Author's Note: Helloz everyone! This is my new story! Yep, yep, The Quest For Shirou. Doesn't it just sound so exciting? Not really, I know. Anyway, This is just the first chapter. Review please!
By the way, I'm really not all that familiar with Hisagi or his personality so please tell me if I'm making him OOC and I'll change it as soon as I can. Thanks again!
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Disclaimer: Bleach is not mine. I could never make such an awesome anime/manga.
Graduations and Explanations
"Shirou-kun! Shirou! Please, wake up! Shirou-kun!" I shook him frantically, trying to convince myself that he was just being lazy and fooling me. I would've believed myself too, if it weren't for all the blood dripping from his wound. I tried to hold back the tears that were falling from my eyes, but I knew that it was impossible. "Shirou-kun! Shirou-kun, please, talk to me!" "It's no use, little girl; your dear little friend is long gone, and he died so sweetly for the sake of your pathetic little life… Let this memory haunt you for the rest of your life! Hahahaha…" He laughed a laugh so cruelly sounding that it made me shiver. I fell atop Shirou and cried. I cried for his death, for my uselessness, and for all that he'd ever done for me that I'd never get to thank him for.
Shiyou jolted awake that morning with beads of perspiration on her forehead. Groaning to herself, she slowly got up and got ready for the graduation ceremony today. It's that dream again she thought wearily "Shirou…I swear I'll find you. And when I do, I'll thank you for saving me. I also swear that I'll never let anything like that happen again. Ever."
At last, after five long and hard years of studying and training, Shiyou finally graduated. She was able to skip the first year of the Academy because the teachers had analyzed that she'd already knew most of the information learned then. Now the last year had finally ended and she'd be graduating today. Shiyou wondered what division they'd sort her into. She hoped that, whichever it was, the captain was at least kind to its members. I wonder which division Shirou-kun is in… Shiyou had no doubt that Shirou would become a Shinigami. He was always the protective type. She also hoped that he'd made at least one friend, be it in Rukongai or Sereitei. There were so many things that she was curious about of his life in Soul Society after they'd been separated, but Shiyou would wait. She would wait until she'd gotten a chance to see him.
Everyone graduating was assembled at the Academy doors, waiting for their teachers to inform them of their divisions. Shiyou waited patiently until she heard her teacher call "Shiyou Yazue" and slowly stepped out of the crowd of students. "Yazue-chan, you've been assigned to the 9th division. Former captain Kaname Tousen is not present, however, because of events in history, but Lieutenant Shuuhei Hisagi is a capable leader and we're sure you'll make a fine adaptation in this division. I wish you luck in the future." Shiyou smiled at her teacher and bowed as she followed an officer from the said division to her new home.
"Tamarizu-san, is it nice, in the 9th division? What about Hisagi-fukutaichou? Is he nice? Oh, I'm sorry! Of course he's nice, what am I saying? Sorry. Um, well, err… Heh, sorry, I have a habit of rambling on and on when I'm nervous…" She laughed awkwardly and smiled at her guide. The guide, Tamarizu, gave an annoyed snort and replied "Whatever, kid, just make sure to not bother me anymore." Shiyou nodded slowly, wondering what he was so cranky about, but kept her gaze fixed on the ground for the rest of the trip. To keep her mind occupied, she thought about Shirou. Shiyou missed him an incredible amount. She didn't know why, but she'd started thinking about him a lot lately. He'd been gone for ten years already and she hadn't thought about that event for more than nine years, so why was she having dreams and thinking about him now? Could it be because he was near? She sighed. It was not very healthy for her to be thinking so much, especially about one topic.
