A meeting Requested [Open]

[hinsshiniaga]

The giant of a man, the new captain of the third squad, towering over the room he barely fit inside, he holds the Constant Physique and build of the usual Physically active warrior and handsome features, he is not without his flaws, one of his traits being his nose has the look of a fighters to it, being slight bent to the side only noticeable if you really look, but its defiantly there, along with a knot of bone and scar tissue in t he center of his one elegant Nose, something obviously that's been broken hundreds of time in his life. Hinsshi sat at his Squads house contemplating, he had lost many member's when the Gotei had suffered that terrible blow of losses to the squads, his included and now he didn't even know the current Taicho anymore. He sighed ... he needed to introduce himself, and the Taicho had to work together now to become greater then those before them, he slowly raised a hand and flames radiated slowly over the air, forming into a parchment as he frowned thinking a moment, before quickly burning the letter in. Every Taicho, and Fukutaicho would soon find a letter sent to them stating the following.

"My fellow peer's ... most of you are youngin's to me, and I've managed to stay lower and unnoticed fer' nearly five hundred and some years ... I have recently taken the position as the taicho of the Third Division. It's come to my attention that we lack real communication besides the usual Taicho meetings ... for this reason, I'd like us to meet one another, maybe not as a serious scenario ... but perhaps just to get to know one another, talk of our ideals, introduce ourselves, maybe even test one another's abilities a bit to see how to work well with each other in battle.

I hope you will all come, but at the least I hope a few of you shall, I look forward to it. If you are interested let's meet in the outer training grounds here at my squad house in the Third Division ... there is plenty of room for us to speak without fear of being stalked or listened in on, as well as plenty of room to spar if it comes to that part of our meeting. Anyone from the other squads of any rank that you trust is welcomes as well of course, but I'd prefer to keep this relatively peaceful with the current higher ups, I wish to get to know you all first before I become influenced with the other younger shinigami as well.

- Signed; Niaga Hinsshi, Sanbantai Taicho"

After he had sent out the letter, Hinsshi simply picked up his walking staff and meandered forward through the gates, heading into the Training grounds before he leaned back into a tree and yawned softly, before he sat down against it and waited. The giant of a man yawning as he moved forward and stretched a bit, The blood red Kimono Over-Robe stopping at the backs of his ankles unlike most others, and the sleeves are cut evenly at just above the wrist on both arms, giving the Robe more of a long jacket look then an over-robe, he never puts his arms in his sleeves, like any badass in anime he prefers to wear it over just his shoulders, combined with his Haori and Captain Robes he looks a bit like he's even more massive then he actually is because of having the four to five sets of robes hanging around his large muscled frame. At his side there is a bright red hilt wrapped large Nodachi, usually worn at his side thanks to his massive height and aside he wields it like a normal Katana. He blade itself is five feet long and slightly curved, formed along its hilt are ridges like that of a dragons mouth almost like teeth.

The hilt itself is a square that ends in a curved side on each end, swirling into the form of a Dragons head growling at you. Their eyes are made with rubies, and scales are lined with gold, the counter weight at the bottom of the sword is a basic circulate globe studded with ruby and Obsidian gems, and the hilts actual wrapping is basic black leather unlike most Zanpaktou. The blades metal itself is also tinted a dark grey steel nearly black, shining like obsidian itself, weighing around three hundred pounds just to lift the heavy powerful blade. Not even realizing he was flashing it off, he simply blinked slowly and yawned, glancing around the seven foot nine monster of a man leaned against a tree and simply waited. "Neh neh ... gatta wonder if anyone will actually show up though, or if they'l even believe the Central 46 randomly approved of a Captain to be promoted out of his retirement ..." He sighed and shook his head, considering that ... did he really want to come out of retirement? ... Well, suppose he would find out soon enough.

[Nanao Ise]

When the letter had arrived at her office, delivered by the trembling hands of a young subordinate, her curiosity had been piqued. It seemed another man had taken over the Sanbantai which seemed unable to retain a captain for more than a few months. According to her notes, this successful candidate had been dragged from his retirement and was apparently monster-like in his appearances. Hmm. Dismissing the officer with a curt nod, she began reading immediately, finishing with a slight smile. It seemed he was a charming, well-educated monster, unlike like demon Kenpachi. Standing, she pinned the letter to the board behind the desk on the off chance that her captain might appear while she was gone.

