I have to move my schedule forward seal appeared today. The time is nearby when I will get to wreak havoc on these damn fools who insist on believing in 'peace'. They still do not suspect me. Why would they though? They have no reason to suspect me


Kurai woke up the next morning with a pounding headache. "What the hell happened last night?" He could vaguely remember the vice-captain making him drink some sake but then everything else was fuzzy. "Mental note: hangovers suck. Also I need to stay away from the vice-captain when she's drunk." He sweat dropped. Vice-captain Matsumoto had forced him to drink and he ended up having more than she has. What sucked most for Kurai though, was that he felt especially horrible now. It was his first time drinking so as soon as he woke up, he fell out of bed and hit the ground headfirst. He got up rubbing the spot were he hit himself.

"Ouch"

"Are you ok?" Asked one of his squad mates

"No. I feel horrible." Kurai responded in an irritated tone.

"No need to get angry." The other Shinigami slowly walked away to his friends.

Hinamori walked into the barracks to see a pissed off Kurai glaring at the group of people in the corner of the room. She walked over to him.

"Kurai what's wrong?" She asked, now concerned. After all, she was friends with almost all the seated officers in her division.

"Vice-captain Matsumoto decided to get me drunk last night and now I feel horrible." His face turned into a frown as his head started to hurt again. "And the hangover isn't helping." She sweat dropped, knowing that Matsumoto is the most irresponsible of all the vice-captains. Hell she got one of her subordinates drunk with an order.

"Maybe you should go to the 4th division. They might be able to help." Stated Hinamori

Kurai sighed "Fine" He then walked outside and flash-stepped to the fourth division. He walked inside and saw a kid that seemed to be freaking out with some of the 11th division members.

"I'm sorry! It was a mistake!" The child said to an 11th division member who had a stain on his Shihakusho.

"Little brat!" The man rudely pushed him away. "You're gonna pay kid!" He moved to grab the child and received a blow to the back of the head by Kurai.

"Do not hurt those who cannot fight back." Kurai ducked to avoid a punch from one of the other division 11 members. He swung an uppercut and knocked him out. Another tried to hit him from behind and he dodged by barely and punched the man square in the jaw. "I got to check if that kid is okay now." He turned to the child and asked, "Are you alright?" He stretched a hand out.

"Y-yes I'm alright." He took Kurai's hand and got up. "I'm Hanataro Yamada, the 7th seat of the 4th division. Are you Ok?" He had noticed Kurai holding his head, obviously uncomfortable.

"I have a killer hangover; do you have anything that might help?"

Hanataro took a small vial from a nearby cabinet and handed it to Kurai. "That should at least get rid of the headache. Give it 5-10 minutes before it takes affect."

Kurai got up and began to walk away "Thank you Hanataro." He quickly went out the door and back to the barracks thinking, "Yeah, I'm never letting vice-captain Matsumoto come near me with sake ever again." He quickly drank the vial. It tasted horrible.

"BLAH! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS STUFF?!" Kurai reeled back in disgust at how horrible it tasted. It only reinforced his thoughts on never drinking sake again. Kurai quickly flash stepped towards captain Hitsugaya's office. He thought twice about walking in, after all the head-captain was not in his office right now... meaning he could begin phase one of his plan. What he did not know was that Hinamori was hiding nearby watching him.

Hinamori thought, "What is wrong with Kurai? He has been acting strangely the last few days..." Kurai, she knew, was a naturally lazy person. He did not do anything unless he absolutely had to, or he would do it at the last yesterday he had asked for something to do. He never asked for something to do. In addition, Hinamori knew that Kurai had no tattoos, yet this morning, she visibly saw a black crescent moon fade into view on his upper made sure her friend had not seen her and she masked her presence.

Kurai made up his mind and Flash-stepped to the head-captains office, the head-captain himself was not there. Kurai slowly turned and Hinamori hid behind a nearby pillar and sighed in relief. "Okay, I managed to follow him here. Nevertheless, what is he doing here in the first place? Entering the head-captain's office is restricted to anyone not called in by the head-captain. Maybe he–" Hinamori's thought's were interrupted by Kurai tapping on her shoulder, making her jump in surprise.

"Vice-captain Hinamori, why are you following me?" He had a smile on his face but his voice was more demanding her to answer the staggered back in surprise. "Once again, why are you following me? His smile disappeared into a frown.

"I-I was just worried Kurai."

"Care to explain what exactly you were worried about?"

