It was a quiet night in the soul society, the moon was clearly seen in the dark sky. It casted a shadow on everything it touched. There was not a cloud in sight. A soft breeze, was all there was. It whistled past the building making a soft, gentle noise.
The soul reapers were up to there normal activities. Some were drinking until they passed out, some were doing there paperwork till dawn and some were doing extra training. It was all quiet even though there was the threat of Aizen attacking at any time.
Ichigo was sitting in his office doing with a huge headache and a huge stack of paperwork staring at him because he was like Rangiku, he always liked to put it of and do something else but his lieutenant -Rukia Kuchiki- was adamant that he gets his paperwork done or she would not talk to him ever again. He knew she wasn't joking so he hurried of to get it finished.
When Karin reached the soul society she instantly felt the soft breeze blowing against her deep wounds.
"Now where is my stupid brother?" She asked Uryū
"Well the soul reapers are in the seireitei, past that giant wall, This is just the Rukongai district. Where the souls are sent to" He replied while pointing to the huge soon as he finished talking Karin started running of in that direction."Hey, wait!" he shouted. Running after her. She took no notice of him telling her to wait, she heard a faint murmur'So like your brother, rushing into things' but she ignored it and kept running.
Soon Uryū caught up as she was quickly running out of energy. He didn't know how long it would take until she collapsed. They were near to the gate but suddenly Karin hid behind the last house.
"What are we doing here ?" he asked. Karin quickly caught her breath before she began to speak.
"We are going to wait here until a soul reaper comes out and when the gate is open, we slip inside. Plus I need to gain some of my energy back" Uryū was shocked. She actually came up a with a simple plan that even a idiot could follow. She was not like her brother at all. She was more intellectual.
They didn't have to wait long until the gate opened and two soul reapers came out."Now is our chance. Lets go" she said. Without hesitation they ran to the gate. They successfully slipped past until they heard a deep voice saying,
"Hey you two" they did not turn around to see who was addressing them. They kept on running. They then heard the same man shouting,
"Intruders!" soon there was a bell and voices could be heard.
"This will be a lot harder to find your brother"
"Really? I was thinking, we let them find us and demand to know where Ichigo is" a bead of sweat dropped from Uryū. Sometimes she is a lot like Ichigo.
Ichigo was still working when a black butterfly came in saying that there were two intruders. Ichigo stopped what he was doing, grabbed Zangetsu who was resting against the wall and ran out the door. He silently thanked the intruders, he could now get a break from doing his paperwork in that stuffy office.
Karin and Uryū had no idea on where they were going. It was much like a labyrinth to them.
"Oh for gods sake. It feels like we have been running in circles. We haven't came across anyone yet." Karen's patience was slowly running out. She turned around another corner. When she turned around she saw that she had lost Uryū. She couldn't turn back for him now, she probably get more lost if that was even possible.
Soon Karin heard footsteps,
"Hey you there, halt" Karin was in luck. She obliged to the mans request. When she turned around, the man who shouted was walking towards her. He was of medium height. He had three scratches on one side of his face and the number 69 on the other side. When he was a meter from her he asked,
"What are you doing here" now it was time to put Karins plan into action. She quickly flashed stepped and pinned him against the nearest wall.
"Tell me where Ichigo Kurosaki is?" the man was surprised. Why would she want him. Now the other men where surrounding them. When he didn't say anything. She pressed against him harder.
"Tell me where he is" she was going to get the answers out of him somehow,
"Let lieutenant Shuhei go, Intruder" a voice said
"I will let him go once he tells me where Ichigo Kurosaki is" Karin said never taking her eyes of Shuhei. When Shuhei looked into her eyes, they looked familiar to him. Like he had seen them somewhere. He could see in her eyes that she was more in pain than anger. He finally realised that she is not hurting him. He feels more refreshed before she pinned him against the wall. 'Is she using kido on me' Shuhei thought.
"Keep going forward till you see a fire hydrant then take a right and then a left. That is where his barracks are" Karin leaned forward and whispered into his ear,
"Thank you. I won't say you told me and I'm sorry" as soon as she spoke she followed his directions.
"Lieutenant, why did you tell her?"
"I don't, know. But her eyes look so familiar" Shuhei was still thinking about what she said. Her voice was so sincere. Like she was glad. She even apologised. Was it a 'Sorry I pinned you against a wall' or a 'Sorry for what I am about to do' somehow Shuhei had a feeling to follow her.
"Follow me" he stated and ran after Karin.
