Chapter 8 : Meeting and Hougyoku
(Memys: "Okay! For you that love serious stuff, be grateful! (^v^) I finally write some serious stuff! This should be able to fill all your curiosity about the real situation. Actually I don't like this chapter, except the extra story.)
Today: 06-May-2010
(Memys: *sparkling eyes* "Anyone know what today is? Think about it while read this chapter, ok?")
Karin POV
I heard beautiful warble of birds that signify the morning had come. I slowly opened my eyes. When I opened my eyes, I saw clear blue skies. I puzzled and sat up. 'Where am I? Why am I here?' I asked myself. Then I look at my surrounding. I saw a white looking thing that covered my body fell down. 'This? A haori? Is it my haori?'
When I put close attention at that haori, I saw a number ten that written in kanji in its back. 'This is Toushirou's?' I asked myself. I thought back at the event that occurred last night. 'Oh… right. He came, huh?.' I smiled a little at that thought. I clutched tightly at his haori in my chest. Try to feel him at my side.
'He should come earlier before I felt asleep. He made me waited so damn long and he didn't even wake me up. Yeah. How thoughtful of him?' I thought a little angry and sighed. 'It's my fault, anyway. I should know better that I am a stranger for him. At least he left his haori to cover my body or I most likely will sick because of cool breeze.'
(You should take care of yourself better, Karin.)
(I know, Hikari! I just fell asleep)
(We should go now.)
(Where?)
(To work)
(Eh..? Work?)
'Dammit! I definitely forgot! I should go back now to my room.' I shunpo-ed to my bedroom as soon as I can. I took a bath and changed my clothes. I put the haori in my laundry basket. 'I'll wash it tonight and give it back to him tomorrow.' I looked at the clock in my room and saw it had been 09:37. 'Holy Shit! I'll definitely late!' I shunpo-ed with my best ability to Hisagi fukutaichou's office, passed many shinigamis that surprised by my speed and why I was in such hurry. As usual, I ignored all of them. When I arrived in front of the office, I knocked the door.
"Come in." A voice came out from the office. I recognized it as Shuuhei's voice. I opened the door and went into the office.
I immediately bowed to him and said "I'm sorry, Hisagi-fukutaichou. I'm late, today!"
I heard he sighed a little and then said, "That's fine. You must have your reason."
"I'm sorry. I overslept." I answered honestly.
"Oh… then… can you begin to do your work now?" He asked.
"Ah… Yes, I can." I replied with a nervous smile.
I began to miss my day as a taichou. I didn't need to worry if I came late at that time because I was the most powerful one in my Division. No one dare to scold me, a taichou, if I was late. I walked to my desk and sat down in my seat. Suddenly, I heard a loud sound. My stomach was growling. I just remembered that I haven't eaten breakfast yet. Yep. In short, I was hungry. When Shuuhei heard that, he half-chuckled and I blushed at that. It made my face almost become a crimson red. It was very embarrassing, indeed.
"You should go and have a breakfast." he spoke to me softly, still chuckled slightly.
I was a little surprised "Eh? Is that really alright, Hisagi fukutaichou?" I asked him back.
"It's fine. You must be really hungry. Just come back quickly, okay?"
"Okay! Thank you." I answered with a carefree smile.
I shunpo-ed to the 9th Division dinning room with normal shunpo. I ordered some food and began to eat my breakfast at a table. There were very few shinigamis in this place. That must be because they have gone to work. When I finished eaten my breakfast, I shunpo-ed to the office and began to that damn paperwork again. I wondered how long I still need to do this. This mountain of paperwork just never left me alone. Not now, not in the future.
Sigh….
This will be a very long day……
Toushirou POV
In the morning, about 09:55 am, I was doing my paperwork as usual in my office. I saw a hell butterfly fly into my office through the window. I stopped working and raised my hand to reach the hell butterfly.
"There will be a meeting today in half hour. All captains and vice captains is expected to be in meeting room. Thank you" that was the message that delivered by hell butterfly to me.
'Meeting?' Yeah. The meeting has become more frequently now since the surprised attack in Seireitei. We assumed that there were many arrancars that have been escaped and maybe they will came back to attack Seireitei again. The meeting was also attended by vice captain, which was very unusual. This signify that the situation were very serious. I went outside my room and tried to find my fukutaichou reiatsu. I found her immediately. I felt her reiatsu. She was near my office. I shunpo-ed to her place and yelled.
"Matsumoto!"
"Ah… Taichou? What are you doing here?"
"The captain meeting."
"Oh… that? Then should we go now taichou?"
"Hn…"I nodded slightly.
"Okay. Let's go!" she said cheerfully.
We shunpo-ed to the meeting room and went inside after we announced ourselves. We sat at our respected place. We waited for a while until every captains and vice captains went inside.
It will be a very long meeting….
"It looks like all captains and vice captains are present. We can start the meeting now. Soi Fon taichou, please begin." Command Yamamoto soutaichou.
"Yes, Yamamoto soutaichou. From our search in Seireitei and Rukongai, we concluded that all the remaining arrancars had escaped to Hueco Mundo with Garganta. There were a huge number of them that had escaped. They left Soul Society when we battled with other hollows and arrancars. I assumed that they went to Hueco Mundo in order to form more powerful army to attack Seireitei."
