On a Far Away Current II

Meet Again and Then...?!
At the edge of Tenkyūden, deep within the Royal Palace, Raian looked out on the deep skies which floated infinitely above the Soul Society, which was somewhere below. One hundred years had passed since he had last seen his once good comrades. Taking a deep breath before sighing, Raian lifted himself back onto the disk that contained the city he now ruled over. He had to admit; he had come to love the Tenkyūden, and its residents. He had even grown to see the other members of the Royal Guard as his comrades, despite their past woes. However, his relatively peaceful thinking was disturbed by the arrival of Gamma Akutabi.

"There you are." he stated, walking forward and giving Raian a friendly pat on the shoulders. "Reminiscing on the past again?"

"How can I not?" Raian scoffed. "Just by being here, I'm betraying them. It makes my soul sick."

Gamma studied him for sometime before speaking again, "I know you hate us for what happened then, and maybe you have a right to, but there is no use in sulking over it for a century." he explained. "Who knows? Maybe your paths will cross again."

Raian sighed again, turning his gaze to the blue skies bellow once more, "Why is it you came here, Gamma?" he asked.

"You're needed in the Human World." Gamma replied, not wasting a breath. "The Gotei 13 has already deployed, but things look bleak."

Raian looked up in shock, "Isshin?" he snapped, "Where? Where have they sent him?"

"Rider City." Gamma replied. "Now, you might want to—"

Raian didn't wait to hear anymore. Grabbing his Zanpakutō, the stocky Shinigami threw himself over the edge of the disk which held the Tenkyūden, hurling himself into the world below.

"Always in a rush..." Gamma huffed, turning and walking back into the city. "He didn't even bother to listen to why he was going there."

The cold air of Soul Society rushed past Raian's face, stinging it like ravenous bees, and turning his cheeks a bright hue of crimson red. Though he was moving at incredible speeds, he had still not breached the distance between the King's realm and Soul Society. Within minutes, however, the top of the Seireitei was coming into sight.

SMASH!!!

A plume of dust, smoke, and earth shot into the air, leaving a large debris cloud as Raian connected with the ground, tearing the ground asunder upon impact. Without wasting a second, Raian flicked his hands out in front of him, casting Kidō wordlessly, ripping a tunnel between the worlds. A Hell Butterfly fluttered furiously down behind him, turning the Senkaimon white as the Human World came into sight.

"Hang in there, Isshin..." Raian thought, carelessly throwing himself through the boundary between worlds after his former subordinate.