An Unexpected War In The Old Home Town

[FictionFreak]

This is the sequel to "A New Soul Reaper Has Arrived". Don't say I warned you so about the beginning of this story.

Prologue

For nearly a century, I have been the captain of the 12th company. Ever since my dad, all my other family members and friends whom were just humans died, I moved into Soul Society. I've always meant to go and look for them, but kept on putting that aside for later on.

Oh, and as for my kids - Rikokou (first born and son) and Santona (second born and daughter) - I had them attend school with my kind before I allowed them to Shinigami Academy. It took quite some time to convice Renji, but at least it was worth it. After all, they were part human and I wanted them to have experience in human world as well as Soul Society.

But as those two attended Shinigami Academny, no one expected anything bad to happen. I'm not sure how others remember it on seeing it, but I remember it as though it was just yesturday when it happened. It was that vivid in my mind and still is.

Chapter 1

I was working outside the gate at the south side as I gave people homes. All I did was just give them their number without care and told them to which small town to get to, which was just blurting out west, east, north and south. Of course, I didn't bother to look at them for long because I was making sure that there wasn't a riot going on between people in the town.

Suddenly, Rikokou came running up to me and his red-orange hair was all messy. He cried out, "Mom! Tell Santona to leave me alone! I'm trying to study for my exam tomorrow at Shinigami Acadamy and it's the biggest exam of the year!"

That's when Santona came running up to me. I swear to god that they looked almost alike, especially with their blue eyes and red-orange hair. Santona was trying to catch her breath as she yelled, "Rikokou is keep yelling at me just because I'm trying to practice my shikai and my bankai! Tell him to just give me peace and quiet, mom!"

I snapped at them, "Both of you! Go to your father's office and tell him about your little problems! I need to sort these people to their homes while they try to find their family! And the Center 46 won't be very happy if I don't finish the assignment that they gave me!" Rikokou obeyed at once, but when Santona was about to complain, I yelled, "Now, young lady! I'm a captain and the 12th Company depends on me and your father to keep them together! In other words, I can't afford to get fired from my position!"

Hinamori came running up to me when Santona went through the gates and she cried out, "Captain Kurosaki! The village up in the north! They're being attacked by a group of hollows that are as nearly as huge as menos and there are student-teachers there and they haven't faced this kind of problem! Center 46 wants all the captains there immediately! They should have finished off most of the hollows by now, but there still should be more!"

As I took out my zanpaku-to, I ordered her, "Take my spot here for now, Hinamori."

As I took off, I heard Hinamori call to me, "Be careful, Captain Kurosaki!"

It wasn't long before I arrived, but when I did, people were in a panic as they ran all over the place as they screamed. I heard loud booming sounds from further up and I saw a hollow that looked like a huge gorilla that was bigger than my bankai struggling, almost as though it was fighting someone. I ran towards where the hollow was at top speed and when I arrived, there was a Mexican male with locks of hair covering his eyes fighting the hollow and he had a very farmiliar shield on. I looked around myself as I ordered in loud tone, "Clear out, people! Get out of here as soon as possible!" When there were some Soul Reapers who looked terrified, I yelled at them, "Do you guys not here me? Move when I tell you to! I'm the captain of the 12th company, I say!"

Renji appeared and called to me, "I heard what happened from Santona! Anything I can do to help out?"

Nodding, I told him, "Take the student-teachers out of here! They could get seriously hurt!"

Renji started to move towards the Soul Reapers, but stopped dead in his tracks and cried out with fear, "Move out of the way!"

As I turned around, the Mexican guy jumped over me and kicked the hollow right in the head just as it was about to strike me. A very farmiliar voice asked me, "You alright, captain?"

I just nodded and striked the hollow right in the head as quickly as possible. When the hollow disappeared, I asked him, "Who are you?"

"My real name's Yasutora Sado, but I've gone with a different name for long time because of an old friend of mine," he told me. As he looked up, he quietly said, "You look a lot like Ichigo's kid. Forget what her name was, but you look a lot like her." When I heard my dad's name, I went into shock, but I didn't show it.

Renji ran over and put his arm around me. As he pulled me away, he said, "Did you leave your post or something, Ichisan?"

I didn't respond for awhile, but I snapped out of it and quickly answered, "No. No, I didn't. Hinamori came and told me about the hollow incident. I put her in charge for now." When I got back to the south side, I told Hinamori, "You can go back to what you were doing before you came here. The hollow's gone and there's nothing to worry about."

Hinamori nodded as she asked, "Anything I can do for you before I go back?"

"Can you keep your eye on a Mexican guy by the name of Yasutora Sado?" I asked her. When she had questioning look on her face, I told her, "It's nothing for you to worry about. It's just that there's something about that guy that I can't explain." Hinamori nodded and left.

I don't know what it was or why it is that there seemed to be something bothering me. Everytime that Yasutora's name came up in my mind, I couldn't help but think about what he said, especially the part when he said my dad's name. His voice. His nationality. His armour. His hair style. It all seemed so farmiliar to me, but I couldn't remember what it was that he reminded me so much of. Something deep inside told me that it wouldn't be long before I would find out who or what it was that he reminded me so much about.

[Evanesque]

Ooohh...*claps* A prologue!! ^_^ They're always interesting to read after the main story because then you understand a lot of things much better..

