NarutoBleachMon 2

This was an issue for the foursome stuck in the Soul Society. Soul Reapers had surrounded Naruto, Hinata, Ash and Angie, accusing them of infiltrating the home of these reapers. They slammed the kids to the tiled roof, neutralizing them of any resistance. "Frisk them!" the head man ordered. "Leave no item undetected!" The reapers patted the four from head to toe, removing Naruto's headband and Ash's cap.

"This one's clean," one reaper reported after checking Angie. Another reaper snared Angie's neck with a ring. One more reaper checking Hinata uncovered steel four-point stars, throwing daggers, slips of red paper...what the heck was she preparing for, an ambush? The head man studied the weapons.

"Shurikens, kunais...can you identify what this paper contains?" Hinata tried to remain hush. However, one more reaper uncovered more of the items, including rolled up scrolls. If those were ninja tools, they were armed to the teeth. Another reaper frisked Ash and pulled off his belt which had six small red/white balls on them.

"My Pokéballs!" Ash claimed. The reaper placed the belt down and continued to search, pulling out a red device from a pocket as a couple of the reapers lassoed Angie in a red neck harness. The reaper attending to Ash opened the folded device, seeing two screens on each flap.

"What kind of do-hickey is this?" he wondered. That's when the device switched on with Ash's mug on it.

"Hello, I am Dex," it computed in a female voice. "I am the PokéDex registered to Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. I hold an encyclopedia of Pokémon, providing over 400 species in my database. Should I be lost or stolen, replacement is not an option." Huh! A handy device. Pikachu and Shinx wanted to help the four out but what could they do without aggravating the reapers? Naruto was becoming quite a handful for the reapers holding him down. Despite having half a dozen on Naruto, he continued to fight. Hinata was remaining still. The reapers stood Ash and Hinata up and lassoed their necks as well. The head man came up to Ash with a proposition.

"Ash, we'd like to further examine this Dex and these creatures," he mentioned. "Despite what the Soul Society appears to be, there is a technical division that can evaluate all sorts of inventive items and may upgrade any equipment available. Plus, we'll keep watch over these Pokémon, I think that's what they were called." Ash was pretty apprehensive about having someone take care of Pikachu. However, that lasso was attached to Angie's and Hinata's. He was left without a choice.

"I suppose so," he surrendered. That's when he remembered the struggling Naruto. He had an idea. "But first, could you let Pikachu Thunderbolt the blond? It usually works on me when I misbehave."

"That won't be necessary. We, Soul Reapers, are armed with more than a zanpaktō." Was that what they called their swords? The head man nodded to clear the other reapers so that they would let Naruto up.

"Okay, bub," Naruto huffed. "I don't know what the heck you're all about but I know we can escape." He began to cross fingers but the head man was swift.

"Bakudō, No. 1: Sai!" Something occurred with Naruto. His arms were being pulled back by a mysterious force. The head man was so focused, not even splashes of water would break his concentration. Naruto struggled. The more he tried to fight this force, the more the force returned the fight. Finally, Naruto's arms were locked behind him. He continued to battle but it was more than likely that he would remain in that. The reapers held him down and ringed him up. "It would be best for you to cooperate. The more you fight our kidō, the more you tear your soul." Naruto didn't want to be held down by some "stupid" kidō. He continued to struggle.

"Naruto, please!" Hinata pleaded for Naruto to stop. "You'll ruin your chakra permanently! It's best to listen!" If Naruto wasn't going to listen to Soul Reapers, he certainly won't listen to Hinata.

"I won't be Hokage if I resort to surrendering all the time!" he bellowed. "I might need to resort to using my demon should the time come...like now!" A demon he owned? Suddenly, he began glowing a wild orange, brighter than the suit he was wearing. His eyes switched from blue to red. Was this the demon he was going to summon? Not by the head man's scruff dark burnt red hair. He placed two fingers on Naruto's head.

"Hadō, No. 4: Byakurai!" he chanted before a tiny blue bolt of lightning shot and struck Naruto. The bolt did the job. It knocked Naruto out, dispelling the glow. He fell to the ground and almost dragged the rest with him.

"Naruto!" Hinata screeched, thinking the Soul Reaper killed Naruto.

