Warning – Very angsty chapter.

Shouniaisha Taicho
~Trembling~

The scene in front of Soifon's eyes was horrible, to tell the truth. She couldn't take it all in, until she ended up switching positions with Kira, as he let out a yelp as Hitsugaya Toshiro bit down on his hand. The behavior was far from the norm of the small child, and she found herself rushing forward.

The boy's breath was deep, as if he were straining to catch his breath, he was that panicked. Two teal eyes were wide as the small figure leaned up against the wall. The second division taicho found it disturbing that Hitsugaya had his clothes dangling lose from his limbs, leaving almost all of his body naked.

Along with the bruising around the child's neck, there were various bruises covering his body, particularly around the groin region. To Soifon's mind, it was as if he had been tossed around and roughed up. His right hand hung slack at the wrist, while his fingers twitched. It was the same with his left, except his wrist also moved on that one, a rather nervous ticking.

Her hand reached out to begin healing kido, which was much needed, only to have Kira snap out at him. Soifon found herself turning towards the young man, her eyes filled with confusion. Kira had a stern look on her face, and she suddenly felt that he may be playing loyal to the third division captain. She also heard Aishadou's comments.

"He isn't that hurt!" Her eyes told her that the injuries sustained were indeed serious. She then gave an order to the young man in front of her. "Kira! I am going to heal him as I out rank you."

To her utter surprise, the young man protested. There was nothing nervous about his poster. "Don't! Hitsugaya Toshiro has evidence on him that Unohana Taicho will want to see!" This caused Soifon to blink a couple of times.

She then found herself trying to not gag as she heard the man's words. "You mean that fact that despite that boy not having hit puberty, he's obviously been sexually active? It wasn't a good enough thing to discredit him, was it?" The rest of his words caused her to close her eyes as the man had revealed something quite disturbing.

Toshiro heard the words, and he let out a rather strangled sound, as if he wanted to say that the man was lying, but mentally couldn't do it. The man continued to talk and to spin his purposeful lies. This caused the small boy to shake, and with his trembling more sobs came out. Soifon's reaction, while Kira went out side to send for forth division was to try and pull the boy to her.

However, instead of comforting him like she wanted, she found him trying to push her away. While it was true that Hitsugaya had problems with touching before, this was drastically different then what she remembered it being. Due to his adamant response of pushing her away, she took his shoulders and lay him down on his side.

Carefully, she took her haori off her shoulders and draped it over the small body as it shook. Her eyes glanced away, trying to stay calm and not lose her temper, which was when her eye happened upon the zampaktuo. This was around the time when Kira came back. "Forth division is on it's way. I don't know who will come, but one of us should go with Aishadou Taicho, and the other with Hitsugaya."

"I'll stay with him," Soifon stated, her voice tight.

To her dismay, the man spoke up again. "You both seem to recognize the blade the boy used on me? Where from?"

"I am not going to dignify that with a response," the female taicho stated. She held her tongue from calling him scum or something worse. She watched as her haori moved slightly. It seemed like forever for the forth division to arrive.

A soft voice came into the room. "What happened?"

"Young Hitsugaya attacked me," the man stated firmly. "I don't know why he would, Unohana Taicho."

"Would you take Aishadou Taicho to the forth division while I care for Hitsugaya Taicho," the woman stated, stepping past Kira and then kneeling down next to the small boy. Her hand reached out and moved back the haori. Soifon watched as the woman closed her eyes. "I need a gurney here for Hitsugaya Taicho too."

"If you don't mind, I wish to stay with him," the younger female taicho stated.

"I don't think he'll even notice, but that is completely fine," the woman stated. "I will be staying with him as well."

Both moved aside so that the two shingami could attempt to move the small taicho. However, as their hands moved down to navigate him onto the stretcher, he began to try to pull away from their touch, just like he had with Kira and Soifon earlier. While he was now mostly quiet, the haori almost slipped off.

More time passed, it seeming like it was forever. They moved the stretcher into one of the small side rooms and began to lift him off, only to have him struggle again. This ended, despite him still trembling as soon as they finished moving him. Unohana walked over and knelt down slightly so she could speak at the child's level.

"It is going to be all right. I need to do some things... to look you over and do a medical examination," the woman stated, placing her hand on the boy's shoulder. Toshiro slightly pulled away and shook his head, not wanting anyone to touch him. His mouth opened to say something, but then he tried to pull his eyes into hiding. "It's not your fault."

"I'm going to need you to hold still so I can look you over," the woman stated firmly. "I need to take some pictures for documentation purposes. I also need to see if someone left evidence on you along with examining you to see how badly injured your genital area is. Do you understand."

Soifon watched as two teal eyes spun from looking at the sheets, to suddenly looking at Unohana. Hitsugaya's voice cracked out. "No... please... no."

