It was Monday and to Yuzu, Jinta, Uluru, and Toshiro, it was the day they would have to fight for dominance of the soccer field. Karin however hadn't been acting herself lately and none of them knew why. Only their fellow teammates, Lilynette, Loly, and Menoly knew why. Karin had put one of Kisuke Urahara's specially made mod souls into her body so she could continue her training with the Visoreds without the others knowing.

It was twenty minutes before the game and the two teams were gathering. A bit of a crowd had gathered around the field to watch. This included Ichigo, Isshin, Rukia, Momo, Renji, Kisuke Urahara, Tessai, Yoruichi (in cat form), Chad, Orihime, Tatsuki and Rangiku. The three Arrancar team members were absent at the moment. Hanataro had been drafted as the team medic.

"Why are there so many people here for a simple soccer game?" Ichigo asked curiously.

"Most of them are here because it's their friends or family members competing. Why else would you be here Ichigo?" Rukia asked as they sat on a red and white checkered picnic blanket.

"Then why are you guys here?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Chad, Orihime, and Tatsuki.

"Why not? It's your sisters playing and what better way to spend a Monday afternoon than watching a bunch of kids beat the crap out of each other in a soccer fight?" Tatsuki asked.

"There's not going to be any fights Tatsuki." Ichigo grumbled.

"Oh well. Hey what are those two doing?" Tatsuki asked as she spotted Uryu and Nemu approaching with two large cardboard boxes in their arms.

"What have you got there Uryu?" Ichigo asked.

"Well if you guys will give Nemu and I a hand, I'll show you." Uryu said as they pitched in and helped him set the boxes on the ground.

"So what's in here?" Chad asked.

"Simple." Uryu said as he opened a box and pulled out a green jersey with red and blue stripes around the seams of the shoulders, the cuffs on the sleeves, and the waist. Uryu turned the jersey around to show, written in white lettering was "K. Kurosaki" and below that was "07."

"Uryu, you made jerseys for the team?!" Orihime asked surprised.

"I figured that at the very least it would provide a bit of encouragement. Nemu and I spent the whole day yesterday working on them." Uryu said as Nemu nodded.

"We even prepared some for the three Arrancar. We got their names from the notepad that Neliel gave Captain Hitsugaya." Nemu said as she held up a jersey with the name "Lilynette" and the number "01."

"Check it out!" Jinta exclaimed as he looked them over. He was number "09."

"Mister Urahara gave us a hand. He provided the jerseys." Uryu added.

"I never know what exactly is in that storage closet of mine." Kisuke said as he popped open his fan.

"Then we should get changed. Let's go!" Toshiro ordered as the team members ran off to a nearby park restroom. Toshiro, as expected, was number "10."

"Is there one for me?" Hanataro asked meekly.

"We added you to the list when we heard you had been made the team medic. We prepared this one especially for you." Nemu said as she lifted a jersey with "H. Yamada" and "04" written on it. She also held up a matching green ball cap with a red medical cross to the left of the number "04" on the forehead. Hanataro quickly ran off to change.

"That's pretty nice Ishida. I didn't think you cared about sports at all." Renji said as Uryu pushed up his glasses.

"I don't, but I do understand the necessity of having the proper equipment." Uryu replied.

"That was nice of you." Chad said.

"Where are the others at? The Arrancar are not even here." Nemu said.

"Nel never came home last night; maybe she went to go make sure that they were ready for this or something." Rukia replied as Orihime and Tatsuki gave each other worried yet knowing looks. They had learned what had happened on their way out from the Vizard Warehouse.

"They'll probably be here eventually." Rukia said as the others shrugged.

"Yeah they may be having a hard time convincing their watch dogs to let them go or something." Renji said with a shrug.

"You know, I've never been referred to as a "dog" before Abarai. I doubt Captains Kuchiki and Zaraki would appreciate it either." Kaichou said as she appeared with Stark, Lilynette, Loly, Menoly, and Nel, each in their respective Gigais. Yachiru was riding on Nel's back. Renji sweat dropped at her sudden appearance.

"Captain Wrangler!" Renji exclaimed with a bow.

"Hyah Ichi!" Yachiru greeted.

"What took you so long? The game starts in fifteen minutes! We've had no time to practice!" Jinta whined as he and the others approached.

"Sorry but we made a slight detour and went to retrieve something from Urahara's before the game." Kaichou explained as everyone, including Kisuke, looked at her puzzled. The three Arrancar teammates however proceeded to run off to the restrooms and change into their team uniforms, dragging Karin's still posessed body with them.

"What sort of something?" Kisuke asked curiously.

"Oh you'll see if things get too bad out there." Kaichou said as they all gave each other dubious glances before returning to their seats.

In the bathroom, the real Karin snuck into the women's room where the Arrancar were changing.

"Hey guys, thanks for covering for me." Karin said as she reentered her body.

"Don't worry about it Kurosaki. Let's just wipe the floor with these punks." Lilynette said as they finished dressing and proceeded to charge onto the field.

The opposing team members were somewhat dubious as to the sudden appearance of three new players.

