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Yep! I told you guys that this story is on its ending streak!
Chapter Twenty-Five
Strike One
"This is an emergency!"
Hiromi had been woken up by Chisa about twenty minutes ago and rushed to her Grandfather. There was a problem with what Shinji had told her and Kisuke about earlier today. She was rubbing the sleep from her eyes as Genrysai continued to shout at them.
"According to the report I just received from the 9th Squad's reserves, we have lost reiatsu-reception from both Captain Kensei Muguruma and Lieutenant Mashiro Kuna, who were out in the field." Hiromi's eyes went wide now. Miyuki and Ayami were both out there with Squad 9! Were they okay? "The cause is unknown. We've entered a worst-case scenario. Up until yesterday, these strange events occurred only in Rukongai. But now we must solve this matter in order to protect our honor as the 13 Gotei!" He stabbed his cane on the ground. "In response, I shall select five Captains to investigate the area of the incident." Hiromi jumped as the door was thrown open. Kisuke had finally arrived, breathing hard like he had run all the way here. "You're late, Kisuke Urahara!"
"Please let me go!" Was the Captain of Squad 12's response. Hiromi raised an eyebrow as all the other Captains watched the exchange.
"You may not!" Genrysai told him.
"My Lieutenant is heading over there right now! I-"
"Kisuke!" Yoruichi's voice cut the blond man off. "You're embarrassing yourself!" She told him. "Get your act together! You ordered your Lieutenant to go, didn't you? Don't you see that by acting this way you're insulting her?"
"Then you may go ahead and tell me that I'm insulting my Squad members as well," Hiromi turned to the other woman. "Miyuki was with Captain Kensei and Ayami left soon after to help. Forgive me if the two of us are worried about our Squad." Kisuke glanced at the woman but Hiromi kept her eyes on Yoruichi. The other woman gave a slight nod before turning back to Genrysai.
"Come on," Shunsui moved forward and placed a hand on Kisuke's arm. "Don't just stand there. Get in line." Kisuke moved to his spot, hanging his head.
"As I was saying," Genrysai continued. Hiromi could feel her nails cutting into her palm. "Captain Rojuro Otoribashi from the 3rd Squad, Captain Shinji Hirako from the 5th Squad and Captain Love Aikawa from the 7th Squad…the three of you shall go investigate the area. Captains Yoruichi Shihoin from the 2nd Squad and Hiromi Yamamoto from the 14th Squad shall stay on standby until further orders are issued. Captain Genrei Kuchiki from the 6th Squad, Captain Shunsui Kyoraku from the 8th Squad…and Captain Jushiro Ukitake from the 13th Squad shall protect the Seireitei! Captain Retsu Unohana from the 4th Squad shall prepare to heal the wounded and wait at the infirmary."
"Just one moment, Head Captain," Unohana lifted her head. "If I am to heal the injured, wouldn't it be best if I went out on the field as well?"
"Since we do not know what is happening," Genrysai answered her. "We cannot afford to send the head of the medical corps out. I will be sending someone else." The door opened and entered a tall man in a long blue robe and a black staff and a large man in a purple with him.
"Tessai Tsukabishi?" Ukitake sounded surprised as he stared at the man in blue. "It's been a while since he's made a public appearance."
"So this is gonna be a pretty big deal, isn't it?" Kyoraku sighed. "Hoo boy…"
"I believe you already know the situation." Genrysai commented. "I want both of you to go out and investigate."
"Very well." Tessai nodded.
"Understood." The other man, Hachigen Ushoda, agreed.
Hiromi took notice of Kisuke's look. She wanted to rush over to him and hold him but she had to control herself. Now was not the time to…
"Hey, Captain Yama," Kyoraku held up his hand. "Sorry, but don't you think it's kind of a bad idea to send out the Captain and Lieutenant of the Kido Corps when we don't know what's out there?"
"Then what would you do?" Genrysai asked his student.
The man turned his head towards the window behind him. "I'd send out my Lieutenant."
"Are you going to go get her now?" Ukitake asked him.
"Sure am!" The man grinned. "Hey, Lisa!" He called.
Hiromi gave a laugh as the woman jumped up onto the bars of the window. "What?"
"See?" Kyoraku grinned at his white-haired friend. "I've told you not to spy on us during meetings, haven't I?" He then asked the woman.
"I can't help it! I'm curious. It's human nature, get over it. And if you're going to get mad at some one, get made at Faile Yamato."
"Faile's here?" Hiromi tilted her head in interest.
"Hey, don't drag me into this, dammit!" Faile's voice popped up. Hiromi gave a small smile. He must have heard Chisa waking her up and followed to learn what had happened.
"So, you heard?" Kyoraku asked Lisa.
"Sure did."
"Can you handle it?"
"You bet!" The woman told him.
"Then please do." The Captain told her.
She gave him a thumbs up before taking off. "Captain," Faile popped up in the window now. "Should I go as well?"
Hiromi thought for a moment, ignoring her Grandfather's look, before shaking her head. "No, go back to the Squad. Chisa and I will be back soon." Faile gave his Captain a nod and took off in a different direction; when she arrived back home she was sure that the entire Squad was going to be up and running.
"I can't believe you!" Genrysai shook his head at Kyoraku.
"Hey, big happenings like this only come along once in a blue moon." The man shrugged. "As her superior, I want her to experience this first hand. You know what I mean, right? She'll be fine! Despite her appearance, Lisa is actually pretty strong. So would you let her go in your stead, Captain of the Kido Corps?"
"I don't mind," Tessai answered him before turning. "I'm going to take you up on this offer and go back to bed." He was silent for another moment before walking off down the hall again.
