:( i wanted to post this at midnight cause it was new years and crap lol my first story of 2010 :D happy new year!! i have more stuff to tell ya at the end of this chapter :D


Huh? Why is it so dark?

"Shoot!" I had just realized I fell asleep in the underground passageway.

The 3 guys were still sleeping so I thought it would be best if I didn't wake them up. I tightened the sash around my hakama and brushed myself off so it wouldn't look like I slept in it. Then tied my zanpakuto to my left. I was just about to run back the way we came from yesterday evening, but then I stopped and looked back.

"Ichigo..."

I really wanted to be there when he woke up and finally be able to just talk with him after all these years, but I know I couldn't right now. "Good thing I brought this," I pulled out a scrap of paper and a pen. Don't ask why I have it, I just do.

Sorry Ichigo, I gotta get to my meeting before anyone realizes I'm gone. I'll find you after this is all over and we'll talk! Promise!

Love,

Kinomi :D

I set the note under the mask and ran back the way we came from. Poking my head out from under the tile, I sighed. No one was nearby so I hopped out, remembering to push the tile back into place so no one else would find it.

Yawning, I stretched my arms high and then closed my mouth. "Now I wish I bought a watch. I don't want to be late, but I don't want to be too early either," I whined, slumping.

"Kurosaki-Chan!" Momo was running until she reached me, stopping and catching her breath.

"Hinamori? Are you heading to the meeting too?"

"Yeah, we're almost late!" she exclaimed.

"Oh great... let's hurry then."

She nodded and we ran to the meeting spot together. "I know a shortcut around here," she said. I nodded for her to go on. We ran up a few steps of the stairs and took a left into a gap between the stone walls. Then jumped up a roof then to the top of the white buildings, and over the railings.

"I think we should be alright now."

"You need to show me some of these shortcuts so I can sleep in longer before we have another boring meeting," I panted.

She chuckled and we walked side by side to where the other Vice-Captains were. "So did you hear? They're giving permission for Captains and Vice-Captains to carry their zanpakutos and fully release them... ever since what happened to Abarai-Kun."

"He was injured that bad?"

She nodded, "Yeah, Kira-kun and I wanted to take him to 4th division to get healed but Kuchiki-taichou made us put him in a cell for losing a one-on-one battle. I just hope he's doing all right..."

"Yeah, me too. Byakuya is such a jerk sometimes," I sighed, not bothering to use the proper title.

She laughed as we turned a corner and started running again, but then abruptly stopped. "You hear that?" I nodded, "Yeah, it sounded like... something's dripping..." I looked from side to side, checking for leaks in the wall. "I don't see-"

Hinamori let out a piercing scream, causing me to turn around, "What is...it...?" I narrowed my eyes and gasped.

There, high against the building, was Aizen-taichou held up by a sword in his chest and fresh blood still trailing down. 'Oh no, they're going to think the Ryoka did this! But Ichigo was with me the whole night and I'm sure Sado, Orihime, or Uryuu wouldn't do this. It's just plain murder...'

I couldn't believe it, I didn't think anyone in Seireitei would do something like this, and even if they wanted to, Aizen was a captain.

"Hinamori! Kurosaki! What's wrong?!" Izuru stood in front of us and shook us by the shoulders. "What is it?!"

"L-Look up..." I whispered.

Izuru, Rangiku, Shuhei, and Iba all looked up and gasped. Realization struck Hinamori in the face again as walked forward, and screamed his name, kneeling on the floor.

"What's wrong? It's quite noisy this early in the morning." We all turned around to see the fox like captain, Ichimaru Gin. "I see, this is something serious." With that grin on his face, I could never tell if he was being serious or joking around.

"Was it you?!"

"H-Hinamori?" I gasped as she pulled out Tobiume, charging towards the Captain. But before her zanpakuto touched him, Izuru jumped in between and blocked her attack with his.

They started talking lowly so that the rest of us couldn't hear, then Ichimaru-taichou walked away. She tried going after him, but Izuru stopped her again.

"Kira-Kun, move!" she cried.

"No!"

"Don't you understand the word move?!"

"Don't you understand the word no?!" he threw back at her.

"Snap, Tobiume!"

A giant flame shot from her sword, making a loud explosion and a dark cloud of smoke. I swear, people these days are just trying to blow me away during fights. First Renji and Ichigo's reiatsu, now it's a giant ball of flame!

"Raise your head, Wabisuke!"

This time, it was Toshirou who intercepted the fight. "Take them away," he commanded. Rangiku and I grabbed Momo, while Iba and Shuhei took Izuru. As we walked pass Ichimaru, Momo shot him a tearful glare.

"Sorry..." Rangiku whispered to her. She only whimpered in response.

We took her to the 5th division detention cell without a single word and locked her up. As Rangiku and I walked back outside, she stopped. "What is it?" I asked.

"Go on without me, I have something I need to do."

"Um... okay."

Heading back to the 13th squad barracks was the only thing I could do, at least till I get new orders. Everything was just a mess now and getting more weird by the hour, and Aizen getting murdered just topped it all off.

I looked to the sky, 'Ichigo and Zaraki-taichou's reiatsu... they're starting to fade...' I thought. I really just hope they don't kill each other. If only I could go and check out the battle, but I have to report back to my division soon or they'll think something was up with me.

I broke into a sprint, an indescribable expression on my face. There were barely any people at our barracks. Only the usual unseated officers who were just walking around. On my way to the Captain's room, I ran into my 3rd seats.

"Fukutaichou!" Kiyone exclaimed. "Is it true? About Aizen?"

I nodded, "Yeah, Hinamori and I found him this morning. Have you told Ukitaki-taichou yet?"

"We were just about to, come with us!" Sentaro pulled me along. Damn these people with so much more strength than me. Oh well, I was heading in the same direction anyways.

"WHAT?! Aizen was killed?!" Our captain yelled, clutching his head and sitting up. "When? By whom? Why?"

I winced as he started coughing again, "The culprit is still unknown."

"Why didn't you wake me earlier?"

"I was worried about your health, so I delayed the report!" Sentaro said loudly, bowing down even more. "Feel free to punish me as you see fit!"

"That's sly, Sentaro! Captain, that applies to me too!" Kiyone insisted.

"Ah, that's enough," Ukitake-taichou said softly, stopping them from glaring at each other. "In any case, it can't go on like this."

I looked up from my seat on the wooden floor, "What do you suggest we do, Captain?"

"We're going to Senzaikyuu."

I was thinking of maybe a small contest? :D

CONTEST: the first person who can guess which anime/manga my 2010 calendar is from, I'll write you a one shot with your OC! but the one shot will have to be from an anime/manga i know :3 good luck! oh, and send your answer in a review ^.^

no, this isn't my way of trying to get more reviews lol i just don't bother to check my messages often haha