Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, its characters or any of the characters that are going to appear unless stated otherwise.
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Note: 2 new characters are introduced. Yay!
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-----The Next Day, Karakura High School-----
After what happened last night, Ichigo felt it was best to go over it all in the company of his friends. He explained to Orihime, Chad, and Uryu how he and Rukia went to kill of some more Hollows, only for a mysterious figure vaporized the last Hollow from afar. Now all that was left to do was speculate about the figure's identity. Uryu suggested, "I could've been an Arrancar. You said the blast was Cero."
Ichigo shook his head, restating, "No, like a Cero. And I don't think it was an Arrancar. I didn't sense any kind of spiritual energy from it."
"Well," Uryu stated, "You were never good at sensing spiritual energy in the first place." Ichigo gave Uryu an angry stare for his comment.
Wanting to avoid a fight, Rukia said, "Anyway, whatever it was, it wasn't a Shinigami. I was given any details for back up arriving in Karakura Town. Whatever it is, I doubt we've seen the last of it."
Orihime then suggested, "Well, maybe it's friendly. You know, it didn't want to fight you, Ichigo."
Ichigo then retorted with, "Either that or it was afraid of me. Still, I think a stakeout is needed to find this thing and get some answers." Al his friends nodded with agreement. Ichigo continued with, "Alright lets do it tonight then. I want to get this over as quickly as possible."
Soon, the warning bell rang for classes starting soon. Everyone parted to start the new school day…
-----5 minutes later-----
Even in his classroom, Ichigo still kept thinking about last night. The figure kept sticking out of his mind, especially the only distinguishably feature on it: a thin, red bar across the face. Somewhat aggravated, Ichigo thought, "Who are you?"
Eventually, reality clocked in as Ichigo's teacher, Misato Ochi, called for all the students' attention. "Alright class, listen up. I have a very important announcement to make. For the next few days, we will have guest teachers from outside the country coming in as part of an international education program. So, I would like everyone to be on their best behavior when they arrive. Any questions?"
A random student raised their hand and asked, "So, what'll happen to you, Ms. Ochi?"
"Oh, I'll still be here, watching over the class. I'm only handing the role over to our guest teacher temporarily." Looking at her watch, Misato then said, "I think I've wasted enough time." Calling out towards the classroom door, she yelled, "Okay, Mr. Vidal, you can come in."
When the classroom door opened, the students got an interesting surprise yet. Their guest teacher is a guy in his mid-twenties, with dark tan skin and a confident smile. His face thinned slightly form the ears to the chin. Standing at 6ft 1in, the man had an average body appearance, if slightly thinner. His hair (combed) was pure white, making it stand out amongst the rest of his attire. He wore a pair of brown dress pants, a dark green dress shirt, a brown waistcoat, brown dress shoes, and a green long tie. The accessory that stood out was a slick pair of red sunglasses, completely covering his eyes. Underneath his right arm was a small stack of papers, while his left hand carried a cup of coffee. Casually walking towards the front of the class, the man placed his stack of papers on top of the desk, and then took a quick drink from his cup. After sighing with relief, he addresses the class in a deep, but casual tone, saying, "Hi. The name's Dario Vidal. I'm going to be your teacher for the next few days."
-----Karakura High School: Lunch Time-----
Classes were on break as students took their time to relax. Rukia and Orihime were spending time together with the other girls, while Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad were on the roof once more going over the recent events that transpired. Ichigo said, "Alright, when the hell did all this happen? I mean…when did our school agree to this?"
Uryu replied, "Recently, by the looks of it. They planned it for some time."
Chad spoke up with, "Anyway, it won't be all bad."
Confused, Ichigo asked, "Why's that?"
Chad simply replied, "Dario is my cousin." Ichigo was shocked at this, since he barely heard Chad talk about his family before. Chad continued with, "He's my uncle's son, but I haven't seen him since my Abuelo's funeral in Mexico."
Uryu then remarked, "That explains a lot. I wondered why he bore a resemblance to you. I'm surprised he doesn't have a Spanish accent." Chad only shrugged at that thought, since he couldn't explain it himself.
