Chapter 10
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Hisagi carried Yuki all the way back to her quarters, dispite her repeatedly telling him not to,
"I'm not just gonna let you go back alone and have something happen. Besides, we're here already anyway."
"Oh c'mon, Shuuhei…" She grumbled.
He carried her inside and put her down, "You should rest."
She took a moment to straighten out her robes, "I'm fine."
"You landed on your head and slept most of the way here."
She looked up at him, "It's not the first time I've fallen on my head…"
She put her hands on his back and started pushing him toward the door,
"You can go now."
"Alright! I'm going!" He looked over his shoulder, "Just please get some rest!"
She stopped pushing him,
"Fine…" She rolled her eyes.
He quicly walked out the door and she slammed it shut behind him.
She shook her head,
"I can take care of myself, sheesh…"
She took a minute to make herself comfortable. She removed her top robe, her torso was wrapped up, as usual. She usually dressed this way when she wasn't doing anything official. She walked over to her window and pulled it open, letting in the cool night air, and the chirp of the crickets in the courtyard just outside.
Suddenly, out of the quiet evening, loud footsteps seemed to appear out of nowhere. She glanced out her window just in time to see a Taichou walking by,
"Eh…Aizen Taichoiu..?"
She watched him walk down a few doors and stop, knocking on one. The door opened and Tousen walked out,
"Aizen, what do you want at this time of night?"
"I wanted to talk, would you mind coming to my quarters?"
"You came all the way here for that?" He looked around, "You'll be lucky if you haven't caused suspicion here."
"If anyone asks, I'll handle it." He turned, "Come along."
Tousen closed the door and followed Aizen.
Yuki watched as they walked back toward the fifth division headquarters, disappearing into the darkness,
"Hm…Something is definitely up…I'm gonna find out what."
She slipped out of her quarters and made her way silently into the darkness.
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She followed them carefully, being sure to keep her distance so she wouldn't be detected. They finally reached Aizen's quarters and went inside. Yuki waited a few minutes, then crept up to the door, opening it just a hair.
The two of them sat on the far side of the room. Ichimaru was there as well. Aizen looked back and forth at the two of them before he began to speak,
"The plan seems to be progressing smoothly. We may even be able to pull it off sooner than we had anticipated."
"Wow, that's great!" Ichimaru exclaimed.
"They're playing right into our hands." Tousen said in his usual, calm manner.
"We should probably start planning my death then, yes?"
Yuki let out a tiny gasp. Ichimaru looked up,
"What is it?" Aizen asked.
"I don't think we're alone here…"
He stood up and quietly walked to the door, carefully sliding it open. He was greeted by nothing. He walked out to the balcony's edge and leaned on the railing,
"You should come down from there, Hitsugaya Yuki…" He said.
Yuki cautiously jumped down from the roof, landing right in front of the door, where Tousen and Aizen now stood. The air suddenly filled with heavy tension,
"Would you mind joining us inside?" Aizen asked.
"I-I…I think I should be going…"
"No, no, I insist."
He grabbed onto her shoulder and pulled her inside, Ichimaru following them.
"Sit." Aizen instructed, pointing at a seat where they'd been sitting previously. She immediately did as she was told. Aizen stood directly in front of her, arms crossed. His normally kind demeanor now seemed scary,
"Were you eavesdropping on our little meeting?"
"Of course not, I was just out for a walk…"
Ichimaru stepped forward, "Don't be lyin' t' us. We know better 'n to fall fer that…"
Yuki cleared her throat and looked away from him,
"What did you hear?" Aizen asked.
"I didn't hear anything."
Aizen picked her up by the hair, "So you heard everything, hm?"
Yuki pulled at his hand, trying to loosen his grip,
"Stop that…" He said, dropping her back down onto the floor, "I guess I'll have to deal with you."
He unsheathed his Zanpakuto. Yuki's eyes widened,
"What are you gonna do?"
She stood up and Tousen and Ichimaru grabbed her,
"Ah ah…You ain't goin' nowhere."
Aizen held the blade up infront of her, "Scatter, Kyoka Suigetsu!"
It changed into it's Shikai form.
Ichimaru grabbed her by the back of her head and forced her to look forward,
"Go on…Look at it…"
She glanced at it, seeing nothing but her own reflection in the blade. When she tried to look away, she just couldn't bring herself to do so,
"Wha…"
"Oh, you've got no need to worry about what happened here…"
Aizen turned the sword and Yuki blacked out, falling limp in their arms.
Aizen laughed and resheathed the blade,
"She won't remember anything. Tousen, take her back to her quarters. Then come back here, we still have plans to go over."
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The next morning Yuki was jolted awake by a knock on her door. She sat up in her bed and looked around a little. Completely confused as to how she had gotten there. She put her hand on her head,
"What the hell happened..?"
Another knock, even louder than the last, made her get out of her bed and walk to the door. She sluggishly slid it open to find Hisagi standing there, a stern look on his face,
"What do you want, Shuuhei…"
"Do you know how long you've been sleeping?"
"Um…"
"Three days! We need you out here!"
"What for?"
"Kuchiki Rukia is scheduled to be executed in a few hours. A bunch of Ryoka attacked us trying to rescue her! You have to come help us!"
"Alright, you go on ahead, I'll meet you."
She turned and walked back inside, closing the door in Hisagi's face.
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Yuki quickly got dressed and ready and made her way toward where the execution was to take place. She quickly noticed how few other people were around. She sped up as suspicion started to creep into her mind.
As she got closer to the center of the city she could hear an uproar. Suddenly she noticed the huge crowd. She ran up to the edge of it to see people pointing up at one of the buildings there. She looked up to find a body hanging there on the wall. She put a hand up to her mouth,
"A-Aizen Taichou…"
Hisagi walked up behind her,
"From what I'm hearing, Ichimaru was behind this."
"What? But why?"
"I don't know…" He put his hand on her shoulder. Yuki looked at his hand there and then up at Hisagi, not knowing what to do.