Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Warning: Lemon
Silbern Royal Quarters
***Several hours later***
The sun had set and Ichigo went alongside Bambietta, he thought much about the day, it had been a massive success, the guests was pleased to see the armed forces of the Wandenreich in action, they even had a small combat exercise during the end of it. However it was also very tiring, Rurichiyo had been so tired by the end of the day that Kenryu ended up carrying her back to bed because she managed to fall asleep.
Rukia was almost sleepwalking aswell, though she did hide it, it was obvious that Ginrei was tired aswell, the day had been very productive, although Ichigo and Bambietta wasn't as tired since they had been very stressed with the reconstruction of the Wandenreich, they had gotten quite used to this, Ichigo looked towards Bambietta and smiled over what he saw.
Obviously it wasn't just the state guests that was tired, Sabrina had also been permitted to watch the entire event, though she stood on the sidelines during the inspection and the parade, she was permitted to stand with the rest of them during the exercise and watch, it's obvious it was tiring for her too, as she was sitting on Bambietta's left arm with her head resting on Bambietta's left shoulder, soundly asleep.
They did eventually reach Sabrina's room in the quarters and Bambietta carefully placed her in the bed and tucked her in, careful not to wake her little sister up, she leaned in and gave Sabrina a little kiss on her forehead before turning towards door and leaving the room, partially closing the door behind her she looked over to Ichigo and smiled, Ichigo was quick to return the smile, nothing made him happier then to see Bambietta happy and smiling.
Ichigo looked around to see if anyone was nearby, he didn't see anyone, however Bambietta did notice this and raised an eyebrow, wondering what he was doing, he had been acting a little bit strange since breakfast.
"Something wrong?" Bambietta asked curiously.
"No, just checking if someone else is here." Ichigo said as he turned his attention back to Bambietta.
"Perhaps it would be better to check for presences, everyone here has a reiatsu signature and even if a person hides it you can still feel their soul presence like life force if you focus right?..." Bambietta said with a deadpan.
Now Ichigo just felt stupid, she was right, it would be more effective, and check for signatures he did, and he found some guards closeby aswell as some servants heading their direction, he realized that the thing he wanted to speak about would be better said somewhere else.
"Seems like some servants are coming, want to come to the bedroom? Or do you have something you need to do?" Ichigo asked curiously, hopeful that she was free.
Bambietta was curious what was going on, but she did notice from his words and actions that he wanted some privacy with her, and she didn't have anything to do regardless, so some alone time with Ichigo was a welcome thought.
"Sure, i'm free." Bambietta said with a smile.
"Well, let's go then." Ichigo said, happy that she could join him, as he put his left arm around her waist and held her close, Bambietta forgot that she hadn't closed the door to Sabrina's room fully.
Silbern Royal Bedroom
Ichigo and Bambietta entered the bedroom quickly, it was just a few steps away from Sabrina's room and eventually reached the bed, Ichigo sat down along side Bambietta, wanting to speak with her about the issue that's been bothering him.
"I have been thinking about it for some time now, and have had questions about where we stand now, we haven't really had time to speak about ourselves and where we stand now." Ichigo said with a hint of nervousness to his words.
Bambietta noticed that he was a bit nervous, she had been thinking about it herself, she has realized that she truly did love him, but she never knew if they had developed a relationship out of it, true they shared some kisses and romantic moments, though they had only been sexually active once when she gave Ichigo a blowjob and practically sucked him dry, afterwards they haven't been sexually active at all.
'Ahh so that's why he wanted some privacy.' Bambietta said inwardly as she looked at Ichigo.
"Well, i have been thinking about it myself, though... What do you think about me? Do you... Love me?.." Bambietta asked meekly, as she felt her chest tighten, her heart beating rapidly, she was nervously awaiting Ichigo's answer.
Ichigo wasn't surprised that she asked those questions at all, it was to be expected, he noticed that she had a worried look on her, a look that showed fear of being rejected, it was obvious to Ichigo that his feelings was mutual.
"You are the most wonderful woman in all the worlds, there is no one that can replace you, and no one like you, you are unique and i feel that i am the luckiest guy around to ever be able to just see you, even more lucky to be able to talk to you, even more so to be able to hold you close, so my answer is yes, i do love you." Ichigo said with a smile, looking her straight into the eyes, not even blinking or looking away.
Bambietta felt her heart skip a whole beat as she stared at Ichigo with a look of great surprise, she couldn't believe that he said that their feelings was mutual, she really didn't know what to say, she wanted to say something but nothing came to mind, the words Ichigo had said rang around in her mind, refusing to open a road for her words to form themselves, she was so lost in thought that she failed to realize the wide smile she gave off, eventually the words in her mind that came from Ichigo came out her own mouth.
"I love you too." Bambietta said with a happy tone, happier then ever before.