"You may be right, Soi Fon taichou. We should be cautious." Said Kuchiki Byakuya.
"It will be more difficult if they form a more powerful army." I stated matter-of-factly.
"Heh… You didn't get any important information, don't you, Soi Fon taichou? All of us already knew that many enemies fled from Seireitei." Said Kurotsuchi Mayuri harshly.
Soi Fon sent him her deathly glare and asked, "How about you, Kurotsuchi-taichou? I heard you take a VERY LONG time in your research of the black hole and the arrancars that attack the Seireitei. Have you found something?"
"It isn't my fault if that take a long time. My main computer and half of my main facility have been destroyed. That took me a long time to repair. I lost all my important data. I had back up some of them, but it will take me several months to completely back up all data. How do you expect me to do experiment without proper tools and data?" Kurotsuchi Mayuri retorted.
"What have you found out, Kurotsuchi taichou? Tell us." Yamamoto ordered.
"I found out that there were several arrancars like the one Hitsugaya taichou and Matsumoto fukutaichou have faced have a number tattooed in their body."
"Tattoo!?" several captains and vice captains asked in surprised.
"Do you mean they are remnants of Aizen troop?" asked Unohana Retsu.
"Are they Espada? Numeros?"
"Haven't all of them died in the Great Winter War?"
Kurotsuchi Mayuri ignored their rudeness and questions, continued. "Their number is two digits so I am sure that there are no Espada between them. All dead enemies that I had recovered so far were Numeros, normal arrancars, and hollows. From my research, all Numeros that I had recovered so far were mostly former Vasto Lorde and several Adjuchas."
"That's impossible!"
"Vasto Lorde? But they were just Numeros, right?"
"It can't be! Even at the Winter War, most of the Numeros were former Adjucha or Gillian."
"Are you sure, Kurotsuchi taichou? Shouldn't most of them were former Gillian and Adjucha?"
He sent them dislike look. "Are you accused me for being wrong? From my research and data, I found out that all the Numeros that I have recovered so far about ten of them, mostly were Vasto Lorde. There is only two Adjuchas which are number 21 and 65."
"But… it can't be. Number 21 and 65 Numeros are former Adjuchas? And other Numeros that we have fought were Vasto Lorde? Shouldn't be there are some Gillian?"
"So that why they are so strong."
"Aren't Vasto Lorde arrancar should be very rare? There is even a former Gillian arrancar in Aizen's Espada, such as Aaroniero Arruruerie."
"WOW! I WANT TO FIGHT THEM!" Kenpachi shouted.
"No wonder it was very difficult to fight with them even after I used my bankai." I stated.
(Yeah. You almost die, too. She saved you. Rin is such a nice girl)
(Rin? Since when you call her that?)
(I can call her whatever I want, master. Are you jealous?) Hyourinmaru chuckled slightly (I think she won't mind if you call her that. She'll be happy. I can't wait to see her again.)
I answered him with a pure silence. I didn't want to think anything about whatever that he just said. He became more and more annoying since that girl come.
While ignoring their questions, Kurotsuchi Mayuri said "Only the normal arrancars were Gillian and some of them were Adjuchas. I assume that they must be the remnants of Aizen troops because I don't see Espada between them. I don't know what their main objective is, but I am not interested to make them become experiment material. I have done enough experiment in the Winter War."
"Vasto Lorde? No wonder we have difficulty in battle with them. How about the black holes, Kurotsuchi taichou?" asked Yamamoto.
"As far as our research went, we can't find even the tiniest information about the black holes. It's like the black holes appeared from nothingness and disappeared without any trace. I assume that this was just a portal like Garganta or Senkaimon. Unfortunately, I don't know where that hole connected to."
"A portal, huh?"
"I wondered where they come from. Is it Hueco Mundo?"
"Then Kuchiki taichou, how about your investigation?" asked Yamamoto.
"About the unknown shinigami, we didn't find anything important except this fact. The Gatekeeper and Rukongai resident gave us information that they never saw this Shinigami went out from Seireitei in the middle of attack. I assume that this shinigami must be hid himself/herself in Seireitei. We didn't find other information regarding this shinigami's identity." Kuchiki Byakuya reported.
"Hide? Are you sure?"
"Then we should make investigation regarding this matter in Seireitei." I suggested.
"Should we investigate this to noble houses, Yamamoto soutaichou?" asked Soi Fon.
"I don't think we need to. This shinigami is most likely hide in Gotei 13." Stated Yamamoto calmly.
"What made you think so, Yamamoto soutaichou?" asked Ukitake Juushirou.
"It will be very difficult for this shinigami to hide in one of noble house because of their house security, except this shinigami has some connection with them. Even so, I have confidence that the nobles won't make enemies with us Gotei 13 by hide a wanted shinigami. And Gotei 13 will be a perfect hiding place with many shinigamis here. This shinigami can mingle himself/herself in this place easily." Explained Yamamoto.
"That's reasonable." Said Kira Izuru
"Is that mean this shinigami is in 9th Division? This shinigami wear Ninth Division captain haori, right?" asked Hinamori Momo.
"Yeah that maybe true, but it will be very stupid if this shinigami hide in 9th Division. It will make us find her/him easily." Said Kyouraku Shunsui lazily with a smile.
