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Chapter 1
Laying on top of a tree, was a slim toned young man of average height, sporting chocolate brown hair that ran down just past the nape of his neck. Possessing sky blue eyes, and wearing the standard Shinigami outfit, his sword strapped to the right hand side of his outfit.
As for the sword itself, it was a katana which possessed a golden star like tsuba with five points decorated with diamond shapes on its corners, with the handle being a similar colour to his eyes.
His name is Sakuto Aizen.
Right now, he was fiddling with a necklace that he kept mostly hidden within his robes. A beautiful golden locket like chain that hung from his neck. Though he didn't open it, he simply stared at it, contemplating a number of different things.
However, that soon was stopped when he felt a new presence coming closer.
"Sakuto-kun! Sakuto-kun! Down here!"
Sakuto gazed down to the ground.
Standing there was a cute young girl. Possessing brown eyes, her black hair was pulled back, held in a tied cloth. Wearing a similar outfit to him along with her sword kept in a similar place to where Sakuto kept his own, the young girl leapt up to greet him.
"Hey Momo-chan, you're looking lively~"
"Thank you. But Sakuto-kun, what are you doing here? Did you come for food?"
Sakuto gave an amused look to the girl.
"Well, your food is the best ever Momo-chan. I actually came to see how you're doing, and of course my brother. Not been around for a few days, been super busy running some stuff, got a rare break so I had to come and see what was going on."
"Sorry, Captain Aizen is out at the moment, you just missed him. But I can't stay either, I've got a duty today involving a Hollow. I've got to leave soon."
Sakuto raised a brow.
"A Hollow huh? Anything noteworthy?"
"Apparently, its causing some issues within the human world. Difficult to track, but we believe that we've found it, so I've been sent to deal with it. Same for Rangiku-san. Though it shouldn't be that difficult, they're airing on the side of caution in case."
"Wise precautions. You want me to go with you Momo-chan?"
Momo gives an elegant smile, and shakes her head.
"I can't take the Vice Captain of Squad 13 away~"
Sakuto lightly laughed.
"Not at all, it wouldn't be a problem. Besides the fact that I've not really had much of a chance to fight much lately beyond crazy people coming after me-" Momo cringed, knowing how true that truly was and felt sorry for Sakuto. "-I'd love to go with you Momo-chan. Would give us a good chance to catch up."
Momo gave a bashful smile, staring at Sakuto who in turn offered a gentle smile in return.
"T-That...I mean...I-If you're worried about me, that's really sweet...b-but I'll be fine, don't worry~" Getting slightly flustered, Momo playfully pushes his right arm. "By the way, have you heard how good Shiro-chan has been doing lately? Shiro-chan's got a lot to deal with, but is doing very well~"
"Yeah, even if Rangiku-san tries to skip hers~"
"That's Rangiku-san for you, she's a really great friend, but poor Shiro-chan having to put up with her antics~" The two share a laugh, but then Momo checks the time, and exhales. "Seems like I have to get going Sakuto-kun."
Sakuto gives an understanding nod, and pats her head.
"Be safe Momo-chan."
"Thanks, see you soon Sakuto-kun."
The young man nods, and watches as Momo leaps off of the tree, and makes a swift exit, Sakuto showed a kind expression, and then stretched his arms, murmuring "Guess its time to get to work~" so he leaps off of the tree, and makes his way out of the Squad 5 barracks.
But he pauses when he noticed something lurking in the shadows.
Glancing at the area, he muses for a moment, before coughing into his hand.
"Nemu-san, is there something that I can help you with?"
Nemu, the girl in question, suddenly appeared before him. A beautiful young woman with her long hair tied into a braid. Slender, and youthful, the young woman wore in contrast to most Shinigami a short kimono which extends to her mid thigh, she was holding a book within her hands, that had Sakuto's name on it.
"Sakuto-sama, though I intended to keep my presence a secret as I did not wish to cause alarm, I was given away by something. I shall work on my stealth techniques."
Hearing her voice being rather neutral, not giving anything away, to most it would be difficult to discern what was going on inside of Nemu, though Sakuto was sure he understood what Nemu was trying to get at, beyond what she was verbally communicating.
"Haha, I'd say you hid rather admirably and as you said, you hid your presence rather well, though..." Sakuto noticed something, seeing the book had his name on the front of it. "What are you writing about Nemu-san?"
"I wish to study your day to day activities. I have come to the conclusion that if I follow you, I would understand Mayuri-sama's desires to face you, when you are a Vice Captain and he is a Captain. Logically, he is in a higher state of authority, yet he seems to become...filled with emotion when you and he come face to face."
Sakuto nodded slowly.
"I see...so you want to know why your Captain wishes to do what he wants to do to me?"
"Correct."
Sakuto was continuously understanding more and more about what Nemu was truly doing.
"Then that's easy Nemu-san, its because I don't let him get away with his disgusting behaviours. He doesn't like it, so he gets mad about it. Some of the stuff that he tries to pull are very questionable, if he wants to experiment, then he can do it if it brings no harm to others."
"Yes, I came to that conclusion. Though may I still study you from a distance?"
Sakuto briefly thought "Though she isn't anything like him personality wise, she's definitely got that curiosity and desire for knowledge from Mayuri-san. At least if she's following me, she isn't with that crazy man, maybe it would be good for her..." before nodding his head.
"I'll simply be doing my duties as a Vice Captain, but you're free to tag along as much as you want."
"Yes, thank you."
"Great, then lets get going."
Nemu nods, and brings out her book. While having a stoic face, she seemed to write something down, before placing the book back where it should go.
"Understood."
Sakuto gave a bemused look to the young woman, before he began walking away, so Nemu followed from the shadows, Sakuto wondered if she was merely gathering data, or she had some alternative reason for doing what she was doing.
A little while later, Sakuto began doing his usual duties, moving from one place to the other, with Nemu following behind him. She took notes whenever he greeted people. Either those of rank, or those that simply were essentially foot soldiers, she was heavily invested into doing what she wished to do.
On his travels, Sakuto came across two people.
One was his Captain, a man named Jushiro Ukitake, a man with a sickly appearance, yet a happy demeanour, possessing long white hair, and the standard outfit for a Captain, including the long white haori that they wore.
Next to him, was his elder brother Sosuke Aizen. Possessing a gentle demeanour, a similar outfit to the one that Ukitake was wearing. His glasses hung slightly down his face, his smile lit up upon seeing Sakuto.
