In this chapter, there's going to be a murder! Oh dear! It's not going to be pretty...but since when is a murder ever pretty? And yes, Sosuke Aizen is going to be the victim.

Oh, and our protagonists are going to get to enter Soul Society. In the process, they're going to be taking a talking cat with them...since Orihime likes cats she's not going to mind.

Also, the Straw Hat Pirates are going to leave Laboon so that they can have more adventures. They were probably feeling claustrophobic.

Chapter 15: Murder In Soul Society

In his bathroom, Sosuke Aizen was taking a bath, unaware of the grisly plan that had been set up for him. The grisly plan that in question involved him dying.

Currently, he was playing with a rubber ducky, making it squeak.

"Rubber ducky, you're the one! You make bathtub lots of fun!" sang Sosuke Aizen in the bathtub.

Little did he know that at that very moment, a hitman was entering the bathroom.

That hitman was Tosen.

Sosuke Aizen continued to play in the bathtub, still unaware of the approaching assassin.

At that very moment, music from Psycho began to play.

"Why is that creepy music playing?" asked Sosuke Aizen. It was rather unnerving.

"Would you like to find out?" questioned Tosen.

As soon as he saw Tosen, he screamed like a little girl.

"Time to die, Sosuke Aizen!" bellowed the blind hitman.

Sosuke Aizen screamed so loudly that he broke the mirror nearby.

Shortly afterward, he took a knife to the chest.

Tosen left the bathroom shortly afterward, ready to report on a job well done.

"Is the deed done?" asked Gin Ichimaru.

"Yes, I took care of Sosuke Aizen..." answered Tosen.

"I'm glad that we sent you for the job...I wouldn't want to have to see Sosuke Aizen naked..." remarked Gin.

"I wouldn't mind seeing Sosuke Aizen naked..." pouted Sakura.

"That's because you're a pervert..." answered the Shinigami.

"Oh yeah...would you like to go visit me in my bedroom after we're done with our little conspiracy?" stated the female Soul Reaper.

"No thanks..." stated Gin.

Sakura Kaguya pouted.

A few hours later...

"I wonder where Captain Aizen is..." remarked Momo Hinamori.

She was expecting to go on a mission with him to slay some Hollows. Her captain was remarkably good at it.

She had to admit, her captain had been acting a bit strange lately...but she figured it was probably nothing and that it was just her imagination.

However, when she knocked on the door to his house...she did not receive an answer.

"Captain Aizen? Captain Aizen?!" exclaimed Momo. Was he at home?

For some strange reason, she couldn't help but shake the feeling that something was wrong.

Curious, she went into his house to investigate. For some strange reason, the door was unlocked...Sosuke Aizen usually kept the door locked when he was not at home.

She couldn't help but shake the feeling that someone had broken into his house. Who could it have possibly been? Were they a cat burglar?

She decided to go inside to investigate.

Immediately, she noticed footprints that did not appear to belong to her captain. Sweat began to come down her face.

"C-Captain A-Aizen? A-are you t-there?" asked Momo nervously.

Investigating further, she discovered that there appeared to be blood flowing from his bathroom.

Momo Hinamori started to worry. Reluctantly, she opened the door to the bathroom.

As soon as she saw Sosuke Aizen's lifeless body, she began to scream at the top of her lungs.

"Oh my Soul King, Captain Aizen! Oh my Soul King, somebody killed Captain Aizen! Oh my Soul King!" screamed Momo.

"You know...Sosuke Aizen's awfully sexy without his shirt on..." thought the Squad 5 lieutenant. Why couldn't he take his shirt off more often? That would really make her day.

Suddenly, she remembered that she had terrible news to tell Yamamoto. He would want to know about this. There was a murderer on the loose...and they had managed to kill Sosuke Aizen!

Immediately, she raced out of her captain's house. She couldn't believe that this was happening. This was like a nightmare that she couldn't wake up from.

Meanwhile...