"That's right. We need to search to other divisions, too." I stated.
"I don't believe this shinigami hide in my Division. We have suspected her/him to have connection with my division. It will be plainly stupid if she/he hide in my Division." Stated Hisagi Shuuhei.
Whereas in her office, the stupid shinigami that mentioned in the meeting sneezed thrice. 'Have I catch a cold? This must be because I slept in that place last night' she thought.
"Even so, no one can remember one by one their Division's members' face. There are too many of them, hundreds of shinigamis each Division. Besides, our members changed every year. Some of them died, transferred, and even replaced by new faces that just graduated from Shinigami Academy." Said Unohana Retsu
(Master, the meeting is too long.)
(Hn…)
(I can't stand it! Can I drop the temperature here so the meeting will end?)
(NO! They will blame me for that!) I shouted in my mind.
(But…)
(If you can raise the temperature in this room, I will allow you.)
(Too bad. You know I can't)
I sighed very slightly. (And I think I will be able to blame Yamamoto soutaichou if you can do it.)
(You know, I am an ice elemental and his zanpakutou is fire elemental. We're very different and certainly our power is opposite. How can you tell me to do that?)
(I know… It's just a mere wish)
(Yeah and I wish you'll be nicer to that girl)
(Can you shut up about her?)
(I just like to talk about her. She is kind of cute, isn't she? Master, I just worried about you. I don't want you to have no love life what-so-ever for the rest of your life. I am afraid if you'll be single forever. Poor….) Hyourinmaru blabbered.
Click!
That did it.
Several veins popped in my head. A big angry mark appeared. I really pissed out now. I yelled at him with all my might. (JUST SHUT UP! HYOURINMARU!)
The room's temperature was dropped by 5 degrees. I tried to calm myself and the temperature became normal. Some of the captains looked at me for a while when the temperature was dropped. When the temperature went back to normal, they wondered about what happened. They thought it was their imagination.
Silence fell between us. It looked like he knew that he better off not saying anything in the mean time. Why should he care of my love life anyway? That is unnecessary thing. Who cares about that? I never have a girlfriend, so what? I don't need them. I tried to pay attention to my love li….. What? I mean…. The meeting. Yes. The meeting. That stupid dragon has made me thing the wrong thing.
"Kurotsuchi taichou, I think you have all data of Shinigamis in every Division. Can you give us that data? We need to find the suspect as soon as possible." Asked Soi Fon knowingly.
"Don't make me mention it again, Soi Fon taichou. All of my data have been lost and it will take few months to back up all of it to my new main computer. I can't give you any data soon." Kurotsuchi Mayuri retorted.
"So what should we do? Without the data it will be difficult to find the suspect." Said Ise Nanao.
"Should we ask one by one our Division's members?" asked Komamura Sajin.
"No, Komamura taichou. It will take a very long time and that shinigami most likely will find out that we try to find him/her. It will cause this shinigami to hide in other place and it will be harder to find this mysterious shinigami. I believe we can let Soi Fon taichou to gather important data about the possible suspect. Can you do it, Soi Fon taichou?"
"I will do it like your order, Yamamoto soutaichou." Answered Soi Fon.
"And just in case, I think we should asked the nobles in Seireitei about this shinigami, but don't barge in to their residence. We surely don't want nobles to wrench their anger toward us because we barged into their house without permission. Can I left this to you, Kuchiki taichou?" ordered Yamamoto.
"Leave it to me, Yamamoto soutaichou." Answered Kuchiki Byakuya.
"How about your condition, Ukitake taichou?" asked Yamamoto soutaichou.
"I never felt better than this in centuries, Yamamoto soutaichou." Answered Ukitake Juushirou politely with a warm smile.
"That's good. Is that true that you are cured?" asked Yamamoto.
"Yes, that's right, Yamamoto soutaichou. That's what Unohana taichou told me after further examination. I have fully cured." Answered Ukitake happily.
"Is that really true?"
"Amazing!"
"That's good for you, Ukitake taichou."
"I'm glad to hear that, Ukitake taichou." I said.
I heard many more words of congratulation towards Ukitake after we heard that his illness has been cured. He was the most beloved captain in Gotei 13 after all. It's no wonder that all of fellow captains and vice captains were happy to hear that. It looked like Kyouraku taichou, Kotetsu fukutaichou, and Unohana taichou already knew, though.
"That girl, Shirosaki Rin's zanpakutou is very amazing indeed. She fully cured Ukitake taichou illness, one which I can't cure even after spent several hundred years to treat it." Said Unohana Retsu.
(Yes, it's very powerful. I want to see her zanpakutou spirit.)
(Why?)
(Nothing. Just curious, master)
"His zanpakutou is exceptionally powerful healing zanpakutou. But I wonder, why no one know about her zanpakutou until now?" said Kira Izuru.
"Maybe she rarely used it so no one knew about her zanpakutou." said Kuchiki Byakuya.
"I think she must just achieve her Shikai after she is in my Division. That's why she is not placed in 4th Division. She maybe hasn't achieved her Shikai yet in Shinigami academy." Hisagi Shuuhei stated his deduction.
