The Captain and Lieutenant meetings were few in number. They had them once very month and so on. It was mostly due to the fact that the Lieutenants couldn't be trusted enough with the situation they had. Like the Ryoka for instance. If it wasn't the fact that a couple of the Captains thought that holding such information and then telling the squad members was just as easy has having a Lieutenant present. And not to mention that most of the Lieutenants, bar Renji Abarai and Matsumoto, were responsible and would be trusted with the information. So that's were Tadashi found himself, standing faithfully behind his Captain Soifon…playing rock paper scissors with anyone who would.

Captain Commander Yamamoto cleared his throat, ready to start the meeting. "Attention Captains and Lieutenants." Tadashi stopped playing against Third Seats Sentaro and Kiyone who acted as the Lieutenant of Squad Thirteen. "As you all know Kuchiki Rukia has been sentence with execution by the Sokyoku in eleven days. Her crimes against the Seireitei are the transfer of her shinigami powers to a boy in the world of the living. We cannot allow this treason against the sacred laws that the Central 46 laid down upon us to pass by unpunished. This is why Kuchiki Rukia will be seen as an example. She will be transferred to the Zenzaikyu in one hour by Squad Six's Lieutenant Abarai. Are there any questions?"

No one stepped forward, Tadashi tried but Soifon grabbed his arm, preventing him. Tadashi looked at her and she shook her head. He nodded and fell back in line. Seeing no one asking any questions Yamamoto continued.

"On to the next matter. The Ryoka incident that transpired three days past have been tied together with Kuchiki Rukia's execution. The shinigami sighted at the gate was described as an orange haired teen with a zanpakuto the size of his own body, from the shape of the zanpakuto it is likely to be in a permanent released state. Captain Gin has dealt with the situation at the West Gate, severing the Gatekeepers arm and injuring the shinigami."

He was interrupted by Captain Unohana, "He severed Jidanbo's arm? For what reason?"

Her question was directed towards Gin who kept his grin up, "Because he opened the gate for them to go through. If that happened every time he lost then Seireitei would be filled by now."

Unohana didn't reply but if you knew her well enough it was almost easy to see that she was mad at Gin.

Yamamoto spoke up, "Which brings us to the point of this meeting. As a Captain of the Gotei 13 you should have no trouble eliminating them and yet you let them free. Why is this?"

Gin chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck, putting up a kind of nervous posture, "Sorry bout that, fingers slipped my bad." He ended his statement with more chuckles.

Yamamoto nodded, "Make sure that doesn't happen again." Gin nodded. "Then the meeting is adjourned." The Captains and Lieutenants started filling out, Soifon the last to start moving as she was the closest to the head Captain and she didn't want to have to push her way through the others. Tadashi caught site of Aizen talking to Gin in quiet whispers and the curious look that Hitsugaya gave them. Tadashi nudged Soifon and she looked at him questionably, he indicated with his head and she then in turn proceeded to eavesdrop on the conversation. In seconds the conversation was over and they both left the room. Soifon shrugged and left the room, Tadashi three steps behind.

Renji was currently transferring Rukia to the Zenzaikyu now, as seen when Soifon and Tadashi were on their way to the Second Division Barracks. Without waiting Tadashi shunpoed, appearing in front of Rukia within a second showing just how fast he was.

Rukia stiffened, feeling the sudden rush of air. Then beneath the cloth covering her head she let out a small smile, the only one she had in days, "Hello Tadashi."

Tadashi's response was predictable but it still made Renji sweat drop, "Rukia! Where have you been! You don't call or txt or even mail me anymore! I'm beginning to think you don't love your older brother!" Rukia chuckled dryly and Tadashi grew a concerned face, "You doing okay?"

Rukia chuckled again, "I'm being executed in eleven days Tadashi." She moved her head up, as if she could see through the cloth, "Thanks for always being with me." And after she said that the Kido Corps continued transferring her, Renji leading the way. Tadashi sighed and looked to Soifon who gave him a sympathetic look before shunpoing away. Tadashi looked towards the sky at that moment and watched the clouds for a few seconds before making his way to the Fifth Division.

Renji had just finished talking with Captain Aizen. He had successfully transferred Rukia to the Zenzaikyu, informed her of the Ryoka and when he did he swore her face lit up, and right after Aizen had came to talk to him about her execution.

Did he think it was right? No. Was it suspicious? Yes. But could he do anything to help her now? No. But the way Aizen had spoken just now left questions in his mind. A nagging thought in the back of his head was heard over and over again in his brain, saying one sentence that he knew not to be true.

Did Aizen have something to do with it?

Tadashi had just got done talking with his older brother Ichirou, asking him if any news on his dad had come up. Ichirou told him no but by the look in his eyes, eyes that only Tadashi could read; he knew that Ichirou knew something. And when he saw the look in his eyes he swore that Ichirou had stiffened and tensed, like he was ready to fight. Tadashi knew that fighting his own brother wouldn't end well. He may have been a lieutenant but he knew that, despite him lowering his reiatsu, Ichirou was strong. Crazy strong in fact. He was stronger that Lieutenant Hinamori that was for sure, the reason he wasn't lieutenant had to be a good one.

