Yay! Another chapter done! This is just one of those chapters that is a break from all the drama and stuff. It is fairly short though…
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Urahara was sitting very bored at his shop. He could tell that something happened around Karakura town. That's when Yoruichi told him Naruto appeared. So that's what got Ichigo's attention. The ex-captain sighed, not every day you have to deal with a hollow that can never die. He leaned lazily on his hand, using the other to fan him self. Kisuke hoped he wouldn't have to do anything, but in the end, he always had to. Kisuke had become quite fond of helping Ichigo and his friends out. Now he had to deal with the hollow he had befriended. Boy would Shinji and Hiyori flip out when they figure out. Tessai took it rather nicely, knowing the hollow was back and probably ready to destroy everything. "Trouble has a knack of finding me." He mumbled. Ichigo had gone to the Soul Society, from what Yoruichi said. The cat always knew what was going on. "Knowing the Soul Society they locked him up again." He slowly stood up from his lazy sitting position.
"So you are finally going to take this seriously?" Yoruichi asked, leaning on the wall. Urahara glanced at her. She was very patient, but unsettled by the recent events. "The Soul Society won't be the only ones trying to keep Naruto to themselves." Yoruichi folded her arms across her chest.
"It's not crucial, for the moment." Kisuke smiled, and Yoruichi frowned at his answer. "Besides, we both know Naruto is not weak, he won't give into to either of them." Urahara fanned himself in a vain manner.
"How crucial does it have to be before you do anything!" the ex-captain of the 2nd division yelled at the laid back blonde. "Naruto is stubborn. I know that, but the Soul Society is going screw things up like usual!" she reasoned with Kisuke. "I don't know how you can be calm about all this."
"Yoruichi, for now we have to wait. Breaking into the Soul Society won't help us, and neither is attacking Las Noches." He said justifying with the purple-haired woman. She sighed knowing Kisuke was right. "For the moment we have to enjoy the peace we have."
"It's just I don't like waiting for something horrible to happen." Yoruichi announced to the shopkeeper. "It's not right. I know what's to come." She gripped her sleeves tightly. Kisuke walked into the kitchen and started to make tea.
"That calm before the storm is never easy." Urahara took out a kettle began to fill it with water. "Believe me, as much as I look calm." He placed the water-filled kettle on the stove. "I am as apprehensive as you are right now, but unlike you," he entered the living room again, "I wish to enjoy the peaceful time."
"You make it sound so easy." Yoruichi mumbled. Kisuke laughed, "But then again, you are always being lazy." Urahara sat at the tatami mats. He gave her a disapproving glance.
"I prefer for you to call me passive. I believe lazy is too harsh of a word." Kisuke smiled at the woman. She rolled her eyes.
"More of lethargic, unenergetic, sluggish, careless, inattentive, loafing…"
"I get it." Urahara said, "I think you are just being unfair. I am just a simple, but handsome, man trying to live a normal life." He sighed dramatically, "Just not everyone," he looked at Yoruichi, "Appreciates me."
"It's hard to appreciate a lazy pervert."
"It's handsome, passive, pervert." Urahara corrected the woman.
"Hey, boss!" Jinta entered the room, Ururu followed behind him. Urahara looked to the two children, "There's these guys that want to see you. I told them you were busy, like you asked, but they won't leave." Jinta said.
"If I remember correctly, one of them said their name was Shinji." Ururu said with her small voice. Yoruichi sighed, she knew this wasn't going to go over well. Kisuke smiled.
"Well there goes our peace."
"You can let them in." Yoruichi said to the kids. They nodded and walked down the hall. They heard the door open and then several people running in. Shinji, Rojuro (AKA Rose), Mashiro, Love, Hiyori, Lisa, Hachigen, and Kensei burst into the living room.
"I'm guessing you heard the news?" Kisuke asked the Visored group leader. Shinji had an irritated look on his face. "I'm guessing you did."
"That's right you ass! Why the hell didn't you tell us?" Hiyori growled, "If it's true that Naruto's running around then we need to take him down before-"
"The Soul Society has him." Yoruichi stopped the aggressive girl. Hiyori glared at the woman, though she ignored it. Shinji grumbled, and shook his head.
"That's no better than having him running around Karakura town." Shinji stated.
"Ultimately, they are going to get themselves killed." Lisa added.
"Soul Society is not what it used to be for sure." Kensei snorted. The kettle in the kitchen began to go off.
"Well despite that, does anyone want some tea?" Urahara asked the group. Kensei grew a little agitated at his comment, but Hiyori threw a shoe at him, hitting him in the face.
"We want answers you damn pervert!" Hiyori yelled.
