Tairei9: Finally, Urahara stopped him. Well I don't own Bleach I give full credit to the creator. Read it please.

Chapter eighteen

"Urahara-san!!"

"Ah Kurosaki-san," Urahara said, watching him hit the badge against his squirming body. A green pill popped out of the mouth and Ichigo gracefully stuffed it into the stuffed animals body.

"What the heck did you do that for!!?" Kon shouted, pointing at him.

"They got Chad too," Ichigo said sitting down with Renji and Ishida. "I need you to take care of my empty body. I just can't leave it."

"What about me?" Kon asked.

"You need to come with us."

"I see. You finally recognize my heavenly skill. I will not let you down!!"

"I see."

"Damn what is with these guys?" Renji mutter and suddenly the telephone rang. Tessai took the body into the back as Urahara answered the phone.

"Thank you for calling Urahara's shop. How may I be of service to you?" Urahara spoke cheerfully. There was a giggle and his smile vanished.

"Is the boy there?" Urahara handed the phone to Ichigo. Ichigo took it and said, "it's me."

"Meet me at the Karakura museum for the next game!"

"Hey, where is everyone! Hey!!" She had hung up.

"This time the Karakura museum," Ichigo sighed.

"Damn, come on Kon."

"YAHOO! Kon finally gets some action!" Kon said cheerfully.

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"This is not what I wanted!!!" shouted Kon. He was strapped to Ishida's back and had a zipper on his stomach. He struggled against the strap, trying desperately to get loose.

"Once again, we don't know which way the enemy may come, so you have to watch the rear." Ichigo said irritable for the umpteenth time.

"But why the heck did I get modified into a sticken rucksack!! I would not have minded Inoue-san back but why is this pencil neck carrying me!!" Ishida grabbed Kons head and stretched

"Stop pulling, it hurts. If I had known I would have to carry you, I wouldn't have modified you," Ishida said, irritably.

"Sorry, but it couldn't be helped. With Renji and me in shinigami form, others can't see us. It would be a very strange sight to see a stuffed animal and a strap floating in mid air." Ichigo said, apologetically.

"I would have preferred to be on Inoue-san's back," Kon said dreamy like.

"Ishida, if anything happens, you can leave him and run."

"WHAT!!"

"I can't do that. I have my most precious tools in him."

"Tools?" Kon unzipped the zipper and sewing tools fell out of him.

"Wh-wh- WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?!"

"I removed some cotton to make some space to carry my tools."

"Oh, it's so nicely made. You know you could sell these," Ichigo said looking over Kon.

"I should sue you all for the invasion of plushie rights," Kon said, crossing his arms.

"Well, here we are," Ichigo said, looking at the big building. They went in side the gloomy looking museum and looked around for anyone.

"Hello!?" Ichigo shouted. Then over the intercom system there was a familiar giggle.

"Good!! You're all here. Now put you zanpakutou's in the cases and presume to the following room!" It was the girl with the long hair.

"What!?" Renji shouted.

"You heard me. Unless you want Sa- mister and Onee-chan to die!"

"You brat!!"

"Kurosaki! Just do as she asks." Ishida said. Renji sighed and they walked over to the cases and looked at the cards.

On Renji's card it said, "ZabiO." For maru also means circle.

"That little brat!!" growled Renji, picking up the sign.

"A circle works too," Ichigo said, teasingly.

"Shut up!!" Renji said, crushing the sign.

Ichigo's sign did say Zangetsu, but the kanji gave it a different definition. A piece of… I won't say the word.

"She better watch hers," growled Ichigo, fuming as Renji smirked.

"Calm down you two," Ishida said, looking at them both.

"SHUT UP!!" both Ichigo and Renji shouted.

"The enemies got them both totally suckered." Ishida said sighing. They walked into the next room and looked around. It didn't really have anything in it. They went on to the next room and found that it looked exactly the same.

"What the-," Ichigo and the rest went to the next room to find it the room exactly the same.

"What the heck?!" Renji said, angrily.

"Let's just go back," Ishida said, calmly. They walked back, carefully retracing their foot steps. Only to find an unexpected surprise.

"What happened? Where's the main room!!?" Renji shouted when they only found another room the exactly the same as all the others.

"Kon, I thought you were watching the rear!!" Ichigo shouted.

"I was, nothing unusual happened," Kon said, shrugging.

"My, my. You won't clear it like that," the girls voice giggled over the intercom.

"Damn, now what do we do?" Renji said. Ishida thought for a moment.

"It must be some sort of maze or a riddle, since she said we have to clear it. Ignore her, she'll just throw us off. We'll just have to find our way through," Ishida said. He put his hands behind his back and opened the zipper on Kon. He took out a ball of red string, gave it to Kon, and tied one end to a post that was in the room.

