Though they were beaten down by Ten Rave, the three guild alliance has given up yet. Four members stayed behind to unlock the seal to the D.E.C. Shade, aka Korodo, was beaten easily by Uryu and Shinji, but the remaining nine are much stronger. At this very moment, Rukia is up against the animal woman named Cat.

"Before we start, what's with the cat theme you got going on?" Rukia asked.

"They're just my favorite animal and they can be quite dangerous when they want to be. Want to see?" Cat taunted.

"You're going to need more than that fur to protect you from my cold. Ice-Make: Lance!" Rukia shot out lances made of ice, but Cat jumped back and used acrobatic movements to move up a tree and escaped unscathed. "There's no way! How did she avoid it?" Cat jumped down and drover her leg into Rukia's stomach. She's in for a real catfight.

"Cat Fight"

Rukia took a hard hit, but she was able to get back up and Cat was confident in her abilities to bring her down.

"You're a lot tougher than you look." Cat said.

"Oh man. How am I suppose to beat this girl?" Rukia said. Cat acted first and knocked her back down.

"Tell you what, I'll let you go if you just stay on the ground. That's where you belong anyway." Cat said.

"Not a chance." Rukia said.

"You think you can beat me on your own? Your ice is nothing compared to me." Cat said.

"What did you say? You're going down." Rukia said and the fight was on. Rukia used all the ice she could against her. Cat took off into the forest and Rukia went after her. "Ice-Make: Death Scythe!" Rukia swung her scythe down, but Cat avoided that attack too. Cat was avoiding everything Rukia was throwing at her.

"Not bad. Especially for someone who is part of a weak official guild." Cat said.

"What? That does it." Rukia said. She wasn't going to have her guild mocked as well.

"As much as I like to torture you, I'm going to have to end this." Cat said. "Cheetah!" Her fur changed into a brighter shade of yellow with black spots.

"No way! She really uses Animal Soul of Take Over Magic?!" Rukia said. She wasn't expecting that at all.

"That's right and in this form, you won't be able to touch me at all." Cat said. Her speed increased greatly that she was gone in a blink of an eye.

"Where did she go?" Rukia said, but she was met with a barrage of attacks coming from every direction. "I can't even see her." Rukia was hit hard and rolled against the ground and ended up being in an opened area in the forest. Cat skid to a stop.

"Lioness." Cat said and returned to the form she was previously in. "You can't hit me. There's no way you're even going to be able to beat me." Cat grinned at her easy victory, but she saw another attack coming and was hit by a barrage of icicles.

"Rukia!" Rukia got back on her feet and saw Toshiro was finally able to catch up to them. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm glad you got here when you did." Rukia said.

"So another one of your friends showed up." Cat said as she got back up. "That won't save you from me. I'll just take care of the both of you."

"Be careful. She's agile and can change forms." Rukia said.

"That doesn't matter. We'll take her down." Toshiro said.

"Let's get going." Cat said.

"You asked for it. Ice Dragon's Slash!" Toshiro's hand was covered in a claw made of ice. He tried to slash at her, but Cat was able to avoid it.

"Ice-Make: Geyser!" Rukia slammed her hands on the ground and ice shot out of the ground, but Cat flipped around on the ice and avoided that attack. "There's no way! Toshiro hit her earlier. How is she avoiding us?"

"Ice Dragon's Roar!" Toshiro roared out a blast of ice, but Cat jumped over it without even looking. 'How did she knew how to avoid it?! She didn't even turn around.' He thought. It wasn't making any sense. Toshiro was able to hit her earlier, but now she was avoiding everything.

"You two are fast and strong, but what good is it if you can't even hit me." Cat said and started to attack the both of them. "Just give it up!" She clubbed the both of them, but neither of them were going to give up.

"This is insane. We can't even hit her." Rukia said. "It's like she's reading our attacks somehow. Are the rest of them this powerful?"

"Yet, she didn't avoid my attack when I first arrived." Toshiro said as he began to think of a plan that would help them defeat her. Perhaps he can figure out how she's doing it and give them the advantage.

…

Natsu and Erza

Natsu was sniffing around the area to try and get a pick on Ten Rave's scent, but it didn't seem like he wasn't having any luck.

"Have you picked up on anything?" Erza said.

"No." Natsu said.

"Perhaps you can try to track Orihime's scent since you're more familiar with it." Erza suggested. "Those pins have been in her hair for a very long time."

"Speaking of scent, something has been bugging me for a while." Natsu said.

"Really? What is it?" Erza said.

"That creep in the hood, the one that doesn't seem to have a name." Natsu said.

"Are you referring to the one Nanao claimed was the master?" Erza said.

"Yeah. I couldn't tell because there were so many scents blending together." Natsu said. "Yet I got a small trace of that guy's scent from when we first encountered him. There's something vaguely familiar about it."

