8 [8] Destiny's Favoured One, Arresting Rukia?

Mundane world, Karakura Town, Urahara store.

"Um?"

Urahara Kisuke suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky above.

"It seems you noticed it too."

A black cat remarked, walking leisurely from a short distance away.

"There's someone coming from Soul Society, and judging from the aura, it's not an ordinary guy."

"Kisuke, what are you going to do next?"

"...let me see."

Pulling down the hat on his head, Urahara Kisuke had a flash of thought in his mind.

Just some days ago, after Rukia's shinigamis power was transferred to Kurosaki Ichigo, he immediately handed over a gigai to her.

With that gigai suppressing her, Rukia Kuchiki's Reiatsu shouldn't recover at all.

And under such circumstances, even if the other party sent by Soul Society took some props, it should be impossible for him/her to find Rukia.

But just in case an unexpected situation occurs, preparations have to be made.

"Yoruichi, please confirm the identity of the other party first."

"If possible, try not to let the other party meet Kurosaki Ichigo."

...

At the same time Urahara Kisuke and others began to act.

Ryou, who Kisuke thought was impossible to find Rukia, had already arrived in front of a private clinic.

"This should be..."

Glancing at the private clinic with the sign "Kurosaki Clinic" in front of him, Ryou looked up directly towards the second floor.

Click~

At the same time as he cast his gaze, the originally closed window on the second floor opened.

"Um?"

Looking at Ryou standing downstairs, Kurosaki Ichigo, who had just come home from school and was about to open the window to ventilate, was startled.

It's not that he glimpsed Ryou's strength, it was just mainly because the other party's attire was too familiar.

Wearing a black shinigami outfit, with a Zanpakutō pinned to his waist.

It was so obvious that, Kurosaki Ichigo blurted subconsciously.

"Are you a Shinigami?"

"There's someone from Soul Society?!"

Before Ryou could reply the Destiny's Favoured child, an exclamation came behind Kurosaki Ichigo.

The next second, Kurosaki Ichigo, who was standing in front of the window, was kicked away, and an onion head appeared in his place.

"Yo~ Rukia-chan." Ryou smiled and waved.

"Asa...Ryou?!"

Rukia was shocked: "Why are you here!"

"Of course I'm here to find you."

Ryou replied: "After receiving the news that you were missing, I immediately applied to come to the mundane world to look for you." (A/N: Applied, my foot, my ass, my an*s)

"How's it? Are you touched?"

"...Is our relationship that good?"

Rukia's expression became complicated.

The first time she met this guy was in the 13th Division team building.

He was obviously from the 5th Division, but for some reason, he went to the 13th Division for a walk.

When he met for the first time, he called her Onion head to her face.

Thanks to him, her colleagues who knew about this incident teased her about it in private.

"Anyway, it seems like you're in quite a deep thought."

"So in that case, I'll welcome myself in."

Shihouin Yoruichi: "???"

On the wall not far away, Shihouin Yoruichi, who had just arrived in her cat form, paused and fell into silence.

Could it be that she was tricked by Urahara Kisuke?

What about it being impossible for the other party to find Rukia Kuchiki?

The other party coming to the mundane world, has only been a short while, so it couldn't be a coincidence.

After thinking about it, Shihouin Yoruichi used the cat form she was in currently to move forward on the wall and arrive at the door of Kurosaki Ichigo's house.

Then, from there, she jumped directly to the roof of the second floor.

Since there is no other way to stop the other party, let's just eavesdrop from the corner and collect information.

...

"Why are you so silent?"

In Kurosaki Ichigo's room, Ryou, who was invited in, sat down unceremoniously and looked at Rukia who was observing him silently with a smile.

"Don't be so nervous~ I told you we are friends. If you have anything you want to ask, just ask."

"When did you come?"

"A few couple of minutes ago."

"Then...how much do you know about my current situation?"

"Everything."

"Everything?"

"Yeah, Everything."

"..."

Ryou smiled slightly upon seeing the silence of the other party and shifted his attention to the orange head- Kurosaki Ichigo, the destiny child instead.

'Truly the favoured child of destiny, well what do you expect from a protagonist, taking (stealing) the other party's power from just a meeting, quite acceptable.'

Having such thoughts, Ryou remarked.

"In order to protect this human being, you broke the rules of the Soul Society and gave him the Shinigami's power. Is that right?."

"...That's right, but how did you know?"

"Yes, and about your question, I can only say that I have my means."

Rukia nodded, not thinking much about it since the other party was not that close with her, and after all, everyone has their secrets.

Thinking such, Rukia prepared for what was to come secretly in her heart.

"So..Rukia Kuchiki, you should know the consequences of breaking the rules right? Or do I have to remind you?"

