The Lost Shinigami

by makoto x chelia

Takumi Urahara, believing himself to be a human who could see spirits yet with no real powers within the crazy world of Shinigami's, and Hollows, went through life trying his best with what little he had to work with, but that changed when he met a certain Shinigami, the same for Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki, and their adventure began, digging into his past, to fight for the future.

11. Protect Karakura part one!

Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

oro03910; Yeah, I can get that. He probably could yeah, Takumi's a pretty smart guy, so using his sword like that could be quite fun to do. Those would be pretty cool magic's, and it would be different to the usual types that most seem to use. And that would be pretty awesome with the wings~

Clarent excalibur; Yeah, we'll be seeing a few things going on during this part of the story. Yoruichi will become involved yeah~ In the future chapters she might do something like that yeah. Yeah she could do, and who knows if they do or not, they very well could do. Nemu's quite the fun character huh, she just comes out with the random things and what not. Yeah maybe he could do something like that~ It's gonna be fun when we get there~

Crenin; Maybe she could yeah, I dunno about her yet. She does yeah, she's got a complex about them~ And thanks!

Oblivious IJ; He might do yeah~ Yeah, I can agree with that.

ShadowUzumaki55; She has yeah, and we'll see her and the others unleashing their powers during this arc. Yoruichi is yeah, she just does what she wants to do. Nope, but that's Nemu for you. She has yeah, Bambietta's gone off the deep end now, with everything that's happened to her.

Reviewer Requiem; Sure, that sounds great to me~ Yeah, she'd be like that in my eyes. Yeah maybe she could have something like that. Nami is quite skilled with her weapon, she doesn't get to shine as much as the other Strawhats, but back against the wall, and Nami can pull out some cool moves. Sure, I like Nami so I don't see why not. Hancock would be funny to write for. He could do yeah, sounds pretty good to me. Water would be fun, and I think personally it could happen as we already have watery like substances in the story anyway, and yeah he could have something like that~ Sure he'd have Haki abilities. I wouldn't know which he'd specialize in though yet. I do hope Nami unlocks it in the canon series, it could be fun adding armament to her Clima-tact. That sounds good to me!

Andrew123456; Yeah, that would be quite interesting to write about, that sounds good to me~

Guest 1; He could have something like that if he's her brother yeah. That would be quite the arc between Rias and Akeno to have something like that happen.

A fan; I'd have to say probably Iba from Squad Seven since he's literally there to fill space, we don't even know the name or abilities of his Shikai, and know nothing of his combat prowess or anything. I think that the one who had the most potential in the story but didn't do anything with it really was Momo as she had a connection to Aizen and just got stabbed twice, first time sure was shocking and built tension and drama, the second time was unnecessary. Rangiku also had a story with Gin which was pretty good, wish it was expanded upon though more. Yeah maybe, it could be an interesting opponent for Nemu to face.

Guest 2; Yeah, that could be pretty cool.

Ragna; Thanks for the suggestions, the Quincy girls are still around.

Guest 3; Sure, she could do something like that, it sounds pretty good to me. And that would be pretty funny~

Guest 4; Ooh she will be doing something like that. Sure he could have that. He could do something like that yeah~ And eventually, it will be shown that Takumi is yeah.

Skull Flame; She did yeah, even Meninas can see it is wrong. Indeed, Nemu can be quite innocent in the way she acts sometimes. I bet he did yeah, and yeah, she does a little bit. Yoruichi truly doesn't she knows what she wants. Soi Fon wont huh, we'll see some interesting twists and turns with Soi Fon and Takumi. Ooh yeah, Rukia found something scary alright~ It could be a good omake yeah. In a way she is yeah, they aren't the most stable bunch. Yeah, we will.

Silver crow; Thanks very much, and I'm glad you did! He does yeah, he's pretty intelligent, so school exams wont be a problem for him. They wont fight this chapter, but a fight is going to come up soon enough. Some are and some aren't, Bambietta was mostly trying to freak Rukia out with her statements, and attempt to put a rift between her, and Takumi, though it failed in the end. They did yeah~ She is yeah, Candice is coming to the good side. Nemu's always quite fun~ Maybe by the end of the story, he'd be acknowledged to be the smarter one. Yoruichi takes what chances she can it seems. Yuzu's got her powers now! She very well might be in for a massive shock yeah. We'll see their relationship changing yeah. Maybe he could become like that yeah~ Isshin could say something like that yeah. I have yeah. The Sacred Gear is indeed a simple power, but it's still nice to see, I hope the others are more unique though. Could be pretty fun yeah~ And yeah, he might do~ No, she'll have his basic power set, albeit with some alterations. Maybe they could do something like that yeah. They sound good to me. Eh, I dunno, perhaps. Kenpachi seems to be the type that would take pride in it yeah. Maybe he could do something like that yeah. Well you never know, and yeah, he might learn a little bit of it. Vampire with that would be cool. It could be, you never know~

Guest 5; He could have a bad sense of direction, it would be fun for comedy purposes. That would be a funny scene~ Thanks for the suggestions!

Guest 6; There might be a scene like that in this chapter yeah~ And there could be yeah.

Guest 7; I've watched a little of that show, and it's quite fun to watch, so doing a story for it might be fun, and being his son sounds quite unique to someone like me. I like the pairing, always liked Black Cat. And yeah, that sounds like a fun scenario for them to meet, and having them be like that!

Guest 8; He could be something like that yeah. And yeah, that would be nice to see a bond like that between him and Lucy.

Well, with those lovely reviews, it's time to start the chapter!

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Protect Karakura part one!

"Hehehehe! Come back and play!"

A young girl with light green hair, and a tattered looking dress, a cracked mask on top of her head, chased after what seemed to be a dog with a Hollow mask on its face. The girl looked to be quite young, and innocent looking.

Though he had a Hollows appearance in the fact that she had a mask, it seemed that she was quite a nice girl all in all.

Within the dusty area that they were in, the sand thrashed around with the sparkles of lightning spreading outwards.

The young girl placed a finger to her chin in thought.

"Why's it different?"

The girl spoke to herself.

But the dog barked at her, so she took off chasing after it once more.

As they ran, the dog seemingly was running towards a hole within the area.

It was just in the sky, looking as if it was a portal.

The young girl didn't even register the hole until she tripped on the ground, which was on a small hill, and her body rolled down it.

"W-Wait! N-No!"

The young girl rolled down the hill, and slipped into the hole in the sky, while the dog barked loudly into the air into the hallowed area of the place known as Huedo Mundo.

Watching the experience happen, two more Hollow humanoid like creatures saw what had happened, and both looked completely shocked.

"N-Nel!"

"No, she's gone through that doorway!"

The pair rushed to the portal in the sky in hopes that they would be able to get towards her, and save her from what seemed like a very bad experience.

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Orihime was watching Tatsuki train within the dojo at first that was close to the school, but as time went on, more and more of her thoughts drifted off to Takumi and what Rukia was doing with him right now.

Wondering if she was having fun with Takumi...

But then as she was thinking about it, Tatsuki walked over to her in her karate outfit on.

"Hey Orihime, what are you doing?"

Orihime turned towards her with a gentle smile on her lips.

"Nothing Tatsuki-chan! I'm just thinking that's all!"

Tatsuki chuckled, lightly patting Orihime's head with her knuckle.

"That's not good." She joked, but saw the seriousness on Orihime's face. "Don't tell me you're thinking about that idiot Takumi, and Kuchiki-san."

"N-No..." Tatsuki raised a brow, Orihime crumbled. "...maybe a little bit."

"Urgggh! That damn Kuchiki-san! She seriously is getting in the way! I was secretly routing for you two as well!"

"Y-You were?"

Orihime wore surprise on her face, while Tatsuki adopts a sly grin on her face.

"Of course I was! I just kinda always thought it would happen, you know? Eventually, you'd just get together, and be weird together and have lovely dovey moments...and eventually get married or something..." Tatsuki noticed some ghosts floating past her face, and were looking to get some personal time together. "...ugh, I hate ghosts sometimes."

"Ghosts?"

"Yeah, I...well, it's been happening a lot lately, with ghosts appearing in my face. And then they'd annoy me, so I can't see anymore. Why can't they just leave me alone." Tatsuki became more irritated, seeing two ghosts kissing one another. "Ugh...I really detest ghosts with their habit of making out, and what not..."

"I think it's nice. Even after they're gone, they still find love!"

Tatsuki gave a sour expression on her face.

"That's one way to look at it." Shaking her head, she produced a drink, and sipped from it. "Either way Orihime. I keep telling you, just profess your feelings for the damn guy. I don't personally understand why someone would want to date him. But, you seem to truly like him, so go for it. Just do your best."

"Do my best..."

"Yeah, just do your best. Just storm over to him, grab him by his stupid shoulders and proclaim "I want you as my boyfriend!" and then leave it to him."

Orihime's cheeks flashed several shades of red, wondering if she ever could be so forceful.

"N-No, I couldn't do that! Besides, if Kuchiki-san does have feelings for Taku-chan then who am I to..."

"Whoa, hold on. No, she doesn't get to be the first one to say her feelings. You've had them for years now, she's not been here for a semester of school. So, you can be the first one to say your feelings. Trust me, I know that he has them for you."

"Really Tatsuki-"

Before she could finish, there was a loud explosion at the school a good distance away from them.

"What was that?"

Tatsuki's question wasn't answered by Orihime.

Instead, they went to go and investigate what had happened...but something forced Orihime to stop.

She felt a chill down her spine.

