Author Notes: This chapter can be viewed as early cameos for the important players for the rest of the first prequel and its sequel.

I feel like each of the entire Bleach Soundtrack at least acts as a sort of leitmotif to the characters.

P.S. I am sorry that I have deleting certain chapters, only to post them again- it was because it was going too quickly and the explanation of Ichigo's revival that it was Orihime who saved him wasn't done in a previous draft. That and some details that didn't make sense was the reason why I deleted some chapters until it flowed clearer. I'll try not to have this happen as much in the future.

Chapter 8: Eyes on You


A Mysterious Lab

A group of scientists were looking at a glowing monitor in a dark room, which broadcasted a masked individual about to face the Hollows and possibly the broken masked individuals.

The first was a large bodied, bulbous headed, noseless and green skinned man with toad like nostrils, a wide mouth a lever next to his right eye and gill like depressions was sitting in a dark room with glowing monitors with a worried look on his face. He was called Hiyosu.

The next was a voluptuous, but slim woman in a lab coat with long, purple hair, green eyes and large lips with pale skin. She was named Torue.

The third was a small bespectacled girl with black hair in pigtails, she was named Kuna.

The fourth was a young boy with shoulder length brown hair, part of which was arranged into a small topknot at the front of his head, which is secured by a red tie. He was named Rin.

The fifth was a tall man in a lab coat with short, spiky brown hair, which had a jagged, hairless area running through it; he had three small horns protruding from his forehead. He was named Akon.

"Hiyosu, what does the monitor say about his Spiritual Pressure amount," Rin said nervously.

"It's far more than an average Soul Reaper!" Hiyosu shouted as he clenched his fist and turned his head to the celling

"What?!," Akon said with alarm.

The door opened behind the room to reveal a contrasting duo.

The man on the left had a face with a skull-like visage. His face was painted entirely white with the inner portion of his face painted black with the exception of his nose. His eyes were a golden color and he constantly bared his teeth giving the appearance of him constantly smiling. Both his ears were seemingly replaced with stubbed golden cones. His fingernails were blue and, with the exception of the fingernail on his right middle finger, were all short. The one long fingernail was as long as the finger itself. He also wore a white hat with two ends that poinedt to his left and a large purple scarf around his neck. His whole body, even his face and hands, had been painted black and white. He wore a white haori coat over his Soul Reaper uniform and positioned his Zanpakuto to the center of his body.

The woman on the right was a a well-endowed woman with green eyes; her black hair was pulled back into a long braid, with slightly parted bangs. She wore a a short black kimono, which extends to mid-thigh with a white nagajuban underneath. The sleeves of her kimono are not as wide as those worn by most Soul Reapers, and the upper parts of the sleeves were puffed. She wore a traditional wide, white obi, fastened with a red cord. On her left sleeve was an engraved armband. She wore white gloves, which only covered the back of her hands and wrists, and a dark red choker. She had a stoic expression on her face.

"Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi! Lieutenant Nemu!," the group shouted in unison and bowed to the two individuals.

"What is it, 3rd Seat Akon," the bizarre looking man asked the man with horn extensions with a half closed eyed, disinterested tone.

"A new Soul Reaper suddenly appeared in the Karakura District! And he's wearing a mask," Akon answered in a stoic voice. The captain's eyes widened at the news and looked at the monitor that then displayed numbers.

"A masked Soul Reaper, how intriguing...he'd make a fine subject for testing," Mayuri explained to his current party with keen interest in the masked fellow.

"Shall we report this to the other 12 Divisions, Captain?," asked Nemu in a withdrawn voice.

"If we withheld this information, then the 1st Captain would have me detained for treason. And personally, I'd find this masked Soul Reaper interesting," Mayuri replied with keen interest and a mad grin. "4th seat Hiyosu for the sake of the Soul Society."

"Yes, captain," said the green toad scientist nervously, as he pressed a button that placed the information in a box that divided into 12 other boxes and each went into their own separate direction. Mayuri then gave a sinister grin towards the orange haired Soul Reaper with a twisted curiosity and was about to leave until he noticed the arrow wielding young man as he rewinded the recording with a look of intense surprise.

"That archer...he couldn't be," he said with a shocked tone.


Other Divisions

In the 1st Division, an ancient looking glass device broadcasted the masked Soul Reaper to a room that appeared to be themed with divinity, with several large statues of Japanese Gods and Legendary Creatures stood parallel to the looking glass with records of old documents in between them. The members were either elderly, retired Captains with tethered coats or had a supernatural beauty with naturally whitish hair.

