Chapter 34
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Another week went by with nothing happening. Toushiro still hadn't left Yuki's side, but had been in contact with Soul Society. They had been informed of the situation, and agreed to allow Yuki to return to her duties as 9th division Taichou, as long as Toushiro helped her to keep her powers in check. He, of course, agreed to these terms.
He watched Yuki sleep. She looked very peaceful. Her wounds had finally begun to heal, and Ryuuken was ready to release her whenever she awoke. He looked up at the window across the room. The bright orange sunset peeking through the curtains.
Suddenly he noticed something sitting on the window sill. A large, black, Hell Butterfly sat there, seemingly resting. After a moment it fluttered into the room and landed on Yuki's cheek. She slowly swiped at it, and it moved momentarily, before landing there again. Yuki rolled over,
"Hisagi…?" She muttered.
She slowly blinked her eyes open to find the butterfly hovering in front of her face. She scowled, "Ugh…What do you want?"
"I brought you a message from Hisagi Shuuhei."
"Uh-huh…"
"He says it's time for you to get up now."
Her eye twitched. Toushiro chuckled. Her attention snapped to him,
"Shiro-Nii?"
"Finally noticed me, hm?" He smiled, "How are you feeling?"
She thought about the question for a moment, and realized most of the pain she had been in, was gone,
"Actually…I feel pretty good…"
"Ishida says that you need to rest when we get back to Soul Society…And we have to work on getting your power under control…"
She nodded, knowing that it could possibly get out of hand again,
"Also…" He continued, "The third division was assigned a new Taichou while we've been gone. We need to introduce ourselves."
"Wow…It was taking so long…I thought it would never happen."
He laughed a little, "I know."
She smiled, knowing things had been going well since she was out made her feel better.
Toushiro stood up, "I'm gonna go find Ishida and see about getting you out of here."
She nodded. He left the room, closing the door quietly behind him.
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A few hours later, she was ready to go. She was still bandaged up, and her left arm was bound to her body so she wasn't able to move her injured shoulder. Ichigo, Orihime, Uryuu and Chad had come to see her off. They were all still a little worried about her. She said her goodbyes to everyone, and stopped at Ichigo. He looked down at her, "Take care…Don't push yourself too much…"
She smirked, "I can't promise you I won't…"
He nodded, "I know…"
Yuki turned back to Toushiro, "Let's go."
He nodded and they left on their way back to Soul Society.