"There you are. I was wondering when I didn't see you for breakfast Saku."
Sosuke greeted his little brother, who lightly smiled back at his elder brother.
"Haha, sorry about that Sosuke, I didn't have time to leave a message. Nanao-chan said that her Captain urgently called me to exterminate some Hollows together with her, then when I came by your Squad after finishing that, it seemed you already had left." As he said it, he turned to Ukitake. "Aah Captain, I've done all your duties, you can get some rest if you need to. You're not looking so well."
Ukitake waved his hand.
"No, I really should be..." As he began, he placed a hand to his chest, and had a pale face. "...Perhaps you're right. Still, I keep leaving things to you, when I'm your Captain."
Sosuke gave a refreshing smile.
"Do not worry about that, Captain Ukitake, I am sure my little brother is more than capable of running things if you're under the weather. He's a smart man."
"He has to say that because I'm his little brother~"
Sakuto playfully spoke up, with Sosuke showing a bemused look.
To Ukitake, it was one of the only times he saw Sosuke genuinely looking rather happy. Though he was usually happy, it seemed to spark more when he was with his little brother.
"Perish the thought, regardless of our familial bond, I'd praise your skills." Sakuto gave a thumbs up to Sosuke who in turn showed a soft smile. "Either way, I shall have to leave, I have some duties to attend too. See you for dinner, Saku."
"Wouldn't dream of missing it. Is Momo-chan joining us? Hopefully she is back by then."
"Yes, I believe she would want to...Momo is a treasure for sure."
With that, Sosuke walks off, leaving the pair behind.
Sakuto went to speak, when Ukitake lets out a pained breath, so Sakuto placed a hand on his Captains back.
"Come on Captain, back to bed."
"But there's some stuff I have to do..."
"Tell me what it is, and I'll make sure its done. Don't worry about the little duties, you've got the squad, delegate. Isn't that what Captain Kyoraku would say?"
Ukitake showed a soft expression.
"Thank you, yes you're right about that. Are you sure you don't mind? I've given you a lot to do lately on top of the other duties, especially from Shunsui. I know he likes you and Vice Captain Ise to work on Hollow hunts together."
"No worries~ I'm happy to do it~"
Ukitake gave a joyous laugh, as the pair walked off together.
Disappearing down the street, Nemu who was following, continued writing in her book about the dynamics between Sosuke and Sakuto, then Sakuto and Ukitake, before she vanishes, and continues her studies from a distance.
Walking through a training area nearby the barracks of Squad 13 filled with numerous trees, a short young woman with raven black hair with several strands of hair always hanging between her eyes, wearing the standard outfit for a Shinigami albeit a short sleeved version of the outfit.
Her name was Rukia Kuchiki, and she was searching for someone.
"Vice Captain...hmmm, you've been gone for a while..."
Scanning the area with her light shade of purple eyes, she couldn't see anything resembling the people that she was looking for.
When she came by a body of water, she placed a hand on her hip, nearby the sword that was strapped to her waist, and exhaled.
"Guess I'll have to wait, Vice Captain is quite busy after all-"
"Time to become my greatest experiment!"
Rukia stopped as if she had been frozen in time, she saw coming out of the shadows, a man who looked similar to a clown, with make up on his face that gave Rukia a fright. Wielding a sword that was golden in colour, and looked to have some kind of baby face on it.
Though he did have a clownish appearance, there was nothing funny about this man. His makeup and outfit choices didn't reflect how scary the man could truly be if he was attempting to do anything others might find terrifying.
When the clown looking Shinigami, who she recognized as Mayuri Kurotsuchi, was inches from her, he suddenly stopped, and gazed at Rukia, tilting his head in a very scary manner as his head bent more and more to the side with each passing second.
She was unsure of how to deal with him. He was eccentric, and had a tendency to do some very questionable things, she didn't want to have to deal with him.
"You aren't him! Just when I thought that I had finally found him...though you seem to have something of his, since I followed the energy signature to here..."
Rukia tried to collect her thoughts, seeing the wild eyes of the Captain before her focused solely on the young woman.
"...Y-Yes, I was given something by Vice Captain Sakuto, maybe you sensed that-"
"Where is he?" Rukia looked as if she didn't know by shrugging her shoulders, so Mayuri pulled forward with his hand clutching his blade. "I don't have time for this, tell me where he is, and I'll let you leave."
Rukia cringed at the annoyed tone, and how his eyes stared deeply into her very soul didn't help her either, she was sure that he was going to kill her if she even breathed wrong.
"I...I don't know where he is, I swear. I was looking for him, and, and I don't know where he is..."
Rukia was struggling for the answer, his eyes were very intimidating, and his body language was no better either.
"How dare he find all my data gathering bacteria and destroy it...damn boy, I have to try and plant even better hidden data gathering bacteria, then surely I will..."
Mayuri began to no one in particular, not even Rukia knew what was going on as Mayuri showed a dark smile.
Rukia felt like this would be the best time to check out, so she began backing away from the creepy looking Captain.
"Ooh, just wait until I get my hands on you boy, I will show you a scientist..."
Rukia continued backing away as Mayuri continued his ranting.
Faster and faster, she didn't take her eyes off of Mayuri.
That was until she felt something behind her.
She collided with something that was not a tree, but felt very sturdy like one all the same.
Hesitantly, she began turning around.
She saw what appeared to be a jagged blade appearing in her vision handing from the left hand side.
Steeling herself, she continued to turn, until she came across a giant man. Having bells at each end of his spiky hair, an eyepatch across one of his eyes and a hulking figure that could scare most due to the sheer size of him toppled with his gruff appearance, Rukia knew that this person was another Captain, Kenpachi Zaraki.
"You, seen your Vice Captain by chance?"
"..."
Rukia's voice failed her, only to see that Kenpachi was getting impatient.
"Did you not hear me or have you lost your hearing thanks to that crazy clown over there?"
Mayuri twitched his eyebrow, scowling at the annoyed looking Kenpachi.
"Y...Yes, I can hear you...but, I, I don't know where he is..."
Kenpachi let out a breath of annoyance, Rukia felt it deep within her the worry that could cause some problems.
"Damn it, and I thought that I'd be able to fight him. I even was going to take off my eye patch straight away!"
Suddenly, a small pink haired girl popped out from behind Kenpachi, peering over his shoulder, looking around.
"Ken-chan, I thought Saku-chan was here."
