Bleach – The Heart of the Matter

By Tayla Drago

This was bad here to be going on at the new high school building of the gym area and such for students to be doing…With the Executioner making his move 'who works for Dracula under his master's orders', he commands to hold Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, and Kon 'in Ichigo's body' as his hostages by the Tree Beasts for him to fight against both Alucard and Sonia on his own. Or he will order the monsters to pull them limb by limb to death to bleed out. And what's worse, since Uryu didn't have any more Quincy powers, he risks his own life to save a bystander girl who was a transfer student for tomorrow. But there won't be if he and Hayame are both get killed by an army of Tree Beasts surrounded and tries stomping them to death to give them the chase. What's going to happen now...? Uryu tries grabbing hold of Hayame's hand to make a run for it without stopping.

"Run!" said Uryu. "(This is the least I can do for now.)"

"What!?"

The two started to run for the demons started to go after her as a group to try stopping them.

"Just trust me and keep on running! Don't stop for anything!"

"I'm running! I'm running!" she said while running really fast. "(Ah, man! This isn't how I wanted school to start out for me is to die by a bunch of demons!)"

Seems like Hayame is seeing this whole thing was real to her to see real monsters who were trying to kill her. With that going on outside, the inside of the building was hard for neither of our five heroes could cut loose from the tree demons deadly vines that are holding them all down and Ichigo's Zanpakuto too for Sonia and Alucard had no choice now but to play by the Executioner's rules.

"Sonia." Alucard tells her they had no choice.

No kidding! Better than seeing everyone getting tore apart, literally.

"Right, I know. I'm ready." she said. "Fine, Executioner! We'll play by your rules! Alucard and I will fight you, just leave the others alone!"

The giant monster got his ax out to be slashing more things and laughing all weird-like.

"Good…We play nice? Then enemies to Lord Dracula, shall die! Time, we played nice."

Guess it was Alucard and Sonia vs. the Executioner 'while Ichigo tries to reach out for his Zangetsu' to fill his Spirit Energy once he grabs hold of it to try fighting back, and saves his friends. And while Uryu outrun the tree demons from back outside to keep himself and Hayame alive…These two partners will give it their all.

"Let's go!" both Sonia and Alucard said together.

From Sonia, fast speed to make the Executioner confused to use her whipping skills 'the Vampire Killing Whip type of weapon', followed by a Chain Whip and a Fireball Whip many times repeatedly…Alucard uses his attack to try hitting the enemy face first – from his fists and flying kicks to also be very fast; Alucard could also use a sword, with a shield, daggers, flying, fireball attacks, and energy blasts as well. Those two were amazing in battle for the others to see while trying to get out of this mess, and Sonia and Alucard stayed close without getting cut in two by the Executioner's many ax swings and powerful winds he was making.

"Not bad fighters to enemies of Lord Dracula! But hits like those won't kill me!" he said while swinging his weapon around.

From Executioner's using another hit for Alucard to blow the wind back at the enemy with his own by using his cape, and then burn the rest of the tree beasts in time to save Ichigo to get his Zanpakuto back, and cuts away to freeing Orihime, Chad, and Kon in the mess in time from the vines.

"Thanks, you two!" he said to be waving to them.

Now those two can finish the job together since the others are safe from any other danger.

"Sonia! Now!" Alucard said to her.

"Got it, Alucard!"

With Sonia using her chain whip to tie up Executioner's legs to go down by Alucard's powerful kick to the face, he falls over like a big tree but with him holding on his huge weapon that was still in his hands.

"Blast! Bad cheaters!"

"You played dirty first, loser!" said Sonia to get out her other weapon to use next. "You may be strong, but not so bright in battle, aren't you? This ends right here right now!"

But it looks like the Executioner had something else up his sleeves again…

"No…! Won't go down…" he swings his ax again. "Will win somehow to kill all of you!"

Looks like the weapon was coming down on to Orihime, Chad, Kon, and Ichigo for they couldn't run away in time, oh no!

"Chad! Orihime! Get back!" Ichigo warns his friends.

Chad and Orihime both see the danger coming down on top of them…

"No."

"Incoming!"

Luckily, Chad's strong arms grabs a pillar of a building part to stop the ax from landing, as Orihime uses her shield, and Ichigo with his sword to stop the heavy weapon from hitting them. As Kon was ducking in fear.

