Bleach: -This Is Our Revolution- -
Chapter 1: To Those Who Have Wings
6 women sat around a table, drinking tea and exchanging stories. One woman was extremely pregnant, with shimmering eyes. The women to either side of her both had dark skin, though one had dark hair and cattish features, while the other had a youthful appearance and strikingly bright blue hair with her yellow eyes. To her side was an angry looking bespectacled woman with very tan skin and strangely burgundy hair. The women that completed the circle were very different in looks; one was a vivacious, strawberry-blonde bombshell, while the other was a very small youthful-looking woman with black hair that curled in at the base of her neck and then sprouted outward. The women were all very different, but they talked and laughed like only the oldest of friends can, at ease and happy.
"How long has it been, Yoruichi-san? I haven't seen you in ages!" The buxom blonde giggled toward the catty dark woman seated near her. She laughed as well.
"It certainly has been a long time, Rangiku. You look well. You all look well!" Yoruichi purred. To her right, the woman whose eyes shimmered crystal in her pregnancy, rubbed her swollen belly.
"I certainly must look unwell! I must look like a cow to you, Yoruichi-sama. You were so small when you had your children." It was clear that the cat-like one, Yoruichi, was well respected among the little gathering, but she bowed her head to her pregnant companion.
"Not at all, Captain Matsumoto." She stressed the new title with a giggle, and her friend blushed. "I was pretty big too, Rini-Chan. So what's it like to be a captain?"
"It's pretty nice." Rin admitted, rubbing her belly again. The smallest woman in the group, whose big eyes shone with spirit, spoke up.
"Soo, who's the lucky daddy?" It was the question everyone was waiting for. Captain Shaorin Matsumoto's husband Uryuu Ishida had left her long ago, disappearing into the night and never seen again, leaving a note of farewell to his wife. Rin rubbed her stomach and looked down, not wanting to answer.
Rin's sister Rangiku, the tan blonde who first spoke, didn't even know who the father was. Everyone waited patiently for the answer.
But just as Captain Shaorin opened her mouth to speak, a knock came at the door, and in walked Rin's lieutenant, Yui Sendo. The small sandy-blonde girl looked very solemn.
"Captain Matsumoto," She announced. "I have terrible news. It's very, very important!" Rin sighed.
"I assume this cannot wait?"
"No ma'am. It can't." Another sigh.
"Very well. What is it, Yui?" Rin's brave lieutenant took a deep breath.
"An Arrancar attack on the 12th division's barracks ended just a while ago. They're back. And this time, they have wings."