Not much for me to say… here's the next chapter. ;)
Chapter 5: Subtle Awakening
Lieutenant Communal Station
The quiet Lieutenant Chojiro Sasakibe let a hell butterfly rest upon his index finger, relaying a message on it that shall be sent to all vice captains of the gotei 13.
"All lieutenants report to the communal room ASAP." Was all he deemed necessary to put on it before letting the butterfly drift away.
Technically speaking, there really was no lieutenant who commanded all other lieutenants; like with the captains having Yamamoto as their commander. But being the vice-captain of the captain-commander, he was allowed to act as a sort of unofficial figure head of the vice-captains.
The man let out a muffled yawn as he leaned against a wall awaiting the arrival of his fellow vice-captains.
Fourth Division Headquarters
10th squad Captain Hizashi Ookami was completely set in by now and with that, Unohana gave the fourth division members orders to leave the room for now, leaving only herself and Aizen with Ookami.
Without saying anything she walked up to the left side of the bed, Aizen stood on the right; both captains towering over the unconscious 10th squad captain. There was complete silence as Unohana performed some standard tests on the man. The only sound was the soft clicking sound Aizen's glasses made when he corrected their position on his face.
"Alright, now I just…" Unohana was interrupted as the door opened, revealing Mayuri.
"So what's the matter Unohana? I was in the middle of something you know." Mayuir said in a calm, somewhat gentle voice.
He then looked at who was resting in the bed.
"My, my. What happened here?" Mayuri commented in a sarcastically concerned voice.
Unohana inwardly sighed, however she managed to give a smile to the insane 12th squad captain. Might as well try and reduce as much tension as possible.
"I'm sorry if I interrupted you while you were working, but this is relevant to the case Yamamoto-soutaicho just gave to us."
Mayuri simply nodded and walked up toward the foot of the bed.
"Wait…." Aizen interrupted Mayuri.
"I'm still a bit in the dark here. Why are you two being ordered to treat Hizashi?"
Unohana closed her eyes softly. "You know how Tsuki-taicho had been sick for the past week."
Aizen's eyes widened in shock. "Don't tell me…"
"I'm afraid so. I don't want to jump to any conclusions yet, but this does seem to be a similar case."
Mayuri obviously a bit annoyed at being ignored like that looked over to Aizen.
"Why are you here anyway?"
"He was with Hizashi-taicho when he was attacked. It will be more convenient for him to be here if either of us have any questions during the research."
No one said anything after this for a moment or so. Unohana decided to break the silence however.
"I'm going to see what I can do to at least get him into a state of consciousness."
With that, Mayuri reached into his captain's haiori. "Oh, I think I have just the thing to wake him right up." He chimed in an almost excited tone.
"Oh. No, that's fine." Unohana said, a bit of desperation in her voice.
She lifted her hands over Ookami's chest and they formed a dark green aura around them.
"This worked to wake Tsuki-taicho up from his state of unconsciousness. Hopefully it can work again."
Third Division Headquarters
Naito now sat at his own desk, finishing up the paperwork of his own that was due.
"Well, I'm done taicho." Byakuya said the moment he sat down.
"Alright Byakuya, you can just leave them on your desk there. Thank you. You may leave if you want."
Byakuya gave a slight nod and went for the door handle to leave, however some one was on the other side that already opened it, without knocking. Which meant it could only be one person….
"Ichimaru." Was all Byakuya said to greet the fifth squad lieutenant.
Ichimaru Gin, although he never was officially involved with the third division always seemed to like hanging around when he really had nothing else to do and shoot the breeze with the captain. He even went so far sometimes as to do paperwork and other types of chores around the division. Many shinigami called him "Third squad's unofficial vice-captain."
However, with the way Byakuya feels about such a title, most have found it to be a wise decision to stop.
"Hiya Baya." Gin said to Byakuya in return, his grin growing a bit wider. He knew how much it pissed the third squad vice-captain off.
Byakuya simply closed his eyes. His voice had a coldness to it that could freeze the air around them.
"Ichimaru. If you call me that one more time…."
Before he could continue, Naito broke up the tension.
"Hey Gin how are you?"
"Not too bad, yerself?"
"I guess things could be better…."
Just as he had said this, a hell butterfly fluttered by Ichimaru. He let it land on his finger as he listened to the message. Then in what seemed like a couple of seconds, the butterfly flew away.
"What is it?" Naito asked, not looking up from his work now.
"Vice-captain meeting." Gin replied as he looked over to Byakuya.
"I'll see you two later then." Naito said.
Neither gave a reply, Gin simply opened the door.
"After you." He remarked in his usual sarcastic tone to Byakuya.
Fourth Division Headquarters
After nearly a full minute, the tenth squad captain finally began showing signs of alertness.
He began opening his eyes slowly, but quickly closed them.
"Fuck, it's bright…." He said feebly.
Unohana gave a slight sigh of relief, discontinuing the treatment.
Alrighty. As always, read and review every oneHope you had a marvelous valentines day, and for those who don't happen to have some one 'round this time of year. Yaain't alone