Chapter 1: Chapter 1

"This will contain Spoliers for Shingeki No Kyojin Manga, if you aren't up to date with the manga and don't want spoilers then I suggest you stop reading. Or stop being lazy and read the manga. Your choice." –alpine992

A/N Now if the quote above you didn't explain anything them allow me, I have adopted the story a longtime ago. Promising the original author it would not die. Many tests, schoolwork, and projects later (and mom). I forgot, but here is the first chapter. It will be the same since I don't want or feel the need to change it, but others may have modifications. Enjoy

Disclaimer: I own nothing

"Why am I here exactly?" Ichigo questioned as Rukia led him towards the first division barracks, or more so the meeting room that held the captains meetings. Rukia glanced over her shoulder and frowned at him and that alone told him that the matter was serious. "I just graduated the other day, couldn't you give me a few days peace before I start doing more jobs for you guys. I mean I did agree to actually do more jobs for the Soul Society, so what's the rush?" He asked her.

"Would you stop asking so many damn questions?! I was just told to bring you to the meeting hall! I have no idea what's going on either!" Rukia snapped at him making him sigh. "Captain Ukitake simply asked if I could bring you to the Captain's meeting, that's all I know. For all I know they could simply want to know about your exam scores, stop being such a pain in the ass!" She growled.

"Geeze what climbed up your ass and died." Ichigo mumbled making Rukia growl at him but otherwise remained silent on their trek to the meeting hall. She stood before the large doors before turning back to Ichigo.

"At least try and be respectful this time." She sighed, hiding a slight smirk making Ichigo grin and push the doors open, only to go wide eyed as he and Rukia saw the complete turmoil that was going on inside. The Captains of the Gotei Thirteen were shouting at one another, questions were being shouted just as much as insults, the presence of Ichigo and Rukia didn't even seem to bother them. Ichigo glanced to Rukia who was just as shocked as he was. Even her brother looked to be agitated, composed but agitated. This was indeed a serious matter.

"Silence!" The room immediately fell silent as the head captain entered the room and sat down, an annoyed expression on his face as he looked out over the captains with open eyes. "The situation is dire and you're acting like a bunch of children! Enough!"

"Yo, Gramps, what's this all about?" Ichigo asked walking into the room getting shocked glances from everyone as they hadn't even realized that the substitute or Rukia had entered, caught up with their own banter with one another.

"Ichigo Kurosaki." Yamamoto greeted with a slight bow of his head. "I apologize for requesting your aid after so short a time. I do believe that you agreed to aid us in our times of need after you graduated. However, your assistance would be greatly appreciated with this matter." Ichigo shrugged.

"Bound to happen sooner or later, what do you need help with?" Ichigo asked him.

"That's a good question." Kenpachi grunted out, that was when Ichigo realized that he was the only one not fighting before the head captain had entered the room.

"Unlike you, who doesn't read every report he's given." Soi-fon huffed out in annoyance. "The rest of us actually know what's going on!" She growled at the eleventh squad captain.

"Yet you don't even know what we're dealing with." The Captain of the twelfth division said to the second squad captain, a slight smirk on his face. "It's rather a quite the intriguing creature."

"It's killed half a dozen of my squad members already." Soi-fon glared at him. "It's not intriguing, it's on the to be dead list!" This only caused the mad scientist to laugh.

"That's what's so intriguing! It's neither a hollow or soul reaper and yet it devoured several souls! Haha! It is quite intriguing!" He continued to laugh.

"Enough of this childish arguing!" Yamamoto shouted slamming his cane down on the floor. "The creature shall be disposed of!"

"Head Captain, so far the effects we've been having on it have all but been useless." Mayuri told him. "Its regeneration abilities are equal and at times succeed a hollow, and it doesn't seem to react to any chemicals that we've given it. Quite intriguing."

"So you're saying you can't kill it?" Kenpachi asked with a grin. "Give me five minutes with the damn beast and I'll kill it." He laughed before the loud bang of the head captain's cane surrounded again.

