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Ichigo glared at Urahara. "Of course not!" he said vehemently, and perhaps a bit loudly. "Let's just move on to the next lesson, okay? Like you said, I need to get stronger, and we don't have much time, so let's get started!"
Morri rubbed one temple. "I'll leave this to you, Urahara-San," she said. "I'm beginning to develop a bit of a headache; I think I'll be heading back to my apartment for the night. Good night." She nodded respectfully in Urahara's direction, then turned to Ichigo. "Good night, Strawberry," she said teasingly, then climbed up to the shop and began walking back to where she had started from that day.

Morri recognized the reiatsu of Hirami and Rukia not far away. She figured they must be going to wherever it was that Hirami was staying. But they were far enough away that she couldn't reach them in time when she recognized the other three that materialized moments later. In a panic, Morri ran towards where she sensed they were, but before she could get there, four reiatsu forces disappeared. She knew what had happened.
Rukia was gone.
Just before she reached Hirami, the last to remain, she heard her scream and felt her sister send out a burst of reiatsu she knew could be sensed from miles away. Her eyes stung; she knew Kit was pissed, and so was she, but she had no doubt that she had tried her best to save Rukia-Chan from those bastards from Seireitei. She might not know the whole story, but she knew enough to know that Rukia was scheduled for execution.
Finally, she reached Kit, encased in a block of ice, her gigai not far from her, simply standing there.
"Hirami," she said. Her sister looked ready to scream again...or cry. "I'm so sorry...I didn't reach you in time..." Her eyes welled up as she drew Auranus and broke her free of the ice. "Nee-Chan...forgive me," she said. "What happened?"

Ichigo, meanwhile, was freaking out. "Something's wrong," he said, frozen where he stood. "Hirami's rei...she's in trouble!" He ran for the exit. "HIRAMI!!! RUKIAAAAA!!!"

Ichigo was halfway down the road from Urahara's shop when he got Hirami's message. For an instant he was frozen in shock, then...
WHAT?!?!?! he screeched into Hirami's head. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE?! HOW?! WHO TOOK HER?! WHERE DID THEY TAKE HER?!

Morri, meanwhile, was battling rage and confusion and trying not to cry. She knew Hirami already was; she saw the teardrops fall to the ground before she turned and began hitting the wall. No reason to make things worse, she thought. She's trying to be strong; I have to try to. Even as she thought this, a tear slid down her face, and she swiped it away angrily before Kit could see it.
"It wasn't your fault either," Morri told her sister. "There was no way you could have known who was coming or when, and you couldn't have fought them off on your own. Even if I had been here, it would have been a tough battle, with Rukie not fighting back..." Her voice broke. "What the hell does she have to repent for?!" she shouted angrily as her voice cracked even more. "She's never done anything to deserve what's waiting for her there!" She began screaming towards the heavens. "Goddammit! Do you hear me, you bastards?! Damn you! She doesn't deserve this, you unholy pieces of s**t!"

Ichigo arrived on the end of Morri's screaming, taking in the ice fragments that still littered the ground, the crater in the wall next to Hirami, the blood that dripped from his bond-sibling's hand where her nails had bit through the skin from the force of the impact when he guessed she had hit the wall.
He went to Hirami first, taking her injured hand and looking at the palm. Sure enough, four half-moon cuts were visible. Nothing serious, just enough to bleed, but they would take a week to heal.
"Baka," he said. "Hurting yourself won't bring her back."
"No," Morri said, her face downcast. "but we will."
Ichigo regarded her seriously. "You took the words right out of my mouth," he said. He turned back to Hirami. "We'll get her back if it takes everything we've got."

Ichigo growled, almost a yell, but through clenched teeth. Still, he tried not to blow up at Hirami and make her feel worse than he already knew she did.
Morri nodded. "I can do that, easy," she said. "No way will they know I'm in on this..." She paused for a moment. "I'll talk to Rukia. They'll let me see her, at least. I want to know what the hell she was thinking, going with them like that."
"WHAT?!" Ichigo exploded. "What do you mean 'going with them like that'?! She fought back, didn't she?!"
"Um..." Morri didn't look at him. "I think you'd better ask Hirami how it happened. I got here too late to help." She turned back to Hirami. "I have to get going, then. I'll tell them my plans to find you never worked out, that I never found you...and try to tell Rukia not to say anything, somehow." She paused, then hugged her sister suddenly. "Be careful, Kit."
With that, she turned, walked a short distance away, created her gate, stepped through, and closed it behind her.
Ichigo turned to Hirami. "What did she mean?" he asked her, almost accusingly. "She said Rukia went with them--tell me she's mistaken."

Ichigo stood stunned for a long moment. Finally, he spoke. "BAKA!" he shouted. He grabbed Hirami. "I don't care what she says, and I know you agree with me!" he said. "We're going to rescue her, no matter what she says! This is my fault--she's in trouble because of me, and we're going to save her! It's going to be hard, but we will do it!"



Morri made her way to the cell block where Rukia was held. Just as she had said, after she explained that she hadn't found Hirami as she had planned, they let her in, no questions asked. She found Rukia sitting in the lone chair in the cell, staring at the floor, already looking depressed.
"Rukia," she said, catching her attention. "Word travels fast. I heard you had been captured, so I thought I'd come see you. How's my sister? I never did manage to find her..." She made a small sound that seemed to imply disgust. "I heard she was with you when you were caught. She never did have much sense, hanging out with criminals like you." She looked down, her voice taking on a note of sympathy. "I'm sorry, Rukia. We were friends once. I hate seeing you like this, and knowing what's to happen." She looked up again. "So, I hear you didn't put up a fight, huh? Interesting...why is that, exactly? I'm curious to know just what you thought to accomplish by that..."
With each word she spoke in such a callous, detached sort of way, she felt her eyes sting, hating that she had to act like this. Rukia would surely think she was trying to distance herself from both her and her sister, selfishly looking out for her own well-being and not caring what happened to her or her friends. But she kept her composure and controlled herself, not letting a single thing betray what had really happened or how she felt. It had to be this way, with guards everywhere, any one of them likely to hear her conversation.

Kisuke sighed as he ran towards the site where he could feel Ichigo's reiatsu meet with the one who released the large amount. Looking to the side he soon saw Ishida who ran next to him. "Sup." He said as Ishida nodded. "You go ahead I have a feeling we're going to need some new clothes." He said with a grin and a thumb's up as he disappeared leaving Kisuke scared and wondering just what Ishida did in his spare time.

Ishida just smirked as he arrived at his house fairly quickly. Taking out a needle his hands became a blur as he began to sew new dresses, shirts, pants, cloaks, and whatnot all with the quincy logo on them. "Hehe.." he began as that small chuckle became into a maniac's laugh that could be heard for miles and really just sent a shiver down your spine.

Kisuke gave a small shudder for whoever know's why. "God that was creepy.." He muttered as he soon arrived where Ichigo and Hirami was standing. "Really what you two are doing really looks like fun and all and I really want to join." He started as he sighed. "Explain what the hell just happened here.." He said as he stared seriously at the two. "I just felt three pressuring reiatsu's appear, but four left." He said as he looked at Hirami. "And it seems a fifth one released a huge amount in one go." He said as he continued to look at her. "Mind filling me in on what happened to Rukia?" He said quietly as he closed his eyes and sighed.