"I have told you everything just but 23 seconds earlier, have you forgotten something already?" said a confused Kisuke. Ichigo took out the flute and Kisuke clapped his hands in praise. "Ohoho! You've gotten back the precious item of your's!" he exclaimed. Kisuke took off his backpack and then, amazingly, slide out a large pipe organ. He got out a seat and sat on it and looked at Ichigo. "Play this melody with your item, and you will be healed." he said quietly. Ichigo listened as Kisuke softly played the notes on the keyboard. Ichigo played them on his flute and suddenly, words rushed into his mind.

Day to night, dark to light,
Fall the sands of time.

He felt very sleepy,

Let the years like the gears Of a clock unwind

His wooden skin became very soft,

In your mind walk through time Back to better days.

He felt his heart rate slowly decrease,

Memories, like a dream,
Wash your tears away.

He saw the multitude of deku scrubs that surrounded him when he became one himself, seem to fade away..

Like a star in the sky darkness can't reach you.
Light the night, joy is light 'til the new dawn.

He remembered riding on his father's horse, named Zangetsu..

Cast away your old face Full of gloom and spite.

He remembered how depressed and surprised he felt when he saw what he had been turned into a deku..

With this mask I will ask To borrow your light.

He felt something slide off his face, as if he was shedding his skin. Then, a burst of light hit his eyes.
Ichigo looked around and noticed he was still in the clock tower. He heard something wooden hit the floor and looked down. He saw a wooden mask on the ground. He picked it up, and then realized he had his normal skin. He ran over to the water wheel and looked in the water to see his reflection. He was his old self again. "I can see you are very happy." Kisuke said. "That song takes away peoples sorrows and turns them into masks. If you wear the mask you will take the form of a deku." Ichigo picked up the mask and slide it away in a sack in his pockets. Suddenly, Hiyori burst from the inside of his hat and when his hat fell, a multitude of coins fell from atop his head. Then, Kisuke held his hand out to Ichigo. "Now that I have done my part, it is time to do your's. Please give me the mask that the blonde stole.." Ichigo stared at Kisuke, then looked away. Kisuke looked at him, his hand still held out. ".......you're kidding, right?" he whispered. "You.....you did get the mask.....didn't you?" Ichigo was silent.

Kisuke grabbed Ichigo and shook him back and forth violently. "How dare you trick me!" he shouted. He let go of Ichigo and put his hand to his own forehead. "Oh my.....the mask......the mask is still out there..." he said. "Why is the mask so important?" Hiyori asked. Kisuke looked at her. "That mask.....is an evil mask..." Kisuke whispered. "It is said that it was created by a tribe far to the east.." he said. "It was used in rituals of unimaginable proportions. It's said it even transformed the wearer into demons!" Ichigo listened. "Soon, the mask divided the tribe and the tribe died out from infighting over the mask. It got lost and I finally found it in a desert of white sand in a castle made completely out of marble." Hiyori nodded. "But then, when I was walking in the woods, the blonde attacked me and stole the mask. He must have thought it was cool, as the mask does look like a skull." Kisuke sighed. "You must get that mask, or very bad things will happen, do you understand?" Ichigo nodded. "Good. Now go out there and retrieve it. Don't worry about what may happen. Just believe in yourself. Believe..." Kisuke chuckled. Ichigo walked out of the tower and into the sunshine.

Even though he was in the tower for 5 minutes at the most, it burned his eyes from the sudden change in light. "Believe in yourself. Tch, what a load of-" suddenly the terrier tackled Ichigo and licked his face. Ichigo got up and pet the dog and it went on its way. "Mashiro said something about some sort of people in the compass directions that could help us, right?" Hiyori asked. Ichigo was unsure. "She's always so unclear." Hiyori mumbled. "Anyway, if what she said was true, we should go there and find them." Ichigo nodded. "Since we're in the southernmost part of town, lets go south to the swamp." Hiyori suggested. Ichigo walked over to the gate when a guard stopped him. "Where do you think you're going? It's dangerous to go out alone, and.." the guard noticed Ichigo's large sword on his back. Hiyori just noticed this too and jumped back and hit the wall. "A sword? Oh, then your fine, just be careful." the guard said. Ichigo nodded and walked out the gate.

Ichigo looked around. He saw a giant, hollow tree trunk on the road, making it look like a tunnel. There were wooden poles with paintings on them along the road as well. He saw something gooey moving in the bushes and approached it. Suddenly, a blob of green with snail eyes and an annoying grin jumped out of the bushes. Ichigo noticed a green bottle inside the blob. He drew his sword and slashed the blob in half. It immediately melted into mush and Ichigo picked up the bottle. "That s a reiatsu potion. It replenishes your reiatsu." Hiyori said. Ichigo walked along the path again and then entered the woods. He then encountered a.....teddy bear flying with a balloon on his back? The teddybear pulled out a needle and popped the balloon and fell to the ground. He looked up at Ichigo and smirked.

"Yo! I'm Kon! Are you a shinigami?!" Ichigo was astonished at the question. "You have a fairy thing with you, so you must be a shinigami! I'm also a shinigami, see my black robe?" Ichigo noticed the teddy bear was wearing an very oversized black robe. "Wanna buy a map? My dad kicked me out cause he doesn't believe in shinigami so I sell maps for a living. That's why I was drawing in the sky." Ichigo chuckled at the ridiculous hobby and how it was done. "So, wanna buy a map of clock town AND the southern swamp? Just 10 coins." Ichigo pulled out ten coins and gave them to Kon. "It would usually be 20 coins but your a shinigami so you get a discount." Ichigo nodded. Then, Kon took out some confetti and threw it around. "Kidou, kidou, boobie queen loom.....loom....loompamajig!" he shouted. Hiyori laughed. "Those are my special magic shinigami incantations. Don't steal them." Kon said seriously. Ichigo walked along the path, still giggling.