3 Years later...

"Huh..." Kenmaru stood up from his bed and walked over to his closet. He opened it to find the only shirt he had in there. He looked at it with his half lid eyes and smile that he had adopted from his father. The shirt that was in his closet was his Captain's Uniform, though not just any Captain's Uniform. It was his father's white jacket that he wore when he defected. On the back it had the Squad Three insignia on it. Kenmaru slipped it on and walked out of his barracks.

"Hey there Captain!" Izuru walked up, "Hey Lieutenant." Kenmaru walked right past his Lieutenant, fjust so he could step outside.

"You know you missed the Captain's meeting right?"

"Yeah oh well." Kenmaru replied.

"But Captain Ichimaru..."

"Calm down Izuru Captain Kurieta covered for me."

"How do you know?"

"I know, that and also I sent over some papers to Yammamoto telling him I'm going to miss because we are going to be out on a mission today."

"A mission?"

"Yep, a special mission." Kenmaru stated.

"What?"

"I have no idea, I had it last night but...I forgot."

"Oh did you lie?" Izuru sweatdropped.

"Shhhh the Ancient One hears all!" Kenmaru quickly placed his hand over Izuru's mouth gave him an intense look.

"The Ancient One?" Izuru asked.

"Yep, thats the old man."

"Riiighhttt..."

"Well anyways I'm off."

"Where you going?"

"Who knows, who cares? You take over."

"That'll be the one thousand one hundred and seventh time today!" Kira yelled.

"Yeah I know. Man you've been a good lieutenant Kira." Kenmaru flash stepped out of his place and found himself on a nice roof top. Today was the day, the same day he encountered Penance.

Flash Back...

"Hmph, it's being surpressed. How sad, maybe I should wake it a little." With those words said Penance pointed his index finger at Kenmaru and created a small ball of energy. The ball quickly hit Kenmaru and forced it's way through his chest.

"Guah!" Kenmaru screamed out in pain as it burned it's way into his body.

Flash Back Over...

"Huh...what a pain." Kenmaru sighed as he rubbed the place where the ball of energy hit his chest. Though it couldn't have been that bad, because nothing bad really happened esxcept for that burning. Well except for when he would have the sudden urge to kill while he was asleep. He would be sleep and suddenly he had the overcoming sensation to go and kill, to eat souls, with no remorse, no sorrow. Actually he had a smile upon his face during the whole thing. Though they once started as nightmares, but eventually they turned into dreams. This started three years ago, and now these dreams he just ignored.

"Hey Kenmaru." Arashi came down upon the roof as his friend layed there with his hands behind his head.

"Hey there Arashi." Kenmaru replied half lid eyes.

"Your welcome."

"Thanks for covering."

"Huh, not like it was important anyways." Arashi commented, "It were just reports and about how we've been at peace for along time."

"Right, it's whatever." Kenmaru replied.

"Yeah, well Imma head off cool?"

"Where you going?"

"I uh...got a mission to attend to..."

"Yeah whatever. Tell Mika I said hi." With that Arashi left. Kenmaru looked up at the sky and sighed as he began to drift off into sleep.

Meanwhile...

"Three years..." Penance sat down as Kashi, Jin, and Gekido all kneeled before him, "Jin and Gekido, both of you have obtained a new power. How wonderful is that? Kashi, we were able to get you a mechanical arm. How magnificent is that? As for me...no need to train. I've mastered my powers already."

"Sir we are ready whenever you are!" Kashi assured.

"I know you are. It's around that time, I mean today was the day it all started. The day it awoke, now it's about time we get going."

"Right now sir?" Gekido asked.

"No, part of the plan starts now. Part One that is."

"Which would be what?" Jin asked.

"They might have forgotten, but thats the thing. The past haunts those who ignore it. Time to let the haunting begin."

Back at Soul Society...

"Captain Ichimaru! There's a Hollow close to our area!" Izuru called.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Call me Kenmaru." Kenmaru got up from his bed and grinned, "Let's go." Though as he said this an intense pain overcame him and his head hurt massivley, "Guah!"

"Captain!"

"I'm okay...let's go." Kenmaru led Izuru and three of his men to find a large Hollow that towered over them. It looked like a large ocotpus with a Hollow mask on it.

"Huh...Chojo! Rubon! Tewan! You guys go in first! Izuru wait with me for a moment."

"Yes sir!" Then as Kenmaru witnessed all of his men attack he felt another rush of pain violate his head and mind.

"Hahaha! Look that Hollow bleed! Doesn't it make you want to take part in that? Come on don't fight!"

"No...leave me alone! Why you here now?"

"Because you are going to need me! You're weak, when Penance comes you're not going to have time to stop and train while everyone get's slaughtered!"

"No...I don't need you!"

"No, you don't want me. You need me! There's a diffrence."

"Shut up...leave me alone!"

"Captain..." Izuru aided his Captain as Kenmaru had fallen on his knees with his hands grasping his head.

"I'll be fine Izuru, just take care of the Hollow please."

"Yes sir."

"Why do you argue with me? Your dreams are everyone else's nightmares! Don't you think that's weird?"

"Shut up!"

"No! I want Souls! If you won't give them to me then I'll take them all!"

"Leave me alone..." Kenmaru begged.

"Hmph, fight me! Winner will get this body!"

"No..."

"Why you scared? Are you scared of me? You should be!"

"I'm not scared..."

"Then let's fight!"

"NO!" Kenmaru yelled, as he did this his black spiritual pressure increased and his eyes turned black. Kenmaru stood and looked at his men, "Move! All of you!" With that they all got out the way, not knowing what was wrong. Kenmaru leaped onto the Hollow's face and pushed it's head back down into the ground. Kenmaru opened his mouth and the Hollow's soul began to be extracted causing the Hollow's bones to shrink and hollowfy.

"Captain?" Izuru called.

"Huh?" Kenmaru snapped out of it and saw the dead Hollow beneath him, "Umm...yeah we're done here." Kenmaru Flash Stepped away from the scene and returned back to his barracks. There he found something laying on his pillow, he walked over and picked up a small piece of paper. The paper was a letter, it talked about a group of people with Hollow powers. They learned how to control their Hollow though, Kenmaru looked roughly at this.

"Kenmaru..." Arashi spoke from nowhere.

"Yeah?"

"I heard about what happened from Kira today."

"That's nice."

"You good?"

"Yeah I'll be fine. Just need some rest."

"You always rest haha." Arashi joked.

"Hmph, whatever. I'm going to sleep."

"You know...they are exiled from Soul Society."

"Huh?" Kenmaru turned his head slightly.

"I said those people are exiled from Soul Society."

"Who?"

"The people that left you the note retard."

"Hmph, reatrd? Look I know I'm not that smart man but come on. Hahahaha!" Kenmaru joked.

"If you go with them then you will be going against Soul Society rules."

"Whenever have I listened?" Kenmaru commented.

"This is serious!"

"I think you should leave man." Kenmaru looked at Arashi with intense, though still half lid, eyes.

"Fine..." Arashi respected the request from his friend and left.

"Like I said...when have I ever listened?"

Meanwhile...

Penance looked down and around at his men with only one thing to say, "Let's move."