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Warning: OOC-Ness, Angst, Mystery, Slight Romance

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It was currently lunchtime in KaraKura High and Rukia was massaging her forehead. All of the classes had gone well, not the best, but well enough. Except for the class she was assigned to. If she was to place Kurosaki Ichigo, a student of KaraKura High and Kaien Shiba, Ex-Vice-Captain of Squad 13th, together, nobody would have even noticed the difference between them, save for the hair part. Some would have even thought they were freaking twins. But, Rukia didn't understand. How could someone appear with such similarity to him? Was such a thing even possible in any parts of the world? And, durng the lesson, what was Rukia expecting? Was she expecting Ichigo to just open up to her about how Ichigo's friendship went with Ishida? Why did she even bother getting angry about it? Looking at her desk, she sighed. Urahara certainly wasn't helping with her temper today. This must be karma, for her to find her desk just beside Urahara. This definitely is bad Karma.

Exiting out of her assigned class, Rukia had searched around for the Teacher's Lounge but her desk was nowhere to be found. Rukia certainly wasn't in a good temper today and not finding her own desk had only added to that temper. Deciding to ask Urahara for it, she made her way to Urahara's office and didn't even bother knocking on the door and just pushed it open with a loud 'Bang' afterwards. "Rukiaaaa-chaaan, hadn't you heard of knocking~?" Rukia stared wide-eyed at her table... Which was beside Urahara's. "Aren't you proud to be beside me, Rukiaaa-chaaan~?"

"I really shouldn't be surprised, should I?" That was the second time that Rukia had repeated this sentence but this time, she was pissed as hell. Seconds after she had said that sentence, she had walked to her table and slammed the books on her own table , ausing the ground to have a tiny crack and Urahara yelping in fright. "Explain. Why. Is. My. Table. Beside. Yours."

Instead of running for his life, Urahara whined and wailed. That still counted as begging, right? "That's because I misssssssssed yoooou so much, Rukiaaa-chaaaan~" A tick appeared on Rukia's forehead. Say what now? "Ever since you began to stay with Yoruichi, you have never paaaid me any attttttention~"

Rukia stared at Urahara. "You were the one who assigned me to Yoruichi, though."

"Only beeeeeecause you didn't want meeeee, Rukiaaa-chaaaaan~" Urahara whined and Rukia instantly tuned him out.

Well, it was unlikely that Rukia could ask Urahara to move her table to somewhere else so she figured this would have to do. Looking at the paper that Urahara had passed to her seconds ago, labelled 'Seating Arrangements', Rukia placed the paper down, deciding that she really wasn't in the mood for it, with Ichigo's hostility and all that ruckus. Standing up, she exited out of Urahara's office, intending to go to the one place that she had always wanted to go in KaraKura High, ever since starting the stroll with Kaien to KaraKura High a few years ago. It was the only place, it seemed, that she wanted to go badly. With that destination in mind, Rukia proceeded out of Urahara's office.

Lunchtime, in KaraKura High, is the most delightful prospect of the day because it signiflies highschool students screaming like banshees and running like their life depended on it to the nearest bakery store to get some kind of early-bird food. But, for Ichigo Kurosaki, it was seemingly not the case. Taking the lunch box that Yuzu especially made for him, Ichigo was about to go to the rooftop when he was met with Keigo's overly-eager face and Mizuiro standing at the side of Keigo, as if it was a normal occurence. "Ichigo~ Let's go for lunch, are you ready~?"

If Isshin was beyond annoying, Keigo was slightly lesser than that. But still, after a year of inviting Ichigo up to the rooftop to have lunch, not that he really minded, is he still binded to Keigo's antics? He didn't mind Ishida, he didn't mind Inoue, he didn't mind Chad. Hell, even Mizuiro was acceptable. But, why, oh why, was he still stuck with Keigo? They had the same freaking Tutorial classes, why was Keigo even bumped up a year, with the same class as him? Sighing, he gazed at Ishida. If he was to suffer during his first day of school, somebody was going down with him as well. "I guess I am, Keigo. But, do you mind if I bring somebody new?"

Keigo was beyond excited at the prospect of a girl joining them. Ah, that's why he loved lunchtime. "You are gonna bring a girl, aren't you?!"

Although, Keigo was stunned to silence for a few seconds when Ichigo walked past him and stopped by Ishida's table. "Hey, Ishida. Wanna join us for lunch?"