"That may be true. If she has achieved her Shikai in academy, many people should know her zanpakutou is healing type zanpakutou. She must have been placed in 4th Division in the first place. But withour the data about her, I can't confirm it." Said Unohana taichou with her usual creepy smile.
"Yamamoto soutaichou, do you think this girl has any connection with the mysterious Shinigami?" asked Soi Fon.
"Why do you think like that Soi Fon taichou?" asked Yamamoto.
"Firstly, she has incredible fighting ability for a former unseated officer. She won over a fight with arrancar have proved that. A normal unseated officer should be killed in an instant if they fight with an arrancar. Secondly, she has a powerful healing zanpakutou that we have never heard of. Thirdly, she has amazing skill at Shunpo. Fourthly, she is placed in 9th Division that we have suspected have some connection with that mysterious Shinigami. I suspect she must be at least has some connection with that unknown Shinigami." Soi Fon said.
(I think Soi Fon taichou just don't like her)
I ignored Hyourinmru and told myself (She is suspicious indeed)
(She saved you, you know? She can't be an enemy.)
Once again, I ignored him.
"Yeah, there are something fishy 'bout her." Said Abarai Renji
"That maybe right. But I don't think we should accused her without any real proof"
(Yeah, I agree)
"She has saved Hitsugaya taichou and Matsumoto fukutaichou after all and cured Ukitake taichou's illness. She can't be an enemy."
"And so is the mysterious Shinigami. This shinigami also has saved many of our fellow shinigamis. But still she is still suspicious." Stated Soi Fon.
"She is definitely suspicious."
"You have your points here. Soi Fon taichou, but I think we should find some real proof before we make some wrong assumption. As far as we know, she is suspicious, but she hasn't do anything wrong. She has saved two of our taichou and one of our fukutaichou. We should be felt grateful for that. It won't be good if we accused her from something she never did." Explained Yamamoto soutaichou.
"Besides, sometime thing like this happened. Every time a battle happened, there will always be one or two Shinigamis that have good accomplishment. And they raised in rank soon after." Said Kuchiki Byakuya.
"But if you felt suspicious about her, you may send several of your subordinates to spy at her. After all, we need to find this unknown Shinigami so if there is someone suspicious, we need to find any information that we can get from her. But don't interrogate her and torture her like she was some kind of criminal. Do it in secrecy. Are you understand, Soi Fon taichou?" commanded Yamamoto soutaichou.
"Understood." Answered Soi Fon.
"How about the preparation of Hougyoku sealing ceremony, Hitsugaya taichou, Kyouraku taichou?" asked Yamamoto.
"We have done the preparation. We only need to wait until the right time to come to perform the ceremony, Yamamoto soutaichou." I answered.
"In two weeks, we can perform the ceremony at Soukyoku hill as long as there is no obstacle. I hope the arrancar won't attack at that time." Said Kyouraku taichou lazily.
"That's good, Hitsugaya taichou, Kyouraku taichou. I hope you'll keep your eyes at the ceremony. The meeting end here. You're dismissed." Announced Yamamoto soutaichou.
(Thank Goddess, Rin-chan. It finally ended. Three long hours. This is a torture)
I twitched. (Since when she became your Goddess?)
He just chuckled and answered (Since I want her to be one)
(Whatever…)
"Shiro-chan? Shiro-chan?"
I heard someone called me. He stood in front of me. He was Ukitake taichou. It looked like I zoned out for a while and at the mean time he came to approach me.
"Shiro-chan? Are you alright? You zoned out." Asked Ukitake friendly.
"It's Hitsugaya taichou, Ukitake taichou. I'm alright. I just talk to Hyourinmaru for a while. Sorry to make you worry." I said while stood up from my sitting position.
"Oh… then that's good." He smiled and asked, "I want to meet and thanks Rin-chan. Care to join me, Hitsugaya-kun, Rangiku-san?"
"We'll be glad to go with you, Ukitake taichou! Right, taichou?" Matsumoto Rangiku said cheerfully.
"I don't think I can, Ukitake taichou. I need to do my paperwork." I answered nonchalantly.
"It won't take long time, Hitsugaya-kun." said Ukitake taichou.
"Eh… don't be like that, taichou. We haven't thanks her yet." She squealed.
"I have." I answered.
"Really?" asked Ukitake taichou.
"What? When? That's unfair, taichou. You didn't tell me. Come on, taichou! Just join us." She whined and grabbed my arms to go with her.
(You should just go with them, master. I want to meet her, too) he said slightly amused.
(You…)
I sighed in defeat and said, "Fine! I will go with you."
"That's good, Shiro-chan." Said Ukitake taichou.
"Wow! I love you, taichou." She said while hugged me with her bear hug. Her big bosom tried to suffocate me.
"Stop it, Matsumoto! Are you want to suffocate me?" I said while trying to push away from her.
"Aww… Of course not, taichou." She said while letting me go. "Let's go, taichou, Ukitake taichou!"
"Alright, Rangiku-san. Please, Shuuhei-san." Said Ukitake taichou with his warm smile.
"Let's go!" said Hisagi Shuuhei from behind Ukitake taichou.
I wondered how long he had stood there. I didn't see him until just now. We went out from the office together. We shunpo-ed to 9th Division to Shirosaki Rin's place in Hisagi fukutaichou office. We arrived in front of the office. Hiagi fukutaichou opened the office door and let u in. When we arrived, we saw…
(My Rin-chan….) Hyourinmaru continued.
