Hey everyone I'm back :). Thanks to everyone who read/fav/followed/reviewed this story ^^. So in this chapter I'm officially going to start giving the thoughts from the various POVs of the characters and reveal a bit of the general's past (if I'm feeling kind enough). Also there are going to be massive spoilers so if you haven't read up to at least the start (or rather the middle) of the thousand year blood war arc (I'm talking about when they reveal who Ichigo's mother is) be prepared. That's all I'm saying. :)
But before that…
Caged Rage: thx for reviewing. I know she's cool right? I love OP characters and their characters are always very… um not exactly arrogant… but pretty close to it :D so my character is like a typical OP character ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own bleach…
Ok let's start…
Just to let you know:
"The General" = normal text/ narration or whatever
"The General"= thoughts
"The General" =flashback
Alright! Time to start :)
Aizen's POV
I walked to squad 5's defence position, mulling over what had just happened during the captain's meeting. Overhead, Kurosaki Ichigo and his friends slowly penetrated the barrier around the Seireitei in their reishi ball.
Who exactly is this shogun-sama? I have a feeling she's going to be a bother in the near future… Will she interrupt our plans and how powerful is she really? To be able to make Kyoraku-taicho so panicky...So many questions… A mysterious figure… what should I do about this…
I looked up.
It seems Kurosaki Ichigo has finally made it through the barrier... Time to start the next stage of my plans. I'll deal with this thing later. For now, I must start my preparations.
General's POV
I stood on the roof of one of the Seireitei's many buildings, my head tilted up to look at the reishi ball piercing the barrier. For once the veil actually came in useful, blocking out the3 glaring rays of the sun that threatened to obstruct my vision and damage (maybe) my eyes.
Kurosaki Ichigo… not only are you the son of a Quincy and a soul reaper, that soul reaper is also of a captain's level… It will be interesting to watch you…
I quickly flashed stepped towards one of the light rays (A/N I don't know what they are called so I shall call them light rays. They are the things that the Karakura people were in after the cannonball exploded when they got separated) that came from the reishi ball.
Upon arriving at the scene, I found a huge crater on the ground.
There're some traces of reiatsu here… the person who landed here must be of captain level
Suddenly, I caught a flash of black disappearing over a nearby rooftop. I flashstepped over and began to give chase. Damn it was fast. To normal shinigami of even maybe lieutenants it would probably be just a black blur, but my eyes were sharp and I could clearly see the form of a black cat in front of me. I narrowed my eyes.
This cat is giving off the same reiatsu as the traces in the crater. What exactly is it? Or should I say who…
I finally managed to corner the cat at a deserted place. "Who the hell are you?" I asked. Suddenly, the cat began to glow bright. Narrowing my eyes, I got ready to cast a kido spell should I need it.
"Shihuoin Yoruichi?!" I asked incredulously. It was strange to think that after all she, Urahara Kisuke and the visards did to escape from soul society a hundred years ago, she would just waltz back into soul society where she was a wanted criminal.
Flashback
I was in the world of the living for a while when I was on my…er…official trip. So I just happened to run into Kyoraku (who was buying sake) and he updated me about the recent news in soul society.
"Two captains have been exiled and 3 more along with their lieutenants have been hollowfied. The culprit was Urahara Kisuke, who was one of those exiled. Shihuoin Yoruichi was the other captain exiled because she helped him escape. All of them fled form soul society and I suspect they're hiding somewhere in the world of the living right now." He then proceeded to explain the situation to me.
"So what do you think of it?" I asked. Something just didn't seem right here.
"It's suspicious but Yama-jii told us to let it go and just keep an eye out for the traitors. But I have a very bad feeling about this. We're missing something here."
"I think so too. Why would someone from one of the 4 great noble families betray the gotei 13 like that? Not only that, the captain and lieutenants did that too. And how were they hollowfied in the first place?" Something deep in my past stirred inside me and reminded me that I was no different from those 'visards', but I pushed it away. (A/N a bit of foreshadowing for her past :). I'll just leave you hanging with this bit of info ^^)
Flashback end
And here the traitor stood, in front of me, not even trying to run or hide. Of course, I could easily catch her, but the fact that she wasn't even trying just made me even more suspicious. What the hell was she trying to do? Just then we felt a flare of reiatsu.
This reiatsu…It's almost exactly like Isshin's… It must be that Kurosaki Ichigo…the enemy he's fighting… a third seat? Of the 11th division nonetheless…Hmm…
Ikkaku's POV
I lay on the ground, defeated.
That boy… Ichigo… he's really strong. He could even possibly match up to tai-cho
A shadow fell over me. Looking up, I found a person wearing clothes form the world of the living staring down at me.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked.
"It doesn't matter who I am. You were fighting Kurosaki Ichigo. Am I right?" She ignored me.
"So what?" I asked. What was this person doing in the Seireitei?
Wait…could she be a ryoka?
"Are you a ryoka?" I asked warily. A normal person wouldn't be here and she didn't seem to be a shinigami. So the only thing she could be was a ryoka. She laughed.
"No I'm not."
