i do not own bleach or any of it's characters! XD i wish i did, but i dont! sorry for any major crappyness. this is my first fanfic. please enjoy as best you can!

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"attention all soul reapers…" at this Hinamori looked up from her desk to listen to the announcement coming over the loudspeakers. "a meeting has been ordered. all soul reapers of 5th seat or higher are to report to the main briefing hall at 2pm. repeat, all reapers of 5th seat or higher are ordered to repot to the main briefing hall at exactly 2pm. that is all." Hinamori sighed. A knot formed in her stomach. This was the day she knew was inevitable… this was the day that a permanent replacement for… 'Him' was being assigned. She often found herself dwelling on those sickening memories. She began to drift into a dreamlike state. and dark memories played like a movie, that she couldn't stop.

"Momo?" shaking her head, she spun around to find Rangiku standing in the doorway of her room. "o-oh, hi Rangiku" she said, quickly adopting a smile. Rangiku smiled back. "Cummon! the meeting is about to start, and your not even dressed, hurry up before your late!" Rangiku made an impatient face then turned, and sprinted towards the briefing hall. Hinamori hurriedly got dressed, grabbed her zanpaku-to and hurtled to catch up with Rangiku. They hurriedly walked the final length of the path together. Once they reached the hall, the two parted and joined their respective squads just as the meeting began.

General Commander Yamamoto Genryusai stood at the center of the coliseum like room packed with well ranked officers. He surveyed his surroundings silently before speaking. "quiet down!" he said in a booming voice. "At this time, I have called this meeting… to announce the permanent assignment of the new captain of division 5." upon those words, the entire hall went deathly quiet. "you may now enter!"

The enormous doors at the front of the room swung open with a deep groan. The bright mid-day sun glared through the massive opening. A man's silhouette appeared in the archway, casting a long shadow before him. The figure emerged from the distorting wall of light, and slowly walked up to the center of the room to stand before commander Yamamoto. All eyes in the room were upon him. Boring into him, and scrutinizing his every detail.

He was young, probably not 16 in appearance by her guess. He was short, though not as short as Toshiro. She giggled at this thought. Probably about 5'7". Actually, he was about the same size, and build as her. He had long brown hair, that was lightly streaked with gray. it was pulled up in a loose ponytail that stretched down to touch his zanpaku-to. His eyes were a deep emerald green. He had a soft smile, that was very assuring. And gave off an aura of contentment, and yet, something about him seemed frail, almost sickly. It was as if he were trying to hide it behind a reassuring smile. He was wearing his zanpaku-to. it looked simple, it was a little longer than most, but she was use to this after knowing Toshiro for so long. It had a straight black and gray ray skin wrapped handle and it's sheath was a flat black. It's hand guard was an elongated diamond, flat gray with a black border. He wore it at an angle across the back of his waist.

"Itade Oketsu!" boomed commander Yamamoto once again "from your death a mere 21 months ago and induction into the soul society, leading up until now, you have been able to pass through the academy with top marks, as nothing more than a soul from area 76. Successfully release your zanpaku-to, and incredibly manifest a true bankai form. In light of these achievements, and after consideration of many other worthy shinigami, we are here today to offer you the rank of captain, of the 5th division of the 13 court guard squads… Do you accept this rank and all responsibilities associated with it?" there was a short pause. Hinamori could hear whispering all around the room. "yes sir." he replied in a light, gentle voice. It was the complete opposite of commander Yamamoto's.

"very well, I hereby bestow upon you the rank of captain of squad 5. You are to report as such tomorrow." Yamamoto finished with a passing hint of a smile. "your all dismissed. return to your posts or off time." all the shingami began to file out the small doors on the upper levels. As Hinamori stood to go, she glanced the new captain out of the corner of her eye. he was walking alone, back towards the giant doors from which he had emerged. He hadn't said another word to anyone. He was clenching his stomach and was wearing a pained expression on his face. He just stepped out of sight as she heard captain of squad 8, Syunsui Kyoraku speak. "you know what we should do!?! We should all go get some sake and get drunk to commemorate the new captain, Ita… Hey!! Where'd he go!?! Aww man, that was my best excuse to get drunk this week… Ouch!!" vice captain Nanao Ise whacked him a couple more times before muttering "idiot… stupid drunk idiot." and storming away with captain Kyoraku following close behind pleading "please Nanao, my dear sweet Nanao, please wait!" The voices died off into the distance, so she continued on and out of the hall.

After the meeting, Hinamori couldn't help but find herself a bit depressed. Even so, she had turned down Rangiku's generous offer to join her and Rukia at their favorite bar (the kind of place where there was a fight every 20 minutes or your next drink was free), and Renji's idea to steal all of vice captain Yachiru Kusajishi's panties and hide them in captain Zaraki's room, then watch to see their reactions (she had a sneaking suspicion that he and Ikkaku had gone to do it anyway). So she decided to go to her favorite place in the whole soul society. Sakuranbo park.

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well, theres chapter one! more coming! Jyaane!