Back From the Dead: Kensei Muguruma!?

This article, , is a side-story entry in Bleach: The Coven War, set during the First Arc. The chapter follows on from the Captain's meeting shown in A New Chapter, and features Shūhei Hisagi and Rōjūrō "Rose" Ōtoribashi as main characters, with the revived Kensei Muguruma serving as the main antagonist.

Hisagi found himself rather irritable following the recent Captain's meeting. Seeing Captain Hein Ueda again had certainly contributed to the sourness of his current mood -- the fact he had managed to get a rise out of him, no matter how small irked him greatly -- but that was only a small contributing factor if he was being honest. The Gotei 13 had fought so hard against the Quincy and their reward had been a scant few years of peace. Where they doomed to live the rest of their lives waging one battle after another? To fight and kill, when their duty was the upholding of the Spirit Cycle of Souls?

Surely The Coven wanted the same thing as the Gotei 13? Hisagi didn't know anymore. "I thought we we're all Shinigami struggling for the same thing."

He heaved a sigh of relieve.

Hisagi hadn't volunteered for the task force because he and Captain Komamura had agreed that it was best to wait and monitor for now, rather than leaping without looking. It was the reason that Hisagi now found himself with a modicum of free time. It was also why he was walking towards the barracks of the 3rd Division rather than the barracks of the 9th Division with his guitar case slung over his right shoulder.

"What I wouldn't give for some relaxation."

He wasn't questioned by the Shinigami of the 3rd Division scattered around the barracks. Hisagi had been here enough times in the past for those patrolling to know that he had a love for music that their Captain, Rōjūrō "Rose" Ōtoribashi, shared. He spoke with a few who he was familiar with and soon learned that Captain Ōtoribashi had retired to his office following the meeting. With a quick thank you Hisagi found himself standing outside Rose's room in little time and he gently rapped it with his knuckles.

"Captain Ōtoribashi? It's Lieutenant Hisagi."