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So, here we are again. Another great chapter. I re-wrote this thing a thousand times and I still don't really like the outcome but, oh well I'll let my fans decide...hehe

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A tormented soul

"Rukia, Rukia honey, over here. Over here, baby look at mommy. What a good girl. What? You're hungry? Are you hungry? Well your bottle is empty but…oh. I thought it was empty. Did you do that sweetie? Did you fill up the bottle without telling mommy? What a good girl! Apparently you'll have them before I did!"

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Ichigo suddenly opened his eyes as he heard loud thumping coming from outside. He sat on his improvised bed on the floor and saw Rukia-hime looking out of the window next to the bed. The rain pounded hard against it and everything was dark, except for an orange light coming through the window, which was half covered by Rukia's silhouette.

As he was more aware of his surroundings, he heard loud voices calling someone out.

"What's going on?"- He asked the princess as he stood next to her looking out the window

"I don't know. There is a group of men outside and they seem to be looking for someone"-she said

"Come out! Come out you evil-doer. Meet your fate you spawn of the devil"-a man screamed at the front door

Ichigo and Rukia stepped outside of the room when they saw Yoruichi standing in front of the door, looking at it like she was about to make a terrible decision.

"What's going on outside Madame Yoruichi?"-asked Rukia

"Oh, I'm sorry for the noise, it must've woken you. Please don't worry, it's me there looking for"-she answered. She had a faint smile across her face.

"Why are they looking for you? They don't seem very happy about something"-Ichigo said, looking outside a window.

There was a group of men and women standing in front of the Madame's house. They were all dressed in black and were holding torches. Some of them were holding little black books that resembled bibles.

"Please stay here. Do not move or move anything. I don't want them to know you are here"-Yoruichi said

She opened the door and stepped outside. The crowd started yelling and pounding there fist at the air. From the crowd emerged a small man with black clothes just like the others. He had a hat and small glasses and the moment he took front and center, everyone went silent.

"Shihouin Yoruichi, my name is Takashi Noboru. I am the head priest of the Sacred Congregation and I am here to arrest you"-the man stated. As he said this there was a twisted smile displayed across his face

"And, may I ask what are the charges pressed against me?"-Yoruichi asked rather calmly

"Defamation, fraud, public disturbance and treason"- the man explained with no hint of emotion

Ichigo and Rukia listened closely by pressing their ears to the door. They were so surprised by what was happening that they couldn't move, and because of the fact that Yoruichi told them not to.

"Treason? When have I committed treason?"-Yoruichi asked

"That will be discussed when you are placed on trail. Arrest her"-he ordered two men behind him

They grabbed the woman by the arms and dragged her to the back of a wagon. As they walked by the other black-clothed people, they yelled and cursed at her. But Yoruichi seemed calmed and collected. She didn't make any moves and got into the wagon with no demands. The congregation people followed the black wagon as it disappeared into the fog of the early morning.

Rukia slowly detached her ear from the door, with her hand placed on her mouth. Ichigo had a hand on the back of his head.

"Wow. That was crazy"- he said

"We need to help her"-Rukia said suddenly

"What?"-Ichigo asked. This girl was too eager for her own good.

"We have to go help her. She's in trouble so we have to help her"-Rukia explained, her eyes wide with desperation

"And why would I want to do that? Didn't you hear what that man said? She's a fraud and a traitor."-he said

"Do you really believe that? She was the one that told you about the pendant right?"- asked Rukia.

But Rukia didn't understand. The way Ichigo had lived in these past years had taught him never to trust anyone. He lived closed to everyone and everything and he really felt in his mind that it wouldn't be strange that this Madame Lady was a fraud, since he has been lied to before. But the look in the princess's eyes told him different. He saw how she really believed that they had to save her. He crossed his arms and looked away, trying not to look at her, since he thought that she could probably convince him.

"Fine, if that's your decision then I'll go on my own. I don't need you"-Rukia said defiantly. She started walking towards the door, and once she noticed the hunter wasn't going to follow her, she opened it and walked out.

