The Incomplete Truth

[???] "Captain Commander, you are going to be late to your meeting at this rate"

[Captain Commander] "Honestly, they can wait a few minutes for me to arrive"

[???] "That's the point. Their incredibly resilient and don't like to wait"

[Captain Commander] "You're worrying too much Dulg"

[Dulg] "Shall I give you a lift sir?"

[Captain Commander] "That would be very helpful"

Walking down a long corridor of the sereitei were the captain commander of the Shinigami and his vice captain. The commander always walked very slow and usually hitched a ride on Dulg's shoulders to build up some speed. They shot down the corridors and burst through a set of doors where several men and women stood in two rows facing each other. Just past them, a large seat was built into the wall where the commander was quickly placed and Dulg took his position next to the chair. Dulg was a very hefty man. Huge compared to most. He has the build to become a professional wrestler and can run pretty fast on flat surfaces. Going up or down hill, this sumo would most likely roll to the bottom.

[???] "You're late"

[???] "Honestly Sir"

[???] "Should I design you a car for use in the building commander?"

[Dulg] "That would be pretty useful"

[Captain Commander] "Don't be daft. I prefer to walk"

[???] "Suit yourself"

[Captain Commander] "I've called you all here for a reason"

This room was built for the captains of the sereitei to hold meetings and discuss problems or achievements. There are thirteen captains, each in charge of a division. These divisions are called the Gotei Thirteen or the thirteen court guard squads. Each captain is immensely powerful and each have a vice captain to help them with their duties. Then, the rest of the Shinigami are split into the squads as members. Dulg himself is the vice captain of squad one with the captain commander being the captain of that particular squad. Mainly because looking out of a window and thinking is boring for a commander so he needed more work.

[Captain Commander] "Now then, I would like for you all to listen carefully to what I am about to tell you. First, a question… When was the last time a Senkai gate was ever opened?"

A Senkai gate is a strange pattern of two doors that can take Shinigami to the human world. They can appear anywhere with enough space to fit it. A massive pathway of rock and rubble connect these senkei gates to the soul society and are cleaned regularly by cleaners. These being massive machines with teeth and powerful moving speeds. The tunnels are usually closed when the cleaner are operational.

[???] "I'm guessing over 2 years ago?"

[???] "More than that I'm afraid. It appears that the last recorded opening in my database was that of over one hundred years ago."

[???] "That long? Then how is the living world still there?"

[Captain Commander] "We actually don't know if it's still there or not."

[???] "What kind of response is that?"

[Captain Commander] "Think about this. If we left the living world for one hundred years, what would the hollows begin doing?"

[???] "Oh my god…"

[???] "Do we have records of a body count at all?"

[???] "I do, and its way over two million"

[???] "WHAT!!!"

[???] "That's including spirits. About eight tenths of those deaths are spirits that we can't cleanse because we can't get to them. The other two tenths are living humans. And these recorded results have only just begun to increase.

[???] "So hollows are hunting living things now?"

[???] "That may be so"

[Captain Commander] "That is exactly why we must get the senkei gate back open and running. Me and captain Kurotsuchi are working on the senkei gates operations. Once we have got it working again, I want all captains to rally their best fighters and move into the living world."

[???] "I suggest we allow a recon team to scope the area ahead for us. I know a few who could do that"

[???] "But those four? Two are still in the academy"

[???] "But they all pose powerful souls. If we wait a year, then this team will become very powerful"

[???] "Do you honestly believe that those two in your squad will gain the Zanpakutou within a year?"

[???] "I'm sure of it…"

[Captain Commander] "I agree with that decision. Burasutsu Kurotsuchi? Is this a wise choice?"

[Burasutsu] "Hmmm…. I think they are likely to be walking into their own deaths. But…I think it may be interesting to get the data as quickly as possible. I've heard my father's research into hollows has taken a greater effect in the living world"

[???] "Is that these Xeno Hollows we have been hearing about?"

[Burasutsu] "Oh yes… very interesting creatures they are"

[???] "Still, fuelling the enemy won't help us"

[Burasutsu] "Aha! But leaving them alone won't prove a challenge. Please commander, back to our subject before I get moaned at for my relations with a mad man."

[Captain Commander] "Fine then, it's settled. Once they have returned from their mission we shall alert them about the news. Then, in a year's time, we shall send them through the Senkai gate to the living world. Kurotsuchi, I give you one year to complete the gates reconstruction"

[Burasustsu] "Alas, I shall have a go at it"

[???] "That team… SAKA force I think they called it"

[???] "Haha… what fools"

[???] "Can we really let such idiots do this?"

[???] "Believe in Hitsugaya… he's more surprising than you might think"