Chapter 13: The Deal

Kisuke and Yoruichi woke up in a daze as they felt that they were in a comfortable bed and close together nonetheless. It took them a while to compose themselves as they lazily looked around the room while they still lay on the bed. From what they could see, the room was light gray color and was fairly large. There was a small table with two chairs next to them, a few empty bookshelves, two drawers next to each other, and another door in front of the bed. The bed they were on was a Queen size bed with red silk sheets that were covering up the two. They looked to each other, wondering where were they until they both realized something that made them both blush to the other.

They were both in the same bed together and very close to one another.

Yoruichi was the first to react as she quickly rose up from the bed and looked to Kisuke. She went from embarrassed to confused when she saw him blushing even harder at her and starting at her with his jaw dropped. She wanted to question why he was doing that until she looked at her self and saw to her horror that her upper body was completely exposed. She quickly covered herself with the sheets and looked away from Kisuke's gaze, her dark face turning red from embarrassment.

Kisuke recomposed himself and sat up only to realize that he was also topless. he lifted the sheet and instantly forced it back down as he saw that both he and Yoruichi were completely naked underneath. Kisuke turned as red as a tomato at this revelation. He was in a large bed with Yoruichi, they were both close to one another, they were both tired, and they were both naked.

"Uh, Kisuke?" Yoruichi decided to start as she saw how flushed her best friend looked. "What's wrong?"

Kisuke didn't say anything and instead just pointed under the sheets. Yoruichi pulled the sheets up and shoved them back down just as fast. The two stayed silent and had no idea what to do. That was when Aka opened up a door on the far side of the room and went inside with two trays. Both trays had a bowl of rice each and a cup of tea with chopsticks next to them. Ever since all hollows here in the new palace became arrancar's, a sudden new revelation hit them all. The hunger for hollows had changed to hunger for just regular food surprisingly. Luckily for them, Ichigo did form a large kitchen that some of the arrancar had taken a liking to using to cook. It helped keep everyone happy and also keep morale up for this all of a sudden new craving everyone was feeling.

"Here ya'll go." Aka started as he finished setting the trays down. "Hope ya'll like it and try not do anything stupid again." Aka started to walk to the door and turned around to say one last thing to the two. "Also, my name is Aka Hebi, espada number two. If ya'll need anything, I'll be right outside."

Aka left the room and the two in it naked and confused. They looked at each other before hearing their stomachs growling.

"Might as well." Yoruichi said with a shrug.

Kisuke merely sighed at his friends relaxed tone and decided to just go with it all. It's not like this whole thing could get any weirder or more bizarre than it already had been. They both moved over to the table while still wrapped in the sheets and sat down to eat. The rice was pretty good and the tea was remarkable to the both of them. They ate in silence as neither one wanted to really bring up just what they were really feeling about the other at this point. They both remembered having some sort of battle within themselves in their own inner worlds and being told to fight for the affection of the other. That was something that they very much wanted to avoid talking about. After they were done eating and drinking the tea, they simply sat there, not looking at one another. They stayed that way for a few minutes before finally looking each other in the eye.

"Yoruichi." He started.

"Kisuke." She started.

Right before they could say anything though, the door opened and in walked the last person they thought they would see. Ichigo walked inside with some clothes in hand. Both Yoruichi and Kisuke stood up fast and only reacted to the captain they knew walking in and not the sheet falling off of them.

"Well then." Ichigo started as he looked away from the two for a second. "It seems you two have decided to go with a more natural look I guess."

They both covered themselves up and kept looking to him with looks of disbelieve. Ichigo casually went over to the bed and laid the clothes down. They were similar to what the two wore beforehand, only now they were white instead of black.

"Ichigo." Kisuke started as he went over to the orange haired captain. "Just what in the hell is going on here? Where are we?"

"And why are we in this room together with no clothes on?" Yoruichi asked him with a subtle anger to her voice.

