Urahara Shoten the Rindo Remix.

[Rindosan]

A tiny little shop sits somewhere in the eastern district of Karakura town. The shop, called the Urahara Shoten is nothing more than a little sundry store, selling things like candy and small appliances. It holds a secret however, the shopkeeper; Shizuka Rindo sells things on the side to Soul Reapers that patrol the town. The back room is full of gadgets and gizmos that any soul reaper would be crazy not to have, and there is a secret training ground underneath the building that contains artificial entrances to both Soul Society and Heuco Mundo. As such, Shinigami occasionally pass through this shop to get to either location; if a senkaimon gate doesn't get them there.

The shopkeep wakes up from an involuntary rest, to find herself covered in blood and with a mask on her face. She sits up from her awkward position on the floor and removes the mask on her face. This gives her a little bit of surprise, as she had no clue anything would be able to attack her like that. The mask disappears in her hand, and she notices that her wounds don't hurt. Puzzled over this, she adjusts her hat, and then casts Keikatsu on herself in order to heal her wounds.

Well, that's one way to wake up in the morning. My place looks like a freakshow... Oh well, guess I'll start cleaning this junk up.

With a strangely nonchalant attitude, Shizuka pulls a capsule out of her pocket, and presses the switch on the top. A cloud of smoke appears, and when it dissipates, a young girl is standing there. This young girl is an example of an experimental gigai that Shizuka had made, with the purpose of cleaning up the shop. Shizuka points at the messes and the gigai gets to work while Shizuka walks outside of the shop to get a look at the sun.

Something about this doesn't feel right... I'm a Vizard now, for some reason... Not that I care, but the whole inner hollow thing is kind of creepy. Maybe i'll go out for a walk...

Shizuka puts a "closed" sign on her door, and starts to walk out the area when she suddenly feels a faint spiritual pressure. Realizing that this probably belongs to whatever attacked her earlier, she tightens her grip on her umbrella, and places her other hand on her hat as she peers around the area. She notices a Fishbone D variety of Hollow, lurking in the shadows on the side of her shop. She sighs, and casually strolls over to the hollow.

Hello good sir! As you can see, the shop is closed right now, please come back la-

The Hollow cuts her off mid-sentence by swinging a punch at her that she casually stops by moving her arm forward and using the end of the handle of her umbrella to stop his punch. She casually speaks to it, while at the same time muttering something under her breath.

Woah now sir, I can understand your frustration, but punching the cute shopkeeper isn't going to open the shop up any faster!

She makes a goofy smile as she leaps backward with her right hand over her hat to prevent it from falling off. The Hollow gets a little angry and attempts to punch her as she leaps backward, but misses, so it charges her upon landing, to suddenly be stuck in it's place by six yellow rods of light.

Sorry guy, I was casting a spell while you so rudely punched me. Anyways~ I'll mop this up real quick and be on my way, okay?

She cheerfully walks up to the Hollow, and places her two of her fingers on it's mask, a bolt of lightning shoots out of the tip of her fingers, and the hollow disintegrates after being blasted to death.

[Rindosan]

As the hollow disintegrates, Shizuka puts her hand up and readjusts her hat again. The umbrella that was in her other hand disappears, and she puts her hands back in her sleeves. She takes a moment to reflect on what happened.

That bugger can't be what got me from behind, he was a bit too stupid for that kind of delicate work... I wonder if the bugger's still hiding some-

A piercing scream disturbs Shizuka's train of thought, a serious look comes across her face as she races back into her shop to see a Metastacia-type hollow eating her Gigai maid. It being a gigai with an artificial soul, it doesn't really react as the Metastacia attempts to eat it. Shizuka pulls a capsule out of her pocket and clicks the top which causes the maid to disappear. The Metastacia, offended that it's meal was taken, then decides to attack Shizuka, who sidesteps out of the way as the Metastacia flies out the door. She casually strolls out the door with her umbrella back in hand, and wonders to herself why so many hollow are appearing lately.

If you were hungry, you could've just asked for something, guy. It's really rude to attack young ladies like that. What if someone got hurt? Geez, you mindless fellows aren't very nice are ya?

The Metastacia almost seemed offended, as it morphs it's form to that of a human with medium-length blue hair, glasses, and a serious look on his face. It raises it's hand and suddenly a bow made of reiatsu appears in it. It draws back the bowstrike, pointing an arrow straight at Shizuka.

