Yo guys, heres chapter 2, finally. Hope you'll enjoy it.
Disclaimer : I do not own Bleach.
(Back to Momo and Rukia)
The two shinigami were shunpoing from roof to roof looking for the legend, Ren had told them Joishiro was patrolling at this time of the day, and they hoped they would bump into him.
"Rukia, I know what you think, and, I must admit that it could be him if we refer to the description this shopkeeper gave us." Momo said, she then added a bit worried "talk to me, I'm worried for you ya know, as are everyone you know"
Silence
"Will you talk goddamnit" Momo shouted, now clearly pissed.
"Fine, yes I think it could be him, and thank you for reminding me I'm worrying everyone" she said in an iccy ton.
The two said nothing, they didn't need to talk to comprehend each other, war had driven them closer. Minutes passed when suddenly they heard the noise of body's hitting the ground. They launched forward into the direction only to find themself's in front of who they recognised to be ... Joishiro the legend.
"What do you want, SHINIGAMI" he said with a cold tone, pronouncing the last word with spite.
'He really looks like Ichigo, like Kaien... just white haired that is' was her first thought when she saw Joe.
Momo glanced at Rukia worried about how she would react. "Konnichiwa, Joishiro the legend, why the cold ton if I may ask" she responded.
"Two shinigami creep on me and you await of me to stay calm and friendly" he said with an ice like ton.
"Anyway, let's get down to business. The Seireitei requests that you become a shinigami, you have naturally, not the right to refuse", honnestly, she wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, she couldn't let Rukia with this man any longer, it could prove wohrisom.
"Are you fucking me, you think I will come with you and become a shinigami like a good litle dog" he responded now clearly pissed as he was shifting into a fighting pose, ready to fight.
"Do you think we will fight you now, the Seireitei leaves you one day to think about our proposal, don't worry thought, we will come back tomorrow. If you still aren't willing to follow us by then we will bring you to Seireitei by force"
"Go fuck yourselves" he responded, "And what's the deal with you, don't you have anything to say" he shouted at Rukia.
"Don't you dare talk to here", Momo was now angry. "See ya" she then said as she grabbed Rukia by the arm and the two shunpoed away back to Seireitei.
(evening of the same day, 13th squad barracks)
Rukia was thinking about the events of the past day, and more precisely about the captain's meeting that had occured just after their special mission.
FLASHBACK
the soutaicho silenced everyone as murmures started to spread after hearing of their recent discovery.
"Momo Hinamori, you are positive that this man is Kurosaki Ichigo, that he doesn't remember anything about his past life, and that he holdes a grudge against shinigamis"
"Hai, it is as you say soutaicho dono"
"And you are positive that it's improbable for him to listen to reason"
"Hai"
"I see"
the murmures came back as Yammamoto paused.
"We should give the boy his memories back" said Joshiro Ukitake
"I agree with Joshiro" Shinji replied
"When can I fight him"
'That must have been Zaraki, Yammamoto thought'
'Anyway, the boy is just to dangerous, and know that he has seen what rukongai is like first handed, no doubt he will hate the Gotei 13.' he then rose his voice " I have decided"
all the personnes present in the room looked at him, waiting for his decision concerning the matter.
"The boy is dangerous, even if he remembers the trouth he will hate the Gotei because of the rukongai. Giving him his memories back might just awake his sleeping power. However, we can't let him live in rukongai as if everything is fine."
they all listened, holding their breaths, starting to understand what Yammamoto wanted to do.
"You can't do this, after everything he did" Jushiro shouted
"SILENCE"
"The boy shall be sealed away in munken with sosuke aizen, him being on the same power level as aizen"
"NOOOOOOO" several captains and vice captains shouted, including Joshiro, Rukia, Renji, and a few others.
"You are dismissed"
Yammamoto then tapped the floor with his cane, signifying that the meeting was over and there was no room for discussion"
They all had their heads hunging down, but they couldn't do anything, the soutaicho had spoken.
END FLASHBACK
Her thoughts drifted from the meeting, as she thought about him. 'It really was him, there was no doubt about that, but, he really looked like kaien to, with his back hair, but no, it was Ichigo, after all Kaien was dead, by her fault' she thougth miserably. She wondered what to do, she didn't want Ichigo, or whatever he named himself now that he lost his memories, to be sealed. How could the soutaicho even think of sealing him after everything he had done for Soul society. Sure, he hated shinigamis, but given the poor conditions of the rukongai and his protective nature, that couldn't be helped. She sighed, and decided to sleep, promising herself to go over it with a rested head, the next morning.
(The next morning)
Rukia woke up. She had slept badly because of the events of the last day. she was still thinking about what to do, concerning Ichigo.
'What can I do, it's not like I can do a single thing actually, maybe it's for the best, he doesn't remember anything anyway. While I agree that Rukongai is in a poor condition, there is nothing we can do about it. To say we wanted to turn him into a shinigami, but I guess we didn't know he hated us that much at the time, and now we are going to seal him.' she thought concerned about his fate.
(a few moments later)
Rukia was waiting outside the barraks of squad one. The other captains and leutenants were currently arriving. Nobody said a word, it seemed they all had come to a similar conclusion. Yes, nothing could be done about the commanders decision, but they would still honour the memory of the hero of the winter war, the man who defeated the quiny king.
'It's a bit ironic, we will honour the man that we are going to seal away in munken' Rukia thought sarcastically.
The great wooden gates of the barracks of squad one finally oppened, and all the captains and their leutenants entered.
