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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Author's Note: Another character is introduced, and this time, it's a captain!

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-----Seireitei, Underground Training Area-----

Shuehi Hisagi trained for several hours since this morning, his injuries against his Zanpakuto spirit, Kazeshini. With a tired Shuhei resting against a large boulder, the black demon Kazeshini laughed at his master's attempts. "Kehahaha! Is that it? Why, that's no fun!" shouted the insane spirit. As he bull-rushed the exhausted Shuhei, he reverted back to the white Teshinitai form.

Lefting of a sigh of relief, Shuhei thought, "Whoa…lucky break."

"That's enough for now," shouted Yoruichi, watching from atop a larger boulder. Pointing behind her, Yoruichi instructed, "There's a hot spring not to far in here. Rest up a bit, and we'll go at it again." Shuhei simply nodded, limping over towards the hot springs.

Taking off his clothes and resting in the hot springs, he noticed that all his wounds started to heal themselves. "The water…so it possesses a healing ability as well." Looking up to the rocky ceiling, Shuhei said, "All this time…how could we miss this?"

"I guess that's the question for today." Shuhei looked back across from him to see another figure stepping into the spring. The figure was definitely female: well-shaped and proportioned body, smooth pale skin, long, silver hair down her back. There was also an eerie resemblance to the previous captain, Gin Ichimaru as well, mainly how her face, while feminine, also had her eyes constantly shut. In a polite tone, she asked, "May I join you?"

Shuhei's face started to turn red, seeing a girl just covered in a towel right in front of him. He was barely making out a single coherent word, until he gained a nerve and said, "Uh…sure?" Nodding, the girl slowly took off her towel and entered the spring across from Shuhei. Shuhei just sat and watched without a care, before he snapped back to reality. He then said, "I…uh…I'm Shuhei Hisagi, the lieutenant of the 9th Division."

"Fuji Kitsune. Former 4th Division 5th Seat and 8th Division 3rd Seat."

"So," said a startled Shuhei. "You're saying you were a subordinate under Captain Unohana and Captain Kyoraku?" This caused Shuhei to think if either captain may've had influence to convince her to attempt the Captain's Trial.

"Yes, only recently I've been a seated officer under Captain Kyoraku." Shuhei just looked deadpanned, thinking that Captain Kyoraku allowed such a pretty girl under his command even think to attempt this. "Anyway, how is you're test going?"

"Uh, not very good," said Shuhei. Thinking of changing the topic, Shuhei asked, "Hey, how's the other Shinigami doing?"

Fuji looked confused, saying, "I don't know. I haven't seen him myself."

Disappointed, Shuhei said, "Great. We've got a total unknown here taking this test and we don't have anything on him."

"Actually, I heard of his name from Yoruichi. He's called Hisoka Myouma."

"Great anything else?"

"Yes," said Yoruichi, who was standing front of the hot springs, surprising both Shuhei and Fuji. "He's the first Shinigami to complete this test in less than a day."

-----Karakura Town, Kurosaki Clinic-----

Back at the clinic, Ichigo was still getting over the revelation of Tatsuki being another spiritually powered human like his other friends. "Great, how the hell could this happen?"

Chad explained, "Well, Dairo says that a human builds up a large amount of spirit particles within themselves, and the powers are activated through extreme emotional stress."

"Great, so stopping a car with one kick knocked her out? That doesn't make any sense. Who the heck gets knocked out after using their powers for the first time?" Dario, Chad and Orihime both raise their hands, albeit slightly disgruntled. "Sorry guy but…Tatsuki is supposed to be tougher than this."

"Not really," stated Dario, "Even if they posses a great will, most spiritually powered people faint after using their power for the first time. From there, she needs to try and summon her powers on her own."

"Wait," asked Orihime, "Are you saying she could become like us?"

Dario nodded. "If she remembers how to activate her powers on her own. Otherwise, she could go back into being just an ordinary high school student."

"I say wait and see," said a calmer Ichigo. "if she doesn't remember how she did it, we could use help like her." Orihime shuddered at the thought of having another friend fighting against a force like Aizen and his Arrancars.

"Still, let's-" said Dario before his cell phone interrupted him once more. As he answered it, he said, "Hey Rita. Yes, we found her. She's still unconscious. Yes, you won the bet."

Slightly furious, Ichigo said, "Wait, what bet?"

Turning to Ichigo, Dario said, "Remember Rita's job? She was gathering statistics on the different students at Karakura High School. She considered any who scored the highest to be potentials. Tatuski was one of them."

"Was she that good?" asked Orihime.

"Put it this way: she could win the Olympics by herself."

"BULLSHIT!" shouted Uryu, who scared Ichigo and Orihime as he jumped into the room.

"Dammit, Uryu, you didn't have to scare us…anyway, why are you here?" asked Ichigo.

Uryu explained, "My dad allowed me to leave the hospital after hearing about the car accident. Since I remembered Orihime was going out with Tatsuki in that general area, this was the first place that came to mind."

"Aside from the fact that makes no sense-"

"Yes it does, Ichigo! If a car crashes near an area where my friends may be, I assumed-"

"Alright," said Dario, who broke Uryu and Ichigo up, "Before we just waist some time like this, let me ask something." Turning to Uryu, he said, "What do you mean, 'bullshit'?"

"You're entire organization," said Uryu. "A convenient group of spiritually powered humans, hidden behind the back of secrecy and superstition, only to take special interest in us in these last few days. I doubt it is all coincidence."

Sighing heavily, Dario said, "Look, I know you're kind of overblown by everything, but just listen. Sanders gave Rita and I specific orders. We were told to scope out the area for any anomalies that may have caused Karakura to disappear for several hours. When it was revealed that you guys were also spiritually endowed, we assumed that by co-operating with you, we could gain your trust. Even after showing you our base, you still believe something is up."

"Well, you guys are a top secret organization, right? We're practically civilians. Why give us all this Intel unless you're trying to recruit us."

"If we were trying to recruit you, it would be as allies, not agents," Dario stated firmly. "We've understood you guys are basically the protectors of this town. Since you live here, we thought you could give us the info to understand what the hell is going on. We may have been wrong." Dario walked past Uryu and started to leave. He turned back to the group and said, "Don't worry. She'll be awake in another hour or so. I leave her fate up to you." Dario then left the Kurosaki Clinic, his head hung low with disappointment.

"Uryu," said Chad, "You didn't have to be so hard on him."

"Considering how he's been so calm whenever he's around us, I still don't trust him."

"Don't worry, Uryu. Things should be fine tomorrow."

"Right, with those two finished with their mission, everything will return to normal, right?" Everyone in the room sort of mumbled, unsure if they can continue their life as if everything was normal.

"Well, at least things can't get any worse," said a cheerful Orihime.

-----Thanatos Initiative HQ-----

"Well, the mission is successful. Unfortunately, its may seem like we're heading into uncharted territories now."

"I'm confused with that statement, sir."

"The Karakura Krew, our unique nickname for them, is still un trustworthy of us, even when we revealed that their friend is also spiritually powered."

"At this rate, she may not get control of her abilities for several months."

"That means we'll need to speed up the process."

"Any suggestions?"