I wanted to post this earlier cause my bday was on Sunday...that didn't happen and its a bit late...hope you like this chapter. i kinda rushed through it so...yeah

Yura had killed three of the Arrancar so far. She was getting frustrated with them. It was the same thing, over and over. The same exact Arrancar, the same exact style, the same exact attacks. The only slight difference was she noticed that the Arrancars can form into human souls. It disguised itself as one and when Yura was about to perform a soul burial on it, it changed back and attacked. The more frustrated she got with them, also decreased on her interest in fighting them. She was becoming careless and if she let her guard down and an Arrancar attacked, it could result in serious damage. But she felt confident, no matter what. She was sure they could find the real Arrancar and get this all over with.

Another thing, her communicator kept ringing, but she'd purposely ignore it. It wasn't only because she was in the middle of battle, but simply because she didn't feel like talking to anyone. Not even Captain Hitsugaya.

Toshiro had just called Matsumoto on his communicator. "Yes?"

"Matsumoto, it's me. We pursued the pseudo-Arrancar, but it managed to escape somehow."

"Where are you now, Captain?"

"I'm watching over a soul that was attacked. I tried interrogating him, but he's too afraid to speak. I'm heading back for now."

"I see. In that case, I'll head back too."

"Got it. And Matsumoto, have you heard anything from Yura?"

"Not since she left earlier."

Toshiro sighed. "Ok. Head back and I'll meet you at-" He stopped mid-sentence.

Yura had just fought her fifteenth Arrancar. She was breathing heavily as that one was the most challenging one she's had all night. She still wasn't satisfied, though. She leaned against the side of a building and listened out for anything suspicious. She didn't hear anything at all. She closed her eyes. She was slowly losing energy. She put her hand on her chest and took a deep breath. "Tensou." She felt the electricity flowing through her entire body as she replenished her energy. When she opened her eyes, they quickly flashed blue.

"We'll never be able to fight these things off until we destroy the main source."

Patience, Yura. You can't rush things. You need to head back. You're done for the night.

Yura wanted to argue, but she knew Denakuma was right. With one last breath, she took off using Flash Step.

She found herself in front of Orihime's house. She walked in and went straight to the back room. She found Matsumoto in there with the kids. "Yura." Matsumoto stood up and rushed over to Yura, throwing her arms around her.

"You can let go of me now."

Matsumoto pulled away. "We've been calling you on your communicator over and over. Did you lose it?"

Yura shook her head. "I just simply didn't want to talk to anyone."

"You could've been killed and we wouldn't have known!"

Yura frowned at Matsumoto. "Do you really think I'd let something as weak as that kill me? You're underestimating me, Rangiku. I don't appreciate it."

"Captain Hitsugaya was concerned for your safety."

Yura sighed and smiled. "He needs to learn to stop worrying."

"How can I do that with you running off everywhere?" Yura turned around and faced Toshiro. Yumichika was standing behind him.

"Captain!"

Yura raised an eyebrow. "There are objects called tracking devices. You wouldn't have to worry about me as much anymore. Simple as that." She said, smirking in the process.

"I might have to put one on you, but…I'm glad you're ok. Just answer your communicator every now and then."

Yura smiled and threw her arms around the young Captain. "At least I know you care." She let go of him.

"Captain, what happened when we were talking earlier?" Matsumoto asked.

"I was caught off guard and dropped my communicator."

"Thank goodness."

"Where's Madarame?"

"He's still out on patrol." Yumichika answered.

"Actually, Captain, I think I've noticed something that will be to our use."

"You have?"

"Yeah. It may have something to do with how the enemy appears."

"Does it have something to do with it disguising itself as a human soul?" Yura asked.

"Disguising itself?"

Toshiro turned to her. "The same thing happened to you?"

"Yeah. I thought it was just a normal soul, then it changed into that Arrancar and attacked me."

Toshiro looked at Matsumoto. "What did you discover?"

She looked at Yui then back at Captain Hitsugaya. "You may want to sit down for this."

After everyone was settled, Matsumoto went into full description on what she discovered. Yura zoned in and out every now and then. She wasn't too interested despite how important this all was. When Matsumoto was finished Yura tuned back into the conversation.

