Hello, everyone. The wait is finally over. Now we can get the arcs started as scheduled. First up on the list, The Hell Verse. Enjoy.

Arc: The Hell Verse (Chapter 7 to Chapter?)

Chapter 7: Vengeance + Vampire

Three weeks has pasted since Tsukune and his friends have entered the human world. Since then, Tsukune got to know Keigo and Mizuiro. Ruby helped Neliel out with the countless jobs around the school. Moka and Kurumu started to hang out with Orihime and her little social group. Gin from time to time was doing his usual thing, spying on girls and taking pictures of them undressing or hitting on them. Mizore, when she's not stalking Tsukune, talks to Chad since they both don't talk to other people that much. Yukari spend some of her time with Rukia whenever she's not doing anything in the soul society. And Kokoa talks to Uryu before or after she tries to sneak her older, Moka.

One night, a woman was walking down the streets of Karakura Town in a bit of a nervous wreck. She had a piece of chain anchored to her chest with a steel plate. That means she's a plus soul, a soul of a person who died but has yet to pass on to the next world. She continued to look around her as if she was somebody's target then a soul reaper in front of her. She took a few steps not who this was and he said, "Calm down. I'm a soul reaper. Are you hurt? What happened to you?"

Then all of the sudden, a giant man wearing a black cloak and white mask with chain wrapped around his wrist appeared behind the soul reaper, grabbed him, and crushed him. The woman screamed in terror seeing the soul reaper getting killed in front of her.

Meanwhile in the Urahara Shop, Kisuke explained to Rukia about what's going on.

"With all the soul reapers disappearance lately," he said, "Are you sure you want do this, Rukia? Going out without a gigai…if something were to happen to you, don't say you weren't warned."

"Then stop making a transport service for your merchandise," Rukia demanded as she brought a cart merchandise to the store owner.

"Boy, you've been such a huge help. Thanks to these recent incidents, I can't use my usual route anymore. That put me in real bind.

Then Jinta and Ururu came out and brought the cart into the store.

"That explains why there's so much here," Rukia said.

"I'm willing to give you some good deals right now."

"I'll pass."

"Boss," Tessai called coming out of nowhere, "We're all ready to go, sir."

"Alright," Kisuke said, "I'm done here too."

"You're ready to go," Rukia asked.

"We're about to on our employee vacation," Tessai explained.

"Well, you see, we had nothing to do expect look after the students from Yokai Academy because our merchandise is sold out," Kisuke said, "So I planned a little vacation. But now we got all is this merchandise, we should get back work."

Ururu, Jinta, and Tessai had gotten so frustrated to the point that they're ready to Kisuke's brain out.

"On second thought, we'll go on that vocation, after all."

"O…Okay," Rukia said with a sweat drop.

"Now if you'll excuse us," Tessai said as he, Ururu and Jinta closed the doors, "We'll be on our way."

As Rukia was walking away, Kisuke opened one of the doors and said, "Rukia, I went around to several of the places where the incidents occurred. There was evidence that the Soul Reaper were attacked or eaten."

"I see," Rukia said, "I bet they were attacked by hollows."

"That's where you're wrong. At the sites, there were no residual of spiritual pressure from any hollow."

Rukia's eyes narrowed when Kisuke said that.

"However…"

It was night time again in Karakura, the time where the incidents have occurred. At this time, the man who send who look over the town when Ichigo isn't doing it, Zennosuke Kurumadani was attacked by the same person who was responsible for the disappearances. Kurumadani quickly rebound from a missed attack but kicked to garage door for his efforts.

The masked man laughed and said, "Had enough, Soul Reaper?"

Kurumadani struggled to get back up to at least a knee.

"Tsk! You're pathetic. I don't even feel like eating someone like you."

As the masked man was about to finish the soul reaper, he heard Rukia's voice.

"DANCE, SODE NO SHIRAYUKI! SOME NO MAI…"

She flash stepped in front of the man, drew a semi-circle with her shikai and get out of range.

"TSUKISHIRO!"

