I do not own Bleach this is owned by Tite Kubo the creator of that brilliant manga. All character with the exception of my two OC's Kyo Hikari and Ayume Tadashi. Everything else is not mine.
Chapter 2: present day
30 years later (present day)
Ayume Tadashi sat in her apartment staring at some papers she had yet to mark, Ayume sighed "why is it no matter what I do I always end up doing something with paperwork" she complained to no one in particular.
"Because that's just the way you are but be happy that I Kyo Hikari your former vice captain have a job with hardly any paperwork" Kyo said boastfully tossing his bag in the direction of the sofa, he had just come back from work.
Ayume stared blankly at him "you work in a video store two minutes from here" she stated bluntly cutting off any further comments from Kyo.
"Fine then serious and grumpy what's got you into such a bad mood today" Kyo soon retorted going towards the fridge "ah this" she said pointing at the unmarked papers.
Kyo frowned "I was being sarcastic you haven't seen my latest naruto manga around have you I swear I left it on top of the tv" Kyo asked searching frantically for the lost manga.
Ayume looked at him annoyed you could literally see a twitch forming on her brow, Kyo was oblivious to it seeing as he had served as her vice captain for about a hundred years and a lived with her for a further thirty years on earth "have you?" he insisted again.
She answered him with letting out a little bit of her now fully recovered reistu Kyo shrunk back and retreated quickly after that.
Once he was gone Ayume sighed then hid all her reistu again, she looked at the unmarked papers again "screw this I'll do it later" she muttered pushing it to the side and reaching into one of the draws pulling out the missing manga then began to read it.
Later that night (about 2am)
"Ayume" yelled Kyo who was yelling loud enough to wake up the people in the next apartment as he ran into her room and switched the lights on, she looked up groggily from the intruding light to face him. Kyo had a fearful but excited look in his orange eyes "what on earth has got you so excited at 2am!"
Kyo never got to answer as something shattered the windows in the apartment making Ayume jump quite suddenly from the bed.
"Shit that was too close for comfort" she let out exasperated by what had just occurred, "let me guess that was it" she asked, Kyo nodded then spoke again "everyone in the buildings been ordered to evacuate there seems to be something damaging the apartment" he replied matter of factly.
She wiped the sleep out of her eyes and looked out the now shattered windows trying to pinpoint where the attacker was "its close lets get out of here" she yelled running to the door.
Once they reached the bottom floor they saw it was now a mess of rumble and shattered windows, many people were just standing there staring at the damage oblivious to the fact they were still in danger.
"What are you people doing just standing there for" she yelled noticing a loud roar that could only come from a hollow.
One man responded "Well no one knows what's going on or what's causing this so we're all just waiting for the police to come and get the attacker" Ayume cursed herself, she couldn't believe how dulled her senses had become, she should have been able to sense a hollows presence from miles away.
"Ayume Ayume" Kyo said tapping her shoulder as she had spaced out,he finally got impatient and pinched her "ow Kyo what the heck was that for!"
"Ayume you spaced out and by the way theres a hollow coming this way" Kyo pointed out than ran towards where he sensed the hollow was, thus he was now in shinigami form for the first time in two decades. Ayume still being slightly sleepy failed to realise he was no longer in his gigai and continued yelling at him "idiot you get back here what do you think you're doing?"
Kyo looked at her "I'm going to defeat the hollow unlike you my senses haven't been dulled over time" Kyo he said smartly, earning death glare "smartass" she snapped.
It wasn't until he had ran off she noticed his gigai lying in the middle of the lobby floor and a man say "who's she yelling at" and then another voice making her twitch even more "maybe shes a crazy person".
She smiled hiding her annoyance and looked at the people "ah sorry about that I'm just feeling a bit under the weather that's all" she said trying to regain face from her embarrassment "Kyos so going to get it when I catch up with him" she muttered going towards the stairs.
When she got there she meet up with a warden "excuse me miss its dangerous to go upstairs right now the building may be unstable from the destruction before" the man told her. She ignored him but made up an excuse about needing to get something quickly, the guy seemed to fall for it and she was soon in her apartment.
"Wow first time I've been in shinigami form for a long time" she said to herself once she was out of her gigai "now just go to the bottom floor and be careful okay" she told the gigokon personality before flash stepping to find Kyo.
She soon started to fully regain her senses after a few minutes in shinigami form, it seemed being out of shinigami form for ages had dulled them but they were defiantly on the way back.
On her way to find him she dealt with the hollow who was attacking the area and did konso on the spirit that had been trapped within it, she watched as the black hell butterfly flew off, it really had been a long time since she saw one of those.