Shocked, my jaw fell open.
"Stop lying! You're obviously not a shinigami and a normal person would not be here! If you're not a ryoka then what are you?"
She just smiled and picked me up, slinging me over her shoulder as if I weighed next to nothing. She then started flash stepping off.
She's so fast… faster than most captains… maybe she could even compare to the 'Goddess of flash'. And where is she taking me? If only I had enough strength to put up a fight… damn I'm so weak.
After a few minutes, she suddenly stopped.
"3rd seat Madarame!" I heard someone call. 3rd seat? That means we're still somewhere in the Seireitei. That was my last thought before I blacked out completely.
General's POV
After dropping off the 3rd seat at the 4th squad, I quickly left before anyone could see me.
Where is Kurosaki Ichigo? His presence doesn't seem to be here… which means he must be in the sewers underneath… I shall not go after him today. It's too troublesome and I'm far too likely to be spotted by someone.
I suddenly saw the 11th squad captain… what was his name again? Oh yes Zaraki Kenpachi. He was running around, with his lieutenant(?) on his shoulder
What is such a young girl doing as a lieutenant? The 11th squad just keeps getting more and more stranger…
Kenpachi was running all over the place, with his lieutenant perched on his shoulder giving him directions. I sweat dropped. From my vantage point, I could clearly see that he was running around in circles. His sense of directions sucks. The sun was setting already and soul society had yet to make even an ounce of progress on this ryoka problem.
Note to self: remind Yamamoto to step up on the gotei 13's efficiency. And get someone to teach Kenpachi where everything is so he won't get lost.
Suddenly, there was a spike of reiatsu near the steps leading to the HQ. (A/N it's the place where Renji and Ichigo had their fight) He's got into another fight so quickly…
This time his opponent seems to be a lieutenant. I started making my way there.
-A few minutes later-
Upon arriving at the scene, I found that the fight was almost over. …Or rather it was over. I was just looking at the post-fighting talking and nonsense. The lieutenant … Renji Abarai was it? gripped Ichigo's kimono and made him promise that he would rescue Rukia. My eyes widened as I saw that the ground had been split open in a ferocious attack.
It reminds me of the Getsuga Tensho that Isshin used to use. Hmm maybe Ichigo inherited the attack from his father.
Ichigo promptly fell over, leaving the 4th squad member and the son of the Shiba clan to get him away from the scene before the shinigami came. They just barely managed to get away before the 5th and 3rd division lieutenants arrived.
I left. The excitement was over.
Momo Hinamori's POV
I looked sadly at Renji. His condition was bad.
Why did he engage the ryoka on his own? Why couldn't he have waited for us?
Kira was mentioning calling the 4th division when suddenly Kuchiki-taicho walked in.
"Throw him in jail." He said indifferently.
I gasped. Abarai-kun took on a ryoka all by himself! Why should he be thrown in jail?
But before I could voice my objections, a new voice sounded behind Kuchiki-taicho.
"Ara ara Kuchiki. Shouldn't you show more concern towards your subordinates?"
I stiffened at that voice. It was authoritative, but at the same time I had never heard of it before. To talk to a captain so disrespectfully, isn't this person overstepping her boundaries? After all, only the head captain was of higher rank than Kuchiki-taicho. Could it be that this person is a ryoka? After all. Only the ryoka would do this kind of thing.
I got my zanpakuto ready to defend Kuchiki-taicho if needed. But, to my utter surprise, Kuchiki-taicho just inclined his head respectfully before leaving with a "hai".
"I've called squad 4 already. They should be here soon. The person, who I could see more clearly now, had a veil over her face. But there was that unmistakable note of authority in her voice.
Who exactly is she? To be able to order Kuchiki-taicho around…
-The next day-
General's POV
I was sleeping in my quarters at the outskirts of the Seireitei when suddenly the alarm started ringing.
What is it now? Don't tell me Kurosaki Ichigo is up already? Even with that 4th squad member healing him, with those injuries he should still be incapacitated.
I threw on my clothes and flashstepped over to the HQ. When I got there, I was greeted by the sight of a body of one of the new captains yesterday. He was stabbed through with his own sword, and left hanging on a wall. The girl from yesterday was distraught.
She must be that captain's lieutenant.
I narrowed my eyes as anger overcame the girl and she tried to kill one of the captains, thinking that he was the cause of her captain's death. She was stopped by another lieutenant and the both of them started a fight, only to be interrupted by yet another captain, who broke up the fight and sent both lieutenants to holding cells. With all the lieutenants gone, I jumped up to the dead captain and stood on the air next to him. Gingerly, I removed the sword impaling him and lowered him to the ground.
Something doesn't feel right about this body… it's like its fake…I can't sense any reiatsu at all… even if he has been dead for a while, I should still feel a some of his reiatsu disappearing.
I motioned to the white-haired captain... hitsugaya? to bring his body to the 4th squad for a better examination.
What is going on here exactly? I need to find out. Maybe I shall go visit this 'Rukia' person they're talking about…
So how was this chapter? I did this over a few days because of school ^^. Please fav/follow/review thx :)