Left behind no more

Well here is chapter 6. I really like all the nice reviews I'm getting, I'm also improving my grammar and what not. Sorry for taking so long. I was working on my new story Peace and sorrow an Ichigo/Kagome pairing (that's why it took me so long for this chapter sorry-_-).

_________________________________Chapter 6_________________________________________

The figure stopped near a shop that had Kagome's faint sent lingering in it. "Maybe they will know where she is" the figure said as it walked to the store.

As soon as it was near the shop, the door opened and two figures walked out. One was a man that was wearing a striped hat and a house coat, the other man was taller and stronger looking then the first man, and wore sunglasses along with braids in his hair.

"What can I do for you, stranger" Urahara asked the mysterious man. The figure paused for a moment before replying "I'm looking for a young woman named Kagome Higurashi, have you by any chance seen her". Tessai seemed to tense at the information, while Urahara kept on a more calm face.

"Why do you want to know" Urahara asked. "I'm a well known friend of Kagome, and I'm here to see if she is alright" the figure replied. Then there was an eerie silence before Urahara spoke up "Lets discuss this inside". The figure nodded in agreement and followed the two in the shop, knowing now these two weren't enemy's.

Kagome turned a corner and followed behind Chad, they hadn't sensed anything yet from the bount's and she wondered if anyone else had any luck. It had been only an hour since they last each saw each other.

"Anything" Chad asked. Noba paused for a moment. "I sensed one" he replied. "Where" Chad asked. "It disappeared" was Noba's reply.

Kagome looked on as they continued this for a few times, and truthfully she was getting the same thing, the bount's energy would spike for only a second then it would disappear completely. "What are they doing" Kagome thought.

"Hey Kagome, are you sensing anything" Chad asked. "I'm getting the same thing as Noba, they keep appearing and disappearing" Kagome replied. Just then Kagome felt a more longer pause of spiritual pressure before it disappeared. "I sensed a bount" Noba said. "Your not the only one, I sensed it too, but this one seemed longer and a bit more powerful then the rest" Kagome answered. "Where did it last appear" Chad asked slowing down. "It was further up more then to the left a bit" Kagome replied.

As soon as the reached the end of the road a number of soul reapers came out. They stopped running to let them pass but only to find them draw their swords. "What the…" Kagome said to herself as the men approached them. "Behind us…"Noba said, making the two turn to find more soul reapers surround them. As they got closed in Kagome noticed that they were growling like animals, also that their eyes were fogged over. "Like their possessed…" Kagome whispered knowingly. "Chad, these men are being controlled by something" She said cautiously. Chad nodded at the knowledge and positioned himself in a defense position. Just as he did that two men came charging at them ready to kill, Chad merely took a hold of Kagome and jumped over them. Then more came at them making them jump again to avoid being slashed. Soon it became impossible to dodge, and it was starting to become one-sided. Chad set Kagome down and knocked a man out that came near them, Kagome took out her bow and whacked another guy on the head. Soon more men appeared and surrounded them as well, they were starting to become overwhelming.

"What can we do, we can hurt them because they are being controlled, but we can't keep this up forever" Kagome thought taking out another guy with her bow. Then her eyes widened in realization, she could use her miko powers to force the doll out, and maybe even save the men. Looking up Kagome ran towards a man while dodging his sword.

"Kagome" Chad called out in surprise and in worry as she charged at a soul reaper. He watched on as she dodged a swing from the man then she used her palm and forced it to the mans chest, then her hands glowed a light pink and the guy fell unconscious and the doll flew away.

"It worked" Kagome said in amazement, and she continued just that on another.

After a while Kagome and Chad seemed to get things under control, they also had a system working. Chad would hold one while Kagome used her powers to put the men unconscious and remove the doll from them. It was working up until the soul reapers started collapsing all around them, making the three look at each other in confusion. Kagome moved towards one and slowly reached to check his pulse, when he didn't move to attack her she continued.

"Is he dead" Chad asked walking up behind her. Kagome shook her head and continued to check the others. "They have all passed out, and the doll has seemed to disappear" she replied. "Kagome's right I don't seem to sense any bount on them anymore" Noba agreed. "Lets continue, I sense Ichigo's spiritual energy ahead" Chad stated as they took off to meet up with Ichigo. Kagome just then felt a very strong spiritual pressure and it was coming in the same direction as Ichigo was, but the battles taking place around them were throwing her senses off from the power.

