I do not own bleach and if I did well that'd would be bad as I tend to be lazy ,it and all its characters belong to tite kubo with the exception of ,my ocs which I created.
Chapter 5: busted!
With Renji scared off and Ayume having taken the cellphone hostage they began to talk again "anyway Isshin don't u have kids wouldn't they be getting worried" Ayume pointed out.
Isshin shrugged "yeah Ichigos probably late again with Rukia chan better remind him to watch his back" Isshin said heading out the door, "wow you mean your actually sane" Yourichi commented, Ayume laughed "wow that's a miracle" just then he poked his head in the door "I haven't left yet".
Ayume smirked her eyes gleaming with mischief "oh so you got good hearing then" she retorted, he glared "have you gotten more sarcastic or is it my imagination" he asked, she grinned "maybe or I might have always been this way".
Things had really been shaken up in the last few weeks there was a couple of rogue arrancar who had attacked and were soon dealed with, however the shoten was majorly damaged by the attack. It amazingly it was fixed in no time and just a few days later there was a major arrancar attack from some espada, this however was just the beginning of Ayumes troubles. It seemed soon afterwards the shinigami were convinced that she was a shinigami of course she denied it but it did get revealed later on and was currently dreading the response she would get.
Kyo however had very little problems, they didn't figure him out, this was probably due the fact that Renji had been sworn to secrecy and the fact Kyo had hardly ever been in contact with the shinigami.
Ayume was currently sitting on the roof of the Urahara shoten, it was raining so her clothes were soaked but she didn't care, she actually liked the rain it usually made her relax. Her zanpakto however was not so much a fan of it "Ayume I hate the rain" haned Okami whined, she smiled "well I like it so quit being such a wuss".
Haned Okami kept on whining but Ayume blocked it out with thoughts of recent events "you think too much" she heard haned Okami remark ,Ayume chuckled "yeah I guess I do" she said before sighing at the memory of the day after Isshin left.
FlashbackAyume didn't sleep all that well the next day, she was however woken that morning by a certain red haired shinigami yelling "was hungry okay!"
She cursed but was grateful it wasn't a hollow or Kyo hitting her with a, Ayume walked into the meeting room dressed ready for work in a black top and blue three quarter pants to see Renji protesting loudly at Jinta. "Morning Tadashi san how was your sleep" Tessai asked politely passing her a bowl of what she assumed was breakfast "okay I guess where's that idiot Kisuke?"
"I'm happy for you Tadashi san however I'm afraid the manager isn't awake yet" Ayume sighed "figures anyway Kyo why do you look so tired this morning?" she asked.
Kyo looked up at her bags in his eyes "Renji tried to sneak food from the fridge last night and unlike you everyone was woken up by that twerp yelling at 1 in the morning" he replied ignoring Jintas comments.
Ayume laughed "now you know how I feel and anyway I better get going I got to teach a class at 1st period oh and freeloader san you better hurry up school should be starting soon" she said laughing silently at his reaction.
End of flashback"Hey Ayume the Soutaicho wants to speak with you" a females voice called from below, she snapped out of her thoughts to see Matsomoto Rangiku looking at her "geez the old man sure took his time" she muttered.
"Okay I'll be there as soon as possible it's at Orihime's place ain't it" she yelled back, Matsomoto nodded then flash stepped away.
Ayume sighed dreading the talk with the old man, it seemed now that she had the chance to tell them she had actually come to dread it instead of being eager to unlike she was when she first found out about Aizen. And she was right to dread it as when the shinigami had found out who she was they were stunned to say the least.
Flashback: (about two weeks earlier)
Ayume was sitting at a coffee shop in town as Matsomoto was trying to find out more about her, the shinigami had all tried many different approach's in trying to find out her identity, in the end they decided to get her to try, but she was failing miserably too.
Ayume can I ask you a personal question? Matsomoto asked, Ayume looked at her putting down her drink "yes depends what it is though" she replied swiftly.
"I was thinking" Ayume nodded for her to continue "well some friends of mine think they saw you a few days ago" Matsomoto said, Ayume faked interest knowing exactly where it was going "really what was I doing that's got them so curious" she asked playing innocent.
"Fighting a hollow" Matsomoto said seriously, "what's a hollow" Ayume asked in answer to her question, "oh so you weren't" the other woman said surprised.
Ayume looked at her sceptically "I hate violence after all violence leads to war and what is a hollow?"
Matsomoto was not convinced she could tell by the expression on the vice captains face "oh don't worry about it" Ayume nodded "okay well get your friends to some help cause seriously its not like a person can just produce a sword out of nowhere" she said .
"Ha ha ha yeah I will but seriously did you?" the voice now gravely serious, Ayume continued to play innocent and shook her head, Matsomoto however wasn't going to give up but neither was Ayume she wasn't known among her friends as the elusive wolf for nothing.
"Really I don't believe you Renji mentioned you staying at the Urahara shoten which we proved and my captain said that even though you are masking your reistu he can still sense some reistu in you" she said staring directly in Ayume's eyes.
Ayume blinked "no and I think you are crazy and I know the shopkeeper he saved my life once" she half lied on the spot.