"Is the portal ready? I'm feeling rather excited!" exclaimed Luffy.

"Yes, it's ready now." answered Kisuke.

"Are you coming with?" asked Orihime.

"Sorry, I can't. I'm an exile..." stated the shopkeeper. "Besides, I've got a shop to run..."

"OK...good look running your shop..." said Nami.

"By the way, would you mind looking after my cat? She wants catnip..." spoke Kisuke.

"I'll do it!" exclaimed Orihime. She loved cats.

Immediately, Kisuke gave a black cat to Orihime.

"Meow!" bellowed the black cat.

"I don't think the Soul Reapers will be happy to see a Quincy in Soul Society..." remarked Uryu.

"I hope they'll go easy on you..." said Chad.

"I doubt it." answered the bespectacled teen. The things that he did for his friend Ichigo.

Immediately, the five of them stepped into the portal.

As they did so, Kisuke Urahara bid them farewell. Hopefully the training that he had given them would be enough to prevent the execution from taking place.

Back at Soul Society...

"Extra, extra! Read it all about it! Sosuke Aizen has been murdered! All of Soul Society has been paralyzed with fear!" bellowed Yachiru.

As it turned out, Yachiru had decided to play the role of a newspaper delivery girl. Apparently, her captain Kenpachi had decided that she would be the girl for the job, since she liked to ride on a scooter.

"Take it, friends!" bellowed Yachiru, giving a newspaper to Sui-Feng.

"Sosuke Aizen? What in Hueco Mundo?!" exclaimed Sui-Feng.

This all seemed so sudden, to say the very least. Who would want to do such a thing? And who would be capable of doing such a thing as well?

No wonder Yachiru was passing out newspapers related to the subject.

"Sosuke Aizen is dead? Impossible!" bellowed Sajin. Was it the work of the Quincy?

Now that they thought of it...somebody did select a dozen Quincy to be on the jury for Rukia Kuchiki and Ichigo Kurosaki's trial.

"Is this the work of the devil?" asked Shunsui.

"Beats me!" exclaimed Yachiru as she sped away on her scooter.

"Sosuke Aizen? Momo must be devastated..." remarked Hitsugaya. Perhaps he should go comfort her.

"Well, how about that...Sosuke Aizen is dead...do you think they'll let me experiment with his corpse?" asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

"You can perform an autopsy, but that's it! Though I do believe he was stabbed..." noted Yachiru.

"Hmph..." remarked Mayuri.

Inevitably, Yachiru stopped by Gin Ichimaru's house.

"Hey there...I decided to skip Tosen's house since he couldn't read..." noted Yachiru.

"You didn't make a Braille newspaper?" asked Gin Ichimaru.

"Nope...though maybe I should make one for you since you never open your eyes..." acknowledged the pink-haired girl.

"How thoughtful of you." remarked the Soul Society captain.

Immediately, Yachiru handed Gin Ichimaru the newspaper.

He then watched Yachiru as she rode off into the sunset to deliver more newspapers.

As soon as she was gone, Gin Ichimaru tossed the newspaper into the fireplace.

"It looks like everyone in Soul Society knows about Sosuke Aizen's fate, don't they?" asked Gin Ichimaru.

"Yes, it appears that our plan is going smoothly..." remarked Kaname Tosen.

"In three weeks, Rukia will be dead and then we can get what we want!" exclaimed Sakura Kaguya.

"What about the teenage boy that's being executed as well?" asked Tosen.

"Who needs him? They can toss him off a cliff for all I care..." answered Gin Ichimaru.

Suddenly, the three of them heard a noise.

"What was that?" inquired Kaname Tosen.

"It sounds like a portal being ripped open..." questioned Sakura.

"You want me to go investigate?" asked Gin Ichimaru.

"Knock yourself out..." answered the female Soul Reaper.

Immediately, Gin Ichimaru went to investigate.

Quickly, the five Soul Society invaders began to look at their surroundings.