Her eyes looked to the sky, feeling the nervousness coming from that direction and she saw a crack in the sky. Though she couldn't see it clearly, she could feel the many dark presences falling out of the sky, and ready to strike.

"Taku-chan..."

She knew something was wrong.

Something was happening.

But she didn't know what that was right now.

All she knew was that Takumi would be involved, and she wished that she could do something, anything to help.

But the reality was that she didn't have any powers.

She wished that she did have some, but she didn't which was something that made her sad.

As Rukia could help, and she couldn't...

"Come on Orihime, lets go and check out what that was!"

Orihime was snapped out of her thoughts, and nodded, walking over to Tatsuki, and followed her back into the school grounds, and saw that the windows in the building had been shattered, with many students overlooking the area.

Orihime however couldn't get the uneasiness off of her chest.

She knew something was different.

Something was off.

It was creeping up and down her spine, it felt that weird to her.

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Candice, and Meninas walked through the streets, through the town at a high pace.

They were heading for the Urahara shop to explain what's going on.

However, on the way there, they saw a number of Hollows falling down to the sky. Meninas tightened her hand, and thrusted it forward with the strength to crush the enemies, destroying a good chunk of the area with her fist colliding with the Hollows, and created a decent sized air pressure that would break most easily.

"G-Geez Minnie-chan! You could mess up my hair doing stunts like that!"

"Sorry, but there's many around."

Meninas said apathetically, while Candice raised her hand to the sky, and sent off a bolt of lightning, crashing with the Hollows that were attempting to sneak up upon them, and destroyed them with a simple blast.

"Geez, it seems that Bambi-chan's done it now, the power being released here, is scary. This is the most amount of Hollows I've ever felt. It feels like hundreds are flooding this city right now, how are we supposed to stop them all?"

"We get help from the Urahara people."

Meninas explained, and ran forward together with Candice.

They took down a good bunch of Hollows on the way to the Urahara shop, and on the way, they caught the sight of Liltotto looking at a certain something on the sidewalk.

"Lil! What are you doing?"

Candice demanded as she moved closer.

Liltotto pointed towards the right.

"I've been here for two minutes, and I've seen the most terrifying thing in the world."

"You do realize the towns under attack by Hollows, right?"

Meninas offered Liltotto who just blankly stared on.

"I know that, but this is more scary."

Candice scoffed, and looked...only to be terrified.

"W-What in the actual hell…?"

"Yes, it seems that her Zombie is...weird."

What they saw was Zombie Chizuru grabbing many Hollows, who all screamed, and she threw them against the wall, pinning them with chair legs...where she got them from was a mystery, and it didn't matter to the three ladies.

"W-What's going on here?"

Meninas' question was answered by Zombie Chizuru though she spoke to the Hollows.

"Hollows, are my enemieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! I take Hollows and cuddle theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem!"

"N-No please!"

A Hollow pleaded with her, another nodding strongly.

"I'm scared of you!"

"Stop this you weirdo! I am terrified of you! Make this stop now!"

The three Quincy's couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Hollows...terrified of a human being.

It was a weird yet wonderful experience to behold.

"So, she's terrified the Hollows into submission...what is this woman?"

Liltotto didn't have an answer for Candice, and they watched as she slapped the Hollows across the face, who all cried for mercy, to be saved from everything that was going on around them.

"Zombie Chizuru is building army now. You will follow Zombie Chizuru."

The Hollows looked mortified upon hearing that. They looked as if life had left them.

"Did she just say she's building an army?"

Candice sobbed out, Meninas merely could nod.

"I don't want to be in your army you freak!"

A Hollow with yellow eyes snapped at her, causing her face to contort into anger.

"Are yooooooooooooooou defying Zombie Chizuru?"

"Yes! Of course I am! Get out of my life now!"

Zombie Chizuru raised her hand to the sky, and then brought it down onto the Hollows head, crushing its skull, igniting fear into the Quincy girls, seeing how strong Zombie Chizuru was becoming.

"It wasn't suggestion. It was order."

The Zombie girl said it with wild eyes and an equally wild heart.

The Hollows burst out into tears, Candice pulled back with a hand over her mouth.

"W-What has Gigi created?"

"No, this isn't Gigi, this is her hidden power, being realized as a Zombie. She's something new, she's something scary. She's a Demon..."

Liltotto spoke with a frightened tone.

"I-I'm getting out of here, I can't handle this anymore. She's….She's too much! I can't deal with this anymore!"

Meninas turned around and began walking away with fear in her eyes.

Liltotto glanced at the Zombie, and then towards Candice.

"I'll go and support the town, go and get some help. If only to get away from this Zombie, and her army of Zombies."

"I was doing just that before I found you! I was going for Kisuke Urahara!"

"Good, then I'll go into the town to protect people that could be attacked."

The pair nodded, and took off in different directions.

When making it to the shop, Candice busted down the door, moving forward with her breasts bouncing along, whacking Jinta in the face, and knocked him down.

"Watch where you're going kid."

Candice scowled out, while Jinta's eyes focused in on her chest…

But stopped when Candice scowled at him.

"What are you looking at brat?"

"N-No! Nothing at all! Please don't hit me!"

"Keep quiet, and I wont have to resort to that."

A groaning sound came from the back, and walking out was a sleepy Kisuke.

"What's going on…?" His eyes focused in on the girls. "Quincy customers. That's rare, so what can I do for you?"

"Can't you even feel it!?"

Kisuke gave Candice a curious look.

"What are you talking about?"

"The fact that we've got, I don't know, hundreds of Hollows pouring out of the sky! Does that not ring a-" Kisuke flashed past her, and outside, looking to the sky. "-don't ignore me!"

Candice stormed outside, while Meninas followed after her.

"My God, there's so many...what the hell is going on…?"

"It's Bambi-chan." Meninas replied to Kisuke's doubt. "She's unleashed Hollows onto the town with her Hollow bait. She probably used more than one though."

At Meninas' words, Kisuke gripped his hand tightly.

"She even went this far? This entire town is in danger..."

"That's why we came here! We need some kind of plan old man!"

Candice snapped at him, just as Yoruichi rolled around the corner.

"Kisuke, this is quite the mess."

Candice and Meninas both went wide eyed at the sight of the cat speaking.

"D-Did that cat just speak?"

Candice didn't even want to deal with it.

Kisuke on the other hand adopted a unsure expression on his face.

"This is very dangerous indeed. We have to do something. And with this many Hollows, the Soul Society simply wont ignore this...they'll definitely pick up on this, and in that case...Takumi is...Yoruichi-san. I guess that it is time for us to become involved."

Meninas gulped.

But then pointed at the cat with confusion.

"How is a cat going to help?"

Kisuke let out a laugh.

"Haha, don't worry about that for now girls. Just watch."

The girls didn't quite understand what was going on, and saw that Yoruichi's cat like body began growing more and more, raising into the sky. Her fur became beautiful skin, her chest area expanded, making Candice feel jealousy while Meninas just tilted her head curiously at the sight before her.

Yoruichi then displayed her womanly form, her naked form at that it seemed.

"W-What the hell?! She transformed?! How did she do that?! Tell me how she did that! Some kind of magic Kido shit that came from the Soul Society!? That's insane! That's mad! What the fuck is going on with that?!"

Kisuke chuckled awkwardly, while Yoruichi dashed away for a few seconds, and reappeared wearing some clothing.

"Heh, what's wrong Candice? Are you jealous of my body?"

"S-Shut up you! I am not jealous of you! I have amazing powers! You are nothing to me!"

Yoruichi adopts a small smirk on her face.

"That's adorable Candice, I see that you have a red face of embarrassment." Candice snaps her hand at her with a blast of lightning, but Yoruichi hops into the air, and tightens her hands. "I suppose that I should also become serious here."

The young woman disappears in a burst of speed, and in the next instance, the air above them was cleared of many Hollows. Candice sweat drops at seeing that happening right before her eyes, she didn't think it would happen.

"W-What the hell…?"

"Oh yeah, you should know that she's able to move faster than anyone I know. She's not known as a Flash Goddess for nothing you know?"

"Hmph, Flash Goddess, I just hear that she's a pervert having such a name."

Kisuke gave her a curious look before shaking his head.

"It's best if we each go to a section of the city and blast away the enemies. That's what you like doing, isn't it Candice-san? Meninas-san?"

"Ya damn right! Now you're talking! I'll leave the complex stuff to you, I've got some rampaging to do!"

Candice shot into the air, and withdrew her bow, firing off a myriad of arrows into the sky, and pierced many Hollows, slaying them off instantly, while Meninas cracks her neck side to side, showcasing her ability to remain calm under pressure.

"Then it is my turn."

Meninas punches the ground, tearing off a huge piece of the ground. Even Kisuke had to sweat drop from seeing that, and pull backwards, while the young woman shoots into the air, swinging the large piece of ground like a bat, and smashing Hollows into the ground with her incredible strength.

Kisuke felt sweat dropping from his forehead.

"Well, that's one way to get rid of someone I suppose."

He continued chuckling awkwardly to himself, unsure of what he was supposed to say in this kind of situation.

But he knew that he also had work to do, so he didn't just stand around, and he got to work immediately.

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Takumi and Rukia watched as more and more Hollows spewed out of the hole in the sky. Standing there on the roof of the Ferris wheel they went in, they knew that the situation was only going to go from bad, to worse within minutes.

Seeing the people down their just going on with their day like normal, it worried Rukia about how much damage that this is going to cause. The town was in danger, neither she or Takumi could understand what Bambietta was thinking about when it came to things like this.

"We need to get a hand on this situation."

Takumi nodded at Rukia.

