Yay! New chapter and Bleach episode! :D Ah, the wonderfulness of posting chapters on Tuesday. I think I might start another fanfiction that will be published on Wednesday, and I'm currently working on the oneshot sequel to 'Teach Me'. Hope you enjoy this chapter! It might be a big short like the last, one, bear with me! .
I don't own Bleach
The tall wooden doors of the first division closed as the last captain walked through and took their place in his respective place on one side of the room. Curiously, it was Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who was almost always the first one to arrive at the captain meetings. The mad scientist grinned widely as Yamamoto's cane hit the floor with a loud thud, signaling the start of the meeting.
"This is merely an announcement," the captain commander said slowly, his mouth barely moving. "I do not want any information said here to be relayed to anyone but your lieutenants. This morning, Hitsugaya Toshiro, captain of the tenth division–" The old man paused to steal glance at the teal eyed shinigami. "–apparently has misplaced his zanpakuto."
I didn't misplace it! Hitsugaya thought angrily. It was just gone! Though he strongly felt like voicing his thoughts, he knew it would be no use, and kept quiet.
"Until Hyorinmaru is found, I will ban Hitsugaya Toshiro from Seireitei. A zanpakuto-less captain is hardly a captain at all. However, I will permit him to go to the Human World with a normal katana."
It took a moment for the information to sink into the captain's minds. Soifon nodded, eyes closed. She didn't care much for her fellow captain, and found it to be a just decision. In fact, the only captains that seemed to care were Ukitake, Kyoraku and, surprisingly, Kurotsuchi. As soon as everyone was dismissed, Ukitake and Kyoraku waited for all of the captains to leave. As soon as the room was empty enough, both captains stepped up to the sotaicho. Ukitake's eyes were filled with unnecessary worry. "Sotaicho," he said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "Are you sure this is the best decision?"
"Be quiet, Ukitake," the old man replied, lifting a snowy white eyebrow to stare into the captain's brown eyes. "What's done is done. I can't risk a shinigami without a zanpakuto to continue being a captain. I will not discuss this further with you. When you get back to your division, send Kuchiki Rukia here immediately. Hitsugaya and I have already agreed that she may assist Matsumoto with the tenth division's work. Is that agreeable with you?" Slowly, the taicho of the twelth divison nodded. "Good. Now, leave."
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Kurotsuchi Mayuri was not a very calm man. He wasn't that great at calming his emotions either. On the way back to his laboratory, he was cursing the whole way. Once he was back in his division, ignoring all of the stares from the other shinigami, he quickly opened his mouth to call his fukutaicho.
"Nemu!" he called. "Nemu, come here now!"
"Hai, Mayuri-sama," came the reply, followed by a flash of wind, and the dark haired woman appeared just behind her 'father'.
"The brat's been banned from Seireitei, but Yamamoto's giving him permission to go to the Real World. Can you track down the whereabouts of it? I don't want the kid to run into him while he's there."
The quiet shinigami nodded, and quickly shunpo'd back into the lab, firing up a computer. The screen showed a map of Karakura Town. A few dots moved around.
"Mayuri-sama, this is it," the lieutenant said as she pointed to a flashing green dot moving slowly to the right.
Narrowing his eyes, the captain shoved Nemu out of the way so he had a better view of the screen. "Good," he said, then pointed to a green ring around a square that was probably a building. "We have to make sure that it never enters this ring. If it does, we might have some, er, difficulties."
Nemu nodded, and Kurotsuchi strode out of the room. "Let's see how long it takes for it to be found…" He muttered to himself as he disappeared, off to his lab to do who-knows-what.
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Hitsugaya sighed as he stood besides the captain commander of the Gotei 13, wondering if he deserved what he was going to get. The two shinigami were currently waiting for Kuchiki Rukia to arrive. Once she got to the first division, he would leave with her and before he left the Soul Society, would explain what kind of jobs she would have to do and how to handle Matsumoto. Feeling empty without Hyorinmaru strapped across his back (He had indeed been given a standard katana, but the wood of the sheathe just felt, well, different.), the snowy haired boy tried not to show how much resentment he had for the captain commander at the moment. Even if it was for his own good. There was a short knock on the door, and it slowly opened, revealing the violet-eyed and black-haired member of the thirteenth division. "Sotaicho? Hitsugaya…san?" Yamamoto looked sideways at the teal-eyed shinigami. "Go, Hitsugaya," he said gruffly. Even though his actions didn't show it at all, the old man was a little put off at having a captain stripped from his ranking. "We'll see you again once you get your zanpakuto back." Nodding, the short boy quickly rushed out of the room, Rukia right behind him.
Didn't really have time this week to write a longer chapter D: I'm really sorry this chapter was so short _ I'm actually doubting starting a new story now. This story is definitely top priority.
See you next week!
