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"Yura, go to sleep already."

Yura looked up and smiled at her mom. "What if I'm not tired?" Her mother frowned down at her. Yura sighed and hung her head. "I'm not tired, though."

Yura's mother relaxed a little. Her mother got on her knees. She put her hand under Yura's chin and lifted her head. "You want to get strong, am I correct?"

Yura nodded. "Daddy says I should do whatever I can to become strong."

Yura's mother smiled. "Well, sleep is part of the process. Without sleep, you lose energy and you won't be able to fight."

"Oh…"

Her mother titled her head, letting her black hair fall over her shoulder. "Listen to me, my little fighter. I will sing you a lullaby to make you go to sleep. But before I do, you must promise to never forget it. It might be of use someday. Okay?"Yura nodded. Her mother smiled and stood up.

She held out her hand for Yura to take it. Her mother led her to her room and put her to bed. "Close your eyes and listen." Yura closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Running across the battle field, with only your strength not even a shield. Not much damage to anything, but still surrounded by unnecessary fighting. As the world closes its eyes and falls into a deep slumber, for I'm the one that has it under my finger. And to control such power, to not let the power control me. Unless I wish to be destroyed…by my own hand for eternity."

Even with her eyes closed, a tear fell down Yura's face at the powerful lyrics to the song. Yura's mother leaned in, and whispered in Yura's ear, "Remember this always. Those words are important and it is originally an ancient poem, but remember it as a song. As my song and keep it with you." Her mother kissed her cheek. "Goodnight, my little fighter."

Yura opened her eyes which were now red as tears fell down her face. She sat up and rubbed the tears from her cheeks. She took a deep breath. That was the last time she saw her mother. She disappeared that night and Yura noticed she was gone the next morning. Of course, the same thing happened to her father about a year later. That was why she never really grew close to anyone. She was afraid they'd disappear.

Yura swallowed and pulled her knees to her chest as she leaned against the wall. She looked around the dark room. She closed her eyes and took a few more deep breaths. "No life is ever easy, Yura. Remember that." She was just about to lie back down when she heard that sound again. She snapped her eyes open. "You're kidding." She stood up and ran into the other room. She stopped short of herself when she noticed that Matsumoto and the kid were gone. "I know she wouldn't take responsibility of that boy." Yura said.

She looked up to see that Toshiro was still asleep. She gritted her teeth. "You heavy sleeper. Some Captain you are." She pulled out her zanpakuto and aimed it at him. "Sorry, but this is an emergency." She closed her eyes and felt the power surging through her.

"Hey!"

Yura opened her eyes. Smoke was rising from the tip of her zanpakuto and Toshiro was up and glaring at Yura. She smiled. "Good, you're awake."

"Why did you-" he stopped short of himself when he heard the melody.

"That's why. We need to go. I think Matsumoto and that kid are in trouble."

Toshiro nodded. "We need to hurry, then."

"Right."

The two of them rushed out of the house. "Can you sense the Spiritual Pressure?"

"Barely." Go down the street, to your right. Yura pointed to her right. "This way. Trust me." The two of them took off using Flash Step. As they got closer, the Spiritual Pressure increased. From a distance, Yura could see a bright red light. "There they are!" They quickly hurried.

They got there just in time to see the Arrancar use a Cero. He aimed it toward the kid. As it made contact, the little boy went flying backwards. Just as he was falling, Toshiro caught him.

"Captain!"

Yura took the kid from Toshiro and tried to wake him up. His eyes fluttered open. "What's your problem? Trying to stand up to an Arrancar like that." Yura said.

The little boy narrowed his eyes. "Instinct." Yura shook her head.

"Growl, Haineko!" Matsumoto commanded. Her zanpakuto dissolved into ash and scattered toward the Arrancar.

He slid down the side of the roof and crashed to the ground. Toshiro and Yura used Flash Step to step in front of the Arrancar. Yura put the kid down next to Matsumoto. "This is as far as you go." Toshiro said, as he held out his zanpakuto in front of the Arrancar. "We're taking him alive."

