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Nervous and Suspect

Captain's Meeting Hall

In the Captain's Meeting Hall, within Squad 1, the 13 captains of the shinigami Squads were standing in there designated areas, however Soifon had a set of papers in her hands while Unohana felt worried about the situation that was occurring, Byakuya was stoic about the situation that was occuring and Mayuri was just annoyed. Head Captain Yamamoto had called this meeting due to the occurrence that happened with the several dead shinigami whose were killed in some a gruesome manner and due to what was found it was better to deal with it a soon as possible rather than simply wait.

"Now, what had happened last night was surprising, even under the dead of night it should not have occurred under our watch." said Yamamoto. Zaraki then spoke up since it was his men that died.

"I don't know what those idiots were up to, but I highly doubt that they knew what would happen to them that night." said Zaraki. Yamamoto nods and turns his head to Unohana.

"Unohana, what can you tell us about the bodies?" he asked.

"They were all cut apart with there own zanpakuto, the reishi left over in their necks suggests that as such, no poison or other weapon was used." said Unohana. Mayuri's curiosity toward the situation was put off.

"If they were just killed with there own weapons then there's not much to study about there deaths if there was nothing from the culprit that was left behind." thought Mayuri

"That is troubling, however we do have 3 suspects detained, three of you know them very well." said Yamamoto. Unohana sighed extremely worried at the moment while Byakuya and Mayuri couldn't care less.

"Captain Soifon, you will be questioning them, use whatever they may tell you to help reveal who did this, its clear that these people were targeted for being shinigami." said Yamamoto. This caused an air of confusion amongst most of the captains, the only one who didn't seem put off by that statement was Retsu Unohana.

"What makes you say that?" asked Kenshiro.

"Its merely a theory, nothing more." said Yamamoto. This calmed the stir of confusion but many were still suspicious of this. Soifon then nodded.

"Yes Head Captain, I will have result from the shortly." said Soifon.

"Good, all of you be diligent and have all of your subordanites be wary, I doubt the event hasn't reached anyone other ears, DISMISSED!" yelled Yamamoto.

The Captains then walked to leave the room, as they did Unohana felt some discontent at the event, a chill up her spine that she hadn't felt in a very long time.


Interrogation Room (2nd Squad)

Within 2nd Division HQ there was the Interrogation room, this room used to gather information from any suspects or witnesses of anything crimes that could endanger the world of the Soul Society. Many men and women had entered this room and whether or not they would leave was up to them. The three new suspects were of the murder of several Shinigami that had died the other night, unfortunately these three were Hanataro Yamada, Rin Tsubokura and Rikichi.

The three were sitting at a table and before them was Lieutenant Omaeda sitting across from them with an intimidating, he was waiting for Soifon to return so that they could question the subjects. The fact that a murder had occurred and the fact that they were the suspects of this; Hanatarou was shaking in his boots and afraid, Rikichi was trying to be calm in this situation but was irritated that he was here and Rin was eating dango(not out of stress).

"O-Oh no, this is a bad time for me to be questioned." Thought Hanataro remembering Cerulean.

Hanataro looked to his right and saw Rikichi tapping on the table rapidly, he saw how stressed and angry he looked at the situation, he wasn't wrong to be since they were innocent but the truth was Hanataro was the last to see them.

"Rikichi are you okay?" asked Hanataro. Omaeda then slammed his hands on the table making the three of them jump.

"NO TALKING CRIMINALS!" he yelled Omaeda

"How the hell are we suspects again?" asked Rikichi angrily. Omaeda then scowled at Rikichi, when he did Hanataro tapped Rikichi on the shoulder.

"Rikichi, don't yell at him." said Hanataro nervously

"Why not, this fat ass-whole," Omaeda grits his teeth," is blaming us for something we didn't do!" said Rikichi. Omaeda slams his fist on the table

"Don't yell at your superior boy, you three are the only suspects in all this" he points at Hanataro and Rikichi, you two were seen getting in a fight with the victims, we have multiple witnesses to this, meaning your the main suspects in their deaths!" said Omaeda. Rin then finished the last of his food and raised his hand confusing Hanataro, Rikichi and Omaeda.

"Uh, what do you want?" asked Omaeda.

"I met my friends after the fight and I wasn't even there during, so why am I here?" asked Rin.

"Guilty by association, beside just because you weren't present during the fight doesn't mean that you had nothing to do with this!" yelled Omaeda.

