Forever Is a Long Time

10 Days Later, Haruto and Naruko arrived at the Urahara Store but found no trace of the closet pervert. It had been ten days since the day Rukia was kidnapped. Today was the day they would start a new chapter in their long lives… today they would travel to the Soul Society and hopefully find something to entertain themselves with.

Naruko had found out that perhaps there was something known as 'Over-temptation' the hard and pleasurable way. After their abrupt departure from Kisuke's shop, Naruko had found herself on the receiving end of a chakra-enhanced Haruto's insatiable lust and had learned a very valuable lesson.

Never, ever and I mean ever tempt Namikaze Haruto too much!

No matter how intensely pleasurable… no matter how mind-blowingly intense and heated… and no matter how wild the encounter had been, she was not keen on repeating it any time soon… though this fact was still highly debatable. She was as wild as he was—maybe even more—when it came to pleasures of the flesh, but even she was not able to keep going for two days straight without any breaks!

The thoroughly satisfied immortal couple was notified by the two kids standing at the front of the shop to trek down an attention-grabbing pathway of long stairs and come across a wide rocky area under the store.

How the self-proclaimed humble shop owner had managed this, they didn't want to know.

Judging from the increase in numbers of individuals present in the center of the rocky underground area, a few more strangers had joined in on the upcoming rescue mission. They already knew the two, Ichigo and Uryu, but they didn't know the other two teenagers.

Kisuke, expectedly, was standing in front of a square window-like construction, explaining the mechanics of the structure and the side-effects of their travel through it.

"Fear not, commoners, The Great Haruto-sama is here!" Haruto announced pleasantly as soon as he plummeted down the stairs followed by a calmly floating Naruko and marched towards them with his Shakujo in hand as it jingled with each step.

He was feeling quite proud of himself and could feel his perverted godfather's cries of pride and admiration in his head! He had shown his blonde companion to never ever mess with him in anything! He was a true Uzumaki and a proud one at that!

If he had backed down from her challenge, his Clansmen would have been ashamed of him! Thus, bearing in mind the determined faces of his people and the perversely encouraging grin of his godfather, he had taken his busty and voluptuous blonde companion to the Land of Pleasures for two days straight!

That would show her to tempt him and expect to get away with it!

"Good morning to you too, you idiot." Ichigo greeted with a dark scowl. Great, the nut-job was joining them!

"What crawled up your ass and died?" Haruto grinned while Ichigo scowled even harder.

"Alright, Haruto. That's enough. Thanks for coming by the way." Kisuke butted in cheerfully, flipping open his fan.

Haruto blissfully ignored Kisuke and turned his attention to the two newcomers who were gazing at him and Naruko with scrutinizing stares. "And who might you two be?"

An abnormally tall and dark skinned boy with brown hair hiding one of his eyes, dressed in a white T-shirt with a red line running across its surface, showing off his muscular arms, and black pants stepped forward.

Haruto eyed his facial expression and had the distinct feeling that the boy was almost ready to fall asleep from the sheer boredom evident brimming in his eyes. "My name is Sado Yasotora, but you may call me Chad. Nice to meet you"

Yeah. Nice to see a little enthusiasm!

Standing next to Ichigo was a surprisingly well-endowed and beautiful orange haired girl togged up in a red T-shirt, tightly hugging her lithe frame and white pants. Excitement, anxiety and a variety of emotions were being showcased on her expressive face. A pang of sorrow struck his heart when looking at the bubbly girl, he was reminded of a certain white-eyed Hyuuga Princess from a long forgotten era.

These two were so much alike, it was making him sentimental.

"My name is Inoue Orihime! Nice to meet you mister…."

Haruto smiled weakly as she trialed off. The bouncy girl was clearly probing for a name.

"Well, you obviously don't recognize the greatness that is me. My name is Namikaze Haruto, but you can call me the Great Haruto-sama." Haruto declared grandly while Naruko shook her head amusingly. Honestly there was no need to act so idiotic just to appear unthreatening.

"My name is Namikaze Naruko, this idiot wife," Naruko stated with a kind smile.

Ichigo eyebrows were twitching uncontrollably while he listened to the redhead act all chummy with his friends and forget why they were all here, finally he had enough and roared. "STOP WITH THE INTRODUCTIONS AND LET'S GO ALREADY!"

"Youngsters these days, no respect at all." Haruto lamented depressingly with a visible rain cloud above his head as he drew circles in the ground with his Shakujo while Naruko smirked in amusement and comfortingly patted his back.

"What the hell do you mean 'youngsters'? You're almost as old as me!"

Haruto snorted in amusement, if the kid found out his real age, he would die of shock.

Kisuke, even though not showing it, was getting irritated by the minute as he listened to their bickering. Honestly he was regretting his decision of accepting the redhead's offer of help since he was proving to be more trouble than worth

"ANYWAY, as I was explaining before I was rudely interrupted… this gate has a special Soul Particle Conversion Machine. If this was a customary Senkaimon, one of you would have been able to pass through and that is Ichgo since he is in Soul form, but this machine will be able to let you pass without extracting your soul." Kisuke explained pleasantly as he looked away from the square structure and turned to the team.

