The following events may or may not be likely to you. -waves writer's license weakly- This is also the last chapter of this arc. Chapters nine and ten will be like a bridge between the two arcs.
I don't have to take any of my final exams! Lucky me! -dodges thrown objects-
DISCLAIMER APPLIES. If I owned Bleach, Urahara and Yoruichi would've had babies by now.
"You have no idea how glad I am to be back in my own clothes," Karin told him as they walked towards the huge double-doors.
"You've told me several times already; I think I know by now," he replied. "Now focus on the task at hand. The Captain-Commander listened; now it's time to tell all of the other captains and vice-captains."
"You know, Ichi-nii was not happy when the Captain-Commander told him that I had to stay one more day."
"He's not stupid enough to fight the leader of Soul Society, thankfully." Karin snickered, but quieted since they had reached the doors. "I'm here, so don't worry," he whispered in her ear.
"You have been granted permission to enter," one of the guards announced, and the doors swung open. The pair stepped through.
All talking ceased as they walked down the aisle. Karin swore she heard a couple of gasps as she passed by, but she couldn't turn to see who it was. The silence made her nervous. Will they accept our story like the Captain-Commander did?
They reached the end of the aisle, where Yamamoto stood waiting. "A child is brought before us today because of the important story she is going to tell us," the Captain-Commander rumbled. Karin bowed to him and then bowed to the other captains. "Go on, tell them your story."
"I'm Karin Kurosaki," she started. "My brother is Ichigo Kurosaki. So I guess you can tell we're not your average family." This produced snorts of laughter and smiles from a few of the captains—the really tall one with the spiky hair grinned and Karin thought his eyes gleamed for a second.
She coughed, but continued. "Maybe you've noticed that Captain Hitsugaya has been missing for a few weeks." Karin saw them nod in agreement, though some of them just stared at her. "It's because we both got sick and couldn't be very far away from each other." She paused, thought for a moment, and decided to get on with it. "We met in a dream. And in a dream," her voice rose since their mutterings were getting louder, "I was given a message."
"Karin and I entered her inner world," Toushirou told them. "That's where her dream came from."
"Now, tell us," Captain Kyoraku asked, "how you would have an inner world. You're a young human girl, still alive as far as I can tell."
She shrugged. "I suppose it's that if my big brother can affect his friends' spiritual awareness, then he can affect his family's. I was already spiritually aware, so he just made it stronger." Karin looked back to the old man standing behind her. "Which dream should I tell first?"
"Tell the first one," he ordered.
She took a deep breath, and began. Quickly she told of the dream where she had been Toushirou and then switched views to the other Karin. She stumbled her way through the embarrassing part about telling of the birth, but Toushirou put his hand on his shoulder to reassure her, so she managed to complete her story. "A voice asked 'Do you see why?' right before everything went black."
"From the description of her voice, it was Hyourinmaru," Toushirou said. "It was a deep, throaty growl, right Karin?" She nodded. "And then a blast of cold air rushed over your neck." Karin nodded again. "Then it was definitely him."
"Why would your zanpaku-tou want to send a nightmare to her?" Hinamori asked, her forehead creased in concern.
"That's what I'm going to say next," Karin said. "There's an eagle, in the forest of falling golden leaves. It told me lots of things." She listed all of what the eagle told her. "I guess Hyourinmaru's in agreement with the eagle."
"I don't understand," Captain Soi Fon said sharply. "Why would Captain Hitsugaya refusing the seat of Captain-Commander cause Soul Society to fall?"
"We're not sure, but it may be because if I choose her, the Hollows will attack in large numbers. They want the ability to foresee future events—apparently, us having children together adds to the power. Perhaps they think that children will grant other powers."
Karin was astounded that he wasn't at all embarrassed talking about having children with her to the other captains. He's Toushirou Hitsugaya, that's why! "The eagle made it seem like there will be a choice in the future. But whatever that is, I think that there's plenty of time before I die and come to stay here."
At this, Yamamoto spoke. "I have listened to their stories. I believe them. Since they speak of a danger that will come to Soul Society years from now, I think we can prepare for such battles. There are still Arrancars in Hueco Mundo. It is likely that they know of the power these two could bring them."
"What are we going to do?" Captain Kuchiki asked, speaking for the first time.
"Once we have recovered further, we shall seek out these Arrancars and other more intelligent Hollows and eliminate them. This is a threat to all of Soul Society, not just these two."
"What are we going to tell our divisions?" Vice-Captain Kira asked.
Karin shared a glance with Toushirou. They hadn't thought of that. She, of course, wasn't going to be immediately affected by whatever they were going to say. However, whenever she did end up dying, she couldn't help but feel that whatever preparations the divisions would be going through would make the soldiers blame her. Once they had a face to go with the reason they were preparing for a battle, she figured that they would hate her. I'm not looking forward to that, thank you very much.
The Captain-Commander's voice broke through her thoughts. "You will tell them that we have received information about an enemy to Soul Society. Thankfully, it doesn't know about us yet. That will give us time to ready our troops and continue recovering from our last battle. I will tell you when it is time to tell the others about this. It is far too soon right now; the mental recovery must happen as well." The officers nodded in understanding. "Then this meeting is finished. You are dismissed."
As they filed out, Karin breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad that's over. Now I can go home, right?"
"Yes, you may," Yamamoto answered. "Thank you, Karin Kurosaki. Without your dreams, we wouldn't know of this. Hopefully the fears of Hyourinmaru and your eagle will not come to pass."
"I hope so too," she replied. She glanced again at Toushirou. "You're not going to punish him, are you?"
"For something he can't control? No, I'm not that cold-hearted." His beard twitched in amusement.
"Okay, well, that's good. Come on, Toushirou, you're going to escort me and my brother home before you go back to doing your paperwork." She grinned, as if it were a very good deal on her part.
Toushirou groaned at the mention of his work. When she laughed, he snapped, "Hey, you have no idea how boring it is!"
"Nope, no idea!" she teased, racing out the doors.
"Come back here!" he cried, and chased her down the hallway.
The Captain-Commander chuckled. "I don't think I could stop them from communicating, even if I tried. What do you think, Sasakibe?"
His vice-captain nodded. "I doubt they'd listen to any laws concerning humans."
"She's the exception to the rule, seeing as she's Captain Kurosaki's daughter and Ichigo Kurosaki's sister. So long as nothing inappropriate happens, I'll turn a blind eye to any occasional visits to the human world from him."
"Captain!" his vice-captain protested in shock. "You can't be serious."
"I am. He's still young; he'll need someone like her to remind him how it is to be a child."
"She's going to grow up very soon," Sasakibe pointed out.
"I don't think that Karin Kurosaki will run into the same trouble as her brother. She will enjoy being a teenager more, I think."
"Well, Captain, if you're going to ignore such things, then I won't say anything."
"Good." Yamamoto left the room in order to begin preparing for the next battle.
Hm. Maybe Toushirou would've kept his composure until he left the room, but I so wanted him to do that. XD
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