"You are to be executed in thirty days. Until then, reflect on the crime you have wrongly committed," the officer informed and left the red head in his cell alone. Said red head sighed in annoyance in the guard. That guard was the kind of people he hated. The ones who think they are so powerful when they become seated officers and thought they so all mightly when they face someone who was weaker than themselves. But as for now, Ichigo welcomed the silence and began to regroup his thoughts.

Though this wasn't the case for long as another familiar lieutenant ran inside furious.

"Hey Renji," Ichigo asked in a bored tone, not even looking at his friend. The suspected criminal laid on the floor with his back to his friend in a bored tone.

Said friend wasn't in the same mood as Ichigo.

"What were you thinking? Killing someone like that! That isn't the Kurosaki Ichigo I know! Tell me the reason!" The Sixth Division's lieutenant screamed. Even though Renji knew Ichigo for a few years, but it was enough to become very close friends and rivals.

The orange haired teen sat up and looked straight towards his pineapple friend. His scowl seemed to deepen and his eyes showed true annoyance in his friend.

"Why would I kill someone?! I knew nobody in the World of the Living when I was on my mission! Tell me Renji, why do you think I kill someone in cold blood?" said Ichigo, annoyed his friend had so little reliability in him.

Renji took a step back. Even though the lieutenant in front of him had restrainers on him, his reiatsu was still dense and powerful. Ichigo took a deep breath to gathered his reiatsu. His friend got closer, but was still speechless. In a moment, he got the message and began to look more serious.

"Who framed you?" Renji asked concernedly. He understood the message well. This wasn't just some stupid mistake.

"That doesn't matter right now. What I want you to do is to get a hold on Rukia. Make sure she's safe in the real world, or at least just safe. Then destroy your phone and pretend you never even called her," Ichigo instructed. Renji raised an eyebrow at his plans.

"Why?"

"Because, if-"

"Lieutenant Abari, Captain Aizen wants to talk to you," an officer said behind him. The man was bowed down, so he couldn't see the face, but he noticed Ichigo growl in disdain for the officer interrupting him.

"Captive Kurosaki, I would think you should refrain from talking to your guests about plans to escape or such. You shouldn't get a great leader like Abari into your foolishness and crime," the officer muttered and beckoned Renji away from the cell.

The lieutenant nodded and looked at his friend once more. His eyes were focused on the unseated officer's unseen face.

"And what is you name, officer?" Ichigo asked in rudely. He showed openly that he hated the officer and the disturbance he caused.

"Fujimaru Kudo. I must inform you to not ask any more questions Kurosaki Ichigo. If you do, I'll have to call other officers to further decapitate you. And from the looks of it, I'm not sure where they would put the next restrainers." Fujimaru smiled and showed his face. He had messy dark blond hair. His eyes were closed because of his smile.

The captive acknowledged the officer's request and let Renji be led away from the cell. For some reason, he couldn't tell why he was so wary of this guy.

He looked back at Ichigo, who had his back to the entrance again, and walked with the officer.

"Um, Fujimaru, when were you admitted into the Gotei 13?" the red head asked.

"I was admitted into the fifth squad three months ago. Captain Aizen had told me he wanted to speak with you. You probably didn't see me around because I was so focused in becoming like you, Lieutenant Abari. I hope to be as good as a Shinigami as you were!" the officer commented and happily walked to the Fifth Squad's quarters.

Once they entered though, Fujimaru was no where to be seen.

"Must be off doing paper work, or something," Renji muttered and entered Captain Aizen's room. The captain was sitting at his desk peacefully as always doing jobs a captain did.

"Captain," the pineapple bowed and waited for his superior's response.

The man looked at the lieutenant with a curious eye.

"I suspect that you have already seen your friend, correct?"

Renji nodded in confirmation.

A sigh escaped the calm man's lips as he walked forward to his former squad member. He ordered him to rise and put his hands on his shoulders. The atomsphere around them changed drastically from a calm one to one full of tension.

"Abarai, I know this is hard, but you must no longer trust your friend. That man, Kurosaki Ichigo, is no longer the man you once knew. He's a beast, a monster in human flesh. That's why I brought him in justice. Do not trust him. That trip to the World of the Living changed him," the fifth's captain warned.

The red head looked in shock.

"If you can't believe me, look at my sword over there," Aizen pointed towards a small table. "I set my sword to be cleaned later, but as you can see, blood is still on it. Kurosaki attacked me, but I dodged the attack just in time, though I had to use my sword to deflect his attack and ended up attacking him," Aizen explained and walked passed the confused lieutenant.

"Do not worry. Justice will prevail and soon this would just be a bad memory," the captain soothed and walked out of his office to leave the shinigami to his thoughts.

Renji looked down to his feet. He was confused and didn't know who to believe. The proof the captain showed was very convincing, but he knew Ichigo very well. Suddenly, a hell butterfly appeared in front of him.

Attention all officers, lieutenants, and captains. Two ryoka and a rouge shinigami has infiltrated Soul Society. Stand guard and prepare to kill on sight.

The news shook the pineapple out of his shock and went out to find the intruders, hoping to see if the rouge shinigami wasn't Rukia.

