A/N: Hey I'm sorry for the late update… these chapters are so long and I write them down before I type them up so I always procrastinate on this story… I'm so sorry! Anyway, I hope your summer is going well… Please enjoy!!

OH, btw, I changed a lot of things around in this story so certain parts aren't going to line up with the latest manga or the Amagai Shuusuke arc in the anime… cuz I started writing this before either so for one, Amagai isn't going to show up at all, two, (SPOILER for some of the latest manga chapters) the Vizards aren't going to have any the ranks they had before in Soul Society, and three, certain people are going to have different ranks. Basically, it's not going to follow the main storyline. But because this is a future generation story I think it should be okay…

Disclaimer: First chapter's disclaimer

Ch. 4 Reunion

Two weeks passed. Hisana had received her sleeveless haori and quickly adapted to the duties of a taichou. Momo and she spent quality time together, chatting or cooking something for the division in the division kitchen. Hisana trained the new recruits daily and spent time getting to know everyone, new recruits or not. In less than a week, Hisana had gained the love and respect of her subordinates.

A hell butterfly fluttered to Hisana one day. She was filling out paperwork with Momo. Hisana, frowning, held out a finger and received the message. She nodded. Standing up, Hisana told Momo, "Captain's meeting. I'll be back soon!!" With that, all you saw was the swish of her black sash and hair.

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"There have been Arrancar sightings in Karakura." Yamamoto addressed the twelve in front of him. Ichigo and Hisana glanced up, eyes filled with fear and worry. "There is a decent number of spiritually-aware residents, but the incidents are frequent. I will send a group to Karakura for two months. In the case of more severe sightings, possibly an Espada, reinforcements will be sent. All on this mission are to report daily!"

A unanimous "Hai!!" was heard everywhere.

"Kurosaki Ichigo-taichou, Kurosaki Hisana-taichou, Hitsugaya Toushirou-taichou, Abarai Renji-fukutaichou, Hisagi Shuuhei-fukutaichou, Matsumoto Rangiku-fukutaichou, and Kurosaki Rukia-fukutaichou are to be sent on this mission. Prepare immediately. You are to report to the Senkaimon in fifteen minutes. Dismissed!" Yamamoto slammed his cane on the floor twice.

Hisana stared up at Ichigo happily. "Karakura?! Uwahh!! I can't wait!! Miko-chan and Takeuchi will be so surprised!" She jumped in her exuberance. "I'm going to go tell Momo-chan!" She shun-poed off with the speed of Yoruichi.

Ichigo heard a chuckle behind him. "Hisana-san's so excited about this mission. It's pretty unlike her." He turned around to see Hisagi. "Excited to see her friends, huh?" He clasped his hands behind his head. As Ichigo began to walk, Hisagi followed him, keeping up with him.

"Aa. She really missed them. You'll see their close bond when we get there. But we've got to get ready. Let's go."

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"MOMO-CHAN!!" Hisana squealed, surprising her friend with a huge hug. "Guess what happened?!" Without waiting for an answer, she squealed, "I'm going to Karakura!! I'll see Takeuchi and Miko-chan! 'Course I'll be using a different gigai 'cause I'm supposed to be dead, but I'll get to be with them!" She screamed again in happiness and danced Momo around the office.

Momo laughed. "That's great, Hisana-chan!! I wish I could go meet your friends, too." She embraced her friend. "Demo shikata nai." She sighed, then smiled genuinely for her friend's happiness.

Hisana dragged Momo to her dorm room. Lately, she was sleeping at 5th Division; there were a lot of work to do. She stocked up on supplies and necessities as she explained the reason.

"Gomen ne, Momo-chan. Demo, abunai desshou. Aizen's after both you and me, me for my power and you to manipulate you for his own purposes. If both of us go, Aizen might take both of us hostage and then, we're doomed. If he gets me, Aizen's going to get all the power he wants." 'And so much more.' "If he takes you, Momo-chan, he'll manipulate you into killing your nakama. He'll benefit way more than our side if both of us go. Hontou ni gomen ne. I wanted you to meet them, too. Maybe they'll visit me in Soul Society?" Hisana said, dejectedly, throwing everything into a small bag.

