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Author Note's- The guilt was to much! Please forgive me for taking so long to update, I will try my hardest to update as much as I can! I wrote this on monday, but couldn't post it until today because my beta-reader (Linds I miss you TT) didn't send it to me until today. My life have been CHAOTIC! I spend Christmas eve on the hospital due to an asma attack so i couldn't do anything fun for a whole week, school started this week and my EVIL math teacher decided to make my life misery by giving me more homework and this past Tuesday my cat died. So yeah I have been bussy XD
Want Tea?
All eyes were glued to the two shinigami; one was orange-haired and the other was very small and petit. They were kneeling in front of the ancient captain of the Gotei 13. Neither of the women looked up to face the old captain. "Kurosaki Ichigo has returned to his world?" the old captain asked the petit shinigami.
"Yes, Yamamoto-genryūsai" the petit woman said, still not daring to look up. "Does he know about Hitsugaya Toushiro's betrayal?" Yamamoto asked, this time with more edge in his voice. "Kurosaki Ichigo has no knowledge of Hitsugaya Toushiro's betrayal to Seireitei," the raven haired girl said, clenching her hands into fists.
He didn't say anything immediately. "Matsumoto-fukataichou and Kuchiki-fukataichou, I'm sure that you know why you have been called here. You are the only ones that were present when the ex-captain of the 10th squad left Seireitei with Aizen Sosuke. Therefore I want to hear exactly what happened" he said not caring to hide the irritation on his voice.
From the corner of her eye Matsumoto could see that Rukia wouldn't be the one to start the talking; she would need to be the one to start. "Kuchiki-fukataichou and I were outside the fourth squad building when someone passed beside us using kidou. We immediately recognized the reiatsu of Hitsugaya Toushiro. Since his reitsu was acting strange we decided to follow him.
When we managed to spot him, he was already talking to Aizen Sosuke. We were about to go back and alert all the squads that Aizen Sosuke was in Seireitei when he spotted us. They used their reitsu to pin us to the ground. Neither of them said anything, they simply opened a portal to Hueco Mundo and left," Matsumoto said.
"That doesn't explain why Kuchiki-fukataichou was wounded," Yamamoto said not entirely believing what Matsumoto said. "That is-" Matsumoto tried to say but Rukia cut her. "That wound was made by Hitsugaya Toushiro during the time I was kidnapped. The pressure of both traitors re-opened the wound," Rukia said in a hollow voice.
"You are entirely sure that Aizen Sosuke didn't say anything about why he was here. His zanpakuto may have hypnotized you," Yamamoto said, his eyes narrowing dangerously.
"That is impossible, Yamamoto-genryūsai" Rukia said making the old captain glare at her. "Don't be fool child nobody escapes Kyōka Suigetsu's hypnotic power; not even I," he said with anger in his voice. "Do you think a toddler like you could fool Aizen's zanpakuto?"
"Of course not, Yamamoto-genryūsai, but Aizen's zanpakutos ability only works if you have witness his shikai, and I haven't," Rukia said this time looking up at the old captain. "I wasn't present during the time he showed all the squads his shikai. During that time I was leaving with Kurosaki Ichigo."
He stayed silent just watching her. "I see so you are part of the few that are free from Kyōka Suigetsu power" he said while studying her. He then turned his gaze to the captains. "Captains of the Gotei 13 as you have heard, Hitsugaya Toushiro's betrayal has been confirmed. He is not longer a comrade but the enemy. Go to your former squads and inform them about this. You are dismissed," he said while tapping the floor with his cane.
Slowly the room emptied, leaving only the two vice-captains still kneeling on the floor. Once they were alone they stood up and walked towards the doors. "Matsumoto-san," Rukia called before going outside the room. "Yes?" Matsumoto said waiting for the other woman. "Thanks for not saying what he said to me," Rukia said giving her a deep bow.
"You don't have to thank me," Matsumoto said giving the younger woman a warm smile. Rukia only nodded. Matsumoto looked down at Rukia like wanting to ask her something, but decided against it. "Take care," Matsumoto said instead and left the room.
As Rukia exited the room, she heard somebody calling her. "Taichou?" Rukia said while approaching him. "Um, taichou, shouldn't you be informing the squad about the meeting?" Rukia said as she stood in front of her captain.
"Bad news can wait," Ukitake said waving a hand in front of him. He bent down to her eye level, and gave her a big smile. "Rukia-chan, would you like to go drink tea with me?"
They were sitting in his special room for tea. Rukia have been there a couple of times, so it wasn't new for her. They waited in silence for the tea to come. The doors that lead to the garden were open, giving the opportunity to see the beautiful garden. A soft breeze was keeping the room fresh. For the first time in two days, Rukia was relaxed.
She lifted her gaze from the pond when some random shinigami brought the tea. They both said thanks, and waited for the shinigami to leave before drinking their tea. Rukia waited until her captain finished his tea before asking, "Taichou, thank you for inviting me for tea, but why did you bring me here?"
"Straight to the point as always, Rukia-chan," Ukitake said. He couldn't help smiling at her. "I was really surprised when you said that Aizen's zanpakuto doesn't affect you. But when you were kidnapped reports said that you were in some sort of trance; how can his zanpakuto not have an effect on you?" he asked really concerned.
"When I was kidnapped," Rukia said disgust clearly evident on her voice, "Aizen thought that is wasn't worth the effort to use his zanpakuto on me, so instead they drugged me." Her eyes were cast down. 'I'm not even worth hypnotizing' she thought grimly. She felt somebody squeezing her shoulder. "Taichou," Rukia said looking up at her captain. 'When did he move?'
"I know what you are thinking Rukia," Ukitake said dropping the suffix; Rukia couldn't help but flinch a little at how serious he sounded. "Don't think so lowly of yourself. You have accomplished many things; you are now my vice-captain" he said giving her another squeeze on the shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"At my current level I don't think I will be worthy of being a vice-captain," Rukia said, not meeting his gaze, "I don't have enough power."
"Power is not easy to achieve," Ukitake said, looking down at defeated woman next to him. 'I know,' she thought still not wanting to face her captain. "Very well; I will help you achieve power," Ukitake said. "You will train me?" Rukia asked, not believing her ears.
"Me?" Ukitake said pointing at his face with his free hand, "Of course not. I can help you train if you want, but the type of power you are looking for I can't give to you." He couldn't help but chuckle a little bit at the confused expression she gave him. 'Rukia-chan, sometimes you are too cute,' he thought. "Don't worry, Rukia-chan, I know the perfect person to help you," Ukitake said with a wide grin. "Who is this person?" Rukia asked now really curious of who could this person be.
"Zaraki Kenpachi," Ukitake simply said.
Author Note's- I couldn't help myself to put a little bit of UkitakexRukia XD!!!! I love crack pairings but don't worry the main pairing is HITSUxRUKI! Before i forget Happy-late-Christmas and Happy-late-New Year! Please don't forget to review XP!!!!