Bleach: Fall and Rise

177: Soul stone collection

1 month later, Grumman's POV

Looking up at the door I socked a brow at who'd be knocking" Fuhrer, there are some visitors here to see you." An officer said," come in." I said, the door opened and 11 people walked into the room, the lone woman is carrying an empty briefcase, she has light hazel brown hair, and 2 icy blue stripes running through her hair and tied in a loose braid.

Her eyes are also icy blue to match the stripes but they're not cold, they're gentle and warn, she's wearing a white trench coat and a black knee-length skirt and wearing flats, a light blue shirt peaking out from the jacket" I'm Nuriella Pendergast and these are my colleagues, you must be Grumman." She said," yes, what can I help you with?" I asked,

"We're here to collect the philosophers' stones you still harbor so we can release their souls, will you collect them for us?" Nuriella asked, my eyes widened" why of course ma'am." I said and sent the guard out of the room to do so.

"We're also going to need the notes on human transmutation to be destroyed immediately if you already haven't done so, we don't need any more spirits being trapped in those stones in a hell they can't get out of," Nuriella said," I'll see to that too," I said, she nodded" we don't need anyone else being hurt if they even attempt this again." One of Nuriella's colleagues said, she glared at him.

"It's illegal in the alchemy community, they know what they're doing," I said opening one eye" he was talking about the news report a couple of months ago since it has the potential," Nuriella said, I hummed in agreement, by the following day it was all forgotten and everyone was saying the same thing like someone has performed a memory erasing transmutation and replaced some of the memory of that day.

'Who would be powerful enough to do that?' I thought, several minutes later a few men walked into the room with the philosophers' stones, walking over to the table she opened the case" put them in here." Nuriella said, they nodded and silently put them in before she closed it" is that it?" I asked.

"Yes that's all, see you," Nuriella said and the 12 of them walked out of the office and left me to wonder about things, the day after the promised day, the events until the transmutation remained intact.

Still who would be powerful enough to perform a memory-wiping transmutation to nearly 50 million people and replace it as if nothing happened as the door closed and wondered if it was God who did it or the mysterious strangers who did it?

10 minutes later Nuriella's POV

Walking out of the building we made a run for the gate and flash stepped straight outside of the city after quickly making sure no one saw, putting the case on the ground I opened it to be faced with the crimson-colored stone" I promised we'd get you out of those stones and to the Soul Society, today is the day." I said taking them out.

"We all did, it's wrong for souls to be trapped and suffering." Malachite said," they're going to be confused and scared, let's do the ritual." I said taking the stone out and laying them on the ground, we got into a circle, one hand open and the other in a fist, mouthing the countdown we did the movements chanting the incantation.

When it was done the stones started glowing, and electricity crackled all over the place, the souls burst out of them in the color of red before they returned to their respective colored orbs and then materialized into their human forms" we're free?" One of the spirits asked.

"Yes you are free from your prison, now come on, gather together and we can send you to Soul Society." I said," we won't be imprisoned ever again will we?" A second spirit asked," we promise you'll never be imprisoned again." Malachite said and we performed the konso.

Energy crosses surrounded the group before imprinting on their foreheads, the ground glowing beneath them and they sunk through the portal, soul butterflies rising as the glow wore off" those were the last of the Ishvalans that were turned into Philosophers stones, now we have to find the souls from Xerxes." A third angel said.

"One of the agents here found the first half resting in a field and a second agent found the other half in Resembool, Czechia near the train station and Hohenheim nowhere to be found and called a few friends to help out crossing the souls over," Malachite said.

I closed the briefcase and we left, just over 1000000 souls from a long-destroyed city have finally been sent off to live in peace after being trapped for centuries, our job is finished.