Before Ichigo could respond, Bambietta had grabbed his collar and pulled him into a deep kiss, a kiss which Ichigo didn't hesitate to return for even a split second, they were sitting on the bed and kissing madly, eventually Bambietta recalled something, she recalled that Candice and Meninas had been out shopping when they were in Karakura town, and bought something for her, mostly as a joke, and it was embarassing, so she had hidden it away, and taken it with her to Silbern but also hidden it there too, Bambietta pulled away from the kiss as she got an idea.
"Wait here for a minute, wanna show you something." Bambietta said with a devious grin as she went over to the table, pulled out a paper and a pen, and went out the doors to the bedroom and taped it onto the door before coming back in and locking the doors to the bedroom.
"What is it?" Ichigo asked, curious as to what was going on in that mind of hers.
"Oh you'll see!" Bambietta said with a wink as she went over to the closet she used and pulled out a dresser, where she also pulled out a bag and went towards the bathroom.
Now Ichigo was really curious, he did wonder what she had in mind but couldn't read her, he did consider using The Almighty to see what she would do, but ultimately decided against it, as he didn't want to ruin her surprise, and a surprise it was, Bambietta came out from the bathroom and Ichigo felt blood running directly down to his middle point.
Bambietta stood there amused over what she was seeing, she even saw Ichigo's manhood starting to rise, as she stood there in a new outfit, one that she hasn't shown anyone, mostly because what it was used for, she wore brown/black nylon stockings, with suspenders, and a black corset that didn't have anything to hold Bambietta's breasts but rather around them, allowing them to be free, and she didn't wear any panties at all, revealing her smooth and shaved womanhood.
Ichigo was surprised by what he saw, and he knew that Bambietta had decided to take it a bit further and that she felt ready, but Ichigo was apprehensive due to the lack of protection, that was until he recalled every morning with her when they woke up together, after they moved to Silbern Bambietta had started taking birth control pills, a thought that caused Ichigo to throw every restraint he had left in him out the window and decided to join in on some fun.
Bambietta stepped over to Ichigo, and sat down on his lap, and took him back into a kiss, the kiss started slow but the pace quickened rapidly, Ichigo and Bambietta threw themselves further back in bed with Ichigo on top, Bambietta started to touch Ichigo's dick outside his pants, as Ichigo took his knee and used it to massage her pussy, causing Bambietta to moan in pleasure, before Bambietta unbuttoned Ichigo's coat and dragged it off him along with his shirt, and pants until he was just in his underwear, Ichigo had already taken his boots of prior to jumping into the bed.
Hearing Bambietta moan was music for Ichigo's ears, a sound he realized he had secretly been longing for, and just like that, the switch in Ichigo's mind was completely turned on. Ichigo took his right hand and stroked it down Bambietta's body until it reached her pussy as he started to massage her clit, Bambietta kept up by dragging Ichigo's underwear down to his knees quickly and started to jerk him off with her left hand while their tongues battled for dominance.
She held a tight grip around Ichigo as she refused to let go, only thinking about him and wanting him, all her troubles and thoughts vanished as she realized that this is happening, she guided her right hand down towards Ichigo's ass, she stopped jerking Ichigo off as she started to pull him down towards her, guiding his cock towards her pussy.
As Ichigo's cock rubbed Bambietta's pussy they stopped kissing, just looking at each other, longingly, and then Ichigo gently entered her and they both let out a moan as they lost their virginity, Bambietta felt pain as Ichigo entered her, she knew it might have been worse had Ichigo been brutal, but he wasn't. When Ichigo had fully entered her as deep as he could he felt his cock hit something and realized he had entered her fully and couldn't move further into her.
Ichigo started to slowly pump in an attempt to not make it uncomfortable for Bambietta as he had realized how tight she really was, while Bambietta felt some stinging in her nether region, she enjoyed it.
"Faster." She whispered into Ichigo's ear with a lustful tone.
Ichigo happily complied as he started to pound her faster, and harder, for the both of them this was the best experience, Bambietta wrapped her arms and legs around Ichigo as she moaned in pleasure, eventually they switched position to doggy style and went even harder and faster, Bambietta's moans was now small screams of pleasure, however Ichigo decided to spice things up.
Bambietta enjoyed herself and then a sharp sting was felt and a slap, Ichigo had spanked her, something Bambietta enjoyed very much, which did not go unnoticed by Ichigo as he smirked alongside Bambietta.
"Feeling kinky naughty boy?" Bambietta said with a sly grin.
Before Ichigo responded he decided to see how kinky Bambietta was as he grabbed her hair and pulled her up forcibly, causing Bambietta to yelp a little, when she had reached Ichigo he grabbed her throat tightly, letting his instincts go on a rampage.
"You have no idea." Ichigo said slyly as he continued to fuck her even harder.
Ichigo noticed that Bambietta was in absolute bliss, she was enjoying every moment that Ichigo choked her, however he soon let up and threw her down to the bed, Bambietta enjoyed it, Ichigo noticed how submissive and masochistic she really was, he grabbed the belt of his coat and forced Bambietta's hands behind her back, and tied her up, much to Bambietta's amusement.