"Can you stop yelling?" asked Rikichi. Omaeda was about to yell again but he paused and his looked down at his stomach, he then looked back at Rin.

"D-Do you have anymore food to share?" asked Omaeda. Rikichi widened his eyes and smiled while Hanataro was worried.

"Rikichi, don't use this as an opportunity to get us a way out of here!" thought Hanataro as he was shaking his head. Rikichi groaned and sighed.

"Fun wrecker." thought Rikichi.

"Sorry, I don't have anymore, I ate the last of it." said Rin with little to no remorse. Omaeda then made an angry face with tears rolling down his face.

"YOU DIRTY LITTLE BASTARD!" yelled Omaeda in defeat.

Before Omaeda could yell some more the door slide open, they all turned to the door and saw Soifon walking in with a stoic face, she gave off and an air of authority, professionalism and power. The moment that she walked in Omaeda, Hanataro, Rin and Rikichi sat still in there seats in fear of what she might do to them.

"We're dead." all of them aside from Soifon thought in unison.

Soifon walked over to the table, when she did Omaeda tried to greet her.

"Captain S-"

"Get up, you fool." ordered Soifon.

Omaeda then got out of the seat, forcing him to be the only one to stand, and Soifon sat down and stared daggers at the three suspects, Hanataro specifically. Hanataro mad sure to be even quieter than he usually was, Rin would be too nervous to eat even if he had any food and Rikichi knew that he couldn't get away with yelling at

"You three are the main suspects in this investigation, several Shinigami were found dead and displayed in a gruesome manner." said Soifon.

"But we didn't do anything!" though Rikichi.

"D-Does Sensei have anything to do with this, I was gone when this happened." thought Hanataro.

"This guilty by association thing is weird." thought Rin

"Tell me where you all were the night that it happened, now." said Soifon, she glared at Hanataro making chills go up his spine.

"Oh man, s-she's staring daggers at me!" thought Hanataro.

Rikichi saw the imeasurable amount of fear coursing through Hanataro and spoke up first.

"I snuck into the training grounds at night, I was trying to train, but I went back to bead cause one of the seated members caught me." said Rikichi a bit embarrassed.

"I see, there are some surveillance around the area, we'll be able to see if your story checks out." said Soifon.

"PHEW!" uttered Rikichi aloud. Hanataro was a bit happy to see Rikichi in the clear, now for Rin and himself. Rin then spoke up and explained his alibi to Soifon.

"I was in my bed asleep, I ate 13 bowls of ramen noodles and it made me sleepy." said Rin.

Rin's answer seemed to have some barring to it and it wouldn't take too long to see if he's telling the truth however this caused the entriety of the room to look at Rin in question at his tiny stature.

"Where does all that food go?" they all thought in unison. Soifon

"The bowls are still there if you don't believe me, and each of the barracks for Squad 12 has cameras in there too." said Rin. Soifon nods.

"Very well, we will see your alibi stands up." said Soifon.

She then looks at Hanataro causing him to tense up.

"Now for him." thought Soifon

Hanataro gulps in fear, his friends look at him in worry considering that out of all three of them his situation was far worse than it could be made out to be.

"Hanataro Yamada, you were found walking through the Rukon district the morning after the bodies were found and you were not seen until an hour ago, what alibi do you have to explain this absence?" asked Soifon in a serious tone whilst staring daggers at Hanataro.

"Oh Hanataro, how the hell do you explain this?" thought Rikichi.

"Please don't get killed, it would be really bad." thought Rin worried.

Hanataro sighed nervously and run everything he knew through his head.


The other Night

Cerulean's house

After Cerulean had displayed his amazing Kaido abilities Hanataro was stunned and as agreed if Cerulean had done something that had impressed him then he would be his student. Hanataro continues to gap at the tree and his amazement still seeping out of him, however he had been doing this for thirty minutes and his new sensei had enough, so Cerulean grabbed Legion and pokes Hanataro in the head with it.

"Ow!" said Hanataro. Cerulean released Legion and he floated next to Hanataro

"Stop gawking kid, its disgraceful." said Ceruhlean. Hanataro rubbed the spot where he was poked and nodded.

"Y-Yes Sensei." said Hanataro.

Cerulean nodded and tried to look like a proper authority figure for his newest student but he could help but smile as wide as he possibly could, showing his fangs, and laugh.