"We need to contact the others. And then I'll have to go and face this town with my Zanpakuto. Kinda glad that I know Shikai now, I should be able to take lower ranked ones with ease, but the amount of bait she used. What if she lures something powerful here?"

"I know, and these Hollows are going to be drawn to people with high spiritual energy. So that includes people like us, and Karin. Yuzu as well."

"And Orihime-chan. Damn, she's going to be the most vulnerable..."

Takumi grimaced at the thought of Orihime being in danger.

The others could fight, Orihime couldn't fight on her own.

Especially with the amount of Hollows that were coming about.

Rukia looked down at her Gigai, and then towards Takumi.

"Takumi, I need to go back into my Shinigami form."

"But Rukia-chan..."

"I know what you're going to say. But this is too dangerous for one person alone. I couldn't ask you to take on all of these, and we don't have time to go back to your house to get your Father. We have to make a stand now."

Takumi closed his eyes briefly, but then nodded.

"I understand. If you think you're ready."

"Yes, I'm ready Takumi. I'll need your assistance."

"Right."

Takumi took out two soul candies (regular) and placed one in his mouth, and swallowed, releasing his body.

Rukia looked at hers, thinking about going back into her Shinigami form.

If she had her powers back.

She didn't know. She felt stronger, but now she'd have to try it herself in a combat situation.

She inhaled, and went to take the pill when Takumi casually injected something into her.

"Aaaaah!" Rukia cried out. "W-What was that for?!"

"Something I've been working on."

Rukia didn't quite understand, but she took the pill, and her body was released from her Gigai.

What she showed up in was...her normal spirit body.

She saw her Zanpakuto equipped to her side.

Takumi looked towards the two Gigai's and said "Go back home and alert the others." to which they nodded at, and ran off once jumping off the Ferris wheel that they were on, leaving Takumi and Rukia together.

Rukia glanced up at Takumi who whistled innocently.

"What did you inject me with?"

"Just something I've been working on. That's all."

"Care to share?"

"Maybe in a minute." Takumi chuckled, and raised his katana. "Ravage! Kinhime!"

A bolt of lightning shot down from the sky, and transformed Takumi's sword into its Shikai form.

Taking aim at the Hollows, he then swung out his sword with a single swing, and unleashed a wave of electricity that caught up the Hollows in its path, electrocuting them with enough power that their bodies were reduced to nothingness.

"Even with this, it seems it is going to be difficult."

"Yes…"

"So. Activate your Shikai."

Rukia had a little less of a disbelieving look on her face.

"I don't think I'll be on that level yet."

Takumi leans closer to Rukia with a smile on his face.

"Rukia-chan, trust in me. Activate your Shikai."

Rukia gave him a wary expression, but she took out her sword, and then began.

"Dance! Sode no Shirayuki!"

Rukia didn't think it would work.

She didn't have enough power…

Or so she thought.

Seconds later, it happened.

Along with a gust of cold air, Rukia's blade turned pure white like ice with a long white ribbon coming from the pummel. Takumi looked at the blade, and couldn't help but admit that the blade itself did indeed look to be quite the beautiful blade.

"Wow Rukia-chan, how cute of a sword. It's pure white...it really does suit you."

"Cute, huh." Rukia overlooked her blade. "How I've missed you Sode no Shirayuki." Her eyes went towards Takumi who continued to smile towards her. "What did you do Takumi? My powers…I feel complete again."

"Fufu, I've been working on that drug I injected you with by transforming spiritual particles to spiritual energy, and the natural ability of healing through Gigai technology. Mixing it together with your own power, it allowed your powers to be restored all the more than usual, and your power now is, back Rukia-chan, near enough anyway. Saved it in case there was a special emergency. It could have gone either way honestly. Your head might have exploded."

A tick mark appeared at Rukia's temple.

"What?!"

"Geez, relax. I'm joking. I know what I'm doing." Takumi patted her head who frowned up towards him. "Don't frown, it's unbecoming." Rukia huffed, and saw a Hollow before them. "Then I guess that I will-"

"Haaaaaaaaaah!"

Rukia leapt forward, and sliced through the Hollow with her ice blade. Cleaving right through the Hollow, Takumi saw that the two halves of the Hollow froze upon the cut, and the ice grew over the entire body of the Hollow, before shattering into tiny pieces of ice.

"My, nice blade Rukia-chan. You control ice then."

"Sort of." Rukia revealed. "My sword has dances that allows me to control ice in a few ways."

"Awesome~"

Takumi petted her head...but noticed that her body was cold.

Colder than she thought that it would have been.

Then it returned back to normal which confused him.

"Your sword controls ice right?"

"That's right, why?"

"Then, why was your body cold?"

Rukia gave him a curious look.

"Was it? I didn't even realize. Weird. My body shouldn't be cold..."

"Hmmm, requires further study. Either way, ready to get to work Rukia-chan?"

"Yeah, lets take care of the Hollows here, then we'll split off."

"I'll get Orihime-chan, you go and alert Karin-chan and anyone else you come across."

"Right, lets get to work!"

Takumi and Rukia leap down from the area they were in together, and rush through the air, swinging their blades together in tandem with one another, and spun around one another as a armada of Hollows came for their bodies.

But with their timed swings, and the way that their blades sailed through the air, they cut through a good chunk of Hollows within seconds, showcasing their teamwork and how they complimented one another on the battlefield.

From behind Rukia, a Hollow came to try and attack her.

Takumi noticed the Hollow, and went to stop it, when Rukia casually thrusts her sword behind her from the right hand shoulder of hers, piercing the Hollow in the face, and ice spread through the body of the Hollow once more, turning it into ice chunks within seconds.

"Geez Rukia-chan, that's cool. No pun intended of course."

"Hm, of course. But there's many here..."

"Well, we've got an ice sword, and a lightning sword here. Water, which ice is just a frozen equivalent, conducts electricity. I think that we could combine our techniques to slay them in one fell swoop."

Rukia gave a smirk.

"I like the way you think." Rukia lands on a building that allows her maximum area of the park they were in. She then pierced the ground, and multiple ripples of ice came upwards while the ground below her froze. "Tsugi no Mai: Hakuren!"

As she said that, a large wave of icicles came out of the sword and area she was in.

Takumi landed next to Rukia, and swung his sword in complex manners, leaving a lightning trial in the air.

"Raiju!"

Rukia watched as the lightning in the air formed the shape of a lightning beast. It was the size of two fully grown humans, and it was sent out right for the enemies. The lightning beast moved with the wave of Takumi's blade, and it was fast, it travelled at the speed of lightning, where Takumi overlapped his sword with Rukia's own.

""Combined attack! Mai, Shiro Raiju!""

Using their Zanpakuto together, to create a combination attack called Dance, White Thunder Beast, the beast of lightning mixed together with the ice, creating a white variant of lightning colour with the power of ice mixed into it, and the ice that Rukia had fired out, also gained yellow sparks laced in with the ice.

Then the white beast of lightning dashed through the air, going through several Hollows body, freezing them and then shattering them with power of lightning mixed together, happening all within a moment in between the instant freeze, and the lightning blast erupting out of the ice.

The attack Rukia sent forward had the same effect. Freezing their bodies solid, and then smashed apart with the lightning energy, killing off the Hollows in one fell swoop.

Rukia and Takumi glanced at the other, before adopting a small smile on their faces.

"See, we're cool together Rukia-chan."

"Y-Yes, I suppose so. That wasn't half bad."

Takumi and Rukia overlooked the area, seeing that their combined attack had taken out the Hollows in the area. There wasn't even a trace of the Hollow in sight, besides the ones spewing out of the hole in the sky.

"Now that they've been taken care of, they should follow us if we leave. So I'll go and get Orihime-chan."

"Right, then I'll go and get Karin, it's better if she's also in Shinigami form. I have a feeling we'll need everyone for this...but Takumi. What Bambietta said, about how she's going to be at that park. It's going to be a trap. And if it isn't, then she's going to be packing a lot of things there for you to be fighting against."

"She thinks these Hollows will wear me down enough so she can beat me. Don't you think so?"

"Yes, I do."

"Then I guess it's a good thing I've been training with Yoruichi-chan and the likes. She also might have been training so it might be difficult. But I'm not alone, I've got you and the others to back me up. Even if the others are there right now."

"Right...be careful Takumi."

"You too."

They nodded at one another, and shot off in their individual ways to go and get what they needed to get to save the others.

---

Yuzu was walking back towards her home with bags of shopping in her hands. Surprisingly, Nemu was stood beside her, giving her a blank stare.

She didn't quite get what was going on with her.

"Erm...why are you following me?"

"To understand the human experience better."

"Human experience?"

Yuzu's question was met with a blank stare from Nemu.

"Yes, to understand your feelings, and others, I have decided that I should understand the interactions between humans and Shinigami such as myself. As you, are human Quincy, I have decided to learn more about you, and why you are the way that you are. Would you like to elaborate why you're in love with Takumi Urahara-sama?"

"Pft!" Yuzu did a spit take. "W-What kind of question is that?!"

"A valid question. Please answer with your heart."

Yuzu's face turned several shades of pink.

Then she looked at the ground shyly.

"T-That's quite a difficult question to answer Nemu-san. I don't know how to answer that."

"Please do your best."

"I-I can't...it's embarrassing to even try something of that nature..."

Yuzu looked before her, and then in other directions, besides the one that Nemu was in.

But then they both felt presences above them.

Turning, they saw that Hollows were looking down at the pair with a menacingly look in their eyes.

"Hollows...why are there so many of them?"

"I do not know, but we should begin destroying them."

