Chapter one:

The day started out like any other with the whole of the Urahara Shoten lazing around doing nothing out of the ordinary. The clouds drifted by quietly as though there was no care in the world and a singular cat on top of the roof of this establishment admired the peacefulness. A heavy aura poured over the town a second later catching the attention of everyone near by.

A gate opened beckoning a petite woman through following a black butterfly. "So this is Karakura town…" she mumbled to herself, quickly locating the Reiatsu she was looking for. She used a Shunpo to speed away on the breath of the wind, her Haori fluttering behind her.

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"Owner, this reiatsu!" A young boy with red hair styled in a strange way shouted as he opened the door to find Urahara Kisuke sitting leisurely drinking some tea.

"Calm down, Jinta. She's only a personal guest of Yoruichi-san." The man said calmly, grinning slightly before he took another sip of his tea.

The cat on the roof had sat up upon feeling this person's presence and waited, knowing she would probably come to seek her. A tap sounded as the wind blew quickly and stopped leaving a person in its wake. "It's been a while, how are you, Soifon?" the cat asked, looking over to give the young captain her full attention.

"Yes, it has been a while, hasn't it, Yoruichi-sama?" The woman answered, walking along the spine of the roof closer to the cat that'd now turned her attention away from her once again.

"For you to be here… Is there a problem in the Soul Society?" the cat asked, and quickly received a negative from the short woman who began watching the reflection of the clouds dancing on the windows of nearby buildings with the cat.

"Your subordinates have upset you so you've decided to take a break here?" the cat asked beginning an interrogation.

"No."

"Bored of your duty?"

"I shall do whatever I am obligated to do."

The cat couldn't help but hold back a small laugh 'Stiff as usual…' she thought, but continued on with her questions. "Are you being teased or harassed by other Shinigami?"

"Whoever would dare try, I would kill."

"Even me?"

"Uh… no, you're an exception." The petite captain answered, a small blush coloring her the creamy pale skin of her face.

"Or maybe…" The cat paused for a moment, causing Soifon to look over at the sudden stop in the questions. "You're missing me, right Soifon?" sounded through a puff of smoke that left a tanned woman with violet hair and gleaming golden eyes in it's wake instead of the cat that was sitting on the roof moments before.

"Y-Yoruichi-sama!" Soifon called as she quickly turned her face growing a dark red.

"Hmm?" Shihouin Yoruichi hummed, slightly confused by her protégé's sudden change in attitude. The cloud of smoke began to fully disperse leaving a fully nude woman standing behind it.

"P-please, put some clothes on." The red grew…

A light bulb went off in the Shihouin's head and she grinned brightly. "Aww, you're blushing! How cute!" She nearly squealed as she wrapped her arms around the smaller woman who struggled to get away now that she was captured.

"Yo-Yoruichi-sama!" the younger woman cried as a strange feeling welled up within her from the press of the body of her former mentor against her.

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Somewhere else in the town of Karakura another strong reiatsu poured out from a black rip in the sky, another entity emerging. A man—Arrancar stepped out of the "Garganta" from Hueco Mundo sporting a white mask tainted with a deep red around his yellow, glassy eye. He wore the normal garb of most high level Arrancar which consisted of a white suit of some sort usually with a jacket sporting black underneath it.

His left arm was very much like a hollow's; his left hand in the form of long talons. His hair was a light red color and his uncovered eye was a light blue. Soon something caught his attention, "I found it, a powerful reiatsu!" He shouted to himself before breaking out into a bout of malicious laughter as he began to make his way closer to the strong reiatsu.

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This Arrancar's presence did not go unnoticed, and the two women on the roof had noticed it. "Is this why you were sent here?" the tanned woman asked all playfulness draining from her tone.

"Yes, Commander Yamamoto sent me here to investigate this strange Reiatsu…" She said, recalling her orders.

'I want you to investigate this case: there is a strange Reiatsu in the Karakura town area. I believe it is an Arrancar but even though it's not as strong as the Espada, this differs from the normal Arrancar.'

The old man's words echoed clearly in her head. "I must go now, excuse me Yoruichi-sama." The younger woman said turning to leave.

