Karin was standing in Soul Reaper form right on the Visored's doorstep. Nel was stunned while Shinji and Grimmjow were both curious.

"I was told that this was the place to try and control a person's inner hollow. And it looks like I found the right place." Karin said as she entered into the warehouse with Hekireki Megami resting over her right shoulder.

"Who are you?" Grimmjow asked curiously.

"I am Karin Kurosaki, Field Trainee Soul Reaper." Karin introduced.

"Kurosaki?! As in Ichigo Kurosaki?!" Shinji asked surprised.

"He's my brother. So can you help me or not?" Karin asked.

"Karin how did you find this place?!" Nel asked as she shed her Gigai and stormed over to her.

"Simple. I followed you here." Karin replied as Nel face palmed.

"Hey Shinji! What's going on out here?! I'm sensing a lot of spiritual pressure!" Hiyori asked as she stalked out of the shadows.

"Not now Hiyori." Shinji said in an effort to get rid of her.

"Hey you won't get rid of me that easy dumbass." Hiyori replied before her eyes settled on Nel and Karin.

"Oh it's Nel…but who's the academy brat?" Hiyori asked impatiently.

"She's Ichigo's younger sister." Grimmjow replied.

"Ichigo's sister?! Oh geez! There's more than one of that idiot?!" Hiyori groaned. This struck a nerve in Karin.

"HEY! Watch what you say about my brother Snaggletooth!!! Wait a minute…YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BUSTED OUR DOOR DOWN YESTERDAY!!!" Karin yelled angrily.

"You busted down their door?" Shinji asked before getting punched in the face and started bleeding from his nose as a result.

"Who you calling snaggletooth mushroom-head?!" Hiyori asked.

"Mushroom head?! You wouldn't know a working hair style if it bit you in the BUTT!!!" Karin argued. Hiyori was officially pissed now (well…more than the norm at least).

"YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR BROTHER DUMBASS!!!" Hiyori shrieked. Grimmjow was even inching away from the conversation as quick as he could.

"STOP CALLING ICHIGO A DUMBASS!!!" Karin argued.

"WHAT'CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT MUSHROOM-HEAD?!" Hiyori argued back. Karin reached for her Zanpakuto.

"THIS!!! SURGE HEKIREKI MEGAMI!!!" Karin shouted before leaping at the unsuspecting Hiyori only to have the blow blocked by Gamuza.

"That is quite enough! Both of you!" Nel roared as she stood between the two arguing women.

"Geez what a racket. You two are a lot alike." Shinji commented before Hiyori punched him in the nose again.

"Now listen, Karin. You're going to turn around, and go straight home or do I have to use force?" Nel asked. Karin silently reached into her back pocket and pulled out something.

"Would this change your mind?" Karin asked as she revealed her Hollow mask. Shinji, Hiyori, Grimmjow and Nel were all intrigued now.

"Where did you get that? Is that Ichigo's?" Shinji asked.

"No dumbass it's too small to be Ichigo's. His fits his ugly mug and is red on the left side not blue on the right." Hiyori corrected.

"She's right. I've seen Ichigo's mask and while the two masks look similar, they're not the same." Grimmjow said as Karin pushed the mask up to her face. It fit her face perfectly.

"It's not Ichigo's. It's mine." Karin said as everyone's eyes widened.

"Whoa hold on! How did she get Vizard abilities?!" Hiyori asked.

"Must run in the family or something." Shinji replied.

"No this is the first that I've heard of it." A voice said from the entrance. It was Kaichou accompanied by Byakuya, Kenpachi, and Yachiru.

"Aunt Kaichou!" Karin exclaimed in surprise.

"Did you believe your spiritual pressure was so easily hidden?" Byakuya asked before receiving a stern look from Kaichou.

"Byakuya this is a family matter, I would appreciate it if you let me handle this."Kaichou said as Byakuya nodded silently and stepped back while Kaichou returned her attention to Karin.

