Chapter 5: Leaving, Rei's Hand

Vas Talking

Rei Talking With Bindings

Shiro Talking

Before G got to Ichigo, Shiro was having the time of his life facing this captain. He had been using nothing but pure brute strength to match this captains and was holding his own, even getting in a few strikes here and there. Vas was keeping the other soul reapers and the bigger captain at bay while Rei simply stood in place as he was soon surrounded himself. The soul reapers around him were nervous, even their blind captain when couldn't sense anything coming from this particular hollow.

"What exactly is he if he has no spirit energy?" Kaname thought to himself. "If he isn't strong enough to even possess a fraction of power, then perhaps Lord Aizen could correct that whenever we decide to leave."

Rei stood there, motionless and with his arms crossed as he watched his two younger brother fighting. He could tell that Shiro wasn't going all out in his battle to prolong it all, same with the captain he was fighting. Vas was also holding back against the large captain as well, but was easily dispatching the other soul reapers in the process. If this continued though, they would have to deal with the rest of the captains before G could even get close enough to them. Then there was the fact of actually finding Ichigo with no obstacles in his way. That would be the true deciding factor in all of this.

"At this rate, if G isn't back here with Ichigo soon-" Rei thought to himself before a massive spiritual pressure pressed down on the entire area. "Shit."

Both Vas and Shiro stopped their fights when they felt this pressure as well. They stepped back next to each other and watched as the head captain, along with the remaining captains started to appear around the three brothers. Both Vas and Shiro quickly glanced over to Rei and saw him slightly shake his head. Both brothers understood what this meant and stood their ground.

"I do not know what you abominations are," the head captain boomed out. "But you have the gall and the foolishness to openly invade the Seireitei. That act alone means death, and seeing as though you three are all hollows of some kind, you shall die regardless."

Rei knew that he would have no choice but to do something sooner or later as his brothers weren't ready to face down someone as powerful as the head captain just yet. They were powerful, yes and could take on multiple captain class soul reapers at best, but the old man was on another level of power. Just as Rei was about to remove the bindings on his right hand this time, both he and the others felt Ichigo's faint energy skyrocket. They all visibly gasped under their breathes as they looked to where Ichigo's energy was coming from. Just as fast as it appeared was as fast as it left. The three quickly regained their composure and Vas looked to Rei. Rei in turn nodded to him and both Vas and Shiro nodded. They both sonidoed behind Rei before anyone could really stop them and took defensive positions around their older brother.

Rei reached for the bindings to his right wrist and started to untie it. All the captains tensed for a second as they saw this and took defensive positions in the process. Rei's right hand had another symbol all along his palm that stretched around to the back of his hand and to his wrist. It looked like some kind of black smoke that had blood red outlines to it.

"It's time for us to leave, soul reapers." Rei said to them all as he could feel G approaching them.

"That will not be happening, you damn hollows!" The small, petite captain yelled out. "Move in men!"

Just as the stealth forces were closing in, Rei's hand glowed a crimson color and formed a sword made of some kind of dark energy. The strange thing though, no one could feel any energy coming off of this hollow. Almost as if he didn't have any to start off with. The stealth forces stopped in their tracks as Rei held up his 'blade' high into the air. He brought it down and to everyones surprise, nothing happened. They looked at the hollow and some even started to laugh as they thought he was weak and had no power to his swing.

"Nothing." Aizen thought to himself, greatly disappointed. "This hollow greatly overestimates himself."

"Damn." Rei started as he straightened himself and caused his weapon to recede back into his hand. "I can't believe I actually missed. I'm a little out of practice I guess."

Just as he was wrapping his hand back up with the bindings, the head captain took notice of a fissure near his right foot. He saw that it was going behind him and he turned to an absolute shocker. That attack hadn't been for show. It did damage, too much damage. The fissure in the ground started off small, but quickly gained length as it cut clean through several buildings of the Seireitei and even the Sokyoku hill. The fissure stretched all the way towards the other side of the Seireitei and stopped right at the other south gate. Everyone looked on in absolute horror as a large section of their home had been completely wiped out from existence in a flash. As they all looked on in absolute horror, they failed to hear a whistle.

G had sonidoed next to his brothers with Ichigo on his back. The three saw that G had Ichigo in tow, and looked relatively unharmed aside from the deep cuts and stabs to his back. "We ready to go?" He asked them.

