Bleach: A Grand Adventure

Baiken and Pinkie found that not a lot happened that night, simply allowing Ichigo to rest up after his meeting with one of the men he disliked, even though now he seemed to have a newfound opinion on Don Kanonji, even if he still disliked him overall, which the girls were fine with. Of course they knew that leaving him alone was a bad idea, due to the fact that he was turning earthbound spirits into Hollows, but now, at the very least, he was more aware of what he was doing, something that caused Baiken to hope that he would speak with Shinigami before doing his show. That was mostly to make sure that none of the souls he was messing with would be missed, even if it were up to her she'd remove his ability to see spirits and just leave him alone, but this wasn't up to her and she could only roll with the punches. Other than that there didn't seem to be much going on as Ichigo and his family turned in for the night, with Rukia still sleeping in his closet, causing her and Pinkie to remain on a nearby roof.

As they stood there, debating what to do next, Pinkie turned her head for a moment and Baiken felt it, a Hollow was coming out after all, though before they could even move a blue Reishi arrow, as in an arrow made out of Spirit Particles, flew through the air and disappeared in time, along with the Hollow's signature disappearing.

"Looks like Ichigo's classmate finally made a move... I was starting to wonder if he was going to show his powers or simply do nothing with them." Baiken remarked, though at the same time thing made her interested in what they had seen, since this power was definitely new to them and that meant it was worth looking into, but she knew that there was only one person they could ask about this, causing her to glance at Pinkie, "Come on, let's head back to Kisuke's shop... he likely knows about this power and can tell us more about whatever is going on."

Pinkie nodded as she climbed onto Baiken's shoulder, causing them to leap into the air before racing towards Kisuke's shop, where it took them no time at all to reach their destination and found that their friend was relaxing after everything that had happened with Don Kanonji earlier.

"Ah, Baiken, Pinkie, I was wondering when you would return. Did something happen?" Kisuke asked, though Tessai did come out with place some cups of tea on the table, allowing the girls to sit nearby and relax as well, all while Yoruichi curled up on Pinkie's lap, even though they knew that she would be listening to them talk for a time.

"A blue Reishi arrow went and destroyed a Hollow, after Ichigo went to bed... we're sure it's the glasses boy that we've seen in his class. We're just unsure of what his power is." Pinkie replied, something that caused their friends to glance at each other for a moment, meaning they were right to bring this to their attention and that the trio knew exactly who they were talking about, where Baiken seemed to be focused on the information they would be learning from them.

"Sounds like a Quincy... it's been, what, two hundred years since one's been active?" Kisuke inquired, which caused Tessai and Yoruichi to nod their heads for a moment, even though he knew that there had been a few in Karakura Town that had remained in the shadows, at least until one had been slain by the Shinigami, another rarely used his powers, and one that was basically a novice in the arts, "At least, that's when the clan was active... the Qunicy were destroyed twice: the latest was over two hundred years ago, and the first time was almost a thousand years ago, back when they tried to invade the Soul Society."

"Can I ask why?" Baiken asked, as that seemed like a stupid idea, a bunch of people going after the Shinigami that tended to the souls of the World of the Living, and it seemed like they deserved to be wiped out because of such idiocy, while Pinkie was more interested in petting Yoruichi while they talked.

"The Quincy were humans who gained the power to make spiritual weapons, bows and arrows made out of Reishi, though they ended up destroying the souls of the Hollows they killed." Kisuke replied, where Baiken found that he was telling them about the clan before answering her question, even though the girls were surprised by the fact that a Quincy destroyed the human soul that had been turned into a Hollow, before he focused on the pair, "Y... well, their King didn't like the fact that the Shinigami watched over the souls of all humans, and ushered them to their proper afterlives, plus he was basically a warmonger who conquered every enemy he came across. He got it in his head that he could open the way to Soul Society, something he was definitely able to do, but the original Gotei 13... well, they slaughtered the Quincy, and the Captain-Commander burned the Quincy King to a husk. Following that the rest of the Quincy broke into smaller clans, scattered all over the world, but they continued to hunt down the Hollows of the world, so the Soul Society continued to hunt them down and put them to the sword... remember, the Balance between worlds depends on the amount of souls in each one."