It had been many years since she had visited the Sanbantai, and though she couldn’t quite remember the consequences (though it had probably been an errand from Shunsui), she could remember the way perfectly. She arrived at the magnificent gateway into the division, nodding to the guards as the bowed courteously to their guest. Her first thought was to go straight to the office but as she started in that direction she noticed a solitary figure in the training yard. In the shadow of the tree he looked massive and imposing and she realised that the tension she had been experiencing was probably due to his massive reiatsu.

Swallowing her apprehension, she adjusted her glasses and strode confidently towards him, eyes down as a sign of respect. As she reached him, she offered a deep, elegant bow and presented him with a bottle of exquisite saki she had ‘borrowed’ from her captains private stash.

“Lieutenant Nanao Ise of the Hachibantai reporting.”

Sometimes she hated being so punctual, any familiar face would have reassured her, but for now she stood alone trying not to stare at his battle-scarred face. He towered over her, that wasn’t uncommon, but she noted that like Shunsui, he wore a robe that deviated from the standard uniform. It was less flamboyant though and more sinister, being a dark blood-red. His staff as well was curious, and she wondered if he used it as a weapon more than an aid. In any case, she drew herself up proudly, awaiting his scrutiny so she could judge the first impression of his character as he did the same to her.

[Lhin Demizu]

Xiao had received a letter from a lower member of her division while she had been writing out some paperwork. Placing it to the side of her desk she would read it about twenty or so minutes after receiving it when she was done with the work. Opening it up she would read it once and then again. ::They had replaced the captain of that division again. IT has to be a cursed position much like my own. Perhaps a informal visit would be in order... ::

Her own words echoed in her mind as she slowly stood. Walking over to a seated officer she would speak to the man.

"Post up a notice that we have a new taicho among our ranks. I am going over there to personally greet him into our ranks. You will be in charge until Fukotaicho Hinamori returns her duties. Let her know where I am when she returns as well."

Her voice was stern yet had soft as normal. Pulling on her robe and securing it with her light blue sash she would head out toward the third divisional barracks. The paths where a little confusing as she has not been to that division in quite some time. After a few minutes of walking she would find her way to the correct path and was on her way there. As she approached the gates she would get a sideways glance from the shinigami on guard duty. Noticing her robes and everything they would salute her as she strode past them into the courtyard.

Stopping in the courtyard she would feel the reiatsu of two defienently more powerful than the average shinigamis nearby. Using her senses she would find the two of them with relative ease. Her dimnuitive stature was even more accentuated by the sheer size of the new captain of the third division. Walking up off to the side of the two of them Xiao would swallow her any apprehension and would approach. Noticing that she at least knew that the Fuko of the Eight Squad was there she was at least at ease with that as she had met her on a few occasions.

"Xiao Demizu, Taicho of the Gobantai here responding to your letter Hinnshi Taicho."

[raptor]

Remy was puzzled slightly by the letter he was just handed by one of the lower ranks in his division. A new Taicho? and one they dragged out of retirement..... this should be interesting..... Remy thought to himself as he walked over to the place aforementioned in the letter. While Remy walked over in his usual unhurried gait he pondered over what this might mean for the division. It wasn't as though Intelligence gathering was a difficult job, but at least in recent times it seemed to be hitting the taicho's rather hard. Remy thought some more as he slipped out a deck of cards and started shuffling it and doing simple card tricks one handed. It was something he seemed to do when he was thinking.

Stepping into the courtyard mentioned in the letter, Remy was slightly surprised to find that Xiao and Nano had also showed up for this impromptu meeting. Remy had only met either of them on rare occasions before so he didnt know wither of them as well as he probably should, Remy chided himself slightly for not knowing much about his new Taicho either. Once he was a bit further into the courtyard and facing a giant of a man that he figured was his new taicho; Remy stopped and bowed slightly, "Remy LeBeau at yer service mon, amie. Though ole' Remy's friends be callin em Gambit. I bein de current 10th seat of yer new division Mon capitan. Respondin to yer summons as ordered to" Remy drawled out in his weird accented way that he had picked up from the bayou's of Louisiana. With that Remy leaned up against a nearby tree and waited to see what would occur.

