Chapter 10: New Gotei Captains
Saki barely managed to catch the bracelet between her fingers. Using just her left hand, since her right was holding onto the sword, she popped it back onto her wrist. Her reiatsu quickly calmed down, revealing that there was a giant crater in the field and over half of the stands were destroyed.
The bracelet Saki wore was a reiatsu suppressor. When she was still a small girl, a huge portion of her spiritual pressure had remained dormant. Upon reaching Shikai, all of the sleeping reiatsu had woken at once. Saki had been quite young when she acquired Shikai, so her mystery sensei had given her the reiatsu suppressor and told her that she should not take it off until she could master her overwhelming spiritual pressure.
Only when the last of the winds died did anyone dare to straighten themselves up. Only Yamamoto Genryuusai seemed unaffected by Saki's sudden outburst. In fact, he actually looked pleased.
Soifon had been blown into a wall by the force of Saki's reiatsu. She now lay unconscious as members of the Fourth Squad attempted to tend to her wounds.
Meanwhile, Saki deactivated her Bankai. The golden dragon armor receded into the sword. Then, the blade of the sword vanished, leaving just the handle and tsuba. The black-haired girl then landed on the ground and walked over to where the captain of the Second Division was being treated. A blue barrier appeared around Soifon, and the Fourth Divison watched in awe as Saki restored Soifon's body to the condition it was in before the battle. Once the petite captain was fully healed, the barrier vanished.
"My apologies," Saki said quietly, "I cannot restore spiritual pressure."
"That's okay," Kotetsu Isane said hesitantly, "We can do it."
Saki bowed her head slightly. "Thank you." As she said those two words, the rubble that was once part of the stadium began to dissolve into pink spatial particles. The particles floated through the air, reattaching themselves to the parts of the place that had not been destroyed. Within seconds, the banged-up field was completely fixed, looking as good as new.
"Wow, Saki," Amina suddenly popped up behind her sister so that the two stood back-to-back, "That reiatsu of yours nearly killed the world back there."
"Don't be a fool," Saki objected tiredly, "I'm not old enough to kill the world yet."
"Because a century is totally young," Amina said sarcastically, her shoulders shaking as she laughed.
Saki scoffed lightly, a small grin appearing on her face.
Ukitake stood from a distance, watching the two Kuroichi sisters. "Did you feel that, Kyouraku?" he asked softly.
Kyouraku remained silent for a moment before answering, "Yeah."
No more words needed to be shared between the two best friends, so they left the conversation at that.
Yamamoto spoke to Unohana, "What do you think?"
Unohana shifted her eyes to look at the Head Captain. "A few captains may not like them, seeing as they weren't trained in the Shin'o Academy, but I say they pass."
"They may not be liked, but it is not a requirement to be liked in order to become a captain," Yamamoto raised his voice, "Come here, you three!"
Saki, Amina, and Hanako approached the Head Captain, who held out three white haoris.
"Welcome to the Gotei 13," he announced loud enough for everyone to hear. A loud cheer rose up from a few of the lieutenants, specifically Rangiku and Yachiru, and most of the officers that were Third Seat or lower. The captains were too refined to scream their lungs out, although Kyouraku and Ukitake were smiling and clapping.
"Kuroichi Saki, you are officially the new captain for the Third Division," Yamamoto declared, handing said Shinigami the haori that had the kanji for three on the back. Saki took it from him with a light bow and put it on. "Your lieutenant is Kira Izuru."
Kira approached Saki and bowed deeply. "I'm honored to work with you, Kuroichi-taicho," he said somewhat apprehensively, "I promise to support you all the way up to my final day as lieutenant of the Third Squad."
"Thank you, Kira," Saki replied softly. The two stood off to the side as Yamamoto turned to Amina.
"Kuroichi Amina, you are officially the new captain for the Ninth Squad." Yamamoto gave Amina the haori that had the kanji for nine on the back, which Amina received and put on immediately. "Your lieutenant is Hisagi Shuuhei."
Said lieutenant walked briskly up to Amina and stood up straight. "It is an honor to work as your subordinate, Kuroichi-taicho!" he said strongly, "I will support you no matter what."
"We'll support each other, Hisagi!" Amina punched her lieutenant playfully on the arm. Then, she hesitated, "Do you mind if I call you Hisagi instead of Hisagi-fukutaicho?"
"Not at all, taicho."
"And finally," Yamamoto interrupted, "Kuroichi Hanako is officially the new captain for the Fifth Division." Hanako received her haori with the kanji for five on the back.
"Who is my lieutenant, Head Captain-san?" Hanako asked politely after she put it on.
"Hinamori Momo is currently in the Healing Bay," Yamamoto answered.
"Huh? Why?"
"Aizen Sousuke came very close to taking her life. She needs to stay there to recover from her wound. However, you may visit her if you wish."
"That would be very appreciated, thank you."
"In that case, Captain Unohana will take you to Lieutenant Hinamori." Yamamoto gestured to the Fourth Division's captain.
Unohana stood up, smiling. "Please follow me," she requested.
"Y-Yes." Hanako hurried after the woman, both of their haoris flapping around their ankles.
"In the meantime," Yamamoto turned to the remaining two Kuroichis, "you two should go meet your squads and figure things out with them."
"Understood," Saki and Amina said together before turning around and leaving the stadium with their lieutenants following closely behind.
Next chapter: 3, 5, and 9