"Captain Takeshi," Tadashi turned over his shoulder to see the approaching form of Captain Byakuya and Renji, "congratulations on your receiving Captain status."
Tadashi smiled and turned to face them completely, Soifon, who was standing next to him did the same, "Thank you, I just hope I have what it takes to fullfil my role as Captain of Squad Five."
Byakuya nodded, "Indeed. It will be a hard job so don't expect sudden success." He, even with his emotionless face of his, seemed to frown, "I have come to speak on matters of my division member Rikichi."
Tadashi nodded as well, taking on an air of seriousness, "Of course. I will bring him back alive."
The other male Captain nodded and seemed to smile, "Please do. He is very popular among our division, I'd hate to see our division lose moral before the big war."
He nodded once before walking away, his Lieutenant staying behind to talk.
Renji bowed his head, "It's strange, speaking to you as a Captain when I've worked along side you as a Lieuteant for so long." He stood straight, "Please, save Rikichi. It's because of me that he became a Shinigami and he's a friend." He bowed again, "Please save him!"
Renji froze when a hand was placed on his shoulder, "Man Renji, to think I would live to see the day where you bowed your head to me." The hand left his shoulder and he looked up to see the two Captains walking away.
"Was there ever any doubt that I would save him?" Tadashi grinned over his shoulder, "We protect everyone and destroy evil, control the balance of the world, and save our comrades, for we are Captains!"
Renji seemed shocked before he smiled, "Only a Captain for ten minutes and you're already speaking like you've been one for ten years. Thank you, Captain Tadashi!"
"Hinamori Momo, Lieutenant of Squad Five, proficient zanjutsu, kido master, proficient at hoho. Former Lieutenant under Sosuke Aizen. Evidence of mental instability, high chances of being honorably discharged." A member of the Fourth Division spoke, he was obviously new since Tadashi could not recongize him.
The two were walking down a hall, in an often forgotten part of the Hospital. Most people forgot but even shinigami and civilians were prone to mental disorders. Some were temporarily others were permanent, some were curable others were incurable.
Tadashi walked patiently behind the tall dirty blonde haired man as he listed off possible symptoms for the Lieutenant.
Hm, I knew that she admired the man but not to this extent, Tadashi thought as he looked down to the folded Captain haori tucked under his right arm. Best to not tell her I'm the Captain for her division now.
As they neared the door I kept my eyes from widening as I noticed the lack of reiatsu in the room. The guide nodded once more, "Here we are Captain Takeshi, under no circumstances mention Aizen's name." He opened the door and beckoned inside.
He nodded and stepped in, closing the door behind him. Tadashi felt my stomach crash and he was painfully aware of his failures that he couldn't prevent something like this from happening.
Hinamori Momo, one of the strongest girls he knew and one of his best friends, was tied down into a hospital bed with a camera in the upper right corner of the room to keep watch on her. She was unhealthily pale and her hair was spwaled underneath her. Her eyes were red and traces of tears were seen on her face. Her eyes were glued to the wall next to her and she seemed to be ignorant of his existence.
He sat in the chair to her side and put the Captain haori on the side table with flowers on it, "Momo, it's me Takeshi. I came as soon as I learned you were here."
Nothing. He was now aware how hard it was to talk to someone who didn't want to talk.
"Well, I don't know if anyone told you but I was made a Captain. And I was even assigned a mssion."
Nothing again. He sighed and leaned back, "You know, back when Renji told us about Rukia being contained it was you and Hisagi that helped me. I was ready to go save her myself, ready to fight anyone tooth and nail, but you and Hisagi convinced me not to. I thought she would blame me or hate me. But you guys told me that she thought of me as family, like I do to her." Tadashi sighed again and leaned forward, "You know you're family to me too right? I would like to hope you think of me as a friend or family as well. In our world sometimes the only family you have are your friends."
He closed his eyes, "I'm-" "Tadashi."
He opened his eyes to see Momo looking up at him with dull eyes, "I remember that. The pain in your eyes. That was the event that started everything. Kurosaki's arrival, your disappearance, Captain Soifon's depression, Saburo's defeat and 'death', and then Captain Aizen being controlled and being called a traitor." Tears pooled around her eyes before trailing down her face.
