Hey, everyone. I know this chapter is a bit late coming, the vacation that I spent away from an area with reliable WiFi is over, and I'm back home in time for school, but unfortunately I was extremely busy doing other things that I didn't expect to be doing. I had to help with maintenance on parts of our summer residence, which took up a bunch of time to write on my phone (however, I did write some during my time away, so that's good news), I also started my second year of college, which originally was going to be hybrid classes but is now fully online, and I had to do the first week of schooling and schoolwork during the tail end of my vacation. Not only that but tomorrow, I'm going back to work at my job for the first time in nearly five months. So the chapters may end up not being written and posted when I would like them to. So here's to hoping for being able to make time to write.
Okay, right now, I'm having the idea of, how should I put this... Writing a single story up to a certain number of chapters, then repeating the same thing with another current story, and after that, going back to the first story and repeating the process. My original plan of doing one chapter at a time for each story never fully worked since I started writing more for PO3 than Undead, so I'm gonna try this and see how it works.
Also, guys... I need those reviews for both current stories (I have Undead posted in four different fandoms right now: Bleach (Anime), Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Books), Michael Vey Series (Books), and Spider-Man (Comics)). They're helpful and make my stories worth writing. And I'm still not seeing anyone sending me any art of the Kurosaki brothers and their girlfriends together. If you're a great artist, please use your skills to draw a picture of all of them, and then send that picture to me through PM. I would like to have the picture as this story's cover and I will give credit to the picture's creator. I like my Hollywood Undead cover, but it's not appropriate for this story.
Let's get this show on the road, shall we?
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Zanpakuto Spirit speaking or thinking
Normal speaking or thinking
Kisuke had a lot on his plate at the moment. He had 3 of his pupils' friends in his shop recovering from injuries they sustained from fighting Hollows and his students were not happy about it, he needed to find out if Aizen really sent those Menos Grande and the lower level Hollows after them, and he had to prepare for the Soul Society when they came for Rukia since they were sure to have noticed the spike in Hollow and unknown spiritual pressure. Today was just not his day.
But he did not have time to worry about that. "Your friends were fighting some Hollows and it seems they unlocked some powers of their own in the process. They're fine, Tessai healed Chad and Orihime and Tatsuki only have minor injuries." he said.
The boys were relieved to hear that. The downside of it seemed was that Orihime would now get involved in their world and all of them knew she was incredibly innocent, naive, and ditzy, meaning she definitely couldn't handle all the fighting and didn't have the resolve to fight enemies. "Why the hell did they go after them?" asked Ichigo.
"My theory is the Hollows were attracted by their spirit energy and wanted to consume them because of it." speculated Urahara. He didn't tell them that Aizen most likely was the one to send the beasts to test them because of Rukia being in the room.
Bennett groaned. "This just keeps getting better and better." He looked at the clock in the store. "Let's just continue this discussion another time. We gotta get home, the old man is expecting us home soon. See ya, Hat-and-Clogs." They reentered their bodies and left the store, saying goodbye to Tessai and Yoruichi. Rukia followed the boys out of the shop while Uryu bade them farewell for the day and went home.
The exiles heard groaning from the injured people currently recovering. Going back inside, they saw Orihime, Chad, and Tatsuki sitting up and looking around. "Where are we?" asked the large teen. He and his companions were in confusion at the building they were.
The shop owner cleared his throat and they snapped their heads to his direction. "Mr. Sado, Ms. Arisawa, Ms. Inoue, my name is Kisuke Urahara and I'm one of Benetto, Randi, and Ichigo's teachers. My associates brought you here to my shop after you three were attacked by Hollows." He motioned toward Yoruichi and Tessai. "The woman is Yoruichi Shihoin, their other teacher, and the man is Tessai Tsukabishi, an employee of mine."
"Urahara, where are they right now?" asked Chad.
"Ah, right. Your friends are home right now. They are resting after exterminating a large amount of Hollows." he explained.