"Ah, man…!" he said. "This is too much for me to handle!"

Just as the ax was getting heavier for them, it makes a crashing type of sound, not good…! While back outside for Uryu to hear the danger going on to still outrun the tree demons and keep Hayame safe from getting stomped. Only they work as a team to surround their enemies a bit too well all over the school.

"Oh, no…!" Hayame was scared.

"This way!" Uryu and Hayame kept on running all over to find a way out, but only more and more tree demons try blocking their path for one tries to hit them for Uryu to jump away from the hit in time and saving Hayame's life. Close call! Until more vines come out of the grounds by the army of demon trees' doing to strap Hayame's entire body down and couldn't get out of it at all. "Oh, no!" Uryu panics to go help her out. "(Not good!) I have to do something! I'll get you out of there, just hang on!"

Uryu tried and tried to pull Hayame out of the vines, but it was too strong and it was growing back too fast to have his hands bleed out.

"Me hang in there!?" questioned Hayame. "But what about you!? You're bleeding! Just run away!"

Uryu won't leave an innocent bystander behind and still be useful for his friends to fight off Hollow, monsters, as such with or without his powers.

"I'm not leaving without you!"

Not good…He better hurry to get Hayame out of this mess. Uryu! With Uryu to do something by rolling away from the danger from almost getting stomped on by an army of tree beasts, back inside of the gym-like building 'to be no more'; the crashing sound almost killed our other heroes from Executioner's swinging ax for both Sonia Alucard uses their weapons to hold it up along with Ichigo, Orihime, and Chad trying to lend them a hand 'and Kon to be hiding in fear underneath'. Still, they were all in danger and trapped for this monster to try to finish them off this way.

"Sonia!? Alucard!?" Ichigo was surprised to see them.

"Don't let your guard down!" she said. "If you do, then we're as good as slice and dice from this thing…!"

So, the other five kept on holding the giant ax back from Executioner to keep on pushing at them for he knows that he was having the upper hand to win…

"None of you will win. Can still slice you all in two."

The ax was pushing down fast on the heroes even for Kon.

"I can't look!" he said in fear.

"If we don't push this ax back, then we're all good as dead!" said Alucard. "Hurry!"

With all of this happening, the same with Uryu and Hayame were surrounded by lots of Tree Beasts about to crush the two into pieces for Uryu was kick hard to fall on the round for Hayame tries carrying him away before they're both dead.

"(Oh, no…)" Hayame couldn't drag Uryu out of this mess. "Help! Help!" she cries out. "Someone! Help us!"

What's going to happen to our heroes now? This looks bad here for Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Kon, Sonia, and Alucard – as Uryu was the same with the new girl Hayame too by Executioner and the Tree Beasts. Looks like all was lost, until…Something was holding all the Tree Beasts back in some type of weird rope for none of them couldn't break out of, to Uryu's surprise to know of this special move from anyone…

As for Executioner was getting closer to cut the other heroes, another huge blast comes flying out to send another flying tree beast 'who's now dead', to push Executioner aside to destroys his giant ax. Ha! Looks like not only Uryu and Hayame were saved from outside of the building – so were Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Kon, Sonia, and Alucard as well by two other living beings with powers who've both defeated all the tree beasts' army and knock the giant group who worked under Dracula to fall for good.

"Alucard?" Sonia was confused. "Did we do this?"

"I'm not so sure myself. I think we were saved by someone else's doing."

Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, and Kon sees Uryu returning with the gang to be carrying the out cold Hayame 'who just fainted' after they were saved.

"It's Uryu." Chad pointed out.

Orihime was happy to see Uryu again.

"Uryu! You're okay! Thank goodness!"

"Where the hell was he!?" questioned Kon.

At least Ichigo was happy deep down for his friend to come out of that mess alive, which does matters the most. He and the other three see Hayame for the first time.

"Uryu! You scared us half to death!" said Ichigo. "We thought you were a goner by those tree things!"

"I'm fine, thanks for asking, Ichigo. And I was saved, after saving this girl." he said to adjusting his glasses again.

Hayame was out for the others to have a better close view of her.

"A girl?" Kon, Orihime, and Chad were lost.

