New Beginning

Chapter 7

An non script man walked through snow cover streets. If one were to bother looking they would have properly recognized him as the leaders second in command, but not many bother since the man was very easy to overlook. Now he was taking information gained in last week's attack on the Kingdom of Kuro to his leader, High King Yamamoto, now with little time to reach the cathedral Chojiro Sasakibe walked faster until he came upon tall oak doors.

The doors open with loud groans and before they finish opening the grey hair man walk through and straight to the old King. On either side of the dais two rows of people ranked as Captains and filed by numbers from two to thirteen, each with their own second behind them. But currently only two spots were vacant with both Captains and their lieutenants gone.

"What news did you bring?" came the gruff command as Sasakibe kneeled in front of the King.

"From the accounts of lieutenant Arbarai as well as our spy still in Kuro, the young man thought to be the late Prince Mugetsu, is not but a boy with the same face. Thought he was able to fight off our fighters according to the spy he is still undergoing training as well seems to be recuperating from something."

"And what else?"

"The young man also has been taking under the wing of both Kisuke Urahara and Aizen. But also has made allies with both the Vizards and the Espada's." this earns several gasps from the captains on both sides of the aisles. "But from what the lieutenant said the boy also can fight with dual swords and was able to summon a unknown creature that protected him from the lieutenants assault. But anything else is still unknown, however the spy has reported that both the King and Queen have taken to the boy."

That tiny last bit of info has the old man thinking on exploiting it. He wanted to destroy the outcast kingdom and take the land that it was seating on. The State of the Sereitiei had tried once before and only succeeded in killing one Prince, but one was enough to cause harm, or so he thought. Now with this other boy added to the picture and with seemingly low chances of being able to defend himself properly he may be able to give a killing blow to the royals as well as their pain in the ass offspring.

"Sasakibe," the High King call out. "Send word to our spies, have them get close to the boy and when able either kill him or if he can be used send word back for reinforcements to bring him here."

The first lieutenant said nothing as he bows and left, but that could not be said for the others in the room. The Fourth Captain gave a worried glance at her King while others quietly mummer to each other, she wished that the Eight and Thirteenth were still here to talk sense into the old man but no they both had been gone for years since the last attack on Kuro.

"Are you sure this is wise?" she asks. "I don't think that the Kingdom would take it calmly this time, you may cause a war to break out."

"What better way to start one then." Yamamoto answered. As he taps his cane against the stone floor. "that Kingdom sits upon what we need to keep order and if this new pawn can be used whether he is alive of dead matters not."

Unohana, Captain of the healers, wish that she was surprise but no she already guesses that this would be the most likely outcome; but she had a feeling that this time it may not be so simple as taking out the royals as the High King figured.

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in a far off corner of Castle Engetsu Ichigo, for the safety of keeping said castle intact, was trying to form a cero. It had come from talking with his zanpakuto that he didn't know what he was capable of now since he could no longer get out of his body. In light of this Ichigo had been practicing and he found out for certain that he can't do either flash step nor shindo to their fullest extent without breaking his bones. He can summon both blades now but keeping them out for long periods of time left him exhausted and bed ridden for at least a day. He still couldn't do kido and he has been trying to do any level of a cero so far he just been getting sparks.