---Five Years later---

I whistled as I cleaned Wangetsu Tsuki, we had just gotten back from a search and destroy mission, a pack of hollows had gotten into the human realm and someone needed to take care of it

I had made it to tenth seat in Kanames Division, but for the most part, I've just been a messenger boy, not that I mind, I had grown to like my captain, idolizing him even, a great man of courage and determination

All the letters I've sent have been to Aizen, who Kaname-taichou had sent me to for Kido training as well, and Gin, who usually asks if I want to chat, I usually decline though, but when I don't, he asks me things, like what I think of Seireitei and it's customs

Aizen asks me the same basic things, but more on the lines of if I could make things better for everyone, would I do it, I never answer though, and the questions have made me edgy

A few days ago however, Aizen was killed, pretty gruesome way too, impaled onto a building

Soon after, Rukia was brought back from the human world and put on death row, and both Gin and Tousen asked me about how I felt about what was happening, and if it was right or not

Again, I couldn't answer

I held Tsuki-hime up, letting the sunlight gleam off of her blade, before sheathing her

As soon as she was completely sheathed, the alarm went off, and I frowned

"Ryoka…" I whispered, running out of my office

after Rukia had been captured, a bunch of Ryoka appeared, attempting to save her, and now all of Seireitei was on high alert, especially Soifon-taichou

She had heard a rumor of a black cat working with them, and has been training like crazy ever since, even asked me if I could help her out with that technique she'd been working on

---Flashback---

"Tsumetai" Soifon said, entering my office

"Hornet-sensei!" I said "Why are you here?"

She glared "What are you hiding?" she demanded

"NOTHING!" I said quickly, pushing a box under my desk with my foot as I stood up, making it seem natural

"Hmm… anyway, you're supposed to be clever, look at these" She said, handing me a number of papers with pictures of a non-descript body and the theory for something written next to it

I looked over the theory "A style of attacking that uses kido to enhance the capablities of the body… where did you get this?" I asked, and she pulled out a pen

"I wrote all of that down, I was hoping you could help me perfect it" she said, and she activated what she had created so far, and she glowed lightly, but her left arm became enveloped in a small tornado "This is what I've got"

"It's imperfect" I said simply, and she glared harshly at me

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'IMPERFECT'!?" She demanded, and I raised my hands

"From what I can tell, you're sending energy to your back and right arm, correct?" I asked, and she nodded "So why doesn't that energy become visible as well?"

She blinked, before cursing, and I looked at the picture she had drawn

"Are you ambidextrous?" I asked, and she nodded

"that's right"

"Have you tried having the energy start from both your left hand and your right hand?" I asked, and she shook her head

"No, why?" she asked

I drew a line going from her left hand, to her back, and then to her right hand "This is what you're doing, it's possible that it's not going all the way to the right hand, however, if you did this"

I drew a line from the right hand to the left "Then you can be sure that it's going all the way to the right hand, because it started there in the first place" I said "It'll make the energy swirl around the back, so you won't have to stop at the back anymore, giving you an even better chance at getting the energy you're sending from your right hand to your left, and vice versa"

She stared at it, and slapped her forehead "Why didn't I think of that…" she said before leaving the room, and I sighed

"I hope that works" I said, pulling the box out from under my bed "Now, back to my mangas…"

I started reading again, the lord knows she hates it when I read them, saying they're 'a waste of time' but that's why I read them

To waste my extra time

---Flashback End---

"Orihime!" a voice yelled out, he must have been looking for this 'Orihime' person "Where are you!"

I looked over to see someone that seemed to be dressed in a quincy uniform

"Hey!" I yelled, unsheathing my blade, and the guy cursed

"Out of my way shinigami" he said, and I smirked

"Sorry Ryoka, can't do that" I said "But, since this is going to turn into a fight, what's your name?"

