"I'm glad to see that you came so quickly Hitsugaya-taichou," The old man says as you enter the room. Your eyes scan Sotaichou's office. There was another captain inside, Kuchiki-taichou. "Is something wrong?" you ask, wondering why he would call two Taichous.
"On Earth, there has been an increase of arrancar occurrences, some stronger than expected. I want the two of you to go Earth and help out Kuchiki, Kurosaki and their friends. Ukitake-taichou has already opened the Senkai Gate," he turns to you. "This is a chance to prove yourself as a captain, do not disappoint my judgment." He nods to each captain before his lieutenant escorts you and Byakuya out of the office.
"Race you there!" you say to Byakuya.
"I do not participate in such childish games," he replies coldly.
"Fine, but don't complain when you lose!" You took off, with Byakuya close behind.
You beat Byakuya to the Senkai Gate, and once inside re-challenge him.
"You want a rematch?" you taunt to the other captain.
"As I have said before, I do not participate in such childish games" Byakuya replies before speeding off.
"Geez, for a guy who doesn't participate he sure starts fast," you mutter yourself.
Byakuya beat you to Earth, but just by a little. "Fine, you beat me that time, but that's only because you had a head start!" you say.
"I told you-"
"I know, I know. 'I don't participate in childish games'." you interrupt "But for someone who doesn't participate you sure moved fast."
Byakuya just rolls his eyes.
You walk up next to him, "You don't have to stay all regal around me. You know that right?" you state.
Byakuya doesn't reply, and just walks past you. "Come, we should find Rukia."
~The next morning~
"RUKIA!!!!!" you scream across the school. Rukia turns at the sound of her name, and waves back at you. You sprint across the grounds to where Rukia is. Two tall guys, one with orange hair, one with dark hair and a very busty girl accompany her. The one with orange hair says, "Hey Rukia, who's she?"
Before Rukia could speak, you say, "Hitsugaya Yukiko!"
"Hitsugaya...isn't that Toshiro's last name?" the orange haired boy says.
"Mmhmm, I'm his older sister. And you are?"
This time Rukia replies, "Kurosaki Ichigo, Sado Yasutora, and Inoue Orihime." She points to each person individually. The school bell's sharp ring stops the conversation and everyone begins to walk to class.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Rukia asks
"Sotaichou said that a bunch of Menos and arrancar have started to arrive. So Kuchiki-taichou and I came to help." you reply.
"Nee-sama came? Where is he?"
"He's around somewhere."
A suspicion came to Rukia's mind, but then left, but then came back. And this time Rukia squeals, "Are you a-a Taichou?!"
"Yup! I got promoted a couple days back!"
"Well congratulations! We can talk later." Rukia murmered as the students started walking again. You waved to Ichigo, Yasutora (Chad), and Orihime as they left.
You put your gigai back at the apartment you rented. (The apartment was in case you had to stay a long time)
All through the day you battled hollows, menos, and arrancar, yet no sign of Byakuya. "I wonder where he went," you mutter. Suddenly, Byakuya's silhouette appears on the roof next to yours. You start to move in that direction, when a blazing stream of red light came out of the blue. "Look out!" you scream.
You dodge the cero, but wondered what happened to Byakuya. He was a skilled Taichou, but that cero was fired point-blank. Quickly, you race toward the area Byakuya was seconds ago, but when you got there he was gone. "Kuchiki-taichou!" you call, looking through clouds dust. Finally you spot him crouched down grasping his left arm. Blood was gushing out of his arm, and his clothes were pretty cut up. "What happened to you?!" you cry.
Byakuya was breathing heavily, but his reply was still steady, "Ichimaru, Tousen, and one arrancar, they said they were looking for you..."
You heard everything Byakuya said, and stood there confused. "I'll deal with them later. Right now we need to get you to shelter," you muttered.
"I'm fine, go figure out what Ichimaru wants."
"I'll take you to Rukia."
"I said I'm fine!"
"I'm sure she has a place you can stay," you were half-talking to yourself, and half-talking to Byakuya.
"Are you listening to me!" Byakuya hisses.
"No! You listen to me! You have lost enough blood to fill a bathtub, so do NOT tell me you are ok!" you snap back. Usually you weren't this irratable, but panic was rushing through your body. There were two traitor captains and an arrancar in the area. Ichigo and his friends were in school and Byakuya was injured. You needed to do something quick. "Can you move?" you ask more calmly.
The other captain just gave a quick nod. "Good, now follow me," you add, "The high school shouldn't be too far away." You let no signs of panic show, but secretly feared that you wouldn't make it thereā¦alive.
Rukia P.O.V.
You sense a battle nearby.
"Ichigo," you hiss "do you sense the reiatsu?"
The orange-haired boy mumbles back, "Yeah, someone's fighting, but I don't recognize the reiatsu."
You concentrate harder on the reiatsu. It seemed familiar, but at the same time new. You kept thinking, before suddenly realizing who's it was. "Yukiko!" I gasp.
"You're friend from this morning?" Ichigo asks.
"NO TALKING!" screamed the teacher, glaring daggers at you and Ichigo.
"Sorry," you reply meekly. Something outside the window caught my eye. As you turn to see what it was, a silent scream escapes your lips.
Your P.O.V.
"Damn it!" you shout. Your worst fears had come to life. The arrancar, which you now realize to be an Espada, was within a 100-foot range, and you were still at least a couple blocks away from the school. "Kuchiki-taichou see that high school over there." you point straight at the school "Go there and find Rukia, she should be in one of the classrooms. I'll hold these guys off for as long as I can."
Byakuya gave you a scornful look, but swallowed his pride and left.
Within seconds, the Espada was right in front of you. He reminded you of Byakuya: cold, silent, and had emotionless eyes. Gin appears behind him. "Yuki-chan! What a pleasant surprise." He says excitedly.
"Cut the crap Gin. What do you want!" you reply coldly.
"Tsk, tsk. Girlies, like you, shouldn't be so cold when a gentlemen greets a lady."
You didn't reply, but glare at Gin. He sighs heavily, "Ulquiorra, kill the other captain. Less trouble in the future, and there won't be any interruptions now."
Before Gin had even finished his sentence, you start racing to Byakuya. This "Ulquiorra" had an immense reiatsu, and could easily stand his ground against a captain. With Byakuya injured, he wouldn't stand a chance against Ulquiorra.