Now wasn't the time to play guessing games, you guys! For Sonia and Alucard demanded to know about someone saving Uryu and their lives just now right away, because the Executioner tries getting back on his feet to see what has happened to Dracula's army were all destroyed in seconds.

"No!" angered the giant monster. "Lord Dracula's army of trees! Who!? Who did this to them and me!? Show yourselves, enemies to Lord Dracula! No hiding!"

With Kon panicking like crazy, the others must think of something to stop Executioner right away.

"Not good…!" Alucard wanted to know. "Uryu! Please tell us on who got you and that woman out of the tree beasts' grasp!"

"It couldn't have been any of us or you. So who was it?" questioned Sonia.

Uryu hate to say it himself, but he does anyway for all of them to sense 'two' of them coming in and so does the enemy as well.

"Why don't you see for yourselves."

And here they were for Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, and very much to Kon's surprise to see two other Soul Reapers who have come to the rescue that they and Uryu know of already 'but Alucard and Sonia were new to see Ichigo was right on what he was saying about Soul Reapers being real and their line of work'. It was Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai! Now Executioner was going to be in a world of hurt since those two took out the Tree Beasts together to save both Uryu and Hayame's lives.

"Rukia!" surprised Ichigo and Kon 'for he was so happy to see her again'.

"And Renji!" same thing with Orihime and Chad.

To Alucard was speechless to see two more other Soul Reapers like Ichigo is but they were much different from him, Sonia now knows the truth so far in person.

"Wait…Two more Soul Reapers? They're real!?" she was very lost and shock about this whole thing.

Well, Ichigo told her so…

"See!? I told you!" he said out loud. "(Rukia and Renji saved Uryu and the other student? And then saved us? How were they aware of these strange monsters?)"

Executioner sees the two Soul Reapers making their appearances, and to see their friends were still alive and well.

"Looks like we made it here just in time." said Rukia. "I'm glad we came to save Uryu, the human girl, and our friends, huh Renji?"

"You said it, Rukia, and some big freak there must be the leader of the walking wood of weirdos we just took out." Renji said to be smirking. "Alright, you guys. Just stay put since you all did so well so far."

Renji and Rukia draw out their Zanpakutos for battle, as this will be the first time to see Rukia here and she has her powers back to be fighting again. Which was very good!

"He's right, Ichigo. Uryu told us everything. Stay where you all are, will ya?"

Looks like they were serious about this for Ichigo tells Sonia and Alucard that they'll be fine, big time.

"But this big monster's hard to beat-!"

"They'll be fine." Ichigo said to Alucard to stop him. "Trust me. Renji and Rukia come from the Soul Society I told you about who are real Soul Reapers and me being a bit different than they are, but they are good getting the job done against Hollows, other things, or this Executioner character. Just watch, this bastard's going to meet his match."

Ichigo was right…As he, Orihime, Uryu, Chad, and Kon 'who was going all lovey-like and all at Rukia' just watch the fight for Alucard seems to believe in his words and Sonia for they will see for themselves soon enough.

"Those two can do other things than hunt down Hollows…? (I can't believe Soul Reapers are real!)"

The Executioner thinks that he could beat the two up, but not really…

"Ha! Two more enemies of Lord Dracula stop him or me! Can stop you with my strength instead!" the monster charges at them.

Seems like Rukia and Renji both know what to do, as they look at each other to see they only need to use their Shikai forms of their Zanpakutos to beat Executioner only with their weapons, they can still win. With the monster throwing his strongest punch, Renji blocks it to have it stuck in between his giant fingers, the blade stabbed right through. Soon, Rukia uses her other one to stab his giant foot many times to make him be in pain, allowing them to finish him right away by using their attacks.

"Here comes the final blow." Alucard felt out the energy while seeing the battle at the same time.

And he was right about as well…Rukia freezes up Executioner with her Zanpakuto's powers which was the the most beautiful one from the Soul Society that she has gotten. Here it comes!

"Why is the room getting cold?" Executioner was lost.

Here is it – Rukia's Zanpakuto called Sode no Shirayuki – Sleeved White Snow.

"Now then…Dance! Sode no Shirayuki!"

Too cold! But Rukia's powers created snow and ice to trap the Executioner right where she wanted him to be, for his huge and strong body couldn't break free from her icy powers.

