I am back and with the fifth chapter. I apologize for the delay. I hope you enjoy the story so far. Again, I will be posting this fanfiction once a week. Please do not impose any negative comments, harsh criticism or thoughts. Constructive, positive and thoughtful criticisms are accepted.

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Icestar123

Chapter 5

It didn't take long for Ichigo and Rukia to shunpoed their way towards where Yuugi and the others are. Now that he had gotten his Soul Reaper powers back, it made it much easier to detect where their spiritual pressure is. Plus, the atmosphere in the entirety of this plan was extremely heavy and dark with terrible spiritual pressure. It was almost like he was in Hell, except he was not. Hell was much more suffocating than this.

"Did you sense that?" Ichigo asked.

"Yeah. We are close." Rukia agreed. Ichigo nodded. They soon approached in another warehouse. Walking in cautiously, he grabbed his hilt to glance around. The first thing he saw was Yuugi panting and the Millennium Puzzle was pulsating with spiritual energy. The Pharaoh wanted out. Wanted to help Yuugi through this battle. Looking at the lifepoints, he was only down to 500 lifepoints left.

"Yuugi!" Ichigo called with wide eyes. His teeth gritted, he whipped out Zangetsu and started to charge towards the hooded figure. A barrier bounced him back, earning a grunt as Ichigo skidded back. Yuugi's eyes widen and turned to look at Ichigo.

"Ichigo? Is that you?" Yuugi sounded bewildered.

"We came to help you. Plus the spirit of the Pharaoh is calling out to you." Ichigo spoke.

"I can fight him on his own. I want to prove to my other half that I can do it." Yuugi told Ichigo."Let me fight Ichigo. I can do it." Looking at the other opponent's lifepoints, it was down to a 200. They were closely matched it seems.

"Alright, I trust you Yuugi. But promise me to not die you hear me?" Ichigo spoke.

"I promise." Yuugi nodded with a smile before back at his opponent with a glare.

"You are already at the brisk of death. And yet you are so hopeful. Sooner or later, the shadows will swallow you and you will no longer be able to fight back any longer." The dark figure grinned."Now Dark Horus attack Yuugi's Dark Magician!" The monster growled and opened its mouth to blast towards Dark Magician.

"Not so fast! I activate Magic Cylinder! This trap card counters your attack and shoots it back to you! It's over dark figure!" Yuugi revealed his trap card and deflected the attack, letting the blast went straight back towards the dark figure. A scream initiated, followed by the disintegration of the figure into dust. Soon, Yuugi and his friends were free and he slowly began to slump. Ichigo ran and caught him in time.

"Hey, you alright? Talk to me Yuugi!" Ichigo asked with worry. Yuugi soon opened his eyes before a wary smile rose from his lips.

"Yeah….I'm good. Thank you for trusting me Ichigo. I'm thankful my other half also trusts me as well." Yuugi murmured with relief. Rukia meanwhile ran towards where Joey, Tea and Tristan are, now freed by the battle occurring. She tested their pulses. Luckily, they were alive and well. Just unconscious. Rukia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ichigo they are alive, just unconscious." She called out towards him.

"That's a relief." Ichigo replied back to her words and also with a relieved sigh as well. At least, it was better. Ichigo turned back to Yuugi who looked pretty beaten up.

"How did they ended up like that?" Ichigo asked.

"It was a trap to lure me in and harm my other half. I have to protect him. So I did what I can to protect him. It's the only way I can do this in order to save him. And I'm glad he agreed." He touched the Millennium Puzzle. It glowed a little as if resonating with Yuugi. At least, Ichigo noticed the spiritual pressure around the Puzzle grew a little. He smiled a little.

"Let's get you guys back and also Joey, Tea and Tristan also." Ichigo offered."Rest is what you need right now."

"Yeah…that's a good idea." Yuugi agreed with a nod. Nodding, Ichigo went to help Yuugi up. Around this point, Joey was the first to stir awake.

"Huh? What happened..?" Joey groaned, rubbing his head a little."Yuug? What happened!? You are hurt!" Joey was quick to get up and looked at his face with concern. Yuugi chuckled and waved a little.

"I'm fine Joey. I was just duelling a dark entity so I can save you guys' lives." Yuugi replied and with a smile.

"So that is what it was. I was knocked out before I could even struggle against my kidnapper. That bastard…! I'm glad ya dealt him a good blow." Joey grinned and patted Yuugi's back. Then looking at Ichigo his blinked."Did ya change into a cosplay or somethin'?"

"What? No! This is my powers. This is my Soul Reaper form Joey!" Ichigo, bewildered stared at Joey.

"How did ya even get it back?" Joey looked shocked.

"Reiatsu Fruit. Strangely enough, our enemy in our world helped us regained our powers back." Byakuya's voice spoke as he walked in with Renji. Ichigo turned with shock. Rukia looked just as surprised.