"I've been against Arrancar before and they're insanely strong. Please be careful Soifon; don't let your guard down." Yoruichi warned knowing the younger woman probably hadn't fought any Arrancar herself yet.

"You don't have to worry. I'm a Captain; I won't lose easily." Soifon said before using a Shunpo to meet the Arrancar leaving Yoruichi alone on the roof.

The tan woman made her way inside and quickly got into clothes before her friend, Urahara Kisuke came in. "You let her go alone?" he asked hesitantly knowing the younger woman was sort of a touchy subject when it came to his cat-like friend.

"Kisuke, you're being ridiculous. She's strong; you know she is." She said as she began to tie up her hair the way she liked it.

"Still… I have a bad feeling about this…"

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"Ha! A Shinigami, I've been waiting for you." The tall Arrancar said with a dark grin. A scowl spread across Soifon's face as she glared at the man.

"I'll cut you to pieces." She hissed, venom dripping from her words as her silvery eyes glowed with hate.

"Judging from your Reiatsu, you're probably Captain-class, aren't you?" the man said keeping his grin.

"If I were, what would you do?" she asked, her voice level but her expression deadly.

"Isn't it obvious? I'll rip you apart! Aizen-sama will finally recognize me and I'll become an Espada!" He shouted laughing roughly afterwards.

"Such trash…" Soifon spoke, now appearing behind the Arrancar using her Shunpo. "I'll kill you without pain." She said as she brought her Suzumebachi down to deliver the finishing strike to the man.

"Heh,"

Soifon's eyes widened at the noise and even more when she felt her sword make contact but not cut. "With his bare hand… he stopped my blade?" she whispered to herself, surprised. She jumped back as the Arrancar brought his talons around to strike at her and a short melee broke out, trading blow for blow, both blocking and parrying.

Soifon jumped back once again before speaking. "You're as bad as I thought." She said, her pride beginning to show at the thought of coming away unharmed even if she herself hadn't hit the man.

"Bad?" he asked, relaxing his position. "I think you're underestimating me, Shinigami. Take a closer look." He hissed as fire burned in his eyes. Soifon's eyes widened at his words and soon felt a searing pain flare up on her left side. She looked down to see blood spray from a deep wound she hadn't known she'd received, and the Arrancar's grin widened a little more.

"Admit it Shinigami, I'm better than you."

"Sting all enemies to death, Suzumebachi!" Soifon shouted, the sword in her right hand began glowing and soon was enveloped in thick smoke before the wind blew it away revealing a gauntlet of black and gold that extended over her wrist. A chain hung off of the top end of the gauntlet and extended to a golden stinger type appendage that fit snugly over the young captain's middle finger poised to strike any moment.

She sat for a moment longer in thought. 'This cut is deep; I can't let this last much longer.' She thought as her breath began coming in short ragged bursts. She tried to analyze the situation, but her attention was once again caught by the man in front of her.

"You're quite interesting, Captain-san. Your aura is strong and calm and to be honest I've never seen such a serene, nearly impenetrable aura. It's hiding some uncertainty though… You're afraid of something… being abandoned by someone?" he began as though he was reading the younger woman like an open book. "A precious person to you… Someone special… the only person you care so much about.

When you were left behind all you felt was anger and hatred towards that person… but when she returned you forgave her easily enough. Why? Is it because you're in—"

"Shut up!" Soifon shouted, effectively cutting the man off from his reading. The man had struck a chord in her which caused his grin to bloom again.

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'Just now…' Yoruichi thought feeling Soifon's Reiatsu spike and anxiety began to set in.

"Soifon's aura tensed suddenly…" Urahara observed a few seconds behind Yoruichi's realization. "Something must've happened there." He continued causing his friend's worry to escalate.

"I'll go check on her Kisuke!" Yoruichi said before speeding off, barely hearing her friend's "be careful" before she was halfway across town.

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"Shut up… Shut up!" Soifon panted trying to push the memories away. 'I don't want to remember again.' She thought as she continued to chant those words quietly to herself glairing at the smirk that stood on the man's face.

"Seems I've struck a nerve?" the man said with a chuckle not at all put off by the look he was receiving.

"Soifon!" a voice shouted, averting the younger woman's attention to her old mentor who was speeding toward her, worried now that she saw the girl bleeding.