"Look Karin, I've learned to hide my Spiritual pressure with help from Yoruichi and she used to lead the stealth force so she would know. Detecting your spiritual pressure was easy, but I will admit you had me guessing for a moment. Now the question remains, what are you doing here?" Kaichou asked as Karin held up her mask.

"This should answer your question." Karin said as she placed the mask back on her face. Kaichou immediately realized what had happened.

"I was afraid of that. Shinji, you know that favor you said you still owed me all those years ago…well I'm cashing in. Let Karin explain how she got Soul Reaper powers and that will give you everything you need to know. Let's move out." Kaichou said as she turned and walked away, followed closely by a very confused Byakuya, Kenpachi, and Yachiru.

"Well…this is certainly interesting. Okay Kurosaki, start explaining. How did you get your Soul Reaper abilities?" Shinji asked as Karin shrugged.

"Well we just went to the Soul Society through some portal in Mr. Hat-n-clogs basement. Then the day after that, my sister and I go to the Soul Reaper academy and begin Soul Reaper training. That evening I learn the name of my Zanpakuto. That's pretty much it." Karin explained as Shinji sighed and ran a hand over his face in mild frustration.

"Oh that does explain a lot." Shinji muttered.

"Toshiro-err-I-mean-Captain Hitsugaya said that doing that damaged my…soul chain or something?" Karin asked confused.

"Well I'm no expert but I do know that's one of the reasons why the Soul Reapers are somewhat loath to bring living humans to the Soul Society." Shinji said before turning to Hiyori.

"Fire up the Hiyori Walking Machine, we've got ourselves a new student in the Vizard school for controlling your Inner Hollow." Shinji said before getting an elbow to the nose.

"It's the Hiyori SUPER trainer dumbass!!!" Hiyori growled.

"So you guys will help me?" Karin asked as Shinji grinned from behind his hand as he attempted to stop his bleeding nose.

"Why not? I can tell you've got an inner hollow simply by your spiritual pressure. Besides I consider Ichigo to be one of us as well as a friend. Besides if we don't help you, then you could start running amuck. We're already giving Ichigo's friend Tatsuki a hand with her own powers, what's another person going to hurt?" Shinji asked.

"Just promise me that you won't tell my brother about this. He'll worry or something." Karin said as Shinji grinned.

"My lips are sealed." Shinji said as he led her and Nel into the back.

"Ugh, Shinji who's the kid?" Kensei asked impatiently. Lilynette, Loly, and Menoly however recognized her in an instant.

"Karin! How did you get here?!" Lilynette asked.

"I followed Nel." Karin replied.

"She's also our newest addition to the Visoreds. She's got an inner hollow that needs to be tamed." Shinji said as everyone in the room turned in shock towards her.

"She's only an Academy student! How does she have an inner hollow so fast?!" Kensei asked in disbelief.

"She's a living human who got Soul Reaper powers while in the Soul Society. You do the math." Shinji said as Kensei and the other Visoreds understood immediately.

"Does she have a mask to prove it?" Kensei asked impatiently. Karin simply pressed her mask to her face and Kensei immediately shut up.

"So what do I do first?" Karin asked.

"Oh this is the fun part." Hiyori said as she drew her Zanpakuto with a sinister grin on her face, "We're going to attack you!"

Suddenly Hiyori lunged towards Karin who blocked with Hekireki Megami just in the nick of time. Hiyori then began to savagely assault her. Nel attempted to intervene but Grimmjow held her back.

"Let them go. They know what they're doing." Grimmjow said as she silently nodded and followed the other Visoreds along with Grimmjow, Lilynette, Loly, and Menoly out into the main area where Karin and Hiyori continued to fight but in midair.

"If you have a Bankai, I suggest you use it right about now!" Hiyori ordered as she leapt back and summoned her Hollow mask, pulling it over her face.

"She doesn't have it yet! She's still in the process of learning it!" Nel shouted.