Nemu vacated her Gigai, and ordered it away, before leaping upwards, and spun around delivering several harsh kicks towards the group of Hollows, scattering them around the area, and destroyed them easily.

She then leaned backwards, and kicked the Hollow in the face so hard that it shattered the mask, Yuzu couldn't help but be surprised, and slightly in awe at what was happening.

"She's strong, very strong. And she isn't even using any kind of weapon. Just who is she?"

While she muttered that, a Hollow appeared before her, and showed a menacingly look in its eyes.

Yuzu placed the bag of shopping down onto the ground, then she held up her wrist, allowing a single cross to dangle from there.

"Lets see if this works."

Yuzu channelled her powers into the cross the best that she could and waited for a few moments.

Then materializing at her wrist, was a thin bow but it seemed to be radiating a good level of energy.

"Yes, I did it!"

The Hollow charged for her, so Yuzu dodged to the left, the Hollow hitting the ground as Yuzu returned to her feet, pulling back the string of her bow, and unleashed an arrow right for the Hollow itself, shattering right through it so hard that the Hollow's mask was torn away with incredible power, and it was slain.

Nemu looked down at Yuzu briefly, and thought about what she just saw.

"Her power is definitely on par with a seated officer, and perhaps she's got amazing potential. I shall study this girl further."

Nemu landed on the ground, and crushed two Hollows with her feet, breaking them apart.

Yuzu looked back at her with a smile.

"That was amazing Nemu-san."

"I am currently restricted in what I can do because of my rank. However, I am pleased that you are able to learn from my example."

Yuzu didn't know if that was true, but she stood back to back with Nemu.

"We should take care of these. Since you're a close range fighter, I'll support you from behind."

"Understood. Executing."

Nemu launched herself forward with a spring in her step, while Yuzu provided cover fire.

It seemed together, they worked quite well.

---

Meanwhile, Giselle and Hiyori were surprisingly walking together through the town. They were enjoying the suns rays beaming down onto them, though Hiyori had to have a small dig at Giselle, and had to make fun of her.

"So Zombie girl, what's it like being a walking corpse?"

"I dunno, what's it like being a weirdo?"

Hiyori's eyebrows twitch wildly, while Giselle showed a superior smile on her face.

"I really dislike you sometimes!"

"That's not my fault, baldy."

Hiyori's eyes flared angrily at the young woman.

"How dare you ever call me that? I am a young woman that..." She paused when a Hollow went to attack her, only for her to grab it by the throat, and squeeze the life out of it, causing its head to burst with her strength. "Rude. When people are trying to do interesting things like beat a baldy like this, and then interrupted by a stinking Hollow." Giselle's eyes tossed upwards, and she noticed that legion of Hollows. "What's wrong with you?" Giselle wordlessly pointed upwards so Hiyori looked, and saw the same thing as she did. "Oh, I see. Well, that's not good. Heh, so it seems that friend of yours has gone nuts."

Giselle let out a sigh.

"Idiot, did she really use Hollow bait here?"

"It seems that she did yeah. Your friend is an idiot it seems."

"She's not my friend if she's pulling crap like this. Seriously, endangering people like this. With the amount here, we could attract a Gillian or even worse than that. Does she not understand?"

As Giselle spoke, Hiyori adopted a smirk on her face, a daring and challenging smirk that showed that she was quite serious.

"Heh, bet I can take more than you."

Giselle turned her eyes to Hiyori with a daring look in her eyes.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah, bet I can take at least 100 more than you."

"Winner gets Takumi-kun first."

"Heh, what a juvenile bet. But, you're on. Only because I want to beat you."

Hiyori smirked, and pulled out her sword.

She then held it to the sky.

"Chop Cleanly! Kubikiri Orochi!"

Hiyori activated her Shikai, and then she leapt upwards into the air, and spun around like a spinning top, cleaving Hollows left and right, while Giselle calmly took out her bow, aiming it for the sky, seeing Hiyori's superior smirk on her face.

"So, you think that's gonna be enough to impress me?"

"Naah, I haven't even begun yet girl!"

Giselle smirked, and pulled back her arrow, forming other arrows around her which seemed to materialize on Giselle's will.

"Neither have I. Arrows of Heaven!"

Giselle fired off the arrows towards the sky, which then tracked down Hollows, and pierced them through their brains, killing them off instantly.

Hiyori looked down at Giselle who smirked at her right back.

"Take one, me."

Hiyori stomped her feet angrily.

"Grrr, you are pissing me off girl!"

"Sorry, but that's how it works when it comes between people like us. I've just taken down 15 in one fell swoop, what about you Hiyori-chan?"

Hiyori showed a daring look on her face.

"I've taken out 12, but I will never lose! I'll take out the 500 on the left!"

"Then I'll take out the 501 on the right."

"Don't one up me! Bitch!"

"Sorry, but I don't mind being a bitch at all, if it means that I can beat you~"

"Grrr! Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Hiyori ran through the air, swinging her blade left and right and cleaved through many Hollows, all the while giving a challenging look towards Giselle.

Giselle just watched on with a cute look on her face.

"See this? This is how you do it bitch! Show me something amazing!"

"Amazing. Hiyori-chan please, I am amazing."

Hiyori gripped her head tightly.

"Ugggggggggggggggggggggggh! This is pissing me off! You are annoying! Go and drown or something!"

"In my cleavage, Takumi-kun could~ We all can't be on itty bitty titty committee~"

Hiyori's eyes blazed with her anger.

Pure, and unadulterated rage.

"You are going to suffer for that comment!"

Hiyori roared, and continued slicing down Hollows, taking out more than fifty within a few seconds, while Giselle matched her Hollow for Hollow, not backing down for even a second, it seemed to be a competition between the two of them.

---

As that was happening, Takumi dashed through the town, leaving only a trial of lightning behind him. The Hollows didn't stand a chance. It was very different to how it was before. How he was able to slay the Hollows with his power while before he would have found it difficult.

But as with all things, fate was quite weird…

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Takumi heard a scream from up above him.

It sounded childlike.

Almost like a cry screaming.

As his head went up to see what that sound was...

CRASH!

"Owww!" Takumi cupped his large bump on the head. "W-What hit me…?"

He looked with pain throbbing in his head to see that on the ground, was a green haired girl wear tattered clothing.

He saw the mask...but, he didn't know what she was.

If she was a human or not…

She looked human enough.

He couldn't see anything besides the mask that would alert him to anything weird.

"A-Ah, hello there little girl. Are you okay?"

The girl looked up to Takumi, and looked at his sword, and his robes.

Her face drained of colour.

"A-A Shinigami has come to kill Nel!"

Takumi was surprised that she seemed to recognize his robes.

"I-I'm not going to hurt you little girl..."

"Nel doesn't believe you!"

Takumi saw that Nel was pulling away from his form, so he placed his hand outwards, but in Nel's eyes, he looked more menacing than anything else.

"W-Wait, no, I've not come to hurt you-"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Like a frightened child, Nel took off running away from Takumi, who twitched his eyebrow.

"What the heck was that about?"

Not asking anyone in particular, he decided to go after her to make sure that she was safe.

He sensed power from her, so he knew that she could be in danger from the Hollows around.

But there was an air of mystery around her, and wondering what she was, and what she would want as well.

---

Back with Orihime and the others. Since they were there, the Sensei's had ordered her, and Tatsuki along with Michiru who was a friend of the pair to clean up the broken glass that's on the floor. Orihime though was continuously distracted by the feelings she had inside of her.

Not for Takumi.

But the negative feelings of Hollows all around.

She felt overwhelmed.

It was like she was in a daze.

Her eyes hazily went left, and right, but she couldn't see anything.

"Geez, can you believe Zombie Chizuru just took off after this happened?"

Michiru spoke up to the others, Tatsuki shuddered.

"I'm kind of glad, I couldn't handle another one of her loving weird hugs again today. It overwhelms me."

Michiru giggles slightly, only to see Orihime looking spaced out.

"What's wrong with her?"

"I think she's probably thinking about Kuchiki-san and Takumi."

"Ooh my! Are they dating!?"

"I hope not. At least for Orihime's sake. She'd be crushed if something like that were to happen."

Michiru's lips curled downwards.

"I think it would be pretty bad if that happened. Orihime-chan would be so sad."

"Yeah..."

Orihime's eyes looked towards the entrance of the school, and saw standing there was a Hollow.

The Hollows mask has the appearance of a jellyfish with six appendages at the bottom and three circles of protrusions at the top. It's body is composed of twelve tentacles light blue or lavender in color. The Hollow hole is above the mask, at the meeting point of the tentacles.

She only saw it for a few seconds, but in those seconds, she knew that she and the others were in danger.

"Hey Orihime, are you okay?"

Tatsuki questioned her friend, who's eyes briefly went to her, and smiled weakly so she didn't alert her friend to any worry.

Then she looked back towards the Hollow...but it had disappeared.

"It's gone..."

Orihime muttered with some relief, but also tension within her knowing that this might not be the end, while Michiru moved closer, putting her hands behind her back.

"Don't be gloom Orihime-chan. We should do something together. Maybe a makeover! We'll make Takumi-kun see your cuteness!"

"Makeover..." Orihime thought about it briefly, then knowing that she should do, putting her hands on Michiru's back, and Tatsuki's. "Yes! That sounds good! Lets go together!"

"H-Hey wait!"

Tatsuki called, but Orihime continued pushing the pair towards the exit of the school so they wouldn't be caught up in whatever was going to happen next. She just knew something was going to happen.