'Yoruichi-sama?' Soifon thought to herself not knowing why the woman had come to check on her.

"Watch out!" The Shihouin shouted, her eyes widening as she saw what Soifon did not: the Arrancar speeding toward the younger woman. Soifon turned in time to see the final swipe of the man and was caught in his grip, his talons tightening around her throat.

"Gotcha!" he said in victory as he looked up into the burning silver eyes that looked down at him in hate. Yoruichi stopped in her tracks… the situation had just become worse.

"Let her go…" she began, knowing it was stupid to try and attack him while he held Soifon in such a way. "Or else." She continued her Reiatsu spiking around her as the fire of fury burned through her veins.

"Purple hair… tanned skin, golden eyes… So you're Shihouin Yoruichi." The man said looking over at the intruder.

"How—"

"I've seen your image a lot. It's included with many emotional twists… Anger, devotion, respect, hatred, betrayal, admiration, and then… affection…" he began as he looked on at the tan woman before turning his attention back to the Captain in his grip. "I've seen all of this inside this captain heart… Emotion that she hasn't shown anyone in a hundred years, all of these feelings she's kept in the darkest part of her heart alone." He paused to look at Yoruichi again who stood there quietly as the wind passed between them. "You don't seem surprised, Yoruichi-san." He observed.

"…That day… When she broke down crying in front of me… I've already known that I've hurt her badly." She said, the feeling of depression that she so tried to fight falling over her in a wave. Why didn't you take me with you? Yoruichi-sama… The words rang in her head loud and clear causing a pain to erupt in her heart.

"I'm sure you know you've hurt her… but you don't know how bad the damage is you've caused. Let me help you realize this pain… the pain of being left by the person you admire!" He said as he powered up a ball of glowing red light in the palm of his free hand, pointing it in Yoruichi's direction.

'This is bad!' Soifon thought as she struggled to get free. "Yoruichi-sama, run!" She shouted hoping the woman would do as she asked. Yoruichi crouched ready to speed off in a Shunpo but was stopped by the voice of the man holding the young captain hostage.

"Move a singular hair and I'll crush your little bee." He said with a deadly smirk, tightening his talons around Soifon's neck momentarily to show he was not joking. There was no option for Yoruichi and she stood still as a frown creased her face.

"What are you doing, Yoruichi-sama?! Run away!" Soifon shouted as she struggled more to extract herself from the man's tight grip.

"Cero" he hissed as the bright light spread from the ball in his hand to a wide beam aimed straight toward the still woman.

"Yoruichi-sama, dodge it!!" Soifon shouted, placing her arms on the one that held her trying to push away. A sigh came from Yoruichi as she waited her impending doom, perhaps she could wrap herself in her Reiatsu to help soften the blow. She closed her eyes at it came closer to concentrate her power around her.

"Hadou 63, Souren Soukatsu!"

A giant explosion erupted in front of Yoruichi saving her from getting hit by the Cero that had charged at her. 'who?' she questioned as she shielded her eyes from the debris that may fly from the smoke that began clearing. "Soifon?!" She shouted as she saw the woman shoot back from a Shunpo as the smoke cleared even more her body now burned from releasing her Kidou.

"I'm impressed. So that's the infamous Shunpo, eh? I didn't think you'd manage to escape before, sorry I underestimated you, Captain-san. You blocked my Cero using your Kidou and managed to deflect it… it seems the explosion hit you quite hard though. Not to mention… I got your neck pretty bad didn't I?" he said grinning maliciously once again as Soifon's eyes widened and blood sprayed from her shoulder and neck where the man's hand previously was.

"D-damn," she ground out as she coughed blood up, her breathing more ragged than before. 'I'm pathetic… weak…' she mentally berated herself as she grimaced in pain, hunching over to clutch her shoulder.

"Now, to finish you." The Arrancar said happily lifting a finger charging another red orb… another Cero.

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AN: DISCLAIMER, I own nothing, not the story idea or the characters. I received permission to write a fanfiction based off of the doujin from Shiroikumo90 on deviantart (dot) com. I hope you will go see the doujin if you haven't, and I hope you enjoy my fanfiction adaptation to it.