"Well then I guess she's just going to have to try a bit harder!" Hiyori said through her mask as she continued her assault. With a single blow she was nearly able to cut completely through Hekireki Megami.

"Damn this girl's gotten stronger and faster! If there's a time that I needed Bankai it's now! Well I guess it's now or never! I can do this! I know I can do this! I WILL DO THIS!!!" Karin said mentally as she shoved Hiyori away and raised Hekireki Megami aiming straight up towards the sky. Instantly she started to glow with yellow spiritual energy.

"What's going on?" Mashiro asked curiously.

"BAN-KAI!!!" Karin shouted and instantly a blinding flash of electrical energy surged around her.

"I don't believe it…SHE'S DOING IT!!!" Nel exclaimed excitedly. The sound of thunder echoed through the building and suddenly the light faded to reveal Karin still dressed in her academy uniform but with a pair of large steel shoulder pauldrons with a coiling electrical terminal on top of each. Metal gauntlets were on her hands with metal plating that ran up her arms with a trio of smaller disc like terminals on each of her hands between her knuckles. In her right hand was the now bladeless hilt and guard of her sword. Instantly the terminals started to crackle with electricity and a massive dragon of electricity formed around her like Toshiro's Bankai, with wings, a tail, and the dragon head running down her right arm to the hilt of her sword.

"Hekireki Megami no Tsuyoini Doragon!" Karin said as the bladeless hilt suddenly crackled and a blade of pure electricity formed. (Hekireki Megami no Tsuyoini Doragon: The Thunder Goddesses' Mighty Dragon.)

"Now this is a shocker." Hiyori said, not intending to be funny.

Karin then lunged at her at lightning fast speed and Hiyori barely managed to block the blow in time. With every blow, the sound of the blades hitting sounded like thunder.

"I get the feeling she's a friend of Toshiro Hitsugaya." Shinji said as Nel nodded.

"Good friends." Nel replied.

"Come on! I know you're in there! Get your Hollow butt out here NOW!!!" Hiyori roared at Karin who angrily retaliated by striking again with greater force.

"Things are starting to get messy. How long does it take for an Inner Hollow to appear?" Nel asked as Shinji shrugged.

"Depends. This is the first time she's used her Bankai, right? Then she's using up her strength at a fast rate. When she loses enough strength then her inner hollow will likely take the opportunity and take control of her. That's how it worked with Ichigo and the rest of us so it'll most likely be the same with her. The only question for the moment is "has Hiyori expended enough of her energy yet?" Shinji asked.

"She needs to expel all of her energy you say?" Nel asked as Shinji nodded. Suddenly Nel Sonido'd up the fight and added her Zanpakuto to the battle.

"Nel?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Karin asked in disbelief. Nel remained silent and swung Gamuza at her again, causing Karin to quickly fly back a bit.

"I know one way to diminish your energy." Nel said as she sheathed Gamuza and started charging a Cero.

"A Cero?! She could vaporize her!!!" Grimmjow exclaimed. Suddenly Nel unleashed a basic red Cero at Karin who quickly closed her wings to deflect the blast. The Cero impacted on the wings which crackled for a moment before opening back up to reveal a glowing red orb of energy in Karin's left hand. Not wanting to harm Nel, she aimed the orb out the window and instantly a Cero shot from her hand.

"It would seem she has the ability to absorb Reishi based attacks and turn them against her foes, which means that Cero and Bala are basically useless." Kensei said with a mixture of curiosity and awe at the spectacle.

Nel got the hint and drew Gamuza again. Together with Hiyori they rushed her but Karin quickly closed the wings again. Nel and Hiyori started wailing on the closed wings with ferocity. They then stopped and leapt back a bit. The wings remained closed for what seemed like a long time. Finally they heard what sounded like Karin chuckling from inside, but it wasn't any sort of friendly chuckle. The wings started to open, revealing Karin facing downwards as he shoulders shook while her chuckling evolved into laughter. Her voice was starting to sound as if it were filtered.