"Ohh, the big boy tied me up, what are you going to do now bad boy?" Bambietta said slyly.
"Oh shut up." Ichigo said as he grabbed Bambietta's hair and pulled her head backwards, Bambietta yelped in pleasure once more, however Ichigo had decided to really shut her up as he had already taken his underwear and shoved it into her mouth.
Bambietta was surprised to say the least, she didn't expect their first time to be like this, but she loved it, she was pondering her situation and knew for a fact that she was getting fucked and spanked while she had been tied up and gagged, all while Ichigo continued to hold her forcibly up by her hair, for her it was perfect. Ichigo had started to pound her as hard and brutal as he could.
Bambietta rolled her eyes upwards as she was shot up to the heavens, she felt that she was getting closer to cumming for each second and before she knew it she had came harder than she had ever done in her life, even with all her private moments with herself in bed she had never had an orgasm like this, Ichigo took his cock out of her and she rolled over in the bed, extremly satisfied.
That was until she saw Ichigo, and realized he hadn't finished, but she noticed his facial expression and she knew something was up.
"Did i give you permission to cum?" Ichigo asked sternly.
Bambietta sweatdropped, and realized that Ichigo was far from over, Ichigo took his underwear out of her mouth and she was able to reply.
"Nooo..." Bambietta said innocently, wondering what Ichigo had in store for her next, she was eager to see it.
"No i did not!" Ichigo said as he grabbed her neck and pulled her up, Bambietta realized what he would do next as she had Ichigo's cock right in her face. Ichigo squeezed her neck a little causing her to open her mouth, he quickly entered her mouth and went in deep as he pushed his entire cock into her mouth and down her throat, she realized she would get skull fucked hard as she gagged onto Ichigo's cock.
the whole ordeal lasted for several minutes until Ichigo felt his balls tighten and he emptied himself inside her throat, Bambietta realized that it was almost equal to last time, but this time on the other hand, it was being forced down her throat as she was forced to swallow all of it, Ichigo saw it as a fitting punishment for being a naughty girl that came without permission.
After Ichigo had finished unloading himself in her throat and she had managed to get all of it down, he released her hands and threw his belt onto his coat, and they threw themselves into the bed, Bambietta laid her head onto his chest, happy with what had just happened, as Ichigo pulled his arm around her and embraced her.
"That... Was... Amazing..." Bambietta said as she tried to regain her breath after getting deep throated.
"I know." Ichigo said happily with a huge satisfied smile on his face.
"We must do this more." Bambietta said with a dirty grin.
"Oh trust me, i have a good feeling that we will." Ichigo said with a smirk.
They laid there in bed and cuddled, Ichigo stroked her leg and hair, feeling her soft legs and nylon stockings, he looked down and noticed something, his entire manhood was red.
"Bambi? Is that your blood?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Bambietta.
Bambietta looked up at Ichigo and looked down on his manhood and noticed the blood, she spread her legs and saw a small amount of blood around her womanhood.
"Yup, it is." Bambietta said, annoyed over the fact that she was bleeding out of her nether region, though it wasn't much at all.
Bambietta got out of bed and stood up, and then she let out a small scream, startling Ichigo.
"What's wrong?!" Ichigo asked out of worry.
"Now i feel it." Bambietta said, leaving Ichigo with more questions then answers.
Though all of them was answered quickly as he saw Bambietta move towards the bathroom with an awkward limp, she was feeling the pain of losing her hymen, causing Ichigo to burst out in laughter.
"It isn't funny!" Bambietta said annoyed over the whole situation, she realized that she had been so eager to have sex with Ichigo and that it had been so much fun that she had been oblivious to the pain until now, not that pain usually bothered her but this time it did.
"Sorry." Ichigo replied as he tried to contain himself.
"You say that but you're still laughing..." Bambietta said with a cute and childish pout.
He stood up and went towards the bathroom to wash off the blood he had on himself. After that was done, he went back to the bed, Bambietta came later as she limped back into the bed, much to Ichigo's amusement. Though he noticed that Bambietta was still wearing the corset with suspenders and stockings, she eventually laid down and continued the cuddle with him, something he really enjoyed.
A private moment between the two of them was all that he could have hoped for considering the stress of the last months.
"So i guess we have consumated our relationship and are officially a couple then?" Ichigo asked.
"Yup." Bambietta replied with a happy smile.
They continued to lay there and cuddle, enjoying the moment until and hour had passed.
"Perhaps take down the note?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, why don't you do that? Since you can walk properly and all!" Bambietta responded with a pout, causing Ichigo to let out a small laugh.
"While you're at it, could you get me my clothes in the bathroom, i think i want to hide these in case the servants come by." Bambietta replied as she started to undress.
"Sure." Ichigo responded as he went to the bathroom to get Bambietta's clothes.
Ichigo went into the bathroom and got her clothes and bag, and handed it to her, deciding to take down the note after she had changed, when he returned Bambietta had just finishied undressing, as she waited for her clothes, Ichigo decided to get his clothes back on himself before he went out the door.
