
The intruder was surprisingly Aizen Sosuke,
"Aren't you supposed to disappear, Captain Itsuki?"
"Are you not supposed to be dead, Captain Aizen?"
Aizen was startled at first before a small laugh came out of his mouth as he looked at Itsuki, who was,
"I died after you got in here, it seems like you've been counting it from the beginning. How long you've been suspicious, it doesn't matter now. Still, I didn't expect you to find this place ..."
Aizen's smile left his face as he continued,
"...Looks like you've read it all, pretty fast readers, haven't you, Minamoto Itsuki?"
Itsuki was only silent as he looked at the man before him, someone whose plans and intrigue run deeper than the abyss. A table and two chairs were prepared with a chess set on it. Itsuki is white and Aizen is black.
Leaving Daireishokairo, Itsuki looked back at the meeting with Aizen, as she felt a tremor in her heart. Itsuki felt it was the right decision that he had never underestimated Aizen from the start.
Every move made, every word spoken has many interpretations and many backup plans. She wonders how Ichigo defeated her in the end.
That chess game gave Itsuki a glimpse of the ultimate strategist and the only reason the match ended in a draw was because he used his mental abilities.
Itsuki then remembered how they ended it,
"Itsuki, knowing your abilities, you must have started to devise a plan, want to bet?"
His mind was suddenly interrupted as many Onmitsukido members appeared around him,
"Captain!!!"
Itsuki just nodded as he continued walking with news of what happened coming one by one,
"Captain Division 8 has captured a Ryoka."
"Captain of Division 11 was defeated by a Ryoka."
It seems like the fight between Zaraki and Ichigo has just finished. Itsuki then dispersed the guards and walked towards a certain location. Arriving there, he sensed two different sources of Reiatsu as he walked in.
An orange-haired young man lay unconscious as a black cat lay in the distance. Itsuki then took the cat and left.
Arriving at the side of the cliff, Yoruichi is surprised by the change in scenario before he feels an all-too-familiar pat on his head. He then snores complacently and remains in his cat form. Yoruichi doesn't want to change when they are out in the open, because being with Itsuki makes him even more reserved.
Staying there for a while, they felt a fluctuation of reiatsu that showed the boy waking up. Yoruichi simply rubbed his head before he left. Itsuki saw his departure before he felt Byakuya's reiatsu fluctuate. It seemed to be heading towards the shrine of regret where Rukia was currently being held.
But before he leaves, he makes Seikyo stay and ignores Yoruichi as he vividly remembers the scene from this anime. Fortunately for Itsuki, there seems to be some change as Yoruichi not only reveals his human form blatantly in front of Ichigo but also does it behind the scenes.
Itsuki then walked towards the location of Byakuya. A bridge was present that led to a circular building with small windows that saw the execution site.
The temple of regret was a place where death row inmates would stay, looking at the reason for their execution and pondering what they were doing.
It seems Ganju just ran to the bridge and protected Yamada Hanataro. Hanataro is a short Shinigami with black hair along his chin and blue eyes.he has a simple expression and looks like someone who is easily deceived.
Shiba Ganju, however, was a tall, muscular man wearing a white top under a green vest, a green bandana and a pair of glasses. He was wearing black pants and had a bag containing various types of fireworks on his waist.
It seemed that Byakuya had just arrived when Ganju threw Hanataro back while Rukia also ran out. He wore a pure white kimono made for prisoners and a red collar made to stop him recovering Reiatsu. Turning to Byakuya, Ganju shouted,
"Let's do this, young master. Your enemy is me!"
Byakuya was not bothered by the sarcastic comments as he looked at the man in front of him.
"I sensed Reiatsu's fluctuations here and thought what kind of warrior hid his reiats, but it was just a small insect."
Rukia seemed to understand her brother as she tried to stop the man,
'That's Kaien-dono's sister ...'
Those words never came out of his mouth when he fainted because his reiats were sucked up by the cells. Itsuki, enter as he appears behind Ganju. Ganju had just seen Itsuki's shadow when a sword pierced through his heart.
Ganju had enough time to react when she suddenly lost all feeling in her body and started to faint. His heart slowly died as the time between beats grew longer.
Ba dum….
'I'm sorry, Aniki'
Suddenly, Ganju returns to herself as she can see herself being sustained by her own two hands. Cold sweat was seen making a puddle underneath as he slowly lost consciousness.
None of the others felt Itsuki let go of his reiats and only saw Ganju collapse on his own.
Byakuya and Itsuki looked at each other as Itsuki gave her a nod and appeared in front of Rukia who picked her up. Hanataro goes to help Ganju as Byakuya looks at her.
"What are you doing?"
Hanataro was puzzled by the question as he watched Byakuya raise his sword. Hanataro began to tremble but was able to muster up courage and maintain his stance. Byakuya was about to swing his sword when a hand suddenly stopped him,
"Dear, oh dear. How dangerous?"
Rukia who was lost became the princess that Itsuki held, regained her senses and was shocked by the newcomer,
"Captain Ukitake..."
