Lost Without You

A/N: Sorry about the long wait school has started and guess whose returned to it after a long absence? That's right me! So please forgive me but updating will probably look like this in wait times as I get back into the swing of things. Don't worry though I don't plan to abandon this! I'll just be knee deep in projects I happen to get graded for. (The horror!)

Warning: Everything you know about the Bount has changed, Ishida is not a badass, and an abundance of Oc canon fodder.

"New resident shinigami?" Ichigo ground out doing his best to cap his temper if Soul Society hadn't known anything about the bount as Dakota had suggested their last encounter why had Soul Society switched out the shinigami? Was he lying? Could he even be trusted?

"Yes that's me!" Dakota smiled widely while still looking down at Ishida his free hand still pawing his camera. "When they suspected the bount were in Japan they transferred me here to keep an eye on them and get evidence." At this he held up his camera though he wasn't about to use it, not yet. He'd already taken plenty of pictures the last encounter he had witnessed and with that evidence been able to get his own objective approved. For which he had already done a happy dance upon learning.

"What kind of evidence?" Ichigo glared even harder at the blonde still touching Ishida's shoulder. He wasn't happy with the way events were playing out. He was hoping to have the time to talk Ishida into letting him stay after this and from the looks of it this shinigami was hoping not to go anywhere either. Which he still couldn't put his finger on what was bothering him so much about this new shinigami, even if not everything was adding up his distaste was unjustified.

"Oh you know pictures." Dakota held up his camera once more. "We have a few files in Soul Society on the really old bount , like the one you faced just now. He's as old as he said he is. And just as vicious if the files are anything to go by." He frowned doing his best not to recall the details of that particular file, they were full of the gruesome facts that he was better left not remembering verbatim.

"..." Ichigo chewed this over carefully while studying Orihime as she was standing up slowly with the help of Hanataro she must be done with the healing for now then. He helped her over to Chad who he looked over quickly assessing the healing she had done with a smile. "Did you bring the files?" Ichigo finally asked and found himself wondering if there was anymore information in there than Urahara had given them, or if information on individual bount would even be worth having if they were the ones being hunted. Or if maybe Urahara had summed it up without the details that would only bog them down, like a death toll.

"We weren't able to bring them." Hanataro answered smoothly as he lowered himself beside Ishida pulling his medical supplies out while pushing away Dakota's hand. He began working as he talked making a face at having to things the old fashioned way. "Division Twelve though in charge of the files has refused to give them out saying that Urahara would know everything that was in them as he wrote most of them as Captain."

"Wait..." Ishida flinched while Hanataro rubbed a salve into his wounds his mind spinning at the new information. "Urahara was the captain of Division Twelve?" His voice was barely above a whisper. Did this mean he had something to do with the Quincy?

"A very long time ago, somethings happened and he fled here. He had been a very good captain from what I hear nothing like their new one." Hanataro continued oblivious to what his new information could mean he worked on.

"I'm the third seat of Division Twelve," Dakota frowned at the way Ishida seemed to tense at this. "Newly appointed about a month ago. Is there something wrong with our Division?" He asked hoping that Ishida could get past what his Captain did and still be able to like him, otherwise his own objectives would come falling through.

"I think we should take this somewhere else..." Hanataro suggested noticing the way Ishida had stiffened under his ministrations at that news. He had also noted the stressed looks on Orihime's and Chad's faces as well the look of fury over taking Ichigo's otherwise slightly aggrieved expression. "Is there anywhere close by we could go to have a more private discussion?"

"..." Ishida thought about this a moment and nodded ignoring the preicing look Ichigo was giving him as well as the looks from Orihime and Chad. "My place is just a few blocks from here."

A/N: Well that's all for now. Please review! With the following if you don't mind as I would like constructive feedback!

Is it up to snuff with the other chapters?

Favorite part?

Least Favorite part?

How was the writing? Were there a lot of errors?

Anyone got any ideas what Ishida's place should look like? I'm torn between neat freak and a bibliophile style place. (I'm sorta caught up on this detail...)

And anything else you'd like to add to help me along!