"I will not ask again! Hold your tongues!" He roared making everyone fall silent. "Ichigo Kurosaki! As this does not directly influence the world of the living, I can understand if you wish to refuse this. However, we cannot spare the man power to send, if you accept, Rukia Kuchiki shall be accompanying you." Yamamoto told him.

"I thought you said you didn't know anything about this." Ichigo asked looking over his shoulder to look at a wide eyed Rukia.

"This is the first I'm hearing about it." She admitted to him before he turned back to the Head Captain.

"I'm going to need more detailed description before I make up my mind."

"We'd tell you..." Shinji stated. "However, we don't know that much about this creature either. Kisuke Urahara was the one who founded the strange creature, and even then he was scarce with details." Ichigo glanced at the newly reinstated captain before looking over the faces of the other captains to see that they didn't have much of an idea on what was happening either.

"Alright then so what's this creature you mentioned?" Ichigo asked.

"It is currently being held in the SRDI, however it's broken through several of the restraints and Kido spells that we had placed on it. From what we have learnt so far it has no weaknesses." Mayuri told him. "It's a marvellous creature, standing at fifteen meters, its body radiates extreme measures of heat, it burns just to touch it's skin. From what I have seen it has no intelligence to speak of, it's a dumb as one of the members from squad eleven, however that might be insulting the creature." Zaraki simply scoffed not even bothering to retort to the mad scientist. "It was indeed Kisuke Urahara who made us aware of the anomaly that is the creature, where Kisuke obtained such a thing is beyond us."

"Then shouldn't you be asking him for help?" Ichigo questioned. "If he's aware of what the creature is shouldn't he know how to deal with it?"

"Yes that would be the correct measure... however." Yamamoto started. "Kisuke Urahara has gone missing. Several members of the stealth force under Yoruichi Shihouin guidance searched throughout the entire store and underground basement for any signs, yet they only found one note." The head Captain reached into his haori and producing the letter before offering it to Ichigo. Ichigo walked up and took the letter and opened it reading over its contents.

"Ichigo what's it say?" Rukia asked noticing the scowl growing on Ichigo's face. He looked up from the letter and handed it to Rukia who read it out loud to herself.

"To those of you worried about the one and only Kisuke Urahara, should not be. I've trifled in dimensional travel once before, however got nowhere in it until the discovery of the dimension of which the creature now lurking in my training grounds came from. No doubt my former associate has tried all manners of tests on it, I did the same and came up with nothing. From what I can tell it is practically all but invincible. I leave this note for those closet to me, Yoruichi, Isshin, Tessai and Ichigo. I left to find out more about these creatures, to see if they were a threat to us at all... goodbye." Rukia finished folding the paper back up.

"So, where did he go?" Ichigo asked looking over the faces of the captains.

"I believe I can answer that." Mayuri grinned. "I was allowed by that nuisance of a cat to look through Kisuke's files, computers. I may have found a way to open the same dimensional rift that he had used. However, there is a slight problem with the theory, according to his notes, Kisuke used a special type of gigai to enter the rift unharmed. If I were allowed to investigate further then I may be able to find such a device and recreate it."

"Then why haven't you?" Ichigo asked him. "The sooner we find Kisuke the sooner we get this mess sorted out." Mayuri looked at him for a few seconds before turning to Head Captain who was eyeing the substitute soul reaper.

"You're willing to participate in this retrieval mission of Kisuke Urahara?" Yamamoto questioned. "We have no idea what is on the other side. WE have no knowing of how you will be getting back or where Kisuke is. It may even be possible that you will never find Kisuke."

"It's a chance I'm going to have to take." Ichigo told him. "He'd do the same if the situation was reversed."

"I'm not letting you go off to some random dimension on your own." Rukia huffed next to him. "Who knows what trouble you'd get into, look at what happened when you went to Hueco Mundo."

"Hey! That wasn't my fault." Ichigo told her. "How was I supposed to know Nel was an Arrancar?"

"Uh the mask on her head maybe?" She smirked at him.

"It was years ago!" Ichigo growled down to her.

"Either way I'm not letting you go alone." She shrugged. "You're stuck with me Ichigo."

