While everybody is busy with their own business. Blue (that's me! ) a tall, slim, lazy, witty and kinda unpredictable shinigami just sitting around and trying to hide from her superiors that are trying to scold her again by being late in training and so much more...

Blue: *yawn* so boring...

She jumped into a roof, trying to make sure that the coast is clear and that her superiors are gone. Suddenly, she saw Kenny with Will talking in not so far away location.

Blue: hah! Scolded I think by Will again eh, Kenny?! bad luck for you! hahahaha

Then she suddenly covered her mouth. "oops! don't be so loud, your sneaky superiors might hear you." She said to herself. Then, she looked around again to make sure that the coast is clear.

Blue: Ah... time to read my new book now! *opens the "Half-Moon Investigations" book* heheheh I just saw this lying around in the living world. At least, someone will read you... and I hope your interesting...

Then Blue sensed someone... at her back! She turned around and surprisingly saw Susana fuku-taicho (whoa! that's long) having a suspicious look at her.

Blue: *gulp* hi! madam.. what a nice day, right? hehehehe ( inside her ---> )

Susana fuku-taicho: What! are you doing here? *raising an eyebrow*

Blue: uhmmm... a watchdog! oh I mean a watcher! *while trying to hide her book behind her back and slowly throwing it down to the roof* "I'll get you later (referring to the book)" she said to herself. See! I'm watching if there is some wanderers wandering around here... or something is wrong...

Susana fuku-taicho: A watcher SHOULD be in a WATCH-TOWER not in a roof.

Blue: " oh cmon! think of something... that will let you live!) her inside thought." heheheh scared of heights... I think

(don't know what will kaorux do to me... hehehehe)

Kenny, accompanied by Will, goes down town as suggested by Will to check out whats going on in Soul Society. As they walk through the area Kenny sneezes.

Kenny: *achooo*... ah. Darn. Someone must be talking about me behind my back.

Will: Thats not surprising since your always skipping class. *Laughs*

Kenny notices many messengers jumping around on the rooftops

Kenny: So whats going on around here anyways? They look extra busy today.

Will: Hmm well I heard that Tyson-taicho got severely wounded.

Kenny: Oh? Must have been a rough training session then.

Will: Eh? Erm I'm not sure he got it from training.

Kenny: Maybe he fell down the stairs then. *Laughs*

Will: Be serious Kenny!

Kenny: Sorry. *Pictures Tyson-taicho falling down the stairs*

As they come to a corner they see a hell butterfly dropping down on them relaying a message that all squadrons should report back to their Captains for an important announcement.

Kenny: So they're finally going to tell us the big fuss eh. *sigh* Guess we need to head back.

Kenny and Will start to head back towards their Captains to find out the situation. They decided taking to the roof tops would be faster and with a whoosh they're off. On the way Will, noticing Susana and Blue together, stops to see whats going on leaving Kenny going on ahead. After a short while Kenny looks back.

Kenny: Erm Will? damn where'd he go?

While looking back and not paying much attention to the front Kenny collides with a poll *splat*.

Kenny: This is not my day.

He falls down on the rooftop but manages to catch his footing. After a brief silentness he continues to head back.

The current situation at hand seemed to stir things up quickly within the walls of the Serietei. Shinigami were leaving and returning from the Living World at all times of the day.

Squad 12 was in charge of all the intel coming in from the Living World, but the fact no new information was coming in, wasn't help one bit.

"Hmm..." Captain Mayuri said to himself, eagerly trying to figure out who or what could be attempting to leave Hell.

A red blip appeared for a split second on the monitor infront of him. His brows raised curiously as he tapped on the keyboard - zooming in around the coordinates. The blip appeared again in the exact same location then faded away.
When it reappeared for the third time it remained on the monitor. A high-pitched alarm began to go off, but Mayuri kept his calm and watched the screen as another red blip appeared on the monitor. Only this one was mobile. The new red blip was moving towards the stationary one with incredible speed, his eyes barely able to keep up with it. When the two met, they both disappeared of the monitor and the alarm was silenced.

"Interesting..." Mayuri said with a slight wicked grin on his face, before leaving the desk.

Christine: Ta-ta-ta-taicho-o-o-o, wh-wh-why is it s-s-so c-c-c-c-cold-d-d?

Tyson stared at his freezing lieutenant while putting on his winter coat.

Tyson: I have no idea as to why it is cold when it's summer season. But I told you numerous times to bring your coat just in case, but you didn't, and look at you now

Christine: I know

Tyson: Well, now you have to endure it.

Chrisitine: Yes Taicho-sama

Tyson: Let's go.

The both flash stepped towards an hospital rooftop.

Tyson then took out his sensor cellphone to see if he could find a signal of those strange hell gates.

Tyson: That's strange

Christine: W-w-w-what is-s-s-s?

