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Chapter 13- A Run in wih A Dangerous Foe? Yami's Reawakening!

The first thing Shinn saw were black swallowtail butterflies. The moment he stepped into the gate they engulfed him in a mass of black wings. He nearly pnicked at the sense of insecurity buhe managed to stay calm. Especially when he heard Cho wailing in terror he knew everything would be fine.

Suddenly in a flash of light it was all over. The spinning had stopped and he found himself in a secluded part of town. It was night time and the street lamps had been lit.

"So cool," Cho whispered as he regarded his surroundings.

"Wow, the lights are so pretty!" Nanu remarked.

"Where is our objective?" Zanza asked emotionlessly.

"Right now there is too little activity," Rukia replied, "We can't afford to make any rash moves right now, for now our work is purely recon,"

"Sheesh, this many officers for simple recon?" Ikkaku complained, "Why didn't we just send one patrol?"

"Because this matter is much more delicate," Rei replied.

"But then why no captains? This does not add up," Zanza countered.

"That's because you think too much," Saito remarked irritably.

"Shut up," Ryu complained, "We gotta hurry this up!"

"You shut up you annoying prick!" Saito snapped.

"Um...people," Sakura tried to interuppt but none listened to her.

"Let's get one thing straight!" Saito snapped, "We listen to Rukia-san, not you!"

"Tch, an annoying long haired idiot is trying to tell me not to mouth off?" Ryu scoffed.

"What! I wouldn't talk with your puke green hair!" Saito snarled.

"What, that's going too far dammit!" Ryu snarled back reaching down to draw his blade.

Suddenly in a blink of an eye both Rei and Zanza sottd in front of each of their officers with their swords to their respective officer's necks.

"Shut up," Rei sighed, "We don't have time for this,"

"I agree with her, we listen to Rukia-san, and show her respect," Zanza added.

Both sides reluctantly stood back and apologized.

"As I was saying we should best divide into groups of three in order to cover more ground, Aizen is most likely in a gigai with an altered appearance however his spirit pressure shouldn't be too hard to detect," Rukia,explained, "The moment any of you sense a large spirit pressure contact me,"

"So how do we split?" Koji asked.

"We will spread our strength evenly to nsure maximum efficeincy," She explained whipping out a notepad.

She drew a quick scribble of 3 groups of three and one group of four.

"The rabbit srepresent the strongest ones while the ducks and raccoons represent the weaker ones," She explained pointing to the various pictures.

"Which ones a rabbit and which is a duck or raccoons?" Shinn thought smiling nervously.

Basically after the matter of which was which and what was what was cleared up the groups became the following.

Team Red

Shinn Ichijouji

Nanu Yusuke

Harajime Sakura

Team Blue

Koji Tanamoki

Cho Hiriko

Zanza Chobito

Team Yellow

Miho Clyne

Rei Sokenzan

Kuchiki Rukia

Team Green

Ryu Umezawa

Saito Shinnamori

Ikkaku Madarame

Hanataro Yamada

"Why does Shinn get the name red?" Koji whined.

"Why am I with him?" Saito asked angrily as he stuck an accusing finger at his shorter "teammate".

"Why am I with him?" Ryu echoed pointing his on accusing finger towards the long-haired shinigami.

"So that you can learn to work together," Rukia explained, "Though I feel sorry for Ikkaku-san and Hanataro-san,"

Ikkaku laughed while Hanataro tried to pull Saito off of his temporary teammate.

"Let's go," Zanza ordered calmly.

He took one step forward then jumped off into the sky. Koji and Cho waved goodbye then nodded to each other and took off after their teammate.

"No point wasting any more time," Ikkaku muttered as his team headed in the opposite direction.

Rei and her squad took off in a different drection leaving Team Red to take the last direction.

"This is gonna go down well," Shinn murmured glumly as he and Sakura tailed Nanu.

The trio searched for quite sometime yet could not sense anything.

Suddenly Shinn felt a rush of spirit pressure. It seemed to be emanating from one house.

"Do you sense that?" Nanu asked anxiously as she shuddered at the enormous level of spirit pressure.

Shinn nodded.

"S-shouldn't we call Rukia-san?" Sakura asked nervously.

Nanu nodded then drew her sword.

"You and SHinn contact Rukia, I'll get a visual description on our friend," She smirked before jumping onto the roof.

"Nanu!" Shinn cried, "Don't be foolish!"

He jumped after her and Sakura followed.

Meanwhile inside the house all were asleep save a cetain orange haired hollow slayer.

