Author's Note: Here is the next chapter. It's closely similar to the episode but with a few changes. However, when we get to the Grand Fisher chapters, it'll be very different I promise you.
"Juha Bach"
"Shiro"
"Aka"
"Ao"
"P.O.V."
'Thought'
"Attacks"
Shikai/Bankai
Chapter 10: Fight to the Death! Ichigo vs. Ichigo
{Opening Theme: *~Asterisk~ by ORANGE RANGE}
At nighttime in Karakura Town, Rukia was sitting on the edge of a building's roof and looks at her Kikanshinki (Account-Replacing Spirit Device), which beeps as one of its four lights blinks on and off.
"Hmm. Don't have much left." Rukia says with mild concern as she then observes her left hand and sees it's not moving properly when she tries to flex its fingers. "And this thing isn't any better. I'd say it's almost time to replenish." She says.
The next morning, at the Kurosaki Clinic, Ichigo was brings a plate with two onigiri and some accompaniments to his room for Rukia, since she missed breakfast.
"Hey, Rukia. Wake up, up there. I brought you some breakfast since you missed out this morning." Ichigo says ascending the stairs to the second floor of his bedroom. "Rukia?" He calls out as he looks around the training area. "She's not here." He says noticing that her sleeping area was made up but then spots something on the pillow. "Hmm. What have we here?" He asks picking up the note, seeing it was addressed to him. "'Ichigo, I'm heading out early this morning to replenish my Shinigami supplies. I'll meet later in class to discuss one of the products I'll have for you. Rukia.'" He read. "Well, it's her loss. Can't let Yuzu cooking go to waste though." He says taking a bite out of one of the onigiri.
Downstairs, the rest of the Kurosaki family were cleaning off the table and discussing they're usual topics of interest; Ichigo.
"Ichigo and Rukia sure seem to get along okay with each other." Yuzu says washing the dishes in the sink.
"Yeah, not to mention that they work great together too. The way they deal with Hollows as well as helping souls cross over." Karin adds cleaning off the rest of the table of plates and glasses. "Why do you suppose that is?" She asks.
"It might be because Ichigo has a close resemblance to your cousin, Kaien Shiba." Isshin says.
"Kaien?" Karin and Yuzu ask together.
"Kaien Shiba, my nephew and the former Lieutenant of the 13th Division who died in the line of duty." Isshin says shocking his daughters. "49 years ago Rukia was adopted into the Kuchiki Clan and was accepted in the Gotei 13's 13th Division where she was trained by Kaien and developed a close relationship to him as student/teacher. However, over the next year or two things went south. Kaien's wife, Miyako, was killed by a Hollow that possessed her. Kaien, looking for vengeance, fought the Hollow himself while Rukia and their Captain, Jūshirō Ukitake, watched but the situation turned even worse. Kaien himself became possessed by the Hollow and attacked them, while Jūshirō fought to defend Rukia but the Hollow slipped past him and after her. Rukia defended herself the only way she could." He says.
"You mean she…" Karin begins to ask.
"Yes, she ran him through with her Zanpakutō. While it may seem as though she murdered Kaien, Rukia actually saved his soul but then damage had been done. She took Kaien's corpse back to the Shiba manor where she told Kaien's younger brother Ganju she killed him and left it at that. Jūshirō came to me and my niece, Kūkaku, Kaien's younger sister, and told us what really happened." Isshin explains. "Since Ichigo was born I noticed the resemblance he has to Kaien, from infant to child to now and that's probably why Rukia gets along with him so well." He says.
"Really? Is that all?" A voice behind Isshin asks as they turn to see Ichigo standing there. "Rukia doesn't even know that we're part of the Shiba Clan, does she?" Ichigo asks.
"No, according to Jūshirō back then, Rukia isn't a seated officer so she never had much interaction with other divisions outside of her own, so she has no idea who we really are. Since you've gotten involved in my past life, the decision to tell her is yours. So I'll let you decide what you want to do, my son." Isshin says placing a hand on Ichigo's shoulder.
"I'll think about it." Ichigo says as he grabs his school bag and heads out the door.