A dark aura formed around Keigo. "What?! Mr. Student Council President? Why would Ichigo do that? Scratch that, I can't be seen with him! If I'm seen with him, my reputation as a highschool boy is ruined!"

"Hey, is that what you should be saying, Asano-san? Ishida's the Student Council President after all. He could get you expelled for all it's worth."

"What's with the formalities, Mizuiro?!"

Ishida stood up, facing Ichigo. "No thanks."

"How rude!"

"Oh, come on, don't be like that. Keigo's buying."

"I'm buying?! Since when?!"

A fix of glasses. "If you insist."

"It's like that now, huh?! Traitors!"

This was the first time Rukia was in KaraKura High, everytime that she was anywhere near KaraKura High, it was always the entrance. And, honestly, when you are standing near the entrance and you have a kid beside you that always wants to go somewhere, results are that you don't get to sightview a lot. But, when there were certain moments that Kaien stood obediently beside her, marvelling in the view of KaraKura High, she had noticed a place that she had always wanted to go once she entered KaraKura High, if there was such a chance. And, with that, her destination was set but not before she noticed a football field and one of her students was on the football field, picking up balls and dumping in the basket. As Rukia halted her steps, she gazed at the girl. For some reason, she couldn't recognize the girl even though she knew it was one of her students. Knowing that she would eventually get her name, she continued her journey to her original destination. As she started walking, Tatsuki gazed at the space Rukia was occupying. "Tatsuki-chan!"

Tatsuki gazed back at Orihime, smiling. "What is it, Orihime?"

Inoue pouted. "I called you several times just now and it seemed like you didn't hear me. What caught your attention, Tatsuki-chan?"

Tatsuki shook her head in response. "I thought I saw Rukia-Sensei somewhere, watching us. But, it's just my imagination after all."

Out of curiosity, Inoue gazed at the direction that Tatsuki was gazing at and pointed to a figure. "Looks like it wasn't your imagination, Tatsuki-chan. That's Rukia-Sensei over there." Tatsuki turned her gaze to see that there was some truth to it. But, was Rukia really watching them? "I wonder what Rukia-Sensei's doing here though. Shouldn't she be at the cafeteria, with the other students?"

Tatsuki shrugged and went back to her job before reminded of something. "Orihime, isn't that the way to the place Ichigo has his lunch at?"

Suddenly, a ball was dropped and with speed faster than anything, Inoue was off. "I will leave the rest of the cleaning up to you, Tatsuki-chan! I promise I will make it up to you later!"

"Orihime!"

A dark cloud was forming above the 4 boys namely Ishida, Ichigo, Keigo and Mizuiro. And, apparently, it was only Keigo that noticed the tense atmosphere and started wailing and crying mentally how Ichigo had managed to invite Ishida, the Student Council President, to their lunch, causing the dark clouds to be formed. He was sure, if it was only Mizuiro, Ichigo and him, these dark clouds would disappear to happy and joyful clouds. Suddenly, a dark figure appeared behind him, making Keigo nearly drop his food in shock. "Wah~ Wah~ Oh, Chad, it's just you. Don't scare me like that!"

"You seem to be on edge, Keigo."

"Shut up!"

Knowing that there's a newcomer, Chad gazed at the newcomer to find out that it was the Student Council President, Ishida Uryuu. Figuring that it had something to do with this morning's incident, he wasn't quite surprised but somehow knew Ichigo had a guilty conscience. That was probably why he had managed to invite Ishida, bringing down all his pride, treating it as repaying a debt. Though, why did Ishida oblige to Ichigo's offer is still a mystery though. Were Ishida and Ichigo friends? Probably. More on the love-hate relationship though, probably. Sitting across Mizuiro, it seemed that even Chad noticed the tense atmosphere and it was no denial the atmosphere was tense. Ichigo probably noticed it as well because at the very next second, he turned his gaze to Keigo. "Hey, Keigo. If you are done eating, tell us a story."

"What?! It's too sudden a request and besides, I'm not in the mood..." Keigo pouted.

"But, I'm in the mood. So, you better tell us a story or I will murder you in your sleep. Now."

Keigo wondered what possessed him to be friends with Ichigo in the first place before entertaining Chad. Ishida gazed up at Ichigo and sighed. "Say, Kurosaki, what was your purpose in inviting me to lunch? If your only purpose was that you felt guilty that I nearly got trouble, all these efforts are wasted and unnecessary. I don't need your sympathy and I'm certainly not friends with you."