"Well the whole naked thing was really you two." Ichigo started to them as he made his way over to a chair. As he sat in it, the two looked to him confused. "When we brought you two here, your clothes were tattered so we replaced them with some of our yukata's, but for some reason or another you two kept ripping them off of each other."

They both blushed hard as they looked at one another then quickly looked away.

"The reason you two are here in this room is because this is now your room now." Ichigo continued on as the two looked to him with more confusion. "The both of you are in Hueco Mundo. More specifically, Las Noches."

The two's blood ran cold when they were told this. How had the hollows rebuild the palace that was destroyed long ago in the wars here? Who the hell could unite the hollows to even rebuild the palace anyway? So many questions going through their heads as Ichigo simply continued.

"I think that answers your questions, so I might as well ask what I need to ask and say what I need to say." Ichigo continued as he motioned for the two to sit on the bed while he finished what he wanted to say. They decided to listen and sat down to hear him out. "I want you two to join my army to destroy the soul society." They both immediately went wide eyed and stood up to stare at him in disgust. How could he think that they would just willingly help him destroy their home? He must have some nerve to think they would. "Now before you two start telling me off, I want you both to hear what I have to say. True, I have my own reasons for wanting to destroy the soul society. Reasons I'll eventually share with you two when the time is right. The reason I'm giving you two this choice is because of what happened to you both and what exactly that means for you two now."

Both Kisuke and Yoruichi looked at him with narrowed eyes. "What are you talking about?" Kisuke asked him in a more concerned tone than an angry one.

"What's wrong with us?" Yoruichi asked in a similar tone.

Ichigo smirked and began to explain. "The last thing that you two should remember is being in a field seeing Shinji and the others with hollow masks on their faces right?" The two nodded and continued to listen. "What do you two think happened from when you found them and just now when you two woke up?"

Yoruichi was taking longer to figure it out, but Kisuke had a very sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach. Ichigo noticed that look of uncertainty in his face and smirked again. Yoruichi looked over to her friend and asked him what he figured out. He looked right into her golden eyes to give a grim answer.

"Whatever happened to Hiyori and the others happened to us as well." He said to her.

Yoruichi gasped as it was all coming back to her. The fight in her inner world against that white out version of herself. How she was destroyed by it and how much it wanted Kisuke so much. Almost as if it wanted to take him for itself.

"That's right." Ichigo continued, getting their attention. "Those were your inner hollows trying to fight for dominance of your body. They took over you both for a time and I could tell by how stronger they were getting that you two were losing horribly, so I intervened. Now, with some practice, you can access the hollows power to use as your own. You're no longer soul reapers. You're Vizards now, a soul reaper with a hollow mask."

"So, what the hell does that have to with us willingly joining you?" Yoruichi asked, still more than a little furious at Ichigo wanting them to be traitors.

Ichigo merely smirked at her and then slowly turned his attention to Kisuke. "I'm pretty sure he's already figured it pout by now."

Yoruichi looked to her best friend and could see him standing there with his mouth agape and sporting a disturbed look to his eyes. "What?" She started as she grabbed him gently by the arm. Kisuke turned to her with the same expression. "What Kisuke? What does he mean?" Now she was really afraid of what the future might hold for them both.

Kisuke took a deep breath and answered her. "Most likely the soul society will put things together and figure out what happened." He started while looking to her confused expression. "Think about it Yoruichi. Hollow presences in the soul society and soul reapers reportedly saying that their squad members wore a mask and went on killing sprees. And all us that were there aside from Tessai, who saw Hiyori and the others, seeing the both of us with those mask even for a brief second. The central 46 would have us executed as hollows even if we had control of it."

Yoruichi went wide eyed as she sat back on the bed followed by Kisuke sitting next to her. "What are you saying to me Kisuke?" She asked in a low tone.

"I'm saying that we're in corner now, and there's not many options for us to go." Kisuke answered as he held her hand.

Ichigo could tell that the two needed some privacy, so he stood up to leave. Before he did, he got their attention with his next words. "If you two decide not to join me, then all you'll be able to do is wonder in Hueco Mundo forever. None of of my arrancar will hunt you down, but the other hollows out there won't be so kind. I'll give you till tomorrow to give me an answer."