"I have to be calm. That Hollow could be anywhere, and I don't have Taku-chan with me...I can't fight the Hollow...but, if I can get the others out of here, then I can at least keep them safe. I'm glad that no one else around here has spiritual power...at least I don't think they do….please, just please don't come back, don't attack anyone else..."

Tatsuki, in the middle of being pushed around, broke free from Orihime's grasp.

"Ah, Orihime. I've got to go and change. You go on ahead, I'll meet you there."

Orihime's eyes widened immediately.

"No, wait Tatsuki-chan!"

Tatsuki took off running back towards the school.

"I'll be right there, go on!"

"Wait Tatsuki-chan! Don't go! It could still be here!"

Michiru seemed confused by that statement while Orihime felt a pulse from her heart, feeling the Hollow behind her.

"So, you did notice me, did you?"

Orihime gulped a little bit, her neck turning backwards towards the way entrance of the school was, and saw floating in the air, was the Hollow itself. The octopus Hollow that had cold eyes for Orihime, and Michiru.

"Hollow..."

"So, you know what our kind is called? Interesting. It's been a while since I've met someone that has known us like this. So, you're not an average person are you? What are you girl?"

Orihime stood her ground, looking directly in the face of the Hollow, showcasing a will to not surrender.

"I know enough about you to know that you're not a nice person! Now, please leave us alone!"

Michiru, unable to see the Hollow, questioned Orihime.

"Orihime-chan, what's going on? Are you talking to me?"

While showing a serious face, her eyes cast to Michiru.

"Michiru-chan, you have to go! Run, right now!"

"But, I don't understand..."

"I wont let you get away!"

The Hollow snapped at her, and from its head, seed like protrusions came out, and began firing downwards, shattering windows, and hitting the ground, ripping it up a little bit with the strength behind the attack.

"A-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Orihime gripped her head, and let out a cry, while the Hollow laughed at the sight.

Michiru, not understanding, looked around curiously.

"What's going on?"

As she asked, a seed hit her shoulder, and she let out a cry "Aaah!" as she fell down to the ground. From the injured area, her own blood began to appear with it running down her arm, Orihime gasped, and ran over to her friend.

"Michiru-chan! Are you okay?"

Michiru looked at her shoulder, as she stood up.

"It's bleeding...but, I don't understand, what's going on?"

Orihime's eyes gained a few tears.

She didn't want anything to happen to her friend…

But that's when Michiru grabbed Orihime by the throat, with the arm that the shoulder was connected to gaining more veins across it, Michiru's eyes widening in pure shock and horror.

"W-What's going on? I-I can't control my arm!"

Michiru cried out, while continuing to strangle Orihime's throat.

Orihime clutched Michiru's hand, trying to pull the hand off of her, but the girl seemingly had more strength than she thought that she would have.

"W-What have you done to Michiru-chan!?"

"I just used a bit of my power. I much prefer watching you silly humans fight amongst yourselves. I don't like doing violence myself. The seed I shot into her is taking a hold of her body and is taking her over, to become my puppet. Isn't that lovely? She's going to be the one who kills you little girl."

Orihime was gasping for breath at this point.

The girl was tough, she was strong, she couldn't get her off.

"Now everyone, it's time to get started."

Orihime slowly turned to see more and more students having been taken over by the Hollow. Men and women alike and they were all coming for her body. They looked like zombies, no free will of their own, and all had one agenda.

And that was to take out Orihime.

"A-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Orihime wished she had some kind of power.

Something that could help her out…

---

Karin was out playing with some of her soccer inclined friends, and thanks to her training with the Shinigami form, and against Hollows, her body was able to move better than before, and kicked the ball around so easily.

"Geez Karin, you've gotten so much faster!"

A friend of hers praised with a grin on his face.

Karin smirked, flipping the ball above her head, and then spun around, kicking the ball towards the net, gaining a goal, and landed on her feet, her body bent downwards, and a small grin on her face appeared.

"I guess that thanks to these Hollows, that I'm able to do these things huh. Guess it isn't that bad if I can do these things."

Karin gave a soft smile to herself, and her head went into the air…

But she wished that she hadn't as she saw Hollows raining down onto them. Her eyes widened in horror, and she jumped back as a bunch of small Hollows came down towards her, slamming into the ground again and again, creating a dust cloud.

"Whoa, what's that?"

"Yeah, what's going on?"

Karin's friends questioned as they moved closer.

"N-No! Don't come any closer!"

Karin warned, but they didn't heed her warnings.

"What's having you go so crazy all of a sudden?"

"T-That's difficult...d-don't come here!"

Karin pulled backwards, and began running away.

"Hey Karin! We're in the middle of something here!"

Karin continued running regardless of what was going on.

She just wanted to get out of there, and have the Hollows follow her.

Which was a good thing that they did.

Rather than go for the humans, they chased after her instead.

She inhaled a relieving sigh.

"Good...now how am I supposed to do anything!? Damn it! I don't have anyone around to get me out of my body!"

Karin watched as the Hollows flew in swarms towards her.

She looked around for something, anything, to help her out with this problem.

But she couldn't find any.

So she turned to the swarm, holding her ball in her hand, and took aim.

"You want a piece of me?! Fine, have this!"

Karin kicked the ball right for the Hollows and smashed into a few of them, killing them off.

Karin couldn't help but be more surprised by what she had witnessed.

"A-Amazing, that's..."

Karin didn't know what to say.

But then more came for her, so she took off running once more.

"Damn it...come on Takumi you idiot! You always show up when I need your help!"

"I'm not Takumi, but would I do?"

Karin paused and looked towards the voice.

Seeing her stand to the side, was Rukia.

"Sorry I'm a little late, but I'm here now."

She placed a hand over her chest in relief.

"Bout time."

Rukia nodded, and got before her.

"Some no mai, Tsukishiro!"

Rukia swung her sword outwards, and from the ground, a large moon shaped circle appeared, allowing Rukia to jump out of the area, and raised a large pillar of ice into the air with over a dozen Hollows getting caught up in the ice, surprising Karin immensely.

"Wait, since when could you do that?"

"This is the power of my Zanpakuto. Speaking of." Rukia tossed a soul pill towards her. "Have this, and join me in the fight."

Karin nodded, swallowing the pill, releasing her from her body, and revealed her Shinigami side. She brought out her sword, and swung it left, the large blade cleaving through four Hollows at once, killing them off, while sending her human body back home so she didn't get damaged.

"It's like a mad city. What's going on?"

"Short version is, Bambietta's released Hollow bait, drawing many Hollows to this town. We've got to keep the civilians safe."

"Right, then I'll go and help out somewhere else. What about you?"

"I don't know yet. I suppose I'll do the same. But we still have Bambietta to confront. She wont stop until we've put a stop to her once and for all. But first, our priorities are these Hollows around us. We have to secure the town before dealing with her."

"That's probably what she wants though. For us to be tired to fight her."

"Probably. That's why we have to use the least amount of energy that we can."

"I understand...then I'll go, good luck."

Rukia nodded, and split off from Karin to deal with more Hollows.

---

Takumi continued chasing after the little girl who kept looking back and yelling "Stop following Nel!" but Takumi would reply with "I need to make sure you're okay!" and their back and forth would go like that several times.

He saw that she was quite fast for a little girl, but he didn't have time to follow her, so he flashed before her, Nel fell backwards onto her butt, and raised a finger to Takumi who cocked an eyebrow upwards.

"Shinigami! Nel w-will not lose to you!"

Nel got to her feet, and thrusted her head for Takumi's crotch.

He grimaced, and flashed behind her, only to save his private area some damage.

She then took off running once more, Takumi released a small sigh, and went after her once more.

However, before getting out of the area, a few Hollows appeared before Nel, and raised their hands to the sky.

"Eeep! Nel's under attack!"

Nel cowered away like a frightened child would, and thought she was going to be hit.

"Raigeki!"

From Takumi's sword, a bolt of high density electricity shot out, and pierced through the Hollows bodies easily. Then the electricity spread through their bodies, shocking them out of existence all together.

Nel looked up to see Takumi walking forward towards her once more, and saw the Hollows gone.

Seeing that she was pulling away, Takumi crossed the distance quickly.

"Wait a second, please. I don't want to hurt you, I just want to keep you safe."

"T-Then why is your sword c-crackling with l-lightning?"

True to her word, electricity was crackling around the sword.

Takumi chuckled awkwardly.

"My Zanpakuto spirit is quite feisty when she wants to be. But I wont hurt you, I don't want to put you in danger at all. I want to protect you. Please, let me protect you. It's dangerous out here, there's many bad Hollows out here. You are going to be hurt if you keep being on your own."

Nel pulled backwards, Takumi bent down towards her with a caring smile on his face.

His hand reached out to her head, and gave the mask a small pet.

"There's a crack in your mask. Did you get hurt?"

"Nel, doesn't remember...Nel has crack in her mask...but, it is still good!"

"No doubt. But from this distance, I can tell that your mask is leaking spirit energy. It must have been pretty painful."

Nel ran a hand over her mask, and then peered up to Takumi.

"N-Nel's safe? And we'll find Nel's brothers and sister?"

"Your brothers and sister?" Nel nods with a whimper. "Sure, we'll go and find your brothers, and sister. It isn't a problem. But you have to come with me, okay? Don't worry, I'll keep all the naughty Hollows away from you."

Nel whimpered once more, and walked slowly towards Takumi.

Her hands went upwards, so Takumi lifted her and placed her on his shoulder. Then quickly he ripped off some cloth, and tied Nel around him so she didn't fall off his body.

