Chapter 4: Unsettled Stealth Captain

A wave of strange energy could be felt from the two as they continued to clash swords with one another, completely oblivious to it. The energy was strange at first to Ichigo, but he suddenly realized that it wasn't just their zanpakuto's that felt different, it was the two reapers wielding them that had changed. Ichigo took a good look at how they were sparring against each other and could see the difference in this time than the future he was from.

Ichigo watched them clash again and again and noticed the difference from his future. In his future, Kyoka Suigetsu was filled with absolute loneliness and despair, same as Sosuke had when he was the way he was in Ichigo's time. He felt an emptiness that he felt couldn't be filled by anyone or anything, so he his zanpakuto felt the same thing. Sosuke was the epitome of lonely. Now, Sosuke had something that made that despair fade away completely. A purpose that he knew could only be accomplished by sticking with the very man that had saved him from his loneliness and has given him a new look on how the world should be rather than the way it was.

Back in the future, when Ichigo fought Gin he could faintly tell that his zanpakuto, Shinso, was filled with hate and revenge same as its wielder. Gin wanted nothing more than to kill Sosuke for what he had done to Rangiku at the time and felt that the only way to do that was to stick by him at all times. That plan backfired on him though when Aizen said he knew of Gin's betrayal the entire time. Now that Sosuke hadn't even attempted to form the Hogyoku, Rangiku was safe and this drove Gin to being her protector rather than her betrayer. His blade showed the will to act and protect the one thing most precious to it's master, and Ichigo couldn't help but grin at that declaration.

Ichigo continued to watch them clash until he finally decided to make his presence known. He flashed down and watched them turn towards him in near shocked expressions. They had grown used to having their teacher suddenly appearing out of nowhere completely undetected.

"I see you two have been getting in a lot of practice." Ichigo started as he folded his arms and continued to grin at the two.

"After what you did earlier to the former Kenpachi," Sosuke started with a smirk on his face and enthusiasm in his voice. "That just shows that we need to train harder than ever to even reach a level on par with you."

"Though I kinda doubt that we'll ever be truly on par with you, 'captain'." Gin raised his hands and put air quotes on captain.

"You'd be surprised at how powerful you can become when you're pushed the right way." Ichigo said to them, remembering how he was trained in near death ways.

"Well with all do respect Ichigo." Sosuke started while he sheathed his blade and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Who exactly trained you on how to fight? I'm pretty sure almost nobody was even able to see how you cut the former Kenpachi apart."

Ichigo smirked at him and started to remember how he was trained by Yoruichi in his time. She helped him with his speed in his Bankai so he could move almost as fast as her. The way he is now, he could easily out race her with no problem. Wanting to test that theory and knowing that said stealth captain had been a little too interested in him these recent years, Ichigo decided to pay her a visit sometime later. He looked over to Sosuke and Gin and answered them.

"A friend of mine you two will probably never meet." Ichigo stated as he stretched his arms up. "I'm gonna head back to my squad to see about how to make this haori smaller. You two get back to your own squad and go about your day. Understand?"

He was met with nods from both of them and he flashed away. As Ichigo flashed down a street not far from his squad, he could feel the faint spirit energy of a certain squad two stealth force member watching him. He stopped and sighed as he turned around to a tree and met the grayish eyes of his future's squad two captain, Soi-Fon. He scowled at her, causing her to grow fearful and fall out of the tree. Before she hit the ground, Ichigo caught her with one hand and held her up by the back of her collar. He looked at her with his scowl and could see how afraid she was. This Soi-Fon was completely different than the Soi-Fon back in his future. She was almost timid-like now and looked very inexperienced in hiding her energy properly. Either that, or Ichigo was just that good at detecting even the faintest of spirit energies now.

"There a reason you're spying on me girl?" Ichigo asked her in his monotoned voice with just a hint of irritation to get his point across that he was pissed off at her.

Soi-Fon quickly answered with a bow, and frantically said. "I'm sorry captain Kaiyo. I'm so sorry. My captain just wanted me to spy on you. Please don't kill her."

Ichigo was a taken aback a little at hearing her beg him not to kill Yoruichi and not herself. Then again, she worshiped Yoruichi like a goddess, so it really shouldn't surprise him that much. With a sigh of frustration that caught her attention, Ichigo dropped her and she fell on her rear from the height. Soi-Fon looked straight up at him and expected her life to end right then and there, but then she saw something from the cold captain she didn't expect.