Thankies for the addition..
*cookies*
:redbiggri

[FictionFreak]

Chapter 2

As I walked around the Soul Society to make sure that there was no trouble going on at any corner, the P.A. system announced, "All captains and vice-captains report to meeting room immediately! I repeat! All captains and vice-captains report to meeting room immediately! Thank you!"
Heaving a sigh, I headed straight to building next to Thirteenth Company headquaters, where all the meetings were held. When I got inside, Renji walked up to me and asked, "You don't happen to know what the meeting's about, do you?"
Shaking my head, I looked around in the hall and noticed that rest of the vice-captains were outside with him. I asked him, "I thought vice-captains were called in to the meeting as well."
"We were called down, but the Center 46 advised that it's best if it was only the captains who attended the meeting while the vice-captains were informed by their captains later on," the vice-captain of the fourth company - Koutestu Isane - quickly explained.
I quickly slid my badge onto my arm as I quickly responded, "Thanks for the info."
I heard Toushirou's voice whisper to me as he quickly stopped behind me, "I need to talk to you after the meeting. I'll be at your office."
I turned around as I asked, "Is it important?"
He nodded and looked at me as he said, "It's serious. It has to do partially with Ichimaru." He paused for a moment as he added, "And partially with captain of the fifth company in the past. Captain Aizen, if you ever heard of him."
He went straight into the meeting room, Renji asked me, "Do you know what he's talking about?"
"No, but if he's urgent to have a word with me in my office when the meeting's over, it must be urgent," I quickly said. "I'll tell you what happened later." I went right into the meeting room and said, "Sorry that I'm a little bit late. Let's just say I was making sure there was no trouble going on in any of the alley. That's what I was doing before the meeting was called up, any way."
As I sat down next to Ichimaru, which was the only seat left, one of the Center 46 leaders were there. He passed around a picture as he told us, "That's one of the Soul Reapers that we have. Everyone knows that she is of one of the thirteen companies, but we don't know which. She won't talk to anyone because she's either to afraid or too shy." As Ichimaru handed the picture over to me, the leader continued, "The problem is, whenever we're trying to get even a small piece of information out of her that we need to know, she's refusing to answer."
I took the close look at the Soul Reaper in the picture and I recognized her after a short while. I looked up at the leader as I told him, "I think I've seen her around in my company's headquaters every now and then. I'm not exactly sure, but it might have been Abrai-san who accepted her into the company. We could call him in right now, just to check."
As the leader nodded, Toushirou, who was the closest to the door, got up and opened the door as he called, "Abarai Renji! Get in here! We captains and the leader of Center 46 has something to ask you straight away! It's about a Soul Reaper!"
When Renji came in, I handed him the picture of the Soul Reaper as I asked him, "Do you recognize her at all, Renji?"
Renji nodded as he responded, "You were too busy about a month or two ago with the assignments that you've been given, so I had a meeting with her myself when she was trying to sign up for the 13 Gotei. She seemed like the type of Soul Reaper that you are, more or less. Always willing to fight until one loses and never losing hope and faith. She's strong willed, mind you. After the meeting, I thought about suggesting Eleventh Company, but I just accepted her into our company. But only after giving her few tests to see her fighting skills. As for a recent graduate of Shinigami Academy, she seemed to be very experienced."
"At least we know which company she is from," Ichimaru said with the very same huge smile that he had on since the day I first met him.
The leader quickly told Renji, "Thank you, Abarai-kun. You are dismissed from here for now. That is, until we may have to call you back in." Renji bowed and left the room as he handed back the picture to me. The second the door was closed behind Renji, the leader turned to me as he told me, "We'll have to do something about your subordinate, Captain Kurosaki. I mean, there had to be a reason that those hollows almost as big and power as the Menos have appeared! All the Soul Reapers and all the students stayed inside the Soul Society! The only ones whom were out of here were the student-teachers and her! She was out there even before those student-teachers were! On top of that, those student-teachers were with vice-captains and were made sure that they weren't up to anything at all!"
"What makes you think that any of my subordinates would do such things?" I asked back. "How are you so sure that it couldn't have been Ishida Uryu? My father has told me what he once did, which was use the bait! And if you have forgotten, the bait brought forth the Menos itself! I mean, Quincies are still alive! Ishida was the last Quincy before his son was born and I wouldn't be surprised if Atrian had kids and so on and so forth!"
"What do you suggest that we do? Let her go whe she could be guilty?" he snapped.
"I'll have a talk with her!" I cried out. "Is it that hard, sir? I'm her captain and if she will talk to Renji, why wouldn't she talk to me? I mean, Renji's a vice-captain of the 12th company!"
When the leader looked as though he was going to blow, Toushirou quickly said, "Let her try! Maybe she could get something out that Shinigami! Ichisan has a chance! I mean, everyone here tried to talk to her! Everyone but Ichisan!"
Ichimaru looked as though he had his hopes up but frowned deeply when the leader told me, "Fine. I'll give you a chance, but I want an answer from that kid. By end of this week at the very latest, Captain Kurosaki." He looked around at the rest as he said, "Meeting over."
We all got up and left the meeting room. But as I started to walk out the door, Toushirou grabbed me by my wrist as he asked me, "I need to have a word with you right now, Ichisan."
I put my hand on his shoulder as I quickly said, "I'm so sorry, but I have to look for this Shinigami right now! I need to talk to her! I promise that I'll head straight to your office when I'm done having a quick talk with her!" I pulled my arm out of his grip and ran over to Renji. I quickly asked him, "What's that girl's name? The Soul Reaper you accepted into our company, I mean."
"I believe it was Tokaki. Can't remember her last name, though," he responded. "Why?"
Shaking my head, I started to run and called back to him, "Never mind! Let's just say if I don't talk to this kid, she's one dead meat from Center 46!"
"Look for her in the headquaters! She'll most likely be in the library that you set up for our company!" Renji called just as I left the building.
I headed straight for the 12th Company headquaters, just like Renji said. When I went into the library up in the fourth floor, I found a young looking female Soul Reaper with dark brown hair and hazel eyes sitting in a corner, reading a thick book. I asked, "Excuse me, but are you by any chance Tokaki?" The girl's head snapped up and looked up at me with fear. Smiling, I walked up to her as I said, "I guess you are." I sat down in front of her and asked, "I'm Kurosaki Ichisan, the captain of 12th company. Now, tell me. Have Center 46 asked you any questions based on the attacks that have been made up in the town at the north side, dear?" When Takiko didn't answer, I told her in a sweet tone, "Don't worry. This will be just between us. I promise."
Tokaki barely whispered, "Yes. But I didn't do anything, Captain Kurosaki. I swear! I was just walking around the town, trying to see if my family was there. I was seperated from my sisters and brothers and I tried to find them. That's all I did!"
I patted her on the head as I told her, "No need to be scared when you're talking to me. It's bad enough that my own two kids are afraid to tell lies in my face, even if they're white lies. Now, let me ask you this, Tokaki. What happened when the hollows came?"
"Well, I was pretty much afraid, because of the size of the hollow. I fought hollows before, but not as big as the ones that have appeared. A man - a Mexican guy who had hair that covered his eyes, to be precise - jumped in front of me out of nowhere and started to fight the hollows. It was almost as though he had experience from the past," Takiko spoke again, but she spoke a little louder this time.
I quickly asked, "Do you remember anything about what this guy did or had with him?"
"Well, for a starter, he had some sort of coin around his neck. He always reached for it to touch it and all he would whisper were some names," she informed me. "I remember that few of the names were Kurosaki Ichigo, Inoue Orihime and Ishida Uryu. Also, when he started to fight, armor appeared on his arm. It was all black and had red lines going up and down through the armor."
I got up as I told her with a smile, "Thank you. At least I could tell the Center 46 that you're as innocent as a puppy." Just before I started to walk off, I asked, "Did the guy mention his name to you by any chance?"
"He told me to call him Chad," Tokaki told me. "Yasutora Chad Sado, he said."
My eyes grew wide as I told her with shock, "Chad? Thank you so much! You just helped me find my godfather! I can't thank you enough!" I ran off and headed straight for the town in the north. When I arrived, I started to yell as loud as I could as I ran up and down the streets, "Chad! Where are you? Yasutora Chad Sado!" A person stepped out at the very last second and I crashed into that person. As I got up and dusted myself off, I hurriedly said, "I'm sorry! I was just looking for my godfather from nearly a hundred years ago!" When I looked up, it was that Mexcan guy that was fighting the hollow.
He asked, "You're that captain person, right? Nice to meet you, captain ...."
"Kurosaki. Kurosaki Ichisan," I told him. Even before I answered, he had his hand out, ready to shake mine. I slapped his hand away and flung my arms around his neck. I sobbed, "I've been looking for you and dad for so long, Chad! Why didn't you at least try to get past the guards or have the Shiba family help you get in?"
"Ichigo's kid? Is that really you?" he asked in surprised tone.

