Hello, here's chapter 3. I know it's short, but the whole story is planned already and it's hard to change something without ruining it. I hope you'll like it anyway :)
The interrogation of 6th Division starts, will it help somehow?
3.
~SECOND~
It's been almost six hours since interrogation of 6th Division started. Although reluctantly, Soi Fon agreed to guard the buildings, now her warriors were everywhere, causing protests among shinigami from 6th Division. Of course they protested even more when they heard their captain's orders.
Renji was sitting at a table in a small, dark room, next to Byakuya. They were questioning shinigami from their division one by one. Renji was already irritated, they should go to 12th Division and not waste time like that. These shinigami didn't know a thing.
Of course Byakuya didn't ask if they wrote a threat for Rukia, only if they "put a note in Kuchiki mansion", while everyone was shocked just at a thought that they could enter that house.
No way.
Renji was pretty sure that whole interrogation thing was a waste of time. Everybody could take that stupid paper from 6th Division's buildings. Telling Byakuya about Rukia, red haired man didn't think that he would exaggerate that much.
"Did you put any note in my mansion?"
Another shinigami was in the room, in front of the two. He seemed to be really startled.
Renji knew him. Rikichi. The one that admired him.
"Did you put any note in my mansion?" Byakuya repeated coldly.
Rikichi flinched.
"I would never..."
"Did you enter my mansion?"
"I would never..."
"It's not him, taichou" red haired man interrupted. He noticed a bit of hope in Rikichi's eyes, but Byakuya ignored him.
"Did you ask anybody to put a note in my mansion?"
Renji felt sorry for the boy. He saw many different reactions to interrogation and he had enough.
"I didn't, never."
Byakuya sighed and looked at his notes.
"You're dismissed."
Rikichi stood up and bowed quickly. Renji led him to the door and opened it.
"Okay, the next is..."
"Let's just stop this!" somebody shouted.
"Yeah, we didn't do anything!"
More and more voices were joining the first, shinigami wanted their captain to end questioning. 6th Division's lieutenant sighed heavily and turned to Byakuya. It wasn't the first time.
"They're right, let's end this."
Black haired man looked in Renji's eyes and taller shinigami knew the answer.
He sighed once again and turned back to his colleagues.
"We're continuing" he stated and heard sounds of dissatisfaction. "I don't have a choice. Eh, the next is..."
"Oi Renji!"
Everybody turned to see running Ichigo. Red haired lieutenant could easily tell that something was wrong, it was in substitute shinigami's eyes.
"Fuck" he mumbled to himself.
Ichigo approached Renji. He didn't have to say anything, Renji let him in and with short announcement "Break" closed the door.
Seeing the two, Byakuya raised his eyebrow. Then he saw serious faces of Ichigo and Renji and immediately his own expression changed.
"What happened, Kurosaki?" he asked.
The mentioned shinigami sat at the table, Renji followed. Captain was still waiting for the answer and Ichigo finally looked at him.
"I went out to check if no one's there laughing, observing or something and in front of the door I found that."
With these words he gave Byakuya a note.
She will really die.
There was a heavy silence, broken by Ichigo after a while.
"It's no one from 6th Division."
Renji looked at the door.
"They were here all the time."
"Let them go" Byakuya spoke.
Renji did as he was told to, surprising whole division. They kept asking for the reason, but Renji remained silent. Finally, in the building only three shinigami remained. Lieutenant returned to his seat.
"Did you tell Rukia?"
Both Ichigo and Byakuya twitched as they heard the question. Orange haired boy looked down.
"No."
Byakuya looked at the note one more time.
"Good."
Ichigo and Renji looked at him. Black haired captain continued.
"It is no longer a joke and so we must do everything to stop this. Still, I don't want Rukia to do anything stupid or to worry that much. I am going to tell soutaichou about the situation. We will investigate with the rest of the captains and will surely catch the person responsible for this."
"Then only we and captains will know?" Ichigo asked. Byakuya nodded.
"We have to do it quickly not to leave Rukia alone for too long."
He then stood up and left the room. Renji stood up too.
"He's going to soutaichou now, we can go and wait for him" he said, meeting Ichigo's glance. "Hey, I know how you feel. Let's go, it's better than doing nothing."
Orange haired boy nodded, he and Renji went out, slowly heading to 1st Division's buildings. They weren't talking, what could they talk about?
What they both ignored turned out to be a real problem.
Renji knew exactly how Ichigo felt. He felt the same.
So damn stupid.