"Yes, Captain."

But Yura only pressed her lips together to contain herself from protesting. She was observing the Arrancar. "Do you really think we can just take him?" She muttered.

The Arrancar laughed. "What's so funny?"

"You think you've captured me?" It laughed even louder this time.

Yura narrowed her eyes and put her hand on the hilt of her zanpakuto. Then, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She looked up to see another Arrancar dropped down. It was an exact copy of the one they we're facing and the one from earlier.

"A third one?" Matsumoto asked. Then another dropped down next to the other two. "And a fourth?"

Yura gritted her teeth. "Where are they coming from?" She mumbled.

One of the Arrancars stepped forward, laughing. "There are a lot more of us!"

Yura gasped and looked up. All around her with the Arrancar of the same exact kind. Nothing different. "So there are more of these Arrancar." One jumped forward and another began to chase the little kid.

Matsumoto took out her zanpakuto and summoned its Shikai form again. Yura took out her zanpakuto and jumped up. She flipped once and held out her sword. A giant lightning bolt shot out from the tip. She hit one after the other and they were beginning to decrease. When it stopped, Yura landed and positioned herself for another blow.

The Arrancars laughed. "You can't beat us, no matter how many you kill!" The one talking lifted up and a red glow outlined its body. Then it split.

Yura gasped. "They're multiplying." She said.

Matsumoto was talking through her communicator to Yumichika. "Yeah. So in other words…Captain!"

"Madarame, Ayasegawa, we're also fighting them. This thing can multiply itself. Kill every last one of them!" An Arrancar lunged forward. Yura reacted immediately, swiping her zanpakuto across as it dissolved into nothing. Toshiro killed one as did Matsumoto. "I can't capture one here."

"What's the point of capturing them? They'll just multiply." Yura said.

Matsumoto put the boy on her back. "Shouta, hang on to me!"

"Okay." The three of them took off.

"We need to go somewhere with more room and finish them off all at once!" Toshiro said.

"Somewhere with more room?" Matsumoto asked.

"We're in a very populated town. Where can we possibly find more room?" Yura asked as well.

"What about the park from earlier?" Shouta asked.

"Smart kid!" Yura said.

"Matsumoto, go on ahead. Yura, go with them and watch their backs!"

"Yes!" They both said. Then they took off while Toshiro tried to hold off some of the Arrancar. Some of the Arrancar were following the three. They made it to the park.

"I'm gonna hold these guys off and try to take some weight off of your shoulders!" Yura said.

"Are you sure?"

"Just go!" Yura stopped and turned around, already summoning lightning and striking down some of the Arrancar.

Every time she turned around, more and more were approaching. She killed as many as she could, but she was also trying to make sure she wouldn't run out of energy. An Arrancar jumped for her. She jumped back and avoided it, but another one hit her. She fell and made a strong impact with the ground. She groaned, but stood up and continued to fight. Then she gasped as the Arrancar began to freeze as ice covered them.

As soon as they were all frozen, a bright light filled the entire sky and the ice broke apart. Yura sighed and used Flash Step to get to the middle of the park. She appeared next to Matsumoto. "Great timing." Matsumoto said. Then Ikkaku and Yumichika were running toward them. "Yumichika, Ikkaku, are you two okay?"

Ikkaku smirked. "Don't underestimate us! Those wimps were a piece of cake."

"Although, it was annoying to fight so many of them."

"But, I hope you all know it's nowhere near over. If they can multiply like that, there are sure to be hundreds more, for all we know." Yura said.

"I wanted to take at least one of them alive." Toshiro said.

Yura crossed her arms, eyes closed, and sighed. "You shouldn't have gotten your hopes up thinking that was gonna happen." Toshiro glared at her, but she only ignored him. She opened her eyes when she noticed that Shouta was running toward something. "Hey, what's he doing?"

Matsumoto turned and looked the way Yura was looking. Her eyes widened and she ran. "Shouta, what's wrong?"

Shouta stopped and stared at the person who sat on a bench in front of him. He got on his knees and put his hands on the girl's shoulders. "Yui. Yui! Yui!"

