Another captain's meeting. Yawn.
Although, today was supposed to be different. All the captains were
supposedly in on the little 'secret'. Some big surprise for
me.
I stood in line nervously, awaiting the big
news. What was it?
"Furthermore,"
Yama-sama said, "we have a new captain joining us."
No
one seemed to react to this except for Toushirou. He looked over at
me with extremely sad eyes. Wonder why…
"Awesome!"
I said. Every eye there turned and looked at me in surprise. I
ignored this gesture.
"Which squad?" I
asked.
"Unfortunately, he is replacing you."
Yama-sama said.
My jaw dropped. I laughed
nervously.
"Heh…good joke! Seriously, which
squad?" I said.
Everyone looked at me sadly…well…almost
everyone.
"Silence! This is not a joke. He will be
replacing Aleshi Iwadoshi officially tomorrow. Aleshi will serve in
her former position as third seat of the Tenth Division.
Dismissed!" Yama-sama declared.
Everyone
walked past me, a few of them putting their hand on my shoulder as
consolation. Toushirou came up to me last. I clenched and
unclenched my fists.
"Aleshi? Are you going to be
okay?" he asked.
"I…think…so…" I
muttered.
He took my arm and led me out of the room. I
couldn't see anything the entire way to my…former…barracks. My
vision was completely blurred.
I knew where
Toushirou was taking me, I just didn't care. Nothing mattered
anymore.
I felt him sit me down on the bed and grab
my shoulders. I blinked and realized my eyes were full of tears. They
streamed down my face although I made no sound.
"Aleshi…"
Toushirou started.
"I need some hard liquor." I
mumbled.
"Not now, Ale-"
"YES!
NOW!" I shouted.
"I wonder what bastard gets my
job?" I mumbled before chugging a bottle of sake.
"No
one knows that yet." Rangiku said thoughtfully, "Not even
Hitsugaya-taicho."
"That's no
surprise." I said.
"Iwadoshi-san…" Izuru
started.
"Ah! It's Aleshi-chan now. No need for
honorifics anymore." I said, holding up my hand.
I
took another drink of sake. God, it tasted so good right
now.
"Aleshi-chan!" Rangiku said, "I'd go easy on the sake
if I were you!"
"Why's that, Rangiku-chan?" I asked,
taking another drink.
"Well, it's because…ano…" she
started.
"Because of my size right? It'll go right through me,
right?" I finished, pushing my hand forward for the 'right
through' motion.
Rangiku nodded shyly and I waved her off.
"It's
a special occasion." I mumbled.
Izuru grabbed my hand before I
could take another drink. I glared at him.
"Izuru. Let go of my
hand." I growled.
He shook his head. I narrowed my
gaze at him.
"Izuru. Now." I snapped.
"Iwad-Aleshi-chan.
You've had three bottles. That's enough." He said.
I turned
to face him. He gulped.
"Izuru. Dear, Izuru. I was just demoted
two- count 'em, two- seats. My title was revoked and my pride was
shattered. You don't think that I maybe need at least two more
bottles?" I asked.
"Aleshi-chan. Let's get you out of here."
He said.
I grumbled to myself and slammed the bottle down. He was
right.
"Fine." I muttered.