When she finally found Kyo he was hiding behind a wall watching as a bald soul reaper was fighting a strange hollow "Arrancar" she said surprised by the sight, Kyo looked at her confused as did another soul reaper with black hair and strange eyebrows who had seen Kyo but not Ayume yet.
"Are you okay Ayume" Kyo asked, she nodded "I'm fine but something's up alright I heard of Arrancar before but they were a lot weaker than this" she explained to him.
She then snapped out her thoughts and kicked Kyo "you baka what were you thinking running off like that you could have been hurt you just got your powers back you fool" she snapped at him.
It was then she noticed the boy staring at her, she cursed herself as kicking Kyo had resulted in revealing her hiding spot and was now fully visible "wait I know you" the boy blurted out.
She looked at him questionably "really who are you" she asked pretending as if she had no clue who he was, it wouldn't do to let him know her secret "oh me I'm Keigo Asano you're the computing teacher at my school" he said, she felt a sweat drop "I think you got the wrong person kid" she lied.
The boy was about to say something else but the shinigami with strange eyebrows spoke up "If your quite finished with that charming conversation can I introduce myself now after all its rude to not introduce yourself shinigami san" the guy said.
She and Kyo blinked "uh I guess you can" Kyo answered "I am Yumichika Ayasegawa the fifth seat of 11th division the toughest division in the Gotei 13and that is Ikkaku Madarame 3rd seat of the 11th division" he told them flicking some hair.
Ayume looked at him sarcastically "okay I really wanted to know that" the fifth seat ignored the sarcasm then continued to speak "now would you and your beautiful lady friend introduce yourselves?"
Kyo looked at Ayume and felt some sweat drop Ayume was starting to twitch violently at the 5th seats comment, he decided to say something before Ayume decided to hurt the poor shinigami.
"Oh I'm Kyo and that's Ayume and uh just some advice Ayasegawa san don't call Ayume that she can get really temperamental" he said. The fifth seat nodded at the sight of Ayume's expression, she was starting to develop a menacing reistu "I see your point Kyo san but what ranks or seats are you I can see your definitely experienced shinigami but I regret to say I've never seen you around Soul society before?"
Ayume groaned at this question, how was she going to explain this, as the wrong answer could well lead to them into a lot of trouble "uh looks like your friends in a bit of trouble maybe you should go help him we'll just uh...go after all conversations in the middle of a battle are very dangerous" she said starting to back away. Kyo looked at confused her but understood as soon as she gave him the look that said 'follow or else'.
"Do you have any idea what you almost just did!" Ayume yelled, she was still in her shinigami form so no one except Kyo could hear her. Kyo looked at her blankly making her groan "idiot you almost told them who we were and have you noticed something about your uniform Kyo" she asked him making him look himself over.
He looked himself over and winced as he realised his vice captains badge was still fastened on his right sleeve just advertising his former rank.
"Oh he he he that's embarrassing but hey your still wearing your old haori" he said in his defence, Ayume rolled her eyes.
"I know that I didn't realise til it was too late and Kyo if you had given away our last names do you know what soul society would think if they found out that a former captain and vice captain were still alive and being lazy on the living world" she said.
Kyo gulped at the thought "oh opps sorry about that Ayume but look on the bright side at least they don't have our address or last names" he replied trying to cheer Ayume up. She glared at him before getting back into her gigai "whatever I'm going to bed I have work in 4 hours".
Next morning she got up her four hours of sleep, she worked at Karakura high as a computing teacher. When she reached the kitchen she found a notice announcing the closure of the building and part of the street due to the damage from last nights hollow attack.
"Brilliant my day couldn't get any better" she muttered drinking some juice she'd grabbed from the fridge and getting something to eat so she didn't fall asleep while teaching.
As if she had spoken too soon Kyo bounded in a red t-shirt and jeans his brown hair messy as ever "good morning Ayume guess what" he announced, she looked up from her toast "apparently the shop I work at got damaged last night so I don't have to work today.
He soon realised she wasn't her usual self "Ayume you okay" he asked concerned, she handed him the notice and a list of numbers and addresses before going back to finish her breakfast.
He frowned reading the notice over and glancing at the list "let me guess you want me to find us a place to stay out of all these numbers" he said understanding the task she had just given him.
Ayume grinned "wow Kyo your volunteering how nice of you I'll trust you to ring my cellphone to tell me where to go after work shall I" she said patting him on the back before leaving the apartment with her laptop bag and notes.
And that chapter two done I'm sorry if it was a little boring but I had to get it done to show how they are in the present day and tank you to those who reviewed, I promise Ichigo and all of them will be in the next chapter as well as Urahara. Also I'm following well the manga storyline with a few minor changes so this is shortly after Ikkaku's fight with the Arrancar Edorad.