Meanwhile, outside the Urahara Shop, Ururu and Jinta were sweeping the ground around the front of the store, actually Ururu was sweeping and Jinta was goofing off.
"Now up to bat, Jinta Hanakari! Here comes the wind up and the pitch. With a perfect swing, he lets it fly! Home run!" Jinta shouts playing an imaginary game of baseball using his broom as the bat as he attempts to hit a home run but completely misses the ball.
"Please, Jinta. You have to get back to work, or we're going to be in trouble with Tessai again." Ururu says meekly.
"Shut up, Ururu! I'll start when I'm ready. Tessai doesn't scare me." Jinta says pointing his broom at Ururu's face.
"But you were scared enough to sweep in the first place." Ururu states.
"I don't get scared! Who do you think you are? You're not the boss of me! I'm in charge, cause I'm bigger than you!" Jinta berates Ururu rubbing his broom against her head.
"We're the same size. Besides, Jinta, I'm three years older than you are." Ururu points out tearfully.
"So, who cares about age? I'm a higher rank than you." Jinta says pulling back the broom to rub it harder against Ururu until it was grabbed out of his hand. "Who are you? Ugh!" He groans seeing it was Rukia who took his broom.
"You just never change do you, little one? So is your manager in yet?" Rukia asks.
"Come on in." Jinta scoffs as he opens the door shutters.
"What are you doing, Jinta? It's too early to open up the shop." Tessai tells him carrying four large different size boxes before seeing who was with them. "Huh? Ms. Kuchiki." He greets her as she walks in. "Just give me a minute. I'll go and see if the boss is up and moving yet." He says to her.
"Don't bother." Kisuke says yawning as he enters the shop area. "I'm already awake, for once." He says letting out another, louder yawn before slipping on his clogs. "Good morning, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu. Welcome back to my shop, Ms. Kuchiki. Your timing couldn't be more perfect. I just got a new shipment in the other day. How can I help you this morning?" He asks.
A while later, Kisuke was ringing up the product that Rukia was requesting.
"One kekon shiki. Oh, uh, what grade?" Kisuke asks punching in the price on his calculator.
"I'll take the cheapest you've got." Rukia says.
"You got it. So that makes 60 tablets of Soma Fixer and, um- Look, I know this is none of my business, but if you use too much of this stuff, it can be toxic. If you over synchronize with your Gigai, you're in for a world of hurt when you finally jump ship." Kisuke informs her.
"Yes, I'm aware of that. Believe me. It's just that lately, my connection with it has grown pretty weak." Rukia says and demonstrates this by trying to move her right arm but with great difficulty. "It's becoming a lot more difficult to move this body." She says.
"Want me to check it out for you? Come on, I'll cut you a good deal." Kisuke says with a perverted smile on his face.
"No, thank you!" Rukia shouts glaring at the former captain.
"Fine." Kisuke says.
"But I would like to know why Ichigo isn't having this problem. He's been in his Gigai longer than I have and yet he seems perfectly fine." Rukia says.
"That's because the Gigai Ichigo is using is his original body. So, unlike you, he's still use to living in a body." He says about his student.
"I guess that makes sense." Rukia says but something was still bothering her about the whole thing. "By the way, do you know if that special order I made has been delivered yet?" She asks.
"Oh. Yeah, it's here. Hey, Ururu, go grab it out of storage, will you?" Kisuke asks.
"Oh, uh, okay." Ururu says eagerly.
Just look for the box labeled "New Item", okay? It should be next to the stuff I'm sending to the Kurosaki Family." Kisuke informs her.
"Okay. Let's see." Ururu says to herself as she searches the storage area. "New item. Oh." She says spotting a box that says "Item" as she cuts open the box. "I'll be. There you are." She says looking at a single item in the box that was wrapped up.
"So this is the only one you could get, then?" Rukia asks after unwrapping and observing her order.
"Oh, please. Give me a break. That's the second most popular one on the market. Wasn't all that easy to come by. Now, look." Kisuke says grabbing her attention.
"Huh?" Rukia asks turning to look at the shop owner.
"Just go easy. You can't fake it forever, all right?" Kisuke asks if she understands.