Tadashi's eyes widened before he leaned forward and wiped the tears away, "Indeed it did. But you should know that things like that weren't thought of at random, they were planned. I was attacked by Gin Ichimaru and a group of servants, after which I was injured and saved by Yoruichi Shihoin. During that time Saburo was attacked by Ichirou and was later saved by Orihime Inoue. And at the end of it all the four traitors made themselves known. Sosuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tosen, and Ichirou Takeshi. All of which are powerful and immense threats to Seireitei. Every division is training their members thoroughly for the war to come, even the Captains are polishing their skills. Right now the Fifth Division is crippled. They lost their Captain and their Lieutenant."
Hinamori frowned and her eyes widened, trying to leaned forward but was stopped by her restraints, "Captain Aizen wasn't a traitor! He's being controlled by somebody! I bet it's Ichimaru!"
He shook his head, "Unforunately not. You know how smart and powerful Aizen is, there's no way somebody like Ichimaru could control him. Please Momo, realize that. You're not the only one that was affected. Captain Komamura lost his best friend, Rangiku lost the person she loves, Ichirou was my older brother, and you lost your Captain. But look at everyone. Captain Komamura is leading his division perfectly as always and training everyday, Rangiku is still herself and still as strong, and I became a Captain. But look at yourself. You are laying in a bed, tied up, and forced to go through mind nulling therapy. You're leaving your division in pieces."
She glared at him, "I'm not wrong Tadashi! Aizen is...was..."
"Exactly Momo. You can't deny it nor can you approve it. You know that he left and isn't coming back. He manipulated you and the whole division, almost killed you, Captain Hitsugaya, and would've finished you off if not for Captain Unohana and Isane. Then to sweeten the deal he almost killed Ichigo and Renji, and then Rukia. He also attacked Captain Komamura and almost killed him as well." He sighed and reached over for the Captain Haori, "Because of you the Fifth Division needs a Captain more so than they ever have before." He shook the haori and it unfolded itself to reveal the insignia for the Fifth Division on the back, "I was appointed towards that role."
Tadashi watched as Hinamori's eyes widened, multiple feelings passing through them. Surprise, sadness, anger, and then betrayal. She turned to the wall and glared at it, as if blaming it for her problems.
Tadashi sighed and pulled on the haori, standing up and walking towards the door, "Tomorrow I will be back to pick you up for the mission. You are physically healed and I bleive the only way for you to be mentally healed is to let you see the world for what it is."
He left the room. He didn't know it but those hours between his leaving and the mission were spent thinking over her mistakes and what happened. While she still had some doubt over Aizen's betrayal she did realize that by staying in delusion was not only hurting herself but her division. That Tadashi was right and he could fill the hole left by Aizen better than anybody else would be able to. But it would take time.
Because time was the most important factor in healing.
Soifon knew from expereince that illusion type zanpakutos were hard to combat. Espicially for a poison/melee type like hers. The battle had only started ten minutes ago and yet Soifon could not land a single hit on the woman. Every time she did the woman diffused into the air and appeared on the other end of the room.
Soifon glared at the woman and the zanpakuto she was holding. The zanpakuto had a pink hilt and instead of a blade there was a large transparent mirror that was two feet wide and four feet long.
She twirled it in a circle in front of her, a pink flash enveloping her, "There's no way you can fight against my Shiori." Soifon growled and appeared in front of her using shunpo. She thrust Suzumebachi forward and it passed through Rika and hit the wall, cracking it.
Rika appeared by the door, "See what I mean?" She turned the mirror upside down and a shine passed over it before showing Soifon's reflection. "Witness the true abilities of Shiori, Naiteki Shinen!"
Soifon gasped as the mirror turned pink and then her world turned black.
Soifon gasped out and opened her eyes. She looked around at the infinte darkness around her. She narrowed her eyes as a voice drifted through the area, coming from every direction, and booming as if a voice of god.
"Let's look through your past shall we?" Soifon's eyes widened as a picture came up, of a tall man with long black hair kept in a braid and wrapped around his neck, of another man not as tall with curly black hair, one of a younger man with short black hair that fell down to his shoulders and covered his right hair, one of a man with spiky black hair, and finally of a boy with long unkept black hair.
It had been so long that she had thought she had forgotten their faces. It had been years even since she even thought of their names. But looking at them now, they came without a moment's hesitation.
"Tadashi, Sabou, Kyuu, Rein, and Sora."
The oldest and tallest one Tadashi nodded, he shook his neck and his braid shook with it, "You have forgotten about us Soi. You have forgotten us but you have also replaced us."