And just who are you calling mindless? I'll make you pay for insulting my Quincy Pride.

Shizuka finds this amusing, she chuckles at the sight of this, since the form it took was that of a Quincy, and for some reason this fool of a Hollow seems to think that it is indeed a Quincy. The amusement ends as an arrow flies at Shizuka, who catches it with her hand. It dissipates in her hand, and she casually begins to walk forward at the hollow. In desparation, the hollow fires a volley of arrows that Shizuka casually dismisses as she simply continues to walk forward, occasionally tipping her head to the sides in order to avoid arrows. When she reaches a reasonably close proximity to the Hollow, she pulls out a sword from the handle of her umbrella, and tosses the umbrella in the air.

This is....

Shizuka performs an upward diagonal slash with the sword in her left hand while simultaneously firing a Byakurai from her right. The Hollow avoids the slash, but takes the Byakurai to the shoulder; which brings it to it's knees. Knowing that Metastacia would soon attempt to take over her body, as that is it's normal trick when it's wounded. Shizuka casually leaps into the air and tosses her blade straight at him, while catching the umbrella and slowly floating back down to the ground. Of course, the "Quincy" rolls out of the way to avoid the blade, but hadn't noticed that he is now stuck in a sticky trap.

The end.

While floating, Shizuka snaps her fingers and the jelly that the "Quincy" was stuck in explodes. She lands on the ground and sheathes her blade back into the umbrella, and calmly examines what is left of the trap. Somehow, Metastacia remained alive, but it is now unable to maintain the disguise it had. Shizuka points her hand at it and fires another Byakurai, which kills it.

Hmm... if I were a betting woman, I'd say these Hollow are getting stronger than they used to be. I wonder if the Espada are about to make a move... Knowing Soul Society, my little store is going to be quite the warzone soon... Oh geez, I hope they just leave me alone. I really don't want to do any fighting at all.

[Kasai Asashin]

Kasai sat in the warehouse the vizards were always in, leaning back and looking at the roof. most likely, everybody else was downstairs. As far as Kasai could tell, there were no good Hollows with a decent spiritual pressure to fight. But then he sensed something: A strong hollow? If only. No, it was another Vizard, like him, though its power wasnt full Vizard, it was similar to his own when he first discovered his powers. At this he sat up, speaking to himself, "A new Vizard eh? Heh, guess its better than doin' nothing." Kasai said, standing up, strapping his zanpakuto on his back and exitting the warehouse.

Once outside the warehouse, Kasai began Shunpoing in the direction the spiritual pressure was coming from. At the sign of the spiritual pressure, he found himself outside a small shop. He frowned, having never seen it before and saw a woman In front, finishing off a Hollow that seemed to have a decent Spiritual Pressure, "Dang, just missed a decent fight." Kasai says, looking back to the Woman and shouting out, loud enough to hear, "Hey! Lady! You know what you are?" He asks, jumping off the roof in front of her.

[Rindosan]

Shizuka hears a voice call out to her, and turns around to face this stranger. She holds on to her umbrella as if it were a cane, and examines the man while responding to his inquiry.

Know what I am? Well, I believe I am just a cute storekeep. Tell me if i'm wrong though.

Shizuka can sense two spiritual registries within this character, she immediately deduces that he is a Vizard, and probably sensed her as she was doing battle. She relaxes the grip on her umbrella a little bit, as she is quite sure this person was not about to attack her.

[Kasai Asashin]

Kasai smirked, taking a few steps closer, "Funny. I mean 'what' you are. A Vizard." He says, looking up from the ground to look at her face, "Though from your sense of humor, im guessing y' already knew that." He states.

[Rindosan]

Shizuka chuckles a little and smiles at the young man who appeared in front of her. She knows that she better respond correctly, lest this man get annoyed with her and perhaps take to the offensive. Judging by the mans' level of power, she wasn't really afraid of getting into a fight with him, but in broad daylight, it'd be strange for civilians to see fireballs shooting around.

Oh, a Vizard. Well, yes I deduced the possibility not too long ago. Probably has something to do with my stomachache, and my... headache.

She pulls her umbrella up and uses it to point at the numerous scorchmarks around the ground, to point out that she had recently been fighting Hollow. She then spins around on one foot, and when she turns back to face Kasai, she is wearing a mask.