Tatsuki smirked. "So you and the model are their mentors for their Soul Reaper training, huh?" She noticed something about the cocoa-skinned woman. The tomboy didn't know if it had something to do with her new abilities, but she could sense the older female's body pulse with a charge of energy when the shifty man mentioned her longtime friend. If she had to guess, the energy signified an emotion the woman felt about him. Plus, she was the only one who could also see Yoruichi's body faintly glow with a rose red hue. 'Wait... does she... Ichigo, this chick cares a lot for you. More than I think she realizes.' "Mr. Urahara, can me and Yoruichi talk in private? I need to talk to her about Ichigo."
He raised an eyebrow. "Go right ahead." She dragged the Shihoin princess into another part of the shop and shut the door.
"Now, what are your intentions with Ichigo?"
Orihime timidly asked the perverted man, "Mr. Urahara, what did Tatsuki mean by Soul Reaper?" To her, it sounded like the boys were killing things. That didn't sound like something her crush and his brothers would do at all. In addition, she was curious as to why her best friend wanted to talk to that woman about Ichigo.
He sighed and explained what Soul Reapers, Hollows, and Quincies were, what they did, everything they needed to know about the Soul Society, etc. At the end, she looked a bit frightened, but he assured her she had nothing to worry about since the boys had been doing this for over a month and had the necessary experience and skills to fight the Hollows.
She relaxed when she heard that and was relieved that the boys weren't hurting themselves. "Our world is kept from normal humans for good reasons because it is a dangerous one so I will be having you all train with Yoruichi to strengthen your powers and make you three capable of defending yourselves. " Kisuke told the two.
They continued to discuss how they were going to proceed for about twenty minutes until Tatsuki and Yoruichi came back to the room with the older female slightly flushed in the face and Ichigo's oldest friend smiling a shit-eating grin, leaving the others a bit curious at what exactly the two were talking about.
Tatsuki smirked at the look on Yoruichi's face when she asked her question. The woman had her mouth agape and face in surprise. "What do you mean? He's my pupil." the ex-captain said a little shakily.
Tatsuki held up her hand to stop her. "The reason I say this is that I think my powers allow me to sense energy that is given off of bodies as well as see different emotions and feelings through colored glows that only I can see. When Urahara mentioned Ichigo, I felt the energy in you react to it and there was a red glow around you that showed you were feeling a certain emotion."
Yoruichi paled and whispered, "What emotion?" If it was what she thought it was, then she was screwed.
"You like him and that's slowly starting to become love." It was true and no amount of denial could change that. Yoruichi had a bit of a crush on the Strawberry. How could she not, he made her feel like a woman and not an object. Not only that, he took the time to listen to and comfort her as well as just simply being there for her. "There's something you should really know about Ichigo if you want to pursue him. In the past few weeks, I have noticed him smile a lot like he was happy about something. He barely smiles anymore since his mom died. Which means it is about a girl. And I am pretty certain the girl that's making him smile is you."
She froze in shock. 'Does Ichigo really feel that way about me?' "How do you know?" she asked.
"Call it a hunch," shrugged Tatsuki. "But if you hurt him, there will be hell to pay, do you understand?" she glared.
Yoruichi narrowed her eyes. "I care for him too much to do that to him." She understood that Arisawa was trying to look out for her friend and keep him from more heartbreak and she respected the girl for that.
The teen's eyes softened and she smiled. "Good. You two belong with each other, I may have only just met you but I can tell you and him are perfect for each other. Who knows, you may even get married."
"M-married?!"
"Did you have a nice chat with Ms. Shihoin, Ms. Arisawa?" deadpanned Kisuke. Yoruichi clearly had a small blush that he and the rest of them could see. What that blush was about, he had no clue. Oh well, he could always get the security footage from the cameras in his shop.
"It was productive and I said what needed to be said." Tatsuki stared at him, daring him to correct her.
After a couple of seconds of her eyes boring into his very soul, he sighed in exasperation. "Putting that aside, you three will undergo training with Yoruichi to make your powers stronger as well as yourselves."
Ichigo's former sparring partner hummed thoughtfully. "So we'll be helping out Randy, Ichigo, and Bennett with slaying Hollows and their Soul Reaper duties? Alright, sounds good to me. They'll definitely need help doing their jobs."
Orihime then realized that Urahara never told her about the boys' extracurricular activities and yet she already knew what they were doing. "Tatsuki, did you know about all this?"