"Where did these new guys come from?" an opposing player asked.

"Yeah they look pretty tough." Another said.

"Then we're going to have to resort to plan B. Remember what we discussed?" the opposing Captain asked with a sinister grin as the others looked at each other with a sneaky grin and nodded as they started putting on a pair of blue and white elbow pads that mysteriously made a slight clanking noise when they touched.



Later…

The ball was tossed into the air by Chad who quickly cleared the field as both teams stood poised and ready. The ball came down and immediately Toshiro leapt into the air and kicked it towards the opposing goal. "Urahara's Green Dragons" (the unofficial name for Karin and Yuzu's team) started off very well, scoring a goal almost immediately after kickoff. Then after the second kickoff, something unexpected happened.

Yuzu was standing as goalie for the Dragons as the "Karakura Kings" (The rival team) charged towards her with the ball. Just as he kicked the ball, Jinta got blindsided by something hard and was knocked unconscious just as Yuzu failed to block the shot.

"TIME OUT!!!" Toshiro shouted as the Dragons gathered around the unconscious Jinta. His nose was even bleeding.

"Hanataro what happened to him?!" Karin asked as Hanataro hurried up with medical pack in hand.

"I don't know! He's been hit in the face by something hard." Hanataro said as he looked him over.

"Did anyone see what happened?!" Toshiro shouted to the crowd. The Dragon fans sadly shook their heads while the King fans shook their heads as well.

"Something doesn't feel right. I think there's fowl play involved here." Karin said as Toshiro nodded in agreement.

"I concur. Jinta is able to take worse damage than a simple blow to the face. Something is very fishy about all this." Toshiro said as Hanataro and Tessai hauled the unconscious Jinta off the field.

"Well no matter, he's out of the game now." Hanataro said as Toshiro silently growled. The game then continued and it was now at the end of the first half and the score was almost tied, with only one point difference keeping the Kings from tying with the Dragons.

Karin had the ball but this time however, Menoly was chasing after Karin and just as Karin kicked the ball, Menoly was hit in the face by the elbow pad of the person in front of her. A small drop of blood flowed from her forehead, but she still stood her ground. The ball however had been caught by the goalie just as the halftime whistle blew.

"Damn…body." She grimaced.

"MENOLY! What the hell happened to you Hole head?!" Loly asked in her own method of tough love for her sister. Toshiro again beckoned for Hanataro.

"What hit her?!" Lilynette asked.

"I don't know. I just got hit by some punk's elbow." Menoly grimaced as Hanataro helped her sit down on the sidelines.

"That's it, I know they're cheating!" Lilynette growled.

"Yeah! No one beats up my sister but ME!" Loly roared as she and Lilynette charged at one of the opposing players but they were interrupted by the referee (Actually Kurodo in a white and black striped polo shirt and black pants.).

"There will be no fighting! The two of you are out of the game!" Kurodo ordered, receiving outraged glares from the two Arrancar girls.

"WE'RE OUT?! WHAT ABOUT THAT TEAM FULL OF CHEATERS?!" Lilynette roared before being dragged away along with Loly by Stark away from the field.

"You must abide by the rules at all times Lilynette. That includes the no fighting rule." Stark said as Lilynette and Loly growled.

"This is bad. We've lost half of our team. It's just you, me, Uluru, and Yuzu." Toshiro said as Karin sighed and nodded.

"Even on our own, we can't take those guys. You're the best one we've got Toshiro and when you say it's bad, then it's BAD!" Karin replied.

"We need a substitute player to fill in for the others, someone who knows how to play." Toshiro said as Karin sighed and pulled a small yellow soul pill from her pocket and quickly swallowed it, shedding her body.

"What are you doing?" Toshiro asked.

"Getting our substitute player." Karin replied as she drew her Zanpakuto and raced off towards the bushes just as the whistle blew, signaling the end of halftime.

"TOSHIRO! DECLARE A SUBSTITUTION!!!" Karin shouted as a brief beam of light was seen coming from the bushes.

"Okay? I CALL A SUBSTITUTION!" Toshiro shouted as the whistle blew again.

"Uh, Lil'-Shiro, there's no one left to use as a substitute." Momo said as Toshiro silently growled at the mention of his nickname. Suddenly they all felt the hairs on the back of their necks start to stand up straight.

"Oh yes there is." An unfamiliar female voice said from behind. They all turned to see the avatar of Hekireki Megami with a soccer ball under her arm.

"Hekireki Megami, in for Urahara's Green Dragons!" Heki said with a grin as Toshiro nodded. The opposing team was astonished at the sight of this strange looking girl. The crowd was equally stunned…that is except for Kaichou, and the Arrancar.

"I give you, our secret weapon…the Tenshintai, possessed by Hekireki Megami." Kaichou explained as Karin's Soul Reaper form joined the spectators. Immediately the game started back up again. With lightning fast speed and reflexes Heki managed to keep the ball and score a goal, keeping the Dragons ahead of the Kings.

