Chapter 3: The Captain's Meeting
Renji finally made it to the meeting hall. He opened the door without knocking and took a few steps inside. He had stumbled into a Captain's meeting and stopped, leaving the door open. "E-excuse me.. I've captured the ryoka." The lieutenant stuttered, his eyes shifting to the floor. He was gravely intimidated by the elderly captain sitting before him. "Set him down, Abarai-kun. Where is Kuchiki-taichou?" The head master questioned with a raspy voice. "He.. He said he would meet me here shortly." He answered, setting the unconscious male on the ground. The leader gave a frown at the male lying on the floor. "Ah! He's not dead.. like you said.. he's just unconscious.." Abarai announced nervously. "Very well.. We will examine him after the meeting." The leader dismissed. Abarai gave a sigh and relaxed, being granted permission to rest there during the meeting.
Shortly after the interruption was settled, Gin and Aizen walked in. A devilish smirk was spread across Gin's face as he had something concealed in his hand. Following behind them was a dazed Byakuya who quickly took his place amongst the captains. He stood stiffly as Gin and Aizen took their spots. "Sorry for the late appearance. We got... held up.." Gin apologized, giving a smirk towards Byakuya.
Byakuya stiffened and his eyes shifted to the ground. The leader dismissed the matter and went on discussing several happenings in the last few days and what new jobs will be within the following weeks. Gin smirked, opening his hand slightly and revealed a small switch. His smirk grew as his switched it on. Aizen watched him out of the corner of his eye and gave a slight smirk, but then turned his attention to the unconscious male.
Suddenly Byakuya tensed and a light blush flashed across his cheeks. He tightened his hands into fists and bit his lip. He looked towards Gin who was smirking at him and he tried to frown but couldn't. He shifted his eyes to the ground, trying to ignore what was going on inside him.
Abarai noticed his captain tense up and caught the blush. Captain's...blushing? What in the world...? He thought to himself and narrowed his eyes. He shifted his eyes over to Gin instinctively, and noticed his smirk. He frowned as he tried to figure out what was going on.
About a half an hour later, Byakuya was still trying to sit through the meeting, despite what Gin was doing to him. Gin gave an inaudible chuckle as he moved the switch up more, caused Byakuya to let out a sharp gasp before biting his lip more. He bit down as hard as he could and soon tasted the metallic taste of his blood. Abarai nearly lept up to Kuchiki's rescue, but stopped himself. Making a scene would do no good...Hang in there Taichou! He ordered in his head.
A few minutes passed and the struggling raven haired male couldn't take it any longer. "E..Excuse me.." He muttered to the leader in a shaky voice as he promptly left the meeting hall. Abarai watched his leader leave and got to his feet. "I'll go make sure Kuchiki-taichou is alright." He offered, turning and heading for the door. "That won't do, Abarai-kun. You should stay here to get the information that he'll miss while he's out. Let me go check on him." Gin objected, looking towards the leader. "Hnnn.. He's right, Abarai-kun. You stay here, Ichimaru-kun will go check on him." He agreed. Abarai opened his mouth as if to object, but looked down angrily. He moved away from the door as Gin stepped out, giving a devilish "Hehe.." towards the red head. Abarai glared at him as he left and soon replaced Byakuya in his spot.