Chapter 53: Troubled Danger
As soon as Inuyasha entered the precipice world that will lead to the Higurashi Shrine, a huge amount of spiritual pressure rumbles the portal. "What's going on?" He shouts, despite that there's no one else in this passage. "Inuyasha, do you honestly think that you'd be the only to gain access to this passageway?" A new voice speaks beyond the distance. "Whose there?" He demands the unknown voice.
Soon enough a new figure comes into view. It's none other than Grimmjow the Espada number 6. Inuyasha doesn't seem to recognize him at all. "Inuyasha, get back!" A familiar voice comes to his aid. Inuyasha turns around to see it's Yoruichi Shihoin. "I'll hold him off so you can get to the Higurashi Shrine." She quickly instructs him. "How did you get here?" He asks her instead of moving. "There's no time, get going!" She shouts as she fights off the 6th Espada. "I'm here to slow you down so that my other brothers Ulquiorra and Yammy can get to the Higurashi Shrine." Grimmjow grins like a maniac. Inuyasha widens his eyes, "Kagome!" He runs as if his life depended on it.
Inuyasha shunpos out of the way, "You're not going anywhere!" Grimmjow keeps up the pace to catch up to the man. "Oh no you don't." Yoruichi shunpos much faster that nobody could catch up to her speed. She stops Grimmjow to give Inuyasha time to get to the Shrine. "You're no match against me." Grimmjow arrogantly said to woman. Yoruichi grins as she screams, "Bakudo number 61, Rikujokoro." She points with her two fingers, and soon 6 lines bind around his waste immobilizing him.
Meanwhile, back at the Higurashi shrine, a huge rumbling of Spiritual Pressure shakens only the shrine grounds and not the city of Tokyo. Kagome looks out of her window, "What's happening?" She shouts outside and runs to the door. "Kagome, you stay here." Her father Hige demands her. "But dad! I can't just stay here and watch as you try to protect this place. I wanna help." Kagome protests him desperately. Hige sighs as he grabs hold of his daughter's shoulder, "Kagome, I couldn't protect you from what you gotten yourself into in the feudal Era. Inuyasha was there for that reason." He tilts his head a little. "But Kagome, look here, I'm here for that reason since Inuyasha is having a hard time ever since your confrontation. But I'm not the only one here, I have the lieutenants from 3 squads for back up and two squad 11 members to help us out." He tries to help her out.
Despite his best efforts to keep the assurance up, Kagome doesn't seemed to be tempted at all. She grabs his hand, "Dad I know you mean well, but I just don't feel comfortably protected with all of this." She honestly replies even though it was for the greater good. She runs pass him and goes outside to see where the source is coming from.
Kagome runs out the back door to see what's going on. Up in the clear skies, there's a rip of some sort. "It's a Garganta." Momo informs her as she Izuru, Shuhei, Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Hige all come out in their Soul Reaper forms. "Kagome get back inside." Hige angrily demands his daughter. "I'm not going to leave without a fight." Kagome refuses to budge. "That's an Order Kagome Higurashi. Do As I Say!" Hige screams at the top of his lungs.
Kagome shuts her eyes and does as she was told. Once going back inside, Hige gives his next order, "Guys make sure all corners of the shrine grounds are guarded." The seated officers shouted, "yes sir." They go to their spots of the area. Hige looks up to the sky to see what would be coming out of the Garganta. "How is it that we're going to get a hold of the girl?" A big guy asks as he and the much smaller being come out of the Garganta. "I heard that this Kagome is capable of purifying the Sacred Jewel. Naraku heard that Kikyo went to the Soul Society without his permission. And because of her arrogance, she got herself capture by Captain Taijiya." Yammy recaps of what Aizen informed them before they left Hueco Mundo.
Flashback
In the big chamber meeting Aizen is sitting in the center of the long table where Naraku sat next to him while the 10 Espadas and the other 2 ex captains sat in their assigned seats at the table. "Lord Aizen it appears that Kikyo went against your wishes to go to the Seireitei." Grimmjow informs the man. "It appears that Kikyo might had a lot on her mind that she thought it was best that she could take of it herself. And because of her arrogance, she got capture by Sango." Naraku adds in what he found out so far. Aizen traces his finger on a wineglass rim, "Was Kikyo going to infiltrate the place for what purpose?" Harribel ask the lord. "Unfortunately her task was to get to the Higurashi Shrine via through the secret Sinkaimon wasn't fulfilled." Gin answers the girl's question.
Grimmjow slams his fist on the table, "Dammit, what is it going to take to get to the Higurashi Shrine?" Naraku raised his hand, "Calm yourself Grimmjow, it's been taking a long time for me to get the Garganta to make it to the Higurashi Shrine." He cheers him up. The rest of the group gasps in shock to hear that. "How did you do that?" Nnoitra Gilga asks him. "The Shikon No Tama has the ability to grant me any wish I desire. And since our purpose is the get the blood of Kagome Higurashi, I simply wished the Jewel to form a passage to the Higurashi shrine through the Garganta." Naraku grins as he opens the palm of his hand with the defiled black jewel.
Aizen grins, "And thanks to him, you guys will report to your duties. Grimmjow, I want you to fight Inuyasha when he tries to get through the Sinkaimon. Ulquiorra, Yammy, I want you two to go to the Higurashi Shrine and retrieve Kagome." He orders three of his Espadas.
Grimmjow grins, 'finally someone to fight.' Ulquiorra and Yammy open up a Garganta and head towards the Higurashi Shrine, while Grimmjow takes a different Garganta to link to the Sinkaimon that Inuyasha is going to take.
End Of Flashback
Hige grasps his Zanpakuto, "Who are you two?" He demands the duo as they exit out of the Garganta. "We're here for one purpose." Yammy grins back. Hige narrows his eyes, "And what purpose is it that you have here?" He asks the two. "For our purpose is to retrieve your daughter, Kagome Higurashi." Yammy spills it out.
