Koike and the others walk off the plane,"Japan... it's been awhile." Koike is lost in thought, and he doesn't realize that the others are leaving
"Koike!" Akira yells,"We're gonna leave without you...C'mon!" Koike regains his awareness,"Coming!" he exclaims as he runs to catch up with the other three
"so... this is Karakura town?" Takuya is lost in wonder, just as much as Koike, while the group is walking, Koike gets a nagging feeling, that something is about to happen.
as this feeling of unease settles in his stomach, the roar of a hollow could be heard up ahead,"Hollows!" Kumiko explains.
she gets ready to rush off into towards the commotion, but Akira stops her,"we'll go together." he has a calm look upon his face
when they arrive at the scene where the hollow attacked, they could see, that it was already being handled.
it was a rather large hollow, but the two people who were fighting it dispatched it with ease.
one, was a Soul Reaper, that stood about as tall as Koike, with orange hair, and a furrowed brow.
the second, a Quincy with medium length black hair, sharp blue eyes, and spectacles.
as the four approach the group, they could pick out some of the conversation.
"If I knew it a was going to be this easy, I wouldn't have come along... Kurosaki." the Quincy addressed the Soul Reaper calmly
"Don't act like you wouldn't have come... you would have showed up anyway. Uryu." the two conversed like friends, despite what Akira said about the Quincies and Soul Reapers hating eachother.
"What's this?" Takuya asked,"I thought Quincies were at war with the Soul Reapers?" Akira continued forward," Well, that doesn't seem to be the case," he approaches the two unknown people.
as he approaches, he nonchalantly askes,"Hey, you with the hair... are you a soul reaper?"
the two friends whirl around, taken by surprise, Koike can see, that the orange haired soul reaper has two swords, a short sword and a long sword.
"huh?" the soul reaper replied, then with a suddden look of surprise he shouts,"YOU CAN SEE ME!?"
Akira laughs,"of course I can, I mean," he transforms," it's only natural for Soul Reapers to see each other."
immediately, the two are on guard,"You can't be a soul reaper... iv'e never seen you in soul society, not once" the orange haired boy seems to be mad
"And what about the other three," the Quincy began to speak," are they all soul reapers too?" Koike steps forward,"actually." he transforms,"I'm the only other soul reaper out of us four," the Quincy looks surprised,"Then!?" he looks at the other two,"It's been so long" this time it is Takuya who steps forward, activating his quincy bow," since iv'e seen another quincy besides my sister."
as soon as Takuya activates his power, the other male quincy draws his bow,"thats impossible, my father and I, are the last two remainig quincies!" Kumiko steps forward,"well I guess, that makes it a total of four now, doesn't it"
The quincy grabs the soul reaper and turns around,"can we trust them, Kurosaki," the quincy looks at the group of four,"Iv'e never seen these four before today either,"
the Soul Reaper turns around,"I guess, we'll just have to find out if we can trust them." he begins to walk forward, when he gets within touching distance, he says," My name is Ichigo Kurosaki, Substitute Soul Reaper," he looks at the quincy," This is Uryu Ishida,"
Akira introduces himself," I'm Akira Sakamaki," he points to the others," This is Koike Yoshitoko, the male quincy is Takuya Yoshikuni, and the girl is his sister, Kumiko Yoshikuni."
Ichigo nods at the four,"well, Akira, it's nice to meet you," he turns to walk,"let's go, im meeting someone, across town, I think you'll want to meet them as well." he jumps into the air, and begins to flash step away
Uryu follows, then the other four,"Where are we going Ichigo?" Uryu asks,"I'm taking them to see Kisuke... if anyone knows about these four it'll be him," Uryu nods,"that would be the best choice."
the group of six arrives at Kisuke's shop, as they walk in, Kisuke is exiting the building," Oh, Ichigo, i didn't expect to see you today," Akira walks forward
"Kisuke! I didn't expect to see you here... how have you been" Kisuke is shocked,"... Akira. Akira Sakamaki?"
Akira Laughs,"the one and only." Kisuke still has a shocked look on his face."what are you doing here," Kisuke asked," I thought you were in."
Akira interrupts,"America... yeah, I was, just until today." Kisuke seems to be slightly on guard."Why did you come here then?"
Akira answers quietly," Because... me," he points to Koike," and that kid were the last two alive... so we came here."
Kisuke seems even more shocked,"What do you mean... last two?" Akira looks down," all the other soul reapers... have... died... the safe haven for hollows to grow in, that we were trying to prevent... has already happened... Those of us who were left, dubbed it... the Hollow's Playground... over two thirds of the Hollows there, are twice as strong as the Espada that Aizen made... and almost all of them, have first and second sword releases."