"The first one?"

"Yeah. When you consider the timing, there's a high chance that Yui was the first one to encounter the pseudo-Arrancar."

"If she was the first to encounter it, how is she here?" Yura asked.

"That's what I'm still trying to figure out. And the fact that she doesn't remember anything…" Matsumoto looked at Yui.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"What do you think, Captain Hitsugaya?" Yumichika asked. But Toshiro ignored him. Yura was looking back and forth at him and Yui.

"Captain?"

"So that's how it is."

Yura looked at him. "You're not…" Yura looked up at Yui again. "The fact that we both encountered the same thing, the pseudo-Arrancar transforming into a human soul, do you think that Yui…"

"It's a possibility. The way it works, they transform into human souls to approach other souls and more easily absorb their Spiritual Energy. With so many clones already out there, the pseudo-Arrancar could absorb a huge amount of souls at once without any problem."

"In other words…" Matsumoto started.

"It could become even more powerful than it already is." Yura finished.

"But, to disguise itself as a human…" Matsumoto shot her head up at Yui. "It can't be!"

"M-Me?"

Shouta put his arms around Yui protectively. "What are you talking about? That has nothing to do with Yui!"

"I'm sorry, Shouta. We don't know if that's really the case or not, but…"

"That's right." Toshiro stood up.

"Captain!" He walked towards Yui.

"Hey, stop!" Shouta tried to stop him when he pulled out his zanpakuto, but missed. Toshiro then put the end of his zanpakuto to Yui's forehead. But the soul-burial didn't work.

"That explains a lot." Yura muttered.

"Yui!" Shouta ran to his little sister.

"I…I don't know anything!" Yura looked down at her clenched fists.

"Captain."

"The Arrancar must have done something to her when she encountered it. Unfortunately, until we know her true form, we have to consider this girl a threat. Let's have Soul Society search all around for Spiritual Pressure like hers."

"Do you really think we should do that?" Yura asked, still staring down at her hands.

"Why shouldn't we?"

"She's just a little girl. She doesn't know what's happening and what we're even talking about."

"She's encountered the Arrancar and is somehow still alive. Soul-burial won't work and we both know what the Arrancar is capable of. What else could possibly be wrong? Nothing."

"I'm just letting out my opinion. We're scaring the both of them. Shouta has already lost his parents, he doesn't want to lose his little sister, too."

Yura looked up with pain filled eyes. Toshiro didn't completely understand. All he knew was that if anyone was feeling tons of pain, it was Yura. So much has gone on in her life and it wouldn't stop. She understood just about everyone and made sure they understood her as well so they could share the same sorrow. She did that with him once and even if she couldn't look into his past no matter how hard she tried, she understood him just as well as he understood her.

"We should still contact Soul Society."

Yura sighed and stood up. "While you guys do that, I'll be on the roof looking out for anything suspicious." Yura slid open the door and slipped out of the room.

"Captain?"

"Contact Soul Society. I'll deal with her later." Matsumoto nodded.

Yura sat on the roof of the house and looked up at the night sky. She listened out for anything, but was glad to be greeted by silence. She took in the cool night air and closed her eyes. She immediately opened them when the song began to play in her head. She bit her lip and clenched her hands into fists. She knew it would be awhile before she forgot about the song if even for a day, but she tried to get it out of her head.

She always told herself she'd try her best to forget her parents' disappearance, but it hasn't been working lately. She just thought about them more and more and she was sick of it. She hated the feeling of losing someone. It only made her weak and sad. She tightly shut her eyes and a tear fell down her face.

"Yura."

She opened her eyes and wiped the tear from her face. "Yes?"

"I'm heading out to patrol the town. We put up a Kido barrier around the girl and Matsumoto will be looking after them. Ayasegawa is going to inform Abarai."

"And I'm guessing you want me to go out and patrol as well."

"I think it would help you."

"I guess." She stood up and turned her head to the side.

"You've been crying again."

She quickly turned her head away. "I just have a lot on my mind."

"We could always talk about it."

She smiled. "I don't think now is the time. Maybe later. Okay?"

