The next day everyone was called for a meeting in the Meeting Hall. Everyone stared at Laura, not knowing that she was the new Assistant Captain, Laura merely smiled at them. Rose rolled her eyes. Soria was staring at Clema, who wasn’t showing any emotion at all, and was staring into space.

“Hello everyone.” The Master began with a smile. “First off, I want you all to meet the newest Assistant Captain, Laura.” He raised his arm to her direction, and Laura smiled.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you all!” Laura said cheerfully.

“About time you showed up.” Ruko stated with a strict tone.

Laura sighed and frowned. “Sorry about that, something came up.”

“Well she is here now, so get off her back.” Karin said to Ruko. Karin was standing next to her soon to be husband Mosabi, they were holding hands.

Before Ruko could respond, The Master began to speak again. “Thanks to Ruko, Mosabi, and Naruto, the hole in the Jail Tower has been repaired. So now we can focus on the more important things.”

“Like this prisoner’s whereabouts.” Sakura said crossing her arms. “Where do you think he went?”

Emashi sighed. “Hard to say. Before I made his arrest, I have been in all different locations looking for the guy. It may take awhile before we find him again.”

“This sucks.” Naruto said angrily. Suddenly, he looked at The Master. “Who do you think let him out?”

“Do you think that it was Tusado or Aaron?” Karin asked quietly. There was a moment of silence, but then The Master bowed his head and nodded. “Anything is possible at this point.”

“Impossible.” Ruko yelled angrily. “How could they re-enter the city without any of us seeing him?”

“This is Aaron and Tusado we are talking about.” Mosabi explained. “Things are tricky when it comes to them.”

“How unfortunate.” Rose said quietly.

“Hey!” Laura said suddenly with a lot of emotion. She turned her head to the left and then to the right. “Where is that kid captain?”

Soria quickly glanced at The Master. When their eyes met, Soria turned to see Clema. Surprisingly, Clema was not taking any note of what Laura said.

“Captain Ishimaru is his name.” The Master said sternly. “Captain Ishimaru is on a special escort mission, and will not be back for some time.”

“Special escort mission?” Rose said suddenly.

“Yes.” The Master responded.

“Interesting.” Chiryuu said smirking. “A kid being an escort!”

“Oh shut up.” Karin said smiling. “Ishimaru is strong, believe me.”

“Chiryuu, I meant to ask you,” The Master began. “How is Captain Shiro doing?”

Chiryuu shook his head. “He is a mess.”

“Shame.” Said Rose.

The Master let out a small cough and sighed. “Yes. Anyways, I want you all to be on your guards. We have Number 56 lurking around, and Aaron with Tusado and the Soul Jewel.”

“Soul Jewel?” Laura said looking at The Master.

“It’s a threat to the whole Soul Reaper World.” Emashi said looking down. “And it’s in the hands of those two traitors.”

“Oh my, the whole Soul Reaper World?” Laura asked. “That’s a scary thought!”

Rose rolled her eyes and gave a smirk.

“This meeting is over.” The Master said suddenly. “You may all go.”

Laura was the first one out, followed by Rose running after her.

“How interesting this has gotten.” Laura said smiling.

“Indeed.” Rose replied in her soothing voice.

Next to exit were Clema, Emashi, and Soria. Clema just sped walked away from the building, her face emotionless.

“What’s going on with her?” Emashi asked. “She has been a mope all day.”

Soria looked away. “I don’t know.”

Emashi looked at her and shrugged. “Alright. See you later Soria.”

On top of a nearby building, Tusado disguised in a black over coat was watching Laura and Rose exiting the Meeting Hall. “These two could be trouble…”

Laura and Rose walked over to the abandoned Execution Grounds, and looked down at the town.

“It seems that there is a rat spying on us.” Rose said to Laura in her smooth tone.

Suddenly, Tusado appeared behind them in his black overcoat, with his usual sinister grin.

“Yes, it does.” Laura said turning to Tusado. “And who are you?”

“Don’t worry about who I am.” Tusado said. “You two must be the ones taking Mr. Aaron and Mr. Tusado’s places.”

There was a slight silence, and the wind moved their hair and clothes slightly.

“What reason do you have for following us?” Rose asked suddenly.

“You two are an unwanted obstacle.” Tusado said sternly. “You have your sights set on the Soul Jewel, don’t you?”

Laura laughed. “No, we don’t actually, Tusado.”

Tusado frowned and took off the overcoat, revealing him in a Soul Reapers outfit. “How did you know it was me?”

Laura laughed again and snapped her fingers. Suddenly, the ground exploded into a fiery cloud where Tusado was standing. Chunks of rocks went up in the air, landing on the ground.

Rose smiled. “What a display.”

Suddenly, Tusado ran out of the smoke with his sword in hand, running towards Laura. At the moment of impact, Laura dodged it, and appeared behind Tusado, with a Kunai to his throat.

Laura’s long blonde hair blew in the wind graciously. She smiled. “I have no intention of messing up whatever plan you have with the Soul Jewel.”

Tusado looked at her.

“We have our own goal.” Rose said walking toward him. When she reached him, her lips covered in bright purple lipstick smiled at him. “Let us work and we will let you work. We don’t care if you destroy the Soul Reaper World or not.”

Laura withdrew the kunai and looked Tusado in the eyes. “But if anything should mess up our goal, you will pay.”

Tusado walked away from them and looked back. “What are you two planning?”

Laura smiled. “That’s a secret, ok? But I am curious about what you are planning with Number 56.”

Tusado returned to smiling in his sinister way. “That’s a secret.”

Tusado disappeared in a puff of smoke, and Rose sighed. “I didn’t expect to see him.”

Laura crossed her arms, “We are close to our goal, and we don’t need to worry about them until we need to.”