Tyson: Just now, there were two signals, one of them was immobile, but the other one moved, and at a very fast rate.

Christine:

Tyson: They both disappeared ... hmm ... well, we'll just have t- ...

Tyson: For crying out loud! I'll give you my coat this time, but next time you better bring yours or I will let you freeze to death!!

Christine: Thank you Taicho

Tyson placed his coat on Christine, as he then turned his scarf around to cover his lower face side.

Tyson: All right, we'll head towards the hell gates last warp point, we'll find shelter over there and stay alert until they appear again.

Christine: Hai.

Tyson: Let's go

They both flash stepped towards their destination, as more snow began to fall.

Suddenly, a strange figure appeared from a dark alley.

?: Shinigamis ...

Kouta rubbed his eyes and opened the sliding door. "I need some rest."

Their home was of good size, a front room, two bedrooms with a bath, and a small kitchenette. A couple of desks, a table, some pillows, and some fully stacked book shelves made up the front room. Closing the door behind him, he made his way across the room, placed his zanpakuto on the table and laid down on the seating pillows. Tsukino wasn't home, probably on duty, and he only had a couple of hours at best for some sleep. He lazily stared up at the ceiling fan and watched the propellers slowly rotate before drifting off to sleep.

Knock Knock Knock

"Lieutenant Kouta! Lieutenant Kouta are you there?"

The blurry room came into view. Kouta yawned. "Damn I overslept."

"Lieutenant Kouta!" the voice said from behind the door.

"Hold on!" He replied while getting up and stretching. Grabbing his zanpakuto he proceeded to answer the door. Two soul reapers stood there anxiousely. "Sorry. What is it?"

"It's urgent sir. The Captain wants to see you." The soul reaper said quickly.

...
"Captain." said Kouta while entering the office. "I'm sorry, I fell asleep. Captain?"

There was no one in the room. Someone called down the hall. "Lieutenant! Over here!"

He rushed out the room and outside. Gathered there were members of his Squad as well as some from Division 4 who were busy attending to a couple of injured shinigami on stretchers. There were two other stretchers closeby with the sheets drawn over the bodies.

"What happened?" He asked immediately.

"They just got here. I don't really know." replied one of the shinigami.

"Kouta!" Captain Momo called out. He made his way over to her where she was kneeling over one of the injured who was conscious. The soul reaper was trembling, so badly that the medic was unable to hold him still to treat his injuries.

"What's going on?"

Captain Hinamori stood up. Her expression was of concern yet completely serious. "One of our patrol units was attacked. Only three made it back alive. We still don't know what happened but it has something to do with the Gates I'm sure of it."

"I'll take a unit and investigate." said Kouta immediately.

The Captain nodded. "Be careful."

"Yes ma'am." He saluted and went off followed by two other shinigami. "I need 3 more officers for this. Go find them."

"Sir!" said one of the shinigami as he carried out the order.

Shit. It's been 9 years since something big like this ever happened. He thought while proceeding to get a gate summoning.

-----
Three hours earlier...

"You know, I sometimes envy the living." The soul reaper said to his friends while the patrolled the streets of Akihabara. As usual around this busy town, people walked passed each other seemingly preoccupied by their worldly worries and unaware of the things beyond their last breathe. The Squad 5 patrol unit had searched most of the area. So far everything was normal as normal could be.

"No way, I never could up with rent." His friend replied. The others laughed.

"Yea, your right." The patrol unit proceeded down the street. Suddenly an ominous energy pulsing from an alley caught their attention.

"What is that?"

Down the alley, the space warped violently. Steam poured out into the street and a hellish red glow illuminated the shadow. At once the steam retracted and built up into a wall. In an instant two large metal doors appeared, a skeleton with its arms crossed over its body on each side.

The shinigami stepped back at the sound of a loud banging from behind the door. "It's...it's...a Gate. We gotta report this."

Immediately the doors lurched forward opening a small seam in the middle. The chains and lock kept the them from opening up all the way. A fire hotter than anything of this world burned from behind the door. The soul reapers stood transfixed at the sight, their bodies frozen with fear.

An unhuman cry blasted the patrol unit just as a long scythe pertruded from the opening and pierced the surroundings in front of it. The bloodied scythe retreated back through the doors before they closed shut and disappeared into the darkness.

One of the soul reapers struggled back onto his feet. His face and eyes were covered with blood. From the corner of his eye he made out the bodies of his fellow unit all lying motionless on the street. The blood on the streets had been cauterized and formed a thick red jelly. His hands trembled violently as he reached into his pocket for his cell phone to signal for immediate help.

"He..he..hell...hellp..."

"Captain Kurotshuchi!" Shouted an officer of Squad 12. He was seated at his computer terminal, tapping away hecticly at the keyboard infront of him.

