Chapter 7: Back To The Soul Society

After they took care of the fake Toshiro, the group went over to Kisuke's to get this whole thing sorted out. Kisuke was more than a little surprised to see that now Ichigo had a second zanpakuto spirit inside his soul now, and that showed with how intrigued he was.

"So let me sort this all out Ichigo." He started when they were in a room with a table and he was staring at Ichigo more than his computer monitor. "You faced off against this fake Toshiro, grabbed his blade, and somehow transferred Hyorinmaru into your soul? Am I getting that right?"

"Yeah. Pretty much." Ichigo said to him nonchalantly as he sat next to Halibel and Yoruichi.

Kisuke was more than a little dumbstruck by how easy going Ichigo was reacting to all of this. It was an impossible feat to do, taking a zanpakuto spirit and transferring it into one's soul that is. If Ichigo could now do this, then who knows just what else he could do with all that power. Kisuke refocused and typed back on his computer to get whatever information he needed to understand this situation fully. He stopped after a few seconds and looked to the others around him.

"Well it seems that somehow somebody was able to cut off access to the soul society." He said in a nonchalant tone. "They somehow cut off the Dangai Precipice world from this one. Meaning that its impossible to get back there."

"So how are we supposed to get back?" Rukia asked him.

Kisuke typed on his computer some more and tried to come up with an answer only to have nothing. He sighed out. "I don't know yet, but I will come up with something in due time." Kisuke was trying to reassure everyone there when in actuality, he really didn't know how he was going to fix this problem. That was when Kyoka decided to materialize herself behind Ichigo.

"Well I might know a way back into the soul society without using a Senkaimon." She said, surprising the group.

"Really Kyoka?" Ichigo asked her. "What exactly do you have in mind?"

All eyes were on her now as she smiled widely at them and snapped her fingers. A garganta opened up behind her and everyone could tell that it led straight into the soul society. "Aizen had an idea of being able to open a garganta that could lead to the soul society rather than to Hueco Mundo." Kyoka started. "He would've used it if he wasn't so overconfident in fighting everyone in the fake he knew about."

"Well then." Kisuke started, getting everyone's attention. "If that's the case, then Ms. Kujo can stay here at the shop while the rest of you deal with whatever it is that's going on." He looked to Tatsuki and grinned under his hat. "If you don't mind Tatsuki, you can stay here and train to become stronger. I sense that you have powers of your own, so it would only make sense."

Tatsuki nodded and had to watch as the rest went through the garganta. When the seven left, Tatsuki went down to the training grounds to train with her powers.

For Ichigo, Halibel, Orihime and Nel, this feeling of entering and traveling through the garganta felt familiar to them. The others, not so much. They followed close together as it was mainly Ichigo using his mass of energy to from a large bridge that looked completely stable compared to his last attempted one during the war. As they reached the end of the tunnel, there was light shining towards them as they came closer to the exit. Once through, they were greeted by many soul reapers and lieutenants that were prepared for a fight, but they eased when they saw the familiar faces of ones such as Yoruichi, Rangiku, Rukia, and even Orihime. It was Halibel, Nel and surprisingly enough Ichigo that were causing the uneasiness around them all.

"Ichigo?" A familiar voice said as he went up to the group. To Ichigo's surprise, Renji was the first to approach him and sheath his blade in the process.

"Hey Renji." Ichigo started in a slightly upbeat tone at seeing his old friend again. "Been a long time, huh?"

Renji simply had a stunned look on his face at seeing Ichigo dressed up like this, and with his powers back as well. This was absolutely strange. "Ichigo. How are you even-"

"Its a bit of a long story Renji." Ichigo interrupted. "I'll tell ya later when I figure it out myself, but for now could you kinda tell them to ease off of these two." Ichigo pointed over towards Nel and Halibel who were almost surrounded by the soul reapers there.

"Why exactly are hollows here with you in the first place?" Renji asked him.

Before Ichigo could answer though, Toshiro (the real one) flashed over to Halibel with his blade pointed straight at her covered neck. "How in the hell are you still alive?" He asked through gritted teeth as his anger started to grow.

"Captain." Rangiku stepped in to try and calm her captain down. "They're with us. It's okay."

Toshiro wasn't really listening as he remembered seeing Aizen cut Halibel down with his own two eyes. She should be dead from her original injuries. So why wasn't she? It was a tense moment indeed and became even tenser when Ichigo stepped in front of him. Toshiro was surprised to see Ichigo and a little terrified at the hard look the teen was giving him. Ichigo looked supremely pissed at the fact that Toshiro was pointing his blade at one of Ichigo's girls, and that showed in his hard gaze. Toshiro pulled away and regained a bit of his composure to ask the obvious question.

"Kurosaki? How did you get your powers back?"

Ichigo lightened his gaze and gave the child captain a smirk. "Still trying to figure that out myself, but for now I think you should tell everyone here to ease off of Halibel and Nel. As in right now."

Toshiro didn't want to test that hard gaze once again and ordered everyone around him to lower their blades to the two arrancar. Before anyone could relax though, many other spiritual energies appeared around the group. Every other captain and lieutenant showed and were all shocked to see that Ichigo was standing in front of them all dressed in a strange soul reaper outfit.

"Ichigo Kurosaki?" The head captain started in a surprised tone. Ichigo looked to the old man and crossed his arms while also smiling at the shocked expressions on everyone's faces.

"Hey guys." Ichigo started in a jovial tone. "Been a while hasn't it?"

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