Rai dragged his feet as he entered the Squad 12 barracks. It was bad enough that he had to work for Mayuri, but to add more injury...
"What?! I have to work with s-" Hiroshi started, but was cut off suddenly by a smack to the forehead.
"Listen, all I want to do is survive my little trip to the underworld, alright? Now, If you have any intention of make it out of here alive, I would advise you to do the same." Rai said angerly as he stormed down the hallway to the lab.
If there is anything that can stop this personal hell, please let it happen so I can get on with my life... or what remains of it if it's too late...
As the two rivals sat outside the lab door, Rai noticed that Hiro no longer had a training zanpakuto. A blood-crimson steath was on his back, and the hilt was demonic looking.
"Um... please tell me that what is on your back is just fake..." Rai said grimly. Hiro only smiled evilly.
This is true hell... He thought sadly as they entered Mayuri's lab.
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"If it isn't the boy that can cheat death..." Mayuri said with malice and interest. After that, they were walking thourgh rows and rows of shelves with odd things on the walls. Rai was trying his best to avoid contact with Mayuri. Hiroshi, on the other hand, was stopping to take things off the shelves and mess with them. When he took a jar off of one shelf, Rai snatched it away.
"Do you want to see the light of day aqain?" Rai scolded, and was about to continue, but a voice cut him off.
"Do you mind putting me back on the shelf?"
Peering into the jar, Rai saw a human head. To make matters worse, it was still ALIVE. Raidon handed the jar to Hiroshi and tried not to have a heart attack.
You are in hell... you are in hell... you are in hell... He thought to himself over and over again.
"Cool!" Hiro said examining the jar. "Hey, how 'bout a high-five? Oh wait, you can't!" He was having the time of his life. Then without warning, Hiroshi began shaking the jar up and down. "Bubbles!!!" He laughed.
"Put that back, you incompetent dirt-monkey that is a total waste of a living lifeform!!!" Mayuri yelled.
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After their 'tour', they all went to a room the size of an arena.
"All you need to do is help me assess this experiment. Even a total idiot like blood-eyes couldn't possibly ruin this." Mayuri said as he went to a control room on the ceiling. "Nemu, open the gate."
A gate at the far end openned as a figure stumbled out. It was only a faceles manekin with life.
"That doll has the abilities of multiple shinigami. Other people went to their graves because it was bit of an overkill." Rai sighed, Hiro grinned. A Squad 12 shinigami watched from the control room with hate.
"Relax, you can help them later, but your only gonna be joining your brother..." Mayuri said evilly.