"Looks like he isn't here Yachiru."
"But Saku-chan always has the best sweets. And you looked forward to fighting him, right Ken-chan?"
"Yeah."
Rukia didn't know what to say, seeing out of the corner of her eye that Mayuri was approaching as well.
She was stuck between a mad scientist, and a battle hardened warrior, that both could kill her within moments if they so choose to do so.
When Rukia felt like this was a troubling time, she suddenly felt someone she was very familiar with.
Rukia turned with hopeful eyes, and saw Sakuto walking towards them.
The young man, upon seeing the situation, ventured closer towards the four of them.
Rukia also noticed that he was carrying three ice creams for reasons she didn't know yet.
"Rukia-chan, not thinking of fighting them are you? Because if you are...then as your Vice Captain, I'll stand beside you."
Rukia looked desperately at him, while Kenpachi's eye brightens, tightening his hand on his swords handle.
"There you are Sakuto! Leaving me with that clown when we could be fighting!"
"How can you call me a clown you brutish oaf!?"
Mayuri snaps at him, Rukia feeling the intense pressure, nearly collapses to her knees, when the young man stands beside her, petting her head.
Just then, Yachiru leaps from Kenpachi, and lands on the young man Sakuto's shoulder.
"Saku-chan! Candy!"
"Haha, I don't have any on me, but how about ice cream instead?"
"Yay! Ice cream!"
Rukia was always astonished by the fact Sakuto never seemed to be worried despite two Captains basically trying to square off against him.
Yachiru happily began licking the ice cream that Sakuto gave her while Kenpachi pushed Mayuri to the side, antagonizing the scientist Shinigami.
"Sakuto! Lets go and have a fight! This time, I wont wear my eyepatch from the beginning! I'll even let you have the first swing!"
Mayuri took offence to being pushed, and stormed right up to Sakuto's face, who in turn gave a bewildered expression back.
"Look you boy! You and me will settle the score here and now!"
Mayuri began taking out his sword, to the curious looking Sakuto.
"Geez, you really can't let things go, can you?"
Sakuto mused, as he licked some ice cream, offering the last one to Rukia, who in a daze, simply took it, and licked it with bug like eyes.
"I can't let things go?! You keep interfering with Nemu and my experiments! So you're the one who can't let things go! Speaking of, where is Nemu exactly?! That girl..."
Hearing the threat, Rukia wanted to head for the hills, Sakuto on the other hand kept his expression rather neutral.
"Because you treat her terribly, its exactly why I have to keep an eye on you and stop your outlandish behaviour towards that girl."
Mayuri didn't take kindly to that, while Kenpachi found it refreshing to see someone speak to Mayuri like he did.
"I am a Captain, you will bow down to me!"
Kenpachi snorted.
"Whatever you clown, stay out of our business. Sakuto and I have to fight."
Mayuri spun his eyes towards Kenpachi who was giving a scathing look right back.
"You too Zaraki! Don't think I forgot the fact you dared to come near me! Much less push me!" Mayuri got close to Kenpachi, laying a hand on his sword, and began pulling it out to the annoyance of Kenpachi. "So I'll give you this one warning Zaraki. Get in my way again and I'll-"
"Shut up."
Before he could finish, Kenpachi punched Mayuri in the head, sending him flying towards a tree, causing Sakuto to momentarily be astonished. Rukia was similar to Sakuto, quite astonished, while Yachiru hopped on Sakuto's shoulder continuously, saying "Amazing Ken-chan!" while Mayuri let out a scream of anger from the attack.
Sakuto looked towards Kenpachi, and whistled.
"Damn Captain Kenpachi, guess you are determined today. I suppose we should have a battle then."
"Heh, now you're talking."
Kenpachi looked very pleased, and practically pushed Sakuto along with him, beginning to lead him away.
Rukia didn't know what to do, until Sakuto called "Rukia-chan, meet me at Squad 13 Barracks, okay? This...it could be a little while." as he disappeared with Kenpachi, and Yachiru.
Rukia didn't reply verbally, and simply began walking away, seeing Mayuri on the ground, looking ready to have an all out fight.
However, what surprised Rukia next was the fact a young woman walked by, carrying what looked to be a notebook, having a near blank expression on her face. Though, Rukia saw the books title was "Sakuto." and it caused Rukia to look on in wonder.
"What was Vice Captain Kurotsuchi doing? Was she following Vice Captain Sakuto?"
Rukia didn't get any answers, as she saw the young woman vanish as did the others, so she began doing the same thing, getting further and further away from the ranting Mayuri.
Meanwhile, Momo was off on her own kind of mission. For this, she was partnered up with a young beautiful buxom woman with long and wavy blond hair, blue eyes, full lips, and a beauty mark located under the right side of her mouth.
Her name is Rangiku, who looked around the different areas that they were in, then down towards her left, looking right towards Momo.
"So, this is supposed to be a hunt for some Hollow?"
"Yes, that's right. Sorry, I know you're probably a bit busy, but it requested two Vice Captains for this one."
Answering swiftly, Rangiku raised a brow.
"No, don't worry about that. Its fun spending time with you. Though, I am surprised you didn't ask Saku-kun."
Momo paused briefly, and bit her lower lip.
"W-Well, I did think about it...But Sakuto-kun has been really busy lately, so I didn't want to put more stuff on him."
Rangiku developed a teasing face, and poked her cheek.
"Hehe, you're so cute Momo-chan, I'm sure that Saku-kun would have come with you if you asked him~"
Momo began pushing her fingers together in a cute manner, Rangiku gained a knowing look, and continuously nodded her head.
"W-Well...w-we're on a mission! W-We have to stay focused!"
Rangiku found it cute when Momo tried to dismiss what Rangiku was saying.
"So, what's it about this Hollow that required two Vice Captains like us? Is it strong? Gillian maybe?"
"Apparently, it can be fast. Faster than standard Shinigami, and even seated officers, so we've been asked to deal with it. I thought with your Zanpakuto, we could surround it, then I'd use mine to destroy it."
Rangiku gave an amused look, but seemed to be on board with it at the same time.
"Sure, that's fine with me. But, where is it exactly? I don't sense anything around here."
Rangiku murmured, looking around but found little to nothing of note. Simply old looking buildings, and deserted streets. It appeared as if it was something that no one thought to take care of, and was rundown.
"According to the investigating team, they've tracked it down towards this location, and had the area closed the best they could do. So, I guess we have to start searching."
