"You requested us, Sotaichou?" you ask once inside the office.
"Hitsugaya-taichou, Kuchiki-taichou, it seems that the four Espada have left their posts and returned to Hueco Muendo. Did anything strange happen in the real world?"
For a while no one spoke. "Did something happen?" Sotaichou asks again.
After another pause, Byakuya replies, "Nothing out of the ordinary."
Sotaichou looks at both of you suspiciously, "You are excused."
"Excuse me, Sotaichou," you begin "I request permission to go to Hueco Muendo."
"Why?"
"Sosuke has taken my brother captive."
"Impossible! He has just sent report back from Earth."
Your eyes widen in shock. "W-What!"
"I have sent Hitsugaya-taichou to the real world, here is his most recent report."
A large monitor appears from behind the desk. You watch in bewilderment as the young boy talks. When the report is over, you apologize for your ignorance, bow, and excuse yourself.
Byakuya walks briskly to your side.
"That's not Toshiro," you mutter angrily. "It's Sosuke's zanpaktou."
"How can you tell?" Byakuya inquires.
"I just can," you say in haste. You start to use shunpo.
"Now where are you going?" The captain calls after you.
"The library. I'm going to Hueco Muendo, whether or not Sotaichou will let me."
"How will the library help?"
"I'm sure it has some books on Hueco Muendo," you reply, now in front of Seireitei's vast collection of books.
"Where do we start?" Byakuya asks.
"We?" you wonder aloud. He does not respond, but merely asks his question again. "Where do we start?"
"I don't know…I've never actually been in here before," you say, slightly embarrassed.
"Neither have I…" Byakuya thought to himself.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to search the whole library. You start on that end, I'll start on this side," you suggest. As Byakuya begins to move his side of the library you add on, "Kuchiki-taichou, thank you…thank you very much." He nods courteously, before continuing on his way.
After what seemed like hours of searching you finally found a useful looking book. "Kuchiki-taichou, I think I found something," you shout across the library.
Within seconds Byakuya is standing behind you.
"Where are you?" he asks.
"Up here!" you reply, waving from your spot on top the bookshelf.
"Why are you up there?"
"Well the book was on the top shelf, so I decided to-" you stop midway through your sentence.
"Is something wrong?" the other captain questions.
"T-t-t-t-there's a s-sp-sp-spider up here!" you stutter.
"So? Just kill the inferior organism," he says evenly.
"I-It's m-m-mov-v-ving!" you say, slowly beginning to walk backward.
"I don't think you should do that Hitsugaya, you might-" Byakuya was cut off mid-sentence. In your attempt to get away from the spider, you have walked right off the end of the bookshelf.
"fall," Byakuya mutters, as he catches you bridal style. He lands gracefully on the floor. "Are you ok, Hitsu-"
"Yuki. Call me Yuki," you interrupt. Byakuya looks at you slightly confused, but shakes it off.
"Then…are you ok…Yuki?"
You nod your head, "Thanks for the catch. I'm sorry for being such a klutz, but I really hate spiders."
The captain puts you on your feet. "Where's the book?"
"Right. Here," you hand him a dusty book. "I was skimming through it, and it talks about the Hollow world. However, I didn't see much about Hueco Muendo."
Something catches your eye. "A Hell Butterfly?" you murmur, as it lands on your extended index finger. "Sorry Kuchiki, but I have to run, Rangiku's holding an extra Women's Association meeting. I'll see you later then." You give a small wave before disappearing.
When you enter the secluded room, Rangiku attacks, "Yuki! Congratulations on the promotion, but more importantly, I heard you and Hisagi-fukutaichou had a little thing going on."
"What! I'm not going out with-" you start, but get interrupted by Nemu.
"I heard that it was Kuchiki-taichou," she says quietly.
"Nii-sama?" Rukia exclaims.
"You're not dating both of them are you!" Rangiku shouts.
"I'm not dating-"
But by now, you couldn't even hear yourself speak. The whole Women's Association was arguing on which guy was the better pick.
"Hisagi!"
"Kuchiki!"
"HISAGIi!"
"KUCHIKI!"
When you finally have enough, you flare out your reiatsu. "Will you just listen to me!" you yell. The sudden increase of gravity made everyone become very quiet. Even Soi Fon was impressed by how much reiatsu you had. When you're pretty sure you have everyone's attention, you say calmly and slowly, "I am not dating either of them, and-"
"Yet," Rangiku says in a matter-of-fact way. You cock an eyebrow at her.
"The Christmas party!" she says. You give her a confused look. "That's right…you weren't here…probably busy with Kuch-"
You flared your reiatsu again, the threat works, and Rangiku changes topics quickly.
"Kidding! Kidding! Anyway, it's a lieutenant and captain only party. You have to come with a date, and the guy has to ask. Unless, your guy isn't a lieutenant or a captain, then the girl can ask." She did a serious of small coughs before muttering the name, "Nemu."
Nemu starts to turn a soft shade of pink. "Baldy! Baldy!" Yachiru yells while sucking on a lollipop.
"Well, that's it for now!" Rangiku declares, as she wraps up the meeting. Usually Yachiru would end the meetings, but she is busy teasing Nemu about 'Baldy.'
As everyone begins to leave Rangiku pulls you and Rukia aside.
"You girls up for a shopping spree in the real world!" she squeals.
"Shopping?" Rukia says curiously. "For what?"
"Dresses of course!" Rangiku says.
"I'll go, it could be fun," you respond.
"I don't know…" Rukia says slowly. You give her a pleading look, if Rangiku had planned the trip, there was obviously a catch.
"I guess it would be ok, but I'd have to ask Nii-sama," Rukia says casually.
"Yay! This'll be so much fun!" the big-chested women cries out happily. "How about tomorrow around noon. Good? Good! Bye now."
You watch Rangiku rush to an unknown location.
"You know she's planning something…" you sigh. Rukia nods, but seems unfazed. "That's what makes Rangiku…Rangiku," she replies with a small smile.
You suddenly remember about the rest of 9th squad. "I got to go, I'll see you tomorrow, and you WILL be coming!" you say quickly.