The main onlookers were an old man with red eyes, a long white beard and long eyebrows wearing an oversized Haori coat over his Soul Reaper uniform, he had many scars on his hidden muscular torso and head, the two most prominent being a pair of long, perpendicular scars above his right eye.

His companion was a lightly tanned skinned, stoic man with comb backed, short silver-gray hair with solid, pupil-less eyes; he wore a white coat over his uniform with long white arm guards and white turtle neck under his uniform. He had a black mustache on his upper lip divided into two pointed ends.

The elderly man looked with a stern look as if this boy reminded him of someone he knew long ago.

"(Muttering to himself) What I sense from him, is something I haven't felt in over a century. (To his group) More importantly, there are Arrancar, make sure to destroy them before they cause too much damage in the World of the Living," as he ordered his group.

The silver haired, mustached man nodded in agreement, silently.


In the 2nd Division, a scroll unraveled itself to reveal the same masked person to a crowd of black garbed shinobi like individuals in a traditional styled ninja room. The center onlookers were a relatively petite woman with gray eyes and black hair worn short with two long braids bound in white cloth, each ending in a large golden ring; she wore a traditional Captain's uniform with a sleeveless white coat and a yellow obi sash tied around her waist. Underneath her standard uniform, she wore a sleeve-less and backless outfit, though she wore long black arm bands as well. Instead of wearing the standard Soul Reaper sandals, she wears traditional Chinese shoes with ordinary white socks.

Her companion was an extremely large and plump man with balding black hair wearing a purple collar under his uniform and personalized golden accessories. As he was arrogantly grinning as he ate his held bag of chips, he was suddenly kicked in the stomach by the woman as he held his stomach in pain.

The others looked on with indifference as the Captain hitting the large man was the routine that had come to accept in the Division. The small woman then scoffed at the masked Soul Reaper as she turned away.

"Men, make sure you watch the actions of the Arrancar closely," she said coldly to her party.


In the 3rd Division, a white serpent opened its throat to reveal a screen monitor to a thin and sharp edged looking silver haired man with closed slit eyes in an average Captain uniform, who smiled in an unnerving, mocking manner as he sat in a comfy chair in a room that was styled to fit in post-modern Japan than the rest of the Squads.

The person beside him was a gloomy young man with blue eyes and shoulder-length blond hair that were combed into three points, with two in the back of his head, and a third combed to cover his left eye looked around to see how his surrounding Soul Reapers customizing their uniforms that would fit in more in the current era of the World of the Living.

The latter was concerned with the former's obsession with taking the squad's job in observing advancements in the World of the Living too seriously. The silver haired man then opened his sky blue irised eyes as he focused on the masked Soul Reaper with his grin slowly shrinking.

"Hmm, seems like he'll be fun to play with... (as he frowned) I bet he would definitely enjoy this," he silently said to himself.


In the 4th Division, a large medical scan screen in the top center of the main hospital like room broadcasted the same events had been passed around to the other Divisions of professional or weak looking individuals. The main onlookers were a slender and very youthful woman with blue eyes and long black hair tied into a knitted braid ponytail placed in front of her body and wore an obi sash to her Captain's uniform. The woman beside her was a tall, young looking woman with gray eyes and short messy silver hair with strands on the right side of her face that were shoulder-lengthened and styled as two thin braids. She had thin, dangling red earrings on each ear. The raven haired lady gave a closed eyed smile to her assistant, which caused the latter to become startled. The pony-tailed woman then looked with a divided expression of soft concern for the boy, which switched to a eerie and serene look of blood-lust for a brief moment.

"A strange man (briefly flashing a blood-lust in her eyes) I wonder how strong he is. More importantly, it seems that Arrancar have gotten involved," the raven haired maiden bemused herself with an eerie laugh before resuming a calm giggle.


In the 5th Division, a large monitor in the center of a large bookcase broadcasted the masked in a large library room filled with average looking or bespectacled Soul Reapers holding books, while each displaying a hidden, powerful aura. The main onlookers were a mild looking man with short, scholarly hair wearing square glasses that showed soft brown eyes and a small girl with dark hair tied into a bun held in a tied cloth behind her head. The man's eyes briefly flashed to a colder, sinister and more menacing glare as he looked on the Orange haired Soul Reaper before resuming his gentle gaze when the bun haired girl noticed that he seemed lost in thought. The bun head girl looked worried as she thought why her captain felt different for a moment.

"If you are, who I think you are...this will be interesting," the bespectacled man said to himself with a malign undertone to his polite voice.