Yeah, my Rin-chan….. What? I heard Hyourinmaru screamed with laughter in my inner mind. I flushed in embarrassment. I clenched my hands. That damn dragon! I will kill him one day! I mean Shirosaki Rin was doing her paperwork with incredible speed. It looked like she didn't know that we have come in.
"Rin, there are some guests for you?" said Hisagi fukutaichou.
She immediately stopped her work and looked at us. She stood up and bowed gracefully at us and smiled. "Ukitake taichou, Hitsugaya taichou, Ra- ah…Matsumoto fukutaichou. What can I help you?" she asked.
"We are here to ask you if you can join us to have lunch in my division?" asked Ukitake taichou.
"But…" Karin said.
She looked at Hisagi fukutaichou. It looked like she wanted to ask if she can join us or not. Hell, I don't even know we will have a lunch. Ukitake taichou didn't tell me anything about that. I didn't object because I felt a little hungry.
"You should go, Rin. Don't worry about the paperwork. I will take care of it." Said Hisagi.
"Thank you, Hisagi fukutaichou!" she said with a smile.
"Yeah, that's good. Let's go!" said Matsumoto cheerfully.
(YEAH! BANZAI!)
(What the hell, Hyourinmaru!)
(Rin come with us!) he said happily.
Again, I ignored his statement.
"Then let's go, Rin-chan! See you again, Shuuhei-san" said Ukitake.
"Bye, Shuuhei!" said Matsumoto.
"Bye, Ukitake taichou, Rangiku-san! Please take care of her." said Hisagi while smiling.
I bowed slightly at Hisagi fukutaichou and shunpo-ed away with them to 13th Division building. We went to the main building and went in a room. This was Ukitake taichou guest room. There was a table in the middle of the room. All of us sat in each side of the table, except Ukitake taichou. He went to other room for a while and then came back and sat with us.
Shortly after, the third seats of 13th Division come out with trays of food. They are Kotsubaki Sentaro and Kotetsu Kiyone. They went out from the room after they placed our foods and drinks. They fought over each other about who was the most useful for Ukitake taichou as usual before they went out from the room.
"Let's eat, Hitsugaya-kun, Rangiku-san, Rin-chan!" Said Ukitake with a warm smile.
"Itadakimasu!" we said together and began to eat.
Memys POV
30 minutes later…..
'Thank you for the food, Ukitake taichou." They said simultaneously.
"I'm glad you like them." Said Ukitake taichou.
Suddenly, the door opened and two figures come near them. Yeah. They are Sentaro and Kiyone. They fought over about who will take the plates and glasses from the table.
"Ukitake taichou, let me take care of this." Said Sentaro.
"No, let me do this." Said Kiyone.
"I'm here first, so I do this." Said Sentaro
"No, I'm here first, right, Ukitake taichou." Said Kiyone.
"Kiyone, Sentaro, I'm glad that you want to help me, but can you do this together?" Asked Ukitake taichou.
"Yes… Of course, we can, Ukitake taichou." They said in the same time.
5 minutes later….
All the plates and the glasses have been taken care by Kiyone and Sentaro. They went out from the room. Shortly after, they came back with a teapot, several cups, and a plate of snack. They went out again after they have done their job. The rest of the people in the room began to talk.
"Thank you for cure my illness, Rin-chan. I already do a further examination with Unohana taichou and she said that I have been fully cured." Said Ukitake.
"That's good for you, Ukitake taichou. No need to thanks me." Karin answered.
"Thank you for save my live, too. Is it fine if I call you Rin-chan? You can call me Rangiku-san if you want." Said Rangiku.
"Yes, you can call me Rin-chan, Rangiku-san. I don't mind."
They chitchatted for a while. They talked about her zanpakutou power, her ability in shunpo, her love life, and etc. They made Karin felt quite uncomfortable. She tried to answer all of their questions politely. Sometimes she lied to avoid more questions.
Rangiku used this chance to interrogate Karin to get new information for her S.W.A newspaper's news, which was stopped by Toushirou in the middle of her interrogation. Karin felt very grateful about that. They chitchatted while ate the snack and drank tea. Hyourinmaru tried to make his master talk more to Karin, but it failed miserably. He tried to mention about Karin every chance he got, which ignored completely by Toushirou.
Toushirou was the most silent one between them. He just answered their questions with a short answer if asked or only nodded slightly to indicate that he agreed with their opinion. Ukitake tried to involve Toushirou in their conversation so he asked:
"Hitsugaya-kun, how about the preparation of Hougyoku sealing ceremony? Is it go smoothly."
"Yes, it is, Ukitake taichou." Answered Toushirou politely.
(Hougyoku? It hadn't sealed?) asked Karin in her mind.
(It looks like it) answered Hikari.
"Do you need any help in preparation?" asked Ukitake.
"No, thank you." answered Toushirou.
"It will be held in two weeks, right, taichou?" asked Rangiku.
Toushirou just nodded slightly.
"I hope the arrancars won't attack us at that time." Said Ukitake.
"Yeah… that would be very bad." Karin said.
Karin suddenly realized something. (That's right! Hougyoku)
(What's with Hougyoku, mistress?)