"What!? No! Can't move! No fair!"

Rukia high fives Renji next to be his turn to finish him off and say this to the likes of Dracula's so call henchmen…

"I'll tell you what's not fair, ugly. Hurting others to be taken down without them noticing it is what I like to call it unfair by your doing." Renji uses his Zanpakuto and strikes at Executioner.

Renji's – Zabimaru – Snake Tail. Seems like Sonia and Alucard now know of the Soul Reapers true powers just saved them today besides Ichigo and his friends, they were going to be needed that for their real fight coming up.

"It's all over for him…" said Rukia.

"Now Roar! Zabimaru!"

And over it was, Renji's sword traps Executioner's entire body up to be cut a lot to bleed and goes down in pain to be screaming out loud. Nicely done, Renji and Rukia. With their job completed, the monster gets up a little to make a full-scale retreat right away, returning to Dracula's lair to report back to his master right away. For this was only the beginning of the battle for Sonia and Alucard to be facing against, but not alone at least.

"Damn you…! All you! You think you've won!? Not close! Lord Dracula shall have everything and we'll win!" Executioner makes a leave in the portal. "I come back to finish you one day…! Be back I will."

Looks like one of the seven commanders who work for Dracula was defeated 'to badly gets hurt to have no choice but to retreat' from the battle to lose against different beings who are aiding Sonia of the Belmont family and Alucard who's a half breed vampire and the son of Dracula. This is great! And so off to the portal of he goes back to his boss's lair to recover and to report back right away…What a coward!

To those two were amazed to see more Soul Reapers like Ichigo on their team to come to the rescue 'with Renji and Rukia are a cute couple'. Orihime heals Uryu's hands and Hayame by using her powers as well her - Sōten Kisshun 'Twin Sacred Return Shield'. I like her powers of the six helpers Tsubaki 'attacker', Shuno and Ayame 'healers', and Lily, Hinagiku, and Baigon 'defenders'.

"Thanks, Orihime." said Uryu. "How's the girl doing?"

Orihime checks on Hayame's condition.

"You're welcome, Uryu. And she'll be just fine. All she need is some rest after what she has been through so much tonight."

"I'm glad she is."

With Uryu looking happy to save someone's life tonight, all was good for Hayame to be carried home by Chad's help later. But first…lots of things to talk about with Rukia and Renji to say hi to everyone else once again to help them out in the World of the Living from all the way from the Soul Society.

"Hey, Ichigo, do you missed us?" Renji was only playing around with him.

"Well, well. Rukia and Renji, it's been a while."

That's Ichigo way to saying hi to his friends, he's always acting like this.

"What's up?" Rukia says hi back.

And Kon goes lovey-dovey around Rukia to run up to try hugging her again.

"Rukia-! AH!" But Orihime bumps into Kon to be knock down on the ground to hug her friend Rukia instead.

"Rukia!" she sounded happy.

"(Ouch…! It was worth it…)" Kon said in pain to look happy it was a girl who hit him instead.

Looks like Rukia and Orihime were good friends to be hugging each other.

"Orihime, I'm glad you're doing well." she says the same thing to Chad and Uryu. "Good to see you two as well, Chad. Uryu."

Uryu bows to Rukia and Chad put his hand up and saying hi back.

"Hi." Chad said.

"Same here. Thanks for saving me and this girl." said Uryu. "(Still I did nothing, but I did save her life. And whatever Sonia and Alucard have in mind for me to have some Quincy powers, then so be it…)"

Seems like Uryu will do so for those two did help him out, more on that in a bit…

"Anytime, what are friends for?" then Rukia spots Kon on the ground. "Oh, hi Kon. It's good to see you too."

Kon just puts his thumbs up.

"Hi, Rukia! (Lucky…I got the hot big breasts like Orihime's, my Rukia has come back to me, and now with the hot legs of Sonia…I'm so lucky to have these three lovely ladies.)"

Right, in Kon's dreams…Renji then says hi to the others while leaning on Ichigo's head for fun to not liking it at all.

"Nice seeing you again, Orihime. Is Ichigo treating you well? What up, Chad? Kon, when will you stop acting like a little perverted? And Uryu, still trying to get your Quincy powers back I see? Keep at it."

