They went to bed exhausted from the events of the day. They would need to rise early for the trial, which they had no idea what the outcome would be. On one hand Grimmjow was furious he wanted whoever that person was to die, but then again the figure had saved Ichigo and what he could figure his life as well. It had not been the figure in the black hoodie to cause all of the destruction within the soul society, but they were both somehow connected it seemed and keeping at least one under their control was a big accomplishment.

Both Ichigo and Grimmjow would just have to wait and see what would happen at the trial tomorrow, both on the fence about what was to happen to the figure confined in the dungeons.

In the dungeons the winds howled from just outside the lit dungeon cell. Captain Sui-Feng and Captain Abari stood just outside the bars keeping a watchful eye on the figure who now sat below the window quietly, it almost seemed as if they were asleep, but of course the figure was still wide awake preparing for the events of tomorrow.

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Trial of Deterrence

The hours just before dawn were devoid of life. The quiet stillness served only to amplify the silence, not even the crickets chirped their usual song. Ichigo and Grimmjow trudged their way through the streets not wanting to disturb the silent ambience of the morning air. Each step was taken with tense muscles ready to fight at any second, this intruder had shaken their confidence in the security of the Seireitei, not only had both intruders gone undetected in the soul society but the damage they caused was catastrophic and seemed almost effortless. Ichigo took in a long breathe and let out a quiet sigh, What kind of power do these people possess? They caused so much damage while having zero spirit energy, is that even possible?

Ichigo was starting to become lost in his thoughts when Grimmjow grabbed his slightly shaking hand as they continued to walk. Ichigo turned his head slightly to see Grimmjow having a small look of concern cover his face. Ichigo just let a small half smile cross his lips to give Grimmjow some reassurance that he was going to be fine. In truth, he just wanted this trial over and that person killed, then he might rest a little easier. The darkness of the night was beginning to lighten as the sun drew closer to the horizon symbolizing the start of what Ichigo hoped would be a short trial, but of course considering this person was of unknown power and origin, there was just no way this trial would be short. They continued to walk in silence Grimmjow still holding Ichigo's hand. They turned the final corner to see the rest of the captains walking in to squad one's headquarters just before the sun peeked over the horizon. Everyone walked with their muscles tense ready to fight.

The intruder locked in the dungeons had caused no disturbance through out the night and that had done little to calm anyone's nerves, in fact, it probably made everyone all the more on edge. Ichigo and Grimmjow walked up next to Renji and Rukia standing next to the entrance in a somber silence. Both had their gaze to the ground, Renji had his arms crossed over his chest while Rukia had her's tucked behind her back.

"How was the prisoner last night?" Ichigo whispered to Renji as he and Grimmjow stood still holding hands. It was a simple gesture but having Grimmjow holding on to him served as a solid anchor for Ichigo whenever he needed someone.

Renji blinked and let out a slow sigh as he turned his gaze up to look at Ichigo. "It was weird Ichigo, they just sat there under the window unmoving. The air all around the dungeon got really cold and dense, it was like the air itself weighed you down making it hard to move." His eyes showed a slight glimpse of fear as he let the words cross his lips. "I don't know what this person is entirely capable of but, something tells me that if they really wanted to escape last night, they could have."

Ichigo looked at his friend with concern, it did make sense that this person seemed powerful enough to escape easily on their own if they really did want to but, Kido seemed to be keeping them from going anywhere.

"Hey calm down Renji, they're bound by Kido right now so they're not going anywhere." Ichigo placed his hand on Renji's shoulder as a form of reassurance while the other gripped Grimmjow's hand even tighter. Grimmjow stepped closer to Ichigo and whispered into his ear, "We better get in there, and would you stop gripping my hand so tight I don't need a broken hand."

Ichigo turned around to give Grimmjow his usual scowl but, realized he was right and the sooner they got in, the sooner this trial would be over. He let out a sigh and ran his free hand through his spiky orange hair then gestured his head in the direction of the door and began walking in with Grimmjow in tow and Renji and Rukia following right behind.