"Yes, I know that." Rukia tells him.
Later that morning, Rukia arrives at Karakura High School and enters the classroom, putting on her innocent act.
"Good morning! Hi, everyone. How are you?" Rukia asks, politely greeting her classmates.
"Hmm?" Ichigo turns looking in his partner's direction.
"Oh. Hey. Good morning, Rukia." Mizuiro says.
"Ah, looking lovely as always, Rukia." Keigo compliments her on her appearance.
"This isn't like you. It's already third period." Mizuiro says noting her lateness to class.
"Sorry, something came up. By the way Ichigo, um, may I steal you for a second?" Rukia asks.
"I don't see why not." Ichigo says with his hands in his pocket. "Follow me." He says exiting the classroom.
"Right, coming." Rukia says following after him while adding a little skip to her step.
A moment later, Ichigo and Rukia were outside at their usual meeting spot.
"Here." Rukia says tossing him a small canister with a duck head on the end.
"Hmm? Wait a second. Isn't this a…" Ichigo begins to say.
"That's right. Gikongan (Artificial Souls). Tablets that force souls from the flesh. Just swallow one, and a substitute soul will enter the body, so the real one can roam free." Rukia explains.
"So it's a similar process to what Kisuke gave me on the night that we met. Only now my Gigai won't be laying around for you to drag off somewhere." Ichigo says.
"Right, if the time comes that you must face a Hollow and I'm not around, you can use them to transform into a Shinigami." Rukia says.
"It's says "Soul Candy" printed on the tube." Ichigo says noticing the colorful writing on the product.
"Oh. That's only because the Shinigami's Women's Association complained. They didn't like Gikongan. They said it wasn't cute enough, so they decided to change it." Rukia says.
"Okay. Wait a minute, Yoruichi told about the different kinds of Gikongan dispensers before. Isn't this Yuki the Duck?" Ichigo asks recognizing the product.
"Ugh! Yes but I didn't even order that one, all right? I asked for Chappy the Rabbit." Rukia says pouting a little.
"Chappy?" Ichigo asks but then remembers who Chappy is. "Oh hell no! No fucking way am I ever putting that psychotic freak in my body!" He shouts.
"How dare you! She happens to be the most popular Gikongan amongst Shinigami!" Rukia shouts back with an embarrassed blush on her face.
"Yeah, amongst female Shinigami. Were you planning on having my male Gigai walk around with a female soul in it?" Ichigo asks making her go wide eyed with realization.
"Moving on. Just go ahead and swallow one so you can get a feel for it." Rukia says after recomposing herself.
Ichigo complies by popping one into his mouth, causing it to glow with energy as it falls down his throat. As his eyes widen, Ichigo's soul is forced out of his Gigai, which is sent flying to a fence that it drapes itself over.
"Wow. That sure felt different from how you use your Gokon Tekkō on me." Ichigo says as he turns to look at his Gigai.
"Don't worry. Inside that empty shell of a body, there resides a substitute soul. And no one will even notice that your true soul is gone." Rukia says dramatically as she points at Ichigo's Gigai, which begins to get up off the fence.
"Hi. Good Afternoon. Nice to meet you. I'm Ichigo Kurosaki Shi-" The substitute soul begins to say before Ichigo covers his mouth.
"You just need to say Ichigo Kurosaki. That's what people know me as." Ichigo says sending a glare at him that said; "Not one word that I'm a Shiba.".
"Understood. And my moto is early to bed, early to rise." The substitute soul says making Ichigo's eyes go wide.
"Early to bed, early to what?" Ichigo asks.
"It's pretty amazing, isn't it?" Rukia asks.
"Amazing, my ass! I get that the Gotei 13's divisions have over 200 squad members, so it's hard to stand out unless you're the captain or lieutenant or one of the top 5 seated officers, but in a class of 20 students, people are bound to notice if you start acting different!" Ichigo tells her loudly.
"I guess that's kind of a good point." Rukia says seeing Ichigo's point but then her Denreishinki goes off. "But we'll have to deal with it later. We just got a mission. We'll just have to leave him here at school while we head out." She says.