"Yes, what is it?" Questioned the Captain as he entered the room.

"Sir, we've been documenting the warps coming up throughout Sector A-01 through Sector D-04. And this is what keeps happening." The officer said, bringing up a larger view of his monitor onto the main screen.

The screen showed multiple red dots appearing on the screen and different times, along with the same mobile dot racing towards each one until they would disappear.

"Each time we get a-" Began the seated officer.

"You don't have to explain." Stated Mayuri. "It should be obvious to you by now."

"What do you mean, Captain?"

"Fool, someone is trying to keep the Gates from opening." Exclaimed Mayuri, becoming fed up with his own subordinates.

"The next time that signature appears, I want you to monitor it and call me imm-" Mayuri began to speak before the monitor began buzzing.

*BUZZ* *BUZZ*

"Sir, the signature has appeared once again!"

"Move!" Mayuri pushed the officer out of the way and began smacking away at the keyboard, locking in on the signature. His eyes widened for a moment before his brows lowered into a sadistic glare. "I see, so..." He whispered, his officer unable to understand the words due to the alarm.

Glaring over his shoulder to his subordinate. "I will handle things here for now. Send out Group 6."

"Sir, isn't that our-"

"I know what it is! Now go before I use you as my next research subject!" Mayuri shouted in anger.

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Tyson and Christine both felt it.

Tyson checked his tracking device. "It looks like ones trying to appear now, Christine. Let's go!"

They both lept from their current position and headed towards the warp.

A chime was heard from his device and Tyson looked at it while on the move. His eyes widened for a moment. "We've got to move, somethings on it's way there Christine...and moving fast-..."

Tyson stopped for a moment. "That's strange..."

Christine stopped after Tyson, "What's wrong Taicho-sama?" She questioned moving back to his location.

"Damn things must be broken. Something was just moving towards the warp but now both signatures are gone?" They looked at the phone for a second and when another warp came up along with the second blip moving towards it incredibly fast until both disappeared.

"Hmmm...let's check this out." Tyson-Taicho said before the two headed out once again.

Upon separating from Kenny Will flash-stepped quickly towards Susana fuku-taicho and the trembling Blue, "Well what seems to be the problem here?" Questioned Will with a slight shrug of the shoulders and a hint of amusement in his eyes, "As you can see Will our little Blue seems to be slacking off" replied a somewhat irritated Susana.

"Now, now Sus-" answered Will but half way through he got cut off "That's Fuku-taicho to you Will-kohai" said Susana with a hint of steel in her voice, Will opened his mouth =O he was shocked he'd never seen his Fuku-taicho act like this before something must be the matter.

"My apologies Fuku-taicho but I believe an order has been issued for us to report to our captains to access some new threat", "I do not need you to give me orders Will I am perfectly capable of doing this myself!" With that said Susana Flash-stepped away towards the 7th squads meeting Hall, again with that cold uncaring attitude thought Will, what was going on?

He quickly recovered and began flash-stepping after his fuku-taicho, Blue just sat there with a dazed look on her face, " ... what just happened?" she asked herself, "Oh well" she quickly jumped back down to take her book only to find it wasn't there O_O, odd ... what's going on here?

After a few moments Will caught back up to Kenny, "What are you doing there leisurely sitting on the ground?" questioned Will, "Well" kenny replied "I kind of hit a pole ..." Will paused in mid air for a split second both Kenny and Will's eyes met they stood there for another few seconds with poker faces ... then burst out laughing "Ahaha you haven't changed at all Kenny, same old same old xD".

They both quickly flash-stepped off again so as to go to their captains, at the intersection point where they had to separate (seeing as they were in different squads) Will turned around and whispered after Kenny "After the meetings meet me at the pole you hit and we'll investigate ourselves, I may look up to our Captains but these years of peace has made them lax it's time to take matters into our own hands." With that said both ran off in there Squads directions.

On their way towards the checkpoint, the weather began to get worst, as more snow began to make visibility even worse.

Tyson: *Weird, why is it snowing so much at this season?* he thought to himself.

Just then, Tyson sensed three unknown reiatsu signals heading their way and fast.

His eyes widened as he turned around fast and didn't found Christine behind him.

Tyson: Christine!

On a snowy street, Christine took a break from flash stepping, separating herself from her Taicho.

Suddenly, three figures appeared behind her.

Two of them were of middle height, while the one in the center was pretty tall.

Christine sensed the presence of the three unknown figures and turned around fast while unsheathing her zanpakutou.

Christine: Who are you guys?!

The tall figure crossed it's arms and asked in a rather deep and guttural voice:

Tall figure: Where's your captain?

Christine: That is not of your business, who are you?!

Tall figure: Ah, forgive my rudeness pretty lady, I am known as the Gatekeeper of Ice. -he then walked towards the light, revealing his skeleton body and so did his companions- The name's Zero, pleased to meet you shinigami.