"Yura, if this has to do with that song…"

She closed her eyes and pressed her lips together. "No. Later. Right now we need to focus on finding the Arrancar."

Toshiro hesitated. "You're right. Go take your position then."

Yura nodded and took off. Toshiro stayed on the roof a while longer, thinking about Yura and the problems she was going through. Her emotions have been spiking all over the place and it was nearly impossible for him to ignore since it affected him as much as it did her. He pushed it aside for now and took off.

The Next Day

Yura shot her head up and looked to the afternoon sky. Something's wrong. Yura took off and ran back to the house. When she got there, she found Toshiro and Matsumoto in the room. "What happened? Where's-"

Matsumoto looked at her. "They broke the barrier somehow. At any rate, we have to find them!"

"You're right." Suddenly, an intermission popped up on the screen.

"Captain Ukitake!" Yura walked further into the room.

"We've got the results of that problem you needed help with."

"Matsumoto, go search for those two." Toshiro said. "I'll follow you as soon as I finish here."

"Understood." She ran out.

"I'm guessing you want me to go as well." Yura said.

"No. You should probably stay." Yura took a deep breath and nodded. "So what's the verdict?"

Akon stepped forward. "I'll start with the conclusion. Yui Toyokawa is a clone created by the pseudo-Arrancar."

"A clone?"

"It seems that she was a human with strong spirit powers before she died. It all started when she ran into the pseudo-Arrancar. Coincidentally, we believe absorbing her soul is what gave the pseudo-Arrancar his ability to create clones while the real form hides and grows stronger."

"So the cloning didn't start until it absorbed her Spiritual Energy. That's how much power she had." Yura said.

"Exactly. That's how he was able to absorb a large number of souls and increase his power in such a short period of time. That's about it."

"I see. But it looked as if that girl was still in control of herself." Toshiro said.

"No. It's likely that was all an act in order for it to be believable that she's herself. She's definitely being controlled by the enemy."

"Then if that's true, if we kill the main body…"

"All of the clones will disappear, as will Yui." Yura finished.

"But if Toyokawa Yui has such strong Spiritual Pressure, what about her brother, Shouta?"

"Since they're related, it's certainly possible that they have around the same level of Spiritual Energy."

Yura gasped. Toshiro looked at her. "You've come to a conclusion?"

"That must be how they broke the barrier!"

Toshiro closed his eyes and clenched his jaw. "The Arrancar is after Shouta's Spirit Energy."

"Matsumoto just went after them. We need to hurry." Yura turned to the screen. "Thank you for your help." The two nodded and the connection cut off.

"Let's go." Toshiro said. The two of them jumped out of their gigais and hurried out.

"They must be at the park. That's where the Spiritual Pressure is coming from. We need to hurry."

"Even with Flash Step we can't get there fast enough."

Yura smiled. "You're underestimating me. Let's go." She grabbed his hand and used Flash Step. They stopped and found themselves hovering over the park. "There! That's the main Arrancar." Yura said.

Toshiro charged at him, zanpakuto in hand. "Sit upon the frozen heavens, Hyorinmaru!" From his zanpakuto, an ice dragon with red eyes lashed out.

Yura dove in and swooped up Shouta. "Just hang on." She said.

The Arrancar were being frozen along with the main one. "Matsumoto!" Matsumoto landed next to Yura. Yura handed over Shouta. "He's your responsibility, remember?"

Toshiro landed next to the three of them. "Here he comes." Yura turned as she heard ice cracking. She pulled out her zanpakuto and positioned herself.

The Arrancar burst out of the ice prison he was in. "Who are you?" It asked.

"Captain of the 10th Squad, Toshiro Hitsugaya."

"Captain?"

"If you didn't know we were in the real world, then you can't be here on Aizen's orders. Which means you must've suddenly morphed due to the power you gained through absorbing human souls." The Arrancar backed away.

Matsumoto stepped forward. "It's over. Prepare yourself!"

"If you kill me, that girl will vanish along with me. I don't think you want that."

"I figured that would be the case." Toshiro stepped forward. "That's what it said in the analysis they got in Soul Society. But threats like that won't stop us-"

"Stop!" Shouta ran in front of Toshiro.

