The Quincy solution?

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Rushing to the meeting I could feel the many spiritual pressures in the ichibantai leave the area, i was late and i knew it, not late for the meeting since officially i am not a captain anymore but a member of the central 46, thruth to be told i had never asked to join the central 46 but i had been conviniently "promoted" while i disliked leaving my division i did not have a choice in the matter. Either that or i was going to be a burden to society, i off course chose the foremeantioned.
Never had i imagined that like my father before me i would serve the highest rule of Soul society, it was a ridicule at best and i was not even laughing, this is not how i imagined spending my "final" days, be as it may i was actually quite fine with this decision. I still had plenty free time, in fact more so than before and the payment was better than being a captain, this way i could support my family just like my father did before me.

But what upset me the most was the fact that my best friend had been transferred into the zero division, i was not sure what to think of it, regardless i had to relive some frustration and the best way to do so was to help others in their daily routines and what not. The second best thing to do was to take a walk and now i was puzzled to find out if i could do both. Getting two flies in one, brilliant.

At work there was talking about the quichy a race i knew all too well, but that was beyond the point was what caught my curiosity, a mission of sorts, it seemed i was not the only one who had caught the curious intrest in this mission involving the quichy. In essence it seemed like the central 46 wanted someone they could trust into this mission, and yet someone who had experience with the captains and was not scared to spill some blood if it came to that.
Truly this was my opportunity to shine. I wore the traditional outfit that the central 46 wore, while it greatly reminded the basic shinigami outfit, it was more white, i had off course made some small changes to it with the collar pads on my shoulders (much like what byakuya wears these days) i traversed the long roads leading to Ichibantai still walking not proceeding too fast, it was around the corner after all.

Turning around the corner and seeing the tall set of steps i sigh, but continue to head my way the long set of stairs, once i reach the top i continue to walk smiling to the guards outside, once they see me they bow, i pull my arms up, telling them that its fine is the sotaicho still here? the two guards quickly answer in unision H-hai i wave them off continuing my steps as the big double door is open i get into the lobby, i proceed sensing a the sotaicho still dwelling in the meeting chambers.

As i enter the room i see an almost empty meeting room the Captain commander is the only figure still inside but Hirato taicho whom is fairly new, is nowhere to be found, i sigh again in dissmissing the thought that i should have gotten here earlier, i turn my attention back to the Sotaicho.
I bow, withouth giving it much thought almost as if i would be facing my sensei, he was and always will be here in my mind the closest relative to a teacher i could ever have and oh so strict with being polite, altrough having said that polite is my middle name.

Sotaicho are you really going to the world of the living?... depending on her answer i sought the ideas and commands that they (the central 46) kept, i was certain that she would not enjoy this the least. Like putting a leash onto the host of the show. Now i did not like it either but what was i gonna do about it, it was too long since i had gotten myself to the world of the living... and off course i wanted to see what kind of folk these quichy are nowadays, but more importantly how was the sotaicho going to deal with it?

She still had the right to decline, but that would put her in bad terms with the central 46, it was unfortunate that it had come to this but i at least i hoped that the sotaicho would see it between her fingers this time, the central 46 where troublesome sure, but if you knew how to deal with them legally they could be a powerful source as they directly answered to the soul king whom by all rights was above the law.

[Lhin Demizu]

She had remained behind within the walls of her headquarters as it made sense. Needing to diffuse her mind from all the happenings she had made a small pot of tea when she heard the room open up. A lone figure entered the large chamber. There where but a few people that would enter the meeting chamber so abruptly and if it was the one she thought it was. It would be both a blessing and a curse in the same breath.

Turning her gaze toward the figure she felt a wave of relief as it was Jyuushiro Ukitake. An old fellow captain of hers and someoen she had greatly respected and wished was sitting within the seat she now occupied. Grabbing the pot of tea she walked into the center of the room to a small table she had had installed. Pulling a sitting mattress to two sides of the table she heard him speak. ::Always to the point. That is why I respect you so much Ukitake...