"Wait, wait, wait. Ok I'll go. Geez, how the hell are you going to manage to get in there anyway?"- Before Rukia started walking she felt her wrist being pulled back. Ichigo had pushed her back and she spun around, landing in his chest. He still had her wrist in his hand and her face was very close to him. They stayed like that for a while until Ichigo felt his arm being twisted behind his back yet again.

"I thought I told you not to do that ever again"-Rukia said holding a struggling Ichigo on his knees.

After the awkward moment had passed, they decided to think of a way to help Yoruichi. They had stayed a good couple of minutes looking into space without the slightest idea as to how to proceed. They didn't know where she was taken, or who those people were. Time was ticking and impatience was growing…specially on Ichigo.

"Were never gonna be able to pull this off you know. Where the hell do we start?"-he huffed impatiently.

"Aren't you supposed to be a treasure hunter or something? This is your kind of work."-Rukia said

"How is this my kind of work? I look for treasures not people"-Ichigo said, looking at her with his eyebrows furrowed

"Well, just think of it as a treasure then. Just think of how would you look for a treasure if it was taken from you by some religious looking people"-she said very matter-of-factly.

"What makes you think it's so easy? First of all, I have an investigation team that does all that kind of research for me, and second, I don't go places without having at least a map of the place. You can't just waltz into a place and hope to find what you're looking for"-he explained. He remembered the talk he had with Ishida-taichou before attacking the Kuchiki castle. Hadn't he gone into the castle without exactly knowing where to go?

"Oh I see, so you're that kind of hunter? The one that has other people do their work and then takes all the credit for it afterwards."-she said crossing her arms in front of her chest. She saw how Ichigo jumped from his seat and stood in front of her, reacting to her words. Bingo.

"What! That's not the kind of hunter that I am! I work hard to find the things that I hunt! It's not my fault that the headquarters already has that team! But only because they're there doesn't mean I don't know how to find things on my own"-he shouted at the princess's face. Rukia looked up into his face with a mischievous look

"Well then, find Yoruichi"-she said softly

Ichigo stood up straight and closed his eyes. Rukia looked at him with curiosity. What was he doing? She was about to call him out when she felt something emanating from the orange-haired kid.

A pale-blue aura surrounded Ichigo's body and his face was contorted in concentration. His fists were two balls and his stand was rigid. Rukia noticed that the rest of the room had gone dark and that they were surrounded by little spectacles of light. Next to Ichigo's ear there was a little light that was slightly stronger than the others, and in a split second, Ichigo grabbed it.

"Found her"-he said, suddenly opening his eyes.

He darted towards the door with Rukia hot on his heels. He was running towards the dirt road where the black wagon had been not long ago.

"Wait! Kurosaki-kun, where are you going? What do you mean you found her? Wait!"-she called behind him

"Shut up already. I said I found her so we are going to look for her."-he said

They were reaching the road that leads to the outside of the gypsy camp when they were stopped by a small truck, which was sideways. In front of the truck there was a little boy and inside the truck there was an older man.

"Where are you guys going?"-the boy asked

"Who the hell are you?"-Ichigo asked

"Are you guys going after the sacred congregation to save Madame Yoruichi?"-the boy asked, ignoring Ichigo's question

"Yes, we are"-Rukia answered

"Do you know where the congregation is?"-the boy asked, raising an eyebrow

"Well…not exactly"-Ichigo confessed

"Hmm. Hop in, we'll take ya"-said the little boy, pointing at the truck

"And why would we trust you?"-Ichigo asked defiantly

"Because we want to help Yoruichi"- the boy answered, getting in the back of the truck

Ichigo and Rukia looked at each other and decided to go with the boy and the old man. They hoped in the back with the kid and they started going down the dirt road.

"Why are you guys going to help Madame Yoruichi?"-the boy asked

"She helped us. It's the least we could do"-Rukia answered

The boy studied then for a while and turned his eyes to the road. After what seemed like an hour, they reached a building made of dark red bricks. The side walls were covered by very dense vines that went up to the ceiling.

