Thought of the day: I don't like the fact that Yami is cool...He's a fatty and should not be that important...I feel mean right now but it's my opinion. (I can call him a fatty because I am one too, it's the rules you can make fun of fat people if you are one)(I'm old too—not really)(Actually I am not that fat either but shh)

Not Me Again

In Szayel's lab place...

"So you must be Itami." Szayel greeted.

"Who are you?" Itami questioned from behind the glass cell he was in.

"I am Szayel, the 8th espada."

"Where is she?" Itami asked his eyes narrowing.

"Why do you care?" Szayel asked intrigued.

"If you have killed her..."

"What are you going to do from in there?" Szayel taunted.

"If I can get out of an Aoki sealing spell why do you think that this glass cell will hold me?" Itami asked laughing.

"I want to experiment on the Aoki even more now." Szayel admitted.

"You're not allowed?"

"No one is allowed to harm her, Aizen-sama's orders."

"Smart man."

"What do you mean."

"If I know Eri, and I do, she will not attack if she is treated well. She is probably just waiting patiently for her chance to escape and if it never happens then she will be fine with that too." Itami explained.

"She is playing nice with Grimmjow." Szayel admitted looking like he was having some sort of epiphany.

"Grimmjow?"

"She was attacked so Aizen-sama assigned Grimmjow to look after her, and I think he wanted to keep Grimmjow occupied so that he wouldn't cause anymore trouble."

"What does he look like, the name sounds familiar."

"Blue hair um he's the 6th espada."

"Him, I remember him coming right when I was out for a bit fighting two Espada with Eri. Is he good looking?"

"Why?"

"I want to know if she will like him more than me." Itami explained as if he was saying that he likes blue.

"I doubt that she would like that heathen more than you." Szayel said admiring Itami and his power once more.

"Coming from you that is creepy." Itami said and then proceeded to ignore Szayel completely.

In Soul Society Aoki compound

"What are those Shinigami doing? Why aren't they all getting my granddaughter back?" Eri's grandfather questioned the rest of the council, even though they don't know either.

"I can't believe that they not only let her get captured but they are doing nothing."

"They also refuse to see us."

"Rude."

"I am going to have a chat with Kuchiki-sama." Eri's grandfather informed the council.

"Do you think he knows something?"

"If he does not then he will at least be more helpful than anyone else, after all he likes her...as a friend if not more." Eri's grandfather explained.

"Very well, what shall we do?"

"Keep trying to figure out why we can no longer feel Itami's presence at all."

"How are we supposed to do that?"

"Search the Aoki library, see if anything like that has ever happened." Eri's grandfather explained.

"I fear that the seal might be broken."

"Then we better start looking up how to reseal it." Eri's grandfather shot back.

"It will take all of us and Eri."

"Then let's hope that those Shinigami get her home soon." Eri's grandfather said narrowing his eyes at the council.

"Captain Zaraki I have a meeting with Eri's grandfather in a few minutes, so could you make it swift." Byakuya said as Kenpachi burst into his office unannounced and uninvited.

"Perfect, I think I will stick around her then." Kenpachi said smirking and making himself comfortable on one of Byakuya's chairs.

"Captain Zaraki I would like it if you don't invite yourself into my private meetings." Byakuya said standing up and hitting his desk.

"I don't appreciate being left out of things that concern Eri." Kenpachi said also standing and hitting the poor desk. Byakuya's eyebrow twitched when Kenpachi said Eri's first name, as if Kenpachi and Eri were suddenly closer to one another. Both of them stood there glaring from across the desk challenging one another to a staring contest.

"Kuchiki-sama did I come at a bad time?" Eri's grandfather questioned raising his eyebrow.

"Not at all, Captain Zaraki was just leaving." Byakuya said glaring at Kenpachi to leave.

"No I think I should stay." Kenpaci replied sitting down once more.

"Captain Zaraki, it is good to see you again." Eri's grandfather greeted.

"Aoki-sama." Kenpachi greeted to the shock of Byakuya.

