The King's Death

Chapter 8:The 6th Squad Barracks

My feet are barely over the threshold of the Rokubantai barracks when I hear Renji and Byakuya going at it. "What do you mean they got hurt Renji? Why didn't you tell me when I first came in" I hear footsteps pacing and then something shatters against the floor. I walk in slowly and notice Byakuya standing by a vase that is shattered on the floor and Renji is kneeling on the ground his head bowed slightly. "What happened to them, Renji?"

His voice is dark and shakes violently promising punishment for this situation. Something settles in the pit of my stomach and I get the feeling that I should listen as closely as possible to find out what happened

"They said they attacked human beings with masks, they weren't arrancars but they weren't human souls either. They were like shinigami…" Renji says coldly. I stiffen, they were Vaizado. I know that almost as well as I know my own name and it sends chills down my spine. I should be able to protect them but the feeling of dread in my stomach is telling me otherwise.

"Where were they found? Did they attack first?" Byakuya fires off questions in a manner I had never seen from the normally stoic taicho.

"They were found in an abandoned warehouse outside of Karakura. They tried to run from the shinigami so the squad attacked. There is a meeting in a few minutes about it…Kurosaki-dono you are to be there also." I'm already at the door when he speaks and I pause for a moment before walking brusquely from the room.

"Kurosaki, where are you going?" Byakuya shouts at me while he and his fukutaicho stick their heads comically out the door.

"Whatever you do Kuchiki, do not attack them again!" I shout before taking off toward the taicho's meeting room. I arrive as everyone else does and I sit down. Byakuya rushes in right as the doors open and the Sotaicho walks forward through them. Everyone bows to me and then to the Sotaicho before the elderly shinigami begins to speak.

"These creatures are creating a problem they are too strong for our officers. Our officers, before their death, said that they had reiatsu as high as taicho without their masks and that is surpassed that when they wore their masks. One girl took out the entire group." Yamamoto-sotaicho says his voice loud and powerful but also laced with anger and slight guilt. The girl definitely sounds like Hiyori but I'll be damned if anyone takes any action toward my family.

"What shall we do? They are too powerful." Ukitake-taicho says looking at me. I stand slowly and all eyes follow my movements as I walk down from my seat at the front of the entire group. I continue my journey toward the doors shocking some of the shinigami into silence.

"We shall do nothing." My answer was blunt and startled shocked gasps from nearly everyone in the room.

"What are you say Kurosaki-dono we can't do nothing, they are a threat to us." Tōshirō says his voice heavily lace with anger and fury. I feel my mask twitch at my features and a low growl forms in my throat. I brush away Hichigo and feel a frown replace my hard lined grimace easily.

"If the men would not have attacked them first they would not have lost their life. It is simple if the soul society leaves them be they will not attack us, is that clear?" I say turning and feeling my mask calm down. Everyone stares at me in shock. Is that all they can feel…they know me and have fought beside me can they not understand that I am clearly one to know my allies as well as I know my enemy at the end of a battle.

"How have you come upon this knowledge? How do you know its right?" Sui-Fon growls her eyes dark and livid. Her gaze is critical as well as analytical.

Wipe that stupidly fierce look off of her fucking face Kingy I can't handle her god damn cockiness.

"Please explain to us how you have this knowledge?" Yamamoto-sotaicho says softly trying to calm everyone in the room. His action seems to clam most of the people but some still stare at me with halfhearted glares.