This thing is a little weird, but I'll eventually learn how it works. I feel a lot stronger with it on, no wonder Vizard are such scary people to fight... Y'know, I've fought a few of you guys in my day. Hoho..

She chuckles while remembering a time her mentor wanted her to test out her Hakuda by beating up a friend of his. Shinji, she believed the mans' name was.

Her mind is suddenly very askew, and she groans a little as her mask suddenly disappears.

Well, I guess I have a thing or two to learn about that... thing..

[Kasai Asashin]

"You mean your mask?" Kasai asks, waving his hand across his face as his mask appears. "I could help ya control it." Kasai states, whiping his hand across his face again as the mask glows red, then blows away into Blood Red spiritual pressure, then disappearing. "If you want, of course."

[Rindosan]

Shizuka chuckles a little, here comes a stranger who had yet to introduce himself, making an offer out of nowhere. Being a business woman, she has to maintain manners.

Ho ho, h'ok, sounds like fun. I might get a little use out of learning how to control this thing, since I hear Vizards that dont' figure it out tend to get killed really fast by that nasty little spirit inside them. Actually..

Now that she thinks about it, there was something in her mind earlier that she just couldn't shake. It sounded like laughter, it felt like she was being absorbed, what she saw was a colorswapped version of her own person. What little she knew about suppressing the hollow inside her, was knowledge that Urahara once held in his notebooks. He didn't write very much, as most of the material was about a substitute shinigami called Ichigo. She met that boy once ages ago, but hasn't seen him since then.

Yes, thinking about it. I will need your help. Go on, pack your things. I'll board you up here for a little while. By the way, I'm Shizuka Rindo. Also, see that little spot of dirt right in front of you? Avoid that.

In a friendly manner, she out-stretches her hand for a handshake.

[Rindosan]

(Since the plot is rolling a bit, I have to post again.)

Shizuka's phone suddenly begins to vibrate in her pocket, so she waves her hand as if to say "Excuse me" to Kasai, and then picks up her phone to answer the call.

Ah hello, who am I speaking to? Yes, mhmm I understand. Woah, really? Yikes, that's just nasty. Okay, don't worry about it. I'll deal with things here if I can.

After she finishes her conversation on the phone, she puts the phone back in her pocket and turns around to face Kasai. A grave look on her face illustrates how serious the matter has become.

I just got a little information from one of my sources that hinted at a possible Espada attack on this town. I appreciate the offer, and though I guess I did just accept it. I'm going to have to ask for your help if fighting breaks out around here.

Shizuka's maintains her foreboding look as she gingerly places her hand over her hat and begins to ponder the situation. She hasn't any particular reason to assist Soul Society, nor does she really care for the mass genocide that the Espada are likely planning. She decides that her loyalties will lie whomever approaches her first, or whomever doesn't decide to wreck her store, she mostly just wants to be left alone. On top of that, she isn't sure if she should be doing much fighting, with the Vizard abilities within her not being fully controlled. She resolves to re-read Urahara's notes to see if anything about Ichigo would allow for her to more easily exercise control over her powers. Though Kasai is there, and can likely help her she really doesn't want to bother him about this; if she already asked him for his help about the Espada ordeal.

Suspicious... very suspicious indeed...

Shizuka folds her arms into her sleeves, and walks back into her store kind of forgetting that she hadn't listened to Kasai yet, where she takes a seat at her desk, and gazes about at the large collection of notes that her mentor had left behind. She lazily chucks a capsule over her shoulder, and once again in a puff of smoke; the maid-gigai pops out. It walks over to Shizuka and taps her on the shoulder before asking her a question.

Rindo-Sama... is something the matter? You don't look like you usually do. Come on! Perky-up and be happy like Rindo-Sama usually is!

Shizuka offers no answer, and the maid-gigai eventually goes back to cleaning up in the shop.

[Kasai Asashin]

Kasai is about to offer when the woman's phone rings. Kasai frowns, obviously slightly annoyed though when she puts the phone away and he sees her expression, he puts the thought aside. The look of concern had him worried. At least, until she told him why. At the explanation of an Espada attack, Kasai's eyes widened as a smile spread across his face, turning into a grin. "Espada? I've always wanted to fight one of them, i hear they're tough." He says as she walks back inside. He then follows her, "Y'know, i could help you against 'em, helps me prevent getting chewed out by the others for helpin' them Shinigami, instead im helping a young shop owner." He says, waiting for her to reply.