"Thanks." Bambietta said as she started to dress.
Ichigo nodded and started to put his clothes back on himself. eventually they were back in their uniforms, and Ichigo went out the door to take down the note, he noticed how quiet the hallway was until he heard a wheezing sound, a sound he had never heard before, he looked around to see where it was coming from, something Bambietta caught up on.
"What's wrong?" Bambietta asked curiously.
"Do you hear that sound?" Ichigo asked.
"What sound?" Bambietta asked as she stood up and limped awkwardly over to the door.
"You better not be joking, it's damn painful to walk you-" Bambietta said before she heard the sound too.
"You hear it?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah, where is it coming from?" Bambietta asked.
"Don't know." Ichigo responded as he started to walk down the hallway of the royal quarters to investigate the sound.
Bambietta limped besides Ichigo as she was unable to walk properly due to obvious reasons, eventually the sound became a bit louder, and they looked in one direction, Bambietta and Ichigo noticed that the door to Sabrina's room was partially unlocked, Bambietta was happy that all the doors and walls were mostly sound proof so Sabrina couldn't have heard what she and Ichigo had done in bed.
"I forgot to close the door completely after we talked here." Bambietta said as she and Ichigo went towards Sabrina's door, and then they realized that the source of the sound was coming from her room, the sound coming out was weird, Ichigo pried in to see what was happening and became wide eyed and quickly smashed to door open.
Once Bambietta saw it she felt panic, Sabrina was lying there, wide awake and teary eyed and she had trouble breathing, forgetting about the limp she rushed over to her little sister, Bambietta tried to compose herself so panic wouldn't take control over her, Ichigo quickly rushed out the door and screamed for the guards, the cameras in the royal quarters took up the sound and alerted the control center, that replayed the sound, they then made a voice alert in the announcement system for the call of security.
It didn't even take a minute before several guards from the K.G had rushed into the royal quarters and rushed towards Ichigo, he pointed at Sabrina and the guards saw her condition and called the control center for a medical emergency, it didn't take long for the spectacle to catch the attention of the state guests, as the voice alert went of in their rooms aswell, Kenryu slowly but carefully opened the door to see what was happening, and Ginrei and Rukia went out to investigate.
They noticed a medical crew rushing past them and further down the hallway at a rapid speed.
"Enryu, guard Rurichiyo-sama, i'll check out what's happening." Kenryu said as he got a nod from Enryu.
"Rurichiyo-sama, please wait here." Kenryu said as he noticed that the noise had woken up Rurichiyo, he then looked back into the hallway and saw Ginrei and Rukia, that said that they would join him on finding out what was going on.
They rushed down the hallway until they saw guards surrounding one of the rooms, and then they noticed the chancellors rushing into the royal quarters, followed by Emmerich and Gina.
"What's going on?" Rukia asked Liltotto.
"According to the control center it's a medical emergency." Liltotto said.
"I see, didn't know you had announcement alerts for that?" Kenryu responded surprised.
"The announcement alert will go off if someone screams out for a guard, since we have surveillence equipment monitoring all of the castle equiped with microphones so the control center can listen in, if someone calls for a guard loud enough alerts will go off in the control center and the control center makes the announcement in the castle and calls the guards up." Uryu replied.
"I see, so that's what happened?" Surprisingly it was Isshin that said it as he approached the group, as he had went out of his room to investigate the disturbance himself.
"Yes, i'm sorry if we have disturbed you." Liltotto responded gracefully.
"Do not worry about it, medical emergencies takes priority." Ginrei responded.
"Thank you lord Kuchiki." The chancellors responded respectfully.
They watched as a stretcher was being carried out with Sabrina on it, though she had calmed down a bit and eased up, she was being taken to the infirmary.
Liltotto went over to the room and saw Bambietta sitting on Sabrina's bed, she was in shock, while Ichigo tried to console her that everything would be fine with her sister, Liltotto entered the room, alongside Isshin.
"I will go to the infirmary to take a look at Sabrina, she should be fine, but what happened?" Isshin asked Ichigo and Bambietta.
Ichigo told him what they had come to, and Isshin was surprised as he came to a conclusion but he couldn't be sure, he would need to check on Sabrina first.
"Well, i'll go to the infirmary, Liltotto, could you tell Masaki that i will be down there?" Isshin asked Liltotto, she nodded and headed out.
"Bambi, you should get some rest, it seems you need it, i will contact your parents and tell them what happened so you don't need to worry about that." Isshin said to Bambietta, as she looked up at him and nodded.
As she stood up she felt a sting in her crotch once more, but she didn't care, as she continued over to the royal bedroom, though Isshin did notice her unusual movement, he looked back at his son with a knowing look, Ichigo knew what that look meant as he became red faced, though Isshin just smiled.
"It was bound to happen sooner or later, don't worry, i won't tell your mother." Isshin said with a smirk as he recalled how overprotective Masaki really could be.
