I sensed them both unknowingly releasing spiritual energy. I got out of my gigai, then I used shunpo to get in between them as she caught up to him. I put a kido on them so that their spiritual energy would stabilize. "What did you do?" Rukia asked. "You both were releasing spiritual energy, so I put a kido on you both to stabilize it before a hollow could come." I said. "Why did you do that for?" Ichigo asked. It was apparent that he wasn't paying attention. "I already told you, you both were releasing spiritual energy, so I put a kido on you both to stabilize it before a hollow could come, but I guess it's too late for that now." I said. "What are you talking about?" Ichigo said. "That's right, I have the ability to sense hollows before the come to the world of the living." I muttered. When it came out, it was a menos. "That thing is larger than the one from earlier." Shippo said.
"Menos." Ichigo asked as he grabbed his substitute soul badge, but it didn't work. Rukia put a substitute soul pill in her mouth, but it didn't work. "Did I mention that a side effect is that you can't transform into a soul reaper for 24 hours?" I asked. "WHAT?!" They yelled as I turned around. "You can still help. Get them to safety." I said. They nodded, and they got them to safety. We tried our best to fight the menos, but everything we did was pointless. "How are we going to defeat it? It keeps dodging our attacks." Rangiku said. "We need to lower its guard." I said. I then told them my plan. Kisuke and Yoruichi were to be bait by purposely leaking spiritual energy, but only enough to distract this menos and not to attract anymore menos. It did work. I sliced the menos' mask in half, and it was sent back to the soul society. "Why do you travel back in time to where you were a young child?" Toshiro asked. "To collect the shards of the jewel of four souls." I said, muttering the last part. "What? The jewel of four shards, you know it's forbidden to touch it." Rukia said. "I'm confused." Sango said. "The jewel of four souls is supposed to make your abilities stronger, but for a soul reaper..." Rukia started. "It can slowly transform you into a hollow." I said. "A soul reaper got put into the maggots nest because he had somehow got possession of it while he was in the world of the living. I feel so sorry for him." Kisuke said. "I remember Yoruichi telling me it, but I didn't believe her." I said. "How come you didn't believe me?" She asked. "You always pulled tricks on me." I said. "...True." She said. I glared at her. "You're collecting the shards even though you knew it was forbidden?" Sango asked. "When we first collected the shards, Kisuke gave me a bottle that would dull the affects of the power so nobody would find out that I had it. Then when the bottle got broken, he gave me string and I turned it into a necklace." I said.