"You have been acting strange and that crescent moon tattoo appeared on you this morning. I wasn't sure what it was, so I followed you to see if anything was wrong." She pointed to the tip of the Tattoo showing out of his Shihakusho.

"It is nothing Hinamori. It is just a seal."

"It is a seal? If it is a seal, why do you act as if it is unimportant?"

"I have always been horrible at controlling my spiritual pressure." A devious smirk found its way to Kurai's face as Hinamori understood what he had said.

"T-That means you are stronger than you appear doesn't it?" She was nervous now. Aizen had also been a lot stronger than anyone knew about. However, he also kept his Zanpaku-to ability hidden. Now that Hinamori thought about it... "I don't think I've ever seen his Shikai." If he were indeed like Aizen, he would have a powerful Zanpaku-to release.

"Yes Vice-captain, your assumption is correct." He slowly drew his Zanpaku-to from its spot in its sheath. "I am sorry, but you know too much. Path of Destruction number 54: Haien" The ball of flames shot forth from his hand towards the vice-captain. She rolled out of the way and the fireball hit the head-captains desk; engulfing it in flames.

Kurai thought "Oh great, I came to steal the paperwork, not destroy it."

"Why are you doing this?!" Yelled Hinamori, raising her spiritual pressure hoping somebody would come help. "Please somebody come help! I cannot believe he used a level 50 Kido without the incantation! He is only supposed to be a seventh seat!" Kurai pointed the tip of his blade at the ceiling, directly over his head

"Show true fear, Musei-yoru! (Silent night)" Kurai's Zanpaku-to began to emit a strange light as it changed. The blade turned pitch black and the guard became a six-pointed silver star, The handle changed into a royal blue color. "One strike from my blade and I win, regardless of spiritual pressure. Do you think you can win Vice-captain?" His spiritual pressure felt extremely cold, not like Toushiro (Which is ice-cold) but a cold that sent shivers of fear down a person's back. That person was Hinamori.

She quickly backed up but it was too late; she had a small cut on her left shoulder. She thought, "What could he have meant by one strike and he wins? I am fine, nothing happened so what was he–" Hinamori's thoughts were cut off by a strange feeling of loss. Her entire body went numb everything began to turn black, but she kept consciousness somehow, but had no control over her body.


In the black space, she found nothing until Kurai faded slowly into view.

"Hello yet again. How do you like the ability of my Zanpaku-to?"

"I-I don't understand! What did you do to me?"

"Of course, allow me to explain." He waved a hand around to point to the surrounding darkness. "This is your mind. My Zanpaku-to's ability allows me to peer into your little mind. So essentially, I win as of now."

"I still do not understand! Why am I in my own mind?!" Kurai slapped his forehead.

"I control your mind as of now so. . ." What looked like Sousuke Aizen when he was still a captain came into view. "... I can make whatever I wish happen, such as, I do not know, fighting your fears. This copy's orders are to kill you." With that, Kurai faded away as the copy unsheathed his Zanpaku-to in a murderous way.

"C-Captain Aizen, i-is that y-you?!" Said Hinamori out of pure fear, and unable to move.

An echoing scream could now be heard.


Kurai quickly left the scene, making sure to leave no traces that he had been there in the first place. Nevertheless, he left the unconscious Vice captain there, mumbling everything she said in her mind.

"She will live," said captain Unohana. "What's mysterious though is the fact that she only seems to have been struck once."

Hinamori was in the fourth division sickbay, he childhood friend captain Toushiro by her side, watching her like a hawk. Hinamori began to whisper something while in her comatose-like state. The young captain moved closer to listen.

"Kurai... stronger... Aizen…" Her face contorted in an almost imaginary pain to everyone around her. Nevertheless, to her, the pain was very much real enough.

Toushiro Tried to piece together what she had said. "Kurai... could she mean Kurai Ganmou? The seventh seat? It sounds almost as if she's saying he's stronger than Aizen. But that's impossible."

"... Seal... Limiter…" Hitsugaya thought that maybe she could hear his thoughts somehow because how she answered his question unconsciously was beyond strange.

"Does she mean that Kurai sealed his true strength? She could have followed him to the head-captains office and he attacked her. I will confront him tomorrow." Suddenly he sensed spiritual pressure doing the same thing it had done the night before. Appearing and then disappearing before it could be quickly went back to the tenth division, deciding he would think about it there.

Too bad, he did not know that the next day would be too late.

Note: I did not really like how fast I did this chapter but I cannot wait to write the next one!