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Disclaimer: I do not own the Bleach characters. I only own Yuki and Kimiko.
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Chapter 2
Matsumoto Rangiku wanted to wake her Captain up, but didn't know what he would say or how he would react if she did. He seemed so peaceful, and he needed his rest after doing paperwork all day long.
Hitsugaya Toushirou was on the couch, sleeping away, completely oblivious to the Captain's meeting that was going to take place in seven minutes.
Rangiku took the side of waking up her Captain anyway, even if she didn't want to be yelled at.
She started shaking her not-so-small-anymore Captain gently. "Pst…Taichou…"
He mumbled but didn't say anything else.
She shook him a little harder, and raised her voice a little higher than a whisper. "Taichou…wake up. You have a meeting in seven minutes…and it's really important that you go…"
That got him up. He didn't say anything as he slung Hyourinmaru over his shoulder and walked to the door. He paused for a second by the door and turned his head slightly and said, "Arigatou, Matsumoto…" Then he shunpo'd off to the Squad One barracks.
Yamamoto banged his staff on the ground to start the meeting. "I shall call this meeting to order!"
All the Captains fell quiet and listened.
"I bring very grave news to Soul Society." His voice was quiet and deadly. He looked like he was ready to kill somebody. He looked like he was going to kill whoever interrupted him. "There has been an accident today at fifteen minutes after noon to the Academy students on their mission today."
Some captains gasped, like Unohana, Ukitake, and Kyouraku. Some just widened their eyes a bit, like Byakuya, Sajin, Soifon, and Zaraki. The only one who was trembling and very close to crying was Toushirou.
Ukitake must've noticed, because he said, "I'm sure it can't be all that bad, Hitsugaya-kun."
Toushirou didn't answer him. So Yamamoto continued.
"This meeting will continue tomorrow morning at seven-thirty when Soifon-taichou searches the crime scene."
That afternoon, the Omnitsukidou searched and searched for anybody alive. They only found about eight survivors, Kimiko included, who was is a coma, but the rest, thirty-nine to be exact, were found dead, having being killed by the kidou bombs. The only one that was not found was, of course, Hitsugaya Yuki, kidnapped by the stranger.
The only evidence they found was something shiny and shaped like a lotus flower.
Soifon noted that there was a lot of blood, both hollows' and Shinigamis', all eight survivors said that there was a huge war between the hollows and the students right before the kidou bomb went off and triggered a reaction, but the good part was that all of the hollows were exterminated by the explosions.
Soifon took the survivors to Squad Four and wrapped the shiny thing in a special cloth and kept it tucked away in her robe for the meeting tomorrow at seven-thirty.
The next morning, Toushirou was the third captain there at the Squad One barracks, the first being Kenpachi, and the second being Byakuya.
His daughter was in that class. His daughter was on that mission. His daughter was in that forest. What if she was killed? What the hell happened to her?
A few minutes later, Yamamoto called the meeting to order.
"Alright, Soifon-taichou, what do you have?"
The said person stepped forward. "I'm sorry, Sir, but out of the fourty-nine students that were on the mission, eight are alive and currently in the Division Four barracks, thirty-nine are dead, and one is currently missing."
There was an intense silence after this. Soifon continued.
"We found traces of not only one kidou bomb but multiple bombs and all eight surviving students can give you the same story that the kidou bombs were real. Some of them even have injuries from the explosions. All we found at the crime scene were the thirty-nine dead bodies and something else."
Soifon took out the little package. She unwrapped the package while the surrounding captains dramatically held their breath. Then she took out the lotus flower and held it out for everyone to see.
Toushioru's breath suddenly did a very sharp intake. Most captains heard it, but pretended not to. All but Ukitake.
"What's wrong, Hitsugaya-kun?" The older Shiro asked.
Toushirou shook his head and said, "Nothing…"
It was Yuki's hairclip…
~Right After the Meeting~
Toushirou walked up to the second division captain. "Soifon, may I have that flower?"
"As in keep it? Sure, I don't really have a need for it anyway," Soifon said.
Kurotsuchi whined. "What? I was going to run some tests on it!"
"Shut up, Kurotsuchi!" Zaraki growled. "It is possible that Hitsugaya has a better purpose for the damned thing!"
That wasn't something you heard or saw everyday. If Zaraki sticks up for you, consider yourself lucky.
"What could be better than experimenting on a plastic flower?" The scientist asked the surrounding captains, which included all of them, even the Soutaichou.
Obviously, Kurotsuchi's words hit a nerve, because Toushirou, who was usually silent during the elders' arguments, spoke up in a commanding tone. "It's not plastic. It's sapphire and diamond…A very rare blue diamond, in fact…"
All Captains turned to the youngest with awe.
"Now that's something," Kyouraku said. "How'd you know that, Hitsugaya?"
"I made it…"
There was a dramatic gasp. "WHAT?" Kurotsuchi roared.
"Yes, I made it myself, but with the help of a good friend of mine. I made it for someone that is really special to me…"
"Yuki?" Only Ukitake dared to speak, because only he knew who it was made for.
Toushirou slowly nodded. Now that was one secret that couldn't be kept any longer. What the other captains didn't know however, another secret, was that Yuki was really Toushirou's biological daughter, not his adopted daughter.
"You seem so close to the girl, Hitsugaya-kun," Unohana said. "I would like to know why…"
"What was her last name before you adopted her again?" Kurotsuchi asked.
"She didn't have a last name before I adopted her…" Toushirou said quietly. "In fact I didn't adopt her at all. I asked if she could live with me because of the hollows that sometimes attack Rukongai."
"But what's your relationship with her?" Byakuya asked.
Toushirou mentally sighed. Here it goes…Toushirou took a deep breath before going on. "She's my daughter…my biological daughter…my own flesh and blood… her real name was, and will always be, Hitsugaya Yuki…this hairclip is the only thing I have left of her…"
So far…
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