"Lucky me." He sighed before Rukia punched him in the arm.

"Ass."

"How long will the gigai's take to make?" Byakuya questioned. "Would it not be beneficial to get them created straight away?" All watched as an amused smirk crossed Mayuri's face.

"Who said I haven't already created them?" He asked. "I may have been forbidden to not make any decisions on Kisuke's work but I was sure the enigma that is this Substitute, would want to go after his friend. Therefore I had Nemu hack into Kisuke's computers and start making them. I'll have the dimensional gate open within the hour."

"The matter of you disobey direct orders shall be discussed later." Yamamoto said. "However, it is good that these orders have been disobey or we could have been waiting an amount of time that could have been crucial. Ichigo, Rukia prepare for your departure in an hour. Mayuri you have the full disposal of the Gotei Thirteen to open the dimensional rift."

"Tch, stay out of the way." He got out as he started to leave the meeting hall.

X-X

Ichigo and Rukia stared down at the two gigai before them, from what they could tell they didn't look any different from a regular gigai but Mayuri had told them that they were very different. How? They didn't know.

"I guess we should get this over with." Rukia sighed and stepping over to her gigai before fading into it. Ichigo watched as her eyes shot wide open and she sat up abruptly gripping her chest and dry heaving as if she hadn't breathed in days.

"Rukia?" Ichigo questioned, already by her side. "Is everything alright?" He asked but didn't get a response and both watched as Sode No Shirayuki materialised at her waist, sheath and all. Both couldn't believe that it was happening. Rukia stared wide eyed down at her Zanpakuto that had somehow materialised on its own. "How's that possible?"

"I have no idea, as soon as I entered the gigai... I felt different... I've never felt like this before, not that I can remember... but if feels oddly familiar." Ichigo glanced over at his gigai before sighing and walking over to it. He looked down at it before sinking into it. Unlike Rukia, he had no effects and he simply sat up, that was when he felt the weight on his back as Zangetsu materialised. "Feel any different?" She asked as she watched him reach up and grab the hilt of Zangetsu.

"No, none..." Ichigo told her stepping off the table. "I feel as if I'm in my human body." He told her making her frown, wandering why she had such a reaction to entering the strange gigai. The doors opened and one of Mayuri's underlings walked in.

"The dimensional gate is open and ready for you two." He said getting a nod from Rukia he left. She looked up at Ichigo who ran a hand through his hair.

"Well, let's go get this damn candy store owner back to his shop." Ichigo told her making her smirk.

"Right let's go." As the two exited the lab and headed for the courtyard where the gate would be opening they were surprised to see all the captains waiting for them, along with the lieutenants. Behind the head Captain was what only could be described as a swirling vortex of energy. Off to the side Mayuri could be seen at a terminal, checking the status of the vortex and barking orders at his subordinates. Ukitake and Byakuya were standing either side of the Head Captain.

"Be safe out there, Rukia, Ichigo." Ukitake smiled at them. "Come home safe. We'll be waiting."

"Thank you Captain." Rukia bowed her head.

"Once we find Kisuke we'll get back here and report on what we find." Ichigo told Yamamoto which he nodded to.

"Rukia..." Byakuya stated. "Remember your training, and honour our clan."

"Of course Brother." Rukia bowed once more.

"Also take care of the insolent brat." Ichigo's eyebrow twitched in annoyance as he glared at Rukia's older brother.

"Bite me!" Ichigo hissed at him from behind his teeth. Rukia sighed before nodding her head, never knowing why the two were always exchanging such banter with one another.

"Let's just go!" Rukia told him. The two stepped forward before the vortex slightly weary of the deep abyss before them.

"Well go on!" Mayuri snapped. "The longer you stand there the longer I have to keep it open! Move it!" He barked at them. Rukia and Ichigo exchanged a glance before walking into the abyss, not knowing what horrors would await them on the other side.

A/N This message is direct to alpine992 I am so sry that it took so long. A mean a lot crap happened and I could get this up.

And now to my readers about my other stories. None of them are dead It will be uploading a longer chapter for each one. But after that you must use the polls. It will make my job easier.