"What?" he asked, and I jerked my thumb at myself

"My name is Kurohyou Tsumetai, I'm the Third seat of the Ninth Division" I said "Where I'm from, it's common courtesy to give your opponent your name before you fight them"

"Uryuu Ishida, I'm the last Quincy" he said, and I whistled

"Nice" I said "You must have some skill, I'll be fair, since you're the last, I won't go for the kill, but I will put you into a checkmate and knock you out, so don't think you'll escape if you lose"

"If that's how you're going to fight, I'll do the same" he said, but I raised my hand

"I was trained as an Assassin, do that and I'll backstab you, go for the kill with me" I said

He nodded "Fine, don't blame me when you die" he said, and I smirked

"I won't" I said "Not that I'll have the chance if I really do die"

He smirked and threw a knife of sorts, but I dodged and unsheathed Wangetsu Tsuki, slashing him in the same motion

"Nice start" I said "But if I've learned anything from my teachers, it's how to dodge thrown objects"

"Why's that?" He asked, and I laughed

"I'm not exactly the best of students" I said "They threw stuff at me when I dosed"

"I see" he said, and he got another knife, this time it glowed

"Now that's a dagger" I said "It's absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, isn't it?"

He smirked again "You're pretty smart" he said, and he threw the dagger

I deflected it with Wangetsu, and she laughed in my head

"That tickled" She said, and I smirked

"You'll need to do better than that" I said "That tickled her"

He scowled and pulled out another knife, this time it glowed with a lot more intensity

'It… has it's own aura' I thought, shocked 'If that hits Tsuki-hime… she'll shatter'

He threw the knife, and I attempted to dodge

Only for it to hit my hip and destroy it, as well as nearly remove my left leg

"FUCK!" I yelled, in pain, and he pinned me to the wall with more daggers

"I won't kill you" he said "you fought honorably, so I'll do the same, besides, you seem, different, from other shinigami"

"No shit…" I whispered, and he bowed

"I don't think you can 'backstab' me if I leave you like this, I apologize for the severity of the damage" he said, and he ran off

I cursed and ripped the knives out of my body "Fucking prick, still, gotta admit, great fighter" I said

"If you need to, you can use me as a crutch to get to the 4th Division headquarters" Wangetsu Tsuki said, and I nodded

"Thanks" I whispered "Shine Among the Stars, Wangetsu Tsuki!"

She went into Shikai, and I used her as a crutch to get up and walk to the 4th Division Headquarters

"OH MY GOD!" a random unseated medic screamed, and Retsu came out

"What's going on" she asked, serious, before turning to me "Oh my… what happened to you!?"

"I got hurt, apparently…" I said "This is nothing compared to when I blew up Mayuris lab by accident while mixing chemicals"

She sighed and helped me into a bed "Actually, I think this might be worse" She said

"Wow, new record…" I whispered, and she hit me "ITA!"

"Don't talk as if it's a good thing" she said, healing the wound "Luckily for you I've healed something similar to this, so you're hip and leg will good as new"

"Thank god… will I be capable of having children still?" I asked, and she sighed

"Yes…" she said, as if every guy asked her that question, they probably did

"thank god" I said "where was that Quincy aiming anyway, I tried a side dodge"

"A Quincy did this to you?" she asked

"With a dagger that absorbs spiritual energy from the air around it, yes" I said "the dagger had a freaking aura all it's own it had so much behind it"

"You're sure it was a Quincy"

"he was wearing a Quincy uniform, he called himself one, and had the attitude of one" I said "So maybe"

"I see…" she said "You'll have to rest for the next three days"

"Seriously?" I asked "That's just evil"

"It'll take three days for the muscles in your legs to heal, until then, you can't move them" she said "So you're staying here"

"Ah man…" I said "That sucks"

"We'll treat you well" She said, and I raised a finger

"Translation: We'll leave you alone and feed you food that tastes like crap" I said, and she hit me again "ITA!"

"Shut up" she said, obviously angry, and I shut up

Hey, this chick can scare Kenpachi, when she tells you to shut up, you shut up

"Good boy" she said smiling, patting me on the head, and I nearly swatted at it

"Please don't ruin my hair" I said, and she deadpanned at me

"You're hair's already ruin from the damage you took"

"DAMN!" I yelled, and she hit me… hard "ITA!!!!"