As soon as the two turned another corner they found Ichigo with Lirin, and they were about to leave.

"Ichigo" She called gaining her friends attention.

"Kagome, Chad, Noba, what's happening are you three alright" Ichigo asked in concern. "We're fine" Chad replied.

"Did you sense the bount's too" Ichigo asked. "There's no doubt about it that its Kariya's" Noba replied, as well as getting a nod from Kagome. "Let's go" Chad stated. "Right there's no time to lose" Ichigo replied. The four took off in the direction the last sensed the power from, with Ichigo and Chad leading the way and Kagome following after them.

After a few turns they finally found where the power was coming from, and there was a hole in a near by building. As soon as the three got closer Ichigo unsheathed his sword, Chad transformed his arm and Kagome readied her arrow as they approached the building and heard the man known a Kariya talk about a bount crest.

"And then what Kariya, what are you going to do once you have it" Ichigo interrupted making the man look towards them and their eyes locked. Kagome noticed that there was a woman injured under some ruble making her worry for the woman's wellbeing.

"Be careful this man is dangerous" the woman stated towards them. "I know, I know all about him" Ichigo replied with a deadly calm voice.

"Just what do you plan on doing with this so called crest once you have found it" Ichigo asked again. Kagome held her arrow tighter as Kariya smirked at them. "If you want to know, you will just have to defeat me" Kariya said smugly as wind enveloped him making them cover their eyes.

Kagome noticed as soon as the whirlwind disappeared he was gone.

"Damn it…he's gone" Ichigo cursed. Kagome remembered the woman and rushed over to her and was followed by Ichigo and Chad as they removed the ruble. Kagome helped the woman up and noticed she was fine just had a cut on her forehead if nothing more.

"We need you help, you need to tell us where is the crest he's looking for" Ichigo asked somewhat softly.

"…I'm sorry…but I don't know…I wish I did" She replied with guilt. Kagome took her sleeve and wiped the blood that was going into her eyes, she could hardly blame the woman.

"It's alright we don't need to know where, all we need to is follow Kariya's spiritual pressure and we will find him" Noba said. "Your right, then lets go" Ichigo said grabbing his sword and taking off down a hall followed by Chad.

Kagome paused for a few moments before looking at the woman. "Are you going to be alright if I leave you here" Kagome asked softly. The woman nodded, Kagome set her down and took off to where the two ran down and caught up with them.

"Damn it where the hell is he" Ichigo cursed. "He couldn't have gotten that far" Kagome replied. As soon as they turned the corner they saw twisted metal doors that went on to the next room. "I guess that answers that" Kagome said as the followed the broken metal doors. After a few more broken rooms they came upon him searching a room.

"Kariya" Ichigo shouted getting his attention once more. "Bankai" Ichigo yelled placing his free hand on his arm. Kagome watched in amazement as Ichigo went into Bankai, sure she had seen it once but to be this close to him in Bankai was unbelievable, it was called tensa zangetsu from what she heard.

Ichigo then charged at Kariya full speed, while her and Chas followed soon after. Ichigo attacked him making Kariya jump up into the air and used his wind to block Ichigo's attacks. Chad fired a blast of energy and Kagome fired an arrow, it was in vain when the attacks both missed there target and the two fighters landed apart from each other.

"Your going to have to go through me first" Ichigo said raising his sword to Kariya who merely chuckled. "I must admit you are a nuisance, I wont be able to take my time and search till I deal with you" He said smugly turning his gaze over to Chad and Kagome. Chad aimed and fired another blast at Kariya who moved aside as if her were merely child's play. He then disappeared for a split second and reappeared beside Chad, and Kagome watched in horror as he hit Chad in the side hard sending him flying across the room, Kagome ran over to him to make sure he was ok. She looked to her side and watched as Kariya came at them, and she stood in front of Chad to block the on coming attack of wind. When the attack hit and the dust settled Kagome stood there with a barrier around them, she was panting heavily and fell to her knees as her barrier shattered.

"It seems you put up a better fight even though you are a miko, but it doesn't matter…" Kariya said sending another attack at them. Kagome's eye's widened in fear as the attack came at her, she wouldn't be able to block this one in time. Kagome braced herself for impact as the attack hit, but she didn't feel any pain. Looking up Kagome was met with Ichigo standing in front of her.

"Nice try" Ichigo said and the two attacked each other. Kagome took this time to help Chad up. After helping him up Kagome watched as Ichigo and Kariya exchange a devastating blow that created a large explosion causing her and Chad to go almost flying in the aftermath.

