Kono-kun here! Alright People, here it is! The fourth chapter! Sorry this took so long. We had high school Regents tests all this week, and I had to study. I don't think I did too bad. Alright back on topic! Now with out further interruption. Lets start the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Rurouni Kenshin. But I DO own Shima and Kiru! YAY!

Everyone stood by the front gate of the dojo. "Alright, does everyone know the plan?" Ichigo asked. They all nodded. "Good, lets go." They split up into two groups. The boys went to find the box in the woods, and the girls went to get the key at the Akabeko.

The girls headed into town. Orihime and Rukia followed Kaoru as she led them though the streets to the Akabeko. "Here it is." Kaoru said as they all walked inside.

"Oh wow! It's so adorable!" Orihime said looking at everything. Everyone in the restaurant looked at her.

Rukia sighed. "Lets just find the key and get out."

Tae walked over smiling at them. "Welcome to the Akabeko."

"Tae, were looking for a key. It's under one of these tables." Kaoru explained. "Could we look around?"

"Sure." Tae said.

The three girls looked around the small restaurant. Each looking under a table. Orihime found the key under an empty table. It was taped to the bottom so she pealed it off. "Got it!" Orihime called. A blue smoke started to appear from under the table that Orihime took the key from.

"Orihime! Watch out!" Rukia yelled pushing Orihime out of the way as a blue blade cut the air where she was just standing.

"Thanks Rukia." Orihime said gratefully.

"What was that?" Kaoru asked confused.

"Oh, looks like I missed." A voice said almost sadly. "I guess I'll just have to be quicker next time." A boy stepped out from the blue smoke.

"Who are you." Rukia demanded.

The boy smiled. "My name in Kiru. I'm here to help out Shima with her game." Kiru held out his hand. "Now give me the key."

Rukia handed the key to Kaoru. "Run back to Ichigo and the others. We can hold back Kiru." Rukia whispered. Kaoru nodded and ran out of the Akabeko with the key.

Tae noticed what was going on and walked over to Rukia. "If your going to fight please take it outside."

Kiru smiled and disappeared in a poof of blue smoke and reappeared outside. "How's this?" He asked.

"Much better thanks." Tae said.

Rukia and Orihime went outside. 'We just have to keep him busy so Kaoru can get the key to Ichigo and the others.' Rukia thought.

"Where the hell is it!?" Ichigo yelled. They had been out in the woods for forty minutes tying to find the box.

"The note said it was in a hollow tree." Uryuu said sighing as he watched Ichigo and Renji look everywhere but the trees. They checked under rocks, in tall grass, behind larger rocks that they could not lift. Everywhere but a tree.

"Oh, right." Ichigo said setting the rock back on the ground. He looked to his right and found a hollow tree. Standing on tiptoe, he peered into the hole. "Hay, I found it!" Ichigo yelled pulling a small blue box out of the tree.

"Great, now all we need is the key." Sanosuke said.

"Guys!" Everyone turned to see Kaoru. "We…Got the…key." She said trying to catch her breath. She held out a small gold key in her hand.

"Are you alright miss Kaoru?" Kenshin asked.

"Yeah, but Rukia and Orihime are in trouble. We have to go help them." Kaoru explained.

"What happened?" Renji asked.

"After we got the key some guy appeared. I think his name was Kiru. He said he was helping Shima with her game." Kaoru told them quickly. "Now come on, we have to go help them." Everyone agreed and ran back to town to help Rukia and Orihime.

"Koten Sashun! I reject!" Orihime yelled. A large shield appeared protecting Orihime from Kiru's sword.

"Oh ruler, mask of flesh and blood, all creations of the universe, fluttering of the wings, ye who bears the name of man! Truth and temperance, strike but slightly your claw upon this wall which feigns ignorance of sin! Hadou number 33. Soukatsui!" A blast of blue fire flew from Rukia's hands and headed for Kiru.

Kiru quickly moved to the right, avoiding the attack. "Your going to have to do better than that." Kiru said off handedly. "Honestly, I don't see why Shima insists on playing with you weak humans. I find this quite boring."

"Rukia! Orihime!" Ichigo yelled. Everyone was following behind him. "Are you guys alright?" Ichigo asked stopping beside Rukia.

"Yeah, were fine. Did you get the box?" Rukia asked.

"Yeah. Uryuu has it." Ichigo told her.

"Yay, everyone is here now!" Shima appeared on top of the Akabeko. She jumped down next to Kiru. She noticed Kiru had his sword out. "Kiru, I told you to just keep them here. Not try to kill them." Shima whined.

"It wasn't my fault. You never told me how, so I went with the alternative." Kiru shrugged.

Shima crossed her arms. "Well I thought you were smart enough to figure out a way that didn't involve fighting. Guess I was wrong." Shima sighed.

"This is your game! You should at tell me the rules before dragging me here and demanding me to help you!" Kiru yelled.

"FINE! Rule one, Don't be a retarded moron!" Shima shouted back.

Ichigo and the others watched as Shima and Kiru fought.

"At least I don't go around blackmailing people!" Kiru yelled

"That was years ago, and it was only that once!" Shima reminded him.

"The guy ended up in the hospital!" Kiru yelled frustrated.

"Yeah, but he recovered!" Shima said in her defense.

"Two years later. He had to go through therapy!" Kiru said.