Rangiku let out a breath, and stretched her arms.
"Aah, I hope it just comes out. I wanna go to bed, late night~"
Momo giggled awkwardly at the Rangiku, while the Vice Captain of Squad 10 herself seemed to be rather relaxed.
So, Momo wished to motivate her, thrusted her hand up to the sky.
"Lets go Rangiku-san!"
Rangiku showed a less than enthused look, but she was always willing to help a friend like the young woman.
So the pair set out, carefully looking down different streets and buildings of the abandoned area, but they saw nothing.
Ten minutes went by, and still nothing was shown to them.
"Aah Momo-chan...are you sure its here? Its hiding very well if it is."
Rangiku wondered, with Momo nodding.
"That is what information I got."
Rangiku folded her arms, as an uncomfortable feeling spread through her.
"Usually, a Hollow would've come out by now, to try and attack us. Yet, we've not seen anything. Seems to be hiding for some strange reason. And I still can't feel anything...this is very odd, something about this makes me feel on edge."
"Yes, you're right about that, I also feel a little unsure as well. There's something strange about it. But I am sure that together, we can deal with it."
Momo said it with a refreshing smile, only to momentarily pause when she took a step, and it seemed that she had lost a little balance in her legs, something that Rangiku noticed.
"Are you okay?"
Momo nods slowly, shrugging at what that momentary balance loss was.
"I don't know, I think so. Either way, lets keep going."
Rangiku nods, and together they continue on.
The pair were unaware that stalking them from the shadows, was a Hollow that seemed to be the size of a small animal, and it was releasing some strange kind of mist. Near undetectable to the eye, and scentless along with being soundless, the mist spread through the area, and began causing some strange reactions within Momo and Rangiku…
Two hours later, Rukia sat patiently waiting within the Squad 13 barracks, wondering when Sakuto would be coming back. If he and Kenpachi were still fighting. If the fight had been over already. Among other things running through her head.
Her thoughts would soon be answered when Sakuto came walking into the building, covered in dirt, and his outfit torn in places, walking as if he hadn't had a big fight, when she knew any fight with Kenpachi would be a huge deal.
"Hey Rukia-chan, sorry for being late. Captain Kenpachi wouldn't let me go until we had a few fights, you know how wild he is."
Rukia didn't know what to say, she looked at the young man up and down, trying to take in everything that was going on.
"Vice Captain...a-are you okay? Your outfit...and the mud, what kind of battle did you go through?"
Sakuto lightly laughed, and patted her head.
"I have said that you don't have to keep calling me that when its just us, right? And yes, I'm perfectly fine. The battle was of the usual variety, sword slashes, and cutting things up, the usual."
Rukia looks around, then bows her head, adopting a small smile.
"Yes, of course. So, what happened to you and Captain Ukitake this morning? I was searching for you for a while."
Sakuto thought for a few moments, then he adopted a light smile.
"Ooh...well, I went to go and deal with some trespassing Hollows together with Nanao-chan, quite urgent, then went to see my brother, met with Momo-chan though, then I found Captain Ukitake who had a bound of coughing fits, so I took him to get some rest. After that, I did the usual duties needed to be done, and took care of Captain Ukitake's duties as well, the paperwork sucks~ Then, I got ice cream for us. Was there something pressing? I didn't forget something, did I?"
Rukia waved her hand rapidly.
"No, not at all. Its just, I thought you should know that tomorrow, I'll be going to the human world. To Karakura town, I've got to patrol that town for a month."
"Yeah, I got the details this morning myself. I had Kiyone-san deliver the news to you. Guess she forgot to mention that part~"
Rukia lightly laughed.
"I see, that makes sense. She didn't say, so I was curious...either way, a month within this Karakura town. You have been there before, right Vice Captain? Do you have any advice for me?"
Sakuto sighed, petting her head once more, something that made her adopt a cute look.
"Remember. Sakuto." Rukia nods with a small smile. "So, advice huh...hmmmm, well if it is Karakura town, then there's a cute girl there that can see spirits. Don't be surprised if she notices you, she's a bubbly sweet girl so she would speak with you if you want to~"
Rukia was rather surprised, and curious at the same time on what was going on.
"A girl, can see spirits huh? She must have at least notable spiritual powers to be able to do that."
"Yeah, she's got growing spiritual powers, I've seen her a few times. It'd take a good time to get into, suffice to say that yeah she can see spirits, Shinigami and Hollows alike. Then again, Karakura town is a place that has strong spiritual power which attracts strong power..."
Rukia listened to what was being said.
Sakuto then laid his head back, and exhaled.
"By the way, are you going to tell your brother of this Rukia-chan? I'm sure he'd want to know what you're doing."
Rukia lowered her eyebrows ever so slightly, shaking her head.
"...Ah, to be honest Vice...I mean Sakuto, I am sure that he'd not be interested. He's busy anyway with his duties. That's how...my brother is."
Hearing the tone, Sakuto pushed closer, and sat beside her, peering into her eyes.
"Still not speaking to you huh?"
"No, he...no."
Giving some complex eyes towards him, Sakuto folds his arms as he gazed at Rukia kindly.
"I see... Want me to tell him? I don't mind."
Rukia gave a kind smile and a thankful one at that.
"That...would be kind, thank you Vice Captain."
Sakuto developed a mark by his head, then playfully tapped the top of her head.
"Sakuto, Rukia-chan."
Rukia gives a thankful look.
"Thank you...Sakuto."
"There we go. Not hard, right?"
Rukia showed a slight smile.
"Yes, you're right."
Seeing her sincerest smile, Sakuto nods in a single moment, then he recalls something.
"Ooh yeah, don't go without seeing me tomorrow. I've got a gift for you~"
"A gift? For me? What is it?"
Sakuto waved his finger.
"You will just have to wait and see what I've got for you Rukia-chan."
Rukia felt at ease, he was a rather easy going person, who liked speaking honestly, and openly. She was glad about that, it made it easier for her to approach her Vice Captain and share any concerns that she would have.
Just then, Sakuto stretched his arms, and cracks his neck left and right.
"Well, got some duties to do Rukia-chan."
"More?"
"Yeah, there's some stuff I need to run to a few different squads, coordinate some group efforts, things like that. Either way, need anything, give me a call."
Rukia nods in appreciation, and watches him leave.
Moments later, she saw the same figure again walking after Sakuto. Carrying the same book, and looking on with very neutral expression. She didn't give anything away, if she could do anything like that at all.
