What no one knew about the 22nd division is there was a secret tunnel connecting it to the 1st division, and it was that very tunnel that Kisuke Urahara was going to use to get into the 22nd division now. Because Tatsuki Arisawa-Ishida lay on her deathbed asking for Ichigo Kurosaki himself.
"Ichigo" Kisuke said walking on the tunnel before taking a breath and saying, "I know that you have pending wargames to prepare for, however Tatsuki doesn't have much longer and has made a last request!"
"She wants you to deliver Konsō!" Kisuke told him as he prepared to make his way back through the tunnel, they had come through to get to The Senkaimon when Ichigo asks, "where are you going!?"
Looking at his old mentor and shaking his head Ichigo said, "we have a Senkaimon just under the planning room come on Kisuke!"
"Just how did you arrange that!" Kisuke said doing a fast pivot and following him and speculating.
"Turns out I had the daughter of Joel Goldsmith in my command for a while, one of the first things she did was to set it up for the division!"
Kisuke opened his mouth to speak but now words came out, as Ichigo said "Of course now she commands the 2nd!"
"She is also tutoring my daughter her 2nd in command"
20 minutes later as he arrives at the hospital Ichigo sees Tatsuki Arisawa- Ishida hooked up to several IV drips and more medical equipment than he can count let alone name given the time at hand, sitting by the bed he sees her husband Uryū Ishida and their twin girls both of whom were ready to pounce on whom ever was interrupting the last moments with their mother.
In a tired breathy voice Uryū said, "Reina, Haruko relax he is the one your mother asked for!"
"But his…" Reina interjected looking at her father.
Giving her daughter a sideways glance Uryū said, "I know… he has a monstrous spiritual pressure!"
Moving to the other side of the bed Ichigo looked at Tatsuki, thinking, She's been fighting a war of her own, hanging on for her daughter sake, and her body suffered because of it, she looks so fragile right now.
"Girls" Ichigo said softly, "You're going to have to give her permission, she is fighting as hard as she can!"
It was Uryū that finished the sentence saying, "Your mother doesn't have any strength left, she has been hanging on for your sake!"
Glassy eyed the girls looked at their mother, the person that had always kept them safe and only of them whispered.
"Mom, it's alright you can stop fighting now!"
Looking over his glasses Uryū commented, "You know it's not fair Ichigo… your as old at I am but you look 42!"
"Chalk it up to Time Dilation… for every 1 year that passes in Soul Society 2 years pass here!
Slowly Tatsuki's tired eyes open to the sound of his voice, "You Khh! Actualy… Khh! Khh!... Came!"
Her voice was house and rough as Ichigo said, "Save your voice!" Shrugging he said, "When one of my oldest friends be to be here, I show up!"
Ichigo could use one of his swords for this but decided to do this gently.
"Uryū, how aware are they!" Ichigo asks, before he begain.
"I started training then at age 7" Uryū said, "Their 20 now so!"
Placing his hand on Tatsuki's forehead Ichigo said a wordless Kido getting her soul out of her body right at the point death.
Within moments Tatsuki's spirit appeared before them and looks exactly like she did when Uryū married her.
"Sir" Reina said, "Where's your traditional Shinigami uniform!"
"I didn't know how much you knew or didn't know!" Snapping his fingers, the illusion Kido disappears and in its place is a black Shihakusho and a white haori..
On his hip are 2 Zanpakutō
Back in the 22nd division Yoruichi was finishing up the unit briefing so Suì-Fēng.
Looking at her old Mentor Suì-Fēng asks, "Why doesen't this Unit recruit from the Academy!"
"Suì-Fēng…" giving her a sideways glance Yoruichi explained, "By recruiting from established Divisions means we have members with a wide and varied skill set and this allows us to undertake missions that no one division is capable of!"
"The R.S.F.O.D.Z never stops training that's what separates us from every other squad most squads in the 13-court guard train once a week we train every day!" Shiba Yasuuja said walking in.
Turning the Acronym over in her mind Suì-Fēng thinks, R.S.F.O.D.Z…. Royal Special Forces Operational Detachment!... Zero
"Figure it out did you!" Yoruichi said in a calm manner that only an experienced captain of Stealth Force can use, "To the 13-court guard at large we are a unit not unlike the 2nd except we take our orders from Zero
"These are Ichigo's words not mine, The only easy day is yesterday!" Shiba Yasuuja said looking at his wife.
This is Stealth Force times 1000, Suì-Fēng thought taking it all in.
"As if reading her mind Yoruichi said, "It's like Stealth Force but it's so much more… If Stealth Force are guard dogs, we are attack dogs!"
"Any mission the 2nd wont take we we do!"
