Ichigo was glad to see that Hoshi was safe. Now if only he knew how that shinigami got inside. Seeing that Tetsu-san, Byakuya-teme and Rukia-chan were taking care of the rogue shinigami, Ichigo figured that it would be a better idea for him to look for Tatsuki. He knew that they would be walking into a trap, but if he didn't start looking for her now, he didn't know what would happen to Tatsuki. "Elva-chan, I need to ask a favor of you." Ichigo said as the plus spirit looked at Ichigo.

Tatsuki was confused and worried about what was happening, but also angry at herself for becoming what she hated the most: a damsel in distress. All she saw was Elva getting hurt before someone sucker punched her in the gut. Normally, a punch there wouldn't faze the martial artist, but since she didn't have time to prepare her body to take the blow, she felt the wind leave her body. While she was recovering from the blow, cuffs of some kind were placed on her hands and legs. Trying to access Konso, she felt the cuffs take the reiatsu that she was trying to gather into themselves, quickly draining her energy. While she was doing this, a blindfold was placed over her eyes as well as well as something placed in her mouth to muffle sounds.

If Rukia didn't know how to control her emotions as well as her brother did, at times, she would have gone after the rogue shinigami quickly and accessing her Bankai as well in order to quickly chop the head off of his shoulders. She disliked the fact that one of her friends were kidnapped. She just hoped that while they dealt with this shinigami that Ichigo was somehow tracking Tatsuki. Other than that, she would fight with her brother and Tetsu. She still wondered why Hoshi's father was around the area and placed the idea to ask him about it later after the battle was over.

" It's good to see the both of you here. Unfortunatly , I must be getting the Seer I lost. They really are easy to find. " Hirose said with a smirk. He knew this would anger the Shinigami who had knocked him over. " If you do want to fight me though we best take this outside. Don't want the Humans to get upset that their school gets destroyed. "

Tetsu did get angry , but controlled his temper , knowing it wouldn't do him any good.He was angry that Hoshi was being insulted.


Hoshi hoped Elva could help with what ever idea Ichigo had. She knew they had to find Tatsuki , but didn't want to be captured in the process.

Rukia growled lightly at the comment, but kept her anger in tact. She knew that he was right...if they did any damage to the school then the humans would be most annoyed about it.

"Elva-chan, if I were to go into my Shinigami form, could you possess my body?" Ichigo asked after finding a different colored spirit tag. Grabbing hold of it, he waited a few seconds to hear Elva's answer. It would be great if she could, especially since he could then use Zangetsu against the Bounts that kidnapped Tatsuki.

" I can try. " Elva said ,not sure if she was able. But she was willing to try.

" I see we agree. I might see you outside. " Hirose said and shunpoed away to the school grounds.

Rukia and her brother quickly shunoped outside, hoping to catch the shinigami before he fled. Not only did Rukia not want to see Hoshi get captured as well, but she didn't know what Tetsu would do if that happened.

"That's all I ask. I still have that Bount's spirit tag, so I can follow him, but I want you to try now, just in case," Ichigo said, hoping that he wasn't about to do something extremely stupid.

Tetsu also quickly shunpoed and looked around. He couldn't sense the rogue like he had inside.

Hirose knew the kido spell he had activated soon would fail. He was hidden in the trees hoping the Shinigami would give up looking for him soon. He couldn't go back to the Bounts empty handed .

Elva went into Ichigo's body and hoped she could take hold.

Hoshi hoped that Ichigo's idea worked and he could at least find out where Tatsuki was being held. Hoshi wasn't sure where to go that the Bount didn't know about . She would go home because it it was the closest .

(sorry about not being online today, a ton of stuff was going on)

Ichigo felt Elva enter his body as he exited it, using the Substitute badge to become a shinigami. Feeling the cool touch of Zangetsu's blade against his back, he continued to head towards the location of where the tag was taking him.

Byakuya tried sensing for his reiatsu but couldn't find any trace of it. Not feeling the trace of reiatsu around the tree, he opened his senses and hoped to find something. Hirose...what are you thinking? he asked himself.

( I understand. And sorry about the post in our other role play not making sense. )

Hoshi grabbed her bag and ran home,having her guard up and hoping home was safe. She knew Urahara's was safe, but not sure if the Bount were expecting her to go there. Hoshi ran, looking back at times to make sure she didn't lose Elva, even though her friend was in Ichigo's body.