"Now, I have to go and help my friend out quickly. Then we'll go and find your brothers, and sister, okay Nel-chan?"

"O-Okay! What's your name?"

"Hehe, my name is Takumi Urahara."

"Sakumi..."

"Takumi."

"Sakumi."

"Takumi."

"Sakumi."

"Sakumi."

"Takumi!"

Nel finished off, Takumi nodding.

"Yup, that's right. Sometimes, people call me Taku."

"Saku."

Takumi released a sigh.

"Taku...ugh, Saku, Taku, whichever you want Nel-chan."

"Saku Taku!"

Takumi just went along with it, he didn't want to argue with her anymore.

"Right. Now lets go and find my friend, then we'll go and find your family."

"Yes!"

Takumi sensed for Orihime briefly, and felt Hollows presences around her, so he naturally was worried for her.

"Shit...Orihime-chan." He looked back at Nel. "Hang on Nel-chan, I'm gonna have to go fast."

"Fast! Go fast!"

Takumi gave her a smile, and took off at blinding speeds.

The wind brushed through their faces, and Nel felt her hair waving in said wind.

"Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! We're going so fast!"

"Yeah, and I can go even fasteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"

"Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Takumi dashed through the air at breakneck speeds, while Nel was having the time of her life.

---

Back with Orihime, the girl was in peril. Being swarmed by many controlled students, she didn't know how she was going to get out of this one. It was scary, she felt like she was in danger, she wasn't sure how she was going to make it out of this alive...

But she didn't in the end, and all she could do was cry out as they came closer and closer to her body.

But then she was saved when Tatsuki came running in, kicking one of the controlled people in the side, forcing them down, and then flipped over another, landing on her hands, and kicked upwards, smashing the boy in the face, and then she spun around on her hands, delivering a propeller like kick to the others that were around.

"What the hell are you people doing!?"

Tatsuki demanded from the people around her.

"T-Tatsuki-chan, I'm so glad you're here!"

"Yeah, sorry Orihime. I should have noticed it before. That thing up there."

Orihime looked relieved.

"You can see the Hollow too?"

"No, I don't see it." Tatsuki's eyes went to the Hollow, and only saw a blur. "But I can tell exactly where that thing is." Tatsuki thrusted a finger to the Hollow. "Hey you! Ugly! You made Orihime cry! We've got this long standing arrangement, anyone that makes Orihime cry gets the crap kicked out of them!"

"You don't say."

Tatsuki noticed that more mind controlled victims were walking closer and closer.

"Stay back."

Tatsuki span around and kicked one of the victims in the face, then she jumped upwards, bringing down her foot like an axe, knocking them down to the floor, and ducked someone attempting to punch her, smashing her fist right into the face of the attacker, forcing him down to the ground.

She took out a good number of people, and then cracked her neck.

"Isn't there anyone that could give me a fight?" As she said it, she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Get off!" Tatsuki turned to the presence, and saw that it was Michiru who's arm looked more and more vein filled. "M-Michiru?"

"T-Tatsuki-san...r-run, I can't control my arm..."

Tatsuki then felt the girl squeeze her shoulder so hard that she was dropped to her knees.

"Aaah!"

"Tatsuki-chan!"

Orihime went to move forward, when she was grabbed from behind, and held against her will.

Then Tatsuki was shot in the shoulder by the same seed as the others, and it caused her to bleed.

She was forced to the ground, where her eyes went towards the Hollow who moved downwards towards her.

"That seed I shot into you will take root soon enough and you'll be mine to manipulate. How should I make you suffer?"

"S-Shut up..."

The Hollow looked slightly dazed by that, seeing Tatsuki twist her body so she was getting onto her knees.

"W-What?"

"I-I said shut up...let go of her now!"

The Hollow adopted a small smirk on its face, and moved its tentacle towards her face, slowly stroking it.

"Don't you realize the position you're in right now. Soon, you'll have no control over your bod-" Before it could finish, Tatsuki bit down into the Hollows tentacle, making it scream. "Aaaaaaaah! Y-You bitch! Let go of me!"

The Hollow hit the young girl with its tentacle, but Tatsuki still kept a tight hold on it.

The Hollows eyes raged.

"Tch, you're not worth controlling! Now die!"

The Hollow shot off three more seeds into Tatsuki's body, Orihime gasped, and broke free from her aggressors, running desperately to her friend.

But then, Tatsuki succumb to the control, and kicked Orihime in the stomach as she gained distance, Orihime's eyes widening and she spat out bile, falling down to the floor.

Just as that happened, Takumi arrived, and saw the situation with Nel on his back.

Withdrawing Kinhime, he was about to bring down a lightning bolt upon the Hollow…

But stopped when seeing Orihime.

He felt something...different about her.

"Saku Taku, go and save her!"

"Wait a second Nel-chan. Something is happening with her..."

"What? Is her boobies growing?"

Takumi gave her an odd stare.

"No...keep watching Nel-chan, we might see something amazing."

Nel cocked her head curiously.

Orihime on the other hand looked up at her friend, and thought about her long hair, how it was thanks to Takumi and Tatsuki that she could have her hair so long again.

How she could have friends again.

To see the world better with the people she cared for, with people she loved.

"That's right...Tatsuki-chan, because of you, and Taku-chan, I didn't get bullied anymore. Everyone was nice to me, you made them stop. After Sora died, I felt alone...but then Taku-chan was there beside me, and held me as I cried...and then Tatsuki-chan came into my life...I can't always rely on Taku-chan to come and save me...I can't be a burden to Tatsuki-chan either...I can't let this Hollow do this anymore...I have to do something...anything..."

Her eyes noticed that Tatsuki was crying while looking at her.

Takumi watched on as Orihime embraced her friend.

"Don't cry Tatsuki-chan!"

"O-Ori...Orihime..."

Despite being controlled, Tatsuki was trying her best to fight it.

Takumi noticed from his body, a strange mysterious glow was happening.

"Wow, your bodies glowing Taku."

"Y-Yeah..."

"It's real pretty...it's blue!"

Takumi didn't quite get what was going on, as his eyes went towards Orihime, who was showcasing a kind and yet gentle smile on her lips.

"Don't worry, this time, I'll protect you Tatsuki-chan."

As she said it, her hairpins glow bright orange, and a massive whirlwind erupts around her.

Takumi places a hand to his face, while feeling the increase of power from Orihime, and also the bright light coming from him.

"I don't understand what this is. Is something inside of me...helping her unlock some kind of power…? But, if that's the case, how is that possible? She's not a Quincy...she's not a Shinigami, and Don Kanonji's power was hardly amazing, but this is different, this feels...could it be those mysterious humans I've heard about? The ones that have powers related to objects…? That can use different powers based on an object affinity...but, what has she unlocked exactly?"

Takumi watched with keen eyes. Seeing Orihime in the centre of the whirlwind, six little fairy like creatures flew around her body.

Takumi found them to look quite cute if he had to say so.

But he also felt that they were connected to her somehow.

"Tatsuki-chan said that you picked the fight with the wrong person. She wasn't quite right. What she should have said was, you had picked the wrong person to hurt. Anyone that wants to hurt Tatsuki-chan, has to answer to me!"

Takumi was surprised by her forceful side, something that didn't usually come out.

The Hollow watched on with worried eyes, as Takumi casually sent out bolts of lightning around the area to slay Hollows that were nearby so they didn't come between this battle. Orihime was awakening some new kind of power, and he was very interested in it.

"Just what exactly are you?! Using those strange powers, but how?!"

Orihime stared deeply at the Hollow...before noticing the six fairies flying around her body.

"Pretty, those flying pixies! What are they Saku Taku?"

"That's a good question...erm, I'd have to say they are a manifestation of her soul..." Nel looked lost. "Eeh, it's her powers, in the form of six fairies."

"Ooh, I get it!"

Takumi wondered if she did or not, but it seemed that she understood.

"W-What are they?"

Orihime watched as the six fairies came closer to her body.

Takumi leaned forward with interest.

"What are they? What kind of question is that girly?!"

A more aggressive fairy yelled out, while a blonde haired one landed on her shoulder.

"Don't say that. I'm sure she noticed us. We've been close to her for so long now."

"It's kinda like seeing a Zanpakuto spirit in six forms. Maybe each represent a side of Orihime-chan's personality? But if there's six...is that six different abilities? Or is it that they combine together to use one ability? Or two, or three? Since there's six...is it three combine for one technique and three for the other? Or is it something else? Either way, I am very interested in this."

He theorized to himself, while Orihime watched on.

"We're the Shun Shun Rikka, and we've come here to protect you!"

The blonde said to Orihime who felt a little dizzy, Nel tilted her head.

"What's Shun Shun Rikka Saku Taku?"

"Erm...it means basically six Princess shielding flowers which fits really since Orihime-chan's name means Princess...yeah, sounds good to me."

Nel slowly nodded, while petting Takumi's head.

"Good student."

Takumi gave her a curious look, but Nel was nodding again and again to his confusion.

Orihime also looked confused at the spirits.

"Protect me...w-wait a second! Why are there a bunch of little fairies flying around and talking to me?"

"Geez, that was quite the reaction. To be accurate, we aren't fairies. We are the powers from inside of your soul, and apart of you." Takumi was thankful he had gotten that right. "Only people that have spirit energy will be able to see us."

"Like Taku-chan?"

"Yes, like him. Actually, it was thanks to him that we were born."

Takumi furrowed his eyebrows.

"Because of me…?"

He thought to himself while the more aggressive fairy kicked the blonde.

"Look! It doesn't matter who we are! All you need to know is that we're apart of your powers!"

"You're so bossy, for someone so tiny."

