Meh okay so here is your chapter 5!

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Chapter 5: Show time no fun time

Ichigo was walking around the hallways like a ghost, Aizen had been informed of his Cero's sudden mood change as well as the sudden stop in his nightly activities. He had been informed that Ichigo hardly talked and would blankly stare at Gin or Kaname when they asked what was wrong.

Wondering what on earth was wrong yet unable to go see or send his fellow traitors he just had to wait for another opportunity to go back. His plans were starting to come together and he would soon reveal himself. It also seemed that Ichigo was right that Karin wasn't as strong as he thought.

Starkk in the mean while was watching their Cero with a faint frown. He had to wonder why Ichigo would suddenly go from unpredictable to downright cold. Those blood red eyes would bore into who ever asked what was wrong. Grimmjow and Szayel did try a few times to coax Ichigo into something more sexual but Ichigo would just shake his head.

What he did suddenly do was train which was odd seeing as the man pretty much had no one he could fully spar with as he wiped the floor with Grimmjow and Nnoitra too many times to count. So he was trying by himself while Starkk and Lilynette watched. For once Starkk wasn't half asleep but watching the predator like moves that Ichigo was doing.

Ichigo was doing long arched swipes with his Nodachi showing just how fast he was with the long blade. It still amazed those who were watching how quickly the man could move the sword that was in all honesty longer than he was tall and Ichigo wasn't a short guy.

With a growl of "Arde, El fuego." A torrent of flames was unleashed on one of the large red pillars sending it to the ground in a pile of smoking rubble. It still amazed Starkk what their Cero could do with seemingly no effort at all.

Starkk noticed Ichigo's restlessness and for a while did nothing but Ichigo was starting to become more and more agitated. Sighing he rose and dusted off his pants. Ichigo looked over to him his blood red eyes not leaving his approaching figure.

"Something bothering you Ichigo-sama?" Ichigo looked at Starkk, he knew why Starkk joined as it was similar to his reasons. Aizen wasn't in Las Noches at the moment making him in charge. Ichigo frowned. "I have doubts about our… leader." Starkk's eyes flew to Ichigo in shock.

"I thought he had your loyalty?" Starkk watched as Ichigo's frown deepened. With a sneer he growled out. "He never had it. I joined due to having nothing to do and you know as well as I do how lonely it gets." Starkk's face morphed from shock to understanding.

"I see." Lilynette looked between the two men with a worried frown. Starkk was deep in thought.

"What about Aizen-sama bothers you so much?"

Ichigo turned to face the Primera Espada.

"He's plans make little to no sense to me in some ways. He is either not telling the whole plan or he is planning on killing a lot of souls. Problem I have with that is one, why is he doing this? Two, I believe I don't have to broach the subject of too many human souls dying without being moved on will alter the balance and three my instincts tell me that he has an ulterior motive that doesn't bode well for us."

Starkk knew by then that out of all the Arrancar and lower hollows he has ever seen or met Ichigo had by far the best instincts he had ever come across. It was like the man had a sixth sense and it had been useful more than once.

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

Ichigo looked at the man for a minute with a hard look in his eyes. "For now nothing, I think there is already a snake in our midst." With that Ichigo looked to the left and there was Gin without a smile. He was serious and his eyes were open showing the electric blue.

"Yo." Ichigo commented placing his hands in his pockets.

Gin looked at Ichigo in a new light. He was far more perceptive than any of the three of them gave him credit for, even him. "My my, so smart. Yes I guess you can say I am a snake in the grass." Starkk stiffened and moved his hand to the pommel of his sword but Ichigo placed a hand over his and shook his head.

Blood red eyes narrowed.

"You know something don't you?" Ichigo asked walking closer.

Gin would admit that he was very intimidated by Ichigo at the moment.

But he needed to say this, he needed Ichigo to know the one weakness of Aizen's horrid sword's powers.

