Karakura Town, bakery.
Orihime was wrapping up her shift when a sudden spike of Reishi in Fuyuki, and it was most definitely her orange-haired soul reaper. She had felt this once the other day when she felt his hollow.
She had thought she miss sensed it, but it seemed she was wrong. (did his power return) The orange-haired girl thought to herself as she locked the door and headed home.
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Fuyuki City, Ryudo Temple Grounds. 11:30 am.
The officer scratches the back of his head, perplexed by the scene; there were now three of these cases recently, one at the graveyard, one in a housing complex, and now at the Ryudo Temple And again beside the giant Craters there was no sign of Arson.
"What the hell" he mumbled to himself.
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Fuyuki City, Tohsaka House, noon.
Rin's eyebrow twitches. Shirou relays the last night's events.
"So you mean to tell me that a none servant fighter defeated both Sabar and Archer, and y'all had to be bailed out by carrot top," she said, pointing at the orange-haired soul reaper who ignored the comment; his mind seemed to be on something else the problem at hand.
(Jonathan, why do you think that an Archer inhabited my soul, and why was there a need for an eighth servant) he questioned the former Israelite Princess, who responded softly.
(Simple, you have Quincy blood, just as I did, and as far as the second question, I have little idea.)
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Ayako was having one of those dreams again, showing Ichigo clashing attacks with a man with a white shihakusho-like outfit, a hole through him just above his waistline, and a tattoo of the number six, but something was different; Ichigo was struggling to stay in the fight as his opponent appeared in front of Ichigo and slamming a lag into the young man's stomach and sending him hurtling towards the ground which, exploded with the impact, Ichigo coughing up blood.
She recognized this scene as the first invention of Karakura before the kidnapping of his friend Orihime, and the name of his opponent was Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.
The image froze as her sleep was disturbed by the sound of the blond foreigner entering her room; it seemed the woman had sustained minor injury despite being thrown through a Torii gate and the Temple itself.
"Your awake; master and Ichigo will be happy; they are downstairs; master has made breakfast." Ayako sat up yawning; she had forgotten she was at Rin's place. Then it hit her. She had almost died, and Ichigo had saved her and Shirou from the man; again, she needed protection.
"So useless," she whispered to herself, and tears started forming in her eyes "why am I so useless." the blond seemed to pick up on her distress and sat beside her.
"I'm not very good with this sorta thing, but what troubles you?" the brown-haired girl looked at her trying to see what the foreigner was doing, but fat nothing.
"I feel so useless. This is twice now that Ichigo has saved me from some supernatural being, and now I've gotten him involved in a magical battle royal because he felt the need to protect me. I can do nothing to help." the blond listened without speaking but waited until she was done before answering the young teen.
"This may be none of my Business to say, but Ichigo seems to enjoy protecting his friends and doesn't mind, but if you feel useless, then you will just have to get stronger, but I think it would be in your best interest to let you, servant fight." The blond gave Ayako a small smile as she stood up.
"Servant?" she sounded confused. The lady turned back to Ayako and pointed at the magic crest on her wrist.
"The seal proves that you are a master. It allows you to command a servant."
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Soul Society. Squad six Barracks.
The raven-haired Lieutenant of squad thirteen stepped back along with the red-headed lieutenant of squad six.
"You mean Ichigo has gotten into some sorta shit again?" Renji shouted out, half confused and half smirking as he listened to his Captain, while Rukia burst out laughing.
"That dumb ass, what did he do this time?" her brother looked at her before answering.
"Squad twelve Captain picked up The substitute soul reaper Ichigo Kurosaki's Reishi signature in the Rashi dead zone." Their voice's quieted, silenced by his words, and several thoughts rushed through the two lieutenants' minds. What happened to give him his power back, and why the hell was he in the Reishi dead zone? "The head Captain has ordered you two, along with lieutenant Kay Takahashi of the fourteenth division, to Accompany members of Squad twelve to the Reishi dead zone in the world of the living to investigate." they had not expected to be sent to a forbidden zone or even worse the dead zone.
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Kurosaki clinic. 10:00 AM, two days after the battle
Isshin frowned as his son's voice picked up on the other end of the phone; Ichigo sounded upset as he spoke.
