I do have many of these chapters pre written but I will tray and space out their posting, so I'm not running out of content before I'm finished and you guys have to wait and such, so I hope you don't mind :)

bleach does not belong to me, only the story does, oh, and of course the other side of the mirror is mine :)

~The Other Side of the Mirror~

Upon stepping inside the mirror he almost instantly fell but landed on his feet, however he looked around in shock recognising the same field he just left, the mirror was not quite in the same place, it seemed to rest in mid air, he would easily be able to reach it though. Jushiro quickly turned his attention to his soul communicator which seemed to immediately recognise the area as soul society as well, the silence was interrupted by a child's scream and Jushiro instantly shunpoed to the area he heard it from, he approached an almost identical looking Rukongai, however it was different, aged perhaps, the already shaggy huts had been left for the trees and vines to grow over them, no one seemed to be here though, though his senses betrayed him, he could definitely feel something here. The child had tried to find her home but when she did she found unexpected occupants and got scared, Jushiro easily found her, she had tried to hide unsuccessfully.

He quietly approaches and kneels down looking gentle "excuse me little one..." She jumped and squealed again looking nervous, she had started crying "t-taicho...?" Jushiro nods "hai, you seem to be a little scared.. Are you ok?" He offers his hand and she takes it reluctantly "hai..." Jushiro helps her to her feet "did you see something here?" She nods and then looks afraid of something behind him "behind you!" Jushiro instantly grabs her close to shunpo a distance away expecting an enemy but instead seeing a dog... It didn't exactly looked dangerous, but another dog poked it's head out of the house and the scream seemed to have got the attention of many other pairs of eyes that most seemed to glow in the dark, it was off putting and it immediately made him nervous, the girl a little shocked by the movement holds the captain tight afraid. Jushiro gently shifted her to his side holding her with one arm so he could use his zanpaktou, the dog seemed to back away nervously as if sensing he was dangerous, and so did all the other sets of eyes receding back into the homes which were so familiar, he then realised he sensed another approaching reiatsu, one that seemed extremely familiar, sickly familiar in fact, he recognised it as his own.

Suddenly his soul communicator beeped, shunsui was calling him, jushiro answered swiftly "hai" shunsui sounded worried "what are you doing? Are you ok? Did you find the kid?" Jushiro decided to shunpo back to the field putting some distance between the approaching soul "I found her... But you won't believe it... It's a mirror soul society, there's a presence coming... It feels similar to my reiatsu..." He felt a little ill as the reaitsu didn't hesitate to follow them rather swiftly, shunsui sounds shocked "what? Can you get out? What are you waiting for..." Jushiro sounds unsure "the presence is following me... What if it followed me there... It's too dangerous..." Shunsui sighs frustrated "I half expected this to happen... Alright... Just come back when you can then... But hurry...". Jushiro snaps the communicator shut before looking at the girl with a gentle smile "I know you must be scared, but don't worry, I will get you home soon, promise" his smiles was reassuring and the girl nods holding him tight, Jushiro turns his attention to the new Rukongai just as the presence appeared in the distance, however, the presence didn't seem human... It seemed to stop to simply stare at him, before stating to walk slowly, Jushiro stood on guard putting a hand on his hilt watching in silence.

The animal slowly became more visible and then stopped about ten steps away, the beings seemed to share a look of shock, Jushiro saw what seemed like a big cat of some sorts, he can't tell exactly which type, but it wore a white coat which he would recognise anywhere, a captains haori. The cat also had white hair near exactly like his, the cat seemed to recognise himself in Jushiro as well, after a moment of staring the cat bows it head respectfully "I don't wish to fight you..." Jushiro swallowed his shock despite the cat also sounding a lot like him "I would prefer it not to come down to a fight also..." Jushiro reluctantly brought his hand away from his zanpaktou despite his instincts telling him not too, he bows respectfully back. The cat seemed just as shell shocked and wary as Jushiro "if I may approach you, I promise no harm will come to you..." Jushiro nods reluctantly "it's rude to speak from a distance...". With permission the cat slowly approaches and sits a few steps in front of Jushiro peacefully, further proving that in some way... The cat and Jushiro seemed to be the same person... Just with different forms... The cat was about as tall as Jushiro's thighs and was indeed a bobcat, even in the minimal light Jushiro recognised what the cat was "I don't intend to be a threat here... I was merely bringing this child home...".