Kisuke, Ichigo, and Ishida have a look of utter shock on their faces,"then... that means?" Ichigo was the first to break the silence," It means, that at any givin time, an army of extremely powerful Vasto Lorde Arrancars could attack Soul Society whenever they want." Akira was blunt, but then he had to be to deliver that information.
"why couldn't you contact Soul Society from there?" Kisuke asked still shocked by the information his friend was giving him.
"Because... Shortly after Aizen defected... Soul Society Abandoned us, for fear, that Aizen had gone to America to recruit Powerful arrancars and soul reapers." Kisuke looked down," I'm sorry." was all he could mutter," That's Terrible, Soul society would do something like that!?" Ichigo seemed to be in a rage.
"yeah... and that's why were here, to warn old man Yamamoto about this threat." again, Kisuke looked away from him," That's right, you don't know..." Akira looked at Kisuke," Don't know what?" a look of sadness fell on Ichigo and Uryu as well," Head Captain Yamamoto... is dead."
Akira was completely taken aback at this," That's impossible... the old man, was the strongest Soul Reaper... He can't die!"
Kisuke looked directly at Akira," He was killed... by Juha Bach." at this piece of information, Takuya and Kumiko Reacted with surprize."
"What!?" Takuya shouted," I thought he was dead!?" Kisuke looked, this time at Takuya,"oh, rest assured, the king of quincies is dead... he was killed by Ichigo, and Uryu." Kumiko laughed at the irony," ha, mortal enemies team up to defeat the lord of Quincies... How ironic,"
Uryu pushes up his glasses,"Quite ironic," as Ichigo is about to speak, Kisuke cuts him off," So... what about that boy," he gestures toward Koike," he is also a Substitute Soul Reaper... he got his powers from Jarek Slaid." Akira says," So... Slaid died too then," Kisuke shows a slight remorse.
"Yeah... he died, saving that boy..." Kisuke looks at Koike," interesting."Akira looks at Kisuke" so, can you open a Senkaimon, i'd like to warn Soul Society about this." Kisuke nods,"Right, one Senkiamon on the double." suddenly, a round sliding paper door opens," Thanks, Kisuke."
Akira enters the Senkaimon then Koike, Takuya and Kumiko, Ichigo is about to enter when Kisuke grabs his arm," Be careful Ichigo... Akira's words, were only partially true," Ichigo looks at Kisuke,"What are you saying," Kisuke looks at him," the reason Soul Society abandoned America, was in part to the vast amount of Arrancar... but the main reason was because Every single Soul Reaper there, defected along side Aizen." Kisuke's words stun Ichigo,"What!?"
"i'm not saying that Akira is loyal to Aizen, but he may want revenge, for being abandoned by Soul Society... I don't know if Koike or the others know this. but be wary." Ichigo nods," Right." he enters the Senkaimon.
as he exits, he sees the other four, Koike, Takuya, and Kumiko are all staring around in awe, Akira is the only one who isn't staring off into space," now... we can begin." he turns around, a malicious grin across his face," The Extermination of Soul Society,"
as Akira says this, Ichigo is already drawing his swords, but Akira is too fast, he appears behind him, and sends him into a wall," It's a pity." next he attacks Koike and the others,"Akira... why!?" Koike asks as he dodges the first strike but gets sent into the wall by the second
"it's a pity... that Jarek had turn on me... we were going to destroy Soul Society, together, but he decided to become a traitor... and now, I have to do it alone... sorry Koike... but since you inherited Jarek's power, I have to Kill you too, no hard feelings right?"
"Damn you.. Akira!" Akira looks down on Koike as he is about to deliver the final blow, Ichigo Appears out of nowhere," GETSUGA... TENSHOU!" a massive sword wave blast hits Akira, but he isn't fazed by it," looks like I have to kill you to... Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo"
as Ichigo stands there, stunned by Akira's power Koike recovers and helps the other two up. the four line up to face Akira. and suddenly the Whole area is hit by a massive spiritual pressure Koike looks around," What is this spiritual pressure," Ichigo smiles," its them."
as he says this, 26 Soul Reapers appear beside Ichigo and the others," The Captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13!"
THE CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS ARRIVE JUST IN TIME TO HELP ICHIGO AND THE OTHERS... NEXT CHAPTER, CHAPTER 7: AKIRA V.S. SOUL SOCIETY