"Are-Are you deranged?" Ichigo asks.
"Let's go!" Rukia says grabbing Ichigo by his shihakushō and drags him away.
"No way. They'll know he's a fake. Hey, you! Make sure you attend my next class." Ichigo shouts while being dragged away.
"Don't worry. Leave everything to me, Master." The substitute soul says waving goodbye. "Take your time." He says dropping the friendly demeanor.
Meanwhile, at the Urahara Shop, Urahara walks through the storage room.
"Wait a sec." Kisuke says as he notices the box that Ururu pulled Rukia's order out of with its label fully exposed. "Oh, man." He says.
Shortly afterward, as Urahara and Tessai stand by with Jinta and Ururu in the front of the store.
"Take a good look! What does it say? Go on. Read it." Jinta says.
"Uh, "Defective Goods"?" Ururu asks reading the label.
"Yeah, that right. Defective Goods! Do you have any idea what you've done? You sold a customer faulty merchandise, you dummy!" Jinta yells pointing his finger at her.
"Oh." Ururu says a little depressed.
"Moron! Get your act together, will you? You and your stupid flabby bangs." Jinta says grabbing and pulling at Ururu's hair causing her to cry out in pain.
"Hey. Hey! No fighting." Kisuke tells his two charges.
"You know, if we're not careful, this Gikongan could cause some real problems." Tessai says looking at the product receipt.
"You got that right. We can't just sit on this. If Ms. Kuchiki gave that product to Ichigo, chances are the soul is going to have the time of his artificial life in a Gigai like that." Kisuke says.
"Indeed, given the process the young Shiba went through from miss Yoruichi's physical training regiment." Tessai says.
"No kidding." Kisuke says remembering what his childhood friend put her crush through for four years. "We better take care of this right away. There's no telling what he might do if we let him run loose out there." He says.
Back at Karakura High School, the substitute soul stretches Ichigo's arms and legs before effortlessly destroying the fence next to him with a single kick.
"All right. Feeling pretty good. Been too long since I've had a body to get around in. And this one's got some extra strength to it. Not bad. Looks like I'm finally free." The substitute soul says celebrating his freedom.
"Hey, what are you doing there?" The groundskeeper asks carrying a shinai with him. "Hmm. Aren't you Kurosaki from the ninth grade, group three? What have you been doing here? And why is that fence all busted up?" He asks pointing his shinai towards the fence the substitute soul destroy a few moments ago.
Seeing this, the substitute soul begins to menacingly walk toward the groundskeeper.
"Huh? What's with that look?" The groundskeeper asks and swings his shinai at him, only for the substitute soul to calmly leap over the groundskeeper and land on top of a hallway roof several meters away. "Huh? He- he leaped to there?" He asks in disbelief.
'Surprise, surprise, old man.' The substitute soul thought with a laugh as he jumps to the roof of the school and departs as the groundskeeper sinks to his knees.
Back in Ichigo's classroom, the school bell had just gone off causing Orihime to shoot out of her desk chair.
"All right! At last, time for lunch!" Orihime cheers excitedly.
"Jeez, Orihime. It's just lunch. It's no big deal." Tatsuki says.
"How can you say that, Tatsuki?" Orihime asks wagging her finger at her friend. "Everyone knows that a healthy, red-blooded high school girl comes to school for only one reason, to eat her lunch." She says doing a silly pose.
"Yeah, yeah. I get. Have a seat already." Tatsuki says.
"So, Tatsuki, what do you have for lunch today?" Orihime asks pulling out a large loaf of bread and a small can. "I got bread and red bean paste." She says.
"That sounds good. Unfortunately, my lunch is a little more ordinary." Tatsuki says placing her hand on top of the girl's head.
"See? I can make my own red bean buns." Orihime adds.
"Interesting choice." Tatsuki says.
"Orihime, why don't you and I eat together?" Chizuru asks.
"Um, yeah, okay." Orihime says after taking a bite out of her bread and giggles while Chizuru notices something.
"That's so cute!" Chizuru says excitedly as she hugs Orihime. "You bite into an entire loaf of bread and smile with crumbs all over your mouth." She says.
