Warning: This is a REALLY sensitive chapter content wise... not explicit, just sensitive subject.
Shouniaisha Taicho
~Breaking~
Hisagi separated from Soifon, as both needed to take care of business at their own divisions. The second division captain, for once in her life, actually happened to have a smile plastered on her face. Other then the small pain in her abdomen, which was gone, she felt normal, as she walked along.
However, as she was walking, the pain came back, sharp and hard, causing her eyes to widen from the shock. Being close to a wall, she grabbed on, and leaned against it, her whole body shaking. Her heart suddenly pounded in her chest, sharp and livid. Something, was definitely wrong.
Slowly, she began to work her way to the nearest bathroom, her stomach churning violently. She pushed the door open, to find no one there to help her. She pushed herself towards the sink, only to collapse, nearly cracking her chin against the porcelain She pulled herself up, vomiting into the sink, her cheeks burning.
Another pain to her abdomen caused her to fall to the ground, one hand reaching to clutch her abdomen Tears rolled down her cheeks, not because of the pain, but because something else was bothering her. She vomited again on the floor, then pushed herself towards the wall, turning her body, so that it was leaning up against the wall.
The pain was hard, almost like muscle spasms. Shivers ran down her spine, yet no one was there to help her. However, soon, the door opened, and a female voice could be heard. "Soifon taicho? Someone... get help!"
M
The small taicho walked back to his division, frustration over everything written all over his face. As he walked along, he heard some commotion, near one of the restrooms. Concerned, and as a captain, he headed over there, in time to bump into a rather distraught woman, who grabbed him quickly. "Hitsugaya Taicho... Soifon taicho's in labor."
"I thought babies had to go for nine months, before they are born, it's been only three," the small boy stated firmly.
"I don't know... I just know that she's in pain, so it must be labor," the woman stated. "I'm going to the forth division. There is another person in there with her."
"Wait!" the small taicho grabbed the bridge of his nose in frustration. "Send a hell butterfly..." He stepped forward, not paying any attention to the fact that the woman bathroom was way out of his comfort zone. Something had to be done now. To the woman sitting by the second division taicho, he snapped an order. "Send a hell butterfly, now! It will reach faster then someone shunpooing!"
The woman made to leave, as he knelt down by Soifon. "What's going on?"
"Hitsu... Toshiro-kun..." Soifon let out a deep breath, watching the small boy's face, which looked more like it had before and during the winter war, then it had in a long time, show annoyance at possibly not being called his title. That, or he was simply trying to remain calm. "Not you..."
"I'm the one whose here. If it is because I'm male..." the small taicho stated firmly.
"No... it's because..." The second division taicho let out a yelp, and clutched tightly to his sleeve. "No... you're a child. You shouldn't have to be … seeing something... like this..."
"I'm a captain, Soifon," the boy muttered, irritation written all over his face
The second division taicho opened her mouth to say something, but found she couldn't. "It doesn't change the fact that you ARE a child."
The female, who had supposedly left for the hell butterfly, stepped back into the room. Toshiro turned his head to her. "So?"
"Sir... do you know what you're doing?" the woman stated.
"That is why you are supposed to send for forth." His voice snapped out. "So no... I don't know what I'm doing."
"I think someone should take a look though..." the woman stood there, twisting and pulling at her fingers. Hitsugaya found himself biting lightly on his lip, due to the fact that this wasn't something he wanted to do. However, she did in fact, have a point.
M
Isane sat at her desk, filling out paperwork, when a female shingami came hurrying in. "Captain Soifon is in labor."
"That isn't possible," the tall female sighed, standing up, and signaling for two others to follow her. "She would be miscarrying.. it's way to early still for the baby to come. Who else is with her?"
"I passed Hitsugaya Taicho," the woman spluttered out.
This caused the female to suddenly raise her eyebrows. "You left a child in charge of something like this?"
"He's a captain!" the woman protested. "I'm not a midwife."
"Neither is he, or most males! He's still a child!" Isane snapped out. "Why wasn't a hell butterfly sent to us! It would have been faster."
The small group shunpooed away, following the woman, who remained in her panic. When they got to the area, Isane hurried forward. People were noticing that the two other division members carrying a gurney. Everything was too quiet for her taste, which caused her to give orders to the woman who alerted them, and her division members, to get the people to stop staring, and head on their ways.
Stepping inside, she found the bathroom, and everyone inside to be a complete mess. Soifon was leaning up against the wall, slumped, and her clothing pulled back, so that her under area was exposed. She was breathing heavily, and the still born baby lay at her feet. No sobs came from the second division taicho, but then, she also didn't respond to Isane entering the room.
As for the small taicho, his two hands were a mess, as he leaned up against the wall of the bathroom. His eyes were wide, and he took deep, choppy breaths, possibly worse then the second division captain. He stared straight at the wall, confusion written over his young face. His whole body shook.
The woman, who had stayed behind, stood there. Isane turned to her, snapping as she did so. "Why the hell did you let captain Hitsugaya take care of this! Why didn't someone send a hell butterfly?"
