Talkative (Bleach Fanfic)

It stood to reason that when those with full bring wouldn't stick around once their powers were enhanced. The shinigami and others watched as they quickly disappeared, making everyone anxious about what the future held. It was decided that it was time to fill Ichigo in on certain matters, that of the first Substitute Shinigami.

They met up at Ichigo's house, in his small room. Byakuya picked up one of the books Ichigo had that was written by Shakespeare. As he slumped against the wall on the bed, Kenpachi and Ikkaku sat cross legged on the floor, while Renji leaned up against the wall. Toshiro sat on the bed, his own legs crossed, while Ichigo sat in his computer chair.

Rukia had decided to keep the two Kurosaki girls occupied while the meting took place since she knew them very well and both girls knew something was up. Isshin and Urahara disappeared to take care of Chad and Orihime, while Uryu returned to the hospital, so that his father wouldn't know that he had disappeared, at least in theory.

"You are wondering about the substitute shinigami, right?" Hitsugaya stated.

"Of course I am Toshiro." Ichigo stated.

For some reason, the small taicho didn't correct him and simply started into talking. He gave first the basic details of the man's connection to Soul Society as an ally, not explaining how the man came to have the powers that he did. One aspect of his personality became clear from Toshiro's words, the man was power hungry, much like Aizen was.

"As for the reason why he ended up with his powers, it is a similar situation to you and Kuchiki Fukutaicho, yet completely different." Toshiro spoke up. "The reason that man needed your powers to become a shinigami again is because his powers were awakened by your own father. We didn't know at the time though, that your father was involved or that his powers had been stolen, until your father was stuck in the human world."

"My old man hasn't been very upfront about his past."

"He used to be..." The small taicho found himself interrupted.

"Hitsugaya Taicho..." Byakuya spoke up, eying the small taicho coldly. "That information isn't important to this meeting."

"I guess not." At that, Toshiro reached up a hand to scratch his head. "Anyways, we don't know what that man has planned, but I don't think it is at all good. Well, it stands to reason that is true, so..."

At that, the Kuchiki noble spoke up again. "If it is something that can be concluded by just thinking about it, you don't need to say it."

At that, Hitsugaya paused for a few seconds, regaining his train of thought. "The only thing we can do right now is make plans on the defensive. Though, truth of the matter is, I think the head taicho has an idea of what to do, he just isn't letting us know at this point. We also need to approach the Vizard, as they are honestly effected by this too."

"Well, I'm leaving." Kenpachi suddenly stood up. "Thinking and defense is not my strong suit. That belongs to other captains. I'm going to go find a place to crash for the time I'm staying here." At that point, Renji and Ikkaku followed suit, leaving only three of the males in the room.

Byakuya continued to read the book, seeming to ignore what was going on around him. Ichigo turned to the small taicho sitting on the bed, who seemed to be full of a lot of pent up energy. "Your were saying something about my father?"

"Your otosan..." Toshiro found himself quickly interrupted by the other taicho.

"I think that this is something that man should tell his son, don't you think?" The Kuchiki noble flipped a page in the book.

"My father has had over a year to tell me what he wants to tell me." Ichigo stated firmly.

At that, the small taicho suddenly began speaking again. "He used to be my former taicho. I actually replaced him when he disappeared from soul society. I served in the tenth division as his fukutaicho. He was rather annoying at times and collected these whistles. The collection is still stored in the division."