Silence settled in the dorm room. Momo broke the silence by saying, "Saa, you've got to go! Keep in touch with me daily, alright? I'll give you reports on the division, ok? Maybe I can talk to them?"

"Of course!! And we'll do video conversations, too; I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do that. Only bummer is having to deal with my psychotic ojii-chan. And Kisuke-ji-chan. Yay!" Hisana cheered sarcastically. Beckoning to Momo, she asked, "Ne, want to come with me? You've got to say 'bye' to Hitsugaya-kun before he leaves! Ikou yo!!" Grabbing her zanpaku-tou, bag, and Momo's hand, the girl ran out to the Senkaimon, dragging the poor fukutaichou along.

Everyone was assembled at the Senkaimon. After one quick hug, Hisana hurried to a spot between Renji and Rukia. All were given hell butterflies and they went through without any major problems. Hisana smiled to glimpse Momo waving at Toushirou before the gates closed.

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"UWAHH!!" Hisana squealed. Everyone winced at the high decibel of her squeal. "It really hasn't changed. Mmmm, it's so good to be back!!" Hisana dashed around their location in her happiness. "Let's go to Kisuke-ji-chan's, neh? We need our gigai and Soul Candy."

Nodding, everyone shun-poed to the Urahara Shoten. It was the same scene as always: a redhead swinging a broom with an obnoxious voice and a quiet dark-haired woman sweeping. At the multiple soft thuds of feet on the ground, they looked up. The female gasped. "It…can't be…"

The redhead dashed inside excitedly. Soon, a tall muscular man barreled outside, tears in his eyes, and flew at the Kurosaki girl. The sliding door slid open and out stepped a man in casual robes and a hat. His grin spread from ear to ear. "Welcome back, Kurosakis."

Hisana, having dodged the tall man by reflexes, flew at the man. "Kisuke-ji-chan! O-genki?" She embraced Urahara Kisuke tightly. He was one of her teachers and helped oversee her Bankai training. Though she often thought Urahara was psychotic, Hisana was extremely fond of him. She pulled away and peered inside. "Yoruichi-oba-chan's out or something??" At the same moment Yoruichi shun-poed next to Urahara, Hisana whirled around to face her.

"You've improved. Think you'll be able to beat me in flash tag, Hisana-chan?" Yoruichi smiled kindly at the beaming girl. Turning to the rest of the shinigamis, Yoruichi said, "Welcome back. Are we glad for your assistance. We'll give you the details inside, after you get your gigai and the gikongan. By the way, Ichigo," Yoruichi turned to the orange-top. "Kon's been really annoying lately. Take care of him, neh?"

Everyone went inside. Urahara passed around a box of what looked like PEZ-dispensers. "I've invented new gikongan. When you get the dispenser, focus your reiatsu into it. When it glows the color of your reiatsu, you can stop focusing. That puts your personality and everything about you into the pills. That way, it's like it's still you in the gigai when you're actually not."

Hisagi asked, "Basically these were made so a shinigami could custom design his/her gigai?" He rolled the dispenser in his hands. He focused his reiatsu into it. Suddenly, it glowed a purple hue.

Urahara clapped once. "Right! Kuchiki-san could stay with the Chappy if she wants to, but…"

"Iie. Chappy is cute, but I prefer to use this one. Chappy really messes up my personality; I'm not hyper or babyish. Let me stay with this. You didn't play around with them like you did my gigai last time, right?" She glared at Urahara, who shook his head with a serious face. Satisfied, Rukia concentrated her reiatsu into the dispenser. Almost instantly, the dispenser emitted a silvery-white glow.

Soon, the room was filled with colorful bursts of reiatsu. Renji's reiatsu was a blood red, while Rangiku's was a strawberry-blonde. Toushirou's was an ice blue and Ichigo's was a black and blue (his Vizard reiatsu mixed with his normal navy blue). Hisana's was a white, soothing glow. In a moment, the colors faded.

Yoruichi lugged out a bag of gigais dressed in well-matched clothes. "Hitsugaya. Matsumoto. Hisagi. Renji." With each name, she handed them their gigai. "Ichigo. Rukia. Hisana-chan. We played around with your gigais' eye and hair colors. If you stayed the way you are now, people who don't know your true identity will think either you'll all ghosts or you've been resurrected. That wouldn't be good.