Ichigo pushes Renji off his head leaving the rest to be confused for Orihime just laughs.

"Get off me!" he said in anger.

Soon Sonia got a little upset to not know the more Soul Reapers in person to get some answers out of them, since she and Alucard told Ichigo and his friends of their other real situation first. Makes sense there, I guess.

"Hey!" she yells out loud. "Excuse me, but what's going on here!? Two other Soul Reapers who are much different from Ichigo and such? Alucard and I demand some answers! Right now!"

Rukia and Renji were confused to be seeing two new strangers in the picture.

"Ah…Excuse me…?" Rukia was confused. "Do you two know about those monsters?"

"Well, those trees and the giants weren't Hollows." said Renji. "Are you two friend or foe?"

Soon Alucard steps in to explains a bit better on Sonia's behalf.

"Friend, I assure you two." he said.

"Alucard." surprises Sonia there.

With Rukia and Renji were concerned 'almost' of Alucard who was another monster but a half breed, to show that he means no harm to them or the others at all since he was helping Ichigo and his friends.

"Care to explain on what's been happening in the World of the Living?" Rukia asks Alucard.

"I can explain, on the behalf of Sonia. That is if you and your other Soul Reaper friend can tell us all about yourselves, please. For I am Alucard, a half breed human and a vampire of our enemy Dracula, who's also my Father. Well, I don't want to call him father at all…And this is my childhood friend/partner Sonia Belmont."

So much to explain here, one at a time. Alucard told Renji and Rukia on the story for his and Sonia's goal of stopping Dracula who has awaken again to be stopped every century by the Belmonts, his monsters invading Earth 'even more in Karakura Town more', save Richard, revenge on the lord of darkness human lover from long ago when he let Lisa die from her own kind from back then, and such. For Ichigo, Orihime, Uryu, Chad, and Kon were going to help them out since the two saved their lives. They get it now…With Renji now believing in them, it was Rukia's turn to tell Sonia and Alucard on who they were like Ichigo, and how so? She draws it in her silly bunny-like cartoons like a child again. Leaving Ichigo, Alucard, and Sonia speechless from her work – while Renji stays out of it, Kon didn't mind, as Orihime, Uryu, and Chad also stayed out of it 'just in case'.

"We are Soul Reapers from a place called the Soul Society, the same with Ichigo but he's only human with a special gift that he has like Renji and me. Or some people call him a Substitute Soul Reaper. He's Renji Abarai, lieutenant from Squad 6, and I'm Rukia Kuchiki, also a lieutenant from Squad 13. We are allies and friends to Ichigo and the others." then she explains through her drawings. "Our job is to train hard and protect our world and your world, the World of the Living. There are Hollows of beast-like demons who were once Wholes of the humans who were killed if they're not saved by our kind to turn into one to eat Soul Reapers or other souls to cause construction and chaos for some come from the World of Hollows; only we the Soul Reapers use our weapons which are Zanpakutos with special powers can from two different words or use our skills to stop and destroy all Hollows to save the many lives as we can, along with saving Wholes. For another name of wondering souls, spirits, or ghosts to use the bottom of our swords are called the Konso. When using it on them, we send their souls in to the Soul Society to live a peaceful area there and to have a wonderful life for all eternity. Do you get it now?"

And then Renji tells Alucard and Sonia about how Ichigo save Rukia to saving his family, gets arrested as a set up to be sentence to death, a rescue mission, and betrayal by two captains from squads 3, 5, and 9. For Ichigo awakens his own Soul Reaper powers, Orihime and Chad discovered their powers when they encounter with Hollows too, Uryu made friends after his duel against Ichigo, and saving Kon's life too in saving other lives as well. But from Sonia's reactions of Rukia's drawings, she says it for Ichigo turns away to try warning her.

"I wouldn't say anything about Rukia's crappy drawings if I were you…"

"Really?" she just says it. "Excuse me, Rukia, but…How old are you? Are you sure you're not a little kid?"

Rukia got mad to throw black ink in Sonia's face, and throwing her other pad of papers all over Ichigo to send him flying.

"Ouch! What the hell was that for!?" he demanded to know.

"Ah! Really!? There's ink in my face!?" Sonia was upset.

Alucard cleans the mess up for Sonia.

