"Heiwa Kaname, you realize the responsibilities that are to be put upon you by accepting this position," Genryusai Shigekuni Yamato said to the young woman standing in front of him. Heiwa keeping her head down in a bowing position, her dark purple braids flowing down her shoulders hitting the floor.
"You realize that taking your late brother's former position as 9th Division Captain will not be a simple task, you will be criticized, tested and will not be trusted by most of your division to say the least," he continued to explain to her.
Criticized, tested, hated, blamed….it was not anything she had not come accustomed to after her brother, the late Captain Kaname Tousen became a traitor by following Sousuke Aizen when he betrayed the Soul Society. Heiwa for some strange reason not even knowing about their plans and being in the service as a bodyguard for a royal family, but somehow she was as much as a traitor as they were. Even though she had worked hard to be obedient and salvage her reputation and used her fighting abilities to get all the way to captain position the young woman and the Captain-Commander both knew that it would never be easy for her.
"I knew what I was walking into when Kaname betrayed everyone of the Soul Society and I decided to stay, Captain-Commander Yamato," she brought her head up and looked into his rarely opened eyes. " I only wish not to fail you sir...after everything you have taught me to fail you is to fail myself,". She brought he head back down lower your voice full of confidence and determination. A hand was brought down on her shoulder and looked back to see Chojiro Sasakibe giving her a gentle smile.
"I have the most confidence that you will lead well and possible clear your families name that's been tainted by your brother actions in the past,". Heiwa bowed her head again and rose from her sitting position and walked over to Chojiro who held her 9th Division Captain's haori with the papaver somniferum on the back . The same symbol that her brother had worn when he had served, if ever faithfully. She took the haori from his hands with a deep bow and turned back towards the Captain-Commander looking at the small white wolf like creature with deep jade eyes sitting in his lap curled up without a care in the world.
"Shiroi Kiba, time to go," she said. The tiny creature opened its eyes at the request and hoped to her shoulder in a unseen speed and with one last bow from her they slid the door closed and walked away.
"Captain-Commander do you think that Heiwa-san will be alright," Chojiro asked. The old man groaned leaning more on his cane.
"That is Captain Tousen now Lieutenant Sasakibe, she has a duty to fulfill now and there are no room for mistakes, she will just have to be 'alright'," he said looking out the window. Inside worry did stir for the girl that he helped raised. There was deception everywhere and he had hoped he had prepared her enough to see through it, the old man could sadly not see everything.
