The moment Aya's feet touched the ground in front of the bubble, blood exploded from various cuts and scrapes across her body. Most were not very bad but they covered her from head to toe and there were a few that cut deep into her skin. Aya fell to the floor, unable to support her weight on her torn up legs. Soi Fon caught her gently before she hit the floor and allowed her to slide down. Behind her, the portal to the other world closed up and Sayuri slid to the floor in exhaustion. Captain Unohana walked forward and gently placed her hands over Aya's body and started to murmur and grab bandages and wipes. She dutifully and meticulously closed up all of Aya's cuts but not before her eyes closed as she fainted from blood loss. Then she progressed to healing them all. By the time she was done, an hour had passed and everyone was sitting against the walls waiting for her to be okay. Finally Captain Unohana leaned away and wiped her hands clean on a white towel.
"She'll be fine, just wait a bit for her to wake up," she said and packed up her stuff and walked out of the room.
"Please prepare a place for her to rest while we decide what to do and we figure out why you people are here," Yamamoto said, and as soon as those words left his mouth the alarm sounded.
Everyone leaped to their feet and Sayuri started to wail. Soi Fon ran over to them and held them carefully in her arms. On the floor, Aya stirred and then sat up.
"That's a nostalgic sound," she said, "What's going on?"
"You're not ready to sit up yet," Ichigo said, "Lay back down."
Aya waved him away.
"I'm fine. So what's all the commotion about, Yama?"
"I don't know yet. We have to wait a bit."
"Shouldn't you be the fist to know?" Aya asked skeptically just as a messenger burst into the room.
"Sir, a large barrier has been put up around Seireitei and Hollows are starting to flow into the rest of Soul Society. We can't get out to help them. What should we do?" he asked.
"Call the Captains here, the Soul Reapers that are stationed out of Seireitei should be able to hold them off until we are able to break through this barrier."
"That's the problem, sir. We have no people outside. Apparently they were all called back here by yourself, sir. There is no one in the real world or in the rest of Soul Society. Everyone is caught inside this giant bubble."
The Captain Commander's eyes flew open.
"What? I did not call them back. What are you talking about?"
"It seems to me that whoever called us back, called everyone else back under your name," Kisuke said, "This really is a mystery. I wonder who did this."
Sayuri started to whimper.
"It's started," they said, "The scary man is here." All eyes turned to the two cat girls as they trembled and shook in Soi Fon's arms.
"All the black ones," Soi Fon said, and walked over to the Captain Commander's window, which overlooked the 13 Squads' barracks. Below thousands and thousands of Soul Reapers were rushing here and there trying to deal with the incoming crisis.
All of them were dressed in the traditional uniform: black kimonos.
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