"I have always been out to kill Aizen." He said getting a slight widening of red eyes. Ichigo was curious now and that was what he hoped would happen. "You see, when I was young that bastard killed many souls in order to make his Hogyoku. He also allowed his men to rape…" Gin's fists clenched but Gin saw Ichigo look down at them with a blank look before blood red eyes looked back up at him. Somewhere in those eyes he saw that Ichigo understood but he couldn't relate.

"He allowed the woman you love to be raped and you witnessed it?" Ichigo asked with a tilt of the head. Grin grit his teeth and nodded. "On that day I vowed that I would make that man pay by any means. You just happen to be the perfect one and I will give you a tip as well as my aid when you need it." Ichigo's eyes glistered with curiosity and mischief.

"Oh?"

Gin's customary foxy grin came back full swing.

From his large white haori he revealed Aizen's sword. Both men were so shock both their jaws hit the ground. Lilynette was looking at the sword like it would bite her at any moment. "I… borrowed his sword while he is taking a nice long bath. I don't have much time so be quick." Gin said unsheathed the blade and held it broad side up.

"Those who touch the blade cannot fall under its spell." The three understood and one by one they each touched the blade. Once they were done Gin sheathed the blade and nodded. "I better go back before he notices his blade is missing. Good thing he doesn't have a good connection with his blade. If I didn't know any better I'd say the sword hates him." Gin shrugged and vanished.

The sand settled and Ichigo's head was a whirl with plans.

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Karin's eyebrow twitched before the vein in her head throbbed.

Rukia glanced at her as Karin watched her father and sister walked in front of them.

It all started when Yuzu watched her favourite show along with her father doing the idiotic stance and laugh along with the idiotic man. Ghost Bust TV show was big in Japan and that fact alone annoyed Karin to no end, more so than her father being a public embarrassment as he made goofy poses that made Yuzu laugh. That was alone enough for her to not hit her father.

"So what is this whole show about?" Asked Rukia as they walked with the masses towards the abandoned hospital, as they walked Karin explained that it was about a man who claimed that he was a spiritual superhero that banished bad souls. Rukia looked a little puzzled but held her questions for now. They got good places somewhat to the front but still had some people in front of them so they wouldn't be in the camera shots. Chad, Orihime and the rest joined in with smiles.

Since they found out they have been training together in becoming stronger.

The crowd went silent when the lights flashed on and the very idiotic man himself came jumping onto the stage or in this case before the large crowd. As he babbled and did his trademark laugh and pose Karin and the rest were looking at the earthbound soul covered in chains yelling about how the hospital was his.

Rukia then went on explaining the earthbound souls and something holding them back. They would eventually become hollows if left alone but she assured Karin that he was a while away from that.

Just then Don Kanonji rammed his cane into the hole making both Karin and Rukia freeze with horror. They knew they could make a public sceptical so Karin made her voice as bored as possible claiming she was going to the bathroom. Rukia chirped in she needed to go as well. Yuzu nodded absently before they left to a secluded area to get Karin out of her body.

When they came back it was too late and the chain had broke and the soul vanished with a scream.

"Be ready the new hollow will appear shortly." Rukia said in a serious tone.

They waited ignoring Don Kanonji's loud boast that he cleaned the area of evil spirits. Rukia looked up and pointed at the top of the hospital. "There!" she yelled, Karin looked up to see a hollow form, its body like a frog. Don Kanonji squawked as he yelled that there was a powerful evil spirit on the hospital. The humans were just watching enjoying what they thought was just a show.

Karin gritted her teeth before she made her way to the front of the hospital where Don Kanonji looked at her in shock.

"Who are you?" He asked astonished. Karin ignored the idiot as her eyes remained on the newly formed hollow. It roared at them before it lunged at Karin. She jumped to the side as the hollow slammed into the concrete ground making a spider wed like crack getting gasps of excitement from the crowd.

Don Kanonji proclaimed that he was going to vanquish the truly powerful evil spirit, Karin glared at the man before she bolted and grabbed a hold of his jacket lapel and dragged the man inside the hospital where the hollow followed after with a roar and broken wall.