"Ichigo, we've dyed your hair black and your eyes are brown. This time, at the least, you won't stand out much anymore. Rukia, your hair's brown and to the bottom of your rib cage. I know, it's long," added Yoruichi as she saw Rukia about to protest, "but we'll cut it shorter if you want, alright? We've changed your eyes a sea blue. Hisana-chan, only changes shoulder-length brown hair and deep blue eyes.

Yoruichi addressed everyone. "Isshin was crazy enough to not sell the Kurosakis' house or rent it to anyone and he saved everything in it, including clothes. Hisana-chan, Miko-chan's been borrowing your clothes, but I doubt you mind."

Everyone was about to get into their gigai when they heard a Hollow's scream. Acting the quickest, Hisana raised a forefinger and chanted, "Hadou #4, Byakurai!" White lightning was fired from her finger through the door, effectively destroying the Hollow outside. Urahara stared at Hisana, mouth agape. "Kisuke-ji-chan, if it's about the door, I'll fix it later, ok?" she said exasperatedly, getting into her gigai. Once in her gigai, Hisana looked down in wonder. "Eh… this is what a gigai is like…"

"Y-you defeated a Menos Grande with a kidou as simple as Byakurai. Hisana-chan, you've grown so much… Isshin will be proud of you." Urahara gazed at his protégée with fondness and admiration mixed with awe. "If Masaki-san was alive, she'd be proud of you, too… though I'm not sure she'd be able to see you in shinigami form if she were still alive…"

The door was slammed open at that point to reveal a huge group of people, all wearing excited faces. "Minna!!" Ishida Orihime squealed, hugging Rangiku tightly. "Oh, we've missed you!" She turned to face Hisagi, who was next to Rangiku, "We've met during the Bount invasion, I believe. Ishida Orihime desu." Orihime held out a hand.

"Ah, hai, we did. Hisagi Shuuhei desu." They shook hands.

Arisawa Tatsuki was hugging Hisana. "How's my goddaughter doing? No shinigami idiots who've been harassing you? No asses to kick?" She stared at Hisana with dark, serious eyes. Tatsuki nodded in approval at Hisana's "no." "Good. No guy touches you the wrong way and gets away with it. But you've got your karate to help you?" Tatsuki asked strictly.

"Yeah. I train daily with Renji-ji-chan and other men I trust. My skills are in top condition, I hope, Tatsuki-nee." Hisana grinned happily.

Yasutora Chad was chatting with Ichigo about long-lost fun as teenagers, when they fought off countless gangsters. Renji and Ishida Uryu were arguing about Quincies and shinigamis, with Hisagi listening in, interested. Orihime and Tatsuki were chatting around with Rukia, Rangiku, and Toushirou. A hug from behind surprised Hisana.

"You've returned to Karakura… Hisana," a low, husky voice whispered, cracking at the end with emotion. Hisana's eyes softened and she twisted around to return the hug. "We really missed you a lot, Hisana," the voice of Arisawa Takeuchi whispered into her ear.

Hisana dug her face in Takeuchi's chest. "Takeuchi… I missed you and Miko-chan so much." She pulled back to stare at his dark eyes. "I'm home."

"Mou, Takeuchi-nii! Let me see Hisana-nee!!" Ishida Miko playfully slapped Takeuchi's arm. When Hisana faced Miko, Miko's eyes began to water. "Hisana-nee!!" She hugged her tightly, crying. Patting her gently, Hisana hugged her friend back.

"Tadaima. I've missed you too, Miko-chan. How can I not? Atashi no taisetsu na tomodachi da yo. And it's been such a long time, too. I've missed you so, so much!!" Hisana cried. She hugged her crying friend and sniffed a little. Takeuchi's warm hand on her shoulder made her look up. He smiled at her.

"O-kaeri nasai."

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The entire group walked over to the Kurosakis' house. A street down from the Kurosaki Clinic, it was a big house, mostly filled with extra guest rooms for when shinigami came on missions. Ichigo fumbled with a loose stone in the pathway leading to the door and unearthed a little house key. Striding to the door, he unlocked it and walked inside.

