DiNozzo was stuck babysitting the three witnesses. Sure, they acted weird but it didn't seem like they were connected to the case. The white haired kid maybe, but from the looks of things it was turning out to be coincidence. Somehow this case only got more confusing along the way and DiNozzo didn't like that feeling.

Abby and McGee on the other hand quite enjoyed this case, well except for the brutal death of the officer. A strange ability had awoken in them opening their eyes to a whole new world. Of course both of them had questions still, like if these abilities were permanent or had side effects of any kind? The closest one to their situation was Karin Kurosaki but there was a strong language barrier.

Ziva was fascinated with these kids, or well teenagers. They all seemed to collaborate well and work effectively, even if it was in the worst interest of NCIS. Much like Gibbs, Ziva was aware that the foreign teens were hiding something. They were all guarded and seemed to depend on the white haired child, which was strange considering the orange haired teen was obviously older. Yet, the white haired child carried himself with superiority and the two siblings knew it and why he did so, but blatantly lacked any respect. Ziva also noted the battle readiness of them all. Karin looked more afraid, like she had seen battles but never fought them. Ichigo, her apparent defender and brother, was strong and capable. He looked as if he had fought and won many battles with a few losses in there. Lastly there was the leader like child. For some reason the child held a burden on his shoulders, what that burden was Ziva did not know. This child looked and carried himself as if he led a small army. Toshiro was like Ichigo, he had fought many battles, even more than Ichigo, but there was a devastating loss to accompany him. Not only that, but a sense of coldness emanated from the young child.

Gibb's thoughts were about the same as Ziva's. They were obviously well trained, the two boys were, but the girl had seen battles too. There were too many questions and not enough answers. The children had strange features, the white hair and turquoise with that height. The white haired boy was obviously older than he looked and more mature. Also Ichigo's hair. Japanese don't often have such a color. Though, Gibb's supposed the boy could have a mother of different ethnicity. What was most interesting was how now Abby and McGee were in all of this. How much did they know? What did they learn? Why them? And why hadn't they told their boss?

Ichigo, Toshiro, and Karin were casually chatting in Japanese as DiNozzo watched them. From the attack or 'accident' earlier the girl, Karin, looked better. Small bruises littered the side of her face and the little scrapes were starting to scab over. DiNozzo couldn't tell the state of the wound to the back of her head but it was still bandaged unlike the facial wounds. Suddenly the group stopped talking as they noticed something behind DiNozzo.

"What? Is there something on my face?" DiNozzo joked light heartily before turning behind him. As he looked he expected to see his boss, or something for that matter, but there was nothing. He sighed, "Weird bunch of kids."

Toshiro watched as the Hell butterfly fluttered past DiNozzo and to him. The message was from Rukia, "Toshiro, Matsumoto is having trouble remembering, we need to know how you were able to remember." The black butterfly floated in place waiting for the young captain's response.

Toshiro thought a moment. How was he able to remember? In fact he still couldn't remember everything that happened to him. Last thing he remembered was…a soccer game? No, he was walking with Karin after the soccer game. Right. Thinking back to his time in NCIS care he thought back on what caused him to remember. Same bits were natural and almost reactionary. Some bits were triggered by recognition or association. The most of it seemed to be due to his zanpakutō, Hyōrinmaru. Without Hyōrinmaru, Hitsugaya realized, that he wouldn't remember. Without the guidance of Hyōrinmaru he'd be confused and memory less still.

Toshiro spoke in Japanese to the Hell butterfly quietly, hoping the NCIS agent wouldn't hear him, "I was able to regain most my memory with the help of Hyōrinmaru," Toshiro stopped his message there as Gibb's and the remaining team members walked black butterfly flitted away at Gibbs' entrance.

"What do we got?" Asked the boss, referring to the case of the murdered officer.

"Petty Officer Mina Florez, age 36, divorced and now single," recited DiNozzo jumping out of his chair to greet his boss.

"I took a look through her records and they were clean. The only thing was a domestic violence call from a neighbor who heard Petty Officer Florez arguing with her ex-husband."

"When did you have time to do that McSocial?"

McGee rolled his eyes acting like it didn't bother him. He knew DiNozzo was referring to him and the teens and their suspicious behavior in Abby's lab. If it had been Tony in McGee's place, McGee knew he'd be suspicious of such behavior. He sighed nervously and glanced at the Japanese group.

"It looks as if she was mauled by an animal," Ziva said as the crime scene pictures filtered onto the TV screen.

The NCIS team jumped as they heard a yelp from Karin Kurosaki. She had covered her eyes and turned away. What kind of person could do that to someone? How was there so much blood? Karin could feel the acidic feel of bile run up her throat. She fought it down but still couldn't get herself to turn around. The body was barely recognizable as human!

Ichigo was at his sisters side, "Karin, you ok? Oi, Karin?"

Toshiro narrowed his eyes and turned to Gibbs, "You could be more sensitive. Some of us aren't used to such things."

The crime scene photos were taken down and instead the officer's bank records were up.

"Sorry," McGee said, controlling the images on screen.

Ziva had a look of sympathy for the girl, whatever she'd seen before obviously didn't compare with their crime scene. In all honesty it was a horrific sight, even for the previous Mossad agent. DiNozzo had similar thoughts about the incident, and he had to photograph it. He grimaced and turned to watch the young girl trying to make out if she was alright or not.

Gibbs remained stoic but there was a small sliver of sympathy for the girl. He had learned a bit about the group from this though. The girl obviously was not exposed to such violence, Gibbs could tell by her reaction. He could tell more about the other two. They didn't flinch at this level of violence and gore; rather they were comfortable until the girl reacted. Ichigo had an immediate reaction to protect, while Toshiro calmly evaluated the situation and then acted level headedly.

Karin turned around slowly and smiled awkwardly, looking up at her brother, "I'm fine now, Ichi-nee. Just a bit shocked was all!"

Both Ichigo and Hitsugaya looked at her skeptically before returning to the case information, Ichigo slightly reluctant to do so.

They mainly talked about the normal bank records of the woman, who seemed to live a normal life from what Ichigo listened to. The team moved on and the boss, Gibbs, gave an order to find the ex-husband. A picture of the ex-husband appeared on the TV screen, he looked menacing. The man had beady dark eyes and a pointed face. In the picture his lips were pressed into a thin line and angered wrinkles covered his face. He had thick, greasy, black hair that fell just above his ears. His appearance made everyone wonder who could fall in love with such a man?

His bank records were not as normal. It seemed as if he wasn't living. Of course there was the option of cash, but who would have that much cash? DiNozzo noted that the ex-husband could be a drug dealer or at least into some real shady stuff. The team seemed to agree with this at least.

There was a sudden commotion interrupting Ziva as she was about to speak. Yelling could be heard from outside and a bunch of security scurried down to just outside the NCIS headquarters. There were a couple of shouts and then it all stopped.

"What on earth was that?" Questioned DiNozzo. The whole team looked confused, and Gibbs was even sparked with curiosity. Both Toshiro and Ichigo got a slight sinking feeling in their stomachs, they had a good idea of what was about to happen, another soul reaper.

Minutes later security carried a lanky man in a green and white hat out of the elevator, one burly security officer said, "Says he knows a certain witness named-"

"Toshiro Hitsugaya~" said Kisuke Urahara.