[hinsshiniaga]

He yawned and then blinked again rubbing at his eyes before he smiled slightly, sensing multiple reitsu signatures slowly heading toward him, he closed an eye slowly, the one which held one his multiple heavy facial scar's and scratched at it a moment before he took an apple out of his robe and began to bite into it patiently as he awaited their arrival one by one. He smiled as a young Fukutaicho came ... he roughly remembered seeing this one chasing after Shunsui about a hundred years ago, but his memory was failing him a bit and he just shrugged it off. He was meeting the older version of her anyway so it need not matter. He smiled a bit at her formal greeting and laughed softly, He slowly sank down and sat back, still taller then the young woman even sitting he blinked and accepted the sake and grinned. "Instant approval from me young'n." He chuckled, gently setting it beside him with a grin, it was scared and he was even missing a few teeth from what looked like a very old wound of a blade going through his upper jaw, but at the same time it was surprisingly kind and lighthearted. "I'll wait to introduce mah'self for when everyone is here." He said in a slight southern draw but it was very minimal, obviously educated.

He smiled though, "But its certainly a pleasure ta' meet you beautiful. Hachibantai huh ... is Shunsui still a ladies man?" He grinned and gave a soft bark of a laugh, the giant unhinging the six foot monster of a Zanpaktou and placing it gently against the tree he was now sitting against as his robes pillowed out about his body. He patted the ground nearby, motioning for her to sit as the grounds were surprisingly dirt free, instead covered in a thick layer of soft moss with the many tree's of all sorts above them. He brushed his thick mane of grey streaked brown hair from his face and his gaze traveled to his next guest drawing a smile as well at the Haori, she looked young as well and he chuckled. "A pleasure to meet you Xiao-Chan ... Im glad one of the Taicho actually responded." He chuckled and offered her a massive hand that by the looks could and likely has, grabbed a medium hollow by the head and simply crushed it, coated in scar's as well ... his other arm holding the apple seemed oddly scared, in fact unlike the rest of him it completely lacked body hair, it was nothing but dark red flesh, obviously from an incredibly painful burn ... possibly nearly down to the bone. Anyone whom has heard of Hinsshi from old history books may know of him being one of the very few shinigami to not only know, but had used the forbidden Hadou, Ito Kaso likely the reason for that arm.

He slowly stretched and after shaking hands with the young Taicho he would sit back and munch on his apple considering them both a moment and smiled. "Soul Society has been in good hands as far as I can tell ... Gobantai has suffered a loss of its Taicho as well I think correct? Something about a War ... the old geezer tried to get me to help but I declined ... seems you all did just fine without me." He smirked and gave another soft laugh before he blinked and noticed something, is gaze finding another stronger though not overly powerful, around third seat level reitsu heading toward them. He arched a brow at the thick Louisiana accent, and incredibly he didn't even blink, understanding the young man perfectly he smirked. "A pleasure to meet yah' Gambit-Kun ... Im surprised your only Tenth Seat, makes me wonder what ..." He stopped a moment thinking. "Ichimaru? ... Was that 'is name? Was thinking with the ranks. Remind me tah' promote you after a bit to a rank more fittin' of your power long as yer' up fer the responsibility." He smiled a bit again before he stretched and nodded, motioning for them both to take a seat as well, offering the gifted sake as well, "Now then ... since several people are here, if more come I'll repeat mah self ... as my letter said, I'm Hinsshi Niaga ... Former Ranks Unseated of Second, Fifth Seat of Second, Lieutenant of Second, Kidou Corps Commander, Captain of Fifth ... that was all about three ... almost four hundred years ago though. I retired an' the Old Geezer brought me back out of retirement after the war ... so Now Im your local Second old coot and the Sanbantai Taicho." He grinned again and chuckled softly.

[Chono]

Today started out like any other day for Kayo she woke up and began doing some menial chores around the squad’s barracks, but not even Kayo could have guessed the sudden change her day was going to take. About an hour into her chores the Fukutaicho informed her she’d be representing theYonbantai at an informal meeting called by the new Sanbantai Taicho. On the grounds that everyone else looked busier then her, and that by the sounds of it they might end up needing some medical assistance. Despite this bleak reason Kayo was ecstatic she’d more then likely get a chance to heal some major wounds today. After refilling her medical bag Kayo rushed off to the Sanbantai barracks.