[Evanesque]

Here it is...lol and I couldn't even remember that I posted in here before.. Geez..bad memory >.>

Lolz, it's a nice prologue...'ichigo's kid, is that really you?' <-- that's so typical of Chad to talk that way..

Nice part FF *cookies*

[*Ririn*]

lol love it FF and its great from the start...good going and keep it up..

[FictionFreak]

Chapter 3

When I got to the gate with Chad, the guards got in front of him. I took out my badge to show them and ordered, "Let him through! He has permission from me. In other words, Captain Of The 12th Company!"

When they moved aside and let Chad through, he asked me as though he was impressed, "You have a lot of powers around here, don't you?"

We headed for the 12th company headquaters as I told him, "Being a captain tends to give you a lot of powers, especially if you're from higher company."

The leader from the Center 46 stopped me and asked, "Captain Kurosaki, did you ask your subordinate about what had happened?"

Nodding, I told him, "Yes, and I find her innocent until proven guilty. It took a while until I managed to get her to talk to me, but lucky for you, I was talking as sweetly as possible. Did you try to get information out of her by talking to her harshly?" When his face turned bright red, I snapped, "I can't believe you went harsh on her! You knew that she was one of the brand new folks around in 13 Gotei! How did you become one of the leaders in Center 46 this way?" Sighing, I told him with frustration, "I'll tell you all the things that Tokaki told me tomorrow. Should I go to the meeting room or will it be discussed at my office?"

"I'll stop by your office around noon," the leader quickly told me and turned away. Just before he walked off, he asked, "And, just out of curiosity, why is that man with you?"

I looked up at Chad as I responded, "He's my godfather. Ever since everyone close to me in my actual world died, I've been meaning to look for them." I looked back at the leader as I said, "Now, if you don't mind, I have somethings I would like to talk over with Chad."

Chad and I started to walk off as he asked me, "What was that all about?"

"It's just about the hollows attacking that went on at the north side," I told him. I thought for awhile before I asked, "Chad, is it alright if we stopped by Toushirou's office before we head for mine? I told him that I would go see him as soon as possible. He said that he had something important to tell me."

Just then, Toushirou and Renji showed up and they were completely out of breath. Renji spotted Chad easily and asked me, "What's going on? What's happening? Is there something I don't know about?"

"Yes and no," I responded. "I found out from Tokaki while I was talking to her that the Mexican guy who helped me out when I was about to be attacked by the hollow was actually Chad. I only went to look for him as quickly as I could have." I looked at Toushirou and told him with a weak smile, "And sorry that I didn't go see you before I went to look for my godfather. I just had to go talk to him again. I mean, it has been years since I last saw him."

He shook his head as he told me, "Don't worry. I understand. Would've done the same to find an old friend if I was in your shoes. But for now, I really need to talk to you in private. Let's go to my office."

Nodding, I told Renji, "Can you take Chad to my office? I'll join you guys after I have a little chat with Toushirou."

As Toushirou and I started to head for his office, he quickly told me, "It's mostly about Ichimaru, Kurosaki. I don't trust him."

"Neither do I," I muttered. "After what he tried to do to my dad, never have and never will." I looked down at him and asked, "What is it about him that you want to talk about, exactly."

"Well, when your dad was a ryoka, Ichimaru rose to the Menos and something behind them with one of our most well trained Shinigamis and one of our old captains, Aizen. We're not exactly sure what happened to Aizen, but Ichimaru never returned until while your father was a captain. Forget which company he was in charge of back then. Any way, what I do remember was that it was before your father and Kuchiki Rukia left for your father's world when Ichimaru came back. The last words Ichimaru ever said to Ichigo was to watch out because Ichigo will have something bad coming his way sooner or later. Yet still, there's no sign that Ichimaru had attempted to do anything. But when you walked into the meeting today, Ichimaru had that look that had read that he was going to do something reall soon. It seemed to me as though his target is you and your family, Ichisan." We were silent as we entered the headquaters of the tenth company, but Toushirou started to talk again once we were in his office. He told me, "As much as I hate to say it, but I don't want you to get hurt. I'm saying this as a friend and as one of your comrads."