"It feels a bit early for us to go to heaven..." remarked Nami.

"I know...I always thought that I would come here when I was eighty or something..." noted Luffy.

"Me too..." acknowledged Orihime.

Sure enough, Soul Society was within sight.

However, it appeared that they would not let simply anyone inside, as there was an enormous gate blocking their entry.

"How are we going to get through?" asked Chad.

"There appears to be a door guard..." noted Uryu.

"He's huge!" exclaimed Orihime.

As Uryu had noticed, there was in fact a door guard. His name was Jidanbo. It appeared that Soul Society was not currently accepting visitors.

"How are we going to get past him?" inquired Nami. He looked big and strong...even if he was technically outnumbered five to one.

"Maybe we can fight him?" asked Luffy.

"I don't know...I don't like to solve my problems with violence..." stated Orihime.

"You certainly are a pacifist..." noted Uryu.

Suddenly, they noticed that he was saying something.

"I am so hungry..." remarked Jidanbo.

This gave Orihime an idea.

"Maybe if we give him some food, maybe he'll let us in..." suggested Orihime.

"Do you have any food?" asked Luffy, licking his lips.

"As a matter of fact, I do. Check out the sandwich I made!" exclaimed the teenage girl.

Sure enough, Orihime had made a sandwich with meatballs, gravy, and lettuce.

"That's a rather odd sandwich..." remarked Uryu.

"Can I have a bite?" asked Luffy.

"OK, but remember that we need to save this for the guard..." pointed out Orihime.

Luffy happily took a bite out of the sandwich.

"Delicious!" bellowed the pirate.

Orihime was really happy that Luffy appreciated her cooking. How else was she going to hone her cooking skills?

Shortly afterwards, they came up to the guard.

"What do you want?" asked Jidanbo. He was not expecting guests from outside Soul Society.

"Can you let us in?" inquired Chad.

"I can't! There's been strife in Soul Society lately and we aren't accepting any visitors!" exclaimed the guard. If his supervisor realized that he let Ryoka inside Soul Society after Sosuke Aizen's demise, he would be fired on the spot.

"I wonder what's happening in Soul Society..." questioned Nami.

"If we give you this sandwich, will you let us through?" inquired Orihime.

Curious, Jidanbo noticed how strange the sandwich looked.

But since he was starving, he decided to eat it anyway.

"Surprisingly deelicious! Well, you seem trustworthy enough. I'll let you pass...but be careful. I heard that there was a murderer on the loose." stated Jidanbo.

"A murderer? That doesn't sound good..." remarked Nami.

"Letting complete strangers in? Not today!" exclaimed Gin Ichimaru.

"Ichimaru?" asked the giant.

"I think we're going to have to take him out..." noted Nami.

Immediately, Luffy went to punch Gin Ichimaru with his elastic arm.

Unfortunately, Gin Ichimaru grabbed the arm, and he proceeded to tie up Luffy like a pretzel.

He then slammed the gate shut, leaving them trapped outside.

"Luffy! Are you alright?" asked Orihime.

"I think so...can you untie me?" inquired Luffy. Apparently Gin Ichimaru had managed to use Luffy's elasticity to his advantage.

Orihime nodded, and began to do so.

"You got tied up by your own arms...that must have been embarrassing..." noted the teenage girl.

"Yeah..." acknowledged Luffy. He felt like a balloon animal.

"Well, using the front door is out of the question. Maybe there's a back door somewhere?" asked Nami.

"Maybe I can use my arms to scale the wall!" exclaimed the pirate captain.

"That seems like a good ideas as any..." suggested Uryu. Of course, he was going to have to lift them across...but apparently Luffy could do that as well.

Immediately, he used his arms for that task. He succeeded.

He then proceeded to grab Orihime.

"You feel awfully soft..." noted Luffy.

"You're groping me..." said the teenage resident of Karakura Town.

"Sorry, sorry!" apologized the pirate captain as he lifted Orihime over the barrier.

