Chapter 11
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The rest of that day was a somber one. The lower ranking shinigami were sent back to their headquarters, while the higher ups tried to decide what was going to happen now. Yuki sat atop the railing of the balcony just outside of her quarters. She kicked her feet a little as she let them dangle over the edge. She silently watched her fellow squad members wander around the sunny, grassy, courtyard. two of them stopped under the balcony below where she sat,
"Too bad about Aizen, hm?"
"Well yeah…The guy was a little creepy through, you gotta admit."
"Heh, that's true."
They both started to laugh.
Yuki jumped down onto the grass below,
"Have you no respect for the dead?"
"Of course we do, Yuki-San. We were just talking…"
"Well don't talk about that…Not today…"
"Yes, Yuki-San." They both replied.
She started toward the stairs to go back up to where she was previously sitting when she noticed Hisagi running toward her,
"Yuki!"
He stopped just short of running into her,
"Why're you in such a rush?"
He took a second to catch his breath before speaking again,
"Something is going on, I was instructed to come here and get you."
"Um, okay."
He grabbed her by the wrist and ran off again in the direction he'd come from, dragging her along with him.
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They ran back to the center of SeiReiTei where a new crowd had gathered,
"Shuuhei!" Yuki demanded, digging her heels into the ground, forcing him to stop,
"Why don't you tell me what's going on?"
"I don't know. I was informed by a Hell Butterfly to get you and come here."
They walked to the outer edge of the mob. Yuki looked around, trying to assess the situation. She immediately noticed something out of place. An enormous crack in the sky, as if it had been broken. She elbowed Hisagi in the hip,
"Hey, Shuuhei?"
"Huh?"
"What the hell is that?"
She pointed to the crack. He shook his head a little,
"I…Don't know…"
Suddenly the earth began to shake benieath them and three platforms raised up out of it in front of the crowd. Three Taichou stood atop them. Yuki's eyes widened when she saw them,
"Aizen's alive…and…Tousen Taichou! What the hell is going on here?"
Hisagi was too shocked to speak.
The three of them spent but a moment talking to the other Taichou, but they were too far away to hear. They then each made their way through the crack in the sky,
"Tousen Taichou!" Yuki shrieked, not sure what else to do. She turned to Hisagi, "We have to do something!"
"I don't think we can…"
Yuki turned back just in time to see the crack close up and repair itself again. Swallowing the three Taichou up.