Christine's eyes widened as she witnessed this strange skeleton beings she has never seen before.

Christine: Gatekeeper? So you came from one of the Gates of hell?

Zero: That's correct, and so did my friends here.

Christine: What do you want? Why are you here?

Zero: Now now, I don't intend to have you interrogating me all day pretty lady so let's just get to the point. I'm gonna ask again, where's your captain?

Christine: I told you, THAT IS NOT OF YOUR damn BUSINESS!!

Zero: I see, what a shame, then we'll just have to make you tell us.

They all got in battle stance, as the two guards accompanying Zero vanished from sight.

Christine lowered her stance, as one of the guards appeared right next to her and attacked with a slash.

Christine blocked the incoming attack, and landed a kick in the skulls head, sending it crashing to a store.

The other one appeared behind her and tried to impale her with a thrusting attack.

Christine jumped high and flipped backwards attacking with a thrust from the top.

The skeleton used its hand to block and got it crushed.

Christine then kicked it on its back sending it crashing to a light poll.

She then looked at Zero, as he vanished from sight.

Christine lowered her stance again as Zero appeared right in front of her, they both clashed blades and began to test strength.

Christine began to push the much taller Zero back.

Zero got impressed at Christine's strength and pushes back with more strength.

Christine made a spin to the side and attacked Zero towards his middle section.

Zero morphed his hand to a blade and blocked Christine's blade.

He then grabbed her hand and tossed her aside, Christine flipped in midair and landed on her feet.

One of the skeletons was just right behind her and tried to slash her, but she managed to flip away from it.

Both skeleton's then vanished once again and attacked at the same time clashing their blades with Christine's.

Christine held both of them off, as Zero appeared behind her.

Christine's eyes widened as she pushed the skeletons away and barely block Zero's slashing attack which cut her in the cheek.

The impact made her lose her balance as Zero used this ti his advantage and attacked again.

She blocked the attack but lost grip of her zanpakutou and fell on the ground.

The armless skeleton was jumping right at her and was about to finish her off as she closed her eyes.

His blade landed on the ground right beside her as tons of bones were landing on the ground.

Christine opened her eyes and saw her Taicho right beside her.

Christine: Taicho-sama.

Tyson then looked at her as he extended his arm and asked if she was ok.

She nodded as she grabbed his hand and got up from the ground.

Zero: And so the captain decides to show up. Perfect.

Suddenly the skeleton on the floor began to reform himself again completely.

After reforming it jumped back to his companions and called back it's blade which came out of the ground and went towards him quickly.

Tyson: Gatekeepers.

Zero: Oh? So you know of us? admirable.

Tyson: Judging from this weather, you must be the Gatekeeper of ice.

Zero: That is correct shinigami. Now, on to business, DIE!

And so the enemy attacks again.

(im gonna kill ya blue! :3xD jk :P)
Susana was a friendly and caring person, sometimes people though she was a little to mother-like.
she was heading to the 7th squads meeting hall, while thinking to herself, "why doesnt Will understand he cant do things by himslef, and that training so hard can be sometimes hurtfull more that rewarding". She didnt mean to act to protective, but that was something natural she had, specially towards the guy who occupied the 3rd seat of the squad she belonged in, maybe some other feeling where developing towards him, but she wasnt sure about that. She also thought that that was probably the reason for getting angry earlier, of them thinking of herself mother-like, and not seeing the other side of it. x3.

a few minutes after getting there, Will came in. The other squad members were already there. Susana was feeling something strange about Will, he didnt came in as he usually did.

-Susana: Will..? *looking serious*

-Will: ye..yess Susana-fuku-taicho..?

-Susana: did you by any chance met Kenny on the way through here?

She knew they were good friends from before, and that they had usual attemps of doing things with no permission or thigs against the rules.

-Will: eto.. no..noo, why do you ask Susana? ^^"

-Susana: are you sure Will.. you dont seem quite sure right now.

he knew he couldnt hide anything to her! :3

-Will: ohh, fine! i did, what about it? x3

-Susana: ha! i knew it! :3. and what have you guys been up to? and dont ya dare tell me something that its not true! :P

-Will: noo. but, we havent been up to nothing, really!

-Susana: *looking at him seriously* dont lie to me Will, i know youre hiding something!


-Will: i cant hide anything from you Susana.

-Susana: no, you cant :P. now, what are you guys planning? :3

-Will: ok, ill tell you Susana-fuku-taicho, we are planning to investigate on our own, it seems thigs havent been quite well lately.

-Susana: i see. ..wait! are you going to do what!! . have you though that this is kinda dangerous ?!. i wont allow you to do this things!

-Will: but.. no one does anything about it! we have to find out what is going on here!

