Soul Reapers' New Year: Chapter 2

Now, we just need to get miso. That's it for the shopping, right?

Yeah.

Hm? Isn't that Uryu and Chad over there?

I wonder what they're doing. Hey, Chad, Uryu.

Huh?

Oh, Ichigo and Rukia. You're out shopping too?

Yeah, Yuzu needed me to run some errands. What are you two doing? It's not often I see you two together.

We just happened to run into each other over there.

I was looking at this poster.

Lost... A pet?

Uh, no way does that even look like a living animal.

It looks like a machine.

I've seen it on TV. Isn't it one of those compact vacuum cleaners?

You just leave it in the house and it sweeps the floors automatically...

...or at least I think that's what they said.

Read it more carefully. This part here.

A black cat should be with it. If found, please contact Urahara's Shop.

That's gotta be Yoruichi! I wonder what happened there.

*Hollow!* *Hollow!*

A Hollow.

Let's go, Ichigo!

Over there!

Ichigo! There's someone there already.

You're that suspicious looking Substitute Soul Reaper!

You know him, Ichigo?

Uh, what was it?

He's here in place of Rukia, the new Soul Reaper in charge of the area, and...

That's right! I am the elite Soul Reaper currently assigned to this region!

Mister Imoyama.

Nooooo!

Don't call me by a random name just because you can't remember!

Listen! My name is Zenno-

Now's not the time to be fooling around, Ichigo! Move out of the way, uh... Mister Imoyama?

What is wrong with you guys?! I am not Imoyama! My name is Zennosuke Kurumadani!

Yeah, sure. Can you just get out of the way?

Finally, all clear.

That felt like a big clean-up.

I hope that's it for this year. Let's end it on a peaceful note.

Yeah, that'd be nice. Oh, crap. Yuzu's still waiting for me. I gotta get home.

See you later, guys.

Thanks for everything this year. Best wishes to the both of you for the coming year.

Right, a wonderful New Year to you as well.

Happy New Year!

Wha... Don't ignore me! Hey, hold on!