"Shut up, will you? I only invited you because I felt like it. It has nothing to do with what happened this morning. Just be grateful you are not eating lunch alone."

"What? I'm supposed to be grateful? Pardon me for saying this but I prefer eating alone."

"I prefer to eat alone as well so why not you turn your head away so that I can eat in peace?"

"Funny, it was you that invited me so why not you turn your head away so that I can eat in peace?"

Standing behind the door, Rukia heard every conversation that went through Ishida and Ichigo, even Keigo's awful joke was heard by Rukia. She hadn't meant to eavesdrop, she had just wanted to go to the rooftop in peace but apparently, Karma wouldn't allow her to do that as well. Were Ishida and Ichigo friends? That was the important question right here but judging from the conversation that went earlier, Rukia deduced that what Ishida and Ichigo had was a weird friendship but it was friendship nevertheless. During this morning, Ichigo had wanted to protect Ishida's position as the Student Council President, afraid that he might get in danger but once they were at lunch, they couldn't converse at all? Yes, weird friendship. But, it was still friendship nevertheless. That only makes the mission more difficult for Rukia. Yes, it would be best if she could get both Ishida and Ichigo to be on her side. But, how would she know where to start? Leaning away from the wall, she sighed before proceeding back to Urahara's office although she froze, coming face-to-face with Inoue Orihime. "Rukia-Sensei."

It wasn't a question that she was here, it was a greeting to confirm she was here. How had Inoue known? "Inoue Orihime, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at the cafeteria with the other students?"

"I should be asking you the same question, Rukia-Sensei."

It seemed that, whenever it had came up to Ichigo Kurosaki, Inoue Orihime became much more bolder than ever. And, Inoue's hostility was the same as Ichigo's but surprisingly, she wasn't as offended as Ichigo's hostility. Did she only have that effect on Ichigo Kurosaki's hostility? Now, that was surprising. She defintiely admired Inoue's boldness. "I am a teacher. What makes you think that I will sit at the cafeteria with other students?"

"That doesn't excuse you for spying on Kurosaki-kun and Ishida-kun."

Eh... Girl has some backbone after all, Rukia's definitely impressed. Wait, did she see something? "If you meant Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryuu, you wouldn't believe me if I said I wasn't spying on them and stumbled onto this place accidentally anyway."

"I wouldn't."

Something was beside Inoue, that's for sure and Rukia narrowed her eyes. Inoue didn't seem to notice it though. "That was what I said."

"If you weren't spying on Kurosaki-kun and Ishida-kun, what were you doing then?"

Rukia wasn't even gazing at Inoue by now to see if she could notice something. A figure began to form, due to Rukia's concentration. "I have no obligations to tell you, Inoue."

"That would be implying you were trying to do something, Rukia-Sensei."

Rukia was silent for a few seconds, observing the figure beside Inoue before a light of silver caught her attention. Narrowing her eyes, she kenw what it is. Gazing back to Inoue, she started walking towards Inoue. "Even if I was doing something..." Her gaze fixed on the figure beside Inoue. It was dark in the stairway and the shinery light shone brighter than ever. "You have no proof." With that, Rukia walked away, leaving Inoue to her thoughts.

"I..."

Rukia tried to catch a moment of breather. That was freaking too close for comfort. By now, she was almost sure that Inoue had suspicions of her identity as a homeroom teacher. But, she wasn't focused on that though. She recognized that silvery chain anywhere. Why was a soul following Inoue? Why was a spirit following Inoue and why hadn't she noticed it the first time she stepped into that class? She knew spirits could do no harm to humans but that wasn't what she was worried about. Why would a soul willingly follow Inoue? Knowing she had to see Urahara urgently, she really hadn't expected this to happen from her first day in KaraKura High. Why was a HighSchool studnt being targeted? That made no sense at all. Just as she was taking a moment to take a breather to figure things out, she heard a shout. "Rukia-Sensei!" Gazing up, Rukia saw the student was earlier running up to her, stopping just in front of her. "Have you seen Orihime anywhere, Rukia-Sensei?"

"Inoue Orihime?" Said student nodded as Rukia shook her head. "I'm sorry, I hadn't seen her, why do you ask?"

"She just took flight after you after I mentioned something about Ichigo eating at the rooftop." So, that was why she had saw Inoue. "I hope she doesn't get into any trouble, she's such a clumsy and muddle-headed girl..."

