The Nueva Espada

Chapter 27:Highway Star

"It's Ichi-Nii's reiatsu..." Karin hushed

"What the hell..." Ginjo grunted as he aimed his eyes in the direction of the reiatsu "It's not just Shinigami, it's Hollow too..."

"What's going on?" Jackie asked "Why would all this reiatsu be in the one place?"

"I have no idea but I intend to find out" Ginjo growled as he bolted from the door

"Wait!" Jackie belted "What do you think you're doing?! You're just gonna rush to the scene?! That's beyond reckless!"

"Ms. Jackie does have a point" Giriko supported "Charging in head first is far from ideal, we should wait and asses the situation as we usually do"

"There's no time!" Ginjo shouted as he whipped his head towards them "This may be our only chance!"

"To what?" Riruka asked "Are we just gonna nab a Shinigami, have him take us to Soul Society and then kill 'em all?!"

"Since when has that not been the plan?!" Ginjo roared "It's our opportunity and it's staring us right in the face! If Ichigo's there, then-"

"Then we could get him on our side" Karin finished for him "I'm going too"

"Then come on!" Ginjo stated as he slammed the door open and vanished with a flicker of Bringer Light, which was quickly followed by Karin, reenacting the exact same motion

"Damn it" Jackie spat before she too pursued Ginjo

"Oh man, this is going to be a drag" Yukio sighed as he put his console in his pocket and jumped off his seat "I'll follow them, make sure they don't do anything stupid"

"I'll be making the appropriate phonecall to Mr. Tsukishima and Mr. Shishigawara" Giriko nodded

"I'll be here, using up our booze" Riruka piped, with a raise of her glass

"Ichigo..." Urahara muttered

"In the flesh" Was his smug reply, accompanied by a twisted smirk

Urahara's eyebrows narrowed, his lips clamped together, his eyes, while shaded by his hat, burned holes into Ichigo's skull

He mentally debated whether on not to inch his hand closer to his Zanpakuto, however he noted that Ichigo had already drawn one of his swords, and he couldn't afford to take the risk

Not with his child just five feet behind him

"Are you alone?" Was Kisuke's silence breaking question

"I think you already know the answer to that" Was his mocking reply, a quick mental scan revealed seven more reiatsu signatures just outside the door

"What do you want?" Was Kisuke's next question

"I think you know" He stated, his thumb running up and down the hilt of Tensa Zangetsu

"I don't, why would I have asked otherwise?" He asked, his tone unchanging

"Don't fuck with me Kisuke" Was Ichigo's smug rebuttal "Tell me where it is"

"I have no idea what you're talking about" Kisuke confided once again

"Will any of your friends in the back?" Ichigo asked with a chuckle

Kisuke's skin turned ice cold at the statement

"Don't you-"

"I sense those two little brats...that Kido expert...oh, even my dear sweet cousin has payed you a visit" Ichigo laughed, scanning the reiatsu in the area "But there's a small signature I don't recognize"