"That is a little interesting. You think it's someone we encountered before?" Erza said.

"I'm not sure." Natsu said. Another mystery added to the mission that leads to a good question. Who could be the one truly behind all this?

…..

Toshiro and Rukia

The two of them just stood across from Cat. Toshiro was whispering something to Rukia. Cat didn't seem concerned about it because she didn't see herself losing.

"Toshiro, you can't be serious." Rukia said.

"It's the only chance we got." Toshiro said.

"Whatever plan you had is not going to work against me." Cat said.

"Toshiro, this seems like a bad idea." Rukia said.

"Too bad. I'm going to do this my way." Toshiro said and froze Rukia. Then had lifted it up to the sky so she wouldn't break free and get in the way.

"That's a bit cold. Are all you ice wizards like that?" Cat said.

"I'm better off working alone." Toshiro said.

"Trying to act tough little boy? Don't think I'm going easy on you just because you're a kid." Cat said.

"I'm no kid and I wouldn't be so sure if I were you. Ice Dragon's Icicles!" Toshiro shot out icicles from his hand, but Cat avoided all of them as well.

"It's pointless." Cat said, but saw Toshiro was making a run for it.

"Over here. Come and get me." Toshiro said.

"You asked for it." Cat said and went after him with cat-like movements and went after him. "I'm going to rip you to shreds."

"I wouldn't get too close if I were you. Ice Dragon's Frozen Scales!" Toshiro covered himself in ice spikes and kept her from going any closer with his clothes getting ripped. "Careful. One wrong move and you'll get a serious case of frostbite." Toshiro kept moving as he felt pretty safe and kept moving.

"You think that will stop me? White Tiger!" Her fur changed to white with black stripes. Cat pounced and hit Toshiro in the back and smashed through the ice. Cat kept striking against him, but he kept moving. "Where are you going?"

"Just a little further." Toshiro said. Toshiro made it to the edge of a cliff and waited for Cat to come to him.

"It's the end of the line." Cat claimed.

"Not yet. Ice Dragon's Hail!" Toshiro shot bullets of ice, but Cat could even avoid something small and fast.

"When are you going to learn that it's no use?" Cat said. She got behind him and kicked him right in the back. Cat turned back into her basic form and walked over to him. He turned him around and sat on his lap. She grew out her nails and held them under his chin. Toshiro was panting and there didn't seem to be a way for him to get out of this. "I'll admit that you held your own pretty good kid, but you never stood a chance against Ten Rave. Ten ways of destruction, ten forms of glory. There's nothing you could have done to stop us."

"Is that so?" Toshiro said with a grin. "You sound so confident since you're able to avoid our attacks, but I've figure out what your magic."

"What do you mean?" Cat said.

"I was able to hit you with my first attack. Isn't that strange since you dodged everything else?" Toshiro said and Cat gave herself a nervous gulp. "You set up a special area around yourself just like how animals rely on their instincts. That area allows you to sense an attack coming and then you can react to it. However, your opponent has to be in the area for it to work."

"Maybe, but what does it matter now?" Cat said.

"It's because Rukia is outside the perimeter of the area now." Toshiro said. "She has a clear shot and you won't be able to avoid her attack." Cat looked back to the ice pillar and saw the top blew off with Rukia ready to fire.

"I might not be as good as a snipper as Uryu, but I think I should be able to hit her." Rukia said. Cat got up and was worried.

"So you were really giving her a snipping post, but there's no way she should be able to hit me from there." Cat said.

"You think so? You should never underestimate a member of our guild." Toshiro said. "We're practically unstoppable."

"Here goes! Ice-Make: Super Freezing Arrow!" Rukis shot out the area and it was heading directly towards Cat and she didn't know how to avoid it.

"It's so fast and bright!" Cat said and got blasted by it. She laid unconscious as Rukia and Toshiro regrouped.

"That was tough." Rukia said.

"Yes and there are still some out there that are just as powerful." Toshiro said. "Hopefully she'll wake up just enough for her to tell us where the rest of them are hiding out."

"I just hope it's before we're too late." Rukia said.

…

Ten Rave's Hideout

"I can't believe this. Now, Cat has fallen!" Master said as he sensed another is gone.

"Cat was actually beaten?!" Tarantula said.

"It would seem I greatly underestimated our foes." Master said. "I'll deal with their failures later." He placed a few candles and lit them up. "Now to transfer the magic and have the D.E.C. begin its awakening."

…

Orihime: How do people know when others are talking about jewel which is money and jewel which is a stone?

Ichigo: I don't know. You just have to be more specific.

Orihime: Do you think things such as wind have any effect on them? Do you think they can break them?

Ichigo: What? What goes on in that head?

Ichigo: Next Time: Wind Breaker

Orihime: If wind is that strong, maybe we should stay out of the way.