake up.
The figure unsheathed her Zanpaku-to and walked into the light of the moon. It was Momo Hinamori. Momo seemed a little uncomfortable in here, but she knew that she needed to do this. She wanted Captain Aizen back, and this Captain was good friends with the one who locked him away.
Momo made her way to Shizuka's bed and pressed the cold metal to her neck. At this Shizuka's blue eyes shot open and she flicked the blade away before Momo could make any damage on her. Shizuka's eyes narrowed and she grabbed her Zanpaku-to, unsheathing it.
"Momo? What the hell are you doing? As your Captain I am telling you to put your weapon down." She hissed forcefully.
"No, you're not my Captain. Captain Aizen is. And I am going to set him free." And with that she clashed blades with her Captain.
"Momo, you're not going to win. Even if you succeed in defeating me, you still have ten other Captains to deal with. I doubt they're gonna let you go to Hueco Mundo." Shizuka grunted against Momo's strength. Has she always been this strong? What happened?
"You've been too preoccupied in the World of The Living to know that I've been getting stronger." Momo said. "Snap, Tobiume." Her shikai activated and her sword now looked like a four pronged sword, but that wasn't all it could do. Momo's Zanpaku-to was kido related, and it also had fire attacks.
"Damn. Flames Rain from the Sky and Burn, Takitsukeru." Shizuka also activated her Shikai and they made their way out to the courtyard where they could fight better. Momo created distance between them and fired off some pink fire-balls, and Shizuka frowned, blocking them with ease. But the the attacks multiplied, not letting Shizuka take a breather.
"See what I mean, you're obviously too weak to protect this squad if a Lieutenant can beat you." Momo said, not one ounce of expression on her face.
What am I gonna do? I can't cut her, Toshiro would have my head for that. I need to stop her, even if that means knocking her out. Shizuka gritted her teeth as the endless barage of fire attacks increased. "Kaiten Kokoro-hi!" Shizuka jumped into the air and swung her sword, causing fire arrows to fly to their target. A couple hit Momo in the shoulder, letting blood trickle down her uniform and sending drops everywhere.
Momo then preformed a bakudo spell on Shizuka, making her fall to the ground in a cloud of dust.
I've never been good at breaking Bakudo spells. And this one is a high level, it would take me at least two minutes to break this one. And if I don't act quickly, Momo will kill me. Shizuka fought the bindings, a little breaking at a time.
Momo sent off a couple more fire attacks, this time they hit dead on, on Shizuka's shoulder and her chest, blood going everywhere. Light started to die from her eyes as the blood loss started to become to great. And since she took them dead on, it was almost like letting the Zanpaku-to stab her directly. And it did the next time Momo got her. Momo sliced her other shoulder and stabbed her stomach.
Shizuka then broke the Kido and ignored the pain from her wounds, she went after Momo. Shizuka did well at distance attacks, but even better up close. Their swords clashed again, Shizuka's muscles were now screaming from the pain. At this time other Captains showed up, including Captain Hitsugaya. Momo stopped and flashed away, leaving Shizuka to fall to the ground.
"Shizuka!" Captain Ukitake shouted and ran to her aid, "What happened?"
"Momo...attacked me..she says..going to free Aizen...stop her." Shizuka felt blood coming up her throat and out her mouth.
"Stay still. We'll get you to the Squad Four Relief Center as quickly as possible." Captain Unohana said. She turned to the Squad six Lieutenant, Renji. "Can you carry her, Renji?"
He nodded and picked up the now semi-consious Captain, "Of course." He then sensed another familiar Spiritual pressure appear next to him.
"Renji, what happened?" Rukia asked, appalled at the sight of a bloodied Captain.
"Shizuka got attacked, by Momo." he said.
"I'll get word to Ichigo and Kori." Rukia said and shunpoed away to go through the Senkaimon.
xXx
Karakura Town
Rukia ran through the streets to Ichigo's house. She saw the place coming up and jumped into his window, he was passed out on the bed. Still in his day clothes.
"Ichigo!" She kicked him out of bed.
"GAH!" He yelled. He shot up to his feet and glared at the raven-haired Shinigami. "Rukia, what the hell are you doing here so late?" He rubbed his eyes.
"Shizuka's in the Squad Four Relief Center, it looks pretty bad." Rukia looked extremely concerned.
"What happened?" Ichigo asked.
"Her Lieutenant, Momo Hinamori attcked her. She says so she can go and free Aizen. But I really didn't get many specifics, Momo ran off and Shizuka's too out of it to even respond." Rukia explained.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Ichigo used his combat pass to get out of his body and he placed it under the covers.
"Where's Kon?" Rukia tapped her foot.
Ichigo sweat-dropped, "With Kori, wait, we need to tell Kori!"
"That was the plan."
The two of them left the house and sometime later found the Espada asleep in the tree, with Kon in her grasp.
"Kori!" Ichigo called up to her.
"Huh?" She shifted and fell right out of the tree and onto the ground in front of them. "Man, why'd ya have to do that?" She rubbed her back.
"Kori, Shizuka's in critical condition!" Rukia exclaimed.
"What did that girl get into this time?"
"Momo attacked her?"
"You mean her Lieutenant?" Kori's jaw dropped. "Wait, isn't this the same Lieutenant that was Aizen's Lieutenant? Oh no. Am I allowed entry into the Soul Society?"
"I'm sure you can come, after all you two are best friends." Rukia said.
"Good, we need to get as much information as possible." Kori's eyes narrowed, dammit, we soon get back to almost normal and this crap happens? Shizuka, you better not die on me.
xXx
Haha! I left a cliff-hanger! Now you guys won't know what will happen for a while. I'm so evil!
Shizuka: I liked this chapter, It actually made some sense. But then again, you almost Killed me.
Brandi: Who said 'almost'?
Shizuka: You mean you did kill me?
Brandi: I'm not saying one word until I write the next chapter or when Kirin writes hers next.
Ichigo: You killed her?
Rukia: *hehehehehe now Ichigo is mine*
Ichigo: YOU DUMBASS! YOU CAN'T KILL HER OFF!
Kirin: What was the bet that Ichigo and Kori had?
Brandi: I'll let you have the wild imagination on that part.