It was the final few seconds of the game and with scores tied, the Kings were heading towards Yuzu, when one of the Kings attempted to hit Heki in the face with his elbow but instead he felt a powerful shock and stumbled to the ground in agony. At the same time, Toshiro managed to steal the ball back and pass it to Karin who scored the winning goal. Hanataro hurried to the side of the injured player, his squad four instincts kicking in, and slowly pried the elbow pad off the players arm, revealing a painful first degree burn mark where his elbow pad was.

"Oh my! How did you get this burn?" Hanataro asked as he treated the wound. Heki proceeded to pick up the discarded elbow pad and turned it inside out, causing a small plate of metal to fall out from inside.

"I'd say that this was how Jinta and Menoly got injured. They all have metal plates in their elbow pads! They're doing it so they can injure our teammates and knock them out of the game!" Heki declared as the entire crowd glared at the Kings in shock.

"That's impossible! She planted that metal plate there to try and add insult to our injury at having LOST!" the King's captain argued.

"If that's the case then take off those elbow pads, turn them inside out, and prove it!" Ichigo growled. The King's captain sweat dropped and instantly they turned to runaway with the rest of their crowd in tow.

"I KNEW IT! YOU CHEATING, ROTTEN, NO GOOD, STINKING, BASTARDS!!!" Ichigo roared after them.

"Looks like the field is ours." Yuzu said as Karin nodded.

"Yep. We won it. Thanks for the help." Karin said to her Zanpakuto's avatar.

"Hey don't worry about it. I had a blast. And think of it this way, it gave you some good practice with your Bankai. Did you notice I had charged the ball whenever you had tried to kick it?" Heki asked with a wink that went unseen by everyone but Karin.

"Oh right. Yeah I did." Karin lied. Heki hadn't really charged the ball because she knew Karin had already achieved Bankai.

"So how close do you think she is to achieving Bankai?" Yuzu asked the Zanpakuto avatar.

"Oh closer than you realize." Heki said as she disappeared, being replaced by the inactive Tenshintai. Karin then reentered her body.

"Well, come on everyone. Let's go home." Ichigo said as they packed up their things.

"Actually, I think a proper victory celebration is called for here." Kaichou said as the others nodded in agreement.

"Yeah I'm starving!" Jinta commented with tissues plugged up his nose. As the group departed, they didn't notice a small black bulge appearing in the sky above.



End Chapter 43.

Yes I deliberately named this chapter after the song from the Bleach Beat Collection CD for Lirin, Kurodo, Noba, and Jin Kariya. The song is also named Game-Game-Game.

Author's Request: If you like this Bleach story and want a sequel, then there is a poll on my profile that you should look into. If you've ever seen (on YouTube) the Bleach Rock Musicals and like the music then definately check out the poll. Read the questions and availible answers and vote. If you have any questions about it then please PM me. Thanks.

Radio Kon!!!

Kon is at the microphone again, but with bandages wrapped around various portions of his stuffed animal body.

"Yes! We're still on! Today our guests are…uh Hanataro is this a joke?" Kon asked as Hanataro shook his head from behind the glass.

"No it's for real!" Hanataro said as he sweat dropped and quivered in fear of the guests standing outside the booth with him.

"(Gulp) O-Okay then…please welcome, ex-Soul Reaper Captains, Sosuke Aizen and Gin Ichimaru!" Kon introduced as the two ex-Captains entered the booth.

"Thank you for having us." Sosuke said with his calm demeanor.

"Yeah, Kaname was going into one of his "justice" monologues again." Gin said with his usual fox like expression.

"So uh…what have the two of you been up to since your defeat in Hueco Mundo?" Kon asked.

"Well we've been working on a special plan that will make us the main villains again but that's about all we're allowed to say." Gin said as Kon arched an eyebrow.

"Eh? What's that supposed to mean?" Kon asked confused.

"It means that there is going to be a sequel." Aizen replied as Kon's jaw dropped.

"A-A-A-A SEQUEL!?!? Where did you get THIS information?!" Kon asked.

"The Author asked us to announce that, once this story is finished, and a sufficient amount of time has passed, that there will be a sequel to this story." Gin replied.

"The working title at the moment is "Children from the Dark Night," and Gin, Tosen, along with myself are confirmed as the main villains, and we won't be alone." Aizen said with a smile.

"Really? What's going to happen?" Kon asked in awe.

"Now now that would be telling and we want it to be a surprise." Aizen said.

"The Author also asked us to tell the readers to visit his profile where a poll in relation to the sequel is waiting for voters. The poll will remain open until this story is finished then it will be closed and the votes, counted." Gin said as he and Aizen got up to leave.

"Ooh this sounds exciting! I can't wait for the sequel!" Kon exclaimed excitedly. Aizen and Gin then turned towards him before opening the door.

"Oh and before we leave…Gin?" Aizen asked as Gin drew Shinso.

"Shoot to Kill, Shinso!" Gin said as his blade promptly impaled Kon.

Outside the booth Hanataro had long since runaway, leaving a note on the console that read…

"Radio Kon will be off the air for the next few chapters due to technical difficulties and medical expenses…"

"Signed – Hanataro Yamada, 4th Division, 7th Seat."

End