[Rindosan]

Shizuka looks up from her desk at Kasai as he shares his approval of the Espada attack. There's something about this guy, and his ready-for-action demeanor that brings Shizuka a little bit of comfort. For but a moment, she feels as if everything will be alright if this man is there. She puts her index finger to her cheek and smiles at him, and then gives him a little bit of information.

I prepared for these little occasions. If you want to get a spot of training in, there's a trapdoor where the cash-register is. Open it and climb down the ladder, and you might be surprised by my sweet little setup.

She of course, refers to the training ground that Urahara had built under the shop ages ago. Of course, Shizuka had added her own Rindo-ism to the place, sprucing it up and improving it by adding multiple sectors for different situations of crisis. Dummy Hollow will spring up for the challenger to destroy, and she even has a pretty true-to-life combat simulation created with data gathered from an espada attack that her master had taken part in ages ago.

The espada are a little tough y'know? If ya go down there and hit the GREEN button, a simulation of a random Espada will appear. Ya can get in some nice training with the thing, but watch out! You'll die if you're careless enough to underestimate the opponents, okay? If things stress you out too much, just put this on.

She pulls a stupid looking headband out of her sleeves and hands it to Kasai, with a somewhat mischievous smile on her face. This of course, was the prank headband that Urahara had made Ichigo wear ages ago when he was training him how to activate his shinigami powers.

Actually, on second thought... you might not wanna risk that. Look, if things get too hairy for you, which they probably won't... I'll jump in and even the odds, eh? I'm askin' ya to do this so I can watch you use the mask and gather a little data about your spiritual power fluctuations. It'll help me a lot when I start.. actually working.

[Kasai Asashin]

Kasai nodded as she talked, not necessarily caring to much about it until she mentioned an Espada simulation. At this being mentioned, Kasai grinned an even larger grin, "Sounds perfect, i think i'll try that." He said before the headband was offered to him, "Erm, i don't think i'll need something like that." he says, lightly pushing it aside as he walks over to the cash register, finding the concealed door he climbs down into the chamber, waiting to discover what he sees.

(Gunna need a small description of what i see around me, haha)

[Rindosan]

What Kasai steps into is what appears to be a large, open wilderness with the sun overhead. Shizuka shimmies down the ladder after him and clicks a button she was holding in her hand.

I hope you're ready, this one looks like it's gonna be a bit of a doozy! The data coming in seems to be the data of one of the Espada from around 500 years ago. I think this reads...Szayel Aporro Granz! Go ahead and go wild on this guy, I don't think he can take ya!

She cheerfully hums a little tune as the replication of Szayel appears and begins to laugh haughtily at Kasai, before beginning to release spiritual pressure. Shizuka takes a casual step backward and pulls out a notebook, ready to take notes of what goes on.

I think you'll be fine, but if things get a little sticky, I'll jump in and give you a bit of help, alright?

(Feel free to exercise a little control over what Szayel does, and whether or not you hit him.)

[Kasai Asashin]

Kasai grinned at the sight of the Pink-Haired espada. he slowly grabbed the handle on his back, slowly drawing it to make sure the noise of the sword scraping against the sheath could be heard. With an excited look in his eye, he drew it all the way, aiming it straight at the Espada, "I am going to enjoy this." He says, lunging at the espada with a swipe. Though the Espada dodges easily, Kasai grabs his head, the Espada's eyes widening. In a moment, Kasai threw his head, Szayel flying into a nearby rock. When the smoke cleared, Szayel had a few cuts and bruises, but overall had no real fatal blows done. Kasai grinned an even larger grin, lunging at Szayel once again, preparing a swipe for his neck.

[Rindosan]

Hohoho! Way to brutalize the guy right off the back! I love seeing that smug expression of his change when he realizes he's outclassed.

Her sense of humor is a little macabre, but she takes notes of Kasai's spiritual power fluctuations nonetheless. Szayel doesn't seem to be having a very good time against Kasai, as he spits on the ground and makes a witty remark about how his clothes are damaged, and Kasai was going to pay for it. Shizuka watches Szayel pull his sword out of it's scabbard and begin to spit out miniature arrancar from it's blade. A tactic that Szayel had used ages ago in the battle that ultimately proved to be his end.

Might want to take out the small-fry there, Kasai. He likes ta eat 'em to restore his wounds!