A Shinigami was on her way to a shop when she felt that she was being watched. This was odd. Mainly because it was late at night and there was no one around. She takes a quick look at her surroundings but doesn't notice anything. She sighs and resumes walking.

It didn't take long before the sensation of being watched became the sense of being followed. The hair on the back of her neck stood up and she got chills. This made her nervous for several reasons. What ever was following her had to be powerful to make her this uneasy. She had gone for a while without being detected. She knew she was on borrowed time, but she didn't expect to be found so quickly.

She took a deep breath and decided that she may as well deal with it sooner rather then later and turned around.

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It was a wolf.

Rukia sighed in relief knowing that she had more time. Ordinarily she'd be suspicious but Karakura had so many strange things happening that a white wolf wandering about was practically normal. She figured that it was either one of Yoruichi's friends or something like that bird from earlier.

The wolf cocked its head, a little confused at the girl's sudden relief.

Rukia began walking again and the wolf followed. She took another look at the wolf and took a detour. She walked into a bakery and came out a few moments later with a piece of cake. Rukia slowly approached the wolf and set the cake down in front of it before running off. The last thing she needed was to be caught without a defense by a hollow that follows the wolf, or something like that.

The wolf looked at the cake and began eating it. Had this one been an ordinary wolf she would have gotten sick later. But she was not. She ate the smoothly with out getting crumbs all over her muzzle and frosting all over the ground. WHen she looked up, the girl had gone. It didn't matter though, because the wolf knew where she was heading.

A man wearing a hat and wooden clogs was about to leave when the door opened. "Hello Rukia-san. I was just about to go out."

"Urahara. I need you to fix my phone!" Demanded Rukia as she waved it around. "One of Ichigo's classmates dropped it down the stairs!"

Urahara sighed and took her phone. "Who's your friend by the way?" He gestured to the wolf sitting behind her.

Rukia took one glance before nearly jumping out of her skin. "You-! But-! How-? I left you by the bakery! How did you get here so fast? What are you doing here anyway?" She stammered. "That wolf must've followed me here."

"I see… Well, come inside and bring your friend with you."

Rukia groaned and walked into the store with the white wolf following behind her.

Kisuke had just sent Rukia back with her newly repaired phone.

The wolf had not followed her back this time. It stayed in the same spot it had been before Rukia had left.

Kisuke knew this was no ordinary wolf. Ordinary wolves did not follow people. They definitely did not stroll into shops and not look at anything. If anything, they would've at least tried to chase the cat. This one in particular did nothing.

In fact knew he had seen it somewhere before but where?

"Hey Kisuke! I found where you saw the wolf" Came a voice from another room.

A few seconds later, a black cat came to him with a large scroll. Upon opening it Kisuke smiled. "Indeed you have Yoruichi. Indeed you have"

It was a very old painting that he had acquired. It was labeled Issun the Wandering Artist's Interpretation of the Great God Amaterasu. He had gotten it shortly after he had found the base for his Hougyouku. The painting was that of a familiar white wolf with a flaming green reflector on its back and red markings on its face.

He looked up to see the wolf grinning at him. If he squinted he could see light pink marks on its face and shoulders.

"It took you long enough." It seemed to say.

Kisuke and Yoruichi looked at each other for a few moments before leaving and going to another room. The two of them began to formulate a plan. They may very well have a godlike being sitting just outside the room and it would be foolish to let the opportunity slip by. Yoruichi could see the gears turn inside that crazy head of his. "I know what you are thinking. If the one from the painting is really sitting out there then we can save ourselves a lot of trouble." protested Yoruichi "But tricking a being beyond our comprehension is not a good idea."

In the end the cat's protests fell upon deaf ears and a plan was formed. Nonetheless now was not the time for action. It was the time for tea. Yoruichi went back into the room where the wolf still sat and began complaining about the shopkeeper.

It was the strangest thing, because while the wolf never spoke like, Yoruichi felt as if she was talking to a worldly young woman much like herself. One who called herself Amaterasu. The feeling did not change when Kisuke joined them with tea.

The three of them, (Or rather, the cat and Shop keeper) chattered away into the night about old times, human flaws, and the Stagnation of a place full of Shinigami nobles.

When Amaterasu expressed interest in going to that place, Kisuke merely smiled and told her. "Lady Ama I can open a gate near that place. But you will have to find away in yourself. I have to stay and watch a bunch of kids."

Amaterasu more or less agreed and she ran through the portal into the afterlife.