Ichigo cringed just thinking about how his mother would react to this, the last thing he wanted was to have her all over him and Bambietta for this, it didn't help with the fact that Masaki already had trouble accepting how long it has been since her death, and for that reason she had trouble accepting her children growing up, though it was understandable since she lost the majority of the time she could be with them during their childhood.
Ichigo ultimately decided to stop thinking about it, he had other things to be worrying about now considering what had just happened, he stood up from the bed and went towards the door to the royal bedroom, he was so lost in the situation that had occured that he didn't know that the guests had woken up from the spectacle, not that he noticed them since they had already gone back to their respective rooms once he left Sabrina's room.
Once he entered his room he noticed that Bambietta had already gotten into bed, however it was obvious she was worried and scared, something that never showed on her, truthfully Ichigo didn't know what to do in this situation, usually he just let it play out, and it always worked considering how he always did find the right words for the situation when needed, but this was different.
"Perhaps not so different then you think, i don't really think little Sabrina is sick Ichigo, atleast not physically." Ichigo heard Yhwach say in his mind.
Ichigo went over to the bed and held around Bambietta in an attempt to comFort her, all while he went into his inner world to pry some more into Yhwach's words.
***Ichigo's Inner World***
Ichigo entered his world alone, wondering what Yhwach knew about the situation, if it was bad news it would most likely be just speculation, truthfully he hoped it was nothing bad at all.
"Quite the way to end a fun time huh kingy?" Zangetsu said as he looked at Ichigo with an unusual serious expression.
"You were watching?" Ichigo asked annoyed.
"We see and hear everything you do, that is the bond between us and we can manifest outside you even if you are the only one that can see us, how else can we help you in the field of battle?" Yhwach said, though he didn't care about what Ichigo and Bambietta had done.
Ichigo was frusterated but Yhwach had a point, now that Ichigo knew about it their link was a double edged sword when it came to privacy.
"Whatever... You were saying?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Yhwach with a stern gaze, though he did hope for the best.
"I cannot be sure, but the symptoms Sabrina showed matched that of a panic attack, the cause might be psychological symptoms that has manifested into physical symptoms." Yhwach said as he returned Ichigo's gaze.
"Panic attack? Why would she-" Ichigo said before his own train of thoughts interrupted his question and the answer found it's way into his mind, causing Ichigo to narrow his eyes.
"It seems that you understand now, she has been bullied and beaten day in day out for a while, it might have manifested in depression and low self esteem or in anxiety and fear, maybe she feels threatened even though she is perfectly safe here, maybe multiple causes." Yhwach said plainly as he gave Ichigo his view and knowledge of it.
"Why would it only show now? I do not recall Sabrina showing similar symptoms a couple of days ago?" Ichigo asked as he was stunned.
"There can be a variety of causes, perhaps what happened during her and Kenryu during breakfast pulled the final string and caused emotions she have had for a while to boil over due to the fear she felt, perhaps they boiled over because she never spoke about them to anyone?" Yhwach responded plainly.
Ichigo was surprised over Yhwach's knowledge in emotions, he was the last one he expected to have an insight in this, regardless all Ichigo could hope for was that it was nothing serious, things have finally gotten together for Bambietta and Ichigo truly did fear that things would fall apart for her, if it did it would shatter her and Ichigo knew he couldn't stand seeing her sad, he got what he wanted to know and decided to take his leave.
"So he left just like that." Zangetsu said as he saw Ichigo just vanish.
"Indeed, he has other matters to attend." Yhwach said as he looked at Zangetsu.
"I guess, taking care of the people you care about, it's always been his way." Zangetsu said
"Yes, it has." Yhwach said.
***Real world***
Ichigo was looking at Bambietta, she hasn't even bothered to turn around or acknowledge the fact that Ichigo even was holding around her, she was completely lost in her own thoughts, Ichigo tried to find a way to make her feel better, thinking about every word he could, but nothing would leave his mouth, he wanted to tell her about the possibility of it just being a panic attack, but if he was wrong and Bambietta got false hope it would break her even more.
Bambietta just lied there in the bed on her side, it was obvious she was very worried, who could even blame her? Once again her little sister was brought to the infirmary, While Ichigo though about Bambietta and Sabrina, he noticed that Bambietta had fallen asleep, the day taking a toll on her. Ichigo thought it was for the best, thought it didn't take long for Ichigo himself to black out, as he quickly fell asleep himself.
***The next day (07:38)***
Ichigo and Bambietta were woken up by a knock on the door, they quickly got out of bed and prepared for the day, the guests would leave today so it would only be proper to spend some time with them before they left, the servants entered to help them prepare for the day, and to also bring an unexpected visitor, Bambietta became surprised when she saw their little visitor and had to ask.
"Why aren't you in the infirmary? Were you discharged?" Bambietta asked as she looked at Sabrina.