Orihime began to blush.

"Alright then...I'll just lift our teammates up and-"

Suddenly, they heard someone running towards them.

"Huh?" asked Orihime.

As it turned out, it was Chuck Norris, who proceeded to roundhouse kick the two.

"Hiya!" bellowed Chuck Norris.

Immediately, they were sent flying over the barrier, screaming as they did so.

Fortunately, Chuck Norris had been saving most of his titanic reiatsu for the upcoming execution in three weeks...otherwise Luffy and Orihime likely would have died.

"Oof!" bellowed Luffy as he fell on his face.

"Are you going to be OK, Luffy?" asked Orihime. That was fairly painful.

"I think so..." answered the pirate. Infiltrating Soul Society was a rough business.

"Oh man...why can't Chuck Norris be on our side?" asked Orihime.

"I didn't know that he was a Soul Reaper..." questioned Chad.

"Nami's right...we shouldn't use the front door...and apparently scaling the walls isn't going to work either..." noted Uryu.

"Maybe there's someone in Soul Society that can help us?" inquired Nami.

Jadinbo pointed to the poverty-stricken part of Soul Society...also known as the part that did not have an enormous gate. Perhaps they would be able to give them a hand.

"Thanks..." answered the teenage pirate girl.

Hopefully they would help them sneak inside Soul Society so that they didn't get caught again. It was getting to be a real pain.

Back in Seiretei...

"Did you take care of the intruders?" asked Kaname Tosen.

"Yes...though I'm not quite sure what they're here for..." answered Gin Ichimaru.

"Maybe they're here to prevent the execution?" inquired Sakura Kaguya.

"If so, we may have a problem..." acknowledged Tosen.

"Well, it's too bad for them! I already shut the gate down on them!" exclaimed the treasonous Squad 3 captain.

"Alright then. I guess we won't have to worry about any Ryoka..." remarked Sakura.

Still, she wondered if they would try to find a way around the gate.

How exactly did they manage to get into Soul Society, anyway? She was under the impression that Soul Society was inaccessible to mere mortals...though admittedly it hadn't stopped them from trying.

Perhaps they had help from a Soul Society exile. She heard that some of them were still capable of creating passageways between the Soul Society and the Human World. It was quite fascinating really.

Of course, she hadn't visited the human world in quite some time. She had gotten tired of her duties as as a lieutenant, especially since her superiors refused to allow her to be a captain.

It was quite frustrating, really. She thought that she deserved to be captain more than anyone else in Soul Society...and yet nobody else saw things her way. What the heck was their problem?

Well, they would realize their mistake soon enough when she became one of the strongest Shinigami in the history of ever. Everything was going according to plan...and soon they would all get what they wanted, including her two accomplices.

Personally she wondered when exactly they would realize what was happening...but since she thought they were all morons she figured they would never figure it out until it was too late.

Things were just going so smoothly.

In the stomach of the giant whale...

"How long have we been walking?" asked Karin.

"This stomach sure is spacious..." noted Yuzu.

"It sure is..." answered Sanji.

Suddenly, they began to hear voices...one that sounded like a man and one that sounded like a woman.

"Who could that be?" inquired Yuzu.

"Be quiet...I don't think you want them to hear you..." warned Crocus.

Karin put her fingers across her lips to remind Yuzu.

"Oh..." whispered the young Quincy-empowered girl.

Sure enough, there were two people inside the whale. The male was wearing a crown on his head, while the female had blue hair.

"We sure are going to make a lot of beri off this whale, aren't we, Miss Wednesday?" asked the man of the group.

"Yes, Mr. 9...I'm sure that the citizens of Whiskey Peak will appreciate what we have done..." agreed Miss Wednesday. They just loved the taste of whale meat. Of course, they were already wealthy with her being a princess and all...but it never hurt to have some extra cash. It might come in handy for a rainy day.

Suddenly, Yuzu launched a Quincy arrow at Mr. 9.

