DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN BLEACH
[A/N: Another Chapter, hope you enjoy. This is kind of long(I think) and I hope that makes up for lack of updating. Its gonna take a while to get the next chapter up because I havent written it yet, and also I only have six weeks of school left so I have alot of homework to do. Large projects for classes. The perks of being a Senior at my school I guess. Lol. Please enjoy and Review. I love when people review. :)
The Wolf meets the Fox: The Captains Meet!
"Who let you in here? You're weak, and look at your hair. Its white! How creepy!" an older boy wearing an academy uniform pushed Moria into a wall, hard. She winced.
"That hurt?" a girl asked and grabbed her by the hair. "Nice soft hair. And it's quite long too. It'd be a shame if it got cut off." And with that she pulled out a pocket knife and cut off a chunk. "Aw look, Kaito, she's not so pretty any more." The boy began laughing along with the girl before he was kicked in the back.
"Picking on a girl? How low." All three turned to look at the newcomer. Moria was trying to keep her tears back, so she wouldn't look weak. "It'd be a real shame if one of the teachers found out, then you probably wouldn't get into the thirteen court guard squads." he paused. "I think one of 'em coming' now." Kaito and the girl both ran down a corridor and that's when she got a good look at him. Short silver hair, and this smile that would scare most people. "Oops, guess no ones coming' after all." he turned his attention to her.
"Who are you?" she asked him, her voice cracking. Her shoulder hurt from getting shoved into the wall, she was trying to hold back tears that formed in her eyes.
"I'm Gin Ichimaru. Your Moria Hitsugaya right? They say you're smart and really good with Kido." He noticed her clutch her shoulder and wince at the movement. "Better get you to the infirmary and get that shoulder looked at." He held out his hand and, carefully she removed her own from her shoulder and took it. "
Gin Ichimaru, who'd you save me?" she thought.
Moria awoke in a cold sweat. She looked at her surroundings. She remembered yesterday now. She noticed that she was the first one awake she quietly walked outside and noticed that it was still dark out. 'Now I'm dreaming about him again.' She sighed and stared out at the sky. Was he looking at the sky or was he sleeping now?
"Since when do you care about him you idiot." She mumbled to herself.
"That's a fine question Moria. I thought you had gotten over him by this point. Was it not his fault that-" Yoruichi began before she was cut off.
"It was. Seeing him again, I guess it's just the first shock of knowing that he quickly rose to captain position." She closed her eyes and saw his smiling face, true smile with his baby blue eyes open. When she reopened them, the sun was coming out. "It's almost time to go. Now we gotta wake up the others and get ichigo to leave. After that little run in with Ganju he's going to be waiting for his rematch." The cat just nodded its head.
"Leave that to me." Moria looked down and her eyes widened slightly when she saw the cats claws' flash for a second. 'Yep, still crazy.' She sighed and waited in her spot. She looked up toward the sky. Sunrise was always her favorite part of the day. She liked the sunset as well, but there was always something about sunrise that made her smile.
"Toshi look! The suns coming out!" A younger Moria dragged her little brother out to see the sunrise. This was nothing new, but something about this day was different. She was dressed in red hakama pants and a red and white shirt. She was leaving for the Academy. He was happy for her, but sad at the same time. She would come back during breaks and such, but who would be here to watch the sunrise with him? That was their time. He glanced at his sister. She was standing on one foot like a flamingo and had her hands behind her back, just staring at the rising sun. Toshiro was never one to cry, but on this day he had tears in his eyes.
"Moria." He mumbled. She looked over at her brother and without saying anything, she hugged him. On instinct he hugged her back and began crying quietly.
"Don't worry Toshi. I'll still visit. And soon, you'll be able to go to the academy as well. All he could do was just nod.