The cat looks at the child "I see... That is reasonable... I am glad she is being looked after... I was worried when I heard a child had fallen through...", the cat looks at Jushiro "I have a feeling I don't really need to tell you this... But my name is Jushiro Ukitake..." Jushiro can't help but feel stunned "uh... Then there's not much I need to tell you either then... I am also... A pleasure to meet... You.." The cat looks equally as uncomfortable, his tail flicking "a pleasure... This is a rather strange meeting..." Jushiro nods "yes...". The child seeing that the cat wasn't mean loosened her hold a little "is there two Taicho's..." Jushiro, the human who was holding her smiles a little "it does look like it..." The cat looks at his human counterpart "may I meet your child?", the human looks at the child "that is up to the child... But I am sure... You... I..." He can't help but be confused... "Won't hurt her.." The cat nods raising his paw smiling gently "I don't even have my claws out..." The girl looks nervous but allows jushiro to kneel down so the cat may meet her.

the girl reluctantly looks at the cat and he looks back "what is your name child?" The girl looks unsure at the human counterpart who still held her secure before looking back "rei..." The cat smiles "that's a nice name.." He gently puts a paw on jushiro's knee and bows low "it's a pleasure to meet you". The girl blushes and hides in the haori of the human looking at the cat shyly "your a little cute..." The cat chuckles "I tend to hear that a lot..." The human watched thoughtfully finding the experience a little amusing, the girl blushes a little worse "can I pet you?" The human looks a little unsure but the cat just chuckles offering his head "of course my lady' the girl reaches out nervously and gently touches him and pats him "your very soft..." The cat looks amused and sits "thank you" ?the human looks thoughtfully amused "you don't seem to have an issue with things like this..." The cat shakes his head and smiles "no, we have a settlement of humans here, the children enjoy visiting me as they live close to my home..." The human gently puts the girl down and she a little nervous moves closer the the rather large cat, he was tall as her sitting down. She gently pats him and the cat smiles "I like a scratch behind the ear" he hints playfully, the girl smiles a little bigger and follows his hint, sure enough the cat instantly moved into her hand happily, the human chuckles watching.

The cat then lays down and the girl kneels beside him to rub his belly, this which the cat also enjoyed sighing "I like you rei..." The girl giggles and hugs the cat "you are pretty, I like you too" the human looks up at the mirror "well this certainly has been an... Interesting experience... I wouldn't mind staying and finding out more about this world... But unfortunately my nurse will get mad if I don't get enough sleep tonight" he muses, the girl looks a little dissapointed and let's the human pick her up again, the cat sits up "you have the same problem... How ironic... Is your nurse perhaps Unohana-Taicho?" The human chuckles "yes, so I'm sure you understand..." The cat nods smiling "yes, well I'll report back and perhaps we will meet again" the human nods "that would be quite interesting, take care taicho" the cat nods and turns to start pacing back to seritei, jushiro then jumps up to step through the mirror again.

~The Human Seritei~

Shunsui sat anxiously on the other side and looked deeply relieved to see the two return, Jushiro excuses himself to return the child home before returning to sit beside Shunsui again with a sigh "that was certainly an interesting experience..." Shunsui looks worried "what happened... You took too long..." Jushiro smiles "I'm not sure you would believe me if I explained it..." Shunsui frowns "go on.." Jushiro looks amused "well... It was another soul society, like I told you... That reiatsu however... It was similar to mine..." Shunsui nods impatiently "yeah?" Jushiro bit his lip "it turns out it was me... But me from that world... It's quite litterally is a mirror world.." Shunsui looked stumped, disbelieving "what... He looked like you?" Jushiro nods "he was me... His nurse is unohana taicho... Though he likes a good scratch..." Shunsui raises an eyebrow "what..." Jushiro chuckles "he was quite litterally a bobcat, as in animal, almost reached my hips in height... He was huge.. He even had my hair and eyes.. Wore a haori too... It was rather strange..." Shunsui nods and looks at the ground "you know normally I'd say you should get some sleep and I do recommend that to you... But..." He sighs "you know how ridiculous that sounds right?" Jushiro nods amused "of course... I told you you would have trouble believing it... But.. I will take your advice and get some sleep... I'm tired... So your watch" Jushiro stands before waving cheerfully and heading into the captains tent "good night" Shunsui waves and shakes his head "yeah..".