Kuromi enjoyed her's and Gin's brunch. The dango was delicious, even the tea was better than most days. Maybe it was all the tension around that made the food taste extra appetizing. Or maybe she was just so anxious she didn't realize how hungry she was. Either way, the food was delicious. Unfortunately, he had work to do and she had to get back to looking for ryoka. They couldn't spend much more time together for the afternoon. Ah well, there were plenty of other times to spend her time with him. She walked her way back to the seireitei and almost immediately her ears started to ring and twitch. She held her head and nearly doubled over from the headache she had gotten. "What the heck!? Don't tell me he's found them now..." She grumbled a bit as she looked off into the sky line of the large town like village. There was only one man strong enough to make her actually cringe and have headaches from the sheer power of his reiatsu. He could make anyone below fukutaichou level pass out or just freeze on the spot.
That man's name was Kenpachi Zaraki. He was the 11th Division's taichou. He only cared about fighting and being the strongest shinigami in all of the seireitei. He didn't even know the name of his zanpakutou, however. He just fought with sheer strength. But from the sounds of things, he was fighting someone just as strong. One of the ryoka, she had a feeling of that was who it was. "I wonder who could be suicidal enough to fight him..." If only she knew that Kenpachi was the one who tracked the ryoka down. She knew it would be bad if she got too close with that much reiatsu being released, but she wanted to see just who was fighting him. So, she started her dash towards the large maze like path towards the sacred Sokyoku hill.
The closer she got, the more her ears rung in pain. She wondered how this ryoka was even moving with such pressure. Maybe he was stronger than any of them really thought. That was rare. A ryoka never was this strong and would have been subdued before any of them could even find them to be a threat. Even if there were six of them in total, there was no way they should have lasted this long. But they were still all on the loose from the last time she checked. This was interesting. She couldn't wait to meet all of them. She got closer and closer until she felt a strong burst of reiatsu. She stumbled and fell over from the amount of it and held her head again. She struggled to stay conscious. She already passed out once, she wasn't going to pass out again. She stayed still, though, and waited for the burst to pass so she could walk straight again. It started to calm down soon after and she got up, dashing once again to get there before any of the officers could get there. She wanted to be the first to see. She wasn't going to be the first to see this strong ryoka, she knew that, but she still wanted to be the first to actually speak with him instead of attack. If he was this determined, she wanted to know why.
By the time she had gotten there, she couldn't feel much of the reiatsu anymore. It would be hard to even give an ounce when you were unconscious on the ground. She stared at Kenpachi, then at the orange haired boy lying on the ground. A short, pink haired girl hopped down and picked up the large man as if he were light as a cat. "He really made Ken-chan happy. I haven't seen him this happy in so long!" She giggled before looking at the boy. "I hope you can play with Ken-chan again soon. He'd really enjoy it~!" She chimed before running off, leaving Kuromi to do with the ryoka as she wanted. She smiled a little bit. Division 11 was always the strange one. She looked around before picking the boy up from under his arms and dragged him towards an alley. Hopefully that would keep the officers from butting in too soon.
Kuromi knelt down in front of the boy and tilted her head. He looked absolutely out of it. He must have done a lot to just give Kenpachi those wounds. She waved her hand in front of his face before slapping him to try to wake him up. She pouted when none of that worked. "Oh come on, you aren't that hurt." She muttered before shaking him a little. "It's going to take a lot more than that to wake him up." Kuromi's ears twitched before she looked around. "Huh?" "Down here." She looked down only to see a black cat. She blinked in confusion before smiling. "A talking kitty? I never seen you before." She tried to pet it, but the cat simply ignored and walked over to the boy. She blinked and just watched. "He's exhausted. No doubt all that reiatsu attracted attention like yours. I need to get him out of here." "But wait! I want to talk with him." Kuromi's ears folded as she looked at the cat. "Listen, girl, this isn't something you need to get yourself involved with. Just sit back and leave him alone." The deep male voice slowly turned into a womanly one as the cat transformed into a woman. Her eyes widened a bit in surprise. She lifted him up easily and started to walk away from the area. "I suggest you get out of here, too. You don't want to be accused of helping a ryoka, right?" She smirked a little at her before disappearing. Kuromi was left dumbfounded by the woman or...cat...or...whatever she was. She didn't recognize her at all and she didn't seem familiar. With all these memories rushing into her head, she was sure that if she did know her, she'd try to stop her.