The spirit gained a tick mark beside his head.

"Quiet you! Just learn how to use us before it's too late!"

"Learn how to use you? What do you mean?"

Another spirit, that looked bulkier spoke up.

"Right! You can construct a shield between you and your enemy with us. You have to say our names, and our Kotodama."

"K-Kotodama?"

Orihime's eyes swirled around, unsure of what was going on. Even Takumi had to admit that this was strange. He hadn't seen anything like this before, so he was immensely intrigued by what was going on right now.

"Kotodama...what's Kotodama?"

"It's spirit chant basically Nel-chan. She has to call out a phrase...like Kido. Do you know what Kido is?" Nel stuck out her tongue, nodding. "Then think of it like that."

"Okay!"

Nel cheered out, while the Hollow began moving.

"It's coming!"

The feisty male spirit spoke to Orihime directly.

The seeds from its forehead shot off towards her.

Takumi's hand rested on his blade, just in case he'd have to step in.

But he watched keenly as the spirits flew around her body.

"It's time Orihime! Now call out our names! I'm Hinagiku!"

"I'm Baigon!"

"And my names Lily!"

Orihime looked unsure, but the blonde spirit came over, and landed on her shoulder.

"Repeat after me." Orihime nodded strongly. "Hinagiku, Baigon, Lily."

"H-Hinagiku, Baigon, Lily!"

"Santen Kesshun I reject!"

"Santen Kesshun...Santen Kesshun I reject!"

From the three spirits having been called, they formed a triangle barrier before her, orange in colour, and blocked the shots of the seeds coming for her, Takumi's eyebrows knitted together at the sight.

"I reject...what is she rejecting? The damage? The attack itself? Is she rejecting negative things happening to her..."

Takumi couldn't be more excited and intrigued by Orihime's new found abilities.

"Cute! It's so orange!"

Takumi gave Nel a light smile, as the blonde spirit spoke to Orihime.

"Your powers allow you to put up a shield, and reject what's outside of that shield."

"Reject what's outside of that shield...so, it isn't a simple barrier technique at all. She's rejecting negative things...like I thought. I see, I understand...she could use it for more than simple defence, she could shape that into a cage, and any attack would be rejected immediately, trapping them inside of that barrier. Or conversely, she probably could use it to defend allies as well as herself, and maybe...if she's rejecting things from one side of the shield, she'd be able to use it in a melee way, by slamming the barrier against someone, which would reject them away from her...pretty useful. She probably could even use it to break peoples falls as it would reject the impact happening on one side, and keep the other safe. But, I sensed a hit to Orihime-chan's spirit energy then...so, it does take energy from her...okay, that makes sense. She can only reject as much energy as she has. But still, if she grows her power, then she'd be able to reject a good chunk of damage."

While Takumi thought, the blonde haired spirit flew over to Tatsuki on the ground.

"We have the ability to reject what's within a shield. We are able to make a refined space within our shield, and reject damage within that space." Takumi watched on with more interest than before, he couldn't help but feel quite excited to see what was going to happen next. "Now say our names. I am Shun'o"

"And I'm Ayame."

Orihime placed a hand to her breast.

"Shun'o, Ayame."

"Soten Kisshun, I reject!"

The spirit said, so Orihime copied.

"Soten Kisshun, I reject!"

The shield went up, and Orihime's powers began to work once more. The damage done to Tatsuki was being healed away.

But Takumi furrowed his eyebrows. Nel however was bouncing on his back and jumped up and down and shook all the way around on his back, making him feel a little sick.

His analytical mind was beginning to work once more, he suspected something more to Orihime's powers than what was being seen.

"Hold on a second..." His eyes went to the ground below Tatsuki, and saw some damage that it had suffered, was being repaired. "What the little fairy just said then...this is a little more than what the spirit said...then that means...Orihime-chan's powers all rejecting something, it's branched under one ability but used in different ways. From what I can tell, she's not just healing, she's doing something else. Something I've only see people like Hacchi do...maybe even better than that. It's healing her sure, but it's...if I'm looking at this correctly, then it is taking Tatsuki-chan's body back to a previous state...if I'm right, then she's not just rejecting damage, she's rejecting...wow. But still, like with the shield, it is taking her energy to do it, so if she ran out of energy, she wouldn't be able to reject it anymore."

While he thought about it, Orihime overlooked Tatsuki with a worried face.

"Tatsuki-chan..."

"Not now girl! We still have an enemy to defeat! I'm able to reject on both sides by blowing a hole in the enemy and cutting them! My name is Tsubaki, and my chant is, Koten Zanshun."

Orihime eyed up the Hollow, while Takumi watched on.

"Tsubaki! Koten Zanshun, I reject!"

"N-Noooooooooooooooooo!"

The Hollow couldn't do anything other than fall victim to Orihime.

The spirit Tsubaki slammed against the mask of the Hollow, and cut it completely in half, Takumi watching on curiously.

"Wow! Did you see that Saku Taku!? She cut it in half!"

"She surely did, she's amazing, isn't she?"

"Yes, yes! She's amazing!"

Takumi gave the girl a smile, while going into thought once more.

"That last one...they all reject something, my theory about the powers all revolve around a single theme but used different is solid. The last ones basically an attack version of the Soten Kisshun ability. Rather than repairing, it's tearing away. The former binds matter together again, after things have happened and takes it back to a place before anything bad happened...and this one rejects matter by defusing it and basically could cut through anything...I could see her being able to use that to destabilize peoples attacks with that kind of power, or even..." His eyes drifted to Orihime, and saw that she was panting. "But, it seems to take its toll on her. It makes sense, she's using her spirit energy to power them. She's got powerful abilities yes, but she's also got her own limits as well. All in all, this is amazing to see. To think Orihime-chan would have this kind of ability."

Takumi couldn't help but be proud of how much Orihime accomplished with her unique and interesting powers.

---

Meanwhile, Karin ran through the city and tore through a good number of Hollows with her Zanpakuto, and had taken out over 50 of them within five minutes, showcasing how power that she truly was.

Because of her training with Takumi and the others, she could move much more elegantly than beforehand, and it seemed like she was doing it for a serious situation.

However, she was stopped when a sticky substance rained down from the sky, forcing her to jump backwards, but her foot was caught in it, and stuck her down to the ground.

"Uggggggh! W-What the hell is this shit…?"

Karin grimaced at the sight of the sticky substance, only for her to sense something above, seeing that a Hollow...a humanoid type Hollow that was quite slim coming down with a loin cloth on his body.

"You! Where is Nel!?"

"Nel? Who the heck is Nel?"

Karin seemed lost, while the Hollow came down towards her.

"I wont accept your lies!"

"How can I lie, when I don't even know who you're talking about!?"

Karin snapped at the Hollow who pulled backwards with surprise.

"Enough Shinigami! If you've hurt Nel, then I'll hurt you!"

Karin releases a dramatic sigh.

"Don't even start with me, I am tired of your crap already. If you want to fight me, then I don't have time for that. I have to stop this town being invaded by Hollows! And that means with you as well! Now leave!"

"Never!" Inside his loincloth, he pulled out a sword, a Reishi sword at that, and pointed it at Karin who inhaled deeply. "If you wont tell me where Nel is, then I'll have no choice but to cut you down Shinigami!"

Karin exhaled deeply, and held her sword outwards angrily.

"Fine, I'll kick your ass quickly, then I've got to get back to beating Hollows."

Karin cut the slime off of her, then aimed her Zanpakuto at the enemy, a Hollow named Pesche.

---

Meanwhile, Yuzu and Nemu together exhaled, having cleared an area full of Hollows, and peace had been restored to that location.

"We're making good time, aren't we?"

"Yes, I must commend you for being able to hold your own as well as you can considering that you only recently awakened your powers."

Nemu complimented Yuzu who scratched the back of her head sheepishly.

"T-Thank you very much Nemu-san! You are doing quite well..." She stopped when Nemu's eyes slitted. "W-What's wrong?"

"We aren't alone." Nemu's eyes turned to see a hulking humanoid Hollow swinging down what appeared to be a mace. "I will not back down."

Nemu pulled backwards, and landed next to Yuzu.

"N-Nemu-san, is that a Hollow…? His mask looks like one...but, he also kind of looks like a human..."

"Yes...I do not know what kind of Hollow we are looking at currently. But his spirit energy cannot be mistaken. This is a Hollow before us."

"Where is Nel?! What have you done to her!?"

He shouted dramatically, while Nemu and Yuzu glanced at the other.

"Who's Nel-san?"

"I am not familiar with anyone named Nel. Is she currently within this town?"

Nemu's question was met with a darkened glare from the Hollow before them.

"Do not lie! We followed Nel here! She's here, and she's scared! You Shinigami girl, and you other girl, have you done something to Nel?!"

"H-Hold on, we haven't done anything to Nel-san...whoever that is."

Yuzu tried to get her view across, but the Hollow wasn't having any of it.

"No, this is wrong! We cannot continue with this! If you wont speak, I will force you!"

Yuzu pulled backwards, with hesitation in her eyes.

"W-Wait a second, we don't have to fight..."

"The time for talking has finished." Nemu spoke up. "This intent to harm is increasing from the Hollow. We have to defend ourselves Yuzu Kurosaki."

Yuzu looked unsure seeing that the Hollow was walking forward.

But if she had to fight, then that's what she was going to do.

Against the Hollow known as Dondochakka.

---

Meanwhile, Bambietta sat in the park with BG5, waiting for Takumi and Rukia to arrive.

She tapped her foot onto the ground, and bit her lower lip.