(The arrancars come to this time must be to steal Hougyoku before it's sealed.)
(So that's why they didn't go back before the Winter War? They don't want to save Aizen?)
(Yeah, they must be want to have Hougyoku for themselves. They wnt to make themselves became more powerful. They must be come to this time to steal it before it sealed.)
(Why don't they try to find it now?)
(It will take too long time to search for it in Seireitei. Besides, it will be very difficult to find. Maybe they want to wait until the soutaichou take out Hougyoku so they don't need to find it.)
(If I am not wrong, the Hougyoku was sealed to another dimension. They performed it in Soukyoku hill, right?)
(Yes. In two weeks)
(Two weeks. That mean we need to stay here two more weeks, mistress.)
Karin sighed. (Yeah, it will be a long time. I can't go back soon, huh?)
(It's just two weeks, mistress.) Hikari said soothingly.
Several hours later…...
Karin, Toushirou, and Rangiku uttered their goodbye to Ukitake. Ukitake tried to give them many candies, especially to Karin and Toushirou, before they go. Actually, Toushirou had been trying to go from that place several times before, but always stopped by his fukutaichou. It looked like he couldn't do any paperwork today.
Karin didn't say a word about his haori because she afraid Rangiku will make a new gossip. Toushirou felt very grateful for that because he won't know what his fukutaichou will do if she heard about that. Karin made a note to herself to give his haori back to him tomorrow when Rangiku was out. She didn't need more gossip about herself. They went back to resume their work, except for Rangiku, who will surely run away as usual.
And that's how their day ended….
(o0o)
(Memys: "Have you find out what so special about today? If not, read the nice story below. (^v^) You're curious, aren't you? I somewhat continue it from chapter 6. This is just a funny unrelated story. I published it become a one-shot.")
Hint for next chapter: Strawberry and Chappy.
Memys Story
In the Living Word
At Kurosaki's household in Karakura town
Memys POV
I sit at a chair at the end in the dining table in Kurosaki's household. My friends, Kurosaki Karin and Kurosaki Yuzu also sit in their place. Karin sits in my left side whereas Yuzu sits in my right side. Their father, Kurosaki Isshin, sits at the right side of the table. Their brother, Kurosaki Ichigo, sits in another end of the table and Kuchiki Rukia sits at his right side.
In the middle of table there is a birthday cake. Yeah. That's right. Today is our birthday, Karin's, Yuzu's, and my birthday. Three of us. There is a sentence written in the cake. It is written as:
"Happy Birthday"
"06-May-2010"
"Kurosaki Karin, Kurosaki Yuzu, and Memys"
A candle and strawberries decorate the top of the cake. The cake is a Chappy shaped cake. This is because Rukia's wrong doing. We told Ichigo and Rukia to buy a cake. She saw a Chappy shape cake in a cake bakery and fell in love at it. As the result, they bought the Chappy shape cake. It's not like I hate it. I don't really mind.
Really…
As long as Yuzu like it. She always love cute thing.
And here it is a Chappy shape cake in the table….
We are waiting for other people that are invited by Karin to come here. She says there are two of them. Rukia is looking at the Chappy shape cake like it is the cutest thing in the world. Her eyes are sparkling. After a while, the bell is ringing. Karin stands up from her place and go to open the door.
When she opens the door, I see a white haired boy and a strawberry blonde haired girl. 'Shit! Toushirou and Rangiku? They're shinigamis. They are Karin's friends? I hope they don't recognize me.' I tell myself.
"Toushirou, Rangiku-san, welcome!" Karin says with a carefree smile
Isshin stands up and says, "WOW, KARIN! MY BELOVED DAUGHTER BRINGS HER BOYFRIEND HERE! CAN YOU INTRODUCE US?"
Isshin tries to hug Karin and Karin responds it with kick him at the face. He crashes to the nearby wall.
Everyone ignore it.
This is Kurosaki's household after all….
A normal thing at a normal day.
Isshin stands up and goes to Masaki's poster and rambling about how mean their daughter is, Karin's has growing up, will have babies, and etc, etc. It gains a punch from Ichigo. He drags his father to his seat and tells him not to make him more embarrassed in front of their guests.
"I hope we are not late, Karin-chan." Rangiku says with a wide smile.
"Karin" Toushirou says nonchalantly. "Long time no see."
"Let's go in, Toushirou, Rangiku-san." Karin says cheerfully.
"Wait, Karin. Why Toushirou and Rangiku here?" Ichigo asks.
"That's Hitsugaya taichou for you, Kurosaki." Toushirou says coldly.
"They are my friends, Ichi-nii! I ask them to come." Karin answers.
"Really?." Ichigo says.
"Hn..." Toushirou nods slightly.
They go to sit at the left side of the table whereas Karin sits back in my left side. They stare weirdly at the Chappy shape cake. We try to start the party. It starts by Kurosaki Isshin shouting something:
"OK! EVERYONE! LET'S START! LET'S US SING BIRTHDAY'S SONG!"
"Just SKIP IT!" Karin, Ichigo and I yell at him.
"Uh.. huh… OKAY! THEN LET'S BLOW THE CANDLE!"