As night started to stroll on by, the young girl couldn't help but notice all the violence being unleashed in the seireitei. All of a sudden, everyone was fighting someone. And yet, she hasn't fought anyone. Not to say she wasn't jealous of most of the shinigami here, but she really just hoped that no one got too hurt. After seeing how hurt Suiren had gotten and how Momo started to turn on everyone because of Aizen's death, she didn't want this to go on anymore. She knew now that the ryoka were just here for a good cause and yet most of them have been arrested by now. Even poor Hanatoro. He was apart of Division 4 and probably just got mixed up in all the fighting. She didn't know the full stories just yet, but as far as she knew, she didn't want this to go on anymore. Rukia didn't deserve this punishment and she didn't deserve to know how upsetting all of this was for her friends. By the time night had come, Suiren was back in her room, but was resting in her bed. She couldn't move all that much, since her wound was still there even if it was still a little sliver. Even Toshiro had ordered her not to move and just rest. Even he said that things were getting hectic in such a formerly peaceful place.
Kuromi stared out her window of her room and sighed a little bit. She wasn't sure what to do anymore. Now she was getting confused. Rukia was her friend and she needed to be rescued. But she didn't want to go against the Seireitei's wishes and make herself a traitor. She felt so conflicted with everything and everyone. She ruffled her hair before getting up to go find someone to talk to. She needed reassurance right now. Suiren was sleeping and resting, so she couldn't be stressed out either. She went to find Rangiku and Toshiro, but they seemed to have disappeared, too. Her ears folded a bit before she went outside to find someone else she trusted greatly. As she went outside, her ears rung again and twitched from all the reiatsu she felt. She couldn't believe how much fighting even now was going on. She hoped this all ended soon. She walked down the path silently as she waited for anyone to come around. No one did. They must have been busy with all of this already. Paperwork or just plain fighting or being in the infirmary...it all just sucked. She sighed a little before looking up. She blinked, seeing Gin walk just a little ahead of her. She tilted her head and followed after him. She could always talk to him! This shouldn't be at all difficult for her to confess her troubles to him. Although...she was a little curious as to why his left sleeve was torn up.
She followed him, making sure to keep her reiatsu as low as possible so he wouldn't sense her. She had been practicing even long before all this chaos happened, to keep her reiatsu below sensing level. She wanted to at least surprise him one day, even if she got punished for it. She smiled as she rounded the corner before blinking as she saw him enter a hidden room. She tilted her head and crept forward to see what was going on in there. She stayed out of range of the door's view and perked an ear up to hear what was going on.
"Well, everything is goin' as planned. Poor Momo, though. The girl doesn't even know what she's gettin' herself into." She heard Gin speak first. Just who was he talking to? "She's easy to manipulate. It's best if we keep using her, no matter how damaged she gets." She heard a low voice, making her shake and shudder. There was no way...that couldn't be! "How mean if you." Gin smirked at the man and waited for any other plans to be heard out. "The execution has been changed. All we need to do is finish a few things here and pack one more thing." Gin rose a brow and tilted his head. "Oh? What's that?" The man smirked a bit as he thought. "I'll leave you to pack her up. Kuromi's a good toy as well. I've been meaning to get her attention somehow." Gin was a little surprised by this. "Why her? She's a little more than useless, isn't she?" He was good at faking his emotions and keeping his intentions a secret. He was just curious as to why she was involved. As far as he was concerned, he didn't want her involved in this heinous Cout at all. "She was an old experiment of mine. She was supposed to keep a watch over things and alert me if someone found out. But she began to become more...humanly than I wanted. I erased her memories but now she may actually be worth something. The treat I gave her the other day should be bringing back her memories." Aizen smirked at him as he explained what she was to him. A simple failed experiment. Gin couldn't believe how evil this man was. Manipulating the poor girl, erasing the only thing she wants to remember...all for his enjoyment. "How cruel of you to do that. Ah well, I'll get her ready then." His voice made it sound like he wasn't fazed at all. Like he didn't care that she was a simple little plaything to Aizen.
Kuromi took a step back from the door as she listened in. This couldn't be real...there was no way this was real. She knew for a fact Gin wouldn't be apart of something like this. But what hit her the hardest was knowing she was a simple experiment gone wrong. Her eyes welled up with tears as she stared at the door. She took a few more steps back before running away from the area, not letting either of them know she was there, eavesdropping on their plans. The two glanced at the door as they heard the heavy footsteps. Gin frowned but Aizen was more than happy to know she heard. "You better get her quick before things get messed up." He told him before standing and disappearing from his spot. "Yes, Aizen-taichou." Gin, despite the look on his face, felt terrible. He knew for a fact now that talking to the girl was going to be the hardest thing about this plan. He just needed to be careful if she attacked. Not like he couldn't handle her or anything, but he knew what was going to happen.