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"Now remember, you have at most four minuets to cross over to Soul Society. At best, you probably won't make it. But please, don't let that overwhelm you." Isshin played the shopkeeper's message over his head.

"When I get home, I'm going to kill that man!" the husband yelled. In front of him were his wife, Rukia, and a talking cat. Behind the trio was a moving wall accelerating at a frightening speed. If any of them stopped, it would no doubt tried to eat them.

"If you have time to speak, then run faster!" the cat yelled as they neared a light.

Masaki remained quiet and tightened her grip on her right hand. At top speed, she ran forward and was the first to reach Soul Society.

Isshin was second to leave the death tunnel, Rukia came third, and last came out Yoruichi. They stood in the outskirts of Rukongai near the west gate.

"We're finally here," Masaki whispered and looked at her husband. Isshin was fully clothed in shinigami uniform minus his haori. He reasoned that he might have someone remember him and that wouldn't have been a good thing.

Isshin nodded and tried to sense his son's spiritual pressure. It was no where to be sensed.

"It seems that Ichigo has been restrained and locked in a containment cell as of now. Seeing how it was Aizen that stole him, I suspect he is in the fifth division's barracks," he observed and looked at Rukia with an uncommon serious face, "Ms. Kuchiki, I believe you should be our tour guide for this trip."

The noble noded in agreement thinking if they had the direction skills of her lieutenant, they were as good as dead. She walked forward towards the gate. The four gates were guarded from the four cardinal directions. At the West Gate, it was guarded by Jidanbo, a good friend of Rukia due to her trips to update her captain..

"Jidanbo!" she yelled and waved.

The giant looked down to see the noble and three others below him.

"Rukia, it's good to see you! Where is that rude little strawberry? What? Is he really going to still stay there? It can't be that good of a place!" the guardian joked. The midget was surprised to see that he was informed of Ichigo being taken from the real world.

"He's still back in the real world messing around as usual. Mind letting us in?" she smiled, trying to not let him know that she was lying. It was best if they could get in without must of a commotion.

"Hmm? Sure!" he smiled at the officer and her friends and began to lift open the gate.

Step one: Get into Soul Society. Check, Isshin thought out the steps in his mind and breathed a deep breath as he saw the city of souls for the first time in a long while.

"Shoot 'em dead, Shinso," a sudden voice said and a sword suddenly extended and struck the gate guardian down cutting off one arm. The other still holding the gate up, but with great stress against it.

"What's this? A gate guardian opening a gate? See, that's not supposed to happen. Even if the intruders beat ya, ya have ta die before they get in. That's the rules, right Jidonbo?"

"C-captain I-i-ichimaru," Rukia stuttered. She felt his spiritual pressure coil around her as she stood in front of the captain.

"I have too. Rukia Kuchiki is a well-known shinigami. Why can't I?" Jidonbo reasoned fearfully.

"Tsk. Tsk. Jidonbo. I would have thought that the news got to the guardians first. Don't ya know? Those four have been named rouges of Soul Society. Though, since you seem to honestly not know about it, I'll let it slide. Now let go of the door, or do you want the arm to come off too?" The smiling captain looked at the four as if trying to memorize all of them.

The gate guardian looked at the captain, trying to decipher whether or not he was serious.

"Three."

"Two."

Before the captain got to "one", the giant let go of the gate and watched as the door slid downwards. The last they saw of the smiling captain was when he bowed down and smiled, "Bye Bye!"

The door closed with a thud and guardian leaned back and fell along with the door from a few seconds before. Citizens of the town behind them had gathered and looked at the strange souls, wondering if they were dangerous.

Isshin was the first to react to the devastating event and immediately went to heal the wound. He used what he knew in healing kido and hoped that it was enough to stop the bleeding.

His wife went over to cover it with cloth to help.

Rukia went to the crowd to get rid of it. Yoruichi walked over to the Kurosaki parents.

"You do know that the only way to peacefully enter the city is ruined now," the cat reminded them, but got no response.

By nightfall, the wound was healed and one of the families had invited them over till morning came.

"What are you going to do now?" Yoruichi asked.

"What do you mean?" Maskaki asked in a innocent tone.

"Will you leave? Or will you try to find another way in?"

Rukia stayed in the corner of the room, listening to the conversation silently. She was amazed that even after everything, the mother was still determined to save her son.

The mother smiled and looked at the cat. "I don't think you now how important this mission is to me. We came to save Ichigo from what ever is after him. And that is what we'll do. As for getting in, Isshin has a friend who can get us in."

From his grumpy expression, Yoruichi could only guess who he was thinking of.

"Tomorrow morning we'll find them and then start our operation!" she smiled. It seemed that Masaki was left in the dark as to who the friend Isshin mentioned.

Rukia looked up from her train of thought, and began to think of who they were talking about, and by the looks of Isshin, dreading to meet.

"Could it be? No, that house couldn't be that popular that even Ichigo's father would know," Rukia reasoned. "Not ever since..." She drifted away into thought.

The plan was decided and would start the next day.

A/N This chapter is kind of slow for me. The next one might be too, but after that, it'll go a little faster. On another note, does anyone know how to make Rukia not seem to defenseless? You don't really see her much other than her saying, "I'm sorry Ichigo" or being locked up in a tower, so I really don't know how to write her here. If you do, please tell me. And please review also!