Fire Melts His Ice
Chapter 6. Dum dee dum. Ok I'm not exactly sure how many chapters I intend to make. I think I'll just go on and on until the story is finished. Maybe I'll even have a sequel! Haha.
Intruder Alert
Yamamoto-Genryuusai Shigekuni stood at the front of the hall, all the captains of the Gotei 13 lined up before him. He banged his old staff to the floor and said, his hoarse but steady voice echoing off the walls, "This meeting shall now begin."
Hitsugaya looked at the floor, wondering what happened this time. The infrequent captains' meetings always had Yamamoto talking about some criminal act that had the captains standing completely still for an interminable period of time, and then opinions being voiced out, only to lead to irritating quarrels between them. As much as he disliked the impromptu meeting, he was curious to know what was going on.
Yamamoto cleared his throat. "Two days ago, an unknown individual entered Seireitei. He managed to get past the gatekeepers, which shows that he was of considerable strength. Until now, he has been appearing and disappearing, mostly confronting the weaker shinigami. He has some sort of abnormal ability to drain a person's spiritual energy, and then after using it against them, proceeded to kill them.
"One victim survived, however. Her reports show that his reiatsu had not been detected at all, which shows he is able to suppress it well. What I want all of the captains to do is to set up a reactive barrier around your respective division quarters in case this person attempts to infiltrate again. I will hold you responsible should you let the trespasser go by without you noticing. Also, bear in mind that all unranked shinigami under your respective divisions are forbidden to attempt to fight this person, as it is likely that they will get themselves killed."
After the meeting, Hitsugaya made his way back to his division. He took his time walking as he contemplated the issue Yamamoto had just shared with them. He remembered what had been said about the intruder's ability of consuming spiritual energy. It's definitely one to watch out for... He thought. Someone powerful...and dangerous.
He wondered whether Matsumoto would be able to put up a fight against him. Then he remembered Hotaru. He thought back to their little fight. Hotaru seemed to have a lot of power in her, but Hitsugaya never got to see the full extent of her powers yet. He decided to wait and let Hotaru release her full abilities when she wanted to. Which shouldn't be so far away, he thought dryly to himself. Considering she gets bored fast.
When Hitsugaya got back, he informed Matsumoto to spread the warning to the rest of the officers. Hotaru, who was with Matsumoto at the moment, seemed somewhat hyped up.
"Lemme at him, lemme at him!" She kept going. "I want to trash him up like a cat catches fish!"
"Sorry," Matsumoto nudged the stony-faced Hitsugaya apologetically. "I treated her to rice cakes with sweet red bean, so she's a little hyper now."
Hitsugaya glared at both of them. Couldn't they take this seriously? Hitsugaya sat down at his desk and looked at Hotaru properly for the first time. She was really small. Much shorter than Hitsugaya himself, and just as childish as the 11th Division's vice captain Yachiru. She didn't look like one who wielded a lot of power, yet she was practically radiating with huge amounts of spiritual energy. Hitsugaya wanted to know what power she held.
Whatever it was, he knew he was bound to find out soon.
Haha so sorry for the lame title. I couldn't really think of anything else. And yeahs, I know this chapter was kind of boring, I'll try to write the exciting part soon! Till then, bye-beeeee!