King Of Shinigamis - [Rewrite]

Chapter 11: New War and Old Enemies

Alarms were going off from all sides, filling the underground laboratory with the various alerts ringing and flashing lights illuminating the endless monitors composing the lab's walls. All across the floor, various beings, each dressed in white lab coats, were rushing from one set of computers to the next, all in response to these distressing alarms; each of their voices competing with the sirens.

"102 Hollows destroyed, Sector 902-0201!"

"51, destroyed in Sector 6603-8983!"

"Adjusting the barrier invasion rate to 0.24!"

A massive elevator stood at the lab's south side, cranking along, signifying an individual was quickly approaching the bottom floor. As the gates opened, two people rushed out onto the lab floor. The Captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a rather lanky-looking figure in a long white Haori, adorned with a flamboyant headgear, stepped out along with one of his close assistants, a man named Akon.

"3rd Seat Akon! The Hollows just keep vanishing, one after another!" One of the men rushing about the lab floor addressed, making his way to both the Captain and his aide. "At this rate, the barrier between this world and the human world...!"

"I've already reported that!" Akon shot back. "If you have no new intel, then back down!" As the man lowered his head in apology, backing away, Akon turned to his Captain with a distressed expression. "Captain..."

"Yeah," Mayuri answered. "It can only be them... and them alone."

Karakura Town

Ichigo Kurosaki was walking down the street leading to their house, accompanied by his girlfriends. The sun was just beginning to recede beneath the skyline, throwing numerous ever-changing shadows of half-light over them. Orange light seeped over Ichigo, swathing his body to match his hair. It had been several weeks since the incident with Ginjo Kugo, and everything was slowly returning to normal. However, something was nagging at Ichigo. Something just didn't seem right; he felt uneasy… almost as if something very bad was about to happen.

"It was a good thing we came at the right time," Artoria broke the silence.

When they were coming home from school, they sensed some Hollows and 2 Shinigami's Reiatsu, which were lowering to a dangerous level, so they decided to check it out and found Kurumadani Zennosuke – also known as Imoyama – and the Afro's duty was taken over by another 2 Shinigamis. They were attacked by Hollows and were about to die, when Ichigo and the girls came just in time to save them, before they took the two of them to Urahara for treatment.

"You are right about that. If we were late even for a moment, then those new Shinigamis would have been dead," Ichigo voiced.

Altria sighed. "Seriously, are all the Shinigamis in the Soul Society this weak? How can they protect a city if they can't even handle 3 Hollows?"

Ichigo and Artoria could only laugh nervously at her words.

"So, what is with you?"

"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked, looking at Altria.

"You have been on edge for some days now. You didn't forget we also feel what you feel right?" Altria raised an-eyebrow.

"Sorry, it's just that…I can't help but feel something really bad is about to happen." Ichigo looked up at the sky.

"Are you sure you are not just getting paranoid?" Altria asked.

"After all that has happened in the last two years, I will not blame him." Artoria voiced.