"Where're here"-announced the boy

They stopped a few miles before the tall, black gates. They got out the of the truck and the old man light up a rusty pipe

"This is the Sacred Congregation. Here they put to trial everything considered unholy and diabolic. They have had their eyes on the Madame for years now, saying that she performs adulterous magic tricks and disturbs the public order. We know that's a load of crap."-The old man said, letting a few rings of smoke come out his mouth

"Why would they say she's disturbing public order if she's in the circus?"-Rukia asked

"They say that someone caught her doing some magic in the deep of the woods one night. Supposedly she was controlling the weather to destroy the congregation's crops. Of course the next day they found out that there crop was destroyed because of a nasty wind. Since then these people believe it was her that did it"-the old man explained

"Did she?"-Ichigo asked

The boy and the old man exchanged dark glances. The man put out his pipe and got on the truck again, the boy followed suit. He started the truck and turned around, but before leaving he stopped next to the couple.

"They usually have service at this time, so I assume that the Madame is not being guarded right know. They keep their prisoners in the lower chambers. Just keep going all the way down and you should find her. Good luck kids"-he said. The truck disappeared into the dust of the road.

Without wasting time, the twosome went through the gates, which were open, and carefully went through the sides of the manor. They saw that there was nobody on the sides of the building so the ducked under a window, where they could hear the people gathered inside. Ichigo looked around and saw a small door, so he pulled Rukia's wrist and they went in, finding a staircase that led to the undergrounds of the manor

"How did you know where to find this?"-Rukia whispered, pulling her wrist away from Ichigo's grip.

"It doesn't matter, let's go"-he said

They ran down the stairs as everything got darker, only being able to see by the faint light of the torches that hung on the walls. They reached the bottom and saw in front of them a long hall, and in each side there were cells. They slowly walked by each one of them until they saw a slim woman with dark hair.

"Madame Yoruichi! Are you alright?"- Rukia said, holding the bars of the cell like she could go through them

"Kurosaki-kun, Kuchiki-hime, what are you kids doing here?"-she asked faintly. Her hands were chained to the wall and were held above her head. Her face was slightly bruised and there was a little bit of blood in the corner of her lips.

"Those bastards hurt you"-Ichigo exclaimed

"A little price I had to pay for my silence. But you shouldn't be here, It's dangerous"-she said

"We are not leaving without you"-Rukia said, holding onto the bars tighter.

Ichigo stepped back, studying the cell. The bars were thick, so there was no way in hell that he was going to get through them.

"Is there a guard that has a key to this thing?"-He asked

"Yes, but they left their post since they had to attend to the service"-Yoruichi said

Ichigo went back outside and noticed the small guard post. He went around it and saw the little surveillance screen, where he could see the cells and the two women. He looked around trying to find a key until he felt the cold of metal on the back of his head and the distinct clicking of a gun.

"Don't move you son of a bitch"-said the voice of a man

"Man do I really hate that phrase"-Ichigo muttered

In a second Ichigo grabbed the gun that was pointed to his head and twisted the guard's hand, but in the struggle the guard pulled the trigger and fired a shot to the ceiling. He took the gun from the guard's hand and smacked his face with it, leaving the man unconscious. He searched his pockets and found a pack of keys, so he ran back to the cell, where he saw the princess with her eyes wide open, her hands slightly shaking

"Are you ok, Kurosaki-kun?"-she asked

"I'm fine, but we need to do this fast since there's probably more guards coming"-he said, fumbling with the keys and trying them all.

Sure enough, there was a loud thumping coming from above them and they heard the voices of several men coming towards them. The duo was spotted and they charged against them. Ichigo found the key and opened the door right when a guard raised his arm and hit him across the head with his gun. Ichigo fell on the floor and Rukia grabbed the keys, looking for the one to unlock the chains that held Yoruichi. The guard went after Rukia when he felt a hand pull his leg. He stumbled face first to the ground.

"Hey, it's me you need to worry about, asshole"-Ichigo said standing up. Blood was dripping from his forehead.

While Ichigo fought the guard, Rukia was still looking for the key. Her hands were shaking and she wasn't able to focus on the keyhole.