"I will take some tea." Hachigen said. Kisuke went to the kitchen and grabbed a couple of cups, green tea packets, and the teakettle and placed them on a tray. He returned moments later and placed the tray on the small table. Urahara poured the cups with tea. Lisa, Hachigen, Love, Shinji, and Mashiro took a cup. Kisuke took his own and placed the small green tea packet in it.
"Now, Urahara, we would like some answers." Shinji said.
"You can ask, doesn't mean I can answer them all." Kisuke clarified.
"Right." Shinji nodded, "How exactly did Naruto end up in the Soul Society? We know that Naruto appeared, but is there a reason?"
"Not that I know of." Kisuke started, "Naruto just came to Karakura town. I'm not sure why, but there has to be a reason. He wouldn't have walked in with all the commotion." Urahara looked to Yoruichi for some help explaining.
"I was checking on the town, when I saw Naruto come in contact with Ichigo." Yoruichi drew the Visored's attention, "The first time Naruto ran into Ichigo, it was just talking. The second time Naruto was baiting Ichigo."
"So you are saying this has to do something with Ichigo?" Rojuro asked, Yoruichi nodded.
"It would have to be." The purple-haired woman looked Urahara in the eye, "Ichigo plays an important role in whatever Naruto was trying to do."
"Was?" Mashiro tilted her head slightly to the side, placing her finger on her cheek.
"Toshiro Hitsugaya intervened." Urahara continued, "Yoruichi said that Naruto gave in to the captain's request of going to the Soul Society quietly." Mr. hat and clogs took a sip of his tea.
"Damn shinigami." Hiyori muttered.
"Naruto goin' without a fight? That doesn't sound like a bipolar, twisted, unstable hollow to me." Shinji's eyes narrowed, "It's strange how he acts. It's all over the place. Even Ichigo didn't act that way with his own hollow." Shinji tested his tea.
"When I met Naruto for the first time he was very kind." Kisuke looked into the cup he held in his hands, "For some strange reason from what Yoruichi said, Naruto's spiritual energy had grown bigger from the last time we saw him."
"How so?" Lisa asked, intrigued by the new information.
"Naruto's spiritual energy has tripled." Yoruichi said. The group became silent.
"T-tripled?" Lisa blinked surprised. She nearly dropped the tea cup in her hand.
"It seems we got ourselves a problem." Kensei said, "We don't need an unstable hollow that can't die be super powerful. That's a ticking time bomb!" he exclaimed.
"We won't be the only ones who can see that. Aizen most likely knows something about Naruto now. The Soul Society won't be the only ones who want to keep the hollow under foot." Shinji sighed, "Knowing Aizen, he's probably trying to get to Naruto by now."
"Soul Society is going to be in some deep shit soon." Hiyori shook her head, "But they're not going to anything about it."
"That's true." Love agreed with Hiyori, "It will be like Gurren Laggan. The part in which Yoko's secret base is attacked." Hiyori rolled her eyes.
"In the end Aizen's going to end up with the kid." Shinji confirmed Kisuke, "He won't quit until he has Naruto by his side again. Naruto is the only one who could single-handedly destroy Aizen and the Espada." Suddenly Uryuu and Chad walked into the living room. There was a very awkward silence.
"Who could single-handedly kill Aizen and the Espada?" Uryuu asked. The Visored group, Kisuke, and Yoruichi turned to see the two. "What is going on?" he glared at Urahara.
"So much for peace." Mr. hat and clogs mumbled.
"Chad and I were wondering where Ichigo was." Uryuu spoke with an icy tone, "We thought perhaps you knew." Kisuke remained silent, "So you do know."
"Kurosaki ain't here." Hiyori answered for the ex-captain of the 12th division.
"Where is he?" Chad inquired.
"Ichigo is at the Soul Society. Dealing with a problem." Yoruichi looked Chad in the eye, "A very big problem."
"Does it have to with the cloaked hollow both Chad and I met?" Uryuu walked to Yoruichi, "Because if it is, I want to know what's going on."
"Ishida," Urahara cleared his throat, "Before you start firing yours arrows at some one, let us explain." Uryuu looked at Kisuke with an impatient look.
"That person…hollow…whatever he was saved my life and then threatened to kill me. I am curious to know who it is." Uryuu crossed his arms, and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"The hollow called me Shino." Chad said. Shinji looked at Urahara. Kisuke sipped more of his tea before sitting it down on the table.
"Shino, eh?" Kisuke sat back, and brought the fan up to his face, "That's not the first time Naruto has called some one another name." he looked back at Shinji, "When I fist met him he called me Kakashi."
"So the kid's name was Naruto?" Uryuu looked at Urahara with suspicion, "Naruto called me Neji."