The girl looked at her best friend and nodded. "So did Chad. Bennett, Randy, and Ichigo told both of us when they first got involved in all this. I didn't believe them at first, but Ichigo proved me wrong."
Orihime was reasonably upset with Tatsuki for keeping something from her. "But we promised to never keep anything from each other! Why didn't you tell me?! I could have helped them!" she cried.
"Hime, it wasn't our secret to tell, it was theirs to tell when they felt like it. And we didn't have any powers to help them to begin with. Plus, they explained about their heritage and genetics which made them special beings."
"You hit the nail right on the head about their heritage, Ms. Arisawa. Your friends are three of the most unique people ever born, making them capable of reaching heights of power which most beings only dream of," congratulated Kisuke. "All of you should head on home, it's getting late."
Tatsuki agreed and dragged her friend out of the shop. Chad thanked Urahara and left as well.
As Tatsuki and Orihime walked home, a frustrated Orihime sternly said, "Tatsuki, you should have told me. I could have done something to help Ichigo and his brothers."
Tatsuki gritted her teeth. This was not what she needed to deal with right now. She had to nip this thinking in the bud before Orihime did something reckless and got hurt or killed. "Orihime! Enough! It's over with, it won't change anything. You can't let this crush on my oldest friend control your life anymore. Ichigo doesn't even—" she stopped herself before she said something that damaged their friendship.
Something broke inside Orihime. Was Tatsuki about to say what she thought she would say? She began to tear up a little. "Doesn't even what, Tatsuki? What were you going to tell me about Ichigo? Does this have anything to do with why you talked to Yoruichi about him?"
The spiky-haired teenager sighed. 'Me and my big mouth.' "It has everything to do with that. Hime, for the past few weeks, Ichigo's been more happy than I have ever seen him since his mother died. He's happy about a girl and... it's not you. I think the only love he can give you with his heart is sibling love. I'm sorry, Orihime."
Orihime broke down into tears and buried her face into her hands. "Why?! Why doesn't he have feelings for me?!" she sobbed. Tatsuki rubbed her back in an attempt to comfort her. She cried for a couple of minutes in hysterics. "Is the girl that's making him happy Yoruichi?" the heartbroken girl asked her best friend after she calmed down a bit.
"Yes, but she doesn't realize how much she cares for him. I talked to her to make sure she wouldn't hurt Ichigo because I could tell with my powers that she had feelings for him. It was a hunch that I acted on and if I'm right, he definitely really likes her too." Tatsuki said. Then she thought of something. "Orihime, why do you love Ichigo? Have you ever done anything to show that love to him?"
"Well, no. But the reason I love him is because he's nice and helpful to others and caring. Ichigo comforted me when my brother died, like I was family to him. He always wants to help and protect people and—"
Tatsuki cut her off, "I'll stop you right there. Hime, you don't love Ichigo, you love his image as a hero. It's basically hero worship. Look, the reason I am telling you this is because if you follow Ichigo into a fight because of your crush and come out hurt or worse, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself. I do not want you getting hurt. I'm sorry I had to break your heart, but I just want to keep you safe."
Orihime nodded weakly. "I guess so. I'm not going to lie, it hurts to hear you say that and it will take some time to get through this, but I'll manage... somehow."
They reached Orihime's residence and Tatsuki said goodbye to her for the night. She continued home, silently cursing herself for breaking her friend's heart and not being more gentle with her words.
"Kisuke, it was Aizen who sent those Hollows after them, wasn't it?" asked the purple-haired beauty.
The former captain nodded in response. "He knows about them and is testing them to see if they lived up to his expectations. Not only that, the Soul Society could come to arrest Ms. Kuchiki anytime now. It's a good thing I refrained from placing it inside of her gigai, I do not want Aizen to gain an opportunity to take it ever. It needs to be kept away from him. Plus, the boys would lose faith and their trust in me if I did so and I promised Isshin I would watch over them when they first got dragged into this entire mess."
"I guess it has begun. Do you want me to get in touch with them?"
"Yes, I have a feeling Bennett, Ichigo, and Randy will need their help." He gained a perverted smirk. "So what did you and Tatsuki talk about, perhaps a certain Strawberry?"