Matsumoto Rangiku, Toushirou's assistant, came running in as she quickly said, "Sorry to interrupt, Captain Hitsugaya and Captain Kurosaki, but there seems to be another attack by the hollows! This time, it looks like it's Menos itself!"

Toushirou and I shot up from our seats and I asked her in hurried tone, "Which town is being attacked?"

"By the looks of it, the west! More or less, it's closer to Urahara's place!" she responded in serious tone.

Before I ran off, I told Toushirou, "This conversation will have to continue later. I can't let any Menos get into my world and attack my home town. I won't allow it."

I ran as quickly as possible towards the west and by the time I got there, there it was. A biggest hollow that I have ever seen. But this hollow was not like the others. It had the biggest mask that was the shape of a smiling mask from the drama section and had no hole in its chest. When I got closer, a male's voice yelled at me, "Stay away! No one has been able to defeat Menos before! Get away while you can!"

I ignored the man and started to attack the hollow with my zanpaku-to, but out of nowhere, an arrow went straight for the head of the hollow from somewhere behind me. A new voice snapped, "I told you I always had your back! Not bad for your hater, huh?"

I hit my zanpaku-to right by my side as I rorared, "Ruler Of The Jungle!" When Takikanto - my zanpaku-to's spirit - appeared, I quickly asked her, "Do you mind getting these two psychos out of here while I fight the Menos?"

The man who was already there when I arrived stared up at me as his eyes grew huge. I didn't notice when I arrive, but I saw that he had slightly fading orange hair and brown eyes. He started to ask, "Is that really - ?"

Takikanto cut him off as she threw him on her back, along with the guy who shot the arrow, as she snapped at the orange haired man, "Your questions will be answered later, if you get lucky enough." She turend to me as she asked, "Are you sure you don't need any help here?"

When I saw the other captains starting to arrive with their companies, I told her, "I don't think I'll need your help until later. Renji's bringing my company and the others are arriving with their own companies, along with the vice-captains. I'll yell your name out if I need your help. As for now, just get those two out of here. They're one of my main concerns. My other concern is that the Menos is going to find Mr. Hats-And-Clogs' entrance to his place and attack my home town."

Takikanto nodded as she told me, "Buenos suerte!" With just that, she ran off and I saw the man with orange hair keep staring at me.

Once they were gone, I yelled angrily, "Yo! Ugly face!" When the Menos turned around, I yelled, "Yeah, you! Why don't you just fight me instead of trying to fight the helpless ones?"

As the Menos started to attack me, Kenny and Renji got in front of me and blocked the attack. Renji quickly said, "You're lucky that Kenny and I have your back, Ichisan."

As the rest arrived, Toushirou quickly ran up to me and asked, "What were you thinking trying to fight the Menos by yourself?"

Shrugging, I told him, "I wasn't. All that keeps me going is trying to find my family and friends. Oh, and making sure that my home town doesn't get attacked."

I heard Rikokou's voice cry out, "Santona! Get back here! Mom and dad wouldn't want us to be around when the Menos is attacking this place!"

I felt someone grab my Soul Reaper cloak and tug it. When I looked down, Santona was standing there, smiling from ear to ear. She asked in sweet tone, "Can I stay, mom? Please?"

When Rikokou arrived, I ordered him, "Rikokou, take your sister back and stay in my office with her. Understood, young man?"

He rolled his eyes as he responded, "Yes, mom."

"And don't you dare roll your eyes at your mother, Rikokou!" Renji yelled. Once they were gone, Renji told me, "That's your kids."

"Rikokou, yes. As for Santona, she's your kid, not mine! She has your personality, after all!" I snapped. "And as for me, I'm going to fight that Menos if you're going to be arguing with me again, because I ain't gonna have a Menos attacking my home town." I charged foward, but got kicked at the last second by the Menos.

Kenny asked, "Um, did you even have a plan, Kurosaki?"

I shook my head as I told him, "Actually, no. In my mind, I saw it going differently. I saw it as cutting that Menos from the bottom to the top and finishing it iff by cutting its head in two."

Renji helped me up as he told me sheepishly, "You'll need a better plan than that if you're going to destroy the Menos, hon."

A very farmiliar voice whispered in my ear, "If you need help, I'm more than happy to help out, Kurosaki." When I turend around, there was a guy with black hair and glasses smiling from ear to ear at me.

Renji snapped at him for me, "Who are you?"

"I'm a Quincy, if that's what you're asking. And if you already have forgotten about me, Renji, I'm quite surprised. After all, I'm one of the two Ishidas that you met when my dad and I were known as two out of six ryokas known. After all, Ichisan and I had Karusaki with us to help us get around," he responded. When he saw that I was confused, he smirked as he told me, "Yo, Kurosaki Ichisan! Don't tell me you've forgotten me already!"

Shaking my head, I told him, "Sorry, but don't know who you are. And if you're only here to talk, I guess you don't really realize that the 13 Gotei and I are busy with the Menos."

As he shot one of his arrows with his archery bow once more, he said, "Atrian. Atrian Ishida at your service. Nice to meet you after nearly a century, Captain Kurosaki."

[FictionFreak]

-.-; wat y'all want me to do? give up on the story or somethin'?

[Evanesque]

Well I think the story's going fine but maybe people aren't really saying anything because maybe you're stretching it a bit.

I usually read your fic when I'm bored but because it's a bit too long, it's hard to stay focused especially when you're kinda busy and at work.
:redbiggri

[FictionFreak]

Well I think the story's going fine but maybe people aren't really saying anything because maybe you're stretching it a bit.

uh, yeah. I pretty much tend to do that with all my fanfics without noticing. heheheheheheheheheh. can't really blame me for that one. ^.^;

[Evanesque]

I know what that's like. Once you start writing you have all these ideas flowing through your mind and you try to fit everything in there to make it more interesting.