Suddenly, the substitute soul leaps up to the window of the classroom from the ground below, to the shock of the students inside.
"'Scuse me. This is the ninth grade class group three, right?" The substitute soul asks landing on the windowsill.
Elsewhere, Ichigo runs along a riverbank under a bridge toward a Hollow, whose grasping hand he narrowly avoids before purifying it with a downward slash from his Getsu blade. As the Hollow fades away, Ichigo sheaths his Zanpakutō and looks in the direction of Karakura High School.
"Man, I'm getting a bad feeling." Ichigo says.
Back at Karakura High School, the substitute soul stands on the windowsill in front of the shocked students.
"Wait-wait a second. How the hell did you get up here like that?" Tatsuki asks in a shocked, demanding tone.
"What do you mean, how? I jumped up here. You saw it with your own eyes, didn't you? Well, pretty rad, huh? Can you believe it?" The substitute soul asks.
"I bet he crawled over from the classroom next door." A male student says.
"No way. He jumped up from the yard!" Another male student says.
"Did you see him do it?" The first male student asks.
"Well, no. I didn't see it." The second male student says.
'Oh, righteous! Their eyes are all over me. They can't get enough. They totally think I'm amazing. Man, this rocks!' The substitute soul thought before noticing all the girls in Ichigo's class. 'Jeez, the girls in this class are a bunch of hotties. I don't think there's a bad-looking one in the bunch. I've been cooped
up for so long.' He thought and then spots Orihime behind Tatsuki. 'Huh? Whoa! Super size!' He thought focusing on her large chest and immediately fell in love with for its size, and leaps to her desk before taking her hand. "Hey there, pretty lady. I don't believe that we've met. Would you please do me the honor of telling me your name?" He asks taking Orihime's hand and kisses it, causing the other girls in the class react with shock and horror.
"Ichigo, what the heck do you think you're doing, you stupid moron!" Tatsuki asks immediately restrains the substitute soul thinking he was Ichigo. "This better not be your idea of a joke!" She shouts as the substitute soul leans his head back and looks at her upside down.
"Hey, you're pretty cute yourself, now that I get a closer look at you?" The substitute soul says.
"Huh?" Tatsuki asks with a blush on her face as the other girls are further shocked.
Meanwhile, Ichigo and Rukia were running back to Karakura High School, with Rukia lagging behind Ichigo since he was moving faster than her.
"Why are we in such a rush to get back to class?" Rukia asks panting a little.
"I'm worried. I want to make sure he's doing okay." Ichigo tells her.
"There's nothing to worry about. He's fine." Rukia tries to assure him.
"I'm not so sure about that. I'm getting kind of a bad vibe all of a sudden." Ichigo says but then they both stop in surprise as they hear screaming coming from Ichigo's classroom, and upon seeing a desk being thrown out of the window.
"So, you were right. Like you were saying, we better hurry." Rukia says looking over Ichigo shoulder where the disturbance was coming from.
"Told you." Ichigo says.
Inside the classroom, an enraged Tatsuki lifts a desk over her head.
"You son of a…die!" Tatsuki screams as she throws the desk at the substitute soul.
"Watch it!" The substitute soul shouts jumping out of the way of the incoming desk. "What? All I did was kiss your cheek. Why is that such a big deal? I mean, you're not in grade school anymore.
"Shut up!" Tatsuki screams before throwing another desk at him.
"Stop her, Chizuru." Michiru begs with afraid, teary eyes.
"You-you've got to be kidding me. I'm not messing with that!" Chizuru says with equally afraid and teary eyes.
"Stop right there." Rukia says making the substitute soul gasp. "It's over." She says but prompting the substitute soul to run toward the window in panic. "Ichigo, look out!" She shouts to her partner.
"Right!" Ichigo shouts appearing outside the open window causing the substitute soul to stop in his tracks. "Stop. There's no place to run." He says entering through the window.
"Huh?" The substitute soul asks looking behind him to see Rukia blocking his other exit.
After looking back and forth between Ichigo and Rukia, the substitute soul grins and begins repeatedly kicking at Ichigo.