Shaking his head from the thoughts he barely noticed a member of his division, from the Executive Militia as seen by his full black garb, shunpoing. He knew that the other shinigami couldn't see them but he could, him being the fastest Lieutenant. Without a second thought he shunpoed towards the leader, the one in front of the diamond formation they ran in with four members. He reappeared next to the leader, the leader jumping having not expecting that.

Tadashi kept their pace almost easily, "We don't have any missions at the moment. Brief me on the situation."

The leader, a woman named Matsuri, the only woman in the Executive Militia and current third seat quickly briefed him, "The Ryoka has invaded Seireitei from the sky somehow. Lady Soifon has commanded us to find the Ryoka and capture them for interrogation. We are currently heading towards the estimated landing spot of at least one perpetrator."

"What do you mean by that?"

"When the Ryoka hit the Sekkiseki Barrier they hit it in a spherical shape but when it broke free it split off into four separate beams of light. Captain Mayuri estimated their landing and Lady Soifon sent a group of the Executive Militia to apprehend them. She sent me to this one since she sensed it had more reiatsu than the others. But now that you're here I'm sure we can get them for sure." Even beneath the hood she wore he could tell that she was smiling.

Matsuri, beneath the hood and the full garb, wore the standard outfit of the shinigami. She had light blond hair with messy bangs, one on the bridge of her nose, and when she wasn't on a mission it was put in a ponytail by a red headband with a flower in it. The only part of her face showing was the area around her eyes and the eyes themselves. She had bright blue eyes, almost too bright really, and for such a cold job such as the Executive Militia she was always happy despite her losing her brother several years earlier. She had once said that if she ever becomes a lieutenant then she'll finally be able to die happy because the dream of being a lieutenant was a dream her brother had and she set out to complete that dream herself. In truth she had near lieutenant abilities, being able to keep up with him if he wasn't going full throttle and that was saying something. She had once beat Ikkaku in a fight, him being a lieutenant level.

Tadashi responded her statement with a smile and set his sights ahead. They were now near the Eleventh Squad Barracks, something that Tadashi found annoying because of the high chance that the Captain could screw things up. He sighed before his eyes widened, sensing the reiatsu in the air.

"Follow me!" Tadashi shunpoed again to the right, landing on the ground between two long walls and running swiftly when he landed. He heard two sets of footsteps on the other side of a wall to his left and stopped, bring his hands up to silence his comrades. He crouched low; putting his ear to the wall and hearing the footsteps go farther away. He motioned for three of his subordinates, Matsuri, Ken, and Lee, to jump the wall and attack. Usually in the Executive Militia they attacked from the back but since it was a special occasion he allowed them to fight however they wanted. Not to mention he figured the best thing to do was test the strongest one and deduce how to fight the others and who to send if they were weaker than someone weak. And for his comrades sake he hoped that the strongest Ryoka was weaker than them, he hated losing his friends.

He held up three fingers and flicked them to the right, the signal for the "go ahead". Matsuri, Ken, and Lee were gone in a flash, reappearing with Matsuri and Ken in front of the Ryoka and Lee behind. Tadashi and the other member jumped on the roof and crouched, reading to jump in if necessary.

Tadashi inspected the Ryoka and smiled, An orange haired shinigami with a shikai as big as himself, obviously lieutenant class by his reiatsu but not fully trained if he can't lower it. But just from that I can tell why I the other lieutenants are worried. His companion is weak though, not even seated material. But he does look familiar…ah yes he's Ganju of the Ganju Gang in the Rukongai, the one with the pigs. Matsuri should have this handled.

Matsuri cleared her voice, "Ryoka, stand down or we will be forced to use deadly force! State your business here now or later during interrogation, your choice!"

The orange haired teen put his right hand on the hilt of his sword, "Not until I save Rukia!" Matsuri cocked an eyebrow and Tadashi's eyes widened.

Ganju smacked his head, "Idiot! You just told them why we're here! They'll probably have Rukia more guarded now!"

Matsuri just cleared her throat after the two started bickering, "Can we please hurry this along? I have things planned you know? Now your names will be nice, that way we know what to put on your graves."

Ganju shook his head frantically but the orange haired teen answered, "My name is Ichigo Kurosaki and yours?"

Matsuri bowed her head and took out her zanpakuto, a normal blade but a long red pole-like handle and a rounded off rectangular guard, "My name is Matsuri Kudo, Third Seat of Squad Two and Second of Command of the Executive Militia and Leader of the Reversal Counter Force."

Ken nodded his head, not speaking as he was told unlike Matsuri.

Ichigo weighed the situations before turning to Ganju, "I'll take Matsuri but I'll need you to do something about the other two." Ganju's eyes widened but he nodded. Ichigo turned back to Matsuri and pulled off his zanpakuto, the wrappings coming undone.

Matsuri reached up and took of her hood, pulling her hair into a ponytail. She noticed Ichigo's eyes widen, "What?"

Ichigo pointed dramatically, "Yo…you're a…a…"

"A what?"

"A girl!" Tadashi sweat dropped and Ken and Lee shook their heads.