It was still the same, Ichigo noted. The kitchen to his left was spotless as always, and the living room to the right was as cozy looking as always. The stairs leading upstairs were beckoning to him, to go upstairs to the bedroom he shared with Rukia. Everything was the same. Nothing was changed.

Everyone stepped in. Hisana, pulling Miko with her, pushed to the front. Takeuchi followed closely behind, closing the front door shut behind him. "It's still the same…"

All the shinigami and humans alike chose seats in the living room. Ichigo and Rukia took the red couch with Renji. On the opposite couch, Toushirou, Rangiku, and Hisagi sat down. Orihime took the armchair, and Tatsuki perched on one of its arms. Chad and Ishida stood around the arrangement, while Hisana, Miko, and Takeuchi sat on the floor around a table in the middle of the whole arrangement.

"OK! So, this is what used to be our home when we were alive. I'm sure my crazy dad will let us use it, as we left it to him when we died, so rooming arrangements. We've got tons of extra rooms." Ichigo leaned back. "Who wants the one down the hall down here?"

Toushirou spoke up. "I'll take it."

"Room upstairs, two doors down on your left? Double, there."

Renji and Hisagi glanced at each other. "Hisagi-san and I'll bunk together up there. That's the room with the sunrise view? Wicked view, there." He grinned.

Ichigo grinned as well. "Ja, Rangiku-san, do you want the room next to Hisana's? It's got a door going between the two rooms, so you could talk together at night if you wanted, I guess."

"Done! Hisana-chan and I'll have fun hanging out, neh, Hisana-chan?" Rangiku winked at Hisana, who smiled back. "We're going to have fu-u-un!!" Rangiku trilled.

"Hisana-nee, you'll be going undercover at school, neh? Yuzu-san's principal of the high school division. It's no longer Karakura High, too. It's now the Karakura Elite Academy, and it's a school really for the elite… There are four divisions: elementary, middle, high, and university. The uniforms are also different from the gray and white. Now they're white and black… But you'll be going?" Miko asked tentatively.

Hisana nodded. "Making up a story'll be fun. Let's see… transfer student from Tokyo, parents travel a lot, will stay for two months, bla bla bla and all that. But I won't have any official certificates, like the birth so…"

"I won't count it. Transfer students as short of a period as you don't require all that. Just the transfer application form is fine," a kind voice said (A/N: ok I admit it: this is really unlikely… but let's just accept this cuz this is just a story after all). Everyone turned to the door, where the source of the voice was. Ichigo's breath caught in his throat.

"Y-Yuzu… K-Karin…" Kurosakis Yuzu and Karin stood at the door. Yuzu was still the kind soul she was as a child. Her chestnut hair was up to her mid-back and swept up in a tortoise-shell barrette. Karin was the same as Ichigo last saw her, just a little more lean and taller. Her long, black hair was tied up in a high ponytail. Yuzu was standing there with tears in her sympathetic eyes, while Karin had some unrecognizable emotion in her dark gaze.

"Ichi-nii!!" Yuzu ran and hugged her brother around his neck. Ichigo held his little sister's arms while she choked him half to death. "Otou-san got a phone call from Urahara-san that you, Rukia-nee, and Hisana-chan came back; why didn't you come see us as soon as you all got your gigai?!"

Ichigo, turning blue from Yuzu's grip, finally loosened his imouto's grip around his neck. Breathing heavily, he managed a smile and ducked, bringing Rukia down with him. "Toushirou, Shuuhei, DUCK NOW!!" Confused, the two men obeyed and ducked.

A loud crash echoed around the whole house. "Ichigo!! My dear son, why did you not see your old father first thing since your arrival?! Where are your manners?! Oh, Masaki, our son is such a disrespectful and horrible person, even though he's married with a child of his own and a taichou of the respected Gotei 13!! What have I done wrong in his up-bringing, my wonderful Masaki?!" Kurosaki Isshin wailed, hugging a huge poster of his wife, Masaki, which appeared magically on the wall. Next to him was a life-size imprint of the psychotic doctor.

Hisana sweat-dropped along with everyone else. "Ano... Ojii-chan? We've got gues – KYAAHH!!" she screamed, dropping to the floor as her grandfather launched himself at her for a bear hug.