Rukia saw the basket that was toppled on the ground and all the footballs that were rolling all over the field. Gazing at the student, realizing she must not have noticed it yet, she picked up one ball and pointed to the others. The student, seeing all her efforts being wasted, yelped and ran up to gather the balls as Rukia helped. Inoue could wait, she had allowed one soul to roam freely, what's another. Although the Chain of Fate of the soul unnerved her slightly, she had no choice but to put it aside. "You called me Rukia-Sensei just now, didn't you?" Said student nodded. Rukia was currently wrecking her mind for a name. She was almost certain that this student belonged to her assigned class but she couldn't fit a name for it. Best to play dumb, she figured. "You are pretty clever. I'm only here in KaraKura Town for only a day yet you remembered my name."

"Seriously, Rukia-Sensei? Are you seriously kidding me? You are telling me you don't recognize me?" Rukia winced at her tone. "I was one of those student who introduced themselves! You even handpicked me, for goodnes' sake!" Rukia pouted, like a kid who was caught stealing candies and the student laughed. "Fine." Rukia gazed up at her. "Tatsuki Arisawa, at your service. Although you met me previously before, that is."

Rukia cleared her throat. "Of course, I knew that. I just wanted to test whether you were paying attention to my lessons."

Tatsuki rolled her eyes. "What's there to pay attention when it's just introductions?"

Rukia could have bonked Tatsuki for that but she concentrated on picking up the balls and dumping them into the basket. "What happened, Arisawa? The teacher punished you into picking balls or something?"

Tatsuki sighed. "It was Physical Education lesson before lunchtime, Rukia-Sensei. You are our homeroom teacher so you should know." Rukia nodded, she did indeed get the schedule. "We were just trying out Football."

"Football?" Rukia questioned.

"The FootBall Club in KaraKura High was disbanded a year ago."

"The FootBall Club was disbanded because of insufficient members and without a teacher to guide the Football Club, right?" When Tatsuki sent a gaze to Rukia, Rukia simply shrugged. "Internet has everything nowadays." Tatsuki gave a nod of understanding. "And, I can guess pretty well why there are insufficient members and none willing to lead as well." Tatsuki gave Rukia a nod and Rukia smiled. "Can't be helped, everybody in the world thinks like that nowadays." Tatsuki picked up another ball and threw it in the basket. "So, you are trying to revive the FootBall Club, Arisawa?" Tatsuki nodded again. "Why?"

"Every year, numerous neighbourhood highschool thinks that KaraKura High FootBall Club is a force to be bullied with. And, every year, KaraKura High FootBall Club is disqualified before it can even join the ranks." Rukia gazed at Tatsuki. "I was hoping this year would be a different one, that's why I wanted to revive the FootBall Club."

Picking the last ball and dumping it in the basket, closing it, Rukia walked along with Tatsuki. "If you are planning to revive the FootBall Club, why not talk to the Student Council President about it?"

Tatsuki shook his head in disappointment. "If we don't gather enough members and get at least a Teacher who would vouch for the FootBall Club, not even the Student Council President can do anything about it."

"How many members are left to make a team?" When Tatsuki showed the number '2', Rukia's mindgear was turning. The first competition was 1 month away. If she wanted this to work, she still could make it work. "Don't be so pessimistic, Arisawa. The first competition is still a month away so don't give up hope just yet." Without even questioning how Rukia ahd known the first competition to be months away, Tatsuki hung her head in disappointment. "You haven't tried approaching the President of Student Council, have you?" tatsuki shook her head and Rukia walked away, knowing there was someplace she had to be. "Try talking to the President, maybe he has a way of solving this. Besides, it's in his job scope of being a Student Council President, in the very least, right?"

"Sure..."

The nerve of that teacher! She had caught her spying and now, she said that she had no proof? She's getting it! Calming down, Inoue tried to think of ways. Spotting the security camera in the dark corner of the room, Inoue had an idea. Security cameras were there for a reason! The Principal would definitely do something about it if she was to report this to the Principal! As Inoue began walking away, she hesitated. No, if she did that, the Principal would only be more troubled on what to do. But, what was Rukia-Sensei's intention? Would she leave it alone just like that? What if Rukia-Sensei was planning something bad? Should she hold off telling what Rukia-Sensei did? Suddenly, the door creaked open, signalling the boys that are done with their lunch. Instantly, Inoue panicked. It originally seemed like she was catching Rukia-Sensei spying on Ichigo and Ishida. But now, it was as if she was spying on them! What should she do? Should she hide? "Inoue, why are you here? Did something happen?"