"Kuchiki-hime, please, you don't have to do this."-Yoruichi said

"Nonsense. You helped us and gave us shelter, so we will get you out of here. I don't believe a word those people say about you"-Rukia said. She had a fierce determination in her eyes and Yoruichi knew there was nothing she could say.

Rukia finally found the key and opened the lock. She held Yoruichi on her shoulders as Ichigo delivered the last blow on the guards face before leaving him unconscious. They were heading for the door until they saw a small man standing at the bottom of the stairs with a flock of guards behind him

"Oh fuck"-Ichigo muttered

"Well, well, what do we have here? Are you planning on going somewhere, Yoruichi?"-The man asked

"Noboru"-Yoruichi hissed. Her body was limp and heavy on Rukia's shoulder.

"Listen old man, if you know what's good for you, I would suggest you step aside"-Ichigo said defiantly. A twisted smile ran across the man's face

"What's good for me? You have some nerve kid. Guards, finish him!"-the man ordered

The guards charged against Ichigo and he started fighting all of them. Rukia was standing behind them, looking at Ichigo in awe. He was fighting all of them, alone.

"Hime please, just leave me here, I'm not worth risking your life for. Please get out here."-Yoruichi pleaded

"Stop it. You life is worth it, you can't think like that. You must have the will to live; otherwise you will never be strong. The people at the town are waiting for you to come back, they helped us get here, they believe in you Yoruichi-sama."- Rukia was looking into Yoruichi's eyes and she noticed that there was a small glimmer in her eyes, one that looked a lot like the light that Ichigo had caught next to his ear earlier. Rukia kneeled on the floor holding Yoruichi's head close to her chest.

"Please, never lose your will to live. You must believe"-she whispered

The small diamond pendant started to glow, and a symbol appeared under Rukia and Yoruichi. Yoruichi's body started to glow with a golden aura and there was an enormous gust of wind coming from her. She stood up and started walking toward the guards, who had stopped attacking Ichigo and were staring at the glowing woman. Yoruichi elevated her right hand softly and sent the guards back into a wall, where the all knocked out. Then she walked straight up to the small man, who was cowering against a corner

"Devil, you're the devil"-he whimpered

"Sorry for the crop"-she whispered and the small man collapsed

She let out a sigh and turned to the Ichigo and Rukia, who were looking at her with wide eyes.

"I think it's time to go home"-She said

Back at the Gypsy camp, the duo had their original outfits on, happy to have taken off their golden ones. They were standing in the small living room, getting there things ready

"So you are one of the pure souls. Hmph… go figure"-Ichigo said

"Yes. I am the Soul of Wind, and thanks to Kuchiki-hime I was able to unleash my power"-Yoruichi said while sipping on some tea

"Did you already know this?"-Rukia asked

"I suspected it, since I have read about the pure souls before. But I must warn you, it probably won't be as easy with the other elements"-she said

"Easy? Whoever said that was easy? I got my ass kicked all over the place"-Ichigo said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Before you leave there is something I need to give you"-she stood from here chair and opened a little wooden box that was on the mantelpiece. She placed in Rukia's hand a little crystal sphere that had a golden mist swirling inside.

"This is Kaze Go-ruden. You will need to collect on of these from each pure soul you find"-she said

"Thank you"- Rukia said, looking at the small glowing sphere.

Before anyone could say anything else, the pendant stared to shine again and the silver portal opened under their feet. The light started to surround them and their forms started to disappear.

"Good luck you two and be careful"-Yoruichi said

The light covered them completely and in matter of seconds that had disappeared yet again. Yoruichi stared at the spot where they had been standing and smiled. She knew that those two were going to have a very hard time

"I hope you don't give them too much hell"…

Yeah pretty long huh? Sometimes my head gets filled with stuff and I just can't stop Xx

Kaze Go-ruden: Golden wind (not quite sure if its said correctly)

So, Ichigo and Rukia are going to another world. What are they going to find? Who will they have to defeat? Will these to ever get along? Read and see!! and review, of course

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I was reading the Bleach manga online and seriously, are Ichigo and Rukia EVER going to realize that they are crazy for each other? I mean this is insane! And apparently Ulquiorria has a soft spot for Orihime..watch out Ishida!!!