"Byakuya! Renji!" Ichigo looked surprised."Don't tell me Aizen also—"

"I don't know what he's planning Ichigo, but the fact he gave us the fruit meant something." Renji spoke."But what the hell happened here?"

"The beginnings of trouble." Ichigo answered with an angered look in his eyes."It nearly put Yuugi and his friends in danger."

"Whoa whoa you gotta catch me up! What is this Reiatsu Fruit thingy majing?" Joey asked with confusion.

"I would like to know also if you don't mind." Yuugi pepped in with a smile. Byakuya sighed.

"The Reiatsu Fruit is a very special fruit grown in our gardens that is plucked fresh only for those who are travelling to other dimensions that do not exist in our world. It is to fuel us in order to give us the power to use our Soul Reaper powers in any dimension. It also gives us the alternative portal to travel back to Soul Society to report back what is going on. However, we cannot travel back now unless we finish dealing what is going on here." Byakuya explained.

"And who is this Aizen guy?" Yuugi asked, looking up towards the older people.

"Traiter to Soul Society." Renji replied with clenched teeth and fists."He had dealt with much harm in our world and ultimately nearly pulled Soul Society apart. I can only assume Aizen is now working with whoever enemy is here in this world. However, he feels constricted and unable to do anything. Which is why he would go this far to give us the fruit to eat and give us leeway towards Soul Society and back to this dimensional world."

"For him to go so far, he must know how to predict the future." Yuugi's other half switched then and it was the spirit of the Pharaoh."And the calamity must be great that it would cause terrible destruction."

"Even Aizen can't overpower whoever is handling this?" Ichigo breathed with wide eyes.

"I'm afraid so." Yuugi replied gravely."We must hurry. It could impose great danger in both worlds."

"Yuug, we will fight it together." Joey looked at Yuugi. Yuugi smiled.

"Of course we will. Friendship bonds are stronger than anything we can ever imagined." Yuugi promised."Do not worry. I will assist in anyway I can to stop this darkness from overtaking this world."

"Heh, good because I won't let go whoever dares to try and create danger in both of these worlds. I will do my best to protect the best I can." Ichigo vowed but with a grin.

"But we must warn Soul Society about this." Renji sighed."This is gonna be a huge pain in the ass."

"We must let them rest. The battle they fought is needed." Byakuya spoke as he pressed his palm again, transforming back to his more normal clothes. Ichigo sighed and changed back to his human form also.

"Let's go then." Ichigo initiated.

"Run Orihime! Hurry!" Uryu urged anxiously as they ran. Some flying figures were above their heads they dashed. Shit, they were in danger. And they don't have their powers with them either.

"What is going on? Why are they after us?" Orihime asked. Her hands were covering over her head in worry and fear.

"I don't know! All I know is that we are in danger!" Uryu responded while running. The figures cackled.

"Run all you want, little ones. Sooner or later, our Master will have you under his rule and bowed before him." They hissed together.

"We are under nobody's rule!" Uryu snapped and found a rock and threw it at the figures. It caused them to fly back a little, giving enough space for them to continue running.

"Naive. You will pay for what you said for insulting the Master!" The figures snarled and started to fly faster towards them.

"Dammit! Duck!" Uryu commanded. The two of them ducked just barely missing by an inch of their sharp talons. They soon returned back to running as fast as their feet can carry them through. Just then a sound of shrieks followed by kicks and punches issued. Then it went silent. Uryu blinked. He slowly turned back.

"I'm glad I came in time before anything gets sticker than this." Came a familiar voice. Yoruichi.

"Oh my gosh thank goodness you are here!" Orihime, relieved ran to Yoruich to hug her. She chuckled and hugged her back.

"Come on, take these two fruit. They will get your powers back so you can fight here also." Yoruichi showed the two fruit on her hand. Uryu's eyes widen.

"The….Reiatsu Fruit." Uryu frowned."How would this work against a Quincy?"

"It would make no difference whether you are a Quincy or Soul Reaper. The fruit they take will be no less the same." Yoruichi replied."Come on, eat it. We need to also get back to Ichigo and the others as well." She added. They didn't ask anymore questions. They took the fruit to eat. Uryu immediately felt power pulsate through him once more. He pulled his glove out and put it on and just like that, formed the bow on his hand with the Quincy arrow.

"This feels too good to be true." Uryu murmured as he retreated his bow and arrow back."How did you even get this fruit?"

"Aizen begged me to eat it also but also to give this towards you, Orihime and Chad. I do not know what he was planning, but he sounded pretty desperate. It's like he is being controlled. Aizen, controlled. It blows my mind." Yoruichi shook her head.

"That's impossible though! Aizen is the most powerful amongst the rest of the Soul Reapers!" Orihime gasped.

"I know which is what makes it so particular." Yoruichi sighed."Either way, we need to find Chad. We don't have much time either."

"Right." Both of them agreed.

To be continued...