The soutaicho tapped the floor with his cane and the meeting began.
(half an hour latter)
all the minor subjects had been discussed and everyone was waiting for the most important matter in that was to be discussed since the death of the substitute, 4 years ago.
"We shall now discuss the sealing of Ichigo Kurosaki"
everyone nodded
"We will send a team to retrieve him from Rukongai"
all the personnes present in the room looked up, curious about the composition of the team.
"The team shall consist of : Soifon, Kensei Mugurama,Momo Hinamori and Ise Nanoa"
"I shall discuss the mission with the captains and leutenants that I just mentionned."
"You are dismissed"
His cane then tapped the floor and the meeting ended.
Everyone appart of the mentionned personnes went out, and most of them wispered to one another.
"Yo Rukia, what do you think about the team" Renji asked here
"It makes sens that we aren't on the team, they must surely not trust us to be able to execut the mission properly"
"Yeah, I half expected that we wouldn't be on the team, but do you think it's a good one"
"Well if they really want to capture him, then it's the best team. Captain Soifon is a master at stealth, it's perfect for an embush, Nanoa is a kido master, she will be able to bind him; then their is Captain Muguruma, if things turn out bad he can handle things with brut force if necessary, and he will now how to deal with Ichigo's hollow if it emerges. Finally their is Momo, she will be able to show the way."
"They really don't let him a chance do they"
"No, but we can't do anything about it anyway"
"Yeah, you'r right"
(Back to Joishiro, where we left him)
Joishiro was fuming, 'how dare these arrogant shinigami talk to him like that, they really had a high opinion of themselves if they thought they could order him around. Like hell would he become one of them, they sure thought highly of their little personnes, but when it came down to it, most of the time they just spent their time doing nothing worth mentioning, and stayed behind their walls, safe in the Seireitei. Sure, they still had they use, but to let the Rukongai in this state, they truly were despicable.'
"Well" he sighed "Nothing I can do about it" he said out loud, to no one in particular. He then shunpoed away, searching for a place to spend the night, and thinking of the future events that the brown haired shinigami said would occure. 'He didn't want to become a shinigami, what should he do, they had told him they wouldn't leave him a chance after all.'
He found a spot for the night and decided to shuffle the disturbing matters, that were occuping his brain, away for the moment. He decided he would talk about it with Ren the following morning.
(the next morning)
"So what do you think about it Ren"
Ren took his time to respond to Joe. He was actually a bit surprised about the things Joishiro had told him, he just hopped he hadn't goten him into trouble by giving informations to the two shinigami.
"Well..." he finally said "... it's not that bad to become a shinigami, and maybe if you go without making a fuss it will all be for the best"
"You know she actually threatened, no, ordered me around like I was seireitei's dog or something like that, like hell I'm going to just follow them, they can't make me a shinigami if I don't want to be one"
"Yeah, I heard you Joe, buts it's for you'r own good and safety, I know you are powerful, but if the Seireitei want's you this bad, they will have you, no matter the means or the costs. And that means you must be powerful, imagine, maybe one day you will even become a captain."
"Yeah, maybe you'r right, I know, I'll go with them without making problems if they appologize for they behaviour" Joishiro concluded with a smirk, knowing full well that shinigami's were far to arrogant for that to ever happen."
"Guess you won this one, no point convincing you, but I guess it's a start" sighed Ren
"Yep"
"In any case, it won't be that bad for you no matter how it ends" Ren concluded
"Guess you'r right" Joishiro shrugged
Litle did they know
(some time later)
Joishiro was waiting for the shinigami at the spot where he had met them the day before. He was currently having a nap, having nothing better to do.
He was starting to grow impatient, it was already midday and they hadn't made an appearance yet. 'Why do they take so long, I don't entend to stay here all day long' he thought annoyed.
FLASH FLASH FLASH
'Finally' he thought before getting up from his sleeping position.
There now stood four shinigami before him, he wasn't surprised, he guessed that the Seireitei send so many in case he didn't want to come, he also noticed the captain haories on two of them.
"Captains hu" he said yawning
the women with a haori also known as Soifon made a step forward.
"You shall come with us, we are here to take you back to Seireitei" she said in an authoritarian ton.
"Very well, but there is one condition" Joishiro replied calmly, his smirk growing larger, 'judjing on the way she adresses me, there is no way she will excuse herself' he thought satisfied.
the shinigami grew interested, all were curious as to what he could possibly ask of them
"You must sincerely excuse yourself to me, and to all of Rukongai, for your behaviour towards me and them" he said smirking
'he has guts' thought Kensei 'but there is no way that his demand will even be considered'
"How dare you..." started Soifon, spitting venom with each word
Kensei interrupted her by pausing a hand on her shoulder.
"We accept" he said calmly
"Whhaaatt" Soifon spluttered
"Seriously" Joishiro said, 'he haddn't expected this, now he really had to become a shinigami damnit, but if they hold their promise it was worth it he guessed'
"And how can I be sure that you will hold you'r promise he responded, his emotions once more hidden behind a scawl.
"You will be allowed to assist to our public excuse" Kensei said.
'Guess that does the job' Joishiro quickly thought, he had no reason to distrust the man, he seemed reliable.
"Fine, now that that's settled, you shall come with us without resistance" Soifon said. She had finally regained her composure.
"Go ahead, i'll follow you, just show the way" Joishiro said calmly
"Let's go" said Momo, speaking for the first time.
They then all disapeared in a flash. Leaving nothing but dust behind them.
That's it for chapter two, hope you enjoyed it !
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