"Sounds Like Fun!" Suì-Fēng said shrugging her shoulders.
25 minutes later back in the hospital in Karakura Town Ichigo was getting visibly antsy saying, "Ready to go Tatsuki!"
The look on her face said, I'm not ready to go and Ichigo said, "No one ever is, that's how a hollow is created!"
Taking out a Jigokuchō Ichigo whispers something to it and Senkaimon opens he leads Tatsuki though following the Jigokuchō to the Soul Society proper. Only to be met by Joel Goldsmith.
"Good you got my message" Ichigo said, "Captain Commander this is my oldest friend Tatsuki Arisawa-Ishida"
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Ishida" Joel said taking her hand.
"I would never ask for favors at least not for myself." Ichigo said felling only slightly guilty
"You would like to enroll her in the next incoming class of Shinigami!" Joel said looking at Ichigo.
"Ichigo as Head of a Noble Clan should you sponsor her!" Joel said, softly.
"I thought I just did!" Ichigo said, softly, "Although I don't want to as they say step on toes!"
"Mrs. Ishida his endorsement only gets you in the door you still have to earn your spot!" Joel Goldsmith said politely.
30 minutes later in the 22nd barracks Masaki Shiba is wondering why she has been summoned, and why the barracks are dead calm.
Theirs always training going on, Masaki thought, Now nothing, what's going on!
Suì-Fēng looked at Masaki and said, "Coming Lieutenant Shiba!"
Masaki's head whipped around thinking, Lieutenant Shiba!... I'm still in school not even a seated officer…
"Come along we can't exactly have the ceremony without you now can we!"
One hour later as they enter her father's office Masaki sees her mother, her father both with stoic expressions on their faces not betraying anything that is about to happen.
"Masaki Shiba" Ichigo said keeping a placid face saying, "Step Forward."
Although her mother wanted to be the one to pin her daughter with her officer's rank, Masaki was Suì-Fēng choice so Yoruichi was just-happy she got to see one of her daughters become Lieutenant!
Suì-Fēng affixed her Lieutenant's rank to her arm and leaned in whispering, "You were my only choice!"
"Now that that is out of the way, Lieutenant care to join your Captain in the briefing!" Ichigo said as he headed to "The War Room"
15 minutes later in The War Room Ichigo began the briefing by saying, "Yoruichi, Suì-Fēng the explosives you planted will cause general mayhem and distraction!"
Kūkaku Shiba walks in as Ichigo said, "I've enlisted the help of my Aunt Kūkaku because when it comes to explosives, she is a master!"
Taking her seat Kūkaku studied the map of The Seireitei proper, thinking, Their explosions create confusion, noticing the pattern.
"As I am sure my Aunt just realized the explosives, I had her plant create a collapsing wedge leaving the Gotei 13 less and less room to maneuver!"
Both Yoruichi, and Suì-Fēng had the same thought at the same time, He is using the size of the Gotei 13 to his advantage!
When did he get so good a Strategy & Tactics?
"Our Troops will be divided into three groups one group will be in none-discript uniforms with no indication of Squad or rank, we want to blend into the crowd so when Gotei 13 does show up they are chasing ghosts.
Who are you and what have you done with my Ichigo, Yoruichi thought looking at him.
there second objective will be to get Gotei 13 to chase them to a chock point. Were going to use an Inverted Wedge formation, as the center retreats the left and right flanks collapse in closing off any hope retreat or reinforcement."
"The Idea is we want it to look like an uprising, of sorts"
"One more thing… only Captain Commander and a handful of Central 46 now this is not real!" Ichigo said looking at the assembled group saying, "If you get caught, you're on your own until the games are over, escape if you can but if you can't say nothing!"
As they head back to his office Ichigo said, "Yoruichi already knows part of this… you remember when I lost my Reaper ability's fighting Aizen!"
Suì-Fēng nods looking at the man who was now his commander
"I lost the spiritual awareness yes, but that still left me with a rather specialized skill-set!" Ichigo said thinking back, "I had the fastest reflexes on the plant and could outfight most martial arts masters!"
"You were going to go into the military!" Suì-Fēng said speculatively.
"Yes, and before you ask, I didn't pursue it because I couldn't answer the one question that mattered!"
Yoruichi's back went ramrod straight as she said, "How could you tell them about your training and not about us without looking crazy!"
"Right in one!" Ichigo said, "I was Meditating in Yakushiji Temple when I first heard their voices again"
"After successive Meditations they led me Iga Province where I met a group that called themselves shinobi!"
"Oddly enough the crest looked exactly like the one for second division!"
Both Yoruichi and Suì-Fēng gave one another sidways glances at that comment!