In the 6th Division, an elegant mirror showed the events of the Karakura High School in front of a group of aristocratic Soul Reapers with some normal looking members in between. The main onlookers were an elegant looking man with long black hair with intricate white headpieces on the top and left side of his head. He wore a silver white scarf over his Captain uniform and white, expensive looking tekko that covered the back of his hands. His companion contrasted the elegance with his crimson widow-peaked hair in a spiky ponytail; however, the most unusual part was that his upper body, back, chest, extremities and forehead; covered by an odd black visor, was covered in tribal tattoos. While the aristocratic Soul Reapers closest to him were avoidant of his odd appearance, the redhead looked with intense alarm of Rukia's actions while the black haired noble stated coldly, clenching his right arm. He then turned away from the group and walked to the door.

"Captain," the red haired man shouted as he turned to see his leader opening the door.

"Even if that masked man is a threat, those beings with broken masks are even more so," said the noble looking man


In the 7th Division, a suit of armor's breastplate reflected the image of the recent occurrence in the World of the Living in an Edo castle themed building as heavily armored or at the least, giant individuals who towered over a normal man looked on. The main onlookers were a gigantic man whose bamboo-constructed head concealing helmet and gloves with bracers covering his hands; hinted that the individual was not entirely human. His associate was a yakuza-esque man with a flattop of black color and black sunglasses; who while tall, was dwarfed by his colleagues. Both viewed the reflection with stoic expressions with the former briefly flashing a yellow glow from within his helmet.

"What are those people," the helmet man asked himself.


In the 8th Division, instead of a monitor; a lavish play based on the Karakura High School event was quickly staged together by members of the Squad while others looked on. The main onlookers were a tall man with high cheekbones, gray eyes and long wavy brown hair tied in a long ponytail with a long bang covering the right side of his face and expensive pin-wheel hairpins in in his ponytail; he had facial hair on his cheeks to around his mouth to form a thin mustache and beard. In addition to this, he had noticeable body hair on his chest as well as feet and arms. He wore a large, circular straw hat, wore a pink, flowered lady's kimono draped over his his captain's coat. The woman beside him was a slim and youthful girl with long black hair normally kept pinned back, with flat bangs that hanged to the left side of her face; blue-violet eyes shine behind oval shaped glasses. She looked with irritation of her laid-back Captain's decision not to install a monitor and have information done in plays that somehow had very elaborate details close to the actual event. The man while the girl turned her focus back to the play, would give a more serious look.

"Oh boy, things are going to more hectic from now on," he said with a hint of worry.


In the 9th Division, the image of the new Soul Reaper was drawn with ink on several pages that showcased an animation in a art workroom filled with several Soul Reapers doing different projects; while others busily took hostile criminals to the detainment areas in the lower parts of the building. The main onlookers in the center of the room were a dark skinned, man with dark purple hair tied in a ponytail with four bang strands dividing his forehead and noticeable lips. He was blind with blurred lavender eyes obscured into white pupil-less eyes by the wisteria colored clear googles he wore. His uniform was like most Captains except that it was modified to have sleeves rolled up to the shoulders and his captain's coat over it; the uniform was tied with a purple obi sash. He also wore an orange scarf around his neck, white boots (instead of the normal sandals), and black, fingerless gloves.

The man beside him was a a tall and lean-built man with narrowed, dark grey eyes, short spiky, black hair with purple highlights and three scars straight over his light eye that led down his cheek; he had a number "69" tattooed on his left eye and as well as a blue-striped tattoo running across his left cheek and over the bridge of his nose. He wore a choker around his throat with matching armbands never his upper arms that were exposed by his sleeve-less uniform. The spiky haired man looked sternly at the image while the dark skinned man sensed that change was going to occur due to the events happening on that day.

"A masked man...and broken masked people," The dark skinned Captain said to himself under his breath.


In the 10th Division, an image was formed from the combination of water, fire, wind, earth, wood and metal combining together to form a frame that broadcasted an orange haired individual forcing a Hollow outside the atmosphere. The members displayed auras of various elements rising from their bodies. The main onlookers were a short young boy with turquoise eyes and spiked white hair with a single bang over the left side of his forehead; he wore a green sash around his shoulders, held together by a round, star-like clip that went from the front of his Captain uniform and to his back. The sash holds his Zanpakutō's sheath in place on his back and is tied to it at both ends.

The woman beside him was a voluptuous, large breasted and curvaceous woman with wavy, strawberry blonde hair with periwinkle eyes, full lips and a beauty mark under the left side of her mouth. She wore the Soul Reaper uniform, but lets her robes hang loose for her ample bosom to be revealed. She wore a thin golden necklace tucked between her cleavage and a long pink scarf over her shoulders. The woman yawned while the young man gave a stern look to chide her for her laziness.