Her thoughts stayed private as she sat down her captains haori spread out on the floor behind her. It was easily evident her relative size and stature now that her haori was removed. Placing two cups down onto the table she motioned for Ukitake to join her. Clearing her throat she knew the answer would not please the Central 46, but this was something that needed to get done.

"Yes, Ukitake-sensei. I intend to go and meet with their leader the son of Uryuu Ishida. We owe that man the formality of a face to face meeting instead of sending a low ranking member... I will be taking the necessary precautions. I will be limited to make sure there is no damage to the human world. I have already told Soifon~Taicho to have the area scouted and watched constantly by the Omnikitsudo. Also I will have the eleventh and thirteenth divisions ready to back me up if needed..."

As she finished speaking she poured herself a glass of tea and placed the kettle back on the central warming pedestal. Taking a drink from the calming green tea she gave a faint smile toward Ukitake.

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Politics, politics politics its all about that huh? its a good thing im intrested in them or else i would not have been promoted in the first place. The first impression i got from the "indoor decorations" was suprising to say the least, they where probably temporary as they would serve their purpose for this special occasion.

This was the meeting chamber after all, she the sotaicho also known as Xiao Demizu-sama took a seat around the table, as i was sure she had heard me speak, she lowered her captain haori, which showed her true colors as she seemed to be able to relax perhaps? regardless her youth was something Ukitake found attractive in her, as a leader should regardless of age.
She was in her mid to late teens yet in my sense still a child, that was off course something i would not tell her openly, she disliked being called a child something i still remeber after our first encounter, and as an comrade i respected her wishes.

At first i resisted the desire to take a seat, as i had already had three cups of tea since this morning, but the smooth fragrance of the green tea simply stole my heart, i promply took a seat crossing my legs trying to find a comfortable position on the mattress i put the stick that was in disguise as my Zanpakto, and placed it across my lap, i never imagined i would be drinking tea with the sotaicho in the meeting chamber like this. I then heard her speak, it was quite realife and upsetting at the same time. That was an understatement by the way, the central 46 wont take that lightly, that is why they had this backup plan to begin with. The meantion of the thirteenth Division brought me into wondering how Rukia and the rest where doing, it had been two years now.

Withouth realising it i seemed concerned, in truth i had not been in contact with rukia for almost a year now, i hope shes doing okay. I kept these thoughts for myself and poured a cup of tea, in it i could see the blank reflection of my face, i snapped back to reality as i took a sip of the delightful tea that i put down on the table before replying. Not bad... your second year as a Sotaicho and you seem to have everything under control here... Yamamoto-sensei would be proud of you, the last words where my thoughts and remained that way, it would remain to be seen if she was worth the praise when the time came. Ukitake had more intruding concerns that she was to be let on.

So... your really going to do it huh, i cant blame you i wish peace and nothing more, i would hate to see history repeat itself. I have but one request, take me with you Xiao-sama, this was requested directly from the central 46, i know this came suddenly but we were out of options, they want to know whats going on and the they have put their faith in me... with a worry i smiled kindly back to her awaiting her reply, i fear she may decline my offer in which case im left out of options.

[Lhin Demizu]

Sipping her tea she smiled at Ukitake as he took a seat at the table. Setting down her glass after he spoke to her the first time. A smile was on her face as such a compliment had not been paid to her in a very long time. She gave him a nod of acknowledgement as she reached over and refilled her cup. :: Feels odd to be sitting here. Speaking with Ukitake as such. I am much a child in his eyes and yet I got this position over him... He would of been better than I at this... ::

Hearing him speak on accompanying her to the Quincies Headquarters and to the meeting she pulled the tea to her lips. She knew that eventually there would be someone who would come and ask to accompany her. First it was her lieutenant and now the venerated Ukitake. Lowering the cup from her mouth she spoke up.

"I would love to have you accompany me Ukitake-sensei... But I feel they are going to be outwardly hostile toward me. Not so much with physical or spiritual violence, but with words and other barbs. Sending in one shinigami will be more prudent as it will be easier to keep their venom at its lowest levels..."

