52 Hisana (1/2)

Itsuki was currently in his captain attire sitting on his desk. He wore the standard captain's attire with black ribbons tied around his arms. He wore the normal shihakuso but instead of wearing straw sandals he wore a pair of thin Jika-tabi.

Seikyo was perched upon a stand next to him, cleaning her feather. She looked up with alert upon noticing someone entering.

He was going over some paperwork when he had a visitor. It saw a relatively young captain in front of him. He had five kenseikans on his head with three on top and two on the side. His captain's haori had the number six on the back and wore a pair of fingerless white tekko.

”An unexpected visitor”

Itsuki just looked at Byakuya with the expression 'What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy'

Byakuya sighed when he saw this, Itsuki hadn't changed and was still a man of few words. Byakuya was extremely haggard as he hadn't got sleep for the past few days. His wife's health continued to deteriorate, and he couldn't find anything to help.

Eventually asking Yamamoto he was led to here. He couldn't find any cure and no doctor could help the woman. Yamamoto said that Itsuki may be able to help but he didn't get his hopes high. Turning to his friends he bowed,

”Please can you help…”

Byakuya was a complicated character, incomparably apathetic bordering on arrogance and looking down on his enemies but would ask for help when needed. Like, when he asked for help from Ichigo during the blood war to protect Soul Society, whilst knowing he was a human and shouldn't be included in Soul Society's affairs. It seemed that he didn't care for others, but in fact he did care for those closest to him. For example, he blocked Rukia in becoming a seated officer to stop her form endangering herself.

Mid bow he suddenly stopped. A katana was right there in front of his eyes, if he moved any further it would stab into him. Looking up, he saw Itsuki looking down with an angry look in his eyes.

Itsuki was initially surprised to see Byakuya bow but it was instantly supressed by anger. Over the years, Byakuya and him would spar every other day and a rivalry/friendship was created. He felt offended with how Byakuya was acting like a stranger in front of him.

Knowing Itsuki's thoughts, Byakuya just gave out a smile and left towards the Kuchiki manor as he returned to his apathetic look while Itsuki followed behind. The dream of many female's would have come true if they were seen together, but with their speed, they went largely unnoticed until they reached the Kuchiki manor.

Itsuki was a frequent visitor to the manor so he knew his way round but still followed Byakuya out of courtesy. Arriving next to a room, a pair of shojis suddenly opened with Unohana leaving the room. She was also called to try and help but was unable to do so.

Unohana looked up and past Byakuya as she gave out her motherly smile.

”It's been a long time, Itsuki-san”

Itsuki just nodded while Byakuya questioned Unohana,

”Hisana, she…”

Unohana just shook her head before Byakuya could finish. Upon knowing the answer, he backed down and looked towards Itsuki. He was his final hope but Byakuya never had much faith.

Itsuki just looked at Unohana, she was a scary woman. He remembered when they first met after he became captain.

- Flashback -

They were just left the captain's meeting room when Unohana came towards him. They were still in the 1st Division HQ so no other Shinigami was around.

”So Itsuki-san, how are you coping as a captain?”

”Good”

”This must be Seikyo, she is indeed a cute bird”

Seikyo who was on Itsuki's shoulder was patted on her head as she complied by rubbing her head on Unohana's arm.

”Fufufu”

Giving out a laugh, she picked Seikyo up and handed it to Ukitake who was also there. Itsuki was confused by her actions as she looked towards him.

”Follow me”

Leaving these words, she made her way towards the training ground where Yamamoto trained Itsuki. The other captains decided to follow what was up. Currently, only Itsuki had become a new captain so Aizen wasn't here and the current Kenpachi was still the same as Zaraki had yet to come so he wasn't here as well.

With them were just, Ginrei, Shunsui and Ukitake.

Unohana had her back against Itsuki as the others stood some distance away. Suddenly, a horrifying reiatsu filled with battle lust poured out of Unohana. Her tied up her escaped her restraints as she turned around revealing a scar on her neck.

A gloomy look was in her eyes while a menacing smile plastered her face. She slowly drew out her sword indicating Itsuki to do the same. Ever since she first met Itsuki, she felt something similar from him. The feeling of a killer, someone who is surrounded by death, it awakened her lust for battle. Whenever she looked at him, she would just want to draw out her sword and penetrate him.

Shunsui and the others weren't shocked by the sudden change.

”The first kenpachi truly lives up to her name”

Shunsui looked on as Itsuki got into a stance.

”Hmm”

Looking closely, he could see a hint of a smile on his face and a pure unadulterated battle lust spewing out of his eyes.

Upon the two disappearing, the battle was extremely fast, and it ended within a short amount of time. Although Unohana had reached a high level in swordsmanship, she had lost interest in fighting and Itsuki had reignited that passion. The current mother like figure was no longer there, what replaced her was the most diabolical criminal to ever exist in soul society.

Itsuki had defeated her with pure speed. The others hadn't even seen him move and had only saw Unohana reacting with pure instinct to defend against his sword. But in the end, she was defeated.