As Ichigo was walking to the door, Kisuke had to ask him a few things. "What about Hiyori, Shinji, Kensei, Mashiro, Love and Rose?"

Ichigo turned his head to answer. "I sent them somewhere so they could figure out how to overcome their own hollow. Their strong, they'll figure it out."

"And Tessai?" Kisuke continued. "You let him live on purpose didn't you?"

Ichigo turned around and answered in his monotoned voice. "Yes. I did." And with that, Ichigo left the room and left them to ponder what to do. When he closed the door, he looked to Aka and sighed. "Make sure they don't leave this room until I get back Aka."

"No problem." Aka said with a smile and a thumbs up. Ichigo left Las Noches through a garganta so he wouldn't be late for a very important moment in the Seireitei.

Captain's Meeting Room

Ichigo arrived within the meeting room only a few minutes before a ceremony took place. He stood in his place, proud of the four in the center of the room standing at attention. His four students took the captains test a few days ago and excelled in every aspect of it, proving that they are indeed ready for the role of captains. The head captain walked into the room with his lieutenant behind him carrying four folded captains haori's in hand. The four were happy that their training and hard work and dedication had given them this glorious opportunity.

"This meeting is called to order." The head captain announced as he sat down in his chair. "As you are all aware by now, we have lost six captains and Ginrei Kuchiki is stepping down as captain of the sixth squad. That left us in a vulnerable position, but with the recommendation of captain Kaiyo, we have found four very well capable candidates for the the roles of captains. These four truly exceeded all expectations on the captains test and have proven without any doubt that they deserve the rank of captain." The old man nodded to his lieutenant and he gave them their respected captains haori.

Soi-Fon was given the haori of the squad two captain. Yoruichi never was a huge fan of wearing it, so she swore to herself that she would do better than her old captain by wearing it with pride in her duties.

Gin became captain of squad three much like before in Ichigo's eyes, only this time it was gonna be different. Gin wasn't like the snake in the grass type of person anymore. He wanted to prove that he deserved this rank and lead his new squad to even greater heights than before.

Byakuya was truly proud of himself for achieving this goal. He was happy to stand along his friends and now fellow comrades as he received his grandfathers haori. He would wear it with pride and now that he was head of the Kuchiki clan, he could bring Hisana into his home, permanently.

Sosuke was absolutely thrilled on the inside to be receiving a new squad five haori for himself. He knew the actual reason he was given this opportunity because of how he and his daughter dealt with his former captain, but the feeling nonetheless was absolutely incredible to him.

All four newly appointed captains placed their haori's on and bowed to the head captain. Said head captain nodded to them and banged his cane onto the ground. "Now, you four are truly among our ranks. Congratulations."

"Thank you head captain." The four said in unison and bowed to him. The four took their places among their fellow and the meeting went along like normal.

After the meeting was done and the captains all filed out of the room, Ichigo approached his students turned captains with a smirk on his face. "So how does it feel to be a part of the captains now?"

"This is amazing." Sosuke started in an excited tone.

"Really can get used to this." Gin said as he stretched himself out in his haori.

"I'm very excited to see just how I can change things for my clan now." Byakuya said with a smile on his face.

"This is probably one of the best days of my life." Soi-Fon added with a smile on her face.

"Well you guys deserve it. I'm proud of each and every single one of you. Now prove that you deserve to keep those haori's and lead your squads to greatness. Understood?" Ichigo said to them in a stern tone that also had a smirk on it.

"Yes captain!" They said to him.

"Now, lets go celebrate." Ichigo said to the four as they began to make their way to a bar to have a celebratory drink before getting back to work tomorrow.

I Will Be Filling the Role Of Squad's 7 And 9 With Kaname And Komamura Like Before, But I Will NOT Be Putting Mayuri In This Story. Really Can't Stand That Guy, So I Guess I'll Figure Something Out With That.

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