"I'm so sorry this had to happen to you, Sonia." he said. "I guess we believe in Ichigo now, right? As he and the others are with us?"

"Yes…You are right, Alucard." Sonia then says this part next. "Sorry, Rukia. I forgot you and Renji lived longer in your own world. Also, thank you for explaining everything to us. (Lucky for Alucard and I to get everything about Soul Reaper and what they do.)"

With Kon and Renji laughing at Ichigo to go chasing after them all over the broke-down gym building 'with Orihime laughing with joy while Uryu and Chad just watched to be weird out from the look on their faces', Rukia sees she can trust in Alucard and Sonia 'for this Belmont female fighter' reminded her of Ichigo's attitude and looks.

"Working with you two will be wonderful." said Rukia.

"From the mess we've been having in one area so far, it's good that we are." Alucard says it. "There will be more monsters out in this world who work for Dracula to beware of. I take it there won't be see any Hollows anytime soon…"

"This is only the beginning of a war drawing near." then Sonia says this part next. "This won't be so easy with only the nine of us on the team."

Those three can say that again…It would seem like Alucard and Sonia's fight will soon get serious with more of Dracula's goons to be showing up one by one to be ready for all of them; but they'll be ready and so will the others like Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Uryu, and Kon to be joining in along with Renji and Rukia and they try to carry the sleepy Hayame back to her home next. But first…

"So…Should we fix this place up before we head back home?" ask Ichigo. "Because we don't want our teachers in this school to see you guys get in to trouble."

In other words - Uryu, Orihime, and Chad might be and Kon 'in Ichigo's body'. And maybe Sonia and Alucard if they weren't too careful from wondering around a lot.

"Might as well before calling it a night." said Renji. "Rukia, could you contact the Soul Society on our new discovery later?"

Rukia does so on her Soul Reaper type of pager-like cell phone already also known as the Soul Pager.

"Sure thing."

"In that case, you two better get on out of here." Ichigo said to both Sonia and Alucard. "The people here know us, but if you two get caught in public to see this type of damage was done tonight, it'll be game over of committing a crime in our area."

Once he said it, Sonia and Alucard make their leave right away.

"Thank you again for all of your help." Alucard bows to everyone. "We will return to all of you again real soon. Sonia."

"Right. Be on a look out, always. Dracula may strike again anytime soon. So your Spirit Energies must be locked and loaded for all of you." Sonia said to take care of Hayame. "Alucard and I will take the girl home, we know where she lives. Thanks anyways, Chad, but we'll take it from here. Good night, everyone."

The other seven see them leaving for Uryu was happy to see this girl name Hayame was going to be just fine to hopefully see her living a normal life in the morning at school, and as a new student.

"(Thank you for everything, you two. I'm glad I did something right…)" he said to himself.

And with this all said and done, off Alucard and Sonia leave the place in time while carrying Hayame back to her house 'who lives alone since her parents are rich, normally to be well paid' to wake up from a dream. But it was real to feel everything out to try sleeping the rest of the night. That's good, huh? Looks like we haven't seen the last of this blue hair girl at all since she might have the same powers of feeling, seeing, and hearing the things were unreal 'so yeah'. As for the other team of seven, they need to work quickly to clean the place up somehow before heading back home for the night.

"Ah, man!" Kon was complaining again. "What a night!"

"You guys…" Chad tries to say something. "I think we need to start fixing up around here."

Orihime was more than ready to help out.

"Then let's get to work!"

"We might as well." Uryu said to go along with it. "Let's go, Ichigo."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." he said. "Rukia. Renji. Could you guy lend us a hand?"

And so, they do for they need to get into their Gigai forms afterwards to stay in the World of the Living for a while.

"Then let's get to it."

"Right!"