She froze and was face-to-face with Ichigo, Ishida and Chad on the front row, covering Inoue's figure from Mizuiro and Keigo's view. When Ichigo sent a Mizuiro a look, Mizuiro had gotten the message and dragged Keigo out of the stairway. Inoue, not noticing all of this, fidgeted uncomfortably, in the presence of Ichigo. "I-It's nothing, Kurosaki-kun, I accidentally stumbled onto here and couldn't find my way back to the classroom, that's all!"

A sweatdrop. "You have been here for a whole year, Inoue. How could you forget your way back to the classroom?"

That's why Ichigo was single up till now. Inoue, on the other hand, stuck out her tongue playfully. "I guess I'm just clumsy like that, Kurosaki-kun, hehe!"

And, that's why Inoue hadn't managed to ask Ichigo out for a single date, even up till now. Ichigo appeared uncomfortable in Inoue's presence, ruffling his own hair sheepishly. "Well, we were going back to class anyway. Do you want to walk together with us back to the classroom, Inoue?"

There was a moment of silence before Ishida sighed and stepped beside Inoue. "I will walk Inoue-san back to class and Kurosaki, you better get to class." Ichigo was about to argue with Ishida about his decision. "Besides, Inoue-san is much safer walking with me, at least she won't get a punishment this way seeing that I'm the Student Council President. With you..." A moment of silence. "It's hard to say."

Ichigo would have punched Ishida if not for Inoue being there. Instead, he rolled his eyes. "Show-off. Come on, guys, let's get back to class before we are late."

Pushing the entrance of Urahara's office open before closing the door, Rukia proceeded to her desk with Urahara's gaze at her. Urahara knew what went on previously with her incident with Inoue but he knew better than to reprimand Rukia about it. Urahara firmly believes that Rukia knew what she was doing and she wouldn't risk herself to be exposed to a highschool student, no doubt. Though, when she had entered his office and went to her own desk, she had totally ignored his presence. That was something unusual. And, he was certain that something was troubling Rukia. Yet, he wasn't in a hurry to know what has been troubling Rukia since he knew Rukia wouldn't withhold such information from him, if she had any. Besides, if Rukia had thought that Urahara had planned this right from the beginning, not that Urahara would do anything to deny that statement, that is, she was sure that Rukia would tell him sooner or later. That's why he wasn't worried and his gaze had went back to watching the monitor. Rukia, on the other hand, was replaying the events when Inoue confronted her. The Chain of Fate is a chain that binds souls to their living bodies. The Chain of Fate plays a part in the form a spirit willt ake on after death. A spirit whose regrets revolve around a person has its chain bound to that person and becomes an 'Obsessed Spirit'. If the spirit's regrets involve a location, or if some incident happened at that location which caused his death, the spirit's chain would be bound to that location and it would become an 'Earthbound Spirit'. No matter judging by the Chain of Fate or not, Rukia knew that leaving a soul alone for too long was bad in itself. "Urahara, I have a favor to ask of you."

Urahara jumped onto the table happily. "Ask me any requests and I will grant you the favor, Rukiaaaaa-chaaaan~"

Rukia stared at Urahara. "Just so you know, that sounds wrong if you say that sentence to anyone other than Yoruichi, even if you are standing on the table."

"How could you saaaaay that, Rukiaaaa-chaaaan~?" For dramatic effect, Urahara placed his hand on his heart for emphasis. "You have hurt me hereeeeeee~"

Rukia didn't respond and Urahara, because of the lack of response, simply pouted and slumped back in his seat, knowing that it wasn't far from what Rukia was troubling now. A sigh ahd caused Urahara to gaze at Rukia once more. "Have you done a background check on Inoue Orihime, Urahara?"

