First Case, the Spirit Detective Trio Departs!


 * Following the devastating assault on the Seijin Temple, the young Minato was called in by the Gotei 13's Sixth Division. Meeting with Captain Kawahiru Suzaku, Minato was reigned in as the new Spirit Detective of Soul Society. With Hinata and the strange Quincy woman, Rūka, along him, Minato sets out on his first mission.

The Winds of Change
The winds in the world of the living were as uneasy as ever. But none so more as the base of the living world's guardian, Raian Getsueikirite.

The black-haired man stood in a place that could rightfully be called the "top of the world", staring out at the blue skies and white clouds that hovered over the human world, his Shihakushō's sleeves waving around as the wind encircled the man.

"I dunno. For some reason, such a sight doesn't suit you." spoke a voice behind Raian.

There stood a man with silver hair, one whom Raian very well knew. Raian responded with a light chuckle. "Really now?"

Raian turned back to look out to the skies. "Seeing the world from this viewpoint... It puts everything into perspective."

He turned to face the silver-haired man once more. "Don't you agree, Sei-san?"

Seireitou answered with a chuckle of his own. "I suppose. But I'm perfectly fine looking up from the bottom."

"I take it you didn't come to see me just to exchange pleasantries. What's on your mind?" Raian asked.

Seireitou's face regained some serious composure, though not one of worry; more of focus.

"We need to discuss the Mūkade situation." he finally spoke.

Raian's eyes closed, a heavy sigh followed soon after. "It seems like we just finished the Datara and Akujin situations not too long ago... Now we've got another guy with cliche villain aspirations."

However, one of his eyes soon opened. "How are we with the Jinki Fragments?"

Seireitou replied with his own eyes narrowing. "Mūkade's apprehended four of them. At this point, there are only five remaining. Minato, of course..."

"...And then there's that Arrancar guy you met once."

Raian's thoughts briefly drifted to the Arrancar Jinki Fragment he had met months ago, Herrera Tresckow.

"Another is a young boy named Ryō Sagara. But I don't know much about him. The other two, however, I have no information on them at the moment."

"I see..." Raian sighed heavily once more, opening his eyes fully as his arms crossed in front of his chest. "There's no point in dwelling on that which we do not know. At any rate, our main goal should be to prevent Mūkade from getting Minato."

"...I'm afraid we have worse troubles."

The usually calm face of Raian's turned into one of general surprise. "What do you mean, "worse troubles"?"

Seireitou's eyes closed for a moment, before opening narrowly to signify the intensity of the situation.

"It involves... a strange organization."