When they reached the roof of the hospital they both looked at the door to see the hollow come bashing through it. The narrowed eyes focused on Karin. It roared again and Don Kanonji shouted that he would defeat the evil spirit and save Karin. A vein throbbed in her head.

"I DON'T NEED YOU PROTECTION YOU IDIOT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Don Kanonji opened his mouth to speak but the hollow roared and spat a slimy green goo at them, Karin dodged at the right time but Don Kanonji wasn't as lucky and got shot and stuck to a wall. Karin blinked two times at the scene before shaking her head and focusing on the hollow.

It was weak and she knew it. Breathing calmly she used the skills he learned from Kendo and with good footwork and precise swipes she took down the hollow.

Rukia came running just in time to see the once hollow's previous soul being engulfed in light as his soul was cleansed. Don Kanonji had stopped in tirade of congratulations and claims that Karin was a sword's master as he looked at the 'evil spirit' from before now looking at peace.

Indigo eyes looked at Karin as she looked at Don Kanonji.

"Now listen here you fucking moron!"

Rukia failed to hold back the smirk as she watched Karin give a tongue lashing to an older man. It was absolutely hilarious to Rukia that it was a wonder to her that she was able to keep her laugh in.

Once they got the man out from the sticky goo he asked or nearly begged of Karin to join him where her answer was a fist to the face.

That night Karin slept soundly.

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Ichigo blinked at Aizen.

"You want me to do wha?" he asked utterly confused.

The look was rather funny so Aizen let the little slip of rudeness slide this once.

"There is a powerful hollow in the world of the living and I want you to catch him and bring him back here."

"Um… okay…" Ichigo was still confused and the Espada behind him were just as confused.

Gin was having a laughing fit in his head while his hands were held in front of his mouth.

"His name Grand Fisher, he looks like this." Aizen held up a piece of paper with a picture of the hollow. Ichigo arched a brow. "It looks like a shaggy voo-doo doll of a cow with chicken legs." That comment alone caused Gin, Grimmjow and Nnoitra to burst out laughing, Aizen, Kaname, Starkk, and even Baraggan couldn't fight the smirks on their faces.

It was sadly rather true.

Ichigo sighed and tightened his obi for some reason and took the picture. "Alrighty then Aizen-sama I'll be off then."

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Rukia knew the day was not going to be a good one when she saw the day's date.

"17 June." She said softly to herself. She had been informed that they wouldn't be going to school today and that she was more than welcome to come with. She agreed for two reasons.

One to be nearby in case something happens and two she wanted to pay her respects as well. Kon had been freed and was now in her backpack peaking out just enough that Yuzu wouldn't see him. This was Kon's first time seeing Karin this quiet as well. It was a little unnerving but one could see the pain in her eyes as clear as day.

Yuzu was sniffing here and there with a tissue to wipe away a runaway tear. Isshin tried in the beginning to be goofy and get at least Yuzu to smile but it was pointless.

It was the tenth year of their deaths and it was not getting easier.

If anything it was getting harder. They walked up the path till they reached the top. Rukia looked at the gravestones that were well kept till they reached two gravestones. Yuzu went to their mother's while Karin did Ichigo's; they brushed away fallen leaves and other little debris, next they took a ladle full of water and let it run over the top of the gravestone so it could be cleaned of dust. They both bowed their heads and prayed.

Rukia looked to Isshin to see him staring at Ichigo's headstone with a heavy guilt laced face. It made her heart go out to the man as he not only lost his wife but his son in a matter of days. Once the girls were done Isshin asked to be left alone. Yuzu went with Karin to the small temple nearby where Rukia said she wanted to walk around a bit.

Karin nodded and told her to be careful.

Walking deeper into the forested area she looked around. She didn't tell Karin that she felt something very powerful nearby.

She snuck up on the clearing to see the Grand Fisher. She placed her hand over her mouth to keep her gasp inside and unheard.

Kon looked over her shoulder to see what she was looking at and made a soft eep noise before slowly getting out of her bag and making a run for it. What both didn't notice was a man wearing a grass hat watching the whole scene with mild interest till he saw what she was looking at and his own eyes went wide.