"Otou-san!! Don't try to kill Hisana-chan and Ichi-nii; they just got here!! Plus, we've got guests, as Hisana-chan tried to say before you attacked her with one of your life-threatening hugs! Sumimasen; he's crazy…Though he's one himself, I personally think we need to take him to see a doctor," Karin apologized to the shinigamis in the room with a little bow. "Yo, Ichi-nii." She hugged the now-standing/fuming Ichigo.

Rangiku laughed. "Kurosaki-san? You haven't changed at all!! You're still that crazy, slightly and most likely psychotic person!!" She grabbed the couch arm for support, laughing hysterically.

"Ehh? You knew Ojii-chan, Rangiku-chan?" Hisana inquired, slowly and warily kneeling back up to a sitting position. She squealed in surprise as Isshin hugged her tightly. "Ojii-chan! You scared me!!"

Nodding, Rangiku wiped away tears of laughter from her ice-blue eyes. "Kurosaki Isshin, 5th Division taichou before Aizen. He was my taichou before I transferred to 10th Division. Everyone always had a good laugh around him, and was pretty let down when he left Soul Society for good."

Tatsuki turned to Hisana, who was struggling to be free of Isshin's death embrace. "Oi, isn't Hisana-chan the current 5th Division taichou? Wow… who would have thought that she would get the same position a family member once held?"

"Sou ne…" Orihime mused. "It's pretty ironic because they are completely opposites, Kurosaki-san and Hisana-chan. But oh well…"

Hisagi listened silently. 'So… Kurosaki-san used to be a shinigami… considering he used to be a taichou means he's powerful…' He looked up to see Ichigo, who looked completely pissed off. Following Ichigo's gaze, his eyes widened in surprise. 'Hisana-san…'

"Mmph!! Mmmmph!!" Hisana frantically tried to get out of Isshin's grip. Her face was blue and she was flailing around in desperation. Tears started to form. "O-Ojii… ch… chan… c-can't… br… breathe…!!" she rasped out.

Rukia firmly intervened, "Isshin-san, please release Hisana-chan. She'll choke to her death." Her violet eyes flashed dangerously as she stared icily at her father-in-law. "Isshin-san!!"

Suddenly, the two were separated. Hisana, gasping for air, ran to hide behind her glaring father. Chad was apologizing quietly to the older Kurosaki for his action, but Isshin shook his head in understanding. In his ecstasy of seeing Hisana again, he embraced her so tightly; it was a death-hold. "Gomen ne, my lovely, kawaii Hisana-chan!! Ojii-chan will not hurt you like that again!!"

Everyone sweat-dropped. Hesitantly, Uryu spoke up. "A-ano… Kurosaki-san, you should schedule an appointment for the psychiatrist. No offense, but I believe you need one." He pushed up his slipping glasses. "I know you meant well, but I think you should still see a professional, Kurosaki-san."

Karin sighed. "Finally, someone else has the sense to recommend a psychiatrist. After nearly suffocating Hisana-chan…" She shook her head in exasperation. "Daijoubu?"

"Mm, daijoubu, Karin-nee."

Suddenly, a chorus of beeps pervaded the room. All the shinigamis pulled out their mobile phones and checked their screens. "Menos? All in different directions... Matsumoto, Hisagi, and I will go towards Karakura Park," Toushirou stated. Rangiku and Hisagi nodded.

"I'm going, too," declared Karin, looking at the whitey with a determined glint in her eyes.

"I'll go towards Karakura Elite Academy Elementary." Hisana turned to her two childhood friends. "You two, st –"

Takeuchi said, "No chance, Hisana. Miko and I are going with you." Miko nodded in agreement.

Tatsuki and Renji stood up. "You three aren't going anywhere without us two going with you," Tatsuki stated. "Is that clear?" She glared at them.

"Hai!!" all three said instantaneously. They knew how scary Tatsuki was when she was annoyed or irritated. Not wanting to risk that, they always agreed to Tatsuki in situations like this.

Orihime said, "Ja, Uryu, Kurosaki-kun, Sado-kun, and Rukia-san, along with me, will head towards the neighborhood. Let's all meet up at Karakura Park after. Is that ok with all of you?"