"Vice Captain Kurotsuchi...I wonder what she's doing."
Rukia mused within her mind, but couldn't come to any kind of conclusions about it either.
A small time later, a black haired young man with hair going past his neck, wearing a Captains haori, was casually writing something important within his room, with the window ajar, the young man felt something moving closer to the house he was in.
He didn't move his head, but felt a slight shift in the air coming from the window, and moments later, stepping out of the shadows, Sakuto casually walked towards the young man, his blue eyes looking around the room.
Byakuya stared at the young man from the corner of his eye, and as Sakuto went to speak, Byakuya did instead.
"I sensed you coming, losing your touch?"
Sakuto snickered, and walked closer, getting to the right hand side.
"Hmm? Should I have been more stealthy Byakuya-kun? I'll remember for next time."
Byakuya glanced at Sakuto when he used his name so informally, but he didn't say anything negative about it either.
"Is there something to discuss? Or did you come here to remind me to improve security?"
Sakuto thought for Byakuya, that was a pretty good joke, though since it was Byakuya, he thought that it could be serious.
"Rukia-chan is going to the human world tomorrow." Byakuya paused for a few moments, as Sakuto continued. "She'll be gone for a month, to Karakura town."
Sakuto folded his arms as Byakuya didn't reply.
So the young man spoke up.
"Is there anything you wanna say about it, Byakuya-kun? Or got any thoughts about it?"
Sakuto wondered, but Byakuya shakes his head.
"That is a Shinigami's role, especially one of her rank."
He didn't say anything else other than that, and went back to doing his normal work.
Sakuto took a few moments to read the room, and the expressionless face that Byakuya had on.
Rather than what was being said, Sakuto determined by the atmosphere exactly what wasn't being said.
He then placed his hands to the back of his head, and stretched.
"You know, I've saved up some holiday time recently, might take a vacation. Got any suggestions? So many places to see, so little time."
Byakuya paced his paper down for a few moments, his eyes briefly going towards Sakuto who gave a cheerful wave.
Byakuya then returned to his work.
"...You always seemed fascinated with the human world, Japan in particular."
Sakuto gave a refreshing smile.
"Yeah, I might go to the human world for a bit, see what's going on there. Should be easy enough to get permission." Sakuto lightly laughed, and stood tall, cracking his neck left. "Well, I've got to go, nice chatting with you Byakuya-kun."
"That is Captain Kuchiki to you, Vice Captain Aizen."
Byakuya corrected sternly, only for Sakuto to snicker.
"Really? It wasn't always like that, was it Byakuya-kun?"
He playfully teased, as Byakuya turned towards him.
By the time that Byakuya did that, Sakuto had already vanished off of the estate, and deeper into the Seireitei, Byakuya glanced out of the window for a few moments, not saying anything but thought about what Sakuto told him.
Exhaling, Byakuya noticed another presence moving away. He glanced out of the window, and saw the same woman that Rukia had saw beforehand, Nemu, carrying her notebook, seemingly following Sakuto for reasons unknown to him.
Not giving it much thought, he then went back to his work.
Having searched for a little while, Momo and Rangiku felt more drained than they really should be. As if they had run a marathon, yet they've done little more than a light sprint in comparison to their level of being tired.
"Something's wrong here. The Hollow has to be behind this."
Rangiku wondered aloud, Momo nods her head, and begins drawing her Zanpakuto.
"This wasn't in the notes I received about the Hollow. I don't know what's going on...maybe we should get out of here..."
Rangiku agreed with what Momo was saying, and began moving towards the left hand side.
"Yeah, this Hollow could be more dangerous than we initially assumed. Lets get going..."
As Rangiku said it, Momo noticed something to the right hand side. So she took a good look, and saw a small Hollow creature sat there.
"There it is! Rangiku-san!"
Rangiku took out her sword, and thrusted it out before her.
"Growl, Haineko!"
Using the release of her Zanpakuto, going into Shikai, the young woman's sword turns from a normal katana, to that of a sword made of ash, with the ash, flying around the handle that remained of her sword.
With a flick of her swords handle, the ash cloud shoots for the small Hollow which in turn leaps right, and avoids it, shooting out its own mist like attack, which were now thicker than the mist it used beforehand, and therefore visible to the eyes of the two Shinigami.
Rangiku returns the ash to her side, and uses it as a shield to block the attack.
Rangiku didn't see it damaging the ash, nor did it do anything she was able to notice, though she felt as if her concentration was beginning to weaken even more…
No, Momo realized what it was as she saw that the ash wasn't being damaged, and Rangiku herself seemed to be sweating a little more.
"Rangiku-san, its poison!"
"W-What?"
Rangiku panicked, so Momo explained.
"The mist, its poison! We aren't losing our powers or becoming fatigued...its a poison weakening our bodies, and even our...our ability to remain focused! Its affecting both our minds and our bodies!"
Rangiku growled when she heard that, so she turned her ash towards the Hollow, firing off several shots of the ash to try and pin it down, but it was rather fast, able to dodge each attack that Rangiku shot off.
Rangiku also had trouble keeping her eyes open, she believed what Momo said was true, she was losing her ability to focus, including that of focusing her spirit energy, and when she slipped for a moment, the Hollow used that chance to appear before her, with its mouth open, and ready to bite down on her.
Gasping, she thought she'd be done for as she tried recalling her ash, but it didn't move fast enough.
"Bakudo 4, Hainawa!"
Fortunately, she had backup, with Momo releasing a yellow robe made of energy towards the Hollow, fully wrapping around it, and binding it in place, momentarily stopping it, allowing Rangiku to recall her ash.
But the Hollow broke through Momo's Kido spell, and launched itself for Rangiku, who used the ash this time to block, push it away, then swung her ash towards it, cutting across its legs, drawing blood out of it, and dropped it down to the ground.
"Hah, now its time to be stopped. Haineko, lets go!"
Rangiku caused her ash to go towards the Hollow, and spin around it, sweat dropping from her forehead, and down to the ground. The poison seemed to have done more damage than she thought it would do. Staying focused became more difficult as a result, managing to create the twister of ash that surrounded the Hollow, leaving no point for it to escape, and caused some of it to be shredded as a result of said Hollow trying to escape.
Knowing that she was feeling even more tired, Rangiku turned to Momo.
"Momo-chan! Use your Zanpakuto!"