Her eyes went wide when the notorious hollow was looking around as if it was scared. "Show yourself!" it yelled showing it was a he.

A low chuckle floated over them as the orange haired Arrancar from before dropped seemingly out of nowhere. Rukia's legs started to shake. The watching man looked at Rukia to see something he had never seen in the eyes of the woman, pure unadulterated fear; he had to wonder what this new comer had done to get such a reaction. This one hollow was famous for eluding them as well as killing all those sent out to kill it. The other was strong enough to obliterate a Menos Grande with a single cero. Not that the man watching knew that part.

Looking at him now something nagged in her head that he looked so familiar, she looked at his face and fought hard not to cry. This man looked strikingly a lot like Kaien. "Now now calm yourself Grand Fisher. I was sent to come and fetch you not kill you." The man's voice was nothing like Kaien's but just seeing that face made her tremble.

"Hmm… I don't have a choice here now do I?" the Grand Fisher asked narrowing his eyes. The orange haired Arrancar gave a bone chilling grin. "Got that right fuck face."

Rukia watched in horror and fascination as the orange haired male closed in on the other hollow who seemed to unable to move. "I was ordered and I don't see why I shouldn't follow this order so shut the fuck up and just come along peacefully or I will incapacitate you with force and you won't like that I guarantee ya."

Grand Fisher was shivering in fear now as the red head's reiatsu pressed down on him harder. "Okay okay I'll come with you!" the hollow relented sounding utterly petrified.

The Arrancar swiped at the air and a Garganta.

The hollow stepped into the tear before the red head Arrancar looked over to make eye contact with Rukia. She went stiff as she met blood red eyes. A lop sided grin was all she got before the Arrancar walked through the hole and it closed behind him.

She tumbled to the ground her legs unable to hold her up.

Hearing Karin calling her in the distance she barely made the syllables for the words "I am here."

The man watching was now more confused as what he was when he came to watch at first. He sighed as he took out his communication device and informed his captain that he had found Rukia.

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Once the girls were gone Isshin sank to his knees to look at the two gravestones, his guilt was building each year knowing he could have saved both. Could have, would have and should have.

"Come out Kisuke." Isshin said as he took out a cigarette and lit it. Kisuke watched as Isshin took a long pull before he blew out the tar and nicotine filled air.

"Isshin…" the tone of Kisuke's voice made Isshin stiffen.

"What?" He asked looking at his friend. Kisuke was visibly uneasy which in turn made Isshin in edge.

"A few days ago Shinji was on his way back from getting food, when well… an orange haired Arrancar suddenly appeared and well for better or lacking of words claimed Shinji." Isshin felt his stomach drop when the blonde said orange haired. His heart was beating in his chest as if it wanted to break free.

"Said Arrancar… asked for Shinji's name which he gave and the Arrancar gave his in return. I am so sorry Isshin but Ichigo is an Arrancar and most likely in league with Aizen." Isshin gave a shuddering breath as his world threatened to crumble around him.

"However…" Kisuke said getting Isshin's attention.

"From what I have studied and seen… Vasto Lorde and stronger hollows do in fact… mate in a sense and when they do there is an unbreakable loyalty between the two and if this rings true to Ichigo we can possibly… persuade him to join our forces. You could… get your son back in a way."

Isshin stood and up and paced.

"He would still BE Ichigo just with a few extra quirks. After all Arrancar and Vasto Lorde hollows don't need to consume souls anymore due to them no longer fearing regression." Kisuke said watching Isshin. "The fact that Ichigo never was in Gillian stage if I summarised correctly he would have a purer personality of who Ichigo would be just with more hollow like traits most likely easily irritable or sadistic at the worst." Isshin nodded rubbing his face.

"Do it."

Kisuke nodded and turned to leave but Isshin's last words made him freeze.

"But don't tell him about us, that will be my job." Kisuke gave a small smile that the father of the Arrancar didn't see. "Of Course."

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Karin was in her soul form as Kon jumped out of Rukia's backpack when he saw the two hollows. Looking around Karin frowned.

"Where are the hollows?"