Rei quickly unwrapped his left hand and quickly opened a Senkaimon before anyone could stop them. They all jumped through it and watched as the Senkaimon closed. They breathed a sigh of relief as Rei had re-wrapped his bindings and they all proceeded to walk on to the other side of the gate. When they left the Dangai, they found themselves back in Karakura town but far into a forested area where they stopped to rest.

"Alright." Rei started as he undid his bindings to his jaw. "Shiro, me and you will go and get our gigai's from the house. Vas you stay with G and you two keep Ichigo safe until we get back."

Everyone nodded and started to do what they were told to do. G was still holding onto Ichigo and just trying to keep his brother from bleeding out too much. Vas was sitting next to him and also very worried about how Ichigo was doing and whatever power he had unlocked beforehand.

The two waited for a few minutes before both Shiro and Rei came back with all four bodies in tow. Rei and Shiro dropped the other two bodies down and quickly got into theirs. G and Vas got into theirs and the four quickly ran over to the hospital for their brother. They went through the doors and to the receptionist.

"We need to see doctor Ishida." G started as he continued to carry Ichigo around.

The receptionist nodded before calling him to the front. It didn't take long for the man to show up and gasp a bit at Ichigo's condition.

"Bring him here. Come on." Ryuken ordered them as they followed him to a room and were told to wait outside while he and his son worked on Ichigo. The four could do nothing but sit in the waiting area and hope that Ichigo was okay.

A Few Hours Later

All four brothers had been waiting patiently for the one doctor that knew of what they were to return with some kind of news. It wasn't the waiting that was getting to some of them though, or the injuries Ichigo might have suffered, it was what sort of power that he had unlocked under the stress. They all felt it when he released that energy, and in all honesty it did sort of terrify them. Terrify them in the sense that their little brother was going to permanently be on the radar for all the spiritual worlds now. Who knows what might happen now that he'll want to know just what happened or why he would later on feel a gnawing feeling in the back of his mind. Other questions would also come later on, but for now the four didn't care about answers and simply wanted to know that Ichigo was alright.

Rei and G were still sitting in the waiting area just down the hall from the surgery room. Shiro was pacing around them, only stopping a few times. And Shiro had left to get some take out a while ago. They were all a little on edge right now and just wanted to see their brother okay. They all had different ways of calming down at some point or another, but right now G started to smirk and chuckle under his breath a bit.

"What's so funny, G?" Vas asked him, still pacing.

"No, no. I'm just remembering when Ichigo was five and he thought that he was tall enough to help me cook that one time." G started as he started to chuckle under his breath again.

Rei started to smirk a bit at the memory. "Yeah, I remember when I got back home there was flower all over the place, and Shiro looked like he was covered in blood."

Vas started to chuckle a little louder than the others. "Sad part is that that red stuff was just the bottle of hot sauce that Ichigo found in the counter."

"Yeah, and Shiro kept running around shouting, 'I'm on fire. It f'n burns.'" G started to laugh a bit along with the others as well.

They were laughing so much that they didn't see Ryuken come out of the room. The man sighed in relief at a successful surgery and looked over to see the three sharing a laugh. Although Ryuken was a cold man at times, he did enjoy seeing these guys live a happy life like their mother intended for them to have.

"Masaki. You'd be proud of them, I'm sure." He thought to himself before he walked over with his stoic facade up once more. "Ichigo will make a full recovery." This broke the circle of laughter as they looked to Ryuken and quickly stood up. Now before any of you barge into his room, I want to inform you that he is asleep and stable. We want to keep it that way for now." He went a little closer until only the three could hear his next words. "Also his spirit energy is stable and steadily rising. I might have to put him in a gigai if you three refuse to teach him anything."

"We may have no choice but to." Rei started as he looked to Vas and G. "Those soul reapers hurt him and he couldn't do anything about it till the stress triggered whatever his abilities are. We can't make the same mistake twice."

Despite how they felt, both Vas and G nodded to the statement.

"Can we see him?" Vas asked the Quincy.

"Not now." Ryuken answered while pushing up his glasses. "He'll need to rest for some time, but I will keep watch on him, same with my son. We'll make sure that Ichigo is safe and that his reiatsu doesn't go out of control. You're free to stay here till then, but don't cause any trouble." He said that last part with a hint of annoyance as he left them to head to his office.

The three brothers sat back down to get comfortable, knowing that Ichigo was safe, for now.

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