The room was quiet, everyone stood in their usual positions but this time lieutenants were permitted to stand with their captain in case something were to go wrong, which everyone assumed was bound to happen. All were present except for Captain Zaraki and Captain Kurotshuchi who were responsible for bringing the prisoner up from the dungeons. Yamamoto sat in his usual seat at the head of the formation, waiting patiently for this prisoner to be brought before him. His lieutenant stood just behind his right shoulder while his zanpakuto was tightly gripped laying across his lap. Everyone stood on edge just waiting for the trial to begin, the air was tense and the quiet rustle of breathes seemed as loud as a shout in those drawn out moments for what was only a mere five minutes felt like an eternity.

When the doors finally opened every head turned to face the being pushed between the two captains. Mayuri held his usual grin as he continued to glance back and forth between the captains and the prisoner. His thoughts were racing as to what experiments he would be allowed to perform on such a fascinating subject. Kenpachi held his own attention not bothering to look in any set position, his usual boredom was replaced with an intense yearning to battle this being to see who was truly the better soldier. The prisoner held no particular interest to the intense situation created in the room, they seemed rather bored in fact. Their bare feet made small pattered noises as they moved along the wooden floor. The Kido still binding their movement from the waist up. The hood still remained keeping the figures face completely undiscovered.

Once the trio reached the center of the room the two captains bound the prisoner's feet to a pair thick chains restraining their movement even more to less than a side step in any direction. The chains were buried deep under the floor to hold tightly to whatever form of escape the figure dared to try. Kenpachi and Mayuri stepped away from the prisoner, moving to stand in their usual spot in the two column formation, their lieutenants standing quietly to their right. Now was time for the trial to begin.

A few breathes went by before Yamamoto began with the interrogation, his voice bellowed with stern determination. "Who are you?"

The room remained quiet, the captains' eyes all locked onto the figure before them just waiting for any movement. The figure stood quiet, showing no signs of choosing to answer the question laid before them.

"I will ask again, who are you and what do you want?" Yamamoto asked again, not only two minutes into the trial and everyone could see his patience was wearing thin.

Again the figure stood unmoving showing no signs of answering.

"If you will not talk, then we deserve to at least see your face." He bellowed and with a small nod Sui-Feng walked over and with a swift jerk of her hand the hood fell behind the figures neck revealing their face.

Ichigo stood not fully interested in how this trial would go but upon the hood falling behind a small slender neck his eyes could not move as he gazed over the figure before him. The figure stood to be 5'7", their feet clean despite not wearing any shoes, the calf muscles were lean and even though they were relaxed it was easily known that they were quick and ready to move at any moment. The white board shorts hung lose down to the knee so maneuverability was unhindered, and the black sweatshirt remained covered by the many circles binding any movement. Their hands had remained inside the hand pouch and as he looked at the face before him shock spread through his body making him unable to even voice a sound as he looked upon a slender face with high cheekbones, a scar ran from the center of the right cheek down to the center of the right side of their neck. The eyes, the right was of golden color shining brightly from the light of the room while the left was two-thirds the same golden color and the other third a shiny metallic silver that seemed to melt to the form of the iris. They were unwavering, unforgiving, and completely devoid of any life fluttering across them. Then there was bright blue spiky bangs that were mostly parted to the right and the rest was pulled back into a ponytail that ended at the base of her neck.

Ichigo was completely at a loss for words, his mouth was dry, he couldn't blink. Grimmjow to the right of him let out a soft gasp, his face resembling Ichigo's.

"Kyler…"

Even though it was just a whisper, the sharp gasps around the room were more like screams as they all took in the figure before them. "Kyler is that you?"

The figure took one blink then turned their head just enough to where those glowing eyes stared right at Ichigo and Grimmjow. Ichigo looked back into those eyes that seemed so empty, he couldn't believe it, was it really Kyler or was this just some spirit sent to torture him and Grimm. The figure tilted their head in slight curiosity as she continued to bore her eyes into the both of them, then just like that she turned her gaze back to Yamamoto.