"Hold on to this. It will help us not go into the same place twice. It is a role only you can play," Ishida said looking back. Kon saluted, finally happy that he got something more to do. They began to walk into the other rooms, avoiding the string occupied rooms. They unfortunately ran across several traps along the way.

"Crap," Ichigo said shaking. They all walked into the next room with haste. "Pits, illusions, what next?"

Renji then looked up and gasped, "LOOK!!" Ishida and Ichigo looked and gapped. The on the post was the piece of string tied.

"Ishida put Kon down. Kon don't let go," Ichigo said as he went forward and untied the string.

"Hey-WAAAAAAAAA!" Kon said, going flying as Ichigo rapidly pulled the string. Kon went flying around all the rooms and then landed back in the room everyone was in.

"We went in a circle!!!" Renji shouted.

"Actually, I think it was a rectangle… moebius ring," muttered Ishida, pondering.

"It doesn't matter what it was!! We're just right back where we started!!" Renji shouted. Ishida then took out a sketch book and began to draw something.

"Man, this is annoying!! We haven't gotten any where!! This is ANO-!!"

"SHUT UP!! I don't get how you can be one of the lieutenants of the thirteen squads!! You can't even do what you were sent to do!!"

"Fine!! I'm going on by my self!"

"Fine, so am I!!" Both Ichigo and Renji stormed away. Ishida pondered then suddenly went wide eyed.

"Kurosaki! Abarai-kun!! I've solved it!!" The two suddenly rushed back and Ishida explained it to them.

"It's so simply…" Ichigo said looking surprised.

"Kurosaki, can I borrow your substitute badge?" Ishida asked.

"Yeah, why?" Ichigo asked handing it to him.

"Just in case," Ishida said. They then ran straight, only to have the floor break beneath their feet.

"Ishida!!" Ichigo shouted only to see Ishida running on air. Like there was glass separating the pit and them.

"What?" Ichigo and Renji ran after him and into the next room only to be warped back to the main room.

"We made it!"

"Congratulations!"

They looked up and saw the blond haired girl and the long haired girl sitting there, smiling.

"So how did you figure it out?" the long haired girl asked.

"It's a child's game. There was a three by three room. Nine rooms in all. The rest were just infinite loops. You had to go across either vertically or horizontally in the actual rectangle. Then you put up illusions within two of the nine rooms, so we would avoid them. You could not have possible put real traps to stop us, because you would not be able to know where we would go. You put them in different areas by warping them with that masked man. He must have time dimensional powers. You… are the one causing the illusions," Ishida said pointing at the blond haired girl. She giggled and Ishida gasped as the masked man grabbed Ishida around the neck.

"True, but you are forgetting that to finish the game you have to catch us," the blond girl, Rin rin, said. Suddenly Ishida hit the man with the badge and the man gasped, a small green pill popping out of his mouth. Both the body and the pill fell to the floor.

"I knew it!!" Ishida said, smirking.

"How did you-?" Rin rin asked horrified.

"Your strange reiatsu is what gave it away," Ishida said, "It is the same as Kon, who is also a modified soul. That is what most of you are!"

"Most of them?" Ichigo questioned.

"There is one that does not have that reiatsu. That girl," Ishida said, pointing his finger at the long haired girl, "Is the only one who is not a modified soul!!"

"Eh then what is she?" asked Renji.

"So you figured it out!"

They all spun around and saw the man in the top hat picking up the green pill and disappearing through the front doors with the two girls.

They ran outside to see an unexpected surprise.

"Chad! Inoue!!" Ichigo said, surprised.

"Kurosaki-kun!!"

"How did you get out here?"

"We just got tossed out," Chad said.

"That's right."

They turned and saw the long haired girl, Rin-rin, and the masked man, Nova.

"We give you Sa- Onii-chan and Onee-chan back as a reward for finishing the third game!" But now it's time for the next game!!"

"Wait!! Where's Kumiko!!?" shouted Ichigo.

"We will keep her until you win! Now it's time for school! Hurry or your friends will disappear!" giggled the long haired girl as she disappeared into the gate. The rest disappeared as well as the gate and they were left alone.

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"You're the fake!!!" Ichigo shouted pointing at Chad. The next game had been to find the fake amongst them or else every one in the school would be executed. Yoruichi and Soifon had broken a window scaring them all.

Chad smirked and transformed into the man in the top hat, Cloud.

"Aw, how did you find out it was me?" questioned Cloud disappointed.

"Chad would never be scared over something like that!!!" Ichigo said, furiously.

"Aw, I guess I have a lot to learn. Cloud said, sadly. Rin-rin and he then disappeared and they reappeared on the ground.

"Hey what-!?" Ichigo shouted.