“Kayo can’t believe it someone might get hurt and then Kayo’ll have to heal them, and Kayo’ll get to meet all kinds of new people. Kayo hopes none of them are to mean.” She said to herself being careful as she ran down the path. As excited as she was she didn’t want to show up late because she tripped.

Upon arriving at the Sanbantai barracks it wasn’t hard to locate the new taicho and his meeting. In fact it’d be harder not to find it. For starters the man was huge nearly double Kayo's size; as was his reiatsu. Not to mention the other taicho and fukutaicho. The new Sanbantai Taicho seemed to be finishing his introductions with the other people in attendance and was introducing himself as one Hinnsshi Niaga. He chuckled a bit as he finished talking and Kayo took that brief pause in dialogue to introduce herself.

“Kayo Anzai unseated member of Yonbantai. Here to represent Kayo’s division.” She paused getting the formal announcement out of the way first then walked in front of the new taicho. She looked up then down then up again before finally saying. “Wow Sugared Beast. Kayo thinks you’re the largest person Kayo has ever met.”

[Nanao Ise]

A subtle sigh of relief escaped her as familiar shinigami appeared, first Captain Demizu who she'd had the pleasure of meeting on a few occasions, and Remy who she had only met once before. She bowed to each in turn, expression becoming a little warmer as she began to feel slightly more at ease. Though she appreciated the new Captains thanks, there was something unsettling about his grin. And she didn't care for his mild harassment either, even if he was just complimenting her in his own way. She sniffed and nodded at his statement wondering if perhaps this man and her captain had at some point had been renegade cohorts. Quite likely... She listened as he welcomed the newcomers warmly and politely, especially kindly towards Remy. Nodding to herself in approval, she turned it into a shake as she was offered the sake. It was barely early afternoon. She decided this man had definitely shared some of Kyoraku-Taicho bad habits. As he ran off his list of qualifications she was visibly impressed, but as Xiao, a superior was now present, she did not feel the need to comment.

A sudden flurry of a new reaitsu behind her drew her attention to the gate as another shinigami appeared. How curious... The late girls introduction revealed her identity, and also a habit that Nanao knew would grate on her nerves. She looked on aghast as she uttered her comments that could be regarded as brazen insults. Straightening her posture, she watched Hinsshi, curious as to how he would react.

[Lhin Demizu]

Xiao smiled as another person arrived. She could tell that the man had some reiatsu but not quite as much as herself, Nanao, or her fellow taicho. Out of the corner of her eye she would keep an eye on him and hear the banter back and forth between the men. While all of this was going on she would think back in her mind to when she was a young shinigami. :: Fresh out of the academy and she had shown aptitude for kidous so she was placed within the fifth division. The captain at the time was a mountain of a man, one that was about to retire from the ranks if she remembered correctly... Then it hit her and she would start a little. ::

Looking at her fellow captain she would give a sideways look before walking to a nearby patch of open grass. She would remove her zanpaktou and place it upon the ground as it was weighing her down. Turning back to the others she would speak up.

"I remember you Hinnshi-Taicho. You lead the Gobantai when I had graduated the academy. I had met you one time in the past and it was a very brief event. I had paid it no mind but now... I remember the old rumors as to why you where retiring. Something about a large fight with what we now call the Espada level arrancar..."

As she spoke Xiao would speak in her usual calm tone. It would be unusual for her to have her tone be anything other than that. She would think for another few seconds before straightening up her robe and speaking again.

"So what all is it that you wished to speak about my fellow taicho? I am a little curious about why it is that you wished to meet and greet."

[Hirato Murano]

The bright but gentle rays of the afternoon sun illuminated the face of the crimson haired God of Death as he walked to the meeting place. A few minutes ago, an unseated member of the 7th had entered his room with a letter from the new 3rd Squad Captain requesting a meeting. To his recollection, there had been one already assigned a few months ago, but apparently something happened and he had to be replaced. Hirato certainly didn't believe in the superstition that the 3rd Division's Captain position was cursed or some garbage like that. That was completely ridiculous and far too illogical for the mind of the cerulean eyed Zanjutsu expert now striding gracefully toward his destination. Using his reiatsu detection abilities, it was obvious that two of the individuals were Captains, likely the 3rd's and another one, while there was one of Lieutenant level and two other signatures, one of seated level and one rather weak one, probably an unseated Shinigami.