As she finished speaking she stood slowly. Glancing down at her hakama with the first division emblazoned upon it. It was but a moment and she turned her gaze back to Ukitake.

"A moment in time where we will either stand tall and proud or fall into ruin... I have had these words spoken to me inside of my mind and I feel they are the most appropiate at this time. I did not ask to have this position thrust upon me. There was many that deserved this more than I... You for one could of handled this position with the dignity and dedication Yamamoto would of wished it to be held with."

Her face was serious as she spoke though her gaze drifted out through the open doors. Being inside the first division was both a blessing and a curse to Xiao. While in the fifth division she had a large garden of flowers she cultivated and was unable to move or find a place for it yet in the First divisional area.

" So here i am. I am going to do whatever it is I feel is for the betterment of the Gotei... Which right now I feel that attempting to repair relations with the Quincy is imperative as we need permenant eyes and ears in the human would that do not require Gigais to operate. The fourteenth division was a start, but we need more. As the world is massive and we are small in comparison to its size and scope. With the assistance of the Quincy we could easily extend our range and cover many blind spots within the world of the living..."

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I was worried and it clearly reflected on my face, but i did not care, i emptied my cup of tea and put it down on the table. Sometimes it was difficult being gentle, and sometimes it was difficult being sincere. But at the same time i did not want to be impolite, i knew fairly well what she is capable of doing, she had a plan too which was good but, what was the potential enemy capable of doing? Had she taken this into her calculations? she must have right? now im certainly getting worried over nothing.

She was making a gamble a huge one and she knew it. I sighed soon after putting the empty cup down on the table and giving a genuine smile i replied back, feeling a terrible burden fall over my shoulders i felt that she had perhaps overlooked my nature not to get offended at the slightest whim unlike most people, while i really wanted to argue about it really i did, i could simply not get that serious on her it was just against my nature. And her somewhat childish form. ...it feels like im talking to the old man again i continued to smile even a single tear dropped from my left eye which i quickly wiped off. Off course i meant that as a polite thing to say.

The little child had grown up all mature at least in her mind, this is where she spoke the second time my eyes narrowed open as i watched her explain the situation. I understood her more than i wanted to admit to myself hence the curt nod that was directed at her followed by the praise that she gave me about being a better Sotaicho than she would be? that was outrageous, and most untruthful, but i took it as an compliment. Regardless i would point my opinion Yah... im flattered by your compliment Xiao-Sama, but its untrue no one could do a better job than you have, i for instance did not ask to be a part of the central 46 but here i am... regardless my condition does not allow such luxury as taking responcibility even if it would have been my dream besides as Yamamoto said im too kind to make the big decisions when it really matters while she seemed over all serious i could tell something was bothering her, had been for a while. It was most likeley the very same thing bothered me as well, out previous division altrough i could not tell weather it was some personal item or some members she was worried about. Altrough if it was a personal item it had to be extremeley large. I poured another cup of green tea.

As i poured she explained more of this debate that was going to involve the quichy, while it was imperative that they would strive for peace it was also important to protect the earth, while i did get her point it raise more questions, i close my eyes putting the cup down on the table again, i seemed more serious now than during my entire time here today, i opened my eyes staring at Xiao. lets assume the quichy do ally with us, then what? you know the reason for the last quichy war don`t you... It was a horrible mistake in my opinion. Even though i hated to bring it up it had been concerning me for a while.

And about the entire deal with me not getting to the human world was something i had actually expected, now it was just a matter of how was going to deal with it?

[Lhin Demizu]

She nodded in response to Ukitake. In her mind she remembered that the balance must be maintained no matter the cost. Yet the quincy where not bound by it as their arrows pierced and destroyed the soul of the hollow. Closing her eyes she took the moment to reflect on it , but in her mind it still made sense to ally with the Quincy. They needed help so did the shinigami. There could not be a better moment to try and rebuild a nearly burnt over bridge toward reconciliation.

"I do remember why it is we must keep a watchful eye on the Quincy. They disrupt the natural balance of souls. But these relations are important as if we get them to follow the path laid out by the last Ishida that spoke with us... Perhaps we can get some semblence of normalcy back to our order..."