"R-Right." Placing her sword out before her, Momo released it as she called out its name. "Snap, Tobiume!"
With that call, Tobiume's blade straightens, becomes double-edged, and produces multiple prongs along its length at various intervals, possessing two that began lighting up with flames, where she leapt up into the air, and above the twister of ash.
Generating a fireball on her blade, Momo swung the blade down, and sent the fireball deep into the ash tornado, causing an explosion within the ash, annihilating the Hollow all together, with Momo landing on the ground, and panted, feeling her own body tiring.
"W-We did it...now we can..."
Before she could finish, she felt something behind her.
Rangiku also did.
They both turned, and saw Hollows going towards them, shocking the pair of them.
They tried to turn and fight, only for Rangiku to fall down to the ground at a loss of balance, while Momo felt too tired, and tried to swing her sword, only to miss the Hollow, noticing from the disappearing remains of the Hollow she killed, the poisonous mist had surrounded the pair, causing even more trouble for them.
Seeing the Hollows surrounding them, both Rangiku and Momo knew that they were in trouble...
A small time later, Sakuto walked through the streets of the Seireitei, and went towards the Squad 5 Barracks.
Nemu seeing no one around, got beside him, and walked with her book tightly within her hands.
"Nemu-san, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes, Sakuto-sama?"
Sakuto briefly looked at the young woman, seeing her neutral expression, he began to give a smile.
"Did you find anything out from your research so far?"
"I believe I am beginning to form some thoughts, though I haven't come to a conclusion yet. Witnessing your interactions with various Captains, it seems that your relationships differ depending on who you're speaking with."
"Yes, it really depends on who it is."
Nemu agrees, and continues.
"Though, there is one relationship that I have questions about."
"Oh?"
"Your relationship with Captain Aizen. I noted several changes in his demeanour when you were around one another which doesn't show around anyone else I have seen have interactions with him."
"I see, and what did that tell you?"
Nemu thought about it.
"I am, unsure. Sakuto-sama, what is it like to have a sibling?"
"Well...that's hard to define. It depends on who it is, I can only speak for myself of course, but I respect, and care for my elder brother. As with most siblings, we have disagreements and we have things that differ the way we think, but at the end of it, we care a good deal about one another. Why did you ask me anyway Nemu-san?"
"I wished to understand."
Nemu replied truthfully, though Sakuto felt that there was more to it than even Nemu knew about.
"I wonder...if she asked that, while thinking about why Mayuri-san treats her the way he does? I bet it probably would be confusing since he did create her, yet he's willing to treat her horridly..."
As he thought it, they turned a corner, and continued on.
Exhaling, he continues speaking with her.
"I see, well if you're unsure about anything, then you can always ask me. I'll try my best to answer anything you might have any questions about."
"Yes...Thank you. Then, I can study you for my research?"
Sakuto waved his hand, and continued to smile.
"Sure~"
Nemu bows her head, and vanishes from sight moments before finally arriving where Sosuke would be.
Upon arriving, he quietly slid inside of the barracks, and went towards the office of the Captain of Squad 5. However, when he walked towards the barracks, he sensed two strong spiritual energy signatures so he approached casually.
When he got to the door, he went to knock, when the door itself opened, and stood on the other side, was a man around his age, with short silver hair and a youthful appearance, wearing a similar outfit to his elder brother. With his eyes perpetually closed, it was hard to discern a few things about this man.
"Aah Gin-kun, what are you doing here?"
Greeting him casually, Gin didn't crack an eye open, yet gave a very peculiar smile.
"Don't mind me, I simply came to see your brother. But, what we talked about. Well, that's a surprise."
As he said it, there was a tense atmosphere within the air.
One generated by Gin himself.
Though Sakuto brushed it off, and seemed to be rather relaxed.
"Aah I see, planning my birthday party, right?"
Gin let out a small laugh.
"Yes, exactly. I can't spoil it, its a very big surprise for you after all. I'm sure you'll be...very surprised."
"I have always liked surprises, Gin-kun."
"Well, then I should continue my planning for your surprise birthday. If you'll excuse me. I have matters to attend to."
Giving nothing away, Gin walked by Sakuto.
For a brief moment, Gin opened his eye towards Sakuto, and they locked eyes with one another.
For even a single moment, the two stared at one another.
But then Gin simply turned his head, and left, with Sakuto glancing back behind him.
"Interesting company Sosuke. Not many people can be around him for one reason or another."
"Gin can be someone that is hard to read that is true which can lead to feeling uncomfortable, but he's a very interesting young man. Wouldn't you agree?"
"Ooh yeah, he's a very interesting guy, Sosuke." Sakuto entered the room fully, and sat down on a chair nearby. "Speaking of interesting company, Momo-chan not back yet? I thought she'd be done with a simple Hollow extermination by now."
"No, I haven't heard from her either. Perhaps I'll contact her, and see what's going on."
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
While Sosuke did that, Sakuto looked around the office, noticing various things about it. One being a picture of Sosuke and Sakuto as younger Shinigami, showing a fond smile as he stared at the image for a few moments.
However, he was snapped out of it when Sosuke spoke up.
"I can't get through, seems like something blocked my attempt."
Sakuto exhales, and places a hand on his Zanpakuto.
"We should go then. Just in case."
"Yes, it would be best. Lets begin where she was sent, and go from there."
Sosuke and Sakuto stand together, before leaving to go to the human world.
Arriving in the human world, within the general area that Momo and Rangiku would be in, Sakuto immediately took note of something, as did Sosuke.
"Feel that in the air, don't you Saku?"
"Very subtle, but yes. There seems to be traces of Hollow energy in the air, almost as if it is the air itself, near impossible to detect with normal senses alone." Feeling some before him, he tested the waters so to speak, and ran his sword through it while covering it in spirit energy. "...Hmm, doesn't seem to react to Reiatsu, so I'd have to say its probably the body this mist goes for. Whatever it does."
"I concur. Its best to not allow us to be caught in that."
"Then, since its Reiatsu based, we should be able to push it back releasing ours." He turned around to Nemu. "Nemu-san, you as well, okay?"
Nemu nods, and does what was needed, while Sosuke revealed a calm smile.
"I was about to suggest the same thing, Saku. Its good to see my little brothers mind at work."
Sosuke snaps his fingers, and a thin layer of his Reiatsu around him, which looked purple.
Sakuto did the same thing, and enveloped himself in his own Reiatsu, which gave off a golden light all around his form.