She then raised her head suddenly to glare at the two of them with an insane look on her face. The entire right side of her face was a still forming Hollow mask and her eyes had turned black with yellow pupils. Her Hollow Form had awoken at last. She suddenly Flash stepped into thin air and reappeared over Hiyori and Nel. She then unleashed a powerful torrent of lightning at them, electrocuting them severely and causing them to fall to the ground.

"I think it's time for an INTERVENTION!!!" Grimmjow shouted but Shinji stopped him.

"NO! WAIT FOR IT!!!" Shinji replied. Grimmjow and the others looked at him confused for a moment…then they heard it…it was laughter, insane laughter that was getting closer by the second. But it wasn't Karin. They could also feel a mass of powerful spiritual pressure approaching. Suddenly a part of the roof over Karin exploded and the smoke formed into a skull. The smoke cleared, revealing Karin being pinned down on the ground by none other than…

"You might want to move!" Kenpachi said to the onlookers as Karin forced him off.

"I've been itching for a good fight for so long and now I finally HAVE ONE!!!" Kenpachi yelled excitedly as he lunged at the Hollowfied Karin, cackling all the while. Their movements were difficult to follow for the onlookers which now included Byakuya, Kaichou, and Yachiru again from outside the doorway. Kenpachi then noticed a large cut appear across his chest causing blood to spray out.

"Well whaddya know…you may be fun after all." Kenpachi said as he started glowing with his own electrical based spiritual pressure and continued his assault.

"Of course, fight fire with fire. Or in this case, lightning with lightning, why didn't I think of that?" Shinji asked.

"Because you're a dumbass?" Hiyori asked as she and Nel climbed onto their feet.

"Looks like you weren't so singed after all." Shinji mumbled.

"HA-HA-HA-HA! YOU'RE JUST LIKE ICHIGO AND HE'S EVEN MORE FUN!!!" Kenpachi cackled as he continued the barrage of sword blows.

Suddenly Karin raised her Zanpakuto but froze with a stunned expression. She then reached her left arm around to her face and started pulling at the mask.

"She's resisting!" Mashiro exclaimed.

"Scatter Senbonzakura." Byakuya said, causing his Zanpakuto to enter its Shikai form and quickly fly in to block Kenpachi's attacks. Karin struggled to remove her half formed mask until finally she ripped it clean off her face and her eyes returned to normal. The electricity made Dragon also proceeded to disappear and her sword blade disappeared with it. She then proceeded to drop to her knees and fall unconscious from the sheer strain.

"And just as I was getting warmed up too. But thanks for the good fight kid. You've sure got the skills." Kenpachi said with a disappointed look on his face as he sheathed his Zanpakuto.

"We'll take it from here. Thanks for stepping in." Shinji said as the other Visored's quickly picked up the unconscious Karin.

"I don't think Karin wants anyone else to know about this so we'll keep this to ourselves." Kaichou said as Nel nodded appreciatively and followed the Visoreds and Arrancar to the back.

"We're going to the soccer field like we promised yesterday; we won't say anything we swear." Lilynette said as Stark emerged in his Gigai.

"I'm going too then." Stark said as Byakuya stepped into their path.

"If you're going away from the warehouse then it would be my duty to follow you." Byakuya said as Stark nodded.

"Knock yourself out." Stark replied lazily as they headed out.



Meanwhile at the Soccer Field…

Toshiro, Yuzu, Jinta, Uluru, Hanataro, Rangiku, Rukia, and Ichigo were waiting patiently for the three Arrancar to show up. Karin's body was there but with one of Kisuke's specially made mod souls that would emulate Karin's personality, but the other's hadn't noticed.

"Why are we still waiting for those Arrancar to show up?" Toshiro asked impatiently.

"Because, Captain, according to Yuzu they're part of the team." Rangiku replied as she took a sip of some of the lemonade they had standing by.

"This is getting ridiculous. If they were going to show up they would be here by now." Toshiro grumbled.

"Well it is a long walk from the Visored's warehouse to the soccer field. They can't easily just suddenly appear." Ichigo said.

