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Chapter 31 - Bleach Arc - 30

Khan was standing in his workshop as the spirits of several Zanpakutos floated in the tanks in front of him. Zabimaru was such a success that Khan decided to add a few more to his harem. Khan got ready as the impromptu dinner where Ichigo realized that in his zeal to get his powers back, he had left his little sisters unprotected. That event would be approaching soon.

Khan was observing the Kurosaki household when suddenly he felt like he was forgetting something. Khan decided to walk around and see if he could jog his memories.

First, Khan found himself in front of Urahara's shop. It had been closed since Urahara left for the Soul Society in order to try and cure the plague. The door opened, and a young lady stepped out. Ururu Tsumugiya stood there for a moment, looking at Khan, then she smiled and said, "My Lord, your timing is incredible, I just completed the task you gave me."

Khan looked behind her and saw the bodies of Jinta Hanakari and Tessai Tsuka lying in growing pools of their own blood. Khan smiled, pulled Ururu close, and said, "You did very well, but I still have other tasks in the living world to complete. Once we're back at Las Noches, I'll give you your promised reward." Ururu smiled brightly before Khan placed her in his Shadow

Pocket.

Khan found himself next at a house, a tall, curvaceous woman walked out and greeted him. Ikumi Unagiya, with a stars in her eyes, looked at Khan and said, "Master, you're here. Does it mean it's finally time?" Khan responded, saying, "That depends. Did you complete the tasks I gave you?" Ikumi nodded and said, "My worthless son has been taken care of, and I managed yo keep Ichigo in the state of mind that if he fails his family, he is nothing." Khan looked at her with a bit of skepticism in his eyes and said, "We'll see if it is as you say you'll get your reward soon enough." Ikumi had a hopeful look as she disappeared into Khan's Shadow Pocket.

Khan stood there for a moment, thinking about why that feeling that he had forgotten something had yet to disapate. He thought of Ichigo's friends and mentally confirmed that they had all been dealt with when an image of Keigo Asano popped into his head. Then Khan remembered that Keigo had a sister, Mizuho Asano.

...

Mizuho sat there in her apartment, eating a bowl of noodles. To her right is a simple shrine dedicated to her brother. Admittedly, she was rather upset when she heard the news that her brother's classroom was blown up, the bodies burned beyond recognition, or incinerated to ash.

It took her a while, but she started to pull her life back together. As she finished eating, she heard a knock on her door. Full of curiosity, Mizuho opened the door. A man was standing there, who she didn't recognize. He abruptly entered only, adding to confusion. While she acknowledged that many would consider him attractive, despite everything that happened, she still preferred men with shaved heads.

Mizuho was about to demand he leave when he said, "I'm sorry, I meant to come see you much sooner, but the situation I found myself was hectic and I admittedly forgot about you." Mizuho stood there mouth slightly opened, confused by what she was hearing. The man continued, "I originally had this whole thing planned, but time will no longer allow it."

Before Mizuho could ask what he was talking about, the man pinned her to the wall and was locking lips with her. Her thoughts were flying out of control.

'What is he doing? Why am I not stopping him? Am I some floozy people can take advantage of whenever they feel like it? At least it feels good. No! I got to stop him! I got to tell him off! I got to force him to stop!'

'Why, when he is making me feel so good after so long.' The sudden thought that was trying justify what was happening caught Mizuho off guard. Just as quickly as he started, Khan just stopped. 'Wait, Khan? Why do I suddenly know this man's name?' Mizuho thought before she heard another thought say, 'Why does it matter? All you really need to concern yourself over what you need to do in order to make him happy.'

Mizuho was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Khan say, "I wish I could spend more time with you right now, but time won't allow it, but I'll make up for lost time later." Suddenly, Mizuho began sinking into a dark shadow. Her last thought before everything went black was, 'I should be more concerned about what's happening, so why aren't I?'

...

Khan stood there for a moment, thinking. 'That went fairly smooth, Mizuho's face showed that her thoughts were all over the place, but at least she had a positive enough thought for the seed to take root. I wanted to see her reaction to me revealing that I had been the one to kill her brother at the moment she reached full corruption, but since I forgot about her, it looks like I'll have to put that on hold for now.'

Khan made his way back to the Kurosaki household in time to see the dinner in progress. Chad was there as well as Ichigo's sisters, and there were also individuals Khan didn't recognize. Most likely, they were Ichigo's new classmates after the destruction of his last class. The first chance he got, Ichigo ran away. As everyone else slowly left, Khan saw Ichigo's father, Isshin, walk in and try to have a conversation with his daughters. Khan was interested in seeing what would happen. Shukuro Tsukishima's power Book of the End allows him to insert and alter his victims' memories, allowing him to manipulate them to a degree. While Karin and Yuzu were currently under the influence of that power,Khan was curious if it would override the mission he had already given them beforehand.

The answer came quickly as Karin and Yuzu took turns stabbing their father. The look of pure shock on his face as he was being murdered by his own daughters was priceless. Isshin was pretty powerful, but that power was greatly reduced while he was in the Gigia.

Khan knocked on the door as he let himself in. Karin and Yuzu looked at him only for a moment before rushing to him and giving him a hug. Yuzu spoke first by saying, "You showed up just like you said you would." Then Karin said, "Since we killed that lazy bastard like you wanted, does that mean we can have our rewards?"

Khan laughed and said, "Eager aren't you, don't you'll get everything I promised you, but first I have other things to do so be patient a little while longer." They both said in unison, "Okay." After Khan placed them both in his Shadow Pocket.

Khan slipped into his Shadow Nexus. He had one more stop to make before his final confrontation with Ichigo.

...

Jackie Tristan was standing there in the abandoned manner, quietly observing the rest of the group. Giriko Kutsuzawa was constantly checking his pocket watch. Yukio Hans Vorariberna was uncharacteristically just holding his game system instead of playing it. Moe Shishigawara was muttering to himself in a corner, trying to pysch himself up. While Riruka Dokugamine was blankly looking out a window, traces of guilt on her face.

Jackie understood that their recent plan had left in odd taste in everyone's mouth. They all had their memories altered so they could get close to Ichigo Kurosaki without raising his suspicion, but because of that, they had unintentionally started forming friendships with him.

Jackie let out a deep exhale. She thought, 'Any minute now, Ginjo and Shukuro would walk in, and they would share the power they had collected.'

Jackie was pulled out of her thoughts when a warm spray suddenly was felt on her face. Jackie immediately looked around and noticed that Giriko, Yukio, and Moe were all missing their heads. The warm spray she felt came from earlier was from the fountain of blood that happened when their bodies realized what happened.

Jackie looked at where Riruka was and found she was missing. Jackie mentally cursed herself. How could she be so deep in thought that she hadn't sensed anything until it was already over. She looked for signs of the would-be attackers, only to see a single man going through Giriko's pockets.

Jackie tried to activate her powers only to be unable to. She looked down in shock to see that despite the amount of blood that had sprayed everywhere, her boots were spotless. In fact, they were cleaner than they were a few minutes ago. She looked up to see the man was now only an arms length from her. Fear gripped her as he smiled, and then everything went dark.