Everyone nodded. All the shinigami, and surprisingly Takeuchi, Tatsuki, and Karin, lifted their PEZ-dispensers to their mouths and swallowed a Soul Candy. Their spirit form split from the gigais and bodies. The gikongans were told to stay close to their owner, but to stay out of danger. As Hisana, Miko, Takeuchi, Tatsuki, and Renji all ran to Karakura Elite Elementary, Hisana scowled accusingly, "Kisuke-ji-chan did that to you, eh? Are you Vaizards like Otou-san?" she spat out bitterly. "Illegally, too?"

Tatsuki scowled herself. "Illegally, yes, but actually Urahara requested permission from Soul Society because Karakura needs a good number of people to fight off the endless Hollows appearing. After we got permission, he cut our chains of fate and dumped us in that pit, the bastard. But, no, we all got out in time."

The group reached the school division. Renji and Hisana were in awe; Karakura High School as they knew it was almost nothing next to this school branch. But, they set aside their awe as the shinigamis drew their swords, and Miko readied her bow and arrows. Having the powers of a miko (i.e. the reason behind her name partially), Miko was able to shoot regular arrows infused with spiritual power.

An ear-splitting scream split their eardrums in half. Takeuchi grinned and released his zanpaku-tou. "Burn, Akatsuki!!" Flames erupted around the group and the sword changed from silver metal to black streaked with red. The hilt was red and orange, as if there were flames licking at it. Pointing it at a Hollow, he fired a ball of fire at its head.

"Rule the seas, Mizu no Ryuu!!" Tatsuki chanted, twirling the katana like a baton. The blade emitted a twister of water. At the end was a menacing glare of the ryuu. The blade became ocean-blue and a light blue tassel hung from the butt of the hilt. The hilt itself lengthened to morph the sword into a spear.

She slashed to her left, water slicing through the object (or Hollow) nearby. Using that single attack, she destroyed two Hollows.

"Arisawa Takeuchi, no matter how much I love you, you are so dead when we're done Hollow hunting!!" Hisana growled menacingly. A Hollow crept up behind her. "Kamikaze!!" A gust of wind seemed to slice the Hollow down the middle, starting from the head. She flicked the ribbon towards a group of Hollows. Wind gusts exorcised them simultaneously.

"Hoeru, Zabimaru! Hisana-chan, you skipped the command!! Renji called in awe. He swung Zabimaru through the Hollows. "When'd you learn that?!" He jumped to avoid a Hollow attack.

Smirking, Hisana called back, "I said it in my mind!"

An arrow lodged itself in a nearby Hollow's mask, purifying the lost soul. The youngest of the group had an expression of fierce concentration and determination. She pulled the bowstring back and fired another arrow at a Hollow. "Renji-nii!! Behind you!!" Miko warned the older man.

Before Renji could swing Zabimaru, a ball of fire was shot from Takeuchi's sword. Smirking, he flashed a thumbs-up and went to help his mother out with some other Hollows.

Minutes later, the group stood back-to-back in a circle, weapons held in a defensive stance. "Damn, are you serious? Not even back in the past did Karakura have this many Hollow attacks!!" whined Hisana, referring to the time when Ichigo and the rest of the adults were teenagers (she had to study that and the Winter War during her two years at the Shinigami Academy). "Neh, Renji-ji-chan, should we go Bankai on them?" She nudged Renji with her elbow. Her eyes shone with determination and confidence. Renji thought for a moment, then nodded.

Both stepped out and called simultaneously, "Bankai!!" A glow of red and white shone brightly in the area as reiatsu levels rose and transformations occurred.

Renji emerged, wearing a fur cowl and holding a bone scepter in his hand. Zabimaru was behind him in the form of a massive skeletal snake held together by red reiatsu. "Hihiou Zabimaru."

"Eien no Kamikaze." Hisana's Bankai was shown to her two childhood friends for the first time. Eien no Kamikaze was in its white glory as the sun glinted on the white steel, carmine ribbon fluttering delicately in the wind. Their breaths caught; Miko and Takeuchi didn't expect it to be that elegant. In fact, Eien no Kamikaze was considered the second most beautiful zanpaku-tou after Rukia's Sode no Shirayuki. "Let's go!!"

Renji yelled, "Hikou Taihou!!" Zabimaru fired a blast of red reiatsu from his mouth and wiped out nearly half the remaining Hollows. "It's all yours, Hisana-chan!!"

