Wow, it's been quite the hiatus, hasn't it? I need to apologize for that. A lot of life happened all at once and I had no time to sit down and write. From work, to family related issues, to trying to wrap up school, and everything in between.. Plus I might've forgotten my account password...

But now I'm finally settled! I can return to this wonderful story! I can't believe how much popularity it continues to gain. I never expected that this could've happened! Thank you all so much for your undying support. Truthfully, it does mean a lot to me.

And now, we will finally continue with Ichigo and the gang!

Two months later...

Yokai Academy; Bus Stop

Spring break!

Ever since the induction of Mizore to their newspaper club, things had been running rather smoothly. The tensions between the boys had died down, albeit friendly competition naturally sparked and it was a race to get the best story possible for the next publishing of their media outlet. Tsukune and Moka had resolved the conflicting feelings and resorted to being close friends rather than anything more. And yet, while that may have yielded positive results for them…

It also did for the other girls.

"Hey, get off of him, he's mine!" Screamed the fiery succubus, who had her arms clutched tightly around the waist of the human male, whom had been in a tight three-way lock.

Yukari Sendo, the witchling of the group, had launched herself unto his back to hold him in a koala-like hold while Mizore Shirayuki, their resident Yuki-Onna, had hold of both arms. It was like watching siblings battle over their favored barbie doll.

The agonized wails of the boy echoed from the group of four. Ichigo had stood there with his arms crossed, a tired sigh passing through his lips, whilst his chocolate orbs focused upon the interaction. It really was petty to see this happen every morning. On the way to class. At lunch. After school. At the club. It was ENDLESS.

"Is something wrong, Ichigo?" The velvet words of the vampire, Moka Akashiya, graced the air behind him. Sudden flares of crimson shot forth throughout his being.

He'd never thought he'd be caught off guard by her. However, he was quick to regain his composure, taking a deep breath before gesturing forward.

"They're at it again. At this point, I don't know how long he can take it. How he's kept his limbs attached to him is a mystery to me…" Ichigo muttered, to which Moka had let out a short laugh, shaking her head slow.

"He is a really sweet boy. Are you jealous? You can barely go a few seconds without getting oogled by one of the girls in the school." Moka said, however, her features betrayed her. Her brows furrowed slightly and her lips had become pursed. This brought the orange haired male to raise a brow in both wonder and amusement.

"And, tell me, how have you noticed? You keeping an eye out for me? Don't want me getting snatched away or somethin'?" With a light nudge, the girl had grown a beet red and begun to wave her hands frantically.

"W-What? I just look around and see it, that's all!" With that, she looked down and stamped her foot, her fingers fidgeting before her in order to calm her frantic state.

"O-Ow! Girls, c'mon, please!" Tsukune had called out once more before finally ripping free of them. And by ripping, there was literally ripping. His collar had a few chunks tore out and his sleeves had been tattered a bit. They were being rather vicious today.

"My, my, rather violent today kiddos? Well there's no room for that where we're going!"

The cheerful tone of Shizuka Nekonome had flooded all senses, each pair of eyes in the group soon finding places upon the neko, whom had been approaching them with the remaining member of the club, Ginei Morioka.

"Going? Where are we going?" Yukari piped up.

It was obviously a trip and one that would be a good while. The obvious hints? Shizuka had asked for them to pack up a bag of personal effects that could last a few days. The only question was: Where?

"The Human World!"

"The Floating Fortress"; Fairy Tail Headquarters

Within the confines of the massive compound resided a science ward. The entirety was given to the strange man known as Aizen for his research in both unlocking the restricted parts of his mind while also working upon the severed object within his chest. The only hints he could be going off of had been the random flashbacks that ranged from a large table, decorated with multiple entities clad in white, while others had shown him standing amongst the rubble of a city with beings of higher power attempting to battle him or him sat before an orb colored in purple. He believed this item in question to be the one embedded within his chest.

However, the theories that had been swirling about his mind had finally come to fruition. Sitting before a large board with multiple formulas mixed with random sentences, Aizen had felt a smug sense of accomplishment wash over him, as he would then take a few steps back to look at his work.

"If my calculations are correct, then…"

With a muttering soon slipping off to silence, the man had soon closed his eyes, deep within his psyche in order to develop his current theory farther than before. Within a few moments, a velvet glow began to illuminate the room, filling it with an immense amount of pressure. In fact, it was tremendous enough for headaches or vertigo to begin affecting various members of the criminal organization.

Even their head, Gyokuro Shuzen, had felt this disturbance within the air. The woman clenched her teeth together in irritation. She'd been dealing with the antics of this mad man for quite some time to no avail. In actuality, she had lost more on this investment rather than gained.