Yoruichi smacked him and gained a fierce blush staining her face. "Shut up and go back to fiddling with your inventions!"
A couple nights later, Rukia was still stewing over her thoughts in Randy's closet. She kept going back to how she considered the boys as true friends and comrades. 'Oh no, I can't stay here any longer and I can't go back to the Soul Society. But...'
She heard Karin and Yuzu talking with their brothers and father at the dinner table. It sounded like a happy conversation, filled with joy. Her older brother rarely showed any affection towards her and when he did, it wasn't much. The Kurosakis were a happy family, even if the matriarch wasn't in their lives anymore. What she wouldn't give to have a family like that. But if the 13 Court Guard Squads found Ichigo, Randy, and Bennett, they might go after their family as well. 'No, I can't let that happen! I have to do this.'
She gathered what little possessions she had and placed them into a backpack. Grabbing a piece of paper and a pen, she wrote down an encoded letter addressed to the boys along with the code to decrypt the message. Then Rukia placed the letter on the desk and opened and hopped out the window, running down the street.
She stopped at the end of the street and looked back one more time at the house she had grown used to. 'I'm sorry, you guys. But I can't let you get hurt because of me. So this is goodbye.' And she ran off.
Unknown to her, two men in shihakusho were watching her run down the road. The redheaded, tattooed man lifted up the goggles he was wearing to his forehead and said to the black-haired man, "That's her alright, Captain Kuchiki. She's in a gigai."
"Keep track of her, Lieutenant Abarai"
"Yes sir."
After dinner, Randy went up to Ichigo's room to bring Rukia her dinner. He opened the door and walked in. "Rukia? I brought you dinner." He received no response. "Rukia? You there?"
He set down the plate and opened up the door to the closet to find it empty. Her pajamas were neatly folded as well as the sheets for the mattress inside of the space. 'Where could she be?'
A very much unneeded comment came from his Zanpakuto. "I'll bet she's busy drawing those awful Chappy pictures of hers, just waiting to torture us with forcing us to look at them! Hahaha!" the crazy sword spirit cackled.
'Pipe down, you Caliban wannabe!' he shot back. Grumbling came from the Hollowfied Zanpakuto at the X-Men reference, not happy about being compared to an albino mutant.
Ignoring the grumbling, he saw a note on the desk and picked it up. Finding it to be gibberish, Randy looked to the side of the paper and saw the code. He used it and figured out the message, which explained that Rukia was leaving because she had stayed too long and the Soul Society would most likely assume something different than them unlocking their own powers and come after them, so she had to protect them as a last act of gratitude. He widened his eyes when he read the whole of the letter. This wouldn't end well at all.
"Ichigo, Bennett! Get in here, we got a problem!" he called out to his brothers. They came to the room and asked what was wrong. "Rukia's gone. She left a letter explaining why she ran off. If the Soul Society sends people after her, she won't be able to protect herself."
"She could not have gotten far, or at least not out of the town. We need to find her quickly," said Bennett. "Hasashi, Kon, Hikaru! We need you."
Three stuffed animals, a lion, iguana, and penguin, waltzed in. "What do ya need, Bennett? said the stuffed penguin.
A few days after the brothers received the Mod-Souls, they found a trio of stuffed toy animals sitting by the road in the trash. Deciding to place the pills in the toys, they gave freedom to the artificial souls and allowed them to move freely inside the boys' rooms, though without their sisters seeing the toys moving and talking. They each gave the Mod-Souls their own body, with Ichigo putting Kon in the lion, Bennett putting Hasashi in the penguin, and Randy placing Hikaru in the iguana.
"Rukia ran off. We have to find her before the Soul Society gets ahold of her." The brothers grabbed the pills from inside the toys and each popped one into their mouths, pushing them into their Soul forms. "Watch the house while we're gone. Don't allow anyone other than us to come inside the house, we're not sure if they sent Soul Reapers after our family."
"Gotcha, go find Rukia before something happens. You think it could get messy?" asked the stuffed lion.
"Most likely. Wish us luck." They jumped out the window and began searching.
Rukia kept running through the street, having no idea where she was going to go, but she didn't care. She had to get out of the city and disappear.
