Kon sat in the back room of the Urahara Shop, still in Kaien's body, his eye twitching in annoyance as he stared at Kisuke who sat in front of him, his fan folded up and pressed against his chin in thought.
"Alright so what's the big idea, Urahara?" Kon asked finally.
"Well, I'm glad you asked, Kon. Since the Substitute Squad destroyed the Hollow Fortress last week, Hollow activity took a sudden drop, returning to normal levels. However, that in itself is not necessarily a good thing since there aren't any active Soul Reapers left in Karakura now that are capable of handling these Hollows." Kisuke explained as Kon crossed his arms over his chest.
"And what's this got to do with me, Kisuke?" He asked impatiently.
"Actually, you're my solution to the Hollow problem. Since Lieutenant Kusajishi got arrested, leaving no one available to take care of Karakura Town, I need someone who's got experience. To that end, I decided to pull a certain something out of storage." Kisuke said as he reached under the table and pulled up a familiar white costume with a large letter K in yellow on the chest. Kon immediately recognized it and freaked.
"WHAT? Karakuraizer again? You can't be serious, Kisuke! I can't do that again!" Kon complained.
"Oh stop being a spoil sport, Kon! Or should I say, Karakuraizer!"
"Lirin? I know that's you, where are you?" Kon asked as he looked around.
"Nah-ah-ah! It's not Lirin, it's-…" Lirin's voice said before one of the doors slid open, revealing what appeared to be Tatsuki Kurosaki in a costume reminiscent to the Karakuraizer costume except with a blue cape and hood and a yellow tinted set of eye shields that matched the Karakuraizer eye-shields. She also had a big blue letter K on the chest and blue knee length boots along with blue elbow length gloves. The rest of her costume was white.
"-it's Karakuraizer Magician!" Lirin declared, while striking a pose in Tatsuki's body. Kon gave her a blank stare.
"Don't tell me that Kisuke got to you!" Kon moaned.
"Actually she was the first to volunteer." Kisuke said with a smile.
"Volunteer? Why can't Rukia or some of the other Karakura Defense Squad members do it? Why not Shinji and the Hogyoku Club? Why not YOU?" Kon asked the shopkeeper who popped his fan open in front of his face with a smile.
"Because they're all busy elsewhere."
"CLOUD? You too?" Kon freaked as Cloud, in Sora's body, entered the room from behind Lirin, wearing an outfit reminiscent of the one Don Kanonji wore as Karakuraizer Spirit only the vest covered his entire upper torso and instead of being black, it was grey. The top hat with facial mask remained the same although you could see Cloud's eyes through the lenses on the mask and the top hat was the same one from his Gigai.
"It's not Cloud, its Karakuraizer Top Hat!" Cloud declared, changing forms a couple of times before reverting back to normal and also striking a pose.
"That name sounds so lame! And don't tell me Noba's in on this too." Kon groaned. Sure enough, he saw Noba teleport in behind Kisuke, only in Sosuke's body and wearing a black variation of the Karakuraizer costume with yellow highlights and a face mask covering his nose and mouth but leaving his eyes visible through the visor.
"I'm Karakuraizer Phantom." Noba said softly, striking a pose while his visor turned black, hiding his face.
"Why are you hiding?" Lirin asked her fellow Mod Soul but got no response.
"So I guess you want me to become Karakuraizer again, huh?" Kon asked hesitantly.
"That's right! But I know working with strangers can be difficult so I managed to convince a member of the original Karakuraizer team to come back and help." Kisuke said as another figure emerged from the back.
"Karakuraizer Tiny Devil, how very nice to meet you." Ururu greeted meekly as she bowed humbly. She was essentially wearing a resized version of her original Tiny Devil costume.
"What do you mean working with strangers? I know all four of them!" Kon asked in annoyance, Kisuke merely shrugged casually.
"Well you know who they are when not as Karakuraizer, but there are two new members to the team." Kisuke said as Noba snapped his fingers and in a flash one of his portals deposited two more figures.
"Karakuraizer Blue Blitz, reporting for action!" Miki Suzu declared with a grin as she threw up a victory sign with her right hand with a grin. She was wearing a white and blue variation on Karakura Erotic's costume but with a long arrow shaped cape that was white with a blue streak down the center. Her helmet even had a hole in the back for her bushy black ponytail with blue streak to fit through. (A/N: I suck at describing clothing.) Next to her was a familiar looking boy wearing a white and dark green cape-less variation of Karakuraizer Beast's costume but with a game controller attached to an X-shaped harness on his chest. The harness ran around to the back where a large hexagonal metal pack hung.
