Should Your Captain Fall
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1st Division Taicho - Yamamoto Genryuusai
The streets of Seireitei were lined with every Shinigami in Soul Society. All Shinigami on duty had been recalled, all events had been cancelled. The funeral procressions were completed and it fell to his vice-captain, Sasakibe Choujirou to present a speech to the assembled members of the Gotei 13. He gave a good speech, highlighted the life of a man who had founded the academy and the Gotei 13. He was not yet fit to be a captain, though he would be responsible for leading his division. There was a time of great confusion upon the Shinigami now, the divisions had stopped working together and had instead become their own individual armies as it was discussed which captain would take over for the general. There were, of course Kyoraku and Ukitake, the captains who had been closest to the deceased commander, but neither were particularly interested in leadership. There were those who supported Unohana for the position and rumours of the Kuchiki clan pressuring their leader into taking the role. Niether Kurotsuchi or Soi Fong were eligible for the position as they were in charge of the Shinigami Research Institute and Covert Ops Division respectively. Komamura was a fierce warrior but it was felt he did not have the tactical knowledge to be the General. Hitsugaya had been nominated, but as his Ban Kai was not yet complete he was deemed too junior for the position. Zaraki Kenpachi was nominated by his division but he immediately declined, saying he wouldn't get to fight enough for his liking. There were even calls to have Urahara Kisuke pardonned and brought in as the commander, but that just added oil to the fire. So for the present, there was no new leader and the divisions were working together less and less, the Covert Ops team acting as best it could to keep the integrity of the Gotei 13 but the situation was getting worse. It was clear, that a new leader would be needed, as soon as possible, but for the meantime, all Shinigami bowed their heads and remembered the man that had once united them.
A/N: Hello folks, I decided to go emo so I'm writing this story in which there will be thirteen chapters, each a hypothetical in which the captain of the same division as chapter number, dies or has died. It will be erratic but here are some rules I'm putting down. These chapters are not necessarily on the same line, so in one chapter a captain is dead, but in the next they're alive and kicking. Also for the traitor ex-shinigami, they will be dying as per their old division, though their deaths will all be after the SS arc, so after they betrayed the Gotei 13.
Alrighty then next time: Death of a ninja, the fall of Soi Fong
-JeanThine