Hey everybody! I am SOOOOOO sorry I updated so late! And I am so sorry that it is a really small chapter! I tried to work on it during spring break, but I got stuck with three projects that were due right when I got back. So yeah. It's not much of an excuse but..... Any hoo I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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Chapter 2 Reunion

Part 2: Soul Society

"Hi Naomi!"

A smile.

"Hey! How are you?"

"Fine. Wanna come over for dinner?"

A chuckle.

"Sure. I would love too I-"

Silence as the years go by.

xxx-IchixHitsu-xxx

Ichigo ran towards the park, where he sensed the hollow's reiatsu. 'It feels like it's pressing me into the ground…it must be a Menos Grande…' he thought.

As he ran though, he suddenly felt more reiatsus. And they weren't shinigami reiatsu either. 'That's around…four…wait, that's two more…three…five more…!' Ichigo thought to himself. 'Fourteen Menos Grandes?! What the fuck is Soul Society doing?' he thought furiously.

Ichigo could sense more else where around the city. He could sense the other viazards as well and knew they would take care of the other ones. All he could do was defeat as many as he could.

Grabbing the mod soul pill out of his pocket (he never went anywhere without it) he went to the place with the nearest hollow reiatsu. When he arrived his eyes widened. There were two Menos Grandes, and three other normal hollow. One of them looked like a cross between a snake and an ox, the second looked like a bat-like creature, and the third one looked like a two-headed dog.

Popping the pill into his mouth quickly, Ichigo swallowed and he was out of his body. Without turning around he said "Kon, go somewhere and hide."

The mod soul nodded and quickly ran across the street, knowing he would get caught up in the fight. Ichigo opened his eyes to look at the hollows. He was wearing the standard shinigami uniform, but those in Soul Society knew Ichigo by his sword, Zangetsu. Since it was as long as his body, Ichigo had to carry it on his back wrapped in bandages.

But if a shinigami were to suddenly appear the only way he would be able to recognize Ichigo would be by his hair color. Instead of having Zangetsu on his back in his release form, it was at his side, in a sealed state.

Ichigo was, and still is, mostly known for his uncontrolled reiatsu. And since Ichigo had a lot of reiatsu, it was near impossible for his sword to be sealed. But now it was sealed, which would no doubt make other shinigami confused.

In its sealed state Zangetsu looked like every other zanpakutō. The fabric of the hilt was black and red, and the sheath was black with a white stripe, almost like his sword in it's shikai state. The guard had the kanji for "ban" on it, like on his bankai, along with two crescent moons underneath it, both of them turned so that their curves were connected.

Grasping the hilt of his sword Ichigo unsheathed his sword. The sword glinted eerily in the light, having a black blade and silver edge like it does in its shikai state. Pointing it at the hollows he muttered, "You guys just ruined a good night."

Before the hollows could even turn to attack Ichigo had already killed the three normal hollows. Pointing Zangetsu at the Menos Grandes he muttered, "Three down, two to go."

xxx-IchixHitsu-xxx

Ichigo let out a sigh as he re-sheathed his zanpakutō. Walking to where Kon was hiding, Ichigo felt the reiatsus of his friends and the other viazards. Kon was hiding in an alleyway across the park. He came out when the hollows were gone.

"You got 'em all?" he asked nervously glancing around.

Ichigo nodded. "Yeah. So let me back in my body. I want to get back and-?!"

Ichigo turned around when he felt a huge reiatsu behind him. In the park was something that had a similar reiatsu to his, something he hadn't seen in five years, not since the war. He hadn't even sensed it was behind him, and he himself had gotten pretty good at detecting reiatsu.

In front of him was a vizard.

xxx-IchixHitsu-xxx

Orihime was starting to get worried when she suddenly saw Ishida and Chad approaching. Running up to them she asked, "Did you find him?"

Ishida shook his head. "No. Ever since he learned how to control his reiatsu, I can no longer really sense him."

Chad nodded to show that it was the same for him as well. Orihime looked down in confusion.

"I wonder why he left… We didn't do anything wrong did we?" she asked looking at her boyfriend.

Ishida shook his head. "Of course not Orihime. He probably just wanted some fresh air and went for a walk. He does that sometimes now."

Orihime nodded. It was true. After the war, Ichigo would sometimes just go off for a few minutes, hours, or days without telling anyone. No one knew why though.

Before the orange-haired girl could say anything, all their eyes widened when they felt a huge spike in reiatsu. And it was a reiatsu none of them had felt in a while.

"This reiatsu! It's a hollow!" Ishida said.

Just as soon as it appeared, it disappeared. The three of them turned to where the spike originated. All of them knew where it was.