"Kuchiki-sama I believe it would be good if Captain Zaraki were here during our discussion."

"Very well." Byakuya said coolly but actually he was raging inside his head, the slight eyebrow twitch that Byakuya had made Kenpachi grin again.

"I have come here to ask what happened, Yamamoto has only told me that she was kidnapped by hollows and that there was no team sent out."

"It is true that as of yet no team has been 'sent out' but there is a group in hueco mundo as we speak."

"Who?"

"The young ryoka with shinigami powers."

"He means Ichigo." Kenpachi cut in just to annoy Byakuya.

"My sister Kuchiki Rukia is with them along with my lieutenant." Byakuya explained ignoring Kenpachi's interruption.

"I am pretty sure those other ryoka are probably with them too." Kenpachi added.

"Do you think that group is strong enough to bring Eri back to us?"

"No, but there is a group being formed to save Eri and the aforementioned people." Byakuya explained.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"I am going." Kenpachi announced proudly.

"As am I." Byakuya explained.

"That makes me feel much better. I am worried about her."

"I am sure she is fine, I doubt Aizen would harm her." Byakuya gave his opinion.

"That aside there has been another development that I want you to be aware of."

"What has happened?" Byakuya questioned.

"We can no longer feel Itami's presence."

"What does that mean?" Byakuya questioned.

"Who's Itami?" Kenpachi asked knowing that the name sounded familiar but unsure as to why.

"Eri's sword who is actually a very powerful hollow." Byakuya explained.

"So you guys could feel Eri's sword but now you can't?" Kenpachi questioned.

"Yes, we have no clue what this could mean in reference to Eri. We guess that either her zanpakuto was destroyed, hidden somewhere where we can't feel it anymore, or the hollow trapped within it could have been released."

"Would that mean that she would no longer have a Zanpakuto?" Byakuya asked realizing how important that would be in the future.

"If Itami is no longer sealed as a Zanpakuto Eri no longer has a sword and thus can not be a shinigami. "

"That's crazy, that means Eri will have to give up her rank and won't be able to fight anymore." Kenpachi said getting excited.

"Aoki clan members are not supposed to be shinigami in the first place." Byakuya said sounding like he was repeating from memory.

"That's messed up." Kenpachi stated.

"Not really if you consider what our riatsu does to hollows, us using our riatsu puts ourselves and those around us at risk."

"I do agree that Eri will be extremely upset if that is the case." Byakuya grudgingly admitted.

"Captain Zaraki I have a question I want to ask you."

"Yes?" Kenpachi asked intrugued.

"What exactly is your relationship with Eri?"

"We are friends right now." Kenpachi admitted.

"The right now suggests you want to be more. You have my permission if you wish to pursue her love."

"Aoki-sama!" Byakuya said standing from his chair quickly causing it to fall down with a crash.

"Kuchiki-sama it is true that you would be better suited for Eri politically but personally I am disinclined to leave her heart to you once more."

"In other words I had my chance and I should allow Captain Zaraki his chance?" Byakuya asked disbelievingly.

"Exactly."

"Aoki-sama please leave my office if there is nothing else you wish to discuss with me." Byakuya said coldly.

"Very well, Kuchiki-sama." Eri's grandfather said bowing a bit to Byakuya hoping that he didn't dig himself into a hole.

"That was harsh." Kenpachi muttered as Eri's grandfather left the room.

"Captain Zaraki, did you have any other business here?" Byakuya questioned glaring.

"No." Kenpachi said leaving quickly.

Preview from next chapter: Not so sneaky sneaking

"Where are we going?" I questioned Grimmjow as he pulled me through the halls.

"I am going to fight Ichigo." Grimmjow answered still not looking at me.

"Okay, why are we going this way Ichigo is that way." I pointed out.

"You know where Ichigo is?"

"Of course I do, the stalking room is the most interesting place ever...you were there too." I pointed out.

"I was asleep with my eyes open."

"I knew there was something different about you." I said pondering that while walking.