"T-they left…" Rukia sounded out of breathe and confused.

Sighing with a grimace Karin helped Rukia up, they walked back to where Kon was sitting next to Yuzu in silence. Rukia came to distract Yuzu while Karin got back in her body. Just as she plopped Kon's body into Rukia's backpack their father came with a sombre look on his face.

"Come on girls, we need to go home."

The two sisters were confused, they usually went for ice-cream and dinner before going home. However they still followed and when they came home they were all sat down at the dinner table. Rukia looked unsure if she should be there but Isshin said that she would have found out form the twins and she was like a third daughter to him.

Warmth filled her chest but it was quickly washed away by Isshin's next words.

"I lied to you about how Ichigo died." His words shattered the girls' world.

"What?" Karin asked her fists clenching her jeans, Yuzu looked hurt while both Kon and Rukia's hearts went out to the two girls.

"You two were too young at the time and I didn't want to… sully the image of Ichigo you had." Isshin looked utterly defeated and this made both girls forgive their father. They forgot for a second that he lost his son as well.

"When your mother died Ichigo was… in turmoil, he believed he was responsible and went out to look for her, he searched for days not going to school. He just walked the riverbed hoping he would find her but I think he knew she was gone. He… went into depression. He hid it well most times but near the end the cracks started to show. One night after I checked on you two I went to check on him only to find his bed empty. I ran to a friend of mine and we looked for two days, we found his body on the shore. They didn't find any bruising on his body to suggest he fell or was attacked." Isshin was looking at his folded hands that shook as did his shoulders.

The four listening were shocked.

"Your brother committed suicide on the age of nine and… I am a failure of a father."

Isshin fought hard not to break down but the facts the girls didn't know were eating him apart. He rose and walked to his room, the girls sat at the table shell shocked beyond anything. Rukia's mind however was connecting lines.

People who committed suicide were most of the times those who became very powerful hollows as their hearts were filled to the brim with negative emotions.

Her heart went out for the family.

For once Kon felt honestly sorry for Karin and Yuzu. Getting this information thrown at them was harsh but he guessed that Isshin couldn't live with it alone anymore and just had to come clean in a sense and what a burden that must be on a father's heart.

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Grand Fisher walked behind Ichigo looking around nervously.

There was way too much white.

All manner of Arrancar were looking at him like he was a freak, he growled lowly to himself. He followed the orange haired man into a throne room with a oval shaped table, at the table were other people, eight to be precise and they all looked a little surprise to see them. "Ichigo-san, you were remarkably quick." A shinigami sitting on the throne said with a sly smile behind his thick framed glasses.

Ichigo shrugged looking uninterested as he had been lately. In fact it looked like Ichigo would be anywhere but here and that made Aizen worry. If his strongest Espada just upped and left he had a feeling most would follow. Hollows were after all very odd creatures.

Grand Fisher shifted where he stood gaining the attention of Aizen.

"Good, you may all leave." The Espada didn't need to be told twice as they up and left without a hassle. Harribel watched Ichigo along with the rest as he walked towards his room where he tended to be. He entered and in a few minutes he walked out with Akira alongside him.

The two walked off to their private training grounds.

The rest walked to the common room to just relax and hang out.

Three hours went by before the heard a loud roar like noise before Ichigo came crashing through the walls; Grimmjow and Nnoitra looked into the hole and saw that he had broken through five walls.

"Ow… okay THAT wasn't supposed to happen…" Ichigo said and he slowly got up and tried to dust himself off. His once white uniform was now smeared with dark grey.

The three shinigami traitors came in looking slightly bewildered. Aizen gave Ichigo one look before he asked. "May I know as to why I have a large hole in my building as well as you covered in dust?" Ichigo looked at Aizen for a few seconds with a blank face.

"New technique I'm trying backfired badly on me." He said in a deadpan voice. That got a few arched brows.

"Oh?" This time Gin spoke looking curious himself. Ichigo tsked when he saw that his uniform was ruined and wasn't going to be fixed. Oh well he had spares.