"Relax. I used a light amount. He should be fine." Not so much breathing a sigh of relief. That's when a taller figure appeared. A really tall figure. It was a dog that stood like a man. He wore the black garbs that the Soul Reapers wore but with a white vest over it. On his back was four-sided diamond shape with a Japanese symbol in the middle which looked like a "t."

"Men!" he addressed. Everyone but the knocked out Naruto turned to see the bigger figure and only the reapers knelt.

"Captain Komamura, thanks for coming. We may need a couple to carry the last one but we're ready to transport the Ryoka to General Yamamoto." Wait...were they trespassers or...what did they call them? Ryoka? Ash and Angie became quite fearful of this dog/man/captain.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Angie stuttered. Ash couldn't really make heads or tails of the captain himself. Komamura studied the three conscious kids, noticing that Angie had nothing but Ash and Hinata contained interesting items about them.

"I think this girl should be no trouble and the best to cooperate," he woofed, mentioning Angie. "However, this boy and girl possess unique energies. Take them to the holding cell and wait for further instructions."

"Yes, sir!" the other reapers agreed. While a few carried Naruto, the reapers guided the kids away to meet with the head general...or death itself. Meanwhile, there was another setting. This was at some sort of school where on the rooftop was a raven-haired female in a white button-down uniform t-shirt and gray skirt. She was rather underdeveloped, meaning that she had to be pretty young. She was monkeying with her cellphone which she received a text message.

"4 RYOKA CAPTURED. 1 W/ FORCE."

Why was she getting the text message? Did she know what Ryoka meant? Someone else was curious. "You still glaring at your phone, Rukia?" groaned a young man. The girl twisted her head to see a spike orange/blond teen male who appeared to be twice as tall walking up. He wore the same button-down t-shirt but had gray cord pants.

"Yeah, latest news from the Soul Society," she answered. "It appears that more Ryoka had shown up but Squad 7 neutralized the issue." The new blond scoffed, thinking how simple that capture was.

"Dog-face Komamaru. Never a moment to sniff out trouble. Well, better him than Kenpachi." That's when he began to wonder about who the Ryoka were. "By the way, were they mercenaries from Hueco Mundo, again?" Hueco Mundo sounded like a place.

"That's what I'd like to know, Ichigo. Somehow, I doubt that's where they're from, otherwise they would've been still running amok."

"Ah. Good point. Why not go check it out and make sure. I'll grab Orihime and Chad." Rukia knew where Ichigo was coming from but thought that it wasn't really necessary.

"I'm sure Tōshirō and Renji can fill us in on the details." Rukia began to trail back into the school, Ichigo following. Ichigo still wanted to bring a couple of friends along.

"I'm still saying that the two can provide a safe bet." They entered inside. How they would arrive at the Soul Society? In the meantime, a darkened room was the shelter for the Ryoka...or for the kids who had been captured. Naruto had regained consciousness but still felt ensnared in some sort of ploy by the Soul Reapers.

"Unbelievable!" he growled. "I could've been doing some training with Kakashi tomorrow after some much needed rest from our last mission with Kiba and Akamaru...but no! Grandma Tsunade just had to send us toward a haunted road where so many chunin refused to go!" A haunted road? And if this Kiba had joined, why wasn't he with the rest?

"You know, I'm getting a massive headache from all of your complaining," Angie grumbled. Naruto was not too upbeat with all of the complaining going on.

"Oh yeah? How do you think I feel having regaining my head after having a brainstorm of the wrong kind?" Man, those two were yelling a storm of a different category.

"You needed that bolt to that cinder-block-thick head of yours! At least the rest of us knew better than to resist in a new location and new guidelines!"

"At least I'm not as weak and thoughtless as you were! I could free myself in a single jutsu!"

"Even if you could free yourself, where would you go? We're in a location where finding a way out isn't enough!" Both Angie and Naruto were so close growling in each others' face, they were ready to go an rip each apart.

"You two need to relax," Ash moaned. "All this arguing is pretty pointless." Both Angie and Naruto turned their attention to Ash, still not backing off of each other.

"You stay out of this!" they shouted back in unison. "You're not helping!" Really? The two of you arguing up that staring contest wasn't really helping as well. Both darted their heads from each other and headed to neutral corners. Ash slumped back down where Hinata was beside. Hinata was rather sympathetic of Ash and his attempt to restrain the two.