"Dad, we need to talk about mom." he knew all too well what Ichigo was referring to, and there was no hiding it.
"What about your mother?" the form Captain asked as he sat on the couch, gesturing for the twins to leave the room; Karin tried to protest but saw her father's look and left silently.
"She was a Quincy, wasn't she?" his voice seemed frustrated and angry that he was never told.
"Who told you?" he waited for the answer, but what he got was unbelievable.
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One hour later.
What the hell did he just listen to?" He had heard of such cases before where seven souls would up and Disappear from the soul Society then reappear several days later, not remembering what happened, every ten years or so. Still, he had always thought it was a myth, but not only were the actual events but his son was wrapped up in this so-called holy grail war.
"So this servant, as you call her, said you had Quincy Blood just as she did?"
"Yes," his son's voice answered on the other end of the phone, which worried Isshin. His boy's Quincy powers he'd trapped him in another feud, and what was worse was that girl was headed there at this moment; her presence could be a good thing or a bad thing.
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Fuyuki station 8:26 PM
Orihime stepped off the train onto the platform and made her way up the stairs as she searched for Ichigo's spirit energy; it wasn't hard because there was a strange lack of Reishi in the air.
(There that way) she said to herself as she headed toward where Ichigo was.
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Tohsaka residents 9:00 PM.
Ichigo's eye twitched as he listened to his father's story.
"So basically, you lost a fight with a hollow, and mom bailed you out!" He shouted into the phone, which was meant with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I guess so," Isshin said as he said.
"Sorry, dad, I need to go and think about this," Ichigo said before hanging up; he wasn't furious at his father. He just needed time to process.
(Jonathan, how did you know I had Quincy blood?" His question was answered with a question.
"How does a duck know where other ducks are?" She snickered a little bit before continuing. "I could sense your hidden power along with your reaper powers." He gave note she didn't mention white. But his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell, followed by Rin answering it.
"Who could be at the door at this door?" It soon became apparent who was at the door as Ichigo leaned back to see who it was, that bright orange hair, those big deep brown eyes, the unmistakable bubbly voice.
"Hay, Is Kurosaki here?
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Squad fourteen Barracks. Soul Society.
Inaho sat behind his desk, looking over the documents for the upcoming mission, when his lieutenant broke his train of thought, her semi-soft voice Partially distorted by the black mouthpiece covering the entire lower half of her face that looked like a respirator.
"Captain shell, I do some reconnaissance before next week's mission?" His eyes drifted up from his papers to look at his lieutenant, then back down to the documents.
"No, we will follow protocol for this one." his eyes glanced back up at her, this time taking time to inspect how she wore her uniform. The black shihakusho was modified slightly to accommodate her short but voluptuous figure with a blood-red cropped blazer, and her sword was swung upside down over one shoulder by a purple sash; his eyes drifted further up words to her condescending violet eyes and her Forest green hair cut in a neck Length bob.
"Then what would you have me do" her words were spat out; he knew she hated the reyoka or that detestable substitute soul reaper; that's why he was sending her; she wouldn't hesitate to kill them if they were fooling around with something dangerous.
"Just be ready to act when the time comes" he waved his hand to send her away.
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Omake #2 Ichigo's inner world.
Jonathan sits atop of the archer statue in a chair, drinking tea when white appears behind her.
"Jon Jon, why the hell did you drop this giant Statue into the king's inner world?" his voice distorted as he sat down at the table and reached for a cookie, but his can was slapped away by the women.
"I think it's a nice touch two this bland landscape," she answered as she popped one in her mouth, then stood and side steps; an attack from the hollow which smashes the table sending the food flying. "How dare you mess up all that delicious food she says as Arl Una appears in her hand, and she fires several arrows at the hollow, who turns into a chibi as he runs from the explosion.
Ok, this one was thrown together and short. I know but I did the best I could with the mental block I've had for the last three weeks. Also hope you enjoyed Orihime's entrance into the story. And I couldn't come up with a better Omake sorry. Finally, thank you to all who have stuck with this story through the first few chapters, and I hope you all will continue to comment on this book. It truly helps my writing, and how did you all like that Jonathan was a Quincy as Well? Tell me your thoughts and why this does this. new captain and lieutenant hate Ichigo and gang.