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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 13:49:14 GMT -6
Shunsui nearly choked on his sake, coughing loudly and gesturing to Juushiro, who raised his eyebrow at Kisuke and performed a Kido to seal their courtyard. Shunsui took a deep breath. "You know, Aizen is no reason to ruin good sake." He set his saucer down. "Let me get this straight. Somehow, you've had a heavenly being under your roof, and are just now telling us?" he questioned slowly.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Aug 12, 2014 13:55:10 GMT -6
Kisuke grinned and waved a hand and replied in a light tone. "Well if you're going to refer to her as that. Yes, but Yoruichi has been with me for more than eight years." He then got a serious look n his eyes.
"As for the answer to the Seraph. Yes. I found no reason to alert everyone and make them worry when Aizen was captured." He paused. "But now..."
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Aug 12, 2014 14:03:00 GMT -6
"Did something happen to alert Aizen to her?" Juushiro asked, tone concerned.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Aug 12, 2014 14:41:06 GMT -6
"Last night," Kisuke replied. "I am not too sure if they were really alerted to her or not. Gin's quick actions may have detoured their thoughts about her." Kisuke shook his head lightly.
"Let's start from the top here." He took a deep breath.
"Last night the Seraph was in the park and Gin came across her. While they sat talking, two of Aizen's Espada showed up. Ulquiorra and a new one Gin said. He knocked the Seraph out making them think she passed out due to the reiatsu surrounding them and the gate. He said they cleared out pretty fast after that. But."
Kisuke sighed. "Ichigo's little sister Karin is now missing and like I said I have a feeling Orihime was taken as well. I will know that for a fact when I return back to the shop. Yesterday I sealed the Seraph's reiatsu the best I could, but there is no way to do it completely unless you seal her with a Kido." He looked to the two, an unpleased look in his eyes. "And I refuse to do that to her." His tone was stern as he spoke.
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 16:07:50 GMT -6
Juushiro lowered his head and the new Captain Commander sighed. "We're trying to fix that now, old friend. There's no need to rub that particular painful mistake in our faces." He glanced at the garden before them, tired eyes recalling the stream of flames that appeared on the horizon that fateful day. "At the beginning, there weren't many choices, either, not in the eyes of Central."
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Aug 12, 2014 16:16:23 GMT -6
"Just another person affected by Aizen's path of destruction, no matter how inadvertently it was." the white-haired captain added. He raised his head.
"I feel for Inoue, but if past records show anything, Aizen doesn't intend to do her any physical harm. He probably picked Karin to stir up her brother. The youngest appears to mostly normal, but her twin was starting to attract attention. How is Kurosaki taking this all?'
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Aug 12, 2014 16:18:24 GMT -6
"In Centrals eyes there are never many choices. This is why I never came forward with the Seraph. I will not allow them to lock up or seal way this poor girl. She has done nothing. But to save their asses they would do away with her any way they saw fit. Central is as ruthless as Aizen." Kisuke's last words were harsh but was not about to retract them.
He looked to Juushiro, "he is ready to storm the palace. That's how he is doing. It's his little sister we are talking about."
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 16:36:56 GMT -6
Shunsui glanced to the side at the shopkeeper's blunt words. He didn't argue them just mumbled, "Well, someone has to deal with them, and that person is me. Nobles, gang leaders, Central, it's all me."
He reset his hat. "How old is Karin-chan about now?"
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Aug 12, 2014 16:42:51 GMT -6
Juushiro blinked. "Do you think now's the time for that kind of question, Shunsui?" he asked quietly.
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 16:43:29 GMT -6
Shunsui held up a hand, much in the way Yama-jii would, for him to wait as he turned to Kisuke for the response.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Aug 12, 2014 16:47:37 GMT -6
Kiuske looked to Kyoraku, "Juushiro is right, but to answer your question she is 16 now." He adjusted his hat looking at Shunsui better. "Why do you ask?"
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 17:17:00 GMT -6
Shunsui grinned grimly. "Because that might just be what I need now." He poured himself a glass of sake. "I'm not happy about Karin-chan's capture, but it could be the leverage I need to get Central to cooperate in Yumiko's case." When his friends stared at him, probably in shock, he lowered his saucer. "Have both of you forgotten that house's heritage?"
"You mean Isshin's..." Juushiro ruminated then started, "but does Central even acknowledge him anymore?"
"They'll have to acknowledge it now. Karin's a direct descendant to the Spirit King." He lowered his hat. "I'd hate for Aizen to even consider that way to power -- and the detail may make it unfeasible -- but Central will definitely see it as it may be." The Captain Commander lifted his hat, eyes lit underneath. "Karin's a woman now, not a child. In other words, this is a threat."
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Aug 12, 2014 17:21:50 GMT -6
"What does that have to do with-" Juushiro's eyes widened. "They will demand a rescue mission with the best people. Yumiko's powerful but she's not ready for that!"
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Aug 12, 2014 17:25:54 GMT -6
"Who said anything about putting her on the actual mission?" the Captain Commander interrupted.
Shunsui looked to Kisuke, who had gone back to hiding his expression behind his own hat. "They will appoint a leader, and the leader will decided who goes on the mission; furthermore, as you lost her in your own town, Kisuke, I can definitely push towards a decision to leave you the leader, giving you powerful defenders as well as getting Yumi-chan out of Central's greedy hands."
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Aug 12, 2014 17:28:22 GMT -6
Juushiro frowned slightly, looking down into the garden. "There are a lot of 'ifs' in that plan...."
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