"Those blasted hollows! Where had they come from," he thought. He returned to where he left his captive and he hoped she was alright. He had not meant to hit her so hard but she struggled. He needed her alive, just not conscious especially if he was going to get what he wanted from her old man. He reached the alley way where he left the woman and he looked around she was gone. How? She was bound and gagged. Someone must have come by and taken her, but who? He suddenly felt strong spiritual pressure. It could be the people who took the woman who had come back to check on the scene. He quickly hid his spiritual pressure and disappeared so that he could watch in order to see who was coming.

From his hiding place he could almost see the entire alley. There were two of them and he recognized them both. The first was Captain Kuchiki and the second was his lieutenant Abarai, Renji. What were they doing here?

\—•–—•—/

Byakuya entered the alley first and felt that same lingering reiatsu (spiritual pressure) but this felt newer. "Whoever took her was here recently," he said.

"Seems like whoever he is he is not happy."

"And up to no good I am sure."

"Why else would he tie up such a cute girl and leave her in an alley? It is obviously not something good."

"Who could it be? It seems slightly familiar but I can't seem to place it. Can you, Renji?"

"No I cannot. However you are right it does seem familiar. There is also traces of her reiatsu. She seems to be strong how did she get kidnapped?"

"She may not have been trained. She seems to me to have been sheltered."

"What do you mean?"

"Her reiatsu seems familiar as well. If she was as strong as I think she is she would not have gone down easily."

"Do you think the guy is hiding, watching us and try to follow us back to her?"

"He can and he might but he will not succeed in taking her."

"You got that right!"

"Nothing more we can do here. Maybe you should return to the Seireitei and inquire about anyone losing someone."

"You think that is a good idea."

"I can handle things here on my own."

"Yes Captain. Let's go."

They headed back towards Urahara's shop, but Renji stopped along the way and went back to the Seireitei. Byakuya continued on alone. No one was following him.

\—•—•—/

"Those blasted Shinigami," he said as he watched them leave the alley. They were going to ruin everything. He had to get back and stop them from finding out that he had kidnapped a Noblewoman, and worse yet if they found out that she was the daughter of the head of the Fujiwara Clan. He would return to the Seireitei as well. Maybe if he was lucky they would blame the Kuchiki Clan since their head had found her.

He arrived back in the Seireitei near his home moments before his master came to find him.

"Kohaku! Kohaku!"

"Yes Fujiwara-sama?"

"Prepare to leave. I have business to attend to."

"Yes, sir."

\—•—•—/

Byakuya returned to Urahara's shop. He entered and had a seat in the livingroom. Moments later Kisuke brought some tea and joined him.

"Find out anything?"

"No."

"How unfortunate."

"Indeed."

"Renji went back to find some information?"

"Yes. How is she?"

"She is alive. That is all I can tell you. However if she does not wake soon, it will not be good."

"There also seems to be no trace of the hollow that were giving Ichigo Kurosaki such trouble."

"No trace at all?"

"None at all. They seem to have been taken care of by whoever brought her to that alley."

"Interesting."

After sitting in silence for a while they hear someone scream. They rushed to the room where to girl was. She was sitting up and had tears streaming down her face.

"It is alright my dear,"Kisuke tells her as he kneels beside her.

She looks at him and asks, "Who are you?"

"I am Kisuke Urahara. This is my home and that over there is Byakuya Kuchiki. Are you alright?"

"Yes, it seems I have been a burden. I am sorry."

"It's alright. It was my pleasure. Do you remember what happened?"

She thought a moment and said, "No I don't remember anything." She started to cry.

"It is alright. You took a hard knock to the back of your head. Hopefully your memories will come back eventually. Do you remember your name or..."

"I can't...remember anything... N..Nothing at all."

Byakuya frowned at the news that she didn't remember who she was or what had happened to her. He would learn nothing of use from her so he hoped Renji would have better luck.

\—•—•—/

Renji returned to the Seireitei. He went straight to the one person that knew all of the secret whispers that passed around the Seireitei. However that prove to be unfruitful. He went all over the Seireitei trying to find even a hint about someone going missing, but nothing had popped up yet. Byakuya would not be happy with him or with the lack of results. He would wait a few days to return to his captain to see if a little more time could produce any information.