Soifon shook her head, forgetting that she was in a zanpakuto's powers, "I didn't! I didn't forget I just..." She couldn't think of anything. She felt, amongst her long dead brothers, like a small child.
Sabou frowned, "You replaced us all. Easily in fact."
Kyuu growled, "How could you? After all we've done?"
Soifon shook her head again, her twin braids flying around behind her, "I didn't brothers! I just moved on!"
Rein sighed and shook his head, running a hand through his spiky hair, "I'm afraid so, Shaolin."
Soifon gasped quietly, not expecting to hear her birth name be spoken again.
The smallest one, Sora, stepped forward, "I remember looking down at you when you graduated from the academy and thinking, 'I'm so proud of you.' but look at you now, a woman who had forgotten and betrayed her own family."
Soifon swiped her hand to the side, "Please don't think so brothers!" She felt some tears pool around her eyes, "Please I still love yo-" Before she could finish they faded away, all leaving her with the thoughts of their disappointed faces.
She felt her knees go weak and she wiped at her eyes, What the hell? Why would they be like that to me? I love them so much and they-
"Oh how pitiful you are!" The loud voice boomed out, "I have only started and I have so much material to use!"
Soifon growled and moved to yelled at the air when she looked up to see a tall purple haired woman.
"Lil Bee, that fits you so well." Yoruichi spoke and frowned down at the small Captain, "How were you ever able to become a Captain? So weak and pitiful, there was a reason I left you behind you know. You were such an eyesore and I was tired of your constant whining. That is why I left with Urahara and not you! Why would I ever want a child like you to hang around with me? The Flash Goddess!"
Soifon's eyes widened and she was unable to speak before her idol. Yoruichi just smirked and waved a hand lazily, "I'm sure you would want to know as well, that final mission your brothers went on? A simple hollow killing and yet they all died? You ever wonder why?" Yoruichi grinned and her eyes gleemed with madness, "I let them die, watched as the hollow tossed them around and rip them to pieces!"
Soifon jumped to her feet and her eyes were wide with fear, "Wha-What are you talking about?"
She recieved no answer when Yorucihi disappeared. Soifon growled and grabbed her head, shaking it.
"Ohhh, what's this now? Interesting..."
Soifon looked up and her eyes fell to her side as she saw several people appear. Retsu, Rangiku, Matsuri, Isane and then Nemu.
They didn't speak at all and Soifon wondered why they were even there.
"Of all the things I expected this was not one! Who would've thoguth that under that demeanor you would be such a girl! Look at all them, more beautiful and more women-like than you could ever be!" The voice laughed, "You are jealous, paranoid even, that the love of your life would fall for them instead of you! Oh how funny! I don't blame you though, you resemble a twelve year old compared to them. No bust, no curves, not to mention how small you are!"
Soifon felt the tears she had long been holding back flow, "D-Damn you!"
"Oh how hilarious!" The girls parted away and stood off in a line as a new person appeared, as tall and handsome as she always saw him.
She gasped as she saw him, his red hair that she always sneaked feels at when he fell asleep in their spot, his lean muscles that she had watch develop over the years, how tall he was compared to her and how she enjoyed looking up at him, the way he walked full of confidence, the way he looked so powerful when he wore his Captain Haori, and his smile that never failed to make her knees go weak and made her wonder how his lips tasted.
"Soi." Tadashi didn't smile like usual when he saw her, instead he kept his face emotionless and stared at her for a moment before looking over at the line of beautiful women. He sighed and didn't look back at her, instead looking down towards Rangiku and the other women, "Where did I go wrong? I could've been with some beautiful girls but I'm stuck with some women stuck in a child's body."
Soifon's eyes were full of pain and she stepped forward, once again feeling like an insecure child, "T-Tadashi?"
He groaned and looked back over at her, "The only reason you kept me around was because I have the same name as your oldest brother. I know that and you need to accept that. I am tired of your childish ideas of what you think is love. I do not, and never will, love you."
Soifon's tears increased and she fell to her knees, "T-Tadashi! What are you talking about? You know I never thought that! You know I love you for you!"
Tadashi shook his head, "How could I ever believe such false words?"
Soifon fell to her knees once again and felt her world crumble. She could faintly hear the woman's loud voice but the most prominent thing was the worlds ringing throughout her head.
"I do not, and never will, love you."
"I do not, and never will, love you."
"I do not, and never will, love you."