Maybe if you try to cut down on the descriptions and conversations, it'll be better ^_^

[FictionFreak]

I'm already working on chapter 14, so some actually might turn out a little long. ^.^;

Chapter 4

In shocked tone, I snapped, "No, way! You can't be Atrian! I should know!"

"You assigned me to the west side and yet, you didn't even recognize me when you did about half a century ago," he responded. As he took out one more arrow, he told me, "I'll start going for its feet. How good are your speed? From what I remember last, your speed was excellent and way too fast."

"It's little faster than when we came here as ryokas to save my dad," I responded. "What do you have on mind?"

Grinning, he told me, "I'll start to attack by its feet, but stay away as far as possible, but close enough for it to get tired of me shooting up at it and tries to lean over and grab me. You can just starting running around in circles around it at your top speed and get its head with your zanpaku-to when you're close enough to hitting it."

As he ran off, I heard Renji mutter under his breath, "Show off."

I gave Renji a quick hug and whispered in his ear, "Don't let him get to you, Renji. He's most likely trying to mess with your head." I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before I ran off. When the Menos bent over just like Atrian had predicted, I started to run in circles as fast as I could to get the Menos fall over from getting dizzy. When I finally managed, I stabbed it in the head and the rest of the captains and vice-captains came running up as fast as they could and helped me out in getting rid of the Menos.

The second the Menos was gone, I heard Ichimaru's voice whisper from behind me, "You had better keep your eyes on your kids, Captain Kurosaki."

When I turned to look towards the town, I saw two red-orange headed kids starting to get attacked by some of the towns people. I hurriedly said to Renji, "Renji, why are the kids still out here? I thought we sent them back to our office!"

Renji's head snapped to where the kids were and ran over to stop the attacks. We all heard him yell, "Back off from these kids!"

When two of the Soul Reapers were about to attack without Renji looking, I ran over at my top speed and bloocked both of their attacks. I snapped angrily, "No one attacks my husband and my kids!" As the other 13 Gotei Soul Reapers started to arrive, I ordered, "Arrest these two Soul Reapers that was about to attack Assistant Captain Abarai and the two students, Rikokou Abarai and Santona Abarai!" As my company followed my orders, I roared at the others that lived in the west side of the town, "Get back to your homes! You should be ashamed of yourselves, especially since you attacked Soul Reapers whom are just students in Soul Reaper Acadamy! Most importantly, we Soul Reapers are the ones who even provide you with a place to live!"

As they all started to walk back, some of the Center 46 Soul Reapers came running up to me and one of them cried out, "Captain Kurosaki! We have some news about your old home town! Two or three hollows are sensed around their and the town will be attacked soon!"

I quickly asked, "Is my body from nearly a century ago preserved and maintained in the teenage form?"

One of them nodded as she asked me, "Why?"

As I started to walk off, I responded, "I'll need it as my gigai form."

Someone in the Center 46 cried out, "Wait! You can't go until we discuss about that young Soul Reaper in your company!"

I stopped in my tracks as I cursed under my breath. I muttered to myself, "I really don't have time for this!" I turned to the Gotei 13 and called, "Tokaki! Come here for a moment! I need to speak to you and it's urgent!"

Tokaki ran up to me and asked in a very quiet tone, "Yes, Captain Kurosaki?"

I placed my hands on her shoulders as I softly told her, "Tokaki, I think of all of the Soul Reapers in my company as my company as though they were Rikokou and Santona. And believe me when I tell you that I don't want to lose any of them, not even the newest additions. I know you're a shy one and a recent graduate of the Soul Reaper Acadamy, but you have to tell these people what you told me."

"But, Captain Kurosaki, I just have a problem with public speaking!" she quietly begged me. "I have even more problems if it comes to talking to the higher seatings!"

"Tokaki, listen to me," I told her in more serious tone. "They're accusing you for those huge hollows showing up. If you don't tell them what you told me, there's as great chance that you'll get executed. Do this one just for me. Please."

Tokaki looked a little afraid, but she finally answered, "Yes, ma'am."

I smiled down at her as I said, "Thank you." I patter her head as I told her, "I wish you the best of luck in getting your fear of public speaking done and over with, dear." I called to the others in my company, "Bring my body into my company as soon as possible! I'm going back to my world, because I ain't gonna let some hollows destroy the town I love!"

I got to my office and started to pack a few things that I needed for my world, but as I was doing so, Rikokou and Santona came charging in. Rikokou was crying out, "Mom! Can I go with you? Please? I really want to fight a hollow! My teacher is always telling me and my class that we need the experience at least once before we graduate! And you know yourself that next year is my last year in the Soul Reaper Acadamy! I really want to fight one! Rest of my classmates fought at least one, some of them fought two, and I'm the only one who hasn't fought one yet! Please, mom? Please let me go with you!"

"If he's going, I want to go to! I miss that world, mom! I've been dying to ask you, but never got the chance! Now that you're going back to help your old home town, at least I know that I have a chance to tag along!" Santona cried out right after Rikokou. "Not only that, it's not fair if it's only Rikokou who goes!"

"What do you mean it's not fair? I'm the oldest and I need this experience! You won't be told that you need experience until you're in third to last grade in the Soul Reaper Acadamy!" he yelled at her angrily. "All my friends had the experience, but I didn't! I'm starting to become the laughing stock in school, moron!"

"That's your problem, not mine!" she snapped.

Renji walked in just as they were starting to go into a fight and yelled, "Stop it, you two!" Renji put my human body on the couch as he snapped, "You two had better not fight or beg your mother to take you to her world!"

"But, dad! If I don't fight at least one hollow myself, I'll be the laughing stock at school real soon! Everyone in my grade already fought one or more hollows already and I'm the only one who hasn't!" Rikokou started to complain.

"I don't care, young man! You're not going if I'm not going! And that's that!" Renji snapped once more before he turned around to look at me. Without warning, he fell on his knees and he put his hands together as he begged as though he was a little kid, "Please! Let me go! These kids will torture me if you leave me with them all by myself!"