For Renji to 'once again' stayed at Kisuke Urahara's shop again, while Rukia stayed at Ichigo's house 'in his closet as always'…For those three, Kon, Orihime, Uryu, and Chad all did their parts to fix up the good remains of the gym building 'the best they could' Ichigo going back into his body, Rukia and Renji in their own thing, Kon back to his stuff animal-like body, and they all headed back home to rest for school tomorrow for this battle will soon come than it was the first few times already starting out. You know? I hope they were all ready as much as Sonia and Alucard were to still be undercover as a band member from which they were traveling for now, and living in a nice hotel they could afford. Lucky…

Elsewhere in an odd dimension-like world of darkness 'Dracula's lair' for he wasn't too happy from Executioner's failure to be punished from be shock a lot to take it for he was mad at his enemies more than his mistakes to stand down for now. Ouch! While the other six of the seven servants who work for their boss like Executioner was as a member like him – Creature Bat 'the freaking looking type', Death Dragon 'the quiet and calm type', Flying Wolf 'the fun time type', Minotaur 'the tough type', Joker 'the psycho type', and Medusa 'the lovely and mean type' were gather together. As they chitchat on what happened to their own member to get into trouble and talk behind Executioner's back to overhear them for more to come in their turn the next time on whenever that part might accrued real soon.

"Well, well, well…" Creature Bat spoke up first. "Looks like our big boy Executioner just got served by our Lord himself."

"In more ways…than one…" then the Death Dragon.

"But only because he rushes in to battle without thinking first." Flying Wolf did too. "Totally not cool!"

The others laugh together without a care in the world, this angers the Executioner quietly.

"The Belmont member and Alucard will pay for this! Big time!" Minotaur makes a huge hole from the walls with his strong fists. "The half breed accuse the son of our Lord Dracula who needs to put a stop to that boy…! Or else I will."

"And then what, you big bully?" Joker was going crazy to be teasing him. "Getting back at those two won't do us any good. They got new friends to get in our way from our goal from ruling this planet! We need to wait for further orders from the big boss until then."

Confusing the others, a little, Medusa explains it better to all of them.

"Joker's right, you know." she said to sound lovely in her tone of voice. "A boring wait, but all worth the more fun real soon. The more we learn about our new enemies with our old ones, the better we can kill them one by one."

Those six were so messed up, to even talk bad about their own comrade Executioner so harshly to make him very angry to be alone from within the lair somewhere to be mad at them and his enemies with new members as well. Ouch! Will he stand down 'as Dracula order him to do' or what…? The next day looks like a nice sunny day at the high school for Ichigo, Uryu, Chad, Orihime, and Rukia 'to replacing people's memories as she was a student' to go while waiting for Sonia and Alucard to report back to them in person; also, Renji was working there as a janitor 'I don't know why'. With Tatsuki, Keigo, Mizuiro, Chizuru, Michiru, Ryo, and Mahana were all seated in their class room to wait for their teacher Ms. Misato Ochi to enter inside of their classroom in a bit.

"Looks like everything's good…" said Chad.

Seems so for the other adults look all over the gym building to see some changes to figure as much, for the others leave the area without any trouble from last night.

"Seems like it. That was close." Orihime said.

"Tell me about it." and Rukia.

The four girls all say hit to Rukia.

"Good morning! Rukia!"

Same thing with Tatsuki.

"Yo! Rukia! What's up?" she said.

"Oh! Good morning, Tatsuki! Morning, everybody!"

Rukia acted like her calm self to be friendly to others 'once again' for Ichigo and Renji know the real truth about her. Looks likes Renji will take some time to get use of being a janitor in the school buildings. And cleaning a lot...

"(Give me a break-!)" Renji trips on his own water spill on the floor.

Ichigo just says this to Rukia to get it over and done with…

"Again?" he asks her.

"Again."

Keigo 'who was silly again as always' and Mizuiro both go up to Ichigo and Uryu to say something to them.

"Hey, Ichigo-! Ah!" Ichigo punches Keigo again.

"Morning, Keigo. Morning, Mizuiro." he said.

"Morning, Ichigo." said the calm and caring Mizuiro. "Did you hear the news?"

"About what? Besides having the cheerful Rukia with us in our school and a new janitor in one day?"

As if Ichigo didn't care if he took a wild guess about it.

"Not that!" Keigo corrects his friend. "Well, besides the weirdo janitor and having the lovely Rukia Kuchiki is fine…We have two new girls and one dude joining our school!"

With Keigo happy about it…This was news to Ichigo, Chad, Orihime, Rukia, and even Uryu to be hearing about this.

"New students who are two girls and a boy?" all four of them said together.

"Who are they?" ask Uryu.

I think he knows on one of them 'as Renji overhears it all while working outside of the classroom'.

