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Chapter thirty.

Kumiko sat in her room a week later, pondering on how to escape back down to the real world. Byakuya was out having to deal with hollows and was also dealing with a problem down in the real world.

There was a strange hollow running around like an angry bull. Crashing into buildings, flattening trees, making craters in the streets. She had to get back. She had many more things she had to do.

"Think, think, and think!!" Kumiko said, groaning. She stared up at the ceiling and then shot up.

"I have an idea!!"

"Oh no."

"It is brilliant!! Completely original!"

"Here we go again."

"Now, to put my brilliant plan into action. Hehehe," Kumiko said, chuckling evilly.

"… You are a very scary child you know that?"

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Byakuya walked from Yamamoto's office and towards his own office, inwardly smirking. Kurotsuchi had definitely complained to Yamamoto but it was to no avail. He recalled the conversation he just happened to overhear.

"Yamamoto-Sotaichou! I have something grave to tell you," Kurotsuchi said, obviously irritated.

"Oh, is it something about the arrancar? Or Aizen?" Yamamoto asked, surprised but then not surprised.

"No, no, but I was assaulted yesterday!!"

"Really?"

"Yes really!!"

"By whom? An angry experiment?"

"No! I was assaulted by Kuchiki Byakuya and Zaraki Kenpachi!!" Kurotsuchi said, triumphantly.

"Really?"

"Yes really!!!"

"Hm, finally."

"WHAT!?!?!?!?"

"I gave them full permission to ah… what is the phrase?" Yamamoto thought for a moment. "Oh yes, beat you senseless. But not to kill you. As punishment for illegally performing experiments on a noble and trying to murder her as well, I am allowing Zaraki Kenpachi to use you as target practice when ever he is bored."

"What! I-I-!"

"End of discussion, go on with your duties."

Oh yes it was quite an entertaining discussion. He walked into the sixth division office and was greeted by sixth division shinigami. He nodded and went into his quiet office, which was a relief for him. He sat down and began to write something down in his book.

"Excuse me, Taichou… can I ask you a favor?" Renji said walking into the room, "You don't have to fill in for me at vice-captains meetings when I'm out, so please don't…"

"Part of a captains responsibilities is to make sure the vice-captains responsibilities are taken care of," Byakuya said, continue to write.

"Right, I understanding that, but…," Renji said, "Wait, don't tell me you don't go to Rukia's Shinigami Woman's Association meeting when she's out, do you?"

Byakuya just smiled.

"Well, here is my report," Renji said handing him the sheets of paper. Byakuya took them and placed them on his desk next to a picture. This reminded, he pulled out a square package and said, "Yoruichi sends this."

Byakuya frowned and took it. Renji left as he unwrapped the package. It was a photo album with gold letters saying: Kumiko.

He opened it to see pictures of a dark haired baby. One picture had the baby sleeping in a crib; one had her awake lying in her bassinette, kicking her little feet. Another had Yoruichi holding the baby, who was giggling at Urahara. He was shaking a rattle right above her head. Yoruichi seemed to have been shaking her head but was smiling. He turned the page and saw the toddler/baby chewing on a cookie. The next picture she looked a little older and her hair was in short pigtails. She was swinging a stick around, almost hitting a black cat. The cat looked angry and Urahara was standing in the back round laughing.

Byakuya was about to look at more when a shinigami came running in saying, "There has been an uproar in the twelfth Division. All captains are to come immediately!!"

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"Oh my," Unohana said looking around at all the terrified shinigami.

"What happened here?" Shunsui asked.

"Th-There is something inside!! We tried getting rid of it but it attacked us!! It trashed Kurotsuchi Taichou's private dissection room!!" One of the shinigami said, terrified.

"What does it look like?"

"All I saw was white figure and something trying to grab people!!" he said horrified.

"I see, where is Kurotsuchi? And where is Kenpachi!!?" Yamamoto said.

"We don't know. We couldn't find Vice-Captain Kusajishi either," Ikkaku said.

"Go find them!! And if he is beating up Kurotsuchi, tell him he can do that later!!!"

"Hai!!"

Byakuya appeared, looking around at the many frightened shinigami.

"What happened?"

"There's something dangerous in there according to these people, I have sent several captains in there to investigate," Yamamoto said.

"SoTaichou!!"

"What is it, Soi Fon?"

"We found Kurotsuchi tied up in some weird substance," Soi Fon said.

"What about this monster?"

"Nothing is there," Soi Fon said.

"I see."

Unohana looked around at the distressed people. She then saw something on the ground. She picked it up and then shook her head.

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"Kumiko!!" Byakuya said, walking down the walk way. He frowned and went towards her room. Where was that child? It had been a long tedious day, and he was hoping that he would take some time to spend with her.

He slid open the door and was shocked by the scene.

Mai was on the floor unconscious, he quickly went over and helped her up. She groaned and looked at him groggy.

"W-What?" She said, eyes unfocused. Suddenly her eyes widen saying, "Kuchiki-sama!! Where is Kumiko-sama?!"

"I was about to ask you the same thing," Byakuya said.

"I turned around to get Kumiko something and I was hit and I blacked out, hearing someone scream."

Byakuya felt frozen.

His daughter had been kidnapped.

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