Hirose looked down from the tree he was in and saw Byakuya there. He smirked and jumped to the next tree. He knew if he was caught , they would want to know why the Bount needed another Seer. Hirose felt the kido spell weaken even more and he put his hand on his Zanpaktou ready to unseal it if needed.

(not a problem. Just thought you would like to be aware of it. On an unrelated note, I got Archer's Unlimited Blade Works Chant down from Fate/Stay Night!)

Byakuya felt a Kido spell in the air and also noticed that it was weakening. Seeing a small outline of the person for a few seconds, he used a quick Hado spell to send a beam of lightning in a white color as to where he saw the small fluctuation of whatever the kido spell he assumed Hirose was using.

Ichigo saw Hoshi head towards her home, Elva in his body. He hoped that he could take care of whatever kidnapped Tatsuki by himself, at least long enough for some back up.

( sounds cool.)

Hirose saw the white light illuminate the dark area. The woods were thick with trees and a good place to hide , but a bad place to battle. He jumped to the ground as the kido spell failed. Hirose drew his zanpaktou , knowing that he would rather fight than tell what he knew.

Hoshi arrived home and quickly unlocked the door, locking it once Elva was inside the house. Hoshi knew the barrier would keep her safe, but not sure for how long if the Bount found her.She sat down on the floor keeping her guard up and feeling she needed to help Ichigo find Tatsuki.

(thanks)

Ichigo found the building a few minutes later, and tried getting into it. The only problem was that as he did so he got shocked. Growling lightly he brought Zangetsu out and charged his Reiatsu through the blade, hoping his Getsuga would cut through the barrier.

Byakuya chased after Hirose. Noticing that he drew his zanpaktou, Byakuya drew Senbonzakura. "Hirose, why are you doing this?!" the captain shouted as his suspicions of Hirose being the rogue shinigami became fact.

" Because I want my revenge. I will receive it once I deliver the Bount the Seer. Then nothing can stop them from being invincible ." He yelled and kept moving. He knew it was a bad idea to challenge Byakuya , but didn't have a choice . Hirose knew this might be a short fight.

Byakuya was confused as to what Hirose said. The Bount already had one Seer in the form of Vincent, Elva's brother, who he knew about thanks to the reports from Rukia and Squad Two. Why would they need another Seer? he asked himself before asking Hirose himself. He knew that Hirose would probably not answer the question, but it had to be asked all the same.

Hirose kept moving and was close to the edge of the woods. He knew why the Bount needed two Seers. The power from both of them would be enough to overpower any high level shinigami. Why they needed the Dragon , as the Bount called Tatsuki , he didn't know. He was only in charge of keeping an eye on Vincent and getting the Seer girl.Hirose knew he would rather die than tell Byakuya what he knew. He didn't answer the question and hoped he would die before he had to.

Tetsu sensed a spike in reiastu and knew that a fight was about to start. He knew Hoshi was safe, where ever she had went to stay safe. He knew he had a lot of explaining to do once this fight finished .

Byakuya chased after Hirose. Seeing that Hirose was trying to get out of the forest and away from both Tetsu and himself. Making a quick suggestion, he took out his zanpakuto and uttered two words. "Scatter, Senbonzakura" Sakura petals came from the sword and headed towards the rogue shinigami.

Ichigo stared at the barrier in front of him after the dust cleared. Apparently his Getsuga wouldn't be enough to break the barrier, nor was it strong enough to scratch it. Growling lightly and not letting it get to him, he fired another Getsuga at the barrier before noticing Rukia staring at him. "What?" he asked irritably.

"You'll never get through it that way. You need a kidou spell. Stand out of the way," Rukia said as she started a chant.

Hirose blocked the attack, knowing that now was the time to release his shikai." Arise from Oblivion!" He shouted and he now was holding a large scythe. He swung again to block another attack knowing.

Tetsu was fighting off a Doll. This one was a plant based one and had tried to entangle him in vines. He got out of the first attack , and released his shikai to defend against another. He hoped this wasn't a distraction to keep him away from Hoshi.