After the violent wind died down Kagome and Chad looked and saw a BIG hole in the floor. Kariya walked over to the whole and stomped his foot to the ground making a big slab of rock come off and fall with him on it into the hole. Kagome ran over to the hole and peered down and saw a seemingly bottomless hole with a red design shining at the bottom.

"That crest is huge" Kagome thought. Kariya then started speaking germen and the crest glowed a brilliant white then a beam of light came up from the hole making the three back away and cover their eye's. The light continued for a few seconds before it died down.

Ichigo then ran back over to the hole and tried to get a look at what happened. Kagome slowly made her way beside him and looked into the hole too to find Kariya standing there chuckling.

"In this very moment I have gained the ultimate power" he replied as if it were a fact. "Ultimate power,…I don't like the sound of this" Kagome muttered more to herself then the others. "For many years now I have been investigating and researching ancient records, once I narrowed it down I hade Ichinosa begin searching here, and soon he was able to track it somewhere here in the department of research and development" Kariya said pausing before he continued. "The name of this original crest is Jokai (don't know how to spell it), and it's incredible power can purify and erase everything…" he finished.

Kagome was taken back in fear "this crest is similar to a miko's power only with more evil…and if what he said was true then they all were in trouble" she thought.

"This very chamber was where the infamous that lead to the creation of the bounts were conducted,… when the accident occurred and the experiments were halted the incredible energy and the foundation of the lab as well as the Jokai crest were sealed away,…and now I have become one with that very energy, and I wonder if you can comprehend what that means, and it means that I now have the power to blow up the Seireitei at anytime by releasing the Jokai crests energy" Kariya said in anger.

"He wouldn't" Kagome thought, and she noticed Chad was surprised as she was as well. Her senses were pulsing to life with warning about this guys power and aura, saying he wasn't lying to them.

"You expect us to believe that" Ichigo demanded.

"Believe whatever you like, what you or anyone else thinks is not important to me" Kariya replied in spite.

"He's not lying…" Kagome said gaining everyone's attention. "How do you know that…" Ichigo asked a little taken back. "His aura from even there is screaming in power" Kagome replied in a dead tone signaling she was serious.

"And just what do you plan on doing then,…I imagine you want to try and attack me to try and stop me, but…if you do…, I will release the Jokai crest, and if you are that foolish then go ahead and try" Kariya mocked and was clearly getting on Ichigo's nerves. "Otherwise go and tell the people of the Seireitei this, I will give them one days grace, after that may they all tremble in their wait" Kariya continued before vanishing before them.

"Hey come back here…" Ichigo said rushing after him, but was stopped by Chad. "Hold on Ichigo, if all that he said was true…" Chad started. "…then we are all will die…" Kagome continued shivering. Then there was a deadly silence that cast dark clouds above everyone's heads. Kagome could no longer find words to speak then she collapsed from the power that almost threatened to wipe out her own.

The two saw this and Chad immediately caught her before she had a chance to fall face first onto the ground.

"Is she ok…" Ichigo asked looking over to the two mod souls. Lirin walked over to Kagome and felt her spiritual energy. "She's fine, she just passed out, and I wouldn't blame her" Lirin replied. "That power you just felt a minute ago was enough to knock a ordinary human out within a split second, though Kagome did take quite a few hits from Kariya's full power, also getting blasted from the crest was probably too much for her powers to handle" Noba added in. Ichigo nodded in agreement, before they all decided that it would be nice if they all got out of there to find the Uryu. Chad picked up Kagome and carried her piggy back style as they hurried out the door.

A lone figure as on top of the shop looking up into the night sky at the billions of stars that lit up the sky before sighing.

"Kagome loved looking at the stars…" it said, laying against the roof with its arms behind its head.

"Um, sir I brought you some tea" Ururu asked from the ground with a cup in her hand. The said figure looked down at the girl and smiled. "Why thank you" he said jumping down from the roof landing right next to the little girl. She handed him the cum witch he thanked her for. "So what are you up to at this time of hour…" he asked softly. "I have to finish washing the dishes tonight, since Jinta told me to" Ururu replied turning to walk back inside. The male gave a frown for a moment before it was replaced with a grin.