"He's a captain!" the woman protested.
Isane, who normally remained calm, and lacked hostility, found the temperature rising in her cheeks. It was almost as if she was a young version of her taicho, extenuating a very similar aura, when she saw something going down that shouldn't. "How dare you! He's still a child! I can't believe I am repeating what I had to say, to the other woman! Why weren't you the one who was taking care of this."
"Because..." the woman paused, glancing at the small captain. "He seemed so confident at the time. He is a captain."
"The youngest captain ever," Isane stated, her own stomach lurching at the site in front of her. Her division members hurried in, and began to move Soifon onto the gurney. A few more members, who had been sent for, filtered in, more so to clean up the mess. One placed the dead baby into a container, a rather sad look on their face.
To Kotestu's utter dismay, the small taicho began to react negatively, his body twisting. "No... Kotetsu Fukutaicho!"
The tall female bent over the small taicho, her face coming close to his bewildered one. "Hitsugaya Taicho..."
"The baby..." was all the came from his mouth, the shock still affecting his body. This caused the female to let out a sigh, and she lifted up the small boy. His arms snaked around her neck, and she carried him in her arms, to forth division, where Unohana Taicho would know what was best to do for him.
She set him down on one of the beds, and whispered into his ear. "I need you to stay here. I am going to go get Unohana Taicho."
She hurried away, to the room where she knew Unohana would be. There was a sad look, on the motherly figures face, and Isane had a good idea as to why that particular look was there.
M
While Soifon had been given medicine that allowed her a relief of pain, her mind felt numb. Her body had been hyped up, and filled with the emotional excitement, of having her own first born. She found herself staring at the ceiling, feeling as if she was missing something. She now knew how Rangiku felt, when she had lost her child.
Soft footsteps could be heard coming into the room, but Soifon did nothing to heed the sound, until she heard the child's voice call out her name. She turned her head, to suddenly see Hitsugaya Taicho standing near her, looking as lost as she did. Then again, it seemed like he had always been some lost child, ever since she had found out the truth.
"Hitsugaya Taicho?" the woman stated.
"You have to come..." the small boy muttered.
"Why..." Soifon blinked a couple of times.
"Please..." A small hand wrapped around hers, and tugged. Soifon, even though she was heavily medicated, got up, and began to follow Hitsugaya. She couldn't help but notice, he was still wearing the same clothes as when he had found her. His hands were not the usual soft touch, but felt grimy to the touch.
The place that he led her, was Unohana Taicho's office, though Soifon couldn't understand why.Isane spoke in whispers with Unohana taicho, when they felt the presence of two others. They glanced up, in time to see their two guests. The taicho of the fourth's face contorted with worry. "Soifon... you should be resting after that. As should you Hitsugaya Taicho."
Soifon watched as Toshiro turned his head towards her, his true age showing through for once. "Tell them... they can't give up..."
"What do you mean?" Isane's voice spoke up, the female also extremely worried.
"The baby..." was the simple, straight forward answer.
"Hitsugaya Taicho..." Soifon, though she was wanting to lose it herself, found herself trying to be reasonable. "When babies come out this early, there is no way for them to survive."
"No... it's because I messed up," two teal eyes became even more distant.
"No..." Unohana was firm. "Soifon is right."
"It's not fair!" Hitsugaya let go of the second division taicho's hand, his normal composure completely disappearing. "Why did it have to be Soifon's baby! She wanted her baby! Why couldn't it have been me! I wasn't ever wanted!"
"Hitsugaya Taicho, that isn't true," the forth division taicho stated firmly.
However, two small hands reached up and into white hair. "No... I really wasn't wanted. Why did it have to be a baby that was? Why! Why!"
However, before he could continue, Isane took a needle that her taicho handed her, and pricked the small taicho's arm, allowing the sedative in. While Toshiro remained standing, his words calmed down. Unohana let out a sigh. "Isane, would you please go get him cleaned up, and lying down? Give him another sedative after you finish, so he can get some sleep."
After Isane left, Soifon frowned. "But he was wanted, is wanted. I know for a fact, both of his parents adore him." Her hand suddenly slammed to her mouth, realizing what she had said, and what she possibly had revealed.
The other taicho simply shrugged it off. "I've known since the end of the Winter War. That can be said to be a reason why Ichimaru Gin was spared, but there is another, a truer one out there. I shan't say what it is."
M
Arriving back at the room that Isane had first taken the small taicho, she helped him up onto the bed. She went and filled a basin with water, and started, by washing off his hands. She then removed his clothing, and slowly bathed him, then tucked him under the covers. She had never before, seen him in such a state of mind.
She carefully took out another sedative, and gave it too him, and watched him as his eyelids tried closing. His mouth carefully opened. "It's true though... I wasn't wanted. That baby was." A few tears trickled down his cheeks, and he was out for the count. Isane found a few trickling down her own cheeks, before she went and turned off the light.