Ever since the incident with the creation of the vizards there has not been a day when something has not gone wrong or some evil plot has been uncovered. She was trying every known trick in her book to make sure everyone knew exactly what was to happen on this mission and she was going to make sure it succeeded or if it failed it would go down in annals of the Seireitei lore.

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As much as i would have wanted to agree with her, there was no saying how long they would remain allies if the joined, regardless she was still right the only viable close-term problem was that i had not been invited to join the fray. I remained calm and replied. Xiao the central 46 realizes this, but im sure that they can`t help but feel, uneasy about the whole deal, like another war is upon our hands... again... it seemed like the saying keep your friends close but your enemies closer, had still some meaning in the human world.

To some scale i could sense that she was honest about her work , her deal, her lifestyle, heck even her loyality was to serve what was right, but i felt that perhaps she was too reckless in her actions, she was quite young at her work, probably the youngest captain commander to date. What where the central 46 thinking? there where a number of thoughts running trough my head most of them directed towards the central 46 like how my best friend had been sent to the zero division etc. Then i remebered something that had been on my mind for a while ah i almost forgot! i pulled out a novel from my sleeve, the title read "Rejection of the Twin Fishes!"
"The mystery of the black lagoon" off course this was my own work, and to top it off it was intended for kids between 5-12 years. I hoped she could see past this and relax once in a while, maybe read a good book, or something we are not machines after all.

I smiled awaiting her reply with a curious sort of aura about me. My nature was getting the better off me again, and i realized this as i handed over the book, child gifts ran though my head and i pictured both Xiao and Hitsugaya reading the book with intesity. I could not help but realize that altrough my intetions where good my thoughts where rather bizarre at best so i left it at that. More serious thoughts entered my mind as i remained silent for the time being, i was planning a trip to the human world withouth the rights to do so, at least not directly. Either way the whole ordeal with central 46 would have to wait, perhaps i could send a word? I released a hell butterfly, letting it rest on my mid pointer as i sent the message to the central 46, as soon as it was done the hellbutterfly flew off.

[Lhin Demizu]

Taking the books from him she smiled faintly. It was not very often that she received gifts anymore. The last few times it was always Ukitake that gave her the gifts as he knew of her love for books. Looking at them she recognized his works and smiled despite the fact that the books where for children she would read it all the same. As this was a gift from a good friend.

Moving the books over to a small stack off to the side she saw a hell butterfly on his fingertip and she did not speak until it had fluttered out from the room. Straightening herself up she walked back over slowly and retook the seat beside the tea kettle and table.

"Thank you for the gifts Ukitake-san. As for the war... We are always on the verge of war and most have forgotten that. I will always remember the Winter War and the battle where Kurosaki Ichigo exposed Aizen Sosule as a traitor... So long as I am the Soitaicho I will make sure that we will not be in war against either the humans or quincy should I be able to help it..."

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Ukitake watched the hellbutterfly fly off out of the room trough one of the open windows, he then turned to face towards Xiao, while picking up where he left with his tea he took a quick sip holding up his tea cup while listening to the Sotaicho, his eyes shut he lowered his tea cup when she had finished speaking. Don`t meantion it... he said with a casual tone As much as i hate to admit it your right, as you may know i despise war more than anything else for a good reason too, he had seen enough wars in his life to last two lifetimes over.

I certainly hope so telling her that there was no pressure was about as much as lying to myself, drunk and broken. There was no point and she knew the seriousness of their dilemma. She was not a child anymore despite retaining some of its aspects... Ukitake also pondered how the central 46 would react to his words, he assumed that at the very least they would not be happy about it. He glanced at the half empty or half full cup of tea, depending on how one wanted to intercept it, his rather concerned facial expression reflecting itself from the surface of the tea. A subject that he had held back for the longest of time arose to the surface, altrough he had wanted to avoid it, mostly because he did not expect to get an answer, at least not one he would like to hear.

why did kyoraku have to leave... He mumbled loud enough to be heard but discreet enough that it could be ignored.