"Hey Ururu…" he said gaining the girls attention. "Yes" she replied. "How about I finish washing those dishes for you as payment for you making me this tea, besides a girl like you should be sleeping at this time not doing chores" he said walking up to the young girl. "B…but I couldn't let you do that for me" she stuttered, before he shook his head. "I need to pay up anyway, besides your boss is letting me stay here, the least I could do is help with chores" he replied. Ururu looked shocked for a moment before bowing in respect. "Thank you" she said as they walked inside the shop. The male paused before taking one last look back up at the stars before whispering, "I hope your ok Kagome…". then he walked into the building behind the girl.

Kagome felt like she was drifting on a cloud, also she noted that the cloud was very warm. Kagome out of reaction snuggled closer to the warmth, thinking that she was at home in bed on a Saturday morning. She had never felt this comfortable in a long time.

Then the 'cloud' shifted her, making Kagome's eyes flutter a moment then she relized that she was moving on the 'cloud', before she opened her eyes slowly to confirm that she was moving.

Looking ahead she saw Ichigo running in front of her. Then memories of what happened earlier played in her mind making her fully awake. Her mind then reeled back to who she was being carried by. Kagome peered next to herself and was met with none other then Chad.

Kagome flushed a nice tomato red. She mentally kicked herself in humiliation that she had nuzzled herself into Chad's neck.

Next to come was fact that she had a headache coming on, making her head drop back down onto Chad's shoulder making her groan in pain. "Kagome are you alright…" Chad asked beside Kagome.

"I feel like I was hit with a bus, but…other then that I'm fine" Kagome replied softly reminding herself she did fall earlier. Looking back over to the other two she noticed that Uryu was badly wounded from a gash to the forehead and a sliced shoulder, also what possible internal damage was done. Her will power was telling her to heal those wounds, but she knew if she were to heal him now she would only cause it to heal slowly. So Kagome decided once they stopped somewhere safe that she would heal Uryu's wounds.

It was getting darker now and Kagome knew Chad wouldn't want to keep carrying her around like this, and she was feeling guilty that she could walk and he was stuck carrying her.

"Chad you could put me down now I can walk,…you go and help Uryu" Kagome said earning the large mans attention. "Uryu's fine, Ichigo has him…you need to rest" Chad replied. Kagome looked surprised at the answer, because she was use to walking around when she was wounded or she would heal herself. "If you say so…" Kagome replied turning her head the other way on his shoulder.

They turned a corner and they were met with a familiar face of Rangiku. She then turned and saw their group and ran towards them. Soon after Renji came around the corner and looked to where she was running off to.

"Oh my it's Kagome and the other's how wonderful now we are all together again" Kurodo said as he came along with Rangiku. Kagome smirked, well at least this was a way of reliving some tension from them. "I'm glade to see you three are alright" Kagome said. "Of course we are, no bount could take down me" Renji replied, and Kagome could hardly keep a chuckle down. "Ichigo and him sure are a lot alike" Kagome thought.

"Hey Rangiku" Ichigo said interrupting the conversation gaining the said woman's attention. "Yea what's up" she replied. "Do you happen to know where we can rest a little and find Kagome and Uryu some medical attention" Ichigo asked trying to be polite on account of the situation. "Well the fourth squad is currently being used to treat squad members from the last attack from that one bount-" Renji started but was cut short from the orange haired woman. "You could come to our division it's close by, and I don't want Kagome here being left out in the cold" Rangiku said with a pout. "And not only that but Renji could stay too" she continued. They nodded and took off toward the squad base.

It only took then a few minutes to get there and Kagome and the others were lead inside the gate that was surrounded by men, who were looking at them strangely.

Once they were inside they were lead to a room where what looked like a library was. With a big chair and desk there with a pile of paperwork was located. Chad set her down on a couch nearby and made room for Uryu on the floor. Then there was a awfully quiet silence making Kagome fidget a little from the tension, so she decided to break it.

"Rangiku, where is your captain" Kagome asked quietly to not agitate Uryu anymore then he was. The woman looked up with a slightly pained and sad expression before it was lightly masked with calmness. "He is currently fighting one of the bounts, he will be back shortly" she replied bringing out the first aid kit.

Not even ten seconds later the door they came in was opened by a certain white haired captain. Everyone then turned there gaze to him in silence.

"Welcome back, did you…defeat the bount" Rangiku asked a little worried making him pause a moment. "He's dead" Toshiro replied. Then the silence came back.

