So I'm really super sorry i haven't updated this in like two years almost for all of you who have actually been reading this. I'm not even going to try and explain myself out of this one. The only thing i can do is apologize that you will probably have to reread the whole story to recall everything that has happened. And of course I have been busy, but I have had time to write and chose to do other things. Shame on me. Well here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy.

ps. My writing is better in this chapter than in previous ones because it's been like two years and of course i do so much writing in my honors English IV class lol

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Bleach! I only own Chiki, Kabei, and Hoshiko:)

Chiki Nakayama

There was a sudden blast of spiritual pressure, and then it was over. I looked up, and Kabei was already at Ichigo's side helping him up. The black haired captain was gone.

"Ichigo! You did it!" I yelled as the rest of us ran over.

He stood up and smiled at us as Orihime glomped him knocking him back over.

"Orihime, don't hurt him!" Uryuu scolded.

"Oh! I'm sorry Ichigo!' she said startled.

"Its okay. He said getting up and dusting himself off again. Let's go find Rukia and get out of here," Ichigo said and led the group over to the path that led down the hill.

"I can't wait to get back and see Conscience!" I exclaimed spinning around as we hiked down the hill.

"So I can tell him how you're scared of heights and got us caught on numerous occasions," Kabei smirked at me.

"That's not very nice! Besides, I'm the one that got Hoshiko to take us to the tower in the first place," I said smugly.

"Then you got us caught," Ganju said. I decided to quit before I fell behind and pouted.

All of a sudden, a force of crushing spiritual pressure appeared on top of the hill.

"I wonder who that is?" Ichigo asked.

"Ichigo." Chad started.

"Don't you recognize Rukia's spiritual pressure?" Uryuu scolded. My eyes got wide as I noticed someone else's.

"Kabei! Hoshiko is up there too!"

"I couldn't care less about that brat."

Before either of us could stop him, Ichigo was back up on top of the hill. We chased after him. When the top of the hill opened back up above us, Ichigo was standing there with the red haired soul reaper, Rukia, three captains one of which had a hold of Hoshiko.

"You idiots! Get away from here!" Hoshiko screamed at us.

"Now, now. You're going to get me in trouble again," the silver haired captain holding her said.

"Renji, hand over Rukia, and you won't get hurt," the captain with glasses said.

"I'm not handing her over to you!" Renji responded.

"Then I'll have to cut you down first."

Renji drew his sword as the captain went at him. I could hardly see the captain move. His spiritual pressure had us paralyzed, minus Ichigo.

Ichigo jumped into the fight. Renji set Rukia down, and him and Ichigo prepared for a duel attack. Renji created an opening for Ichigo, and he charged the captain.

He looked like he was going to hit him. Then the captain caught Ichigo's blade between his fingers and the force of the attack was redirected at Ichigo, cutting him through the stomach.

"Ichigo!" I heard Kabei scream from behind me.

He walked over to Rukia and picked her up by the collar that was on her. Some pillars appeared around her and he stuck his hand through her chest, pulling out some sort of stone.

The moment the stone was out of her, a beam of white light connected it to Hoshiko's chest. Her skin began to morph into another stone similar to the one in the captain's hand. The star shaped stone sat perfectly in her chest. The captain looked down at Ichigo.

"Since you are going to die, I see no harm in telling you about my plan. This stone is known as the Hogyoku. It can separate the line between hollow and soul reaper. The other stone that Hoshiko is holding for me is a sister gem to the Hogyoku. It's called the Sugyuku. I'm not going to tell you what that does because we have listening ears." He pointed at Hoshiko.

Before he could start again, soul reapers began to appear. Yoruichi and another captain got a hold of the mean captain. An old soul reaper appeared.

"Aizen! What is the meaning of this?" he demanded.

"I'm going to break down the barriers between hollow and soul reaper, and make myself the ultimate warrior. A god."

Another soul reaper that looked like a dog appeared and started yelling at the black captain. All of a sudden, a rift in the sky opened up and three beams of light came down from large hollows.

"Gin, drop her!" I heard a woman yell. The silver haired captain dropped Hoshiko as a beam of light lifted him and the other traitors up into the rift in the sky. Aizen took off his glasses and slicked his hair back as he disappeared. Despite the seriousness of the situation, I thought it made him look pretty badass.

Kabei Misuteri

After they disappeared, a bunch of soul reapers that must have been medics appeared. They started running all over the place to help the injured.

"Help the ryoka as well, for they are our allies now!" the motherly looking captain ordered.

I looked over at Hoshiko. The third seat in her squad was trying to hold her down without much luck.

"Hoshiko, you need to be healed before you run off!" she pleaded.

