Soi-Fon lay in the bed at the 4th division barracks with Nemu gathering DNA from her as Hikari sat asleep in the corner snoring. The second squad captain eventually woke up and sat up before looking to see where she was. "How undignified" she said. "To end up here so much is a disgrace for a captain. She looked over to see her subordinate sitting on a chair in the corner asleep. "You idiot" she said as she hurled a metal tray at him, hitting him square in the face and waking him up.
"WAAH!" he yelled as he fell to the ground with his nose now bleeding. "Why you gotta be so mean to me captain?" he asked as he held his nose.
"Quit your whining" she said crossing her arms. "I got a few things i need to ask you" she said in a more serious tone which caused him to stand up.
"I'm assuming you've noticed by now..." Hikari said to his captain.
"So all my reiatsu is gone huh?" she said only to get a nod as a response. "And Suzumebachi as well?"
"Yes, it was taken by the enemy" he responded hanging his head. "I failed you captain, I was unable to stop him from escaping, he was faster than I was" he said as he bowed to her.
"Raise your head you idiot" she said.
"Also I was told to have you report to the captain's council once you woke up" he said as he stood up. She sighed and stood from her bed as she put on a green kimono over the white undershirt of her shihakusho. She stood to her feet and only took two steps before she fell over, only to be caught by Hikari who picked her up bridal style in his arms.
"W-What the hell do you think you are doing?" she protested as she became flustered at the fact that he was holding her.
"Well you cant walk and you are too short for me to carry you with one arm over my shoulder so this was the only option available" he said trying not to laugh at how childish she was acting. "If it helps you can just pretend I'm lady Yoruichi" he teased her.
"Who told you about that!?" she yelled at him only getting laughter in response as he carried her towards the captain's council chambers which was a considerable distance away.
Meanwhile in the captain's meeting, all were present with the exception of Soi-Fon. The head captain tapped his cane on the ground to get everyone's attention. "I hereby call this captain's meeting to order." he began to speak. "We are in a deep crisis right now, a weapon of unknown potential was stolen from the armory by two unknown individuals. Captain Kurotsuchi will you please explain to us what exactly was stolen from us?" he said as the 12th division captain stepped forward.
"The said mentioned item stolen was a staff designated Mu (Mu meaning Nothingness). It is a prototype the department of research and development was working on in order to strip the high level reiatsu from rouge soul reapers. I began to project after Aizen defected over a year ago and I was planning to use it to strip him of his powers. Sadly it wasn't ready when we needed it so I stored it away in a hidden room in the armory, along with several other components for the device." he explained.
"That is quite an amazing device" Ukitake added.
"Indeed, but that isn't the most important part about it" he said raising his index finger. "The extra components stolen were part for a device that would allow the transfer of that reiatsu into another soul giving them the exact abilities of the one who it was stolen from as well as the ability to use their zanpakuto if it is stolen as well" he said which caused the captains to murmur among themselves which was quickly stopped by the head captain who slammed t his can on the ground to silence them.
"This sounds dangerous, is your team working on finding the device?" the head captain asked.
"They are looking into it as we speak, but I heard that Captain Soi-Fon had her zanpakuto taken, is this true?" he asked as the door to the captain chamber opened and Hikari was holding Soi-Fon on his pack now with her arms draped over his chest.
"You can just ask her yourself Captain Kurotsuchi" Hikari said as everyone was frozen with a look of disbelief on their faces at how she was being carried.
"3rd Seat Okami, what is the meaning of this?" Yamamoto asked.
"Well you see sir, the captain is too weak to walk so I originally carried her in my arms but she wasn't too happy with that so the only options remained would be me dragging her here and carrying her like this, naturally I went with my best judgement and carried her like this" she said nervously.
"You gotta admit, he did bring her here like we asked him to" Shinji said as he picked his ear.
"I apologize for appearing before you in such a sorry state captain commander" Soi-Fon said hanging her head.
"Now that we got all of that out of the way, was your zanpakuto taken?" Kurotsuchi asked slightly annoyed getting a nod in response. "I see...so this has become quite a complicated issue now that they have a captain's zanpakuto" he said as he rubbed his chin.
"I am hereby placing the Seireitei on high alert, all personnel are to be on the lookout for these criminals and capture them on sight. Dismissed!" he said as he tapped his cane on the ground dismissing the captains as Soi-Fon spoke up.
"I would like to request someone be promoted to the captain of the 2nd division in the event that my powers do not return to me" she said caused the captains to stop in their tracks and turn to hear her speak.
"I see...and who would you recommend to replace you?" the head captain asked.
"I recommend 3rd seat Hikari Okami to become the new captain of squad 2, he is the only one in my division i could trust since my lieutenant is incompetent and has not achieved bankai" she said with her eyes closed and a slight smirk on her face.
"H-Hold on a second captain! Don't be too hasty here, you might still be a bit loopy from just waking up" Hikari said a bit scared that he would have too do allot more work.
"Very well, it is decided, in light of the circumstances I am hereby making Hikari Okami the new captain of squad 2, since several captains, including myself have witnessed you perform bankai, we can skip the evaluation test. You are dismissed." he ordered as he and the other captains left.
"Captain why did you do that to me?" Hikari said with a look of fear and disbelief on his face.
"Because i know you would hate it, also because you made me look like a fool" she said punching him on the head.
"You're so mean sometimes Captain..." he groaned.