She closed her eyes and grabbed her head, screaming loudly and releasing all of her reiatsu.
"Got you huh? Surprising how a woman of your caliber can be taken down just from a simple rejection." Soifon didn't respond, her golden-yellow reiatsu enveloping her whole body and the surrounding area.
What is this? Why is all this happening? I know in my heart that I love him and I think he loves me too! Ughhhh, why is this-
Soifon stopped screaming, her reiatsu fading away. She wiped away her tears and stood up, her hands balled at her sides.
"I see now. I forgot about everything once I saw my brothers. You really are impressive to be able to see my biggest regret. And then Yoruichi-sama. Bringing up the thing that caused me the most pain. And then the icing on the cake, bringing up Tadashi. It's true, I was often jealous of the other women, the people that truly defined women. Who would want me, the small, rude, flat-chested, curvless woman? I did often think that but it all changed. You are simply looking at all my regrets, pain, and insecurities and magnifying it. However you are forgetting all my good memories."
Soifon glared at the darkness surrounding her, "The time when the always serious Tadashi slipped in a puddle and got covered in mud, how even Grandma and all the other brothers laughed at him. The expression on his face, the unmasked surprise." She smiled at the memory, "The time when I laid down in Yoruichi's lap and she showed me the stars and the flowers. The smile and the laughter when I told her that she made for a great pillow." She shook her head, the smile still present, "And then Tadashi. When I met him he had saved me from killing myself. He had just transferred to my division and despite his family issues he excelled and always looked forward. He became my foundation and I came to realize that without him I was useless. After only a year I fell in love with him. It's been 109 years since then and it's been the happiest years of my life." Soifon sighed in bliss and smiled widely, "There's no zanpakuto or person strong enough to make me think that Tadashi isn't like that."
The darkness around her cracked, like glass, and then shattering into pieces. Instead of darkness there was light and standing there was a smiling Tadashi.
Tadashi smiled with his eyes closed and leaned forward, putting his hand on Soifon's head. Soifon smiled back at him, a small blush dusting her cheeks.
"Soifon, Captain of Squad Two and my childhood friend." Tadashi didn't open his eyes but instead leaned forward even more, being inches away from Soifon's face, "It's been 109 years since I've met you and I could truthfully say that I love you."
Soifon grinned and nodded, closing her eyes with an air of pure happiness, "Tadashi!"
The light faded away to reveal a flabbergasted Rika and a cracked zanpakuto. Rika looked up at Soifon, her eyes wide with shock and fear, "No one's ever seen the layered ability of my zanpakuto before! How were you able to find it?"
Soifon frowned, standing at her full heaight(which wasn't much), "Layered ability?"
Rika nodded, "My Shiori is able to see the inner thoughts of people and the people close to them. Using her I go into my opponents mind and bring up anything that could cause a mental breakdown. But I'm also able to show people what the person closest to them actually thinks about them." She growled out, "But I had long since locked away that stupid power! How were you able to unlock it?"
Soifon shrugged and raised her right hand to her face, "I didn't do anything complicated like unlocking some locked away ability. All I did was destroy your foolish illusions and your zanpakuto spirit must've done the rest." She stepped forward, keeping her hand to her face, "You probably don't know this but the zanpakuto spirit doesn't need to help you nor give you your powers. In fact if a zanpakuto feels like you have forgotten and betrayed yourself they will act out. In this case your zanpakuto spirit felt that it was time you were finished."
Soifon smirked, "I'm going to take pleasure in this." She pulled off her Captain's haori and threw it into the air, "Shunko!"
The air around her seemed to tense before her body was enveloped by white reiatsu. Unlike her usual shunko she had finally perfected hers and the kido was now able to be seen. The white reiatsu came off like tongues of flame.
Soifon grinned and crouched down, "You're death will come-" Rika gasped as Soifon disappeared. Rika hefted up her cracked zanpakuto as if to block against something but instead felt a prick in her back. She gasped out as Soifon appeared in front of her and thrust Suzumebachi forward. Soifon's attack went straight through the zanpakuto, shattering it easily, and allowing Soifon's Suzumebachi to strike her in the chest.
Soifon jumped back and smirked, "In a flash!" She shook her hand and Suzumebachi turned back to her sealed state, "Nigeki Kessatsu, Death in Two Steps."
Rika gasped and her eyes widened, "D-Damn yo-" Before she could finish she seemed to distort around herself before being enveloped in a large Homonka mark and her body disappearing into a pink mist.