"But Toshiro!' she complained struggling against the other woman.

"hey pipsqueak, maybe you should calm down and listen for once," I said as I walked over to them.

"Kabei!" Chiki yelled at me, giving me a stern look.

"What I'm right aren't I?"

"That's still not a very nice thing to say. You're not very sympathetic you know."

"You're the last person I need scolding me about morals!"

Hoshiko managed to get away from her third seat and was struggling to walk. I stepped in front of her.

"Where do you think you're going?" I asked.

"I need to see my captain, to know if he's okay," she said quietly with a sad look in her eyes.

"Look you're not going to do him any good like this. You'll only make him upset, seeing you all beat up. Listen to her,' I pointed over my shoulder at the lady with huge boobs, "and get yourself fixed up first."

She looked like she was going to protest again, so I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. She yelped in pain. I had a feeling her leg was broke and that wound in her side was still sore. I took her over to one of the healers and dropped her there and went off to find my friends. When I got to them, a huge shadow came over us. The large spiky captain was standing in our sun.

"You guys are staying in my division because where you are is where Ichigo will be, and I want to fight him again," he had this crazy grin across his face. I felt my eyes get really wide. I hope Ichigo heals fast.

"Yay! Company! I love company! Right, Ken-chan?" Yachiru exclaimed as she popped up on his shoulder.

I had this strange feeling we weren't going to be able to go home for awhile and staying with these guys made me feel uneasy. I'd rather stay with the pipsqueak. Maybe this is a bad dream and I'm still in that prison cell listening to Chiki count bricks.

Hoshiko Hikari

It had been a couple of weeks since the events on Soukyoku Hill. I had a brace put on my leg because they couldn't heal my leg with kido because of the way it was broken. So I had to let it heal naturally, which is a pain because To-chan won't let me do anything besides sit in the office.

I rubbed the place on my chest where that ominous, yet beautiful gem called the Sugyuku now sat and sighed. I never showed it when others were around, especially Toshiro, but I was scared. I didn't know what it did, or what Aizen wanted from me. No one else had a clue either. I heard footsteps coming down the hallway, and I quickly pulled myself together.

"Do you have that paperwork done yet?" To-chan asked as he walked in.

"Yes.' I lied. I felt bad for not doing it because he had taken on Squad Five's papers too to help Momo out, since she was by herself now and was still in the hospital.

"Don't lie to me."

I stuck my tongue out. A gutsy move since I couldn't move. He sighed and sat down. I tried to lighten the mood.

"Do you remember the first thing I said when you told me about Hyourinmaru?" I asked.

"You scrunched your face up and said 'I don't like snow'."

"No. I said that I didn't like cold snow and then we got into our very first argument about snow being cold."

He smirked. I succeeded. A little, anyways.

"What day is it?" I asked.

"Friday."

I looked at the clock. It was almost noon.

"Dang it!" I yelled as I got up as fast as I could. I grabbed my crutches.

"where are you going?" he asked.

"They're leaving at noon! I have to be there!"

Today was the day the ryoka were leaving. I wanted to see them off since I developed a bit of a relationship with them after helping them find Rukia and setting up a prison break. I told To-chan about it not long ago. He knew I wanted to be there.

"Go." he sighed.

I hobbled out of the building and ran into Captain Ukitake. He smiled at me.

"Are you going to see the ryoka off?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm not going to get there in time though,' I said looking down at my leg.

"I'm going there too. I'll carry you then we can use flash step."

"Thank you!" he picked me up and we were there in a minute.

Kabei and Chiki noticed me right away. The others turned and saw me. I gave a small wave and smile.

"HOSHIKO!" Chiki yelled and hugged me. She liked me more than Kabei did. It was a mutual feeling of disdain between Kabei and me.

"The Senkaimon is ready," a random person announced.

"I guess this is good-bye," Chiki said sadly.

"Good riddance,' Kabei said smirking at me.

"Not really. I'm sure we'll see each other again real soon," I smiled.

They all walked into the Senkaimon, and it closed behind them. I sighed, and a smile spread across my face. It was going to be a long hard fought battle when Aizen makes his move, but I know that we won't lose. Those humans are too hard headed and determined. I laughed thinking about it, then I turned around and began heading back towards the Tenth Division and a mountain of papers.

Okay, so obviously this is the end of the Soul Society Arc, and now I have a very important question for any readers I may still have after two years. Does anyone actually want the Bount Arc? Or the better question would be, does anyone actually like the Bount Arc? I'd be glad to do it, but I personally find it way to long. If I don't do it, I'll probably throw in some little filler episodes, nothing long, and then go into the Arrancar stuff.

Once again, thanks for reading! :)