"Arrancar, I've never seen one before," said the white haired boy as he prepared to leave the room.


In the 11th Division, a makeshift monitor made from used metal parts accented with elegant wisteria pole decorated with flowery designs on the left corner, a pink pole with cute animal designs on right corner and a blackish red pole with a frightening skull in in the center on the top corner of the device that was . The large group crowded together with the most variety of the Soul Reapers in terms of appearances, ranging from barely human monsters to brutish thugs groups, muscular to adorable appearing and groups that have such unique looks that it seemed odd that they were even apart of the squad.

The most prominent of the group were an effeminate man with jaw length dark hair and unusually colored eyebrows and eyelashes; a bald man with red markings near his eyes, a little girl with dark pink eyes, light pink hair and a perpetual blush on her cheeks on the shoulders of a very tall man.

The man had a wild, aggressive and demonic look to him; with a long face with a long nose, pronounced cheekbones and hairless brow ridges. His eyes were narrow with green irises and long hair styled into a crown of large strands with bells attached at the tips; had a long scar went down his right half of his face and wore an unusual black eyepatch on the left side that was elegant in design with gold lining and a chain as one of the straps. He, the pink haired girl and the bald man smiled at the orange haired boy with frenzied anticipation while the beautiful man sighed with a smile on the side as the rest of the group also grinned madly.

"Masked man...Arrancar; I can't wait to fight them," the frenzied, eyepatch wearing man said with maddened glee.


In the 13th Division, the image of the latest event was displayed on the large chest of a large sheet ghost dressed in Soul Reaper robes, which oddly enough was seen as common place within the rather cemetery themed barracks that was filled with floating white ghosts floating through and around the main building. A goatee bearded man and a blonde girl were at the bedside of a bedridden long white haired, black eye-browed man with a fragile, yet powerful look to him. He stared at the monitor with a concerned seriousness towards Rukia.

"Rukia, get out of there before they decide to kill you," the white haired man said with worry.


A Palace in the Sky

A group of five currently obscured people observe a golden monitor with a young man with orange hair killing a Hollow; narrowing their eyes with keen interest.


A Bar in Karakura Town

A group of people were watching a news report on the Karakura High School having an explosion according to the principal of the school interviewed by a female reporter. Silhouettes of a magenta haired girl with pigtails, a full lipped, dark skinned woman with chin length dark hair, a short teenager who sported a shaved head with a buzzed mohawk in the middle, a dark clothed boy with short blonde hair covering his right eye, a thick mustached, middle-aged man with a dark leather-like strap to cover his left eye and a tall young man with solid brown iris-eyes and wavy-shoulder length black hair gather around a pool table.

At the bar table, a brown eyed man with combed back black hair that went to the nape of the neck, he wore dark trousers and a light sleeveless shirt, over which he wore a dark jacket that has a fur-covered collar. He was twiddling a large Claymore with his right arm bent downwards.

For some reason, all of them could see the masked man. The combed haired man at first smirked at the boy, only to take a more serious grimace once he saw a bespectacled boy's unusual pentagram and rose from his seat and turned to the group with intentions to speak with them.


A Roofless Throne Room in Perpetual Night

A group of nine people were watching a hologram of an orange haired Soul Reaper on the top floor of a roofless building- eight at a table and the ninth on a throne. They were completely with some having visible holes on their bodies. However these were not normal people. As their shadows ran down the floor, an octopus, winged phoenix-parasitic worm-butterfly hybrid, an obscured demonic creature, a panther, a six armed mantis, a bat, a shark and a wolf's silhouette were shown from the people on their respective seats.

Behind them on a large staircase leading a spiked throne made of bones, a half silhouetted stocky, muscular old man, with a white mustache and white hair in regal clothing and wearing a five pointed crown sat rigidly over his subjects. He stared down to the image of the boy with a cold stare.

"The boy of the orange sun...and the woman of rejection...such was inevitable," he said to himself in a dark tone.


A White Throne Room

In an ice covered throne room, a massive army of white uniformed soldiers were gathered in front of thirty thrones with the two on the furthest right currently empty. There were completely shadowed humans with varied shadows sitting on a set of thrones going left to right in Germanic Alphabetical order. The throne of "A", which sat a long haired man with large mutton-chopped mustache with a black cape draped over his white uniform; both he and the other 27 shared the same slouching position with a raised fist pressed against the right cheek. A hologram of a horned masked Soul Reaper was displayed from the reflection of the floor.

"Ichigo Kurosaki...my son born in the dark.," said the man with a mysterious and frightening tone.


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