We inhale and then exhale. We blow the fire in the candle with our breath. They clap their hands when we do that. Then the stupid Kurosaki eldest start to rant again. He stands up and go to our side. He hugs three of us together with his bear hug.
"OH! THREE OF MY BELOVED DAUGHTERS HAVE GROWING UP! HAPPY BIRHDAY! DADDY IS VERY HAPPY FOR YOU! YOU WILL…BLA…BLA…BLA…" he rants and rants.
We ignore him and try to push him off far away. Heck. For heaven's sake! I'm not your daughter! After Karin is able to escape his hug successfully, she kicks her father stomach and sends him to crash to nearby wall. She says this is the easiest way to stop him from rant.
Maybe I should try it sometimes…
It looks fun….. (^v^)
"Happy Birthday!" Rangiku says cheerfully whereas Toushirou says it like a whisper.
"Happy Birthday! Karin, Yuzu, and Memys! This is our birthday presents for you." Ichigo and Rukia say simultaneously.
"Memys?" Toushirou and Rangiku say at the same time.
"Where I have heard that name? Anyway, nice to meet you, Memys?" Rangiku says while raise her hand to shake it with me.
I feel relieved. It looks like they don't find out about who am I. I shake my hand with Rangiku then when I want to shake my hand with Toushirou and introduce myself, I see he uses his soul pager, tries to find something. He mumbles my name 'Memys'. Okay. Now, that's not good.
It looks like he finds something.
"Matsumoto. You should see this." Toushirou say to his fukutaichou.
"What is it, taichou?"
"Read this!"
"What? The MOST WANTED CRIMINAL list! First, Tite Kubo. Second, Memys."
Ok. That's bad.
I think I should be ready to run.
Now.
"WHAT? MEMYS?" Rangiku squealed with her high-pitched voice.
As soon as she says that, I take a PEZ-like dispenser with a cartoon character, Alfred, on the top of it. I pop out a soul candy into my mouth. My soul is forced to leave my body. In my soul form, I wear a black shihakusho with a zanpakutou in my back.
Yeah. That's right!
I'm a SHINIGAMI. (^v^)
A replacement's soul takes my place in my body.
"Alfred, follow the party." I order him.
As soon as I do that, Toushirou takes a PEZ-like dispenser with a cartoon character, King, on the top of it. He pops out a soul candy into his mouth. His soul is forced to leave his gigai. A replacement's soul takes his place in his gigai.
"King, follow the party. Don't do stupid thing!" Toushirou orders him.
I shunpo to the front door of Kurosaki's house. Toushirou follows me soon after. It looks like he is very determined to capture me. Why is that? Yeah…. It's just because 'BLEACH has been published' thing. Yeah. Our beloved Bleach.
"WAIT! Where are you going, TOUSHIROU, MEMYS!" Karin shouts.
I see the others pretend that they don't see anything. Only Yuzu is clueless about everything. I shunpo with my best ability to run away from Toushirou. He shunpo to chase after me and capture me. Or maybe worst, to KILL ME. Fortunately, Rangiku love party more than to capture me. She doesn't follow me like Toushirou. She stays at Kurosaki's house.
"MEMYS! WAIT!" Toushirou shouts at me.
In the normal situation, I may just stop and hear his request. A cute boy request always accepted by girls, anyway. Unfortunately, I can't do that this time. Why? Because I LOVE my live very DEARLY. That's why sorry Shiro-chan. I must run away.
Dear Shiro-chan,
You're meanie.
You know it
I can't wait
I'm not crazy
I love my live dearly
That's why I'm sorry
My beloved birthday party
You destroy it easily
Can't you let me be happy?
Today is my birth day.
That may become my death day. XD (Just kidding! Really!)
That's just too funny.
Please, don't BANKAI me!
Oh, Guardian Strawberry.
Please save me!
Oh, Chappy!
(By: Memys) (o_o)
We shunpo around Karakura, like play game of tag. After some time, Toushirou almost catch me. If this keeps up, I will lose soon or later. So I take a note book from my black shihakusho. I hold the book with my left hand, whereas my right hand unsheathes my zanpakutou. I raise my right hand that hold zanpakutou and shouted:
"Life, Magic Pen!"
Yeah, I use my zanpakutou's Shikai form. My zanpakutou changes become smaller and smaller until it become a size of a pen. NO! It's really just a pen. A normal pen. Very normal pen. Yeah. At least it's not a pencil. A black colored pen with word written on it, 'Memys Magical Pen'. With my zanpakutou… Eh?.... I mean pen…. I write something in my notebook while run away from Toushirou using shunpo. This is what I write down:
A hollow appear and attack Hitsugaya Toushirou.
Suddenly, the sky is cracked and a hollow appear from it. This hollow attacks Toushirou. He slashes the hollow in a second. The hollow disappear. Okay. That's too fast. I need a stronger one. And maybe more than one enemy, so I write again:
Three Menos Grande attack Hitsugaya Toushirou.
Suddenly, a big crack is formed in the sky. Three Menos Grande appear from it. They attack Toushirou. He dodges and shout "Reign in frozen heavens, Hyourinmaru!". Yeah. He finally uses his Shikai. He shunpo and slashes enemies one by one. I think I can run away this time with the Menos Grande take his attention, but again. My plan is failed.