As I started to hold my laughter in, I looked up at the entrance and saw Toushirou raising his eye brows at me. I motioned him to come as I said, "Don't worry. The kids want to go to my world with me and Renji's just trying to make a big scene to get himself there as well."

Toushirou came in and Renji scrambled up to his feet as his face reddened with embarrasment. He bowed as he said, "Sorry about what you just saw, Captain Hitsugaya."

The kids started to crack up as Toushirou told him, "It's okay. I just didn't expect to walk in on you while you acted like that in front of your wife." He turned to me and asked, "You ready to leave, Ichisan?"

I nodded and asked him, "Correct me if I'm wrong, Toushirou. It's the entrance to Urahara's training place that we'll be using. Right?"

"There's no other way," he responded. As he turned around, he said, "Let's go. By the time we arrive where the others are, the entrance will be ready for you."

Renji begged, "Ichisan! Please don't leave me with these two! Leave Kenny in charge of the company and let me tag along with you! I told you that the kids are going to drive me insane, especially since I'm the other parent that will staying with them!"

Rikokou yelled, "I'm going if dad's going! I need to have an experience in fighting a hollow any way! My friends are keep asking me when I'll be fighting my first one, mom! Please!"

"If they're going, I'm going! Please, please, please! Let me go!" Santona screeched.

I yelled above their begging, "BE QUIET!" When they fell silent, I told them with a sigh, "Fine! I'll let you all come along, but you're all staying with Urahara! I'm pretty sure Hats-And-Clogs won't mind." Rikokou looked as though he was going to argue back, but I pointed my index finger in his face as I snapped, "No arguing, Rikokou! It's either you stay with Urahara or you stay here in the Soul Society and tell your friends that you will never be able to fight a hollow until you graduate from the school!"

"Yes, mother," Rikokou grumbled and Toushirou led us to the town in the west. I carried my body over my shoulders and it wasn't long before we arrived.

As we approached the other Soul Reapers in middle of nowhere near the town, I noticed that most of them were gone. Toushirou asked one closest to us, "Is the entrance done?"

"No, sir. Just give us some more time," she responded. "By tomorrow, I promise that it'll be done. The hollow went back to where it came from, so Captain Kurosaki has nothing to worry about. For now, just relax."

I nodded as I said, "I guess that's that. We have a little more time."

I turned to the town and started to head straight for it to find a place to stay while they finished the job up. Renji, Rikokou and Santona ran up to me and we heard Toushirou's voice call, "Where are you going?"

I stopped and called back, "You want to tag along for now?" When Toushirou shook his head, I called to him, "I'll be back five in the morning! I promise!"

While we were walking around in the town, Renji asked me, "Are you sure this is a good idea, Ichisan?"

I nodded and an old man stepped out of a house. He asked me, "Are you a captain, young lady?"

As I nodded, I informed him, "Captain of the 12th Company. There was a report of attack that will happen soon at my home town in the human world, but not until some time tomorrow. We were just looking for a place to stay until five in the morning."

The man nodded to his home as he said, "Come on in, then. You all could stay at my place until then."

We walked inside and I heard Santona whisper, "This place looks like a dump."

I yelled at her, "Santona! Be respectful!"

Suddenly, there was a crash in the wall and a farmiliar male's voice said in the smoke that has been made from the crashing in, "Yo! I'm back, old man! And Bonnie threw me off of her again! Dang!" When the smoke cleared up, a farmiliar looking guy was standing there with goggles on. He looked up at me as he took his goggles off and sneered, "Why is a stinkin' Soul Reaper doing here?" He looked at Renji, Santona and Rikokou as he snapped, "Why are there four of them, old man?"

Rikokou started to run foward as he grabbed his zanpaku-to, but I took a quick hold of him as I ordered, "Rikokou! Stay calm! That's what the school has been teaching you, hasn't it?"

The man walked over and grabbed my face as he asked, "I asked you a question! Why is a stinkin' Soul Reaper like you doing here with three other stinkin' Soul Reapers?"

I punched him across the face as hard as I could as I yelled at him angrily, "No one touches me while I'm alive, ugly!"

"I'm not ugly! And how dare you punch me in the face?" he yelled as his hand flew to where my fist hit him. After short while, he said, "God! I haven't been punched that hard since Ichisan Kurosaki and I last met! Asides from Kukaku!" He lunged foward and tackled me to the ground. When I skidded all the way to outside, he tried to attack me once more, but I quickly kicked him in the stomach and picked myself up.

Shaking my head, I yelled, "You messed with the wrong person, ugly!" As he got up on his feet, I jumped in the air and kicked him in the face twice by doing 360-degree turn twice in a row.

The guy got up as he yelled, "You hit my beautiful face three times!"

"You attacked me with no reason! And for your information, my dad looked so much better than you!" I yelled back at him.

Renji ran over as he cried out, "Ichisan Kurosaki! Stop it! You know better than this, especially considering that you're a captain! And if you want to set up a better example for our kids, you'd better stop right now!"

The guy's eyes grew wide as he asked me with shock, "Are you really Ichisan Kurosaki?"

I flicked my hair back as I sneered, "You want to fight more or something?"

The guy started to laugh and picked me up by wrapping his arms around my waist. I quickly put my hands on his shoulders as I gave a short scream of terror and I heard him say, "Oh, my god! I thought I would never see you again!"

When he put me down, I yelled at him with terror, "Who do you think you are, picking up someone else's wife in front of them?"

"It's me! Ganju! Ganju Shiba! Don't you remember?" he cried out with glee.

Slowly, I told him, "Uhh, sorry? I have bad memory just like my dad Ichigo Kurosaki. And just to warn you, the only people I remember clearly is the guy who kicked me in the face when I first came here as a ryoka, Chad, Orihime, Uryu and Atrian."

The guy named Ganju Shiba cried out, "Ichisan! It's me! I'm the guy who had kicked you the day you arrived! Remember I kicked you when you got to my place and Chad told you to not to fight back because I did the same to Ichigo when he came at your age? How old were you then? Fourteen? Fifteen?"

That's when it hit me. He was the guy who had kicked me that I couldn't replace the name of. I screamed with excitement, "Ganju! First Chad, then Atrian, and now you? Oh, man! Who's next? My dad and Uryu?"