"Heh, Naruto called me Kankuro." Shinji brought up.
"Not as stupid as the name Tsunade. I don't even know why the hell he would call me that!" Hiyori threw her hands in the air.
"Nothing made sense coming from that hollow's mouth." Shinji stated.
"Still, why did Naruto show up in Karakura?" Uryuu asked, "What does this have to do with Aizen and the Espada?"
"Naruto is, unfortunately, a very large part of the Espada. He was once a member." Shinji scoffed, "Naruto ran off with Aizen for a while."
"Former Espada." Chad mumbled. Uryuu growled, not to happy that a former Espada could have killed him so quickly.
"You two have become part of the game that Naruto has started, and you possibly won't make it out of this one alive." Urahara drank the rest of his tea and lightly placed the empty cup on the table. "Did Naruto say anything to you?"
"Not much, other than we should train just in case we meet again." Chad remembered the chilling words the boy left him with, "He said he was sorry for last time, but it was for Shino."
"He apologized for something that happened to Shino? Well that gets us some where." Shinji said sarcastically.
"What if you look similiar to someone Naruto knew before he turned into a hollow." Hachigen pointed out, "It would explain why he called you different names."
"What do ya' mean like reincarnation?" Shinji's eyebrow raised, "We all know that doesn't really happen."
"Not quite." Uryuu said, "Hachigen said look similiar, not reborn."
"I don't think that's possible to look familiar in a sense where someone thinks you're another person. There's billions of people, and different genes…to many possibilities of one person looking like someone else. Unless they're a twin and don't get me started on the percentages." Lisa argued her case.
"So how else would he confuse people for others?" Mashiro asked, leaning on Kensei's shoulder. Mashiro was drinking her very slowly holding the cup to keep her hands warm.
"Is there a possibility to have a same spiritual energy as another?" Love brought up the question, "Maybe the hollow can sense familiar energies from you." Yoruichi's eyes widened as she came to the sudden realization.
"I remember from the Soul Society reading something that mentioned that." She paced around the room, "It said that in some cases certain spiritual energy can be passed down from one to another. It was an extremely rare case though."
"So…why did Urahara, Shinji, Hiyori, Chad and I get this certain spiritual energy?" Uryuu asked.
"I have no idea." Yoruichi answered truthfully. Hiyori growled.
"It's pretty much reincarnation." Hiyori said, "I mean ya' can't pass a spiritual energy to someone, that's bullshit. Soul Society hides a lot of shit they always have secrets. Damn shinigami."
"I would have to agree with Hiyori." Chad voiced his opinion.
"Tch, as a shinigami captain I didn't learn half the shit they hid. I'm agreeing with Hiyori." Kensei added.
"I'm with Kensei!" Mashiro smiled.
"Well whatever you believe, Naruto had a connection with those people not doubt." Urahara shifted his sitting position on the floor. "What we need to do is discuss a way to protect him."
"Protect him?" Uryuu sounded confounded, "He's a hollow, why would need to protect him?" Ishida's eyes narrowed.
"Because who ever has Naruto on their side wins. He can't die and his spiritual energy is more than you can fathom." Shinji glared at Uryuu, "If ya' goin' to bitch about it then ya' might as well leave."
"Naruto can't die? How is that possible?" Chad looked for someone to answer him. Everyone was silent.
"We aren't sure." Kisuke answered, "The day he came to the Soul Society he didn't even know where he was let alone what he was."
"We have to protect a hollow who doesn't want to be affiliated with anyone from the Soul Society?" Uryuu watched as everyone's heads nodded.
"Life's not easy." Kisuke whined.
"Life's a bitch." Hiyori corrected her used-to be captain. She cracked her neck, it was sore from keeping it bent.
"With Naruto nothing is easy. Even when he wasn't a complete monster." Yoruichi sighed.
"You guys sound cheerful." Tessai walked through the room.
"Ah, every day life for us." Rojuro smiled briefly.
"Yeah, every Damn day of our life." Hiyori growled.
"You could say life for us is…eventful." Urahara laughed nervously while Hiyori gave him a death glare. He coughed clearing his throat, "Anyways, we know at some point Naruto's going to leave the Soul Society, whether it's Aizen or himself."
"I think we have to get Ichigo." Yoruichi suggested, "Naruto was after him for some reason, and eventually Naruto needs to get a hold of Ichigo."
"He's in the Soul Society." Chad reminded her.
"We would have to bring him back." Shinji stated shrugging, "Not that hard."
"Yeah, it won't be that easy either." Uryuu retorted, "Ichigo is stubborn, if has a reason to stay at the Soul Society, he will stay there."
