Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 41: District 37

Kazui's POV:

Rays of sunshine brightened up the room I was sleeping in. Yawning, I slowly opened my eyes and scanned where I was sleeping in. The sword rack that covered the wall, a regular desk along with writing material, and basically rich things that I didn't own. Yep, I was still in Ichika's room. I looked over to my right and saw Ichika sleeping...next to me?

Now what I can remember from last night is that we both had individual futons that had space between us. But what I can see now is no space between us since our futons were together. And on top of that, Ichika was sleeping right next to me, as in right up close.

"Uh, Ichika...Ichika?"

I poked her sleeping face with my finger. Her eyes fluttered a bit before closing back up again as she wrapped an arm around my body. I could feel my face heat up a bit, but I shook the feeling away. This stubborn girl...why won't she wake up?

"Ichika"

My commanding voice finally opened her eyes wide open. Ichika looked at me, then to her arm around my body, and then back up to my face. Our eyes met as we faced each other. Her cheeks glowed a bright colour of crimson as she backed away immediately and covered her face in a blanket.

"I-IT ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE", she shouted in a muffled voice as her pillow drowned out the rest of her stuttering.

I felt my face heating up even more, though I sighed and tried not to show any reaction, "I won't ask. We have a mission to do anyway..."

Standing up, I stretched my arms out before walking out the door to change. I folded my sleepwear and placed it next to a room that looked like a laundry so that the staff won't have any trouble cleaning. Using my Fullbring, I summoned my Soul Reaper uniform and zanpakuto to get ready. Mugetsu sat safely by my side inside his sheathe, waiting for me to use. I was eventually going to have to use it anyway because I needed to unlock my power and become stronger.

Footsteps were heard down the hallway, so I turned my head around. I saw Ichika in her own uniform with her zanpakuto by her side as well.

"You ready?'

"Of course I am, let's get this over and done with easy"

Ichika took the lead and led me towards the front door. Just before touching the door handle, she gave me a threatening glare.

"Do not tell anybody about what happened this morning"

We both met Kaito halfway through our journey to Rukon District 37 which was very convenient. Our walk there wasn't boring since we had a nice long chat about what happened during, I was conked out after the Kenpachi fight.

"Ha, yeah, so me and Ikkaku had a really crazy fight while training. Ha, I bet he's still recovering right now!", bragged Ichika with her hands behind her head.

Kaito scratched his head, "I don't think its nice to talk about a lieutenant like that, considering he is your sensei after all"

"I can speak to him however I want. After all, I am better than him"

Kaito sighed exasperatedly, but when a kid waved at him from one of the houses in the Rukongai, he waved back and smiled.

"Hey, what's up with that. You know who that kid is?", I asked curiously.

He glanced at me and placed a finger on his chin, "I forgot to mention it, but during your recovery, I kinda saved that kid from a Hollow"

"Whoa! Really?"

"Oh, it isn't anything much. I killed the Hollow, but I don't think District 28 of the Rukongai will be in any time a place for people to live. So I guess his family moved down to another district. He looks like he's living well this time"

Ichika huffed, "How powerful was this Hollow exactly?"

"I don't know for sure, but it definitely had a high Spiritual Pressu-"

Before Kaito could finish what he was saying, it had only been a few minutes that we realised that we had arrived at District 37. It looked deserted. Dust blew around and scattered in the worn-down houses of this part of town. Next to me, I heard Kaito swear to himself.

"Kaito, you know what's going on?"

"Damn, I recognise this reiatsu. It was from the same Hollow that I fought before when saving the kid. How did it survive?"

We drew our zanpakutos as we tried to scan the areas for any Hollows in the surrounding areas. So far, I couldn't even sense a single thing due to the high reiatsu that was spread around us. It covered as far as the whole 37th District. It was just like finding a needle in a haystack.

"I didn't survive, Kaito Hisagi. I just seemed to have become...even stronger due to your stupid mistake", whispered a coarse voice in the wind.

Turning around, I saw a shadowy figure standing behind Hisagi with a single claw against his neck. My eyes widened as I saw the Hollow raise its arms to my fellow Soul Reaper.

"KAITO!!!"

"I KNOW!"

He quickly turned around and stabbed the Hollow straight in the middle of its figure. Kaito pushed the Hollow onto the ground and raised a hand in front of the shadow's head.

"Hado no. 31, Shakkaho!"

A large red orb grew in the palm of Kaito's hand and released into the shadow's head. An explosion followed as smoke blew up in the air. Assuming that the Hollow was dead, Kaito stood up, but only to be met by the same figure in front of him.

"Well done, but your efforts are worthless"

The shadowy figure teleported backwards, looking as if it was pulling our shadows along with it. A Hollow's mask emerged from the head, but it wasn't normal. The white mask was cracked open and split in half. It showed glowing red eyes and grotesque yellow fangs. The Hollow had no hole, but instead appeared around its head like a halo. The figure raised its arms and sighed heavily.

"It truly is wonderful growing this powerful in such a short amount of time. I can finally take revenge on that Hisagi Soul Reaper"

Kaito showed a dark expression as it glared towards the Hollow, "What did you do?!"

"I brought many new disasters upon the Soul Society itself. Be wary, Soul Reapers, because you are foolish to come alone"

Hooded people emerged or teleported next to the Hollow as well. They wore a white mask, but not quite like a Hollows. There were about 4 or so, making it so we were just slightly outnumbered.

"Crap, Kazui. What do we do?", whispered Ichika, her blade held in front of her.

Kaito muttered in a low voice, "I know what I'm going to do. I'll go after that shadow bastard"

I nodded, "It's settled then. Me and Ichika will go after the rest while you deal with that shadow Hollow"

"No need to tell me twice", Kaito disappeared and immediately clashed with the Hollow.

I glanced at Ichika, and we nodded. If this was the problem that Head Captain Kyoraku was talking about, we needed to act fast. And the sooner we eliminated these creatures, the sooner we could help Kaito.

The other three hooded creatures stared down at the two of us, showing how superior they thought they were. Little did it know that it was met with a dangerous hybrid and the daughter of the Captain of Squad 13. Ichika and I rushed towards our enemies with our swords raised.

It was now or never if we were going to destroy our enemies and restore balance to the Seireitei.