"HA HA HA HA, damn right I'm your sensei!" said Cerulean in a hearty laugh.

As Cerulean laughed Hanataro had a sweat mark of awkwardness on his forehead and felt uncomfortable.

"Maybe this wasn't a good idea." said Hanataro to himself. Legion then tapped Hanataro on his side, catching his attention.

"You can just call me Legion by the way, master or sensei ain't necessary for me." said Legion. Hanataro still found a talking sword to be one of the strangest things he had seen in his life but Legion seemed nice.

Soon Cerulean stopped lauging and looked back over to Hanataro, he then walked over to him and put his hand on his head.

"Alright kid, since you lost the bet I will train you to be an effective healer." said Cerulean.

Hanataro smiled hearing that, this was the main reason that he wanted Cerulean to train with him, his brother and his captain were the strongest healers he knew but they were both too busy to train him. Cerulean however had different plans.

"However, I will teach you the ancient and sometimes blood art of combat." said Cerulean. Hanataro's enthusiasm then sank and it showed on his face.

"O-Oh." said Hanataro in a forlorn tone. Cerulean growled a little annoyed by Hanataro's attitude.

"Kid look, I've said this before and I mean it, you will need to learn to defend yourself whether you like it or not." said Cerulean in a serious tone.

"I-I know, I just don't like violence." said Hanataro.

Cerulean then thought back to when Hanataro first tried the lottery, he only did it when the violence between him and the captains was going to escalate beyond control, when he won he stopped it. However this wasn't going to sway Cerulean from his plans of teaching Hanataro of battle and healing.

"Yeah I get it," he points into the air," HOWEVER I DON'T CARE!" yelled Cerulean.

Hanataro fell on his but at the shock of Cerulean's howl.

"E-EEH!" uttered Hanataro. Legion just sighed at his master's actions.

"Young man you are a shinigami, alive, asleep, awake or dead you are a shinigami." said Cerulean. Hanataro.

"I-I know." said Hanataro. Cerulean then pointed at Hanataro's face.

"And as long as I have lived shinigami have had enemies, people wanting them dead as well alive, but I'm not heartless, I will ease you into the training like an obvious sexual innuendo in a conversation." said Cerulean with a smile.

As much as Hanataro understood the last segment of Cerulean's speech made him blush. Legion then flew toward Cerulean's head and hit him square in the face, landing on the ground afterward.

"Perverted idiot, but he has a point." said Legion.

Cerulean then picks Legion up and puts him at his side.

"Since I'm going to ease you into this then the best thing to do is start right now, no ifs, ands or buts!" exclaimed Cerulean in authority.

"R-Right!" said Hanataro trying to be just as loud, however he remembered an important detail to all this and he gasped.

"*Gasp* W-Wait I can't!" said Hanataro.

Cerulean's excitement then died a little and he looked at Hanataro very annoyed.

"Goddamn it boy, what is it now?" he asked. Hanataro then began to nervously twiddle his fingers and spoke up.

"I was going to my family home before I left, if I don't head back and people discover I'm gone I might get in trouble for leaving." said Hanataro.

Cerulean then smacked his hand on his cheek and made a shocked face.

"Oh damn, that reminds me of one important thing kid!" yelled Cerulean. Hanataro was confused by this, especially after Cerulean seemed to forget this important detail.

"W-What is it?" asked Hanataro. Legion then answered in Cerulean's stead.

"Basically you can't tell anyone that we exist, no a damned soul." said Legion. Cerulean nodded in conformation.

"What, w-why not?" asked Hanataro.

"I like my privacy, I'm not good in groups, don't like spies, a man needs his me need time and I don't need to risk of getting killed." said Cerulean in a nonchalant tone. Hanataro looked at him in a daze of confusion and Cerulean merely sighed.

"Its one of those five, just listen to me okay I just don't need or want people to know about me, except you and a few people but that's all." said Cerulean.

"He also can't pee if more than a few people are in the house." said Legion.

"Shut up!" yelled Cerulean. Hanataro was lost in a fog of confusion but Cerulean seemed trustworthy enough so he agreed.

"I-Its okay, I won't tell anyone, um tt-hat you exist or the bathroom thing." said Hanataro.

"Thank you kid,, but now we have to figure out how to get you back home, if you just walk back in there then you'll look suspicious." said Cerulean.

