Another chapter!
Kyoraku brought Kensai into the room with Ukitake, Love, Rose and Lisa.
"I want Lisa and Rose in the room with Ukitake. Kensai, I want one of your men in there with them also. I want two men outside the door and two men to help Love with the recording. We need to keep very good records."
Kyoraku took Ukitake in his office and closed the door. Ukitake was shivering and Kyoraku placed a hand on his arm. Ukitake slowly hugged him as he began to cry.
"Lover Boy, I know what you are thinking. Could she be a killer?" Kyoraku said as Ukitake continued to cry. "I think she is capable. Now I am asking you, are you able to push her to tell you the truth?"
Ukitake nodded as he tried to pull himself together. He went to the refrigerator to get an ice pack so that he could place eyes on his eyes.
"I am going to set up things. I will come for you when we are ready," Kyoraku said and he kissed Ukitake on the forehead. "Call Gin or Ichigo to get more info on Hanna Aizen Kuchiki."
Ukitake sat on the couch and laid down. He place the ice pack on his eyes and exhaled. "Give me couple of hours. I will be ready."
As Ukitake relaxed, he started to play back his interview with Sojun. He thought how Sojun every answer he gave, it was like he was covering for someone. Ukitake sat up and found his phone.
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Gin had just put Bigan down for the night when her phone ranged. On the fourth ring, she picked it up.
"Hey Poppa, sorry you just missed your granddaughter. She just fell asleep," Gin said as Ukitake tried to interrupt.
"Gina, I need for you and Ichigo to assist me. I want you to find out all you can about Hanna Kuchiki for me. Please hurry. I need it in an hours. Thank You." Ukitake hung up.
Gin knew when Ukitake gets in a 'need right away,' it must be pressing.
Gin walked into the office when she saw Rukia and Ichigo sitting in front of a computer.
"We were wondering when you would get here," Ichigo said as he continued to type on the computer. "Rukia did not want me to be alone." Rukia was also so typing on a computer. She had her swollen feet in Ichigo's lap. Gin sat at her computer and began to type. She knew that Kyoraku must had called Ichigo for the same thing.
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Hanna Kuchiki sat chained to her chair. They would not trust her at a table so they placed her chair in the middle of the room. The eyelets bolted in the cement on either side of the chair held the chain that was pulled tightly to give her very little or no movement. She was very calm, even smiling as Ukitake walked into the room.
"Hello Mr. Ukitake. I understand that you needed to ask me some questions. Is my husband well? I haven't seen him in," she paused as she was searching for the correct answer to give him. She is the proper woman for such an important man like her husband.
Ukitake wanted to keep her focused and get her to talking. "Your husband Sojun is fine. He told us that he did not have anything to hide. He told us we could ask you anything."
Hanna looked at Ukitake and started to smile again. "As long as he is fine, I am okay with that. Now, what questions do you have about my husband?"
Ukitake smiled and said, "It is all about you Hanna. All the questions I have now are about you. If we get to know you better, we get to know your husband better."
Hanna thought for a minute and then she smiled.
Ukitake gave the best smile he could as he started the questions. "Hanna, how long have you known Sojun? Please be honest with me."
Hanna sighed out loudly and spoke in a soft tone. It was as if she wanted to lure Ukitake close to her but he was not falling for it.
"Hanna, you have to speak up." Ukitake smiled as he listened to Kyoraku in the ear piece that he was able to hide under his hair.
"Don't tell him I told you this but I met Sojun when I was six years old. Now Sojun may not remember it because he and my brother were best friends back then and I was the little girl they had to protect. They always had me tag along with them. But sometimes I could not go with them, especially when they would go to 'that' side of town."
Ukitake saw how her facial expression changed when she made that statement.
"When they would go out, they would sneak out of the house through hidden passage ways that were throughout the house. I knew how to get in and out of both of the houses, especially Sojun's house without him even knowing it."
Kyoraku watched how Hanna wanted to talk all about Sojun. He thought that Hanna has a hero worship of Sojun. Something about Hanna's last statement made him think of something. He told Love to pull up the incident with Sojun' sister's death.
As he read the story, he spoke to Ukitake through the earpiece. "Lover Boy, stop. I need to speak to you."
Ukitake looked puzzled and then he smiled. "Hanna, I have to go and get another pen. I feel as though we have more to talk about. I will be right back."
Ukitake stood from his chair and left. Once he was back in the room with Kyoraku, he began to ask him why he stopped the conversation. He handed Ukitake the papers he had Love print out.
As he read the papers, Ukitake smiled. "This is what I was looking for. I see that you and I are on the same page. I feel as though he has been protecting her for most of her life. It is more to this story, even before Byakuya came into our lives."
Kyoraku looked at the monitors on his desk. It was a live feed of Sojun in one room and Hanna in another room. He spoke to the monitor. "Which one of you will give me I want?"
Ukitake put an arm around Kyoraku. "I want her. She looks as though she wants to tell us what she has done for Sojun and I think we should let her tell us."