Sabrina nodded and went further into the room, behind her came a man from the infirmary, one Bambietta recognized as a counselor attached to the infirmary per Uryu's orders as he thought counselors and psychiatrists was a must in the infirmary.
"Your majesty, grand mistress." The counselor said as he entered the room.
Bambietta wondered why he would be here of all places, and furthermore why was he with Sabrina? Though Ichigo quickly connected the dots and realized that Yhwach was right all along, it was a mental issue that had plagued Sabrina.
"You are probably wondering why i am here? Well i have been given Sabrina as a patient of mine, i will be working with her from now on." The counselor said as he recognized Bambietta's look.
"Why? What do you mean?" Bambietta asked suspiciously, it wasn't that she distrusted him, it was more out of worry.
The counselor only looked at Sabrina, Bambietta also looked at her, Sabrina could do nothing more then to look down on the floor, like she was ashamed over herself, Bambietta picked up on this, Sabrina tried to look away from her older sister, which caused Bambietta to walk towards her, once Bambietta reached her she knelt down to her level, then she saw her sister more closely.
She was trembling, tears were dripping off her face, she was crying. Bambietta didn't hesitate for a split second before she took her sister into a comforting hug, as she gently stroked her hair in an attempt to comfort her. as gently as she could, she asked her in a calm manner.
"What's wrong?" Bambietta asked, though she was looking straight at the counselor, with a look that demanded answers.
"She was very hesitant on doing this, but she really want to avoid telling her parents, so you were the only viable option, when she was brought to the infirmary she suffered a panic attack. It would appear she suffers from a high degree of anxiety." The counselor told Bambietta.
"Anxiety?" Bambietta asked.
"Yes, it appears she has been hiding her troubles for quite some time, the trouble from what i read happened in Ansbach most likely, considering how she suffered there, i presume she started to feel like a burden, and didn't want to speak with anyone or ask for help any longer, causing her to bottle up her own emotions, i do suspect depression too but there is no direct evidence of it, but i'm holding the possibility open." The counselor said.
"I see..." Bambietta simply said, causing her to hug her sister tighter.
Ichigo only looked at the scene in front of him, he could see the sadness Bambietta showed, but that was on the outside, he was terrified of what he saw on the inside, it was fury, pure fury like she was ready to blow half the world to kingdom come. Ichigo considered his orders earlier, and realized that executing the people guilty of hurting Sabrina and other innocents was quite the mercy.
Ichigo looked up at the clock and noticed he had to leave the room to attend the guests and the meeting today, so he said his leave and offered Bambietta to take some time of for the day to recieve additional information from the counselor, then he took his leave, leaving Bambietta alone with the counselor and Sabrina.
Silbern Royal Quarters (Dining Room)
Ichigo went into the dining room with his guests to eat breakfast, it would be the last breakfast for the duration of their visit.
"I do apologise for the ruckus last night." Ichigo said as he continued towards his chair.
"There is no problem, i understand that something unexpected occured." Ginrei responded.
"Where is Bambietta and Sabrina?" Rurichiyo asked curiously as she looked around the room.
"I do apologise but they will not be attending, i have given Bambietta some time off today. The incident from last night shook her quite deeply." Ichigo responded.
"Incident?" Rurichiyo asked.
"Rurichiyo-sama, lady Sabrina was unwell and was being carried out of her room on a stretcher." Kenryu responded for Ichigo.
"Is she sick?" Rurichiyo asked.
"I believe it can be put like that, i would rather not go into the details, but she is managing and was released from the infirmary a little while ago." Ichigo responded, he didn't want the details out, primarily because it was a private matter after all.
"I see, well do give her my best regards, she was quite the interesting girl." Rurichiyo said with a cheerful expression.
"I will." Ichigo responded, he couldn't help but smile over how kind Rurichiyo was.
"I really enjoyed my stay here, it was also very nice to see you again, it has been too long since we last had the pleasure of meeting, and i am happy that it is now under better circumstances, i am happy that you would have us." Rurichiyo said happily.
"The pleasure is all mine, yes the circumstances is a lot better from the last time, i feel it has also been a very productive visit aswell." Ichigo said as he looked happily towards his guests.
"Indeed it has." Ginrei said as he let of a very small smile, leaving Rukia to nod in agreement.
for the duration of the breakfast they just kept talking about less important matters, exchanging words with each other, it was obvious that Yuzu was a bit nervous since she wasn't used to this, Isshin found that a bit weird since she's had breakfast with the guests before.
Silbern Gate
***12:03***
The guests where ready to leave, for Ichigo it was a huge relief that the entire affair had gone as well as it had, once again there was a crowd watching, cameras where everywhere, security was high, and the K.G was standing in their rows once more, though this time Bambietta was present alongside the chancellors and the royal family as they said their farewells with the guests, though they did give a speech about their achievments during this visit, causing massive cheers out from the public.
"Well then, take care and give my best regards to the Soul Society, it has been a pleasure to have you all here." Ichigo said courteously as he took out his hand.