The captains around the room were in just as much shock as Ichigo and Grimmjow, all except for Yamamoto.

"Child if you will not answer my questions then you will die a slow death." His voice was unwavering and didn't seem to be affected by the girl who stood before him, or the fact that most of his captains believed to know this person.

A burst of laughter flooded the room, it was a chilling laugh that filled the room with mockery as the girl before them let her beautiful alto voice flood the ears of every being in the room. A creepy smile spread across her face as her voice reverberated off the walls. As the laughter died down her voice zipped through the space as she replied to his proclamation.

"You have no grounds for which to punish me, if not answering a stupid question is cause for my execution, then the governance of this society is one I choose to ignore. As for my name, it's Kye."

Her voice carried no emotion, there was no anger, no sadness, and no respect. Ichigo looked on in shock this girl before him was Kyler there was no mistake, but she seemed so different if not for the feeling in his gut, he wouldn't know the person standing before him mocking the rules of the soul society.

"Watch your tongue there girl, you should show respect to your elders when you talk."

She let out a small hmph of indifference to Yamamoto's words. The surrounding captains were slowly coming back from their initial shock and were rejoining in to the conversation before them. Grimmjow and Ichigo on the other hand stood as frozen as statues just watching the girl before them act as if she had no idea who they were.

"What are you doing here Kye?" Yamamoto asked.

"I felt the energy of the intruder you stumbled upon, I came to take care of it. I did not suspect anyone would be able to take him down, and when I arrived I was not surprised to the amount of damage he had caused."

Her tone was unwavering and crystal clear, she spoke with precision letting no random sputters of words cross her lips. She was direct and blunt with her words avoiding aimless sentences that would slow the interrogation.

"Why would you come to stop him, and where were you that you could as you say, feel the energy?"

"That intruder was an old acquaintance of mine, his personality became destructive a few years ago and I have been meaning to find him and put an end to him. As for where I was, I don't believe that is something you need to know."

"You expect us to believe you?" Toshiro spoke out, "How do we know you're not in league with this person since you both seem to possess the same kind of abilities."

Kye turned her head to face Toshiro as she answered his question.

"If I was in league with him why would I try to kill him, save the captain and lieutenant I found on the brink of death upon my arrival, and why would I stay here and let myself be captured."

"Let yourself be captured, ha, if you could escape you would have done it already." Toshiro stated matter of factly.

"Toshiro that's enough," Yamamoto interjected. "Kye why are you here?"

"The man who attacked you will be back, he is not one to let something go, he is out for blood and I am willing to stop him. You do not seem capable of dealing with him since you don't even understand his abilities. I came to put an end to a threat, that is all." She let her words linger sinking into the thoughts of everyone around.

"Why does this man want to kill any of us?"

There was a long pause as Kye stared blankly at the head captain her eyes never leaving his movements.

"He believes soul reapers to be unworthy gods, as to why or how he came to that conclusion I do not know, but you are not prepared to fight him, and I am willing to stay here and protect you until he is dead, but you need to let me go." She stated with more force on the last few words.

"We could just keep you in the dungeons until we see him again, there is no reason for us to let you go, or subjugate ourselves to letting you protect us from what we presume was once a friend of yours."

"You miss understand me, captain" she announced in a flat tone, "I was not asking for your permission."

With her last words the Kido burst from her unmoving body shattering to the ground below, the chains around her ankles began to glow as if under extreme heat and melted off her feet onto the ground below before quickly harding back.

"You couldn't stop him, what makes you think you could stop me. I've played nice allowing myself to be held down like some animal while you asked your questions, if I wanted any of you dead I would have done it already. I can either stay here and help you understand what you are dealing with, or I can leave and let you attempt to deal with that problem on your own. I certainly have other things I would rather be doing."

All swords were drawn and directed at the now unbound prisoner. Despite breaking through the chains and Kido effortlessly, Kye made no move against any of them, the gesture was more of a demonstration to how powerless the soul reapers were against her.