"Hey, you!" Ichigo shouts as he effortlessly catches a spinning kick from the substitute soul. "I mean, me. Why the hell are you doing this?" He asks but then notices a kick heading right for his head but quickly thrusts his pointer and middle finger of his left hand to counter it causing him to be sent a few meters back.
"Ichigo?" Orihime asks with concern in her voice.
"Why was he kicking the air like that?" A female student asks.
"Who cares?" Tatsuki says.
"Huh?" The substitute soul asks regaining his balance only to see Ichigo making a shearing movement with his legs, allowing him to move one leg in front of the other, before a devastating kick that sends the substitute soul flying across the classroom, crashing into desks as well, with tremendous force.
'Ichigo truly is amazing. He countered the substitute soul's disorienting kick with Tsukiyubi (Thrust Fingers) to push him back and then followed with Kazaguruma (Windmill) and executed them perfectly.' Rukia thought feeling truly impressed by her partner.
"Wha-What's going on?" A female student asks after to the opposite side of the room away from the windows with the other students.
"Don't know. Maybe it's a poltergeist that sent Kurosaki flying." Another female student guesses since none but Chad and Rukia could see what happened.
The substitute soul pushes the desks off of him and glares at Ichigo, who glares back at him before looking to his left and notices the open window.
"So long." The substitute soul says as he dashes for the window and jumps out of it and lands safely on the ground before looking back at Ichigo as he begins running away at high speeds.
"What the hell does he think he's doing? Is he crazy, or what?" Ichigo asks looking out the window with Rukia.
"Is it even possible? No, he couldn't be one. He must be a-a Kaizō Konpaku (Modified Soul)." Rukia says in shock as Ichigo leaps out the window in pursuit of the Kaizō Konpaku. "Ichigo!" She shouts running out of the classroom to chase after her partner.
"That was Rukia, wasn't it?" Mizuiro asks.
"I don't know. I didn't see a thing." Keigo says with his hands covering his eyes.
"Who cares about her? Ichigo, you are dead!" Tatsuki says aggressively with a visible burning aura of anger surrounding her.
"Demonic." Chad says. 'Although, I'm curious as to how Ichigo's body was moving on its own. Was it something from Kisuke?' He thought.
"Tatsuki." A voice calls out to her.
"Huh?" Tatsuki asks calming down really quickly as she turns and sees who called her name. "Orihime?" She asks seeing her friend at the window the Kaizō Konpaku jumped out of.
"You must have been scared. Poor Orihime. It's all right. Don't let it get to you. Just pretend like you had run in with some mangy, stray dog." Chizuru says.
"That's all right. I'm fine. And that wasn't Ichigo anyway." Orihime says.
"Huh?" Tatsuki asks in confusion.
Elsewhere, Ichigo and Rukia chased his Gigai to an abandon factory but soon realize that the Kaizō Konpaku was nowhere near their location.
"Oh, crap!" Ichigo bemoans slams his fist into the wall. "Great. We lost him, or me, or whatever the hell you want to call it." He says.
"We're at a dead end here." Rukia says.
"What? Look! We don't have time for your Shinigami nonsense! I have to capture him- I mean, me! I mean- I'm not sure I know what I mean. But you saw it, too! I mean, the riot he caused in class. I mean, that jerk used my body to take advantage of Orihime and Tatsuki, and then he-ki- ki- ki-" Ichigo says unable to actually say the word.
"He kissed them. Yes, I know." Rukia says.
"This sucks! Don't say that! My life is over!" Ichigo whines.
"Please. Get over it already. A kiss is nothing more than a form of greeting. I fail to see the problem. I mean, in this book I was just reading, it said there are far worse things that can happen to a girl." Rukia says.
Will you shut up? This is a catastrophe. He came on to my classmates! What the hell kind of books are you reading! Agh! I put years into crafting that bad boy image!" Ichigo wails.
"Image? So he looks and acts that way on purpose?" Rukia asks herself.
"Forget it. It doesn't matter." Ichigo says after calming down but then remembers something. "Wait, you called him a Kaizō Konpaku, right? I heard Kisuke mention that term during my lessons a few years back but he never told what that is. So how about you fill in the blanks. Just what the hell is he?" He asks.
