Next chapter, not much to say today except I'm so frickin tired! School's pretty easy for me right now but those are famous last words. Um…what am I talking for? No one really cares, they just wanna get on to reading this chapter, oh well, enjoy (not my best work but I had to finish this chapter fast! Major changes are coming for Shinn and the others!)
Chapter 17- Sealed in a World with no Escape!
"Um…is this Urahara's?" Miho asked politely.
"Yup, now what do you want?" Jinta asked impatiently.
"I'm sorry, but is Mr. Urahara here?" Miho asked.
"Well the sign says Urahara idiot," Jinta replied, "So obviously…"
"Just take us to your damn manager!" Nanu growled as she lifted the red-haired kid off his feet by the cuff of his shirt.
"Hey, I'll go get they guy, but don't blame me if he gets mad!" He shouted as he scampered down the hall.
A few seconds later a tall unshaven man walked out wearing a green striped white hat.
"Um…Mr. Urahara-san?" Sakura asked hesitantly.
"Oh, you must be those shinigami kids Rukia told me about!" He exclaimed, "Come in, come in!"
Soon everyone member of the mission team was accounted for and everyone was gathered in the store.
"Oy, can I go home now?" Ichigo asked impatiently.
"Nope," Urahara replied, "I need you around for stuff that has to be taken care of, and you two, stop eating the merchandise!"
"Smrry," Saito and Koji replied as they swallowed the handfuls of random candy they had found in the aisles.
"Is it safe for them to eat that stuff?" Shinn asked.
"Nope, but I'm sure they'll pull through," Rukia answered.
"B-but I've got school tomorrow!" Ichigo cried desperately trying to get the topic back to his point.
"Aren't you happy to see your friend Rukia?" Urahara asked.
"Yes!" Ichigo protested, "But I can't…"
"Niiiiiiiii-saaaaaaan!" A voice cried out in a sickly sweet voice.
"It can't be!" Ichigo thought desperately, "He couldn't possibly have found Rukia from here!"
Rukia too looked behind her with eyes wide open in fear.
"He couldn't have smelt me!" She thought in disbelief, "I made sure he wouldn't know I'm here!"
An orange haired teenager with a goofy grin plastered across his face dashed into the shop and wrapped Rukia in an enormous bear hug.
"Nii-san, you're back!" The Ichigo look-alike cried happily.
"Two Ichigo's?" Ikkaku asked confused.
After Hanataro had finished healing him enough he and Ichigo helped carry Ryu and Saito to Urahara's where they were healed by Tessai's amazing kido skills.
"So different," Hanataro added equally confused.
"Ah!" Ichigo cried, "We're both here and you're still ruining my reputation!"
"But nii-san is back!" Kon cried, "Can't I…"
"NO!" Ichigo, Urahara and Rukia cried at once smacking him on the head with a tag, glove, and cane all at once.
"Hey!" Ichigo cried as he caught his now uninhabited body, "Watch it! This is my body!"
Rukia lifted the pill and pocketed it quickly.
"Let's go home and put Kon back," Rukia instructed.
"What?" Ichigo cried, "It's not even your house!"
"And he has to help me with…" Urahara began but Rukia glared at him with stare.
"Well I choose to take him home," Rukia growled over her shoulder.
Both Ichigo and Urahara crawled back hoping to be able to avoid her gaze.
"Um…Rukia-san?" Sakura asked timidly, "Where do we go?"
"I can take you guys to my place," Orihime volunteered.
"Um…don't you live in a hotel?" Chad asked.
"Why not here?" Ichigo asked.
"Nope," Urahara replied, "I have much stuff to do and I can't afford to accommodate such a large number…"
"What about your frickin huge basement!" Ichigo asked angrily.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Urahara cried shoving everyone outside, "Now I have work to do so bye bye!"
"Oy!" Ichigo cried, "You are not going to lock us out! Oy! Oy!"
"Oh dear," Cho sighed, "I guess I'll be sleeping with Orihime…"
"The hell you are!" Nanu and Rei snarled as they yanked Cho by the cuff of his uniform.
"Why go back to Soul Society?" Hanataro asked, "We've spent too long here anyways, we already know Aizen's not here,"
"Fine," Rukia agreed, "Ikkaku-san, open the gate,"
"Gotcha," Ikkaku replied raising his zanpak-to, "Kaijo release,"
The air around the zanpak-to began to shimmer and twist as the gateway slowly began to open. A set of sliding double doors opened and a flurry of black butterflies flew out as the doors slid open.
"Let's go," Rukia ordered, gesturing the group forward.
Ikkaku stepped in first, followed by Hanataro, Rei, Sakura, Zanza, Ryu, Saito and Koji. One by one they each began to melt away into the curtain of light.
"Um…it was nice meeting Ichigo-san," Shinn said bowing slightly.
"Yeah, you too kid, sorry bout that sucker punch there," Ichigo apologized gruffly.