"Don't cuss" she said, and I glared at the window

"Three days, and I leave" I said "Exactly seventy-two hours"

"And you'll come back within an hour" she said "That's how you do things"

I mentally cursed, and she hit me again "ITA, WHAT DID I DO"

"You were mentally cussing" she said

"OH you're a mind reader now!?" I asked, and she shrugged

"No, but I know you well enough to know that you would mentally curse at what I said" she explained, and I mentally cursed

Only to be hit again

"ITA, STOP HITTING ME!" I yelled

"Stop mentally cussing" she said, and I resisted the urge to flip her off "You're good at resisting urges"

I yelled at the ceiling

---Three days later---

"Finally" I said, getting up as Isane came into the room

"Kaname-taichou is here for you" she said, letting him in and leaving

"Bougu-taichou!" I said, kneeling "I'm sorry I was injured so quickly, I couldn't bring in the criminal who is trying to stop justice from taking place"

He put a hand on my shoulder "It's alright, now get up" he said, and I got up "I have a task for you, I'm going to be on patrol, looking for the Ryoka, with Shūhei, you're to go in my place to the execution"

I nodded "Hai, Bougu-taichou, I won't let you down, nor will I embarrass our division" I said

"Good, now, before you go, I have a question for you" he said, and I nodded

"What is it sir?"

"If it meant that future generations would have better, fairer lives, would you give up everything you have, including your life, to give them that kind of life?" he asked, and I stared at him, remembering where I had first heard that question

---Flashback---

"Letter from Kaname, Taichou of The Ninth Division" I said, handing Aizen the letter

"Thank you, oh, before you go" Aizen said "Might I ask you a question"

"Anything sir" I said

"If it meant that future generations would have better, fairer lives, would you give up everything you have to give them that kind of life, including your own life?" Aizen asked

---Flashback End---

"Yes…" I said, answering the question, unlike how I had ignored Aizen when he asked it

"I hoped so, you'll be a great man one day" he said, and I bowed

"Thank you sir" I said, running towards the Soyoku hill

'Why would he ask me that?' I wondered 'It's odd, I feel as if I should keep an eye on Kaname-taichou… but why, he'd never do anything wrong… right?'

I made it to the hill, activating my Shikai as I ran, and Soifon got there with her idiot lieutenant as soon as I got to the top of the hill

"You're healed" She said, calmly as ever

"It'll take more than the loss of my hip to keep me down" I said, and her lieutenant snorted

"You're an idiot, I can't believe you screwed up a dodge" he said, and I glared at him

"You're a fat bastard that welds his own ass to the floor when he sits down and you're giving me shit?" I asked

He growled and charged at me, but I blinded him with Mikazuki Biimu, causing him to stumble around retardedly

"Why is he you're lieutenant?" I asked, and she shrugged

"his family has power, and connections" She said, and I rolled my eyes

"What a bunch of crap, royalty is full of idiocy" I said "with the exception of the Kuchiki, they seem at least somewhat intelligent and fair"

She nodded "it's true… I still wish you had joined my division" she said "Maybe you would be able to defeat that lard in a duel and take his position"

I chuckled "Did you just call him a lard, I think I'm rubbing off on you, Hornet-sensei" I said

She kicked my shin with the back of her foot, tripping me

"Quiet kid" she said, and I got up

"God, you people are so mean" I said jokingly "Anyway, I need to get going, can't miss the execution"

"Do you agree with it?" she asked, and I shook my head

"No, not really" I said "however, if she commited a crime, she must be punished"

"You've gotten colder under Kanames command" she said, walking past me, her lieutenant following her by the sounds of her footsteps

I sighed, she was probably right, but what must be done, must be done

I walked and sat down, Byakuya next to me

"Hello, where's Kaname?" he asked

"Patrol with Shūhei" I said "I'm here in his place"

"I see… Hisana says hi" Byakuya said, and I nodded

"Tell her I said hi back" I said smirking

He looked at me "What would you do, if you knew this execution was a fraud?" Byakuya asked

"What's with people asking me questions like that?" I asked, and he blinked

"What do you mean?"