"Yeah, Kuchiki. You're losing a little weight. You all right?"
Byakuya turned around and looked at Ukitake,
"What are you doing, Ukitake?"
"Hey, hey, that's my line ..."
Before he could continue, the captain-level reiatsu was felt. Ukitake was surprised as was Byakuya because they could not recognize the reiatsu.
"What is this, Reiatsu?!"
Rukia, who was still in Itsuki's arms, recognized the reiatsu,
"This reiatsu is impossible..."
Itsuki recognizes the device because it allows one to fly and Yoruichi uses it to escape with Ichigo after his battle with Zaraki.Ichigo then lands in front of Hanataro to check on him.
"Are you okay, Hanataro? Pardon,
it seems I've put you through some scary situations
After checking, he ran between Itsuki and Rukia's cell and unsheathed his sword,
"Deplease Rukia!!"
"D-ichi..."
Looking at the energetic individual with the bandage in front of him Itsuki was not fanboying as usual.
He simply replied calmly by pointing at Rukia with his eyes.
Rukia was currently grasping tightly onto Itsuki's clothes and was staring at Ichigo with a surprised expression. Seeing the other party looking towards him, he also looked towards his hand. Realizing what he was doing, he suddenly blushed his face away but his hand never moved
Ichigo did not know how to respond as this was the first time he had faced such a situation.
He put all these thoughts aside while staring at Rukia once again. Rukia finished blushing and having tears in her eyes, she seemed to be moved by Ichigo who appeared to save her, she said,
"What's with that look? I'm here to save you, act happier?"
Itsuki is confused by how Ichigo acts.
"I told you not to come...That's...I won't forgive you if you come...You idiot!"
Rukia saw Ichigo's bandage that was about to cry. He actually thought of her as a friend and was deeply hurt at the sight of her circumstances.
"Yes ... So ... I'll let you scold me as much as you want .. when I save you."
Rukia looked moved once again hearing this,
"Ichigo's..."
"What's? You're not going to tell me to back off after coming this far, are you?"
"But…"
Ichigo just cut it off and continued, so,
"I'm not backing down! I'm not kidding. I came all this way to save you. It doesn't matter if you say you want to face this death sentence ..."
Holding his sword with one hand he pointed with the other hand,
"From now on, all your opinions are rejected, understand, moron?"
Rukia was shocked when her rights were snatched away,
"What the fuck? You're ignoring the savior's opinion?"
Rukia seemed to have forgotten that she was being held by Itsuki as she shouted,
"What kind of tyranny is it to save someone ?!"
"Shut up! The saved cannot complain!"
The two continued to fight before they stopped and calmed down,
"But before we can continue..."
Itsuki seemed to be forgotten during this conversation, it hurt her a little. Seeing Ichigo preparing to attack, Itsuki was just waiting for him to make a move. Ichigo then charged towards him while Itsuki moved back slightly and dodged behind him.
To vent his slight grievance, he kicks Ichigo and pushes him towards Byakuya and disappears into the cell.
Ichigo fell down and quickly recovered from his kick.
"You…!"
Ukitake was shocked to see the child in front, he was very similar to Kaien.
"Yakuya... Who is it?"
"There's no connection, at least, not to the man who just crossed your head. He's a nobody, just another Ryoka. I'll remove it. Then it'll all be over..."
Byakuya then dodges in front of Ichigo. Ichigo took a position as he began to speak,
"You take it easy, don't attack me when that pretty boy kicks me to the floor ..."
Hearing how Ichigo called out to him, Itsuki stumbled a little before looking back at the conversation that was about to happen. Rukia was quite worried but found herself unable to speak.
"Who do you think you're talking to? Are you telling me to exploit the loopholes for someone like you? Don't talk outside your league, son"
A large amount of reiatsu was released from Byakuya as Hanataro knelt down. Ichigo also feels pressure but can still remain standing.
"Oh, completely unaffected by this much reiatsu, it seems like you have improved a little. I don't know how you live, but it would be better for you to remain in the world of life."
Byakuya then dodges behind Ichigo. It seems that Byakuya also became less talkative than the anime while living in the presence of Itsuki. Ichigo surprisingly blocks the Byakuya attack that surprises Byakuya.
"Now I can see you, Kuchiki Byakuya"
Itsuki was also surprised but regained his composure, this was not out of his calculations. If Ichigo is not stronger then he will be disappointed. After that everything goes like a canon with Itsuki just watching everything happen.
Yoruichi was inwardly surprised by Byakuya's improvement but he still lost against her. Before he left, he glanced at Itsuki before leaving.
After Byakuya leaves, Kaien appears next to his brother before Ukitake orders his arrest. Ukitake knows that they are siblings but Ryoka's arrest is prioritized, a captain has died.
Although reluctant, Kaien then takes her sister to where they keep Ryoka after bowing towards Itsuki who has just left Rukia's cell.
Nodding back, Itsuki left the area. On his journey he made a startling discovery, two sources of reiatsu had just entered the territory covered by his jurisdiction.