The Bonds of a Shinigami
Disclaimer I don't own Bleach so wish I did.
Chapter One: The Proposition
It started out as a normal day in the city of Seireitei with in the Gotei 13. All squads were operating accordingly after the recent war with Aizen, Yamamoto sou-taicho thought he would at last fill the vacancy of captain in squad 5. That squad was as we all know the more weakened considering the captain of that squad was the leader of the rebellion and the fuku-taicho was not in a state of where she could handle the burden alone. So the wise sou-taicho thought fill the vacant seat to a suitable candidate. That's when name Kurosaki Ichigo popped up in his head. The young boy had proved he was strong and willing to help bring down Aizen to save his friends no matter what. He thought if passion like that was so strong for just groups of people imagine the strength that could come out from having to protect a squad.
So with the thought in mind he wanted to have other opinions on this matter, so he ordered his fuku-taicho to dispatch hell butterflies to the remaining captains and vice captains for a meeting.
It was good few minutes before they started to arrive; it began with captains and vice captains of squad 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, and 13, then followed suit squads 3, 5, 8, and 9 to arrive then. Squad 11 was last to arrive and that really didn't make the sou-taicho happy considering he didn't like to be kept waiting.
" Zaraki taicho, you're late" said the sou-taicho.
"Ken-chan ran into a dead end gramps" came the small reply from the vice of said squad.
" Never mind that, just get into the line," said the elderly captain.
Zaraki just grumbled to the line for he wasn't happy about being dragged to this boring meeting, but little did he know this meeting would catch his interest and many others.
"I'm glad you all could come here on short notice" said the sou-taicho " and I guess it's time to get this meeting started." " I have called you all here to ask all of your opinions on a recent topic that I have been thinking about for some time." With this statement being said this caught the attention of the many individuals in the room. " I have come up to a solution for the well being of squad 5" " As we all know the winter war is past all of us and we of the Seireitei are still lacking three captains." Everybody was indulged in what the sou-taicho was trying to say. " I've thought, what do you all think if I were to instate Kurosaki Ichigo as squad 5 captain" The whole room was quiet as everybody contemplated on the suggestion. The silence was broken by none other then the squad 11 captain, " Ichigo becoming captain, now that is an interesting topic"
" Ichi is going to be captain" was all the little ball of pink on Kenpachi shoulder could say.
Then came the reply of the squad 13 captain with " that's a great idea sensei." After him others started to voice out their opinion on the matter like Soi Fong saying " he has proven his strength to all of us and shows great promise" she said with a strong tone. Next was Captain Hitsugaya who said, " He does have the strength required, why not" said the small captain. Almost all statements towards the subject were all forms of praise for the substitute-shinigami, so with the subject practically agreed, Yamamoto sou-taicho agreed to the topic also. " Now that we have agreed on the topic, we need to know Kurosaki's opinion on the matter" which came from the stoic captain of squad 6, who had his eyes closed.
"Yeah, why not let me go ask him?" said the squad 11 captain with a smile.
Almost everybody knew what Zaraki meant since after the winter war he kept complaining there wasn't worth fighting except Ichigo.
" Ah Zaraki, we need Kurosaki intact in order to ask him, so if we send you I highly doubt he'd want to even consider the proposition" said Komamura taicho.
" So if I'm going who is then?" asked Zaraki with a hint of anger in his voice.
" I decided to leave the matter to with squad 10 and squad 6 since both the captains and vice captains are familiar with the layout of the town" said the sou-taicho.
"Understood" was all Kuchiki Byakuya said as he felt a hinge of discontent of having to go to Karakura Town and retrieve the Kurosaki boy.
" Oh taicho this is going to be fun" was what Matsumoto Rangiku could say about the mission that was presented in for them.
" Whatever" was the all the small captain could say. " Matsumoto were going to Karakura for a important matter, so don't be thinking this a vacation okay."
" But taicho, it's been a while since we've been in Karakura, so why not spend a little time looking around and shopping for some stuff. Did you know stuff there cost less then what it is over here?" said Matsumoto with a happy toned voice.
" I don't care, we have a mission understand", said Hitsugaya in an irritated voice.
"Consider this mission as a small vacation Rangiku" was what her drinking friend Renji whispered into her ear. " This definitely beats doing paperwork"
" I've got to agree with you on that", Rangiku said nodding her head.
"Um Yamamoto sou-taicho, is it okay if I were to accompany them on this mission" said statement came from Hinamori Momo.
" It's fine by me as long as Unohana taicho says it's okay for you to leave" said the sou-taicho.
" It's fine by me sou-taicho," said the sweet, kind squad 4 captain.
" All right now that the task force has been assembled, I expect to see you all at the senkimon in about an hour, meeting adjourned", said the sou-taicho as he hit the floor with his cane/zanpakuto. With the meeting over all captains and vice captains piled out and awaited for the decision of Kurosaki Ichigo.
With the meeting finally over, the lucky five were making there way towards the senkimon gate that was passage way towards the world of the living. Almost everybody shared a little joy about going to Karakura since what was happening in the Seireitei was very boring. It was like everyday was a routine wake up, greet the squad, do paperwork, give orders for the day, talk among the vice captain, and then go back to their barracks and sleep, now that was very boring schedule. But for Hinamori Momo, this could be a way her squad could get out of this bind and progress and she also shared some form of curiosity towards the orange hair shinigami.
"Ah Renji could you tell me about this Kurosaki san", Momo said with a light voice.
"Sure, I can say that even though he's sometimes an asshole, he can be someone you can count, someone who would help remove the burden that has been placed on you", said Renji with a smile on his voice.
"Renji, no profanity around me please", Kuchiki taicho said in an almost dangerous tone.
"Gomen taicho" Renji said hoping that would calm his captain. God knows he didn't want to get on Byakuya's bad side.
" Ha Ha Ha, Renji's in trouble" Rangiku said in a very playful tone.
" Matsumoto knock it off were approaching the senkimon", Toushirou said in an annoyed voice.
They approached the senkimon gate and were given a hell butterfly by the shinigami posted there. With that small detail done, they all entered the senki gate and made there way towards the world of the living.