Byakuya saw the scythe and frowned for a second before his mask of indifference showed back onto his face. He knew that Hirose's scythe could only move so fast and he used this to his advantage as he used his arms to move the sakura blades around Hirose.

The Bount who controlled the plant doll was watching the fight, hoping that his doll would be enough to tire out the Shinigami ex-captain so that next time they tried kidnapping the girl he wouldn't get in the way. Of course once they had the dragon secured, they could use her as a bargaining chip...

Hirose saw himself get surrounded by the blades , knowing that this would be impossible to go get out of . He kept defending against the strikes , but not all of them.

Tetsu fought against the vines attacking him, and dodged out of the way from and attack that would have tripped him. He wasn't going to let this Doll over power him and kept hacking his way through them.

Byakuya knew that his attack was working and that it would only be a matter of time before Hirose succumbed to the attack, even with his scythe. He just hoped that however long it took wasn't too long.

Hirose knew he couldn't fight anymore and fell to the ground feeling weak. He was surprised Byakuya hadn't killed him yet, unless there was a reason he was still alive.

Tetsu was gaining ground against the Doll. He knew he wouldn't be able to fight full strength for a couple of days . This fact made him uneasy, knowing that the Bount would try to get Hoshi. Tetsu knew home wasn't the safest place for her, knowing of a few places that were safe. He knew Urahara would be willing to keep her safe and also knew Soul Society was also a safe place. He didn't want to think about Hoshi having to go there, and would only consider Soul Society as a last resort.

Byakuya stopped the attack, knowing that Hirose couldn't fight anymore. He would have killed him, but they needed information. Walking up to him, since he would never admit to marching, the shinigami captain of the sixth division first used a strong binding kidou spell before picking him up. They needed information, and Byakuya knew that this was the best opportunity to do so.

The Bount summoned back her doll before vanishing, seeing that the shinigami they took on as their partner had gotten himself captured. Shrugging lightly, she headed towards their hideout. Seeing that the orange-haired brat and his female partner were trying to get through the barrier, she smirked lightly before going in a different path, bypassing them entirely. Fools, no shinigami soul can enter here she thought to herself, knowing that one of the Bounts always let down the barrier so that Hirose could get through and that they could keep an eye on him.

Hirose cringed as he was bound by the Kido spell . He would refuse to tell Byakuya what he knew , not even if the Seer's father showed up . He would do what he could to keep quiet.

The fighting stopped as suddenly as it had started. He knew he couldn't leave until he was given permission by Captain Kuchiki. Tetsu was feeling tired, not a much as he was before , but still enough that it would be risky to unlock his shikai full force like he usually did in battle.

Hoshi felt tense as she sat in the living room. Elva had gotten out of Ichigo's body, which was on the couch laying down. Hoshi was in a pink long sleeved shirt and blue jeans, just in case she had to run anywhere that was safer. She hated it that Tatsuki was kidnapped and wanted to do more to help, not liking feeling useless.

"What do you know about the Bounts Hirose?" Byakuya asked as he saw Tetsu leaning on his zanpakuto. Knowing that he wouldn't be in any shape to battle anymore for today and maybe tomorrow, he told the ex-captain to head home.

Ichigo growled as both he and Rukia tried everything they could to get into the perimeter and break the barrier but nothing was working. "Damnit!" he shouted, not wanting to give into the despair that he felt for not being able to save his friend.

Tatsuki slowly woke up, wondering where she was. Not recognizing her surroundings, she tried moving her arms and legs but found that she couldn't do either. Looking around, all she heard was a feminine voice say "oh good, the little dragon is awake," but she didn't see who the voice belonged to. Growling lightly at the voice, she demanded to be set free before she torched the place down.

" I know that you won't be able to save the Dragon and the Seer. I also know that Bount have a way to keep Shinigami out of their base. " He said.

Tetsu nodded and went toward home. He shifted into his Gigai and went down to the living room. He was glad Hoshi was safe and noticed her look of worry. He said he would be fine and just needed some rest. Tetsu didn't want to leave Hoshi by herself ,afraid of her getting captured.

"A barrier that only effects shinigami?" Byakuya asked in thought. He hated to say it, but he thought that Kurosaki and/or his friends were the only ones who could save them. He knew that Kurosaki's friends could do things with their reiatsu that normal people couldn't. They did have options...and options that he would have to probably remind the daiko about.