Another Chapter. Thanks for your patience.
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The group of eight men walked in a straight line as they were escorted in to the Kuchiki Family board room.
"Please take a seat," the guard said as the men chose the seats that they normally sat in for their monthly meeting.
As the men sat, eight guards came into the room and stood behind each seated man. All of the men became uncomfortable as they looked around the room and noticed that all the portraits of them and their leader was gone.
"What is going on here? Where is our leader?" one man started shouting as he tried to stand. The guard behind him placed a hand on his shoulder. "Do not touch me," the man shouted at him.
The other men started to become vocal and stand. Before it got out of hand, Kira and Hisagi walked into the room.
"Gentlemen, please sit," Hisagi said as he walked to the end of the table. He gave the men a stern look as he opened his coat to reveal his Gloc. "If you continue to disrupt this meeting, you will be removed."
Hisagi looked at Kira and nodded. Kira walked around the room and knocked on the door to the office.
The office door opened Kira bowed and stood aside.
First out the door was Yumichika Ayasegawa. She walked into the in a navy blue woman's business suit that Rangiku and Gin help pick out for her. Like Gin, Yumichika is slowly adjusting to life as her true self.
Kira extended his arm so the Yumichika could wrap her arm around his as Kira escorted her to the chair on the right end.
Next Ikkaku walked out and bowed. Through the door, Byakuya and Rangiku walked out together arm in arm. Byakuya escorted Rangiku to the chair on the left end and then Byakuya sat at the head of the table.
The eight men looked at Byakuya and his staff as Byakuya nodded to Yumichika to begin.
"Gentlemen, I am Yumichika Ayasegawa-Madarame. I am head legal counsel for Byakuya Kuchiki who is the legal leader of the Kuchiki Family."
"What is the meaning of this?" one man shouted.
"Who do you think you are?" another man shouted.
"Where is Sojun Kuchiki?" yet another man shouted.
Hisagi cleared his throat and in a heighted voice, "please gentlemen sit."
The room was quiet.
"I will ask all of you to reframe from interrupting Mrs. Ayasegawa-Madarame. If it happens again, you will be removed." Hisagi waited for about ten seconds then he nodded to Yumichika to continue.
Yumichika continued to speak from the tablet which contained that court documents. She went on for about ten minutes speaking to the fact about the change in control of the Kuchiki Family.
"Now, Gentlemen, what I read to you was the official version of a regime change. Since Byakuya Kuchiki is the current leader of the Kuchiki Family, your services are no longer needed." Yumichika spoke her final words and turned thing over to Byakuya.
"Gentlemen, you served with my father, Sojun. He illegally served as head of the Family which means that he illegally placed you in the position that you currently hold," Byakuya said in his most monotone voice, "but now I am here to right the ship and place the family back as a pillar of the community."
Byakuya sat back and gave a slight smile. Hisagi smiled as he nodded to the guard on the door.
The door opened and eight men dressed in official government suits walked into the room.
"Gentlemen, you are going to be turned over to the proper authorities to face charges that you, along with your leader, committed and will have to answer to," Byakuya said as the government agents walked to the eight men, "the embezzlement to start up to murder."
The men tried to fight the agents but Byakuya group assisted to help control them.
One of the men shouted out as he was being pulled away. "You are just like your father!"
Byakuya stood in his stoic stance and said, "I am not like my father. I am a better man."
After the men were removed, Byakuya smiled at Yumichika and as her to continue.
"Hisagi, please call the meeting to order."
Hisagi pulled a drawer that was at the end of the table. He nodded for the door to open to let Toshiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori into the room. Behind them was Kensai who was there to represent The Alliance. On a secure feed to the wall monitor, Gin and Ichigo appeared on a split screen. Ichigo informed them that Rukia is on bed rest and will not be attending the meeting.
Hisagi produced a gavel and tapped on the sounding block. "I call to order the meeting of the Kuchiki Family Initial Meeting." Hisagi proceeded to do a roll call then he turned the meeting over to the Byakuya.
Momo was asked to be the official stenographer for the family.
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Ukitake stared across the table at the person who has caused so much pain to his family. Ukitake closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. He opened his eyes and continued to stare in the eyes of Sojun Kuchiki.
Byakuya and Kyoraku both decided that Ukitake was the best to handle Sojun. Kyoraku knew that he nor Byakuya could not do the interview due to the hatred that was felt toward him. Ukitake knew both of them would kill Sojun rather than speak with him. Sojun spoke first.