"Basically, Quincy destroy a soul and that soul's Reiryoku vanishes entirely... do it to too many souls, however, and the scales will start to tip." Baiken answered, as she remembered the beginning of the lessons that she and Pinkie had been given, so they understood the importance of the Shinigami as a whole, and her statement caused Kisuke to nod his head for a couple of seconds, to show that he was pleased with them remembering his lessons, "Which, in turn, would cause the Soul Society, the one directly connected to the World of the Living, to release more souls to counter the destruction... so they destroyed the Quincy to stop the madness."

"Yes, and a very few of them remain in the world... two, at least. A father and his son." Kisuke finished, confirming what the girls had been thinking once they saw the arrow, it seemed like the son was the one who used the arrow they had seen, all while Kisuke thought about that piece of information for a moment, before he let glanced at them with a serious look on his face, "I know it's impossible, but before their destruction the Quincy believed that their King was still alive and would return at one point... but he's dead, since Yamamoto incinerated him. As for the father and son, they both live in the city, but the father doesn't use his powers at all and the son does... so you likely saw the son hunting a Hollow."

"Yhwach seemed like a stupid king. Glad he got wiped out... could you imagine the destruction he would have caused if he had succeeded?" Pinkie remarked, where Baiken raised her eyebrow for a moment before nodding her head in agreement, as it seemed like it was a good thing that the Quincy had been destroyed, otherwise she was sure that the world could have been wiped out, since the collapse of the Balance would have been bad for everyone, while their Shinigami friends seemed surprised by her remark.

Kisuke said nothing to that as he nodded, where he noticed that the girls decided to get some sleep and headed into their room for the night, though he waited for a time, to be sure that they were asleep or focused on whatever it was that they did in the spare room, before he glanced at the others.

"She knew his name, despite me being unable to say it." Kisuke remarked, as they knew that one of the members of the Zero Division, the greatest among Soul Society since they were the personal guards of the Soul King, had power over names and had stricken the Quincy King's from being spoken, and yet, now that Pinkie had said it, Kisuke found that when he wanted to think about his name he could actually think 'Yhwach', instead of 'Quincy King', "There's no denying it... Pinkie's got to be a piece of the Soul King."

"If that's true the Soul Society would freak out." Yoruichi said, because there were supposedly many pieces of the Soul King, such as his arms and his heart, that apparently went on to be their own individual people, but it was hard to confirm those theories since they had seen no evidence of such a thing, before she glanced in the direction the girls had gone in, "Still, this is strange timing: a Quincy starts attacking Hollows, an hour before we're able to speak the Quincy King's name again... I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be interesting."

Kisuke found himself nodding his agreement, because most Quincy hated Shinigami, and the one that was active in Karakura Town had a very good reason to hate them as a whole, which meant that they might see a collision of sorts tomorrow, which was why he was going to make sure everyone was ready before something terrible happened.

Baiken and Pinkie found that, when morning arrived, Ichigo and Rukia seemed interested in Uryu, their classmate, and the pair told them why, as during the night another Hollow appeared, this one near Ichigo's house, so he went out to slay it since he wasn't going to wait for them to arrive, and Uryu had loosed one of his arrows at it. Baiken then told the pair that Uryu was a Quincy and that his arrows fully destroyed the soul of the Hollows he killed, something he might not be aware of, or might not care about, plus he hated Shinigami, which Rukia confirmed since Uryu told them that last night. While they talked about the matter they found that Uryu was part of a club in school, the handcraft club, where he pulled out a sewing kit to fix a doll that one of the other students brought to him, rather quickly based on what they were seeing, and once he was done he headed out to do the rest of his schoolwork. The rest of their school day proceeded in a normal manner, nothing major happened and both boys were able to go about their day without bothering the other, even though Baiken knew that it was only a matter of time before they met up.

Sure enough Ichigo decided to head into the city, following the path Uryu was taking, no doubt to speak with him about what he had seen the previous night and to see if there was something they could do to mend the bridges between them, or at least let him understand the other student better.

"I know you're there, Kurosaki... though I must admit, you are getting better at dealing with your Reiryoku." Uryu stated, as he came to a stop at one point and glanced back, where he found that Ichigo didn't even bother to hide himself, he knew, from Baiken and Pinkie, that his energy was leaking out of his body and he was doing his best to learn how to contain it, to hide himself from the Hollows that were hunting him, "Though I must say that your sensory skills leave much to be desired, since you only noticed me last night, when I made myself known to you... yet I noticed you the very day you transferred into our school, I noticed the moment when you transformed into a Shinigami, and I noticed when those two Shinigami started hanging out with you, three counting Rukia. However, since you've gone out for your way to follow me, I challenge you to a match."