"I know that you don't like this, just like you didn't like your other examination, but it has to be done for your own good," Unohana quickly and carefully brushed some of the hair away from Toshiro's forehead, only to have him flinch backwards. She headed to the door, calling for someone to send for Isane and to her bring a camera and a sedative if needed.

The woman's hands reached down, and then held onto the small boy's, causing him to not necessarily calm down, but not pull away either. Isane came into the room and glanced at her taicho, then at Hitsugaya. "I am so sorry Unohana Taicho. I meant to keep an eye on Hitsugaya Taicho when he came in the other day, but he just disappeared. Why do we need the camera?"

Unohana glanced up, and to both females surprise, there was a glistening of tears in her eyes. "Soifon, would you close the door? We don't need this getting out. And before we get farther, I want to make it clear, this isn't the fault of anyone in this room. Wait, I need to step out for a second to get something. Neither one of you leave the room and don't let anyone but myself in."

The woman got up and left the room. When she came back, she had a handful of items. Isane apparently recognized what they were for, and her eyes went wide. Unohana then went over and pulled back the haori that Soifon had used to cover the young taicho. She could see Isane's cheeks turning green.

However, both females swallowed the bile that threatened to rise to their throats and did as the female taicho instructed them to do. Pictures were taken, with Urahara carefully moving the small child as she needed to do so, only with a slight amount of protest. She also clipped his nails short and put them into a box.

There was a slight pause, and then she spoke up. 'Hitsugaya Taicho, I need to let you know that I need to get a few samples from your private area. It is likely going to hurt, but it needs to be done."

"No..." the response was at first soft, but then it quickly grew louder, and more protestant. Much to everyone's dismay, he began to kick and scream when the female taicho went to touch him in a certain area.

"Hitsugaya Taicho. Stop this. You are going to hurt yourself more then you already are," the woman stated. However, he didn't respond in a positive fashion to this, to which she picked up the sedative that Isane had brought. With help, she stuck the needle in and pushed. After a few minutes, his body went limp.

Unohana then turned to the two females. "I know that Hitsugaya Taicho is sedated, but I would like one of you to hold his hands and the other his feet as he may still try something that will hurt himself. It won't be long."

At that, Soifon moved to the head of the bed and held onto the small boy's hands. "You're safe now, Hitsugaya Taicho. It is all right you know, to cry right now."

The only response she received was a shake of the head and a silent no from his lips. The next reaction was a closing of the eyes in pain and a whimper as Unohana got the sample that she needed. The second division taicho watched as a few tears trickled down his cheeks Unohana though spoke up.

"I can begin treating his injuries." The woman nodded to Isane. "I need you to go and get the correct items."

"I noticed that Hitsugaya Taicho's wrist is damaged, the right one," Isane stated.

"I noted that. Strained from someone twisting it and straining it many times, only to finally break. I am going to put it into a cast," Unohana stated firmly.

"But... can't you heal Hitsugaya Taicho with kido?" came Soifon's question.

"I would love to, but I am weighing the fact that Hitsugaya Taicho is leery of people touching him, and I do not want to prolong that," Unohana stated. "This amount of healing would take a lot of time, while simply bandaging it up and coming back in intervals will allow him to be less traumatized."

"Understood," Soifon snapped her eyes shut. "I'll be heading out."

Upon opening the door, she found herself face to face with the patched up taicho of the third division. "May I ask why he hasn't been moved to a holding cell?"

"Excuse me?" Unohana's voice suddenly strained, just as Toshiro began to break down sobbing on the bed as Isane dressed him.

"He attacked a captain," the man stated.

"They are still conducting an investigation and right now Hitsugaya Taicho is under my care," the woman hissed. "Should we be asking why you aren't in a holding cell?"

"You're covering for him because he's a child," the man stated firmly, his eyes cold. "You know as well as I that he is guilty and that I did nothing to provoke him. Are you going to believe that child's words over mine?"

"I know that he attacked you, sir, but as for you doing nothing to provoke him, I highly doubt that. The thing you don't know about Hitsugaya Taicho is that his word is considered highly trustworthy," Unohana snapped. "I am giving you an order not to go anywhere near Hitsugaya Taicho. If I have to speak to Yamamoto Taicho about this, I will. Leave my sight now."

"Everyone is talking about this already, just to warn you," the man stated, turning and walking off. There was kind of smug aura about him.

Soifon walked over to Unohana. "May I ask what that was about?"

"He thinks that there isn't any evidence against him, but we won't know that for a couple of weeks when I get the information from the kits back," the woman stated firmly. "Plus, we have Hitsugaya Taicho's word on the matter, once he is mentally able to tell us."

"Unohana... what if the evidence is inconclusive and he doesn't want to speak," came the next question.

"So help us."

Author's note – Here is the next chapter.