-Susana: i dont care! its dangerous for both of you! somethign bad could happen to you! at least you should do that with someone that will keep you under control, and safe if anything unexpected happens x3.

-Will: but.. oh, i see where is this getting at.. x3

-Susana: so, does that mean that ill be able to go with you?

-Will: do i have any other options.. *sighs*

-Susana: -.-, what do you mean by that, but no you dont. :3

-Will: oh, ok, i guess it'll be fine ^^

with that said, they went on their own.

(did i did this right? ^^")

"This place is a mess." The officer covered his nose and mouth with his sleeve because of the strong smell of melted asphalt and burnt flesh that still persisted in the air.

"Spread out and look for clues." ordered Kouta. He crouched down and touched the blood splatters on the ground. It was still warm. Looking down the alley he closed his eyes and tried to recreate what had happened in his head.

"It was standing atleast 40 feet away." said Asuka while crouched down next to her lieutenant.

"Shhh...I'm trying to think here." responded Kouta. "Damn, lost my train of thought."

Asuka stood up and walked approximately 40 feet away. "Right...here!" She exclaimed with both arms spread out. Kouta sighed then looked up.

"How do you know that?"

She bent over and ran her finger perpendicular to her feet. "There's a large indentation and the ground is the warmest here. You can barely see it but there's also a long streak extending out"

Kouta was impressed at her analytical skills. "Can you show us what happened?"

She rubbed her chin for a moment while scanning the area. "I need everyone here."

Once their unit was gathered she started to place them in specific spots. "Based on the report (yea, right there) and where the blood spots are (over here please)...they (don't move) were standing...just. like. this. There."

The soul reapers were gathered together in more or less formation. Walking backwards along the line to the spot where the indentation was she eyed the group. "The two standing closest and near each other were killed instantly while the others were out of reach and managed to survive. Whatever it was that attacked them had a long reach and did it in one shot."

She walked back up to the unit. "Also, based on the burns and everything...it was probably a fire based attack or atleast it was hot enough to burn everything around it."

Memories of the injured unit he saw ealier flashed in his head. Recalling the specific injuries it was mainly burns. There was just a single deep and wide laceration across the upper body. This all matched up with what Asuka had determined just now.

"Good work."

Asuka shrugged off the compliment. "And they promoted you to lieutenant."

"Yea, they did." Kouta grumbled. "Report this back to the Captain right away."

Suddenly his cell phone went off. He slid it open and checked the messages. "Looks like a disturbance not far off. I'll check it out."

"I'll go too." said Asuka quickly but Kouta turned her down on the basis that she was only one capable of explaining her findings to Captain Hinamori.

"The rest will follow me. Keep your eyes open for anything suspicious." He and two other officers flashstepped towards the designated location while Asuka and the rest returned to the Soul Society.

----
"Captain you should stop stressing out. It causes wrinkles." said Lieutenant Rangiku from the couch. Captain Toshiro was pacing up and down the room thinking to himself.

What could it be? There's more to this than meet's the eye. He thought before taking a seat at his desk. "It still doesn't make sense."

"What doesn't?" asked Rangiku now that her interest had been sparked.

"The appearances of the Gate. Someone is obviously trying to escape, on the other hand no individual should be strong enough to do that." The Captain opened up an old-looking book and flipped through it.

"Maybe someone just is."

"No, that just can't be. The overseers of Hell are too powerful. Even if all the souls were to revolt they wouldn't be able to do it." His finger tapped a full-page sketch of a demonic skeleton surrounded by fire with a large blade in hand. "Unless..." He stopped for a second. "Unless they're being aided by someone."

Rangiku had a quizical look on her face. "Who in their right mind would do that?"

The Captain shook his head. "That's just it, they wouldn't be. Besides it's not that easy to escape. Even if they had managed to break open the Gate, they wouldn't be able to break the chains binding them to hell. No amount of strength is capable of that."

"So what you're saying is that it's useless for them to try?"

"Well, yes, basically. However, theoretically there is one possible way and that's with the use of the sōkyoku. It was destroyed long ago and the shards were returned to where the King resides where it's sealed."

Rangiku spun a strand of her hair with her finger. "And there's only one person who knows how to open the dimension to get there, the Commander-General."

"Actually the former Commander is the only one who knows where the key is." said Toshiro casually.

Rangiku popped her head up from behind the couch, her hair covering her eyes. "Wait, shouldn't the current Commander-General know where the key is?"

Toshiro nodded. "Yes, but the location of the key is passed down verbally from one Commander to another. Yamamoto passed it onto Nishihara who went into exile before Mitsuharu took leadership. Not even Central 46 knows where it is."

Rangiku blinked.

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"Sir?! What's with all this ice? It shouldn't even be snowing this season!" said the officer while they crunched through the snow.

"It's probably that global warming the living world is always talking about!" replied the other officer.