He offered his hand to help her up. Soi-Fon looked at his hand then back to see his scowl gone and replaced with a stern look that sent a shiver through her body. With shaky hands, Soi-Fon reached up and grabbed his hand. He squeezed hers enough to hold her but not hard enough to bruise as he pulled her up. Ichigo let her hand go and crossed his arms.

"You tell your captain that if she wants to talk to me or want to know me in some way, then all she needs to do is find me." Ichigo said with a stern tone. Soi-Fon nodded to him and bowed her head in respect. Before she could even raise her head and turn to run away from him, she felt his hand on top of her head. His strong grip holding her in place. She started to get scared again at what he could possibly be thinking of right now.

"What's you're name, girl?" Ichigo asked her.

Swallowing the lump in her throat, Soi-Fon answered without sounding too terrified. "S-Soi-Fon, sir."

She felt his hand leave her head and she looked back up to him. Soi-Fon could see something in his eyes. A look not of someone like the past Kenpachi's that only craved battle and bloodshed. She saw genuine compassion and reasoning despite it being put into a monotoned stare.

"I'll be keeping my eye on you Soi-Fon." He said to her, gaining a gasp of surprise from the girl. "Learn how to truly hide your spirit energy so I can't easily find you. I also want you to get stronger, so someone like the former Kenpachi seems like child's play to you."

Soi-Fon opened her mouth to speak, but was finding it hard to form the proper words. After a few failed attempts to speak, she shook her head and asked him. "Why do you want me to get stronger sir?"

Ichigo raised an eyebrow to her question. "Simple. Because I can see that you're strong Soi-Fon. Give yourself a few more decades or even a century, and you may even rival or even surpass your own captain." With those words, Ichigo walked away from her to his squad barracks. He could tell that Soi-Fon was still standing there pondering just what he said to her. As he walked away from her knowing that he's potentially gained another ally, Ichigo smirked to himself.

A Few Weeks Later

Ichigo was noticeably bored in the captains meeting today. Ever since he became captain of squad eleven he's been summoned to many meetings in these past few weeks. Twenty in total, all about a resent increase in hollow sightings around the Rukon districts. This meeting was no different than the previous ones, but this particular hollow sighting had caught Ichigo's full attention.

"There's been a strange sighting of a mysterious type of hollow that clings onto a soul and slowly takes control of the body." Kisuke started. "We've found out that even if we were to kill the host, the hollow would simply just jump to another body completely undetectable to any of us." Kisuke was good at hiding his frustration from everyone in the room, but Ichigo could tell this was starting to frustrate him. Yoruichi could also tell her best friend was putting on a facade for the other captains, and it worried her.

"Have their been any success tracking who might be possessed by this hollow, captain Urahara?" Ichigo asked, surprising everyone in the room. Usually, the new Kenpachi only spoke when he was spoken to and never bothered asking any questions other than when the meeting was over.

Ichigo may have kept his gaze solely on Kisuke, but he could tell everyone was staring at him and wondering just why this hollow interested him. Kisuke was hesitant to answer, but relented and did so.

"So far, all we know is that it appears somewhere in between the seventieth and seventy ninth Rukon districts." Kisuke started with a hint of curiosity in his voice. He had been trying to figure out who Ichigo was ever since he first laid eyes on the boy when he first showed his blade to them. Something like that still puzzled him even to this day.

"May I ask just why this concerns you, captain Kaiyo?" Unohana asked him with her usual tone.

Ichigo looked to her and the room felt colder all of sudden. The current and first Kenpachi stared each other down for a few uninterrupted seconds before Ichigo broke the rising tension.

"If one hollow's worrying everyone so damn badly, then I'll kill it myself." He said to her in his usual monotoned voice.

"Aww, you do care, captain Kaiyo." Kyoraku said as he tipped his hat and smirked at the orange haired teen.

Ichigo didn't really respond to him and brought his attention back on Kisuke. Kisuke was unsure if he should really answer the boy or not. He was more cautious of the new Kenpachi than he would really let on, but at the same time his curiosity as a scientist got the better of him. He wanted to know just how this boy would handle things if he was given the chance.

