Yuzumi was lead into the Soul Society by Toshiro and Ichigo with many stares from the citizens. She knew that in their eyes she had become a monster and honestly, she agreed with them. Aizen had turned her into a monster that could never reside happily in her old home ever again and when she ultimately comes face-to-face with her father she would terribly ashamed. Ichigo opened the door to Byakuya's office and cleared his throat.
"Yes?" Byakuya looked up at Ichigo with the same cold stare he wore since the kidnapping of Yuzumi.
"We have word of Yuzumi, but, you won't like what we have to tell you." Byakuya rose from his seat quickly as he looked at Ichigo. They lead in what looked to be an arrancar which made Byakuya furious until he got a good look at the arrancar in front of him. He gasped as he looked at what his daughter had become.
"N-No, that's impossible. You would have to be killed in a violent manner or…" Yuzumi smiled sadly as her father's voice trailed off at the end. He looked at the mask around her neck and the hole in her collarbone.
"How did you die, Yuzumi?" Byakuya was visibly angry as he looked at his daughter's mask.
"I was strangled.." Her voice was raspy. Something that no one else seemed to have taken notice of except her father.
Byakuya grit his teeth as he asked the next part of his question, "by who and what?"
Yuzumi bit her lip which gave it away immediately. Byakuya was practically radiating anger as his assumption was correct. Byakuya had known that Aizen was the one responsible but he never had the proof to call for war on Los Noches but now, at the cost of his only child's life, they would be able to send in the required squads that would wipe out the Espada and Aizen's arrancars. A sudden realization came to Byakuya that made him sick to his stomach. He would have to put Yuzumi to death if she stayed in what was rightfully her home, but, if he sent her back she would still be put to death by the squads he would send in.
"It's alright, dad. You know what you have to do." Ichigo and Rukia looked at us with confusion as Toshiro looked down to the floor as well. Byakuya nodded to Toshiro and Toshiro walked up to Yuzumi with a pair of handcuffs in his hand. Rukia started to say something but Yuzumi shook her head no which made Rukia back off.
"Will you be the one to do it, Toshiro?" Toshiro nodded and he tried his best not to look in Yuzumi's face. He thought back to the young fourteen year old he once played games with but that only made it harder for him to put the cuffs around her wrists.
"Yuzumi, look up at me please." Yuzumi looked up at Toshiro as he placed a kiss on her forehead and wiped her fallen tears. Byakuya returned to his stone faced look as he sat back down at his desk.
"Yuzumi, what has happened to Renji?" Yuzumi looked away from Byakuya.
"He has become a high-ranking arrancar after being tortured and eventually murdered at the hands of Espada number six Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez." Yuzumi's voiced had dulled into a monotone voice that signaled she had disconnected herself from those around her. Toshiro took Yuzumi and walked her from within the office but instead of taking her to the prison they both started running towards the entrance of the Soul Society. Byakuya knew that Toshiro wouldn't harm Yuzumi with the feelings he had for her so he allowed them both to escape freely with a sense of relief flowing from inside him. He would see his daughter again, that he was certain of.
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Author's Note:
I'm finding it a bit difficult to write in the third person point of view since I haven't written in it in almost four years now so I will be changing it to first person here on out. I will not be going back and editing the previous chapters to first person as that would require almost an entire days work. Hopefully all of you that are reading can be patient with me as I work on changing my newer chapters to all first person.