"A while back…the Soul Society initiated a new project they called Spearhead." Rukia says.
"Spearhead?" Ichigo asks in confusion.
"Yes. They took souls that had been modified for combat and placed them into the dead, after their own souls had parted. They were to be used as soldiers against the Hollows. It was a reprehensible plan. All of the souls that were selected to take part in the Spearhead project were then altered. Once inside a body,
one aspect of their host is made superhuman-an artificial soul built for battle, a Kaizō Konpaku. Do you understand this so far?" Rukia asks showing off her bunny drawing in a flip book manner.
"Yeah, and judging from the one that's in my Gigai, it would seem that his modified aspect is enhanced leg strength and speed." Ichigo says.
"It seems so. But the Spearhead project was rejected…because it would force corpses to fight. In the end, all of the Kaizō Konpaku or Modified Souls that were still in the incubation stages were ordered to be destroyed. However, it seems some are still out there." Rukia says.
"So, wait a minute. You're telling me that the guy inside my Gigai was created by the Soul Society? And now they've decided they want him wiped out for being what they made him?" Ichigo asks.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." Rukia says with a stoic look on her face.
"And-and you're telling me you can honestly accept that?" Ichigo asks.
"Whether I accept it or not is irrelevant. The Kaizō Konpaku must be destroyed. The Soul Society commanded it. And lest you forget, the laws of the Soul Society are not arbitrary. They have been put in place for the protection and well-being of all human souls. Now, let's go! You want to get your body back, don't you?" Rukia asks and shortly afterward they were running down the street in search of the Kaizō Konpaku.
'I wonder what he must be feeling, walking around inside my body. They're created at random, destroyed at random. Yet somehow he survived found his way to a body. One that fits him perfectly. But still, he has to keep running. I can't imagine what that must be like for him.' Ichigo thought.
Meanwhile the Kaizō Konpaku leaps through the air with a happy look on his face.
"Yeah! All right! This is great! Oh, man. Everybody's watching me! And they're in awe!" The Kaizō Konpaku shouts as a crowd of shocked people watch him from the street below.
Reveling in the attention he is drawing to himself, the Mod-Soul lands on the sidewalk and jumps on top of a nearby fence and begins running across it.
"Boy! I heard that Kaizō Konpaku had all different kinds of abilities. I'm so glad that my ability makes me stand out in the crowd. Here we go!" The Kaizō Konpaku shouts as he jumps high into the air and flies over a schoolyard, where he notices three boys huddled in a corner. "Huh, what are they up to?" He wonders as he quietly lands on the fence near the boys.
It turns out that the three boys were wearing P.E. cloths but they were playing video games instead of being with the rest of their class.
"Man, this is so much better than Phys Ed. What a waste of time!" The boy wearing glasses says.
"Yeah, this is a great way to ditch class." The boy with messy brown hair says.
"Dang! I can't believe I lost again!" The boy with glasses yells prompting the obese boy to laugh at his misfortune. "What's wrong with you? Get him! I created you, didn't I? Now do what I tell you!" He shouts.
"Just kill him off." The brown haired boy suggests much to the Kaizō Konpaku surprise.
"Yeah, totally. Anyone who doesn't obey their master should die." The glasses boy says deleting the creature in his game while the Kaizō Konpaku looks on in shock.
"Jeez, you destroyed him!" The obese boy says in surprise.
"So what? I'll just make a better one!" The glasses boy says and they all begin laughing.
Angered by this, the Mod-Soul drops to the ground below and confronts the boys.
"Huh?" The glasses boy asks looking behind him to see the Kaizō Konpaku. "What- what do you want?
The Kaizō Konpaku screams as he attempts to kick them, only for Ichigo to block his leg at the last second. As Ichigo forces him back, the Kaizō Konpaku stares him down and grins.
{Ending Theme: "Life is Like a Boat" by Rie Fu}
Author's Note: As I said, this chapter was similar to the episode but I hope you enjoyed the changes I made. Please review and tell me what you think.