Chapter Four

The First Fight Against the Bounts

Ten Minutes Later...

The Bounts Aquastin and Terrani were almost at their destination. They saw the house and stopped in front of it. "Is this the place?" Aquastin asked his cohort.

"I would say so. There are at least five different Spiritual Pressures in the house." Terrani said, her eyes glowing slightly.

"Well then, let's go." They both started walking when a new voice spoke.

"There's no Spiritual Pressure in the house. All the sources are up here."

The Bounts looked up and saw everyone standing up on the roof of the house. "Who are you?" Terrani asked, her voice higher than normal.

"We're the Soul Reapers that are going to kill you." Gin said, the smile never disappearing from his face.

"You really think you can defeat the two of us?" Aquastin asked. "You couldn't defeat one Bount, let alone two."

"Really? Nick, put it on. I want to see how much more powerful you are with it." Tabitha told Nick.

Nick nodded and held his hand out, gathering a strange white material in it. The material formed into a mask, which Nick then put over his face, and his voice now had a slight Hollow tone in it. "Is everyone else ready, then?"

"Let's do this," Terrani said, holding out what looked like a glass orb filled with dirt. "Zeige Dich, Turformer!"

The orb started rising into the air and a crest appeared on it, glowing a pulsating green color. Next thing the Soul Reapers knew, the ground beneath the house was starting to rise. It seemed to be magnetically attracted to the orb, surrounding it and expanding its shape. There was a sudden wave of dirt flying around before the Earth Dolls' true shape was revealed.

Turformer looked like a turtle, but all brown with sea green eyes. On its back, there were several vines that sprouted and thrashed around. Nick looked at it. "Mom, is that a Doll?"

"Yes, that's one of them. Now, listen. If we can kill the Bount, its Doll is useless. If we can completely destroy the Doll, the Bount will die along with it. Understand?" There were nods from the others. "Now, Lora and Nick, my Nick, have the best Zanpaku-to to damage the Earth Doll, but the other Bounts' Doll element is still unknown. We have to see what his is before we do anything."

Aquastin smirked, ready to release his Doll. "Zeige Dich, Torrant!" He held up another sphere, this one filled with water.

"Well, we can guess that his Doll is a Water element. I guess Sayuri has the best one to handle that, but in addition, Nick and Jasmine's Zanpaku-to can help out. Do you know where I'm going with this?"

"I think so," Sayuri said. "You want me to shock it, then Nick and Jasmine can surround it in flame to evaporate it and Jasmine could then freeze the fire and the Doll, making the evaporated molecules get too dry to reform and, in turn, defeat the Bount and his Doll."

"That's about right, but I want Nick to torch it after it's frozen. Then, the evaporated water goes into the sky because of the hot temperature. Very good, Sayuri."

"Thank you."

The Water Doll, Torrant, was made of water, but held the solid shape of an insect. Aquastin and Terrani smiled at each other. "Torrant, attack! Destroy them all!"

"Yes, Master." The insect-like mass said in a gurgled voice.

"Turformer, you destroy them as well." Terrani cackled.

"As you wish, Master." The earth-turtle said and tried grabbing out at the heroes with its vines.

Elias and Lora took this opportunity to attack. "Tsunami, Tidal Wave!" Nick released a wave of water that began to wash the Doll down to nothing. "Sayuri, quick!"

Sayuri saw what was happening and took it as her chance to destroy the Earth Doll. "Chidori, Lightning Blade!" (Okay, that may be going a little too far, but what other name does anyone reading this suggest, huh?) A wave of electricity erupted from the sword and hit the moist Doll, making it cry out in pain and disappear into nothing.

Terrani screamed a shrill cry. "No! Turformer couldn't have lost! You fucking little…" The rest was cut off by her dissolving into what looked like Reishi (Spirit) Particles.

Aquastin looked upon his comrade's death with scorn for the Soul Reapers. "You have won today, but you will not win the next time we attack. Next time, we will defeat you and take those Quincy children!" He said as he turned to run away.

Gin looked disappointed. "Oh, I didn't get to do anything."

Tabitha went over to him. "Live to fight another day. Anyway, you could've set Shinso on them in a heartbeat and stabbed the Bounts from up here! What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking of waiting until after your plans had been executed, if they didn't work. Next time, I'll get one of them when they least expect it." He smiled, opening his red eyes. (Finally!)

Everyone got back into their own bodies and made sure that Megan, Takumi and Katie were okay. Katie hugged Nick tightly. "Thank God you're safe."

"Katie, I told you I was going to be okay. I didn't even get a scratch."

"I know," She wavered in his arms. "Whoa. I guess I'm a little tired. I think I'll get to bed."

"You do that. I'll be back soon. See you then." he kissed her forehead, making her smile and go over to the bed.

"When do you think they'll try again?"

"I don't know. But, I do know who can help us out with that. Tomorrow, we go out to the far side of town."

"Why?"

"An old friend." Was all Samina said as she went back upstairs, followed by everyone else.

Abandoned Warehouse...

Koga looked up from his book to see Aquastin return, alone. "What happened?" he demanded.

"They killed Terrani! They made it seem so easy to kill her, too. They just used a Thunder Zanpaku-to in a combo with a Water Zanpaku-to to destroy Turformer, killing Terrani in the process. I am so sorry, Lord Koga."

"Do not trouble yourself. It is nothing of great importance that we have the Quincy children. We'll just have to think of a new plan, and I have just the one." He smirked evilly.

"What is this plan, Lord Koga?" Said another Bount gathered in the warehouse.

"We use the Bitto."

"What are the Bitto?" Called a voice.

"The Bitto are one of the tools we used in the last attempt to get revenge. They are mosquito-like Dolls that suck the soul of a living human and condense it into an elixir. This elixir, like souls, will enhance our powers to unimaginable heights. I will have to get the last remaining Bitto out of their hiding place." He said and left the ground floor of the warehouse, going down a flight of stairs that led to the basement.

The Far Side of San Mateo, California...

A phone rang. A man with blond hair answered it. "Hello?"

"Hello there, Dominic." A female voice on the other end of the phone said.

"Oh, Mrs. Negron! How may I help you this fine evening?" Dominic answered.

"We've got a little Bount infestation."

"Really? Bounts, now? When can I expect you to stop by?"

"Tomorrow."

"That soon? I will prepare everything you will need. But, what will you need?"

"My family will need to use the training grounds under the shop."

"My, my. It will be ready when you arrive. Goodbye." Dominic hung the phone up and looked out the window of his shop. "I guess Kisuke isn't the only Urahara to get business with the Soul Society." He put a green striped hat on and fell asleep with the hat over his face.

A/N: Kisuke Urahara has a brother? You bet he does. Now, at least. And, I already killed a Bount off, but I didn't like the idea of her Doll, anyway, so I was justified in my own way. What does Samina need with the underground training grounds? Well, it should seem a little obvious.

Next Time: The family goes to Urahara's shop and does some training. What kind of training? Well, think about it. So far, none of the Soul Reapers shown have a _ mode, do they? Figure out the blank and you get praised at the beginning of next chapter.