She was broken out of her daydream by Ichigos yelling. She couldn't hear much of the conversation but she knew enough. He wouldn't leave without a rematch. She closed her eyes and sighed. It seemed she was doing a lot of that lately. Her eyes opened wide when she heard Ichigos scream of pain. She turned toward the door of the house they were staying in, and sure enough all of the kids and Yourichi came out, with Ichigo bringing up the read. Claw marks across his nose and cheek. 'Crazy cat.' she thought before the group began to make its way to Kukakus house. These kids would be in for a suprise.
Gin stood outside the first squad barracks. He put on a smile as the doors began to open. Slowly but surely he could make out all of the captains of the thirteen court guard squads.
"So you're here. Captain of Squad three Gin Ichimaru." the head captains voice broke the silence that was once upon the room. Gin smiled and looked at all the captains in the room.
"An unexpected summons. Tell me should I be appalled or impressed? And look at this distinguished crowd. The captains who control the soul society, all here just for me. Or am I mistaken?" Gin looked up slightly. "I see the captain of squad thirteen is conspictulsouly absent, what's wrong? Did something happen to him?" Mock concern anyone could see that.
" He's not feelin very well." Captain Tousen of squad Nine answered on his fellow captains whereabouts.
"Oh no not again. I hope he gets well soon." Gin pouted
"Quit joking around," Another voice joined in the conversation. Captain of squad Eleven, Kenpachi Zaraki. A brute of a man whose bad side you did not want to be on. The eleventh squad was known for fighting. And that's what the captain loved to do. "You know that's not the reason you were summoned here. Its my understanding that you went and played with that Ryoka by yourself. And I also hear that you failed. Explain yourself. You should have no trouble dealing with for or five ryokas without backup."
"I see, so then your saying they survived?"
"They what?"
"Well I was under the impression that they were dead. I guess my instincts are starting to fail me." Gin said while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Stop all this monkey business right now." Another captain joined in the interrogation of Gin Ichimaru. Mayuri Kurotsuchi Captain of squad twelve and the head of Research and Development. "There's no way captains such as us could fail to instantly tell wether an opponents spirt has ceseased to exist."
"Oh no not again. Old fools caught up in stupid bickering." The captain of squad ten, Toshiro Hitsugaya chimed in, although it's a question on whether anyone heard him because of the fighting that was going on.
"Can you not see, your petty accusations seem to imply that I let him go on purpose."
"That's exactly what Im saying!" Kurotsuchi was livid.
"Shut up Kurosutchi. Can't you see that I was the one who was talking to him first? Or would you rather be done in by me?" Kenpachi inquired while stepping closer to the other captain.
"What did you say?" Kurotsuchi asked while stepping closer to Kenpatchi was well.
"So Stupid." SoiFon, the captain of squad two, murmured.
"Well what do you know? Tempers are running high today." The lazy voice of the eighth squad captain chimed in as well. The stoic captain of squad six just stood there, not saying a word. Why would he bother? Hes a noble.
"Stop!" The head-captains voice bellowed. "Enough of this foolishness. I think the true reason for which you have been summoned here to stand before your peers have been made abundantly clear. It is the fact that you acted alone. That coupled with the fact that you let the target escape. How do you defend yourself, Ichimaru?" Everyone was curious to see how he could answer this question.
"I cannot." Not the answer they were expecting. "Well you see there's nothing to say. I made a simple mistake. Im not going to stand here and make excuses. Ill accept whatever punishment-" He was cut off by the Captain of squad five, Sousuke aizen.
"Just a minute Ichimaru. I have something I want to ask your first." He too was inturpted, but not by another captain. He was inturpted by the alarm going off.
"RED ALERT! RED ALERT! INTRUDERS IN THE SEREITEI ALL SQUADS GET INTO POSITION. REPEAT RED ALERT RED ALERT, INTRUDERS IN THE SEREITE ALL SQUADS GET INTO POSITION."
"Those ryoka? It can't be!" Kenpachi stated. Well this meant two things. One things just got more complicated and interesting at the same time. Another reason, and one that Gin was semi-thankful for, was that he didn't have to turn Moria in now.