"Shouta, you need to tell me what's wrong."

He turned around. "It's Yui. My little sister!" He continued to try and wake her up, but it was no use.

Yura walked over to the bench. "I think we should head back. More of those Arrancar can pop up at any time. I'll carry your little sister, okay?" Shouta didn't seem sure, but eventually he let Yura pick up Yui in her arms.

"Right. We'll also head back and keep an eye open." Ikkaku said. Then he and Yumichika left.

"Let's go. I'm getting an uneasy feeling being out here." Yura said. The four of them began to take the long walk back.

When they got to the house, they immediately laid Yui down and put a blanket on her. The four of them took their own places around her. "At the moment, there's nothing wrong with her. She's a normal soul." Matsumoto said.

"I see." Toshiro said.

"Are you okay, Yui? You're safe here." Shouta said.

"Was searching for your sister the thing you just had to take care of here?" Shouta didn't respond, but only continued to look at his sister. "Shouta, what happened?"

He hesitated before speaking. "We were all in the car. Dad, mom, me and Yui. We were going to an amusement park. Yui was playing her flute while the rest of us listened. Then, a truck was heading in our direction and I blacked out. When I came to, this chain was on my chest and mom and dad were gone."

Toshiro stood up. "So you started searching for your sister." Shouta nodded.

Suddenly, Yui began to stir. "Look. She's waking up." Yura said.

Yui opened her eyes and looked at Shouta. "Yui! Yui, do you recognize me?"

"Brother."

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness!"

"But why did she suddenly appear in that park? Can you think of anything?"

Shouta looked up. "Well…"

"Shouta, are you still…" Matsumoto didn't get to finish. She was interrupted by a transmission as the screen was at first only static. Then the picture was clear and Captain Ukitake appeared.

"Ukitake?"

"Captain Hitsugaya. Seems you're having a tough time, too."

"This is sudden. What's going on?" Matsumoto asked.

"It's about the Arrancar you encountered. I thought it'd be best if you spoke directly with someone from the Bureau of Technological Development."

Someone appeared next to Captain Ukitake. "I'm Akon from Bureau of Technological Development. So an Arrancar that you defeated reappeared?"

"Yeah. In fact, it duplicated itself right in front of me. I exterminated every last one I saw, but I don't know if that will be the end of it."

"Probably not." Matsumoto and Yura both stood up.

"What do you mean?" Matsumoto asked.

"It means I'm probably right. Those things can appear whenever and we won't be sure of it." Yura said.

"Right. When we checked over the Spiritual Pressure readings, we found that all of the duplicate Arrancar's Spiritual Pressure can be traced back to the same spot. In other words, we're not seeing new Arrancar formed through duplication, but simply multiple parts that, when put together, form a single creature."

"Meaning they all share one consciousness?"

Yura shook her head. "Meaning they're all coming from the same source. Something bigger." She said.

"You're both correct. Most likely, this Arrancar acts by controlling several parts of itself at once so that it can gather souls more efficiently."

"He's quite the hard worker." Matsumoto said.

"Yeah. The real one must be hiding somewhere while giving orders to its copies."

"This isn't good." Toshiro said.

"Is there any way we can find it?" Matsumoto asked.

"Verifying where it is will be tough. According to the report, you've heard a flute playing beforehand?"

"Yeah. Whenever it appears, we always hear a certain melody."

"It obviously rings throughout the entire town." Yura said.

"That's because when that sound starts, it takes control of the souls they prey on." Toshiro said.

"I'll analyze that sound as quickly as possible so that you can find him when that sound starts up again."

"Please do." The connection cut off. "This is starting to be a pain."

"There's not much we can do, but hope they find the location of the real Arrancar. If that happens we can kill him and these multiple appearances will stop." Yura said.

"The only question is, will we be able to find it."

"I think Ikkaku and Yumichika are back." Matsumoto said. She slid open the door and Ikkaku and Yumichika were back. "Welcome back! The food's here, Captain. Let's work on our plan after we eat, deal?"

