i promise that i am thinking about reaction. i really am... so to anyone who is waiting on it, i promise it's still active

Captain Kurotsuchi sucked up some blue liquid into a dropper and then dropped one tiny dot of it into a golden liquid, a green smoke coming up the beaker. Mayuri smiled and looked at the slightly green liquid.

"Yes, this should do it…"

"Captain?" Akon said, coming up behind his captain. "What is that?"

"Since there has been so many fights going on here in the Soul Society and we as captains haven't been at our best so it seems. In fact, we have been getting our asses kicked to put it bluntly. I have made a serum that will give us strength tenfold in our bankai forms. We will be faster, stronger, have higher dexterity, and be prone to less damage."

"That sounds amazing. Do you have enough for all the captains?" the horned shinigami asked.

"I have decided to put it in a gas form so that I may spread it to all the captains and lieutenants without having to make a whole slew of the serum. It will makes things easier to distribute."

Akon nodded and Mayuri put a stopper on the beaker and put it in a containment field.

"It's not finished. There is one more ingredient that I need to make sure the serum detects gender."

"Gender?"

"Yes… I must go find the component that I need."

Mayuri walked off and Akon looked around to see if anyone was watching. Everyone seemed to be doing their own thing; Nemu had gone off with Mayuri and Hiyosu was watching the screens with too much enthusiasm as always. Akon reached into the containment field and pulled out the serum, looking around at it. It was an interesting looking liquid, golden with little specks of blue floating in it like shining stars of glitter. Akon lifted it up to see it against the light when a noise startled him and he dropped it. He looked at the liquid as it spread out below him and wafted into a thin gaseous smoke, heading toward the vents of the Research and Development Center.

Akon gulped and walked away, acting like nothing happened.

"Captain Kurotsuchi, I hear that you have something to share with us." Head Captain Yamamoto said at the captain's meeting.

"Yes. We seem to have been getting defeated a lot easier than usual these past couple of big fights. Not that some of us haven't been on our game but we have been able to be put down and having to resort to our bankais so easily. Even in our bankai states, the enemy seems to be having the upper hand unless two or more captains combine their bankais. It find that disturbing."

"As do I… What is it that you have then, Captain Kurotsuchi?"

"I have made a serum that will enhance anyone with a bankai's power or higher be enhanced tenfold. Greater power, dexterity… We may have to resort to our bankais faster, but in that state we will be unstoppable."

Yamamoto rubbed his chin and thought about it for a moment.

"And this is safe?"

"Yes. It's safe for everyone but will only affect those with bankai power or higher. I have to add one more component to the serum so that the serum will differentiate between males and females but other than that, it is complete."

"Hmm. Bring this serum to me and we will evaluate it to see if it is good enough for us."

Mayuri bowed and left to go back to the Research and Development Center.

Mayuri was going to kill Akon. Whether it was by an experiment or because he thoroughly pissed off. He stared at the horned man as Akon cringed in the corner, wondering what his captain would do to him.

"You dropped my serum?"

"I'm so sorry, Sir! I was just looking at it and then something scared me and I dropped it. I knew I shouldn't have been looking at it but I was just so curious and…"

Mayuri grabbed Akon by the face and looked at him with a crazy expression.

"So you took it upon yourself to look at my things? I should kill you… But now that I think about it, this will be an interesting experiment. I wonder what will happen when anyone uses their bankai after this."

"Are you going to try it out?"

"Normally I would, considering I think of myself as the ultimate experiment, but this time I think I will observe. If my thoughts are correct then I definitely want to see how this goes before I try it out."

Akon didn't like the sound of that nor did he like the look of gears turning in his captain's head. He almost wished he'd never gotten a hold of that serum. Mayuri nodded to himself and began to chuckle as he walked over to his lab station.

Renji Arabai, Ikakku Madarame, and Yumachika Ayasegawa walked along the barracks of the Seireitei when they noticed an eerie looking cloud coming over the horizon from Squad Twelve.

"What is that?" Ikakku asked with a turn of his head.

"It looks ominous but at least the color is pleasant to look at." Yumachika said, putting his hand to his chin.

Renji rolled his eyes at him. "Is that all you think about?"

Yumachika looked at him and then flipped his short bob back in a flamboyant manner.

"My dear Renji, if something is beautiful, it is more worthwhile to look at than something ugly. I'm still trying to keep a straight face when I look at you and it still hasn't gotten better on my eyes. Unfortunately, Ikkaku likes to hang out with you and what can I do?"

"Leave. I don't need this from some frilly fifth seat-"

Without their knowledge the cloud came toward them and finally engulfed them. They coughed and swatted the cloud of smoke away.

"Ugh, it stinks!" Renji said, gagging on the smell.

"I take it back. This is a horrible, deceiving cloud!" Yumachika said with a screwed up face.

They coughed for another minute or two until it cleared all the way and they looked around.

"Well, nothing happened to us. I hope we don't get turned into something from that crazy guy's experiments." Ikkaku said with a frown.

The other two nodded and began walking down the path again.

hey guys, first genderbend so please be kind to me!