"Great, now to find them...huh, this Hollow Reiatsu makes things a little difficult to sense..." As he spoke, he gazed overt to the right after hearing noise, and saw an explosion. "...or we could see it happening with our very eyes."
Together, the brothers made their way over, with Nemu following after them.
Arriving at the scene, Sosuke and Sakuto saw the situation go down, with Momo and Rangiku surrounded by Hollows.
"..."
Sakuto accessed the situation, seeing the girls looking rather tired, and pale at the same time, while also taking a glance at Sosuke, focusing upon his brother for a moment.
With the Hollows surrounding Momo and Rangiku, one was readying itself to go after Momo, so Sakuto vanishes from his brothers side, and appears before Momo a moment later, with the Hollow having been cleaved in two.
Momo gasped, and looked up to see Sakuto stood there with his sword twirling within his hand.
"Sakuto-kun..."
"Are we...ever glad to see you."
Rangiku added with pained breath, so Sakuto exhaled.
"Sticky situation you girls got into. Looks like you've taken care of the main threat, I can't see the Hollow you were assigned within the mix." As he said it, Sosuke flashed to the right hand side of him. "Look Sosuke, seems like there's a group of Hollows, a good deal of them in fact."
Sosuke pushes up his glasses, Momo was relieved to see her Captain also being there.
"Indeed. It isn't unheard of that a group of Hollows can come together like this."
"Yeah, it only makes it easier for us to pick them off." While saying it, he looks over his shoulder. "Nemu-san, could you do me a favour and stay with Momo-chan and Rangiku-san and treat their injuries for me please?"
No sooner than he said it, Nemu appeared between the girls, giving them both a shock.
"Yes, Sakuto-sama."
"Thank you Nemu-san." Sakuto snapped his fingers, creating a barrier around the three women as Nemu began treating their wounds, then turned to Sosuke, and gave an intrigued smile. "Well, its been a little while since we've had a chance to team up."
"Yes, let me see how you've improved, Saku."
"I will be sure to dazzle you Sosuke."
Withdrawing his Zanpakuto, Sakuto twirled it around as three Hollows came in from the right, two from the left, and one from in front, and two from behind as well, so Sakuto aimed his sword upwards, then let out a breath.
A moment later, he does one massive swing of his blade, calling out "Hado 78, Zangerin." with a good deal of energy forming on his blade, before he swung it around himself in a perfect circle, releasing a circular Kido wave.
The circular Kido wave was strong enough to slice through all of the Hollows at the same time, splitting their bodies apart and their masks shattering with fragments flying all around the area, with blood shooting out all around, destroying them all in a single hit.
Sosuke looked rather impressed, as he saw five Hollows leaping towards him, shooting out various attacks towards him, so he holds out his hand.
"Hado 54, Haien."
From his hand, a purple flame is released, which comes into contact with the Hollows attacking him, the purple flames completely incinerates the Hollows out of existence, by spreading from the first one it hit. Creating a flaming mass before him, the Squad 5 Captain remained calm and collected.
"Haven't lost your touch, Sosuke. That power, I can feel the heat dancing on my skin from here."
"Thank you. Also, interesting use of Zangerin as well, letting them crowd around before releasing it. Both efficient and smart to use their nature against them to lure them to such an attack."
Sakuto smiles, as he sees a Hollow coming from the right, so he swings his sword, cutting through the body of said Hollow, splitting it down the middle, as Sosuke sees another shooting an attack from the left, he dodges, and then impales the Hollow with his sword going right through the mask, ending the Hollows existence.
Momo and the others watch from a distance as the pair are attacked by numerous Hollows. While the numbers were bigger than average, it seemed to be easily dealt with by the pair.
"Amazing...Captain Aizen, and Sakuto-kun...their teamwork is impeccable."
Momo mused and admired them both, watching as the pair danced around the battlefield with their blades moving through the air.
Cutting through the Hollows one or two at a time, and even weaved their attacks together. It looked to onlookers like a beautiful choreographed dance of sorts, with how elegant and in time they were with one another.
"Seems like more than average are here. Based on how they're acting, I'd doubt they had any kind of master plans, and are more acting on instinct. I wonder if that Hollow Momo-chan and the others were after attracted these Hollows."
"Good theory Saku, it would make sense as to why there are this many. Perhaps they wish to have that power, or simply were attracted by the energies gathered here."
As they spoke, Sosuke ducks as Sakuto thrusts his blade above him, piercing a Hollow, then Sakuto leaps up himself, and over Sosuke as the man himself comes by standing up, cleaving through a Hollow that tried to attack from behind Sakuto.
Moving in time with one another and cleaving through any Hollow that would come for them, they did so for about half a minute until only a small group of Hollows were left.
The pair glanced at one another then Sakuto gently smies.
"Then lets wrap this up shall we?"
Sakuto twirled his sword, as Hollows all come for him, flicks his hands out, and from his extending index finger, he calls out "Bakudo 4, Hainawa." creating a yellow energy rope that circulated the Hollows, and brought them together, unable to escape.
Sosuke then places his hand out, and sees the Hollows being dragged towards him by Sakuto, so he makes a stance, then does one single swing of his Zanpakuto.
Due to them being together, the Hollows couldn't escape, as his blade cleaves through each of them, cutting them down to the point that they couldn't do anything other than vanish out of existence.
Confirming all Hollows were finished, Sakuto made a relaxed stance with his hands behind his head, his sword sheathed while Sosuke casually pushed up his glasses.
"Like old times, huh Sosuke."
"Indeed. Despite the circumstances, it was enjoyable to spend time like this with you."
Sakuto exhales, and looks towards the others, seeing Nemu attending to Rangiku and Momo.
"Yeah, it was. Either way, its been dealt with now, its best get back, and see if they need further treatment." Sakuto went towards them, and into the barrier, bending down and smiling towards Momo. "Hey Momo-chan, Rangiku-san. Seems like some trouble happened huh."
Rangiku gave a coy smile.
"Momo-chan, looks like he came for you. Told you he would come."
Momo looked embarrassed by what Rangiku had said, as she gazed up towards him with gratitude on her face.
"Sakuto-kun...thank you for coming."
"Don't worry about it, lets get you back home and treated, okay?"
Momo nods as Sakuto glances towards Sosuke.
For a moment, they simply looked at one another, as the pair shared a smile.
Though Sakuto for the briefest of moments focused his eyes on his elder brother.