Yura sighed. "I'll eat only a little. I'm not too hungry." She said.

Ikkaku and Yumichika brought the food into the room and they set it up on the small table. Yura only took a small amount of food and ate away from everyone else. No one bothered her as they left her to her thoughts. She mainly picked at her food, eating smaller portions of the small amount she had. She wasn't thinking much about the Arrancar, but more of why she was thinking of that song at a time like this. She had a theory, but was too scared to even say it to herself. It was crazy.

Before she knew it, everyone else had finished their food. "Now then, determining the Arrancar's location is just like I explained earlier. Either way, we have to get its underlings to gather together so that we can get to the main one."

"Well, that's it then." Yumichika said.

"This will keep me from getting bored." Ikkaku said.

"You guys are making it sound so easy." Yura said. Everyone looked at her.

"Maybe it's just because you're thinking in a negative way."

Yura looked up. "Don't test me, Madarame. You know I'm being as honest as I can be. It won't be as easy as following footsteps to get to the person who made them. We're talking about an Arrancar who's hiding its full Spiritual Pressure and making clones to get other Spiritual Energy faster."

"We will make it easier, though. We'll patrol the town in shifts."

"What good will that do?"

"Yura!" Yura looked up without any emotion. "I don't want to hear another word. Matsumoto, you should stay here and watch over the two souls."

"Understood."

Ikkaku looked at the kids then back at Toshiro. "You're not gonna do a soul burial?"

"No. At least not yet. We can do that later."

"Is that so?"

"I see. You're so kind, Captain Hitsugaya." Yumichika said.

"Huh?"

"These two just reunited. He's going to let them stay together for a while."

"Captain…" Matsumoto started.

"Don't say anything. Let's go." He, Ikkaku and Yumichika stood up. Toshiro looked at Yura who seemed to be in deep thought. "Yura."

Yura sighed and stood up, without meeting his gaze. "Let's just hurry this up." Yura jumped out of her gigai and let it fall to the ground. Without looking at anyone, she walked out of the room. Everyone was staring after her, each with confused expressions. All but Toshiro Hitsugaya.

"What's wrong with her? She's always so moody." Ikkaku said.

"She's been going through hard times, lately." He remembered when she was singing in her sleep and said it was a terrible song. Was it that she understood why she was singing it or still trying to figure it out? "We need to move. Madarame, take the East side of the town. Ayasegawa, the West side."

"What about Yamoda?" Yumichika asked.

"Trust me. She always watches over the North. No matter what." The two nodded and took off.

As predicted, Yura was heading North of Karakura Town. The song was ringing in her head. She couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard she tried. For it to come up at a time like this was truly scaring her. Especially with the fact that a war with the Arrancars is approaching and the song talks about the world falling asleep. It's technically dying. This battle won't be easy, at all.

Yura quickly hurried and took her position on top of a skyscraper. She looked all around and listened out for a flute sound. The only thing she could here was the wind. Even the town itself was unusually quiet. She narrowed her eyes and paid attention to every detail.

Eventually, night came around. The sky darkened with only a little sunlight left on the horizon. Yura was sitting on the edge of the skyscraper she was patrolling from. Her head began to hurt as she over thought things. Such as the song, the Arrancar and even her attitude lately. She's been so out of it that it's beginning to interfere with the real problem. She gasped when she heard a loud, piercing scream. She reacted immediately by jumping down off of the skyscraper. She carefully landed in the street and then used Flash Step.

Toshiro had just caught up with Ikkaku and Yumichika when the Arrancar ran off. "Captain, Ikkaku!"

"Where's Yura?"

"I haven't heard from her."

Toshiro gritted his teeth. "No matter. Split up and take them out!"

"Yes!" The three of them took off in separate directions. On his way to fight off the Arrancar, Toshiro couldn't help but to wonder of Yura's safety. She was always running off, thinking she could fend for herself. She usually could, but it always turns out reckless.

A/N: Ok, i didn't get to edit, so sorry if there are any typos. Review! Thanks.