Chapter 5. Plot Of Their Downfall

I do not own Bleach (still).

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The wind blew silently as the three Arrancar slipped by the Shinigami guarding the area un-noticed.

Sickening brown-green eyes glistened slyly as he and his two companions continued to scour the Western portion of Seireitei. The leader of the Arrancar, Akuma he was called, was searching for one Shinigami in particular. He had heard much about him in the past few days and it was just his luck that he had infiltrated the section of Seireitei were he lived.

"Hitsugaya Toshiro."

He told himself the name out loud, a smirk creeping across his lips. He had heard much about the 10th division taichou. Apparently, he was only a young boy, but had been promoted to taichou almost as soon as he had entered the Gotei 13. Yet he was supposedly one of the strongest Shinigami to come around in eons.

But, he was only a boy; therefore he would be easy prey for them. All that they had to do was catch him off guard and then hold him hostage until the Shinigami either surrendered, or took some other form of meaningless action.

Akuma wondered how the other three groups were doing, for if merely one of them was found out, then it might as well be all over, and they would all have to retreat and face defeat. He did not want that to happen. This was one of their only chances to be disguised as Shinigami, and he wanted them to use their abilities wisely.

The three Arrancar, ceased running for a moment to scour the area for any Shinigami that might be around, but there was not a soul in sight. Suddenly, one of the other Arrancar nudged his companions and pointed towards a large building.

"Look there." He hissed silently.

His finger was directed at a black diamond painted on the side of the building. Inside the diamond, was the symbol that they had been searching for, the one that resembled a plus sign; 10.

The leader smiled demonically, but before they could make a move, voices were heard from down one of the alleys. Cursing silently, the three Arrancar disappeared into the shadows.

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The large white structure of the Soukyoku towered above the forms of the fifteen Arrancar. It was the fourth night of their mission, the designated time that they all met up and discussed their information. Akuma raised his head, unsanitary black hair separated scraggily in all directions.

"Now then, did any group run into trouble during their investigation of their section?" His response was a unanimous headshake from left to right. "Good." He stated with satisfactory. "Now, will everyone please share all of their information with the rest of us? Once we figure out who it is to ambush, Soul Society shall meet its downfall."

One of them stepped forward first, he looked like a snake in a shihakusou.

"Our group examined the Eastern section of Seireitei," His voice sounded like that of a mighty serpent. "The division's buildings that were in out section were the 2nd, 3rd and 4th division's, the 1st division's building lay in the center of all of Seireitei, and so we did not venture there. The 3rd division seems to have lost their taichou and seem to be weak as of right now." He stated with unsatisfactory.

"However, the only person that seemed to have any strength in that division was the fukuutaichou, Izuru Kira, I believe. The 4th division are the healers, and have no powerful looking members. All except for the taichou and fukuutaichou seemed weak, and if we were to capture one of them, I do not think that the Shinigami would surrender the King's Key for such a petty insect. The 2nd division is crawling with Special Forces members, and I do not think that any of them would be easy to take as a hostage."

The snake-like Arrancar stepped back, having finished his report. The next Arrancar that stepped forward was a female, with dark hair and strange light blue eyes.

"My group examined the Southern section of Soul Society, where the buildings of the 5th, 6th, and 7th divisions lay. The 5th division seems to currently be missing a taichou as well, just as the 3rd division is. The fukuutaichou of the 5th division seemed to be an easy target, but again, we do not think that they would surrender the key to us for such a pathetic girl.

The taichou and fukuutaichou of division 6 are far too powerful for us to ambush. From the information we have gathered, they both seem to have immense BanKai. Both the taichou and fukuutaichou of the 7th division seemed…intimidating. So, the easiest target that we found would be the fukuutaichou of squad 5, but she is so weak I do not think that she would be worth the trouble."

She finished her report and took a few paces back. Akuma told his story next. He told the others that there was only one Shinigami in the Western part of Seireitei that interested him.

"I thought that the 8th division's fukuutaichou would be good, but her taichou is always with her, so that eliminates that squad. The 9th division is also lacking a taichou, but the fukuutaichou is none other than the famous Hisagi Shuuhei, who we all know is not to be taken lightly."

The Arrancar shivered at the name of one of the powerful men who had slaughtered their kin many years ago.

"The one who interests me is 10th division's taichou. He is young and always seems to isolate himself from all others, except one girl. His fukuutaichou is always around someone else, so she is not an option either. But this boy is one of the most powerful Shinigami in centuries; he is a genius and would be far too valuable for Yamamoto to loose. And since he is only a boy, all that we have to do is catch him off guard."

The others nodded in agreement, as the last member stepped forward, his brown hair not matching in the slightest with his vulgar, bright orange eyes.

"Our group inspected the Northern part of Seireitei. Squads 11, 12 and 13 resign there. The 11th division is out of the question, for their taichou is Zaraki, and he would not let us anywhere near that pink-haired girl on his shoulders. The 12th division always kept to the shadows, and always seemed to be concocting experiments, so we naturally avoided them. The 13th squad has an ill taichou, but he had two Shinigami constantly following him around and bickering. Since none of the three are ever alone, an ambush would be useless."

Akuma thought over all of the information for a moment, and then spoke up.

"Then it seems that the only two actual possible options are this Izuru person, and the boy prodigy, Hitsugaya Toshiro." Then, the snake-like Arrancar who had examined the 3rd squad spoke.

"This Izuru, he seemed to always have someone around him though. He is always either talking or training, so we could never catch him off guard." After a few more moments of discussion, Akuma raised his head and announced.

"Very well then, if we have all agreed, then the one we shall go after is the 10th division taichou, Hitsugaya Toshiro."

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A/N: I am not sure if this is the actual layout of Soul Society so...yeah. Plz do not flame me for not knowing how it goes

Once again, I apoligize for the lack of HitsuHina, but mark my words 'I promise to make up for it'!!

FYI : Akuma means demon.