"Yuzu!" bellowed Karin.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself!" exclaimed Yuzu.

This immediately got Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday's attention.

"What's this? It appears that someone doesn't like what we're doing here..." noted Mr. 9.

"Apparently someone supports whales...especially really big ones..." answered Miss Wednesday.

Apparently, they were going to have to do something about them.

Immediately, the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to fight.

Suddenly, they heard a noise.

"Wait, what was that?" asked Mr. 9.

Curious, Miss Wednesday looked up.

As it turned out, they were standing right underneath Laboon's blowhole.

"Oh..." said Miss Wednesday.

Suddenly, they were sent flying by a sudden burst of water, sending them flying out of the whale. Unsurprisingly, they began to scream.

"Well, that was awfully convenient for us..." remarked Zoro.

"You think we can use it to get out of here?" asked Karin.

"That's not a good idea, actually...though personally I wonder what whale would taste like myself..." answered Sanji.

"Nooooo! Save the whales!" screamed Yuzu.

"Alright, alright!" bellowed the chef.

Immediately, the Straw Hat Pirates used the blowhole to successfully escape Laboon's stomach.

"Thanks for your help, Crocus..." said Karin.

"It's the least I could do for saving Laboon..." answered Crocus.

"Actually, we didn't do that...Laboon saved himself..." pointed out Usopp.

"Oh...well, thanks anyway!" exclaimed the old man.

Yuzu and Karin shrugged.

They had to admit, ever since they had gone to the world of pirates...they had been having some crazy adventures.

Still, they got the feeling that they were going to enjoy their stay. Apparently the world of pirates was also a world of adventure. Besides, it got a bit boring in a quiet town like Karakura. The soul-sucking Hollows weren't as threatening to them as they looked.

However, they wondered if their father was worried about them.

Also, they got the feeling that their older brother Ichigo had gotten into hot water while they were gone, though they weren't quite sure what was happening. Was he going to be alright?

"Where are we going next?" asked Karin.

"Unfortunately we still don't have a navigator..." noted Sanji.

"I guess we could go to Whiskey Peak..." answered Zoro.

"But I don't want to get drunk..." complained Yuzu. She was not an alcoholic.

"You don't have to drink booze if you don't want to...though admittedly we've been drinking it a lot lately..." acknowledged Usopp. Booze was the love of his life.

"We're too young to drink..." pointed out Karin.

"Do we really have to have children onboard?" asked the sniper.

"Well, the marines have been leaving us alone ever since we placed them on the ship...maybe they think they're hostages..." suggested Zoro.

Sure enough, there was a marine ship nearby...but they were completely ignoring them.

"I'm starting to feel a bit guilty..." remarked Sanji.

"But we're crew members..." stated Yuzu.

"I don't think the marines see it that way..." noted Zoro.

"Whatever! As long as the marines are off our backs, I'm happy! They almost executed Luffy!" exclaimed Usopp. What would they do without their precious pirate captain? Take up a career as ninja and go battle an evil ninja lord with a snake fetish?

"That must have been traumatic..." remarked Karin. Oddly enough she in fact had met the guy...and wondered why the marines wanted him dead.

Shrugging, she decided that she could ask questions later. For now, it was time for them to get going. Hopefully they would not end up being swallowed by another whale. Why were they so hungry today?

Immediately, the Straw Hat Pirates set off towards Whiskey Peak. It was time for another crazy adventure.

Little did they know that Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday were currently following them...

"Our boss is going to want to know everything about them..." remarked Mr. 9.

"He sure is." nodded Miss Wednesday.

It appears that getting into Soul Society won't be easy as our Ryoka protagonists have thought...surely there has to be another way in, right? On the lighter side of things, the Straw Hat Pirates have found a way out of Laboon.

In the next chapter, well, you probably already know where our protagonists are going. But if not, they're going to the impoverished side of Soul Society and Whiskey Peak respectively.

I'll see you later now!