She stopped for a sec to catch her breath. "At this rate, I'm not going to get anywhere."
"You got that right, Rukia!"
Rukia froze when she hear the familiar voice call out to her. She turned around quickly and looked in shock at who she saw. A redheaded man with tattoos dressed in a black kimono with a wooden badge strapped to his arm stood in the air with a angry look on his face. He was holding his sword in his hands for when he had to pull it out of its sheath.
"Renji? Renji Abarai? Is that you?" she asked the man.
"Who else, Rukia Kuchiki. What's with that look on your face, you look almost... human. Don't look so surprised to see me. After all, you broke an important law. I'm here to take you back to the Soul Society and arrest you." said Renji.
She could feel how strong he had gotten since they last met, he was at least at weak captain/strong lieutenant level. She then noticed the badge on his arm. "Y-you are a lieutenant?!" she stammered.
Renji gained a wicked grin. "Yep. You've been gone too long, Rukia. Let me show you just how strong I have become!" He leapt at her, unsheathing his sword and swinging heavily down into the ground. The earth shook with force and knocked Rukia to the ground.
She began to panic. 'He's much stronger than before. This isn't good.' She fired off a Kido to give her space to start running again. "Hado #4. Byakurai!"
The lightning had no effect on Renji as it weakly struck him and left no mark on him. "You've grown soft!" He walked slowly towards her. "Now, I'm going to ask once: Where are the humans you gave your powers to? Don't make this harder than it has to be, just tell me where they are."
Realization hit Rukia like a freight train. "You're going to kill them. No! I won't let you, they did nothing wrong!"
"They have your Soul Reaper powers! It is a crime for humans to be given them!" he roared.
She glared at him. "First: Soul Reaper powers can only be transferred to a single human at a time. So explain to me how three different humans can have my Soul Reaper powers at the same time. Second: I never even gave them my powers, they are just dormant and my spirit energy was siphoned off and it unlocked their own Soul Reaper abilities."
The lieutenant was shocked and in disbelief. "That's not possible! You must be lying!" She had to be lying.
Rukia stared him down without flinching. "I'm not, you know me better than that, Renji." He searched for any sign of deception and found none.
"No way... you're telling the truth. How... just how do 3 humans have their own Soul Reaper powers? It's been theorized but never documented before." he whispered. He looked back at her and steeled his nerves. "Regardless of that, we are taking you in for abandoning your post and failing to report in to your superiors. We're not taking no for an answer. Isn't that right, Captain Kuchiki?"
Rukia turned around and was shocked to see her older brother, Byakuya Kuchiki, walk up. He was a moderately tall, regal-faced man with long black hair that was decorated with ornamental hairpieces and, like his counterpart, was dressed in a black kimono but with a white haori overtop.
"Byakuya."
"It's time for you to face your punishment, Rukia." said the stoic clan head.
'What am I supposed to do now? I can't even keep my friends safe.' She didn't know what to do, she had no options left to her. Her brother was a powerful captain and master of Flash Step, he could catch her without trying and kill her easily. Randy, Ichigo, and Bennett definitely couldn't hope to win against him. Even with the new information they had received, she had no way of knowing if they were still going to kill her new friends.
The Soul Reapers gathered then felt a trio of signatures racing toward them quickly. Renji and Byakuya didn't recognize the spirit energy of the three newcomers, but Rukia did. 'No no no no, what are they doing?! They should not be here or they'll be killed!' she screamed in her head.
"Who are these Soul Reapers approaching us? Do you recognize their spirit energy, Captain Kuchiki?" asked Renji. The captain narrowed his eyes. His subordinate took it as a sign that he didn't.
Three shadows came crashing down into the street in front of them, cracking the ground and leaving craters where they landed. Renji gripped his sword tightly while his captain rested a hand on his own Zanpakuto in response to the power displayed to them.
The dust settled and three tall teenage boys dressed in a variation of Soul Reaper uniforms and a type of face covering stood there with indifferent looks in their eyes.
"Identify yourselves! Who are you and what squads are you from?" the pineapple-haired redhead demanded of the three unknowns. They just stared unflinchingly at him. Renji started to get a bit nervous and annoyed from the silence they were giving him. "I said identify yourselves, did you not hear me?!" he continued to demand.