"First Aizen and Gin are asking me if I would give up everything to make everyone else have a better life, then after Aizen died, Kaname and Gin are asking me about the execution, and finally, after I get out of the hospital and Kaname gives me this task, he asks me If I would give up everything, including my life, if it would allow future generations to live better, fairer lives"

He stared at me "I see" he turned away "So, would you?"

"Admittedly… yes…" I said "If my death would allow the future generations of this place to live better lives, I would slice off my own head, instantly, without a regret"

"I see…" Byakuya said "And if this execution was a fraud"

"I'd stop it, however I don't have any proof of that, so I can't make my own opinion, I apologize" I said, apathetically as possible, and I could have sworn I heard a gasp from where Soifon was standing

The Soyoku activated, a marvelous being of flame, though it's use was horrible

Suddenly it stopped, just in front of Rukia, and a orange haired kid stood there

"He… deflected it?" I asked "damned RYOKA!"

Byakuya stood up and through the Shihion Shield at the Soyoku, destroying it, and he ran off with Ukitake and Shuisui

"!!!" I heard Rukia scream, and I stared at where she was, and where she had been

"That idiot… threw her?" I asked "Is he trying to kill her or save her?"

Renji, who had caught her, ran off as quickly as possible

"Renji!" I yelled, charging at him with Wangetsu Tsuki twirling

"GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR YOU IDIOTS, A TENTH SEAT IS RESPONDING FASTER THAN YOU LIEUTENANTS!" Soifon yelled, and I heard three sets of feet charging behind me

"What took ya?" I asked, playful as usual

"The fact that he threw her caught me off guard" Isane admitted, and I laughed

"Caught me off guard too" I said "Freaking idiot"

I looked at the Ryokas aura

"He... can't have…" I whispered, and I turned to the others "Careful, this Ryoka has Bankai!"

"Bullshit" Marechiyo said

"You forgot that Tsumetai has the ability to sense the exact power of someone through their aura, I believe him" Chōjirō said, and I smiled

"Thank you" I said, and the Ryoka got in our way

The others activated shikai, and I jumped over the Ryokas attack, causing it to hit Marechiyo

I chuckled lightly at Marechiyos expense

He beat the others in one hit each, and I frowned

'That can't be good' I thought as he turned to me

He was about to hit me when Sajin blocked the attack

"Thanks Misericordia-Taichou" I said, and Sajin nodded

"Follow Hitsugaya he was seen going towards The Chambers of the Central 46" Sajin ordered

I nodded "Consider it done" I said, putting my hands on different sides of Wangetsu Tsuki "Divide!"

I yanked her apart and she turned into two kamas, connect by a ten foot chain, and ran towards the Chambers

"What the…" I whispered, the door had been sliced open "this could be bad…"

"HINAMORI!" Hitsugaya cried out from in the chambers, and I charged it, reconnecting Wangetsu Tsuki

What I saw shocked me, Aizen was standing by Hinamoris impaled body, and Hitsugaya was standing there, in shock

Hitsugaya activated Bankai, and charged Aizen, but when Hitsugaya hit him, Aizen reappeared behind him, And Hitsugaya fell bleeding from the chest and shoulder

"You're here Tsumetai-san… good" Aizen said, turning to me, and I came out of hiding

"What's going on Aizen!" I demanded "First you're dead, now you're alive!?"

"Yes, I know it's hard to understand, but that body was an illusion" Aizen said "I thought you, of all people, would have expected it, considering your aura sensing abilities"

"This is treason Aizen, where is the council!?" I asked

"Dead" He said, apathetic "I killed them, before Rukia was even captured"

"So who ordered the execution?" I asked, and he pointed to himself

"Me" he said "I faked the order, and since it came from this place, they followed the order"

"Explain yourself Aizen!" I yelled, slicing off my training weights and allowing them to fall to the ground

"I want to make the Gotei 13 better, it's far too strict in its rulings, they must make exceptions for some people" he said "Even your captain, Kaname, agrees with me"

I clenched my hands around Wangetsu Tsuki, she was growling at Aizen

"You know I'm right, I mean, why should we banish the people who have the powers of hollows when they can fight hollows better than we can because they know how hollows think" Aizen said, stepping closer "I want an answer Kurohyou, if you had the chance, would you make this place better, even at the cost of your own life?"