Water appeared and began to twist in the air. With an almost lazy flick of Hisana's ribbon and the command "Mae," the twister made its way to the Hollows, swaying back and forth, as if it was dancing. The Hollows were wiped out immediately on contact.

Miko went and hugged Hisana tightly. "Daijoubu?" She was always worried about someone else's well-being. Having a doctor for a father and a healer for a mother influenced her a bit. After she was satisfied that her friend wasn't hurt, Miko said, "All that aside, Renji-nii, Hisana-nee, your Bankai are really something!!"

"That they are." A clap followed the praise.

Hisana grinned at the voice. "Kisuke-ji-chan." Having forgotten her anger at the shopkeeper, she twirled her sword expertly and ended it with a flick of her ribbon winding around Urahara's wrist. "What do you think?" With slight tug, the ribbon unwound and swirled around Hisana gently. Throughout the entire process, there was a balmy breeze that stopped blowing as soon as Hisana willed it.

From under the hat, eyes glinted in pleasure. His mouth upturned in a smile. "That was wonderful, Hisana-chan. You've become much more experienced in Bankai. Even more impressing, your zanpaku-tou is duo-elemental. That takes a long time to master. (A/N: not sure if that's true or not) In fact, you may even be more of a child prodigy than Hitsugaya-san."

"Ehh, don't say things like that! Hitsugaya-kun's more talented than me! He's the youngest person ever to become taichou! Ever!" Hisana began to protest. "I've got luck, that's all!! Hitsu --"

"You're the youngest to ever become taichou. Hitsugaya-taichou became 10th Division taichou when he was 170 years old. You're 150 years old. It's only 20 years difference, but you definitely surpassed him." Renji sheathed Zabimaru. "But Hitsugaya-taichou is definitely more experienced. I'll say that." Patting her on the head, he watched as Kamikaze reverted to its sealed form.

A loud cough caught her attention as Hisana sheathed her sword. "Tatsuki-nee!!" She rushed over to Tatsuki. Then, remembering her anger at Urahara, she changed her course and ran to Urahara, trying to strangle him. "Do you know what you've done, you fool?! You've put them in danger! Karin-nee, too! If they get injured, I'm going to blame and kill you, bakamono!!" She screamed at the somber man as Takeuchi restrained her. "Let me go, Takeuchi! LET ME GO!!"

"I've done this only because they asked me to. I didn't force it on them; instead I discouraged them. The stakes were told, but all of them asked… no, insisted… anyway. Hisana-chan, it was their choice. Just know that… and you should respect it."

Hisana went limp and hung her head. "…" She abruptly hugged Urahara, sobbing. 'They put themselves in extreme danger willingly. Why?! They could get killed any moment! Why?!' "I hate you, Kisuke-ji-chan," she choked out.

Arms wrapped around the shinigami. "I know." Urahara looked up at the others. "Please, head on to Karakura Park. We'll shortly follow." He patted the teenage girl gently as the others silently left. Yoruichi jumped from her perch on the tree next to them.

"Hisana-chan, daijoubu da. They chose it. Saa, let's go back. All the fights are over."

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Rukia rushed to her daughter, worried as Hisana, Urahara, and Yoruichi appeared in her sight. "Hisana-chan…" Catching her daughter as she fell into her arms, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"You know, she got really emotional and with all of… you-know-whats… going on, she's mentally exhausted. Nothing a nap won't fix." Urahara fanned himself while Ichigo picked Hisana up. Miko, Takeuchi, Karin, and Tatsuki were looking on, worried and concerned. Renji, Hisagi, Toushirou, Rangiku, Chad, and Uryu were standing off to the side, also concerned and on the lookout for more Hollows. Orihime was wondering if hr powers would help the young taichou. "Let's all go back to our homes. When Hisana-chan wakes up, you can all celebrate the reunion."

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A/N: -stretches- Another chapter finished!! Yay!! Anyway, in case any of you are wondering, Urahara and Yoruichi know about Hisana's dreams. That was just to clear things up.

Again I'm so sorry for the late update. I'm going to work on typing up the next chapter ASAP so I can update a little (just a little) faster.

Please R&R! Thanks for reading and I hoped you enjoyed!

Love always
hisanachan