As soon as Shinji heard those words come out of Kisuke's mouth, he abruptly stood up and started to make his way out the door, but a hand on his shoulder made him stop and he turned his head slightly to his left to get a glance at Kisuke.

Shinji growled under his breath. Shinji wasn't one to get mad easily, but just hearing that he would have to go back to that shitty place just struck a nerve.

"Hirako-san I know you don't like it, but it's something that I really recommend you do." Kisuke explained hurriedly

"Oh, and why dontcha enlighten me Scientist-san." Shinji sarcastically drawled out

All of a sudden Kisuke went back to his cheery attitude as if he didn't just tell him some really dangerous shit.

"It would be my utmost pleasure Hirako-san." Kisuke exclaimed with a deep bow.

Shinji just sweatdropped in response.

Like last time Kisuke went back to serious mode and started to give out his explanation.

"The reason why I want you to go with Kurosaki-san and his friends, Hirako-san is because of Kurosaki-san's predicament." Kisuke explain, with his white fan covering up most of his face.

"And what would that predicament be." Shinji said with droopy eyes.

"Kurosaki-san has a inner hollow"

At that Shinji froze, he knew how bad it is to have an inner hollow, the bastard's been stuck in his head for 110 years, and it takes all of his mental resistance and willpower just to get the bastard to shut up and let him go with his daily duties. The worst times is when he's trying to take a shit and the hollow would end up commenting on how long he's taking, or how bad it smells. Not only that but he would also comment on every female he sees, be it his kin or just some random chicks he would see in the streets.

Halting about thinking about his problems, Shinji's gaze focused back on Kisuke and he narrowed his eyes.

"How can ya tell ?" Shinji asked skeptically

Kisuke just sighed and started another long explanation, which in turn made Shinji groan. "Well you see Hirako-san, when we were trying to get Kurosaki-san's powers back from the use of the shattered shaft, something strange happened. At the last couple minutes when he started to form into a hollow and I was getting ready to kill him, a sudden surge of Shinigami Reiatsu exploded from the shaft and it was pushing all of us back. That wasn't the strange thing though, I didn't only sense a Shinigami's Reiatsu, but I also felt a hollow's as well, like they were fusing together in some sorts, do you know where i'm going with this, Hirako-san."

Shinji couldn't deny it, he knew exactly what he was talking about, he felt it all those years ago when everyone was getting infected by Aizen's hollowfication.

Continuing, Kisuke started to finish up "When Kurosaki-san jumped out of the shattered shaft and landed right in front of us, I saw something that made me freeze, and i'm guessing you already know the answer ?"

Shinji just gave out a sigh and responded. "It was a hollow mask wasn't it"

"Correct, Kurosaki-san not only appeared with his broken Zanpakuto but he also appeared with a white skeletal hollow mask on his face. When he removed it and crushed it I could feel the power coming from it."

Shinji just pinched the bridge of his nose in response. He couldn't believe but a simple Substitute Shinigami was also a Visored. This day was just getting worse and worse.

"Well, looks like there's another one of us, bossman"

Upon hearing his annoying hollow's voice in his head,he scowled and did his best on just pushing the bastard to the back of his mind, not wanting to deal with another headache.

"That's not really nice, we've been best friend's for over 100 years and you're treating me like this, I want a refund"

"Shaddap will ya, we're not friends and we'll never be, yer just some parasite that got stuck in my damn soul"

"Temper temper, you don't know what'll happen if you get too mad" His hollow added mockingly.

Shinji growled under his breath, and started to take deep breaths to calm himself. After doing so he looked back up at kisuke and asked him. "And why do ya want me to go with Strawberry-chan."

Smiling and snapping his fan closed, he told Shinji his simple plan. "It's simple really Hirako-san, all I want you to do is go to Soul Society with Kurosaki-san and his friends, and make sure he doesn't ending up turning into a complete hollow, because we both know on how that would turn out."

Images started to pop up in Shinji's head, Central 46 deeming them guilty and wanting them to get executed for something that got forced upon them. Escaping Soul Society, having to look over your shoulder to make sure no one's trying to kill you, or any Shinigami spotting you and reporting back, in reality, he's surprised they made this far in their lives without getting caught. He also knew that it wouldn't be as simple as Kisuke explained it to be, watch over some brat, make sure he doesn't turn into a nightmare, and save his midget girlfriend, sounds easy right, but no, in reality they have to make sure they don't get caught by any of the 10,000 Shinigami residing in the Seireitei, try not to get killed by any of the Taicho's, save his midget girlfriend, go back to the human world and hide for the rest of their lives. If Shinji wasn't in Kisuke's debt he would immediately decline and just go on with his life, but, since he's done so much for them he knew he couldn't.

With a heavy sigh, a weight on his shoulders and another large headache, Shinji nodded and responded with. "Alright I'll help ya, but only because ya helped us out over the years."

With a sense of relief, Kisuke smiled and thanked Shinji repeatedly.

Waving off the thanks, Shinji got up and started to make his way out, when Kisuke's voice stopped him. "Remember Hirako-san, Kurosaki-san isn't just some random kid, he's your kin now and remember what you said about your kin."

Sighing, Shinji left with a "No matter what happens, I will protect them with my life."

With those words, Shinji departed and made his way back to the warehouse