Kouta squinted trying to look off into the distance. "Not far off now."

After his Fuku-taicho's harrowing interrogation Will left with her in search of Kenny, they arrived at the pole where Kenny had crashed into not long ago but didn't see Kenny anywhere in sight.

Will: *Sigh* "seems Kenny's gotten himself lost again ... his lack of coordination skills was always a cause for concern"

Susana: Well while we wait how about we spar?

Will: Fuku-taicho I don't mean to be mean or anything but you haven't fought in years while I've been honing my skills with the blades these past few years I wouldn't want to hurt you before the adventure even began

Susana: Oh ... is that so well don't patronize me! You can talk all you want after you cross swords with me

With a sigh Will picked himself up and unsheathed his sword with a half hearted swing he lunged at Susana, his fuku-taicho easily sidestepped his lunge and lightly tapped him in the wrist area, Will's zanpakuto fell to the ground with a clatter

Susana: Oh mr.high and mighty what is this I see? It seems all those years of honing your skills didn't pay off

Will: ...

Susana: Oh come on now it was a joke a joke *nervous laugh* Will are you ok-

At this moment Kenny suddenly appeared on the scene with his energetic mood flowing all over the place

Kenny: So what's the pl-

Kenny froze and opened his mouth to form a big O while his eyes made contact with Susana

Kenny: Urghh ... Will what's she doing here? I thought it was just you and me, ... Will?

Will sat there still in a daze even though that was only 1 cross of the swords he felt all the years of his hard work had been wasted, he slowly got up but he looked worse than he did when they had found him close to death 9 years before. Susana slowly walked over to Will and ...

(why do i get all this kinda mean situations x3)

she slowly walked towards him and hugged him, while saying "gomen, gomen, i didnt mean to be like that".

-Will: ok, dont worry about it Fuku-taicho ^^" (still looking kind of depressed)

-Susana: but, you dont seem so convinced Will x3

-Will: its ok, really, no need to worry

-Susana: are you sure? ohh.. *hugs*, tell you what, ill train with you evry time i get time off! would that be better..

-Will: i guess so.. ^^"

-Susana: ohh, what can i do for you not to be sad anymore x3.

-Will: im okay, it was nothing really, from now on ill just work harder ^^

-Susana: ok, but dont over do it Will

after this Kenny, Will, and Susana, started walking. Kenny was kind of angry to have Susana-fuku-taicho around, but he knew there was nothing to do about it. Susana was happy to be there for them, if anything came up, she knew she wouldnt have to worry about them been in any danger. on the other hand, Will was still thinking that he needed to get stronger, and that he will train evry day and night no matter what, he wanted to get stronger!

Captain Momo looked off into the distance thinking. "So where are they now?"

"There was a disturbance report just as we were about to leave. They went to check it out." reported Asuka. She watched as the Captain thought of what to do next. "Should we back them up?"

Momo shook her head. "They can take care of themselves. I don't want to risk losing anyone else if it can be avoided."

The injured shinigami from the patrol had been taken to the Medical Station for treatment along with the dead. "Have our findings reported to Commander Mitsuharu and the rest of the Captains immediately." She ordered.

"Yes Captain." Asuka bowed then proceeded on duty.

...
"I need some help here! Turn him over! Slowly!" called out Tsukino who was busy attending the severely injured soul reapers who had come in. The patient was going into shock from his injuries. Third-degree burns covered 45% of his body with a nearly 2-inch deep laceration across the chest. Despite the severity of the cut, he wasn't bleeding out. The wound had been cauterized instantly along with the blood in his veins all over his upper body. His breathing had stabilized once again.

"Is he going to even make it?" asked one of the concerned nurses. She averted her eyes, unable to look any further.

Tsukino closed her eyes and shook her head slowly. "It's too early to tell." They had already lost one of the others shortly after arrival. The only one whose injuries were moderate but survivable was conscious yet unresponsive. He was in a total state of shock.

Later on that night Captain Unohana arrived and began treating the patients.

"They were from Squad 5, right?" The receptionist asked Tsukino as she passed by the front desk.

Tsukino nodded. "Captain Unohana said they'll both make it, but a full recovery isn't possible."

The receptionist looked at her sadly then huffed. "Hey, I'm sure he'll be alright. He's really grown up these past years."

Tsukino smiled. "You're right." She looked at the ring on her finger and started to turn it.

"Of course I am." The receptionist laughed. "Besides he's got you to come home too so there's more than enough reason for him to not act so recklessly like before."

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"Sir! We should go back! There's nothing...here!" yelled the officer while trying to pry his leg out from the deep snow which now was up to knee level. "And if there was...it's probably gone by now!"

"Spread out quick!" Kouta shouted while drawing his zanpakuto quickly.

