NOTICE! I revised the first ten chapters of Snake Binds, so please take some time to reread them. There is some change of dialogue, names, sentences, spelling/grammer mistakes fixed, and such. Thank you!
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Ryoka have invaded and the captain is still sick. Haruka mused. And there has been talk of one of the captain's have something to do with the execution. Well, according to Naomi there was talk of that floating around. "What is happening out there?" She whispered as she stared at the rest of Seireitei.
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"Oji-sama," Naomi hurried towards her grandfather as he walked down the long outside hallways of first division headquarters. "Is there any progress on the Ryoka?"
Yamamoto-sotaicho turned to her and sighed, "at the moment, none. All we know is that they are in the eleventh division."
"So close, yet so far away." Naomi sighed. Haruka had been on edge since the invasion. Last time Naomi checked, Haruka was worrying what would happen now that over half of the eleventh division was taken out.
She looked out at the coming night sky; the Ryoka were still out there.
"Naomi." Yamamoto-sotaicho spoke, "please go find Sasakibe for me."
Naomi nodded, "Sure." With that she walked away. So, they're still in the eleventh division, though. But they could be closer.
"Sotaicho." Next to the messenger, Sasakibe-fukutaicho appeared. "Reporting in. Abarai-fukutaicho engaged a Ryoka, with orange hair and a Zanpakuto as tall as he is, in battle and lost. He suffered many injuries and is currently being detained, per orders from Kuchiki-taicho."
Yamamoto-sotaicho looked shocked. Now we most definitely know that these Ryoka are strong and should not be underestimated. Naomi thought grimly, but a spark of hope glimmered inside her. If a Ryoka could beat a vice-captain then they might have a chance to save Rukia.
"Very well, then." Naomi's grandfather tapped his staff against the floor, "call a meeting for all captains."
"Oji-san?" Naomi asked, "why?"
"I am issuing an all-out war order. All senior officers and vice-captains have permission to carry and generally release their Soul Slayers within the court." And with this Yamamoto-sotaicho left.
"A-All-out war?" Naomi choked out. That glimmer of hope vanished; those Ryoka would never stand a chance against thirteen captains. I have to tell Haruka.
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Sunshine leaked in to Haruka's room through the windows. Slowly she opened her eyes and attempted to roll over to block out the sun. Unfortunately she rolled right her into a wall. "Wha…?" Groggily she sat up, instead of being in her bed, she was in a corner of her room.
"Why am I over here… Oh yeah." She remembered she was pacing around her room, worrying about the Ryoka and the uneasiness between the captains. When she leaned against a wall to rest for a moment. She must've fallen asleep and slept on the floor through the night.
Stretching, she stood up and she immediately caught sight of a black butterfly resting on her windowsill. A hell butterfly, an order must have been issued sometime in the night. Haruka stretched out her finger, the butterfly flew up and glided to her finger where it sat.
Immediately, a voice echoed inside her head, "By order of Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni-sotaicho, these two orders are issued. First, constant carrying of Soul Slayers for senior officers, vice-captains included, within the Court is hereby permitted. Second, the wartime general release of aforementioned Soul Slayers is hereby permitted." With that the Hell Butterfly lifted itself from Haruka's finger and flew out the window.
"War time orders?" Haruka was horrified. If Captains were allowed to release their Soul Slayers then the Ryoka stood no chance. "I have to tell the Captain!" She ran to her door, she opened it to see Naomi standing in front of it. "Naomi! Did you get the order? Naomi?"
Naomi's head was down and when she looked up, she was crying. "Haruka…" She wailed.
No… Rukia's execution date was moved. Haruka thought, Or, the Ryoka were already captured. "What is it? Are the Ryoka captured."
"No." Naomi sniffed, "Renji-san, fought the Ryoka and was defeated; which led to the wartime orders. Haruka, Aizen's dead! They found him pinned to the East Sacred Wall, with his own Zanpakuto."
"No. That can't be!" A senior captain was dead? More specifically, Aizen-taicho, to think that Aizen-taicho would die within Seireitei was unbelievable. "If he was killed last night and more so in Seireitei then that means"-
-"There's a traitor in our midst." Naomi finished sullenly, she wiped her tears away. "It was horrible. Hinamori-san was arrested for drawing her Zanpakuto against Ichimaru-taicho. The Kira-fukutaicho drew his and fought her leading to his arrest."
"Poor Hinamori-fukutaicho, she practically idolized Aizen-taicho." Haruka sympathized.
"Even worse, Haruka. The Captains doubt each other now. Some are suspecting Ichimaru-taicho of being a traitor." Naomi walked over to the railing of the hallway and sat down. Haruka followed her. "Everything is in chaos. I fear for Seireitei."
"There is most defiantly a plot behind all of this." Haruka confirmed. There had to be more behind the Ryoka invasion. To her, this sounded like the perfect time and cover to move against Seireitei. But for what purpose, she didn't know. Then, she suddenly realized, "I have to tell Kotestu-san and Kotsubaki-san the war time order!"
Naomi nodded, "you should. I need to get back to first division headquarters. I have to find out who the traitor is."
The both of them walked away in different directions, two completely separate things on their minds. Haruka was worrying about the wartime orders, the Ryoka, and Rukia's execution.
While Naomi, was thinking very hard on the fact that there could be a traitor within Seireitei. Was Chibi Shiro-chan's suspicions right? Could Ichimaru-taicho be a traitor? But why would he? Are there other traitors too? Naomi's head was a mess, but she had to find out who it was, and stop them. "I can't break my promise to Haruka. I can't let Rukia be executed. This whole thing must be centered around her execution. There is no other explanation." Naomi mused out loud.
Be careful Naomi. Haruka thought. Aizen-taicho knew someone was a traitor and he was murdered because of it. There had to be some answers coming soon, but with a sinking heart, she knew those answers would come when Rukia's execution came.
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Forgive me for not updating since October! And I know its short. I tried, well not really. I got really sidetracked. For a while I wouldn't write and would play Final Fantasy XII, X, and Kingdom Hearts II, so yeah. Blame their addictiveness. So may I ask that you be a little more patient with me, for two more weeks? Next week, I have five tennis matches and the next week a tournament, so I need to practice.
Alrighty, I probably had some of my events a little mixed up. I didn't feel like checking all the episodes so I just found the wartime order and went with it. Still not Gin, but I can promise he will show up next chapter. Hopefully, I can get it out sooner. You'll notice that I switched between Zanpakuto and Soul Slayer a few time. I just thought writing Zanpakuto in plural form looked and felt odd so I went with Soul Slayer for that bit. Well, I need to get to bed.
