Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 37, Act 2 Conclusion: Wake-up Call

Kazui's POV:

I groaned as I felt something prodding my stomach and my face. My eyes were tightly shut, but I knew that I'd have to get up anyway. I mean, I do have to go to school after all.

"Ugh, fine...I'll get up in a second, Mom. It's not like I'm gonna be late or...", I yawned and slowly opened my eyes and saw two yellow eyes staring straight into mine, and a face painted with black and white.

"AAAAAHHH!", I shouted and scrambled back into my bed...or hospital bed? Oh. Right. I forgot that I was in the Seireitei training to go on a mission to save Renji and Byakuya, and to help my dad. Guess I was knocked out that bad that I even forgot about this major fact in my sleep. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"Ah, so you don't remember...Strange, but it is only natural...", pondered the stranger to himself in a nasal tone.

I looked at him more closely to see his bizarre look. Along with his weird black and white face paint, he also had a manic expression with his white teeth showing. He wore his captain's haori with an orange flowerlike design, an orange headdress, and gold around his face, ears, and chin. I have never seen a stranger looking captain before, but I believe he'll be the last because I can't think of anyone else who would dress up like this.

Loud footsteps were heard approaching my room. We both looked to the doorway to see the lovely silver-haired woman who is Captain Isane Kotetsu.

"Captain Kurotsuchi, you can't just barge into a patient's room like that. You'll have to ask one of our healers or anyone from the front desk about that", sighed Isane as she caught her breath. It looked like she ran a long way just to get here.

The weird captain just waved his hand and sighed exasperatedly, "Sorry, sorry. But I'm a captain of the Gotei 13, so I have authority where I need to be. And this subject is something I need to see".

Pause. "Wait whaddya mean by subject?"

Kurotsuchi completely ignored me and continued talking to the captain of Division 4. "After all, you did say he had an issue with...", he thought for a moment, "throwing up, right?"

"Ah, yes. But how did you-"

"Never mind that. I have the right drug to fix him"

Isane smiled in relief, but her eyes told me that it probably was a bad idea, "Ah, that's good. May you please administer this drug now?"

"What did you think I was gonna do while the boy was here?", he stuck his tongue out before looking back to the corner of the room. Somehow, I didn't see the girl with purple hair wearing Shinigami uniform standing there.

"Nemuri, please hand the vial to Kazui, please"

"Understood, Lord Mayuri!"

"You really need to break that habit..."

She walked towards me and pulled out the vial from the inside of her shihakusho. I just noticed that this Nemuri wore a very stoic expression the whole time. With her hand outstretched, she held the vial toward me. Naturally, I took it. She walked back to her original place immediately.

I had a bad feeling about this. A strange looking captain that made a strange looking vial that would probably give me a strange effect. What could go wrong? Though I didn't see anything wrong with the girl handing it to me. She looks at least more innocent that Kurotsuchi.

I took the vial, took off the lid, and opened my mouth. The liquid inside of that small glass was glowing green and I even heard it sizzling. Whatever must be in this glass is probably nasty as hell. Though I needed it if I wanted to get better. And, Captain Kotetsu is with us, so we have a witness. Good thing, because Mayuri might get away with my murder.

The liquid ran down from the vial and into my mouth. The taste was absolutely foul, something I never want to try again in my entire life. I gulped the whole thing down and placed the vial next to my bedside table. Expecting something bad to happen to my insides or my whole body in general, nothing really happened. Surprisingly, I felt even better. My energy levels were raised by a lot along with no urge to suddenly throw up my guts or organs.

"Uh, thank you, Captain Kurotsuchi"

"Eh, okay. By the way, I added something a bit special to the drug", Mayuri stared at me as I coughed when he mentioned that, "And if you bother throwing that up, just remember that it also throws up the rest of your insides as well".

"Aye aye. What is the Seireitei's deal with having drugs that make you throw your insides out", I scratched my head and then finally stood up, feeling better than ever.

Kurotsuchi waved goodbye and walked out the door and back to whatever creepy cave he lives in. Nemuri waved towards me, with what I swear was a small grin on her face, and followed after. I sighed and looked at Captain Kotetsu, who was watching them leave as well. When she finally turned around back to me, I bowed.

"Thank you for your hospitality and dealing with me these past few days, but I'll be taking my leave now"

She smiled politely, "It's no problem, really. We have patients like these every day. If you are taking your leave though, I gladly accept your thanks"

I bowed once again and took my Zanpakuto, which was leaning in the corner. I attached the sheath by my side and walked out the door. My recovery was over, which meant that I had to keep on training again. Putting this effort just to save people who are basically my family. I mean, Renji and Byakuya always visited along with Ichika back in the World of the Living. Of course, that was because I never came to the Seireitei before...right?

I had begun to have this weird feeling in my head, almost as if it felt like it was swelling up. Images flashed before my eyes that I've never seen before. This feeling was familiar, or that I've already seen these visions in my mind. But there is not a chance that I'd seen these. Obviously, this is just a side-effect of Kurotsuchi's drug. There wasn't a single thing to worry about.

I kept seeing these images until someone came up and poked my face.

"Hey, Kazui. You look like you're in a daze over there. Actually no, you look dumb", a red-haired girl said as she prodded my cheek, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Ichika, what gave you the right to start poking my face", I sighed, "Anyway, what brings you here?"

"I heard from Captain Kotetsu that you'd be getting out of the Division 4 barracks. And then I realized that you had no place to stay. So naturally, I offered to take you in with us for the time being", Ichika said with a smug look.

"I get it, I'm homeless. But anybody could've told me where to find your place since you just so happened to take me in, so that doesn't answer my question. So why were you waiting for me?"

She smiled even more, showing off her confident expression, "Well, I just found out myself that I'd be training alongside you for a lesson. Basically, we're in the same class".

"So, who's the captain that's gonna be training us?"

"Well..."