"Well, we know that one's a nice-looking girl who transfer all the way from the United States." Mizuiro explained. "She's half Japanese and American. Pretty cool, huh?"

Keigo says the other two new students.

"And another woman with long blonde hair in a rock band we all know and love! To be from the United States while staying in school and doing her career along with it, with her manager as a bodyguard of some goth type of person of some kind…But I so want to go out with this girl!"

Ichigo and the others still don't get it. Well, Uryu might on the first person to be…

"Ah…So, who are they?" he asked.

Soon Ochi enters in the room to do so right now, for class to start.

"Alright, students. Please be seated." she said. "Now we have with us are three new students in our school. One transferred, and two more as foreigner students to be very famous." Ochi calls out to them. "Come on in!"

And coming into the class room they did. For Ichigo, Renji, Orihime, Chad, and Rukia were shock from the first person to be showing her face again and for Uryu got one part right. But at the same time, he didn't think she would show up again so soon after last night event to not remember a thing about it, or does she…?

"It's you!"

"Class, this is Hayame Yoko." said the teacher.

She seems like this girl was happy to see Uryu again.

"Hi, everyone! Please to meet you!" she said to be smiling. "I'm looking forward to make some new friends with all of you!"

Oh, boy…Uryu's face was turning red suddenly just by looking at Hayame.

"It's the girl we saved." surprised Rukia.

"And she looks fine now to be in full spirits." same with Orihime.

"Surprising." spoke up Chad.

Hey, that's not the only thing for Ichigo or Renji to be speechless about the next two students for Ochi introduces two more for everyone else to already be aware of like Keigo said.

"And the other two are here for learning while still working at the same time. Ms. Sonia Belmont of the B-Last Band lead singer, and her manager/bodyguard and childhood friend Mr. Alucard Bishop."

"(What!?)" shock Uryu, Renji, Orihime, and Ichigo the most when saying hearing the two names

"(Alucard…?)"

"(And Sonia!?)"

With Chad speechless, Rukia to try not to say anything, and Hayame just looking at the two – seems like Sonia was her normal self to be respectful to others for the guys 'even more for Keigo' were head over heels in love. While the girls 'who were three of Orihime's friends but Chizuru', were going boy crazy over Alucard to just be calm, quiet, and cool looking.

"Please to meet with all of you." Alucard said calm and quietly.

"Nice to meet you everyone too." and Sonia. "Please treat me as a friend besides a famous band member, okay? Let's have some fun this school semester year."

So…What was Alucard and Sonia's game here? I know Hayame is just a normal girl to start a new life in Japan 'from her very busy family to move there', and the other thing was those two were still doing their job is by going to high school to get Ichigo, Renji, Rukia, and the others to help them out like this? Well, they needed a plan in mind for Alucard hands over Renji a note to say something on a paper: 'Not a word, talk more after school. You and your friends stay in this room until then, for Sonia and I will tell you everything privately with a plan to help us out still. – Alucard.' And that's what it said, for class starts for now for Ochi to seat the three somewhere to sit at. Good thing Rukia whispers to Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, and Uryu of the note that Renji got in time.

"Now then…Ms. Yoko, please have a seat next to Mr. Ishida. Ms. Belmont, you and Mr. Bishop can seat with each other across from Ms. Inoue and Mr. Kurosaki down there." she said to get some school work done. "Now it's time to get right down to our history lessons for today, everyone."

And so, Hayame sits with Uryu.

"Hi!" she said. "I'm Hayame Yoko, it's nice to meet you."

Uryu shakes her hand to be speechless and red all over at the same time.

"I'm…Uryu…" he clears his throat. "Uryu Ishida! Please to meet you too, Ms. Yoko!"

Oh, boy…With Sonia just glaring at Ichigo to look upset about her and Alucard to tell him and his friends about something after school, looks like things will be harder to get ready for battle. For Rukia and Renji both do report back to the Soul Society on the things has been happening so far and more to come later, to be ready for anything else against Dracula and his monsters? When will him and his goons strike again next?

"(Great, just great…! Not only we got Sonia and Alucard as made up students and rock band people…But they're sticking with the rest of us until we defeat this vampire ruler!)" upsetting Ichigo.

Yep, all of this and more after school for a lot of things to go down next time.