He's Back

A gentle breeze swept through the late-autumn woods, rustling the leaves. From time to time, yellowed leaves drifted down from the branches, carpeting the ground in scattered gold.

For a moment, everyone who had run into one another fell silent. Other than Fengjin Chehu and Kyoraku Shunsui, surprise was impossible to hide on everyone's faces.

When they had first heard Captain Kyoraku's voice, the weight in Rukia and Renji's hearts had finally lifted. But before either of them could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw that Matsumoto Rangiku, the Tenth Division's vice-captain, had actually come with Captain Kyoraku. For a moment, they had no idea how to react...