The three soul reapers flashstepped away from where they stood just as the snow and ice exploded. Chunks of it flew out in all directions. Standing in the crater locked in battle was Captain Tyson of Squad 6 and what appeared to be a skeleton of some sorts.

"What the hell is that?!" yelled one of the officers.

Suddenly there was another crash several yards away. Lieutenant Christine was fighting off another skeleton, a much larger one that looked like it was composed of two instead of one. It's four arms swiped at her as both of it's heads cackled.

"Help her!" ordered Kouta to his fellow officers who immediately rushed over zanpakuto's drawn.

He slowed his breathing to a calm. "Sway." His zanpakuto pulsed and changed shape to form a falcata. Steadily he tracked the movements of the Captain and the skeleton enemy before providing support.

"What's this?!" said the skeleton as a different spiritual pressure descended upon them. Tyson jumped out of the way of the attack. The snow around the skeleton exploded. The impact of the attack was large enough that it exposed the street below cratering it.

The skeleton had formed a shield of ice to protect himself. Through it he could see a soul reaper standing on the otherside that wasn't his opponent from before.

"That's no Captain." The skeleton remarked. Snow kicked up from behind and approached the skeleton at a rapid speed. He turned around and formed a thick ice shield to block Tyson who came in for the strike.

His zanpakuto impaled straight through the shield of ice but barely reached the skeleton. The skeleton laughed.

Tyson smirked, ready to unleash his shikai.

On the otherside, Kouta stood ready to backup Captain Tyson if needed.

Zero: DIE!

The three skeletons and Tyson vanished at the same time.

Christine didn't knew where they went, when suddenly a pile of bones fell down out of nowhere.

Then she heard clanging sounds coming from above, where her captain was fighting against Zero and the other skeleton.

Christine grabbed her zanpakutou and was about to go help her captain when suddenly she got covered by a shadow from behind.

She gasped and side stepped away from the close slashing attack from the skeleton behind her while turning around and getting into battle stance.

The skeleton just stood there as Christine decided to charge at it.

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Meanwhile, Tyson was still clashing blades with the other two enemies.

Zero vanished and reappeared behind Tyson, he then tried to slice Tyson up from top to bottom, but before he could land the attack, Tyson was already gone from his sight.

Zero grunted as the other skeleton shouted: "BEHIND YOU!"

Zero got nervous as he heard Tyson chant: "Hadou 63: Raikouhou - Lighting Tiger Canon"

Zero turned around and just managed to warp away from it.

But the blast kept on moving forward straight at the other enemy.

The kidou was closing in too fast and the skeleton couldn't dodge it.

Skeleton: Ooh Sh- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

The skeleton's scream echoed throughout the whole street, as the blast engulfed his bones in flames and making them dust.

Tyson: Without bones, no more regenerating ;)

Zero reappeared not too far and witnessed that one of his minions was gone.

Zero: Curse you shinigami, you'll pay dearly for that!

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When Christine heard the scream she took a look at the sky as she saw the skeleton vaporizing.

Christine: Yay, go Taicho-sama! Now, I might just do that too

The skeleton she just defeated regenerated itself and charged at her once again.

Christine blocked all attacks with ease, they clashed blades for a while when suddenly Christine pushed the skeleton backwards and flash stepped behind it and sliced it up in half.

The skeleton crashed to the ground again helpless.

Christine then walked towards it and said: "Hadou 54: Waste Flame"

The skeleton was immediately engulfed in flames and its bones were turned to ashes.

Christine: That's that ^^

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Zero: You're stronger than I thought you were, shinigami. But, I have not used my best ability yet. Witness it now, for it shall be the last thing you'll see.

The gatekeeper then raised it's blade, as it began to concentrate ice at the tip.

Tyson's eyes widened as he looked at Christine and shouted: "Christine! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!"

Christine: What?! Why?!

Tyson: JUST GO!!

She then realized that Zero was about to launch a blizzard attack which was quite dangerous with this cold weather.

Christine then stared at her Taicho one more time and flash stepped away as far as she could.

Zero: DIE!!

Zero unleashed his blizzard towards Tyson who looked back at Zero too late and couldn't react in time.

He tried to block with his zanpakutou but his hands slowly began to freeze, and continued to spread up until he was completely frozen solid.

The frozen solid captain fell down below, and the huge block of ice was crushed to pieces by the impact of the fall.

Zero: YES!!!! One captain down! I'm gonna be promoted for sure! MWAHAHAHA!!

Just then, Zero's bony arms fell off from him as he felt a gentle breeze pass through him.

Zero: But-but, it can't be!

Zero took a look at the crumbled ice below, only to see the captain's haori on the ground.

Tyson: Nice move, but not quick enough for my shunpo. You die here, gatekeeper of ice.

Zero: Ugh.

