"Look the assessments are up! Oh Orihime, you placed 3rd!" The girls celebrated. "Who placed first?" Orihime asked. "Katsumi Takahashi." They replied as they twirled around to see Katsumi reading. "No surprise. She's one of the smartest girls in class. I mean if she was put up against Uryū I wonder who would be the smartest." One of the girls pondered. "Katsumi of course! Beauty and brains, she'll win hands down!" A girl giggled.
"Hey, Katsumi!" Katsumi looked up to see a tall boy with glasses. "Oh hey… Uryū, right?" Katsumi guessed as she closed her book. "Yea. I just wanted to say congratulations on the assessment." Katsumi smiled. "Oh thanks! You too! I heard you placed 1st for the guys."
"Katsumi? Just where do you think you are going this late?" Kai yawned. "Can't you hear them? There are at least a four I think." Katsumi whispered as she remained silent. "Are they hollows?" Kai asked. "Yes. Go find Len and stay here. We will be back." Tsukiko instructed as she sheathed her zanpakutō. "Wait, you are going to fight them off!" Kai panicked. "Well of course, who else will?" Tsukiko grinned as she held up two fingers. "Be back later tonight." She cheered happily before Katsumi and she flash stepped.
"Hmmm, it feels like the hollows should be right here…" Tsukiko murmured as she moved her head to hear clearly. "Well there aren't any hollows, but there are Soul Reapers ahead of us." Katsumi glared as she unsheathed her zanpakutō. "No stop, there is a Quincy too. Let's go see what's going on?" The girls went to spy as The Quincy began his rules of the game he wanted to play.
"Come out from hiding." The Quincy stated as he turned to the girl's hiding spot. "Aw, Katsumi, we got caught! We must not be good spies" Tsukiko whined as she stepped out of hiding. "Katsumi?" Ichigo questioned. "No, I'm Tsukiko. This is Katsumi!" Tsukiko grinned brightly. "What are you doing out here? It's dangerous!" Ichigo yelled. "I should be asking you what you two are doing! Releasing hollows in the human world for a game! Are you senile?" Katsumi lectured catching the two boys and Rukia off guard. "What? How do you know about hollows?" Ichigo stammered. "Oh please, I've been around much longer than you to figure out this sort of thing." Katsumi tsk'd.
Uryū crushed the bait, "Now the hollows will come soon. Prepare yourself Soul Reaper." Katsumi cursed under her breathe, "Come on Tsukiko, I sense some close by. We need to stop them!" Tsukiko nodded before the two girls vanished. "To think they actually survived…" Rukia muttered in shock. "Who?" Ichigo asked. Rukia shook her head and muttered, "No one" before they set off to fight hollows.
The day continued on when more hollows appeared, "Ugh Katsumi this is tiring!" Tsukiko whined as she held her stance ready to attack with her sword. "Don't use your bankai. We'll use it as a last resort." Katsumi urged. "Yea, I know- What is that!" Tsukiko panicked as a stronger spiritual pressure appeared. "A Menos! Get back!" Katsumi jumped in front of her sister holding her swords in front of her. "Your spirit energies… I must have them." The Menos roared. "Come on, we need to get out of here."
The two girls ran off with the Menos close behind them, "Damn that Quincy. I'll kill him myself if he survives." Katsumi cursed. "Not so fast!" The Menos reached out to cut the girls. "No Katsumi!" Tsukiko shouted as she heard her sister's body hit the brick wall beside them. "That's it! Show no Mercy, Chioji!" Tsukiko commanded as her zanpakutō reacted. Her sword transformed into a double edged scythe. She held it above her and began twirling it before giving it enough speed to throw it at the Menos, slashing through it within seconds. "Take that, jerk!" Her scythe skidded down the alley way in front of her as she took a knee to catch her breath, "I lost too much energy…" Tsukiko flinched when she felt another spirit energy coming closer and as she held her hand to call for her zanpakutō a hand grasped her wrist. "Kisuke?" She questioned. "Yea, it's me. You can relax now." Kisuke responded. "Thank goodness…" She whispered before letting herself drift into unconsciousness. "Tessai, get Katsumi. They need to be treated." Kisuke spoke before heading back to his shop.
"Agh…" Katsumi groaned as she moved. "Don't move so much. Your injuries aren't fixed properly." Kisuke chuckled. "You bastard… laughing at a girl in pain that's an all new low." Katsumi growled. "Oh, don't mind me. You have a few guests here to see you." Katsumi looked at the door as Rukia walked in with a serious expression. "So you really did survive." Kisuke snuck out and sighed as he shut the door, "This is going to be interesting."
"Yea, I did. Come to kill me off?" Katsumi asked as she took a side glance at Rukia. "I should! You betrayed the Soul Society!" Rukia shouted. "Oh? Is that what they tell soul reapers? Typical, Soul Reapers have to act like the victims, but you are mistaken."
"Excuse me?" Rukia exclaimed. "Sit down, shut up, and I'll tell you the truth." Katsumi replied and Rukia reluctantly sat in front of Katsumi.
"Yea, like I should believe any of that! Captain Aizen is a good man!" Rukia spoke. "Captain?! That bastard became a Captain!"
"Watch your tongue when speaking about a captain!" Rukia snapped. Katsumi smirked and let out a short laugh, "Should I fear you? You may be a soul reaper…" Katsumi stood up and touched Rukia's shoulder. "But you have no spiritual energy to attack me."
"How do you figure that?" Rukia questioned. "The obvious reason… I'm still alive, aren't I? Oh, before I leave… Why not just become friends? I mean I'm a good guy. I protect the people here. I'm obviously not as bad as the Soul Society made me out to be. I mean look at Kisuke. He is the one who saved me and Soul Society did him wrong." Katsumi smiled sweetly. Rukia pondered as she watched Katsumi leave, "Could she… be right?"
"She is." Kisuke answered. "Tsukiko and Katsumi, they've both been wronged by the Soul Society."
"Then why don't they just go fix it." Rukia replied. Kisuke looked at Rukia underneath his hat, "That would be as useless as me going to the Soul Society and proclaiming my innocence. This is really the only way." He answered.