Matsomoto finally gave up "well that proves your not one sorry about that Ayume" Matsomoto apologized, Ayume nodded "it's all right but get your friends to help".
As if by some foul coincidence a hollow attacked, Ayume having restarted training recently forgot about the other soul reapers presence and transformed into her shinigami form, she heard a shocked voice then "Ayume…" she knew it was too late then to deny it.
(After a fight with said hollows)
Ayume sheathed her zanpakutô and looked at the other soul reaper, deciding to break the silence Ayume spoke "how about we go somewhere with less people I know there'll be questions you want to ask".
Rangiku looked at her confused "you mean your willing to answer them" Ayume shrugged "its not like I've got anything to hide" she replied stunning the other soulreaper.
"Really then why were you so defensive at denying what you are" a sharp voice commented making them face a short white haired boy "well its kinda funny I happen to really like the human world" was her reply. The boy looked at her sceptically "I see then lets discuss this you seem honest enough" Hitsugaya said leading the two towards the park.
At the park Ayume and the two other soul reapers were on a park bench in their gigai's "so Ayume you're a soulreaper?" Matsomoto said breaking the silence between Ayume and her taicho.
Ayume nodded "yes but so are you two" she remarked, Hitsugaya decided to cut to the chase "so what's your rank or what was your rank"
"You really cut to the chase don't you" Ayume remarked ignoring the short captain's icy reistu. Matsomoto was gritting her teeth from it and decided to break the ice between them "wow its weird talking to a rouge" she said making conversation.
Ayume glared at her "I'm not a rouge if I was I wouldn't be talking to you" she pointed out, "so you're an exile then" Hitsugaya asked.
Ayume looked offended "heck no don't categorize me as that why'd you want to know so bad anyway?"
"Because this is soul society's buiness" Hitsugaya snapped, Ayume smirked it was fun getting this kid irritated, "fine geez let me get it will you" she retorted.
"Let me reintroduce myself first I'm Tadashi Ayume former captain of the 3rd division of the Gotei 13 and also known as the elusive wolf to my friends" Ayume stated receiving shocked stares. "So let me get this straight you were a Gotei 13 captain" Hitsugaya stated not believing what he was hearing, Ayume nodded, Matsomoto however had a different question in mind "why the elusive wolf for your nickname?"
Ayume laughed "Well apparently according to some friends of mine I'm hard to find when I don't want to be found and my zanpaktos Bankai is a winged wolf" she said effectively answering the question.
"Wow that's a cool nickname" Matsomoto commented ignoring her captains insistence of getting back on subject "thanks I think" Ayume replied.
Hitsugaya stood up "sorry for ruining your interesting conversation but you still have yet to tell us why your down here" he said bluntly getting both of the females attention, Ayume nodded "oh right I got off track there" she ignored the mumbling the small captain remarked.
"Okay about 30 years ago the squad I sent down here lead by my third seat at the time was supposedly ambushed by Menos Grande, Aizen and Ichimaru Gin who was still a vice captain at the time called me for back up" she explained, Hitsugaya kept nodding taking in the new information.
"Anyway as it turns out Aizen actually planned this as a way to get rid of me as I accidentally overheard their plans, I actually thought it was a hallucination from sake but it wasn't" she said a hint of sadness in her voice.
"So what happened next" Hitsugaya asked, Ayume continued "me and Kyo Hikari my vice captain at the time went down to rescue them" there was a pause between her words "I found the squad all dead and Aizen with blood on his zanpakto".
The two shinigami looked at her, Hitsugaya's expression was serious and stern while Matsomotos was sympathetic "Anyway Aizen, Ichimaru and Tosen attacked me and Kyo, I was winning too but Ichimaru wiped out my soul chain and I was left powerless" she explained looking at them.
"That must've of hurt" Matsomoto blurted out, Ayume nodded then continued "it did anyway they attempted to kill me and left me for dead but I was saved by Urahara Kisuke and woke up three weeks later powerless, in fact it was only recently I regained my powers" she explained to them.
"Okay your definitely got reason to be here I'll inform the Sou taicho of this he'll want to know" Hitsugaya said before running off "woah he's a real follow the rules kind of guy ain't he" Ayume remarked.
Matsomoto noticed the sudden change in Ayume's attitude it was no longer sad but back to her usual mood "yeah but that's the only reason the paperwork gets done" Matsomoto replied.
Ayume smirked "ha Kyo's always been that way too but I'd never trade him for the world" she commented, Matsomoto grinned "oh so you like him then" Ayume jumped back from the seat "no way what are you on?"
End of flashback
Ayume broke out of thoughts again when she saw Matsomoto was back "oh change of plans the soutaicho wants to see you in Seiretei apparently Ichigo and them just got back from Hueco Mundo with Orihime so I'll see you at the gate its right next to Orihime's place".
Ayume watched as the vice captain flash stepped away and sighed "what have I got into" she muttered getting up to grab a few things.
Yay done this chapter took ages to come together as I had writers block but I'm back now so please review and next chapter will feature the serentai and for the fans of Ichigo he'll become a major character from now on, my apologies on this delay as I had to get these last few chapters done first.