Ginrei shook Ichigo's hand "The pleasure has been ours, once again we thank you for your hospitality." Ginrei said.
"Take care Ichigo." Rukia said as she shook Ichigo's hand herself.
"You too Rukia." Ichigo said with a smile.
"I hope we can see you soon again Ichigo, we would like to return you hospitality." Rurichiyo said as she shook Ichigo's hand.
"Yeah, hopefully it won't be too long." Ichigo said with a smile, something that made Rurichiyo quite happy.
"Your majesty, we thank you for your hospitality and generousity, and that we were worthy of coming here." Kenryu said as both he and Enryu bowed respectfully towards Ichigo.
"Anytime Kenryu." Ichigo said politely.
Not long after they went through their Senkaimon and left, Ichigo watched the gate close as he started to ponder what to do next.
'We haven't had our daily meeting yet due to the guests leaving today, and there is also the issue of additional sternritters. guess it's going to be a full plate today.' Ichigo said internally as he made plans for the day.
Silbern Royal Office
Ichigo sat down on his chair, Bambietta and the chancellors did the same, as they started the meeting, it wasn't anything perculiar going on, though some points were made.
"And to the next point, we got some news out of Karakura town, a Fort has been constructed at the mountain, since it's been constructed with reishi it is naturally invisible to normal humans, a barrier has also been constructed to hide any troops around the Fort, though they have been ordered to remain invisible to the normal population, the Fort was constructed with reishi hardened materials as ordered so it can withstand an attack, though it is yet unfinished due to the lack of radar technology and other surveillence capabilities, the research division has assured me that they will get it up and running pretty soon. The Fort, also nicknamed Fort Karakura, has enough men to defend it for 4 years during a siege, though the Fort is still undermanned due to the lack of availeble military personnel, the Fort is manned enough for it's own defence, even though it was made to protect Karakura town, several HARs systems will also be moved there to cover the town." Bambietta said as she read out of her report.
"I see, well it's up and partially running atleast, i want those systems there as soon as possible, what other specs does the Fort have?" Ichigo asked.
"According to the reports here it should have artillery through the HARs, radar using the new QSR-5 Monitor system, and the research division spoke about the possibilities of more upgrades and more system integrated into the Fort, one of them was an A.O.D system, or Area of Denial for short, they also spoke about more upgrades to it but it sounded like blabbering to me since i didn't understand what they were talking about." Bambietta said as she huffed.
"I see, i will speak with Erwig regarding that later, what is the total manpower for the Fort? Maximum and minimum?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Bambietta.
"The Fort can accomidate a recommended amount of soldiers, the minimum amount being a battalion, namely 300 to 800 soldiers, and we barely have enough to spare for that since we have managed to get 305 soldiers in that battalion, the optimal recommendation, due to it's massive size is a corps with two battalions and a company, which consists of 30 000 to 50 000 soldiers, the plans for the Fort is to have a fully filled corps along with fully filled battalions, namely 50 000 and two 800 soldier units and a fully sized company of 150 soldiers which function as support, since a battalion is the required amount to protect the Fort, the plan is to have four units in the Fort, the command unit, a support unit that does maintanance and repairs both of which is consistent of a company worth of soldiers and officers, a guard unit to protect the Fort wich will consist of the two battalions, that leaves the Fort with a security of 1600 soldiers, and the corps will protect the town itself." Bambietta said as she read through the report.
"Alright, the Fort is massive enough atleast. Anything else?" Ichigo asked.
Ichigo looked at them and they were all quiet, nothing was said at all.
"Very well then, on to the next issue, we are going to find and train sternritters, i will make a list regarding that later aswell, and we will go through it, then we will have the A.N.U find them and have them introduced, and give them the offer of joining if they want to." Ichigo said.
"Well i believe it is about time we recreate the sternritters, the sternritters are the top military officers, without them our army is partially leaderless, though we have Emmerich and Gina there is only so much two people can do, though i must say i am impressed with how well they are managing, along with Bambi." Liltotto said as she chewed her snacks.
"Indeed, you have done an excellent job, regardless, i will search for them." Ichigo said as he looked at the roof and leaned back in his chair.
"How?" Uryu asked as he looked at Ichigo.
"The almighty." Ichigo simply responded.
Uryu felt stupid now, he had completely forgotten about that ability, though it was a bit of a gamble it was the best bet for finding the best suited sternritters.
"I see." Uryu said as he looked away from Ichigo.
"If there is nothing else then this meeting is concluded." Ichigo said.
"There is one more thing you majesty, though it is more of a question then an issue." Candice said as she looked at Ichigo.
"Alright? What's on your mind?" Ichigo asked.
"We are sending a lot of soldiers to Karakura town in the future right? Won't the Soul Society react to that?" Candice asked.
"She is right your majesty, i don't think they would be happy about it." Meninas pointed out.
"Under normal cirumstances that could be the case, you are overlooking the fact that it's a hotspot." Ichigo simply responded.
