Chapter 23

Finding Your Daughter When She's Angry

So…Where would a furious daughter of mine head to when she's angry with the Commander?

I have absolutely no idea, and she's my daughter.

Which, I know, is pathetic. But, in my own defense, how am I supposed to know? For one thing, I'm not so stupid as to actually get her angry in the first place, and, second, she's only been my daughter for…Like…I dunno…

However long it's been.

So…Yeah…

Letting out a deep breath, I turn to Renji. We're standing in Hisana's room, and, well, she ain't there. Obviously.

"Where would she go?" Renji asks, sitting on the bed, and tugging my head onto his lap. Lying there, I stare up at the ceiling, imagining all the most obvious places in Seireitei and whether she'd be there.

"Well…Eleventh?"

"Nah…She's like you, so she'll go somewhere where she can work off her anger."

I'm silent for a few seconds, before turning and glaring at him.

"Am I that easy to predict?"

"Yep."

"Geez," I grumble, not entirely sure how to take this. I mean, it's kinda nice he knows me so well…

"Everyone knows you're like that – workin' off anger all the time," he remarks, idly.

That just ruined it. Bloody idiot.

I yank on his hair, making him yelp, and nearly throw me off his (rather comfy) lap.

"BASTARD!" he yells.

"You're one too," I tell him snidely. "Now, c'mon, would she be at the training grounds?"

He glares at me, but replies, "I already checked reiatsu particles there. No one that we're interested in."

"Uh huh…" I pause, and then, frowning, stare at him. "Why don't you just do a general check, then?"

"Oh, shit," Renji mumbles, blushing. "Didn't think of that."

"Obviously, you idiotic, humanoid Pineapple."

"What?!" she, sorry, he demands. "What'd you say?"

"Nothing." He glares at me. Rolling my eyes, I wave my hand dismissively, and snap, "Now just do it."

"What about you?"

I just glare at him. I mean, c'mon! EVERYONE knows how pathetic I am with reiatsu in general. He grumbles, but checks for Hisana's reiatsu. When he finds her, he looks green.

"She's in First."

Why's she at the First Division? There's no reason…Unless.

Holy Mother of God.

We both dash to First Division Offices, ignoring all the stares and "huh?"s we get for being two captains rushing about, and willingly going to the First Division offices. 'Cause no captain with any self-preservation instincts actually would go there.

As we both figured, Hisana is, rather happily, burning down Yama's office.

Because, y'know, that's what anybody would do if they're pissed off at someone else. Right?

"Hisana!" Renji yells, stepping into the fire. Not to be outdone, I hurry in after him.

There's smoke everywhere, though it's not really that hot. Flames lick at every single surface, and in the middle, looking like a devil, stands Hisana, laughing evilly, complete with the eerie light, pitchfork, horns and tail. She looks a bit like Lord What's-His-Name, Voldemort?, cackling madly as he is about to kill Potter.

Okay. Maybe not. But you get the idea.

"Hisana Masaki! Get the hell outta here!"

"MUAHWHAHAHAHAHA! Now, Yamamoto shall know never to cross or deny me anything! MAUWHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM THE EVIL QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE! BOW DOWN TO ME, ALL YE LOYAL WORSHIPPERS!"

…

Okay. She doesn't say that either. But that's the basic gist.

Except for the entire 'bow down to me for I am your ruler' bit.

Sighing, I pick across the office, and yank her from Yama's desk, and haul her away. Back to safety, and home.

Where she belongs.

…

…

I think I'm becoming sentimental.

Damn it.

Okay. I'm not even female, and here I am all worried over a girl who's technically not my daughter…

Um. I suppose she is, in a way, because it's my reiatsu that's part of her genetic makeup, but still!

I reject that notion!

Still…I suppose it's a good thing I have her, 'cause now I have Renji all to myself…Well, I gotta share him with Hisana and his division, but technically, it's me who…

Okay. I won't go there.

But having a child is so very….

Strange?

I suppose, seeing as I've got someone I'm directly responsible for, and she's so much like me that it's kinda of like an eye-opener, 'cause I can see all my bad qualities but it's not all that bad and she's…

Okay. Now this is just way too sentimental. I ain't continuing this.

Never.

Nuh-huh.

Shuddup you.

A/N: *hides in shelter* Okay, so this is extremely late. As in extremely. And I updated other stories, heck, started them. Sorry. Pathetic, I know. But I was stuck with a later section of this, and kinda neglected it. You'll see why. And besides, three week holiday around Europe took a lot of my attention. Me loves Rome.

And I did have this chapter finished a while ago. I just forgot to get it off my beta and... Yeah.

Fine. Kill me all you want. When I'm bruised, battered and dead at your hands, then you'll realise why Chap 24 is delayed. :P

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