She had waited over 20 minutes at that point, and it was beginning to drag her spirits down.

She had already taken out the Hollows around her.

Now she was having to wait for an enemy that she didn't know how long it was going to have to take.

"For God sake, you'd think that I'd be the most dangerous thing around and they'd rush here to stop me or something..."

Bambietta was getting infuriated more by the second with what was going on.

"Bambietta-sama, they are currently fighting Hollows and lowering their stamina, as you had wanted."

"I know that, but it's so boring waiting around for them to stop this crap...seriously, why is this happening to me?"

"Then maybe I could entertain you until they get here?"

Bambietta blinked, looking towards the left to see Liltotto walking closer. Her eyes narrowed at the small girl, and casually raised her hand to Liltotto, ready to shoot her if she tried anything, while Liltotto just calmly stared back at the young woman.

---

Back with Takumi, while Orihime was panting, her legs gave out on her, and she began dropping to the floor.

But Takumi flashed before her, and caught her in his arms, while the little spirits returned to the hairpins that dropped to the floor.

He lifted them up, and placed them within her hair once more, causing Orihime to smile with a tired expression on her face.

"Taku-chan...I-I did it..."

"You surely did Orihime-chan." Takumi casually took out a pill, and placed it into her mouth. "Here, eat this."

Orihime believed in him, so she bit down onto the pill, and tasted nothing but sourness, making her cringe.

"Blaaaaaah! That t-tastes awful!"

"Haha, it surely does. But you'll begin feeling good soon enough."

But then she felt something happening to her.

She felt her energy returning to her.

It wasn't fully, but she felt like she was able to move again.

"W-Wow Taku-chan, that's amazing. How did you do that?"

Takumi rubbed under his nose in some triumphant moment.

"Mehehehe, when you're a scientist like me, you tend to want to stay up late into the night, and for a while, so I invented these energy tablets. Though, if you have more than one in every two or so days, you might explode."

"Taku-chan! Don't say that with a peppy face!"

Takumi stuck out his tongue at her.

"Kidding, you wouldn't explode. Though I do recommend not taking more than one every two days...trust me, I suffered the consequences, they're weren't good Orihime-chan."

Orihime adopted a smile onto her face.

"I see...hehe, Taku-chan, always inventing amazing stuff."

"I watched your fight. You were amazing Orihime-chan."

Orihime's face dyed a shade of red.

"I...I have powers, I'm just like you now Taku-chan."

Takumi adopted a soft smile for the young woman before him.

"I think you've got amazing potential Orihime-chan. I'd like to study your powers at your earliest-" A Hollow appeared behind Takumi, but he casually sliced it without looking, surprising Orihime. "-convenience."

Orihime wore surprise as he did that so easily.

"Y-Yes, of course! But Taku-chan...what am I now? Am I like Don Kanonji?"

Takumi's face drained white when he thought about Orihime and Don Kanonji standing together, and doing a superhero pose, while going "Bwahahahahaha!" again and again, making him tear up.

"God no! Never say that! You are nothing like Don Kanonji! He's...ugh...and you're lovely...no, his powers aren't like yours, his is basically just taking his spirit energy and projecting it outwards, anyone with a good amount can do similar things...but you're...actually, if I had to categorize you...I'd say your closer to being one of those mysterious humans with powers."

"Mysterious humans with powers?"

Takumi nodded.

"I've heard rumours in the past, about humans possessing special abilities linked to objects they have an affinity too. Like you, those hairpins, you love them because they came from your brother. Your attachment to them is nothing short of outstanding. So if you are one of these humans, then that would make sense. But, your Shun Shun Rikka powers seem to also resemble a Shinigami's Zanpakuto spirit a little bit...but yeah, I'd have to say that you'd be one of them..."

"What are they called?"

"That...I don't know. It's still rumours, so I couldn't tell you what they're called, and only have limited information. But several sources of mine have seen them before, and I'd say you'd be like them. I heard that they can also move fast like Shinigami's do, a version of Flash Step."

Orihime put her hands together shyly.

"S-So, even I could…?"

"Hehe, I suppose you could yeah~" His eyes then went towards Tatsuki and the others. "It seems that they'll be out for a while. Just in case, better to put them into a barrier so they don't suffer any negative consequences. Or are attacked by Hollows. That would suck, wouldn't it?"

"Hehe, yes it would Taku-chan~ But, what's going on here? The Hollows are everywhere..."

Takumi's eyes went to the open air, and felt the pressure of dozens if not hundreds of Hollows coming around the city.

"Short version is that Bambi-chan's lost it and has summoned Hollows to Kuoh, and we are all in danger. People with spirit energy and what not…."

"We have to find my brothers and sister, remember Saku Taku?"

Nel popped up from behind Takumi, giving Orihime a small fright.

"W-Wait, why is there a child on your back Taku-chan? Did you adopt her?"

"I-I didn't adopt a child! I just kinda...erm, found her. She fell on top of my head, and after chasing her down, I saw that she needed help, so I'm helping find her brothers, and sister."

"Ooh I see! Yes, that does sound like Taku-chan!" Nel's eyes went towards Orihime, and narrowed childishly. "I-Is something wrong?"

"Uhhhhh...what's your relationship to Saku Taku?"

Orihime's face turned a few shades of red, then shook her head.

"W-We're best friends! V-Very super best friends! T-That's all!"

She felt embarrassed about revealing what she really felt about Takumi to a child like Nel, and hoped that answer would satisfy her, which it seemed to have done.

As they talked, Rukia flashed into the area, Orihime was surprised that she was wearing Shinigami robes.

"You're both..." Her eyes went to Nel, who glared back at her. "...you've had a child? I didn't even know that you had..."

"S-She's not our child Rukia-chan!"

Rukia placed a hand to her mouth.

"Well, I wasn't insinuating, but now that you've brought it up..."

Takumi lightly tapped her head.

"Quiet you."

Rukia huffed, and hit him back in the head, making him cry slightly.

"In any case, it seems that our comrades are joining the fight. I've had Karin help to fight, and I also felt Nemu with Yuzu. The Quincy girls are also joining in the fray."

"I can also sense Giselle-san and Hiyori-chan together, and the Hollows decreasing quite well over in their direction. Also, I sensed a spike within Yoruichi-chan's spirit energy, so she's joined in together with my Father. If they're helping out, then we can leave that area to them. And it seems that Bambi-chan is still in the park, waiting for us to come."

Rukia tilted her head.

"It's become a battle ground this entire city. But it's good that we have these allies defending..." Rukia's eyes looked over Orihime who smiled towards her. "...Inoue, you can see us, can't you? And hear us?"

"More than that Kuchiki-chan! I have powers now too!"

"P-Powers?"

Orihime thrusted her hand to the sky.

"It's time for me, the sweet bubbly maiden of Karakura to shine brightly with her six flowers! Because I will join Taku-chan on the battlefield!"

Takumi gave her a curious expression...but then his face dropped.

"Rukia-chan, can you feel that…?"

"What are you feeling Saku Taku?"

Nel questioned Takumi who narrowed his eyes.

Rukia also narrowed her own.

"Clashes of spiritual pressures. I can sense Karin, and Yuzu along with Nemu fighting powerful beings. Stronger than average Hollows..."

"Hey, maybe it's my brothers and sister Saku Taku!"

Takumi gave her a light smile.

"Maybe you're right. But if they're attacking my friends...then we'll have to go to them."

Rukia nodded with conviction in her eyes.

Takumi felt worried for the others, and right now didn't have time to deal with Bambietta, as he had to go and help his friends.

---

In the sky, above Karakura town, a lone female with aqua eyes, thick eyelashes, and short golden blonde hair, which she usually keeps messy with three braided locks overlooked the town together with a dog on her shoulder.

Her eyes scanned the area seeing all of the mindless destruction of the Hollows, and people alike.

"This area is dense with power..." Continuing to overlook the town, the dog began to bark. "Hmmm? What was that Kukkapuro?" Kukkapuro continued to bark in her ears, forcing her eyes to narrow slightly. "I see, so that persons here in this town after all. I thought that...but here in this town...alive..." The young woman casually withdrew her sword, and pulled forward. "I guess it is time for me to become involved as well. Let us go Kukkapuro."

The young woman descended onto the town, her aim only on one thing, and that thing, Tier wouldn't reveal to anyone, not even her current Master.

---

End chapter!

So, we went through quite a bit! Everyone's noticed the Hollows, and are mounting a defence against them! Orihime activated her powers, with Takumi commenting on her powers, and for those wondering, I will be having more defined limits to her powers than canon showed, and of course as I've said, Orihime's gonna be in more fights than in canon to show some unique skills off, and what Takumi mentioned was Fullbringer related to Orihime as she's said to be that in the novels from what I've read and been told by others, so I thought it would help her keep up with the others here in this story.

Anyway, the others also had quite the battles, and now Nel has arrived! She crashed into Takumi, and after running away for a bit from him, he managed to convince her that he's a good person and now is helping find her brothers, and sister.

Speaking of, they've also appeared, and are targeting Karin, Yuzu, and Nemu as Liltotto has confronted Bambietta. Hiyori and Giselle are having a game between them to see who can kill more Hollows with Takumi on the line~ Finally, Tier has appeared with Kukkapuro, and for those wondering why, it shall be explained in the future as to why they're together, and why she's in Karakura town.

Anyway, until next time, thanks for reading!

Takumi; Orihime, Rukia, Yuzu, Karin, Nemu, Giselle, Soi Fon, Yoruichi, Hiyori, Nelliel, Tier, Rangiku, Toshiro (fem).