"Keep in mind that we still have big Onii-san!! We have just one more game to play!!"

"No, that was the fourth one!! Give them back to us!!" Orihime shouted.

"You'll just have to wait!!"

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The group sat on the bank, trying to think of what to do.

"Damn them," Renji said, standing up.

"Have you noticed something?"

"Hm?" Renji asked, looking down at Ichigo.

"They didn't mention anything about Kumiko, just Chad. Did they-," Ichigo said, with bitterness.

"I honestly can't tell you that. I have no idea," Renji sighed looking across the bank. He hoped the kid was alright. He wouldn't forgive himself if any thing happened to the little girl. He's pretty sure Kuchiki Taichou would not forgive him either.

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"Renji."

"Hai?" Renji asked looking at his captain. They were on Sōkyoku hill. Byakuya watched the sun go down.

"You have a job to do in the real world. You are taking over Rukia's duties. With that ryoka boy's reiatsu, it is bound to track many hollows," Byakuya said, in his usual monotone voice. Renji sweat dropped.

"You mean Ichigo."

"Yeah."

Renji began to walk away.

"Renji."

"Hai?"

Byakuya glanced back at him over his shoulder.

"Keep an eye on that girl."

"Eh, what girl? The red head or the little one?"

"The little one."

"Oh, Kumiko. But why-?"

"Just because. The fact I'm telling you to should be enough for you."

"Taichou…"

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Yep, Kuchiki Taichou would definitely be ticked off.

"Hey what?!" Ichigo said as many multicolored fireworks went off. A note floated above them and Ichigo grabbed it.

"The gate will be destroyed in the next ten minutes," Ichigo read and the Orihime shouted, "Look!!"

They all looked and saw a huge version of the gate lower itself right on top of the town.

"Man, this better be another illusion," Ishida said, as they ran off.

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What the he- IT'S SUCKING EVERYTHING IN!!!" shouted Ichigo as the huge gate sucked in trees, cars, and other things.

"Hold onto something!!"

There was a familiar laugh and there they saw the long haired girl with her arms crossed.

"Hiya!!" The girl giggled.

"Damn it!! Cut this stupid thing out already!!" Renji shouted. Ishida held on to a car and Orihime held onto the telephone pole.

"My, my that is no way to talk. Especially since… well I won't tell you." The girl said, smiling. She took out a stripped hat and stuck it on her head.

"Hey that's Urahara's!!!" Renji said wide eyed. Ichigo then whipped out Zangetsu and began to glow blue.

"Stop Kurosaki!! You make cause casualties!!" Ishida yelled.

"Better than the entire town being sucked in!! BAN-!" Then Ichigo froze and the blue reiatsu disappeared. The girl smiled and waved her arm out, pointing it at them. Suddenly silvery vines came out of the portal and grabbed them all.

"AHH!!" Orihime cried.

"NOT AGAIN!!" Renji yelled.

"Damn it!!" Ishida said.

"AHHHH!!!!" Kon shouted.

"Crap!!" Ichigo said, blacking out.

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Ichigo woke up and looked around. It was foggy.

"Where am I?" he muttered getting up.

"Kurosaki-kun!!"

Ichigo looked over and said, "Inoue. Renji. Ishida."

"Where are we?" Renji asked.

"I'm not sure," Ishida said, looking around.

Then there was a laugh.

"Over here!!" They all turned around and saw Chad tied to the pole, unconscious. Under him was the four.

"Now it is time for the challenge stage!!" Rin-rin shouted happily. A giant hour glass appeared and landed trapping Chad in side.

"Chad!!" shouted Ichigo.

"You have to beat Nova and me before the sand finishes. Or he will die," the long haired girl said, smiling.

"You brat!" Ichigo said taking out his zanpakutou along with Renji. The girl smile and suddenly disappeared. She reappeared in front of Ichigo and whispered something. Something white formed in her hand and a silver whip appeared. It had a hilt and a guard like a sword. But the guard was strange. Was that a…

She cracked the whip, having it wrap around his wrist.

"Destructive art 4:Byakurai!" Ichigo's eyes widen and narrowly escaped before the huge bolts shot out of her forefinger.

"Damn, that kid made it come out almost bigger than Kuchiki Taichou's," Renji said, wide eyed. Ichigo growled his sleeve stained with dark liquid.

"Awww, I missed," She said, frowning. She snapped her whip and disappeared.

The fight went on for a few minutes and the sand was already up to Chads waist.

"Who are you?" growled Ichigo. He failed once again to use his bankai.

The girl laughed and said, "You mean you don't know…"

Tairei9: Haha, I cut it off. I have yet again another challenge for you all. What happens next? Review!!

Renji: Yeah hurry up too, I want to move on!!