"Maybe we should leave." Uryuu suggested. Everyone agreed. They left while Shima and Kiru continued to fight.

After a few minutes of yelling Kiru looked around and noticed that everyone was gone.

"You never listen when I'm talking!" Shima yelled.

"Shima." Kiru said.

"Maybe I should have done this myself!" Shima yelled ignoring Kiru.

"Shima!" Kiru yelled.

"You never follow directions!" Shima continued yelling.

"SHIMA!" Kiru yelled grabbing the front of her shirt. He pointed at the spot where Ichigo and his friends had been standing.

Shima looked to where Kiru was pointing. "Hay Kiru, There gone." Shima blinked. Kiru let go of Shima and sighed.

It was getting late when everyone made it back to the dojo. When they were inside Kaoru handed Uryuu the key and he unlocked the box. He took out the paper and unfolded it.

"So how do we figure this one out?" Sanosuke asked.

"This one has numbers instead of letters." Ichigo said looking at the paper on the table.

"Maybe we should leave Uryuu alone." Kenshin suggested. He noticed that Uryuu was starting to get annoyed with everyone crowed around him.

Everyone backed away and let Uryuu work. He made a copy of the letter .

25,1,25!--25,15,21--6,15,21,14,4--20,8,5--19,5,3,15,14,4--12,5,20,20,5,18!--14,15,23--25,15,21--10,21,19,20--8,1,22,5,--20,15--6,9,14,4--20,8,5--12,1,19,20--20,23,15.--19,15--9,12,12--20,5,12,12--25,15,21--23,8,5,18,5--15,14,5--9,19.--9,20,19--1--20,8,18,5,5--4,1,25--,23,1,12,11--6,18,15,13--23,8,5,18,5--25,15,21--1,18,5--14,15,23.--I,20,19--9,14--1--19,13,1,12,12--8,15,21,19,5--9,14--1,14--1,2,1,14,4,5,4--22,9,12,12,1,7,5.--25,15,21--19,8,15,21,12,4--6,9,14,4--1--13,1,16--9,14--20,8,5--2,15,24.--7,15,15,4--12,21,3,11--6,9,14,4,9,14,7--20,8,5--14,5,24,20--3,12,21,5--,20,15--,7,5,20,20,9,14,7--25,15,21--8,15,13,5.

19,8,9,13,1.

Like last time it took Uryuu some time to decipher the code. So Everyone else tried to keep themselves busy while they waited. Yahiko found Kon sleeping in the bedroom and woke up by throwing him in bathtub. Kon tried to run but Yahiko insisted that He needed a bath.

Ichigo was walking to the kitchen when he heard a splash. He looked and saw the bathroom door open and he looked inside. "What are you doing?" Ichigo asked.

"Giving Kon a bath." Yahiko said smiling.

"Ichigo HELP ME!" Kon pleaded.

Ichigo shook his head. "No way Kon. You needed a bath anyways."

After Yahiko took Kon out of the tub Ichigo helped him hang the small stuffed animal outside to dry.

"At least he smells better." Ichigo said.

"GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!" Kon yelled.

Just then Kenshin came outside. "Uryuu said he figured out the code." Kenshin looked over at Kon, who was hanging upside down on the clothes line.

"We gave Kon a bath." Yahiko said.

They took Kon down and then went to find out what the letter said. Inside the house, Uryuu was standing with the letter in his hands. Everyone was silent as he read it.

"Yay!--You--found--the--second--letter!--Now--you--just--have--to--find--the--last--two.--So--I'll--tell--you--where--one--is.--it's--a--three--day--walk--from--where--you--are--now.--it's--in--a--small--house--in--an--abanded--village.--You--should--find--a--map--in--the--box.-- Good--luck--finding--the--next--clue--to--getting--you--home.

Shima."

Sanosuke looked in the box and pulled out a small map. Everyone crowed around to see the map. "I never heard of this village." Kenshin said pointing to the circled area on the map.

"Maybe it's one of Shima's tricks." Yahiko suggested.

"Well trick or not. Were going to that village." Ichigo said. "We have to get that letter so we can get back to our own time."

"Alright, lets start packing." Uryuu said. "We have to get enough food and provisions for six days. Possibly more."

"We'll have to leave in the moring. It's to dark out now. "Rukia said.

"We'll make the food!" Orihime and Kaoru said.

"NO!" Everyone yelled.

Outside the house Shima and Kiru were listening to the conversation inside. "I don't see why I had to come too!" Kiru whispered.

"Because your helping me now, and If I don't watch you your going to get into trouble." Shima whispered back. "Come on lets go. We have work to do." Shima pulled Kiru's arm and they both disappeared.

A/N: Alright, that's it for this chapter! Hope you liked it. Please review.

Kiru: Why am I in this story now!?

Kono-kun: Because Shima needs help. She can't do everything by herself.

Shima: Yes I can! I don't need his help!

Kiru: See she'll be fine. So can I leave now?

Kono-kun: No. Your staying. Now can you two get along long enough to finish this chapter?

Shima/Kiru: Fine.

Shima: We would like to thank everyone for the reviews so far. THANKS!

Kiru: We also want's to thank tangune for his/her idea. It will be coming up in the story soon.

Shima: And too fluffles4eva. YAY! Another person likes the story!

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