"Oh, it's alright," Shinn replied waving his hand, "Goodbye, Chad-san, Orihime-san,"
The two waved goodbye cheerfully as Shinn began to step forward.
Suddenly the gate began to shimmer and fade.
"W-what?" Shinn began but Rukia interrupted him.
"Sealing kido!" She cried, "Someone's trying to seal us in here!"
"What's going on!" Ichigo cried.
The gate continued to twist and bend and began to lose its form more and more rapidly.
Miho, Rukia, and Nanu dashed forward as they hurried towards the collapsing gate.
Shinn dashed forward just as the gate began closing. He just missed the last slivers of light as the gate closed.
"Dammit!" Nanu snarled as she tried to pry the two doors open.
"Too late!" Rukia cried, "The gate's sealed!"
"Who's doing this?" Nanu spat, "We've gotta stop him!"
"It's Aizen," Ichigo murmured, "I felt this same level of power…that time I met him…"
"Aizen?" Cho murmured quietly.
"Try to reopen the gate," Rukia instructed.
"Yes, ma'am," Miho replied, "Um…Kaijo release!"
The air began to shimmer then suddenly a bolt of electricity shot out from the air where the tip of her sword was aimed and snaked up her arm giving her a painful shock.
"M-Miho-san!" Shinn cried.
"I-I'm fine," Miho replied smiling weakly, "The gateway is sealed, we can't open through here,"
"Damn!" Nanu snarled, "How are we gonna get back?"
"Urahara-san!" Ichigo cried after a moment's thought, "He helped us get into Soul Society last time,"
"Worth a shot," Rukia nodded, "Get Urahara out here,"
"No need," A cheerful voice replied.
The said man walked out towards the stranded shinigami and the orange haired oddball.
"I sensed the kido spell and guessed its purpose," Urahara explained, "Unfortunately you will all have to wait for sometime because it takes quite a while for a gateway to be opened up…Urahara style!" He cried the last part out waving his fan madly in a shower of glitter.
"Idiot," Nanu, Ichigo and Rukia muttered.
"So how long will it take?" Nanu asked impatiently, "A minute, an hours, a day?"
"At least three weeks," Urahara replied.
"THREE WEEKS!" Nanu cried.
"Looks like I'm sleeping at Orihime's…" Cho began but Nanu punched him across the jaw then kicked him while he was down.
"I hope Hana-san never meets Nanu-san!" Shinn thought as he smiled nervously.
"We can't stay here," Rukia cried, "We can only stay here for so long before our powers start to…"
"Oh no Ms. Kuchiki," Urahara interrupted, "You will each be given an exclusive Urahara's Gigai special, only 200,000 kan!"
"Fine," Rukia replied coldly.
Shinn sighed in outward relief; he was afraid Urahara-san and Rukia-san would bicker. After all it was only money.
"Take it off of Shinn's pay," Rukia added as she strode by.
"Eh?" Shinn squeaked as he visualized his earning hit rock bottom.
"So what'll we do in the meantime?" Nanu asked, "We can't exactly wait for several weeks,"
Several weeks later…
"School?" Nanu cried, "B-but I'm over three-"
"Shh!" Rukia hissed, "We're going to have to spend most of our time here so make the most of it!"
"But when I entered Soul Society I thought I was done with school," She sighed.
"Oh dear," Shinn sighed, "I wonder if this is anything like the academy,"
"Where'd Cho go?" Miho asked noticing their friend's absence.
"High school girls, high school girls are waiting for me, yay!" Cho sang as he ran inside.
"Hey!" Ichigo cried, "Don't…"
"EEEEK!" Several female voices screamed.
A mob of women ran outside chasing after a panicky Cho.
"Help!" Cho screamed, "They're gonna kill me!"
"Only a pervert would go into a girl's bathroom! One girl screamed.
"Wow, they already have Cho all figured out," Miho remarked.
"He went into the girl's bathroom?" Ichigo cried in disbelief.
"We'll kill you!" The women screamed.
Suddenly Shinn stepped in front of them with his arms spread wide open.
"I'm so sorry for my friend's behavior," Shinn apologized in earnest, "He meant no harm, I beg you to please forgive him,"
He knelt down and bowed deeply with his forehead to the floor.
"He's a good person, just let him go this one time, please?" He asked politely.
When he looked up he noticed none of the girls had the twisted evil look s on their face. Now there faces were glowing in awe and adoration. Shinn didn't have a chance.
"Oh my God, he's sooo cute!" One girl squealed as she ran over and grabbed his arm.
"Eh?" Shinn mumbled out.
"He's just so adorable! He's like a teddy bear!" Another cried.
"He's so innocent; he looks like a middle-schooler!"
In a few seconds Shinn was being dragged by his arms into the building.
"Um…Rukia-san? Miho-san…Cho-san…Ichigo-san?" Shinn cried, "What's going on?"
"Poor fool," Nanu sighed, "He was asking for it,"
"Damn you Shinn!" Cho screamed, "Why can't I be you?"