"Oh we heard you alright, we just decided to give you a bit of the silent treatment." the teen wearing the bandana snarked, making his comrades snicker. Renji grit his teeth at the blatant disrespect given to him. "As for our names, I'm Ichigo Kurosaki."
"Benetto 'Bennett' Kurosaki." replied the tallest boy.
"Randi 'Randy' Kurosaki." answered the blond.
"As for our squads, we don't belong to any squads, we're Substitute Soul Reapers."
It clicked for the older Kuchiki. "You three are the humans that Rukia helped unlock their powers." he said.
"That's right, we inherited them. Who are you two and what do you want with our friend?" inquired Randy. They were definitely Soul Reapers. The younger man had to be a lieutenant since he had a badge and the older male a captain if the white haori was anything to go by.
'Inherited? That clarifies a little bit on how 3 humans have Soul Reaper powers, so who did they get them passed down from?' Captain Kuchiki wondered. "I am Captain Byakuya Kuchiki of Squad 6 of the 13 Court Guard Squads and this is my lieutenant, Renji Abarai. We're here to arrest Rukia Kuchiki for not reporting in and staying in the World of the Living for too long. Don't interfere or we'll be forced to take action against you."
They grew angry at hearing this. "That is bullshit! You're going to arrest her, your own family, for helping save another family?! What kind of laws do you have in the Soul Society?! That's not justice!" yelled Bennett.
"What would you know about anything, it's your fault she's being arrested in the first place!" The hotheaded Pineapple rushed toward the boys and swung quickly at Bennett's head.
He blocked it and shoved him away, charging after him and crossing blades again. His brothers circled up and surrounded Renji in an attempt to make him fight them all at once.
Bennett kept clashing with Renji for a bit and gave him some moderate cuts on his chest, then he backed off and Ichigo jumped in to keep wearing the Soul Reaper down. They continued switching around and cutting him until their target got pissed and released his Zanpakuto. "Roar, Zabimaru!" he yelled.
His sword elongated and gained serrated segments on one side leading up to the tip of the blade, which widened and flattened. It looked like a weapon made for sawing off the limbs of an enemy.
He swung his Zanpakuto at Randy, who was currently engaging him, and the segments extended and stretched apart to show a thick cord underneath the metal. The weapon reached behind Randy and pulled back into itself, screaming towards the teen. He did not understand what Renji was trying to do so he did not react in time when the serrations dug into him. He grunted in pain as blood squirted out of his shoulder and splattered against the pavement.
He place his own sword in between the protrusions and lifted the weapon out of his body, leaving a wound in his shoulder. "That was very sneaky, you little shit. But is that all you got?" he sneered. Renji growled and swung again. The blade again reached toward the Substitute, but Randy was ready this time. When the cord was exposed to him while the sword was racing in his direction, he slashed down into the cord, bisecting in half and breaking the sword in half.
Taking this as an indicator to attack, the three teens rushed forward to attack Renji. "Shit!" screamed the lieutenant. His Shikai had been broken and he had no defense options left except for one. He prepared to fire the only Kido spell he could perform. A ball of red energy formed on his palm. "Hado #31. Shakkaho!" The orb shot into Bennett and exploded. Renji fired off 2 more of the same spell into Ichigo and Randy, both getting caught in the explosions when the spells hit them.
"ICHIGO! RANDI! BENETTO!" Rukia screamed. She collapsed to her knees and stared at the smoke in the area from where the spells blew up, hoping they were not hurt.
Renji sighed. "That should put them down." He picked up his broken Zanpakuto, which had reverted back to its sealed state, and inspected it. It was going to take a bit of time for it to fix itself if the damage indicated anything.
"Really, you pineapple-headed moron? That was just annoying." Randy's voice called out. Renji whipped around and saw the three teenagers walking toward with pissed looks on their faces and slight burns on their bodies but otherwise unharmed. Rukia saw this as well and let out a shaky breath.
The lieutenant went bug-eyed. 'What the actual hell?! It's not possible, they each shrugged off a Shakkaho like it was nothing. I know that my grasp of Kido is limited and it's the only spell I know and can do correctly, but a Shakkaho is powerful when done right... and these guys are completely unfazed by my spells! In fact, I may have just made them angrier.' Renji started to become worried at the prospect that he may have just made himself their target.