Soifon sighed and her shunko dissipitated as well. Once she was done however a blush appeared on her face, So...her zanpakuto could see the thoughts of the people close to me? Does that mean that he actually...
Soifon slapped her cheeks and shook her head, "No time for that! I need to go find Rikichi and Tadashi!"
She disappeared in a shunpo, leaving behind the bloody and charred battlefield.
Noroi stood against his opponent, watching as his servants bodies hit he ground. He cocked a head to the side, popping a bone, before straightening up.
"Impressive, with that kind of move at your disposal I will be hard pressed to hit you."
Tadashi's anger was still seen on his face, "Don't worry, I can only use that move once every hour. I don't plan for this fight to be more than ten minutes."
Noroi smirked and threw his zanpakuto in front of him, "Don't be a fool! I was able to fight off your father and win! Don't think that I haven't gotten stronger now! I am easily Captain material!" He put his right hand on the short blade of his zanpakuto and smirked, "Rise and Destroy, Hayaito!" The zanpakuto glew white and he moved his right hand forward, against the blade and passed the tip, the tip following his hand until it stopped when it was about five feet long. He grinned and threw both his hands out to the side, the zanpakuto flaoting in midair before the white glow seemed to become solid and shatter to reveal his shikai.
The zanpakuto was now a golden staff with a snake slithering its way across it, twirling around the pole. On each end of the staff was two small axes, one on each side with a green blade with a golden metal covering the bottom half and connecting it to the staff.
Noroi twirled the staff around him effortlessly, "Don't be fooled, my shikai is more than capable to deal with your bankai."
Tadashi eyed the shikai, Seems to rely on speed and the cutting power of those axes might be something to worry about. I wonder why he isn't starting off with his Bankai though. It goes without saying that I need to end this fight early before I give him a chance to bring it out.
Tadashi jumped forward and brought his fist back, "Let's test that theory then!"
Tadashi punched forward, making Noroi dodge to the right and twirl his staff up to try and cut off his right arm. Tadashi quickly brought back his arm and while the staff was up he quickly kicked forward.
Noroi jumped into the air to dodge it and in return slashed down. Tadashi quickly brought his hands up, "Keishi Kumori, Yamisen!" A beam of black reiatsu was qucikly shot at Noroi and hit the overextended weapon. The blast forced the weapon back up to its user who grabbed onto it with both hands and groaned as he tried to push against the beam.
Noroi growled and twirled his staff in a circle, "Douka!" The axes glew green and as he spun his staff it appeared to be a large green circle. The Yamisen shrunk quickly and was absorbed into the green circle. Noroi smirked down at Tadashi before something flashed through his eyes.
He quickly pointed one end of the staff towards Tadashi and a large green beam, the same size and power of Tadashi's Yamisen, was sent towards him. Tadashi gasped as he was enveloped in the green blast.
Noroi smirked and yelled out, "See that Captain? That is the power of my zanpakuto! I am able to absorb the reiatsu of anyone's attacks!"
The green beam died down the area where Tadashi was standing was now a hole that you couldn't see into. A quiet laughter drifted from the hole and put Noroi on guard. Hinamori, from where she sat, was worried before hearing the confident laughter.
"So that's the power then? I have already seen two weaknesses however. One-you are only able to absrb the reiatsu of reiatsu based attacks. Meaning your weakness is Hakuda. Two-the reiatsu you absorb doesn't go to your own reiatsu instead you use it for your attacks. Meaning that the reiatsu you absorb can also have a negative effect on your body if you don't release it immediately." Tadashi appeared from the hole, blood seaping from his head and covered in dirt. "And thankfully I excell at Hakuda."
Noroi frowned, "What makes you think you could even hit me? I have the range factor and I have no intention of letting you get close to me."
Tadashi shrugged, "What makes you think you have a choice?" Tadashi disappeared and reappeared behind Noroi. Noroi gasped and let out a groan as Tadashi punched him in the middle of his spine. Noroi arched his back over his fist and refrained from yelling as he felt his bones snap and turn to dust.
Tadashi pulled back his fist before grabbing onto Noroi face from behind, "S-So fast..." Spoke Noroi before groaning in pain and accepting his inevitable defeat. Tadashi nodded and the two disappeared for seconds and left Hinamori wondering.
"W-Where did they go?"