The pleasant expression on his face dimmed a little and his eyebrows twitched when he caught sight of Haruto cleaning wax from his ears and Naruko polishing her elongated nails.

"Yeah yeah, just get on with it, Bucket." Haruto stated impatiently as he flicked his fingers to throw away some non-existent wax.

"And be quick about it," Naruko added with a smirk.

Kisuke sighed from behind his fan and continued, "But since this isn't a customary Senkaimon, I will be able to provide you only a window of four minutes before the gateway shuts."

"What happens if we don't make it before the closure of the gate?" Orihime asked nervously.

"You'll be trapped in the Dangai and the restrictive current will swallow you whole." The seriousness in his voice was enough to make everyone nervous, except Haruto and Naruko.

"But how will we make it in that much little time?" Uryu questioned cautiously.

"Just move forward and don't look back." an additional voice responded at the rear of the group as they rotated around to see a black cat.

Haruto—being in a good mood and wanting to get back at the cat for appearing naked in front of him in his time of crisis—immediately pounced at the cat and cuddled it firmly to his broad sculpted torso. "Kitty cat, I missed you! So you are going with us too?"

The cat sweatdropped at the eccentric redhead's antics and a hint of redness appeared on its cheeks. Even though the crimson shirt was in the way, she could still feel every nook, every cranny and every curve of his stone-like hard muscles and chest.

Lifting the black feline up to his face, Haruto gazed keenly into its golden eyes with his crimson slitted ones and leaned in to its ear, grinning in satisfaction as he felt it shiver when he breathed scorching hot air into its ear and whispered so slowly that only it could hear his voice

"I know precisely what and who you are, Yo-chan. You may be able to deceive anyone else, but you cannot deceive my eyes as it can see anything. FYI, I can see that you are going commando under your disguise, so you might want to wear something before our trip unless, of course, you are trying to give me a free show."

Haruto let down a paralyzed, blushing and self-conscious Yoruichi down with a knowing grin. Man that felt good! He didn't need to explain what he meant, seeing as she understood without his explanation. He made sure to continuously gaze into her golden eyes and suggestively move his eyes over her body to truly make her understand what he meant.

Yoruichi could feel her feline cheeks practically burning from embarrassment and arousal. She wasn't one to be embarrassed by her body—secretly she was laughing at the people around her for not knowing that she was moving bare among them when in cat form—but the damn redhead said it in a way that made her lose her confidence.

She felt more self-conscious than ever!

Without saying anything, the black cat discreetly but hurriedly slipped away towards the store to wear something and tried to ignore Haruto's gaze practically burning a hole through her rear as well as Naruko's discreet snicker with a massive blush on her face.

She would get him for this stunt later!

"Yes, Yoruichi will be your guide in the Soul Society." Kisuke answered in a cheery tone, not even knowing that the cat was gone and that Haruto and Naruko were smirking for some reason. "Now face the gate and let's get started."

Tessai and Kisuke kneeled near the two sides of the bizarre opening and conducted some sort of energy through it as the gate started glowing, causing a spatial distortion to materialize in the center of the square structure. "All right guys, as I said you only have four minutes before the gate closes and you're trapped within, so move as quickly as you can. Good luck!"

The group sluggishly strode to the gate, their hearts filled with doubts and fear of the unknown. What if they got ensnared in the Precipice World? What if they failed to rescue Rukia? Or more importantly, what if they never made it out?

Nevertheless, Ichigo collected himself and walked forward, determination, conviction and courage brimming in his brown eyes, his long sword, a significantly changed sword—tightly clenched in his hand as he leaped into the distorted center of the square structure without a moment of hesitation.

A simple unknown factor, his enemies's superior numbers and superior battle prowess won't be able to stop him from saving his friend!

Bearing in mind the collected and determined visage of their friend, Orihime, Chad and Uryu as well as Yoruichi jumped into the portal, knowing that if they were to survive and save Rukia, they needed to work together as a group.

Kisuke was deeply disturbed by the sudden halt in the redhead's steps, and was about to ask if there was a problem, however he was further surprised when he witnessed an uncharacteristically serious look on the redhead's usual grinning face.

If he was honest with himself, this look didn't suit the cheerful redhead at all.

Just looking into those gleaming slitted crimson orbs made him feel like a toddler, it was as if the redhead was gazing at his very soul!

"Kisuke, I know exactly why you're sending them to the Soul Society as well as the strange object embedded inside Rukia's soul. I do not accurately comprehend the true nature of the object as I haven't seen it directly, but from what I've detected… it is not something you would want to be in the wrong hands. Nevertheless, I shall follow them to ensure their safety and to see what kind of plot is going on in the Soul Society. I have a suspicion that there is more to this than meets the eye."

Kisuke was progressively freaking out, hearing that the redhead by some means had knowledge in regards to the Hogyoku and the reason for the teams dispatching to the Soul Society.

With his piece said, Haruto and Naruko stepped into the portal and vanished, leaving a flabbergasted Kisuke behind.

Just who are you exactly, Namikaze Haruto?