Title: Hollow

Rating: G

Characters: Yamamoto, mentions of other characters


It had started as a normal day in Soul Society, the temperature was rather warm but not too hot, the twelfth division hadn't blown any one up and Soi Fon hadn't killed her lieutenant yet. All in all, it was too nice to last and Yamamoto really should have expected something to happen out of the ordinary.

Currently he was sitting in his office, reviewing reports from the various divisions. A cup of tea steamed just inches from his hand and every so often he would reach out and take a sip as he made his way through the stack.

"Sir!" A shinigami he didn't know the name of slammed open the door with enough noise that a lesser man might have dropped his tea. Yamamoto didn't twitch, though his eyebrowns shot up, displeased with the interruption.

"Yes?" He drawled, wondering what would be so important to account for the breach of protocol.

"Sorry for the intrusion sir!" Yamamoto briefly wondered if the man shouted every word he said. "But it appears that a hollow has materialized in the sereti!"
It took a moment for his words to process but when they did, Yamamoto stood up abruptly, shoving his chair against the wall. "What? Where? How long ago?" He gripped his sword, ready for the worse.

"It got here fifteen minutes ago. It seems to be a lower level hollow, but sir, well, it landed..."
Yamamoto was in no mood to play games. "Where?" His voice was still calm, but the other couldn't help but notice that he was leaking aura that was beginning to make him feel quite weak in the knees.

Still, he tried giving the rest of the information. "I-it landed in the eleventh division. Uh... it seems to be vaugely canine in form. I believe the eleventh division vice captain is rather taken with it. She's claiming it as her doggy."

The effect his words had an visible effect of Yamamoto. He sat down and his aura was much less terrifying. "Oh." Was all he had to say at first. A quick pause, then he added, "Someone go kill the poor thing." It would be an act of mercy.