Instantly he was right in front of me, and I jumped back, only to feel something behind me

'This Aizen in front of me… he's fake!' I realized

"There was a lesson a friend of mine told me… though he was far from the first person to say it" I said "The Path to hell is paved with good intentions… you're nothing more than a traitor!"

I blinded him, aiming at the real Aizen behind me, with an unspoken Mikazuki Biimu, before slashing at him

Aizen saw the attack coming and had jumped backwards

He opened his eyes, he was already able to see again "A pity, of all the people in this place, I thought you would understand the most, it's true, I'm a traitor, and I might die for it" Aizen said "But at least everyone I know will live a better life for it, because the rules won't kill those who were forced to break them"

He glared at me, and disappeared

"Just one thing Aizen… that hollow that had killed me… did you cause it to attack?" I asked, and I heard laughter

"No, I can't control hollows… not yet anyway" he said "I would tell you my plans, but you're not on my side" Aizens voice said from all around the room "It's a pity really, I was hoping you would follow me, you have such potential, potential wasted with these stupid, arrogant people"

I closed my eyes and looked for his aura, but it was coming from everywhere

'Which means his Zanpakuto effects my aura sensing ability too' I thought, and I sent out a pulse of Reiryoku

Found him

"TAKE THIS!" I yelled, hitting him again with a unspoken Mikazuki Biimu, and he appeared, looking different than most

I charged him again, but I wasn't fast enough, and he regained his sight before I could attack him

He disappeared again, and I felt something impale me from behind, through the left side of my chest

I looked down to see Gins Shikai, and he sealed it back into its sealed state

I fell to the ground, bleeding heavily, he must have hit an organ or something

"KUROHYOU!" I heard someone cry out, but I couldn't recognize the voice anymore, I couldn't think

Darkness enveloped me, and I passed out

---Unknown Period of time later---

I opened my eyes, and flinched at the brightness of the room

"I told you…" Retsu said "You'd be back in one hour"

"You don't sound very happy about being right" I noted "How bad?"

"Gin impaled your lung and cut a minor vein, you'll be fine though, you're all patched up" Isane said, and I began to sit up

"If that's true then I'll just be going" I said, and Retsu poked me in the forehead hard enough to send me back into the bed "What the heck!?"

"You still need your rest, or the wounds will reopen" Retsu said "So you're not going anywhere for today"

"Damn it…" I whispered, and the door opened up

"Can I talk with him… alone" Soifon said, and Retsu nodded, leading Isane out of the room "What the hell happened Tsumetai?"

"Sajin is the one who gave me the order to go there, shouldn't I be speaking to him?" I asked

Soifon grabbed my collar and lifted me up "Now Tsumetai, what happened?" she asked, and I rasied my hands

"When I got to the chambers Aizen had stabbed Hinamori, and Gelu-taichou attacked Aizen in a rage, but was beaten somehow, I questioned Aizen, who questioned me back" I explained "After that, I blinked him for a moment and cut his cheek when he dodged my attack, after that he disappeared, and I used my Reiryoku to find him, like Echolocation, and tried again, that time I missed, and Gin impaled me"

She stared at my eyes and dropped me back into the bed "Be more careful brat" she said "You nearly died, if Retsu and Isane hadn't gotten there when they did you would be dead"

"Since when do you care about stuff like that, you ignore your own division when it comes to stuff like this but when it happens to me, you start caring?" I asked "What's so special about me?"

"Byakuya told me about what you told him at the Soyoku hill" she said, changing the subject "What were the exact questions?"