His inner musings were interrupted by Bennett calling out to the two spiritual soldiers of Squad 6. "Hey, I want to know something. Who is the leader of the 13 Court Guard Squads? Who allowed this farce of an arrest to happen? I want to speak with them and know why exactly they allowed our friend to be arrested for helping save my family and give them some information we've come across. And I'm sure my brothers would like to do the same." Ichigo and Randy murmured in agreement, giving their stance of thought on the matter both knowing their brother had asked an important question that would give them more information.
Captain Kuchiki raised an eyebrow. "That would be Head Captain Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Captain of Squad 1." This specific question caught his interest.
Ichigo said, "Then you tell him that we want to have a talk. We're not going to harm him, we're definitely not stupid enough to attack the leader of an powerful organization that might retaliate if we did. All we want to do is talk."
The captain of Squad 6 thought it over and found no problems with what the three were saying. "Very well. Though i still have to do this." He blurred out of sight and appeared behind them, sheathing his Zanpakuto as if he'd drawn it and they couldn't see it happen. Which was exactly what occurred. Blood spurted out of Randy's gut, Bennett's shoulder, Ichigo's waist, and several other areas around their bodies. Each of them collapsed to the ground, the blood from their wounds painting the street crimson. Rukia screamed in terror. "Come, Rukia, Renji. We're leaving." the clan head said with no emotion. The redhead grunted and Rukia tearfully nodded, not trusting her words at the moment.
Although in pain, Randy was able to look up with some effort at that exact moment and see a Senkaimon gate open up with the three Soul Reapers walking into the gate and disappearing, leaving no sign that they were ever there to begin with. He just glared at the spot they had just occupied until he lost the strength to keep his head up a couple seconds later.
"Can you two move at all? Any movement counts. I certainly can't, that bastard hit me pretty good in several spots that inhibits me moving." the usually scowling orangette groaned in pain.
Bennett grunted, "Same here."
"Neither can I. God damn, it's painful. The good thing is Rukia's family member didn't kill us, so he must have decided to tell his leader that we wanted to talk to him." said Randy.
"At least there's that, but they arrested the midget. I think she was about to cry when Byakuya slashed us, so she definitely didn't want to go back. Why didn't she tell us about her situation? We would have tried to help her out." the mohawk-wearing teen asked glumly.
"Regardless of that, we have to save her. We owe her for saving us in our time of need... and I'm gonna pass out now." The blond fell silent, light snoring the only sound coming from him after that.
Ichigo and Bennett chuckled. 'Leave it to Randi to do something to cut the tension.' Ichigo snickered in his head. They then heard the familiar clicking of wooden sandals on the pavement and knew it was Urahara coming to get them. Both of them lifted their heads up and saw Kisuke, Tessai, and... a black cat hanging on the blond man's shoulder? The strawberry blinked. The cat was still there and he wasn't hallucinating, so it must have been Yoruichi. "Hey... Kisuke," he said. "Looks like we got a little ahead of ourselves, didn't we?" The cat jumped down from its perch on the sandaled man's body and walked up to and looked at the teen with a sad look in its eyes, as if it was feeling guilty and remorseful about the situation.
"For what it's worth, you three did well. I'm sorry I didn't do more, I expected the Soul Society to send a squad eventually, they don't usually send officers from the high ranks for stuff like this. A lieutenant and a captain was something out of left field entirely. I should have expected that. Blame me if you want to." the exile sighed. His pupils getting hurt was not something he ever wanted to happen.
Bennett smiled weakly. "We don't blame you, Kisuke. And don't blame yourself either, it's nobody's fault." He winced a little bit as pain shook through his body momentarily and he fell unconscious a few moments later.
His brother turned his head to look at the cat and gave a bloody grin. "Hey, Yoruichi. That must be you in your cat form, I can tell by your beautiful golden eyes. Looks like I am in need of more training, aren't I?" The disguised Shihoin widened her eyes in surprise and, though not visible in that form, her small face tinged a bit of pink. Her student, and secret crush, followed in his siblings' footsteps and passed out as well. Which left her, Tessai, and Urahara alone.