"I do apologize for Naruto's behavior," she murmured. Ash seemed pretty understanding to Hinata and her view of the issue.

"It's alright," he huffed. "I think we're all just getting a bit unraveled by the way these Soul Reapers have been treating us. I mean, I don't like the fact that they had to take Pikachu away from me." From his tone, Pikachu had to be real close to him. Even Angie understood the concept.

"That's saying it lightly," she moaned. "I mean, it's not the same having Pikachu be kidnapped by Team Rocket as Dawn and Brock had mentioned. Plus, at least the Soul Reapers are watching over him and Shinx, not to mention our equipment." That was something Naruto did not like too much.

"I think that's a low blow in itself," he protested. "A ninja and his equipment go hand-in-hand. You take the equipment, what does that leave the ninja with other than his chakra and ninjitsu?" Angie may not like Naruto like a friend but at least he had a point.

"Well, I would say not much." Naruto agreed on that front. "But what is chakra? I'm curious about it." That made Naruto grin.

"That's our source of energy for conducting jutsu. A ninja can release chakra from one of over 300 points in the body. The way we use jutsu relies on what we expel from our bodies and what skills we learn. I don't really know how it actually stacks up against what the heck they use. Kiddo, right?" Ash listened to what the reapers used.

"I believe the word is 'Kidō," he corrected. "And they had two forms that I heard: Bakudō and Hadō." Naruto didn't want to hear of extra detail.

"Whatever. I'm only going by stipulation that these reapers don't really know what they're against should they battle ninjas from our world." Just seeing Naruto grin made Ash huff a chuckle.

"Someone's optimistic." Naruto just snickered at Ash's smiling comment. That's when Hinata recalled what Komamura mentioned about Ash having an energy that was unique.

"By the way, Ash," Hinata spoke up. "That beast man said that you contain an energy that was unusual to him. Is it the same kidō they have?" Did Hinata think Ash was a Soul Reaper in disguise? If that was true, why would he be locked up with the others?

"I doubt it. I possess aura. Where, I'm not really sure." Aura? So, now there were three names of energy: Kidō, chakra and aura. Even Angie had to be jealous of Ash having a power of his own.

"Why didn't you tell me that you had a power source of your own?" she snapped. "You could've used it on them and bust outta here!" To where exactly?

"If I knew how to use it, I would've done something about our situation!" So now what? Well, it didn't take too long for Naruto to plot something. His snickering told the others that he had an idea.

"Maybe when we break out of here, I can teach you jutsu techniques and see if your aura behaves like chakra or this kidō," he compromised. "Allow me to demonstrate." He crossed his fingers once more. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" In an instant, a poof of smoke. Another Naruto appeared. Shadow Clone Jutsu: the creation of copied humans. "How about we take care of the wall to begin the chakra lessons?"

"You got it, brother," the clone grinned. Naruto held a palm out where the clone began to swing his hands over the original's. Hinata knew what Naruto was planning.

"The Rasengan!" she realized. Rasengan? Ash and Angie were interested in this technique. "Toad Sage Jiraiya taught Naruto this technique which drills into anything with an explosive impact." Angie and Ash hiccuped a panic.

"Then shouldn't we stand back for clearance?" Angie advised.

"Yeah, the duck and cover technique sounds favorable right about now," Ash acknowledged. The three retreated to the rear just as the clone formed a ball of energy in Naruto's hand.

"Okay, I'll go and make the exit for you," the clone offered. Naruto nodded and retreated back to the rest, setting up for another Shadow Clone Jutsu. The clone charged in with the Rasengan and pushed the ball into the wall, creating a drilling depression. Oh boy... KABOOM! There was a massive explosion, rocking the tower that they were in. Before any of the Soul Reapers could react to the blast, a wave of Naruto clones spilled out and spread everywhere. This was Naruto's plan. Break free and spread confusion everywhere in the Soul Society. After the last of the clones dispersed, two reapers checked the confines of the prison. All that was there was rubble. Naruto, Hinata, Angie and Ash escaped. Instead of facing Gen. Yamamoto, Naruto focused on escape with his new partners. Ichigo and Rukia were on their way to meet the Ryoka. How would they if they made their disappearing act? Then again, no one has told the stories of how they wound up in the Soul Society. That should be tantalizing when that becomes a subject.

TO BE CONTINUED...