This caused Candice and Meninas to look at Ichigo questionably, though Uryu, Liltotto and Bambietta already knew what Ichigo was talking about.
"I see that you do not know so i will fill in the blanks." Uryu responded as he picked up where Ichigo left, causing everyone to look at him.
"Karakura town has long been a pain in the ass for the Soul Society because it's a spiritual enriched zone, and therefore a hotspot for spiritual activity, the massive amounts of hollow attacks, the winter war with Aizen, and many other incidents is evidence of that." Uryu said.
"Not only that but since it has a huge population and is a spiritual enriched zone means that the Oken, or the Royal key to the soul king's palace can be made there, if anything, us putting massive amounts of troops in the region would make sense in order to maintain order and control over the region. And let's not forget the fact that spiritual enriched zones are vital strategic military targets." Bambietta said.
"It could also explain the fullbringer presences that keep showing up at times. Since they wore uniforms and were highly skilled i'd say it's a safe bet they were military." Liltotto said.
"Agreed, if anything we should speed things up with the law enforcement and quickly free up the military, i have a bad feeling about that situation, the fact that the A.N.U was attacked doesn't comfort me much either." Ichigo responded to the chancellors and Bambietta, giving him a nod of agreement.
"I will order the law enforcement to be rushed up a little, not only that but we also have to spread out more of our military, considering the Soul Society's request for aid." Bambietta said.
"The Soul Society still has a small army, and skilled fighters, they can hold their own for a brief while, besides due to the small army they have it means that we don't have to send that many at all, and it is only temporarily." Liltotto said.
Ichigo just sat there, thinking about the situation, the attack the fullbringers made had Ichigo quite on edge, he was thinking about the most viable option to take, then he came to a solution.
"Bambi? How many law enforcement officers are trained and ready?" Ichigo asked.
"Some, though not much, atleast we will have a bigger law enforcement agency then the military once it is all finished up." Bambietta responded.
"Is it enough for us the relieve enough soldiers to send them to Fort Karakura to fully man the garrison?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes it is, why?" Bambietta asked curious, everyone was curious what Ichigo had in mind.
"Then do it! Send the troops as soon as possible and order the Fort to be combat ready, i will speak with Erwig to get the systems down as soon as possible on high priority, also put every soldier and law enforcement officer in the Wandenreich on alert! And send word to Kisuke about the alert status!" Ichigo ordered.
"It will be done your majesty!" Bambietta responded.
"And one more thing!" Ichigo said.
"Yes your majesty?" Bambietta asked.
"Can we free up enough to send a detachment to the Soul Society?" Ichigo asked.
"With the troops we are dispatching to Fort Karakura, a regiment at best, if we are lucky, should be around 1000 to 5500 soldiers." Bambietta responded.
"Then send them, i will call Kyoraku to let him know the change of plans, that we intend on keeping our promise earlier then expected." Ichigo responded.
"Very well your majesty." Bambietta said.
"Then this meeting is concluded." Ichigo said as he watched the chancellors and Bambietta get up and left.
Ichigo went to his desk and picked up the phone and ordered Kyoraku on the phone immediately.
To be Continued
A/N:Sabrina's recovery will not be a major part of the story. Sorry to disappoint you there, while she is a major character her recovery is not at all interesting i can assure you.
Things are slowly starting to move into high gear as military is being placed all around now. The state visit here was a major part of the story, even though it was political and diplomatic, and is an important part of the story, for the future events, as it has it's representations, there will be one more visit in the future and it is prewritten and will be more interesting.
Furthermore I once recieved the question if everything is okay with the story and I can assure you it is as it's higly probable that this is going to be a long story, furthermore the story is about politics and diplomacy, alliances and war, romance and family, which is why I tagged drama and romance rather then action and romance, this story is a lot about Ichigo's relationship with Bambi, how he is as a ruler and what he does and how he rules, and a story about armies aswell and the Wandenreich as a whole, which is why the Wandenreich is tagged, everything that happens in the story set the events in the future, instead of creating a short story and leaving more questions then answers about major parts I write a lot about things on the sidelines aswell to get a better understanding since that is also an important part of understanding the story.
For those who wonder here is a little list for sizes and command ranks.
-Fireteam: 2-4 (Soldat 4)
-Squad: 5-14 (Soldat 5)
-Platoon: 15-45 (Lieutenant)
-Company: 80-150 (Captain)
-Battalion: 300-800 (Major)
-Regiment: 1000-5500 (Colonel)
-Division: 10 000-25 000 (Brigadier General / Major General)
-Corps: 30 000-50 000 (Major General / Lieutenant General)
-Field Army: 100 000-300 000 (Lieutenant General / General / Special Officers)
-Army Group: 2-4 Field Armies (General / Special Officers)
-Region/Theater: 4+ Field Armies (Special Officers)
I've decided to use regular ranks to a certain extent while replacing enlisted rank chart in order to avoid confusion amongst ranks for the readers.
Also if you wish I can also give out a Quincy military rank chart if that is more preferable in the next chapter.