70 Fusion 2 (1/2)
”…It seems we have a year until Aizen makes a move, but this doesn't mean we should just wait…”
Yamamoto was currently giving a speech as all the captains listened. After the meeting Ukitake, Shunsui and Itsuki made their leave together. All the captains then met with their lieutenants when Shunsui suddenly threw a question at Itsuki,
”Yo, Itsuki. What do you do to look so young and your skin, how do you take such care of it?”
When the first part was said, even Yamamoto's ears twitched as he carefully concentrated to hear the response while the girls were intrigued by both questions. Girls would be girls as they all paid attention to the answer. Although, they didn't look at him directly. Itsuki felt that he had entered a very precarious situation.
Itsuki looked like an 18-year-old right now. Unlike Rangiku and Gin who graduated with him, they looked in their early twenties. He looked like he had graduated the academy in the past fifty years.
His hair was tied in a high ponytail with the ribbon Rangiku had gotten him before they entered the academy. Itsuki had cherished it since then as it was the first gift he got in this life. The blue colour matched his eyes as they looked just like when his mystic eyes were activated. Azure blue with a pink ring within. Whenever he activated them, they would start to glow. He wore the standard Shinigami Shihakuso tied with a black sash. Unlike the normal shihakuso, his was tightly fitted to his body with unknown material. It was done like so to prevent any loose parts of his shihakuso come in his way when fighting.
He wore a short-sleeved captain's haori with the shihakuso's sleeves tied around by a black ribbon. Lastly, he wore long black Jika-tabi instead of the usual wooden sandals that all the other Shinigami wore. His zanpakutos were placed on the left side of his waist with Byakko on top of Ryurai.
Everyone fell silent as they waited for Itsuki to answer. Itsuki looked as if contemplating for a while before he looked at the surrounding people,
”Nothing.”
Everyone stumbled upon his words as Yamamoto fell. He said with such assuredness that everyone didn't know what to say. Hearing someone fall they all turned to Yamamoto only to see him getting up and turning towards them with an angry expression.
”What are you doing?! Didn't I already dismiss you?!”
Although they felt aggrieved with Yamamoto directing his anger at them, they couldn't blame him. The girls felt more hurt with what Itsuki had said, had all the things they've done to keep things tip top for nought.
While some people like Toshiro, Zaraki and Byakuya didn't care, Mayuri kept looking at his eyes with interest. It was the instinct of a scientist to research the unknown and Itsuki's eyes attracted him. Well they attracted different people for different reasons.
Naturally Mayuri had asked to research them and even tried to force it. However, the retaliation of Itsuki wasn't what he had expected. Mayuri had many ways to survive and was even able to revive his zanpakuto after it was destroyed. Now imagine one person destroying all those methods but leaving one and casting a permanent scar on his zanpakuto spirit. No matter how many times it was destroyed and recreated the scar stayed. Since then, Mayuri had kept a distance from Itsuki.
Time passed as souls started to mysteriously disappear in the living world, becoming an issue that attracted Soul Society's attention.
”Close the gates! Close the gates! Close the gates!”
A blushing Soi Fon had just rushed through the closing Senkaimon as she remembered her talk with Itsuki,
”Ukitake will be shutting the Senkaimon for a while so we would lose communication with the living world. Yoruichi…”
Soi Fon clicked her tongue at the mention of her name but Itsuki continued,
”…Yoruichi asked me to come but I can't leave so I'll be sending you instead.”
Understanding that this was a mission from a superior she complied,
”Hai!”
Just as she was about to leave Itsuki gave her a peck and disappeared.