Takikanto came running up to me, still in her Ruler Of The Jungle form, as she ordered me, "Get on my back, Ichisan! I dropped the fading orange haired guy and the guy with black hair and glasses off back at their own places, but there's a Soul Reaper in fourth company trying to be perverted to a person in this town! She had fairly long orange hair and had some sort of flower pin in her hair!"

As I got on Takikanto's back, I demanded, "Renji, look after Rikokou and Santona! And just to tell you, at the moment, I don't care how much trouble they give you! Rikokou, help your father keep Santona under control! Santona, behave yourself, please!" I cried out, "Let's go, Takikanto! I ain't having weaker divisions torture anyone!"

When we arrived at the scene, I saw that it was the guy of the third seat, but I couldn't remember his name. He had dark blonde hair that came about up to his shoulders and hazel eyes and he was trying to kiss a girl that Takikanto had described without a single detail left out. The girl - or woman who looked as though she was in her young 20's, rather - was struggling to get out of the grip as she screamed, "Let me go!"

When he refused, I yelled, "Third seat of fourth company! What do you think you're doing to that person?"

The man quickly let go of her and saluted as he cried out, "Captain Kurosaki! I didn't think that you'd be coming this way!"

"Why wouldn't I be coming here when Takikanto came here to warn me after she dropped off a guy with fading orange hair and a guy with black hair and glasses, third seat of fourth company? After all, she saw what you were trying to do to that lady!" I snapped at him in an angry way. "You remember that I have two kids of my own, don't you, third seat?"

"Yes, ma'am! I do remember! And I also remember how strict you go on them, Captain Kurosaki!" he responded. When he said these, I saw beads of sweat rolling down his face with fear, although he was good at trying to look confident.

I yelled, "Go back to your headquaters, this instant! And I don't want to see you doing this again! Otherwise, I'll have to tell Unohana! Understood?"

"Yes, ma'am!" he squeaked before he ran away.

I summoned Takikanto back into my zanpaku-to and turned to the young looking woman as I asked her in kind tone, "You alright, miss?" She nodded and I smiled at her as I said, "That's good. Sorry about that Soul Reaper. Some of the Fourth Company people needs to be kept straight, mostly by captains and vice-captains, such as myself. If you run into any trouble again, be my guest and please do scream for one of the companies. You might want to call for our vice-captain of the thirteenth company. Kenny is his name, just so you know. As for the my company, which is the 12th, you could just ask Kenny to help you because I have put him in charge while I protect my home town back in the human world. Now, good day, miss."

As I turned around and started to walk off to where I left my family and Ganju, the woman blurted out, "Are you related to Ichigo Kurosaki, by any chance?" When I turned back around with a frown on my face, she quickly said, "I'm sorry. It's just he was captain of that company as well and I remember that he told me he worked so hard to get rid of the Researching section just so he could protect me and our friend Chad from getting researched on. When I heard your last name, I thought that maybe you were related to him."

"That's why I took the spot," I told her. "My dad, Ichigo Kurosaki, worked so hard and I didn't want to let him down. To tell you the truth, Chad Yasutora was my godfather and I knew of the power that he had. Not to forget to mention the powers that my dad's friend Orihime Inoue had. Amazing powers that they had. Chad being able use shields and armors and get boost in his stregnth and Orihime. Boy oh boy did she have few of the coolest moves. Little fairy looking things to help her fight. Three of them to make a shield, two of them to heal and one of them to attack, but so cruel her. The attacking one is." I smiled up at her weakly as I asked, "How do you know my dad, though?"

"Ichigo's an old friend of mine," she told me. "And how did you know my entire name?"

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<<No one was replying, so I thought I'd first post chapter 5 to see if that got the people's attention.>>