"We could kidnap him." Mashiro offered, everyone stared at her, "It's an idea right?" she smiled.
"You kidding me? It wouldn't work. The Soul Society would be on our tails." Shinji rolled his head back.
"Dammit' we need to think of something!" Hiyori yelled she looked at Urahara with fire in her eyes, "Use that big head of yours for once!"
"Well killing me wouldn't help you at all." Kisuke warned the pigtail girl. "I think we would have to use Yoruichi's plan. It's the safest way for us."
"Who would we send?" Uryuu asked, everyone looked at Ishida and Chad, "Us?"
"You are the only two that doesn't have a death sentence." Yoruichi reminded the Quincy.
"That's true, but how would we get into the Soul Society?"
"I will take you." Mr. hat and clogs raised his hand lazily, "I know how to get into the Soul Society, but you're going to have to look for Ichigo yourself." Chad and Uryuu nodded.
"So when is this little trip goin' to take place?" Shinji asked.
"In a few days." Kisuke said.
"In a few days?" Yoruichi couldn't believe what he said.
"Remember Yoruichi, to enjoy the peace while you can. This will be a war like none other." Urahara snapped closed his fan. Yoruichi sighed, and the Shinji's group started to leave the house. Uryuu and Chad took their leave as well. Leaving Yoruichi and Urahara alone, once again. Yoruichi sat across from Urahara with a tired look.
"I wonder…who will win?" the cat-woman asked the used to be shinigami. He stayed quiet. He fanned himself, tired from all his talking. Yoruichi stared at her knees wary at what was going to take place in the near by future.
"You know Yoruichi…I really don't know." Kisuke answered with an unsure voice, "I guess that's the part of life where you must live in mystery." He gave her a small smile, "That's the fun part of life…so I've heard." Yoruichi smiled and shook her head.
"It may be fun for humans, but shinigami? That's a whole other story." Yoruichi crossed her arms and looked at the cold tea kettle. Urahara smile turned into a frown. He looked at Yoruichi with a questioning glance.
"You're hiding something." Kisuke drawled, Yoruichi's eyes widened, "Now I know you met Naruto, but how?" the leaned on the table. The woman smirked.
"Nothing gets passed you does it?" she smiled, "Escorting him to the underground city the night we found him in the Soul Society. Naruto asked me all sorts of questions. I didn't really answer them." Yoruichi sighed. Looking at one of the pictures in the room she recalled the memory. "Naruto called me beautiful, and said I reminded him of Kurenai." Urahara smiled, and thought of how he first met Naruto.
"I remember the night we found him. He was babbling on how his friends should be around. When I told him the possibility of finding his friends was very slim, he looked at me with a weird expression." Kisuke paused remembering the moment, "It was like he saw something. Then he said Kakashi."
"It's strange, how everyone can be connected through on person." Yoruichi said with a soft voice. Urahara stood up and took the teakettle into the kitchen.
"Yes, very strange indeed." He dumped the water out into the sink, and popped his head back into the living room, "Would you like some tea?" he asked.
"Well if I am to enjoy this peace." Yoruichi nodded with a grin, "Tea would great."
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Tatsuki wished she knew where Ichigo, Chad, Uryuu, and Orihime were. They had been gone for some time. She always wondered what happened to them. They would disappear for days, and then come back with injuries and horrible excuses. She sighed irritated that Ichigo hadn't shown up in school in two days. Mizuiro Kojima and Keigo Asano were always asking if she had seen Ichigo any time lately, but Tatsuki always replied she didn't know. Being friends with Ichigo since they were kids, she always had concerns about him. Even Ichigo's sisters asked her if she had seen Ichigo. This made her very sad. She just hoped that everyone was ok. "Please be safe…" she whispered into the wind.
Unfortunately, for Tatsuki, the world wouldn't follow her wishes. For a storm brewed over Karakura town. Certainly, war would break out. Karakura town would only be a victim of what was to come. Tatsuki swore she heard some one call out a strange name.
"Temari"
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Yep! Urahara and the Visoreds. It was hard to write all the talking. I loved writing Hiyori and Shinji talking the best, because the personalities. Heh, I bet some of you are confused on things like Hiyori having been compared to Tsunade. I found it appropriate. I would have used Retsu Unohana, but she didn't have the temper to match.
Ah, I know this is a little late, but it slipped my mind. Thank you Silvdra-zero. Being compared to Shakespeare was very flattering. As a humble person, I would have to disagree with you on that though.
Thank you all reviewers! I love to read what you people think about my story. I smile every time I get one! I wouldn't have been able to get this far.
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P.S. I will continue this story. I believe it wouldn't be fair to just drop this story. I will finish this story.