For Spirit King's sake! It lasts only 15 seconds and the battle is ended. Quite a record, but I feel a little disappointed. How can three Menos Grande so weak? It doesn't even last half minute. Yeah, I know he is a captain level. But still….. so I write again. This time it must be something far more powerful. One is enough.
A Vasto Lorde arrancar appear and fight with Hitsugaya Toushirou. The arrancar leaves to Hueco Mundo after he fights for 15 minutes.
Why I write the second sentence? Because as I say before. I love my live dearly. If something happens to Toushirou, Karin will kill me and that's not good sign. I think a captain should be last at least 15 minutes with a Vasto Lorde arrancar. I will run away at the mean time.
Suddenly, an arrancar appears from a Garganta in the sky, he sonido to Toushirou's place and fight with him. Okay. Let's the fight begin. Toushirou don't have any choice but to fight with him. He wonders how one by one the enemies appear. Toushirou has a bad feeling about this arrancar. He feels that this arrancar is very strong so he uses his Bankai. He shouts, "Bankai! Daiguren Hyourinmaru."
I don't watch their battle because I don't really care. He won't die after all from a 15 minutes battle. I need to run away to some place that normal Shinigamis won't be able to reach. Suddenly, I get a nice idea. I can stay at my friend's house. They won't be able to go there for sure. So I write again in my notebook:
A King's Key appears in my hands.
A King's Key suddenly appears in my hands from nothingness. I use the King's Key. A beautiful looking gate suddenly appears. I open it with the King's Key and go inside the gate. Yeah. I go to the Royal Realm. When I go inside, I see my friend's house. Umm….Sorry… It's not exactly right. I mean I see a palace with a huge beautiful garden and several big fountains.
There are many guards that wear shihakusho with white haori, they are the so called Zero squad or the Royal Guard. I walk outside of the gate to royal realm. Two guards that watch over this gate bow at me when I walk outside the gate.
"Welcome, Memys-sama! Are you here to meet his Majesty?" they ask me.
"Yes, I am." I answer.
Oh, yeah. This is really my friend's house…. Em, sorry… I mean palace. My friend is the Spirit King. I forget to mention it. Again. Sorry. They know my face because I always come here. I walk from the gate to the palace. There are two guards that watch over the front gate to palace. They bow at me as soon as they see me and say:
"Welcome, Memys-sama! Do you want to go inside?"
"Yes, I need to meet the Spirit King."
"It is such a coincidence, Memys-sama. Tite Kubo-sama also comes here."
"He is here? Really?"
"Yes, Memys-sama. Please come in."
I go inside the palace. As usual, this place is very huge. It has grand halls, many big rooms, many guards, and many expensive looking things. It always looks very beautiful and grandiose. I go to a huge room to meet the Spirit King. This room has a beautiful and expensive looking chair in the end of the room. It made from gold, diamond, ruby, and many kind of jewelries. It must be very expensive. The Spirit King lives in this kind of luxurious life.
From behind the grand seat of Spirit King, a man appears. He is my friend. The Spirit King. There is one more person appear from that place. He is Tite Kubo? Yeah, it is really him. So he is really alive, huh?
"Hi! How are you, your majesty? Tite Kubo-sensei?" I ask them.
"We're fine, Memys. Tite Kubo just needs some rest. He is exhausted after run away from many shinigamis in the living world." Answered the Spirit King.
"Is that true? I am chased by them, too!" I say with faking innocent act.
"Really? How can they do this?" the Spirit King says.
"They said they want to kill me because I published Bleach, your Majesty!" Tite Kubo answer.
"They go too far this time. I will send my word to soutaichou so they won't chase you anymore."
That's good.
We're saved now…..
"Thanks, your majesty. You're really my best friend." I say.
"Thank you, your majesty. That's very kind of you." Tite Kubo says.
"That's alright. It takes several days, so for the mean time, both of you should stay here. I will tell my guards to prepare your room."
"Thank you." We said at the same time.
"And Memys, this is for you?" the Spirit King says while give me a present.
"Eh?" I feel confused.
"And this is from me" Tite Kubo says while give me another present.
"Happy Birthday, Memys!" they say together.
"Ah…. Thank you very much. You remember my birthday." I say happily.
"Of course we remember, Memys. You're our friend." They say.
Ok….. Now,
I feel bad about Tite Kubo.
I almost make him die once.
Sorry, really.
Tite Kubo and I go to our room to sleep. I make a mental note to myself to apologize to Tite Kubo later. Oh, yeah. I haven't get my birthdays present from them, too, from Ichigo, Isshin, Rukia, and etc. I should collect the presents when I go back to Karakura town. And one more thing, I also haven't gets one from you, readers. A birthday present is always nice. See you next time! Bye!
In the mean time, in Kurosaki's household at Karakura town, they still continue to party until midnight.
Oh, yeah.
I forget to eat my Chappy birthday cake….
(o0o)
(Karin : (^v^) *brightest smile* "If you like us and appreciate Memys work. Please at least congratulate us.")
(Yuzu : (^o^) *Sweetest smile* "Please at least send us "Happy Birthday" words. We'll be very happy to receive one.")
(Memys: (^-^) *cutest smile* "Today, 06-May-2010, is our birthday. Please push the button below and review. Thank you!")