"Uh huh but I think I got it now." Ichigo said absentmindedly.

Akira came rushing in but calmed down when he saw Ichigo was fine.

"One more time?" Akira asked knowing his master by now. Ichigo nodded and walked through the holes back to his training grounds. Aizen and the rest decided to join. They were surprised by how destroyed the grounds looked. The sand in some areas was melted into glass while some had large craters and so on. Ichigo breathed in and out lifting his sword that he picked up when he got back to his training ground.

"Torbellino, El Fuego." Ichigo said as he moved his Nodachi blade in wide arches before he started to move the sword in one continuous circle moving the blade from one hand to the next before the blade started to spew fire in wild flying arches at random hitting the walls and the ground with tremendous force that the walls came tumbling down. The attack didn't last long, ten seconds at the shortest but the damage was incredible. When Ichigo swung his blade down in a frontal stance he looked the picture of calm. He didn't even sweat.

Akira blinked from behind the last standing rock, the rest had ducked for cover as well. Ichigo was frowning.

"It wasn't meant to be that…big." Ichigo said in a flat tone. Nnoitra laughed loudly and walked over his weapon at the ready. "Heh you look like you have too much Reiatsu on you. Wanna spar?" before Aizen could order them to take it outside the two buzzed out of view.

Gin was chuckling softly.

"Mah, mah… he's an interesting one. I wondah who woul' win in a fight between him an' ol' Yamamoto." Kaname had to admit he was curious as well. "If he like the rest kept training he might be stronger than he was when he first joined." Kaname added his two cents. Aizen nodded knowing now that he had his key piece for when he would reveal himself. After all the human running around playing Shinigami wasn't strong enough to warrant her death.

All he wanted was for Rukia to be found and his plan to be set into action.

There was a sudden explosion and a whoop before a massive burst of sand that was visible from where they stood flew into the sky almost like a mushroom cloud. Grimmjow whistled as he stared in awe. "I though he said he wasn't going to use that?" Akira asked himself as he now sat on the rock he hid behind.

They all looked shocked at the falling sand.

What on earth could have dealt that large blow without raising reiatsu?

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In Soul Society deep into the territory of Seireitei a red headed man followed after his captain.

The man was six foot two with long red hair tied in a high tail making the spiky layers from a rough shape of a pineapple. He had many symmetrical black tribal tattoos all over his body. He had a frown on his face, his captain couldn't see it but he was sad.

His goggles were tucked onto his head ready for use.

The captain was a fair man, shorter standing at five foot ten with shoulder blade length black hair held back by family heirlooms as well as a pale blue scarf. His white haori whipped as he walked.

They were both sent out to find his adopted sister and bring her back.

For trail.

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In Las Noches sitting by the oval table looking at their leader Ichigo's mind was working overtime, something was sorely amiss and he didn't like it.

"My plans have been set into motion. When the time comes to reveal ourselves I want Ichigo to be sent to Seireitei and then Ichigo I want you to find a place to hide then when it comes to show ourselves I want you to be there so we won't get overwhelmed." Ichigo nodded but in his mind he was suspicious.

Ichigo looked at Gin when Aizen turned to talk to Kaname, there was a silent conversation going on that Starkk, Grimmjow, Tier and Nnoitra noticed.

They all wondered what was going on.

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Back in the world of the living Rukia was looking down at the slumbering Karin, she had duck taped Kon to the toilet and was about to leave. She place her good-bye note on Karin's desk and sighed. She didn't want to go but she knew her time was up.

They would send someone for her now and she had nowhere to run now. She had broken the laws and thus needed to be brought in. She just hoped it wasn't her brother and Renji.

Thinking of her brother she looked at Karin, after the previous day the normally laid back girl was so sad it was heartbreaking to see her just staring ahead of her at nothing while she was in her own world.

Nodding to herself she jumped out of the window and onto the ground before she took off running. What she didn't see was Karin's eyes open.

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So I don't really have to say what's happening next do I?

Torbellino = Whirlwind

If I have any translations wrong please note me so I can fix it!

Thanks for the support!