Tyson: Hadou 63: Raikouhou! - Lighting Tiger Canon

Zero: GUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

The big blast disintegrated the gatekeeper completely as the Taicho got down slowly surrounded by snow flakes to the street below.

He then picked up his frozen stiff haori which began to soften up, as the ice covering all the town slowly began to vanish.

Christine headed back towards Tyson, who was placing his haori over him again.

She stared at him as he stared at her and then smiled at her.

Just then, a big metal door appeared at the same dark alley where the gatekeeper came from.

Tyson then noticed his tracking device began to bip, he took it out and found out that the door was one of Hell's gateways.

Tyson: Hmm, we have to report this to Mayuri Taicho.

He then called to 12th squad's investigation center and told Mayuri all that just happened.

While Tyson was waiting for the next orders, 5th squad's lieutenant Kouta, arrived at the scene with a few men with him.

(mcz: Sorry, I was already making the story and didn't saw your post before )

"Hmph." smirked a figure far atop the rooftops, watching the battle blew.

"You've grown very much Tyson." The figure whispered. The blizzard had begun to die down, but it was still relatively difficult to see. He was in a safe location and with his reitau level emmiting at his lowest, he wasily was passing by as a normal plus (soul).

Pulling his scarf over the lower half of his face as the wind picked up. His eyes fell on Kouta.

Ah, I see they've made you Luietenant. I'll have to congradulate him someday. Thinking to himself.

The figure watched as Tyson-Taicho dispatched the Gatekeeper of Ice and regrouped with the rest of his comrades. His eyes focused in on the communication device as it was removed from Tyson's haori. He was able to overhear the Captain reporting what had just took place.

Without a doubt, he's reporting to Kurotshuchi-Taicho. Hopefully he- Something caught the unknown man's attention. His gaze quickly turned towards the north and without hesitation he lept high into the air towards it's direction.

Snow, hanging from the edge of the rooftop he was previously on fell to the ground.

Christine-Fuku Taicho heard the noise and glanced over as the snow mushed into the ground. Looking up she scanned the rooftops.

"Taicho..." She said softly, poking his side.

"What is it Christine?" Tyson asked.

Tyson looked over his shoulder to see his Luietenant pointing in the sky with a blank stare on her face.

Tyson's eyes moved to where she was pointing and for just a split second Tyson saw him. His eyes widened for a moment. He rubbed them. No, it can't be.

("On The Precipce of Defeat" plays)

Tyson's device began to go off. He flipped it open to see red blips everywhere to the north. "Menos...what the hell!?" Just then numerous loud pitch howls pierced the sky. "Shit."

Tyson, followed by the other lept into the nearest rooftops to get a better look at how many there were.

Over the horizon, over the tallest buildings stood a row of Menos Grande.

"Theres...theres so many of them Taicho...what's going on?" Christine said, stepping behind her Captain, getting nervous.

"I don't know, but this needs to be reported right away. Something big is going on. Lets go." Tyson said taking a step to the edge of the rooftop.

He froze in his steps when he heard another loud pitched howl come from one of the Menos. Looking up towards it he noticed a large gash appearing just under its head. Slowly the head slid off the fist Menos. The others turned towards their falling comrade and roared, charging cero's at something.

What the... Tyson thought.

"They're being attack, Taicho-sama?" Christine asked, looking on puzzled.

"Someone's attacking them for certain." Stated Kouta. "Look." He pointed to the next Menos that was in line as it keeled over and collapsed to the ground. The remaining dozen Menos howled and began to sway back and forth as the air behind them began to warp and split apart.

"They're running away." Kouta said next.

"Come on." Tyson lept from the building, quickly followed by the others towards the retreating Menos. Unfortunately by the time they got there they were gone, and the remains of the fallen Menos were disentagrating.

"Who could make that many Menos run away that quickly, Captain?" Kouta asked Tyson shortly after arriving.

Tyson was quickly examining the fallen Menos. His eyes fell towards the slash made. "I will tell you one thing for certain, Luietenant Kouta. Whoever it was, was skilled with a Zanpakutou and definetly a Captain class, if not higher."

"Should we report this?" He commented.

"Yes, and quickly. Lets move out." Tyson said before they quickly returned to Soul Society.

Something hit Tyson's shoulder. He glanced just for a moment at what it was. "Rain?" He said softly, more to himself then to the others while looking up. Just moments ago the sky was filled with white clouds as it snowed and now they sky was darker like it was going to rain.

Now I'm certain, he's back.

"I want everyone to spread out and search for any unknown reiatsu's in the surrounding area. Whoever it was must still be in the area." He ordered.

They all nodded and dispersed while Tyson remained where he was. So now you decide to come out of exile...Nishihara...why now? He wondered.

After a few short minutes everyone returned to Tyson's location all saying the same thing.

"We couldn't track down anything, Captain."

"Understood, let's return to Soul Society." He ordered.