"Well if you truly wish to do so yourself captain Kaiyo, then I guess I'll accompany you." Kisuke started in his usual jovial tone.

"That won't be necessary captain Urahara." The head captain spoke, getting everyone's attention. "If captain Kaiyo wishes to destroy this hollow himself, then he may do so. But he will be accompanied by captain Shihoin of squad two for assistance." The head captain continued as Yoruichi stood there and stared jaw dropped. "You two may bring anyone from your squad with you to deal with this hollow, and you may leave after this meeting. This meeting is finished."

The head captain banged his cane on the ground and the room cleared. Yoruichi was still a little shook up about being paired with the new and pretty intimidating captain that seemed very distant than previous Kenpachi's. Even Kiganjo wasn't this cold before and he was very battle crazy. As she walked outside along with Kisuke, she felt a hard tap on her right shoulder and turned to see Ichigo staring down at her. She stared for a few seconds dumbstruck by his sudden appearance, much to Kisuke's surprise, before answering him.

"There something you want?" She asked, masking her nervousness to how imposing he was.

"Just wanted to let you know that I'm not bringing anyone from my squad with me." Ichigo said to her in his usual voice. "And I was wondering who you were bringing with you before you flashed off and I'd have to work a bit to catch you."

Yoruichi scoffed at how he basically said he could catch her no problem. This irked her. The fact that whenever she would attempt to tease him or try to make him uncomfortable as she's done with every other captain so far, he would pay her antics no attention and actually give her the cold shoulder for the most part. That made her frustrated, but now to be told that he could catch her easily was the last straw. She decided to test the teens reflexes with a swift and sudden fist to his jaw, only for him to dodge it with flash step and appear behind her. This surprised both of them. Kisuke because even he had never seen anyone truly outmaneuver his best friend, and Yoruichi for not being able to even see how he dodged her so easily.

"If you're done tryin to hit me." Ichigo started as he placed his hand on her shoulder, sending a chill all throughout her body. "I would like for you to bring that girl Soi-Fon with you."

"What?!" She yelled out and turned to look the captain in his eyes. "How do you know who Soi-Fon is? And why do you want her to come with us?" Yoruichi was very uncomfortable with the way Ichigo had all but ordered her to bring Soi-Fon with her, but then a sudden thought popped into her mind. "Were you the one that told her to get stronger?" She said in an almost angered tone.

"Yes I did." Ichigo said nonchalantly as he crossed his arms. "I told her to get stronger, and now I want to see how strong she's gotten. Is that a problem, Yoruichi?"

She was about to speak out but something just didn't feel right about all of this. Ever since Soi-Fon came back that day a few weeks ago and told her what happened, Soi-Fon had been training like a mad woman. She had gotten truly stronger, that was for certain, but was it all just because she had a pep talk from the man she was assigned to spy on?

Yoruichi sighed and turned away from him in the direction of her squad barracks. "I'll go and get my third seat and wait for you near the seventieth Rukon district. Try not to make us women wait for you."

Before she could leave, Ichigo spoke up. "Try to keep up then after I get there."

His words irked her again and she disappeared in a flash. Ichigo could tell he got to her and smirked. After all the times he's been teased by her in his future, this was some good old fashion payback. Kisuke noticed the smirk on Ichigo's face and grinned.

"Well well well, I guess you can do more than just scowl Ichigo." He said in his jovial tone. Ichigo looked over to him and went back to his usual look. "And just like that, it's gone. You're a very interesting individual Ichigo, you know that?"

"I never noticed." Ichigo started as he crossed his arms. "Don't you even think of spying on me like Yoruichi tried to do Kisuke. If you want to know me, then all you have to do is ask." The words confused the scientific captain as Ichigo started to walk off to go on his mission. As the head of orange hair was leaving, the captain of squad ten showed up next to Kisuke.

"So." He started, getting Kisuke's attention. "What do you think?"

Kisuke looked at his friend then looked back to the direction Ichigo went to and sighed. "I honestly couldn't tell you Isshin." He started with another sigh. "I honestly just can't figure this one out at all."

"Then I guess it's time for a little Shiba intervention." Isshin said with a smirk that caught Kisuke's attention. When Kisuke saw that look, he instantly knew what that meant and kinda felt a little sorry for Ichigo now that he was going to be a part of a Shiba party.

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