Suddenly, the temperature of the room started growing up (metaphorically), the atmosphere of the room getting intense, from the sudden influx of questions, that it shattered the fourth wall and gave the author goosebum- cough* cough*.

And just when this happened, our orange head as the protagonist suddenly got up and interrupted.

"Wait... wait a minute!"

Before Rukia could reply, Kurosaki Ichigo beside her became unable to sit still, eventually getting up and shout.

"What does it mean to break the rules! And what do you mean by the consequences you mentioned!"

"You should have guessed it, haven't you?"

Ryou replied: "Just like there are laws and regulations among you humans, there are similar things on the Shinigami's side."

"Giving the power of Shinigami to humans is one of the laws that must not be violated."

"Once this rule is broken, the rule breaker will be punished to the highest level."

"In other words...Rukia Kuchiki may just be punished to death."

"What a joke!"

Ichigo shouted righteously: "Rukia did that to protect me and Yuzu!"

"She obviously did good things, why should she be executed?"

"Unfortunately, these are the rules of Soul Society and I am not able to interfere with it."

Ryou calmly said, suddenly appearing behind Ichigo, and putting his palm on his shoulder to press him down on his seat.

"!!!"

'When!?'

Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes widened in surprise.

When did the other party come behind him?

And this power...he couldn't even resist.

Ryou's calm & soft voice sounded again: "Kurosaki Ichigo, breaking Soul Society's rules and still live requires great strength."

"And unfortunately, neither you nor Rukia have that level of strength."

Both of them couldn't refute the statement, since currently one has not yet recovered her powers and the other has yet to even train his power.

"...Does that mean you are going to take Rukia back to Soul Society and watch her be executed?"

"Hmm, what will you do if I say yes?"

"Then I'll stop you!"

After swallowing the pill he had taken out in advance, Ichigo entered combat mode and slashed at Ryou.

"How naive."

Ryou shook his head slightly, and grabbed the Zanpakuto 'Zangetsu' flying towards him between his thumb and four fingers, applying strength in the next second. (A/N: If you know, you know. muahahahahah.)

The movement was swift & fast and it all happened in an instant, then.

Bang~!

Like fragile glass, the Zangetsu slashed by Ichigo instantly shattered into pieces.

"!!!"

'No way, How!?'

Kurosaki Ichigo's body froze in place, unexpectedly, his weapon was shattered by the other party so easily.

At the same time, a huge amount of Reiatsu was released by Ryou, pressuring & crushing Ichigo to the ground who was preparing to counterattack.

Bang——!

"Stop me?"

Ryo squatted down and looked at Kurosaki Ichigo who was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, this is not funny, do you this is some game where you can apply cheats and solve all your problems instantly." (A/N: Why did I write this? Bruh Ichigo's the biggest cheater ever existing in anime you stupid mc.)

"If you want to stop me, you have to stand up

first."

"Arghh!"

Kurosaki Ichigo gritted his teeth, putting his hands on the ground and trying to stand up.

"I won't let you take Rukia..."

"Stop! That's it!"

Rukia, who had been silent since the beginning, came out and stood between Kurosaki Ichigo and Asa Ryou, distancing them from each other

"Stop fighting, Vice Captain Ryou."

"I am willing to go back to Soul Society with you, but I hope you can let Ichigo go. He is innocent."

"Now now, don't be like that. It makes me seem like I'm some big villain of a manga."

Ryou smiled and took back the Reiatsu pressing on Ichigo.

"Also, I never said I would take you back. I just wanted to make sure that this human you are saving is prepared for what is to come and I have to say although I'm not impressed, I'm not disappointed."(A/N: Liar! That's only part of the reason isn't it? After all he's the fricking mc, bro. Wait am I the actual liar since I wrote it? D:)

"Ah?"

Rukia was stunned for a moment: "Do you really mean that? You're not kidding right?"

"I'm not, I mean exactly what I said."

Ryou added with a smile: "I am from the fifth team. The fifth team is tasked with rescue missions. The mission of coming to this world is to search for your whereabouts, not to capture you and bring you back."

"Now that the whereabouts has been found, the mission is completed. What to do next is a matter for the superiors and has nothing to do with me."

Anyways, his real purpose in coming to the living world was different, after all he already knew the whereabouts of Rukia, you don't think that he would toy around and fight with the destiny child just for fun would you?

[Check-in task (Kurosaki Ichigo): Break Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakutō (Zangetsu version) once. Completed.]

'Muahahahahaha, All according to...KEIKAKU!'

'Cough* Cough* Aizen is quite a bad influence, almost made me raise a flag. Anyways, I should receive the rewards and proceed to deal with the next matter in hand.'

[Successful check-in reward...]

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