"Kisuke... they were just trying to help a friend. Ichigo and his brothers did not deserve this!" said Yoruichi in her disguised man's voice, very much upset at the state of how things turned out tonight.
"I know... I know."
"He'll be okay, right? All three of them?"
"The wounds look to be done solely to affect any movement. They must have left an impression on Captain Kuchiki for them to be left alive. I think they'll be fine in a couple of days. Let's get them back to the shop. Oh, and you can come out now, Uryu." he called out to seemingly no one.
The Quincy materialized from behind a tree. He had a frustrated look on his face. "I felt spiritual pressure from those two Soul Reapers when they first started actively hunting for Rukia. I thought my cousins could handle them, so I hid my presence and observed while following them. I didn't want to let the Soul Society know that there were some Quincies still around." He clenched his hands until the knuckles were white. "DAMN IT! I should have given them backup regardless! That was a high level captain, they needed the help and I just stood there watching while he cut them down!"
The blond man disagreed. "It's not your fault, Uryu. This was just a situation no one could control or see coming and Ichigo, Randi, and Benetto got the short end of the stick. We'll take them back to the shop and let them rest and heal. Go home, your father will probably want to know what happened."
Uryu nodded and used Hirenkyaku to leave the area. When the former Squad 2 captain was sure that the teen had left the area completely, she transformed into her human form. If Ichigo had been awake, he would have had a massive blush on his face due to the fact that Yoruichi was completely naked. But (luckily, or maybe unluckily, depending on who you ask) he was knocked out so he did not get to see the gorgeous woman in all her nude glory.
Kisuke hid his face behind his fan due to the fact he was sporting a perverted grin. As her best friend for as long as he could remember, he knew that she was an attractive woman in a league above many of the women in the Society. Both of them knew that dating each other would have been awkward because she, him, and Tessai had grown up together and it would have been like dating their sibling. However, whenever she transformed from cat form to human form he always enjoyed it, simply because he was a pervert. So the fact that he was able to see her naked rear made him let out a perverted giggle.
Yoruichi gave him a glare for his actions, but didn't do anything further. She turned to Ichigo and hoisted him up onto her shoulders and back, letting his arms loop around her neck and Flash Stepping away.
As they left, Kisuke had a stray thought hit him. "The shit's about to hit the fan, Tessai."
"On that we can agree, Boss."
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if you were a tween, teen, or kid, during the late 2000s to the early 2010s, then you'll most likely know about MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games). Well I was in that group of people and I knew about them. I used to come home everyday from school and play those games on my desktop during that period of time. Lego Universe, Free Realms, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, those were the games I played. All of them are now shut down and they have been for quite some time. My childhood is basically gone now and has been so for a while. I know I have talked about something like before, but it will really hit home in a bit. Look, the reason why I am bringing this up is because in a little over a month from now on October 26, it will be the 10th anniversary of Lego Universe launching. This date is a sore subject for me because Lego Universe was actually the FIRST MMOG that I ever played. It's the one that got me into online multiplayer gaming. Seeing it shut down was not a good moment for me. And I really want the revival project Darkflame Universe to succeed.
I know there is a revival for Free Realms (FR Sunrise/ Free Realms Sunrise, which is in development and between Alpha and Closed Beta), POTCO (The Legend of Pirates Online, which has been released to the public), and Marvel Super Hero Squad Online (this one is the one that I am a little iffy on since I haven't found an actual website that says if there is a revival or not, but there are Youtube videos discussing several different revival projects involving the game, so not too sure about that one), but LU was special.
Alright, now onto some good news. I was looking up news for the Percy Jackson TV series when I came across an article in the news section on Google. If you are a PJO Universe fan, then you most likely have already heard this piece of news, but if you are not then I shall tell you...
IT'S CONFIRMED, YOU GUYS! THE KANE CHRONICLES IS GOING TO BE MADE INTO A NETFLIX FILM SERIES!
Isn't that something to celebrate about? I am a fan of the spin-off series and this has made me so happy! Two of Uncle Rick's series are going to be adapted for the screen. That news made my day.
Crash, out.