Matsuri sweat dropped herself, rubbing her right temple with her free right hand, "You're telling me that I'm wearing skin tight black clothing and you couldn't tell I was a girl? I feel insulted!" She charged Ichigo, jumping in the air and raising her sword above her head. She let out a battle cry as she did so as well.

Ichigo jumped back as her zanpakuto crashed into the ground, breaking the concrete and raising a small cloud of dirt, "I don't look at a girl's chest lady! Excuse me for being a gentleman." He murmured the last part quietly.

Ganju raised his hand, "I did!"

Matsuri's eyes widened and she screamed, "Hentai!" She turned to Ken and Lee, "Sick him!" Ken and Lee did so, making Ganju turn and flee around the corner.

Tadashi sighed from his position and turned to the last member of the team, "Can you follow those three please?" The man nodded and was gone with a simple shunpo. Tadashi turned back to the fight going on in front of him, wanting popcorn.

Matsuri jabbed at Ichigo's head, making him duck down and try to lash out with his right foot. The attack was to direct and Matsuri jumped back, grabbed his foot and using her superior strength swung him into a wall. The wall cracked when his back hit and Ichigo grunted from the collision. Ichigo rolled out of the way as Matsuri tried to hit him with her right hand. Her fist hit the wall, completely breaking it. She turned back to Ichigo, her eyes filled with rage.

Tadashi knew two things could piss her off. One, making fun of her deceased brother. Two, making fun of her figure. She was very sensitive about that. And indirectly Ichigo had done that.

Ichigo stood up straight and moved his head left, making Matsuri's right hook miss. He retaliated with a quick slash with his Zanpakuto. Matsuri jumped back but since it was so long it scraped her stomach and made a shallow cut, also cutting a hole in her clothes. She skidded back a few yards and put a hand to her stomach before looking at the blood. She growled before raising her right hand.

"Hado number 58, Tenran!" From the center of her palm a circle of wind appeared rotating before shooting out and widening into a tornado. Ichigo jumped in the air, hoping to over jump the attack but he was caught mid jump and with him not bracing on the ground he flew through the air. He landed on his back a dozen meters away but he quickly got up. So far Matsuri was dominating the fight while Ichigo was put on the offensive.

Matsuri shunpoed behind Ichigo and slashed at his back. Ichigo, not prepared for her speed, couldn't block in time and received a long cut from his right shoulder to his left hip. A trail of blood flew from the wound and Ichigo lurched forward before jumping away from Matsuri. He narrowed his eyes at her and she smiled at him, seeming put off from her now happy demeanor he scowled, then again he was doing so since he got here. Matsuri once again charged and Ichigo jumped forward, pulling back his zanpakuto as if to jab her. Matsuri jab at his torso and missed when he moved his body to the left, making his right side almost touch her. He moved his right hand quickly, his zanpakuto moving towards her chest.

Matsuri, still in the air right in front of Ichigo, moved both her hands quickly and pushed off the flat side on top of the blade. With both her hands touching his zanpakuto as if to grip it and her zanpakuto acting like friction to help her, he pulled his right hand back, making her lurch forward. When she did he cocked back his left hand and turned his torso quickly. His fist hit her stomach and wound and she doubled over in pain over his fist, and with his hand still cocked he pushed his hand forward, making Matsuri fly to the wall that was at least twenty feet away. But she only got ten feet through the air before Tadashi jumped down and caught her.

Ichigo looked at Tadashi warningly, as if he thought he could win in a fight with him. He had barely won against Matsuri and she had underestimated him, not using her shikai.

Tadashi spoke up, "You said you were here to save Rukia did you not?"

Ichigo's eyes widened for the umpteenth time, "Yes I did and I stand by it, are you going to try to stop me."

Tadashi pondered this, he was supposed to fight and capture any Ryoka he found. But the Ryoka were here to save Rukia…should he help them or condemn Rukia to the hell that awaited her in eleven days. The answer was almost easy.

"If you didn't already know Rukia is currently being held in the Zenzaikyu, the tall pillar there." Tadashi pointed, "But to get there you have to be quick and lower your reiatsu as low as you can or someone will find you. I'll try to help you from the inside. Try to get her before eleven days." And with that Tadashi snapped his fingers, Ken, Lee, and the unnamed officer appeared kneeling at his feet.

"Sir!"

Tadashi didn't look away from Ichigo as he ran, "We're moving out."

Ken spoke up, "Sir we nearly had him. We can capture him now if you like."

"No. We're leaving."

"Sir?"

Tadashi looked down at Matsuri who was unconscious, "Your commanding officer has three broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a large gash on her abdomen. You three need to get her to the Fourth Division now."

"What about you sir?" Asked Lee.

Tadashi sighed loudly, "Listen to me and just go. The Ryoka is getting away." The three nodded and Tadashi handed Matsuri off to Ken and the three shunpoed away. When they were gone from sight Tadashi sighed once more.

He looked over his right shoulder, "What do you want? Captain Ichimaru?" Gin appeared from the shadows, his zanpakuto raised, pointing at Tadashi.

"Shoot to Kill, Shinso." His zanpakuto shot out towards Tadashi at an alarming rate.

Tadashi only had time to scream in pain.