Then a giant pillar was formed, encasing the mask man in it. Rukia reappeared beside Kurumadani and said, "So it was after Soul Reapers, after all."

"Phew…I'm saved," Kurumadani said.

Rukia turned to the soul reaper with the afro and said, "I know you."

"You remember me? Indeed, I'm the one and only soul reaper in charge of Karakura! Zennosuke Kurumadani!"

'This is guy they send take over for me,' Rukia thought.

The masked man laughed as the ice from Rukia's shikai began to break and freeing him.

"This…has no effect on me," he said.

'What is this spiritual pressure? Just like Kisuke said, it's worlds beyond that of a hollow.'

The masked man a better look at Rukia and said, "You're…I've found you."

The masked man tried to attack but Rukia dodged it and prepares use her kido.

"HADO #33: SOKATSUI!"

The attack hit and Rukia was ready to cut the man down but he used his wings to dodge the blade. The masked man laughed again and said, "That technique…I'm sure of it. I knew if I went on a rampage in this town, I'll draw you out. And I was right."

"You know me?"

"What? You don't remember? It's me! ME! See."

Then lights appeared from on top of the walls of where Rukia is it.

"You're…Shrieker!"

"Correct," Shrieker said.

"You can't be him. That's not possible. I thought…you were sent to Hell."

(Flashback)

Ichigo, Rukia, and Chad just defeated the hollow named Shrieker. Then a strange door with skeletons on it appeared out of the ground behind the hollow.

"A zanpakuto wash away sins they committed after one's death," Rukia said as the door opens, "A hollow that committed major sins when they were human, Hell will open for them."

Then a huge hand pierced the hollow through and took him to the abyss.

(End of Flashback)

"You," Rukia said, "How did you escape from Hell?"

"How," Shrieker said, "There's no way I'm tellin you that. GET HER!"

Then the little began their attack on the soul reaper as she dodged every one of the creatures.

"I'm not falling for the same trick twice."

Rukia flash stepped out of the way of the creatures and appeared on one of the branches of a nearby tree.

"Oh," Shrieker said, "Nice moves. I don't remember you being that good."

"Don't underestimate me. I didn't have my powers back then."

Kurumadani charged in and yelled, "I'LL ASSIST YOU!"

"Idiot, don't do it."

Kurumandi didn't listen to Rukia's warning and cut one of creatures in half.

"WHAT?!"

"I'll start with you then," Shrieker said as he signaled the bombs from one of the creatures to explode. Rukia managed to get Kurumandi out of the blast range and into a warehouse. She put him and said, "Stay put."

She flash stepped out of the warehouse only to walk into a parade of Shrieker's creatures. Rukia knew what they will do to her so she jumped in the air. But Shrieker was waiting for her.

"There you here," he said as he punched the soul reaper and send her back a few feet.

"Here," he said as he punched Rukia again, "I'll make sure your death is a painful one."

'There's no way,' Rukia thought, 'His speed and power are at an all new level.'

Shrieker appeared in front of Rukia and started to throw punch after punch which was blocked by Rukia's zanpakuto. Rukia countered by slashing a piece of the former hollow's mask.

"I got you now," she said as she swung her sword one more time to cut Shrieker down but it was stopped by the former hollow's chain.

'A chain…'

"This chain can't be cut by someone like you," Shrieker said as he knocked Rukia back down to the roof where he put his little creatures. Then the creatures spit out some bombs above Rukia's head.

"DIE!"

"Too slow! SOME NO MAI…TSUKISHIRO!"

Once again, Rukia created a giant pillar of ice entrapped the creatures and the pillar began to crumble.

'That should take care his clones.'

Then she looked up and saw the bombs surrounding her.

"What?!"

The bombs exploded with Rukia still in mid-air. Elsewhere, Moka and Tsukune was walking back to the Urahara Shop as they saw the explosion.

"What was that," Moka asked.

"I don't know," Tsukune answered, "Come on, let's go find out."

"Hey, wait for me."

Tsukune and Moka started running toward the location where they heard the explosion. But, do they know what they're about to running into? Find out next time.