Genrysai stabbed the cane on the floor again. "As such, Rojuro Otoribashi, Shinji Hirako, Love Aikawa, Hachigen Ushoda and Yadoumaru Lisa, you are now part of a special squad tasked with discovering the cause of the vanishing souls!"
The four men disappeared, leaving the rest of them there. "Everyone is dismissed!"
Yoruichi hurried over to Hiromi. "Would you like to go tell your Squad everything and get them ready before we meet back up?"
"Yes," Hiromi nodded her head. "Get them ready, just in case anything happens." She turned to leave and spotted Kisuke still standing there, that worried look on his face. She moved towards him and placed a soft hand on his shoulder "Don't worry, Kisuke," He looked up at her. "Hiyori can take care of herself. Ayami is with her as well so that's even better; especially with Miyuki out there too."
Kisuke was silent for a moment before nodding his head. "You're right." He turned and began to head towards the door. "I'll see you tomorrow, Hiromi."
She watched after him for a moment as Chisa appeared at the door, waiting on her. "What happened?" The Kuchiki asked as the two of them headed back to their Barracks quickly.
"We have lost contact with Kensei and his group." The Captain answered her.
Chisa pulled a worried face. "But what about Miyuki and Ayami?"
"I'm not sure; Genrysai has sent Shinji, Love, Rose, and two others out there to check on them." Hiromi told her.
"Well, if Shinji is going then so shall Natora; she'd follow him even if Genrysai told her not too." Chisa shook her head with a small smile at the thought of Shinji's third seat. "And if they're going then everything should be fine. There's no need to worry, Hiromi."
The woman gave a small smile, pleased that her friend was trying to set her worries about Miyuki and the others straight, but it didn't work too much. Especially when the rest of her Squad began to freak out after learning the news.
"What are we going to do?" Raiden demanded. They were all gathered around their large table again. Most of them had been sleeping and were still in their Pajamas.
"We need to go and help them, that's what!" Ukari began, slamming her fist on the table.
"I think we should help set up patrol on the Seireitei," Kameyo replied.
"Tcch," Tamiko waved it all over her head. "I say we do absolutely nothing and just go back to bed.
Hiromi stayed silent for a moment, listening to her Squad as they argued amongst themselves about what to do. Slowly, she stood up and the arguing ceased. "I will be doing exactly what my orders were; On Standby. However, the rest of you have other orders." She glanced at the table and saw they were all waiting. "Chisa, take Shizuka, Yuriko, and Ayane with you to help your Grandfather, Shunsui, and Jushiro. The rest of you can go around and help the other Captains but I need you all to stay in the Seireitei just in case I need you, all right?" Everyone disbanded to change and head to their desired positions but Hiromi was left at the table with the Quincy. "Are you not going anywhere?"
"Nah," Ukari shook her head as she propped her feet up on the table. "Where would I go? No offense, but if I was told to fight then I'd have to whip my bow out and I'd rather not get attacked for being an Immortal-Quincy-due-to-experiments, you know?"
Hiromi gave a sad smirk, understanding her words. "All right. Then do me a favor and keep an eye on my sister while I'm out. Just incase."
"You don't even have to ask." Ukari grinned. "I'll continue to let her sleep."
"Thank you," The Captain stood up. "I must hurry back to Yoruichi. I'll send word if anything happens."
She met Yoruichi outside of the Squad 1 Barracks before they got tired of just standing there and went to the bar, waiting for their call. They didn't drink, though both would have loved to. Instead they found themselves talking about Kisuke.
"I'm afraid that he's not going to follow orders," Yoruichi was saying. "He might try to go and save Hiyori on his own." She shook her head. "This is all so strange. Just what is going on?"
"I have no idea," Hiromi shook her head as she stirred the cold tea in front of her. "But I'm sure we'll learn everything in the next few days." She closed her eyes. "As for Kisuke…I think he'll be fine. He just needs to stay calm."
"I guess you're right. Kisuke normally is quite calm but by the way he was acting earlier…" Yoruichi hung her head for a moment as the silence fell over them. She then lifted it again, a large grin stretched across her face. "So, how have the two of you been?"
"What do you mean?" Hiromi asked her.
"Well, have the two of you 'done the Tango' yet?"
Hiromi's face turned a glorious red as she stared at the woman across from her in shock. "Are-are you asking if we've-we've-"
"Done the deed? Why, yes." Yoruichi grinned mischievously as her friend grew even darker. "And from your reaction I shall take that as a yes. Was it any good?"
The tea almost came squirting out the woman's nose. "That would be none of your business!"
Yoruichi gave her friend a look before smiling some more and continuing to talk. They didn't hear one thing from Genrysai all night and the moment that the sun began to peek through the windows of the bar, Hiromi and Yoruichi both decided to retire to their Squad Barracks again. Hiromi barely had time to make it to her room before falling on her bed and passing out. She didn't have too much time to sleep though before she was awoken again by someone shouting her name through the hall.
"What?" She demanded groggily as she slid her door open. She was met by Chisa sliding to a halt before her, breathing hard as a look of worry was clearly on her face. All sleep was gone now. "What's wrong, Chisa? What's happened?"
"We…the other Captains…Miyuki and Ayami, they're…" Chisa shook her head, unable to continue on.
"What is it?" Hiromi demanded, grabbing her Lieutenant's shoulders.
Chisa bit her lip before opening her mouth to answer her Captain. "Kisuke…Captain Urahara is being banished to the Human World."
LOL, I found myself watching Beauty and the Beast while writing this chapter (There's nothing wrong with that though. Best Disney movie ever!) But as I was watching I found myself thinking that Gaston actually wasn't that bad looking when his hair was down; he's just an asshole. If he didn't act the way that he had then Belle would have been his, XDXD
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