"Karakuraizer Turbo, comin' at ya!" Ryo declared excitedly, striking a pose.
"Wait a minute, you're that kid whose friends with Hisana, Ryo, and you're the Blue Skunk, Miki!" Kon yelled but Miki ginned friendlily and raised a finger (A/N: The innocent one).
"Actually, Ryo, or Karakuraizer Turbo, is my little brother." Miki corrected. Kon stared at them for a moment before turning back to Kisuke.
"How did you convince them?" Kon asked.
"Well Miki agreed to help last night and I simply removed the fabricated memories from Ryo's mind, allowing him to remember Sora's rescuing him, his mother, and Hisana last week. From there it was a simple matter of making sure I had costumes that fit them. Plus, Miki and Ryo's family is no stranger to the Spirit world." Kisuke said as Kon arched an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" Kon asked, confused. His answer came in the form of…
"BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Miki and Ryo belted out, their arms crossed over their chest in an X with their hands at their shoulders. Kon immediately sweat dropped.
"You're fans of that old Spirit Hunter show?" Kon asked.
"A little more than fans, actually." Miki corrected as she whipped out a familiar looking cane.
"The late and great Don Kanonji just happens to be our great uncle!" Ryo added as Kon gave them both blank stares.
"So in his honor and memory, we proudly wield his almighty Super Spirit Cane, to protect the spirit world from the bad spirits!" Miki and Ryo declared in unison, grasping the cane between them, holding it up high as the top of the cane inexplicably shined brightly.
"Oh great." Kon grumbled.
"Hey, chin up Karakuraizer, it's time to go protect Karakura!" Lirin/Karakuraizer Magician declared. Kon sighed reluctantly as Kisuke handed him the Karakuraizer watch.
"Fine, I'll do it." Kon said as he put the watch on and pressed the button on it, causing him to transform into his costume.
"There, I'm Karakuraizer. Happy?" Kon asked impatiently.
"Oh Karakuraizer, I think you're forgetting something." Kisuke said in a singsong voice.
"Like what?" Kon asked before his watch suddenly beeped and he was suddenly hit with several thousand volts of electricity.
"You forgot to strike a pose in the shape of the letter K after transforming." Kisuke said with a goofy smile as Kon glared at him angrily.
"You mean I still have to do that?"
Later…
In the sky above Karakura Town, Team Karakuraizer flew through the sky on a giant red open-air aircraft with Noba at the controls.
"So did Kisuke upgrade our costumes or something?" Kon asked as he looked over his costume.
"Actually, Kisuke explained everything about our costumes in detail. My suit provides a boost to my illusionary abilities, Cloud's enhances his shape shifting, Noba's his teleporting, and Ururu's…" Lirin said, turning to look at the quiet woman who sat on her knees, staring straight ahead, "…I don't think anything's changed with hers except for the fact it was resized."
"Well that's great, but what about mine?" Kon asked impatiently.
"Not sure but mine gives me the power to fly, and enhances my spiritual power!" Miki said as she twirled around, holding her cape out to her sides.
"Prove it." Ryo said, skeptically up to her. Miki scowled at him before shrugging and leaping of the back of the flyer.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Kon freaked as he saw her jump, but was startled when he turned and saw Miki flying alongside.
"Karakuraizer Blue-Blitz, AWAY!" Miki cheered as she flew ahead of the flyer. Ryo scowled at her and pressed a button his game controller. Instantly his pack started to hum before a set of wings popped out the sides and a pair of hand grips appeared in front of him like a jetpack.
"Get back here, Skunk girl!" Ryo yelled as he flew after her the two breaking out into a sibling quarrel in midair.
"Do they always do that?" Kon asked a blank stare on his face.
"Yeah pretty much." Lirin said, not amused. The quarrel was interrupted by the sound of a Hollow's roar from below.
"We've got one!" Cloud exclaimed, pointing over the side of the flyer towards a Hollow that was rampaging through the streets, chasing the spirit of a woman.
"Team Karakuraizer, to the rescue!" Lirin declared as she took the controls of the flyer away from Noba and directed it towards the Hollow, Miki and Ryo chasing after them.
"I-THINK-YOU'RE-TAKING-THIS-WHOLE-ROLE-PLAYING-THING-A-BIT-TOO-FAR!" Kon yelled as he held on for dear life. Lirin then turned to the rest of the team.
"Alright, everyone off!" She shouted, Noba quickly teleporting them off the flyer which, without a pilot, suddenly stopped in midair. The entire team reappeared on the ground, Miki and Ryo hovering in midair.