Her question was answered when a blur of black appeared rushing towards the ground. The moment the blur appeared on the ground a large pillow of smoke and dust filled the air and drifted throughoutthe area. Hinamori, even though she was dozens of feet away, was pushed back and was barely able to hold onto the body of Rikichi.
The dust and smoke died down, revealing the form of Tadashi, his Bankai gone and in his sealed state, and the laying down Noroi. Upon further inspection Noroi had half of his face in the ground and was bleeding porfusely from his head. Tadashi looked down at Noroi coldly.
"I apologize for ending the fight so quickly. I really did wish to fight you on more even grounds but I let my rage get the best of me." Tadashi sighed and bent down, looking down into Noroi's dull eyes, "I read up on the report of your family by the way. Your family was caught up in a hollow attack and the Eleventh Division Lieutenant, my father, was sent to dispatch them. However he was too late and the hollows had killed your family. After cutting down the hollows my father inspected their bodies and discovered that the woman was still alive but dying from blood loss. She had asked to be put out of her misery and my father accepted, knowing she would die before they got to a hospital. That was when a man appeared in hysteric anger. Thinking he was responsible the man attacked my father and he was forced to fight. My father escaped the fight and reported to Captain-Commander. My father was a cold man, ruthless, and yet that inciedent set him on edge. He wished to go back and clarify what had happened but he wasn't able to find you." He stood up straight and bowed, "On the matter of your family, I apologize on the behalf of my father. However on the behalf of Rikichi, I will only say this. Your death came too easy and I only wish I had time to fully torment you." Tadashi turned around and started to walk away, looking powerful and tired at the same time, "You may die now."
Before he got too far Noroi spoke up weakly, "I can't accept that. I well however say this...Yamigun was just the start of it. Yamigun is only my division under my rule. I am part of a much larger group, Tenraihana! I am only the Fifth Seat..." He gulped before continuing, "There are four people much stronger than me!" It seemed like he wanted to say more but failed when his voice died out and his reiatsu became nothing. Tadashi turned his head over his shoulder before walking away.
He's dead.
Tadashi sighed and fell to the ground once he made it to Momo. He turned his head to see his Captain Haori wrapped round Rikichi's body.
"I'm sorry Rikichi, if I was only a few minutes early then I would've been able to save you. Rest easy now, your pain and torment is over."
Hinamori nodded, her lips trembling and a few tears pooling around her eyes. Tadashi noticed and shook his head, "Don't cry Momo, he died bravely and with a smile." Even though he said that it seemed like he was having a hard time saying that was well.
Tadashi took a deep breath before looking at the damage of the Yamigun hideout, watching on as Soifon appeared next to him.
Soifon regarded the form of Rikichi sadly before turning and patting Tadashi's arm, "You did everything you could." She sighed, "They had killed all the civilians. I finished off the Third in Command and any other members I found. Yamigun is gone." She smiled, "It's over now."
Tadashi shook his head, "No, this is only the beginning." He turned around, "Soifon, Momo," He bent down and picked up Rikichi, craddling his small form to his chest, not caring of the blood now staining his Captain haori and his shinigami uniform, "let's go home."
Later, after returning to Seireitei, Squad Six was made aware of Rikichi's death, the Captain-Commander was made aware of Tenraihana, and everyone was made aware of the attack on Saburo by the Adjuchas. Later that night, every Captain and Lieutenant was up, planning and thinking upon the recent incidents. All except five people, two Lieutenants and three Captains. Momo was awake, mulling over death and how she had failed their division, and how she was going to make up or it. Renji was awake, drining sake and beating himself over the loss of his friend. Captain Soifon was awake with Tadashi, talking the night away and laying down in their spot in the Squad Two forest. Captain Byakuya was in his study, writing a letter and a formal apology to Rikichi's family in Rukongai.
He had just finished the letter when he turned the lights off and pulled out a secret glass of high quality sake. He sighed before taking a single drink and putting the sake back, standing up and walking outside to watch the breeze dance through the sakura petals.
On a less former not I wish to fully extend my apologies and will do whatever is in within my power to help you cope with the untimely death of your family member Rikichi. He was a brave man and full of potential, he was very popular in our squad and he will be missed, the hole he left in our division could never be filled. We will all miss him.
Signed, Byakuya Kuchiki-Captain of the Sixth Division.
And here it is, the finale of the Yamigun Arc and the introduction to the Tenraihana Arc. Hope you all enjoyed it and sorry if the fights seemed short.