"They send you in here to do what?" Sojun said with the look that went stoic. Ukitake noticed that how much Byakuya looked like his father. He knew that it was something different. Byakuya does smile and have a heart.
"They sent me in here to talk to you. Also to update you on our investigation. You see, you are going away but I did not want you to think that we were sending you away without explaining why you have to go away.
"You see, Sojun, I could care less how you feel about me because after all, I know how it is all going to end. But let me start at the beginning of the story; your story."
Sojun looked at him. He looked as though he dared Ukitake speak.
Ukitake saw the mark on his arm and made a mental note.
"One thing I can tell you is that your father and my father were great friends. They worked together to make this country a great country. Now both did somethings below the law but they worked in unison to make it work.
"Moving forward, I remembered when you were born. Your father was happy to have a son and so was your grandfather. Your grandfather was a very evil man and he played an important role in your life. Let me say that he made you what you are today."
Sojun smiled as he stretch the chains the confined his arms as far as they could go. He placed his elbows on the table and interlocked his fingers. "He was a very strong and demanding. He always said that his son, Gineri, was a weakling and did not know what to do with his power."
"Is that why you killed him?" Ukitake asked.
Sojun's smile went away and as a flash of anger came into his eyes. "You are not going to bait me into saying anything."
"Why not? You are not going to get out of this situation. But you do not have to worry because we know everything." Ukitake smiled which made Sojun anger rise. Ukitake decided to push a little more.
"The tattoo on your arm? When did you get it?"
"It is not a tattoo, it is a birth mark."
"Birthmark you say? Birthmarks do not fade and yours has faded." Ukitake pulled out an older picture of Sojun that had a date June 8, 2005. It showed Sojun in a T- shirt with his arm out. It showed the Infinity mark on the inside of his right arm that was very dark compared to now in 2015.
Sojun looked at the picture. He did not say anything. He just grunted as sat back. He tried to hide his tattoo.
Ukitake continued to speak. "I know your father had that birthmark. Just like your son Byakuya. In fact, not only does your son have the mark, your daughter has that mark also."
Sojun looked at Ukitake puzzled. Then he chuckled which turned into laughter. After about a minute, he looked at Ukitake. "I only have one child and he looks like me. Any others are liars."
Ukitake took a photo out of a folder while he was laughing. It was of a woman who favored Yumichika. "I know that you like the women from 'the other side of town'," Ukitake said as he placed the photo on the table close enough to him that he could not look away
Sojun looked at the photos of the woman. Ukitake saw a slow recognition of the woman.
"Your daughter has your eyes. She took your mothers eyes, who had the rare violet eyes." Ukitake looked at Sojun's eyes which were a rare mix of blue and violet. Ukitake noticed that Sojun was trying his best to keep his temper down.
"You met her a few days back when she helped your son, her brother, replaced you as head of Kuchiki Family."
Sojun flashed an angry look at Ukitake. Kyoraku was watching from the room on the other side of the mirror. He felt his phone vibrate. It was a text from Byakuya. He texted that all was well and if wanted to know if he needed at his location. Kyoraku texted back that he had Love, Rose and Lisa with him. It was more important for him to be with Yumi.
He placed his attention back to Ukitake and Sojun.
"Your daughter is an amazing woman. When she decided to come to me, she did not want to be seen as week. She wanted to be seen as a strong person and her only way was to be seen as a man. You would be proud of her. She was twelve when she decided to stay with me. I saw the mark and knew she was yours. She did not know but your son came to me and said that she had the mark like him. Byakuya said that she was his sister. Byakuya always thought who ever came into our home sister or brother.
"Back to your daughter. She was very lucky to have a young man who told me when they came to us that he was married to Yumichika because he was the only one who could protect her. You should be proud of her. She and her husband, Ikkaku Madarame, have been married for about fourteen years."
Ukitake kept his eyes on Sojun's face. He noticed that Sojun truly did not know of Yumichika, his daughter. He kept looking at her picture and knew that not only did he recognize her but he truly did not know of a child. In fact Yumichika's mother, according to the report died in the same manner as Byakuya's mother.
Ukitake was reading the death report when he turned and looked at Kyoraku.
Kyoraku turned and went to Love who was monitoring Hanna Kuchiki.
"Lisa, get Mrs. Hanna Kuchiki ready in Room two. I think Ukitake wants to talk with her."