"That was the park." Chad said. Orihime and Ishida both nodded. As they started walking, they felt another spike; only this one was much smaller than the first. At this they stopped, knowing whom this reiatsu belonged too.

"That reiatsu. It was –!" Ishida said.

Orihime finished his sentence. "Kurosaki-kun!"

xxx-IchixHitsu-xxx

Ichigo panted heavily as he felt a small trickle of blood flow down on the left side of his face. His side hurt from the two broken ribs and breathing was hard, so he knew one of them had punctured his lung. After the vizard appeared Ichigo immediately told Kon to go find his friends. The mod soul ran and didn't even look back.

The moment he left the vizard attacked Ichigo so fast he barely had time to block it. That small hesitation had Ichigo already bleeding while the other was completely fine. Ichigo knew sooner or later he would have to release his sword into it's shikai state if this fight was going to continue like this.

Holding his sword in front of him in a guarding-like manner, Ichigo studied his opponent. At first glance it was no brainer that the figure was a woman. She was at standing at least at 5"1' and her hair was in a ponytail and from what he could see, was a dark brown. She was wearing black pants that at the top hugged her thighs and flared out after where the knee is, a white top that goes up to her mid neck and has no sleeves, showing her shoulders. On each hand was a long fingerless glove that is red in color. Her hollow mask hid her face from view.

Her mask looked like a skull, with slanted eyes like a cat and a snout like a fox. Her zanpakutō was by her right side in her hand, blood dripping off it slowly. Her sheath, a white color, was hanging on her left side. The guard had the shape of a fox head, with two eyes in it next to where the hilt, also colored white, met the guard.

She brought the end of the sword up and pointed it at Ichigo. Before Ichigo could even blink, she was behind him, her sword over her left shoulder to swipe across, no doubt to take his head off.

Ichigo used shunpo and got away just in time. Or so he thought. Just as Ichigo brought his sword up to slash at her he felt her behind him before she stabbed him through the back with her sword.

Coughing up blood Ichigo felt her slide the sword out, making more blood fall out of the wound. She jumped back when he tried to swing his sword at her in an arc. She stood there as if waiting for something to happen.

Growling, Ichigo brought his sword in front of his face, horizontally. Having his palm on it he yelled, "Kirikizu hikari no naito (A/N cut the light of the night), Zangetsu!"

Bandages came out from the guard and wrapped themselves around the sword. A small cloud of smoke appeared. When it cleared Ichigo was holding the Zangetsu everyone was familiar with. As tall as Ichigo himself, it had bandages at the handle and the blade looked like an elegant cleaver, the color black but with a silver edge.

Pointing the blade at the vizard, Ichigo asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The woman stayed silent. Ichigo was about to ask again when she suddenly spoke. Her voice sounded like bells and honey, and had an echo under it, as do all vizards when they don their masks.

"You should know who I am Ichigo. And as to your second question," she raised her sword so that the tip was pointing at the sky, "I want…. YOUR LIFE!!!"

Ichigo's eyes widened when she said that. Has far as he knew, he hadn't done anything to this person. But she apparently did know him. Just then he suddenly felt three distinct reiatsus heading towards him. He knew who they were and cursed. 'Dammit! I forgot about them!'

Ichigo barely had time to block when she suddenly appeared in front of him and brought her sword down over her head. The sound of two swords clashing rang throughout the air. Pushing her back Ichigo jumped back until they were a good few yards away from each other.

"Kurosaki-kun!"

Ichigo glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Orihime, Ishida, and Chad standing at the entrance to the park. He cursed himself. Why oh why did they have to come?!

Ichigo quickly forgot about them though when the girl suddenly attacked him. Blocking once again Ichigo grunted when he felt the wind leave his lungs. Since they were this close, Ichigo asked quietly, "What is your name? Who are you?"

She leaned forward and whispered in his ear "Ajisai."

She suddenly laughed and before Ichigo could do anything she licked the side of his face covered in blood. Disgusted Ichigo used all his strength and pushed her away from him.

She flipped in the air and landed on her feet. She was about to open her mouth to say something when she suddenly turned her head. Growling low in her throat, she looked back at Ichigo.

"It seems we will have to stop for now, Ichigo. But don't worry. We'll see each other very soon." She said smiling. Before Ichigo could make a move she vanished.

Ichigo was about to follow when suddenly he collapsed due to so much blood loss. Before his consciousness fled he heard someone call his name. And he would know that voice anywhere.

"Ichigo!"

'Well damn.' Was his last thought has blackness entered his mind.

The voice belonged to none other than the 13th squad fukutaicho,Kuchiki Rukia.

So there you have! I know. The fighting scene probably sucked but I did my best. And as for Ichigo's release command, I'm not really sure it's accurate so yeah. And for the vizard's name, it means 'Hydrangea'. A type of Japanese flower.

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