Yay. Chapter 4, I must say I am having fun writing this. Except thinking about what I have to plan for the next one.

Disclaimer: Bleach owns the world! Not really…but I don't own it.

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Ryu flapped his wings against the wind's current, soaring through the sky. He looked back at where he left his master and wondered if it was a good idea to leave her with the stranger. He just felt the man release and intense amount of power, rivaling his own master's power. Hastening his flight, he hurried to the castle to deliver the message and get back to his master in case she needed aid with the brute man.

Fluttering his wings, he slowed his descent and landed on the third level balcony. Changing his form into his miniature size, he crawled through the open doorway leading to a bedroom. Looking up he sniffed around, trying to locate whom he wanted.

Finding the scent, he took off again, flying through the hallways and up the stairs, taking him to lab.

Scratching his claws against the metallic door, he spoke. "Quick, let me in! I have very important news!"

The door squeaked open, leaving just enough room for him to squeeze his way in. He landed on a table and looked up to see a young woman bent over a computer, her hands taping rapidly against the keyboard.

"Ophelia! We have a big problem."

The woman stopped her typing, swirling her chair around to look at the newcomer. She took off her glasses, grabbing a cloth nearby to clean them.

Her name was Ophelia; she was intelligent and works with all kinds of technology. Her face was pretty, bright sea green eyes, a small perky nose, and lips to make anyone smile. Her hair was two-toned, the top layer blonde, bottom layer jet black. She wore it in two low pigtails, draping around her shoulders, her hair stopped to her midriff. Her glasses were thick black wired frames, circular to fit her face. Her clothing choice was, a black vest over a short sleeved white shirt, black shorts with thigh high black and yellow striped stockings, and black tennis to finish it off. Her hands had fingerless gloves covering them.

"What's wrong Ryu?" she asked.

Ryu waddled over to her, spreading his wings as he explained." There are intruders in the Garden. I just saw one when I was with Master Frost near the Vulimia Waterfall. I thought there was more with him but I didn't see any."

"What? That is impossible, there is no way that someone could bypass my security system. I do not believe that." Shaking her head, she turned back to finish her work.

"You should listen to Ryu, he is speaking the truth." said a voice.

Climbing down from the window was a monkey, the same monkey from before. He hopped over to sit on the desk that Ophelia was working on. "I was shocked just as much as you, but it is true. I talked to one of the intruders. Well, I tried to, but he ran off farther into the garden. I don't know why though…" the monkey smiled in content as Ophelia patted his head softly,

"If what you say is true Pachi, then I'm going to have to take a look and see what is going on down there. By the way, have any of you seen Shadow?" she asked.

Ophelia turned back to the computer, bringing up the cameras monitoring the Garden.

"No, I haven't seen him since earlier today. We just got done with one of our tasks when he ran into the garden, said something about having to feed the cubs or something." Ryu said.

She spotted a couple of humans walking around in the garden, looking for something. Zooming in, she looked at the 3 newcomers.

"That's him!" screeched Pachi, pointing with his finger and jumping up and down.

"Um, Pachi, are you sure that is a guy? Looks kind of like a woman." Said Ryu, closely watching the human.
"Yes it is a guy! Well I hope it is a guy, I have never heard a man scream in such a high pitch before. Plus, he has a flat chest."

"You, know there are plenty of girls with flat chests out there." Added Ophelia.

"Well, that is one girly man. You think he is gay?"

"Pachi!"

"I have to agree with Pachi on this one, he could be gay Ophelia."

"I can't believe you two. Besides, we are getting off topic. Let's change over to camera 43, where Frost and that other person must be." She clicked some keys and switched the cameras view to the waterfall. All three of them looked around as the two of them fought.

"Wow, he is good." Said Pachi.

"Yes, but he isn't as good as Master Frost!" Exclaimed Ryu, growling as the fight continued on the screen.

"We better go and get them, before the end up killing each other. It's almost night time too. Ryu you should head back to Frost, Pachi go and get in contact with the other three trespassers and bring them to the castle. We need to figure out how they got here. Got it?" commanded Ophelia.

Both the animals nodded and scurried away.

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Yumichika looked up into the sky, seeing the sunlight disappear. Turning to look at his companions, he told them they should set up camp for a while. The other two wanted to keep looking for their captain but decided to rest up for the night.

Ikkaku started gathering wood, making a small fire to keep them warm at least a little bit during the night.

Yumichika and Yachiru started to build a makeshift tent from the giant leaves gathered up on the floor. They were able to find some vine to tie them together.

Yachiru was strangely quiet and complacent through the process. When everyone finally settled down under the tent they made, Yachiru scooted close to Yumichika, a worried look etched on her face. "Do you think Ken-chan is ok?" she asked.

Yumichika nodded and hugged Yachiru close to him."I'm sure he is fine, we will definitely find him. Get some sleep Lt."

"Ok."

Snuggling close, she began to finally rest and closed her eyes, falling asleep. Ikkaku and Yumichika followed their Lt.'s example and fell asleep to rest for tomorrow's search.

~~~~Pretty Line~~~~

Hearing a sound, Kenpachi snapped his eyes opened, searching for whatever it was that disturbed his rest. Looking over to his side, he noticed the girl still soundly asleep, cuddling into his chest as he shifted to sit up. His arm was placed around her waist; protecting her from the cold night air.

He moved her over to lay her down carefully, not ready to disturb her; picking up his sword in the process. He looked through the darkness, sensing something there.

"Whatever you are hurry up and come out. I don't have all day for this crap." He bellowed into the distance. He heard movement to his right when something came bursting from the ground, slashing him in his right shoulder.

Kenpachi jumped back as the creature retreated into the ground, snorting as he started to bleed profusely from his injury. "Damn" he muttered.

The creature came once again, attacking him from behind. Kenpachi moved out the way just in time and swung his sword, cutting the creature's tail off. Hearing it squeal in distress, he looked down at the thing that attacked him.

It looked like a scorpion, six legs with 2 extra claws, a large mouth with razor sharp teeth. It didn't look like it had eyes. It was big, like the size of a small car. Its tail was on the ground, a large sharp pointer was at the edge of it, secreting some green liquid from it. It wiggled around, feeling the loss of its tail. It screeched in the night, charging at Kenpachi with rage.

Frost sat up quickly from the noise that disturbed her. She glanced over to see Kenpachi battling a weird creature. Getting up, she saw as he stabbed the creature in the center, watching it squirm then stand still.

Taking his sword out, he swung it to get the excess fluid off it, making his way back over to Frost.

She noticed immediately his injury, walking over to him quickly to inspect the wound. "You're hurt," she said, some concern showing.

"It's nothing but a scratch" he brushed it off like nothing. "Heh, besides that weak little thing was hardly a match, just a nuisance."

She touched the edge of the wound, seeing him flinch slightly. "It's more than nothing!" she exclaimed.

He pushed her hand off, becoming irritated. "Look its nothing that serious. I feel fine and I got the damn thing."

He walked off, ready to get some more rest.

She glanced over at the dead creature's body. Taking in to notice its features as she tried to figure out what it was. Finally seeing the tail nearby, she analyzed it. "Wait, this isn't blood, it's…"

She whipped around to see Kenpachi fall to his knees, clutching his shoulder in pain as he dropped his sword. He gritted his teeth, his vision blurring as he tried to stay conscious.

His wound began to fizz a sick green color, oozing out like acid.

She ran over to him just as he passed out, his body slumped to the ground.

"Kenpachi!"

~~~~~End Chapter~~~~~

Oh, no what has happened to Kenpachi!

I don't know and I'm the one that's writing it. We shall find out more in the next chapter.

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