"Ridiculous. I understand that you hate Shinigami, for the loss of your clan, but I'm not a pure Shinigami... I just a substitute until Rukia gets her powers back." Ichigo replied, which was the truth, as much as he hated to admit it, because once Rukia regained her abilities his own borrowed power would fade away, that was the course he had been told about and had been quick to accept it, while he and Uryu found the girls standing nearby, "The three of us aren't even aligned with Soul Society, so whatever beef you have with them has nothing to do with us... not unless your stupid and believe that all Shinigami are the same, and considering that you're the smartest in our class I'm sure you can see reason."

"No, all Shinigami are the same, no matter who they are... I will prove that the Quincy are superior." Uryu stated, though at the same time he found that the pair of girls, who were definitely stronger than Ichigo, were just watching and wondered if they would jump in soon, since he was expecting them to do something at some point.

"Out of curiosity, you know that you're fully destroying the human soul that's inside a Hollow, right?" Baiken asked, because that was the only thing she was interested in right now, as it didn't seem like Uryu really had much to offer right now, so she figured a simple conversation would be best while she and Pinkie studied him, "A Hollow is a transformed human soul, so your arrows are destroying both the monster they've become and the soul that used to be a person... just thought I'd tell you now, in case you didn't know."

"Better they disappear entirely, instead of being monsters for the rest of their existence." Uryu said, where he reached into his shirt pocket and withdrew a white pill or tablet of some kind, while at the same time Ichigo, who could see that Uryu was serious about his desire for a match, withdrew Kon's pill and separated his soul from his body without wasting time, which was why his body stood with Rukia while he started at his classmate, "This is a special piece of bait that will attract Hollows to Karakura Town for twenty-four hours... whoever kills the most Hollows in that time period wins."

"Now hold on a minute..." Ichigo said, though in the next moment Baiken made her move and snatched the tablet before the student had a chance to break it, confirming that they had been thinking the same thing, while at the same time Pinkie stood next to Uryu and seemed to be staring at his bow, as he had summoned it in anticipation for the match.

"Screw you, you moron. Do you have any idea how much danger you could have put the city in?" Baiken remarked, though in the next instant she looked down at the tablet she had taken and found that it was just a pill, as in a vitamin that some people took, instead of the white tablet that Uryu was now holding between his fingers.

"Remember, I knew Kurosaki was hanging out with you two, and you're both faster than he is... I figured one of you might try such a thing, so I prepared a decoy." Uryu stated, where he shattered the tablet and it dissolved into nothingness, though it's effects were instant as Baiken, Pinkie, and Ichigo sensed the presence of another Hollow, while Rukia's phone went off, and yet it was Uryu's arrow that crushed it first, where Baiken noticed that it was purified like a Shinigami had slain it, "The first kill is mine, Kurosaki... you had best get ready, for this city is about to become a battleground."

In the next instant a surge of Reiatsu came from Ichigo, showing that he was incredibly annoyed by this discovery, before he reigned in his power as he let out a frustrated sigh and rushed into the air, vanishing as he focused on what was important, saving the city and his family, while Uryu rushed off towards another portion of the city.

"Great, we're going to be in a war zone... just great." Baiken remarked, though she wished this had been a natural event and not something done by a moron, as now Uryu was just a moron in her mind despite the intelligence he was known for in the school, and it wasn't long before Rukia and Kon headed out as well, no doubt focusing on Ichigo's sisters to make sure he could focus on the Hollows, before she glanced at Pinkie, "What did you do?"

"I altered the makeup of his bow a little. Now his arrows will purify the soul, instead of destroy them... nothing major, really, but it's better than the Soul Society being altered to his existence." Pinkie said, though she also knew that the movement of this many Hollows, something Rukia's superiors would no doubt notice no matter what happened, would have serious consequences for all of them, causing her to sigh as she climbed onto Baiken's back, "Come on, let's go have some fun while we think about how to punish Uryu for this."

Baiken nodded as she rushed into the air, as it seemed like there were plenty of Hollows appearing around the city and went off towards one of them, though at the same time it made her wonder what in the world was going to happen next, along with the feeling something bad was coming their way in the very near future.