"Alright, let's get this sucker!" Miki exclaimed as she reared her hands back to her left side before thrusting them forward, palms towards the Hollow.
"Raizer Cannonball!" She shouted, causing a small blue sphere of energy to appear and awkwardly hover towards the Hollow before it exploded in a big blast.
"Wow! I didn't even know I could do that!" Miki said excitedly as she turned towards the group.
"Unfortunately it had no effect." Noba stated plainly.
"Huh?" Miki yelped as she turned back towards the Hollow to see that, not only had it done nothing, but the Hollow was virtually right on top of her.
"Aw nuts!" She mumbled before quickly flying clear just as the Hollow attempted to smash her with its hand. Ryo quickly landed, took hold of the game controller on his chest, and pressed a button on it, causing the wings to retract and a large tri-barreled gun to form over his head from the backpack and aimed at the hollow.
"Okay, let's see how you like this! Turbo Tri-shot!" Ryo shouted, firing off three large bolts of green energy at the Hollow, the recoil of the guns knocking Ryo onto his back. The Hollow however merely dodged the shot.
"Hey! What's the big idea!" The Hollow roared.
"It can talk?" Miki and Ryo said in disbelief.
"You're surprised by this? This isn't exactly the first Hollow you've encountered before you know!" Kon yelled, the two siblings sweat dropping.
"Well to be fair our memories of that first Hollow is kinda fuzzy for both of us." Ryo said with a smile as Kon face palmed.
"How can Kisuke send out these rookies?" Kon freaked.
"Can we discuss this later?" Lirin asked as she put her hands to her head. Suddenly, from out of nowhere…
"Scatter, Senbonzakura."
"What the-…where did Captain Kuchiki come from?" Kaien freaked as he saw Byakuya appear right in front of him, using his Senbonzakura to send a cloud of pink cherry blossoms flying towards the Hollow but before they reached the Hollow, they suddenly disappeared. Byakuya seemed startled and whirled around towards Lirin, a deer in the headlights expression on his face.
"Lirin?" Byakuya freaked, but it wasn't Byakuya, instead it was Cloud.
"Oh right, Cloud's a shape shifter." Kon muttered as Lirin sweat dropped with a sheepish expression.
"Eh…Sorry, it's been a while since I've used my powers to this level." Lirin said as Kon face palmed again.
"You can't even use your powers effectively?" Kon freaked.
"I'd like to see you do better!" Lirin hissed as she shook her fist at Kon.
"Uh, look if you don't mind standing still so I can crush you, I'm kinda on a tight schedule here." The Hollow said as he raised his arm up and prepared to bring it down on them. Before it could Ururu leapt up and punched the fist, causing the Hollow to stagger backwards and fall onto its back before Ururu even touched the ground.
"Whoa, what is she?" Ryo asked in awe. Miki was standing behind him, also in awe.
"Jury's still out on that one." Kon replied with a sweat drop as Lirin landed next to him.
"It's no use, there's only one solution to stopping it! Karakuraizer, you have to use your Raizer beam!" Lirin exclaimed as Kon arched an eyebrow.
"Huh? Me? But I can't even remember how to use the Raizer beam anymore!" Kon freaked.
"Oh that's easy." Urahara's voice rang through from the watch on Kon's arm, "Just use your body to spell out Raizer, then cross your arms and thrust them out while calling out the name Raizer Beam. The good news is if you miss you can do it again as many times as you need to now. Don't forget about the deadly shock if you fail to do it right!"
"Damn it, why does it always have to be so complicated?" Kon groaned. He was about to start the process when the Hollow took a swing towards them.
"Yikes!" Kon yelped as he leapt high into the air with his enhanced leg strength. He then looked towards the Hollow which started spitting globs of green goo at him. Kon was able to dodge the attacks however.
"We've got to give Karakuraizer a clear shot! Come on, team, let's give him something to focus on!" Lirin shouted.
"RIGHT!" The team said before they broke off into groups.
"Raizer CANNONBALL!" Miki shouted as she fired off another shot, causing the Hollow to turn towards her, trying to shoot her out of the air. Meanwhile, Ryo flew past the hollow on the other side, the Kanonji Super Spirit Cane in hand, as he hovered up behind the Hollow.
"In the name of Don Kanonji, I will cleanse this spirit from THE EARTH!" Ryo declared before stabbing the end of the Spirit Cane into the back of the Hollow's neck, causing the Hollow to roar in pain, turning towards Ryo in an effort to grab him but Noba teleported Ryo clear of the Hollow's grasp.
"Oh Mister Hollow, over here!" Cloud called from behind the Hollow. The Hollow turned and saw what appeared to be a scantily clad woman striking a sexy pose.
