After dropping Souta off and saying their goodbyes before walking back to the Seireitei, Fumio and Rio once again parted ways, giving each-other a smirk and a wave as they did. 

The first task on Rio's mind was to visit her Captain's office. She had been gone for quite a few hours, but not enough time to cause any alarm, however she knew Kaizo may of been a little worried about her due to the last encounter the two had. Making her way up the stairs, Rio felt a familiar throbbing pain in her head. At first it was calm, bearable, which Rio was glad about since it showed that the one pill she took earlier seemed to help a little... However it wasn't until she had almost reach Kaizo's door did the pain suddenly sky-rocket to the point that she was paralysed... Her eye widened at the sudden strike of pain, as if a lightening bolt had just hit the top of her head, paralysing her nerves. She was unable to talk, hardly able to breath or move a muscle. [b]"U-un-un..... a-a..."[/b] Only stuttered sounds were all she could get out. 

After a short moment, Rio managed to breath, slowly forcing herself to grow accustom to the pain before reaching into her inner pocket and pulling out her bottle of pills. Since it seemed rather dark out, indicating that it was late, the barracks were almost barren as many chose to sleep for early starts in the morning, meaning the likeness of Rio getting help were thin.... Throwing a pill into her mouth, Rio squeezed her eye closed and waited however the pill didn't seem to be working.... the pain only continued to throb, if anything it was worsening, almost as though it was trying to fight against the effects of the pill or something... Deciding to take one more, Rio threw another in her mouth and swallowed it before putting the bottle back into her inner pocket. After while, Rio had stood there, simply breathing as the pain slowly faded away bit by bit until it was non-existent. 

[i]'These seem to work well, that's goo...'[/i] Rio's thoughts were cut off by her vision beginning to blur while her body swayed slightly. [i]'Wha...'[/i] Soon everything turned black... The last thing Rio heard was the thud of her body hitting the floor close to Kaizo's office... Too bad no one seemed to be around to see this....