When she'd next looked up, they'd already arrived at the 9th division. "Alright, kid, here we are. Hisagi-fukutaichou's inside. Go ask him about whatever you need." Sighing, he kneeled down and knocked on the wooden doors. "Hisagi-fukutaichou! It's Tamarizu. I've brought Shiyou Yazue, just as you ordered." A loud sigh could be heard from beyond those doors. "Come in" Tamarizu slid the door open and Shiyou cautiously stepped in and bowed low at the waist. "Hisagi-fukutaichou, my name is Shiyou Yazue, very pleased to make your acquaintance." She was not very well informed of how one should act to their superior, so she did as if she would've done to the King of her country from back when she was alive. Well, whatever bit's and pieces she could remember from her past life anyway. One of those bits, luckily, happened to be the memory of one Shirou. She'd always called him Shirou; as far back as she could remember. A memory popped up once or twice of how he'd angrily told her to call him by his surname, but she couldn't put her finger on what the said name was. The only name she could remember was Shirou. Anyway, that was a long time ago. She didn't even realize that she'd been in a reverie until she heard Hisagi's voice calling, "Yazue? Oi, Yazue! Snap out of it!" Shiyou immediately jolted up at hearing the voice of her vice-captain and blinked, seeming to only then realize where she was. She flushed deeply and quickly bowed and muttered a flustered "Gomenasai". Hisagi chuckled to himself and replied with a "No problem." then continued "What were you thinking about, anyway? It looked pretty important." Shiyou blushed and looked down. She definitely did not want Hisagi to know that she was thinking of someone! And a boy, no less! There was nothing going on, but who knew what other people would think? "Um… N-nothing, Hisagi-fukutaichou, it's nothing important anyway. So, um, where will my quarters be?" Hisagi narrowed his eyes at her, not quite believing Shiyou's supposedly truth but choosing to ignore it. After all, it was her choice. If she didn't want to, she didn't have to tell him even though he was her vice-captain. "Alright, eager to get started are we? Your room is right this way. I'll show you personally since you're the only new recruit we have for this graduation."
"So, Yazue… You got any questions? I know it can be confusing and all, comin' into Sereitei…" Shiyou's gaze wandered over to her vice-captain and nodded a bit, then asked quietly "Well, if it's not too much trouble for Hisagi-fukutaichou, would you please tell me the present captains and lieutenants of the Gotei 13?" She watched as Hisagi chuckled again and remarked "You sure are a quiet and polite girl aren't ya? Sure, why not? Anyway, the 1st captain is Captain-General Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryuusai. He's the leader of the Gotei 13. His vice-captain is Choujirou Sasakibe. 2nd division's captain is Captain Soifon. Her lieutenant is Marechiyo Omaeda. 3rd division captain Gin Ichimaru, 5th division captain Sousuke Aizen, and o-our…our c-captain, Kaname Tousen, have b-betrayed Soul Society and now they have left. The new captain of the 3rd division is Shuusuke Amagai and the lieutenant is Izuru Kira. 4th division is the relief squad. They heal the injured shinigami. The captain of that division is Retsu Unohana and the lieutenant is Isane Kotetsu. Wow, I'm getting pretty tired. There's so many. Well, that's fine. Maybe this'll refresh my memory!" He laughed and took a deep breath, then continued though Shiyou could not help but notice that he stuttered quite a bit during when he'd mentioned their captain betraying Soul Society. She guessed that it must've been quite a shock to her vice-captain. "Well, as you know, the captain of the 5th division is Sousuke Aizen and the vice-captain used to be Momo Hinamori and she was an extremely close childhood friend of Hitsugaya-taichou's. She, however, was killed by her own captain during the war with Aizen and the arrancar. Poor girl. Next is the captain of the 6th division Byakuya Kuchiki of the famous Kuchiki clan and his lieutenant is Renji Abarai." During all this time, Shiyou was waiting impatiently for him to finish. She was hardly hearing anything that was being said. All of her current thoughts centered around one topic: Hitsugaya-taichou. The name was familiar, somehow, as if she'd heard it millions of times before. Sighing, she walked alongside Hisagi as they arrived at her new home.
So did'ya like it? Well, liked it or not, I do hope that you review. If you don't like it and don't review, then why would I even put this up? But if you like it and don't review, then I won't know and I'll probably think that you don't like it. Anyway, review and tell me what I should improve on or what I did well!