"Damn Kon," Kurosaki Ichigo shouted flinging a stuffed lion/ teddy bear across the room, "Where does he get off taking my body and running off with it while I'm fighting hollows?"

"Don't know who you're talking about but it ends here Aizen!" Nanu cried jumping through the window.

She stepped forward and slashed down but Ichigo dodged the oncoming blade at the last second.

"Damn, what do you shinigami want now!" Ichigo cried as he stepped back.

"What do you think?" Nanu asked leveling her lbade to meet Ichigo's eyes.

Ichigo could tell a fight was coming so he quickly jumped out the window.

"Hey!" Nanu cried, "Come back here!"

She followed the orange haired teen out the window and landed in a quick roll coming up with her sword in a guarded stance.

"Don't know what your problem is but if its a fight you want then you got it!" Ichigo cried pulling out Zangetsu from its shoulder strap.

Shinn landed behind Nanu with his blade half drawn.

"Don't be reckless, remember he's a captain level shinigami," Shinn murmured, "Sakura, contact Rukia while Nanu and I stall him,"

Sakura nodded nervously then pulled out her datapad which also worked as a radio.

"Bring it!" Nanu cried raising her sword, "Reflect, Shudako!"

Her sword shuddered then suddenly and shortened until it resembled a long dagger. She flipped it so that the her thumb rested on the end of the handle.

She ran forward and cut towards Ichigo.

"How are you gonna hurt me with that thing?" Ichigo asked incredously.

Nanu didn't reply, instead she let her weapon do the talking for her. She slashed horizontally and the force of the quick cut sent Ichigo stepping back.

"Take this!" She cried as she she suddenly spilt into two identical copies.

The twin Nanus attacked from both sides both Ichigo backed away.

"Double-handed knife strike!" The two Nanus cried stepping forward and thrusting.

"Zangetsu!" Ichigo cried as he blocked with his sword, "Lend me some of your power!"

His spirit pressure began to rise then it sky rocketed.

He quickly shoved her back then sweeped out his feet knocking her off balance.

"He's too strong!" Shinn thought, "I have to help Nanu!"

He drew his sword completely and raised it in the air with one hand.

"Burst, Raikaze!" Shinn cried as his sword glowed then melted into its pistol/ sword hybrid mode.

He gathered his energy into the blade causing it to increase in mass and swell until it grew to be twice his height.

"Final Form! Grand Cutter!" Shinn cried slashing down causing a column of blue energy to break out from his sword and slam into Ichigo sending him back a few steps.

To Shinn complete shock Ichigo merely shook himself a bit then leveled his blade again.

"My strongest technique...and it only jarred him," SHinn thought as he leveled his own blade, "I never thought that the material world would dampen our strength so much!"

"If that was you best, then you'd better get better real quick!" Ichigo spat as he raised his sword, "Moonfang Shock!"

A crescent moon of light shot forth from his blade and flew right towards Shinn.

"Damn," Shinn swore, "Final Form, Grand Cutter!"

He swung again hoping to counter Ichigo's own attack but the attack merely dispersed on contact with the crescent wave.

"Damn," Shinn swore again as he blocked the attack with his blade.

He was flung back from the force causing him to crash down onto the ground in a heap.

"You're sword's got some power to it but its got no bite!" Ichigo remarked as he hefted the blade onto his shoulder.

"Twin Dagger Missile!" Nanu cried as both her and her copy flung their daggers towards the orange-haired swordsman.

"Nice try," Ichigo remarked knocking both aside with a wide swipe, "But you're no better!"

He stepped forward and using the flat side of his blade he batted her away easily.

"Damn..." Shinn gasped as he struggled up, "I...can't...lose!"

Suddenly his blade darkened until it was pitch blade. His blade had originally become silver indicating the harmony between the two souls, shortly after it has changed to black indicating Yami's soul becoming more dominant. Then with Renji's help Shinn has turned his blade to a bright blue indicating his control over the sword. Now with the blade black it indicated Yami's return.

Black sears spread from his sword hand to his face and his eyes changed to those of a battle-hungry warrior. A malicous smile formed along with a row of pointed teeth that added to his resemblance of a terror. Suddenly Shinn/ Yami shuddered and his hair began to lengthen. His skin grew pale along with his hair. His teeth became sharper and his grin even more twisted. His hair turned to white that one would see on a hollow.

"Well...that was a long sleep!" Yami sneered as he hefted his blade, "But I've only gotten stronger since!"

"This, might be bad," Ichigo remarked.