Chapter 5

I was shocked when the woman asked me the question of how I knew her name. I started to ask if she was Orihime, I heard Chad's voice yelling, "Ichigo's kid! Help me out here! Some of your company Soul Reapers are trying to kill me just because I was in the library that you have set up in the headquaters!"
I ran over to him and got in the way of the Soul Reapers as I ordered, "Stop! Don't attack this man! I know him from nearly a century ago! He's my godfather!"
The others stopped and the one in the front quickly bowed as she said, "I'm sorry, Captain Kurosaki. We all thought he was an intruder from the town in the north."
As the others bowed and apologized as well, I raised my hand as I told them sheepishly, "Forget about it. You guys should seriously come to me first before you guys start to attack everyone." I looked at all of them as they straightened their backs and asked, "You guys actually want someone to fight, don't you?" When they all nodded, I cracked a smile as I told them, "Go to eleventh company's headquater and ask them for Ikkaku the baldy. If they ask, tell them that your captain sent you because you guys got bored."
They all smiled at me and ran off as they cried out, "Thank you, Captain Kurosaki!"
I turned around and told Chad and Orihime - if it was really her - in careless way, "You guys could follow me if you want. I left Ganju and Renji with Rikokou and Santona, and I expect those two kids to be driving Renji up the wall by the time I get there."
"Renji-kun? Is he doing well?" Orihime cried out.
Smirking, I told her, "So I guess that means you are Orihime and you know Kon, the Soul Candy. Along with my mother, Rukia Kuchiki, eh?"
"Rukia-san? Is she still alive and well?" Orihime cried out and by the sound of her tone, I could have told that she was getting excited and hopeful.
I started to walk and Orihime and Chad quickly followed me. I shrugged as I told her, "Don't really know. Haven't seen her once. She's in a different company, so I don't really expect to bump into her, to tell you the truth." When we arrived at the old man's house, I heard a loud crash and I called in, "Sorry about the kids, old man!"
Ganju came out carrying Rikokou as he asked me, "Are these two always like this?"
"Let me go, ugly!" Rikokou yelled.
"Rikokou! I told you over and over for so many years to be respectful to others! How many times do I have to tell you?" I yelled as anger started to rise.
Renji came out with Santona over his shoulder as he said, "Ichisan, remember how you said that this was mine, not yours? You're wrong. This is your kid! Rikokou's basically the kid that's more like me!"
Rikokou said, "In your dreams. Everyone in my school tells me I'm more like mom." As Ganju let him go, Rikokou asked, "Can we go now to your world now, mom?"
I ruffled his hair as I told him, "The other Soul Reapers aren't done making the portal completely, yet. Not only that, they'll have to make the moths for all of us, Rikokou, if we want to get through safely. Which reminds me." I turned to Renji and asked, "Did you call up Urahara and tell him that we're coming?"
"Captain Hitsugaya should've called him up already," he quickly responded. "Which reminds me, we need to get the kids their own gigai forms."
"You guys don't need to worry about me," Rikokou told us. "My class and I have been working on our own without letting anyone outside the school know since two years ago. Now, mine is complete, unlike the others, who should be all down by next year according to my calculations. They're slower than I am at that kind of stuff. Mind you."
Just as Renji was about to yell, I cried out, "Renji! If that's what his school told him to do, then we should be respecting that! You were a student there yourself years ago!"
Rikokou grinned from ear to ear to make fun of Renji as Santona asked, "What about me? My class didn't start making them yet!"
"We can't go finding you one or make you now, so I guess we'll have to leave it up to Urahara, dear," I told her apologetically. I kissed on her forehead as I told her, "Don't worry, though! I'm pretty sure he won't pull out anything suspicious with a captain and a vice-captain around to watch you!"
Tokaki came running up to me with several other Soul Reapers and she quietly told me, "Captain Kurosaki, this man was trying to get past the gate of Soul Society. He claims that he knows you personally."
The man that one of the Soul Reapers were holding was the exact same man who was trying to fight the Menos earlier in the day. He was kicking and punching as he yelled, "Put me down, you baboons! It's me! Kurosaki! Have you forgotten your ex-captain already?"
I ordered, "Put him down for now!" When they dropped him, I bent down and spat, "What does Tokaki mean when she says you knew me personally? I don't even recognize you except that I saw you earlier today trying to fight the Menos yourself!" I looked up at the others as I told them, "Make note to yourselves that you guys should keep a close eye even on the people whom are living in all four towns."
As they nodded, the man spat back, "You're not Ichisan Kurosaki! I know my own daughter when I see her! Any way, I bet you with everything I've got that you're not even partners with Takikanto!"
I got up and quickly withdrew my zanpaku-to and hit it by myside as I cried out, "Ruler Of The Jungle!" When Takikanto appeared, the man gave a squeak of fear and I asked her confidently, "You want to explain to him about why I took the spot as the captain of 12th company or should I, Takikanto?"
"You should," she responded with a yawn. "But I suggest you dismiss everyone here. All except Tokaki. We'll need someone to escort this guy back to his place in the town."
I nodded and told them all, "You all are dismissed. Head back to Soul Society if you wish, but if you want to stay out of there for a little longer, don't cause any troubles, because I have my ways of finding out. Keep that in mind."
"Good day and have a safe trip back to your old home town, Captain Kurosaki!" the others responded and all left. Tokaki remained out of curiosity of what I was going to do with the man that they had brought to me.
I looked down at the man and asked him, "What's your name?"
The man looked up at me with terrified look as he responded, "Ichigo Kurosaki. Ex-shinigami substitute for Rukia Kuchiki. Also one of the best known hoodlums in town when I was a student and when I was a normal human being."
"Kurosaki-kun!" Orihime cried out and she gave him a hug as I jumped with surprise.
"Inoue?" the man asked with wide eyes. As he hugged her back, he told her with a smile, "Sorry I'm late again. I know I told you I won't be late any longer the day when Chad got his arm blown off badly by that hollow thing."
As the man got up, tears started to fill my eyes and I yelled at him, "Why didn't you at least try to break in through the gates? Why didn't you try to contact me and mom? I took the seat as a captain for you and kept the research section gone for you! Yet, you can't do something as simple as trying to break in when I always have my company out by all the gates just incase you tried to get into contact us!"
Renji lightly grabbed my shoulders as he softly said, "Ichisan, calm down."
I lightly pushed him away as I whispered, "Meet me at the door to my world tomorrow, Renji. Make sure Rikokou picks up his gigai form from Soul Reaper Acadamy."
As I started to run off, he called, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to stay with Kukaku for awhile! I won't be back until few hours later, so don't wait up for me, Renji!" I yelled back and continued to run towards the middle of nowhere.
I wiped my tears as I ran, but skidded to a stop when a huge pig ran in front of me. A hand was offered to me and Ganju's voice asked, "Need a ride, Ichisan?" More pigs surrounded me and Ganju ordered the riders, "No need to surround her as though she's a criminal, boys! She's Ichigo Kurosaki's daughter!"
I felt someone hug me from behind and the man - who claimed and proved himself that he was Ichigo (in other words, my dad) - whispered, "I'm sorry. I didn't know you'd take it this hard. If I did, don't you think I would have come for you? I mean, I raised you to be a tomboy because I didn't know any other way because your mother was never around, Ichisan. I just didn't think you'd take it this hard."
A felt another tear rolling down my face as I snapped, "Why wouldn't I take it hard? Have you forgotten already that you were the only one I had as a kid, dad? Or have you decided that I wasn't as important to you as you were and always will be to me?" As I pushed him away, I whispered, "Leave me alone."
He grabbed my wrist and forced me to face him. He pulled me closer to himself and held me tightly as he told me in shaky tone, "Sorry if I left you thinking like that. I thought that if I tried to charge in, the Center 46 would just try to execute me once more. I didn't want you to go defend me again and put your seat at risk, even though Chad and Orihime's powers aren't that useful now that they're dead."
I heard panting and Rikokou's voice asked in tone that seemed to be out of breath, "Mom! Dad wants to know exactly when you'll be back! He's freaking out, you know! So is Santona!" He looked up and was silent for awhile. He asked quietly, "Mom? What's going on?"
I turned my head towards him and whispered, "Rikokou, I want you to meet your grandfather. Ichigo Kurosaki, the previous Captain of 12th Company."