Urahara nodded. "Every student, before enrolling into KaraKura High, has to report his or her History into a file and after checking that the background is correct, we enroll them in." Rukia nodded. "Wait, Inoue Orihime?" Rukia was silent this time as Urahara took only a second to figure out why Inoue's name sounded familiar. "Isn't she a student from your assigned class, Rukia-chan?" Rukia nodded once again and Urahara instantly pointed a finger at her. "Stalkeeeeeeeeeer~"

Rukia rolled her eyes. "That sounds wrong, coming from you, Urahara." Even if it's just for a second, Urahara was glad that Rukia had reverted back to the original Rukia. "When Inoue confronted me and don't even try to act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Security cameras are all over in the school for a reason, Urahara." Well, busted. "When Inoue Orihime confronted me, a soul was following her." Urahara raised an eyebrow and Rukia shook her head. "No, it wasn't an 'Obsessed Spirt', neither was it an 'Earthbound Spirit' but I'm just worried. That's why I'm asking you for Inoue Orihime's background and family members. I can't leave the soul following Inoue just like that and we all know that souls shouldn't linger for such a long time."

Urahara nodded, realizing the severity of the situation. Gazing at Rukia for a moment, Urahara smiled. "For a moment, you sounded like a Shinigami, Rukia-chan." Turning back to his drawer of files to retrieve Inoue's documents, he finally found it and sat on his seat. "Here it is."

Ishida walked beside Inoue. Should he be happy for Inoue's demise? Because Inoue hadn't dared talked to Ichigo, it was up to Ishida to walk her back to the classroom. Man, what a pathetic thought. "Thank You, Ishida-kun for offering to walk me back to the classroom."

"It's nothing of importance, Inoue-san. I'm the Student Council President, it's what I do." Inoue nodded her head obediently. "Say, Inoue-san, you were about to tell us something just now but you held yourself back." Inoue was about to defend herself, saying that it was nothing of importance but then Ishida sent her a look. "If you bothered to hold yourself back, it must be of importance."

Weirdly, she had felt that it was more comfortable talking to Ishida rather than Ichigo. Maybe it was her shy personality or probably it was the fact that she liked Ichigo, it didn't matter at this point of time. Having the thought that she could tell Ishida anything, Inoue bit her lips. "I saw Rukia-Sensei spying on Ishida-kun and Kurosaki-kun just now."

Ishida narrowed his eyes. "Rukia-Sensei?"

"Inoue Orihime and her Brother, Sora Inoue, were raised by a drunker Father and a Mother who works as a prostitute, who always argued and beat their children. Fearing that their parents would kill Orihime, in March when Sora had turned 18, he ran away with Orihime, who was 3 years old, and raised her on his own from then on. For 9 years, Orihime and Sora lived in harmony despite the fact that Orihime was bullied in school because of her unusual hair color." Well, that certainly reminded Rukia of someone who had unusual hair color. "One day, Sora gave Orihime a pair of hairpins. However, Orihime refused to wear them because she said they were childish. That day, Sora died, and Orihime began wearing the hairpins ever since." Urahara finished.

Rukia was in pondering mode. "So, Inoue's Brother died because of an argument that Inoue had with him. Judging by what your information, Urahara, I don't think I'm wrong to say that Sora can't leave Inoue because Inoue's the only kin left with Sora and Sora wants to watch over her." Urahara nodded, confirming Rukia's assumption. "Great, just great. Not only do I have to take care of a Quincy, a human with Spiritual Pressure and a Spirit who wants to take care of his Sister as well?" Rukia massaged her forehead. Wasn't this a bit too much for her who only wanted for Kaien and her safety? How did she even get roped into this? Right, KaraKura High, Urahara. Rukia glared at Urahara who visibly shrunk.

"What do you intend to do about Sora, Rukia-chan?"

Rukia sighed. "I can only hope Sora won't do anything to harm Inoue."

"I'm certain that he won't but it doesn't mean that Hollows in KaraKura Town won't do anything to Sora."

Rukia closed her eyes for a moment before opening her eyes. "I have no choice but to hand it over to Ishida. I can't revert to my Shinigami form in fear of Soul Society but I'm sure that the Hollows in KaraKura Town aren't that eager... Yet." Urahara gazed at Rukia in confused. "I'm fairly certain our Resident Shinigami will have a blast in doing his duties. If not, Ishida could probably help." Rukia closed her eyes. "KaraKura Orphanage just burnt down so I'm sure there are a lot of souls to perform Soul Burial on." Urahara was about tor etort. "I know what you are thinking, Urahara but it fits for now. Quincies aim to destroy Hollows but spirits aren't one of the Quincies' job scope. "

"But..."

Rukia sighed. "I only hope Imoyama-san does a god job in exterminating the Hollows. In that way, Ishida wouldn't even have to get involved at all."

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