I looked at the window

"Tell me Tsumetai, that's an order!" she demanded, and I put a hand up before looking at her and making eye contact

"Gin, first letter I delivered for Kaname-taichou" I said "Asked me if I thought the unbending ways of Seireitei were fair, I didn't answered"

She calmed down

"Second letter I delivered, this time to Aizen" I said "He asked if I would give up everything to make the rules of Seireitei a bit more bendable, for the sake of others, again, I didn't answer"

I ran off a number of other questions, each one meaning the same thing to me, would I betray Seireitei, for the sake of it's people

"Finally, Aizen, after he attack Hitsugaya, asked me 'if you had the chance, would you make this place better, even at the cost of your own life?'" I said

"How come you never told anyone about these questions?" she asked

"For one, I didn't think they meant anything, until now, second, they asked me to keep the questions secret" I said "I had been annoyed with the constant stream of questions on my opinion when I told Byakuya, so it slipped"

"I see…" she said "What would your answers be"

"Yes, but not in the way you're thinking, I mean I would commit suicide in a heartbeat to give another person a chance to live a better life, but I would never betray my friends and allies"

"I see…" She said, and the door opened, revealing Yamamoto, Hitsugaya, Kori, and Retsu

"So… what happened while I was out?" I asked, and Kori stepped up

"after you were impaled by Gin, he and Aizen went back to Soyoku hill, and retrieved a gem of some sort from Rukias body" he explained "Soon after, they left, from what we know, there are three traitors"

"Three?" I asked "Are you bad at math, you said Gin and Aizen… that's only two" I said, and Soifon, looked towards the window, breaking eye contact with me "Wait… who are you 'forgetting' to mention?"

"Tsumetai…" Retsu said "We think you should wait until you're healed before you hear who the third traitor was"

I clenched my fists "tell me…" I said "Or I'll simply re-open the wound right now"

I moved my hand to my chest, where I had been stabbed, and Soifon grabbed my hand

"Stop" she said "You don't have to re-open the wound"

"Then tell me…" I said, and she made eye contact again, she looked… as if she felt sorry for me

"It was the captain of squad nine… Kaname Tousen" Soifon said "He was the third traitor…"

My heart skipped a bit, and I gasped from shock, re-opening the wound in my lung

I yelled out in pain from it re-opening, and Retsu pushed everyone out of her way to fix the wound

"Seems you re-opened the wound anyway" Kori said, and I grimaced

"How long have I been out?" I asked, and Hitsugaya sighed

"About a day, how is it that you're able to go through any wound, and wake up only a day later?" Hitsugaya asked, and I shrugged, wincing as I did

"Don't know, how are you up and running when you took a more damaging wound than me?" I asked

"Nice" Kori whispered as Hitsugaya looked away

"Anyway" I started, but Retsu put a hand over my mouth

"Quiet, you're making it harder to heal the damage" she said, glaring, and I rolled my eyes, but nodded

After a few minutes, she moved away

"There, it's healed" she said "No gasping"

I sighed "Fine" I said

"That's why we didn't want to tell you…" Yamamoto said "but that is the better new, in comparison to the rest"

I blinked, what could be worse

"The Ninth Division, with the exception of Lieutenant Shūhei, blames you for the defection of Kaname Tousen" Yamamoto explained "So we've been forced to transfer you to a new division"

I clenched my fists "I see…" I whispered "Arrogant pricks…"

"However, we transferred you to a division we believe you'll be able to fit into well" Hitsugaya said, and Soifon looked at me sternly

"Welcome to the Second Division, Tenth Seat Tsumetai" Soifon said

A/N

Now, as I'm sure you've noticed, The spaces in the story are a bit different, well, the explanation for this and my lack of updates are one and the same

Simply put, my old comp finally, after screwing up so many times, died, and I no longer have Microsoft Word, as my old CDs for word are missing, so, I have to make due with my new system and it's default word processor, Microsoft Works

So why are the spaces in the A/N the same, that's simple, I write the A/N after I've uploaded the file to the site, aren't I lazy XD