"If it will set your mind at ease I will willingly allow your science division to perform experiments to better understand my abilities. In exchange all I ask is to be treated as just another member of the soul society." Her voice was calm yet stern. The offer Kye laid before them had Mayuri practically bouncing up and down with joy, his eyes sparkling as he stared at the most intriguing specimen to date. The other captains around the room refused to move their weapons until Yamamoto made the final decision. They were all ready to fight this threat to protect themselves and the soul society.

Yamamoto sat quietly his face revealing no sign as to what he was thinking. Ichigo was slowly coming back from his state of shock, blinking his eyes quickly to wake him from this nightmare that seemed to be playing out in front of him, but no matter how hard he tried what was here was real. Kyler was alive, she was standing right in front of him, it couldn't be anybody else, no one other than Kyler had Grimmjow's bright blue hair, pair that with the same golden eyes Ichigo had when hollowfied there was no doubt it was her. Ichigo felt a subtle warmness encompass him, all those years of searching and not knowing what happened to her, here she was right in front of him. Ichigo stared at her face as wave after wave of questions began to overwhelm his thoughts, what happened to her during the fire at her school, where has she been for the past ten years, why did she not come find them, what has she been through, does she even recognize us, how is she going to react to finding out both parents are members of the soul society, how did she get that scar on her face? The last question stuck out particularly in his mind and filled him with rage, who or what had hurt his daughter, who had dared to injure her? Ichigo's face began to form a hostile scowl that was directed right at Kye, he hadn't bothered to stop staring. Kye stood before him, threatening the place he now called home, and Ichigo had the nerve to think who could have hurt her?

Yamamoto kept his gaze fixated on Kye as he contemplated his options, "I will agree to your terms but with a few added conditions. A captain or lieutenant must be with you at all times and when asked questions about yourself you will respond fully to these questions."

Kye stood focused on every word the head captain placed before her, as if searching for any double meaning or slight of hand behind his words. After a silent moment Kyler sighed dropping her gaze for a long intake of breathe, then returned her gaze, "I will accept your terms."

Yamamoto nodded his agreement and waved his hand for everyone to sheath their swords. "Mayuri, take Kye with you back to your lab, since we have a whole day ahead of us I want you to get started with your experiments and analyzing Kye's abilities."

"Oh certainly!" Mayuri looked like a little kid ready to pee his pants from all the excitement.

It was only at this moment that Ichigo found his voice, "Wait a second captain, shouldn't we allow Kye a while to recover from being in the dungeons, we agreed to treat her like another member of the soul society, we would never send someone to Mayuri's lab so easily."

Everyone stopped to look back at Ichigo who held firm to his usual scowl and defiant attitude, even Grimmjow stared back at him with a hint of smugness across his face. Yamamoto had just risen from his seat and glared at Ichigo before he let out a sigh, "You're right Captain Kurosaki, I will allow Kye until noon to recover, but since you spoke up Ichigo, you will be responsible for keeping an eye on her until then."

Ichigo nodded his agreement to the head captain's words, then everyone began to file out of the meeting room to go about their usual duties. There was still a bit of tension in the air since no one trusted Kye, but the tension was lighter than before the trial so no one bothered to look over their shoulder at their new guest as they left. Grimmjow remained by Ichigo's sighed staring at Kye as if she was still just a ghost. Her stance was casual and relaxed, but Grimmjow and Ichigo stood their bodies shaking from the nerves of either one of the happiest moments of their lives or a painful truth that would crush a hope they've held onto for so long. Kye remained unmoving allowing everyone to leave the room before turning towards Ichigo and Grimmjow waiting for them to speak.

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Thanks for reading this far! Hey guys sorry it has taken me so long to update school has been really heavy with projects and I just haven't had the time to sit down and actually write. I know this chapter is quite short but I had so many different ideas about how I wanted this to go. I will more than make up for it in the next chapter! Please do drop a review for me whether negative or positive (let me know of some ideas you may have) it is encouraging to get reviews so please do! Thanks again for reading this far and I will get the next chapter out as soon as I can!