Sighing, the Third Seat wondered exactly why he was being summoned to this meet-and-greet. It would make much more sense if this new Captain organized a gathering of his fellow Taicho, but sending a letter of invitation to a 3rd Seat seemed rather wasteful, at least in Hirato's opinion. He always desired the most efficient method of doing anything, so that letter had both slightly irritated and surprised him. However, it was something to do besides paperwork, and the muscular young man supposed that a break from that was healthy. The young noble's life had been rather eventful lately, between those two battles and flirting with the 5th Seat of the 8th Division, so this was not altogether unexpected. For the moment, life was occupying Hirato with events in every way possible, and he was a bit unaccustomed to that. Since the end of the Winter War, nothing much had really happened.

Of course, the Zanjutsu expert continued on with his duties as usual, frequently slaying many feeble Hollow that appeared in ever increasing numbers to feast on the now much more spiritually aware human population. Despite this relative peace, the crimson haired man sensed that it would not last very long at all, and that the Soul Society would be plunged into war yet again. Although there was no evidence to support this, the 12th Division theorized that some Arrancar had survived the Shinigami onslaught during the Winter War, and it did seem possible that some of them had evaded being killed by the force sent there, but there was probably not too many of them left. Even if there were many remaining, they were probably not very powerful or the four Captains that had traveled to Hueco Mundo would have defeated them when they had the chance. Still, he sincerely hoped that the Gotei 13 would not become complacent, because that could cost them everything.

Refocusing on the current situation, at least Hirato had not become complacent, constantly training to increase his strength and eventually attain his goal of standing atop the Gotei as one of its unbreakable pillars, and sit in the throne of a Captain. Speaking of Captains... the man thought as he neared the gathering point. It was obvious that he was very close and in a bit, he would reach them and gaze upon the new 3rd Captain. Making matters even stranger than the fact that the 3rd Captain had to be replaced was the fact that the new Captain was actually one who had "retired", whatever that meant in Shinigami terms. You couldn't really retire if you were a Shinigami; you fought until you died, no matter your age or rank. Still, it was likely that this Captain was much older than many of his contemporaries. Hirato finally reached the meeting spot and immediately noticed the giant of a Captain first, who to be the new 3rd Captain. Glancing around, he saw Captain Demisu and Lieutenant Ise, along with his old friend Gambit and an unfamiliar female Shinigami. Bowing deeply, his cerulean eyes were again amazed at the man's sheer size. Only Captain Zaraki could even rival that size. He would not stare, regardless. "I am Murano Hirato, 3rd Seat of the 7th, here to represent my squad. Pleased to meet you, Taicho-san." he bowed again, then stood up to await the gargantuan man's response.

[raptor]

"A pleasure to meet yah' Gambit-Kun ... Im surprised your only Tenth Seat, makes me wonder what ..." The giant of a man stopped for a second before continuing, "Ichimaru? ... Was that 'is name? Was thinking with the ranks. Remind me tah' promote you after a bit to a rank more fittin' of your power long as yer' up fer the responsibility."

Remy bowed slightly to the man after he had gotten done speaking, if the new captain wanted Remy to move up in the rankings that was fine with him. Remy had been training a lot lately and felt that he was ready for any trials that they had for him to prove that he was ready. Of course the only real reason that Remy wanted to move up is that it would mean a lot less busy work. As one of the lower seated members Remy managed to get a lot of jobs that no one else wanted, quite frankly it was annoying. So perhaps that might change.....

"If Remy's captain be believin dat ole Remy be ready, den ole Remy be ready." Remy replied after he had straightened back up and resumed leaning against a nearby tree. Thats when he felt the other reaitsu's close in on the location. Not that it was hard as no one bothered masking their reaitsu's here in soul society. Remy merely nodded to each as they entered in and introduced themselves to the new captain. Even his old friend Hirato had shown up, Remy smiled slightly when he Heard his friends voice. Remy waited for Hirato to finish looking around then waved him over to where he was standing, perhaps the meeting might not be entirely boring.