Welcome back everybody to another chapter of BotS! I rewrote the first couple chapters to not include anything about the gamer ability, they are shorter as is this fic as a whole but now it should flow smoother overall. Please let me know if I missed anything there and I hope you enjoy this chapter! I give you our feature presentation!

Momo Hinamori was walking the ways of the 5th as she kept watch for the invading Ryoka. They had just received word that the 3rd and 5th seats of the 11th were defeated and that slightly worried the Lieutenant of the 5th. She knew she had earned her rank but she still couldn't help but feel worried that maybe the Ryoka were more powerful than her superiors gave them credit for. Granted they had captured one of them but she was cautious nevertheless.

"Hey Momo, what're you doing out so far from your barracks? I'm sure Aizen-taichou has a lot of paperwork with the invasion going on." Momo jumped in surprise as Toshiro walked up beside her.

"You shouldn't sneak up on me like that Shiro-chan." She giggled under her breath as she felt the air chill as the child captain bristled.

"It's Hitsugaya-taichou to you!" He had no anger behind the words and Momo let a small comforting smile grace her features. This was okay, this was fine. She rounded the corner of one of the buildings and froze. Toshiro almost bumped into the lieutenant but stopped himself short.

"Momo?" Concern laced his words as he peered around her and he realized why she froze. He flinched as reality caught up with his friend and she let out a shrill, high-pitched scream. The Taichou could feel the signatures of the surrounding lieutenants as they responded to her scream. He felt for her. He was her crush after all.

Looking down he let the others pass and start to cordon off the scene as Momo stared, fixated on the spot. It was like watching Kenpachi when he fought. So horrifying you couldn't stop looking. He shivered at the thought of the man and briefly he could have sworn he was being assessed. He brushed the thoughts away, right now his friend needed him, she needed all of her friends if she was to make it. He could already feel the hatred start to make her reiatsu fluctuate.

She couldn't look away, it was a horrifying fascination with the scene before her. The body of her captain impaled on a large white pillar with his own zanpakuto sticking out of his stomach. She couldn't believe it, her captain was strong, he wouldn't have fallen so easily. He was also impaled by his own blade with meant it had been taken which also means whoever killed him was captain in strength.

Finally able to look away she gazed at Shiro. He couldn't have done this as it was fresh but that still left 11 other captains. Mayuri-taichou wouldn't have left the body, she had a faint idea of what he did to those hollows he had killed. There wouldn't be a body left if it was Kenpachi so that was two more down. Komamura-taichou wouldn't have done it, he was too loyal to the Soutaichou. Speaking of him, he wouldn't kill his own captain and that also excludes Kyoraku-taichou and Ukitake-taichou. Tousen-taichou fell under the same flag as Komamura-taichou. That left Soi Fon-taichou, Ichimaru-taichou, Unohana-taichou, and Kuchiki-taichou. Unohana-taichou wouldn't have done it either. Momo shook her head as she kept to her thoughts. Kuchiki-taichou was too into the laws, almost as much as the Soutaichou. Soi Fon-taichou wouldn't have made such a display and would have been cleaner overall. That left only one possible option.

"Ichimaru-taichou." She hadn't even realized she spoke the name out loud. Toshiro looked at his friend questioning as he felt the snakes reiatsu close on them, unusually unsuppressed. This was odd. What made him forget to suppress his reiatsu?

"Momo? What are you talking about?" She tilted her head to face him, he could see her mind starting to tear as it sank in what had happened. Instead of waiting for a response he hugged her. Izuru and Shuhei walking up and standing on either side of them. A protective circle as Momo lost herself in her friend's arms. Then everything was ruined as a presence made itself known.

"My, ain't that a shame. Captain Aizen was a good man. I bet whoever killed him took great joy in finishing him off." The grin on the man's face never wavering for a moment, even as a noticeably angry Toshiro whipped around to face his fellow Captain. Izuru stood, not sure who he should side with here and Shuhei drew his zanpakuto. Momo was fixated on the captain as her reiatsu flared in anger.

"Why?" It was a simple question but the malice that dripped from her words was a testament to the lieutenants fury. Gin tilted his head with his grin never wavering.

"Why what? Why am I here? I was simply passing by when I heard the cries of one of our precious lieutenants. As a respectable captain, how could I ignore such a call?" Momo went to draw her sword but Toshiro put his hand to her head and she passed out as the young captain used a kidou on her. He sighed, the anger that coursed his veins wouldn't go away before he had to deliver the report but it had to be done. They had just lost a captain and in the middle of an invasion no less. The threat level of the Ryoka just shot up. Once he found who hurt Momo, he would make them pay.

Tatsuki and Chad were sprinting down the length of a stone hallway as the chorus of screams and shouts. The pair had not been as lucky as the rest because everyone in squad 11 was on their tail and they couldn't just fight them all, that would be a waste of time so they decided to just try to run while Tatsuki put up the occasional wall of dirt to block their way.

"We really need to think of something to get these guys off of us." Chad nodded and they turned to find themselves in a corner. No way out.

"You could use the smokescreen?" Tatsuki hit herself on the head as she didn't think about that before but now where to go when she used it. There! She spotted the grate to some lower level of the roads. It was their best chance. Pointing it out to Chad she used the ability of her zanpakuto and a cloud of dust expanded outward as they both jumped into the grate opening. Peaking around and spotting a shinigami with their back turned, Tatsuki hurriedly closed the grate and jumped down to join Chad below, only to land in front of a really scared shinigami holding a broom.

"Ah don't kill me!" Well, this was a problem.