"BOO!!!" Loly shouted as she landed in front of Ichigo, causing him to shriek like a girl.

"You were saying, Ichigo?" Rukia snickered as Lilynette, Menoly, and Loly took to the field with the others. Stark proceeded to sit down under the shade of a nearby tree and Byakuya sat down on a nearby bench.

"Well it's about time, what took you guys so long?" Jinta asked impatiently.

"Sorry, we got sidetracked and it took us forever to walk here." Menoly apologized.

"Yeah try getting Mister Primera Espada over there to run." Loly added.

"Watch it Loly, All he has to do is tap you on the shoulder and he can break your arm." Lilynette warned.

"Let's just practice already!" Jinta groaned.

"Alright let's go!" Toshiro shouted as they instantly took their positions.

"What really took you guys so long?" Ichigo asked as he and Rukia walked over towards Stark.

"I don't run much Ichigo." Stark yawned as he started drifting off to sleep.



End Chapter 40.

I've wanted Karin to become a Vizard since the beginning so this wasn't added just spur of the moment. The hard part was how to explain how it came to be. Also credit goes to HikariZaichuYami for helping with the Japanese translation for Karin's Bankai.

Radio Kon!!!

Kon appears at his desk inside the Radio studio with a pair of sunglasses over his black button eyes.

"Radio Kon Baby!!! Yes! We're on the air once again! I, the ever sexy, Kon as host and Hanataro Yamada as Producer! The Author has been generous in allowing me to have this segment so long as we just get straight to the guest for the episode. So let's get straight to it! (Ahem) Our first guest on Radio Kon is the namesake of this very story. She's a decorated Soul Reaper Captain who makes cowboy boots, spurs, and a Stetson stallion look sexy! Please welcome, Captain Kaichou "Black Wrangler" Kurosaki!" Kon introduced as Kaichou entered and sat at the microphone next to Kon.

"Thank you for having me Kon. It's an honor." Kaichou said as she reclined in her chair.

"So Kaichou-." Kon said before getting interrupted.

"Uh! Please call me Captain Wrangler, Kon. My real name is reserved for close friends and family members." Kaichou replied.

"Huh? But I practically am family! I take care of your nephew's body when he goes hunting for Hollows!" Kon explained.

"Yes and you do a poor job of it too. For Pete's sake, you're always trying to fondle women. This ruins Ichigo's reputation and I don't like that at all." Kaichou said as she crossed her arms over her chest with an authoritative look towards Kon.

"I just can't help myself! Those beautiful passageways to the Valley of the gods are just so irresistible!" Kon cried literally. Kaichou patted the doll's back, comfortingly.

"Would you like to talk about it Kon?" Kaichou asked caringly, but Kon regained his composure.

"No-no…I'm okay. I'm okay. So how do you think the story's going so far?" Kon asked as Kaichou tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"Well really I think there are some other characters that need to be given a bigger role or have more actions scenes or something. Namely Orihime and Chad. Poor Chad has hardly gotten any speaking roles." Kaichou said as Kon blinked.

"What about a certain sexy mod soul?" Kon asked in a stylish pose.

"You know you're right. Kurodo and Noba haven't even been featured. Lirin only got a brief role in chapter one but yeah the three of them need more screen time." Kaichou replied as Kon face palmed.

"Um…anyone else?" Kon asked.

"Nope not really." Kaichou replied with a shrug.

"Flat-chested-rodeo-clown." Kon grumbled.

"HEY! For your information I wear a bra!" Kaichou growled as she spun the cylinder on her Zanpakuto's revolver form and pulled back the hammer.

"WAIT I DIDN'T MEAN IT!!!" Kon freaked. The scene quickly cut to Hanataro who was working the controls outside the booth.

"Uh, this concludes this episode of Radio Kon. Please join us next time when our guest will be Stark and Lilynette of the Arrancar." Hanataro said as the sound of gunshots echoed through the booth.

End