"What the-!" The Hollow exclaimed as steam flew from its nostrils.
"Come over here big boy!" Cloud said in a feminine voice before Lirin flew in and punched him in the jaw.
"You idiot! You're not only distracting the Hollow but you're also distracting Karakuraizer!" Lirin yelled, pointing towards Kon who now had steam coming from his nostrils as well. Cloud shrugged sheepishly before changing back in a puff of smoke. The Hollow straightened itself in realization and turned back towards where Kon was.
"Oh no you don't!" The Hollow roared in fury as it attempted to fire more globs of goo but before it could, it was dealt a vicious punch to the jaw by Ururu.
"Now's your chance, Karakuraizer! Use the Raizer Beam!" Lirin shouted as Kon leapt into the air.
"Alright here-goes!" Kon shouted as he started making letters with his body.
"Special technique, R-A-I-Z-E-R, BEAM!" Kon shouted as he thrust his arms forward, creating a large sphere of blue spirit energy and firing it towards the Hollow, the sphere impacting the Hollow, causing it to explode and dissipate.
"We did it. WE DID IT!" Miki exclaimed as she jumped Noba from behind, embracing him in a bear hug. Noba merely dimmed his visor, hiding his face. Ryo's backpack was releasing a cloud of confetti and streamers while he jumped for joy, while Lirin and Cloud high fived. Ururu simply raised a fist in the air and let out a soft, "Yay."
"Gotta hand it to ya, Kon, you still can pull off the Karakuraizer role." Kisuke said via wrist communicator.
"Well of course I can, I'm Karakuraizer, the hero of Karakura!" Kon declared proudly before suddenly getting shocked by the watch.
"Oh I forgot to mention, I took your suggestion from last time and installed a device that, if you don't strike a heroic pose after achieving victory, you'll get shocked, so don't forget the heroic victory pose!" Urahara said as Kon glared at the watch as he lay crumpled on the ground from the shock.
"One of these days, Urahara, one of these days." Kon hissed at the watch. All of them were unaware that they were being watched by a figure dressed the Soul Reaper uniform but with a black cloth wrapped around the figure's head obscuring everything but a pair of violet colored eyes which gazed intently at Karakuraizer but the figure remained silent. The figure kept a hand near a sword in a red sheath at its side before turning and disappearing in a flash step.
End Chapter 36.
A/N: Chapters 36 & 38 will be serving as filler chapters to help speed the story along.
Arrancar Encyclopedia.
"Arrancar Daihyakka!" Miki and Ryo's voices declared loudly. The camera then shifted to an image of said siblings, in their Karakuraizer uniforms, on the set of the Arrancar Encyclopedia segment, Miki holding the Super Spirit Wand as the pointer.
"Hyah, since Mister Ichimaru is currently busy behind the scenes, we got special permission from the author to tell a little about our special abilities as members of Team Karakuraizer!" Miki explained as an image of Miki using the Karakuraizer Cannonball.
"The Raizer Cannonball is a move inherited from the great spiritualist and our great uncle, Don Kanonji! It allows me to fire a super powerful ball of energy that obliterates all in its path!" Miki explained excitedly as Ryo held up a sign that read "No it doesn't." The screen then shifted to Miki in her costume.
"My costume allows me to fly as Karakuraizer Blue Blitz!" Miki explained as Ryo elbowed her, causing her to drop the cane, which he caught as the screen shifted to an image of Ryo's backpack.
"My backpack, the Raizer Kit, is an all-purpose device that will take the form of anything I need by the mere press of a button on my controller. The Raizer Kit is built into my costume and allows me to aid the team as Karakuraizer Turbo!" Ryo explained as Miki glared at him, grabbing a hold of the Spirit Cane along with him, holding it up high.
"We both use our great uncle's Super Spirit Cane in battle." Miki said.
"And together we use it to protect the good spirits from whatever smells like-." Ryo said before he and Miki crossed their arms over their chests in the Kanonji pose and yelled…
"SMELLS LIKE BAD SPIRITS! BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" The two shouted before they pointed at the camera.
"So don't go anywhere because more Karakuraizer action is coming your way!" Miki said as Ryo shot the camera a victory sign.
"Yeah because we're takin' over this story!" Ryo said before Gin walked onto the stage, carrying a copy of the script.
"Ah sorry, apparently ya didn't get the memo. The whole Karakuraizer Arc only lasts for one more chapter and you two are only minor filler characters anyway, so ya ain't that important to the story." Gin said, causing storm clouds to appear over Miki and Ryo's heads, tears flowing from their eyes.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?"
End