Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, nor any of it's characters.
A week goes by and no one notices anything strange happening with Yachiru. Of course, this is understandable considering how strange the girl is anyway. Matsumoto was found dead of course and all of the Gotei Thirteen was in panic. No one could figure out who or what could have defeated her like that. The most common belief was that an arrancar somehow snuck unto Soul Society and destroyed her. No one could bring themselves to believe that another Soul Reaper had done it, not after Aizen's betrayal.
Nel was like the little sister that Yachiru had always wanted. While in her room with her, Yachiru would play as many games as possible with Nel. Whenever Yachiru had to leave to actually do work, she fell into a state of lethargy. As the week went on, it got more and more noticeable, and people started to talk about what could be wrong with the energetic young lieutenant that was usually giddy beyond measure. By the seventh day, Yachiru had seemed so depressed that Yamamoto called a captain's meeting to discuss it.
"Kenpachi. Have you any idea what has come over Yachiru?" Yamamoto asked.
"Hmph, yeah right. I've never understood that little girl. It's gotta be something big though." Kenpachi replied gruffly.
"I agree Head-Captain Yamamoto. For Yachiru to be out of spirits, something has to be troubling her deeply, but what I could not even begin to guess. If Kenpachi doesn't have the slightest idea, then I seriously doubt anyone else here could even begin to guess at what could be on her mind." Ukitake said after consideration.
"Well what do we do then exactly? Just let the kid go on being depressed and ignore the fact that Matsumoto was killed?" Shunsui says in a sarcastic tone.
"Unfortunately, I believe you are right Captain Ukitake. There is nothing we can do about this right now Shunsui. This is a grave situation indeed. Like you said, Matsumoto is dead and Yachiru is unstable. Captain Hitsugaya, how are you after the death of your lieutenant?" Yamamoto asked heartlessly.
"Life will go on." Hitsugaya stated simply.
"I see. Well, this meeting is officially ended. If anyone has any thoughts about the murder, or the mental state of Yachiru, please come see me first."
The ten captains all leave the meeting room, all unsatisfied. Nothing had been resolved at all. Yachiru was still depressed, Matsumoto's killer was on the loose, and no one had any ideas about either one.
While the captains were all distracted by the meeting, Yachiru and Nel decided to play in a more conspicuous way than usual. They went out to the training grounds and sparred. Their plans were interrupted however, as Ikkaku and Yumichika had also decided to venture to the grounds. Some people would ask themselves why two little girls were fighting at a military training facility. Yumichika and Ikkaku asked themselves how much trouble were they going to get in for seeing Yachiru with an arrancar. Before they could slip away easily and report to Kenpachi, Yachiru spots them.
"BALDY AND UGLY!!!!!!!!!!! COME HERE!!!!!!" Yachiru screams as loud as possible.
Because she was their lieutenant, they had no choice but to obey. That and the fact that they were more afraid of what she could do to them than they were of what Kenpachi or Yamamoto could do.
"Yes lieutenant?" Yumichika asks timidly.
"If you tell anyone about my friend Nel here, I'll personally kill you." Yachiru says menacingly. How she can say anything menacingly is beyond Yumichika and Ikkaku, but they had no doubt that what she just said what the truth.
"Yes lieutenant! Whatever you say." Yumichika says like a little obedient puppy.
"Good. Now that that is dealt with, you wanna play hide and seek with us!??!" Yachiru asks playfully.
"I'll have to pass. Hide and seek is such an ugly game." Yumichika says with disgust.
"I SAID PLAY!!!!!!!" Yachiru screams.
Afraid that Yachiru would end up killing them if they didn't, Yumichika and Ikkaku play with them. Yumichika especially disliked the experience because he was ordered to count first, and didn't manage to find anyone for twenty minutes. Worse than that, Yumichika was torn. He didn't know what he should do. Should he report that an arrancar was not only in the Seretei, but was Yachiru's new playmate; or should he just let it go, despite his theory that this young innocent looking being was probably the one that ended Rangiku's life. Confused and conflicted, Yumichika went to get some beauty sleep, hoping that he would know what to do about the situation when he awakened.