"H-How am I supposed ti get in unnoticed?" asked Hanataro., Cerulean grinned in a sly manner and pointed his thumb at himself.

"Trust me, I'm a master at sneaking into and out of placed unnoticed." said Cerulean.

"O-Okay." said Hanataro relieved

"Now just tell them you got knocked out and woke up a while later so no one will wonder where you where so late at night." said Cerulean.

"Won't that be lying?" asked Hanataro. Cerulean then felt a wave of frustration running through his body , he sighed and smiled.

It won't be a problem, cause to do this you need to say 'Goodnight Gracie," understand?" said Cerulean.

"Um sure- G-"

Before Hanataro could finish, Cerulean punch Hanataro in the stomach making him pass out. Hanataro's limp body then falls to the ground.

"Your a dick." said Legion as Cerulean picked up his new student's body.

"Don't blame me, he would have tensed up if I told him I was gonna knock him out." said Cerulean

He then through Hanataro onto his shoulder. He and Legion then walked toward the exit of the training room, as they did Legion tried to see if Cerulean was okay.

"You okay, you can still back out of this if it hurts too much." said Legion.

Cerulean stayed silent but his mind knew the answer, it wasn't one that most would be proud of in this situation, but he was.

"No turning back." said Cerulean with a smile.


Rukon District (Night Time)

Cerulean heads into the slums district miles away from where he took Hanataro, he found an alley way and threw him in it as deep as he could, he then found some trash and covered Hanataro's body.

"Perfect, I'll deal with the cameras later." said Ceruleam. He then disappeared into the night.

After he left a familiar face was washing red substance from his hands as he was walking through the streets, he didn't say a word and he merely walked to the exit making sure no one else say him.


Rukon District (Daytime)

Hanataro awoke with a massive headache, he saw his vision was clouded with actual garbage and he removed it from him.

"H-How did I end up here?" he uttered,

Then he felt pain in his stomach as if he wanted to throw up and a sharp pain permeate his skull.

*Groan*

He struggled to get up and his eyes adjusted to the light of the sun.

"W-Was this sensei's plan, wait was that just a dream?" Hanataro asked himself. He then remembered several men trying to hurt him, he looked at his surroundings and realized that he may have just been knocked unconscious and all that occurred was just a crazy dream.

"*Chuckle* of course it was a dream." he said nervously to himself.

He then began to stumble out of the allyway and into the open street.

"I-I mean none of that could have been real." said Hanataro.

However them moment that he looked around he saw a group of shinigami surrounding him with there hands on their zanpakuto. This sight was enough to wake Hanataro up more than he already was.

"Hanataro Yamada, you are under arrest!" said one of the shinigami.

"Please let this be another dream." said Hanataro in his head.


Present

Hanataro was found in an allyway after the discovery of the dead shinigami, his absence was suspicous enough and would work against him.

"What is your alibi, explain how you ended up in that ally way?" asked Soifon. Hanataro then began to sweat, his friends noticed this and cursed in there minds at their friend's reaction.

"W-What do I do, they think I- w-wait, it was a dream so there's no secret to keep, t-those men knocked me unconscious, so I'll tell her that." thought Hanataro.

"Answer!" ordered Soifon.

"T-They found me on my way to my family home and they beat me up, they knocked me unconcious a-and I guess they put me in that ally way." said Hanataro.

Soifon found this more than suspicious, the only thing that could possibly confirm this is one of the surveillance camreas, but she didn't have any evidence against his alibi, so it stood for now.

"Very well, you are all dismissed, we are going to evaluate you alibis and if they don't line up then the one who is most guilty will be punished." said Soifon. She then looked back at Omaeda and he walked over to Hanataro, Rikichi and Rin,

"Alirght you little bastards I'll walk you out!" said Omaeda.

Omaeda then takes the three suspects and leaves the room. Soifon however didn't leave, after listening to what each of them had to say Hanataro was clearly the more suspicious, she didn't trust a word he said.

"I'll keep and eye on him myself." she said to herself.


Once Rikichi Rin and Hanataro were out and about, for now, they decided to head back to their respective squads and think over what happened. Hanataro was just happy that he had an alibi in the end and that what happened before with Cerulean and Legion, whom he didn't believe exist was just a dream.

However as they were walking away Legion, in the form of a spider was following Hanataro to make sure he was okay.

"You lucked out Cerulean." Legion said in his head, sure his master could hear him.


"That's All I Wrote"

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