Then Sakuto went back to helping the girls out, looking over both Momo and Rangiku, furrowing his brows ever so slightly.
Later on during the night, Sakuto returned to the Squad 13 barracks, seeing that Rukia was sat near the entrance, on the decking, looking out towards the sky, so he went towards her, and sat down close by.
Rukia kept staring at the sky, Sakuto could see she was deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about Rukia-chan?"
Rukia momentarily paused, turning her eyes to Sakuto to see a supportive look on his face.
"Vice Cap...I mean, Sakuto."
"Hmmm?"
"Did you...see my brother?"
"Ah, yes I did. I told him, and he wished you luck."
Rukia understood why he said that, to give Rukia something even if it wasn't true, and she appreciated him for it.
"I highly doubt that, Sakuto. But thank you regardless."
"Why do you think he didn't?"
Rukia shrugs her shoulders.
"He isn't the type to do that."
"Maybe not outwardly, we don't know what he is truly thinking, you know? Maybe he finds it hard to say what he's thinking or feeling. Or he keeps distance for another reason. Maybe he's thinking about it. Though, I will say that he definitely was listening when I told him you were going to the human world."
Rukia's lips curl upwards ever so slightly, knowing exactly what Sakuto meant by that.
"He was...then, I am content." Rukia turns her eyes towards the sky. "Also Vice Captain?" Sakuto glances at her, and taps her on the head with a playful look, Rukia looks surprised, and looks towards him with a raised brow...but then understood, and continued on. "I mean, Sakuto?"
"Yes Rukia-chan?"
"Could we speak a little longer? Or, are you busy?"
"My duties have ended for the day, so I am all yours Rukia-chan."
Rukia fiddled with her fingers, and begins with "Sakuto..." but she pauses, and looks to the sky briefly, thinking about a few different things.
She then turns back towards him.
"Sakuto...its going to be weird, not seeing you for a month. I think I have gotten used to seeing you often."
"Same for me, I always like seeing you Rukia-chan. But, I'm sure that month is going to fly by."
"Yes...I am sure that it will do. In a way it feels like I'm leaving home. Is that strange?"
"Your Squad, can become something like a home. Its a place where you spend a lot of time with those in the Squad, with the Captain, Vice Captain and so on and so forth. So no, I don't think its strange at all. It means that you like being in this squad, and have a good attachment to us."
Rukia nods strongly.
"Yes, I really do like, being in Squad 13."
"Me too, Rukia-chan."
"You don't miss being the Vice Captain of your brothers squad?"
Sakuto thought about it for a few moments.
"He's great, I care about him a great deal, I liked being in the same squad as him. He's my big brother. But I also gotta carve my own path, and do what I can do, spread my wings and fly. That's a saying in the human world, I think. I really like it all the same."
Rukia could very much understand that.
"I see...yes, I understand very well. Spreading wings, and flying...yes, I like it, Sakuto."
Sakuto continues to smile, as Rukia gazes at him.
"One day, your brother is going to look at you, and see what you truly can do, Rukia-chan."
"You seem sure."
"I can see your potential Rukia-chan, and I am not just saying that because you are in my squad either." Rukia gives a bemused look as Sakuto develops a kind face. "One day, you're going to show everyone that potential, even Byakuya-kun will see what you truly can do."
Rukia was taken aback, and felt warmth spreading inside of her at his gentle supportive kind words.
"Thank you...Sakuto."
Sakuto and Rukia smile at one another, then turn their eyes to the sky, admiring the nights sky together.
Sakuto soon glanced at Rukia, who looked content enough, though he could see something within her eyes, that usually was there.
He lightly smiled at the young woman as he thought "You really do burden yourself about Kaien-san, don't you Rukia-chan? Even though...Kaien-san was proud of you in the end, Rukia-chan. Such burdens...I understand them well...right, Sosuke?" and sat silently, gazing at the sky, enjoying the peaceful times.
Meanwhile, Sosuke was sat within a secret area surrounded by various objects, and decorations that looked rather foreboding since it was devoid of colour beyond white.
Gin, when looking at Sosuke, could see that he was looking at an unseen image to Gin, wondering what it was Sosuke was thinking.
"Wasn't it risky, Captain Aizen?"
"Whatever do you mean, Gin?"
"That Hollow. Your brother. What would he think?"
Sosuke raised a brow for a moment, then lightly chuckled.
"A failed experiment for sure, it had no real use to me beyond seeing what it could do. Besides, it served its purpose."
"What was that?"
Gin wondered, but Sosuke didn't reply.
Instead, Gin simply saw Sosuke continuing to smile ever so slightly.
"And your brother, Captain Aizen?"
"There is no need to concern yourself with my brother, the same for Kaname. Leave him with me." Gin studied his face, but Sosuke gave nothing away. If he was happy, sad, or anything regarding his little brother. "With Rukia Kuchiki-san going to the human world, the plan begins."
"And your brother, Captain Aizen?"
Gin asked again, seeing Sosuke had ignored his previous question about him.
Sosuke said nothing for a few moments, and closed his eyes.
Then he lifted his lips up ever so slightly.
"Let us see how my little brother responds. I am sure, what moves he makes, will be rather interesting."
Not revealing anything else, Sosuke left it at that, and began to leave.
Gin watched on, wondering what was going through Sosuke's mind.
What his true thoughts were about Sakuto.
Though the only person who knew what Sosuke thought about his little brother, was Sosuke himself.
End chapter!
So, for those that weren't aware of the recent poll, and thanks to everyone that did, here is the new story!
Being the brother of Aizen, they have a very interesting relationship that will be explored further as the story goes on, especially with what Sosuke does in the story, what Sakuto will do and how they will interact going forward, along with seeing their past. He's the Vice Captain of Squad 13, and has a good relationship with Rukia, Mayuri and Sakuto have quite an interesting dynamic with how they react to one another. The same for Gin and Sakuto. Byakuya and Sakuto, we shall see where that goes later on.
So now onto some requests and suggestions that I have received via reviews, and been asked about via PM's, coming to the conclusion that Ichigo wont be in the story, however I am sure people will be wondering how would the Soul Society arc start, and things of that nature, all I can say is that the arc itself is going to happen, but in a hopefully surprising way, and what will happen in said arc.
Next, Nemu I have thought about her having a Zanpakuto. I thought about perhaps a poison type, and suggestions are always welcome.
Also, this is a harem, so suggestions for that, and anything else, always welcome.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!