-----Karakura High School: P.E. Time-----
After lunch, P.E. classes started and, with no real surprise, a guest P.E. teacher was introduced. She stood at 6ft, and had a more athletic build. However, it couldn't be seen underneath her all-blue jumpsuit and white shoes. She had a regular girls face, albeit more kid-ish than she actually looks. Her hair and skin were both brown, with her hair unkempt and spiky. She carried a clipboard under her left arm and had a whistle around her neck. She then spoke up in a confident tone, saying, "Alright, everyone, listen up! For starters, I'm Rita Calado, straight out of Brazil, and I'll be your P.E. teacher for the next few days. During that time, I've gotten permission to perform my own rendition of the Olympics. So come on now, everybody. Its time to go to work!" Rita immediately showed off a gung-ho attitude, much to the surprise or embarrassment of the students. This at least beats regular P.E., but barely.
-----Soul Society, 8th Division HQ-----
Inside the HQ of the 8th Division, Captains Shunsui Kyoraku, Jushiro Ukitake, and Retsu Unohana are waiting for the arrival of official transcripts of eligible Shinigami to fill in the open Captian positions. Sitting around a round table, Shunsui said, "Well, this should be interesting. I wonder who'll make the cut?"
Retsu replied with, "It may not be as hard as we think. There is only a handful that could fill the position as captain. Still, it will be difficult just to choose from them all."
Jushiro nodded, saying, "Still, we should review each one over at least once. There could be something we won't realize on the first run-down." Both captains nodded in agreement. There could be more to one Shinigami than what they know first-hand.
Soon, 8th Division Lieutenant Nanao Ise arrived, carrying a folder underneath her right arm. Walking towards her captain, she stated, "Here are the transcripts of the eligible Shinigami, Captain. Directly from the main databanks."
"Thank you, Nanao," replied Shunsui, "Also, let us alone for a bit, would you kindly? This will take a while and we need all the time to ourselves."
Nanao nodded with, "Of course." She soon left the room, leaving the three captains by themselves once more.
"Alright," Shunsui said as he opened the file, "Whom do we have?"
-----Karakura Town, At Night-----
After school was over and night finally came, Ichigo and his friends staged a stakeout around the area where Ichigo first saw the figure. Once arriving, Rukia pointed out, "Yea, there was something here, all right. I can feel some residual spirit energy left behind."
Uryu then brought up, "In that case, it should be easier to track then. Once we've got its spiritual energy down, we should be able to find them. Let my try and find." Uryu then started to concentrate, hoping to find a trail he can pick up where Ichigo lost the figure.
Unfortunately, Ichigo interrupted Uryu with, "Hey, wouldn't it be easier just to find a Hollow and wait for them to show up? It was drawn out by one appearing, remember?"
Rukia chimed in with, "Looks like we're lucky." Rukia pulled out her Soul Phone from her uniform, saying, "There's a large concentration of Hollow activity north-west from here."
Orihime said, "Isn't there a warehouse up there?"
Ichigo replied, "Yea. And that's where we'll find them. Rukia and I will go ahead. Follow behind us until its safe. We still have no idea what we're dealing with."
-----5 minutes later-----
Ichigo and Rukia arrived close to the warehouse, waiting from across the street. Rukia then said, "Look, if they don't show up, we may need to step in and-" Soon, a familiar red blast shot out from the roof, tearing up the sky and it went higher. As the blast started to fade, Rukia, surprised at what she saw, said, "Never mind."
Both Rukia and Ichigo ran straight into the dark warehouse, showing signs of conflict between the mystery figure and the Hollows residing there. Looking around for a bit, Ichigo spotted the figure ahead of them, seeing the glowing beam in the figure's head as it turned to see them. Pointing to him, Ichigo said, "There he is!" As the figure started to run for it, Ichigo yelled, "We need to stop it!"
"On it." Rukia started to chant a kido spell, gathering spiritual energy from within. "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six! Bakudo 61. Rikujōkōrō!" Soon, six beams of light slammed into the figure's midsection, effectively stopping them. "Don't try struggling. You won't get away again."
Cautiously, Ichigo approached the figure. Drawing Zangetsu from his back, Ichigo pointed the sword at the figure's back, saying, "Alright, enough games. Who the hell are you?"
"Come on, Ichigo," the figure said in a familiar tone, "I thought you would remember it from this morning." The figure turned its face towards Ichigo and Rukia, giving them both a shocked expression across their face.
"D…D…Dario?!?"