Noble Love - Bleach (Kuchiki Byakuya x Oc x A bit of Various)

二十五

That night, a Hell Butterfly flew through the air as five more flew through Seireitei with each Hell Butterfly flying past a division, from the 2nd Division to the 13th Division, summoning everyone to an emergency meeting. As another Hell Butterfly flew towards the moon, several Shinigami gathered on top of Sokyoku Hill, of all places to have their meeting.

"Ukitake!" called Hitsugaya, who just arrived with his Lieutenant.

"Hitsugaya-taichou." greeted back the said man.

"What's going on here?" he asked. "Why are we here?"

"I don't know." replied the 13th Captain before looking at the others, who were as confused as them. "No one's heard anything about this meeting. And..."

"And?" repeated Hitsugaya.

"Huh?" said Rangiku when her eyes landed on someone she didn't expect to see. "Kuchiki?" The said woman turned around to see who called her. "Were you summoned, too?"

"Yes." she replied. "I'm not sure why, but I received a summon."

"What's with this gathering?" wondered Shunsui before his gaze went to Yumichika and Ikkaku. "Are you here to represent you Captain?"

"We weren't here as representatives of our Captain." corrected the latter.

"Well, our Captain and Vice-Captain are out, so we're the only ones who can attend the meeting anyway." explained his partner.

"Where'd they go?" asked the 8th Captain.

"Don't know." replied Yumichika. "They always do this."

"Goodness, and at a time like this!" sighed Kurotsuchi, annoyed. "Why do you think the Captain-Commander summoned us?"

Renji looked around and realised that his view was starting to be obscured. "Damn this stupid fog!" he cursed.

As the fog thickened, the ropes on the bridge connecting Sokyoku Hill to the main building creaked as someone walked across it. The fog cleared up, and those assembled turned to see Sasakibe with his arm outstretched. "Sasakibe-fukutaichou, what's going on?" asked Izuru. "Where's Captain-Commander." However, the said man didn't replied any of those questions, and alarmed everyone when he collapsed. Izuru immediately went over with Hisagi and Hinamori.

"T-Taichou!" called the panicking Omaeda.

"Don't let the slightest aura slip by." she said while grasping the hilt of her Zanpakutou.

"He's gone into cardiac arrest." said Unohana, who knelt next to him with Isane to examine his condition. "This is bad! Cast a resuscitation spell immediately!"

"Right!" responded the latter.

At that moment, everyone heard someone snorting in derision, prompting Ukitake and Hitsugaya to turn around with surprise. "Your Captain-Commander won't be joining you." he said when the moonlight hit his face to reveal his identity to everyone present.

"Who the hell are you?" demanded Hitsugaya before Rangiku, Sentaro and Kiyone appeared in front of their Captains in a defensive stance.

Just then, the 7th Captain Komamura stood in front of the smirking man. "You said the Captain-Commander isn't joining, didn't you?" he said.

"Taichou!" called Iba.

"Scum!" cussed his Captain while glaring at the man. "What have you done to Genryusai-dono?!" The latter didn't respond and kept smirking, only infuriating him even more. "No answer? Then, I'll force you to answer!" Komamura's hand grasped the hilt of his Zanpakutou and attempted to slash at him. But the latter leapt back in time and held his hand out at the Shinigami, surging against them using strong blasts of wind.