"Hey there Toshiro, its nice to see you again" Ichigo said breaking the silence once more. "How many times do I have to say this, you are to address me as captain Hitsugaya" Toshiro said agitated at the orange haired soul reaper. "Why dose it matter anyway" Ichigo retorted. The white haired captain scowled before walking to them while muttering "Why dose it matter". "And what are you all doing here anyway" Toshiro suddenly asked looking around at them all with a heated gaze.

"Well we were chasing Kariya through the Seireitei when we just happened to run into Rangiku" Ichigo started to explain. "That's right, and it was perfect timing too because Uryu was badly hurt and Kagome was unconscious, so we needed a place to treat them" Lirin continued. "Yes, you see we don't have a home base here in the Seireitei, so it was quite a stroke of good luck to all those concerned" Kurodo carried on. "Sorry for intruding like this" Noba finished. "So that's the whole story, sorry for the hassle but you can put us up for a while right" Ichigo said looking back at Toshiro for a reply.

"I suppose…" Toshiro replied looking down at the injured Uryu who let out a grunt of pain.

"It's not that bad…" Uryu spoke. "Are you sure…"Toshiro replied. "I was…the one…to bring the bounts here in the…first place, and the…injuries I sustained are completely my responsibility" Uryu said through gritted teeth trying to ignore the pain.

Kagome sighed before standing shakily off the sofa, then she walked over slowly to Uryu trying not to stumble. Everyone turned there gaze to her and Ichigo was up and at her side in a flash. "Kagome take it easy your still not fully healed" Ichigo said helping her stand.

"I'm ok, Uryu's wounds aren't going to get healed by themselves now are they" Kagome replied as she continued to walk.

Once she was over to Uryu she knelt down by him and put her hands out slightly over the wound on his shoulder, before a soft pink light came out and surrounded them. Almost instantly the wound on his left shoulder started knitting itself together, then closed before the blood started disappearing.

Toshiro, and Rangiku looked at Kagome in surprise at her ability to heal the wounded like the fourth division members (they didn't see her powers yet).

Next Kagome moved her hands over the wound on his forehead to heal it, before she let her healing energy mix with his own for his body to heal the internal injuries. Kagome by now was shaking more then ever to finish healing their friend.

When she finished the pink energy disappeared before Kagome swayed then she lost her balance and fell sideways into Ichigo who laid her down on the floor.

"I…wouldn't move…for a while if I were you, your still not fully…healed yet, I was only…able to heal the more life threatening wounds…so you were out of the danger zone" Kagome said in-between gasps of breath.

"Splendid work Kagome, you almost healed all of Uryu's wounds" Kurodo said jumping around. Kagome could only smile as Uryu looked up to her. "You did need to do that to me Kagome, you need that energy" Uryu said. She just brushed it off and closed her eyes for a few seconds before Toshiro spoke up again.

"It was strange though…" Toshiro started mumbling to himself gaining everyone's attention. "The bount I fought was very unusual, he didn't even fight at his full strength, and he was more interested is something else…what happened with Kariya " Toshiro continued.

"I don't know, he gained this new power all of a sudden, from what was called the Jokai crest that gives him the ability to destroy the whole Seireitei" Ichigo explained. "Even the bount I fought said something about wanting to stop Kariya" Toshiro replied.

"If only we had stopped him from getting this far…" Chad said making everyone look down in shame. "Well there's no use in worrying about that now" Ichigo replied.

Then a noise came from the door making everyone turn their heads to meat an orange haired female. She rushed in with a blond man right behind her.

"Orihime, what are you doing here" Ichigo asked. "I finished healing all of Jidonbo's wounds, so seeing her was alright I came looking for everyone, I met Izuru on guard and asked him where to find you" Orihime replied. "Fortunately I knew where to find you…" Izuru added in. "Thanks for bringing her" Ichigo replied with a slight smile. That's when Orihime noticed Uryu laying on the ground and then Kagome as well. "Uryu…Kagome…" Orihime gasped rushing over to Uryu's side. She was about to use her powers when Uryu spoke to her. "Don't worry Kagome healed my injuries, you don't need to heal me anymore" Uryu said. Then they all looked over to Kagome who seemed to be sleeping.

"She probably passed out from using her powers to much, her shield took quite the blow from Kariya" Ichigo said. "You want me to check her…" Orihime asked unsure. "I'll be fine…just need some rest" Kagome replied sleepily. After saying those last words Kagome fell into a deep slumber to recover her energy.

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Wow, I'm tired, I did this chapter all in one night. Well what did you think, who is this mysterious person that's staying with Urahara and he says he knows Kagome?