"Bastard… Mind splitting headaches, taking my men and creating strange monsters out of them, making me look like a pure fool before my men… I'm tired of this! I'm ending it!"

The woman stood with a rival energy of her own soon flooding forth. The other Yokai captains had given a look of complete compliance. They would not dare tangle with the legendary S-Class. She was on a far higher plane of power than they could ever dream, and they had known this, of course. There was no stopping the might of Gyokuro when she had set her mind forth.

Treading forth with rage and malice filling her eyes, crimson irides gleamed a dangerous glow upon the opening of the door to the science ward, although they had soon subsided when they had focused upon the three foreign beings kneeled before Aizen.

"Oh, dear Gyokuro, I must apologize for not informing you of my newfound discovery."

Turning to face her now, his features had seemed to be more… Confident. He boasted a new sense of poise that the Shuzen was nearly unable to recognize him. He had been a recluse, hiding away within the halls of this ward to discover his identity, and now it seemed that had all flipped within a mere moment.

"Aizen, these regularly scheduled headaches are lovely and all, but if they happen again I must inform you that I will obliterate you with no hesitation." There came that signature smile. One that nearly screamed turncoat.

"Oh, you've no need for threats, for I've finally cracked the case behind this odd crystal. You see, long ago, I had a hand in creating this object before you. I had dubbed it the Hogyoku. It had one purpose: to grant the deepest desires of those around it. I had simply craved to know my past. It was relatively successful. However, I believe due to it being incomplete, I was only to gain a select few memories. I know who I am, what I had done… And who is responsible for this ordeal."

It was then his tone had taken a darker meaning. A hidden undertone that had, for some reason, sent shivers down the spine of the vampire. It was a pleasant tingle. With an intrigued smirk, she took a step forward, but fell short upon sending her gaze to the silent three behind him. They appeared to be statues, or even, empty husks. Raising a brow, she soon gazed over to him, who had instantly realized the query within the air.

"These three here shall be my salvation and your greatest weapons. I have brought forth the three warriors that had managed to do devastating damage to those who have wronged me. Especially against him… Now, rise…"

"Ulquiorra Cifer."

"Yammy Llargo"

"Nnoitra Gilga."

The three in question had soon rose with empty gazes boring into the Shuzen. With a hearty chuckle soon echoing throughout the vocal chords of the transcended Shinigami. He now stood before Gyokuro with a devious gleam formed within his hues.

"Might I request a few… Test subjects?"

The Human World

It had turned out that this trip was both for relaxation and work. The purpose behind this was to gain interesting articles on the Human World to inform the student body of Yokai Academy. Things such as fashion, culinary experiences, and even possible run-in's with some human's had been covered as acceptable writings.

"Oh, man! I'm finally home!" Tsukune exclaimed happily, his face glued to the window while watching the trees and buildings whiz by, excitement plastered all over his expression.

"Home?" Kurumu commented with a bewildered look upon her features. Moka instantly had straightened up, her practically leaping over Ichigo now as the two sat beside one another, for the vampire to nervously laugh in order to gain the blue haired woman's attention.

"He was raised here by his parents. They wanted to try and blend him into the human world early, but felt more comfortable sending him to Yokai Academy! He's just been away from here for a while, that's all!"

All eyes soon fell to the Akashiya. How had she known that? Ichigo especially wondered this. It wasn't anything to be jealous over. They had gotten pretty close since everything boiled over. Maybe he spilled the beans about where he came from?

That must be nice… To have an idea of where he was. Where he had been. Whom he had known. What he'd experienced. The best Ichigo had gotten from any of these strange visions was that he was someone far from an ordinary human being. He was similar to these people, these… Yokai. He contained something powerful within him. He just needed to figure out what he, and it, was.

"Y-Yeah! I've just missed my parents, y'know? Maybe I can give them a call sometime!" Tsukune sheepishly admitted while rubbing his neck hastily. Once the suspicious glares had subsided, the bus slowed itself, stopping by a beach area.

"Oh, man… That looks incredible." Kurumu said with wonder in her hues.

Mizore could've shot daggers at the idea of how hot it might've been on that mound of sand.

Yukari was sitting in her seat drooling. She'd been thinking of a… Well… Very perverted fantasy including Tsukune, Ichigo, and Moka.

Ginei had sat in his seat with the same expression as the young witch. Although it was mostly over the busty beauties that sauntered about on the beach.

"All right, boys and girls! Let's go have some fun!"

All righty! That wraps up this chapter! The funny thing is, I had a bunch of these written out to post way back when, but I think the application holding all of that data got deleted somehow. But! That means we have a fresh start!

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