"Shouta!"

"Yui's still alive! Earlier, she told me to run. That's why-"

"We're talking about a single soul versus the entire town-"

Shouta grabbed the end of Toshiro's zanpakuto. "You can't!"

"Shouta!" Yura grabbed Shouta and pulled him back. She got on her knees and faced him. "You need to calm down. There's a possibility we can save your sister, but we need to-" The Arrancar jumped and tried to escape. Toshiro went after it.

"Yui!"

Yura held Shouta back. "This is not good." She said. Then the Arrancar disappeared. "He's gone back into the other dimension!"

Suddenly dozens of the clones appeared. Yura narrowed her eyes. When all of the Arrancar disappeared, Shouta dropped to his knees crying. Yura knelt next to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "Come on, get up. Okay?" Yura helped Shouta up as he continued to cry. She left him with Matsumoto and walked over to Toshiro. "Any news on where it went?"

"Not much." Yura turned around and watched Matsumoto and Shouta. "Are you two done talking?" The two of them looked up. "Let's go."

"Right!" Shouta got on Matsumoto's back, and the three of them took off. They jumped from building to building and found themselves running along the edge of the river.

"So, how are we going to find its location?" Matsumoto asked.

"Instinct?" Yura said.

"According to the Department of Research and Development, he's just masking his Spiritual Pressure and hiding. He's most likely hiding behind a special barrier."

"So…an in-between dimension."

"Yeah. In which case, we should be able to destroy that barrier if we attack its Spiritual Pressure head on."

"Understood. Then I'll…" Matsumoto started.

"No, I'll do it." Yura narrowed her eyes. "It will take a lot of Spiritual Pressure to break through the dimension surrounding him. You two take care of him when he jumps out."

"Right!"

"Let's go." The three of them separated.

"Matsumoto, I'll let you take care of it." Yura said.

"What do you mean?"

"You're doing this for Shouta and his little sister. You should finish the Arrancar off. I'll help distract him and you give the final blow. How does that sound?" Matsumoto hesitated then nodded. Suddenly, everything around them turned to ice as water sprouted out from the river. "Here it comes!" They stopped and watched. Yura's gaze drifted everywhere. The water stopped.

"Captain!" Shouta ran to the edge of the ice. Then the water started back up.

Yura narrowed her eyes then they widened. "Do you hear that?" The sound was loud and piercing, but also melodic.

"It's Yui!"

"Can you tell where it's coming from?" Matsumoto asked.

Shouta looked around a while, then pointed up. "There."

"Captain!" Suddenly, a giant ice dragon flew out and aimed at the spot Shouta pointed to. Instead of continuing, it crashed into nothing. Yura gasped. She pulled out her zanpakuto.

Once the smoke cleared away, the Arrancar was standing there. He pulled out his zanpakuto and he began to glow red. His eyes held anger. Then he released his zanpakuto. Yura watched as he and Toshiro began to fight.

"He won't make it. I'm gonna get ready to strike!" She said.

"Not yet! Look."

Yura watched as the Arrancar started to fall. He fell through the ice and it froze around him. Yura kept her stance anyway. "Matsumoto, finish him!"

"Right!" Matsumoto and Shouta took off. Then they stabbed the Arrancar together. With one last scream, he dissolved into nothing.

Yura took a deep breath and put her zanpakuto away. She ran over to everyone. Shouta was digging around in the dirt and he pulled something out. He slowly stood up. "Rangiku…Yui made it to Soul Society. That's right. She'll be reborn again, right?" He turned around.

Matsumoto smiled. "I guarantee it!"

"Then I need to hurry and catch up with her." Matsumoto walked toward him.

Yura smiled and put her arm on Toshiro's shoulder. "Don't you just love happy endings?" She asked. He sighed and shook his head. "What? It's just a question. Though, I have to admit, that kid put us through hell." The two of them watched as Matsumoto performed a soul-burial on him. And then it was just the three.

A/N: Finally! but like i said, it was kind of mandatory. i'll post next the next couple chapters fast because i already have them written out. i might post chapter 7 tonight...who knows. ^^